The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-07-21
ThiMcAMYJicS.
? From an almanac Of the future,


rs "The transom Of Venus-"
" There is city of the first class in this eouI-
try that has not been at time or other the rest
ing place Of Charles Guiteau.
Sy When Congress meets, its first duty will be to
crush out the spois system. and by law carry out
Garelds measure of tenure of office for all minor
Offices The man in Congress who opposes such u
law. should he ranked with the thieves. robbers and
assassins Of the spoils psrty.-Ckicago Triba,ae.
~ 0fthe seventeen Presidents who have died in
or out of oiee, six have died in July. and three-Ad
ans, Jefferson and Mnoroe-haye died July Fourth.
the two first the day, In lS the fifteth an
niyersary Of the Declaration.
~ DIR. Hammond thinks an endemic Of attemp-
ted assassination is probable. just there
epidemic Of suicide by jumping from the Duke of
fork's monument, so that they had to put cage
around the top.
~ Guteau's favorite Characterization of himself
that Of "a Chicagolawyer and an orator Of great
fame" That given him by Miss Needles, of Phila-
delphia, whose ward he married, is Nothing but
big lump OF pomposity.'
" Webster relics from the homestead at
Franklin, \. H., have been sold ms bric-a-brae. Who
got the bottle with this label, II need thee every
hour is not mentioned.
lF- Two quartermillion subscriptions for an ex-
President, and the family of living President, with
in year, pretty convincing evidence of the graf
itude and devotion of republics to their rulers-Bos
n II the President should recover the same in
dependent Journalism which discovered n ..put-up
job in his kissing his mother after the inaguTation
will nsinuatc that the shooting was of the same or
der, and that the wound WIS never yerdangerous.-Hart
tord C0tranf
~ Twelve years each at harl labor in prison,
was the sentence passed upon two brothers who
robbed n man Of forty cents in New York. Guteau.
whose crime is attempted Of the Presi-
dent of the United States, il entitled, according to
existing law, to eight years in prison and no more.
Certainly it is in order to complain of the laws irreg
ularities.-Brookiya Eagle.
" Senator Hoar in Westminster, Mass. late
ly, seeking information In regard to the original
home of the Garfields II has been written as an
historical fact that solomon Garfield, father of
Abram Garfield, who was the father of James A. Gar
field. went a soldier to the Revolutionary war
from the town, and parti ipated in the battle Of
Cambridge.
,y' General Garfield wrote the following eloquent
sentence. 'Whsn 80 Oo0 brave spirits passed from
the field of honor through that thin veil TO the pres
Of God and when Mt last its parting folds adj
miited the martyr President to the pany of the
dead heroes of the republic the nation stood
the VEIL that the whispers of God were heard by the
children of men,
great comet like the that has arrived should
enter our atmosphere and penetrate the earth, we
might all be consumed by the great heat sufioca
ted by gas"
kathleen Mayourneen,' an Englishman, who was
a soldier in the Confederate army, is living ut Bal
tmore at the age of more than seventy years and in
Strengthened circumstances.
- These were words of warning. almost of
prophecy which the Mobile Register published June
"lt may not he inappropriate to seriously advise
Mr.. Garfield to see TO n thorough cleaning of the
drains of the White House. to vigorous securing of
all copper cooking vessels, and to the prompt
hncment of all insane persons stirring around with
firearms, and cut of any preteSt for too sudden
qualifying of his successor.
yy- Roscoe Conklng has lost his head. lie blum
dercd in his interview about the PRESIDENT prsba-
BILE death, which he devoted to Arthurs praise lie
bluncrs again in his letter about the punishment of
(utea 'ank net ike "A m lO ia foilul mi
and who knows it. His self-eonsciousness betrays
him, and when his need is silence, he talks to
say the wrong thing.
~ Oh Bliss, What Bliss is thisi Il this Conilu-
range Blissi Yes, this is Conduranso Bliss. How
did Conurango Bliss to thisi About like this:
When the President fell he turned Immediately to
Bliss, and oblivious Mt once of the extreme agony he
felt. snpprcssing the time the shock of the
pcritoneal wound, exclaimed, '.Blirs, my boy,
you have known me from my boyhOod. Bliss, take
care of me- And this is how Bliss came to this.
~" General Meade had wound somewhat like
the Presidents. from which he recovered. lie was
shot through the body Frazers Farm, below Rich-
mond, in 1862, while commanding n brigade of the
Reserves, and was absent from the field about two
months. Ten years later he died Of pneunania. and
the autopsy made by the late DIR. John Neill showed
| that the ball had pierced the liver.
70 The Presidents extraordinary will power re-
calls the incident of strong willed man. addicted to
betting, who supposed to he on his death bed,
and told by his phy ysican that he could not live.
Raising himself with difficulty on his elbow the sick
man ncrvously ran his hand under the pillow, and
hauling out n wellflled wallet, feebly whispered,
"Doc, I'll bet you 81 900 to $500 that I get we'll
The doctor didn't take the bet, and the man re-
covered.
~ An old friend of the family Describes Lucreta
Rudolph, in the days when young James A Garfield
came a.wooing as graceful, sweet amiabe retiring,
with n disposition as lovely star-lit sky. Oi
this good stuff consuming sorrow has made n hero
inc.
- The Tunkers, or Order of Brethren, are star
tied to find that their younger member. are drifting
little away from the old standards, and absolute
division il not Improbable The rvatiyes just
proinug gated anew their unalterabe belief in INNER
sion the only form of baptism in feet washing as
a religious rite; in making the Lords Supper full
neal plain white caps for women the inadyisability
| OF Sunday schools u salnred ministry, and in :
conformity with the worlds people. 1t is thought
that the liberals far outnumber the conservatives.
rI- VIM. Sprague, of Rhode Island, has spent n
fortune of s2O0o 900 left him by his father in the
last twenty years. As he didn't start daily paper
to fill long felt want it is difficult To understand
how he expended 50 much money in that period. II
hs employed a plumber three months a year. he
ought to have couple of thousasd left.
rSe curious coincidence is found in the fact that
the woman who attended the President nurse ut
the time Of his birth. died about the hour the
sin attempted his life Her name was Mrs. Stewart
G. Gardner, and she died nt the residence Of her son,
A. J. Gardner. in Mason Township, Dowasiac,
Mich, at the age of 81 years.
~ Some West Virginia boys, deeply impressed
by perusal of .Fox,s book of Martyrs, were desr-
GUS Of reproducing the of n burning ut the
stake. Wood was piled around n post in the man.
shown by of the pictures, but hitch came in
the programme when the martyr was required. A
scarecrOw tried. hut he took rtyrdOm too
cOolly, and il voted desirable to burn something
TINT would kick. A dog was next used. but he wig
gled out of the rope when the first flame touched
him. bit one of the Prosecutors and escaped. Final
ly calf was tortured to death with great success.
~ Mr.. Arthur is not a bad man. A host of citi-
in this ard other States know him polished
gentleman, a well-infOrmcd reader, devoted hus-
hand during his wic's life, and staunch, unsefsh
fIend. Indeed it was in proving his capacity for
friendship that he incurred the major part of the
Odum now attached to his name in sundry quarters.
-IGea Odserrer, fDemJ
This picture Of the President and wife comes from
letter written by the Hon. A. NJ. Pratt. of Bryan,
o.: "Twenty-thrce years ago Mrs Garfield sought
and taught scholars in painting and drawing in this
then very insignificant village, and not getting very
large classes, living meantime in my house the guest
and friend of my then wife. The future
President was frequently entertained at her
table, he young, strong green. great hearted large
headed youth, but two years from college, hopeful
full of life and push; She graceful sweet, amiable
retiring. with disposition lovely starlit sky
both poor. Their fortune was their youth, health.
hearts, inteects, hopes and, glad am to say love"
- Gath writes of Mrs. Garfield follows: MRS.
of any woman in the White Honse. Her absolute
modesty. without particle of afectation in it-her
plain country wife's good sense, her integrity Of
heart and Of piety begin to be seen in their beauty
boys like a watchful, responsible mother. She fills
the rare place of n daughterinaw rs it Is beautiful
er Of the President is almost within reach of her hun
drcdth year. the wife and the Presidents mother are
In perfect accord
II Thorwaldsen's ancient valet died at Copenhs-
gen, and with his death have been brought to the
hammer many interesting relics Of his master The
prices given were small as to be ridiculous. The
silver watch Of the seulptor's father brought only
81 81. Tborwaldsen's e-book, with the ribbons of
his decorations thrown in, brought only 81 cents,
and locks of his hair were sold at an average Of
cents. curious relic, his hair brush, with hair in