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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-06-16

The HalfBreeds at Albany are circu-
lating the damaging rumOr that My
Lord Conk. uses bandoline in the ar
rangement of that Hyperion curl which
decorates his lofty dome of thought.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-06-16

Levy, the celebrated cOrnet player,
has been arrested for bigamy. When a
man once becomes thoroughly addicted
tn brass horn, there is really no telling
Ia what depths of moral dcpravity he
may descend.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-06-16

The whisky element of Kansas may
find n germ Of consolation in the an
nOuncement, by Professor Proctor, that
the earth will he entirely destitute of
water in the course of 100000 years.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-06-16

Geo. Leis's celebrated condition pow
ders, the old reliable, are the best metli-
cine ON the market for horses and cattle.
They have been in use for over twenty
years. Livery and stock men use them.
No farmer will use any other after try
ing Leis,s. For sale by all druggists,
% cents and 90 cents per bottle
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-06-16

Ono man on the Pacific slope employ
ed four weeks in writing 6,571 words on
postal card 50 that they can be read
without the aid of glass.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-06-16

Nebraska has foriy-six thousand more
men than women. Ladies' who have as
pirations in the direction DISCRIMINATING
husbands should make note ot this
valuable nointer
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-06-16

New York Tribune: General Grant
continues to drag down the cause Of
bossism by hitching the third term car.
cass IN it. He says Conkling ought to
be elected, and If he had anything TO do
about it he would be elected. He can.
not sec why he should not be permitted
10 free his mind on this subject. There
is no reason lie shouldn't if he wishes
to. 1t is merely question of taste.
COnkling is fighting IA desperate battle
against the president for nominating the
man who defeated Grant and killed the
third term at Chicago. BY taking sides
with COnkling, Grant announces that he
would he extremely glad to see the Pres
ident rebuked for just that thing, and
exhibits to the country the fact that he
was immensely disappointed by losing
the third-tcrm nomination.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-06-16

New York Tribune: Mr.. Plat irot.
ting around under the impression that
he is swinging the whole Republican
party by the tail, is moderately exhil.
rFaling snectacle
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-06-16

Denis Kearney has lost favor with his
old Sand Lot adherents. and he is now
being sOundly abused by his former
followers
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-06-16

1t is barely possible that the tornado
which has been waltzing through Kan
sas for the past few days is the tail end
of the recent Greenback convention at
st. Louis.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-06-16

"The condition of my finger indicates
beyond reasonable doubt that the buzz
saw was going"-T. Plat.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-06-16

Because II adds 10 personal beauty by
restoring color and lustre to gray or fad
ed hair, and is beneficial 10 the scalp, is
why Parker's Hair Balsam is such q DO
puiar dressing
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-06-16

II would like to get one crdck at tho
son OF n gun that invented dynamite."-
The Gar of Russia
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-06-16

Isn't il about time for the New York
Legislature to quit fooling and settle
down to business.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-06-16
THE STATE TICKET.

The following were named for Govern<
or: John E. Massey, state auditor; Col.
| w. E. Cameron, mayor of Petersburg;
| Gen. V. d. Grcener and Capt J. S. Wise.
First ballot, whole number of votes cast
73S, necessary TO a choice $40; Cameron,
200; Massey, 220; Wise, 1871; Greener,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-01-22

usually selected By the Buddhist priests,
and is determined by certain rules. va
rying according to the sect and rank Of
the deceased. Women have no sur
names. They are known BY name
(Vobt na) which is selected by the pa
rents about a week after the birth of
the infant. The names of fruit, trees,
flowers, colors. birds, certain animals.
or some other fancy name. selected ar
bitrarilv, usually furnish this designl-
ton. which, except when the person is
addressed by a parent or superior. is
generally used with the prefix .. The
names of singing and dancing girls are
frequently elaborated by the addition
of qualifying words, as. for instance.
10 yosh (the little fortune.) while those
of the public women are still more
fancifully adorned, thus: Fuiinann (the
waves OF the wisteria blossom). The
daughters of the upper classes usually
receive q name on their bctrothal.
which consists of one Chinese charac-
ter. Ii is chosen by their friends, but
is very rarely used The TAI mic is the
only other name given to women. This
is posthumous, as in the case of males.
Cor. Boston Herald.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-01-22
What 10 Teach Oar Daughters.

Teach them to make bread.
Teach them To make shirts.
Teach them TO foot up store bills.
Teach them not to wear false hair.
Teach them to wear thick, warm
shoes.
Teach them how to wash and iron
clothes.
Teach them how to make their own
dresses.
Teach them that dollar is only
hundred cents.
Teach them to cook good meal of
victuals
Teach them how to darn stockings
and sew on buttons.
Teach them every day, dry, hard,
practical common sense.
Teach them to wear calico dresses
and do it like Queens.
Give them good, substantial CON-
mon-school education.
Teach them to regard the morals and
not the money OF their beaus.
Teach them all the mysteries of the
kitchen, the dining-room and the
pa:'lor.
Teach them that the more one lives
within his income the more he will
save.
Teach them TO have nothing to do
with Incorporate and dissolute young
men.
Teach them that the further one lives
beyond his income the nearer he gets to
the poor house.
Rely on it that upon your teaching de-
ponds in a great measure the veal or
woe of their after life
Teach them that good. steady me-
chanic is worth dozen loafers in broad
cloth.
Teach them the accomplishments
music, painting. drawing. if you have
time and money to do it with.-Ad-
Cdllcs.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-01-22

many years. When . piece of ice is
taken out for use the sawdust or tan
bark will fill the place it occupies.
After twoo three tiers of ice blocks are
put in position the space between them
and the walls should be filled out, the
material well tramped down, and
this course continued till the cake
is completed. When this is done the
top should be covered with the material
used for filling to a thickness of at
least foot. The first ice taken out
should be from the top. so as not to.
disturb the mass in the lower part of
the building. When half this ice is
used. it is well to take out part of the
filling material and dry it in the sun for
use another year. A very excellent
substitute for the filling materials men,
toned NAV be found in flax tow. The
chaff of anv kind of grain may also be
employed to very good advantage. In
lack of other materials. chopped straw
or dried peat may be employed Dat
stray is preferable to rye or wheat
straw. as it is softer and packs closer.
The moss that grows in swamps makes
an excellent filing.
A farmer who has sufficient ing anuity
to fit handle to an AK can construct
an ice-hOuse and fill it. The work can
be done when there is abundant leisure
on the farm. The building. with suit
able care and adequate drainage will
last for twenty years. Ice adds exceed
ingly to the comfort of a family at a
time when the weather is very uncom-
Portable. The cost of an ice-house will
be saved every year by adding to the
price of butter made on the farm and
preserving milk. meat and cooked food
during very warm weather. - Chicago
Times.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-01-22
Knew When 10 Omit.

81 THINK may be excused fora lit
tie show of pride in saying that knew
when to quit Wall street." he observed
as an elevated train carried them over
that great thoroughfare.
$50 you used to speculate, eh?"
Yes; l was on the street for seven
years"
Made your pile, I SUPPOSE"
Eyes; made and lost money the
same as the rest At one time could
draw my check for $4,000. and that
isn't so bad for man who went into
Wall street with only $40 in his pock-
ct"
land You knew when to quit?"
"Yes, SIR"
THAT was when-?'
THAT was when had enough left to
pay my fare to Elmira and hire boy to
carry my satchel up to nv father-in-
laws house"' was the quiet reply
Val Street (M ~ Netcs.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-01-22
A Family Affair.

The Kaflirs hold the doctrine of the
transmigration OF souls, and pay the
spirits of their relatives the doubtful
compliment of believing that they have
special affinity for snakes and serpents.
So. when some venomous reptile takes
up its quarters with family. in place
of killing it, they abandon the hut to
its use. DIR. Norbury tells story of
a missionary who came near to paving
with his life for the delicate consid-
Grafton of his fiocS. While officiating
at a communicable. he fancied he
heard a Kissing sound. Bringing the
services prematurely To close, he
peeped below the cloth. and saw one
of the most poisonous snakes in South
Africa. His pensioners had had their
eyes upon it all the time. but had de-
clined to say anything from motives of
delicacy. They thought the snake
must be a relative of their clergy man.
and would not interfere in family af-
fair.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-01-22
Ants and Caterpillars.

The writer was musing one morning,
with his eyes on the ground, when he
noticed n caterpillar crawling along at a
rapid pace. Pursuing him was host
of small black ants. Being quicker in
their movements, the ants would catch
up with the caterpillar. and some would
mount ON his back and bite him. PauS-
ing. the caterpillar would turn his head
and bite and kill his tormentors. After
Strengthening dozen or more of his per-
secutors, the caterpillar showed signs
of fatigue. The ants made n combined
attack. Betaking himself to stalk of
grass. the caterpillar climbed up tail
first, followed by the ants. As one APP
preached, he seized it in his jaws and
threw it off the stalk. The ants. seeing
that the caterpillar had TOO strong po-
sition for them to overcome. resorted to
strategy. They began saving through
the grass stalk. In few minutes the
stalk fell, aud hundreds of ants bounced
upon the fallen caterpillar. He was
killed at once. and the victors marched
of in triumph, leaving the foes body on
the field.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-01-22
Japanese Names.

THE Japanese tradesman. unlike the
Chlnaman, is not accustomed to adopt
high-sounding titles to denote his place
of business, aud. until recently, trades
men were designated by the names of
their respective stores, 10 which their
own sGrnamcs were added. Their
business signs. or trademarks, as we
would style them, reproduce in many
cases the province from which the fam
lily originally came, TO which frequently
their former tr..!e was added. Thus,
presuming that kane-ko (metal child),
to be carrying on business in Mito va
(Alito's shop). his trade designation
would be Mito-Ya Kane-ko. OF late
this class is permitted TO use a surname,
privilege confined in former DAYS to
the official class. These surnames evil
IDENTIFY derive their origin from the
names of the landed property of those
who bear them. We find among them the
names of woods, forests. underwood,
quick-river. hill-town. cliff bridge. cliff
cape, front-iield. small-stream. virtuous-
river. riyer-mouth, or other words usu-
ally compounded of two Chinese char
acters, names of one or three forming
the exceptions. Ii is permitted TO fam
lies to bestow their surnames on per-
sons not related to them, and in this
manner the nobility was accustomed to
honor their retainers and the SdmHri,
the servants and tradesmen who lived
under their protection. Besides the
surname, or family designation, the
Japanese employ the common name
which corresponds with our baptismal
title. and n preference is shown by
some families for names possessing GER
tain pecul!arities, as. for example. Yosh-
itaro. Yoshigiro. Yoshisaburo, kitchi-
Tor Yoshi-)moske. The eldest sons
bestowed name frequently ends
in Taro, the second sons in
Giro. and the third in Saburo.
Grandsons who use the same name
as their fathers and grandfathers en-
body the character mage (grandson).
and great -grandsons the character hi6o.
The son. on reaching manhood, has a
name chosen for him. which usually.
expresses some hoped-for quality or
good fortune. This is the name used
by officials in Japan. Asasa is nom
de plane. employed by students or lite
rary men. Go is fancy name, adopted
chiefly BY those who retire from active
life or who prefer to be known among
their friends under some other than
their ordinary title. Kai mio is the
posthumous name which is engraved
npon the tombstone. This latter is
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-01-22

In all German towns of any conse-
quence occasional exhibitions are held
where new foreign inventions and prod
ucts. which are in any way affiliated to
the local manufactures. are exhibited
and permitted TO be infinitely examined
by artisans and factory operatives. Any
excellence in the foreign article is
quickly detected and initiated by the
local workmen.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-01-22
Little Girl Scared to Death.

LAST week the children at public
school No. 3, near Carsin's Run, pro-
posed to play ghost, and selected Annie
Sicable, little girl about eleven years
of age. as their victim. They accord
ingly organized, and without the knowl-
edge of Annie posted one of their num-
Der in the pines enveloped in a sheet.
To this place they led the unsuspecting
little girl. and at given signal the
sheeted figure made its appearance.
The children who were in the plot ran
and hallooed "ghostr' and with them
ran little Annie. believing she had seen
a real ghost. She reached the school
room door and fell insensible, literally
frightened to death. She was taken to
her fathers house, near by. and died
the same day.-Harttord (.Hd.) Demo-
crGt.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-01-22
THE SONG of THE STEAMER
ENGINE.
"IAN ready for work,

81 An ready for work,
lam ready for work.
so says the great engine when we start,
And the steam comes up from its pulsing
heart,
With It's hundred iron arms and hands
II il waiting 10 take TO foreign lands,
Aud IL says, IN the chccriesf sort of way.
While our friends are watching us down the
am ready for work.
lam ready for wJrk!'
IL viii curry you ove-.
| viii carry yuu oVer.'
II seems 10 say on the ocean wide.
When no land can Ice seen ON either side:
Aud we wonder how II can ever be
That we can go straight DER the trackless
SEA.
And we watch the engine day by day,
Encouraged by what 1t seems To say
will carry you ovcri
will carry you OVER.
sleep safe till morningl
Sleep safe TIL morninyi"
Are the words we near at the dead OF night,
When only the sailors can see light:
But the great ship rushes along As free
As II the sunshine was on the sea.
And we rest secure near the beating heart
OF the en- ne doing its noble part.
Sleep safe Till morning!
Sleep safe till mOrning!
1T Is NIL right now
IL is all right now!
Are the words we hear when the sun peeps
thro,
And the ieaden clouds catch tint of blue,
While the iron arms work hard and fast,
For are in sight of the land at last;
And the engine seems glad as
That the ship Is now from nii danger free.
"a IL Is all right now.
Ii is all right now!'
y brave engine. Won little know
What Ia your faithful toll we owe,
You did your duty by day and night
As well in the darkness as the light,
Never letting an hour 20 by.
Never stopping 10 ask the Why
And showed us what .,eauty aud grace can be
In honest toll and iidclity
-YJIrhs COmpaIiOn-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-12-02
g uiteau Expects 60 be President Of she
United States.

[From the Washington Press Beport.l
Question by Mr.. Scoville-Had you any po-
litical reasons for not pressing yoursuit against
the Herald
Answer by Guiteau-Yes, but they are rath
er remote. l have had an idea in my head
for 20 years that should be president of the
United States 1 suppose people think that
have been badly cranked about that had
the idea in the Oneida community. l went
to Boston with the distinct feeling that was
on the way TO the White House, and l shall
make it yet
laugh spread through the audience at this
prediction, but to Judge by the prisoners
manner and tone he was decidedly in earnest
in his belief
'If I am ever president" continued the
witness, it will be by act of God. l shall get
the nomination as Lincoln and Garfield did
and shall be elected as they were. antici-
pate decided change of public opinion in
regard to me-"
The court-Mr. Scoville, confne the wit
ness to the narrative, if you please.
Question-Did your abandoning the claim
against the Herald have anything to do with
political inspiration
Answer-The idea has been in my head for
20 years that l would be president, and l did
not want to get the Herald down on me.
That is all the reason why did not press my
suit against it. The Herald had always been
mad at me, and it might do harm to my eau
didacy for the presidency. l did not want to
get it down on me, so l let the matter drop.
don't care now a snap Of my fingers about
being president don't care anything about
it. don't know that l should take il if
were actually nominated aud elected, but
have had the idea in my head all the same for
20 years.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-12-02
TX AND RECORD AND FARMER FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1881.

this sore hurt Of the peopleY There is no
panaoea, no specific. II is Just one form OF
The general disease which afllicts the race,
phase OF our yet clingng animallsm, which
must be treated as the doctors say, both To-
callv and constitutionally. The diseased in
ebriate should be restrained in an asylum,
and long enough to work a cure Inc VI.
cious indulger the common drunkard, should
be made TO bear some OF the civic vengeance
which we now wreak only on the seller OF
the stimulants Moral suasion Dlay be good,
and effective for the needless and easily sway
ed youth who INDUCES because his fellows
do but IL has as little effect in the way OF
curing a confirmed drunkard rs 1t would IN
curing cancer The constitutional treat
ment we will find 10 be the most reliable in
the long run. We must look to the tastes
and habits of mind of the rising generation.
Our religion must be something more than
tradition, aud more than matter OF educa-
ton, it must be a matter of living, personal
experience if it would be power TO save.
II have a suspicion" the speaker said, that
our emphasis as Christian teachers has been
placed too exclusively on the Importance OF
securing pleasant and agreeable place here
after, rather than on the importance of build
ing up the Kingdom of God here on the
earth" We must see better to the matter Of
the wise education Of the young. Not how
cheaply we can educate but now We'll lhey
must be prepared better TO face the problems
of life, and ought to be impressed with the
importance Of having as their ambitions
goal not so much a financial competency, AS
a moral excellency. To supplement our pub
lie school system we ought to have Tor the
free use of the whole people library and
readipg-room. We are not only behind the
times, but failing in an important Christian
duty, while we neglect to establish place OF
moral and intellectual enlightening and up
lifting for those. especially, whose homes are
destitute in this respect. If our Christianity
be anything more than name, we will do
this, and it will do much, in time, to lessen
the evil of artificial stimulation. As Chris
tian people whose lot is cast in the last quar-
ter of the nineteenth century, in the United
States of America we ought to be ashamed
of ourselves to be so long destitute Of such
valuable intellectual and moral institution as
public library and reading-room es an ad
| junct to our churches and an aid in the work
| of temperance.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-12-02

United States District Attorney Beatty of
Utah writes to the New York Tribune, de-
ploring the inability of the law officers of the
government to secure convictions under the
statutes against polygamy. The difficulty is,
he says, that il is impossible to get evidence.
To prove polygamy you have to prove pre-
vious marriage, but this you can never do,
because the Mormon marriages are secret.
The first wife cannot be called on to testify
without the husbands consent, and she would
not testify even if he gave his consent. The
second wife cannot testify as long as the first
marriage is in dispute. Then there is no law,
federal or territorial, against adultery or
lascivious cohabitation," which Mr.. Beatty
seems to deplore greatly, and seems to think
that such law would help him out Of his
trouble. But it is difficult to see how it would
help him. There would be as much difficulty
in obtaining evidence for the enforcement of
this as for the enforcement of the statute
against bigamy. The Mormon husband would
not confess in open court. His wives would
not testify against him or against each other
We are hardly prepared to make the living of
several women under one mans roof pre-
sumptive evidence of immoral relations, nor
are we prepared to employ detectives to
haunt the houses of large population for
proof of 'lascvious cohabitation.
The question how can the general govern
ment most effectively and properly grapple
with the evil of polygamy, is apparently no
nearer its solution now than it was when
Congress first directed its attention to the
evil. The reason that the officers of the gov
eminent find it so hard to deal with polygamy
is that polygamy is part of the marriage
| question, with which the general government
has really hUthing to do. Perhaps there ought
TO have been provision in the constitution
giving the national government jurisdiction
of marriage but there is not AS it is, the
marriage question is left wholly to the states.
| 1t would seem to be very desirable that the
people of the United States should live under
q uniform marriage law. At present the sew
eral states differ much in their treatment OF
the marriage relation. The divorce laws OF
some states have made the marriage relation
practically dependent on the inclination OF
the parties. As framework or foundation
for the family it has little or no value except
what the parties give it. The tendency too,
in many of the states is not toward greater
strictness, but greater laxity, and the laws re.
lating to marriage are constantly undergoing
alteration and amendment to make them con
form to the changing requirements and no
tons of modern society. For this reason, and
because of evils scarcely less in magnitude
which exist under their own system and laws
the people outside of Mormondom are in {
poor condition to make their moral influence
strongly felt upon the Saints, and hence the
latter do not respect, any more than they fear
the Gentle assaults upon their harems, ant
the ''twin relic of barbarism" fourishes a.
| never before.