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coLoRED PEOPLES EXHIBITION.

Cor. St Louis Republican.
The industrial exposition of the
colored race at Bethel hall, which
was opened last night in this city.
is generally pronounced highly
creditable, considering that it has
only been few years since people
began TO turn their attention to
pursuits outside of the ordinary
farm and plantation work and act
ing as domestics In families. 1t was
to be expected that the district ne
groes would show a greater inter
est in this exhibit, but there are
specimens of the skill of these peo-
pie IN many other sections OF the
country. So far the attendance of
whites has been proportionately
large enough to give the negroes
much encouragement. Quite q
party of people from the far South
called to-day. Several of them
have seen the exhibits made by the
negroes at the New Orleans expo
sllion, and werc curious to note
how the two collections compared
with each other. The most of the
district, and it is thought their eff
forts in getting up such an enter
prise will not only prove success
but will be the means of stimuIat-
ing others to learn trades. and thus
place themselves in better condi-
ton to earn good wages. If the
truth must be told they need stir
ring up, for tho District is full OF
shiftless negroes who seem to pre-
fer to be walters and carriage-driv-
ers rather than aspire TO something
more creditable and more remune-
ratlve. Mr.. E. w. Fox, formerly
of st. Louis, but now the editor
and leading spirit of the National
Republican, as well rs the author
OF the famous breakfast Table
Letters to the President" is taking
a lively interest in the success Of
tho exhibition and made the open.
ling address. At one time it was
said that President Cleveland
would be invited to open the exhI,
bition, but the Republican politi'
tons are too shrewd to allow any
thing that might alternate mere ne
groes from their ranks.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-10-14

Mrs. Belva Lockwood, the law
yer, is a woman of diversified tai
onts. She threw o troublesome
client out of the window of her
Office the other day.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-10-14

Says the New Haven News: A
correspondent writes: 81 am IN
love with young lady, but too
bashful to propose. Who can help
me outW We should says her
father could that is, If you happen
to STAY too late,
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-10-14

"Woll, old fellow, IT'S all settled.
l am going to be married in two
months. You will be one of the
witnesses, l hope" "Count on me.
| never deserted a friend in mistor-
tune"
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-10-14

Kelley, the motor man, used to
be head waiter in a hotel. There
is where he got the wonderful pa
tience of waiting for his motor to
mote.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-10-14
The town council of Liberty, Va

Thu lUWH UUUIVII VI I1IUVTIy va
has imposed license tax OF
$3.50 for the sale of cider and GIN
ger pop. This causes the Rich
mond Wing to exclalm, "Oh, Lib
erty, what hard lines are drawn in
thy name"
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-10-14

Now Orleans expended the sum
of 100000 in building improve.
ments during the year ended Sep
tcmber LIST.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-10-14

Mrs. Pickett, widow of the Con.
federate General who made the IA
nous charge at Gettysburg, has
been appointed to a clerkship in
the interior department.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-10-14

Coffee, If taken in the morning
on an empty stomach, is SAID to act
as preventive against infectious
diseases.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-10-14

1t is through the printing press
that an impression gets abroad
quickest.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-10-14

Strawberry-boxes probably need
no cover because the bottom is so
near the top.-Peck's Sun.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-03-11
AWonderfuI Machine.

''When was laying the foundation
Of my mechanical fame and fortune, a
few years ago, ! boarded In a house
filed with locomotive engineers and
firemen. A practice prevailed there of
enhvening the supper table with social
conversation, and, the locomotive party
being In the majority, the leading theme
Of talk was stupendous feats performed
in railway runs, varied by minor Incl
dents and records of narrow escapes.
George Dewhirst, who ran a lathe in
the shop, sat opposite to me at the ia
BILE, and he got tired Of being excluded
from the conversation. He became am
bilious to hear himself talk in that
crowd. One evening, catching on in q
lull in the conversation, he called out
loudly to me, We'll, went over and
saw the machine to-day, and it is as
tonishing the fine work it doesr' How
does it workP' inquired. Well said
he, by means of a pedal attachments 8
fulcrumed lever converts q vertical
reciprocating motion into circular move
ment. The principal part of the ma
chine Is disk which revolVes rapidly
on q vertical plain. Power is applied
through the axis Of the disk; and, when
the speed Of the driving arbor is mod
crate, the periphery of the machine is
travelling at great velocity. Work is
done on this periphery. Pieces of the
hardest steel are by mere impact reduced
to any shape the skillful operator de-
sires.' What on earth is the machineP
demanded listener. oh, it is a new
grindstone,' replied George; and ST.
the supper table. "-MechanicGt Pro-
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-03-11
OUR BEST LNrEREs rs.

By referring to the proceedings of the
Central Kansas Livestock Association
In another column of this issue. 1t will
be seen that they are engaged IN active
ly looking up the best interests OF the
citizens Of this city and cnuuty IN va
rious directions. First, The proposed
basis Of assessment, which when com
pared with the basis of assessment OF
the other counties OF the state IS GER
tAinly excessive.
Lyon county is the only County in the
state which IL 10 bs assessed at the &C
tual cash value. The basis in other
counties ranges from one tenth TO one.
NTH OF the cash value of the property,
and the action of our assessors would
hardly seem proper or judIcious taking
these facts into consideration.
On the railroad question the
stockmen are unquestIonably
again on the right side.
EmpOria has enough Santa Fee road for
the present, and any proposition from
that company which tends to tie up this
county TO the exclusion of other lines
should not have been entertained. An
independent line is the ouIy one which
should have the undivided support of
Emporia and Lyon county.
We thank the stOckmen for their
kindly expression IN regard TO the
News and take pleasure in assuring
them that We shall endeAvor to look at
ter the best interests Of their society as
we'll as the taxpayers of this city aud
county at all times.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-03-11
The Railroad Telegraph.

The press exhibition of Edison's rail-
road telegraph was a success of the COM
pletest sort Some two-score messages
were sent to and from the running train,
and these jumped mysteriously from the
tin roof Of the cars to the ordinary wire
strung twenty to forty feet distant; and
this service did not interfere with the
use of the wires for regular messages at
the same time. l asked Edison to ex-
plain this latest freak of his ingenuity.
at is difficult" he said. at takes 1000
different electrical discharges from the
roof of this car to that wire to send
single word. A single dot is made up.
say of 100 atmospheric waves. These
are sent separately. From the Morse
battery the waves go at the rate OF
twenty to second; here at the rate of
600 to 1000 to a second. The electrical
communication lasts only about one
250,O00th of a second. Can you under
stand that? Very well, then. ! see
you do. To keep the air from being
polarized, we have to plump the words
through quick. can send a message
$50 feet in this way through the air.
The current does not go from the bat
terry, but from the magnet. This cleo
tricity differs from the ordinary cleo
tricity about as fall five miles high
would differ from fall foot high. 1t
Is under very high pressure. / see by
your face that you don't understand a
word / am saying, but send it along,
some of your readers will.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-03-11
NRRUPrOY BILL.

According to recent dispatch from
Washington there is little hope for the
bankruptcy bill this session. In the
form which its promoters sought to carry
1t, the measure, however we'll adapted to
the eastern states. would have worked
great hArdships IN the west and south.
The result is that one amendment after
another has been grated on the bill.
The judiciary committee on Saturday
voted to allow persons making an as
signment without preferences to liqui-
date under the state laws. This Is Virtu-
ally allowing each state to provide the
machinery under which a debtor may
compromise with his creditors. It
would give q general bankruptcy law
and state procedure concurrent iurisdIc-
ton. The board of trade aud transport
tatiOn must take the responsibility Of the
situation. II Is due to the persistent ef-
fort made by them TO carry a measure In
the interest of the eastern distributing
houses. They refused to accept the COM
promise offered by Senator Ingalls,. The
result Is that the anomalies of the pres
ent system are likely to continue, and
that much as q general bankruptcy law
is required, none is likely to be passed
during the present session.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-03-11
TBR REsULTs

The fidelity and the tenacity with
which the great host of men employed
by the Gould system Of railroads hang
together and stand by each other In their
labor association are exceedingly i'm
prPssive. Their solid union under the
command Of leaders of their appoint
meat Is also one of the most signih-
cant Developments of modern Civiliza-
ton.
These poor and humble men, in vol
untary association, subordinate their in
dividual wills and immediate interests
70 the advantage Of the whole body and
for the defence OF any part OF It, and
keep faith with the league al
the risk OF their livelihood IN
case of failure, obeyinR without
question the orders of those they have
set over them, as an army obeys the
commands of its general. They are
numbered by the thousand, and include.
of course, all sorts OF temperaments; but
they hear the word, and every man of
them at once drops his work, though he
himself is not discomfort, but in order
TO fulfill his pledge to his order, and be-
cause he has learned TO feel that only in
union Is there strength
It must be remembered, too, that g
large part OF the labor of this country is
now ObedieDt to Just such
leadership, that the leagues
are all the time increasing and extend
ing, and that The tendency is to bring
them together in consolidated body,
sensitive to she sufferings OF every men,
Der. Can this go on without an ulti-
mate aud perhaps speedy transformation
IN society aud politics of the most ra1i-
cal sort? TAe concluding years of the
nineteenth century promise to be extra
fruitful.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-03-11
rhe American Box,s oplnlon.

There was q Sunday-school teacher,
and her class was composed of a goodly
number of average small boys. The
other Sunday the lesson was upon the
Babylonian captivity, and the teacher
had dope her best in preparing the les
son 80 as to attract and hold their atten-
ton. This is not always an easy matter
b some Of the Old Testament historical
lessons, and 90 the teachers energies
were directed toward making the story
life-like and realistic to her young pu-
pills. "Now, just suppose, boys" she
began. ''that some great army was to
come here and take fathers and mothers
and you yourselves prisoners, and carry
you OF to a strange land and make you
work as slaves, and try TO make you be-
lieve in their religion instead of their
own" ETC., etc. AS her vivid imagina-
ton enlarged upon the picture she was
pleased to notice that the boys looked
Interested and thoughtful, and that sun
dry mischievous kickngs and pinchings
bad ceased; but her satisfaction quickly
ended Is one patriotic urchin, amid the
smiles Of his comrades. exclaimed:
''Yessumi 'twould be kinder roughi but
there amt nation on earth that's big
enough TO do it.''-Boston Traveller.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-03-11
nrsvOurneen ashore.

On he ksys Of my heart let your touch be e.
As Midsummer dsw. or the first drops OF
For they thrm ct the touch. be 1t ever 50
wIta passionate echoes Of pleasure or pain:
And re sound Of your voice Ike the wind on
That scatteEs sweet music across the wide
Floats out on the night as We sit here together.
Aavourneen, ashore.
Not thought. noE . hope-not wandering
OF this nightwind above Us. but whispers OF
And Iet tine bring its changes. in life or in
cannot be ought else than loving and true.
In the Gin distant years We can never tell
It's Joy or It's sorrov that fate has in store.
But what viii It matter IL We are together
A0Voufneen, ashore.
And the light Of your eyes as you look up ai
Is guiding my thoughts ss We sit side BY
As the light Of tie moon on the murmurins
That .ways with its magic the course Of the
And II we car. Just walk through the wide
world together.
II can have near me the face I adore
Its little IN care then for storm or rough
Northumberland ashore.
Ernest N'Ge6ey, IN Inter-oeean.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-03-11
CITY TRANSFERS.


w s Jones to n Wilkinson, 149
Mechanics street, $500.
Susan Q Galloway to Samuel Lewis,
1872 West street. g, 200.
Marcellus Plat to o A White, "a blk
8 Wilson's add, $3.50.
] r Cotton to VIM Wells, 5 Sylvan
street, $500.
JT Burton TO Frank FIinuer, 20 blk 8
Wilson's add, $3.50.
Eliza j GoWen to E L Gowen, "a Com.
merciAl STREET, 81.
III Powell TO f T IngalIs, 1O1 s. 1OS
East street, 81 900.
FP Ace to B Huffman, 8 Mer-
chants street Copley add, $1,1OO.
+ Beck TO Jas 81 Duncan, IS Neoeho
street Copley add, 1915.
Q N Head to 2 V Piper, Neoeho
street COpley add, $500.
3 GuerrIer TO q Hood. 4S Constitu.
ton street, 81 900.
mercial street, 81.
TOWNSHIP TRANSFER.
y B Moss to Z q Stauffer, NV or "a
Is. 10; 81, 800
WIZ Harden to VIVA Updegraff, {
acres In NV or of ne Or 5. 81 Is; $25.
VIM photograph to n w Sterrett, 81
acres of side of NV or tract 4, 81, Is
$4,000.
David c Doty TO Andraw Armstron,
hI ne or 81, 10. 10: 5000.
JH Hunt to E A Moore, part hf NJ
or 10, l6t II; $500.
W Clay ton to Geo w Leavltt, acre
| in sw or of ne or 2, Is. IL; $35.
VIM Huffman to Geo w LeaYiti
acres in sw or of NV Or 3, Is, 12; $500.
ES Waterbury to Almerin Gillett 81
or 20, IS, Is; $475.
Thomas ID Thomas to David
Thomas hf NV or -, 10. 12; 1000.
Erastus Thomas TO s p Edwin hf {
sc or %, 10. IL; 500.
Mary Dryden to Sam p. Erwin /
acres IN Sc Of sc or %, 10, u; $3.50.
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Blown tn Atoms

BOSTON, March 10.-The John Mar
ket left her birth at st" wharf at 6
O'Clock this morning and started down
the harbor in search of vessels desiring
her service. There was 9 large number
Of persons on the wharf, who watched
the boat steam away. Just as the boat
arrived of Long Island an explosion oc-
CURED on board, the noise of which was
plainly audible in this city. The boat
was blown completely to atoms and the
crew, i've men, were instantly killed.
The crew consisted of Capt. Cyrus A.
N1ckerson; engineer, George Crooker;
Frank Croker, f1remen; Albert D.
Smith, cook, and James Hogklns deck
hand. The bodies of the captain and
engineer, recovered by the tugs, were
brought here and taken to the morgue.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-03-11
AORTNEsE FUNERAL.

Hu-ToW-Tal, . great Chinese speculs-
tor and probably the richest merchant
In the empire, died recently At Hang
Chow. His progress through life may
have been as pEosy aud uninterestiDg as
that OF any other common millionaire,
but his funeral was the Ioudest and one
Of the grandest on record. Al the head
OF the procession number OF coolies
trudged along carrying little scraps of
paper upOn winch short sentences full
Of wisdom and sound ADVICE were traced
In pencil. Then followed q crowd Of
lantern b;arers, the lanterns fastened al
the end of long BAN booGanes. Alter them
came . small army Of musicians with
gongs, symbals aud trumpets, making
enough noise ~ scare the sulphur and
birthstone out of all the wicked
spirits within range. Next came
Q few hundred little boys, each holding
in his hand some weapon Of strange form
intended for tie slaughter of evil dis
posed deYils. The bearers Of the family
tablets with the names of the ancestors
OF the deceased marched after the boys,
Next IN the procession. affairs on wheels
appeeEed loadsd with choice fruits, the
.ass oao bsarisg 3 portraiE of the de-
ceased. After these afteTs two groups of
priests presented themselves, the first |
dressed In white robes, richly embroid- |
cred, and the second In scarlet and yell |
low. Between these two groups there |
was = crowd bearing lanterns, flags
parasOls and fang, together with all |
sorts of queer things. The master Of |
rode on horseback. and was |
dressed from head Ia loot Ia white, the |
Chinese mourning. Behind him was q
large white tent carried alcng by strong |
men, and in this the relatives concealed |
their woe. At last the coffin came in |
llght mounted upon q magnificent hearse |
in the most gorgeous style,
and borne along upon the shoulders of |
men. A large number of |
dressed in their official robes,
and carried In Japanese chair, closed |
The procession.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-03-11
Senate Comm,ttse Inve.t,ga,,on.

WASHINGTON. March 1O-The senate
committee on expenditures of public
money began its Investigation of the
charge brought against Commissioner
Black In his report that the office under
his predecessors was avowedly poIiti-
Cal machine, and of the manner in
which the pension Office had been con-
Quoted by the present commissioner.
General Black was present and request
ed that he be PEI mitted to give the CON-
mittee the names of the witnesses whom
he desired to have examined before he
made his own statement. Senator Kenna
embodied the request in motion. Sen.
ator Harrison argued that in as much as
General Black made the state
ment in his annual report
upon which the Investigation
was based, the usual customary course
of procedure would lead first to the ex.
animation OF the comm issiOners himself.
After some debate Kenna's motion was
lost. Black. in reply to inqiries by Sen.
ator Harrison described the organization
of the pension office, especially the func-
lions OF the board of review and the
usual course of claims through the
Office from the hands of exam
liners TO the board of review thence to
the commissioners.
Mr.. Harrison said: Now, Mr. Com
missioner, if You have any instance In
which the application, granted or re-
jected by the board, review or commits.
sioner on account of the politics of the
applicants or person applying, will you
please give the names and numbers of
these cases? A1sWeT-I SHALL be pleas.
ed to furnished information from the
files of the office.
Q-Are you able to give to the com.
mlItee the number of any case? A
think shall be able to furnish you
such cases.
Q-Are you able TO do 1t now? A
I haVe no memorandum with me now
Beck-You will furnish them? A
l will furnish such cases.
In reply to further inquiries by Har-
rison. the commissioner proposed TO
furnish at another session of the CON-
mi,tee a number of employees in the
office on the day he took control, togeth-
er with detailed Information as to the
duties OF those whom he had appointed,
and their politics, and how many had
been appointed under the civil service
rules. In general way he could say
that he had made from 155 to 100 ap-
pointments of which number 142 were
Democrats
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-03-11
Omoers for the Grand Eneampmsnt.

Oncers for the Grand EncamPmsnt.
LEAvENwoRTH. Kans, March TO-
At the afternoon session of the grad en-
campment OF odd Fellows of Kansas
yesterday, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year:
Grand patriarch-Thos. Moonlight,
LeaVenwOrth
Grand high priest-,-E. s. Bertram,
Council Grove.
Grand senior wArden-A. Locke, Fit.
Scott.
Grand junior Warden-Henry Mayor,
Newton.
Grand tressurer-SteWart Hastings.
LeavenwOTth.
Grand scribe-S. T. BurdetIe, Lseayeu.
worth.
Grand representative-James Geary,
Newton.
Grand marshal-O. j. Nichols, Weir
City.
Grand inside sentinel-Thos. BeaLtIe,
WLmego.
Grand outside sentInel-D. NJ. Fei GU
son, Psola.
They were entertained with q grand
banquet at the National hotel at the
close of the session last night. One
hundred delegates were present.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-03-11
Troubles OF a Photographer.

Most men look upon q photographer
Is . lucky dog anyway, with easy, in
teresting work, and q chance to meet
more pretty women in day than ordi-
nary men do in q year, says the New
York Nail and Express. But the pho
tographers themselves aver that there is
very different side to the story. OF
course everybody has heard how some
women are easy to- photograph and
others difficult and how actresses are
the best Of all; but the real feelings of
photographers on the subject are not
generally appreciated. A member Of
the craft thus unbosoms his views on
this interesting subject:
''Yes, that's just the way; everybody
imagines that photographers all have a
picnic. In the first place, people think
1t mighty lucrative business. Every
butcher, and lawyer and doctor, but
never wealthy photographer.
''But certainly some photographers
make great deal of money!"
sThey may take in good deal, but
their net income is generally small. At
q photographers the ladies are trying
to look their finest and prettiest, and
they want the surroundings in accord.
And then the chief trouble comes in. It's
an awful nuisance to do business with
woman"
'.How Is thata"
"a woman is not only determined to
look pretty, but she must look pretty
after q certain peculiar fashion. She
usually gets her ideas from some fine
picture Of handsome woman, and she
wants one Just like that, without regard
to whether that particular pose is fitted
to her figure or not. If she is q short,
pudgy person, she wants to look light
and graceful, and so she selects an airy
pose from Ellen Terry or some slender
woman, in the hope that she will make
Q similar appearance, and they won't be
convinced. If they do finally consent
to sit some other way they will keep
that ideal pose in mind, and will be dis
satisfied with the result. And even
when you take them precisely as they
wish they object to paying for the pic
ture."
"But don't you find it pleasant to
meet so many handsome and agreeable
women?"
Handsome they may be, but seldom
agreeable in photograph gallery. They
are never quite suited with the work,
and seldom with the price. The aver
age man is not so solicitous. He knows
that an expert is better able to decide
about matters Of detail, and he leaves
all such things to the operator. OF
course we have to be pleasant to the Ia
dies, for the bulk of photographer
custom is from them and children, and
besides that the best way to attract the
men Is by exhibiting the pictures of
handsome women, but for all that g
photographer does not always feel as
polite as he looks"