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The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
An Incident In the Life of General
Harrison

1t is related by Chester lady that when
General William Henry Harrison was rum
ming for the Presidency he stopped at the
old Washington House, in Chester, for din
nee. After dinner wine was served. 1t was
noticed that the General pledged his toasts
in water, and one of the gentlemen from
New York, in offering another, ssid Seen
eral, will you no, favor me by drinking .
glass of wine?" The General declined in a
very eentlemanly manner. Again be was
urged to Join them in glass Ct wine. This
wss too much. He arose from the table, bis
tall form erect, and in the most dignifed
manner replied: Gentlemen, 1 have refused
twice to partake of the wine cup-that
should have been sufficient; though you
pres the cup to my lips. not drop shall
pas the portals. made resolve when l
started in life that / would avoid strong
drink and have never broken it am one
OF . clss of seventeen young men who
graduated, and the other sixteen fill drunk
ards graves-an through the pernicious
habit Of social vine drinking. 1 owe al my
health, happiness and prosperity to that
rssolutioo. Will you urge me now"
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
1uTHIVN.
lRural Nebraska

broadcast sewing for late turnips. is better
than drilling. and is the method usually
adopted by the best farmers. Previous To
the young plant developing into the rough
leaf, IL is subject TO attacks Of iosect enemies,
and tits therefore of the utmost I'm mportance
that the plant should be forced to that stage
When manures are requisite, those should be
selected which Will supply nitrogen and the
peculiar inorganic constitueDts,sucha as super
phosphate Of lime, ground bones, gnano
barnyard manure or compost, common salt,
wood ashes, lime and plaster. Much of onr
western soil Will require oothing in The way
of Ynanure
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Cream for Churning.

Set given quantity of the milk OF each
COW separately, keeping the milk of each COW
in air Of the same temperature, and let 1t
stand the same length Of time for cream.ng.
Then ripen the cream OF each COW in the
same manner, and churn each mess sepa-
rxtefy, and carefully note all the results OBJ
tanned. This method lis the only reliable
one by which to determine the value Of q
COW for butter making.
Ny experience in large number OF trials
was the same as that given in the article ex
tracted, 1, e., that the most prolific milkers
were often the most worthless butter produ-
GERS. also found that the weight or bulk of
cream was not q safe guide by which to as
certain the quantity or quality Of the butter
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j. A. Ii.

Our correspondent at Loring contributes
a lengthy and yery interesting letter to our
columns this morning. BE does not seem
to have any great degree OF admiration OF
affection for aEtorrfys, as class, and criti,
cizes two or three individuals of the profes.
ion rather SHARPLY. lie is responsible
himself for what he says, and the attorneys
are undoubtedly able to take care OF them
col,-aa
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
THE CAUSE OFLYNCH LAW


Can anybody wonder that there is an c.
caional. instance Of people, otherwise or.
desly and law-abiding, taking the law into
their own hands and dealing out. summary
justice to offenders, 60 long as such = state
Of aifairs o. that described below is permit.
I'D to exist9 We copy the following para.
graph from the Globe ,Demoaat, stating the
manner in which murderen are treated ai
ST. Louis. And St Louis is not an exception
& y rather . fair representative OF the
anGal rule throughout the country. II
- grown to be 20 common an occutreDcs
t9 m anilty Of great crimes 10 be permit
I'D 10 20 unpaniahsd, that people have
coneto regard . murder trial. = but tn
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
THE WISCONSIN PLAN

The method adopted by the Wisconsin
authorities TO attract desirable class Of
foreign emigrants to that State is worthy OF
imitation. They have sent an agent TO
New York, and as the home seekers land at
Castle Garden he offers free passage to the
Badger State to such as give evidence OF
thrift and energy. The plan will add to
the number from the best class OF the new
comera
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKEr.
CHICAGO, Aux 10.

FIOUR-Steady and unchanged.
~HEAT-GOod demand and shade higher:
No. spring JS; No. spring 50 cash, So !,
Sc. SOS Oct No. 3 spring 7714 $50.
CoRS-r airy active and shade higher; 20 =
cash; "a sdG14 Sept; 81 sG3i5a Oct; rejected
321..
OATs-Good demand and full prices at 25i.
cash; % ,d2.itz sept; ~ Oct-; rejected 70.
RYE- Strsuy and unchanged.
BARLEY-S eady and UNCHANGED, -.
POKk-Lu'i and lower; - ~ cash; s Ska
40 sept; - ,Jls ~ oct; S7 ~ year
LARD Dan AID sndd- lower; 81 GIa5 o..
Sept; q ts'gG3 20 Oct, 81 sGI - year
BULK N "a s5 Steady amt unchanged :.
short Is 30: short clear 81 -.
WHISKY STEADY at :. UI.
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Six steamers have been chartered ii
England to make trading voyages TO the
mouth of the ODE river, where they will bs
loaded with Siberian grain. This enter
prise is the result of Professor Nordensk.
jold's de smonstration OF the practicability Of
steam navigation in the Arctic seas to the
northward Of Siberia. The vast wheat
producing regions in Northern Asia are
thus brought into competition with other
sources Of supply for European consump'
tilu
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21

CATTLE - Supply mostly composed of
grassec Texans and Indians, all of which
were sold, the former at g 80, 3J. the latter
at q OJd2 30; n few cars OF far To good ship
ping steers sold at 81 COa4 50; native butchers
81 Oo9i VI; cows ana neiiers 81 Oge,2 9O,receipts
2,UU; shi pments so.
HoGs-SlOw; Workers to Btltimores 81 709
90. packing s. OJa} 40: butchs II to select
heavy $ .3 J093 15; receipts 1, zoo; shIpme Ii u
1,scO.
sHEEP-Good demand; fair tochoice NUT
tons s2 5II3 80; receipts j, ,2JO; shipments
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The Right Kind OF Pluck

10 t1okk Jul ]
Mrs. W. II. Bronston, who hiss been home
month from duties "a compositor in the
Leavenworth TINES Office, wen, back to
work last Thursday. She is among the
most rapid type settlers in the State, and
has succeeded In wipipg out the mortgage
on the farm, and preparing cczy town res
idence for her family in this city. This
kind of pluck requires, and should COM
msrd, the yerv hIynest commeuGation.
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Weather and (rOps.

lCor. Minneapolis Independent, ls.
Weather exceedingly pleasant since the
late rains. and farm ers progressing. Thresh-
ing and stirring for wheat is the order of the
day. Corn is well near matured. The tall
est stalk of corn we have found yet is 1415
feet. We think We can find you one hit e
taller. II this Will do for specimen of hill
land com we Will take you up a stalk, but we
DO not pretend to show against river bottom
corn or even corn properly cultivated, as the
ground where ours was planted was not
stirred, and only Gu tivaied twice with a
harrow and once with two-norse cultlyator,
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
BETTER BRACE IL

The latest news from Burmsh is that
"tbe King ia still drinking" This means
rather more than in the case OF an ordinsry
"spree," for the Burmese potentste has it in
his power to make mstters extremely IN
comfortable for those ont Of favor with hi;
drunken Msj=ty, and wholesale decaPita-
ticn and strangulation will continue until
he yets sober
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
Fail River strikers Coming to
hansas.


The Fall River strikers are considering
the e1pediercy OF 'going west" They late.
ly sent delegate to inspect the lands of the
Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe railway, and
he has come back with glowing accounts oi
their fertility. We do not know any batter
way of eradicating the strike manis from
the brain of a man than for him to get q
little property of his own; and when one
of these Fall River strikers has acquired a
handsome farm. and has halt dozen men
working for him, he will not receive from
them with much compIacency an intims-
ton that unless their wages are raised they
clear out, and leave him to gather his crop
as best he may. That is substantially what
he has been doing in Fall River. What is
true as to cottonspinning is true as to agri.
culture; a. the party emigrstipg would
more fully understand, if his rural lsborers
on being refused an advance of wages,
should proceed to knock him down.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21

IGreenwich u. .Y.l Journal

IUittnWIch U. : JournaI.T
Col. Daniel l. Anthony, of Kansas, with
his family, was in town this week. He was
the commander OF loyal regiment in the
war of the rebellion; was at one time
mayor of the city of Leavenworth, and has
been for many years leading man in the
State of Kansas. Ills father was resi-
dent OF Centre Falls, and he received an
excellent education at the Union Villsge
Academy. lie is man of decided con-
victions and of much Intelligence; and
although of Quaker origin, he Possesses
indomitable courage. As an editor, he has
no superior in Kansas.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21

This season, as usual, brings numerous in
quiries concerning canning green corn. 1
will say once more that the process is too
difficult and troublesome to be recommended
for family use. Even those who make a
business OF IL are occasionally unsuccessful
Mr.. Winslow's celebr tted process requires
that the freshly gathered corn, cut from the
cob, should be packed in extra strong tin
cans, hermeticsiIy sealed (sOldered), and
boiled for an hour ald half, then The tops
of the cans are pune ured and immediaIely
sealed, after which they must be boiled Tor
two hours and a hall longer.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
THE TORNADO BELT.

The tornado bslt," which our friends in
the eastern States loc,ted in Kansas, at the
time we had one Storm last May, seems to
have located permanently in New England,
and has just been given another exhibition
OF i's power, as viii! be seen By details given
in our dispatches this morning. By the
way, our eastern nsighbors haven't had any
thing to say about the tornado belt" for
some weeks
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farce which follows the tragedy. The GLIDE

Democrat says:
. There are six men lying in the st. Louis jail
for numbering women. kring murdered Dora
Broemser in cold blcot four years ago. NJ.
gent murdered his wife without any known
provocation three years ago. Lewis murdered
his wife without reason or warning tnree
years ago. Just one year ago kofofsEy muir
dered girl Decsu-e she would not keep his
company. 1wo months since Erb murdered
his wife because ste had giown tired OF sup
porting him in drunken idleness. ON Thurs
day night Baber murdered Mrs. Chandler, and
inflicted a wound that will probably prove
fatal upon her daughter, without any known
cause. These red handed villains are all
carefully quartered in our jail, most OF them
enjoying more of the comforts OF existence
there than they ever did before they spilled
the blood OF their unfoTtunst. victims. What
is the prospect for their punishment Every
month that passes over their heads makes
their risT of d ath on the gallows less. Who
can that any one OF them will be hanged
for his crime? WHAT can be thought OF an
administration Of justice that permits such
an sccumu atom of murderers of defenseles,
womsn in the jait of a great city:
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ST. LOUIS PRODUCE MARKET.

FLoUR-Dull and unchanged: Nm 81 $50
u; NIX s. 25d3 81; family u 5Jlt4 %; choice
To fancy 81 7Ua5 10.
WHEAr-HIsner; No. Red 94L4d9iL cash !;
9i14 asIis Aug; 81 go September; 9F4995l
October, No. 3do -
CORN Slow at3 3tj4 cash: sla3lL sept. 81 y
Oct; 30 gS0li Nov. 81 49, year.
OAIs-IluIet; 2lt sept; 2SS, oct.
kYE Lower at i7c
WHIsKS-Steady at 81 O6.
LEAD-Quiet at 4.
BUrrER-Unchansed; dairy selections at
l+alo, rensndIet 6diO.
EGGS-higher; shippers count fresh laid
lie, candled 49,
PORK-Et>ier AT IS 9JGLg %
BULk MEATS-U Unchanged; a large lot of
long clear al Kansas City 81 81; at D,ven-
port al sO.
BACoS-Quiet; clear ribs s. S0s5-5; clear
IS Sos 6U-
LARD-Nuninaliy IS 6.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
The Japan Persi:n IN on


T
The japan persimmon is reported as being
entirely ten er, killed root and branch at
Lexington, Ky. People north OF Mississippi.
at least had not better bite too strongly at
this novelty. II would seem probable that IL
is little, If any more hardy than the orange.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21

tFbl!adelphla Pres IA.
Brszl has for the past eight years been
pursuing grsdual emancipation policy,
which would certainly have been tried IN
this country had not the scious of south.
ern chiyalry while laboring under the i'm.
preston that the people Of the North were
all eowards) endeavored 10 destroy the
Union. Thus far some l5 600 slaves have
been liberated in Brazil, and the State ha:
enough funds on hand TO purchase the free
dom OF 600 more.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
Public Opinion should Not be Made
ISt. Louis Globe-DemocrGt.


Mr.. Sprague may have just grievance
against Mr.. Conkling, but his shot gun per
formance does not prove that he has.
Whether whisky or jealousy, or both com
bined, prompted his outbreak, or whether it
was caused by drunken notion that his
family was living too extravsgantly, can
only be told by himself, and he has not seen
fit to enlighten the public on that score.
We have no wish TO defend or condemn any
of the parties to ibis miserable scandal.
That each of them has acted unwisely is
most evident, but that their folly has drifted
into crime does not appear from the evi-
dence. Further developments may throw
new light upon the causes which prompted
Mr.. Sprsgue's violence, but until that light
breaks, fair minded people will be slow to
think evil OF the woman in the case.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
NEW YORK LIVE srOCk MNrKET

NEW lUkkI hUx. II.
CArJLZ-Receipts ~ 7t9; all grades of native
steers ruled nImer and aDJut quarter hign-
er but about 50 car Iods of Texas and COlora-
do steers had To be sold at lower prices; Tex
ans ranged from s. 5JS7 75i cherokee snd
Colorado cattle 81 Dg5 IS; native steersS -
as 50, with c-r loads st 80 75dlO Zj.
SHEEP-Receipts Il, O0l; prices easier for
sheep but decd-dly weak for lambs, the for
mer selling at 81 0s5 81, and the latter at
s. 25o6 25
BoGs-Receipts. ? days; market steady
at 81 UU4s -,
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
The Highest Praise.

LSlunty smith.
We are told that the great empress of by
gone days, CsthsTiue de Medics, who has
gained the title of "The Mother and the Wife
of Kings" used to 20 into the Kitchen to
superintend the dinners prepared for those
whom she would control, and dipped in rich
sauces the hand winch held the reius of gov
eminent. Toe great EN- press Is said To have
dee AIRED that ''Ih- highest thing TO be said
IN praise OF a Woman is that she can cook a
good dinner"
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
Straw berries.

After piece of ground is dug at this season
foI strawberries. roll IL well with the garden
roller. When ready to plant, make holes
with a dibbe, fill the holes with water, and
when it soaks away, put in your plant which
has been E-pt in water TO prevent willing.
But in putting IN the plant do ot plant too
deep. Too deep" kills ninety nine hua-
ur.dths of alt the strawberries that die in The
year from transplanting- "Too deep" is
when any thing bat the small nbres are bur
ietI unler th. surIace.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
Markets by Telegraph
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.

Sxw YORK. Aug. ~.
MoNEY-Active at 4a7 per cent, closing
at ).
PRIME MERCANTILE rAPER-5S6.
srsKLING-B. Is. uulI; 81 days SIIt: sight
So.
CbUPoNs-lssl, OlI4; new IS 02tz; new
as registered o. q sales coupons ts5 a
l,UOH; new a. registered Ul 4.ssles coupons
4 VIL; currency 6's II
GovERSMESr rs-Strong and higher.
STATE SECURITIEs-QuIet.
RAILROAD Boz SDs-heaYy.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
The Zoe and Rake,
kansas Farmer.l

AT this season of the year. more than per-
hars at any other, 1t is important to hoe and
rake between the rows OF growing crops. A
loose surface soil not only admits the various
gssses that the roots luxurate IN but 1t also
prevents tvaUOratlOn and checks too great
absorption of heat and Lnen, besides all this,
the weeds are kept dow and neatness and
order reisns- Alter every heavy hover, II
the time can aJ ell be spared, the hoe and
the rake should be freely employed.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
TRUrH AND DSOBERNEsS.

WHAT is the best family medicine in the
world to regulate the bowels, purify the
aid digestion and stimulate the whole
system?
Truth and soberness compels US to
answer, Hop Bitters, being pure, perfect
and harmless. See Truths" in another
col umn.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
PREPARING FOR DEFEAT

The New York Sun does not take hope.
ful view of the political situation in New
York, and indulges in Retrospective 81 ance
to this effect: "Within the past forty years
the Democrats of New York at ten general
elections have defeated the whole or the
major part of their State tickets, including
five candidates for Governor, while on two
memorable occasions thsy have struck down
their psrty's regular nominees for the Pres
idency" The Sun is preparing the Demo
cratic mind for defeat.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
TuECaNADA PACIEEC

The home government refuses 10 back
the Dominion for a loan of fifty millions,
with which to build the Canadian Pacific
railroad, and this refusal virtually lays the
project on the shelf. England seems to
think that if the scheme were not financial
ly inexpedient the credit cf the Dominion
would alone suffice TO float loan for its
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
Let Your Horse See
IExchange.I

Why is 1t necessary TO blind the horse =
The theory that . horse is less apt to be
frightened when shut from everything be-
hind him, We suspect to be q fallscy, else
nddle-horses would be duly blinded.
Every hor.e is as familiar with his own car
mage a. with his own tail, and as far rs his
personal fortitude is concerned, is.no more
disturbed 1t being pursued by one than an
other, A for scarecraws that come behind.
they are mostly familiar 10 the animal, and
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
Probably I:c Wrote II Through Hans.

Colonel Ingersoll declares that the letter
said to have been written by Franklin to
Thomas Paine 'dissUsding him from pub
fishing a work OF an irreiigious tendency
lie fraud, because Franklin died three
years before the manuscript Of the work in
question existed, and be offers 500 for
proof that such letter was ever written by
Franklin TO Paine.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
Bold Road Agents.

DENVER, Col, August ia special
from Los Vegss, New Mexico. says that the
stage out from Santa Fe, Monday, wa
stopped BY three road agents, twenty miles
from Los Vegas, At 5 p m. The passenger.
Ex-Governor Aruy, Of New Mexico, and ].
H. S,rahone, of New York. we're robbed,
and the thrse road sgents rode Of on the
stage horses and are still at large. Gov.
Amy offers . reward Of 500.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
EverSreeDs.

1.-THE trees can be had near home, and net
have TO be brought from a distance to dry
the roots, the latter end of August is one of
the best seasons of the year TO transplant
evergreen. The young growth of the past
season has got pretty well hardened, SO TO
permit OF but very little evaporation, and the
earth being warm- new roots push with great
rapidity, and the Tree becomes estab ablished in
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21

applications. Should all these applica-
tions be successful, the financial situation
in this part OF the country would undoubt-
edly be improved.
l must reserve the usual philosophic CD.
servaiion abou: the weather, crops, etc, Tor
another time. / am aware that local CORE
spondence should be brief, Just at present,
to give all possible newspaper room for the
Conkling- -SDrague scandal. This ia none oi
your small fry scandals, and We must not
fail to make the most of it.
J. A.B
LoRISG, Aug. -, 1879.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
Grape Vines.


Grape vines in vineyards may be protected
in winter by taking them rom the trellises
or stakes, trimming them properly, laying
them along the ground and covering them,
Just winter sets in with 8 inches
of earth or with litter; If with the latter not
until the ground freezes somewhat, since 1t
1t apt To make harbor for mice.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21

The lovers Of flowers should:watch the cut.
tings and layers they have heen propagating.
As soon as they begin TO make root they
should bs pottsd into small pots, the smaller
the better 50 they are kept moist, and given
n sunny place. As soon as the pots are well
filed with roots, r-pOt them into larger pots,
and they Will make nice plants for the win
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
THE MONEMENT.

The \. y. Hsr1id predicts that the re1'
great speculative movement in this country
will turn in the direction OF development
of our mining resources, and says, "as gen
cral prosperity is restored and the healthful
blood begins to circulate freely through al
our business system our ordinsry mining
industries will OF course revive"
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
q RaiSrOaG lSumpr

A report has gained circulation during
the past week that the Chicago, Milwaukee
X St. Paul Railroad Company is on the
point Of absorbing the Northern Pacific.
II cannot be ascertained at this writing that
there is even reasonable supposition that
any good grounds exist for such report to
rest upon; on the contrary, there il every
reason to believe that there is 10 truth
whatever in the report.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
The Best and Most Reliable

lfarsons sun, 10
We give considerable space to day TO a
sketch OF Lsbeue county and Parsons, taken
from the Leavenworth TINES. 1t is the best
and mos. re liable article concerning our
county and town we have seen, and IL is wor-
thy OF being circulst d in the east among
people WHO contemplate coming to Kansas.
Extra copies of The Sza containing q e same
may he had at Duitoa's and Persons.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
awrul,y Sorry for Conk,i,r.

Matt II. Carpenter, soto roc: 81 am 50
sorry for Mr. Cooking. / ven,ured to
punch him in the ribs once or twice, and
expostulate with him when Mrs. Sgrssue
was sweet on him, bu; he indignantly re-
pelled all such familiarity
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21

tArkansas Valley Democrat I6.l
Last Saturday morning the Leavenworth
TIMES set up and commenced the use of the
first steam paper folderever In the State. An.
other evidence that We are surely and stead
lily drifting toward civilization. Kansas is
bound To b !. a full fedsed Stale yet
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
CarrOts ENr Chick ems.

The French feed carrots, boiled or steamed
and chopped in small pieces, to their chick
ems.
An occasional feed OF raw cs riots is greatly
rei'Shed by fowls during cold weather.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
Chill sauce. a

lcor. Rural NebrasAa.l
Having used the following recipe, i find IL
mucn nicer than catsup for cold meats
please try it: "a ripe tomatoes, onions, Il
peppers, 4 table spoonfuls. salt, table spoon
fus sugar, table spoonfuls cinnamon,
tab e spOoniuls ginger 4 table spooniuls cloves
and teacups of vinegar Boil slowly three
hours. Spices ground, tomatoes peeied, p p
pers and onions chopped.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-08-21
Hutter Making.

When the cream stands too long on the
milk before skimming, the butter will not
come so quickly, and 1t is always poorer,
and suuch butter will not keep well. This
one reason, and the main one why there is
so much rancid butter. Better cnurn oftener
| and have good, eweet butter, and skim often
| err also.