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THCRSDAY, AriUL, 10. 1879.
TSIK MIW TIIKITHE.
"e have but one criticum to make npon
the propod plan of the ce theatre, a-a
given in our atticli-tfjeKierdar. ar.J that
w, that the building i he i narrow. It
ought to he, at lewt, fifteen feet wider than
the prfc-en: plan contemplate That would
give more ta?e room, would make all the
MM eligible, atd would give everybody, in
every part of the hone, a Rood chance to
ffe everytWns that transpired on the ftsge
J'ifty-oix fret in not wide enough. It ought
to be not Uf thin eventy.
i.. r. n;t; '.it.
Atlention U called to the resolution", in
another column, pafed by the citizni of
Hay City upon the action of their Kepre
centative, 1 F. E;cern. Mr. K.'t'ers
man of light weight, whae tempjrary ele
vation lo thi" exalud jio-Hion of llgi
ter and mtmbr feems to have developed
Lin aVolute tiLStne for any 1.0-ition. He
wa compelled to re-ign the one for di
honest j rctiM-", and g- out of the o.btr
with the diguu of all dtcent men. U
violation of pltdgw Icch him the codA
dence of hU a;;iatw, who look ujon him
aionewho-e only motivt-3 are hatred and
malice agiinit these who do cot aid him
to retain cSice.
IUll- M)l I'llAlX
Th3 women of New Hampt-bire hive
been given the right to vote in the election
of nchool ofiiier-, but in moot places they
do not peeni easer to nvail them-elves of
their r.ewly acquired prerogative. At
Concord, where th advocite of female
suffrage are nomewhat numerou, there
was a pretty fair di-play of women at the
polls, in the late election, but in the uiaj
orityof fifty diftricl Mattered, through ten
other town", the mt-n hail things very much
to tbemelve With the exception of
Bristol, where fitly women voted, and
Arhlacd, wheie fi'leen extrcid their priv
ilege, fevea was the milium at any meet
ing As the enabling act paed la?t Xj
vember, th-re appears to be preat apathy
in the gentler wx of the Granite State
Time may chinge all tni, however, and
inspire Jmth cour-ge and enlbu-iia'm in
the eufrarchi-vd.
TJIK I'OI'I I.Alt IT V OF IIII:TI.-H
As another -viili-iiceof the growing p ipu
larily of TiibTimks it is worlhr of men
tion tint our Katisirf City name Hike keep
a copy of it iostenl up, in order thst tluw
people iii that city who do uot lake Tilt:
Times may have an opjiortunity 10
wha a real, live, rew-paper looks like
The followii g parigrnph we clip from tin
Kansas City Time of the -llh:
In order that tt-- jieople if ICansis City
mav ft and know for th-ui--lvrs bo
wanlonljr arid m ticifili-ly 1 he Juvrn'il 1m
lied in th.s iii-taint which is ciuiply an
illustration .f hnw it liei almo-t every d -y
we have j 1 eed the oriyinil copy f lb
Leavenworth TlMllS in whidi the urticle
apprand, in the front window of th Times
counting riKim rn lhat a wayfring man,
though he be a f jol, may tie and read for
bini'tlf
That hhows that Tun Times is not onlv
known ys 1 newcpspr, but that it is recog
nizd in Kanras City as authority, in ijues
tiens of fart
riCO.M' flltt.NT Kill. IT.
An item from IJor-ton, whicli appears in
our telesraph columns this morning, st:os
pretty conclusively that frost does no kill
the germ cf the ellow fever, and though
the diea-e may lie dormant during the
the continuance of cool weatlnr.it is not
exterminated, but only temporarily sup
pressed The dispatch nferreel to says tiie United
States steamer "riymoutb" which sailed
from Ko-ton the 15ih of last month, fur n
cruire to the West Indies has returned
owing to the breaking out of yellow fever
among the crew. The ebip came from the
"Weil Indies last fall, with yellow fefer,
but it was ftipjiosftl that the thorough
fumigation to which t-he had 'nent-ub
jected, together with the fevere frosts
of a New Knglaud winter, bad thor
oughly destroyed all germs ot
the d sea-e. Her present exerienre.
however, -hows that the fever had uot liceti
eradicated, but was ready to I reak out
again as eoon as the proper cindition-
might be r-lored f.ir the development of
the perai. This is a piece e.f bad cews, not
onlv to the South but to the who'e nation.
It gives us new leason to fear that thoi-e
portions of the country so sorely smitten
by the plague last cummer, may fall vic
tims to the same scourge sgain this ear,
sb toon as the weather trows warm.
Tin: IvAAlS 1'lTV 1VIV.
Oar ICausu City neighbors are abusing
one another vcandIous." We give It
low a few samples. This is taken from the
Journal of the Srd:
If ourneiahbjr, the Timrr, is in such a
Unurishini; financial coiAliuon, why does it
allow the oft-rej 'ted report that its tin
ploye get a 'VUrd oil" iuteidof their full
weelV wspes nearly every Snurday nil lit?
Vie don't i-elieve the-e rejHirts are true.
Ttie txjierien' e of the Journal does not en
cjurage the belief that a Kansas City
newspaper i in such de-perate straits. It
U also said that the Turn will be comell
ed to release its fine building tinder the
eleed of trut, but we cintiot believe it is eo.
ICeilher eta we credit the repjrt that a
carload of while paiier i.held t the rail
road freight hon-e, bilud io the Ttrntt, but
which l ordered held undl piid for We
would scorn to repeit, as true the report
thit the mismaniger cf the Titk has
mortgaged hi household furnnuie for
money with which to irint double sheet
nupplemtuts. These stories must be slan
derous, anil we freely give the iw of our
columns to discredit them. The Tiraa cn
never muster chi-ek enough to deny them.
The publication of such matter as the
above, even if true, will he depreca'ed by
all well-meaning new-pipers, whether
friendly to the paper as-aill or not, and
besides, it shows very poor judgment ; for
the Jxjranl ought to know that where two
papers are of about the same
strength and circulation, as are the Kansas
City Tim't and Journal, if one is proved to
be in a f trrving condition, the public will
reasonably conclude that the other is not far
behind it en the down grade. Hut we do
not bilieve that the JouraaTi statements are
true. The Time denies them all, in detail,
and then retorts with the following.
XTe have thus recapitulated and refuted
a eerie of calumnies eirizinated and circu
lated by at leaet two individuals connected
irith th'e Journal Company. We refer of
course to Abeel, "the meanest man is West
era Mis-ouri," and his pusillanimous co
nartner. Stevens, the shears editor of the
patent inide, and the "nonpariel liar" of
the editorial naee. e have been credibly
informed, and believe, that these parties,
themselves notoriously bankrupt, and in a
moral sen;e as corrupt and depraved as any
individuals who aspire to social or burxe-s
recognition in Kan-as City, have studious
ly and persistently sought to depreciate
the credit and dtfime the character
-of the Timet Compiny and its attaches
on all occasions. If we were to
retaliate in kind it wonld not be difficult to
abov that the Journal Company has been
" firtuilly bankrupt ever aiace the tracsfer
f .the controUing iaterest to Abeel, StevcM
.m; uh ine rwwro m owtag lotto
i SWMH if lit .w ns,wirf wMt
'SOIMM
wagnold nndcr the ShtrifTd hammer to-day;
liikt there id also a mcrtgag on the Hock
of the Journal Company of over Sll.OCOto
H. M. Holder; that there is alio an in
cumbrance of about 55,009 on the Journal
jrea and material, recently incui red; and
that Abeel has mortgaged his private prop
erty to the amount of about $10,000 to &oa.
the concern since it passed from the control
of Col. II. T Van Horn. Anybody can ee
at a glince that the Journal Company is
rotten to the core, and that ro hing ex
cept politicil Fubddie and accomodating
loans, together with the "Chine-e cheap
labor"' employed on its patent in''des, has
prevented it frc m becoming a totl wreck.
It muct be admitted that the Tima had
some provocation to plead in justification
of the above, but two wrong? do not make
a right, and we don't think the Timet U
warranted, even under the present aegra
vating circumstance-1, in making mch as
sertions in regard to the financial condition
of a contemporary.
We believe both tLe articles epio'.ed above
to lie gross exaggeration, but if one tenth
of what our neighbors say about one an
other is true, they are both in rather tight
quirlers.
vri'i:itiTEni:xr o,tKK,
Mr. T. F.Oake, who ha been appointed
Gecejal .Sujitnntendent of the Mi-ouri
Jtiver, Fort fccott t Gulf, and Ieavtn
wortb, Lawrence fc Gilveston roads, is a
wide-awake, enirgetic, live railroad man,
who will carefully look after the interest of
the two roads under hi charge. Kansas
is veiy fortunate in having Mich prominent
men at the head of her railroad affairs.
a M-rritii, si:t.vir.
Jeff Divis thinks it u-elrs' to attempt
the education of thj negro. H siys he
was creited as a na'unl servant, and
should not have been allowed lbs billot.
JetF should remember one thing; this
creature who '"was born a natural servant'
has shiwn himrtlf a better citizen than the
1'reiident of the confedi racy; inasmuch as
he always proiel loyal to his country,
while the former was fal-c In times ul
peril a faithful servant with a Mack skin
and unlettfr.il, is of more valse than sn
e Incited white min wh plots treason,
which it rcpiires four yesrs to shoot out
of him.
u-it.r' 11 Miisr.r ryi
The above ij'iei-tion is freipiently asked
by visitors at The TlMFd editorial rooms,
and has reference to the ruuiblin; noiiv
closed by ihe engine rnd five eteam Ker
nieces w liich run con.-tantly, nigi t and
day, in our book and jjb department, on
the basement ll ior.
Very few of our citizens hive an adequate
idea of the amount of buinei-s Wing done
in this department of JiiR Timu
e-tahli-hment, or of the extent and
completeness of our ficilities for
duinit all kinds of prlntin; not only
uf the ordinary commercial character, suih
as "cirJs, letter heid, bill hefd-, etc.,
Imt books, pimphlet', thaw printinc and
riilnad work. We hive jut delivered a
jib of more thin a million impressions to
the Kansi I'.ieific road, and are now engag
ed on one of like proportions for lh Santa
Fe road. The-e ordirs ce me to us from
the headquarters of the roads in Kansas
City and Topeka. and are sent here be
cause oar facilities enable us to
do bitter wurk f jT the ctuioinies, and at
lower price, than they are able to get
elsewhere. We ineniion these tw jibs
merely as siniples of what we are djing
all the tint, and to eluwour readers thit
The TlMf-s jjli estiblishment is one cf the
"institution" of the city. All of our ma
chinery is driven by steam, our stock i' all
purchaed of first hand', by the car load,
and with oiie five steam presses, and power
paper cutter, we are able to emulate, in
quality or price, with any printing estab
lishment in Ciiicsgo or St Louis
It is very int-resting, eqh-ciilly to the
ladies, to witness the operations of first
clas printing machinery, propelled by
steam, and it always gives ( us pleasure to
welcome our friends who deire to "fee he
wheels go 'round "
A Hull h lt l-roi'lil.
A bull is as imublesom" a visitor in a
lady's chamber a in a cninashop. A fort
night .:o such an animal took fright in the
rtieet if Liverjool and, apparently e-csp-in;;
from his piiriierJ, entered the back
yard of a hoil'e in Frankland street, owned
anl cccupiel by John Jores He got into
the kncVn first of all, ai.d. finding nobody
there, went up stairs to the Iront Isd
room, where Mrs J-tnes was lrs-inj. The
anvlhiii' but syliih lik- tread f the visitor
on the stairs naturally attracted the atten
tiiin of the butts', and she, coing to the
door, was much a'armtd at the awkward
sisht Toil-t prepaiaiions were at once
eiifendeil, and Mr Jones managed to slip
out of the room and go for a Uten'v The
bull, thrown uiou hir on rejurces,
amii.-t-d himself by ujwettini; the furniture
ard ecattericg tuilet-wre to th four
corners of the room. Ai'tance was rea
dered by a jsiiice constable, who eecured
the bull by a rote and dra-rgtd him down
stairs to the street.
.11iit I'nslnml It-Iliiiiiti iter t'nni.
mcrclnl .SunrciiiKCj.
A frightful pictureof the commercial eit
nation in KnLlund is drawn by David Mc
Iver, one of the proprietors of the Cunard
Line of s-teau-ers and a memWr of the
Iiriiieh rarlianient. A letter which he
has written, a portion of which is br tight
by thecible. rtpnsents the export trade of
Knglaid to the L'niled Stales once her
chief market as having entirely ceased.
LiverKX)l etesuiers, Mr. Mclver says, in
tend henceforth to take out water ballast
only on their trips to America, as the
bu-inets of carry in a little treigtit lor
nothing, as billxst, his ceiled to be profit
able to anybody. He piedicts the ruin of
all Ensland's "industries, whether manu
facturing or agricultural, "if the present
st.te of affsirs i alloweil
to continue." Mr. Mclver's plan
for putting an end to the present state
of -flairs does not exi-t. l'robably he has
none; is-ibly he is one of toe small
number cf panic stricken capitalists who
'magice that the drooping industries of
England can be revived by instituting a
protective tariff on manufactured coods.
But the futility cf such an attempt is per
fectly apparent to a tnajirlty of English
men, who know that sucn a tariff would
hut England out from foreign markets,
and that unless the manufacturing in
dns'.riis can snuply more than the hon-e
demand they are as good as doomed. If
the ertat Engli-h industries peri-h, they
will at 'east go down with their free
trade flsg flrinc The recent returns of
emigration from Greatliritain show that the
laboring clas-cs are beginning to appreciate
the situation, and are departirg for Amer
ica and the colonics in greater numbers
than for many years Ihe workingmen
who remain, sooner cr later may be com
pelled, if matters go on from bad to worse,
to take pos-ws-ion of the thousands of acres
of unocenpied lands belonging to the no
bility, who, ptrhajw, seeing their revenues
waning from day to dsy, will be glad
enough to give up their superfluous lands.
Many things go to confirm the correctness
of Gladstone's view that England is follow
ing in the wake of Venice. Genoa and Hol
land, and must foon relinquish her commer
cial supremacy to the United States. Tte
prophecy bids fair to reach its fulfillment
much sooner than its author anticipated.
Kallylnar Hound inn FlaS.lRa.la.
1 Cincinnati Gtzette. 3 1
They are coming, Kuthcrford, by the
thousand and the hundred thousand to
luck you in a fuht with the Confederate
Democracy The Republicans are cominc:
the boys in blue are coming; th war Dem-
ccrau are comiuj., aii woo siooa oy ttie
Union and the old flag in the dark day of
armed rebellion, to f u at Utey are alirr,
ad the desceadaBte ot the Brave sea ear
wbqw travel jrrat k fnea tfcey aw am
ies, to laa traasV - Jha MM Mataatit
avMHM) anaaai-; waaasp
(.H "MP awatamatw -.
THE l'fUI'I.i: IMJICA-kN''
A .lleetluc at Wlilcli .llr, raeer U
Neterelr Cenxnresl lor Hie Ix Il
lias Aofumcd In Ue nvetlt;atlon
llnlne
EditokTiiies: By request I tend you
a copy of resolutions adopted at a meeting
ot our c zens. A warm reception awaits
E.'gers should he return to the psoph he
has so misrepreeented. Publish and ob
lige all of your readers in Ellis connty.
J. H. Downing.
r-unuc MEEnXG.
At a public meeting of ths citizens of
Hays City and Ellis county held at the
Court Houe in this City, on Monday
eveninj, March "1st, 1S70, the following
re-olutions were pad :
Whekeas There ha been, ana u now,
a bitter, malicious and vindictive warfare
waged against the Hon. J. J. Iugalls,
and
Whereas, The llepresentative of Ellis
County L F. E.'gers, has misrepr. tented
the wi-hesand will of hi constituents in
his opposition to Senator Ingalls, therefore
be it
ll'rlced. That the aclton of L I . La
gers is deserving of our rnqualified disap
probation, and proves him wholly unwor
thy of the confidence and respect of the
people he has so grossly and dn-gracefuIJy
inii-iepresented.
lit lud, That we have every confidence
in the integrity of Senator Ingalls, whore
r-cholsrly attainments and brilliant talents
reflect hiith credit U!onouryoune State
that he has so nobly and creditably rep
resented in the Senate of the United Suits
for the past six years, durinz which time
he has won for him-elf a National reputa
tion. Jl f.lod. That a copy of these resolu
tions be forwarded to Senator IrsilN, also
a copy to llieTopekaGnnmoiiircrt; Atchi--on
Chimpiui; L-avea worth IW and
Leavenworth TlMt. Glo IIyav,
Chairman.
ll.
SrirTLER, Secretary.
I'd I. It .MEUtriOiK
Tbo rrnjecf of n EalnvBllon tar
Unjot Ilelirmi:.Mrll.
Se Voik ileraM, 1
An interetig report is given in another
column of conversation he'd in London
with three gentlemen of Feme txrrierce
in thi Arctic teas, who give their opinions
on topics related to the pre j-ct of a l'olar
ext edition bv way of Ilchrina Strait. Ad
miral Collir.son was an Arctic explorir
thirty years eince, nd Captain Hull, his
c-iutenijKirary, was an officer en the Hcndu
when Kellet l.anil was disc-iVered, in J81S;
while Captain Markham wfs in the Eng
lish ex (edition of 1S7G All the-e officers
have faith in the iicssibility that a very
high lititmie may be reached by a ship that
is equiied to niak" the 1110-tcf thechinces
a summer msy sffi.rd on the ll-hrirg
Strait route, and all for very distinct rea
sons, which they give. Every man who,
in the words of Captain Hull, has
"had a shy" at this l'olar pr Idem
as, indeed, every man who has '"had a shy"
at any great problem in lif is the best
ps-eihle man to watch all ihe oterations
and noe all the sucres-es or failures f
oih r men in the siuieendeavor; and thei-e
o'd sailors are not only nservoirs of fsc's,
tut each one has Lis farts groujied on some
theory that is more or bss instructive.
Captain Markham, it will b noted, has a
fancy for the way by Frarz Josef Laud, as
well as a theory in ngard to the nature
ard f rm of the ob-truciion preeented by
Kellet Land. He believs that the btt
chance to make high latitude would be lo
goto the west of Kelbt Land "if that land
is an i-land like Greenland ;" and Mini
icg it to be "an i-laud like Greenland,"
and the point known the analogue
of Cp Farewell, that may be true,
llut if it is not an island like Green
land, if, indeed, Greenland and Kellet
L mil eh mid prove to be points of one
common Arctic continent, as I'etermann
fancied, and if the line of that continent
runs westward rather than northward, an
explorer may more easily come out at
ova .-tutila tlian in very lngli latitude
Doubtless it is excellent for an explorer Jo
have theories, since it is simply by dis
proving one theon after another that pro
gress is made in discovery ; but the fancy
lint Kellet Lar.il and Greenland resemble
one another in ph,si"ial form or size
eeems not to le well derived from all that
is known, and a theory based on i-uch as
sumed resemblance can scarcely be a
good one to procied on. In what di
reciion does the great Pacific current
move after it enters ttehricg
Strait, and what are the prevalent wieds
in that region? If any satisfactory answers
can be given to tin se inquiries thoi-e an
iers might supply better reasons for tak
irirune couree or ano'her than can be de
rived from any theory that rests merely
on assumptions in regard to the unnlrr
ed aid absolutely unknown parts cf Kellet
Land. CaptainHull, in the conversat.on to
which weieftr.notes one of the evidences of
the eastward movement of the force of the
current, and ihe general sgreerrent id ttsti
m my is that it uoes move to the eastward
while the witds are from the northwest.
Here, then, are two great natural forces
tending to open the route by the cv
tern line of Kellet Island and
to some exleut making thst
rou'e preferable. Hut there is some con
flicting evidence alout the current. lthas
been said to move to the westward of Kel
let Lied. Does it r.ece-sarily follow from
the conflict that one r the other report is
wrong, or thst the current is variable, mov
ing one way in one yeir and another wav
in anolhjr? Perhai that is the true ac
count rf it; and it it l-e this would seem
to imply thst Kellet Land is an i-land of
not very great size, since the current that
ordinarily moves on one side, liecoming ob
structed there, may Is" d( fleeted, and go up
the other side ami find au outlet that way.
An Important Ilrrilnn.
Judge Tdatchford, of the Uni'ed States
Circuit Court, it the present teim of the
court in New York city, recently rendered
a decision in a patent suit, which iof more
than onlinary interest, owin to the enor
mous amount of money involved in the
cis. The action was brought by the
United States Nickel Plating Company,
under the Adams patent, to restrain the
Manhittin Ilrass and Plating Company, of
Xew York, from the use of their solution in
the process of nickel electro platirg. Mot
of our readers may hi surprised to le'rn
that within the past fw years an amount
of capital estimated at upward of one hun
dred and fifty millions of dollars has be
come invested in this branch of ornamental
industry in the United States The de
fendants claimed that the compound of
salts and anados in present use differed
from the one described in the Adams
patent to an extent sufficiently ma
terial to warrant a deci-ion in
their favor, but Judge Blatchford
ruled to the contrary and t-sued an injunc
tion. The case -as"defecded by an as-ocia-tion
of manufacturers in whose productions
this style of ornamentation plays an impor
tant part, and who were rewresented by
Senator Conkling. The royalty collectable
annually in this country under this decis
ion would amount to an almost fabulous
sum. and it would seem that on the grourd
of public policy,if all technical and strictly
legal points failed, the owcer of the patent
should not lie permitted to seiz from .all
manufacturers a toll that would reduce the
legitimate profits in all cases and would be
ruinous to many of the smaller makers.
Thedefendints in thenase mentioned are
the representatives of the association allud
ed to, which has been formed by those in
terested in resisting the enormous demands
demands of the plaintiff', and it is in con
templation by the association to carry the
case up from the circuit to the supreme
court cf the United States.
He IblDka ilie Hnle aonId work
Hoib Wajs.
ISt. Lonls Times-Journal.
Memphis has not escaped from the trib
ulation of poverty by committing suicide.
A saloon keeper mere. Having Men nnea
for Sundsy liquor selling, his taken an an
neal, basioe his defense on the ground that
the "taxing district" is without legal ex
istence, and consequently without legal au
thority. The case will be carried to the
Senran court, aad its ptefrea will be
watched vita ialuatt rj the. defaaet , cttj'a
atwanaiMriaw
r.
AsrASi .
Tlir Jlcot ramons Waraau ol ftreelt
Antiquity. She could not Vole but
Mie U'ua Host Accomplished Wire
jmller The stranger Womea ot
Ainen I'erlciei and Apaiia.
Contemporary Hevlew.
In Athens it was of supreme importacca
that in the continuation of the State only
true citizenssbouldbeadmittid.and accord
ingly the general principle was laid down
that cone could become citizens but thoe
whose fathers and mothers had been the
chi'dren of citizsns. From this it followed
that the utmost care should be taken that
no spurious offspring should be palmed
upon the State. The women could not be
trusted in this matter to their own sense of
propriety. Means must therefore be devis
ed to prevent the joihility of anything
going wrong, ana accoicimgiy ine cuizsn
women had special apartments a-signed to
them, generally in the upper story, that
they might have to come down stairs, and
men mii:nt see them if they ventured out.
Then they were forbidden to be present at
any banquet. The men preferred to dine
by themselves, rather than . exjiose their
wives to taeir neignuors gizj. in audition
to the-e external arrangements, laws were
pas,td such as might deter the most ven
turesome. A CITIZEN WOMAN
could not marry any but a citizen. Associa
tion wiih a stranger never could become a
marriage. And alter she was marritd, in
Cdeliiy nas piininhd with the most terrible
di-grace. Her husband was compdlid to
semi her away. Xo man could marry her
aain ; for il any one ventured on such a
courre, he was thereby disfranchised. She
was practically e7lel Irom society.
and cxcjmmuicatcd. To help further to
realize the position of.
THE ATHENIAN WIFE,
we have to add that sh was generally
murr ed about the age of lilteen or sixteen.
L'p to this time she had seen and hi ard
as little as possible, and hid irijuirul
about no'hiog. Her acquaintance with
the ou's'de world had been made almost
exclusively in regions proce-sions.
When she married, her life was not much
more varied. Her dutits lay entirely
within the hou-e. They were summed up
in the word, "to remain inside and to be
obedient to her husband.' She superin
tended the
FEMtLE SLAVES
whocirded the wool; she made or rssisted
in making the garments of her hu-bacd
and children; she had charge f the pro
visions, at d she was excted to devote some
time tothe infints. if she went 011t.1t all,
it was to some religious procession ortoa
funeral, and, if old. shemiL'ht occssijnally
visit a female friend and t ike breakfast with
her. or help her in some hour of need. Fur
the discharge of the duties which fell toan
Athenian woman no ureat intellectual power
wasnteded, and accordingly theeducition
of girls was confined to the merest elements.
We pass from the citizen
WOMEN OF ANTHEN5
to the other class of free womer, thestran
gers. Tne woman stranger was not entitled
10 the protection of the ciiy State. Xo
laws were made for her benefit. She hail
to look after her own interests herself, or
get some man tod 1 it for her. The one
obj-ct that the Stale kept before it in
regard to these stranger woman was to see
to it they did not in any way corrupt the
purity of tie citizen blo-l. The statesman
thought that great danger might arise
from their presence in a community.
AND TUB GOD
might be fearfully in-n ted and lrflict
dreadful vengeance if any one of these
stranger women were to find her wav into
the secret recerses of ancestral worship and
pel form some of the sacred functions which
only the citizen woni'n could erforni.
Las were enacted whicli prohibited auy
i:iliz-n man from marrying a stranger
woman. If the stringer min or woman
ventured on such a heinous offense any one
could inform against him or 'er.
fre culprit was seized, all his or her
prorierty was confiscated, and he or she was
sold into slavery. Tne citiz-n roan or
woman involved in ruch au ollene was to
suffer
VERY StVEIlE P2NALTIES.
The stranger w mien, herefore could not
msrry. Marriage wssthonly tiuthatthey
could commit politically in the eye of an
theniin statesman. They might form
any olhei connection with men, temporary
or permanent, except mirtiage. The
citizen women were confined to tteir houses
ami did not dine in company wiih the
men. I5ut the men wished to h tve women
with them in their walks, in thiir banquets,
in their military expeditions. The wives
could not be with them then, hut there was
no constraint on the stranger women. Ac
cordingly men selected stranger women as
their companions. They were the only.
FDCCATID WOJIFN
in Atheca. They studied all the arts,
be aaie acquainted with all new philoso
phical speculations, .ml interestid them
-elves in politics. Many of them also
were women ef hili innral character,
tempera e, thoughtful, and earnest, and
were either unattacbetl or attached to one
rnin, and to all intents and 1 uri-e-s mar
ried. Oae cf lhe-e women came t Athens
when Socrates was livirg, and he Lad no
scruple in Conversing with lur, ami dis
ens-ing how slw could best procure true
friends. Oneof these, D.olima of Monii
nea, must hive been a woman of splendid
mini for Socrates speaks of her as his
tetch'r in love when he gives utterance, in
the "Somposiuni," to the grandest thoughts
in regard tothe true nature and essence of
divine and eternal bti'v. K:it of all
these wi men here is ore that stands
prominently forwaid as the most remarka
ble womn of antiquity.
ATAXIA OF MH.ETl'3.
We do not know what circumstance in
duciel her to leave her native citv Miletus
PiUturch suggests that she was ii flamed by
the de-ire to imitate thecoodilctof Tharxe
lia, another Milesian, wbogained a position
in political iuipoilTce by using her per
suasive arts on the Greeks whom she knew
to win them over to the King of Persia.
This may have been the case, but a good
ileal is said about Aspasja must be reeceivd
with some skepticism. Whatever brought
her to Athens, certain it is ihat she found
her way there, and became acquainted
with the great Statesman
rEWCLls.
She made a cornp'ete conquest cf him
He was at the time marritd, but there
was incompatibility of temper between
him and his wife. Pericles then made
an agreement with bis wife to have a
divorce and get her married to another,
and so they seperated to tne satislaction
of both. He then took Aspasia as his
companion, and there is no good reason
lor supposing that they were not entirely
faithful to each otherand lived as hnsbind
ar.il wife till death seperated them. Of
course.
BUsBAND AND WIFE
they could not be according to the Athen
ian law, but Pericles treated her with all
the respect and aflection which were due to
a wife. Plutarch tells u. as an exiriorJin
ary trait in the hbls of a statesman who
was remarkable for imperturbability and
self control, that he regularly kised Aspasia
when he went out an J came in. Her house
became the resort of all
THE GREAT MEN OF ATHENS.
Socrates was oflen there. Poidlias and
Anaxagoras were intimate acquaintacc s
and probably Sophocles and Euripides were
in constant attendance. Indeed, never had
any woman such a salon in the history of
man. The greatest sculptor that ever lived
the grandest man of all antiquity, philos
ophers and poets, sculptors and painters,
statesmen and historians, met each other
and discussed congenial subjects in her
rooms. And probably hence hag zrisin the
tradition that she was the teacher of Socra
tes in philosophy and politics, and of Peri
cles in rhetoric. Her influence wzs such
as to stimulate men to do their best, and
they attributed to Lex all that was best in
themselves.
TIIE CULTIVATED HEN
who thronged her assemblies had no hesi
tation in breaking through the .convention
alities cf Athenian society, and brought
their wives to the parties of Aspasia, acd
she discussed wi(h l hem the duties of wives.
She thought that they should strive U be
aeatetkiag store than mere tnoaWia, aaa
aad heaarwivea. Sba nai aVam to.aaW
.TataaaaTwiaikaaflJw aaa MtaMarft
wmvmmm
P"s""w ' ""tC t.
cometo any definite cocclu-ion as to the
functions of ivomau? It is difficu.t to say.
The hints are very obscure. But in all
probability the conclusion to which she
came was in at neither man nor wemau can
adequately perform their mi-sion in life
senaritely ; that a man can never do his
best without the inspirations and support of
A CONGENIAL WOMAN,
and that woman should seek her work in
vigorous and sympathetic co-operatioa
wiih some congenial man. Probably
PJitohas put into the mouth of Aristo
phanes the sentiments which the nhil-
o-opherhad heard ofien in the Socratic
circles, which regarded Aspasia as their
instructre-s in these matters, lteferring
10 tne mytii mat man was split in two, and
that this two halves go in search of each
other, he says: ' For my part, I now affirm,
In reference to all human being' both men
and women that our race would become
happy if were able to carry ou: our love
perfectly, and each one were to obtain his
own special beloved, thus returning to his
original nature. Anil it this is best, the
btst in present circumstances is to come as
near as pon-ibie to this, and tuts occurs
when we obtain the beloved that is by na
ture meet for us." There is no reason to
suppose that Aspasia had any
r.0MANTIC NOTIONS IN F.LOAKD TO LOVE
or the destir v of woman. She wa, on the
whole, prtcrt !, rnd thnught 1'itl woman
should fiLC'usr satisfaction in work, cot
in dreams. She did not imagine thxt one
could have onlj cue love, anil that if she
did not get that, or lo-t it, she -hould repine
and turn from life. She was in the world
to be an active being, and eccrdtngly when
Pericles died she formed a connection with
Lysicles, a sheep seller, I ievin him to
be the best subject she could obtain, and
made him, though lo: a brieht man. the
foremost politician in Athens fjra time.
THE ENTIBS ACTIVITY CF ASPASIA,
her speculations, her intercourse with men
whose opinions were uuvel and daring, and
who were believeel, lite Anaxagoras and
Socrates, to be unsparing iLnovalers, her
own hold over the noblest married women
in Athens, and her introduction of greater
social liberty among them, were all calcu
lated to outrage the conventional spirit.
Amost all the prominent members of her
coterie were assailed. Tne greatest sculp
tor of all ages was meanly anil falsely ac
custil of tluft,-and died iu prison. The
outspoken Anaxagoras was charged with
impiety, and had to flee. And at length
Aspasia was
DROUGHT TO THIAL
on the same accusation. It is ea'y to get
up such an accusation against her. She
might have visited some temple and taken
part in some religious ceremony, impelled
by truely pious motives; but such an act
on the part of a stranger, whatever her
motives might be, would hate been deemed
a great impiety by orthodox Athenians; or
she may have induced some Athenian cit
izen ladies to go with her, and engage
IN SOME FOREIGN WORSHir.
The Athenians permitted foreigners to
observe their own religious ri'es in their
city without let or hindrance, but they had
s'rong objections to genuine Athenian
women becoming converts to any foreign
worship. Or, finally and most probably,
Aspasia may have been supposed to share
theopioiens of the philosophers with wLoui
she was on such intimate terui. and to have
aideel and abetted their opposition to the
national creed. What were the grounds cf
the charge we do not krow. All we know
is that she was a iiui.ted, but lhat she owed
her acquittal to the
EARNEST TLE t DING CF rEIHCLES,
who on this ore occcsion accompanied his
entreaties with tears.
Whatever were the aims of her politics,
it may be safely asser:cd that no woman
ever exercijed ir.fl .lence by more legitima'e
means. It was her goidne?, her noble
aims, her clear insight lhat gtve her the
iower. There was, probably, no adventi
tious circumstances lo aid her. It Is not
likely thit she was beautitul. The comic
poets said that she was litile and had a
dark coniplex'on. Littleness was inccm
patible with beauty iu the eye of a Greek,
and a dark complexion would also be
against ter.
NO ANCIENT WRITER
speaks of Aspasia as beautiful. She is
called the good the wise the elcqueui, but
never the beautiful. We have one bust
liearing her name certainly not beautiful,
ll represents a comfortable, miditalive
woman, but 1 doubjvery much whether
it is genuine And 1 am far more inclined
to believe tha' we have a true ortrait
of .A-pasi.i in a marble bust, of which there
are two cop'es, one in the Liuvre and one
in Il-rlin. The bust tv.dsntly belongs to
the best times of
GREEK SCCLtTUSE,
and as arecent writer in the uctaologitcbe
Zsitung argus, can well be lhat of no other
than Aspasia. The face is not altogether
beautiful according to Gieek ideas. It has
an expre-sion of earnest and deep thought;
but what strikes one mo-t of all is the
iierplexcd and b.lll.d look which the whole
face presents as of some lifelong angni-h,
r suiting from some contest which no
mortal could wagesucces-ful!" not with
out a touch of exquisite sweetness, tender-
ntss, and charily,
I iiterprl'O.
Seueia Courier, 4.
John Conlter and K. E. Stten, or the
aven worth Tuns, were In town last week
Mr. Coulter lias been sent out by Col. An
thony to "wilteuii" Ihecouutles In "oilh-
eru Kansas not In the usual "put'y" man
ner, tilled with pers-ina! eulogy; but In a
stralglitlorward, bulne-ss way, giving es-pi-clal
attention to the agricultural anl In
dustrl development of Ibis Motion of Kin-
sas. That's what lue iXjricr calls enter
prlss?. The Irrriitr Ihic Female filiol.
"It is a mere question of time," says the
Cincinnati 1'mjuirir, ''when the boss female
idi'ii of Kentucky will begin sendirg a
daily bouquet of panste-s and rosemary and
lillies of ihe val'ej 'o Tom I'uford for his
gallant act in "a-:nr.ting a supreme
judge. She is irre pres-ib!e in Ler nature,
and her gush cannot be lull bicK any
more than a spring shower."
.V ?lan
Who .Should
Kleciril,
llioc Item
Kansas City Journal, 4V)
The ways of the voter are sometimes past
finding out- In Atchi-on, Hon. John A
Martin, candidate for Mayor, was defeated
on Tuesday last. There is no otLer man in
Atchi'on to whom the city is so largely in
debted for so much as John A. Martin, and
in the entire Mate ol K arsis there is rot a
rewspaper which has so greatly benefitted
he State as has the Atchison Chamjion, Mr.
Martin's paper.
Uoiv the
Tramp dalliance
be Abated.
Itilcago Times, 3
The extraordinary prevalence of the
tramp nuisance in Iowa has impelled the
Governor of that Slate to issue instructions
to the militia telling them bow to suppress
the vagrants. The Governor, it seems, pro
poses to arrest the tramps wherever found,
and set them at work at breaking stones or
imrrovirg 'he highways. But, so long as
the Iowa militia are not empowered to
shoo- trami s on -ight, the errant fraternity
will b abundantl) able to devise means to
escape the unwelcome stone-pile and avoid
the compulsory pick and shovel of the
rural pathmaster. A healthy revival of the
industries ol the country will do more to
bbate the tramp nuiance thsa all the re
strictive measures that can be devised by
Governors or Legislatures,
IlowTnrrlmil Caiile In Kansas
Letter to an Eastern Taper.)
At Sabttha the train is halted alongside
of a cattle train, while the other cattle,
those in the passerger, go up town scd get
dinner. After dinner the passengers sol
emnly contemplate the cattle packed io at
the rate of three or four to the iquare inch.
"How on earth," asks a young lady a very
pretty young lady who gets off at Seneca,
do they pack them in so clorei" '"Why,"
says a mild-lookirg yrnng man, with ten
der blonde whiskers acd wistful blue eyes
he is an eecsped divinity student just going
ont to take charge cf a Baptist church in
Western Kansas. "Why says he did you
yon never see'tbem load cattle into a car.
"Xo," said the pretty Seneca girl, with a
quiet look of interest, "I never did; how do
thev do ii?" "Why " the divinity student
said slowly sad very earaestly, "tiey drive
thm aU n ejetrt eae, a hif fellow, thin
aTkoaldercd aai anal aaanarad ; tkey save
kisa tar s awiaa, aad aaVs at ia vita a
k-r' " "fk-e i"7
KANSAS NEWS.
Holtcn has a brick yard.
Mr. Benson has been elected Mayor of
Ottawa.
G. W. Barchard has been elected
Mayor of Independence.
Tramps are complained of in Nemaha
county, by the Seneca Courttr.
The Vabaunsee County Actrs began its
eleventh volume on the -d int.
Sol Kohn, a prominent banker of
Wichita, has been elected mayor of that
city.
Xat- N. Kinney, of Topeka, has been
appointed as a detective on the Santa Fe
road.
The Concordia Jirpejf! r ays that the
Catholic church at Concu.aia is fis; Hear
ing completion.
A SM ILL MONEY ORDER.
IHolton Recorder, 3
A monev order for forty cents ws paid at
the rostoffice, yesterday. This is the
smallest cider ever paid at the Holtun
office.
OAmERINfJ THEJt IN.
ISeneca Courier
John Coulter and X. E. Stevens were in
town last week s-'ci.!ng subscribers aiel
gathering agricultural statistics for the
Leavenworth Times.
teach n.
Concordia Espc'to.! 3-1
It was reorled a few days ago that the
peach br 1s Were all killed, tut .ilr. tkan
dall Honey, of Shirley township, tells lis
that there "enough living to produce a big
crop.
FRUIT IN SEDGWICK COUNTY.
Wlch'ta i:a'Oi, 21
The peach trees are not very full of
bloom, but S3 far, the embryo fruit is not
Killed. e have examuieel trees in several
parts of the citv and find lue reaches nil
right.
CHARACT ERISTIC
Kort Scott Monitor, 3 1
A a majority of the fellows who sit
around on dry goods boxes dL-CJssirig Iead
ville and Cowley counly are generally only
waiting for some one to come along with
some chewing tobacco.
INFORMATION WANTED.
Kort Scott Moultor.3.
When last heard lroni, two years ago,
John Larkin was at Waterville, Karss.
Anyone knowing auyth'ig about him will
confer a great favor by addre-sing Mr.
James Larkin, Kansas City.
LOi3 BY FIRE.
IWabaunsee County Xew,2.J
Mr. August Minehert, of Xewbury, lost
about 250 bushels of winter wheat by fire,
one day last week. One of his neighbors
had been burning around his stacks in the
field, and the fire breaking away resulted as
above.
THE WICIIITi GUARDS.
TopeUa made, 2.1
Wichita hs a militia compiny, fully
organized, officered and equipped. The
Adjutant General forwarded the company
sixty stand of arm- yesterday. L. X. Wood
ruflfhas been couiuiseiouei Captain of the
company.
BURNED IS A LIME VAT.
Ellis County htar, 3
A little two year oM djughter of Mr.
Hiwlins, accidently fell i-ito a pit filled
with slackeel lime on Tuesday, acd we are
informed, so severely burned that its re
covery is doubtful, some of the lime get
ting into its mouth, severely cauterizing the
mouth and throat.
STRING.
Wichita Beacon,?.
The trees are rapidly donnini: their sprinc
ilrei"s. The peach trees are in bloom Tb
blue grass is looking green and thrifty. Lit
tle bjs are turning iheirtoes out toarass.
spring bonnets guly elecorated with sprirg
flowers are coming into iisluon. acd the fa
miliar house 11 is making ibelf very cflici
ous. THROUGH TO LIVERPOOL.
I Wichita n.-aco-i, 2.
D. Ii. Garrison, Vice President of the
Missouri Pacific K I' , informed us when
here, that wheat ami corn was shipped
from St. Louis to New Orleans, 1,200 mile?,
for six cents per cwt , which is just "5 3-T
ccnls a bushel on wheat. He also said that
bills of lading could be made in this city
for Liverpool via Xew Orleans.
rnoMrr work wanted.
Atchison (Jlobe.l
Colonel John somewhat tartly remarks
that the Democracy is pledged to refund
the city debt this year, at not more than
fifty cents on the dollar. We hope he will
continue to remind us of the fact, and that
every citizen will urge upin the new ad
ministration the necesdty ot prompt and
intelligent work.
FIGHTING FIRE.
Heneca Conrle-, 4
A passing train set fire to the gras3 west
of Willis Brown's Thursday afternoon last
week, and the fire run into the fence. They
had a big time stopping the flames the
train-men, Knowles' mill hands, and Mr.
Brown's family all turuing out to fight fire.
But out outside of burning tLe fence and
trees no damage was done.
IMP30VEMENTS IN SENECA.
Scnec (Jourter, t J
There are more improvement being
made in Seneca this spring than at any
previous time since we have known any
thirg of the place. Xew dwellings, new
business house, new fence, acd new side
walks to say inthin of sundry repairs,
of trees set out, of hou-es painted, etc
These are the true signs of returning pros
erity. A COMPARISON.
Liwrence Tribune, 3.
It i quite cold for the third day of
April, but not near zs cold a it was eleven
years ago to-day. April 3, 1S78, the peach
trees were all iu full blossom, as also were
pear trees, and garden peas up several
inches high, but the ground was frozen as
hard as a brick, and ice a full inch thick
was found ; yet peaches were a full crop
that same year, and sold for almost noth
ing. CONCORDIA.
Concordia Expositor, 3-1
We are indebted to Mr. E. L. Prince, as-es-or
of this township, for the following
information :
Total number of residents in the city of
Concordia, on March 1't, 1S79, 1,441.
Xumber of males over 21 years of age, 330.
Number of females over 21, 312. Xumber
of iamilies, 2SG Value of improvements
from March 1st, 1S73, to March 1st, 1879,
0,000.
nORSES BURNED.
Okaloosa Sickle, 5 J
Henry Wise, son of Preston Wise, of
this city, met with a most unfortunate loss
about midnight Saturday night. The
stable in which he bad his horses, not far
from Harrison Well man's, was destroyed
br fire, and his four horses burned to death.
lie also lost a good wagon, a set of har
ness and a couple of saddles. It is not
known how the fire originated
JIM CURRIE
Ellis Connty S'ar, 3.J
Jim Currie, the desperado who killed
Porter, the actor, at Marshal, Texai, is
known to be responsible for the murder of
three persons in this citv during the reign
of the "revolver and knife," as sole arbiters
of rights. Two of his victims rest on
'Boot Hill," their names only recalled
from oblivion by a repetition of the cow
ardly act that sent them there, by the fi;nd
who gloats over their dying word.
THE WOR-T OF ALL.
Kns4S Chief, 3
Charles H. Miller swears that be violated
his ctScial duty and his oath of office, as
United States Marshal, by packing a Grand
Jury, contrary to law, for the purroseof
saving violators of the law, the managers of
a lottery, from indictment. He did this, he
says, upon the solicitation of Mr. Ingalls.
Mr. Ingalls may have treated him badly,
after this dirty work, but he should not
squeal, for he deserved to b kicked out of
office. The worst of all is the confession cf
his oto baseness in ordei to injure Ingalls.
THE BROWS COUNTY COURT B0USE.
r-ececa Courier, 4.1
The laying of the corner stone for the
new Brown county court house will occur
at Hiawatha oi tie ICih of April, natter
laadiraesiMoltheUasoaic Graai Lcda
I , . xUawaua
awtiax M ssjaajt Tat Msafa af
r --"
, watha are making great preparations for
I the occasion, and entertainment has bejn
I asared for a thousand people from aboad.
j The Commandery itself will lie in full uni
'"'orm on on that isv: and as Pryci's band
f'om St. Joseph has been engaged, the
pirade will be worth seeing. A large parly
will go down from Seneca.
LAWRENCE SC300L3.
standard, 3.
Saperintendent Biles, has laid upon our
table a rerwrt of the public schools of
Lawrence, lor the month ending March
29, 1S79. The totals are as follows: Pu
pils enrolled, 1.G00; remaining in school
at the present time, 1IS1 ; tardiness, 930;
attendance 1,063; teachers, IS. The Xew
Ycrk street school has in attendance of S I;
Park, Co; Qaiccy, 396; Central, 115;
Lace, 39; Piccknev, 54; Vermont, 122;
Fifth Ward, 12S; Sixth Ward, 59.
J.CK;ON COUNTY.
HoUon Uecorder.S.I
On the Oct page we copy this week from
the Lavenworih Times of March 25th, an
articie on Jackson ccunty. We publish
the article complete, because it is a plain,
unexazgerateel statement of facts, for which
we stand read to vcuch. Mr. Coulter, for
nriti rg the aiticle, acd Colonel Anthony
lor publi-hing it, deserve the thanks and
good will of every citizen of the county,
and especially of the llohon ecp!e. We
publish an extra addition this week, ami
will be ab'e to supply extra copie, ready
wrapped for mailing, to those who may de
sire to send to friends in the East.
A BOVINE rilENoJION.
Wamego Tribune, 1
W C Study vin, of Ibis city, has a cilf
which for mammal propensities gets away
with anything we ever saw. It was calveel
on the 23d of May last, being now Iss than
a year old. For over a month past, Mr.
Sturilyvin has been milking it recularly,
receiving upwards of a quart of milk per
ilay; and yet it is not with calf. It is a
bright reel weighing abaut ooO pounds. H
is a thoroughbred, short horn, from Master
Mu'catooo, and Belle of Jackson. Com
pare cotes, and if you can trot out any
thing to beat this we'll throw up the
sponge.
A CALABOOSE EJIPriED.
Tl'ptkR Ul.lde, 2. J
List evening the three prisoners who
were introduced to the community about
one wiek ago, by making a raid Ujion ilr.
Gees' resilience, and who had lieen kept at
work on the ro;k pile during the day, and
in the callaboose at night, escaped frcm
that institution last night, and left for
parts other than these. When thy came
in from work they were locked into the
large ro-m of the calaboo-e, atd were al
Inwul to remain there to await the arrival
of police to shut them into their cells.
They took advantage of the opjiortunity,
and, with an iron ba-7 pried the grating
from the window through which they made
their exit.
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
Atchison Champion, 4 1
Top Gibbon, "dropper" at Fowler Bro's
packing houser, narrowly escaed eleath
yesterday afternoon, by accidently slipping
into the scalding vat over which he is sta
tioned in the eliechargeof his duties. The
oor fellow was j lunged into the scalding
vat up to his hip, and alsi got one arm
under. With remarkable presence cf mind
he leaped from the tub and jumptd into a
tub of cold water nhich stood Lear by.
This was a dangerous bath, but still it
served to relieve ih posr uflerer. Friends
promptly came to his assistance, and the
raw wounds were drenched with cjal oil,
and then he was taken to his mother's
hinse, where Dr Holland was summoneel
where the wounds were dressed. He will
b- onfine-el to his bed lor seme weeks, hot
he is rema kably fortunate to escate with
bis life.
CHANGE OF STATION.
Vtciilsou Champlou, I J
Last week the financial and accounting
depigments of the Atchison and Xebraska
road were removeil frm Atchison to Kan
sas City, and the following oreler has been
issued by General Manager G. II. Xettle
ton: Kansas City, Mo., Marrh 20, 1679.
On and after this elate the office of assist
ant trea-urer will be di-continued. Mr. J.
Ford is appointed auditor of all the ac
counts cf the operating elepirtment, with
office at Kansas City, and all orders issued
by him relative tr eieto will le respected.
Mr. J H. Aldrich is appointed cashier,
with office at Kansas City. He will have
charge of receipt and disbursements, and
after this date all drafts for balances due
from this to other roads for car mileage,
ticket or other accounts may be drawn on
him. Mr. A. K. Storer U aptiointcd pay
mister, with office at Kansas City.
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF RFOKNTS.
I.iwrence Journal, .f.
The Bjard of I'egents cf the State Uni
versity met 7esterelay afternoon and even
ing. The f dlowins crganizvtion was ef
fected: James Marvin, President; 15
Simp-on, Vice-President ; W. H.Simpson,
Secretary; J. S. Crew, Treaturcr; J. W.
Scott, Auditor.
Committee were appointed as follows
In-truction, Beatty, logall, McFarland;
Library and Apparatus, Irgall, Beatty
nnd Wcotlward; Finance, Scott, Woodward,
Wilson; Buildings, Grounds snd Supplies,
Wool ware!, Marvin, Scott; University
land, Wil-on, S utt, Marvin; Imports and
Publications, Mtl'arlacd, Wilson.
W.J Haughawout, of Xeosho Falls, was
apjiointed laud acnt for the sale cf Uni
versity lands
The contract for grading in front of the
University was awarded to A. T. Griffin.
Key Wm. M. Mcliaeg, of Blue It ipids,
Kansa, has Uen inri.nl to deliver the
baccalaureate address on commencement
day.
Olher important business wis referred to
the proer committees.
INCENDIARY WORK.
(Kansas City Mall, XI
Onr reporter was informed by a gentle
map from Fort Scott, that the excitement,
incident to the lynching cf the negro rav
ishtr a few elays since, shown! no signs of
abatement, but, on the contrary, was in
creasing daily. It seems that thecdored
element of that city are indignant over the
action and demand that the matter be
placed before the courts for vengeance. On
Friday night the citizens were awakened
by a cry of fire, aril responding
the whole country around was illum
inated by the bl. In the
conflagration three buildings were
burned, and the loss is approximated at
about nlteen thousand dollars. But br the
ready and united efforts of the citiz-ns it is
not unlikely that the loss would have
reached over a hundred thousand dollars.
The increased horde of negroes had threat
ened to burn the city unless an effort was
made to identify the parties prominent in
the lynching, and to convict them. The
people, in anticipation of an attack from
this element, are arming themselves to
repel them, and will be prepared for any
emergency.
A MYSTERIOUS CASE.
Lawrence Journal, 4.
Some time ago the Journcl contained an
account of the acciden'al shooting of Mr.
J. M. IHIIman, near Medicine Lode, Kan
sas. Mr. Hiliman was married to Miss
Sadie E. Q'linn, of this city, several months
ago. Mr. Hiliman was a cattle man by
trade, and in the early pirt of March he
went down to the southern part of the State
to follow his bu-iness. He had in his em
ploy a younz man named J. H. Brown.
Oa the 17th of March the two men camped
out about eight miles frora Medicine
Lodge. During tie evening, while Hill
man was sitting near the fire, Brown at
tempted to ttke from the wsgen a Sharpt's
needle gun which was wrapped up in some
bedding, an 1 in doing sj the gun was dit
chargeel and Brown turced around and saw
Hiliman sUgjer, and fearing he would fall
in the fire, caught him in bis arms. Hill
man was shotia the head. Hiliman was
taken to Medicine Lodge, an inquest held,
and the bod buried. The above are the
particulars as tiven by Mr B-own.
Soon after his marriage Hiliman had his
lite irsired for S23,0u0 $10,000 in the
Xew York Life. S10.000 in the Mutual
Life, snd S5.C00 in theCoonecticut Mutual.
Oa bearing ot the death of her husband,
Mrs Hiliman applied to the insurance com
panies lor her money, i here bein: no evi
decce of his death, except the newspaper
report, Mr. Levi Baldwin acd another esn-
tie nan went to Medicine Lodge, and in
tended to take up the body, but the citizais
obic!ed to it.
The icsurance oeatpadej sent Colonel
Walker, cf this city, to faa out tie facia of
1 me ease, lie amte. edMus lkje a-dpIaerfiBedilfaaf.. . t:iwaJxtT mttTlyXm " '"
VemmimtttT I m "aoattay wmlaaV bm tad ta hasrr I O.DUmi ."a. sua .t.. . I .a. ,i.nHl--3reverr n-
Jfj- take aad amteaV aTte My ,i Mtfmt was amsaVr -ASfMLwad JS6 W.Pffisa?F Ji miJ
arrived here yesterday morning; ami was
placed in charge of Baihy it Smith, under
takers. The boely tv-tsexainiccil by Dm.
Stuart aid Miller, who hail examined
Hiliman when he procured his invirance.
The physicians were unable to say posi
tively whether it ws cr Was not the body
of Hiliman. Some marks by which tl ey
supposed he could bi identified they were
unable to find.
Maj. Houston, who knew Hiliman well,
vieweef the remain, but was unable to iden
tify them. He said in soiie resjcts it re
sembled him, and in some it did not. Ollie
Walker and Mr. I'o-nier also viewed the
remains, but would express no opinion.
The body still awaits identification. Mrs.
Hiliman refuses to see the boel. The body
considerably resembles an Icdiinhalf breed;
the hair I very black, bat the mustache
is light. The body was shot, the ball en
tering near one ear, and pa-sing elirectly
through the bezel acd out near the other
ear. Hiliman, when he got his insurance
policy, cave his height five feet nine inches,
but the body measures' live eleven inches.
Ihe cae is a great cystery. It miy be
all right, and it mav be an attempt toswiu
dle the compan'c out of the insurance
money. We cannot tc'l what the outcome
of the case will be, as we e'oubt w heiher any
one will lie able to identify the body, ami
the insurance companies wi i not be likely
to pay the insurance nntil .bey'are atisted
that Hillmsn is really dead.
TALi.41
The Sensatiunal Pastor of the Tab
ernacle on Trial.
An Interrsling Story by Ona of the
Witnesses.
Crookedness in the Religious News
paper Business.
An Inside View of the "Chrisliin at
Work."
New Yort Herald, 3.1
MR. IIALLOCK'3 STORY.
Mr. Hallock testified that he lived in
Brexiklyn and was a member of the Congre
gational church; he hail several interviews
with Dr. Talmage in the snmrner of 1S75
about the publication c tiled The C.ri 'mi
at lCir. the lira! two interview were held
during the month of August, in defendant's
house at Kat Hampton, Long Island; wit
ness wanted to publish an evangelical
paper, and as Dr. Talmsge was the edior
of the Om'-iian vt UW, and, as he be
lieve el in him, he thought he would like to
publish that; Dr. Talmage wanted him to
take hold of it, and promised to assist him
by his influence with Mr. Kemington, ihe
principal oweer; witne-s expreseil his
willingness to undertake the duties of pub
lisher for ten jer cent, cf the ret profits as
his share; be knew the ipar.er was not pay
ing at the time, but he felt sure he could
make it do so; when they sepirated Dr.
Talmage graspcel the hanil of the witness
and said; "Hallock, you are just the man
that God has raise el m to tee the publisher
of the tA'W'un t.t I'w'-'' witness sdded,
"And I thought so, too.'
(J. When did yon see Dr. Talmage
again ? A. Oh, I saw him several times; oa
the 0th ot Msrch following I met him; Mr.
Corwin had Ken madp publisher; bn Dr.
Talmage said to me, "You and I will hitch
yet;" he afterwards wanted me to purchase
the paper, acd said if I would do so he
would give one yetr'.s services as editor f r
nothing; he give me a cote to the Iwok
keepe r, rcijueting thst I might be shown
the baoks; I found thit at the end of the
business year, in Mrch. Ih73, there bad
been a deficit of 15000. while one year
later the deficit hail increased tOvi,0uO.
MEMORABLE OCCASION.
Can you mention ar-iihcr interview
witli Dr. Talmsge-' A Ye; in loosirg
over my eliary I finii the fallowing entry:
"Thursday evening, March 'Jib, spent with
Mr. Talmage; my wife sir I didn't get
home until eleven o'clock."
( Any other? A. Well, yes; Dr.
Tannage invited me again to his house; we
hail a j dly time of it that night, as perhaps
Dr. Talmage may remember; we were both
in good spirit, and Mrs. Talmage wis
reading the Ijit.U ; whenever she fonnd
anything funny she read it aloud; she was
reading an account cf an accident
Lverybidy in the houe wa3 by this time
enj ying the volubility of the witness'. Dr.
and Mrs. Ta!ruge laughed louder than the
others at this cratuitcus description cf
their evenings at home. The nolse'wss so
great as to interrupt the witness, but he
soon rallied and continued :
We hail Ixen talking a long time whru
Mrs. Talmsge saiel, ''Let's go down sti'rs
and get something to cat'" (latif-jbterj I
hadn't exfected to etay to rupper, hot we
went elown stairs and had some eg-gs en
toast. (Great hilarity.)
Dr. Millird (wi h mfc5c scrioasn'ss)
Are we to be coliI' mscd tor eating rgs on
toast ?
Dr. Van Dyke (with real seriousness)
Is the witnss to be; allowed to go to all the
details of Dr. Talmsge's domestic arrange
tncnts
A 1'resby'er Is it all going to be re
corded ?
Dr Spear It i pure stuff.
Dr. Crosby Sit down.
D.-. S, ear I'll eit down when 1 ge
reedy.
The Moderator The witsc tt is talking
far more than is necessary.
Witnes I never was oa the stand h"
fere but I'll promise lo lease the snppt -out
of the remaining iaterv.ew; I only tell
these things to show the terms existing be
teen Dr. Talmade arel intself; when 1
left him I thought "Here' jnt the tuna !
want with me; 1 think be said as much ui
me.
STRONG ACCViATIONS.
Q Can you tell ol any other inerviej
wiin Dr. Talmagt.' A. Ooe evening fc,
asked me to go with him to L'caconCorwin'e
and have a rhat; while we were in conver
sation Dr. Talmsrc a-ked me if I coiilel set
out a number of the Vhr.Mian cl rk or
my own type and supply all the subscribers
without any appearaacv of "ppge; I aa
swered lhat I thought I c nh'; mea lee said.
"I'll tellycti my rlar; y u shell set, out -number
at occe.io be ca 1 d Arafieet 11. . L
you rhall lie publisher aod I will be cdi;. :
Majir Corwiu has the mail list;" I thiak I
intimated that the proposed proceeding v as
a rather strange ooe, but Dr. Talmage'said;
Tbe mail list i practically mine, acd'
these subscribers are B7 subscriber? we
won't have the same name as ihe C7n'.;,i I
Work; we will drop the"atr" Corwin can g. t
the electrotype of the title; we will fill te
unexpired subscriptions with our new r a
jier, and as fast as they expire thev will
subcribe with u; not five hundred of tlc-m
will remain with IJeminton. that n -So
substance of what transpired; I may r. !
give bis exact language, bet he id "Keo,-
ington" and "on yourown tyrs;" those ex
pressions I do remember.
Q. Didyoaaftersrard negotiate for thet
purchase of the CZ i-'-m it tt'oik.' A.
Yer; Dr. Talmage proposed a meetisg be
tween myself anl Mr. Beralngton for soch
a purpo-e; Mr. li-miogtcn would not let a
price lhat he would be willing to accent
Dr. Talmage said he ihou-ht $20,000 would
be fair and rrinare; .Mr. llrmington replied
it would be heilher fair nor Njtiare; I va
willing to pay thst price at tie time'; I did
not porcha-e the p3-er then, but did. some
ime afterward.
" BETTER EE NON-COlIxnTAL."
Q. Did Dr Talmage find fault with too
in any of his letter-? A. V K. ,i . I
used to tell him all that Kemington told me
and tell IJemmg'on ail I heard from D-.
Talmage. (Laughter.) Dr. Talmage wrote
me tnai a nau cetter be noa committal in
my conversations with Bemir-tr.n ami mt
tell him cf th oats-da pipers we migh.
auauio, .v. iic mouzm tie t 'T,st,on was dis
posed to quote me in c E;rad:clionof what
he(Talmazt) had told him; I remember
Dr. Talmage s d to me once that we cu-ht
to appear as if we had psrties behind na
and werertady to swallow up other papers
and make a biz thine of it. iTn.l.tir i
A contract for tie sale of the ga&cript ion
1 s: and good wiH , tie CariUun at fork
a -w-1 !-" naw autnatauseu u '-' riifAj"" mm. aaa - i
ssitl to him. "I am just after buyins tie
C. M-an el Iloufc. I won't hoM youto your
promise to edit it one year for nothing, but
you shall edit it, acd 141 pay you 52,000
out of my own pocket-" He seemed pleased,
acel we agreed to meet on Monday: we did
meet at the Astor Houe, and I laid before
him a memo-nium of tha ?2,0CO agreement-
He did not sign it, but said, kIf yon
had shown me this a week ago I would
have signed it at once, but yon shall have
mv answer to-morrow." I left him, but I
couldn't understand it; I thought
Dr. Millard "Aeare not interested in
what you conlda't understand.
Witness Well, I was very much inter
ested at the time. (Laughter.)
THE CHANGED ErilTION.
Q. When did you get Tiimage's answer
as he promised? A. I went down tothe of
See of the Ckridian ct lllri nd found he
had published his vj.edictery,and the same
number contained an advertisement of the
Admnce, to which he had gone; I ascertain
ed from the mail cleric that thj edition wes
not all cut. and I toid them to stop tho
whole edition and cut the parcrs ur; I "Wis
pretty well excited at the time, and if Dr.
Talmage loves excitement I: could have
seen it about then, i Liushui I
(J. Did you hear fom Dr. Talmige? A.
Hes sent me a note iu wiii h he eleclinedmy
ctler and wseel the expression, "If jon arw.
suing to purchase the paper;' he knew I
had purchased it already; I went to see him
that night and gave him a piece cf my
mied; 1 had so much to say that I think. I
said lery little.
O. Since those events have you had any
niee.ing. with Dr. Talmsge? A. Oh, yes;
several; on ihe25-h of August, 1S77, 1 re- -ccived
a note from hint asking me to meet
him at the Astor House the old place
(-miles); he saiel he wanted to come back
to my tuper: Dr. Talmiira railed at my
house on the last day of Atigust,IS77, and
said, "Mr. Hallock and I want to come
hick ui a theC7ir.j.'i"aii at B'tri;" I don't re
member all he said, bjt anicfg other thine
was the assurance, "well make it whiz."
Xext day I received i note frora Dr. Tal
mage asking me to call at his house to fin-i-'a
the conversation that had been opened
between u-; in addition to his oiler to work
one year for co salary, Le expressed his
willingness to work ihe seconel year for a
nominal salary; 1 did net accept Lis prop
osition. Dr. McCullough then read a letter pub
lished by Mr. Corwin and endorsee! by Dr.
Talmage, dateel Brooklyn, October 20,
1S70, and denouncing as file. the state
ments nude by the witness The witness
explained that the- letter referreel to what
he had publisheel in the ("ari.f:'iin m Wert,
under the headiog, "A I'uin le Scheme, or
the Stolen List."
The witness coutinreil " "That letter.
Dr. Talmage never attempted to withdraw,
and (turning toward the defendant), he
dare uot ilo it to day."
Dr. Millard You are here to make no
oration, sir.
In answer to Mr. Crosby, witness told of
his attend -u-e at the Tabernacle io Febru
ary last, when Dr. Talmsge fjioke of his
coming trial, and read a telegram that had
tven cunstrneel in'o an application against
htm ; witness could not remember all that
Dr. Talmage saiel about it, but he did say,
"Anybcely who cou d twist anything
wrung out of t'rat telegram is
either a knave cr a fjol fotty -second
hymn." Lauuhter.
A long argument ensueel upon the admis
sihitiiy of two artie'es published in the
.1rji", with a disclaimer attached to the
ellect that Dr. Talmage b ad no knowledge
1 Ucm. Oa the grounds of the disclaim
er the Moderator ruled out ihe articles.
THE CEOKS-EXAMINATION.
Dr. Millard began the cross examina
tion. tf When yon say you made a propo
sition to eiv Dr. 'i,a"lmgeS2C0O for a
year's services, as editor, what reason had
Ton f'jr considering ihit he accepted it?
A. W-ll, he rmibd and appeareel pleased,
atsi snd nothing uf any oil er intentions.
Was be bound to tell you all bis
business arrangements A. (vehemently)
Certainly, sir; he was morally bound to tell
me ; any hocctt man would have told me.
i At the time of the interview between
Dr Talmage and Mr. Corwin and yourself,
did you understand the plan to be to palm
the new number off as the new paper ? A.
I didn't understand what you meant by
"tl-e game paper;" two thin?, can't be one
anle fiey get married. ( Liughter.)
You spokenf a list in Mr. Cor win's
ims-ession? A Ye, and when I took the
L'hi .f'ian at H tr, I found my subscribers
were in receipt of invitations to transfer
their sulscrij tions to the -Itmice; I knew
pretty nearly how that happened.
J. Djyrti know that Dr. Talmage hsd
anything to do with it ? A. I am morally
certain of it.
lo you know it ? A. Well. Web
ter iletines knowledge ''to be cognizant of;"
in that sense I know it.
t. Now yon, une'erstand what I mean.
A. (with a grin) Y'es; and you ucder
st.icd what I mean; there's the trouble; we
know ore another's meaning too well.
Further on the witcein took occasion to
remind Dr Millard thxt he (witness) was
not a metaphysical elictioniry.
Q Have you swe.rn that Dr. Talmage
told any fakebocd in bis retirement from
the C'Ai-iV inri tt UW A. Xo; but I'm
ready to swear it.
1 be cloeirg scene rf the trial was extra
ordinary one. l)e. Millard asked the wit
nts to give from memory an article he had
published and which was in evidence. The
witness wanted to read it, but Dr. Millird
wonld not permit him lo do so. Finally
the wilHesi) said, ol stinately. "Very well,
tho, I'll endeavor to retol'ect it. You sit
eluwo and wait f r me. (Turning tothe
Moderator( You m..y as well close the
meeliot; it will take me fully an hour to
recollect the Unuegof the article." Then
he leaned his head forwarel uron his hand
and a peart d absorbed in cental effort.
The counsel were in a predicament and the
house was in an uproar.
Dr. Crosby made a mild suggestion, but
the witness asked t lie allowed to think.
Dr. Spsar hoped that he wouM be ltfi in
absolute rpuiet.
Dr. Van Dyke This is an outragi on
the rop'iety cf a Chr'-'ian assemblage.
.Sjffii-brdy mcved t , ,urn aqd the wit
ness nerer st.r.-ed unnl the motion was
p-sed; then he arr-se, made an obeisance
to Dr. .Millard and entered cneof the news,
she-re he bowed his be id while Dr. Rock
well made the closine prayer.
This Is the- Krtal nelinirruUc Tmlb.
New jorb Tribune, I
Thnnnan is feeble, but Tildcn h awfully
robtat.
II -ew Temperance- Lecturer are
fin etit-d.
tLleago Times, 3.
As soon as a man's face is no longer
gtx'd at a bar, he reforms and becointf a
temperance lerfursr.
llae I'resietcut ttll Mauil firm.
lOtoue-Oeymocrat, 3 J
The old rebel ye'l U abroad in the land
in elesd ear .est now. Iris confronting to
be told, howtve r, that I'resident Hayes is
dctrrrniced to resist the Confederate ag
gression. 'iirii rtirfin e.r it.
Kaseas City Journal, Ll
Th Leavenworth Ttitia has been ariia
sued for libel, and V. F. Jenkins, of Kir
win, Kanss, is the man who wants ten
thousand dollars. The editor o the Times
was imposed upon by a correspondent, rod
as soon a notified of Um wrong, took,
prrmpt measures to nUt it. lhat i all
there is cf it-
ZleOKSlit to be I'm au the KctlreeX
Hit.
!Cl!cago Journal.
Justice Hunt, of the United States Su
preme Court, is slowly coavalfsting, but
with no prorect cf ever being able to re
sume his official duties, H is dir ease is par
alysis. He is G3 years old. His absence
from the court leavcj the number of Justi
ces on'y t'ght, and they some times become
e-jually divided in their decisions. This
state of affairs must l remedied.
A CouipruiiiNe
XesrYoric Vo.IeI.1
"Stranger," said he "I want to sell jou a
horse."
"Stranger," was the replr, "I don't want
him." -
"Stranger." re joined the wayirarerr-'yr ,
reely rrut .buy him. Yer nevarsee a bet
ter horse for the price."
"What is the prior, stranger?" asked the
contemplative tan.
AntjfteisaeiW dollar aajj.eljrrt.
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