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.'I - v n it ESTABLISHED IN 1857. EMPORIA, KANSAS, THURSDAY, JUNE .23, 1881. VOL.. 24 NO. 25. I I hot t ) A fe lt : Tl Uisv fares, HUM. watt Mow wife tan - Appt mad '. Virse ' If the letters oTT. Benton. Mordock to ttre Tftpeka Oommoo wraith maintain their present spicy flavor to the end of the series, the author will come to he known as the "wicked partner" of that evangel iral Institution. It's an iff wind that Mows nobody any good. The reported prevalence of small pox la Kansas City has sensibly dimin ished the receipts of some of the leading railroad lines centering at that point, bat It is doing a great work for the temper ance cause la this Bute. It to! that the total saving effected In the annual expenses of the Post Office DeparUaeet under the present adminis ration has run up to one million of dol lars. This Is doing moderately well for an officer who has been so unfortunate as te be rkaracteriswf by Mr. CookMng at "that an fames." " . The appointment of Judge MiParland, of Topeka, as comiuiaaiomir "f Hi gen eral land office, will be emlened as a good one by all who know him. He U a capable, upright aud slralghlforward man, as well as a sound Republican. In this appointment Kninaa U honored with the head of aiin'raes) in ' tVashlnHi f.r the first time, we believe. the Democratic party. He then came to this state and devoted all his energies to bespattering the Ik-publican President and the Republican Secretary of state with lies and slanders, going far beyond all Demooratlc efforts in that direction. His own legislature, elected to do his blading, declined to approve hi course by re-electing him. Whereupon he turns upon the legislature and brings against them a sweeping charge of bribery. In this, too, he totally eclipses the regula tion Democratic llanderers. No Demo crat has been infamously partisan enough to charm that a "Republican candidate for United slates Senator owed his ma jority vote In the legislature to bribery. It has remained for the man who called himself the chief of all the stalwart Re publicans to do that. The St. Louis Globe Democrat sug gests to the Republicans of Ohio who sympathize with Coukling the expedien cy of demonstrating their numerical strength by vigorously staying away frem the polls at the cowing guberna torial election. In the light of very re cent events, it wJuld seem thafSlal wartlsm" and Bourbonism are rapidly becoming synonymous terms. There Is a prospect that at last the postomce department will be self-ens talulng. The Immense sums saved by cutting off so many of the star routes and general system of economy which has beeo inaugurated, will probably bring the mail business down to a paying basis, notwithstanding the great Josses In tLw soU aod fa west, where the country Is sparsely settled and the in habitants not given to writing litters. It seems impossible that the inventor of the first railway locomotive was born but a hundred years' ago. The celebra tion of tha centennial birthday of Geo. Stephenson throughout England, June fkh, Impresses the world with an almost overpowering sense of the prodigious progress of the age. It was In July, 1814, that Stcphensou constructed , his first successful locomotive, and thd practical utility of his Invention has not much xcecdea half a century. In that brief time all the railways of the world have been created and their inouousrablo locomotives put in motion. To annihilate the railway loco. motive would now paralyze the world's commerce, and yet fifty years ago the railway locomotive was almost unknown. What possible change can the next half century bring to compare with the last? But, astounding as has been the work of the locomotive, the substitution of elec tricity for steam as a motive power upon railways, may effect results which may seem almost as amazing, at the end of the next fifty years, as thoso which Stephenson's invention has now wrought. Nothing is too great to' be expected in view of what has already happened. THE COUNTRY GETTING RICH. Trade rcpr irts continue to show a grat ifying belar.ee in favor of this country as the reatTit of its commerce with other nations. Official figures for ten months of tha current fiscal year, says the New York Mercantile Journal, place our im portations of merchandise at $542,170,- 000 as compared with $342(S0.O0O in the corresponding months of last year. This year have received in ten months $107,710,000 or specie from abroad as compared with $90,480,000 in the same time last year. The ten mouth's ex-! ports of merchsndise are valued at $774,- 780,000, against $097,940,000 for the pro ceeding year an increase of I $70,940,000 while the shipments or specie were $15,0:10,000 against $14,180,000 last year. The exports of merchandise for the ten months exceed the imports by $240,600,000. the excess for the like period of 1879-80 being only $155,270,000. The export of goods anil specie combined exceed the imports of both classes by $153,920,000, against a surplus last year of $78,980,000. Tuo net import of gold and silver has lieen $92,080,000, against $76,290,000 last year. Putting the specie movement aside, the excess ot our merchandise exports over Imports has lieen at the rate of almost twenty-five milliou dollars per month. Such a rate of income ought to make the country rich in a few years. New York TrilMtne f T aoji Gen. Grant theconstllufioj)a$rofcn stout nom inations andappoUjtmeatt '-should be amended so as to. read as follows: The President shall nominate and by and New York Herald: The deadlock, up at Albany may be- a very Interesting performance, and, as the Bradley busi ness goes to prove, a very profitable thing for the politicians; but it is be coming a very serious matter tor the peo ple who have to foot the bill. An esti mate made by a correspondent a Tew days ago shows that the expenses inci- witlt the advice aud consent of the Sen- dent to this wearisome joint convention aleppolat all penile officers; provided business amount to about fifteen hundred that fn case the Senators from any state dollars per day, or between ten and elev- object to n nomination from such state en thousand dollars a week. This he shall forthwith withdraw it, and if hs is,', of course, .a first class ar- fails to 'do so the Senate 'shall immedl-1 rangement tor the political ate lr it reject without any inquiry as to the character and fitness of the nominee. Leavea worth Times: The ex-soldlers and sailors of northwestern Ksnsas will have a grand re-union at Logan, the ter minus jof the Central Branch road, on the 2 2d Inst. A. big time is expected and thousands .will be present The address of welcome will be made by Hon. W.T. 8. May, and orations will be delivered by Senator P. B. Plumb aud lion. Geo. R. Peck. In addition to the gentlemen above named there will be others In at tendance who will make speeches and deliver addresses, and altogether the affair will be one of the biggest things in the history of the northwestern part of the state. . - Goths of the Interior of tho Ulale, who consider that the State owes them a living and who are determined to obtain it from the Stale in one way or another. The longer the deadlock the better they like It, and they would be only too happy if it could be made to last all the year round. All this money, it mutt be re membered, goes to the army of clerks, doorkeepers and messengers who bang around the Seuate and Assembly. It is a reckless, unpardonable waste of the people's money, and it should be, in some way, brought to an end as soon as possible. Let us have an election or an adjournment It seems that the attempt to naturalise camels in Texas and New Mexico was not, alter all, an otter failure. The cam els used for carrying freight across the California desert did not, for some reas on, prove profitable, and they were turn ed loose on the Glla and Salt river bot toms. There they lived and bred, uulil now, H fa said, they roam the lower Gila plains In Targe 'numbers, giving the Louisiana Citizen ground fur the belief that they "will continue to increase In numbers, until a drove ot wild camels will become as common oer-tbe western plains of Arizona as bcGJo now are on the plains east of thoR4cky Mountains." As the investigation Into the alleged attempt to buy Bradley's vote goes on. the whole affair grows more suspicious. New York Times: The Conkling men express great concern about the danger to the state of electing the attor ney of the Central railroad as United States senator. While we arc no advo cate of Mr. Depew's candidacy, it seems a trifle ridiculous to find It assailed from such a quarter. Did Mr. Conkling never hold a brief finr ' the Central rail road T Has he not mado a very comforta ble Income for the last six months out of fees paid him by railroad monopolists, and Is he not the retained advocate of a paper-made corporation created for the special purpose of making the people pay dividends on stock which represents nothing but the greed of a handful ot speculators T Where was Mr. Conkling when the confirmation of Stanley Mat thews was at the mercy of a single ad verse vote, and what vote of his in the senate can lie recalled to show that he Is HERE AMD THERE. ; ' . A Minister of Agriculture has ben added to the British Cabinet. England Is determined that she will not drink American tea. The prospects for the continued solid ity of Arkansas as a Democratic slate look confessedly bilious when it conies to sentencing five criminals to the gal lows in one day. An Indiana man was found dead last week with an accordcan in his hands. And yet Bob Ingersoll has the sublime cheek to persist in his efforts to shake the popular belief in an over-ruling-providence. The final appointment of a coal oil in spector at Kansas City has implanted the mournful suspicion in the breasts of at least a thousand disappointed candi dates for the position that the country is going to the "demnilion bow wows." If Mr. Wheeler will let up on his fish ing and give a little personal attention to the condition of his fences in New York, there is no telling what may be the result of the senatorial deadlock at Albany. Wc simply offer this as a sug gestion. : The eastern papers anuouncc the ap pearance of the American mosquito up on British shores. The public will not be surprised to learn that a wide spread dissatisfaction with tho revised edition of the New Testament, has marked the advent of this oath-compelling insect. . For collectors of bric-a-brac an oppor tunity is presented in Bastrop county, Texas, to secure an interesting relic, to wit, tho county gallows. In offering it for sale the county judge states that three men have already been hanged on it, and yet it is as good as new. Cer tainly, no well-regulated family should be without one. Professor Dolbearc, of Tuft's College, has patented a new telephone, through which, It is claimed, conversation can be heard over any length of wire. A prac tical test of its merits for communicating between remote points will be made at an early day by connecting two business bouses on different sides of Kansas ave nue, at Topeka. The feyerish elation of the country over the brilliant record of Iroquois in England is giving place to a gloomy foreboding that the American flyer will, in the future, lie excluded from the race courses of the crumbling monarchies ot the old world, on the ground that he has trichina. The attention of Mr Blaine is invited to this possibility. Many persons are misled by the term a "fair" day, in the United States Signal Service reports. It does not mean clear and bright, but cloudy, though neither PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. Tilden says he wouldn't have a seat in the sriuiti; if be could get it unani mously. There is a well defined suspicion in the public mind that Mr. Conkling is not quite happy. General Grant seems to be uncommon ly slow about getting to Albauy. Has he lost confidence in himself or in Mr. Conkling? Secretary Windom has given Mr. Pit ney the bounce, not deem Jug it expedient just now to attach a carpet factory or a chandlery to the Treasury Department. Mr. Conkling stumbled over a rock ing chair in a room at the Delavan House the other evening, and Tom Piatt swore until he could lie heard six blocks away. "I see the cartoouUU are representing Mr. Conkling as a man who has lott his head, but as long as I am alive he will always have a devoted tailpii-ce.' T. Piatt. Bradley U said to lie in search of But ler for counsel. He is the man for the Conklingites, for lie is an expert in the business they arc now engaged in throwing mud at the Republican party. Vice President Wheeler may not be the most brilliant man in the country, but he is a sound man with no "foolish ness" about his composition, aud Tiik News would not regret to see him elect ed senator. . It is recorded that Luceia, a celebra ted Roman actress, played in public as late as her 112th year. This is the most remarkable case of longevity in histi ion ic annals, with the possible exception of Clara Louise Kellogg. Henry Watterson, of the Louisville Courier Journal, is of tho opinion that the Democrats can carry Ohio at the election in October on the tariff ques tion, by taking strong ground in favor of free trade. If the Democracy of the Buckeye state are panting for a political Waterloo they will seize upon that ad vice with great avidity. make .. . (. I T . : 1 1 Bradyy'hrir be hedged about by on the side of the people as against tho ""V"' """""'"S """ " "IT? lT.."??Jrr. .., ,mnnnn. ... I. . nMmmt iw'y replaced by some other cnmuMU iwjrm..t ...u. " , . r 7' term, sue cross questions. Shsrpe has been com pel led by cross questioning to abandon his first story that but few words passed between him and Bradley when he . revealed the bribery offer and handed Mm the money.. Under this pressure he is adding ' wore and more conversation. It is a case of evolution,, Moanwhlle the Coukling faction are Inventing new charges to keep the resigned senators' heads above water a little longer. ' . . An cxcbauflnLr-scientific tendencies. states that the Mwospberla disturbances commpuTy callvd cyclones are iuls nam ed, the true variety being an entirely different phenomenon from the "wh tri ers whlc tta4onally visit Kansas, In that they cover vastly greater field of action. Our cotemporary says that what are recognised as cyclones in this . part of the country are more on . the or der of wabir-spouta at sea, and suggests that It would be more descriptive, and perhaps lead to moreintelllgentobserra. tions by untrained observers, to call them dry water-spouUK IT possible that such is the esse ;blt II will strike the average Kansas reader Chat the name is the very last thing about a cy clone that stands In nej6 -t revision. Conkling man in the legislature who has been distinguished for his advocacy or the railroad bills or of any of the meas ures introduced during the last few years to restrain the power of corporations? The Conkling objections to Depcw are simply an exhibition of hypocritical cant. . FORI It va believed that the first postage lamp used In this country was one de signed by the Hon. E. A. Mitchell, Post, master of New-Haven, ra the year 1847. t dU u4 differ much Jn size and form rruut the present (JovernmraUtamp, hut was of a brown color, was printed on ordinary paper and contained the words, "Paid. New-Haven postoffice. S cents. E. A. Mitchell. P. M." Mr. Mitchell had the nt printed fr the use and cts ventieno hf citizens of New-TIavcn who had complained to htm of the delay somaUmoa. .occssaioued. by their being enable to prepay letters except In office hours, The stamps were Md ty the postmaster nod nixepted In prepayment when affixed. A high price is put upon specimens of this stamp by collectors, and the present postmaster at New. Haven has Ircquent applications for them. ' ' Rumors of political plots In Virginia serve to lighten the burden of the dull season for the Wsahlngton eorrespond enta. ' The Bourbons are now reported to be offering the Republicans a United States senatorshlp if they will help (h foat the Mshone ticket, and tt la said that those Republicans who are Insisting on asnibnting n straight-out ticket of their own are doing so by Bourbon In. stlgatlon'."Th true policy for the Vir giuW JUablieaaa xo pnrsae - would aeemf to be to hold their own convention, reassert their distinctive principles, and give the question of. supporting the Re- adjusters ticket, which is in pert n con cession to them, n fair eonsldemtlon. If the Republican convention concludes that the wisest course to pursue to ac complish, the overthrow of Bourbonlam Is to join bands with Senator Mahonea friends, then its decision should be ac cepted by the Republicans of the state. PROSPERITY IN STORE THE SOUTH, New York Herald : In a recent in. terview Mr. Edward Atkinson, who has given lunch study to the material re sources of the south, called public atten tion to two things that are likely to prove extraordinary agencies in advancing the agricultural prosperity of the southern states. ' A serious dUQculty that plant ers and farmers have had to contend against there is the fact that it has cost three limes as much to feed a mule or other animal as to support a field hand. On of ths things mentioned by Mr. Atkinson la n new machine for separat ing the hulls from cotton seed and cut ting up ths leal and stock of the plant In such way as to convert into nutritious animal food what few years ago was almost wholly wasted. One result will be a sspply of food for from twenty million) to furty million sheep. This number of , sheep means from seventy five million to one hundred and fifty million pounds of wool a year, which in turn means an annual addition of from twenty-five to fifty million dollars direct ly to southern wealth besides the vast in direct gajna that must follow. There is little doubt that won) can be mode A staple second only to cotton in the south, and there is reason to believe that it is destined to become so. Since the war the southern wool prod net has Increased at a remarkable fate In .Texas,' the greatest of the wool producing states south, the clip has ran up from six mil- Hon pounds In 1804 to twenty mil lion pounds in 1880. In the other Gulf States there haa been an increase of mora than five-fold in the product. By following np this progress and pushing on into the field of woolen manufactures the south may achieve results that must add wonderfully to its material prosperi ty and wealth. The other thing of which Mr. Atkin son speak is a newly discovered force called ensilage for restoring exhausted oils and developing productive power. In his opinion it will prove the means of rejuvenating the south and of sup plying what it has greatly needed namely, succulent food during the long hot, dry season that la essentisl to the cotton crop.' The practical value of the discovery Is to be tested at the coming cotton exhibition in Atlanta, and should its virtues prove to be what they are claimed to be It must open np new era In agriculture and work untold ad vantages, not only for the south, but also other parts of the country. term, such as "overcast" or "neutral," so as not to convey the erroneous impres sion it has hitherto caused. . Tho capital extremity of Rev. Dr. Collyer, of New York, is very horizon tal on tho woman question. In a recent sermon on tho relations of husbands and wives, he said : "Two people can be one at the cost of their own completeness, on ly albeit more individuality in married life is what the 'advanced. women con sider the nocesslty of the hour." Chicago Inter Ocean : The state of Wisconsin has paid out $5,079 within the past two months. tor fox and wolf scalps. The legislature, some years ago, passed a bill for the purpose of exter minating these aulniala, and offered a premium for their scalps. So generous la the premium that farmers make a profitable . business of breeding these animals and selling their scalps. The Chinese are in quandary about how they shall adapt telegraphy to pur poses of general communication in the Celestial Empire, for instead of being able to transmit words by the use of twenty-six signs they would require about twenty-six thousand. Should the result be a method of writing Chinese by the use of an alphabet instead of com posite characters the Celestial school boy would have reason to bless the dsy that brought barbarian notions into the Flowery Kingdom. A collection of fossils from Washing ton Territory is now on exhibition in Denver, Col. It consists of the bones of what is believed to be a hew species of ntammotb, which the discoverer, Mr. Coplen, has named KUjthat Columbiaau. The tusks are about twelve feet long, and the teeth of the lower jaw weigh twenty pounds each. The bones were discovered in May, 1870, In a mineral spring in Spokan County, W. T . and have until lately been in the cabinets of the Pacific University, Oregon. They are now to be taken east, and will probably be placed in the Smithsonian Institution, Wash- toeiflu- Jeff Davis in his book, says, regarding the circumstances of his capture, that when about to go from his tent, be siezed a water-proof, supposing it to be his own, but it turned out to be his wife's, and as he left the tent Mrs. Davis thoughtfully threw over his head and shoulders a shawl. Having gone a short distance a carbine was pointed at him and hia sur render demanded. At this point he meditated a daring thing, but was prevented from carrying it out by his wife. He expected the trooper who bad aimed at him would miss fire, and then the great man expected to trip the trooper, seise hia carbine, mount his horse and escape. At the critical mo ment, however, Mrs. Dayis rushed out ot the tent, threw her arms aronnd her husband and compelled him to be a prise oner. So he confesses to a part, at least of the commonly accepted account New York Tribune; The country is beginning to get some Idea of the value of Conkling's services to the Republican party. He resigned his scat in the-, sen ate, ordered Mr. Plati to resign hia, and turned the toosUrol of that body ovtr to The Interests of . law and order In Kansas demand that two muscular con servators of the public peace be select, ed to hold Col. Dan. R. Anthony, of the Leavenworth Times, and J. K. Hudson, of the Topeka Capital. If this wise precaution la neglected the world will be startled to hear, some of these fine uornlsKS, that either the Kaw, or Mis souri la flowing red with the best journ alistic blood of the commonwealth. The Canadian government has made a grant of 200,000 acres of land in the Bow river country, about 300 miles north-west from Fort Benton, Mont, for n cattle ranch, to be founded by three capitalist! of Quebec, who are now on their way to the west with ft large num ber of blooded horses and cattle, to which they intend to add by extensive purchases of stock in Montana. OVER THE STATE. W infield Jias two paiks. Pureons is in want of a park. Ansel Gridley is building in Winfield. The Daily Eclipse thinks the wheat crop in eastern Kansas altovc the aver age. Wheat harvest is in progress all along the line of the Santa Fe roml, and good crops are reKrted. Winfield raised altont $800 Tor the Floral (Cowley county) cyclone suffer ers. Liberal Winfield. J.'T. Shclton, who is denominated the " sinner's preacher," has become oue of the editors of the Wichita Daily Repub lican, Mr. Whitworth retiring. The most difficult thing you ever un dertook to lobby into a Kansas man's iniud is the solemn fact that a snuke bite can be cured without whisky. Winfield Courier. The grass, like the Greenback party, is growing rapidly. Columbus Times. But the grass, like the Greenback par ty, is always somewhat dried up in the fall. Uirard Press. The seal used by Kansas when a ter ritory is in possession of the secretary of state at Topeka. It waa devised by Gov. A. II. Reeder, and bears date May SO, 1854, the day of the passage of the fa mous Kansas and Nebraska act. It is said that Topeka is struggling with an epidemic of Sunday school pic nics. This will proliubly account for the persiatent appeMrance of Jim ynod dy's patronymic among the hotel arri vals reported in the newspapers of that city. The best evidence that the stock busi ness in this county pays Is the fact that last week an eastern man returned from a trin over the Cherokee strip with $70,- 000 cash having lieen unable to find a single man on the range who was will ing to sell his location at any price. Wellington l'ress. - Kansas is just recovering ftom the terror inspired by the well organized system of cycloues which Lave been making a careful canvass, of the slate. when it Is announced that the Green. backers contemplate holding a camp meeting at Bismarck grove, in August It has probably not failed to strike the average reader of the public prints that Kansas is turning out an unusually fine crop of snake stories this season for a slate whose organic law prohibits the manufacture and sale of liquors save for "scientific, mechanical and medical pur poses." Eureka Republican: While in Wich ita lost Monday we observed that the sa loons were running in full blast They pretend to have nothing but cider to sell A man wanting lteer, wine or whisky simply makes that want known, but in order to secure the desired article calls for cider. Kansas is still maintaining her proud position in the van of moral and social reform. Wc learn that the suggestion of introducing the art of shaving and hair-dressing into the curriculum of the dear and dumb asylum at Olainc, is meeting with decided favor at the hands of the board of stale charities. Mariou Center Record: Mr. Barney, of the Marion Center sugar factory firm, came in from his Chicago home, and spent a few days last week, lie and Mr. Rugg, hia partner, have made ar rangements for putting in immediately the machinery necessary for the manu facture of sugar. The Marion Center sugar factory is preparing to boom. The McPhcrson branch will make con nection with the main line of the Santa Fe at its western end on the 1st of Au gust, thus shortening the distance le tween Florence and Ellinwood about twenty miles, and avoiding a heavy grade west of Peabody. A new round house is being built at Ellinwood, and corner lots are showing an upward ten dency. The work of raxing the old Tefft house at Topeka was commenced Monday and will be pushed forward with vigor and dispatch by the proprietor of that historic pile of stone and mortar. Parties who are nerested in the study of entomology would realize incalcula ble benefit by making arrangements to be upon the ground during tho process of demolition. Madison News: Some of our stock men filed complaint under the Nc Texas cattle law against the parties who were holding Southern cattle on the Van Horn Branch. Sheriff Verner came np last Tuesday morning to take charge of the cattle, but found no cattle nor men. They had taken leave during the night and have not since been heard from. Let it be known once for all, that It will not pay to drive such cattle into Greenwood county. The stockmen and farmers are in earnest when they declare they will deal out the maximum of the law to those who would infect their herds with Texas fever. - Wellington Press: A ten year old county t One hundred and aix thous and acres of growing corn! Eighty. four thousand acres of promising winter wheat! Six hundred and fifty-six thousand healthy fruit trees, nearly one halt of which are now loaded with fruit! A population of twenty-one thousand progressive, enterprising, thrifty people! One hundred and sixty-two organized school districts and one hundred and twelve miles or railroads! What ten year old county, east or west, can a better showing? We give it np. John. But when you want to see a nice, smashing, booming old town, just come up and gaze on Em poria. South Fork Correspondence of tli$ Chase County Leader: The farmers ar expecting a heavy oats crop. Fall wheat is good and so is rye. Our farmers can boast of having clean corn now. We judge from the looks of their fields that Charley Rolger, W. F. Danlap. A. Z. Scribner and many others that are car rying on farming extensively have not been silting on "the stool of doing noth ing" but have made things "get up and git" Sam Baker has some nice tiuiolby, Cherries are ripe. The trees are full, too. Gooseberries by the scad. New potatoes and green peas are other luxuries that we partake of. The sheep men are done shearing sheep and are now hauling their wool to market The last week's storm at Council Grove is thus described by the Republi can: "Our town and its vicinity was visited by a terrible storm last evening. The day had been very hot and sultry, ther-. monieter at 93 degrees in the shade. The storm commenced with heavy wind from the south, veered round suddenly to the northwest, and in the western part of town became hurrlcaoi stables, chimneys and out honeevwCi blown down aud fences overthrown. South of town the storm was still more destructive. Mr. Crcightou's large stone house wss blown down and utterly wrecked. But the saddest affair of all was the destruction of a new frame house, the property of the Messrs. An thony, recently from New York. The bouse was utterly demolished. Miss Anthony (a sister) was instantly killed, and one ot the brothers was seriously, but it is hoped, not fatally injured. We fear other mishaps remain to be re ported. Finn Stock and a Modki Faum. G. C. Millar, whose reputatation as a cattle raiser is becoming second to none in this county, has just received from the celebrated Piatt herd, near Kansas City, two thoroughbred short-horn bulls, aged one and two years respectively. The two-year-old is a beauty in .every respect and tills the stock raiser's beau ideal ot a fine animal. The yearling is said to be fully as good. By the way, Millar has a model arranged stock farm. Iu conveniences and appointments for grinding and cutting feed and deliver ing the same to stock, distance time and labor Is economized by the use of the best improved machinery, all driven by an eight-horse power engine. Another feature of the place is a bluegrass past ure, the seed of which was sown about three years ago. The sod now covers the ground completely except in a few spots, and by next year it will be equal to the best bluegrass field iu the state. For house use and other purposes, water is conducted, by the means of iron pipe, from an elevated spring, on the east side of South Fork, to the residence, on the west side of the creek, with a force sufficient to carry it to the top of the highest building on the farm. Chase county Leader. AD ASTRA PER ASPERA. BY ONB WHO HAS BEEN THEBB. They hod been married twenty -two years by the town clock. It is true the town clock was a sad affair, with its four faces pointing to the four cardinal points of the compass, and its eight hands always at half-past ten, never moving for want or backward as immu table as time itself. Why the artist did not paint four great eagles, one facing to the cast, another to the north, another to tho west, and still another to the south. each bearing in its beak a pennant, which bore the words, "ad astra per aspera," so that when the passer-by looked up at the court house steeple a thrill would have run through every fibre of his being lO mint thai be - WM- itiurn -sf Un proud young commonwealth, can only be answered by him and the architect The wedding had been a quiet affair, and the young couple went to house keeping on little very little. Their capital was, mainly, as follows: Two warm, loving hearts, two expansive souls, and two energies. But this is the kind of capital that has moved the world for six thousand years, more or less. Tho wedding tour extended from the kitchen to the dining-room of the log cabin and back again; in fact, one more extended wonld have been somewhat disagreeable. About the only way to reach Kansas City or St Louis was in an ox-team, over the Santa Fe trail, or in tho mail coach, which was eternally behind time or everlastingly water-bound, or always stuck in the mud. Yet they managed to get along pretty well and enjoy life, simply because they could not very well help it. The young wife sane at her work, and love made the bread light, the dishes easy to wash, the broom sweep clean ; while the young husband whistled at the plow as it turned over the virgin soil; at the horses as they plodded along in the fur row, and threw clods at the thrushes, who thought they had as much right to whistle as he. But one morning in April, 1801, some thing terrible happened. The news came that the rebels had fired on Fort Sumptcr, and the blood tingled through his veins as it had never done before at the mention of the word flag. His flag our flag your flag had been InsulU d, and he quickly and firmly resolved to have a "finger In the pie." One morning, shortly after, the young wife put her shapely arms around her husband's neck, aod with uuiuoistencd eyes and in a urm voice bid hi in go forth and battle for the right. He could not look back, an half hour afterwards. into the room in which he had left her, nor hear the low, pitiful moan, followed by an April shower, as she prayed to the God of battles for his safe return. But through the falling tears she saw. on the rude wall of that Kansas cabin, the hand-writiqg,-," Ad astra per aspera," and instantly the shower ceased and the hcoric young wife arose to duty. On the 10th of August following our hero stood near the banks of Wilson's creek, Mo, ; saw a puff of white smoke here, another there ; heard the deep boom ing of the guns, the screech of the shells. the whistling of the bullets; saw men jump two, three feet into the air and fall. like logs, to the ground ; others throw op their bands and give a yell a yell once beard neycr tfl be forgotten ; others drop their guns and limp away to the rear ; others put their hand to their brok en and useless arms, while great drops of blood pattered on the leaves and grass ; saw the heroic Union leader ride op in front of the Iowa troops and tell them he would lead them ; saw him fall from hia horse as the mlnnie ball from the rebel ranks sent the Union Lyon to his den, and nipped in the bul the most promising leader on either side; stood to his place through that long, sultry August afternoon and saw our ranks melting away until hia heart almost failed him; when, looking through the white sulphurous smoke, be saw, on the dark, crimson back-ground of the battle field, in letters of blood, the words "Ad astra per aspera," and from that moment be knew the Union cause would triumph. Thirty days afterwards he sat by aide ofhla happy yet hnmble fireside, for there is more happiness in an humble home lighted by love than in ft palace amid hate and strife. But the war had bat fairly begun. More men' were wanted, and one bright September morn ing In 18(3 he bid farewell to home, wife, everything he held most dear, to try the hardships and uncertainties of a three years' campaign. Three months thereafter he received ft letter whtchrread as'foIlowB: "It Is girl, ten days old, and looks like you. Please come home." Bnt the pleading of the wife and mother could not be heeded, for already the clouds were gathering in the south west that were to break in such fury upon a little, unknown prairie amid the liillsof Arkansas. Ten days afterwards, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, our hero stood in front of the rebel ranks at Prairie Grove, Through all that bloody afternoon he stood at his post, until the rebel charge drove the Union lines back behind their guns. When the red throated dogs of war, throwing grape and canister into the dense masses, failed to check their ad vance, his heart stood still. But look ing at the dark hillside beyond, be saw, in white letters formed of sulphurous smoke, the words, "Ad astra per aspe ra," and his courage returned, and well it might, for when that short De cember day's sun went down behind the Arkansas hills, the rebel power in the west wss permanently broken. Thirty months of the long, weary three years three years of carnage, blood shed and woe passed away, when, one evening, a comrade handed "our Kansas veteran a letter, the contents of which ran as follows: "Minnie is very sick, haps dying. CSgne home, andome quick." There was no hesitancy now, the com mandant was informed, and a good horse procured. Soon the Kansas border was crossed ; on, over the green prairies ; no attention paid to food or rest ; and at midnight or the second day after the start, when the door of that Kansas cabin opened, the wife, with streaming eyes, rushed into her husband's arms, and spoke his name in that tone no man ever forgets when used in tones of agony or endearment. Taking him by the hand she led him to a litllo coffin at the back part of the room, and there the brave soldier stood, with bowed head, looking down upon the inanimate form of the lit tle being he had never seen, and whose last lisping word had been, "pipa!" But, as the grief-stricken parents stood there, and while their tears, like rain, fell upon the little, white, upturned face, they saw, on the lid of the coffin, right 'over the little golden curls, in golden letters, "Ad astra per aspera," and they knew that the God who had given them the little soul and then taken it back again was neither dead nor asleep. Eight months afterwards, Leo, the great head and center of the rebellion, "tumbled to the racket," ami our hero returned to his peaceful homo. Soou a better house was .built, other improve ments mode, and they were getting along in a way, when one dry,, hot sultry August afternoon they saw a dark cloud in the north west, remakable for its rapid, undulating movement The long-looked for rain was coming. But it wasn't a rain cloud, nor did it contain the destructive force of the tornado but it did contain grass hoppers the eiea&i of naturalists; the then, scourge of Kansas and they came to stay till spring, and they meant busi ness, and lots of it. They came down until they fell over the second rails of the worm-fence. The blades of corn, the spears of grass, everything green, disap peared like mist before the uprising sun. Then they ate the splinters off the fence rails, the fuzz off the clothes-lines, the edges off the mowing-scythes, the grit out of the grind-stone. Kegs of Paris green set in the fields attracted immed iate, prompt and numerous attention. Poison : Well, not to any very alarming extent, 4eMt not to a Kansas graaahop pcr. But while our friends were debat ing the question of going to "wife's folks," they saw strange hieroglyphics on the wings of the struggling, writhing mass, and these letters being put into intelligible 6hape, read : " Ad astra per aspera;" and they knew that '.lie next year the grasshopper the cicada of na turalists, the then scourge of Kansas would be nowhere; that the rain would descend, the dews fall, the sun shine, the gross, grow, the birds sing, and that there would be good crops and a bountiful yield ; and they were not disappointed. And again they prospered ; again the future looked bright; again the wife sang at her work, and the husband whistled at the plow ; another had come to take the place of the little golden- haired innocent that had gone to help light the city that has no need of the sun or moon to give it brightness. But through "difficulties to the stars" had not yet been reached. One April after noon, when the face of nature looked peculiarly lovely; when that wonderful resurrection from dead winter to living. growing, blooming spring, was taking place, ft dark and ominous looking cloud arose in the northwest, and came on with wonderful rapidity, rolling back. ward and forward, this way and that, like some huge serpent writhing in the agonies of death on, on sweeping everything before it Our friends took refuge in the cellar, and soon their home went to pieces, flying in every direction before that terrific Kansas wind. But through the cracks in the cellar floor, amid the awful roaring of the elements, the pounding of the hail, the lightning's vivid flash, and the awful peals of thun der they saw, in the center of that I whirling mass of cloud, in letters paint ed in all the hues of the rainbow, "Ad astra per aspera," and they knew they would soon have another home; and lo! in few months ft better house arose, surrounded with trees, shrubs' and flow. ers ; the children went to school ; there were books to read, pictures on the walls and papers on the stand; tho sewing machine made more and faster music than the old, tedious way of hand sew ing. Happy home! But, alas, for human hopes ! The wife sickened and in a short time the hus band's bravest and best friend ; the wife of his youth; the sharer of his joys and sorrows; tne best ally ne ever bad or ever will have ia fighting life's battles, lay cold and silent in death. As the brave soldier stood there looking down upon the cold, silent lips the lips be so often kissed in lore and affection ; at the closed eyes eyes that would never "look love to eyes" again ; at the motion less bosom that wonld never throb again with love or emotion the form that had never trembled amid the awful crash of battle, trembled and shook like a reed in a storm, and his soul died within him and hope departed, for he thought the star ot his better destiny had aet for ever. But the next day as the clouds of the valley fell upon the coffin, he looked ttp and saw In mid-heaven. as Constantine had seen centuries be fore, the cross bearing the motto "In this we conquer," ft golden anchor on the top of which sat a pure white dove, bearing in its beak ft silken pennant on which wss emblazoned in letters of fire. "Ad antra per atpera," and nope re turned, for he knew be should meet his wife and child in the great hereafter hope returned, tor he had duties to per form children to raise and educate. Old settler, reader, is the picture over drawn. Are there not some things herein described that yon have passed through at some time during tho last twentr-two years? But rest easy. Bet ter days have dawned. The proud young commonwealth ia rapidly rising to the bead of the treat sisterhood of states. The time is coming when her hills and valleys will teem with an industrious. temperate and happy people a people admired aud respected by the civilized world. HOW PETE CAME ON THE FORCE. Late on a warm A u trust afternoon some five years aco. while the Cantain ot the UUurcn street police station was! leaning negligently back in his chair be hind the desk, a chunkv-built brindle dog of solemn mein walked gravely in to the room, and sat down gravely in . . M.M.n A. it . .1 . t ' ?. r- uv luiumc 'i iuc uuur wuu me air oi a dog whose right to such a libertv was cunreij ueyouu question. -v nisi: uet out:" The Captain yelled these syllables at iuc uog. out tne animal never moved. men tne omciai slued a small p-l per-weigui at tne dog, who looked up with an expression of I grave disapproval and settled himself in uis tormer position, and paid no more attention to the man behind the desk. After one or two more attempts at dis- lodsement. the Captain fell into a rev erie and left the dog in peace. Later the dog aroused himself and trotted into the rear room where the policemen contrre gate. He walked about quietly until he lound a position to bis liking under the isuie, in tne center oi the room, tie lav down here and went to sleep. At midnight the fourth section of the second platoon was rung up. The men marched into the main room and ranged themselves in line. The dog followed and at once took up his po sition at the foot When the roll was called the sergeant named the doe x-eie, anu osue uim go witn tne men. He followed them out. went around from one post to another, returned with the platoon in the morning, and went to sleep under the table. Relays of men weie called during the day, nut the dog did not move. At six o'clock the fourth section or the second platoon was again called out The dog marched in with the men and took np his position at the foot of the line. "By Georee." said the Captain. "there's that pup again. Well, don't feed him, doorman, and he'll soon go away." iiut he didn't go away. He has never been fed in tho 6tation, aud he has al ways acted thoroughly at home. "There's one peculiar thing about l'ete," said the sergeant at the desk, re cently. "He moves and acts exactly like a policeman, lie never runs or jumps or piays, but simply strolls along, lie's ionu oi janitor's daughters, and will stand stock still in a doorway for hours at a stretch. Not a man in the precinct has ever seen him cat, and I'm pretty sure that the general public never saw him drink. And then what a clever das he is ! In the winter of 79, on the 10th of January, if my memory serves, Pete was waixing along ureenwicii street. on bis way from post to Dost when he fsw three men at the basement door ot the bonded warehouses Nos. 08, 100 and 103. A moment later, and the men had forced the door, entered the building, and closed up their work so that a passing glance could not detect that anything had been tampered with. l-eie lay uown Dy tne door and growled. Alter awnue omcer uougherty came along, and, patting the dog on the head. waiseu on, expecting tne dog to follow. Pete never moved, but crowled louder than before, with bis eyes fixed like augers on that door. Dougherty tried to get him to move, but it wouldn't do. At last the officer saw that some thing was up. He examined the door, then rapped for assistance, and the building was searched. Two of the bur- glars were captured. The other one es- capeo. A.uout three o'clock one morn ing last winter l'ete was trotting along Broadway, when he discovered a broken pane of glass in a clothing store near ueaar street, tic stopped at once and barked like mad. Every man in the precinct knows Pete's voice. Of ficer Donnelly ran to him and found that there had been a light robberv. Whether the dog frightened the thieves away or not we never knew. Another time the dog discovered a fire at 240 Fulton street. Pete has never missed his turn on the second platoon, and has never gone nut with any other than the fourth section in five years." JV. Y. Sun. HARDWARE. LOOMIS & LOOMS, DEALERS IN HARDWARE Stoves and Tinware, BARB WIRE, Agricultural Implements and SEWING MACHINES. East side Commercial street between Sixth ana Scycntti avenues. Attorneys at Law. PEYTON' & rEYTOX, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Emporia, Kan sad. Will practice ia the statu and ledvral court.-. J. W. FEIGHAX, ATTORXEY AT LAW. Office with i. Jay Buck in News block. BUGGIES, PHAETONS AND Oarriasres! We will keep on hand a full line of Spring work during the season strictly "A" and "B" grades. A FRESH CAR ON THE WAY. LEWIS LTJTZ. Sixth Avenue Hardware Store. SMITH & HAIL, DEALERS IN HARDWARE, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS & FARMING TlHiLS. AGENTS FOR MoCORMICK REAPERS, MOWERS and SELF-BINDING HARVESTERS. HAPG00D SULKY PLOWS, I X L GRAIN DRILLS ami the KANSAS WAGONS. SMITH & HAIL, Successor to 8. J. Ktulth Co. C. X. 8TERRY. T. M. SEDGWICK. STEKKY & SEDGWICK, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Emporia, Kansas. Will practice in tne several courts of Lyon, Osage, Ureenwood, Coffey, Cbase, Harvey, Marion aud Morris counties, Kausas; in tue (Upteme roart of the state, and in the federal courts for the district of Kansas. F. P. PAYNE, ATTORN E and Justice or the Peace. OtUce: Emporia National llank Building. SCOTT LYXX, ATTORNEY'S AT LAW. Will practice It all the State and federal I'ourt. K. W.CrNNlNOBAH. W . T. M'CAKTT CUNNINGHAM A McCAKTY, ATTORNEY MAT LAW, Emporia, Kansas. Will practice in all the State and federal Courts, unite in Neva block. Physicians. . W. FROST, M. 1.. rilY'SICIAX AND SLRliKOX. Office with Or. MoCandliss.orer filler's .IniR Uro Keidcuc-.e at southeast eoruer of Sev enth avenue aud Mate street. Pit. W. V. 1I1KHKX, OFFICE Over Onnlup A Co's. Rank JOHX A. MOORE, HIYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office at his OruK Store, No. 150 lutnraerriul st. I- I. JACOBS, M. 1 OFFICE in North A Ryder's Unix store J H. WILH1TK. I. V. S-. Graduate of American Veterinary C'oHi'fe.J Veterinary Surgeon. Office is at Joseph Teak's Kirn, on Consti tution streat All diseases of nn imNsii'cesi. fully treated. J. II. Wll.tllTE. Dentists. J. A. YOUNG, DENTIST Kmporla, Km. liooMS ovku PinsT National Hank DR. TH0S. F. DAVENPORT, DENTIST, Cor. Sixth Avenue and Commercial Rt cr .taibs. Emporia, Kansas. Shops and Factories. JMPOKIA oundry and Machine Shops. JOSEPH C. .TONKS, Prop: Aiamit&r.turor nt' Imn vKl.u . ".. ron rluu'or.nLini u Vinw u ... . . w 44rLl II LTB . pairing xeu. GROCERIES. Grange Store, CHARLES PAINE, Agent, gTKAM l'UWKK WOOD WORKING FACTO It Y Plans and sier.in.itiina ,. , . huildinrs furnished, and I on- "J" slf!nt..iu lust nortl Give me a call. -DEALS IN- Groceries, Provisions, Qiieensware& Produce First door north of Dr. Moore' Drug Store. Bottom Prices to Cash Customers. Emjoria Carriage Factory 'T. L. RYAN. Manufactures of all kinds of c A lilt I AG KS. WO R K, ETC., ETC'. BEPAIRISa DOSE OS KIIORT Kvri.r. Si t h aren nc cast of Commercial St. The Way to Spoil Newspapers. Presbyterian "Uoou-naiureu editing," says some wise man. "spoils bair the papers in tlie United States." Yea. verily. "Will you please publish the poetry I send,' says one; "it is my urst ettort;" ana noine cruae iinets eo to, to eeeoana budding genius. "Uur cnurcli is in great peril," says another; "will you publish our ap peals ?" and a long, dolorous plea is in-1 aertetl. "My ratuer took: your paper tor twenty years," writes another; "I think you ought to publish the resolutions passed by the session ot the lilir Brake church when he died," aud in go reso lutions ot no interest to a larrre majority our readers. "I am particularly anxious that the views 1 present should go before the church this week." Out go a covey of I small, pithy contributions, to make room lor three columns iroin a ponderous JJ. D. "There is at immediate necessity for the exposure of one who is a bitter enemy to the truth," writes anotlier, as he seuus an attack upon an antagonist which will fill an entire page. "1 am about to publish a book, identifying the urcat image ot Drags, iron anu clay, ana 1 wouia be obliged to you to publish tne advance sheets of tue fifth chapter, which 1 bcrewitu enclose to you." , ..tin i . . , . i r . ...I, , ' u uv u you Dot puuiisu in iuii n a great speech in the general assembly f It : would increase your circulation largely." II you will publisn the sermon l trans mit to you. 1 will take eight extra copies!" me cnurcu must be arousea on tue subject or foreign missions " says a pastor, as lie forwards the half of his last tsabbaurs serrices a good-natured editor surrenders to them at once, and they go away happy, utterly uncon scious that they have helped to spoil the paper. Southeast corner of Four) h (avenue and Commercial bt. Go to D. W. JONES & GO'S NEW GROCERY STORE, K)B YOUtt STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES. CANNED VEGETABLES. &&, &c. N- B. Highest market price paid for produce. - - GOODS YOUNCJOKEKX & smith Sixth Ave. Shoeing Shop. Horse Shoeing a Specialty. aau'sfaefion "In11". wurk "rl to give '1i5.Uon- -all other work .ronitlv at tended to. North si, In of Ki..Ki . of Commercial street. , cast J. T. BURTON'S Cash. G-rocerv Is the place to buy tlie CHEAPEST AND BEST GOODS. BT HELLING ATRYfTTIVr FOR nan t ... n,i .in M Ma t. . -vat--a w pa; uwi ueww vm. wtiivrs. me Higuest price paid lor country iiroitur.. 178 Commercial Street, north of Sixth avenue. STOVES AND TINWARE. The Place to Buy Bird Cages. A Full Line of Pumps, Etc. D. C. McMURTRIE ' ' Late Bruner & McMurtrie, has established a Stove and Tinware Store -IN THI HALLBERG STONE BUILDING, East Side Commercial Street, EMPORIA, KANSAS. Buy the old reliable Cook Stove, SUPERIOR. If you want a good Cook Stove tor wooa anu coai Duy uie uu 1 1 A. HARNESS AND SADDLES. P. J. HBHiMAJST, Manufacturer of and dealer in HAENESS, SADDLES AND C0LLA11S, BRIDLES, WHIPS, &C. TBB BEST ASSORTMENT OF FLY NETS AND LAP ROBES. Uncle barn's Harness Oil always on hand. ReDairin? done neatlv I I.. 1 II I. ." " - - -j anu cueauij. nu worn, warranted. LUMBER. THRILLING EXHIBITION Of NKBV E BT A HOUSE PAINTER. From the Cincinnati Commercial. Bernard Koehler and Fritz Ilisgen, two house painters, yesterday began paiuting a large house at Betta street and Central avenue. Three o'clock in the af ternoon found them close up under the eavea of the house, and sixty-five feet from the ground. They bad just finish ed the surface within reach, and had started to lower the scaffold a few feet. When the required distance bad been reached, Ilisgen called to his partner to hang on to the rope until he (Ilisgen) tied hia own when he would come over and perform a like service for him. ' Ilisgen had just completed his own knot, wnen noemer cnea out: Come over quick: I can't hold It.' Hisgun. as quickly as possible, started across the aerial bridge, but had not gone two steps when he saw the man let go bis bold, ana lelt tne ladder give way beneath his feet As he began to fall. in the energy of desperation be, with both hands, grasped the almost smooth top or tne lourtn story winaow cornice, i- .. , ... T TTf rTiTlTt and there hung in the air, a distance of x SMSllES. lOSlilEZS- LUMBER. gave an exhibition of nerve that terrified every one who w it. Placing the toe of one boot against the window tiame he gave hia body a alight pendulum Mo tion away from the house. A second push gave him a better impetus, and as he swung an the return toward the window i i . . i a . . . uc Kicaseu uia uuiu anu went craauiiiK through the glass safely to the floor of the fourth-story room, from whence he immediately looked out through the aperture he had made to see what bad become of his companion. Koehler bad not been qnite so fortunate. As be went shooting through the air he caught the hanging rope with both hands and les sened bis speed all the way down at the expense of all the entiele of his palms, t : i i AD & . Y wiiiiu was U4iucu vy uio irtv.tuBi. lie landed in a sitting posture on the sidewalk, and was taken to the hospital with a pair oi very sore nip. Sash. Door. BLINDS 1 p-i c tio St. and A. r. EMPORIA, - - KANSAS. HAI3, PLASTER, LIME. CEMENT. E. C. MacLennan & Co. NEWS JOB OFFICE Art) prepared to do all kinds of Job printing at reaaonable rates. Daniel Webster, travelling, bad the night stage from Baltimore to Washing ton, with no companion save the driver, and contemplated that worthy's forbid ding visage with a very uneasy mind. He had nearly reasoned his suspicions fears away, when they came to the dark woods between jsiaaenjourg ana .rrasn ington, when Mr. Webster felt the cour age oozing out of his finger-tips as he thought what a fitting place it was for a murder. Buaaeniv me anver turnea toward him and roughly demanded hia name. It was given. Then he wanted to ti:' said iTel I T.TVP. RTfir.TT flnTTTTTRRTftN P.TT A NTS expecting his first thoughts were near I " w VVU.U.VM realization. The driver grasped him by I the band, saying: "Bow glad I am, I mister, to hear tnati I've been Daaiy scared for the last hour, for when 1 1 looked at you I felt sure you was a high-1 wayman." DAVE A. Ssfawsa tor WHITE PAINTER, BOLatES, . Kan naa City, Mo. POST OFFICE DRUG STORE. Because it adds to restoring color and lustre ed hair, and-ia beneficial to the scalp, is ; why Farters Hair miasm is sucn a po. poiar areaamg. xs?$a Pure Drng and Medicin STATIONERY AND CIGARS. Amm- dl' Imn -. 1 Maullinerr mii.I ... a. specialty. CorrcMiomlence M.lic. Factory an.l shou on i'nmmon.it e . hoi Seventh Avenue, KniiKrin. K. r. Bl'ltAOUK. Miscellaneous. J. II. IIIIlTtKisr COUNTY SURVEYOR AMU City lCiurinpor. Will makn mmir. ..r i . run divi..on e ""wi la 7ush plana an.l estimates u.r fari.lra ami l oiil porta. Kantan. ' -, r.m- KOBKBT ail.MkEff. :IVII. KNOINEKIt ANI RUKVKYme iiiumc More. Otlice over Hall. Waite & Co' Qt P. THKIg, Moo and Shoo Maker. All klml.'nf rum w.. .- . - waUffi"5hve",, Bt- .MFORIA. KANSAS. Hedge Laying & Hedge a rimming. a wn i.n .ia.- ... Tfimmat. 1 '''" I'lOll " ""- a'i am irtii art! ra i IlcsJir J. I.. W.lKt.U Kmporla, Kanaaa. Banks. THE UMPOUIA NATIONAL BANK. Capital, Surplus, - $100,000. 42,500. Irtrrrst Paio on Time Hi-rvmiT. Draft .Irawn on KaMorn eitiea ami all oint in Kntotio. Special Attention given to Collections. Gold Coin and Sterling; Exchange bought at Advance ma-le on Bhipnienta or drain an Discounted. j The nlt-BCAt prices pal.l lor School, Townnhli Vy maul i-ouDtr liomls. P. It. PLUMB. Presl.lent. C. HOOD, Vice President. L.T. lit UITAGK, Cashier. DltlCTOU -P. R. Ilnnli W T Sivl.. tm Heritage, Lewis LuuLc. Hood, Daniel Hitler A.O. Kdmiston. M. W. Phillips. A. Itobert. a. O. CROSS, PtnUUnt. Wnt. MA BTIA'DA IX. Tfc. Prft. C. 8. CROSS, CnthirT. First National -BANK- OF EMPORIA, KANSAS. Capital Stock Paid in, $100,000. 81KPLCS FUND, 30,000.00. Does a General Banking Business. EMPORIA Savings Bank. TRANSACTS A OKDXBAI. BANKING BUSINESS Interest Allowei cn Time Deposits. J. JAY BOCK, President. . a. UUNLAP, Cashier. DrBKCTOns: J. JaT Bcc, - K. P. EaiTKKB, J.J. Waiear, J. W. Tiitiwoitit. Howab DOMkar.