The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-03-08

count for the fact that an additional
postal crew has recently been order
cd on duty on the Santa Fee road.
The st. Louis Post Dispatch testiiies
that the gilt nickles which are cireulal-
ed as hve-dollar gold pieces are not a
circumstance 10 the bad bills which are
introduced in the Missouri legislature.
A Massachusetts, man thoroughly cur
ed himself Of gastric trouble by ten
days fast We may observe ia this con-
nsction that the immunity which editors
enjoy from dyspepsia Is matter of very
common observation.
The uneasiness IN Europe will send
many an emigrant to our shores this
coming summer. We have room enough
yet. The great majority m thnse who
come are industrious and frugal. and
add 30 the general wealth.
The last number OF the Nineteenth
century says that tight lacing and con
slant use OF stiff corsets 50 weaken the
muscles and carriages of the back that
in the course of time the body sinks and
the woman becomes squatty.
The Iowa railway commissioners
have decided that railroad cannot give
y lower rate to an association shipping
exclusively over their line than 10 any
individual shipper Of The same class of
goods, and that all rebates given to the
one must be granted to the other.
The Forty. seventh congress will de.
part this life on Sunday, at l2 O'Clock
IN, and 1t may be put down TO its credit
that while 1t has left undODe many
things which IL should have accomplish
ed, 1t has neglected not few emporium
tiles to do irfeparable damage 10 the
country.
The spring elections are gently am
bling TO the front, and the howl Of the
ward politician will soon be heard in
disparagement. There are really few
things on earth SO important as the
spring election, and il is high time for
the intelligent citizens TO turn over and
wake up.
Capitalists will probably look upon
Tennessee as an excellent place fr IN
which to stay away. The man who
would now invest In the securities of
such q commonwealth would be- regard
ed with mingled feelings of pity and Gu
riosity. His simplicity would he so
childlike and bland as TO discOuntenance
the far famed smile of All Sin.
There will be mourning among the
female suffrage agitators whenthey learn
that for the sixteenth consecutive year
the lower house of the Massachusetts
legislature has rejected the bill granting
women the right tn vote at municipal
elections. The vote against the third
reading stood 1877 to 90, which is n much
larger opposion than in previous years.
What the female suffrage folks should
do is io abandon Massachusetts. 20 west
say as far as Wyoming--and grow up
with the country.
AIchisnn Champion: We very much
fear that our classical friend Of the
Leaven worth Press Is shouting over the
Leav.nworth postoffice appointment hs-
fore IL has made it, way nut OF the tall
timber AMI tIngled under brush. There
IL many a slip between Al aPpuinim ut
and confirmation. the Canadian
weather prophet can, we think, vindi-
cate his now damaged reputation by put
ting on record hint that ID. II. AnthO-
my will continue to write T.. NJ. after his
name subsequent to the 4th inst.
r. r.. ill.,. A., ,,,,, 49, u.,.rd ..o.,.,,s,
'on the new five cent piece was a most
stupid blunder on the part of the mint
authorities. as the law requires that q
designation of the value OF the coin
shall appear upon it. There is nothing
ITO indicate the value of the coin but
mysterious V, which may designate five
scents or tlve dollars for aught anyone
may know. Secretary Folger thinks
iuhe omission fatal one IN law, and
Treasurer Gilfillan Is waiting for in
Snructions before filling any more orders
for Ahe new piece.
IL begins To look as II the present con
gress will adjourn without revising the
tariff or reducing the burden of taxation,
or making any TeparaiiOn for the dan.
gerous period of uncertainty through
which the country has been compelled
To pass by reason of the delay, every
reasonable proposition To that eject
being killed by Democratic obstruction
ists, and IL Is worth while TO reflect
whether the prospect of Democratic
congress next year affords any encour-
.ment
The California railroad commission
has proved q failure Two of the com
missioneTs, Messrs Cone and Beer
steecher, had facilities offered them by
the railroad companies to speculate in q
way that would pay them well, aud they,
of course, did not attempt 20 control the
railroads. The third commissioner,
General Stoneman, was elected govern.
or in November. 10 the early part OF
the year Sioneman did all he could 10
control the railroads, but there were two
against him. and he doubtless neglected
This duties when he commenced his can
,vassfor governor
After all the sickening slush that hat
been said aud written about Frank
James, the cut throat, it remaiaed for |
.citizen OF Cincinnati. who lately visite'
Missouri on business. la hold him nj
actually as noble example 10 the risinl
generation. lie wonld do credit,
writes that Individual IL The Cincinnat
Enquirer, "in the paTl0rs of many q
our richest city society gatherings, an
his easy and pleas ant style could we
Ibe Aped by many of our young men.
What grand reform woIld set in If Cir
.cinnati "hoodlnms" would st elk 10 cop
ithe many good qualities 10 the chara'
lter Of Frank James.
Mr.C. b. Hoffman, the Dickinso
.county railroad reformer, Is out in car
(which appears In the Topeka Commo
wealth, in which he pronounces as tai
the charge made by the Topeka CORE
lpondent OF the Kansas City Times TO Il
effect that he (Hoffman) loaned bis raj
road pass TO an elderly lady relative al
that 1t was promptly taken up by Il
conductor TO whom it was offered al
sent In to headquarters. II Is bare
possible that Hoffman may have be-
misrepresenied In this matter, but /
denial would meet with much Teadi
acceptance had he not aroused pub
suspicion regarding his honesty by /
freedom with which he has impnt
venalsty and corruption to all who Ia
disagreed with him on the railroad gu
zion.
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