The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-08-06
GLEANINGs.

are those who have nothing TO lose
Nes0 Orleans Redyune.
According to Mr.. Schwab the alb
stract rights of man are the right to
abstract from other men who have
more property. Mobile Register.
Capital and labor are moving steadily
toward a position of equality before the
law, and in that position good fellow
ship is bound to spring up and grow
PtttS6urg Chronicle Telegraph.
The lawyers in the Marie-Garrison
railway suit were paid over 100000.
| Melville Day, besides large salary for
eight years, received 100000, Judge
Comstock, of Syracuse, $4,000, and
Roscoe Conkling $4,000.
The emperor of China never uses the
| first personal pronOun, but always
| speaks of himself as the SOLITARY
Man" This expression is only used in
fgurative sense, as indicating the I'M
approachable grandeur of the Son of
| Heaven.
The Senate Committee has learned
| the remarkable fact that it is not the
public at large that so much needs pro-
lection from the mismanagement of
railroad directors, as it is the stock
holders of the companies themselves
The Republic.
Near Milwaukee resides a man who
is such a firm believer in eternal punish
ment for sin by fire that he has decor
ated his cellar with painted flames,
| wooden demons, and other horrible fig
| ures. To this place he takes his chill
| dren to punish them.
1--WE have truckled to Germany,
apologized to France, backed down be-
| fore Russia and been licked by the
/ Mahdi, under Gladstone's direction"
exclaims disguised Englishman, land
yet the Government is sustained. Bah!
I shall become naturalized.
Both the Old and New Testaments
| have now been revised and still there
| don't seem to be any passages that bear
| down quite as actively as they should on
people who get married and forget to
| send in any of the wedding cake to the
editor. -EStettiTae, (Da6.) Bel.
Miss Cleveland has lectured, as all
| the world knows, and friend of hers
| tells a correspondent of the Cleveland
| Leader that shortly before her brother
was nominated for the presidency she
| made a prayer in public in which she
asked the Lord to make the next mis-
| tress of the white house a temperance
| woman.
The ''shoe question" appears to have
come to the front again at Mandalay.
King Theebaw having refused to re-
| ceiye the new French consul in his
| boots. The consul declined to attend
| unbooted, and the audience was conse-
| uuently put off The chief minister
| tried to get over the difficulty by hold
/ ing a special reception in honor of the
| consul.
The present Duke of Bedford, head
of the house of Russell, who is held up
in rather unpleasant form just now
by the London press, is a confirmed
| cYnic. There is no member of London
society who says so many good things,
who is the author of so many biting
naotS, or who impresses one with a
deeper notion of his disbelief in human
nature generally.
According to a New York CORES
pondent of the Indianapolis Journal,
John II. Mclean of the Cincinnati En-
gattrer, William Henry of the New
York World, and ex-Postmaster Cen
eral Hatton will probably issue an in
dependent paper in New York. One
million dollars with which to start the
venture is said to be available, and still
more can be secured if required.
Rev. Frank L. Norton, ID. D., dean
of Albany, is probably the wealthiest
clergyman in America, possibly in the
world. He is reputed to expend in
charity large fortune annually. He
is a clever writer and remarkable
preacher. His home, surrounded by a
singularly attractive family, is famed
for its generous hospitality. his study,
overlooking the Hudson and heights
beyoud, is the resort of the most learned
and attractive conyersationalists of the
time.
The late Joaquin Alcade. of Mexico,
was in past wears one of the most dis
tinguished lawyers and political leaders
in that country. He was the counsel
for Santa Anna in the military court OF
Vera Cruz, and also did his best to de-
fend the Inflated Miramon at Quere-
taro In 1865 and 1866 he was the
champion of the liberals against the
empire, and was exiled by Macmillan.
, He was for many years member oi
the Mexican congress, and the day be-
fore his death was reelected for an
other term.
There was no city in Europe with q
, million inhabitants at the beginning OF
the present century, the most populous
being London, with 500, 200 persons.
: There are now five European cities
with upward of a million inhabitants
: and the first two of which contain IL
the aggregate 100000 persons. LII
| America, at the beginning of the cen.
turv, there were no cities that would
now be regarded as more than fourth
class towns; the population of New
York was about 10000. At the las
census there were twenty-six in the
United States which exceeded that ing
t ure.
s 1t is a singular fact that the popula
{. ton of France is decreasing, instead o
= increasing. The mortality among in
fants belonging to the poorer classes |
~ appalling. So, also, is the death rat
v among the orphans or foundlings lei
" to the charge of the communes, VIII
" are placed out to nurse, and drop on
n of life in large numbers during the tirs
N wear of their existence. This can hard
N " be wondered at when babies in tn
N first year of their existence are PAL
NJ for at the rate of only to 10 francs
70 month, and of this sum of from to
80 sous a day the nurse is supposed
20 lodge, feed and care for the child.
~ 1t appears that the Cleveland gen
Il which the enterprising manager of Nil
~ Minnie Palmer claims to be worth $50
% 600, is not a pure stone, and Is NJ
" worth more than $1,000. In the stron
o. box at Tiffany's there is gem abo'
the size of the Cleveland that is value
Is at 500, 600, and another not so larg
Ils worth SI25, 600. The stock Of the Ii
lis fapy's is rated at So, 600, 900, more tina
is | two-thirds of which is in diamond
lis cut, uncut, set and unset, and includin
those rare stones, red diamond an
lis a black diamond No machine has y
be been found able to cut the black di
DIS mond.
Germans of Buffalo.
or 1t is a significant fact that the M
Ity civilized man to settle on the prese
al site of Buffalo was German. VI fe
Northern cities can it be affirmed, as
this, that the Teutonic element co
stitutes nearly one-hah the entire pop
lation. The Germans of Buffalo ma
their own press, literary and MUSIC
associations, churches, theatres, ana
is unnecessary to add, beer garden
ing while in public spirit they have III Q
me notable instance shown themSei'
ahead of the Americans. Not only
(z) German names frequent on the busIn'
signs of the American quarter, but I
Germans have their own long busln'
street running diagOnally out throu
..Gerrnantown," and the German pol
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