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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-04-10
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CHICAGO. April e.-The Journals
junction CITY. Wisconsin, special says:
Sncw has fallen here for twenty4our
hours Continuously and is now six fackes
on lever
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-04-10
Cafeago Spectators.

CHICAGO. April g, 9:45 q. m-The
market opened strcng this morning, and
under the influence OF free buying values
showed an Improvement as compared
with closing prices yesterday.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-04-10

Total number of delegates, So.
1t is recommended that delegates and alter
mates be chosen to said convention at such
time as the respective Republican county
central committees may fix, and giving suit
able notice.
Hy order Of the committee.
JOHN GUTHRIE, Chairman.
]. B. CLOGSTOE. Secretary.
ToPEKA, February 27, 1854.
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For Arthur.

SELMA, Ala. April 9.-The Fourth
district Republican convention elected
two delegates to the national convention
and instructed Them icf Arthur.
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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-04-10

It is recommended that the primaries be
held Thursday, April 18th, 1884, at $3.50 p: m g.
except in the city of Emporia, where
they will be held at 1880 p. m
1t is further recommended that the polls bs
held open at least one hour
l. A. TAYLOR, Chairman.
l. e IAMBERT Secretary
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-04-10

Republicans. remeber the primaries
next ThursdaY. April II.
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Now, on this the Sth day of April, a.
D. 1884, came T. c. Murphy and Law
renee Murphy, by their agent, F. NJ.
Kearns, and fled their claim against
Lyon county for damages occasioned by
the locating Of certain country road in
Jackson township, on which road w. f.
Hancock was principal petitioner, and
It appearing to the board that said claim
ought to be Investigated, the hearing
for said claim is set for Monday, April
14th, at Q p. m, and the SAID W. F. Han
cock Is ordered to be summoned as q
witness on behalf of the county at said
hearing.
[Signedl P. q. HALLBERG,
Chairman.
A hearing in the case of A. Archer VS..
81. w. Slower, county physician, was had
before the board and the matter taken
under advisement by the board.
The board then adjourned until to-
morrow morning.
Attest: ROLAND LAKIN,
County Clerk.
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COMMISSIONERS, PROCEEDINGS.
COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE,
AnriI z 1894

The board of county commissioners
met in regular session. Present, p. e..
HaIlberg, chairman; John L. Butler and
W. V. Phillips.
The following Official bonds were APP
proved, viz: Z. r. Vernon, constable Of
Emporia city; A. h. Weasner, consta-
Bile of Pike township; W. c. Johnson
constable of Waterloo township; Chas
Hill, constable of Fremont township
W. C. Oglesby. constable of Ivy town
ship; o. F. Richmond, justice of the
peace, Jackson township; w. j. Combs
justice of the peace, Elmendaro town
ship; J. A. Boyle. justice of the peace
Ivy township; j. E. Wallingford. jus
tice Of the peace, Ivy township; S. D.
Allen, clerk, Pike township; A. j. Smith
clerk, Waterloo township; F. W. Lyon
clerk, Ivy township; r. ]. Rudisill
clerk, Fremont township; j. P. Tolford
treasurer, Jackson township; F. ii
Weaver, treasurer, Waterloo township.
The contract and bond of E. Brown a
superintendent of the poor farm wa
approved.
The following bills against the county
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COUNTY CLERKS OEFICE,


AAPAI4 % 4OU1s
Board met as per adjournment, all
members present.
The board audited and allowed the
following accounts:
;pdn,Nanf
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11
Fine Writing Fine Doing.

John Keats said in one of his letters
81 am convinced more and more every
day that fine writing is, next TO fine do
ing, the top thing in the world"
Keats would have been nearer right il
he had said that fine writing is fine do.
ing, and that there is no doing compare.
BILE TO it in the line of human achieve.
ment. The man who can put his thoughts
into such words as shall live and ivan.
der through eternity" that man.
thoughts are deeds.
Other deeds are transitory. affecting
only the individual and his limited sur
roundings. But the deeds which issu,
from the soul of genius at the point Of
the pen mould civilization and spread
over centuries.
What deed of Ancient Greece concern,
mankind like Homer's Had? What il
the fine doing of all modern Italy, with
her doc's. and popes. and kings, to tn,
doing of the Diylna Commedia? VIII,
would not rather have done Doh Quixot,
than have been all the knights of al
knighterraDtry in one? And where il
ali the world is there any fine dong tina
Shakespeare's creations are next to?
Keats was too modest entirely. Hi
own Hyperion and Eadymion are fine
doings than all the struttine little activi
ties Of history transacted, during hi
brief life of twenty-four years, am mong tn,
whole English PEOPLE.
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11
Oddities Of the Messenger service.
New York sun.

Il want twenty-five dollars on this"
said district messenger boy, laying
handsome gold watch on the counter as
he entered pawn shop on Sixth avenue,
yesterday. do messengers bring many
things to pawn?" was asked of the pro-
prietor.
You would he surprised 10 see the num-
ber of these boys wlo bring things here
every day. You see, if a lady or gentle
man is in want Of money, they do not
like to be seen going into a pawn shop
so they ring fora district messenger and
get him to go for them"
at would astonish You TO see some of
the peculiar errands that messengers. are
called upon 10 do in the uptown Offices
said a clerk. Some are asked to carry
babies to the ferry; others ride them in
Park; others escort country people
through the city TO show them the sights;
Others stay in peoples houses TO guard
them while thev are away; others go to
the dry goods store to match silk; others
take drunken men home, and so on"
Just then an old lady dressed like
country-wUman entered and said she
would like to be shown through Central
Park. Next" called the clerk, and a
boy about five feet high, with detected
look and cap drawn down over his eyes,
came forth.
lie was posted as to what to do and
both went out together When they
were block away from the Office, the
boy took the small butt of a cigar from
his pocket and asked a man for light.
He struck lively gait for the Park, far
in advance of the old lady, who was
striving to catch up with him.
"Are the messenger. allowed to smoke
while on dpty?" was asked.
mo. lfthey are caught at it they are
fined"
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11
What is Wanted.
Kansas CITY Journal.

In the olden times, there would really
have been more excuse for living with
out a home than at present, for the life
was so much simpler, the spiritual needs
were much narrower, that one really re-
quired little else in home than good
eating and sleeping. "And what else do
you want9" inquiries some plethoric pa
pa, whose stomach is always the least
satisfied part of his being, or some fash
ionable mama, whose breakfast caps and
soirees are so absorbing that she has no
time for butchers and bakers, and chil-
dren's story books.
What else does one want? In the irst
place q quiet corner far away from gossip
and prying eyes. where ones own indivi-
duality can grow and develop without
fear OF hostile criticism, and where one
can sometimes enjoy q moments quiet.
untroubled with ones children or ones
friends. And in the second place, spot
where the children OF the household can
keep their little hearts young and not
grow too soon learned in the wisdom OF
this world.
Most Americans do not have homes;
they have merely places to stay, where
the ia her can read his newspaper, the
mother ply the sewing machine, and the
children make molasses candy, or have
annual birthday parties. But the idea of
a heart centre, where love is cherished,
thoughts are fos,ered. and morals ex-
banded, isapparently uHheard ofin their
philosophy. Ma,erfamilias goes to
church on Sunday without an idea that
she is leaving the holiest temple behind
her, of which she is priestess, and if you
should dissect her brain you would find
that in the corner devoted to necessity"
the strata of clothes, cooks, sewing girls
and roast turkey fill up all but the small
t:crevicelconscientiouslys set aside for re-
ligio1s belief and church membership.
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11

drag, for the shopman hal forced IN.
fighting in sheer desperation. and was
plying the button htak with nra;sa
worthy effect. There you are, na'am ~
said he, patting and rubbing down the
still excruciatingly tight lit admir,nglv
with both hands. "A beautiful ~,
Stand on it. Put your foot dogni The,e,
Fits like Kid glove Easy ana comtorta.
BILE, eh2'
Yes; only little loose, Pm thinkincp -
said the lady smilingly, but grittine he,
teeth while standing up and plumpino
down on tie tortured member "Bnt I
think this pair will do You see. / was
right about threes, after all. No; sban't
wear 'eIn home not in this weather
Please wrap 'em up and I'll lake them
along Thank YOU
The reporter, who had been an unob.
served observer OF the proceedings, turn.
ed to the shopmaD, after the lady had
paid her bill and departed with her pur-
chase. Were they really threes?" he
asked. The shoe dealer smiled. "Tbev
were five and half, he quietly REPLIED
| clearinl the decks for whatever fresh ar,
ton might threaten. But, bless Won
she was an easy customer compared with
others. She has deceived herself SO Of.
ten as to the size she wears that she
doubtless believes in the deception her.
selfn
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11
SEA CAPTAINS ROMANCE.
Rejs cted In Love He Becomes a Million
Nouogxnarian.

aire NoDogenartan.
There is now stopping at the Hotel
Vendome, in this city, writes the Bosten
correspondent of the bingham Journal,
one Of the most remarkable charac-
ten connected with New England Com
merce since the war of 1912. refer to
Captain Maxwell Had Marryatt come
across him he would have found a legiti-
mate subject for three volume novel,
which would have made Nudes fortune
Captain Maxwell is now ninety years of
age, and is the loving object of care by
sister His fortune is immense and
this word in the proper vernacular
m cans much. A native of Maine, he
was wei to th1 life of a seaman, and in
time he reached the elevation OF master.
! knew him forty years ago, when he
was comparatively an old man, but he
was splendid specimen of physical per-
fection, and he must have been more
than that twenty years previous. There
is no romance without a love story, and
no love story without woman.
The Pattens of Bath were the great
ship builders of Maine sixty years ago.
Captain Maxwell was in their employ
The females Of the Patten family for gen.
erations had been noted beauties. but
they were as eccentric as beautiful
Captain Maxwell, in the pride of his Wig
orous manhood, maze love to one of
these beauties, proposed, and was re-
jected. By the way, marriage ties form
ed by the Paten girls were not always
of the pleasantest kind. One married
Jarvis Slade, of the well-known firm of
Lawrence, Stone & Slade, the great dry
goods commission merchants, which
went down in the financial crash of 1856
5S. Another, and an equal beauty, mar
ried Wildes p. Walker, whose business
ana financial record in Boston and New
York were very well known. After Cap
tam Maxwell was rejected, ne became
soured and turned his attention to ac-
cumulating wealth. For long time he
lived in Charleston, in the mCst penu.
rious manner. till his mind gave way
and to-day he is complete imbecile, a
wreck, and yet, when he dies, the bank
records and the safety vaults of State
street will have to proclaim him one OF
the richest, if not the richest, man in
Boston. have an idea that his invest.
ments are different from most Of
| the so-called millionaires who have
| died within twenty years. The shrink
age in most of the reputed wealth of de.
| ceased men is attributable to invest.
ments which they could take care OF, but
| left to executors or trustees, dwindled
fearfully. Captain Maxwell's wealth
might belong to the family of hereditary
monarchs. 1t is so invested that nc
financial panic can shake it, and vet
looking at the Captain Maxwell of s'xt,
years ago and the Captain Maxwell o
to-day, who would accept the change a
the price of all his ducats?
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11

the last or fifteen years that they have
completely destroyed the fruit industry
in some sections, and now threaten a
more general annihilation of one of the
nest enticing and profitable occupations
for the farmer. For the last 100 years
we have heard of the blight" In pear
trees, and the best records show unDis-
takatly that the disease has been on the
increase during that Ieriod. So badly
is it developed in some fruit sections as
through southern New York. that it is a
matter of extreme difficulty TO find a
really healthy tree. For the last eight
wears We have also heard of the yellow"
in peaches, and here again we find that
history records constant development
of the afiiictioD. So serious have its
ravages proved that whole sections have
been deprived Of the very importan. in
dustry # peach culture. Not only this,
but tine disease is now so throughly es-
tablished, and has come to be such a
matter of inheritance that the life OF q
tree is greatly modified aud even deter
mined by it. The peach is naturally a
long-lived tree, instances brought to my
notice showing that it may I've for up
ward of one hundred or more years and,
if well cared Tor, it will certainly produce
fruit for long period. At tine present
time, however, as in the great peach dis
tricts of Delaware and New Jersey. We
find that owing to the uncertainty of
disease appearing, or the inherently
weak constitution, resulting from its pre-
vious operation, the period of profit
able life is limited to nine years, at the
end of which time the trees are rooted
out of the soil as worthless.
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11
Emerson's Leadership.

The Christian Union, apropos of the
Concord School, has a just and true word
about Emerson; Perhaps the mos
that has been said about him may be
gathered up under the head of spiritual
leadership. Never before has this Quail
ity been so constantly insisted on. This
is where Mr.. Arnold unquestionaIly
missed his mark. He Judged Emerson
by the constructive literary canons. and
found him wanting, but did not at all ,s
timate the spiritual force which is his
chief q lality. This is what his Concord
disciples have done in no stinled measure
and yet not in terms of foolish eulogy.
Their purpose seems 70 have been, with
Emersons superiority conceded to search
out the exact truth as to his ethical and
spiritual teaching. The statement that
the life of Emerson is the most beautiful
Christian life that has been lived since
the life of our Lord himself has been
made again and again since his death,
and indicates growing conviction ofthe
spiritual elevation of his character and
life. With all the limitations OF his in
dividualism, he steadily grows in ones
estimation rs a spiritual teacher This
quality has been most insisted upon by
those who clam to interpret HIM truly,
and seems TO be tie direction that his
growing influence is taking. The more
his religious life is known and consider.
ed the palmer it is that he had thest
tural principle OF thought and the spirit
ual vision that enabled him TO see fur
ther than most men ofhis aye, Goethe
and Carlyle, perhaps hardly Wordsworth
and Cole,idge, excepted. He had the
qualities of the seer, and was not only
prophet, but had the literary power to
put the prophets thought into words
that carry it to the remotest star"
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11
Spelling n Blessing.

Mrs. Fogg is an active member of Rev.
Mr.. Textual's church; but her husband,
be it said to his shame, can't remember
the last time he was inside of meeting
house, Mr.. Textual's or anybody elses.
However, as he puts, it, he doesn't in
terfere with Mrs. Fogg's amusements,
and he is perfectly willing she shall go
to church every day in the week if she
wants to- Although Mrs. F1cg doesn',
avail herself to the full of her lords per-
mission, she is yery regular in her Sum
day attendance and it is not at all strange
that aiterrepeated invitations, her pastor
should take tea at the Fogg mansion the
other evening. The family were gather
ed around the domestic board, with Mr..
Textual at Fogg's right. Mrs. Fogg Wis
Wis, and the two little Foggs jointly
occupying the remaining side of the par
allelogram. The young fry were about
to begin operations, according to custom
but Fogg felt that the occasion called for
something appropriate on his part. So
he checked the impetdosity of their
youthful appetites, and addressing the
reverend guest, remarked:
perhaps Mr.. Textual will be kind
enough to ask blessing"
The immature Foggs stared in open
eyed wonder, their appetiteS all forgot
ten, while from some unknown source
came an hilarious:
"Ha hal ha,'
1t was evident that such request,
coming from Fogg, struck somebody as
being excessively funny. The children
giggled; Mrs. Fogg's face looked like a
red sunset, and the parsons features
we're study of bewildered amazement,
while Fogg appeared to be in anything
but an angelic frame of mind, if one
might Judge from the murderous aspect
of his visage. The parson was the first
first to recover his self possession. He
began:
20 Lord. we thank thee for the boun-
ties Thou hast set before u.s."
He hesitated for a moment, when from
the direction whence proceeded the ill
timed laughter came voice. 1t was
pitched in accents of impatience, saying
in an inqniring tone:
What"
John! Nary shrieked Foeg in
stage whisper to the young ones, who
were, nevertheless, unable to wholly con-
troll their cachination. Mrs. Fogg screw
ed her face in;o all sorts of contortions,
and the parson opened his eyes long
enough TO show the wonder which filled
his perplexed mind. But he was equal
to the emergency and proceeded:
May this physical food remind us of
that spiritual sustenance-"
"Oh. cut il shortl' broke in the irrev-
erent interrupter.
"Amen," said the parson, abruptly end
ing his petition.
The children forgot their manners en-
tirely, and laughed aloud, Mrs. F., as she
afterward observed, thought she should
sink through the floor, while Fogg allow
ed something to escape his quivering lips
which sounded very much like an oath.
Again came the voice:
pretty POLL Polly wants cracker!
Cut il short! Ha! ha! ha!'
The mystery was explained, and the
children's giggle was drowned in the
hearty laughter of Parson Textual, who,
pious man though he was, could appre-
ciate a good thing as well as any Of the
unregenerate.
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11
GRAND Opera.

Father" asked young man of his
cynical parent, what is grand opera?"
81 don't know"
"Why are some operas called grand,
while others are not so designated? II
seems to me that if composer could
write grand opera he would never write
any other kind"
"Well, you see, it is only by expert
ment that a composer can determine
whether or not an opera is grand. IT,
upon firt production, the music is be-
yond the abilities of the singersand bo. es
the audience, it is grand. The weary
yawn of man does more, my son. to de-
termine the valre of an opera than the
highest recommendation from profess
ion'l critic of music. II, though, the
singer can climb 10 the summit OF einer.
gency, and if the audience is pleased the
opera is not grand, and the composer
goes away dissatisfied, disappointed and
disconsolate. Sometimes the composer
can correct the mistake brought 10 light
on the proof-sheet of first production.
On one occasion great composer pro-
duced an opera which he hoped would
be grand, but there was so much music
in it, and the singers did so well and the
audience went into such fits of rapture
and spasms Of enjoyment that the COM
poser saw his work doomed to wayward
life of inferior appreciation. After the
performance he took the opera and sat
up all night crossing out the music, and
marking in rasped flats and euineahen
sharps. lie went with high hope the
next night to get revise. Tn, audience
became restless. Men began to talk bus
mess. A harness and buggy dealer
from neighboring town sold three bug
gies, two sets of harness and figured ex-
tensively on an OMNIBUS trade. Women
drew their cloaks about their shoulders
and shivered. The voices on the stage
broke and fell in shattered fragments.
The composer went away happy. His
opera was grand"
"D:d people continue their patronage
after the musc was marked out and the
opera pronounced grandT'
Bless your ignorance, yes. Why the
increase in attendance was wonderful.
Previous to an operas advent as grand
that is, before the music is crossed out
only people who really loved the con-
cord Of sweet sounds went TO see it, but
afterwards it was alike to all. The man
with the dullest ear enjoyed it quite ns
rnuch, or pretended TO, which is all the
same, as the people whose splri. was
stirred by the gentle touch of soulborn
harmony"
"But, Iather, if there is really nothins
sweet in grand operas why do you take
mother to see them?"
Because am fool, my SON."
"Yes, but why does mother"
"B, cause she is fool, my boy"
Are all people thus actuated?"
"Yes; that is, all who are hones'
enough TO confess IL.
"Do you believe there are people VINO
enjoy grand operas?' '' AA"
"Oh, yes"
"They are highly cultivated, are they
mott"
"No, not necessarily"
what kind of peorle are they
deaf people, young man III
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11
Number Three Feet.
New York Sun

new Ork sun,
The shopman was on his knees be ore
his customer. She was fat and pretty
woman. He was doing his best to force
coax, twist and compress number six
foot into number three button gaiter
and she was dong her best to assist in
The heroic imlossibility. Their faces
we're red and perspiring-the lady's with
suppressed agony, not unmixed with m
Fl nchiDg resolve, and the hams with 9
haiftafiled determination to leather the
foot somehow. At length there was 4
cessation of hostilities. Excuse me
madam" said the shopman drawing q
long breath while efiecting The enfran.
chisement of the boot, "but are you quite
sure that you wear-I mean-ur-would
you be altogether comfortable and al
home in these?"
"Why, of course, sir; I always wear
threes" said the stout lady, smilingly
smotherine groan of relief Anything
large would wabble all over my instep
after breaking 'em in. Those can't be
threes, or they're the pinchies; lurcls
ever saw"
She surveyed with puzzled look her
plump Chicago foot, and the shopman
held the unsuccessful shoe up to the
light, and examined il inside and out
with an equally puzzled air. Then he
examined several other defeated and
wo0egone looking specimens that were
sea tered over the disastrous field.
"N ait p he said, scratching his head. "I
just happen to think ofa somewhat ROOM
Ter three that we have on hand"
Not too roomy, remember" the lady
shouted, as he tripped to the rear end Of
the shelves. "There's nothing ! dislike
more than a slovenly shoe wrinking and
all over my foot"
lie returned with pair seemingly two
fnll sizes larger than any that had been
tested. "But are you sure those are
threes2" asked the lady, as he again went
down on his knees and got to work on
the refractory loot. "For, you see-bless
me! Ouch Really, sir-ahv'
But at this juncfure the foot was fairly
encased, with a wrench, . wriegle, and q