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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

THE PRAYER PRoBLEM.-Since the death of
Garfield, the champions of praying are hard put
TO it to explain away the failure of their system.
The amount of silly bosh that they get off only
makes the thing look ridiculous. The Oskaloosa
Independent tries its hand at it, and makes the
subject as clear as mud. 1t says tnat prayer is
of two kinds. True prayer consists of asking
God to do certain things, if it is his will; but
that such things As holiness and purity of heart
may be absolutely asked for. As it is supposed
that God never grants but what is pure and holy,
they have n safe thing in absolutely demanding
them of him. But that other kind of praying
consists in asking God to do certain things, if it
pleases him TO do so. Now, if it is Gods will
that this thing that shall be done, what sense
is there in asking him to do it! and if it is not
his WILL it is still mo-e useless to ask him to do
it. So that praying, under any circumstances,
is absolutely useless, and is n waste of time.
This is the only conclusion TO be derived from
the advocates of prayer. If there is anything
more silly, it is their idea of God, being who
sits upon throne, pleased and lottered when
mOrtals get down and tell him what a wise and
holy being he is-as if he cannot read the char
acters of these little pismires of human beings,
and know when one of the loud praying sort is
giving him wind.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27
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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

SAM. LAPPIS.-When Ex-Governor Osborn was
here, we inquired whether he had met Sam.
Lappin in Peru or Chill. lie said that he had
not met him, but heard of him several times.
Once, when in Peru, lac had made inquiries
about him, and learned of his trying to borrow
s. of an American, and thinks he subsisted
wholly by petty gambling, and borrowing small
sums of American residents, II is several years
since he last had trace of him, when he seems to
have drifted TO BuenOs Ayres, in the Argentine
Confederation. Gov. Osborn heard of man
answering the description of Lappin's friend
Stanley, at BuenOs Ayres, making particular in
quiries of Government officials whether there
was an extradition treaty existing between the
Argentine Confederation and the United States.
As there was not, he thinks it quite likely that
Lappin, having exhausted the resources of Peru,
has transferred his operations to some point in
the Confederation, probably in the vicinity of
Buenos Ayres.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

have read the statements made by the ghastiy
Guiteau. and it makes me wish to God that he NAV
have fair, patient trial There mysteries about
this confession that hope. when he finds the moose
around his murderous neck he may be induced and
have time to clear up.
1t is, believe fact that between the nasuration
and the death of the President he was at Washing
ton, reduced TO abject poverty and want He was
driven from boarding house to boarding house. until
he found himself upon the streets without a cent
Now what want to know is, where he got the means
TO lodge at the Riggs House. take his meals and
baths at that costly hotel, and hire hacks and all
that sort of thing Who lifted him out Of his penury
these benevolent beings know of the purpose this
wretch had in viewi
Let us restrain senseless wrath. The man
must die He courts the gallows but let have all
he knows before the grave covers his dishonored
carcass. DIP
MAc-o-cHEE 9th October, 81
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

"REvoLUTIoNs NEVER Go BAcKwARD.H-Th
is what the prohibitionists of Kansas say, to ell
courage themselves in the belief that this prohib-
itory farce will never be played ont, and hustled
from the Kansas statutes. 1t is al expression
more frequently uscd than almost any other;
but we must confess, we could never see the
sense in it. Revolutions do go backward so fire.
queHtly as to almost make the rule, the contrary
being the exceptions The Know -Nothings said
that revolutions never 90 backward, but IT is
now hard TO find a man who will even acknowl-
edge thas he belonged to that particular revolu-
tion. So the Rebels said, but their revolution
went backward very hard. The Cromwell rev.
olution in England went backward, and many
of its leaders were beheaded or exiIed, and Eng
land has to this day remained a monarchy. The
French Revolution went backward, and the peo-
pie thanked God when it did. and gladly en-
braced monarchy once more. The Revolution of
15I5 went backward with an Empire; and now
there has been another revolution, which in due
time will go backward. Mexico has revolution
every other day, and each time the country goes
backward further than it was before. Egypt,
China, India, were once seats of learning and
civilization. The revolutions there went back
ward so far that many of their arts remain lost
to this day. In short, the backward track is
favorite route for revolutions to take. The man
who invented the idea expressed at the head of
this article, made dead failure of it as Bells
d" Induction Balance
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

GREAT MEN's NAMEs.-How is it that great
men generally have euphonious and grandly
sounding namesi Or, is it only because we
have become familirr with the names, that they
sound SO well We have heard the names of
Washington, Jefferson, Lafayette, and Hamil-
tOn all our lives, and Lincoln for many years.
The names seem to be appropriate to the men,
and do not cause jar in their pronunciation.
1t must be that the name rs well rs the individ-
ual goes to make up the greatness of the man.
If Washington's name had been Ezekiel Snod-
grass, would he have become the object of ven
Grafton that he now isl Suppose Lafayette's
name had been Levi Dinkelspeil; or Franklin's,
Caleb Skimmerhorn; or Jefferson's, Tobias Potts;
or Hamiton's, Ebenezer Titwiler-does anybody
suppose they would ever have descended to fame
beyond their own generation' Here is some
thing for patriots to mediate upon, on this GEN.
tennial anniversary of the last great struggle of
the Revolution.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

CY= The Lawrence Tribune is in squabble.
Judge Bailey was running it, as a lunatic Green
back paper. 1t seems that John Hutchins own
ed the material, and perhaps realizing that he
would never get pay for it, and that it was fast
becoming worn ont, he closed i'll on it suddenly,
by forced march, and set some one else to rum
ming it, as Republican paper. Now there are
two Lawrence TribuRes. Bailey issues one from
the Journal office, in which he says that Hutch
ins and man with big dog took forcible pos
session during his absence, appropriatins even
his private Office and his books, and talks about
his rights, legal remedies, etc. We judge that
both sides are wrong. They all ought to be im-
prisoned for life, and the Tribune suspended by
law. 1t has long been public nuisance.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

~ school teacher writes us that he substi-
tuted last weeks Chief for the regular history
lessons in his school. One of our great aims is
to make a paper that every week conveys
large amount of useful information, that will do
to keep and remember. Every well-regulated
school should have it.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

TRYING GuITEAu WITHOUT LEGAL DRIvEL--When
the body of Garfield at last reposes in an honored
grave. the Nation demands that immediate steps be
taken to bring to Justice his brutal and cowardly
murderer. No fanciful theory, no maudlin sympa-
thy, no frivolous teehnicalty should stand in the
way of Guteau'- conviction. The place for him is
on scafold, with halter about his neck.-San
Francisco ChroaieIe
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

- A Justice of the Peace in Hays City has
decided that the liquor law is unconstitutional,
because the Constitution says that every bill
shall contain but one subject, which shall be
clearly expressed in the title, and the liquor law
contains two subjects the manufacture and the
sale of liquor. What will the Supreme Court
do noWf
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

fYr The editor of the Highland Central State
says we are a maudlin ass, and that we are one
of the same sort of fellows who were crucified on
either side of Christ. Then he calls us "Brother
Miller" 1t is well for q man to acknowledge
his brothers, even if they are asses and thieves.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

70 1t is charged that portion of Judge Hor-
toms recent speech at Eflingham, which is being
circulated throughout the State as a temperance
document, was stolen from DR.. Gums Domestic
Medicine. All force of habit. The Supreme
Court takes all its decisions from old authorities,
and Horton forgot himself, and went to the books
in making up his address. 1t is not plagiarism,
bnt medical iurispi udence.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

iicnee that he is entirely acceptable to them
He has been attentive to the interests of the
people and we have no doubt that they viii re-
elect him for another term.
The ''indepcndentr ticket that has been try
ing 10 hatch, for scine weeks, has not yet come
through the shell. But Republican Conyen-
tion, representing tine party in every Township,
has fairly nominated good ticket, and Repub-
Iicau voters should see that il is elected.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27
A Wise Deacon.

Deacon Wilder, want you to tell me how you kept
yourself and family well, the past season. when all
the rest of have been sick SO much and have had
the doctors visiting us SO ofteni.
Brother Taylor, the answer is very easy. used
the doctors bills Three dollars worth of has kent
well. and able to work all the time I'll warrant
it has cost you and the neighbors one to two hun
dred dollars apiece to keep sick the same time
'Deacon, III use your medicine hereafter
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

A RBTRAcTIoN.-Inasmueh as the Highland
Central State has been making charges against
the Republican candidate for County Superin-
tendent of Brown County, citizen of that
County sends us a copy of the retraction of the
charges by the person who first made them,
and asks us to publish it; but we doubt wheth-
er the Central State will have the manhood and
honesty to publish it.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

rs~ From all parts of the State come accounts
of trials under the liquor law, aad very seldom
is there a conviction. As under the law the costs
are charged to the County, in some of the Coun-
ties the bill is already SO enormous that it is be-
coming frightful. The people have not yet be-
gun to realize all the beauties of the liquor law.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27
Dr.. Frazier's Root Bitters.

Frazier's Root Bitters not dram-shOp whiskey
beverage but strictly medicinal in every sense.
They act strongly upon the liver and kidneys, keep
the bowels open and regular, make the weak strong,
heal the lungs, build up the nerves. and cleanse the
blood and system of every impurity.
For Dizziness, Rush of Blood to the Head tending
TO Apoplexy, Dyspepsia, Fever and Ague, Dropsy,
Pmples and Blotcbes, ScrofulOus Humors and Sores,
letter Ring Worm, White Swelling, Erysipelas, Sore
Eyes, and for young suffering from Weakness
or Debility caused from imprudence, and to females
in delicate health, Frazier's Root Bitters espe-
cialy recommended.
DIR. Frazier: have used two bottles of your Root
Btters for Dyspepsia, Dizziness Weakness and Kid
ney Disease, and they did me more good than the
doctors and all the medicine l ever used From the
first dose took began to mend, and am now in
perfect health, and feel well as ever did. con-
slider your medicine one of the greatest blessings.
MRS. NJ. MARTIN, Cleveland, o.
Sold by all druggists everywhere at Il per bottle.
HENRY l. CO., Sole Propr's,
CLEVELAND, o.
ID. C. SINCLAIR,
l3OctIy. Wholesale and Retail Agent, Troy, Kan.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27
Kidney Complaimss

OF all descriptions relieved at once, and speedily
cured. by Kidney-Wort. 1t seems intended by ma
for the Of all diseases of the kidneys caused
by weakness and debility. Its great tonic powers
especially directed TO the removal of this class
of diseases. We know of persons that have suffered
for thirty years, that have been permanently cured
by taking Kidney Wort short time. Try il, either
liquid or dry.-Snn.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

ry- "DEAS- MmLEE-It has been proposed that
in view OF his being the senior editor Sol Miller OF
faculty Of Kansas. Miller never leaves his Office.
except to eat or sleep, nor would he to accept com
ccn";nd n b an aands t e stonss not
and other articles of taste and luxury is filled with
selections OF poetry; and bundles 3i the newspapers
he commenced the pnbiiration of the CLirf. The
assembled multitude convened to confer the honor
side Left Ieytius of CorcaT,Iia Who JeJ;cated hi.
a Northern Tier" to venerable friend, would
S,ip ~ eau, aaaer aha nre s eonSrnnh'Iry % m reiarks "a
ply. shouId read few pages from Osseo. the Spec
tire Chieftain, by Evander {. Kennedy, he possess
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

rF0ne Of the pleasantest incidents Of the
Yorktown celebration, was the order by the
President to salute the British flag. What q
contrast between that day and century before,
when the British army marched out with colors
cased, and their bands playing "The World
Turned Inside Down.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

" The st. Joseph Herald gives currency TO
a report, and says there is strong and increasing
evidence to believe it is correct, that the Mis-
souri, Pacific extension from Atchison to Hiawa-
watha has been abandoned, and that Missouri
Pacific trains will be run from st. Joseph to
AtchisOn, and thence west OH the st. Joseph &
Western; Also that it is pretty well settled that
Jay Gould will secure the Hannibal and st. Jo-
seph. Now, this is almost as bad as limiting that
Jay Gould would eventually purchase the Atch-
ison and Nebraska Road, and make it the extern
sion of the Missouri Pacific. Anyhow, we have
a great mind to assert that the Herald is a smut
mill, and skunk, and sold ont for g 900.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

" See the prospectus of Harper's Young Peo-
pie for 15s2. This is one of the best publica-
tions for the young ever issued and, as it is
published weekly, instead of monthly, as nearly
all other publications for the young are, it is al
ways fresh and timely.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

= The Beloit Courier bolts the Republican
candidate for Judge of that Judicial District,
but calls upon the Republicans of the adjoining
District to stand by their nominee. Advice from
such a source ought to go n great way.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

II The White House is said to be full of bed
bugs. Mrs. Hayes spent too much time in at
tending temperance societies, instead of going
for the bugs with the tail feather Of rooster and
a bottle of corrosive sublimate.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27
TREATMENT.

The Cuteura treatment for the Of Skin Scalp and
Blood Diseases consists in the internal Of CUucURA
REsoLvExr the Blood Purifier and the external
Of CrTcuRA and CrucuRA soar, the Great Skin Cures.
Price Of CrncuRA, small boxes, &c., large boxes sl.
CuricuRA REsoLvxST 81 per bottle. cUucuRA SOAP &c
CuTIcERA SHAVING SOAR, l5c. Sold by all druggists
Depot, WEEKS & POTTER, Boston, Mass.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

v-The Republicans of Atchison County have
nominated Mr.. Shoemake for Sheriff. Perhaps
because they think he is the right man to hunt
the desperadoes of that region out of the ''shoe-
make bushes
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

~ The people of Ohio fear a prevalence of
grave-robbing, the coming winter. Since it is
expected that there will be general firing out
of Ohio office-holders, a revival of the other
Ohio industry is looked for
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

IT The lady who once rejected President Ar
thur has already put in an appearance, in New
York State How singular that all those Presi-
dents were rejected by women who afterwards
grew up to be snaggle-tOothed old maids.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

n That editorial in the liiawatha Herald, on
"Calumny," reads as well as when We saw it in
the New York San, a few days before; but the
Herald has added to its picturesqueness by para
graphing it after the style of the Okalona
States
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

~ General Grant declares positively that he
will never again be a candidate fer the Presi-
dency. The people come to that determination,
more than fifteen months ago.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

E- In a few years, it will be impossible to
get fit man for President. Those who are COM
petent to fill the Office, can get bigger salaries
as Presidents of Life Insurance Companies
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

FConnectieut has law imposing fine of
$40 upon any person who takes a carriage ride
on Sunday, except from necessity or on a mission
of mercy-such a law as Kansas will have, if the
prohibitory ald similar fanatical laws are sue
cessful. DIR. Bacon, of New Hauen, has been
clamoring for its enforcement. The other day,
that sauetimonious hypoerite, ex-President
Hayes, visited DIR. Bacon, and the two took a
carriage drive on Sunday, and narrowly escaped
being arrested and fined. Why were they allowed
to escape-especially as DIR. Bacon was so anx-
ions for the strict enforcement of the lawl
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27
Notice by Publication,

In the District Court of the Second Judicial Dsct OF the
State Of Kansas sitting within and for Doniphan County
Jacob Slime, Administrator de Loa6 n0n of
the Estate Of Charles Mierman decd Plaintiff
Joseph Fornny, defendant.
1UNIiE said defendant Josph Fonry will take notice.
that he la. been sued by thu above names, plaintiff
Jacob Slime Administrator do GoRs 81 the Estate Of
Charles Mlenan, dectas in the District Court of the
Second Judicial District Of the STATE Of Kansas within and
for the County of Donphan who filed his ptition in said
the 9Th day of October A. D. I.1 and that said
defendant is required demur said petition
before tina eh day Of December 1851 the petition
will be taken as true and Judgment rendered against said
defendant for the foreclosure of mortgage given by him.
the th day of July 4 d. 1873 the following descIib
ell real estate 20 wit: ten n out Of the southwest
o the north quarter Of section tw-nty four %
and the north quarter Of section twenty three C all
in township thrre C south. Of range nineteen ,l
cept ten 0 ont II the northeast of the last
named quarter section in Doniphan County State Of Kan
given the payment Of two notes amounting
hundred and fty-onr dollars and -ixythree
So dated July 5h 1873 with interest from said date
at the rate of ten O per cent per and for order
Of sale Of said land TO pay the amount dne On said notes.
and costs Of suit.
Dated October 22d 1851. Il. A. SEAVER
Attorney for Plaintiff.
October q, lsel-tw. Prs fee. $40 20.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

Y If Scott Thomas only knew it, he has a
better thing than if he had been nominated for
Sheriff. He could make fortune by exhibiting
that leg with a sixteen-ounce ball in it!
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

Feed for she Brain and Nerves that
will invigorate the body without intoricatinc1 !.
what We need IN these days Of rush and worry Par.
kers Ginger Tonic restores the vital eneryies soa,b.
the nerves, and brings COED health quicker than sny
thing you can use.-TritHae See other cpluu1.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

" There was not so much difference in Gar
fields and Arthur's religion. Garfield was a
Campbellite, and Arthur was raised Baptist.
Both churches believe in immersion.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

p The stories of the Black Death, or Plague,
prevailing in Platte County, No., are all hum
bug. Many people are excited over it, and get
ting ready for a panic. There is nothing of the
,al
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

.F- Wouldn't it be as well for Republican pa
pers to let up on Conkling, for awhile! He was
beaten for Senator, his party was beaten in the
New York Convention, and he is quiet. The sup
port of Conklings friends is necessary to the sue
cess of the ticket in New York, but jeers and
gibes and abuse will not help to get it. Besides,
Conkling may he power with the new Admin
istration, and lots of fellows will want offices.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

II We have received a copy of temperance
paper published at La Porte, Indiana, edited by
Mrs. Moloy, mostly taken up with showing the
greatness of st. John. 1t says, among other
things that Garfield was assassnated by rum
erazed vagaBond. 1t is well that lying is 4 le-
gitimate weapon in temperance warfare; but st.
John or somebody should telephone into Mrs.
Moloy's ear, that Guiteau was a temperance
lecturer, religious enthusiast, and Sunday
School worker
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

u" We have been askedby a number of DEM
ocrats, within the past few days, why the
Chairman of their Central Committee does not
call Convention to nominate a County ticket.
We are not in the secret, and cannot tell. Per-
haps the Chairman has scheme of his own on
hand. He may want to run for an office him.
self and be willing to let the Republicans have
all the other offices, in order to attract Republi-
can votes TO pull him through.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-27

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