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VINO NEEDS :-Wha.
think you, gentlemen Of Baltimore and
Washington, OF the isolated position OF
your old st. Mays friends W no are now
enjoyingtheir own canvass-back, stuffed
with oysters, with no outsiders from
your direction TO disturb them: All on
account of ice ! ice! ice..! An ex-
ten>ive fleet of sailing craft. heavily
fre,ghted with Point Lookout" oysters.
(for taste of which our Senators and
Representatives are spoiliEg,) are a,
present trying their sailing qualities on
the open waters of the lower Potomac
and St. Mary's. Is there business
man in your cities who will risk hi.
reputation as such by refusing to see
the importance Of an early completion
of the Southern Maryland Railroad now
IN course Of construction: Hurry up
gentlemcni Hnfry UP, say We.
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Jan. 4, 1877.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-04
Honesty I. the Isest POLICY.

One day strange customer came te
Detroit merchant. He wanted some
goods and he paid cash down. The
next day he made another purchase
and paid cash, and as the days went by
his face and his cash became familiar.
One day he returned with the change
given him and said:
SCI believe I am an honest man. You
paid twenty cents too much"
The grocer received 1t and was pleas
ed. Two days after that the stranger
returned from the curbsCone to say
another mistake on your part; you
overpaid me by forty cents"
The grocer was glad to have found
an honest man, and was puzzled to
know how he could have counted so far
the stranger picked up q dollar bill in
the store and said: ssThis is not my
dollar. / found it on the floor, snd
you must take charge of it,
The grOcer's heart melted and he
wondered IL the world was not pro-
crossing backwards to old-time hon.
esty. A skip of one day, aAd then the
honest man brought down q wheelbar-
row, ordered eighteen dollars worth OF
groceries, and would have paid cash
| had he net forgotten his wallet. he
would hand 1t in sc noon as he went
past, he said, and it was all right with
the grocer.
That was the last of the honest man
morning fades to noon, and noon melts
away into darkness, but he cometh not
There are no mistakes In change-nt
more dollars on the floor, and the gro
GERS eyes wear q way-on expression
as If yearning to see some one 70
about two minutes.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-04
No more 81 and 90 Greenbacks

The banks of this city have been
mott fed at the sub-treasury that. in
accordance with orders received from
Washington, no more 81 and 81 legal
tender notes. will be given out in ex-
change for notes of larger denomina.
tions. This policy, which has been re-
peatedly recommended by the Tribune,
indicates that Secretary Sherman is in
earnest in his determination to bring
about resumption of specie payments.
The retirement of the small bills not
only enlarges the field for silver, but
removes danger in the way of main
tanning specie payments when once re-
sumed. The experience of Great Brit
ain has proved that the existence of
small bills in circulation is always 3
menace TO the safety of banks in times
of panic. Under the provisions of the
Free Banking act, the Secretary of the
Treasury has to destroy, every month,
| greenbacks to the amount of 80 per
cent. of the new National Bank circu-
lation, and on every account the small
er notes ought to be put out Of the way
| first.-l Chicago Tribune.
By the time "the resumption OF spe-
Gle payment" is accomplished, the
great and sagacious public will begin
to comprehend the fact that it involves
the destruction of the greenback cur
reney, and the substitution of national
bank currency in its stead. And a
soon as this substitution is effected
the tremendous necessity for @resunp,
ton" will not be so apparent as now
and the parties and papers who urge ii
as the great desideratum, will Students
come to the conclusion that there
should not be any insane hurry about It
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-04
Music nndstaEnaueuce.

The following from the Atchison
Champion is so true that it deserves
to travel:
The influence and power of mu-
sic is not always recognized as IT
should be by these who organize
movements to mould and control
public sentiment. Mr.. Moody un-
derstands it, and takes the singer.
Sankey, with him wherever he goes.
The Republican Committee of IIli-
nois has, in all the political cam
paigns of that State for years, EN-.
ployed the Lombard brothers to sing
at the great meetings throughout
the State, and we have heard many
intelligent observers assert that the
influence of the stirring songs of
this club was more potent in arous.
ing enthusiasm and moalding pub
lie sentiment than were the speech
es of the campaign. Those who
served in the army during the war
will recall the wonderful influence
of music upon q marching column
OF hungry and worn out soldiers
how they seemed all at once endoW-
ed with new life, strength and reso-
luton, az the inspiring strains of
that graadest of all marching tunes,
'tJohn Browne Soul lie Marching
Or" came floating along the dusty
highway or echOing through the
piny woods. We heard Gen. Will
Itch say, when an order was issued
frem Washington to muster out reg.
mental bands, "The man who is
responsible for that order is fool
the army can better afford to lose
one fourth of tie soldiers than il
can to lose its bands.n
Musicians and singers, howev-
CT, generally fail to understand the
public taste. They think their art
can only be shown by esssying fhe
difficult, and hence they select. for
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-04
FIRE ar SEA.
Sleeping Passengers Durned
Alive.

Alive.
NEW YORK, April 21.-Purser Aide
| man, of the steamer Leo, burned
early on the morning of April 18th,
eighty miles south of the Rybee is
lands, tells a graphic story of the dis
asEer to a reporter of the Times. He
says about three o'clock, while a terri
fic sea was rolling,it was discovered that
some of the freight between decks had
got loose and was pitching about.
The matches were opened for the pEr-
pose of securing the freight, when,
20 the horror of the crew, angry, fork
ed,
TONGUES OF FIRE SHOT OUT
encircled with volumes of smoke.
Hose was at once brought into requisi-
ton, bat the f1erceness of the gale
tanning the flames, which had already
rendered unavailing their most
strenuous efforts, and Captain Jas.
Daniels ordered life boats lowered
and the captain, with several others,
hurried to the forward deck for the
purpose of securing life raft which
was in the captains cabin, and dis
patched another gang, under chief the
engineer, to assist in
LOWERING THE BOATS.
The fire had increased fearfully,
and breaking cut fiercely amidships,
cut the communication between the
two parties. In the crbin were two
middle aged ladies, two Misses Far
rington, natives of Nassau and mem
bers of wealthy and prominent
family in that province, who were
on their way home, after a visit to
the North and Savannah. They were
both in feeble health, and efforts were
made to get them out, but owing to
the fearful rolling of the ship, and the
fearful rapidity with which.
THE FLAMES SPREAD, THEIR
efforts were unavailing, and it is al
most certain they persisted in the
names. The other passenger was
Ernest PopendIck Of New York, who,
aroused by the
CONNECTION ON DECK,
came up and thus got into one of the
life boats: Captain Daniels, with his
party, who were forward, managed to
lower tho life raft, when twelve of the
crew beside himself, succeeded in get
ting aboard.
The stewardess, who was on deck,
was told to jump to the raft, and in
attempting to do SO fell into the sea,
and notwithstanding every effort was
made to rescue her, she was drowned.
The persons on the raft were huddled
together In cramped position, nearly
naked, cold and shivering. One
heavy wave capsized the raft, throw
ing the occupants into the sea.
They all scrambled up again except
one Martin McQuade, who was lost.
After most horrible time drifting at
the
MERCY OF THE WAVES,
the men were cheered by the sight of q
vessel bearing down upon them which
in short time took all off. The cap
tain of the receiving ship discovered
the burning ship, ana bore towards
her, and thus came apon the raft.
Owing to the darkness and terrible
surroundings, the rescued party saw
nothing of those who got into the
life boats. There is a possibility,
however, that they may have been
rescued, as the disaster occurred near
Savannah.
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Statistics Of the Eastern Oues.
GIOn.
From the London Times.

From the London Times.
Baron Henry de Worms has an
nexed to the fifth edition of his
work, 'Englaud's Policy to the East,
which is just published, two inter
esting tables. The first gives the
population, trade, financial, military
and naval resources of each power
concerned in the Eastern question.
The second presents at q glance, the
religious creeds and number of each
of the nationalities in the Turkish
Empire. Besides the millions of IN
habitants in Russia (S6, 1856, 900. y
Turkey (28,50O,O00) Austria Hun
gary (35, 904, 1859 etc. Montenegro
looks strangely insignificant with a
population of 10000, about equal
in number to a third-rate English
town. The revenue of this little
State is put at G25,OO0, and its fight
ing capacity is $4,000 men, which is
equivalent to saying that all male
Montenegrins of full age are SOL
diers. The Russian debt is returned
at f301, 100000. Turkish at E200,-
OO0,O0O. The total Russian army lie
], 789, 75l men, the Turkish, 629, 736 !;
the German, 1,248,834; the French,
1.118,525; the Austrian, 1854, 02S -
the Italian, 81, 81 ; the English 1885,
8O8. But of our force only 1S3, 342
are regulars, and of these 62,S49 are
in India, and q, 172 in the colonies.
In the other armies the proportion
is about half active and half reserve
forces, but Turkey has, like Eng
land, disproportionate number of
irregular and local troops. out of
her total force-namely, 475, 800 ir-
regulars, and 154, 376 regulars. It
appears from Baron de Worms Sec
ond table that in the whole Ottoman
Empire, including now the tributa-
ry States, there are 100000 Turks,
10000 Arabs, 100000 Turcomans,
Tartars and Gypsies, 5,123, 600 Rou-
mans, 1900, 600 Greeks, 1927, O68 Ser
VANS and 100000 Bnlgarians; that
100000 of the SerVians and 100000
of the BHIgarians profess the Ma
homedan religion. There are 49,
600 Servian Roman Catholics, and
loo, 900 AlbsBiaHs of the same faith.
With the tributaries, the total pop
ulatiOn of Turkey is 5000, 06S, but
10, 100000 NubianR, 100000 Egyp-
tians, az well as SerVisns, ETC.. go to
make up this rather deceptive total.
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public performances, pieces which
not enc in q hunded of their audi.
ence can understand or appreciate
They sing or play for :he critics
who pretend to understand high arr
in music, and not fer the people
who pay them for playing or sing
ing. The sweet and touching bal
lads which charm all hearers, those
dear old songs the people never tire
OF listening to, and which thrill eve
~ nerve with delight-these are ig-
nored for shrieking, squealing, ear
splitting operate "high-art in mu-
Sic" which not one person in a
thousand compreheuds, and ninety
nine emit of every hundred thor
oughly detest.
The bored and outraged public
who pay for q musical entertain
ment have right to demand that
their taste be consulted and catered
to, instead of that of ten or twelve
critics, enc of whom probably
knows something Of musical art
while the rest only pretend to. The
popular ear delights in music. The
people can be moved by music as
nothing else can move them. But
they do not recognize any music in
the "high art" of many profession
ais. They humbly confess their de-
ficiences of education in musical
matters. But they know what they
enjoy, and as they pay for being en-
tertained, they have q right to ask
that the repast spread before them
be suited to their tastes. A man
who calls for beef steak and onions
doesn't want French pastry. He
may not like French pastry, and
having paid for his beef steak, he
has a right to demand it. Musicians
catering to the public taste ought to
know and do know if they know
anything, that the public generally
does net appreciate or enjoy the so
called "high art" in music; and they
ought to cater to the taste of the
ninety-nine who want songs and
ballads and melodies, rather than to
that of the one who wants operate
screaming and screeching.
We don't pretend to understand
the "high art" in music, and it only
mildly expresses our feelings when
we say that we hate it. In this
statement we are sure that we ex-
press the opinion of the great mass
of the people. We believe, further,
that nlne-tenths of those who say
that they like the so called singh
art" in music, are snobbishly de-
ceiving themselves and attempting
to deceive others, for they never
understand nor appreciate anything
of the kind,
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-04
The Topeka mayor and common


The Topeka mayor and common
council have fixed the following
ralarles for officials of Topeka: The
mayor is to receive $500 per annum,
cOuDcilmen $40, clerk $500, treasur-
er $3.50, city attorney $500, street
commissioner $500, city marshal
$500, policemen 5000 each, police
man on bridge S24O, policeman for
steam engine $500, chief engineer
fire department $500, city teamster
First ward 1925. policeman on Bah
cock engine 1925, police judge, same
fees as justices of the peace as pro-
vided by law, city engineer So per
day for actual time employed.
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will it do them2 General Sher-
man also took favorable view of
the effect on this country. He added (:
1t will keep our people at work
day and night to provide for Eu-
rope, If there should be q general
war, and that new seems inevita BILE
to me. believe all the greet pow
ers will be directly or indirectly
involved before thu year is cut. In
the parts Of the country in which
the field fights will certainly take
place half million men on either
side can and will be used. The
Russians will have to pull along
very fast through the summer, fer
they get sll their supplies by their
railroads, and ia the winter they
are hardly available.
Gen. Sherman said he was in ia
vor of allowing some of eur army
officers to visit either army with
out pay and serve on staff duty.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-04
Sherif's Sale.

District Court, Fifth Judicial District. LYON
County, Kansas.
The EAPoRIA MUTUAL LOAN ASSOCIATION.
JOHN w MORRIS, ct al.
Rf virtue of an order of sale issued out of
- the District Court of Lyon county in
the above entitled cause, will, on Monday.
the zlst day of May, 1871, at 10 O'Clock a. M ,
az the 'front.' door Of the court house, in the
CITY OF Emporia, Lyon county, Kansas, offer
lor safe at public auction TO the highest bid
ger Tor cash, the following described real es-
tate, to-MIt: Lots No. eleven M and thir-
teen ll3l, on Merchants street In the CITY Of
EmPor1a, Lyon county, Kansas.
Salo real estate will be sold as the property
isfy said order of sale
Sheriff IS office. April Il. 1877
HIRAM CONNER, Sheriff
IDOL Lyon county. Kansas
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Hobart Pa sha, the commander OF
the Turkish navy, who has Just gone
to the Danube with some irnnc;ads,
is Augustus Charles Hobart, broth
er of the Earl of Buckinghamshire,
and subject Of Queen Victoria.
He has become thorough Turk in
his sympathies, aud has good ma
nv Eoglish officers under him.
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sheriR,s Sale.

District Court, Fiftc Judicial District. LYON
County, Kansas.
HowARD DUSLAPJ
b. n. KENNEDY
PY virtue OF an execution issued out of
ID the District Court of Lyon county. in
the above entitled cause. 1 will, on Monday
the twenty first day of May, 1877, at eleven
O'Clock a. m, at the front door of the
Kansas, OFFER for sale at public auction to the
nighess bidder for cash. the following describe
ca real estate to-wit: Lot No. seVenty-one
Lyon county, Kansas
Said real estate viii be sold as the property
OF the defendant, Z. y. hennedy, to satisfy
said execution
Sherin's Office, April II, 1877
HIRAM CONNER, Sheriff
10 5t Lyon county, Kansas.
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SheriR's Sale.

District Court, Fifth Judicial District. LYON
County, Kansas.
G. n. sTOwELL,
Cs.
MARX PATTY, ct oE.>
PY virtue of an execution issued out of
~ the District Court Of Lyon county, in
the above entitled cause, will on Monday,
the i4th day of May. 1877, at ten O'Clock a. m !,
at the front door of the count house in EN-
public auction. TO the highest bidder for cash,
the following described real estate, to-wit :
ter OF section nine [9l, township nineteen IIgl,
range ten IlGl, In Lyon county, Kansas
said real estate will be sold as the property
isfy said execution
Sheriff IS Office, April ID. 1871
HIRAM CONNER, Sheriff
Idol Lyon county. Kansas,
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EMPoRIA SOCIETIES.
MASONIC.

EHMPORIA COMMANDERY, Nos KIT
ID Meets on second Saturdays alter second
Friday OF each month at Masonic hall.
J. JAY BUCK Recorder.
LNMPORIA CHAPTER, r. A. NJ. Meets st
H Masonic hall. on the Second Friday
Of each month. Companions in good stand
ing are cordially invited to attend
ED BoRToN, Secretary.
ESMPORIA LODGE, No. 10, a. r. & A. nj.
IA Meets at Masonic hall, on the LIST Fri
day of each month. Master Masons in good
standing are cordially invited to attend.
j. JAY BUCK, Secretary.
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SheriR's Sale.
District Court. Fifth Judicial District. Lyoa
County, Kansas.
JESSE HUNT.

County, Kansas.
JESSE HUNT.
ELIZABETH HUNT, ct dI.1
DY virtue OF an order of sale issued ont of
ID the District Court Of Lyon county in the
above entitled Cause, will on Monday the
18th day OF May, 1871. at Ii O'Clock a m II the
front door OF the courthouse in Emporia. Lyon
county, Kansas. offer for sale at public auc-
ton to the highest bidder for cash the fol.
lowing described real estate, to-Wft: Com
mencing forty-two rods east of northwest
corner OF northwest quarter OF section TWEEN.
tys township nineteen, range twelve, thence
east On section line one hundred and eighteen
rods; thence south on quarter section line
one hundred and sixty rods; thence west On
quarter section line one hundred and eight
cen rods; thence north one hundred and six.
ty rods to place Of beginning, containing one
hundred and eighteen acres, except 100 feet
decided to the IL, K & T. Railway COMPANY
and one acre heretofore decided for public
cemetery, as described in said deed Also. a
certain piece Of timber land, Commencing AT
northeast corner Of southeast ouarter OF
northwest quarter OF section twenty-seVen.
township nineteen, range twelve, IN Lyon
county, Kansas thence west sixty reds :
thence south eighty rods; thence east sixty
rods; thence north eighty rods to place OF he
ginning. containing thirty acres.
Said real estate viii be sold as the property
Of the defendants, TO satisfy said order OF sale
Sheri6's ONCE, April L. 1871
HIRAM CONNER Sheriff
155t Lyon county, Kansas.
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SheriR's Sale.

District Court, Fifth Judicial District, Lyon
County, Kansas.
CHARLES j. KKMPToSD
ANDREW INES.
pI virtue of an order of sale issued out of
- the District Court of Lyon county, in
the above entitled cause, will, on Monday,
the 18th day of May, 1877, at IIk O'Clock
a. m, at the front door of the court house in
Emporia, Lyon county, Kansas. offer for sale
at public auction. to the highest bidder for
cash, the following desc ribed real estate, to-
VIII: The east half of the southeast Quarter
of section twenty, township seventeen. range
twelve, in Lyon county, Kansas
sail real estate will be sold as the property
said order of sale
Sherifr's office, April 10, 1877.
HIRAM CONNER, Sheriff
dot Lyon county, Kansas.
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NOTICES
ASSIGNEE'S SALE

WILL sell to the highest and best bidder.
Il for cash in hand, ali the personal propertv
belonging to the estate of Cook & Chandelier
on the farm OF said firm. one mile west of
Agnes City, in Lyon county, Kansas,
Corn testimateO 5000 Bushels,
Oats (estimated 100 Bushels.
Hay (estimate6 so Tons,
A large amount OF Agricultural Implements; ;
Ten or eleven head of Horses; Farming Inn
plements, Tools, &c.
sale to commence on SATURDAY, THE
FIFTH DAY OF MAY, between the hours
II. c. BRANSEN, Assignee
H-2G of Cook 4 Chandelier
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Notwithstanding the tact that Great
Britain is covered with a perfect net
work of railways, bills were introduce
ed during the last session of parlia-
ment for the expenditure of 1926, $780,
600 in railway building; 500, OOO, coo
on existing lines and s27, 10000 In
new projects.
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STATE GOVERNMENT
CITY OFFICERS.

Mayor-Thos. Morrison.
Treasurer Howard Dunlap.
Police Judge-Geo. NJ. StoweH.
City AttOrney-J. Jay Buck.
City Clerk-E. HI. Forde.
DarshaI-Thos. FlemminR
Chief Engineered. q. McMurtric.
Councilmen-1st Ward, A. A. Baker, /. K.
Perley- I'd Ward, H. b. Lowe, j IL. Davis
Sd Ward, John Henson, K. Z. Bancroft lth
Ward, Ed Borton, Z. Nichols
Board of Education-Ist Ward, J. Jay Buck
W. 4. McCarty. I'd Ward, an McCulloueh'
y. T. Nix. 3d Ward, II. W. McCune, L. l..
Halleck 18th Ward, j. A-Moore, l.. II KEEL
logg. Treasurer Board of Education, d. "
Eastman. -
Justice of the Peace-C. B. Bachelor, Geo.
n. Stowell.
ConstabIes-T. johnson. H. w. Gilchriest
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ODD FELLOWS.

HNION LODGE, No. 10. Meets at Odd
~ Fellows hall, over Emporia Bank, every
Tuesday evening at o'clock Members IN
good standing invited 10 attend.
X. JEFF, n. G.
+. w. HIRTH, Sec'y.
LNMPORIA ENCAMPMENT, No II. Mcots
IL at Odd Fellows hall. 1st and Sd Tuesdays
each month. The following are the elected
officers of Emporia Encanpment, No. II, for
the ensuing term:
F. w. HIRTH, Scribe
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couNrY oERInERs

Judge District Court-E. b. Peytor
Clerk District Court-G. w. Frederick.
Sherif-Hiram Conner.
AttoFney-T. N. Sedgwick.
Treasurer-Jos. Ernst.
Clerk. s. Craig.
Register of Deeds-F. r. Page.
Supt. Pub. Instruction-O. B. Wharton,
Surveyor-Harry Hibben
Probate Judge-E. w. Cunningham
Coroner-Dk. Z. IL. CHITTEHDxN.
%. s. GILMORE,
COMMISSIONER IL A. TAYLOR,
IL. a. WOOD.