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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-02-07
Secretary Sherman's T. PI0riLu>
InUm Letter.
Cincinnati Times, Isl

The Secretary of the Treasury has lately
january Isl written letter ON the silver
question to the Burlington Ha,rksye, and it
is altogether one OF the best jokes that hui
morous paper has published for this many
a day. Our paper is too small, and lie is
TOO short To explain all the amazing errors
in this short communication of scarce TWEEN
ty lines but, for the sake OF humanity. we
make at least one desperate effort at anal Z
ing the following short extract, and noticing
the errors that it contains:
The old silver dollar if any are in exist
cncr. coined before 1913, II "A legai-tender for
all sums, but practically there have been
none in circulation since ISL, when the
change was male in The standard from IF
teen OI slverto one of gold, To- >iNt seu To OI..:
but ali silver coins are now "A legGal-tendeF to
tac ext MT of -.
l. ''IEe I'd si'reT drHU, col Ell Jetore 1873,
is Il Leqii-ieEder for oil sums"
This is an error. Section 3JS6, Of the
Revised Statute provides, The Silver coins
OF the United States shall be legal-tender
al their nominal value for any amount not
exceeding five dollars in any one payment"
>. "PGotieoHg there hare b. e4 none "a e6cd-
tdtin since 1881"
Error again. Tie circulation. if the
cluded, reached a very high figure.
3. "Stnee 1857, when { oian9e u1s made in
the Standard from fifteen O, s.iser tc one If goid
TO siIteen 10 one"
There are so many errors in the above
that We must divide them into sub-heads:
a. The standard was not changed from
l5:l to 1911 in 1887.
b. No such change took place at any
time in our coinage history
c. The standard was not ISL in 1887 nor
was it l61 subsequently.
d. The standard never was 16:1
c. The change which he so inacurateIy
refers TO took place in 1884. and was a
change in the ratio by means Of scaling the
gold dollar-the silver dollar remaining the
same) from l5:l to l6OO2l5:l.
T. The change which ad take place in
1887 was decrease on the silver side Of
the ratio instead of an increase. 1t was a
change lagain made by altering the gold
dollar from 10, GU2l5l 10 5,9SS31:l, where
it now stands.
4. But al silrer coins are nor a legal-ieader
10 me egtslt Of 81"
The trade dollar, which contains 400
grains Of silver 800 pure, which il of the
ratio OF 1921, and in which laborers are
being paid oil, is not legal-tender for any
thing. That Was demonetized year before
| last
How happy we are in Secretary of the
Treasury who can crowd so much error in
| TO six little lines Of letter written over his
own signature, and for publication. And
| how natural that he should believe in the
ono-metallic standard when he knows so
little about il. 'Believe in the Bible -
said the Bishop of Autun; why shouldn't
| |? | never read it,
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A VERY PECULIAR: ARGUMENT.

The New York Tribune, admitting that,
during the progress Of the silver debate in
the Senate, both senators from New York
haye been kept busy presenting petitions
from large number Of counties in that
state prayin. Tor the romCnetization Of sill
Yer and the repeal of the resumption act,
and that no petitions except from New
York banks have been presented on the
other side, CONSTITUTES this TO be sign OF the
practical unanimIty OF the people Of the
state for hard money. The vast majority
is too conscious of its strength TO worry
about memorials to Congress. Thinness is
the preponderating element in that argu-
paent
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Bcccher and the Reporter.

Henry Ward Beecher, last Sunday morn
ing previous 10 his sermon, said he had
been subjected to angry criticisms on ac-
count of the reports Of his sermons that
were grossly wrong. lie alluded to the
bread and water sermon and 10 the sermon
ON hell. lie said that his sermons were
printed in his paper just as they were de-
liyered. and, in most eases, without revision
by him. Mr.. Beecher said that he thought
the reporters Of the New York dailies had
not had long theological training. lie did
not care for himself, but one Of the b1leful
effects of reporters condensing sermons was
that the consciences OF good men were dis
turbed, particularly editors of religious pa
pers. In closing Mr.. Beecher said he did
not claim to represent any denomination,
and no one but himself was responsible Tor
what he said Ii is a noteworthy fact that
the four reporters present, when the ''lIell''
sermon was delivered, all made the same
mistake, of which Mr.. Beecher complains,
although the reporters sat in different parts
of the church and had no conversation with
one another
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They had mot been married more than
tour years and lived in another mans
house, who is i bachelor The husband
went one evening alter pail Of wafer, and
as he passed the window he saw his wife on
the bachelors knee, and he noticed that
they kissed. lie returned-swore vengeance
and fired several OTIS at the man, but did
not hit him. Now TO settle the matter, the
bachelor pays the husband three hundred
dollars, for which he had TO mortgage his
farm, and all is quiet now again. This all
happened last week up in Carr Creek town.
ship, OF this county, but as the parties have
been known heretofore a. good people We
all time to come, that poor deluded bachelor
will look upon kissos as expensive articles
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NOT TEE MAN.

During the recent revenue troubles in
South Carolina some OF The arrested distill-
ers and their co-conspirators escaped from
the custody oil United Stats Marshal Pit
man. In order to allay any suspicion that
the Marshal conniyed at their escape, the
United States Attorney in South Carolina
writes to the Commissioner OF Internal
Revenue at Washington as follows: in
November last, while Pitman was attending
the United States court as a witness, crowd
of distillers and their friends went 10 his
house and, driving out his wife and children,
burned his house in their presence" Pit
man is hardly the man to connive with
such fellows for their release.
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JNeehtp Gimes
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY :. 1873.
FAILURE OF THE: FIRST NATION
aIHaSx OF KANSAS CETy.

The encouragement yesterday morning
that the First National Bank Of Kansas
City had closed it. doors, created consider
able excitement IN financial and business 1
circles in this city. The bank was regard |
ed as one Of the strongest in the west, and
the announcement OF It's failure took every
body by surprise-except those who have
given some thought to Mr.. Sherman's tinan-
cial policy, and to such no failure brings
surprise, for failure is the only natural ro-
suit of such policy.
By card from the officers Of the bank,
published in our telegraph dispatches this
morning, we are informed that the imme-
dia e cause of the suspension is a shrInkage
of over three hundred thousand dollars in
deposits, during the last few days, but the
more remote through real cause Is to be
found in the fact that bankruptcy is the
only legitimate fruit oil the ruinous Imam
cial policy which the government has p'iF-
sued for the last ten years, and the failure
OF the Kansas City bank is but another OF
Mr.. Sherman's miIe-stones on the road to
resumption.
Local influences undoubtedly crippled the
bank TO a greater or less extent 1t Is gen
orally supposed, and not without good rea-
son, that Kansas City is somewhat fast
A good many of their merchants do business
in waters considerably beyond their depth.
She has large number OF operators, IN
merchandise, grain or cattle, who are doing
business on capital varying from ten thou
sand TO fifty thousand dollars, who would
probably not be able 10 pay month S
board in advance, from their own resources.
All these gentlemen, of course, have 10 be
carried by somebody, and it was undoubt-
edly an overload OF such freight as this that
carried down the First National. The
general shrinkage in values resulting from
the mistaken financial policy of the govern
ment paralyzes trade, leaves the merchants
unable to meet their paper at the bank, and
the bank being unable to carry all Of them,
is obliged to succumb.
The dispatch from Kansas City says that
the other banks there are not affected by the
suspension OF the First National, and that
business will not be seriously disturbed by
it. We hope this may be true, but We can
not regard it as probable, since it would be
next to an impossibiIity for such an institu-
ton as the First National has been at Kan
sas City, to close its doors without exerting
an unfavorabIe influence upon the general
business community, and We shall be agree
ably surprised if lis suspension is not
speedily followed by serious business embar-
rassments, if not by other failures.
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lS;. Louis Journal.l

Grease the Griddle, Birdie Darling" Il
beautiful new song and chorus by the au-
thor Of Bang my Scalplocks DER my Fore
head" will have greater run than any
piece since Darling. am Growing Old"
The melody is simple and plsintive. Price,
% cents. Arranged for barber shop guitars
and French-harps, % cents:
Grease the Griddle, Birdie Darling
Grease IL DER with lambicnt Lard,
Pour the buckwheat Batter ON IL
From, the Bowl 80 Brown and Hard.
And in order that the BUckwheatS
BE not Scorched and Burned and Scar,
Grease the Griddic in PToiu>ion-
Grease the Griudie, Birdie dear.
This beautiful song may be obtained at
all music stores, or by rcmittiDg the co;t
price to the publishers
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HORRIBLE CRIME AND SWIFT
RETRlBUTION.

During the last two weeks one Of the
most horrible as well as one of the most
wonderful cases of crime and retri5ution
occurred in Western Iowa: One da.y last
week-Tuesday, We believe-the people Of
Council Bluffs were shocked by the an
nouncement that Mrs. Smith, the wife Of
an estimable citizen living in the suburbs
of that town. had been brutally outraged
and murdered. An investigation of tive
matter soon disclosed the sickening circum-
stances attending the terrible affair.
The family consisted Of the husband and
wife, and three small children, one an
infant. They lived on a small farm in the
edge of town. A hired man by the name
of Fisher-a half-breed Indian-worked
for them, and boarded with the family.
He had always appeared to be a steady, in
dustrious and Trustworthy man. On the
day of the tragedy Mr.. Smith was away
from home, and the hired man was left
alone with the family. Immediately after
dinner the two larger children went out to
play, and when they came in again they
found their mother lying in a store room,
adjoining the dining room, with her throat
cut from ear to ear, with the baby crawling
upon her dead body and playing in her
blood, They ran at once to neighboring
house and gave the alarm. Physicians
were sent for, and an examination soon
Disclosed the fact that the unfor-
tunate woman had been murder
ed, and that the 6cnd who muir
dered her had afterwards outraged
her dead body. Suspicion Immediately fas-
tened itself upon the man Fisher, but the
most dilligent search failed to disclose his
whereabouts. The whole community turn
ed out to seek for him, the Governor of the
state offered reward for his apprehension,
the citizens of Council Bluffs did the same,
and in twenty-four hours after the murder
was committed all western Iowa was on the
lockout for the murderer, but every effort
to find him proved futile. On Saturday or
Sunday-a few days after the funeraEMr.
Smith, the husband of the murdered NO
man, saw something in his we'll, and dis
covered that The water We muddy. He
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-02-07
Digging mp some EiadiOId:Cases.
washington Republican,

Some curious revelations are occasionally
made in the treasury department. Not long
since gentleman in looking over the files
found that very prominent firm OF steam
boat men in one OF the western cities had
received several years ago nearly 100000
for some boats not worth over one-tenth Of
that sum. These steamboat men are very
wealthy and religious, and it will be a
shock to the community in which they live
to learn that proceedings have been COM
menced by the United States government
to recover moneys from these men out OF
which the government was swindled years
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GALf.spOEl.

Galiipoi, WHICH has, within the past TWO
weeks beer made prominent by the move
ments OF the beliigerents, is a city of Euro
pean Turkey, situated at the northeast end
of the Dardanelles, one hundred and ten
miles southwest of Constantinople. Al
though miserably built it has two good
harbors and is the seat Of an extensive
trade in earthenware, morocco leather and
various other wares. Flocking together in
lis bazars and presenting an exceedingly in
teresting sight, may be found merchants OF
all nations, all tongues and all styles of
dress. Its population now is about 10000.
In 1910 its inhabitants numbered 1900
and in 1915, 10000. 1t also boasts Of the
honor Of having Greek bishop.
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SAFE INVESEMENT.

The four per cent. Government bonds are
now to be had by the people direct from the
Government, and those who are so fortu-
nate as TO have little spare money never
saw better time to put it in bonds, than
the present. The L. S. Government will not
"break," and though it does not pay quite
as much interest rs other parties, you al
ways know where you money is-which
is more than can be said of all investments
in these precarious times.
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President a Anderson AND His Eel.

'ndustraltsi, &c.
We have been wrestling with TIE poor
mans telephone again this week. This
amount OF perspiration that has "larded
the lean earth in our self sacrificing efforts
Tor the benefit OF impecuni0us humanity
will never be measured or properly aPPre-
ciated. And We are going 10 ire the busi-
ness end of our double mule battery at the
head of the very next gentleman who
comes along and smilIngly suggests that
wire wound probably work better than
string. We have tried the wire twice. The
first experiment was with unaneled broom
wire. and the result was hard metallic
ringing" that would have done honor to a
brass-throated donkey. This week We pro-
posed to do the thing up brown. OF course
the difficulty Was In the hardness OF the
wire. Buying coil on tick, We turned
il over to Prof. Kedzie, who fired up his
patent furnace and roasted all the kinking
and twisting procliviiies out Of that wire
till it was as soft and supple as apolitical
platform before election. And after burn
ing everybody's finger in the haste to string
ii up, the stuff was finally swinging between
the buildings, and wouldn't do anything
il wouldn't even ring
A strong thread is good enough for us.
The rich nabobs of Europe, who don't know
what TO do with their surplus income, can
layishly squander seyenty-hve cents IN buy
ing wire; but SO long as our native land is
afflicted with hard times, We shall patriot
ically stick to the string. Furthermore,
the strain OF the wire has stretched the
sheepskins so much that they must be re-
set. But the ''short-line route" the cheap
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ton that, probably, Judge Mayo might have
been crowned, but without result. The
men engaged in drasg lg brought to the
surface package WI IA contained letter
written in German, ( tied Altoona, Febru-
airy Il, 1876, signed by J. Brahms, three
photographs, on Two Of which we're groups
ofyoung boys, and the third that of Gen
Won Werden and Two pencils. The le;teris
in no way related to the judge, but may
throw light on some other mystery. The
baggage and cane Of the judge arrived in
East -. Louis yesterday from Cincinnati.
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The Astronomical, proc.,.

The English people know how to raise a
bcy,-mo-tiy, however by the ears a the
following recipe from one OF the insuIlr
pagers indicates:
Put in pickle half do,en ..ort penny
canes. Then procure your boy when
naughty. Take the boy into your study /;
take also the half dozen canes. Lock Your
study door. Then take OF your coat Then
take off the boys jacket. Then tuck up
your shirt sleev carefully; then t,ke one
of the six canes. Then . Then
again. 8 -. Then once more agains .,
Then ask the boy how he feels by this time.
Then slap his head. Then kick him from
behind Then throw him down. Then
jump. upon him heavily Then pull him
up BY one ear. After this take up cane
NUMBER TIM ss. Then, again
-s's,! Then, still once more again
ssss!!! Then repeat the process as be-
toee. caly varying tie monotoDy with the
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-02-07
TWO MORE

Our special dispatches this morning give
the details Of two more bank failures in this
immediate vicinIty-two more institutions
which have gone down the road laid out
for business men by Mr.. Secretary Sherman
and his gold" policy. The Merchants
National Bank at Fort Scott-which was
probably knocked down by the First Ma
tional of Kansas City-and the Topeka
Bank and Savings Institution, of Topeka
John Smiths bank, which has always been
considered one Of the soundest in the state.
And the work Of resumption goes bravely
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THE VOTE on BARaRBaS.

II the Gls6s- Democrat had been published
ia Judea at a certain memorable epoch, when
the vote was taken on Barabhas, it would
have said that the vote must be accepted as
the sense of the country-'-so let us have the
crucif xion at once.',-.S. Louis Post.
You don't know anything about it. The
CD. would have said, This vote for Ba-
rabbas will ruin the public credit. 1t is a
fraud. Keep him yet IN jail, and release
unto us the Deacon, even Uncle Billy"
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The Chinese Conque., Of ka.hgar'

There are two views Of the recent con-
quest of Kashgar by the Chinese. On one
side it is said that the English melted the
Chinese to the military activity which end
ed in the conquest of the part OF Turkestan
ruled over fourteen years by Iakoob Beg.
The territory formerly belonged to China,
but the army of Yakoob Beg was too
strong for the Chinese while the old chief
lived. This view OF the matter is not
quite consistent with the fact that Iakoob
Beg was an old enemy of Russia, and that
Kashgar was during his reign the seat of
many an intrigue against Russia. His
army had in it many Englishmen who had
served in India, and he was always plan
ming raids into Russian territory. Russia
always encouraged the Chinese government
in its efforts to reclaim the territory, so as
to rid herself of troublesome enemy and
change the status of what had become a
rallying point for anti-Russian conspirators.
The large Chinese army that invaded HASH
gar was organized before lakoob Beg's
death, few months since. The confusion
following his death made their victory an
easy one, and Chinese 1urkestan again
Joins Russian Turkestan.
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having time to make new designs-and new
work. However, the chances are at present
that the United States will have very re-
spectacle part in the great show. 1t is
likely that complete list of all the assist
ant and honorary commissioners and at
t1oEes connected with the American branch
OF the exposition viii be announced to-
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PERSONAu..

The Inter Ocean of Wednesday morning
says the following gentlemen were registered
at the Grand Pacific hotel, in that city
DIR. T. Sinks, Leavenworth; Colonel ID. Il.
Anthony, Times, Leavenworth; John A.
Martin, Champion, Atchison d. X. Abel,
Journal, Kansas City (; S. A. Gilbert, CARTE,
St. Joseph F. NJ. Tracy, Herald, St Joseph;
r. C. Clowry, Superintendent Western
Union Telegraph Company at St. Louis
NJ. C. Bristol, Superintendent Western
Union Telegraph Company at Cincinnati
E. p. Wright, Superintendent Western
Union Telegraph Company at Cleveland.
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Under the guns,

L lilt the clrilitt- uiDES
High its green ladders, and Chambers and
c.lugs
Under the guns,
over the guns,
Under the guns OF the Fort on the HILL
Under the guns OF the Fort on the Hin
Once sbooh The earth with the csuEOuade's
thuli,
Once tod the buttercups feet that nov still
Lie all al rest ia Jnei trench by the nall.
Under the guns,
Under the guns,
Under the guns o. the Fort on the Hill.
over thc guns of the Fort on the Hill,
Equal the rain fails on good and ON i'll:
sun blooms tile upland, and still the bronx
runs,
Still tolls the husbtndmen-undcr the guns.
Hdcr lhe guns,
Under thc guns,
Under the gum o. the Fort on the Hill.
Under the guns OF the Font on ihe Hill,
Lord, in Thy mercy We walt ON Thy viii;
LJrI ! l. 1t War Ihat Tiny wisdom best
knows?
Lord. il it Peace that Thy wisdom silt
shows:
Under the Cu~s,
IND, tie Guns,
Under The guns OF LIC kOEI on the Hill.
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4 whole G:.EIstma. Dinner by Mail.

v iI~iIIIf-IVH HUI, u
An unclaiHli package has just been re-
ceiyed In the DEAD Letter office at the post
Office at New York, containing the follow
ing Ortsyoa-t spare rib, large piece Of
roast veal, sev. raj pounds oi jerSed buffalo
tongues, lot 81 potatoes and onions. These
articles were uncooked. a pound or so Of
butter. a loaf Of fruit cake, a lot of candy.
raisins, nuts, oranges, apples, &c.; several
small bottles of vim and whisky, two boxes
OF cigars, and two limburger cheeses.
There was also salt, pepper, vinegar, &c,
for the seasoning, and the cranberries for the
sauce. Although there vas no bread in the
lot, there was an abundance OF flour and
Yeast