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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-04-07
Never Lost His Head.

During the elect ion excitement the past
we. many went wild. Bed Shobe, one of
the gilded gentlemen of Ssdalia was sppar,
emily as c I'm as mill pond. He more
over boosted of his ccolness.
ADO YOU know what you remind me Of?
asked DIR. Rard after Bed had been Yelling
him how cool ne was.
"What do remind you of ?".
"Well, don't care to tell y0u."
I"But / want to know"
j@You remind me of tape worm. It
never loses its head"
Bed LETT, voting the doctor trump
lard.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-04-07

tn reach dry land, bu' it was "a hours be-
fore the body of Mr.. Ulmsn was recovered.
The z. lemsn further stated that seven
cars loaded with stock weat down, and all
the stock was XII l. or ia ally injured.
Mr.. Ulman's family W, n to Barnard lest
Tue d az on the psss niger tr,iu, and were
not with him at the tine of the accident.
The mains came here from Pleasant Hill
vest rday morning, aud were re-shippea
ives, last nigh; via the Lexington branch,
train.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-04-07
Charity's Gall.

The man and brother was honored last
night With the regulation visit from the
"lOyip candidate. Landmann, Meuschke.
Anderson, Barnett, Aldrich, Robb aud all
the faithful brethren went over and held a
love feast with the dear boys they love so
we'll ON election days aud forget so hard
when it comes to making a policeman or
other sppointive officials. But such is
politics and the bedfellows il makes.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-04-07
Halstead's Court.

Joe Turner. for his assault upon Arthur
Newkirk. was 61ed 81 and costs, amount
Jog in I'll to Sl9, by Justice Hslstead yes
terday.
Ella Pollrnger was arr igned on the
charge of steali' G certain household art
Giles from Msttie ChIlds, and gave bond iu
the sum of 800 for her appearance next
In sdaY.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-04-07
a SCOOP.

The BAzoo was The only paper in Seds-
liza yesterday that had the enterprise to
publish the news of the fading of ex-Gtv
ernor Fletcher st L redo, Texas. The
we ther is extremely breezy and chill when
the BAzoo is hot in the lie I'd OF the pro
CeSsi IN
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-04-07
Horsford's Acid Phosphate. Well
Pleased

DIR. c. Roberts, Winchester, ILL.,. says {:
II have used it with entire satisfaction in
cases of debility from age or overwook, and
in inebriates and dyspeptics, and'am well
pleased with its Effects
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-04-07
THIN PEOPLE.

"Well's Health Remover" restores health
and vigor, cures Dyspepsia, Impotence,
Sexual Debility. 81.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-04-07

Plymoth Rock Chickens.
For sale at No. 725, west Fourth Street.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-01-15
DEATH or COLEAX

Our dispatches Tuesday afternoon an-
nounce the sudden death of Ex-Vice
President Schuyler Coliax. His demise
occurred this morning about half past
10 o'clock at Mankato, Minnesota. He
dropped dead while at ralls
road depot waiting for a train and
his unexpected taking of is attributed
70 heart disease. Thus is removed
from our midst q man who has been .
most pro ent character in the politi-
cal annals OF this country aud who,
during the trying times OF the war, was
the special friend and confidential Ad-
wiser OF President Abraham LIN
coin. Mr.. Colfax was born IN
New York city 10 March, 1923,
and is consequently in the SD year OF
his age. Early In life he removed to
South Bend, Indiana, where he has since
made his home and where. we believe,
tor some years past he has been associ-
ated with the conduct of the South Bend
Tribune.
He was elected tocongrets from Indiana
In 1854 aud was six times re elected. In
1855 he mace an eloquent speech In con-
gress on the subject that brought Kan
sas into such prominence during that
stormy period. He was chosen speaker
of the house OF representatives in De-
cepber, 1868, and again IN 1885. He
gSined u high reputation as q
presiding officer, and was one of the
mosa popular speakers that ever occu-
pied the chair. He was nominated for
the Office Of vice president of the United
State in May, 1868. aud filed that office
while Grant was president during the
first term OF his office.
Mr.. Coliax will be remembered as
having visited Emporia three
years ago, ut which time he delivered
his we'll known lecture on Abraham
Lincoln
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-01-15
THE LEGISLATURE,

The Kansas legislature, which met
Tuesday, has an opportunity to make
for itself businesslIke record which
would receive the thanks Of al the peo-
pie. There Is no occasion for the SEES
sion being lengthy one. AS legislA-
tures go. brevity may generally be made
one Of the best and most cOmmendable
features. 1t was q wise law that changed
the meeting Of The Kansas legislature
from annual to biennial sessions. There
Is q widespread feeling Of conservatism
IN the matter Of law-making. and the
widest Ssllsisclion. ls now generally IN
sured by the least number OF measures
and the fewest changes In law.
The important election OF UoIted
States seoator creates no ripple Of ex
citemsot this year, and the choice of
Mr.. Ingalls will be but formal vote re-
quiring only few minutes time.
The prohibition question Is practical
ly Ga the shelf for the present. The
railroad question has already been
pretty thoroughly considered IN the past
and while The operations Of the present
Law have shown Il to be far from perfect,
still the main points OF the problem OF
transportation have been covered in the
past aud the legislature should be in an
Intelligent position To make any needed
modinc Itions as speedily and simply as
possible.
There are n number OF provisions 10 q
few Of the present laws OF Kansas which
may Well demand the best attention and
some lille time OF the legislature which
has convened. A careful counsel
aud y wise course which will amend the
laws on assessment of property
aud upon roads and upOR
the punishment oil murderers,
would meet the hearty appreciation of q
people who have long submitted 10 the
present s:nseles5 tax laws as illustrated
by the unequal. unjust and ridiculous
methods Of assessment; tbs inferior road
laws which ALLOW waste OF time anu
money To comparatively little purpose;
and To the iaxIty of tue law for murders,
which almost sets premium upon this
worst of crimss. as has been repeatedly
shown in Kansas during late years.
Something should be done in the way
OF arrIngiDg tor geological survey of
the state, and the needed appropriation
bills be passed. In a word, the state ex.
poets of Its representatives and senators
at Topeka business, not buncombs.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-01-15
TILTY0TS GEN4TORsHIP.

Commercial Gazette: The senatorial
election hinges on the action of Hsines
and SittIg, Democratic and Republican
Independents respectively. Gen. Logon
will unquestIonsbIy get the caucus nom
inAtioh, and his friends hope TO get the
one Democratic vote necessary 20 elect
him. Haines, however, says he Will not
vote for him. and il has been claimed
also that SIttig, whose vote the RspublI-
cans must have to maintain the tie, will
not vote for him. On the,Democrstic side
Hsrrison's friends are willing Morrison
should have the nomination, providing
Harrison can't be elected. Close OBJ
servers say that MOrrison's can
vass, dignified. and in some re-
spects sentimental, is WIn-
ming friends among the rural members.
Morrison is plain, able and, with all his
apparent bluffness. somewhat genial and
frank There is no reason 20 doubt the
truth of the claim that of the one hun
dred and two Democrats forty are now
attached to Morrison's interests.
There are schemes aud rumors of
schemes, small ambitions and great ones,
bus no one can see way out of the sen
atorisI deadlock Every member holds
the power of q tyrant, If he wishes TO
use it like q tyFan,. Anybody can de-
feat anybody else. and, OF course, an OPP
porfunity so unu.u4l develops not g few
men determined to make the most of
their little briet authority. There is
good prospect for long contest. Ia be
ended only by tFeachery, accident or =
dark horse
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-01-15

and thirty five congressman, or one pres
Ideniial elector for every 1888 votes
and one congr6 ssman for every SO, 4SS
votes Our own state in this election
polled a total of POS, 6S4 votes, eiecting
nine presidential electors and seven con-
gressmen, or one congressman for every
81, 965 votes. 1t will be seen by these
facts that in each of the five southern
states named one voter exercised more
political power than two voters in the
ak northern states named. The same
comparisons might be made between the
votes of nearly all southern and northern
states, showing similar results.
No government assuming 10 derive It's
authority from the popular Will, can
long endure II such systematic ana per
sistent crimes against the ballot-box as
these figuFs reveal, 60 on uDpunlsheo
and triumphant from year to year ana
election to election. No fair-minded,
rIght-ihinking American citizen can up
hold such injustice. No question OF
political economy, or of administrative
reform, or of forign policy Is compar-
able TO this question of Tree, fair.
honest balioi-bcX No crime against the
constitution, the laws, the principles or
the traditions of the Republic is SO
monstrous as that of subvertIng the rule
of the majority. Honest men OF all
parties should unite on the issue thus
presented, and demand that every law
and every proper power which can be
exercised by the government shall DC
brought to bear 10 protect the ssncttty OF
the ballot-box and establish beyond
question the right of every legal voter
to cast one free, unintimidated ballot,
and to have that ballot counted as 1t was
cast.
1t may be said that Kansas has no
power to remedy wrongs OF this charac-
ter. But Kansas, speaking through her
legislature and senators ald representa-
tives congress, can at least enter her
earnest and indignant protest against any
system, or wrong. or crime by means OF
which her voters are deprived OF their
equal rights and powers as citizens OF
the United States, in the control OF the
general government The records OF
the pioneers of Kansas tell the story OF
the brave, good fight they untinchingIy
waged tor equal rights at the ballot box.
The admission of Kansas into the Union
was the final triumph Of an honest ma
jority over fraud and violence. And
Kansas would he false to her traditions,
to the faith of her youth and to the pFin-
cipals that have glOrItied her history,
If her voice was silent
now, when the ballot boxes
of the Republic are invaded by fraud,
and, IN the larger and more important
field of national elections, the sovereign
ty of the majority is assaIled and sub
Verted. JNo. A. MARTIN.
EXECUTIVE OFFIcE, TOPEKA, Kansas,
Jan. Is, 1885.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-01-15
THE GRANT NCRTGAGE.

Ia regard to the matter growing out
OF the loan of SI50.000 by Vanderbilt to
General Grant the day before the failure
OF Grant & Ward, the following delicate
and honorable correspondence has late
ly taken place, the first letter being ad-
dressed 10 Mrs. Grant:
present to you AS your separate es-
tate the debt and Judgment hold against
General Grant, also tue mortgages upon
his real estate and all the household fur
Dilure aud ornaments, only with this
condition, that the swords, com missions,
medals, gifts from the United States,
states, cities aud foreign governments,
and all articles of historical value and
interest shall. aL the generals death, or
If you desire II, sooner, be presented to
the government at Washington. where
they will remain as perpetual memoir
ial OF his fame and of the history of his
time.
enclose herewith assignments of the
mortgages and judgments, bill of sale of
personal property aud deed of trust, in
which articles of historical interest
enumerated.
A copy of this trust decd Will, with
your approval, be forwarded to the pres
ldent OF the United States for deposit in
the proper department Trusting these
actions will meet with your acceptance
aud approval, and with klndest regards
TO your husband, | am
Yours respectfully,
[SIgned w. H. VANDERBILT.
To this letter General Grant, after con.
sulting with his wife, replied that she
could not receive the gift except as to
the articles to be deposited with the gov.
eminent.
Mr.. Vanderbilt again wrote the gen.
erAl, saying:
i shall not be defeated In the purpose
to which l have given SD much thought
and which | have so much at heart. ]
will, therefore, rs fast as money is re.
ceived from the sales OF real estate, de.
psIt in the Union Trust company
With the money thus realized l will a
once create trust with proper provI
sions for the income. To he paid TO Mrs
Grant during her life, aud giving power
tn her to make such disposition OF th,
principal by her will as she may elect,
Very truly,
WM. II. VANDKRBlT.
To General U. S Grant.
THE GENERALS SECOND REPLY
NEW YORK City, Jan. IL, 1885.
w. u Vanderbilt;
DEAR SIR; Your letter this date re
celved. Mrs. Grant and l regret vol
cannot accept our proposition to retail
the property which was mortgaged Il
good faith to secure a debt of honor
But your generous determination com
pels us1p no longer resist
Yours L. s. Gu Mt.
ms. GRANTS REFUSAL.
NEW YORK. Sunday, Jan. IL, 1885.
MY DEAR MIR. VANDERBILr: Upo
Reading your letter this afternoon Gen
Grant aud myself felt il would be VI
gracious 20 refuse yOnr princely an
generous offer. Hence, his note TO yol
But upon rejecting find l cannot
will not accept your munIhcence in an
form. / beg you will pardon tn
apparent vacillatlon, and consider tn
answer definite and final.
With great regard and sense of obi
CATION that will always remain, am
Yours, very gratefully,
JULIA d GRANT.
To W H Vanderbilt.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-01-15

CorriRan, the great street galway
mAgnAte OF Kansas City, has sold his
entire interestin the street car corpora.
tion. The principal purchaser is Mr..
Walton Holmes, VINO for some time has
owned and managed the Kansas City Il
Westport railroad.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-01-15

Business, not buncombe, should oe
the watch word at the Legislature.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-01-15

The rapids growth of the RAILWAYS of
Kansas Is source alike of just pride
and of grave public anxiety and appre-
hension, The vast and general import
ance and usefulness of the great arteries
of commerce in promoting the deyeIop-
ment OF the state, in affording facilities
for the sale and speedy transportation OF
our products 90 market, ana in bringing
to us the products of other sections, can
not be overestimsted. But their power
and influence over every commercial,
industrial and agricultural interest OF
he people is equally vast, and If not re-
stricted and regulated by wholesome laws
may readily be welded as an instrument
Of wrong and extorfion.
The last legislature enacted law the
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-01-15

Hon. S. ]. Crawford, the states agent
ct Washington. appointed ia pursuance
OF an act of the Legislature approved
March Sd, 1877, submits full report OF
his actions in the matter of certain
claims of the state against the United
States. He has discharged the impor-
tant duties confided to him with zeal.
energy and ability, and provision should
be made for his compensation under the
| nj hNa contract
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-01-15

The great question of the hour is that
Of free, pure, honest ballot box. The
foundation stone on which the whole
fabric Of our government rests 10 the
ballet box. The republic cannot long
endure If honest votes are not honestly
counted, or II legal voters are deprived
OF their right to vote by intimidation or
violence. The developments following
recent national elections are startling,
lean cftizsas Of the danger that mensces
our form Of government. The returns
OF these elections show that, in
number Of the states lately in rebellion,
one voter has usurptd by force or fraud
- much electoral power a. 10 exercised
By two or three voters in the northern
states. At the congressional election OF
1882, the average vote polled in the thIr.
ty.seVen congressional districts OF GeOr.
gia, Alabama, South Carolina, MissIssip-
pi and LouIsIana was only 1924. while
that poIIed in the thirty eIgat congres
sloeaI districts Of Iowa, Wisconsin, New
Jersey, Maryland and MInnesots was
26,749, and for the seven congressman
representing Kansas the vote averaged
q, f6o. That this extraordinary contrast
ives not the result of an unusual In
terest in the one section,
snd Of the apathy Of voters in the other,
Is shown by the vote cast IN the late
| presidential election. The I've southern
states named above polled. for presi-
dent . total OF only 616. S12 votes, and
elected fOrty-sevsn presidential electors
and thirty seyen co3gressmo0, or one
presidential electoF for every Ii. 145 votes,
and one CONGRESSMAN tor every 1924
votes. Al the same election the i've
northern states Of Iowa. Nebraska, Wis
eonsia, Minnesota and New jersey
polIed total of ,275. e95 votes and elect
! ed only fotty-fve presidential electors
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-01-15

To W H. Vanderbilt.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-01-15

4 letter from the naeicnal board Of
heath advises me that de presence Of
AsIatic cholera II epidemic form, in Ec.
rope, Is . constant menace to the people
Of this country; that this dread disease
has pressed steadily westward during the
past two yeers; and that
grave approximations are enter
famed of its appearance in this country.
II is, therefore. urged by the qatlo0al
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-01-15

Our crimes aci, originally brought over
from Missouri iG 1855. has never receiv-
ed much attention from the Legislature
IL needs revision and amendment But
your attention will now be called only
10 one important point tina. has been the
subject of much embarrassment in some
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-01-15

A branch of the national home for
disabled volunteer soldiers has been 10
Gated near Leavenworth, and the cree
ton of the necessary buildings for the
home will soon be commenced. Ii is ex-
pected that 1t will be ready for the recep-
ton of those entitled 10 admission dur
ing the early autumn. The state is asked
TO cede to the United States jurisdiction
over the ground included in the home
eaaaRoO0fnn
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-05-13
Ira cixfnm ne Thief.

Semedo, in his " History Of Chna,n
relates a very curious anecdote of
penetration and quickness of mind
which occurred in that country:
A certain chagueu, or governor of a
province, was taken very i'll, and
refused to admit any visito;s into his
house. This being told to mandarin
of his acquaintance. he was very much
Concerned, and, after many imporiu-
mites, obtained an interview with
hIm. On his entrance he was sur
prised to find no signs of sickness in
his friend, aud asked what was the
matter with him? The governor at
length told him that be had lost the
emperor's seal ont of the cabinet
where it used to be kept, and that as
the lock remained unlnjured be was
sensible that the seal was stolen; of
course he could transact no business,
and must soon be deprived Of his
government, and probably also of his
life The mandarin perceived the
extraordinary nature Of the case, asked
him if he had any known enemy in
the city, and received the following
answer:
Yes; and that he was an officer of
rank who had long owed him a
grudge.n
away, then" replied the mandarin,
" let your most valuable goods be
secretly removed this evening; then
set fireto the empty part, and cali for
help, to which this officer must of
necessity repair with the rest, it being
one of the principal duties of his
place. AS soon as you see him among
the people, deliver hlm, in the public
presence, the cabinet, shut as it is,
that it may be secured in his possession,
and if he has caused the seal to be
stolen he will put it in its place again
when he restores the cabinet; and il he
is not the tniei, yet the FAULT will lie
upon him for taking so little care of it
and you will not only be free from the
danger, but also be revenged on your
enemy
The governor followed his advice,
and the next day received back his
cabinet with the seal in it, both par
. es keeping the secret for their mu-
tual safety.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-05-13
The People of India.

Three races widely distinguished
from each other inhabit India. In the
northeast are mongols, who resemble
in descen, and language the f'hibe.ans
and Burmese In the ssouth are the
Dravidlans, or the rude hill tribes,
whose connection with other great
branches Of the human family is still a
subject Of dispute among etbnologists,
In the northwestern and central part
are the Aryans, including the frontier
tribes and the Hindoos. The latter
constitute by far the largest part of the
great population inhabiung the
country.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-05-13

The disputed territory which lies
between Herat and the Robat plss, 40
miles north of Herat, and which Sir
Peter Lumsden is endcavorlug To
secure against the Russians, is fair
sample Of the general character of
Northern Afghanlstan. For the whole
of the eleven miles from Herat to Par
wana the road Of such ii may be caled)
leads steadily uphill, over successive
ridges Of bare, broken rock, haunted
by small green snakes Beyond Par
wana it dips slightly, and then rises
again by degrees TO Its maximum
height OF 6,000 feet at the town of
Khushk, cluster OF mud hoyeIs
grouped around tumhle-down fort.
The famous pass itself, steep, narrow
winding and almost blocked in more
than one place with masses of rock
that has shelved from the huge crumb-
ling cliffs above, is the most dismal
spot imaginable, i'll deserving its name
of "Robat" (house of sheIter). This
charming region is peopled by jam
shidi Tartars, who live chiefly in tents
of black felt spread upon poles. They
are strong and hardy race, despite
their short statue, but for from cour.
ageous in battle, having the true Tar
tar horror of big pistols (artllery).
The caravan route through this track
solows one of the chief tribu taries of
Murghab, appropriately named
Khushk" dry, its usual condition
in the height Of summer.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-05-13
THE BOLD MINER.

Written for the BULLETIN by EUrERPE.l
Come, all who wish to hear a song
About Il miner bold.
Who Iisks his precious life to gain
That glittering guerdon. gold.
From morn till night l pick and delve
Sustained by hope alone
Dame nature hid her treasures we'll,
TwiNt walls of solid gold.
Once was rich in mining stock;
Such riches sometimes hy,
Or vanish like the gent le oreeze,
That passes lightly by.
y is inst as well never to have.
If one must lose so soon,
A pleasant morn is little worth
If cloGded ere lis noon.
My morn of life was bright and fair,
And was blithe ana gay;
But soen dark murky clouds arose,
And twas stormy day.
Since then I've searched in other lands,
Where precious metals grow;
BY California rushing streams,
And through Montana s snow.
My efforts IN all distant realms,
Did unsuccessful prove;
Even in that delightful cline,
Denominated love.
So resolved TO roam no more,
But to vanquish the old gnome.
Who guards the trea sure in the mines
OF my Nevada home.
/ am an "honest miner" now,
Content to work for bread,
Until strike some hidden lode
To bring me ont ahead.
Ny motto is. . Never give mp,
Though Fortune on us tro@n."
She offered me bitter draught,
And boldly drank ii down.
The tickle dame may yet relent
And once more on me smile,
Unceasing shall my efforts be,
To help myself meanwhile.