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The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-30
How the Poor Live m Mexico
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 No description can gse an adequate idea of ihe extreme poverty and scarcity oi comforts among the mass oi the Mex ioan people. Thc,r houses are buil, of adobe large mud bfck. dfied m ,he sun an. lad IT mud morist). covered wi,h ;haic he'd roof ,thoui floors or window glass. containing one, some times t~ Q rooms. and generally desold ef furniture The cooking |, usually done outside under a snali tha,e he'd awning Cook ing stoves are unknown save rnong 4 few ot the weather lass, and some for. eigners. Ear,hcn,.are cooklng utensils tfe exclusively used. and .4fe ut .he most punitive kind Meals are sefscd on < mat made ei erasses spread 4pon tte floor iii he iainIiy sq tat around :. and help themselves NV >nalt.. Le .dhir TO kaives and forks \ dlsh oi beans Dos sioll ,one duet beef and The eecf-.lres- en' tora.ias cons' iuie fhc tcpas; TalA latter afticle is Ufade from cofu meal. ground betwecn t0o stnne>. and s pre- pstea ifesh fer every meal l. s then made into sti dough from ~hich reune ia, cakcs are sufked ol.i hA the hand to about the sac of an ordinary
 ake oi pilo, bread ThIs Is then baked on an earthen-~afe grIddle the ake IS ;h'n and bakes quickly. This latter. ~i;h beans, constitutes the puneits.l diet oi the poor Butter Is unknown. and feW e.er gel coffee. Goats milk Is used instead Q, that from the COW, from preference, as there are plenty of COWS in the county bu, ,hel are esteemed only for breeding The poor wear cotton clothing altogether. and. fl |, Is cold. blAnket or shawl half wool and half co;ton-is thrown over ;he shoulders. The drink is mes.cal This IS liquor distilled from the snzguey plant. and tastes very much like Scotch whisky ls Is the na,iohal drink of ihe country. The rIeh indulge in champagne. in fac:, all kinds of vine and brandy. American bottled beer IS making rapid strides to frs, place AS a beverage among Mexican people Chicago and s. Louis have their drummcrs all through ,he country, and American beer can be had m almost every town ia the states of northern and western Meaioo.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-30
The Memphis \ I.Ir'lc Rock Ky.

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 For information is 'syarf io lasds apply to
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 For full information. sits maps. sehedsigs rates, etc. apply to
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 Gen. Pass and Tiekes AG-
 F. K. SHELBY.
 Receiver z=d General Manager,
 LSsfie Rock. Ark
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-30

From an address delivered by T. H. Mccoy and published by the Colum5u ,E.tsssJa
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-30

4 Washington man has been tending bar for ffty-five years. His intimate zc- quzin;ance with the distinguished men of the Republic is said 10 De very extensive. -Pfk'fbs,g Z<l<gysfE.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-30

A man never loses much time inter- viewing bee. He generally comes IT yh; down 10 the poin;.-Exrkssg<.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-09

To an interviewer Coy. Foster, OF
Ohio, stated that Judge HoadIy's nom
ination as the Democratic candidate for
governor was alleged Ia have cost him
something near $4,000. Judge HoadlY
demanded OF Gov. FcAter the name Of
his informant, WhereupOn j. FL. Wood.
ard. correspondent OF the Cincinnati
EnquiEer, ths leading Democratic paper
Of Ohio. comes promptly forward to adj
mt that he Il the man who told. He
claims, hoWevcP. 70 have I0ld under the
sal Of confidence. He further declares
that Judge HOadly himself is his
authority, and be gives time and place
OF the conversation. Col Entrekin. OF
Chinicothe, is named as a gentleman
present and heard from Judge HnadlY
the same story. MIR Woodland con-
cludes his letter 90 Gov. Foster on the
subject as follows
! am sorry that You have In any way
alluded TO this matter, because think
the judge did not want any publicity
given to ii-in fact, he said: 'None of
this talk - 10 be printed And /
know that he did nat want the public
70 know that the thing had been so ex-
pensive- To make it public was pain
ful % HIM and il had thought that al
ter two campaigns OF your own you
would have had so little sympathy tor a
fellow soldier, would not have told
you anything about it. expected
better feeling from you toward aly
friend, bat instead Of giving him your
sympathy, you give the whole thing
away 10 the public. This is not fair to
the judge OF TO me. If you cannot be
trusted with an occasional Democratic
secret, / will not tell you any more of
them. Yours truly,
j. II. WoODARD.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-09
CVPES EOR CRIME

Sir James FitZ james Stephen, one of
the most distinguished Judges in Eng
land, has recently expressed the opinion
that capital punishment should not ba
restricted to CAGES of murder. He says
there are some people cas- much mis-
placed in civilized society as wolves or
tigers would be in a populOus country"
In his view, the world would be made
more wholesome by infiietlng the pun
ishment of death, not only upon MUIR
derer, but upon man who does his
best TO commit a murder. aud fails on
Iy by accident. He wou Id cven go so
far as TO punish with death certain Of
fences against property where the con-
vict is clearly a hardened and habitual
criminal practically irreclaImable from
his evil lie.
"I suspect" says Mr.. Justice Stephen,
shat a small number of executions of
professional receivers of stolen goods,
habltual cheats, and ingenious forgers,
after full exposure of their career and
ITS extent and consequences, would do
more to check crime than twenty times
as much sentences of penal servltude."
The idea OF putting men to death for
crimes less than murder will doubtless
be repuguant to many good people; but
these expressions of opinion are par
tIcularly worthy of note as coming from
an eminent lawyer and experienced
judge, thoroughly acquainted with the
history of crimein England and with
the operation of criminal law and pro.
cedure in Europe and India.
The people of this country are hardly
prepared at present to follow out the
suggestions of Mr.. Justice Stephen Sc
far Is the question of capital punish
ment is concerned, but we think &
system of perpetual restraint might vel
be adopted in the case of such inveteratl
offenders as he would put to death.
dead convict is useless to the com mum
tyi living convict in prison may b
compelled to labor for the benefit OF th
state, and so serve some useful purpos
by his existence. Men who have unsu.
cessfully attempted to commit murder G
any other grave crime against the pc
: son, and men who are incorrigible rol
bers, forgers, or thieves, should be shu
} up for life IN some place where they ca
t no longer attack the lives or property {
/. other people.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-09
ALWAYS A LEADER.

HIAWatha World: Cesar preferred 70
be the first man in 9 village 20 the Sec
ond IN Rome. he "mAde It" in Rome,
and took his pay In daHgers. II costs to
lead-but 1t is the best way to advertise.
Kansaa leads. She originated the civ
II war; . very expensive job. but it took /;
was copied all over the country. Our
drought We made national likewise our
graSshoppers. They are Kansas things.
Other states have them. but1hey take
them amer O., and give ~ the credit Of
the invention. John Brown never
amounted 10 much until he came 70 Kan.
sas. We were the making OF him. And
we presented him to the nation
and the universe-Where he Ii now
held In tender and immortal keep
ing.
Cyclones are also credited to Kansas.
and other states. are now treating the
cyclone very respectfully. Very little
fun II poked At Kansas now On account
Of its cyclones. Il is . specles Of wind
that makes itselt respected wherever !,
blows. The name. b PIE gay. u Kan.
sAs and . misnOnes; Originated with &
DlCkIrsOn county editor. The storm II
. tornado. but when . Kansas editor
called 1t . cyclOae the wAsIe world bow
cd. initiated -ceFtaiRly Il 10 cyclOhe.'
And 90 u % nov universally called.
II went pretty hard with us 70 have e
originate war. drOughts. 'hOppers. AnC
cyclones. but somebody had TO do il
and Kansas never waits. CalAmities AZ
not so almighty amusing. but II take
courage TO originate them. and the firs
patient has them easiest. We are wall
ing now for the next fraud.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-09
sAN7A Fe. oRop RRPoRrs.

The land department uf the Atchi-
son, Topeka d Santa Fe Road has a
number of answers fIom lls correspond
ents concerning the crops, q summary
OF which will be found herewith:
Reports OF big crop yi,Ids reach US
by every mail, together with glowing
accounts Of the prospects for corn.
Wheat is thrashing more than was
counted on. Last month the secretary
Of the Stale Board OF Agriculture esti-
mated 176 bushels as the probable ave-
was yield per acre. In conversation yes
terday he expressed be-
lief. BASED upon information
Ii his possession, that the figures would
be exceeded. Railroad reports promise
twenty bushels. But il is oats which
are attracting most attention. from the
bountiful harvest OF that gram already
secured. 1t would take q considerable
paragraph to enumcrate all the growers
of ninety bushel fields. A field near
Burton i'll Harvey county, measured
103 bushels 10 the acre and weighed
100. This grain was sold To Messfs. En-
erson s. Eels, of burton. An adjoining
wheat field of twenty one acres made
fOrty-siX bushels To the acre, and the
product was sold to the same firm. Geo.
Howard, a farmer living g mile and
halt east Of Florence, has Just threshed
his whole 130 acres, thirty of which
made forty -seven and a half; twenty.
forty four and half. and the rest forty
three and half bushels per acre. The
county papers are full of these things,
but principally of the unprecedented
Yields of oats. Not an unfaYoraBle re-
port comes to hand from any country in
the grain belt. Corn by the million
bushels is ripening; the early planting
made. Last years product was
1G0, 000, 600. Remarkable as this was
more will be harvested this
year.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-09

HOughtOn. Miffiin s. Co.. of Boston,
are the publishers of the Postal Guide,
the Official circular of the postofice de-
partment. They do 80 under contract
with the government, and the matter
contained In the book is furnished by
the department. Among other features
OF its contents Is . "Black List" OF
fraudulent concerns which are prohib-
tied from using the mails. The Louisi-
any Lottery company has just been
placed on this list, but Dauphin, the
proprietor, writes the publishers notify
ing them that If they print bis name
with the rest he will sue them for $780,.
600 damages. HOughtOn, MifflIn & Co.
are In tight place. If they obey the
government they will be sued for libel.
and the government has no means OF
protecting them. If they obey Dauphin
they will violate their contract.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-09
THE sTRIKE QUESTION.

New York Sun: We fully recognize
the right of persons In any employment
to withdraw from it on the ground that
their compensation is insufficient. They
have the right thus to withdraw, not on
ly as individuals but in body. Accom-
bination for the purpose of procuring
adequate wages, by simply ceasing to
work until such wages are paid, is
lawful means TO lawful end.
But when dissatisfied workmen who
have taken this course for themselves
propose to exercise constraint upon 9TH
ers, and force them to relinquish situa-
tiOns with which they are perfectly sat.
isfied, the case is very different. The
striking photographers are clearly in the
wrong when they seek to interfere with
the operators employed on the railroads,
in the discharge OF their customary du-
ties, in order by such interference 20
promote the success of the existing
strike.
The leaders of the strike profess to re-
greet the so-called necessity for this &C
tion. 1--WE were very sorry to take such
STEP" says Mr.. Campbell, one of the
prominent of the strikers, "but we had
to do it. The public will be seriously
incommoded. It practically cuts off
people in small towns from telegraphic
communication with the rest of the
world, but zoe cannot tn justice to our
seEUes consider the Interests Of tie public
an this matter. We must win, and we
must do whateYer is necessary to win.
This declaration Is based on the old
and immoral doctrine that the end JUS
titles the means.
When Mr.. Campbell says that he and
his associates cannot consider the IN
tercsts of the public in this matter of
the telegraph business, he merely gives
utterance in another form to the same
sentiment more tersely expressed some
time ago by VIM. II. Vanderbilt In
those memorable words: "The public
he damned"
We cannot see that such proclama-
ton of Indifference TO the public interest
is any more creditable to the striking
Ielegraphers than 1t was to the foolish
millionaire.
ave must win," says Mr.. Campbell,
'and we must do whatever is necessary
TO VIM
We advise him to change this propO
sItion little and say:
1--WE must win, and we must do what
ever Is Ts9ht to win"
That Is the only way to succeed.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-09

San Francisco is making busy prepa-
araiions Tor the iriennIal conclave of
Knights TrmIlsr to be held there Del
egatcs from communicates are ON the
way thiiher by hundreds from all parts
of the cOuntry-from the Mount Horeb
of New Hampshire to the Mount Sinai
of Colorado and the Mount Nebo of Ne
braska; from the Godfrey de Bouillon of
Illinois and the Kadosh of Missouri to
the Bonham of Texas. Meanwhile the
work of decorating the city goes on
apace. Four great arches, two Of Goth
&c, one of Norman and one of Hrecian
architecture will contain proIusion of
suggestive emblems; public and private
buildings will also be ornamented; and
even many gardens have been so PLANTED
as to show Maltese crosses, shields, mot
toes, and various Masonic symbols in
their growing flowers. The prizes for
the tournaments and drills are rich and
costly; in short, this conclave will doubt
less be an enjoyable and memorable Oc-
casion for San Francisco.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-09
TIE REALTH .oF KANsAs.

III q ~ EdLI II -OH hAA35AO.
Col John A. Martin. of the Atchison
Champion, who Is the "old Figgers"
Of the Kansas press, presents the follow
ing gratifying proofs OF our wealth as a
state:
In 1882 the property OF Kansas was as
sessed for taxation 81 $1S6, 126, 13S So.
This year the assessed valuation aggre-
gated sos, ls4, 4S9.35-an increase over
1882 OF sI7O5s. $1,000, or little over
nine per cent
Five counties have property valued at
over five million dollars each, viz /:
Shawnee, $s.Gs5.l53 81; I.eavenworth,
1885, OH 10; Lyon. 50. 1853. 544 90; Atch-
ison. $780, GIT II, and SedpWick. So
e15. 2OS SO.
The valuation of property was in
creased, by the state board of assessors,
in twenty-five counties, viz: AtchisoD,
. per cent; ColFey, 3; Douglas, 9; Els
worth, IL; Harvey, Il; Hodgman, 10;
Jefferson, 8; Labette. 4 4; Marion, 5; Mar
shall, 4; Morris, / Nemaha, 4; Usage,
2; Pratt. 2: Reno, A; Riley. B; Russell.
10; Saline, 5; Summer, L; Wabaunsee. 8;
Washington. 2; WoodsOn, 8. 1t was de-
creased in seven counties, viz: Clay,
Is per cent; Lincoln, 10; Mcpherson,
10; Miami, A; Norton, 4; Sedgwick, IL;
Wyandotte, 2.
In only sixteen counties of the state
does the valuation Of property fall below
one million OF dollars; in five il exceeds
five millions; in seven, four millions; in
seventeen, three millions; in eighteen,
two millions, and in eighteen, one mil
lion.
The assessed value of property Is not,
probably, more than one-third of its real
value, SO that the property of Kansas
aggregates over $6OO.OOO,OOO. The pop
ulation of the state is 1,02S, 1T. Hence
the wealth of the state averages nearly
5000 for each inhabItant, and about So
O00 for each family.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-09
st. Louis GIobe-Democrat: The cats

st. Louis Globe Democrat: The catas
trOphe on the Island Of Ischia was not,
like certain earthquake mentioned in
Scripture, ono In which the ground
yawned and swallowed up its victims
According to the popular notion an
earthquake Is the opening of q chasm,
into which everything near it falls as a
matter Of course. But, in reality, the
phenomena Ii usually nothing but a
quAking or shaking of the earth,
which kdestroys life by throwing
down buildings. 1t may readily be i'm
agined that If every brick and stone
building IN st. Louis was to be instantly
demolished many thousand people would
be killed. Bearing this in mind, the
statements that 10000 persons per-
lshed at Lisbon in 1855, and 100000
In Calabria in 1888, may be credited. As
there Is no way of escape from disturb
ances IN the crust of the earth, the only
safeguard for infected districts is to
erect buildings capable of resisting
them. In some South American cities
public edIfices have been constructed on
scientific principles IN such a way that
1t IL believed they will Withstand any
shock likely to come upon them.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-09

Mary Anderson seems to impress the
LondOners as being very beautiful. There
is no danger of her becoming a profess
siOnal beauty in the present sense of the
word, as her acting Is sufficient to save
her from that. One London journal says
that "Never was the realization of the
poets ideal in the Dream of Fair WOm-
en- 30 completely illustrated as by this
new beauty" Mary Anderson promises
to return to Us with a seal of approval
which may inspire us with the belief
that we have been possibly entertaining
an angel unawares. It is not Improba-
BILE that she may become the rage in
ENGLAND
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-09
me Great Cattle Craze.



Facts printed elsewhere will interes
both European and American capitalists
In the wild west the mining craze seems
TO have been supplemented by a Cattle
craze. Men who know little or nothing
about breeding and herding, invest
money in cattle ranches rs eagerly az
their exemplars made mining invest
ments in the palmy days of Little En-
ma and the Comstock lode. Cattle
schemes are doated-as freely as were the
mining schemes. Within three years
millions Of European money have been
invested in so-called cattle ranches. In
some cases companies have been formed
under the manipulation of spectators
who knew as little about the ranges and
the cattle as the real Investors. The
cautions ones who visit the range before
making investments, have sometimes
been taken in by processes akin to the
sailing" of mines Riding over the
plains when the grass is fresh, and be-
holding the lowing herds, the Vaqueros
tell them marvellous stories, borne out by
books, wherein tally of the increase of
stock is shown. But there ls no record
Of the losses attending both winter biz.
yards and summer waves of heat. The
ranchmen are too eager TO unload to de-
tail their losses. And how great these
losses are is shown Ia the. assertion of
our correspondent that stockmen have
not been able TO breed enough cattle to
replenish their herds"
There is q darker side to the story
the seizure of large slices of the public
land which ought to have been set aside
tor the good of many and not the profit
of the few. The spectators mean that
land IN the new states and territories, IS
In California, shall be divided into prin-
cipalIties like land in Russia, instead of
into farms like those which have yield
ed such prosperity east of the Mis- SIS
sIppI.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-09


The Roman Catholic bishop of Para
and Amazonas, whose diocese includes
the valley of the Amazon, has plan for
evangelizing the wild tribes along that
mighty river. He proposes to construct
large ship. It will be superblY decor
ated, and so contrived as to servo as a
church. The most precious woods with
which the Amazon region aBnnnds will
wainscot the interior. This floating
cathedral will possess its pulpit and con-
fessional. its organ and baptismal font,
and all the church furniture requisite
for splendid exercise of Catholic rites
The bishop hopes TO make ii, by reason
of Its elegance and splendor. ian object
of just pride and glory to the Amazcnas
and of edification to the whole Christian
world" Propelled by steam and draw
ing but little water. it will carry the
jealous missionaries along the natural
highway To the most distant parts of the
country, rs far as Bolivia and Peru,
Ecuador and Columbia and Venezuela,
and even to the most distant European
colonies of Guiana.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-09
By Unlversal Accord,

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OF all purgatiyes for family use. They
are the product OF long, laboricns, and
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their extensive use, by physicians in
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pleasant 70 take. In intrinsic value
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employ them, when needed. They
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80 the needs OF the digestive appaIatRs
arrangements OF which they pEeFenl
and care, II timely tzEen 4hey arr
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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-09

A,chison Champion: The Champion
has large faith in the discretion, cour-
age, and practical good sense Of the
present board of commissioners. This
faith has been justified by everything
they have done thus far, and so we feel
confident that in the future their action
will be wise and judicious. 1t is their
object and determination, we think, to
protect the people sgainst unjust dis
ordinations and unreasonable charges
on the part of the railways, and at the
same time to do full justice to the roads
OF the state. So long as they pursue
this line of policy they will deserve the
support and confidence of all reasonable
men,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-09
C0NauMPTION.

It is said that $1,000 people die an
nuaIIy 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 DR.. Bosanko's
Cough and Lung Syrup viii relieve an
ordinary cough or cold. It does NOT
dry up q cough like many preparations
on the market and leave the disease be-
hind it, but acts directly on the throat
and bronchial tubes removing ali the
phlegm and morbid matter that accu-
mulafes 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
], A. Moore.