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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-12-27

hold fast TO sels-eyi6 .ns trrth in the higher
realm, Just as il does . the mid-sky and ON
the sods OF purely phys. cal research. i will
not admit that the whole world belongs to
men who follow scientific truth only 10 its
physical relations. Heaven forbid that
should deny that they are making import
ant discoveries. They mine into the earth
They sink wells down aBidown; but at The
bottom OF their wells, looking upward, they
do not see the whole range OF truth. TO do
that they must come TO the curb-tone, and
al least put their heads out and gaze
around, north, sonth. east and west They
will find the mid-sky fact, as well as the
bowels OF the planet; they will find an up
per SKY fact as Well Is the mid-sky, and
as well as that upper vein which they have
beeu working. We are not out of the range
of gravita,iOn when We are out of the
physical specialists we'll. We are not out
of the range OF self-evident truth when we
rise ont of the mine and look around US and
| above Us. Forever and forever, We must
acknowledge the unity and universally OF
law and, therefore, self-evident moral truth
will be to us always a pedestal from which
the philosophy of religion will be visible To
its very turret, If only we carry up her teie-
scope TO that summit along the line OF the
only rent through the clouds that Gods own
hand seems TO have made when he stretched
forth his creation arm and implanted these
| self-evident truths in the human constitu-
ton yosepk Co.k.
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A OUERY.

EDITOR TINES would like to ask the
Reverend Mr.. Spencer question or two:
In his sermon on marriage, he says, when
Christian marries an unbeliever he or she
ignores the positive injunction of God, and
may expect in some way to suffer for it.
Now, which is the greatest sin, for a
Christian TO take an unbeliever, for
husband or wife, or for a Christian
minister TO unite Christian to
an unbeliever in marriage, knowing that it
is not in accordance with the Bible? Does
he not commit a greater sin? 1t is not the
dimes he is after, and the turkey and
chicken for instance, and all the good
things of this life. Thus virtually saying
let the world wag as it will, will be gay
and happy still. III.
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One Of she Pars. Commissioners.

HUTCHINSON, Ram, December q, 1877.
EDITOR ZINES II inclose a clipping
from the Nars here, which purpor,s to be
copied from your paper. Thinking, in fact
knoainc, that your acquaintance with Mr..
Meyer cannot be at all intimate, would be
glad to say word for him through your
paper. would be glad to see Mr.. NJ. get
this appointment for the reason that he
would undoubtedly make as good man
for the place As there is in the state. The
fact that he can speak English, French and
German fsenfly, is one strong recommenda-
ton, but consider his wide experience in
doing business with men, and his very SUI
perior business qualifications sill greater
recommendations for the place. consider
him, judging from what he has done here.
rs good . business man - I ever knew. He
is wonderfully energetic, and quick to see
and appreciate anything new.
You may be assured that If he Is appoint
Il he will do well what i 70 Be done II
sssns hat this pant Il IL seais i iseline
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The surplus capital Of England enriehe'
everv other country. Il builds railroads in
Australia, South Amsrica, india, Turkey,
sraip &c. and :; furnishes the means TO
Eoropsan sovercigns and 70 Aohammedan
-YIers To carry on their governments, to put
down rebellion al home and TO make war
abroad. Wherever there Is a chance for
gain English capitalists are ready with the
reqaisiie funds. Notwithstanding the i'm
mense loses produced by the decline in
goyerfment stocks, John Bull is as bold as
ever in has ventures in foreign loans and
enterprises. His latest project is the forma-
ton Of a company for the construction OF
German canals under the favor OF the Der
lin government. The first canal to be un-
dertaken is 10 connect Berlin and Hamburg.
Since the introduction Of steam on canals
they have become formidable competitors
with railroads in the transportation OF mer-
chandise and grain, owing 10 the greater
cbeapness OF freight charges.
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THE GRi,sI,oPPEK COMMISSION.

The United States chronological Com
mission, which was organized and placed
unier the auspices OF Professor Hayden's
geological survey, for the purpose OF inyes-
tigating and reporting the entire subject OF
insect ravages throughout the western re-
gions of our continent, have completed their
labors for the present season. The mem-
bers OF the commission have been busily
engaged in the preparation Of the several
parts OF their annual report, and will soon
meet in Washington, where they will have a
protracted sitting to get everything ready
for the printer. This report is looked for
with much interest by the farmers of the
West, and the character OF the commission
Is a guarantee that it will be creditable
from the scientific, and valuable from the
practical standpoint.
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WHERE THE FRAUD WAS PER.
PETRaTED.

Mr.. Thurlow Weed is being quoted as
saving upon further investigation, that
there was nothing secret about the demon
citation OF silver He does not say that.
Here is what he does say, under his own
signature:
IL is quite plain that members of Congress
ought 10 have known what they were doing,
though many OF them admit they did not.
II is equally certain that neither the Presi-
dent, the press, nor the people, understood
the question until u was about to become a
practical one.
1.-The bill 10 regulate The Government
minis" etc, eIc., was prepared under the di-
rection Of Tire comptroller Of the currency.
IL contained many sections and numerous
details. more or less important in the man
ageinent of minis and asSby Offices. These
details were gathered from the various mint
and assay officers, in reply to a circular from
the comptroller Of the currency.
The Cincinnati Times copies the language
Of Mr.. Weed, quoted above, and says:
But this, DE II remembered, is concerning
the coinage act of lS5;;, which simply dropped
the silver dollar from further coinage-it did
not demonetlzs it. The demonetizing was ef-
fecled by the Revised Statutes, lS.i. Revised
Statutes, Of course, ought 10 be nothing but
revision and continuation OF the laws in force.
The revision was referred To a committee, re
ported TO Congress, ana adopted on the cred {
of the committee. The immense bulk Of the
Statutes, as revised, is never read through
But this committee, secretly, surreptitiously,
and, We fear, fraudulsntly, demonetized the
silver dollar, without any authority Of law
Whatsoever There is where the main fraud
lay, and Mr.. Weed is as well convinced of it
as any one.
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st. Nicholas for 1875

Besides Miss Alcott's serial for girls, and
the three seri.is for boys, TO follow each
other in rapid succession, will contain a
short serial story by the author OF ''The
Schonberg- Gotta Family y and an article,
"Around the World IN Yacht, Boysw has
been promised by brilliant writer, now on
the actual tour Of the world in his own
yacht. There will, also, be some French
Nursery Jingles, for young students, by a
Daughter OF Peter Farley, and letter to
Young Americans by George Macdonald.
The "How" series of instructive papers.
by various suthors, will tell how 10 bind
your own books; how they mine coal how
to enjoy yourselves at home how to be an
agreeable guest how to entertain company:
how to be u carpenter; how to make an ice
boat how to build a house; how India
rubber is gathered; how mackerel are
caught; how they laid the Atlantic cable ;
how they mine in California; how they
work in the tea country how to be parlor
magician.
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The Second Coming Of Christ.

Correspondent Boston Traveller, Dec. b.
Your weather writer attributes the mild
ness which has continued 30 long, to the in
iiuence Of the Gull Stream, which he thinks
has changed Its course nearer the land
than usual. But may not another cause be
assigned for it? Many Christians believe
that the second advent OF our Lord is at
hand. Mr.. Moody is of the number, and
hence his earnestness. Now about the
weather. He whose nature Is, divine love
it r. reasonable to suppose, would bring
mildness with him in revising personally
the race he died to save. The following is
the prediction OF his coming taken from the
Acts: aye men OF Galilee, why stand We
gazing up into he,ven? this same Jesus
which is taken up from You into HEAVIER,
shall so come in like manner a. we have
seen him go into heaven"
The anniversary Of his incarnation seems
appropriate for his second advent Our
Catholic friends, who are always early up
on Christmas morning, if he comes, will be
first TO greet him.
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CONG LsNG AND COR DING.
Nv. A. Croffut. In the y. Y. Graphic

w. a. Croffut, In the y. y. Graphic-l
S4n Cong Ling he was Cbinee;
Sen Cor Ding he was Hindee;
They 9uarrellsd and could not :gree,
And they looked at each other askew
In the councils OF Sam the Yang k,e-
Cried Cor Ding, "You want to be bos>!"
And he pounded bis deks with rap;
''O!I Pm hyena and ho>s-
And a bTs>s-moun'ed, terrible chap
For "A stranger 10 happen across"
"Oh YOU are a Tyre, believe"
Remarked the brave Brahnian, Cong ing
"loure played, IL IL tue, and gri.ve.'
"a -lyrce" Why, IL seemed To Cor Ding
He WAS charged with attempts To deceive.
All settle this insult with you,"
Cried Cor Ding, "Gutsidr of this hali"
In voice which the don kec pah knew
Meant Bla Den Bug, powder and bali,
And tea and reyolvcrs Tor two!
Oh did they not weller in gore?
Not Il wtiter, but quite th,. revcrse,
T!i-y >h,sok hands, and SIN led as ir'Iore,
And said 'BrOi her, gp.d men are >cur<.,--
ANA We cannot lie spared from tn, noor,
Then Thur NJ N and Ham lin said, 1--WE
And Tim dow have l"t;l.d IL slick,
NoenDiiicsS Lin. and Ding be-,
BuI They sp Ike. III the .on gu Of Pick Ntck,
In TIA. Councils oi sam, tHe Yang IL e."
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A JAPANE,E SHOW.

Japan has a regular National Exposition
on hand, "ailee same like Mclean man"
Initiating our Centennial Exposition, these
japanese have set up show in Toxic,
where people from all parts OF the Empire
are displaying the handiwork and products
Of the various provinces. Allthings in the
way OF fabrics needlework and curious
productions Of the hand, grains vegetables,
pottery, etc, find place in the exhibit, the
department most lacking being that devoted
to labor-saving inventions. This is the
first exposition ever held in Japan, but it is
a success, and is yielding revenue TO the
projectors. The general admission is equal
TO about seven cents.
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10 stand on commercial basis, but 70 be
pr,duced by the devotion snd Tree gif,s Il
religious men, They are tleoieticail, put
aP Tor aiyrne worship, ami Mt ~ an
inye>inen; for brnlhol,,er< and
rev owners They are in
principle for the use OF the poor. the cuiti-
vatlon the ignorant, and the redempsiou
Of the miserable, and they are a travesse on
their name when they becume a social club
tor the refined enjoymeEs-si oratery and
concerts at an annual assessment of the cost
oi these Injuries. \ church does not go
INTO business ON a trade basis ii is relig-
ious and benevolent organization. When
II goes into debt. and thus Mortgages its iu-
ture Income, il is speculation, and Not
christian enterprise. In 80 far as religious
societies have mdulged their luxurious
tastes By running into debt or have speca-
lated IN neigkborhood property, or have
taught men 10 borrow rather than give. or
have turned into commercial enterprises in
stead oi Christian places of worship for ali
whom Christ has redeemed, they have de-
med the faith and set up some
thing not of divine inspira-
tion and quality. There is enough of
THIS lapse IN all our denominations. and il
Is a tremendous misrepresentation of the
spirit of the gospel. The harm i, is doing
Is Incaiculable. Church debts encourage
luxurious tastes; they dry up the charitable
inclInations of their members; they facili
tate cliques and factions in establishing
tn, mselves they help rivalries of denomin-
ations ami parishes into permanence; they
increase the cost OF worship and drive away
the poor; they run the risk of putting the
Lord property in the hands Of the sheriff.
Whether Mr. kimball Uses these argu-
men,S, or better ones, We do not know.
They are obvious. the The Pres will put no
copyright on them. In fact, anv local
M rball is entirely free to use them with
oui ch.rge of piracy. But it will be well to
have them used speedily, in order that
church extension NAV he exchanged for
church redemption, which will be scheme
much more IN accordance with the true
character and spirit oi Christianity.
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WHAT CAUSES THIS WARM
WEATHER
Ii the Earth 00t Of her Orbit, and
Rushing Toward the SanP
New York Times, Dec. Hl

IL the Earth Cut Of her Orbit, and
Rushing Toward the Sum ?
New York Times, Dec. al
We are now within few DAYS of Christ
m as, and the weather which ought to be
exceedingly cold, is As warm as though it
were the middle of May. Not only have
our natural expectations OF cold been dis
appointed, but it is actually warmer now
than it was two months ago. If We are to
believe the evidence of our senses, Spring
and not Winter, is approaching. In at
least one village in the neighborhood of this
city, the cherry-trees are in blossom.
In many places in this State and
other Northern States, the blue
birds have returned from their
Winter trip. to the South, and are busily
looking up eligible nest-building sites.
The grass, which put on its Winter hue
early in November, has. thrown il of, and
is rapidly growing green again. To con-
front this united and unanimous testimony
of the tree, the grass, the blue birds, and
our own senses, to the effect that the
weather il growing and will continue TO
grow warmer, We have only the assertion of
the almanac Tie intelligent man can
hardly hesitate which to believe. II ia
true that cherry-trees are impulsive and
occasionally make mistakes, but the blue
birds verscify = uniDpeachable, and when
he announces thst ~ Spring Is II hand, ne
have no night 70 charge him with falsehood
Of efrue.
TAis saqr,ss1ntsl cenases q tLs parf
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WILL PASS.

The New York Tribune thinks the silver
bill will pass Congress, because ''the party
in favor OF this is working very hard in all
parts OF the country"
That's not the principal reason why it
will pass: Ii Will pass Congress because
"the party in favor OF this" is composed Of
at least four-fifths OF the American people,
who have made up their minds that the
bill shall pas: and ii the present Congress
doesn't pass it the people will see to it that
the next Congress is composed of men who
will not only pass the silver bill, bur green
back bill, also.
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Paying OF Chucrb Debts.
Philadelphia Press, Dee. 49,

Ii true missionary ever entered on a
career to revitalize Christianity, it Is the
man who, IN these days of church debt,
engages in the work OF putting them on
an honest basis Such man by reputa-
ton l. Mr. Kimball, whose latest achieve
ment was helping young DIR. Tying, Of New
York-to Use the language originally Of
thieves, but now OF church collectors TO
lift" the debt Of $4,000 on his church
Talk Of sending missionaries TO the aborigi-
nes of Africa or Dakota, when there are
worshipers at home who do not understand
Christianity, But here il man who has
found converts to make Of pew-renters in
Chicago, Boston, New York and perhaps
Philadelphia. II he is about the great
business of making churches honest he
is on a most recuperating and re-
formatory errand. When the church
is honest the public will become
more 20, and men like Gilman, Tighe, Case
and others will have less countenance in
their financial finesse. The term honest
has peculiar Specification in church mat
tiers. Commercially it may be honest TO
build church on a joint stock basis, Dor
rowing all the money that the probable in
come will secure specializing in the popu-
lariiy Of pastor and his health, or in the
eligibility Of a new neighborbood. A
church may pay interest on its bonds, and
as long a. it does 50 be regarded as honora-
be But there have been parishes ere this
which have disorganized, and let the sheriff
sell their assets, once dedicated To divine
service, to pay off some proportion Of
their Liabilities. In that case Just pop
ular feeling declares the proceeding dis
honest, because 1t is popularity believed
that the Lord pays his obligations dollar
for dollar Either the preteDce that the
enterprise is the work of the Divine Spirit
must be abandoned, or the debt must be
paid in full, unless the community is to be
iaugh, by men protesting to be Gods repre-
sentaiives that the Almighty now and then
goes into bankruptcy. OF course, profane
men will not encourage themselves in much
respect for deity who allows the bills in
Cured for his worship to remain outstaDd-
ing. or who lets his house be sold at sheriifs
sale for debt.
For this reasoa church dehts are dishou-
ss4 essa bssnnGs ~ asspgpsut the di-
Viss $780,. Ghi1sk0 - ~ a.pRoal
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HOW 40 ENTERTAIN.

Rev. DR. Cuyler l. out in an urgent ap-
peal for total abstinence ON New Years
day. He says that coffee and lemonade
will satisfy the demand for hospitality, and
he appeals to women not TO be tempters
lie takes ground against Moody and Muir
phy, who hold that piety will obliterate the
appetite for alcohol, although he thinks alb
stinence is easier for 4 Christian than for
sinner. lie asserts that .inebriety is on the
increase among women.
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IMMIGRATION INTO NEW YORK.


According TO official returns made TO the
Bureau of Statistics there arrived at the
port OF New York during the month Of No.
vember, 1871, ALB immigrants, OF whom
2,7g7 were males and l,9is females. In
addition to the immigrants 222l passengers
arrived, OF whom ], 9i9 were citizens Of the
United States and 272 soiourners. The
countries from which the immigrants took
shipping for the United States were: Eng
land, sill; Scotland, l53; Wales, 10; Ire
land, G05; Germany, 1,5sS; Austria, 1872
Sweden, I2I; Norway, AZ; Denmark, sc
France, Us; Switzerland, 9S; Spain, 10;
Italy, 279; Holland, IS; Belgium, IA
Russia, 40; Poland, IL Hungary. 81 ;
Greece, 3; Nova Scotia, .; Cuba, 4; st.
Croix, .; Jamaica, .; China, Mexico,
Guatemala, United States OF Columbia, Ven
ezuela, Peru and British India, one each.
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A jackson County EIope nena.

lho.ton fscco'ue4- -
On last Thursday night, VIM. Ashton,
better known about C.rc!eville as Will
Bill" and Miss Nettie Washington, n
young lady about sixteen or seventeen,
daughter of jefferson township farmer,
determining to unite their destinies in spite
Of the cruel faies that would keep them
apart, eioped. They probably footed 1t to
Holton, where they took the train for-no-
body knows where. 1t is to be hoped that
1t will MT prove TO this rash young lady
one of those affairs consGmated in haste on
ly 10 be atoned Tor by lifetime OF repen-
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WHAT ANS THE xyE,Tu.Du.

There have been SO many celestial APP
positions and occultations and conjunctions
IN the past few months that the sun is APP
parently disturbed in his reckoning, and is
giving us these days repeated doses of
spring instead Of winter. About this time
OF year the sun is, or ought to be, the farth-
est south of the equator that it gets, and
yet the outdoor temperature is almost that
OF May. Ii its all the same TO Old Probs.
he may resume the original programme.
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Can't Understand Why IL should he
Thus.
New York Times d.

The report Of the Secretary OF the Int
rior and OF the Attorney-t General with ref
erence to the determinations made by the
Union Pacific Railroad Company against
the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company will
be ready for Congress at its Resembling IN
January. The defense of the Union Pa
cific Company was heard yesterday. Ii
mainly turns on an allegation that the in
creased charges made 10 the branch
road are rendered necessary by the excess
i've cost Of transportation for freight trans
ferred to that road. This is question Of
fact which it ought not to be very difficult
to decide But it is not easy to see why
freight, sent from San Francisco to Chicago,
should, in consequence of the Union Pacific
charges, cost less than freight hauled a
shorter distance to st. Louis, having in both
instances passed over the portion Of the
Union Pacific road, which, it is alleged, is
80 ernanSiv. IN nperata
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How she Money PoVSOr SympaIhise,
Win the Poor.

The organs Of the Money Power are be
ginning to sympathize with the poor They
have made the discovery that the bonds art
all owned by poor men, widows, and or.
phans, and that to pay them in silver dol,
lars, or to declare them payable in silver
dollars, would be robbery Of the poor
At the same time, however, they are will,
ing that subsidiary silver coins, worth
six per cent. less than silver dollars. shall
he made legal tender in payment Of all
wages collected in srms les than five dol.
lars. In other words they demand god ior
the poor bondholder-not even the old ST.
yer dollar Is good enough for him-while
they hold that baser AMI less valuable
coinage is good enough to pay the daily wa
ges which are all that the families Of the
poor have to live upon.
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CuUrfCK NOTICES.

To prevent misunderstanding on the part
Of our church friends, we desire to explain
again that We do not publish notices OF
meetings, which have previously been pub
lished in Other papers, except as advertise
ments. Publishing newspaper Is not a
matter of religion, but Of business. We do
not publish church notices as religious
duty, but because they are nexs items, and
interesting to our readers, but when they
have been oncepublished they cease TO he
news items, and are Of no further value to
us; they become then simply business no.
tices, and must be paid for the same as
other advertisements
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vaHDEnnrLT,S MoNUuExr.

Arthur Gilman, the architect, in his evil
dence in the Vanderbilt will case, described
the Commodore's proposed monument to
Washington in Central Park, which he
said was to be higher than Cheops' pyramid,
and would have cost thre quarters of a
million. The project was not regarded by
the architect as impracticable or insane,
but lust a trifie Eccentric
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though it would seem that MacSi ahon
oGght by this time to be heartily SICK -
their scheming, there is bare possibility
that he may again fall back into their tolls.
ri, however, the Marshal President viii
fairly intrust to his new ministers the con-
troll of their respective portfolios, and raise
no quarrel with them, prosperity and do
nestle quiet will doubtless soon return to