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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-07-24
GEN. MILES Peril.

The latest dispatches show that Gen
Miles, who ia now in the extreme north
with his gallant Fifth, is in an extremely
dangerous position and that it need excite
the surprise of no one if the news of great
disaster should be recorded Miles ia now
in the neisLborhood of Bear Paw Noun.
tain, where he expects to fad large body
OF Sioux and battle ia imminent He b a.,
all told, about six hundred men, VIII lie the
Indians are in much larger numbers, and
old Indlsu lighters predict another Little
Big Horn slaughter. the Old Filth has
supreme confidence 10 its commander, the
same feeling existing "a that Of the Seventh
toward Custer, and the officers and men will
60 anywhere that Miles chonsss to lead
them. Important news may he look d for
now at any time, but all indulge in the
hope that Miles and his devoted regiment
may escape the dread disaster which befeil
the reckless Custer and his hand.
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ixed Canary Birds.
[Scientific American, q.


Among the varieties of the canary bird that
recently came into fashion among amateurs
is one with red plumage. These birds. accor-
ding TO Mr.. Wander Suickt, a Belgian f-ncier
appeared for the first time at the London Ex-
hibition In 1s72. They were exhibited by Mr..
Rembrose, of Derby. The birds received no
prizes, however, as the jury bad doubt as tn
the origin of their color, and believed them
to be dyed. The following year, at the Exhl-
bition held at Whitby, the red cansries were
recognized as a new variety, and they be-
came all the rage. In numerous controver-
sizes Mr.. BembrO-e had given his word of hon =
or thai his bird WAS not due To any fra ufulent
processes, but had really been obtained
through a special mode Of fes ding But "a
cre' abused andsOld his confidence, the auth =
or has bel eyed II his duty tn make known To
the public the process which H. used 10 OBJ
tan his results. 10 appears according to
him, that the birds are fed upon hard boiled
eggs crushed up with the crumbs Of common
white bread and busted over with Cayenne
pepper. Dr..DuSch, Belgian amateur, adds
the following:
Purchase al the druggists some Of The very
best quality OF Cayenne pepper, ground very
finely; for each meal mix soTe of 10 with
stale breed macerated in well water. and
press IL together so that 10 will crumbie. but
not form a paste. Instead Of bread The white
kind of food should he given To the bird only
before and after mOulfiny- II Is well to add
that 10 would he a waste Of time to expert
inert on any other canaries than those the
Norwich breed, or on Dir Is that are not of a
very dark yellow stain,
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-07-24
SANFORD'S
RADICAL CURE
~ For ~
~ CAlARRH r.

Instantly relieves and permanently cures
she. zing or Head Colds, called Acute t'atarrt
thick yellow and foul Nsttery Accunu lt-
ti"ns In .the Nasal Passages, called Chronic
Catarrh rotting and slous ming of the Bones
OF The Nose, with discharges Of Ios.ihsome
matter Hinged with blood, and UIcerations
often extending 10 the Eye, Ear, Throat and
Lungs, called lucrative ,Cstarrh. Also, Hay
Fever, Nervous Hea tach., Dizziness, ClOui-
I'd Memory, and Loss of Nerv. Power
This Great Local and Constitutional Rrne-
dy Is prepared entirely by d!stilIation, and
contains, IN the form Of ysporizei essences,
th- greatest vegetable healing and purifying
properties known to modern chsmi-try.
BY means Of d.. san for,i's I'm proved InhaI-
er, which accompanies every bottle ire. of
charge, IL Is Inhaled, thus acting directly ON
the NASAL Passages, which 10 instantly cleIn-
So OF foul mucuOus asrumuiatiOns, subiue.
ing Inflammation when extending To IN.
Eye, Ear and Throat, restoring th. senses of
smell Hearing and Taste when affected,
leaving the head deoderized, clear and open,
the bres TN sweet, the breathing easy, and
ton. Internally administered II peTmestes
every fluid Of the body, cleansing the entire
mucous or membrsnOas system through the
oiOOd, which IL purihes OF the acid poison nj
ways present In tsiarrh IL builds upthe
enfeebed and broken down constitution. rot,s
the disease Of Its virus, and permits the for
nation of Health Restoring Blood. Unless
the system il Frustrated by scrOfIla or con-
sumption beyond recuperation, IL will effect
Of testimonials Every druggist who has
ever sO'd 10 will chrerfully bear witness To
it, marvellous efficacy.
Price, with Improved Inhaler, Treatise and
Directions, 81.
Sold ~ druggists everywhere
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SHOW UP.

viii the Times join the journal in request
70 the post sster of Kansas City TO furnish
each paper with a statement OF its daily
statement as furnished to be published in
both papers: Ifthe Tim is in earnest about
comparing postage accounts This proposition
cannot he Obi observation-disclosures CiLy Jour
ssi, Juy 10Th.
This il fair offer and the Kansas City
Times must accept the proposition and show
up officially, or stand convicted of publish
ing fslse statements regarding their circu-
lation.
The facts are, both the journal and IiimeS
OF that plsce make false statements as
10 their circulation and the amount OF
postage they pay. But we must give the
Journal credit for making fair offer which
il it remains uusocepted will place til
1imes in very uusnviable light. Indeed
il they decline the offer they must accept
the inevitable and take back seat. Last
year the Journal did not pay quite as much
postage as the Times, but now it does pay
more than its contemporary, and hence lis
backwardness in facing facts
The LEAvENwoKTH TINES paid Las,
quarter $40 As postage, and ia now paying
at the rate Of s10ISl6 per snnum. Show
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-07-24
APALL OF DEs0LATION.

There is DO doubt about the yellow fever
in Memphis now, and those sansuine per-
sons who dsluded themselves with the ides
that the first csses were sporadic" and not
epidemic find themselves most wofully mis-
taken. The pail Of desolstion has spread
over the stricken city, sitting industry and
business of all kinds and causing sr exodus
which amounts TO practical depop1lstion.
There is one feature about it, however, that
is encouraging, and that Is that it has not
developed itself 10 any great extent, in fact
it may be said, not at all, in any other city
of the South except Memphis, and hopes
are entertained thst it may not; that
through the influence If the strict sanitary
regulations now enforced that the plsgue
may by kept from spreading. But even if
the disease spreads no farther the damage
already done is all but incslculsble
Scores of Memphis merchants have gone TO
other cities and many towns of the South
have quarantined against the stricken
place, % that it may be said that her trade
hiss been virtually destroyed. The si,ua-
ton in the South is . most depressing one,
and it remains to be seen if human in
genuity or precaution is Of any avail
against tbs dread destroyer.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-07-24
BE careful OF Young stock.
Prairie Farmer, 1871


The man VINO wears out caIfs teeth In
the effort to make 1t shirk for itself never
raised prime seer nor a good cow. Every
dollar supposed to be rhus saved in the young
animal ID ust be replaced later by the expend-
iture OF two. The man who feeds best while
the animal is young makes the most money
This is generally recognized true by our
best farmers, and hence the improvement
in stock. and consequent chespeniny in tue
raising of animals IN the last ten years
The same rule will apply to all arm stock.
II stinted while young, they never pay the.
breeder and feeder living profit. Hence
the reason why tho-e who do not keep pac.
with he mes are always complaining that
there : no money In stock. TIE bg prize :
IA q by he best stock feeders are for ami
mails that have had their digestive orgsns
kept intact by early and properly nutritious
food The value Of a food snima les in its
-ptitude to lag On flesh, ana those Kept
steadily growing from birth will contInu
This growth and increase IN prod able
wight. To do this in the most economical
manner, the digestive organs must be orisi-
nally strong and unimpaired by abuse.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-07-24
General Grant i'm Japan.


The Jspanese government intend to give
General Grant a reception ''in all resps cts
identical with what would be accorded to
the reignine monarch of any European
country That is right We are ali SOW
ereigns here, snd General Grant has played
q much grester part in history than sny
European ruler nov living He will proba
bly, be bored by all the fuss, but he must
be pretty we'll used to it by this time, and
he must have got some anu cement out OF 8
circumstance which appears to have ex-
cited the "Little Peddlington which calls
itself the foreign colony" in Yokohama
The British AymIral, it seems, has been
running away from the General for
come monthr. He ran away from
Hong Kong Just before Grant got
there; ran away from Shanghai
again; and now he lesves Yokohsma q.
the General arrives, and, horrible to rela,e
takes the British minister with him. The,
say be goes to sea To avoid firing . royal
salute for Grant, VINO hiss in his time
smelled 20 much gun powder that we sus-
pect twenty-one guns more or less do not
matter to him. What We regard as of the
ereatest importance is that Governor Pope
Hennesy, Of Hong Kong, Who is now visit
ing japan, strongly disaPProyes OF Admiral
CoateS running away. 1t Governor Hen
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was Chicago man, and would like to see
his machine / found him very gentle
manly person, snd he explained it all to
me, except one thing. that IL. why ard
where he could *. D, coo pounds Of pres
sure IN he s',ori ifcri tl:e I.i king Gf
few tablespoon Ole OF water in steel cylin-
der, made in totm OF dome set ou'the up
per end OF a straight tube OF a cylinder
The diameter OF the dome Is about II
inches, that Of the tube 5 inches. The
walls cf the dou.e are inches thick. .he
cylinder 8! So the opening in the center
i small. He puts the wafer in the cylin
der ann closes the valve, oJsus another
valve, and up goes the pressure to - 900
pounds 10 the square inch 10 one second.
Ihea with the vspor pressure, he charges
other cylinders, and irou; them he runs
an engine all dsy. He alec shout. bull
lets through riff. barrel and SCI IL tine
bail through four inch plank. One Of
the cylinders is 80 inches ling sind 9 IN
diameter r, with half inch hole in the CEN
ter, leaving the wall L. inchss ,hi K, and
ia made OF TIE best of steel With hat one
cylinder, charged with vspor up to - 900
| pounds pressure, lie can shoot 100 balls
one icoh in diameter. and send them
| through a one quarter inch Steel pis.e and
four inches Of oak plank. Hesrys he is
getting up heavy gun, and that lie can
discharge it sixty times per minute, and
throw a 500-pound sho, ten milss, or
pierce any irolclad that foi,s through
both si,ies. lie says the powder pressure
used in our best guns give $1,000 pound.
pressure when discharged With tots he
gets 80, 900 to the inch. His engine fol
delivering power ia msde Of vibration
plstes; the power il taken or produced BY
vibration, the same "a the wall OF bell
after il has been struck by the hammer
These vibrations will give off power a
long at the b.Ii vibrates He hss 4 way
of utilizing the vibrstory motion 81 th,s,
plates. He is now building a large engiu,
Of severa! hundred horse power. Thu
moor has TO he charged, aud disch arced
and then rechsrge He can get 80 10,
pounds pressure instsntareou-ly, and tn,
next second he has r vacuum, and j
ready 20 be rechsrgsd This wonderful
vapor can be held 10 other cylinders, AM
they spin il out 10 run small engines OF an,
de=irei power, or Use some cylinders 10 dis
charge hey guns. The pipe througI
which ne lads this vspcr TO the cylinder
: from the motor is copper, ore inch in di
ameier out iie, with hole in tie cente
that cambria needle will ro pass ,hrcu.l
and through this small opening his vspJ
power presses in sufficient amount 10 run
, 800 horse engine. He has got five diffsl
l ent stock companies formed, with million
of capital. He promised to send for me
see the government experiment with lars
gun. Respectfully your-,
NJ. Z. II zELToN,
Il l02 Drexel boulevard, Chicago.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-07-24
Hayes for q second Term.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.I

The successor to Secretary McCrary in
the War Department has been fully agreed
upon 1t Is semi-offcially announced iha,
Ex-Governor Ramsey, of Minnesota, is the
man. This corroboraies what our Wash
ingtou dispatches said AZ far back az two
weeks ago. The sensation reports pub.
lished by the Daily Ne-s were without
foundation SO far a. the War Department
was concerned. 1t is very unlikely that
General Logan could be induced to leave
his high position as Senator to become Sec
relay to any President 1t is not i'm.
probable, however, that come OF the Pres
iden,'s friends may be DESTROYS of securing
a eecond term for him, and quite probable
that the President has lent them . pleased
ear. II would hardly be human for him to
do otherwise. A re election is the
best vindicsiion OF his admins
trstion any President can have.
Stranger things have happened than such
vindication being given to President Hayes.
His course for the last year has allsyed
much OF the animosity the first year of his
administration created. and the Democrats
at the next session of Congress will more
than likely give him opportunity to plaos
himself At the bead Of the stalwart and Only
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-07-24
MIR DAVIS LEGACY

Tie women of the south may not, in the
opinion OF Jefferson Davis, be reconstruct
ed, as he thought he had recently learned
to his personal advantage, when the will OF
the late Mn. Dorsey was orened; but
there comes forward e man who Is. at least,
sufficiently reconstructed to contest the will
which leaves to Mr.. Davis an estate valued
at $4,000. The man aforesaid il named
Ellis aud is the brother of Mrs. Dorsey, and
he states that her enthusiasm in the cause
Of the South amounted TO mania. She be-
lieved thpt no reward was sufficient IN
for Mr.. El.i- il not to have his csse tried
hy Mississippi Jury
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-07-24
THE SUGAR TRADE.

The present advance in the price Of sugar
seems to he due, according 10 the best au-
thorities, solely to the increased prosperity
OF the country. People are in better con-
dition financially than they were yesr
ago, and there If, conse Iuently, an in
creased demand, which naturally leads to
greater activity in the market. 1t is the
prevailing impression that the rise will not
materially affect the trade, and will only
stimulste production to limited extent.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-07-24
NaDOlcOusc Willis.

10 his will the Prince Imperial devised
lsgscies to the aggre gate amount OF $780,
900, though it does not appear that his own
fortune or that of his mother will bear any
such drain. Indeed, it is not known what
the resources of either amounted to. OF
course the Empress has means. She has
estates mot altogether csstles) in Spain, but
all the property In Paris, nominally hers,
went to satisfy the excussbly ravenous
creditors of the Emperor, who left France
owing some $4,000 600 personally. The
great Napoleon made magnificent will,
btquesthing millions Of francs to various
persons whom he had reason to remember
with affection. He claimed that on leaving
Paris he deposited with the banker Laftte
6 000, O00f, and that he was TO be paid 5
per cent. interest there, tina, his wife, Marie
Louise, owed him 1000! 0O0f, tha, hi, step
son, Eugene Beauhsrnsis owed him 2OOO,-
000f, ihst his private domsin in Paris was
worth 200 900 000f., Independently of which
he claimed to have S42 600, 600. A final
settlement of the imperial estate showed
him the possessor Of less than 500, 600
Will the Prinoe Imperisrs estate pan out
a, poorlv0
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-07-24
THEY ARE To BE CONGRA1C'
LATED.

Several Democratic papers are printing
q statement of the dire straits to which
some gentlemen prominent in melting OF
prosecuting the rebellion have been re-
duced. 1t certainly is sad. One who was
Q Msjor. General under Lee is doorkeeper
of the Senate, and "the only man that evel
whipped Sherman" is clerk in the sta
t;onery room. These ere the lucky ones
A confederate commodore is living BY odd
Jobs Of wood saving in Cincinnati. A Mis-
sinippi Colonel ofhciates as car-etarter in
New Orlesns, end "a proud Georgian who
formerly wheeled batallions at Nicksburs"
bosses sixteeu Cinnamon on = Ne
y,d. railroad. Zone Of Grants class-
mates" is an unhappy lightning rod
aeent at the West, and confederate
hriesdier are scattered here and there,
unable to earn Q living. B.auregard and
Early are even worse Of, If possible, stand
ine On either side of . Louisiana lottery
vhssl, = advertisements for professional
ganhlsr. A beigadier- general At Shiloh IL
~ deck-hsnA On the Mississippi. But
tAsss ass lava Of disorder - well - lava OF
saR, - Il nay Be Wholesome 10 renem-
~ that thss esnflsnsa ere peculiarly
10y N - saPees-in bsing Americans
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-07-24
THE BOND YIESvION.

We publish to-day interviews with a
number of our most prominent business
men upon the subject of the settlement Of
our bonded indeb.eine The Guty Of the
County Board in this matter, as We have
frequently said before, ~ plain. They
agreed to pay fifty cents on principal and
interest of the bonds. together with costs and
reasonable attorney fees, and they should
stand BY this offer. but limit the time IN
til September l, 1879, giving notice that on
sud after that date no costs or attorney fees
shall he paid. Let them also give notice
that no costs or fees will be paid on any
suit commenced since June |, 1879, and on
bonds rem aiming unsettled on October /,
1879, no interest will be allowed
on the new hoods until the first
Of January succeeding, while those set
tledbefore October Il will be allowed in
terest from the first of July, 1879, interest
only to be paid on all new bonds from and
after January Ist and July lst succeeding
the dale cl settlement ahu also, lndl no
changes will be made in this cfer. They
should give notice that no levy will here
after be made for taxes to pay any indebt-
edness not compromised. There is but one
way for the Board to act, and that is in
strict accordance with what is their plain
duty, which ia to stand by the people,
when the bondhold.rs will come in and a
compromise can be Effected which will not
ruin the whole Community.
We want no financial agent. We have
no use for any syndicste-. Fut an end to
all Unnecessary expenses Allow no eItrav-
agaut fees. Have no complicated machin-
cry IN connection with the work Say to
the bondholders plainly: "We are willing
to psy you fifty cents on the dollar, (which
is more than We think We ought to psy) il
you come forward and SETTLE promptly, but
no levy will ever he made for any greater
sumr
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-07-24
4 Bail Carried Fifteen year.

FROM u brI>l'i NNa.l news
A few days ago Mr.. Thomas Wright OF
this town, succeeded in cutting out with
his own hand a very large leaden ball,
which he received in the battle of Chicka-
maugs, in 1864. He was shot in the back,
and the ball lodged IN the breast, where il
has bsen constant source Of irritation,
causing him frequently great psin. For
some time past IL has worked TO the front
of the breast, here it could easily be felt
Mr.. Wright has suffered 80 much with it
that he refused 10 submit TO an operation,
and finally cut II out with his pocket knife.
The bali is very large one, is very little
battered, ,,snd ii seems that lis great weigh
alone would have csusei its displacement
sooner. Bat 50 it is-hei-g some fourteen
years and eight months between the time it
was shot into Mr.. Wright's body and its re-
movsl He was sho, some six zen times
during the war.
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lJOurnai bi Intnlstry.l
A lady correspondent inquiries how a gloss
81 BIIar To that given to huen in l.undries
may be obtained In household manipuIs-
ton. Various ''starch polishes" are sold for
the purpose, but if one wishes to try a home
made article the following recipe comes from
good authority: take of white wax one
ounce. spermaceti two ounces and a good
pinch Of salt. Mix and melt them together,
and when cold 1t will be hard, white cake.
that will not mould or sour even in hot
weather. Put a piece the size of a pea In the
hot starch that Is suffic ent for four or n We
shirts When ironing, 60 over them quick
", which Increases the gloss or polish. The
best kind uf a pOii-hin iron Is the one with a
bulge at bot b ends-a kind that costs a dollsr
mt the hardware store lr n IL well once
then dampen with n perfectly clean, white
| moist cloth; then rub with a polishing iron
| until II is so glossy you can see pour face in
it. The iron must not be too hot, or IL viii
500 CHI; If II is a title too cool, the polish viii
1 "a. Ipnper coming
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-07-24
Ssw YORK PRODUCE Mankrr

INV iohh. July =.
rLorH-iigher grades are dun nnd ve.h.
p .nne western st.Ie 81 sJ1s =
Snthon 10 good 81 25aI 81; good 10 choic..
Louis - IOs65 80 S' 81 ST.
wHEAs-insetfled; rejected spr;n, snasic.
ru winter ungrad-d 81 "a: No 2 do 81 ~
10; unsr'd.d amherst 1881 is: n, , Jn
iif' ungraded white 81 IL
nfE-tirm; n est.rn. sept slc
BARLEY-Du and nominal
VIII SIS ''' - NJ.
white 'io ,sI2. 90. s""7a''
t"FFEs-Qui.t ard steady
SUGAR-Firm
NoIASsEs-Duil and nominal
RicE-Fair demand
foEk-IuI; new mess nominal Mt g. Nh a
y %. ''' ~ :" ~
RFEF-StPady
'u MsA7S-t Unchanged; Ion. cl,nr nm a
ni.> 81 81 gas ~; short clear - -
steam - 95,d5 80 "'P' ''''
l,lr Quiet and unchanged. Choice
| ,mtkSt- ~leadier Western ARG
WHISKY -Nominally 81 OF.
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THEY WONT SHOW Cp.

The Times is very safe in its propositiop.tO
the women's Christian Association that IL
viii solicit the Journal, 10 gamble on its cir
cuiation. The editorif 1t has such head
knows full well that the members of that
charitable Institution are not in the gambling
business.-hd1sas City Journal
The reply to the Times offer is simply an
evasion of the question there is no gam
bling in the offer. The fact is apparent tina,
neither the Kansas City Times or Journal
dare accept each others proposition and
show up. They will lie, brag and blow
about their circulation but they won't show
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A NEW SYSTEM OF PREVENTION
- NECESSARILY.

The distinguished DIR. Verdi, OF Wash
iugtol, is reported TO have added the
weight of his opinion to that Of otherpbysi-
clans who hold that yellow fever has he.
come one of the acclim lted diseases Of this
country. The other members Of the Ma
tisnal Board of Health are said TO share
DR.. Nerdi's views With so much author
ity holding that the scourge is no longer
indeb To germs from foreign countries
for i,s origin, new system becomes neces
sary, and the strictest attention TO sanitary
matters assumes still greater and more vital
Importance than has heretofore been held,
and there hiss never been any dsrger OF
over estIm sting the importance Of the sub