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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-14

1t is settled that General Banks will be
appointed u. s. marshal of Massachu-
sets after the 4th of March, when his
term in congress expires.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-14
"Reminiscences Nntice.

pointed Administrator OF the partnership es-
tate OF HennIng & Bunk, and Adm illustrator
Of the estate Of Henry s. Bunk. deceased, by
the Probate Court Of Lyon county, Kansas
JOHN HENEIEG.
ctr Ahuni n afr.afnI
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-14

Baby shows are the fashion now. but As lone
As mothers continue to nurse their little ones
y it'll laudAaum or other Opiates, they cannot
expect their babies TO look BRIGHT II your
baby needs medicine, get good and harmless
one, such Is DR. Bulls Baby syrup. wa.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-14

Johnny's composition-One time a
lion met an elephant, and the elephant
sed: You better go and git your hair
cut" But the lion it sed: bah / shen't
resent feller's insults which has got his
nose tween his own teeth"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-14
VOL. p.

There has been failure of the winter
rains in the north of India and the peo-
pie are apprehensive of another famine.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-14
LEGAL NOTICES.
Ass,pnee's Notice

Notice is hereby given that the undersign-
ed, assignee Of the estate of BECK & A6ra-
ham, win, on March 4th, 1879, apply TO the
District Court OF Lyon county, Kansas, to be
discharged from his said trust.
3W6t j. B. HINRLE.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-14

A Rhode Island man sent to Michigan
for list of persons who died of yellow
fever in New Orleans.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-14

We are glad to hear by the eastern
papers that "Wild BilI' has been killed
again, this time in Denison Texas.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-14
The Toledo Blade has discovered that
Sitting Bull seems badly cowed."

The Potter committee has taken 5000
pages of testimony at $15 per page.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-14
DILL. j. HEILMAN,
DRICK.

GOOD BRICK CHEAP FOR CASH.
We have now on hand over one hundred
and fifty thousand EIRST-CLhSS BRICK,
and still making thousands moro. We OFFER
them Tor sale as cheap Us good brick can be
bought anywhere.
Brick work done in good shape, CHEAP,
and on shortnotice. ROSENBERRY PoPR.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-14
FoRY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Monday. Feb. 6.

Senator Hamlin presented a recon-
mendation from the secretary of state to
continue Bayard Taylor's salary as min
lister to Berlin for one year after his
death, for Mrs. Taylor's benefit Sena-
tor Edmunds' resolutions in regard to
18th, 14th and 18th amendments were
debated and finally adopted, % to II.
The House passed the bill to improve
Mississippi levees, and discussed the
army appropriation bill.
Thursday, Feb. 9Th
Mr.. Blaine presented a memorial of
the manufacturing companies of Maine,
representing twelve millions of capital,
asking an appropriation for mail SER
vice between one or more of our Atlantic
ports and South American ports. Mr..
Paddock submitted resolution instruct
ing the committee on agriculture to in
quire in regard to the reports concerning
infectious diseases among horned cattle.
Agreed to. The census bill was passed,
yeas 46, nays f. The negative votes were
given by Cameron of Pennsylvania,
Mitchell, Spencer and Teller.
In the House Mr. Cummings present
ed resolution calling on the commits
sioner of pensions for statements in rela-
ton to the amount received to pay the
oAACoAS VI PCASIOuS- A0OptCO- Lie army
appropriation bill was debated at length.
FRIDAY, FEB. z.
Senator Hamlin for the committee
on foreign relations, reported against the
bill to restrict Chinese immigration.
The house bill to admit female lawyers
to practice before the q. s. Supreme
court, passed, 40 to 20, and now goes to
the president
The house transacted no business of
inheritance
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-14

A mans character is like a fence-you
cannot strengthen it by whitewash.-
Camden Post.
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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-14

We knew it would come-the report
that the Delaware peach buds have been
injured to a large extent by the cold
weather. The peach buds In this vicini-
ty were also frozen and have dropped off
We haven't seen tree this winter that
contained single bud, SO they must have
dropped off. This is a sign that next
falls peach crop will be large-Norris-
town Herald.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-14

A trance medium reports having had
a vision of the future world. He didn't
see any winged angels or hear any harps
playing, but there were lots of sharp fea-
tured young ladies working out algebraic
problems on blackboards, and he con-
cludes that his vision must have been
confined to the Massachusetts depart
ment-Andrew's Bazaar.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-01-11
A Mothers Influence.

The late Thomas H. Benton, who
was 80 long in public life and surround.
ed by temptations, paid the following
tribute to his mother:
my mother asked me never to use
any tobacco, and 1 never touched it
from that time to the present day; she
asked me not to game, and I have not,
and / cannot tell who is winning or
who is losing in games that can be
played. She admonished me, too,
against haEd drinking, and whatever
capacity for endurance I may have at
present, and whatever usefulness may
attain in life, attribute it to having
complied with her pious and correct
wishes. When was seven years of
age she asked me not 10 drink, and
then made resolution of total absti
hence, at time when 1 was sole con-
stituent member of my own body. and
that have adhered to it through all the
time, l owe to my mother"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-01-11

WHIrEwAsH make a permanent
lime wash, tallow should be mixed with
1t. This makes an insoluble lime soap.
which ~ not aShej of. Take a peck
OF freshly burned lime aud slake il NJ
tnss lih five gallons OF boiling vaIer.
While 1t Is Stacking, slice into il four
pounds OF common rendered tallow,
siir II yell, and Use it while still hCs.
strain through \ fine wire sieve befo,e
using il.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-01-11

SELF CoNcEIT.--Schopenaner, o Ger
man philosopher, was so self-conceited
that stranger, hearing him talk, wonld
have doubted if he was listening to q
mailman or an intolerabls wiseacre.
He had agreat appetite, and as he dined
at public hotel, often attracted atten.
ton by the quantity of food he eat.
II eat three times as much as you, "
no said to an astonished observer, "but
then have three times as much mind ;"
In one of his books he wrote of him
sells, "One giant calls to another
through the weary space of centuries.
without the world of dwarfs which
crawls below hearing more than q
sound. and perceiving more than that
something is going on"
When, towards the close of his life.
he was asked where he would b.
buried, he calmly replied, mo matter
where; posterity will find me-"
Such n man seems to have attained
unto the sublimity of self-conceit.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-01-11
Why Popas Cntnse Their Names

1t is a fact generally known that
monks aud nuns, ON assuming their
vows, aud popes, on ascending the
Pontiical throne, usually change their
names. The reason of this change in
the Case OF popes Is superstl,i"us be.
lief that unless this is done the new
pontitf will not live long. The custom
has prevailed since it Was inaugurated,
in 900, by Octavian Cont, who assumed
the name and title of john XII. Julius
Me,lici would have made breach had
he been permitted, but his friends pre-
vailed upon him to take the name of
Clement, ne being the seventh pope to
bear that name. Thirty-two years
later, III 1855. Marcellus Servius was
elected, and insisted upon retaining
his own name. AS Marcellus Ii, there
fore, lie assembled the throne ON the 9th
of April. He was young man, and
in robust health, and yet he lived but
twenty one days after his elevation.
Since that time no pope has ventured
to offend against the tradition. 1t is a
little singular that while the name of
John has been a favorite one, no less
than twenty two popes having chosen
it, none have chosen it since the death
of John XXI, in 1416. The first pope
bearing the name Plus, took the posi-
ton i'll 142, and the name did not re-
appear after his death till 145S. The
original name of Plus TX, the late pope,
was Giovanni Maria Mastai- Ferretti.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-01-11
The Consumption of Timber.

We have now about 80 900 miles Of
railroad the annual consumption for
ties or sleepers alone is 40 900 900, or
thirty years growth of 5000 acres.
To fence these roads would require at
least 130, 900 miles OF fence. We have
rs 600 miles Of wire, which requires in
its putting up sou. 600 trees. while the
annual repairs must take BOG, 600 more.
The little insignificant lucifer match
consumes annually in its manufacture
100000 cubic feet of the finest pine.
The bricks that are annually baked re-
quire 1900 900 cords of wood, which
would sweep the timber clean from
$4,000 acres. Shoe-pegs are quite as
important an article rs matches or
bricks, and to make the required an
nual supply consumes one hundred
thousand cords of the timber, while the
manufacture of lasts and boot trees
takes five hundred thousand cords of
maple, beech and birch, and about the
same amount is required for plane stock
and the handles of tools. The packing
boxes made in the United States in 1874
amounted to Sl2,O00,000, while the
timber manufactured into agricultural
implements, wagons, etc, 10 more than
$lO0,000,000. The farm and rural
fences of the country consume an i'm
mense amount of lumber and timber
annually, but as we grow older as ma
ton this consumption may. and proba-
bly, will, be reduced by the more gen.
eral use of live fences or hedges. Our
consumption Of timber is not only daily
on the increase, but our expectation OF
timber is also rapidly increasing. Our
slaves go by the million to France an
nually; walnut, oak, maple and pine to
England, and spars and docking timber
to China and Japan.-L"m5srman's Ga
Setfe.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-01-11
Tried For HIS Life.
A great criminal trial may be likenei

A great criminal trial may be ikened
to q great drama. Each of the oppos-
ing lawyers strives to make certain
impression on the twelve spectators in
the jury-box, while the judge presides
to see that ell is done according to the
rules of law. One such trial took place
some twenty years ago in Indiana. The
lawyer for the prisoner was Joseph G..
Marshall, great orator. The success
ful way.in which he put the evidence
for the defense, and the power of sin
gle senteno are both exhibited in the
following narrative of the trial:
Carrie was an eccentric Old man,
who coupled the profession of school
master with that of "herb DOCTOR" One
night Currie's wife being taken violent
ly ill, he gave her what he took to be
calomel, but which proved to be arsen-
ic. In the morning she was corpse.
Alarmed at what he had done, the old
man locked up his little cabin and fed
the neighborhood. A week later, the
smell of the decaying body attraeted
the attention OF pAssers, and Currie was
indicted for murder.
Marshall, believing him innocent of
any wrong intent, volunteered to de-
fend him. The only witness called for
the defence was DR.. CJrnett, we'll
known physician of Madison. Mr..
Marshall, without preliminary ques-
tions, handed him two little papers,
carefully folded, and asked him to
inform the jury of their contents.
The physician took the papers, adj
jnsted his spectacles, and carefully ex-
amined the contents. Not satisfied
with this, he took up little of each
substance, sifted them between his
thumb and foretinger, smelt them, and
as u final test, tasted the least bit of
each.
II think, sir, this is arsenic. and that
calomel."
That is sufficient. DOCTOR said Mr..
MAJ shall. Tho prosecution had 9TH
ing to ask.
This closed the evidence, and Mr..
Marshal, bowling to the court, and turn
Ing to the Jury. thus addressed them:
Your Honor, and gentlemen OF the
Jury, you have noticed the absence of
proof showing any criminal intent.
Now if. in the broad light of day,
and aided by the delicate senses of
touch, aud OF taste, and of sight, DIR.
Coruett. learned in his profession aud
skilled in the use of drugs, decides
with difficulty, and with some consider
able show OF uncertainty, which is the
poison and which is the calomel, what
can you expect OF this poor old man.
called from his bed at midnight, his
eyes dimmed with age, his nerves un-
strung with fear, his heart aching for IL
wife shaken with a deadly fever, his
mind overcome v it'll dreadl
Take him away and hang him if
your consclences will let you'll
The effect was instantaneous and COM
nlate
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-01-11
The Fourth Dimension of Space.

The mystery of the lnterlocked ring
which were male of wood and ivory
and interlocked in n mysterious man.
ner by alleged spirits in England, a
short time ago, has turned out to be
another humbug. The mystery was
even more than ordinarily worthy of
notice, since ont of it grew a notable
and learned discussion among certain
scientific men as to whether space
might not have more dimensions than
are usually allowed to it-length,
breadth and thickness-and possess u
fourth, which would allow, in some
way not understood. the performance
of such feats AS locking together two
rings possessing neither joint nor flaw.
The original story may be unfamiliar
to our readers. Four mediums pro-
posed that two rings, one of ivory and
the other of wood, should he inter-
locked by spiritual agency without
either being bro ken. There were sew
eral s!ttings to effect this end. but
though a ghosily John King" tried
several rings AMI Ii ,mmereL them
about good deal in his Efforts, the at
tempt was failure. At last, however,
a waiting world was informed that tie
rings had been iuterlocked, and that
q power existed which could also tie
knots in endless cords and accomplish
other feats entirely ut variance with
our knowledge of tie laws governing
space. Before the public saw the
rings, however. they were taken of to
Leipsic, and then to st. Petersburg,
to delight the minds of the celebrated
spiritualistic coteries in those cities,
but photographs were obligingly left
behind, from which unbelievers were
desired to satisfy themselves. Though
probably not Substitution the whole
affair looked rather peculiar
discussion was raised, as we have be-
fore said, and the question of fourth
dimension in space ably discussed. At
last, however, the rings were secured
and placed under microscope for ex-
animation, and it now turns ont that
they had been interlocked by the sim
pie expedient of carefully breaking the
wooden ring, slipping the ivory one
inside and gluing together again the
fractured ring. The spiritually joined
rings were accordingly placed i'll hot
water and immediately fell apart. SO
here is another miracle exploded, and
it is but justice to the Spirltualists to
Say that they have been the first to ex.
pose the trick. Bnt there are still some
believers, who state that the ghoftly
artisan, John King" actually joined
the rings as alleged. but the rings
themselves were not entire, bnt had
been glued together by the man who
prepared them for the test, and who,
finding it difficult to make rings entire.
had sought to impose upon the pur-
chasers by careful cementing. This
view of the case is not Ii ely to be ac-
copied by the world at large, and 30
more rings are to be prepared, Of I'M
doubted integrity, and the test again
submitted to the spirits who have moth
ing better to occupy their energies.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-01-11
Hygiene.
HINTS ON THE CARE OF HEALTH.

1. DIET.-This should be pure and
wholesome. and of mixed character.
1t should also he moderate as to guam
tity, and regular, allowing neither too
long nor too short intervals between
meals.
2. ExERcIsE.-Daily exercise is nee
essary to the enjoyment of good health.
and, if possible, should be taken where
the air is pure and free from smoke and
other impurities. The bsst forms of
exercising are walking, riding, rowing,
etc. When outdoor exercise is imprac-
tlcable. the dumb bells, single stick
and billiards may be advantageously
substituted.
Q. PURE AIR.-The thorough yentila-
lation of the house or rooms we live in
is another essential to health, and must
on no account be neglected. Nothing is
so conducive to sickness as hot and
stuffy rooms; and this remark is espe-
cially applicable to the bedroom, which
should be of sufficient size, permittin Z
q free current of pure air to pass through
it when it is not occupied. And here il
may not be out of place to observe that
it is not sufficient to open doors leading
into passages or staircases, which may
contain all the bad dir of the house
neither does it do to open windows look
ing into confined and impure places.
Ventilation, to be of service, must per-
NIT of the exit of the bad air in such q
way that it cannot rc-enter. and of the
admission of the pure air from the best
source without.
4. CLoTAING.--This should be COM
Portable only. too much wrapping up
being quite as prejudicial to health as too
little. 1t should be adapted to the sea-
son of the year, and should always, in
this country, include thick undercloth-
ing for the winter, and light for the
summer; the feet also should be well
protected by warm stockings and strong
boots. The custom of placing thick
layers of flannel on the chest in the
form OF chest protector is very much
to be deprecated, except in the case Of
really delicate people.
5. The BATH.-This is valuable adj
junct to health, and should be taken
cold during the summer months. and
with the chill taken off the balance of
the year. A warm soap-and water bath
should be taken at bedtime once a week
or once fortnight; or Turkish baths
may be enjoyed by those who can in
dulge in The luxury. care being taken
not to drive, but to walk briskly home
afterward, if the distance be not too
great.
6. A CALM TEMpERAMENT.--Those
who are SO constituted, or who have
sufficient command over themselves as
to preserve this condition, have a valu-
able adjunct to health, as there is, per-
haps, nothing SO pref in this age
of overwork, both of brain and body,
as the worries and anxieties of every
day life. Caeteris paribus, the easy
going, even. tempered man, must digest
his food better, and is less affected by
the daily wear and tear of life than the
passionate, iinpetuous and impatient
man, and will live longer.
Z. REST AND AMusEMENr.--These are
essential to health; hence the proverbs,
"You cannot burn the candle at both
ends, and 'All work and no play make
Jack dull boy" The want of rest
may endanger life; jacks dizziness will
end in sickness.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-01-11
How the Hard Times Como About,

Nearly everybody has IN answer to
the question as to what is the cause Of
the hard times, but they so widely diff.
fer that it is continual source of per-
plexity. The diagnosis of several emf
nent doctors of political economy and
} social science is given below and the
4 reader can pay his money aud take his
choice of their ideas
Prof. SUMNER, of Yale College, thinks
that excessive means of transportation
and communication, and the lack OF q
free tariff. cause the trouble.
W. GOODWIN MOODY considers the
direct cause to be general idleness en-
forced by labor-savIng machinery.
Mr.. j. j. HINcHMAN, of BROOKLYN
does not think it much of shower, and
objects to interference by government
legislation.
Mr.. L. B. THURBER, a New York mer.
chant, ascribes the depression to the de-
velopment Of steam and electricity, and
the only remedy to be in waiting until
consumption catches up with produc-
ton.
Mr.. Horace WHITE traces the evil Ia
speculation in railroads and real estate,
and says that the currency is not an es-
sentiql element of such a crisis.
BES. BUTLER, says il is the currency.
DENNIS kEARNEY suears literally
and liberallyl that it is the a. lecherous
bOndholder" and the Shiny nesspa-
pers. - Toledo Blade.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-01-11

NONE of the afflicted towns of the
South has attracted more attention than
Grenada. Mr.. Fountain, who passed
through Louisville. and who has been
in Grenada during the pestilence, saws
that the fever was not brought there by
railroad at all. There was a strict
quarantine against New Orleans from
the first. All the trouble is traced to
the sewer, the poison from which is
supposed to have unitel with that in
the air from the South. Canton and
Jackson. now suffering from the cpl
demic, both established quarantine be-
fore they we're stricken.
Courier oUnal.