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;:,DH.-M. BAILEY
- Ha" resumed tlie practice of :-. .. ;
jSfcdicine;and Surgery,
in Emporia and Vicinity. -
UTOfficeVt tie Emporia House." ' J -
J." F. HT7 L 0 N , . ;
Physician arid ; ' Surgeon,
' ClfTIADT 1 PiVQlO. '
EMPORIA KANSASLO
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Drs. McDowell 4 Pope, St ! Louis, Mo.
. Col. Rolloln, Dallas City, 111. - -1
Dr. S. C. Patterson, r "
Hon. J. C. Davis, Warsaw, J '.
Prof. Brainard, Chicago, ..-." - -Dr.
MNeal. SnrinjrfieM. " " '
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D K. J. H. WATSON,
HAVING COXCIODKO IO 1HDM1
The Practice of Medicine,
-T7ILL attend promptly to all demands upon
V his rrof88ional services. He will be much
obliged if his friends will make their application
for his service in the fore part of the day, when
Sracticnble, and release him from the labor of ri
in" at night as much as possible.
Emporia, May 7tli, 1859,-tf .
JOHN HAMMOND,
Carpenter and Joiner,
EMPORIA, KANSAS.
COFFINS, Pannel Doors, Window and Door
frames, and other job work, done in the best
style, on the shortest notice. may7-tf
L. D. BAILEY,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
JiMPORIA, KANSAS.
"1T7ILL give prompt and faithful attention to
V T any business of a legal nature that may be
entrusted to his care in any court of the lemtory.
ID" Office in Masonic Hall Building, Commer
cial street n46
C. V. ESKRIDCE,
PROBATE JUDGE,
Register of Deeds,
' ' AND
NOTARY PUB1YIC, ,
FOR BRECKENRIDGE COUNTY, KANSAS
Also Commissioner of Deeds for the Western
States, and
General Land Agent.
Persons at a distance having business with the
undersitrned, will direct their communications to
him at Emporia, Kansas.
may7-tf C. V. ESKRIDGE.
I. E. PERLEY,
Dealer in
HARDWARE, STOVES,
TINWARE,
Groceries, Provisions, etc., etc.,
COMMERCIAL ST., EMPORIA, KANSAS.
may7-tf
S. N. WOOD,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Cottonwood Falls, Chase Co., K. T.
WILL attend to all business entrusted to his
care in Chase, Morris, Breckenridge, Mad
son Butler and Hunter counties. 87 -tf
J. STOTLER,
:isroirAjEiY public,
AT THE
"NEWS" OFFICE,
noBl
EMPORIA KANSAS.
LEWIS W. KUHN,
Register of Deeds,
AND NOTARY PUBLIC,
FLMENDAEO, MADISON COUNTY, KANSAS.
janl5-tf
THOS. A. RUSSEL
Attorney at Law and Notary Public,
Office on Lcvee.:....KANSAS CITY, MO. .
ID Collections promptly made. n83-ly
ARTHUR I.
BAKER,
at La w ,
Attorney
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
Dealer in Land. Warrants, Town Lots and
Shares, Claims, &c,
AMFlllCVS, ERECKINRinOK COCNTT, KANSAS.
Pre-emption business promptly attended to
Money invested and debts collected Legal instru
ments carefully drawn ur and recorded Claims
file J tn and Declaratory Statements promptly for
wnrded, etc , etc.
D Mr. B. is also President of the Americus
Town Company. decll-tf
H. S. SLEEPER,
Civil. Engineer and Surveyor.
.County Snrrevor of Madinon County,
FLORENCE, KANSAS.
ID People of the Cottonwood please leave or
ders at the Office of L. p. Bailey, Emporia. n73
G. 21. WALKER,
Civil Engineer and Surveyor,
County Surveyor of Breckinridge County,
EMPORIA. KANSAS.
Is prepared with superior instruments to do
plane surveying, leveling and d'nfting on short
notice. Bridge Plans and Bills made to order.
t ; J. M.RANKIN, ,
Attorney at Law & General Land Agent.
EMPORIA; KANSAS.
ill practice in the several courts of record in
this and the adjoining counties. All business en
trusted to his care will receive prompt attention.
October 9-tf
P. B. PLTJHB,
Land and ; Collection Agent,
EMPORIA, KANZAS. ,
will invest money for non-residents, make coir
Actions, pay taxes, etc. june5 .
' ALBERT GRIFFIN,
Attorney at Law and Land Agent,
MANHATTAN, KANT ;
Prompt attention given to all business in the
Kansas Valley; west of the Pottowottomie Reserve,
ntrusted to his care. " , augl4-tf
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v . , Wishing the Professional services of
DR. C. C. SLOCUM, '
Physician and Surgeon , ,
Will please call at his residence half a mHe
outh-cast of Emporia. . , : ! , . ... .. n6-tf
Grinding Bolting.
T HVE "otmr new Bolting annaratus in good
W.tltnd.ni' now Bn.,VV.
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, "From the San Frascieeo Golden Era.
J , , . The Old Cartman. - .
' Mae BLUKDERBU5S.
1 have a rxj'n to tell a little story thai
it is brief, msj be seen at a glance; that it
13 true, I most eoipLatically avow. If the
render deepis'e it because xf the first,' or the
editors of the Era reject it for reason of the
last, then ! wilj eschew truth in the future,
and devote jnf self to the elaboration of lies
into chapiers and the' purest fictions into
volumes of eteneen' hundred pagers each.
..;i-With-tiSj' understanding.'. I proceed at
once to remark, that five years ago.or there-
aouots, JilinrAinsley,ror f fap Ainsley,'
as he wa3.mi'4rly calledwas the owrver
of a hanil cart, aod earned a living uy con-
veying miscellaneous parcels from one sec
tion 01 the city , to another, and receiving
therefor the reasonable remuneration of fifty
cents per load. . To designate the - occupa
tion in the prosiest language - possible, he
was a hand car tin an, and when not employ
ed, could always be found, during working
hours, at the corner of .Montgomery and
California streets. .Hi hair and long beard
were quite gray, and his limbs feeble; and
if he could not shove as heavy a load
through the deep sand or up the steep grade
abore him, as the stalwart Tenton on the
opposite corner, thereby losing many a job
and many a dollar, all the light loads fell to
his lot, and kind hearted men not unfre-
quently traveled a square or two out of
their way to give an easy job to "Pap Ain
sley." , ... . .
Four years ago last September, (I recol
lect the month, for I bad a note of four
thousand dollars to pay, and was compelled
to do eome pretty sharp financiering to meet
it,) having two or hree . volumes to trans
fer to my lodgings, I gave "Pap Ainsley"
the task of transportation. Arriving at my
room just as he had deposited the last arm
ful on the table, and observing that the old
man looked considerably fatigued after
climbing three flights of 6tairs five or six
times, I invited him to take a glass of bran
dy a bottle of which I usually kept in my
room for medicinal and sporific purposes.
Although grateful for the invitation, he
politely declined. I urged, but he was in
flexible. I was astonished. "Do you nev
er drink ?" said I. "Very seldom," he
replied, dropping into a chair at my re
quest, and wiping the prespiradon from his
forehead. "Well, if you drink at all, 1
insisted, "vou will not find in the next
twelve months as fair an exc use for indul
ging, for you appear fatigued, and scarcely
able to stand." "To be frank," said the
old man, "I do not drink now. I have nt
tasted intoxicating liquor for fifteen years
since " "Since when?" I inquir
ed, thoughtlessly, observing his hesitation.
The old man told me. Sexteen years ago
he was a weel -to-do farmer near Syracuse,
N. Y. He had but one child, a daughter.
While attending a hoarding school in that
city, the girl, then but sixteen years of age,
formed an attachment for a young physi
cian. Acquainting her father with the
circumstances, he flatly refused his consent
to her union with a man he had never seen,
and removing, her from school, dispatched
a note to the young gallant, with the some
what pointed information, that his presence
in the neighborhood of the 'Ainsley farm
would not meet with favor. The reader of
course surmises the result, for such. a pro
ceeding could and can have but one result.
In less than a month there was an elope
ment. The father loaded his double-barrelled
shot gun, and swore vengeance, but
failing to fit.d the fugitives, he took to the
bottle. His good wife implored him not to
give way to despair; but lie drank the deep
er, and accused her of encouraging the
elopement. In three months the wife died,
and at the expiration of a year, when the
young couple returned to Syracuse from
Connecticut, where they had remained with
the parents of the husband, they learned
that the old man, after the death of his wite,
of which they had of course been apprais
ed, Lad sold his farm, squandered the pro
ceeds, and was almost destitute. Learning
of their arrival, Ainsley drank'himelf into
a fienzy, aod proceeding to the hotel where
they were stopping, attacked the husband,
wounding him in the arm with a pistol
shot, and then attenpted the life of his
daughter, who, happily,' escaped uninjured
through the interposition of p-rsons brought
to the spot by the reporfof the pistol.
Ainsley was arrested, trieJ, and acquutnl
on the plea of insanity. The daughter and
her husband returned to Connecticut, since
which time the father had not heard from
them. - He was sent to a lunatic asylum
from which be was dismissed after remain
ing iix months. In 1851 he came to Cal
ifornia. He had followed ; mining for two
years, but finding his strength unequal to
the pursuit, returned to this city, purchas
ed a hand-cart and the rest is known.
"Since then," concluded the old man bow
ing his face in his hands in agony.'- "I
have not tasted liquor, nor have I seen my
poor child." I regretted that I bad been
so inquisitive, and expressed to the sufferer
the sympathy I really feltr for him." After
that, I seldom passed the corner "without
looking for VPap Ainsley," and never saw
him: but to think of the sad story he bad
told me. - "
One chilly, drizzling day in the Decem
ber f jllowing, a gentleman having purchas
ed a small marble-top table at an auction
room opposite, proffered to the old man
the job of conveying it to his residence on
Stockton street. Not wishing to accompa.
ny the carrier, he had selected the lace,
probably giving the best assurance of care
ful delivery of the purchase, ' : - - - r ;
Furnished with the number of the house
the old cartman, after a pretty trying strug
gle with the steep ascent of California
street, reached his destination, and deposit
ed the table, in the hall. Listening a mo
ment, the lady did not surmise the reason,
until he politely informed her that her hus
' . ,noh he - took him tn hV had
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fbaWj br accident neoWtd m .
L1;?!. ery well, I will pay too," I
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THE PEOPLE ALWAYS C O NQ UER
EMPOKIA, KANSAS,
room, she returned, and slatins tliat she
had no small coin in the house. handed the
man a ..twenty dollar piece." He could not
make 'h changer; "Never mind, I will
tali to-toerrow,V paid he, turning to go?
Ntf, no,! replied the lady, "glaneing pity
inglyl at- his - white , locks and 1 trembling
limbs; 4?I ?fll not permit you - to put your
self to so "much trouble;" and ehe handed
the coin to Bridget, with instructions to see
if she could get it f changed at one of the
stores or markets in the liefghborhbod.
"Step into the parloruntil the girl re
turns; the air i3 chilly, and you must be
cold,' continued the la 1y kindly. ; "Come,'
she added, as he looked - at his attire and
hesitated; "there is a good fire in the'gratebfh his friend was..'-It was afterwards that
conn'tnTceTnrmie but tTVhildren
"It is somewhat chilly," replied the old
man, following her into the parlor, and ta
king a seat near the fire. "Perhaps I may
find some silver in the house." said the la
dy, leaving the room, "for I fear Bridget
will not succeed in getting the twenty chang
ed."
"Come here, .little ones," said the old
man, holding out his hand c- axingly to the
younger of the two children a girl about
six years ot age.
"Come I love little children," and the
little child, who had been watching him
with curiosity trom behind the large arm
chair, hesitatingly approached.
"What is your name", dear?" inquired
the cartman.
"Maria.'.' lisped the little one. -
"Maiia ?" he repeated, while, the grat
tears gathered in his eyes; "I once had a lit
tle girl named Maria, and you look very
much a3 she did."
"Did you ?" inquired the child, with in
terest; "and was her name Maria Eastman,
too?"
"Merciful God 1" exclaimed the old man,
starting from his chair and again dropping
into it with his head bowed upon his
breast
"This cannot be, and yet, why not ?"
He caught the child in his arms with an
eagerness that frightened her, and gazing
into her face until he found conviction there,
suddenly rose to leave the house. "I can
not meet her without betraying myself, and
I dare not leil her that I am that drunken
father who once attempted to take her life,
and perhaps left her husband a cripple,"
he groaned, as he hurried towards the door.
The little ones were bewildered. "You
are not going ?" said the mother, reap
pearing, and discovering the old man in
th iet- of -pi8n-tn0" It .
He stopped, and partly turned his face,
but seemed to lack the resolution to do
aught else.
"He said he had a little Maria once, that
looked just like me, mother," shouted the
child, her eyes sparkling with delight.
The knees of the old cartman trembled,
and he leaned against the door for support.
The lady sprang towards him, and taking
him by the arm, attempted to conduct him
to a chair.
"No, no 1" he exclaimed, "not till you
tell me that I am forgiven !"
VForgiven ? what for ?" replied the
mother in alarm.
"Recognize in me your wretched father,
and I need not tell you 1" he faltered.
"My poor father !'" she cried, throwing
her arms around his neck; "all is forgiven
all forgotten !'
All was forgiven, and the husband, when
he returned late in the afternoon, was scarce
ly less rejoiced than his good wife at the
discovery. Whether or not Bridget suc
ceeded in changing the double eagle, I nev- j
er learned, but this I do know, that it took
the honest female all of two months to un
ravel the knot into which the domestic af
fairs of the family had lied themselves du
ring her absence." Pap Ainsley till keeps
his cart, for money would not induce him
to part with ii. 1 I peeped into the bark
yard of Dr. Eastman, one day last week,
and discovered the old man dragging the
favorite vehicle found the enclosure, with
his four grand-children piled promiscuous
ly into it. '
A Reminiscence of ErskiDe.
" I am told that you remember the late
Lord Erskine ?"
"I remember him well, ' sir," was his re
ply, "I knew him long before he was the
gteat man that he became He was about
nine or ten ears my stnior. For a long
time no one knew who he was, and he used
10 g by the name of the Rampant Mad
man.' Most people were frightened at'him,
and the mothers used to raakn a sort of Bo
gey of him to frighten their refractory chil
dren." "111 send for that mad gentleman," they
used to say. He stayed in this very place
where you now are. - He never staid long
at a time, but he paid us a visit pretty , of
ten.' - - " ; ''- ;
"What Jid he do, that people thought
him mad ?" ' .t,,. ... ,T
"Do, sir ? Why he would stand at the
very edge of the cliff where the flag-staff
now is, and talk by the hour sometimes
for two or three hours together; and so
loud would he speak at limes, that you
might hear him a quarter of a mile off, his
left hand clenched firmly on his hip.""
(The old man stood up and imitated the
great orator's attitude.) - - , .--v '
. "At low water he would go and stand on
those black rocks out yondei and talk, seem
ingly to the waves. When he began be
never stopped '. till it was all over, - and I
have seen the perspiration running" down
his forehead even in cool weather. , lie nev
er kept his hat on while he was speaking,
but as soon as be was done,' he would put
it on, and sometimes laugh heartily. lie
used to talk like a man that bad something
on his miud which he could not, divulge to
bis fellow creatures; and yet he did not care
who heard him speak. .' I ' and several oili
er young men have been within 'six or sv
en yards of him, and, although he saw us,
he took no more notice of us than if .we ,
had been a parcel of sticks or stones, 'and;
" "- - ;-t the same. He bad !
e.
more than
went on talking .
SEPTEMBER 24, 1859.
two years before it was known
that he was
we famous barrister Erskiae,
was only by accident we knew
not mad." , . -
' "How ?"
"On one Sundav afternoon
and then it
that he was
he brought
down with him a young gentleman, of about
twenty years of age, who walked about the
pier while Mr. Erskine was making a speech
oat upon the rocks. One of the men on
the pier remarked to this young gentleman,
What a pity that such a fine man, and
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duu a piea-ani spoaen man wnen lie - is
calm, should be so mad !" Whereupon
the young man roared with lau -'liter, and
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mcu iei me cai out 01 me oacr ov savins'
L and several others Uienrfe,-tru-trTiow
gone to their account, came to know him
so well. And a right merry gentleman he
could be, too. Lord bless us, sir ! swift as
time flies it seems only yesterday that he
would come down here and say to us as he
made his way to the cliff with his Jands in
his breeches pockets, and walked like a
sailor, (he had been in the navy, you know,
sir,) Conie along, my lads, and be the ju
ry I I am going to make another speech.'
And a most beautiful thing it was to listen
to him.. -
One minute he would make you laugh
heartily, and the next moment he'd bring
the water into your eyes, by the tender way
in which he'd allude to a fading flower, or
a sickychild. There was one case in par
ticular, I remember. It " was an action
brought against a Mr. Somebody or other,
by a lord's eldest 6on, for carrying off his
wif. It was most beautiful as we told
him when he asked us how we liked it.
Blest if he didn't make out as how the de
fendant was the ill-used party, and not the
man as had lost his wife. Expensive as
travelling was in those days, five of us
went up to London to hear him deliver that
speech in court before the judges and the
regular sworn jury; and such a crowd
as there was of lords and gentlemen, to be
sure !" . .
"And did he deliver that same speech ?"
I asked.
"Yes.- In parts it was a little different,
and some things were added; but it was, in
the main, just what he said standing out on
them rocks yonder. There was no filly
pride about Mr. Erskine, sir. As aoon as
the case was over, and he was coming out
of the court, his quick" eye caught sight of
us;- and up he comes, puts out his hand to
each of us, and says, 'What ! you here, my
Ws -? Well.-foltovr vae 'r And be walks
ou to an old public house near the court,
called the Chequers, and orders two bottles
of port ""me tor us; and while we were
drinking it, explained to us how it was not
possible for him to win the day; and that
all the effect his speech would have would
be to reduce the damages. He was mighty
pleased to hear himself praised, and seemed
just as proud of our approval a3 anybody's
else. 'I don't think, sir. continued the
old man, 'that Mr. Erskine, felt any of the
fine things he 6aid in his speeches. It was
all acting with him; and I'll tell you why I
think so. Une dy he was walking along
the sands, spouting of poetry out of a book
he was learning of it, for he read it over
and over arain and while he was diii2T so
he turned up his eyes, shook his head, and
stretched forth his hand, in such away that
you might have taken him for a street par
son. It was a mot serious sort of poetry.
It was something about 'Farewell, the drums
and fifes, the banners and the big guns
and the plumes and the feathers, cocked-
hats and swords, and the virtuous wars and
the fair women honors, decorations, and
rewaids ! G. farewell, everything ! Alas!
the poor fellow's occupation's gone I' All
of a sudden, sir, he shuts up the book, claps
it under his arm, whistles a jig, and dances
to it. and rem a ik ably well, 100, did become
the dubl-shuffh. Another time, when he
was reading out poetry; I saw him C work
himself up till the tears actually rolled
down his cheek- and not two minutes af
terwards he wa playing at ronnders with
all of the lfllle bys on the beach."
"And did Mr. Erskine know," I asked
the old smuggler, "that at first you all
thought he was mad ?' ' r
"Yec; and was very much amused at it."
Household Wards.
Motet.- Tm desire to be rich is not
evil of iiself. Ii is nonsense for a man to"
stand up and disclaim the desire for wealth,
and urge upon the world the idea that it
should be poor. Money is neither an evil
or a good of itself; it has not a moral char
acter. It is Mmply an agent, and, whether
it be good or evil depends upon the manner
in which it is used. It is like a sword.
Whethf r a -word be in the hands of a Ben?
edict Arnold, bathed in his country's blood,
or in the hands of a Washington, wielded
for justice and liberty, it is a sword only,
and has not a character.' Whether it be an
instrument for good or evil depends upon
the character of him who holds the hilt,
and not the . sword itself. So it is with
money. It is an agent; it is a gigantic mo
tive power, that thunders around the world.
If the devil stands engineer, it thunders on
freighted with r untold, mischief, - scattering
oppression and cruelty and wrong. But if
it i3 guided by the spirit of love and truth,
it is like the sun shedding Jightand summer
upon the world. It is an angel of mercy
andlove, when directed by tha Spirit of
Christ. Beecker.
Every '.Abolitionist organ in the United
States denounces the "Wyandotte Constitu
tion in the severest ' language, because it
does -no, give negroes the right of. suffer
age.' The Garrisonians and the Democrats
are in the same boat both sailing lovingly
together, and bth bitterly opposing the
Wyandotte Constitution. Atchio Cham-
A man in active life requires thirty-six
ounces of solid food ; in a day nine of ani
mal and twenty-seven of regetable. Of
food and drink a man consumes about fif-
teen hundred pounds a year.
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Whole No. 111.
Reception of Carl Schurtz
wauiee. .
The eloquent and true-hearted patriot of
Wisconsin Carl Schurtz was welcomed
to Milwaukee on the 7th inst.,by an enthu
siastic assemblage.. His name had been
presented to the State Convention as a can
didate for Governor, but he failed to receive
the nomination. 'With this explanation we
give a portion of the noble response of Mr.
Schurtz to the welcome extended to him:
; Some people have been whispering into
my ears, lor a tew days: You have been
badly treated; - professed friends . have de
ceived you; when . Xhe heavy work is to be
don,Uhey-come-ta you; , when . rewards are
to be distributed, they ignore your claims;
and the like.
But those who speak to me in that way,
measure my character by a very small
standard. Do they expect that my notions
of duty should break down under the flim
sy weight of some small personal disap
pointment ? Do they think that my course
bhould be determined by the fickle breezes
of fortune. The great battle of principles
in which we are engaged, is no mere child's
play. When the destinies of a nation are
the stake of the struggle, no man has a right
to call himself a faithful soldier, who would
refuse to sacrifice for the public benefit
some peltry personal resentment. '
In 6ayiog this I do not express my own
individual sentiments alone. I know there
is not one true friend of liberty before me,
who would not endorse them not with words
only, but with acts. .. .
It is impossible to carry principles of
general policy into practice without the or
ganization of parties whose.efficacy consists
in the discipline of their members. Do not
misunderstand jne on this point. A partv
like that to which I belong, the representa
tive ot the great principles of human rights,
cannot, and shall not, live on drill and dis
cipline alone, as its vital element. It can
not, and it shall not, be a mere machinery
of masked despotism, governed in its move
ments by a few tricklers, and luled by the
arts of secret diplomacy. It must be found
ed on the consciences of those who com
pose it, for there alone is its . moral vitality.
In such a party every member may preserve
his honor and independence.
To shape your course according to the
reigning prejudices., contriving to be always
in the majority, to work, wafted along by
the applauses of the multitude, to leap from
attempt to attempt in this way, and from
success to success that is an asy thing;
but to struggle quietly and steadily against
stubborn difficulties, to see a new obstacle
thrown in vour wav, as soon as one is sur- i
mounted, to see the result of long and tire
some exertions trampled down in an hour
and great successes prevented by clumsy
accident, and then to set quietly to work
again with neyer-iirin patience in order to
restore what was destroyed, your eye stead
ily fixed on the great truth you want to re
alize that is the kind of labor which tries
men's souls. Mark well, I am not speak
ing of personal success, but of the build
ing up of the Machinery by which ideas are
to be carried into reality, of the organiza
tion of a party worthy to represent great
principles. For the efficiency of such an
organization, I would be ready to bring any
sacrifice of personal feelings, short of the
sacrifice of my honor and my conscience.
When euch a jeacrifice may be demanded,
I leave it to the conscience of every one to
determine. Let every one's acts be ruled
by his devotion to the common crause. Do
not attach too much importance to small
things and take care not to generalize inju
ries of a local or personal eharaetee.
The time of the great national battle of
186D is fast approaching. The enemies of
our cause are strong; all the power and pat
ronage of the national government and a
well drilled party organization are at their
disposal. They are fertile in expedients,
they, will spare no efforts. But .whatever
their strength, may be it will yield to the
power of i he truth, if we are true to our
selves. Let every heart be filled with that
generous and - selr-sacrincing zeal which
characterizes true patriotism. The patriot
ism of the people will rise to the infected
regions where politicians move, and our
beloved State will prove worthy of its noble
title; Wiscontm, the young pioneer of free
dom. - . -, ..
A New Steam Plow.
Robert L. Steen, of Hannibal, in this
State, is having a new steam plow manufac
tured at Cuddy, Carpenter Sr Co. s ma
chine . shop, ' in this city, and is already
pretty well completed. The ; propelling
part is an upright poller, with two inde
pendent' engines, all attached to a . frame-
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WOiK Supponeu itj luur sWiiwia.. juvi.u
hind wheels are eight feet in diameter, and
made s Irons, to sustain the weight' of the
boiler and engines, and, to ? avoid cutting
into the earth, are bound with common tire,
then with another of, twenty -inches ,; in
width. The engines are but four horse
power each, but, by a new , application of
their power, they will be equal to the draft
of thirty -five horses. The power ; can be
applied to one or . both driving wheels, to
turn forwarder backward, which enables
the machine to be turned in as f mall a space
as a common ordinary farm wage n. The
weight, wlnen equiped,' of plows, water; fu
el and machine complete, will not exceed
four tons,r This weight, with the width of
tire used, will admit of the machine being
worked on any soil sufficiently dry for prac
tical purposes. ' Any number of plows can
be -used, from- 6ix to twelve each cutting
twelve inches in width, and they are allow
ed to accommodate them-?elvea to any nn&
venness of ground, and -the machine is so
arranged as to allow the wheels to move on (
the unplowed land, except . when finishing
up a land. The steam horse which has the
boUcm. to bim; at least the weight will be
so near the eanh it will be impossible fo
him to stumble or to turn a somerset,
iy two men will be required to r-
whoie concern wnen in oper-
sgsthe
PRINTING.
The office of Thx Extoua Kkws is furnished
with a complete assortment of tits newest styles
of Type, Borders, nourishes, Cuts, Cards, Fancy
Papers, Colored Inks, Bronx e, dee., enabling the
proprietor to print CiscriAES, Casus, Ceweticatm
or Stock, Dxrcs,. Postsbs, and all other kinds of
Job Pnnmife, in a manner, unsurpassed in the
eountry. ' Particular attention paid t printing
all kinds of Blanks. : Orders for work "promptly
attended to when accompanied with Cash.
cjclsiqr" Is our motto. ; -- :s 4
Blank 'Warranty and Mortgage Deeds, Bonds,
Executions, Summons. Subpeaas, Attachments,
recognizances, etc., eop.tanUy on hand.
A last of Wonders. "
Among the thousands of. marvelous in
ventions which American genius has pro
duced within the last few years, are the fol-e,
lowing, compiled in an abstract from the
Patent Office Report:
The report explains the principle of the
celebrated Hobb lock. Its "unpickability"
depends upon a secondary or false set of
tumblers, which prevent instruments used
in picking from touching the real ones.
Moreover, the lock is powder proof, and
may be loaded through the key hole and
fired off till the burglar is tired of bis fruit
less work, or fears that the exDlosions.will
bring to view his experiments more witness
es than he desires. - - r
A harpoon is described which makes the
whale kill himself. The more he pulls the
line, the deeper goes the harpoon.
An ice making machine has be?n patent
ed, which is worked by a steam engine. In
an experimental trial, it froze several bot
tles of sherry, and produced blocks of ice
the size of a cubic foot, when the thermom
eter was up to eighty degrees. It is calcu
lated that for every ton of coal put into the
furnace, it will make a ton of ice.
From Dr. Dale's examiner's report, wo
gather some idea of the value of patents.
A man who had made a slight improvement
in straw cutters, took a model of his ma
chine through the Western States, and, af
ter a tour of eight months, returned with
forty thousand collars. Another man had
a machine to thrash and clean grain, which
in ntteen months, be sold for sixty thous
and dollars. These are ordinary cases
while such inventions as the telegraph, the
planing machine, and India rubber patents
are worth millions each.
Examiner Lane's report describes new
electrical inventions. "Among these is an
electrical whaling apparatus by which the
whale is literally "shocked to death." An
other is an electro-magnetic alarm which
rings bells and displays signals in case of
fire and burglars. Another is an electric
clock which wakes you up, tells you what
time it is, and lights a lamp for you at any
hour you please.
There is a "sound gatherer" a sort of
huge ear trumpet, to be placed in front of
a locomotive, bringing to the engineer's
ears all the noise ahead perfectly distinct,
notwithstanding the noise of the train.
There is an invention which picks up
pins from a confused heap, turns them a
round with their heads up, and sticks them
in papers in regular rows. .
Another goes through the whole process
of cigar making, taking in leaves and turn
ing out finished cigars.
One machine cuts cheese; another scours
knives and forks; another rocks the cradle;
and seven or eignt take in washing and iron
ing. There is a parlor chair patented that can
not be tipped back on two legs, and a rail
way chair that can be tipped back in any
position, without any legs at all.
Another patent is for a machine that
counts passengers in an omnibus and takes
their fares. When a fat gentleman gets in,
it counts two and charges double.
There are a variety of guns patented,
that load themselves; a fishing line that ad
justs its own bait; and a rat trap that
throws away the rat and then baits itself,
and stands in the corner for another.
There is a machine also, by which a man
prints instead of writes, his thoughts. It
is played like a pianoforte. And speaking
of pianos, it is estimated that nine thous
and are made every year in the United
States, giving constant employment to 1900
persons, an i costing over 62,000,000.
Good Story.
-The. Paris gossip of the Liverpool Jour
nal contains the following story, which un
like most of the tales of Paris, is fit to be
told: '
A certain young Irish beauty, eugaged
to a desirable young Englishman, went to
the French capital on a visit to ber aunt a
bout five months ago; with her went her
lover and ber sister, and a gay season was
enjoyed by all .parties. As for the bride
elect, she found a certain Polish Prince,
who frequented her aunt's talon, so agreea
ble that she actually told her affianced bride-
giOm; and what was astonishing, the bride
groom quite agreed, and thought so too. -Some
weeks passed on thus, the PolUh
Prince became more and more delightful,
the bridegroom more and mere willing to
own it, until one fine day, upon some bint ,
thrown out by the Polish Prince, the hero
ine informed ber English lover that she did
not think her marriage a desirable thing.
The lover, with wonderful alacrity, agreed
with her, and, this engagement being bro
ken off, he at once offered himself to the
sister of his former fiance, who readily ac
cepted bim. ' ' y .
Everything was now eoins on smoothly,-;
only the Polish Prince did not propose as
promptly as he was expected to dor howev
er, the young Irish girl was strong in hope.
that, at the approaching marriage 01 ner ,
sisterto her lover, the laggard man would
say the necessary word. This wedding ve- -
ry soon took place, ana me iair gin, as
bridesmaid, leaned on the arm of the Prince,
who officiated as groomsman. Coming out ....
of the church, the Polish Prince sighed ,
heavily, and, turning bis eyes npon the.,;,
bridegroom, exclaimed, as be pressed the 5
bridemaid's hand, locked at that moment
within his own, "Poor; fellow, how, I pity
bim !' , "Why so ?V gaid the lovely brides- r ,
maid, half offended. 7 - Why, for marrying
How can a ' man be such "an ass ?. I, fo
one, would nerer marryV if Venns h
with fifty thousand ducats fa e -jrf elV 1
were offered me.' . A he- ch -poefcetV ?
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and be carried ' eimajd bad tainted
wondering "'T"'V"'-j!L''Wfc to- tie eacristy.
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