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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-05-07
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The board ofchurch extension OF the
south Kansas conference met at Emporia
ON Tuesday, April 9th, persuant to the
the call of the president.
There were present, President b. KEEL
ley, Secretary E. w. Cunningham, Cor
responding Secretary G.. w. Pye, Treas
urer Eastman, Revs c. K. Rice, A. T..
Bnrris, ]. Kirby, ID. p. Mitchell, n.
Asher and N S. Buckner.
On motion, the application of Allen
creek for a donation of $4,000 was con
sidered and approved at 10000.
On motion, the application of Nc
Pherson for $4,000 was recommended
at 10000.
On motion the secretary was instruct
ed 10 make certificate for Buckner.
On motion the following recommend
ations were made: Canton, donation oil
5000 and loan of 800; Howard, dona
ton of $500 and loan of $500; Aldel
Vale, donation of $500 and loan of $500
lola, donation of 5000 and loan of $500
Elk Falls, donation of $3.50 and loan o
$500; Sterling, loan Of 5000; Dexter
donotion of $500 and loan of $3.50; Pea
body, loan of 5000; Lebo, donation o
$50; Sutton Valley, donation of $3.50
Wier City, donation of $l75; MaPl
Grove, donation of $3.50; Sugar Valley
donation of $125; Mound Valley, dona
ton of $3.50: Walnut, donation of $50
and loan of $3.50.
Ossswatomie and Fulton each receive
a donation of $3.50, out of special fun
raised by DIR. McCabe.
The minutes were read and approved
and the meetiHg adjourned.
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INJuRIEs IN SMOKING.

When boys are advised not tic smoke
on hygienic grounds, they laugh at the
advice, and speak of It's giveTs as old TO
gies. But careful experiments, lately
made by q physician of repnte, prove
that the practice is very injurious. He
took tor his purpose 30 boys, from to
Is, who had been in The habit Of smok-
ing, and examined them closely. In %
he found Obvious hartful effects; % hay-
ing various disorders of the circulation
and digestion, palpitation of the heart,
and more or less craving for strong
drink; II of the boys were frequently
troubled with breeding at The nose; 10
had disturbed sleep; IL had slight ulcer
alton of the mucous membrane OF the
mouth. which disappeared after discon-
tinuatiOn of tobacco for 10 or u days.
! The physician treated them all for
weakness and nervousness, though
with little avail, until they
/ had rellnquished smoking, when
tored Even if il be granted that smok-
lng is no harm to adults there is nc
doubt of its harmfulness to the young
DIR. Ranking, DIR. Richardson, and 9th
ers, who have made special study OF
the subject, all agree in declaring thai
it causes in them impairment IN growth
premature viriiity, and physical degra
dation. One of the worst ELECTS is th'
provocation of an appetite for liquor
which, indeed, is not confined to th'
young, but which grown persons are bet
ter able to manage. Where boys drini
to excess, they are almost inyariabl,
smokers; and it is very rare to find ;
man ovcr-fond of spirits who is not ad
dicted to tobacco. Men who want 4
give up drinking usually have to Civ
= up smoking at the same time; for the
) say that cigar or pipe generally excite
f desire for liquor very hard to contro
IN. Y. Times.
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Personal Mention.

George Hibben has gone to Reading
again. He promised his friends he
would make quicker trip than the last
one, and will he back for the calico hop.
Mr.. Hershey, of Springfield, Ohio, who
has been doing Emporia for the past ten
days, has gone down TO Reading 10 take
lessons in the stock business. There is
both romance and profit in this bucolic
field of labor.
A.P. Rand, of Westfield, Massachu-
sets, Is in Emporia looking after his
landed interests here.
Mr. r. p. Hayes, son of the President,
passed through Emporia Thursday even
ing, on a pleasure trip 10 the far west.
Treasurer Eastman went to Larned
Thursday on business.
Mr.. Homer Gardner has succeeded Al
bert Phcnis as foreman of the NEWS of
flee.
Messrs. Austin WOoley and Herber
! Jennings, of Ithica, New York, are in
vestigating EmpOria under line auspice
of Captain North, their former towns
man.
Attorney General Davis and family al
rived in Emporia this morning, tool
breakfast at the Merchants hotel, an
started south on the NJ, X. & L. railway
DIR. Lot Snoddy returned to Phili
delphia Saturday morning with view
practicing in the hospital in that citl
We are sorry TO lose him but wish hiI
success in his new field of labor.
l.. G Orr went Saturday for hi
to his old home in Indiana and wi
minglc bushes and pleasure viii
away.
MIR. Isaac Thomas, of Champaig
county, Ohio, is visiting his niece, Mr.
Jacob Moon, in this city.
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Mammal Notes.

SATURDAY, May 1.
We dislike 10 complain or wound any
ones feelings. but it is generally under
stood that there Is point where pa
thence ceases to be virtue and SO it has
become in the case of certain yonng
man by the name of j. c., who has been
through the building at various times
when he knew it was against the rules,
but would persist in slipping in when a
door was left unfastened by workmen or
crowding himself in when other parties
from distance were coming in. On
last Sabbath afternoon he must try il
once more, and after his services at the
Sunday school were over, he tried his
luck at christening a window where
there was broken pain of glass and en-
,ering the building. When asked how
he got in he said that he found window
wide open and so entered. When request
cd to show where, he slipped away and
when asked again he wished us no
to report Inn, and said he would Sc
'em up to US when he met us in town
and would not trouble the building
again. But forgetting his promise 4
remain away, he must return day o
two alter and 90 racing through III,
building on the run uP aud down stairs
The BUILDINGS not open 70 the publi'
except TO transient visitors The desk
have come and are being put mp rs fas
as possible.
The following parties ftOm abrOal
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c,nnc,, Grove Items.

WEDNESDAY, april y.
Court is s,iII grinding along, this be
inr The ninth day Of this session. No
case of Importance; very quiet court
The odd Fellows parade on Monday
was Grand success, there being 81 mem
hers in the line. Hon. John Martin, of
Topeka, was orator
A fine rain fell here this morning, con
seauen,ly everybody looks happy
Mr.. A. w. Simcock, secretary of the
musical convention, informs us that he
has succeeded in getting reduced rates
ON the X. p, NJ, h & T. and a, 7. x
S. f. railroads to the convention which
is set for May 18th to the 14th inclusive
The rates secured on the ~, X. 81 I. and
A. T. 81 :. +. are as follows: A, I. y
S. F. by paying fun fare one way, return
at one cent per mile, NJ, X * T. one anc
a fourth full fare for round trip. Pros
poets are good for big time Firs
class talent has been secured. HOMO.
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A SOUTHERN INDUSTRY.

From Wilmington southwark, and
nearly all the way to Florida, the pitch
pine trees, with their blaZed sides, at
tract the attention of the traveller The
lands for long stretches are almost worth
less, and the only industry. beyond small
patches for corn or cotton, Is the box
ing'' of the pitch pine trees for the gum,
as it is called, and the manufacture of
turpentine and rosin. There are several
kinds of pine trees, including the white,
spruce, yellow, Roumany and pitch
pine. The latter is the only valuable
one for ''boxing," and differs little
| from the yellow, pine, with which 1t is
sometimes COMPOUNDED mt the North.
| The owners of these pine lands general
| ly lease the privilege for the business,
and receive about 1926 for q "crop,"
which consist Of 10000 boxes" The
boxes are cavities cut INTO the tree near
the ground in such way as to hold
about Il quart, and from one to four box
es are cut in each tree, the number de
| pending upon its size. One man can at
tend 10 and gather the crop" of 1000
boxes during the season, which lasts
from March To September. About three
quarts of the pitch or gum is the average
| production of each box, but TO secure tins
amount the bark of the tree must be
"hacked" away 4 little every fortnight
Doing this so often, and for successive
seasons, removes the bark as high as can
be easily reached while the quality oil
the gum constantly decreases, in that II
Yields less spirit" as the turpentine Is
called, and then the trees are abandoned
The gum is scraped out of the boxes will
a sort of wooden spoon, and at the clost
, of the season, after the pitch on TIT
exposed surface on the tree has be
come hard, it is removed by scraping
and is only good for rOsin, produc
> ing no spirit The gum sells TO
! $3.50 u barrel to the distlllers. From
D sixteen barrels of the crude gum
which is about the average capacity o
the stills, eighty gallons of turpentin
and ten barrels of rosin are made. III
: rosin sells from $1.40 to So per barrel
according 10 quality, and just about pay
for cost of gum and diStilling, leavln
the spirit, which sells for 40 cents a ga
: lon, as the profit of the business. In
n mense quantities of rosin await shil
>, ment at the stations along the line, an
the pleasant odor enters the car window
" as we are whirled along. After the tree
e are unfit for further boxing, and are nj
G suitable for lumber, they are sometime
% used To manufacture tar, but the cuisines
is not very profitable, and Is only dor
- by large companies, who can thus utllli
their surplus labor. The trees are CT
up into wood, which is piled into no
in the ground and covered with cart
IF and then burned the same as charcoal
burned in New England. The he
sweats out the gum, which, uniting vii
II the smoke, runs off through spout pr
W vided for that purpose. A cord of woo
ar will make two barrels of tar, which sci
for $3.50 a barrel, and costs 81 cen
to make The charcoal is then sold f
II cooking purposes
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Illinois has larger number of miles
of railway (7,022l than any other state IN
the Union, and Pennsylvania comes next
with 6,O27.
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SAVING A TRAIN.

On Sunday evening last an incident
occurred on the Western railroad that
will cause surprise whenever it Is spoken
of. The train was within thirty miles
of Montgomery, running at rapid rate,
all unconscious of danger. The engl-
neer spied white handkerchief on
pole fiuttering in the road some distance
up the track On getting nearer he dis
covered 1t was some one waving the
down train. The shrill whistle was
sounded, brakes put on and the train
brought to n standstill. The heads OF the
passengers were popping out OF the win
dows, inquiring what the trouble was, no
station being near.
The conductor came out, and seeing Il
! tramp was the one who had caused the
train to stop, inquired i'll probably a
rather angry manner what WAS wanted
! This man, who belonged 10 class al
| most universally dcsDised and subjected
! Ia cuffs and kicks, astonished the con
ductor 10y informing him that about
eighteen inches of rail was broken out ;
| short distance further on. The broker
place was repaired and the train abou
10 move of, when the conductor saw th'
tramp standing on the roadside, ant
asked:
Where do you want to go:"
The tramp replied ITO Pensacola"
Then" said the conductor, why don
you get ON the traing'
The reply was:
because | have no money"
The conductor told him TO get ABOARD
that he would take HIM to Montgomery
T On arriving in the city the fact was r.
ported to the general manager of III
road, who asked the man which L
would have, money or work. The ma
! answered he would rather have emplo.
, ment. 4 position was at once give
! him. At last accounts he was ut woI
: and doing well.-Coldmbus, Ga, +
uuirer.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-05-07
THE NEW HOTEL.
Meeting OF the stock Holders Thursday
Night.

Work tn Commence at Once.
Pursuant to notice in the DAILY NEWS
Thursday the subscribers TO the capital
stock for the new hotel met at the Office
ol c. b. Bachelor that evening. Col.
Whitley was called upon Ia preside and
Captain Sommers Ia act as secretary. On
motion, II. G. Cross read code of by
laws To govern the association, which
were adopted, after being read, separately.
IL was voted that the stock subscrip-
ton should continue until the
amount reached 81, 200, $4,000 having
tlre ady been subscribed. IL is provided
in the bylaws that the hotel shall be OF
brick and three stories high. The old
Ruggles residence is to be moved north
After the adjournment of the stock
holders meeting the Incorporators met
and elected the following officers, to
serve until the annual meeting, May ~
President, Col II. C. Whitley; vice-pres
ident, f. r. Holderman; secretary, Capt
A. NJ. Sommers; treasurer, Richard ID
| Thomas.
On motion, an assessment was levieC
of - per cent. on the capital stock, to b
| collected by the treasurer at once.
Work is TO commence Immediately
aud to be p Ished with all possible spee'
until the hotel is completed.
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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-05-07

The crop failure in 1879, in some sec
tions of western Kansas, compelled many
homestead and pre-emption settlers to
vacate their claims, but the risk of los
ing their lands is TO be remedied by an act
of congress. Representative Ryan, of
Kansas, has been authorized by the pub
lie lands committee to report bill,
which provides that settlers west of the
9Sth meridian may have leave of absence
until October LIST, 1881; that during their
absence no adverse right shall attach to
their claims, and that presumption set
tiers shall have an extension OF one years
time for the payment of purchase money
to enable them to realize something from
their next years crops. This is a jus
bill, and it is thought will pass withou
reference TO the public calendar.-Kan
Sas City Times.
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ACKNOWLEDGED THE CORN.

The phrase, Acknowledged the corn, y
is vaIiously accounted for, but the fol-
lowing is a true history of its origin
In 1925 Andrew Stewart, member of con-
gress, said in speech that Ohio, Ken
lucky and Indiana sent their hay stacks,
corn fields, and fodder to New York and
Philadelphia for sale. Wickliffe, of
Kentucky, called him to order, declar-
ing those states did not send their hay
stacks or corn fields to New York for
sale. "WeH, what do you sendr asked
Stewart "Why, horses, mules, cattle
and hogs" .Well, what makes your
horses, mules, cattle and hogs? You
feed 800 worth of hay to horse. You
Just animate and get on top of your hay
Stack and ride of to market How is il
with your cattles You make one oil
them carry $50 worth of hay and grass
to the eastern market. How much corr
does il take at 80 cents bushel to fatteE
hogg' why, 80 bushels" Then you
put that many bushels in the shape of 1
hog and made il walk off to the eastern
ma rket" Then Mr.. Wickliffe jumped
up and said: mr.. Speaker, acknossl
edge the corn"
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LEGAL NOTICES.
SheriFs Sale.

T. Beers
Notice is hereby given that BY virtue of an
order of sale issued out OF the lth judicial dis
trictIcOurt sittina in and for the county of Ly-
on and state of Kansas, in the above entitled
cause and to me directed. will. on Monday,
the 3Ist day oil May 1850, at 10 O'Clock q. m. at
Emporia, Lyon county. Kansas. offer for sale,
and sell at public auction to the highest bid
der TOR cash. all the right. title and interest
of the said defendants in and to the following
described real estate, to-wit: Lots b and 81
on Mechanics street. in the city of Emp JrIa-
Lyon county, Kansas, said real estate to be
sold as the property OF said defendant, Thorn
rs Beers, to satisfy said order oil sale.
J. i. MOON.
wISt5 Sheriff OF Lyon county, Kan
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-05-07

have visited the Normal during the last
two weeks: s. s. Irwin, Blue MouAd,
Kans.; ). w. Smith and lady, Sulphur
Springs, Tex; L. J. Corl. Dundee, III
W. 81. HeLdrickson, Clayton, Ohio; g.
r. Carter, Fredericksburg, Va; w. W
Thomasoa, Phiis.; ID. C. McCornsey
Urbana. Ohio; c. r. McCornsey, urbana
ORR. Mathews, Lcvenworth. Mich.
G. ID. Fish. Logansport, Ind; c. Wal
rath, Chicago, III +; D. Haul, soutl
BEND, Ind. Frank Smith, Calhoun, Mo
w. b. Mathews, Pitlsburg, Pa
We neither drink or smoke. UNo-
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-05-07

In the last seven years the amount
spent in drink by the population of the
United Kingdom is estimated at over
eS00, 900, 900, or more than the whole rev
enue of the kingdom for the last ten
years. In spite of what are called hard
tines we find that the power of the
British drinking public, in beer princi.
pally. has increased during the last
couple of years by e2.000,000 sterling
The returns show q falling off in wine
so it is the people" who are the drink
prS
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-05-07

Several prominent railroad officials ar
rived in this city from Howard Friday
morning ana proceeded west ON the
Santa Fee road They were travelling in
a special car, aud among The number
were T. J. Coolidge, prospective presi-
dent Of the road; w. b. Strong. vice
president and general manager; j. F.
Goddard, general freight agent, and Ross
Burns. attorney for the read. The party
is making tour of inspection over the
line, and will go as far AS lis extreme
western terminus.
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ldc,;nietrator,s Notice of APPOINTMENT,

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
Vas on the nth day OF April. =. ID. 1880, dn-
~ appointed ADMINISTRATIVE OF the estate Of
iasS- a RranSon deceased. by the probate
eonrf al LYON county. Kansas; and that as
sl,eh aaminigtratrix she has given bond and
Qualified according to law
ELFIRAH N. BRANSON,
Administrative Of the estate Of Jesse G.
Rranson, deceased. WlItS~
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Mr.. Ell. Collard, who is employed at
the Santa Fe depot in this city, Slipped
of down TO Reading the other evening,
and came home with u new wife. The
matrimonial fever seems to be raging
with destructive malignancy among the
railroad men of Emporia and the few
bachelors that are still left in the service
are not likely TO survive the trying or
deal of leap year. if surface indications
can be relied upon.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-05-07

New MAm.-From and after Monday
next a mail for the east will be made up
and sent nn the east bound Santa Fe
train, which passes Emporia at II % p
m. The mail will close at the office at
G 80 p. IN. No mail will be received
from the west by this train. This ar
rangement gives us two regular daily
malls to, as well rs from the east
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-05-07

We are indebted TO Rev. {. K Rice for
pamphlet containing the minutes Of
the seventh session of the South Kansas
Conference of the NJ. Z. church, held at
Ottawa, March 3d-sth, 1880
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-05-07

The city marshal intimaics that unless
the owners of CANNES step up To the city
clerks Office and settle their dog tax, tho
bologna market of Emporia will be glut
ted within very few days. "a word Il
the wiscp &c
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-05-07

We acknowledge II call from MIR. +.
Campbell, associated with the well
known Leis' Chemical manufacturing
company-one Of our Kansas institu-
lions. located al Lawrence
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-05-07

The 9th inst, was great day at the
Oil City oil exchange. Sales aggregat-
ed l 500 900 barrels, the largest days
business ever accomplished. Oilopened
at 81 & and closed at 7Ss.
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RuSINESS ITEMS.

Illinois has larger number of miles
of railway (7,O22l than any other state in
the Union, and Pennsylvania comes next
with 6,027.
An Englishman resident in Wisconsin
writes to the London Times that bread
and meat are dearcr in Wisconsin than
in Liverpool.
The population in Germany increases
faster than the production of grain. Ger
many annually imports from 100000
to 50,000,000 bushels of grain.
The Paterson silk mills alone employ
about 1000 hands, besides 1000 or 1900
employed in their own homes. The an
nual product of the mills reaches the to-
tai of S14,000,OO0.
The commercial and business suspen-
sions in the United States and Canada
for the last quarter show decrease in
number of nearly one-half, rs compared
with the corresponding quarter of any
previous year since the panic. The fall
! ling off in the liabilities is even more
marked.
The public debt August, 1865, was
50. 99T. 396, 203; amount of debt April l,
1880, s., $50, 1892, S25. Decrease $1,016,-
993,3TS. The interest on the public debt
the year following the war was over
$143,7 S1, 592. At the present time the
interest charge is little less than $S2,-
600, 900, and before the close of 1881 the
annual interest will be down to $40,
100000.
The REDUCTION in iron few days ago
caused reduction of 90 per cent. in the
wages of the puddlers in Pittsburg, viz
from 1925 to $3.50. Before the reduc
ton "a puddler and his helper could
make from 50 to S10pcr day; since ther
they can make from 81 to SIS. The help
or gets one-third, the puGdler getting thu
remaining two-thirds, or from $4.66 2;
to 1913 Is per day.
, The exports from the United States t.
Great Britain for the last year exceed
those of the previous year by over 500
100000. The most remarkable incrcas
is in provisions. In 1874 Great Britain
{ paid the United States for bacon ant
| hams. beef, butter and cheese, $4,000
. 600; in 1878, $65,000,000. In breadstutf
. the increase of last year over the prev
e Gus was $32 100000; over 1874 the il
e crease was $50, 100000.
. In 1916 Mr. Robert p. Porter, of Oh
cago, printed careful compilation {
: official figures showing the financial COZ
,, dition of 100 cities OF the country, whic
brought out the startling fact that I'll
{ municiple debts of these cities had il
4 creased in ten years 200 per cent; IL
u annual taxation about SO per cent; ii
) valuation of property abOnt 70 per cen
:, and the population only 33 per Ger
N This investigation also showed that Il
~ Indebtedness OF cities exceeded in 1877
- by $4,000, 600, the aggregate local i
debtedneSs of the counties, towns, citl
= and villages, according to the census I
- turns of 1870.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-05-07

Hon. ID. J. Evans, Of Great Bend, u.
s. census supervisor for this district.
was in the city a short time Thursday
He went from here TO Eureka and How
ard Civ
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-05-07

w. L. NJ. Petite & Co, are kept con-
stantly employed in supplying orders
for band music, and are in daily receipt
Of letters of commentator from some Of
the best musicinns in critical New Eng
land
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-05-07

We are pleased 20 acknowledge call
on Friday from Mr.. George a. Ferdi'
nand, of New York City, who is grad
uatc of the Philadelphia College OF
Pharmacy, and comes to Emporia u
omen a new drug house.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-05-07

As the warm evenings of summer are
not conducive Ia mental exercise the
Emporia debating and literary club have
adjourned their sessions until Septem-
Der, when they will enter with renewed
zeal upon the discussion Of those prob
lens the grave import of which effects
the destinies of NATIONS As well rs indi-
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-05-07

This is very trying season oithc year
on the christian ministry. 1t takes AN
exceedingly eloquent preacher to hold
the undivided attention of an audience
ihickly dotted over with new spring
hnupotg