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The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29
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The following article from the New York
Ti,re, oi Monday last, shows that the busi-
ness men of the country are still moving,
very cautiously, and are not disposed to
take many chances on the probable revival
of business
THE week opens in financial circles with
some Interesting facts brought out by Tie
bank statement OF saturday. While deposits
hnye increased nearly three millions, (s2,sii~
.say Itpal-tender notes have increased ssas, 30,
and s,,scie S6s2 30, adding To the reserve sl.-
81 so, aud to the surplus above the amount
reuuir.d by law SSSj, go, the total reserve
bring now SIS, 200. While these averages
are favorable to what is generally regarded
a. the strength of the banks. they are
not indications Of activity or prog
resS in general trade, but OF extreme
caution and moderation. IL is now eviden
thai Ihe recupeiaJive forces supposed 20 b.
called into action by the foreign demand fol
American breadstuifs, are neither 50 strong'
nor 50 lasting in their effect as il was hoped
that they would be. The business cominuni
! " is resolved to ..go Slow" and whatever re-
cuy,.ry is in store for us from the stsgnafior
| OF the past four years, Is to come very gradu
ally Ii may, and probably will be all the
more sure on that account; but the course o
events since the great volume Of our crops
and of consequent export trade, was mad'
certain is a warning that il is very easy T.
completely discount the most favorable ele
| m.nts in the process.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29
VILLAINOUS COMPOUNDS.

The Louisville Corier-Jom7lal, which is
published..in a state where whisky ought to
be good If anywhere, confirms the statement
that probably nine hundred and ninety-nine
gallons out of every thousand that are sold
as brandy are made from a vile compound
of whisky swill, distilled spirits and chem
ical denominations, and adds:
''And as il is also true of whisky, what in
the name of goodness are We all 70 do for
something to drink. IL looks as II we were
to he driven TO the pump in spite of ourselves.
If the world at large knew what vilIainous
stuffs brandy and whisky and wines are made
of, the present crop of drunkaris would be
about the last, or at any rate, all future crops
would be small. Nearly or quite all of the
liquors that are retaied nowadays are un-
doubtedly slow hut sure poison, and to
drink them habitually is simply a round
about way of committing suicide, and unless
you guard yourself carefully the way is not
so roundabout either,-
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29
INCLINED TO PEACE.

The New York Herald has reports IRON
Constantinople, on authority TO which good
information is accessible, that His Majesty
the Sultan and his ministers are OF opIn-
ion that 1.-THE time for endeayOring TO put
an end TO the war has arrived" His Maj
esty the Sultan does not want TO lntiIct any
further misery on the Russian Empire nor
have any more inflicted on his own. Not
withstanding the noble and philanthropic
impulses which seem 10 illl the bosom OF
the Sultan, and inspire him TO this COM
mendable course, the Herald inclines TO the
opinion that it will not be easy for people
generally to disassociate his benevolent views
toward the Russian Empire from the COM
plete overthrow of Moukhtar Pacha in Asia,
the critical position OF Osman's army IN
Bulgaria, and the marked success OF the
Montenegrins in capturing Antlvari.
Either Of these events, ii SAYS, might incline
a rational government toward peace, but
the three together will leave Turkey, If not
in a sefenseless, at least in terribly
crippled condition, and that naturally in
duces the Sultan to reflect upon the miser-
les and horrors of war. England is to be
invited TO assist in the efforts 10 make
peace, and will, doubtless, help earnestly,
now that the fortune of war is against the
Moslem. But We doubt if peace will he
made just yet, for Russia has gained success
enough to encourage her to insist upon her
original terms, and Turkey has not fully
experienced calamities enough TO induce
her 10 accent them
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29
Camel's isair ShaSSls at Auction.

There was large attendance of ladies at
the auction sale of camePs hair shawls at
the wholesale store OF Jordan, Marsh Il Co.,
on Central court yesterday. The stock
comprised 800 lots OF shawls Of all grades
from the shawl quoted at s25 to one valued
at 81 300. The sale during the day was un-
der the direction OF Samuel Hatch Il Co..
and during the forenoon WAS confined to the
shawls on the first story. The first lots
sold We're OF triped grades of the lowest
quality, and these were sold all the way
from 80 to $50. These shawls were rated
at wholesale cost from $50 to $50. The
filed grades, which have been sold over the
counters for from $50 to $3.50 were most
in demand, and brought prices varying
from 81 to S9S; while those that have been
sold for $500 to 800, went off at prices
ranging from 500 to $50 The highest
priced shawl sold during the forenoon was
one of a grade that has been selling at $500,
which was sold for Sl95. Several filed
shawls, valued at between $40 ond 5000.
were sold at prices varying from Sl60 to
$50. Up TO P. NJ, nearly 200 shawls had
been disposed Of, the aggregate amount be-
ing nearly $1,000, which the auctioneer
claimed was less than fifty per cent of the
first cost at wholesale.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29
VOLCANO NEBRASKA.

The Lincoln Journal has discovered the
cause of the earthquake shock which WAS
recently felt in this section of the country,
and states il as follows:
JH. Pierce, of the Western Magazine, who
happened TO be in the city, thinks that II was
caused by the eruption of a miniature volcano
that has been recently discovered in stanton
county. The particulars of the volcano and
its discovery may prove interesting and
hence we give them, as related TO Us by the
scientific gentleman above named. He says:
A few years ago a huge hill or small mountain
gave way and tumbled into the river; and the
one or two places, where immense
crevices and depressions had been made.
In one of these depressions, through
which a crevice ran, the ground became hot
and parched, and in course of time every
thing in the shape of vegetation became dried
up and finally killed out; the sides of the
deep crevice became perfectly white from the
intense heat and constant baking. MIR. J. H.
Pierce Furthermore says, that the coldest days
in winter the ground is perfectly dry and
very warm. and that AT any time during win
ter and summer potatoes can be baked or
re Isted i'm this Iissure in fifteen minutes. We
understand Prof Aughey has examined the
locality and pronounces il wonderful freak
OF nature. lie has theory in regard To il
which. however, We have never heard ex-
piaiu,al
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29

postured himself Ia Fulton the position
assumed when shooting at Ioadmoorl. lie
completely Oui-F uiioned Fulton in the mat
ter of po-e, and at first created the impress
sion among the bystanders that he eontem-
plated suicide, but finally, after several at
tempts, during which he placed himself and
everyone in ihas vicinity in imminent peril
OF his lie, he was delivered OF shot and
the gun went of. Where the bullet went no
mortal knoweth, and so great WAS the relief
when the dangerous weapon was safely ex-
plcded, that no one had presence OF mind
enough to organize party to search. Pang-
born considers MS shot grand success, and
II the targets iail TO bear the imprint OF the
trial, the failure cannot lie attributed to
want OF good intention on his part. But
the Toadmoor Rifle Association has passed
resolution that Pangborn shan't shoot
within ten miles OF that range any more, as
life in that vicinity is entirely too preciou
To he put in jeopardy in such a manner.
Pangborn will write up his target practice
for the next issue OF the GUIDE, the illustra-
tion accompanying the article to be furnish
ell by Prof. Worrall, who was present at the
time. JOHN
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29
A Novel Election Ret.

trenton IN. j. Free American.
During the late political canvass a gen.
tleman of this city, who is strong Demo-
crat, in the course OF political debate
with a neighbor, who is firm believer in
the doctrines OF the Republican party,
made a bet with the latter that ii General
Mcclellan did not receive 1900 majority
for Governor he would shave himself with
a dry razor-that is, without brush or lath-
er, and without looking glass-upon a
street corner in a public portion Of this
city, between the hours OF 9 and II O'Clock
noon.
Yesterday morning the venerable old
Democrat, being satisfied that Little
Macs" majority will not reach the above
figure, took a seat on one of the corners
near the City Hall, took razor out of his
pocket, and cody began to comply with
the terms of the bet by shaving himself,
which operation he performed in graceful
and effective manner
The old gentleman is in his ninety-second
year, and, We are informed, not only voted
for General jackson but fought under him.
he being veteran of the warsof 1872. II
Is rarely that 4 man of such an advanced
age can shave himself. even under the most
favorable conditions, but TO do so in public
without looking glass, soap or brush, is
certainly extraordinary. lie occasionally
looked up and smiled good naturedly al
the groups OF curious persons who stopped
to look AT him
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29

While the army bill was pending in the
House, the Augusta Ga Chronicle, one Of
the ablest journals in the South, gave its
Democratic brethren IN Congress the. follow
ing sound and sensible words OF advice:
There is no necessity whatever for reducing
the strength OF the army from twenty five TO
tw.n niy 1T ousaInd men. The people have not
asked and do not wish such reduction. 1t
is absurd to say that an army Of the present
size is dangerous TO the liberties of the coun-
try IL is ridicule TO talk of twenty-five
thousand men holding forty-five millions OF
people in subjection. In that vast empire
west of the Valley of the Mississip-
ri such fo.ce is insufficient 10 protect set
tiers from the attacks of the Indians. On the
southwestern frontier the American military
force is so small as to be unable to prevent
the forays OF Mexican marauders. Let US
have done with the cheap demagoguery
which makes such a bugaboo of this handful
of men and continue the military establish
ment of the country on its present footing.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29
Methodist Appropriations for Mission.
AIRY Work.
New York sun, 49,


The General Missionary Committee of
the Methodist Chmch continued making
appropriations yesterday. The Church
South was left the same as last year. There
was appropriated $500 for northwest
Iowa; II 800 for the Black Hills; Oregon
$500; 81. Louis, 4,OO0 ian increase Of
$500; Savannah, 5000; South Kansas,
5000; Utah, $1,000; Virginia, $500;
Washington, $500; West Virginia, a.
500; West Wisconsin, $500; Wisconsin.
81 1000; contingent expenses, $4,000; incl
dental expenses, $500; Office expenses,
81 800, and for disseminating missionary
information, $1,000. In the debate on ST.
Louis it was said that in one locality of
that city there is population Of
$1,000 without Methodist church.
Brother Bernard Kelly pleaded warmly for
more money for South Kansas, and Mr..
Price OF Philadelphia tried to keep down
the appropriation. In reply to the state
ment that in South Kansas ministers were
preaching for nothing, and finding their own
teams TO 20 twenty-five miles TO do it, Mr..
Price said there were plenty of men in New
York doing the same thing. Brother Kelly
retorted that in one case a man was doing
this work on a salary of $500 a yeai, and
keeping a family Of seven. The total
amount appropriated for foreign missions
was S25O,512.35; for United States missions,
5000; Scandinavian missions, $500;
German, So, $50; Chinese, : 1900; Indian,
S3,0s0. On motion of J. b. Cornell, $780,
900 was appropriated for the debt. The
committee on South America reported in
favor Of so, 900 to beeIpended under the d.
rection of the board. The total appropria-
tions were footed up at $50, ,9O7.3
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29
Mr. Beecher,s state Of Mind.
New York Tribune.1

Sometimes, OF late days" said Mr..
Beecher last evening, in the Plymouth
church prayer meeting. 81 am so overcome
by a sense OF my own pride, by my hateful
ness, by my thunderousness, that the love
of Christ Tor such az | seems almost beyond
understanding. | have come now into such
a state OF mind that at any moment Christ
may call for me, can say, Here am /,
ready TO go I've just been building a
house. Perhaps you didn't know that.
Everybody thinks their baby's worth all
other babies. And | have thought a
good deal about that place while
digging the cellar and putting up
the timbers; until some people are ready
to say, Take care, that is your idolr Well,
now, that isn't so. 1t may burn down;
may become bankrupt that's a good deal
more likely, but should take it all calm
ly, and let it go with good spirit. All
would ask would be, Lord, let some one get
the place who loves trees and don't let
them cut mine down and divide the place
up into building lots. | baptised my
children but | baptised those trees, too.
Now, l don't know how could accept
death when it came, but | know that l
could give up my place or take any other
earthly afiiiction that might come, for I've
been through all that kind OF trial. Now.
how are You going to hurts a manlike that?'
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29
Ma. sHERnaN,S RESUMPTION.

In response TO a resolution of the House,
Secretary Sherman reports that on October
81, the coin and bullion in the treasures
and mints was Sll7 ,25l, $50, while the other
coin assets would raise the total showing
to Sl35, ,566,511. The sums now due in coin,
after setting aside SS4, 1914 of silver, re-
duce the amount available for gold resump-
,ion to S57 1901. When, with this stock
Of the yellow metal, he has redeemed S353,
100000 OF greenback-, the national bank
circulation OF S3l6,0o0,0 900 can be attended
to. But the Secretary declares that he
needs no aid in the task, and showers his
pity upon the unbelieving.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29

MosIern arm, and the los OF the position
would leave the road from the Danube to
the Roumelian valley open again to the
Russians. Already certain activity Is dis
played among the R.zssiaAs just North OF,
and in the passes OF the Balkans, and the
indications are strong that the Gar doe
not expect to 90 into winte- quarters before
he has made another and much stronger
effort To place part Of his command south
OF the Balkans, probably 4 Adrianopie.
All th,s facts tend to give strength and
color to the reports that the Sultan intends
to sue for peace, and they show that the
Gar Is making the most OF the time that is
lett him before the interference Of other
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29
Hayes s"ftTns."


The New York Erening Paa reports Mr..
Hayes firm" with tolerably well-devel-
oped tendency toward obsiinacy. That Is,
he has very clear idea Of how certain
things ought to be done, and he proposes to
do them his way and thereby please him
self If he pleases nobody else. For instance
ale is ready To explain to senators why Ger
tain appointments hav. been made, but he il
not rraiy to accept senators methods for
making them IL those methods are contrary
TO his Pr rinciples; and when, as in the Case OF
the q, orgia marshalship, the appointment Of
"A Democrat will best serve the objects Of the
Office, he does not allow party feeling To in
terfere with his duty"
Singular as it may seem to the politi-
clans, the people actually like to see pres
Ident with mind Of his own and not afraid
to assert it in behalf OF what he believes to
be right And if he IL brave enough to step
over the party lines when, in his opinion,
the public good demands it, they like him
all the better And with the people at his
back, SIR. Hayes can afford to snap his fin
gers in the faces OF those who expected to
run him, and who now ascertain to their
sorrow that he is fally capable Of running
himself
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29
PEACE RUMORS.

The reports from Europe all have more
or less to say OF the prospects of peace.
-One report says that the Great Powers
having become tised of the protrac,ed war
in the east have notified Russia that they
will not stand aloof any longer than till
the close of this year, and that If she is not
able to accomplish by that time what she
set out TO do, she will have to submit her
cause to arbitration. This is supposed to
have been what spurred up the Russian
forces 10 such unusual activity during the
last two weeks. The Gar has thrown his
whole strength into the conflict. with the
determination to push things with all pos
sible vigor, and his later successes are not
only astonishing Europe, but overwhelming
and demoralizing the Turks, who flushed
with their victories of six or eight
weeks ago in Europe, were not prepared for
the tremendous reverses that have Just ov-
ertaken then in Asia. The Turks expect
ed Constantinople to fall almost as soon as
kars, and its fall will have great influ-
ence on the spirit of the Turkish rank and
file. The Turkish soldier is doggedly brave
in present defeat, and fanatically SO in vic
tory or in an even contest; but to see a
stronghold which they have looked upon
as the key to Armenia, which could not be
unlocked or broken-in which they had
placed a Moslem's undying faith-fall
must dishearten and discourage them. The
garrison Of Kars was small, and there is
now no Turkish force Of any importance in
Asia Minor east of Er.eroum, and it is not
expected that that place can hold out
against large Russian army. On the
Danube, affairs too are not at all
unfavorable to the Russians. The
Turks themselves admit that Plevna can
hold out but few weeks longer. and the
Russians have SO encircled the place that
the escape Of Ghazi Osman Pasha is ex.
tremely predetermined, while the los of his
army would he very s,rious b,ov 10 sh.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29
q SlEID NLNE.

The South was never any time more ia'-
IL represented in WashiT zion by a Ianiitlcs.i
and Iuaatic pro-slaverr -. than Is the " est
at present t,y a flnaticsI and iunaiic SCI oi
silyer-mopev repudlaIionists. Il the puDIc
men Of other parts Of the country VIII &c,
AGAINST them with such resOluie Vig"r ana
,,...,.io,. az 4, show them that they have no
t,.o of allies ont Of their own section ihiso Ola
ber.sv in new mask may easily be pun
down.-Negc York Hesa'H.
But, unfortunately for the gold ring the
"pnbIic men OF other parts OF the country
don't seem TO be inclined to act resoluteiy
against the public interest. Some OF the
ablest friends Of silver and greenbacks are
from the Atlantic states, while the south Is
almost as solid As the West. The Herdtd
doesn't state the situation correctly: IL l.
not the solid West" but the sotid people,
against the bond holders and money lend
ers: and whenever you find a man who lives
of of the fruits of other men's labors, you
find an enemy OF silver and greenbacks, no
matter whether ne lives in the West, East
North or South
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29
rysE UoegHyr;.I.

We had completely lost sight Of Victoria
The Last heard Of her was some iour weeks
ago.when she informed New York reporter,
that Demosihenes had gone back on her, az
it we're, and didn't inhabit her any longer,
and that. like other unmarried females, she
was obliged to go it alone. But -he nov
turns up in Europe, where she is lecturing
on her own hook, - TO speak, and seems TO
succeed Just as We rs when Demosthenes
backed her. The London correspondent
of the Chicago Times Says that after leciur-
ing at Nottingham, Liverpool and Manches-
ter. she has been taken in hand by ooni-
miitee OF prominent London gentlemen,
who are making preparations To bring her
out in st. James Hall the most swell IN
stitntion in London, where she is ann"unc'
ed for four lectures.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29

fChicagO Tribune.l

Pongo, the best friend of Mr. Darwin, Is
dead and gone. Pongo was gorilla but
none the less a gentleman, and he leaves be-
hind him record for high and honorable
conduct and an exemplary daily life that
should commend him TO grateful remem-
brance Pongo died away from home. He
suffered from bronchitis and he went from
London to Germany To take the waters, but
they were Of no avail. He languished and
died, and there is nothing to intimate that
he did not die AZ he had lived gentleman.
lie has hosts Of friends in London, whom he
was accustomed To receive at stated hours
with the utmost courtesy. lie smoked, but
MOTTO much. lie drank his glass OF wine,
but he drank it like a gentleman, and was
never intoxicated. As the representative Of
the grand origin Of human life, he looked
upon men and women with sympathy and
kindness lie sat at the table and con-
Quoted himself according to the code Of eti-
quette,-did not eat with his knife, nor
reach over the table for victuals, nor spill
the gravy on his neighbors. lie always
conducted himself with moderation, never
giving away to those exces-es which char
acterize his brethren who are made a little
lower than angel" At the time Of his
death he was civilizing very rapidly,-sO
fast, indeed, that his keepers said he had
bI little more To learn. Indeed, they were
not sure but that he might teach the human
race something it ought TO know. Perhaps,
therefore, it is better that he died before his
primal ideas Of honor, sobriety, and moral
ity were corrupted. Had he lived few
wears longer be might have been a bruiser
in prize-ring, the proprietor OF faro
bank, defaultiny Sunday school superin-
teDdent, an election hummer, a ballOt-box
suffer. check raiser, a genteel forger. a
-Nobilier engineer, an aristocratic
dead-bea or have done something else that
would have disgraced his Simian sire In
his eafly taking Of, therefore, there is the
consolation that Pongo was saved from the
temptations Of the world, and retired from
it with a clear record. The epitaph upon
his monument, If he have one, will not be
as mendacious as the average posthumous
tributes.
A peculiar interest attaches to Pongo.
The rude uncultivated world looked upon
him as brute, but many men Of keen OBJ
servation and scientific instinct SUSPECTED he
might be man and . brother, and, more
than that, the missing link in the long
chain Of subtle causatiOns that unites man
with the monkey and evolves him as the
matured product of . crude Simizn Begin
ming. Messrs. Darwin, Huxley, and Others
studied him with assiduous neal to
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