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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-03
Ssas-ae-a 20 Tsa Years.

KANSAS CITY. Sept ga special
from Olathe. Kansas, TO the Star says:
To-day the court sentenced John
Chesse 10 ten years in the penitentiary,
Cor completely In the robbery of Ed.
Hyatt. near Merriam. last July, in
which John Chambers. the principal.
was killed by Hyatt. The court also
gave j. u. Meade two years for an al
legged criminal assault upon Miss Anna
Tuilaugh. near Gardiner, a few months
aEO. Meade is Il wears CID
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-03
EOnvanaann

NEW York, Oct. 1.-THE trienniaI
general convention of the American
Professionals of the Episcopal church
viii assemble at st. Georges church
to-day. There viii be several impor-
ernmenfs and the liturgy placed before
the ponvarfif,u
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-03

From observations taken at Law
renee during the month of September,
Prof. Snow has made the following
statements. September. 1889, was the
coolest on our record except 1858, and
the rainfall was 50 per cent above the
average for thai month. The FIRST
frost OF the season occurred the 27th,
i've days earlier than the average date
The rain fall aggregated 500 inches.
being 1.58 inches above the average.
The entire rain fallof the eight months
Of 1883, up TO Sept /, amounts to 500
inches.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-03
Secretary Rush DoubsnuI OF S0rxhuua
sugar

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3O.-Secretary
of Agriculture Rush has returned to
the city after an inspection of the mills
for the manufacture of sugar from
sorghum cane by the new diffusion
process When asked if the new pro-
cess had proved success, Secretary
Rush replied: Il cannot say that It
has as yet. The government chemists
stationed at the mills, are at work to
IND ways or improving on the results
be done am Yerv doubtful about the
profit Of making sugar from sorghum
cane. Three or four of the chemists,
however. are still hopeful of favorable
result
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-03
suIIiVmo,s Syanidaocv.

BosToN, Sept. 3O.-The Globe states
that a meeting the Seventy-fourth
district democrats was held at the
Sherman house yesterday in the inter-
est of John l.. Sullivan's candidacy for
congress in that district. Eulogistic
speeches were made and plans laid for
securing the champions nomination at
the expiration of Hon. j. H. O'Neill' 3
term
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-03
WaahInrtonN e1un

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-The president
notified the members of his cabinet
this morning that there would be no
meeting to-day, but he would expect
to meet them as usual Friday after
noon. Private Secretary HaIord said
the the meeting was omitted because
the president saw no necessity for
holding it.
A committee representing the grand
united order of Odd Fellows called on
the president this morning and invited
him to review the parade of that 6fder
on the 10Th instant. The president
said that he would be glad to do SO.
The secretary of state is Informed
that the cholera in epidemic form has
appeared at Bagdad and various
places on the Euphrates. BAs
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-03
Dasarovad Rfre

SAN LUIS OBIsPo. Gala. oct. The
village of Cambria in the northwestern
part of this county was almost entire
~ destroyed by fire yesterday. No
lives were lost. The total loss is about
s125, 600, insurance about So. 900. The
cause OF the fire Is unknown.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-03

Of the executive board in this city is a
regular one and net called to consider
any general or local misunderstanding,
as he knows of none OF anv conse-
GueDce existing. He has no informa-
ton of an anti-Powderly meeting to be
held by disconnected Knights Of La
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-03

SAN FRANCISCO, Gala. Oct. 1.-The
Chronicle claims that the J.J. Heffer-
nan who figured in the Cronin case
and who was Desmond's companion in
the east, Ii a bar keeper in this city
working under the name of Richard /.
HnffarnaO
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-03

WASHINGTON. Sept. 27.-The annual
report ofthe Utah commission has
been received by Secretary Noble. This
commission. made under the authority
of congress, has general supervision of
All the elections in the territory and is
generally Entrusted with the inforce-
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-03
The Flack case

NEW YORK, Oct. LIN part of the
court of the general sessions this morn
ing before Judge Gfldersleeve, Sheriffs
James A. Flack, Joseph Weeks and
Judge Ambrose Mcneil were held for
So, 900 bail each and Will Flack and
Geo. W. Hart in 50 900 bail each, to
plead to the indictments charging
them with conspiracy and perjury on
Wednesday next.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-03

ST. LOUIS. Oct. General Master
Workman Powderiy Of the knights Of
Labor arrived here this morning. In
an integvieN. he said that the meeting
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SYRACUSE. N. Y, Oct. 1.-Particu-
lars of smashed slate on account of
the opposition of New York candidates.
are the only topics of discussion this
morning. It is said that both Tam
many and the county democracy will
support Senator Foley as candidate
for the attorney genera1ship.
The convention was called to order
at 1915 and Edward A. Jones was
elected temporary chairman. In adj
dressing the convention, Lieut.. Gov.
Jones eulogized the administration of
President Cleveland. declared the par
tvs adherence to the principles pro-
mulgated in the democratic platform
of 1885, and anathemized the means
aud methods used by the republican
party in the national election of 1888.
After the speech was finished the
usual committees were appointed and
recess taken until 5 O'Clock
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-03
mnraer ~ 1870.

GRAND RAPEDs, Mich. Oct. g.
Early this morning Arthur RscksEt (
sbot BIS wife in the left temple and
t1sez shot himself ID the head dVzE
lrEfznt14. Mrs. Bickert Wztl t4i1I,5=.7
la.izr S. assigned FOR The tE nss
ze1f3 - az7-
70 30 nlI7
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-03

Bos1oN, Oct 1.-Atehison is paying
OF its coupons to-day. The funds to
meet the payment were deposited in
the bank Saturday,
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q large amount of hay is new being
marketed il the city That -eut since
the last rains is selling at $3.50 per
ton. while that which was cut earIisr
bFip
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-03

Special Daily News:
SUPERIOR, Nel1., Oct. IA furry of
of snow fell here to-day. Thermome
ter is falling rapidly.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-03
VOL. 30. NO. 40

returns are in to know the result for
governor and congressman.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-03
AT SEATTLE.
MoNTAEA ELEcrEosT.

HELENA, Mont, Oct. 1-Since last
night the feeling throughout Montana
was that the Democrats would carry
the state and bulletins received from
all important points to-day and this
evening confirmed this feeling and at
o'clock this evening when the polls
closed. the Democratic managers
claimed the state, while not yenturing
on figures in this city. The republic
cans scratched the ticket badly while
the democrats voted straight. The
same reports come from all over the
territory. save In Choteau county
where Il is thought Toole. democrat,
viii run behind Power 9publican, for
governor.
The election was conducted under
the Australian Law. and 70 tha surprise
of everyone, tire votes we're pclIed very
rapidly, nearly all the voting being
done By noon.
Rep0Ets from all sections Of the ter
rss0ry indicate that there was no d.
order Of any kind. The fieEez 5. 4 IcE-E
ppe ana 1t vii 11e lz7f Ee
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-03
SOUTH DAKOTA.

DELL RAPIDS, s. D., Oct. PRO
ition carried by 123. Sioux Falls
hib AS for the capital, against 70 for
hasre.
Sioux FALLS, S. D., Oct. 1.-The
capital committee feel positive that
Sioux Falls is victorious for the cap
ital, but 3 change may possibly throw
the prize TO Pierre. Returns up TO
noon place Sioux Falls, 1000; Huron,
4, 600; Pierre, 5000. with Black Hills,
Pierre stronghold, not heard from.
Prohibition carried by 2.000. The full
republican ticket is elected, by major
titles ranging from {, COO TO 10, 600.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-31
OSTRICH FARMING.
pLUCKING THE BIRDS oN.A CALL
FORNIA RANCH.
Struggles of the Birds-Pulling the
Fenthcrs-DeXtcrity Necessary
Value of the Crop
OF Plumcs.

A pluck at the Kenilworth ostrich farm
having been announced for Monday, u
party of visitors took the train from
Los Angeles for the scene of this un-
familiar form of harvesting. The
ostrich farm which is situated about
seven miles northeast of Los Angeles,
occupies very pretty valley ut the foot
of one of the coast ranges, not far from
the Burbank station, on the Southern
Pacific Railroad.
The ostriches are confined in number
of large corrals, in which the birds have
free room to run about scoop out their
primitive nests and make themselves gen.
orally quite at home. Four of these
corrals are occupied by pairs of full
grown imported birds, at the present time
occupied in laying eggs, In other cor
rails are young birds, natives of California,
which appear to be quite rs healthy and
promise to be us fine us their African
parents
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-31

Some of the readers have no doubt
frequently made use of the expression
''quick us thought" but have any of
them ever stopped to consider how quick
thought isl A writer in the MnetcenM
Century has made some interesting cal
culations regarding the comparative
length OF time it takes to call to mind
various everyday facts.
1t takes about two tifths of Il sc ond
to call to mind the country in which a
well-known town is situated, or the,
language in viii h familiar author
wrote. We can think of the name of
next month in half the time we need to-
think of the name of last month. 1t
takes OH the average onc-.hird of q
second to add numbers consisting of one
digit, and half a second to multiply them.
Such experiments give us considerable
insight into the mind.
Those used to reckoning can add two.
to three i'll less time than others; those
familiar with literature can remember
more quickly than others that Shakes.
peare wrote '.Iiamlet. 1t takes longer
to mention month when season has
been mentioned than to say to what
month Il season belongs
The time taken up in choosing q mo-
ZION, the Will Time, can be measured
rs well as the time taken up in perceiy-
ing. If I do not know which of two
colored lights is to be presented and
must lift my right hand if it be red and
my left if it be blue, | need about one
thirteenth of n second to initiate the cor.
rect motion. l have also been able to
register the sound waves made in the air
by speaking, and thus have determined
that In order to call up the name te-
longing to n printed word I need about
one-ninth of second, to letter one
sixth of second, to q picture one-quarter
of n second and to color one. third of o.
second.
A letter can be seen more. quickly than
word, but we are so used to reading
aloud that the process has become quite
automatic, and a word can be read with
greater ease and in less time than letter
can be named. The same experiments
made on other persons give times diaer-
ing but little from my own. Mental
processes, however, take place more
slowly in children. in the aged aud in the
uneducated.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-31
Figs n Mass OF FInMers.

Most of you who read this have eaten
figs, dried aud pressed fiat and put in q
box. Few have seen them growing
Those who have know that they seem to
bud out from the ends Of twigs without
the sign of blossom. Unadorned by
calyx or corolla, the little bud-like fig
assumes pear shape, which it maintains
to maturity. But does the fig-tree
blooml Yes, within the fig itself. ''Full
many u Hover is born to blush unseen"
but not to "waste its sweetness Oh the
desert air." for sweetness Of favor and
beauty of color are developed and stored
away by this unhiddcn inllorescence.
Let one who cares to be curious take Il
small green fig and cut it lengthwise.
Now, with IL good glass examine the
cavity that is found within. Notice that
the cavity is not quite closed Mt the up
per or large end OF the fig, and that
very small insc t could easily pass into
and out of it.
Let the observer now examine the
walls of the cavity. He Will find il
composed mostly of denscly packed,
thread-like projections pointing upward
toward the opening. A little acquaint-
ance with the parts OF perfc t flower
will enable one to dlssect those threads
and discover in them the essential parts
of n perfect flower. After studying
these minute flowers examine the pro
jections near the orfice; notice that
there is q circle of them that are not so
long and are broader than those Just eX-
amincd, aud by careful study will he
found to consist OF parts of = flower,
sterile in themselves, but necessary to
the other parts below. 1t will lie no
ticed, too, that they point downward,
as if to meet the fertile projections.
Now the observer will see that the
green fig is nothing but mass of flowers
almost completely enclosed in fleshy
matured fig. Upon opening it will be
found masses Of seed enc osed in succu-
lent pericarps in the place Of the fertile
flowers, while the sterile seem to have
dried away. The manner in which the
fig blossoms are hidden away in their
receptacle renders them more than ordi-
narily difficult TO fertilize, and properly
owing to this difficulty such Il thing as a
barren Zig tree has become historic.
It Is no uncommon occurrence for iie
trees to cast their fruit before maturity,
which is no doubt owing to imperfect
fertilization. in many parts of Asis
they have long praciiced placing
branches of the wild fig, in flower, Over
the cultivated fig tree, to insure fertiliza-
ton and maturity of the fruit. Insect,
are known to have entered the recepta-
Gle as described abo land by this mean:
pollen from other trees has been known
to fertilizc the cultivated varieties, and
acting upon this fact, in some places,
sti ks are thrust into the op cning in thu
receptacle. We propagate figs now from
cuttings. Why can we not do so from
seed, ard by cross fertili alton improve
the varieties, which cannot be done from
cuttings.-Lo, Angeles (CM.) HeraU.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-31

The dressing of store windows is fast
become n fine art. There are wide diff
fcrences in the big store windows &C.
cording to the locality. 1t will pay q
lover of colors, even il they are oftimes
bizarre in hues and arrangement, to take
a stroll along the various dry goods
blocks. All the colors Of the rainbow
can be seen in the windows there. The
Grand street buyer likes radiant colors
and wants the material good. The ar
raneements of ribbons, silks, satins, etc..
are often exceedingly line. If from
there the observer strolls up Broadway
and the cross streets in which the large
retail stores abound he will see more
subdued diversity of colois. The win
dow dressing occasionally reaches to
artistic completeness. There is an mp.
town jewelers. window which is remark
ably pretty. The dresser thereof has the
knack, SO to speak, OF attracting atten-
ton. His latest display is the interior
of log cabin, supposed 10 represent one
of the Tippecanoe days. The fireplace
has log ornaments, while its flames and
peat are represented by bcwildering
array of opals and diamonds. The silk
hangings and other ornaments all carry
out the idea, which is completed by a
bronze figure of darkey playing q
banjo, seated near the chimney corner.
THERE'S good deal of pleasure to be
got in keeping ones eyes open.-Neu
York Str.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-31
Value of Ashes.

"How much are unleached hardwood
ashes worth per bushel to use on land
which is worth $3.50 per acre. and when
hay is selling at $12 per TONI" asks a
reader in central Vermont, of the Me,o
England Fdrmer. and the following re-
ply is made "Ashes vary greatly in
their actual value and in their selling
price according to the kind of wood
burned and their freedom from sand,
earth and charcoal. The best hard
wood ashes often contain nearly ten per
cent. of potash while those from some of
the softer woods may show less than
three per cent, though it is claimed by
some that soft wood ashes are not SO in
fcrior as many believe, but being lighter
than those from hardwood ashes they
are easily lost by being blown away
while burning. The ashes from small
twigs arc much richer than those from
the trunk OF the trees. 1t is estimated
that average ashes will contain from four
to five pounds of potash in bushel of
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-31
vnlnc Of Forest Rnnne.

The value of forest range for feel
ing cattle is not well understood. even
III the South, where large areas OF forest
are put 10 the purpose OF ranging stock
Ill the summer, and which thus provides
the cheapest pasture for six months in
the year. There the forest is burned
over, with The wasteful sacrifice of mil
lions Of dollars worth of the costliest
plant food in the form OF organic nitro.
gen, a d Of many millions worth of tim
Der, and for the sake of the sparse growth
OF grass. At the same time the leaves of
the young growth are worth per acre
more than twice as much rs any other
forage except timothy grass, and arc
worth one-lalf more than this. And vet
Southern forest lands covered with the
finest timber and of the richest soil, but
little incumbercd with rock, can he pro-
cured for ess than the taxes on the ma
iority Of grass and clover fields in the
North. This being the case, the present
popular desire to preserve the forests"
should be especially needed by the
Southern farmers, who hold on an aver
age several hundred acres each. -M,o
YORK. inns.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-31

Plucking the birds is by no means n
light undertaking. The one thing which
makes ostriches manageable at all is that
they cannot either fly or leap, or if they
can they are not aware of their powers.
Hence an ordinary post and rail fence five
feet high is sufficient to continc birds
standing perhaps seven feet high, even
when they are making the most desperate
efforts to escape from the hands Of their
spoilers. But if they cannot fly they can
run and kick, and kick from one of
their great strong legs is an experience
which nobody cares to try. Thus in
catching them it is always necessary care
fully TO avoid getting in front of them,
for they can only kick straight forward
When plucking is to begin three men
enter the corral and approach the birds.
They try 10 get the one they wish TO catch
up into corner, but MS the bird soon
sees that his best chance lies in keeping
i'll the open. he races first down one side
of the corral, then up the other, making
it appear ms though it were an almost
hopeless task to try and catch him. His
strides are enormous, but his great feet
and the muscles of his thighs are so
strong that he comes along with II
strangely easy, springy gait, in which
very little is seen of the foolish awkward
ness which is the first characteristic to
strike strangers when they see the bird ut
rest
After several quite vain attempts to
reach the bird us he runs past, the quick
est of the men throws himself upon one
nj ths hitnn un1 la irct
perhaps, finds himself sprawling on the
ground, with II handful of broken feathers
to reward him for his pains. Soon, how
ever, somebody is fortunate enough to
get good hold, and by the time he has
been dragged half way round the in
closure the other two men also are to be
seen firmly attached to some part of the
body or wings of the bird. Then sack
is rapidly produced from the belt OF one
of the men and slipped over the head and
long neck, at the lower end of which it
is loosely tied. This greatly facilitates
matters, and it is now no very difficult
job to steer the strangc-looking creature
into II corner of the corral which has been
prepared for its reception. Here the
fence has been strengthened with strong
deal boards, and another heavy board is
all ready to be swung around in such
n way as to enclose the bird and
his captors in small corner, in which
no great amount of struggling is possible.
The first bird plucked was an old
male The Young birds for the first two
years OF their life are all the same gray
color which the females continue for
their lives, out the males, after they arc
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-31

drawing it toward him over-the body OF
the bird he selects the feathers which he
considers marketable, and grasping them
one by one firmly in his hand gives them
good hard pull and out they come. First
the great white plumes, then the smaller
whites and then the larger blacks. 1t
must be somewhat painful operation for
the bird, as the feathers have u tight hold
and the wing bleeds more or less at most
points from which several feathers adjoin-
ing one another have been drawn. Every
now and then renewed struggle on the
part of the ostrich and an effort, not
always unsuccessful, to shake off the sack
which is over his head, bears witness to
his not relishing the situation.
as fast as the feathers are pulled, and
this is done very quickly, they are handed
over the fence to u man standing close by
with box. Then the ladies have their
chance. The amount of discussion which
is required before the onlookers can de-
eide which of the feathers is most worthy
to he chosen to remind them of the oc-
casion is surprising. First nothing less
than one of the great white plumes ut the
end of the wing is good enough, and rs
these are selling to-day Mt from 81 to So
they are cheap enough. But when looked
ut in the hand it is found--surprising
fact that the feathers do not grow curlcd
and washed and ready to be worn on hats,
and presently smaller feather Of white
and gray prettily blended, is espicd fall
ing into the box. These vary in price
from twenty five to fifty cents, or in the
case of very line ones reach 81; but Just
us the purchase is on the point of com
pletion and the fair buyers hand is search
ing among the small coins in a lengthy
purse for one of just the right dimensions,
she becomes aware that her next neighbor
has secured quite pretty little feather for
ten cents; "fcally quste good enough to
keep as IL mcmcnto." And so the strug-
gle ends, and economy is triumphant.
Meanwhile the two wings have been
plucked, and the tail, which produces
feathers shorter than the best wing
pittines nut mucn wlucr-sucn rs are uscu
for the best tips. Then the sack is re-
moved, and the board which encloscs the
party having been swung back, the bird
is set loose, II queer, curtailed- looking
monster, shorn of his glory, but probably
i'll a day or two much more comfortable
i'll hot weather ut any rate-for being
freed from the burden of his great, heavy
plumes.
Care has to be'talien again rs the sack
Is removed that he docs not reward his