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NEW EXPERIMENTS.
Miss Rossiter has made several

Miss ROSSlter has made several IN
teresting experiments this season,
which, if successful, will give her fame
as an inventor as well as a pioneer in
silk culture. One of these is the rear
ing of new variety of silkworms,
known as 'black Thibets," recently
imported from India, and which may
be distinguished from ordinary silk
worms by dark-gray strings upon the
body. Another is the crossing of diff
ferent co!or-producing worms, with the
view of obtaining new shades in CO.
coons. A deeper yellow and green
have already been produced.
Miss Rossiter also believes that the
day is not far distant when families
can manufacture their own silk from
the cocoon to the completed fabric.
Accordingly she is experimenting in
dyeing the reeled thread, in spinning
it, and in weaving dress-patterns. Al
ready she has added to her stock Of
implements larger reel for unwinding
the silk from the cocoons, a spinning
wheel, and hand loom, said to be ca
pable of giving $50 distinct effects to q
woven surface. Miss Nellie has Sc
cured the cooperation of Mr.. John
Haig, an English silk weaver. residing
in Haddington, who has made her the
loom of his own invention, and is teach
ing her how to manage it.
WHAT MISS RossITER HAS DONE.
To Miss Nellie Lincoln Rossiter more
than to any other person living, the
United States owes the revived interest
in silk-culture. This girl of IL has by
her own enterprise and intelligence
made Philadelphia the headquarters
of the industry; yet, almost as might
be expected, her name is known any
where and everywhere except in Phila-
delphia- Her stock of silkworns Is
considered the finest in this country,
and she controls the egg market Her
pamphlet on silk-culture, which has
reached five editions, and which is Is
sued at the rate of 700 copies year,
is regarded as the one authority on the
subject.
Miss Rossiter is also gaining literary
reputation, as she has contributed q
great number of articles, showing care
full historic and scientific research upon
variety of subjects connected with
silk-culture, to many periodicals. She
Is editor of several silk departments in
Western agricultural papers. In short,
the name of her achievements is legion.
She has lately been instrumental in in
Producing silk-culture into mission
airy village in Turkey, and also into
the schools of the Indian Territory,
where, it is said, silk-culture will prove
an efficient means of civilizing the red
man.-PhtLGdelph Times.
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A great deal Of repairing 10 the way
uf sidewalks. houses, etc, is being done
10 various paris OF Emporia.
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Our old irltnd w. B. Holt, In COM
DanV with his son Allen. is about to open
q new drug store at Hartford.
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Advertised list.

List OF letters uncAlled for and remaining
In the pOstofice at Emporia, Kansas. for the
week ending Aug. 5. 1884. Please give
tho date Of advertis ement when called for:
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The TIMES OFFICE,

CHICAGO, ILL NOV. D, lcoO.
DIR. Louis Ii. MATTHEZ: Dear Sir
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skill as an occulist and optician in the
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The difficulty greatly aggravated by
lack of judiciOus treatment and counsel
and have tried many opticians. Your
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commend your skillful treatment To any
one having defective sight.
Yours truly,
T. PATTERSON
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v.,Itsd VVsshiaeto1'e faeadouarters.

NKwBURY, Aug. 9.-Gen. Logan and
party drove to Newbury and visited
WsshingtOn's headquarters. There was
e large crowd in attendance.
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Am,rry patty Of EnporIa's young
people assembled "Wednesday at the res
idehce Of Mr. Richard Howe To have
social good time and enjoy a pleasant
evening. Alb u hgIeen or twenty avail
ed themselves AMI sarted about 8
O'Clock on the street car and remained
for several hours.
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LYON COUNTY NORMAL INSTITUTE

FRIDAY, Aug. 8, 1884.
The first week of the Lyon County
Normal institute closed to-day and the
results have been profitable In the high
est degree To all whohaVe enjoyed the
benefit of the excellent instruction fur
uished by ths conductors of the several
classes To day an excellent
talk was made by a practical kinder
garten teacher on that branch of edUca-
ton, and the address was regarded with
great interest. 1t is expected that there
Will be large increase in the attend
ance next week, as macy teachers who
have not yet enrolled themselves have
sigulfed their intention 10 be present on
Monday. Superintendent Carmichael
has shown a peculiar faculty for the sue
cessful discharge of his duties as con-
dGclo-, and the selection Of teachers
could not have been improved upon
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N. WLiItIesey Is putting a fve-toot
store-room in next to his -four and feed
store.
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Ayers. Lou Lewis. Abbey
Atkinson, Emma A. LillArd, viii
BuhAup, J J. Lynch. Rev. W. D.
Butcher, Minnie MishleT, Ben
Butcher, Alice r. MilIken. N.
Black. Ma:tio Morris. W. W.
Braun. Thomas Nilsson, B.
Bickles, Rev. u, Moose, Harriet
CuRg, Johnny Merrill Is. F..
Culver, Figuer MHh1Dy. Mr.
Cruton, Mat McGTeRor, Painter
Z rEckmo>e Grant Merrill, ii
CHliCn, Hattie n. TemOlse, Nc.
Cain, VI ma MOulton, E. W. Csl
Dow ming, q ID. Price. Hattie
t'anfoitp, Nclson Perrin Henry T.
Davis. Marthte j. l'nXsOn Edward
Cunning. a. n. Quinn, JAS. A.
DALEY, q. II. hItchey. Geo.
ans. L, Reed, Geo III.
Evans. jennie Rinchey, Jno.
frost. Elizabeth sullivan, Eme ~
Foster, Jane Stall, q. q.
Fisher. John stone, Belle
GGmmel. James smith, Frank
Graves. Sarah snow, James 81.
high. j. Is. Sparrow. Rev. j.
Hinshaw, Fred e. SprAgue, T. Il a.
Hicks, 4. e. saunders, Dell A
nrencher. Frank SchOoley, Emma
Hamltn, j. Seares. j. ".
Hawkins, VIM. Simmons,J T..
Hanna, Will A. Shuts. AArhall
kappar, Kate sullivan, &C.
kirkpatrick. Lucy Thomas. Maurice
kiDEeT, Amos Tempkin, Bette
knon, j. o. Tompson. j. w.
Knettle, FRED TAYLOR, Matte N.
kRur, q. W. Williams. Emma
Lewis, Mary Williams, Ada
Lewts, John. n. Walter. A.
Lewis, JOsaphine wyatt, Mr..
FOREIGN EKr1ERs.
=. Brockman. Henry Ruling.
Ernst Julius Snhro.
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The NJ. E. church OF Americas, has
h!ed q charter with The secretary Of state
At Topeka.
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The Fifth Avenue has a new hotel
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-08-14

The whisky it's discern = speck Of
war in the grand Jury movement.
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An addition To the court house is the
next thing TO talk about.
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ANTIDoTE TO MALARIA.

" FEELS LIKE A NEW RAN.
~ have had Dyspepsia, with Constipa-
ton, two years, and have tried ten different
that have done me any good. They have
cleaned me out nicely. My appetite is
splendid, food digests readily. and now
nave natural passages. ! feel like q new
man. w. d. EDWARDS, Palmyra, o.
SOldeverywbere, S6c. Office, A MurraySt,.N.Y,
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MIsceIianeous.
10. o. GRINNELL. J.P

IL. EVANS,
NOTARY PUBLIC, and Real Estate, Loan,
N Insurance and Collecting agent.
Hartford. Lyon county. Kansas.
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PIl Is
TORPID BOWELS,
DISC I 3 1E 81 LIVER

From these sources arise three-fourths OF
the diseases OF the human race. These
symptoms indicate their existence loss OF
ache, 1EIlness after eating, aversion TO
exertAcn OK body or miHd, EructatiOn
OF 1000 1rrtGabtltsy OF temper Low
some duty, Dizziness, Flute ring at the
Heart Dots before the eyes, hiWialv col.
oreu Ur1nes CONST1PATIONs and de-
on the Liver. AsaLiver medicine TUTT,S
FILLS have no equal. Their action on the
all impurities through these three 50 scavs
engeE1 OF the SYSTEM >" producing appe-
ute, sound digestion, regular stools, q clear
cause no nausea or gripping nor interfere
with daily work and are q perfect
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sILK-WORNIs Ar WORK.
What Miss Nellie Rossiter has 40
complished.

Miss Nellie Lincoln Rossiter. the
young silk culturist." of worldwide
fame, Is now conducting operations on
3 more extensive scale than ever. The
first OF this seasons crop Of silkworms
is at its hight. A visit to Miss Ros-
siter's residence. 6054 Vine street,
West Philadelphia, will reveal to the
inquirer the complete process of silk
culture from cocoon back to cocoon
again. The two parlors on the first
floor of the house are occupied by Miss
Rossiter's unique and valuable collec-
ton. The silk stock farm is spread
throughout the second and third stories
Of the house. which is SO crowded with
frames, trays. and mulberry branches
that the human occupants Of the build
ing are pressed for living room. Every
one of the family-from the grand
father. aged "a. to the little brother,
aged lis actively employed in the
work, all being devoted assistants to
Miss Nellie, the business woman.
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SILKWcRMS AT WORK.

The worms beneath this one root
number hundreds of thousands, and
all are in a perfectly healthy condition.
They are about the size of an ordi-
nary caterpillar, but are smooth, and In
color vary from gray to cream-white.
The feet are white, yellow, orange.
pink, sage-green, or pale-brown. and
from this tint can be told the color Of
the COCOON that each worm will make.
The worms creep thickly over the null
berry branches, eating greedily or pre-
pairing to spin. Cocoons Of every
shade, just begun or just completed,
are scattered thick everywhere-among
the leaves in bundles of straw prepar-
ed for them, or in punches of cut pa
per. The frames are kept neat by out
spread sheets of white mosquito netting
and the floors are sprinkled with water
so that everything about the worms is
clean.
Besides the worms and scattered CO.
coons, there are moths to be seen. The
silkWorm moth is smooth and of q uni
form pearly tint. The male moth is
smaller than the female and may be
known by his making a slight buzzing
noise, while the female is always ST.
lent. The eggs of the silkworm are
about the size of pins head and vary
in color from yellow to brown. In q
third-story back room. spread out upon
newspapers. are perhaps seven bushels
of this years cocoons. all large and
beautifully colored, principally snow
white, cream-white, sage-green, lemon
yellow, and gOlden-yellOw. Seven
natural shades have been observed in
cocoons, including a pale-pink and a
faWn-brOWn
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Next year we win have a creamery.
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A. j. BAKER,
DEPUTY COUNTY SURVEYOR AND
IL City Engineer. viii attend 60 run
ming and retracing old lines, dividing up
lands and establishing permanent corners to
all tracts surveyed. viii make neat and ac-
curate plans. with process OeroGL of surveys,
on durable paper. Farm maps, with minute
details Of roads, fences. etc. Leveling and
everything that pertains to Civil Engineer
nR and surveying.
once at Court House. Residence, No. 81
Constitution street. p. o. Boz, 1885.
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A MERICUs, KANSAS. Real Estate and
~ Collection Agent. Once third door, east
cor. Broadway and Maine. Correspondence
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@. ". ROUIRES.

Ss ~ OA1h-1<oe
A RCHITECT AND SUPERINTENDENT.
~ Plans and specifications furnished for
residences. school housea. churches, business
houses and public buildings. Once in Ad.
is block EmDoria Kansas.
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TranDI TFampI TrampI
The b0ys are marching, ct

TPhmpi TEamPi TFampl
The boys are marching, etc.
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OSCAh 6AAbIES
OIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYORS
~ ready to do all kinds OF accurate work
in all branches of his profession. Ofice and
residence. No. so Union street. Emporias kas.
P. o. box 1lE4.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-01-21

others. know that they were among the
first Americans who tried the stage.
The Fourth of July used TO be lively
day Old Gen. Morton inspected the troops
in the park. Col. Rutgers used TO shine
around considerably. Then there was Ser
geant Wallace, the man who bore the
wounded Lafayette from the battlefield of
the Brandywine. Enoch Crosby, said to be
the Harvey Birch Of Cooper's Spy" also
turned out every Fourth of July.
tell you | saw some big DAYS in New
York when | was boy, such as the cele-
braiton Of the opening of the Erie canal,
and the landing of General Lafayette and
General Jackson. | remember the Cali
thumpian band that turned out.eVery New
Years Eve. | was q boy in New York in
1922, the yellow fever year, when the city
was filled with dead bodies, and the old
Bear market was moved to the sidewalk of
st. Johns park, and Fulton market was
moved to Chatham square. In those days
! boy thought that he was pretty well out in
the country when he got as far as Union
| square, Or 10 the old Powder house that was
afterwards called the House of Refuge.
recoilecb only two or three public gar
dens One was between Pearl and Duane,
on Broadway, where they built the Masonic
hall. The osher was on the corner of Canal
street and Broadway, and was called "The
Olu stone Bridge Garden
There have been more changes in ship
building in the last forty-fve years than in
ANYTHING else know of. In the winter of
1867 was carpenter of the ship Oxford,
Captain Rathburn, Black Bali liner. She
| was only about thousand tons burden, but
she was about as large as any of the ships
that sailed out of New York at that time.
La 1884 was in the ship Loverin, an ex-
line London packet ship Captain Robert
Griswold. | see by the newspapers that
nowadays they are building ships three or
tour times as large. have been living ia
Mississippi for the last forty four years.
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The Spring Elections.

The Lewiston Journal has advices from
all the cities in the State in regard to the
outlook for the Spring elections, and if the
predictions which its correspondents make
are verified. the Republicans will soon be in
possession of nearly all the cities in Maine.
In Augusta Mayor Philbrook will probablv
be renominated and elected, though the on
position is making considerable stir and
will probably resort to their old dodge of get
ting up citizens ticket. In Belfast there
is not much talk about the election yet, but
there is no doubt, if the contest is made on
political issues that Republican will be
elected.
In Biddeford there is considerable disaffec
ton among the Democrats and-the prospect
is that IL the present Mayor is renominated
a good many Democrats will vote the Re-
publican ticket Biddeford is naturally a
Democratic city, but tits believed that with
a popular man for candidate the Republic
cans can win this year. In Calais the pres
ent Republican mayor is sure of being
reelected. The Bangor Democrats will
nominate Mayor Cummings and the proba-
bility is that the Hon. S. F. Humphrey, late
bank commissioner, will head the Republic
can ticket. The slime question: is likely TO
be made prominent Issue and the friends of
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-01-21

If the address, or talk, which ex-Mayor
Libby gave on Saturday evening to the
Civil Service Reform Association could be
given TO an audience of our business men
who sometimes think they have not time to
attend to municipal interests it would be
productive Of much good. The great diff
Guilty IN securing good city government is
not SO much in the machinery of govern
ment as in the indifference of the classes
who have most at stake, and ought to have
the liveliest concern in the matter, but who
really, and by their own fault,are least influ-
entail We presume it is the case here in
Portland, as 1t is in some other places, that
the police and the firemen are much more
influential in determining who shall hold
city offices than ten times their number of
business men, who pay the taxes out of
which their salaries come. This is simply
because the former give serious attention to
the matter and the latter do not. The first
give days and nights to study of the situa-
ton and to putting in work that will
tell, the latter do not. Hence the practical
politician, who is ambitious, serves those
whom he can count on to serve him. He
judges rightly that hundred men who are
interested and will work are more than
match in politics for a thousand who do not
care enough about either him or their pub
lie duties to do more than make an
Indifferent choice between tickets handed
them at the polls, if they take the trou-
BILE to vote at all. New York is gov
erned by bosses working through the city's
employees and the rumshops; not because
these classes outnumber the others, but be-
cause being in earnest and vigiant they out
maneuver them. Organization and disci-
pline counts for as much in politics as in
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The service Of the officers and men of the
revenue cutter Dexter at The wreck is
worthy of the highest praise, and illustrates
afresh the great usefulness of the revenue
marine. The daring aud fortitude of
Lieutenant Rhodes deserve to be immortal
lied in song and in bronze. His action was
heroic in the MODEST sense, and if it had
been done in battle would have caused the
country TO ring with applause. Il is the
fashion in some quarters tc sneer at the
revenue marine as if it were an idle service.
kind OF mimic navy, whose officers and
men had reward enough in their wages and
in wearing uniform. Few besides the
men who sail along our coast know how in
valuable are these cruisers, and how faith
fully their humane duties are accomplished
1t is hardly an exaggeration to say that not
day passes in this stormy seas on that they
do not succor some distressed ship and
crew, and save imperilled lives. The SER
vice is one of constant exposure and hard
ship; but when has one of their brave Off
GERS fincbed or shirked? How many officers
of the navy have better earned right to be
retired with pension when their service is
done than the officers of the revenue marine?
Yet Congress persisteutly refuses to grant
them this honorable reward of fidelity in the
country's service.
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Mayor Cummings think that as the champion
of local time he will rouse great enthusiasm
among the laboring men, The friends of
the prohibitory law announce that they will
nominate an independent candidate. With
three candidates in the field, of course the
result is somewhat in doubt, but the Repub
Means believe that, as this is not an off year,
" VIII be difficult TO draw off any of their
vote.
Bath and Ellsworth are both reck-
oned as certain to elect Republican mayors,
Last year the Lewiston Republicans were
divided and in consequence the Democrats
elected their candidate for mayor. The city
In the Fall gave Gov. Robe 1858 majority.
When the Republicans are harmonious tie
city is certain to give Republican majority,
They arc in this condition this Spring
and feel confident Of success. Auburn
always elects a Republican mayor and ii
will elect one this Spring. Mayor Woodman
will not accept denomination and a new
candidate must be selected. Saco also lie al
ways Republican. The two most prominent
candidates Tor the Republican nomination at
present mentioned are Hon. r. L. Bowers
and ]. W. Hobson. Whoever is selected is
sure of an election.
Gardiner viii certainly re-elect Mayor
Perkins if be desires it and Halowel
will re-elsct Mayor Jones. The Fusonis.s in
Rockland last year elected so-called work
| ingmen's candidate in consequence Of labor
troubles of which the lime business seems
extremely prolific. Already the Fusionsts
have begun to agitate labor questions in the
hope of turning them TO their advantage as
they did last Spring. There are reasons to
believe, however, that this game is played
out and that they will fail to make it sue
coed again. When party liGes are strictly
drawn Rockland is Republican city. The
journals Portland correspondent Essays
That Mayor Deering will be renomin-
ated and defeated by Republican.
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Old New York.
Things Remembered Abona 1t by HHr. y
w. Wheeler of mississippi.
From a Letter to the Sun !

should like to know who the artist was
and what became of the equestrian statue
of Washington that saw years ago taken
out of house on the corner of Leonard and
Elm streets. It was carried on slides ur
Leonard street and down Broadway, and
put in the lower end of the park. I think
it was about the year 1918.
About that time | was boy. know
that used to like to get up before daylight
on Fourth of July morning and go down
to the Battery to see the old heroes of the
Revolution and hear the cannon roar at
sunrise. The veterans were a lively
set of old men. They used to wear big
brass plates on their cross belts, and cooked
hats, with black and red feathers There
was large company of them then. Now
there is none, l suppose.
How times have changedl don't think
schools at that time. 1 went to the Episco-
cal school in Trinity church in Lumber
street, Mr.. John Young was my teacher.
Then every religious denomination had its
own school. The scholars carried their hats
on the middle of their backs with string
that went over their shoulders. Every New
Years day the boys and girls would march
up Broadway to Vesey street, just above St.
Paul's cnurch. They marched up to Bishop
Hobar's house. They entered the front
door after climbing the steps of high stoop.
The bishop stood on the stoop with his
POCKETS filled with sixpenny pieces. He
gave every boy and girl sixpence The
boys and girls streamed through the hall
and down stairs to the basement hall and
out under the stoop. There TWO men had
charge OF a basket of New Years cakes and
a basket OF oranges. Every boy and girl got
cake and an orange.
don't think there was more than one
theatre in the city at that time. That one
was the Patk theatre. Scudder's museum
stood near it. Between Howard and Grand
streets there was the old Broadway circus.
The actors then we're nearly all English.
with sush names as Hunt aud Hunter.
Rogers and Tathall. About that time.
however, Americans took up the profession;
such men as Sweet, Whitaker, Spencer and