The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-04-30
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"A ,iay or two since gentleman who
WIS .gving 10 learn his dog some kind ofirick
lost al patience with the canine on account
OF his seeming stupidity. Giving up the les.
son and looking at the animal AZ he stood by
intell;gen,ly wagging his tail, he said in a
tone Of grea, vexation-"D-n thst dog; /
don't know what to make Of him" 81 Will
tell you," said friend who was present.
"Well, whst?" said tie owner Of the animal,
a .ay of hope lighting up his isce. ''Ssu-
sage" was the quiet answer. Aud sill the
owrer of the dog was not sa;iftd.
The Detroit Free Press relates the fol-
loving curious coincidence: 81 dreamed
the ether night" said Biiah, az he helped
his Honor into his ovefcoat, that / asked
to borrow liily cents OF yorI, and you handed
i; cut" ''Curious coipcideuce," replied his
Honor as he but,oned his cost. ~ had the
same dream, except that told you that
would see you hanged tirsi."
An Ohio lady, describing the lorIid
paraphernalia OF bar room, said that ''in
The rear the soul-dsstroying, awfuli game Of
faro was being played by crowd of mad
dened, excited men. This game Of faro Ia
PLAYED with two sticks, four balls, and any
number Of pieces of chalk
The true reason why the French enjoy
life in the open air is the nsrrowness Of or
binary French dwellings. The ill-ven.ilaied
ard too often badly warmed and badly light
ed rooms render such resource az a we'll
protected and sheltered garden real tles-
sing and often 4 necessity.
Laughter, pure and simple. sayr the
,..n h..
thinking faculties, bringing with it 10 after.
thought OF seriousness, il necessary to the
happiness of collsced humanity, and 1t
seems that what is called burles4ue is the
most convenient means for attaining this
end.
-Spinks rushed into shop On fremont
street. yesterday, and cried esseriy, whats
that going along in the street?' "a water
ing cart" ssid the salesman. us it snow
ine?" ssked Sp,pks. "Don't you see it is?'
said the other. "Thsnk you," said Spinks,
81 thought was crszy."-Boston Globe.
1t is said tina; an admirer of Nelson,
calling on her one day, was introduced to
Mr., Lee, and failed 10 form an exalted idea
of the gentleman. The next day the ad-
mirer made another visit to the fair AIDE
la;ds. and inquired, ''Who is that mnff,
Lee?" "Oh, never mind him." was the
answer; "he's nobody but my husband"
Tile telegraph informed "a a few days
ago tina, it was "hard TO hold' Bakers
rroops-ha,d 10 keep taem from attacking
Brooks men. 1. SEEMS to have been very
hard TO hold them yesterday. A few shots
were fred at them, and by this time We sup.
pose the head Of the column is half way 10
81. Louis.-iS. Louis Globe.
Some Iaen are never contsn,ed until
they 90 TO extremes. lfthst Kentucky law
ser had c2ntrolied himself and been satisfied
with calling the Judge liar eighty times.
he might have been an able-bcdisd man to-
day. But instead Of practicing moderation,
he called him a liar eighty one times, and
now his nose j, nearer the back than it is the
front part OF his head.
The evil which is gradually undermining
the Changers is dancing after business. A
Minnesota Grange. calls it tie howery en-
trance "gait' to hell.
Photographs Of the young Primes Louis
NspoIeor. abou; the size Of a postage stamp,
are being stuck to hoaae walls, monuments
and rsilings all over France.
A Freuchman want, Law passed to
compel every babe TO hsve lis name tattOoed
on its body at birth. This would save mil
lions in preventing Tichborne claimants.
The Island. in Lake Erie will produce
a great crop Of grapes, it ia expected, this
season. Not having signed the pledge, the
growers VIII have part OF the cop made into
wine.
Most of tie travel on the Mississippi
River OF the present time is done By unfor-
tunate persons whose houses float of With
them at night time. Involuntary emigration
to Mexico.
"A recent law in the Cherokee Nation
prohiL;ts the Carrying of concealed weapons.
Nov take the whisky bottle away from the
Indian and you have made him poor indeed.
An Iowa Judge has dscided tAat i I
more Of . ain to steal horss than 10 eiops
With another mans wife. becanss thsfs IN