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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-10
THE SILVER BILL.

A Washington dispatch to the New York
Herald of the first inst, speaking of the
Silver Bill, says:
A number OF amendments will be offered
and discussed, the chief among them one
that the debt and customs duties shall be
paid In gold, and that silver shall for all 9TH
er purposes be made . legal tender to the
amount of 81, 90. 1t is also probable than an
amendment will be offered demonstrating
gold and making silver the only coin OF the
country, but in this case also making the
debt and the customs revenue pa able In
gold. Novel as this proposition would be, II
has in its favor 50 eminent financial author
ity as the late Walter Bagehot. ofthe London
Econondsf. who last year suggested that II the
United States wished to continue the use ofsil'
yer 1t might perhaps be the most practical and
| least Objectionable way TO demonetize gold al
| once Practically the passage Of the silver
Bill would send gold out OF the country, q
that to cease coming it, and abolish its U.s.
for coin would only recognise by law wha
| would be . fact in any case.
We have some confidence in the honesty
of the average Congressman, and . grea
deal of confidence in the sagacity Of tn
average Congressman, and while hecoutinue
to be somewhat honest and more than ,
little sagacious, he viii never consent 4
defy the will Of nine t~uths Of the America,
people By voting for any kind Of Pssched uI
rsnoneGisation, which viii make IN inter
| n esue.ey fur ~ lahoring nillioas NJ
Il an1a1n1s - - - sinrv & ~ 60
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-10
CAPE COLONY.

The negro suffrage question is likely to
become perplexing in the British colonies
of Southern Africa. In the Cape Colony
the color line has long since been oblitera-
ted and no one would wish to revive it, but
now that new colonies have been establish
ed, with a wild or semi-wild population,
the problem has received new complica-
tons. The American freedmen are models
of craftsmanship compared with their South
African kinsmen.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-10
stop Thief!
New York Tribune, IL

Wall street was in a ferment Monday
over a failure" MIR. John Bonner, like
many other eminent defaulters whose names
have recently figured in the newspapers. was
an intensely respectable man. lie affected
eleo,n, and cultivated tastes. He had won
some little success in literature. He held
himself M as a superior sort Of moral tnan-
cier. He was fond Of denOuncing the wick
edpess of everybody who suspected that
there was rot,ennes- in Wall street. When
the transactions Of Meter 4 Co. came TO light
he WAS inexpressibly shocked, and last
Thursday he was heard to declare with the
sn,nnasi. Of indignant virtue that Those
sc,,,n,ireIs ought to be in the state prison
YET a, that moment he was largely engaged
in the same sort of business which drove
the Meters TO fight, and was plotting the
final oreratious in the course Of swindiing
xbich We describe this morning. During
the las, DAYS Of the week he seemed to have
r,ted in all The securities he could get, and
,,ledged them for considerably more than
the amount Of his own loans and between
SATURDAY night and Monday morning he
| made off with the plumber. In some
re.p.cts his case is worse than that OF tie
9th. firm, Tor he has dispo-ed OF the mis-
| Appropriated collaierals in such way that
il will generally be impossible for the own.
ers TO recover them, and he has raised a
large amount Of money ON the stock Oh .he
Bankers and Brokers Association, which
his frauds have made worthless.
Gabriel Meter said the other day thai
| fraudulent transactions like these were O
constant O occurrence. The flight Of join
Bonner will persuade people that he sPok.
the truth. il will Be frequent remark
TO-DAY that the tone OF comments
morality must be very low in conmunit,
wnere such frauds can be common
but it will not do to lay the blame upon
Wall street. Society and the newspaper
treat financial offenders with a lem0raiiz
ing tenderness. The Meters are ailowet
to exculpa themselves in confidential In
,eryiews with Western reporters. Thei
acauaintances are profuse in expressions Q
sympathy. Even the victims Of the deial
!. cation begin to wonder AT ia'
whether they have not bee'
too hassy in thinking them
selves robbed. To-day excuses viii be mad
for Nh. John Bonner, and that Intangible
irisponaible entity called We'll 6tsses vh
he Ia 70 aceoant far ths 1ino q
enununn 49,. La - e1N 49,
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-10
MEAN WORK WHISKY RAID.

One OF the results of the police raid on
the liquor saloons in New York is that a
great many men are now buying their wis
ky by the bottle from the grocers instead Of
by the drink over the bar. Another result
is that some of the wholesale liquor dealers
are in fear OF bankruptcy. The saloon
keepers are not, in the present condition OF
things, anxious to add to their stock of liq-
nor and many OF them are unable to pay
for what they have had.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-10
THE WEATHER.

So far this winter, the weather has baf-
fled all the prophets. Tice hasn't got with
in gun-sh8t of it, and the goose-bone is
gone with Tice. According to all the pre-
dictions, this winter OF ISIS was 10 have
beenone of the severest ever experienced, but
the month Just past has been . milder one
than any other December Of which We have
any record since 1887. In an article on
this subject, discussing 'sun spots in con-
nection with the weather, the Philadelphia
Pres says:
Our telegraphists declare that earth cur
rents protective OF storms are simultaneous
with solar protuberances in the chromos-
phere or photosphere. For some time We
have listened to dissertations on the sun
spoes. which have III ed procession. Every
eleven wears the sun is pitted and fretted
with spots in what we venture 10 call his
solosphere or physionomosphere. When
these pits are most frequent the rainfalls on
the earth are said TO be most abundant In
other words, when the operations In ths
sun are most active the earth is most ne
..onxiye and versatile. But In the periods
~ .,aar ouie<cence there Is monotony OF
oar ~koa,e. Hence it is thought that In
sa.n famines correspond with the loves
Ne~r>e q solar spots. The next maxi
-1u soot epoch 10 in 1873. and con
.~urnfiy re ase now near the eve OF ehrO
-.s-o,,ex5e disscrbancss, and I'm the mini
-s-- - e,Aar inertia. The theoges3cal ys1nl
- Nha : uauwtsh earth. VIII ieshssu
Z $3.50, .I.ar6r nnnn DeesuKiost - IN d
: = 0onw o1Dpgo4 H1n0enm1
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-10

A MARINE DIALojUE
white feet sink embracing, thou still SIT
test, cody facing,
Kitty Hawk!
Facing, Gazing seward ever On each weak
nr strong endeaNoF, but In grief or pity,
Kitty Hawk !.
Eagles, sea-gnl!s round thee flying, land birds
speat with speed aud d. ing, even 10
thee OulcGyin
Kitty Hawk !!
All thou see'st, ali thou hparest, yet thou
carest nanght nor learest, flesh nor Iowi
to thee Is dearest,
Kitty Hawk /!
Art thou human : art thou woman: art thou
dead 10 love ANA 10 man more than ali re-
lenlIess, ever:
Kitty Hawk
Hast thou wrongs 10 right, D Kit,ye wrongs
that move the soul 10 pity? Tell TO me III,
mourntui dltty,
Kitty Hawk
Tell me all, how some false lover, vagran t
siiiP-iay, sailor rover, beielt thee, Threw
thee over.
Kitty Hawk!
For some Antipodean savage, left thy rage to
raNa.e, VITA a liant idea OF SALVAGE
Kitty Hawk
How thy vague hur tragic story, clothes the
sal prononUry, calls III accents Inoni-
tory.
Kitty Hawk
How thy feline appeiiation, in accipitrIne
combination most u. Hi> 4 Tiymed MARIA
tiOL,
Kitty Hawk
EHy.
Festive tramp. arOTn ne prayiug-man wit n
4. hair unk,p pit ans. flyiug-youtu with neck
ana head retract4le,
Like a clam.
Draw within thy soft enclosure, 81 o This
ercbrai exposure, for that's not the kind
of hair-pin,
That l am
II y pu're me apostrophizna, with this atti.
tui.niZIne, prItnee, hasten your uprising
And in time
On this beach, which il the Stations, leave
some certain Recommendations
Tor SOME sailing bro. her.
Who might rhyme
For my name is Jane Maria. and my father,
kezuriah, though he greatly might ad.
miIe,
All your talk
As one of the town officials. might prefer thai
his initials, should appear, Just as hs
writes them
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-10

viou, to her calving, should be avoided. "A
t<ndiDg to unduly stimulate the organs and
proiuce the Very trouble that is sought To
be prevented.
.aiy,s and IearlibgS, and COWS and
oxen as WELL when infested with lice, should
be freed al once by rubbing the skin with a
mixture OF sweet oil and kerosene in equal
parts During the winter young animals
should lie kept growing by means Of nutri-
lions iood, good shelter, and cleanliness.
SEPARATE stock into different grades; or
Iced thuse IL different times if separate wards
are not provided. STRIFE and worry at feed
ing times shoGld be prevented BY these or
some other means.
Sheep require plenty of fresh air. Their
warm coat protects them from the cold, and
II they have dry yard, they are better out
OF d'ors IN fine weather than in a close
shed.
Water should be provided in abundance
for all the stock, and thai drawn from a
we'll Is preferable to any other. 1t is not
only purer, but-what is of importance-ir
Is comparatively warm and does not chill
the animsls. No animal should be cOmpell-
ed 10 eat snow Tor drink ii it is expected TO
/ thrive.
A pump that will not freeze, should be
placed in every barn-yard Blunt's nom
ireezing, outdoor, iron, universal pump,
surpasses any other We know Of for this Use
or Tor the house yard. 1t may be placed
over a clstern or a well; however ceep it
NAV be, 1t cannot freeze, and it has an Ell
&C i've device Tor aerating the well. Ii can
oe used as force pvmp, and by means Of a
hose, water may be carried into any Of the
stables, yards or pens.
Grade PIGS are preferable to any pure
bred ones Tor the farmer. As rule, it will
be found mistake Tor farmer to keep
pure bred animals except males to produce
grades High-bred animals are nearly al
ways smaller and more finely organized
than their grade progeny. Their greatest
value consists IN producing an improved
progeny from our common stock. This is
large In size, and IN every way more valu-
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-10
DEATH THE ROOk.

There is no doubt that disease may be
communicated by the books OF public Ii.
braries. This fact has recently been brought
to notice in topeka The directors Of the
public library there have given notice II at
owing to the prevalence OF contagious dis
eases there is danger Of spread Of contagion
through the library books that may have
been ha. died by families in which such dis
eases exist. There is hint in this that
may be interesting in other places where
public libraries are patronized.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-10
Gne Perpendicular Preacher In
RRFOuklt n.
Omaha journal Of Commerce

The New York Sun devotes nearly two
columns TO g discussion Of the views Of
leading Brooklyn devines on the
He'll. The majoriiy, it We ,,o
a. IT, ,a-,ia' subject oI
ii lid seem, are
,iined; either they
=. - oy DEPRESSING from hell
ale consideration Of heavenly
Ignoring tacitly the former regions;
..,ey mildly hint that the place, alter all,
, not be SO bad However, ii Is con-olIng 10
4 know that there still remains at least one
o sound orthodox minister of the gospel In
that terribly depraved Brooklyn who
I NAV possibly reclaim that sink ol
eniauiiv. Ihe Reverned Neyin Wood
:. side of the First Reformed Presbyterian
: Church of Brooklyn, will put up with NJ
nonsense in this matter He fights vGliant
iv for hell, We can't say that his ideas o
!, the exact condition of hell are very lucid
y which is accountable by the fact that thu
q reverend gentleman has no personal expe
!, r;euee il: the matter-but he stoutlv main
70 tsins that there is hell, and that when ;
man has Once been rcmanded to that local
~ ity. there is no escape for him. The idea @
= short terms in hell" does not 60 down witt
r. him. If man has once been sentence
20 to the fortunes of hell fi,e, that senienc
. holds good for life everlasting: lie ais
maintains that those who don't KEEP tn
IL Sabbath will go to hell, and ministers o
the gospel who preach a different doctrln
will all be booked for the same destination
:. We cannot help sympathizing some wit!
the reverend gentleman who teaches TIL
sound orthodox doctrine, for the terror G
=" hell has always been rs valuable weaPo
: to the minister of the gospel as the has
!. switch is to the pedagogue in controiin
!" naughty bows
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-10
In Regard tea Tax ON sncOmes'
ISt.Louis Times, lst-

The Philadelphia Public Ledger objects to
the enactment Of law by Congress impOs-
ing a tax on incomes, on two grounds {:
First. because i, is necessarily inquisitorial,
and. second, because ghrforward, hon
orable people will report their incomes
honestly and pay the tax, while Others,
having less scruple, or no scruple at all,
escape either in whole or in part. The
merchants Of 81 Louis have only recently
and yerv effectualIy set the first Oh
lection aside by voluntarily proposing
10 nav a license tax Of fifty cents on the
Thousand dollars of sales, instead OF the
present license tax. This amount OF sales
could nly be ascertain ID by an inspection
of their books, which is not objected to.
The logic Of the second objection suggested
ia that, because a law cannot be enacted
preventing dishonesty, therefore weshoui d
have no law at all. BY parity OF re sonins
we should abolish our criminal codes, be-
cause they do not prevent larceny, robbery
nor even murder 4 severe penalty for
making a false return Of income would
doubtless reach most of the interruptions
Jus, as the peLitentiary and gallows oPer.
ate As a terror to other classes perhaps moi
less interruptions than the payers OF income
taxes.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-10
A FRENCH .POLlCEMAN.,

Mrs. Dundore, proposed by Mrs. Lock
wood for constable, in Washington, is a
a brunette widow Of about forty years, OF
nervous, active manners, and has been in a
so-called law business there for several
years. She is native of Baltimore and a
member of the Peace society. Her friends
say as soon as she is appointed she will
have lots of employment, some business
men having promised her their patronage
for the reason that she will make consta,
bic who can be trusted TO collect debt
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-10
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

The New York Suns Washington cor
respondent says: "The bills introduced in
the last session for the construction Of pub
Inc buildings aggregate nearly S6,OO0,OoO,
of which 81, 100000 is for Texas. Other
southern states come in for $4,000. All
the rest of the proposed appropriations are
west-S5O0,OOO for Kansas, S35OOOO in
California and the rest in various points.
Some conferences have been had between
the southern and western members looking
to the passage of these bills on the ground
that the east has SO far had much more than
its share of buildings, and . strong and or
gained push for these appropriations Is e1.
| tremely probable.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-10
The Trade OF Chicago for 1877.


We print this morning the annual state
mcnt OF the business done in Chicago dur
ing the year which closed yesterday. The
aggregate OF values of the wholesale trade
amount 10 S62l 800 600 currency, as against
$50, 100000 in 1876, or, computing the
paper dollar at an average OF 954 cents IN
1877 and at 80 cents in 1875, We have aggre-
gate gold value in 1877 Of S59o, 100000,
against $3.50, 500, 600 in 1876, and this with
an almost standstill OF the trade with the
interior during large part OF the last six
weeks. There is decline in the aggregate
amount of breadstufis received in this city
during the year, compared with last
wear: the decline i'm the number Of bushels
reducing -four to wheat is 8, lbs 500 bush
els. the receipts in 1877 amounting TO
"a ,606,9 l6 bushels, against 81, 136, 4s2 BUSH
els in 1876. The decline in value OF the
receipts OF produce is largely due to the
falling off in the number and the price OF
hogs. for which the extraordinary weather
of December is largely responsible. In 1876
We received 4, l90.OO6 hogs AND, despite the
mud and the warm weather of December.
we received in 1877 no less than 4,026, COG
hogs, a falling off of only l63, 4U6, but the
prices were so much lower than those oil
1876 that the difierenc in the total value
of the hogs and their manufacturers is near
" 81 100000. A large falling off in aggre-
gate values is to be found in the iron trade,
| where the prices in like manner have de-
clined. Our tables of statistics disclose
that during the year just closed We have
handle! about the same quantity OF pro-
du,e as in 1876; that We have sold from
eight TO ten per cent more merchandise a'
wholesale, and manufactured at least five
per cent more goods. Notwithstanding
| this, under the circumstances liberal, in.
crease. the values OF all these commodities
| produced and sold do not count up 50
| great in dollars a. a year ago. The aver
age decline in values was AZ pei
| cent on the grand total, as measured 10y
| currency. The average increase oil the
purchasing power OF the paper dollar dol.
lar has been per cent, so that, computed
on the gold value of the currency, We have
sold not only an increased quantity OF
goods, but sold an increased value OF goods
Amid the general depression which pre-
walls over the commercial world, and IL
| all The great industrial centres Of this
country and Europe, this comparative ex
| hibit If Chicago's trade for the year will
hardly be equaled 10y the record OF any
other district in the country. NotwIth
standing an average decline Of Il per cent
in prices. we have increased cur totals o
quantities, with an aggregate increase 9
values, computed by the increased golt
value of our paper MONEY.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-10

WASHINGTON, ID. C., January 2-Ths
administration will open tie New leaI
with a more aggressive policy, respectin-
tie hosti.ity which has sprung up in the
senate against Its efforts TO make lis OWL
selection Of men 10 carry out its measures
The course which will he persued has been
determined upon when means not only
NEW NOMINATIONS
for New York officers. but a very general
removal of the element found in every
branch of the service, clade-tinely NJ work
in the interests OF the wing OF the parry ia
Congress, which has sought To break down
the administration.
Information has been received from every
section of the country and such officials as
have engaged in these operations were well
known To the government, and will be
dealt with accordingly Ii is intimated to-
day that the order OF the President prOhib-
iting officials from taking part in politics
shou have aiiofded them such iniepen-
dence OF action chat they could have thrown
off the burden OF atty to individual lead
ers instead of this however many nave
taken every means To increase the embar-
rassment. In this light the
government feels that it could
be no violation OF civil service To MAKE
new appointments. In Offices OF the Gov
ernment where craftsmanship has been dis
played, the administration now fully r, al
lies the Importance OF firmnoSS and strength
ening its hands, The absence of which rem
ders AN absolute failure unavoidable.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-10
SWEARING OFF.

The New York Herald thus outlines the
swearing off process: 1873. January i.
Diary of A. Brown Smiths A. M.-Paid
last evening Sl.25 for this diary. S:l5-Re-
solved that no malt or spirituous liquors
shall pass my lips this year, and that will
not smoke, chew, or swear. Resolved that
1 will go to church at least every Sunday.
Resolved that | will eat no meal without
giving silent but heartfelt thanks to Heaven
for its goodness. Res-S:40 Jones ha
Just come in and / must refuse all offers
ll:45 p. M.-Wash thish OF dry fur, any
way? Keep lots d'rys, T | wanted to; but
here, you, shay, bring sh's unuzzer them
bra water"
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-10
THE GROCERY TRADE.

The wholesale grocery trade as well as
other branches of business has suffered Sc
verely during the past year. The I'dreiter
says that nearly every firm in the wholesale
grocery business, in Boston, has footed up
losses from the years operations. The
great shrinkage in sugars has contributed
largely to this result; but there has been a
great falling off in sales, and there have
been numerous and bad failures among the
retailers
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-10
THE VAN BCRENS.

I Mrs. Abraham Van Buren,, who was for
merly Miss Singleton OF South Carolina,
died in New York on Saturday, in her six
ty-second year. Colonel Van Buren,, her
husband, was the eldest son of Martin Van
Buren,; he graduated from West Point in
1927, and resigned from the army to take
the position OF Private Secretary to his
father when the latter became President
and his wife became "the lady of the White
House" presiding with great dignity at hel
father-in-lass receptions.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-10

Thus far, II the eleven-year peck marked
| sun theory is TO be noticed, we have every
! reason to b. thankful for the general health
| of old Phebus and his freedom from facial
dist .uration- December, ISL, has been
fatal TO the spot doctrine, but has been very
timely TO poor families, whatever the price
OF coal. Whether The remaining two months
| of winter Will bring unusual ccld and hard
times Re mains to be en-. BI; if they 90
not, our meteorologisis will have 10 scare us
with some better generalization than their
] IL Il. Ii
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try, ard a superior currency for the idle
few who contribute nothing to the wealth
of the country, and live upon the fruits OF
other mems labors. The popular demand
is that sauce for the goose must be sauce
for the gander," and nobody knows this
better than the average Congressman
Hence. our eastern neighbors needn't worry
themselves about the shape in which the
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-10
POR THE PARIS EXHIBITION.

The government has decided to furnish
three vessels for the free transportation OF
American goods TO the Paris Exhibition,
and the famous old frigate Constitution" has
been detailed as one OF these She has been
used as school ship at Philadelphia, but
is now on dry dock, in preparation for her
ocean voyage. The Constitution will load
at the Philadelphia port, and set out di
rectly TO France. The other vessels will
take in cargoes at New York and Boston
the one in New York harbor being nearly
loaded for che trip, and expecting to star
within two weeks.