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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-08-28
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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-08-28

r. DIS. ROBERTSON,
Supt. City Schools.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-03
THE CONDITION OF ENGLISH FARM
IAR0RERS,

\ letter in the Chicago Tribune irUM
an English correspondent gives a gloomy
picture ut affairs in England, The
business depression is universal, The
lahoring class Is reduced Ia great straits,
the condition OF the farm la6orers hC.
ing the worst Of any, The farmers
them selves complain bitterly of the
excessive rents they are obliged Ia pay
To the landowners, and To make both
ends meet by reducing the wages Of
farm laboTCrS, The wages the year
round in several of the agricultural
counties are given rs thirteen shillingS
per week. This is about $3.9o Of our
money. On this sum the laborer sup
ports himself, his wife, and four child
rem, that being the average family, Says
this writer:
"rhc cheapest cottage he can get costs
IS 3d per week. Allow id for fuel; til
for clothing; school fees for three child
rem, I'll each, which they are compelled
to pay; Sd for boots; and the family are
left rs per week to buy food, which is five
cents u day To each. British pauperS
allowed ten cents day to each, Butcher
meat is far dcarer than in the States. Mut.
ton is twenty-five cents per pound, and
beef Is about twenty eight cents. Butter,
ten, sugar and coffee are quite rs high rs
in America. Fruit is more expensive
so Is flour; and the common qualities OF
clothing are not to be bought for less
money than at home. Attached To the
cottages are little plots of grOund-that,
connected with the dwelling rented foI
IS Sd, being about fifteen feet square
upon which a small supply Of garden
stuff can he cultivated"
They have neither tea nor coffee, and
have butchers meat not more than once
week. Their ordinary food consists OF
bread, cheese, porridge, boiledvegetables
and beer, which is sold at penny glass
The English farm laborer never owns d
horse or COW. He is down ut the very
bottom of the ladder, and with no chance
to rise. Soldiers can no longer he enlist
cd for the army In the agricultural cOun,
ties, because the physique of the people
has been so reduced as to render them
unfit for military service. Their moral
condition is as bad as their physical.
These are sad facts for England, and
they point to vast changes and great rev
olutiOns in the not distant future.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-03
TAKING THINGS For GRANTED.

Half the failures in life result from
the habit so many people have of talk
things for granted. The business man
assumes that his credits are gOOd-he
takes for granted that his wife knows what
style of living his income will warrant,
until the logic of addition, subtraction
and multiplication proves too much for
him, and down comes his business in
ruins. The young professional man
takes il for granted that veneering in
stead of solid requirement will enable
him to succeed, because there are so
many notorious examples of mems ris-
ing and maintaining themselves in pub
lie life, through pure audacity, native
wit and an utter lack of conscience.
He will find, too late, that it won't do TO
plan and risk career by the exceptions
rather than the rule. The farmer keeps
no accounI-crops his farm according
| to the season, or last years market, or
his neighbOr's succeSs-takes il for
granted that the laws of nature and of
| trade will accommodate themselves TO
his necessities-sinks deeper into debt,
and wonders why farming doesn't pay
And so on to the end men everywhere
want success without paying its price in
thorough preparation, honest hard work,
| intelligent calculation and foresight,
patient attention TO details. They take
for granted things which il is their
business tx know, and leave that to for
| tune, which common sense and expert
ence should tesch them is controlled by
| law.-tIt. len RtiC.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-03
EcnNnMY BUSINESS.

The large number of failures during
the past few years demonstrate that the
expenses of business need curtailing tn
a great extent Rents are coming down
gradually, and salaries have been re-
duced considerably, but there are other
items of expense which need Topping
OIL The present drummer system is
too expensive, and sooner or later il
must be cut down, or off entirely Com
petition has reduced the profits on
goods so materially, and the facilities
for producing goods have become so
great, that the expenses must be cut
down to warrant living. Jobbers in
large cities have begun TO find out that
they can go to the manufacturers and
purchase at better prices than they can
of the drummer, and that the drummer,
has supplied all the cross roads trade
which they were expecting to enjoy
themselves. Many manufacturers have
cut short their travellers, Gaye said thSt
they sasend 10 Keep them OF the road.
The system is ex1ysyagant TO the manu-
facturers, obnoxious 10 the dealers, and
IS generally becoming unpopular. IL "a
found to be cheaper to advertise, and
this plan Of doing business is not only
found to be more pleasant and agreeable
to AL concerned, but much more re-
munerative, and the plan is bound 10 he
adopted in all qnarters.-St. Louis
Journal of Commerce.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-03
A NIAGARA SALEswOaAN.

II remained for the correspondents ct
an Iowa paper tn uRearth the following
incident told of Miss Eva Davis, a sales
woman At Table Rock Museum tCSnads
Sitlel, A visitor WAS Inspecting the curl
oSitieS, and seemed taken with the Der
hyShiTe Spar-work," which, Miss Evs.
said, was manufactured from Table
Rock" stone, which statement he was in
clincd tn question; but his sweet. black
eyed merchant assured him it WAS sill
She represented, and, furthermore. they
now had sixteen artists in a back room
engaged in making the same kind ot
ware, She handed him a piece of Eng,
fish spar for scrutiny, We'll" said the
innocent stranger, please show me into
! this room where sixteen artists are 81
work, and | will believe what you SAY Is
u fact" >'Oh, no, indeed.' quoth his
| fair Vis-a-viS; that would not do; It's
against our rules; we never give any
body the open sesame to this secret
chamber which contains our wealth"
"Alas," said the gent, then please set
all these kickShaws back on the shelf
(Sl50 WORTH, and do accept this $50 bill
as a token of my regard" why" said
She, what do you mean - well, Miss
must tell you fact. My name Is Sam.
uel Bowers. l live in Derbyshire, Eng.
land, where manufacture this spar
work Furthermore, your father is one
of my best customers, and you, Miss Eva
/ his daughter, are the boss salesman"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-03
WHAT THE REsuLT w1L BE.

Subscriptions To the new per cent.
bonds continue TO be one Of the financial
features Of the times. These having late
~ shown decided increase, aggregating
often more than n million dollars \ day.
The repeated failures Of savings banks,
which still occur. greatly stimulate the
small subscriptions which have long dis
tinguished the movement The day
seems destined To come-and that before
very lOng-when the common people will
hold the great bulk OF our government
loan. This will in turn exert a power
ful influence on the fortunes Of any party
which fsvors anything like a Republication
Of the bonds. Nine men out of ten, the
moment they become owners of a bond
will oppose any movement designed tC
impair its value, and when nearly every
voting precinct contains bOndhOlders
who will almost invariably be men o.
some means and personal and political
influence, and will always be ready tC
unite their influence ON the bond QueS
tion,-lhe day will have passed. when any
party can succeed on such mo bond
platform as that which the Greenbacl
party adopted last year. The scaiterin,
OF bonds all over the country among al
classes of the people, will of itself large
ley decide financial issues, and place tn
bOndholding and national bank interest
upon very secure basis.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-03
TwENTY-oNE.

The last issue of the weekly News
completed It's tweniy.firsi year, and this
Is number one Of volume TWENTY-FIVE.
Our readers are familiar with the history
Of the paper. and il seems unnecessary to
Indulge in any review. Few papers in
this county attain the present age of
THE NEws, and II is to Us fiattering
thought that ils course aud management
have been such as to receive the contin-
ued patronage and confidence ofthe pub
he. We have printed rs good paper
constantly as wecoUld, and We arc thank
full 10 the people in city and county that
they have so far appreciated our efforts rs
To extends liberal patronage, We feel as
much enthusiasm in our work as ever,
aud feel that We can promise cur readers
that the paper will be better this year
than ever, With the price reduced to the
hard pan basis, may We not hope that all
our old subscribers will stand by Us aud
that many new ones will enroll thcil
names Cor the twenty second volume al
TuE EAPORJA News
We sincerely wish all Happy New
Year. aud = prosperous voyage Tor 1879
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-03
CKILDREN's CHATTER
God bless our darling children,


That go To school to-dayi
Col guide the little feet that tread
he futures devious way,
And keep them scStheless till they come
To mar or woman hood,
For in their hands the nation lies
foc evil or for good.
4 little girl sitting in her chair by the
fire, after profound reflection, asked
MAMA, how does step-mother walk 80
On being asked what he thought fire
flies were made for, little boy answered
Il think God made them for candles to
light the little frogs to bed"
He was reading in the paper the other
evening of Dodd, Brown & Co.'S failure
When little five-year-Old went to bed that
night, said she; MAMA, who shall
pray to now that DOdd has failed?"
Johnny's compassionate One time a
lion met an elephant, and the elephant
sed: You better go and git your haiT
resent a fellers insults which has got his
nose tween his own teeths."
An ugly woman, toying with pug dog
in front of a cafe on the boulevard, said
to Rusty: kiss me, and l will give you
lump of sugarw A street Arab pass
ing by exclaimed: "Don't she ask high
price for her sugar.
Mother, what is an angel? ?" IAN an
gel: Well, an angel is a person that
flies" But, mother, why docs papa al
ways call my governess an angel 81
well" explained the mother after a
moments pause, ''she is going to fly i'm.
mediately."
Mother wants you to let hertake your
polOnaise pattern. and be so kind as to
fill this cup with yeast, and is your clock
right, and what time is it, and little
meal in this pan,. and won't you write
down your recipe for rye mullins, and
please not to let your turkeys rOost on
our fence any more, cause dad says he'll
shoot New Haven Register.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-03
FREIGHTs AND FARES DOWN.

Yesterday, Jan. LIST, u new schedule OF
passenger and freight rates went into ef.
feet ON the A, r, & s, +. mad. The pas
per mile, The rate for shipping hogs,
per car, are the same ~ for shipping
cattle, per car, which il n reduction of
about one-iiflh. We understand this IT.
dUction viii bc permanent, IL will here.
Sncr cost, To so To Topeka, from Empo-
ria, about $s,45, instead or ESQ A
rOund trip ticket tn Kansas City will hc
about &9.60 instead Of 1850. as hcri,,-
Eorc, While this reduction is favorable
to each individual traveller, think how II
must affect the income or the road, The
Rad has really done the handsome thing
with the public by these reductions,
We understand they were made
largely Through the influence ol
HoN. W, u, Strong, Vice President and
active manager ut the rOSd, We arr glad
he has taken the initiative in the matter,
no, only bccauSe Il Is our TNNd, and one
or the greatest IhorOughIares on the con-
lincni, hut because these reforms are IN
keeping with the general excellent and
en,esprising management Of the road
heretofore, General Strung sees the coun
try is growing and developing, lie sees
the business ut the road increasing rapid
~, lie Sees also the demands or the peo
pie, In this time or falling prices in CIV
cryihing, anu Is willing To meet Il, like
tho true manager ct such vast concerns
Mr., Strung is perhaps ono ct the great
est railroad tinancicrs aud managers this
country has produced, and one OF his
principal points Of SUCCESS is his disposi
ton To cooperate with and look Ia tn,
best interests or the patrons of his road
Although he has had control of the roat
but n short time, he has alrCatly intro
duced several important reforms, Only
a few months ago liberal reduction Wa
made On the charges for shipping whca
from Kansas east, and on the rates iol
bringing in all kinds Of agricultural i'm
lplcmcnls. This last reduction Is al
other step that will make the Santa II
the most popular railroad in the west,
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-03

The Mining Record says tina, during
the ten months Of 1873, ended October
II, the excess of imports over experts OF
gold and silver coin and bullion WAS, in
England, $lG,SS0OOO, Of which only
$l9l, 900 was silver, the remainder,-$l6,,
6SkOOo-being gold; in the United
States $6,Ol6, S69, Of which only $i,lSS,,
56S Was gold, the rcmainder--$I,SSS,,
$0t-hcing silver; in France, $6s,SS4,.
OOl ct which sci, 10000 was silver, the
remainder 81, $4,000 being gold, The
$6,0O0 600 OF balance in bullion and coin
in favor or the United States does no,
correspond with her immense trade hal,
ancc during that time, Doubtless the
bonds coming home make M the differ,
| RnRN
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-03

EnITORS NEWS In answer to YOURS,
for the benefit of some of your readers,
permit me to submit the following: Or
egOn Is bounded, on the east by Califor-
MIA and Nevada, on the west by the Pa
cific Ocean, ON the north by Washing
ton Territory, on the east by Idaho, was
admitted as a state, into the Union, in the
year 1859. The Cascade mountains
cross the state from south to north ;
about one-third of the state is west of
the range, and in my opinion, the only
portion adapted to agricultural pur-
poses, and contains about nine-tenths of
the population of the state. The east
ern part of the state is very sparcely
populated. The land is broken, hilly
and dry, and only tit for grazing The
climate is more mild and uniform than
that Of the Atlantic coast in the same
latitude, not being so cold in winter, or
warm In summer. Mean temperature,
April, November and December average
81 degrees. July and August, 68 degrees.
The seasons are divided between wet
and dry-rain from October TO April,
dry from April to October.
With the exception of the Villa
meta, Umpqua and Rogue river valleys,
the general appearance of the country is
very much like Allegheny county Penn
The principal towns are Portland, Ore
gon City, Albany and Salem. Portland is a
thriving city, situated on the south side
of the Columbia river, one hundred
miles from Astoria, and seventy miles
from Salem, the capital of the State.
Immediately joining Portland may be
seen extensive forests stretching in
every direction-pine, fir, hemlock and
cedar; no hard wood. Most of the land
in this vicinity is owned by citizens OF
Portland, who have made, or caused "a
be made, some Improvements; from q
To 35 acres being enclosed and under cul
tivation, the remainder of the quarter be
ing dense forest. This they call an i'm
proved farm, price from 50 to $15 pei
acre. In the Willamette valley improved
farms are worth from $12 to $40 pei
acre, OWING to improvements and 10
cation. Some of the land is subject tC
overflow. The government owns con
siderable land which is subject to home
stead and presumption, but most of il
is too broken for agricultural purposes
! Plenty of railroad land Tor sale, price
$3.50 to So per acre.
Wheat rye, barley and oats do well. The
soil and climate are not adapted to corn
Garden vegetables are good. Fruit ex
cept the peach, can not be grown success
fully; both fruit and trees are free from
| insects. The Portland market in dry
goods, groceries, grain. horses and cattle
during the months OF September an6
October, varied but little from Emporis
market of same date. Farming nipple
ments are 20 per cent higher than in Kan
sas. In conclusion let me say TO those
who wish TO ''go west young man." il
you have q home in Kansas, do not sci
expecting 10 go west and better your
self financially from the proceeds o.
your sale, but first Ego spy out the coan
try," and am of the opinion you vii
come 10 ii.e conclusion that Horace
had no reference 10 Oregon.
Respectfully, c, DRAKE.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-03

THE CAUsE-On this side of the At
lantic, over production and over impor
tation are charged as the causes of hard
times, which have been aggravated by
unemployed labor. In Europe political
economists are tracing hard times to the
immense standing armies, which are sus
tanned mainly through the military influ
ence of Germany. 1t is estimated that
the European nations have now 500, O0C
men under arms. These men are non
producers, and are taken from thoir legit
innate spheres OF daily toll. These mer
cost on an average $500 per annum, OIL
about four millions of dollars each day
or total of fifteen hundred millions o.
dollars per annum, expenses for the serv
ices of men who do not add one penny tt
the productions of the country-Montre
al journal of Commerce.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-03

Says the New York Tribune; 1T Is OF
good omen that some OF the members OF
the courses in political economy os Har
ward College have established a club Tor
the discussion Of financial matters, stu,
dents have heretofore confined their re
searches in this direction to the question
.ofpOcSet money. The president, willing
to encourage this effort to obtain knOwl
edge absolutely necessary to- every ONE
who would vote intelligently, has placed
a room At the disposal OF the club for its
meetings; and several professors have
expressed their warm approval OF III,
new organization"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-03
TME LAReEsr FARM IN THE ARkAN-

THE LARGEST FARM IN THE ARKAN-
gas VALLEY.-IASt week we visited Mr..
edward Uhl, the largest farmer in the
Arkansas valley. His place is in the
Cheyenne bottoms, six miles north Of
Great Bend. The farm consists of 7,T46
acres. The residence is now building,
the contract price being 5000. II is TO
be 20xa4 With an L 26N2S, and kitchen
attached 10X16. 4 cellar under the whole
house. 4 windmill puMD will supply
the water for range and bath room, and
force both hot and cold water through.
out She house. This Will be, when COM
pleted, ore Of the handsomest houses in
western Kansas. The purpose of Mr..
Uhl is to make this stock farm, and
oVeyy preparation Is being made to this
eRd.' He will break up, the next season,
zoo acres, $50 acres for corn and 900
acres for wheat, on which clover and tim
othy will be sOYn, ie Will SOW during
the spring and stiiaRlcF i,000 bushels q
blue grass on prairie, TO b6 tTampled in
by cattle. During next year he viii pEt
out 10000 forest trees, a majority of them
evergreens and large aumber of fruit
trees. During the next season ths farm
will be stocked with neat cattle, native
cows and choice Durham bulls. The
residence is located on 3 high bluG which
loverlookS the country for many mics
Mr.. Uhl Is thorouohiy q practical man,
and fully understands the business he has
engaged in, and We can expect from him
good report. InterioF.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-03
A HINT To DRINKERS.
What May He Saved by Turning Your
Wives into Barkeepcrs.

What May he Saved ny Turning Your
Wives into Barkeepcrs.
T, Campell's Lecture at Maysville, KY.
Some one asks how the bar-roOms can
be closed. Bar-rooms are not kept for
amusement. There is not man in the
State who would keep bar if there was
no hope for profit. Let every man
who has brains enough to attend to his
own business determine not to drink at
a bar, and the bar-rooms will soon he
closed Men who are ashamed of their
habits of drinking, and who must have
a screen To hide them, will not often
have an opportunity to drink elsewhere,
and one great step in the temperance re-
form will have been taken.
Barkecpers in this city pay, on an av-
eragc, % per gallon for whisky. One
gallon contains an average of siXty-five
drinks, and at ten cents drink the poor
man pays six dollars and half per gal
lon for his whisky. In other worCshe pays
81 for his whisky and $3.50 to a man for
handing il over u bar. While il would
be better for all not To drink, some men
will have whisky, and my advice to them
is this: Make your wife your bar
keeper. Lend her 81 to buy a gallon of
whisky for beginning, and every time
you want drink 20 10 her and pay ten
cents for IL. BY the time you have drank
gallon she will have 1910, 0F enough
money to refund the So borrowed of you,
to pay for another gallon of liquor, and
have Il balance of $3.50. Shewill be able
To conduct future operations on her own
capital, and when you become an inebri-
ate, unable to support yourself, Stunned
and despised by respectable people, your
wife will have enough money TO keep
YOU uRtil you get ready to fill drunk
ards grave. But had you paid all this
money To a barkeeper, he would not have
given a cent to bury you, or a crust of
bread To keep your children from starv-
ing.
Few people stop to calculate the cost
of dram drinking At ten cents per
drink, one drink per day will cost 5000
per year, two drinks per day will cost
| %7S, three drinks $100.50, and four
drinks Sl44 per year. A man came to
me the other day TO pay the interest on
note Tor 800 hold against him.
Said he: al only receive 5000 a year,
and with a family to support am not
able to pay my debts" j asked him 10
take pencil and make single calcula-
ton for me, and then asked him how of
tea be drank at the bar. His average
was three drinks per day, which, by his
own calculation, amounted to $iO05O
or enough to have paid both principal
and interest of note and have 81 so LEFT
He was astonished at this discovery, and
is now determined to never drink at q
bar again.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-03

PoLITENESS-POlitsr costs nothing.
u Il Just - easy Ia De polite - gruH ana;
beariSh. No one Is more benefitted bN
true courtesy than the business man,
whether that courtesy Is exercised by hIm-
self or his subOrlinaieS- We know
OF some establishments from which
reliable customers have repeatedly been
driven, never u return. simply becSuse
statesmen and SSleSwOmen have failed in
in the courtesy appropriate 10 their Pr
SitiOnS> There are many such in tbs
city, On the other hSnsi Ne knoN 81
many business plSceS which are eO0Iin
ually thronged with cUSt0MsT>> simply
because the attendants, aS we'll a. the
principals, are polite ami sstentive, ans
seemingly DESTROYS IF pleasing, DepenC
upon ii, nothing pays better than polite
ness in business.