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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-05-10
A COMPLICATED CASE,

Gentlemen, My case is briefly as follow; 1haxs
had CaLaTrh for ten years, each year with increee
ing severity For nine years had not breathed
through one nostFil. had droppings in the throat
take aremedy for At night before being able TO lie
down and sleep, and q constant Gull pain IN my
head. NV head was ct times so full OF catarrhal
matter as 10 injurc my sense ofhearing and compel
me 70 get up several times in the night to clear
and my throat before could sleep. Every one OF
these Distressing symptoms has cisappeared under
RADICAL cUEK. My hearing is fully restored.
have no asthmatiS symptoms, no cough, no drop
pings in the throat, headache, and In every way
better than have been for ycars. could feel the
effects OF the CURE on my appetite. on my Kidneys
and, IN fact. every part OF my system What has
been done In my case Is wholly the enect OF the
FITCHBURG, Oct IL G. IL. LAWRENCE
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-05-10
THE LAND BUYER.
EmpOria, Lyon County, Kans.,
s1oTLER & GRAHAM,
PROPRIETOR

THE LAND BUYER Is quarterly SPACE
Il paper, devoted exclusively TO pointing
out the advantages which Lyon and adjoining
counties offer to all who are seeking homes
or who wish to make Investments in Kansas
IL Is published for gratuitous distribution,
and copies Will be sent to any address.
THE LAND BUYER will not exAggerate
or In any way misrepresent the SOIL climate
productiveness, or any other feature of Kan
sas or any part thereof. 1t will give reliable
information only,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-10-12
Poor Camel.

No one ever did the camel justice ex.
cept one man-Charles Dudley Warner
Here is the photograph:
No human royal family dare be ugiel
than the camel. He is a mass of bones
faded tufts, humps, Jumps, splay
joints and calIosities. His tail is a ridi.
culous wisp, and failure as an ornament
or fy-brush. His feet are simply big
sponges. For skin covering he has
patches of old buffalo robes, faded and
with the hair worn off His voice is
more disagreeable than his appearance
With a reputation for patience, he is
snappish and vindictiye. His endurance
Is overrated; that is to say, he dies like
sheep if he is not well fed. His gait
racks muscles like the ague. And yet
this ungainly creature carries his head
in the air and regards the world out OF
his great brown eyes with disdain. The
very poise of his head says: 81 have
come out of the dim past; the deluge
did not touch me; helped Shotoo build
the great pyramid; | knew Egypt when
1t hadn't an obelisk nor temple. There
are three of us: the date-palm, the pyr-
amid and myself. Everything else is
modern. Go tol"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-10-12

WIS. WADDELL,professor of languages
in the university 3 Georgia, died on the
night of the 18th int, at Wexford, s. c.
THE yellow feverseems to be abating in
the south. Up tothe 10Th the deaths at
New Orleans hundred 2,299.
THEpostoffice DEPARTMENT is taking meas
ures to deliver themails TO all quarantine
cities in the south md where routes are cut
off by the railroadsceasing to run, on &C.
count of guarantee regulations or other
wise. Postmaster are instructed to try
some other methol to serve the public by
delivering the mais regularly.
THE Grand Lode of Odd Fellows at Bal
timore, O., on ht17th inst, elected John
B. Harmon, of California, grand sire, and
Mr.. Glenn, of Georgia, deputy grand sire.
The other Offices were reelected The
amendment changing the title of the supreme
body from the grind lodge of the United
States to that ofthe grand lodge of hide
pendent order of odd Fellows, was adopted
by twc-thirds vote. The action gives
great satisfaction o members from foreign
Jurisdictions.
The Grand Lodge, |. O. O. F., of the
United States, met in annual session at
their hall in Baltimore, Nd, on the 10th.
The grand body consisted of los members.
The report of the grand sire that whilst the
annual returns exhibit an increase in lodges
and encampments and in the amount paid
for relief over las year, they indicate for
the first time slice 1868, falling off in
membership andrevenue.
CAPT. CONWAY, of the Australian team
of cricketers, arrived at New York Oh the
18th inst, on the steamer City of Berlin.
Capt. Conway CONES in advance to his team
to arrange the conests to take place in the
United States and Canada prior to their re.
turn to Australia. The captain expresses
himself well pleased with the result of the
matches in England. They won five games
lost four, and had two drawn games in con.
tests with England's representative eleveus.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-10-12
HOY Birds ElY.

You will fine, if you carefully exam
inc birds wing, that all the bones and
muscles are PLACED along the front edge,
which is thus made very stiff and strong.
The quill feathers are fastened in such a
way that they point backward, so that
the hind edge O the wing is not stiff like
the front edge but it is flexible and
bends at the least touch. As tie air is
not solid, but gas, it has a tendency
to slide out from under the wing when
this is driven downward, and of course it
will do this>at the point where it can
escape most easily. Since the front
edge of the wig is stiff and strong, it
retains its hollow shape, and prevents
the air from sliding out in this direction,
but the pressure of the air is enough to
bend up the thin, flexible ends of the
feathers at the hinder border of the
wing, SO that the air makes its escape
there and slides out backward and up
ward. The weight of the bird is at all
time pulling it down to the earth; so, at
the same time that the air slides out up
ward and backward past the bent edge
OF the wing, the wing itself, and with it
the bird slides forward and downward
OIL from the confined air. 1t is really
its weight which causes it to do this, SO
that The statement that bird flies by its
weight Is strictly true.-S. Nicholas for
Septesnber.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-10-12
Terrible Summer IN Tunis

Mr.. Geo. II. Heap, the United States
consul at Tunis, has forwarded to Prof.
Baird, at the Smithsonian Institute, an
interesting letter in regard to the eli
mate there. The letter says: Cheat OF
an unparalleled intensity has prevailed
in this region since the middle of....July
1t was greater in the interior than in,the
city of Tunis, or at the sea shore OF
Carthage, where sea breeze prevails
from midday to sunset. To give you
some idea of the temperature, will state
that on the line of railroad in course of
construction from Tunis westward to
Begin, at distance of 20 to 40 miles
from the sea, the mercury rose almost SO
degrees Cent. (l25.6 degrees Fahrenheit
| in the stone huts occupied by the work
iGgmen, and TO So degrees Cent. 132
degrees Fahrenheit) in the wooden ones
The men could not handle the metals
with their naked hands. 1t is singular
that there were no cases of actual sun
stroke, though many were rendered i'll
and the director of the road, who gave
me this statement, and who was obliged
to spend several days on the line, though
returning to Tunis at night, was in 9
deplorable condition. The immunity of
the workingmen exposed to this terrible
heat, from congestion of the brain, may
be accounted for by their abstinence
from spirltuous drinks and ice water.
Most of them are Arabs, who never
touch wine or fermented liquors, and
Italians, who are almost as abstemious
These facts may possess a certain inter
est in view of the heat wave which has
recently passed over the United States
and occasloned SO much suffering and
loss of life. 1t would appear that heat
of 125 degrees to $50 degrees in the
shade is less fatal in its effect in this re-
gion than 90 degrees to 1O5 degrees in
the United States. During the period
OF high temperature, the thermometer in
the city Of Tunis generally rose to 11O
degrees in the shade, and to about 100
degrees at the sea shore.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-10-12
NEWS IN BRIEF
GENERAL FOREIGN NOTES.

THERE is an uneasy feeling in London.
Lord Beaconsfield's Indian policy will re-
suit in war with Afghanistan and the re-
opening of the whole eastern question. 1t
is not generally believed that the Russians
will evacuate Bulgaria as agreed, or that
Greece will peaceably submit to Turkeys
noncompliance with its demands.
GEORGE PARKEsBIDDER, the chief pro-
moter of the Electric telegraph company in
London, is dead
GEN. ZACH captured two outworks on the
hills before Bihacs, Bosnia. The insurgents
made furious effort to retake them. The
Austrians also bombarded and captured the
fortress of Bihacs.
A SPECIAL congregation of cardinals has
decided that the pope should leave the vati-
can unless under special overruling eircum-
stances.
MRS. CoRAvO, of London, who became
notorious in connection with the famous
Baltam murder mystery some years ago, is
dead.
THE most friendly relations exist between
the Albanian league and Servian and from
tier commanders.
CONDOR and Melody, the Fenians, were
discharged from the Portland (Eng.) prison
on the 18th inst, and Immediately embarked
for New York, on the steamer Moselle.
THE Austrians have burned Brczka on
the Save, because of the treacherous con-
duct of the inhabitants.
II is clearly intended to crush resistance
in Bosnia by overwhelming masses. Bercka
on the Save, is being bombarded. Russia
has urged Austria to declare the annexation
of Bosnia. Austria, however, adheres to
her occupation in accordance with the treaty
of Berlin.
IT is reported that Lord Salisbury has re-
fused to use his influence to induce the
porte to conclude convention with Aus
tria, as he considers Turkey is not alone be-
mind in fulfilling the treaty of Berlin.
A NEW crater has opened in Vesuvius in
the bottom of the old one. Lava is flowing
into the old one.
The mission of Moukhtar Pasha who was
sent to Crete to endeavor to pacify the
islands, has failed. The Cretans rejected
all proposals made by the porte and refused
to enter into any arrangement with Moukh-
tar Pasha looking to the establishment of
reforms of the administration.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-10-12

Her face is almost aristocratic in its clean
cut profile .and slightly curling lip; but
her hands and feet are republican In
size. Her figure, rot yet fully devel'
oped, has the uniformed grace OF girllsh-
ness; her frank, hearty, of-hand manner
at once captivates the interviewer; and,
although on the stage Mary Anderson is
every inch trsgedy queen, in private
life she is best described as representa-
tive American girl, full of life and
her bright eyes dancing with fun, and
her.rich voice, which brings tears to I'M
accustomed eyes in Meg Merriles, ready
to ripple from conversation into laugh
ter at the slightest provocation." AT
last accounts the reporter was expected
to survive.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-10-12
THE WEST.

ON the Goth inst, Judge Treat, of the
United States District Court, issued pre
emptory mandamus to compel Franklin
county, Missouri, to pay the defaulted in
terest on 100000 county bonds. The action
was in favor of the Fourth National bank Of
St. Louis, which obtained judgment against
the county some months ago, but which the
county refused to pay. The amount in.
volved is about $685. 900
GOVERNOR ALEXANDER CHARLES. for
merly OF New York city, but for forty wears
citizen of Illinois, died at his residence
three miles north of Dixon, ILL.,, on the 18th
INST, aged seventy-eight years. For seven
teen years he was member of the firm Of
j. d A. Charles, of New York.
SILLow Co., of Cincinnati, extensive
dealers In timers supplies, made an as
slgnment on the 10Th inst Bond of assignee
100000.
SOME twenty engineers, superintendent
and other gentlemen connected with the
gas works in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana
Kentucky, Texas, and other western states
met at st. Louis on the 18th inst, and organ
lied the western association of gas engi
neers and superintendent, after the plan OF
the gas association in the east.
PRESIDENT HAYES has appointed Geo
W. Watson receiver of public money for
the district of Kansas at Topeka, Kansas
vice A. Kelly, resigned
ALBERT j. JONES, an old Pacific Mail
captain, and in command of the steamer
Ariel, when captured by the Alabama, died
IN San Francisco on the 18th inst, of Pana.
ma fever.
The grave of an old and well known
citizen of Cleveland, O., whose remains
were inferred on the Sth inst, was discover
ed to have been robbed next day. A thor.
ough search revealed the body in a talk
underneath the floor in the Homno-
patio medical college in that city. The
faculty of the institution have been placed
under arrest.
LoMAR GRIFFIN, the Oldest man in the
United States, died at his residence in Lodi,
Ohio, on the evening of the 18th inst, aged
100.
FOREST fires are raging in portions of
California and in the territories. Public
meetings have been held in San Francisco
to raise means to relieve the unfortunate
settlers
THF story of Miles massacre in Yellow
stone park originated with the mail.carrier
between Bismarck and Fort Keogh To ex-
PLAIN an unnecessary delay of two days he
told the story of the massacre and said that
ne had been held by the commanding officer
for dispatches. He met Dorsey, his en-
ployer, at the Little Missouri, and he. like
others, accepted the story.
JOHN HENDERSON, of Babylon, L. l..
probably fatally shot his wife and niece and
then killed himself on the 14th inst.
On the 18th inst barn belonging to Mr.
Leslie, near Windsor, Sonoma county, Cal,
burned. A boy three years old was burned
to death and Mrs Leslie and two other chill.
dren severely injured.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-10-12
A Purse Revolver

The readers of the Waverly novels
will remember the description of Rob
Roy's purse, which contained a pistol so
place among its ornaments as TO be liable
to 60 Oft if any attempt to open the
purse was made by one who did not
know the secret of the fastening. An
ingenious German, Herr Otto Frank
enau, has recently invented a purse
which contains revolver in one of its
divisions, SO arranged that it can be fired
with extreme readiness. The purse has
the outward appearance of a thick porte
monnaie, and the pistol is secured to the
metal framework on the left hand side
when the muzzle is pointed forwards
On the right hand side there are the
ordinary pockets for money, and on the
left hand side the purse opens in the
same way to allow the pistol to be clean
ed and loaded. By touching spring in
the framework a little trap door opens
and discloses the muzzle, while at the
same moment the trigger falls down
from below. The revolver has five
chambers, and carries Ely's five MILL
metre cartridges. The idea of the in
ventor is not only to afford a means of
carrying pistol without displaying it,
but also that thief might be shot in the
very act of appearing to comply with his
demand for money. The mechanism is
very simple, and works easily and well :;
and the pistol, though concealed, can be
leveled with sufficient accuracy for its
purpose as weapon Of defense at close
quarter. In order to fire, a rather strong
pull on the trigger is required, so that
there is practically no danger of dis
charging the pistol accidentally when
using the purse for its declared purposes.
Boston Advertiser.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-10-12
THE MARKETS,
New York.

NEW YORK, September 21.-3:0O P. M
Cotton Unchanged. Flour-Quiet; re-
@4.1O extra state; $40O@5.50 for round
hoop. Wleat-Slightly in buyers favor
receipts 5000 bus; sales 10000 bus; No. 2
seller October at $1.01 =; No. red seller
October at S1.07; seller September at 1.O2
bid; $l.05,a asked. Rye-Quiet and firm.
Corn-Quiet; receipts $4,000 bus; sales TO-
900 bus at 4S@501ac. Barley-Quiet. Oats
Firm; receipts $4,000 bus; sales "a, 900
bus at 2S@35c for mixed western, 2S@39c
for do white. Pork-Heavy at $9.25@9.5 80.
Petroleum-Crude, SIC; refined at 1015c.
Coal-Firn and steady. Leather-Prime,
firm; poor dull. Wool-Heavy
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-10-12
THE ELEPHANT.
A. Little Bit of Natural History for
Very Young Readers.

Very Young Readers.
From the Detroit Free Press.
What is this?"
"This is an elephant! He is the
largest animal on legs. de Is not as long
as a whale, but he can eat twice as much
hay"
"How much does an elephant weight
GAS much as eight or ten loads of hay
and he is all meat. When you come to
unload him you don't find any cord-wooo
hidden away"
"N hat large ears he has!
Yes; this is the only animal now liv
ing having feet as big as the average Lit
Louis foot, and ears larger those seen Oh
the streets of Milwaukee. As long as
the elephant lives these two cite:
will have to brag in whispers and bt
careful how they put up money OF
wagers."
Are elephants fond of music? "
"They are very fond of some kinds
They like to hear horse fiddle or {
brass band, but they don't 60 much OF
the sad strains of guitar or the melting
notes Of a hand-organ."
Are they an obedient animal2
"About some things. When bale o
hay or a bushel of oats is placed befor'
them, and they are commanded to eat
they obey with the greatest cheerful
ness"
FIs an elephant bigger than Roscoe
Conkling?"
can elephant has larger body thai
Mr. Conkling.
"What is their principal food?"
"An elephant loves grass, hay, beans
corn, peanuts, gingerbread, small boys
mud, trees, camels and other vegetables.
What is the price of an elephant?'
"Dan Rice used to buy 'em for abou
SC, 600 apiece in the spring, and sell ZEN
for twenty five dollars in the fall. By
dividing the first sum by the last anC
subtracting Dan Rice from the result
you will get fair average"
Is an elephant very brave?"
No, not very. If you catch one nos
ing around the yard don't be afraid t.
tackle him.
"Why are elephants SO large anC
bulky~
"In order to take the conceit out o
grasshoppers. Until the elephant begar
to march in circus professions this insect
imagined he was the biggest thing OF
! fodder in the world"
"What is the need of an elephant
being SO large?"
No one knows. Any one can see a
glance that it would improve his look
| if he had more tail and less ears"
" Is there any danger of hurting al
elephant by hitting him with shinn.
club?'"
Not much, but no good boy VIII
wants to grow up will ever think o
rushing in and clubbing poor elephant
That's ali, bub, and next week wei
make a bowling among other animals.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-10-12

A NEW ORLEANS correspondent Of
the New York Times gives facts which
go far in his opinion to upset all the old
theories regarding yellow fever. Ac-
cording to his observation, the cleaner
the streets and the more fashionable the
quarter, the greater apparently is the
virulence of the disease. On the other
hand the filthiest streets are either
wholly free from the faint or have only
widely scattered cases of a mild type"
Against such an epidemic the usual sani-
tary measures are of little avail. The
only resource is "to dispute each victim
with the destroyer"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-10-12
Ceramic Bouncing Girls.

The queerest great sight. however, was
the heavy girls who perform the work of
turning the lathe in the moulding of
cups. Fair, rosy checked maidens, of
about 200 pounds. Their whole duty is
to stand on a kind of spring board
treadle, and by the movement OF their
knees, in connection with their weight,
rising up and down, throughout the
whole day, they turn the lathe for the
workmen who mould the cups Why
this cannot be done by machinery / can
not see, but in all these factories the girls
may be found. The work is assuredly
very hard.-East liverpool, o., Letter.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-10-12
He is Evidently Struck,

A reporter, admitted to an interview
with Mary Anderson, writes of her in
these bedazzled terms: "Tall as a
Grecian goddess, with limbs marvellous
ly long and as marvelously proportioned,
a small head poised upon slender neck,
dark gray eyes Irish eyes, and dark
brown hair, complexion as clear as ala
baster, and a small, ripe, red mouth,
Mary Anderson has such delicate fea-
lures that she appears even more lovely
at close inspection than upon the stage.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-10-12
MILWAUKEE

MILWAUKEE September 21-3:OO P. NJ
-Flour-Very quiet; choice spring ex.
tras are quoted at $4.75@5.25; fancy extras
at $6.00@7.0Q medium spring $425@475i
and common extras S3.75@4.25. Wheat
Quiet, tame No. cash at Csc 3; No. at 9O34c
Ne. 3..77 re; No. at Gee; and rejected CO.,
No. selle, October at 9lB@917sc; seller
November 1T 9lM@924c. Corn-Dull and
lower; Nc. 2 at 354c. Oats-Firmer al
1879. Rye-Steady at 46c Barley-Steady
at $l.O413 cash and $1.O51! seller October;
No. 3 $3.50. Provisions-Quiet Pork
SS.75@9.00. Lad-Steady; 1878. Hogs
Tame at $3.50Ge.SO.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-10-12

THE first stems have been taken in St.
Petersburg t, form a society for the
purpose of providing educational tour
for children. 1t is proposed to send out
companies of the children every year,
and also parties of young men and wo-
men when they have completed their
course in the secondary schools or are
following out their studies in the high
schools
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-10-12

EAST LIVERPOOL, o., is warmed and
lighted by its natural gas wells, one OF
which has been running for 20 years
and sends as strong stream as ever
The gas gives flame that almost rival S
the electric light in brilliancy, and ii
costs so little that the lamps in the city
streets are kept burning day and night
1t it used in private houses and factories
alike, and cooks steak or heats a fur
mace with equal satisfaction.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-10-12
WASHINGTON.

MOVEMENT is on foot to obtain a suffi-
Client amount for the expenses of commits
sion of experts to be selected after consulta.
ton with leading members of the American
Public Health Association, to investigate
the yellow fever epidemic, the nature and
cause of the disease, it's treatment, and es
pecially its prevention.
THE Chinese embassy has arrived at
Washington, and is quartered at Twentieth
and f streets. Soon after presentation to
the president the chief ambassador, with a
portion of those accompanying him, will go
for time to Spain and Peru to organize the
Chinese diplomatic service in those coun.
tries.
The secretary of war has returned to
Washington. Edward Mcpherson, chief of
the bureau of engraving and printing, will
become political editor of the Philadelphia
Press. He has resigned his office in the
treasury, to take effect on the appointment
of a successor, and will at once enter upon
his editorial duties.
THE commissioner of the land office vii
urge upon congress the importance of the
reorganization of that office The commits
SiOiCI says. MOI6 Cl6IhS are n6SQ6u and
salaries sufficient to command the services
of competent men,"
THE banking house of 81. E. Offiey & Co
suspended on the 18th inst. A decline in
the District of Columbia 365 bonds, in
which the firm dealt heavily, is the cause Of
the suspension.
ORDERS for silver dollars dated subsequent
to September Is, are being cancelled at the
treasury department, except such as come
from national bank repositories. The
amount of such orders cancelled up to noon
on the 10th was $31 900.
The modification of the order with regard
to the distribution of the standard silver
dollars, while forbidding their exchange
for United States notes, permits the sending
| of them to depository banks only, at the
| expense of the mint, and there they will BIZ
exchanged for United States notes.
OFFICIAL tables OF the census of the Dis
trict of Columbia are just published. The
population of Washington is 131 ,947, Of
Georgetown II 81, and of the county Is,
533; total in the district, 160,051. The pro
| portions of white and colored are as follows
| Whites LOG, 427; colored, 1924, showing the
extraordinary proportion of one coloreC
| man to every two whites.