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Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1885-07-18
"ROugh on Coz Ms

Palptaion, Dropsical Swelings, Dizziness, Ind
gestion Headache Sleeplessness cured by wei
Health Remover"
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1885-07-18

"Wells' Healih Remover restores health ana Wig
,ures dyspepsia Headache Nervonsn ess, Debility
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CHOLERA.
:O:--

Probably the neat thing to cleanH-
ness IN the preventative of this disease,
as the use Of simple remedies IN mild
forms of Diarh@a and all summer
complaints. Fred Bropn has a rep
utotion for his Jamaica Ginger and
so haze we. Ours perhaps has not
become so aoidely known as his, but
qiUe 1t time and 1t miU be endorsed
from the AHa,atic to the Pacific. 1t
as a PURE EXTRACT, Il SAT-
DRAFTED SOLUTION, FOID
OF ADULTERANTS, and has not
that FRA UDULENT DARK
COLOR, INTENDED SIMPLY
TO MAKE IT LOOK STRONG.
Pure Ginger is Of q tight transparent
color. We sell both Brown's and
.EHswortRs. Ours is one-hoT the
price Of has, being the same size bot
tie. We also haze a specific, "Om
Cholera Drops" for this form Of dis
ease, aohich aoe guarantee 10 aHdy the
pain and correct the bouels acithoM
any after eva effects. We also haze
little capsules for the administration
Of both Of the ADORE medicines, 'cit'om
the BURNING TASTE. Come
see as, aoe a0W giUe all the Instructions
for taking them, etc.
S~iss .Se,cing Machine Oil, Zoe. bot.
Fine Carriage Oil, l5c. "
Household ammonia, Zoe. pit.
Cosmoli1le, from 3 to l5c. boz.
Vanilla, (,oeH, no use saying any
thing you kaop all about it,
FINEST SODA FOUNTAIN
IN TO UN, LARGER COOLING
CAPACITY, AND PROBABLY
BETTER PA TRONIZE'D THAN
ANY OTHER. TRY OUR
BLACK RASPBERRYS YRUP.
ALL CHOICE SYRUPS OF
OUR OWN MAKE.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-19
JOURNALISTIC SENSE

Leavenworth Times: The day of long
winded editorials is irrevocably dead,
and the mourners at the funeral were
filled with buoYant gladness.
But few years since It was the pain
full duty of the editor-in- chief of a
metropolitan paper to write an eighteen
column solid nonpareIl leader every
morning discussing the advisability OF
abolishing toy pistols, or kindred
weightY subjects, but finally readers be-
gan to realize that life is too short to
spend all Its glory In reading a wide
waste of editorial, where an article SIX
inches deep would express as much and
do it better.
A few of the eastern journals continue
to fill one side with these massive essays,
but they are only read in the Insane asY-
lum. where the Inmates have plenty of
time to devote to the task.
Brevity is the soul of wit and 1t is
likewise the embodiment of sense; a
vigorous, terse paragraph. with point
to 1t, will attract more readers and carry
more conviction in this land aud time of
hurry than the most elaborate article.
That this fact is becoming apparent to
journalists Is manifested by the fact that
their editorial columns are being mod
elled after the example of those concise
journals, whose readers have not been
slow to appreciate the policy of treating
a variety of subjects with brevity and
force rather than writing an editorial
essay so long that the reader would die
of old age while perusing it.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-19
ANIMAL SUICIDES.

New York Tribune: The London Lam
Get in a recent article on suicide obserY-
ed that no animals below man ever de-
stroy themselves. This is q surprising
assertion TO come from q scientific Jour
nal, for 1t Is singularlY at variance with
fact. 1t is too late TO make serious at
tempt at denying the tendency Of many
animals to kill themselves, and while it
may be said, and perhaps with some
measure of truth, that this tendency is q
result of demonstration, the admission
OF that does not change the primary fact.
All nsturalIsts have noted animal sui
cides, and most of them have recorded
cases in which the existence of q
deliberate purpose was az apparent as in
cases of human suicide of the dog, per-
haps, is most prone TO self-destruction,
and the dog suicides have been commit
ted for many reasons, as because of old
age and growing imfirmaties, or be-
cause Of humiliation on account of pup
ishment. or through jealousy, or grief
at the loss of loved master or mistress.
A few months ago several cases OF IN
mistakable suicide occurred among the
Esquimaux dogs attached to Comman-
der SchleY's Arctic expedition. These
animals could not endure the warm
weather here and they deliberately
jumped overheard, and held their legs
stiff so as to insure their sinking.
Those who at this day deny the occur
renee of animal suicide no doubt do so
iu the vain hope of bolstering up the
theory of instinct which all modern
science negatives. II Is terrible to some
people to have to admit that animals
often exhibit degrees of intellectIon
which 1t is impossible to distinguish
from reason, but facts are much stronger
than theories, and the facts in this case
make 1t impossible to maintain serious
ly such statement as the Lancet has
made itself responsible for.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-19
NOT PUsEY AFTER An.

Pussy Is still at large. He does not
seem to have been captured at sill. At
torney General Bradford is "hot" He
positively declares no more papers will
be issued for any alleged Puseys, till
there IS positive proof. 1t appears that
on the strength OF Detective Kelley's
dispatches the attorney general spent
two days getting facts and q minute de-
scription OF the criminal AS soon as
the detective received the details he
wired that the prisoner was GER
taiuly Pussy. The governor &C
cordiugly Issued a requisition and
Sheriff Keller, of Leavenworth, went 10
Texas, but the man under arrest bore no
resemblance to the ascending penIten
tisrY clerk. Pussy must be enjoying
this and wearing his sleeves out laugh
ing at the officers discontinue.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-19
The Fighting ships of the Future.

The London Post protests strongly
against building any more iron-clads.
1t enumerates the disadvantages en-
tailed on the British navy by the appli-
cation of armor-plates to the sides or
batteries of line-of-battle Cor fighting)
ships as follows: l. The expense of
iron or steel armor adequate to resist
the ever-increasing power of artillery
is simply monstrous. 2. All fire from
shipboard is known to be more or less
inaccurate, and the chances of ship
being struck in a vital part are very
small indeed. 5. But if the armor-
plating of ships battery or turret be
struck, and if it not be wholly imper-
vious to the shell striking it, the effect
Of the blow is enhanced. and the shield
actually becomes an instrument for
rendering the blow more deadly to
the gunners behind it. 4. A ship has
a certain tonnage displacement, accord
ing to which her weights have to be ar
ranged. Hence, every ounce of armor
weight decreases the gun weight or
coal weight that she can carry. 5.
1ron-clad fighting ships are necessarily
of such a prodigious size that to pos
sess numerous navy and to conduct
great naval war on the principles that
must be followed if were to maintain a
dominant position on the seas, that is as
a war of aggression, is a financial i'm
possibility. 6. 1t is almost certain that
the bulk of the educated naval opinion
of the present day favors the view that
the skillful use of the ram will be the
guiding object in future engagements.
Now, q modern irOn-clad is about as
handy an instrument for use in ram
ming maneuvers as-wel, let us say
an old COW at pump. 2. Next to the
ram the torpedo, or torpedo vessel, is
probably the most efficient naval fight
ing weapon. But an enormous iron
clad is singularly open to attacks from
torpedoes, and its size gives it no par
ticular advantage in directing such at
tacks. 8. The great size, draught, and
reduce the feeling which should be up
permost-in any captains mind, that he
s'can go anywhere and do anything
with his ship. In fact, it renders HIM
cauticus-a deadly quality for naval
minds. What, then, should we substi-
tute for these gigantic armored floating
machines? To US it appears that the
type of first-class fighting ship which
most nearly meets tie requirements of
of the day is as follows: An unarmored
corvette without sails, of two thous-
and to four thousand tons displacement,
possessing good sea qualities, an arma-
ment OF maximum weight and power.
and an underwater steel protecting
deck, great capacity of coal stOwage,
hardness, facilities for ramming and
torpedoing, as much speed as can
be given her. Such vessels would cost
comparatively small sums, and we
could maintain many squadrons of
them.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-19
TIE NER ENn0WNENr.

Senator Kellogg's bill to endow the
Normal school with the twelve sections
OF salt lands, held by the state, is not
dead, but sleeping II may not come MP
again till the house takes action in the
matter. The senate is really tie, 20 to
20, on the question, and so voted the
other day, although otherwise stated TO
us by an erroneous report of the senate
proceedings. We trust that the
house will put the Normal
bill through in cool shape
and then, we have do doubt the meas
ure will pass the senate easily. These
lands should by all means go to the
Normal school. We trust that the State
University friends see by this time that
they should work in harmony with the
State Normal. Only in this manner can
the best Interests Of both institutions be
properly protected and secured.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-19
What HnadIar saIa

PITTsBURG, Feb. 13-Gov. Hoadley of
Ohio, who was on the list eff speakers for
the Democratic banquet at The Monon-
gshela house last night, did not speak
until nearly O'Clock this morning.
During the course of his remarks IN re.
spouse to the sentiment. THE Democra
cy of the Future" he said: LET US not
be unduly concerned with the question
of who are t be Mr.. C1eveIaud's advIsors.
who shall be introduced into Office
under him and them. The vital CUES.
ton is of counsel, not counsellor. Il is
fair to the motIon that it be fixedly sci
and the step resolutely taken toward the
Democratic future. What does il mat
ter even though the personal hopes and
the ambitions of many among as be dis
appointed. We ask of Mr.. Cleveland
two things only; first. that these officers
which directly or indirectly effect the
course of public eve nis shall be filled with
Democrats and secondly that of the sd
ministration of public affairs shall itself
be Democratic In his difficult task of
leading the party in its management of
public affairs, the Democratic party will
extend to him generous aud hopeful
confidence aud will not Waylay him with
snappish and suspicious criticism, no
matter how rapidly or slowly he may
change the merely business offices of the
nation"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-19

Some people seem to think that II Is
always desirable for the place to seek
the person, instead of the person seek.
ing the place. The following from It'd
Bits would Indicate different opinion.
however: 81 assure you, gentlemen
said convict upon entering the prison,
the place has sought me, and not the
place. My own affairs really demand
all my time and attention, and may
truly say that my selection 10 al this
position was an entire surprise. Had !
consulted my own interests | should
have perempIorIly declined to serve, but
as am IN the hands OF my friends see
no other course but to submit And he
submitted"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-19
Lucky Fridays.

Friday, long regarded as a day of ILL
omen, has been an eventful one in
American history.
Friday, Columbus sailed on his voyage
of discovery.
Friday, ten weeks after, he discovered
America.
Friday. Henry IL of England gave
John Cabot his commission, which led
to the discovery of North America.
Friday, St. Augustine, the Oldest
town in the United States. was founded.
Friday, the Mayfower, with the Pill
grims. arrived at Plymouth, and on
Friday they signed that august COM
pact. the foreruuner of the present
Constitution.
Friday. George Washington was born.
Friday. Bunker Hill was seized and
fortified.
Friday, the surrender of Saratoga
was made.
Friday, CORVALLIS surrendered at
Yorktown. and on Friday the motion
was made in Congress that the united
colonies were, ani of light ought to be.
free and independ....
Americans az eiy oHght not to BE-
afraid of Friday.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-19


The ladies of the lobby are the great
est bores to the average Congressman
By this / do not mean the lady lobby.
ISIS. There are few purely business
LOBBYISTS among the ladies Of the Capi-
tol. and the character abounds more
in fiction than in reality. But there
are scores of women with claims, Of
fice-seekers. and adventuresses of diff
ferent kinds. who come to the Capitol;
and the rooms reserved for their recep-
ton are always full while Congress is
in session. The ladies' reception room
at the house Is opposite the north door.
It is long room with great white Cor
inthian columns running through its
center, and with a number of red-cush-
toned chairs and sofas around its walls.
When entered it to-day found it
filed with about forty ladies, some sit
ting and waiting, and others engaged
in talking to Congressman. Some of
them were dressed in the finest of gar
ments, cut after the latest styles, and
there were number of sealskin cloaks
and not few diamonds. Mourning.
however, predominated, and should
Judge there were more soldiers wild
ows after pensions than society women
who had come to gossip. noticed
many fresh young girls; on speaking
to the polite Confederate Colonel who
has charge of the room, he told me
that these, in nine cases out of ten,
were young women who wanted places
In the departments, and had come to
solicit their Congressman influence.
Said he: "You have no idea how many
ofiee-seekers come here There are
women from all over the country.
afH
withstanding what has been said about
it, have yet to find the first question
able character in this room. II they
are bad they do not show it. We have
from 100 to 200 ladies in here every
day to see Congressman. They must
all apply to me, and / send in their
cards by page. Sometimes the MEM
bers receive them, and sometimes not.
':Many of the claimants are meri-
torious ones, and some of them are very
needy. They will tell me their pitiful
stories, and once in a while we have a
scene here. ! have seen many acts of
Congressional kindness in this room
Last year there was poor old woman
who used to come here and send in her
card about once q week. The men,
bers generally came out to see her and
she would tell her story. The few she
called out always gave to her, and
have seen two. five, and seven $40
bills go out of their pockets into hers.
As leave this room l stop a mo-
ment to speak to doorkeeper know.
He tells me that ladies sometimes try
to go into the House while it is in ses-
sion, and that during the last term one
came to his door with blood in her eve
and cowhide whip under her sealskin
cloak. She started to go inside, but
was gently pulled back. She said a
Congressman had ill-used her, and she
was bound to go in and horse-whip
him in the presence of the House. The
threat of policeman restrained her.
Washington Letter to Cleveland Leader.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-19
DESIRABLE NORTHERN EY-
PIORAPTONg

DESIRABLE NORTHERN EY-
PLORATIONS.
The other day an exploring expedi :
ton was fitted out for Alaska. How
much better it is, If there must be wan.
dering aud adveuturesome spirits who
must SO north TO grow Up with the coun-
try that they go to this northern and
promising territory of ours instead of
into the foes of the Cape Sabine coun
try and all those ice bound lands of Ger.
tam death aud no resources. Alaska is
coming u the front. Her forests, it Is
said, contain timber enough to supply
the world. Heavy growths of pine,
spruce and hemlock abound. Alaska
spruce IS considered the best in the
world. Birch also abounds and the oil
OF the same is thus easily
procured by the pioneer school
teachers for practical purposes. The
water OF the county is clear and beauti.
ful and traces of gold have been no.
ticed. The Putnam river of Alaska is
uavigahie for tour hundred miles from
40 AANUsA' ANSNSAt CAplOEcCS say LudL
portions of the valley of this stream are
finely timbered aud that flowers and
plants, including wild strawberries are
to be found upon the banks of this river.
The natives in the interior of the coun-
try were lately much frightened upon
the advent of the white man, having
never seen one before, and only by
throwing presents to them could they be
induced to come near to the boats of the
explorers. 1t is due to the memory of
Mr.. Seward that we give more attention
to Alaska and less to the north pole. The
returns will certainly be greater and
moro OF them. The geography, the
botany, the geology, the natural history
in general of this far off possession of
ours is In need OF research, and if some
people Will never be happy till they get
further north than the United States
proper let them go to Alaska with our
blessinps
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-19
Old London Bridge.

London Bridge, hid it been destroy
ed by the dynamite plotters, would
have left gap in metropolitan arrange
ments not easily to be filled up. This,
however, could not have been said of
the old London bridge, of which
painful account is given n''The History
of the Principal Rivers of Great Brit
ain," published last century. The
venerable structure was 915 feet in
length. The street that covered it con-
sisted. before the houses fell to decay,
of lofty edifices, built with some atten-
ton to exterior regularity. 1t was 20
feet wide, and the buildings on either
side about twenty-six feet in depth.
Across the middle of the street ran sew
eral lofty arches, extending from side
to side; the bottom part of each arch
terminating at the first story. and the
upper part reaching near the tops of
the houses. They were designed to
aud were therefore formed of strong
timber bolted in the corresponding
woodwork of the houses that hanked
them. Thus the street on the bridge
had nothing to distinguish it from any
narrow street in the city but the high
arches described and three openings
guarded with iron rails, which afforded
a view of the river. But the appear
ance from the water it is stated, ''baf-
fed all description" and displayed a
strange example of curious deformity.
Nineteen unequilateral arches of differ
emit heights and breadths, with ster-
Hngs increased to a monstrous size by
frequent repairs, served to support q
range of houses as irregular as them.
selves; 1.-THE back part Of which, broken
by hanging and irregular projections,
offered very disgusting object" while
many of the buildings overhung the
arches SO as to hide the upper part of
them, and seemed to lean in such a
manner ''as to fill the beholder With
equal amazement and horror" Such
was London bridge In the olden times,
and were it in the present day, the
dynamiters by blowing it up would
earn the gratitude of the public.-SE
Jdn1es's Gazette.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-19

1t now appears that one of the very
first things that will demand the atten-
ton of President Cleveland will be the
sitting down upon the Oklahoma boom.
ers, as they propos, to invade the terri.
tory again on the 9th inst We think
the invaders will find that the best thing
for them Is to keep out of that country
till they go there under the sanction of
law. They will then not be invaders
however. We do not see why all citi-
zsns have not rights that the boomers
must be taught to resp, ct.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-19

There is young man, a salesman in
one of our prominent business houses,
who has our sincere sympAthies to-day.
We are 30 sorry that he hung around the
postofiice so long and finally received q
valentine which he supposed was from
his best girl, but upon breaking the seal
found 1t was only gentle reminder that
life Is short and time is fieetIng," and
request to please call" written In
startling figures upon statement head
of q merchant tailoring establishment.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-19

De massa oh de sheepfol'
Dat guard de aheep1ol' bin,
LOOK ont In de gloomerin' meadows
Whar de long night rain begin
SO he call TO de hlEelin' shepa'd.
Is my sheep, Is dey all come my
oh. den says de hIrelin' shepa'd,
Des'a some, dey's black and thin.
And some, dey'6 po' OIL WeddA's,
But de res dey's ali brung IN,
But de res dey's All bruuG In.
Den de massa OBJ de sheepHol'
Dat guard de sheepfol' bin,
Goes down In de gloomerin' meadows
Whar de long night rain begin
80 he le' down de has OBJ de sheepfol',
CALM sof', Come in, Come In,
Calm sof', Come In, Come ini
Den mp t'ro' de gloomerIn' meadows,
TITO de coli night rain and win,
And up t'ro' de gloomeTin' rAin-paf
WhA'r de sleet Ia pie'cin' thin.
DE pob los sheep OBJ de sheepfol'
Dey all Gomez gadderin' In.
De po' los sheep oh de sheepfol'
Dey all comes gadderin' IN.
ANONYMOUS.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-19

1t is reported that Salt Lake City is
really beginning to be too hot for Nor
mons and that the polYgamIsts have de-
termined to go in body to Sonora,
Mexico. It Is reported that the prelim-
inaries are settled and that John Taylor
has contracted to settle $4,000 people in
that new country. If true, what a Goa
send 1t will be TO the United States TO
have this Infamous blot on its civili.
cation removed. 1t is tough on Mexico,
however
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-19
MASSACRE OF THE BRITISH.
The London Daily News publishes tn,

following from Gadul:
"a native who escaped from Khar-
toum says Gordon was killed while IN
the act Ut leaving his house TO rally the
faithful troops. The latter were cut
down to a man, aud for hours the best
part OF the town was q scene of merci.
less slaughter, not even women and
children being spared. All note bles
were killed except the treacherous
Pashas and their followers"
The following additional details of the
killing OF Gordon and the fall of Khar.
toum are at hand:
Or the day OF capture, which is varl-
ouslY stated as the 26th or 9th of Jauu-
airy, Gordon's attention was attracted by
a tremendous tumult in the streets. He
left the so-called palace or government
building, in which he had made his
headquarters, 20 ascertain the cause of
the disturbance. just as he reached the
street he was stabbed in the back, and
fell dead. The tumult was caused by
the Mahdis troops, who had gained &C
cess to the interior of the town through
treachery, and who were soon in COM
plete possession OF the place, including
the citadel. A fearful massacre of the
garrison followed. The scenes of slaugh-
ter are described as surprising Bulga-
rian atrocities and rivaling the worst
horrors of the Sepoy mutiny.
Panic-stricken Egyptians were esp
tuTed In flight aud put to death with
most flendish fortunes Some were
transdxed with spears and left to bleed
TO death. Most of the victims were
muttlated IN a most horrible manner.
The eyes were gouged out, noses slit and
tongues torn out by the roots In many
cases mutilated parts of the victims
bodies were thrust into their mouths
while they were still living. The mas.
sacre included many Don-combatants,
ana Egyptian women were sub.
Jected to the most shameful in
dIgnlties. More than 100 women and
young girls were given over to the
Mahdi's followers to be used as slaves.
AFTER the slaughter many Arabs were
seen rushing about the streets with the
heads of Egyptians impaled upon spears.
The next night was spent in a saturualis
of blood and debsuchery.
Since the capture of Khartoum the
Mahdi has repaired the Notifications and
made the place well nigh impregnable
He has made it his permanent headouar.
tiers. and is said to have an abundance
OF guns. small arms and ammunition.
Both of Col. Wilson's steamers were
wrecked, owing to the treachery of the
pilots, who will be court martIaled.