The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10
HERE AND THERE.

Just now when we are making extra
efforts to enforcs prohibition some east
ern fiend starts out the report that 90, 900
people die every year from snake-biles.
OF great men always before the public
the letters passing 10 and fro should bs
burned. at least each spring when the
time for house cleaning has fully come.
Professor Swing.
The Springfield Republican says,
Massachusetts has been much disgraced
before the country this year." Yes,
that's so; but why don't you ask US what
We are going to do about itf
It is said to be the ruling passion
now of all Ohio fathers whose SONS have
advanced to the position of justice of
the peace, TO live , see them presidents
Of tae UnIied States. They cannot die
happy until their darlings are chief
rulers of the nation.
Free whisky as a constitutional pre-
rogative of American citizens seems to
be holding its own with widely extend.
ed judicial constituency. The new
saloon tax law has already been decided
to be unconstitutional in Ohio, by some
whisky sucking inferior court
Edwin Booth was nearly kissed to
death at Hamburg by his male admirers.
He objected, called out, Mind the
paint" and at last, IN a sort of comic
desperation, exclaimed: "If kissing be
the correct thing, please stand aside,
gentlemeH, ana let the ladies advance"
The so-called Ohio Republican asso-
citation at Washington has finally given
up the idea, agitated some months ago,
of purchasing the Garfield residence in
that city for the use of the association
and Ohio's people generally who may
visit the capital city. 1t is understood
that Mrs. Garfield will retain the resi-.
dence as part of the family estate and
has already leased it.
The Laramie Boomerang tells this
story: "An insane man named Leonard,
who has been kept by guard in his
private residence in Denver, recently
embraced an opportunity when his guard
was embracing his (the insane man's)
wife, and skipped to parts unknown
When, a few days later, the Borrowing
wife, who commands an income of about
$4,000 year, offered $25 reward for his
recovery and return to her, the whole
city rose up as one man and laughed It.
self sick"
There seems TO be aPhitch in civil SER
vice reform. The Cincinnati Enquirer
has this pleasant notice of the chief ex.
aminer of the civil service commission
lately appointed; 1.-THE appointment of
Mr.. De b. Randolph Keim as chief ex-
aminer of the civil service commission
relieves the country of mucL anxiety.
1t was feared that the appointment
might, by some oversight, fall to per-
son who does not part his name IN the
middle. The public had not the honor
of Mr.. De B. Randolph Keim's acquaint-
ance, but We notice with pleasure that
the young gentleman is disposed to grant
the public the boon of knowing him.
Yesterday we printed very pleasant
sketeh of Mr.. De B., written by himself,
and kindly handed in by the author fc:
publication. 1t will be seen, therefore,
that if the public does not hereafter
know Mr.. De B. Randolph Lseim 1t will
lot b. tha fault OF the gifted young man
who bears that picturesque patronymic
Our first impression of Mr.. De B. Ran
doiph Keim was that he was dude;
but he does not confess it in his written
statement, and on this point we will sus-
pend judgment until other witnesses are
heard,'i