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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-02
Potatoe Bugs.

On the 18th of July lnt, Mr.. Michael
Collins, while engaged in digging potatoes
on the farm of T. TAFT, E-q., captured Q
number of posatoe bugs, and put them io an
empty bottle, closing the bottle 10 prevent
their ecspe. He placed the bottle BY q
port on :he ground, making the remark that
be would ssosrt.in NOW long the crit,ers'
would live, anyhow" The sumne, passed
away and the winter fol owed, bringing no
thought of the incarcefated bugs Las, week,
in posing Mr. Collins observed the bottle
and picked it mp. 1t contained tie intac,
though mo. ionless forms Of the potatoe top
des royerr. 10 the caprice Of the moment be
took the bottle 10 the hou.e and held it over
the FIRE. Immense Was his aston i-hment on
perc+iving the Tugs take to themselves legs
and valk. In few minutes the interior Of
the bottle vas q vrithing macs Of Coloradofs
EIGHT months without food, exposed to TIE
extremes CT summer and winter, and still
living. This 'a;ement 10 fully vouched for,
end shoves what foe the farmers and pota-
toes have 10 contend sgainst.-JOiief (IU.)
Senfinsl
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-02
Up q Tree

A Canadian youth has proved to his CON-
plee Subtraction that Millions definition of
jealousy may be accepted, S, far as he is coz
cerned, st least, in the most literal aer Sc.
He became possessed of the idea that hi. in
amoraia receive d the Wits of ether admir-
ers than himself, and TO satisfy his jealous
SUSPECT ms he concluded to take advantage
Of dark night, and station himself in the
branches Of 4 tree which overlooked the
window of the lady's sitting room. He had
hardly accomplished this somewhat difficult
feat before the curtsins Of ''the golden win
dow of his watch" were lily closely
drawn. And hi, vigil was rendered fruit
les.
As he prepared to return to euth he be-
came aware, from the deep mouth tayirg
which greeted his eara, that large Go; was
anxiou.ly awaiting his deceit, and for two
long hours he despera at IL, but necessarily
,mewhat quietly, endeavored 10 induce the
animal 70 retire. But the dog was az fsi h.
,ul rs Byron's bna'swain, and the unlucky
lovers rmoihered eEtrea and inpreca
lions we're alike uuavailing. He was there
upon compelled to select the mt st comforts-
bic crouch the branc!e of the tree afforded,
and reign himself to night of dismal un-
re-,. When the frat streak Of dawn en-
sbled the half frozen n low to get glimpse
of his tirelss, watcher he found equity to bis
disgust and relief that the dog was his own.
The suGdenness with which the batiled
lover finally reached the ground is said to
have been remarkable, and the eolilcquy in
which he INDUCED va, shcckinely profane.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-02
A New Chicago Hotel.

ne 'o.i1 =. 81. p d, ~, Na,;..n,J Z.;Juno
mIr ..a'eu " ~. nrac-sss IN hu;,d;. q
I .ng i h .so ..mammo,h he,sln .oon io be-
VIII ne !He ~, :~n Tt;So,o~- be-, d., i
ese S :" t Sm Of nYsr thee Enslish
W nave 81 Lo;~s; .r.n,r-,svs, s,o,iss
NH lnr I .ns ms" sso Ia, tom Tho cround
an w sLs,f Ths hotel viii have ma
l.ooL ~ ..I .n0 t.,,aan, I'll, .tw.,S hs rs,Jv
SUI -. ~ ";,; ~ 30 her ,ooms No room
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-02
How English ,rooms Care for Horses

A correspon lent Of the Nex York Com-
nnercid Advertiser tells how some Engl 81
grooms at Saratoga are teschir g Yankees the
care of horses:
To-day afked ore of these grooms, Who
has spent twenty years in the 5 ables OF roy
atty, what lie had 10 cay about our American
wsy Of taking care OF horse.
why, sir," said he, ''you don't take
coed care # your horss s; you think you do,
but YOU don't"
WHY" asked.
Because, when horse CONES in all wet
with preparation. YOU let him stand in the
stable and dry with all the dirt on. In Eng
land, We take the horse as he comes from a
drive and sprinkle blood warm wst.r all
over him, from his hi al to his feet. Their,
We scrape him down and blanket him, rub
bling his legs and face dry. Thus in an hour
he i. clean and dry, and ready TO take goo'
feed, while in your way he will stand AND
swet'er for hours, and finally dry, sticky and
dirty. Our boIs.s never founder, and nevtl
take cold. We never use curry comb
you scratch your horses too hard. The only
care necessary is to have the water not tot
cold; then lathe them instantly, VIII lie You
are rul hing their legp"
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-02
Music in Churches,

Since the Methodist Church South, in the
late general conference at Louisville, has
expressed its disapproval Of operatic and ex-
pensive music in worship, il may not be I'M
interesting 10 glance at the COS, Of music
worship--if it may be called that name-in
some of the lesdir g cities in the country. In
the churches OF those ciiies, q frst-class
quartet'e, with orssEiet, such as must be
used il church pre'snds - style" costs
from Sc ,00U TO Sl2, 900 per year. Good sing
ers command salary from 81 900 to 81 600
or from $50 10 $50 for q Sabbath dsy's
work, which consists 10 citing about two
hours and singing from four to six sslec.
tons. A le,der se's sill larger sslary. Mr..
Warren, of ST. Thomas Church, receives
$4,000, which, taking out vac atoms. i.
over $500 per Sunday. Grace Church
gets along. al, paid, on Sc 900 year. Trim
lty church pays SIC, 900, and is thought to
be very economical; lite choir consists Of
thirty boys, who obtain q moderate ea,arv
and musics' edue-tion. St Barholomew
eustains the most eloquent of music. and in
much visited by fashion able.. The .;.lss
are crowded and j,mmed t. hear the music
Out when the PRAYER or sermon comes in, il
Is immediaseiy Re erted by the tbrone
Chris, church, on Fl h avenue, is as, "a
nous for mnsie. On~e It was run down ~.
riously, but N-~ York broker took the
matter in hand and has managed to put the
musleal department at the head of The li.t
and bill the church with worshipfrs q. In
one year this broker paid out SO. 600. in
order to reach popular musical poin,. he
New York FIRST Prescyterisn church. n tain.
ing IN ancient spirit, has never admitted an
organ o. musical instsune11; . quarsetie
choir leada ~ singing. and evea IA - a
- ia'ksd uPsa b . great iAovatiea,
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Old Mr.. ColIamors is very deaf. The
other Sunday, in the Didst Of the services.
Mr.. Hof, who sits Immediately behind MIR.
Collamore, saw a spider travelling ov,r the
Ia,t.r's bald head. His first impulse was
to nudge him ard tell him about il, bu. he
remembered that Collsmore was deaf. 50 he
lifted his hand and brushed the spider oil.
Hoff didn't aim quite high enough, al con-
seauen,ly, in Li, nervousness, he hit Cola
more quite q sever blow. The old gentleman
turned around in rage to see who had
dared take such Lib. rty with him, and
HoH began 70 explain with sertures the
cause O, the occurrence. But Cvllamore, 10
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-02
A Model Jersey Justice.

There lives in Bergen county Justice I"
the Peace whose name for convenience We
will give ~ Van Dersco6 zen. lie recently
distin ,uished himself in the disposition oi q
case brought before him. Ii appears that
party making the United S,a.es Coast Sur.
vey were rum ing lines on the Hackensack,
and for convenience in the Use OF their S g
mails. few fence rails were taken from the
premises of an old farmer. The farmer aP,
pearei on the scene and demanded ray fol
the ,ail,. Hewls told tina. the United
State, would Fay him. He evidently con-
sidered that il was his duty to watch the
surveyors, and when they prepared to leave
he rush, d ever to the Justice of the Peace
aforesaid and demand ed an attachment u
secure pay for his rails. The justice pre-
pared the necessary papers against the Unit
ed States, and is ued his warrant for an N
ret. This was given into the hands OF q
brilliant constable, who sought for the "body
of the United States," and finally made his
return that the United States couli not bt
found in his bsiiiw:ck. The Justice OF the
Peace ard the constable who labor under ih'
delus ON that the United States could be ar
rested in Bergen county are certainly deserv
ing of leather ne1als.-Paterson Guardian
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-02
DoNN PIATT IN A sLEEPING-CAR
Mistake of 4 CLERGYMAN.

DOM 7, 1T w-,lirgaf a JOURNEY in a
sleeping-csr, say~:
We were swinging away in the midst Of
dreams wkCH "e were again d disturbed. Ihi:
time a SIT voice sid:
II beg pardon, sir. but you are In my
berth"
Sorry TO learn it. sweet sir" we RI sPond
ed, for have IL. the remotes. idea oi Va
eating"
'Aui Why not, air?"
'BecaHs q ciaimant, / consid r my lille
geon For AID in Consideration Of two dol
,ars q re! clorency, | purchased ticket
marked No - With this ticket l was
given p0ss' ION"
But IL rny berth, Fni want it,"
""M.n wInts but little here below, For
wants IA t liule long"
"Ev AIMS not Long, sir; my name is
Ste, b M.
~ ,h.r a v.G = c4Td about yon?"
~ Ia ID dp ith this BERTH
~ .H.~- BIS, nor have you. But
don't Ia ,.- N lie You hymns and
worda OF ,ol es Now will not vacate.
/ have ARA myself for sleep. / have
divested M. ] oi srme clothing. DO you
suppose or a .aam nj that l will descend
and make an Iader,ent exhibit of my sus-
penders to thai iair lady sitting opposite?
Shame oa you, ST bbus; am astoni-hed-
may say, Siel bias, l am disguised"
"Bur what sm | 10 do, I'd Ii ke to know
VEL, don't know, SIeb., unless YOU sit
all nigh, on the water-basin."
81 won't stand it; /"
81 don't a, k you, Sch. You can sit
There are several gcoi places to sit"
''Nog don't want to be trifl.d with in
this way-wiil you give me my BERTH"
"Really, Stebbins, you wound me. 1T nv
talk seemed trifling apologize. withdraw
the talk. But see here, Steb, L have pri-
vaie reason for remaining as l am. Come
closer, friend, let me tell you coniidentially.
severed hole in the heel of my
stosking-would you have me expose that
10 the crowd?'
81 am not an impatient man, sir; don't
want TO QUARREL am a Christian, hope
came on as delegate to the Episcopal
Evangelical Association, now"
At this moment the free and Independent
citizen of previous condition of ssrvi.ude
in charge Of a sleeper came to US.
Whats de matter wild bofe you gems,
eh?" he asked, and we explained. The col
ored specimen of civil rights, late warc of
the lamented Sumner, took Stebbins' iicset,
and said solemnly:
why boss, dis call for No. 9, come dis
way"
And evangelical CT Instantly, led iy Afri-
CT, disappeared. 1t is our private opinion.
and We express it with pain that the I'D
Saebbins, delegate aforesaid, was intoxicated.
We cannot believe that he was 80 low in the
scale Of one-brsined humanity as not 10
know, in he normal, a '-9'' from a ~"
Yes, Stebbins was drunk. We are prepared
ID make affidavit TO this deplorable fact, snd
had the committee OF investigation Of dis
trict affairs subj c-ned us We could have Civ
en- some valuable information as to Stebbins'
condition, that the San reporter could have
.telegraphed under his s,ereotyped he,d-line
Of More Damaging DEVELOPMENTS.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-02
Crop Statistics.

The crop statistics ait,inable thus early
in The season Indicate that all sections OF the
country will be bl. ssed with bOunti!ul har.
ve-t,. OF ccu.se, such statistics are very far
from being abs oiutely Trustworthy, for the
crops depend mainly on the future character
IF the season, and the sess % ~ill be made
by the weather, which is by-word for fck-
lentss. But the fact that crop statistics are
regularly collected tends to place tie trade
in the produce of The earth on 4 muth surer
basis than it occupied some years agc, when
the grain merchants of western Europe got
nothing but Temporary sfilueLce ant Gel tam
ul innate bankruptcy for theiS speculstions
on the weather, and the grain merchants Of
the Levant, by q mysterious soIt Of weather
wisdom, got Possess ion of the grain marke.s
of London. The old dangers and unoer-
tainti,s of grain specula ion have not by
any means been removed by the publication
of such crop aii-tics az are now collected,
and they are not likely to he effectually d.
unfinished until the international system Of
crop reports advocated by 20 many eminent
metsorOlogisis shall be established. Bat,
barring accidents, this will prove proper
Gus year for some farmers. The wheat crop
is in many sections as well assured as a
wheat crop can be before harvesting. The
Wet will have a good surplus of grain to
export, and the South, With the promise of
a good cotton crop, will also have an unu-
sually large guam iiy of grain for home con-
sumIt on.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-02
A Singular Scene.

Il stated that party OF army ofiit-rs,
WHO have been sgsd in mounting guns
and otherwise putting the gulf forts in a ser
viceable condition, while sailing through
Miss sipTi Sound, since the recent food.
encountered remarkable scene. For miles
were seen logs, driitwood ard patches OF
turf ani ,oil floating out into the Gull, filled
with livirg animals who c.ung to their frsil
barks with the tenscity Of RI ipwrecked mar
liners. Among the animals were seen rate,
raccoons, possums, rabbits, alligators and
moccasin snakes in unc ounted numbers, all
brough, down from the swamps and marshs s
perhaps from fifty to enc hundred miles In
land. The novel exhibition had scientific
int res', as it suggested the name, in which
during pas; geological periods animals were
transpo rted from regions far il land to the
mouth of es,uariss, and their bones being
entombed in the Ill, and ST, mud, furnished
the organic remains which are prest rived for
ages in the hardened stIa'a. 1t was doubt
lesa, by similar me ans that the fossils now
found in the cold lime atones were ingulied
and preserved; and also that animal life
has been distributed over the globe.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-02
In the Desert.

The sand, of the desert glowei hot AID nd
III. -ua OF ia. de eri best down,
TIL II bIisiered the top oil the CaTineliie head
lust the round shaver spot on the crown.
An Arab swept by, l. re-ches'ed and brown;
''Ny i.nt-dooT sIaud- open, he 'a'd
The monk found wine-sEiue under his gown,
The Arab brought dates and bread
"Eiad Allah, we thank thee,'' the Arab cried,
" hen simple repast was spread.
fell o at once. but the monk replied,
May, helix, thank the Lord instead
Then the two argued loud, and they argded long
A To how their grace should be SAID
Eut before they ha1 got at The night or the wong,
hid finished bOtn dates and bread.
When they turned 10 me, could deciIie
on 4 i,piut -osN'eeiiugly line.
Eut rode away tine Arab'. mare.
VITA my friend, the "a IN -litc's vine
Just VII re my thanks are due cannot eide
u hoi.ogs are easy, think;
SO Allah thank or The mare lido
The Lord Tor the wine drink.
-y.5a Eaai "a jane GdiGTy.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-02
Interest on Friendship


In 1850 a man n ,med Osborn, who had
recently arrived n, the mines from the East,
pennl, 5, and friendlass, wa' taken sick. lie
told his condition to felllw adventures
named Hi chcotk, who va, little better Of
and the later promised to zee him
through" The promise was kept, and when,
att. Two motifs Of Illness, Osborn arose
from his bed. his friend banded him $3.50
to bear his exp.r seq and TO pro;urs tools,
saying 10 E1m, aft you ever get able you
can pay me bIck, but do no, worry yourself
and injure your health in trying 10
make the money too quick" One year and
a hall from that time O>born sent Hitchcock
$l,25O, with the following LO'e, 'l'll pay
interest on friendship" His labor proved
remunerative. and BY 1873 he was worth
$3.50 600. While in San Francisco he met
and recognized hi, cid friend. When they
parted, after $ veral days compaDiOnshiP,
O-born gave Hitchcock package, with the
iniunci ion that it was not 10 be opened till
he was on the cars. There Hitchcock found
that i, con- aimed deed for one--ixth Of a
rich silver mine, with IO.e conta ming the
words: ''Inierest On friendship" Hitch
cock has sold his interest for $500
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-02
KILLED by 4 Compositor."

TIE verdict If the coroner's jrry wa
"KilIed by a Composition The CT. cum
stances were az follows:
He loved madly, passionat'ly. His fail
one smiled, and all WAS going on welt. Hi.
suit va. saie, but in an evil monielt he cen
ceivej the dangerous idea OF clinching l., &c
to speak, with a poem. He wrote the ZEN
in a moment OF heavenly inspiration, anC
sent il TO The viI.ge weekly. it began ihus
Maui Mary Jane Pilkinton Filler,
Viii siir:ed marvel Of duty;
The wide world can never ba,ule her,
Ny gold-hesded, biue-t.lied beauty.
1t was pretty poetic flower as it stood,
bu, the composi,orisl Goth laid bis typo
graphical hand upon it, and when it appear
cd skirt" WA spelled with en- ''h," and
.'belted' had two 'l's" in il end an "a.
And 60 they laid him t arfully away BE-
meath the daisies, and rendered verdict al
above.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-02
Somebody Fooled.

Som. BODY g fooled for certain with the cur
reney bill which has just received the Presi
dents approval. There 10 the ever reliable
b sion Advertiser, printed and published al
the hub, which hss demonstrated beyond
persdyeDture that the measure means sharp
and immediate contr action. Upon this the
ory. values Of stocks ETC., should shrink At
once. in obedience to those fixed and un-
chargealle rule. Of financial science, 81 we'll
understood b. Mr.. Schulz, the An=eiger and
a few other smart people. Now, what hap
per.? Along comes the bulls Of Wall street,
ard the moment they hear that the Pref
den, has approved the bill they send gold
and stock. fly ing, right 10 the face Of the
maxims of our great statesmen and wise
6pancier-. What are the Boston Aduertiser
ard Mr.. Schurz and the Anseiger going to
do about it.-.N Louis Dcno1dt.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-02
Was John Calvin an Anti-Sabbatarian

A correspondent Of the London Spectator
has crea'ed considerable sensation in Eng
la7d ly showing that Calvin was an anti
S,bbal ran. He cites Macaulsy, who sayt
OF the Puritans, in his history, that Tin de-
fiance of the e1pe and reiterated declare
tions of Luther and Calvin, they turned the
weekly festival by which the church had
from primitive times commemmoratei the
resurre c,ion of cur Lord. into the Jewish
Sabbath" and confirm. Macaulay by calling
attention to the fact that CALVIN included
the moral obligation of the Sabbath among
mug. pseudo-rrophetarum (''the nonsense Of
falls. prophe,s"O. He further establishes
the fact that the notion OF the complete
ide MITIGATION of the Lords Dey with the
Sabbath seems to have been first formally
propounded in England by DR.. Bound. a
Puritan divine, in 1895. As these facts
show that S.bbatMianism was not par, OF
primitive CT rlstiani,y, they are rather ap-
p,lliny to those holding the opposite view.
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produced BY manual labor, and the sooner
lie L kea i, ait r the lsbor the ter. Bat
for the man wh, Sc labor is mentsi, the sifs@-
is on his brain and I esvous system, and ?
him wno is red in the evening with q '
OF mental az; LEGATION, neither early to b i
nor early 10 .ise Is Wholesome. He ps-'!s
Ie,,ir g down 20 the level Of repo@e. Tie
lorce. the interval lie wsen the &C i've use Of
the br ain ard u retirement 10 b~d, the bel
ter hi. ,hanc. oi sleep and reir' shment
To him an our sft,r midnight is probably
ss good a. two hours before it, and even
then his ,l--p sill not 40 comPl.teIy rs'ore
him as it will kis neighbo-. who i, physi.
ca!Iv lireI. His b's. sleep ia in the early
morning Lvrr j., " en- all the nervous excl e.
m.nt ha- pssse. awsy, and lie ls an sbsolu c
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-02
Methods of Evasion.

| in Ma az chusetts, where stringent PRO
| hiiition = the law, the wit, Of the people
are sharper ei TO eyaae lis penalties and Il
crafty the appetite. The Boston Gazette
| urnishes the following:
We 4, length reached the hotel again,
and proposed glass Of brandy AMI water,
nv tIieni looked at me and then at the
landlord; and then The landlord looked al
me AMI then Ut my friend. Perplexity
" ers, r .ad the countenante Of both.
"Such 4 thing 4, drop of liquor is no,
u b. h I'D in III ; place" faid the landlord
"Bought you near" ret,rted my friend
"Bough', | men," wss the arsxer.
Then blta eyed NE Significantly.
| could not explain how badly i wanted
il, and could on'y give Welt to my feeln g
10 Il sigh.
WITHOUT word the lanilorl disappeared
within the rtcesses Of small room beh nd
the elise dsss, and presently came & nth
with two empty tumblers in his hand. Tn. &c
he rlac ID upon the desk.
bat where is the Iiquor?" inqrired.
"rhe law fo,bits me 10 sell t." lie said,
land | d,re not disobey the law. II YOU
C. q find ary here you are welcome TO it."
saying which be accidental; turned back
the brea st OF his cuat The neck OF a bottle
pee ped 4 ire IN the inside poole. He
wiz k,d fis eye d, me add winlei at hin,
after which drew forth the boiile. He
faiI Y strigslel to Prevent the daring rob
beIv upon witch l wss bent, but l proved
mex r able.
My private bottle KEEP; fer medical prr-
poses, md rot r SAFE" he mosned, a. he
poured out the liquor for myself and the
worthy Chairman of the pa,i-h committee.
"Have some water, gentlemen he added
with al Ell Y.
We CRAM, and replaced tie bottle in
the rep ; tory whence l had taken il. Then
put a dollar 10 hi. hand.
sWnar Is this for?' re asked, as he de-
posted i, ia his wais:ccat pocket, and gave
me half a doll r ia change.
"For bushel of oats," answered. Keep
them until send for them"
"Ah, sir" said the ,ndl ord, with IN sir
of virtuous r-sigaa'i 10 !, the p.otibiiory law
has dore void of god ia reyenting the
sale of i:qQy;s. It's severe l,w on us, bat
IFS gs on.."
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-02
From the New YORK Herald.

From the latest notes O! the Challenger
expedition, now 10 the Southern hemisphere,
It appears that the thermal oil observations have
set led another great problem of Antarctic
geography. Tn. overflow o! q great ocean
cmr.nt from the South Indian O,ran has
long been asserted, aud even recently -
stoutly denied, by the physical geoeraphere
Of England. The most recent data forwarded
By the Challenger put his mkt:ef 1t rest, Is
definitely - tie much-talked-of Wilkes An
t.rcic Continent, discussed in Lieutsuant
Hyoe's letter Published in The Hzald.
The Challenger explorers sta'e in their
iAlsst reports, published in IL London
1imes. thai. after leaving tie Cape Of Good
Hope, toey entered the Agulhas current. end
odd: "ihe breadth OF this serssm N
about tvo hundred and fly niIn. and 4
was faad 70 aAscttAs teapss.inss q IL -
70 IT, -depah q fopr hsnAso1 49, |"