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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-09


The true origin Of one Of the New Haven
churches ia perhaps unknown even to many
OF the present vorshipsr, within beautiful
eaies. ''Not to put too fine . point uponis.'
began in dog fight. As = young mar,
whom it viii be sufficient to describe ~ be-
ing n present the eurgeon Of the United
State Marine Hesiital at Puget Sound, vas
On his way 10 the church one Sunday morn
irg. about eight years ago, a couple Of vags-
bond cur. I'll cut directly in his psth. Il
"a, in = part Of the city where Bill ard
Sundays and sanctuary privilege veresparcs-
~ enjoyed, for in les than Eve minutes
from the fint erapple Of the combattsnts. no
fever than twenty, Eight children had gath
cree to net a, umpins. The surgeon to BE-
at once decided tina, then was the lime, ard
that the place for a mission school on
which his heat had Icing been Get. The
shop in from, Of which the fight took p ace
happened 10 he that Of rsg-Pitksr, aad
alter some difficulties the loft above M was
secured for two yesis ut = moderate rent,
the rags swept out, b, inches xere furnished
by the old C.lter Caurch, and The Sunday
School op. ned ~i,h eighty at its first So ssion.
The numbers and interest CONSTANT incress-
ed from month TO month, until, u make .
lorg stony short, this school Of street Arabs
has now become the strong IVES: Church,
with its stately edi6ce of stone AMI sterling
membenEip.-Ckrsfian Union.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-09

Nothing can BE- more absurd th.n the idea
that ''looking guilty" proves guilt An hon.
ct man charged with crime j. noch more
likely to blu-h 1t the sccnasiion than the
real offender, who il generally prepared for
ths event, and has his iscs ''st.dy madef'
Sos Tie occasion. Ths very thought Of hsisg
suspected Of anything criminal will bring
The blood 70 an ianocent mans cheek in
nine tim0 out Of ten.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-09

that mansges there Fireworks. So look at or
comet without CULVER. Thank Prof Swift
for fetching il CUT. Read Addison, and
sing fsarlesly:
''soon - the evening shades prevsil,
The comet ho. sts its Wondrou. tail, % &c
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-09
UP AND DOWN.

As the mercury goes up the patriotism OF
the politicians goes down. There hasn't been
a new candidate brought out for any i'm
portant position since the weather clerk got
his figures above ninety.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-09

A Boston correspondent tells the follow
irg: mark Twain, in one OF his articles.
speaks Of the lady Who treasures precious
slice Of bread from which Dickens had take n
q bite. This sounds like the broadest bur-
l.que, bot the fOllowiog anecdots, which 10
literally true, and illustrates many peoples
foolish desire for relics slows that Twain
Wa hardly burlesquirg in bis eseay: The
last time that Mr. Dickens was in the corn-
Try he happened one morning to brsakfas,
al the common table Of the hotel where he
was stopping. When he had eaten his egg.
he cropped the empty shell into his sgg-tup,
and, after finishing his breakfast be left the
table. As soon as he was gone, . lady who
had sat next to him arose. and taking up the
cup, vent to the hotel proprietor and offer.
ed to purchase il Of him at any price; and
the unwashed egg-cuP, containing the broker
shell, is now kept BY her ~ a souvenir o
the ers at novelpt.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-09
THE 1EAvENwoRTA WEEKLY THURSDAY JULY g. 1874


"A AZ. iii f,u,,. b.come 10 be .Iuort
s..u,, .n,,;v.,sd snd Consumed.
w. -. ,,.I,m;r.,v r.m,,ks re vi.
49," rrae5 81 d;.c,.s, The subject of Co.,
~ U;,. Al In tie f;r.s Mac W. -
= .s I'm g. %. .ncc...,ul msshod Of Ger.
= nU. , ~. a1Sss The Great and lead
-. . .h;s,, =, 4. had in viev ia thus pre-
f.,,:, !. a. h.,e !, onsn- vhen wan
"a 49, - :. 80 80 ...,lv n heir natural |
~ -.;hls II some proce.
'o.,H =" ;,vs.,rd Of Extracting al the air |
-. ~. =, "a, into vbIb n e fruit i TO
!. ~, ,n, r..u;rv ana then The can
..,G =. =, nike II perfecsly air. |
,;.St on, 4. s.,e voolI b. scoomplished 70
=. al o. .,t.n,. for "A long a. the .xte,-
=, -, "a k.ct f,',,, comm, in contact With
n" f.,,;, :, IN nnd.,vo M cn,n.e but vili
..r,.;n q. . ore, Lnsth Of linz io.t - il
n. -h.o mn, ;n,o N. an. A. thu process
g 90, an. I'll m. Ar FINN the en- .hi.e
ola !. no.';hI. !, ;s1eyrrth.less pos likeIv
~ h. NJ, into = ,mmoo ne. became Of the
S.i;.Ir, - 49,, ~ M. orer.,;on We are.
.r...fc,. d,;v.. 70 ,he nec,s;,v cfu.ioe
-, enr ~. .,n,,.;o, n The m, So,h In The
,ru;, md ,bs crr No I..s dor Of bes,
ali -. G. al. un,pos.. ,b.o th,t
~n;.s Iii h,;,o ,hs ceo,,;n.d I;0u;a. In
m. c.,s +, tho ho;,;ro Mint When there
o.. a.. h., !. h,nab, =, the boil NO
point, throughout the sn:ire mas, in the
can, the process hes been carried far enough
and the can should then be sealed At once.
II the sealing il we'll done, al sill be righ',
and the fruit, when opened for u,e. will be
found in the next M S, natural condition to
that when il il put in cold BY having the
air extracted with the air pump. Any
farther be ating than this will, the farther It
. carried, the more and more remove the
flavor Of the fruit from it, natural condition.
Our euecssa in canning fruit. therefore, 10 in
exact proportion to the amount, or continu-
ante Of the heat applied, the SUCCESS being
obtained Just at the complete boiling point,
Without continuing it longer. This
knowledge Of knowing how long 10 coOtin-
ne the heat is best Obtained By ueipg gia8
jass, rather than lin cans, because the oPer.
ator can see through the glass how far to 60
wi,h the heat and when to sop. In using
tin cans You cannot 40 veil know, and are
therefore apt TO continue the heat too long,
and thus took your fruit instead OF .Preserv-
ing 1t. This much then upon the point OF
su.cer.
The second point to be discussed il the
most expeditions, as we'll rs suocessfu! meth
% Of performing this operation. "hen u
10 remembered that time IL money, !ns
point IN our socJeca assomes qnne 40 i"-
poitance: 1his importance Vii apply -
vel 10 the amount OF iroit put up SCn Ia"-
ny use as ior commercial Purpoe'. wnefe
tris OPP .lon u periGrmed opSh |. se
commercial ecaie, ana nonoleos o. .nou.
sshds o. cans gre put up IN ss.on, c.n
60 oooDt pe oone more eApeoIoy W."
Waen Psr'ormeo 'ot hoo's
LEI !" WI! De oone a. 20. :.S =. 4U s.":
10 the irIE, BECAUSE :ne 'lI" ..
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-09
NO INDIVIDUAL BENEFITS.

TAis Concert 10 strictly fos MASOrI &c psrp>,...
aad vfll b conducted With the ZANE hbefnIfev
haoesy, aud fairne0 which ehaRae esizs1 - ~
snteeriss. JOHN l. ROPEk, Yy0Pt
For rseksts snd ClscllAss givins fuil 61osSa.
tisn, sddress. MEnkY v. AOORk eocsstary.
1sslblh, VI.
Agents Wantsd xvsrywhssa
iuly 1sed&v
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-09
THE MILD POWER CURES
Humphreys Homeopathic
9PECIFICs.

II AVE proved, from the most ample experience
u an entire success. They the only medi-
eines perfectly adapted 10 popular use-so simple
that mistakes cannot be male in using them
harmless To be free from danger; and eiiicien:
To be always reliable. They have the highest
concentration from all, and will always render
satisfaction
No. Cures. Prices IN Borss. Cents
..Fevcrs, Congestion. Inflammation -
&c.. Worms, Worm Fever, Worm Collie. .,
3.....Crying Collie or Teething Of Infants. -
i.---Di,rrbea, Children or Adults 2,
pyssntaIy, Gripping. Bilious Collie =: -
7-.----Coughs, Colds, Br0nchjts..-.-..-..----z -
l s.....Neuragia, Toothaehe, Faeeache. 2.
e----.-Heaiaehe, Sick Headache, Vertigo -
To- Dyspepsia. Bilious Stomach ..... $780,. IS
Unsurpassed or Irregular Periods p
| l2......LeucOrrhea, too Profuse Periods. -
H.. Group. Cough, Difficult Breathing. =
| H.. Eruptions, salt kheum. krysipelas.. .
l ID Rheumatism, Rheumatic Palms. -
| 1s.--...Fever Ague, Chills, Fever, Agues-.. 50
| IL Piles, Blind or Bleeding .-----..-..-.... 5o
| Is......Opthzlmy, and Sore Weak Eyes. 50
19..--Catarrh, acute chronic, Influenza. so
D.. Wheoping-cough, Vioent Cough So
H. Asthma, Oppressed ~thIn:--...---- 70
D.. Ear Discharges, Impaired Hearing. 50
2,......Scrofula, Enlsrsed GLANDS, dwellings 80
H.....General debility, physical weakness, so
25-..---DroPsy and Scanty secretioos....-..-- 50
20. sea sickness, sickness from riding. 80
q Kidney Disease, Grzvel.-... ....-......- So
2s....-.Nervous debility, Involuntary Dis-
.. Son N"n,h C,nrc, r.
3D.. Urinary Weakness. wetiing bed 80
3l....-. Painful Periods hysteria-..-..-..---- 50
81. .suierinss at Change Of Life-..-------I "a
---.Epilepsy, Spasms st. Visus DAnee--.l 10
s.......I ipfheria. liberated Sore Thrort.. 10
3d. Chrome Copgestions and EruptiOns-.- 81
Family Cases.
with IS Large Three Drachm Wall, Rose
wood Case. ami Humphrey Homeo-
, .ahi9 Mentor ne. Eoot l;.;. vc,,s II "
Ease nd
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-09

list OF GIFTS

A NEW FEArUEx, TO VITA Gin Is Guaranteed
to one Of every ten Consecutive Sunb~rs.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-09

50 600 fick.ts-6Oo0 Cash Gif 8.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-03-07
why Don't He Do IT.

When farmer knows that gate is
better and, as time and labor-saying FIX
ture, cheaper than a set Of bars and posts,
and without calling on carpenter he can
make one-why don't he do it?
When he has no other fastenings to his
gate and barn doors than stone rolled
against them, and in single evening after
supper is able to make a better one-why
don't he do Il?
Or, when he sees the boards dropping
from his barn and outbuildings, and, like
heaps of rubbish, lying in piles around the
premises, and need only mailing on---why
don't he do 1t?
Or, if he is afraid Of the expense Of
nails, and is always crying up the maxim
of Dr. Franklin, sssave the pence, and the
pounds win take care Of themselves and
he knows that the same DR.. Franklin also
said that many men are penny wise and
pound foolish, and he does not care 20
think Of the psecept contained in the hat
ter--why don't he do il?
If he knows that many Of his fields
would be greatly improved BY ditching,
and by the removal Of stumps and stone,
why don't he do IL?
And when he knows that bis pasture
would yield nearly double the feed, and Of
better quality, If the bushes we're all cut
and subdued--why don't he do il?
And if he can add fifty per cent to the
product of his farm by the use Of gypsum
why don't he do II
If he can enhance the value Of his
dwelling ten fold, and the comfort Of his
family hundred fold, BY small expcn-
diture-why don't he do it?
If keeping good fences make gentle
stock and good neighbors---why don't he
do ii?
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-03-07
Newspapers DomsstieaIly Considered

Too low an estimate is apt to be set on
the domestic value of newspapers. After
reading them, and putting ourselves,
through their agency, in mental eorrespon-
dence with the world, they ale thrown aside
and forgotten But to suppose their use
fulness bounded by their news columns
and the waste-bag is thriftless mistake.
In the first place, there are the house
hold recipes, to be found in stray corners,
often excellent, and deserving refuge on
the fy-leafOfthe family cookbook. Then
come the pretty verses, the strange and
droll stories, the brief biographies and
"reminiscences which, pasted in scrap
book, are a source Of neverending pleasure,
not only to those who do not care for
richer intellectual food, but to those who
have only odd minutes for reading.
Notwithstanding the squibs joeular
journalists have penned on the use of
newspapers for bed-clothing, we know
from experience that these are not to be
despised. They may not be as comfort
able as your blankets, but certainly they
keep out the cold. Two thicknesses of
papers are better than pair of blankets,
and in the case Of persons who dislike the
weight Of many bed-clothes, they are
invaluable A spread made of double
layer of papers between a covering Of
calico or chintz, is desirable in every
household. The papers should be tackled
together with thread, and also basted to
the covering to keep them from slipping.
An objection has been made on account of
the rustliug, but if soft papers be chosen
the noise will not be annoying, especially
should the spread be laid between blank
ct and the Counterpart.
As protection to plants against cold,
both in and out of doors, nothing is better.
If newspapers are pinned up over night at
window between pots aud glass, the
flowers will not only not be frozen, but
will not even get chilled, as they are SO
liable to be at this season. In the same
way, If taken to cover garden-beds, on the
frosty nights of early autumn, they will
allow the plants to remain safely out doors
some time later than is common.
One of the oldest services to put our
journals to is the keeping of ice in sum-
mer. An ingenious housekeeper recently
discovered that her daily lump of ice
would last nearly twice as long when
wrapped in newspapers, and placed in any
kind of covered box, as when trusted solely
to refrigerator, This is very convenient,
since it is possible TO have the best and
cheapest refrigerator constantly at hand.
To polish all kinds Of glass after wash
ing, except table glass, no cloth or flannel
is half so good as newspaper; and for a
bakers dozen of other uses, quite foreign
to its primal purpose, it is without rival,
-Scri5ner's for March.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-03-07


A writer il the I5uat'y Geatieasan
furnishes the following:
Ny text Is better farming. Ny brother
farmers win say, why not advocate good
farming First because / wish 70 adso-
cate what is practically within the reach of
ever farmer, no matter what his situation.
He need not wait until next month Of
another year, or for more means, OF some
thing to turn up--but may commence TO-
day to farm better Good farming gener.
ally is the far distant future; Ii Is work
of years. We need not give ourselves any
trouble about good farning; if we only
persist in better farming we shall arrive
most certainly at that in time.
One great reason why we do not have
better farming is because farmers are sat
isied with measuring themselves BY them.
selves, and comparing themselves among
their neighbOrsi they DO not 60 forward.
| should like to write what would make
farmers dissatisfied, not with farming, but
with the manner in which they are farm
ing. A farmer who is satisfied is Of no
benefit to the farming community BY his
example. When a man Is satisfied we
need not look for improvement, would
say for the encouragement Of those who
desire to become good farmers il is the only
way to attain to the high position Of good
farmers To those who do not | have
nothing to say, as they ard not worth talk.
ing to as farmers; they may be as good
men as there are in the world, but as farm
ers they are Of no good to the cause.
| wish to tell my brother farmers that
theirs is no mean calling, but high one
and worthy of as good talent as there is
in the land Then let our motto be ''farm
better and go forward" that others seeing
our good works may become dissatisfied
with present attachments and be stimulated
with desire for improvement" am
not good farmer myself, but wish to
become one. There are weeds to kill,
draining to be done, stones TO be made
into wall; ! might have better sheep, bet
ter cows, better horses, take better care Of
them. feed them better. Above all, If you
wish to farm better do not let your farm
thinking for some one else to do for
you; you viii certainly be disappointed
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-03-07

How TO KEEP HAMs.-Every season
more or less hams are destroyed by insects
or rendered too unpalatable to be eaten by
decent people By following this method
the insect can be entirely kept at dis
lance, and it is very simple, and within
the reach of every farmer in the country.
After the meat has been well cured by
pickle and smoke, take some clean ashes
free from bits of coal, moisten them with a
little water so that they form a paste, or
else just wet the hams little, aud rub on
the dry ashes. Rubbed in thoroughly,
they serve as a capital insect protector, and
the hams can be hung up in the smoke OF
wood chamber without any danger of
molestation.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-03-07
The Habit of Tidiness.


Next in Importance to the habit of self
help We would place that of personal
tidiness. We do not care to guess how
many American men and women sit down
to breakfast every morning with their
toilets half made, the men without collar
and crayat, the women with unkcpt hair,
and the children resembling the parents in
dress, as much as in feature. "But you
see there are so many things to do in the
morning-stock to feed, cows to milk,
fires to make, milk to skim, children to
dress, breakfast to gct-that one can't
spend much time fixing themselves up"
All very true; but one doesn't go round
barefooted in the morning, or without
washing face and hands, because habit
the reverse of all that has been formed.
any hair Is combed in the morning for
all day before | leave my chamber said
an elegant house-kceper the other day,
and she keeps no girl; and we couldn't
help thinking the happiness her husband
must have had just in one particular Of
seeing her every morning for twenty years
with smoothly-combed hair, aud neat linen
collar, opposite him at the breakfast table,
aud Of the order and cleanliness in the
household of which that one little item was
an index. That cleanliness is next to
godliness," should be early aud deeply i'm
pressed on every child, and 1t should be
taught to shrink from unclcanness and
untidlness as Il shrinks from vice.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-03-07
The First Thousand Dollars.

The first thousand dollars that yonng
man, after going out into the world to act
for himself, earns and sares will generally
settle the question of business life with
him. There may be exceptions to this
statement, yet, for rule, we think it will
hold true. The first condition is that the
young man actually earns the thousand
dollars in question. He does not inherit
this sum. 1t does not come to him BY n
streak Of good luck, as the result of a
fortunate venture in the purchase and sale
of hundred shares Of stock. It is the
fruit of personal industry. He gives his
time and labor for it. While he is thus
earning and saving it, he must earn two or
three or perhaps four times as much to pay
his current expenses. He is consequently
held stcrnly to the task Of industry for a
considerable period. The direct consc-
quence to him is a steady, continuous and
solid discipline in the habits Of industry,
in patient, persistent forecasting and self
denying effort, and breaking up all the
Tenderness to Incidence and frivolity, and
making him an earnest and watchful
economist of time. He not only learns
how to work, but he acquires the love Of
work and moreover he learns the uaiue Of
the sum which he has thus saved out Of
his earnings. He has toiled for it he has
observed its slow increase from time to
time, and in his estimate it represents so
many months or years Of practical labor.
His ideas of life are shaped by his own
experience. These natural effects Of earn
ing the first thousand dollars we hold to be
very large benefits. They are just the
qualities of mind and body which are
most likely to secure business success in
after years. They constitute the best
practical education which a man can have
as ,oorker in this working world. They
are gained in season for life's purposes, at
the opening period just when they are
wanted, when foolish notions are most
likely to mislead an inexperienced brain,
and when, too, there is full opportunity
for expansion and development in later
years. Men have but one life TO live and
hence they start from opening manhood
but once. And the manner 10 which they
start, the purposes they have in view, and
the habits they form, win ordinarily
determine the entire sequel of their career
on earth. To succeed, men must have
the elcmeafs Of success IL dcmselpes One
great reason why there are so many useless
inefficient, poverty-stricken men on earth
--or, rather, boys seeming to be mem
consists In the simple fact that they did
not start right. A prominent reason VIII,
the children Of the rich 50 frequentl,
amount to nothing may be found in tn,
laxury, ease and Incidence which marke,
the commencement of their lives. It 4
the law Of God that we should be ,corker
upon earth and no one 50 well consults tn
best devclcPment Of his being as when h
conforms his practice to this law. Tn
workers in some suitable sphere are th
Gully really strong men in this world.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-03-07

years still notidings came Of her absent
husband.
The third winter that came to Alice in
her humbled home seemed to her colder
and drearier than any that had passed
before. The long confinement began to
tell upon her health, and at last she was
really III. She had never been able To
earn anything more than was necessary for
her daily expenses and now, with the
prospect of sickness staring her in the face,
she often shuddered as she thought what
the future might have in store for her
One morning, not being able to work, she
was sitting by her scanty FIRE thinking of
these things. The memory that had haunt
ed her all these years came to her then
the memory Of the first three years of her
married life, that had been so bright and
happy. She thought of the pleasant home
she had then enjoyed, with its cosy rooms,
well-laden tables and generous fires, but
more than all else she thought Of the rich
love that had crowned her. "If | had
back my home and my husband should
know how to prize them now" she muir
INJURED "but | am so lonely and misera-
Bile here.
A tempest of tears and sobs shook her
slight form, and slipping from her chair
down upon her knees, she prayed to her
Heavenly Father for patience and submis-
sion, just as she had done SO many times
in these later years. While she knelt
there the door opened, but she was not
conscious Of any presence save her own in
the room, till some one knelt by her side,
and voice quiyeriug with emotion spoke
her name. She looked up quickly then,
and met the face of her husband
not as she remembered having last seen it,
bloated and red with the effects of strong
drink, but tender, refined and loving as it
had been FIVE years before.
AThank God Thank God r only
those words and she was folded to her hus-
bands heart, and her tired soul, forgetting
its desolation, drifted back to the haven Of
rest once more.
Later, when they were calm, he told
how he had fought with the tempter in
the years since they had been parted, and
how he had come back then, master OIL
himself, to ask her to begin life anew with
him.
." Let us go back, said Alice, "to oul
old home, We shall be happier there"
So they went back AS she wished, ant
rented the farm they had once owned, and
began at the foot of the ladder. But the,
had contentment in their hearts, and will
that even poverty is sweet.
Many years have passed since then, ant
Gilbert is fine, hale old gentleman, ant
Alice happy matron, the mother Of nOblc
sons and blooming daughters. Years o
labor have brought them prosperity, ant
the home of their ancestors is theirs one,
more; and there they will pass the re
mainder of their days, both of them per
fectly satisfied with their one experiment
at " Leaving the Fern" 4