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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-12-08
Facts md EancTes

Nets fer the hair-Brunettes.
Heavenly bodies sleep in star
cham bers.
Lamp dealers are doing a light
business.
Little men should never take big
drinks.
Always let some other man be-
gin fight.
The man whose house is in a
swamp can not complain of y hard
lot.
This world must be greatly in
debt; every beat thinks it owes
him living.
A fashion exchange says: in So
Letting q sacQue, first of all consult
your figure Wrong. First of all
consult your purse.
If there is one man above suspi-
ciOn it is not the bSldheGded barber
who wants to sell you sure hair
restorative.
The latest is that Tilden's intend
ed is IAN estimable and beautiful
young lady OF thirty-four.'
Ifyour teeth are pretty, show
them. Smile continually, tor some
one may be looking at you when
you do not know it.
Rhode Island children are allowed
to play near their homes after
promising their parents that they
will not run over into Connecticut
or Massachusetts.
A teacher in Portland Sunday
school was enlighteuing her pupils
as to the extraordinary number Of
SOlOmOn's wives. when q little fell
low spoke up and said: 'GOlly, j
should think he would have gol
tired of going a counting and get
ting marriedp
Ia a week or two you may find
such items as this in the st. Louis
newspapers A Chicago girl hal
been given her choice between
hanging up her stockings or a two.
bnshel bag on Christmas eve. She
said she would hang up the one
that held the most, and therefore
chose her stockings.-Norristewr
Herald.
A teacher asked one of his pupils
who sat at the extreme end OF the
bench, where the sun struck with
full force nearly all the afternoon
what business he'd like to follow
when he grew up to be a man
'Well,' said the lad, pap wants me
to be u lawyer, but 1 guess if pv'
got to sit in the sun all my life, PC
rather drive an ice cart
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Westland, Nov. 22d, 1876.
The sabbath.

Extract of q letter of an eastern
Sabbatarian to his son in Kansas:
"I wish you were as we'll situated
for living Ia Rock county as you
are in Lyon. We must not get i'm
pulsive. The luxuries and popular
extraVagances which are the princi-
pie cause of hard times, hope you
have the good sense to avoid.
Your isolated condition as to re-
ligious society is a privation of
privileges the enjoyment of which
would be very desirable. This state
of things Is probably attributable to
the detection of christian character
In those who had an opportunity to
build up spiritual interests, but
the spirit of the world induced them
to scatter the material abroad. Does
not your peculiar situation natural
ly suggest the idea that it is your
special duty to let your light shine
In the surrounding darkness? that
amidst prevailing error your re-
sponsibility requires you to incul-
cate the truth as revealed in the
holy book? A true disciple cannot
feel indifferent aud hold his peace
aud remain silent when our best
friend is insulted. God Is dishon-
ored In the name ofreligiou. Hon
est souls are led int error by inter-
eSted partisans. The holy Sabbath
is trampled under foot by men who
exhort sinners to repent of their
sins, when they themselves trans
gress that law. the trangression of
which ls sin. The whole matter
IL summed up in these words: TO
fear God aud keep his command
ments lie the whole duty OF man.
Have we not had enough of that
kind of teachings which encourages
people to transgress that command,
tho fourth, the keeping of which
above all others is the test of our
Loyalty to the lswgiverse which
says; Remember the Sabbath day
aud keep it holy. Six days thou
shalt labor and do all thy work
but the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the Lord thy God, in it thou shall
not do any work. Fer in six days
the Lord made the heavens and the
earth and all that in them is, and
rested on the seventhi wherefore
the Lord blessed the Sabbath day
and hAllowed it."
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A Congress street clearinghouse
keeper seemed much pleased when
told at the Central Market yester-
day that the political excitement
was as great as ever.
Il hope it will continue about
four weeks longer she remarked.
DO you know that since election
day my thirteen boarders have eat
en- one-half less than ever before ?
Why, can put the poorest sort OF
butter on the table without word
of complaint, and heavy bicuit and
tough beef aud weak coffee are
grabbed up, bolted down, and away
the men go to hear the news. If we
can only have one week more I'll
save enough on butter and beef to
get me an India shawl.-Detroit
Free Press.
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best Breed. OF poultry.

Everybody who keeps domestic
poultry desires to keep the most
profitable fowls; and if we exam
inc the poultry papers we shall
find so many conflicting opinions,
that we might as well not read
them, so far as giving reliable in
formation is concerned. Then if
we should ask the question,
" (which is the best breed of fowls?"
of a score of the most experienced
fowl-breeders in the United States,
their replies would be so various
that We wonld still be in the fog.
Perhaps there is no man living
who has had more experience IN
keeping poultry, and writing on
the subject, than l have for about
half century; yet if that question
were put to me, I could not give q
direct answer. 1t depends on
what use you desire to make of
your fowls. One who wants them
to sell dressed, and a breed that
will produce q large number of
eggs, would need a good sized
fowl as the Dramas. Then if eggs
be the chief object, smallerbreed
would be better, as the Hamburgs
and Leghorns, which are non-sit-
tiers, and excellent layers. think
that no other breeds are superior
to the three 1 have named. The
white Dramas are the most popular,
and may be kept on about the
same quantity of grain as the Leg
horns and the Hamburgs. 1 am
sure the list of breeds of poultry
in this country is more extensive
than beneficial, the additions that
have been made during the
last ten or fifteen years from
France. and other countries, being
more for the benefit of dealers in
poultry, than because those breeds
were superior to what we previous
ly possessed.
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Pressyor Not.

To be pretty is the great object OF
almost every living woman, even
of those who lecture on the impro-
priety of doing SO.
Beautiful wuuen spend a great
deal of thought upon their own
charms, and ho,nely women grow
homiier through fretting because
they are not handsome.
Men, at least while they are
young, are very much like women
In this respect, though they hide
their feelings better.
There is one comfort to the home
ly ones, however.
After you come to know people
very Intimately, you do not know
whether they are pretty or not.
Their "Ways' make an impression
on you,but not their noses aud ears,
their eyes and mouths.
In time the sOul expresses itself
to you, and it is that which you see.
A man who has been married
twenty years scarcely knows what
his wife looks like.
He may declare that he does, and
tell you that she is a beWitching
lAlLlC DIVuOc1 Win sou OluC OyOS,
long after she is fat, and forty; be-
cause the image of his early love is
in his heart, and he does not see her
as she is to-day, but as she was
when he courtsd her.
Or, being an indifferent husband,
he may not know she is the fine wo'
man that other people think her.
You have known men who have
married tie plainest women, and
think them beauties ; and you know
beauties who are quite thrOw away
on men who value q wife for ner
success as q cook.
AS far as ones effect on strangers
is to be takea into consideration,
beauty is valuable and very valua-
BILE.
So, if you have it, rejoice; but il
you have it not, be content.
Take care of your heart, your soul
your mind, and your manners, and
you will make for yourself thai
beauty which will render you love.
ty to those who are nearest and
dearest to you.-Frank Leslie's Lad :
Journal.
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EMPORIA NEWS S.
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 8. 1876.


OH q delightful autumn morning,
about the last of October, some eu-
ergetic Hoosier teachers organized
q company in the village OF Monro-
via, for the edification of Lyon
county boy, to visit q cave which ia
situated near the line between Nor
gan and Owen counties. Provis-
lens, horse feed, and necessary cloth
ing provided, the procession started,
possessed of all the life and energy
needed fer such an occasion, and af-
ter long but pleasant journey, we
reached this magnificent structure
about one O'Clock p. m. Many rich
things for the sustenence of life,
were soon spread upon the green
moss which crowned the summit Of
lofty hill overlooking grand seem
cry around the mouth of the cave.
A more jolly set of boys and girls
never feasted upon that hilltop.
The general feeling and exclama tito n
was, "Oh, how grand how roman
tic. IL the scene Dinner over, the
ladies were provided with boots and
wrappers; torches and candles pre-
Cured, we proceeded to the work
Of exploration. AS we walked and
stood BY the side of this great gate
way which opened into the earth,
our minds were filled with wonder
and admiration. Looking up to the
right. we saw the frOwning rocks
raising their bowed heads to hight
Of ever one hundred feet which had
for ages stood boldly and firmly
against all the Destroying elements
OF nature; and to the left, the foam
ing and rumbling waters dashing
and leaping from the mouth of this
dark, deep cavern, over the projec-
ting cliffs falling fifty or sixty feet
below and in rapid progress carried
of to some larger body OF water.
After hating for . few mements at
this Interesting station the march
continued. Proceeding few rods
from the mouth, great enthusiasm
prevailed, caused by the manner in
which the ladies crawled and scram-
bled over rugged and slippery rocks.
To our disappointment this rough
road s0on ended aud we were again
walking upon Q level and smooth
surface; the wall over head reach
ing from fifteen to twenty-five feet
beautifully and tastefully arched
and carved, more varied and beauti-
full than the work of any human
hand. The most extensive room
is between one-fourth and one-half
mile from the entrance. Its dimen-
sions are one hundred feet long,
fifty feet wide and fly feet high or
deep. a grist-mill, owned by .
gentleman who claims to be q grand
son OF Lorenzo Dow, stands q few
rods below the caves mouth, which
Is run by the water from the cave.
Some OF us had visited other caves,
mountain peaks and mighty rivers
who pronounced this az grand q
scenery, though not as extensive, as
any we had seen. From thence
some of our company continued the
journey into Park county, Goose
rock, Lyons and Devils den and
Turkey-run. These are noted pla-
ces OF resort for pleasure seekers.
We will not attempt to describe
these romantic gorges but will leave
that for mere able writer's. We
will only say they are perfectly
grand. Some who had viewed the
highlands Of the Hudson and Vel
lOw-stone, acknowledge that they
contain no finer scenery than is
found at those places.
Very respectfully,
L. j. MOORE.
Westland, Nov. 22d, 1876.
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Natiee Of Final SettIement.
SheriH,a saIa
District Corrt, Fifth Judicial District, Lyon
county, Kansas.
Thomas Armor.
T1roaaa, = G-.-..

DY virtue OF an execution issued ont of the
ID District court OF Lyon county, in the
above entitled cause. ], win, on Monday, the
fourth day Of December, 1876, at II O'CLOCK
q. m. at the front door Of the court house IN
Emporias Lyon county, Kansas, offer for sale
at pnblic auction 70 the highest bidder for
cash, the following described real estate to-
wit: Beginning at point 81 $500 feet east
Of point o60 feet north OF the corner where
sections 10, II, Il, Is, township 10. range III
unite; thence east with variation 1Is is east
49, 3-I0o feet; thence north variation f0e I5j
east l75 .eet; thence north variation 1I0 49,
east "a feet; thence south variation 22e I5S
east to place Of beginning cs6s-1 ,o00) Also
beginning at point e21 $500 feet east OF a
point 40 feet north Of where sections 10, IL
Il. Is. township 10, range II unite; thence
east variation 10e 15f east $50 feet: thence
north variation I0e So $50 feet; thence West
variation lie 15r east 1S7 s-100 feet; thence
south variation 30 301 west to place Of be9in.
ming tG05-I, Go0) Also beginning se1 SSIO0
feet east OF Q point $50 feet north of a Doint
where sections 10, II, IA, Is, township Ig yange
IL unite; the1ce east variation IoO Is east 1R0
feet; thence north variation 1eo S., sci ss0
feet: thence west variation lie Il - feef !.
thence south variation 22s 30f east to Dlsce Oh
beginning. (ail in Lyon county Kansas. 1eon-
tanning 495-1 eco acres.
Said real estate viii be sold Is the property
Of the defendants, Prosser q Graves, 70 salts
fy said execution.
HIRAM COSSER. Sheriff
4s-3t Lyon county, Kansas.
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Alexander III. Stevens, is q good
deal puzzled by the concentration
of troops at Washington but refus-
es to believe that Grant has any sim
lister motives or lie actuated by any
but patriotic Intentions. He also
refuses to believe that there will
be any serious disagreement over
the counting of the votes. He says
"A war is something 1 will not
contemplate. A war upon this sub
ject would mean two things-the
death of our public credit, and an
end of public liberty ia this country
forever. 1t would be q retrogres-
sion to the civilization of Asia. Ne
sir; there will be no war. There
are none who threaten war or want
it. i do not know q single man in
the south who wants war. Every
body is opposed violently to any
such idea. Everything must be set
tied within the law. If our courts
do not give as Justice we mus,
wait. The thunders of the press
and the moral sentiment of the
country will permit no great wrong
to be done. Ii we have to wall
quietly one year or even twenty
i've years for our rights to come we
must still act within the law. There
must not be no more war or even
talk of war. Ii there were one
United Stated bonds would not bs
worth q cent. Bat war prospect
will not contemplate, as it is mo-
possible
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TIE DEUcE.-A gentleman in Bos.
ton was going cut in his carriage to
make some calls with his wife, when
he discovered that he had left bis
visiting cards. He teld his foot
man, recen tly come into his service,
to go to the msntel piece in the sit
ting-room, and bring the cards be
should see there. The servant ran
upon q pack of playing cards, and
thought those were the ones. OF
started the gentleman, sending in
the footman with cards whenever
'snot at home" occurred. As these
were very numerous, he turned &c
his footman with the question
How many cards have you left p
WELL said the footnan, the ace
of hearts is all that remains.'
Che deuce + exclaimed his mas.
ter.
q left the deuce in the last house
but one,' was the reply.
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The last census shows the num-
Der of individuals in the United
States unable to read to be !, 444, SOB
OF these the Republican States
claim ], 1S6,820, while the Demo
crat States are obliged to acknowl-
edge no less than 3,257, 6S3. Matters
are even worse when the number Of
persons who cannot write is also
taken into account. There are s.
559, 3ll of these in the country, and
the Democratic States contain g.
973.6ll, while the Republican States
have only 1875 200, thus giving
Tilden's States an llliterate maj
ty of 2,397,91l. Allowing one voter
to every seven of the population, we
find that the number of illiterate
voters would he about equal to
Tilden's popular majority. o.
course, these statements will be de-
rided by the Democratic press al
large; but when IngersOll declared
that the Democratic States contained
thres-fourths of the ignorance and
nIne-tenths of the vice of the coun-
try, he knew what he was talking
about, and the world is beginning
to see that he was right.
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Said q negro orator at Richmond,
Va, on the eve of election: We
has got to vote tomorrow ON de
consekushunal commandments. Oar
is many things in dem command
ments dat rippersent demself to
my mind in q cOntradictionary way.
Now, dar is five claws in dem COM
mandments, and we has 10 consider
all dem claws. Remember dis: Ell
. man steal . duck or q chicken, dem
claws clamps him and's enfranchised
forever an forever. Colored man,
steer clear ofdem claws, cause dem
claws IL worse dan cats claWs in
canary bird season.
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The New York Tribune shows by

The New York Tribune shows by
the record that the refusal of Con-
gress to re-adOpt the twenty-second
joint rule, which gave either hOuae
the right to reject State vote, be-
cause of dissatisfaction with it's
working. has left us almost entirely
without actual regulations in such
contingencies as now seem possible.
There have bsen, nevertheless, GER
tain precedents fixed by usage which
may 20 far toward preventing awk-
ward and even dangerous compli-
cations. The records show ID that
the President of the Senate has
never attempted to act as o judicial
officer in determining the validity
Of the State vote; (2) that while
such questions have invariably
been referred to the two Houses Of
Congress-, neither House has ever
asserted its right to throw out q
State or choose between two sets OF
returns, except under the Twenty
second rule, which Congress has
expressly omitted to re-adopt; (3)
that all disputes of this nature that
have arisen have been decided by
the two Houses, acting concurrent
ly, though they derived no authori-
ty to do so, either from the Consti-
tuition or the laws. In view of g
possible deadlock it is TO be hoped
that Congress-, during the coming
session, and before the counting Of
the ELECTORAL votes, may come to
some wise and patriotic agreement
whereby, while all just rights will
be preserved, the danger of SO de.
lorable = controversy will be avert
ed
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The total nunber of irish

The total nHnber of Irish propri-
eters is Is. 288, representing vaIua-
ton of E10,182,661. One hundred
and ten persons hold one-fifth of
the soil. Ulster has 5,767 proprie-
tors; Leinster.5,350; Minister, 5. 69l ;
CnnnaHght, 2,4S0. Only l, 443 pro-
prietors are returned as rarely or
never resident in ireland.
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Afser Long Wears


Dear heart and true, in the seasons d d,
Has the WORLD swept by me and let me
deadI
Have the pansies withered used to know
Are the roses faded of Long Agos
De the tapers giimmer that lit the feast?
Has the pageant passed. has the music
ceased?
II.
Still in the scent of the autumn air
l feel q rapture that's like despair;
The starlight pale on the sleeping sea
Is a nameIess, sorrowful joy to me:
Still bend to the mystic power
OF the strange sea breeze and the breath Of
flower;
And the face Of beauty wakes the wrath
OF holy passion nd knightly faith!
III.
But ever hear an underton3-
l. subtle, sorrowful, worIdless moan;
The dying note of funeral bell;
The faltering sigh Of a last farewell;
And ever sea through lurid haze,
The somber phantoms of other days
In light that's sad as the ruin 1t frets,
The solemn light Of 3 sun that sets.
W.
All, never again can youth dream on
AS it used TO dreamfn the summers gone.
For round it dashes the tide Of years;
Its eyes are dark ened with mist Of tears;
Its hopes are sere as the fading grass,
An d nothing It wished has come to pass.
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LONDON, New. ga nemoran-
dunn furnished the foreign officer Of
the British Iron Trade Association,
states that a large proportion OF the
furnaces are out of blast, and . still
larger proportion of FORCES and
mills for the production of mallea-
BILE iron are closed. Thousands of
w0rkmen Lave been discharged,
and the wages OF those retained ma
teriAlly reduced. The distress is
greatest in the rail making districts
of South Wales and North England,
but IL is also very great in Stafford
shire and Midland counties and
Scotland. The depression is not
confined to England, but is felt on
the continent with almost equal Sc
verify Belgium aud Germany are
the greatest sufferers. France is
not so bad of, but even these prices
are extremely low, and trade is evil
IDENTIFY in q critical and unsoRnd
condition.
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When lovely woman stoops to frOlic,
And feeds on fruit not ripe,
What charm can soorh her melon-colic,
What art can drive away the grippe?
But if you would r estore caloric,
And thus avert a sad disaster,
Give forty drops of paragoric,
And then apply the mustard plaster
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What is better, he asks to allow
fifty of these poor to die for want
of sufficient food and clothing,
or to get five hundred to
attend the churches through this
movement Eek.
Well, which is more important.
Fifty frail perishable bodies, or 500
immortal souls. Answer by postal
card
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SECOND PRESBYTERIAN, (welsh)-cor.
ner Market street and 9Th Avenue. Preach
ing every Sunday as ~ and oK q. n; Sun
day school at 10 >. m. JoHx JONES Pastor.
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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN-Corn sth Ave.
nue and Commercial street. Preaching atll
a. m. and * p. N every Sunday. Sunday
school at 9X q. m. Prayer meeting every
Thursday evening. ]. II. CLARK, Pastor.
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SECOND CONGREGATIONAL. (Welsh)-
Merchants street, between ID and Cd Avenues.
m. and preaching at So p. m HENRY RKEe1,
Pastor. -
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AFRICAN METHODIST State street,
south OF railroad. Services every Sunday -
II .. m :, and ~ p. m; Sunday school al p. N.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evenings. ".
w. WARE, Pastor.
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FIRST CONGREGATIONAL st.,
corner sth Avenue. Services every sunday 1t
the usual hours.
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STATE aovERNAzxNr.
COUNTY OFFIOERa,

Judge District Court-E. b. Peysoh.
Clerk District Court-6. w. Frederick.
Sheri6-Hlram Conner.
Attorney-A. Gillett.
Treasurer-Jos. Ernst.
Clerk. 8. Craig.
Register OF Deeds-F. R. Pare.
Supt. Pub. Instruction-A. ID. Chambers
surveyor-Harry Hibben
Probate JudRe-E. w. cunuinghaR.
Coroner-Dk. q. IL. CHITfKHDEH,
I'd. 8. GILMoRR,
COMMISSIONER u. A. TAYLOR.
IL. a. WOOD.
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CITY OFFICES.

CITY OFFICERs.
Mayor-Thos. Morrison.
Treasurer Howard Dunlap.
Police Judge-Geo. n. StoveA.
City Attorney-J. Jay Buck
City Clerk-E. II. Fofde
1arshal-Thos. Flemmlng.
Chief Engineered. e. McAursrie.
Counci1men-ist Ward, a. Al. Baker z
Periey. ID Ward, II. b. Lowe, J. Il. DsVis.
30 Ward, John Henson, Z. p. Bancroft lsh
Ward, Ed. BoFton, z. Nichols.
Board OF Education-1st w srd, j. Jay Buck,
W. T. McCarty. ID Ward, Van Mccullough.
Halleck 4th ward, J. A.Moore, L d Kel-
logg- Treasurer Board OF Education D. "
Eastman.
Justice OF the Peace-C. B. Bachelor, Gee.
constabies-r. johnson. n. W. GfIehries..
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CHURCH DIRECTORY. :
Gard. Ia s4t. Directory 50 Cent. . IA. 9w =.
CHURCHEA.
acknowledgements st. corner ID Ave.
nue.. Services every fourth Sunday.

ECHRISTIAN-Corner Exchange street. sad
TIN Avenue. Services every Sunday at The
usual hours Sabbath School at o'clock p. -.
All are invited.
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It ia less pain to learn in youth
than be ignorant ia old age
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KNIGHTS OF PYrHIAS.

DAMASCUS LODGE meets in ODD Eel.
~ lows hall every Monday evening
Members in good standing are oordiallyda-
Yited to attend. n RYNO d C
w. II MCCARTY, K R. s.