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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-13

POPULAR SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE FOUR
PER CENT. LoAN.-On Monday mex. the
popular subscriptions TO the new four per
cent loan viii close. 1t is expected that the
amount subscribed will aggregate over
twenty-Seven million dollars, which is more
than was anticjIated.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-30


Mr.. Beecher declares that when he said a
laboring man ought to find a dollar a dav
enough to keep him in bread and water he
only meant that a man who had a dollar a
day to live on ought to be content to live ON
It until he could do better. We have no
doubt that Mr.. Beecher meant this and this
only; and We have az little doubt that he
feels quite as sincere a sympathy with the
suferings Of the laboring classes as any acit.
zen who pelted him with foul names in
Iompkins square. In fact this is putting
the case too mildly in his favor. But II
still remains true, we think, that he made a
sad mistake in presenting this view of the
case humorously to an audience OF comfort
able people who we're not in any visible and
immediate need Of being advised to content
themselves with bread and water at dollar
a day
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-30
Don Re0FO and the PeAane.
london Examiner

The emperor Of Brazil is not a safe per-
son on whom to try . display of suddenly
acquired learning. During his recent Say
here he intimated wish to visit one of the
universities, and he accepted an invitation
70 breakfast from . learned Don at one Of
them. The learned DON not content with
his own genuine learning must look out
for something With which to make special
impression on the emperor. He therefore
hunted ont what he thought to be the very
newest thing in some branch of archaeoloei-
cal study in which the emperor was sup
posed not to dabble THIS was feasfully ex-
haustive and profound work By . Germm.
OF which only one copy was believed to have
yet reached this country. He "cranned"
with this, md when his imperial guest AZ
MED he made ~ immense parade Of his
Possession Of it and his intimacy With IL
contents. The emperUr Listened 90 attentive
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-30
The Turkish Soldier.

IErzeroum Letter to New York Tribune.I
General Kimball says that the regular
Turkish soldier fought very bravely and
with skill during the battle (of Delsbaba),
and also during the retreat. Capable Off
GERS are greatly needed. The Circassians
and Kurds were wonderfully brave when
the enemy were out Of sight They would
ride up and down furiously through the
camp, gnash their teeth, and make their
boast OF what they would do to the enemy.
But when the bullets began to whistle they
were worthless; they ran this way and that,
shooting into the air, and early in the battle
He'd to the rear. Not 20, however, with the
regular Turkish soldier. lie does not
boast, and fights hard to the very last. In
this very battle he gave fine testimony to
his merit. He entered the battle field suf-
fering with keen hunger, every man being
On quarter rations; and vet he fought stout
ly throughout the day, and beat of the
COssacks in retreat
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-30
Life Insurance Sxyina1es.
1 New York Tribune

New Nork Tribune.
Mr.. Laurence, the Receiver of the Ameri-
can Popular Life Insurance Company, has,
il is stated, applied to the court for the re-
lief OF 4 class OF poliey-holders who have
been sadly cheated. The American Popu-
lar, like the other life insurance companies
that have recently succumbed, has been do
ing large business in exchanging old poll
cies for new ones, deluding the unfortunate
owners Of those documents with the belief
that they were benefited by the exchange.
The simple fact in such cases is that the
company is thus freed from the obligation
to retain the funds that were the security of
the old policy; the new document is, there
fore, comparatively valueless. But as the
the consent OF the policy-holders has been
given to the change, it may prove difficult
to reinstate them in their original rights,
unless it can be clearly proved that thew
were swindled by Misrepresentation. A de-
cisiOn in favor of such claimants will be
new starting-point in life-insurance htiga-
tons; in any event, il is matter in which
some thousands ofpeople who have claims
on broken insurance companies will be
deeply interested.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-30

y. that the owner OF all this portentious
learning elt assured that his iilustrious guest
was regarding him with positive reverence.
When he had done his exposition the en-
Peror told him he was glad he showed such
an interest in the subject. bu: advised him
not TO waste much OF his time on the Ger
man book, as ii was net really new to men
who cared about such studies, was got up
partly under inaccurate information, and
had been quite superseded BY the work of
on accomplished Hungarian, written in
Latin, which wa, now the delight of all
scholars. The emperOr's host listened dur
ing the remainder of the interview without
making any further contribution to the
imperial education.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-30
Marriage In the Other world.

ANDREW jackson Davis's Views of Our Heay-
emily Home.l
After al hour Of interior observation. We
proceed to relate results.
Domestic enjoyments, based upon true
conjugal unions and interviewer with the
fondest affections of children and kindred.
you behold in the upper country. Uncom-
paniOnated natures on earth, lonely hearts
longing for Interchangeable kindred love, here
find their own. Did you lot observe, dur
ing the one hour OF our investigation, that
five weddings occurred in the neighborhood
OF the Zellabingeus? How long those two
men tangel youths now waited for the COM
ing of their mates. How Loyalty patient
those three angel maidens (once wives and
mothers on earth waited for their darling
husbands to come to them through deaths
arch, These ten persons were
truly mated and happily married, four in
St. L0uis and six in London, but they had
each known sickness and accident and poy-
erty and many another earthly trial. Strange
Iact there are a great number of eopiu- |
yally true marriages in the human family
before death but, whether true or tempo
AIRY, justice and goodness eventually pre-
rail, and 30 what should occur does occur. |
Ind the glory and beauty thereof shine into
eyes.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-30
Sesne 81 Tie Effecs. of the Rsss.
philadelphia Pressl

y sewing machine factory at Patterson.
New jersey, has suspended operations be,
eanse it cannot obtain the raw material out
oil which they are made. A printing press
manufactory at Railway has closed lis doors.
because Its finished products cannot be for
Marded to customers in distant portions OF
the ! mon. Some of the great iron works
IN the Lehigh Valley have closed because
'hsy cannot obtain supplies OF coal. Great
suffering was Threatened in the Cumberland
coal district, few days ago, because the
supplies OF grain and -four were nearly ey-
hausted. In our own city, a number of
manufacturing establishments have been
compelled to suspend some Of their opera
lions on account OF Instructions to trans
Portation. Who does not see now that the
true interests of labor required that the
blockade should be broken?
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-30

Excepting few spices, drugs, and such
articles as tea and coffee, the people of this
country are now producing and exchanging
With each other everything that enters into
general consumption The great service
rendered by foreign commerce is in supply
ing the few wants for which no native pro-
vision whatever is made, in suppIementing
the native product OF the classes of useful
or desirable things which are not vet pro-
dnced here in sufficient quantities and quail
flies to entirely meet all the wants of con-
SINNERS, and in securing foreign markets for
surplus agricultural products, petroleum,
and few home manufactures.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-30
He C0Ast d Ie.

Secretary Sherman has taken occasion In
say that "the new four per cents, having
been issued in exchange for gold coin. can,
not be redeemed in anything but rod coin
or Its equivalent" This NAV Be Secret.rv
Shermans opinion, but the people Of the
United States, We believe, think differently.
The law under which these bonds are issued
Is higher authority than the present sec
rotary OF the treasury, and it declares that
they shall be paid in "coin Of the standard
value Of the United States, July IA, 1S7O.n
ltdoes not say gold coin, but coia-that iseld
and silver coin When, therefore, IL Sec
Rotary undertakes to limit the act Al g.
gress to emily one Of the two kinds Of esins
recognized in 1870, he goes beyond liz Az.
thority.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-30
The HoPrOrs % War,

The ancient credit of the Ottoman arms
has only been fully sustained in this war BIS
the army under Mukhtar Pasha. Our COR
dependence from Erzerum describes the
brilliant attack upon the Russian forces
which not only stopped the advance upon
that city, but seems to have completely d.,
ranged their campaign in Asia Minor. The
battle was sought with great visor ON both
sides, but the victors appear to have made
little provision Tor relieving even their own
wounded men, and the description Of the
hospital at Erzerum adds a fresh chapter to
the horrors of war.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-30

!, ENOs HOOK, county treasurer of the
county Of LeavenwOrth, Kansas, do hereby
give notice that so much Of each tract or
town lot described in the foregoing list, as
may be necessary for that purpose, will on
The LIST Tuesday Of September, A d. 1877,
and the next succeeding days, be sold by
me at public auction, at my office in the
Court House in the City Of Leavenworth,
Kansas, for taxes and charges thereon.
ENOS HOOK,
Co. Treasurer Of the Comfy of
Leavenworth, Kansas
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-30

VHIcHgO IriDuhe.
The British Atrocity Bureau Is now in
hne working order. Arrangements have
been perfected whereby every rumor of
Russian brutality that the prolific Turk.
can rake and serape is forwarded to Mr..
Layard at Constantinople, and by him
promptly transmitted to Lord Derby for use
IN hiring the British heart up to the point
Russia.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-30
Where Will Henry %.

IPhiIadelphia North American,i
President Hayes has accepted the invita-.
Ton to attend the Louisville Exhibition, tn
be held in September. Now what will
atterson do about 1t? Will he remain tn
me city or run down 10 kemper county,
Mississippi, to enjoy, to him, more con
genial atmosphere than will prevail in
Louisville during the Presidential VISIT
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-30
what II They sho1sA An BE kiekea
O1el
TSew York On,
New York Sun. /

New York Sun.
They are going to throw a propinep,
lawyer Of ST, louis over the bar 6ecapse be
took large fee for giving a dishouest.
double-headsd opinion in behalf Of an in,
surance company, and performed slippery
services for the other insurance COMPANIES.
Well but where will this sort of : thing
end! Suppose all the prominent lawyers Of
New England, New Jersey, and PeunsyI.
vania who have received fat iees Tor per,
forming slippery services for life insurance
tire insurance companies rail.
way companies, savings banks, national
oanks and other powerful corporations,
were to be disbarred-what a tumultuous
scrambling over the rail that divides the
lawyers from the laymen there would be.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-30

Inch By inch We can follow tb.;,
march through tie foreses, scros the noun
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-30

lavle. spirit vh,ch
Huarte:rs. and If the
oey VII aidzin hin.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-30

growth OF undef-utusu, Dur nad 10 ume In
recall the twelve mea IN the 10 hous, snd
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-08

Tie Virginia (Nevada) Enterprise relates
this Of Bob Howland's hotel at Meadow
Lake: " Bob had no sooner put up his sign
than his old mining and prospecting acquaint-
tnccs iocked TO his standard. They could
hardly believe their eyes when they saw BOb's
name on the sight seemed almost too good
q thing In they marched by twos and tours,
md, throwing their blankets and other traps
into corner, advanced with Hello, Bob!
you internal old thief! If ! amt glad to see
you may be blowedn They then proceeded
70 make themselves at home, never missing a
meal or paying q cent The butcher finally
shut down on meat for Bob's boarding house,
the milkman shut down on milk, and the bs.
ker on bread. Bob explained the matter to
his dodgers, who to a man swore they would
not desert him. They would whip the butch.
gr, the milkman, the baker, or any other man
Bob wanted whipped, and if no more meat,
milk or bread could be had, they would worry
long on boiled cabbage and potatoes, or any
cher cheap stuff that could be had"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-08
A Remarkable Man-WomaD.

yesterday a notwithstanding woman nam
81 Elizabeth TAYLOR, with the alias Of Happy
Ned" was charged before the Warrington Bor.
rough Court with being drunk and creating q
disturbance Il appears that the prisoner was
found surrounded by crowd OF thousand
PEOPLE, who were peIting her with stones, &c,
and shouting at her Man Woman The eX-
PLANTATION is that the prisoners husband was a
sea captain and on his death she hetook her
self to sailors life and served for several
years in the capacity Of an able-bodied seaman
without the discovery Of her sex. During the
American war she served on one Of the block
ade runners, and at the conclusion Of the war
she went from Liverpool to Warrington, and
settled on one Of the farms in the vicinity as
IN agricultural man servant, still maintaining
her disguise successfully. For her employer
she used to break horses, plough and do other
kinds of masculine work, quite as well as her
fellow servants whose sex was not a matter OF
dispute. At one farm for some time she car
red on q love intrigue with one Of the servants,
and her sex becoming known she received her
C0RgG, and went - work elsewhere. She al
ways appeared in the town in mans clothing.
and her history having been widely circulated
she was occasionally subjected to rough treat.
ment, and has been fined and sent 10 prison
for drunkenness On the present occasion, as
she promised reformation, and had been i'll.
treated, she was discharged with caution
irC,Deai nfr"lyE
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-08
The Wonder OF Texas,

Living near EnglewOoG, in this county, is
iamily of father, mother, and twelve children
and, remarkable to state. they count 1928 fingers
and toes as naturally belonging To them. Each
II the twelve children has twcnty-tour, fully
developed, but the parents have only forty be-
tween them.
Prof. Hungletord formerly OF Calvert, hu,
recently teaching at Englcwood, had several
II these children as scholars. One day during
recitation, one of this family WAS told 10 count
his fingers with the view of impressng some
number upon his mind. The child announced
that the number was twelve. The teacher said
The returning board was cndeavoring To prac-
lice fraud, and bulldozed the little fellow into
another count. The result was the same. Come
mere" said the now ira;c teacher. and let me
bonded with the child'>, for ON each hand he
FOUND five fingers and a thumh.-Colse,t Cca-
fgOl Ttr0a
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-08

A Jersey City typo, who has been studying
law for few years, was admitted 10 the bar
lately, and one day last week he pleaded his
first case. He was retained by the plaintiff in
q hog-stealing case, and in the summing up he
finished with the following burst Of eloquencc:
Gentleman ofthe jury, a hogi dirty, vicious
ill-mannered brute; it is an animal consider
ed unfit to be eaten by a large and intelligent
portion of the community; the term hog is
Synonymous for mcanness of an extreme type.
a hog is generally regarded as thcvcry embod-
iment of filth and nastiness, and--avoid-hog-
ishness. But gentleman of the jury, there is
one thing ON Gods tootstool that stands on Il
lower level ofcrcation than Il hog; that is in
every respect worse than the viest, most vi
cious hog, and that is, gentlemen ofthe jury
mark me, gcntlemen-ah0g MtG."
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-08
BUDGET OF FUN.
a Case of Vertigo.

"You have fine city here remarked Us,
car Deak rs he stood before the desk ana
rubbed his hands.
The court looked down on him in silence
Such broad streets, such big dogs, such
beautiful alleys, such nice hand-organs new
er saw in a town before continued the man.
That same ...-i, murderous look from the
court
- ::4 almost tempted to spend the remain
der ri my days here" said the prisoner. "lhe
water agrees with me, the air seems very pure,
and find that the Detroit quart OF peanuts Is
bigger than any other in the land.'
Still no word from his Honor. His eyes
glistencd like the tines Ola ptchtork in hay
field, but he was biding his time
I'm much obliged to the boys for helping
me in here last night coolly continued the
man. II am subject to those attacks of verti-
90, and Providence seems to raise up friends
for me al the perilous moment. I'll leave II
quarter for the man who lifted me up and beg
ged Of me not to die"
While he was feeling for the cinker the
court was calling to mind how the tourist
broke two chairs in a saloon, had fight with
hackman, and hid himself in lumber yard,
and he wrote out on piece OF paper at null
length that familiar old saying, Twenty dol
lars or three months" and held it up to view.
The tourist looked at the words. Then he
locked at the clock Then he glanced out at
the green grass in the alley and saw the lambs
galloping up and down in playful mood.
"Yes-ahcm-I'll lend You $2O,' he finally
sighed.
And don't you have any more vertigo, IN
this town." said the court. Vertigo makes
the money go, you observe"
Il believe you think ] WAS drunk com
plained the tourist.
Yum replied the court, bowling profound
ly.
And you don't make any difference between
vertigo and Drunkenness"
Not bit"
The man walked out doors and headed for
the nearest saloon He was going in on the
real thing, with vertigo counted out.-Detr0d
FIRE. Pres,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-08
a Syrian Toilet,

We called Yesterday on the daughter of a
Mohammedan living in this city Crripoli)
Though the girl has been married several days
she had never been seen by her husband He
Only had gone to the mosque when the cere.
mony was performed, she taking no part in it.
After the ceremony the bride usually stays a
her fathers house nine days, during which
time she sits in state, decked in her finest dress
and Jewels, receiving calls from her friends.
Then her joy is a. IN end. She must go to
her husband take of her fine clothes, and be
come perfect slave, subject to the will of her
cruel master. The parents OF this bride were
very poor. Her mother was dressed in little
better than rags, and was at the tdgmad wash
my clothes. All the women Of the brides
company had their hair plated full Of gold
coins These were heir-loOms, and also great
iy treasured so that a woman would almost
starve sooner than part with one. The pres
ents given by the family to the bride were an
elegant pale blue brocade silk dress and black
silk, embroidered with gold earrings Of pearl
and gold; bracelets as wide as a finger. Du-
ring the call she wore the bridegroom's pres
ents. The other presents were hung spread out
On the wall.
We stopped al house below, according to
custom, and sent word we were coming. lhe
bride returned answer that she would be most
happy 10 salute us Alltr WaItlIlS dpouI 'Wei-
ty minutes, we went upstairs, for she lived or
the second floor She had not quite finished
her toilet and she sat on the floor before a
large mirror, surrounded by her tinery. When
we entered she arose and saluted US, and then
returned composedly to her dressing OF all
the strange and ghastly sights her face was
tie most wonderful, as may well be imagined
from the way in which it was prepared.
First hot wax was spread all over the whole
face, which when cooled was peeled of. This
was done to remove all the hair from the face.
Then whiting was rubbed on till the skin
looked like marble Her eyebrows were
painted Jet black, her lips and spot on each
cheek painted brilliant red. On these red
spots on her forehead and at the corners OH
mouth gilt flowers were pasted Then over
the whole powdered sugar had been snapped,
which made il sparkle as with diamond
DUST She wore pearl eaTings, and around
her neck was string Of large amber beads,
three strings Of roped pearls, and curious
necklace, which we were privately told was
borrowed for the occasion. 1t was made Of
twenty tye.dollar pieces, overlapping each 9th
er like scales The usual headdress was GOV
cred with real and artificial flowers The fin
ishing touch was put on in the shape Of piece
OF black wax, heated over caa0on till very
hot, made round fiat, and then stuck between
the eyos.--JEssUP's "SyriGa Home LVc.'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-08
Fran Force of HaIIit.

The story may not be true, IN spite OF It's in.
herent probability; but it is said that not
long ago Il resident of Niagara Falls fell OH
the bridge to Goat Island and was instantly
swept to the brink of the awful gulf below;
There he managed TO get hold of Il rock and
hold on for half an hour A sympathizing
crowd rushed into the house and grounds near
10y, where the mans wife was historically
watching the struggles Of her unfortunate nus
band, as that spot afforded the best view;
whereupon, from the force of habit, the dis
tracted woman Immediately revived sufficient
ly to charge ami collect 81 apiece from the
crowd for the privilege OF viewing the catas
trophc from her premises.-BOst0n .ldceHtser
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-08
MAYO & WIDMER,
MhYU WIDmEh,
ithsneyS al Lar
~I~A1>I: "ILI.INOIS, L. SALLECo.-'

n
CTATI; OF OILS, is SALE to-SN
- In TIE LicHit corr: heieOf, 10 OctDJeT t ls''-!"
1dQncTU.
.yessr' f. Eastun rs. william s. EastOn.
II appearing from an affidavit tile In the Office OF the
clerk OF said that said defendants William tsOn Is
not resident of said state and said complainant having
na her bill complaint in said court, ON Tie rAnctfy
side thereof, ON the 9th day Of August :. D. s herein
and summons having been issued thereon according 10 law
Notice therefore. Il hereby given 10 said Defendant VIII
liam $ EasOn that unless William ;. Elson person
y bc and appear before said court said term thereof TO
he held the Court House In Ottawa, In said county, on me
second Monday of October next H. s when ana where
said summons rcturnable and plead answer, demur or
except 10 said bill the will be- taken for confessed
against Won and the matters and thing, therein prayed for
GcCrced accordingly. H. W HOLMES, 'ltrk.
M,yn 4 WIDNER Solicitors aug9j