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Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-09-03
COMPELLED 70 LICK A GIRLS
SHOES.
Kansas City Times.

An incident illustrating the gallautry
of irontiersmen toward women, is relat-
cd Oh William Porter, better known as
Comanche Bill, Gen. Terry's fnvorite
scout. it happened ut Wichita a few
weeks since. Bill rode into the town
dressed III - complete suit Of buckskin
and with gang of honest rangers at his
back. As he went along he saw a
'counter-umper,' rs he was pleased to
call him, roughly catch little girl
about eighteen years old (Bills idea of
u "iittle' girl by the shoulder and 80
licit her attention. The girl withdrew
her arm angrily, and just then the
scene fell under Bill's personal inspec-
tion.
"She was poor girl" says Bill "an,l
plainly clad in an old dress. bnt | want
going to see her insulted by any burned
counter-hopper, under my mountain
eyes. jest jumped down from my
hoss, and called for that fellow to stop.
He didn't seem to want to, but I made
him stop. took mp the little girl in
my arms and sat her down on a box.
took off her shoes and said to the coun.
er,iumper; Now want you to get
down and lick the dust off the soles OF
that poor girls feet You have insnlted.'
"And made him do it. He looked
down in the muzzle of 45-calibre
Colts for just about half a minute and
then he came TO his milk like little
lamb
"And / made him lick that girls feot,
though big crowd gathered around,
but ] had my men with me and didn't
care whether they liked it or not"
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-09-03

The Mansfield Democrat wants De
Soto parish to give $4,000 and the
right of way to Col. Bremond', propos-
ed Shreveport and Logansport railroad
across the Sabine. The Democrat COM
plains that Shreveport should have Civ
en- the $4,000 asked by Col. Bremond
in lien OF the offer of so, 900 which was
made him.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-09-03

We regret to state that X. II. Burke.
ESP, one Of our Jealous and able city
councilmen, has been lying i'll for sew
eral days. He is much better to-day.
and We hope soon to see him up and
doing.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-09-03

Had the time might say something
more on this subject, but this much
have satisfied myself of am confirm
ed in my opinion that Mr. LeDuc is cor
rect IN asserting that there is money in
sorghum. Very truly yours.
+. w. NICOL.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-09-03

Calling the sugar planters attention
to the anomalous juice measurement Us
shown in table o. Banme) would d..
rect their attention to the large proper
ton of covering around the cane, ad-
herring so tightly as to make it very diff
ticult to pull away. Our manager early
in the trial saw the cost i. would entail
and allowed the cane to 90 with the
shnck. This causes large quantity of
foreign substance in the.juice and makes
trouble for the sugar maker
"Orange cane" juice, weighing 9
Baume, cooks 10 So, Thermometer ut
225.
Sugar cane juice weighing 7 to s.
Banme, cooks to % thermometer at 24O.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-09-03
THE SORGHUM vENTuaE.
FonLoRs HorE. August q

cASo"' AAof ~ hukunt
EDITOR CApIroLIAN--In compliance
with my promise, ! herewith hand you,
for publication, % statement Of my first
trial Of orangOcane, ola series for 1881.
We concluded early in the season to
makebLeveral trials ut different stages Of
ripeness in the cane, and for the reason
that we did not deem a trial on open
kettles fair and just. The results
which follow were attained In open
kettles at our Hermitage sugar house !;
the next trial will be by steam train
and vacuum pan at Forlorn Hope, when
we will endeavor to granulate. After
closely examining the material our SUI
gar maker and myself agreed that
whilst there was a good showing for
syrup and grade sugar, it would be m
IIerculean undertaking to crystalline
IT., the stock being too green.
The canes we planted were from the
"Orange" variety, planted on April 30,
in light, alluvial soil, very rich: rows
were six feet apart, and the stalks, after
growing to six inches Of height, thinned
out to about twelve stalks on every
square foot of ground. The cane grew
rapidly and after one uorkinq in sixty
days attained its full growth and
headed heavily.
At different seasons ] noted it's sac
charine strength and am almost certain
that it loses very rapidly in sweetness.
When we ground yesterday IL was
sweetest in the centre. We have fifteen
acres still for experiment and from time
to time will note the stages of sweetness.
The all absorbing question in the
the minds of Louisiana planters is
az to whether it will granulate or not.
Now their doubts on that point appear
to me exceedingly strange when we
have the fact staring us in the face,
that Western enterprise has extracted
grain from corn stalk and Indian corn,
and are succeeding SO well that they
are getting grain for grain, when we
reduce it to dollars and cents. Again,
have seen samples made in Minnesota
from Gambler cane" q similar variety.
But these doubling Thomases, these gen
tlemen friends of ours in Louisiana,
must come to. the sugar house, smoke a
cigarette, looR, doubt, string it up,
taste, and finally, with wonderfully
wise conntenance, say, Not so good rs
cane yetw Nirdb1e dicfn! and who said
it was.
But there is no money in it," All,
there is the point. Well, my table will
tell (and we are prepared to make Aft
1avit to what we say, the product per
acre, and herewith rive an estimate
of cost of cultivation and manipulation,
making the cane into marketable goods
| to-day:
To ~ pounds of seed at SOC. ............s 3 90
TO preparing and planting. ............... ) 20
| To blowing same twice .....,..,.....,,, = On
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-03-11

The general verdict in relation to
President Garfeld's cabinet is that it
successfully meets all the requirments
of the situation, and fully vindIcates the
wisdom of the selections which have
comprised the demands of locality, con-
ciliated all elements of the party which
elevated the chief executive to power.
and placed at the heads of the executive
departments of the government class OF
counsellors upon whose judgment and
discretion the president may safely rely
in administering the affairs of his grave
trust. The disappointment and surprise
attending the announcement of the cabi.
net are not greater than under any cir.
cumstances would have inevitably en-
sued, and the country at large is fully
satisfied that President Garfield has
chosen his advisers with the single view
OF most effectually promoting the best
interests of this mighty and growing
nation
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-03-11
HERE AND THERE.


Cleveland, Ohio, is said to have the
most comfortable morgue in the coun-
try.
If the present weather holds on much
longer people will begin to predict late
spring.
The country, we apprehend, will not
thoroughly recover its equIpose until the
puplic are informed what Mrs. Garfield
wore to church Sunday.
The season for the regeneration of the
heart has about expired, and the pru-
dent citizen is beginning to take the an
nual precautions for the regulation of
his liver.
Beecher is running revival and Tai
mage is going to begin, bat at latest adj
vices Satan had not served notice upon
his agents to run up the shutters at his
branch establishments in New York and
Brooklyn.
The irrepressible conflict may still go
on between Atchison and Kansas City as
to hogs. but as an eligible point for Kan
sas men 20 meet "old army friends the
latter now corners the four market, by
common consent.
1t is greatly feared that Washington's
monument will never be completed until
that little hatchet story Is efFectually ex-
ploded and it can be proven. beyond per
adventure, that the father of bis country
wore the belt as the champion pedestrian
Of the infant republic.
The fact that the late Democratic con-
gress appropriated so many millions Of
dollars for the improvement of fish
ponds has stimulated the hope that the
Bourbon standard of intelligence may
be eventually elevated, by the novel
scheme OF the party to promote the cul-
ture of brain food.
The Herald is authority for the state.
ment that a cat congress is to be held in
New York at an early day. 1t is thought
that the feline propensity of David Da-
Wis for perching on the fence, will en-
title the Illinois senator to honorary
membership if not TO voice in the de-
alterations of that body.
There are about 600 GOO more women
in this country than men. Considering
the great frequency with which themost
stubborn issues came up between the
sexes, it seems that the popular aversion
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-03-11
PRESS COMMENTS ON THE
CABINET.

New York Sun: 1t is evident that
the cabinet is not of the Conkling stripe
The New York senator gets only the
husks. These are very wholesome fod-
der, but not so fattenIng as corn. Col.
James appears on the surface &c be q
Conkling appointment, but it is under
stood that Blaine's Mcpherson, of
Pennsylvania, is to be first assistant
postmaster general, and to control the
patronage in Rlaine's interest so the
kernel Of that appointment is taken by
the secretary OF stats.
New York Post: The speculative
markets al the stock exchange were
buoyant this afternoon on receipt of q
dispatch from Washington saying Sena-
tor Window had been offered and ac-
cepted the position OF secretary of the
treasury. Senator Window is regarded
here. to put it mildly, as an expansion.
list, and the theory on which Wall street
is acting is that he will turn adFin a
good part of the coin in the treasury by
means of bond purchases. 1t may be
that his views when he has responsible.
ties of Office upon him will be more con.
sentative than his record on the cur
Fency question leads spectators to ex
pect.
New York Commercial: If the ap,
poiptpent of Window to the treasury is
confirmed by later pews, II nay be taken
for granted that the western policy on
the currency If gold and silver coin and
debt paying to the latest available dollar
in the treasury will rule in the new cab.
met. Blaine is as much in favor of this
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-03-11
DOWN AND OUT.
The Adjournment of the Kansas Legis-
Iature.

The Adjournment of the Kansas Legis-
iature.
Topeka, March 5.-The only business
done this afternoon in the house was to
receive messages from the governor. But
a few members were present, and nothing
of interest occurred.
At night the floor was covered with
spectators and the galleries crowded.
The proceedings were rather more solemn
than the preceding night. GOV. Green
occupied the chair, and calling the
house to order. made short and earn
est address. Messrs. Legate, Snoddy
and Click were each called upon, and
made speeches reminiscent in character.
At this point the resolution providing
for adjourning at 10 p. m. was rescinded
and the time extended to midnight.
The "Owl Club being present, was
called upon and some more excellent
music furnished, and Gen. Clapp then
made few remarks. Gov. Green then
resigned the chair to Mr.. Johnson, pre-
senting him in a graceful speech the
gavel which had been unanimously voted
to him. Speaker Johnson expressed his
gratitude in short but earnest speech
THE LAST BILL,
which is an act providing for the EN-
ployment of prisoners in county jails
was then received with the governor:
signature.
Messrs. Legate, Orner and Heron
were appointed committee to wait upor
the governor and see if he had any
further communication to make. The
committee returned and reported the
thanks of the governor to the house fol
the manner in which they had perform
ed their duties. On motion OF Mr.. Leg
ate the house then adjourned without
date. The senate had done this ten min
utes before. The session thus ended al
IL :55 n m
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-03-11

The Kansas legislature adjourned on
Saturday night, and the closing hours
were distinguished by a degree of de-
corum which almost deepened into
solemnity during the lachrymose yale
dictory of Jim Snoddy, who made an in
tense appeal todhe emotions of the house,
by the affecting declaration that he never
expected to meet with it again in the
capacity of fellow member of the state
assembly. This depressing announce
ment was received by such Wis
ible demonstrations of sorrow that
for two whole minutes there was
q complete cessation OF the conven-
tional cross-iiring of paper pellets, and it
became necessary to call into requisition
Tom Andersoa's Owl club, to exercise
the gloom which the member from Linn
had so inconsiderately evoked. Aside
from this mournful episode, the legisla-
ture expired peacefully, the knowledge
on the part of the members that the ex-
penses OF the session were already large
ly in excess of the appropriation, fore
stalling the accustomed artillery of spit
toons and the demolition of other pOrta-
BILE appointments within the walls of
the caDital
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-03-11

The congressional appOrtiOnment bill
passed In the House on Thursday, on q
basis of 319, by n vote of 145 yeas to 113
nays, reads as follows:
SECTION l. That from and after the Sd
of March, 1888, the house of representa-
tives shall be composed of $40 members,
to be apportiOned among the several
states as follows: Alabama, g; Arkan
sas 8, California O, Colorado 1, Connect
cut 4, Delaware ], Florida 2, Georgia 10,
Illinois 90, Indiana l9, Iowa 10, Kansas
@, Kentucky IL, Louisiana 0, Name 4.
Maryland 9, Massachusetts -. Michigan
II, Minnesota 5, Mississippi 7, Missouri
IA, Nebraska 3. Nevada l, New Hamp-
shire 2, New Jersey ], New York 3S,
North Caroline 8, Ohio 81, Oregon l.
Pennsylvania %, Rhode Island 2, South
Carolina 0, Tennessee 10. Texas
10, Vermont 9. Virginia TO- West Vir-
gia 4, Wisconsin 8.
SEC. 2. That whenever q new state be
admitted in the Union the representa-
tive or representatives assigned it shall
be additional 10 the number, $40, herein
provided.
SEC. 3. That in each state under this
appOrtionmeDt the plumber to which
such state may be entitled in the forty
eighth anu GaGu SUBSEQUENT SOhSACss,
shall be elected by districts composed Of
contiguous territory, and containing
nearly as practicable an equal number
to the representatives to which each
state may be entitled in congress, no one
district electing more than one represent
alive.
The gains and losses in the several
states are as follows: Gains-Arkansas
1, California 2, Georgia ], Illinois /,
Iowa l, Kansas 8, Kentucky 1, Massa-
chuscIts 1, Michigan 2, Minnesota 2,
Mississippi 1, Missouri l, Nebraska 2,
North Carolina !. Ohio 2, Pennsylvania
/, South Carolina 1, Texas 1, Virginia 1.
West Virginia total 20. LosseG-
Maine /, New Hampshire 1, Vermont
total 3. BY this spportionment the
north gains 10 and loses 3-R net gain Of
IS; the south gains IS and loses none.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-03-11
THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS.

The confidence of the people in Gen.
eral Garfield to I'LL a very large measure
of expectation, has not been diminished
by the superb inaugural address deliver
ed by him in the presence of assembled
thousands, at the national capital last
Friday So far from being the mere
iteration of splendid generalities, it is q
declaration of policy. coming from a
man whose peerless endOwments and
NEST effective energies have been devot
ed to the yindication of all those grand
principles whose supremacy it advocates
and to whose future pSeDotiOn it pledges
the unwaxering support qf ths new
president.
1t is eminently In accordapce with
the natural processes Of logic, that .
man, who, by reason of the helps vopch-
safed to him by the broad liberality of
our national institutions, has attained
to the grand possibilities comprised by
General Garfield, should recognize
popular education % the chief corner
stone in the fabric Of frss goyey1ment,
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-03-11

among the lords of creation to female
suffrage seems to be founded upon toler-
ably rational motives after all.
A Virginia representative in congress
is asking the United States to appropri-
ate $4,000 TO erect monument TO Mary,
the mother Of Washington. The "mother
of presidents" does not claim to be mod
est She only wants to get back what
she lost by violating the patriotic pre-
cepts and example of Washington.
A New York German became so thor
oughly disguised with life that he open
ed the door of furnace, thrust his head
and the upper portion of his body into
ii, and thus cremated himself alive. A
man who could show such a courageous
defiance of the fierce influences of caloric
in this world, could certainly contem-
plate the future with composure, even
from the most orthodox stand point.
Tie wall of the late George Eliot de-
vises the major portion of her estate to
the relatives of Mr. Lewes, her Platonic
affinity, and leaves Mr.. Cross, her "sure
enough" husband, out in the cold, so TO
speak. In the language of Mrs. Means,
''all this comes along Of Mr. Lewes hav-
ing neglected to be born and raised in
America. The public can rely, with the
utmost serenity, upon the business capac.
| ity of Ashmead Bartlett for more salts.
/ factory results in his case
The Buffalo Courier suggests q
method of an amusementfo people who
cannot read much in the cars 1t is for
man to glance at the suggestive head
lines in newspaper, settle back in the
seat, close his eyes, fancy himself Wash
ingtOn or Jefferson or some other person
Of the Revolutionary time, and look al
the news from that far back standpoint
For subjects the Courier suggests me.
braska,' Chicago" ga steamship" "a
railway time table" "the Red Elephant
mine at Leadville," 9TH. suicide of an
italian organ grinder at Oshkosh" and
''the misery of 200 exodusters at Oswe.
| go, Kansas"
A metropolitan journal says: ''The
Russian Emperor's new wife is said to
be remarkable for neither brains nor tact
but nevertheless her power over hel
husband is absolute" This is in pur
suance of a rule from which their is sci
dom any deYiation. 1t is q matter Of
very common observation that widowers
who have treated their first wives with a
lack of consideration that a humanitar
ian would be slow to extend to a dog,
are the very fellows whom retribution
overtakes IN the garb of calico, which
is ten-fold more the insignia of despotic
sway than the royal purple of the en-
thorned monarch. The mills of justice
grind slowly, but when woman takes
a turn at the crank, look out for fine
| grist.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-03-11

Our Topeka exchanges have contained
no account rs yet of proceedings having
been instituted by the anti-prohibition-
lists against the clergy OF that city for
employing wine in the administration of
the sacrament, at the churches OF the
state capital on Sunday. The moral
sense of the average whisky advocate
may not be conspicuously exalted, but
even the most degraded rum vender is
sufficiently enlightened TO know that
selEprescrvation is the tirst law of ma
ture, and that no one save his survivors
are benefited when fool butts his al
legged brains out against stone wall.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-03-11

The Ohio legislature is considering
bill to provide for the inspection of fer
ulzers. We have long suspected that
The unnatural drafts made upon the soil
of that state by cropping it with presi-
dents without alternating, for so many
years, would render necessary some such
,,recnntfns,
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-03-11
,nator Window

Gunner, the great astrologist, gives =
terrible succession of plaques, earth
quakes, cyclones and floods, besides q
full assortment Of shipwrecks, fires and
famines, which are TO come off during
the next tour years. And all because
four OF the great planets are on the same
side of the SUI. The Democrats are
looking forward to this delightful state
of things as affording good campaign
material for 1884. It beats the disasters
which were to follow the resumption of
specie payments all hollow.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-03-11

The fercely inimical attitude of the
Kansas City Times toward the new ad-
ministration is foreshadowed in its dec
laration of the following conciliatory
policy:
"The 4th of March has come and gone,
and James A. Garfield, d. ", is to be the
president of the United States for the
next four years. Let us show becoming
public spirit, condemnIng in him that
only which calls for condemnation, but
remembering that it is by free criticism
that the best results OF popular govern
ment are secured to the people"
The crafty Mumford seems disposed
TO subject President Garfield to the Sc
verest tests which cunning malice can
devise
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-03-11
The Greatest Remedy Known.

DR.. Kings New Discovery for con-
sumption is certainly the greatest medi-
cal remedy ever placed within the reach
of suffering humanity. Thousands of
once hopeless sufferers now loudly pro-
claim their praise for this wonderful
discovery to which they owe their lives
Not only does it posftfUely cure eonsump-
ton, but coughs, colds, asthma, bron-
chitis, hay fever, hoarseness and all affec-
lions of the throat, chest and lungs, yield
at once to its wonderful curative powers
as if by magic. We do not ask you to
buy large bottle until you know what
you are getting. We therefore earnestly
request yon TO call on your druggist, B.
Wheldon & Co, and get trial bottle for
ten cents, which will convince the mos.
skeptical of its wonderful merits, and
show you what q regular one dollar size
bottle viii do. For sale by. B. Wheldon
& Co
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-03-11
Road Notice

Notice 10 hereby given that petition has
been presented TO the board 81 county COM
the vacation Of . county road, As folIoys to.
Eits Commencing at the southeast cor
nex OF the northeast quarter of section g.
to the southwest corner or the northwest
quarter of said section 9, township II, range
appointed the following viewers. }. w. Way
msn. Jno- Holmes and A. Wagner, 70 meet ct
the beginning Of said road on the seeond day OF
April, A D. 1881, AZ 10 O'Clock a. m md IN
conjunction with the county surveyor 10 view
locate and survey said road, and 70 give All
parties hearing, BY order Of tha board.
WIN. r EWING, County CLERK
By d. A. SFAEt. Deputy. WHO'S
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-03-11

Senator j. G. Strang, Of Larned, has
been appointed by Goycrnor st. John
judge of the district court of the six
teonth judicial district, created by the
legislature nc its recent session. The Sc
lection is regarded rs an excellent one
by all save the late competitors of the
lucky candidate.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-03-11

1t appears that the Bourbon journals
arc not entirely satisfied with the new
cabinet This, however, WIS to be ex-
pecled. Persons WHO are familiar with
the history OF President Garfield are
impressed with the suspicion that his
political career has not been July con
secrated to the promotion Of Demo
cratic schemes or the fulfillment Of the
purposes of that party.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-03-11

Speaker Johnson, of the Kansas house,
has made an admirable record as pre-
siding officer, during the session of the
nineteenth legislature, and the capable
manner in winch he has met and mas
tered every emergency, has rendered him
n very prominent and popular figure in
the eye Of the public. An old saying in
Kansas politics which has not been un-
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-03-11

The apportionment bill recently pass
cd by congress, giving Kansas three ad-
ditional representatives, has developed
more colossal intcllects in this state than
could have been produced by IL persist
cnt course OF whale diet for twenty-five
consecutive years.