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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-08-10
PRINCIPLE.

Some Of the papers are ascribing the
success of Governor ST. John before the
people 10 his personal popularity.
While all viii admit that the governor
has many friends throughout the state,
we are Of opinion his success is
owing entirely 10 the principle he repre-
senis, to-wit: prohibition. He has sue
ceeded in connecting his name so closely
with the temperance movement that to
defeat him now, the temperance men
claim, would give the struggle the APP
pearance 10 the outside world of victO-
~ against prohibition, or at least a
rebuke to it. II was because be repre-
sented living principle more closely
than any other gentleman who offered
his name that he has been so largely
Endorsed. The fight against him to a
certain extent was a negative one. and no
difference how good friends the other
candidates were To the cause which a
large majority of our people hold dear,
st. John and his friends, succeeded in
giving the canvass the turn that TO op-
posG him under the circumstances was
TO oppose the best interests of prohibi-
ton. II was the principle he represented
and not his personal popularity that
gave him The tremendous advantage he
has had throughout the canvass, and
which gave him so large a majority of
The delegates. II anybody in Kansas or
outside of it is Of the impression that
the prOhibitionists of Kansas are not in
earnest, and that they intend TO give up
the fight, We apprehend they are
fooled.
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VIEWS OF A DIsrlLLER.


The present waYe for prohibition is
attracting the attention of all as it
sweeps over the country. One Mr..
Girsh Martin, an old and experienced
distiller, writes in Peoria paper on the
present and possible future OF the distil-
lery business in the United States. He
says there are now on hand in this coun-
try 15O,OO0,OOO gallons of whisky, of
which 90, goo are in bond in the gov
eminent warehouses. The foreign dc
mand has fallen from 200, 900 barrels in
1SS0-'8I 10 almost nothing. The distil-
Iers, however, have 10 keep their ma
chinery in order, and the production
goes on, anticipating AN increased de-
mand. Mr. Martin. however, claims
that the 5O,O00,0O0 American people of
the present day drink less whisky
than The 25,0O0,00O people did thirty
years ago. This reduction of the aver
age and total consumption of spirits, he
insists, is the result OF The introduction
OF lager beer az general beverage Of
the Americans, ana he pronounces lager
beer Tho worst enemy whisky has TO
face ia the United States today" The
same writer discusses The questions
arising under tue prohibition agitation,
and the effect which any angry contro-
versy on that subject between those IN
the trade and the prohibition people
will have upon the social as we'll as pc
litical character Of the country. Refer
ing To the eventual fate of slavery, Mr,
Martin warns the manufacturers OF in
toxicaLiug beverages as follows:
There are less than 100 great distiller-
les in the United States. The retail
dealers the saloon men," are generally
men without means and not of habits TO
acquire much wealth. With rare cXcop-
lions, like Peoria, the wholesale dealers
are not much better. The social position
of the liquer Trade holds no SORT of COM
parison Ia the social status 81 American
slavery. The moral aud religious senti-
ment of American society is against it.
The women are against il. This moral
sentiment stands like II stone wall 10
confront It. OF course this is q free couS-
try, and any man, any editor, any class
or any interest has an undoubted right
TO beat its brains out against this stone |
wall. IL is their privilege rs we'll as their |
right. But personally You can |
count me on: of any such idiotic id |
nonsCns Let the liquor men go along |
quietly; let them take out their license |
and obey strictly the law; let them pro-
woke AS little attention as possible IL |
their business; lei them ward off "pfo- |
sition by seeking tn concilidle rather |
than anLtgoniZc the moral sentiment of
The Who'll. country and their business |
will go ON with as little disturbance and |
annoyance rs il is possible 81 do. But
let y financial collapse of the disabling |
interest occur now, or in the near fuTure. |
and II viii scare every Capitflist and |
business man from ever r. engaging in |
line disabling business. Then, with the
element rampant, and no |
capital to fight it with, prohibition
could bc cntored, and in ten years there |
would not be left dIstillery, = brewery, !
OF a saloon in the United States
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The Germans Dissatisfied
From the Cincinnati volksblatt CGerr

From the Cincinnati Volksblatt German
Democrat)
The temperance question, which is
by all means the important one, is only
mentioned in the very last paragraph of
the Ohio Democratic platform. Those
who expected decided liberal stand on
this subject by the Democratic conven-
tion will turn sadly disappointed from
that paragraph. The same cOwardice
that prevented the convention from de-
claring itself squareiy on other ques-
tons also influenced it there. Instead
of making manly stand against the
Republican temperance and Sunday
laws, as was hoped in liberal-miEded
circles, we find these laws passed over
in silence. There is no word against the
Pond law; there is no word against the
Sunday law; and yet these laws are
against all principles of free govern
ment. Instead of such declaration,
they speak of ''the largest individual
freedom consistent with The public vel
fare" The sentence is so formed that
not even the most tanatical could take
umhrage at it Just as unsatisfactory is
the second part of the paragraph, in
which the convention declares against
Legislation merely sumpIuary." Neither
the Pond nor the Smith law could
be described as "mere samptuary leg
islation." Beside, the expression "sump-
tuary laws" is also used in the sense
of oppressive laws. and they will doubt
less try TO prove TO Germans and other
liberal minded voters that these laws are
what the convention refers To. The
Democratic platform, therefore gives
| the liberal Republicans no security that
they will fare any better in case of q
Democratic victory than If the Repub
licans win. The only surety that the
Democratic party gives IS its record
| its past action in such matters.
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Curious Facts.

The horse shoe crab grinds its food
between Its thighs.
One-halt the human family die under
II years of age.
Antwerp and other towns of Belgium
are overrun by vast network of tele-
phone wires.
Coarse garnets are sometimes used as
substitute for emery in the work of
preparing gems for polishing.
The salutation of the Egyptians is al
legged To be "How do you perspire 20 and
that of the natives of the Orinoco, How
have the mosquitoes used your
Plants haYe been raised from seeds
found with coins of the Emporer Had
rian in an ancient barrow in England.
Sultan. the pet elephant of the Jardin
DIES Plantes was unable to survive the
death of his companion, the dog Jean.
A statistician estimates that the Peo-
pie of the United States have to pay go
a minute for congress while in session.
The chamois is the only antelope
found in Europe, and the baboon, on the
rocks of Gibraltar, the only quadrumana
The word daughter. common 10 all
Indo- European languages, means mixer
and bears witness 20 the early tanning Of
the COW.
Taking the human race as whole, u
| is observed that races living exclusively
on meat have been the most savage ones
| Civilization and the cultivation of plants
have thus kept pace with each other.
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HOW RAuROADs ARE BUILr

Inc ClnClGuali 6hAStlc euli SutCliS INC
public on the manner of building rail-
roads. Cincinnati ought To know how
it is done because she has spent nearly
twenty millions of money for one road,
the Cincinnati & Southern. The Ga-
zette says:
"The old way of taking given
amount of stock and paying 100 cents
on the dollar for it, and then bonding
the property for about one half of its
cash value is played out. The new way
pans out better, although it may be
| little bit off color when compared with
the old way. 1t is done in this way:
| Suppose the lowest estimate for con-
structlng and equipping given number
of miles is 1O,O00,O 600; the ring will issue
$l2 100000 in bonds and 81, 100000 in
stock, making the bond and stock debt
SCI, O00, 900. Then it is agreed that every
| purchaser of bonds shall have Il like
amount ofstOck free, as u bonus rs il were.
Then il is agreed that they will sell the
bonds at 80 cents on the dollar. Suisse
| quently il is agreed that we shall have
the right To subscribe first and the pUb-
lie afterward. When the subscription
| books are cast up IL rs found that
we have taken ali the bonds with
the stock bouus- We then con-
clude that we don't want the bonds, 50
we float them ut price as much above
cost as possible, leaving the voting pow
| er which controls the road clear profit.
In the meantime an agent is sent out
along the proposed route TO solicit sub
scriptions from the counties, cities, towns
and individuals. Should q town or city
refuse to come down surveying party
is sent out and line run near enough TO
the place to convince the inhabitants
that il rival town should DC started on
the road within IA mile or two OF them
their burg would be ruined. A word To
the wise is generally sufficient, and the
assessment is agreed to. These subscrp-
tiOns are clear gain Ia the company
Not within the past ten years has any
body heard of the subscriptions Ia a rail
way project going into the general fund
of the company. That was the way IA
long time ago, but they know better now.
Thus il will he seen that the profits to a
syndicate ON n $lO,00O,O 900 road are, first,
k12, 500, 900, or the entire capital stock Of
the company, the subscriptions gathered
on the line of the road, and the differ
encc between the gr0undnoor cost Of the
bonds and the price at which the public
is pleased to take them, which is gener-
ally about par"
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THE APPROPRIATIONS.

The increase in the appropriations
made by the present congress is III round
numbers, S76,00O,OOO OF this amount.
S24, 100000 is chargeabic TO deficiencies
caused by the parsimony and dema-
gogical pretenses of the last Democratic
congress and S32,OOO,OO0 are arrears
pensions. About $4,000 900, moro in the
legislative bill has been appropriated
to expedite the payment OF the arrears
by providing additional clerical force.
Since neither party proposes to replace
this bill and all profess TO be anxious
that the claims shall be adjudicated as
speedily as possible there can be no
honest partisan objection to these items.
Deducting them from The sum total the
excess OF appropriations for this year as
compared with last year is $1S,OO0,OOO.
OF this amount 100000 is found in
the river and harbor bill. The remain
der may be accounted for partly by the
anxiety of congress to avoid future de-
ficiancies the custom of the Demo-
cratic congress being just the opposite
before eleclion-and partly by the
natural growth of the country.
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nrnnkennes. in CincInnn,i

Col. John r. Hoy, temperance lee
tuFer Of considerable rcpute, was asked
by reporter in Louisville, KY.
In what portion Of the United States
does drunkenness prevail To the greatest
extentF'
"The least amount Of Intoxicating
liquor Is consumed in the New England
states. As You come west and south
the habit increases The worst city in
the world is Cincinnati There ie mere
whisky and beer drank there, and more
Of the evil, misery and crime resultant
from the use Of liquors. than in any
place in which have ever been, either
in this country OF Europe That remark
Of . Boston paper WAS crgci1lly cofTeei
Is was to the effect that though some,
body had styled Cincinnati the Paris Of
America II was the Hell of the World
If Harrison the boy preacher, converts
that ti,wn he'll perform 9 gigantic
work.
so what class of spcieiy does The ap
petite for drink cause the greatest havoc
among the IabOring and poor class
e. You see, the bar-rooms are ihei
only places of resort, the only placet
where they can meet associaies. Til,
wealthy can purchase Other pleasures
and are generally organized inte circle
/ for mutual amusement and recreation
or course drinking exists among then
Is well as among the loxly, but its con
sequences are not nesFly SO fatal
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New York letter: The announce
ment of a six-story building without
windows gives one a new idea of archi'
tectnre. The object is to secure perfect
safety against fire. The safety-deposit
business was started twenty years ago by
Francis p. jerks. At present there are
at least a dozen here Of such establish
ments, though-a few of this number are of
real importance. The first safety-dcpos-
it company was intended solely for bonds
and valuable papers; but the newly-pro-
jected establishment will receive plate.
pictures, furniture and miscellaneous
valuables. The area of the structure be-
ing nearly n halfacrc, the six stories
will give vast capacity, which will be
eagerly improved. as this will be the on
ly really flre-proor warehouse in the city.
It's location, being opposite the Union
depot, will be very convenient fur the
Vandcrbills, who have nearly 800, 600,
600 Of bonds and stocks. and need just
such an institution. Jay Gould lives
near by. aud will find this very con
venient place TO keep his millions. The
AstOrs have what is called firepToo
bailding:of their own, but it would not bt
surprising if they also became patrons o
he new establishment
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OVER THE STATE.

Lyons is going to have public park,
the money for that purpose having been
raised.
The city council of Lawrence have
taken steps to submit the question OF
water works to the voters of that city.
We are glad TO record the fact that the
entire Kansas delegation IN both houses
OF congress voted against the river and
harbor steal.
Large quantities of peaches are rot
ting on the trees in Neosho county be
fore they are fully ripe. The wet wealth
er of the spring is assigned as the cause
Col. Williams few days ago killed q
copperhead snake AZ the Labette bridge
crossing west of Oswcgo, that by actual
measurement was six feet and three in
ches in length and nine inches in cir
conference. II was trying to swallow {
rabbit when he came on To il and broke
its neck with his cane. Notwithstand
ing this Labette county also goes fol
ST John.
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We believe the country at larse will
endorse the position of President Arthur
on the river aud harbor bill. OF course
the localities benefited will rejoice that
the bill was passed over the veto, but the
majority OF the disinteresied public
will look upon il rs "a grab, 10 Il large
extent, for mcIc local purposes. The
gentlemen who received n share will be
endorsed by their respective c"nstiru
encies, and next year AN additional
horde will go to Washington 10 work
for schemes 10 get money out "f the
national treasury, When local pride
and local grcod are the incentive there
Is no telling where such appropriations
as are made by the river and harbor hi;l
will stop.
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Crops in wisconsin and MINNESOTA.

CHICAGO, Aug 5-Specials from tn
| interior of Wisconsin state that the rain
of the past week have injured the whea
in the shock, which is beginning Il
sprout. Spring wheat is IN danger o
rust but the weather to ny is excellent
and the danger is probably past
General Manager Merrill, of. the St
Paul railway, thinks no great injury has
yet been done. The general feeling il
that the rains and unsettled weather is
over for the present, and that there is q
the corn will not suffer for want of rain,
as its roots are deep and strong, while
the ground is well moistened and ready
for any amount of hot weather.
A st. Paul special says rs nearly as il
can be arrived at by competent special
agents and official statisticians, the wheat
crop will be one of the largest and best
ever grown in the northwest.
Oats will far excaed in quantity and
quality any, previous yield. The berry
is of the finest quality and color, and
corn, alone, of all grains, is not first
class crop. Potatoes will yield enor-
mously. The grand total of the Mime
sofa wheat crop for 1882 will not be less
than $4,000. 900 bushels on an acreage
of 2,47S, 700, against 10000, 900
of 100000. The largest yield is "a
bushels per acre in Cover county. and
u bushels is the lowest estimate. Good.
hue county will yield over 100000
bushels of otter tail. There has been
some rust and chinch bugs but no grass
hoppers to note. The product of this
state and Dakota territory is estimated
at 100000 to 6O,0O0,OO0 million
bushels of wheat Commission
men are more conservative but
all agree that the yield will greatly ex
coed last years and accept thirty
eight millions for the state as q moder-
ate and fair estimate. All reports con-
cur that there is even yet fair show for
corn. The entire product of wheat
along the Northern Pacific last year was
SIT, GOO bushels. This year it will not
be less than twelve millions.
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Boston Journal: "There are fewer
persons out of employment now than
has been known for several years, which
is clear indication Of the general pros
perity of the country. An advertise
ment recently appeared in this paper,
'Book-keeper wanted; apply To box
2,903. Ia answer TAI this appeal but
thirty three replies were received. In
1878 the same advertisement eliciicd
over 100 replies. A singular circum-
stance In regard to the demand now AS
compared with four years ago was
brought out yesterday, when one OF the
parties stated to tho firm that Monday
of this week he answered five advertise
ments, and ono mail brought him four
replies asking him To call"
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Terns Thames

LITTLE Rock, August A Gazette's
special from Dallas, Texas, says the
three cents per mile law went into effect
August 4th. throughout Texas.
Norton's Intelligence, the only Re
publican daily in Texas, refuses to sup.
port the Wash Jones independent
movement, and to-day comes out advo
eating the nomination of Judge 4. p.
Mccormack, q nativiVe of Texas, fol
IAhe northern district of Texas as a
straight out Republican candidate for
governor. Mccormack doubtless will
refuse his name to be used.
The Gazette's Dallas, Texas, special
says the Gulf, Colorado s. Santa Fe
railway has been spiked out. A bust
ness party by the Texas Central and the
| Gould system today commenced to sur
vey a route over the different streets tc
come into the city.
A storm In the west part Waco las'
night did much damage to farm proper
| ty blowing down fences and buildings
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The Washington correspondent of the
Springfield (Mass.) Republican Qnd.)
writes: "Already the suspicion has
arisen that Arthur, convinced that he
cannot secure u denomination, is going
to get all the fun he can out of the pres
idency and not bother himself about
politics. He goes in for safe, quiet
and conservative administration, and for
all the sweets that can be obtained from
'the social side of it, and when 's5 comes
will take his hat and bud his successor
welcome, content with rounded out
though accidental career. OF course
the politicians don't like this, and il is
rather amusing To hear the old Stalwarts
grumble about him. The Stalwarts arc
doing almost all of the grumhling, and
the half-breeds are holding their BREATH
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-08-10

WelliDgtonian: p. B. Plumb has n
friend in the person of every Republican
In Sumner county, and, as the candidates
for representative which are to be nomi-
mated next Monday by the convention,
will have u vote for his successor in the
United States senate. they should be con-
fronted with some such proposition or
resolution as this:
ResolUcd, That il is the sense of the
Republicans of Sumner county that the
Hon. p. y. Plumb, our United States
senator, should be his own successor,
and In view OF this fact We now ask the
nominees for representative of this con-
vention To step down and out If IL is
their intention TO vote for other than
Senator Plumb. and allow their places
TO be filed by men who will represent
the interests of the people.
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An Alexandra correspondent, writing
of the destruction of property there by
the mob, says that one result is certain
TO come cut OF this awful disaster. a
long series of claims will be ma!e
against Egypt for the loss OF property.
Even before their departure, in all the
hurry of their exodus, all European
owners of eAher house or furniture
made statement of what they owned,
and it lodged nj their consulates. Many
even who had not insured before went
so far as Ia insure their goods aud chat
tells, not because they thought the COM
panies would indemnify them from loss
at the hands Of a mob, but because they
would have an additional proof of
what they held TO be the value of their
proDerty
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Destructive storm at MIlwuukec

MILWAUKEE, Aug. 3-Tbc most de-
structiYe storm which has visited this
section for years swept over the city to.
day. The damages are reported at from
$50, GOO to 100000. Two lives are re-
ported lost. VIM. Kohlmer, fireman at
Plankinton's packing house, was killed
by lightning, and the building was also
struck and set on fire. The fire is do
ing great damage.
4 district school house, farm building,
and the schooner August Smith were
struck by lightning and more or less
damaged. The most damage was done
by water, which flooded all Easements
in the fiat portion of the city. Many
business houses near the river suffered
heavy losses. 1t is reported that a
family, in their haste TO remove furni-
ture. forgot "a baby which lay in the
CRADLE in another room and it was
drowned. The storm was local.