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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-17
a Fighting ParsOn.

MACEDONIA, N. j., Dec. 15.-ReV.
Elijah Hsmmett took charge of the AT
rican Methodist Episcopal church at
this place two and one half years ago.
There has been bitter feeling between
him and the family of Peter Rock, the
wealthiest colored man of the neighbOr-
hood. Last Monday was the opening
night of the church tar. On Thursday
evening Hsmmelt accused some men
connected with the cigar and temperance
drink counters with not having turned
IN the proper amount of money.
About ten mlnuIes LATER, be was in
formed that gentleman wished to speak
with him on the steps in front OF the
church. He went out, and was con-
fronted by Charles and Peter Rock
sons of old Peter Rock. They and others
who joined them, abused and threatened
the mi8Ister. he backed into the church,
and they followed him up the aisle TO
the pulpit platform Here the minister
put his hand In his breast pocket and
said in loud voice: "Come another
step at your peril" Several knives and
pistols we're out now.
Peter Rock, Jr., made lunge for the
dominic, and quicker than q wink his
reverence whipped out q self-acIing
42-calIbre pistol and sent bullet into
Peter Rock. Jr.'s thigh. The other as
sailants departed In great haste. Peter
Rock, ST., got an officer and they TOOK
his reverence into custody. He wes'
locked up In the county jail at Free
hold until FFidsy, when he was released
on bail. Charles Rock, Peter Rock, Jr..
William Dickinson and a man named
Minchell are in the county jail awaiting
trial IL don't fear any man." said the
pastor yesterday. Il sm ready for them.
and will let them know that because a
mans a preacher they can't cut him
NM
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An Athletes Diet.

eat, and always have eaten since I
was boy, plenty of nourishing, gem
erous food; and am very wide in my
choice, eating as rule any good food
that tempts my appetite, and that y
hearty enough to be easily tempted.
For myself am not especially fond OF
what you call made dishes, but prefer
food in its palmer forms. For meats,
eat chiefly mutton and beef; and use
a good deal of bread, Of course being as
careful as can to get the best. Ny
own idea is, that so long as you have
sound, sweet food it doesn't make much
difference what kind it is or how much
you eat of it. am very particular 70
eat slowly. I eat three times day.
Breakfast is light or hearty meal CO.
cording to how feel about it at the
same time. Lunch in tho middle Of
the day is always light, and dinner sS
$50 or z is the principal meal OF the
day. I always take an hour for thsS "
haven't an hour to spare st dinners
time put of dinner TIL have the
time. find, though that aside nom
meat and bread must have plenty Of
vegetables. No man can make any
kind of an athlete without eating plenty
OF vegetables. / take all kinds. and
pretty much of all fruit too. Fruits are
good. A man can't stay without thae
| Kind of food. He has no endurances
Yes. Tn Scotch, and I beli6ve In oct.
meal, but don't think you ought 20
eat too much of it. l have It st break.
fast about three times q week. am
| fond Of milk too, and ann especially
careful to drink It slowly. Il is excel
lent food, but it is very bad TO drink b
fast. And it isn't good to take too
much liquid at any time, especially $
meals. / have habit of always drink
| ing a glass of water when first get up
| -spring-water If can get It. ] don't
exactly know why ! do L. don't know
/ that it is very good for me. guess e
| is because like It. There's No account
ing for taste, you know. Tea is my
/ greatest stimulant. don't drink much
| coffee, but do take considerable tea
black tea always. never use green
and take il with sugar and milk, and
| never take it iced. T don't mean when
say it is my greatest stim1lant that
never take anything stronger. very
seldom do, but sometimes, Just before Z
race, for instance, If I need It / take
some brandy-no malt liquor. That's
bad, especially lager. Lager Il very
bad. In trainings Well, ! make nr
difference In my diet IN training. only
try TO keep more regular hours, esps
cially in sleeping. And ! take no physlc
Physic is bad always. La training isl
fatal Wallace Boss IN Tie Cock
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RoSton Politics

BosToN, Mass, Dec. 16.-An analysis
of the vote shows that in soHe of the
strongest Democratic wards the mayor
lost, and that be gained in strong Re-
publican wards. The total vote was
5000 less than last year, aud O'Brien's
vote was 500 less than his total then.
His majority was only 1896. The
board OF aldermen is equally divId-
ed between the two parties,
six to elk, and the common
council about as last ear, thirty. one Re-
publicans 10 Jhirty-one Democrats. In
the vote on the liquor license, as against
prohibition, the returns show q MAORI.
ty for license of 9969. Women candi,
dates for the school committee we're all
defeated. At Worcester, WInslow, Re
publican, was elected mayor by 1918
plurality. mo license" carried by near
" 900 majority. Last year license
was voted by 2,1OO majority. Newbury.
port voted for license.
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The philosophy of vaccination is ex-
planned by Professor Tyndall about as
follows: When a bundle of straw is
burned, certain amount of mineral
matter remains IN the ashes. This mln-
ersl matter was absolutely essential to
its growth. Contagia. like smallpox,
are living beings and must have sustep-
ance, or they die. Implsnt in the sys-
TEN the germs of contagia, and they ex-
haust the material Necessary To their
growth and development. To exhaust
this material, a parasite less vigorous
and destructive than the really virulent
one may suffice; and if. after having. by
means of a feebler organism. exhausted
the soil without fatal results, the most
virulent parasite be introduced into the
system, it will prove powerless. This,
IN the language of tue germ theory, Is
the whole secret of vaccination.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-17

A Kansas amateur geOlngist declares
that ihe permanent springs of Kansas
are always tonnd on the east side of The
naturalization Champion
The Lesvenworth Times says our geo.
logical knowledge was stolen from Prof.
Swallow. He certainly vas not an am
ateur. Prof. Snow, of the State UnIver-
sity says the idea is entirely new TO him.
He has probably read what Swallow and
others nave written on the subject of the
geology o; this state. There must be
something wrong, somewhere. Where
Is It? A great king once gathered the
the scientific men around HIM, and ask
ed them this question: "WLy Is It
that weight dropped from the top OF q
mast on u moving vessel, falls upon the
deck several feet behind the
base of the masty' The ques-
ton raised great cOmmotion. Books
aud pamphlets were written upon
the subject without number 10 show the
reason why. But the king was not sat-
isfied. Finally, an ingenious fellow got
aboard moving ship, and going 10 the
masthead, dropped heavy weight. 1t
fell Immediately at the base of the mast
and directly under the point from which
it dropped. The king SMILE when he
heard 1t, aud all the scientists were Gov
cred with confusion. Perhaps 4 little
inquiry will develop an important truth
as 70 whether the springs are found, as
Fnlf h. Il, s,f THE
was suggested by TIE NEWS, and not
asserted as fact. We distinctly stated
that such was the case as far as we had
been able to observe, and quoted Mill
creek valley as an illustration in point.
There may be exceptions. II 60, none
sould be halter pleased to hear it than
the writer of the article in THE News.
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OUR RAILROADS

The New York FIRGneier has received
q copy Of the report of OUT Kansas rail
road commissioners, and speaks its
mind freely. The FTRoneier is a paper
intended to be read By investors, and il
will do no harm for the people TO see
how our affairs lock from the counting
room standpoint.
We need To gather all the Information
We can, SO that we may act lntellgently
And justly by the great lines OF railroads
which ramify the state. The people of
Kansas want railroads. and are willing
70 do the square" thing. If they know
what that is. THE News, in dealing
with this class OF interests, will enueayor
to give all the Information it can gather
90 that our readers may form a correct
judgment.
The Kansas TaIlrUsd commissioners,
report must send shiver down lhe
backs OF security holders OF Kansas rail-
roads. The commission have laid a
heasy hanu on rrfhc charges. ard he
result Is immediate. The Atchison, To-
kSka q Santa Fee hauled nearly thirty
seven million tons one mile more In
1885 than IN 1884, but the freight earn.
ings nevertheless fell off 1927 COO The
average decrease in freight charges Was
70 W per ton per mile. Almost exactly
The sAme reduction was made Ia m.
Uoton Pacific system. Central Branch
local road Was obliged TO reduc.
Its charges 600 per ion me-,
mile, and the esrninRs Tell off $500,
600 A similar report is mad. IRON
every road IN the state. The total opa-n
tione OF the roads show an increas. n
tonnage OF 106 669 .993 tons carried ON
mile 30 com pared with 1884, while earn
ings decreased $2131,7 1853 The cpu
mitsioners point with pride to the 81, I
OF tneir sclioo, and show that dividend
PAID aggregate but SO per cent Tt
capifallzatton is from 80 To 500 per ecu
larger than the sexual money inyes,e
But for this fact the action at the Coo
missloners would work in Kansas as
did In Georgia by stopping all railra,
construction. AS IL Is, the work OF u
board Is attended with much dang,
The Atcbisnn. Toneka
Santa Fe are liable 10 stop putting o
more money IN Kansas fnF branch i'm,
OF course. Union P2eihc NAV be q
pended ON To build so long AS there n
contractors who'are rpl4tiyes of lar
stockholders O. give good bargains
sLd the lambs Of New England are wi
ing 10 pui out money for bonds in su
enterprises. Except for. epeculaii
purposes. BY which the canital invest
may he doubled or quadruoi, III,
would be no railroads built In Kan
with the prospect OF a return of but
per sent. Money is worth more Il
max ioF less speculative properties.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-17

The death of B. Gratz Brown, of Mis-
souri,, Will revive many political men,
Dries. lie died of pneumonia, compli-
Gated by heart disease, and was about
fi.ty.nIne years of age. Mr. Brown was
= prominent figure IN the politics of
that state for u number of years and also
earned a national reputation. He
made the first emancipation speech ever
deliver in the Missouri legislature, and,
IN connection with Frank p Blair, be-
came an active pioneer Of that cause.
He entered the Union service
at the outbreak of the war After
The close OF that contest Mr.. Brown
joined what was known at that time as
the liberal movement IN Miss ,uri,
which resulted in his election as GOV
ernor of the state aud the re.enfranchise-
mcnt of the rebels. Subsequently, Mr..
Brown was elected to the United States
senate and served one term and later
was nominated for vice president OF the
| United States 90 the Greeley ticket.
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Judge EImmocks Arrtated.

STERLING. Kss., Dec 12-Sher;ff
Godfrey OF Rice county, arrested on the
westbound train this morning, Geo. w.
Nimmocks, judge of the Twentieth
Judicial district, on warrant charging
nim with criminal libel, Senator White
Ut the ThIrty-sixth district being the
complainant
The libel charged was in the letters
from Judge NImmocks to The Topt ka
and Kansas City papers, about the 20th
of last month, regarding q scandel cir
culated at that time about Senator
White being connected with the robbery
OF Rice county In 1876. which story has
been completely exploded as a .malic-
ious lie upon Senator White. The
sheriff took Judge NimmOcks TO Lyons
this afternoon where he is having q
hearing before justice of the peace
Judge Nimmocks in his letter rec
ommends special investigation of the
White scandal
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MEMPHIS SHORT ROUTE SOUTH.

The SAFE of Tourist tickets, via this
Short Route, 70 jacksonville, Savannah,
Charleston, and other Southern winter
resorts, will begin on the 18th inst.
For the Exposition, round trip tickets
to New Orleans, good forty days, will be
placed on sale ON Novemb Der 1st, ct rate
of $22 so from Kansas City. In addition,
we make rate of $50 90, Kansas City TO
New Orleans and return, for ticket good
TO return until June 1st.
With our through Buffet sleeping car,
Kansas City to New Orleans, daily; ouI
Free Reclining Chair car, Kansas City
to Memphis; and with but one change
of cars. Kansas City 10 Jacksonville and
other Florida points, this route offer
Southern travel from the West anc
Northwest, accommodations and facili-
ties afforded by no other.
J. E. LOCKWOOD.
f1an,l Pass a. Ticket 0f
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Should you contemplate q trip 20
Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlantis, Sc
vaanAh, Ca. Charleston, 8. c., jackson
vile, Florida, or in fact any point In the
south or southeast. 1t will bs to your in.
terest to examine the advantages over
all other lines offered by the st. Louis,
Iron EoGnaasn q Southern railFoed-
aIrOn 1zoEntazE ROUTE In tAe way Of
EaaE tine, elegant equipment, &c.
As prant 3 daily train ts run fFoU
Saint L.ouls Grand Union Depc4 a.
sached 90 which win Be found - els.
egant Pullman Palace sIeepf1g ear,
which runs through to Nashville, Tenn,
where direct connection 10 made with
express trains Of connecting lines, for
points mentioned above. This train
connects at Nashville with the Jackson
vile express, having Pullman Pelaee
sleeping car Of the very anesk make ~
tachSd, which runs through 20 Jackeo1
vile, Florida. without change.
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nrd.-. Raactnded

OMAHA, Dec. 16.-It was learned at a
late hour last night that orders had been
issued from military headquarters OF the
department of the Platte resembling the
orders of Friday. December 4th, in &C
cordance with which battery ID, from
Omaha proceeded In such extreme haste
- Fort Douglas. and which created
an excitement over an expected Nor
mon uprising. Orders were secretly
promulgated, on the same date, to every
post in the department, instructing com
manders to hold their men in readiness
20 move at once at q moments notice
General Beck says the reason why the
fIrst orders were countermanded is thai
the authorities are satisfied that all
danger OF an outbreak at Salt Lake Ii
passed. Battery D will remain perma-
nently at TT. Douglas to prevent the pos
sibilIty OF any disturbance of large pro-
Dortiuns
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That interest,pg iurenlle peri

That interesting juvenile periodical.
st, Nicholas, tells Us OF the discovery OF
an immense sea turtle near TT. Wallace,
Kansas, in what is Known geologIcaliy
as the cretaceous formation. The
fore-fl,ppers alone were nearly
five feet long, while its ex-
pause from the tip of Oas extended
fiipper to another was about seventeen
feet. 1t was found III a bluff on Butte
creek. Thai section of the state Is full
OF animal wonders of past age. Speci.
mems of tine lizard tribe have been founs
sixty feet long, some of them wi,l
wings Ike bal. Such monster. fly
ing through the AIR and alighuDg o,
abe sids or the Whitley opera house
would nearly cover lls west wall
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THE TORONTO ELECTRIC RAIL.
WA z

The electric railway now being oper-
ated by the Toronto Industrial EXPOSE
ton is q perfect success. tits something
entirely new, and differs from the one run
there last year, 1t is not toy or an ex-
pertinent, bat practical railway, carry
ing the visitors to and from the fair
grounds, making connections with the
horse cars. When it Is considered that the
maximum of power used was only thir-
tY horse power. and that the number of
passengers carried on Saturday last was
nearly six thousand, and subsequently
ten thousand, it is truly wonderful. The
motor, which is one of the latest i'm
provements of Mr.. Van Depoele, is
placed upon one of the cars and is con-
nected to the axles. II is controlled,
and made to run fast or slow as desired.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-17

The "AAyor of EmponA"lseems TO be
a staple article with newspaper writer's
just now in Kansas and elsewhere.
What do they expectf We are warm
b,ooded race. and in tue case of the
MAYOR, the city clerk is not compelled
to keep a lamp burning under his chair
to expedite ejaculation. The invIgor-
stiDg atmosphere of this locality, its
ozone and tonic properties generally are
freely acknowledged, and should induce
"heavy immigration in the sprinR."
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-17

That veteran farmer John Davis, of
the Juution City Tribune, advocates a
III OK planting of orchard trees, and then
''cut out" When young orchard is
growing nicely, who has the "saud" to
20 into II with an ax2 Like the man
and wife with niue children, when asked
to part with one, undertook u pick the
one out when the children were all
asleep. Picture The father and mother,
with candle In hand, looking over their
sleeping beauties with a view to picking
one out to give away To tue rich neigh
borl BAIL II can't be done, John
Plant as you want your orchard to
akand
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-17

The Kansas City ReUIelO for Decem-
Der has been received. 1t is splendid
number-full of good things. There is
no, a magazine in the country better
printed, and as it is devoted largely to
Kansas, aud its articles furnished by
Kansas writer's. It should be known by
our people. 1t Is devoted to science. the
arts, industry, and literature, and it is
now closing IT'S ninth volume. Those
who desire the best IN literature, from a
western point of view, should look up
this magnificent periodical. It is edit
ed by Warren Brewer Watson and
Theodore 8. Case, nj. ID.
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salssissiPpl VaIloy neuts.

The North, Central and South Ameri-
can exposition will open IN New Or
leans, November 10Th, 1885 The man
agement report that more extensive
display than last year will be made.
Parties who contemplate visiting il,
or going 10 Florida, should ask for
tickets over the Louisville, New Or
leans and Texas railway sBd make q
trip through the sugar and rice plauta-
lions of the beautiful Mississippi valley.
For price of tickets TO Vicksburg,
Baton Rouge, New ORLEANS and al
other points reached By this line. apply
to P. R. Rogers, Cen. Trav. Pass
Agent, II Monroe street, Memphis
Tenn, or A ] Knapp, Gen Pass Agent
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Senator john J. Ingalls, has writer

Senator John j Ingalls, has written
letter to the Topeka Capital, showing
the relation of the United States govern
ment to the question of prohibition in
the states, and particularly II Kansas
He shows conclusively that the special
tax Is not a4icense. aud quotes from the
internal revenue law itself to the effect
that the payment of the tax is not to be
considered as q permit to sell ia any
case. The letter lacks the usual fire of
the honored senator. 1t is indeed sell
dom that Mr.. ingalls, writes ex-
cept in a trenchant style, cutting
right and left. His pen has very justly
been compared to a dIssectInE knife, but
he stands at the head of the literary line
10 Kansas. nevertheless. His occasional
contributions 10 the magazines evidence
d high order of literary talent. II seems
strange that no one has collated these
papers In book form.
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Gen'l. Pass q Ticket Agt
The f,arnon Fam ThunderhoIe .nd :

The Cannon Ball. Thunderbols and Cy
clone trains are all side-tracked tor the
St. Louis Limited. via. the Missouri
Pacific, the only line running three ex-
press trains from Kansas CITY 70 St.
Louis. ST. LOUIS day express at 7 80 a.
m, st. Louis night express at 6:15 D.
N. To the third train which leaves Kan
sas CITY at 8 rs p. m, the management
of the Missouri Pacific wish 70 call the
special attention of the travelling public
and the citizens of Kansas, to the great
St Louis Limited Train of palace
coaches. Horton reclining chair carr
free and the only line running Pullman
buffet sleeping and parlor cars In The
west. To avail yourselves of all thess
advantages without any extra cash YOU
ticket mast be over the Missouri Pacifi:
J. b. LYON. W. p. A.,
Kansas City.
/ 81 nrIa
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a shTDWreeEed Grew.

PoRT HURON. Dec. 14-The wgeck-
ing tug Winslow arrived early yesler-
day morning with the passengers and
captain of the steamer Oconto which is
aground and frozen IN near Charity Is
land. The tug WAS unable to get within
three miles of the propeller on account
of the ice. Two men were left on board
with the horses and cattle. It is thought
that the boat viii go to pieces. An at
tempt will be made to take off the cargo
on the ice
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The annual fight has been commenced
on Hon. John A. Anderson, the unterri-
ned Congressman from the neighborhood
ofJunction City. The Unions rel hair
is bad enough, but when electrified by
an assault on Anderson, 1t stands right
up on end. The fellows up there bad
better let the Anderson job out, for if
Martin gets started IN dead earnest, the
earthquake In Java will be a small affair
In comparison with It.
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The Burlingsme papers report eur.
v~y being made of proposed EXTENSION
OF the Manhattan, Alma Sc BarlinRame
railway from that city toward Lyndon,
the county seat Of OssRe county. The
proposed extension would meet more
favor from The poorle of that county
than line from Osage City. But MS TO
outsiders, any road will answer, 40 thai
they can reach Lyndon by rail.
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sudden Death.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. i2.-Lieut. ],
Chance of the Seventeenth United States
infantry died very suddenly this evening
q; Fremont, Ohio, where ha had been
visiting friends for few days. he was
taken sick while shopping. and started
for his sisters residence IN carriage,
but died 90 the way. Heart disease Is
the supposed cause OF his death. BE
was q brother of hon. Mahlon Chance OF
Ohio, Capt. Jesse Chance of the Thir-
tenth United States cavalry, and of Mrs.
Stanley Huntly, widow of the late
BROOKLYN Eagle humOrist.
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The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
says the supreme court of that state Is
the last refuge for the scoundrels, and
prints q fac sinaiiie Of the forged re-
turns, Ia which Is plainly made
INTO 0. and the figure 2 into a 8. It is
highly displeased with the decision of
the court, which gives Hamilton county
TO the Democrats
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Bank rntIure.

WOOSTER. o., Dec. IA The Orrville
Farmers bank. private institution, run
by prominent citizens of Orrville and
vicinity. suspended Saturday. II was
reported sbaky some time ago, but re-
organized. and Was believed to be solid.
II holds the funds OF several townships
and school districts on deposit, and II Is
reported that the stock holders are so slt.
uated that depos.tors will lose all. The
failure Is said TO heve been caused by
outside specul
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Dout Ioes rKe. wrenN

When man is going down hill ev-
eryoody 10 ready 10 give him = kick %
Yes. thar II 80. 1t n sed but natural
Why. many . man and woman, seeking
hair hadn't been % thin and gray. One
bottle of Parker's Hair Balsam is then
the best investment II stops falling
hair, promotes new growth and restores
color. Cream. highly peEfumed, not 6
dve. a CREST improvement over any
similas preparation, and sold e the Low
price Of 30 cenfa