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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-01-21
Failing NewsDnpers.

Several of our exchanges have
been commenting of late, upon the
fact that over one thousand news
papers in this country have ceased
publication within the past twelve
months. They use this as text to
preach upon the subject of"J
ism as q Profession" and to add
point to their comments, have Civ
en- the former callings or occupa-
tions of the thousand but about two
hundred. These two hundred,
then. We are to presume, were jour-
nalists by profession.
A half truth ia sometime worse
than a whole falsehood, because it
is more apt to mislead the unwary.
One of the worst half truths that
we know of in connection with this
subject is that in order to make q
successful journalist, special train
ing is necessary. The pernicious
element in this statement is that it
leads persons to believe that the Sc
cret of success in conducting a
newspaper is beyond the reach of
any one who has been bred to diff
ferent occupation. Now it Is un-
deniably true that practical knowl-
edge of the technical part of the
business is of great advantage even
to the editor of a newspaper. 1t is
of the last Importance that the
publisher should have q thorough
knowledge of the whole business.
But this knowledge may be acquir-
ed by any one who has q taste for
it, and is gifted with good common
sense. The same general education
that enables man to master any
other business will be found equal
~ advantageous in journalistic pur-
suits. All the knowledge gained in
the study and practice of the law
medicine, divinity, school teaching,
agriculture or trade, will be of ad.
vantage to a man who adopts jour-
nalism as q profession, provided
that he takes q new departure in his
studies, and enters q wider field OF
investigation. Many q man has
mistaken his calling, or by mista.
ken parental importantly been
crowded into the ranks of q profes.
sion for which he had neither taste
or inclination, who has discovered
his mistake, struck out into new
paths, and achieved the most bril-
liant success.
The general cause for newspaper
failure is that those who engage in
this pursuit are actuated by the
most trivial motives, and base theil
calculations upon the most absurd
expectations. They have a hobby
to ride, q horn to blow, an axe to
grind, and imagine that they car
induce the public to pay them FOL
riding and footing and grinding
The publication of a newspaper a
private enterprise, to promote
ones own private business interes
is all right, provided the proprieto
is able to pay for the privilege. Blu
when a man gets possession of ;
newspaper, merely because he i
anxious to show the world how
smart he is, and not because he ex
poets to increase in any degree tn
general stock of useful knowledge
he deserves to fail.
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NoTECE.

TDGAR Stephens, Sidney Randall, wife of
III Z. w. Randall, and 4. L. Dole, nOnresi-
dents Of the State of Kansas, will take notice
that Mary 8. Little. plaintiff. has fled her Pc
tition In the ONCE of the clerk of the District
Court Of Lyon county, Kansas, against 3. w.
Randall, Sidney Randall, his wife. Edgar
stephens, John ID. Gibson, James Stout, and
e. L. Dole, defendants; that they have
been sued, and must answer the said
of February, "A. ID. 1875 or the said petit
ton VIII be taken as true, and Judgment rem
dered accordingly lin favor of the plaintiff,
and against the defendant, r. W. Randall,
Tor the sum OF <S36.5Q, with interest thereon
at the rate of Il per cent. per Gnnum from
March 18th, 1874, and $75.0 attorneys fees for
foreclosure Of mortgage, and for costs Of suit;
following described real estate situate In
LYON county, Kansas, to-Wit: Lots one III,
two ~, three Isl, fourteen and north half
Of lot fifteen ISL in block sixty t00l in the
town Of Americas; that the said premises be
sold to satisfy said judgment, and by said sale
each of said defendants be forever barred
from claiming any right. title or interest In
SAID premises; that the mortgage executed
bY defendants, X. w. Randall and wife, 70
Edgar Stephens, dated February Slsf ISL
and recorded in book OF mortgages, at page
1c6 Of records, in ONCE OF Register Of Deeds
Of said county, also mortgage executed hy b
dated December Sd, 1870, and recorded in book
D Of mortgages, st page 81, OF records IN Of
dee Of Registef Of Deeds Of said county.
both said mortgages conveying said prem
ises1 he decreed satisfied, and for Gneh other
relief Is to the Court shall seem meet and
nroDer GELLETT 8 FOROE,
LIST Attorneys poI plaintiff.
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The female revivalist preacher,
Widow Van Colt, now begins work
in Newark. The fruits of her la
bOrs in Newburgh were eight hun
dred converted sinners, including
atheists, drunkards, hardened and
respectable hypocrites. If these peo-
pie are really and truly turned over
in all the ways of their lives, then
certainly Newburgh is not the
worse, but is the better for her visit,
and must manifest the signs Of its
Improvement beyond 8 doubt. New
ark furnishes q larger field than
Newburgh for Widow Van Colt,
Its population is over 100000, and
it is the largest city in the State OF
New Jersey. It is great place foI
manufactures, railroads, and enter
prise, and it has large proportion
of Germans among its people.
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CHAPTER XII.

From Strasbourg I determined
to go into Switzerland; above all,
to Geneva. 1 could not help it.
In due course oftime and travel I
arrived near Geneva, and sent for
ward my green aud gold avant-
couriers; but, alas! they returned
with the doletul news that ele-
plants were not admitted into
that ancient city. The last ele-
plant that had been there had
done mischief, and, at the request
of its proprietor, Madlle. GARNER,
a young lady whose conscience
smote her, for she had another ell
plant that killed one or two peo-
pie In Venice, was publicly execu-
ted in the fortress. (They gave
this elephant an ounce of prussic
acid and an ounce of arsenic; nei-
ther of these sedatives producing
any effect, they fired a cannon-ball
through her neck
Fortunately as then thoughtl
| had provided myself with testi-
monials from the mayor ond gov
errors of some score of towns
through which we had passed.
l produced these, and made friends
in the town, particularly with a
DIR. Mayo. At last we were ad-
mitted. Dick was proved a dove
by such overpowering testimony.
1 had now paid NJ. Huguet six
thousand francs and found my
self possessed of five thousand
more. Business was very good in
Geneva. Dick was very popular.
Her intelligence and amiability
became a by-word. / had but
one disappointment, though.
Madlle'--never came to see
us, and was too sulky and too
busy to hunt for her. Besides, 1
said to myself, All the world
can find me, and if she cared a
button for me, she would come to
light" 1 tried to turn it off with
. the old song,
"Now get ye gone, ye scornfui dame;
| If you are proud, I'll be the same.
I make no doubt that shall find
AS pretty girl unto my mind.''
Behold me now at the climax OF
prosperity, dressed like a gentle.
man, driving a pair of horses
proprietor of a whole cavel-
cade and of an elephant, and after
clearing all expenses, making al
the rate of full f. 600 per annum
There was a certain clergyman oil
the place used to visit us about
every day, and bring her cakes
and things to eat, till he got quite
fond of her, and believed that sht
returned his affection. used to
beg him not to go so close to her
ON this, his answer was, "Why,
you say she is harmless as q chick
en-; so then I had no more to say
Well, one unlucky day 1 turned
my back for a moment; before
could get back there were the OLD
sounds, snort of rage, and q CRY
OF terror, and there was the POO
minister in her trunk.
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sHERIFF,s SALE.
District Court, 9th Judicial District, Lyon
County, Kansas.
The Emporia Mutual Loan Association,
VS..

District Court, 9th Judicial District, Lyon
County, Kansas.
The Emporia Mutual Loan Association,
VS..
Nathan N. Foster.
DY virtue of an order of sale issued out of
District, sitting in and for Lyon county, Kan
sas, wherein The Emporia Mutual Loan As
ISOLATION Is plaintiff, and Nathan N. Foster,
is defendant, ] will, on Monday, the Third
day of January, 1876, at nine and a-half
O'Clock a. m, at the front door of the court
fer for sale by public auction, to the highest
bidder for cash in hand, all the right, title
and interest of the defendant, Nathan N.
Foster, in and to the following described real
estate, to- wat: Commencing at the southeast
Is 81 corner OF the northwest quarter In " n
OF section fifteen isl, township nineteen [I9I.
range twelve III thence west sixty three
and ninety eone one hundreths 1853 SLIGO rods
thence north one hundred and sixty 1851
rods to north line of said quarter; thence
thence south to place OF beginning, contain:
ing sixty three 1851 acres, three IS1 roods and
twenty (90l perches. Also, four lei acres,
two ~ rOOds and one and one-half fiKl
percheS, commencing at the northwest IN WI
corner of q piece of land decided by Osgood to
In W ~ Of section fifteen [15l, township nine
teen t19l, range twelve [f2l thence due east
seventeen III, rods and sixteen I6l links
thence north fOrty-three 1881 rods; thence
west seventeen III rods and sixteen tI6l
place of beginning. All in Lyon county.
Kansas.
Said real estate will be sold as the property
Of Nathan n. Foster, to satisfy said order OF
sale.
sherin's ONCE, this Sd day of Dec, 1915.
law JOHN BAY, Sheriff
Lyon Co., Kansas.
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"Never until now" said the his
torian Bancroft, at the Congrega-
tional gathering on the Centennial
grounds in Philadelphia recently,
"has there been a Centennial under
the auspices of Republic that en-
dured for an hundred years." There
is something to think of in that re.
mark, and in 1t lies one of the strong
reasons why the Centennial Exhibit
ton, which is to mark and emphs'
size the progress of the American
Republic during it's hundred years
of existence, should not be allowed
through q parsimonious policy, t.
discredit the Republic it is intended
to honor.
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in the road. Most times one thing
stands, another goes; here it all
went bodily on all sides like pa
per on a windy day, and the peo-
pie went fastest of all. There
was the yell of a multitude I'M
der our noses, then an empty
street under our eyes. We march
ed on calm; majestical, and I'M
ruffied, beneath the silent night.
Doors and bolts, indeed, to a
lady that had stepped through a
brick wall before that day,-an
English brick wall,
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COUNTY OFFICERS.

Judge District COurt-E. Il. PeytOn.
Clerk District Court-G. w. Frederick.
SheriR-Hiram Conner.
Attorney-A. Gillett.
Treasurer-JOs. Ernst.
Clerk. s. Craig.
Register of Deeds-F. X. Page.
Supt. Pub. 1nstruction-A. ID. Chambers.
6urveyor-Harry Hibben.
Probate JUDGE. w. Cunningham.
ID. s. GILMORE,
Commissioners I. A. TAYLOR,
IL. A. WOOD.
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CITY OFFICERS.

Mayor-John Bay.
Treas urer- Howard Dunlap.
Police Judge-M. Weaver.
City Attorney-J. Jay Buck.
City Clerk-E. M.sForde.
Narshal-E. T. Nichols.
Chief Engineered. q. McMurtrie.
Counciimen-1st Ward, A. A. Baker, T. C..
Davidson. I'd Ward, j Epstein, H. b. Lowe.
Sd Ward, w. w. Hibben, L. p. Bancroft. 4th
Ward, j. s. Watson, Z. Nichols.
Board of Education-1st Ward, G. NJ. Stow
ell, W. T. McCarty. I'd Ward Van McCul-
Tough, Robert Milliken. Sd Ward, ID. c. Nc
Murtrie, H. W. McCune. 4th Ward, j. A.
Moore, Z. w. Spencer. Treasurer Board OF
Education, ID. W. Eastman.
Justice of the Peace-C. B. Bachelor, Geo.
II. Stowell.
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ENPoRIA SOCIETIES,
MASONIC.

TMPORIA COMMANDERY, No. g, U. d.
ia Meets on LIST and Sd Saturdays, at Mason
ic hall. LID JiBOBS, &c
j. c. BENNETT, Recorder.
T5lMPORIA CHAPTER, Z. A. n. Meets at
Ia Mason hall, on the list and Sd Friday
evenings of each month, at TX O'Clock. Com
panions In good standing are cordially invit-
ed TO attend. w. II. WIcKs, II. 7.
LEW. w. HALLEcK, Secretary.
TMPORIA LODGE, No. -, A. +. a A. If
d Meets st their hail, RuggIes & Plumb's
building, on the Thursday of or next preced-
ing the full moon Of each month, and every
two weeks thereafter. Master MasoRs in
good standing are cordially invited 20 attend.
w. W. HIBBEH, W. ID.
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In the Milan cemetery 9 pavilion
has been put up for the cremation
of bodies, which, being placed on
an altar, are subjected to the action
of two hundred gas burners giving
8 heat of LOCO degrees. Thus 8
body is consumed to ashes in one
hour. On January 18th, Chevalier
Albert Keller was to be burnt, the
preparations having been made by
direction Of his win.
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BY permission OF the " orshlp II
the Mayor,
the great
ELEPHANT

of the King of Siam,
from Franconi's Olympic Circus.
Mademoiselle Dick,
Colossal Elephant, eleven feet high
and weighs nine thousand
pounds. The largest elephant
ever seen in Europe.
Mr. H. B. Lott, naturalist, who
supplies the mensgeries of the va
rious courts of Europe, sharehol-
der of the Olympic Circus, and
proprietor of this magnificent ell
ephant, which he has trained to
such a height that he will present
her to the public in q dramatic
piece which was written for her
three years and a half ago, and
had a great success under the IL
tie of the Elephant of the King Of
Siam.
The proprietor, in his voyage
round the globe, was fortunate
enough to purchase this enor
nous quadruped, which became
attached to him, and has beer
eleven years in his possession, du.
ring which time she has never
once forgotten herself, and exc
cutes with obedient zeal whatev
er he bids her.
Mile. Dick has now arrived a
her full gro with, being one hund
red and twenty-five years of age
she is eleven feet high, and weigh:
nine thousand pounds. She take
forty pounds of bread for he
breakfast, at noon barley and oats
in the evening potatoes or ric
cooked, and at night hay or straw
| This is the same elephant tina
fought with Mr.. Martins lioness
| The lioness, whom the careless
ness of the attendants allowed {,
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F. w. Clapp, of Massachusetts
Legislature, hst refused r.. r. pass
al believe" he says, "that no men,
Der of the legislature cSn receive
favors of this kind consistently with
his duty to his constituents and the
respect which he owes to himself"
Four other members have also re-
turned passes, but there are two
hundred and seventy-five to hear
from.
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DtSSAtOt SuttEtS OIL JUDICIAL District Green
wood County, Kansas.
Irena E. Miller.
VS..
james X. Miller
RY virtue of an execution issued ont of
- the District Court of the Fifth Judicial
y Rlstrlct sitting In and for Greenwood county,
Ter Is plaintiff. and James x. Miller is Defend
aSn NJ Hlli' On Monday, the thirty-Arst day
o. January, 1856, At II O'Clock q. m, at the
1ront door OF the court house in Emparia.
Lyon county, Kansas, otter for sale hy public
auction TO the highest bidder for cash in hand
az tne right title and interest of the defend
ant. James x: Miller, in and to the following
described real estate. to-wit: The southeasf
quarter s. ~ of section thirty-one faIl,
township twenty-one l2ll, range eleven INF;
and the west half wv 81 OF the southwest
quarter Is of section thirty two 1897,
3I'Mnsn1p twenty-one [2ll, range eleven mi /;
all In Lyon county, Kansas t1
Sald real estate is levied upon as the prop-
eeution. e@iu CA
sheriff IS Office, December slst, 1875.
oo-o" JOHN BAY, Sheriff
Lyon Co., Kansas.
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NOTICE.

To F; J, COmstOck, a nonresident of the State
of Kansas:
VOU will hereby take notice, that Nicho-
Il las Schwartz, plaintiff, has filed In the
office of the clerk of the District Court of Lyon
county. Kansas, his petition against w
Htrth, >. +. Hirth, his wife, and said +. j
ComStock, defendants: That said Z. j. Com
stock has been sued in said court, and
must answer the petition of said Mich.
olaS schwartz, plaintiff, on or before the 18th
day OF February, A. D., 1876, or the said petit
dered accordingly, in favor of said plaintiff,
and against the defendant, +. w. Hirth, for
81 ,O3OOO, and interest at u per cent per an
mum, payable quarterly, on $1,000, from
November eleventh. 1875, and upon $50,
at per cent. per annum from said date; also,
ten per cent of the amount of Judgment rem
dered therein as attorneys fees for foreclosure
of said mortgage sued on; also, reforming
mortgage executed by +. w. Hirth and S. r.
Hirth, his wife, dated August IL, 1871, to said
plaintiff, conveying lot 81 and 81 feet of west
end of lots SO and IS Mechanic street, and lot
Al Union street, in the city of EmpOria, Lyon
county. Kansas, so as to conform to the inten-
tionS of the parties thereto, and convey the un-
divided halle lot 81 and 81 feet OF west end of
lots 50 and IS, Mechanic street, and the whole
OF lot Al on U MON street, in the said city,
county, and State; That said judgment be Il
lien upon said real estate as described in said
mortgage as reformed; that the said real es-
tate be sold to satisfy said Judgment; That the
lien of the plaintiff on said real estate is supe-
rior to the lien of the defendant, +. j Com
stock thereon, and that said +. j. Comstock,
and said other defendants, by said sale
be forever barred and fOreclosed of and from
premises. GILLETT & FORDE,
i-3t ATTORNEYS for OlaintiH.
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vs..
r. L. Norris, ct al
pY-VIRTUE of an order of sale. issued ont
~. of the District Court OF the 5th Judicial
District, sitting in and for Lyon county. kan
sasi wherein David Whitaker is plaintiff
anu 4 l.. Morris, ct al are defendant Is, I win
on monday, the SlSt day of January, 1876. al
zen O'Clock q. m at the front door OF the court
Rouse IN the city OF Emporia, Lyon Co, Kansas.
SneE for sale by public auction to the highest
bidder Tor cash in hand, all the right title
and interest of the defendant Robert h.
MOTIFS, in and to the following described real
northwest quarter In a of section TWEEN.
ty-seVen Ia ], township nineteen 1871, range
eleven III In Lyon county, Kansas
said real estate will be sold as the proDertv
OF the defendant Robert L. Morris, to satisfy
Sherifs ONCE, this S1st day of Dec. 1879
oS-5t JOHN BAY, Sherif
Lyon county Kan
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HoTacE.

hereby postponed until january 94tt, 1876, at
the same hour and place stated in above no.
tice. JOHN BAY, Sheriff Lyon Co., Kas.
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ChaR and Chatter.

"Wit and humor are the salt of
life," says an exchange. Yes, that
is SO; but they cannot be served up
by spoon.
A Duluth, Mimi. mastiff lately
chewed up a lightning rod man, but
shortly after died of wind on the
stomach.
Spinner, who is in Florida, writes
his signature on the sands of bay
on, and the alligators come up to
look at it and Immediately get the
iim-jams.
A tramp arrived in Sussex coun-
ty, n. j., where the authorities gave
him stones to break before he had
his dinner. Then up spake the
tramp and said, "When they ask for
bread ye gave them 8 stonel"
A Michigan grocer put up the
price on his box of rsisins when he
heard that q war with Spain was on
the taps, and he made eleven cents
above ordinary profits before the
war cloud dissolved.
GAS this is your first offense, y
said magistrate to prisoner, "Pm
disposed to let you off," "Don't do
it," pleaded the culprit, "I'Ye been
goin' 10 study for q preacher more'n
two years, and 1 won't never begin
till I'm locked up"
The absurd story about the phe-
nix, grew out of the fact that phe-
mixes always roasted in ash trees,
and hence when they took wing
they were said to "rise from their
ashes"
Mr.. Jones, Bastrop county jus.
tice of the Peace, undertook to car.
ry home safe on his wagon, but
the wagon broke down, the safe
rolled over on him, breaking his
thigh and leg, but no mention is
made IS to what make the safe was.
Nevada has passed q law forbid
ding any person practicing % ply
stefan in that State who has not
practiced medicine there for i've
years, or does not hold Q diplOms
i from an established medical col
lege.
A lady in Connecticut not long
since visited Q brother who resides
in q distant city, taking her little
daughter with her. Fatigued with
the long ride, the child was impa-
tent to retire in the early evening
"You must wait till your uncle
prays." "I didn't know that uncle
prayed. / thought ne was Demo
Graf"
FANNfE's CHRISTMAS PRESENT.
ga doll
That will bawl,
Or none at all,
, Said pouting Fanny so surly Obi
So her loving mother,
With considerable bother,
Manufactured another.
Hairless, toothless, crying, preciou
little grille, Oil
The story goes that once in tn,
| game of poker Gen. Logan held
t jacks-jack OF hearts, jack Of d.a
monds, and jack Of clubs. Ate
running the bets up to the limit ant
lcelling down the. hands Logai
/, found that his opponent had f0u
tens, when, with true military fer
tility Of resource, Logan furtivel,
took ont OF his pocket one OF hf
own photographs and played It up
on his unsuspeeting opponent 70
the jack Of spades and swept th
8 hoard
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BUILDERS. ARCHITECTS, 30
Cards il. tAis. Directory so Cents liae per gear
CHURCHES.

CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART
Rev. Joseph Perrier, pastor. Services the
fourth Sunday of every month at and 10 ID
a. m, and y. M; also every Friday at a..
m. Sunday School every Sunday at 3 p: m.
vOl1Rn3l
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Es As n.
THMPORIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
H Rooms over Emporia National Bank.
Open every afternoon from to 8; every even
ing except Friday, from to 9. Life member
ship 80. Annual membershid -. Heading
room free. .. G. McMURTRIK, Pres't.
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DAMASCUS LODGE meets in Odd Fell
- lows hall every Monday evening. Mem
bers in good standing are cordially invited to
attend. TN. SEDGWICE, G. T..
c. b. HURST, X. z. s.
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GOOD TEAEPLARs.
KNTGHTs or PYTHTAs-

DHOENIX LODGE. No. f4o, 1. o. 6. T.
III Meets Wednesday nights Of each week at
Grange hall REV. J. II. CLARK, w. T..
ANSoE GRIDLEY, Recording Sec'y.
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LEGAL.
SHERIFF,S SAEE.

District Court, E5th Judisiai District. Icon
County, Kansas.
David Whitaker.
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ODD FELLOWS.

"NION LODGE, No. IS Meets at Odd
~ Fellows hall, over Emporio Bank, every
Tuesday evening at O'Clock. Members in
good standing invited 20 attend.
j. II. WARNEKE, y. G.
6. p. JONES, sec'y.
TMPORIA ENCAMPMENT, No II. Meets
IL at Odd Fellows hall. LIST and Sd Tuesdays
each month. The following are the elected
officers OF EmPoria Encamp ment, No. II, for
the ensuing term: N. Z. Weaver, e. p; j.
H. Warneke, S. W.; II. n. Hicks, J. W.; j &.
Ii. Davis, Scribe r. g HalIberg. Treasurer.