The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-05-13
HERE AND THERE.

HERE AND THERE.
1t costs $4,000 year to print the post
age stamps of the United States
Mr.. Conkling thinks he can approx
mate to within a few pounds of the
fighting weight Of President Garfield.
Mr. Conkling begins to manifest sYmp-
toms of trepidation as the distance
shortens up between the locomotive and
The OK.
Talk about carrying Goals 70 New
Castlel California sends hundreds OF
thousands of gallons of claret 10 France
every year.
II is said that every third person in
Venice is a pauper. We had no idea
that there were that many editors in the
entire kingdom of Italy.
The recent experience Of st. Louis IN
connection with the Mississippi floods
has greatly intensified the popular aver
sion to water in that city.
A Kentucky man has a bonanza in
the way of farm with 3 volcano under
it. II is needless to add that he is an
ticipating an upward movement in his
real estate.
Topeka Commonwealth It is u little
singular that the formerly of Kansas"
patriot does not yet appear in the star
route business. Is the old man finally
going 10 fail US?
Chicago Tribune: The Baltimore
News puts the cost of SOlomon's Tenn
pie al almost SIS, OOO, 900, 600. 1t is very
evident that there was no plumbing
done in the temple.
The star routes in Russia are under
the surveillance of the Nihilists, and
are very successfully employed in "expe-
diting' erial excursions among the
royalty Of that country.
Mr.. Conkling has been SO considerate
as to define his position on the Robert.
son appointment, but the people are
still of the opinion that James A. Gar
field is president of the United States.
New York Herald: The western In
dians have again narrowly escaped ex
termination. Three small boys have
been taken from q freight car in which
they had intended to ride to the plans
The Washington monument and the
Kansas City custom house seem to b.
running race for completion. But i
would take a Philadelphia lawyer to de
termine which of the two structures hai
the pole.
Desperation has apparently assumed
the form of an epidemic among tn,
newspaper men. 1t is almost impossi
BILE to pick up daily journal nova
days without reading of the marriage o
suicide of an editor.
Descriptions given of the Forthcoming
maps to accompany the census report
assure the public of q chance TO stud,
the United States without referring t
Fourth of July speeches, mining state
ments or the circulars of local real e:
tate agents.
Parents should be very careful hoy
they crush the noble aspirations ant
lofty purposes which animate the soul
of their children. A girl recently CON
mitted suicide at Delphi, Indiana, bt
cause her father would not permit her (
bang her hair.
The demoralized condition of til
mails in the northwest must extend to tn
entire postal system of the government
THE News has not yet received the wed
ding cards of Prince Rudolph ant
Princess Stephanie, though they were il
sued nearly a month ago.
Chairman Jewell, of the Republics
national committee has issued a circula
inviting expressions of opinion froi
Republicans throughout the country i
regard to the best methods or rule
which should be adopted for electing de
egates to their national convention i
1884.
The Second Advent Christian associl
ton recently held a convention at Wo
cester, Massachusetts,, at which fulle
statement of principles was adoptes
The peculiar points are that the finall
J impenitent will be destroyed, that til
coming of Christ is near at hand, an
that the earth will be made over for til
future abode of the saints.
Saturday Review: "The nauseous lal
guage, the indecent photographs, Ii
pitiable confessions that the victim hs
to make-these are things likely to max
deeper impression on the sort of min
which, as rule, falls q victim to Spiri
ualism than repeated exposures of pho
phorus bottles and fax wigs, slip kno
and e-bottOmed cabinets, slate pencil
under the nail and hands made of say
dust and fiesh-colOred kid. The lattl
appeal to the judgment, which in sue
cases very frequently does not exist; IL
former to feelings of shame and tast
which frequently do"