The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-09-22
HERE AND THERE.

Jamfull is the populous name of
Colorado town.
The thing which the country most
freely condemns in Mason, the prison
guard who attempted to shoot Guiteau,
is his defective craftsmanship.
If Missouri really desires to sustain
her reputation for advanced civilization
she shonld establish colony of canni-
balls at Cracker Neck" in Jackson
county.
What are we coming TO in religious
matters, anyhow State Journal
We can answer that mighty quick so
far as you are concerned. Enclose a
three-cent stamp.
Considering the deadly feud which
seems to exist between the Times and
Journal, of Kansas City, these papers
appear to be giving each other large
amount of free advertising.
The furore for window decoration is
at its height. The most effective thing
in this line is pretty girl, provided
she doesn't get her face near enough to
the pane to impart fiat appearance to
her nose.
From the fact that Governor Critten-
den has announced his solemn purpose
to exterminste the train robbers of Mis-
souri, we infer that he has relinquished
the idea OF becoming a candidate for re-
election.
ITO make Greenback speeches in
droughtridden Kansas may be a pleasant
AND profitable business the Omaha
Republican says, "but it is sure death or
misfortune to the man who engages in
it in Nebraska
There is said to be man in Fall Riv-
er who did not know that President
Garfield had been shot until eight weeks
after it occurred. He will make a good
man for The Guiteau jury if he lets news
prpers alone.
Charles Dudley Warner says that the
moral tone of the American newspaper
Is higher, as rule, than that OF the
community in which it is published. If
the Quincy Herald is case in point we
blush for the reputation of that town.
Some witty journalist says: AFTER
considerable experience, persons who
want to go to Kansas have concluded il
is cheaper to go by way Of Europe, Asia
and San Francisco. 1t takes more time
but not so much money as the train rob
bers of Missouri demand"
Dr. Bliss is said TO believe in the cura-
tive powers of whisky. 1t has been a
matter of common observation that he
made very encouraging Roadway against
the malarIal influences which Frustrated
seven or eight attendants around the
White House who did not have the en-
tree to the executive wine closet.
If the cordial amenities in process of
exchange between the editors of the |
the Kansas City Journal and the Leav-
enworth Times suffer no interruption |
and continue to increase in fervOr, we
shall expect to sec the column rules of
one or both of those papers inverted |
some of these fine mornings.
United States Senator John S. Will |
liams recently sold his crop of tobacco,
raised on seventy-five acres in the "blue
grass" section OF Kentucky, for $751; |
41996. There were ninety-five hogs
heads, and the yield from each acre was
nearly $500. He was assisted by flock
of seven hundrd turkeys, who kept the
plants clear of worms. II
There is little flirting done in Constant
tinople. The handkerchief racket is un-
known and criminal punishment awaits
the man rash enough to make any ad
vances to lady on the street. The 'un-
speakable Turk" may be a little off on
his theology, but he seems to be well
abreast Of the procession on questions of
s Ocial ethics.