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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-12-19
The Be-t Paper In the Siaac

from the Winchester Argus, Tee. ..
The Leayenwor.h TINES Is the only paper
In the west or tao east thas
we know Of that pays cash for advertising
The daily has been recently enlarged four COL
umns, and is the best newspaper IN III" s'a'e
Farmers, Try the weekly.
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4. MeIio9 Iocn Out Of ls.

fOskaloose Sickle and Shesf, ~
The Leavenworth TINss leads all the pa.
pers in the State In the mater OF circuia.
ton. II Is now q nine column daily and lis
weekly Is very large. I; Is big thing and
Col, Anthony Is making money ont ofit
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Why % This1

rAtchison Globe, December, g.
Tho Champion claims to be the leading pa
per of Kansas, yet T. allows the Leavenworth
TY,,ss 70 assert ar re-sseert that It crculstes
three papers to the Chdmptoas ono
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-12-19
ELEGANT Books Of Musical Literature,
SlaIner's Dictionary Of Musical Terms.

$500 "a n magnificent Illustrated Music
Epcyclopedis, of great and permanent vaIu
Any bookmalIed.poef free for retail price.
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At vet supper in honor Of Mccullough
the tragedian. in Washington the Other
night, i; lie said that Blaine and blaekonrn
in ct Of hilarious excitement, hneseo
each other until the entire crowd OF -pec
tators wept tears Of patriotic Joy. The two
Be- bridged the bloody chasm, and ,n'
Bloody Shirt and the Red Shirt are IN mi
snn. Let Us have pence.
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Wal, Liked and PaaronIzed.

rCherryvsle Globe, 3D.
We had the pleasure few days ago OF form
ing the acquaintance OF Mr. y. Z. stevens,
correspondent and travelling agent for tho
I eayenyor,h 7yr1es. The Times is good,
,eusv paper, and Is well liked and vel
ratroni,ed at this place.
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The Leaven orfh Daily TIMn mas been
e .Iarzed four columns. which makes II now
the iarxes, daily paper Published In Ksnsas'
It Is always brtmfui OF news, and It's edlso'
risls are able and always on tho side oftn
peopt. Success TO you. frie' Anthony.
We are glad TO know you are prosperous
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The Beet Edited Paper In Kansas.

Mr. stevens, Of the Leavenworth TIM
was In the city Monday, We hear may
people say, "rHE TINrs is the best daily -
per in the state" In our opinion It II toe
hss. edited paper in Kansas
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,,,,,,,vo,,. !, ,,.k,,. e, Rapidly

Man haitian EnteFprise, o ]
The Leavenworth TIMss has enlarged iouf
columns, and now contains more reading
matter Than any daily in the State. As a
city is judged by its newspapers, 1t would
appear that Lsavenworth Is picking rp rap
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Thor FIN Il Choek Fun Of new.

From the Holton Recorder DOC, o.
Tho Ieayenworth Timss hiss again enlarged
q column 10 the page. Il was before the
largest daily in the State, nov IT'S efua, "
any paper west Of g. Louis, and they MI !,
chock full OF news each d|J- L u Wv
,,,,I,- and no mistake.
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,mon.,,c.,,v |. s,a,e Newspaper.

Undergraduates Tribune, Dec II
We call special attention to new advertise
ment OF the Leaveuw TIMES. 1t Is EN-.
phatically a state newspaper. II has been en-
larg, d four CO iumns, making It tie largest
po nor In the state
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It, Only "Weekness.'

The Lssyenworth TINES Is the best paper
In Ksnsas It is edited with more brains'
more force and contains more typographical
errors than any other Its only weakness Is
! fordness for Gov. Anthony
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Circulation Equal 20 Any Ths"s
Dailtes In X ansas.
rPIatte City Advocate, D'

Tho Ieavenworth TINES was enlarged rev
DAYS since by increasing its length two inches,
and now four new columns are added, max
ing II the largest In the State. Its circulation
4, equal 10 any three daIlies ID Kansas, and
s-oeJilv Increasing.
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HAPPY.

Undoubtedly the Leavenworth TrNEs with
ingalls, and Phillips candidates for Z. e. Sem
aror,would be ha Pr with either we-" ;'o'her
dear rharmer away.
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a DEWOCWApIC N yes,

Col. F. o. Prince, Democratic candidate
for Mayor Of Boston, was elected last Tues
day, b. msiori,y Of nearly sfseen hrn-
dred
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TQAs AN INAEssE CIBrULATiof.
THoxtar Times Dec

The IeavenwoIth TINES comes TO US rc9u'
larry. Il hes recently been enlarged and IS
now the iarges: daily paper, and one OF the
best and cheapest In the State. We Ike II,
because its editor is independent nd out
spoken In AL things. We also ike II because
It Is good Greenback paper, aud does not
hesitate TO condemn the financial policy o.
It's own par;y. 1t has immense circulation
! In IN a state and Justly merits II.
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POLITICALLY,

I need only say that Northern Kansas Il
.oljd for John J. ingalls,. | have talked
with Representative from Junction City, to
Beloit, and they express Themselves IS be-
ing in fsver Of Scnstor Ingalls, a. his own
u,ceessor. II. c. u.
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The Largest In Kansas.

lHolton Signal4
| Tho LeaverxoTth Times hss been enlarged
TO q nine column paper and is rov the larg'
1 est daily In Kansas.
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SNYDER'S
CURATIVE PADS !

The MOS, wonderful HEALTH re-
6TOesEGS ever discovered LEADING.
ply S1Ss Ns and the Intelligent are most
NO, l-For LIVER ard LUN9 AL
WENTN, CUglSS and fESEk. DIS.
PERSIA, Indigestion, BillOusnss-, SICK ana
Nervous Headache, and all diseases srisins
nom TORpsp LIVER. The most crfectu-
al Bl.0OB s'tktEsEn E&TaSr gives
strength 10 tho weak and Ieoi.t Ia'od.
PRICE $1,000
40, 2.-For FEMALE WEAKNESS and
QR &c GGCLa0ITsE~, FALLING OF the
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| the many other Ills TO which FEMALE are
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| secretions and strengthens WEAKLY and
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| diabetes, LAME or WEAK 8ACk,
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\ IO~T ENEK;.X. PRICE $500.
| II your druggist does not keep NV
| OER,S CURATIVE PADS,' and vi
| not get one Tor you, do not let him palm OF
other worthless limitations, brt seno In
price to us In a letter. and We will mall tneu
| toyou. Address.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-12-19
The Best Daily In tho state.

The Leavenworth TIMrs comes 10 us en-.
Iarged and otherwise improved. II is one Of
the best daily papers in the State. and It's pro-
pr,e,or sesms 10 b full OF pluck and luck
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d. CROWLEY.

nLUMBER and Gas Filter, 24 Deaaware
street. A good stock Of all kinds Of
Pumps and Gas Fixtures alWays on hand.
Work done on short notice and sAatafsction
guAranteed. Agent for Moline and Ci1nlAs
Wind NILS. jsn
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THE HALF HAS Sor DsES TOLD.

We have long bssn aware that the LeaSen-
worth TINES was the model paper OF the
west, and In quantity and quality OF readin
matter equaled by nothing west OF st Louis
but nevertheless We were surprised 10 see
how large and complete Is their ONCE, and
how great theiz facilities for turning out good
work. Yesterday We hsd the pleasure OF
looking through the IIXEs Office and Job
rooms; and ws could only say, with the queen
of ehebs, al no half has not been told
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-12-19
This WAS TWO MUCH TOR Anderson,

and he q, once resorted to the strong arm
of the Law for satisfaction. He instituted
criminal proceedings against the gentle
men, and the case will be heard at the
March term OF court. In the meantime
Judge Kelley says he Will continue TO Is
sue his spicy little daily and mammoth
weekly, and Mr.. McGrs,h assures the pub
lie that his hotel shall continue to Re oper
for ths accommodation OF the public.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-12-19
The HEyI BEsT HING
rR CURED A Housewife,

and posted hims.lf at the door Of the opers
house. where Hon. s. c. Pomeroy was to
speak on the evening of the day Of The pub
location, knowing that Anderson would b'
there. In due course Of time the enemy
% ade his appearance and the war began
Anderson stood the FIRST round or two like
a little man but patience soon ceased to
b. a virtue" and he struck two forty gai
for livery stable On the opposite side o
the street, McGrsth following closely IN
the rear, giving him warmer every
Jump. Anderson ran in among the hor Sea
land 90 forth" and the enemy withdrew.
, 1878-03-02

1862 has such a food been
pouring out of the Sacramento.
The waters Of the great bay Of
San Francisco are now quite
fresh. When the food tide
makes from the ocean the fresh
water of the Sacramento 10
crowded we'll over toward Oak
land, but when the tide is at ebb,
the line of fresh water may be
traced far down the Golden Gate.
It has. been stated that during
the past few days there has been
no perccptible food tide setting
up from the ocean-this having
been overcome by the immense
flood coming down the Sacra-
mento. Probably this food tide
could be found, if anywhere,
near the Saucelito shore. 1t Is
a good time for salmon, which
are how travelling up stream,
and they are about the only
ones who heartily enjoy this
flood.
, 1878-03-02
The Sacramento Flood.

In no year since the American
occupation of California, has SO
much rain fallen in so short a
period as during the last five
weeks. The Sacramento river is
higher than it has been for six
teen years, and were 1t not for
the improved levees about the
city nearly the entire area of
Sacramento City would now be
under water. Nearly all the is-
lands in the river are under wa
ter; in fact, the Sacramento is
now great inland sea, pouring
It's mighty volume through the
narrow Straits of Carquinez, and
thence down into the bay Of San
Francisco. This immense food
moving toward the sea, almost
destroys the influence Of tho in
coming tide from tho ocean.
At NO tims since the winter oil
, 1878-03-02

izs under the provisions Of this act
with the same territorial limits, BY
pursuing the course hereinafter pro.
scribed.
Upon the petition Of forty legal
voters in any such city to tho coun-
Gil thereof, praying that the quss.
tion OF abandoning its charter be
submitted to its legal veters, the
council shall immediately direct q
special election to b held. at which
such question shall BE- decided
specifying ct the same time, the
time and place or places Of holding
the same. and appoint tho judges
and clerks of the election.
In case majority Of the peo-
pie favor such change, the new
government is compelled to as
sumo all the liabilities fthe old,
provided as follows:
All rights and property of every
description which were vested in any
municipal corporation under its for
mer organization, shall be deemed
and held to be vested in the same
municipal corporationsundsr the or
ganization herein contemplated, and
no right or liability, either in favor
Of or against such corporation ex-
isting at the time, whether such cor
portion be de jure or de facto cor
poration provided it be acting as
municipal corporation and no pros
ecution of any kind, shall be affect
ed by such change.
While no serious objection
can be raised against compli-
ance with the provisions of chap
ter II Of the law, the proceed
ings IN the other case, involving
as they did such vital interests,
personal and pecuniary, deserv-
ed the reprehension of every
citizen who had respect for the
integrity Of the city IN which
he lived.
, 1878-03-02

corn are eaten up to postpone
the day Of inevitable starvation,
and "whole provinces have Of
late years relapsed into sandy
wastes" The Same paper adds
that "there is NO money in Chi
na for any other purposes than
those Of her own dire neces-
sity." The Shanghai bankers
and the Canten merchants are
constantly becoming poorer
"are poorer now than they have
been for generations"
These statements, coming ~
they do from the neighbering
country Of Japan, ars entitled to
credence. They utterly dispel
the old and popular delusion
about the great Importance to
the United States Of the China
trade. It is probably worth as
much to US now as it ever will
be, and that 10 less than the val
ue of the lard and butter we an
nually sell to England-less than
the one-eighth of our average
yearly wheat exports to the sim
gle port Of Liverpool.
, 1878-03-02

The persistent misrepreseDta-
tions Of the Intelligencer with re.
gard to the attitude Of the senior
editor of this paper in the pres
ent canvass, is bringing upon it
the utter contempt Of all right
thinking men of both parties.
Mr.. Browns name was used by
his friends-whe were legitimate
members of the Democratic Con.
ventiOn-withOut his sollcita-
ton, and since that time he has
paid no more attention to the
matter than that usually exer-
cised by intelligent citizens " no
feel an interest in matters which
affect the well-being of the Ter
ritory.
, 1878-03-02
A correspondent of the r

A correspondent of the Terri
torial Enterprise communicates
the following interesting para
graph concerning a natural curl
osity in Arizona: 1t was long
supposed that the brackishness
of Salt river was caused by the
stream running over a bed OF
salt somewhere in its course.
Its waters are pure and fresh
from where it heads in the
White Mountains to within fifty
miles Of where it empties in the
Gila. Fifty miles from its june
tion with the Gila there comes
into it q stream Of water that is
intensely salt. This stream pours
out of the side Of q large noun
tain, and is from twenty to thir-
ty feet deep. 1t 10 very rapid,
and pours into the vast quantity
Of water. Here could easily he
manufactured sufficient salt to
supply the markets Of tho world.
All that would be necessary
would Be to dig ditches and lead
the brine to basins in the nearest
deserts. Tho heat Of the sun~|
would make the salt. Were
there q railroad near the stream
ito waters would doubtless soon
be turned and led - immense
svaporating psnds. It Is sup
posed that the Interior of the
mountain, eut Of which the
stream flows, 10 largely csmpos-
ID Of rock salt.
, 1878-03-02

A bright story u told OF the
accomplished wife-nov dead
of Gen. Heeker. When she was
the admired Miss Gfeesbeck, of
Cincinnati, che was once at an
evening party when . fashiona-
bic is.:,S ySa,f ,E d.ad{ W. .aa.i ..k.d if he be
her. "Oh. yss." said he, laugh
ingty, "tret her sst." The lady
overheard the remark, sad when
hs was presented, she sdjustsd
her sys-elssses AsGbsrAtsly and
slowly scanned Ais clothing
from boot to cellar. The sur
vey finished, she waved her hand
and carslsssly said: +" Tret him
back, / have seen all there is of
him."
, 1878-03-02
,TURDAY. MARCH 2. 1878.
Naval PROGRESS.

Naval PTOGt0SSs
At the breaking out of the war
of the rebellion in 1861 England
was supporting an immense ma
Wy, composed chiefly of wooden
vessels, many of them carrying
as high as seventy-four guns
each. The contest between the
confederate iron-clad Merrimac
and the federal iron-clad Moni-
tor, at Newport News, in the
spring of 1862, alarmed England,
by proving that her costly yes
sells were powerless to eompete
with iron ships like Capt. Eric
sons raft. A complete revolu-
tien in naval structure became
necessary, and navy was at
once created with the leading
principles of the Monitor for a
guide. The number Of guns car
ried was reduced, and ones of
heavy calibre adopted. Since
that period England has been
continually adding to her navy
the most powerful and invulner-
able ships ingenuity could in
vent. and money could build.
One OF the last additions to
the navy, the TemeraIre, is a
veritable monster. She is big
enough and heavy enough to 90
battle with any antagonist that
may venture to face her, not
alone in the Mediterranean,
where she is now, but in any
other part Of the world also.
The engines are 1867 horse pow
er. No wonder that the mighty
vessel when under way pushes
up q ten-foot wave at her bow
The diameter OF the plincipal
cylinders is Sc, enty inches, Of
the crank shaft twenty-five in
ches; from which all sdea may
be formed OF the bulk Of the
ponderous mass. To reduce the
weight rs much Us possible,
wrought iron and brass are
largely used in the construction
of the engines and fittings, in
place of cast IRON, SO that in the
condensers there are more than
eleven thousand brass tubes.
which make up a cooling surface
of fourteen thousand square feet.
IO assist the movements and Ia
cilitate the working Of this giant
among war ships, there are on
board thirty-fcur small engines,
thus distributed: Two turning,
two starting, four feeding, two
circulating, four fan, two bilge,
one capstain, one steering, four
pumping, four ashes lifters, two
hydraulic gear workers, one tor
pedo reservoir charger, one to
work the electric machine which
feeds the lights on the bridge,
and four others. The Temeraire
is armed with 81-ton and Bottom
guns, of which she has eight all
told.
, 1878-03-02
The Chinese psiusion.


The San Francisco Chronicle
throws an entirely new light on
the Chinese problem. Discus
sing the fact that seventy mil
lions of the inhabitants of the
northern provinces of China are
afflicted with a famine, which
threatens to carry off many mil
lions of them, it says it will set
the western nations to thinking
very earnestly whether, after
all their efforts to open that vast
empire to their trade, they have
net committed q grave blunder.
It takes long tinlesaad severe
pounding to beat down a.nonu-
lar deluslon after it has become
chronic. At the beginning of
the career of Warren Hastings
in India it was the common be-
lief in England that India was,
according to its extent and pop
ulation, the richest country I'M
der the sun. palaces of por-
phyry, heaps OF pearls and dia-
monds, vaults from which gold
was measured out by the bush
ell, filed the Imagination of even
the business men Of London"
Macaulay tells us, but he adds
that, in fact, "India was a poor.
er country than countries which
in Europe are reckoned poor
poorer, for instance, than Ire
land or Portugal" Through the
visionary speeches Of American
statesmen a like error in regard
to the ''boundless resources and
wealth of China" has obtained
popularity in the United States.
1t is called the "Flowery Land"
the "Earthly Paradise" and the
ignorant are trained to. believe
that it's four hundred millions
are as rich in proportion as the |
six millions Of Belgium or tho
millions of France;
and that to become sharers in
their wealth wo have only to
open the Golden Gate and lot
hem in by the million. This is
Ill delusion. The fact is that
40 halfciyilized people Of an
cient or modern times were
poorer than those of India and
China to-day. The Times Of ia
ian, Of the 26th Of January last,
declares that the vast empire of
China has been utterly ruined by
he Wholesale destruction of it,
orests, and the consequent i'm.
'overishment of the soil and
oss of ram supply. They av-
rage six bad years out Of eight
Or crops. Famine affliets those
rho stay in the country and
reater famine the millions who ,
nit their desert farms to live
! the 0vsrorowded cities. The
casts Of burden and the seed !
, 1878-03-02

Russian cotton spinners will
obtain, in time, 3 very import
ant position in the manufactur-
ing world. More than 100000
pounds of cotton now comes
yearly to Russia from Central
Asia. 1t is of q quality quite
equal to any short cotton Of the
United States.
, 1878-03-02
City interpretations.

A few days ago we made men
tion of a petition which had
been circulated, quite numerous
ly signed, and subsequently pre-
sented to the District Judge for
his action under the Act of the
legislature of last winter, enti-
tied can Act to provide for the
Incorporation of cities" +" At the
time we stated that the move
ment smacked strongly Of repu-
diation, and a perusal of the
Act in question, since then, has
convinced us that we were either
not altogether wrong in our con-
clusien, or that the petitioners
had misconstrued the law on
which their petition was based.
The city OF Seattle was incor-
porated by an act of the legisla-
turc Of 1875, and vested with
the usual powers OF such corpo-
rations. Last year the Judge
Of this District declared the act
invalid.thus leaving Seattle With
out any legal form of govern
ment. In order to rectify this
uncertain state OF affairs, the
legislature of last winter past
an act, OF which tie following
is the text:
That when tae inhabitants OF any
part of any county not embraced
within the limits OF any city or in
corporated town, which inhabitants
exceed two hundred and fifty in
number, shall desire to be organized
into a city. they may apply by peti-
ton in writing signed by not less
than forty of the qualified electors
OF the Territory to be embraced i'll
the proposed city, to the Judge of
the district court OF the proper
county.
When such petition shall be pre-
sented, the jndge shall forthwith.
appoint five commissioners who
shall at once call an election of all
the qualified electors residing with
in the territory embraced with1a
said limits as described and plated.
Ii a majority Of the ballots cast
at such election be in favor of such
incorporation, the clerk of said dis
trict court shall, Immediately on the
returh of the commissioners being
filed in his office, give notice of the
result by publication in a newspa-
per, or, if no newspaper be publish
ed in the county, by posting in five
public places within the limits of
the proposed city.
When the incorporation of such
city is com plete, the commissioners
shall give notice for two consecutive |
weeks of the time and place of hold
ing the first election of officers
therefor.
From the above it will be seen
that the sections quoted only
provide for cases where no city
previously existed
80 that had the Judge issued
bis proclamation in accordance
with the prayer of the petition
srs, and majority of the people
voted in favor Of such incorpo-
'ation, ,all the liabilities contract
ID by the present city govern
nent would of necessity be in
7alid for the reason that such
'ctions would conclusively show
hat it was illegal, and without
uthority to contract debts or
xsrcise municipal powers Of
ny kind whatever. Il
Chapter II Of the same act,
owever, provides for a change (
, the city government already +
xisting, as follows:
Any city incorporated by special {
st or charter. or in any other man :
u than that provided by this act, !
any acting or do facto city, ,,
~ sba3dcn its chartsr a11 organ {
, 1878-03-02

The question Of calling . osnyen-
ton to revise the Constitution of
Kentucky is TO be submitted to the
people.