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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-09

]. L. w. Bell is running the hedge
layer machine for Lyon county. He does
the work in good style.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-09

The Madison News made its appear
ance on our table last week. 1t is a
good looking paper, and will benefit
that locality.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-09

Mr.. Luther is having well drilled by
Messrs Naylor and Slough who are pre-
pared TO do work of this kind cheap.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-09

1t is stated that car load of southern
negroes went through here on the A. T
d F. few nights ago.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-09

DIR. r. II. Chittenden, now of Cedar
Point, Chase county, called Thursday.
He reports fine crop prospects.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-09

j. III. Squires and friends, of Column
bus, Ohio, called last week. They were
looking up location IN Kansas.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-09

VIM. Rawson, of WillowValley, Green
wood county, was in our Office Saturday.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-09

Twenty-Five men and a number of
teams and wagons are at work on the
Normal.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-09

p. Manley has purchased the right Of
Poole &c Severy's hedge layer in Butler
county
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-09

James Benson has closed his grain and
coal business, and win soon remove to
Colorado.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-09

The grass and the gentle vegetable is
booming-boomingw worse than Atchison.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-09

Call or send for Land Buyers, if your
friends east want to know about Lyon
county.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-09

Corn is said to be much scarcer here
than many people think.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-09

See advertisement ofproposals for new
state house.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-09

The post Office always closes at 7:30,
except when the mail is late
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-09

Charley Ryder is visiting his old home
In Michigan.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-09

It's about time for Fred Haussler TO
begin another house.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-09

Igcrybody is feeling pretty good abor; !
the crop prospects.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-09

Occasional is our official church
member.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-09
AMERICAS NOTES


l.. w. Sutton found his lost mare near
Arvonia. Gas ttsfi,
Charles E. Grosscup-that's his name
at Sherman & Richardson's, but the
ladies call him curly headed Charlie for
short
We must go to the circus or lose that
ticket, and we won't lose the ticket.
Uncle A. G. Edmiston was at the post
office last night. .
You can get all the garden sass you
want by getting on the fence and watch
Mrs.-hoeing ingens.
The brass band is steadily growing.
Mr.. Domm has Just received a new horn
of the II. Distan make.
We propose convention of the News
correspondents. Who says ayes
]. d. Butler, our assessor, allows hoth
ing TO escape taxation. Even a lot of
bees that had taken refuge in tree-pre-
sumably 10 avoid assessment-were tax
en- in by him, and are now busy making
honey to pay taxes. :.
NOW II man ami ADELE to get a
woman he may be excusable for dress
ing his cook in woman's clothes, but
where there are so many widows school
mans and maidens, we will be Barn
hizled if we wouldn't try and get one. ;.
'~a SATURDAY, May 3.
Miss Carrie Walbridge of Emporia is
Tor was) visiting her friend Efie Bond.
Young man, remember that all engage
ments Cor the basket picnic at Hum
phrey's grove on May list hold good for
May 10Th, by order ofthe court
There were lots of big cattle men in
town yesterday-Andy Hinchman. Morris
Noll. Wayne Lee, Mr.. Wheeler and-me.
KENO.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-09
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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-09

CITY AND COUNTY NEWS.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-09
AND BY
e. p. BRUMER, Emporia, ks

Do You Want a Well or Cistern2
city or country, on short notice. ard alWays
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any size In the best manner, and ct very mod
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Emporfa. Wilma
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-09

For Liver Complaints, arising from
toFpidity, il il excellent remedy IL stimulates
this organ into healthy activity, and produces
many remarkable cures where other medicines
The Newtown bee., 1879-09-03
\ Hawk Story.

A correspondent of the New York Eue'ai'2g Post, writing from Columbus, Ohio, tells a story about weasel's es- cape from 8 hawks clutches. The in cident is similar to one told in old read ing books. Not long since, says the writer, while in a thickly ly-wooded dis trict in the northern part of this State, my attention was attracted to the pecu- liar movement in the flight of what or Cooper's hawk. He flew in circles just over the tops of trees which bor dcred a meadow land, through which ran small stream of water Each cir cle he made seemed to be smaller than the preceding one, and notwithstanding my presence each circle brought him nearer to the ground. Now and then he would take an upward flight, as if doubt ing the certainty of his prey, when pres ently he seemed to know that his best chance was at hand, and sweeping down upon his victim, seized it in his talOns and darted away. He had not gone far when he began to descend in a perpen- dicular line, with tremendous Tapping of his wings, as if something troubled him. Arising to about double the height of the surrounding trees he began slowly to descend with dropping head; and his tail, which acted so well as a rudder to guide him in his upward flight, now seemed to be a useless member. while the wings had ceased their Tapping and were spread motiOnless in the air All this time 1 could distinguish something. as it were, in the shape of a snake coied up in his talons. Notwithstanding his seemingly exhausted condition, every now and then he would make an effort to ascend, but his efforts were in vain. In a few moments more he struck the ground, when instantly from his talons there sprang a common brown weasel which made its way to the nearest un- derbush. Upon examining the bird, which was more dead than alive, I found that this cunning little animal had sue ceeded i'll forcing its slender body through the tight grasp of the hawks claws, until it reached the part on the left side of the bird immediately under the wing. There it nibbled a small hole and drank the blood of this high-fown bird until it was compelled to die the death it had intended for it's victim. The weasel was undoubtedly about to take its meal from a number of ducks which were floating in the stream near by; but it feasted in mid-air on the blood of its wouldbe de- StrOyer.
The Newtown bee., 1879-09-03
The Professor and the ParasoI.

We are acquainted with a good-na- tured and at the same time astute old professor, who maintains that it is quite impossible for a man to properly and correctly hold parasol over the head of an attractive young lady. He himself has wrestled successfully with Pliny, Plato and Sophocles; he has written historical works; he understands many languages; he is well posted in phil osophy, psychology and metaphysics; but when it comes to holding a parasol features of a lady, he freely admits that he is at sea, and that every university in the land should add to its other at fractions a parasol chair.
 Last summer he took walk in Cen tral Park with a young lady. Before they had .iourneyed very far she ifi- trusted her parasol to him. He held it over most msthetically for about five minutes, and then it shifted out of posi- tion, and his arm began to tremble
 You are not shading me at all," she hsped most melodiously, ''you are throwing all the slfade on that horse over there.n
 The professor apologized, and once the most good. It was beginning to get little heavier His arm trembled like an aspen He thought he was car rying keg of nails.
 Now, then, you goose," she broke n, you'll have me all sunburned di- rectly. Hold it up so; seeP"
 The professor saw. He was longing for chance to get under tree so he could get rest, but she would not go near one; she had an idea that good sun bath was just what she needed.
The Newtown bee., 1879-09-03

to marry our Polly. Did you ever in your born daysp"
 The excitement was intense.
 "So there's to be a wedding in the Lyons family at lastp" cries Patsy |" Mercy! the Dodsons will turn green with base envy. What luck! Tell us how you managed it, Polly-do, Oh, you clever Polly!"
 And Mrs. Lyons came hurrying in, and smiled so blandly, and crowed so trium- phantly over those "scheming Dodson girls, that Polly was perfectly confused
 She did not get a chance to read her letter till it had been handed around the room. Even Dick tried to spell it out before she could lay hands on it. He considered he had more right to it than any one else, and chuckled quietly to himself at the unwonted success of his manoeuver.
 "Why, Polly will scarcely have to get any wedding clothes," cries one of the girls; |" the finery up stairs will come in exactly"
 There could certainly be no objection to the match, as Polly was eighteen, and Doctor John was plenty old enough tc take care of her. Polly preferred wait ing herself, but 'the girls" " would not hear of such thing. So when Polly made apother start to the city, it was or 8 little bridal tour, instead of beau-catch | ing.
The Newtown bee., 1879-09-03
Camhronne's Pledge.

A young French corporal in the gar rison at Nantes was once placed in cir cumstances where he could not well be otherwise than sincere and solemn, too. He was a brave and bright youth, a mere boy in age, but in barrack life he had contracted dissipated habits, and often drank so deeply as to forget both duty and discretion.
 In drunken moment he struck a su- perior officer, and martial law con- demned him to die. His colonel loved him, and interceded earnestly for some mitigation of his sentence. The appeal was met by a stern refusal, but the col onel persevered.
 At last he succeeded in obtaining 8 conditional pardon. The young corporal should be released if he would agree to reform. If ever again seen intoxicated he should be shot. The colonel hastened to the prison where the culprit was con- fined awaiting death. Poor Pierre re- ceived him with a pale face.
 "Ah, colonel, this is what my folly has brought me to-"
 "Yes, your case is a sad one, my boy. You are too young to die so. But SUD- pose l bring you a pardon, on one con dition?"
 Do you mean ito" exclaimed the boy, brightening. And what is the condition?'
 It is life if you will never get drunk again-death if you do."
 " Impossible! I cannot drink and re- main sober"
 | "Then promise to let the wine alone. IS not your life worth that sacrifice, un- heppy boy?"
 Pierre was silent moment, thinking intensely and painfully. Must 1aeUe9 drink any more, cOlOnel?"
 "Never"
 Another moment of silence.
 But how can you be sure I shall keep my pledge?"
 q will take your word of honor as a soldier"
 That reply rallied all Pie1re's man said he, lifting his hand revercntly to- ward heaven. "God is my witness here and now! promise never to my dying day to taste wine again"
 The young soldier was released and restored to his place in the army. He 1 became General CambrOnnc, one of the brilliant leaders who won historic fame | in Nap0eOn's wars He commanded the Imperial Guard at the battle Waterloo, and fell terribly wounded after uttering the often-quoted defiance ''The old guard dies, but never surren- ders." He lived to be seventy-two years old, but the pledge made in his boyhood he kept faithfully to the last. But fol that pledge there never would have beer any Gen. CambrOnne.
The Newtown bee., 1879-09-03
What Happened in August.

The month of August, although less crowded with battle anniversaries than June or July, has had an unusually large share of the worlds greatest events. On the Sd Columbus sailed from Palos, in l492, to discover a new world. The same day, twenty-seven years later, saw an exploit of almost equal daring-the outset of Cortez'S overland march upon Mexico. The 4th gave the first blow to English feudalism by the overthrow of De MOntfort's revolt against Henry H., in I265. On the 10th, the storming of the Tuileries, in 1792, consummated tie triumph of the French revolution. The 18th crushed at one blow the dear-bought supremacy of Louis XIV. by the de- feat of Blcnl,r i'm, in I704. The I6th, 18th and 10th witnessed the great battles ot ViOnville and Gravelotte, and the com plete surrounding of Metz, in 1870. The 26th is doubly memorable to France, as the anniversary of the greatest defeats and greatest victories-the hattie of Crecy in l346, and the commencement of Napoleon's two days fight before Ores den in 1913. On the 29th of August, 1881, Gustavus Adolphus defeated th9 Austrians, under Count lilly, at Leipsic :; and on the 3lst. Hood evacuated Atlanta at the approach of Gen, Sherman, in 1864. But in addition to all these famous days, this eventful month has witnessed the execution of the Scottish patriot William Wallace (l3O5); the establish ment of the Reformed Church of Scot land (1560); the outbreak of the Seven Years War Q756), as well as three of the greatest battles, Minden. Zorndort and Liegnitz Q758-6O; the birth of Sir Walter Scott 177D; the liberation of the Christian slaves at Algiers by Lord Exmouth's bombardment of the place OS16) and Gen. Winfield Scott's Mexican victories of Cherubusco and San An tonic U847)
The Newtown bee., 1879-09-03
Look Out for C0unterfeits!

Officers of the Secret Service Division in the Treasury Department at Washing ton say that the business of making counterfeit money is constantly increas- ing. With the resumption of silver coinage the work of fcounterfeiting silver coins was begun, and although hardly week passes in which gang of coin counterfeiters is not broken up, new gangs are organized with alarming fre- qUency. Congress appropriated S6O, 900 for the use of the Secret Service Divi- sion this year. Thirty-fve men are em- ployed, and their travelling expenses are paid out of this sum. Civilians who de- tect counterfeiters generally get reward of about S30 in each case in which the prisoner is convicted.
 Several gangs of expert counterfeiters are known to be making commercials of legal notes in Canada A sam pie of a new counterfeit S5 note has been received at the secret service head quorters. In general look the face of the counterfeit closely resembles that of a genuine note. The lathe work on the counterfeit is very fine, and the imitation of fiber paper on which the note is coun- terfeited is fair. The ecounterfeited fiber is in more regular lines than the genuine, and the back of the counterfeit is shade lighter than the genuine notes. The great defect in the counterfeit, however, is the absence of the scroll work over and under the words. "Seriea 1875" in the upper left hand corner of the face of the note. The omission of this scroll work was undoubtedly intentional on the part of the counterfeite, S. As soon as the counterfeit is extensively adver- tised, and the points of difference be- tween it and the genuine notes carefully noted and made public, the counterfeiters will change the plate so as to remedy all the published defects, and send forth new notes.
 | Two men were arrested in Erie for passing these commercials, and 9 quan- | tity of the bad money was discovered on | their persons. They have refused to 1 give any information to the authorities.
The Newtown bee., 1879-09-03
OYerWOrE.

Perhaps the overworked man does not perform an immense amount of labor, but he works after his strength has been reduced. This is like keeping a mill going when the water is low, or when the water in the dam is nearly out.
 In the care of the muscles avoid colds and rheumatisms. They make people stiff and lame. Tliey take away the natural elasticity which gives so much pleasure, and substitute a worn out, tired and exhausted feeling which bor- ders on pain and is often more difficult to bear. How very careful the owner of fine horse is that it shall not take cold! He knows that if it does it will founder, and after this it will never be a good stopper.
 This whole country is full of foundered men and women, who are stiff and lame, rheumatic. old in feeling, inelastic. Most ofthem might have preserved their elasticity to old age if they. had taken proper care of themselves. AS a rule people do not bathe as much as they should. The daily bath is quite as inn portant as any other duty. It requires but few moments to take it, and when followed by friction it fortifes the skin against cold.
The Newtown bee., 1879-09-03
Homestead Precautions.

Some interesting statistics are had from the commissioner of the general land office showing the volume and di- rection of homestead preemptions. The amount of public land entered for settle ment under the homestead act in the year ending June 30, 1879, was something over 600,000 acres, an area larger than that of New Hampshire. The average number of. acres taken by each home stead settler is 120 On this basis the number of families erecting their roof trees on the public domain was some 50,- GOO. The whole number of homestead entries from the time the homestead law went into operation to June 30, 1878, a period of sixteen years, was 3S4, ,S4S. Al lowing 120 acres to each settler, the whole amount of land thus occupied would be 46. .l91.760 acres. This i'm mense domain would make fifteen States as large as Connecticut. It is larger by nearly three millions acres than all New England, and 1t exceeds the combined areas of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York by an area about equal to that of Delaware. In the number of homestead entries Kansas takes the lead With 6l,- 03f. Minnesota stands next with 51 ,575, and Nebraska third with 4, ,962. In the rate of increase from 1877 to 1878 Dakota took the lead. The number of home stead entries ia that Territory in 1877 was 1.154, and in 1878 it was 4,l28. In the States of Kansas, Minnesota and Ne bfaska and the Territory of Dakota the homestead entries in 1877 amounted to 9l0,39 acres, and in 1878 to 2,882, ,683 acres, an increase of over 300 per cent. In 1872 the total area covered by entries under the homestead law amounted to 4, 600, ,O0O acres. In 1873 the entries fell off to 3, 793 ,OO0 acres; in 1875 to 1856, GOO the year a ended m e9 December 9e a1 1878 the entries were about 6,OOo, GOO acres.-CAi- cdgo Times,
The Newtown bee., 1879-09-03
Freezing Fish for Winter

To equalize the supply of fine fish, several varieties of which are apt to he over abundant in market in sum- mer and scarce in winter. the fish dealers of New York have erected three large refrigerating houses wherein many tons of fish are stored. The largest of the freezing houses, is located on Front street, and belongs to the members of the Fish Market Association. When there is greater supply of fish in the market than is likely to be sold during the day the wholesale fish dealers select the best and remove them before day light from the vessels to the freezing houses, where each fish is cleaned and prepared for the refrigerator. The whole of the Front street house is devoted to the work; the first story from front to rear and the entire width of the building from floor to ceiling being one gigantic refrigel ator divided into three sections, each capable of being subdivided into six apartments or boxes. The walls are coated with zinc, a second inner wall of the same metal separating each apart ment-a space of several inches being left betweeen the wall of one subdivision and that of it's neighbor, with oblOng slits permitting the air from these spaces to pass into tha apartments. These spaces are filled with ground ice and rock salt, mill being used for grinding the mixture together, and at this season it requires over 5000 pounds of ice and about fourteen bushels of salt daily to keep the freezing houses in proper order. The selected fish having been cleaned, are placed in freezing pans covered with ground ice and salt, thus excluding the air while the process of freezing is going on. This work is done on the upper floors of the same building. When frozen stiff the fish are taken to the there laid away in the cold unti want p1
The Newtown bee., 1879-09-03
The Wonderful Raharistan Ga rpet.

After the defeat of the Persians by Omar and the overthrow of the religion ofZoroaster, the White Palace of Khos- roes was pillaged and a magnificent booty came into the hands of the rude Arabians. Among other things was a most extraordinary specimen of the embroiderer's art. This was a carpet of silk and cloth of gold, sixty cubits square. A garden was depicted thereon, the figures of gold embroidery and the colors heightened by precious stones, the ruby, the emerald, the sapphire, the beryl, the topaz and the pearl being ar ranged with most consummate skill to represent, in beautiful mosaic, trees, fruit and flowers, rivulets, fountains, roses and shrubs of every description, which seemed to convey fragrance, and their foliage to charm the senses of the beholders. To this piece of exquisite luxury and illusion the Persians gave the name of Baharistan," or "man- sion of perpetual spring." which was an invention employed by their monarchs as an artificial substitute for the Iove- Hest of seasons. During the gloom of winter they were accustomed to regale the nobles ot their court where art had supplied the absence of nature, and wherein the guests might trace bril- liant imitation of her fad ed beauties in the variegated colors of the jeweled and pictured floor. The Arabian gen eral, Ali Saad, persuaded his soldiers to relinquish their claim to it, in the reasonable hope that the eyes of the caliph would be delighted with his splendid combination of nature and skill. Regardless, however, of the merit of art and the pomp of royalty, the rigid Omar divided the prize among destroyed; but such was the value of the materials that the share of the Ali alone was computed at 2e,000 drachms of gold-nearly $50, ,000.
The Newtown bee., 1879-09-03
Quality of the Brain.

The 4naericaaa Natat7Gzist has an &C., count of acheerful set of scientists in France, calling themselves the Societe dAutopsie. Believing that the study of the brain of man whom we have known, not only through his works, but i'll his character and faculties, will con- tribute to the advancement of knowl- edge, the members of the society bind the inspection of their fellows immedi- ately upon death. The first to die was Jules Asseza, thus losing his chance at any other member. The second was a NJ. Asseline, whose brain contradicts in many ways important conclusions at which students of the brain thought they had arrived. The intelligence of M. As seline was of an exquisite fnesse that was pushed even to subtlety, and yet the eonvolutions of his brain were thick and large. Broca, the great authority on brains, was surprised to find it ofa coarse texture