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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-31

The words of the old song of Lorena, y
once so popular, are said to have been
written by the Rev. NJ d. L. Webster,
of Neenah, Wisconsin. Mr.. Webster, in
his young days, so the story goes, fell
very much in love with young lady of
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, who reciprocated his
passion, but whose family strongly OBJ
jected TO her choice. The result was a
separation, painful but final. The lady
wrote him last letter, in which she
used the words, IF We try, we may for
get" afterward employed in the song,
coming at the close of a stanZa:
For IF we try we may forget"
Were words of thine long years ago.
The last verse is as follows:
Yes these were words OF thine Iorena,
They bum within ms memory yet,
They touch some tender chords. I.orena
Which thrill and trcuibie with regret.
There is future. Obi shank Col
OF life this is so small part.
IT'S dust TO dust beneath the sod.
But there. up there, 'tis heart to heart.
Both parties are married now, and NJ
doubt happy; but the curious story O.
one of the most popular songs ever pub
| lished IN this country will interest thous
ands to whom it was once so familiar.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-31


The New York Mail says of such So
ciety journals as the London Town
Talk, whose editor is in difficulty on &C
count of too free talk about the profes
sional beauty of Mrs. Longtry: at is
the popularity of these journals which
affords the most discouraging view Of
the morals of the titled and wealthy and
fashionable people who are swift to fol
low the evil example of the heir appar
cent to the throne. The society which
tolerates and enriches this pestiferou'
class of journals, and which welcomes
into its domestic circles the Bernhardt
is about as rotten as any that we know
of on the face of the earth, at the present
time" or this society the Prince Of
Wales is the chief, both on account o.
his position and his vices.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-31
TELEGRAPHIC.
Railroad Items.

NEW YORK, Oct. GA dispatch re-
ceived through Kiernan's bureau says
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad
has been leased TO the Union Pacific s.
Wabash
The meeting of the joint executive
committee of trunk lines and their west
ern connections, was finished to-day. 1t
is stated that the committee made an adj
vance on east bound railroads from Chi
cagO of five cents per hundred pounds,
to take effect November 10.
Immigrants.
MONTREAL, Oct. 22-Two hundred
and fifty people from Vermont passed
through this city by way of train last
night for western states. An additional
party of 300 from Maine and Quebec left
Today for the same destination.
The Uses.
Camp on White river, three miles
north of the agency, Oct. 81, via Rawlins,
Oct. 22.-Lieut VIM. B. Weir, ordnance
officer, while out hunting, was killed
and mutilated by the Indians, some
eighteen miles south of here. All the
available cavalry started on the trail this
morning. L soldier of the hunting par.
ty is also missing.
New Southern Hotel
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 22.-Warren and Geo
s. Leland, of the noted bookkeeping
family, are here examining the plans OF
the new Southern Hotel, with view II
making a proposition to Thos. Allen
the owner, TO lease it. They are much
pleased with the plans, and say they arr
an improvement on anything in the way
of hotel in America. They will be ap
plicants for the house, but as Mr.. AlleE
Will not be ready for six months yet Il
close bargain with any one, it canno
now be SAID that they will become it
| Iessees. Mr.. Allen has decided To cal
the new hotel the Allen House.
Horrible Murder.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 22.-The de
tails of the murder committed neal
Berea, Ohio, show it to have been a colo
blooded affair. Gotleip Muller, farm
| er, was awakened in the night by foot
steps in the house. Before he could aris'
| from his bed he was shot dead. Hi
wife, awakened by the firing, was sho
twice in attempting to get up, and lef
| for dead. An idiot lad who tried to es
cape was shot by the murderer and lef
| for dead The latter. coming to con
| seriousness, made his way TO neighbour
I and gave the alarm. Suspicion pOinttt
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-31
SOUTHWEST.

The bone trade of the southwest is
lively.
The Catholics of Wichita have just re-
ceived new 775 pound bell for their
church.
]. C. Fraker is running steam mill
at Wichita.
The editor of the Wichita Eagle never
saw such a prospect for wheat in his life.
1t looks like prosperity to see from
forty to sixty farmers drive into town ev-
cry day, each with load of wheat which
is readily exchanged for a check for from
forty to sixty dollars.-Winfield Courier.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-31

As an evidence of the improvement oi
the times. r. G. Dun 6 Co, in the last
report of their mercantile agency, give
the total failures in the states and terri
tories for the third quarter of 1879, end
ing September 80, at 1862, with liabili.
ties to the amount of $15, 275 $50. During
the same period for 1878 there were 2.
s53 failures, with a liability of $66,37S,-
3O3. The number of failures is less than
one-half and the liabilities less than one
f,,tytb
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-31
COMING RACK.

That was splendid meeting up in
Clifford township the other night. After
the speaking the doors of the party were
thrown open for joiners. w. II. Avery,
an old Greenbacker, got up and said he
wanted 10 come back into the old Repub-
lican party, and the boys received him
into full membership. Then others got
up and wanted to come back, so that
within half an hour eLeUea Grecnbackers
renowned the party of fiat money and
expressed their determination to always
hereafter vote the straight Republican
ticket. Good for Clifford township. The
Ohio election and the Iowa election
shows that the boys are all coming back.
-EIdorado Times.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-31

TALLYRAND's CUNNING.-A lady who
professed to be charmed with Tallyrand's
wit begged of him to write his name in
her album. His gallantry could not re-
fuse, and he began 10 write a verse.
"Arretez, Monseigneurp' exclaimed
the lady; lit may be very well for infe-
rior persons to write verses, but the name
of Tallyrand is enough to appear in my
book 1t is fame"
He fixed his keen eye on the supplica-
ting far one, and wrote his name at the
top of the page. The anecdote spread,
and all Paris laughed at the happy eva
sion of perhaps seeing his name in a few
days signed to bill of 10000 francs.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-31

The tax levy in the city Of New York
for school purposes this year is nearly
$4,000, 600, or $3.50 for every man, WON.
and child in the city. This indicates
either great devotion to the cause OF
education, or a great steal on the part OF
the city administration.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-31
A land of American .tdoctresses

a band of American 'doctresses. re-
Gently "doing the sights at Rome. pro-
duced something like a sensation. Some
of them were remarkably pretty-pretty
enough to make most men wish to be i'll
if attended by such sweet nurses They
were all dressed in black silk, mixed
with black cashmere. Their dresses
were made very high in the neck, and
were edged with pleated muslin friils,
which reached TO the chin. Thus the
whole of the neck was concealed Some
wore wells, others hats, and only one wore
spectacles They laoked remarkably
bright and merry, and stared saucily al
those who stared unduly at them.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-31

The women of New York who believe
they ought 10 be accorded the privilege
of voting on school questions, and be-
come members of school boards, are
making an active campaign against Gov
Robinson In May 1877, he vetoed an
act of the New York Legislature which
granted them these privileges.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-31

Cremation is neither ridiculed nor re-
garded with idle curiosity at Berlin, but
as a practice TO be encouraged on public
sanitary grounds, and the Municipal
council has recommended its general
adoption.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-31

The annual meeting of the bishops of
the NJ. L. church will begin this year
October 81. They meet at Seabright,
n. j., on the invitation of Gen. G. b.
Fisk. the entire board being his guests
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-31

To clear cistern water, add two ounces
powdered alum and two ounces borax TO
Il 20.barreI cistern of rain water that is
blackened or oily, and in few hours the
sediment will settle, and the water be
clarified and fit for washing, and even
cooking purposes.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-31

There is great comfortto Greenbackers
in their vote in Baltimore. Their candi-
date for mayor out of a poll of about
5000, received niAetyJtiee votes, and it
wasn't much of day for Greenbackers,
either
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-31

The Democrats who before the election
alluded 10 the Republican candidate for
Governor of OHIO as calico Charley
viii now speak of him more respectful
lY as Prints Charles.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-31

Annie Louise Cary made $22, 600 last
year Considering she is neither pc
destrian, nor plumber, nor Talmage,
this is doing very well.-Aibany Jour
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-31

1t stated that 10, All persons We're con-
demned to exile in Siberia at Moscow
during the summer.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-31

Parents. mothers, nurses,-do not fail ia
give DR. Bulls Cough Syrup to the little 6Ees
for all cases OF coughs or colds. Costs only -
cents.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-31

The OHIO river is getting dusty, and
the catfish have trouble in getting over
the sandbars.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-31

One third of this number are adults.
Less than One-half of our schools con.
tinue twelve months. Five-sixths OF
the number use International lessons
One-eighth only have teachers meetings
The population of Kansas is probably
100000. We have 5,136 school districts
1920 school houses, and 26O,575 children
of school age to fill them. One-fifth on
~, of our total population attend Sun
day school. By careful scrutiny it will
be seen that less than one-half of oul
population who should attend are So en-
rolled within its influence.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-31
A Happy Widow.

CINCINNATI, Oct 23.-Herman Strait.
ger, a dry goods clerk, living with his
wife and son in the second story of a
building on Main street, was found ~.
ing at the foot of the stairs with his skull
broken, at an early hour this morning
1t Is presumed he had fallen down stairs
during the night, while intoxicated
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-31
Good Immigration.

The factory operatives from the Brad
ford district, and the silk weavers from
Macilesfeld, sailed to-day in the steamer
Spain, from Huntstown for New York.
The operatives from the Bradford dis
trict are accompanied by large mill own
ers in the state of New York, who came
over to select operatives and purchase
machinery, which is also aboard the
SnaiO
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-31

W. Il. ROUP,
PHYSICIAN AN 1OBSTETRlCIAN. Read
ing, Lyon Co, Has Once LIST door .. of post
ONCE VIII attend calls day night IS Il
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-31

DRS. LAWRENCE & LAWRENCE.
DR. J s. LAWRENCE. DIR. TIENIE S. LAWRENCE
OculIst anu Aurlst. Obstetrics and Disease
StI OF Women
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-31
Spain Wants Help.

NEW YORK, Oct. 23-The consul gen.
eral of Spain will ask for contributions
from the United States to relieve the
sufferers by the recent floods in Spain.
1000 dead bodies have been recovered
in the deluged district.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-31
The Counterfeiters.


ST. LOUIS, Oct. Wheelan, Woods
Bosel, Sullivan and Mrs. Annie Thomas
five of the persons arrested Wednesday
night and yesterday, for dealing in and
showing counterfeit dollars and half dol
lars, were taken before U. s. commission
er Ward this afternoon. The govern
ment not being ready for the examination
the bail for each person was fixed al
s., 900. Basel gave bond at once and
Woods and Wheelan will probably do 50
tomorrow. Sullivan and Mrs. Thomas
were remanded. 1t appears that Bic
busch and johnson were indicted by the
u. s. Grand Jury last spring and will
shortly be arraigned before the. court
French Vineyards Decaying.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-The United
States consul at La Rochelle, France,
says in FIVE years the vines In that dis
trict must be completely destroyed, all
devices for arresting the Progressed
the phylloxera pest having failed. The
only remedy left is to import vines from
America, which are proof agains;
phylIoxera- There must, however, be a
great falling off in wine production dur
ing the five years to come. The exports
of wine from La Rochelle last year TO the
United States were valued at nearly
81 COG, 600. Arrangements are making
for large importations of grain from the
United States and the planting of wheat
In the raVaged districts.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-31


Formerly resident physician and surgeon
OF Mercy hospital, Chicago, Illinois, ami late
government surgeon at Pontiac, Illinois, has
permanently located kmporia, kansas to
practice his profession. Calls promptly at
tended to in the city or country. o1ice in
kskrIdge block, north of First National Bank
EmporId Kansas. ul5gll-w21If
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-31

S f. NORTHINGToN.
DENTAL SURG EOS, Emporia, Kansas
Onlce over Grange store, wiz: Allen &
Thompson tlI46mol- w24u
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-09-20

Lord George Gordon riots. At the time
ClI%H) he was three wears # age and he
distinctly recollectcd having been held up
"a the window 10y his nurse to see the sol
dirrS in the streets.
Hi. good health was almost rrinterruptcd;
i'll carly manhood he had Il slight Illness
the exact nature Of which is difficult to az
tertain, since it occurred in the wear 1893.
lie was about five feet nine inches in height,
broad shonlderrl and deep-chesteti, with
very long arms and large hands. In early
life he possessed great muscular power,
which was well indicated by his frame
Even " hen long past seventy his strength
OF wrists was remarkable. He was fond OF
shooting and fishing; tlie former amusement
he kept Mp till niuety-iour, the latter till
eighty-ei%ht. When middle agad he could
walk out shootin. from morning till night,
exposed 10 any amount Of cold and wet,
and completely knock mp many Young men.
he seemed quite imperviouS to the ailments
TO which ordinary men are subject. He
never know what Il headache or rheumatism
was. His digestion appeared perfect, and
he could eat anything with IMMUNITY. He
not only ate heartily at every meal, but
used oftan to cat biscuit, etc. betuaen meals
He was a moderate drnker-by no means q
total ahStaiucr-aud was 10 the last ex-
trcnlliy fond of sweet things. As he grew
Older his step became slower, but lie never
tottercd in his gait. To the last his COM
plexion was ruddy in tint, never showing
the parchment like appearance so often an
accompaniment Of extreme Old are up TO
his death neither StoUter nor thinner
At nincty-sevcn he had his first severe
l!lness-an attack Of bronchitis, contracted
through going out on Il very cold tlay-and
he was never afterwards quite tbs same.
u to this date he had taken service in his
church every Sunday, and his three months
i ii
ing distinct and powerful; bnt after the at
tact Of bronchitis he WAS more or less IN
invalid. Nevertheless, he was able to
answer, himself, seventy letters Of congrlt-
ulation which he received at his one hun
dredth birthday. The last severe Winter
tried him very much, and he had several
colds and slight attacks of bronchitis, from
all OF which he recovered; and he died at
last, pcaceably and painlessly, from mere
decay of nature. During the last year or
two of his life, if tatiguel or out of health
in any way, his mind was not perfectly
clear, but he never lapsed into anything
like second chidishnesS." lie was pos
se'scd Of Il most imprrturahe temper and
even spirits, and would not
allow anything TO wo"rv him. The two
places where he passed almost the whole of
his life, Wells and Stonch9m, are relaxing
in climate. One of his nephews is now
living, aged eighty-six, two died last year,
aged eishty-iive and lightweight, respec-
lively, and at he time OF his death, Canon
Beadon had great srea ,rea.- Tephev5 AMI
and nicces living.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-09-20
HOW CAIN GOT HIS WIFE.

4 few years ago, while the Alabama anil
Chattanooga railroad was in process of con-
struCtion, it WAS Il t;lvorite field for c0lOrcd
preachers TO labor and take MP collections
''for de spread ofd- Gospel" Among these
Il frequent visitor was old Father Helms.
from Tennessee, whose vivid elnquencc and
practical "spounding oh de Sacred Word
were attentively listened to by large con-
grrslt;ons of the sable race, with no small
delegation of interested white listeners on
the outskirts. Upon one occasion, assem-
bled i'll Il lovely Alabama grove, lie address
ell his congregation thus:
Ladies' and gentlemen of my beloved
congregation. Havin' cotched a bad cold
dc odtler evenin', | shant attempt to preach
TO yer dis Sabbath mornin', hnt will read II
chapter from de Bible, and spo,nd it rs |
90 along" He then read the fourth chapter
of Genesis, after which he continued his rc-
marks: De Older evcnin TUX for my tex
de tragedy in &c gardng OF EdcE-dc KILN
OF Abel, and cuSS and Grivin' out ob Cain.
And after lie sermon, one oh Yer smart
young darkies-one Of desc yere thin skim
ed, Si,lIratuS. comp!eXioncd niggcrS-stepS
up to me- and SAYS: 'Fatlrr Helms, yCr dis
remember to tell us W no Mr. Cain married
down in lie land of Nod; was it his mud
der?' Dere was u GRIMM crowd Oh no.
account, tritiin' ni%gerS wild him, and J
Spcctcd at once dat lie white folks had SCHS
him up to AK de question. l was so over
come with Il sense oh desinfulness and great
sumption oh sinners, both white and black,
dat could say muffin. had muffin to say.
| tux de question under prayortui consider
alton, and dc answer were made plain
I'm going to spound dat part oh de Scripter
to YER. Who Gains wife was, and whar h
got her, is plain to de all-Scir' eye oh faith.
In de gardiug Of Eden Cain raised right
smart oh craps and garden truck and sich.
But after the Slowing oh his Christian brud
der Abel we don't read oh his worilin TO
mo-. He TUX his gun and dogs, and went
down into dat sleepy, lazy, ro-count section
oh Nod, and loatc,l aroun dat country; an
havin' lost all Oh his plantation and mules,
and all oh his Self-resper', and pride of fam
lily and state, de mex VIZ hear Oh him he had
got SO low down an triiiin' dat lie married;
gal oh one oh dose no-acCoUMt poor whit.
trash families which de inspired 'postc
didn't consider fitjin' tomcntion in de Holy
Word
The reverend "spounder gazed around
upon his admiring congregation with an
air of triumph, and Il brother struck up the
hymn Whar, oh, whar AN dc Hebrew
chillren ~
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-09-20
THE CAUSES OF LONG LIFE.

The causes Of life and death are, to some
extent, identical. Influences which kill the
weak, strengthen the strong, and i'll the
mutual reaction of n perfect constitution
and mode of life free from those lethal
influences which no strength Of constitution
can resist, may be found the secret of ex-
treme longevity. The history of centen-
arians often illustrates this, hut it is not
often that the conditions of their existence
can be accurately known. Not long ago the
death WAS announced, ut the ago of lO2, OF
the Rev. Canon Bsadon, of Stoneham, the
particulars of whose life are in this respect
of some interest Born in the year III, lie
succeeded his father in the living OF Stone
ham in 1912, the living having been held by
the two, father and SCH, for more than 100
years. His ancestors presented examples OF
moderate but not extreme longevity, his
father having died at eighty and his mother
ut eishty-six. Canon Bca Ion was Probably
the last person living who remembered tue
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-09-20
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.

HNllE School Commissioners of Cecil
l. county will meet at their Office. in Ekton.
for the transaction Of current School business, on
the SECOND TUESDAY of each and every
month. JOHN SQUlER
May Q, ls'i-tf Secretary.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-01
THE ROYAL FAMILIES

of England and Scotland were not ex-
empt from suspicion. Henry III. was
accused of being leper. 1t was local
tradition that the leper-house of Water
ford, in Ireland, was founded by King
John, father of Henry Ill, in con
sequence of his son being afflicted at Lis
more with an eruption that was thought
to be leprosy. Historians have alleged
that Henry ". was leprous toward the
end of his life. King Robert the Bruce
died of leprosy, and Baldwin ~, King
Of jerusalem, died at the age of three
and twenty, leper. California to-day,
as Mr.. Beecher declares, may be ''sufer-
ing from dyspepsia by reason of undi-
gested nstionalities." She may be suf-
fering from "a want of sense, of public
justice, of universal morality, OF the
brotherhood of man." Perhaps it is
"the want of the Gospel spirit that ails
the Pacific states to-day" but the Cos
pei, according to Mr.. Beecher, can not
save us, nor the grstuitous offerings of
the wise men of the east who followed
the clerical star that hangs over the City
OF Church Scandals. As for Mr.. Cook,
of Boston, he has not the feeble excuse
for advising the president and the peo-
pie upon the Chinese question that Mr..
Beecher has, for the latter gentleman
spent st least a few days within visual
range of his subject. The leprosy of
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-01
A Lucky Child.

Some thirty years ago German lady,
of rank almost princely, was staying at
Albano and took fancy to two beggar
children-a boy aud girl-of extrsors
binary beauty, Her e1cellency, who had
plenty o! money, adopted the tive brats,
and gave them the best possible eduoa-
ton. The boy turned out an arrsnt
scamp, ana took evil courses and soon
died OF dissipation. The girl grew up
a model of womsnly grace and beauty,
and found many admirers, and, among
Others, young Roman noble, who won
he heart, but abused her confidence.
The pope heard of the misconduct of the
young noblemsn and compelled him to
marry the girl on pain of his displeasure.
The marriage was accomplish ed, and the
German princess settled her enormous
fortune on the married couple. For a
few years all went happily, but, alas
the young husband died of fever, leaving
his widow with son four years old to
inherit large property and q distin>
guished title. The child of the Albano
beggsr girl will be one of the richest
counts in Rome when he attains his ma
GRITTY.