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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-10
DEMAND AND SUPPLY.
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The railway Indebtedness of this coun-
try was increased from $500, OOO, 600 in
1869 to 81, 800, OO0, 900 in 1877. The debts of
one hundred and thirty American cities
were increased, it is estimated, from
1921 ,OOO, 900 in 1866 to $6O4, 600, 900 in
1875. II is estimated that in six years
our whole State, county and municipal
Indebtedness was nearly doubled, swell
ing from 1868 O00, 900 in 1870 to 81, 5O0,-
100000 in 1876. The whole indebted
ness of individuals, companies and cor
porations of every kind in the United
States is thought by careful observers to
be not less than $2O, ZOO, 100000 When
Germany and America, in 1873, demone-
tiZed silver, they added 10 per cent, to
the face of every note of hand existing
the purchasing value of gold, and so the
difficulty of meeting obligations. The
people Of this country resolved that they
would not pay In one metal debts they
had agreed to pay in silver or gold. They,
therefore, remonetiZed silver. 1t is com
planned by the note holders that silver is
cheaper than gold. Six years ago
gold was cheaper than silver. A gold
dollar and a three cents silver piece
would then purchase a silver dollar
When the policy that deprecated silver
is reversed, it will again be as valuable
asl gold. If England and Germany
should decide that silver should he used
as money, gold would at once decline in
value. The action of Germany and this
country in 1873 demonetized about $780,
OO0, 600 of silver. When we have re-
coined that sum-$35O, 600 OO0-silver
will again be On a level with gold
What the. people of this country need is
to coin enough silver to- establish the
market price for silver bullion which
prevailed in 1878. This will restore the
amount of money which the creditors of
the world withdrew from circulation by
their influence with German and Ameri-
can legislators. The decentralization of
silver or gold is in effect the destruction
of SO much money or its careful hoard
ing. Either process would cause all
other money to grow more valuable and
all other property to depreciate in value.
The value of money is determined just
as the value of property is determined.
Both money and property rise and fall
in strict accordance with the demand and
supply which regulate all trade and com
meIH&
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-10
Mo -
IN W -
THAT SIZING.

N i. mercantile journal.
We have often alluded To the practices
OF English cotton manufacturers in so
heavily sizing their goods, intended for
Eastern markets, that their customers
are refusing in their disgust, any longer
TO buy English cloths. To overcome
this disgust many English makers have
been counterfeiting American marks.
Onr readers will remer r an article on
this subject in our III. issue, and the
statement of Il leading man connected
with this trade that the shrewd Chinese
had come at last TO require to see the
goods unlOaded from vessels coming
from America before they would buy.
We have never till lately seen any exact
statement of the composition of this siz-
ing, but this, 'as well as the enormous
percentage which is sometimes used.
comes out in trial which has recently
taken place in an English Court. \
British paper gives the following par
ticulars:
An interesting case to manufacturers,
merchants and the public was investi-
gated at the Rochdaie county court he
fore Mr.. Crimpton Hutton, on Thurs
day, November 9Th. The plaintiffs were
Mathew Stoddard & Bros. wrap sizes,
Whiteworth, and the defendant, Charles
Grindrod, cotton manufacturer; the
amount in dispute being for SO, A., sd.
the price charged for sizing - wraps.
The defendants put in a set off for geo
5s., for loss sustained from the way the
wraps were sized. In answer 10 the
judge, the plaintiff said that ifthe court
were cleared, he would state what the
sizing consisted of. The Judge said he
would have to tell them when all were
present. The witness then said that
the size consisted of flour, china clay.
EPSON salts, Chlorate of zinc, chloratc
of magnesia and glue. In answer to the
counsel for the defendants, witness said
that almost 20 or 50 per cent of the size
was put into the cotton. He did not
think there was as much as 100 per cent
in GrindrOd's wraps. 4 sample of the
material was produced in court, and the
stencil was disagreeable The Judge
asked what was the utmost amount of
sizing he ever put in. Witness replied
about 40 per cent. The Judge next ask
ed from his personal experience what he
had known put in. Witness replied 200
per cent of size, but not at his own
works. He had been in the trade 30
years, and in commencing put only !
per cent into wraps, and the size then
consisted solely of flour but now they
had to add chemicals TO get the weight
up, as manufacturers asked them for
more weight. The judge remarked that
this was clue to the depression in the
cotton trade, because in time the pur,
chaser would find out the quality of the
material Counsel replied that he be
lieved that il was the real cause of the
depression of this trade in India and
China.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-10
A HUMAN CURIOSITY.
Wonderful Power of q Man Over Hi
Muscles and Joints.

Wonderful Power of a Man Over His
Muscles and Joints.
A novel exhibition in anatomy was
given last week to the students of the
Buffalo Medical College At the hour
for the lecture on anatomy, the amphi-
theater lecture room was filed with fledg-
ed and unf1edged doctors, and in the are
ma stood Charles Warren, man of about
thirty years of age, of athletic appearance
and apparently jointed the same as ordi-
nary mortals. But he soon showed that
he differed from most men in his make
up, for there was hardly q Joint in his
whole body that he could not throw out
of place, or at least give that appearance
He went through with his distortions,
much to the amusement of all. He CON-
menced by giving circulatory move
ment to the scapulR, moving either one
or both at time, and without any APP
parent motion of the shoulders. Hethen
threw the humeTus into the axilo, dis
jointed his elbow, wrist and phalangeS
This was done merely by the contraction
Of the muscles of the arm, and not by the
pulling of one member by another. In
none of his feats was there any such
wrench of one joint from another With
out touching any part of his body with
his hands, the joints would move out of
position. He forced the femur from the
thigh bone. This he could do while
standing on one OF both feet or while re-
Ginning. The dislocation caused an APP
parent shortening of the limb. Another
striking feat was the turning of his feet
SO that he could touch the bottoms of
them while his legs were perfectly
straight. Perhaps the most remarkable
of his powers was the wonderful expans-
Utility of his chest. Medical works upon
the strength of examination of thousands
OF men In the army and navy, generally
give five inches as the maximum of eX-
pansion. The exhibitor could expand
his from nine to twelve inches. Those
who did not take much interest in other
performances were wOnder-struck al this.
This feat was performed by the remark
able degree of compressibility of the
chest and his power to force his heart
and lungs into the abdominal cavity, and
then the power to force his viscera in
to his chest. The abdomen was hardly
less curious when the viscera was forced
upward by the diaphragm than was the
inflated chest, for at such time there SEEM
ed to be an entire absence of organs in
that part of the body, and to be no dis
lance at all from the front walls of the
abdomen to the spinal column.
This subject proved fine study in the
anatomy of the muscles, because he could
contract them so as to show the position
OF each one from Origen to insertion. He
had this power over the muscles in pairs
or separately, and could make them as
distinct as if dissected.
Mr.. Warren has daughter who takes
after himself, and can dislocate her joints
with such ease that they sound like rat
ties. At the conclusion purse was TAX
en- up among "the boys" and finally the
sum of $50 was presented to Mr.. Warren
as remuneration for his services.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-10

The government had on hand Jan l,
1878, available coin for resumption pgr;
poses to the amount OF, $1Q8, 1888, sos, and
Jan. l. 1879, 5000, 1s7 ,647, having thus
accumulated about $95OOO,OOO during
the year. The premium on gold Jan. 1,
1873, was 2.s7 cents, and ian. /, 1879,
nothing. The net public debt Jan. 1,
1878, was $2,O45, 955, 40, and Jan. l, 1879,
So, 02S, 63S, Ill. The bonded interest bear
ing debt is, we think, some larger Jan. l,
1879, than 1t was Jan. l, 1878, but the
treasury statement Jumps it all, and we
caunot to-day give the exact comparison
between the bonded debt now and a year
ago, A good many bonds were paid of.
but on the other hand bonds were issued
to buy gold for resumption purposes,
and one lot about equalled the other
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-10

The whisky-sellers in Virginia are beg
ging for repeal of the Moffett bell
punch law. The tinkling of the little
bell is no music in their ears. The net
amount collected for the year in Virgin
ia is $685. 500. This, say the liquor deal
ers, is only $685. 500 more than was col
lected under the old license system-and
they offer to make this up if the bell
punch law is repealed. Considering its
surroundings, and the sparsely settl ed
districts of Virginia, and the .newness of
the system, it has worked wonders. 1t is
the most beneficial law upon the subject
of license ever enacted.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-10

Chicago claims that its trade statistics
for 1878 show it 10 be the largest COM
mercial city in the world. The receipts
of flour and grain aggregated 1S4, $50, 900
bushels, and shipments, lsl, G94 900 bush
els, There is A large gain oxeF the bust.
ness of 1877. The increase in the re.
ceips Of wheat is about Ill per cent.
corn, 81 per cent; oats, IS per cent. rye,
44per cent. and barley, II per cent. The
increase in the supply of hogs was equal
TO 81 per cent, and the increase in the
shipments of hog products fully So per
cent. The table Of direct exports to Ea-
rope on through bills of lading shows
that there were shipped three times as
much flour, nearly five times as much
wheat, three times as much corn, and
nearly so per cent more hog products
than during the previous year.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-10

Honey sent to England in the comb a
month ago, for the first time, reached
Liverpool safely on the 5th, and the ex.
pertinent is pronounced successful. There
were eighty toys in one ship-stored,
says the Pail Mall Gazette. with some
curiosity, "by American bees themselves
into half million neat little classified
boxes There seems to be no limit" it
says, ito the provisions with which
America is prepared 70 supply US. The
first experiment Of bringing honey in the
comb on large scale to Europe from
America having proved successful, it
will no doubt be repeated Honey will
ever perhaps become with US, as it was
with the ancients, an important article
Of food" '.'''a
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-10

The Cincinnati Commercial publishes
list of murders and homicides in the
United States during the year 1873 as re
ported in the papers from day to day.
According to this list there were during
the year l 1858 murders in this country.
Seventy persons were killed in January,
10 in February, 81 in March. 1913 in
April, 81 in May, 40 in June, 126 in
July, 153 in August, 1874 in September,
10S in October, 100 in November, and
10 in December
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-10

The whole number of Indians in the
United States, not including those in
Alaska, is estimated at 27S,0O0 The
whole number OF schools among them is
$50; scholars, 1873. Amount spent for
their education last year, $685., 379. Mum
her of church members, $4,000. Land
cultivated, 292, 500 acres. Bushels OF
wheat raised, 66s, 27S; ST corn, 4,656,951 ;
of oats and barley, 349,247. In all these
statistics indicating civilization, they
have increased from six to tenfold the
last ten wears
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HYDE PARK. Mass Feb u 1876

HYDE PARK, Mass. Feb. 10. 1876.
MR.. H. r. STEVENS:
DEAR SIR:-Ah bout ten years age my health
tailed through the depicting effects of dys-
pepsla; nearly year later l Was attack ed
by typhoid fever in its worst form II settle
in my back. and took the form OF a large deep
seated abscess, which was nfteen months IL
gathering. had two surgical operation by
the best skill in the tate, but received no per
menent cure. i suffered great pain at times
and was constantly weakened by a profust
discharge also lost small pieces of bone al
different times.
Matters ran on thus bout seven yeass, till
May, 1874, when a friend recommended me t.
go to your office, and talk with GU of the vir.
tue OF Vegetine. did 80, and by your kind
ness passed through Your mar ufactoTy, rot.
edy is produced.
BY what saw and heard 1 gained some
confidence in Regetfne.
commenced taking it soon after. but eei;
worse from its effect; still L perseVered, and
soon felt it was beneittIng nue. in other re
spects. Yet did not see the results dcsir.
ed TIL had taken it faithfully for it'll.
more than year. when the difficulty in In
BACK was cured; and for nine months have
enjoyed the best of health.
have in that time gained twenty EVe
pounds of flesh, being heavier than ever he orc
IN my lie. ana was never more able to per
form labor than now.
During the past few weeks hal a scrofu-
lous swelling a. large as my fist gather ou an.
other part Of my body.
TOOK Vegetine faithfully and it removed
Il level with the surface IN n month. think
l should have been cured Of nay main trUuh Is
sooner II had taken larger doses, alter hay.
Tag become accustomed 70 its effects.
Let your patrons troublci with scrOfiifa OF
Kidney disease to understand that it takes
time to cure chronic diseases; and. it they
VIII pat emily take Vegetine, it win. in my
judgment. cure them.
" 18th great UDiiS ions am
Yours very truly,
G W MANSFIELD.
Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church
VEGETINE.
Prepared by
HI. Il. STEVENS, Boston. Mass.
20 VEGETINE IS SOLD BY ALI
DRUGGISTS.
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Safe and Sure.

Mr.. III. X. STEVENS:
In 1872 your NegCtinc was recommended to
me, and, yielding 1" the persuasIons OF Il
friend, consented to try it, At the time !
was suffering from general debility and ner-
Vous prOstration. superinduced by OverWork
and irregular habits. Its wonderful siren > H.
my debilitaten system iron. the first dose and
under Its persistent use rapidly recovered,
gaining more tnan usual health and good feel
ing. Since then have not hesitated to give
Fegetine my most unqualified Endorsement,
as being safe, sure aud powerful agent ia.
promoting health and restoring the WASTED
system to new life and energy. Vegetine j.
the only medicine use; and as long 3tS / live
never expect to find Il better.
yours truly, w II CLARK
l2O Monterey Street, Allegheny, Penn.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-10

The Nautical Magazine gives the fol-
lowing statistics of ship-building in Eng
land for the past six months of 1873, as
follows: Steam, 204; sailing. 355; to-
tai, $50. The number of ships in the
corresponding period Of 1877, steam, 1S1 /;
sailing, $50; total, So Gross tonnage
of the first six months of 1878. steam.
237, 4SO; sailing, S9,S42; total, S27, 322
tons, against 240,574 for the correspond.
ing period IN 1877.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-10

Norway is one of the smallest Europ-
can nations, but her commercial fleet is
the third largest in the world. The Nor
wegian flag is, Of all foreign flags, that
which is most frequently seen in the har-
Dor of New York, and through the sound
which connects the Baltic with the North
sea, and forms the highway from Lon
don to st. Petersburg, often from three
to four hundred Norwegian craft of ev.
cry description pasa during one single
dau
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-10

The largest locomotive ever built in
the United States has just been turned
out by the Baldwin works of Philadel-
phia, and started for its destination, to
work A. T. s. S. +. trains up along the
heavy grades in Colorado. 1t weighs
$4,000 pounds, and had to be taken to
pieces at Cincinnati, so as to go over
some western roads in sections, because
they were afraid to risk their bridges.
1t went over all the bridges on the Penn
sylvania railroad without being dIsman-
fled
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-10
THE LITTLE BROWN STOCKING.
By ELLEN Il. COOKE.

Here is . little brown stocking,
Faded by many years,
Hidden among my treasures,
Stained with many tears;
It hung in . chimney corner,
On Christmas long ago,
Loaded with precious goodies,
Full from the top to the toe.
Two chubby hands unloaded
The gifts of Santa Claus:
Oh, how his black eyes sparkled!
And surely there was cause,
You see that little hole thereS
There's where q horse was tied
So heavy that it tore IL,
And big enough to ride.
No soldier was ever prouder
With . warehouse most superb,
Than he or his rocking pony,
With saddle. whip and curb.
Oh, th4t was the mArrieSt Christmas.
And he the j0lliest boy,
And this Is the sweetest memory
lever shall enjOyI
The red leaves OF the Autumn
Lie dead above him new;
The pratttng lips are silent.
His hands are cold as snow.
EAught but the little stocking
Is len of that glad day;
The stocking and the memory
Are.mtne to keep Away
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-10
This is all that the resumption la,

This is all that the resumption law
undertakes to do:
And on and after the LIST day of jan
uary, 1879, the secretary of the treasury
shall redeem in coin the United States
legal tender notes then outstanding, on
their presentation for redemption at the
office of the assistant treasurer of the
United States in the city of New York,
in sums of not less than $50"
The practical effect throughout the
country, of this, is of course to make
paper dollars of equal value with coin,
though there is but one place where
their redemption can be legally de-
manded
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-10
VOL. %.

A convention of Greenbackers at BOs
ton, Oh the 2d, organized the ''Greenback-
Labor party of the New England States, i"
thus making a kind of sectional wing of
that party there. They resolved that the
great point TO agitate now is the substi-
tuition of greenbacks for national bank
currency, and will make Il special fight
on this question,
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-10

An old ballad in the HARLEM collec
ton, kept in the British Museum, says an
exchange, relates the various things
witch Will happen when Christmas falls
on this or that day of the seven. When
Christmas falls on Wednesday, as this
year, it is thus:
Christmas Day, the trgta y SAY,
There shau b hard Winter and strong,
Vita many hideops winds amOLg.
England and the world is receiving q
fnlfllment Of the prophecy. For many
years so wide an extent OF cold-belt and
such severe snow storms have not been
experienced.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-10

Maine is probably to have Demo
cratic governor. The Democratic and
Greenback members of the house agreed,
on the 2d, to send the names of both
Garcelon and Smith to the Senate, which
will have to choose between them for
governor, and it is expected that the SEN
ate will elect the Democrat instead of
the Greenback candidate.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-10

Seven carloads of coal have just been
sent from Colorado TO Pittsburg, Pa. 1t
Is being taken there as an experiment.
1t is believed that il is superior to the
Pennsylvania coal, and that it will pay
To ship it there. This looks like carry
ing coal To Newcastle
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-10

The London Trades Employers AS
sociation proposes an increase in the
price of labor, to furnish more work,
and the working mans association op-
poses that idea as furnishing less work.
The latter would seem to have the lOgi
cal position IN this case.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-10

NJ l.. Sargent, formerly general freight
agent of the A r. Il s F. railroad, be-
gan, Jan. 1st, as general freight and tick
IT agent of the Central Branch road, and
W. w. Pagan, late of the II. & At 10.
road, becomes assistant superintendent
of the c. b. which is to be extended this
year 100 miles west of Cawker, which
will carry it to within 100 miles of the
Colorado line.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-10

Thc Kansas City Daily Times begins
ls1a in quarto form, of the size of the
New York Herald, and preseAts Il fine
newslike, and businesslike appearance.
Its first page contains n map showing
the strip of territory including Kansas
City, the cession of which to Kansas is
the Times speciality, and to which sub
ject it devotes much interesting matter.
This enlargement will undoubtedly
strengthen the Times at home and
abroad.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-10

English writers tell us that quite one
half of each loaf consumed in England
is OF foreign origin, that one-fourth
part of their whole meat and dairy pro-
duce comes to them from across the sea,
and that almost the entire additions
which may hereafter he sought to fill
the ever-multiplying mouths of their
dense population must be drawn from
other linda
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-10

1t is no wonder it turned cold here
New Years day, and that the thermome-
tiers went down to 10 deg. below zero.
The Geographic dispatches show that the
cold wave" was n great deal worse east
and north than in sunny Kansas"
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LEGAL NOTICES.
SheriRs Sale

In Lyon county District Court
VIM Jamison, trustee Va. Harvey Bancroft.
ct al.
BY virtue of an order of sale issued ont of
the District Court, in and for The county OF
Lyon and State Of Kansas, in the above en-
Tilted cause and to me directed, ] will, on
Monday, the 10Th day of January, 1879. AZ 10
O'Clock 3. m OF said day, at the front door OF
the court house in the city OF kmporia ana
county OF Lyon, offer for sale at public auc-
ton, to the highest and best bidder, for cash,
the folloWjnz described real estate, to-wIt :
Lots Nos 1873 and l25 Commercial street in
the city of Emporia, county of Lyon and state
Of Kansas, according to the recorded plat
thereof; said real esCate to be sold as tEe
proDerty OF sntd defendant, Harvey Bancroft.
TO satisfy said order of sale
j. b. MOON
SOw5- Sheriff Lyon County, Kansas.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-10

The newly elected State officers will
he inaugurated on the 18th inst. The
people Of Topeka are making prepare
tions for imposing inaugural ceremonies.
Several companies Of State militia will
LIE Irnanni
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-10

The State treasurer of Kansas paid out
gold, silver or greenbacks, just as people
wanted, on the 3lst, which was payday.
Thus Kansas is the first State to resume
specie payment, and that two days ahead
of the United States. Kansas is always
all
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A WARNING.

i knew two friends as much alike
AS ever you saw two stumps;
And NO phrenOlogiSt could find
A difference in their bumps
One took a paper, and his life
Was happier than a kings;
His children all could read and write
And talk of men and things.
The other took no papers, and,
While strolIing through the wood,
A tree fell down upon his crown,
And killed him as it should
Had he been reading OF the news
At home, like neighbOr Jim,
I'D bet q cent. this accident
Had not befallen him.