The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-23
THiNCAMYIicS.

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has been a sore disappointment Ia its advocates.
The female has failrs to improve the morals OF
politics and the purity of the ballot. The gt Of the
whole troubc il thus tersly stated br the Cheyenne
San: The truth is married women whether thev
have one husband only q fraction of one. are de
pendent upon the father of their children for sup
port, and they naturally prefer domestic harmony
and seek to avoid all causes for domestic dscori.
When a woman has confidence enough in n TO
pledge him obedience and confide her whole exis-
tence to his protecting and keeping. she al
afford to trust Linn with the discharge If political
functions and duties which by Of her sex she
Is frequently untitled "a discharge
~ Oleomargarine continues 10 have n hard time
of il in the legislative bodies. The PENNSYLVANIA
House of Representatives has passed bill require
ing every hotel proprietor restaurant keeper to
put in at least four conspicuous places If he uses
either. placard bearing the inscription, "Imti =
ton butter cheese served here This is to- he in
Roman letters, not less than one inch in length,
printed in not less than two continuous straight
lines, that he who eats read. and read easily.
~ Ex-Governor Hubbard, of Connecticut, re-
eenty paid so for salmon the first caught in the
Connecticut river this year This will he an interest
ing piece of news to Mr. Hubhard's youngest daugh-
ter, who married the family eoachman two years ago,
and is now living in poverty Not having quite fin
ished perusing the revised Bible. we unable to
say whether there Is any provision therein for
men who east OF their daughters and then
themselves by buying so salmon.
70 General Grant says: Whenever New-York
State has gone Republican in past years the cauSe
could he traced to Mr.. Conklins and his personal
efforts" That being 81. it inevitably follows that
whenever New-iork State has failed 10 go Republi-
can the cond he traced 10 the same source.
No man believes that more firmly than Ex-Governor
Morgan.
~ The track of the eircuscs this season is mark
ed 10y such items in the rural newspapers rs this from
a Miehagsn journal: "a Lakcvicw farmer sold his
to lift mortgage. went to the circus,
aety where the little joker was bet AMI lost SIS
quicker than he could wipe his chin of" The swnd-
lers usually ia league with some Of the circus
plcyees, and il is said that monopoly of the Can
is he u. sho
and candy privileges.
- According TO his own statement. Bradley was
bribed by Se 'sions ON the evening Of Wednesday,
June :. The Sunday previous was passed by Brad
ley at his home in Olean, and the following Mon
lay june 6. this interesting paragraph was publish
ed in The Oie1'i Pres: Our member from Olean is
home, and tells us that his constituents may expect
to hear something starting soon" What n prophet.
lie knew he was going to be brbed four five days
before he was brbcd.
~ Bradley says he was an inmate of an inchrate
Asylum for eight mouths. Perhaps he was in train
Ing for second visit hen he allowed himself to &c
roped into this conspiracy That is the only ade-
duate theory for his course.
20. General Grant saws: Fish resigned il is true
but it because lie wanted TO he promoted" The
thing might be said of Conkling. lie wanted
to be promoted from Senator To bigger than
the President. lie has been disappointed. On the
whole, resignation does not TO be a road to
promotion.
~ All Third Termers are enraged with the Pres
ident because Of Conklins humiliation. This looks
thirl-term scheme or other.
II It should he gently whispered TO General
Grant that Brother-in-law Cramer does not consti-
tute in hmsclfa sufficient basis for issue in Amer
lean politics
~ Conklings ideas of political party are like
the idea Of regular army expressed in the proVis-
ional constitution of Texns forty or fifty years ago
the clause in which reads as follows: .Article2 The
regular army of Texas shall consist of one Major
General who shall be commander in chief of all
the forces called into public service during the war"
-DetToh Free Press.
- The Cincinnati Comm ercidL being twitted by
the Chicago Inter Ocean with supporting Greeley in
lS2, says: "Yes We did-we did il openly and not
as Coukling supported Tilden in 1876" The beauty
of this remark is that it hits Conklings secret trea
sou to his party five years ago, where it hurts him.
AkJOH (O.J Beacon.
,y- Prince Leopold has received the title of duke
of Albany sooner than was anticipated lie Is the
first Duke of Albany since James lis time although
one or both of the lrctendcss assumed TO confer the
title of Count of Albany. As pointed out the 9th
er day. the capital of this State was so named be-
canse the Duke Of York, who afterwards James
H., was also Duke of Albany.
" In the recent anti-Jewish riot at Oiessa the
Christians were seen chalkng on their doors
and shutters, or exhibiting holy pictures with lamps
lighted before them. at the windows thus reminding
of the descriptions of similar scenes enacted dur
ing tho Middle Ages. Bob Ingerson will paste an
account Of the holy ruian;sIn in his scrap-book
20 Speaker Sharp says he happened to go to
Vice President Arhur's just al the time when
Bradley went there To give him the p O11 How did
Bradley know he was tlcrci That l. one oucer fen
ture of this sensation. Speaker Sharp says he re-
ceired the money and counted it carefully, hut he
does not say that he either surprised or rricyed
by the revelation which, If true would cover his own
party with shame. He could not have been in
different If he wcr' acting his part in 'put up job
That is another queer feature of this scrsaton-T-
bune.
70, Near Deadwood a bull leisurcly entered n
house. probably to get away from the flies The wO-
man fled in terror and summoned several men, who
found the bull in the bedroom quietly chewing his
eud, and 80 well satisfied with his Surroundings that
il necessary tw;s: his tail until il kinked be-
fore he would vaeate the premises.
~ On May 81 Queen Victoria attained her C9pd
birthday, an age which mas been exceeded only by
eleven of the soyereens of England dating from the
Norman eonquest-naIncly, Henry l., who attained
Edward Ill. 60 years. Queen Elizabeth, 6g years
James H., IL years. George L. 90 years; George H.
{" years George Ill, ~ years: George ~. GS years.
and William ~, - years. On the 2Gth of June next
she will have reisned fortyfour years. a period
which has been exceeded by four English soverr.ns
only-namely Henry ILL.,, who reismed 81, years Ed
ward Ill, who rcisncd for 80 years: Queen Eliza
beth, who rcignc'l for Is years. and George ILL., 60
years.
iV@ Mr.. Conkling admircs General Grant 50 much
that he has adopted his expression about fighting il
out the line II il takes all summer When Gcncr-
nj Grant made that remark. however he was in the
majority. Mr.. C"nkling is snot.-Ho5iic Register.
~ What n tremendous body of statesmen these
Conklinsitcs arr, They remained in solemn session
all night 10 concOct final scheme for thvartin. the
will of their party, and the outcome is-a bogus
bribery ease. They ought Ia advertise for man of
brains {" give them common sense advice.
~ IL was very thoughtful of Mr.. BRADLEY 10 give
that = 1000 TO Speaker Sharp. If he had given il to
some less trustworthy Conkline man, he might have
had trouble in getting it back to return the man
who lent IL to him for this dramatic episode II will
he wise for the Administration men to keep an eve
ON that money. and see where il goes to.
~ If the briberr chnrge is true, why Is il neccs
siry to pack a committee with ConkIins men 10 in
Gegftu ufe i nv fftFfl
the packed committee to do all it can to hinder in
yestisation
~ The Tombstone fNcr.J EplapL says that re-
Gently, while u man was digging for water near Gold
wall of burnt brick Pierripg this he was rewarded
by seeing clear stream of cold water rush out The
Eiitdph concludes that the man had discovered the
belonging to an ancient buried city
g Mr.. Wade Hampton of Virginia has in his pos
session sGerman Bible which was printed at Stras-
burg in 1915 1t was coniectured by some Lutheran
whose translation of the manuscript
companies it. that it written by Luther himself
Or was copied from his writing.
~ Henry George who lectured in New York the
Dther night. he believes the great American
pertinent of free government is failure, and that
where there is 50 much inequality of wealth there
FAN not be liberty.
~ A new way has been found TO make ''fastng-
women eat The British fasting woman was so scared
With the threat of being sent 10 the lunac asylum
hat she Immediately ate her breakfast.
f5- The simplest of small hcadstones marks the |
grave Of William Penn in Buckinghamshrr Eng
and. The only inscription il bears il "William |
Penn, FlS" Ii is almost hidden in grass and wild |
lowers
e The old story is repeated that Blaine is TO re-
ign. Well, if he does, he won't make the mistake |
# failing TO have his vindication arranged before
land.--Nesr York Star.
20 Levi Robbins, of Copenhagen, n. Y. is ono
hundred and nine years old, and has just signed the
emperance pledge for the first time in his life.
~ Pla;t missed his opportunity when he allowed |
tonklng TO pull him out Of the Senate by TIE nose
+ he had remained he would have made character.
-NmtreesboTo Neics.
~ About twenty years ago JEFF. Davis started to
write the Rise and Fall Of the Federal Govern
ncnt.' Owing to unforeseen circumstances n slight
hange in the title had to he made, delaying the pub
Republican.
" Anybody hut n Prinate would see the folly of
ryins 10 elect himself by calling the who are to
ote ON his ease bribe-takcrs.
~ The Administration men should not lose sight
f that = 900. II will be interesting to see IL the
,onklingites willing to sacrifice that sum for |
bogus fraud cry which hurts nobody but them
elves.
~ Rev. Edward Everett Hale says that the re-
ision of the New Testament will end forever the
iolatry of a book which has been n dead weight on