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should be done. 1t is to be earnestly hoped
that charitable and sympathizIng public
will give soch assistance US lies in their pow
er towards restoring the girl to her almost
distracted parents, and in bringing this dia-
bolical scoundrel to the punishment whie h
he so richly deserves.
fapers throughout this State and Texas will
please publish this notice, and receive the
blessings OF ISAIAH BURR and
HARRIET BURR.
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NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN to the heirs
~ OF the estate OF William Ashton, ,ieceas-
ed. and ali other persons interested therein
that on the 2eth day Of April, ISIS, At O'Clock
=. ~ in the Probate Court of Leavenworth
County, Kansas, John e, Barbour and H. H.
Day, Will make their drst settlement and ap-
piication for compensation, attorneys fees
and other reasonable expenses incurred in
administering the aflhin Of said estate.
JOHN 4 BARBOUR, II. H. DAY, execu-
tors OF the estate Of WILLIAM ASHTON, de-
esosed. spril-wew
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OLD Rocks.

Are there any older books in Kansas ?'
This is question asked by Mr.. Robert
Hay in the IIolton Recorder, after mention
ing one which was printed A. ID. 1926.
Why. certainly there are! The Metropolis
of Kansas can beat that at any time.
There is in my possession book which is
just 50 years Older than the Oldest Mr.. Hay
can mention, being printed A. ID. 1867 f;
another one, 1878, the third, 1000 and the
hurth, 1917.
Now, Mr.. Recorder, ii you want to see
old books, come to Leayenworth. NJ. NJ.
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1T WAS s.SO.SO.o

MR.. Tila0n, After Living n Lie for
Fear Years, Now Comes out and
Acknowledges the Corn and Says
That shc Charges Brought by her
Husband gainss Mr.. Rcechcr Con-
tanned Only Truth.
New YORK, April 15.-The following
letter from Mrs. Tilton will appear in the
morning papers tomorrow:
Mr. Ira b. Wheder:
MY DEAR SIR A few weeks since, al
ter long months of mental anguish, told,
as YOU know, few friends whom l have
bitterly deceived, that the charge brought
by nv husband of adultery between myself
and Rev. Henry Ward Beecher was true,
and that the
LIE HAD LIVED
so we'll for the last year had become intol-
cradle to me. That statement now SOL
emily reaffirm, and leave the truth with
God, to whom, also, commit myself, my
children and all who most suffer. i know
full we'll the explanations that will be
sought by many for this acknowledgement,
but
DESIRE TO RETURN TO MY HUSBAND,
insanity, malice, everything save the true
and the only one my quickened conscience
and sense of what is due to the cause of
truth and justice, prompts my action. Dur
ing all the complications of these years,
you have been my confidential friend, and,
therefore, address this letter to you, au-
thorizing and requesting you to secure its
publication. [Signed,l ELIZABETH X.
TILToN, Brooklyn, April 18th, 1878.
FRANK b. CARPENTER,
the artist, in an interview this evening,
stated that there was no doubt about the
genuineness of the letter to Mr.. Ira b.
Wheeler. He said he had been the private
legal advisor and confidential friend OF
Mrs. Tilton all through the troubles.
LAWYERS SHERMAN, MORRIS AND PRIOR
refused to be interviewed. Mr.. Beecher
was out of the city tonight when Mrs. Til
toms letter was made public, and his
whereabouts was not known, save to a few
friends. The New York Tribune" tele-
graphed him a copy of the letter at late
hour tonight, and received the following
dispatch in reply from Mr.. Beecher:
BEECHER's DENIAL.
WAvERLY, NY, April 15.-EDIroR
lkIbUNE, N. III CONFRONT MIS-. 1HtOn
confession with an explicit and an absolute
denial. The testimony to her own inno-
cence and to mine, which, for four years,sh
had made to hundreds in private and in
public, before court, in writing and orally,
/ declare to be true, and the allegations
now made in contradiction of her uniform,
solemn and unvarying statements hitherto
made, l utterly deny. l declare her to he
innocent of the great transgression.
Signed, HENRY WARD BEECHER.
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yrmE sANCrIFlED DAILY PRESS;

The Baptist ministers OF New York, at
their meeting last week, debated the fitness
of the secular press for religious purposes.
The Rev. DR.. Il. S. Macarthur took the po-
sition that the secular press is mighty
power IL. converting and christianizing the
masses. The press, he said, was hint of
the resurrection trumpet-it was heard
everywhere. In closing, DR.. Macarthur re-
commended hiring space in the daily news
papers for the. printing of special religious
tenets or abstracts OF discourses, and said,
"Stop croaking and whining, and use the
enterprisine, sancti6ed daily press"
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FIFTY-rHREE CHrNAMEN
BEECHER INTERVIEWED.


He Gives TileOa Credit fer His Wifess
Last Ssaseoe0t, and viii Continue
His Labers Just - Though the
Scandal Had Nos Been Revived.
ELMrRA, n. Y, April 16.-Henry Ward
Beecher is at the Rathburn House, with his
agent. ]. B. Pond. A reporter sought an
interview, and Mr.. Beecher said: at will
do YOU no good" Pond, his agent, said ::
1.-THE statement that Tilton had nothing to
do with preparing Mrs. Tilton's confession
is absurd. A rumOr OF this arrangement,
to my personal knowledge, has been known
widely in the West for a long time, and Mr..
Beecher has been often reminded Of its
charges. The Chicago Tribune" April
End, in an editorial, fOreshadowed the COM
ing confession, and
WARNED rILroN
that any such attempt would not be well
coined by the public. 1t may be true that
Tilton has not acted directly, but that he
acts through his son, Carroll, no one &C
quainted with the affair will deny. At st,
Louis and Fort Wayne was told that Til
ton had Threatened to crush Beecher, yet l
believe Beecher Is ow.'convinced that Mrs.
Tiltou Is now under the
ABSOLUTE CONTROL eF KER HUSBAND;
that she loves him, and that the letter of
confession Is the price she pays for recon-
ciliation." Mr.. Beecher then stated that
for more than four years Mrs. Tilton had
been denying the ruth of what vas called
h~ original confsaioc. In the court, be-
lore TIE church aaa before the COMMITTEES
he had asserted her innocence, and he ssid
his would more thaA sEsee anything she
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Notice-SWine.
COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE, I

COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE,
April, 9Th, ISIS. !
STATE OF KANSAS, s
LEAvENwoRTH COUNTY.
DE 1T REMEMBERED that at a regular
- session of the Board of County Com
missioners OF said county, begun and held at
tne court House, In the City and County OF
Leavenworth. in said State, on the Sth day of
April, A. ID. 1873, the following among other
proceedings, were had and entered ON record,
to-wit:
APRIL TERM-TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1873.
The Board of County Commissioners of
Leayenworth County, do order and direct
that SWINE shall not be allowed 10 run at
large within the bounds OF the County of
Leavenworth, in the state of Kansas
ResOtced, That the following order be en-
tered upon the recOrtis of said Board of Coun-
~ Commissioners and he published accord
ing 10 law, ami that said order shall take ef-
fect on the 18th day OF May, A. ID. Is7S.
STATE OF KANSAS,
LEAvENwORTH COUNTY, -.
/, J. W. Niehaus, County Clerk of said
County, and Clerk of the Bolrd of County
Commissioners, in and for the County afore-
said, do hereby certify that the foregoing il :,
full, true and correct copy of the order and
resolution of said Board, made and entered
of record at the time and place. stated aS
lully as the same appears 10 me of record in
my said Office
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, |
hereto sign my name, and at
"--~ fix the seal of said County
SEAL. at office, in said City and
60 County on this 9th day of
April A. ID. lS7S.
j. W. NIEHAUS, County Clerk.
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GALENA, April 10, lS.s.

"Brandy, brandy, bane OF life,
spring oil torment, source of strife,
II could half thy vices tell,
The wise would wish you safe in h-l.-
Such is the refrain from the lips of the
poor deceased topper, who would hy from
his enemy if possible. Recollect it is a
diseased Liver that Graves relief. Instead
OF brandy or any other stimulent, Use SIM
mons Liver Regulator, and it will afford
relief
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A. c. Howell, Esq, one OF the leading artists
Of the Missouri Map Publishing Company
and who has been stationed here for the past
year, left for st. Louis on Monday afternoon.
Tip Is one OF the best fellows In the world,
and his large circle Of friends In this city will
always wish hun prosperity. He will be sta
toned at Jerseyville, H., for some months to
ONE.
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might say, nov. Her latest statement was
lnstigated by desire for reunion with
her husband, and was the price she paid for
asserting the same. He said he would con-
TIME his course just the same, notwi,h
standing renewal OF the scandal.
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proceeds OF these lectures, has for its OBJ
ject the praiseworthy work of drawing to
this State the better class of immigrants
from Germany-thrifty, industrious, up
right, law-abiding people, these Germans
are, and just such people as We need to set
tie up our broad and fertile prairies. There
can be no better work done for Kansas than
the work Of directing these people hither-
-xqrd
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To the Public

Referring to the above, / would say
that will spare no pains to sustain the char
acter Of the house as a frst-class family gro
Gerry. ALEX. KIRK.
LEAvENwoRrH, April l6, 1873.
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Having met one Of the teachers of the coun
~ who is reTy anxious that an intermediat,
grade be reported, have re-examIned the
reports, and from those which clearly indi.
cate grade of pupils intermediate, between
what was called in my first report, primary
and advanced. I have selected the names OF
those who have attained the highest average
scholarship in said intermediate grade, hich
are given below with the number of the dis
tr1ct. 1 find it possible to include only a few
schools in this report, as the first division
into two grades cannot be changed and in
deed think 1t entirely sufficient:
4-Emma Herley, Oscar Warden,
sThornas Carney, fSIda Dubois
l6-Charles Smith, ls-Barbara Hittle
25-Lottie Lynn, 3-Ulie s. Grant
3l-Alice Sprong, 3-George Brace,
4-Maggie CahiiI, Sol. q. Randall,
52-James Hurd, 6-Emma Jaggard,
T-Dora Rich.
A. Il. VAN EMAS,
County Superintendent.
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A GRAND OFFER.

FoE Peerless Toothache Drops go to Camp
bell 4 Hendricks.
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POP OvERs.-Two large cups Of Hour, one
and half teaspoonfuls Dooiey's Yeast Pow
der, one pint sweet milk, or half milk and
half cream, three eggs beaten separately, and
little salt Bake in muffin tins. They ARE
delicious for tea
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RERNlNALa

The many friends of Hon. John c. Car
penter, Collector Of L. s. Revenue Tor this
State, will be glad to learn that he is again
able to be at his Office, after his severe and
protracted illness. The Colonel gave us the
pleasure of q social call yesterday alter
noon. He doesn't look as rugged as usual,
but is rapidly gaining, and will soon be
himself again.
We had the pleasure of a call yesterday
from Col. w. A. Gavett, U. S. Internal
Revenue agent He has the supervision OF
Of the district composed of Kansas, Mis-
souri and Colorado, with headquarters at
St. Louis, and is now making an official
tour of his district.
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MRS. TGLTON,S CARD.

The New York Post Hopes q Revival
Of the Great Scandal will Tend 20
Bring Back the Old.FashiOned No.
tiom Of Marriage and Divorce, and
Of W0mans Place I'm society.
New YORK, April 16.-The Evening
"Post," noting the card of Mrs. TIlton and
the threatened revival of the great scandal,
says: "If this hideous story shall prompt
a return to more wholesome and more old
fashioned notions on the subject of womans
place in society; if it shall check the in
fluence of the mischievous sophistry which
has corrupted our laws and morals on the
subject of marriage and divorce, some re-
turn will be made for the harm done by the
publication of much of the infected news
and infected literature. The only value
there is in an attack of small pOx come
from the immunity it gives against future
contagion."
The Unised states Of COlumbiaWants
% lnProve Her Mechanical Arr.
New YORK, April 16.-The members of
the French commission of exploration, left
behind by Lieut.. Wyne, are surveying the
Panama route for a canal. The prospects
are most encouraging. The congress of the
United States Of Columbia has provided
that the nation shall, at its own expense,
send to the United States, Switzerland, Ger
many or England, a number of workmen
from each state in proportion to its pOpula
ton; in order that they may acquire a
knowledge of the mechanical arts, and af-
forwards diffuse the same in their own
country.
FTFTY-rHREE CHINAMEN
have sailed from Peru for home, taking
with them zoo, 1000 sales, in silver bars, the
results of their savings. The Peruvian YES
sci which takes away the Cinnamon is ex-
pected to bring large number on its re-
turn trip, taking them on board at Wham-
po, thus avoiding Hong Kong and English
Interference. Over thousand were in
readiness ia embark when the Peruvian
vessel left Hong Kong on her first return
trip, but were prevented by the government
at that place.
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DrxNrTr's Cough: Balsam for sale by Spar.
row Jones.
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ITopeka ComnonweAith, ID
Rev. C. g. Aarttndale, the old gentleman 80
well known in Topeka and % well loved for
his many good qualities. paned away yester-
day morning II eight O'Clock. It has been
feared 5pe some tiAe thae he could not sur
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Girl stolen.
tGalena Miner, 49,

A family of movers named Burr, enroute
from Michigan to Southwest Missouri, while
encamped at a point about seven miles and
a half west OF Rolla, Missouri, last November,
had their youngest child, a girl twelve years
old, stolen by a worthless tramp whom they
had overtaxen somewhere in Missouri, and
who had requested and been granted permits
sion to accompany them. The parents traced
their child TO place about three miles east OF
Carthage. Missouri, some four weeks ago,
where all further definite traces Of her and
her abductor were lost. The superstition was
that the william was trying to reach the shor;
Creek lead mines, as he made frequent in
quires along the route in regard to this point;
but the disconsolate parents, who are now
here, have as yet learned nothing which
will furnish any clue TO the recovery of the
abducted girl. The unfortunate child g name
Is Permilla Rose Elnor Burr, but her parents
have learned that since she has been in the
clutches of this scoundrel he has compelled
her TO assume the name Of Ellen. He has
represented to different persons that this
mere child was his wife, whom he was
obliged to take away from her home on ac-
count of the Ill treatment she received from
her parents. She has been compelled by him
to beg their living while wandering from
place to place, and on several occasions he
has cruelty beaten her. She II described az
follows: Light complexion. Light brown hair,
very large blue eyes, and her face, when she
is in health, is oval. The william II described
as being about nve feet, ten inches In height,
rather slender built, with very curly black
hair, somewhat gray, and was shabbily dress
ed at the time.
Any one having Information which misht
lead TO restoring this child TO her grief strick.
en- parents, will please communicate with
them either at Galena or Empire City, where
they viii remain about two weeks, or until
some elew II furnished - 70 her whereabouts.
Besides being an aesd couple, they are IN Al
mose destitute circumstance, and arc of
auue uAsble to pEeaeo1te the search q II
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KANSAS NEWS.
INSTALLATION OF Com.nund.rv omccr,

snsiaitafion OF Com sn andcry Officers.
Independence kansln.l
NJ the oFganization and Installation of Of
hcers Q. Independence Commandery No. 10,
last week, by Knight r. A. Belts, of Oswego
Commandery, the following officers were in
stalled In due form: II. NJ. Waters, +. L.
X H. Nichols, Gen.. James Wetherby, C.
e.; Robert Miller. Prel.; c. II. Roediger, s..
W.; Robt. o. Loosely. J. W.; II. d. Grant,
Rec; q. X. Shaw, Treas; Ben f. Bemis, S.
Ii. q. A. Amos, Sw. B.; II. l.. Payne, War
den; ID. X. French, Sen.
sOuthera Kansas Prefers the Marrow
Gauge.
tSternerton Cor. Independence Kansan.l
what's all that racket about railroads? OF
course We want n railroad. II is Of the ut
most Importance. All Sternerton is wide
awake In regard TO the matter and will only
be too glad TO lend a helping hand, or other
wise assist the little hamlet Of Independence.
She will also use her mighty influence with
the great west, only asking in return that the
road shall run right into the town, yea, YER
lily, right into the heart of our city, and that
the mail shall be carried ON the narrow iTf
stead of the g-r-e-a3 big wide gouge, as here
tofore.
kansas No Place for Weather Prog.
n0ssicaaOrs.
lCowley county. Telegram, I0.I
Considerable rain has fallen during the pc st
week, which has enlivened the hope and
frightened the prospects Of farmers. The
weather prophets all told us We would have a
dry spring, and some OF them, no doubt, are
disappointed because their prophesies did
not come true. Kansas is a poor place for
h.,
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How Russians Learn English.

The Russian method of acquiring
foreign language is more methodical
than that of any other nation. In the
first place foreign nurse, usually Eng
ish, is secured for the baby. Tue Rus
SLAMS are very careful in choosing this
person, as her speech must be free from
collouuialisms. When the child is nine
years, foreign playmates are sought for
It. During the summer months, the
children Of the English and French
residents in Russia are at premium.
1t is a regular practice for them to
spend their holidays on the estates OF
Russian nobility. Besides the pleasure
the trip into the interior affords them,
they mostly return home laden with
presents, and, if boy is sharp enough
to be able to add a little grammatical
instructions to his practice as "conver-
sationalist," he may pick up enough,
pocket.money to last the remainder OF
the twelve months. Lastly tutor OF
governess is engaged for the child, until
It can converse in foreign language as
freely and faultlessly az a; native.
Language masters make fine living IN
Russia. In spite of their numbers
English teachers may be counted by the
hundreds they charge high price foI
their instructions and are held in great
esteem by the Russians.
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Not a Joint III His Body.

,"It's remarkable case, ," j. H.
Eberle, of Buffalo, said in the rotunda
of the Astor House, "but it's e fact that
Jonathan E. Bass, of Cambria, Niagara
Co., NY. ;shasn't q joint in his body. He
went to bed in 1857, and has never been
out of it since. He can't move even a
finger. I remember when he ran as
captain of canal boat between Buffalo
and Rochester, in 1850. He was get
ting stiff, then, and couldn't do any
work. He had to quit canaling, and
then he went to book. keeping. His
Joints kept getting sitter and sitter.
Doctors couldn't do him any good. At
last he had to give up, and for, twenty
one years he has been abed at the farm
homestead of his family, between Lock.
port and Lewiston. His trouble COM
menced in '4S. A pain shot through the
bottom Of his right foot that tumbled
him, to the ground. The foot COM
menced to swell, and got to be almost
twice it's natural size.l The stiffness in
the Joints followed. Now Bass is Liter
ally bone man. There is no more
bend to his legs, arms and body than
there is to q marble statue. You can
take hold of his feet, and, some one else
having his head, lift him up Like stick
of wood. His arms are as fast to his
sides as If they were nailed there. For
eight years after he went to bed he could
move his arms, but the joints finally be-
came solid, bone. They have to feed
him with a spoon. His jaws are as i'm
movable as his other joints. There is a
space between his teeth that is just wide
enough to get e victuals throug b. IN
1869 he became blind. His mind is
sound, and he'll talk all day with you,
if you have the patience to wait for him.
as he speaks with difficulty. ."-Nea0
York Sun. .':r'-r.'. -. Pa" 81 "u'.' So.
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A Prize.

"I will cay but one thing in praise Of
my daughter" said happy father
at that daughters wedding-breakfast.
"She is a thorough and practical house
keeper" Gould any compliment have
been higher? What an Endorsement it
was of the good sense and prospective
comfort of her husband ! For man
has so much of the animal in his nature
that he cares more for a good dinner
than he does-so long as his appetite is
unappeased-to listen to the music OF
the spheres. Heavy bread has made many
heavy hearts, give rise to dyspepsia and
it's herd of accompanying torments.
Girls who desire that their husbands
should be amiable and kind should
learn how to make light bread. A story
is told of a happy wife who, when asked
how she managed her husband 80 sue.
cessfully, replied, with roguish smile,
"My dear, I feed him WE'LL" There is
a great deal in that. Those wives who
are entirely dependent upon hired cooks
make sorry show at housekeeping.
The stomach performs very important
part in the economy of humanity; and
those who are forgetful of this fact com.
NIT o serious mistake. Even the lion
may be tanned by keeping him well-fed