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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-29
JOHN STEER.


At last decisive steps have been taken by
the officer representing the government here,
toward the punishment of ex- Collector Speer,
for the gigantic peculation committed by
him during his incumbency of Office. 1t il
only remarkable that the day of reckoning
could be postponed by any management how
ever iold or adrOit, 20 long as it has. Such
wholesale robbery Of the peoples hard
earned money, it seems should have been
discovered at once and the delinquent
promptly and adequately punished. SYM
pathy in such cases, which extends TO the
protection Of the criminal, the CLOSING over
or covering up Of his malfeasance, is certain
ly Of questionable quality. We profoundly
regret that John Speer was 80 weak as to
have yielded to temptation in the misaPpro-
Priation of the public monies entrusted by
the government to his guardianship, and we
deeply sympathise with his family, now I'M
der the shadow Of the unpleasant event. Yet
we do not know any reason for excepting
Mr.. Speer from condign punishment. He
WIS the trusted custodian of the peoples
treasure. He voluntarily assumed the trust.
Itcertainly does not ameliorate his case to urge
that he was no business man, and was liable
to imposition by his subordinates. None
should have known his un6tness in that regard
more surely than himself, for the great re-
sponsibiIity he was taking upon himself
First of all, he is accountable to the govern
ment for the money missing. And vet none
doubt the general statement that John Speer
never converted the vast sum represented by
the deficit in his accounts, to his own uses.
Those ambitious and Inscriptions public
servants, to whom he owed his Office, were
the undoubted participators in this over
whelming malfeasancc, and the main helps
in the distribution of the money. John
Speer can entitle himself to the sympathy
and good will Of the people of Kansas if he
has the courage to make an open breast Of
the bad business he has been made the chief
inst ru,noot in Ioipu
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-29
THE u. r. RONDS,

The Democratic party seem to have gen.
orally settled down upon the policy Of taxing
the United States bonds. That is the logical
progress backwards from the opposition to
the war for the Union, and for the preserva-
ton of our institutions of liberty, which the
loyal people encountered from that party
during their fearful strife with the rebels.
The bonds represent the debt incurred in
saving the nation from the bloody onslaughts
of the Democrats of the slave States. The
struggle was fearful The very life of the
nation was imperiled. Money is almost the
bone and sinew Of war. Men and cannons
avail nothing without well supplied COM
missariat. In the life and death struggle of
the Republic, money was needed. 1t could
be had upon the terms proposed by the Gov
ernment-no otherwise. Those terms were,
that the persons who would give the money
needed By the Government to protect its life,
for it, promises to pay, those promises to
pay" shouA besxempt from national and
state TAXATION. This is the simple statement
Of the faess. Nov the Democracy, Bourbon
like, propose to cousinue their opposition to
the war for the Union, BY Recommending
the people to make r.scals Of themselves by
repudiating most solemn contract Very
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-29
THE B,igh Side il an admirabl,

THE Bright Side, is an admirably con
passed little paper, published in Chicag,
1t is intended for little children. Much j
it we arc able TO commend to children
full growth. The following bit of boy-tal
put into rhythm We recommend all parent
and lovers Of the babies to rcad,'
'GRAN'MA ALAS DOES"
EY A. II. POE.
] wants ~ mend my wagon,
And has to have some nails;
Jus two, free will he plenty
We re going to haul our rails.
The spleDdidsst cob fences,
We re maxim ever vas!
wis you'd help us find 'em,
Grau' ma al rs does.
My horses name is Betsey;
She jumped and hrokcd her head,
put her in the stable.
And fed her milk and bread.
The stable in the parlor;
We didn' make no muss,
I Wis you'd let il stay there,
Gran ma al - does.
rs goin' to the corn6eld,
To ride on Charles plow;
1spect he'd like n have me;
wants to 60 night now,
And Whoa fike Charlie who's,
Wis you w0uldn't bOxser:
Gran ma never does.
WANTS some bread and butter;
rs hungry worsest kind;
But Tattie mustn't have none.
Cause he wonldn't mind.
Put plenty sugar On il;
tell y0a what, Knows
It's IigAtO pat On saear;
Gran' ma a. - does.
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position to the war for the Union. Il will
not greatly weaken the organization to run
candidates, but it is an expensive business,
Of exceedingly doubtful prudence, to muki-
ply newspaPrs devoted to the task Of re
vessing the wheels Of progress. We are also
notified that Lawrence i soon to have .
Democratic organ. Go it Bourbons.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-29

There Is only one man that have envietl
this summer, the man who bathcs the girls at
Long Branch, the norman Of the hotel. lie
takes his place about ten yards from shore,
and, rs the vestals and danes comes into the
water he docs totally immersc them. He is
brawny and ugly, and yet he is the most pop
ular man with the punctiliOus half OF our
species that have ever seen. A very scrawny
and attempting maiden lady, who had pro-
badly never had genuine pair Of mans
arms around her in her life, was the bane Of
this bather's existence. She went in every
day Of the season to take her bath, and under
the pretcxt Of learning to swim, she made
that devoted child Of Adam duck her for two
mortal hours. The squeals, the signs, the
interjections, and the noises this female used
were agony to this bather. Said he:
''Shc ketches me as if was a boss or n
hitching- post, and lives back all of what
might hev ben in them two hours. And
the more she enjys herself, the colder she
gifts. ben now on this beach five year; but
If they don't trOt out some likelier females, !
shell resign. ! amt no undertaken Of
drowned folks"
Quite otherwise is the demeanor of this
guilty Mormon when more tempting Graces
Coosc W SWIM. Alc pidCSS uieiu icIiStHWiSe
across his two arms, face upward 10 the sky,
and gently floats them in the surface, looking
down, meanwhile, at the streaming tresses,
the closed eyes, the exl,aling nostrils, and
the little unshod feet, with the mingled
piety, resignation, and tenderness of Nor
mon Bishop baptising convert. OCCASION
ally he agifates the wafer in guilty way, a.
ifhe wished to be presumed to be earning
his salt, hat he earns his salt easier than any
person Of my acquaintance. Millions of his
species would pay for his position.
saw him once shock the feelings Of
bashful young gentleman by the way he
treated this gentleman's ladylove. The hash
full man had probably never done so much as
to give the lady his arm. The bather took
her from him at once, and swinging her I'M
der water, hoisted her in his arms, dipped
her again and again, and, to facilitate her
diving, held her nose with one hand and her |
toe with the other, and thus submerged her !
The young man felt for his
weapons to immediate this uncivil varlet, but |
The ungrateful young woman, just then get
ling breath, cried:
"Gustavus, it's positively Splendid"
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-29
WIT AND WISDOM.

-Po!ul,r die, in Uuh-spare rib.
A had policy One that has run out.
--Prcssed for time-Egyptian mummieS.
A mantle shclf-a lady's shoulders.
When is gate not gate? When it is
'to."
The policeman who loved above his sta
ton has becn shoo-fiy'd.
The hest fighting corps in Francc-thc
Corps Lesisla,if.
-Dyeing for lovc-Colorins your mo,Is-
tachc to please woman-
Time is money. When the city father
go On time, they always ,'sc hour money.
Can people who lisp believe in youn.
ladies? No. Every miss is u myth to
them.
"A farmer gathers what he sows, while u
scamstrcss sews what she gathers.
To anglers-To properly bring up some
fish, you should not spare the rod.
How can history be believed in, when
the. very books themselves lie on our shell
YES?
The man who staked his reputation wis
probably preparing for generasanrvey.
Why is king that can't talk like his
dominions? Because he is King dumb.
An unfortunate listener bCgs for some
one to invent noiseless hand organ.
To keep cool in the country in warm
wcather-slate Your roof, shingle Your hair
and board yourself.
-"Will you demonstrate your agility in
4 whirI?" is the way they ask 'em to dance
in Saratoga.
--Penu:,sion is better than force. When
Chinese h;s amy thing heavy To carry, he
does il by means Of banihr, sling.
1t Is reported that B,z,inc l. ont of
bread, but rs completely henmej in with
Metz.
"A halter claims to lc the universal
sympathizer, because he has felt Tor every
one. --
Advice 10 nniaturc cheese m"nsers--
Mind when you begin, that you see your
whey clear.
Poetry is the flower Of Thought; irony,
the thorn; sirtasn,, the needle; wit, the
honey; and punning, the small beer.
Parting is sweet pain," said a curly
headed Top, when he tried to part his hair in
the middle.
-'She isn't all that fancy PAINTED her.
bitterly exclaimed rejected lover; "and
worse than that she paints herself"
Lord LyttOn saws that with men ''pooh"
il the sternest, while with women it Is the
soitest exclamation in the language.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-29

OK "Wednesday last Mr.. Coyce, of At.
Gibson county, had q wire fence struck by
lightning, and the electricity passed along
the fence for . distance ofeighty rod, killing
several head of cattle, one ofwhich was eigh-
y rods from where the lightning struck the
fence. This is very strange freak, and !.
not very Aastezing Recommendation to wire
fences,
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-29

A NEW description of food has been intro.
duced into the Prlssian army with great sue.
cess, and the soldiers, who now regularly
get rations of it, are much pleased with it.
1t consists of sausages made of bacon, onions
and pea flour, mixed up with pepper and
pimento. The sausages will keep a long
time and are very portable, SO that the men
can carry rations for several days with their
biscuit in their linen bread-bags. The man
ufactury Of the contractor in the Kurfurs-
ten-strasse at Berlin, employs above a thou
sand workmen, and every day long trains are
sent off to the army in the field. According to
his agreement with the government the in
ventor is to receive profit or commission of
one groschen per sausage for the first million
manufactured, equal to S33, 1888, and ono
twelfth of a groschcn for each succeeding
million. The advantage of the system is
that the food, having been already boiled,
need not be recooked, thus saving much val
liable time in conducting the operation of
the army.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-29

The Democratic party seems to have re-
ceived new inspiration in this State. 1t
eyidestly isgrowing in the belief that 1t still
has . great destiny before it 1t has placed
a complete State ticket in the field, and Is
generally acting similarly with reference to
County oGiceA Then We hear Of Democratic
papess springing up all over the State. Fl.
Scott i to have IN organ devoted, We sup
poss, to the work otreviving an interest in
the fiuous rssolutions Of '98 and also in OPP
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-29

We imported from France last year about
81, 000, 900 worth Of goods, and from The
North German Confederation 81, go, 900.
We exported TO France $46, oo0, 900 Of oul
products, and to the German Consideration
81, go, 600. In 1850 he German emf.
grants numbered ls2, so, and since 1856
over GOO, 000-all Of them bringing more On
len means with them. Experts ny thai
500 - . moderate average for the amount Of
money each emigrant brings over. Thi,
would give 81, 000, 900 per annum in spec;e
from this source.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-29

The Duke of Coburg Gatha thus graphi-
cally describes, in letter to his Dutcbe~,
the closing scene at Worth: I'VE were able
to watch the whole battle from the nearest
proximity, and where We stood the Crown
Prince was in a position to give his cum
mands. When the lat ''Hurrah" had rung
forth, We chased into the line and up the hos
tile hight after We had for hours witnessed
around - the explosion Of shellA But
what q sight presented itself close byi 1t is
Undesirable. A besotiful, calm Summers
evening, and straight along burning farms
and villages; between accommodations of the
dead and the dying, and the exultins outcy
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-29

The editor Of the CestraI Hoaid, Col.
Ter, says he aw ut the Express Office q
beautiful, bright, silver br;ek, which. weighed
$996. What q nice thing it would be to
have enough ofthem to build bright bean-
tiful house big enough TO lodge and feed a
large and luxurious family in.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-29

A WORD 10 TmB P0LlTICIANS.
The chef Significance Of the overthrow Of
the Clarke faction Of the Repuhlican party
of Kans.s, after all The elaborate and cum
ing arrangements Of the we'll planned ma-
chinesy to continue It in power, i IN TIN.
that / clearly defines the weight and over
whelmias power Of the moral element upon
which the osgasiaatioa i founded. We
have always maintained that The Republie.n
party was made up Of he men Of this nation
who thought earnestly, and Who pursued
their convictions conscientiously. 1t i not
q party organized with The MARROW view d
achieving sooethisg for strictly party ends.
So those leader, q, prominent characters in
il, who attempt TO prevent it, high mission,
will, sooner or later, 90 down before the out
raeed moral sentiment Of the organization.
There are many reasons Why bod meu
have directed the forces Of this great party
in Kansas, and through its agency kept
themselves in places Of trust and power,
heretofore. The State was young. 1t VA
filling up with people whose central purpose
was to get homes and make their way in life
Society was necessarily in = crude aate.
The mental and moral forces had not YET
fused, giving sum Of controlling character.
The war wrought confusion, and BY It's ire.
mendous Multiplication of Federal patron.
age, opened the way for those active, strong,
Inscriptions men, who have 20 lorg deter.
mined the destinies Of the party here, to
continue themselves in power through the
corrupt MSS Of their influence in
the distribution Of Offices and
federal and army contracts. The war Il
over, and its results, as indicated, nearly
esadic.ted. The people, while working with
their hands and their heads TO build up a
grand commonwealth in material way, are
also aggregating their thoughts upon the
larger questions that affect the life Of the ma
ton, that have to do with its rightfal govern
ment and its growth in = knowledge and
appreciation of human rights in their appli-
cation to government. As We have indicated,
there is already period to the career Of the
gaming, shystering, unscrupulous politicians
in the Republican ranks in Kansas. Such
is the true definition of the action of the late
State Convention at Topeka. And We have
presented the case, imperfectly as must needs
be the case in a newspaper article, with a
view Of inculcating lesson. And now VIC
are addressing ourselves directly to the am
bilious gentlemen, who are seeking to serve
the people in the high places Of the State
and nation. The party is chrystalizing in
Kansas. 1t is hardening around the neuclea
of truth. morality, right and virtue.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-29

PERRY HYACNTHE has published let
ter expressing the war,nest gratitude to the
United States for her prompt recognition Of
the Republic. He heas been prevented by
illness from going ~ chaplin in the army.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-29

Ure S0fo000 q germany ana france.
From the Boston AdveEtiser.l
One Of the m04 notable contributions to
the history Of the war i Published in the
form of q letter addressed By the German
author Strauss to the French author Renan,
both Of them working in the same field, and
each we'll and widely known. The occasion
Of the letter to which We refer was favora-
bic opinion expressed BY n. Renan of d..
Stranss's recently pablished work on Vol
taire. After briefly acknowledging his in
debtednes 70 his friend and fellow author,
DR.. Strauss passes 10 the question of the war,
and gives at length the German view of the
contest, and the view of one who neither is
carried away BY the passion Of youth nor
has his opinions biased by having mixed in
the political intrigues of the Prusian capi-
tai but who Is known all over the world as
+. clear-headed and philosophical thinker.
We regret that our space will mot admit Of
the Reproduction Of Ii. letter entire.
especially as no summary of It can do
Justice 70 It. While deploring the var he
expresses With wonderful clearness the dea
20 many times advanced, that while neither
by France nor Prussia was this war alto
gether wished for or entered upon without
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-29

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gooa e3amPle :! 'n s ws'efins place.: cy a.
ways aae'S.!g IN olscx' an9 wearing ne
own gray na'r !" mo"e~ P"ln.
A Wisconsin paper complains that tn
school-mistresses Of that State will get mar
ried and wonders whether general increas'
oi salanes "ouadn' "ork . re'ofm.
Miss A. A. Jacobs OF Sappameer, HOl
land, has passed her examination as apothe
cary with great success. She is the fins
Jewish Lady Of Holland who studied for
that profession.
"A novel feature Of the lyceum course Al
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-29
A. j.
The flag of Andy still waves. He j,

The flag Of Andy still waves. lie is MOI
satisfied with the Democratic nominee foI
Governor in Tennessee, and hc emphasizes
his objections to the platform adopted: Rea-
sons-Andy wrote the proper kind of reso.
lutions for Democratic Convention to pass.
They refused to adopt them, or give them
decent attention. Very well. Andy makes
a speech, in which he denOuDces the action
Of the Convention, and opens the way like
an old soldier, for a countermarch. A new
ticket must be put in the field, representing
the real Democratic sentiment John Brown,
the nominee for Governor, being an old
Wing, and an hereditary enemy of Andy's)
of the people, as embodied in his resoll-
tons. Then there is a United States Seha-
tor to Ike elected by the Legislature the COM
ing winter, and the true, pure blooded De-
mocracy may redeem the party by electing a
man that it would be rather improper for the
speaker to mention publicly. OF course.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-29

The pioneers of q large colony from
Grant county, Indiana, have settled on Gyp-
sum creek in Sedwick county. So says the
Wichita Tdeae.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-29

The Men Era, Medina, Je6erson County,
says that the people Of that place have voted,
almost three to one, for money to build .
school house. That is reputable for any oom.
munity in Kansas. Anywhere else, such 9
majority in favor Of such an enterprise could
hardly be expected.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-29

The defalcatiOn Of some thief in the Bal
timore Custom House amounts to $40 900
just SIS, 900 less than Speer's.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-29

THE editor Of TIE E.d4zdn1 Seneca,
Nenaha County, scolds the property hold.
en- for r.fing their property in bonds At such
prices - to practically object TO the settle.
ne.t Of The city By hbosing men. 1t Is {.
queer thiag to zee Democratic organ advo.
eating Foure1im. Shall not the men vhc
own Seneca have their osn?
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-29

The Established Church of England 10
said to cost annually between five and six
millions of pounds. -.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-29

Prepsrinx Hospitals Dois Ne
4 lIo9iogae . Ssoek.YarA.
From the New York Tibune.1
PARIS, Aug. 3l.-"The cry is, still they
cOme." Provisions of all kinds are already
reaching famine prices. In three days butter
has jumped up per pound from 81 so to s.;
salt from two sous and half per pound to
six; potatoes from franc and half the
measure called a boissoam- about ten pounds
weight-tO three francs. No kind Of meat
can be obtained for les than twenty six SOUS
pound, and this only for the most inferior
pieces. If one desires to indulge in what is
here styled rxmaek, "three francs pound,
if you please, SIR" Bacon for breakfast, same
price. In fact, If matters 60 on at this rate,
there will soon be scarcely an alternative left
hunger than to tighten ones waist-belt.
The Parisians are, no doubt, excellent patri-
ots. They intend to die upon the ramParts,
and, in case Of need, many will, no doubt,
in defending them. But they are equally
shrewd shopkeepes and traders, and know
how to improve an exceptional opportunity.
The Minister of the Interior gave the i'm
pulse to his notification to the inhabitants to
lay in their stores, but here the Partisan
shopkeeper steps in, and refuses to supply
customers with more than definite guam
tity Of goods, fixed by himself, 30 that the
customer is compelled to purchase his stock
by installments. These are the small facts
which are bringing home to us the greater
one, that the enemy is really at the gate.
The preparations for receiving the wounded
are upon the vastest scale. Colleges, ~
ceums, school, private mansions, religious or
cOnventual establishments are being converted
into hospitals, and by a Late administrative
decision the palaces Of Versailles, Trianon,
Saint Cloud, Mcndon, Saint German, and
RambOuillet arc to be at once arranged for
the came sad use. All classes are emulating
the example Of benevOlence in this direction. |
From numberlcs windows in all quarters of
Paris depends the white flag with the Red
Cross-the symbol of the International So |
ciety for, the succor of the wounded. The |
rich place their country seats at the disposal
of the wounded; the poor who only have
room to spare give up that. The General |
Omnibus Company hands over to the Minis
ter of War several of its depots in Paris and |
a vast farm Of its own at Claye, in the de-
partment of Seine and Marne. This general
sentiment Of benevOlence is, after all, quite |
natural, but it is pleasant to record. The
sad reflection is that there should be q ne
costly for its exercise.
Reference was made in my last tothe enor-
nous quantity of livestock now accumulated
in the Bots de BOulogne. The poor beasts
are in pitiable plight. All the bovine ma
tiOnalities are represented, and the lake is
their common drinking-pool. What grass
the drought had left was coon browsed clean,
close to ground; then the green leaves and
tender shoots of the trees disappeared "A far