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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-04

in our civil administration remain un-
changed, except in go far as an enlarged
experience has deepened my sense Of the
duty both of officers and of the people
themselves to cooperate for their removal.
rhe grave evils aud perils Of = partisan
sroils system of appointment to ofsice and
OF otice tenure, are now generally recog-
nized. In the resolutions of the great par.
ties, in the reports Of departments, in the
debates and Proceedings Of Congress, in the
messages of Executives, the gravity of
these evils hss been pointed cut ana the
need of their reform hss been admitted.
To Command the nece-ssry support every
measure of reform must be nased on com.
mon right and justice, and must be COM
pstible with the healthy existence of great
parties, which are Inevitable and essential
in free State.
When the people have approved policy
It Q
- NATIONAL ELEcTIoS,
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-04

sketched 10 the report Of the Secretary Of the
Interior, the objec; OF which is To make
liberal provls' OBS for the education of Indian
youth, 10 settle the Indians upon farm OTIS
in ssy-rality. 10 give them title in fee tn their
farm, inalienabe for a certain mum Der OF
years. and when their wants are thus pro-
vided for, to dispose By sa e OF the lands on
their reservations not occupied and Used by
them, ia I'd 10 b. formed out Of the proceeds
for the benefit OF InGlsIs, which will gradE.
ally relieve the government of The expenses
nov provided for BY Annual appropriations,
mus, comm End itse 4 As lust and be ne fcisl TO
the Indians. and as also calculated TO remove
those distractions which the existence OF
large reservations pr. seEts TO the se,tl. ment
and development ofthe country. therefore
recommend the enactment OF a law
ensbling the government to give Inf.sns
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TIE report was transmitted to Congress
by special message of April Is, 1874, with
the follosing favorable commen, upon the
labors of the Commission: "If sustained
BY Congress. have no doubt the rules can,
after the experience gained, be go improved,
and enforced "a to still more materislly
benefit the public service and relieve the
Executive, Members If Corrrs-a and beads
# Departments, from influences pre!a-
dicisl to good adminis;r alton. The rules,
As they have hitherto been enforced, have
resulted beneicially, a. is shown by the
opinions of the members OF the Cabinet and
thsir subordins,es in the Departments, and
in that opinion 1 CONCUR" And in tie an
nual messsgs of December of the same
year similar views are expressed, and an
appropriation for continuing the work Of
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-04

and the creation Of an intermediate court of
errors and appeals, which snail relieve the
supreme Court of part of its idri>dicEl3n,
while a larger force is also obtained for the
Performance OF circuit duties.
/ commend this suggestion to the consider.
alton Of Congress. 1t would seem to afford
complete remedy, and would invOIYe, II ten
additional circuit judges are appointed. an
expenditure, at the present rate of Salaries
of not more than sixty thCuCsni dollars a
year, which would certainly TIE small In com.
parison with The oGjeeTs to be attained.
The report OF
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-04

the extent to which educational privileges
throughout the United States have been
advanced curing the year. No more funGa-
mental responsibility rests upon Congress
than that of devising appropriate measures
of financial aid to education, Supplement-
To local action in the States and Territories,
and in the District of Columbia. Tue Wis.
fOrrth0u ght OF the founders of our Govern
rn-nt has not only furnished the basis for The
support Of the common school systems % ~ g
newer ~ stss, but lait the Foundations for tho
m9intaI9 Of their uuiyer titles and
colleges OF agriculture and the mechanic arr=
Measures in accordance with this traditional
policy for the further benefit of all tue--
interests, and the extension of the same
advantages to every portion Of the country,
II is hoped, viii receive your favorable con
sideration.
10 rar..Snr.-a
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have fully justified the expectations OF those
who believed that by humane and peaceful
In fiuences the Indian can be led to abandon
the habits OF savage life and to develop q
capacity for useful and civilized occupations.
Whist they have already accomplished in the
pursuit of agricultural and mechanical work.
the remarkable success which has attended
the experiment OF employing as freighters a
class Of Indians heretofore counted among
tire wilde.t and most intraciable, ana the
general and urgent desire expressed by them
for the education of their children, may be
taken as sufficient proof that they Will be
found capable of accom- plishing much more
If they continue to De wisely and fairly
guided.
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One Ships Terrible Voyage.

It WIS., announced recently that the
ship Templar had arrived in San Fran
ciso with the yellow fever on board.
The details of the Templar's voyage
make up one of the most wonderful
stories of suffering at sea ever related.
She left New York in September, 1878,
and was three hundred and twenty days
in reaching San Francisco. Eight days
out from New York the ship encountered
q two days gale and was seriously dam
aged On October Ia she was struck by
a hurricane, lost her rudder head and
was set to leaking badly. At Rio the
Templar was repaired. Yellow fever
carried off nine of the crew. Sailing from
Rio, she had been on her voyage but two
days when the captains wife and sea-
man died of the fever. In latitude fifty
degrees south sixty-four degrees west
the voyagers came upon heavy weather,
and during the gale lost the iron tank
containing every drop of fresh water on
board. The crew nearly persisted from
thirst, but a supply of water being OBJ
tanned, the ship sailed without important
.mishap until the oath of last June, when
the first mate fell overheard and was
drowned. Having recovered from two
severe attacks Of The yellow fever, Cap
tain Anderson again fell i'll with the
sdisease..just before the Templar ended
her years struggle with death and dis
Raster in every form but one-that of fire.
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Terrible Fate of a Show Elepbant

Cooper, Bailey q Co., proprietOrs of
the London and international Aus
ralian shows, have sustained heavy
loss in the death of the elephant Romeo,
which took place under peculiarly hor-
rible circumstances in Boonville, Mo.
Romeo was one of the ten trained ele-
plants whose performances so far have
been one of the most attractive of the
show, and was valued at 1885,, 900. One
OF the appurtenances of the show is an
immense electric apparatus which is
used in connection with the electric
light that supplies illumination for the
entire canvas of the circus. This ma
chine consists of large magnet and an
immense armature, which is made to re-
volve two hundred and fifty times in a
minute by means of a thirty-five horse
power engine, The apparatus is of in
tense electrical power, knife blade held
within two feet of it becoming so heavily
charged with the current that it can be
used thereafter as loadstone Pro-
fessor Sherman was getting his battery
in readiness for the afternoon perform
ance, had :" fired up, set the machine
in motion, and click, click, went the
lights one after the other, as the cleo
tricity flew along the insulated cables
When all was in working shape the pro-
fessor salfhtered off leisurely, and had
not his attention called to the p achine
again until he heard an unearthly roar
and a crash coming from the direction
of the battery. He was startled, as was
also the small army of workmen inside
the tents and the large army of boys and
idlers on the outside. Everybody rushed
to the spot. The roars continued to re-
sound through the canvas, and for a
while the greatest CONSERVATION held the
crowd. On approaching the vicinity of
the electric machine Romeo was found
in the throes of the death agony, and
with his trunk torn away by theToots
from its base. The poor beast lay there
shorn of its strength, and presenting a
horrible, mutilated appearance. Every
thing was done that it was possible to do
tor the dying animal, but its agonies
were terrible, and when at length it
gasped it's last there was feeling of re-
lief among those who surrounded its
the leader of the band, who witnessed
the accident, says that Romeo, who was
roaming around in the tent with his
nine giant companions, shambled up to
the machine and was shifting at the
armature when its trunk was caught in
the revolving apparatus, and the animal
was thrown violently to the ground and
the trunk carried away by the whirling
machinery. Professor Sherman righted
his apparatus in short time, and few
necessary repairs were Immediately
made. Romeo was buried within the
show grounds.-&. Louis Glo6e-D Demo-
c1nt
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Lee ON Wehster

General Robert E. Lee, soon after the
close of the war, gave the following opin-
ion of Webster: ST never saw a more
striking object than Webster in the Sen
ate. The effect of his fine figure and
princelly air, when speaking, was like
that OF livid flash in the midst of dark
ness. What Paganini was in music that
Webster was in oratory the one charmed
Europe with one string, the other cleo
trified multitudes with his e1oquence.
He once complained to me of the wrongs
done him by the reporters, but in vain.
The world would read whatever bore
his honored name, and the grubworms
were ever ready to crafty the desire by
fragments or rather caricatures of his
mighty eloquence. His speeches indi-
cate the powers of the great orator-they
are lofty. but not imprisoned, correct
but not fluent :" # II
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A Romance Unearthed by an Advertise
meut.

A Washington letter says: p. j.
Donahue, u lawyer of this city, has filed
a petition in the supreme court on behalf
of Thomas Mclaughlin, of New York,
Jane Mclaughlin, of Brooklyn, Michael
Mclaughlin, Of South Caroline, Cath
crime Egan, of New York, Philip Nc
Laughlin, of Providence, r. L., and
Archibald Mclaughlin, of New York,
being the brothers and sisters and heirs
of Jane Howard, deceased. The prop
erty to be divided is plot of valuable
building lots in the most aristocratic por-
ton of Washington. The death of Mrs.
Howard has always been wrapped in
mystery. In the early part Of May last
the discovery was made that Jane How
ard, who had lived alone and followed
the life OF n hermitess, almost denying
herself the necessaries of life, and whose
vocation was fortune telling, had disap-
peared. Her absence created alarm, and
upon breaking open the door of her mis-
cradle sllanty an appalling sight met the
gaze of the police officers. Upon the
squalid bed lay the body of the old lady,
from W hich life had evidently departed
some ten or twelve days previously; it
was decomposed and partially eaten by
rats. BY the charity of friends and
neighbors the remains were decently in
tered, and an advertisement was insert
ed for possible relatives. Through this
medium the above persons were prompt
ly heard from 1t is said they have I'M
doubted proof of their heirship, and the
property will be sold and the proceeds
divided among them
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Antiquity of Gloves.

AS Xenophon, in his s.Cyrop@dia, .
mentions that on one occasion Cyrus
went without his gloves, there are good
grounds for believing that the ancient
Persians were not ignorant Of their use,
and it is known that both Greeks and
Romans sometimes wore them.
y The period when gloves were first
used in England, however, is likely to be
of more interest to our readers; and this
could not have been much before the
time of Ethelred IL, when five pairs.
made considerable part of the duty
paid by some German merchants to that
king for the protection of their trade. In
the reign of Richard and John gloves
were worn by the higher classes, some
times short and embroidered at the
tops. Our ancestors closely connected
gloves with chivalry, both in love and
war, and the custom of throwing down
q glove was equivalent to challenge,
the person defied signifying his accept
glove and throwing down his own.
Biting the glove meant, ON the border,
q pledge of mortal revenge, and story is
told of a gentleman of Teviotdale, who,
after a hard drinking bout, observing in
the morning that he had bitten his glove,
inquired with whom he had quarreled,
and finding he had had words with one
of his companions, insisted on satisfac-
ton, saying that although he remem-
bered nothing of the dispute. he would
never have bitten his glove unless he
had received an objectionable insult
He fell in the duel, which was fought
near Selkirk. The following lines from
Marmion" show that the sending of a
glove by a lady to her knight was token
of love and command to do her bid
ding:
For the fair Queen of France @
Sent HIM Turquoise ring and glove,
And charged him. as her knight and love,
For her to break a lance. -,
In these practical days of ours clliv-
airy has quite died out, and gloves are
now for the most part merely regarded
as covering for the hands. One i'm
portant use made of them in modern So
ciety is in the form of bets on such oc-
casions as Oxford and Cambridge boat
races, Royal Ascot and other races.
There is yet one old custom connected
with gloves which has lived down to our
times, but it is seldom called into prac-
tice / allude to "gloves in law" At
an assize, when no prisoners are to be
tried, the sheriff presents the Judge with
pair of white gloves. and the custom
is also observed in Scotland.-Laaad and
Wnfe3
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AduIteratiOn of Tea.

A French paper says: M. Husson, q
chemist at Toul, has been investigating
this subject, and laid the result of his
researches before the Academy of Sci
ences. The leaf of the tea tree, from it's
great commercial value, has long exer-
cised the ingenuity offraudulent traders,
| and they seem to have attained degree
of perfection in counterfefting the nat
ural product which is really remarka-
BILE. No ingenious proceeding is omitted
in the Celestial empire to palm on the
outer barbarian inferior or damaged
merchandise, or even asimple imitation
Add to this that the European mer-
chants, or many of them, are by no
means behind their Chinese brethren in
the arts of imitation. The Ce.estials, in
order to give the inferior or false leaf
the aroma of tea, frequently mix a guam
tity of it with certain flowers, especially
those OF the olea fragrans Ca species of
ollve), the gardenia florida Ca tropical
plan) the jasminum sambac, ETC.
Among the leaves of other plants found
mixed with teas are those of the prunus
Opium tree), the camellia saeangua
Japanese camellia), etc.
1t seems that in some parts of China a
special cultivation is carried on for this
express purpose, where the vegetable
productions most in favor are willow
leaves, plucked in April and May,
which are subjected to a slight ferment-
alton, then dried and rolled and mixed
with green tea to the extent of ten to
genious as profitable, was inaugurated
in Shanghai about fifteen years ago and
is continually extending. The Chinese
carry it on openly, and seem to think
that they need not trouble themselves
about their customers, as they manage
to sell all their merchandise. However,
the fact must be added that in the prin-
cipal tea-growing districts the govern
ment has an efficient staff of inspectors.
so that the goods are dispatched in a
pure state. But this precaution is of
little avail, for as soon as the boxes
reach the shipping ports the merchants
or brokers commence their malprac-
tees, as they are not under official sur
VIGILANCE. But the very perfection of
the Chinese manipulation is the manu-
facture OF green teas, nearly all the va
| rieticS of which are more or less cOlOred
artiticially.
With a few simple substances-some
of them, however, of poisonous ma
ture - such as graphite (plumbago),
Prussian Blue, indigo, curcuma (tur-
merle root), kaolin, etc., they can pro-
duce Il tea of any. desired tint with or
without the true leaf of the shrub. Eu-
ropeans, with their superior knowledge,
have surpassed the Asiatics in their
fraud by the use of still more deadly
drugs, the chromate of lead, arseniate of
copper, without speaking of the compar-
ative innocuous substances, sulphate OF
iron, steatite, the carbonates of lime,
magnesia, etc, so that the cup which
cheers but not inebriates may still be
one it would be wise to avoid without a
preliminary investigation
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FOR THE FAIR SEX.
Floral AIphabet.

Floral Alphabet.
Here is an Astor formed like star,
And a tall Bittersweet climbing afar.
is our Gala, which some call a lily
Small as am, I would not be SO silly.
Now comes Delphinium, deepest OF blue,
With sweet Evening Primrose, of rich yellow
hue.
+ stands for Ferns OF most exquisite form.
And G tor the Grass Meadow waving in
storm. a
IL is the Hoya, or wax plant, stceet vine;
The dull English Ivy DER ruins will Irvine.
X is the Kenilworth ivy more neat,
And l. is the Lilies, o'erpoweringly sweet.
M is sweet Mignonette cherished by all,
And N the Nasturtiun, the dwarf and the tall.
o the othonna that droops FER the pot,
And p is the Palm that must grow whore It's
hot.
Quarnoclit, hard name Tor old cypress-vine,
And r., the sweet Rose, choicest favorite OF
mine.
S is the Smilax, graceful and bright,
And L is our Tuberose, fragrant and white.
See the queer Unicorn plant, called Martynia
And here is the creeper named after Virginia.
WistaIia gladdens our houses outside
And Xeranthemum flowers forever abiue.
Y is the Yucca, or needle and thread,
And with the old Zinnia verse is ended.
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Easily Incurred, Terribly Obstinate
Is rheumatism. Even at the outset the or
binary remedies are frequently powerless to
cope with it. This is more particularly the
case when tendency to it is inherited 1t
should be combated before it becomes chronic.
When the first twinges are felt, recourse
should be had to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
a depurent which expels from the blood those
irritating principles which, by contact cause
inflammation and pain in the muscles and
joints. Poisonous medicines which are usu-
ally administered for this disease, but which,
in a slight overdose, may terminate it by de-
stroying life ITSELF should be avoided, and
this safe and more effective medicine used
instead. Those disorders of the bowels,
stomach and liver which frequently accom-
pany rheumatic and equity ailments are inva-
riably removed by this excellent botanic cor
rectiye,
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a HINT to Work i,G,1,e1S

Inc honest wOrklDSmen OF the country,
many OF whom have large and increasing
families to support, have been the chief suf-
ferers from the great financial pressure under
which we have labored for the last few years.
Diminished wages have not been attended by
a corresponding diminution in price OF every
thing which the workingman needs. Rents,
tuel, food aud clothing cheaper, but these
do not constitute all his necessities. 1t is
sometimes necessary for him to employ a law
yer or physician, yet the fee rates OF Physi-
clans and lawyers as high as they were in
d" flush" times. Yet cheap medicines are as
necessary as cheap rents OF fuel. Cheap med
icines are not necessarily poor medicines. 1t
must be obvious to every intelligent person
that medicines, compounded and put up at
wholesale, can be sold at much lower rates
than when retailed from the doctors pill bags
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and
Pleasant Purgative Pellets have completely
restored persons who have spent hundreds of
dollars in vainly seeking relief from private
practitioners, and all at a very slight expendi-
ture,
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cluster OF narrow frills massed at the
bottom. Embroidered satin trimmings
are perhaps the most elaborate of all the
garniture for dark silk. They cost from
SIS to $40 the set of vest and borders,
and are of dark ground with a great deal
of red, old gold and pale blue in the en-
broidery -BGzar.
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To develop healthy and harmonious action
among the organs of secretion, digestion and
evacuation, take DR.. Motifs Vegetable Liver
Pills, which healthlully stimulate the liver,
give tone and regularity to the liver, counter
act a tendency to costiveness and purify the
blood Their cathartic action is unaccom-
panied by gripping and is never violent and
abrupt, but gradual and natural These pills
are OF the greatest assistance in overcoming
scrutulous tumors and eruptive-maladies. All
druggists sell it.
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TESTED BY TIME.-For throat diseases,
colds and coughs, Browns Bronchial
Trochos have proved their efficacy by a test
of many years. % cents box.
Only one American Cabinet or Parlor Organ
maker has ever succeeded in bearing off the
highest honors at any worlds exposition,
where they came in competition with the
best European makers, and this is the Mason
s. Hamlin Organ Co., who have taken first
medal or highest honors at every such exhibi-
ton for twelve years, ending with the Paris
exhibition this year, where they were awarded
the highest gold medal.
SE.3.5.S1 Profits in 30 Bays.
What $40 has done in Wall street by legiti.
mate stock speculations. Pamphlets contain.
ing two unerring rules for success mailed free
to any person upon application.
Address, A. SIMPSON & CO.,
40 Exchange Place New York.
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LuGgN for Yourself.

By sending thirty-five cents, with age, height;
color of eyes and hair, you will receive by re-
turn mail a correct photograph of your future
husband or wife, with name and date OF mar
riage. Address w. Fox, P. o. Drawer 81,
Fultonville N. Y.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-04-24
Notice to Creditors.
ESTATE OF LYDIA WEST
Deceased.

Pursuant to an order OF the Probate
Court OF Los Angeles county, notice is
hereby given to all persons having
claims against the said deceased. to ex,
hibit and present the same, with the
necessary vouchers, to the undersigned
and place OF business, in the furniture
store OF Dotter 4 Bradley, No So Main
street. Los Angeles city, State OF CaIifor-
MIA, accordingly 10 law, within four months
a ter the flrst publication of this notice.
Los Angeles, April 10, 1879.
ISAAC w. LORD,
Administrator Of the estate OF Lydia
Wesf, deoeesed. el6-4V
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-04-24
LEGAL.
IN THE PROBATE COURT
or the County of Los Angeles,
State Of California.
In the mattcr RI the estate Of Manuel
ManriqueZ, deceased.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY OR
BIER OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE
SHOULD NOT BE MADE.

Frank Riverin, the executor OF the last
VIII and testament of Manuel Manri-
quez, deceased, having filed his petition
herein, duly verified, praying for an Or
der of sale OF the whole or portion OF
the real estate, Of said decedent, for the
purposes therein set foruh:
IL is therefore ordered by the Hon.
Albert ~. Stephens, the Judge of said
Court. that all persons Interested in the
estate Of said deceased. appear before the
said Probate Court on WEDNESDAY,
the 2ist day OF May, 1879. at 10 O'Clock In
the forenoon OF said day, at the Court
Room of said Probate Court, at the Court
House, in the city and county OF Los
Angeles, to show cause why an order
should not be granted to the SAID Frank
ktveiin to sell SO much OF the real estate
of the said deceased as shall be neces-
sary.
And that a copy OF this order be pub
lished at least once u week for four sue.
cesslve weeks in the Los Angeles Daily
Herald. a newspaper printed and pub
lished In said Los Angeles county.
albert NJ. SrEPHENS,
Probate Judge.
Dated April 2lst, 1879. a22.4w