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The Weekly Kansas chief., 1879-11-27
A Messenger from Sc. Nicholas.

In the good old days. when monarcbs claimed to
hold commissions direct from the Almighty, and
knights and barons divided the llness of the earth
among them it was customary for a Potentate, set
ting forth upon his travels to send before him Her
aids, who should announce his coming. and bid his
brother Potentates prepare for his reception and en-
tertainment And doubtless it is in imitation of this
veue rable and IaudabIe CUSTOM that good old Saint
Nicholas sends his Herald hyipg throughout the
length and breadth of the land, warning all his
friends and admirers that he is on his vay. and hid
ding all his juvenile worshipers to see their stock
ings closely darned, and the nails on which to hang
the same fast driven in their bedroom walls.
The Herald of bygone days wore painted coat,
and travelled generally on mule, and called him.
self Raupe sapplier. or Garter King at Arm.. but
the Herald of old Santa Claus i, dressed in paper.
and rides at his ease in a leathern MAILBAG and his
name is Ehriehs' Fashion Omarterlv.
For the Fashion Quarterly for Winter in ont. and
now the little bovs and pirs who have heeu irving
to be good, land finding it. as mortals generally do,
pretty hard work can scan the Iists of GOOD thing,
coming. and feast their imagipatous ON visions of
po..ible dolls and state.. and hobby bor,es and
picture-books. and wonderful mechanical tov. with
springs in their bowels urging them to various sur
prisine automatic performances. Now mana and
mamma. in the late evening hours. when the chill
dreu are suup in bed. can Law their head. together
decide how nueb thew can afford for presents and
ace that il is annor,;oned with exact u.,;ce To each
expectaut little one. And now the bost of uneles
and amt. who real,v .houa do some,b;nv f, Jacl,.
bov. or Be,sies c;rI viii find tbemselve. denr;red
of the bonorea that ,hev r..,Iv couIant
think of ANYTHING the child would iiker
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1879-11-27

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1880 viii be beautifully illustrated. sample copy
win Be cent free to any address, receipt Of appi
cation BY letter or postal card.
Address AnERIcAN YouxG FoIks, Topeka, Kas.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1879-11-27
DIX. JOHN BULLS
GREAT REMEDIES
DIR. JOHN BULLS
SMITHS TONIC syrup,
FOR THE CURE OF
FEVER and AGUE
or CHILLS and FEVER.

The proprietor Of this celebrated medicine. justly
claims for IL superiority all remedies offered
to the public for the SAFE. CERTAIN. SPEEDY, and
PERMANENT cure Of Ague and Fever. or Chills and
Fever whether of short long standing He refers to
the entire Western and Southern country to bear him
testimony truth Of the assertion that in
VII will It fail to II the directions strictly
followed and carried out In great many cases. single
dose has been sufficient for and whole families
have been cured by single bottle with perfect resto
ration to general health 1t Is however prudent and in
every case certain IL its use Is continued In
smaller doses for week two after the disease has
been checked especially in difficult and long stand
ing cases Usually this medicine will not require any
aid to keep the bowels in good order Should the patient
however require q cathartc medicine single dose Of
BULLS VEGETABLE FAMILY PILLS will be sufi-
Gent.
The genuine SMITHS TONIC SYRUP must have DR.
JOHN BILLS private stamp on each bottle DR. JOHN
BULL only has the right to manufacture and sell the
original JOHN J. SMITHS TONIC SYRUP. of Louis
VILE Ky. Examine well the label on each bottle II my
private stamp is not each bottle do not purchase or
you will be deceived.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1879-11-27
ANOTHER TESTIMONY.

BENTON BARRACKS. Mo-, April 30 1866.
Doctor John Bua-Deor Sir = Knowing the efficacy of
your Sarssparila and the healing and beneficial quail
ties 1t Possesses, send you the following Of
my case:
Twas wounded about two years ago. taken prison
er and confined for sixteen months. Being moved SO
often. my wounds have not healed yet / have not
up moment since wounded. shot through
the hips Ny general health is impaired, and need
something to assist nature have .aith in your
Sarsaperla than anything else. wish that which is
genuine Please express me half dozen bottles and
obBge. Carr. c. p. JOHNSON
St Louis, Mo.
s-The following written April 20, 1896 by Mrs.
johnson. mother Of Capt johnson:
DR.. John Bul-Dear Sir - Ny husband was q skillful
surgeon and physician in Central New York where he
died leaving the above c. p. johnson my care At
thirteen years of age he had chronic diarrhea and
screfula for which gave him your Sarsaparilla 1t
cured hiM have for ten recommended many
in New Ycrk Ohio and Iowa for scrofula fever sores
and general debility Perfect attended it,
The efeeed Of serea and sores
were almost miraculous am anxious for my
again have recourse 10 SarsaparlA He fearful
OF getting spurious article hence his writing you for
H. His wounds terrible but believe he will recover
Respectfully
JENNIE JOHNSON.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1879-11-27
PROVERBS,

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and Fairest Skin in Hop Bitters."
h "A little Hop Bitters saves big doctor
bills and long sickness"
THAT invalid wife, mother, sister or
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with Hop Bitters."
"When worn down and ready to take
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"Dont physic and physic, for it weak.
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"Physicians of all schools use and
recommend Hop Bitters. Test them"
"Health is beauty and joy-Hop Bittcrs
gives health and beauty"
"There are more cures made with Hop
Bitters than all other incidence"
when the brain is wearied, the nerves
unstrung, the MUSCLES weak. use Hop
Bitters."
THAT low, nervous fever, want of sleep
and weakness, calls for Hop Bitters."
Hop Cough Cure and Pain Relief is
Pleasant, Sure and Cheap.
For sale BY all druggists.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1879-11-27
INVALUABLE.

.AsE VII for. whs.:s:,: Ds.sE:sss., e. ge:, z .
duty th.s owe e s1ass,n9 hS|anisy % ysss It, ySu: On
nss orsAnyoEp1 R.DlcAL Cu.z yos CAL.nsa IA n, Ior
troublesome complaint have tried All the remedies
that could md, bot without material or permanent
benedk Last fan the disease had arrived st that state
that must felisf die. TIC entire membranous
system had become 20 tndamed, and the stomach %
6sordered. ihat g y.s Doubtful nsttsr ysesher
should I've to cone osek or not: sax an adyertise-
Of this medicine and although being very nered.
llou about speencs or nostrums Of any kind yes IL
by he changes Of climate. chronic disease ofthe
sao 81 he Senent derive nom t' 6.iy ass
b 70 me f.easdbk. and an hoping % be completely
cured, and at last arrive at respectable old aRe.
Hth statement OF my case can be q any service to
those aficted have been. and enable you 10 bring
thh remedy into more general use specially on the
Pacific coast where te b much neeoeoI my OBJECT In
writing this note vim be obtstned:
veU truly your. HENkf WELLS.
ArnosA. n z, June, ls1. Of Well. Fargo Co.
Each package contains DR.. ssnfords Improved lnhal
ing Tube and ll directions for use IN al CASES Price
410o. For sale By all Wholesale and Retail DruGgsts
and Dealers thfoughout the United States and Csnadas
WEEKS . POTTER, Gensrai Agents and Wholesale
DfDIK1nfR Bo06ou. AaGa.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1879-11-27
THE BEST OF ITS KIND,

This 10 the ease with the llsxSean
Mustang LlAiAeAt. Every mail
brings intelligence Of Q valuable h0rse
saveds the agony OF an awful seAlA or
barn subd1eds the horrors Of rhsu.
matism overcome. and Of q thousand.
lean Dlustang Llnim0nt.
All forms OF outward disease arc
sDcedily c.1red nv the
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-23

TORTURE of the most malignant kind
distinguishes the reformed administra-
tions of the State prisons. Barrett, the
mutinous convict at Sing Sing, who was
shot recently, was undoubtedly driven
into mutiny by the use of the paddle. "
The paddle is designed with devilish in
genuity. DR.. Harris, president of the
state Prison Association, thus describes
it: "Unless you have seen that instru-
ment you can have no idea of its
monstrous capacity for inficting torture
on human being. 1t is from two and
half to three feet long, shaped like a
canoe paddle. Or it may be likened to a
boys base ball bat shaved fat and thin
until it is as flexible as an Indians bow.
Its blade is perforated with twenty-five
or thirty holes, which, with each stroke,
allow the flesh to enter Inc swift motion
made in lifting it to repeat the stroke
causes it to cut and lacerate the pnlpy
flesh in a horrible manner, In some
cases these paddles are made of thick
and hard sole-leather, but the leather is
as cruel as the wood. Both of these in
struments are used like club. The
victim is dashed down to whipping
chair, his face to the floor, so that re
cannot move nor betray the agony which
convulses his face"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-23
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Russia's Penal Colony.
cincinnati Commercial. |


Russia exceeds all other nations in
both the number of exiles and her bar
barous treatment of them. So many are
now being sent to Siberia that it is i'm
possible to give anything like the number
there; but for some years they have
averaged about thirteen thousand an
nually.
Corporal punishment is the chief
method of discipline in Siberia. Women
are logged as well as men, and if wife,
who may go into voluntary exile for her
husbands sake, commits an ofiense, she
must choose between being whipped or
sent back to Russia and never seeing her
husband again. In the mines and in the
gangs working on the roads saucy word
brings blows; but in the well-to-do
colonies exiles are usually exempt from
harsh usage while they have money
Twice a year an inspector visits the
colonies to collect reports and bring
pardons The inspectors have the priv
ilege of recommending TO the Cars
clemency exiles who have displayed
courage in saving lives or helping to
quell mutinies; but they are so noto-
rously corrupt that their recommends
tons are looked upon as sold tor price,
and are seldom listened to. When the
sons of exiles grow up, they are taken
away to serve in the army the daughters
at the age of twenty must choose be-
tween returning to Russia or marrying
an exile and settling in Siberia.
The exiles living in the mines are
convicts of the worst and best classes A
murderer and an intelligent Polish
patriot may work side by side, for they
are considered equally deserving of slow
death. The miners are never permitted
to see the light of day, but work and
sleep the year round under ground.
The quicksilver causes their hair and
eyebrows to drop off and racks their
bodies with pain; but with all this
suffering they are kept at hard labor
under the lash. When nature can hold
out no longer, which it usually does
after five or six years, they are hauled
up to die in the infrmary. The only
comfort the average exile has is in the
intoxication afforded by the bit Of ma
tional drink vodki-- they buy with the
kopeck sometimes allowed for good
days work.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-23


JAMES E. SoRRELL, civil engineer
of New York, has addressed the fol
lowing communication to the San of
that city: Various applications have
appeared in different parts, particularly
in the London papers, setting forth a
proposed plan of flooding the Desert of
Sahara, thereby making it an ocean of
inland sea, by opening canal or chan
pel from the Atlantic ocean. The depth
and size of the de.ert below the level
of the ocean is stated at 500 to $50 feet
the area in square miles is over 2,000,-
900; the average depth is not generally
known, but suffice it to say that if such
a project should be started, and not I'M
der the complete control of those in
charge of the work, the earth could, and
no doubt would, be thrown off its bal
ance, and the surface of the waters to a
certain extent would be changed in their
level, which could be ascertained with
certainty if the actual size and depth
could be known; for, if every grain of
sand removed alters the balance of the
world what would this great change
do? 1t might cause the lend of the
world which, according to the pro-
dhecy of Mother Shipton,' will be in
1881. In this project all the world
Interested"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-23

ocrats have taken liberal view OF our action
here. They wish us TO win and concede 10 us,
as we to them, that each State must this year
fight in iis own way the common enemy. Aud
why oommonY Because the whols Union needs
the removal from power OF q party and an adj
minstration that Is ever raising questions and
never settling any. Take civil service reforms,
our foreign relations, our Indian policy, our
military organization, our Judiciary, the pub
lie lands, the relations OF the States to the
Union, aud last not least our money and
finance Where Is there definite soutionp
Where is there even an open avowalY Clear
and divided in nothing, II deals only in false ac-
cusations against its opponents and hypocrit-
ical pretenses "a to it's own virtue.
think have shown this in my argument ON
the special subject OF money and finance II
IL the only point on which there are any ex-
captions taken TO the ground that the Demo
cratic party should be preferred 10 tho Repub-
lican party. And have heard OF no reason for
this except the ono that the Republicans have
AT least done faithful work an b. resumption.
That this is untrue have tried to prove 10 YOU
To me- who have for nearly half century,
both in public and private kept aloof on the
one hand, from foolish bulionsm, ard on the
other from wild paper money, 1t Is now cear-
or than ever that what stated, as the repre-
sentative OF Hamilton county In 1851, in the
Constitutional Convention Of Ohio, in discus
sion with Senator Hawkins (see volume XII
pages 406 4i2. Constitutional Debates), IL stll
the subject of money being iutrusfod to the
General Government IL ia it's right and duty to
secure to the country stable specie standard
of value, and that no money should DO issued
not based uponit
That the Republican party does not stand by
that principle is think, no longer to be de-
MED Their advocacy OF bank notes that are
not redeemahle AT the will Of the holder rus
this their treache to true money beyond gu g.
ton. The Democratic party ia at least for u
currency that's now redeemable in specie do
fscto and de jure. What the national ptiitu 10
OF this our party may be noxt year + d. not
know. have given my reasons why now o.
operate with the party which / joined forty
seven years ago. These reasons satisfy me
hope they will satisfy you, and that soon this
land and this people may BIO freed from their
worst incpbus-the Republican party--which
does not by any means embody the best republi.
capism in America Tam convinced that large
portion OF this party, tired OF Shermanism,
wishes this liberation In 1876 and 1877 the
country was cheated out Of its reforms lot us
SEQ to Il that the fraud be not repeated In 1880
and 1881. II is, assure you, necessary 10 the
highest interests of the American people
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-23
A FORGOTTEN Author.

Interview with EN-Collector Arthur.
Did you ever hear of Herman Mel
vile, one of our novelists? He wrote
'Typee.' When went into the Custom
house as associate officer | saw list of
men doomed to be decapitatcd. Among
them was the name of Herman Melville.
1t struck me as singular and | inquired
if he was any relation of the author
They told me he was the same man. ]
had read Typee and 'Omoo' and 'Moby
Dick with good deal of interest, and
/ said, it is certainly shame to turn
out man like that from mere clerk
ship. | had him saved. Then when /
became Collector of the Port l kept him
in my eye and protection again, though
never spoke to him."
Herman Melville is said to be still in
the Custom-house, aged sixty years. He
was born in New York City and brought
up near Troy, when he concluded to 60
to sea. He deserted in the Marquesas
islands, and, directed by the savages,
went from group to group of the islands,
until, in 1843, he shipped aboard one Of
our frigates and came home He pub
lished "Typee" in 1916. The next year
he married daughter of Chief Justice
Shaw, and then went into tale writing as
a business in Massachusetts. As late as
1860 he went around the world again
After such life of adventure and lit
erary prominence, it is strange to see
Melville doomed by politicians to lose his
clerkship.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-23

CAPTAIN EADs, having got the Miss
issippi jetties off his mind, is looking
around for some new enterprise to take
up his time, and has revived the scheme
of building ship railway, instead of q
ship canal, across the Isthmus of
Panama. The idea is to lay a track
forty or fifty feet wide, construct car
big enough to float ship, and locomo-
tive powerful enough to draw the load,
and then just take the vessel out of one
ocean, carry it across and dump it into
the other. The scheme will probably
strike the average reader as rather
chimerical, and it is not likely anything
will come of it, but in these days hardly
any thing is to be set down as impossible
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-23
LeadviIIe Thrown in the Shade.
lsan Antonio Express.I

Mr. s. Calderon, of this city, yester-
day returned from his trip to Saltillo,
Mexico, and reports the most intense ex-.
element prevailing in Central Mexico
over the recent discovery of silver mines
Of unsurpassed richness. Mr.. S. says
that parties direct from the mines state
that town of five thousand inhabitants
has sprung up in the vicinity, and that
the excitement is only in its infancy.
The mines are located in the Sierra
Majadas, situated in the corner Of the
State of Chihuahua, Couduila and Du-
range, and that the mountains are of
great height, and the climate, that per-
petual spring only known in Central
Mexico. The vein of quartz-bearing
metal is on an average twenty and one
half varas thick, or in American meas
ure about fifty, and it is said to yield
ore that assays. fifty per cent. pure silver.
This region is situated few leagues west
of the Chihuahua and Saltillo road, and
about 1856 miles little south Of west az
San Antonio. Mr.. Calderon reports the
excitement surprising anything ever
seen in Mexico, and says that in few
weeks large city will be founded. The
mining laws of Mexico are we'll calcu-
lated to encourage such an enterprise.
In few days we hope to give our read
ers more definite news in regard to this
bonanza.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-23
Feminine Loves and Hates.


In the world Of unseen influences wo-
men play by far the most important
part Their loves and hates, their fanat-
icism and jealousy have been from time
immemorial forces in human history
which act but are not registered; and
when we think of the things that women
do we seldom add that hidden wire-pull-
ing by which we poor mannikins are
made to dance, that secret tanning by
which the fire is kept alive. In the
pretty little boudoir, with its silken
hangings and Satsuma China, sits the
lady whose favors one man has sighted
and one desires to win, or perhaps has
already gained, so that claim is estab-
lished and source of secret influence
opened when she wishes to spite foe or
befriend lover. To the uninitiated,
who only see and who don't understand,
those long tete-a-tetes betcken a mar
velous fund of pleasant conversation;
to the suspicious they mean finding more
than the whites of each others eyes
pretty to look at; but If ever the true
history of any event could be written,
with Asmodeus as the editor, we should
find that the wheel of fortune had been
finally turned in that blue-lined boudoir,
and that between compliments and ca
resses, the war which made thousands Of
homes desoate, had been potentially de-
cided on-the primary cause, perhaps, Of
no more public gravity than the pique
of an angry woman, or the greed Of an
ambitious one, acting on the momentary
fancy of tie then master of the situa-
ton. Nowhere, indeed, have women
more of this secret kind of influence
than in that very domain whence they
seem to be excluded. Shut out from
open participation in politics, they re-
venge themselves by practically mould
ing what they are forbidden to design;
and in all save technical. details and the
hard work of arrangement, their infu-
ence does as much as, and even more
than, the direct action of man. This is
eminently true of foreign politics, and
the influence there of certain highly
placed women who, like so many rats
with their tails, edo and do and do"
things in the dark which never come out
into the light.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-23
THE PRINCE MPERIAHs DEATH.
Was 10 Planned; Significant Develop

ments.
M. Hellepulk, of Client, gives the lat
est description of the death of Prince
Napoleon to this effect: The Prince
gave the word to saddle and
away, and every man did the best to
obey quickly. He saw the Prince trying
to vault into his saddle Ga custom he was
fond of and the saddle turned round on
his horses side. The Prince came to the
ground and Immediately drew his sword
to defend himself from the Zulus, who,
to the number of forty or fifty, were
close upon him. The horse galloped on
as soon rs the Prince had lost his hold,
and joined those of the others who were
in front. On the following day M. Helle-
pulk was with the force when the body
of the Prince was recovered. 1t was
found lying on the side, in recumbent
position, with one ley bent 1der him,
and close to him were found thres empty
revolver cartridges thus Saowing that
he had died only after defending him
self against such fearful odds to the very
last. NJ Iellepulk added that heshould
not omit TO mention one fnct which
might be signihcant-the native who
went with the Princes party is supposed
to have been killed, but neither his body
nor his horse, saddle or bride have been
found. He was a Natal Zulu.
The Prince, il was well known, was a
famous horseman. lie could vault in
his saddle while the steed was running
full speed. In the light of recent de-
velopments, the slipping OF his saddle
and the mysterious disappearance Of the
alleged friendly Zulu who accompanied
the party, the case now appears as If the
Princes horse had been tempered with
and the friendly Zulu was really in col
fusion with the enemy.
The following paragraph may not
prove uninteresting: There is an old
soldier now employed at the Royal Mill
tary Academy, Woolwich, who was pres
ent at the funeral of Napoleon /, at st.
Helena, in 1921. He was also at tho
funeral of Napoleon III, at Chiselhurt,
in 1873, and on Saturday, July II, with
the gentlemen cadets, he attended the
funeral Of the Emperor's only son. He
was in the Royal Artillery, and his name
is Henry Weathers.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-23

SHORTLY after the tragic death of
General Custer, his fellow townsmen
of Monroe, Michigan, organized an as
ISOLATION having for its object the col
lection of funds to erect suitable
monument to the gallant soldiers men,
ory. Some time after the New York
Herald proposed fund for a similar
purpose, to which liberal subscriptions
were made. Recently the amounts col
lected by these two movements have
been combined, and are sufficient to
carry out the object. The monument
will be erected at West Point, and be
ready to unveil SOME time during the
present month or early in September.