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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-07-12
Another Idol Broken.

Whenever the people of q state,
or q county, or q community, get
the idea into theil heads that there
is only one man who can be trusted,
and in speaking of him, always put
"Honest" before his name, then
look out for that man, for he is go
ing to slip up on you before you
think of it. This has just been IL
lustrated in the case of James E.
Watson, of Douglas county. No
body in the State was fit to handle
public funds but Honest Jimmy
Watson. He was elected treasurer
of Douglas county, and while hold
ing the Office, attempted to thrust
him self upon the Republican State
ticket for treasurer, and failing in
that, was nominated on the Demo-
cratic ticket. He was defeated, but
held on to his county treasury. He
was elected twice. and, according to
law, was ineligible to third term.
But nobody else was honest
enough. and in spite of law, he was
elected 8 third time, beating James
G. Horton, one of the best men In
the State, who did not haYe Honest
to his name, but who had never sto-
len anything. A gentleman who
was in Topeka last fall just before
the election, heard Honest Jimmy
blowing about the attempt of the
bondholders and plunderers to de-
feat him, but that he was running
in the interest of the people and
public honesty. He was already
fixed upon as the Democratic can
didate for state treasurer, this fall ;
and in the spring, he was nomina-
ted for city treasurer and for school
| treasurer in Lawrence; and leading
Republicans actually supported him
he was so' honestl But by some
unforeseen accident, Honest Jimmy
was beaten for one of the offices ;
and that's where his trouble began.
He was compelled to settle up, he
having previously held the Office.
A shortage was discovered; suspic-
ion was aroused, and a clamor was
raised for an examination of the
treasury. For, be it known, the
people were 80 wrapped up in Hon
est Jimmy, that they had not deem
ed the little formality required by
law of examining the treasury
quarterly necessary. An examine
ton was made, and the funds were
found minus $4,000 or more. Hon
est Jimmy had been letting out the
peoples money to two banks, to
speculate upon, and they had gone
up the spout. Honest Jimmy, hsv-
ing three treasures at his command,
had been in the habit of drawing
upon one to cover up shortage in
another, as necessity required and
one of his resources having been ia
ken away, it left a naked place that
could not be covered. Honest jim
my was asked to give additional
bond, as his bond appeared to be
worthless-he was so honest, it was
not thought worth while to ascer-
tain whether his bondsmen were
responsible or not-but instead of
complying, he resigned his Office.
And so it has cost the old Republi-
can county of Douglas $4,000 for
going wild on reform. Now they
will have to lock about to see
whether there Is not another hon.
est man in the county, besides Hon.
est Jimmy Watson.-Troy Chief.
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i've without the glory of her Bona.

parte.
After Grants death our people
will hold his memory in equal rev.
erence, and half century from now
posterity will know no shade of diff
ference in the glory of Washington,
Lincoln and Grant. Foreigners,
who do not follow the political dis
putes of the United States, already
see Grant in this light, and that is
the secret of the high esteem and
kniShtly honor with which he has
been treated abroad. Here, in Par
is, every prince, every member
of the government, from Mar
shall MAcMahon down to the ex-
tremest dignitarY who dared pre-
sume to call, has paid his respects
to Gen. Grant; every visitor of dis
tinction, every nOtability, not only
in the ranks of the aristocracy, but
in those of art and science, has
offered the homage of a visit to the
great American general. To name
his callers would be to recite the
roll OF all the sovereigns, ex-sOver-
eigns, princes, dukes, and so on who
have been in Paris during Gen.
Grants stay. The only great crea-
ture he has not yet seen is the Shah
of Persia, who arrived only night
before last, and has been resting at
his hotel ever since. If Gen. Grant
were not going away so soon it is
certain he would meet the Shah.
who, with his amusing half lights
of knowledge of what is going on
in the domains of civilization, must
inevitably have heard of the great
American general and renowned
ex-president. OLIVE LOGAN.
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A THANKFUL MINISTER. Rev
Mr.. -, after several years OF
married life, was at last blessed, up
on Saturday, by the addition of a
fine boy to his family circle, which
had hitherto consisted of himself
and wife. Upon the same day the
church at which he officiated re-
ceived timely and much needed
donation, over both of which events
the reverend gentleman was very
much elated, as he communicated
them to members of his congrega-
ton on his way to church on Sun
day. 1t CHANGED that in his prayer
he alluded to the financial event by
turning thanks "for the arrival of a
little succor," and was consequently
much scsndalized when a couple OF
students in his congregation asked
him, after service, whether he re-
ferred to the money or the baby
Boston Commercial Bulletin.
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She Stays with Us yet.

And 80 she is dead:
Dead in the freshness and mirth Of her child
Dead like beautiful flower in the wildwood
Where careless feet tread.
Her smile we shall miss,
AS though some sweet morning the sunlight
We shall yearn in the night with passionate
For her lingering kiss.
Her birdlike sweet voice
No more with its prattle shall tighten our
Her Sweet little feet shall not run to and fro
In the paths Of her choice.
We loved her so WE'LL
OH can this cold clay be the sweet little
VINO never looked up in your face but she
Whose voice was a bell
With clear silver note?
These rigid white outlines the changeabic
or her beautiful throatS
These CLASSY gray things
Have no sign Of the hue that was graced by
Her locks OF pure gold cannot show as they
lie
The grace that life brings.
This Is not the child
This cold thing is Deaths, and the child was
She LEFT us part OF her chad we but known)
Each time that she smiled.
She stays with us yet,
The pressure but now OF her soft hand feel
hear her low prayer just the same when we
we cannot forget.
We cannot forget,
And so all Deaths efforts to rob us are val IL.
She lives. Ger her comm say 1t again
She stays with us yet.
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AN ANTIDoTE AT LAsT.-Eureka !
Mr.. James Alexander Walkers self
acting saloon, of which an ilIustra-
ton was given in last weeks Illus
trated London News, is destined to
put an end to sea-sickness. In the
toughest weather, with the vessel
rolling or pitching, or both at once,
the saloon, working on pivots, re-
mains perfectly motiOnless. In
case of the vessel sinking, the sa-
loon will float off as a raft. Such
will be the luxury and the security
of future ocean travelling. Paris
Advertiser,
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VEGETTNE
FOR DROPSY.
I never shall forget the First
Dose.

Mr. H. r. STEVENS: Dear Sir-I have been
great sufferer from dropsy. 1 was confined
to my house more than year. Six months
of the time was entirely helpless. l was
Obliged to have two men help me in and ont
of bed. was swollen nineteen inches lar
ger than my natural size AROUND my waist.
remedies for dropy. I had three different
doctors. My friends all expected would die
Many nights was expected to die before
morning. At last Vegetine was sent me by
friend. never shall forget the first dose. I
could realize its good effects from day to day:
l was getting better. After had taken some
began TO gain now quite fast. AFTER taking
some ten bottles, bould walk from one part
of my room to the other. My appetite was
ed. kept taking the Vegetine until e.
gained my usual health. Iheard OF great
many cures by using Vegetine alter got out
carpenter AMI builder. will also say it has
cured an aunt Of my wife's Of neuralgia, who
had suffered for more than 20 years. She
says she has not had any neuralgia for eight
rem for canker humor. Ibave no doubt in my
mind it will cure any humor; it is great
child. will recommend it to the world. MY
father is 80 years old, and he says there is
nothing like 1t to give strength and life to an
aged person. cannot be too grateful for the
use of it. am, very gratefully yours.
JOHN n. NOTTAGE.
ALL DISEASES OF THE BLooD-If Vegetine
Will relieve pain; cleanse, purify, and cure
such diseases, restoring the patient to perfect
health after trying different physicians many
remedies and suffering for years, is it not con-
elusive proof, If you are sufferer, you can
be curedr Why is this medicine performing
such great cures2 1t works in the blood, in
the circulating fluid. It can truly be called
the Great Blood Purifier. The great source
OF disease originates in the blood; and no
medlclne that does not act directly upon it to
purify and renOvate, has any just claim upon
public attention.
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A Neat and DISCRIMINATING
CrIIIc1am.

Quiet men are painfully regular
and punctnal, but never seen put
out by other peoples want of or.
der. They are frequently consum-
mate bores at q dinner party, wet
blankets at q picnic, mere sticks at
ball but excellent az officers. ad :
mirable persons, and much sought
after by matchmaking mothers. 1t
Il they who carry of the heiress :
who always save money; who are
never in debt or officially, as other
men are; who are invaluable on
committees, where they always get
their own way. They habitually
wait until everyone else has spoken,
and then make the single remark
which concludes the matter, and
which seems as If it had risen to
the surface, like cream, of itself.
Strict order is kept in their houses
but they do not, as g rule, make
good fathers. Their children are
too afraid of them, and too glad to
get away from home. Strange to
say, though they seldom speak, they
are excellent correspondents, write
well, clearly, and at great length,
and often turn into authors, especi-
ally novelists. They have observed
while others talk /; and have passed
mental judgments which their Sc
cretiveness enables them to store for
use. They are seldom deficient in
humor, tell q story in the fewest
words well and quietly; and have
generally some friends in whose SO
ciety they seem 70 take q silent and
subdued pleasure; and with whom
they can sit for an hour at . time
without speaking. They live res
pected by ali who know them, are
trustees and guardians to innumer-
able wards, and ara often more
missed when they die than better
men. If the world fails to love
them, it makes mp by trusting them.
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Sc What Makes. SO Many
Trampss"

Hon. Galusha A. Grow, of Penn
sylvania, in q recent letter discuss
ing the question, "What Makes so
Many Tramps ?" thus sets forth very
clearly one of the principal reasons
why there has been so much unem-
ployed labor in the country for the
last few years:
For four years, 1865 (close of the
war; to 1868 inclusive, we built S,317
miles of railroad, which included
nearly all the Pacific railroad and
it's branches. The next four years,
1869 to 1872 inclusive, we built a.
305 miles, and for the next four
years, including 1876, there were
only $3.50 miles built, difference
OF 15, 499 miles in four years. There
were in 1873, in the United States,
70,G51 miles of railroad, which had
cost almost $4,000 more
than half of which amount returns
nothing to the investors. Our rail-
road system bad then been extended
till there was on an average one
mile of railroad to every 575 per-
sons. All experience in railroading
wherever the experiment has been
tested proves that for railroad to
pay anything there must be on an
average 10 the mile not less than 900
persons tributary to the business of
the road. In England the average
to the mile is 1916, and in France
2,940; and yet few of. their rail-
roads pay. Railroad building in
this country, therefore, ceased, or
comparatively ceased, in 1873, from
sheer exhaustion in that line of
development, having locked up in
uBproductiVe investment over ST.
coo, 100000. Its stoppage, in addi-
ton TO leaving unemployed the
labor that had been engaged in the
preceding four years in building
"a, 900 miles of road, put an end for
the time being to the great demand
for iron, and with it the great de-
mand for coal. Hence came the
necessity for the reduction in force
as well as the price of labor In all
three of these great branches of
industry.
The production of pig-iren in the
United States in 1870 (by the re-
turns of the Steel and Iron Associ-
atom was 1,865,0C0 tons, and of
rolled iron the same year, 1929, coo
tons. In 1873 the product was
2,86S, 900 tons of pig-iron, and ], 1865,
AS tons of rolled ir0n. The for
eign importation of pig-iron in 1870
was, coin valuation, s., 5S9, $50, and
of rolled iron $14, 1905, and in
1873 it was 3,S47, 2Sl of pig-iron
and $27, 218, 25S of rolled iron. Thus
from 1870 to 1873 the home product
of pig-iron and rolled iron was
almost doubled and the foreign i'm
portatIon almost trebled. The in
crease in the production Of iron in
the one year from 1871 to 1872 was
greater than for the ten preceding
years, and with the stoppage in
railroad building 1t was of course
far beyond the capacity of the peo-
pie to consume.
During this whole expansion in
every thing else there was compare
lively no increase in agriculture.
From 1850 to 1860, by the census
returns, the improved lands in
farming were increased 50,O7S, l0s
acres, being at the rate of 45 per
cent for the ten years. From 1850
to 1870 the increase was 25,8IO, 379
acres, or at the rateof 151k per cent,
while the increase of acreage In
farms from 1850 to 1860 was 45 per
cent. 1t only increased a to ! per
cent from 1868 to 1870.
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The Man From Maine

When Maine was a District of
Massachusetts,, Ezekiel Whitman
was chosen to represent the District
in the Massachusetts Legislature.
He was an eccentric man, and enc
of the best lawyers of his thine. He
owned farm and did much work
on his land; and when the time
came for HIM to set out for Boston
his best suit of clothes was a suit
of nomespun. His wife objected
to his going in that garb, but he did
not care.
81 will get q nice suit made as
soon as reach Boston," he said.
Reaching his destination, Whit
man found rest at Doolittle's City
Tavern. Let it be understood that
he was Q graduate of Harvard, and
at this tavern he was at home. AS
he entered the parlor of the house
he found several ladies and gentle
men assembled, and heard the fol-
lowing remark from one of them :
"Ah, here comes q countryman of
the real homespun genius. Here's
fun"
Whitman stared at the company
and then sat down.
"Ssy, my friend are you from the
country ?" remarked one of the
gentlemen.
"Ya-as," answered Ezekiel, with
ludicrous twist of the face.
"And what do you think of our
city 2" asked one of the ladies.
"It's a pooty thickly settled place.
of houses in it."
@And a good many people too 7''
"Ya-as, 1 should guess So"
"Msny people where you come
from 2" 49,
"Wal, some"
"Plenty of ladies, 1 suppose2"
"Ya-as, q fair sprinkin."
"And I don't doubt that you are
quite beau among them 2"
"Ya-as, 1 besus 'em home, tew
meetin', and singin' skewl."
"Perhaps the gentleman from the
country will take q glass of wine 2"
.'Thank'ee. Don't keer If do"
The wine was brought.
"You must drink 9 toast"
go, git eouti I eat toast; never
heard of sich thing as drinkin'
it. But can give you = sentiment. /"
The ladies clapped their hands /;
but what was their surprise when
the stranger, rising, spoke calmly
and clearly as follows:
"Lsdies and gentlemen, permit
me to wish yon health and hsppi.
ness, with every blessing earth can
afford and may you grow better
and wiser in advancing years, bear.
ing ever in mind that outward ap-
pearances are deceitfuI. You mis-
took me, from my dress, for . conn
try BOBBY, while. from the same su-
perfcial cause, l thought you were
ladies and gentlemen. The mistake
has been mutual"
He had just finished when Caleb
Strong, Governor of the State, en-
tered and inquired for Whitman.
sAh, here am, Governor. Glad
to see you"
Then turning to the dumbfound-
ed company said:
81 wish you very good even
ing"
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To VIZ. B. 9oSE. ASD JgL1A :: JoNEs:

Ton Will each take notice that
you have been sued in the District Court OF
Lyon County, Kansas, and the petition is on
file therein; that the names of the parties TO
said action are John R. Mulvane. plafntin and
VIM. B. Jones. Sarah w. Jones, Julia Jones
and First National Bank of Emporia, Kansas,
are defendants; and that unless they answer
the petition in said action on or before the
10th day of August, A, d. 1878, the said
petition will be takIn as true and Judgement
rendered accordingly against the defendants,
VIM. d. Jones and Sarah W Jones for 1855 90
with interest at u per cent. from May 18th,
1876, and the further sum of SIS 90 as attorn-
ey's fees for foreclosure, and ascertaining and
adtudging the interest of the defendants
Julia j Jones, and First National Bank OF
Emporia, Kansas, in the following describ-
cd real property in Lyon county, Kansas, to-
wit; Lot % on Neosho street, in the City OF
Emporia, according to the recorded plat
thereof, and adjudging the same inferior and
subordinate to the lien of plaintiff therein ;
that mortgage dated Nov. %, 1875, execut-
ed by said VIM. B. Jones and Sarah W.
Jones to j Jay Buck conveying said describ-
ed property be forec1esed, and that said prem
ises be ordered sold to satisfy said judgement,
and that by such sale all OF said defendants
be forever barred and foreclosed Of claiming
any interest in said premises, and for srch
other relief as to the court shall seem meet
and proper, besides costs of suit.
GILLETT & FORDE,
2T-St Attorneys for Plaintiff.
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An order from Gen. Pope, command
ing the department of the Missouri,
headquarters at Fort Leavenworth,
gives the informatton that Fort Larned,
Kan, is to be discontinued, and the
commanding officer has been instruct
ed to cause all the public property and
stores pertaining to the post, except
the transportation of such supplies not
of perishable nature as may be need
ed for the small detachment to be left
there, to be shipped by rail to Fort
Dodge, Kan. The officer in the COM
mand at Fort Dodge has been ordered
to detail some soldiers to guard the
government buildings at Larned. The
detachment which has been stationed
at the lAst-named post is ordered to
Fort Hayes.
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PubIic Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given to all creditors
IN of the late firm of Ducomo, Smith & Co.,
VIII, on Monday, Sept. 30th, 1873, at the once
of the Clerk of the District Court, in Emp0-
consecutive days thereafter, from the hours
of nine O'Clock a. m, until O'Clock D. m :,
of each of said days proceed to publicly hear,
And all creditors are further notified: That
those who do not. at said time and place,
attend, and lay before me the nature and
viii be precluded from any benefit therein
&2-Sm ID. 8. GILMORE, Assignee
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The thunder storm the other ev-
ening was of more force than peo-
pie suppose. The thunder was not
very loud, but on Zion Hill a moth
er, who left her daughter sitting In
the parlor, about ten feet from 9
young man, returned in three min.
utes to find the girl sitting in his
lap. The thunder did it, but the old
lady raised Isome more thunder
with the young man right away
Saltwater Lumberman.
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A subscriber asks: GLOW to
Scald a Goose ?" There are sever
al methods. Perhaps the best way
would be to wait until some even
ing when the goose comes aroun d
to serenade your daughter, and
while he is in the midst of "Sweet
By and By" pour q kettle of boil
ing water on his head from the Sec
ond story window.
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And forever quieting the title of said plain
Of said Defendants or either of them ',t to
cially the claim Of said defendant, Alexander
Renfck, that he has any interest in said lands
by virtue Of Judgment obtained by him in
the district court of Lyon county, Kes., on
and the claim Of Edward Carroll to have any
interest in said lands by virtue Of Judgment
said waller and that sad ,I,.fsn,i,a.t
arder Renick and Edward Carroll, be re-
CURED to redeem the said lands from the sale
ton wherein A. s. Kimball was plaintiff and
Z. H. Walker and others were defendants
or be forever barred from claiming any inter.
est in said lands. And the claim OF Defendant
Reuben II. Farnham to be the owner of the
nan see s q sP L. TanEs u n5oTeiaid and the
virt1s o Of sale By sheriff q Lyon county ~ n
n. Walker in said district court. and g deed
from said sheriff TO J g. Fraser, and . deed
said sale be adjudged TO have been redeemed
from.
And the claim OF James christie to own the
tp is range IS By virtue Of sale b. sS be- o.
Lyon county IN action of Julia A. Goodwill
from said sheriF 20 J. G. Frazier, and deed
from Z. Eraker 20 George II. Estabrook,
and George 81. kstabrook TO James Christie
and that said sale be adjuoged to be redeemed
The slain of Alexander Taylor to n e sec.
said afeE e S q 5uS. d Isb
1S60, and nov. 18th, 1862. respectively, and
that ssie deeds be 9dtudged to be mortgages
fully satisfied and discharged.
AnG the claim Of DaYId N Jones to a W Of
y sec. % tp. Is range H. 20 have an inter-
with T. III. walker, dated Oct. s, 1855. and
recorded Oct. II, 1859, In book B Of deeds on
page IA Of records in register Of deeds once
OF Lyon county, Kas-, that said agreement be
anntElled and removed - . cloud from plain
tins title to said land and for such other relief
as % the court snal seem meet and proper, be-
SIDES costs. GILLETT = FOEDE
zg-at Astsys for PLAINTIFF
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MY CHILD-MY CHILD.-A col
ored woman was brought before the
Burgess the other day for drunken.
ness. She was deeply affected, and
wrung her hands and wept. Then
she threw her arms around his neck
and walled, go, let me go, let me
go. Q, let me go. 1 want to see
my child. He needs his mother
o, let me go to my child, my dar.
ling child"
"Madam," said the Burgess, strug.
Cling to free himself from her
smothering embrace, "where il
your child?"
"Ol OF He's out in the street
playing base ball. o, 1 want to see
my child"
Thinking a Child large enough to
play base ball could do without his
mother a few hours, the Burgess
did not grant her request.-Norris.
town Herald.
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shall want Sl5O week and
board at the best hotel.
Yours in Christ,
FRANCIS MURPHY
Some of the people of New Ha-
ven sent to the highly successful
temperance revivslist, Mr.. Francis
Murphy, to come to their city and
work for the reformation of drunk
ards. They received the above re-
ply, and it seems they were amazed
by it. They had supposed that Mr..
Murphy labored for the good of
men, and at most would only re-
quire bread and clothes in return.
We think that his price is reasona-
BILE, considering how effective he is
in convincing drunkards of the fol-
ly and sinfulness of their ways.
His mistake is in not letting it be
generally understood that he de-
mands pay for his valuable services.
AS for his stipulation that he must
be boarded in the best hotel, it
should be borne in mind that he
must necessarily forego all the spir-
ituous pleasures of the table, and
that naturally he desires to run no
risk of further deprivation by eat
ing poor fare.