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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-02
ABOUT .BaD COLDS,

This is the season for taking colds, and
the Popular Science Monthly tells how to
prevent them. II says the mistake is often
made OF taking great care to put on extra
wraps and coats when preparing for out
door exercise. This is not at all necessary
TO robust persons. Sufficient heat to prevent
all risk OF chill is generated by exercise.
The care should be taken to retain sufficient
clothing after exercise, and when at rest,
to prevent the heat from passing ont of the
body. Indeed, persons very often catch
cLills from throwing of extra clothing after
exercise, or from sitting about in garments
the material of which is not adapted to
prevent the radiation of heat from the
body.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-02
HOW THE TISSUE BALLOTS WERE
VOTED

THU
A correspondent in South Carolina sends
Tn the Chicago T,ib,n, a snecimen of the
49,; Luu,
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OF SCUM Iafoilna Tor stuinpg ballot boxes
in that State. The Tribune gives us the
follox,np descrin,ion of how II loot, and
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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-02
Clever sWiDoIe en- . saall Scale.
Milwaukee Sentinel

A bold swindle was recently perpetrated
on the farmers about Neenah and Menasha
Two men with a lumber wagon went
through the country from house to house
asking for samples Of wheat to the amount
OF q peck or half bushel, which they said
they were going to send to Chicago for in
spection BY Keene, the great wheat specu-
later, who intended getting up corner on
whea; next month and was going to send
agents all through the country buying up
sheaf from farmers At an advance Of 10
cent? per bushel in order to effect the cor
ner. The men claimed to be agents Of
Keene. Almost every farmer complied by
giving at least half . bu-hel, which was du-
" numbered and the name Of the con'ribu-
tor duly recorded to give the transaction
business like appearance. 1t Is said that
several parties we're out at the same time
on this kind of an expedition, and that
when they each got good big load OF
wheat they took it to the mills at Neenah,
~ % and skipped out The operators are
= - snA deliberate in their transactions
= n .throv farmers entirely of their
- o. eaFner told them his suspi-
- shas I'll - nos rigt4 and they laugh
= = ~, 81 1nnl1g nsfe the thing look
s Il :
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-02
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

From The report of the proceedings OF the
Board of Education, held last evening, il
will be seen that the Board is fully in the
interest of the bond-holders. Fifteen years
experience has shown that the average
member of that honorable body had only
the capacity of assessing taxes and lobby
ing for the passage of laws to give them ad-
ditional power in that direction.
The school tax this year is one and one
tenth per cent. which is az great tax As
ought to be levied for school, city, county,
and State purposes.
The fact is, We are governed TO mnch
and taxed to death.
Our School Board are SO high minded
and honorable that they would probably
scorn to pay less than par even if the bond
holders were willing to take twenty-five
cents.
II the Legislature will pass an act taking
from the School Board the power to levy
taxes and place that power when it right
fully belongs with the city council, they
would do something that in the end, would
protect the people Of our city from this
enormous drain upon their resources.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-02
THE NEW ARMY BILL.

One Of the most important measures be-
fore the present Congress is the Burnside
scheme for army reorganization, and one Of
the most important features of this is the
provision that the manufacture of ordnance
and ordnance stores by the Ordnance De
partment be prohibited, and that all pur-
chases Of arms and ammunition be made
in open market or by contract. The dele
cation from the association of manufac-
lures of arms, ammunition and equipments,
stated before the Senate committee, that
they we're willing to do the Governments
work at less than one half what it costs
now. In commenting upon the measure,
the New York Times of the 23d says:
As We pointed out the other day, our sea-
coast defenses and ships are armed with guns
that have long since been surpassed in range,
penetration, and in weight OF projectile
thrown, by the ordnance of other great pow
ers. Further, our Army has 24.OCO enlisted
men, and still there is in our arsenals q re-
serve supply OF but p 900 rifles and carbines
Mt for use. "The money and energies Of the
been spent in building up armorIes and ar.
sehals OF construction, instead OF providing
on the most economical method the arms
and munitions for its defense" The valua-
ton Of the National Armory at Springfield
and the several arsenals throughout the
country amounted in lsT TO 81, 10000 AT
Rock Island" say these manufacturers,
''over s. 10000 has already been spent, and
further sum of 100000 is
required to complete this arsenal.
exclusive of the necessary machin-
cry and shop fixtures" They add that
during.the fiscal year ending June 80. 1877,
the total number of rifles and carbines fabri-
Gated at the National Armory was 1850 the
valuation ofthe armory property that year
was s. 100000. Allowing 10 per cent. for in
terest, taxes, repairs. etc, We find that the
proportionate cost in these expenses Of each
small arm manufactured at Springfield was
about 500. There are private arms
companies in the United
States that would be glad to con-
tract to make Springfield rifles identical in
every particular with those made at the Ma
tional Armory, for SIS a piece. In proof of
their claims, these American gun.makers
refer to the enormous quantities OF arms and |
furnished by them to foreign gov
and assert that officers of the |
Army, as well rs State authorities, have re-
quested 20 be supplied with improved arms
made in private establishments, but have |
been refused by the Government.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-02
A GOOD PLAN.

4 profitable plan for operating in stock Is
that oil uniting capital of various sums by
combining or pooling the orders Of thousands
of customers and using them mighfv
uhoie, hich HIS been done so successfully
by Messrs Lawrence Co., Bank. r., 81 Ex-
change Place, Y Y. City. By this co-operx-
tive system each investor Is placed ON an
equal fOoting with The largest operator, and
profits are divided pro rata among the SNARE
holders every 10 DAYS. An Investment Of SO
would pay S5o,making per cent on the stock
during the month. SIS would return . 50, or
per cent; SlU0 would make 500, or 10 per
cent. and SO on, according 10 the market.
Frank Lssiies Ausfrated Netcsp PER, June 10Th,
says. THE Combination method of opera.
ting IN storks Ia the most successful ever
adopted" NeV York Indcpendent, Sept. 18th,
s,ys: The combination system In founded
upon correct business principles and no per-
son need be without an income while IL IL
kept working by Messrs. Lawrence a Co..
Brooklyn Journal. April 9th says ''Our edi-
tor made q net profit Df SOL IS on an invest
ment OF So IN one of Meesrs. Lawrenc Co.'S
combinations. Tie firms new circular copy
righted anu sent free) contains 1.-TWO unerr
ing rules for success in stock operztiona.'
aud explains every thing. All kinds OF Stock
and bonds wanted. New Government Loan
supplied Besu references Address Laurence
& Co., Bankers and Brokers, 81 Exchange
Place, New York City. nov7wst
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-02
SHRINKAGE VALUE.

The shrinkage of manufacturing proper
tg in New England is unprecedented. A
paper mill built and run by the Valley
Falls Paper Company at New Boston, n.
H., was sold at auction a few days since,
under foreclosure, for 5000; it originally
cost $4,000. Ii was built in 1867 is well
appointed in all respects, and has fair
water power. The Littleton, n. a., wool
en- mill, which has been idle for three or
four years, was recently sold for 5000
cash. The purchase includes mill, machin-
cry, water privileges, boarding house, two
acres Of land at mill, and five acres of wood
land about two miles from the village. The
property was bought in 1862 for $50, 700,
and used for the manufacture OF wooden
blankets until 1870.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-02
THE RELL PUNCH.

The Moffett register system of collecting
tax on the sale Of liquors, which at the
outset promised to be largely productive
of revenue, does not sustain its reputation.
The net result, after years trial in Nir-
ginia, shows the amount collected to be
SS23GG9. This only SS3,669 more than
the tax on licenses previously collected
The liquor dealers are anxious TO return TO
the old system, and willing TO pay such adj
ditional tax as shall make it as productive
a. the registry system now in use.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-02
A RIDICULOUS Story

One Of the numerous "enterprising"
Washington correspondents set ridiculous
story afioat to the effect that Mr.. George
w. Child, proprietor of the Philadelphia
Ledga, had procured from the Secretary Of
the Navy permission for two newspaper
men to accompany Gen. Grant in his con-
templated tour in the United States war
vessel Richmond. Secretary Thompson
says that Mr.. Childs never made such re-
quest, and if he had il could not have been
granted,
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81, because Of their superior
3udacity. What is wanted is a rule with
out any exceptions. Let the business Of
carrying passengers be conducted just az
the business of carrying letters is Conduct
ed-l., it be understood that everybody
must pay, and the people will
soon became accustomed to it, and expect
it, rs q matter of course. Under such a
system, passengers could Be carried at about
one-half the rates at present ch uged, and
those who pay would pay only for them
selves, whereas now the half Of the COM
munity who pay their way, pay not only
for themselves but for the other half of the
community Who now ride..free. 1t takes Just
% much money to run train, and if only
one-half Of the passengers pay, the other half
must necessarily pay double price. Under
the present system every man who buys
. railroad ticket, and pays for it, pays not
only for his own transportation. bat for the
transportation of dead head" This is
all wrong. The whole dead head system
should be aboli.hel, and all passengers
should be treated exactly alike. The e1-
tent to which dead heading is carried in
this country. is fairly stated in the follow
ing article which We copy from the New
York Times of the 24th:
The extent to which passes are granted by
railways, especially to men who have any
thing TO do with shipping goods over the
lines, is not generally known. In the West
II has grown 70 be an evil Of which the roads
complain bitterly, although the remedy Is
entirely in their own hands. They make the
most solemn compacts one with the other,
usually about the beginning Of each new
year, TO discontinue the practice and yet,
some roads always violate the compact, pri
vately, in order TO secure certain amount
of freight, and others, learning the fact do
the same; thus undoing what they have
done with many pledges for reform. A PROM
inent railroad official in Chicago. where
more passes are probably issued than In any
other city, says that they are given there to
every body whe may claim to control or
influence any amount of patronage for
road. He believes that unless the whole
sale pass system be checked 1t will not be
long before passenger trains will be run
solely for the accommodation OF "dead-heads,-
and that the companies will be compelled,
In order to make up for lack of passenger
earnings, to advance freight rates to such
figures as will insure remuneration. 1t Is
the custom in Chicago, say the official, for
statesmen of every grade TO demand passes
FINN ali the lines and IL these be not grant,
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-02
Senator C0nkling's Third Tern.
New York Herald, 2.l

Although this distinguished statesman
has been doing nothing Of any note since
the November election, be is the subject of
q great deal of political gossip and specula-
ton. So far as We are able to judge there
is little that is authentic in the intentions
which are 20 incontinently ascribed to him.
We do not believe that he has the slightest
shade of anxiety respecting his re election,
nor that he will indicate any preference
among the candidates for Speaker of the
Assembly. They are all Conkling men
who will support him With equal zeal, and
hi. sense of dignity and sense of fairness
will not permit him to interfere in q con-
test in which he has no interest and
between competitors who are all alike
his friends. He will feel . very
allowable pride in his third cleo
ton to the Senate, compliment which the
State of New York has rarely paid any of
thrice elected to The Senate, but his three
terms were not consecutive, and Silas
Wright had three elections, but his first was
not for full term. Mr.. Conkling will be
the only Senator ever elected from theState
against the opposition of . President and
cabinet Of his own political party and
pending an unsettled quarrel with them.
The obstacles over which he has triumphed
make his victory one of the most signal
ever won in American politics. 1t is quite
natural that the public mind should be .
good deal occupied with such . man, and
that in the dearth of new facts it should be
prone TO loose speculation and baseless Cos
zip. When he returns to Washington after
his reelection, be may give the country
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-02
THE DECAY OF BRITISH TRADE.

Owing to the general hard times in
England, resulting mainly-if not wholly
from the great falling off in the foreign
demand for English made goods, petitions
are to be presented to the government by
representatives of commercial interests
asking for the appointment of commits
sion to inquire into the causes Of the decay
o1British trade. Noticing this fact the
Chicago Times says:
Such An inquiry may obtain some curious
Information, but, in the nature of things, il
cannot be expected TO find a remedy for the
the disastrous situation. or a way In which
the manufacturing supremacy once enjoyed
by England may bs even approximately re-
covered. For years there has been chronic
war between the manufacturing employers
and work people of Great Britain. The reg
ular order OF production has been cOntinu-
ally interfered with by strikes and lock outs.
The markets form erly consuming British
manufactures have been compelled to seek
supplies elsewhere, and the demand thus
created stimulated production In other coun.
tries. This diversion Of trade has been accel-
Grated by the very means blindly taken to
arrest 1t. The operatives insisted on main.
tanning wages on q higher plane than the
price obtainable abroad for English manu-.
features would allow, without ruinous loss
to employers. The latter, to meet this con-
clifton and save their profits, adopted the
foolish device OF producing inferior goods,
expecting that the cheat would not be detec-
ted. The expectation was disappointed.
Consumers quickly discovered that better
Foods could be obtained for less money from
America, Germany, and other counties,
whose manufacturers took advantage Of the
chaotic state OF British industry TO increase
their own producing facilities. The ground
thus lost Is in all probability irrecovenble.
Russia, Germany, and other portions Of the
European continent, as well AZ America,
which have till lately been the heaviest Gus
TONERS for English manufacturers, now de-
pend upon the products Of heir own mills,
and some OF them have actually become
for trade in other lands once
by England.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-02
POrrAWArOMIE COUNTY.

Much 81 the Csrn SIM Unsashe,eA.
EDITOR TIMES: Winter has come upon
us rather abruptly after enjoying the beau
tiful weather of November. Farmers have
considerable corn ungathered, and owing
to the depth of snow it will probably re-
main so for some time. Corn Is selling at
II and Is cents with an upward tendency.
A gentleman from Colorado il feeding q
large number of cattle which he shipped
from Denver to this place. This is Great
ing local demand for corn in this vicinity,
and grain buyers will pay more or get no
corn.
With wheat at 60 cents per bu-hel and
hogs at Gets per bushel, the outlook Is no;
very encouraging Especially when We
are looking forward for judgment day to
come after the 1st Of January, when We
shall have resumed.
Recognizing the fact that The TINES is
out.poken in behalf of the people and the
true representative of our progressive State,
besides being the cheapest paper west OF
the Missouri, ask place on your list Of
Subscribers Respectfully,
W. THOMSON.
ST. GEORGE, KAN, Dec. %, 1873.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-02
5IoHIN<; yEssyIs =.

The telephone has been put to u novel
Use in Italy. Professor de Rossel, OF Rome,
has used the instrument in detecting and
measuring subterranean sounds at Eesu-
vius, and reports his experiments as highly
successful. The telephone, before being ad-
iusted, when artificial vibrations had no
effect upon it, repeated violently the shocks
and the rumblings at the bottom of the
crater of the volcano, and, as the Professor
expresses it, registered shocks ofearthquake
otherwise imperceptible."
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-02

Hop ASita~vs are the PUFe.t AND the
best BiGseFs Ever N de.

They re compounded from Hops, Bu-
chu- Madras and DaDde! ion-the old
est, best and most valuable medicines In
the world, and contain all the bet and
most valuable properties OF all other Bit
ters, being the greatest blood purifier, liv-
er regulator. and II. alth Restoring agent
on earth. No disease or i'll health can
POSSIBLY long exist where these Bitters are
used, 80 varied and perfect are their OPP
efattOns.
They give new life and vlgor tothe aged
and iDfrm. To all whose employ menIs
cause irregularity Of the bowels or urin-
airy organs, or who require an appetizer,
Tonic, and mild stimuiant, these -itters
tonic and stimulating, without intoXica-
ting.
No matter what your feelings or symp-
tons are, what the disease or aiImept L.
use Hop Bitters Don't wait until GU are
sick, but IL you only feel bad or miserable
use the Bitters n once. II may save your
life Hundreds lave been saved by 80 do
ing. sSe50oS - vii be paid for q case
. they will not cure or help
DO not suffer yoursel for let your friends
50 fer, but use and urge them To use Hop
1 Bitters.
Remember. Hop Bitters is no vile, drug
ged drunken nos rum. but the purest and |
best medicine ever made the "Inyalid' 3 4
Friend aud Home, /" and no person or fam l
lily should be without them Try the Bit 1
THY HOP COUGH CURE AND PAIN
RELIEF.
For sale By all druggists, Arnold q Hunt,y
Geo. A Eddy and Tneo. Eger-dornJ
Wholesale
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-02
A RELIGIOUS LOCKOUT.

An ecclesiastical contest of more than To-
cal interest is in progress at Oshawa, in
the Diocese of Toronto, which the civil ju-
dietary will have to settle, and which in
wolves the question of the right of . parish
to choose its spiritual head. In the absence
abroad of the Bishop the incumbency be-
came vacant, and minister entirely to the
liking Of the congregation was called and
entered upon the work. Upon returning
the Bishop refused to confirm the selection,
but designated another Rector, whose High
Church views rendered him unacceptable.
He was locked out of the church BY the
Wardens, and st-aightway went into court
for IN order compelling them to give up the
keya The Sase i sill pending.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-02
49, SNYDER'S ~
CURATIVE PADS!

The most wonderful HEALTH ne
TOR EMS ever discovered. LEADING
RHHsgCs Nh and the intelligent are most
NO. 0-For LIVER and LUNG AL.
MENTN, CH0LLS and FEVER. DYS-
PEP>ss, Indigestion, Billousnese, Sick and
nom TORPID Liver. The most efiectu-
ri $4,000 PURIFIER EXTANT gives
strength to the weak and debiiftAteu.
PH1CE S1.00.
No. 2.-For FEMALE WEAKNESS and
! g % El: u IA 01T0E<, FALLING Of the
WOMs8. LEUCOes q lAOEA lwhitesl, and
the many other Ills to which FEMALE are
SGRJ ECr enriches the blood, purifies tn,
secretions, and strengthens WEAKLY and
DELICATE HEMALES. PRICE $500.
No. 3.-EOr KIDNEY. Spine ana
BLADDER affections. Brights disease
diabetes. LAME or WEAK 0ACk.
TON ES UP VITALITY and 8ESTO0Ek
LOST MERCY. PRICE $500.
II your druggist does not keep my.
OEtk'S CURATIVE PADS,' and vii
not get one Ior you, do not let him palm OF
other worthless limitations, but send the
price TO US in . letter, and We will mail them
tOyou. Address.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-02

The richest, most lasting vet most delicate
of all the perfumes for use on the HANDLER
CHIEF, at the TOILET ana in the BATH, de-
lis httul and healthful In "A sick room, re-
lieves weak ness, fatigue, proetrstion, ner-
vousness and headache. Look out tor coun-
J rf.iis always ak for the Florida Water
prepared by the sole proprietors, Messrs.
Lanman Kemp, New York
For sale bv 20 Turner's, DRUGGISTS
end Fancy Goods Dealers
aug2Jw5mO.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-02
OUR WHEAT EXPORT.

During the first quarter of the current
fiscal year our domestic exports of wheat
have been both prodigious and unprecedent-
ed. In those three months we sent to for
eign countries no less than 4, OK, 240 BUSH
elsor more than in any whole year Of our
history save four. In focal year 1874 we
exported Il, 039, 92s bushels in fiscal year
1875, 5S,047,177 bushels; in fscal year
ls76, 55,07s, l22 bushels and in fiscal year
. 1873, 81, 44 9s1 bushels. The next largest
expoN-5o. Sa5.6ll buihel Hwas in fiscal
year 1877. With the exeptionsnasoed We
haves therefore, in July, August, and Sep
TENDER, of 1875, exported a larger quantity
Of wheat than in any twelve months. 1t
amounts to 4.4l6,675 bushels more than
the quantity exported in the four yeau
ending Jpue 80. 1861. It is l6sl .lsi
bushels above what We exported int ~
stretch of years from Sept 80, 1870, = J1y
/. I, ls56-thiry Eve years Ind nine nou11 =.
These Statistical statements will anis 4
mind Of The reader to Ian. The 49,
s.d the character IF {he exports 2 -
in The f. quarter ii the ~
year, and the complete rsvsl
has tAlen place since Tie rna1s 4 -
our foreign trade in that 81 a1eSf
Western produce.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-02

Climb bed the Golden stair.
IN. Y. Graphic, "a
Put away the little discount
That our 6reenback used to wear,
He will need the badge no longer,
He has climbed the Golden stair.
Gone to meet Old Bullion.
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nomads. as well as by those who have al
ready prejudged the case and are ready with
a Judgment of condem nation.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-02
A LaWyef's Mfsai1ecaed Zeal.
Eureka (Nevada) Leader.I

A young lawyer Of Eureka, who has just
been admitted to practice At the bar; had
the responsible duty assigned him BY Judge
Rives, last week, of defending . criminal
eonfined on charge of robbery. The bud
- Blackstone visited his client, and was
thmhsd TO note his shabby appearance, and
nR uugashed ana unkepe condition
n GbUn 49, CO, our legal friend
p1g111c1l elyI erquit his client
II e - ies,1ss s|