The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-02


Last week did few places in Chase
county; went to Strong City on the ears
and then took private train for B zaar.
THIS is failure as town. hnt th,re ia
Some good country around nnd i,.rts of
fat cattle. There is a cheese tactnry
here which turns out about one hundred
and fifty pounds of cheese day We /
held quarterly meeting in the grove |
on Rock creek, near the school house. !
and the people were out ia free on |
Sunday.
Sunday afternoon drove scr,ss the
country to Elmdsie, and preached there
in the evening TO. very apprecistive
audience This little city has been de-
scribed before. Oh Monday drove out
10 j. F. Holmes, one OF The cattle kings
of this county. Mr.. ii. has made quite
a fortune here in fourteen years. He
believes IN uniIring industry and short
horn cattle. He is making arrange
ments TO build fine residence OF
course ! Visited my old friend JOINT.
Wood. He is the same old Waed-can
talk campmeciing into silence.
| After preaching at EImdale on Mon
day night, boarded tie eastern bound
night ex"ress tain for home. The cars
were full of sleepy ones: One nun, not
unlike Milf. Reynolds ia appearance,
was talking science 10 IL inan who
sat in the next seat The tat rian could
not hear first rate. SO get the full ben
eft of the knowing ones conversation
The fat man held his ear with his hand,
and the man Of science poured his talk
in as follows:
"Yes, was expecting cyclone about
this time. l was already for my trip to
IOWA several days ago. but knew there
would be some cyclone demonstrations
about the twenty first of the month So
} | concluded 10 wait until Tie s.ora was
over. We haye pretty nice thing
of it now. Science cat ascertain
the approach OF electrical dis
turbances almost to a fraction. | am
, not afraid Of cyclone. becapse science
2 teaches me to keep out of the way. And
l believe that science will conquer the
things yet Why, Ben Franklin chain
' ed the Lightning, and somCssclcntlfic man
: will take the wind out of the cyclone
Y tell you believe in science II has
J, done great deal for man 1 he only
trouble We have is that science has noI
: yet fully determined what u cyclone is
{ but we are investigating the matter al
/ the time and it is only question o
time till we shall know all about them
L have theory of my own
/ and think science will shOV
e that l am right A cyclone is TN cleo
trio spiral current that comes from tn
d borders of our atmosphere, and Its rapIt
: motion gathers III various gases unit
y there is force which sweeps everything
% before it. II you ask why they are 81
frequent, answer the number of comet
q that have been going into the sun. Pre-
d ducing sun-spots. You see the comet
20 are electricity, and come away out o
the depths of space to feed the sur
Think how many of those immens
bodies have come out ot the grea
,e depths of space and gone int
~ our sun; and where the bi
II wheel OF our solar System is dislurbe
&c our atmosphere must be moved III som
y unusual way"
ID The lat man bowed his head ii sleeI
ID and our lecturer turned round on tn
i seat, put his feet out at the window an
it began to court the embraces OF MOI
in pheus, when the brakeman nudged hir
:, and said, ''you had better take your fee
in" Why" said the man of scieuc.
u "are you afraid they will TIP the ca
he over ?" "No," said the brakeman, sbr
at they might knock Off the switch tai
4; gets" The man seemed to understan
r. that, and took in his feet.
Il G.. r. r..