The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-03
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The census reports for 1880 show that
there are 5000 actors and 1000 actresses
In the United States.
O'Donovan Rosa il fearless patriot.
The explosion of all London couldn't
scare him out of New York city.
On the western end of the Canadian
Pacific road 5000 Cinnamon and 5000
Indians and white men are employed.
About ninety years ago the land upon
which Cincinnati now stands was pur-
chased by ]. G. Symmes for 81 cents per
acre.
Happy Cleveland: The novels of
Miss Evans, Mrs Southworth and Mrs.
Holmes have been banIshed from the
Cleveland public library.
A st. Louis paper has an article show
ing show to cut your throat" The best
way is TO just keep away from ST. Louis
and you won't have any desire TO cut
your throat
The postoffice department OF the
United States carried 9, 1927 ,992 registered
letters and packages last year, 72G Of
which were lost. or httle upwards Of
one Ia 13,2Gl
Mrs. Louisa b Stephens has been ell
ected TO succeed her husband as presi-
dent of the First National Bank of
Marion, Iowa. She is the first woman
who ever held like position.
Atchison Champion: Nearly every
fond mother can see in her first baby q
future president of the United States.
Tilden's mother may have thought SO,
but there is nothing said about it in the
book OF Genesis.
It costs something to be spirit
mejium" now IN Ohio The last legis-
lature passed law imposing an annual
tax of $500 per bead ON them. They
will find the show business less prOfita-
ble than hrEe,of"Ie
Gov. Sheldon, of New Mexico. lIves
in veritablc palace. 1t Is only one
story high. and is built of mud, but is
27O feet long, nearly 800 Yeas old, has
sheltered Spanish governors without
number. and always held tue name of
palace"
II IS nu use To run of to Saratoga or
Long Branch To rest up. A successful
merchant III Indianapolis says that
when he is tired and wants To rest he
doesn't go off ON tour and spend mon
ey, but Just takes his advertisement out
Of the papers.
A New York banker has an album of
COLLECTED stamps that is valued at not
less than $4,000. lady has one that is
valued at $25 900. and and a number OF
others are owned in that city which are
said to be worth from 100000 down to
5000.
In Germany a third of the population
is married, z per cent widowed, GO per
cent. unmarried, and ? per cent. di-
vorced or separated. This makes the
last class tn II of the married, or 20 to
1000, a large proportion .. Germany
Is getting along In modern civilization
very we'll.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette: The
New York assassins who cultivate their
own evil passions and pretend to be
Irish patriots are vermin upon whom
the heavy hand of the law must be LAID
We cannot afford to set the fashion of
Dynamite Clubs. They would be more
destructive In this than in any 9th
or country. They must be stamped out
A wealthy young farmer of Lincoln
Neb, alter proposing to a young lady
declined TO marry her because she pow
dered. and the young lady has determin
ed to sue for the usual breach. The
young farmer argued that no girl who
powdered was likely TO make a good
wife, and his agricultural head was ex
ceediagly level. There arc no trueI
tests of human usefulness, neither il
man OF woman. especially woman, thar
common sense and cold water.
The Louisville Courier-JSurRal al
mits that Mr.. IDgersnll's funeral oration
are well enough. but thinks he shoulC
try himself on obituary resolutions. TIT
following form is suggested as a starter
"ResolgeG, That in the loss OrOur fellow
citizen, Stimpkins StackpOle, we Tecog
nize the absence of life in the said s 8.
that we do not know whether our fellow
citizen StackDole is now in comfortabl,
quarters; that we cannot say whethe
Stack. is now red-hOt. or merely heat
ing; that Stack. was always a good fel
lows that It is unreasonable to suppos
that any punishment will be vislte'
upon stack; that We can only gaz
vacanily at the doubtful beyond, an
conjecture as 70 the happiness or exis
encs Of Stack; that we hope he is wher
nowers are blooming, and where pie
:, perennial; that this is the way we thin
matters should be arranged for STACK
that copy of these resolutions be ser
to Al the newspapers. with the requea
that they be Published gratis; that Il
publisher Of these resolutions, being
member OF the church, will be amDl
repaid In the expectations he Will hH'
Of q reward in the next world liz the
be any next world) for the deadhes
printing he has done IN this"