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The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29

they did not approach him in he right
manner. ie-haps he did Rot understand
their scientific JarSon. or agsin he may
have b>sn too proud To acknowledge
his relationship to such spec
linens a. he sometimes saw
shout him, and pref rrsd ocarry the secret
with him 10 the grave. lie certainly tried
to believe like Il man lie walked erect ON
two legs. dressed with due rcterence To the
style If the period, and used the two hands
which had once been feet politely and
gracefully. lie usually looked about him
in grave, observant way, evid, ntly study
ing mankind from the high plane of the
philosopher. but at III same time always
had sind smile Tor gentle people lie
was afiectionate in his disposition, gallant in
his manners toward the ladies, strong in his
friendships, Stunned the appearance of
evil, and voluntarily chose the straight and
narrow path oi good. though he had no
well-dehned theological ideas and did
not attend any church III he
had. the whole tenor Of his life shows that
he would have kept awake and paid his
pew-taxeS regularly. Wirh all his amenI-
ties and his disposition To look upon life in
a kindly way, he had secret SORROW shat
cd his general health. II grew out of his
manifest regret that he had a tail, and that
the tail was neither useful nor ornamental
while he was in an erect attitude. He did
not stop To reflect that all his human breth-
ren have the rudiments of a tail. He only
saw that his tail was unnecessarily
long, and that, with this caudal eKcep-
tion he was as good looking many who
L. L 4 Il :
him in ultimate brevity. This occasioned
him much SORROW in his solitary hours,
though he has lett no record of his medita-
tions, which may have been, Tor aught any
one knows. interesting rs the sorrows of
Werther or the confessions of Lamartine.
Whatever Pongo may have been with ref
erence to the rest of mankind he was GER
tainly more OF man than the Digger IN
| diam the average Hottentot, the King of
Dahomey or Sitting Bull, and more human
| in his instincts, actions, feelings. and senti-
ments than very generous proportion Of
! those who are not gorillas- As agorilla he is
| entitled to the respect and remembrance of
| the world for the noble effort he made 10 rise
| from his brute condition and become a use
| fui member of society. On the other hand,
| as there is ell-grounded suspicion that
he NAV have been a man and brother,
| ground down below his rightful plane by
| -kepticism and a tail, il will not be unbe-
| coming for us TO mourn his demise with
| gentle grief, and To wear that style Of miti-
gated mourning which maniiests itself on
| handkerchief borders, fan-tip-, and coach
mems cockades while Mr. Darwin NAV wear
! a weed yard in length. Whatever Pongo
NAV have been in lie. he Is now handful
OF dust. and that dust Is quite as fine in tex
ture and elevated in its chemical cen, nts
a. that OF Caesar or Bonaparte. X. |. 4.
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item appeared in the local columns OF THE
TINES yesterday .morning:
Chief of Police Moonlight, has requested Us
to state that hereafter he will canSe his Of
icers to be doubiy Visiiah' IN COOKING arr
persons ,p,',n r,vs ,o..,har He .,ys
they must. and shall get married, leave
the city or seperate. The last case he had
of the Kind was one andrew 9',i~oh l"nirJ
anu -, S.o,,d .,r'.., h,, nei,ers r,,verop
Cunningham and Yerlzes night before last.
These psrti-s,it is alleged have been living To-
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Last week a woman canvassed this town
of Maryland to sell patent carriers To the la
dies These garters had to he made or al
tered to suit individual limbs, and so the
canvasser found ii Necessary in all cases TO
make an accurate measurement. The pat
ent garter was considered tirst-iate arti-
Gle, and the canvasser or canvasSeress drove
a lively trade here, sold many garters. and
measured many limbs. She left here to ply
her trade in Pennsylvania town. There a
combination of circumstances which it is
not necessary or, indeed, judicious TO relate
here, led to certain inquiries, and the meas
uring canvasser stood confessed-a man.
He languishes in Jail.
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PERHAPS TH AS,S WHAT AlI.SSEN-
ATOR THU II NAN.

There is a lull in the President-making
business. Congress has smashed Mr.. Til
denis johnny-cake oven, and relieved Mr..
Randall from his straddle by postponing
the subsidy question; Mr.. Hendricks Is
keeping his mouth shut and watching Gag
erly for new issue TO indorse; General
Mcclellan is out of the race entirely, and
Uncle Dick Bishop is stroking his beard
and waiting for the lightning to hit him. 1t
is an uncommonly good time for the en-
trance of a new candidate. Perhaps that is
what ails Senator Thurman.
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milwaukee Sentinel Boston Letter.
heard conversation recently between
a Young lady in society and the representa-
tive of a leading society paper. 1t was at a
charity bali the girl was pretty and ex-
quisitly dressed. She went up to the Young
gentleman and said: Now, Mr., don't
you put my name in the paper, nor tell
what had on. have worn this dress once
before and it's horribly old. ! was going
TO have French dress from Worth's, but
il didn't get here, so had to wear this !;
now mind, don't put my name in the paper,
but il you do, send me six"
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The cigar manufacturers OF San Francis
co have been compelled by popular pres
sure to consent to discharge their Chinese
workmen and employ only white men.
But this may not settle the difficulty. The
Chinese are shifty race, and the discharg-
ed workmen will probably 60 into cigar
making on their own account, establishing
little shops over the city and underselling
their old employers. If t'ey should do
this they would soon get control Of the busi-
ness, for even the San Francisco hoodlums
will buy their cigars where they can get
them cheapest even though it he at a
Chinese sbop.
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PltKI.G PLYnOUTI7 CBURCss.
ti.c sseeossis oI the TEo.:..a- 1UI
New York World Monday.l


New York World, Monday.l
Long before ten O'Clock yesterday morn
ing the free seats in Plymouth Church If
which there are about three hundred-were
al occupied. The people who could not
get in extended down the stairs in lines on
each side, and at either END of the building
and across the vestibules out 10 the street
To one inside the church at this earlv hour
the appearance OF the long rows Of vacant
seats in the galleries, fringeG, 20 10 speak,
with this black border of humanity, Is verv
singular. Soon after ten, however, the reg
u.ar congregation begins TO arrive, singly
or in groups of two or three, and the vacant
space becomes at first dotted here and there
as each one takes his OF her accustomed
seat, and by l0:l5 the whole space above
and below is comfortably filled. Then be-
gins the packing process, in which the ush
ers from long experience, are adopts. Zach
pew is rated at So many seats, and Just that
, number is put in, without regard to age, sex
or breadth of beam, As a SAILOR would ex-
press it. This occasions some inequalities
but upon the whole the arrangements are
good. No one is allowed TO stand in the
aisles, and all that cannot be seated are
| bamshed to the vestibules.
| lhe sublectoi the morning sermon yester-
| DAY was seii-deniai, which MI beecner de
hned TO De a universal condition of ME De-
| longing To manhood everywhere, and, as
lie expressed 1t, II would be necessary IL
you wiped the New Testament out ol exist
ence altogether. IL meant struggle TO
advance from a lower place TO hisher
one. his eraid mol De done without pam
II was hard TO De honest, hard To be truth
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THE MEANEST MAN.

"What part OF the country can exhibit
the meanest man in the United State.,n has
long been an open question, but it has been
settled at last, and St Louis comes out with
the blue ribbon sied to herear: The Mean.
est Man was in Jail, and besides was SEN
tenoed to pay very heavy fine he hired
lawyer to get him out; the lawyer got him
out OF Jail, and out Of the fine, and then he
asked Tor his fee this was nothing remark
able for lawyer 10 do-they all do i,-bu,
the Aeaasut Man refused to pay: than the
lawyer sued him, and then this Msanes,
Aaa, Who bad got out Of Jail, and out of /.
~ -, also 60 ont Of Tie Zee that he had
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Certainly There Ought to be Some
Way.
Pittsburgh Telegraph

Sometimes one is led to wonder whether
the law is not to impede and defeat the ends
Of Justice rather than to secure them. Two
or three generations ago the lower courts,
and finally the Supreme COnrt, decided that
a large part Of the city of New Orleans be-
longed to Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, but by
one device after another, by legal quibbles
and hosts Of money, she has been prevented
from entering into possession Finally the
genial old lady has applied to Congress for
some special Legislation, in order to secure
to her her rights the few remaining years
she has to enjoy them. 1t may he that
Congress will find its time 50 fully occupied
with resumption silver, deficiency and ap-
preparation bills and the like, that it will
have no time to consider her petition. but
there certainly should be -ome way, either
in the machinery of the courts, or in gener-
al legislation, whereby legal DEGREES, such
as have been given in her case, may be en-
forced
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diate discharge OF the man who they claim
has done them 80 much injustice As an hon
orabie and large class of men, and unless
the said company shall accede to their re-
quest that they will use their united inEu-
ence to keep passenger and freight travel
from that line As long as they can reach
their customers by any other route They
are truly aroused TO action, and are making
things lively Tor the Judge.
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Well, That's nome COnsSOrt AWy how
ISnriupfield K.pubiicap1

They were two nice old ladies in good
and regular standing in the orthodox
Church. They pridcd themselves on the
doctrines of the fathers, and they were
talking Of the current topic Of the Indian
Orchard council. Coming down To the main
topic, one says: about this eternal pun
ishment how long do you 'spose it really
lasts" "Well," said the other, "a plaguy
long while-at least loo years, 'spose." !"
a thousand.years," retlectiveiy responded
the second; well, that's good deal better
than n,,hinUw
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A Husband shoots His Wife fn
l.hnrfa.

Last Sunday morning, during services at
the Church OF Ascension, in Philadelphia,
Alexander L. Sayres walked up the aisle,
drew pistol, and snot his wife Elizabeth,
who occupied pew several feet in advance
OF the one where Sayres was sitting. The
bullet entered her back. and she now lies at
the hospital in dying condition. Sayres
WAS promptly arrested. Both parties were
regular attendants at the church, but have
been separated for two years.
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OF Course That, Uby.



With all its faults Ohio mas still some re-
deeming virtues. II produces good hogs and
sheep, and now We are told that within The
state there are 3Sl 900 acres of apple orch
ards, from which have been gathered this
year 100000 bushels OF apples. Was
this not one Of the reasons why Bishop was
elected? The Republicans were too busy
picking apples to vote.
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M1NE ED.

THE Republicans of Wisconsin are not
sureof both branches Of the legislature after
all. They have handsome majority IN the
senate, but there were 50 many members oil
the lower House elected on side tickets, that
the control Of the House is doubtful. lhe
full returns make the division thus: Senate,
u Republicans, u Democrats; House, 4o
Republicans, 10 Democrats, .Greenhack'
ers, Independents, and / Socialist. oi
course it becomes an interesting question to
know how the Gfeenback and Independent
members will act regarding political mat
ters. and, AZ is very natural under the cir
cumstanoes, both parties are claiming them
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TIsEY HAVE ANES AND THEY
GRIND THEM.

4 delegation OF eminent Massachusetts
gentlemen called upon the President the
other day, and as they were about to retire
one of them remarked they would no long
er occupy the Presidents time, as they had
no axes to grind, whereupon the President
said: Il don't know; you Massachusetts
people do have axes, and you grind them
nre;ty fine
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Meeting Of ,he National Grange.

CINCINNATI, November u. The Nation
al Grange met at the Grand Hotel, to-day.
Delegates were present from all the states
The main part Of the work must, Of necessi-
ty, be devoted to capitalization and system
ization Of the grange work, and decision
must be reached whether there shall be any
longer National Grange, and, if 20, what
will be its functions, power and Limitations.
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An OF Year for strikers.


The striking cigar-makers of New York
have accomplished just what any one might
have anticipated. Dealers have become
tired of waiting on New York firms, have
Cancelled their orders there, and have made
their purchases elsewhere, and the pros
pect is that, by the time the strikers are
ready to return to work, there will be no
work for them to return TO. This is a bad
year for strikers of every kind.
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CLEvELAND, o., N"vember 2l.-Last
Sunday night burglar attempted to rob
the postofiice at Grafton Station, lew miles
south Of this cita- Charles Allen a young
man who slept in the office, fired at the
burglars The latter returned the fire,
fatally wounding Allen, who died this eve
ming The burglars escaped.
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Oakley Hail Again Before the Public
New York Times1

Mr.. A. Oakley Hall is going to lecture.
Messrs. Jarrett d Palmer have mapped out
a tour for him, and he will appear first in
Boston, on the 18th of November, at the
Music Hail. and afterward in Philadelphia,
and he will perhaps then lecture in this
city. The title OF the discourse, which Mr..
Hall will make public on these occasions, is
what shall the verdict be?' Ii is described
as dramatic, legal and historical" and was
written, it is understood, during the ex-
Mayors recent voyage hither from Eng
I.n,o
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COMING: VERY CLOSE TO THE
Truth.

The Leavenworth CORRESPONDENT of the
St Louis journal who was an ardent sup
porter Of Mr. Spalding in the late contest
Tor Sheriff, attributes that gentleman's de-
fsat to the fact that he was popularity sup
posed TO favor Gov. Geo. 7. Anthony for
L. :. Senator And therein the correspon-
dent aforesaid is not far from right
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Il Was lmdeFestisnated.

New York Tribune.
The size of the Democratic mouth seems
to have been underestimated
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wendell Phillip. On ,he Third Term.
New York Tribune.l

I-NNW IOIh IIIDuHt-I
Wendell Phillips has no fear Of third
term. He says the country has floated On
by Grant, and when the next convention
meets he will be six years behind time.
His European trip will not help him any,
for the coalition OF the west and south will
raise up a new man for the Democracy
against an eastern and hard money man on
the Republican side.
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HahAarA aDA d. Drnn.~
tSioux City Joslnal.l

The commercial tr.ysl.n are after Judge
Hubbard, Of Cedar Rapids, with q sharp
stick for . recent venomous attack upon
them in the Supreme Court The Judge
was altogether TOO sweeping in his aaser-
tions, for the fact l. that while there are
many disreputable men in the class referred
to, still We believe that the larger propor-
tion of our travelling salesmen are = hon
orable and upriekt nsA - can be found IN
any baainm cnII1ln4
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ST. LOUIS, November 2l.-The ''Globe
Democrats" Bonneville Special says, that
Geo. Staples, living near Versailles, Nor
gan county, Missouri, came home drunk
last Sunday night, quarreled with his
daughter-in-law, and finally, knocked her
down and kicked her. Geo. Staples, Jr,
her husband interfered, and his father at
tempted to shoot him, bat the son wrencbed
the pistol from his fathers hsnds and put
three balls into his bseast, killing hin In
stantly.
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They Dom, Tell al They Learn.

. IPlttsburX TeIegraph.
Senatorial Committees, to instruct the
President in his duties, receive much more
information than they impart.
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A Consistent labOrer in the sabbath
school Vineyard.
sVuOU1 WHscy nHUS
TErrIonia CiIizen

deacon" Houston, formerly publisher of
the Leavenworth Commercial, still figures in
newspaper matters. We notice that he con-
ducts the sabbath school column" in the
Garnet Journci. Since the good deacon re-
tired from the secular position OF an editor
and Simon Abeles went out of the lottery
business, he can the more consistently labor
in the Sabbath school vineyard
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..Nirh the A0Vice and Consent of the
~
st. Louis Republican

st. Louis kePUbIicanI
Mr. Hayes is strictly conforming to the
clearly Designating it in per,i.,ing in their
suggestions and dictations. The senators
charge Mr.. Hayes with not being a good
Republican, but it appears he is a better
one than either of them.
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How to &c, the Money Back.
IClncinnati Enauirer.l


Can't it be fixed to get a permit from the
French authorities 10 open up good old
game of faro at the Paris Exposition The
country could more than get even on her
$4,000 appropriation then.
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Flat, Stale, and Improbable are all
the Uses OF Thss World.

The Vanderbilt case affords .he press Of the
nation ample facts for comment on the mad
ness of avarice. The recent terrible sur
prise in Chicago demonstra es most clearly
that happiness is not always secured by the
possession of millions These reminders
should have some weight upon the thou
sands among us who are are hurrying to-
ward their graves with but one consuming
purpose, and that deceptive shadow.
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INDEPENDENT.

Col. Ingersoll says he would like to 60 to
Germany, but he prefers to go when he gets
ready, and pay his own expenses. He says
he can't afford to give up law practice
which enables him to save twenty thousand
dollars year, and accept a foreign mission
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wAsHIxGToS, d. C., November q, A. NJ
For the Lower Missouri Valleys: Rising
followed by falling barometer; colder
northvestierly winds, backing to warmer
sostheeiy and clear o. partly cloudy wealth
q.
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SOME one has thought it necessary to ex-
plain that the German Mission" men,
toned in connection with Bob Ingersoll is
sustained by the government, and not by
any church missionary society.
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the leading establishments OF the city, el-
tered ard claimed one OF the proprietors,
and became so demonstratiye over her God
given lover that she had to be taken out by
force. She was removed TO the eals boose,
where she still raves gu her future husbini.
Her reasoning powers have deserted her.
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Fire..

SUMMIT, Mich, November 2l.-An in
cendiarr fire destroyed several buildings,
occupied mostly a. stores to-day. Loss on
the stock and buildings, $1,000; insured
for about one-third.
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promised to pay the LAWYER tar getting him
out. by setting up the plea that The whole
transaction was against public policy
| There's honor among thieve except in It.
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NEw YORK, November 2l.-The fire at
Is leonard street, tonight, damaged the
linen goods stock of Smith & Taylor, to the
extent Of 100000 Other occupants Of the
building lost about s2OO,UDO. All covered
by insurance
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The Travellng Men and Judge Hab.
ICouncil Bluffs NonpareilJ

A large meeting Of travelling statesmen was
held in Des Moines on Saturday evening
last. There was = number Of representa-
tiyes of the commercial clas present from
Chicago and other eastern cities, as we'll as
all of those living in Des Moines. They
adopted number Of revolutions and pre-
.mbIes, and in the name of the 5000 trav-
cling men Of thh euuntEy deaandsAsl ths
NosShwuw ssihDaA esaPaey ~ -
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A San Domingo Revolution.

mingo revolution consists Of "a few yelis,
three or four hoots, some one accidently
wounded, and come home, darling all is
forgiven"
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THAT WHISKY.
The Chicago sIIicit Whisky Cases
Ayain BEFORE the Public.

CHICAGO, November 2l.-The trial of
Ralle, Junkey Il Co, and Ford, Oliver Il
Co, distillers, has been progressing this
week, the question being whether partial or
complete immunity was granted them ON the
condition of their giving their testimony To
government. They have sworn, and brought
supporting evidence To show, that they re-
ceived. direct from the government officials,
a promise of both criminal and civil immu-
Dity in case they testified
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BOsroy, November 2l.-Col. Henry X.
Sibley, convicted Of forgery, has been -en-
fenced TO four years in the state prison, and
one days solitary confinement.
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Total. -.

Nine thousand dollars per session for
running the Office of Sergeant-at-Arms
ought TO be enough to satisfy even Re
form Democrat, when it is remembered that
the Office pans out $4,000 year to the in
cumbent over and above the salary paid by
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Heavy Failure.

CIScrSxATI, November 2..-The whole
sale liquor firm Of Shields & Nav, Of this
city, have failed. Liabilities, SS0,0O0; as
sets, unknown.
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she IAensiaea Her Wan. and Clafn-
ed Hin O0 the SpOs.

Dallas Texas Letter to the Galveston News. I
Barbara Eblehan, young, pretty Ger
man, the victim Of New Albany, Indiana,
fortune teller, has created sensation. Nine
months ago she left her home to meet. ac-
cording to prophecy, her future husband in
Dallas. Arriving without means, she took
service - cook in . private family, and
when opportunity offered sought the prom
ised one. Armed with the Photogrsph Of
~ a1Inity, she identi6sd hez nan 3 oas q
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29

OMAHA, November 2l.-The Postofiice at.
Grand Island, this state, was robbed last
night Of a lew hundred dollars and five
hundred stamped envelopes.
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The ..Cem,.x man, !. Bauer.

lNtw 1Ofk W Ofiu-l
Mrs. Brooks, the artist in butter, has been
moulding to the music of big organ at =
Western Exposition a companion piece to
her Dreaming lolanthe"-a mans head,
called The Coming Man.
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Kentucky Coming % she Front.

Cincinnati Enquircr.l
kentucky authorities appear to be wax
ing up. They are arresting the outlaws
who have for so long set the laws Of the
state at defiance