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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-24
WHEN ARE WOMRN LoYELIRsT 2

LONELINESS In women, though 1t may
very in its character and manifestations
ut different periods of life, is not the
property of youth only. There is great
and undeniable charm in fresh beauty
of eighteen, to which inexperience and
early romance lend, perhaps, additional
fascination. A pretty girl of that age
who has been untouched by care, and
who knows of the world through mag
ination only, is very delightful object,
and many men wish they might take
captive her first attec IONS. Between
eighteen and twenty tG,, the changes in
a girl, so far as the charms of her person
go, are not likely to be great; but in that
time, by longer Intercourse with society,
and by natural development, she may
get more companiOnable for men of ma
turity, and her carriage and selfcontrol
become better and greater. Those are
important years in a young WOman's
life, the years during which, in our eli
mate, the majority of the sex are married.
And yet from twenty-five to twenty-five
or twenty-six maiden may, and gener-
ally does, still further advance in attrac-
| tiveness, and add to the store of her
charms. She is still young, but she has
Outlived some of the youthful fancies,
and feels some of the dignity of woman
hood. No better ages than those of a
maiden's life, and never is she lOvlier.
But why stop at twenty-six? What fair
er women are to be found than many OF
those between twenty-six and thirty, and
even older? Girls of eighteen may look
on them as unsought old maids, and YET
they are in their womanly prime, and
may capture hearts that have been steeled
against girlish destinations. Oftentimes
they make the best of wives, and men
/ ffnA nd -. l,as,
society which immaturity cannot give
They have the advantage of experience
and they have learned the lessons
taught by longer contact with the world
while still they may not be averse tC
falling in love.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-24
pREsBYrERIAN COLLEGE.

Through the peculiar brightness of @.
v. EskrIdge the EmpOrians have hit
upon plan to locate the Presbyterian
college al that burg. Twenty thousand
dollars are required 10 he raised for a
fund with which to build Il college build
ing. and there is no legal way to raise,
by taxation, this sum or any other for
any such purpose. The immortal G. V.
Il. is, however, equal to the occasion, and
at his suggestion, the Emporians pro
pose To vote bonds To the amount of S2O,-
900 to build public school-house, and
with the proceeds build such building
rs the PresbyterIans want and when
built, the school board are to come to the
conclusion that the best interests of the
EmpoFia common schools require that
building be donated to the Presbyterians.
This project may be carried out, and the
Presbyterian Synod may accept of this
fraud and steal, but if it does, we don't
want to Join the Presbyterian church.
Now, while this matter Is under dis
cussion, il does seem to us that the PEG
pie of Winfield can in some honest way
raise the necessary means To secure this
university. Please wake up, confer with
others, and see what can he done. At
tend 10 it mt once.-Winfield Courier.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-24
A SERIOUS FALL.

"You are very late this morning, Mr..
Jinks," was the gruif salutatiOn of city
merchant to one of his clerks. "DO not
let it happen again"
VERY sorEY,P said the clerk, humbly.
81 met With q serious fall"
"Ah, indeed" said the merchant, re-
lenting. "How did it happen? Are you
hurt much 81
Principally, sir, in your estimation, ~
said the clerk respectfully.
20. never mind" said the merchant
in a kinder tone; never mind that.
cOmmiserate you. We are all liable to
accidents. How did you get the fall %
We'll, you see, sir" said the clerk
confidingly, Il was called quite early this
mOrning-in fact you will observe, sir
somewhat earlier than usual"
"Ahr'
"Yes, sir; but somehow or other fell
asleep again"
MIR. Jinks, you're a humbugl" ex
claimed the merchant in a banterIns
tone, for, in spite of his grufness, hC
was fond of joke. "GO TO your desk
sir, and don't try 1t again.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-24

g TALL, HEAVY AND OLD MEN.-The
tailest men of whom record is made
were German named Hans Bar and a
Hungarian soldier, name not given, who
llVed several centuries ago, each Of them
being eleven feet high; their weight is
not known. The heaviest man of whom
record is made was Miles Darden, the
Tennessee giant, who was seven and half
feet high and weighed over 1 100 pounds {;
he died in 1857. Daniel Lambert, the
English mass of fiesh,'' was five feet
and eleven inches in height and weighed
739 pounds. In 1865 there was buried
IN Bengal, India, man named Cugua
who claimed to be $50 years of age. The
oldest person who died during the pres
ent century was Frenchman in Paris,
named Jean Golembaski, who was 1876
years old. A man named David Kurni-
son died in Chicago in 1851, who claim
ed to be lie years of age.-Chicago
Journal
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-24
THE CHEYENNEs LIBERATED
The Case OF the State Va. wild Hog ct
al. Called and Disposed OI.
Lawrence Standard.

The Case OF the state Va. wild Hog al
| al. Called and Disposed OT.
Lawrence Standard.
Yesterday afternoon the case of the
State of Kansas vs.. Wild Hog ct nj, for
murder in the first degree, was called,
and the defendants appeared in court
| with "a large number Of witnesses. MIR.
Mohlcr, the counsel for the Indians,
read the papers bringing the case before
this court on II change of venue, and
| said the defendants asked an Immediate
trial Mr. Jcimorc represented the prose
cutiOn. lie said he knew nothing of the
case, but was present in accordance with
notification lie had received from the
attorney general. lie presented letter
from the county attorney of Ford county,
which stated that the important wit
nesSes were absent from the state and
could not be procured; one being in
Sweet Water, Texas, another in Sidney,
Nebraska, and the third in California
lie asked continuance until next week,
but if that was not granted would enter
ROIte ProSeQut.
Judge Stephens said that the prose
cution announced themselves ready for
trial last June at Dodge, at the time u
change of venue was taken. Since that
time they had ample time to prepare for
duly notified to he ready. The charge
was very grave one, and the prosecution
should have been prepared. The defense
had summoned many witnesses, most of
them from u great distance, and were
ready for trial II would be an unwar-
rantable hardship for these witnesses to
be kept here IA week, and it would be no
furtherancc of justice To keep the defend
ants longer in prison, they having al
ready been great while, unless there
was assurance that the case should be
tried very soon. There was no such as
surance, but rather strong indication
that the prosecution would not be ready.
Judge Stephens denied the motion for
continuance, and Mr.. Jetmore declared
the prosecution to be unwilling to pros
ecute further.
Judge Stephens asked if a government
officer was present to take charge of the
Indians. Agent Miles arose and signi-
fed that he was present for that purpose,
and Wild Hog and his companions were
turned over to him.
When the Indians became aware that
they were free, each walked up and shook
hands with Judge Stephens, and a num-
Der of squaws and papooses present fol
lowed suit. The crowd then went to the
Lawrence House, where Old Crow and
the women and children who arrived
last week have been staying After their
many months Imprisonment, the Chey-
ennes sIgnified their joy mt being free.
They will leave soon for the agency in
the Indian Territory, and it is said the
men will be employed as government
scouts.
There is a mistaken impression in
some quarters that the county attorney
of Douglas county had something to do
with the discharge of the prisoner. He
had no control whatever of the case.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-24
YOUTHFUL DEPRAvITY.
LeadvIIIe Is n Child With WRINKLES of
Premature Ago and Depravity on It's

LeadvIlIe Is n Child With Wrinkles OF
Premature Ago and Depravity on Its
Brow.
DIR. LOrimer, the distinguished Chica-
go divine, who spent the summer in
| Colorado, and visited Leadville among
other places, writes to the Chicago
Standard as follows:
"Leadyille is child with the wrinkles
of premature age and dcpravity ON its
brow. 1t is ut once beauty and deformitv,
health and disease. 1t is the sum total
OF the vices OF our civilization, and epit-
| ONE of its evils, and abridged edition OF
its corruptions. The heat of furnace
glOws there; a darkened sky prevails
there, through whose lowering clouds at
intervals the star of redemption family
CLEANS. Throphonis' vat contained
nothing that is not found in the wash
tub of Leadville. There is something of
a Janiculum and the Mabille in its
amusements; and Staphla is not want
ing to lure the innocent to ruin,
and the foolish Planesium is still
waiting to be ruined. Licensed pits of
darkness, traps of Temptations, CULTS of
destruction yawn day and night on the
principal thorOughfares; and about their
doors and in their courts slangy boys,
jaunty, staggering, drunken, drab black
1
venturers are to be met at all hours.
When men make gold their point of de
parture, they are apt to make Satan their
point of arrival. This seems to be veri-
fed In the average humanity that fire.
quents the saloons, gambling houses and
variety shows of this strange communi-
ty. 1t is singular combination of the
rowdy the Arab, the wharf rat, the bum
mer, the cut throat-reckless, shameless
and sometimes desperats-and vet not
without dash of the heroic; for these
black-guards will riot all night in
utter defiance of a thousand deaths
on the morrow. If they have
no reverence and but little self respect,
they have no fear; fear neither for the
visible nor for the invisible. In the
presence of the jehovah they would chew
their tobacco as they do in the presence
of men, and go lolling up the steps
of Paradise as they lounge at the
entrance of Perdition. They contln-
ually suggest contemporaries by which
all the Villainies, ruffianisms and rascali-
ties have become incarnate in their rep
rebate carcasses.
The drinking places, gambling hells,
concert and dance houses are more nu-
merous in Leadville, its size being con-
sidered, than anywhere else on this plan
ct. Consequently there is an absence of
restraint and an undisguised sensuality
and an unmuzzled coarsencss unsurpass-
ed possibly since Sodom. So excessive
and unblushing is the vice that one of
the wretched creatures who glory in
shame paraded herself on the streets in
open day as kind of Lady Godiva,
and the newspaper that recorded the out
rage simply said: "Hattie attracted con-
sideerble attention, but she won (the bet)
twenty-five dollars" No arrests. Two
other females, one of them named Mad
anne Francis, are announced to engage in
square rough-and-tumble bout, or &C
cOrding to the rules of the p. r., for $500
side. Indeed the degradation of wo-
manhood here is fearful"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-24
VOL. %.
SOUTHWEST.

Peabody seems To have ''got away
with most of the officers in the late Re
publican convention of Marion county
That's right smart town, anyhow. We
fear ilere will TIC little "onpleasant
ness" during the campaign up there; but
then that's none Of our business.
In the band contest at the late Newton
fair the Peabody band carried of the
first prize.
The bands in this part of the state are
making arrangements fer a grand tour
nameDt, la bc held at Newton some time
in November. From twelve to fifteen
bands are expected to take part.-Pea-
body Gazette.
Peabody is going 10 have a coal hole
We hope il viii not be dug in vain, but
will strike "a vein.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-24
THE SCHOOL BOND QuEsTIO

GJSILOOl4 DOAND w AOANs
The board of education were to have
meeting Monday evening To take action
upon the proposition To vote, at the next
November election, 100000 in school
bonds for the board To use in its discre-
tion. Whether the board held any meet
ing ON Monday evening, or what il did,
we have not learned. Its proceedings
are rarely published, and all We know
about the said school bond proposition,
unless the board has altered il, il
crs Of this city are To be asked to increase
our bonded debt $50, 900 in order that the
school board may have that amount of
money Ia appropriate for whatever edu-
cational enterprise n majority of its
members may happen Ia favor.
We believe we can safely predict that
such a loose, indefinite proposition as
this will be voted down by an overwhelm-
ing majority. The tax payers, before
voting $4,000 bonds, want TO know what
they are voting them for. They have not
that perfect and unquestioning faith in
the infallibility of the majority of the
board, which is necessary to induce them
to "put up" $4,000 whenever the board
calls for that little amount. They would
not vote 81 900 on such a proposition
If the board knows what it wants $50,
600 for, it ought TO inform the people
whom it asks To vote the money
in order that they may decide
whether or not they think the oh
ject worth the cost. If the board does
not know what it is going to do with the
money, IT is very hasty in asking for il
The board ought to make up its mind
and board of education certainly
must have good sized sort of mind
what it is gong to do with 100000. L
next ought to inform the people wha
the money is to be used for, and then
and not until then, will it exhibit an,
Judgment or propriety in asking for tn
voting of the bonded Indebtedness men
toned.
This may not be the way the majorit
of the board looks at the case, but it /
the only way the majority of tax payer
will look at H. and we suggest to tn
board that the common sense, busines
view, of the matterls for it to either with
draw the present wild cat proposition
or to submit it in a shape that says on
thing or another. IL the board mean
to use the money to erect high schoo
il should say so. If il means TO use Oh
money To donate 10 this or that sectaria
school, il should say so. If sectaria
appropriation is intended, let all the d,
nominations have chance. Let th
people vote as TO whether the $4,000
20 he donated TO Presbyterian colleg'
or a Catholic seminary, or Methods
university, or a Baptist institute, {
a Christian high school, or a Congreg;
tional academy. or a Lutheran mission, {
divided up equally all around. Tn
idea of "going it blind" on a $1,000
bond proposition, is an absurdity, an
the people will only need to find out tn;
such proposition is to be submitted
vote il out of sight and hearing.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-24

THE WISCONSIN PAPER PLANT.-A
curious plant has been discovered in
Wisconsin. which produces a kind OF
cotton and fax from the same stock. 1t
has been already woven into fabrics, and
any article that will make as good cloth
as can be made from plant viii make
good paper hence, IT has been called the
paper plant. 1t can be planted in the
spring and cut in the fall or winter. II
bleaches itself white rs it stands, and
will yield at least three or four tons to
the acre. From a single root that was
ty large stocks, with three hundred andfive
pods containing the cotton, with at least
sixty seeds in each. From this root were
obtained seven ounces of pure cotton and
over half pound of flax. It is a very
large plant, and grows from six to seven
feet high.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-24
BUSINESS ITEMS,

Twelve years ago Texas shipped only
5000 bales of cotton. Last year she
shipped 100000 bales.
The latest estimate of practical Stats
ticians is that there are in the United
States 30, 100000 cattle valued at 81 200
100000
The rice crop of South Carolina for
the year is estimated at A, 900 tierces,
and that of Georgia at 10000.
England's crop is the lightest in many
years, and large impOrtations from
America are inevitable.
The Railroad Gazette says that ,476
miles of railroad have been made in the
United States thus far this year, against
GA in 1915.
1t is estimated that over one hundred
and fifty thousand miles of wire fence
have been constructed since its first use
for this purpose.
During the past eight years, wool
growing in Colorado has increased near
ly 500 per cent, and the territory has
700,O00 sheep, which will yield the pres
ent year near 100000 pounds of wool.
Leading fiocks number from 1000 head
up.
A leading manufacturer in Sheffield,
England, the other day showed his work
men an assortment of American made
goods, and taking up a pair of tailOr's
shears, he offered to give the union ESQ
if any of his men in u month would pro-
duce pair of shears as good as the
American. The challenge was not &C
cepted.
A well known statistician of this city,
says the Philadelphia Trade journal, as
serts that fully 10000 more people are
empl Dyed in Philadelphia to-day than
in September of last year. This opinion
he bases upon an investigation into the
condition of Philadelphia's industries,
extending over period of several weeks.
So great is the demand for railroad
iron that the Union Pacific railroad COM
pany are unable to buy steel rails in this
country for the purpose of building their
new branch which runs $50 miles south
of Salt Lake City. The consequence
has been that the Union Pacific cOmpa-
ny have been compelled to use old iron.
A million and three-quarters of dol
lars have been subscribed for charitable
purposes through the agency of the New
York Chamber of Commerce during the
past twenty years. The Chicago and
| Northwestern fires in 1871 called out
gifts to the amout of 81 ,044O the
French sufferers by the war of 1870 re
ceived $4,000; the yellow fever fund
raised last year amounted to $4,000.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-24

A telegram received by the Hon. f. Z.
Washburn from Gen Grant. locates de
finiicly the date of the lG,tcr's arrival at
Galcna 1t will la during the week
preceding tha meeting of the army of the
Tennessee, in Chicago, on the 18th of
November. Preparations are making
for grand reception at Galena. It's to
Leo "a sort of tri-stale affair, aud will be
participated IN by people from adjacent
cnuniic,. IA Illinois. Iowa and Wiscpn-
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-24

TIE VERY Yesterday lady
stepped into bird store ON Kearney
street to purchase a parrot tor house
hold pet Having examined the collec.
ton, she turned to the proprietor, and
without otherwise designating her selec-
ton, simply said:
/ will take Honesty"
"Beg your pardon, ma'am, which one
do you say ?''
81 will take Honesty" Please have
him sent home.
"Honestyg repeated the puzzled
dealer. "And which is Honestly"
"WhY, that, of course" pointing to the
best bird in the flock
"All right, ma'am, why do you call il
Honesty?"
Because" answered the customer
with heavenly smile, Honesty is the
best Poll see.''
The dealer was struck with conges
tive chill, and gave the lady half dol
lar short of her change.-San francisco
Chronicle.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-24

State elections for 1879 haveso far gone
as follows: Democratic, 4; (Keniucky)
Republican, Z, New Hampshire, (Ish0de
Island, Maine, California, Colorado,
ohiuand lowa) The remaining northern
STATES la hold elections this fall are Mas
Aachuscils, New York, Pennsylvania,
Wisconsin,, Minnesota and Nebraska.
They will all go Republican. The other
northern states, including Kansas, do
not elect stale officers this fall. The
north will be- solidly Republican in 1880,
and elect ii Republican president.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-24

A COOP MANA worthy doctor of
divinity approached Paddy Ryan near
the City Hall yesterday, and placing one
hand on the athletes shoulder, SAID
NV dear sir, any one blessed with such
a physique and such shapely proportions,
ought to be good man" The clergy
man was startled by Paddy's reply
"a good man? Well, you can bet your
life I'm a better man than Dwyer." II
is needless to add that the assertion was
not contradicted.-Troy Times.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-24

Mrs. Darlington has been reading the
health officers weekly report, and thinks
total" must b. an awful malignant dis
ease, since as many die of it as all the rest
nut together
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-24
In the District Court Of Lyon county, Kansas
Almerin Gillett, Plaintiff

Elizabeth r. KeIghtley, John X Alexander,
William Alexander and Mrs. Isabella Alcx-
anSer. Defendants
The said defendants, and each and every
OF them will take notice that they have
been sued in the above entitled action, in the
above named court. and the names OF the par
ties, plaintig and defendant. respectively are
as stated in said title; that said plaintiffs pc
titi0p is flied in said cOurt against them; that
said defendants must answer said petition on
or before the ed day OF November, 1873, or
said petition will be taken as true and iudg-
ment rendered accordingly for said plaintiff
and against said defendants for the sum OF
$a50OO and interest from April ed, A. D..
1873, and costs. And an order will be taken
Herewith TO sell the following described land
In Lyon county, Kansas, to-wit: South west
quarter, Section 2, Township q, Range IL, as
the property OF said defendants, which has
been taken in attachment in this action 70
satisfy said Judgment and costs.
ALMERIN GILLETT.
w41C3 For himself.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
In the District Court of Lyon county, K ansa
f. Eorton, PIai.tiR,

In the DlsLfIct court OF Lyon county, n ansaS
T.. Borton, PLAINTIFF,
VS..
Elizabeth X. KeiRhtley, John II. Alexander,
William Alexander, AIRS Isabella AIexan-
der, widow of David Alexander, and s. IL
Dodge, Defendants
The defendants and each of them will take
notice that they have been sued in the above
namel court, and that plaintiffs petition Is
died therein; that said defendants must an
swer said plaintiffs petition on 3r before the
I'D day of November, A. ID. 1879, or said pc
rendered accordinslyi that plaintiff is the
owner and in the actual and lawful possession
of the following described land in Lyon eoun-
ty, Kansas, tO-Wit: southwest quarter of sec
ton 2, TOWNSHIP q, range II, and that plaintiffs
title be forever quieted against any and all
claims OF said defendants or any of them
therein; and especially the claim Of all the
defendants except s II. Dodge to title 70 said
land under patent from the United States
and intermediate c0nveyances hereunder
themselves; and also especially the claim OF
said g. II Dodge to his lien for taxes on said
land for taxes paid by him and his grantees
from A. D. 1861 TO ISL inclusive; and that
said defendants said CLAIMS and titles may
he adjudged null and void as against the title
Of this plaintiff; and for such other and fnrth-
er relief as may be right and for costs.
ALMERIN GILLETT,
4It3 Attorney for Plaintiff.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-24

Thomas ]. Griffith, of Utica, Is said to
own the first greenback issued by the
United States government He has re
fused an offer OF 500 for 1T. Ii it is a
81 600 greenback he is sensible; but il
it is q 81 bill Thomas has lowered him
self in our administrations Sentinel.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-24

QUANTITY OF FLOWERS IN HONEY
Some scientific man has figured it out
that for every pound of honey made by
hive of bees 2, SOC, 600 flowers are drawn
upon A single colony of 10000 bees
has been known to store twenty pounds
of honey in day.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-24

FROST BITTEN PLANTs.-A Groton
lady who has had experience in cult
waiting plants and flowers, Gays that
where plants are frost-bitIen, if they are
placed in the dark during the day fol
lowing il frozen in the night, or imme-
dlately if in the day time, they will
survive, and be all right in the majority
of instances.