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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-06-26
OVER THE STATE.


An aesthetic young man of Boston is
having WagBer's music arranged for the
ACCORDION. Send him out TO the Great
American deseTt-NeW York Tribune.
Yea; send him along. Let him go TO
wichita That Is town where the &C.
ecrdeon is received with JOY in the high
est musical circles.
The population OF Wichita is stall
rising, Il is now found to be 1854 in
stead OF 1880, a. the Eagle, wich is al
ways trying TO get thinRs in relation 70
that town too small, had 1t a. arst. Last
year the population WA s,Oo5. AN
who want 70 belisse the, population has
increased $500, which is enough to make
large town in itself. srs welcome te
do So, --7 - 80.
There viii be meeting Of the. men,
.beFs Of the 9th Kansas cavalry regiment
a Armory Hall, IA R., corner OF Ftf.
teenth street and Grand Asen6e. Kansas
City. on the 4ih OF July, 70 make n.
Fangements for the reunion Of the old
9Th, ct the next annual encampment OF
the Grand Army Of the Republic OF the
State Of Kansas, wherever 1t may be held
Members who cannot Be present are re
Q1ested 10 address J. ARIEL johnson
Curtis House. North Topeka, Kansas.
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conn,,nr.. shirt rrnn.

New York Letter In Baltimore Americana
Conkling Is as unique as ever in per
sOnal appearance, partly by reason OF
good looks, which he isn't to be blamed
for, but in considerable degree because
he dresses in q picturesque disregard of
the current fashions. / went into court
the other day TO get 3 view OF him. He
came in like planter of the old time
anna straw hasand esaitof somSGhinEth thin
-enS- sFellOWtsA, - SIMILAR 70. nankeea.
There was breezy nOn.cOnxentiooalIty IN
the toilet, and 70 most observers Il might
have passed for the careless attire of q
man who cared nothing for style and
everything for comfort. But there was
complete Fefutation of that idea In his
shFt-fTont, which reached from shoulder,
! and chin to paunch, covering the
ex-senatOr's ample expanse of
chest with . stiff, glisfeninG shield
and nearly all exposed, because he wore
no Waistcoat. No man intent solely on
the paliations of torrid torture would
put on q shirt starched like that
When the court was opened and Conk-
ling arose to address the Surrogate,
think / had never seen so mnch dignity
embodied in a human being. He was
Hyperion and Adonis in o8e.< That
lasted about four seconds. Then all his
impressiveness of port collapsed in a
disaster so complete, so irretrievable
that the proud man was for once hum
bled. 5
How did it happen? Well, he had I'M
due confidence Ia that shirt bosom, and
leaned forward on IL. Briefly it sup
ported him in his grandeur, and then
broke in the middle, letting him double
up on himself, and leaving him to regain
uneided such coG1p0sure and compile
cency a. he might from his downfall.
On what insecure props does greatness
sometimes depe1dl
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Globe Democrat: A great deal has
been said OF late about the possibility OF
serious Indian competition with Amer
can wheat. Our faFmesshay sIill more
formidable rivals In -Australia thsh Ii
India. There 10 growing on the other
side Of the globe a great ERglish-speak-
ing nation like our owns nation pos.
sessed of the AnglO-SAxOn KOnius for
subduing the waste places Of ahe earth,
and full OF Yankee enterprise and pluck,
with vast territory In which 20 work out
its destiny. The Australian states,
moreover, are ~ yet free from some Of
the vices which infest our rather elder
civilization. Our only advantage N
supplying Europe with food lies in ouI
nearness TO market. 1t would be worth
the while Of the Iyernment OF some
journal TO gather aud publlsh exact In
formation about the crops of AustraliS
and India a. we'll As the United StA,es.
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The long fight over the whisky cases
in Salina ended on Saturday by the par
doRlug of the SIX convicted saloon keep
ers by Governor Click. The pardon
was issued on the ground that the trial
was not fair One-that the jury wsS
packed and the judge pFejudiced, and
because there was a petition for their
parpOn signed by about 1000 citizens.
Judge Prescott, who has been upon the
bench for many years, and
. number of citizens say the
trial was fair and impartial
and they sent in remonstrance against
the pardon. The Salina Herald, edited
by Major InmAn, who Is fair and can
did man. had q column editorial on the
subject. In which he maintained that
the evidence was clear against the GRIM
inals, and that their trial was fair. II
seems 10 as the pardons were issued on
mere technicalities- After all no one
ought to be surprised that Governor
Click interferes with his executive pre-.
rogative TO save the vlolators Of the pro
hibItion law. He took bold and me
quivOcal grounds N his canvass In favor
OF the whisky interests, and In using ms
power - governor 70 save the criminals
from punishment, he is bat dong whai
he was elected % do The saloon mer
OF SAlina have been very defiant lau
breakers. They probably knew thai
they had a trend At court. but we adyIs.
other Law breakers not to rely too much OF
this example OF the iuterpositioI
OF the executive clemency, because Mr.
Click win soon be where he cannot hell
them in that way. and his place will b
flied bY one who will be In favor o
their suffering the penalty of the Law
when they VIGOROUSLY violate 1t.
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Nominated by Aoclamation..

PAoLA, KS June 24-The Republi.
cans of the senatorial district, composed
of the counties OF Miami, Linn and
johnson met to-day IN convention to
nominate two candidates for state sena-
tors. H. B. Smith, of Miami. was chos-
On chairman. and j. w. Flory, of Linn,
secretary. r. w. Blue, Of Linn county,
was renOminAted by .acclamation.
There was struggie between Miami
and johnson for the other senator, and
DR.. SheAn, of the latter, wa nominated
on the 1irat ballot, the vote standing Is
for Ghesn and IA for Capt. T. II. Carroll,
Of Miami. The latter gentleman. q one
legged soldier, was mainly supported by
the old soldiers Of Miami, and there 10
great disappointment among them over
his defeat. srg-rz s. -
The following resolution drawn by the
editor Of the Miami Republican was IN
troduced by Captain Collins of Hismi
county and passed with but little oppo-
sltien: s.E ~
Whereas, John James Ingalls, has
made an able, brilliant and useful repre-
sentative of Kansas in the United States
senate; therefore,
Resolved, That the Republicans Of thu
senatorial district BY their delegates -.
sembled, = deem it advisable that the
nominees of this convention, IL elected.
should vote iof his return to the senate,
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The Century Publishing Company. IL
IL stated, proposes soon TO issue IN illus
trAted weekly paper. There is no pub
fishing company In the world with
better facilities for doing 30. They
employ the best Of artists, and the
Century IteeIl has lOOg been famous fOE
the exquisite beauty and finish OF itS
wood cuts. The opportunity, too, is Ia
VOrAble. The Harpers haYe seen tit %
make war on the Republican nominees
for president and vlce-prcsident through
their Weekly, which, less than four yeasG
ago, vindicated Mr.. Blaine from all the
charges OF corruption which had been
made against HIM, aud approved his &c
lection by GcnSral, GaFGeld as has chief
ADVISER 10 The cabinet. Les as have the
new IllualEated paper by all means.
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BLAINE,s sTREHeTH.

The New York Sun (DemocrAtic) says
that Blaine's great popular strength,
which is % mistery 90 the common.
place, rs. due, in part, 70 the fact that he
is ~ hearty. cordial unaffected and
agreeable gentleman" But this, says
the Sun, "dOes not fully account for his
power among men, and does not con-
stitute It," The Sun adds:
"The inner soul Of Blaine Is intense
AmerIcAnism. He Is American through
and through, bone, fibre and finger
nails. He always flies the American
fl az, and the American eagle purChes on
his shoulders. Te the hereditary an.
tagonist, foe, and rival of the United
StAfes, 70 England, his flag 10 never low
cred, not even IN ceremony .LA< ~ q
Civilization and intelligence constant
~ tend 20 obliterate barbarian and bar
bsrOus impulses; but We suppose that in
the heart OF every American OF Tevolu-
tionary descent, feo on the memories OF
that momentous struggle, educated IN
the Fourth. July oratiOus OF thirty five
years ago, there turks, notwithstanding
ali the effects of culture and Christianity
q certain luminosity toward the mother
country, toward England. The
feeling is not 81 strong, oil
COURSE as that which pre-
walls IN all Irishmen; bat e ls strong
enough, neVertheless. This sentiment
Blaine represents and embodiee, and il
makes him friends who woDld never be
his TRENDS otherwise. EFa Iar.i
Those politicians. Independents and
Democrats. who imagine that this sort
OF Unborn passion, aVoWed or hidden, IL
thing that eau be despised In 3 presf.
DENTAL canvass, do not consider the facts
with adequte wisdom. Mr.. Blaine is q
much more difficult candidate TO deal
with successfully than those who judge
from superficial Indications may be,
lieve." y :. II - st
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The Argonaut, of San Francisco, hits
of enc phase Of modern journalism IN
this way: "If bsrn should blow
down." Il says, "tbeTe will be q diagram
Of the premisess view of the barn before
being blown down; view Of the barn
while being blown down; view Of the
ruins; interview, with the hired man,
who said he Always knowed It was going
TO blow down; Interview with the own
Or, with his aud other theories on
barns blowing down; interview with
Professor Mugwhmp, the distinguished
Chicago sAvsnt, with his views a. to the
reason barns blow down rather than up:
comparative table Of barn mortality IN
this and other states for the last forty
years. showing percentage of barns
blown down compared with the illit-
crate vote; history Of loss from the
earliest times 70 the present !. statement
of loss-$5O0.
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VOL. 27---NO. &c.

had gone back to her home, this woman
wished that she had not precipItated the
interview, for although he had changed
greatly to her, she felt that the
shock and the disillusion
was strongest on his side, and that any
lingering dream or romance was forever
dispelled for him. When the vote was
announced on Friday afternoon the
memory of this woman haunted me. and
on there in her picturesque homo in the
mountains, she, no doubt, has been
watching IN an agony of suspense this
latest of her hero's strength, and
has felt the sharpest sting in this
one supreme triumph of his life. A
white-haired statesman and author,
surrounded by grown children and
dangling grandchild on his knee, il not
just the one 10 pin love romance TO,
nor is a middle-sged woman Of robust
figure, high colored and heaYilyset oia-
monds, just the heroine for q novelist
to put before q finlcal, analytical public,
if he is going to take the tail as give
it; yet, if George Eliot could put that
woman's heart and life before Us, what
finer study could there be, with the
changes thus rung On every passion, and
blind destiny giving each year a deeper
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TEMPERANCE TEN YEARS AGO.

TEMPERANCE TEN YEARS AGO.
1t seems. after air shat has been said.
that Col. Johh 4. Martin il not 20 recent
q convert 10 temperance doctrines as
some of the new prohibitlonists hsYe de-
clared. We ind IN the proceedings of
the Republican conyentlon of 1874 the
following resOl uti0n drawn BY Col. Mar
TIN, who was g member OF the platform
committee:
Resolved, That drunkenness is one Of
the greatest evils Of modern society, de-
moralizing sVerythIne it touches. impos-
ing fearful burdens Of taxation upon the
people. q fruitful burden OF pauperism
and crime, and Q worker Of evil and only
evil continually; hence We are II favor
OF such legislation. both general and 10
| cal, as experience shall show 70 be most
efectual in DESTROYING this evil.
| T. Dwight Thacher, ). jay Buck and
Noble Prentis were on the COMMITTEES
with Colonel MARTIN, Al thaa time, Il
must be remembered, license was the
policy of Kansas. Earnest 'tsmperanee
men had decided ID Their opinloos a
to what course would Be che best. Vel
might the party submit the matter e
the test Of "experience"-s test which
has beaten all theoriess al n
Let it be faFSher noted that ne lsn
perance people had gone before IA
Il independent Reform eonyention and
failed to get any frcognition. r
| A state Temperance convention TIA
year :eudrred John P. ST. John II.
nomination feE governor, but he decIineC
on the ground that be Was Republican
So he was not 50 much devoted to PrIn
eiple then a. be SEEMS 70 be now. 4
man who could Offer such . resolution
in 1874 and be q consistent temperate,
man ever since, ge think can be trusted
though he may hsVe differed with Us II
the expediency OF some Of the measure
OF the temperance party in the mean
time.
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NoTEs AFD NorIoEs.

Il - zHurn -
WaeOnsin Is he leading dairy stats,
Notwithstanding Minnesota Leads in Ne
number Of iakss. "a Tsis
This county wtll lsazn with ieellngs
of sadness that OscaE ~ iide's other name
Is O'FlshertY. riot = a9'hse ssasa z
The sverags,income In Kanschaaka IL
q per year, sad when man loses cent
IN that cotintfy he immediatly goes into
bankruptcy. 5
The army worm Is doing good busi-
ness in Massachusetts. but nOtWishstAnd.
ing this the ''calamIty" party led by Ben
Butler is rather despOOdent.
The Wheeling Register inquiries:
"Who can break the solid SOuthf" Les
Ferdie Ward have whack q it. If he
don't succeed We give 1t up.
/ A Wichita woman, who PlsYs on .
cabinet organ and belongs to the high
art circles of the town, wrote letter TO
. paper asking who that Madonna was
who painted so many pictures, and If he
didn't belong to the McDonough family.
A little Republican pig, here and
there, that has hung on to the party teat
all its life, has begun TO squeAi against
supporting Blaine. Win not support
the pariyi Why, bless its little soul
the party has been supporting It.
Fine weather for wheat. Fine weather
Tor grass. Fine weather for corn.
And the potato crop promises TO be
without q precedsnt. The bulls and
bears OF Wall street may read each
other, but the country is fourIshiug. a'
Hotel clerks and negro minstrels are
trembling on the very verge OF hOppt
ness. There are stories afioat of the
discovery OF . diamond mine in Wis
cOnslD, where precious stones are un
earthed as big as potatoes. IS
Garfield, Blaine and Arthur were
school teachers IN their younger days
and the two former married school
teachers But we do not mean by max.
ing a note of this 10 encourage the idea
that all sou have 70 do TO obtain the
presidency is to become a school teach.
er, nor that all the girls who engage in
the profession are to become presidents
wives. - .-r7r.-..- .......-.s - =.
NorrIstown Herald: Harvard college
has refused TO make Governor Robin
son, of Massachusetts,, an LII. u. At
the hour of going TO press the governor
was still alive, and his physician had
strong hopes OF his recovery. Next to
being refused free pass 10 snake show,
nothing prostrasss governor quicker
than for . college TO withhold from him
the degree of LII. D.
We trust that the eastern term snug.
wump" may not, as is threatened, have q
run of popularity in the language. It
simply means g man with, the "bfg
head" or one who thinks he is Of great,
er importance than he really Is. For
example, several small persons, who, be-
fore the Republican convention COM
milted themselves as against Blaine.
supposing they would thus crush him,
are called "mugwumps." The word is
of New England origin,
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What an exalted idea Of the political
action of our people must the Eagle
have, When il says THE News must carry
Lyon countYif Why not say that some
other firm must carry it, Why not say
that John Doe and Richard Roe must
carry 1t? Is there job set up on the
people Of this county IN which THE News
and Eagle are mutually interested p
EmpOriA Republican.
Above all, why not say that Father
EskridggmRst carry il, thing he has
been Iryikgto do for several years, q
good share Ct the time against the Re
publican party andlwith the most signal
failures. We did not see the article "a
the Eagle to which the good Father re-
fers, and do not know lis DRIFT The Eagle
Is quite jockey paper and it probably
spoke IN this STRAIN, but it was enough
70 fire the young heart of Father Es-
kridge, and cause each lock Of his beau
tIIui hair 70 stand GA send Like the 'qaillA
OF tretful porcupine." The very sug-
gestion that he does not carry Lyon
county in his vest pocketi What impu-
dence, MArshI We have been here
several years, and 40 far as our observa-
ton goes, the Republicans carry this
county, and they general
ly do nrstrate Job, as Father
Eskrldge can testify, because he
has had q good deal of experience in
trying to get them to go back on the Re-
publican party. The good Father need
not lose any sleep on accout Of what the
Eagle may have said, or on account of
what the Republicans may conclude to
do in the approaching convention. They
can undoubtedly take care OF themselves
II he should slip up on his little game to
be railroad commissioner, an arrange
'ment that would suit the roads Immense
ly, there will probably be no particular
tears shed by the Republicans of Lyon
county. The Father thinks he is an aw-
ful "sly old dog" but he isn't.
A prominent citizen once said he had
been through Eskridge with q lantern
and knew all about him. While we
never made so thorough an examination
of the Fathers, anatomy IS that, and
would rather be excused from such a
task, yet We know our friend, the good
Father, pretty we'll. The boys all know
him. and they scent his little games
from afar As to TIE NEWS it Is con-
tenttos give q faithful account Of what
lie. gong on each day, and to advo-
cate good, sound Republican doctrines
aud leave the rest with the people.
Il may no. be quite large enough in size
70 suit The good Father, but We point
with pEiden to the character of Its con-
tents. 1t is big enough TO frequently
double the good Father up with disease
resembling the byirOphobia.
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DELEGArE ELECTIONS.
Ssten More Counties for Martin and one
for TEACHER.
-sA VIVA ur.nTsrtF rNo1,.--x,
WhANDOfIE COUNTY.

WYANDoTTE, Kas., June 2f.-Wyan-
dotts sends D. E. Cornell, w. B. TAYLOR,
Sam Mcconnell. h. r. Johnson, w. 81.
Grinter, W. Ii. Young and j. n. Healy
as delegates 70 the state convention. In
.strncted for Martin and McCabe,
ANDERSON COUNTY.
+ GARNET, kas.. June.-The Anderson
couRty delegates to the state convention
are :: j. TsLanther, r. T. stokes, G. w.
Dermid and J. w. Richardson. In
structed for John A. Martin.
he. MIAMI COUNTY.
PAoLA, June 81 The Republican
conyentlon for Miami county met here
70 day. It was composed of 10 dele
gates. As the choice for governor, the
convention voted 105 for John A. Martin
to 90 tor Scion u. Thacher. The toll
lowing Martin delegates were elected
to the state convention: L. j. Perry,
VIM: Rogers, J. W. Bryan, Rhine
hart and W. @. Ringer. A solid Funs :
ton delegation was elected to the con.
gressional convention. g-..
r. MITCHELL COUNTY.
BEtOIT, June 21.-The Republican
county convention met TO day. The del
egates are a. H, Ellis; E; $. Tucker.
Levi Cooper and ]. w. Mc0hee- They
49, A-SSA HAOeS0 AOA 4AObs oOAh - 14GA
tin, with whoop and a yell. ResoIu.
tlons were passed endorsing Blaine and
Logan.
Es CLAY COUNTY.
CLAY CENTRE, June 21.-The Repub-
hcan coanty convention was held to-day,
and elected as follows to the state con-
yention: Ii. G.. Higgubotham, =. 8.
Mcintyre, TheO. IngeTsoll Capt JAS.
Smith, Rev. w. G. Thompson-in-
structed for John A Martin for gov
ernor.
JOHNSON COUNTY.
OLATHE, Ks, June 21.-The delegates
to the Republican state convention from
johnson county ares l. o. Pickering,
B. F. Hollenback, s. NJ. Baker, w. G.
Anderson and j. Uhl. They go unin-
Siructed, but are understood to stand
three for Martin and Two for Thacher.
...- a. LINN COUNTY.
La CYGNE, June 21.-The Republicans
of Linn county held delegate conven
ti0n in Mound City to-day. The follow
ing delegates were elected TO the Re-
publican state convention: Ed. r.
Smith, w. Il. Biddle, A. w. Burton,
VIM. Goss and F. G. Bascorvllle. The
convention opposed instruction on the
gubernatoris1 question. In voting on
pt rsonal preferences q majority was de-
veloped IN favor of Judge Scion o.
Thscher. Delegates for Funston for
congress and for r. w. Blue for state
senator we're also elected .I $4,000
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There Is nothing that can hold Kansas
down. The truth Is she is a ''slick one"
and will break out where least expected.
She will not Only surprise the world
with her crops thls year. but she will
create a sensation IN political circles.
She has already one presidential nomI-
nee, Hon. s. q. Pomeroy, the leading
light Of thS anll- aecEes society party. and
when the prohibiGion consea,ioh
meets at SPifssharg. she ~ viii
In all probability furnish
the banner carrier ei that party AlLo IN
the person of J. p St. John. Sha has
plenty of presidential timber left aid if
any of the other "side shows" want cau-
didatcs sll they need do is to make II
kuOwn. Neither Sam Wood, Sid
Clarke on Father Eskridge are under
engagements 50 far rs we know, and
their political records are such that tie
most Iastidious reformer could not fail
to be satisfied
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RuaGi8g Spiders

! There is tribe Of hunting tigers that
leap like tigers on their prey. one d
them jumped two feet on 70 an humble-
bes. They approach the object Of their In
tended attack vita The noiseles and i'm
percsptible motion Of the aAAdowof 9 sun
dial. II tfe ny moves the apIder moYas
ais, backwards, forwards, or sideways,
and that with go much preclsion e. 20
time and distance that the two Ensects So
pear e IL bound together By some in
Ylsible chain, or actuAted by some spirit.
II Tie AZ takes wing and pitches behind
tA8 epider. the head of the latter Is tarn-
ed round TO meet it % quickly that the
human eye - deceived, and the spider
appears TO be motionless. When All
these ma1eUvers bring the Fly within it,
spring, the leap is made with fearful
rapidity and the prey struck down.
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The Republican couhts convention q
Marshall county passed the following
resolutions unanimously:
Resolved, That We heartily endorse
the nomiuStion of James G.. Blaine and
John A. Logan as our national standard
bearers, and hereby pledge them oar
earnest and hearty support % i-fff
Resolved. That Col John A. Martin,
of Atchison, 10 the first choice of the
Republicans of Marshall county as q
candidate for governor, and our dele
gates to the state convention are hereby
instructed TO use all honorable means in
their power to secure his domination.
Resolved. That the closing of the
saloons in Marshall county was Q Re.
publican answer to Democratic chal
lenge, and We have no sympathy with
the Democratic clamor that demands
their reopening, or the Democratic CRY
tor . resubmIssion of the prohibition
amendment. t.hs -