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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-02-06
A WARNING AGAINST OTFICE-SEEK.
ING BY YOUNG MEN.

The Hon. Albert G.. Brown, Of Mis-
sissippi, recently wrote O letter to
young friend, wherein he laments tina
he ever made political speech or helt
an Office. Ex-Gov. Brown was for 8;
years, previous to 1865, continually il
high official and political station, and
would, therefore, seem to have had on
extensive and favorable an experience
as any of his cotemporaries and associ
ates. We quote as follows: y ~ 3,
True, as you say, held many of.
fees. Indeed, I may say that never
knew defeat in any of my aspirations.
And it is just because I had success
which people call wonderful that I feel
competent to administer word Of eau
ton to the young men of this genera
ton. My young friend, do not be de-
ceived by the glitter of office. am
now past my threescore years, and am
fast travelling into the ten. I have had
almost every Office in the gift of the
people, and I can truly say with the
preacher, 8 it is all vanity aud vexation
of spirit ~ ' I.
=" Looking back over long, and i
hope not unsuccessful life, I can say,
with clear conscience, my greatest
regret is that I ever made q political
speech or held an Office. >.4
&c There is facination in Office which
beguiles men, but be assured, my young
friend, 1t Is the fascination Of serpent,
or, to change the figure, it is the iignis
fatttus which coaxes you on to inevita-
bic ruin. .
"I speak of that which do know.
II my young friends will be governed
by my advice, have this to say: After
all my success as a public man, now
when my head is blossoming for the
grave, I feel that it would have been
better for me if had followed the oc-
oupation OF my father, and been a
farmer. a,
"The mechanic arts are all honorable.
To be blacksmith, a carpenter, or an
artisan OF any sort, is no discredit tc
any man, Better that than be jack,
leg lawyer, quack-doctor, q counter.
hopper, or, worse still, wretched seek.
er after Office.
"Of all pursuits in life that of O
farmer is the most respectable. It may
have its trials and its disappointments,
so do all others. The mechanic may
loose the wages of his labor, the pro-
fessional man his fees, the editor may
weep over delinquent subscribers; but
the honest, industrious farmer is NOR
ally certain of q fair return for his
labor.
True, Paul may plant and Appollos
water, but God must give the increase. :"
But where is the faithful cultivator of
the soil, Gods heritage to man, who
ever yet suffered for bread?
"Allow me again to caution my
young friends against the beguiling in
fuence Of Office, and to advise them
most earnestly to suck to mother
earth.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-02-06

THE FAMINE IN NEBRAsKA. Death from
starvation for the actual want of food
within eighteen hours travel of Chi
cago, and inthe heart of the grain-grow,
ing region Of the country is something
that should attract the attention of the
public. Gen. Ord, commanding the
Department of the Platte, and who is
personally cognizant OF the facts, ad-
dressed the Board Of Trade yesterday,
telling in plain and direct terms the sad
story of the destruction in Western Ne
braska caused by the ravages Of the
gyasshoppers. From the reports Of his
officers on the ground and among these
people, he has reliable information as
to the actual condition of affairs. He
states that several cases of actual death
OF children have already taken place.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-02-06

S- The iconoclastis always at work,
knocking the romance out of all our
early traditions, and playing. the mis-
chief generally. 1t Is bad enough to
have to give up Win Tells marksnan-
ship and George Washington's hatchet;
but now comes a cranky Scotchnan
who has travelled in the Holy Land
and spoils the little hymn beginning. e.
by cool Siloanl's shady rill,
BAG. How sweet the lily grOws.y
by asserting positively that the lily, cam
not possibly grow anywhere near ST.
loans shady rill, l9,gls,s,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-02-06

SE The feeling in commercial circles
in regard to the future Of South Caro-
lima, according to Tie Cotun,bia Union-
Herald, has changed wonderfully since
the new government has been inaugu-
rated. The greatest confidence is ex-
hibited In the success OF the effort to
reform the administration of affairs.
We note a similar return to hopeful
ness on the part Of the people Of the
State of all classes and Of all shades OF
politics. .-.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-02-06

IKE BEE As A ASeAvENaER.-Those who
study the habits of bees find infinite de-
light in, observing, the vigilance and
pains they exert to keep the hive scru-
pulonsiy clean and free from everything
Offensive. If a death happens to occur
in the very numerous family, the un-
deitaker isgy ydisnatehed at once to the
scene, and the corpse is hurried to bur-
ial with haste that might be regarded
.as indecent II it we're not absolutely
necessary in household where the
thermometer stands at seventy while it
is zero all out doors. The body is hus-
Nd CO. s:.:.t1 ID the placs sans ceremony and
fung over the oatsr periphery, and no
more attention paid TO- it than to
40 much base, refuse. But there ere ex-
,igsaeies occasionally arising in the hive
which sometimes TAX but never frustfate
- &hs ipeSaaity of bsesi Such % one, for
instance. AZ the obtrusien, OF q nlopse.,
Now it ,is yeraeiously related that. o
mouse found it's. way into The hive Of
one Of our amsteur bee men. not long
since, and, no doubt, created dreadful
commotion among the honey gatlierers.
But be That as IL Ihay,fthe intruder was
found de&dand completely imbsdded in
wax, leaving the, astonished amateur to
theorize, that, the mouse, having sweet
tooth. crept into The hive to steal honey
ihpt Ipnfortunately aroused thepinmates,
and before he could, find his way, out
again was Stnng to death. BY aid by
decomposition set ins and Mr.: Moussy
began disseminate bad smeli, Mhich
bees cannot tolerate; but fnding;it im-
possible to hustle him over the ramparts
fAsi they do other ndisances,, they went
energetically to work and sealed him do
Iii way; hsfmeticaIiy sealed him. in
fact--so that not the slightest 6lor o.
.ssapsd 70 make the hive unpleasant, for
the high toned, !, extremely neat and
cleanly Inhabitants. 'ss 10 III
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-02-06
NAMES OF COUNTRIES.

The following countries, it is said,
were originally named by the Pheni-
clans, the greatest commercial people in
the world. The names in the Ph9ni-
clan language, signifed something char
acteristic of the places which they desig-
nate. .t'. t-
Europe signifies country Of white
complexion; 30 named because the in
habitants were of lighter complexion
than those of Asia and Africa.
Asia signifies between, or in the mid
die, from the fact that geographers
placed il between Europe and Africa.
Africa signifies the land of corn, or
ears. II was celebrated for its abnn-
dance of corn, and all sorts Of grain.
Siberia signifies thirsty or dry-very
characteristic.
Spain, country of rabbits or comics.
It was once 80 infested with these ami
mails that it sued Augustus for an army
to destroy them. ~ 49,.
Italy, d country Of pitch, from its
yielding great quantities OF black pitch.
Calabria, also, for the same reason.
Gaul, modern France, signiiesy yellow
haired, as yellow hair characterized its
iphabitants.
- The English Of Caledonia is a high
hill. This was rugged, mountainous
province in Scotland.
Hibernia is utmost, or last habita-
ton; for beyond this, westward, the
Phsnicians never extended their voy-
Britain, the the country Of tin. great
Quantities being found on it and adja-
cent islands. The Greeks called it AL
bion, which signifies in the Phenician
. tongue either white high mountains,
from the whiteness of its shores. or the
high rocks on the western coast.
Corsica signifies woody place. ;'|
Sardinia signifies the footsteps of
men, which il tresembles.
Syracuse, bad usavor, SO called from
the nnwholssome, marsh on which it
stood. - ,5,..lf rqJ ..,.s.t.. CO,
Rhodes, serpsnts or dragons, which
it produced in abundance. 10 'l''A'5 .'
.'7 Sicily, the country of grapes. gi-.
ayaScyllA, the whirlpool of destruction.
,e Charybdis, the holes of destruction.
-. Etna signifies furnace, or dark, or
smoky. p" - '''
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-02-06

:B How many people are busy in
this world gathering together q handful
Of thorns to sit upon, ......
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-02-06

osr The President has sigke4 the
hill providing dor resuniptidn' Of lspeeie
payments in 1879. qafneyo Yass
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-02-06

How MISSISSIPPI is .GoyEsaEp Tie
beauty OF, Governor Ames'', admisistra
ton is illustrated by the fact that, in
Mississippi itcost $500 .000to administer
the government before the awaf;s n0ae.
it takes 81 800. .000s Before tia aNar
$50 paid the expenses Of the Exsqn,
tive Department, S4 ,s'el $40 gess AsslI tAat
way now. ssses., ss., I. :
-, A female auctioneer is tb4 latest
California sensation,t She q pretty,
polite and persuasive, end gets away.
witjt much {luestsIq lsaf ssiiioliII Ell
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-10-07
..RYnus n.H,...sE

- depressed, irriisb,e .ist" g! r:iad;
Z ws.sh, EeIvou-, cxaaC~,ea telling
10 energy or .n.RIaLioa ;roniuse;! head,
weak EIeH"ry, of:eE with debiiitatins,
iau"'RatarJ discharges, Tie conce-
quenoe OF excuses, mental Cyeiwork or
intiscrr.;ons. This NERVOUS HEDiLi.
~ finds, sovereign curs in Run.
rTE,YA' HJMEGPlTHiC SPECIFIC,
no. ~ 1t tones up the system, arrests
discharges, dispels the mental gloom and
DEPENDENCY, and rejuyenates the entire
system. Ii is perfectly harmless and al
ways efficient. Price, 81, Tor 4 package of
five boxes and large 81 vial OF powder,
which is important in old. serious cases
or 81 per single box. Sold by ALL Drug
gists, or sent 10y mail on receipt of price.
Address Humphreys Specific Homeopathic
Medicine Co.. No. So Broadway, \. Y.
Theo. Egersdorf, Robert Parham, Agents,
Ieavenworth, Nansas. aprli-eodNw
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To the Travelling Pablo.

1t is the duty OF all persons before start
ing on a Journey, to ascertain by what route
tbey can reach their destination with the
least trouble. and if there are two or more
roads leading 10 the same point, to decide
which Is the safest and pieasantest TO trav-
el.
We take pleasure in stating that the Chi
cago x Northwestern Railway is the Oldest,
and several miles the shortest, between
Omaha and Chicago. Within the past two
years the road bed has been put in admira-
bic condition, and almost the entire line has
been relaid with steel rails.
The depot in Chicago iscentrally located,
and as their trains arrive there thirty min
utes in advance Of all other lines, passen-
gers can always be sure of making eastern
connections For al. points in northern
and northeastern Iowa, you should purchase
tickets via Marshall, Cedar Rapids, or
Clinton. For points in northern Illinois or
Wisconsin, via Fulton and if You are go
ing TO Chicago, or east, Won should, by all
means, purchase your tickets by the Old
Pioneer Route
TIE CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN.
You will find on all through trains Pull
man sleepers, new and magnificent day
coaches, and the best smoking and second
class ears now on any road in the United
States.
Particular information, with maps, time
tables, etc, may be had at any OF the
through ticket offices in the wesi, or upon
personal or written a.. ication.
J. III. MOUNTAIN, Western Travelling
Agent, Omaha, Neb., or to
l.. ii. STENSETT, General Passenger
Agent, Chicago.
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THE CHANGERS.
Proceedings Of the County Council.

Proceedings Of the County Council.
This body met pursuant to adjournment,
in the Criminal Court room, yesterday,
when the following resolutions were
passed
1a. RcsoIred, That the convention en-
dorse the proceedings of the committee on
the Horse Fair.
md Rssolccd, That the Council will
not make recommendations for the various
coun'y offices, ard Thai we will not be held
to the support o anv candidate nominated
by either party 10 which we respectively
belong, VINO may be unworthy the conf
dence o. the people, or unfit for the posi-
tion for which he might be a candidate !;
and We pledge ourselves, that of two or
more candidates for any county Office, We
will vote 'or the one best qualified for the
office, without regard to politics.
3rd. Ecsoiped, That when the Council
adjourn i. DE to meet again on the 22nd of
October, ct O'Clock, P. NJ, for the purpose
of investigating the tickets nominated by
the various political parties of the county.
Ala. Rescfued, That a committee Of three,
consisting of Messrs. Sternes, Wellhouse
and Stayman, be instructed TO solicit the
opinion o, attorneys, Stillings and Wheat
in relation to the number of county COM
missioners to be elected in this county, at
the coming November election.
5h. Resolved. That the Secretary be in
structed to publish the above proceedings.
The convention then adjourned until the
Ord of October. w. H. BRADSHAW,
Secretary.
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IT.oIn the Philadelphia Presbyterian


From the Worlds D;spensary printing
Office and bindery, Buffalo, we have re-
ceived the Peoples Common Sense Medical
Adviser, in plain English, or Medicine
Supplied, by r. V. Pierce, NJ. D., Coun-
selor-in-chief Of the Board of Physicians
and Surgeons at the Worlds Dispensary.
Whoever helps humanity in its struggles
with It's inherent weaknesses and diseases,
to bear or cure, is its benefactor. Ignorance
is not only OF itself cause OF disease and
mortality, but it is the enemy OF every eff
fo-t 20 cure or mitigate. Nothing will so
speedily remove this cause as knowledge
an elementary one at least Of the diseases
to which We are heir, as well as those su-
perinduced by our own imprudence. DR..
Pierce has rendered, in or judgment, a
beneiactors service, both 10 the afflicted
and 10 the profession, in his diagnosis OF
the diseases treated OF, and in the preseuta-
lion of the philosofhic principles involved
in their cause and removal. lie is sparing
OF remedies, and usually pre-
scribes such as are safe in
unskilled hands. As book merely of alb
stract knowledge, it is exceedingly readable
and interesting especially the following
subjects--Cerebral Physiology, Human
Temperaments, Pseudo Hygiene, the Nurs-
ing of the Sick, Sleep. Food, Ventilation,
etc. In one chapter on another subject, so
delicate in lis nature that it is shot up be-
yond the domain OF warning to all but ply
sicians, SO accursed in lis results in modern
society, he is most explicit, and alike true to
God, TO viriue, to life, and TO society,
shows the truth as presented in the teach
ings o. SCI: ptuie,-that life begins with con-
ception,-with great force, to which is adj
ded faithful warnings.
Price of tie Medical Adviser Sl.5O, sent
postpaid. Address he author at Buffalo,
\. y. eod&w
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ATTENTION REPUBLICANS.


Oe!egate county convention 70 oe hsio
in this City, Eonday, October 18th.
The Repub,icans of Leayenworth county
- ~, IN. - -. :.
nans VIII no'a " oe'"'e 'o"' en'''" a.
Odd Fellows Hall, In Leavenworth CITY,
at twelve o'clock, NJ, Monday, October Is
1s75 FIR the nomination of candidates fo,
- - -. a.,
the ioiioMihs olnces, 10 DC 'o'ed ior a' 'ne
ensuing November election:
Sheriff, Treasurer, County Clerk, Regis
ter OF Deeds, Coroner, County Surveyor
and three County Commissioners. Also to
elect a County Central Committee for the
ensuing wear.
The convention will consist of eighty
delegates, ten from each ward in Leaven-
worth city, and four from each township
in the county.
Primary meetings for the election of reg
ular and alternate delegates 10 the conven-
ton will be held Saturday, October l6,
1875, as follows, to wit
For the election of ten regular and ten
alternate delegates from each ward in the
city, and four regular and four alternate
delegate from each township in the county.
No proxies to be admitted to the con-
vention.
For the First Ward-At Christ Staibers
store.
For the Second Ward-At corner of
Third and Cherokee, VIM. Wisler's.::
For the Third Ward-At the Grant
House.
For the Fourth Ward-At one door
north of The Ballinasloe House.
Delaware Township-At brick school,
house, near Matt. Ryans.
Reno Township-At Reno, at the Rail-
road Depot.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-10-07
Remember This.

Now is the time oil the year for pneumo.
MIA, iung-fever, coughs, colds and fatal re-
suits OF predisposition TO consumption and
other throat and lung disease. BoscHEE's
GERMAN SYRUP has been used in this
years, without A single failure TO cure. II
you have not used this medicine yourself,
90 10 4. Parham, druggist, and ask him OF
its wonderful success among his customers
Two doses will relieve the worst case. II
you have no faith in any medicine, Just buy
a sample bottle Of Boschee's German Sy-
rup, for 10 cents, and try it. Regular size
bottle - cents. Don't neglect cough to
save 80 cents. sept29-5Seod&w
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-10-07
r O r S ALE .
100000 ACRES
Of VALUABLE LANDS
En- Kansas.
En- Kansas.

|
| by direction OF the honorabie secretary
OF the Interior, the undersigned viii re-
ceive sealed bids ior the purchase OF any or
al. OF the unsold lands west oil the Neosho
River, along the southern line oil the state
OF Kansas embraced within what Is gener-
ally known as the CHERokEE STRIP.
These lands are offered Tor sale IN CON.
| pliance with the PROVISIONS OF an act OF
congress, approved May IL, io'-, Z. >.
Statutes at Large, vol. XVII, PIP; 70 ana ~.
| They Will be sold to the hlghest BIDDER
Tor cash, In Quantities not exceeding one
hundred and sixty acres. ana not less Than
two dollars per acre Tor all OF SAID lands
lying east OF the Arkansas river, ana one
dollar and NIFTY cents per acre ior SUCH
lands as ne west OF saia river.
frinted iis!s' descrlolng lne ianas nefe s
80. I'D ;rd;c,,;no tfa III; -, 80
'. H., a.nh 80, = haiJ Iii ha san t ~,
m.;, 20 The .ddres, Of .nv nnrson noat;ns
nal n,i; ~ ~. .Io..fa. o.. H. PCsn,;.";nnns
| "ft G.I - Ss;a - a. pon;I-
=, ' nuS Pnon;rar ~ ,ha L., VI a. %,
W;ch;,, md Indeuerdance Eansos "
Persons ofsar;no 10 nurch,se NAV hid for
rs many tracts as thew NAV desire. but each
bid must be separately made and sealed
and mus: be for not more than one hu
dred and sixty acres. land conform to the
legal subdivisions embraced in the list.)
Bids must be accompanied by ten per
cent. Of the amount bid as a guarantee OF
the good faith of the bidder, which sum, in
case the land is awarded and the balance
not Pald, VIII oe Iorie,Ied. ohouid any Do
De relected, the sum deposited VIII pe re-
turned TO the proper party. III !.
isries WHO'S oius .lie aoeeP'eu VII De
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-10-07
BLACK HILLS.
Nine Hundred Indignant and Bel.
liserent Miners Have Pc
ti.iOned the Govern
menG
To Declare the Hills Open
Whether the Treaty is
Made or Not.

II is evident TO even the most casual OBJ
server hat there is trouble brewing in camp
or that tremendous farce is jus: now be-
ing enacted. Since the gold excitement in
the Black Hills was inaugurated, the coun-
try in the vicinity of this Eldorado has
been filling up rapidly with miners, IN
scrupulous. fortune hunters, scalawags and
the scum of the population generally, who
have been waiting somewhat anxiously,
yet impatiently for the golden gate to open
and let them into the Elysian fields of their
wild dreams. But there is one great OBJ
stacle in the way-an obstacle almost i'm
possible TO surmount-tO-wit: the United
States army. The Black Hills belong to
the red men, and General Sherman has is
sued emphatic orders to the effect that their
ownership of the country shall be respected;
which means in plain English that if the
miners attempt to invade the said Black
Hills country, there will be a small-sized
row, and the probabilities are that some
one will get hurt. Two or three parties,
not having the fear of the military before
their eyes, have made the invasion, and
each and every time, without single ex-
ception, have they been turned back by the
troops and their baggage destroyed.
But there are some VIII never learn any,
thing, and 10 whom nothing can be taught
As an instance OF this happy faculty, We
refer to the present state Of affairs among
the Black Hills miners now congregated in
the forts and posts near the Indian country.
z. Swaringer, a Black Hills miner, is on
his way to Washington with a petition
signed by nine hundred other miners,
camped about Cheyenne and Sidney, asking
the Government TO declare the gold region
open to prospectus whether the treaty is
made or NOT. The paper goes further, and
declares that unless the prayer is granted,
instan.er, the miners will invade the for
hidden domain in body, prepared to clean
out the redskins and the military, too, if
necessary. The petition is in exceedingly
bad temper, and the nine hundred adven-
turers are in a fair way of getting beauti-
fully snubbed.
1t is useless for these hot-headed from
tiersmen to kick against the inevitable, bu.
there is no doubt whatever that there is
trouble ahead, and that the result will be
blOodshed. Further and more minute par
ticulars in regard to Swaringer's mission,
are anxiously awaited.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-10-07
You Have no Exeuss.

Have you any excuse for suffering with
Dyspepsia or Liver Complaint? Is there
any reason why you should 90 on from day
to day complaining with Sour Stomach,
Sick Head ache, Habitual Costiveness, pal
pitation of the Heart, Heartburn, Water
brash, gnawing and burning pains at the
pit of the Stomach, Yellow Skin, Coated
Tongue and disagreeable taste in the mouth,
Coming up of food after eating, Low spir-
its, &c. No! 1t is positively your own
fault if you do, Go to r; P.rh.m, Drug.
gist, and get a Bottle of GREENS AUGUST
FLOWER for as cents your cure is certain,
but if you doubt this, get Sample Bottle
for 10 cents and try it. Two doses will re-
lieve you. Sept50- IS eod&w
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Notice of Attachment.

vs. |Piaintjffs demand, twenty
G.. t. PHILLIPS. two doIIas and fifty cents;
NOTICE is hereby given. tnat on the second
IN day of September. 1875. John sehensk,
Jastice ef the Peace of Alexandria township, Leav-
enworth County, Kansas, issued an order OF at
tao Iment in the above nam d case, for the sum q
twenty-five dollsrs and hf. y cents, and that said
1875, o, 10 o. clock A. NJ. JACOB LANGLEY.
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