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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-08-22
CoAxED INTO A FORTUNE.
Eureka (Nev.) Leader, July 10.

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Our town readers all know Horace
Tyler. He has been on the Base range
ever since the mines were discovered,
and his genuine manhood is a character
istic of the man. In his chosen occupa-
ton of teamster he has plodded over
dusty highways and sandy deserts of
eastern Nevada for fifteen years. He
came to the coast mere boy, and, in
his independent sturdy sort of way, has
grapled with fortune, not as successfully
as some, perhaps, as all his years of toll
simply resulted in his ownership of a
team and his wrestling hard livelihood
from incessant hard labor. He was as
honorable as they make 'em, and that
trait was his pride. Why he left the old
home, way down in Vermont" is his
secret, and he is stubbornly reticent on
that point, simply stating that he came
away because che hankered after a life
on the plains" Whatever the motive,
he betrayed no desire to return to his
birthplace despite the fact, now known,
that ii was a most luxurious one, and
that every comfort and pleasure that
wealth could command was his if he
would accept Sunday morning Mr.. w
o. Tyler, a cousin of Horace, arrived
from Vermont, charged with a special
mission. He sought out his relative and
annouced to him that he had been sent
by HOrace's father to pursuade his boy
now a bearded man--to come to his
home. His parent was waiting, eager
to welcome him, praying that his son
might listen to his pleadings. Not ONLY
this, but all his riches-a cool $3.50. 600
was at his sons command on his arrival.
The latter inducemsnt would have been
sufficient for any ordinary mortal, but it
did not influence Horace a particle
On the contrary he was Obdurate, re-
fused to go, and, despite his coqsins's
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entreaties, which lasted from the time
the train arrived Sunday until 1t de-
parted yesterday morning, he persisted
in his determination and babe the am
bassador good-by at the train, still firm
in his resolve. He came back to town,
curried his horses and fed them, creased
his wagon and then, falling in with some
friends, related the incident to them in a
matter-of-fact way, concluded with
the remark that che owned that
team, didn't owe much money and he
reckoned he could make living indie
pendent of anybody" He was met with
storm of remOnstrances, and arguments
and advice. This policy on the part of
his old comrades staggered him. He
thought he was doing the right thing,
but when they demonstrated TO him how
unfilial his conduct, how cruel he was
acting in Withholding from his aged
father the comfort that his sons pre-
sence would be to his fast declining
years, Horace weakened; he couldn't
stand the upbraiding of his associates,
and as consequence Eureka loses a
good citizen. His cousin was tele-
graphed to at Elko and instructed to
await Horace's arrival. Yesterday he
sold his team and paid up every cent
that he owed, and this morning departed
for Elko, where he will join his relative
and proceed on his journey eastward.
Think of it, A rGrG GUis found in
these degenerate days, an eccentric in
dividual that had to be coaxed or driven
into the possession of $250,000.
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MOpER ATION AND LONG LIFE.

The words spoken by Mr.. Bryant con-
corning his lite's work, and on the very
day of the exposure that proved fatal to
him, command our attention and re-
spect. There is lifetime of sound COM
nonsense in them, and they explain most
satisfactorily his graceful old age. They
also offer simple solution of the prob
lem of human longevity.
ut is all summed up," he said, Gin the
one word, mOdcFdtiOR. am a moderate
eater and drinker, moderate in my work
AS well as my pleasure, and believe the
best way to- preserve the mental and phys
ical faculties is to keep them employed.
Don't allow them to rest"
He who had so nearly reached the
goal could best tell how the race had been
won.
What the multitude call genius is gen.
orally the result of persistent, well-dIrec-
ted effort. Genius is patience" says
Button. Constant activity during n long
life, tempered with good judgment,
will always result in large measure of
success, and will tend directly to the per.
servation of life itself.
Rest and work are two great factors OF
life, evidently intended to follow each
other like the succession of day and
night. He who neglects either, disre
CARDS the Creators laws, and the delicate
machinery ofnature soon runs out. There
is, perhaps, no better proof to the slug
gard than in these lines:
DO something. ito It now, with all thy might
An angles wing would StoOp ii long at rest
And God Himself inactive were no longer
blest -
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WAR DEMOCRATS.

The Okolona States, the great repre-
sentative organ of the "sOlid south"
Democracy, thus pays its respects to the
"war Democrats of the north.
off the war Democrats of Yankee
dom don't like to train in our southern
company, they can leave it. We think
they had better leave it anyhow. We
have big majority with out them. In
proof, look at the vote of 276,0O0 in
Ohio for Valandigham, while the war
Democrats were down here Sitting the
Threats of our people, burning the homes
over the heads of our wives and children,
and filching whatever they could lay
their thieving hands on. Look at the
vote of 1862, when the peace Democrats
carried a majority of the northern
states without their help. These fellows
have been chronic Office-beggars ever
since they came back from the battle
field. They have polluted the party !;
torn down the banner of Jefferson, Cal
hOun, and Buchanan, and run up u semi
radical rag in its place; accepted the
amendments, denied the right of seces-
sion, recognized all the results of the
war as legitimate, stigmatiZed our dead
soldiers rs rebels, insulted our illustri-
Gus Davis whenever he delivered one of
his eloquent OratiOns, lauded Lincoln
and his civil and military chiefs-in fact
and fine, have done the will and bidding
of the radical reprObates, thugs and
felOns far more thoroughly than they
could have done it themselves. Let
them 20. ar let them step into the back
seats and stay there until we give them
liberty Ia speak.
You seem to forget that we are your
lords and masters, and that you owed
your power in the past to US. Down,
dogs! down on your marrow bones, and
beg pardon of our people for the murders,
incendiaries, thefts, and nameless
wrongs that you committed in our
country before you dare to lift your
heads in the society of honest men and
call yourselves democrats" If you
are Democrats, so is the devil and all
his imps and angels. Begone, you lick
spittles of Lincolni BECOME! Your
presence Is pOllutionr'
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LIES REVERSES

Eight years ago, one of England's
most successful merchant manufacturers
died, leaving to his only son a magnifi
cent estate in the North, including, per-
haps, the most costly private house in
the kingdom, and half million sterling
in cash. How splendid was the resi-
dence may be gathered from the fact
that the billiard room alone. with its de-
corations, cost about 100000, single
fireplace $4,000, and the bedstead on
which the owner slept no less than ST.
500. Descending to minor details, the
leather coverings of the seats in some of
the rooms cost 800 a yard, and the spit
tOons in the smoking room 800 each.
At the end of eight years that son was a
pennlless bankrupt, and the house itself,
with all its contents, even the 800 spit
tOons, has been sold by auction, and the
proceeds will go only a little way to-
wards paying the debt of the silly scape-
grace
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NOTATIONS.

Science must take back seat when a
cross-eyed woman begins to beat carpet
with her left hand.
This would be good weather tor a
bumblebee to take possession of bench
just before boy is ready to sit down.
Age imparts a richer flavor to wine
and increases its value; but alasl it is
the worst thing that could happen to an
egg.
This is the time of the year at which
the sentimental youth names a rOw-boat
after his girl, and has it painted green.
Darling husband" she said, "am
not your treasurer Certainly" he
replied, land should like to lay you up
in heaven"
Mash a mans hat and you kill his
style. Put a wOman's bonnet in your
pocket and it comes out beautiful
thing of fashion.
A man can never succeed in holding
two or three dozen pins in his mouth as
woman does, no matter how much he
practices on shad.
An Irish editor says. that in the
absence of both editors, the publishers
have succeeded in securing the services
of a gentleman to edit the paper this
week"
Topic: Geological discussion-Prin-
cipal-"Was it colder or warmer a hun
dred years ago than at present?" Pupil
(honestly)-'I really can't recollect, sir"
We buried him slyly on Monday night,
the sOds with our shOOting-sticks turn
ing, for he wrote a new poem, and read
it with might, in spite of the EDITORS
snoring.
The lover who vows that he is willing
to die for the object of his choice means
no more than the man who borrows five
dollars and agrees to drop around to-
morrow"
Two men started out ON a wager to
see which could tell the biggest lie. No.
commenced: "a wealthy country
editor" whereupon No. 2 stopped
him right there and paid the forfeit.
A gentleman was disturbed in his rest
in the middle of the night by some one
knocking on the street door who's
there ~ he asked. "A friend,'' was the
answer. "What do you want?' az
want to stay here all night" Queer
taste-stay there by all means" was the
benevolent reply.
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WANTED TO MARRY THE PRESIDENT.

v -
quirer
A young lady who gave the name of
Emeline Noble and her residence I'm
DIANA" called upon President Hayes
yesterday, and informed him that She
had arrived in accordance with her
promise to marry him. The President
said he would have to consult some of
his friends about the marriage, and man.
aged TO get out Of the room. She was
then taken in charge by an officer and
conducted TO police headquarters She
was rather finely dressed, had Just arrived
IN the city, and seemed bent on being
married. Senator Voorhees,, upon being
informed of the case, and happening to
know her parents, requested that she be
sent to the government asylum for treat
ment. She was sent there to-day, in the
meantime being provided with quarters
In hotel. She had with her $217, which
she parted with rereluctatly, although she
was told il would be kept safe for her at
police headquarters. She appeared very
Indignant because the President did not
marry her. as she imagined he would,
and said if he had not consented by his
silence in not declining the offers she
had sent him in letters, she would have
married q young man in indianapolis
Miss Noble is about % years of age, and
is not ut all bad looking, and besides is
well educated.
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z00 A WEEK in your own town, and no
Nhh capital risked. You can give the bust
pOO ness q trial without expense. The
hest opportunity ever offered for those viii
ling to work. You should try nothing else
until you see for yourself what You can do at
the business we offer. No room to explain
here. You can devote all your time, or only
YOUR spare time, to the business, and make
great pay for every hour that you work.
Women make as much as men. send for
speciaI private terms and particulars, which
We M Ali free IS outfit free. Don't complain
of hand times while you have such 3 chance
Address II. HALLETT & Co, Portland,
Maize. Wz5y1t
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TELEGRAPHIC.
Rad Fall

BAD Fail.
ATCHIsON, August 16.-A young man
named Henry SeltZ, a timer by trade,
fell from the roof of an unfinished build
ing, breaking his right thigh and re-
ceiving other serious injuries in the
back and shoulders.
The Gold" of Kansas.
ATCHIsoN. August 1G.-Grain buyers
here report that the Kansas wheat of the
harvest of 1879, which is now coming
in quite freely, is of better quality than
for several years past.
The Quebec Labor Riot.
QUEBEC, August 10.-An old man
named Crowley was fatally beaten this
afternoon by three men. At Cape Blanc
Geroux was killed by boat hooks and
stones, but not by bullets. At st. Roches
several cases or brutal assault are re-
ported, and the people there are a num-
Der of English speaking employees. A
young man named Brown was badly
beaten.
The first part of Champlain leadingup
to the cOves from the city, is inhabited
principally by Irish. Higher up towards
that portion of the street called Cape
Blanc, it is known as the French District.
st. ROches and St. SAVIOUR are also prin-
cipally French districts, and MOntcalm
ward, Irish. The French estimate the
expense of the city by the riot at over fifty
thousand dollars, exclusive of CONNER
cial loss which must ensue. Rioting
and assaults at Cape Blanc continue at
intervals, but there is not now so much
apprehension of another stand fight with
the battalion called out. A meeting of
members of the old ship laborers' society
is called for tonight on Priests wharf.
The object is to induce extremists In
the society TO accept the terms demanded
by the French secedeFs.
The upper town is pretty free from
troubles, and strangers and business men
are not interfered with.
Soldiers Graves.
WASHINGTON, August 16-The con-
tracts for head stones for the soldiers
Bridges, of KeOkuk, Iowa, and a New
York state man. The price of head
stones averages about $2.2S each.
At Bismarck Grove
LAWRENCE, Kan, August 16.-The at
tendance at the National Temperance
camp meeting was still larger to-day
than on any previous occasion. The
meetings were addressed by Mr.. West
lake, of Pittsburg; Mr.. Strong, of Lar
ned, Kansas; Mr.. Campbell of Illinois:
j. II. HoStetter, of Missouri, and w. A.
HI. Harris, of this city.
COunterfeiters.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, August 16-Late
this afternoon detectives arrested Rowe
c. Earl and wife and Mary Henderson,
who had been caught passing counter
felt money. They belong to a regular
gang and hail from Chicago. The ar
rest is considered very important one,
as the coin dollar and half dollar silver
pieces are so nearly perfect as to deceive
even experts. Their spuriOusness could
only be discovered by cutting in two one
of the pieces. After the arrest, Earl and
Mary Henderson telegraphed to parties
in Chicago, stating that they were in
trouble and asking that assistance he
sent.
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cOnA A MONTH guaranteed. $Ia day
Ne1tVt at home made by the Industrious.
" Capital rot required; we will start
you. Men, women. boys and girls make
money faster at work for us than at anything
else. The work is light and pleasant, and
such as anyone can go right at. Those who
are wise who see this notice will send us their
addresses at once, and see for themselves.
Costly outfit and terms free. Now is the time.
Those already at work are laying up large
sums of money. Address TRUE d CO, Au-
Rusta Maine. W25yI
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WE TWO.

I.
What is life / ashland your
Us suIIen and It's fair Tomorrow;
We who have thought IL perfect day,
And fallen fainttng by the way
What use rs life 10 us-We twO1
What use Is lover ashland your
iIrank ourseIv YES drunk en- with its kisses
And seen its dawn melt into night
TasvInI hehind hnt haIefnI bli9ht:
what nsa n love 70 us-We twop
What use are friendsT ashland youT
In sunShine and in rainy westheT.
Ana dnd Few, Ieft when stor,ns Dortend
And nooe 10 stand faSt To the end.
what nSe are friends 10 us-We two;
1880 $50
What use Ia homer Iask-and your
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naSe EiSsed AZ M resholS or the world
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know, beyond what is reported in the
sensational accounts given in the news
papers,"
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Illinois Wheat Crop.


SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, August 1S.-The
wheat crop i'll Illinois this year, accord
ing to figures received by the state board
of agriculture, will amount to a total of
AZ, 031 ,252 bushels, an average of 1923
bushels per acre, and is valued at $37,-
266, 757, or an average of Lightweight
cents per bushel in the producers hands
1t is considered the largest and most
state.
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AUGUSTA, Ga, August IS. - Two
coaches OF the south bound train on the
Charlotte, Columbus 81 Augusta railroad
were thrown down an embankment near
Columbia by broken rail on Sunday
night, and turned over. Sixteen persons
were injured, but none seriously.
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WASHINGTON, August 1s.-Secretary
SchurZ left tonight for Ohio and an in
spection OF the Indian agencies. Webb
Hayes, son Of the president, accom-
panies him. Secretary Sherman leaves
tomorrow for Ohio. Schurz will deliver
his financial speech in English, speaking
at Cincinnati Wednesday evening.
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LEBANON, Pa, August 1S.-Weiss,
one of the Raber murderers, has made a
confession which duplicates another
man. Hummell, Drews, Steickler and
Brant are to be sentenced TO death
to-day. The confession details the feel
ing among the mountain men for spec
ulation in life insurance, and gives sew
eral cases where elderly men were killed
in order to obtain the insurance effected
on their lives. Weiss duplicates three
or four persons, who will no doubt be
brought to trail.
Educated Indians.
CARLIsE, Pa, August 1S.-The govern
ment is expected to reoccupy the old
barracks here as school for 100 Indian
boys, of whom 6S are now at Camden.
The Strike.
QUEBEC, August 1S.-The Irish ship
labOrers refused to accept any reduction
ofwages. Heavy rains cleared the streets
of mohs, and the military are held in
] readiness to repress further outbreaks.
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ATCHIsON, August 16.-A young man
named Henry Seltz, timer by trade,
fell from the roof of an unfinished build
ing, breaking his right thigh and re-
ceiving other serious injuries in the
back and shoulders
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LEAvENwORTH, KAN, August IS
Further investigation into the accounts
of City Clerk Fred Spaulding, who alb
seconded recently, shows that his deficit
thus far is nearly $4,000. The work of
investigation is still going on and it is
thought that the amount taken will be
found to be much greater.
LEAvENwORTH, Kansas, August 19-
A brakeman named David Waite, on the
Kansas Central road, went into a drug
store, at Havenville, Saturday evening
and thinking to take drink from a
bottle of whisky took poison, and died
In :. fnNU hours
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POLITICAL NOTES.
New York Tribune.

Wanted, statesman" exclaimed the
New Orleans Times, but it has not been
able TO find one in the Democratic party
for some years.
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ATCHIsoN. August 16.-Grain buyer.
here report that the Kansas wheat of the
harvest of 1879, which is now coming
in quite freely, is of better quality thar
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-02

In our local columns will be found an ac-
count of cartain transactions which Dame
Rumor has colored to the injury of n citizen
who has stood high In tho confidence md
esteem Of our people. These reports have
produced q painful feeling In the community,
and as 1t s possible that such explanations
may be made AZ will place the transactions
before the public In less damaging light
than they now appear, tho DEMOCRAT re-
Trains from comment. The public are en-
titIod to a plain statement Of the facts, and
certainly would rejoice IL the citizen affected
by these reports shall be as successful as both
himself and friends claim he will be In re-
moving I'll cause Of suspicion from name
which has stood high in mercantile and
social circles
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-02
"a PASSION PLAY I'M TEXAS.

Our Texas friends, 1t appears. cannot get
on in any sort of comfort without their little
joke. All summer long they have been
amusing themselves with quarantine The
Galveston board OF health have been en-
deavoring to show how much folly and mean
ness can be committed in the name of science,
and the Texans have been looking on with
more or less satisfaction principally less.
Now that the germ season Is over and the
Galveston doctors have no pretext for max
ing themselves abnormslly offensive, the
Texas mind has wandered off in search of
a substitute, and, from all accounts,
has found one. Two gentlemen, named re-
spectiyely Haynes and Goodnight, have sud
denly bulged in upon thriving little town
known as Corsicana, and. we infer, have been
making things extremely lively for the ma
tives. Haynes had hit upon the profound
and ingenious plan Of having comm nica-
ton from Heaven. He further claimed to
know good deal In the miracle line and,
generally, to be solid NTH the supernatural.
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HON. Z. NJ. LusHER.

Our noghbor, the Baton Rouge Advocate,
comments upon Mr. Lusher's campaign, as
1T Is termed, evidently not having seen Mr..
Lusher's card withdrawing from the contest
and announcing bis intention to support the
Hon. Edwin II. Fay. the regular nominee, for
the position Of Superintendent OF Public Edu-
cation. We are assured that Mr.. L,lsher, who
was not In attendance at the Baton Rouge
convention, acted under misrepresentation
of the facts In declaring his candidacy, and
that his subsequent action repudiating that
declaration followed promptly upon the dis
covery by him that tho impressions he had
imbibed were unfounded. This Is so exactly
what Mr.. Lusher's many friends and admir-
| crs expected that 1t will be received with "a
much credit as satisfaction, and will, we are
sure, put al end to any further com ment In
the premises.
1t is but tho Simplest justice to say In this
connection, that the idle and vicious rumors
circulated prior to the Republican nominating
convention, by Republicans anxious to excite
discord in the Democratic Conservative ranks
by insinuatIng that Mr. Lusher would avail
himself Of Republican support In his contest
were originated and disseminated without the
knowledge or approval Of that gentleman
and were rs unjust to him as they were false
In fact. Mr.. Lusher has always been
staunch Democrat, and has ef1ectually demon
strated the fact BY his action. So long Us he
conscientiousy believed that the nomination
of his rival did not fairly represent the senti-
mens Of the convention, and that he had been
defrauded In the result, he stood upon his
rights; but the moment his error was made
manifest he fastened to repair it and to offer
the most signal and conspicuous evidence of
his devotion to the interests of the people and
to the principles he has always professed and
practiced. There can be no doubt as to Mr.
Lusher's attitude or as to his title to the re-
spect and confidence of his w-citizens