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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-11-22
TIE COLOR PROBLEM

New York Tribune: During the
presidency of General Grant u delega-
ton of cOlOred Republicans from q
southern state visited Washington
tn ask the support" of the admInistra-
ton. They discussed the condition of
affairs with one of the members of the
cabinet, complaining that although they
had large majority, the white people
would not let them vote. "How large
is your majority ?" ask ed the cabinet of.
ficcr. About 10000. Do you mean to
say that you are 10000 stronger than the
whites, and yet cannot get in your
votes ?" well, SIR, you see the white peo-
pie they have guns. "And yOn?" ave
did get guns, but the white people took
them away from u.s."
This is good illustration of the chief
difficulty the Republican party always
had to contend with In it's attempts to
sustain the freedmen In the exercise
of their political rights. They were not
used to sClt- assertion, were
easily cowed, too prone to depend up0n
outside help, running to Washington for
assistance when they had 10000 major
ity, forgetting that in a free country
men are what they make themselves,
and that political rights are safe only In
the hands of those whaYill defend
them. The administration tried To help
them; but the consequence of import
ing white politicians tn do what they
ought to have been taught To do for
themselves was disastronA When the
carpet-bag system broke down, the col
ored Republicans all over the south
were instantly suppressed. Their or
CARNATIONS disappeared, their MAORI
ties were wiped oGt, and from that day
to this they have been of no more con.
sideration in the greater political con
tests than il they had no votes. The
negro has been entirely eliminated from
the calculation of presidential chances.
And the disheartening thing about 1t is
that he seems SO ready to acquiesce in
the injustice.
The colored orators who are denounc.
ing the recent decision of the supreme
court as "liabolical," because it has
merely defined the constitutional limit
between federal and state authority,
would do service to their race by drop
ping the agitation of equal privileges at
the dinner table long enough to attend
to this vastly more important matter of
equal privileges at the polls. The law
gives black people the same political
rights a. white people, and the means of
defending their rights, and 1t Is only
necessary for them to stand up and take
what the law allows. Il ia childish to
cry out 81 one Of their biahops did
the ether day, that they are TAB
solutely unciVilized and oufIswed
BY the supreme court" because that
tribunal has decided that It is not the
business Of congress to legislate for
them In the matter of sleeping cars and
theater tickets; and yet to endure with
out complaint the political subsection to
which they have voluntarily bent their
necks for seven or eight years. If they
were manly and steadfast in the south
In asserting the essential rights of citi.
zenAhip, they would have no occasion to
trouble congress In the minor points OF
social equality. Men who vote IS they
please and insist upon having their
votes counted need never 90 begging for
civil rights.
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tdErrY's CHOICE.

tAhhy { MkeeVer, IN indianapolis HeTAiaI
Hetty Harris WAS as winsOme lass a.
could he found in all Williams county.
Pretty, bright, merry and bit of Airt;
though how could she help being the latter
with so many bewitching charms as Het.
t. ? assessed
"I"u'il rue your careless ways, Het-
t. Harris, some day" croaked Hetty's
aunt Mary, hut the girl only laughed
AMI -asr the warning no heed, for she
Wa young, and did not see the beautiful
world through blue spectacles.
Hetty had admirers of plenty-lov-
ers, two at least, who might be 50 named
truly; Frank Wiseman and John Ferris,
but which of the two she preferred she
could not decide. AT one time she would
think it was Frank. at another, John,
and 50 matters continued until an event
took place that opened her eyes to the
state of her own feelings.
There was to be aparty at q neighbor's
and a great sleigh load of merry young
folks set out at twilight for the place of
destination; Frank Wiseman and John
Ferris among them, and Hetty, merry
and saucy, the life of the party.
They were going at a swinging trOt
around a hillside road, when to the sur
the great clumsy sleigh rolled over, and
tumbled them all down the hill.
Such . scene as ensued. Such screams
from the girls, and I'm really afraid, a
few naughty words from some of the
boys, u serambling, clinging, Chamber
ing, they picked themselves up; all but
Frank Wiseman, who lay quite still, and
made no answer to their questions.
'I1e is seriously hurt, fear" said one
of the boys Replace the sleich-bed
and let's take him to DR. Swings at
once
flushed was the wild laughter, the
sparkling jests, and in silence, brnken
now and then by low anxious whispers,
they proceeded swiftly on their way.
hut Hetty, who had been the merriest
among them, sat still and motionless as
statue, her lips pale and drawn, her
laughing eyes full of woe unspeakable.
Hetiy knew her heart at last.
They carried him gentl into the doc
tors house, aud waited with beating
hearts for his first words
An inward injury, caused by some
heavy seat or h Jard striking him. He
nay recover; we trust he will, We trust
be will.
There was no merry dance that night,
for none cared for that after the aeci-
dent, and they were driven home instead,
Weeks later pale, wan lover stood in
Hetty's little parlor, pleading for an an
swer to the old question, always new,
that he had begged for often before.
But this time he received no careless
laugh Or roguish smile, half doubtful,
half hopeful. Instead, q loving little
woman extended her hand, and With
grateful tears in her eyes for his recov-
cry, gave him the hOped-for-snswer.
And in spite of ali aunt Aary's eroAk
tngs Hett5 had CHOSEN wisely.
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One of the Kansas City union depot
attaches, who has a good reputation for
veraclty, tells the following story on Jay
Gould: When the railroad magnate was
there the other day he purchased pa.
per on the counter in the smoking room
and after fumbling about in his pocket
for some time, drew out four pennies
which he threw on the show case, and
asked if they would not answer for the
niclle. The boy replied. mo, SIR; these
papers are five cents each. Besides we
don't take pennies here" The million
aire hesitated, but finally drew out a one
dollar bill, which he handed to the
newsboy. He waited for the change
and swept the four pennies back into nj,
| fiat
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PnIEs are frequently preceded by a
sense of weight in the back, lOins and
lower part of the abdomen, causing the
patient to suppose he has some affection
of the kidneys or neighboring organs.
AT times. symptoms of indigestion are
present as fiatuency, uneasiness Of the
stomach, etc. a moisture, like per-
SEPARATION, producing very disagreeable
itching, particularly at night after get
ting warm in bed, is very common at
tendant. Internal, External and Itch
ing Piles yield at once 10 the applica
ton of Dr.. Bosanko's Pile Remedy,
which acts directly upon the parts af-
fected, absorbing the tumOrs, allAying
the intense itching, and e6ectihg ; per
manent cure where all other remedies
have failed. Do not delay until the
drain on the system produces perma-
nent disability, but try It and be cured.
Price, so cents. Ask your dFuggbt for
it, and when you cannot obsafn Il of
him, we will send it, prepaid, on receipt
of price. Address The DR.. BOsanko
Medicine Co, Piqua, Ohio. Sold by
Chas Ryder and j. A. Moore.
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SHERIFE,s REPnRr

Under date of May 1G, 1888, Mr.. Isai-
all Cook, formerly sheriff of Skowhe
gan, Maine, writes as follows: 81 have
been afflicted for over twenty (2OJ years
with a weakness of the kidneys and liver
and have he'd severe pains in the back
and sides, were brought upon me in the
first place by exposure during my stay
in California during the early settlement
OF the land of gold. At times my water
troubled me very much, and after trying
many different means without receiving
any benefit, was induced tO try Hunts
Remedy. although was much prejudIc.
ed against it and all other medicines. 1
purchased bottle at Cushing's drug
store, here in Skowhegan, and / found
that the first bottle relieved all pains in
the back and sides; and l have, in my
family. used five bottles In all, and have
found it a medicine of real merit and of
great value, and have gladly recoms
mended it to many of my friends and
neighbors, who universally praise il In
high terms. You are at liberty to use
my name for the benefit Of RnfFeriRg
humanity"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-11-22

Lord Salisbury, in the National Re
view, British periodical, recently
sketched the following picture of the
homes of English working people
which is commended to the attention OIL
free-traders:
"As competition becomes closer, the
sutferings OF the poor from bad housing
become very severe Thousands of fam.
HES have only asingle room to well in
where they sleep anu eat, multiply and
die. For this miserable lodging they
pay price ranging from 25 to 80 cents
q week 1t is difficult to exaggerate the
misery which such conditions of life
must cause, or the impulse which they
must give to vice. The depression oil
body and mind which they create is an
almost insuperable obstacle to the action
OF any elevating or refining influences
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Eighty railroads whose earnings for
September are reported by the Railway
Gazette, operating 50. 600 miles, or hall
the railways in the country, earned $39,
402 ,32S In that month, or IL per cent
more than in September, 1882. But
their mileage has increased 81 per cent
during the year, so that the earnings DeT
mile were per cent less than last year
Northwest of Chicago and st. Paul the
extension If mileage had Outrun the
traffic; east OF Chicago and st. Louis
and in the southern states there is an in
crease in earnings per mile. The Balti-
more s. Ohio earnings for September
show an increase OF SO per cent without
gain in mileage, and the Grand Trunk
81 per cent, while the Pennsylvania
40 per cent in earnings and only AZ
per cent in mileage. The New York
Central, Lake Shore and Michigan Cen
trail are not included in the statement /;
the net earnings of the Pennsylvania
are nearly 500, 900 more for the month
than they were last year, and larger than
in any previous September except in the
Centennial wear
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TIMELY ADVICE.

have been troubled with kidney dis.
ease and gravel for a long time, with
severe pains in my limbs and back with
inflammation of bladder My sufferlngs
we're terrible. 1 tried several physi
clans, all to no purpose found that 1
was growing very feeble. ] was dis
cOnraged. and lost faith in physicians
and medicine. when friend from NAL
den, who had been cured by Hunts
Remedy of gravel and liver
complaint, recommended il to
me, and from the first bottle I
commenced to improve, and three bot
ties have entirely cured me and hearth
ly thank my friend tor his timely nd
wee to use Hunts Remedy. for all the
pains have gone from my hack and am
in excellent condition, and feel that n
word from me may be the means Of
saying some friend that may he suffer
ing as did, before taking Hunts
Remedy, the best liver and kidney cnre.
SAMUEL I4PTTIEFIELD,
May II. 1888. Boston, Mass.
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EHReUaH A WINDOW.

~ here at rest IA my chamber,
And look through the window again
with Syes that are changed since the Ole tina
Aad the sting Of an exquisite pain.
It Is nos mach that see for picture,
Through bosghs that are green with spring.
A bars with as roof gray and messy,
And above it . bird on the wing.
Or, lifting my head thought higher.
Some hills and village know,
AAd over IL al the blue heaven
With a White cloud floating below.
All once the roof vas prison,
by mind and the sky we're free,
Ny thoughts AiEh tbs birds vent diving,
And my hopes were heaven to nae.
Nov ] come from the HniIleSs distance
Where followed my youths wild WIll,
Where they press the wine Of deluSion
That you dunk and are thirsty still
And know why ths bird with the spring time
To ths guarded old tree comes back
he has tried the South and the summer,
He has fels what the sweet things lack
So come with sad conteaEu.enf,
With eyes that are changed see:
The roof means peace not PRISON,
And Heaven smiles down ON me.
--ILouise Chandler Mouiton.
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HAind Forces sn this Worlds Progress
UudIanapolis Sunday Ssu.inell


From a cnrsory survey Of the arena
where human agencies are operating for
the worlds progress, men are too apt to
conclude that mechanical forces are
chiefly used They admire the machine
without giving q thought to the mind
forces which brought the machine into
existence.
They forget the inventor while they
eXtol the invention.
In thousands OF humble, Out-oE the
way retreats neil are wrestling with
occult laws and forces for the purpose of
compelling them to contribute 10 the
worlds progress and the happiness of
mankind. After years of thought the
invention comes forth. The world for
an hour or a day is amazed; there has
been triumph OF mind over matter;
the sum total Of mans happiness has
been increased; new avenues to wealth
have been opened new truths have been
evolved; but men, in their admiration of
the machine forget the man who through
weary months and years sacrificed every
thing to secure a triumph.
Like the silk worm which spins its
task, lays its eggs and dies--so the m
ventOr, who, taking a hint, made it the
focal centre of mind forces, wrought out
the problem and then retired leaving
the world the result of his years OF
thought.
Others catching the inspiration of his
genius, see new combinations of forces,
and commencing where others left off,
keep the mind forces of the world for
ever in active operation.
The age is utilitarian. Steam and
electricity and the rushing stream have
been by the OmnipOtence of mind forces
made to do mans bidding, and still
new triumphs are to be achieved.
In due time the nights will be as lu-
minOus as the days by artificial suns;
and since the principle exists in nature,
the time will come when men, by the
triumph of thought over matter, will
wing their way through the air But
fortunately mind forces are at work
upon problems that relate to mind--in
all things where the mind relates to the
we'll being of mankind.
In medicine, theology, science, art and
poetry, in every department of kmowl-
edge from suns to glow worms from riy-
ulets to oceans, from clods to the highest
skill IN agriculture, from sin to holiness,
everywhere the mind is in active opera
ton. Great thoughts are set in motion,
and go clrcling around the world, g
cease their jOurneyings only when time
shall be no more
To believe that the truth will not
eventually triumph is equivalent to the
belief that light cannot dispel darkness.
He who does not see that the world is
advancing. and that humanity is rising,
should deplOre his defective vision. His
comprehension must be limited. He
needs to look abroad over the world, to
grasp the numerous, mighty agencies
that are bringing mankind under the
influences of civilization which, will
give full sweep to the mind forces now
engaged IN preparing the world for the
miliennial period.
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The Democratic house is likely to &c
in for . great retrenchment of expendi
lures. hit or miss, without regard TO the
demands Of the public service. Il Il
very easy TO make show of economy
by refusing appropriations one veal
and creating deficits TO be attended tc
the next But there is no statesmanshiE
In this course. 1t should be borne in
mind by ambitious Democratic politi
clans, moreover, that the treasury sur
plus will be increased, as compared
with this year, by whatever amount O
expenditures are reduced NotWith
standing last winters reduction of tax.
g, the Financial Chronicle estimates the
surplus of the current year at $3.50, 600,
OOO-an amount not much short of The
highest eyer reached. But a surplus o
mus size, raised by taxation. is wors'
p'au"rm Tor campaign than lihera
appropriations.
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THE WASHINGTON MoNUHEN

THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
New York Tribune: Once more we
are informed that the Washington mon
ument is going to be the tallest thing on
earth. lottIer than all the Pyramids or
all the cathedral spires. Bnt is that the
best monument a great nation can rear
20 the memory OF Its first president ?
Can the science OF this century do MOTH
ing better than to pile up stone higher
than the PharaohS of old Egyptp Can
the civilization and art of this age find
no worthier work than this meaningless
and ugly some post, which lacks all The
grace and beauty, the skill and the sa.
cred symbolism of the cathedrals, and
equals them only in heightH There is
hut one monument To Washington that
'swr UUY bl this nation. When
80 president So lofty, I'm
n ' % lc.rr as to b
,.'r. t.sY 81 Il, =
m he "at,"n can
~ III lduci, n
49, nv ia, u. ovnpIr
&c O., utnry have risen
ID tn "pi I the .ighIee I'll, thai
W. - y risnanl honor
.r It his Cpun-
r, y So vs., le,I stone will not
su =" m C" To- 'es-.
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cnNsunanrrnN


1t is said that $1,000 people die an.
nually in the United States alone from
this disease. In some sections Of the
country one death in every three is from
consumption. This can be, and should
be avoided; our people are too careless
about an ordinary cough or cold, and
the other symptoms of throat and lung
affections that lead to this disease You
should arrest it while it is in the germ.
Two or three doses of DIR. BosankO's
Cough and Lung Syrup will relieve an
ordinary cough or cold. 1t does not
dry up cough like many preparations
on the market and leave the disease be-
hind it, hut acts directly on the throat
and bronchial tubes, removing all the
phlegm and morbid matter that accu-
mulates in the throat and lungs. II
allays all irritation. and renders the
voice clear and distinct Call for sam
pie bottle. Sold by Charles Ryder and
J. A Moore
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Editorial NEWS NOTES

Mr.. Tilden still seems to be Iaboripc
under the Authorization that he is not
dead.
Gen. Grant is having two guns made
to order. Will John w. Forney please
vault to the front.
| The Philadelphia Press thinks that
Henry Irving. the English actor, can't
hold a candle to Bill English as Shy
lock.
Chicago Tribune: The golden stairs
seem to be perfectly safe. The ST.
pound fat girl climbed them the other
day without accident
Eugene Lieutweiler had his nose bro
Ken while playing base ball at AtchisOn
the other day. The national game comes
high, but We must have it.
An eastern paper speaks of the expert
ence OF Henry Irving, the EngIIs actor,
with iive-eent piece. Foreigners seem
to take very readily to American beer.
Gov. Click has gone to Chicago 10
attend the fat stock show We should
think the governor wOnld find il great
relief just now tn get his mind away
from politics
The chart for the Kellogg concert at
Topeka 10 night was all taken as early
as yesterday. 1t is quite evident that
Clara LouIse has not visited the Kansas
capital before.
The Unitarians Of the state capital
have called a preacher and are taking
steps 10 build church. The people of
Topeka need liberal school of theolO-
~ IN their business.
1t became necessary to increase the
letter carrier force at Kansas City by
two men yesterday. We saw some
mention the other day OF the fact that
some relatives of Private DaizelI had
recently removed to that place from
Ohio.
Atlanta Constitution: The general
impression is that Mr.. Cleveland is too
fat about the neck and head. This fat
ness has been fatal IN more than one able
statesman. 1t seems that before the
public can have any real confidence in
great man they haVe got to see what his
Adams apple looks like. This is curl
GUS, but it is true.
Editor Dana, of the New York Sun.
now mOdifies his "Thc Republican par
ty must go" thusly: "Perhaps the Re-
publican party will he able to stay, but
it depends altogether upon the question
how many fools there will be who oc-
cupy high posts in the ranks of the
Democracy" We incline TO ire opin-
ion that there will he no trouble in
finding enough FOOLS
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HORSE RAILROAD MEN.

Having occasion To use q medicine for
general debility in my family. was rec
commended by u friend To use Hunts
hemedy, as that WAS being used with
great success all over the country
We have used one hottie with marked
benefit, and find it just as represented,
and a medicine Of great value, and /
cheerfulIy add my testimony in praise
of Hunts Remedy.
GEORGE w. SCoTON,
Waichman South Boston Car Stables
South Boston, Mass :, May 10, 1899,
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Talk AROUr RATES..

Commonwealth: We stepped init
the office OF the railroad commissioner
few minutes yesterday, and found {
n1mber Of the traffic managers of the
Kansas roads 10 consultation with the
commissioners We listened To talk
about "loeal rates." commercial rates, D
and hundred other kinds Of rates, till
we were, We confess, somewhat mud
died. We wish every man In Kansas
could have heard the talk, for we believe
If they had they would have found that
the regulation OF freight rates was not so
easy matter as some would have us be-
lieve. The managers had presented a
scheduIe which they were willing TO
adopt, and which they say, will in the
aggregate reduce the freight money
paid in Kansas about ten per cent. The
commissioners seemed TO think differ
emily, and that IL reduced the amount
but little. Right there is where the
hitch between the two parties occurred.
We judged from the talk, that the CON-
missioners would be willing TO accept q
ten per cent. reduction, but they thought
Nno PiOPoSou sone"ie uiu nol u0
that. ANY one who listened 70 the dis
e-'-ion VIC 'AAe u vii, conie " inc con-
oiuS'H '"A' q fS.e 'ol iIeisht 'ns' ID pro
rata per mile Is impracticable, and
would work injury TO the state.
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'ha plAct comPetinG poin' ana
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Emporia.
NOW In the same car Is some freight
Tor council Grove, which under exist
ing rules Is carrier 10 Emporia at the
Emporia prices ana then charged Tor at