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so,omou and the sIacksnith.


The story goes that during the build
ing of Solomon's temple that wise ruler
decided to treat the artisans employed
on his edifce to banquet. While the
men were enjoying the good things his
bounty had provided, King Solomon
moved about from table to table, en-
deavoring to become better acquainted
with his workmen. To one he said:
"My friend, what is your trader
"a carpenter?
"And who makes your tOolsg'
"The blacksmith" replied the carpen'
ter.
To another he said: "What Is your
trader and the reply was "a mason
"And who makes yours tools Z"
''The blacksmith" replied the mason
A third stated he was a stone-cutter,
and that the blacksmith also made his
tools. The fourth man that King Solo
mon addressed was the blacksmith him
self. He was a powerful man, with
barred arms, on which the muscles stood
out in bold relief, seeming almost al
hard as the metal he worked.
"And what is your trade, my good
man P' said the king.
'eThe blacksmith laconically replied
the man of the anvil and sledge.
"And who makes your tools 2"
Make them myself" said the black
smith.
Whereupon King Solomon proclaimed
him the king of mechanics, because hi
could not only make his own tools, bu
all other artisans were forced to go t.
him to have their tools made.
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The catAlpa tree has rapid and healthy
growth in Kansas, and next to the black
walnut, is the most valuable tree that
can be planted by Kansas farmers. Elk
periments show that IL makes the most
durable railroad ties. On the track bed
Of the Iron Mountain company, in Mis-
souri,. ties of this wood have lain in the
muddy soil of the Mississippi for twelve
years, and are still in a good state of
preservation. This timber takes on a
beautiful polish. and is now very exten-
slvely used in the manufacture Of rail
way cars. Mr.. Barney, of the Barney &
Wood car works, Dayton, Ohio, regards
II as the most valuable timber grown in
this country. 1t is very beautiful tree.
Kansas farmers had better make note
OF this.
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The Topeka Capital names seysral
gentlemen in the southwest who are
mentioned for congressman under the
new apportiOnment, and among the rest
Hon. ii. g. Cross, of this city. We re-
ally suppose the mention Of Mr.. Cross
name In this connection will be piece
of news TO him, and was entirely un-
known to him, but we wish 10 say from
his acquaintance with public affairs
and public men, his we'll known
energy in everything he under
takes, his capacity AS a business man
etc., that he would make n valuable
and useful member from the new dis
trict of which Lyon county will form d
part, and that he has many friends who
would be pleased to second any aspira
tions he may have in this direction.
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GROWTH OF THE NEWSPAPER
BUSINESS

5. N ID. North, who lad charge efihe
newspaper statistics f5s the ieniii ce.1sns,
has published il The International Re
view an interesting article on The Press
of the United States" The figures he
presents show remarkable expansion
of journalism. In 1859 there were only
254 daily and 500 weekly papers pub
lished in this country. while in 1880
they had increased Ia $50 dstilies and
S,7l5 weeklies. In 1850 the number of
peiiodica n t 'untry was . %; n
1860, 4,051; IN 1870. 5.S7l; and in 1880,
11,403. In 1850 TIE total circuia-
ton Of these periodicals aggregated
5,142, 177; in 1860 it reached Il total
of 1866. 400; IN 1870 it aggregated 90
S42,475; and in 1880 the total was 81
Ia, 924. Thus, while the number of pe-
riodicals has increased less lhan five
fold since 1850. their aggregate circula-
ton has Increased nearly seven fold
during the same period Their circuIa-
tion is equivalent t. one paper sent 10
every seven persons in ten of our total
populations, and when II is remembcrft Il
that every paper is read by at least three
persons, enough are now printed 10 sup
ply every person of reading age with a
newspaper as often as once week.
During the last decade the increase in
population was about so per cent, while
the Increase in newspaper circulation
was so per cent.
There are 1904 counties in the United
States. and 2,0T2 of them have one or
more newspapers. There is not q coun-
ty lying east of Missouri and north of
the Ohio river without newspaper.
There are 1850 towns in the country
in which one newspaper is published;
1,O1S which have two; 395 with three;
1875 with four; and 324 with fl We or more.
So that newspapers are published in
ABA cities, towns or villages. There
is hardly place having 10000 inhabit-
ants without daily paper. The small.
est town supporting daily was Weldon,
N. c., with $50 inhabitants, but Tomb.
stone, Arizona, having population of
only 97S, had two.
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Geo. Martin, of the Junction City
Union, has 4 collection Of about four
hundred books printed in Kansas or
about Kansas. This is probably the
largest collection OF Kansas books in ex-
isteuce. The St. Joe Herald says that
several gonflenlen, Including Senator
Plumb, Judge ThAcher, of Lawrence
Capt Lacock, of HiawathH; l.. b. Wheat
and John c. Douglas, of Leavenworlh,
and ID. W. Wilder, OF ST. Joseph, are
making collections in The same tielu.
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dicAte'' To back it, railroad or political,
and il viii not object TO the Republican,
loading Itself with all the dead-fead
work it pleases, but we will say That
FHE EEws will continue TO give full
report Of all county matters, and viii be
just as much of an ''official organ in
lhefuure as it has been in the past. No
subscriber need fear that he viii be de-
priv,d of any county news because we
were not made the "offfcial organ"
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Kansas is booming IN Washington as
well as ut home, and in the appOrtlon.
ment law which passed the house she is
allowed seven icongscssmen. only
think, seven congressman and eighteen
votes in the national convention! Verify
we are getting 10 le somebody. We
suppose We can find seven fellows who
are willing 90 60 10 congrtss and draw
$50 900 Qua OF the national treasury, be-
sides the mileage. WhOOpeI
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II 10 asserted in New York that an
other letter from wnitclaw Reid TO Gar
Geld Is soon To bePrinled and thatlt is
"a regular screarer." Ils genulneness,
il is claimed, cshnoF be eutsLioned, and
1t contains developments that will show
tho conspiracy of which President Gar
field was a Victina, Aad the real causes
OF the division OF the Republican party
into two factions at the commeDcement
Of his administration. sszsa
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has been grievously sinned against.

has been grievousIy sinned against. My
dear madam, l write this to the widow
of our dead President, in behalf of a
man not himself in condition 10
realize the extent of the terrible wrong,
or 10 understand your suiferings or
mine. Never can ] resi- in peace until
be allowed, upon my Bonded knees an
der the weight of the humiliation and
disgrace, few brief moments in which
TO pour forth TO your mercy aud heart
the plcadings of one who must ever
feel sisters love for an Insane, mother
less boy, even though by the whole
world condemned and despiscd
! beg you let me say to yau and yours
what he would aay il in his right mind,
forgive evea as Christ shall forgive US
all" With the utmost sorrow aud lt-
spcct / remain sincerely yours
FRANCES NJ. SCovILLE,
$50 w. Monroe street.
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uov Bell, OF New Hampshire, SAP {
the reason why pfVlhbi,iOn does nDl Pgo-
hibiI is because the people have not in
teIest enough in the matter To put the
laws in force. Tuere is no doubt but
that prohibition aill prohibit wherever
public sentiment Is Tor il. Pubic senli.
ment IL irresistibIe any where and every
What,. L
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ESTABLISHED II

Indians, during the war, Was 9oted
h,r lis able Republican -'ae-h. "a
'sh1 has now rAther ...t gnse-g So, sfs-e4
shis respect, aud Iowa CON- 4.
among the western s,,,
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In the appOuiohussst vili az it passsc
~, house the lnorthel s,.-,es gain ~
nt mbers, ana the s0utnern, f5memoers,
90. tue north loses one in Maine, one in
;, mont and one in New HaEpsnire,
,ua, inc net gain in the north is only
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-02-23

Last week was disastrous one s..r
Spiritualism at both ends at the con-
tinen,. The scance which terminated
abruptly in the discontinue of a
Brooklyn medium ON Friday evening
had its exact counterpart on Monday in
San Francisco. An sgile man ieaped
over the barrier which separated the
audience from The csbinei, seized the
mnt,riaIized spirit, aud revealed TO the
assembled company a substantial young
woman who was very scantily and I'M
conventionally clad, and by no means
wore smile. Fttfff .ft
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Must Answer to God and the American
People

CLEVELAND. O, Feb II. i Il
Rhodes, secretary of the Garfield MO u
ment committee and near friend of
Mrs. Garfield was Interviewed by an rs
ISOLATED press CORE. pondent to-day and
said Mrs. Garfield received letter from
Mrs. ScOville this morning, and that lie
was authorized in her behalf to say, thai
towards the slayer of her husband she
cherishes NO malice. He mus answer
only 10 his God and the American PEG
pie. For the sister and all meiniers Il
his family she feels only profound pity
Further than this she asks 10 be lcfi
alone with her sorrow, and tn he spared
being dragged into useless and t"riuring
publicity. Mrs. Garfield will not an
swer the letter.
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re,nperance Lecture BY a saloon
petroit News.I

fsG.
(Detroit NewsJ
A News reporter heard novel and eff
fectiye temperance lecture in certain
fourth ward saloon last evening. The
reporter doesn't drink" but he happened
to be there on Cuisines" and while hewai
talking with a man at one of the tables
two fellows entered and approached the
bar. One of them greeted him as 9
friend and called for the whisky.
t'No, Tom, you'd better have beer,'
replied the man behind the bar, Sits time
you left whisky alone. There isn't 4
worse drink you could put into YOU
stomach. See here--," and tbeI
splitting quarter of glass of whisky on
the bar the saloonist lighted match and
set fire to it. The liquor burned with q
steady blue fame, and tom and his
friend gazed at it rather stupidity. One
of them held his hand over the fame and
remarked:
.sIFs something like Bob Ingersoll'.
he'll, amt it2''
yes" replied the saloon keeper
sfyou'Ye hit it just right That stuff j:
/ hell-it burns just ike that until even q
cast iron, copper-fastened stomach is eat
en- through and destroyed. / tell you,
boys, You can't do better than leave
whisky alone. That's my experience
Come let's have q glass of beer togeth-
Ter"
And the saloonkeeper's wife Just then
appeared behind the bar and scanned ap
proyingly as the lager gurgled down her
husbands throat.
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TRUTH FROM TALMAGR
The Brooklyn Preachers Views on Prize
Fights

Fights
NEW York, Feb T1.-Fhe uriz.. light
figured couspicHou>ly IN DIR. rafn,age's
lecture upon secular topics of the week
as viewed from Il religious staadpui
IN the Brooklyn tabernacle tst evening.
As many of the newspl pers had fer two
or three days, he said, been largely oc-
cupied with reports of the pueiiistic en-
counter, the whole country had been
either willingly or unwil.ingly looking
on. 1t was shocking spectacle, but
not SO bad as war on large scale OF
the two lac preferred the prize fight 1t
was bad thing 10 break one Jaw, but
how much worse was 1t TO break len
thousand jaws! Why should not Dis
raeli, after be had instituted the Zulu
var, have been compelled to GO firth
and light the battles himself, instead of
the ten thousand who did fight? Why
not let naaioas at war have each cham
pion to do the fighting? 1t would
be great economy of desola,ed hearth
stones. great economy OF
sepulchres. He did not advocate prize
lighting, but he thought it required
courage TO enter the tweniy-fOur foot
ring in personal conflict. There is
more exposure than in ntest in
which Dahlgren guns and howilzers
and swamp angels are engaged. He be-
lieved the time will come when the
epics of war will cease to be sung over
thousands of stacked up corpses, and
the roll Of its drums will be replaced by
diplomacy, but if we must have plIysi.
cal war he would have the men who
make the battles be the only ones 10
tight. AS it is, those who get up the
wars usually stay at home and make
money out OF them In the strife OF
this week two men were the ruff1ans; at
Sedan two nations were the despera-
does. The music of the stars over
Bethlehem on the first Christmas night
needs more thorough rehearsal by IT,
nation.
Touching upon the deadlock in 81
bany, DR.. Talmage said that New York
should have biennial session of the leg
islature, SO that the Legislators may get
more time for earning an honest living
for with deadlock after deadlock, session
after session, the members pay is not
enough without peTquisitirs. Whit is
most needed is the burial of the base
partIsanships that are becoming worse
and worse. If our Legislature in Albany
can not do better let thIm adjourn 10
their homes. Of The situation i'll thc
city of Washington he said he had teen
told that if hundredth of the bills it'll
which members pockets are filed, call
ing for appropriations, were passed the
ceuntry would be irreirievably swamped
and he wanted some senator or some
representative TO vote no with vehe-
mence that should make all the political
hacks shIver. The greatest peril Of he
federal government, he SAID, III dismiss
ing the subject, is The peril Of reckless
expenditure
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PennnsyIVania Military Academ
Rurned

CHESTER. Pa Feb. 1.-THE Pcsu VI
vanla milstary academy burned last
night. The cadets have started for their
homes There were 143 caieis Attend
ing the academy, and the Young men
succeeded in saving themselves and
most OF their pers ,nal effects. The
property, such as furniture, apparatus
and library, was gotten out The build
ing was $50 feet long, 50 feet wide and
four stories high, Oyerl ,oking the city
1t was built at an outlay of 1925 900 by
stock company in 1865. The entire
loss foOts up 100000; insurance S75,-
600 The origin of the fire is not known,
the laboratory in which it was discov
cred containing nothing that would ig-
mite
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country are very promising so lar. Farm
crs in all sectIOus are we'll forward III
lhelr spring work. More winier pIow-
ing has beeu done than eyer before
al this season Of thv year. II the season
should prove prOpiIIous greater acre
age will be planted The coming year
than ever before,-s~ 49, p,
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Terrible

CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-THE local papers
say the governor of Illinois has received
information that in southern Illinois the
women and children are dying from
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JOHN \ mOOnE.

DIR. w. W. HTBBES,
0FFICE-ovcr Dunlap 4 Cos. Bank
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Wilhoffs Fever and Ague Tonic, the
old reliable remedy, now sells for 81.
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l.. ID. JACOBS, NJ ID,
nFFiCE in North \ Ryier's drug ,.or..
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Physicians.


THOS. &. RIDDLE. M ID,
ID EADiNS, kASSAS.-CaIIs answered
Ii promptly.
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DHHSICIAN AND SURGEON
Il ms lsrug Store. No. l5C Commercial s.
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COUNTY ADVERTISING

rhe oae,al ,irs.An Question,
a esi ~ ni -nvsEisina
he ubiic, nj
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PROFESSIONAL.
attorneys at Law.

y. HARVEY FIRTH,
A TT0RSEY- AT-LAW Office with AL
"A meria Gi!ictt. opposite Adams express
Daily Republican., 1882-07-15
R,KILMER
SHERIFF'S SALE.

wit ~ =, SALE VIRTUE OF A
s1pOSeS ~ lev va iacias, to me directed viii
MarfSt W ., pubic sale ut the Court House
d Streets ~ LetWeen Ten h and Elev,
Ute COUNT, ~ IN ne Oity OF Wilmington, New
'OAH' THE 2lsT DAY OF Ju1y 100,
N II o. itslnIG VI described real estate viz.
City ~ oV W,or parcel OF land sitnotad az ~
4 descrths%si Huntington, aforesaid bo"ndad
The Wests oI a. follows. to wit X. wtnniOa
slith and ,dit X side Of French street SetwaaSS
poo d tx ~ FIFTEENTH streets, at tSs Az
% ofTvsIs%t inches from tha north e u
aruss hi 'a a. ;treet at a corner Of IsssSS
Felfh sfres,, t . westerly parallel Wiz
Pa wall hat through the IL fiddle ~ a Si ,Sn
ute ia tso Tween this and said sbo W.
sy, tbsUOoos 70 twelve feet six 1ncS ns S ~
ID FrenNS herewith northe,iv I nar wi.S
1rlain,S IMM nt q feet o inches Ia Kiii;ann
stalel wiz nne, thence Herewith "astns'n
She NJ W twelfth street 10a raot " ~
pthellV " ,Iench street, thence tbo- " sno
pning hs ~ eet inches to the nlonn ~ ~
uss a ~ tne same more or as pSsG "a. Of Pc
ey ID privilege Of the abovs M w" ~ LILLE Cns
lck dO.sa laCn forever, with a th me. TONED
ctsd and other out buiIdin Snres story
\ S q ~ I'd 1 taken in exsout,o , 8 N
! tMecutrix otI'ss a, surviving mortRaSsr |
'" Sau W he sold b y deceased,
Wilmington, Del Jnne
Daily Republican., 1882-07-15
BOHEMIA'S LAND,
A SONG OF THE SEASON.

:
Wnlch Is the way from the crowded city.
10 land Of shadow and siIent noooa'
"nere women can love and men Gan nitv
roE tse tolllng town Ia harsh and hollow,
a nd hate points eastward, envy wast
ihou many may ta.l yet some will follow
10 nome OF dreams and the haven rests
F0r the love OF heaven, stretch forth Won
nand,
ANA point the way to Bohemia's land.
VIZ,
"heIe are the fields and their emera, d cOyel
, Inc waysido flowers and travelling cart
Daily Republican., 1882-07-15
pera singers Suing for salary

A number of lawsuits are likely tc
grow out of the recent tour of the Phil
adolphia Church Choir Opera Company.
Miss Helen Drayne, who took the char.
acteristic of Lady Angela In Patience,
has instituted suit against the mana.
gers, T. A. Hall, late of the lyceulu, aud
Louis De Lange, to recover $3.50, the
amount due her for six weeks salary.
The tour commenced under favorable
auspices, aud in the Eastern States
sufficient cash was realized to meet all
the expenses. In Canada and through
the Western States business was poor,
and salaries became due, with no money
to pay them. Finally the company
stranded in Chicago, and it was with
that the singers raised the
necessary capital TO return home. Miss
Drayne has taken the initiative in suing
and the other members will probably
pursue the same course.
Daily Republican., 1882-07-15

II Is mistake to eat quickly, Mas
tlcation performed in haste must IN
imperfect even with the best of teeth.
and due adixture of the salivary score
tlon with the food cannot take place,
when crude mass of inadequately
crushed muscular fibre, or undivided
solid material Of any description, is
thrown into the stomach, it acts as a
mechanical irritant, and sets up con.
dltlon in the mocOus membrane lining
OF that organ which greatly impedes, Il
1t does n It altogether prevent the pro.
cess of digestion. When the practice
OF eating quickly and filling the stom-
ach with unprepared food is habitual.
the digestive organ is rendered incapa-
Die OF performing its proper functions.
Either much larger quantity of food
than would be necessary under natural
conditions Is required, or the system
suffers from want of nOurishment,-I
Those animals which were intended to
feed hurriedly were either gifted with
the power of rumination or provided
with gizzards. Man is not so furnished |
and 1t is fair to assume that he was in. |
tended to eat slowly. We must apoli. |
glZe for reminding out readers of facts
so familiar; but we do this in the hope
that any who may chance to have in
huence with the managers of large no
tells where dinners "a la table d'hote"
are in vogue will take measures to
bring about much needed reform in
the manner in which these entertain.
ments are conducted.
At the best and most frequented es-
Adjustments in places of fashionable
resort, where multitudes of health
seekers are won't to Congregate, the
hurried dinners are not only causes of
but actually go far to pre-.
rent the benefit which would be derived
rom change No sooner is one course
erved than another ia introduced, with.
tut giving the guest time to digest or
ven to swallow the first. The eager
1858 to secure good dividends takes a
mischievOus form when 1t
lies food on the plate of customer,
nd compels him to consume il breath
'ssly. The matter may seem q small
ne, but it is not so. just as a man
lay 60 on for years with defective
'eth, imperfectly masticating his food,
nd wonders why he suffers from indi-
9stion, 80 man may habitually live
nder an int1iction Of hurried dinners,
I'D endure the consequent loss of
9alth, without knowing why he is not =
ell, or how easy the cause of his i'll.
,ss might be remedied. NJ
Daily Republican., 1882-07-15

MAX PAYERS K y TWE-uIrY a
SOlIU LII * FOR 1884,
he unde signtd receivers of .axes for the
WY OF Wilminc ton, will be at No. IL East
SKIN street between Market and King az.
on and after he LIST day of July. $751;, betW een
the houis OF and IL in the moruinr r. and
from TO in tho afternoon for the purpose /
recelVing taxes. On all taxes paid during
tlemonth Of July thee will be reduction Of
nve GEMS on eve'y dollar, and all taxes paid
On or after the frat day Of August, including
the first Tuesday Of September, snail he
psyab.e without reduction or addition as
~ r SSio. ma all xes p Id n the day
next, afer the fl st Tuesday In SfptamheT
snail be increased by tie adctt.on of S per
ce1tum on tn amOu thereof ~
EDMUND PROVOST.
receiver Of Nor h I'm District, including all
NORTH Of sixth street.
DENNIS KANE,
Receiver Of southern District, inc uding all
South Of Sixth street. ivi3tf
Daily Republican., 1882-07-15

The semi-annual meeting of the
Morocco Manufacturers National Ex
change was held yesterday at the West
End Hotel, Long Branch. B. f. Glenn
ents, OF Lynn, Mass, president; vice
president W. T. McNeely, of Philadel
phia, and the rest of the officers, were
all reelected for the ensuing term. AT.
ter long discussions committee of six
were appointed to appear before the
United States Senate Tariff Commits
sion on Wednesday next and advocate
an increase of the tariff on tanned goat
skins.