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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-01-04
OyER THE stare.

A photograph of the next speaker of
the Kansas house would sell more readi.
ly in this state than pictures of Mrs.
Langtry.
j. II. Lawson. who totes matches in
his hat" and carries razor in his boot,
has become The fighting editor OF the
Hutchinson Interior
Ii is ibtimatsd that the Democratic
editors of Kansas will prudently defer
"swearing OFF, for til, year until they
have held their MEETING at Topeka on
the Sth.
The frat dance in Cheyenne county came
off one night last week but as only one
man was killed We infer that the enter
prise failed to measure npfo the expec
taiion Of the managers.
A Smith county eow gave birth to
three calves one day last week. II seems
quite impossible TO divorce he name of
Smith from the prolific associations
which il always suggests to The public
mind.
Another sorghum boom is impending
10 Kansas. There viii always he lively
demand for saccharIno products In this
stale as long a. every third man you
meet il professional or an embryonic
politicIah.
Miami county boasts OF q corn held Of
sixty acres that viii average one hun.
dFetl and fifteen bushels TO the acre. Il
seems that 1t is about tins for the agri
cultural editor of the Wichita Eagle 4
be breaking for back seat in the tsf
row.
j The paragraphisgof the Topeka Cap
itai says that Lawrence Is so bAdI,
frightsned about the e0nditinn nf tn
water there that all Of The wells ii
that town are being analysed We hay
always claimed that Coulter was one Q
the brightest hnnanrlsas in the weat.
The story is going The ronnda OF n
Kansas press that there Is man teach
ing school in sedgaick county 1liso be
! no. arms, bna who Yields the pen Rak
graceful dexterify wlih his toez Il
) quits fair 20 assume mat this SORT 81
naake-np IN male Enssfnrsos zspni
render hEns very much Iaase ssspnss
: aslhslhs sraall hogs than eitt he 81
ieIfls.
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The New York Times eommcnts on
the appearance of C0nkling before the
supreme court. beginning thus: Mr..
Conkling has at last made the greatest
effort OF his life and remarkable et-
foIt it was. II was no more nor less
than an attempt TO stretch the fourteenth
amendment of the constitution of the
United States so as to shield corpora
tIous from the taxing power Of the
states. II will puzzle any intelligent
citizen who applies himself to the study
of that amepAmen;, and recalls all he
can of ITS history and purpose, 10 con-
ceive what application can be made OF
it to The question Of taxing the property
and franchises of railroads in the sew
eraI states. But Sir. Conkitng has
strained the powers OF his mighty in
tellect 10 make such an application, and
iabored for some hours, one day last
week, to enable the supreme court OF
the United States % see IT.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-01-04
SCHOOL sUPERLNTENDENTS
CONVENTION.


Topeka Commonwealth: The super
InteDdenis Of the various counties met
pursuant to adjournment, in the ofiics
of superintendent 6peer, to hear the
report OF The committee on needed leg
islation. This report contained many
practical points that proved 10 be o.
general interest, and brought out an ex
tended and free discussion. Prompt
and united action was considered neces
sary that recommendations Of pFactics
nature and calculated TO increase the
efficiency Of our schools might be laid
before the coming session OF our legis
iature with the approval Of the county
superintendents OF the s;a;e.
Anong other resolutions discussed
and adopted by them we're the follow
Ing which will be OF interest 10 ali con
nected with school work:
Resolved, That the school law be Sc
changed as 40 CONFORM To these items.
Resolved, That NO superintendent be
allowed Ia organize a district with less
than zoos taxable properly.
Resolved, That the annual school
meeting be held on the third "Wednesday
Ia June.
Resolved, That the tax va ted to be
onclassified and the maximum be about
TAO per cent. -s..
Resolved, That the power 70 decide
upon the sex ofihe teacher should rest
with the district board.
Resolved, That the concurrence of tue
superintendent be necessary in all con
tracts made with teachers.
Resolved, That the examining board
be empowered 10 renew the certificate OF
one who has held q first grade for
four years, on payment of the regular
Tee.
That the consent Of the supeTintend-
eat be necessary to the attachment OF
outside territory 10 city of the second
class.
Thata school population of fifteen be
enough 10 enable II district 10 vote
bonds.
That the township be made the basis
of taxation.
That = uniformity of text books by
counties be OtDseryed.
That county commissioners he re-
quired 10 apprOspriate in aid Of the Nor
NAL Institute not Less than $50 nor more
than 800.
That state aid be bASad upon attendance
and be $50 for every iastitute present.
ing an enrollmenI of twenty-five actual
teachers with min.nuEs Of 500 days
attendance.
That associate examiners ~ allowed
fifteen days work In year.
That examining boards may grant =
third grade certificate twice.
That tho state board be empowered 90
grade the certificates and salaries OF IN
stitHte conductors.
That the EducatiOnalist be recognized
as the official educational Journal, and
made part OF the records Of each dis
tTict.
The discussions were full and insIruc-
two and no resolution was made part
of the days work until good reasons
were shown tor its adoption.
Il Is hoped this meeting will be OF
great benefit to the officers present and
the state at large.
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New York Tribune: Some Kansas
9 sEtesmen who have their Dyes on seats
ia the lower house of congress are lying
awake o. nights thinking out plans for
ssdissrictiag lhe state. Each one OF
,llesE. has favorite scheme. which IL
saVa 20 give him many points against
mis- rivals. The Atchisoa Cham i7loan de-
scTibes one of the plans as follows: ''The
appearance Of the First district on she
nap resembles boot manufactured FOR
man who had wen just above the
ankle. The Second district is an octa-
gonal, eVt bias, with flounces. The
ThiCd is reasonably compact The
Fourth was evidently manufactured To
Srder for a statesman at Wiz ia, which
easant prosperous town / enveiopS
re halo. The Fifth sprawls on the
; Of tl,e map like "A baby just begin
.,g to crawl; lts head ut Topeka, one
stretched out to Mcpherson and the
aer doubled up and thrown out 60
>fey. The sixth district, like The
ird. is reasonably compact; but the
zenith Is, so to speak, u crowning wBk
art. II looks like huge buzziGd
thout a tail; its beak at Sslina and Ia
40 wings covering the west half II tlae
STATE. 1t Is about 275 miles long. q
miles wide at its head and 200 mile:
across its wings from tip TO Tip"
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HERE AND THERE.

The kingdom of HaWii wants to ne.
gotiate loan of 100000. We might
accommodate it if it will agree TO lop
of the lsfthand digit.
1t is now proposed To have the Rev.
Mr. Talmage quit tue pulpit for the
stage The warfare of the church against
the drama SCENE to be onetof utter ex-
termination.
Chicago Tribune: A Louisville pa.
per says that "there Is nothing more re-
pulsive than rat" The editor should
have looked in the other boot and seen
the snake before making this st ong
statement.
II the Pendleton civil service hill be.
comes a law and the Democrats come
into power IN 1884, there will be a large
reduction in the percentage of illiteracy
in this country within The next five
years. 1t is an iii wind, etc.
One lawyer in D,s Moines, Iowa. has
put through 1S0 divorce cases within a
year. Tho influence of two mild win
tiers in saecessaoA upon The ice traaic
and the social Z problem OF elective
aHlnities has becR sufficiently marked
10 arrest pOpules attention.
The LeaveRworth Press stilI insists
that Kansas EReppbiIcans should kiss
and make up. When Gov. st, John end
Geo. ". Martin arc ready TO fall upon
saeh otLsrs' necks In tho interest of
~ Iitical harmony. we trnst we shall I've
advised in season 10 procure 4 proscrni-
UNI box for the performance
Tao Philadelphia News says: when
O-r,r Wilde say. Niagara Falls he en-
! ian, d Bulk. but no beauty When a
litt'r Detroit boy FIRST saw the sublime
caisraei he solemnly Whispered Nam
lua, | feel like taking my hat of To
d'd' That ts tho difference between
vmar, " idlocy and embryo msnhood"
The Chinese, il is said, are beginning
10 cook iheiF meals on Yankee stoves
The palpable futiiity Of attempting 10
adjust lt)vo pipe without some knowl.
edge of Christian theology should stun
ulsts spirit of zeal among orthodox
denominations in promoting the eff
ficleney of Asiatic missions.
An Italian stat clan has lnsi made
the discovery that every human being
at present living up ia the face of the
globe has the nninubIe right Ia claim
| descen, from M fewer than one hun
dred and thirty nine Thousand two hun.
dred and forty fis,. bilIiaus of ancestors
only as far back As the commencement
of the Christian cEl Tha public will
probably be in n" ,irubt as la the aceur
acy of this sttlrul-ht until they heal
from Gal nAmlton
Mr.. SolVin Morse, who il rate1l BY
religious pc Pile for his proposed pru
duction OF the Passion Plar,'' vigorous
~ defends himself He says, .~rue olhel
light listened To an ora orio where
Christ VAS represented in an evening
dress sniI with white tie and kid gloves
The gentleman who sang the music haC
his name ON the program as Christ. An
doing worse when in sll reverence
present the Saviour in the habit he wore
and surround The person representing
him with every historical accessory ~
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-01-04

National Republican, Senator Plumb
on the 23d secured the adoption of an
important amendment to- the agricultural
appropriation bill. Blythe insertion Of
the words land the cost of the carriages"
after the words showing freight charg-
es." in the clause Relating TO the divis-
ion of agricultural statistics, requiring
reports on various matters, which reads
"Said reports shalt give full statements,
monthly, showing freight charges for
the chief agricultural products upon the
principal lines of water routes To- the
principal markets ofthe United States, =
he paved the way to the obtaining of
class OF information which could not
be obtained in any other way, AID which
congress has been trying to get for many
wears. He also intcrpolated the words
land eggs of silk worms" in the section
providing for the purchase, propaga
ton and distribution, as required by
law, OF seeds, trees, shrubs, vines, cut
tings, plants, etc. thereby winning the
eternal gratitude of many of his constit
uents and others who ara not his Inme
diate constituents
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RATLROAD LgGEsIATIoy.

The Commonwealth expresses the
opinion that railroad hill viii be pass
ed At the coming session OF the Iegisla-
ture which will be fair for all parties ia
teresied, Fairness is all that Is asked
by the people No one who has the
best interest Of all The people Ia view
will ask that Law which Will De OBJ
presaiye or unjust On our railroad inter-
es,s shall be made. There are certain
abuses which are praciieed against cit
les and communities ia the way of dis
criminatiou Ia rates that ought TO be
abolished. The fares and freIghis ought
20 be reduced, and the free pass system
ought 10 be entirely done away with.
We are OF the opinion that the roads
could we'll afford 70 reduce fares If tue
| dead head system were abolished, be-
cause IL must be an enormous burden
upon them 10 carry the army of people
who yearly travel on Tree passea The
Law ought especially 10 prohibiithe use of
passes by ell C.icials. Tins pass busi-
ness has come 10 be poteat influence
in our politics Whole train l,ads OF
people are carried TO conventions aud
| legislatures tree to work for the objects
the railroads desire TO accomplish. In
every important fown and ID every coun.
ty the railroads have their political cap
tains or send their political agents when
a state or congressional convention or
other important political gathering is
TO be held. We venture the opinion
that no man can be found who ever OPP
posed what the railroads wanted on such
| occasions, who was furnished with
pass There is no doubt but that con-
Ventious have often been Influenced TO
do such work Es the railroad
managers desired to be done, by the
crowds who were sent to conventions on
free passes. This is an abuse that The
legislature ought to handle. We believe
the public and the railroads would be
better of if the entire pass system was
abolished.
So far as our knowledge extends there
is no desire - pass law that will be
unjust 10 railroads. The best thing the
managers can do is to aid the passage
of fair and just Iaa, and we are salts.
fed that good many prominent rail
road men now see the matter in this
light The corporations will undoubt-
eddy fare better at the hands of the leg.
isIature by conCeding that e good fair
law is necessary, and by aiding its pas
sage. than they would by fighting
the effort to make il, because there is
no room 10 doubt hut that the large ma
iorify of the members of the legislature
have determined that some measure
shall be passed to relieve their constItu,
ents OF the abuses which have prevailed
in many quarters of the state
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plsrn,or eouRr rnocERn. s..a.


FRIDAY, Dkc eern
Court convened at 2 ocsQek with
Judge Graves on the bench The Fol-
lowing business Was disposed
Lucinda Pate VS. Daniel Pate; decree
of divorce graAte1 and named changed
as prayed far.
q. e. Curtis VS.. q. B. Hjadley; mo-
ton to dissolve attachment sustained,
and plaintiff given thirty days 10 Pre-
pare case for the supreme court, attach
ment to continue during thai time.
JIM. Steele We. Edward C. Carpenter.
decree as prayed for.
Tooker, Waring s. CO. vs.. Sherman g.
Richardson; jury waived, trial by court
and Judgment for pla;ntitf fpr $34S and
costs.
The Burlingame Savings bshk IS. j.
Jay Buck, administrator OF the estate Of
Thos. Condell, deceased order made on
garnishee pay money intS court Ad
ministraior is to have 0nt Of said money
when paid into court the lznm of 81 500
and the plaintiff the renlhinder, not ex.
ceeding tho sum of g If plaintiff
| finally succeeds it IS u allow Interest
thereon from the date II fecovers the
same, and if the defsasAnt succeeds tbs
plaintiff VIII return sid money wilhou,
interest
State Of Kansas vs.. Z. D. Musely and
Mary Isabella Martin; upon applica
ton of defendants the motion for new
trial was reconsidered and overruleC
and being excepted to defendant wa
given till the close of the present tern
to present bill Of exceptions. and sen
fence was pronounced uDon 5tTs. Martin
The court issued an order for hun
dred Jurors for The adjourned Septembe
term, alter which it adjourned until
O'Clock Monday, February 5, 1883.
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NEW wan raoUaaTs

= Es
Time, in his rapid flight. has eisce
more brought US 10 the point where Tie
old and the new year meet, and we may
glance from ihia emineDec over the say
We have come in the Iastiwelve months,
and east oar eyes forward int, tbe path
which reaches out before us. The year
| which IS fsst dying has been one of
blessing 10 US as community, aud we
c4nnot see il vanish IRON US forever
without u sense OF sorrow and regret.
As ii fades from cur view We instructive
lily bring up ia retrospective
| array its lost and employed ap-
portuniiies; its promises fulfilled and
lis shattered hopes, and make a
silent inventory s,f It's moral gains and
losses. ere we turn TO the contemplation
of The new fields OF effort which invite
US 10 eater.
The succession of events Whis:ii go II
make up twelve months of human hfe
must. by the conditions OF our common
mortality, include bsns as well as btess
ing. and our joys aad sorrows have been
strangely interIningled rs the changing
seasons hRys merged from green TO
brown. and the period nf rich frnitlon
has been lost IN ihs serc de-
cline of autumn and the
deaIhIy chill Of winter. But the sun
shine has eyer trinmphed over the
shadow, and the flowers which have
sprung at our feet have Ontnumbered
the thorns which have pierced them
And so while we close the account with
feeling, perhaps. akin 10 pain, finding
many a remembrance 10 sadden, we
strike the balance with determination
10 make the hest of our experiences and
enter upon the new yPaF with hopeful
yearning for new contests, in the as.
snranee thatthere are better things Tor
Us in the future than the past contained,
and thst the latest day ia the history Of
the world IL richer than any which has
preceded it in the helps for symmetri-
cal development Of character.
There is not a little truth in the say
Ing that "man is man and master of his
fate." and If We. in begiunlRk the new
year elect to eonseeTate it to moral clean
Illness, honest work, sweet affection for
God and man, and will 10 live sound,
rational daily life, replete with cnnscien-
lious effort for the promOtlna Of all those
measures which make for the peace Of
mankind, We shall do much toward
eonaueIinR The secret of true and abid-
ing happiness.
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The Boston Herald of the 10Ih says
Mr. Charles T. Congdon's brilliant arti-
Gle, which recently appeared in the
North American Review, ON the subject
OF THE Adulteration of News," was
inspired b. the incuEsion of Jay Gould
and other capitalists into the field of
journalism, as propriet0Ts or controlling
owners Of two or three daily newspapers
in New York and several in the west.
Men like Mr. Gould, says Mr.. CongdoD,
do not devise huge newspaper schemes
like these for the sake of keeping the
public we'll informed. If he purchases
Il is that he may use them in his busi.
ness II he really owns the newspapers
he is credited with owning-and IL Il
generally believed that he does-it Is
idle to talk OF the editorial responsible.
ty OF the persons nominally occupying
the editorial. stools In Mr.. Jay Gould'I
printing houses. In each instance Mr.
1 Gould Is himself that august autocrat
The editor In chief. He uses his staff o
writers as q general uses his mercena
riea, or great railway contractor hi
snavvies." He recognizes NO right o
independent thonght in those who AT
employed by him He may at least b
able 20 defy the public. and pessibi
: will atiempi II in 4 newspaper way, .
he has In the line Of sailroadIng br
,hen he faal lersIing up l. aure I
.tSae
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-01-04
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORRIES
Meeting of the Fsisads' Conference in
EmpOrfa


Meeting of the FRisnds' Conference in
EmPOria,
The opening SESSION of the Friends
annual Sabbath school conference took
place at the Quaker church on Sylvan
street last Friday The attendance was
quite fair and iH addition to many local
laborers IN the cause the following per
sons from other places were present:
Francis W. Thomas, James Hadley
and wife and VIM Coffin, of Indiana
Joel Willis, Aaron HuddlestOn and DIR
Samuel Coffin, of Leavenworth county
Prof Edmaad Stanley, John Yestai
Mrs Ellen CheFryI and Mrs. DrusilIa
Wilson, Of Lawrence; Rev W. p. Hay
worth, of Sterling.
The messiag was called To order
with DR. Samuel Coffin, president Of
the convention = tlle chair Devotion.
al exercises were thas after which q
brief but weli.umed address q Sslcome
was delivered By " stahbs. winsl
was responel 10 hy Sd astnd Stanley, o
Lawrence.
Reports OF the cofiaafien o. the Sab
bath schools .hrough ous The state wer,
read and the showiTg OF The diheren
delegates was highly encouraging.
An excellent paper on "5unda,
School Literature" Wa read by James
Hurst, of Usage county, after which
the session adjourned.
The prograHI of exercises for to-das
was announced as follows;
| Gam.
/. The Dniy of fhe Tkacher 10 sh'
William T. wits.
2. Whose Duty Is IL 10 Erganize ans
Maintain the AttendRG Of Bipl'
Mary Rogers.
8. Infant Glass Exercises. 49,.
Miss r. Stanton.
| Five minute Comments auis 4s-Inarks
2 p. m.
/ l. Iiiack board Exercises. Parker Moon
2. Bible Class =. DIR. Samuel D. Coffin
| &. How 10 Study the BibleS .
Elwood iIansop.
z p. IN.
1. History of Bible School Work Anon!
the Friends. :.
William +. worth.
g The Importance of Bible Study il
the Family Circle. ........
| James Pitts.
3. General Remarks. 49,.
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RHRsOEAL AND POLFrIcAL.

Al,sev N,t..o,.i. ..t,t go.
have. any conception Of his nopuIsritv
until The moves 10 Topeka ana runs for
office.
ana 49, 49,
nrououna.-a C., s-~,o,,,,,,-.I :.
ehanse Tba c,.di,o,. - So w.,
MIN. throw sag. He,., .. ,h,. o,,ss
lion.
. = 49,. =, 1855
ton GU Saturday tast recommended hy
his wife ami child He win yIsi, Kan.
sas next week.
The hsuko steera,s ~ w.shi.s,on
vii, Is. 4neo,,ragsa :. ,.s-. ,b., -.
sn,,ngf,e,d "a. i3annh,,o.a 80
the election ~ Cnsr,as Frs.c1s Aa.n,s
10 succeed senator Haar
o.. wa, -,
- n.ss -', - pe -
his d.,.r,,.a -, =. ss. eS1.sl -
800 r. -. -. - :. = ~
:, -, - .--sie $50
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There has been well-dellned sus-
picion IN the public mind for some
weeks past thai tire Democratic men,
bers OF the Senats were not Ia hearty
sympathy with the Pendleton civil SER
vice bill which passed that august body
Thursday by vote OF 81 to Q. But
how Mr. Blair happened 1, succeed 10
hitching an amendment 10 the bill do.
barring from office persons addicted &c
the excessive use of intoxicating bever-
ages Is one OF those things which nc
fellow will be apt to find out. It Is Ger
tainly a radical departure u see the
Bourbons supporting and voting tor q
measure thst will keep Democrats oui
Of office and keep Republicans in
though II must be conceded that they
c0uld afford no more convincing proc
10 the country Of their earnest desire &c
promote the work OF civil servi0. re
form than by so doing.
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fine following Is the text al Senator
Plumb's bili for soldiers homo IN
Kansas:
Section /. That the secretary al war
is hereby authorized 10 establish. al
some suitable LOiGt in the 81 lIe OF hdn-
SIS, a home Tor IiaGs care aud malnte-
nance of such he uorSbly discharged sol
diers and sailors ot aAac United states
army and navy as are now or may mere
a ter be in dcstitu 70 or kadigent clcNm-
stances and unable to s=zr0 u livelihoon,
or who may now or heseafter become
inmates oil the posIf housGe or eleEmosy-
nary institutions, or in any Aaanner DE-
pendant upon the public chAtttY for sup
port.
Sec. 2. That said home skali not be
4 Gated on a tract OF land COM lining
1ss than 1880 acres; and il the same
ahali be located ON any reservation N44i-
"a the said state set apart and nsed toT
military purposes, the secretary at Wslr
stall set apart and ,segrsgrate from sald
I aservallon by metes and bounds noa
} rs than two sections of the same,
s,hich shall thereafter be known As the
Soldiers Home reservation, and De re-
sased from the control OF military au-
aority and jurisdiction.
Sec. y. That the ann of $lO,OOO, or "a
lluch thereof as may be necessary, i
hereby appropriated % carry out tlAR
provisions OF this ACT.
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The Legislature OF South Carolina is
considering railroad commission bill
which il enacted into law will place
the roads under very stringent re7gula-
tons The bill provides for the Ap,
pointment of three commissioners who
will have power 10 fix the charges for
freight and passenger traffic and 20
maksfnles aad regulations tor the gov
eminent Of the railroads. They are
also given power 70 Investigates the
books OF the different companies and TO
compel them To obey the orders az the
commission. The bill has passed both
branches of the Legislature. but there
are some slight differences between the
two houses which will doubtless be
compromised The measure is probably
uhe most stringent oue of its character
passed by any state legisl ature, and pre-
dictions are plenty that it will fall when
put TO practical test.