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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-12
A supply Of Grass Guaranteed.
IIlndue City Times

The broad prairies are covered with a
green and luxurient growth of grass. This
insures good winter stock range. for the
late rains have infused new life into the
buffalo heritage and guaranteed a supply
of grass for the winter. Sometimes at this
season the grass has a deadened appear
ance, but now the range is covered with
green and lovely verdure. The summer
rains have been Of great profit.
The Yield OF In Grain brown COun.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-12
WOOL.
StCck Market.

DEFS twS-.i as.
BSEF ~frSEss-S sss;sc.
NsAL-3dic.
MUTFUS-- .33i.c.
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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-12

1Americau Agric llturist.l

WATER FUsRows-When all else is done
make the necessary water burrows at once.
There may come heavy rain the next day
and do damage. Disperse the water into
several channels, rather than to permit it
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-12
[Ellinwood Express, 81

Potatoes are somewhat Of drug in our
local market Just at present. \ good crop
of this roo; was raised in this section this
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-12
rHiawatha Kansan, al

The yield OF fall wheat in Brown county
lis year is greatly superior-in quality
and quantity-to that Of previous years !;
and in both respects exceeds this years
crop west OF US, as Mr.. Gaskill, of the Hia-
waiha elevator, informs US. Spring wheat
ia not as good as previous years crops.
Corn is average in quality and greater guam
tity than ever before known in this country.
Barley is fair crop but somewhat stained
BY wet weatbe-.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-12

tCor. Marion County Record,6.l
Vim. E. Bozarth's oats yielded 20 bu.
per acre, machine measure. The ground
was measured and figures made by W Hun
ter, W. Yates and J. L. Fairbrother. His
turkey wheat also yielded % IL bu. for
each hushel sown.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-12
Prairie Farmer, Il

A dispatch from Tuscola, Ill, says
"The strange and fatal cattle disease in
this city continues. The deaths among
milch cows in the town average about one
each day. 20 lar not one taken with the
disease has recovered. 1t is now suspected
by some that lit is caused by the cows hav-
ing swallowed the broken particles of glass
from the glass balls scattered over the
shooting ground"
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-12
PLENTY Of Our Own.
ICor. Marion County Record. G.

The peach crop is being slowed away in
cans and stomach. with great rapidity. and
Old Sol is at work drying up the juices OF
innumerable halves of the peaches on scat
folds and kitchen roofs; for some of US are
getting tired of chewing on the wormy
wind-fall, burnt up refuse of eastern peach
orchards, that our grccers have hitherto
considered good enough for Us prairie
dogs.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-12
for Diseases.
kansas Spirit.1

Antidotes against all kinds of fevers are
pure air, we'll ventilated rooms, clean eel
lars, frequent bathings, regular and frugal
diet. plenty of exercise and cheerful trust
in Him who does all things well.
Let us Patronize Our Own People.
Kansas Spirit
There are plenty of good reliable nurser-
les in Kansas, and there is no necessity of
sending abroad for anything in that line.
Patronize our own people and keep the
money at home.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-12


open covering of this kind, is all they will
bear without injury. We have seen more
plants smothered and rotted by heavy COW
ering than saved.
THE KIND OF Soil TO PUT IN PoTs-
Where good earth is used for pottiDg, the
plants seldom need any special manure
The best soil for plants is found in old
| meadows, the corners of fences, &C. where
sod has grown long time. A pile OF sod
laid up TO rot makes excellent potting earth
and If taken from what we call here a
chestnut soil, that ia, with a good deal OF
sand, noting can be better. Many persons
think if they can get a little black muck
from a swamp they have the perfection of
potting soil, while il is the poorest soil that
can be procured. About a tablespoonful of
guano in pail of water maks a good fer
tilizing material, but must be used eau
tiously, and is not often needed. Manure
water, inst as good, can be made by putting
little stable manure in pail of water,
and using the liquid.
WATERING. Keep the earth moderately
moist, about as It il observed in the gar
den in what We call a growing time
Water not too frequently, but thoroughly.
TEMPERATURE Most of our plants are
injured by too much heat. For general
collection Of house plants, it Is best to al
low The thermometer to be alb We seventy,
and if they could be kept in a room where
the thermometer would usually not range
much above sixty-five it would be the bet
ter. In the night time fifty Is high enough.
PLANTING BEDS OF BULBs-Autumn ia
not only the best time for planting most
bulbs, but it ia the only time that beds of
Holland bulbs, such A. hyacinths, tuiips,
croc rses, &C., can be made. Obtain bnlbs
in September or October, and before winter
set in cover the beds with a dressing of
leaves or COW manure, four or FIVE inches
thick. Lilies can be planted either in the
fall or the spring.
BEDS OF HARDY PLANTS. All hardy
plants, the rseonies, hollyhocks, delphini-
ums, perennial phlox, day lily, dicentra,
and plants Of a similar character. isdeed,
ali that will endure our winters should be
planted in the autumn, if possible, as they
get better start in the spring than If
planted at that time
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-12

Every farmer as we'll az every farmers
vile should have something on exhibition
at the fair. Farmers, carry along your
stock and compare merits with your neigh
bors. Ladies bring along your handi work
for the floral hall, and show your skill and
show your sisters what your skill and in
genuity have wrought, Every one is in
terested in a grand display, and everyone
will be suIe 10 witness it.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-12
Death From q Snag.

Ed. BARTON, a ed about twelve years Of
age, had snag stuck into his foot about
two weeks since All of the snsg was not
removed, and his foot bsgen 10 mortiiy
ON Saturday he died
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-12
An Excellent ReIi,h.


This pickle may be made from those Gu
cumbers which have grown too large for
picking whole. Peel, cut in half, remove
the seeds, and CRATE on coarse crater
drain the water from. the mass, season
highly with pepper, salt and ground cloves,
cover with cold vinegar, bottle and seal.
Cattle Killed by the Remains Of
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-12
An Old Orchard saved.
[Cor. Washington Paper.l

drought back an old orchard, apparent
ly dying, to fruitfulness BY the generous
use OF wood ashes, l sprinkled liberal
amount around each tree to the circumfer-
ence of the extent of its branches, first stir
ring the soil well.
ibry sand l0r the Preservation OF
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-12

There is no doubt that the boy who is to
grow up and stay on the farm and make a
successful farmer, must like his profession.
This is as true in agriculture as in any 9TH
er profession in life. Ii the boy be worked
from daylight to dark, week in and week
out, with no recreation except what he gets
at church, very likely he will leave home
at the first opportunity for some more CON-
genial occupation. We believe that, as a
rule, farmers work too many hours and
give themselves too little recreation,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-10-04
RoIH-Esodsd Lovers.

No one who looks down from gallery
in q church upon q devout and GodIike
CONGREGATION. can fail tonOtiee how very
prone the Christian is to the loss of his
hair. Piety and bald-heade0ness seem
to 90 together, that the head Of the
belieyer might be a shining light, city
on the hill, And yet il one goes TO q
vodless theater the same thing is observ-
able. Worldliness is as bad as piety.
The bloated capitalist and the horny
handed son of toll are equally liable to
bare,footedness on the top of the head.
And this, too, in the lace OF the fact
that proud science has long Wrestled
with the problem, and inventions innu-
merable announce themselves as caus-
ing a lnxuriant growth Of hair. Bald
medicines, however, does not Impair
2 mans value in the ordinary afairs Of
life. He can buy or sell, insure, run q
bank, or accept an Office, with not hair
on his head for 3 first class eyebrow ;
but when it comes to making love 10 q
girl it is very much in the way. There
Is a great deal of capillary attraction in
love. Girls adore q handsome suit Of
glossy hair. It is lovely. And when q
lover comes to WOO her with the top OF
his head shining like a creased pump
kin. he is at q disadvantage. Just as the
words that glow and the thoughts that
burn begin to awaken in her bosom q
sympathetic thrill, she may happen 20
notice two or three flies promenadlng
over his chronological organs-and al is
over Girls are so frivolous. She inn
nediately becomes more interested in
those flies than all his lovely language.
While he is pouring out his love and
oassion, she is wondering how the flies
manage to hold on to such q slippery
surface,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-10-04
did she say that"


Speaking Of gall, remarked printer
in a Nevada Deer-salOon, talking Of
solid cheek, never saw q man who had
more of it than Pete Blivens, of Kansas
City. Three of us used to room together
there in 1872. One night in July-it
was SO hot that if you'd chuck water on
the side OF a house it would sizz like so
much hot iron-we concluded togo down
and aeep on one of the timber RATS on
the river Well, we got on the RATS
with our blankets. Just before turning
in Pete Bliyens said he guessed he'd
cool off by taking a swim. Iknew the
current would snatch him right under,
but didn't want to give him any advice,
and he dived off the end of the raft.
The undertoW caught and sent him out
of sight in about three seconds. As
soon as we saw that he was drowned
me and the other chap went for his
effects. We found $3.50 in his pants
pocket and an old watch. We took 'em
up town and soaked the clothes for So
and sold the watch for $12. Then We
went round town on a sort Of jam
boree and spent the money. About five
O'Clock in the morning we were drinking
ND the last dollar with some Of the boys
at the Blue Corner, when who should
walk in but Pete himself in an old suit
of clothes that he'd borrowed Of q man
three miles down the river. And hang
me If he didn't demand his clothes, and
the next day he was round dunning rs
for the paltry sum of $3.50. The gall Of
some mems enough to paralyze q Louisi-
ana alligator.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-10-04
Ovsr-Esited Women.

Many a jaded woman looking for her
relations to visit her feels like the one
who calls herself an "over-visited
woman" and makes her complaint
through the columns of the New York
Tribune:
She has been married fifteen years,
has several children, lives on the old
homestead, and every summer her hus-
bands mother, brothers and sisters, with
their children, come visiting. "0nce
when my husband told me that he had
heard from his mother, and that she
would be with us tomorrow, said '0h
dearp oh dear what? said he. ]
don't know how to take any more
trouble said !. My mother never
made any trouble any where said he.
I mean that can't take any more work.
My mother won't make any more work
All you have to do is to put on another
plate ! said no more, but from that
day to this, each year, she comes with
her children and grandchildren. They
sit on the cool piazza, and I cook for
them over the hot kitchen-stove, with
one child in my arms and another hang
ing at my skirts" She thinks it cruel
way to treat any woman. 1t at least
shows that all the inconYeniences and
annoyances of mother-in-laWism are not
on the side of the husband.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-10-04
Hogs Killing a Jqcuar.

The wild hogs of South America are
very savage, and when aroused know
not fear. One night a hungry party Of
explorers, camped in a Brasilisp forest
heard an uproar of grunting, squeakine
and clacking of tusks, "Pigs p sx.
claimed all with joyfIlness, snow Ee'Il
have q dinner"
epatching their guns, they crept eau,
tiously towards the sounds. Coming to
the edge Of q clearing they saw by the
moonlight a jaguaE standing on an ant
hill, about five feet from the ground,
Surrounding him were fifty or sixty wild
hogs, furious ia their efforts TO get at
their enemy.
The iaguar, with his tail stuck well up
IN the air, and his legs close together,
stood balancing himself on the points Of
me me hiliock. AS the infuriated pigs
threatened one side or the other, he
mOuiu turn around and face them. He
y sAs eyloentl y uneasy, and only waiting
iO1 chance 70 make rush and escape.
IN moment Of forgetfulness the
laguar snghtly dropped his tail. In
another, and another, and the bsast ,.Sa. H'as
dragged from his perch to the oroTDS 1U = 40
The battle was terrible. TIE veIIou
body Of the jaguaF rose up aboys he
grunting, squealing mass of pigs, and his
powerful jaws struck deadly blows
Then he fell-the uproar sudsIded, and
the herd dispersed. The party Of ex-
plorers walked TO the battle-ground
Fourteen dead pigs were lying on the
field, but no jaguar or its remains were
seen.
Presently one Of the party, picking up
fragment of something said, Here's
the tigerw 1t was a bit of the jaguar's
skin. He had been torn to pieces and
devoured by the savage hogs.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-10-04
Sic Failed.

The osner day, soon after a Congress
street woman had decided to build bis
strawberry shortcake for supper, she
heard the musical voice of a peddlel
crying in the wilderness: -
"Great big straWbeTries eight cents q
quart : three quarts for twenty-five
centsp
HNothing like taking advantage of dis.
counts, said the woman as she nan fol
a dish, and in five minutes she had her
three quarts of berries and the peddlel
had her silver quarter.
Time passed on. She sat in g rocking
chair looking over the luscious fruit;
all Of sudden she turned pale and be-
gan breathing hard. It was not case
of heart-disease or spinal meningitis,
nor had a new wrinkle suddenly devel-
oped itself ON her forehead. She had
simply figured:
Slight cents per quart-three quarts
for twenty-five cents-three times eight
is twenty-fourP
Her son came in just as she had
slipped q revolver into her pocket and
tied her bonnet string into square knot,
and when he asked her where she was
going she soleInnly replied:
Harry, am going out to kill a straw
berry peddler-a seven story hypoerite
and deceiver who gave me wholesale
rates on these berriesI Tell your father
to engage two lawyers and be at the Gem
iral station in half an hourP
But the strawberry man had passed On
had sought other shady and innocent
neighborhoods, and she returned to her
darkened home with toothache under
her ear and her heart beating 1I5 de.
pfees in the shade.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-10-04
Fis Favorite MILE.

A Eureka teamster is noted for the
affection that he betrays for one of the
mules in his outfit, the most obstinate
and mangy-looking animal IN the string,
and his fondness for Nancy, as he calls
her, has passed into a proverb. Upon
being rallied upon this peculiarity by q
chum, he discoursed as follows: Il used
to have a sweetheart back in Injany, that
I was awful gone on, and this yer cussed
mule has so many pints in common that
my heart Just yearns over Ler. She was
as likely q gal as ever run barefOoted
in eOrnfeld, but she was too cussed
obstinate to enjoy good health. You
never knew just how to take her. Shed
look you right smiling IN the eye, and
you'd think thar were more sugar In her
nor in a New Orleans molasses hogs
head, but if you laid your hand on her
unexpected ike, she'd kick the breech-
ing all to hi in less than 6 minute.
That's Just the way with that mule.
reckon she's cost me nigh onto $500 for
harness, to say nothing about doctors
bill for broken leg; but yOu get into
place Whar the mud's deep, and the rest
Of tie team kerfummuxed, and call on
her for assistance, and blast my eyes If
she won't pull herself clear out of her
hide to help you out Of your troable.
That was the Way with Nancy. The
summer emigrated I were mighty with
the ague, and got the milk fever on top
Of that, and were pretty nearly ready
70 cross over Jordan, but she nussed me,
helped her ole dad all day, and set up
with me nights until she were q shsdder,
but she pulled me through, and then
she advised me to emigFate to Californy.
hated to 90 away it were like persuad-
ing a hungry horse to leave pail of oats;
but there was no use, she were bound to
heV her way, and came. That war 10
years ago, and 1 hadn't been In the
country month fore got news of her
dying. Poor gall She overdone herseP
takin' care of my worthless carcass, and
never seen no woman since that time
that were worth shHeks compared to
her"
His eyes were moist as he closed his
affecting reminiscence, and if any Of our
readers notice a mouse-eolored lead
mule that can kick fiy off her COM
paniOn's ear with unfailing accuracy, or
out-puIl any pair in the team, they viii
know that the drivers life is centered
in that animal, and respect the tender
memories that causes him to bestoW
uDon her the affections that was once
the sole property Of the departed
NANCY"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-10-04
Insects as Takers,

1.-TWO ants, says Buchner, "When they
are talking together, stand with their
heads opposite each other, working their
sensitive feelers in the lYeliest manner,
and tapping each others heads" NJ
merous examples prove that they are
able in this way to make mutual COM
munications, and even on certain def
mite subjects. 81 have often" says the
English naturalist, Jesse, @plaeed small
green caterpillar in the neighborhood
of an ants nest. It is Immediately
siezed by an ant, which calls In the
assistance of friend after Intellectual
efforts to drag the caterpillar into the
nest. It can be clearly seen that the
little creatures hold conversation by
means of their feelers, and this being
ended, they repair together to the cater
pillar in order to draw it into the nest
by their united strength. Further,
have observed the meeting of ants on
their way to and from their nests. They
stop, touch each other with their feelers,
and appear to hold q conversation,
which, / have good reason to suppose,
refers to the best ground for obtaining
food" Hague writes letter to Darwin,
that he one day killed with his finger q
number of ants who came every day
from hole in the wall 10 some plants
standing on the chimney-piece. He had
tried the effect Of brushing them away,
but it was of no use, and the consequence
of the slaughter was that the ants who
were on their way Immediately turned
back, and tried to persuade their COM
panions, who we're not yetRWare Of their
danger, to turn back also. A short con-
versation ensued between the ants,
which, however, did not result In an
immediate return, for those who had
Just left the nest first convinced them.
selves Of the truth Of the report.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-10-04
VT and Knnor.

A joint affair: Rheumatism.
Lost at sea: The sight of land.
Green apples strike below the belt.
Modern Roam: The life of tramp,
Table of interest: The dinner-table.
Forprosperity Look in the dictionary
A seaside invocaticn-"Let us spray
What sort Of voice has the washer
woman? Why, soprano, Of course.
4 fresh patch ON the seat of a bows
trowsers is something new under the
son"
Teacher: "What kind of a verb is
lover Young lady pupil: "a fine-night
verb"
Mary had little corn upon her little
toe, and everywhere that Mary went the
corn was sure to 60.
A lady, joking about her nose. said
HI had nothing to do in shaping it. II
was birthday present"
A commercial advertisement for "a
man to travel, ," was answered by a tramp.
He said lie was used 10 the business.
Said old Deacon Holden: 81 don't like
a man who is intimate ON short acouaint-
ance, because he is almost sure to be
short on intimate acquaintance"
a man never fully realizes to what
extent he is dependent upon others
untii at the barber shop he has waited
patiently for an hour and half for his
turn.
A lady who, in defiance of the English
law, had married the brother of her de-
ceased husband, was in the habit of
;luding to her first spouse as "her poor
iJrotlIer-in-law."
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-10-04
BUrma6 Smokers.

Burmah is the paradise of the smoker.
u his paradise consists in the absence of
all restraint on his favorite habit. No
preacher viii here hint that tobacco
smoking is the first step to drunkenness.
for, with rare exceptions, land, alas |
chiefly where the European has BROUGHT
his vices with bis ciVilzation) the peo.
pie are water-drinkers. There is no
fear Of offending the sensibilities of the
most delicately nurtured lady, for the
women Of every rank are, if possible,
more inyeterate smokers than the men.
No dread Of his masters displeasure re-
strains the youngest school-boy from his
cigar or cigarette. Boys and girls alike
smoke as soon as they can walk, and
children are even said to learn the habit
before they leave their mothers arms.
The newcomer to the country is often
offended by the freedom with which a
Burman who has not been much thrown
with Europeans will continue to puff his
cigar in his presence, in absolute limo.
cence of any breach Of courtesy, and in
the indigenous school children, even in
class, only lay aside their cigars while
their lungs are occupied with baWling
out the trite texts of the spelling-boof.
A pipe is rarely seen, but cigars and
cigarettes are universal, and their manu.
facture and sale form one Of the com.
monest employments of the women.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-10-04
ssMon,s 1ncianf RrofIar. :.

Some very remarkable traits of intel
hgence have recently been observed in
the large chimpanzee at the New York
Aquarium. 1t is known fact that the
discharge of firearms causes considerable
uneasiness to all the members of the
monkey tribe, frequently frightening
them so badly as TO cause death. There
is a performance on the stage of the
Aquarium in which pistol is used,
and for fully five minutes preceding its
discharge the chimpanzee is on the
watch for the moment Of its report, and
his actions meanwhile are precisely
those of child under like circuni-
stances. He will get 10 the farthest
corner Of his cage and watch the stage
intently, then suddenly rush back TO q
place where view OF the performance
can be had, and Just as the pistol is
about to be fred he will seek the far
corner and actually place his hands over
Doth ears to exclude the noise of the
plstoFs explosion. As soon as the noise
has taken place the chimpanzee will run
briskly to the glass side and peer in
tently at the stage again, as If en-
deayoring to ascertain the cause of 20
much commohon,