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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-02
ANOTHER EUROPEAN WAR.
France Preparing for - Fisal Grasd Struggle
with Germany.
Paris Letter 70 n. Y. Herald. |


On the whole it seems to me that the omen
may be drawn, from he aspect of the troops on
THURSDAYS parade, that there is forked light
ming in the thunder ,lund of Frances hatred of
Germany, and her rst for revenge. Aspira
tions for rerdnche are not mere brutum fHincR,
that think General Mantaufel must have Own ned
tn himself as he sat there iRc0gnitO in plain
clothes in back row of the diplomatic tribune
The French mean to have another wrestle for
the fall-that every one who knows the nation
knows. But every did not know what
think this review goes to show that their militia
ry ant hOrities working assiduously for the
end, that when the cOmbatants shall grapple
rs they must, the issue will not be by long way
so nearly q foregone conclusion rs most people
have been content to assume it. If France can
contain herself, and meanw lille work she has
worked in the past two years, the struggle will
he Titanic one. She has still immensity to
do indeed, she has scarcely yet begun the work
she has set herself. But in ten years time, in
accordance with the new dispositions of her new
military law, she will be able To set in line
sOO,OOO men, without calling out the reserves.
With them her military strength will number l.,
passed providing for organization, the first
does for recruiting enacts that wholesome de-
Capitalization. the lack of which contributed as
much anything tn Frances downfall IN the
late war. With eighteen well organized and
equipped army corps, each with its own staff
and its own province TO recruit from, with a
powerful itierry and arms Of precision second to
none in the world. and with a strength in fight
ing men of a million and q quarter, who shall
say that France shall not have made good her
title to re-enter the ranks Of the great military
powers' And all this that write of she has de
liberately set herself to accomplish within ten
years.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-02
A Valuable ROOk.

It's trifie difficult to tell what is in a book
that has everything in it, and We are just now
labOring under that difficulty. The book is The
cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing; or, 25,-
900 Wants Supplied. It seems to have some
thing about every trade OF profession in it,
whether practical or artistic.
The Medical Department. comprises nearly
three hundred and fifty closely printed columns.
is q book in itself, embracing all the latest i'm
proved treatments Of every disease known to
man or woman, and is doubtless more complete
and practically valuable than any Family MedI-
cal Book published.
The Assaying Department will enable any
farmer possessing it, to determine the value OF
any mineral substance found on bis farm.
The processes connected with the Practical
Arts take good portion Of the work, and these
are carefully selected so as to be of the greatest
possible utility in the workshop, and they are
80 fully explained that the inexperienced can
gain q good idea of operations which are gener-
ally known only to the skilled workman. The
painter can find here all processes known to his
art; the worker in wood all the methods in that
art. The iron worker will not fail to find re-
ceipts which will be new and valuable to him.
In fact, it is impossible to mention any trade or
profession which would mot be benefited by the
work. In scientific processes il is also very full,
and giving those who have no knowledge of the
subjects good insight into chemical and artist
ic work. In receipts applicable to every day
life the work is very- fisi, and no pains have
been spared to make i,sta sSRprebensive, and
clearly understood, telling what to DO and how
r.. -. =
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-02
state News.

About five o'clock Friday evening fatal acci
dent occurred on Crooked creek, abOut two miles
south of Mount Pleasant in this county. Johr
Thomas Walden, about eleven years old, adopted
son of Patrick McNelly, in company with one o
McN.lly's sons of abont the same age, were on'
limiting cows Waidun started across the creek
when his companiou called to him to come back
but he had got too far, and could not return
His companion Immediately gave the alarm t.
tb. n-iybbors. who instantly rushed to the spot
but arrived too late to do any good-the boy wa
drowned.-A3 3ckisoa Globe, 2eh.
Tn. Garuett .yoxrHal saws: As we go TO press
we learn that Mr. A. j. Perry and wife, of Gar
nett. who board at the Garnett House, started
for Lawrence lsst Tuesday, and laid over at
Baldwin City, intending to run ny to Lawrence
the next day. They stored thei. baggage In tnt
depot and surrendered their checks. That night
the depot was struck bv lightning and bnrned
consuming 500 worth of clothing, jewelry, &c
leaving MIR and Mrs. Perry minus a warirobe
save What they had on their backs. Ii they had
retained their checks, the railroad company
wonld have sustained the loss.
A kerosene lamp exploded last Friday in a pos
tai car on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
road. The Atchison Champion gives the result
as folows: "The train soon stopped, the
engine and passenger coaches detached. and IN
au instant the entire car WAS mass of flames,
and the 'contents cinders and ashes. Many OF
the letters were destroyed, as was also the reg
ister DOCK put i"Itdha'e,n ueie "eie w NS'S
tered letters IN the car with the exception OF
one load of mail carried ont, the entire contents
of the car. baggage and express, were entirely
"eSH"9e"
Mrs. Cripps, OF Lyhd"n, l"st Soo last week ny
pntiing TOO much confidence I'D stage driver.
me oeH"aes S'ss sne.sna " ui''i ~ IA
a,,'i us p"' p ,;,h,. ~ III
poeHo' a"u iei' INC YYtn.,, n.p' say " -
tion. Beware of stage drivers and ex-stage dri-
vers. -.
m, o.. VI
Hitchcock near Cantr,l fitv Reed.r townshin.
was struck by lightning last Sunday night. A
haystack adioining WAS fired and burned. and
although there were two horses in the barn at
the time it was struck, they were not injured.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-02

A GRAND OLD PARTY.-Different parties have
accomplished great achievements in their day, but
one of the grandest parties that ever existed in
this country, was one that never had an opportu-
nifty to test its doctrines We mean the old Wing
party. 1t died, because the Slavery issue over
shadowed everything else, and had to be settled,
and it was too honest to deceive the people.
While its members held antagonistic views on
that question, it could not become a sectional
party, like the Democracy did; it would not, as
an organization, enter into conspiracy to de-
stroy the Government; and it would not act the
hypocrite putting different faces to secure the
support of different sections. So it dropped its
issues, dissolved, and its elements united with
the Republican and Democratic parties, accord
ing to their way of thinking
But that the principles of the party still lived,
is evidenced by the fact that, in the greatest
straits the people always seek relief by means
of some great principle of the old Whig party.
The tariff much as it is denounced, and unfair as
1t seems in occasional instances, always has been
and always will be a necessity. When the rebel
lion was in its full tide the only thing that saved
the nation was the adoption of the Whg measure
of National Bank currency; and it cannot be
dispensed with yet. And now, when the question
of Slavery and Disuniou settled forever, and
the great question Of cheap transportation is ag-
itated blythe farming masses, public opinion is rap
idly settling into the belief that the only remedy
is transportation by water; and they are begin
ming TO cry out in favor of another leading plank
in the old Wing Platform-the Improvement of
Western rivers and harbors by the General Gov
ernment.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-02
ReDubIican Central Committee.

The call Of the Secretary of one of the Republi-
can County Central Committees, requesting the
Committee to meet ON Wednesday, was not re-
sponded to- and the meeting is now set for next
Wednesday with request for both Committees
to participate. 1t has been suggested that, IN
stead of holding Convention, primary elections
be held in the several precincts for the choice Of
candidates.
There seems to be an apathy manifested in the
matter, and we are very strongly of the opinion
that this effort at harmony and union has come
too late for any good this year. Members OF the
Republican party have spent the last year and a
half in working up schemes to kill of certain
County officers. They have succeeded but too well,
but have not effected the whole end desired, and
now are dissatisfied with the result of the Farm
ers' Convention, and are anxious to harmonize
and unite the Republican party, and put Re-
publican ticket in the field. The Republican
party of this County was put out to grass by
those who claimed to- he its rightfnl guardians.
while they spent their time and efforts in endeay-
oring to manipulate the farmers. Had things
gone to suit them, the Republican party might
have gone to the dogs; but as they have not con-
trolled the movement, they are exceedingly anx-
We wish it to be distinctly understood, that
we do not think the Republican party has outliv-
ed its usefulness, and We propose to support its
national and State tickets, and its County tick
cts, too, when they run On Republican prin-
ciples. But the way the party has been run in
this County, for the past two years, is simply a
disgrace. 1t has been one portion arrayed against
the other, simply ON account of the personal
spite Of few men; and Republicans have been
more bitterly assaed, and greater effort has been
made to defeat them, by Republicans, than was
ever done by the opposite party. While this un-
natural strife has been going on, Democrats
have slipped into several of the County Offices.
1t is not whit more damaging to the Republi-
can party, and not half as disgraceful, to elect
honest and competent Democrats to Office, by
voting for them directly, in peace and amity, Oh
an issue outside of the old parties, when they
have stepped aside from their party, and do not
run as Democrats, as it is to permit Democrats
to be elected, as such, through Republican quar-
rels and divisions.
The claim that the Farmers' Convention was
controlled by Democrats, is the sheerest humbug.
We expect to be prepared to show, next week,
by the names of the delegates, that there
very nearly, if not quite, two Republicans to one
Democrat as delegates in that Convention, and
that the Republicans had decided majority of
the delegates from each Representative District.
If Democrats were nominated, Republicans did
it; and Republicans who participated in all the
transactions of the Convention, have the least
right to complain of the result.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-02
One DfmeuIfY.

The nomination of tickets by Farmers Con-
ventions is attended with one difficulty which,
if not Temedied. will make their nominations OF
but little force except among themselves. Every
free American wants hand in any business that
he is expected to favor. IL ticket is to be NOM
mated for him to support, or laws are to be en-
acted for him to obey, he wants to have voice
in selecting those who make ,hs ticket or frame
the laws. The farmers are in large majority
in every County in the State, except q few which
contain large cities, and could elect ticket
without any outside help, If they were united
among themselves. But farmers are like other
people, and experience shows that they will not
all take hand in the movement, nor support
Farmers Ticket. The result is, they become
like other parties, and must receive aid from
other sources, to make up for losses from their
own class.
We find very many persoas in this County,
who say they like the Farmers ticket well
enough, but do not like that way Of nominating
a ticket. Farmers claim that there are abuses
and corruptions to be pnt down, and honest men
are wanted to do it. They form Clubs and Be-
cret Oranges, allowing none but farmers to par
ticipate, as not to be depended upon in the great
reform. They hold Convention, and say to
outside candidates: "Here, this is our Conven-
ton; if you are willing to risk your claims, we
will give you a chance; but'yoa must solemuly
bind yourself that, if we do not endorse you, you
will not permit any other Convention or class Of
people to do so." They get mp ticket, and
place it before the people rs genuine, honest
ticket, the work of farmers exclusively, without
the influence of corrupt Outsidersi and ask
everybody to support it. VI
Most people labor under the belief, that If
they are good enough to vote for ticket, they
are good enough TO be represented in making it.
They do not see by what right certain class of
community, and that class but very partially
represented, assumes to itself the exclusive priv
jlege of saying who the people shall vote for.
1t is bound to come to this: that mechanics, Ia
boring nen, and other classes, must be admitted
to the Conventions, or the farmers will be left
to support their own ticket, and take the chanc-
es of treachery and divisions among themselves.
Then would come another dificulty-the party
would be just like all other parties that ever ex-
listed, composed of the same elements and liable
TO the same abuses. This being so, what would
be the use of new partyi Would it not be-
just well to let the old parties fight it outi
This movement is yet in its infancy, and is yet
susceptible of much improvement; and it yet
remains to beseen whether the farmers uprising
eau accomplish the results expected of it.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-02

DANIEL DREW on THE SITUATIoN-Drew is not
very hopeful of an immediate clearing of the
storm. He says the failure of the Trust Com
pany tnok him entirely by surprise, as he had
always considered il upon too solid basis to be
shaken by any ordinary panic. The reporter
spoke of the rumOr that be and Jay Gould had
been heavy gamers by the disastrous occurrences
of tli' past few days, and further, that they had
worked together to bear the MARKET Il have
seen reports to that effect" said he, ''in the
morning papers, but they entirely without
foundation. / have had no business transactions
with Jay Gould for many years. Moi, added Mr.
Drew, that have any especial REASONS for not
wishing to deal with him but have had no oc-
casiOn to do so. don't know whether he made
any money by the panic, but ! know / didn't.
In fact, have not been personally interested in
IL in any way, and have not even formed an
opinion, as to the cause of many failures. All
know about it" continued Mr.. Drew, evincing
an unnIistakable desire TO terminate the inter
view, sis that it is very bad affair fur he
try, and one from which it will not rrcovor."
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-02

LloCIDATED.-Goverpor Osborn has liquiIlatetl
his little account for gubernatoral liqr iIation-
in other words, he has settled his whisky bill,
aud thus saved Charley Besser the trouble and
expense of law suit, We are glad of it, for w.
should greatly regret to the chief execntivs
Of the great and growing young State of Kansas
brought up in q Justices court for the trifing
matter of fifty dollars worth of whisky, and we
hasten to seize the present opportunity of giving
our unqualified endorsement to at least one act
of the present State administration. We would,
by no means, say do anything to encourage
drinking, but if man piH drink, and have it
charged, let him pay the bar keeper without a
law suit.-Lsar. Commercial
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-02
w If Senator Ingalls, possesses the ma,

Y If Senator Ingalls, possesses the natural
repugnance of sensible men to being puffed,
praised and slobbered over without provocation
every and all occasions, he must have on a big
disgust constantly. His appearance in any town
is the signal for fulsome eulogy BY the local
paper, telling what a magnificent man he is, and
how he is bound to shoot up to the pinnicle Of
fame the first pop. He has not yet had an op-
portunity to do anything in the Senate, asd is
even unknown to some of bis colleagues; yet the
Kansas papers have already made him the lead
er of the Senate, while the other members are
sitting around gaping at him in wonder and ad
mirati"n, letting him run the whole machine
himself Ingalls, will no doubt make his own
way in the Senate, and be a credit to himself and
State, If he is not smothered in gravy before be
gets q chance TO show what be csn do.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-02
A BLEssINe.-The Chicago Tribune thu, dis

A BLEssING.-The Chicago Tribune thus dis
courses on the panic:
"a calm survey will fail to disclose anything
that thecountry will have cause to regret. No
one has yet fallen whowas not at war with le-
gitimate business and pupd credit, and whose
profit did not arise from. the arrangement of the
market No one has Ierish-d who was not a
speculator or kite-fyei5 Gold and Greeubacks
remain just as they wer,. The currency has suf-
fered no loss of value. Gothng has been crushed
but the bubbles; the faicy values have gone out
with the wind, and wate-ed stocks have eyapO-
rated. Take the case as now stands, the "pan-
ic" will prove blessing ts the nation-arresting
the wasteful use ofcapitafin merely speculative
enterprise, and turning il into the legitimate
channels of trade and industry"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-02

PUT THEM 0UT!-Those Democrats who have
been snuggled upon the Farmers ticket, must
he put down. Republicans can never stand such
u thing as tolerating Democrat in politics. Let
us not be contaminated by the association. Let
us unite all our energies, and gather together all
our workers, to prevent the disgrace. Let us
telegraph Col. Durfee to come aud help us put
down these Democrats! McGaw, the sewing ma
chine man, is host in himself-he must I've got
to come and put in his best licks against those
Democrats! We must charter Orton's saloon, at
White Cloud; We must set up John Goff with
choice lot of liquors at Dupiphan; we must roll
a barrel of whiskey into some honest fellows
cellar in Wolf river Township, 10 control those
Demonstrating section hands on the railroad
in fact, must enlist every thing that is opposed
to Democracy, to help prevent the disgrace of
electing Democrats to Office in Doniphan County;
And if that will not do it, we must take a few
influential Democrats into the party, aud promise
to give them Office but sell them out, in order to
assist in the great work.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-02

And now it is Mr.. Stout that some persons can
not vote for, because be WIS formerly q Border
Rufhan, and they cannot swallow bis Democratic
record. Some OF them are even hoping that Thoi.
ODriscoll will come out again, SO that they can
vote for him. You know his Free State and anti
Democratic record is cleari
1t seems that this campaign is going to make
it necessary to brush mp early Kansas history to
a considerable extent. Mr.. Stout has not author
lied us to be his organ in this campaign, bat it
may not be amiss 20 State the facts. Mr.. Stont
was one of the earliest settlers Of this County,
locating at Iowa Point. He is q Ssuthern man
by birth, owned one or two slaves, and of course
was Pro-Slayery man. But who ever heard Of
an act Of Border Rufianism on his partf When
the Pro-Slavery Leeompton Consultation was
Trained, the Free State people protested against
it 50 earnestly and emphatically that even q
Democratic President and Congress were forced
to listen. They were also forced to pay some
apparent respect to the growing Republican SEN
timent of the country. Under these circumstan-
ces, they passed what was kuowIi as the English
bill, in which the Lecompton Constitution, sugar
coated, was renandsd to the people of Kansas
for their approval rejection. In this bill, a
tempting bribe was held out the people to accept
it, aud gross swindle upon them was covered
up in it if they did accept it. The Pro-Slavery
men were enthusiastic for it, and even some Free
State men supported it, the best thing they
could get. But the Free State mrn generally de-
nounced it as emphaticalIy MS they had the orig
inal Constitution, and it was termed the "En-
gish Swindle." This bill Mr.. Stout voted against,
in a community almost universally in favor of it,
well knowing that it was the las: opportunity
to make Kansas Slave State. aud that the re-
suit would be the loss Of all slave property in
Kansas. A year later. he voted for the Wyan-
dotte Constitution, under which We were admit
ted as Free State, and unGer which We have
since been living. And When, still year later,
the Shareholders rubelled to save their institu-
tion, Mr.. Stout promptly took the side Of the
Union, and has operated with the Republicans
ever since. Not much Border Ruifianism in such
acts rs the foregoing.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-02

GEN. WM. LARIMER, who bore a prominent
part in the liberal campaign last year in Kansas,
is mentioned as a candidate for the senatorship
from that stste.-E. 7. Tribune
Mrs. Wootlhnil has been mentioned" rs a can.
didate for the presidency, and stands just abont
as much chance Of reaching that office as Gener-
al Larimrr, or "any other man" who bore 8 prou,.
ineut part in the liberal campaign Of last wear /,
does to he elected U. s. Senator frpm Kansas.
Bad men may have filled that Office. but the ueo-
pie Of Kansas will not deem it necessary 10 90
into the liberal" ranks to find an honest man
as their suceessor.-Al6any Erening Journal.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-02

The Pittsburg Commercial says hat the horror
which is to freeze the marrow in the bones of
the Democracy during the coming political cam
paign Is "CBsarism." What the worl means
and what particular danger to the Government
II Indicates not one man in thousand eau tell
but it is just as good a bngaboo Us any other;
and the average Democrat, always in terror
about something terrible that is going to happen.
may as well get scared at "Casarism" as any
thing else. 1t will trench terribly on the diph-
thong box in small country Offices. and cause a
sudden run on the type foundries for sorts,
besides cansng confusion among Democratic
orators as to the proper pronunciation and mean
ing of this word; but after all these difficulties
cured, there will still remain behind tn. chief
difficulty as to what all this fuss is about any
how
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-02

- Some Of the papers are publishing the
statement that Congressman Cobb said, in pres
ence of members of the Republican State Central
Committee, last Winter: "G-d d-n the faru-
ers, they're always complaining! They ought to
be oppressedw Itisdoubtless true that the farm
ers complain good deal, and perhaps they have
cause; but the assertion that they ought to be
oppressed, is not so easily demonstrated. Cobb
will have to rise and explain.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-02

THAT 81, 600 DOLLARs.-Another rifle has just
been made at that s7;O0D Pomeroy Lribe money,
aud in an entirely new direction. The King
for i've thousand dollars. They sue Pomeroy for
the money and enjon ''tfnt 81, 600" in the hands
of the treasurer of the State, out of which to
make their money. In the trial it will probably
lie no trouble to show that the money came from
Pomeroy, but whether Pumeroy's creditors will
-Topeka Blade -
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-02

LOWE says be voted six times against the
grab before he yielded and went for it and
took the grabbing M. 6 is a Thomnsnnian
compound, much denounced as a quack nostrum,
but this is the first time they have procured ssi-
drncs of its fatal effects II can no longer he
swalis wed in Kansas. Old No. 6 is gone up
Laurence TribHRc