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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-28
A Candidate Wantsd.

A reward of nine York shillings is
hereby offered for candidate for the
mayoralty of this city, providing man
can he found to suit the requirements
and do satisfactory service. He will
draw no salary, but will be entitled to
the usual emoluments of the Office,
consisting mostly OF the unstinted ''cus-
ses" of his ungrateful fellow citizens.
No one will be entitled to the reward
who has not lived at least six months
at the forks of public road in some of
the western states or who has not
had the small pox. One glass eye will
not be Objectionable unless too much
can be seen with the other. Preference
will be given to a man of large exper-
fence in attending to other peoples
business and who is not less than
ninety years of age. No man acquaint-
ed with metropolitan life need apply.
The candidate will be reQun ed to
have sufficient energy to balance him
self upon an uneven side walk in the
dark of the moon. He will be eXpec CT
ed to favor a repeal of the COW ordi-
nance, also return to the first princi
pies of economic life, by the discontinue
ance of the use of gas and electric
lights for street purposes, opposition
TO sewerage. and in favor of an Occupa-
tiun tax upon all business houses ex
cept drug stores. Must be popul; T
negative man with no fixed opinions
OF his own that he dare express above
whisper. His ears sho uld be OF
reversible kind as he will be expect
ed to turn their deaf side to the wants
of the people and at the same time
listen to the still small voices of the
ringsters who chew their oats at the
public crib.
Apply by letter. No communication
will be noticed unless accompanied by
the candidates photograph and Il pos
tage stamp. Bow BACK.
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WHAT as THE RESULT

Sol Miller thinks that there is a
reason why the legislature wanted to
cut down the appropriations for the
university. The cause. he thinks, is
in certain professor whom he calls
the Jonah of the institution, man
who teaches a doctrine not in accord
with the ideas of an overwhelming ma
joriry of the people of the state. OF
course he alludes to Professor Garfield
1t is strange that if such were the
case, no legislator alleged it
as a reason for opposing the appro-
priatiOn asked for. The appropria-
ton for the Normal was cut down also.
That institution has no Jonah, no
teachers of what Sol would consider
political heresy. Why was there re-
duction in the latter case? For pre-
cisely the same reason as in the case
of the university, to-wit, desire to
economic. That and nothing more.
tree. He seems to be crack
Drained on the subject of protection
and would if he could, take Professor
Garfield by the nape of the neck and
the seat of his trowsers and pitch him
headlong out of the university, because
he does not teach his pupils ideas
agreeable to his higness. King Sol
The veteran editor should have more
Lense.
So far as results show, the professor
has not done the cause of protection
any harm, unless Sol will contend thai
but for him the plurality at the last
election would have been 100 900 o.
upwards, instead of $1,000. In thu
light of this result, why so much kick.
ing about the professor? If he is the
arcn enemy to the state and its vel
fare Sol represents him to be, wherein
does it appear but in the columns o
the Troy ChiefP The professor mus
do something more than has so far ap
peared, to show that he is harming pro
lection, before we can agree with Solo
mon.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-28
THE INAURANCE oUESr1o,

The insurance companies that have
incurred the suspicion and distrust of
Commissioner Wilder, appear to have
found willing advocate in Burton, the
prairie statesman, watch dog, friend of
the people, and so forth, from that ge-
ographical point Abilene. Whatever
may be the fate Of the bill championed
by Burton to cripple the commission
er's power in dealing with fraudulant
insurance companies, it is a well-known
fact that that official has rendered the
state most valuable services in apply
ing the knout to all the wildcat COM
panies that sought to plumber and rob
the people of the state. He has dashed
them out one afteE another, even as
the Son of God dashed the money
changers from the temple. They have
inspired the bill taking from the COM
missioner authority to deal in a sum-
mary manner with their cnt-throat
games, and Burton is their tool and
advocate, as was boldly flung in his
teeth on the floor of the house. The
people have not made any complaint
against the commissioner. No, the
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-28
TIE uLAwYERSo AND ssBANK.
ER60

THE s.LAWYERS'' AND SHANK
ERB.'s
Noble Prentis makes some caustic
comments on the senate's action in the
matter Of an interest law. There are,
he says, two parties to this question in
the senate. The smaller one contend
ing vigorously for law against usury,
and the larger party, called the bank
ers,' opposing it just as vigorously.
The theory of the bankers" is that
money is q commodity" and that
borrowers polite for beggarsl should
not be choosers." One senator had
the courage to say that his bank did
business on a basis of "a per cent, and
that he felt no computations visitings
on account Of it.
The other party, dubbed the law
yers," hold that usury is wrong in
principle, and opposed to the law of
God and man. They claim that west
elm counties have been depopulated by
the plundering of ''cut-throats, "Shy-
locks'' and ''money-sharks." Advert
ing to their revelations on this subject
Prentis says:
''Some of the stories told of these on
| the floor of the senate, and more par
| ticularly in the lobby and smoking
room, were frightful. Shylock, had he
possessed the disposition of these fell
| lows, would not only have demanded a
| pound of this same merchant 8 flesh.
but he would, somehow, have gotten
it, and he would, in addition, have
ground up Antonio's bones for fertil-
iZers."
Yet narrowing as these narratives OF
cold bIooded rapacity are, the writer
adds that whatever law is passed on
the subject will be harmless" and
merely intended to show a formal com
pliance with the demands of the party
platform.
There Is nothing at all in this to bt
wondered at. The people had theil
eyes open when they elected the ''banl
ers". These lattergentlemen are simply
representing their constituents. If any
one should complain of their conduct
the retort is obvious, "Why did YOU
elect me? am simply maintaining 6
policy here in the senate which car
ry into practice in your midst" What
answer can the constituent make Il
that? None, unless he is fool, which
he very probably is
The fault, if there be one, is not il
the bankers" but in the people, wht
in broad daylight elected them. The.
have no one to blame but themselves
If they wanted a change in the inter
est laws they should have elected mel
in sympathy with that idea, and no
men whose interests are all against it
You dont-unless you are jackass-
send a shoemaker to superintend tn
construction of job of masonry.
There should not be much sympath
wasted on the people who elected tn
bankers
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-28

IT may seem rather queer that the
state senate, body of grave and rev.
erend signors, should pass a bill re-
ducing the age of consent to twelve
years, and that afterward the house, a
body of younger, lustier and less
thoughtful men should knock the SEN
ate bill into smithereens. 1t is all in
the seeming, sir. There is nothing
queer about the action in the house.
The wisdom of the legislature is not
confined to that body. The house is
wise we know, but not a whit more so
than the other branch of the legisla-
ture. To the state press, that raised
its voice against the senate bill, is due
the credit for the speedy death given
it in the house. The latter body was
only the executioner that carried out
the decree of the press. Great is the
power of the press.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-28

The American navy is more fOrmid-
able and in better condition now than
at any time since the war. The Globe
Democrat comments faYorably on the
fact and praises 1.-The vigor and good
Judgment of Secretary Whitney, to
whom credit is due. But with cf1arac-
teristic awkwardness the Globe daubs
the handsome picture it framed of the
secretary by saying that he has done
no more than would have been done
had the republican party remained in
power. Well, that may be. But the
secretary's navy is an actuality, real
live and saucy. The Globes navy is a
superstition, guess, a phantom fleet.
While guessing, it may just as well
have said 20, pshawl what's that to
the navy we should have had if Blaine
we're elected" a big guess sounds bet
ter than a little one.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-28
Raird-Rankin.


Mr.. Thos. Baird and Miss Louie
Rankin were married Thursday at the
home of the BRIDES parents in Quene-
mo. Mr.. Baird is young man well
known in Emporia. He was raised
here. He left this city some time ago
to make his home in Saltwater, Mon
tana Miss Rankin is a young lady of
high character amiable and attractive.
They each have a large number of
friends and acquaintances in Emporia
and Quenemo, who wish them long life
and all the happiness Obtainable.
They start tomorrow, for their north
western home. May they find it a
pleasant one, and may there circle
around them there as many and as
warm friends as they leave behind.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-28
Wnman,s Discovery

Another wonderful discovery has
been made and that too by lady in
this county. Disease fastened its
clutches upon her for seven years she
withstood its severest tests. but her
vital organs were undermined and
death seemed imminent. For three
months she coughed necessarily and
could not sleep. She bought of us a
bottle of DIR. Kings new discovery for
consumption and was so much relieved
on taking first dose that she slept all
night and with one bottle has been
miraculously cured. Her name is Mrs.
Luther LutZ.'' Thus write w. G.
Hamrick & Co., of Shelby, n. C.-Get
n trial bottle at b. Wheldon's drug
store
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-28

MCNAUGET-TATE.-On the eve
ming of February Goth, in the parlors
of the Stoipe house, Madison. Kansas,
Mr.. Ira Mcknight of Chanute. Kan
sas. and Miss Mary Belle Tate, Of Mad
Ison, were united in marriage. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. F. D.
Altman of Emporia. Quite number
were present to enjoy the occasion and
the gifts were of a useful character
and beautiful. A bountiful supper
was served and at a late hour, after
many hearty congratulations and best
wishes for joy and happiness, the
guests departed. The newly welded
couple will make their future home al
Chanute, Kansas.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-28
Investment of Permanent School Fund.
TOPEKA, Kansas. Feb. 10. 1873!

4O6EhAs GU. To- 1OOSs
To County Superintendents:
The school fund commissioners, for
the investment of the permanent funds
under their control. hereafter will not
write bonds bearing a lower rate of in
terest than 6 per cent. Section l. chap
ter 143, session laws 1888, makes it the
duty of the commissioners in making
such investment, To give the prefer
ence to the bonds of the state of Kan
sas, school district bonds, and refund
ing bonds, when the same can b. pro-
cured most advantageOusly to the said
funds; but they shall not pay for any
state, school district, OF refundIng
bonds in any case greater sum than
the par value of the same, nor shall
they pay for any such bonds any great
er sum than the actual market price
thereof at the time of purchasing the
same" Therefore, in compliance with
the laws as above noted. the commits
siUnerS will not accept bonds bearing
lower rate of interest than per cent,
except those already written and sent
out from this Office on the blanks for
per cent bonds, which will be consid
cred without reference to the above
rule.
County superintendent. are re-
quested to notify all school districts
contemplating the Issuance of bonds of
this rule. and cause the infOrmation to
be published in their local papers.
Very respectfully,
GEORGE W. WINANs,
Sec'y School Fund Commissioners.
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KANSAS PATENTS.

The following is a list Of patents
granted to citizens Of Kansas for the
week ending February 18th, 1889:
ported specially for the EMPoRIA
DAILY NEWS through the ONCE of w.
A. Redmond, solicitor Of patents. So,
F. st. N. W. Washington. D. G.
D. C. Batty, Florence, water OF
liquid elevator.
S. c. Frederick. Areodia, metallic
roofing.
W. W. Krutch. Fort Scott, wood en-.
craving machine,
T. A. Mckee, Beloit, perpetual cal
ender.
c. o. Sumner and J. ]. Pullen
Scammonville, coal drilling machine.
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complaint comes from another source,
from the secretary of the kansas
Home Insurance company" whose an
thority to do business in the state was
revoked by the commissioner. Ormsbee
raised howl of pain and kicked up a
dreadful row. Wilder classes his COM
pany among the swindling wildcat
fakes and says that it shall no longer
plumber the people. That is the cause OF
the bill which Jay Burton espouses. II
he is wholly disinterested in doing so,
he must be wonderfully sympathetic
and partial to schemers.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-28
KANSAS NOTES.

Stinkumfusser runs a cheese factory
in Elk county.
The rapist is still abroad in Wichita.
Abilene will have a woman candi-
date for mayor.
An eight legged calf is the latest
sensation at AtchisOn.
Fort Scott is infested with shop lift
ers of the male persuasion.
Father Flanagan a Leavenworth
priest died suddenly at Topeka last
Sunday.
Burt Carver, Salina boy IS years
old was shot and killed accidentally
Tuesday by companion.
The Arkansas river is frozen to the
bottom. The ice is two and one-half
inches thick.-State Journal.
An orange train from Los Angeles
California passed through the state the
other day bound for the east.
Two thousand Topeka women filed
protest against the bill reducing the
age of consent to twelve years.
The people of Seward County refused
to vote $4,000 for court house
Lynching is good enough for those peo-
pie yet while.
"Optimistic clubs" whatever they
opinion of Governor Martin to make
that town boom as 1t never doomed be-
fore.
A Kansas City paper welcomes the
hegira to Oklahoma which it calls "a
clearing out sale'' for Kansas in which
she gets rid of a lot of shelf worn
goods.
1t is now known that Edgar T.
| Brown the missing Wichita real estate
man who was supposed to have been
foully dealt with, is alive and a de-
| faulter for a large sum owing to a
! Wichita bank.
Any sarcastic remarks from the HOr-
| ton Commercial make us feel very bad
| ", as such remarks always do, when
| coming from a man who doesn't know
enough to produce hole in the snow
by the -honored hydraulic process.
Sol Miller.
A young man calling himself Nelson
worked the merchants of TCpt ka and
Lawrence quite cleverly lately by forg-
ing checks for small sums of money
and getting them cashed by making
small purchases at the stores. lie got
away successfully.
The Atchison Globe says the meat
packers have bought the legislature.
| viii the Globe please Inform US
whether the members will he put OH
the market as steers or hogs? And
will they be inspected before they are
ressed?-LawrenceT Tribune.
The knights Of Pythias' OF Topeka
celebrated Tuesday night the twenty
fifth anniversary of their organization
in a grand and imposing manner. The
occasion was marked 10y the dedication
of their new Castle hall. after which a
grand ball was joined in by the
knights.
The only town in Kansas where the
standard of musical taste is sufficiently
elevated to appreciate sonata is Law
renee; Leayenworth is equal to noe
turne; Atchison can get away with Z
gavOtte; Topeka responds with enc0ur
aging spontaneitv to fantasia: :
waltz catches Emporia and catches il
hard; Newton revels in a quickstep
Wichita adores transcription; Wei
lington displays a penchant for fuMera
marches. while Arkansas City clamor!
for ''opery pieces. BUTTS.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-28

How considerable, how very philan-
thropic are the friends of the packing
houses. They are dreadfullY afraid
that if the meat inspection bill be-
comes a law it will injure Kansas
cattle and hogs in the market by caus-
ing them to he suspected of all man
ner of diseases. The trouble with
these fellows is that they want to az
que both sides of the question. That
is slightly hoggish. If we may be
slightly vulgar. The farmer is, or
thinks he is abundantly able to look
out for himself and if he finds out
that he has made mistake, knows
how to correct it.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-28

About the scurviest trick we have
heard of in a long while was perpetra-
ted F. i1ay night IS side issue t tae
brakeman's ball. "A smart young man
is the author of it, and his best girl the
victim. In expectation OF having q
glorious time at the ball she logged out
in a spiek and span new attire from
head to foot. He came according to
promise and away they went until, ar
irving at the rink door, he suddenly
stopped, and refused to go any further;
believed he did not want to 60 to the
ball; remembered that he had forgot
ten something else that needed attend
ing to; was very sorry. you know, but
hoped chs would not think msanly Of
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-28

A young lady over in southeast EN-
poria said before a number of ladies,
and in all earnestness too, that the
the State Normal was of no account
why" said she, great big fellows,
+twerty-three and four years old, who
are ashamed to go to the high school.
go to the Normal Is such state of
enlightenment possible in Kansas?
Yes, its fact.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-28

BEN BUTLER has made a discovery.
Nothing new for Ben. He has lately,
he thinks, found that Cleveland stole
votes enough from him in New York
four years ago to elect him. and that if
all the votes cast for Benjamin were
counted for him, as they should have
been, Blaine and not Grover would
have been elected. That may be, but
Ben is crying over spilled milk, and
that, as all the world knows, is very
childish. Ben must be in his do
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-28

THE doctors at Wichita are wrang-
ling in the newspapers over the pro-
posed law requiring diplomas. Those
with credentials favor it while those
without condemn il as absurd, unjust,
inquIsitorial and destructive to human
rights. The Pros call the Cons quacks
and montebanks. The Cons denounce
the Pros as accredited asses who AFRO
gate shamefully and want to limit
competition as much as possible for sell
fish purposes. And so the fight goes.
In the meantime the legislature does
~ zeal and assiduity.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-28

THE grand jury bill has passed both
houses, and now wants only the gov
ernor's signature to become a law.
Under its provisions counties are now
required to call a grand jury only once
in two years. No one will object to
that. 1t was an expensive and other
wise Objectionable luxury, whose pri-
mary object was the enforcement of the
prohibitory law. The legislature
might have gone a step farther aud
done away with it altogether.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-28

j. A. Greenlee, living about three
miles southeast of Americas on the
Neosho. will sell his cattle. hogs, horses
and farming implements at public auc-
ton next Monday, the 25th. Mr..
Greenlee has rented his farm and will
move his family to town Immediately
afte. the sale
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-28

FoR the first time in its long history
China has appealed to foreigners for
aid for its starving millions. Money
is being collected in New York ana
London for the stricken provinces. In
one region distress is caused by drouth
and destruction of crops. In another
by the overflow of river, the Yang
tse Kiang. So great is the restitution,
the government finds itself unable to
cope with it, hence appeals for help.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-28

Twenty years of suffering from ca
tarrh and catarrhal headache never
found anything to afford lasting re-
lief until tried Ely's Cream Balm,
have used two bottles and now consid-
er my catarrh cured. 1 have recon-
mended it to several of my friends with
like good, results.-D. 7. Higginson,
145 Lake street, Chicago, Ill.
Having used Ely's Cream Balm foi
arm and cold in the head, am salts
fed that it is first rate preparation
and would recommend it to anyone
affected. r. W. Cheever, Editor Her
aid. Clinton, Wis.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-28
The V.rdIct iJnanimous.

W. D. Suit. Druggist, Bippus$ Ind,
testifes: 81 can recommend Electric
BitteTs as the very best remedy. Every
bottle sold has given relief in every
case. One man took six bottles. ana
was cured of Rheumatism of 10 years.
standing. Abraham Hare. druggist.
Belliville, Ohio, affirms: THE best
selling medicine I have ever handled
in my 20 years experience, is Electric
Bitters.'' Thousands of others have
added their testimony, so that the
verdict is unanimous that Electric Bit
tiers do cure all diseases of the Liver
Kidneys or Blood. Only half dollar
a bottle at Ben Wheldon's Drug Store
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-28

AN account reached New Orleans a
few days ago of the destruction by vol
canic eruption of the city of San Jose.
the capital of Costa Rica, IN Central
America. Its fate is very similar to
that of POmpeii, being covered with
ashes and lava from a vexed volcano
in the neighborhood. The work of de-
struction began December 30th, and
continued until January 10th. The
town was well built, 1000 feet above
sea level, contained some splendid
buildings and a population of 90 900.
About 200 lives have been lost. The
ruin of the city is said to be complete.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-28

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 a few
days ago sought to remedy the foolish
law, 1t went too far in the other direc-
ton, In liking it at twelve.-Emporia
NEWS.
That is true and every sensible man
should acknowledge it. But the News
and Tribune are the only two papers
in the state that have had the nerve to
say it.-Lawrence Tribune.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-28

THE senatorial middle in West
Virginia ended yesterday to every
body's surprise in the election OF Ken
ma. What was regarded by many as
culpable obstinacy in him, now be-
comes honorable firmness and persis-
tency in what he conceived to be his
rights,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-28

There is nothing Italian about the
weather to-day, but it will strike 3
steadier gait IN day or two perhaps.
and then we shall forget the nipping
we got yesterday and to-day.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-28

PLATTE county, the only one in the
Fourth Missouri district that gave Will
son, the democratic candidate for con-
gress. majority, has not saloon in
1t. The majority in that county was
over 1900. This is the most astound-
ing thing that has occurred since ia
cob grazed his Uncle Laban's sheen.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-28

The sheriff took in man of suspi-
cious character Thursday morning
The fellow rode into town about day
light and tried to sell a small bay
horse he was riding. 1t had no saddle
and the bride was roped together. He
told several different stories and they
did not compare well.