The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume], March 20, 1879, Image 2

About The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880

Image provided by: Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, KS

                
THE LEAVENWORTH WEEKIA TIMES : THUflSDAV; MARCH -2C 1879: SIX lAGES.
Wttkh gwrass
THGESDAY MAEC1T 20. 1S79.
4 1ST LIKE TUC OLD O.MJ.
Montgomery Blair says ex Governor
Hendricks favors a Democratic ticket for
18S0 that shall read precise! like tlie old
one, with himself at the tail.
KO.MM.
The member of the County Board started
for St Louis yesterday on county busint is
to see what can be done toward refund,
ing the bonded indebtedners of the county,
under the law paved by the recent Legu-Wture.
Fit ACTIO II. MriN.
There is eeriona talk of re inning a sup
ply of the lo cent fractional notes. Their
convenience, especially fnr transmission by
mail, is causing many petitions to be sent
to Washington prating for their re-issue.
a m:simi.e ulu a.K.tiri.r.TiAX
l'ope Leo XIIL does not countenance the
theory that all dancing is of the Evil One.
To some ladies who aked his permission to
dance during thelate Carnival he said: "Go,
my deirs, and enjiy yourselves in an inno
cent dance, only don't keep up too late your
pipas and mammas when they want to get
hjme again."
4. -
In regard to the extra session of Con
gress, which assembles at noon to dayt
the Xew York Herald thinks the most sensi
ble thing the Democrats can do is to con
tinue last year's appropriations for six or
eight months, and then adpum. But the
Herald adds that it would be nnrezsonab'e
to expect the Democratic majority to ex
hibit so much good sene.
liil.M K.
The Republicans of France are safely
over another ugly question. This stronc
Tote in the Chamber of Deputies sga:n-t
the impeachmentof the DeBroglie Ministry
showed a determination to avoid agitaiior,
while the vote on the resolution of cenure
expressed the sentiment of the msjirity a
to condemning the course of the Ministry.
As the question of amnesty and impeach
ment are out of the way, the Republicans
ought now to have smooth sailing.
cesfully established. Ho was buried at
Washington on Sunday, under the auspices
of the gsvercnent, in the bLtcrical Bock
Crcei Cemetery. Ilia death at this time is
a severe rational less, in view of the ray
important work he has done, and still more
important tfibrts which he contemplated in
connec lion with yellow fever matters.
y
THi: C? s THAI. BllAJJClT.
The Central Branch Unio.i'r'acific Bail-
hroad, running west from AtcUson, is posh
ing on toward me west tine ol tht But
with commendable enterprise and energy.
The completion of the line to Beloit, Mit
chell county, was celebrated last fall, and
now the grading Is done and track laying
is going ahead on the extension of the
lice to Cawker City, to which point trains
will be running by the lOlhyof May, at
furtbes', snd oa the extensions by both the
north en 1 south forksofe Solomon, if
the lond; asked for oy""the company are
voted by the townships through which the
line is to run. Of this there can
hardly be a reasonable doubt; the aid
asked for is comparatively small, and the
value of the road is great It will be wenh
more to the people in one season than
all the aid asked for, and it is reannable,
lherefore,to suppose that tne bonds will be
voted. The Central Branch is bow one of
the most important roads in th State, and
we take pleasure ii chronicling its steady
progress.
hOU.M).
Archbishop Wood is a better financier
thn hi i brother prela'e, Archbishop Par
cel!. He is ready to account frr all the
funds be has received on deposit, and is re
ported as saying: "I am not only able but
willing, and I am fully prepared, to miet
all demand', dollar for dollar, that may be
made upon me as the head of the arch-diocese.
I truly wish that the people who
have money in my hand would come and
ask for it and obtain it."
A mi ST KE I.N UrotiltAPIIY.
The Southern pre is unanimous in de
claring that if the President vetoes the ap
propriation bills which are saddled witli a
repeal of the election laws, and thus stops
the machinery of tie government, the
country will visit the Republican party
with swift condemnation. The trouble
with this opinion is that the authors regard
tbti Solid South is the country. They will
find out on election day that there is a
right smart chance" of country culside
the Solid South.
"tic nivc cArrijRKn xnc capi-
A Washington dispalcb. to the Chicago
Trilwe says the following significant ex
pression of Democratic sentiment was
printed in the Okolcna, Mississippi, St ta
.f the 12th inst and attracts much atten
tion, tie St il(s copies from the Washing
ton Jlejia'Jimn the foliowipg item :
"Af ier a struggle e f i ighteen y ear in war
and ikiI tic-, the Ceinf.demcy has at last
captured the Capitol."
Commeirirg upon this extract the Mis-s's-ippi
paper u-es the following significant
language:
'" Ye; thank God ! We have captured
the C-pit"1. and in 1-SO our man will walk
up tl.e White Hoti-e steps and tate his
sett in thi- Presidential chair.
'Th n will our glorious triumph be com
plete. 'Then will we proceed to tear your
intendments froru the Constitution and
proceed to trample tl.em in the mire.
'Then will tie break the elmcfcles yru
have forged fur the Free. Sovereign and lo
detendent Commonwealths of the Union.
"Then will we recognizs the right of
Hceaon, a right that is not dead, but
le-i ing.
"Then will we decorate the Cspitol with
he pictures of Davis. Lee, acd Stuart, and
all the glorirus leaders of a cause that is
not Wt, hut lit ins still.
''Yes, thank God, we HAVE captured
the Capitol, nd from tint coiene of van
laje we propose lo rule lh Itepuhlic in a
way that will make your R di al laws and
vour It -dial leaders furevcr odious in
America."
Northern Democrats who imagine that
the Democratic party is a National parry,
will find a L'ood deal of food for thought in
the foregoing lines.
A Rare and Baaattf o Meat.
, Chicago Journal, IS
1 Passengers on one of the Central Illinois
tailroids, a few nights ago, witnessed rather
an usual but very interesting mirage. A
fog hovered over the prairies, and oa the
oppo-ite side of the moon, high up in the
heavens, they beheld their own train, clear
ly reflected, running along bottom side up.
At sea or on Eastern deserts such sights are
frequently seen, but in Illinois they axe
rare.
Their anna ftawt (be Wrong; Way.
Colored Citizen. 15.
The enemies of Imralli are terribly mad,
bnt too la, gentlemen, your gnn shot the
wrong wsy, and the bt yon can do is to
jait pick the shot out of your teeth, and be
more careful next time.
Pat la t Cotr ibo (aw af Taat
nutar fy Y. Tribune, 13.1
When Mr. Tilden's friends say they find
in the Democriic ranks an almost univrr
al" demand for his renomination, the al
most is put in to cover the case of Tam
many. Everybody els is reconciled.
Such Tltlns Ha' Boea nut Tlat
tillco.
Philadelphia Times, 1
O'Leary lets the world know that his
heart is "broken with the idea that the
champion pedestrian belt must leave the
country. Men's hearts may have broken
for less reason thn this, but not often.
Nrttlnr tip on Their own Account.
Farmers in Georgia find it extremely
difficult to obtain colored help. This is
nut because "the negroes will not work,"
as the Democrats hnve claimed, but be
cause they are settling down on cheap
lanrt-t arid going into tanning on their own
account.
ElTIXIi THE I.ITTl.i: FIMI.
The European dispatches give the rumor
that Germany, taking advantage of Erg.
land's preoccupation in Africa and Afghan
istan, is renewing her movement for the
annexation of Holland. France, it is sta
ted, has already advanced a considerable
force to the frontier, with the intention of
seising Belgium against Holland. It ii
also again reported that the Rutians are
marching ou Mery, an important position
on the fhan frontier, and thire ia a su1
pizion that they are purhing a column in
the direction of Herat, with the intention
of seiitcg that etroughold before the En
glish can reach it
ax ijii'oiiiA.ir itRA-srir.
Clerk Adams is a very important branch
of the government. The latent report of
his intentions is to the effect that he i- going
to strike the whole Iowa delegation of! the
roll, in order to give the Democrats a ma
jority indetendent of the Greenbackcts.
There is no justification in law for thi ex
traordinaryprocetding,hut then it is neccsa
ary, and necessity knows no law. In order
ogive the Democracy a msjirity over all
it is necessary to throw out the delegation
of some Republican State, and as Iowa is
among the most thoroughly Republican
States, it had just as "Tell be hei's as any
other.
MAJOIt
AMHtKOV
jti:r.
jppoixr-
The friends of Msjir Tom Anderson in
Kansas and they are legion will read the
following with plearure:
A. T. A S. F. R R Co. )
Office Vice Tkes't andGfn Max. f
TorEKA, Ks , M arch 1 1 , 1 S70. J
GENEKAI. ORDER, 0 4
Mr. Thomas J Anderson is hereby r-p-pninted
General Asent ot this company,
with headquarters at Denver, Col.
He will have special charce of the pas
senger business of this company in Colorado
and territorr west and south of that State
and of the freight btieirew in Colorado and
territory north and w-t of Pueblo and
Canon City. Wm B Stkoxo,
Vice Piesidentand General Manager.
A :it -S OI,Titaf;F.
Articles which e copy elsewhere, from
the St. Louis papers of Monday morning,
uive lull accounts ol the arrival at that
place of another boat load of destitute ne
groes from the Southern State", on their
war to Kansas. The shipping f thee peo
ple from their homes to thi- State, ia a
gross outrage, not only cnoc them but upon
ii, and cannot fail to work seiioua incon
veniencc to the communities that they have
left.
It ia said that this extraordinary move
tnenl of blacks to Kansas, is due lo the ef
furls f untcruiuloua men whose interest
in the mailer com-ists of the commission
they receive fri m the ale of tickets, and
the purchase of tickets, in the msj rity of
cafe", rt quire-" ihe investment of nearly
every cent that the poor deluded creatures
have b-en able to scwe together, afser the
ale of all their earthly po-eseion.
Tby arc tb!e to earn a livelihood,
wbtrr they are, and th'ir former employ
ers will bs embirra-d for the wa-t of
their labor. But they are not needed here,
ard there i-" nothing before them but hard
ehip, privation and beggary. True, there
i an abundance of good land in Kanaa, to
be had for the taking, but the man who ar
rives here utterly de-titute the condition
in which most of these jcople are without
the means of providirg him-elf with im
plements, or shelter, or food to t ubsist upon
till he can raise a crop, can do little more
towards farming in Kanaas, than in New
York.
A very lare ptportion of thee people
must involuntary htcomc objects tf chirity.
Thy mii-t be cared for by the public or be
left to peri'h. Something should be done
at once to prevent the wholesale shipment
of these de-titu'e pe pie to our State, to be
come a ch.rge upon our public treasnrits.
In a State of Eewiwierment
Inter-Ocean, 16-1
The Governor of Arkansas havinz vetoed
the bill to ab3lish the office of Adjutant
General f the Mate, became he coni-ide-s
it in crnflict with the constitutional and
legal nbluationa of the State to the United
ctate Governtment, the average Arkansas
Democrat is in a state of bewilderment.
An Indnatrlone nan.
The m"t indn-trious writer in England
jnt now ia the historian Edward A Free
rain He baa articles in three prominent
mag-zines for February and rne in the
" ot n Jiniev for March, besides having
written during the month six or eieht long
letters to'the Aoidrmy, the Dmlu Xev. thf
Manchester Eiamfacr and other periodicals.
A float tlenrllrm form of Raacallty.
IPhlludelplila Kecoid.J
From the Leavenworth Timed we learn of
a mwt heartless form of rascality. Hun
dreds of negrtes are flocking thither from
ih far South, under the impression that the
lon looked-for ' forty acres and a mule" to
-ach of them can be had in that State. The
d-liifion is fostered by railroad ticket sharp
ers, who induce the ignorant negroes to
part with tbrir small properties to raise
money for a third clas ticket to the prom
ised land The fraud has been carried to
i-uch an extent that action by the State gov
ernment may be necessary to end it.
t'alin In he Fot'ire.
1SL. roe Gazette, 6 1
Faith in the future is the great lesson
taught us by the changing seasons wrought
by the unerting processes of nature. The
citizens of St Joseph have never lost faith
in her future; and what a people holds in
its heart it is as rure of as if it already
grasped it in its reality. rone of us yet feel
(hat we sit among the ripened sheaves of
our full harvest. But we do occasionally
catch glimpses cf a bright and happy
future, and realiza that God has given i:s
a great work to do and a fair and glorious
world to do it in.
covery of a practicable sea route along its
northern coast. The rail Mall Gat-tie rjv-:
"Siberian wheat is like to tie a formidable
competitor with American and even with
Ru-sian wheat." The International Hex tw,
to whose compliation from the Treasury re
port we are indebted far some of our
statistics, says: '-If we wLh to maintain
our ascendency in that extensive and
only reliab'e European market
we must take early and efficient nuacs to
permanently cheapen the transportation of
Western produce to shipboard by river,
canal and rail " This subj-ct has become
a vital one to our export trade and to na
tional prosperity.
The exportation is rapidly increasing of
pork, of dairy products, c tuned goods, etc
Of special interest to our Commonwealth
is the outeide demand for anthracite coal
It is gradually forcing ita way into ui for
learn making, iron manufacturing ar d do
meatic purpra;r. There are few or no
American stoves in ute in Europe adapted
to burning anthracite, and if some enter-pri-ing
stove mannfa-turer or cial ehippr
would ornbice the shirment of stoves acd
fuel, it might be for the advancement cf
btth interests. It would stem that in the
thickly populated countries of Europe,
where fuel is high, a good, market must be
opened for our cjal supplies.
In 1S78 we exported manufactured gooJr
to the amount of $135,000,000, nearly equal
to the value of the raw cotton sent to Eng
land.'
Robbery In Va"rt Ureal Excite
ment! From the Ka.tus Agriculturist
For a long time the moral portion of
Wamego have been trying some plan by
which the breaking in of stores and the pil
laging of difTeroat articles, of more or less
value, might be stopped. Mr. Ruby's store
has been entered by the breaking of the
t lass window ; Dr. Stone's drug store has
been entered; M.S.Tyler's hardware store
has been burzlariz-d, and, in fact, Several
of our merchants have discovered herc
attempts have been made to enter their
placs of business. Mr Smith's private
residence has been entered as well ss Mr
Nferritt's bjrn, the most of which said bur
glaries have been recorded in the local col
umns of the Ka'-eis Agriculturist We have
retained from giving publicity to all the
facts heretofore, bec4u-e .we know that from
fie different burglaries committed at
o many different times that they
certainly had been committed by
residents of the town. In addition to all
this the cars of the K. P. raiIroi.il have
been burglanztd, and Mr Palmer, our
agent, we knew, was busily at work, in a
n'liet way, trying to discover the thieves
'this morning, Saturday, March 15th, th
matter culminated by the arreat of the fol
lowing parties charged with havirg com
mitted some of if not all the different of
fenses above alluded to, viz:
Gin Sevrt acd wife aod sister, rhsr'c
Brown, Stephen Underdown. Jr , Joe Un
derdnwn, Sam Buzzard, William Buzzard,
and the officers are busizv engaged in look
ing for others at this time,
1. p. n Six hurdrrd dollars wcrth of
gooda of different kinds is re
ported as found st Gus. Severt's hou-v
and at Ben. McDonald's, said to hare been
traded to bira by same of the parties ar
res'ed. There ia great excitement and it is
hard to get at all facts. The officers are
bus- and determined.
The warrants for the arreat of the par
ties charged wereobtaired of E--q. Taylor of
Louisville. It will be impossible for a full
investigation to be had for several dsvs vet.
KANSAS NEWS.
Sterling, ia Ri e county, ia to hwe a
bank.
--The Thayer ITtmttiglt of the 14th hoists
of freth plump radishes.
AS IXVALCJIBLK UBBABV.
Saliua Herald, 13.1
There are 0,000 books in tl.e S-iin pub
lic libraiy.
A CHURCH BO.VATIOS.
ISaJIna Herald, 13 j
TLerroceeds of the donation last Mon
day right at the M. E. Church, amounted
to 5132.90.
A LAME EAGLE KILLED.
Uutchlnf on Herald, IS
Monday hst, Al. Lintill killed a lare
American eigle on Said. Creek, which
measured oer seven fett bets eeu the tips
of the wire.
THERE WILL BE A HOME XABKT THIS
BElEO!C.
Anthony Journal, 13
Put in your corn ctrly, and ns niuih of it
as you can take cir of, but no more. There
willbe? home market fur corn during the
sming season.
RAPID INCREASE; BC'ITS KANSAS
IJewell City Mlnltor-DUmocd, tS.J
Last Wednesday wa a j roud day for
three families on MarU creek Oa that
day three pairs of twins nude their dtbut.
A SE.N-IDLE MAYOR.
IBilolt Gazette, t5.
The Myor isned a proclamation on last
Monday demaadiog that all straw and gar
bge in hick yards atd alleyb bs cleaned up
at once:
THE TAKH EXPOSITION.
Toptfca Commonwealth, 16.
F. P. Baker left yes erday for Washing
ton. He goes to make Ws final report to the
State Department as Commissioner to the
Pari Exposition.
A OOOD I5ULE IP rSFORCED.
Wlntlcld Telegram, 13
"Positively no ilirtirg or tobacco chew
ing allowed in this church," i the notice
that adorns the walls of a sacred edifice in
the Chocta.v Xa'ion.
AtOITIrll m.I'MIER,
Washington rejerts state that the Treas
ury Department has ucder consideration a
grave instance of careless legislation in the
new revenue bill. Section 16 of that act
authorizes drawback to the full amcunt of
tax paid upon all tobacco exported, acd
directs the Secretary to pay it to claimants
at once. The large stock of manufactured
tobacco now on hand has paid a tax of '21
cents. Section 2,500, revised statues, pro
rides that, upon reimportation of exported
articles, on which drawback for taxes ha
been paid, such tax shall be imposed
aa the revenue laws provide. This tax after
the 1st of May next will be but sixteen
cents It will, therefore, be legal for hold
era of large stocks to export the whole and
make eight cents a pound, less expenses be
the operation. Secretary Sherman thinks
th authority thus given for this operation
may cost the government between $2 000.000
and 53,000,000, but at present he sees no
method of preventing it. Secretary Sher
man thinks that the stock that has been
ent abroad will be immediate!- returned.
DEATH OF KTJIIRSOai-GEXERAt,
TroODTTORTII.
Dr. John M. Woodworth, Surgeon-General
of the Marine Hospital service, died
in Washington Friday morning last, si tr
an illness of a week. He was broken down
by overwork in connection with the yellow
Fever Commission, and, for that reason,
was more susceptible to disease. He was
at one time professor in the Cbicaro Medi
cal College, was a member of the Chicago
Medical Society, and of a great many sci
entific asecciaticns. He had a successful
military career, having commenced as
Assistant Post Surgeon at Camp Douglas,
and having been constantly promoted until
he became Chief Medical Inspector
of the 15ih Army Corps, aid afterward
Medical Director of the Army of the Ten
nessee. Secretary Sherman rays that by
his death the Government has lost one of
its moat efficient officers, acd that it was
due to Dr. 'Woodworth' energy that the I as liable to have a good time at the public
Kariae Hospital Service had been bo mc-1 expense at any body eiees comraiaioriers.
"a i:i:'.siXAni.K rnvjrE'svriox
When one of the bills authorizing the
county and city to compromiFe their bonded
indebtedness wa pendirg in the Legislature
we referred to a clause which left the door
open to fraud and ex'ravagance a clause
providing that an indefinite amount of the
funds raised under the act miiiht be used
in pay ing sgents or attorneys for services in
aeeis'ing the county or city to effect the
compromise referred to. The bill, after it
had pissed the House acd gone to the Sen
ate, wss called back by Mr. Legate, and
the objectionable clause stricken our.
Another bill on the same subject which
waa pased bv the late Legislature and
which his riuce been approved and pub
lished, si d now is a law, contains a clause
very similar to the objectionable provision
oftheotlcr bill, and provides that the
county coinmbvioners shall be "entitled to
receive a reasonable compensation person
ally for eervires and personal expenses, in
carrjirgont this act," and the Probate
Judge is to make them such allowance, out
of the cennty treasury, as he shall deem
right ard just.
The opportunity for waste and extrava
gance wn.it h this provision offers, is not
quite so great aa that which attempted to
corneal it-elt in tie other bill, but is
abundantly sufficient to permit the squan
derirgof a large sum of the people's money,
if the commissioners acd Probate Judge
are an minded.
We believe that our present judge acd
commirsioners are honest and economical,
but we believe also that it is a mistake for
the law to tempt them to be othrrwi-e. It
is not right for the law to as-ume that any
man ia fo honest that be can be trusted to
an indefinite extent. Many a good man
has gone wrong, and by reason of tempta
tion has fallen. We would not subject our
excellent commissioners and p rebate judge
to this great peril, acd we would cot have
the door left open to recklessness and ex
travagance on the part of bad men who may
succeed them in office
The present trip of our commissioners to
St. Louis is upon bond business, and is
made under the provision of the law above
refrred'to in regard to "reasonable ex
penfes." Under clauses cot materially dif
ferent from that, coun y boards and city
councils have gone junketting !1 over the
country, and while, as we have said above,
we regard our probate judge and county
commissi-osrs as honest men, the fart st'll
remains that human nature is the tame
here as eliewberr, and aa long as the publ-'c
treasury stands pledged to pay the bills, our
commissioners are almost, if not altogether,
Our oelnn In ttie lr IVorthave.t.
ISt Louis Republican. 16
We are once again humiliated by the
nevs from Sitka, or rather the lack of it,
wliirh has created great anxiety on the
Pacific coast, for there seems no reason to
hope for good tidings from our Russian ac
quisition unless our people there have been
wived by the timely arrival of the British
gunbaa which has gone to their relief. It
really looks as if the project to turn thai
territory into a penal colony would work
good re-nlls. for the mere chance there is
that it would necessitate a etiffici-nt mili
tary garrison there to guard the convicts to
make sure that those who go to that far
KWay possession of free choice would then
get leasonable protection for their property
and lives.
An
FxMmile -stuet our isanibern
tlreili rn "itionld Itrmembrr
Gloo --Democrat, 15 J
Portland, Oregon, was the banner city in
the re-lief work of last summer for the yel
low fever sufferers. It is a city of 14 000 in
habitants, and sent, in all, $7,000 which is
oO cents apiece for every man, woman and
child. This is more praiseworthy because
there are no direct business relations be
tween Oregon anil the Southern States.
Ve"T few of the Portland people had any
personal acquaintance with thos' in the
suffering regions, and their liberality was
the outcome of genuine sympathy. No city
in the Union did one-half as much in pro
orti' n to population and wealth. It is a
city to be proud of, and has set a good ex
ample of fraternrl feeling which our South
ern brethem would do well to remember.
An t'lirit.l'airlatle Fumllr.
Boston Traveller, 13
Mr. nenry Watterson, the frisky gentle
man who proposed to go to Washington
with 100,000 men to inatal Mr. Tilden, bu
hi. considering all the circumstances, in
cluding General Grant, finally stayed at
home and yelled ,Fruad" instead, is a very
warm patriot. He wants to serve his
country badly. And "so do his sisters, his
cousin , and his aunts." The Clerkship of
the House was held last session by the VVat-
terson family, and will probably continue
to be so held. And now Henry ia trying to
get his father in as Secretary of the Senate,
though tbe old gentleman is so leeble that
one session's work will probably kill him
Henry him-elf expects to be Minister to
Paris, or Berlin, when Samuel gets to the
White Una e. The Watterson are indeed
ultra-prtriotic. There is not one of them
who does not yearn to draw his pen and
''the pen is mightier than the sword," as
we all know for the land of his birth, and
bleed for it, too. Bleed thaTreasuary, that
is to say.
"One of the Worst flon-rreaaei Crr
lufllcied npin able Cnnntry."
New York rlbnne, IS J
The omnious verdict of the Northern
town elections ought to show he Democrats
what is in store for them when a general
election arrives. The Republicans are
saining everywhere, and if they gain on
merely local issuta there are infinite possi
bilities of advance when the people get a
chance to register a verdict on national
questions. For it must be remembered
that a rood deal has happened since the
last election. Tbe coparceners nave con
fessed to the cipher iniquities, and Tilden
has confessed that be is an innocent. An
extra session has been ordered for merely
partisan purposes, and a regnlar session
baa been fi'ed away with the label : "One
of the worst Congresses ever irflicted upon
this country." In view of these facts, the
Democrats should look at those town dec
lion figures and ark themselves if they can
afford to carry out their programme of se
curing free fraud at elections or stopping
tbe Government.
Ihe Cr;reftk that "teel to-day Com
pared wltti thai f 1M0.
Philadelphia Timea.j
The last Senate in which the Democrats
held a majority met on Decembers, 1SC0,
and contained sixty-six members There
ere thirty-eight Democrats, twentv-six
Republicans and two Americans, the latter
being John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, and
Anthony Kennedy, of Maryland. Among
the conspicuous Democratic names in lhai
Senate were those of William K. S-bastian,
of Arkansas; Clement C Clay, of Alab ms;
William M Gwin, of California; James A
Baeard, of Delaware, f.ath r of the present
Senator; Stephen 1L Mallory, of Florida,
afterward Uonlederate. secretary ot th
Navy; S'.eph-n A. Douglas, of Illinois;
Jesre I), lirinht, of Indiana, alierwa'd
expelled; John Slidell acd Judah P
Benjamin, of Louisiana, the last named
having since attained high honors at the
English bar; Jefferson Divi, of Mississippi
afterward the Confederate President; Trues
ten Polk, of Mi-souri, who became a Con
federate brigadier; Joseph Lane, of Oregon,
then lately a candidate for Vice President
on the Brickicridge ticket; Andrew
Johnson, of Tennessee, who remained r
Unionist in spile of his State and rcachedJ
tbe highest position in the Kepuhlic in lees
than half a dozen years thereafter; Loui
T. Wigfall, of Texas; James M Mason and
R. M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, the la-t
named recently the Treasurer of his State
Among the Republican leaders were Liman
Trumbull, of Illinois, who retired from the
Seiatesixyeirsagc; Hannibal Hamlin, the
Vice-Prea'dmt elect, aid William Pill
Fersenden, of Main", the latter afterward
Secretary of the Treasury; Charles Sumner
and Henry Wilson, of Maachiisetts; John
P. Hale, of New Hampshire; Williim II
Seward, of New York, who beome Secre
tary of State upon the organization of Lin
coin's Cabinet; Benjamin F. Wada, ol
Ohio; Edward D. Bak?r, of Oregon, who
left his seat to go into the war, and iri
killed soon after; Simon Cameron, of Penn
sylvania, who went into Lincoln's Cabinet
aa Secretary of War, and James R. Dooht
tie, of Wisconsin. This body was presided
over by Vice-President Breckinridge, who
served in the Confederate army throughout
the war. In the IIoue of that
Congress there were one hundred and
fourteen Republican, eighty - seven
Administration Democrats, six anti-Le
compton Democrats and twenty-four Amer
icans. The Democratic majority in the
Senate went to pieces in th winter and
spring cf 1EG1, by the accession of th
Southern States, and the withdrawal of
their Senators and i:presentativea gave
the Republicans full swing. The succeed
ing Senate contained only ten tegular Dem
ocrats and the House but forty-two.
The Senate which will meet on Tuesday
next will contain ten members more than
the last Democratic body before it, Colon
do, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada and Wert
Virginia having been admitted as States
There will be forty-three Democrats and
thirty-three Republic ms, ciring the Demo
crats exactly the majirily they bad in tbe
Senate of the Thirty-sixth Corgress, nine
years ago' It is interesting to nute
the number of new men who have
ome up. There are in the present
Senate but three men who were there twenty
years ago Anthony, Hamlin and Chan
dler. Senator Houston, cf Alabama; Pen
dleton, of Ohio; Dawes, of Massachusetts;
Windom, of Minnesota; Lamar, of Mifsis
stppi; Logan, ot Illinois; Lookling, of ew
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.
(Krai ori:i News, 13
Willie Cavanaugh, ajred 12 jears, eldest
son of Hon Thomas H. Civnnau2b, late
Secretary of Slate, was killed while hunting
on tho farm of his father, in Saline counly,
last Wednesday, by the accidental di-chare
of his gun.
SALE OF SCHOOL LANDS.
Lawrence Journal, 16 J
Five hundred acres of school land were
sol J yesterday, in 40 acre lots, the aversge
price paid being $-100 per acre. 160 ecre
still remain, which are euljrCt to private
sale at the appraised price.
AS ALL NIOHT SESSION.
Anthony Journal, 13 J
The Anthony Town Company held an
important meeting last Monday afternoon,
and resolved to go into an all night se-sion,
which took uulil 9 o'clock Tuesday morn
eg to transact their burners. The mem
bera from Wichita were presei.t.
A BICE COCSTT TOWN ESDAXaEKED EY
FIKE.
Rice County Pu'.Ietln, 13.1
( n Sunday alternoon and evening the
city of Raimocd had a narrow e;cape from
destruction by the burning of ihe prairie
grass around the limits of the city. The
tire in miny places reached into the heart
of the town. The lack of any strong wind
at the time saved the huildinga.
andwho resides i.i ihe northeastern portion
of Benton toxnship, met with coo-iderable '
loss by fire. Sparks from his Cimney ig
nited hia stable which was consumed to-1
sether with a cow, ten hpg?, oOhu-helsof
earn anu numerals other articles of more
or lesi valu-. A pony wa hitched in the
stable at the time, but the fire burced the
rope with which he was r.iicked, in two.
and he escaped. Tbe cow was litd on the
outside of the stable and might cot have
been injured bit m frrgbt sh-i ru-hed into
the fire acd was burned to death.
RAILROAD 3IATTEES IN ECITXE CpCNIY.
LAcjnata Czctte, 13
Augusta i dei-timd to tx a railroad cen
tre. With the St, L-mis & Sn Francisco
road from the Ei't through to Wichita and
the Wert, a Innch South inro Cowlev
county, and one Northwest into McPhersou,
the Santa Fe company will be omiwlltd
to extecd the Eldorado branch to this ci'v,
which will give us four railrosds. These
wads will accommodate the ix-onle in
every portion of the county, and in addi
tion to giving them competition in rates,
sill aivethcm many thousandd of dollars
is wagon iraa'purlauon.
THE OSAGE COAL MINEEs' STRIKE.
ILynion Times, 13
Last week e wrote an item in regard to
the strike at IKage City and Scranton, but
iuu iji u u in ice copy draw r, hrccr
it did not appear. He Irarn this wee
that ihey a-e still on a strike, no romj.ro-
ujc as jei navmg oeen reached. V.e
were inforned yesterday that lie roal n i ,.
pany bad o-drred thetn to ' Mjuire up the r
.vwu. ..incuub lueit too?, loiurmiLg
them thai the ratios would te closfd until
next October. This means that tbe miner
must take wha: the company dictates or
else etop work. The cau-e cf ihe ttnke is
ft reduction vl wages. The company re
duced th price from eight centa a bu-hel
at 03gc to i even, ar.d from etvtn to six at
Ssranton.
KANSAS.
Th yer Headlight, tf
Immigration to Km3 has commenced
earlier this iear than "hardly ever" before
Vt least it is si aa regards -his stctiuu
Scarcely a train stops at our station hut
what dis harjea a nuuiber of pas-cners
who have rcue to investigate and locite
in our vicinity Nineteen srivedon i-at-mdjy
evening's train, from Ohio, who have
the Kr,af ver badly knd are g.opg to
slay'iid tfcey co-valce and get to be 131
.hy Kansn. Silver and lead excitements
are bat fercri-h and rarsienr, but the Kan
sas farming and stock rat-dug excitement it
durable aud last- til death, tt e tloti't won-
oer ai me Lreji immigraticn 10 Aansas.
lornergenui clime and lemle soil, acd
iheprolnfiu crops produced are eiitlicient
inducemnis, lo attract tbe tnhab.tanu from
her less favored ter States.
nON. hO. A CRAWFORD.
(Umpire nty i:cao, U )
Hon. Geo. A. Crawford, a mcmler of
the Empire City ton company, is spoken
of in connection with the Presidency of the
Kansas S ate Agricultural College, ar
Manhattan Mr. U is eminently qualified
for tbe j o.-ilion, and no belter man could
bj found to succeed Hon. John A. Ander
son.
CHRISTIAN CHUKCH REVIVAL AT BAUXA
ISallna Herald, IS
The meetings at the Christian Church
closed Thursday nigliL There have been
thirty cine added to the membership of ihir
church eince the cieeiinga began. Elder
Granfield started for home the same night,
stopping over one day at Hallaville, Mis
souri. Total accessions since January 12:h,
sixty-four.
THE HERD LAW IN HARPER COUNTY.
SS I Harper County Times, IS.)
"The Board of County Commissioners of
Harper c unty, in the State of Kansa-,
does hereby order, that all ne-t, cattle,
horses, mules, a"se, swine acd sheep, shall
be prohibited from running at large in the
county of Harper, in the state of Kansas,
in and after the 15 h diy of March, A D
1S79, in accordance with an act of the Leg
islature of thestatanf Kansas."
QUICK WORK.
(Kinsley Graphic, 13.
Mr. I. V. Lwis, with his family, rrrived
in the cily last Saturday morning, from
Great Bend village, Sutqtiebanna county.
Pennsylvania, aud moved on his. place one
half mile south of town. Mr L-wis ha
only been here a week, but hai already a
garden plowed acd planted; has also pre
pared the ground to sow feven acres of
wheat.
A NEW GUARD AT THE PENITENTIARY.
Harper County Times. 13
Judge R. W. Dawson has diverted this
county, and no longr pretends to belong to
the class of honest yeomanry, content to
make a living by tilling the soil. He i
oow living off the people's money and lead
ing the life of a prince up at Leavenworth
where he has received the appointment of
door-keeper or warden or something in the
penitentiary, on the magnificent salary of
thirty-three dollars per month and board.
NEW sETTLEM IN DOUGLAS COUNTY.
1 Lawreiica Journal, li
Oa Thursday seven families arrived at
this place from Lancaster, Pa Tt e have
illrcted ilacts, cme in thecitvj-nl
thenout-lde, p-iying the rent in adVacc
iu cash. Oce of them rented the Thomas
(ilace, anil another th Simmons farm just
out'ide the cuy. They bought seven ntw
a'ovi'H from one of our hardware men, and
have been urchaeing extensive stock- of
boil chold g'tods. We are informed that
the parly paid out about Sl,0(0yeatrilav
for agricultural implemeiiU and other
oods They i-old their firms and places
m and arcui-d Lancaster for $300 per acre.
Ih-rwishto litirchafe hor-ts. ct le. and
other things nteee.'ary to the steeling of a
firm, and intend making Djuglaa county
their home Oa the 25th of this month
much la-ger party will come from the
same place and make Djuglas county their
home There are a few of tl e many solid
men that have settled in this county thi
season. We extend a cordial welcome to
all. There is still room in Douglis coun
ty for many such settlers.
ISFORJIATIO.V WANTED.
Lawrence Journil, is.
On Tj-day afternoon a young hdy giv
ing her name aa Mi-h -arah Siol.ce Hem cd
off ihe west-bounl Santa Fe train ai ihe
depot in this cuy. She a' once produod a
check and requested the bjggage matter to
give her her trunk. Oj eean h being made
ii was i ,Uva mat her trunk had not been
put tff the trin, and had eithergone on or
ca i cceu ruits.-n'. .-he waa very much
troubled at the lo-s of the trunk", and went
o the Pldc-e House, where she told the ful
li.ivicg story : it seems ehe had come from
Afton, lotfJ, at hia request, to mtcl.a
oro.her-in law, Mr. E C Lyon, at thisri y,
ho, having lo-t his wife, wi-hed Miss
Slouce to keep houre for him. Mr. Lyon,
shesaya, dos Li.t rvt-ide here, but st some
place in Western Kansas, fc-oe has neither
seen nor Leird from Mr. Lyon since his ar
rival hire, an.l, being without money or
riend, is vcrv ratici troubled. Anv'one
he-snog anything of the . hereabouts of Mr.
E. C Lyon iil confer a great tavoron this
yuimz lady by communicating the infurm
ation to Lit.
HOUSE AND FARM.
rOTATOES.
Potatoes, cut ten days or two weeks be
fore plantirg, and sprinkled with plaster,
will eprout earlier and grow better than
when cut acd planted on the same day.
KANSAS WHEAT.
Kansas cow stands first among the wheat
producicg States. In 1S75 she was the
eleventh fctate, in 1S70 the nineteenth, acd
in lSb'C the twenty-fourth to the first State
in twenty years.
TO CLEAN OLD COIFF.
f Cor. Chicago tuter-Ocean.
To clean old coins from rest and dirt,
make a strong lye of wood ashes and let
them be in it a short time, then rub them
with a nail Lruih.
TO BE.MOVE BUST FROM LINEN.
Cor. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Moisten the portion cf linen stained in
clear soft water, then lay on a few crystals
of oxalic acid, and occasionally add a few
drops of water till the stain is gone; then
rine thoroughly in cold soft water.
FARMERS SHOULD ASSOCIATE.
(Hon. Jame-. Wllsou, In St, Louis Globe.
I urr.e farmers to as ociate that they
may have their inspiration kindled. Farm
lif- develop s eadiness of character; but
isolation not only dries up human sympa
thies, but the intellect becomes moldy, un
lers a spirit of inquiry is awakened at come
time of life.
TO MAKE BOOTS WATER TROOF.
Tallow, four ounce?; roain and beeswax,
one ounce each; melt together, then s ir in
neatsfoot oil, equal in bulk to the melted
articles The boots sre warmed before a
fire and this composition is rubbed into the
leather, soj and uppe'8 by means of a rag.
To applications will make the leather
quite water proof.
TO MAKE VIOLET PERFUME.
I st. Loula Times-Journal. IS )
You can make a very good ferfume of
violets, by putting a half ounce of orris
not, broken in email pieces, in a bottle
witn two ounces of alcohol; cork tight and
shake well After four or fiv days a few
drojwof this on a handkerchief will leave
the odor of fresh violets.
TO TREVENT WORMS IN CELERY.
Kansas farmer, lij
The best preventative for worms in celery
isto mix plenty of ealt,-oot, and fine lime
wilh the manure that is to be emploved in
trenches. Thia should be addid to the
manure some weeks rfore it U used, dur
ing which time it should be turned now
and then. The mixture above named also
b-n.fits the growth of the celery, which will
lift clean and spotless compared with that
grown in the ordinary way.
THE CULTURE OE VtREENAS.
ICor. Chicago Inter-Oc un, 11
I have raised much finer ones from seed
than I ever saw grown from cuttings. Tie
-eedlings arevery fragrant, which cannot be
said of cultirgs. If seeds are started in a
hot bed, or even in a box in the house, and
planted out in a yard early in the spring,
in a sunny location, they will bloom freely
all summer, acd mature fineseeds. Thou
sands of feeds will fall to the ground, and
come up next spring, which will produce
ju-t as nice blowouts as those started in
hot-beds.
IIOUt-E PLANTS.
Prairie Farruar, 15."
Houre plants that look drooping acd
-tarved rhould have the surface soil re
moved from the pots and replaced with a
top dreesing from the compost heap, pre
pared by mixicg it with sufficient sandy
loam to Llke it light and porous, sfte-r
which it should be sifted. Unless the
plants are pot boucd this treatment will be
belter than repotting, aud will be sufficient
to kmp them in gwd condition until time
to set them out doors.
COLORS IN A SCHOOL ROOM.
Cor. Educational Weekly, 13.J
The walls of a study room, or of any
oiner room wnere people remain lorseveral
hours a day, should cot be tinted with jel
ow, or with any color in which vellow
I redominates This color, in any consider
able quantity, i iijurious, not only to tbe
ejts ouv also the nervous and nutritive
systems. It has been found that mechan
ics laboring in rooms where the walls haul
a yellow tint were less healthy and cheerful
than those of the same establishment who
worked in rooms where tbe color was of a
different tone.
Tbe Tloet renaikle inlKg- the Democrat-
Can Da.
Sew Yotk Herald, 13 J
The extra session is a blunder, for which
tbe Democrats are more responsible than
their opponents, though it is a tact that
nveral R-publican Senators of the "stal
wart" sort kindlr helped their Democratic
friends icto the mire, aa they have fre
quently been accustomed to do. The most
eecsible thing the Democrats can now do,
and that which would most grievously dis
appoint the Republicans, would be, as soon
as the two houses are organia d,topaea a law
continuing last year's appropriations for
six or euht months ol tbe next bscal year,
and then without further words adjourn
and go home until December. Bat we do
not expect a i much good sense of tbe Dem
ocrats, for if they had it they would stand
a murhbetter chance of carrying tbe next
Presidential election than they now do.
They have yet another string to their bow,
for they can pass the appropriation bills at
olc; then put into separate reso'utionsthe
repeal of the teat oaths, the prohibition of
the military st the polls two measures
which the Republicans will not oppose, be
cause they have openly committed them
selves to th-m acd, finally, into another
resolution tbe repeal of the supervisor
laws, which the President is likely to veto.
When that veto comes, and when the Re
publicans have committed themselves to
these laws by votincto sustain the veto,
then the Democrats have a chance to ad
journ at once and appeal to the people at
York; Vance, of North Carolina; MorriH,
of Vermont, were then in the House. Sen
ator Hill, of Georgia, was in the next year
a member of the Confederate Senate, while
Garland, of Arkansas, and Vest, ot Mis
souri, were members of the Confederate
House. Senator Harris, of Tennessee, was
at that time Governor of the State, and one
of the most bitter rebels in the South
Aside from these the men in th- Senate as
well u in the House are of a new growl 1 .
Blame nad not come into public ltl outside
of Maine twenty years sgo; Edmunds
reached the Senate in ISGo; Tburman htd
not then been heard of, and attained his
first prominence as the Democratic candi
date for Governor of Ohio in 1807, when
he was beaten by only a few hundred votes
Voorbees was a member of -the House.
elected in 1-SG2; David Davis was brought
trom Illinois ana put on the supreme beech
by Lincoln; Matt Carpenter was just put
ting off his Democracy and had begun to
to make arguments in behalf of "ibe war
power of the government." Nearly the
whole ra-.e of men cow prominent have
come into national politics within a few
years. Thia is particularly so from the
South; there may be Confederate- brigadiers
in abundacce,but they are for tLe most part
men who have nothing in common with
thoe who went out from Washington in
1SC1 to do tbe work of treason. They are
generally able men, and in fact the Forty
sixth Congress now about to meet will con
tain a better average of able men than anr
that has preceded it for a number of yeara.
FARM TRtCES IN MITCHELL COUNTY.
Beloit Gazette, 15.
Some farms are selling, from which we
can gt the price of land. Duane Freeman
old 1C0 acres of land four miles west oi
town with 40 acres in cultivation for
$1 100. Jamea Caraway sold a bottom
farm, CO acres cultivated four miles east of
LVloit for SI 000. Mr. Lonwor h bought
1C0 three miles northeast of town, 1C0 acres
improved, good house, barn, orchard, etc
for 51,20?.
ANOTHER OF THE VICTIMS.
Kinsley Graphic, 15 I
Major Kirk came cp from his camp
Wedneeday evening, and brought with him
the remains of Frank Dow, who waa killed
by the Indians during their raid It fall
At the time Dow was killed, he was livinj
in a dugouLholding the range for Mr. Kirk.
and at the time the Major's cattle were
b-icg held a few miles above Kinsley
Dow s remains were shipped to Massachu
setts for interment.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
Wamego Republican, 15
A young man in theemp'oyof Henry
Miller, a farmer about three miles west of
Wamego, while out hunting, last Siturdiy,
shot at some geese, when his gun exploded.
a portion ol the lock hitting htm over the
-ye, ictlicting a severe wound, while a rnr
tion of the stock lodged in his hand, injur
ing hia hand very severely. Dr. Morrall
was called and dressed his wounds. Tre
doctor Eats the injuries will cot result
faulty.
Ta Hepatite.
Educational Weekly, 13.
There are twenty-three republics in the
world, as follows; San Mariano, establii bed
early in the focrth century ; Argentine Re
public, 1SI6; Bolivia, 1S25; Chili, 1S41;
Colombia, 1S31; Costa Rica, 1S39; Ecquador,
1S31; France, 1870; Guatemala, 1S39;
Hayti, 1S5S; Honduras, 1839; Liberia,
1847; Mexico, 1S57; Xlcaragua, 1S3D;
Orange River Free State, 1604; Paraguay,
1811; Peru, 1S2G; Sin Salvador, 1S30;
Switzerland, ISIS; St. Domingo, 1842;
United Butea of America, 1776; Uruguay,
1825; Yeoeseul, 1831.
KASSAS COAL.
Topeka Blade, 13.
It is high time that the coal interests
should receive a larger share of attention
from capitalists than bu yet been turned
in th it direction. The coal production of
Kansas may bs, in jldicious hands, made
the source of incalculable wealth; and in a
very few years, with the means of exporta
tion already at hand, and so easily suscept
ble of unlimited improvements, this ore
item alone might he made a very powerlul
factor in the aggregation which is so rap
idly raisirg Kansas to that advancement
which will in time assure her preeminence
in material wealth and general prosperity.
ATTER AX ALLEGED MURDERER.
(Neosho County Uncord, 14,)
Sheriff Brunt started Tuesday night fjr
Patten-burg, Mo, with the requisition from
Got. St.- John for James Cox. charged with
the murder of Dr. Wm. Knight, last sum
mer. It will be remembered that Cox was
arrested on this charged soon after the deed
was committed, gave bond for his appear
ance, in court but failed to appear He was
taken in custody by the officers of Patten
burg some two months since, acd has been
held by them waiting the action of tbe offi
cers rt tblsj county. He will be tried at tbe
Aptil term of the District Court.
LOSS BT FIRE IS ECTLER COUSTT.
(EIDorado Press. 12.
SELF-MURDER IN HARPER COCNTT.
Anthony Journal, 15
The ssdist ca.-e of eelf destruction that
we have heard of in the S'ate, took place
on la.-t Scturday evening, about twelve or
fifteen milei north west of Anthony. The
victim was a Mr Terry. V hive teen un
able lo gain anvcf th'e particulars as to the
cau-e ot this eaid ac, but from what we
have been able lo learn, it r-eems that it
was broughtabont by domestic trouble. Mr
Terry and his wife had only btcii married
but at-hort time j revious to their retlle
ruent in thWcounty, acd Mrs. Terry becom
ing disatii-fied relurreJ to Sedgwick coun
ty and pct reveral weeks, when
hr hu-bard sent her vrord to como
home and uy to live agreably
S!w cam"; but, alas, the same old in.ul.le
still existed, aod on tins evening of the
tragedy it seems brratne unb-arable to Mr
Terry. He aro'e from bu neat, told them
that he could not Iwar it any longer; that
he would cut hts throat acd end his trr.u
'les, bid them good bye, and started out,
and on closing the door cut his throat with
i small pen-knife, from the effect of which
he died in about ten minutes. The Coioner
held an inquest, but we have not yet learned
ihe result. The funeral took place on last
.Monday. We will give further particulars
next week.
GET ACQUAINTED AND FEFL AT HOME.
UlMrer county Times, 12.
The people of every new couctry are
stranger to each en her ai d are apt to cling
to thr memory of the pocietr they lef,
rather than form new acquaintances and
friendship w ere they are locate. Thia is
all wrong. Di not merely be friendly with
vour neighbors whm you chance to meet
bjt vi-it thetn acd have ihem come to see
you. Dj not i-tacd on ceremonies. D
not hesitate becau-o yo.i moved into tie
neighborhood lat Attend all gatherings
and take a part; feel that you have a
much interest in the country as any one
and show it. If there is church or Sunday
-chool in the neighbuhord l.eln sustain ir
by attending there is no bstieriecommeid
ation for a new neighbor than to
see him seeking associations refining and
elevating in their character. If there is an
effort made to open a school, even a enb
scription rchool lend it all the aid you can
for upon these institutions de&ecd the char
ac-cr of the socie-iy of the neighborhood
V ciunty new-pat-er is tbe best medium
throngh which to become acquainted with
the ople of the county at lrp, ia proved
by many takiug the county pjer from
here they came to hear what their old
frietds and neighbors are doing. Hence,
n t.f tlieWft mear-of becoming acutiiint
ed in a new county is by taking a Lewspa
perpnbli-hed there. Get acquainted, then
you win itei at nnm.
UNPRODUCTIVE ORCHARDS.
St Louis Globe J
Many orchards become unproductive.
To restore them to productiveness sow them
in clover, snd when ihe clover is well estab
lished turn in tbe hoga and sheep. Tbey
will pick up all the wormfalls, and thi
will wonderfully le-sen the de-truction of
fruit hy woriu.8 Top dressing of rotten
manure, leaf mould, ashes, lime, etc, are
very ut-ceuciai io orcnarus mat have been
in bearing for a few years. Orchards ean
only be kept by good care, good manuring
and goo 1 pruning. Labor is indispensable
to uccex) in fruit culture, as in all other
things.
and to this unscientific slaughterof healthy
branches rauca of tbe decay of the beautiful
shade trees ia attributed."
TOD EREAKJ.
iPralrie runner, 13.1
If thc farmer has a barn, and a fence
aroucd it, let him plant, outs'de of that
fence, a rowof evergreens, closely together,
so that nothing can injure them', and iu a
few yeara he will havetuch protection from
the storms for his stock th At no money could
induce him to remove the trees. We know
this to be a fact, acd we further know that
where such a "wind breaker" exi.-ts, no
shivering stock ia to be found. Of courts
we would not have these trees all rund
the barn, but jmt at these parts where
storms are most prevalent. Acd where
farmers have barn, or protection by build
inga, and wish to have protection in some
way, let them select some suitable field,
and hedge it in with the same kind ol
trees, in the same way they would their
barn yards, they will meet with succe-, as
every person who has tried the experiment
knows. Let these wind break, r be planted
during the coming summer, and in a f w
years no farmer will complain of havin
no protection for his strck.
ASCnOOLSUPERJSTENDnNT'S IDEA.
Educational eekly, 13)
In visiting country i choo's, stldom do I
find one that has the true idea of spelling
Too many of them have books for this i-tudy
that are entirely bejood the comprehenion
of the pupils. Many of them spell whei.
they read (good enough in itself) and spell
two or three times a day, tbe text being
found in some spelling book. This wi rk i
done almost exclusively in the old method,
that is, orally. Children wrestle wilh t
score or two of words the meaning vf
xhich is entirely beyond their compreher
sion, and are considered perfect or iinp-r-fect
as their success in memorizing their
lessons may warrant. Why will teachers a-L
pupila to study that which
has no meaning to the chil
dren? Why do teachers cling to the
abominable nuisance of oral spelling hei
such work ia cf use rarely in one's ltfttiui-
All the good that may belong to fills nielli
od may be s.-currd better in other was
Sjtelling can be learned practically as we
use it far more thoroughly thm br a
method which is abandoned when the child
leaves school. As a rule, this work sliotiM
be done wilh pen or encil when the- child
can u-e pap-r or slate-. Or! ej-ellint
should be confined to reading lesjoca 3nj
to special occasions.
Rules for making oilt-edozd butter
These rules were recently prin'ed iu the
Rural Sew Krlcr acd are so excellent an.'
concise that we reprint ior the Utulii ol
our readers.
FKtutNO. Select your cows with refer
ence to the quantity and richtes of the
milk producd. The best cows are the
cheapest for buiter, t-ogettlleb.stJoiic.init
whatever breed you select. Give them
good pasturage in the summer, and pltnl
of pure water, withfrique taicexstoVilt I
wiuler. feed sweet, early-rut bay, well cures!
corn fodder, roots, cabbages, etc, acd
ration of bran, corn meal, gruuud oas, o
middlings. Impliments. Have the best imple
ments, and keep them scrupulously clear.
ell scalded, and often expose to the ew.vi
ening itdltiencea of the sun. The milk
p-il and pans i-hotlld be of the best qtialil.
of tin A reliable thermometer ia a i.tcc
sity to every good dairyman.
Milking The milking i-hould bdon
quietly and at regular time, and tbe ut
most cleanliness ob-crved. Nothing ir
tainted quicker than milk by foul odor
ami surely at tiuiea wilh nearly nil ro-r-there
is enough animal odor to it, without
adding any more.
Settimi Strain the milk slowly into
the pans, four to six inches deep. It is at.
excellent plan to strain th- milk into
larp can het in cold wa'er, and cool don
to CO degrees before putting into the small
pans The milk iuu.st be eet in a pure at
inosphere, at euch a temperature as will
permit the cream to rire in frmri thirlr t.
thirty-six hours after selling In order to
lo that the room should be kept at aboui
50 to G5 degrees, and not allovted to var)
inU' h either above or below.
In hot weather keep a large piece of ice
in a tub in a room. Cover it over Hi
thick blanket, acd, if arranged so that the
water ill run otf, it will keep a loLg time,
and keep the rcorn very unifurrn.
Iu cold weather some arrangement for
warming the milk room should be ad. p'ed
SKIMMIMl Skim IB foia as the milk
begins to turn four. Dj not neglect lln
rule, as it i- impossible to make good but
er from cream that has become old and
-our When you tour your cream into the
cream jir. spU-h as little as pos-iMe. Stir
the cream every time you add more t' 1-.
and wipe the sides of the Jiot Keep the
temperature at about sixty depreH, and tb
cream lot in the coolest part of the hous
covered wilh a fine gai x netting etrin.!
on a hoop, not with a tight cover Ifcov-
cut loose frcm a certainty to to into a
region of whtch you krow nothing, 5
hereyort would scon be, reduced to the
level vl ihe crmiron rmb. Thee minics
camps are ,IemoraI zing, and unlcw one has
3 r-u sum of money to invest, he hid bet
ter ktepaway.
Tbe etoriis, which now comefiom Lead
villrarectt so rcsy a tho which were
first pent The rtuao-eis wearirgifF, and
aod the adrrulnrers are beginning to real-iz-the
fact that paying micta arefe. acd
misery plentiful.
THE IC-T FOREST TErES.
Reno Cor. ICaua Farmer
The b-rt forest tree for this count v is the
box eld-r. It is. I believe, ihe t nlv v-riety
that went through the gra-cfcopi er r'aidwiih
otiliLiury. Icuo-iderit 'hepr-.r" prcof.
Thy are eaily .rcp. gated as ttev can be
grown from th? ? d planted in earlv pricg,
or good ore year o!d plants can be procur
ed from nursrymen at fruin two to three
dollar fer thousand. The cnlv objection
I havelolhem is th.ir Undencv to head
low, eerd.cg out branches near the grourd.
i.ut this fault f eisi y remedied by eettirg
th trees closely together, My not rLorr than
three feet apart each war. Cottonwood
io.ur.arfy, poplar a:d grev'willow are the
most rapid groau-ir tre-, ard can le easily
grown by using t u tiu.-a. rt black walnut
does Well iu tins euiiniy, hul ha.aihe same
Uu.t - tLe N xe'der,nd iheeame r.nitdv
uiMkHjatHKi-lio,.!, Ithasa long
tap rear, end h. u d I j.lanred wl ere it is
expected to remain. H ckWrry.rofi m-ple,
celalpa, ar.d alumnus a.l have h ir advo-ca-ee.
Most du bard o.d ir.es have
J7n Planted ia such l.u.it.,! q.iantiii.sthat
I have u. t been ei.abled to f.,rm an pii.ion
regarding their i-r0ih o- lUbilnv lo do
aell in tlin kcthry I b-ve been "in Rero
- unty teven veer, and Lrnie wl,....,l I
speak.
SHELTER rOK OSCHAMs.
Ir-aJ. He.Itaeell tr Is ih reader of if..
G-r ,,-'t Jl-tUif Ihe'. if thcr wruld ret
he trees at r j.u' rdi.--.aic for orrhard
plan inr, in aesy ,-ta'e .. the- ri..,( Slates,
id then bt I'e.r-e branch low, h.r
ioi runs pr.vil, I would dv.cnti- not
. cher than . n- foot 1 ihii.k ii U ill.- berl
od onlv rbei'er nctd-d to protect fioui
-tin or cold. There it niM.tl.er advance
f low tree i-i e-rl le-rip;;, and on lie
(.roterty tran.d ihe fruit will he tiLe
ind huhlltvoreil as tree trailed high.
We Mit-ve it is the s'yle to aUeet eorr-
t-ru.it for thi. - t m a e."..d. oi tn bow-
v. r, ail, r Bill's C.n. S nip, which
- " o al ib- tiu rtn-tof SI year-.' tie
aud is more iluiulit of th .never tcfore.
ITarkets by Telegraph
-slKllt,
NEW TOwK MOXY SIRKT
w ms, March I
ovry ictlveatt.Tper ceut. tiu-t sat 7
percent.
-i ... "mijt i-apEK Primes 3H Sw.
i.'aViirc0-1'' . si eH: -itti
i..L-lo. si time ic ijj- .j rrt (1
ts SIUH - iltatv r '.
Kir. si ulV'l !? nu,fl l'. ,!.
lew na. -iuir i't k , roup... n. too
. '0-1.. r m-r i. cou,u, si i -,.
in r noa KV if,
0 KNMe Si no6.il qDlat
't- It iM- i oel -lit Urufe.
"Tiik -M-rk ti inili
Mucka-n.i.i .Ii- .a. e-ji:orj of M Loala
i .1 -hii Krait. iwii -.i ar, -, wi.irli u.irMii'ii,
He lll.t Lei .n O. I r kit Orttll , I1K t
n...iey r.mcrr l. i-s. cl ri. k- ui.tl t lit
g..il C.UMCl. t a.r.-ru we.e in t.iu. j
e. k. J' l 'l,.r tl.r Ce. Ile. , lliele.
a a Iraitluoat uuv.u. mem uiul teller
feeilU J
HAVE EVERTTniNO GOOD.
(Kansas Spirit, IJ.J
Gool stock pays vastly letter than poor.
Well tilled fields are more remunerative
and jield more pleasure to the farmer than
those that are neglected and given to
weeds Good fence, if not an ornament,
are a protection to the crops ; they free the
mind from great anxiety and save the legs
from great weariness. An orchard of one
hundred tree-, well selected, carefully set
out and properly cared for, will yield the
oner more prcfit than ten times that num-
ocr ol poor varieties and suffering from
neglect, blight acd the invasion of borers
flat heads acd round heads.
CELERY FOR RHEUMATISM.
Kansas Spirit.
Celery ia said to be a sure antidote
against rheumatism. It is said also to be a
stre cure for this disease if you eat enough
of it. This is certainly an excellent rea
son for its free use. But a far more pre
vailing reason for its use is its toothsome
quality. It is certainly a most delicious
vegetable, and why it is not more generallv
found on the table of f aimers is proof o'l
iheir ignorance of its superlative worth a
a condiment or their lack of knowledge
and skill as to the method of its culture.
In our treati-eon gardening there are spe-
uiuu uirecuona given ior its treatment and
culture, and if our farmers are reallv dea-r.
ous of raising it they will quickly and eas
ily find out the way.
-tlr Tanriiinii'. t e...ptailon
New YorllTlmea, II.
A good deal of light is let in on the ex
tra rersion of Loner rs by the eager strng
gle no going on in Warhineton over the
patronage cf the Senate. Every po-rible
plan for getting around the very whole
rome rule which requires removals to be
approved by the Vice Prer-ident is brirg
dt-cus ed. Mr. Thurmm, who will Ic elect
ed Pre-ident yrWiia, to fi:l Mr. Wheeler's
puce during hia absence, is being pre-eed
to assume tbe p-iwens ot ice-Pre-idrnt.
and to attempt to give th sanction required
for a clean wep. It is not at all imp. ri
ble that he may yield. The obligetinri
of courlefy, decency, and icde
rendent regard for the public bus
iness have long sat very lightly
on the venerable Presidential sepirsn'.
When he finds himself in a po-ition where
the providential taking otf of Messrs
Hayes and Wheeler would bring him to
tbe While House as an ex rpcin occupant,
the temptation to r-eize such
slight powers as may be within his reach
will be very strong. Moreover, Mr Thur
raan is cot abov very small trickery to
advance his political fortunes. Jut now.
h;s objective point ia in a nomination, and
I- '.I,. - T-. .- -z . '
noming leiu so on democratic -worsen
the control rf patronage, howe ver trail
ft would cot b at all scrpri-inr to see
anurmai straining a point to teccre
SWELLED LEGS IN H0RSE3.
IXatlonal Weekly, 15.
Partial or local debility is generally the
cau-e cf horsea' legs swelling over night in
the stable. When swelled legs occur in
horse that is thin and impoverished, debili
ty must be counteracted lo promote a cure
by feeding somewhat liberally. It is aided
aso by giving tonics, such as half a drachm
of iwdered sulphate of iron, and two
drachma of powdered gentian root, mixed
in the food once daily. Smart band rub
bing and bandaging should be employed
for which purpose strong woolen cloths of
any kind may be made use of, but fl.nnel
forma the best bandage when evenly and
firmly applied by means of a roller four
yards in length, aod fjur inches iu breadth
uch bandages may be applied every even
ing, as long as needed. Its applica ion
should always be preceded by smart fric
tion of the limbs, and instead of fastening
uieui iu siTinga n u neiier to ue strong
pins.
THE SENSITIVENESS OF VEOrrATIOS.
-1, Louis Journal, lif
la support of the theory that a plant is
cap. ble of ihe sensation of pleasure and
pain, M. Frguir says : Tt may be noticed
ihat cold affects it painfully acd that it
ujunn.li or, raj to rpeas, soiver under a
sudden or violent depression of temperature.
An abnormal elevation of temperature evi
dently cau-es it to snSer, Ior in many vege
tables, when the heat is excessive, th Imtu
droop on the stalk, fold themselves together
w.mer; wnen me com ot evening
ome, the leaves strengthen and the plant
resumes a serene and undisturbed appear
ance. Drought causes evident suffering to
plants, for when they are
watered after s prolonged drought
i hey show signs of satisfaction.
The sensitive plant, touched by the finger,
or only visited by a current of unwelcome
air, lolds its petals and contracts iuelL
D sfontain, while conveying oce in a car
riage, saw it fold its leaves, while the mo
tion of the vehicle continued and expand
them when it , ceased showing its con
sciousness of motion and rest. If plants are
capable ol the sensations of pleasure acd
red too tisrht. fermentation ia often Ilo
rapid.
Churning Churn often, as thcn is
nothirg gained hy long keeping ISrirj;
the temperature of the cream in ihecliuri.
to oS", and cot allow it to rie ab.ve 01
Churn early in the morning w ile it i
cool. First scald the churn, turn the pad
.lies a lew times, then pour nil, ar.d ramr in
cold water, and turn the piddle-. ; pour orl
and pour in vour cream. In churning re
volve the paddles wilh an easy regular mo
tion. not too fast nor too slow.
The butter should come in about fnrty
minute", a little more or a little less if the
temperature of the cream when put iu j
about oa3, ascertained by the thermometer
Coloring- When likely to lie deficient
in color add a rufficient quantity of the
i erfected butter color to keen it un to the
June atandaid.
Working and SALTtNa When it has
"broken" and there is a difficulty to male
the but er g.ther, throw in soniecold w.rer
and give a few more turns. Some, ard I
think a msjirity, of the best butter makers
of to day wash their butter wilh cold water
before removing from the churn. Gather
your butter with the piddle and lift it o t
into the tray; press it gently and incline ii.
and let the butter milk run eft". Work it
aently with the paddle, with a cutting een
tie pressure, but not to mash it; or, better,
put into the butter-worker.
Salt it about an ounce to the pjun.I. cr In
the taste of good cn-tomers; only with tie
rest sal', and free from lutupa and cori-e
ness. Work the butter only so much as to
etpel tie butUr-nilk, but not to work it to..
dry. Ibis can be done by the utcof a steak
brine prepared f -r the purpose. Put tbe
bowl away in a cool place. Afler rtandirg
twelve or twenty-four hours, centlv un.
out with a ladle or machine, th remaining
Duller milK, and any brine that will il,
out with it, care heirg u-ed not to work it
too much If this is done the butter h
Io-t its grain and become salvey. and its
keeping qualities- are greatly injured.
I'ACtCtrH Park in ve-Ad which will
impart no impurities to the butter Fill
within half an inch of the trp Plac-
thin cloth wholly over the butter. Over
that pour old brine aa strong as cin lie
made of hot water ami the pan- salt, o-
cover with a layer ol fine salL The whole
procos of makicz the butler, from drawing
the milk to the placing of the butter in
packages, should be hurried as milk, cream
and butter are going to decay every moment
when-rxpoaed to the air, however pure it
may b Such butter ia ready to kp or to
11. If to be kept long before vllin..', sur
round every package wilh coaie salt, by
placing them in boxes prepared for the pur
pose. This procem leer th hnttsr
cool and hard, and free from a
sudden change of air. When alt
these things are attended to promptly, and
with as much uniformity aa ia under the
power of man to control, there will be a
near approach to uniformity in color, rich
ness and purity. If the new beginner f .1
Iowa these rules, and keeps doing so, he will
soon command the highest figure.
Cleanliness and cnmmnn tens an-.tt.f
from the beginning to the end areabso!u!v
necetsary to insure good butter that will
bring the highest price in the market.
lEWfOsIiPKOUBCE KsRTtKT.
Ntw ..hk M.rcli IS
KLOrR In erv n.l. .me., mm.ti. m,r
line e- roulHi a..i. . j.i vluj .; ,,,. ,
.l. :J IDs.! W; (jo.nl I.. .iH,e. M'JM) ii;
stiiU-MtieulaAirs, tisui, m. laiut ,!ut
7
irr.vr- Qn'et. unsr de-t red winter. i .
I i ; N.. Su... ii iu i le ; N,,. -. , , st ( ,
I 91,; N.. a -ri. k. -.V. u .. .. l
run. SI Out la, ui iiidiil ut, le, ji J in ,-
N..S .! . ..', ,H-, .N ,. u , .. u ,J
l.n-lai I, IV.eter. . Mjbl'.r
.iij-i lilts o urn ."U.. d
l..K ! lnl it Ml'llle; uuerx.le.1. iZljlH'C
No A l. -.',.-; l-IUe ,,. lit- s -t,
ll)ll. "i I do, t.'Y-fo.'tf
'n- I o ...lira -tern, SiaKc; white
WeMeiu, aj 1r
rn.t- Hu, tamlteady.
Sl'liAt- CJ.il laLUtt' e.
Mi.t.(wis UuL u.a uuctianscd.
Itiifc S.eoy
tA.i.9 1. tner. w-vterr, 20r.
f.;- :--. 19 o iik e.i. lOCClSnisr nevr
ltir-fct.ii. j ttu biii.ii gra
ln le Tie-rli lout-; I ... . j.-i- nddille
.vVros;,: .lot ei.,, a vieii.
aki clio aud u ausuc litutfr; rrinio
Ntm s t-;.
hittkh- all; wmterD,7a)'.
lit-EsB cMuuiIo ac..v;iii; weatcrn, 2
A' u usr -Httdy at 11 M
ST. Letnrs rtmj t: markht
ST. iJJCIa. March IS.
ebarcnl.
d; ft I rerf. i ;
','.
ApiII;
Flouk U
-.lT-Lu-ell. cl; Sft
I r.' , . khii; I..,- .i.i o.-ji Arril:
t., . sl u.'il i Ju..e: . Sji.c-v.e
k- l..i 3 y li,'4- ct--l.; i ,
33, . -u .e. M , u4 ii- e Jim .
i V r :u., J.', .clcuI). noj.tlona.
I(K-.ul t-e
U.KLIY N.Ml.ll; doti.).
' mi-k cle-.li
touk-ui iM-e; b.t jie lotvo rv
i. -i.. M t Ui.i.ti. io.4M cl,r ribs,
IlSi.. ,c .or, 4i. iu
llac-Ui.lM!;(irai tltjia. SS lr-:,ti cosh,
Sjo il bif ajw t, -.e r, 5a ui u.
Laioj lie.ai.(lur. tint blu.l
tT. WOI &'a-. utv ; KKFT.
st Uicx March ia
('ATrLE Aell and b'chrt: ch.nee e.y
ahl-ill.A ate-ens .5i 6 O, s u,. ib.i, i,
it'""! I' .III, a 4 ei ,5; u tl.r liltiel el -leers,
3- Ml ) ,r-.- u irl-i, J..IM1 V. ror . led
I X U, t-.jSiaj ;t I -r.O-n, tJ ao5ls.;rre.l
er-ulel numis UIH.tUkli. 1; .ciU, juo.
.ri.l t -lit a.
tii iiu nd hlKher; Vie kera ntui'
It.i iiiioi-, Ai.iwaa ;tlo .o.u,i4S-.lHu; eleet
ii.nvj si rai a, u.ueu u-ii.ti. w in.t. n. K
'i'" -.1"-' I" ns bu Ing, J . I. U. lttipu.
1 no. t-mptueul- !
.-iir.r--u nsuu wanted, rl.olce ti f Ir.
II.SII K i-.l lo rhul-e. tl :?U ,,- ,iu,it
III. .11..!-, SJ tdtl
lloue.
S4. lUctli.tslu. cl.lpuiul
OHioAao yjiwuctJE: 7i4itKrr
i rucssr.. March 17.
Ftorn 'rrartyand onn.:vBi-MI
iiat Iri.au kr oj ti a..-ei I. o. but cen
lylitK. er; n i-pilo miliar. Mi. re ;
Kl. ..!. , i- ',.- ch,. ; -Aell. MJ, SIJ.
!!. .s.. a -riog ie, i J eteo.f c
" okn I. j, ij, relive ... I n li.lo litjh r;
Ire-,.. &r. lrBUr, 3 J4- eifh; i; a,.i; .6'.
JIaj .
t r""-Iemaut light; llc ciutiiid Ai.rlt;
l.v f'limer: tl W.i
AKLtY l"leMI M..' BBChSnaed at TaSOC.
I'..kk ,cue,a in xii higher; Jpnsic eli;
IliJ', l"H;:18Hl on-'-.H.v:si'. : Ju e
'-"" r a r ... MB.WI .el lllilin r Si
rli; f- . ,V6i. Aprn; C S C-i ii,
J6ci.'rt;j nw.
m !. . !strnne srd higher; shoulder-.
.!(. eltortlli. io a.
Ulsn.k nusul, II Ok
CHICAGO iluctt KAPKFT.
Ciitc.o.. March 1?.
ffocj Rere'pfa. TVS; ttilpinenia, -.no
m-rk-t -clUtr. atjH,,. mgher: uilxed,ic!iuicl
AITI.K - Itereljie. tin. atilir&ent-. I HO
le.ij; .ln,,,r,B. II Hltfil); tint. Ii.rVt.er.
31 i.'f, euws. s.7.(ajlit hlockcs, fiit).
Mir.KP Rritt.
atroug, !3Si 5 63.
3M ; shlpratnta, 3 9;
E- C. "BCETTCJT rVJJ7rET
ICawsah Crrr. Jf c. . March IS.
Tho "Indteernr" reiwet:-
Klocb -teady aaa unrbariBd.
2!
t.
lij.r-It.-et..t. tail Mimm.nt.1
In atore, 3x' Miket quiet? Xu,
jm .o .i,Ba,- .-. . -ie.
n It-e.i , i.iprB'nt", 7, C"; In
a'-.re. tV)i7 Mu --i un-e.ei o.mlaed,
25Ji t.Jee.cl iu el, :ia
'AT--.-. 2. x.c
IlYK ..rii-nul
Kittik i KUK0 stronger aU7,jly;ro iiiam
stow t it .
i.c .-Uady at He
THCtK A laTTl.B BEFORE TOC GO.
I Prairie Farmr
Do not be in a hurry to throw down your
plow or hoe, or give up your stock breeding
or dairying, or tree planting, to pin the
great army now marching upon tbe silver
deposits of Leadville, Col. Do not net get
excited acd throw away a good chance for
an urcertainty. If yon find you have any
symptoms of tbe Leadville fever, paue
and thine the matter over well. Will it
pay! The truth is, a good deal of this talk
about that wonderful country is greatlv ex
aggerated, aa such thines usually are," and
the advantages for acquiring wealth in a
moment are there no greater for the mas is
than tbey are elsew here. There may be sil
ver in tbe hills there is; but every man
who goes cannot own a mire; there
may be employment in the town
but the unprecedented icfl-ix of people
K O rTOCJf SJjrj-T.
frAWHAi imr, M.. March la.
The "IndP ator" repo.iss
ATTT.K Itecelnl.. 6f .Shipment 70
.Xerk, t-tead. and fairly acllaec native hi, -
fK-t-r-.Slie.l Sanative hotelier t-e a
3)l('fell itt... vo 4 Or, -toikerh'
I3.a; 50;,ws, J 7'4Ni
II' OSj lt.-.eil. - 77. .--..I.nnntrf ?AI 1w
Ket firmer n I olV Ii icl.ei; ea'reiue laniM
f le.i ta3cSi, with bilk a' -3iM4(
Hli.fc.I:e".t-ia; hnli.me ta 61. Mar
. t ar-.ily; OH'tv- ma-'o , UVerVKlueyJ to iM
I-iuiHl-. -k. :.t ;tf.,i o.
Iini.-Iteii M.ir.
How mm7 children and women are
slowly and inrely dying, or rather bein
kil!e-l, by exce-ive d. cti.ring, or the daily
u-e of mine dru or druoken stuff called
medicine, that no one fcno.vs what i ia
mad- of, who can easily aj cured and saved
by Hop h fers. madeof Hr Vi.t-h,, Mr-
drake, Dardelion, et which ia ' pore,
Monde and harrnles that the mo-t frail
woman, weal e-t invalid or millet child
can trust in thera Will vou be saved by
them? Fe-other column.
i -i- i-n
Lt Friday Mr. Hugh Mathers, who h distribution of the Senate ofScea aiaong hia I fiU the UrkVi. weU ia the dead SZZ&T"17 U F ' ' " - - "
UteI7coietoBuaercouny.fromthet, supporters. i Sbth er &i
. ti.4i,0Ou