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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-08-14
4 sHOWFOR sTOCK.

The Kansas State FAIR is recognized
institution uC great value tot the agricul
tu-Al and stock growing interests oi the
state. Ii had small begiuning, and has
grown In Importance year by year. The
fact Is that II has become necessary. The
great interest of the state is stock
notwithstanding the crop OF about iif'y
million bushels OF wheat this year. The
fairs are where the celebrated breeders OF
the country come To obtain an oppOr-
tunity to display the magnificent AMI
mails it is their business to raise. There
farmers aud stock growers have the only
opportunity Of the year 10 fairly compare
results and opinions. The fair is social
gathering as we'll, Whtre men and women
have an opportunity to see each other.
II is an incentive as well TO greater
efforts to excel in the especial Occupa-
ton that each one likes best.
This year the managers intend that II
shall be the greatest stock show that has
ever occurred 10 Kansas. There are
many more applications tor space than
ever before, aud a general interest IN the
great occupation of rural Kansas. Fine
cattle and horses have become, in the
last few years, speciality of our state,
and To such an extent that more millions
are Invested in them than is generally
known of. Every one is more OF less in.
terested. aud the greater part of US d.
rectly ST.
The Atchison. Topeka s. Santa Fe
road has taken the initiative in plAeinl
the far from anY point on its line IL
Kansas. at one cent per mile, and il il
expected that all other roads will Dc
likewise. This will reduce the expense
OF this general farmers holiday TO 1
minimum, as Topeka abounds in con
veniences for taking care of large cCowd
at reasonable rates.
1t is understood that the fair will
have all the usual features of an agri
cultural EXPOSITION, the only departure
from the usual programme being IN tn,
matter Of more ami better stock, anC
more and better facilities for shown,
them. The performance begins on Sep
TENDER 9Th and continues until SAtnrds,
the 18th
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-08-14
OUR LNDKBrEDNEss

The records of County Clerk Lakin
show the debt Of the county, city, and
various school districts to be, bonded
and floating, SAL $3.50. It is distrib-
uled as follows: County bonded debt,
$25s. 100; county floating debt, $4,000;
total, 100000. Emporia city bonded
debt, $I14.200; city floating debt, g..
1920 Reading township bridge BONDS,
$4,000 city school bonded debt, 339, 900;
bonded debt OF other school districts
$23,73l. Total bonded Indebtedness
$436,931. TOTAL floating debt, 4.752 30.
Grand total, s44I, $3.50. These figures
are cOrfCc;, as Mr.. Lakin gives them.
This would seem at first glance to be
large debt, but when it is considered
what the county and city have to show
for the money expended to create these
debts, in abe way of school houses
bridges, county poor house. court house,
water works, city building, etc
We have at least the consolation
of knowing that the money has been
well expended, for matters that could NOT
be dispensed with. Most of the county
debt Was created for railroads, and the
county still holds 100000 of stock In
the NJ. K. & T. NOV Missouri Pacific, }
road. This ct one time could
have bern soll n; ore time for 500, 600.
Il is How worth only about $40 600
Thirty thOussn1 Of the county and city
dept was created to aid in the building
Of the Normal school. This wifi no
doubt be assumed by the stale at nc
distant day. We believe every energy
Of the county should from this on be
bent towards liquidAting our debt as
rapidly as possible
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PIlES.

Piles are fF, quentIY preceded by .
sanse Of weight IN the pack, loins and
lower part I.f the abcomen, causing the
patient % suppose be hss some affection
of the kidneys or Eeigbbosing organs
At times. symptoms of indigestion are
present, as fisiuleney, uneasiDess 0i the
stomach, etc. A moisture, like perspir-
aiis,n, producing a very dtssgTecAble
itching, paEticBl ,riy al night afier get
ting warm in bed, Is . very common at
teHdanG. Blind, Bleeding snd Itching
Piles yield at once tn the application Of
DIR. BOsanko's Pile Remt dy, which acts
directly upon the part, affected, absorb
ing the T1nOrs, sllaying the intense
itching, and affecting permanent cure,
where al other remedies have failed.
DO not delay until the drain on the sys-
ten produces permanent disability, but
try II and be cured. Price. so cents.
Sent prepaid on receipt of price Ad-
dress, The DIR. Bosanko Medical Co.
Psqua, Ohio. Sold By Ghas. Ryder.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-08-14
OUR RAILROAD law.

LeavenWOrth Times: The gentlemen
~hO compose the board Of railroad com
missinnrrs, judging from their first an
nual report, Issue last weak, are very
well satisfied with the Law and do not
see sny respect In which it needs
amending or improving The law has
worked very satisfactory in many re-
spect4, but thtrc is little doubt but that
some changes Hill be made, and there
can be no doubt but in some regards i'm
prOvements are necessary. The quee-
tion will assuredIy be before the legis-
la,ure next winter, and In the selection
of members of the house and senate,
the people should certainly consider 1T
and the qualifications OfGheir candidates
to carry out their wishes. At the pres
ent time we will not attempt to point
out any def,c.s. The workings of the
law are well known. Il covers 8 CON-
plex question. and 1t is remark able that
in one session OF the Legislature We Sc
cured law in any way approaching
perfection. The Commission ers point
out their lack of power to enforce any
desired change or regulation, and also
speak of the advantages derived from
being advisory rather than mandatory.
The people do not want communism.
They want exact justice. and their REAL
interests and those Of the railroads are
Identical. But ,his question OF power
will likely come up tor discussion.
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II, in addition to proving that a fraud
was committed IN Mr.. Stotler's nomina-
ton, we shall prove that his friends are
telling and publishing unmitigated
bare-faced falsehoods in supporting that
fraud, ought not the whole outfit to be
defeated and truth aud honesty be sus-
tanned ?-Emporia Republican.
But you have not proven it. You have
not proven anything except that your
paper Is the organ of your personal
spleen. You are disorganiZer. While
protesting to be Republican your paper
is doing all it can To injure and de.
feat the Republican ticket. You
are contentious, and you are only
too glad to get Brazier's statement
TO give you even a poor excuse for your
course. Brasier has admitted to q dozen
gentlemen that he did not make the
statement as printed by you on the 9Th
inst. The tellers. one Of whom voted
against the nominee, made a voluntary
statement that they counted the votes or
every ballot and that Braiser's state
ment Was untrue. Several gentleman
who were pr esent who watched the pro
ceedings closely say there is not a word
OF truth in what Brasier says. If BraiseI
has ever been Republican his neigh
bors will be surprised 70 hear it. As
soon as the evidence can be secured II
will be shown how much con.
fidence can be put in the statements
of the Republican and its willing wit
ness" OF course We do not expect to
convince the editor of the Republican,
because he has said he was going to sticB
to the Brasier statsment and fight it out
on that IL all the other delegates in the
Third ward should prove that state
ment false. Neither do We expect fail
treatment from that sheet, and the pub
lie does not expect it to be truthful. Blu
the fact will be established clearly tha
the Republican, claim that the dele
gates from the Third ward committed
fraud on the ballot box, is pure and In
excusable fabrication.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-08-14
WAKE UP.

Do the business men Of EmpoFis and
the Republicans generally know there
Is Blame and Logan club in this city ,
Do they know It is necessary to wake up
and manifest little Interest In the work
of the campaign Do they know IL
would do them good TO attend
the meetings Of the club and help along
the good work? II they do not know
these things it is about time they were
finding them Otit. About u dozen men
have done all the work so far. and they
complain at the general apathy OF
Republicans. Or course il is eaflv
to enter upon a political contest, but
our opponents are in the field, and 1t is
time for Republicans to show an
interest in the cause The club has
organic, d fiambeau aud q torch light
club. In order TO make this a success
b 9TH enthusiasm and cash are niece ssaTy.
IL is fact, We learn, that the Democrats
have raised twice as much money for
campaign purposes as the Republicans.
MoniY is neeled. A very small amount
from each r. public al will put the fam
beau club in goOd shape with uniforms,
torches and everything necessary %
make n lively aud enthusiastic cam
paign. This is the sJIt Of an or
ganizttion Emporla needs. Let
there DO no tagging by Emporia Rcpub-
caus. All the cities In the state Of any
Importance have these clubs and We
must not be asleep. Hundreds of voters
are wagering. We want t. encourage
them ty speeches. music and process
sions. We want to gather them in"
Let us wake up aud back the effoIts of
those who are at work by stteIding The
meetings, and by subscribing money to
pay The necessary expenses Of the cam
pargn. Let US show our faith by our
works.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-08-14
CAuWTRALTSM.

The iuiImalions of our telegraph re-
port yesterday in regard TO the article
from the New York Times, exposing
the fact that members OF the Greedy
party had practiced cannibalIsm during
their sufferings In the Arctic regions.
seems too reYoltIng 70 contemplate, and
yet the conviction Is forced upon the
public that the Times revelations are
probably true. The naval officers avoid
. direct answer. Ifthere was no truth
in the Times article il is probable these
officers would say 30 promptly. There
does not appear any good reason why
they should not. Their treatment of the
subject when asked as 10 It's truth. will
only deepen the conviction that
the Times told the truth. The
public will probably not learn all
in regard to the matter until they are
treated to the sickenIng details by means
of 9 congressional investigation next
winter, unless some enterprising news
paper interviewer should previously sue
coed in pumping the fscts from some
one OF the survivors. There is enough
of the sad results of that expedition al
ready known, but II It shall turn out
that the members Of the party actually
killed one of their number in order To
sustain existence by devOurIng human
flesh, the effect CannJt help but be 30
revolving as to put a final end to such
foolish exp-ditiens.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-08-14
An Early Writine.Paper.

Many centuries before Christ, Numa
left writings upon the papyrUs, whence
our name, paper, Is derived. This
plant, which was reVered as sacred by
the old Egyptians. grows abundantlY
In shallow streams and marshes In up
per Egypt and Syria. Bruce found It
growing in the River Jordan, and
noticed q curious fact that II always
presentedthe sharp. angular side OF
its pear-shaped stem to the swift cur.
rent The stem is eight o. ten feet
high, two inches In diameter, and
crowned with q fringe OF hair.like
leaves. which circle blossom of slender
spikelets. Beneath the brown sheath
which envelopes the root-staIk of this
dark-green plant lie other sheathes
which are very transparent These,
when split into thin leaves and dried In
the sun, were glued together, aud
formed the roll Of pspyrus, on which
many Of the ancient writings have
come down to us. This paper was
both flexible and durable. Specimens
from Pompeu can be seen IN the
museum 1t Naples. In the fifth century
papyrus paper, Of which many varieties
existed, was largely manufactured as
Alexandria, and ranked high in the
commerce Of nations. Its use continued
until about seven or eight centuries
ago.-FronS ':PdpeT: It's Origin and
History" by CsGs. E. Bolton, Sn Sc
Nicholas for August.
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OVER THE STATE

Now let US have q Butler state con.
Ventlon and . Butler state ticket. Why
not?
Wyandotte is raising regiment OF
ten companies OF Blaine aud Logan
plumed knights.
Chetopa now f0ots up $500 Inhabi-
tants. The OLD town seems to be coming
Tout of the kinks"
The Democratic p IlIticians seem e
have got control OF the committees Of the
anti-prohibition and prohibition parties
Now the question Is, can these I'M
mites deliver the Republican voters Of
these two partiea tn Glickr
Presiding Elder Sparks, of Garrett
says: -Out Vi tWentV.Iwo preachers il
my district, all but four are emphaticalIy
opposed 10 St. John. and those Iour ar,
not as strong ioE 81. John as the other
are for. Blaine and Logan"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-08-14
No TIES AND MOTIONS.

The summer Of 1884 N the United
States will go upon record as a rare one
cool, dry, pleasant, and healthy, In
town and country.
Humanity keeps up a pretty lively
time in this world. A European news-
paper calculates sixty seven persons die
each minute, while seventy are born.
The Commercial Gazette complains Of
the scarcity of mechanics IN Cincinnati
and says more buildings are going up
this season than 10 any previous year of
its history.
Courier Journal: Ono hundred and
twentY-six million five cent pieces haYe
been coined. This statemant is con-
firmed by the gentleman who got q ten
dollur bill changed by a street-car driver.
II iarumOred that John r. Mclean, of
the Cincinnati Enquirer, Is negotiating
for the purchase of the Chicago Times.
Mclean seems to want the earth, or
rather sll the newspapers on ii. He
owns two in Cincinnati.
Mr.. Charles w. King, of the Clevc
land (Ohlo) Sunday Sun. has sued the
proprietors of q saloon to recover 81, 200,
lost at poker. The surprising feature of
this proceeding is the idea that any Sun.
day newspaper maH would mind little
thing like that.
The race for population between St
Paul and Minneapolis is about as inter
esting as that for speed rIcord between
Maud =. and Jay-Eye-see. 81. Paul's
last directory contains Sc. 729 names, and
tina: of Minneapolis SO. 5SS. One 81 these
towns ought TO md the Wichita census
taker at once.
4 statue to John Harvard, the founder
Of Harvard Collegb, is to be erected in
the Memorial Hall of the college in the
autumn, but Its likeness will not be that
Of the original Harvard. because no one
of personal property which Harvard left
to DosleriIy ia = email volume entitled !:
"The Christian Warfare Against the
Devil, the World and the Flesh" Il Is
now in possession of the college. but is
the only volume known 20 have been in
has possession, though he is supposed to
have deposited his entire library within
the walls OF the school be founded.
Philadelphia Record: The most ar
dent opponent of cremation, If he will
note the rapid growth OF the silent cities,
will find himself convinced against his
will that some other method OF dispos-
ing of the bodies d the dead will in the
near future become Al absolute necessity.
Take. for example. Calvary cemetery,
New York ThIrty-six years ago the
6rst grave was made and The cemetery
walls inclosld only ten acres of ground.
Now it has been increased 10 between
three and four hundred acreE, and the
intermeuts already reach about SOC, 600,
which rate Il increased at the rate of fl "
q day. And this 10 only one of New
York's many burial places.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-08-14
THE ON CANE

A correspondent OF the Cleveland
Leader who was inclined to bolt with
Curtis, ScuIZ and others, has been re.
Gently travelling in the south extensively,
and has listened 10 Democrats down
there discussing the situation until a re-
action has set in and he now feels it to
be his duty TO stand by the Republican
nominees, and do what he can to elect
them Among other things that he
heard, and he dates his letter at Atlanta,
was the following.
democrats IN the states l have named,
and throughout the south, care nothing
tor the composition OF the ticket. As q
general thing they preferred Bsyard as
their candidate, bat il made little differ
ence to them who their candidate is so
their party succeeds. They say the pres,
ident, # Democrat, will
have to depend on the south j
cungress TO sustIinl him, thus they will
control Ihe administration, aud remodel
the supreme court. and having once got
possession Of the government will know
how TO hold 1t. They point to the fact
that South Carolina, Georgia. Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida are
numerically largely Republican, and
yet the Democracy controls them, even
while the Republicans haye the national
administration. In Louisiana, q few
days ago. called the attention of some
gentlemen to the fact that quite a large
number of well known white men who
had heretofore acted with the Democrats,
had lately announced their intention OF
voting the Republican ticket in Novem-
Der, and asked il their action
Of
the result They laughed at the idea,
saying they bad the counting of the bal
lots and selecting Of juries; that il made
no difference In the states of Mississippi
and Louisiana how the ballots went into
the box, majority of them would come
out Democratic"
This Is q simple statement of the
TRUTH" says the Cincinnati Commercial.
Gazette. mo doubt were there a free
vote and an honest count the Republi.
cans would carry South Carolina, Flor
ida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and perhaps
outher southern states, but all the ma
chinery for controlling the elections is
in the hands of the Democrats, and IT
will be used to count the Democratic
electors in, no matter what the actual
popular vote may be. The legislature OF
Virginia has been called IN extra session,
with no other purpose in view than TO
amend the election laws 80 as to put the
machinery into the hands of the Bour-
bons, and exclude every man suspected
Of favoriDg the election of Blame and
Logan from any participation In the
count. 1t is incredible that the people OF
the northern states, in view of the man
ifest frauds which will be resorted to to
keep the south solid In the Democratic
line, will consent to surrender the con-
troll of the government to a party that
stands ready to enjoy the fruits of such
outrageous violations of the integrity of
the ballot"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-08-14
TEXAS FEYER.

Pr1Irie Farmer: One of the most
remarkable circumstances connected
with this disease is that people seem to
think It new Ia this country. Some men
can be found who will, even now, deny
that cattle from the lOw-lying regions
bordering on the Gulf of Mexico and on
the Atlantic as far north as Virginia,
while remaining themselves apparently
free from the disease Texas or Spanish
fever has been we'll known in this coun-
try for almost or quits a century. AS
ong ago rs 1895, a medical nan descrIb-
ed cases that came under his observation
In 1900. In these the symptoms were
the same as now observed In animals sf-
fectcd by Texas fever. AS early as 1885
the states OF North Carolina and Virgin.
ia had laws iorbidding the admission to
those states of cattle from South Caro-
lina ana Georgia.
1t was not until the driving of cattle
from Texas northward began, after the
civil war, that the disease became SO dis
uStlOu9 III no ChGCso bbO WNOs 90 W
cause IL To be dreaded by the cattle own
ers Of this region. Almost every year
since the close of the war great loses
have befallen cattle owners In the north,
because southern cattle have been per
mitted TO come north duriog the sum-
mer months. Despite the care taken
from time TO time to inform the public
of the danger, farmers aud others per-
sist in buying cattle, for feeding or for
grazing, that have been in enclosures
where the poisonous cattle of Texas
have recently been. While death of the
native cattle thus bought does not al
ways follow, it does so often enough To
show that IL Is exceedingly unwise to
buy stockeIs or feeders in any market
where Texas cattle appear, during the
months in which frosls are not frequent
Future losses from this cause may be
avoided by very simple means. II will
be necessary only to refuse to buy any
cattle that hsYe been in communication
with cattle from Texas, OF have been in
any enclosure, OF on any ground where
such southern stock can have been, since
the frosts OF last winter destroyed tho
germs of the disease. II may be said
that II will be difficult. in many cases, 10
ascertain whether OF not cattle offered
for sale have been so exposed to conta'
gion; but it should not be difficult 70
decline TO buy whenever there is the
least reason for doubt. Dealers In cattle
whose interest in the welfare Of the live
stock industry extends no farther than
the commissions they hope to get fol-
buying OF selling, will naturally protcs 81
again, AS they have so often, that there Is
no danger, and that the Texas foyer is q
myth, gotten up by the enemies of the
live stock traffic. But record of losses
covering the greater part.of century
prove beyond the possibility OF doubI
that no one can safely buy cattle tha,
have been in market with, OF within 4
short time after, cattle from gulf state
have been there
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The New York Tribune is reprodnc
ing some Of the cartoons which Harper's
Weekly, "a Journal Of civilization" - pro
duced in the early days of the Lincoln
administration, ridiculing that noble
man In its issue of August 8, il copies
caricatures which appeared in
Harper March 0, 1881, IN which Mr.
Lincoln, then just Inaugurated
was held up to scorn and
ridicule as q panic stricken. demorallEed
bastard. The Harpers then, as now
truckled, coward-lIke, to Democracy
Republicans who have not yet got thor
oughly mad ought 10 get copies of the
Tribune of August 8, and zee those das
sardly caTIcatures OF the noble mar
whom the people had just elected presi
dent and If ihey do not ssir up jus
Indignation we do not know what will
reach them.
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Globe Democrat: Congress never
took kindly to suggestions looking to
the establishment of postal savings
banks 1t has bcen felt naturally that
we are not yet far enough along in pa.
ternalism TO make the Introduction OF
this SYSTEM Of deposit advisable; and the
lack OF desirable and approved invest
ments has been an additional hindrance.
But as the government may come
to it some day, the experience Of Canada
is interesting. In Quebec and Ontario
limited number of postoffices-
343 at present-bave received deposits
for sixteen years. The amount now in.
vested is upward of $13OOO,O 600, the &C.
counts number 5000, the average
amount to tue credit of each deposition
is S19S, and the increasing popularity Of
the institution Is suggested by the an.
nouDcI ment that nearly $1,000 accounts
were opened during the year ended June
80. A well-adjusted postal savings sys-
tenn would undoubtedly encourage econ
Omy among people with small means in
this country,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-08-14
Gam RntIar,a nantiues-

Boston, Aug. 9.-GeD. Butler says
Il said they Che Democratic leaders,
complained | lad deserted the Demo-
cratic party. Th,re is no way of salts
flying them The last time they COM
p!ained it WAS that had captured the
Democratic organic ttIon- Be it so,
then. Lave ONLY itt my captives loose.
owe u great debt + gratitu ie 10 the
people of Massachusetts, but none to
any Democratic organization, state or
natiOnal. In no campaign did / ever
receive aid from the Democratic national
organization, nor did any national Dem
ocrat from outside this state ever come
here or say word in my favor, or in
favor of the Democratic party, while ]
was the unanimous nominee. WheneYeT
| have any use for the Organization OF
the Massachust It's Democracy I will
get it."