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The Cure tor Gossip.

What is the cure for gossip /?
Simply culture. There is q great
deal of gossip that has no malignity
in it. Good natured people talk
about their neighbors, because, snd
only because, they have nothing
else to talk about. AS we write,
there comes to us the picture of a
family of young ladies. We have
seen them at home, we have met
them in galleries of ART, I'VE have
caught glimpses of them going
from a book store or library, with
a fresh volume in their hand.
When we meet them, they are full
Ofwhat they have seen and read.
They are trimming with questions.
One topic of conversation is drop
ped only to give place to another in
which they are interested We have
left them after a delightful hour
stimulated and refreshed, and du-
ring the whole hour not a neigh
bor's garment was soiled by so
much as q touch. They had some
thing to talk about. They knew
something and wanted to know
more. They could listen as we'll as
they could talk. To speak freely
ola neighbor's doings aud belong
ings would have seemed an imper-
thence to them, and of course, an
improperly. They had no tempta-
ton to gossip, because the doings
of their neighbors formed a subject
very much less interesting than
those which grew out of their
knowledge and their culture.
And this tells the whole story
The confirmed gossip is always
either malicious or ignorant. The
one variety needs a change of heart
and the other a change of pasture
Gossip is always q personal confes-
sion either to malice or imbecility
and the young should not only shur
it but by the most thorough cHlturt
remove themselves from all temp
tation to indulge in it. 1t is q low
frivolous and, too often, a dirty bu
siness. There are country neigh
borhoods in which it RACES like
pest. Churches are split in piece
by it. Neighbors are made enemie
for life by it. In many persons
degenerates to q chronic disease
which is partially incurable. LIE
the young cure it while they can
~. g. Holland.
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range; but it has been done by
keeping them in lots of 100 to $50
in separate places, extending over
q number of acres of land, each
lot having separate roosting
house 90 to so rods apart. No
man should attempt the keeping
of over 100 or 200 fowls, until he
is thoroughly informed in regard
TO all the difficulties in the bust
ness, as he would be sure to lose
the most of the money invested
in it.
q SPRUNG KNEES.
If horses having sprung knees
are are allowed to rest a few
month Cbest in pasture) rubbing
the joints daily with liniment OF
equal parts of creosote and tur-
pentlne, and two parts of olive oil,
a cure is often effected. It is ad-
visabie to bandage the joints while
the IMMINENT is applied-that is,
to remove the bandage to apply
it, and then put it on again. Rub
in the liniment on the under as
well as on the outer side of the
knees.
TO DISSOLVE BONES.
If a farmer can save so or 10C
pounds of bones, it will pay to dis
solve them by packing them in s
water-tight cask in unleached ash,
es; then fill in all the water the
cask will hold, keeping it full fol
two months, when the bones will
be as mass of jelly. Then mix
them. ashes and all, with four Oh
five times their bulk of soil, anG
you will have valuable fertilizer
A COOP POTATO.
I advise farmers to be wary al
regards the alleged good qualities
of the many new varieties OF pota
toes that exist. Don't buy many
only a pound or a half peck, a
| first to try them, unless you know
what they are, as there may b.
| expected hereafter a great dea
of humbugging in these new vari
cites. But / think the snowfiak
potato one of the very best of al
; the new varieties, yet it may no
grow we'll in ali localities.
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Old Folks.

Rerne, n. Y, has a Cetnennarian
in Polly Ryan, born in 1772.
Rachel Elliott, Maragret Evans,
Esther Faulkner, and Israel Caswell.
all of New Hampshire, completed
their 100lh year in 1875.
An aged smoker named Chaffey
has just stepped into the silent tomb,
from the Dorset, n. Y, Work
House, at the age of 104.
Henry Carter, colored citizen of
Osceola, confessed that he was one
hundred and six years old and died.
Gone to meet Methuselah.
Mrs. futile, of East Boston, was
one hundred years old last Friday
week. She was born on the day
the battle of Trenton was fought.
Miss Betsy Carr, of New Hamp-
shire, is one hundred and five years
old and is still unmarried; but SIZE
has not the slightest notion of tax
ing advantage of leap year.
Mrs. Martins r. Morey of STRAIT
ford, VT, was 100 this month, and is
going to the Centennial. She has
five children from So to 81 years
old, also II children, 13 great grand
children.
Joseph Mishon, of Williamsport,
Pa, was 102 years old on the 9Th
inst. He is not going to the Gen.
tennial on foot, but proposes to take
a Pullman palace car if his neighbors
will subscribe the funds.
Mrs. Margaret Boggs celebrated
the hundredth anniversary OF her
birthday recently in Germantown,
near Philadelphia. Her maiden
name was Donaldson, and she was
married eighty-three years ago.
She danced q minuet with George
Washington, when she was eighteen
and he was sixty-two years of age.
William o. Gormon, the man who
received the first order issued by
the State of Michigan for work per-
formed, is still living in Michigan
at the age of one hundred and five
i years. He is constant reader and
takes great interest in the news Of
the day, and retains ali his faculties
Until very recently he has been able
to do considerable work about the
/ farm on which he lives, and hal
t chopped all the firewood for thu
? family.
, Polk county, Wis, has a centen
: marian, Mrs. Ingre Rasmussen, a res.
ident of that county, was born Oh
the lst of June, 1776, and has sur
vived for nearly century, withou
7 even a moderate sickness. At TIT
age of 50 she made tollsome Jour
ney from Norway, her native land
across the sea, which she endured
without her health undergoing TIN
, least injury. She can converse in
diligently, and expects to outliv,
: the century.
I Captain Frederick Lahrbusch, o
- No. 513 Sd avenue, N. Y, says h
f served under Wellington and guard
D ed Napoleon l. on the island of 81
/ Helena, reached his one hundret
o and tenth birthday last week. Il
|, honor of this remarkable event
Q dinner was given him. The oil
n gentleman is, considering his age
: in good health, his memory is no
/, impaired, and lie speaks severa
8 languages with fiuency. Every al
: ternoon at o'clock he retires, an,
y awakes about l or O'Clock in in
7, morning. AT daylight he walks il
4 the open air, accompanied by tw
f pet dogs. lie frequently visits hi
b friend Thurlow Weed, and ofte
d rides down in the street cars to Wa
o street to see the "bulls" an
II 0hears0
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DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.

A convention of the democratic par
ty of the state of Kansas will be held
in the Hall of the House of Represent
atives in the city of Topeka at O'Clock
p. m. on Thursday May 18th 1876, for
the purpose of choosing delegates, and
alternates, to represent the democratic
party of this state in the national con-
VentiOn of the party to be held In the
city of st. Louis, on the 9th day of
June next.
The state convention will be COM
posed of three delegates from each
representative district, under the ap-
portionment made by the Legislature
now in session.
We respectfully recommend that the
democratic voters of the state, and
such other good citizens as choose to
act with them, meet in county mass
convention, at their respective county
seats at 2 o'clock D. m. Saturday, May
9Th 1876, and select three delegates
| and three alternates from each repre-
sentative district in the county to rep
resent them in the state convention
and that the chairman and secretary
of the county convention Immediately
transmit to the Secretary of the State
| Central Committee at Topeka copy
of the proceedings of the convention
with the names and post-Office address
of the delegates and alternates so chOs
en-. We further earnestly recommend
that at such county convention perma'
nent county and district organization!
be effected; and that the Secretaries o
the conventions forward to the Secre-
tary of the State Central COMMITTEES a
Topeka, the names and post-office ad
dress of the several county committee
so chosen.
We respectfully and earnestly invite
liberal republicans, reformers, and al
other patriotic citizens of this state {.
to attend eur conventions, participate
; in their proceedings, and generally Il
unite with as, in an honest and de
termined effort to secure to the peopl
of this state and 10 the whole people @
the United States, the blessings o
pure, free, and economical govern
ment, both national and state. A gov
eminent that shall be founded in tn
affections of its citizens and admins
tered by its officers in a spirit of un
selfish patriotism, for the security G
the honor of the country, and the pro
motion of the peace. prosperity, an
happiness Of the people.
By order of the State Central Com
mittee. Topeka, Kansas, February 25t
: 1875.
, JOHN MARTIN.
, q. MILES MOORE. Chairman
CecrefarY.
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Blaine ERectuaIIy Nails a Lie.


INDIANAPOLIS, April IL The SEN
tinel of this morning asserts that j.
S. Harrison, q prominent banker OF
this city, and for q number of years
a government director In the Union
Pacific railroad company, is in pos
session of facts inculpating ex-
Speaker Blaine in receiving S64, 600
previous to 1872, from the Union
Pacific railroad for which worthless
Arkansas bonds were deposited as
security and that Mr.. Harrison had
eudeavored to procure an investiga-
ton bv a committee of the direc-
tors, but was prevented on tie
grounds that such action would be
detrimental to Mr.. Blaine's political
prospects. Since the publication of
the above Mr.. Harrison has been
asked for q statement OF the facts,
but declines to say more than that
If brought before a congressional
committee, he will tell all he knows
about Il without concealment.
INDINAPoLIs, IND, April ia
journal editorial OF tomorrow dis
credits and repudiates the report
published in the Sentinel to-day
duplicating ex-SpeAker Blaine in
the irregularities in connection with
the u. p. II. X.
WASHINGTON, April ia story
credited to the Indianapolis Senti-
mel has been in circulation for some
time past in private political circles.
Mr.. Blaine was made acquainted
with it and promptly denied it. stat
ing IL was entirely sensational and
Oh Cd
In Washington circles was, that a
draft was paid for Blaine's benefit
by Morton, Bliss 81 Co., of New
York, and was afterwards taken up
and paid by 4. II. Rollins. treasurer
of the Union Pacific railroad COM
pany. In taking measures recently
TO correct 1t, Blaine received the fol-
lowing letter:
New YORK, April 6.
j. G.. Blaine, Warrington:
DEAR SIR.-In answer to your in
quiry, we beg leave TO say that no
draft, note or check, or other evil
dence of value has ever passed
through our books, in which you
were known or supposed to have
any interest of any kind, direct or
indirect. [SignedI
~ MORTON, BLISS 81 Co.
Also the following:
BosToN, March 81.
Hon. j. G.. Blaine:
DEAR SIR.-In response 10 your
inquiry, beg leave to state that
have been the treasurer of the
Union Pacific railroad company
since April l, 1S7l, and have neces.
sarily known of all disbursements
made since that date. During thai
entire period, up to the present
time, am sure that no money has
been paid in any way, or to any
person, by this company in which
you were interested In any manner
whatever. 1 make this statement il
Justice to the company, to you ant
TO myself. tSigned.
+. II. ROLLINS.
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Almost Incredible.


A man named Langley recently
went to st. Mary's Bay geese-hunt-
ing. SAeing q moose on the Oppos-
lite shore, he fred, and at the same
time q purpose leaped from the
water, and the bullet killed both it
and the moose. The porpoise float
ed to the shore, and the hunter used
il rs q raft to paddle across to the
moose. There be found that the
bullet, after killing the moose, had
got into q hollow tree, in which
was q store of wild honey, which
was flowing through the hole made
by the bullet. Reaching for what
he thought was stick to plug up
the hole, he caught q rabbit by the
leg. Rather startled, he threw it
violently from him, and struck a
covey of eighteen particles, killing
them all.
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"Persons who patronize papers
should pay promptly, for the Pc
cuniary prospects of the press have
Q peculiar power in pushing fer
ward public prosperity. If the
printer is paid promptly, and his
pocket book kept plethoric by
prompt paying patrons, he puts his
pen to his paper in peace, his para
graphGa are more pointed, he paints
his pictures of passing events in
more pleasing colers, and the perus-
al of his paper is pleasure to the
people. Paste this piece of pro.
verbal philosophy in some place
where all persons can perceive it.
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Sheriff s. Sale.
District Court, Fifth Judicial District, Lyon
County, Kansas.
Howe Machine Company,
Abner L. Brink

Abner L. Brink.
DY virtue of an order of sale issued out of
ID the District Court of the Fifth Judicial
District, sitting in and for Lyon county, Kan
sas, wherein the Howe Machine Company is
plaintiff, and Abner L. Brink is defendant, i
will, on Monday, the ed day of May, 1876, at
II O'Clock a. m, at the front door of the court
house in Emporia, Lyon county, Kansas,
offer for sale by public auction to the highest
bidder for cash in hand, all the right, title and
Company. in and to the following described
real estate, to- wit: The southwest quarter oil
the northwest quarter of section twelve
township sixteen, range twelve, in Lyon
county. Kansas.
Said real estate will lie sold as the property
of Abner l.. Brink, to satisfy said order o.
sale.
Sheriff IS Office, April IS. 1876.
1920 HIRAM CONNER, Sheriff
I.vnn county Kansas
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a Hidden Volcano in FIor1a

A Hidden Volcano In FlOrIa.
Of the wonderful secrets of ma
ture that Florida can boast Of
possessing there is one upon which
the eye Of mortal has not been
permitted to gaze. For more
than thirty years its existence has
been tantalizingly proclaimed by
a cloud of smoke that has unseas-
ingly ascendes from an impene-
trable swamp some twenty-five
miles from Monticello, in the di-
rection of the Gulf coast. Learned
gentlemen for many years and
from various points have made
frequently and persistent efforts
to solve this long-standiDg and
perplexing mystery. But up to
this time nothing has been &C.
complished beyond unsuccessful
attempts to reach the place, all o.
which ended in disaster within
four or five miles of the spot on
which the supposed volcano is
thought to be. Judge Bell and
others are now making a fresh at
tempt to penetrate to this mystic
rious phenomenon. Judge White
of Quincy, has led several expedi
tons to that region, but in every
instance failed to effect an entrance
through the closely interviewer
and impenetrable underground o.
the center of the swamp. Will
some of these attempts have beel
feeble and inefficient, others hav
been we'll organized and equipped
and led by men of experience ant
| fixedness OF purpose. Judg
White had an observatory whicl
he could place in the tree tops t
guide him in the right course
And yet this s'undiscoverd bourne
remains untrodden by the foot c
| 3 traveller.
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GORONER'S SALE.
IN DISTRICT COURT,
LYON COUNTY KAS.i

Z
LYON COUNTY KAs.(
j. S. Shedd, Plaintiff,
VS..
Robert l.. Mcconnell and Mary A Mcconnell,
Defendants.
NOTICE is hereby given that, by virtue of
IN an order of sale issued to me by the clerk
of said court, in the above entitled action,
will, on the sixteenth day of May, 1876, at one
O'Clock p. m. of said day, at the froat door OF
the court house, in Emporia, Lyon county,
Kansas. sell to the highest bidder for cash, at
public auction. the following described real
estate situate in Lyon county, Kansas, to-wit:
The northeast quarter of section one, in town
ship seventeen, range twelve, except two
acres in the southwest corner, previously
decided by z. l.. Mcconnell and wife fol-
school purposes. And the said property will
be sold as the property of the defendants, Z
l.. Mcconnell and Mary A. Mcconnell.
Appraisement, ten Illars and twenty cent:
per acre. L. II. CHITTENDEN. Coroner
i5-5K LYON county. Kansas.
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sberifr,s ONCE. April 5th. $50

T X. FINLEY will take notice that he has
q been sued by George w. Hoss; that the
petition is fled in the district court of
Lyon county, Kansas. The names of the par
ties to said suit are George w. Hoss, plaintiff,
and J. K. Finley, defendant; and said defend
ant is further notified that he must answer
said petition on or before Thursday, May 18th,
1876, or the same Will be taken as true and
judgment rendered as prayed for therein,
which is that said plaintiff have judgment for
amount dae on three promissory notes execu-
ted by said defendant to said plaintiff on Oc-
tober 9TH, 1ST3-one for $500, and two for s.. 600
each, all bearing interest at 10 per cent. per
annum, payable annually; and for foreci0F-
ure of mortgage given by said defendant on
said date TO secure said notes. upon the fol-
| lowing described real estate situate in Lyon
county, Kansas, to-Wit: Commencing at a
point 40 rods east of the southwest corner of
/ the N. w. 4 of section 10, township 10, range
II thence east 10 rods thence north u rods.
feet inches; thence west 10 rods; thence
south "a rods, 4 feet inches, to beginning.
containing dve acres, more or less: and for an
order Of sale of said mcrtgaged premises, to
| satisfy said money judgment and 500 attor-
ney's fee for foreclosure of said mortgage.
| 15-3w Z. w. CUNNINGHAM,
| Atty fer plaintiff.
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The Richest Nlnn In Al

The latest estimate of Vanderbilt's
wealth places 1t at hundred mill
lions, aud it Is increasing every
day. The old man has large libra
ry which consists of scrap books
pasted full of government bonds.
He could buy one half of the crown
ed heads of Europe. Nobody, not
even himself, Knows the exact fig
ure OF his wealth. There is no
danger Of his following the road so
disastrouSly travelled by Daniel
Drew, because he is moro careful
notes around, and sticks rigidly to
his library government-bOnd scrap
books. He is the richest man on
the American continent.
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CITY OFFICERS.

Mayor-Thos. Morrison.
Treasurer Howard Dunlap.
Police Judge-(ieo. NJ. Stowell.
City Attorney-J. Jay Buck.
City Clerk-E. NJ. Forde.
Narshal-Thos. Flemming.
Chief Engineered. q. McMurtrie.
Councilmen-1st Ward, A. A. Baker, l. +.
Perley. I'd Ward, H. b. Lowe. j. II. Davis.
Sd Ward, John Henson, f. p. Bancroft. 4th
Ward, Ed. Borton, Z. Nichols.
Board of Education-1st w ard, j Jay Buck,
W. 4. McCarty. I'd Ward, Van Mccullough,
N T. Nix Sd Ward, ii. W. McCune, L. l..
Halleck 4th Ward, j. A.Moore. L. B. Kel-
Justice of the Peace-C. B. Bachelor, Geo.
Constabies-T. johnson, H. w. Gilchriest
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The Secretary of the Treasury
has had copied at an expense of
5000 for additional clerk hire, q
complete list of the stockholders in
National banks. 1t il pon6erous
mass Of manuscript, weighing up
wards of three hundred pounds,
and, should the House order it to
be printed, it will make two vol
umes of eight hundred pages each.
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STATE GOVERNMENT.
COUNTY OFFICERs.

Judge District Court-E. Il. Peyton.
Clerk District Court-G. w. Frederick.
Sherin-Hiram Conner.
SAttorney-A. Gillett.
Treasurer-Jos. Ernst.
Clerk. s. Craig.
Register of Deeds-F. r. Page.
Supt. Pub. Instruction-A.D ID. Chambers.
Surveyor-Harry Hibben
Probate Judge-E. w. Cunningham.
I'D. s. GILMORE,
Commissioners u. A TAYLOR,
IL. A. WOOD.
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REPUBLICAN, CONVENTION.

A delegate convention of the Republic
cans of the State of Kansas will be held
in representative hall, ia the city of To-
peka, on Wednesday the oath day of May,
A. D. 1876, at the hour of two o'clock p.
M, for the purpose Of choosing ten dele
gates and ten alternatSss . represent the
Republican party of Kansas in the Union
Republican National Convention to be
held in Cincinnati, Ohio. on the 14th day
of June, proX., for the purpose of nomi-
mating candidates for President and Vice
President of the United States. Each
representative district entitled to repre-
sentation in the legislature of 1877 shall
be entitled to two delegates.
1t is recommended that the district con-
ventions for the purpose of electing dele
gates to the State Convention herein call
ed be held on Saturday, the 18th day Of
May. 1876, at such hour as may be desig
mated by the Central Committee of each
| representative district, or in the event
that there be no such committee, by the
| Central Committee of the county. 1t il
also recommended that in addition to thu
delegates herein provided for, one alter
nate be elected for each delegate.
No person Will be entitled to seat o.
vote in the convention by virtue of hold
ing the proxy of any of the delegates.
| By order of the committee.
JOHN GUTHRIE, Chairmhn.
j. JAY BUCK. Secretary.
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One hundred and sixty cattle
sold at West Liberty, Iowa, last
week, for a total of $1,000, which
is an average of $500. The largest
single price was $1,000.
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A clergyman's widow gave this
advice to q Young lady friend the
other day: "Jane, If ever you mar
ry q minister, marry one who in an
emergency has enough of the grace
OF God in his heart to go from the
pulpit to the kitchen, and pare the
potatoes for dinner without grow
ling"
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Ex-Gov. Carney's statement of liza
bilities foot up about $4,000; his as
sets about equal this sum. Among his
liabilities is the sum of $500 due the
Sheriff of Saline county.
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Uncle Daniel Drew puts in his
schedule of assets seal-skin coat
valued at $50 and other clothing,
bible, hymn.book, etc, worth
81, 100. No wonder Uncle Daniel
failed. No young man OF seventy
odd should be so extravagant.
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SOAP FACTORY

DARTIEs wishing to exchange grease for
4 soap can do 50 By calling At the Factory,
building, or ct my residence corner Mechan-
les street and Sth avenue. Win take grease
thing else which will make soap.
I2-f il. W. BELL, Agent.
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EMPoRIA SOCIETIES.
MASONIC.

TMPoRIA CoMMANDERY, No. 8. Meets
~ on first and third Saturdays, at Mason
ic hall. L. ID. JABoBs, L. C.
J. e. BENNETT, Recorder.
THMPORIA CHAPTER, Z. A. N. Meets at
ID Masonic hall, on the LIST and Sd Friday
evenings of each month, at T1<o'clock. Com
panions in good standing are cordially inyit-
ed to attend. MOVES SPIcER, II. z.
ED. BOTTOM, Secretary.
NMPORIA LODGE, No. -, A. r. & A. NJ l..
n Meets at Masonic hall, in Eskridge's
building, on the 1st and Sd Thursdays Of each
month. Master Masons in COED standing are
cordially invited TO attend.
WV. HIBBEN, W. II.
). JAY BUCK. Secretary.