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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-01-11
a Upon an EaItor.

"From the sample trunks in the hall
ways of the hotels, we should judge
the drummers from New York houses
have arrived in town." was the inno-
cent paI agraph q Western editor wrote
for his paper.
When he returned from dinner the
grinning office boy announced to him
that four gentlemen were waiting to
see him.
"Where are they ?" asked the quill
driver.
SWELL" said the imp, "they've been
smoking in the composing room till
the compositors have sneezed all the
type out of their STICKS. N they've sent
they re playin' draw poker with the
foreman on the imposing stone."
every WELL" said the editor, bring
ing a large club in the corner more in
to view, replacing tile paper cutter
with bowie knife, and half opening
a drawer in which reposed revolver,
| 'sshow 'em in"
Four gentlemen in very plain
suits, with very large diamond pins
and very large watch chains, with
lockets at the ends as large as dol
lars, entered, the foremost laying q
card on the desk, Inscribed
.oo, SHARP CHIsEL & Co.,
1901 Beekman Street, New York,
Hardware and Cutlery.
in small letters, and
Presented by GEO. GoUGE.
in very large ones, asked.
care you the editor 2"
The journalist loo ked at the party
quietly, ss if calculating the cost OF
their grave clothes, and answered,
81 am"
"Here is a little paragraph about
commercial travellers" said Mr..
Gonge, pulling a paper from his
pocket, (which me and my friends,
who are members of the Temple of
Honor, and belong to the Young
Mems Christian Association of New
York, would like explained"
The miserable man took the pa
per mechanically, and gazed at his
paragraph, which the printers had
set as follows:
"From the simple DRINKS in the
hell-ways OF hotels, we should judge
the drankards from New York
houses have arrived in town."
Quietly taking up his revolver, the
editor strobe up stairs. Two sharp
reports and heavy falls were heard,
and the journalist returned and quiz
city remarked to his visitors:
"Gentlemen, there are not many
entertainment in this town now,
but g pIoOf.resder and q compositor
are to be buried tomorrow, and if
you care for that kind of thing,
should be pleased to see you at the
funeral"
And he went down to write an
obituary notice, while that night,
through the cold and heavy mist,
four gentlemen bought railway tick
cts for Chicago. Boston Bulletin.
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APractIcaIuew

Webeter was out one day on the
marches near Marshfiefd, busily
shooting birds. 1t was a hot after
noon in August. The farmers were
getting in their salt hay from the
marshes,
He came, in the course of his
ram bles, to the Green Harbor Riv-
er, which he wished to cross. He
beckoned to one of the men on the
opposite side to take him over in
his boat, which lay moored in sight.
The man at once left his work, came
over, and padded Mr.. Webster
across the stream. He declined the
payment offered him, bat fingered
a::moment, with Yankee curiosity,
to question the stranger. He sur
missed who Mr.. Webster was, and
with some hesitation remarked:
'sThis is Mr.. Webster, believe
"That is my name" replied the
sportsman.
"Well, now" said the farmer, 81
am told that you can make from
three to five dollars day pleadin
cases up in Boston,"
Mr.. Webster replied that he was
sometimes so fortunate as to receive
that amount for his services.
"Well now," replied the rustic
sit seems to me, 1 declare, if I could
get as much 10 the city pleadin' law
cases, I would not be q wadin' ovel
these marshes in hot weather shoot
| in little birds !"
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APrInrer,. NnIsforrIne.

Some years ago, when the writer
was n reporter upon an Eastern paper,
&c deVolved on him to write for the
same edition an account for the same
edition an account OF the presentation
OF q gold-headed cane 70 the Rev. DR..
Nudge, the clergyman of the place,
and a description of new hog-killing
machine that had just been put In OPP
Grafton at the factory. Now, what
made Mr.. Nudge mad was this: {. The
inconsiderate buccaneer who made up
the form got the two locals mixed In q
frightful manner, and when we went
10 press something like this was the
appalling result.
Some OF Mr.. Mudge's friends called
on him yesterday, and after brief
consolidation the unsuspectlng hog
was seized by the hind legs and slid
along the beam, until he reached the
hot water tank. His friends explain
ell the object of their visit and present.
ed him with handsome gold-headed
butcher, who grabbed him by the tail,
and swung him around, and In less
than a minute the carcass was In the
water. ThereupOn he came forward
and said there were times when the
feelings overpowered one, and for thai
reason he would not attempt TO dc
more than thank those around him
for the manner in which so huge al
animal was cut in fragments was as
uonishing. The doctor concluded hi
remarks, the machine seized him, anC
in less time than it lakes TO write 1t
the hog was cut into fragments anC
worked into delicious sausage. The
occasion will be remembered by the
doctors friends as one ofthe most de-
lighCful of their lives. The bes
pieces can be obtained for fifteen cen q
per pound, and we are sure those wis
have sat under his ministry, will re
ioiee TO hear that he has been so hand
somely treated.
MadI Well, about nine o'clock tina
morning the Office had been abandoned
by every man but ths advertisinl
clerk, and he assembled to the roof am
CODED himself in boiler iron, so that h'
coaId see the clergyman tearing arouns
down In the street with his congrega
zion, ala wearing she panoply OF wal
and carrying butcher knives an.
things. The next day we apologized
but the doctor stopped his subscription
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CAlifoFnia can beat the world in
eating and drinking places. For
years miners and their friends lived
in tents and ate whore they could
get a chence. Eating heuses became
= necessity. AS thousands now live
IN lodgings, the demand for eating
places has continued. These res
tanrants are not only numerous, but
many of them are elegantly fitted
up. Prices are Inarvellousiy low.
In some restaurants, quite as gent
eeliy furnished as the Parker House
or the AstOr, q good meal can be
had for fifteen cents. Indeed, the
price is realty nothidg. You 90 in
60 the room, before you is 3 fins
lunch table on which is soup, turkey
ham, roast beef, celery. A we'll.
looking man is ready to serve You.
You have what you ask for and az
/ charge. Opposite Is bar and over
il a plaeard- Drinks Is cents. The
drink carries the plaza. Other res
taaFaHis are run On the TWENTY-FIVE
cent pian-ihat IS the price OF th.
dinner. You select from the BIZ
Of fare three artiele-soup, roas
i beef aud pig TIE price Is twenty
| i've cents, half bottle Of imported
wine and celery are thrown In. tn.
crowd in these places ls crushing.
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KtndEEngs.

To destroy weeds, marry widows.
Statistics go to prove that short men
are longest for this world.
'The worm will turn Look at the
Brooklyn man who just shot his moth
er-in-law.
Postage stamps cost about one cent
a hundred, and the government can
well afford to sell them for three cents
piece.
Russia has a great many questiona-
bic widows; and in Russia, if you are
a gentleman you will never ask wild
ow what her husbands name was.
st seems appropriate said the off,
ciating clergyman. that we should sing
Il would not live always It was a
great favorite with the remains"
"a polite man, said the Due de Nor
ny, SIS one who listens with interest to
things he knows all about when they
are told him by person who knows
nothing about them.'
The love OF woman is not the love of
money, though if the woman who hap
pens to be loved has a large bank &C
count the young man who happens to
have won her heart ought not necessa-
rily co be despised.
Every week we hear of young Amer
lean ladies abroad, who have made
grand sensations as singers, and who
expect soon to tighten their native land.
But they never give us anything bet
ter than promissOry notes.
A would-be suicide wrote these fare
we'll lines to his wife. 'Deary Mary,
when my body is dragged out of the
river, they can identity it by the liner
patch you put In the seat of my black
cloth trousers
Dear farmer, did you leave YOU
scythe hanging in the tree last harvest
Did you leave your faithful plow II
the stubborn furrow? Did you leave
your harrow in the cold gray angle o
the stone wall ? Then, as the winds
blow around the old hats which ere
while you have stuffed into the pane
less sash, know the meaning of thos,
echoing words, 'Too-rural-l-lay.'
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Trying TINES IN NEyADA.-IH
the southeastern portion Of the State
cattle are dying in large numbers
for want OF food, and unless snow
falls aud stavs on the ground the
suffering will be much greater. Cat
tie in Hot creek valley, one of the
best ranges IN that section. have to
travel from ten to twelve miIes to
get water, and they only make q
few trips before they fail. Owing
TO the light fail Of snow last winter,
the white sage, that last resort for
cattle 10 Nevada, did not grow TO
amount 10 mneh THE eeaso6. Ar
oibeF light Win;eT ID southeastern
Hsyada will force many cattle meu
TO look for new pastures 1t. Coy.
| Adams is the greatest sufferer, be
having 3 few thousand head pastnr.
ing in Hot creek valley, end thes
ara all suffering la0se or less. --E1.
Irska Republican.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
The COMMONWEALTH.
Prospectus for lszs.

We shall continue to act upon the theory
that the first function of a newspaper is
TO GIVE THE NEWS,
and no pains or expense will be spared in
securing the largest and fullest intelligence
nom all quarters, particular reference being
had at all times TO matters in which Kansas
readers are directly and CHIEFLY concerned.
POLITICALLY.
In our editorial dealings with the vital is
sues Of the time, we shall continue to fly the
Republican nag, without crease or stain
While earnestly desiring a speedy and com
Plete restoration of fraternaI feeling between
seeking that end through any surrender or
compromise of the plain demands of right
and truth. We believe that the good works.
of repentance should be performed and not
merely promised; and that any form of con-
ciliation which involves a bride for GOOD be-
havior is but cheat and snare. So beIiev-
ing, we shall do all in our power to prevent
the threatened restoration of
THE BOURBON DEMOCRACY
to the control of affairs, not only because of
its shameful record during the war, but also
on account OF Its numerous and pronounced
heresies in matters OF currency, taxation
and subsidies. We shall also adhere to our
TIRE HONEST DOLLAR.
and our opposition to all schemes and tricks
for charging the present volume of irredeem-
able paper currency, or for defeating or post
ments at the time and in the manner pre-
IL OuG ASGSSE VI CbABe pOi1ElcS. we Shall
pursue the even tenor Of the way we have
heretofore misunderstanding all men and ali
sides with
oANDoR AND FAIRNESS,
and aiming always to do that which seems TO
be best for the state without regard to the
personal fortunes of any m an or set of men
Our correspondence and special contrIbu-
lions, which have attracted SO much atten-
ton and won SO much favor the past wear
Will continue TO be
MARKED FEATURE.
In the files OF the Commonwealth NAV be
found
A HISTORY OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT
in every department., executive. legislative
and judicial. The syllabi OF decisions OF the
supreme court are published in the Common
wealth by authority.
Especial attention is directed to the
WEEKLY OoAMoNwEALTH,
forty column paper. with few advertise
ments, and con tanning all the reading mat
ter that appears in six issues Of the daily.
TERMS:
Weekly, three months, so cents six months.
81 90; one year, 500. Il is always stopped
when the time for which it is paid expires
Daily $1,000 per year.
Specimen copies sent free upon application
Address, +. Z. BAKEk 4 SONS.
LIZ Topeka. Kansas.
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IA the recent meeting of the Grand
Lodge of English Freemasons, when
the Prince of Wales was renominated
Grand Master for the ensuing year, the
Pro- Grand Master, the Earl of Carnar-
Won, called attention to the action OF
the Grand Orient of France, who had
struck out from their preliminary dec
laration words expressing belief in the
existence of God AMI the Immortality
of the soul. He said that in ordinary
cases the Grand Lodge would have no
right to interfere, but that was a mat
ter which called for notice, as the
French Grand Orient could not effect
these changes without affecting the
whole Masonic body throughout the
world. The limits of the Freemasonry
being very wide, included Roman
Catholics, Protestants, Mussulmans,
Calvinists, LutheFans, and Jews, who
were all bound by the principles of re-
ligion, and there could be no such prin-
ciple without God. a committee was
appointed to inquire into and report
upon the subject.
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a Case an which APresIdens
Hayes Didn'E scare
Worth a Gent.
Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 30. 1871.

special Dispatch TO the Cincinnati Gazette
WASHINGTON, Dec. 80, 1877.
A statement is made here by the
Chronicle to-day that intimations were
thrown out by certain prominent Re
publican leaders in the Senate before
recess that an attempt would be made
TO force the President either to change
his policy or to drive him over TO the
Democratic party. "A notice to that
effect was served upon him and GER
tain members OF his Cabinet, and that
they would be allowed a reasonable
time in which to determine as to the
propTiety of placing themselves in &C
cord with not only the leaders, but the
great mass of the Republican party.
Ii was also intimated that certain
members of hisCabinet were distasteful
to said leaders, as they were not re-
garded as representative men in the
States from which they were appoint
ed, and their political antecedents
were, to say the. least, suspicious.
Therefore it would be necessary, in
order to produce entire harmony, to
reorganize his Cabinet by eliminating
useless members. The manner of ac-
complishing this proposed change was
not conveyed to the President, but he
was allowed q reasonable time TO con-
SA0OA SLO o0OjCOts 4AO at
that time had made up his miRd to
visit New York, having accepted an
invitation to attend a reception at the
Union League, and by mingling with
the solid and substantial men of New
York he would be able to inform him.
self as to the truth of the statements
which had been made to him that the
Republican party of New York was
not only inimieal, but hostile TO his ad-
ministration, and were desirous that
Evarts should surrender his portfolio
and retire from the CEbinet. During
his stay in that city, and mingling as
he did with all classes of people, ne
was somewhat surprised that not one
Individual could be found who even
questioned the policy he was pursuing,
but, on the contrary, one and all, Dem
ocrats and Republicans, urged him to
continue in his enlightened course,
and not to falter. Since his return
from New York, he is more convinced
than ever that he is right, and intends
to pursue his course unfalteringly, and
will not be driven or coerced out of the
Republican party, or into any other
party, as threatened. The whole eff
fort of certain Republican leaders in
the Senate is well understood, and the
determination of the President and
members of his administration is not
to permit themselves to be drawn into
the struggle of these men for their
own political ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
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WHAT PAPER Cosrs.-It costs less
than half a cent day TO take a week
ly paper; less than q dilligent hen
would earn in a month at the market
price of eggs; less than a cigar a fort
night, and very cheapon at that
less than the barber would charge by
the year to keep ones hair trimmed ;lesE
than three good sized Christmas tur-
keys; less than an energetic kitchen
girl will waste in a week. A penny q
day can be saved in many a better way
than stopping your paper.
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DREAMS.

Dreams, only foolish dreams, may be.
Is WaEefGlness so wiser
These eyes are dult-What if we see
In dreams with keener eyesI
Some dreams we've known more wakeful TAI
Than any waking hours,
When we make fast with lock and bar
This haunted house of ours.
All day We shut oar doors, bu6 sleep
Sets doors and windows wide;
The ghosts come in with stealthy creep,
And through the chambers glide.
Sometimes they come in tr0oping hosts,
And sometimes one by one;
We call them dreams, but they are ghosts
OF days and years long gone.
And some with mirth and laughter come,
And some look gravely glad;
With angry frowing faces some
Pass by, and some are sad.
And some-they hover round us long,
With pitiful sweet smile
Alas I we did them grievous wrong,
And slew ourselves the whilel
As on your fading ghosts we gaze.
Sure deaths no sharper pain,
o DAYS that should have beenl o days
That meier can come againI
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In THE DISTRICT COURT OF LYON
COUNTY, STATE OF KANSAS

In THE DISTRICT COURT OF LYON .
COUNTY, STATE OF KANSAS.
Almerin GilIett, PLaiRt.E, ,
William H. Tarr, DeJendast.S
TIE STATE OF KANSAS
70 the defendant, William H Tarr
YOU will take notice that you have been
sued in the above entitled CAUSE in tIIe
above named Court, and that plain til IS Pc
t1tion is filled therein; that said defendant
must answer said plaintiffs petition on or
before the 10th day of February, A D., 1878,
or said petition will be taken as true and
Judgment rendered accordingly; that said
plaintiff is the owner and in the actual and
lawful possession of the following described
land in Lyon county, Kansas, to-Wit: The
east half of the northwest quarter of section
No. 13, township 20, range u; and that plain
tin s title thereto be forever quieted against
any and all claims or interest Is of the said
defendant therein, and especially said de.
fendant's claim of title under a patent from
the United states, and Intern ediate convey
ance hereunder to himself, and that said dc.
PENDANTS claim of title is inferior to and null
ard void as against plaintiff IS title, and that
said defendant and all persons claiming said
premises or any interest therein under oil
through him, may be forever restrained anC
enJoIned from setting up or prosecuting any
claim of title to said premises, or any Inter
est therein against said plaintiff, his heir
and assigns ana for such other and further
| relief as may be right, and for costs
1-3t ALMERIN GILLETT,
(for himself)
Emporia, Kansas.
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SATURDAY NIGHT.

Placing the little hats all in a row,
Ready for church on the morrow. you know
W ashing wee faxes and little black lists,
Getting them ready and ut to be kissed;
Putting them in clean garments and white
That is what mothers are doing tonight.
Spying out holes in the little worn hose,
Laying by shoes that are worn through the
toes;
Looking DER garments so faded and thin
Who bun q mother knows where to begin?
Changing Il button to make it look right
This Is what mothers are doing tonight.
Calling the little ones all round her chair,
Hearing them lisp forth their soft evening
prayer,
Telling them stories of Jesus of old,
Who loves to gather the lambs to his fold;
w atching, they listen with childish delight
That is what mothers are doing tonight.
Creeping so softly to take last peep,
After the little ones ali are asleep;
Anxious to know II the children are warm
Tucking the blankets round each little form:
Kissing each little face, rosy and bright
That is what mothers are doing tonight.
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A sharp and aggressive CalvanistiC
clergyman having been introduced tC
Mr.. Ingersoll, persisted in an attempt
TO draw him into q religious cOntro-
versey, which Mr.. I. tried to avoid
The clergyman, not to be tailed, said
"Mr. IngeTsoll, I understand yos
TO haYe said that you could change to
advantage the fundamental laws which
govern the uniyerse-which a wise
creator has ordained for man, eyes, ,
said Mr.. Ingersoll, sI have" Snow
sir" said his inquisitor, triumphantly
"will you be good enough to put your
finger upon one single law of nature
which your puny wisdom conld I'M
prove?" with all the pleasure in
life," says Mr. Ingersoll; 81 would
make health catching, instead of dis
ease.''
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AXD YET

You would not think her cheeks were bloom
Ing roses:
No line of pearls her beaming smile discloses
No delicate perfumes around her hover;
And yet love herI
She rivals not the sun in dazzling brightness
She steps not like the fawn with fairy light
ness;
Her eyes resemble not the stars above her;
And yet love her
No raven tresses fall IN rich profusion;
no classic form, half hidden by Illusion
No brilliant fancy could cen discover;
And yet love heri
For she is truly sensible and good;
And all the charms that make true woman
hood
Unite in her; ana she loves me moreover;
And so love heri
Besides that-she's my mother.
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ShariH,s Sale.

District Court, Fifth Judicial District, Lyon
County, Kansas.
The EmRoria Mutual Loan Association,
Te.
j.. W. Morris, etat.
ID virtue of an order of sale issued ont of
- the District Court of Lyon county, in
the above entitled cause, l will, on Monday,
the 14th day of January, 1S7S, at eleven O'Clock
a. m, at the front door of the court house in
the city OF Emporia- Lyon county, Kansas,
o1er for sale at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash, the following described real
estate, towi6:
Lots No. eleven III and thirteen 1881, on
Lyon county, Kansas.
Said real estate viii be sold as the property
OF the defendants, W Morris, ct al, to sat
Sheriff IS office, Dec. Il. 1877
HIRAM Gunner Sheriff
Quot Lyon county, Kansas.
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TAXING TOLL.

country road DER hill and plain,
A rustic bridge, in distance seen,
Spanning bridge, whose silent.roW
Divides broad fields and meadows green
a still and cool September night,
Lit by full-orb'd harvest moon,
whose silver radiance, soft and white,
Ger stream and bridge ana hill is thrown
Our carriage, drawa by sleepy steeds,
slow down the hill and oar the green
It's course pursues, till near the bridge
We pause, 20 view the peaceful scene.
To the sweet maiden by my side
lover fond and true I've proved,
But, till this hour, the prudent fair
Has given no sign that 1 am loved.
We pause, / seek my Mary's face
BY moonlight fair marble white,
meet her eyes: oh, azure Orbs,
what means your strange, unwonted ighti
What means her bOsom's rising swell,
Her painting breath, now quick and fast?
MY maid. long loved, long wool, oh tell
Iell me, oh, have won at lastl"
Yes, softly signing, blushing warm.
She rests dear load, on my breast:
MY arms enfold her slender form
IN close embrace, long, sweet, and blest.
We near the bridge. our hearts beat high
With loves first. tOndest. deepest bliss;
just as we cross the undi x ptanks
Our lips unite in one fond Kiss.
Our horses quickly gain the ridge
BEYOND, our wheel more swiftly roll,
And, as she glances toward the bridge
My maiden whispers, taking toll"
Darling" / cry "a joy like this
hepays whole months OF toll and pain,
And hope aud fear''-she smiling saws:
Then, love. let's cross the bridge again ~
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Brigham Young's grave is watched
constantly by Mormons living for the
purpose in tents near the spot. Their
vesper song is: Were tenting to-
night on the old scamp ground