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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-04-17
An Excellent Idea for Temperance
People.
Cincinnati Gazette. Ill


Nine tenths Of the intemperance in this
country is tracesble to the social habit Of
treating. II every man would pay for his
own drink, there would not be near 30 many
drinks consumed. When one gentleman
invites three or four to take drink, each
one of the three or four calls for drinks in
turn, and the consumption is increased,
no; because there il reslly desire for
more, but because every man wishes to hold
up his end Of the line.
The German custom ia a good one in this
regard. We do not know that At is adhered
10 in this country, hut it is in Germany. II
is Customary for a man to invite his friends
to Join him in drink, but at the same
time it a the rule for each one to pay for
his own glass To some extent this prsc-
lice is adhered TO in this country, and there
are prominent Germans who will not per-
nit friend to pay for their beer or wine
Such people rarely drink to excess. This
is the resson, perhaps, why intemperance
IL not common in Germany. The Ameri-
can habit Of treating, however, u making
threads upon the German custom in this
country, and hence there lie less moderation
even among those who drink nothing
stronger than beer and wine.
To correct this evil business men of New
York have formed what they call "Mod-
Grafton Society" 1t does not seek to e.
tsblish total abstinence, but requires its
members to promise to observe moderation.
One of the rules is to discountenance the
practice of treating-that il, when gentle.
men join in q drink, each one is expected
to pay for his own. The society has grown
rapidly, snd is accomplishing much in the
way of reform.
1t would be we'll to start a society of that
kind in all the cities and towns throughout
the country. There is ample room for such
. movement outside of the field occupied
BY the total abstinence or Temperance Or
paniz Sfion
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-04-17
THE SCHOOL HoNDS.

There Is considerable excitement among
the few people who have heard Of the se,
cret doings of the Board Of Education in
the proposed settlement of the qonds at par
under the Infamous cut-throat bend law
passed by the late legislature. The fac,
that the Board act under pledge of secrecy,
Withholding their acts from tie people, is
pretty strong evidence thst their &C
tion will not meet with approval
1t is evident that they are intend
ing TO settle and issue new bonds
in open defiance Of the expressed will of the
people. Would not public meeting, CON-
posed Of our best citizens, give cur school
board an idea of what the people want
them TO do? Perha7r, however, advice is
not needed. 81 one prominent member was
he--s 20 say, she didn't care damn what
the people wanted"
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-04-17
IIiz-J I'm POrter-NO Further action
Taken In his Case.

The President has thus far taken no &C
ton on the report of the Board Of Inquiry
in the FItz John Porter case. A member
of the Cabinet said to-day that the subj CT
has never been referred 10 in Cabinet meet
Ing, and the Administration seems at Ioss
what TO do in tn. premises. 1t il said that
&c Porter viii bring his case before the
pT--,.sJ session Of Congress il he can do 70,
and. unl.ss the President acts on the report
OF the GARD, Gen. Porter will petition
Congress - ;he strength OF the report to
relieve him from the sentence of the Court
Martial which cashiered him in 1862 Ell
forts for restoration to the service ard for
sixteen years back pay will be the subject
for future action. The opinions of officer-
at the War Department are that Gen.
Porter never anticipa. ed or thought of a
report so overwhelmingly in his favor, and
that all ne ever expected was relief from
the dishonor of the sentence csshiering
him 1t is thought by headquarters officers
that the court Martial in 1862 rendered a
Just sentence from the evidence before
them, but thai the later evidence showed
that Porter WAS not unfaithful to the inter
ests OF the service, but that he was uniustly
antspopistic tn Gen Pope
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-04-17
NOT AC.~nInaTE

The name of Col. ID. l. Anthony, Of the
Leavenworth TINES, is bsing very generally
mentioned by the press of the Stale in con
nection with the position Of Governor, two
years hence. Col. Anthony il Rspubli
can of the stslwsrt kind, and we know Of
no man whom we would prefer TO see the
Republicans Of Kansas make their standard
bearer in the next csmpsigu.-RnS0Hs Sun,
18th.
We fully appreciate the compliment in,
tended to be conferred by such items as the
above, but We are obliged to say to our
neighbor Of the Sun, as we have frequently
had occasion TO remark before, that the
editor of THE TINES could not afford to
accept any Office in the gift Of the State
The TIMES Office is good deal bigger
office than any the State OF Kansas has &c
U:va
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49,
The great truth We have 50 frequently
- forced, is coming 10 be better understood
viz that he prg tit- e =oil culture d5psUd
Jar more upon The yield per acre, than 40
on the number Of acres cone over Thus:
II fiitv acres require 500 expense Of oue's
own or others Iaaor, Tor teams, impirm ut-
aud serd-tn work, harvest ard market
crops equivalent 10 twelve bushels Of wheat
rer acre, worth one dollrr yer bus el.
IN r. j. only prot III of SlG0 - p.y in er-
-. on lard, tsx,s. etc On 100 sores the
gra-s crl H. a-e 500 Il nov, hy the use
Of f,rrr iizars, or q. ferwi-. We en- rails the
p-oiurts t. an ,qIivileut oi ssnrv bu he'll
If wheat fer acrr. with th, same .-ror-e #
Labor. teams. seed. h.rv.-Iirg. in crest .rr
taxes the fiirv ac-es VII Weld a Or. - profit
rf $500. or 81 COO on 100 acres o. twenty
fy. bushels t. he scrr would w. y e-os-
p-. fl. les est Of Teri i. r.. # 500 On fifty
,rres. and 81 800 On 100 acres
Onit'iug h. question Of drainage. and
Of green manure. and auppo-irg h lsud
IN proper tTyr.sf and the rilth, IA r. j. TO
doubt that az rii i,nt amount cf he right
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man with the |


Fanny Fie q in Prairie Farmer, T..
When you huy egEs or fowls deal only
with we'll established, rrliab'e breeders OF
thoroughbred poultry. Such uen and
rumen nave repntatiOus 10 lose, sud cannot
afford, even if they were 70 disposed. 10 deal
oiharSi-- than fairly 10y their custom ers Ii
- fail to ra.ch, don't elbow up" the man
Y II bought them # vi hnut taking sec
ED thought. lfyou lake proper care Of
me eggs alter they were received, and set
ia III within q reasonable time uud,r
trusty hen. you msy sal Is conclude that
me failure was 10 fault Il yours. + en-
write and sac tie case in
sentlemanly manner, and Il YOU
nave an honorable nan or woman
to deal with they will forward You
another sitting al esgs free OF charge. l.
Won have any reliable br eders Of poultry
n our locality, by Of them ii hey hay 2
shat you want; fr besides ercours il z
"h1me enterprise YOU viii save c3u>id.r,.-
DE in express charge. o. he charges on p
4 In Or Two Of Eggs Will not smount 10
much, but the express charges on fancy
poultry" are teTond ail reason. 4 reform
n this matte j. sadly reedri Farmers
clunot afford to buy fine poultry vhen tha
express ch rgss on a trio of fowls amount
20 many tunes more than tie birds are
worth.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-04-17
Senators Windo IN aud Plumb On the
Negro Exodus.


Inasmuch as Senator Window anticipat-
ed the negro exodus, and sought TO provide
a haven for the blacks whom cruelty and
oppression were sure 10 drive from the
South, his views upon the movement which
has so quickly followed his proposal for
Freedman'- Territory become of peculiar
interest. The senator, whose opinions are
set forth at length elsewhere, believes that
partial migration of the race
will be Of the greatest beYeft
to the Southern States in removing
the fear of negro rule, and thus qGistirg
the tyrannical determination Of the whites
to rerder such rule impossible by violence
and terrorism. Letters from all parts Of
the South confirm his belief that the re
cent movement was merely blind and
helpless endeavor on the part of Ignorant
people to escspe from intolersble life; and
it should be noted here that Senator PUNT,
of Kansas, pronounces the story that The
emigration WAS induced by Ka~sss rail
road and land SCENTS TO be without fOunda-
ton.
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come famous already. The newspapers
generally have copied our articles describ-
ing the great wonder. When We look for
sn explanation or Cause for this strange
phenomenon the mystery il one apparently
we'll understood. 1t is well known that
there are under currents Of water from the
mountains eastward and southeastwsrd
Water only il obtained when the bed or
level of river or creek is reached There
are no veins" of water underlying these
plains. In some parts OF this western coun-
Try there are what are termed lost rivera"
streams that take their flow from the noun
tains and disappear In sinks similar 10 the
salt sink in Meade county, when, after a
space of many miles, the streams will rise
again and flow on their outward and on
ward course. The Cimarron river Ia a
stream that takes its rise in the our sains
and is lost some distance down the noun
tain range, for q space of about fifty miles,
when II again appears, rising from a sink.
Ii is commonly called the DRY Cimarron."
Crooked Creek, on which the salt sink is
located, ia tributsry TO the DRY Cimar-
rOn." There L. a short distance from the
location of the salt sink TO the supposed
course Of the DRY Cimsrron," but it is res-
slnab!e 10 suppose that an under current
the water Of the Cimsrrou, ~hich is SALTY,
hcds It's way under large space of the
earth, and had broken in at the point which
We now designate the salt sink in Meade
county. The water in the creeks being Of
the surface flow, one would suppose should
NJ NJ Ich higher than The water in the salt
sink but, undoubtedly, the altitude If the
ink rise il explained by being forced 70 its
elevation By reason OF The filling Of the
earth, the cavity bsiUg large, no depth has
vet been ascertsined.
The well known salt Plains Of the CHM
arrOu," about silly miles east OF the salt
sink, are produced b. the evaporation Of
the salt or slkali watsr OF the Cimarror.
which a: this point rams on decline Of
sevsrsi hundred ice, lower surf zee, ard fol-
lows soutr wsri coGrse From the mouth
OF Crooked Gre, K, the stream for some die
tsrce follows ps-allel with the Dry Cim'r-
ron. l. il we'll known that the water il
the creeks are pure and fIcsh, while toe
water OF The Cimarrou Is brackish The
first are led By fresh springs, ~hile the lat
'e- derives lis source from the alkali springs
liz The mountains.
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No Third Psr,v in ISSO.


The lonesome and woe hegone assistant
Democratic editors are compelled to admit
that at first glance ii looks Is if tie tide
had set 10 sgainst the Democratic party.
They have been waiting for the people to
rebuke the Republican leaders and organs
for their bitter partisanship in calling al
tentiOn TO the confederate majority il Con-
gress, and for their narrow minded Efforts
in trying to head off that msjority's msg-
unanimous attempts to wipe cut the odious
Republican legislation Of the past fifteen
years, but the people have clearly enough
declined to ''rebuke." In fact, they have
turned the rebuke around and fitted IT upon
the other side. Stalwart Hepublicanism is
the order of the dsv now, and nsmbypam-
byism will be forced TO take a back seat
till the present "scrimmage" is over with.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-04-17
SALE OF THE x.xS.s ,.nTK,,

~ - ~ - ~ ~atN u I.
The Kansas Central railroad was sold
yesterday at publ c sale, under foreclosure
OF mortgage, to L. 7. Smith, oil this city,
and OK. Garrisou,o New Y rk, for the sum
OF two hundred ard fif;y-two Thousand dol
lars. This closes cut all the old debts Of
the company, puts a good deal of capital
behind it, and gives the road fair chance
TO 60 ahead. The members CT the old COM
pany who were not able or willing to put
in any more money, are now out, and j; is
the desire of the purchasers to extend the
line one hundred nail the present season.
With reasonable amount If assistance
trom the townships through which the
road is to pass, there is no reason to doub;
that the work will be done. The Kans as
Central is one OF the mos; important roads
in the State, especially 10 Lesvenworth,
and with the addition of another section of
a hundred miles, Will he valuable ard
profitable property.
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should Members of the Cabinet
Have Seats IN the BOu.e.

I've" ioih l.
Had Gen. Pendleton's bill become a
law permitting Cabinet officers to have
seats on the flocr Of either House
Of Congress, and instruc.ing them to
at'epd at least two days week 10
reply 10 such questions az might Re put to
them by members, Mr.. Secretary Evarts
would have been asked If his attention had
been called to the searching of the mails
for American letters by Prince Bismarck,
and he would have replied that it had or
that it had not. II it had, that certain
steps had been taken or that the matter
was under advisemen. and that it would
be impolitic at this time to 60 into detail
az TO what steps had been taken to obtain
redress. This certainly would be
great advantage over our present
method. Now, if any member of
Congress desires to know what
has been done on the most trivial matter by
any OF the departments,the House TO which
he belongs is compelled to PASS a formal
resolution calling on the president for the
information. After waiting ten or fifteen
days, il may be found that nothing has
been done or that it is incompatible with
the public interests to disclose what has
been done. the members OF the Cabinet
should have seats in Congress Congress
could then have that control over the exec
utiye which experience shows to be recessa-
~ in 2 free government, and which it does
not now possess. Besides, the heads of the
executive department would be able to de-
fend themselves against the groundless
charges and insinustions which unlimited
debate affords scope for uttering or making.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-04-17
REASONS WAY LEAVE.

Senator Lamar aud others give the i'm
preston that the exodus of the cclored
population from Louisiana and Mississip-
pi has been caused by e1travagsut promis-
e. Of prosperity in Kansas. The following
statements OF fact show the nature of the
grievances under which the colored people
in those States are suffering. Their white
employers, not content with the practice OF
every species OF injustice tothem as men,
bers OF the political community, are guilty
OF the added meanness Of robbing tEem OF
their hard earnings:
Mr.. Tandy, of St. Louis, who b-ough,
to Washington the memorial in regard TO
the exodus OF negroes from the South, has
also some interesting Documentary evil
dence OF the unfair trestemsut of which
the colored refugees complain, and which
they declare makes il impossible for them
70 live longer in their old homes. Among
the papers referred TO are original contracts
and accounts current brought from Msdi-
son parish, La. not far IRON Nicksbnrs.
and other stations These contracts chow
that the negroes are charged ten dollars a
year rent for land which would hardly
reh - enat price III put upon the market
In the accounts current the prices of pro-
visions are outrageously e1tortionate, and
there is hardly single article for which
the negroes are not required to pay at least
twice its actual value. The price Of meal
% put down At 81 busbei, although it
hes rarely been worth more than
81, even In the summer. Mola ses is chary-
ID 81 SO q gallon, fer which seventy five
csnts would be large price, and tobacco
q 50 cents . plug lone third OF a pourdl,
which u worth about sixty cents pound at
retail IN the country in the United States.
For filing out contract the charge was
$50. A notary would do the same in New
York o. New England at price ranging
1on Is cents to 81. The payment of these
advanoss was in every case secured by
nortsage on or bill of sale of the crop of
COTTON 70 Be raised BY the negro, and the
pgoceeds at the cotton are entered on the
cedit side Of the account In almost every
fnnce there vas q small balance against |
- eslsGsd planter, although if only fair
ics had ben charged for the provisions
gsble balancs would have appear
- aide of the accountn
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Judge kingma0 Going 10 Southern
CallfsrGin

- 1
We sre sorry TO learn that our lste eF-
tsemed Chief Justice, Hon Samuel A.
Kingman. has felt himself compelled hy
continued i'll health, to botake himself TO
travel instead Of resting upon his we'll
earned laurels at his pleasant suburban
home near Topeka.
He il TO set out on Thursday next OF a
tour of observation, recreation and bust
ne,s, tsking the road for Santa Fe, whence
he will proceed, if health permits, on
through Arizona and Southern Californis,
to San Francisco While We could envy
him the pleasures Of such trip, in spite
of its severe labors and possible dangers,
We heartily regret the i'll health that seems
to make it necessary, and trust that the out
c. door life and plenty of free air may
bring hack the flush and vigor Of health
to hi debilitated frame, and the old time
yous Elasticity to his genial mind and
art.
Tie best i-hes OF every true man in
Kansas who has had the pleasure of his
acqusiutanc,, will follow the honored
Chief Justice on his journey, and each will
arlently hope TO welcome him back, re-
i@vigorated il not reiuvenatsd, for in mind
and heart he Will always be young.
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mar. ing on one string, the very nature of
the case coupled with their own oircum-
stances compels it We believe il 10 be
fact that not one farmer 10 fifty, taxing the
country as whole, owns head of Their
ough5rsd stock. Trey viii plow and plant
sud cultivate, and sf;erwards go through
all the hard, not labor of harvesting wheat
aud corn or something Of like character
year sfier year, to 10 profit, whilst every
week they have it pounded into their hard
craniUuis that grass and stock Involves less
labor and pays Infinitely better. There Is
not more set in their ways race Of men
In the world than the ordinary farmer, ard
one may a. we'll try TO move mouutsln
as to alter his mode OF procedure. We
again submit the proposition: Grass and
stock involves vastly less lsbOr, ard pays
double or treble what a grain farm will
pay. and leave the problem for the corsid-
Grafton OF all thinking men.
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A READING ROOM AT wAMEGo.


We have long desired place in our city
where those who desire to do so might
quietly sit down and read where those
who desired to do % might rgst for short
time without feeling that they were in the
way or where they ought not to be. This
ia, therefore, to announce that We keep our
exchanges in large front room in the
second story of Clardy's stone building
where all. regardless of previou. condition.
sex or color, can quietly sit down and read
and think during each day in the week,
except Friday and the forenoon OF Satur-
day, free of charge.
To our brother publishers we say, please
sepd us a neatly printed copy of your pub
locations each week. a. We shall try and
keep them on file in the Kons1s Agricnltmist
reading room.
When you come to Wsmego, call and see
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-Snmlnally unchanged,
WHFAT-Uu>. ttI'd md active. but weak
ami lover. amt closed heavy; No. spring,
DO D.. ,Dl e.. L. utaf. $40 cast, Sc May.
sJs --J jun: ealr- 81 ssts91.c Msy: sy1,asG7sc
June. 30. 3 ~pIfug, - -; = J-rtsd SIC
pHS- FAR druu..rd, but lower; declined
i.r ru rrt~f: - gr uItr- iis:s a. cash 500
Ety. 90. 50 - j ~ S,Ia .6Juiy,
fAT-- ru.,, weak .ld lower; NC cash; sc
BIZ N,y Zli-u-5' = Junr.
IE--t--,uy and unchanged.
FATrTN steady and unchanged.
II.. Ns>IpN--H-avy and activs, but weak
3'LH fry.cr, uutvrr ally, with heavy sales at "a
IL .rI..d decline,
FoaE-sJ o. Gosh: ojtg g7I@ May; 10 05a
lrH-t. ia. .. = tbs al . - .tIu - June,
fAlr-Sp - 81 p -. ArN: , y,zaJ 95
June: % q. 30 gIJ iy. sales al s1gt6 10 June.
HrLE JEA4z- Shoulders - 81, short clear,
49,
y IsET-sioajy at / o.,
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ROUSE AND FASM.

-Oliors, I--5uips and lettuce cannot
nov be put in the ground too soon.
A neat and well-kept flower garden is
a soGrc, of b1,h pleasure aud refinement.
The hast shoe grease ia simply pure
liD=esd OIL Ii will preserve leather and
keep ii soft and phi sble.
To TAKE CASTOR OIL EASILY.
Hold the nose tight 80 a. MT to smell,
and, better sill in addition, drink it from a
bottle. The oil cannot be tasted.
TO Avoid SUFFERING.
lHuusrkeep-rl
Le. the person a. every distinct onuUcia-
ton strike % something. spat the hands or
stamp the foot, thus: We-rhe people-of
-the-Uuited-Slates, and suffering is not
possible.
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To BLANCH LETTUCE.


To produce lie .uce with white hsads
he usual " Y ia 10 tie NJ the heads p week
or two before the time for cu'tirg. s let
a dry day, "a her the e. lve5 il the hand in
a close rounded form, the inside being clear
of dirt. Pass a narrow strip cf bass matt
ing several times around the bail, making
il cl0Sa az The top 20 exclude rain and pre-
vent rotlirg. D7aw iig'le earth around
the base ss Il ruPpnrr in place Of ths spread
ing Leaves. IGfen day, more or les, they
will be sufficiently blsnched ilr use.
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cen ExNgSG THE CGoPs.
ga psi'i.e' srcn VAN W Poir g..
which Fell Tu.ir own Tale.

isI,h EeI E&G,lr own B3ie.
ToPEKA. april l4-Auother beautiful
ram vI-ii.d rhi- section 81 tie STATE, last
n .ht aud to-day; ard from The ic.loVi-g
crop and weather reports received a; thu
CHHOr HsGiic irr III he hezyis-t heat
producing counties 81 the southwest, it viii
b. sen that The rain ha- teen geuerIl:
FioTe TCe-GOod shower cloudy and
warm the wheat Is looking fEs.
PeabJdy-Eeavy rain, in-uriny good
cropa Of wheat, excepting a small amount
Of late -O~U; he corn crop i. nearly
TAINTED. and The crop prospects generally
ae god.
Newion-A general rain hss fallen all
over the county Early sown wheat i
locking fae; late sOwn i slightly IL ured :;
farmers are feeling good over the general
crop prospects
Nichita-The winter wheat il generally
looking irst-ra g; there il good prospect
ir the fruit crop, peaches alone excepted
hsautiiul rains AID tbrea eniug weatnsr
turner's are in coed rliriLs ard are busy
Ilsntirc corn.
Hutcbinsor-Hesvy rairF; EXCEPT Tor
ton Of the late sOwr; The wheat crop To- k
excellent and i nov assured. Corn il be-
ing planted exten-iyely, and farmers are
graiitied with the prospects.
S;erling-Good rains have fallen for the
third time within week; wheat generally
looks well; some damage il done to the lac
sowp; large acreage of sprirg crops are
being planted.
GreaL Bend Farmers are jubilant over
the crop prospects; full average of winter
and spring wheat u assured; corn il now
being extensive planted.
LsrIed Beali.ul rains, insurirg our
wheat crop. visited us last night. The crop
prospects were never belrsr
kinsley-Cloudy and raining little all
dag; weather ia now threatening; the wheat
crop IL row safe.