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


Monitor, has discovered that the sick
hest imposition of the day is six
colImn quarto weekly, carrying pat
ent inside. The general rs q very sensi-
BILE person, if you can succeed in divert
ing his mind from Freddie Click and
the Fit. Scott Banner.
Ohio has over 5000 appllcGsaIs on file
in the pOstoftice department alone, for
positions worth from $500 to $1,000 per
annnm. 1t is simply sickening TO con-
template the effect upon the machinery
of the government OF possible epidemic
of hog cholera In the Buckeye state.
1t is stated by an agricultural journal
that three of the largest trees in the park
at Junction City were planted over the
body Of q dog twelve years ago. Per-
sons in this city about Ia engage in the
cultivation OF shTubbeIy should file
their applications with Policeman Will
Hams, keeper of the dog pound, without
delay.
The dispatches announce the convic-
tiOu ia Oibh oIcii'S aS AahShS OilJS tpt
the murder of GEO. Frcdericks, late pro-
prIetOr of the T'healer Comiquc. and his
sentence to the penitrntiary for twenty
five years. And yet medical men are
racking their hralns to discover the
cause of the alarming increase al paralY-
sis in this country.
Mrs. Langtry's departure, while it ex-
cites feelings OF the liveliest relief, at
the same time suggests the pertinent in
quiry whether she cannot be induced to
fOrego a repetition OF her visit.-Chicago
Tribune.
We should say not, as long as the
fools in this country show Willingness
to contribute to her support 500. 900 a
year, as they did last season.
1t is becoming clear, by the investiga-
tion OF astronomers, that the cyclone ep-
idemIc is caused by storms in the sun,
The relation of the sun storms and. earth
storms has been watched closely for the
last three years, and 1t is now determIn-
cd that they are coincidcnt For the
last three months storms have been rag
ing in the sun, and photographs show
ing their movements have been obtained
with great accuracy. If this is true we
sincerely hope the sun will get on its
good behavior soon.
In paper read before the Royal So
ciety Of Canada, Mr.. Robert Bell has at
tributed the fertility of the vast produc
tive tract of the Canadian northwest ter
Notwithstanding from the Red rlyel
valley to the Lizard river-largely to thu
work Of buErOWing animals. The mol
and grOund-squirrcl are singularly &C
tive in the autumn, and in burroWinI
bury lmmense Quantities of grass ant
other vegetable matter, which are thu
confined in the soil and have gradual,
produced q rich mould.
Atchis0n Champion: The philanth
7 ropic gentlemen who expect the regeu
Grafton of the Arapahoes and Cheyenne
through the stock-raising business
should take into account the Indian ap
petite. If, through any circumstance
: these Indians get short of rations, the
r will not hesitate TO eat their cattle to III
last hoof and horn. a hungry India
? is as unmindful Of the future as a vol
The government must supply the Ii
dians with beef while they are raisin
cattle.
Afchison Champion: In the wear
sOme debate about our Kansas anti-grc
law, some smart Aleck ever and ano
rises TO assert that the prohibition act
= akin b the "Blue Laws OF Connecsicut
a Il may spoil an ancient "gag," but il
, well enough TO remember that there ne
. erWere any "Blue Laws of Connecticut
/. A discontinued ex- Presbyterian minist,
y named Peters. through spite, malIc
4 cussedRess or otherwise, conceived Al
= framed the "Blue Laws" publish
4 them in book form copies OF which a
- still in existenee). and passed the
= around. to the credit Of Connecticut. .
Gil they became part Of her hfstoI
y Yet the HBlue Lava never existed
the statute books Of Connecticut.