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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-12-31
THE BEST OLE ALL.

y hich is the bsst of all the freesf
Answer me, children all, ~ ycu piease!
IS ltthe linden, with tassels gay.
Oi the willow tsere where the catkins swayf
IS II the oak. king OF the wood.
That for a hundred years has stooaf
The graceful elm. or the stately ash,
Or the aspen. whose leaflets simmer and
fash?
4 il the solemn and gloomy pine
Min ITS million needles 30 sharp and fin4s
All. no, The tree that 1--we best
1t buds and blossoms nst with the rest,
No sumner sun on its fruit has smiled
But ice and now are around it piieb:
B4t sttll 1t will bloom AMI bear fruit for me
Ay winfer-biooner: my Christ:nas-treei
Its bio SONS are candles all shining cav
Ana II bears its fruit In the queeTest way
All tied by ribbons to every IwiS.
Big and little ami little and big,
Polls and trumpets. and balls and bats
aoISes and monkeys, anti dogs and cats
Drums ana Wn'stleS, and guns and whips,
Crying bahics and a wing ships;
Every conceivable Kind of box
With all conceivable kinGs OF locks;
Tigers and elephants swinging in air,
SIN suler fruit for tr @ to beari
Bus so it blooms and besrs fruit for me
Elm and linden may both be fair,
But they have no elephants swinging in air;
Ash ana maple may gracefully grow.
But they have no flies or histles to blow:
me oak may be King OF the forest wide,
But he has no parcels with ribbons tied,
No guns, no fatties, no books, no b0atS,
No pigs. no lions, no cows, no goats,
No dolls. no cradles, no skates, no tops,
NOR oranges, candy, or loilipops:
Nothing that's pretty. and nothing that's
good,
But leaves and acorns and bark and wood
So the tree OF all others that's best to me
Is my winter bl9omerI my Ghristmas-treel
Laura Richards in Youths Companion
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The latest wsnaper story about Gen.
Grant is that he Is soon 70 be elected di-
rector Of the Adams express company,
aud that after a brief period President
Dinsmore viii retire. and Grant will be
elected president with a salary Of $25,.
600. The public may take this with
sundry Jumps of sait. Cen Grant is the
interesting figure in American history,
and newsnien must have something to
sas ahou, him.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-12-31

The President and Mrs. Hayes are
both ia excellent health and spirits. The
president sometimes, Int rarely, calls
npoa rerspns wi,h whom lie wishes to
h7y~ N "'Hricrrimri conference.
Usasily, however, except when taking
his early marning walk or his afternoon
drive, he Is 10 6e found Al home. and is
very accessible In The transaction Of
business be IS prompt and diIigeni
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-12-31
Rnohlen.a Arn,on s.lua.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores. ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter. chapped hands, chilblsins,
corns, and al kinds of skin eruptions.
This salve is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction in every case or money re-
funded. Price % cents ger box For
sale BY ,. WhsldoR & CO.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-12-31

The prospective failure Of the Okla.
homa invasion will greatly benefit Kan
sas, not on account Of losing few citl-
zens who are now trying to invade the
territory in violation Of law, but because
itwould unsetIlc many Of our substan-
till farmers, and for the time being turn
the tide Of immigration from us.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-12-31

ODESSA, Dec. s.Z---l ne governor gen
eral of Kharkoff states that during the
year 1879, 1000 inhabitants of that pro
vince have died of diptheria, and $500
during the first ten months OF 1880
Typhus fever is increasing in south Rus
STA. There are 800 cases in the hospital
here.
OTTAWA, Ont, Dec. GA dispatch
from PIaatagenet says David Provost
has confessed TO having murdered Pierre
Brunei in September last Provost says
Dumas Burnett, son of Pierre, first
preached the matter to hing, and stood
by while his father was being choked To-
death Provost wasarresied.
4 Bad Consul.
HAVANA, Dec. GA dispute occurr-
ed ON the 18th inst. between the United
States consul at st. Thomas, and an
American captain. The consul shot at
The latter afterwards waylaid the consul
in his office and assaulted him with
heavy cane.
Funereal.
NEW York, Dec. 23.-The funeral of
Rev Theodore Irving, d. D., nephew of
Washington Irving, took place to day.
Bishop Potter and many clergymen par
ticipated, also many past and present
pupils of St. Johns school, of which Mr..
Irving was principal.
Top-Heayy
HALIFAX, n. S.. Dec ga brick
building in Charlottstown. owned and
occupied by Wright s. McNutt, coIlaps-
eli this morning from over weight of the
top floor. Patrick Trainer was killed,
and James Mcmillan and McNult were
seriously injured.
Every two Weeks.
CINCINNATI, Dec 22-Miners at New
Straitsville, Ohio, have notified the oper-
ators that hereafter their wages must be
paid every two weeks, and have given
the operators till tomorrow to answer
whether or not they will accept The pro-
position.
Gathered Home.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 23.-Chas. +. Smith,
son of Richard Smith, of the Cincinnati
Gazette, died at noon to-day at his resi-
dence in Clifton. He was, before his
health became broken, connected with
the editorial department of the Gazette.
A Blaze.
PROVIDENCE, RI, Dec. 23.-The Dyer
land company's block was damaged by
fire to-day to the amount of $50, 900
Waite, Smith & Co., manufacturing
jewellers, are sufferers to the extent of
$4,000.
Without Rebate.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-The United
States assistant treasurer this morning
received instructions by mail from Wash
ington to begin on the 28th the payment,
without rebate, of the January interest
A Strike.
LONDON, Dec. 23.-Four thousand
collies in Ashton, in the Tyne district,
struck today for an advance of wages.
Gold.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-The steamships
Bothnia and Frisia, from Europe,
brought $3.50, 1000 in French coin.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-12-31

The Cleveland Leader tells horrify-
ing story OF drunkard in that city.
who. when his daughter died, went al
night, dug her remains out of the grave
and sold the body TO medical college
Tor Few dollsrs, ana went upon anoth-
err spree with the proceeds. This is the
latest form of human depravity.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-12-31

Why don't you try carter's LATHE Liv-
er Pills. They are positive cure for
sick headache and all the ills produced
bY disordered liver. Only one pin dose.
Sold By North q Ryder.
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choked to Death

OTTAWA, Ont., Dec. 22.-A dispatch
from PIaatagenet says David Provost
has confessed TO having murdered Pierre
Brunei in September last Provost says
Dumas Brunett, son of Pierre, first
preached the matter to hing, and stood
by while his father was being choked to-
death Provost was arrested.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-12-31
THE NEW S.
The cane-Growers Have sugary Con-
yention.
frightfuI Railroad Accident.

The Ponca Indians Declare Themselves
Satisfied.
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GENERAL eARPrnLp AZ HONE.

IN his Daily LIfe-Iieavy Daily
Mails 1t mentOT--Ihe "MGn
Horse back"--CurlOu5 Ways Of
Applying for Office
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Dying by the Thousand

ODESSA, Dec. 22-The governor gen
eral of Kharkoff states thai during the
wear 1879, 1000 inhabitants of that pro
vince have died of diptieria, and $500
during the first ten months OF 1880
Typhus fever is increasing in south Rus
STA. There are 800 cases in the hospital
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-12-31
VIII Resign

LONDON, Dec. eS-The Times hints
that the Marquis of Ripon will resign
the vice royalty of India, owing to his
inability to stand the climate, and recon-
mends the appointment of his successor.
The Times suggests Lord Duferin, at
present Ambassador st St. Petersburg,
as best fitted for the position.
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Sharks from Sd. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. ga project is on
loot to illuminate Fourth and Fifth
streets in this city with electric lights.
Hon. Thomas Allen telegraphs that he
has leased the new hotel, the reconstruct
ed Southern, TO Breslin s. Co., of the
Gilsey house, New York.
Snow commenced falling here about
two O'Clock this morning, and there is
now about four inches on the ground
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-12-31
Physicians.

G. A. BIDDLE, VI. u.
ONCE over OAK Hall Clothing Store.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-12-31
A watery Grave.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec 23-The officers
of the steamboat Clara s., report that
on Wednesday morning when the boat
was about making landing, four color
ed roustabouts took a position on the
swinging stage, which tilted, and the
men were thrown into the river and
drowned.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-12-31
Busted.

NEW York, Dec. 23.-The Pacific
Mutual Marine & Inland Insurance
Company have resolved on a vote of the
trustees to go into liquidation, heavy
losses during the past year on the Lakes
rates of premium, not warranting con-
tinuance of business. The amount of
assets are stated at $3.50, 900, and the liza
bilities are the same in amount, includ-
ing 800 600 of outstanding script.
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Telephoned to the Supreme Courf.

CoLu1IBUs. o., Dec. 23.-The attorneys
Of the Bell telephone company have
caused necessary steps to be taken TO
transfer 10 the United States supreme
court the case involving the placing of a
telephone in an Office In which the
American unioa telegraph company do
business
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Gle 4n,soria News.

F.P. PAYNE,
ATTORSEl AMI Justice of tie Peace.
ONCE: Emporia National Bank building
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a Bad Consul.

HAVANA, Dec. GA dispute occurr-
ed ON the 18th inst. between the United
States consul at St. Thomas, and an
American captain. The consul shot at
the captain and slightly wounded him.
The latter afterwards waylaid the consul
in his Office and assaulted him with
heavy cane
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-12-31

DIR. W. W. HIBBEN,
OFFICE over Dunlap s Co.'S. Bank
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Took Safe and All

CHESTER, n. Y, Dec. ga curious
robbery was committed last night at the
depot of the Erie railway. Burglars de
tents of a safe in which station master
Vanklunk kept the money received for
the road, but not being able to open it
without blowing out the lock, and there
by calling attention to their operations,
hit upon the idea of removing the safe,
and this they did successfully, although
it weighed 900 pounds. Thus far no
trail has been discovered. The robbery
was committed before it began to snow,
consequently they left no tracks about
the depot. Mr.. Vanklunk declines to
state how much money there was in the
safe, but his anxiety over the affair leads
to the belief there was something in il
| besides papers.
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A Good Resolution.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 23.-The Cane Grow
er's Convention this morning, listened
to the report from the special committees
and it was decided 10 let the executive
committee name the time for hold
ing the next convention. Ex-Lieut. Gov.
Coleman, of st. Louis, offered the fol-
lowing resolution which was adopted:
ReS0lred, BY the Mississippi Valley
Cane Growers Association that it will
promote the best interests of our great
enterprise for each state to establish in
connection with the state agricultural
college, flrst-class sugar mill, for the
purpose of educating experts, and 70:
settling all doubtful questions by the ac-
tual experiment.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-28
WANTED TO SEE THE EDITOR.
From the Burlington Hawk-Eye-l

"a. From the Burlington Hawk ~
A MAN. on the cars was offered a
! newspaper. He took it,IIooked at the
heading, and then threw it aside with
disgust and remarked:
81 don't want news from this pa
per-" 50 m. In aaA otu ne 70
81 supposed everybody read it in
these parts,"'I answered. elias it
been pitching into you? 10" 4f.4s q
"Pitching INTO mel Great Cesar |
l should think it had. But you just
let me meet the editor of that paper"
"You V make anything by strik-
ing an editor" L said; "better grin
and bear it," IN
eyes, that's all right for you to
say, but just let me meet that man !
I'Il show him how to run q sewsPa-
per-" a-. -Ai ";'.t' I"
"What did he do ?"
"Del He, did a deal. Here's how
it is l often go to Springfield in the
evening and come home on the first
train in the morning. Well, night
| met an old crony and we went TO
The music hall aud the theaters GNhen
we came out We met some friends.
OF course l could not get right out.
so l treated ; in fact, we were having
a pretty good time, when some fell
low came in and tried to raise a row.
LII less than no time the, police were
i'll and had us. The next morning !
was hauled before the court aud fined
81 40. L did not care much, because
L gave a false name, and l knew my
wife couldn't find it out, but the
very mex morning Pll be eternally
confused If that paper didn't have il
all in, and my name too
"Did your wife see it ?"
81 should say she did"
"Did she make a fuss p" .-
"Fnss! Godfrey Rllhu ! Are you
married ?" ID.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-28

party to elect presidents, governors,
senator's, and representatives, and
beyond that object to divide the
sr0ils among favorites.
The form of this system has changed
under Hayes, but the substance of At
continues in full force. Syndicates.
pet banks, aud treasury combinations
have succeeded 10 rings. with still
greater profits for the beneficiar1es.
Contracts, jobs and collisions are
just as common as ever, and at no
former time has the public patronage
beeu SO openly prostituted to parti-
san uses as it now is. The roll OF
scoundrels, forgers, %perjurers, and
thieves, no were paid and pensi1n-
ed for their services in stealing the
presidency, is the most Infamous in
the history of civilized government.
These felons are now drawing a third
of a million in annual salaries, as a
direct reward for their crimes. -
The whole machinery of the gov
eminent in all it's branches; an.army
of more than a hundred Thousand
oficeholders ; the power of the. treas
ury in its vast ramificatiOns the
enormous patronage and forced as
sessments in all the departments, are
openly enlisted to msintain the party
in power which has committed these
offenses, and to p%erpetuate corrupt
misrule by the election OF Garfield.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-28

q From the St. Louis Republican g. F.
Last week Mr.. Nimmo, chief of the
Quilted States bureau of statistics,
supplied the republican national com.
mittee with an official statement
SLOWING the internal commerce of the
different sections Of the Union, its
railway traffic its, river and lake
traffic, and its foreign commerce. The
object of the statement was to dis
parage the south, which is democra-
tic, and to exait the north. winch is
mainly republican, and thus subserve
the campaign purposes of the repub-
licans. 1t might have come properly
from some unofficial republican par
tisan, but, Coming from the official
heat of bureau at Washington. it
is ACROSS breach of %propriety. The
New York Evening" Post (Republicap)
says of it: 14 L1
1--WE question the morals as well as
the eXpediency of documents OF this
kind The south, which really is a
region of the country with large alb
soIute resources, and u which
are Increasing rapidly, as shown by
the census returns of the population
there, deserves encouragement in ex-
PbuuluS MI uIntCllul Po" Ci o'u ~
northern disparagement of them.
Whatever may be thought of the ro-
litical temperament of the south,
nothing substantial is gained by ridi-
culing their material position. Per-
haps the greatest problem ever set
before our, statesmen and economists
is the rebuilding of southern waste
places, and we all know that with
the southwark flow of northern cap
ital and northern energy the ostracism
fer opinion. the Intolerance and igno-
rance-and the.solidity' which SO many
of US deprecate'swill disappear, if
they can be made to disappear at all.
$50 much for the broad and nation
al aspects OF the matter. In another
sense the document is both improper
and inexpedient. The government is
the representative of a nation, not of
a party. The work of its officers be-
longs to the taxpayers and is paid
for by them without distinction of
party afffliation. We do not give Mr..
Nimmo or Secretary Sherman or any
other federal officer a salary to labor
for a republican or democrat, but
simply for performing certain func-
lions requisite for the carrying on
of the government and not Intended
to elect this or that candidate. Espec-
tally is this true of MI. Nimmo, who,
as head of the bureau of statistics, is
supposed TO priut certain figures
grouped in a certain way and not
put together with q personal or party
aim. The improperly of his posi-
ton, therefore,, as a compiler Of a
campaign DOCUMENTS 10 evident that
we need not enlarge uponit further.
who, by a sectional exhibition of fed
eral figures and by giving in other
ways a sectional direction to the all
vass, offend that body of Intelligent
thinkers, by whom and by whom
alone, Mr.. Garfield can be elected"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-28
BONDS.

CFrom the Illinois State Register Dem } Julyt23 ]
The republican editorial bureau ut
Washington has put forth for the use
of the postOffice editors q string of
misstatements, one of which is as fol-
lows: 81 10 @ 81
In 1860. after twenty years OF dem
ocratic rule, a government six per
cent. bond sold for 80 cents. En71
This statement has often been made
iii various shapes, but all of them are
equally untrue. The fact is that only
one loan made by the United States
sod at 80 cents, and that was $3.50. 900
in 1914, when the war with Great
Britain was in progress. No loan
placed by the democracy sold at less
than par and some of them brought
as high as AZ per cent. premium. The
facts AS to all the loans made from
1896 to 1861 are shown in an official
table just issued by the treasury. de-
partment. Before 1896 the earliest
was obtained from France, au-
thorized December %, 1776 $40, OOO,-
900, at 8 per cent, of which $181 500
only was issued. Th~irty-eight loans
followed this up to 1896 three were
from France, one from Spain, twelve
from Holland; the later CUES were
domestic. The temporary loan of
1889 was obtained of the New York
banks by the secretary of the treasury
alexander Hamiltonl on nls " re-
sponsibility without statutory au-
t%horization, "tO meet expenses ill.,
Cured at the beginning Of the pres
ent government Of the United States"
Ii was $191 Cos in amount, at 6 per
cent, and indefinite in term. LII 1898
aud i'll 1899 there were two loans OF
fifteen years at 8 per cent. The first
of these was for So, 900, 900 aud Was
placed at par. and the latter, $1,4S4;-
TOO, was placed at 1O5. All loans made
after 1870 to 1921 bore 6 per cent.qin-
terest, none were placed ut over par,
aud $3.50, 900, as we stated above,
issued in 1914, sold as low. as so.
From 1921 to 1861 the rate of interest
of different loans ranged FROM A to G
per cent, and none were placed be-
low par. All these bonds were pay
able in gold and silver. and all were
so paid.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-28
RELIGION AND THE MULE.
X was Acquitted on Account
Of Extcnuatins Circumstances.
From the Little Rock Gazette. |

. Old Isaac Saunders has Just beenl
arraigned before the court on a charge
of embeZzling a mule from the church.
Ike had been assigned to the circuit
work by the conference, but had fail
ed,tO adhere to his letter of accep-
lance. In fact he refused to preach
after making away with the mule,
and the three churches that alternate
ly were to receive food from him,
combined and had him arrested. After
the examination of several witnesses,
a colored lawyer for the defence
arese and said: ai
DE parson has de law all on his
side, because he ploys a lawyer and
de church don't. Dat am a powerful
factor i'll his resemblance. An now
| AK de jedge of dis court to let de
prisoner go. L don't make >long
speeches, but l comes down to de
put. Dis man amt guilty no more
nor | was last year when dey dited
me for stealln' a hog. Bis am con-
vincin', and the court can't step
arOuu' it,"
The Justice. also a. colored man,
pondered Il long time aud AT length
said:
1.-The attorney hab stated on fack.
De fence hab got all the law, fur de
uder side hain'u 'ployed no lawyer.
An Eli state right heah dat some
powerful arguments will be needed
to vict dis preacher unless he can't
show why he 'bezzled de mule"
One of the church members arose
and told how Ike had disappointed
the church people by not coming, and
how after coming he had startled
them by failing to account for the
church property.
Ike being called on for a statement,
arose and said
81 Tux charge of dat circuit in good
faith, but when dey -fotch ME ont IL
mule ter ride my faith began to suffer
wild lie rheumatic. Dare is-two class
es OF niggers, the mule haters and de
mule lubers. Use always been a mule
hater. Well, las Sunday. mornin' |
tuck my him-boOk, my ,%testaInint and
mounted lie mule. paratory tor de
holy work. Oh all things in dis wori
| think dat de mule is nnfittenist for
gospel work. You can run a groun'
hog thrasher and think bout David
and Abraham, but you can't run a
mule in de same Connection. | rid
along n piece an commenced TO frame
my opcnin' prar. Lord | sed, 'wc
thank thee for thy goodhess'-De
mule stopped in the middle Of de
road an looked aroun' at me q%uiring-
ly. | kicked him am continued. Lord,
de craps oh de pas year hab remind
ed us oh thy De mule begin 10 lif'
up his back. Steady seq 1. An
Lord, we is Whoa sed l !; but it
was too late, for de mule had flung me.
Den | cussed am damed dat mule till
his har must hab been all klvered wild
sulphur. ] got on him agin. lie
went eli pretty well for a while. Jes'
as | he'd bout got my pra'r half fin.
ished we cum to de creek. lie tuck
ed his head down like he wanted ter
drink, an jes' as L was draw IN, a long
breaf he fling me into de greek.
los all my ;iigion right dar, am when
| walked up ter de church | want nc
more fifteen ter preach den de dcbi