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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

THERE is not perhaps an editor IN
Kansas who is enjoying his work as
much as Governor Martin. When the
Kansas City Times explodeded the
penitentiary bomb the din and noise of
it awakened all the vengeance in his
nature. He stripped like gladiator
for the combat and sailed in, not only
to defend the pen" officials, but to do
up the entire Times force, from Doc
Munford to the devil His heart
and soul are in the work. Day after
day he sends broadside after broadside
into the Times, keeping up all the
while rafting fire. of musketry and
sharpshooting. The Times takes his
fire good-naturedly, and makes but lit
tie response. The governor is firing
peas at hippopotamus, but finds such
intense satisfaction in it, that no one
will quarrel with him, or wish that he
were otherwise employed.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21
Irnn.,IMnn.uI MnnazI
Dissertation Of tha RlnRhRrrY

The Blneberry Is a valuable fruit ana 10 q
re liable fruit to grow in our northern States.
winter-kiII it is perfectly hardy, having
stood 80 degrees below zero without showing
in this latitude about the LIST OF July aud is
borne In clusters like currants; SHAPE, round;
color; reddish purple at first, but becomes .
is equal to the raspberry. a very mild. rich
sub-acid. pronounced by most people delicious.
IT may be served with with sugar and cream
or cooked sauce. and is splendid canned for
winter use. The plant seems TO flourish In all
soils, and is prolific bearer. 1t grows very
stOcky ana makes nice hedge, the shining
lark green leaves and the blue fruit making
pleasing contrast. The demand for the fruit
They commence bear ng the first year after
settin 2 out. and yields q full crop the second
or third year after setting oui. They are prop
agated from SUCKERS and root cuttings. The
plant is about the height and size of currant
bush and very stockv. holding the fruit well
the spring during March. pril and May, n
rows two or three feet apart and I'VE or xix
feet between the rows, making q perfect
TO grow between rows.
How TO SEND MONEY! would prefer TO
have money sent bv American Express or
der; all sums Of IS 10 and under cost only I'VE
cents, and IL order is lost money will be
venient TO obtain express order, money can
be sent by registered letter or posfofice mon
sy order or postal note, drawn on Portland,
Michigan; Postage stamps Will not be 40
cepted only from our customers that cannot
obtain an express order-only those OF one
cent denomination wanted.
PRICE LIST.
dozen plants by mail ........s..s Go
dozen plants by mail. 500
100 plants by Observation-Disclosures. 2 50
600 plants by express or freight ......IsOO
and delivered to express or freight odice, for
which make no extra charge.
L. d. STAPLEH,
Portland, GOnta COuHEys Mich.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21
THEnE is no one but makes ,

THERE Is no one but makes blum
der now and then. 1t is human to do
so AS some sage put it long ago ''if a
man isn't a fool part of the time. it
is because he is a fool all the time" 1t
is not surprising, therefore, that our
lawmakers should be dubbed colIec-
lively ''the fool legislature not be-
cause all are fools part OF the time,
but because part of them are fools all
the time. A few members whose
tongues work on pivot and are enam-
ored of their own screechy voices jump
to their feet as soon as a measure is
put before the house and object or of
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

THE house by a close vote agreed
upon an interest bill yesterday'-The
bill, as recommended for passage fixes
the illegal rate at six per cent or ten
per cent on contract. If more than
twelve per cent and less than fifteen
per cent is charged the lender forfeits
all interest; and half the principal if
more than fifteen and less than twen-
ty percent is charged. If more than
twenty percent is charged all interest
and principal is forfeited. 1t also pro-
vides that where the note is sold to a
third party the original borrower shall
have the same remedy against him as
against the original loaner." That
looks like business and shows that the
house regards platform pledges as
something more than mere buncombe.
Now let the bill become a law, and
if the people become dissatisfied with
it, as its enemies think, the blame will
rest with them, and not with the legis-
lature. They have asked for it and
their demand should be complied with.
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Mhy not substitute some hieh

yet Why not substitute some high
school paper?
The most effective, satisfactory and
practicable means is tie newspaper.
The advantages resulting from the en-
ployment of this instrument IN our
schools are too self evident to need pre-
sentation.
Having dispensed with the question
What, another closely allied and almost
as foreboding TO the ordinary teacher
arises. This Is, 'sHow shall we obtain
this matterY''
First, every teacher should have de-
Quoted from his salary library fund.
Second. by inquiry and solicitation of
parties interested, both children and
patrons. Third, by assistance of school
board. Yet l would not recommend
this means to every teacher. In 80
per cent of the schools of the state the
school board find enough to do to pro-
vide necessary apparatus and teacher.
| Fourth, by sending to the publishers
| of these periodicals and pamphlets for
them. Fifth. by uniting your efforts
with the teacher of adjoining district,
and thus, purchasing interchangeable
two districts. Sixth. by consid.
ering this a part of your Ii
brary and investing a per cen
of that fund for supplementary reading
{ or more prudently. Dy studying it
urgent needs and drawing upon tn
proceeds of your entertainment fo
! library purposes accordingly.
Lastly let me give you this rule to b
: followed as your golden text, get a
: you can and keep all you get.
In conclusion, wish to reiterate on
| thought already mentioned. "Let L
make the reading lesson training fl
: the mind more than for the tongue, fl
, the heart more than for the voc;
: chords, and no longer will the indivit
l uals draw from the filthy flow that
pouring from our sensational press bI
will Quench their thirst from the pul
? and wholesome waters from the well I
the English Indebted" which wi
q spring up in them an everlasting sourC
q of loftier conceptions of ideal manhoC
Q and Womanhood.
q L. w. BAXTER,
-
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

Poe, the member from wayback,
voted against the university appropri-
alton bill, for one reason because it
turned out such specimens as the edi-
tor of the Topeka Journal. Now, if it
had turned out Poe or two, or po-
sey of them. how different it would
have been. But what can you expect
of a school where the head master is
a dubbed chancellor and where the
birch or shingIe is never brought in
violent contact with the boys sum :
mer trousers? Poe, you are daisy,
a rosey, an evergreen posey.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

TEE Hutchinson News contains
half-column editorial on Doodle legis-
latiOn at Topeka. Among other things
it says:
This drop-a-nickle in-the-slot legis-
Iature must be stopped. II there has
been fraud. as alleged, let the matter
be probed to the very bottom. and the
guilty parties branded with their own
infamy. If it can be proven that any
member of this legislature. or any
member of the lobby of this legislature,
has been guilty of accepting or Offering
brides, let him be clothed in the striped
garb OF q state convict, and given a
residence in that institution which the
investigating committee declares has
been conducted on principles above re-
proach.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

The Hartford Call promises its read
ers sensational love story" in this
weeks tissue. The scene of the de-
lightful romance, which the Call as
sures us is concocted entirely by home
talent, is laid in Hartford. Real
Names and all will be given. Hart
ford ''sassiety'' is on the ''kee we've, :"
We hear, We thought something rosy
would come of that runaway in which
Colonel Means figured one night not
long ago.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

THE prevailing impression is that
General Harrison will not give the
names of his cabinet officers to the pub
lie until after March 4th. Those who
think they know the winners arrange
the cabinet this way: Blaine for state,
Window for treasury, Rusk for war,
Thomas of Illinois for navy, Noble Of
st. Louis, for interior, W. H. Miller of
Indiana for attorney general, Wanna
maker for postmaster general, and
Warner Miller of New York for agri-
culture. This state may De altered be-
tween now and the day of Inaugural
tion If the general sees fit.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21
Oklahoma Boomers.

A meeting or Payne's Emporia Ok
lahoma colony, Camp No. 2, met at
Wells Bros. Office Friday. Captain
George Cooper was reelected presi-
dent; W. II. Hunt. secretary; W. A.
Willis corresponding secretary, and
NJ Birdsall, treasurer. A large nzm-
Der OF rousing letters were read from
all sections of the country. and the
Camp is in thriving condition. The
meeting adjourned to meet Wednesday
night.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

GOVERNOR MARTIN found out,
among other things, how keener than
a serpent's tooth is the monster. in
gratitude. He says:
When one has been in public life for
some years, and has had it ia his power
to bestow favors, he finds out how brief
is the measure of most mems graft
tude. There are many fine exceptions
to the rule, but it is, nevertheless, the
rule that gratitude is lively sense of
favors to come. and very brief Tecol-
lection of favOIs done.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

AND now the Seminoles, following
the example of the Creeks, offer to cede
to the government two million acres of
land. Everybody but congress is favor
able to the occupation Of that country
by the people. What is congress for,
nuvw.fvp
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

THE frightful catastrophe that befell
the Park Central hotel of Hartford,
Connecticut, in the bursting of her
"biler" ought to be a warning to the
Kansas legislature to secure heating
plant for the state capitol outside the
building. The house ought to sit down
on the senate resolution of some days
ago providing for heating plant in
the building. Boilers will burst some
times, and the danger from such possi-
bic accidents ought to be reduced to a
minimum
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

ST.. LOUIS butchers refused to handle
Armour's beef, preferring, as they had
always done, to buy and butcher their
own stuff. Such insolence was too
much for Armour, who has resorted to
his old scheme of setting up number
of rival retail market stores, to drive
out Ut bring to terms the local butch
ers. In the end his bulldOzing tactics
are bound to win. as they do wherever
he employs them. And that is the sort
Of thing a few Kansas papers are up
holding as meritorious and beneficial to
the whole people.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

A LITTLE winter weather like this is
refreshing. Two or three days ago the
boys were having incipient attacks of
spring fever. The weather clerk, like
other managing fellows, sometimes
overdoes a good thing.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

A CHRISTIAN science woman at
Wichita proposes to heal the sick by
virtue of her knowledge of the rela-
tions between man and God. The sur
prIsing thing about this item is
that the lady should locate in a town
where so few people are supposed to
have any relations whatever to God or
Heaven.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

IT seems likely that Window will be
in Harrison's cabinet. He is ostensi-
bly, a westerner, and will pose as a
Minnesotan. Really, he is New
Yorker, where he has been living for
some time, and where his money is
invested. Mr.. Window will represent
Wall street far more than he will
Minnesota or the west.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

THE Kansas City Journal pirates
about the competition at Kansas City
between the local packers and ship
pers as sufficient to insure the former
full market price for his live stock.
What blessing the live stock market
is, and how thankful the farmer should
be for the market price now prevailing.
But for the competition spoken of in
the Journal he would get scarcely
enough to pay for hauling his stock to
market. 1t is doubtful if he would not
be compelled to give chrome with
each steer, to get a car load off his
hands
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

SIR JOHN MCDONALD proposes to
allay the annexation fever among the
Canucks by importing during the sum-
mer an English prince to stir up en-
thusiasm and awaken the old love for
roy atty. Bring the Prince of Wales,
Sir John. He may not enthuse the
men greatly, but the women, ah, there
he is irresistible. Get the women Sc
curely anchored. and the men will be
perfectly safe.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

GEORGE MARTIN, who roars SO VIC
lently when there is talk of changing
the name of his town to Wyandotte. a
far better and more sensible name than
Kansas City, Kansas, fairly roasts the
people of Davis county because they
don't change that name to something
else. George has suggestion of gall.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

OF course Cleveland still believes in
tariff reform. A man as obstinate.
stubborn aud inflexible as his political
opponents credit him with being
could not be expected to do otherwise.
The people however, don't seem TO be
very eager jussnov for tariff reform.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

WHAT a pity that gentlemen who
have lost valuable horses will be COM
PEELED to lynch the thieves without leg
islative sanction, as of old. An obsti-
nate legislature that refused to grant
a petition praying for authority to so
dispose Of horse stealers is the dire
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21
so It moved that the question be laid
over for the present.

THE John Baltimore" matter got
an airing>in Topeka yesterday, but
John took good care to keep out of the
way. AS result, w. T. Cavanaugh
was found guilty OF attempting to
blackmail and was held over for trial
in the sum of 81 600.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

Ex-GovERNoR MARTIN, in his paper,
the Champion, uses the following rath-
er vigorous language: 'sThe dressed
beet monopoly has done the farmers of
Kansas more damage than ali the
drouths that have ever powdered the
state. II has wrought more ruin on
Kansas farms than all the locust in
vsslons the state has ever KNOWN
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

SINCE the Kansas legislature cor
rallied itself at the capitol, the word
roar has obtained general currency
in the newspapers in describing the
lurid and violent outbursts so prevalent
there. A member now ''roars" where
he used to ''bawl" or shout.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

GENERAL HARRISON and family will
bid farewell to Indianapolis Monday
next at noon. and start for Washing
ton, where they will arrive Tuesday
afternoon. This will give the general
Eve days in which to try on his new
suit and get ready for the inaugural
hall
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

Dean Adams soon goes TO Chicago to
work in the vineyard where he says he
will have "a broader field of influence
He regrets leaving Wichita, but be-
lievee that in doing 81 he feels pres
sure Of the Divine hand. Tie Dean
goes TO town where be can have his
schnapps regularly. That Is shout
what he means
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21
Ir Is said that General Harris

IT is said that General Harrison is
thinking seriously of calling General
Noble of st. Louis, and an old class
mate of his, to the cabinet. 1t is pre-
sumed that, If called, he will be made
attorney general. A great point in his
favor is that he is free from fractional
entanglements.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

WE mont think the Kansas herd
book viii be dramatized, but if some
ingenious fellow would dramatize the
proceedings OF the ''fool legislature, -
the success OF his ''farce'' would i'm
mortalize him.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

You may as well take something to
break the Oklahoma fever. Take a
pair of mules and a plough and go to
work. You are wasting time in sitting
around waiting for a bill to pass in
congress. 1t wont pass. 1t has too
many enemies, open and secret. 1t
has one chance in a thousand, no
more. If you have anything to do, 60
about it. If not, find something.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

WHEN the legislature two years ago
placed the age Of consent in females at
eighteen, it went too far and did an
absurd thing. When the senate few
days ago sought to remedy the foolish
law, it went too far in the other direc-
tion in fixing it at twelve.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

WE are beginning to find out now
that 80, 900 plurality is not much of a
for cabinet appoint
ment. The glory of being a banner
state seems rather cold and cherries
in these wintry days of cabinet making.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

THE six and ten per cent interest
bill was recommended for passage yester
day by the senate committee of the
whole. The forfeiture is double the
amount of the usury exacte1. a rather
light penalty.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

fer frivolous amendments on the spur
Of the moment, not rejecting at all
that the measure had been debated
and considered at length In the COM
mittee room. These are the fellows
whose names we meet SO often in the
daily reports of the proceedings, and
who are such pests In the bodies af-
fiicted by them. A few such jaw
smiths are enough to earn for the whole
body the epithet so often heard when
/ the legislature is spoken of.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

THE New York World emissarY
Stevens, the bicyclist, has embarked to
80 in search of Stanley. If the Herald
or Sun cates to advertise itself it may
after awhile send some one in search
OF Stevens.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

THE Leavenworth Times says: sit
is a source of qualification TO know
that the penitentiaIy investigation has
closed. Most of the testimony reads
Is If it had been furnished by Eli Per-
-I,;Da =,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

/. THE EMPoKIA NEWS is a republican
paper, but Notwithstanding that it
mixes great big chunks of good hard
sense with its politics. 1t is one of
the very best papers in Kansas.-Bur-
lington Independent.
Thanks- aWfnIly
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

THE question of the hour seems to be:
DO representatives representative
peka Capital.
Sometimes they do and sometimes
they don't. 1t depends on circumstan-
ces whether they do or don't.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

THE prohibitionist and union labor
parties talk of joining hearts and
hands. The union might be regarded
as political miscegenation, but it is not.
Both parties drink more or less.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

THE secretary of the navy is con-
tracing for three thousand tons of
coal, to be sent to the Samoan Islands.
That indicates business, and shows
that Uncle Sam means to stand by his
rights in the islands. 'Rah for Uncle
Sam
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

THE Leavenworth Standard calls on
Governor Humphrey to reappoint Cap
tain Smith warden of the penitentiary
and give George Case something else il
he has to have 1t.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

WINDOWS chances for the treasury
are now regarded as good, Let the
Kansas legislature send another delega
ton to indianapolis and Window will
ret there sure.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

THERE'S a body of Christians in
Minnesota who believe that Chsist is
on earth now. 1t can't be. Else he
would have visited the Kansas legisla-
kure before now.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

BLAINE will inherit the Samoan
question and will be given at the COM
mencement of his career a chance to
display his skill in diplomacy, and in
executing vigorous foreign policy"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

KLEIN, the newspaper man who was
such sharp thorn in Bismarck's side
is just returned from Samoa. Now we
will hear the truth of it. 1t may cost
rs fifty cents admission, but we will
hear it.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

AN inquest should be ordered to as
certain the degree of lunacy affecting a
young Wichita attorney who refused
the position of district attorney for
Kansas.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21
PATENTSl

Patents, Caveats and Trede-sEarks procured,
Rejected Applications revived and prose
suited. All business before the United States
Patent Omca promptly attended to for nod
crate fees, and no charge made unless pesent
- secured. send for .slfgVENTCE'6 4Q4DE-s
ERAEKETN 81. HOuGH,
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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

THE house committee of the whole
recommended for passage yesterday
the meat inspection bill. So far, well
done. Now keep the ball rolling.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

WHENEVER a motion is made in
the house to limit debate. the wind
bags jump on it with both feet and
pulveriZe it.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

The Lawrence Journal throws it's
influence in favor Of the appointment
of Mrs, Dudley Haskell postmistress
Of Lawrence.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

To down its western competitors, es-
pecially Chicago, New York has made
q cut in staple dry goods.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

BEFORE long the train boys when ar
irving at Chicago, will sing out,
Twenty minutes for refreshments
and divorce. -
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

THE chief enrolling clerk of the
house of representatives is breezy old
chap as you will see from an account Of
that pentleman's conduct elsewhere.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

THE house, figuratively speaking sat
down on Potwin Place yesterday. 'Rah
for the honse. 1t does a sensible
thing now and. then.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

CABINET possibilities are as plenti-
full as ever, but their chances are
grown very slender, indeed.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

How many other villages on the bor-
derof Lyon county want to become
county seatsl
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

The Atchison Globe says the meat
packers have bought the legislature
and that nothing will be done for the
uaoDIe
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

FRANCE is wrestling with another
crisis. Like Sheridan with his cough,
she ought to be used To them but is not.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-21

LINCOLN was six feet four in height.
Harrison is five feet tive. Make what
comments you please on these facts.