The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-03-30
TniNcAMYJicS.

r5-A county superintendent in Indiana has writ
ten TO the State Superintendent, saying that he nd
teachers lanentahy ignorant of history and sugges
ting a REFORM He had visited a school where the
teacher was ignorant of the present boundaries OF
Turkey. teacher applied to him for license lie
was asked TO name the present Governor 81 Indiana
The response promptly came, ''Arthnr." He was
again asked how he came TO be Governor. and the
! snswer was equally prompt. by the Grrsnhaek
vote He suggests that teachers be examined mot
oaly on Textbook history. but the unwrtten his
tory of to-day.
- The Adams family SAYS the Portland Press are
far from being poor in the vords goods They live
Quincy, Mass where still pointed out TO the ira
Weller, hardly quarter of q mile from each other
the houses in which President John Adams and John
1aiacy Aaams We're born; They are taxed upon
real estate in that town. but the Hon. Charles Fran
CTS Adams also pays tabnte to the city of Boston
upon Of real estate in that city, and he and
his son, Charles Francis jr together upon S25I OfO
NOR: The wife Of John Qnnsy Adams is taxed for
sIi..S9 IN Boston real estate, and John Quincy him
self on s. 600 worth.
/ " The new census returns show that Naples has
apoPula;ion of SSi. increase since Isl of 10
99 The population Of the following cities a. taken
by the new census s Milan 81 600: Rome 800 9r2;
Palermo. 2H9sj. Genoa l79 Iel: Florence lbs 600:
Venice 100 ego: Bologna 10 ssi MessIna 100 OsS
Catanis. Oo0 Legborn. % els; Ferrara - ms;
fadsn s2'i Verona. ts.Iil; Lucca. o. ll6; Alesan-
dria. t2tSSi; Bresca, 6g.63D Bari. 575; Ravenna
60,sS6. These figures compared with those of the
former census show that the population Of thrs-
towns has augmented while Ancona, Parma, Porto
- ~'N''"'u
r Mrs Maria Jefferson Eppes Shine. granddausb-
ter of Thomas Jefferson. called at the White House
on Tuesdey. Her and daughter and one or two
t ~ 49, q, euihPauleu nes: sue h'h win her
,h G. m,iI wa stu Inomas jefferson hy
-; -. - - IN. III uiaS W .nS 'c't1
than the standard silver dollar of to-day and Is APP
lion by thos, in cbnr.e M The Wb;f,, Wonss
A mcmillan stnrv eo,ncs 20 rs ,r r,,,;,,-
resulted N Jennings county Ind. for many ysar-
@ 81 49, " = ti , nav ea'en tner neatS On
- P ia'nS , eie en i 10 Neslner mas
- =. - " uLieo 'ncIn .oni tnls op,t
Ill ~ - s $50 - ~ n ,aNS ,o
freeze he yi,tual. on the table Vet the family 81
the table as indiff,rently As if thew had been in
comfortable room.-.Na,iison Herald
the brass medals he wanted to be Postmsstcr-t,cn-
H. ha -. H. usn -. aPPo.a.0u, ~. li.
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49, S.'
ss .n n Arot. ~ ltuS IN ihihuie l'!e
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LEt IN pI'poI'ifpIn 'iIss .NSot. VII snor'lN pun
",u - 'o'".io VI t".'uo'e "'Asi prayers
u The New York ton'mcrcidL paper supposed
TO he pretty near TO MT tOnk!ing lntmaies that hi-
purpose IN seeLinlns the Jnstceship was TO remain
III he'e me ~ pIuer that ne may naNe an opp'r'u
my :" P"S o' 'u eeO'e'- ""s'"y'O' ''"'
~ President Arthur ha. one good trait in tn.
eyes of Nashingtouians. lie il much more liberal
entertainer than Hayes, and doesn't conceal his
wines in innocentlooking hut insidious oranges
h"Inn'o'e "d-e"e'
~ One Of the prayers for the rcposo of the soul
of the late Gar Alexander mOdestly beseechcs tod
10 grant him the Carbon of Heaven Lucifrr
once aspred TO something like that and he has heea
feeling uncomfortable ever brooklyn EG9is.
~ A tea ship has arrived in London. flying the
Chinese flag and called the Nee Foo. This has ia
mar sound. Yet, if the design Of the Of that
craft was TO honor Tom Plat he has missed It in
'he speilhs. -'h'c"9o i'HeS'
- MAJOR 'ehefhi Ramsey. |. = A. retired, who
recently celebrated IN Washington the eShieih an
niveT.ary Of ms birthday, was Il is Said the hrst
Pn,or,sc Tbc yTps f,r NJ ,-, -. ne f-r I -
don hv Dr Janrcr himself ~
- lwehtS-ohe years ag" last month the south
81 la ILL Ma mn, o'' % ~, mon ~ l-l
-, yiat c"nr.s ,r rnIScp sbasiJ ~ I ~ -
hest Of II is tbat theT ar; sincrTr tbal~b he IN
Me- Of ,io,,;nance si.s barl - ,,a,i,,, ''' ''
~ yrs,i.. u;I,.r ~, H., s,,,,,.,, ,,,,., - til
~, ~ ,li o. .Gs ~ me cart mas ~
one hand ,bs nousr If tbc t:o,rnn,c, on ~ W."
perty Of the citizen and with the other TO b@sto il
upon private inals to aid private enterprises
and build up private fortunes ia none the less rob
bery because il is done under the forms Of Law aud 1.
called taxation. This is not legislation IL is de
ere. undrr LEGISLATIVE form
rP-If the President sbonld rrfusc TO ,eceS. l.,
the policy outlined in Mr. Blaine's circular letter ia
viting the independent governments of North sui
South America 10 a friendly convention for the srt
Element of All international disputes by arbitrato
etc he would find himself in some " Il t embarray
ing postion.-HrdsoH ~. ~ Register.
rP-The Bookkesp,r in an article gu the lat-
enormous defalcations describes the prevailing me
tbod of book keepnp a, deserving b1t little b,fter
title than the common gateway to fraud" As SOM
kind Of check upon the cash book the editor advise.
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