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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-30
THE ION TO OKLAHOMA" HuMBUG.

We received a pleasant call yesterday
faOm Hon. Mr. Clark, of independence.
He was one of the ablest and most consis-
tent members of the last legislature He
informs us that, at no time, has there
been to exceed five strangers in indie
pendence for the Indian Territory A few
stragglers have drifted into the Territory,
but there has been no organized company
there, or large numbers starting out to-
gether, as has been advertised so freely in
the Kansas City Times. Neither has there
been any such stampedes from Coffeyville
and ChetOpa as has been stated. In fact
there has been no excitement on the Dor
der on the subject. Some of the bust
ness men of independence, when the
Times first began to talk about Open
ing the Territory, thought there might
be something in it, and has raised hun
dred dollars and sent it to the Times to
pay for blowing the city as good place
for outfit. The Times "blowed." but it
brought no trade to the men who advan-
ced the money in hopes that it would.
The same course was pursued at other
places along the border. Money was
raised to pay the Times to get up a fu-
rore over the subject Sol" Carpenter
was evidently pal" of the Times, and
divided the plumber. The Times in this,
as in every other of its movements,
worked for mOney-COmmonwealth.
This verifies our advice to our readers
to let the Indian territory business alone
until the land there is officially opened
for settlement
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-30
A BIT OF TESTIMONY,

Fisk and Hatch are probably the lar
gest dealers IN government bonds in New
York or the country. They alone took
$25, 900, 900 out of the last $3.50, 600, 600
Ofnew As disposed of by the treasury.
The following paragraph from one of
their recent circulars may be regarded
AS the testimony of those who ought to
know:
THAT there has been within the last
twenty years an enormous increase in
the investment capital of this country
of that class which permanently avoids
the ordinary risks of business and seeks
absolute security at reduced rates of in
terest, and that this accumulation Is rap
idly going on, the financial history OF
the last few years, and the quotations of
the New York Stock Exchange for all
first-class investment stocks and bonds,
abundantly show; while the large and
constantly-increasing army of small in
vestOrs who thrOng the offices of the
dealers in government bonds bear wit
ness to the fact that whatever effect the
depression of the past few years may
still have upon large business enter
prises, the masses of the people are earn
ing and saving money, and filling the
CdILts Of Sate depOsite companies and in
Vulnerable prirdte hidden receptdcLes toith
government bonds, Iohich IriU necer make
their re-dppedrdRce an the market until
they are an their turn cdlled for redemp-
tiOn"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-30
PERJURY-PROBABLY.

Mr.. Cyrus W. Field, another New
York millionaire has been compelled to
'swear OFF, all his riches to escape taxa
ton. The tax commissioners placed his
personally at 100000 to which he de-
INJURED, claiming that he had no person
al property subject To taxation. Cyrus
then brought his nephew, young Dud-
ley Field and David w. Field, ST., his
brother, to his assistance, and an acri-
moniOus dispute occurred at the tax of
flee. "You will have to swear off," said.
the tax commissioner, and the rich Cyrus
w. Field swOre that 81 have no personal
property in this state On. W subject to
taxation above my debts" The New
York Times remarks upon this:
The fact of Mr. Field swearing off his
personal taxes soon became subject of
gossip. 1t was said that his principal
claim for exemption was that his house,
his furniture, his horses, and his car
riages were at TarrytOwn, and that his
legal domicile was there. But he has
also residence in this city, and his of.
flee and his main business are here, the
tax commissioners concluded that he
was subject to taxes on his personal
property. One of them told him so, but
1t appears that he still denied that he
was liable. Perhaps his large interests
in the New York elevated road led the
commissioners to value his personal
at 100000. 1t is well known that he
has recently boosted that he had cleared
not less than $75O,OO0 out of his elevated
speculation
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-30
Road Notice

Notice is hereby given that petition has
been presented to the board of county COM
missiOners of Lyon county, Kansas, asking
for the location OF a county road, as fellows,
toW-wit: Commencing at the northeast e0r-
ner of the northwest quarter of section y
township Is and range II; thence south on "a
section line three miles, to the Sd standard
parallel; thence in u sOutheastcrly direction,
to the crossing on Elm creek. Thence on the
most practicable route to the west line of the
east of section 3. township &c. range I2;
thence south on y section line to the north
east corner of the northwest quarter of
section -, township 16 and range twelve:
thence east so rods, more or less; thence south
one mile TO the sout Invest corner of S of c
= section p, township 10. range IL; thence
west on the most practicable route across l42
creek to the northwest corner of the north
east quarter of section a, township Strange
u; thence south on y section line to the
northwest corner Of n y of section "a, town.
ship l6, range II. TO intersect a county road
on the north line of section "a, township &C.
range II. And upon said proposed road the
board appointed the following viewers: &
Z. Paine, Sim Taylor and VIM. Richardson,
to meet at the beginning of said road, on the
4th day of June, A. ID. 1879, at 10 O'Clock a.
m, and in conjunction with the county sur
veyOr. to view, locate and survey said road,
and 10 give all parties hearing by order
Of the board. WIN. r EWING,
W2lH22 COuntV Clerk
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-30
TRICHINAE sPIRALIS.

Recent fatal cases of tricHing spirdlis
have revived the scientific discussions OF
this singular disease. A commission OF
Chicago microscopes recently made a
systematic examination of the muscles
of large number of swine, under the
auspices of DR.. DeWolf, commissioner
of health. The examination was con-
Quoted by III F. Atwood and William T.
Belffeld, M. ID. They found eight per
cent. OF the swine examined more or less
infected with trichinR. 1t will thus be
seen that the chances of death from trich-
in9 are probably less than eight in a
hundred, provided one is accustomed to
eat raw SWine's flesh. Even if one eats
of the raw flesh of an infected animal,
there are chances that he will not absorb
q sufficient number of the trichinR to
cause death. The fatal number can, of
course, never be determined; and one
cannot know when eating raw sWine's
flesh whether he is indulging in a fatal
lunch or not. Therefore the only safety
Is in thorough cooking. The Chicago
microscopes above referred to ascertain
ed that the parasite is killed at a tenn
perature considerably below that of boil.
ing water.
A few days ago lady died near Roch.
ester, N. Y, from trichin3, caused by
post mOrtem followed, which fully estab
lished the nature of the disease by reveal.
ing the existence of parasites in the sys.
TEN. Yet the Rochester Democrat says
the chances of death from trichin9 are
not really very great. 1t is frequently
the case that an entire family partakes OF
trichinOus pork, while but one or two
members experience any serious or fatal
results. The one safe method is to new
er eat pOrk-that has not been thoroughly
cooked, so that the heat has reached ev
cry part of the meat and killed the para
sites.
The German government sedulously
guards its citizens against trichine by
submitting every carcass of swine to ex
animation before allowing its exposure
in market. The percentage of trichin
Gus pork is much smaller in Germany
than in this country. Trichine are moi
dl&cult of detection by the microscOp
list They can easily be found with 6
twO-inch objective and B eye-piece An
excellent method is to get thin slice o
the tenderloin of pork and tear the mus
cular fibres apart in glycerine, 10y means
of needles. 1t frequently happens thai
the parasite is wholly freed from the mus
Gle by this process, and can be viewed
separately
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-30
THE PHILOSOPHY OFT.

The Montreal Journal of Commerce
prefaces review of their bank returns,
with the following paragraph. which
well states fact that Is by no means
new TO our readers:
"The high value of government seen.
rites cannot any longer be considered
rs rejecting the prosperity Of the COM
munity; business may be paralyzed,
Strikes may close the centers of industry,
war, with much at stake, may be waged
In various parts of the world, and yet the
bonds of the state may reach a price far
above that which they obtained in years
OF commercial prominence and general
prosperity. Last week consols were
quoted In the London market at the al
most unprecedented figure of ninety
nine and eleven-sixteenths. In 1853,
they reached ninety-nine and three-six.
teenths, and at no period, meantime, has
there been any approach to these quota
lions. In the dearth of profitable invest
ments in the ordinary channels of bust
ness, the surplus wealth of nations
seeks safety in government funds,
and fortifies their credit at the verV
time thai the stagnation in commerce.
and industry would have imperiled the
financial status Of the nation. The high
quotations for consols and French rem.
ties, the so easily accomplished CONVEX
sion of part Of the United States debt
are attributable 10 the same causes.S
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-30
THE NEW INDIAN IDEA.

The release of the POnca Indians from
the jurisdiction of the United States, by
the court at Omaha, has evidently put a
new idea, that of obtaining their rights
by legal measure, into the Indian head.
Standing Bear, the POnca chief, called
on his attorney in Omaha before going
away, and made him the following
speech:
You and are here. Our kins are OF
different color, but God made us both
A little while ago, when was young, ]
was wild. l knew nothing of the WAYS
of the white people.
81 see you have nice houses here. ]
lOoklat these beautiful rooms ;Iwould like
to have house too, and it maybe after
a while that can get one, but not sc
good house as this. This is what
want to do.
years or mOre-the white men have beer
driving us out. They are shrewd, sharp
and knew how to cheat but since IhayG
been here have found them different
They have all treated me kindly. l an
very thankful for it.
Hitherto, when we have been wrongeC
we went to war to assert our rights anC
avenge our wrongs. We took the toma
hawk. We had no law TO punish thos,
who did wrong; so we took our toma
hawk, and went to kill. If they haC
guns and could kill US first, it was IA,
fate of war.
But you have found a better yay
You have gone into the court, for us, anC
l find that our wrongs can be righteC
there. Now I hdUe no more use for ~
tOmdhdsok. I cant to lag 1t doom Iorecer
Tutoring these words with eIoouen
impressiveness, the old chief, stoopinf
down, placed the tomahaWk on the hoo
at his feet-then standing erect, he foIdet
his arm with native dignity, and contin
ued
az lay it down; have no use for i,
I hGce found a better S0dy.
IStoOping again and taking I'D tn
weapon, he placed it in Mr.. Webster,
hands and said.
II present it TO you as token of m,
gratitude. want you to keep it in n
membrance of this great victory vhicl
you have gained. / have NO further us
for it. can moo seek the Gags Of peace
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-30

Washington kilograms say there is
good authority for stating that the Presi-
ident will veto the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill The at
torney general has already furnished the
President with his objections TO the sec
ton concerning supervisors and deputy
marshals, which especially relates to his
department. 1t is expected that the mes
sage Will be brief, and that it will hold
that supervisors, in the character of su-
pervisors, and deputy marshals are nee
essary to insure free elections.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-30
The gas wells Of East Livernool. Ol

The gas wells of East Liverpool, Ohio,
are worthy of being ranked among the
wonders of the world" They are stu
ated writes correspondent of the Gle
veland Herald, in and around the town,
and give It continual supply of light,
the gas being almost as free as air. 1t
costs practically nothing. and both heats
and lights the town. The street lamps
are ablaze day as well as night, for it
costs nothing to supply the gas, and it
takes trouble to shut it of. Then the
gas is almost the ouly fuel employed in
town, being conducted into the CRATES
and stoves by pipes. 1t is also used for
generating steam power for sundry great
pottery manufactures, employing up
ward of 1900 workmen. The first OF
the wells was opened twenty years ago,
and there are no signs of exhaustion.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-30

Col. Robt. IngersOll has thoroughly
aroused the spirit of the Israelites by
his rude and unwarrantable attacks on
Moses. A Chicago Rabbi answers him
under the title Lying Made Easy. 1.-THE
editor of the American IsraelItes says
There is no use, however, to enlighten
the Colonel about his follies and errors
He wants to make money out of the PEG
pies inclinatiOns to he amused by com
edians, minstrels or any sort of funny
fellows; and he succeeds tolerably well
AS long as it pays he will do it. When
people come to the conclusion that they
are being made fools of, Col. Ingersoll
will run for congress, practice law, OF
do some other thing which pays"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-30
OTHER WORLDS THAN OURS.
Viewing the Solar System from a Posi-
ton in Space.

Viewing the Solar System from a POSI-
ton in Space.
If an observer could fly on angels
wings to point in space some one hun
dred miles away in the direction of the
pole of the ecliptic or earth's orbit, he
would have bird's-eye view of our plan
etary system, and would see all the plan
cts moving IN solemn majesty from west
to east in orbits more or less eliptical,
though differing little from circles, and
in periods of from 80 days to 1641S years,
as time is reckoned on the earth.
From his ethereal station the only Wis
ible moving objects are the planets. Our
sun is only fixed star, and, like all 9TH
ers, will appear to him unchangingly
fixed. No sun, nor planet, nor comet,
should one be visible, would rise or set.
The most glorious object ON which his
eye could rest would be the sun, the
light and life and center of the worlds
which circle in grandeur around him.
Though the sun would forever shine and
appear of the same magnitude as to us,
yet, without an atmosphere to reflect the
light, 1t would be always night with him,
the sun, and planets and stars all shining
together.
The little brilliant Mercury, lately so
well seen from our station, the earth,
will appear to him to move far more rap
idly than any of the others, and as, also,
his orbit is the smallest, he completes
his solar journey in about SO days which,
consequently, is the length of his year,
each OF his four seasons being but TWEEN
ty-twO days long.
At distance from the sun nearly twice
that of Mercury, he will see the planet
Venus moving in the same direction but
at slower velocity, completing her year
iy circuit in pa days.
Moving still slower, and at distance
OF about 921k million miles, he will de.
scry his own planetary home, the beau.
titul earth, but how changedi Not a IA
miliar feature will he see save the con.
slant moon, which to him will not wax
and wane, but which, if we ascribe to him
infinite powers of vision, will ever pre-
sent half moon phase. Here let me
state the fact that, with the exception OF
the four outer planets, all viii appear t.
him of the same phase. The others will
look gibbous. Though the earth ap
pears to US so dark and sombre by day
and black by night, to our heavenly OBJ
server he viii shine as brightly as does
Venus TO US.
Still farther away, and at distancs
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-30
A PERTINENT RErLY.-The Louisville

A PERTINENT REPLY.-The Louisville
Commercial tells the following amusing
story connected with the present exodus
from the south TO Kansas:
"A merchant in Jackson was explain.
ing to an old cOlored man that il was
very unwise for him to go to Kansas, be-
cause it was bleak, cold country, and
the winters were entirely too severe for a
trOpic race. Mars JOne,' asked the old
fellow, 'aint dis Kansas dey are talkin'
about what dey used to call Bleedin'
Kansasr The merchant, of course, said
it was. We'll, den,' said the old uncle,
wasn't you white folks fightin' once be-
cause you wanted to take niggers to Kan
sas when we was yo' property? ] reck-
on faint no coRler for us now dan when
we was property. You was mighty par
ticker about yO' property in dem days
eyah; YAH There was no ready answer
to this. There is a sort of epic climax
in the fact that the first voluntary negro
emigration from the south should be to
Kansas, where such bloody effort was
made to take them AS slaves"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-30
Proposals for the Erection of State Capitol.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE

OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATR,l
TOPEKA. Kansas, April 80, 1879. I
Sealed proposals. will be received at this
once until Il O'Clock, Monday, June I'd, 1879
for furnishing the materials and doing the
masonry and iron work OF the west wing of
the state house. Plans and specific ations and
details and drawings may be seen at the Of
peka, on and after May 10Th
The attention Of bidders is called to the fol-
lowing section of the law making appropria-
ton for the erection OF said building
Section IL. That for the purpose OF erect
ing and constructing the said west wing of
the state house, and completing the same so
it may be occupied by the legislature in Jan
uary, 1881, there is hereby Appropriated out Of
any money in the state treasury not OthsrWise
appropriated, the sum of sixty thousand dol
lars, and in addition TO said direct apDropria-
tions and for the purpose Of raising additional
revenue Tor the payment of the costs and ex-
penses Of the erection and construction Ofsaid
west wing OF the state house, there shall be
officers Of the state are hereby authorized and
directed 70 assess and collect in the year 1879
the sum of one-half mill on each dollar of tax
able property OF this state, and in the year
1880 the sum OF one half mill upon each dollar
OF taxable property in this state, all Of which
taxes shall be assessed and collected as other
state taxes levied at the same time are Ievied
and collected, and the proceeds OF the said
taxes herein authorized and directed to be
LEVIED, assessed and collected. are hereby an.
prOpriated 20 the exclusive use of erecting
and constructing the west wing OF the said
state house provided for in this act, and when
the same is paid into the state treasury shall
be known as the state house fund
Each bid must be accompanied with a bond
in the penal sum OF ten Thousand dollars,
signed by two or more responsible parties,
conditioned that the party bidding, in case
furnish the material and do the work accord
ing 70 the plans and specifications, and will
immediately give bond TO the amount IL con-
tract for the faithful performance Of the same.
Envelopes containing proposals should be
plainly marked proposals for furnishing ma
teriAl and doing the masonry and iron work
OF west wing OF state house." and addressed
to the undersigned ct Topeka, Kansas
The right TO reject any and all bids IL re-
served.
BY order Of the board Of state house CON-
mIssiOnerB. JAMES SMITH,
Secretary Of state and e. o6rei0 Secretary
Of Board. d139&wI0moI.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-30
STORY TELLERs IN WASHINGTON.
How Senators and Representatives
Amuse Themselves I'm their
Leisure HOur6.

How Senators and Representatives
Amuse Themselves I'm their
Leisure Hours.
Washing ton Cor. st. Paul Pioneer Press.
When some senator or member of mod
crate ability is making speech, the
clOak-roOms are generally crowded. The
scene represents a club-rOom more than
anything else, but were there not so many
coats along the walls, and were there
more of an air of cheerfulness, the resem-
blence would be more complete.
AS it is, however, the cloak rooms are
the most interesting places at the Capt.
toll. Around the walls are cleats, on
which are large brass hooks with the
names of their owners on little cards I'M
der them, on which congressional hats
and coats are hung. There are sofas and
settees of old-fashiOned patterns, and
well-Worn; numerous chairs in various
stages of decay, and offering various de-
grees of attraction are scattered about
There are a tankard of ice-water, three
or four marble wash basins, with soap
and towels, and at the House end of the
Capitol, couple of BARRIERS chairs in
each cloak-rOom. Cheerful fires burn in
the CRATES, and generally one of the chan
deliers. are lighted, for the only light that
can be otherwise obtained is filtered
through the stained glass windows from
the public corridors. A box of matches
sets on the mantle, and in the House
cloak-roOm one of the pending gas Jets
seen in cigar stores gives the smoker his
fire"
At any time during the season groups
of lounging statesmen may be passed, in
every variety Of posture, all smoking,
and discussing the events of the day, or
telling stories, and some of the best stony
tellers in the world were in the last CON
gress.
Abraham Lincoln's stories are quite as
much part of his administrators as the
Emancipation Proclamation. President
Grant told a story elOquently when he
was 'unbent," but he was not in the
habit of telling them prOmiscuously
President Hayes does not originate stO-
ries as Lincoln did, but often quotes
them, and seems TO have been studying
Lincoln. for he repeats his sayings very
frequently.
Secretary Evarts is an habituaI wag,
and Is the life of Cabinet meetings, very
often illustrating his views on a pend
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-30

Considerable talk has been made about
the conversion to spiritualism of one
Riddle, superintendent of schools in
New York, and a silly lot of slush he
has issued in book form. The commu-
nications said to have been received by
him, from the spirit land, exhibits ac-
cordmg to the New York Tribune, ere.
markable uniformity in point of flatness,
as if they had been baked of the same
mental mush on the same literary grid
die" The same paper adds: at seems
wonder that spirits of any sense could
have deemed such observations worthy
of expectation, or that any hapless school
superintendent should have been found
10 act as cOnsignee and provide for them
a market"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-30

The average price paid per day for
convict labor is AS follows: In Iowa,
43 cents; New York, "a; Indiana, 45
Nebraska, b to 40; Kansas, AZ; Micbi-
gan, 40; Maryland, 40; Illinois, 40; West
Virginia, 25; Missouri, 40; Vermont,
81; Rhode Island, 40; Connecticut, 40;
Ohio, Asa; Pennsylvania, 40; MinnesO-
ia, 40; California, A. and 80 1t is not
strange that mechanics protest against
being obliged TO compete a gainst these
prices for labor
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-30

The consistency of human nature is
some times curiOusly manifested. For
example, the labor party" once tender
ed the presidential nomination TO David
Davis, and he wrote them demagogue
letter. Yet Davis never worked a day
in his life, is probably today really the
richest man in Illinois, and made his
money by landsharking, the most heart.
less way of money getting known to our
forms of property. Yet he is the great
friend of labor with this sort of people.
The same thing may be said of Ben.
Butler