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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-08-16
They Did Not Vote.

The honest citizens of Framing
ham, q town in Fulton county, llli-
nois, are in q peck of trouble. On
the 18th of July 1t became their duty
to elect q police magistrate. But
some of them had lately married
and some had not got through with
their harvest and 8 good many of
them thought the weather was I'M
omfortably hot for voting, and the
result was that the respectable peo-
pie spared themselves the trouble
of going to the polls. Not so the
bummers of the town, who prompt
ly attended to their political duties,
and, seeing that they had the field
10 themselves, selected, and what is
more, elected, for police magistrate
one Thompson Fountain, who had
just served out term in Jail and
had. become a free man barely in
time to be made police magistrate.
When the good people of Fran
ingham woke up and found Mr..
Fountain transferred from the Jail
to the magistrates bench they did
not feel pleased, and appealed to
the Governor to withhold Mr..
Fountains commission. We hope
he will do nothing of the kind. He
ought to tell them that they must
make the best of this result of their
own folly. At the next election
they will probably vote.
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The Feather Business.

The business done in New York
city alone in q single year is almost
incredible, especially When-one con-
siders that plumes are only one
small unit among many unnecessary
requirements of fashion.
The chief business in feathers is
with ostrich plumes which are used
for every variety of purpose. They
come principally from South Africa,
although the long, soft Egyptian
feather known as the Mogador is of
a finer quality than the s'Cspe"
feather and brings higher price.
The Cape feather are pure white,
often tipped and streaked with a
soft gray tint. Some varieties are
gray throughout, and of the most
delicate texture. Those from the
wild Egyptian bird are sometimes
as long as twenty-four inches, and
the down on each particular spine
is longer and thicker than those
from the Cape. They are of pare
white, or of an almost invisible yell
low tint. The price per pound,
which contains from eighty to q
hundred long feathers, runs as high
as three hundred dollars for the
best qualities. There is often con-
siderable quantity of guano and 9TH
er dirt which must be carefully re
moved by the manufacturer. Acids
are used IN cleaning feathers, after
which process they are assorted and
prepared for the market. The thick
quill is scraped with a glass on the
under side until about half its sub
stance is removed, which leaves the
feather soft and graceful from stem
to tip. Many are left in their natu-
raj purity, or soft gray coloring !;
while others are prepared in various
tints to suit all tastes. The feather
manufacturer uses mineral dyes
adapted to the delicate nature of his
plumes. Cloth dyes should never
be applied to valuable plumes, as,
however we'll the feather may ap-
pear at first, it is rotted, its natural
gloss and softness gone forever, and
it remains only sorrowful relic of
it's former splendor. A feather
ence dipped in cloth dye soon wears
out, and can never be renewed,
while it may be cleansed or dyed
every season by professional work
er in feathers, and still retain it's
brilliancy and valuable quality for
years.-Harpers.
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b
L will try Vegetine. He did.
and was cured.
DELEwARE. o. Feb. 1877.

Mr.. II. r. STEVENS Dear Sir,-I wish to
and let others know, what Vegetine has done
Tor me. About two years ago a small sore
came on my leg: it soon became q large ulcer,
so troublesome that onSulted doctor, but
! got no relief, growing worse from day TO
day suffered terribly; could not rest day
or night; 1 was so reduced my feiends
thought would never recover; l consulted a
vice; it did no good. can truly say / was
discouraged. At this time L was looking
over my newspaper; saw your advertise
ment of Vegetine, the ''Great Blood Puriier''
for cleansing the blood from all impurities,
curing humOrs, ulcers, etc. / said 70 my fam
lily. Will try some of the Yegetine. Before
had used the first bottle began to feel bet
medicine at last. could now sleep well
nights. continued taking the Negetine. /
took thirteen bottles. My health is good. The
ulcer is gone, and am able to attend to bust
ness paid about four hundred dollars for
medicine and doctors before 1 bought the
fegetlne- have recommended Yegetine to
others with good success. 1 always keep a
cellent medicine Very respectfully yours,
f. ANTHONT.-
Mr.. Anthoni is one of the pioneers of Della
ware, o. He settled here in 1884. He Is a
wealthy gentleman, of the firm of +. Anthoni
4 Sous Mr.. Anthoni is extensively known,
especially among the Germans. He is well
known in Cincinnati. He is respected by all.
the blood are many diseases; such as salt
rheum, ring worm, boils, carbuncles, sores,
ulcers and pimples. In this condition of the
blood try the Vegetine, and cure these affec-
tlons. AS blood purifyer it has no equal.
Its effects are wonderful.
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Fana-Their Historic Evolution

Fans are the cheapest luxury of
the day. The Chinese have given
us an article, we'll made of bamboo
and embellished paper, that may be
had for two nickels. When the
cost of importation is considered,
the pay of labor in China is sppar-
emit. Fans are said to have origina-
ted in China 5000 years ago. At a
feast of lanterns the lovely Kansi
found the heat so oppressive that
contrary to all etiquette, she took
off her mask. Partly to hide her
bushes, and partly to cool her heat
ed face, she agitated the mask be-
fore her nose. The thing became
epidemic. Ten thousand hands at
once held ten thousand masks, aud
tanning became q fact. The fan
was used as standard in war, and
in peace the fan assisted the priests
in the temple, both to raise a, cool
ing breeze and to guard the sacred
offerings from the contamination
of noxious insects. Iu Egypt the
fan of the priest of Isis was made
of feathers of different lengths
spread out in the form of semi
circle, but pointed at the top. 1t
was waved by a female slave.
Among the Romans, slaves cooled
the room and kept away flies dur
ing meal time with fans. In the
days of Louis XIV and XIV fans
glistened with gliding and gems,
and were ornamented by Boucher
and Vatican. These works of art
were often a0Id at aa high a fiourp
as $75. The Chinese and French
are the great rivals in fan making.
To such degree of excellence has
it arrived in France that a fan SELL
ing for one cent goes through TWEEN
ty different operations, performed
by as many pairs of hands.
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Geese or Gooses2

The particular kind of q smooth
ing iron known among tziIors as a
"goose" came near upsetting the
reason of bright young clerk and
the proprietor Of q Chicago tailor
ing establishment one day this
week.
The manager wanted two of the
instruments mentioned, and so told
the clerk, but after the latter had
sat for some time writing on the
order he looked up in q beWildered
way and asked:
"What do you call the plural of a
tailor's goose Z"
"Why, geese is the plural OF
goose" said the master.
"WelI you wouldn't have me
write an order for two Iailor'e
geese, would you"
ssTbat doesn't sound hardly sensi-
bic in this connection" replied the
proprietor; show would il do 90
say two tailor's gooses %
The boy turned to the dictionary,
and, shaking his head, remarked:
"Webster doesn't give any such
plural as that TO goose, and / AIM
going to-
The situation was growing seri.
ous, when the clerk suddenly set to
writing with the exclamation, .sNow
I'll fix it.n
And the order which he soon
handed 10 the head of the house to
sign did fix Il, for it read
ssMessFs. Brown 81 Co., hardware
dealers, Fifth avenue: Please send
me 3 number one taiIor's goose
and - by the eternal - send ms
another inst like it.
Bat further than this the question
of what is the plural Of tailor
goose has not yet been settled il
this town, or any other that W
, know of.-Chieago Journal.
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VOLUME 21.
A Practical Sweetheart t.

A nice young man employed in
the Kansas Pacific Office resolved,
the other day, to present his below
ed girl with a nice pair of shoes.
He accordingly procured her meas
ure and went into one of the fash
ionable shoe stores on Main street
and purchased 81 pair of shoes.
In order to make the present APP
pear more valuable he marked So
upon the soles of the shoes, and at
his request the clerk put receipted
bill for So into one of the shoes.
The presentation was made, and
the lovers were happy, as lovers
should be. But mark the sequel,
the girl examined the shoes IN the
daylight and was not satisfied.
She was convinced that her lover
had been cheated in such a pair of
shoes at that price. She decided to
go and change the shoea and get 8
better bargain. Yesterday she ap-
peared in the store and selected a
pair of shoes, price $3.50, and po-
litely requested the clerk to take
the shoes for which she said her
husband had paid So. The receipt
ed bill was produced in proof, and
the boot man found it impossible to
ego behind the returns" The
smart girl took her $3.50 pair of
shoes and obtained S1.50 in money,
and went home happy and satisfied.
The boot seller sent a bill for SO to
the young man.-K. g. Times.
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He Took Notes.

The other day boy of thirteen,
who looked very innocent and
chIld-like rs he reposed under q
shade tree on Beech street, reused
up when Joined by another lad of
his own age, and confidentially in
Quired:
Well, did you make observa-
shuns2 a
4 did, was the reply.
sAnd we kin hook the apples and
not GIT cotched, kin we
you wait minute, commanded
the other, as he held an old shingle
up to the light to enable him to
read the following notes in pencil
Went down in front of house
saw old woman with club; saw dog
layin' low for US; saw red-headed
glra ready to ring coW-beli and
give alarm I; saw man inside breath
in hard and achin' to kill q boy
hull family looked me in the eve
pressure too heavy, and / backed
off; nice appuls, them, but under
the circumstances / guess we'd bet
ter keep on chewln' ole lemons
Mother disappointment added tc
our burdens, signed the first, and
they loafed on. Detroit Free
J Press.
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SOMETIME.

Well, either you or I,
After whatever is tosay is said,
Must see the othe die
or hear, through distance, Of the other
dead, Sometime.
And you or must hide
Poor, empty e, es and faces, wan and wet
With LIES great grief, beside
The others eofin, sealed with silence. yet
And Won or must look
Into the others grave, or far or near,
And read, as in n book,
Writ in the dust. words we made bitter here,
Sometime.
Then, through the paths OF dew,
What flush of flowers, what glory IN the
grass,
Only one of us two.
Even as a shadow walking, blind may pass,
Sometime.
And If the nesting song
Break from the bosom Of the bird for love,
No more 10 listen long,
one shall be deaf below, one deaf above,
For both must lose the way
Wherein we walk together, very soon;
One in the dark shall stay,
The other first shall see the rising moon,
Sometime.
OH fast, fast friend OF minei
Lift up the voice love so much, and warn;
To wiring faint hands and pine.
Tell me may be left forlorn, forlorn,
Say may kiss through tears,
Forever falling and forever cold,
One ribbon from sweet years,
One dear dead leaf, one precious ring of
gold, Sometime.
OF some slight glance, timid wish TO
please,
Seine eager look, half vain,
Into your heart, some broken sobs Ike these,
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a party of serenaders halted on
Boundary street the other night,
touched the light guitar and struck
up with great feeling, Come where
my love lies dreaming and then q
great bush-headed wretch, 48 years
old, with a beard like a thieket,
leaned out of the window and said,
in loud, coarse, unfeeling manner,
Young gentlemen, you mistake ;
she isn't dreaming. Far from her
be it to dream, or even sleep. She's
sitting on the back porch, with her
feet in a tub of cistern water, drink
ing iced lemonade and fighting
mosquitoes with a palm-leaf fan,
and she isn't dressed for company
Sing something true But ere
long lie ceased to speak, the sum-
mer night is still, the front yard
was empty, and the voice of the
harp no more awoke the night in
melody.-HaWkeye
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A good story is told of Mrs. Mac
kay, wife of the illustrous bonanza
California. 1t is said that the lady
applied to the Project of the Seine
for permission to place electric
lights in front of her house in such
a manner that they would illumin-
ate the Arch of Triumph, SO that
her guests on a certain occasion
might have a dazzling view of that
architectural wonder, the Msckay
mansion beng near the arch. the
Project found it impossible to
grant the request, but the lady, like
all ladies, insisted, and when flat
refusal was given she said: swell,
how much is your arch worth?"
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lando Matterson as you journey
thrOu0h Iife.'

through life.'
Sir Orlando Mstterson took sew
enty three dollars In donations from
the house that night, and it was no.
ticeabl5 that those whom his exam
pie had thus qHickened were very
careful that he should have their
correct address.
The same result followed in each
of the scores of hotels and sample
rooms which he had initiated on
the night before. The third night
he, with a solemn face, returned TO
each donor of the previous night
the exact tenfold promised.
TT would be Joy which l would
consider cheaply purchased said
he confidentially to q dozen gentle
men, IF at the cost of half a million
dollars l could teach the citizens of
this beautiful city to be thoroughly
generous to the poor
This night he was like the ticket
seller at the railroad depot. One,
two, five, ten, and even twenty dol
lar bills were showed at him on all
sides, so great had been the awaken
ing in the cause of benevolence
which the example of Sir Orlando
Matterson had aroused. A benign
smile lowered about his mouth, and
tear that glittered betimes in his
mild, kind eye, proclaimed the joy
his soul felt as he showed bill after
bill into his pockets and gazed with
the look of father upon his con-
verts.
That night Canada Bill showed
up to Beau Hickman something oV-
er $4,000.
'We'll split her now suggested
Bill, as he ceased counting.
''Twouldn't give you $12,OOO,'
quoth Hickman. Let it be till to-
morrow night. 1 think 1 can raise
a little hush money on this racket
Next night Beau Hickman went
the rounds, and found groups of ex-
pectant converts waiting to see Sir
Orlando Matterson. One at a time,
as fast as he could do so, he would
take one after another of the most
prominent gentlemen aside, and
whisper in his ear:
Il have got little subscription
book here which was handed to me
by friend as he took the train this
morning for New York. Sorry you
got sold on Sir Orlando Matterson.
He's skipped out. That was Cana
da Bill, the three-card monte man.
SIS that so p
Sure. Here's the book, with your
name in it for 500
Well, for gracious sake, Beau.
don't show that notebook to any
one. And scratch my name off it,
will you?'
Certainly returned Hickman,
scratching over the name with his
pencil but, governor, Pm kind
a-short tonight. Couldn't you lend
me $50 till tomorrow
With a wry face the victim would
pull forth his pocket-book, and
placing the bill demanded in Hick-
mans hands, would slip quietly
from the hotel to the street.
That night the two worthless di-
vided, and the share of each was
over $4,000.
Both Beau Hickman and Canada
Bill, whose tricks on the unwary
obtained for them thousands of dol
lars, died poor, and were buried as
paupers and the moral is, that no
matter how much a man makes DIS
honestly or by trickery, he will
sooner or later be found out, and
doubtless die miserable deserted
| Outcast,
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Never fear young man ; never fall
tel. Press forward with living cOur-
age burning in your heart; there's
room at the top" No. 1883, five
stories beyond the elevator, right
under the tin roof thermometer l29
degrees in cool place, no fire es-
cape, no bell, no water in the pitch
er, only one towel and no soap, and
the only window in the room open
ing into dark hall. Yes, young
man, there's always room at the top,
and the dustier you are and the
moro weary and travel-worn you
look, the more absolutely certain is
the clerk to send you there.-Bur-
lington HaWkeye.
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In THE SuNsH1NE-There

In THE SgNsHINE-There is a
sort of goodness" which is brought
out by the sunshine of prosperity.
People who are satisfied with their
surroundings and themselves, are
apt to be good humored and gra-
cious to their companions. Good
fortune makes them cheerful and
contented, so they advocate cheer
fulness and contentment as chief
duties. The pleasures and the lux
uries of life await them on every
side, and they wonder vaguely what
makes some people so unthankful
or SO gloomy. They enjoy their
own charities and generosities, for
getting that neither have cost them
an effort. They are bright and hap
py and amiable often from sheer
force of circumstances.
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A Singular Fact.

A remarkable cure by blood trans
fusion has been wrought in Boston.
Cecilia Merkel, a child of seven
years, was first attacked by dipthe-
ria, next by reflex paralysis. and
finally by sanguinea purpurea, and
her life was despaired of. Her
father, who is a physician, consent
ed to have the experiment of blood
from the veins of q young man of Is
and injected with a syringe into the
child's system. Subsequently the
little one took cold and began
coughing, with a mucus rattle in
her throat, so that the father was
compelled to afford artificial respir-
alton. He then took blood from
the VEINS of his servant, healthy
girl of nineteen, and the effect of the
TRANSMISSION was charming. The
child fell into peaceful sleep, and
a remarkable change came over her.
When she aWoke she asked for her
playthings, and from that hour her
improvement was rapid. Her father
has made this remark to a Globe re-
porter: "There she was, growing
gradually worse and worse, her
nervous powers getting weaker and
weaker. She was sinking and was
evidently beyond the reach of all
human aid, and at one time life
itself had almost fed. The respira-
ton was not to be seen, her fore
head icy cold, her body purplish,
aud the beating of the pulse could
not be distinguished. Yes, sir,
without doubt, it was the transfu-
sion of blood that restored KY
daughter.
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THE OLD. OLD STORY.
BY b. B. u

The summer roses with hearts of fire.
In the summer breeZes blow,
But what do 1 care for the winds and fiowers2
What do 1 care for the snoWi
For April sun or November rain
While somebody calls me ''Joef''
So long as SUE calls me 'Joe."
For we were alone in the twilight soft,
Watching the hre-fiieS glow,
Watching the light from distant star
Through the shadows come and go,
When somebody placed her hand in mine
And with voice SO soft and low.
And sweet confusion as half afraid,
Somebody called me joe"
Then first SHE called me "Joe."
What are the smiles and tricks of art
That the modern belle can show,
What are the thousand endearing words
That human heart can know
To the look and tone that fill my soul,
That thrill my heart string so,
When somebody's eyes look into mine,
And somebody calls me "JOe?''
Whenever SHE calls me "Joe?"
Let the scales go up and the scales go down,
Let the winds of adversely blow,
In loves warm sunlight pll sit me close,
Regardless of sorrow or woe;
Needing never the mockings of fate,
In the years that come and go
So long as somebody is true to me,
And somebody calls me 'Joe.''
So long as SHE calls me Joe"
TEN YEARS AFTER.
Inc pumpkins IN
And the winds of autumn blow,
The days are dreary, the clouds are dark,
And the year will die in the snow,
But dead or living. or rain or SHINE,
Differs it little to Joe"
1 stand on the edge of the clearing lot,
With mattock, axe and hoe,
And think of the dinner should have mad,
Dinner an hour ago;
Yet no sound echoes across the hill,
And nobody calls for Joe"
The frost lies late on the withered grass,
And my feet arc heavy and slow,
And Pm idling here although
think, with my ragged sleeve on the fence,
There is no one to do it but Joe"
How her tongue runs on like a crazy mill
Or a river in its fowl
How she lectures and argues and sets me
right,
With forever a 'syes'' to my 'snop'
Till she browns herself in a sea OF talk.
Like the ancient Pharaoh.
''The pigs get into the yard" she says,
"And root at the doorstep sou
''The COW has eaten the cabbage up;'
''She would really like to knOw'
If lever will mend the garden gate?''
And so she keeps railing at Joe"
''Win cut some wood for dinner to- day,
And settle before go
With the mischievous young one that broke
And is now in the cellar below?,
| l thrashed the youngster, the wood forgot,
And that is the reason, know,
That wait in the edge of the clearing lot,
And nobody calls for ''Joe.'
Sometimes think, with a vague unrest,
Of the life that was mine 10 know, ---
But did it on purpose and can't complain;
And Mary and little Joe,
And Bill and Susey and cross-eyed Dick,
With their tangled heads of tow,
Come rattling into my reveries,
Scattering them to and fro.
| a hush comes over the fading fields,
And the autumn sun Is low,
The day is dreary, the clouds are dark,
And the year will die in the snow,
But dead or living, or rain or shine,
1t matters not with Joe"
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Road Notice,


NOTICE is hereby given: That petition
~ has been presented to the Board OF
County Commissioners of Lyon county, Kan
sas, for the vacation of all that portion of q
county road commencing at centre of section
thirty three, township eighteen and range
eleven; thence in northWestefly direction
to where said road crosses the east line OF
said section twenty-nine, township eighteen
commencing at tie centre of section thirty
three, township eighteen and range eleven
thence west, on the quarter section line as
near as practicable, to the already establish
ed road on the west line of said section thir-
ty three; thence north on the section line
until it intersects the road leading from EN-
poria to Americas. which point is the JerIni-
nation of said road.
And whereas, Jos. Peak, Robert Roberts
and s. Z. Elliott were appointed and ordered
to meet at the beginning of said road on the
I'D day OF August, 1873. at 10 O'Clock a. m,
to view, locate and in conjunction with the
County Surveyor, survey said road and to
give to all parties hearing.
By order Of the County Board.
32&33 WIN +. EWING, Co. Clerk
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Disappointed.

At twilight the other evening a
thirsty citizen entered a new res
taurant on Gratiot avenue and iD-
quired for iced tea. He was handed
a glass of liquid which tasted like
tea. but was almost warm enough
for the table.
81 inquired for iced tea" he said.
as he put down the glass.
"And you've got it," was the re-
ply.
'tDo you call this tea cold Pr indig.
nantly exclaimed the citizen.
The man tasted, smacked his lips
tasted again and said:
"Well, it isn't very cold, but
can't afford to ice my tea every fif.
teen minutes canI2 l melted up a.
least ten pounds of ice and poured
1t into that jar at noon, and l dom
see what ais it. Stand back anC
let me fan the tumbler with my
hat r"-DetrOit Free Press.