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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-11-12

; ADJUTANT GENERAL DRUM, in his
annual report to the Secretary of War.
invites attention to the obsolete arms
and ammunition in the hands of the
State militia or stored in the various
State armores. at would" he says,
''seem a most wise measure if at the
approaching session of Congress gen.
eral act were passed providing for i'm
mediate exchange when requested of
all obsolete arms now in the hands of
the militia of the several States for
improved Springfield rifles, caliber
forty-five, and appropriate ammunition
therefor
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-11-12

CUSTOMS officers charge that four or
five of the leading wholesale liquor and
wine firms of Montreal have been
guilty of surreptitiously Withdrawing
liquor from casks in bonded ware
houses for many years past. One firm,
it is said, has swindled the Government
out of duties amounting to seventy
thousand dollars, and the total amount
of the swindles is one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-11-12

As result of the elections for men,
bers of the Prussian Diet, the strength
of the parties in the Lower House is as
follows: Conservatives, 14O; Free Con-
scrvatives, GO; Clericals, 80; National
Liberals. 20; New German Liberals, A;
Poles, IA; Danes, 2; Guelphs, g. Ger
man Liberals were victorious in Berlin
and Breslau, Nationals in Hanover and
Clericals in Cologne and Frankau.
One National and one German Liberal
headed the poll i'm Frankfort.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-11-12

The dengue was reported still pre-
vailing in Austin, Tex, as an epidemic.
1t was confined principally to asylums.
Among the late victims was Mrs.
Michael O'Connor, who recently gave
birth to triplets. The children were
not expected to live. There were sew
eral deaths of citizens by the dengue
last month
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-11-12

DISPATCHES of the Sd from the Indian
Territory say that Samuel Newton,
the wife murderer, whose execution by
shooting was fixed for that day. broke
jail at daylight and had not been re-
captured. Crowds had gathered to
witness the shooting, and fingered in
the vicinity of the Jail all day. The
site for the execution was located in
the interior of the Choctaw Nation,
away from any railroad or telegraph
office
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-11-12

ACCORDING to the annual report of
the Governor, the crops of Idaho Ter
ritory will not exceed half of the crop
of 1884. The population of the Ter
ritory is placed at seventy-five thou
sand. The mines are growing in value.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-11-12

THE.Superior Court of Davies Coun-
ty, S. c., recently established prece-
dent in law. Lee Turner and Abraham
Smith were sent to the Penitentiary
two years each for stealing water
melon. 1t is the first instance on
record in law annals of the State.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-11-12

The municipal authorities of Paris,
in order to relieve the workingmen's
distress, have decided to collect three
hundred thousand dollars to be ex-
pended on a series of grand fetes.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-11-12

ARTICLES of incorporation of the St.
Paul (Minn.) Ice Palace and Winter
Carnival Association were filed re-
gently; capital stock fifteen thousand
dollars. The plans for the palace have
been submitted to meeting of the
stockholders and work will be COM
menced at the earliest moment practi-
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-11-12
CURRENT COMMENT.

CAPTAIN j. NJ. HAMILTON, of the
Fifth Cavalry, has been ordered to the
Indian Territory with squadron OF
that regiment to eject intruders from
Oklahoma.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-03-05

Topeka Commonwealth: From the
Boston Transcript we learn that Mr.. E.
A. Touzalin, vice president of the Santa
Fe Railroad company, Is lying danger
ously Ill at his residence IN Boston. On
account of his broken health. and desir.
ing TO take rest by going abroad this
summer, Mr.. Touzalin has offered 70 the
board of directors, his resignation, with
the request that it be accepted. to take
effect on the first of April. Mr.. Touza-
lin has long been an active and busy
man. When here as business manager
of the Santa Fe roard. he worked hard
and was on the go day and night. II
has been rumoFed that he resigns his
present position to take charge of the
Erie road, but that doesn't seem to be
well founded.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-03-05
VUSTC Avn WOR6Ls

The Rev. DR.. j. NJ. Pullman of New
York city said last Sunday 70 his con-
gregation: "Iu the increasing complex
lty Of our civilization language becomes
inadequate to express our emotions,
which are also growing more complex.
Music has only begun its career as an
educator. 1t is the language OF feeling,
and must prove one Of the great social
forces in the future. The final test of all
things is, Are they moral ! and this may
be applied to music or religion. In
morality may consist in the development
of any special GIFT for the mere sense of
pleasure. and this equally applicable to
music or religion. But true art de-
manGs something higher, and music is
destined to be the highest Of arts. II
may possess the charms that we admire
in some schools or the languOr that we
deplore; in these 1t Is only true to ma
tuTe. But the musician cannot copy
melody and harmony. He must create
them-there are songs without words
and melodies without ideas. Above all
they must have an interpreter. This
DIR. DamrOsch has been for German mu-
sic, (which represents the noblest and
most inspired sentiments Of man. IL Is
for this reason that his loss is greater
and more important than may be recog-
nized IN . passing glance"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-03-05
ENYLnns az EMpnRrA-

The Commonwealth, In discussing the
msyoralty question, says Topeka is
now depressed, business is dull and peo-
pie are leaving. We want for mayor a
good business maA with enlarged ideas
Of the future of Topeka, one with the
brain power and ability TO impress upSA
the council and people the necessity for
certain improvements. :"
While Topeka city scrip goes beg
RiBg aud nobody viii purchase il except
At heavy discounts, Emporia scrip is
at par and as good as the cash IN hand
as It ought 20 be.
In short, Topeka seems to want q Sell
leck B. Warren sort of a mayor; man
at the head of affairs who understands
how TO conduct the finances of g city,
who is always on the alert for enter
prises that will improve the town and
who cuts on expenses, but still keeps an
eye open for the continued advancement
Of the interests of the city al whose
head he has been placed. Well,
Topeka, We hope you will fnd
Warren up there, and finding him
retain him IN office and encourage him
in every endeavoF 20 build up the place.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-03-05
INLET F0R FARM STOCK

Letter TO the Kansas Farmer: Farm
ers here do not, az rule, depend upon
their stalk fields 10 furnish all of the
feed for their cattle. but give them at
least one feed Of mlllet or sorghum every
day. Ihave never known of any cattle
dying when fed in this way If well sup
piled with water, although have known
of a number dying from impaction OF
the third stomach when ted upon sor-
ghum and straw without fl0nty OF
water.
There is no doubt existing in my
mind but what mlllet IL valuable artI-
Gle of food, especially for the purpose
of keeping the digestive organs open
and active. 1t has been much abused
by many, because animals designed for
work were weak, sweated easily and
sometimes died when fed exclusively
upon IL. There Is no doubt
that 1t injuriously affects the uri-
nary organs when fed, especially to
horses, in large quantities; but the man
who keeps his eyes open can readily dis
tinguish between the use and the abuse
of any article of food. This reminds
me of man who lost a very fine horse
near here while coming up from Medi-
cine Lodge with a load of posts. This
horse was slightly out of condition, and
some one advised a condition powder
composed of more than half black anti
mony. OF this he gave SIX tablespoon
fuls a day until the horse died, and then
wondered what killed HIM.
l have generally been able to save
cattle suffering from inoctiOn of the
stomach by drenching with one and q
half pounds salts dissolved in two quarts
of warm water, and then giving all the
bran and linseed meal that the anima
would eat. This will answer If the dis
ease is taken in time. The man who
can not sec what is the matter, unde
ordinary circumstances, with his stock
had better get out of the business.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-03-05
YOUNG MEy ON THE FARN

1OOHG HIN Wv III u II a1SA.
National Livestock Journal: The
farm devoted exclusively to grain rails
ing affords only as regards money max
ing, and not In any other way, an enter
tanning pursuit. To keep upon the farm
ambitious young men, better fitted by
education than formerly for entering
other pursuits, something more attrac-
tive than holding the plOw, hoing
weeds and binding after the reaper must
be furnished them. 1t can be said of
many young men, we are well aware,
that they have no taste or liking for
live stock, and regarding these it is use
less 70 expect they will meet with sue
cess In such pursuit. Butthe surround
ings, the conveniences and the character
of the stock TO be handled has more to
do with the keeping the young men on
the farm, or on the other hand, making
It distssteful for them, than most farm
erk of the old school are willing to adj
NIT. We well know that many young
men are born with an especial fondness
for domestic animals, and this fol-
lows them through life. This Is as
much an inherited trait as is the desire
for music or fine apparel. Yet these de-
pend greatly upon the direction which
the taste of the young man IS invited to
take, the incentives held out, and Guilt
walton given. This applies to nothing
more truly than to the fancy for domes-
tic animals; and this taste cannot be ex-
pected to take a deep hold on the young
man. If only scrub stock be held out as
the inducement. 1t would be little to
his credit, and reflect little credit upon
the opportunities that are presumed to
have been. spread before him from day
to day, ii In these days of advancement
In all the leading pursuits he took no
note of these opportunities. but loitered
behind like dTone. Boys, and even the
young men who have ceased to be boys,
as the term goes, cannot be expected to
reason from the staid standpoint of old
er heads. On the other hand, after he
has learned of the attractIveness and the
alluring influences TO be found in a life
in the cities, the young man of average
and brightness will require the incen-
tives that are held out upon the better
class of breeding establishments through.
out the country, or at least a respecta'
bic approach to this.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-03-05
TIE FOREIGN ooyNNLssIoN.


The department OF state at Washing
ton has received the following Informa-
ton regarding the South American CON-
mission OF which Judge Thacher Of
Kansas is q member. The dispatch is
from Secretary Curtis, who says ''that
the commission was cordially received
by President CrespO and Suenza, the
secretary of state. Judge Thacher pre-
sented the credentials of the commission
and explained to the president the OBJ
ject of its visit. President Crespo re-
piled In felicitous address in which he
declared that he would CO. operate TO
the full extent Of his power in the effort
to realize the objects of the mission,
which was highly appreciated by the
people and government OF Venezuela.
While in Caracas the commission OBJ
tanned the views of the American resi-
dents engaged In business upon the sub
ject of developing trade between the
United States and Venezuela. The re-
result OF the inquiry was similar TO that
arrived at in New York city, namely,
the American merchants should exer-
else more caution In preparing goods to
ship to Observation-Disclosures and extend
more liberal credits. All attempts to
introduce American goods into Vene.
zuela have been successful, and the
opinion is expressed that there will be
no difficulty IN extending this commerce
if the recommendation of the commits
sion are carried out. The commission
intends to proceed to the United States
of Columbia, but if that country should
be found In q state Of insurrection, ther
Columbia to be visited at some future
| dav
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-03-05
He Was Not to be imposed Upon.

"a Colorado cowboy" in the Boston
Commercial Bulletin: steer his name
was" said Tex, Jim Steer, N he
wouldn't never be imposed on by any
body. Nobody mopped the floor with
him, now you bet. He started once to
drive bunch up from San Antoine to
New Mexico, follerin' the Colorado
River up t. where't rises, crossin' the
staked plains N strikin' the Pecos N
follerin' along that. There were $500
head in theTbunch, m he'd got 'leven
men-an orney crowd of Guasces n
qiggers. Well, it all went well huff till
the second day on the plains. The
punch had stopped feedin' n was I'M
easy m hard to hold, m the men was
put on short allowance of water n was
nearly crazy for sleep, N them Guas-
ces began to jaw N cuss, N bime by
they struck. They could ride back to
water in ten or twelve hours without
no cattle to drive, n they concluded
to quit; N the wust of t was then the
niggers began to talk of going back
too. But Steers was keepin' cases on
'em all the while, N he want the
TELLER to get left, now tell yer. Them
cattle was wuth S35. 0O0-every picay-
une Steer had got in the world-'n' he
knew if they onst got turned loose the
d himself couldn't get 'em together
again. He wasn't takin' that trip for
mis- health. now yer bet yer life. lie
just waited till them seven Mexicans
was at dinner together, N then he
values up n pulls a pair of six-shoot-
ers on EN-. Hold up yer hands, hom-
bresT says he, N SEEM he had The
drop on 'em, that's what they done.
Then he collared the Niger cooks CUR
n made him take the shootin' irons
off'n the rest, m then, afore then
Guasces had caught on to his racket
| he'd blown the whole bunch to kingdom
| come, one after the other. Then ht
rode out TO the three men on herd, N
scooped in their irons; n then they
went on, the five of 'em-four niggerl
m Steer-drivin' the bunch. TIT
cattle went easy, goin' toward water
N peaceabler. contenteder lot of mig
gers a man would never want to see
They'd found out that Steer want
| man to be imposed on.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-03-05

New YorA Tribune: General Cor
don's mission IN Khartoum is misrepre-
sented on every side. HIs instructions
when he left England were vague. call
ing for advice upon his reaching his
destination in regard to the best means
of rescuing the gar rison and of sending
noncombatants IN safety to the Lever
Nile. Before he left Cairo the scope of
his mission was enlarged. He was en-
powered TO restore the authority Of petty
Bultans, to paclfy the'country and to sse
the troops at his discretion. He sue
ceeded in rescuing over 5000 soldiers,
women and children and in transporting
them to Korosco; but his official duty
did not end with this work of mercy.
He gave advice respecting the appoint
ment of his successor, which passed un-
needed. He exercised his political
functions as he was empowered TO do;
and the government declined to accept
responsibility for its own agent and fin-
ally LETT HIM dependent upon his own
resources
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-03-05
Justice in New Jersey.

1T is said that one of the first cases
Ira Shafer obtained when he left Al
bany for New York twenty years ago,
was that of man charged with assault
with attempt to kill. He was to be
tried before Jersey police justice, and,
upon the date set, Hon Ira was on
hand and remarked that he appeared
for the prisoner. The justice. who was
a German. remarked: You appears
for the bris'ner, do We? And who de
debiI be you? l ton't knows We; vain
be you come from, and watts vel
name?" Ira politely informed him
that he was member of the New York
bar. Is bort SOP replied the Justice.
Vel den you can't practice in dis gort.
But am a counsellor of the Supreme
Court of the State of New York. pro-
tested Shafer. Dot don't make not
ing fefierent But nay dear sir OBJ
ies.le,i the bafiied lawyer, Il am coun-
seller OF the supreme Court of the Unit.
ed States. Dat sfsu't make nothing
peter. You amt counsellor of the
Supreme Court cf New Jersey, and you
can I practice IN / Is gorI To feis
day Shafer AYERS that New Jersey is :
foreign eountry.-4dt5any Express.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-03-05
FARMING LANDS.

1889 A farm of I'D acres, so fenced 81 in
cultivation. Frame house rooms unfnish
ed. Young orchard growing. Thelve miles
from Emporia, three miles from rail road sta
ton, school house near Price 1900 terms
easy,
ISL 400 acres. 16O fenced. so in cultivation.
good large story stone house of rooms.
good GU buildings. good orchard, all kinds OF
fruit, good well aud ponds, good soil. Fun
p0ria IL miles. r. 4. ct Ition mIies, school
near.
1889. $40 acres: 100 acres fenced. 40 acres
in cultivation; miles from Emporia. Price.
SO 400.
1I9O, $50 acres, all fenced: 60 a res In Guilt
walton good stock wafer: about so acres FIRST
class bottom lard. about 10 acres timber. b Al
ance in meadow; small house of rooms;
miles from EmporIa. Price, S14 per acre.
1871. $40 acres all fenced and rrsss-fencei ;
some timber; abundance of living water
good stock cOrrals; new two-story franc
house of rooms; good large barn, all the
improvements are first class: miles from
Emporia. Price, $4,000.
Ii92 20 acres first class bottom; Is scres in
cultivation, 8 a res timber: goOt well and
river water; box house of rooms; miles
from Emporia. Price, $3.50.
Ilss. A farm of $50 acres first class bottom
land, fenced and -oss-fenced with hedge; 4
good new txo-stoTy frame house of rooms;
good orchard; good feed lot; d miles from
Emporia. Price, $50 per acre.
We have q large list of unimproved land in
acres in Il bodv. several hall secttons and VII
| price from So IS per acre to SIS per acre.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-03-05
The wild Horses of the West.

The wild horses of Wyoming and
Western Nebraska are compact little
animals, weighing from 800 to LOO
pounds. The majority of them stand
fourteen hands high. In color they are
usually brown, sorrel or bay. A gray
is seldom seen, unless it is a horse that
has strayed away from civilization.
Their tails grow long. frequently drag
ging the ground. but their names are
like those of other horses and aot flow
ing to the knees, as they are represent
ed in some books. The eye, probably
from being constantly on the watch, Is
larger than the eye of the domestic
horse. and even when tanned the eve
remains a distinctive mark of the
horses origin. Wild horses, when cap
tured or tanned, are superior to other
horses Of the same size. Many of them
are used by the cowboys, and others
are broken TO harness and driven as
carriage horses, being entirely trust
worthy.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-03-05
UNsvLpIsHNEss


oh, Christ-like grace that robs the world OF
That gives radiance TO the eOnnonest
That e6s,s.>=.. sorrow blunts the Leenest
late;
That binds the aching brow and cheers
the heart of'e-wrought
Where grim Disease her weary victim
chains
Where sulIen Famine holds her deadly
Where Labor rules from dawn 'tiu daylight
Wanss-
Yoar presence sanctines and drives the
shades away.
The face and form by Nature most unblest
Are radiant when glowing with thy light
And Beauty most di VINE. II not imprest
By thy bright seal. but pals and fades
upoz the sight.
It's Mans divinest life Tor man to live.
To heed the faintest eryi the deepest
prayer.
To him VINO loyeth not himself we give
The trnest love, the tenderest. kindlies'
E. WAHISG.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-03-05
FREE POSTAL DE1TVERY


Lawrence win have = free postal de-
livery after April LIST. One Of the require
ments Of the postoftice department. be-
sides the numbering OF all houses in the
city, specifies that the names Of the
streets and avenues shall be placed Al
the corners of the blocks. Would It NOT
be a good thing for EmporiA TO place
the names of the streets As ABOVE, and
thus get ready for free postal delivery
too. Meanwhile the convenience would b<
one Of great popularity and avoid an
endless amount OF questions upon the
part Of strangers in the city, aud also
much vexAtious search and inquiry bY
our own citizeus, who may have errandi
in portions OF the town with which they
are not we'll acquainted. Let Us prepar'
for free postal delivery by al means
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-03-05
GoRDoY,s VfEWs or DEArB

GORD0N'S views OF DEATH.
London Telegraph: "God knows what
my anxiety was. Not for my life, for
died years ago to all ties in this world
and TO all its comforts, honors and glo-
ries." 1t was on Sept. II, 1877, when on
his expedition to Shaka, $50 miles south
west of KhArtoum, with four companies
of Indifferent troops, to break the neck
Of slave raidins in its very den, that Cor.
don wrote these characteristic words,
which may be fully quoted at time
when there is too much reason to tear he
has actually laid down his life for those
whom he had vainly strven to save.
They breathe precisely the spirit with
which Gordon always regarded life and
death. "God has given YOU" he says,
writing to his friends, ''tles and anchors
TO this earth, you have wives and fami-
lies; 1, thank God, have none of them,
and am free. You are only
called on at intervals to rely on your
God; am Obliged continually 10 do so.
mean by this that you have only great
trials, such as the illness of q child,
when yon feel yourself utterly weak,
now and then. am constantly IN anxiety.
The body rebels against this consia an;
leaning on God; it is heavy strain on
1t; it causes appetite to cease. Find me
the man-and 1 will take him as my
help-who utterly despises money,
name, glory, honor-one who never
wishes 10 see his home again. one who
looks to God as the source of good and
controller of evil, one who has healthy
body and an energetic spirit, and ont
who looks on death as a release from
misery. If you cannot find him, ther
have me alone"
That instructive clinging to life, which
Is natural to all men, Gordon seems t
have overcome as completely as Ignauu
Loyola, or John Wesley, or Cromwell'
Puritans. When his poor Soudanes
lambs pressed him on every side witt
their complaints. he wrote: Il must no
complain If they have no thought u
whse l have already gone through
There is only one Issue TO it, and that i
death, and 1 often feel l wish IL woul'
come and relieve me" One can hardl
doubt that If Gordon was In fact Stable,
as he left the palace he had so bravel
held for twelve months, he saw in tn
dagger only an instrument of delIYer
ance In every references to death,
was with him the great release" Z"
value my life as naught. and would Onl
leave WEAKNESS for perfect rest"