The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-03-28
THLNGAMYJIGS.

TIRE absence Of evening stars. Jupiter, which
before the close of the year. was in conjunction with
the sun January ), and Is now rcappearing as morn
ing STAR low down in the southeast in the consfella-
tion Of the Archer Senus fingered in the lap Of Feb
ruary, but has also disappeared She was in conjunc-
tion with the on Feb. 81 and will soon he n MORN
ing star in AJunri1s attaining her greatest brlianey
conjunction with the sun the 18TH and Mercury on
the 2Ist, and both consequently invisible Mars
still an evening vistant but the nddy god is fast
refreating and what was glorious object in Sep
tenber Is now no brighter than second class star
". y. Tribune.
% Mr.. ii. II. Furness. of Philadelphia, has a pair
which sare ga.,e ;I wor1sd IN with gold
Shakespeares, is said, and given to Garrick
in i!.s by lineal descendant of Anne Sakespeares
family. The donor told Garriek that, according to
the unbroken tradition of the family they had fire.
quently been worn by Shakespeare. Garriek valued
them above all his Shakespearean treasures and his
widow bequeathed them to Mrs. Sddons, who left
them TO her daughter. Mrs. Connie. aud Mrs Combs
lcqneathed them to Mrs. Frances KembIe who gave
them TO Mr.. Furness
~ former member Of Congress who. in one of
the state Conventions last did much TO stay the
tide of opposition TO the federal administration,
has been visiting this city. and in conversation rep
resnts that the dissatisfaction with the general policy
OF the administration is growing rapidly. He pre-
diets that from present indications, President Hayes
viii soon be left without substantial following or
support that the Republicans of the Union will draw
away from him entirely and in conventions and else
where act for themselves dsclainng all responsible
ty for the course pursued by the administration
Cincinnati Commercial
20 We do not wonder that the eastern metropoli-
tan press feel sore. and talk about .fan and .'yio
lafion OF public faith, ETC. With about three excep-
ons paper Of influence in New York. Philadel-
phia, and Boston opposed with all their energy the
silver bill The small influence they exerfed. and
their meagre list of followers. enough 10 make
better men mail The Great West used to I've school
boy that the Eastern papers laid their laps.
stomach down, and spanked with a slipper. They
have just begun to realize that the boy has up
shop and has now got boys of his own to spank.Inter
Oceda.
the dollar bearing the majestic head and bengnant
face, and the scroll Liberty" This was far superior
TO the modern dollar, with its heather device of the
weak, inexpensive, and scrawny figure Of woman.
supposed to be the Goddess of Liberty Furthermore
fine face is very difficult and rare work of art.
The old one was fine. If the printed cuts of the head
proposed Tor the new dollar correct reprcsentons
OF IT. the comparison of this with the grandfather's
dollar would show pitiful declenson in aud
ais Give us back the old dollar.-Cineinnnd Gu
-eHr.
1t is useless to longer to conceal the fact that the
Republicans getting very tired Of Hayes 1t is
conceded that his is sapping the life and
ing away the energy of the Republican party 1t il
solemn fact today that in Washington u majority
of Republican Senators and Representatives would
rather see iilden in the White House than Hayes.
There are but five six Republican Senators $50
calle who sustain the administration AM, there are
not twenty all told. in the House. that in an rmer-
geney, Hayes would be almost utterly without any
suppOrt-IOiedOJ Journal
y ut is a well-known fact that books pictures.
pamphlets, etc., of vile and obscene character OBJ
tain secret but extensive circulation among the
children of the public and private schools of the city
SO great has the danger become. that society has
been formed of Christian and women to expose
and prosecute those who publish and circulate the
obnoxious literature 1t must not be forgotten that
certain class OF papers have adroitly wOred adyer
telling the young where to send for obscene
books and pictures.-&. Louis Post.
"a One year ago to-day Rutherford b. Hayes en-
tered his high office. possessed of the confidence and
goodspeedyous Of the party which elected him. To
day he practically the leader of party dea
and if an impartial history of the past year writ
ten, the administration of President Hayes would be
recorded rs weak vacating. and inefficient. and
only prevented from being reeling pusianimous and
cowardly as Buchanan's administration, by the alb
sence of the circumstances which surrounded the lat
ter.-Ha,Tisbnrg Telegraph.
20 A commercial drummer at Pittsburg, Pa while
somewhat under the influence of liquor the other
night drove upon trestle-bridge of the railroad,
sixty feet long and about the distance from the
ground but the horse carefully stepped along in
the darkness from sleeper sleeper that though the
drummer thought the road rather uneven. the team
arrived safely the other side about five minutes
before the night express came tearing along.-Pihs
burg Leader
~ Gold. silver, and greenbacks were practically
the nominal margin of exchange existing between
them The prophets of evil who predicted such dire
results from the passage of the silver hill will be
what confounded at this. We have reached real re-
sumption already, and for the first time in more than
sixteen years. the country is specie basis. THE
way TO resume is to resume. - iRsbrrg Telegraph
,pIt il a sad fact that Mrs Abraham, 7 ;,oo,n Oh,
widow of the late President lincoln i Iy;ng secIn
,led life in an interior town in France aud ji;n 20
return to America lest she NAV aga;n he ni.enJ +;
lunatic asylum II is said that in France sbc st in
tlulges TO n moderate extent in her nronens;tv for
buyins things for which she has no nse ranJ 6,,;na
closets with articles wholly unnecessary.-Ner York
Star.
q More amendments have beep male in les. than
year by this administration on personal Grounds
than were made during the eight wears of Grant,
rule. The Judgment Of the Republican party and tbe
representative men thereof have heen yvboIx I;sra
garded The standard of civil service reform which
has been Haunted in the face of the party, is base
fraud ana disreputable cheat.-Harkeye.
70 The Globe Democrat remarks that s.tbrce ve,rs
from to-day Mr. HAYES will retire from the PRESIDENCY
by the unanimous consent of the people of ali poiticai
parties- II is not ajtogetber imnors;bIa tLat a 90,
tain number of Mr. Hayes Cabinet may retire consd-
erably before the expiration of three years. and by
the unanimous consent of twelve of political par
tles.-UdshiRgton Post.
R An English traveller in the Holy and has dis
covered Jacobs well, and he wants his government
to purchase 1t, and set it down where Tleonatr.'s
Needle is to be set up. The job of towing Jacobs
well to England will be found much more difficult
than the labor involved in removing the Egyptian OBJ
elisk Better let Jacobs well enough alone.
~ The Paris Uairers has discovered that Isaiah
NIL, ii to 90 refers to the present time Esypt he
ing France and the Vatican Judah while the five cit
les OF Judah are the Roman Catholic Universities of
Paris, Lille, Lyons Anglers, and Toulouse