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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-08-06
.rulE WEDDING FEE
BY IL. n. srREErER.


One morning. fifty years age, afs.l.a "a
hen apple trees were white with snow
az fragrant blossoms, and the air
Was spell bound it'll the perfume rare,
Upon farm horse, large aud lean,
And lazy with It's double load,
A sun-browned youth and maid were seen
jogging along the winding road.
Blue were the arches OF the skies
But bluer were that InaideII's eyes.
The dewdropS on the grass were bright,
But brighter was the loving light
That sparkIed meath the lOnTed fringed
lid,
Where those bright eyes of blue were hid.
AdOwn he shoulders brown and bare
Rolled the soft waves Of golden hair,
" here, almost stTangled with the spray,
The san, a willing sufferer, lay. ral
Ii was the fairest sight, ween.
That the Young man had ever seen;
Aud with his features all agiow, M
The happy fellow told her so!
And she without the least surprise
Looked ON him With those heavenly eyes,
Saw underneath that shade Of tan
The handsome features OF a man; &
Aud with JOY but rarely known
she drew that dear face TO her own,
And by her bridal bonnet hid
FNnnot tell yOu what she did:z .F
30 un they rode until, among
The new born leaves with ,tewdTops hung,
The parsonage, aTrayed in " bite,
Peers outs more than welcome sight.
fhelI, With cloud upon his face, p ir
Nv hat shall we dO,' he turned 10 say.
should he refuse TO take his pay
From what Is in the pillow case!' -a"
And CHANGING down his eye surveyed
The pillow case before him laid, Isl
Whose contents, reaching 10 its hem.
Miu hf nnrfhaSp endless inV Tnr them
The maiden answers, LET Us wait.
10 borrow trouble Where's the need!"
Then 1T the parsons squeakIng gate
Halted the more than willing steed.
Down from the horse the bridegroom
sprung;
The lAtchless gate behind him swung;
The knocker of that startled door,
struck a. iL never was before,
| Brought the W hole household pale will
fright;
And there with bushes on his cheek,
! SO bashrui he eOald hardly speak,
| The farmer met their wondering sight.
The groom gees in, his errand tells,
| And, as the parsOn mods, he leans
| Far Ger the windOw-sill and yells,
Come In! lie says he'll take the beans!
Lord! How she jumped: With one gla'
bound,
She aud the bean bag reached the ground
Then, clasping with each dimpIed arm
The precious product Of the farm,
She bears IL through the open dOOr,
And. down upon the pariOr tioor,
Dumps the best beans vines ever bore.
All! happy were their songs that day
When man and wife they rode away;
But happier this chorus still
Which echoed through those woOdlan
scenes;
"God bless the priest of " hitinville!
God bless the man who took the beans"'
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-08-06

Leaving out Kansas, the average
for the other twenty states for these
months is 1856 inches. Thus it
will be seen that Kansas has almost
two inches more rain than the high.
est of the twenty, more THAI five
inches above the lowest, and 3.64
inches above the average of the
twenty states named.
AS our total rainfall for the
whole year averages 1907 inches, it
will also be seen that We receive
moro than half of it during that
third of the year in which it is most
needed.
OF course some of these states
receive more rain, (inclnding snow).
then Kansas does during the other
eight months of the year.
1t is also fair TO state that the
stations where the observations
were taken in Kansas, were mostly
in the eastern and central parts oil
the state. If the stations had been
equally distributed over the whole
state, the average would not have
been SO high. We would also add
for we have no desire to mislead
anybody, that we aeed more rain
then some of the other states, on ac-
count OF. the more rapid evaporation
here then in some of them.
The rapidity of evaporation is de
creasing here year by year, as oui
forests, orchards and hedges in
crease. .sE ....e
Every acre taken from the natur
al prairie and added to the cultivat.
ed area, also serves to decrease the
waste of water. both by surface
drainage and evaporation.
Taking all these facts into consid
Grafton, when is the evidence Il
support the statement so otter
made, and SO generally believed
that "Kansas is subject TO drouth !?
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FhoasekeepeF. When Miss Simmons
got ready 20 leave for her work, she
turned to the little old man as if he
were = baby, and, putting marbles
aud blocks aud wooden soldiers on
the floor beside him, told him to be
good. t'l'lI be back soon, Nathan"
she said cheerily, as she rumpled up
his hair and paited his head. "Pm
going TO get nickles aud dimes and
quarters for YOU. Then we'll have
fun" And she went out while he
sat gazing after her with half con-
scious smile on his withered face
but al0ok Of perfect trust aud con-
fidence in her. 1t was q strange
sight, that infancy leading age, the
hirdling guarding the nest, and yet
only strange because preternatural-
y exhibited. For the days come
quickly when childhood glides into
stately age and into dependent
childishness, and the space is so
brief between theEi that we hardly
note the change raEs
The boys do not trouble Miss
Simmons now, for the kind officer
has warned. them not to annoy her,
and, besides, her life has become
known through the officers story.
and, instead of throwing tOrpedOes
the bigger boys stand aside respect
fully 10 let her pass, and say to each
other in the midst of boisterous rev
eiry, and with instant effect: Hush
boys! Here comes Miss Sim
mons.-Inter-Ocean.
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AGRICULTUERAL NEWS.

Beyond the Vermicelli row
hear the bullfrOg's sigh again,
The cackle of the Durham eve,
The below OF the Berkshire hen.
Wen chase the plum to his retreat;
Wen hunt the eggs the onions lay;
"a, And when the bantam hog shall bleat;
Wen feed him with some peanut
hay. @
Sweet San Diego county, CalifOr-
MIA, will this year produce GOO tons
of honey.
A horse in LamoilIe, Bureau
county, Illinois, has a parasite in
his eye. It's movements are plsinly
visible.
Bonner has half a million invest
ed im horses, but Lydia Thompson
has realized about that much off of
calves.
Rhubarb leaves freshly gathered
from the garden and placed near the
crevices where CockrOaches are
said TO be Invaluable for extermin-
ating these troublesome insects.
An Indiana man raised from 40
grains of wheat, taken from an
Egyptian tomb, the first year, two
quarts, the second year, two BUSH
els aud half, and this year, he ex-
poets a yield of 20 bushels. 1t is
said to be superior grain.
Epitaph on a maggoty grass-hop-
per:
This is the Varmint-
The raVishing hopper,
Amt he a WhOpper!
His cheek is like copper;
He's rnbber, ranger; -
AnunWeleOme stranger,
]. A breeder OF famine,
Give him DAMN.
OF hunger he died not,
Neither from gunshOt.
liut his belly he trusted
TOO long, and il busted"
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CIEEEEsLESS HOME


social I.eanness of Farm Life.
The American farmer, in all his
planning, and all his building, has
never made provision for life. lie
has only considered the means of
getting Il living. Everything outside
of this-everything relating to soci-
ETY. and culLure-has been steadily
ignored. lie gives his children the
advantages of schools, not recogniZ-
ing the fact that these very advanta-
ges call into life a new set of social
wants. a bright, we'll educated
family, in lonely farmhouse, is
very different material from u fami.
ly brought up in ignorance. An
American farmers children, who
have had few terms at q neighbor-
boring academy, resemble, in no de-
gree, the children of the European
peasant. They come home with new
ideas and new wants, and if there Is
no provision made for these new
wants, and they find no opportuni-
ties for their satisfaction, they will
be ready, on reaching their maturi-
ly, to fly the farm and seek the city.
If the American farmer wishes to
keep his children near him, he must
learn the difference between living
and getting a living and we mis-
take him and his grade of culture
altogether If he does not stop over
this statement and wonder what we
mean by II. To get living, 10 make
money, to become 'sforehanded"-
this is the whole of life to agriculL-
urai multitudes, discOuraging in
their numbers, to contemplate. To
them there is no difference between
living and getting n living. Their
whole life consists i'm getting u liV-
ing; and when their families come
back TO them from their schooling,
aud find that, really, this is the only
pursuit that has any recognition uH-
der the paterual roof, they must go
away. The boys push to the center
of the cities, and the girls follow
them ii they can. a young man or
a young lady, raised 10 the point
where they apprehend the differ
ence between living and getting &
living, can never be satisfied with
the latter alone. Either the farm
er's children must be kept ignorant,
or provisions must be made for
their social wants. Brains and hearts
need food and clothing as we'll as
bodies aud those who have learned
to recognize brains and hearts as the
best aud most important part OF
their possessions, will go where
they can hnd the miniatry they need
What is the rcmedyp How shall
farmers manage o keep their child.
rem near home? How can we dis
courage the influx of unnecessary
nay Surdensome-population into
the cities2 We answer: By making
agricultural society attractive. Fill
the farmhouse with periodicals. and
books. Establish central reading
rooms, or neighborhood clubs. En-
courage the social meetings of the
young. Have concerts, lectures, am
ateur dramatic associations. Estab.
lish bright. active social life, that
shall give some Significance to labor
Above all, build as far as possible
in villages. 1t is better to go q mile
to ones daily labor than to pace
ones self mile away from q neigh
Dor. The isolation of American
farm life is the great curse of that
life, and it falls upon the women
with hardship that the men cannot
appreciaIe, and drives the educated
young awsy.-Scribner's Monthly
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EV.RY Man no HIS TRADE

The newspaper, by general con
sent, has come to be considered the
only unfailiBg advertising medium
for bringing certain returns and
large profits. This is the testimony
of thousands all over the land,
among whom is the man who has
spent his last dollar for few hand
bills, aud the firm who have invest
ell hundreds OF thousands in daub-
ing their announcements over the
hills and rocks of the country
Commonwealth.
OF course, newspaper men are lia-
BILE to be charged with taking an
Interested view of advertising, but
why should their view not also be
the correct one? A banker is sup
posed to know the most abOnt
banking, and a carpenter about car
penter work. So newspaper man
knows the most, has the most cor.
rect aud practical understanding
about advertising. He has TO learn
its methods and results in all lheil
various shapes. And the unbiased
Intelligent opinion of newspaper
men Is that the natural aud useful
advertising medium is the newspa-
per, and they are exactly right on
that point. When q man who IL
not carpenter tries to build 8
house himself, or man who ISM
doctor tries tn cut off leg, or 4
man who Isn't q lawyer tries Il
manage his own case, or a man who
isn'L q banker tries to discount hi,
own notes, or a man who isn't {
shoemaker tries TO make his owE
shoes, all the men who do Mnder
stand those respective lines of bus
iness, have to laugh at the blunder
ing of the over sharp economist
And so the newspaper men mus
smile at the desperate efforts o
those awfully cute merchants who
try to advertise without patrOnizinl
the newspaper. Innumerable ana
admirably ingenious are the devi
ces gotten up to unload the smar
fellows of their valued greenbacks
and they often save a dollar from
going to a newspaper by spending
ten dollars on a worthless aud use
less advertising trap of some kind
gotten up for their especial benefit
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:
dFHakard, to the national Leg Ssiature.
The formation Of political emper-
anee parties, has been. one IF the
means by which Democrats are in
ereasing in Congress, lr.s.. a,
II am Rews old, and few, If any,
have BEEN sol long in the temper
ance war as L have been, aud my
advice to the temperance iuen is,
form no secret societies, form no
political parties, and work in the
Republican party on the old WASH
ingtonian plan for that is one on
which ali temperance men can work
together al little expense. Do what
i "li IA. for the Democrats in max
ii.s thelm importance men and loyal
~ the saF, rl,ment. rs .,-..[
go So szas.sa -, JoHH RANKIN.
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NOTICE.

=" e. MILLER and Hattie Miller his
w wife, Will take notice that they have
been sued III the district court Ior Lyon coun-
ty, state OF Kansas, and that the plaintiff :
petition Is ON file in said district court The
names of the parties to said action are A G.
EdmISton. plaintiff, and said w. L. Miller
and Hattie Miller his wife, defendants: that
said defendants must answer said petition
filed by the plaintiff, on or before the 4til day
OF September, A. ID. 1856, or the petition will
be taken as true and Judgment will be rem
dered accordingly in favor of said plaintiff
and against said:defendant w C. Miller for
the sum of seven hundred and fifty and IS 100
dollars and interest thereon, at twelve per
cent per annum, from the 18th day of july
A. d. 1875, besides the costs of said action !;
that certain mortgage decd, executed and
delivered by said defendants to said plaihtifr
on the 10 day Of April, A. ID. 1S72 may be re-
formed so as to secure plaintin against any
and all liability or loss as surety for said de
fendant,W w. Z. Miller, ON the prOnissory note
in said mortgage mentioned that said money
Judgment be adjudged and decreed first lien
upon the following real estate situate in said
Lyon county, state of Kansas: All of lots five
and six % and o. in section two f9), township
eighteen (1S). range ten 1G), being north of
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad ;
that said real estate may be appraised adver-
ceeds OF such sale applied to the payment of
such money, Judgment and costs and costs of
sale, and that ii any deficiency exists alter
the application of such proceeds as Aforesaid,
erty of said defendant, w. G. Miller, for the
balance; ana that upon the sale of said real
estate as Aforesaid, said defendants and each
OF tnem, and all persons claiming or to claim
by, through or under them, or either of them,
he forever debarred and forecl0sed or and
from any and all right, title or interest in
said real estate, or in any part thereof, and
for such other relief as TO the court NAV seem
just and proper in the premises.
O-St RUGGLES 4 STERRY,
Attorneys for plaintiffs.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-08-06

The statistics furnished by Mr..
Dodge to the Department of Agri-
culture reveal in startling figures, the
vast natural wealth of our country.
Less than one-ll;th OF the entire area
at the United States is occupied by
farms, OF which only one-Eourth is
under tillage. Notwithstanding our
enormous wheat crop, the land
which produces il is not equal in
extent TO the surface of South Caro-
lima Our national crop, corn, COW
ers u territory not larger than Vir-
ginia, and the potato crop could
grow In less than the area of Della
ware. In view OF these figures, who
can question the bopndless resource
es OF America, or look with misgiv-
ing upon our steady tide of immi-
grafton.
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Mrs. Beecher is very proud of her
old man, and writes about him in
this lively style:
PEEKsKILL, N. y, July IL, 1875.
J.. IL. BRIsTow, Des Moines, Iowa /:
Dear Sir:-Thanks for your kind
congratulations. An unanimous YER
dict would have been gratifying aud
only small justice, in view of the
most. vile and wicked ISLANDERS
against the purest, cieanest-hearted
man that the sun shines on, aud at
ter the Lortnres OF six months in
that courtroom. But nine against
three, aud that three being such as
they we're, together with the disolo-
cures OF the perjury of the Loeder
aud Price wretches, is considered
here equal To what the full Vindica-
lion would have been had the jury
given their verdict without leaving
their seats. / haYc ma fears but that
even in this life my husband will
stand acquitted before all men
aSVe such characters As those who
have plotted against him, aud even
they kHOIO that he is guiltlcss.
Honrs respectfully, LS
Mrs. II. w. BEECfTER.
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Dol. AsIhoay'a Condition.

The Leavenworth Times Of Sun
day has the following:
1t will be eleven weeks, to-mOr-
row night, since Col. Anthony was
wounded. tie Is still confined to
his bed. Tho wound is healed. The
collar-bone has united, and is near
~ ms strOng as ever. The only
trouble now is The aneurismal iu-
NOR. IL is three weeks, last Friday,
since compression was begun. This
las been constant, with two eXcep-
tions of u rest of two DAYS each,
when the hesh became inflamed.
Compression was again begun yes
terday. The surgeon says the tumor
was originally three inches by two
and half inches, and that il has re-
duced in size until it is now no larg-
or than q small sized almond. lie is
positive that continued compression
OF the artery inside the collar-bone,
with starvation diet, will effect a
permanent cure. The location of the
bullet has not been discovered, nor
has there been any evidence indi-
eating where itlodged. 1t is hoped
that the next ten dAys will determ-
Inc the question favOrably. If not,
Il Is plainly evident that the sub
clavlan artery will have to be igat.
ed inside the eollar-bone. 1t is as
sumed that the operation could now
be- performed with greater ease and
saGsty than At any time previous Ia
the history of the case.
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STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
EmporIa Kansas.

TIME fall term of this Institution will COM
= mence sept. sth. Examination for ad-
mission, Sept. 7tb.
Diplomas, which are State certificates,
are awarded TO graduates. Tuition for EOr-
1adt students II free. incidental fee 81 per
term. Students not OF legal age Qadies il
years. gents ID. may enter the preparatory
department.. and, according to advancement,
be graded in either the Grammar or High
school. Tuition in the former is S.; in the
latter 81 per term. Any not designing 10 be-
come teachers will find opportunity In the
Grammar and High School courses, Of Study
for thorough business or collegiate educa-
tion.
Text books VIII be furnished AT COST. or 81
per term, be charged for their use. A daDOsis
fee OF 81 to ensure the return OF books in good
condition. will be required OF all who loan
their text books. Ali fees must be paid In
ddodRee. For full particulars send for circu-
lar. e.. X. POMEROY. President.
n. ID. Citizens or Empor1a will find for
their children in the TANNING SCHOOL
superior primary fAstgNefioR. Healthfnl
moral influences and physical culture com
bined with best methods OF mental training.
Tuition 81; text book fee so cents per term
.-4 A1-3A 81
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WISE AND .aHEaER0YlaE.i
PaYf orYo urpa par. - -

Payf oryo urpa per. -EExst ss7''sis |
Most people are slike seegs-@too |
full of themselvest0 hold anything |
else: ia I.sss lazslt9s ada haa
No rock SO hard but that a little |
wave may beat admission in . thoas- |
and years. i,HE 5siedu ar} ssaasf
They ali ssngA@C Cornell, how |
could Won do 80 : why, did you use
our erfsxv so psi sait 05 'ss'31{t GIt7Sa iazs |
O"' .'s ~, n sYaa . iEJa8sg.5 ~ 41s
A frontier paper 1! inks that the
trouble with liz IatfTSn Bureau is
its having t"o 'inzi. drawers. Sd
We ought not Tot 10 jndee. p o dtllla
men = merits litts sskSsfq aalitiGasixl.s
bat by the nses tIss-y s1sak tie Idf ihaB.a
a little HafttOss41 s4rI who y a ~
proved for some childish aci :. Ma
Why is it that HRaghtY Ihingss ate.
so nice p .5s,s.s,.ssT
Why isa drnnkard like q bad poll
iticisn? Because, be Is always pok-
ing his nose into measures that spoil
e>,'' : - .tfE Ct zafassg T,s.f5ss3ag
Make not q bosom friend OF q
melancholy, sad soul. He will be
sure TO aggfavAte thy adversely and
lessen thy prosperity.gads .lsslGgss
A negro aged fifty. five years late
ly married fourteen Year-old white
girl At Chippewa, Canada. He
likes his, young, white and tender.
A Pennsylvania man captured q
rattiesnake and set about teaching
it some tricks. lie was on the high
road TO success when they had TO
bury him.
Many do with opportunities as
children do at the seashOre, fill their
little hands with sand, and then let
the grains fall through, one by one,
till all are gone.
FastidiOns BOstonians, who have
been used to the dairy products of
their luxurious city, are said to be
loudly complaining of the scum that
rises on country milk.
A Jamaica boy, who was hit in
the stomach with ball, retained
breath enough to observe, SITS
lucky fined the Sunday School ;"
and then curlcd up for the balance
of the season.
A vision of the future-fond
mamma--''SuppOse, Arnold, l
should die, and papa married an
other woman, what would you do ?"
Dutiful son-"Oh! should go to
the wedding"
Hair can be turned blonde, or In
other words killed, by washing in a
very weak solution OF soda twice q
day. Two of the leading bellies of
F New York society owe their much
admired golden tresses to this sim
pie recipe.
I've seen her ont \ walking,
Dressed in suit of blue;
And 1t amt no use a talking,
She's IA steppcr-Just few.
And modest in her beauty
i AS a frog stuck in the mud;
oh! goodbye, Mollie, darling,
You precious little bud.
A remedy for scorpion bites in
! vogue in the sixteenth century is
, thus formulated: "Say 10 an asse
. secretly, and as it were whispering
in his ca re, Il am bitten by a scOr-
piOn.'" Which, as our skeptic re-
marks, is "COnfide in your family
lah8sician."
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ANTIOWIES.

Mrs. Ellen Kennedy of Chicago,
has seen 100 years and goes better.
Mrs. Weighty Clark, of OswegO
town, is l05 years old.
The oldest man in the world lives
in Chill, aged 135 years, in good
health aud memory.
John King, aged l0l years and 6
months, q. soldier OF the war of 1912,
was buried at Petersburg, Illinois
on the 9th.
Van Vert, Ohio. has u man who
ia ninety-nine years old, and great
care is being taken of him to pre-
serve him for the centennial.
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FARMERS ACCOUNT BOOK

TSABRACING separate accounts for all
Ia cereal products, stock. orchard. dairy
garden. family expenses, labor, seed, receipts
and expenditures In every department of
farm business with the pages ruled and
printed directions over each column in such
manner that any person can in this book
easily keep 3 full, clear, and correct account
OF ali the various transactions of q farm and
family, and see ut \ glance his exact financial
condition at any time. Il is pronounced by
all who have seen it just what every farmer
needs, and IT is selling very rapidly The
price Is only three dollars, and the book will
last twenty years, and save thousand times
its eSst- 1t Is manufactured by Day Eglserf
q F1Cler, book-binderS, Davenport Iowa in
their best and most Substantial styie TIls.
following endorsements speaks for itself:
EMPoRIA, KANSAS, July 6, 1876.
T. 7. KERSs-.Sfr: Having examined the
"E aFmers' Account Book, !" which you have for
sale, we do not hesitate 20 commend il 10 the
farming community IS one Of the most adj
miF1hle methods Of booking ever devised II
enables the farmer 10 Keep an account or each
crop and all property peculiar to mis- calling
- well Is every bus iness transaction IN stlffI
= simple and concise manner that every ac-
count may be kept with but small exDendi
ture Of time Every farmer should have one.
and keep his accounts posted.
y. =. Sfk4TToN, }. s. CRAIG
CHAs. Z: PAINE, h.. y PIRxER.
JACOB METZGEE, JOSEPH ERSsT'
III, IL. CRAY, ID. sTAHa
7. +. HALL.