The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-11-23

ground and still have some TO snare
such numbers give as an idea better
thsn any thing else Of what the future
has in store for You.
come back from this country with
the full impression that great prosperi-
~ Is your fortune "a the future. andthat
the sinIsrants who como to your part of
this country viii always lind \ new
opening, and can hardly do better than
seek out such a state as Kansas. Kan
sas Is. perhaps. the best known of an
The new states IN E1rope, and in the
political opinion ol Europe What they
taye rad Of Kansas has perhaps n6s
al Hays been favorable. Ne read a COED
deal al troubles before The war. OF con-
lesiS after the war, and / am not quiie.
sure but that The last news heard about
kansas IN Europe may have been the
story OF the masked men who attempt
81 10 rob the express on the Santa F,s in
September last, though il may he state.t
TO the honor of Kansas il was not the
fault OF the state nor of her railroads
NOW am sure the people who have
lie opportunity of seeing what Kansas
really Is appreciate the state And
speak here for my eouRtrymen accus-
toned 10 the old ways of our agricultur-
al production, that they viii see that
Kansas is just the kind of land fl for
them and that they will come over, and
that great branch of the stream of i'm
migration that is coming from the old
Europe TO The new continent here Will
be drawn to Kansas. think that there
has been given you natural advantages
that put you in rather a favorable posi-
ton; you have on the east the same out
let's as other states to Europe; you also
may ship your wheat and your corn and
hogs and cattle TO the eastern part of
your country; at the same time there is
springing up new states on the west with
new towns and cities and another kind
of industry, the mining interest. and
they are likely to attract a large immi-
grafton which will supply market for
The products that you have got In your
country.
think that you are particularly ia
vored, and I am pretty sure from what l
have seen that you are just the kind of
people TO profit by these opportunities.
hear that Kansas has been very re-
Gently, as have all the states of the
Union, the scene of very fierce politi-
cal contest. As a representative of a
| foreign government l take no part. I
regard both the sides of political life
with the same good feeling, and ! en-
deovor to divide my sympathies between
| sAGSS D8EtlCS COuotACL you do SAtALCAS
of the United States, as people of the
| land of the free and the home of the
brave, and I extend to all of you, ir
respective of prior natiGnAlities and po-
! sition, the same feeling of sympathy, and
| l don't think ! could better conclud the
| few remarks l have addressed to you
and for which pray your indulgence
than by expressing the hope that the
| marvellous progress you have made in
Kansas, and particularly in this town of
Emporia, may only be the beginning of
| a vast future, that the good opportunities
that are offered may be improved con-
tinuously, and that the capital, which
has already found its way out here in
this part OF the union will continue to
flow in and spread its blessings TO all
sides. You are an inland state; you
have not the benefit ofthe OCEAN at your
door, but ! apprehend that capitalists
afford you a good compensation for the
lack of ocean facilities. The Atchison,
Topeka s. Santa Fe line, which is a
genuine Kansas institution, and which
is Just like the Colossus of Rhodes, put,
ting its feet on each side of the Ameri-
can continent, reaching with one hand
the Pacific and with the other the
Atlantic, and / think perhaps in this
line you have between the east and west
Just as great line of communication as
the Mississippi is from the north to the
south, and when, in the coming days,
shall follow in the papers in the words
: of the national economists the progress
of Kansas, l will be the moro able to ap-
preclate your state because have seen
with my own eyes what is the country,
what are the means or communication,
what are the inhabitants, and, as con-
Guiding word, l will say that there was
one attraction which the west has
brought TO me, of which l did not know
anything particularly before, and that is
the kindess and hospitality of the peo-
pie who are receiving with open arms
, and generous hearts anybody who has
come In among them.
Ladies' and gentlemen, l am very
much Obliged TO you for your kindpesS
and thanking you now for your atten-
ton, will close.
AT the conclusion of Minister de Bille's
speech the program, which had been Sc
long in preparation, was taken up and
each part very creditably disposed of.
The first piece was an overture from
Tancredi, and was we'll rendered by an
orchestra of nine pieces, including the
piano, at which Mrs, NJ. Kendrick pre-
, sided.
r The next was a chorus from "Moses
in Egypt" and was ably executed, elicit
ing very hearty applause.
The plano solo, sRundo Capriccioso,'
5 by Mrs Kendrick was beautiful anG
was weel received.
"Sulamith's Lament 10 the Mountain
NToi hN Misc Allis
Riggs, is very fine piece of music, and
it lost none of its charming
, effects in the rendition which
! Miss Riggs gave it, and she was heartily
! appl4uded, as she deserved to be.
The male quartelte, loft when nigh
has rest bestowed" was rendered by the
Amphion club, and everybody enjoyed
it so much that the gentlemen were
I forced to respond 10 the hearty encore
which followed it.
= "Poet and Peasant" piano duette
was very fine, and the ladies who rem
dered it, Mrs kendrick and Miss Jennie
, DelaDy, are deserving of much praise.
(a) Recitative,i"In Rosy Mantle" du
cite, (bI"By Thee with Bliss" duette and
chorus. (cl Forever Blessed be His Pow
+ err" by Miss Allie Riggs, Prof. Fowler
: D. D. Bennett and chorus, was very
choice, and being as difficult as it is, re-
quired great, skill to bring out the full
, effect
THE Witches Dance" piano solo by
: Mrs Kendrick is one of the most exquisite
pieces of music now extant, and its
execution was most satisfactory, as the
applause which followed it amply testi-
fed.
The vocal solo, (a) at was lover and
his LASS" (b) "When / was little and
tiny boy" by Mrs. /. D. Fox, was one
of the choicest selections on the pro.
gram, and was rendered in Mrs Fox's
usually charming style. She was loud
ly arplauded and encored. MIR. de
Billie took deep interest in this seIec-
ton, and involuntariiy applauded the
fair vocalist IN the midst OF the exercise.
The Amphion Club again distin-
guished itself in the rendition of the Sc
lection, Might song; sweet evening
come, her dusky mantel throwing"
The evenings epte-t ,inmeni closed
with 'JchcVa','s fia..e' y a ci.o. Us. So,
duo and c1-lu+, by Mcsdanes Fox aud
Fowler and chorus With Miss AHna
Goddard as accompanies, to..whom is
due much praise for the success of all