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BELLEVILLE, IIEPUBLIC KANSAS, THURSDAY, OCT. 19, 1882. WHOLE NO 481. Tho Oldest Paper in Bepublio Oounty. IBstabllshed In SUBSCRIPTION HATES: One Copy, one year $2.00 One copy, one year, if paid in advance l.BO Ono months 1 .00 One copy, tliroo months Papers neatly wrapped Tor mailing can be bad at the olSco for lire cents a copy.

MINOR MENTION. JACKSON Mis.s., has Uiiity luanijigo associations. THE total of our national (l(jljt now i.s $1,890,956,288. GEOUGIA is good for 1,000,000 balo.s of cotton tliis jcar. Trioes IlAPi'V is tlio lioj) liarvcstcr.

arc niountiug awaj- up. LONG droittli will sliorlcn Cajic Cod cranberry crop tliis year. THE opening trade with Mexico gives new life to New Orleans. SUMMARY OF THE WEEK. WASHINGTON.

I.ANn COM.MISSION'EU'S HErOIlT. The commissioner ot the land offlcc, in hia THE Ivhedive (toes not feel while Arnbi breatlics. lie wants him shot. IT is now promised that the corn crop of tlie United States will be worth $720,000,000. cash in the United States treasury now amounts to tho prodigious sum of $24.3,000,000.

IN tlio past month in Texas have destroyed 200 lives aiul .85,000,000 wortli of property. VlUGlNIA has 172 tobacco factories, which consiimo pounds of the weed annuallv. AN imperial decree orders that tlie father of tho khig of Corea bo kept for life under gtiard at Pas Ting Fu. TllEiiE are now living in the United States 291 persons who were born at sea under tlio United, States flin'. MonAMMKDAN pilgrims are again lining the Iiijjhways lo Mecca, and we may look out for another cholera boom.

A NEiiiiASKA savings bank has opened a children's department, in which a deposit as small as 1 cent can be made. Suiisciiii 'TioNs for the (Jarlield Memorial lio.spital have been opened at the United States consulate in Lyons, Franco. PAUL BOVTON says ho has saved soventy-two persons from drowning and tlio largest reward ever oflered him was a S3 watch. annual report, states tliat the lands now em- liraced wltliin tile limits of the puljlic domain amount to acres, including Alaska, lie recommends that the pre-emption laws be abolished, as the homestead laws covers all the cases now arising. The public sales of land the past year aniaunted to 7,933 acres, embraciiig which were sold for an average of per acre.

Itespectlng the forfeiture of railroad grants, the commissioner says the status of tlie various grants for railroad purposes, where roads have not been constructed wltliin tlie time prescribed by law, was reported to congress March 28 last. The absence of legislative action touching the renewal of these grants, or declaring the forfeiture thereof, seriously embarrassed the work of this odlce. It is not deemed expedient to certify additional lands to railroad companies, nor to award to companies lands in dispute between them and settlers, or other claimants, pending the determination of congress in the premises. A large number ot settlers are occupying such lands, and it is to them to know whether they can receive their title from the United Stales or whether tliey will be required to purchase from the railroaif companies. nnUEMITION OF DON'DS CONTINUED.

The treasury department will, continiio the redcmjitlon, both In New York and Washington, of the one hundred and seventeenth call bonds without rebate of interest, but the owners, while receiving full interest to Uecembcr S3, will be required to deposit a Fum equal to three months' interest from August 1, 18S2, to November 1, 1883. A check for this three months' interest will be forwarded by the United States treasurer to registered owners of bonds on November 1 in the usual nianncr. The elTect is, of course, to pay now to the holders of called bonds the from November 1 to Deecuilier Si, tlic three months' due November 1 being paid on that OOUD CEHTlFICATr.S. The amount of gold certillcates. sent from Washington to New York Monday, the Utli for the signature of the assistant treasurer was making a total sent to date t)f The treasurv department is in receipt of applications for these certillcates from all scetloiis of the country, iind the demand cannot be suiiiilled fast enough under the present system.

UE WIL7, nOLO THE FOllT. THE khedivo, with the of England, oflered to Baker Pasha, tho re -organization of the ICgyiitian army. He accepts the task. Si 'UKGEON will not compliment drunkenness with tho name of disease, but liolds it to accountability as an awful sin, a dreadful crime. TUB Louisvillu school of jiharmacy has admitted a lady as a student.

A druggist in tliat city says young women will m.ako better prescription clerks tlinn mon. THE successor to the Kgyjiliau throne always rewards the per.son informing of tho death of his predecessor by promoting Inm to tho nvnk of bey and paying him 100,000 piastres GLADSTONE replaying to a correspondent, reiterates the declaration that ho Is unable to inlerfero with tlie operations of tho Mormons in England, as' ho presumes their converts go with tlicm willingly. The report to the eltect that the miiiiRter at Washington had resigned and will lake charge of the alTairs ot the Mexican Kallroad comiiany, is entirely without foundation, lionicro says he has resigned, and does not conten'iplate a resignation, lie 1ms asked for a leave ot abseiiee, but will return to his post in the course of a month. ESTIMATES SCBMITTEn. Ctiminlfisloner MacFarland submits tlic estimates for salaries and estimated exiicHses for the next fiscal year, amounting in tlie aggregate to wliich is an increase the amount apjiroiiriated for the curwitt Useal year of Tlie inerease is Qlstrlbuted generally aiming bureau oilleers, adll includes for the assistant comlWl FINANCIAL FACTS In order to facilitate the nCw gold certlfl- eates, Acting Secretary of the Treasury New gave orders for printing certidcates of the denomination of and with engraved signatures like legal tender notes.

These will be styled deiiartnieiit series, and w'jill be issued from the treasury at Washing ton. curred. Three llrcmcu named Stolz, Urund and Thiessen were terribly Imrned, Stolz atally. Loss about It was caused by carelessness in handling a broken lantern near the oil tanks. A niiuNKAiui's nnivE.

A team driven by Uolion, a farmer, was run ov by an incoming freight train, about one-half mile west pf Scdalia. The horses were mangled in a terrible manner, and had to be shot. The wagon was torn to pieces. Bohon's was saved'through one of the most miraculous on record. He was drunk.

DAMAOEU KAIN. In tlic vicinity of Casselloii, Dakota, it has been ruining tor twelve days. No threshing has been done during that time and a of the wheat and threc-nuarters of tlie oats crop is ill stack or shock' yet. Wheat in the shock is badly damaged and will liardlv pay for threshing. DEUAILEl).

An eaist bound Indianapolis and St. bouie New York express was wrci'ked near I'lina, 111., by running over a cow. The engine, tender, hagwgc! and cxiiress ears were derailed. Firemairchas. Arberturn, of Mattotin, was killed, ni.EW TUB OA.S.

Theodore Iluske, aged 23, and Will. Iliiske, aged ai, lodged at the Annex hotel, Ilrooldyn. A strong smell of gas was noticed coining from the room and tiie door liotli men were found dead. They lileiv out the gas. niUK DISASTEIi.

A passingcr train on the Memphis and Charleston railroad was thrown down an embankment of lirty feet by striking a brolien rail. Of twenty-two iiasseiigers in the coaches seventeen w-cre more or less seriously injured. MENTAL riEI'llESBION. At Memphis, John S. Rendlliubor, well known as a captain of an artillery company, committed suicide by shooting him.selt thrtiugli the liraiii with a pistol.

Mental depression was the CArs E.xi'i.ODi:. At Itridgeport, a barrel containing breech loading caps exploded with lef- rlllc force, dcstroyin'K the building In which they were located. No person was hurt. 15. C.

R. I. or Illinois Central rail roads. They also make close conncetioiis at Albert Lea with U. I.

P. trains from all Iioints ill -Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and the Southwest. OnLITEIlATED. The machine department of the Harrisburg (Pa.) foundry and inacliiiic works CRIMINALITOIS. A WOMAN at Hincoln, 111., loft $200 in cash by will "to the widow in Lincoln who shall first secure a husband." One widow secured a husband and tlio ciisli in forty minutes after tho will was read.

IT is stated that tho khedivo will shortly i.ssuo a (fecreo granting general amnesty to rebels, except about six, who will bo tried for their lives, being implicated Jn tho massacres and coulla- gration of Alexandria. THE emperor of China has Bcnl an autograph letter, written in Vermillion, to Queen Victoria. The color, however, signilios neither love nor war. It simply her co-operation Hurprcssing the trade. THE Irish Wond, of New York, has remitted $312,548 of tho fund raised in tlio buitcd States for the Irish land Tho World has closed the 'fiirid, it says, there is no longer a land letigue iu existence.

WITHIN a.fcw years the conlidonlial clerk of a Pittsburg firm, upon an an- n'nnual salary of $1,200, lias iuvcstctl $00,000 in government bonds. His employers have asked him to come into court and explain how it was done. GENEVA is tho healthiest city of Vnropo, its death rate being 17 4)er 1,. nhabitants against 18 in Edinburgli, which comes next among the cities of Europe. In Paris tho rate is 21 per 1,000, in Berlin 35 and in St.

Petersburgh 47. THE steamer Neptune, which wns sent with supplies for Lieut. Greeley's Arctic exploring station, has returned to Newfoundland, unable to reach within two degrees of the station. Solid ice was encountered at that lim- t. Tho station has supplies for two years A CoMMBUCiAi- traveller thus relates his experience: He and ins companion wore the solo occupants of tho smoking oar.

They tried to converse, but the road was so rough they were pitched -from side to side like a ship's passengers. At last thoy were able to make each other understood. One said: D.an. the old thing i -i running smoother." To Wiiich Dau "Yes, COLD nr.OODEn MURDEn, At Plaltsinouth, John Pollln, proprietor of the European restaurant, shot and mortally wounded Capt. Matter.

Pollin called Maltcrfroni the street into the dining of his restaurant, closed the door, drew a pistol and llrcd, striking Malter over the left eye. Pollin then delivered himself up to the sheriff. The two men had some trouble about a letter said to have been received by Jhiltcr from Pollin's wife. MUKDEnEK LVNCIIEl). A mob of 100 men from Posey county rode into Kvansville and suriirisiiig the broke into the cell of Hume liedniaii, the man who brutally murdered his wife, a few daj'S ago, and smashed his skull with the hammer with which they broke open the cell door.

The iiollec llred afterthe mob as they retreated and killed one man. LIABLE TO HE LYNCIIEn. Greatcxeitement exists In Christian county, where 300 armed men are searching for Joliu Leigh, who shot James Itigby. If fiiund he will he shot or lianued liista'ntly. E.

T. Leigh, father of the murderer, had jiroinlsed John a thousand dollars to kill KIgbv. He has been committed to dl, and his "life Is in danger from the mob. A CASniEIl'S DEFALCATION. The bank examiners have concluded tlie ex aininutioii of the Manufacturers' National bank of Troy.

The dcfalealiou of Cashier Wellington is reported as The examiners say the bank surplus is 8100,000, and the liiBtltntion is perfectly sound. The cashier's bondmens arc entirely responsible. DIIUTALLY MUllDEItED A. W. Ross, a member of tliellrin of Ross (Is: Lysle, coal dealers of Cincinnati, was found murdered, between the railroad and his residence, at tilendale, O.

His body beaten toajelly. His watch and part of the chain and his poekctbook were taken. He treasurer of tlic coal exchange. I'OISONEn. Thirty persons have been jioisoned at London, from eating head cheese manufactured by local butchers: The iiliysielaiis attribute the trouble to bristles chopped with the skin of pork, causing irritation the stomach 'R innercoating and producing spasms aiid vomiting.

JUVENILE DEPUAVITT. Sunday night after church -seryices in school liousc, six miles west of (ieorgct Ohio, Charles Iryiii stabbed and instantly killed Chilton Lenimons, son of a farmer in that locality. Both were mere boys, Leui- ni 'ons being lU, and Iryiii only 10. ALL IN. A dcleelivc arrived the bank robber Duiikle at Kewance, of a couple of miles east (ittowii, fi 'turiiiiig-with a sack of 'old containing This aceomnts for all the money, and all the robbers are in custody.

THE OLD STOIIV. At Indianapolis, a man named Chambers was shot and fatally by Frank Pearl, an insurance agent of that city. The ilillleulty was caused by the latter being foiind secreted' in with his wife. THE DEADLY KNIFE. At Pine ni 'uft SprhigB, Texas, lllchardCliap- iiiaii, a Haplist minister, and John Turner had a dilllculty which terminated in the former stabbing the latter three times, killing lilm.

Chapman escaped. STAIIIIED UV A THIEF. At Cairo, Chris. Langtrim, watchman ot the steamer Arkansas CTty, was fatally stabbed by Tom Jeffrey, colored, whom he caught stcallug oflthc boat. RAIDED DY HODBEI18.

A west bound passenger train on the Atchi son, Topcka and Santa Fc was boarded by a gang of masked men near Grenada, and robbed of $5,500. MURDEUED AND IIOlmED. H. C. wealthy banker of Waupaca, was murdered while sitting in his olllce.

Considerable money was carried off by the robbers. A FIEND INCARNATE. Hume Redman, of Posey county, after kicking his wife Insensible, whittled off the inside of her lingers' ends. CASUALTIES A UOHRIDLE DEATH. At Pittsburg, Jacob Bcrker, a young man in the employ ol J.

Bailey, Farrel lead pipe works, met with a peculiar and horrible accident. He was standing on a scaffolding clearing the rust off a shaft which was making 15U revolutions a minute, when, by some means, bis right leg became entangled iu a telephone wire, and losing his balance he grasped the shaft. In an Tustant bo was whirled around with fearful rapidity and the telephone wire wrapped arouna his leg until the limb was severed from the body, when he fell through a hatchway to the ground below. When picked up he was dead. His bead was a shapeless mass, anShislcg was still dangling to tho wire.

COSTLY CARELESSNESS. At Milwaukee, a terrible explosion occurred In the large hardware establiahnient of Jas. KDoeraRcheld. A email Sri bad started in the baoement, and wbUe three firemen pstlognltUDif embtrt tte txpiotlon oo- 1 out by lire, causing a loss of Ali'iny men were thrown out of employment. A FATAL COLLISION.

A disiistrouR railroad eollision occurred In Tcnni 'SRce, in whicli two iiursoii.s were instantly killed. The engine was deiiiolislicd and the Imggiigc car badly damaged. ItAVAOES OF Vm.LOW FIJVEIl. national board of health is informed -tliere have iieeu l.liUU -eases. ot fever and dcatlis in Pciisacola up 'to the 10th inst.

A FAMILY DIIOWNEI). fieorge Iluntiiigloii, liis wife and four cliiklreii WCTC capsized in a sail boat In Plum Island river, and nil drowiieil. STORE IiniNTI). The store house of the Norfolk and Wustcrii Railroad coiiipaiij, at Lyiicliliurg, contents, was swept away by llaiiics. SIX I'EliSONS KILLED.

A train on the Texas and Pacilic ditched at Sweet Water. Six pcr were killed and the train badly damaged. TIltEll OF LIFE. At Oiiialia, fiddfrled Thomas, a Cicr- maii, aged 2(J, suicided liv (Irowiiiiig Iiiniself In 11 well. He had been drinking.

A r.vTAi, iiniE. At Columbus, Ohio, Charles Scarritt, wholesale grocer, was tlirowii from his buggy and instantly killed. A CIIAliUEIl lU.OCK. Fire at El Paso, 111., wiped out an (Mitire bloci of wooden buildings, causing a loss of 100,000. FOREIGN.

CliEM.VTION. An account Is published of two cremations, the first ot which liaye-takeii jiiace in The bodies were those of Lady Ilartaih and Mrs. Haiiliaiii, who died in in isrr mill respectiyely. They both ex- iircssed the wish that tlieirbodles he cremated. Tlie remains were kept in the mortuary until preparations for the process were eoniplcle.

Last Sunday the reiimins were iiieloiied in substantial collins, were placed In a furnace on plates of iron and lire brick and reduced to ashes. CAN'T LIVE IN TIIE SAME COL'NTKV. Iielievcs his life is in danger. There liave been certain Incidents which might deinoi'alize the Circassians guarding him. One of the kliedive's ciitonriige has been heard to say that he like to administer to a cup of bad coffee, and the kliedive has remarked that he and Arabicould not live in the same country.

CYCLONIC DAMAGES. A cyclone did much damage in Vulta Abajo, at Consoliieiaii del Sur. Tlie tobacco crop sullered greatly. Two coast steamers lost on the south side of the island. Two passciigors were javcd.

MURDERED BY HEAD HUNTERS. The explorer White, In the service ot the British North liornco company, in Siam, was murdered by the hunters. Tho Dyak custom Inuiian-heads-had been th(-)uglit to have died out. A GOOD MOVE. Owing to tlie alarming-increase in pauperism in the south of Ireland the Dublin union has taken the lead iu the projiosal to send 1,000 able-bodied men and woiiien to Canada, at a cost of $7,000 imOUGIIT TO TIME.

Tlie iiillilary tribunal in session at Ihilta, trying the of-the anti-Jewish rioters, condeimicd one li'ailer to two years and Ityc (-itliers to from sixteen to eighteen iiioiiths' iiiiprisoiiiiieiit. INDICT.MENIS The iiidictineiits against tlie Egyptian rebel chiefs contain three counts, the llrst liistiga- tiiig niassaeivs; second directing the burning of Alexandria, and third abusing the lliig of truce. FINANCIAL FACTS. The revenue of Russia frfun 1 to August 1, this year, was. 'Jr ,000 roubles more than for thcsnme time in 'SI and-llie expenditures routiles less.

KMl'OlVEREll. Contractors for the Canada Pecillc railway, between Thuiider Bay and Hat Portage, have been enipowdcrcd to' open the road liiinic- iliately. WRECKED. Tlic-iiew steamer, Belgium, 4,000. tons bur- ileii, built at Aberdeen tor the American trade, was badly wrecked on her trial trill.

DECREASE IN SPECIE. The statement of the imperial bank of fier- maiiv shows a tlecrease in specie since the hist report of marks. STOCK A stock exchange has been opened in the City of Mexico uiuler the auspices of Euro peaii eajiitalists. RAISED IN RANK. William, the youngest son of Bismarck, has been raised to the rank of government counselor.

A DEFICIT. The Hungarian budget shows dcdcit of Ilorliis, GENERALITIES. TO THE GULP OP CALIFORNIA. Mr. C.

C. Wheeler, general manager of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fc, states that the Sfiiiora railway (Guayiiias extension of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fc) will be completed November 1, next, and will be ready for business through to fluayainas shortly afterward. About-175 iniles of the Southern Paelfle are being used by the new line. The conipletion of this line will give the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fo a through route to tho Gulf of California, and will shorten the distance to Australia and Soutli America several thousand miles. It will also shorten the distance to China and Japan materially.

WESTERN SUII'MENTS. A New York special says western shipments of merchandise will be heavier this month thou any corresponding month since 1S75. The freight and express depots of the four trunk lines of railway arc densely crowded, and extra express cars are taken out almost every train, wholesale merchants attribute their large business to fine crops and a general feeling of prosperity in tho west. They say that western merchants have become surfeited with the drummer and branch systems, and are iueliued to deal direct with the New York houses. OF INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC.

The Minneapolis St. Louis ralliyuy now runs its trains through between Dcs Moines, Iowa, and Minneapolis, Minnesota) via Fort Podge, offtUng coiigectlonifltti tmai pn NEW JERSEY ELECTION. The charter election in Newark, N. resulted In a republican plurality of 150 on tho general ticket. The democrats made large gains in the common council, carrying ten of the fifteen wards, gaining seven members.

The contest was chiefly on the financial policy of the republican administration of the city The labor party polled 1,300 votes. ILLINOIS COAL PRODUCT. The forthcoming report of the state bureau of labor will show that Illinois is second oiil to Pennsylvania in the nroductlon of coal, and the output Increased from 0,000,000 tons in 1881, to 9,000,000 this year. Forty-six out of the 100 counties produce coal. The aggregate value at the mines has been nearly fH.

000,000. A REDUCTION. In consequence ot the opening of trade at N. in western beef, the butchers of-frcsli-slaughtcred cattle had to reduce the jirice one cent per pound. The ruling price Is 0 and lOe for common to choice.

Cattle can not be profitably slaughtered at the jirlce now obtained. A BONANZA TO STOCK RAISERS. The recent ruins have been a to Nebraska stock raisers. New grass has fatten ed cattle better than corn feeding would. Grass on the prairies has grown three or four inches the past ten days.

A much larger quantity of hay is in store than ever before. A RICH DISCOVERY. Silver, assaying 7" per cent of silver, mixed with copper, has been discovered in the bed of Panther creek, near Seeor, 111. It is reported pounds is already taken out. WEST VIRGINIA ELECTION.

Returns from West 'Virginia indicate democratic gain.s. The democrats electing three out ot the four congressnieii. A VICIOUS cow. At Springfield, Peter Iniler and his wife were attacked by a vicious cow and badly bruised. GRAND MASTER.

Rev. C. C. Woods, of Kansas City, has been elected grand in.i%ter ot the Masons of Jlis souri. OHIO ELECTION.

It is conceded that the democrats carry Ohio by a majority of STEPUENS' MAJORITY. Stciiliens' majority for governor of Georgli is estimated at 00,000. A DEAD CONGRESSMAN. lieprcseiitatiye W. JI.

Lowe, of Alabama, Is dciid. THE MARKETS. HAHKET QUOTATIONS. The following reliable report of tho stock market is furnished us by Geo. Barsc live stock commission merchants, of Kansas City.

LIVE STOCK. Cattle-Native shippers, native stoekers, native feeders, 4.05; native butchers' steers, native cows, 'S ranged from bulk from GRAIN AND PRODUCE. 1 red winter wheat SO; No. 3 red winter, No. 3 red winter, No.

3 nii.xed corn, iiS; No. 3 oats, 30; No. 3 rye 47. 17018; cheese, new Kansas, butter, Konsas dairy, chickens, per 3.7.'i; potatoes, hay, small baled, CL0.9INQ QUOTATIONS. St.

cash, October, November, the year, Corn October, (KV; November, DSJf. October, 94; November, year, red winter, Octobe, the year, Corn, Wljf; the Corn, quiet; No. 3, True Wisdom. Dr. Guthrli'.

A man m.ay know all about tho rocks and his hctirt remain as hard as tlicy are; a man may know all about the winds, and bo the sport of passions as fierce as tho stars and his fato lie tho meteor's, that, after a brief and brilliant civriicr is (luenched in eternal night; a man may know all about the sea, and his sotil resemble its troubled waters, Which cannot rest; a man may know liow to rule tho spirits of the elo ments, and know not how to rule his own; a man may know how to turn aside tho Hashing thunderbolt, but not tlio wrivth of God from his guilty head; ho may know all thitt La Praco knows, all that Shakespeare knew, all that Watt knew, all that tho greatest geniuses have known; ho mayknow all mysteries and all knowledge, but if he does-not know-his Bible wliat shtill it avail? I take my stand Ijy a dying philosopher as well as of a dying miser and ask of tho world's wisdom as of the world's wealth: "What shivll it profit a man if Iio gain tho wliolo world and lose his own soulP" I despise not the of science; bill they burn in a dying chamber as dim as Its candles. Tlioy cannot penetrate the mist of death, nor light the foot of the weary traveler on his wav in that valley through which wo all have to pass. Commend mo, therefore, to the light which illumines the last hour of life; commend me to the light that, wlien all others are quenched, shall guide my foot to tho portals of thiit blessed world whore there is no need of the sun, and no need of tho moon, and no need of any created for God and the Lamb tho light thereof. Brethren, leave others to cliinb tho steeps of fame; brother, sister, jiut your upon the ladder that scales the sky, nor mind though your brows are never crowned witlitho ifading bays, ifyou win, through- faith I Jn Jcsn thO- cro wtt-of jCternaLlif discovered on an Englishman's estate. Ho was proud of it, of course, and citcd considerable envy by its exhibition.

One of his noiglibors, who owned an adjoining estate, felt especially chagrined, but was greatly encouraged by an Irishman, wlio went over tho land in the hope of discovering one some- wlierc. He declared liimself success- fiil in finding tlie most wonderful echo over heard, and stood ready to unfold liis secret for a largo sum of money. The nobleman listened to the echo, and althougli'there was something peculiar about It, he paid the monej'. An afternoon was set for his friends to come and listen to this marvelous discovery. "Hullo!" cried in stentorian tones the man who had found the echo.

'Hullo!" came back immediately from the hillside yonder. "How are you?" yelled ono of the company, and tho wonderful echo answered, in a suspicipusly diflferent "How are j'ou?" All went well until just before retiring one of the company, putting his hands to his mouth, cried, in a loud "Will you have some whisky?" Such a question would discover the character of any reasonable echo. It was certainly too much for tho one which had been discovered on that estate. Judge of the surprise of the party when the answer came "Thank you, sir; I if you please." The poor follow been ptn- tioned at a distance to supply tho echo, simply submittfiij to too tatlQn. FltANK JAMISS.

A Sketck of the Noted Unatlit's Career. City TliiicB, Oct.n. Frank James was born in Kcntuckpr in 1841; Jesse in Clay county, Missouri, in 1815. father was tho Rev. Robert James, a prominent and eloquent Baptist minister, a pleasant and courteous gentleman, possessed of more education than was common with tlio ministers of his church in tho frontier days of 1843 in this state, when James family moved from Kentucky to Clay county.

Ho was one of the (irst trustees of tho William Jewell college, located at Liberty, and though a resident of that vicinity only from 1848 to 1849, he has left a kindly ro- membrancc of liimself among tho old settlors. In tho latter named yoar he wont to California, there died iu 1851. Early in 1861 Frank James, then twenty years old, wont to tho war. His led him to QUANTIIELL'S BANO of guerrillas, in whicli he soon became noted for his daring and nuirilerous ferocity. Jesse, only 14 years old, sought the same time, but was rejected as too young.

Uoturning home he became serviceable as a spy for tho guerrillas infesting Clay and adjoining counties. His step-father. Dr. Samuels, was a pronounced secessionist, and old Mrs. Samuels gave unbridled liconso to her tongue in her sympathy for the south.

Tho family, thus making theiusclvos conspicuous, were marked for vengeance by tho union militia of tho state, who were stationed at Kearney and other towns in that locality. Some time in the early summer of 18C2 tho federals, in pursuance of their vow of vengeance against the Samuels was encountered anil abruptly told it was their design to li.an^ him. A ropo was, produced, and, conducting him a few tods from the house, ho was actually swung up without being given time even to expostulate. His wife, fearing danger, having soon the squad of soldiers meet her husband and go oir with him, followed, and reached tlie scene of tho hanging ust after tho federivls had turned from ilieir work, as a completed job, and cut him down. Ho was resuscitated with great dilliculty.

Jesse James was threatened with hanging, but his youth saved him he escaping with many cuffs and blows at the hands of tlic soldiery. In.stead of being a lesson to tho-Samuels family and Jesse, after this visit they became more outspoken and daring in expression and act than before. An- otlier visit was paid them, but this time Dr. Samuels and Jesse were away from home. The foder.als, not to be outdone, conducted Mrs.

S.amuels and her daughter Susie to town, from whence they were conveyed to St. Joseph, Mo. anil incarcerated in jail for several months. This enraged Jesse that he again sought QuantroU's band and implored to be admitted. He was ao ccpted, his brother Frank interceding for liim.

THE A lIORlilBLE UECOUl). During tho war Frank James partior ipatcd in the Lawrence and Concordia massacres and all the infamous work done by QiiantreU's and Billy Auder son's gangs. After tho war ho commenced anew his life of a bandit, and the following notable crimes are charged against liim: banlc robbery. Gallatin, bank robbery. Iowa, bank robbery.

bank robbery. Kansas City fair grounds, rob- berjv St. Genevieve bank robbery. Rock Island train robbery. Gad's Hill train robbery.

train robbery. W. bank robbery. train robbery. Nortlifield bank robbery 1879- Glendale train robbery.

train robbery. cut train robbery. SOCIAL KELATIONS Frank was a man of superior attainments. He left the Masonic collenro in Lexington, to join the Confederacy, carried tiway by a sentiment that dominated among tlio high toned young men of the south at the outbreak of tho rebellion. Jesse was not so accomplished, but he was bravo, manly and polished.

Frank was married in 1875 to Miss Annie Ralston, whose ftvther resides in this county, eight miles from Kansas City. She is rej)uted to have been a beautiful and intelligent, but sentimental girl, who became, carried away by her romantic tomperamoiit with accounts of tlio James boys. Accident-. ally meeting witli Frank-, she fell in love witli him, and a clandestine raarriago followed. QUEER REl'OHTS, Within tho past few months all sorts of stories about tho wrath of Frank and his in crimes all over the country have beoii in vogue.

Great interest was manifested in the rumor that Gov. Crittenden had been making overtures to the notorious bandit with a view to liis surrender. When, some months Annie Ralston suddenly appeared at her home in Independeneo, the8e thiot and fast; That merely rumors isdcmonstrat- ed by the surprise of tho Kansas City ToooreatuiToiuptiition. joflicials yesterday at tho tidings of Some years ago a very hno echo snrroiider. A Grave laietske.

AtclilHon Ctininplon, Oct. 4. Tho railroads, it scorns to us, make a grave mistake in pot furnishing to the press, at once, full particulars of accidents resulting in loss of life or injury to persons. On Monday evening, for instance, a serious accident occurred on tho T. S.

F. road, at a point nine miles west of Hutchinson. Tho Associate Press agent at that pointsont a brief account of it, but was unable to furnish particulars, or the names of those injured or killed. As a consequence, a number of persons called at tnis oilice yesterday, in anxious distress, because they feared that relatives or friends were on the trains that collided. It appears to bo the policy of tho railroads, whenever an accicient occurs at an oiit-of-the-way to suppress all details concerning it.

The consequence is that the papers publish all tho rumors they get hold of, and very often these are grossly exaggerated. The sensible thing for the railroad oflieials to do would bo to furnish the press with a full and oocurate account of-thcjiccident, and a Ust of all persons hurt. This would save themselves and everybody else trouble, and would especially prevent anxiety and distress of mind in the case of many persons who fear tho worst concerning relatives and friends who have escapea injury, or were not, as expected, on the trains involved in the accident. llonvonly VaRrnntThviiglit lo bo New Visitor. New Tork San.

Astronomy is usually reckoned an exceedingly exact science, and in most of its' methods and tho great mass of its ascertained facts is its exact, yet, as tho conflicting theories and calculations about the great comet now visible show, some departments of tho science are subject to astonishing uncertainty. Tho opposing view of tho astronomers as-to the orbit of tho present comet and the question of its identity with the great comets of 1880 and 1843 are likely to lead some persons to look upon tho wholo subject with incredulity. Tho trouble, however, is not that the astronomers are no bettor than so many weather prophets dealing in guess work and hurabuggery, but that in a case, like tliis it is exceedingly diflicultto obtain trustworthy data to servo as a basis for the application of matho- m.atical formulio. What the astronomers ore to do when there is tho least solid ground to base their calculations upon is shown by the surprising success of their predictions of these successive returns of Halley' comet, which has a period of some seventy-iivo years, and is subject to perturbing forces, wliich it requires an amazing process of calculation to disentangle. In the present case the question of interest is whether this comet has ever been scon in tho neighborhood of tlio sun before.

Tho computations made at Washington have been regarded as going far toward identifying it with the comets of 1880 and 1843, which, in turn, have been supposed to be tho same as the comet of 1868. If tlieso great comets are all one and the same, and if the dates mentioned comprise every visit that this comet has paid to tho sun since it was seen, then, manifestly, its period is growing shorter at a marvelous rate; and we may expect, it to end its career by falling into the sun very shortly. The possible effects of the fall of a comet upon the sun have been frequently discussed of If to, though the idea that such an accident migct prove disastrous to the earth is not a now one, liavihg been entertained by Newton 200'yoars ago. Sonic months ago when there, was a good deal of talk about Mr. Proctor's gestion of what the "mcnticing of 1880, as he styled it, might do, Proi fossor IToung expressed the hope that if it did fall into tho sun ho might live to see it.

That is the probably tho feeling of most astronomers. Tho downfall of a comet into the fiery furnace of tho sun might furnish a line speela- cle, but would not bo likely to hurt the earth. There is reason to think, however, that if tho orbit of tho present comet proves to bo identical with that pursued by tho comets of 1880 and 1843, it is not the some body. If it is the same body, then either it has a very short )eriod and has been invisible at most of ts visits, or its period has been reduced in the surprising w.ay before mentioned. The improbability of such a reduction is so great that even those who think it is tho same comet prefer to believe its period has always been short, and that It has only oocaBionallybeen soon when- visiting the sun.

But in view of the ob- servedorbits of the comets of 1843 and 1880, this is very improbable Tho comet of 1843 was seen for moro than six weeks after its perihelion passage, and that of 1880 was visible for several weeks. It is not likely that a coinet of such brilliancy could often swing around the sim, blazing with the splcu- -dor-resuItlBie-ffoisr Wrlttcn Itomnlns of tho Keyptbun. Good -Words. Most of the written remains of ancient Egypt aro religious. Many consist of hymns to tho gods, and have a pathos of their own.

Others are lists of oblations or of spoils taken in war. These liave no more literary pretensions than an auctioneer's catalogue or an inventory of furniture. Thoy give us, however, a very vivid idea of Egyptian belongings. The manifold productions and riches of ancient Egypt now nowhere set forth in more deiail th.an in.what is the "Great Harrif Papyrus," which contains divers of these summaries. It was found in a tomb, and measures 133 feet long, by 16J inches broad.

Hero we road of llio barge of cedar with rivets of gold- plated brass and cabins adorned with precious stones; of houses with doors and lintels ot gold, surrounded by gardens planted with all kinds of fruits, and tanks for water fowl and lisli. Beside thcso aro granaries of corn and treasuries lilled, or temples presented, with a surprising amount of miscellaneous property, paint, spirits of wine, honey, oil, linen overcoats, embroidevedcivps, incense, silver dishes and ladles, rings, onions, cedar harps, bundles of wnting-rceds, wax, leather sandals, turquoises, images, necklaces, wine, colored bed-clothes, etc. The most careful inventory was made of the several itoras, and in every case the exact amount ot tho articles iu store appears to bo set down. For instance, in ono place we Iind a record of 825,840 crjstal beads; in of 23,008 pots of fr.ankinoensc, while ono 'icedar rule" figures by itself. Besides tlicse dead or dry goods we have astonishing lists of cattlo and birds, esjiecially pigeons, iluclcs and geese.

Here wo are struck by evidence of mncli that was eminently KANSAS NEWS Teachers for the public scliools aro scarce close approach to the without being detected. Upon tho whole, then, it is moro likely that this comet is a body following the same path as that pursued by the comets of 1843 and 1880, and the fact that its perihelion passage seems to have been made at a aistauce certainly not less and probably greater than theirs is another argument against tho supposition that it is tho same comet, whirling around tho a rapidly narrowing orbit preparatory to its fall. VltaUty or Soriionta. In almost every country a curious belief exists, in some form or other, that a serpent will not die before sundown, however mutilated it may be. Perhaps the great tenacity of nervous vitality common to all tho lower or so- called cold-blooded evinced by their vigorous contortions after decapitation, and even muscular erings of the dissevered portions when cut in account for this.

A huge Python molurus has been known to snatch a torch out of a coolie's hands and shako it to pieces after its body was cut in two and the anterior half transfixed with a sword. And everywhere poisonous snakes abound it will be found that some particular tribe of Indians or religious sects or other people are reputed to have the power, by means of inoculation or otherwise, to prepare their bodies so as to render them proof against the effects of the venom, and aro thus enabled to handle dangerous serpents with impunity. But alas! when we come to investigate these (on the face) by no means impossible or even very improbable soon meet with a tissne of nonsense which throws one backjn disappointment Mme. La Barea, in her book on Mexico, says that injections-of-tho-xattlesnakc's- vonom into the veins is practised there, tho result being that the inoculated one is not only protected from tho bite of all venomous animals, but has the business-like and )ri)saic among the old Egyptians. It true that tlicir religion especially, at least so far as tho oucrings made by the king represented the gctiorosity of the people, was marked by marvelous and abundant devotion; the adornments of the tcm))lo not being brought toil focus iusomo inner shrine, but shown in the capping of s.acred obelisks with solid gold, and the covering of huge holy walls insiilc out with costly sculpture But though this indicates a certain profusoness of expenditure, nothing is moro striking than the minute economy and attention to details exhibited in what may be called the sacred rent rolls, summaries of oblations and the like Tlic chronicler carefully distinguished between the "ducks" offered to Ra, tho sliced, salted and prepared fish, the crown.s, nosegays, chains and handfuls of llowers, and the exact amounts of these several items are set down.

In the "Great Harris Papyrus," now in the British niuseuni, in tho "Records of the Past," there aro many of those entries, and in every case the total of goods in question arc-prociscly recorded. There arc 0. 1,975,800 noseg.ays of vegetables does not say wliat proi)ortion of those were against 11,000 nosegays of corn, and 3,410 of lotus. Thus, in these chronicles wo luvvo evidence of both extrcnio profusion and precise economy, of tlie nicest reckoning and tlio most liberal abuiulanco. Whom to Marry, "Whom to marry." Yos, that is certainly the question in these days for marrying giving in Now that young man who looks like Lord Byron, and who can quole poetry by power of inflictin, self! I think PI The wonders of modern chcmlstrv are iipuarciit III the beautiful Diamond I'ycB All Wude (Hid cojurB qf Ii(k Us fluao a deadly bite him- iny attributes some such process with the scorpion's poison to his African "psylli," or serpent charmers, instead of the far more probable one of blunting the insect's sting or extrocting tho snake's fangs.

The Best MethodlBt Itecordcr. Of all preaching, in our ordinary pulpits, and on common occasions, apologetic preaching is tho poorest and weakest. The minister or Christian who is constantly defending Christianity is sure toleave tho impression that it needs to be defended. The best defense of our holy religion is the preaching of the great central truths of the gospel by the lips and lives of Christian men from the pulpits, in the pews and the common walks of life. The sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, enforced by the Spirit of God in the hearts and consciences of men, is an argument which none can gainsay or the very pink of.

Alas, no! for only last week was arrested and carried to tho station- house by a liard-lioarled policeman, who found him sitting on the curbstone at twelve o'clock at night, composing an ode to the moon, and hicotigliing loudly at every breath. Well, there is Mr. Ijiglitfoot, who waltzes divinely, they say, and makes a bow equal to Chestorliold himself, and has a mustache which is perfectly in short, it justtho dot, in tho way of looks and manners; will he do? By no manner of means! for he squanders moro in a month for dress than lie ought in a year, and consequently has not the wherewith to take care of a wife. Well, there is Mr. Sharp, who is a brilliant lawyer, and can make speeches that would prove his Satanic Majesty a perfect gentleman.

Will he lill the bill. No, indeedl His logic would overwhelm any common woman, and unless she is out of tho common order, better steer clear of Mr. Sharp. "Why," I- hear you say, "you will have neither soutiraent, beauty nor wit! Better make a poor match than bo an old maid!" Well, I don't know about that. So thought Miss Mj'rtlo Greene, some years ago, when she accepted IMr.

Gos- lack. She has now two or three children, and her husband goes up town every Saturday night under pretenso of getting shaved, and spends nearly all his wages before getting back. "Well," you say, "whom would your liighness advise one to marry?" I will give you the same-advice-that an old lady once gave a la who said he would nevcradviBO hirgirls to marry lawj'crs. advise them to marry honest men." Any way, look well before you leap. When you Tialt or leave New Tork City save Baggage, Expreseare aod Carriage Hire, and itOT.

iS GRAND UNION HOTEL, opposite Grand Central Depot. 4S0 elegant rooms, fitted up at coflt ot one million dollars, reduced to 98 and upwards per day. European plan. Elevator. Keataurant supplied with the best Horae cars, atagea and elerated railroads to all depots.

Families can live better for less money at the Grand Union Hotel than at aiiy other Brst-claaa hotel in the city papjfs prjiUlcWng mild Why He Wldn't Take It. Through Texas. Not long ago an old pioneer, who had lived Texas in the days of the early colonists, was boasting of the good old times. "Why, sir," said he, "I was onco offered a league of land for a pair of old boots." "Didn't you take it?" said the p.arly lie was talking to. "No, sir; I didn't" "No land, I reckon?" "Why, bless your heart, sir, it was tho best piece of land out doors.

Gr.ass five feet high, a clean stream of water running through it, and an undeveloped silver mine in ono corner." "And why in thunder didn't you make the trade?" said tlio other. "Because," said the other man, in a sad and regretful tone of voice, "because iTidn't have tho boots." Too Fastidlons. Some Byrons look on-with disgust At the rhymes ot Eclectrie Oil "poet;" But we have tho best article kiioivn to the world, And Intend that all persons shall know it. It cureB colds, asthma and catarrh. Bronchitis and complaints of that kind; It docs not cost much, though rheumatics it cures.

'TIs best OU in tho world you can find. In Good Spirits. T. Walker, Cleveland, writes: "For tho last twelve months I have suffered with lumbago and general debility. I commenced taking BURDOCK BLOOD BITTEBB about six weeks ago, and now have great pleasure In BtathiK that I have recovered my appetite, my complexion has stows ruddy, foci Dotter iltogetber." lie Blue and Kaw v.alleys lead this 3'ear in corn yield.

Hog cholera is prevalent in some parts of Sumner county. Pdoplo are swarming over the state in search of cattle ranches. Kansas has furnished 400,000 head of fat cattle for market this Diphtheria is jircvalent in several towns in the western portion tho state A man died recently at Salina leaving by will to the city, lo bo used in prospecting for coal. Russian mulberry grows bettor in western Kansas than cottonwood. It makes good hedges and furnishes good Liberty, Woodson county, has sugar- works with a capacity of 400 gallons per day, requiring tho employment of sixty hands.

Till! number of new residences that continue to go up, and additions made to old ones, is truly astonishing for a city the size of Ottawa. A man living near Bello Phaino sold over one hundred dollsirs' worth of w.atcrmeloiis from less than half acre of ground this season. Norton People; The Almena mill is expected to bo in running order next week. This makes six grist mills in tho cpiinty, and we will soon havo tho seventh. One dozen scraijors li.avo arrived for tho Kansas Irrigating company, at G.ar- den City, and the work of cnhirging their ditch will bo pushed to an early completion.

A in-airie fire in Clicovor township, Dickinson county, burned tho granery, about 400 bushels of yvhcat stored and all tho liay belonging lo 11. F. Ayres. DougFas Index: Mr. Osborne has named lii.s famous farm tho "Olive.

Farm," in honor of his wife. This farm has cleared for him about in wheat alone this season. A mill is being put up on tho Ncnnescah about four miles west of Wellington. Sumner county has sov- crtil good water-mills already, but there IS business for several more. A shooting scrape occurred last Thursd.ay, twelve miles southeast of Hiawatha, between John Byland and Jon Joradan, who quarreled over the division of crops on the farm where they were joint tenants.

Jordou was fatally shot. McPlierson Freeman: When a business lot in McPhorson brings it looks like city property had some value hero, and yet the Farmers Merchants' bank j-iaid that price for the lot upon which they are erecting their new ijuild- ing. The Enterprise says of tlic Logan sorghum factory: Almost 125 gallons of of the iincst quality is turned out dai y. and there 'is enough cane on hand now to run tlio mill several weeks and it is still cojning at tlie rate of lif- Leen to thirty a day. Tho of Kansas forms the geogriipliic.al center of the United States.

Tho length of the state, east and west, is about 400 miles, and its breadth, north and south, is about 200 miles. Its area is 81,318 squiiro miles, giving it the sixth rank in the union in respect to size, and second rank among the north central states of the Mississippi. Thomas Jones found deiul aiid TTorriCly mangled on the track of tjie Ceutral Branch road, having his left log cut off, his right arm and his ribs broken. It is thought tho man was murdered before being placed on the track as a pool of blood was found sonio distance from tlio body with a revolver and tliere woro also evidences ot'tlie body being ilraggeil. Tho Entdyprise tells of a family in Logan, who iii-tho jiast two years have litid live young ladies in the'r employ, and, remarkiible as it may appear, each young liVdy before serving in the employ of this family for one month hiid formed the acquaintanoo and courted the friendship ot a young gentleman with matrimony as a result.

The family is at jircseut in need of a domestic. The Ilolton Recorder s.ays that a most hearlrending accident occurred at Cross creek, last Saturday. Mike AIcNoive went over to liis old place for a load of hay and his wife accompanied him. Returning Mrs. McNcive fell oil the load striking on the tines of the fork, which penetrated her body.

Her head struck the hub of the w.agon fracturing her She only survived her injuries a few minutes. Says tho Kansas Farmer: Two facts may bo considered as demonstrated in Kansas climatology, particularly as applied to the half of the state, namely: First, that which mature in the early part of summer always crops; second, that the rainftill in the after part of the is generally irregular ami uncertain. From this wo ileduco the proposition that successful farming in Kansas must include the culture of such grains, gv.asses, vegetables and fruits as mature eiirly," anirthe problem stibmiitctl is: those particidar plants and what the best'modes of culture to pro-' duce them. How to Write Acceptably. Very often a manuscript is rejected by the busy editor because it is not pro- larod ill an acceptable way.

A few lints in reference to this matter may not be out of place Writeu jon one side of the sheet only. Why? Because it is often necessary to cut tho pages iato "takes" for the compositors, and this cannot be done when both-sides are written upon. Write clearly and di.s- tinclly, being particular careful in tho matter Of proper names and words from foreign languages. Why? Because you have no right to ask either editor or compositor to waste his time puzzling out the results of your selfishness. Don't write in a microscopic hand.

Why? Because tlic compositor has to read it across his case, at a distance of nearly two feet; also, because the editor often wants to make additions-and other changes. Never roll your manuscript. Be brief. Short stories find moro readers than long ones. Always wile your full name plainly at the end of your letter.

Wiiy? Because it will often happen that tho editor will want to communicate with you, and because ho needs to know the writer 's name as a guarantee of good faith. If you use a pseudonym or initials, writo your own name and address below it; it will never be divulged. Observe these rules, and your manuscript will have a chance of being examined, at least. Otherwise, it runs the risk of being unconditionally declined. farther from the source ot supply (Cuba tind Mexico) than New Tork, Boston It (Upplnft to the former plioe IWM ftf dKHed Bili.