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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-05-29
BULLS
SARSAPARILLA.

Read the Jouotrng extract Of letter from Hrs Rirers,
sce Of REQ Dr. Rivers Of the most learned eloquent
popular Ministers Of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
and cho at the time 81 arrtg stationed at Broddody
Church, Louisrle, n.y.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Oct. G. 1869.
Doctor John BuH-Dedr Sir:-Many thanks to you for
the medicine You huye 50 kindly given me have been
physicians. Some pronounced my spine some my lungs
and my heart to be the seat of disease have
been burnt blisered and cupped till had become dis
heartened. Several very eminent physicians who
ined my spine informed that threatened with
seton would relieve me. had perfect horror Of that
and was hesitatng about having one when you
begun to take three times day suffered terribly with
pain In the right side of head especial
Iy when would read write any length Of time and
rising my feet would be perfectly blind for
eral minutes and would have to hold To something to
pyevent falling.
Is entirely relieved suffer but seldom with my spine
and then not acutey. My appetite Is good indeed,
for the first time In my life enjoy my dinner more than
You kindly sent four bottles again last night and
eTea Please aocept my HEARTFELT thanks and best
NJ. b. c. RIVERS.
Ny Journal abounds with similar letters all Of which
guarantee be genuine and written by the persons
whose name they bear
DO not suffer yourself to be imposed on. Don't be
drawn away after and doubtful experiments Don't
risk your health by letting novces experiment upon You
with their trash.
My Sarsapaa has stood the Of trenty five years;
IT Is still the Ssrsapara of the day and Of the age
ering all others in popularity and in its curative
qualities.
Avoid all those who trying palm of you other
extracts Of Sarsaparilla called. Remember ii is Dr.
John Bulls Sarsapars Of Louisville KY, that il the
old and reliable remedy for Impurities Of the blood and
scrofulous affections. Always bear that in mind
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-05-29
DIR. 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 1t 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
the entire Western and Southern country to bear him
testimony the truth Of the assertion that in
VIII atever viii fail tocure the directions strictly
followed and carried In great many single
dose has been sufficient for cure. and whole families
have been cured by single bottle with perfect resto
ration general health. 1t H. however prudent and in
every certain to II its use Ii continued In
smaller doses for week two after the disease has
been checked especially in difficult and long stand
ing Usually this medicine viii not require any
aid to keep tine bowels in good order Should the patient
however require q cathartc medicine sin, gle dose Of
BULLS VEGETABLE FAMILY PILLS will bs snfli
Gent
The genuine SMITHS TONIC SYRUP must have DIR.
JOHN BILLS private stamp each bottle. DIR. JOHN
BULL only has the right manufacture and sell the
original JOHN J. SMITHS TONIC SYRUP. Of Louis
Vile, Ky. Examine well the label each bottle II my
private stamp is not each bottle do not purchase
you will be deceived
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-05-29

WHEN they would have you drink in the min
ing camps Of Colorado, they ask you to "come
and food your lower levels"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-05-29
For Rapid Repetition.

Crazy Crawford caught a crate of crickled crabs,
A crate Of crickled crabs Crazy Crawford caught:
II Crazy Crawford caught a crate of crckled crabs
Where's the crate Of crickled crabs Crazy Crawford
eaushti
Bandy-legs Baradhio Mustacha Whiskerifus-
cius, the bald but brave BOmbardino, of Bagdad,
helped Abormillque Bluebeard, Bashaw of Ba-
demanded, to beat down an abOminable Bundle
of Bashaw.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-05-29
Mans SsoRy-The Kind They Tell to Each
Other.

-
Other.
The following incident, which happened q few
years ago, shows that servant girls are about as
sharp as the average run of people. Mrs. Scru bb
is a married woman, who is evidently unable to
keep q servant girl more than six weeks. She
is overbearing and tyrannical, aud makes it al
ways intolerably hot for the domestic. A few
days ago, 30 the neighbors say, her servant girl
came in and said, as her month was mp, she would
take her money and go.
"My gracious, Maggie, you must stay q few
weeks longer You know that expect to be
sick soon. will give you $40 MONTH"
II can't stay, ma'an-I have engaged another
place."
"But Maggie think of my condition."
"Tm sorry, maam, bnt l can't help it,
So the hard hearted Maggie packed her trunk,
and an hour later, as she was leaving. said:
.'lf you please, ma'am, hope the boy will be
a fine 0ne.o
"Why are you positive about it's being a
boy"
why, sure, ma'am, no girl could stay with
you nine months"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-05-29

KICK a sanctimonious old fraud, and he will
squeal that you have struck blow at religion
when in reality you have only struck blow fol
religion. Turner'S Falls Reporter.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-05-29
CATARR
IS IT DURABLE

VlHOSE who have suffered from the various md COM
plisa;ed forms Of disease assumed by CatsFrh. and
have tried many physicians and remedies without relief
or await The this question consider.
able anxiety And well they may; for disease that
dsstrnctive to hea,th ss Csiarrh Bronehis. Asthma
but neglected Cstarrh- Other sympathetic afections
such deafness, impaired eyeegat and sense
o. smell may be q minor but neverthsie.s
themselves. but nothing compared the danger
affections OF the throat and lungs likely 70 follow
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-05-29

A TEMPERANCE society mp in M-riden disnities
itself by the appellation MT. Ararat Lodge"
probably because that note,i mound the
driest spot earth hen Noah anchored there
-NeT Hdrea Register.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-05-29

YOUNGSTOWN Herald A horse ran away at the
railroad depot in Philadelphia lately. and knock
ed down seventeen persons. each one belonging
TO different "Pinafore" company abont start
ing on u country tour.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-05-29
IT CAN Be CURED,

TT can be cured. There no doubt about Il. The I'm
L mediate relief Afforded by SAxFoEDS RADICAL
may follow persistent Of this remedy. The hard.
msei as ms odged IN me Pnssages
Inflammation subdned and healed the entire memhra-
Innings OF the head cleansed and purified. Con
sfuionally its action Is that OF powerful purifying
agent. destroying IN its through the system
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-05-29

A POOR but high spirited woman in Troy
pounds an old rag on the kitchen table every
morning, to make her neighbors believe that she
has beefsteak for breakfast.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-05-29

A FOP, just returned from a continental tour,
was asked how he liked the ruins of Pompeii.
''Not very WELL" was the reply; "they are so
dreadfully out of repair.r
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-05-29

wALKED the floor all night, with the tooth
ache" said he I; to which his nuf-elng listener
replied, .You didn't expect to walk the ceiling
with it, did You !'-Syraease Sunday Times.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-05-29

THE slim, ministerial looking chap with thin
cotton gloves and an umbrella, il the same indi-
vidual who passes his plate the fourth time for
buckwheat cakes.-Ncr York Express.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-05-29

THAT'S FACT.-There's q b in every ones
bonuet-Ner York Wcrld. OF course there is.
IL it were not in it it would he only onnet.-Phii
adelphia Bulletin.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-05-29

NOTICE how many fellows have got new hats
this fall. Know the reasoni Well, sis begged
for shat old felt hat, you know; it would make
over so nice"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-05-29

WAGNER, the composer, is reported hopelessly
insane, and no wonder He has probably heard
more of Wagner's music than any man living.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-05-29

A CHATTANOOGA darkey, who was one of a
jury which failed Ia convict for want Of evidence
exclaimed to his brethren that the culprit W as
released on spicion.T-Ner York Graphic.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-05-29
ANOTHER TESTIMONY.

BENTON BARRACKS Mo-, April 30 ls66.
Doctor John BuH-Dcdr Sir - Knowing the efficacy Of
your Sarsapara and the healing and beneficial quail
ties it Possesses send you the following statement Of
my case:
was 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 sat
up moment since wounded. / am shot through
the hips. My general health is impaired, and need
something to assist nature. have faith in
Sarsaparilla than anything else wish that which
genuine. Please express me half dozen bottles and
oblge CART {. +. JOHNSON,
st. Louis. No.
T. S-The following written April 20. 1896 by Mrs
johnson, mother of Capt johnson:
DR.. John Buu-Dear Sir - Ny husband a skillfn
surgeon and physician in Central New York, where he
died leaving the above C. p. Johnson my At
thirteen years Of age he had chronic diarrhea and
scrofula for which gave him your Sarsapar.lla 1t
cured kis have for ten recommended il ts many
in New York Ohio and Iowa for scrofula
and general debility. Perfect has attended it,
The Effected Of scrcula aud rer
aaosf miraculous am very anxious for To
again have Sarsaparila He is fearful
getting spurious article hence his writing you for
it, His wounds terrible but believe he win recover
Respectfully.
JENNIE JOHNSON.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-05-29

A NArA (cal.) school boy was recently asked
to compare ''good, " and the young hopeful &C.
Quilted himself as follows 'Good, boss, bully -
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-05-29

A GovERNEss, advertising for situation, says
that she is perfect mistress Of her own tongue %
Lucky woman.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-05-29
Endorsed BY a Prominent prussist.

hereby certify that Mr.. Lawrence purchased the
RADICAL CURE OF me, and from time TO time made me
familiar with his believe his 10 be true
In every particular. JAS. p. DERBY.
FITchBrRG, Oct. IA.
Each package contains DIR. sanford's Improved In
hang Tube and FULL directions its in all
Price, 81. Forsae by all wholesale and retail druggists
and dealers the United States and Canadas
WEEKS e. POTTER, General Agents and Wholesale
Druggists. Boston, Mass
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-05-29
DIR. F. G.. HOFFMEIER,
Fl o mn e opa hic Physician,

(Gnsdua< Of tie Unisersiy Of Naryaa.d, Cra@ efIssz)
OFFICE under Boder Brothers' Bank, where he
u be found day and night unless professionally en-
gagged ssspr7s
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-05-29

M00 n week In your town. Is Outfit free No
Vkk risk Reader, IL you want business which per-
ln sons Of either NAL great pay all the time
IVY they work write for particulars to II. HAILgT
Co., Portland Maine. 6iuneIy
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-05-29

The lap of lu1ury-a cat enjoying her milk.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-05-29

This IL the ease with the Mexican
Mustang L 4 n Il mt. Every mail
brings Intelligence Of n valuab le horse
eaved, the agony OF an awful scald or
burn subd1ed, the horrors of rheu.
and-one other blessings and mercies
performed by the old reliable Mex.
lean AustanS Liniment.
All forms Of outward disease are
speedily cured by the
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-11-22

be upon this question from what it has
been on kindred questions. In the
Cruikshank case q Otto, 542) the
Court decided that Sovereignty, for
the protection of the rights of life and
personal liberty within the respective
States, rests alone with the States"
that the United States lean neither
grant nor secure to its citizens rights
or privileges which are not expressly
or by implication placed under its
jurisdiction; all that cannot be so
granted or secured are left to the ex-
elusive protection of the States" and
(referring to Minor VS.. Hoppersett)
that 1.-THE Constitution OF the United
States has not conferred the right OF
suffrage upon any one, and that the
United States have no voters of their
own creation in the States;' that "the
right to vote in the States comes from
the States,' and that to bring case
within the operation of that statute
(siXth section of Enforcement act of
May 81, 1S70,) it must appear that the
right the enjoyment of which the con-
spirators intended to hinder or prevent
was one granted or secured by the
Constitution or laws of the United
States. If it does not so appear, the
alleged offense is not indictable under
any act of Congress-" Do not these
decisions entirely cover these Federal
Election aws?-C Cincinnati Enquirer.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-11-22
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The st. Louis Life Association of
America has been declared bankrupt, and the
State Superintendent of Insurance has en-
tered into possession and will wind up the
company's affairs. Its assets are placed at
=, 06S S62, and its liabilities ut 81 160, 40,
elusive of the Judgment of the Columbia In
surance Company for 81 900 200, recently
rendered against it.
Deputy United States Marshal John
son recently arrested number OF men in the
vicinity of Fort Sill, Indian Territory, upon
a charge Of receiving stolen Government
property. He started with them for Dallas,
Texas, but was overtaken by the Sheriff with
a posse and compelled to surrender the
prisoners, who were then taken be-
fore a local magistrate and dis
charged. johnson then rearrested the
parties and was fined for contempt of Court.
He then went to Dallas and procured a war
rant for the arrest Of the civil authorities for
resisting United States process, but was
pOwerless to execute it. The commanding
officer at Fort Sill telegraphs statement of
the case to the War Department, and adds
that he has declined to interfere without or
ders from his superiors.
Peter Little, Mrs. James Brown, his
sister, and 2-year-Old son of the former
were drowned on the 9th by the sinking Of a
boat in the Merrimac River at Lowell, Mass.
The whaling-schooner Florence, for
merly engaged in Arctic explorations, was
lost recently in Cumberland Straits, to the
east of Hudson's Bay, by being driven
ashore during gale. Her crew were all
saved, but suffered great hardship on n bar
rem shore before being picked up by pass
ing vessel.
A severe tornado visited portions of
Western Missouri on the Sth. AT Pageville,
Lafayette County, the depot of the st. Louis,
Kansas City and Northern Railway and 9TH
er buildings were demolished. Gen. Joe
Shelby, who lives near by the town, was
badly injured by falling timber, and another
man, named Shannon, had his back broken
and died from the effects thereof.
+. w. Perry was hanged by some per-
sons unknown at Cleora, Colo, on the night
| Of the 9th. Perry had been found guilty by
n Coroner's jury of killing a man named
Bailey for the purpose of robbery.
During the night the prisoners
guard mysteriously disappeared, and
the following morning the murderer's
dead body was found hanging to tree.
Pinned to the dead mans back was a paper
stating that many crimes had been COM
Initted in Chaffee County, the perpetrators
Of which generally went unpublished, there
fore the citizens had determined to take the
Flaw into their own hands.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-11-22
Longevity Notes.

Moses SWEET of Rumford, Me-, took
his first ride on the cars the other day,
yet he is in his 10th year.
Z. S. Durfee of Oshkosh, Wis, sowed
several acres Of wheat on his 9th birth
day, and cut cord of wood.
Mrs. Sarah Appleget, grandmother of
Thomas S. Appleget, editor of the
Hightstown On. j. Gazette, is 100 years
of age.
Bishop Payne of the M. E. Church
South is in his S0th year and still men
tally vigorous, and now presiding over
the Tennessee Conference.
Although 90 years of age, Mahlon
Williamson of Rosemont, Hunterdon
County, N. j.. still follows his occupa-
ton of sexton and gravedigger.
Mrs. Grace Britton of Lambertville.
n. J., was 104 years old on Nov. 4.
The event was celebrated by a gather
ing Of old friends of her youthful days.
New Jersey boasts of many very old
and active residents. William Price,
aged so; Judge Barclay, 81; Edward
West, IS, and James Poole, 80, all met
at the polls at the recent election.
The sd annual ballot Of George l..
Rapelye of Newtown, l.. L., was depos-
tied by him the last election. He is "a
years of age, well and hearty, and
walked one mile and half to vote.
A most interesting conversationalist
with sound mental faculties is Mrs Lois
Goodrich of WATERFORD, Me-, who is 80
years of age. She reads newspapers
with great interest, and without the aid
of glasses.
Machiasport, Me-, was the scene re-
Gently of active service among its old
people. On the same day Matthias
Phinney, in his S0th year, was shingling
his roof; Lewis Sanborn, in his 10Th
year, was doing similar work, and John
c. Jewett, in his S0th year, was building
a house.
Mrs. Eliza L. Hall (colored) was Sc
years of age at the time of her death. She
was born in Claverack, Columbia Coun-
ty, Oct. 16, 1888, Il slave, and was the
property of Jacobus Delamater. She
was sold three times, but finally by her
own labor purchased her freedom and
that OF her child. She died at West
Troy, n. Y.
Mrs. Moses Studley of Bremen, Me-,
is Jog years of age, with remarkable
health. Her mind is clear, and she de-
lights her visitors with stories of Indian
,Y,r- md fr,vaS vivid determinations Of
the sea fight between the Enterprise and
the Boxer, and describes the landing of
British barges at Bremen in 1912.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-11-22
A Touching Story.

This touching story was told by East
man johnson, the artist, to our CORE
spondent in Nantucket:
On narrow island near the New
England coast, where primitive customs
still obtain, where the crier goes about
the streets by day and the Waterman by
night, where they dispose of surplus
meat by auction and the merry maiden
and the tar go junketing together in an
ancient calash, lives an old lady, Auntie
b. The same roof has sheltered
three generations of her family, and it
would Require little less than an earth
quake to dislodge her from her seat by
the old-fashioned fireplace. There she
sits, :; picture of peace and contentment
d" Haven't you a single regret in your
whole lifeP' was asked her once She
dropped her knitting, and a dreamd
look crept over her placid eyes. 60 Yes"
she said at length, 81 have. Ten years
ago, when my dear dead sister was alive,
Il man with Il hand-organ came to this
island by the steamer. Oh! he could
play beautifully. He came near our
street, and my sister says to me, Let
us 90 down to the corner and see him
play Well, do you know, | didn't go,
after all, but she said it was just splen-
did, and l suppose | shall regret not
hearing that hand-organ to my dying
day" And the dear old soul dropped
tear on the half-heeled stocking.-Ed-
aor's D'waccr, IN Hupcr's Magostne, for
DercJHbCr
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-11-22
CAPTAIN LOCKWOOD'S STORY.

To-day Captain Lockwood and Is Of the
saved took trains for this city, where they
arrived at 4:30. The Captain went at once
to the office, and after an hours consultation
with the owners, told the story of the loss
of the Champion: when we had been out
about 10 hours" he said, 81 went to my room.
The night was calm and clear, and quite light.
1t was then about II. IN. | had not been in
my room more than five minutes when !
heard some one on deck shout Sail ahead
jumped from my bed TO the pilot house,
and rang the bell to stop the ship. The en-
gines stopped, and / rang the bell to reverse
them. At this time l noticed ship steering
in an east-northeast direction, while
We're going southwest by south, half west;
the ship was quite close TO us. put the
helm about to go astern of her, but il
was too late, and scarcely minute after the
ship struck lis on the starboard bow just
abaft the cathcad, cutting our ship away be-
low the wafer line. The whole bow was
stove in, and ordered my first officer, Dir.
Leonard, who was the officer of the watch, 10
go forward and if the steamer was max
ing water. lie had hardly gone when felt
that she was settling, and ordered the sec
Ond officer to clear away the boats, and AZ
forwards told him TO cut them away, and the
life raft, too. One of the boats and the life
raft We're cut away. then ran TO the cabin
and endeavored to get the ladies out of their
rooms, but | could not. l As ked them To
come out without stopping to dress to save
themselves. There was some shrieking,
and one or two of the men came into the
cabin, but none of the ladies. When I
turned to the deck the ship Ii ad settled con-
siderably forward and was rapidly sinking.
minute later she went down with a plunge,
CARRYING every body with her. / went down,
hut soon came to the surface again, and dis
covered the life-boat, bottom up, near me.
The Chief Engineer and l righted it and
bailed it out with our hats. The last l saw
of Mr.. Leonard was when he went forward.
He about As years old. and has been
sailing with me for IA years. / have always
regarded him careful and efficient officer.
The Champion carried our life-bOats and
life-craft all i'm good order. We were under
full steam and had just set the fOretop sail
when the collision occurred. The steamer
is sunk in about IA fathoms of water. The
topmasts are just visible above the water. !
think the ship could have got out of the
road and avoided the accident. l do not
care to speak about that part of it. l have
been IA years on the coast, and before that |
was Il Charleston pilot"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-11-22
Revised Election Returns.

Revised returns from the recent elections
received up to the 18th, are rs follows:
New York-Cornell, Rep, for Governor
has u plurality OF about 10000. John Kel-
ly's vote for Governor WAS about 1850.
The remainder of the Republican State tick
ct, with the exception of State Engineer and
Surveyor, is elected by majorities ranging
from 900 to 5000.
observation-disclosures from every county
i'm the State give total vote for State Treas
urer as follows: Butler (Rep.), $50, 153 {;
Barr (Dem.), 21,S15; Sutton (GreenpD,
27,207; Richardson Proh.), 3,219. Buffers
plurality, IS, 1888.
Virginia-The vote on the readjustment OF
the state debt is believed to have gone in ia
vor of the Readjusters.