The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-16
EDITORIAL NEWS NOTES.

racy III ne WASN'T already here
az have never failed "a notice that u
boss girl always makes boss wife,
said Pennsylvania minister in his pre-
iatory remarks at "A wedding.
The war Of the races has reached
.Atchison. The negroes there are organ:
king q baseball club 70 play the whites,
and the initial sxirmish will take place
the first pleasant Sunday.
The TYrolean Singers are billed Tor a
sacred concert at AtchIson on Sunday
night The Downing law OF Missouri
Is gradually making It's influence felt
upon the civilization of Kansas.
There is su:h q thing as treating q
man too we'll several citizens OF Atchi-
son can swear To it.-Atchison Globe.
This, of course, is not To be construed
IN the light OF an allusion 10 Sir Stuart
Hogg.
Emporia should raise the 81. 900 for
the college first and build that fourteen
or fifteen hundred miles OF railway alter
wArds.-COmmOnwealth.
That's just what she's going TO do.
Amy other sugeestionsf
Boston astronomers are pcrplexed over
the recent appearance on the moon of
several deep red spots which thus far
have dcfled scientific solution. II
appears that the Topeka Capital and
Fort Scott Monitor have q comparative
ly limited circulation at the "Hub."
Another case Of inadvertant bigamy is
reported at Fopeka-that Of lady who
married a second time believing her
first husband TO be dead. We know of
no place In the country where amistake
Of this kind would be 50 liable 70 occur
as at the state capital
II we are 20 believe the local papers
Arlington Springs IL becoming q very
popular place of resort among the peo-
pie of Atchisoa. We have not learned
what attractions have been established
10 neutrallze the depressing eirect of the
water which abounds at the Springs.
Atchison Globe: A very good poem
from Effingham was received to day, but
we were compelled 10 return it for two
reasons: FIRST, we do not publish poet
ny; second, the poet tries To make
"gentleman" rhyme with "Eihng-
ham"
We recognize In the selection Of juno.
ton City as the place for holding the an
nual convention of Kansas Universalists
which will commence September 7th-
q very graceful tribute 70 the liberal
views entertained by Geo. w. Martin on
the subject of theology.
AtchIsOn Globe: There is absolutely
nothing In q name. A man named Jack
Gallagher is pastor of the Methodist
church in Falls City, and is universally
esteemed on account of his gentle dIspO-
sitton., The Gallaghcrs. especially the
Jacks, are generally. policemen or
thumpers, and violently Catholic.
The Kansas City Times yesterday pre-
sented ON its title page an alleged map
of the battle OF Wilson's crock which
was fought twenty-five years ago. 1t
had BEEN so long since that paper had
published woOd.cut or u poem written
by Col, Geo. Washington Warder that we
had begun TO entertain hopes OF its thor
ough and permanent reformation.
Topeka Commonwealth: Topeka con-
cludes 10 help EmporIa out on The $685.
600 Presbyterian college proposition.
Mr.. Charles N. Riggs, young gentle
man Of This city. in the employ of the
CLAIM department of the Santa Fe, sends
$25 as cash donation. Topeka peo-
pie can always be relied on when there
Is any money to put up.
The Intelligent compositor made THE
NEWS use the word "access" in the
sense of excess" in paragraph which
appeared in the paper last evening, and
by some means the mistake was over
looked by the proofreader. We regard
this explanation due to Web Wilder, OF
the Hiawatha World.
A telegram from WIchita-sent.d doubt
less. by the editor Of the Eagle claims
that Sedgwick county has the largest
corn area of any county in the United
States, aud that the yield per. acre will
be unprecedented. There is nothing like
having your section advertised by q
thoroughly fertile press agent.
The New York Herald says that while
1t may seem strange It is nevertheless 4
fact that eastern women rarely prove the
loadstone of tho chivalry which congre
gates at popular summer resorts. This
is simply tacit admission of what W,
have steadfastly clalmed-that the corn
fed girls always get away with the bag
gaga tll lF5-t{
The utter faulty of the individual
who essayed the experiment of pouring
water into a rat hole, has been fairly
eclipsed by Topeka young man who
expended, in one brief evening, {
months salary in the vain hope of satI
ating the deathless yearning of his bes
girl for ice cream and chocolate car
omels.
ate, Colorado, received an ovation
marked by such substantial tokens O
welcome as a town lot, mining claim
and the money with which to purchas'
q silk dress. With the addition of ar
ice cream saloon we should regard tn
female bureau of immigration at Car
Donate as quite complete.
A very dcvout professor in the Indian
college of Dunkards has been lure
away from that institution and the path
OF rectitude by designing Delilah VIII
crossed his path in an evil moment. w
hAYe always claimed that human natur
cannot be materially modified by tn
cut OF a mans coat or the style in whicl
he wears his hair.
There are II, 525 pensions in the dis
trict which includes Kansas. Missouri
Colorado, New Mexico and the India
Territory. The names of ga were droI
ped during the year, and 3,300 were adj
cd TO the lisi. The tOtal disbursement
for the fiscal year ending June 3Oth, las
IN this district, were $4,l01. 056.35. Tn
pension list includes 1894 widows
"Impure water, !" says the Topeka Con
monwealth, ais one Of the greatest d.
stroyers Of human life, as has been den
onstrated thousands OF times, and y
people refuse To heed the warning
Whatever else may be said of the Con
monwealth the unwavering cOnsistenC
which It has manifested in its able az
indclAtigable crusade against water AS
beverage. must certainly absorb popul
and hearty admiration.
The latest wrinkle IN field sports AT
watering place on Long Island is snal
matches. The contestantants start
in different directions. and the one wi
returns with the greatest number
aa-roris hanrlinr from his belt La !