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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1872-05-16
Fssh,on Fatal 70 Pelyeamy.

The Senator-eleet from the yet unborn
State of Deserat, in an argument delivered q
few DAYS since before the House judiciary
Committee, said that polygamy will cease 10
exist when Mormans wives come into com.
petition, in the matter of dress, with the
other women of the world, and their milin-
cry bills begin to pour in on their husbands.
The Pacific Railroad, With the ''Gentile"
emigration encouraged by it, will soon make
the distinction between the possession of one
wife and that of two very serious, to say
nothing OF the indefinite number Of wives
popularity attributed to the leading saints of
Utah.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1872-05-16

The Worlds Washington special SAYS: A
prominent Republican Senator and an earn
est friend of Gen. Grants, had . conversa-
ton with the President yesterday, relative
to the Cincinnati Convention and its nomi-
nations.
The President stated that a. the matter
now stands he did not think the Cincinnati
Convention amounted 10 much. 1t all de-
pended on the action of the Democratic
party; if they endorsed the nominees of the
Cincinnati Convention the contest would be
at least close. He did not think, however,
the Democrats would take Greeley. He did
not see how they could. Although the Con-
vention had lodged the tariff question in
their platform, LIE had no idea that the Dem.
ocrats would do 20. That was one of their
live issues, and they were not prepared to
surrender it. He had great faith that the
regular Democratic Convention would meet;
that it would nominate a straight ticket,
and that the Republicans who shouted for
Greeley at Cincinnati would come back 10
the fold from which they have srrayed. This
would, he thought, leave Greeley without
any followers, and the fight would be between
the Republican and Democratic candidates.
When it was suggested to the President that
perhaps the Democrats would endorse Gree
ley's nomination, the President simply re-
marked that that would put a different phase
upon the question; but he has no idea that
the Democrats will do SO.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1872-05-16
HOCoE.

A number Of private bills we're reported
and acted upon.
In the morning hour the House went into
. Committee Of the Whole on the forti6ca-
tons bill. 1t aprropriates 81, 9S5, coo.
Passed.
The committee then took up the tariff and
tx bill.
Mr.. Kerr moved to reduce the duty on
pig iron to s. per ton.
After long d,scusioa vote Wa taken,
and the motion Esjscaed.
Mr.. Cox moved TO reduce It 70 $3.50, and
on that amendment thediscussion was renew
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1872-05-16
Boaawell's Poaiiion.

WAsHIxGroN, May S.-Secretary Bout
we'll to-day in conversation set at rest the ru-
NOR about his resigniDg saying. he had no
such intention, and farther, that he has no
aspiration for the Presidency, but will sup
port Grant for reelection.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1872-05-16

Notice j. hereby given that will sell the iOres3-
iar described property At public auction 20 the
highss; bidder ior cash, at the front door Of tie
Coart House in Leavenvorth County, on The 81
day Of June, A. D. 1872. Said sale 10 be continued
from day 10 day until completed.
ALIEN. REFINE, County Treasurer
Leavenworth County, Kansss-
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1872-05-16
Spring.

The Chicago P0sf welcomes the presence
of spring in the following racy style:
Every spring deserves an epic. Now
dawns again the era of fresh butter, new
laid eggs and cackling hens. Once more
organ. Immature veal invades the sanguin-
airy market, and melancholy cows 60 lowing
for calves that are not. Chickens make love
under currant-bushes, and the chameleon
tree-toad MARBLES his vesper hymn from the
imperial poplar. Litters Of vernal piglings
suddenly populate old hogsheads in sheltered
noeks. AZ Cowper beautifully remarks, the
cowslip blossoms in the vale, and cats vail
their ballads of platonic love and their wild
songs of impending conflict from the white
washed battlements of the hencoop. Tur-
ties shout to each other across intervening
marshes, Dragging of posthumous terrapin
soup; the raven glances down with calm sc.
reniiy upon the arabic land; and the una Sed
ansle-worm gazes pathetically up as he rolls
from the verge of the avenging pillow share.
Very well; then We will say what we be-
gan this article for the purpose of saying:
That it would be good thing if some Of the
people who still hang helplessly around eat
ing the bread of idleness, who looked in their
almanacs, 60 out and feel of the weather,
and take notice that spring has come. There
are some men and some women, who ought
now TO make a serious effort to stand upon
their own feet. Let the widows who utter
their plaintive groans in concert over the
maladministration of relief set their hens for
May chickens, and their caps for the unap-
propriated men who stroll idly on the side
walk. Let the impecunious able-bodied-a
few are still hanging on-go to work reso-
lutely. As Solomon very justly and forcibly
observes, better is the hold of industry upon
the back of strong man than the fricaseed-
chicken of charity in the belly of sluggard.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1872-05-16

'Geod-byY' the driver aid,
A. Tie coach v0ot o4ia vhiri
tAnA ths goodman beVed his handsome head ).
- II sod y vou1aeiNAv Rirlv'
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1872-05-16

The people of Japan are evidensly max
ing real progres toward higher state Of
civilization. On the 9th Of April . great
National fair was held in the sacred city Of
Kioto, and for the space Of fly days Tor
eignen were 70 have free pefnissioa to visit
the city. 20 where they pleased in it without
restraint, and to exhibit their goods. This il
regarded BY foreign residents Of Japan -
an important step toward the final and com
plete abandonment of the old policy Of exclu-
siveneas which has so long been character
istic Of that country. II is said that feeling
Of friendliners towards foreigners and espe-
cially toward Americans, i rapidly gaining
ground among all classes Of the Japanese.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-03-08
Ermine Fur.

The ermine is a fur which. tbouob
produced in many countries ottains
perfection only in Sweden, Norway and
Russia. The weasel of southern lati.
tudes becomes snowy white near the
polar regions, as though nature had
given it this color to protect it from its
enemies, since it can scarce be dis.
tinguished from snow itself. Formerly
the wearing of this fur was forbidden
to all except the royal families, and
such still remains the case in Austria.
where only the sovereign and his imme.
date family wear trimmings TO their
robes of state adorned with it, in which
every square inch of the fur is spotted
with one dot of black. These dots are
not from the ermines' tails, but cu
from the jaws of jet black Astraca,
lambs. Peeresses wear capes in wbic]
rows Of these dots denote their degree
of rank, while peers wear bars of pur
white ermine upon SCARLET robes. From
all of which it appears that the skin @
this innocent little animal is used t
denote the rank ano condition of here
ditary aristocracy quite as much as tn
empty titles affixed o their names.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-03-08
Poisoned Arrows.

Lo, the poor Indian, is q remarkably
ingenious fellow in the preparation Of
materials of war. Here is how he
manages to obtain poisoned arrows !:
With piece of liver, fastened to a
long stick, they the savages) proceed
to the haunts of the rattlesnake, and,
as soon as one of these reptiles is found,
the Indian thrusts his meat toward him,
at the same time exciting and irritating
the creature with another long stick,
carried for the purpose. The angry
reptile now strikes furiously and re-
peatedly at the piece of liver, and soon
the meat is charged with its poison.
While the Indian is thus engaged, it is
necessary for him to be exceedingly
cautious that the assailant does not be-
come the assailed. If the mate of the
angry snake should reach the Indian
unperceived, he will carry home q
charge of poison in way not desired.
After the liver is thus charged it is
placed aside, and in few days becomes
a mass of black and putrid flesh. Into
this the Indian thrusts the arrows that
he reserves for the purpose, these i'm
plements being especially designed for
human foes. The poisoned arrows are
not baited at the point, but at the end
of the shaft, where it enters the barb,
the latter being always loosely adjusted
to the arrow. When the arrow is pulled
out of the wound, the barb remains,
and soon infects the blood of the victim
beyond all chance of recovery"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-03-08
Postal Telegraph Cards.

The British Post Office now issues for
public postal telegraph cards bearing a
shilling stamp, for the accommodation
of those for whom it will be more con-
venient to deposit the card in the
nearest pillar, letter, or other Post
Office letter-box, than to send mes
sage to the nearest telegraph station.
The telegraph cards will be taken from
the boxes, alcng with the other con-
tents, at the regular collecting periods,
which are always specified on tho table
on or over the box and on the arrival
of collection at the proper Office, the
telegraph cards will be at once picked
out and handed over to the telegraph
counter clerk, who will deal with them
in the ordinary course, celebrating the
stamp. No postage is charged, the
shilling stamp covering that, and also
ranking the message on the card to the
same privileges as are granted to mes
sages handed in to offices in the ordi.
nary way
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-03-08
A Grand Jury Story.

Col. I. w. Knox, in iScri6ner's for
March, has an article on the famous
New York Grand Jury of which he was
a member. We quote:
Not many days after We were con-
vened, case that touched the heart of
every man in the room was brought be.
fore us. A young girl had been accused
of theft; a few dollars in money had
been stolen it was found inner pos.
session, and she had made partial con.
fession. The complainant was Woman.
and the accused had been in her enplov
When the case was called the w1man
entered the jury room and was sworn
by the foreman. She took the c,air
assigned to witnesses and the fore.
man questioned her.
"Did you lose some money ~
Y es, sir"
"When did you lose it ?"
"On the first day of December"
"Who took it ?''
The girl named in the complaint
How do you know she took it ?''
/ found it in her possession, and she
confessed taking it,"
"That will do; you can GO"
But the woman kept her seat, and
moved her hands uneasily. You car
co." said the foreman again, but she
did not start. A juror sitting near the
door rose to show her out, and as he die
so the woman said:
do not wish to press the complaint
l want to withdraw it, and have the CIR
released"
Why SOP" asked the foreman.
Because" and her voice began to
choke, "because the girl is young, and
/ do not wish to ruin her. Somebody
else urged her to steal the money, and
| think she will do better in future. L
| send her to prison, she may become &
professional thief, but if l give her 6
chance she will be good girl She il
an orphan and has no friends, and
want to be her friend. / know she i!
guilty, but want to be merciful, and
beg you to be merciful, gentlemen"
Half her utterance was drowned will
tears, which flowed rapidly down he,
face. The foreman told her to stel
outside and he would call her again il
few moments, and inform her of tn,
result of her eloquent appeal. Be
merciful, gentlemen" were her las
words as she closed the door.
1t was voted to dismiss the complaint
and when the foreman called her to tn
room, told her Of the result of the vote
and commended her for her kindnes
| of heart, her tears flowed afresh, an,
she thanked us through broken sobs.
know that in that room more eyes thai
hers were wet-eyes not accustomed +
! tears.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-03-08
Our Idle Beauties.

An English traveller writes: | can
assure you that, having lived in differ
ent castles and manor-houses of Great
Britain, and been accustomed to the in.
dustrious habits of duchesses and count
esses, | was utterly astonished at the
idleness of American fine ladies No
English woman of rank with the ex-
ception of few patvenues) from the
Queen downward, would remain for one
half hour unemployed, or sit In rock
ing.chair unless seriously Ill. lhey
almost all with hardly an exception
oonv the letfers Of business OF their
husbands, fathers or brothers attend
minuieIy to the wants of the poor
around them, and even take part in
their amusements, and sympathize with
their sorrows visit and superintend the
schools work in their own gardens; see
to their household concerns; think
about their visitors; look over the
weekly accounts not only of domestic
expenses, but often those of the farm
and the estate; manage penny clubs in
conjunction with the working classes,
to help them to keep themselves; and
with all these occupations, by early
hours, they keep up their acquaintance
with the literature and politics Of the
day, and cultivate the accomplishments
of music and drawing, and often &C.
quire besides some knowledge of scien.
tific pursuits. The late Warehouses of
Lansdowne was SO well acquainted with
the cottagers in her neigh borhood that
she used to visit and look at the corpses
OF the dead, because she found that her
dong so soothed and comforted the
1ereayed. | have known her to shut
heiseii up with mad woman in her
Pooi o"eWng, who used to lock the
ooor' anu could not be induced to adj
niiI any one Csc. Lady Lansdowne's
only daughter usea once one bundred
guineas (glven her by her fatber.in.Iaw
Lord Suffolk, to buy aNraceieN 70 bu;ld
pig-sties, with his permass;o,," ~ has
husbands little country resldence She.
educates her own children witHo,+ as
misunderstanding the boys Latin omh
the girls all the usual branches of eJ,Y
cation. The late Duchess of Bedford, =
accidentally discovered when on visit
to Woburn, had, for thirty years of her
marriage life, risen at six o'cl )ck, sum-
mer and winter, lit her own fire, made
some tea for the Duke and herself, and
then, as he wrote his own letters OF
business, she copied them, and they
came down to large party of guests at
ten o'clock, to dispense breakfast, with.
out saying one word of their matutinary
avocations; so that you might have been
a visitor in the house without finding
out that the Duke and Duchess had
transacted the necessary business of the
day-before, perhaps, you had risen
| rather mention those that are gone to
their reward than write of women still
amongst us but you may believe me
when / say that am constantly amongst
those who live such lives of energy and
usefulness, but they SO employ them
selves without ostentation, or an idea
that they are doing more than their
simple duty.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-03-08
TRANSPORTATION OF Armies.

A committee of officers, recently in
session in Berlin, to inquire into the
results of the employment of railways
during the Franco Prussian war, has re-
ported that when the distance to be
traversed is short, and a considerable
force has to be conveyed, an army corps
will proceed more rapidly on foot than
by railway. Thus, force of $4,000
men will, it is stated, 60 a distance of
fifty-one miles in less time than if
it were conveyed by double line of
railway, and distance Of ninety-two
miles in less time than if it were trans
ported over single line. A saving of
time in forwarding large bodies of
troops by railway, it has been calcu-
lateu, is only to be obtained when the
proportion Of men to miles is six hun
dred to one on double line, and four
hundred to one on single line. The
French, it is said, frequently suffered
great losses from not observing the above
rule in the conveyance of troops, but
surpassed the Germans in the employ
ment of railways for the transportation
ofprovisions. For this purpose movable
magazines, each containing ten days
provisions for an army corps, were al
ways kept ready to be dispatched wher-
ever wanted.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-03-08
A Street Car Idyl.
from the Peoria Review.

Queen of all hearts, we saw them
come, with languid steps aboard the
car; and soon their voices silvery hum
sounds clear above the rafting jar.
Awhile we gazed, with downcast eyes,
at eyebrows arched and fingers taper,
and heard with ill.concealed surprise,
each charmer praise her favorite paper.
What could they know of leaders I"
learned, these politicians so enchanting2
And yet, which ever way we turned, we
heard them on this subject ranting.
The Transcript they condemned un-
heard, the Democrat with scorn was
blamed but the Revie,e, they both
averred, was the best paper could be
named.
"If you," the laughing Zelphne
cries, would save your patience, time
and trouble-take Revie,0 the weekly
size and neatly fold it four times
double -"
We reached our crossing here, and
left, amazed beyond the least descrip
ton, Of power of speech almost bereft-
What pas the rest of that prescription Z
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-03-08
FoIlies o Fashion and Politics.

A washingd ION correspondent of the
New York Trid ne says:
The atmospheric of Washington does
not suit serious va TX. Tbs life of the
whole city, from he pitol to the
White House, fromAA committee
roopos 10 tho fashionaC parlors, is a
-. n ,,;..,,o 81 -. pse, busy but
fruitless, energetic but ups 9th, on
day is pattern OF ever of dahate
idle morning an afternoon nd v;s;t;no
at one end of the Avenue, dinner and
at the other; an evening of of the nao.
reception. | suppose some hardly no
pie have homes, but they car that 1on,
said to live in them. | know in q burr,,
gress has work, but it is not tbera ;s .
to do it. In the social sphere = dow vo' :"
weary, unvarying round. IN ton On az
will go to everybody's recep at street
about the last ball and the new cat calle
improvement, sip punch and telv din.
in the back parlor, then to ST ,rt;ss o.
ner, and one or two dancing p tbro,v
terward. Tomorrow you viii be COW
open your own doors, and i ;nst a-,1
people with whom you have 80 ga
changed empty compliments vii on ~, Z
through them. Everywhere you - ~
same faces and hear the same cor ), 80
ton for there is only one " set, IN
that includes everybody. Ever 10y Lay
you follow the same occupations III
riages tumble over the same unrod -,
streets; ladies climb up the same din ty
embankments to get into tashionabl
houses, and the same wonders of mill
merry and glories of silk and lace are dis /
played for you in score of drawing
rooms. So the gentle chronicler who
supplies society intelligence for the
Washington newspapers has an easier
task than the Jenkinses of other great
cities, The report Of one entertain.
ment will do equally well for another,
with little shifting of couples. On
Monday it is Secretary Quelqu'un who
Bureau of Sealing Wax and Matches,
with the Hon. Elijah Pogram and la
dies, and the Senator from the Indian
Territory. On Tuesday it is the Hon.
/ Elijah Pogram who entertains Secretary
| Quelqu'un and wife with the Chief of
NE Bureau of Sealing Wax and
~; tches, and the Senator from the In
T TIi;N Territory. On Monday the Hon.
th ,S"n Ingram and ladies, the Chief of
w. NJ u of Sealing Wax and
. Ma'oi W, a. Secretary Quelqu'un and
S sne w. ru1 e., tuelqu'un dine with the
benS wba e,o Aob Indian Territory. Per
naP9 "n1ii ash " aNesday brings the
season OF repentanse.-Nhat is to saw
when parties are only Sven sub rosa
under the name of reception nav
strike the people of the capita that
little sober work ought to be dow ho'
fore Congress goes Tor the summer.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-03-08
A Large Dnck Egg.

A Mr.. Thornhill, IF Crumpsall Green,
near Manchester, England, contributes
to the Manchester Guardian the follow.
ing story of an extraordinary sized
ducks egg. He safs he recently found
one of his ducks dead upon her nest.
She had been ailirg for some months,
and could neithe' eat nor lay. The
body was opened, and there was taken
from it an egg, which we have seen, and
which measures la inches in its great
est circumference l52 inches at the
smallest circumference, and its capacity
Is p pints of water. 1t contained three
yolks, and after they had been drawn
the shell weighed eight ounces. The
duck was cross between a Muscovy
and an Aylesbury, and was of the ordi
nary size"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-03-08
A Charitable World.

IL Is temptation to temperate ma,
10 become a sot, to hear what toIo.ss
s Mnat yefsss;ssnlty, what genius is aImoat
man Who IL ha lied toa moderately. brigbt
nAe ,'ana such maj iarunk. Such
Sot PUe' ne would be, if hesS%,an, such
r mos. ana then he is sure 10 ha~ 39lls
souI ' generous, magnanimous. frisnJ Sne
werI ,oonscientiously honorable if hyy
s,,n, NOT so conscientiously drn,L
mast V SET IL Is now notorious tbat ~
been ina itiiant and promising men bsve
!. H iosC 10 the world in tbis me-, Haye
40 Sonletimes almost painful y. II
tho a1 surplus of talent and oan;,1
g 80 would be in the world if the 6nI.s
~ dnIoXlcation should suddenly Cast
CIV CO." what slim chance there would bss
ways had toTera XII a,ple who have al
fear ~ only misissx rood habits. Thel
ton that the reSS(ked by the observa.
great talent soy D1tation of person for
reformation. netimes ceases with b;s
1t is belly ' WIN
maid ms 6ved by some that thu
Nv hLse' H tb would make the best
press Tn marry, but remain free. I'd
swee'lE world with their impartial
80 'S n ss and make it generally habit
n This is one of the mysteries
th) rovidence, and New England life.
M ;eems pity, at first sight, that all
4 ,ose who become poor wives have the n
,.Atrimonial chance, and that they are
kprived of the reputation of those who
Would be good wives were they not set
apart for the high and perpetual office
Of priestesses of society. There is no.
beauty like that which was spoiled by
an accident, no accomplishments ami
graces are so to be envied as those that
rudely hindered the de-
of. All of which shows whla
a charitable and good-tempered w'f for
it is, notwithstanding its reput'soN Dnd
oynicism and detraction.-0Ho'se"
len Warner, IN ,Scri6ner's for MarGA~s->'T /
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-03-08
Rapid Travel i'm the East.

Congressman James Brooks, in one of
his recent letters of travel, exults in
having made one thousand four hun.
dred and twenty miles in India in sixty.
two hours, from the Bay of Bengal and
the Ganges to the Sea of Arabia. "And
we slept by the way a good DEAL" says
he, eve wasted much time at many,
many stations; but our speed, while
going, was thirty miles, and sometimes
forty miles the hour, over first-class rail
roads, better built than any we have in
America, costing three dollars per mile
to our one; over frightfully flooding
rivers through terrible mountain passes
but then again on long, level plains
as smooth as our prairies and with cul
tivation more beautiful, if possible
than many parts of the Connecticut
River Valley"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-03-08
Hints for the Housewife.

A Good Soup.-Make a bro tn of a
knuckle of veal or shin OF beef. This is
best made the day before wanted, that
the fat may be removed. from it. Take
six large onions, six large carrots, four
large. turnips, three roots of celery, or
less would answer sweet potato or
piece of pumpkin, lump of sugar half
the size of an egg, and bunch of pot
herbs. Crate the carrots, slice the
onions, and cut the other vegetables
into very small pieces. Put into stew