The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-12


friend. Take Garfield with you,7 said Conkling
snappishly.
- Edwin Arnold. the author. is i9 years old lie
was principal of the Government Sansrrt College at
Poona in the Bombay Presidency. He joined the
editorial staff of the London Daily Tsiegraph in 1861
He is a Companion of the Star of India. His father
n Sussex magistrate. Ills brother, Arthur Ar
mold. traveller in the East editor of the Edo.
~ We Of opinion the Administration must
make upon the astounding mOnotony of super
eilious Commercial By this
astounding monotony of supercilions prctensions.-
the Commercial means Lord Roscoe Conkling. This
is by all odds the worst name Mr. COnklng has been
called yet.
~ We suppose an alliance with the Democratic.
party to oppose President who more truly repre-
sents the whole Republican party than any President
since Lincoln is COED Republication. II Is, perhaps
what is called ''stalwart" Republieanism.- Indian
apoiis Selcs.
EP-"L.et me 20 home and bear the blessed ti,ings
to my unbelievin@ wife, said a man wearing many
poekcted ulster. who had just professed religion at
New Jersey revival meeting. '.Let out let me
out! I've got salvatiOn!- But a suspicious detective
unloaded him of threee watches and five pocket
books that he had taken from mourners around the
anxious scat
ry-"Uncle TOMS Cabin" is now beins played at
the South for the first time. II is variously received
The company was driven from the stage by shower
of eggs at Griffin, Ca and the performance was also
stopped by n mob at Brawlaw, La. In most places
however, the audiences orderly; but the suffer
ngs of Unee Tom do not produce anywhere, the
negroes generally regarding him n comic eharae-
ter, and laughing heartily when he gets whipped.
y "Protestants and Catholics of Hopkinston."
says the Boston yonrnai, united in giving silver
.. l..r. 6,r Ra.tan IN. ,r.ssn,.,;an s,,..sh -
made in the Town Hall by the Catholic priest
rT Boston Corbett who shot Wilkes Booth, is
said to be living now in or near Philadelphia, and TO
he extremely poor. Everybody shuns him, he COM
plains; one will give him employment, and at
times he has not enough to eat. He thinks that he
ought 10 nave government once ana pension ana
I a ns,hc,; ,amni. Of the ;.ra, ,,,nde oS renniI;es
- -
=. " The bomb that Killed the Car Possessed l9
tines lhe iorse OF guhpowuer' iaet ascsrtaihed
from ,d hiSAsensn , one o. Ihe eieen,sa % n,hs nau.
cohtahed hhhiite nitroglyeerine carboh' eoheen-
traied snlPhuric aeia; and illuminate oi mercury
sen VIZ e ~ siaas .Jss ~, aih m n o.Iei III, I
i at ,T III af"hse" '' iie' '''"'s ~ "fe" ""'H
Ip Secretary Blaine attributes the numerous re-
ports OF his falling health TO an exercise OF diplo
macy on his part N ssadng at times the swarns o.
visitors at the State Department, who have made It
next to Impossible Tor him To control time enough TO
s 70 anT % ,.II h C,, ~ sne
i =, Ia,tass LEI ar, g. 80 mel. 80.
'Ia : ~ Sc .-'.'l -o- N'lS pA''
ES some curious newspapers whose motives are
past finding out persist IN representing that seere
tary Blame has Bright disease, and Is too III TO At
tend to his official duties. The truth is that Mr.
Blaine mas not Deen absent from his Department
single day Tor the past six weeks nor absent from
S,, mo,t ~ '" IL =; O. .s ~ f, LII W aJ &
sn,,e,rs ~ H. r, H. nsnaI heal,h Ck;.a,a Ti;bae nm
aPPeas PP 70 "e ih MS us'''i H'i''"-."i'"5' t''"'''
ES When yon want pure, unadulterited facts
about America, 1t II necessary to read the papers
pubished IN the smaller cities OF france. Here is a
literal translation OF an editorial IN Lyons paper
The congress oi the nte.i States has been posses
slon OF taken ny honsieur Mahohy general onicer
oi belonging TO headInstins IN the state virginia IN
the od dominion; lie tnr members mas locked up
dead tnorfl, and viii permit the General Conqnerin
not 10 them remove Inc PRESIDENT has Tor Monsieur
Ruddledsgsar dispatched, to Monsieur Mahony force
away. hoser 'aons bfn ne viii 70 tne tfr Y
niina''o ~ "eii" 'u' 'ei'AiN D'N"'i' " inc 'Hpai'
IF washington planted magnolia tree IN the
Mount Vernon grounds lew months before ms
death lhe tree became hne one, ana until tins
year was regarded as one OF the spring attractions
of the place. During the Last winter IT was much
injured by the severe cold. Many OF the shrubs
around were killed outright
r. General Malone has two SONS and u ghtcr
old enough to take their places in society at WASH
ington Ills wife is a very accomplished lady, and
the exact contrast physically to her husband. She
weighs over 10 pounds and ssad to have Possessed
remarkabie personal beanty IN her dhy. Next To
Alex; stephens, Gen. hhhonc Is the smallest man
that mas ever Deeh IN congress.
r. Mr.. Edward Scheifiein one Of the mining mil
iouaires was once n mule -puneher- mt Tough-Nut
Prescott and other camps, One day while at Camp
Huachuca he announced his purpose Of starting out
to make a fortune. ..Oh, yes,n replied a bystander
you'll find tombstone" Scheffien afterwards
.struck il rich - and named the now thriving camp
Tombstone Ills first act after making the strike
was to settle slO0 900 on his mother.
70 The attempt to break the will Of the late
Samuel Wood. Of New York. brings to light doe
tors bill which may well he for envy among
lawyers Dr. J. NJ. Kennedy made twent y-one visits
Mr.. Wood. and Assessed the value thereof at
5000 For some visits sloo each was charged; The
doctor could not tell the length of each visit but
would not swear that any lasted longer than
twenty minutes twenty minute visit Mt sIOO is ut
the rate of e 100 per day. For making n post
tenn examination of what remained of his patient,
the charge was Si,afo For medieolegal examina-
tion s'o was charged. Inc time occupied was four
hours or at the rate oi soVoo per day-t hcd Hdnd
few remarks to offer the subject Of Conkling:
.'As it is, Garfield is the President of the United
States, elected by the people, we believe 1t seems
ling, is under idotic notion that he has been
elected President 1t is devoutly to be hoped that
this same Conkling Will be set down If bosses,
no matter which party they belong to. are to take
the management ont OF the hands OF those elected
Tor the purpose of managing the Republic might MS
well shut up shop and surrender Itself to the obii-
garchy Oh hhe-haired anu hristocraus SENATORS
EF An interesting ceremony took place at Had
dinston, Scotland recently-the planting Of n in
memory Of the Scottish reformer, John Knox. the
spot at Clifford Gate where he born. The dis
Buts between the village OF Clifford and the town Of
haddlngton Tor the honor OF knoxs nativity was
eoncu'ireiy settled by the late Dr Laings inquiries
NJ Genesa' where the reforners own statement on
being made burgess pointed clearly TO Iiaddngton
as ms piace. III Was ths Sisn OF Thomas Car
yle 20 h1 tIee PIsn!ed ~ !he piaee Oh Ine re-
FORMER ortn. anu ne lelt TO ms trustees
anu reistohs 10 give ehect 10 MS desire.
r. The disciples of Nihilism professedly dispise
both the marriage tie and all those delicate seuti
ments which custom characterize the relations be-
nuitnreu anu oronshl up IN rehhed society, was
Nhs as VIE Nhch she gave the sishai ior
she @ al.smp. 20 eoW u Ine trSih NJ MOSCOW.
sue rstnnea irol Aorosn 70 ahe an ae,e lail ~
tns ia's s po'' NM on aIrsAi inenh'siy % 1ohen
!eilaooi, the chlei eonslratSr, and lived with him
us ms ~he tii tue moment OF MS arrest
n President CARTEL says: .One soon learns to
distinguish between the journalist W ho is gentle
man and the mere newsgntherer, who is unscrupu
lOus it is possible for him TO be. Now, there
plenty of journalists to whom would as i'm
part n secret to any gentleman who is not con-
nected with paper. I know they would keep it
inviolate and would treat me fairly. These the
men who make their mark in journalism as they
would make u IN any Walk IN NE IN winch merit and
honor are requisite
70 In the village Of Salem, Springfield, ILL.,,
there is the old of instruments which Lincoln
used when he deputy surveyor. In the old days
when the boys were ont surveying they had little
contests which each boy tried make the highest
mark on n tree with an axe. Lincolns marks were
the highest, and several trees show them. A
chalk mark made by Lincoln a hOor, To show the
meridian, is still there.
-. The Advepti.ts u.ed to hold that in view of
the early end Of the world rbnrcb orrsniza,on xs
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