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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-04-09

der the lamps Of the reading room; and
it has even been proposed to ensure
greater security by lighting the room
from the outside
DR.. C. W. Siemens finds by experiment
that the electric light and sunlight pro-
duce practically the same effect upon
plant growth He shows, furthermore,
that a remarkable increase of growth
may be effected by exposing plants grow
ing in daylight to the additional actinic
energy of the electric light at night-his
Investigations seeming to indicate that
plants require no period of rest during
the twen,, four hours of the day. The
heat radiated from powerful electric arcs
can be turned to account as protection
against night frosts. Electricity may be
produced at moderate expense where
water falls are available as motive power,
and it may prove valuable ally TO fu-
ture hCrticulturists.
at is singular" says Mr.. Proctor,
chow strongly some errors retain their
A>NAA III A4ANA w 1lCA
announced his belief that Alcpone, the
chief star of the Pleiades, is the central
star of the universe, mems minds were
attracted by the thought that the stellar
system, like the solar system, revolves
around center. Yet astronomers know
perfectly well that the evidence on which
Nader based his theory was exceedingly
feeble. l believe that no as
tronomer of repute would now venture
to maintain the theory that Alcyone is
the central sun of the solar system;
while scarce any, if any, would maintain
that there is any central sun at all Yet
l find that not only is the belief still
widely spread among the general public
that At1Y6ne the central sun, but that
this theory excites far mere interest than
most of the real discoveries, interesting
though they are, which have been made
during the last halfcentmy"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-04-09

\ very strange story has found its way
Into the press, the purport of which is
that young man of deeply devotional
tendencies at Russell, Kansas, has devel-
oped degree of moral hcroism which
enabled HIM to successfully repcl the ar
dent advances of his minister's wife,
whose absorbing affection for him found
expression in advances of an exuberant
nature which were promptly reprimand-
ed by the phenomena hero of the story.
1t is an old adage that history repeats
itself, but it must not he forgotten that
this tardy counterpart OF the Joseph Pot
iphar episode has been IA tritie oyer four
thousand years in coming to time.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-04-09
AAOag THE REFUGEES.
Interesting Fact. In Regard to Them


ELNENDARo, April 3, 1880.
RDIroRs NEWs;-In former letter 1
gave IS the chief cause ofthe exodus from
the south the utter ignoring Of the color
ed peoples right OF citizenship. Some
of those whom interviewed at Topeka
gave as an inducement to come TO Kan
sss another reason; the belief that they
would receive forty acres of land for
nothing, and in some eases evsn
mules and farming implements. This
statement had from an intelligent wo-
man from eastern Alabama, who had
sold all she owned At a sacrifice to obtain
the promised land in free state, and az
ter spending all her means to get here
learned of the deception. She re-
ported this belief as general throughout
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-04-09

4 number of our exchanges are wax
ing irresistably funny over the rise and
progress of Governor st. Johns mus
iache. We are forced to confess that it
is not the most signal triumph in the
way of hirsute development that we
have ever seen, but so long as 1t persist.
entity refuses to thatch the edge of the
pervasiYe beer schooner, it will suit the
temperance people of Kansas and that is
glory enough for our abstemious Execu
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-04-09

Wednesday, April Z, was 4 day of
some significance in the religious his
tory of this country, being the one hun
dredth anniversary of the birth of Will
liam Ellery Claiming, the most noted
Unitarian divine of America, if not of
the world. Mr.. Claiming was born in
Rhode Island, on the 9TH of April, 1880,
and died in Vermont on the ID of Octo-
Der, 1912. He was man of great learn
ing and ability, noted scholar and con-
troversialist, and one of the earliest and
most eloquent champions of the anti
slavery cause.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-04-09
Live stack Markets.

f,.,,. KANSAS CITY, April Z.
S.sttle-heceiptS, SCI: shipments. 66S Mar
Ae5 more active but values anchAn. sed
HogS-4leoeipfs-3 .OS4. shipments Gil kTar-
IS sc. s olened steady but closed weak; sales at
Sheer, Receipts. 40; no shipments Mar
ket steady.
60 ST. LOUIS, Apii7
Cattie-Receipts, 500; shipments, 400
hather more doing. b1t demand By DO maals
Cherokees; prices not strong; export steers
would bring 81 IS IS: Shipping. 81 90 a IS !:
AR do. - . 4 50; light, IS 90 a {; heavy
Ieeuefs. % % 4; good steckers. s. y SIS;
cows and heiiers, 81 2j IS: COOL butchers
stf H Ana spaytd heiiers. 50 % a 4ls&.
Market steady and frln; Yorkers. 81 80 a 40:
light shipping, 205 To 20 lbs 81 IS a as:
butchers, 81 70 4 30; selected, s. 81 \ 65
Sheep-ReSeipts, 1,ToO; shipments. none
- Market steady; demand good; fair 10 fancy,
Grain and Produce Markets.
KANSAS CITY. April Z.
Mheat-Receipts,l O.4s4 bushels: shipments
5,l5S do; in store, 2S5, 91a DO. No :, nom,
inal; No. 3, 81 OIL, No 4, oSAc
Corn -RecelptS. 1880 bushels: ShiDmeats.
l.S0o do in store, Isl $50 do. No = mixed
2fAc; No. white mixed, sS5<c.
Oats-So. ,, use.
Rye-S0. 9. &c
Barley-Nominal.
EggS-9c. per dozen.
Bufter-Choicc, zoe
Flour pails family, S. IS; choice, IS so.
=, HeAt-No z red, 81 20i4; No. do, 81 15tS /;
Corn-34ac.
Oats-32hc.
Rye-7Ic.
Barley-Unchanged.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-04-09

The Butler county prison is said to be
worse than the black hole of Calcutta
The Jail is of stone,- 22x14, with water
closet under the floor, without any means
of preventing stencil. This murderous
hole has never been purified or cleansed.
There is no ventilation, IA high fence be
ing built, which excludes both sun and
air. Judge Campbell, at the March
term of court, condemned this putrid
prison us disgrace to the county and a
blotch upon humanity.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-04-09

The editor of the Kansas City Times
is just now making the venerable Baker
the target of his satirical jibes. We are
grieved TO see this infraction of the pleas,
ant amenities of the profession. II
strikes us that the distinguished chiefs
of two such Jealous Grant organs as the
Times and Topeka Commonwealth
should dwell together in peace and unity.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-04-09

If the admiration OF the Democracy
for General Grant as "A Republican presi-
DENTAL candidate, and the equally ardent
preference on the part Of the Republicans
for DIr. TiIdcn rs the national standard
bearer ofthc great unterified, in the fight
of 1880, keep growing IN intensity, we
shall not be surprised TO hear of an ex-
change Of candidates between the two
great parties who are manifesling such a
friendly interest in each others affairs.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-04-09

The yehsmencc with which the Kan
sas City Times and many other leading
Democratic Journals advocate the claims
of General Grant rs presidential candi-
date, would seem 10 indicate that they
are becoming deeply impressed with the
vital importance of securing n 'strong
government for the next four years.
The motives inspiring this unselfish in
jcrest in the welfare of the Republican
party are fraught with generosity that
does not appear upon cursory examin-
ntion
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-04-09

Ar. Springer, Of Illinois is way up ON
his ear over the charges of corruption
preferred against him in connection with
the Washburne-Donnelly case. The
average Democratic statesman never at
tains to such a sublime altitude as when
he assumes this position.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-04-09

If Samuel Jones Tllden ever does die,
we shall expect TO see, appended to his
obituary, an advertisement, inserted by
the Democratic. party, inviting bids for
proposals TOR vigilance corps to guard
the stone that seals the sepulchre which
enshrines his sacred remains.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-04-09

Colonel ID. II. Anthony, of the Leaven-
worth Times, mas launched forth into the
lecture field, having made his debut in
his resident city, one evening last week.
It is greatly feared that the public and
the journalistic profession, OF which he
is shining member, will suffer irrepar-
ably from this ill-advised aud unfortun
ale deDarture
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-04-09

il must not be forgotten that Mr.. Til
den is poor, lone bachelor, and that in
default OF feminine cooperation he is
obliged 10 bring up his boom by hand.
Considering Sammy's rnexperience as Il
wet nurse, we think the child gets on
quite finely.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-04-09

With the possible exception Of the
Sage OF Gramcrcy Park, Mr.. Tilden re
CARDS IIoratio Seymour the most con
spicious case OF healthful longevity IN
the state OF New York
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-04-09
FOREIGN MARKETS.
Wall street

Wall Street.
NEW YoEK. April 7.
Railroad Bonds-Wea and lower.
State Securttie<-Duli.
Money! a per cent.
Prime Mercantile Papers 6 per cent
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-04-09
g.I,s 4n,uoria News.
EMPoRIA, FRIDAY, APRIL .. 1880

The Democratic press is not booming
with any pcrilous degree Of enthusiasm
for James c. Blaine.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-04-09

WASHINGTON, ID. c., April G.-sENATE
A joint rfs2lgqqp 70 allow the en-
pioyes of the government printing office
holidays with pay was passed.
HoUsE-On motion of Mr.. Whet
thorne, night sessions were ordered for
Wednesday and Thursday of next week,
for consideration of bills reported by the
committee on naval affairs
The senate joint resolution was passed
providing for the payment of wages tc
the employees OF the government print
ing office for legal holidays.
A night session was ordered for the
21st and 2ad inst, for the the considera
ton of the District of Columbia.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-04-09

ArcHIsoS, April SIN the case Of the
State vs. the Bankers and Merchants
Mutual Eenefit Association of this city
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-12-09
A MINISTERIAL BOOMERANG.

It was during the reign of Louis Philippe,
in 1Si-. The Minister of War, without
any sufficient reason, ordered the general
commanding tho division Of Constantine to
undergo fifteen days imprisonment.
Scarcely had the officer received the MINIS
terial order, when courier presented him
self with decree from the king Opening
it, he discovered that he had been appointed
Minister Of Wax. -zf
Leaving the Minister'S letter ON the table,
the general hastsned to Paris at once and
assumed the duties of his Office Now, by
strange coincidence, the retired Minister Of
War was appointed to the command Of the
division Of the new Minister.
The new Minister waited few dsys.
and then telegraphed to his former super
ior:
You nave no ibubt f,.1nd on your table
o letter dated , ordering the command
ing officer Of Constantine under arrest for
fifteen days Have you commenced the
term p
And the ex-Eiinister had actually TO 90 TO
prison by his own order
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-12-09
A WHOLESALE MURDER.

A family Of eight persons was recently
murdered near Barcelona, Spain. A rich
landowner, Fulgenzio A. Bereoznani, had in
his service a workman named Manuel, who,
On arriving 1.-THE house for his days work
before daylight, found the doors open, his
wife and maid servant dead in their beds,
and the master and mistress of the house,
and their three daughters, aged nineteen,
seventeen, and fifteen, and q son, aged nine,
al likewise murdered. Another daughter,
aged Ave, was sleeping quietly beside q
murdered sister, having apparently been
covered by the bed-clothes and unobserved
The drawers had al been forced, and every
thing turned upside.down- The murders
had apparently been committed with
hatehet Suspicion Immediately fell on
one Of the other laborera, swineberd,
named Domingnez, who, with his two sons,
have been arrested.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-12-09
WAITING ANxI0UsLY WAITING.

There Is waiting, anxious waiting for the fish
ermans returning,
And the angry winds are blowing, as the
pillows loudly roar;
There's beacon in the window, and cheer
full ire burning,
To guide the storm tossed mariner in safety
to the shore.
There Is waiting, on the deck, where the fish
ermen are standing,
And fervent prayers are offered that the
storm may soon be DER;
Az the sails are torn to rbbands, and the
cables now are stranding-
Oh, Godl have mercy on them! they are
drifting on the shorel
There is waiting, anxious waiting, for the It'd.
ings Of the missing;
And fearful eyes are looking in sadness to
the shore;
And the mothers heart is aching, as the child
she's fondly kissing
Whispers softly from its cradle, "Will papa
come no more?
There is waiting, anxious waiting, and the
days and weeks are flying,
Yet no coming of the missing ever glads
the watchers eyes;
wild and mourDful signing,
Where, in dreamless rest, the fisher, with
his shattered vessel, lies.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-12-09
Utilizing the Suns Heat.

Very practical results are reported to
have arisen from the experiments Of
n. Mouchot in utilizing solar heat. BY
means Of a large collecting mirror, twelve
feet six inches diameter, and capable OF
resisting the strongest gale, he has sue
ceeded in raising more than sixty pints
Of water to the boiling point in eighty
minutes, and in an hour and half more
produced steam pressure Of eight atmos-
pheres. During one day last March,
in Algiers, a horizontal engine was driven
at the rate Of 100 turns a minute, under
a4pressure of three and q half atmosphere;
and at another trial the apparatus worked
q pump, raising at the rate of 1914 gallons
Of water an hour one yard high. The
pump was kept going from s O'Clock a. m.
to 4 O'Clock p. M. and neither strong
winds nor passing clouds. sensibly inter
tered with its action. n. Mouchet can
now readily produce temperature appli.
cable to the fusion and caiclnat1on Of
ium, the preparation Of benzoic acid, the
purl6cati0n of linseed oil, the conoentra-
too ofsyrup, the dis.illation Of sulphnric
acid and the condemnation of wood.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-12-09
A Brokers' Romance.

The scene Of the romance opens in q
palatial mansion in New York. A lady
sits in parlor filed with the most cost
" Injuries. Diamonds as big as flberts
glitter IN her ears. Lace costing 500
per yard almost hides che color Of her
dress from sight A clock costing $19,-
GOO strikes the hour Of 4 p. m. At this
moment her husband rushes into the
house, pale, haggard, suspenders brok-
en-, hat bunged up, and his boots all
mud. .s#
"Have you-have You caught the ep-
izooticY' she gasps as she starts up,
ooh wife, we are busted ruined
gone up smashed flat as shingle T. he
moaned in reply.
'How?"
"I invested $75, 600 in the Crooked
River railroad at So and it has declined
to A.! Jay Gould has bought and con-
solidated It We must leave this pal
ace, and all these Injuries and works Of
art, and take two fourth-story rooms
over IN Brooklyn"
She laughed merrily and long. Had
the sudden news orazed her? He
thought it had but he was green. She
left the room for moment and then re-
turned with q pillow-case containing
5000 600 in greenbaoks.
Let the Crooked River railroad
crook away + she laughed as she emp
tied the money at his feet. 'You have
given me this money during the past FIVE
years, o few Thousand dollars at time,
to buy little articles Of toilet. I had
saved it up to get me O pair Of stockings
for Sunday, but I oheerfully hand it over
to my good h5Hband to set him on his
pins again. Take it, my darling, and Il
! you can get whaok ct Jay Gould bite
him hard, and I'll book you with the
$50, 600 had laid away to send to The
heather on Christmas r.
| They embraced. All was Joy and
pence. - Val Street Da6ly Meas.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-12-09
Triumphs in Eagrand.

At recent meeting of the british asso-
ciatlon of Mechanical Engineers, Mr..
Cowper, the president, referred IN his
address to some Of the cases in which the
American and other manufacturers beat
the English IN their own market..S
machines he said, sought to be made
here, and l urged English makers, years
since, to go IN thoroughly for making
every part accurately and By machinery,
SO as to ct together at once without
fitting; but could not get this carried
out, and now sewing machines come
to America literslly By millions, though
labor is dearer, and there are upward Of
5000 miles Of carnage against them
But machine manufacture Is cheaper
and better than hand making With
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-12-09
4 Truthful Paper.

a Taunton clergyman said: NO
newspaper which takes truth for stand.
ard can make q pecunmry success. 1t
would be q far retort to say that any
newspaper which nude statements as
reGklessly as some clergymen do would
be ruined without recourse. This ,Eann-
ton divine may DO surprised to learn q
fact well understood in every honorable
newspaper Office, namely, that more
money Is often spent u myeetgat-
ing rnmors which prove baselesa. and
therefore yield nothing for pnblica
than for the news which the public sees
Ia print cfD H0rk 6Mn
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-12-09
Suicides.

Evidently suicide is steadily increas-
ing in this country, especially in the
large cities. This Is partially owing, of
course, to the rapid increase of popu-
lation; but, independent of that, the.
tendency TO self destruction visibly and
diproportionately grows. Many persons
think that within q few years America
will exceed all lands in this unfortunate
regard, and others, indeed, hold that it
has already reached the unhappy dis
tinction. Whether it has or not cannot
be positively ascertained, owing to the
loose manner Of collecting statistios IN
the United States. The newspapers
show an alarming increase in the cities
an increase far beyond that of the CEN
sus, There are causes why suicide should
be commoner here than in Europe; not
ably the higher nervous organisation Of
the people, the greater changes of Gil
cumstanco, the more general proclivity
to speculation, and the larger lack Of
permanent conditions. Race, climate,
country and social environment have
much to do with self-murder, which has
unQuestionably been stimulated hy
modern civilization, particularly by the
intensity, artifciaity and feverishness
Of contemporaneous life. Statistics
gathered years ago indicated that in
Sweden there was one suicide annually
to every 80, 375 inhabitants in Russia,
one to 81, 426; in the United States, one
to d, coo; IN Saxony, one to {, 446. Our
proportion would now no DOUBT be yery
much larger. In Paris one person Is
said to commit suicide annually in every
27,00O citizens in London and st. Pc
tersburg one in every 81, 600 It would
be interesting to know just what the pro
portion is in New York, which is appar-
entity increasing at frightful rate.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-12-09

regard to common pumps, they are now
imported from America By thousands,
and are sold here Without being common
II known to be American; clocks and
watches also come n immense numbers.
some of them very cheap and common,
while Others are very we'll made. Anoth-
er trade. nearer perhaps to most Of US, IS
that Of rolled iron giraers, which, I am
sony to say, are coming by hundreds
and thousands from Belgium; indeed,
almost every house that is now built in
london with trolled iron girders is sup
piled from Belginm.''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-12-09

hastily scrambled to my feet and began
glazing around for the ball While thus
engaged, the three men on bases ran in,
and the latter made q home-run. Con
sequently our side was beaten. and my
nose was decidedly out Of shape.
Since then, ] have not been a very
ardent admirer Of Baseball, and I trust
that after this no one will ask me 10 tell
him, privately, why It Is ny nose is not
plumb. Golden Dons.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-12-09
Su,anaercy of the Dressmaker.

Mrs. julia Ward Howe, IN her lecture
on Is Modern 8ociety, strongly porhays
the supremacy. Of the dremmaker Of to-
day. The fashionable women say TO
her: Do how yon viii with ma Make
mo modest OF ilnmodest Tie up my feet
or s.raighten my arms till the use Of
them becomes impossible. Deprive my
figure Of all the drapery, or upholster it
like window frame Nay, set me in
the middle Of o movable tent, but array
me SO people shall look at me and say !
look well :" -
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-02

Browns Bronchial Trocbes
are used with advantage to alleviate cough.
sore throat, hoarseness and bronchial affec-
tons. For thirty years these Troches have
been in use, with annually increasing favor.
They are not new and untried, but, having
been tested by wide and constant use for
nearly an entire generation, they have at
tanned wellmerited rank among the few
staple remedies Of the age.
THE THRoAT.--"B Browns Bronchial Tro.
ches' act directly on the organs of the
voice. They have an extraordinary effect
in all disorders of the throat and larnyx, re-
storing healthy tone when relaxed, either
from cold or over-exertion of the voice, and
produce clear and distinct enunclation.
Speakers and singers find the Troches use
full.
A Cough, COLD, CATARRH Of sore throat
requires immediate attention, as neglect Of
tentimes results in some incurable lung dis
eases. Browns Bronchial Troches" almost
invariably give relief. limitations are offer
ed for sale, many of which are injurious.
The genuine Browns Bronchial Troches.
are sold only in boxes.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-02
THE GOLD CRAZE IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, Aug, Sl.--The Daily Amer.
lean Exchange of this city says Mining
excitement seems to be growing daily in
this state. Claims are being staked out
with remarkable enterprise and with but
little regard to the wishes of the owners of
farms in which the precious metals have
been discovered. A number Of claims in
Fulton and Saratoga counties were regis,
tered in Albany on Saturday, all OF them
located on farms owned BY people other
than the locators, If the enterprising pros.
pectors keep on prospecting, it is possible
that New York city may yet be staked out
in claims"