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The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-06-05
STANLEY il Again in Africa

/ his time lie leads the Belgisn.'explorinp
expedition, which in spite of its royaI back.
Ing has so far proved failure because #
had no competent leader. Stanley "a the
right man TO make the expidition 2 asuooess
lie has secured the services of many oi his
old followers al Zanzibar, paying them in
advance and promising them a visit 10
Europe when their journey ia over. Az
S.a1ley has once fous sht HIS way tbropgb
Africa, the expedition il TO be placed on a
war footing in anticipation Of hostile de
monstraI!ons. He il TO have a steam
launch, large cutter and many pieros!
iron plates. These last will be used 10 nro.
tect his boat crews when navigating the
lakes and rivers. IL is uuderg.ood II At the
destination Of the party Is the Congo and
II IA prohsOle that the nsVigable tribntsTirs
OF that stream will be explored. 1t. in,i-
mated that careful soundings OF the dentb
may be made az preliminary TO the estab.
iishment oi q line OF lsrge boats on ,bs
Upper Congo. The world will sw.i, Win
much interest the result OF this expedit;on
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They are not funny they are pathetic.

They are not funny they are pathetic" /"
You could have written about the man.
ners and customs"
Yes, but only 10 certain extent. For
instance, could have written freely abont
manners and customs and given instances.
| could have said that the ignorant and
innocent bsckwoodsmen of the upyisited
remotenesses of America il tie twin-brother
OF innumerable well-dressed Lordorers in
one respect-the disposition to glare and
stare into lady face in the street, and to
follow her up, and crane the head around
and still eagerly glare and stare until the
poor victim is ready to cry With uor,itics.
ZION. l could have written as much IS
L pleased about public manners and
customs, and been free 10 applaud or
to blame-but there an end. The real
interest would lie in the private and domes.
tic manners and customs, and I had nc
right to PRINT anything about those, either
pralseiu!ly or otherwise. was a guest ir
many English houses, but when man take.
you into his house he tscitly takes you int
his confidence, and it would be a graceles,
thing to abuse il"
"Mr. Dickens WAS not 50 particular will
America"
No, he wasn't; but he recognized lstel
that he had not done thing to be PROUD
OF, but Just the reverse. When he came t.
America the second time he apoIogized
But that Is neither here nor there. Private
mstters are private matters, and it ia no
right to NEEDLE with them. We all hav,
our superstitions, and that ia one of mine
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-06-05
Modern UubcIier Virtual PaSanism.

Bishop Ryan, OF ST. Louis, preached the
sermon AZ the dedication of the pew cathe-
dral in New York on Sunday. After as
s.riiug that the Church had received a di-
vine and perpetual commission, and was
the role barrier against barbarism and the
dominion of the lower passions, he declared
that the civilized world was rapidly going
back into psgsuisn. No matter by what
name i; nj sht be called, the spirit Of the
age vas the worship of the passions OF hu-
maniIy, which 10 a great extent psganism
wss He continued: Il have said that
We are going back to psEanism. i should
have said more. Pagsnism had two con-
aeryatiye elements that must not be forgot
ten. l. had a belief In a Supreme Deing
and belief in future rewards and punish
menis. The psganism OF the nineteenth
century would sbolish both, and leave us
uusrmed ag2ins; the whole array of human
psssions-no God TO see US, no God to re-
strain ia, no God to punish us, no God to
reward us. We are coming, | say il, be
fore the living God. | say in this temple OF
religion, in the first discourse preached
within II, that We are coming to a worse
state than the stste Of classic psgsnism
because We shall have that absence OF
Christian truth, without the presence of auy
of the ooassrv ative elements which helped
N an in pagan days This fatal state of things
msy be delayed somewhat. The public
opinion which Christianity has produced
has It's effects upon men and upon insti,u-
tious. But We have, intellectually speak-
lug, abandoned Christianity. The sacred
effects of Christian teschiDg upon individ-
usls who may no longer believe in Chris.
tiauitv we know remains for some time.
The flower does no. Immediately lose Its
smell when plucked from the stem; but
| coon the flower will become odorless. Bat
what is the harm? Alas. thst men who
love Christian morality and who love
Christianity to great extent slso-alas
that these men instead of standing with us
and Others chime in their opinions with
those who are opposed to Christianity. Our
principle Is dogmsiic teaching-,he teach
ing OF the doc;ri1es Of religion. not tie
mere morality Of religion, b.os Sc The doc
trine gives motive to that of morality. As
we'll expect this cathedral to stand without
these tall graceful columns about us a. to
expect that the morality of Christianity
will stand without dogmatic truths ths,
support it-that motif fl; that produced it !;
that continued it, and that alone can per-
pe;uate il"
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-06-05
The Proceedings in District Court
Against d. Is. Latin. Charged with
the Murder or Daniel - smith.

After the usual tedious delay in selecting a
jury, which Is always the first feature of the
trial OF a state case, the following men were
chosen 10 try .. b. Latin for feIoniously and
with malice afOrethOught killing Daniel Il.
Smith, on the I7th Of March last:
Aaron Evans, Joseph Trower, VIM. Hender-
son, y. swallow, Horace Tenant, r. Kenton. +.
T. G. Dend, Vim. ErIn, John Hutmaker, q.
W Emory Paul LathrOp and A. L. Edminister
twelve good and lawful men OF the body Of
the county Of Leaven worth. The personaIe OF
the jury is a good one. and the prospects are
that fair candid, impartial trial of the case
will evidently be gwen
After the Jury had been chosen, the usual
legal preIIminsri ., out lining the theory Of
the case in question, were briefly gone through
with. IL i the attempt of the State To prove
that, after the Quarrel Latin had with the
deceased several days prior TO the time Of The
fatal occurrence, and in which he knocked
MIN down, kicked him, etc. that he then
formed the re-O.utiOn To take mis- life at ths,
first opportunity, and that he went with that
intention to The Planters House upon the
day he shot smith. The defense Will set up
that the killing was done in self Defense and
that at the time Latin fired the shot when
resulted In the death Of smith ne supposed
that the latter was about TO take Lis-Lat-
tins-llfr-
Daring yesterdays proceedings. sixteen
witnesses for the state were examined and
Smiths dying statement was also introduced
The mass Of the witnesses examined were
those whose testinOny at the preliminary
examination has already been gwen 4,
The other witnesses were those by whom the
State desires to establish malice afOre-
thought, being those 10 whom ~ II alleged
Latin made threats against Smith alter the
inst quarrel and stating that he wished be
mad killed him.
CoaEt convenes again at o'clock to-day.
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Entirely Different.

l~lnnsld Semi.Weekly, Al
John Jones, farmer who lives On the
Walnut, near the Little Dutch schoo! house
concluded TO go into the Territory with the
Carpenter expedition. In less than ten days
he and his boys were back in the CowIey
county land, glad to have escaped so easily.
1t was perfectly unnatural to suppose that
men would go into new country, make a
farm where they had the positive assurance
rom the government that no title would ey.
er De given for the land, Thousands of per.
sons in search of gold might force an opening
OF the Territory, the same as was done in the
Black Hills, but farmers are peaceful and law
abiding. which makes the conditions entire.
~ different from the Black Hills movement
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Fire in Wichita.

The city, last Thursday night, about .
o'clock 4. NJ, for the first time in several
months, was start ei by an ''agitato' of the
fire bells. The FIRE broke out in the rear pOr-
ton of a large wO-stOry frame building on
Wichita street, near Douglas avenue, owned
by George Wood, and run 10y him as a house
of prostitution. y lamp exp .Oding WAS TIE
origin of the flIe, and in a few minutes il wa
evidently beyond the control of the fire de
partment. Fortunately the house was isola.
ted and the evening quiet, and no fears were
entertained of its extending. The inmates, we
learn, succeed in saving their trunks and
clothing. and some OF the furniture was got
out. There was an insurance of 81 SO %
building and furniture, which will no doubt
cover the loss. Not one of the immens.
crowd of men, women and children no
watched the progress of the consuming
flames had "a word of symp lthy for tue loser
bct II was generally felt that AS long aS Other
property was not endangered, IL was the bes
thing for the nelghboThood-
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IDeDOt Burned.

=
The depot and contents at Findlay City
the terminus of the Ft. Scott & Southeastern
road, were burned yesterday morning about
O'Clock. Mr.. A. ]. Stonebreaker, the agent
left the depot about 10 O'Clock, everything al
that time being all right. He went 10 bed a,
his house, only a short distance away, an
was awakened about o'clock by the f1re
but before ne could reach IL, the nre had
made such Broadway, that IL was i'm possible
to save anything, and the contents, books
papers and freight, were all burned. There
had been no fire about the building for more
than month. anu the only cause assigned
for its destruction is incendiarism. The los.
will amount to between 81 so and s2Ocp,
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-06-05
= characteristic Incident.

4 striking incident in Mr.. Lincoln's
official life Is related By Judge Bromwell,
OF Denver. who visited The White House III
March, 1865. Mr.. Seward and several
other gentlemen were also present, ard the
President gradually came TO talk on decis-
ions OF life and death. All other matters
uhmitted 80 him, he declared, were moth
iny in comparison 10 tee, and he added :
! Il reckon there never w : a man raised in
| the country on farm, where they are al
WAYS bUtcheriBg cattle and hogs and think
| nothing Of II, that ever grew up with such
! an aversion 10 bioodshed as ! have; and yet
| I've had more questions OF lite and death
| to settle in four years than all the men who
ever at in his chair put together. But
! Ire mansg-d 10 get along and do my duty,
AZ believe, and still save most of them;
! and there's TO man knows the distress Of
my mind. But there have been some of
| them | couldn't save-!here are some cases
where the law must be executed. There
was that msn--, who was sentenced for
piracy and slave rsdimg on the high seas,
that was case where there must an ex-
ample, and sou don't know how they fol-
icEsd and pressed TO get him pardoned, or
his sznteDc- cpmmuted; but there was no
use Of taisiUg. II had TO be done; ! could
not help him. Aud then there was that
-, was caught spying and recruiting
within PyPe's lines in Missouri. That was
smother case. They beseiged me day and
night, but 1 coldn't give way. We had
come TO point where something must be
done that would put stop to such work.
And then there was the case of Beal, on the
lakes. That was a case where there must
an example. They tried ne every way
They wouldn't give up; but | had to stand
firm on that, and even had 10 turn away
his poor sister when she came and begged
ior his life, and let him be executed, and
ne was executed, snd | can't get the dis
t,ess out OF my miGd yet" As the kindly
man uttered these words the tears rar
down his chez k, and the eyes Of the mel
surrounding him moistened in sympathy
There was profound silence il which they
rose to depart Three weeks after the Pres
idsnt was killed.
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Only a Dream .

A bald.headed gentleman stopped st the
corner OF Meriden and Washington streets,
the other morning, where sat an Italian
with acage containing three canaries with
the following placsrd placed upon them
Ladies and gents, take advantage
of the occasion of these birds which
with FIVE cents will select from the several
boxes planet of the fortune which will
tell you of your past and future life; said
planets are for ALL" The bsld-he AIDED
gentleman handed over a nickle, bird
flew out, flu,tered over the bo1e. a moment
and drew out an envelope with its hill.
He read that she would travel to the Ess.
and marry an Egyptian lady Of great
wealth and beauty who had long secretly
loved him, and who Here a sweet
emile was spreading over his coun,enance,
when an elderly lady in smoked spectacles,
who had approached him from the rear,
twisted the ferule OF her umbrella between
his fifth and sixth ribs and said: "Why
haint you sent that wood up, Jacob? Do
you suppose can get dinner without az
much - splinter TO burn in the s,ove?''
and he answered not, but meekly followed
her
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-06-05
The Guard. on Duty.

At the request of Mayor FOTtescue, the
Captain the Metropolitan Gu ards ordered
out his company Thursday night, TO patrol
the city, and act as special policemen six
men were stationed In each ward, under
command OF an officer, ant wsT1 ON duty
from II To 4 O'Clock yesterday morning. Mr.
Phelps and Mr.. Hewitt, of the TAird ward
squad discovered a man endeavoring 10 get
in Mr. MunsOn's house on Flfth Avenue.
They were on the osher side of the street and
saw him light two matches, but hearing
them approach he escaped lnto tne aley:
moi 1et a shot At MIN Tne sergeant OF the
Fourth Ward squad shot at a man As he WAS
coming ont Of "A yard on PottAwomie street,
bei ween Fourth and Filth, but the darkness
prevented him from fouowing the burglar.
The Guards deserve credit for the prompt
manner in which thes answered the Mayors
call and have demonstrated that theirn " q
very useful organization,
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Further Regarding the Nctawal.a i
Murder


John Scott, a white man, was arrested last
saturday, for having murdered one Fanny
Tuck, a Kickapoo Indian, ON the reserve,
about five miles northwest OF Netswaka.
He was brought 10 this city and confined
in the county jail until Monday, when he
had his preliminary examination beio.e
United states Commissioner Keller. He was
bound over TO appear for trial on the S;h day
of July. The bond required was s., 900, which
LIE was unable TO give.
The murder WAS one Of the results always
attending the consumption of too much
mean whisky. II Is said that the Indian and
scott were scu1iiing for the possession of y
revolver, when II was discharged, the bullet
Taking effect in the formers breast. scot
got possession of the revolver and fired at tht
Indian. The last shot proved fatal and the
Indian fell dead. scott has resided amOnl
The Kickapoos for a number of years anu ma,
always been considered a bad character.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-06-05
New Medicinal, springs,

Winfield Semi Weekly, 4
Lat evening Judge Mcdonald returned
from his farm at Salt City. He was there for
two days, and made quite number of expe
riments with his springs one was 10 run a
four inch tube eight feet into the bed of the
spring, and the result was that large amounts
of gravel and other substances were thrown
above the surface. The power was sufficient
to force the water seven feet in the air.
These springs are very remarkable. This
fact is already demonstrated in the large
number of cures already Effected one very
unusual feature i the wonderful variety of
the waters. Dr. Allen says they are destined
To become one of the noted resorts of this
country. The Judge brought five gallons of
water home with lim. and starts for the
Stale University at Lawrence, early in next
We, TOR the purpose of having an analysis
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-06-05

I@h'NI11s1a NI4aIIIU UIUHi u
What We say about yagrants and the rock
pile is of general application Occasionally
pretty fair man, who deserves a better fate,
and who is the victim of but one fault-in-
temperance-sets into the caIaboose and on
the chain gang. In that case his punish-
ment seems out Of proportion to his offence,
but the authorities have little or no oppor.
tunity to discriminate. The point We make,
is, that, as a rule, the man who Ia not too
good TO get into the city prison, Is not too
good 70 crack rock under anybody's dfrec-
ton. II distinction Ii made Il ought TO be
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-06-05
MOE LAW.

The man Murray, accused Of The murder
OF Mrs. Costello, ct Easton. two weeks ego,
was taken from his houe by a mob night
before last, and put 10 death by hanging
This ia an occurrence which al good ciuz rs
OF the county viii seriou-ly regret. The
enforcement OF "nob law is to be depiored
under all circumstance, but in the present
case. while no friend Of law and order can
Justify the conduc; OF the people engaged
in this desperate work, there is much
in the condition Cf things SIS al
present existing 10 the county 10
make such g course seem necessary TO the
protection of society; while no man can
Justify the conduct of those who resort to
"Iynch law" in the present case the result
cannot be wondered at.
1t is not al all probable that The mob
that executed Murray was composed Of
roughs and desperadoes; on the contrary
il is commonly thought to have been COM
posed of the unfortunate mans neighbors,
the steady, quiet farmers OF the vicinity
men who have always been regarded ~
the friends of good order and tie respec-
tiers OF law, and thee is not
doubt that they were inCi.ed to the
course they pursued by irm coUEic.iou Of
duty to society. They have seen murder
after murder, and one heineou4 crime sitter
another committed in this county, and after
the farce of trial hiss been gone through
with, they have seen the criminal turned
loose again uron the society he hal wronged
the mockery of justice resulting only in
aegrevating the wrong at first inflicted upon
the community, bv pilIng up enormous
costs. and swelling the proportions of cur
already over-grown tsx-roll. This bur
lesque Of Justice has gone TO such an eI-
lent that no one expects 10 see
criminal punished, unless he happens 10
be some poor devil without friends or in
tluence. Honest, intelligent men, who
could be depended upon to do Justice be-
tween the criminal and the STATE, are kept
of the jary because they cannot swear they
have not formed or expressed au opin-
ion," and the csse is handed over TO those
who, IS everybody know, have made VI
their verdict in advance, egardiess Of lax
or evidence, but whose consc ences do mo-
prevent them from swe sring to lies in re
gard TO their eligibility We have seen
ard heard men make solemn oath
ii Il Il
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lblcAersOu AiSosS' -o'I
Marx Richardson, of this township, had q
ryIng experience with Texas rangers last
week. As the story comes TO Us, the rangers
had canped near by. and their horses tres
passed upon MI. Richardson's fields Mark
had secured one of the animals and refused
to give it up until restitution had been M 'de
for damage. There were five of the Villains.
all armed to the teeth with derrtngers, shot
Intention of taking possess, on OF their prop
erty; but Marx, like the brave boy that he
Is. drew n seven shot, calibre 2. SAYING.
'.tientlemen, / have the drop on you." In
true ranger style, the villains passed over the
cash gitnout another word, and Marx still
liy,-, Z A rt mort.
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Wreaths of TuIIe and an Opera Hat

llht iht5dZiucl
Nine Taglioni's horror of the wreath OF
tHlle which the ballet dancer OF the present
day wears around her waist is quite inter
esting. And it is not only in the cause of
modesty, but OF art, that she objects to the
fashion. 1t may well be asked whether
anything more ugly and otltripg a greater
offense to the beauty of the human form
could be invented. Nine. Tsglioni would
not find il so hard to approve the fashion
il it were only indecorous, instead of being
ugly az well, although she her-elf was
never persuaded to wear a petticoat which
would show her knee She has been auda-
cious enough TO believe that feminine mod
esiy can be as fascinating as feminine i'm
modesty; her creed being, that the very
foundation of the art of dancing is never
to forget ones sex a. so many dancers do.
Once al Milan, an Austrian gentleman, to
whom she had letter of introduction,
when calling upon Ler, made this pathetic
appeal: .Ob, Mime. Taglioni, will you
excuse my asking you whether it would not
be possible 70 have your skirts made little
shorter Madame replied by another
question: "Allow me TO ask you If Won
are married." "No," he answered. III
you were married would you like to ste
your wife or your daughters in such
dress%' "Why, no." WELL" said Nine,
81 dance not for you, but for wives and
daughters" In Russia, on one occasion
when Taglioni was dancing, some one told
the Emperor Nicholas that it was impos-
sibie to zee her knee. He was 20 surprised
that he left bis box and went down into
the stalls in order to try and catch glimpse
of it. But he was disappointed; it was
impossible. The dancers dress was well
calculated 10 b5tlie even gazers from the
stalls. Taglioni herself was edited, during
the performance, by being told that the
Emperor had gone below In order to trv
and see her knees. The dress which she
wore is one which now looks qUainl. What
she wore, the Others wore, for, from her
first appearance, the fashion Was set by Eer,
SO that she carried an atmOsnhere Of grace
and modesly on the stage. In her zenith,
Taglion not only set the fashions on the
stage, but even off it. She has been heard
TO relste funny story illustrating the
quickpes3 with which she was copied in
anything which che wore. In Paris, she
was going one night TO the opera, and took
out fresh from its box new hat Just re-
ceiyed from her modiste. Nine. Alexandra
Baudroht, celebrity OF the day. This was
in the time when ladies wore hats at the
opera; and her new hat being very pretty,
OF fine and delicate straw, she straight
way put it on for the occasion. A few days
afterwards her milliner came to her in con-
s!ernation, mime. Taglioni, what have you
been doing? / turned back the b-im Of
your hat, because it was 30 delicate that it
might not be hurt in the box, and you have
worn it 30 at the opera" "Oh" said Tag
lioni, supposed it was a new fashion"
And go it was, Tsslioni having woin it;
next week all the ladies went to the opera
with hats turned back at the brlm.
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Seyentccn-Near l.ocusts,

kansas City Journal, 2sI
The noises Of the Cicads, vulgarly termed
seventeen year locaEts, are very thick.
heir puPa cases may be seen by thousands
adhering 10 trees snd shrubbery or other
Gntergrowth common to our woods and
pastures. They like other rests, if they
may be called pest, have their enemies
and parasites. Hogs feed greedily on the
pups as it emefges from the ground. and
II 1t should escape its eaemy there, as il
a-cends hr tree' to develop itself the com.
moo bi-cS an' ia ready on the first appear
snce Of the slit iu the dome of the pupa
cd-e u make hearty meal of the rieb
juices ihsi are found therein. Besides, di--
dIsc1rc aPaears TO take them of a. RAPIDLY
"a parasites. There will be no harm from
them except 20 terminal twigs, where they
are IN the habit Of depositing their lsrya.