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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-04

Give children an abundance of outdoor exer.
else. fun and frolic; make them regular in their
ii:bits, and feed them only upon plain DOurish
ing fouS and they will seldom complain of lack
of appetite. But keep them overtasked in school,
confined closely ~ the house the rest of the time
frowning down every attempt to Play feed them
upon rich or high seasoned food, candies, nuts
etc, allow them to eat late in the evening, and
you need not expect them to have good appetite.
On the contrary, they will be pale, weak, and
sickly.
Don't cram them with food when they don't
want, or have no appetite for it-such a course is
slow murder. IL they have appetites, encOur-
age and if need be command them to take exer-
else in the open air. Dout allow them to study
too much, and especially keep them from read
ing the exciting light literature which 30 much
abounds in our book stores and circulating libra
ries. In addition to securing exercise for the
children as abnve, change their diet somewhat /;
especially if they have been eating fine -four,
change to coarse or Graham flour; sickness is the
most expensive thing ON the face of the globe.
There may be instances where it makes people
or children better, but generally il makes them
selfish, sad, misanthropc, nervous, mean, and
miserable. The best way to make children hap
py and good is to keep them well.-Bosfon Jour
nal Of Chemistry.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-04
Smut i'm Wheat.

In a late number of the Prairie Farmer some
inquiry was made as to whether lime is a pre-
ventive against smut in wheat. Ny experience
tells me that lime of itself wonld be of little use
were it not combined with a solution of salt l
will give my method of preventing smut, which
has never failed:
Save as much chamber-lye as will thoroughly
saturate the quantity Of wheat You NAV wish to
SOW, then for every ten bushels of wheat add two
ounces of arsenic dissolved in rain water, spread
the wheat on level floor, then take broom and
dip IT 10 the MIXTURE shaking it over the wheat
unit! there Is sufficient 10 wet the whole. Shovel
it over once or twice. until you are satisfied il is
all soaked alike, then sift over it thin coat of
tine slaked lime; shovel over until the lime ad-
heres to all the wheat alike. When it is ready
for sowing, should there be occasion to wash the
wheat in salt brine for the purpose of cleaning
1t, the dissolved arsenic may be added to a small
quantity of chamber I've and applied as above,
after the salt brine has been thoroughly drained.
Do not let the picked heat remain in the bags
over night. i have tried this several times and
have found it to accomplish the desired effect in
all cases.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-04
for the farmer.
Cn.TSG COIN FoDpER.

Thu .asson will soon he here when farmers VIII
bava n, emf and secure the crops of corn cas- for
fodder. Formerly, when labor was aDur danti
we fourd il most convenient to employ nand Ia
hor usiua the common corn cutter. These re-
1919 ~ eourse. apply to corn s0wn in thick
drills rs no good manager ever sows broadcast.
Sametimea Wa have found hand who, by the
skillfnl use Of . stiff seythe, would NOW rapidly,
and Law the crop IS regular as if cut with crz-
die. After cutting, it wss allowed 20 dry on the
groupd two or three days IL the weather permit
led and then bound in bundles aud placed In
shocks We are satisfied it is quite as well 20
bind il up at once. For even several weeks
driving has proved insufficient In any case to
rspel water sufficiently from the stalks to pre-
vent beating in the stack. This beating has
always proved the great difficulty, and is obvist-
ed In varions ways, such as making large, upright
and firm shocks, to remain in the field till win
ter; by spreading the untried fodder on poles
under sheds, and throughout barns; or BY max
ing small stacks with three rails placed vertically
in the middle to form venfilsting chimney.
The Cornf'y Geafismazrecommends, the present
season of scarce labor, that farmers Cut their
fodder with moving machines, placed so as to
run sufficiently high for this purpose. ami then
gather it with horse rake, like common hay. II
the corn has been sown at the rate of three bnsb-
els per acre. as il should have been, the stalks
will be fine enough to admit of thus being raked.
II may then be pitched and drawn like hay, and
built into small stacks with yentilating openings
in the centre. This ventilation may be effected
by placing the three rails as already mentioned,
or By the common practice of building around a
barrel placed in the centre, which is drawn up,
as the building of the stack progresses, by means
of handle or rope across its top. There will be
one advantage in stacking the stalks in this way,
viz. the irregular and pronbiscuous way in which
they cross each other will prevent that close set
thing and solidity which takes place when sown
fodder 10 tied in bundles aud lying parallel.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-04
Mseful aud Curious.


Green Gers BecspeSs
We gather from an exchange few timely re-
cipes for eookin green corn.
GREEN CORN PiE.-Prepare as above, and bake
with short under-crust-no top crust. Ii pre-
ferred, six eggs may be used to eight long ears {;
but most persons would like it better with but
four, as then the tasts of the corn predominates.
SUccorAsH. OR BEANS AND coRs.-This is de-
servedly q favorite country dish. Sweet corn
and lima beans make the epicure's suecotash, but
string beans are commonly used. strip on the
husks and silks from dozen ears OF sweet corn
and cut the grains of the cobs. II the corn Is
not very tender, chop IS for green corn pudding.
String quart Of green beans, and chop them
into half-inch lengths Put the corn and beans
together into quart of cold water or milk, cover
them close, and boil gently until done. Usual
time, threeqnarters of an hour. but it is safest
to test them. A few minutes before taking on
the fire. butter and salt and pepper to taste. Stir
well together, let il boil up then take the succo-
tash out in q dish with as much of the liquid as
may be desired. In place of butter, half pound
of nice corned fat pork may be boiled with the
beans aud corn. The pork should be first cnt in
very thin slices, and no additional salt will be
required
To BOIL GREEN coRN.-Trim off all the husks,
and put the ears into boiling water, with a table
spoonful of salt to q dozen ears. If the fire is
brisk, tender corn will be done in fifteen or
twenty minutes, otherwise in half an hour.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-04

A housekeeper asks how she is to keep grapes
for winter use so that they preserve their plump
ness and flavor. We answer that it cannot be
done so far as we know. We have tried several
modes, nearly all that we have seen recommend
ell, as well as some of our own suggesting. We
have never succeeded, and have not personally
known any one who has. Indeed, we ca scarce
~ see its desirableuess. We wOnld soon get tired
of having grapes so much out of season, when we
have other fruits which are then liked better, in
season.
Grapes can be kept easily through November,
and that is long enough. Concords, Isabellas
ard Catawbas are sent from the west and north
west in boxes like those in which raisons are
packed. and are received in the finest condition
up to the first of November. They admit of he
ing packed quite firmly, and are seldom if ever
bruised in transportation. They retain much of
their flavor, sufficiently 50 to satisfy most per-
sons no desire grapes in the last of October and
November.
We know of no better plan than this, unless
they are loosely packed in boxes OF casks, and
placed in cool cellar.-GeTmdRtorn TELEGRAPH.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-04

THIS story comes from Maine. man in Port
land married widow. She had fashion, which
is too common among ladies who have buried a
man, of giving him glowing accounts Of the an
gelic virtues of the dear departed. As prohibit
tory law is in force in Maine. he could not drown
his sorrows in liquor, so he neryed his soul TO
take a terrible revenge. One night when his
wife was sleeping soundly, perhaps dreaming of
the first" victim of her charms he arose from
his bed, took sledge-hsmmer, and deliberately
raising il to his shoulders, he marched to the
graveyard, aud smashed the tombstone of his
dead rival into little bits. Now, when his wife
says anything about the virtues of the dead man,
he replies: at may be all very trne, old gal; but
he can't smash my tombstone. There's where
I'm ahead"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-04
Singular PLr..mes.s-N.I, Mill.

The attention Of the reporter was yesterday
called 10 one OF the most remarkable fr.aks Of
nature ever exhibited. Nothing less than a wori-.
ing mule that daily gives gallon of milk. The
practical truth was demonstrated on the publie
square yesterday, in the presence of medical men.
the reporter aud other witnesses The mule H.
only three years old, and has been working daily
IN an express wagon and is stabbed at night. The
theory OF intimacy with colt OF other sucking
animal Is denied in the statement of the owner
OF the animal that none such have been with the
mule. Two families in McGee's Addition an,
daily supplied with the milk, and the singular
ed most wholesome, aud strangely effieacious in
cnTng infant cases of whooping cough. The
niiIk Is thin and sours soon after standing, and
Will yield little or no cream. The mule is DARK
wenIshsped, tame working animal, with no other
i;nrniar aaS and the case is regarded a most
si"Sais' anu pnzzhng one.-Kansas City Tiuss
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-04
planting s.r.wberrie. is die Rail-.

Many persons believe that spring is the hest
time TO plant strawberries; but the Ohio Farmer
seems to be Of different opinion. and gives the
following directions for fall planting:
when plants well set in the fall, they will
fruit the next season, as il is the fall growth OF
root which supports the alant for the next year .
fruiting. Go into your garden, to-day, and pull
mp a strawberry plant hich has fruited this sea-
son, and you will the old stocks of roots dead
and black, and from the crown of the root be-
meath set of new roots putting out; these must
make a good fall growth, yOu will get no con-
siderable crop of fruit next wear; and trans
planting DOW causes less jar in the natural
condition of the plant than if taken up at any
other period of the year.
"Choose for planting your runners that are
well rooted then on a clondy day proceed with
your work. Draw a line where yOu desire to
plant and mark place for the row; spread out
the roots evenly all sides; set in as to bring
the dirt well up TO the crown of the plant with
out covering it, and press the soil down firmly
with yonr hands around the plants. If the
weather should prove dry, water thoroughly TO
to soak the roots, often as the foliage shows
by its dropping appearance that water is neces-
sary.
Before the setting in of winter, cover the
entire surface of the ground, over the plants and
all, with litter Of sfaw other like material,
to keep the plants from the changes of freezing
and thawing, to which they would be exposed if
left on the surface where the sun and winds
would have full play upon them. This covering
should be removed in the spring. so as to let the
plants grow up without hindrance The fruit
binds are formed in the fall, and if these are in
jured during the exigencies of winter aud early
spring the crop Of fruit viii 1e lost.
Strawberries, like grapes, need generous
strong SOIL but not decidedly fiat, and especially
not recently staunched with green or raw ma
nure. If manure is needed, let it be fine, old.
well rotted compost, and let it be thoroughly
mixed with the soil, which soil is best TO be a
deep loan, though some varities, as the early
scarlet, viii flourish in sandy soils. moist soil
is always the best for Strawberries"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-04

young married friend tells this joke on him
self, perpetrated by little three year-old pride
of the family" She is the only pledge OF love
that has twined itself around the heart and af-
fectiOus of himself and wife.
A few evenings since, minister visited the
family and remained until after tea AT the la
bic the reverend visitor asked the blessing, and
the little one opened her eyes to the fullest ca
pacity in startled wonderment She could not
understand " hat had been done, and It was with
great persuasion that her mother could Keep her
quiet during the time they were at tne taole'
lister, for whom she had formed great friendship,
and said:
"What did you say at the table, before we CON-
meneed eatingT
aMr little darling, l thanked God for his good
ness in giving us to eat, so that we might grow
and be strong"
"Papa don't say that"
'What does your papa sayp
"Papa says, 'Godlemighty, what suppern"-
Loiceu Courier.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-04
CeurtinT Scene.


"Ab. snkel Won are sich slick gal Heigho"
aLa! amt yOu ashamed JonathanF
81 wish was a ribbin, SukeF
"Why for, heyP
"Cos, may be you'd tie me round that ere nice e
neck of yours, and should IKE 10 ne darheo II
shouldn't"
so. ia! there comes mother. Runf'
Ho.2-"Ah, Jonathan! heard somethin' about
you"
ayes. indeed, that did, and great many said
it, too"
aLa, now! what was it, Suker
80, dear! can't tell you" Turning away
her head.
80, la do now"
40, mol / can't"
40, yes, Sukep :,
"La, me, Jonathani you do poster body So"
"Well do please tell me, Suke."
"Well, / heard that-O, l can't tell you !"
"Ah, yes! come now, do" Taking her hand ]
dwell, didn't say it, but heard that
"Whatp Putting an arm around her waist. ]
40, don't squeeze me so. heard that-that-
turning her blue eyes full upon Jonathan's-that
you and were to be married, Jonathan"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-04
@nr Strip guok.
THE ASHES OF w1cKLRFK-

obedience 20 the orders Of the Council 2.
Richard Fleming Bishop q Lincoln 1eI ser5t -
dead carcassl 70 uner.ve him Accordingly 20 tutts5
worth they Sumner Go%nisss.y oG,s Gs.Dcsl
lei out n tse grave burn then TO ashes and cast them
into swim nashboring brook running hard BY Thus
sersn severn into the hey into the main
oessnssd thu. the ashes Of wcke are the emblem Of
h doctrine which is dispersed al the world over
Fuuzs Cksreh Histosyl
Zen when bis bones 70 dust were turn'd
His warnings filled their guilty ear.
They saw bis awful phantom near.
And sent their mandate forth;
-Go. tear the accused from the g1ye-
Scatter bis dust DER stream and vave-
Void be his place on earthl
They lay the channels secrets bare
Priesi-sannsr- srs narsA.rd 1sra
To aid Tho Goddess task.
They tear the relics from the shroza-
High springs TIE flames red gor-
Ansthena and curse ring loud
.Yon brook viii bear him 70 the dsep.
Cast out his poisonous clayt"
The scattered dust the menais Eft -
His ashes float away,
Der quiet mead. by green hillside.
.rf Swift hsstes TO Avons broader tide;
And Avon sweeps through vale and wood
And Severn. calm and free,
Floats downward on his lordiy vave.
Triumphant to the seal
Where doth our first reformer sleepi
Ask Of the wild waves-wheref
Search where the winds Of heaven my sweep
Seek his bright ashes thereI
where'er high Truths immortal light
Bursts the thick gloom Of Errors night
Where Reason wings her eagle fight
Where breathe Religions notes,
Where godlike Freedoms mighty voice
Bids the weak heart Of slayrs rejoice.
Where human worth home may claim,
Where genius rears an earthly fame.
Our first reformer's glorioas name,
Like hoiest music hoats-
The ehainiess waves Of oesan trace.
Follow the rushing river
Each altar makes HIS burial place.
Where wicklife lives foreveri
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-04

CELERY.-This is a very important period in
the celery crop. 1t is now growing, OF ought to
be, finely. There is no garden crop that requires
SO much attention, and now, particularly, it
shouldfeceive it. The soil in the trenches s6ould
be well stirred, and manure water applied anite
frequently. When the time for drawing the
ground TO the plants comes-aud some NAV he
large enough for that now-it should be done
very gradually, and the hands should have n
great deal to do with the work, in order that the
dirt may be put closely around the plants, and
the nose of the leader not covered mp.
1t Is useless TO attempt to raise good celery
without careful stirring of the soil before hill
ling; application of liquid manure; removal of
the dead foliage and all weeds; pniverizinr the
soil thoroughly when drawn TO The plants, and
placing closely about them with the hand.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-04
Chr fun of the CLING.
THE MILESTONE.

Along the road, two Irish lads
One Summers day were walking.
And all the while with laugh and grin,
IN lively strain were talking
Abort the fair-about the girls.
And who were best at dancing;
While at each pretty face they met.
Their eyes were brightly glancing
And 90 they strobe for many a mile.
And grew In time quite frisky:
And now and then, from LIP % LIP
They passed the darling whiskey.
At length, q mile-stSne. standing close
Beside the hedge, they saw:
And straightway up to Il they went
TO con Its letter. DER.
They read, and quickly dotted their hst.
With sorrow on each face
Then lightly stepped shove the sod,
And Turned 20 leave the place
asnske low. we're near the dead, " cried one;
ISIS crave well not be troublin';
An Cd nan suts 100, and
his nane Is Miles from Dubtn-
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-04

How TO Sow WINTER WHEAT.-Eariy sowing
has the prime advantage, that the seed can be
put IN deep enough to secure the roots against
the heaving Of frost in the time of winter bare
ground. 1t will also occupy the plants in getting
up 80 rs TO be protection against she Hessian fiy
in the fall, and by having good, sturdy roots, the
plants wall push ahead in the spring, and come
in ahead of the nudge. Early sown wheat shouId
always be put IN the lowest depth il will bear
and not duplicate the root crown; this on light
ground may I've as deep as two or three inches.
II You must SOW broadcast, never cover with
Two Es horse eultivator or light going plow.-Ohio
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-04

WAY down south, when paper was printed
on Ramage by an old darkey pressman named
Sam, the forms were always placed on the press
ant made ready for him; and so, with q we'll
trained negro roller-boy, the working of the pa
per progressed satisfactorily. But it happened
one day that Sam, who could not read, was
thrown entirely on his own resources He put
the form to press and pulled sheet; looked at
il intently; turned it round and turned it over /;
something was the matter; he looked again, felt
the tympan, held the sheet up to the light, and
looking over his spectaces at the grnning roller
boy, exclaimed, Look heah, boy why for yer
don't 'stribit yer rollahf" The form was bottom
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-04

CORN WORM new plague has been discov
cred IN Illinois. The ElpasO Journal learns from
Mr.. Richard Assay that peculiar sort of worm
resembling maggot, is at work upon the corn
making great havoc. 1t attacks the roots, eats
them entirely away, the stocks and roots dry mn
and topple over. This worm has made its an
pearance IN several fields not far from town, In
vast numbers After destroying the roots of the
corn stalk it develops into q blackSbng with
wings. flies readily and finishes mp on such corn
as may have escaped the irst onslaught, by at
lacking the stock and eac. Mr.. Assays .mag-
got very mnch resembles the ordinary grub Of
the corn field.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-04

CORRESPONDENT of the Scientific American
says; The best remedy for bleeding at the nose,
as gwen by Dr. Gleason, in one of his lectures, is
vigorous motion of the jaws, as if in the act of
mastica:ion. In the case of child, wad of pa
per should be placed in its mouth and the child
instructed to chew it hard. Of course an admit
does not need the paper. Ii is the motion of the
jaws that stops the flow of blood. This remedy
Is so very simple that many will feel inclined to
laugh at it, but it has never been known to fail
in q single instance even in very severe cases
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-04
Attest, ELI SMITH, Cont. {"

Do They I" said Mrs. Darlington, as she took
mp the newspaper, and her eyes fell on the
heading-the Cattle Plague Bill. "well, don't
wcnder at it, for when I've been Eliminating in
the fields, which Cowper, the rural poet, says are
all in verdant plaid, I've had bulls and cows
a-following of me, and there's no DENYING that
them cattle is plaques, especially when out walk
ing, with nursemaid aud scared children a scream
ing in the perambulators, almost dead with
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-04

TOMATO HoNEY.-To each pound of tomatoes
allow the grated peel of lemon and six fresh
peach leaves; boil them slowly till they are ali
to pieces, then squeezs them through . bag (; to
each pound of liquid allow pound of sugar and
the Juice Of one lemon boil them together till
they become thick jelly; then put them into
glasses and lay double tisne paper over the ton.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-04

WANT to give simple remedy for felop.
Burn copperas on shovel until il is soft and can
be made fine. Then mix small quantity of X
with enough Of the yolk of an egg to make a
plaster: Only mix enough at once for one pIas-
Ter, as II soon becomes hard. Put a new one on
whenever it gets stiff, and the felon will soon
come TO an end: So many people suffer so long
with felons, think anything that will help 70
shorten their career ought to be known.-Cor.
Western RzrdL
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-04

A MAN in Washington County, New York, kick.
ed another man, and was arrested for so doing
When brought before justice of the peace, he in.
formed his honor that the man he had kicked was
a lightning rod man. The justice at once dis
charged him, with the remark: "The man who
wouldn't kick lightning rod man wherever be
nnos one is unfit TO enjoy the liberties for which
washington fought and Thomas Paine wrote.u
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-04

Rock ISLAND, Illinois, constable, rather
conscientious in his attempt to do his duty, was
lately left in doubt as to whether he had legally
served q subpoena He therefore made the fol-
lowing return on the back of the paper: Z" / exc
cuted this speeny by trying to read it to John
Mack, but no was drivin' cattle on horseback, and
run faster than could, and kept up such h-Il
OF holierin' don't know whether he heard or
not. This is the best could do, and don't know
whether the speeney is served according to law
or not
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-04

ONE OF the fruit dealers of Portland caught an
"a. stSiln s!eahng nuts, aud proceeded TO admins
Ter condign punishment The hov ha,rgad 10 he
released because he had just been vaccinated
from on Ires9 cow What has that to do with
II shouted the Infatuated fruit dealer. "Sbe
WIS hooking COW, aud it got into my blood
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-04

WHosEf-Dr. johnson being advis.I h., III
physician to exercise on an empty stomach va, us
Piled: "VeTy well. Whose empty stomach shall
exercise on !" So when Washington Terrific.
ry paper heads an article, "Send us Wives we
want to know whose wives we shall send.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-04

WITNESS, in describing certain events said !:
"The person saw at the head of the stairs was
a man with one eve named Jacob Wilkins y
what was the name of hisother eve :" spitefulIy
asked the opposing counsel. The witness was
disguised at the leYitY of the audience