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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-26
~ VOC ARE GOING

To Florida. to the Worlds Fair a. New
Orleans.
Or TO any point south. and wish 10 have
pleasant trip, you Will need 10 he in.
formed 40 10 The best, quickest and
cheapest route. The Memphis Short
Route south, with its through buffet
sleepIng cars Kansas City 70 New Or
leans, It's free reclining chair cars Kan.
ses City TO Memphis t6nd being over one
hundred miles the shortest line 70 the
soufh1, 10 practically the only line from
Kansas City, the west and northwest, 20
all southern cities. No other line runs
through cars between Kansas City and
New Orleans. No other route can offer
but one change of cars from Kansas CITY
20 J4cksonViile and ether Florida points.
There is no other good route between
tbs west and the south. Ask your ticket
agent for tickets wa the Memphis SboFt
Route. Write for large map, with time
tables showing through connections.
Mailed free. J. e. LOCKWOOD.
g. p. & T. A.. Kansas CITY. no.
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BYRON AND BROWNING.

Tae AtchIson Champion IS again crit
icising Canon Farrar. His frs provo.
cation was the sllusion 10 az American
abbey. Now the ed,isus 5elliis a cor
parison of the merits OF Byron and
Browning. The Champion thinks Byron
the greater Of the two, and closes'iis
searching review with the following
clIncher:
It's not generally known, we believe.
who complies the reading books used IN
our schools, but they form from genera
ton to generation a standard OF the pop
ular taste, which is the only taste worth
talking about. There was q reading
book maker who cut out OF Chllde Hsr-
old tho description of the ball AZ Brus-
sells. the sound of distant cannon thai
broke 10 upon the festivities, the alarm,
and the "mountlng in hot haste" II
thru first reading book man had made q
mistake about thus being realty snd
truly poetry, the FIRST publication would
have been the last. But he was not mis-
taken. and for th-t Ieason our children
read, as we ourselves did, that
There was n sound OF revelry By night"
The reading bonk man as yet has new
er discoyered ANYTHING IN Browning that
parents and children "tAke to-" Until
he does make such y discovery Canon
FarAr cannot change a verdict that has
stood for nsadly three-quarters OF cen.
fury.
With . view TO accuracy in the mat
ter, we have examined three standard
Fifth Readers on sale in EmpoTis, AID
three Fourth Readers. OF the Fifth
Readers two give selections from Brown.
ing, but noas from Byron, and the othel
quotes largely from Byron. hut not linz
from Browning. The Fourth Readeri
contsin no selections tram either. 81
that OF the three Readers, tNo faYol
BrovninS as against one for Byron.
All the sopaIstry 20 the woTl will no
do away With wsli-tounded belief II
the iupropriety OF u-ine Byron'4 works
as whole, for youthful readers, vi
may make selections from bis writing
} ihst ere uRfaHslsd 10 ihe Who'll rang
Of EsRiIsh poetry, sslil the tesnss .
thesa u SlRys ms1ed ~ 'bs tysDta
bfanse Of mitch shsl he wtcts sissi %
ChAmPieH ltsel' 1hdie zoe publish
6a@pafissai afs h1s slSsys profits
BE. ana kts temssimss oaiolss, 90. fraH
lhs dags Of eiHssfei 20 iAa present
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An amusing incident.

A Washington correspondent, writing
TO the New York Herald, says: An
amusing story is told of tho mistake
that befel one of the new department
officials recently. The official referred
to halls from the boundless west, and
was only recently placed in charge OF
one of the bureaus of prominent de-
partment, He was very anxious to
become q member of the order of Odd
Fellows. Some of the members OF the
order asceFtaining this. his name was
proposed and he was accepted. The
next question was his. initiation. He
was invited to appear at one of the
down town halls one evening last week
for initiation. One of the rooms of the
hail referred to is also used by 3 body
of Knights of Labor. Both hall rooms
are on the second floor. The Odd Fell
lows turn to tho right to reach their
room. while the Knights of Labor turn
to the left. Tho same ante-room or
outside hall does duty for both orders.
1t appears that the Knights of Labor
expected a candidate. and they were
waiting for him. AS soon as the gen.
tleman referred to reached the outer
door to the ante-room the outside gem
tlenlan met him with a pleasant smile
and asked: "Are you to be initiated
tonight" The official. supposing that
the sentinel did the outside business
for the Odd Fellows. answered that he
expected to hare the honor" With
out any further waste of words the
outside sentinel informed his comrades
there was n candidate for initiation in
waiting. The doors were soon opened
and the official was led into the initia-
tion-room. There'was the usual chant
song, and the officers of the council
began reading their lessons, which are
read 10 all candidates for initiation.
The ceremony was moro than half over
when the official suspended the further
proceedings by remarking to the wor-
shipful master in 4 loud tone of voice:
Il am the right man, but think from
what l have heard so far that am in
the wrong place; don't want to hear
any moro lessons about labor, for
have never worked q day in my life
| and never will as long as l can hold
office. The worshipfuI master asked
| him to explain, and the official asked.
els this an Odd-Fellows lodge?h He
was told that it was q council of the
| Knights of Labor, but rs he had al.
ready received about one-half of theil
| work and secrets they would insist or
| his going through with the rest of it,
and being bound by the consequences
He demurred, saying that he was il
| some respects opposed to labor organ
| izations; but the Knights were deter
mined and the initiation was concluded
As soon as he got through he wal
called upon for some remarks under
the head of the good of the order anC
he made an interesting speech, prom
ising that he might not be regular at
tendant upon the sessions of the coun
ell, he would drop in occasionally
He added that he would postpone hi
| initiation into tho order of Odd-Fellow
until he would be able to have q guard
ian appointed to conduct him to tn
| right place the next time.
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ARxronar NErprD.

Last evening az the opera house, th
Performers and audience were great
annoyed by few young hood.uirs I.
the gallery, who thought TO be very fun
ny by keeping M loud conversation 81
untimely remarks. NT. Balawts.
nlAaeser q lte ssadEson Square Es
pany cams before The eessaiz sd
few well chosen soTsis sroisea "a ~
geHtiemaniy manner. asked that
youog gentlemen . keep order. Il
the business of the city police 70 see
these upstairs who rant 10 show he
smart they are before company, ~
necessary TO eject them from the Is
house. Instead OF this. last avefsf
policeman was asked 10 remove /
mouthed urehi6, but refused 10 s.
Where is Mayor WhHsiasey. essl
does he have such nsea ON the f6Sz
The managers Of the opera iInase BIZ
heavy license and are entitled e moi.
protection of their bnsiness vheueve.
Is nseded.
he peapis who attend theatrical s.
fornbpees are also entlIsed Is ptos.
lion. Tisty pss tileir 1aopcy 70 he17
well as tesse he show, a shsfe {
nTdInatee Licking sspeslasls 8
keepsegof ssf.ef ID osefa ssas..s
oihee places 81 AN Ssesnsst x
be en- snfced
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bodies R.onunred

HANCOCK, Mich, Nov. ga party
of fisherman from here have returned
from the north shore of Lake Superior
after visiting the scene of the wreck of
the steamer Algoma. While there they
picked up four floating bodies on the
shore of Rock Harbor. The bodies
were forwarded 10 Winnipeg for identi.
tcation if possible, and burial party
saio there was over three hundred tons
OF freight from the steamer strewn over
the shore Portions OF the pilot house,
cabin, wheel and number OF Lille pre-.
preserVers were picked up. It 10 the
opinion of the party that g mum
Der OF the bodies have not yet been re-
covered from the shore where nearly the
whole wTeckage has been lodged
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New Yorh yo.e.

Nav foKK, Nov. 23.-Elisur Wright.
the well known abolitionist ofyears ago
died At MedEsrd, Mass, yesterday. aged
81 years. BE had been connected with
many newspapers and was distinguish
Cd author.
IN bis seTmon yesterday. Mr.. Resoher
said he lad been Informed that 81.
cls1in's chsFiaes amounted to nearly
$4,000 The pubtlc would have neysr
snogn where lais golden sh 1weF vas 70
fs1. =
Eene Of tAe billiard pIsvsrs haze yes
accepted Maurice DkiSY's nhsI,gnre %
pisf sasalrn eSFpgn sgsisss gnSSg8v IN
the xrIid. Bas william sSx..in q as,
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Anett1er reneIne..t Isnn.e TInrrnr


New YoaK, Nov. 23,-The accidental
upse.iing OF 8 kerosene lamp In. the
rooms of Otto Matsbeck, on the third
floor of a five story tenement, Al East
Sixiy-fourth street, early this morning,
WIS the signal for an agonIzlng scene of
terror and death. The house and one
adjoining were fIled with Bohemians
cigar makers, employed in neighbor.
Ing cigar factory. One huddred and If
" persons slept soundlY when the cry OF
Ere was raised. The flames communi.
Gated 60 the floors above through con-
venient cir shafts. Scenes of wild con.
fusion and panic ensued. The brighten.
ed tenants took 10 the dre escapes with
all haste. They were given shelter by
the neighoors Hhite The fremeu 9ers
| dg1JiRg the flames. This was not an
| easy ta *, as the upper stories and ruof
Were abl4Ee and the hames had spread
| to No. 40 Reinforcemeuts were sum.
moned and the fire was qackly sabda.
ed. About $1,000 coo damage was done
TO the building and the property OF the
tenants. There had been some narrow
escapes, and two women, With their
J Children, We're reported slightly
i burned, but The Fireman were
| lot prepared 10 mud q whole family
| smothered 70 death. In rear room on
the top floor of No A they came
| upon Mary Teslka, widow
40 years old and her children, Mary
aged Z and Annie aged G, living dead
1t w6s three hours alter the outbreak
when this discovery was made, a second
and closer search was made but no other
bodies had been discovered
up to 8 O'Clock this morning,
| A report spread early among the
homeless tenants that the house had
been deliberately set on ire by one of
their number. Henry Rohne, q Bnhe-
mian cigar maker, was pointed out as
the guilty one. He had disappeared,
and did not show up until later in thu
morning. when he was arrested on q
charge of murder and arson The ex.
citemcnt of the Bohemiens hsi become
| furious, and threats of lynching were
made. kohne Is insured for 5000, while
his furniture is scarcely worth $75 The
charges are that he set fire to the house
To get this money.
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nrnT0aY "a RANRAS.

The geology OF Kansas IL not gener-
ally understood, and mora attention
should DO given It, not oalY By the state,
but by our Institutions OF Learning. It 10
safe to assert that there Is not q more
interesting field for research in that ID.
rection to be found anywhere. nor one
where practical results are so promis-
ing.
The geological record of Kansas Is Is
plainly read as the pages of look, to
one familiar with the sci,nce (spOaking
generality, yet there are 30 many poasi.
bIllt.es for detail work, that Ne are sur.
prised our Learned men have not de.
maaded more recoGuiuon, and empha'
sized the. necessities OF the case with
greater importantly.
The layers, or straits. are uniform
throughout the eutIre state, all dipping
sharply to the northwest. Beginning in
the southeast part OF the state We md
the cropping of the sub-carbonlferousr
thence nor,hwesierly. We run over the
edge o. the car0oniEeroIs. and further on
those lying properly AooNo u WIN al 40
tonishing omission OF some well knowr
groups. Striking Ellis ard Russell
counties We have the Cre,acerus, Feplet'
in monster fossil remains, imbedded ii
chalk.
Its certIn that cast Of line drawn
from Lsav nworth TO the south
west corner % Ch1,auqua county Goa
may be found saysasfs in Kansas At
paying dep'h.
FloWiny or arissisn Wtiis RTs simpl
inpossibilI,y in this Taie IS rule, al
the ez,epton Wifi " rrTy rare. This /
y sscasss TIE RFound sloras fsoEn west I
saal, Willie The dF o. the st,slh "a ftoE
esslto wesl TIE sasses nl supply q
WsIi asdss FGea clseusasspsee weai
nsessssfsiF hr fs'i, eha lever haas "a
poiB, 81 feseiars
Z We slresIesv tiana tSas Cur gseios lo'
lnshfesis ~lli Bai rs5isth lesssf npfe'
ofmEsa, but thSl "a ttisesiSs esd ths
p bfasslssl sTff y u ,hs slsss viii sss
fRtsf
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They Honoreh Him,

AS New York drummer entered a
village in West Virginia. by stage line,
few days ago, no found the people
greatly excited. A string band was
marching around town, several flags
were flying in the breeze. and it seemed
as if Fourth of July was at hand for
the second time. The drummer finally
inquired the cause of the commotion,
and was answered that ono of the mer-
chants had failed.
''Why. is that 4 cause for rejoicinga"
he queried.
You bet! He failed for 81, 600"
''lVclipn
We'll, it's the first time in the his
tory of this place that any of us ever
failed for over six bits. and we're going
to honor the occasion. Come and jine
the procession, stranger. WaH Street
Meas.
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Loremaking in ENGLAND.

English girls seldom marry before
the age of p or %. Some marry we'll
at the age of 80. A marriage in England
Is not arranged in n few days or even
few months. a young man of about
20 engages himself to young lady of
say Is, and the lovers remain engaged
for three or even five years. These
are the woman's good time. During
the engagement she enjoys almost all
the sweets of married life without any
OF its troubles. and she is free. Some
times she does her best to make the
engagement last rs long as possible.
She prefers to murmur words of love
to her betrothed to shutting herself up
with him in some semi-detached cot
tagc wherein to bemoan on the high
price of bread and butter and coal. On
the day she Is married she is settled,
as they say in England; that means
she IS established. | would define this
word ''settled" more correctly by say
ing that her hEsln ess is done for her.
do not Wis, at all 10 convey the idea
that womap l1ds no happiness in the
English household; nothing is further
from my mind. think, on the con-
trary, she can enter with moro conf,
dence than can her sister across the
channel, because she assumes less re-
sponsibility aai because her mother
has invariably versed her most thor
oughiy in domestic economy. Women
in England know nothing at all about
their husbands business, no more than
clerk knows about the affairs of his
employer; and it is even a difficult
thing for her to say whether he is MAX
ing fortune or on the verge of bank
ruptcy. When her husband dies, an
Englishwoman who has no fortune may
become a governess, housekceper. or
q nurse. That is servitude. An En-
glishman gives his wife so much a
month for household expenses and so
much for her wardrobe-her wages. as
it were. She eyinces no surprise when
she learns one fine morning that her
husband is taking her to a sumptuous
abode, nor when she learns that they
must move some evening in the dark
without making a noise. She goes
With the furniture-iu double sense.
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aAsoUERADE CAnxTvAL.

The grand masquerade carnival At
rink last night was decided succe
financially. SIS well as socially. As ear
as half past seven the young people b
gan to arrive, attired in faaclful CO
tcmes, good many Of which were We.
elaborate. Skating was indulgsd n /
a goodly number until 10 O'Clock, whs
the Knights Of PythIss hand, who III
furnished music for the skaters,
changed places with the Knights {
Pythias orchestra, and the tripping !
the light fantastic was kept up uni
about a. M.
The K. OF P. orchestra now has seyt
ieces, and their music is admiral
edsptgd To large halls. and many cxT1Fi
sions of praise were heard from tho
pres ent last evening refesfing 10 II
organization. AS announced 10y n
Frank Romsine, they are to play Tor tt
grand Charity Ball to night.
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The Gallery Gal Expresses Her
Opt zion.


'tAb, I'm SO glad to see you," ex-
claimed the tired-looking woman who
TOOK in the money and made out the
receipt in tho office of a photograph
gallery.
"Bat-hnt VIC have never met be-
fore, stammered the visitor
True. bus you are man. You are
the first man who has been in here to-
day. There have been nothing but wo-
nen-seYeral hundred OF them, Iguess.
They 90 fatigue me so. I'd rather wait
upon fifty men than one woman. The
ladies are never satisfied. In the first
place. there are not any samples that
please them, They are all the time
looking for some new altitude. They
don't want anything that anybody else
has ever had. They discuss all the little
things. such as their hair. eoIors, rib
oons, bangs. frizzes. position of, the
hands, ard so on. and change their
minds abont fifty times. But the worst
is when the proofs ccme in. a woman
is never pleased with the first thing she
sees She has to point out this sup
posed defect or thai, aud find fault
here and there, aud talk5an hour or
two about sitting again. Ii Is right the
other way with men. They are easily
pleased. II they have any convictions
they arc convictions. and they express
them pointedly. They rarely change
their minds. The proofs generally suit
them. There Is no doubt in the world
that, sH rule, men have better taste
than women. too. This may surprise
yosis but Il Is fact. The average mar
viii say Il don't know anything about
such matters. End sag something sens
sikis AID heialsa akort the work is
baud Not csc "a sHenty sits fhs
ssseHl iiaies i seates q naH that ever
ethag 4osash nsgss SIC tssiee, and sVeEf
sQisftE cue thsce tlases I'm 60 fired 2
&C ea4g Aefaid -
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TOPEKA, Nov. 24.-Five cases of man.
dsmus ware filed in the supreme court
to-day against the beard OF commission.
era OF Ford county, 10 compel them to
reconvene and count the vote of said
county With the exception Of Dodge
City, and to issue certificates to those
county officers WAC appear to be elected.
1t is alleged that gross frauds occurred
in Dodge City at the late election on &C.
count al which It's vote should be thrown
our, The supreme court issued an al
tentative writ OF nandamus recurring
the b0srd of commissioners ocount said
vote on December II, failing which the
board are required to answer said writ
before the supreme court on Decent
%. to show cause why said mandate of
the Court is not obeved.
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The wife OF Hon. Jno. A. Anderson,
Of Manhattan, died about noon on Sun
day sitter long and severe Illness. Pri-
vGte funeral services were held a. the
residence IN Manhattan. and then the
body was taken 20 junction City on a
special tram, where there was large
funeral from the Presbyterian church,
over which Mr. Anderson WIS., tor some
years the pastor Mrs Anderson leaves
three sons, the oldest being man grown
and the youngest about four years old
Those who know the deceased speak 10
the highest terms of her worth. Her
death has long been expected.-Com-
monwealth.
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Cst,le ,iromer., Conrentinn.

ST. LOUIS. Nov. 24.-The convention
of the National Cattle and Horse Grow
ers' association assembled sgain this
morning aud was called to order by ex.
Governor Routt of Colorado. who pre-
sides by request of President Hunter, by
ne tinxllng of the big silver COW bell
on the presidents desk. Alter the de-
feat ofthe proposition to refer all reso-
luIions 10 the committee on resolutions
Sithut debate, Hon. Elmer B. Wash
hurna spoke briefly about the Chicago
Live Stock Exchange and its position
rslstive 10 national Legislation on the
subject OF contagious diseases.
he suggested the appointment of
national committee 10 foster q proper
national legislation TO protect the cattle
industry Ia AL It's branches, and then.
gave way 10 MIR. Coy, Of Chicago. who
mad prepared al elaborate paper on the
subject. Speaking for the exchange
Mr.. Coy expressed decided Opposition
Jn the animal industry bill as now in
operation, and said II calculated to Gre
ate panic in cattle instead of laa.lng ben
stits, In as much as the industry is pFac-
tieallY al, the mercy OF veterinarians
given 70 sensational reports of pleurc.
pneumonia, where nothioR worse than
lang fever. result over driving, IL IL
sight.
The speaker quot d several instances
of far reaching ard most disastrous
panics created by tie s,upidely of so
called government experts. He asserted
there had never BEEN west of the Allie
yheny mountains, case Of that form OF
pleuro-pneumonia which ravaRed Eu.
rope I'd Australia. Has anyone heard
of new case Of pltuEa- pneumouia
since congress adjourusis sisnih.
cantly asked the speaker. Mr.. Gov
proposed no remedy other than recon.
mendation OF active measures such a.
destruction, at COVE nmeus expense, Of
diseased cattle. Sd aid any deyeIop
BE was pa1tienl lriy severe unsu
sensational reports sci "a feet by ifitpf-
ested veterinarians ana circulated i,v ~
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Universities are and have been a rare
trial TO the world. The Kansas UniVers.
'ity is no exception. 1. has Garfield and
Spring, who seem 10 have opinions,
which they claim are based on facts, that
are dlspleasing 10 some of our prominent
pubic men. The discussion should be
confned 10 the question of fact IN the
case. ani not bs allowed TO degenerate
into personal abuse. "a Is the case in the
Herald Tribune by one Of Prof Spring.
friends.
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Era and snR.O..A

ST.. LOUIS. Nov. 25-Between 2 and 3
O'Clock TINS morning Days hotel, No. s
North Seventh street. cheap lodging
and eating house. took fire and was bad
~ damaged Ia the rear part of it. There
were eleven people in the house, and
scene OF great excitement ensued. Miss
Minnie Sherif, servant, lesped from
the third story window, aad had a leg
broken, s severe cash cut ia the throat,
acd was burned about the head, neck
and arms. After the fire was exIin-
guisbed, an unknown man was found In
the iniro story nearly suffocated, and
fatally burned He was taken 10 the
hospital. Several narrow escapes were
made, and one man was taken from a
third story window by firemen. Mrs.
DAILY, wife of the proprietor, who was
SICK vas safely taken from the house,
but she received very severe shock and
fright