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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-30
A DISCONTINUED BABY's DIARY.

rrom Juuy'S Almanac,
1. January-Just born. Here's a lark
Fapa does not seem very pleased, though
l. February--Every night pa walks
about up and down the bedroom will
| me when l squeal. / always soueaI.
must do something.
1. March-Nurse is a spiteful thing
she sticks pins into fellow on purpose
l; April-Aftera all one may even weary
of the bottle.
l. May wish I could cut a tooth,
I'd bite nurse.
l. June-What a nuisance il is to have
relations who keep on saying "Ketchetty,
ketchetty," and dig in your ribs with
their forefingers. When l grow I'D I'll
DO 1t to them, and see how they'll like it.
1. Juiy-There are three babies next
Goor got the measles. get nothing.
It's awfully dull.
l. August-One of the babies from the
next door came in to see us to-day: and
measles now?" No" said the babes
ma: There's a greedy sneak for YOU.
Left 'em at home!
l. September-Nurse drinks some
thlng out of black bottle. I've CAUGHT
ner at 1t. 1t isn't the same that is in nv
change 'cm.
l. October-Blessed if this amt n nice
go, neither. Some one called TO-DAY TO
see ma and pa, and they said it was
uncle, and gave me to him to kiss. He
didn't kiss me, though, with what YOU
might call good will Then thew ask
ca MIN again, and then they gave me to
hlm to nurse, and he pinched me.
L. November This is worse than
ever. Why, here's another baby now
and they say he belongs to our house:
ana they're not going to send him away'
Don't even know how to feed himself
out Of the bottle. Well, of alI--neyer
mind
l. December-Got to sleep in the same
lid with him nOwl Wait till he goes
% sleep; I'll give him such a oner! |
Here's beast of a baby |
de cont go to sleep, and not soul in |
he same crib can get blessed wink.
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1t really seems discouraging tina;
statesmen cannot be found willing ia
make the sacrifice and shoulder the re.
sponsibilities of representing the govern.
ment at London and St Petersburg. Is
1t because "$17, 500 in gold" don't sound
as large us when it was 100 per cent. Dre-
MUM, or has the boom of business
struck the politicians? The roll has
been called in about four states. and no
one has answered, Here am | take me -
ihere is call for patriots. Ohio cannot
do all the foreign office-holding. AL
ready the state is said to be full OF semi.
widows and halEorphans whose sires are
sweating under loads of responsibility in
various quarters of the globe, and unless
there is more vigorous volunteering con.
scription will have 10 be the resort We
have been hopeful of the country even
IN It's darkest hour, but this new compli-
cation is somewhat alarming
Editors, as class, are Selfsacrificing
ana patriotic, and every hour could fur
nish minister who could beat Beacons-
neid at seven-qp, and teach constitution
al law 10 the czar; but most of them are
ambitious in the line of promotion
at home, and it would be unreasonable
10 expect such sacrifice of Themselves
while ablc=bodied men lounge around cor
ner stores, with time to steal legislatures
ana other amusements of like character.
but let us hope there will be found some
method OF escape from the dilemma.
The amount paid, 81, 800. we admit an
pears hopelessly small, but il would seem
As II, by taking meals at some cheap res
aurant and sleeping double" a minis
er at London or st. Petersburg might
I've comparatively comfortable.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-30
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-TelIer offered
resolution, calling on the secretary If
the interior 20 inform the senate whether
any member of the board Of Indian com
missioners had become interested in In
dian contracts. Adopted.
On motion of senator Cameron of
Pennsylvania, it was resolved-yeas N
nays 21-that when the senate adjourned
to-day, it be TO meet Monday.
Senator Bayard's resolution was taken
up, and senator Coke made speech
thereon.
Senator Morrow offered a resolut;on
which was adopted, directing the seer.
tary of the interior 10 furnish the senate
any information in the interior denart.
ment in answer to the following in.
quiries: What grants of public 1aness
made By act OF congress to railroad COR.
panies, or to states or territories n iii
Of such companies. remain moon T,i Iss
by reason Of the failure of erant fe 80 5,
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SCHOLARSHIP AMONG STATESMEN
"Gatf'' IN incinnati Enquirer

Gath in incinnati Enquirer
Nature has equipped Garfield munif.
Gently. He has large substantial fig
ure, plenty of beard and color, none of
the nervousness said TO exist in the
American temperament, and none of the
roWdy!sm and INSCRIPTIONS party audac.
lty which often belittle our public life.
Though he has been attacked for what
he choose to do in certain large cases
anu contingents, it is nevertheless true
That the great opposition to him
among his equals in congress is that he
Is too fresh If he is disliked at all if
Is because he has not enough coarseness
OF motive and character. Men don't like
10 be Kept uneasy in the com
pfny of their politicians Garfield
is man to whom no one would
undertake. to make dishonOr-
able proposition, from the very uncom-
fortablcness that his behavior and moral
shyness would generate. Very much of
Legislation is designed to get the advan-
ta5e, anu persons OF that class see many
diners whom they would rather talk TO
than Garfield. But his election to the
senate Is perhaps the first contribution
The west has given of scholarship to the
senate. The necessities of western men
have made them all ultra practical, RELY
ing on their observation and intercourse
tor knowledge instead of on example and
science. Mr. Booth, of California. was
expected 10 he literary contribution to
the senate, but il seems that he is n man
VINO prepares at long intervals some es-
say and delivers it, instead of being con-
nuent and rapid enough to rise TO occa. |
sion ana speak out of the general fulness |
of his mind
The reading men in the senate when /
Uarneld comes there will not be numer
Gus. We may put down Edmunds.
Conkling, HOar, and perhaps Hill. of |
Colorado in the list The tone of schol-
arshIp Is not rs high as it was before the
civil war, when both north and south
sent men OF some literary polish on fire.
luent occasions to the senate, like Dan
el Webster, Jared Ingersoll, Arson Bur
ihgame, Judah Benjamin and colonel
6enton- With Pendleton and Garfield
n the senate from Ohio, two very oppo-
ute types OF men, though both courteous.
confront each other. Pendleton. both
~ family and party attachments. be-
nngs on the lost side of things; he is
Ike courtier at the close of the
rcfch revolution, sitting in the same
sSembly with a child of that revolution
he two agreeing in no premises what.
ver and hardly able to understand how
he others motives begin Garfield has
cen the war, which of itself was enough ,
tear up and reconstruct the mind OF a ).
reen man, The man who rode. on the
ay OF the battle of Chickamauga, from
ne flank of the army TO the other AMI
hw on that rock the two sections of tbe
ountry concentrated, and killing each
ther to carry out their purpose, has a
remlse To start from more vivid than If
G we've fed on the constitution boiled in /
Xix from the nipple up. i
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-30
GRUB-STAKING

one can acquire an interest in mining
property Ia many ways. He can find =
mine himself; he can supply another
man with food and tools, and give him a
share IN what he may find (and this is
grub-Staklng1; he may buy u mine
when found, or share of it, bearing in
nllnd the western saying, that "a pros
Pect mole IS not mine;" or he can in
vest In stocks. Grub stalking a GOOD
man, and, if possible, accompanying him
on his search, may be called the best way
Tor, said an Old hand, ''you make your
loss at the start" Buying a claim or
claims is not infrequently satisfactory;
put SAID, with quaint gravity, another
oid-tlmer," IF | was a capitalist, and
ia see mine worth half a million. I'd
want to buy il for about twenty-five thou-
sand dollars, and have some ADVANTAGE
on my side 4 man can't see very far
into the ground
1t is stated that no geologist ever vet
found 4 valuable mine-the humble
prospector being always at the front
ana even then owing much to accident
" TN his burro laden with little bacon
ana nour, perhaps little coffee and su-
gar, trying-pan and a coffee Dot. and
with his pick and shovel, this hard.
working pioneer traverses the length
ana breadth of the mineral region, I'm
dergolng many and great hardships, often
Iaclng danger, often, indeed, LAYING his
bones on some desolate hillside or in
some lonely canon; and then-only to
Ihlnk OF it--one in five hundred finds
iortunei We hear of late years that
mining has become as regular and legit- |
innate an occupation as manufacturing.
and 1t IS undoubtedly true that method |
ma system have been largely introduced. |
ind That the strong owners of paving |
mines and successful smeltingWorIts |
nay rightly claim that they are |
in sober and industrial pursuits.
1ut with the great bulk of modern AR,
5onauts, from our poor, sanguine pick
lser and burro-driver to the New Yorker
Who, without the slightest real know
edge of what he is doing, ''takes FLYER,
n wall Street, it is as certain as the sun
Uses and sets that the gambling and not
he commercial instinct predOminates
L Dank was pointed out to the writer in
large mining town, with capital of
10000, had deposits of from S7OO 600 to
SOO,OOO, and which had made S43 600
ct profits in nipe months.
But they say that there is no money
4 banking" was added-"I mean. no
honey as compared with what some of
lem can make in nothing. When a fell
wv can go out and make forty or fitty
dollar strike, banking seems ,
retty slow" Could anything better IL
lslrate What has just been said "A. A. ,
ayes, Jr, In Harper's Magazine for I
ebruary
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-30
WOMAN'S RUGGEDNEss

The mortality reports of Detroit OF
any other city in the country ought tC
/ prove the deaths of ten females to one
male" said Detroit physician, the otheI
day, when speaking of the way women
dress.
The best physicians advise warm
clothing and proper precautions when
advising with big, rugged man: the
men follow this advice, and die of lung
trouble This day you will see men on
the streets with pulse-warmers, heavy
o7ercoats, fur caps, wooden undercIot6-
ing, thick socks, etc, and ahead and be-
hind them you will see women in al
most summer attire. Men are brought
up 10 look on women as frail. delicate
creatures, and to be tenderly cared for.
and yet there are hundreds of them in ev'
cry town and city who can and do en-
dure 10 the physical system than men
dare attempt \ woman will wear n
two ounce bonnet to church or to the on
era, and make no complaint A man
goes out wearing 4 sealskin can. and
perhaps has his ears frost-bitten. Thous-
ands OF women wear cotton stockings all
gay long, whlIe mems toes are nipped
through warm wooden socks
The great majority of women do not
wear wooden underclothing. At least
ninety men out of every hundred either
wear red tiannels or merinos. and vet
they seem to suffer more than women.
Men will wear double mittens while
woman will put on kids and seem To
feel no cold. A mans beaver ovcrcoat
alone will weigh as much as all the oar.
ments put on by woman in this weather
and yet he is the one who complains of
the chilly winds
We believe that men are oftener af.
Aeicted with sore throat, coughs colds
bronchial and lung disorders, and Vet
men wear chesi-protectors, take care of
their Threats, and know the dangers of
drafts This beng so, men must either
stop thinking of the female sex as fine |
weaker vessel, or it must prove thai
OYercoats and woolens are unnecessary |
TO health and comfort During the LAST /
polar wave which rolled over this sec: |
ion, when the street-car horses were
covered with ice, and frost on the win
lows was nearly a quarter of an inch
hlek, ladies rode up and down in Rid |
gloves and light bonnets, and made no
though strong, robust men
n the same car, dressed as warmly as
men can be dressed in this country
.ould not sit still for the cold.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-30

= other men have ereeds. so have mine:
Keep the holy fdith ia God. in man.
And IN the an gels miuist-ant I,.twecu.
notd 10 ore true church of all irue souls
muse ei'urrhly seal is neither bread MOI
nor Iaying "a of han Is, nor holy oil.
"ut onl; the anointing OF Goi's grace.
: nate all kings, and caste, and rank OF birth
EoF All the ; iis OF man are sJIls Of Cod.
Nor Iimps beggar but Is nob!y born:
80. Nof wears slave a yoke, nor ear a crown
mat mat e. him less or more than Just a man.
love my country and her righteous c1u.c.
- dare not up silent OF her sin;
ana amer FREEDOM may her bells ring P.ae. ,
love one WonlLn with IA hot fire.
NOM revere "a prieStess of nv hon e:
= sGinu with wondering awe before aIv bangs
"a thcy febuke me to u Boblcr iiie
. ,heep Ian htui friendship with INV friend
w hom loyallv serve before myself:
lock my lips too close 20 speak "A lie:
wash my hands { o white 10 touch :. l,rihc.
owe no MAJ = debt can -Ot pay
save only o. the love men ought 10 owe
w Ithai each la before the blessed heaven
open ~iic the cham bers of my soul
\ M pray the HOLY Ghost to enter in
nus feti> the fair confession o. my faith;
- cr~sscd with contradictions of my life
: NAT now may COD forgive The written lie,
CT stu my help of Him who heIpeth men
lace t"o worlds, amt fear not life nor death
y ra'hef, iea'i me by the hand Amen.
-THEoDORE TILTON
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-30
a RAILWAY HOLIDAY SCENE.

On CHRISTMAS eve az the night express
on the Erie railroad left New York CITY
there were seated in car a poor woman
and her two little children, aged aI,out
four and five years, going to the far west
A conversation between the mother and
children in which Santa Claus was talk
Cd OF was listened to by the passengers.
The mother told her little blue-eyed girl
that as they were in the cars Santa Claus
could not give them any presents because
the train was running too fast for him to
get on. This statement cast a shade of
gloom over the bright faced children. II
was soon observed that the little travel
ers were growing sleepy. Tears gather
ered IN many eyes as the little ones
kneeled ON the car cushions to lisp their
evening prayers. The little pirl said
PLEASE tell good Santa Claus that we
are on this train going to see papa. and
Il he can to put some presents in little
joey and Maggie's stockings hanging IN
on the car window. Amen" The child
rem then hung up their tiny stockings by
the car window In a few moments
more they were soon asleep in the arms
oil their mother. After pause a gentle
man IN front of Them spoke to the mas
sengers as follows: .aYOu have heard
the prayers of these two little children.
Now | will give 81 towards making
them happy when they wake up in the
morning" He then passed his hat
around tho car and collected 1878. He
next bought some candy, oranges and
ngs and picture book for each, which |
y With two more silver dollars he placed in |
Inc little stockings When they awak- |
ened in the morning and saw their stock |
lngs full, the little girl exclaimed. sol. |
see what Santa Claus has found |
Us, because We prayed"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-30

The anti-ChiheSe crusade has begun
anew in California. Governor Perkins
discussing the question in his inaugural.
calls the attention. of the Legislature to
remedial measures" which are within
the control of the state, says that
the general government must be looked
to for a complete suppression of the
eyil,' and predicts that the national Re
publican party cannot long remain in.
different TO the question. nor fail to rec.
ognize the necessity of erecting barrier
against this new danger which threatens
the very existence of our civilization
Bills have already been introduced in the
Legislature prohibiting corporations from
employing Chinese labor, and refusing
business licenses to firms composed in
whole or IN part of persons not citizens
Of the United Sta.cs or eligible to be.
come such.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-30

New interest in the Masonic order has
been excited by the discovery, by COM
mander Gorringe, of Masonic cmblems
under Cleopatra's Needle, taken down by
him for removal to New York. This OBJ
elask- from its inscriptions, is known to
De Older than u.e time of Moses, and the
discovery under II of these emblems goes
Tar back beyond the building of the tenn
pie which, if not the origin claimed by
the craft, is the beginning upon which
It's mysteries and traditions are founded
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-30
BUSINESS FAILURES.

The statistics of business failures fur.
nished by II. G. Dun & Co.'S. mercantile
agency, for 1879, give abundant evidence
OF the wonderful Improvement i'm trade.
For the seven years preceding 1879, the
annual amount of the liabilities of
bankrupt firms and corporations varied
from Slei 100000 in 1872 to 1924 OO0.-
600 in 1873, annual average being $685.
100000 For 1870 the amount of liza
bilities was S9s,OOO, 600, or but 81 per
cent OF the annual average of the pre-.
'ceeding seven years, and ~ per cent. of
the liabilities of 1873. The mercantile
failures of 1879 numbered G,65s. com
pared with 1O,47s in ls7s-a decrease of
$500.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-30

The joint executive committee of the
trunk line railways, which apper TO die.
tate freight rates from Chicago 10 the sea
board at discretion during the close OF
ma 1.a,Vigatlon, met at New York Tuesday.
The result of that meeting is the M.
nouncement, that the committee deems
any reduction in rates inexpedient. and
that none VIII be made. The singular
feature about this proceeding is, that The
gentlemen who, under the present pool.
ing arrangements, nave the power to i'm
pose almost any freight tariff thev nIease
should take the trouble of declaring thev
will make no reduction. That IL s6onId
be possible for any handful of men IN or
ercise such dictatorial power of REDUCING
the market value Of the great crop pro,
duction Of the United States at a pleasure
by exactions for transportation, is u re
markable commentary upon our govern
ment Of the people by the people for the
people.-Inter-Oc Ocean
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-30

There is big strike among the prin.
tiers ut Kansas City, and both the Journ.
al and Times are advertising for printers.
The Printers Union has probably un.
'dertaken to cover too many eggs, as is
apt to be the case with that organiza.
tion occasionally. We clip this from
the Journal:
The Journal needs to offer no apology
Tor any shortcomings that may he APP
parent in its columns until its new force
oil printers is in complete running order
we propose TO establish the point, once
Tor all time, that the proprictors of the
paper are able TO control their own
business, and that they are the only
proper judges of its editorial and finan-
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-30

'.ElisA's queer law in Maine. lis ec
feet is TO force n governor ON the people
who has but n small minority Of the
votes. Garcelon was minority govern.
or, and had the Fusionists carried their
point this year, J. l.. Smith with 81 ,e94
votes less than Daniel +. DAVIS; or Alon-
20 Garcelon, with 4s,11G votes less than
MT Davis, would have been governor.
Davis, the Republican candidate, had a
majority over the Democrats and Green
hackers of 426. but lacked 1876 of ma.
1ority over all, including scattering. 1t
was their election that by counting out
members of the Legislature the conspira-
tors tried TO set aside. We should think
such law would lead to trouble fire.
Quently.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-30

The Cincinnati Gazette's canvass in
Ohio now foots up: Sherman, 1914;
Blaine, sol; Grant, 30; Washburne. 40 /;
Garfield, 39--the rest scattering. It's
correspondents generally say that the
second choice of the Sherman men is
generally Blaine.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-30

The New York Sun of Saturday says
''The latest version of the Union Pacific
and Kansas Pacific consolidation is that
the Union Pacific company is to pur-
chase all of Jay Gould's stock, not only
an the Kansas Pacific company, but also
IN the Missouri Pacific and Central
Branch of the Union Pacific. OF course
this is but mere rumor, but it is not
improbable
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-30

Washington specials stale that infor-
nation has been received at the treasury
department that the Canadian govern
ment will shortly Withdraw the embargo
upon the importation of cattle from the
United States. Secretary Sherman will
accordingly issue an orlcr annulling the
restrictions imposed in retaliation upon
the importation of Canadian cattle into
this country.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-30

Cable dispatches report another mine.
explosion horror at Ncwcastle.upon-
Tyne, by which, through the ignition of
fire-damp or other gases, between seventy
and ninety worlmen were entombcd
alive, and of those who were extlicatcd
from The shaft alive, all but six were 50
crushed and mangled they cannot,possi-
bly survive
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-30
JUDGMENT OF MEN

Don't judge man by the clothes he
wears. God made one and the tailor the
Don't judge him by his family con-
nectlons, for Cain belonged to a very
good family.
Don't judge man by his failure in
lie, for many a man fails because he is
too honest 20 succeed
Don't Judge man by his speech, for
ParIot talks, but the tongue is but an in
ssrument of sound
Don't judge a man by the house he lives
IN, for the lizard and the rat OMEN irhahit
the grandest structures
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-30

The governor has re-appointed Major
Henry Hopkins warden OF the state pen
1teniiary. Let nobody say we have not
endorsed hie governors action in one
particular, at least. We do most en-
Phatically, in this insthnco.-Troy Chief
So do we. Hopkins is the right man
in the right place" without dnnht
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Nathaniel Hawt.

Nathaniel Hawthorne once wrote to a
lady, who was one of his most valued
English friends, letter from which re-
viewer In The Athen9um makes a char
acterlstic quotation. She had asked him
to fancy ball and lie answered: "Mr
hawthorne begs to assure Mrs. H
that he is quite sensible of his own folly
and absurdity in declining an invitation
t Wn'ch any other man would go down on
his knees to get. He finds himself in
deed, In the position of an owl or bat
when invited to take pleasure trip in
the sunshine; he cannot deny that If
would be most delightful affair. but
stllI feels 1t filter for himself TO STAY in
his dusky hole than to go blinking about
among other peoples enjoyments. The
eruth Is, MIR. II. has all his life been IN
der a spell, from which it is now too late
20 Tree himself-or rather, he was born a
solitary brute. and he can no Otberwise
account for his now now being able 10
resist Mrs H-'s invitations
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-30

The Toledo Ohio Blade Of the 18Th
inst. publishes interviews with sixty
prominent Republicans Of that county,
In regard to presidential preferences, the
result of which is tor Blaine, %; Sher
man IA; Garfield, 8; Grant, no choice.
ii
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-30
VOL. 23.

Brother Talmage has taken some in
ierest in Dr. Garcelon and the Maine
sinners. He ought To Take an early oc-
casion 10 preach a short funeral dis.
course from the text, ''All men are as
grass; in the morning il growth up and
nourisheth, in the evening it is cut down
and withereth," and wicked Blaine men
gathereth it into ovens that it may be
burned. Selah.--Inter-Ocean