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NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given by the under
~ signed, majority of the directors of the
Kansas City, Emporia & Southern Railroad
Company. that the books for the purpose OF
receiving subscriptions TO the capital stock
OF said company will be opened at Lewis
Lutz' store, in the city of Emporia, LYON
county, Kansas, on the 10th day of April,
4. D. 1877. and the same kept open for the
SAID purpose until the whole amount OF the
capital stock of said company has been SUBJ
ScriDed f. T.. BANCROFT,
HIT j. f YOUNG.
j. K. FINLEY,
LEWIS LUTZ,
+. X. HOLDERMAN.
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Where one wishes to irjure per-
soos, the first thing to do is to as-
sumo on air OF great impartiality
with regard to them.-X. Doudan.
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.
Cards IN fAfs Directory so Osass nae per -.
CuuRcurs

EPISCOPAL.-St. Andrews Church, cor
ner OF 9Th avenue and Commercial street.
service on the first and third Sundays ef each
month, at IL a.. M and y p. m. Sunday
school every Sunday at * y. m.
REV. A. BEATTY, REcToR.
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None are too wise to be mistaken.
but few are so wisely just as to &C.
knowledge and correct their mis-.
.skes, aud especially the mistakes
prejndice.-Bsrrow.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the follow
IN ing described school lands, situate in
Lyon county, Kansas, will be offered for sale
at public auction. at my office in the court
mouse IN EmYoria. on Saturday, the It'll day
OF April. 4. ID. 1877. Said sale to be open for
bids from 10 o'clock q. m. until O'Clock D. N.
OF said day, to-wit:
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THE BABY AZ sCHooI

The baby has gone 20 school, ali mel
What will the mother do,
With never q call 10 button, or pin,
Or tie the little sheer
How can she keep herself busy all day
With her little "hindering thing" away.
Another basket 10 I'LL with lunch,
Another '-good bye" 70 say,
And the mother stands at the door 70 see
Her baby march way;
And turns with a sigh that Is half relief,
And half. a something akin 20 GRIEF
She thinks OF possible future morn
When the chiIdren, one By one,
Will 20 from their home out into the World
TD battle with lire alone,
Aud not even the baby be len to cheer
The desolate home OF future year.
She picks mp garments here aud there.
Thrown down ia careless haste;
And tries TO think how 1t would seem
IL nothing were displaced;
IL the house were alwas as still as this,
How could she bear Its lonlinessI
But mothers have no time to dream
or future grieis or Joys;
shes very sure that night will bring
Home hungry girls and boys.
SO casting useless tears away,
She labors cheerfully all day.
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sFro~D CoNGREGArIoNAI.. twelsh>-
Merchants st Get, between I'd and I'd Avenues.
N. ana pa saching at 81 p. m. HKNKY RKxsE,
Pastor.
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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN-Corn eth Ave.
nue. and Commercial street. Preaching At II
a. m. and ~ p. N +, every Sunday. sunday
school at Ok a. M. Prayer meeting every
Ihursday evening. j. "a. CLARK. Pastor.
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FIRST cONGREGA1IoNAL-M St,
corner sth Avenue. Services every Sunday at
the usual hours.
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METHODIST EPIscoPAL-Merchsnt ss..
cor. 9th Avenue. Preaching every Sunday st
IL Q. m, and at tho usual hours at night; san.
d1y-School At ~ p. m; Prayer meeting eeaRy
Thursday evening". A. H. sWALEEk, Saee9g.
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COUNTY OFFICERS.

Judge District Court-E. b. PeytoL-
Clerk District Court-G. w. Frederick.
SheriR-Hiram Conner.
Attorney-T. NJ. SedgWick.
Treasurer-JoS. Ernst.
Clerk. s. Craig.
Register OF Deeds-F. z. Page
Supt. Pub. Instruction-O. B. Wharton
surveyor-Harry Hibben.
Probate Judge-E. w. Cunningham
Coroner-DK. r. IL. CHITTEHDEN.
I'd. s. GILMORE.
commissioner II. A. TAYLOR,
IL. Il. WOOD.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.
DAMASCUS LODGE meets in ODD Eel
- lows ball every Monday evening
Members in good standing are cordiallyiIn-
vited to attend. n RYNo q
w. 4 McCARTY, K r. 8.
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Poetry is the record of the hap
piest moments of the happiest and
best Enthusiastically.
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CATHOLIC-Cottonw st. corner I'd Ave.
nue.. Services every fourth Sunday.

CHRISTIAN-Corner Exchange street and
7th Avenue. Services every Sunday It the
usual hours Sabbath School at o'clock p. n.
All are invited.
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SECOND PRESBYTERIAN, CWeish)-Cor-
aer Market street and 4th Avenue. Preach
ing every Sunday at ~ and e1k D. m; SUM-
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DIR. w. d. GENTRY,
PHOTOGRAPHIC.

DAGE makes all kinds and sizes OF Pic
l. lures. and also will go any distance 70
make pictures Of residences, landscapes.
teams, &c. Entrance to gallery first door
south of Wicks & Benefits grocery. la-tr
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AFRICAN, METHODIST - etssa st<eek.
south OF railroad. Services every sunday af
II Q. %. aHd w p. m.; Sunday school &c p -
Prayer meeting Wednesday evenings. Dud-
ley carter, Pastor,
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Administrators Notice
THE undersigned hereby gives notice, that
i he has been appointed administrator OF
the estate of Barbara Lesh, deceas ed, by the
Probate Court of Lyon county. Kansas
12-4t E. B. LESH.
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GOOD rEn1PIARa.

DHOENIX LODGE. No. 14o, 1. o. G.. 7.
l. Meets Wednesday nights of each week al
Grunge hall. REv. {. Ii. CLARK, W. q.
L w kINNAN, Recording Sec'y.
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Z. L. A.

EMPORIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
ID Rooms over EmPoria National Bank.
open every afternoon from to 8; every sVenR
Ing except riday, from TO 9. Life member
room free. ID. G. MGAUKTEIn, Pres't.
j. n. STEELE, sec'y.
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GRANGE

EMPORIA GRANGE, No. SIS. p. OH
9TH, and every two weeks thereafter. Pat
rons in good standing are cordially invited
20 attend j. G. TRAYLoE, Master.
JEBNIR Ross. Secretary
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CITY HOTEL

THE NEW HOTEL, on the east side OF
Commercial street. . few rods south of
the A, 7. 4 8. Z. railroad track. Good ac-
eommodations for transient and regular
bOaTders. gii-H A. GUTEKCSsT.
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ApDrdiSemsnf
SherIm's Sale,

District Court, Fifth Judicial District,
Lyon County, Kansas.
Noah Tofan5
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-06-15
Why Bismarck rendered His Resignation.

The mystery about the retirement of Bis
marck is clearing up. lie was the victim of
petticoat intrigue, as many statesmen before
him have been. Women may not have any
recognized political authority. Their in
fuence is, nevertheless, great. Bismarck
highest court circles. He has long been ac-
customed to regard himself as the main
spring of the Prussan monarchy, and to ex-
ercise an absolute sway over King William,
as well as his subjects lie is stern and un-
bending, "king of men," with an iron will
that brooks not contradiction, and with man
ners az unconciliatory as his temper The
court ladies, and particularly the Empress
Augusta, did not like his naughty bearing.
They are accustomed to Difference and hom-
age. They could not tolerate the lofty dis
dain of the "iron man." who seemed to
think they had no business to meddle in af-
fairs of State. Whenever he appeared they
turned their backs, pouted and bit their
lips. Taking the cue from the Empress
and her lordly danes, some of the higher of
ficers Of the court became insolent in the
masculine sense, one of them refusing even
to give Count Bismarck the customary sal
utaton when he was entering the audience
chamber of the Emperor. The haugh ty
temper of the subjugator of Austria and
France could not endure this supercilious
combination. He turned on his heels aud
sent in his resignation The proceeding was
rash one, but it had its effect. 1t fell like
bombshell in the midst of the palace
What scenes took place in the private apart.
ments of the Imperial Palace, and what con.
sternation prevailed in the circle of court
ers when it was known that the Emperor
had received, but would not accept, the res
ignation of Bismarck, can be easier imagin
ed than described. Suffice it to say tn
Empress, her ladies and their minions gain
ed short-lived triumph.
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The Oriental Business.

a good citizen of Croghan street was read
ing the other day of good Persian gentle
man who always walked about with n smile
on his face. When this Persian was asked
why he always looked so happy when other
men looked sad he replied.
81 smile because it may be sunshine to
some poor soul surrounded by shadows"
1t was very nice in the Persian, and the
Croghan street man said he'd be hanged if
he couldn't outsmile Persian or anybody
else walking around on two legs. He at
once began to smile on his wife, She stood
it for few minutes and then observed:
Whats the matter, William-got the col
ic again?"
u smile because ! want to carry sunshine
to your darkened soul, he replied.
She wanted him to understand that fifteer
minutes at the wood pile would help he
more than all the grin he could grin in q
straight week, and when he went into thu
kitchen to smile some sunshine at the hire,
girl the wife followed him and raised roy
that put dinner three quarters of an hour be
hind hand. However, one can't get III
hang of Oriental business in day, and thi
man tried it again on the street car as h
came down town yesterday. Opposite t
him sat an old woman with a basket, and h
undertook to smile the shadows from he
heart. She watched him two or three min
utes, growing mad all the time, and present
ly she asked;
'Do you think you know me, that yo,
are grinning across the aisle like circu
baboon %
81 smile, madam, because-because-
he stammered, forgetting what the Persian
= said. ~ smile because"
"You are grinning because I've got sor
eyes ~ she shouted.
"No, madam. Ismile that THAT !"
I'm not stand it," she exclaimed and sh
hammered him with the basket until he es
capped off the platform.
"Now grin over that will you?" she calle
after him as she shook the basket in tn
, air
"The Persian who went around smilin
, was fool, and Pm his first cousin !" growle
the man, and he quit smiling and picked
p fight with a harness s-maner.-D Detroit Fl.
Press,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-06-15

The Newarl; Adicr'iser says "Insisnifi-
cant as the common clothes pin is itself, its
manufacture forms no mean part in Ameri-
can industries, end the numerous factories in
New England and other States furnish EN-.
ployment to thousands Of people There
are several large clothes pin manufactures
in PENNSYLVANIA and Ohio, and one in the
vicinity Of Saratoga. n. Y, each Of which
is capable Of turning out thousand of box
es, or 70 600 pins per week. There are sew
eral small factories scattered throughout
Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Ver-
mont, and all are run by water power. As
rule. those engaged in the manufacture of
clothes pins are Quakers Beech, white
birch and poplar are the woods used in ma
king the article, the birch and poplar being
considered the best. The machinery EN-
poyed is very simple. The wood is first
sawed into logs four feet in length, and then
cut into small square sticks by means of q
cutting machine. Each stick after being
rounded in a lathe, is passed into another
| machine which throws out number of per-
fectly formed pins at one cut and with great
rapidity The pins are then thrown into
large revolving cylinder, and smoothed by
friction with each other. New York and
Boston are the principal markets for this
ware, and hence they are shipped in large
quantities to the West, and to England and
Australia. Over 1OO,0 boxes of pins are
annually sert to England, and a correspond
ing number to Melbourne, Sydney, New
Zealand and the Sandwich Islands. Owing
to the depression in business during the past
two years, prices have fallen off % per cent
and some of the manufacturers in New Eng
land have ceased operations because they
could buy cheaper from the West than they
could manufacture themselves, besides saving
the expense of packing and transportation
The price depends entirely upon the finish
and number in a box
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-06-15

The most memorable in some respects, of
all the fourteen sieges to which Gibraltar
has been subjected was the last, called the
"great siege" one of the mighty struggles of
history which began in 1779. The famous
General Elliott was commander of the fort
ress. Spain, in alliance with France and
Morocco, endeavored to surprise Gibraltar !;
but Swedish ship gave Elliott the alarm.
The garrison comprised but five companies
of artillery, aud the whole force was less
than five thousand five hundred men. The
enemy's force was fourteen thousand. The
siege began by the blockading of the port,
and a siege was formed at San Rogue with
the design of starving out the garrison.
When the English Governor resolved to open
fire upon his besiegers, lady in the garri-
son fred the first shot Never did siege
war rage more furiously than did this for
nearly three years. The garrison was often
reduced to sore straits for food "a goose wa.
worth a guinea" and Elliot tried upon him.
| self the experiment of living upon four oun,
ces of rice day for week. Exciting sto.
ries are told Of the privateers that ran in
amidst terrible dangers with provisions, and
of the storms which threw welcome wood
and cork within reach of the besieged. The
rock at one time would surely have been ia
ken had it not been for Admiral Rodney
who, sailing off the strait, captured smal
fleet of Spanish war ships and merchant
men, and clearing the strait of besiegers
brought his prizes into port But all DANCE
was not yet averted Gibraltar was agail
blockaded; scurvy broke out in the garrison
and Morocco refused her harbors to Englsl
ships. The enemy crept closer and closer t
the fortress, but relief coming every nov
and then enabled the English still to hol
out. The bombardments were fearful to en-
dure. "The city was almost destroyed
scarcely house habitable. and those lei
standing pierced by shot and she'll" At on
time the desperate garrison fell to plundel
ing the town; Elliot shot the leaders in th
outrage. The long agony, full of terrif
combats and frightful privaions, ended b
the final abandonment of the siege early j
1883. If in that year the English had +
make up their minds that they must let g
their American colonies they had at lea
the consolation that Gibraltar was sti
theirs, george M 2owie, in Harpc,'s Ma,
G.jHc jor Juae.
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W Oman'S Curiosity,

4 man was Yesterday pushing an iron
lawn roller around yard on Woodward av-
enue, when an old lady cane along, leaned
up against the fence and watched him for a
while, and then called out:
'Say, mister what are you pushing that
around for?'
"'i'o roll the lawn, he answered.
"What do you want to roll the lawn
for"
"To make i. level"
"What do you want to make il level for?"
she continued.
That's what | was ordered to do" he an
swered, as lie wiped away the perspiration.
"But what did they order you to do it
for?"
"Why, they think smooth lawn looks the
best, Isuppose"
"Why do they think a smooth lawn look,
the best?" she persisted,
81 haven't time to talk, A." he said. .as he start
ed up again.
"Why haven't you time to talk?" sh,
shouted
"Go'n ask the boss - he yelled
"Why shall go and ask the boss ?" sh,
screamed.
lie disappeared behind the house to ge
rid of her, and after waiting five minutes lo
him to reappear she slowly sauntered of
muttering,
"Some folks are so smart and stuck VI
that you can't get within amile Of 'em vn
less you blaze all over with diamonds."-
Detroit Free RtsS
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-06-15

But the deadlest foe of the rattler is the
common black snake He is public bene-
factor, and ought to be protected by the
State Legislature, even if he does pick up a
chicken or two occasionally. He grows very
long, and, unlike his Northern compeer, never
assails human being The rattler fears and
shuns him and well he may, for the black
snake is as agile and quick as the handspring
Of a watch, and as full of fight as bulldog.
Meeting his antagonist, he attacks without
delay. After coiling and sounding an alarm
the rattler keenly watches its assailant. At
first the black snake slowly glides around its
spiral enemy, as though studying its weak
points. He frequently hisses and increases,
his speed with each cycle, ever keeping an
eye on the rattler. The latter twists its head
with every revolution of its assailant. Swift
er sweeps the black snake around the circle.
At the full bent of his speed the rattler grows
dizzy. In a twinkling it is caught by the
throat and the coils of the two snakes are
intermingled. The contest is decided by
main strength AS they writhe in the grass
the superior prowess of the black snake is
manifest. The rattler is slowly stranglcd.
Sometimes its body is swallowed but this
does not always follow. The coach whip, a
long, clean-cut snake, frequently assists the
black snake, and instances are given in
which dozen coach whips and black snakes
joined forces and killed small regiment of
rattlers.
Vultures and buzzards, with all their ap-
petite for carrion, will never touch anything
bitten by rattlesnake; but when his snake
ship himselfis killed, they devour him with
the greatest relish. N. Y. Sun.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-06-15
The First "Tee-TOtal'' Pledge In England.

While so much attention is given to the
Temperance movement, a few facts about
the origin of the "Tee-total'' pledge may
come ftly in place. In England as well as
in this country the advocates of the cause
we're very active half a century ago. Socie-
ties were formed and "pledges" signed. The
movement in England was, if not absolute.
ly begun, very largely promoted by "Seven
Men of Preston, ," all working men, who gave
themselves to the work with hea.tiness
which arose from experience and conviction.
One of these men, Joseph Livcsey, is still
living or was quite recently, in or near Pres
ton and if living he is in his eighty-eighth
year. Mr. Livesey was never victim to the
habit of intemperance. Very soon new
pledge was prepared, the first signers OF
which were the "Seven Mem above referred
to. The new pledge interdicted all liquors
of an Intoxicating character. The actual
origin of the word "tee-total' is said to have
been as follows: One Richard Turner, who
spoke huently and coined words when the
genuine would not come to him fast enough.
declared, in public meeting, thaI no nan
measures would answer. Nothing" he
said "would do but the te-te-total." And
thence came the word.
Other accounts haye been given, but if
this be not the true one, another charge Is
to be made against the veracity of tomb
stones, for the word-coiber sleeps under
stone on which is inscribed: Beneath this
stone are deposited the remains of Richard
Turner, author of the word 'Teetotal,' as ap-
piled to abstinence from all Intoxicating
liquors, who departed this life on the 9th
day of October, 1916, aged 5G years.
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POetical.
SUMNER.


Loi lazy summer, swarthy, ln the sun
Lies painting, with bare breasts, upon the hills,
swathlng her limbs In hazes warm and dun,
Where spendors into dusky splendors run,
And sultry glory all the heaven o'erfllls.
Not white dlmple strs amid the corn,
Not low ripple shivers through the leaves:-.
Since, wrapped in gold ana crimson CLEANS unshorn
Came, 1ashlpg through the east, the regal morn.
No throated twitternss gurglc round the caves.
Flooded In sunny silence sleep the klnc
In languid murmurs brooklets iloat and flow;
The quaint farm gables in the rich light shine,
And round them Jasmlned honeysucklcs twlne
And close beside them sun-fowers burn and blow
Amid the growing heat I lie me down,
And into visions swarms the NOTED air:
CLEANS up before me many famoust town,
Plllnred and crested with a regal crown
Outshmmerng In an orient purple rlare
10! lowiy Tadmor, Burning In It's sands
Baabeck and Babylon II see slow streams
Gliding by mosque and minaret,-see the CLEANS
OF seas in sunset-slips of strands,
And drowsy Bagdad buried deep in dreams =
See swarthy monarchs flushed in purple rings
OF sllken courters Through hafopcn doors
Catch the spice odors, and the cool OF springs
Leaving forever In a maze Of WINGS
See light forms dancing over pearly floors;
Sleeping scrasllos, spire ana tremuous dome
WinBng in drowsy splendor all the day.
See forest haunts where thick the lions roam 80
See thirsty panthers splashed In bloody foam,
| Leap terrible as llghtnngs on their prey;
| Or stand with Corte2 on q mountain peak
Above the Aztec clty,-sce unrolled
| Gem-threaded shores of Montezuma weak
See the white temples swarmng thick and sleek
And sunny streets stretch up by towers OF gold
| See silken sails float by, ambrosial,
Laden with spices, up a Persian glen:
or stand on Lebanon, mid the cedars tail.
| or hear the soft and silver fan
OF water down jut of Daren.
| But 10! n waking shiyer in the trees,
And voices mid the hay-cocks in the glen,
The sun is setting; and the crimson seas
! Are shaken into splendOr by the breeze,
And all the busy world is up agala.
! -IOpdDn iAcBrcUlp
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-06-15
Columbia County OfficiaI Directory

President Judgt-Wam Elwell.
Associate Judge5-I. Krickbaum, Z. L. Shuman
ProthOnOtarv, &c-B. Frank Harr.
Court Stenographcr-S y. Walker.
R3gster & liecOrder-WllliansOn II. Jacoby
District AttOrney-JOhn VI. CLARK.
Sherin-,Ohn w. HOFFMAN.
uryevor-Isuac Dewitt.
Treasurer--Dr II. W. McReynOlds.
CJmmssoners-JOhn Herner, s. W. MclIenry,
Joseph Sands.
Commissioners CleTk-Wllllam Krckbaum.
Auditors-M. V. B. Kline, j. B. Casey, e. b. Brown.
CorOner-Charles G. MurphV.
Jury Commlssioners-JacO H. Fritz, William II.
Utt.
County uperintendcnt-Wliam II. Snyder.
Bloom Poor Observation-Disclosures p. Ent, Scott,
Wm Kramer, bloomsbury and Thomas Reece,
scott o. Z. Ent, secretary.