The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-23
EDITORIAL NEWS NOTES.

The great trouble with the Ohio de-
mocracy is that il has no respect for il
self.
Manhattan IS shrieking for board OF
trade. Emporia has one almost as good
as new, which can be secured on advan,
tageous terms.
The Santa Fc road have quito num-
Der of improvements Ia contemplation
along the line of their road in New Mex
leo, In the near future
Another revolution Is reported In
HaYti. We believe. however. this Is the
first one which has occurred on the
island for fortY-eight hours.
A tramp crawled into a mill at Law
renee, Massachusetts, and went TO sleep
on very wide belt. He has not awak-
ened since the machinery started.
"W ebb was a brave man, though not
a wise ons," is Lab0Hehere's comment,
which seems TO be the French way of
stating that Webb was an exaggerated
ass.
Byron Roberts is candidate for treas
urer in Shawnee county. This is not IN
the nature of n news item, but is SIMPLY
intended AS an expression Of journals
tic courtesy.
sir Stuart Hogg Is said 10 be staunch
advocate Of temperance. IL will prove
n source Of relief To the public 10 know
that the vexed question OF his making
any Investments at AtchisOn Is finally
settled.
II is said that Mr.. *. Il. Hayes desires
O. be pres. dent OF the United states, We
hal always supposed heretofore that the
widest dream ut that amiahls gentle
mas life WAS simply to become
woman
Thompson's colt Il rsws two wheeled
sexGSrt at Atchison. in the light OF
this encouraging announcement Is It too
much to hope that some sphere of use
fnIness may yet open. up TO Freddie
Gebhardl1
An RbsenL-mInded editor wrote u love-
letter and an editorial at the same time.
The love letter Ls sent out to be set up
In type by the printers. and long edi-
toriAl ON tariff to his girl. There was
fun at both ends.
Clay Center Is yearning for shooting
tournament. II Messrs Elan and
Beirne have recovered sufficiently TO re-
sumo business. they will probably And it
90 their advantage to place themselves
In communication with Writ Walton. e.
II is said that the eapslcnm contained
in ginger ale irri,aies tbs lining OF the
stomach and produces dangerous in
Illumination. We are surprised that we
have heard no note of warning ON this
score from the Topeka Commonwealth.
An exchange has expressed a death
less yeGsajng To see two newspaper ersp
reports agsGe. We think of no FEAST
BILE means OF comprising such an end
u0less il might be 10 turn the Wichita
Eagle man and Eli Perkins loose in the
same oats Held
Mr.. Barnan says that lac has
dropped" $4,000 in the vain attempt
90 bring a white elephant to this cOun-
try. We should suppose that he might
negotiate with the democratic party for
Ben Butler ON less inflated terms than
those mentioned. .lt
A new religious creed has been
evolved which requires that all its dis
ciples shall cOniess their sins to certain
women at least once q week. There are,
60 our certain knowledge, several mar
ried gentlemen in EmpOSIG who are de-
Vout members of this sect.
The Intimation is made by the Wichita
Times that a prominent clergyman of
that place has been guilty of immoral
conduct. According 10 the testimony OF
the most learned psychologists none OF
the lineaI descendants of Joseph ever set
tied in the Arkansas valley.
A distinguished jarist of st. Joe has
decided that every drop of water in the
Missouri river belongs to Kansas. The
success OF Kansas City in the direction
of enforcing the Downing liquor law in
the face OF such legal complication
appears simply phenomenal.
Thermometer records show that in the
last thirty years the temperature of our
summers have changed but little, If any,
and. that litlie TO an increase Ofheat, due,
perhaps, 60 the clearing Of great areas OF
forests, with Icss moisture ON the surface
of the earth for evaporation.
Troy Chief: The New York Sun
grumblss because the president and his
cabinet are ali OF ON pleasure excur-
sions. The Sun is hard TO please. For
weeks It has been constantly aQuawk,
ing that "ihe Republican party must
go;" and now. when they do go, it is moi
satisfied.
There are nine divorce cases on the
district court docket In Clay county
An occasional donbleleaded editorial In
the Clay Center Dispatch on the Evils
of Domestic Strife" might tend TO aug
meat the Permanency of the marital re-
iatioa IN those sections where that paper
is circulated.
More failures in business circles II
some parts of the country may probably
be expected, but il is not believed thai
we are ON the eve Of u business panic
There arc reasons for settlement with
bubble concerns, but there Is no reason
for public calamity like that of tel
years ago.
Kansas City Times: DIR. Bell wishe
every journalist TO take up his cross. 1
there a. class OF men in this worlC
carrying around more crosses than tn
average journalist, we desire 70 be IN
PRODUCED. Not that the Journalist !
complaining of his burden; he merel
alludcs Ia them IN the nature of stAiis
tics.
The Atchison Globe claims TO he RI
publican In politics, aercely Methodist
as t. its theological views and tearlessl
advocates a war of exterminatio
against the vicious votaries of the Frsnc
harp and German ACCORDION. From thi
declaration of principles We should M
be disposed to question the sOundness
the Globe on the question of AlligatC
boots and white vests.
New York Sun: We ara glad TO q
by the dispatches that the bloody schem
of gang Of lYnehers has been thwarte
by the militia in Virginia, and that u
bloody scheme of another gang OF lyncl
ers has been thwarted by sherifIns pos
in Kansas. This base, brutal and blood
business of lYnching should be proven
ed everywhere at all hazards.
Senator Vest. of Missouri. Is compt
ling popular admiration by the facili
which he has developed in the piscai
rial pursuits which seem to absorb I
energies of the presidential party
their tour of the Yellowstone Park. u