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LOCAL OPTION HILL.
sAN FRANCISCO. Chi, March 21.-Tlo Gov
ertor Inns approved tho Local Option Liquor
bill.
Tho grocers Of this city arc organizing to op-
pose tho wonlen'a temperance movement. Thus
far tloy have kept their measures secret
, 1874-03-23
Assessment OF Iknalwny Property in
HllATtl.

From Tho BHrfin0ton {fon.t> Hack Eye Narch 10.
railway property in this State for this year as
recently made ly the Executive Couuci and also
the gross earnings per ue, 80 fur al reported:
fsrnss tar,t,urs lrflusf;on
, 1874-03-23

. ELSEWHERE,


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Al, EpNr WAYNE, I'M, alarch 2l;-ihla morning
the FINANCE Committoo Of tho latEleH started out
! 70 Ta.se fuilua 70 10 iiacd II prosecuting tho
| Vlolators Ut tlo liauor law. 1hoy met ne w VITA u1-
o1Pac.eu success tol, nlon pioaelhg sto99 oaoi,,
~ Iii 70 ~ ca.d IN 'nstn'diets iuaa q 9louooo
wl no raisoa from at appoas ances. Inc "omon
sntoo'Aoehers saa pnyslolnse, afaggis.s e.lzons.
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suua t suseoes Win holio poaRos' Dns no aadl-
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ths afternoon at tl,o J1uora Hn,,sc mi wna nro.
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nf thc a','Ircsscs woa ~ o1hortot;nn ond ,,nanj
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Tho bunneaa nrr1menfa raised in favor ~ lin
, 1874-03-23

Tho Executive Council having overlooked tho
provision Of law which requires tle officers of
railway comnanlos to nako n sworn atatumont Of
valuation had to bo lafed entirely. or nearly 10,
upon groea oarni1gs. Tho valuation III tho ar
gregato ard Of nearly alt tho lncs Individually,
~ Gomowl'at Increased over that Of last year.
Thua tho burlington & Missouri Niyor Nailroad,
valued Inst year ut S0,800 per lni!o, 10 this
year incroased to $4,000 por mio,-n little oyer
10 per cent. Tho Chicago, Rock 1sand
l. paoitc. which vas astoaBcd lust yoar
at s8,so0 per milo is this yoar laiscd to
4l0, 800 ror milo,-an increase OF II per cent.
Tho Chicago Il Northwestern, assoaset laat yaar
at $500 por mile, is Increased this yepr to $l0-
800 per milc-oquiyalont to 81 por cont Tho
Burlington, Cedar Rapids l. Minnesota IL Az
sessed At 93,800 per mile, tho Hnsna as lust year
Tho minor roads aro Ravolal OF thom Increased
20 por cont. Tho ontiro ncreaso Of taxes from,
thia increased valuation will probably reaoh
$20, 600 or $50, 600.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-08
Ladders.

Among the implements needed on every farm,
is a good supply of ladder 4 long ladder is al
ways necessary to reach the top of building in
case of fire. shorter ladder for roofs and the
walls of buildings is also necessary. ladder
five or six feet in height is often convenient for
fruit trees. One can hardly do without these
three ladders; but there is one other ladder
and especially in gathering fruit. 1t consists of
two ladders put together like the rafters of a
building. 1t may have small platform on the
top, which any ordinary mechanic can make, on
which a person can stand for the purpose of
gathering fruit, grating, or any other kind of
work requiring snch an elevation. Now let q
light piece of wood be attached by pin to each
side of the platform, as to keep the ladder
from falling sideways, and it is complete. Such
a ladder will last n great many years, and be of
as much real use as any other article on the
farm as a labor-saving continuance. We believe
that whoever makes such an implement will he
in the same situation as the man who. after
twenty years of farming, bought grindstone,
and wondered why he had never had one before.
We may safely set it down as good rule, that
in farming il is good economy to provide our
selves with such tools as will lessen our labor in
the various operations of the farm. Who would
think nowadays of raising two hundred bush
els of corn and then Smelling it ont on fire.
shovel, as our fathers and farmers boys often did
half century ago. A cOrn-sheller can be bought
for few dollars that will perform the labor of
several men by the old mode of operation, and n
man would save his time by working ont at days
labor saving wood till he had acquired money
enough to buy one. Ingenieus farmers and
mechanics are constantly at work devising new
and improved methods of carrying on our far
ming operations, and we always hail with plea
sure every real improvement.-HaiReF Farmer.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-08
An Old Church.

On the morning of Thanksgiving Day the
Springfield (Aiass.) Republican contained the fol-
lowing paragraph: ''No church in all this re-
gion, and but two or three in the commonwealth,
have witnessed many Thenksgivings rs the
old church at LOngmeadow. The bell which
summons that people to worship to-day was first
rung for Thanksgiving more than hundred
years ago, though Iecast in 1885, after being
cracked with excessive ringing for the peace that
followed the war of 1872; and the walls which
will soon echo the voice of praise in response TO
the Governors proclamation of 1873 were reared
in season to respond to that of 1767. The pull
pit from which the present pastor delivers to day
his twenty-second Thanksgiving sermon is not.
however, the desk from which Williams and
Storrs discoursed on like occasions. but was
erected in 1928, and first occupied by DIR. Dickn-
son; who was succeeded by Condit, Bugbes and
Woleott, and by Rev. j. W. Harding in 1850
The galleries. also, were reconstructed in 1925 at
which time the original square pews and 'dea-
cons seat below gave place to the present slips,
which have remained unchanged, while about ali
their first occupants have passed away. But the
same pillars that support the choir and organ of
to-day did like service for the singers who took
the keynote for their Thanksgiving anthem from
the chorister's 'pitch-pipe' in 176s. The good
people of Longmeadsw have invariably kept the
Pilgrim feast-day at church, well as at home,
and n special interest attaches to the present
service from its being probably their last Thanks
giving in the old church as il is"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-08
fer the farmer.
THE CARE OF TOOLS.

recent ifsne of that excellent agricultural
Journal, the Prairie Farmer, contains the fol-
lowing suggestions which farmers may consider
with advantage:
All tools require TO lie kept in dry, and If
practicable. tolerably warm place. Moisture
canses the decay of wood and the rusting Of met
ais Freezing causes injury to wood by expand
ing the pores where the moisture is concealed.
Ia most respects the upper, rather than the
lower part of building is the best place 10
store tools. In the first place they complete
~ out OF the way, do not require to he moved
about, and are less liable to accidents. The barn
t1o0r IS not the best place in the barn to store
implements They are in the way there. Men
ana boys are liable to stumble over them, and II
cattle and horses break loose in the night dOub-
lie damage is liable TO be done. Dirt of every
kind collects ON the baru floor and more or less
OF lt viii lind its way into the journals Of ma
chime, or will adhere to all kinds of surfaces.
The friction Occasioned by removing hay and
straw that has fallen painted surfaces will
give them an unsightly appearance
In many respects seaffOld at the end OF
barn is better place for tools than is the ground
floor. All things considered, a place near the
roof makes the best depository. There they oc-
cupy no room available for other purposes, and
there the temperature will ordinarily be found
TO be the warmest. Farmers might take the
hint from carriage makers, who SO often put their
choice materials on supports in the tops of their
shops, partially for convenience in getting them
ont of the way, and partly because of the uneven
temperature. painted surface will come out
in the spring in the best possible condition if the
article is inverted when putting it away. All
the dust and grit fall the side that is less
spcuOus and the least exposed to wear when the
article is in use. This suggestion will apply TO
plows, harrows and cultivators, well to
more costly implements.
All iron and steel surfaces should be clean aud
free from rust when they are put away, for rust
seems to encourage further rusting, a minute
spot will spread to much larger dimensions.
Petroleum, hogs lard or fat of almost any kind
will afford protection against rusting by keep
ing away the moisture and air. coating of
these substances can be much easier removed in
the spring. than a coating of rust. Moving and
reaping machines should be taken apart and
thoroughly cleaned before putting away. All
the gummy substances should be removed from
the Journals by the of piece of hard wood,
| or other suitable substance that will leave
scratch and if the substance is unyielding it
should be softened by petroleum, naptla, or
spirits of turpentine. When this is done the
surface should be wiped dry with soft cloth
loose cotton, and then covered or rubbed with
nil
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-08
Nails, Nut., screws and Roi,..

One of the component parts of good farmer is
mechanical ingenuity. Some lose half day s
valuable time, for want of knowing how to re-
pair breakage, which an ingenious person
could do in five minutes. team and two or
three men are sometimes stopped whole day,
at critical season, for want of little mechani-
cal skill 1t is well for every farmer to have at
hand the facilities for repairing. In addition to
the more common tools, he should keep sup
ply of nails of different sizes, screws bolts and
nuts. Common cut nails are too brittle for re-
pairing implements, or for other similar pnr-
poses. Buy only the very best and anneai them,
and they will answer all the ordinary purposes of
the best wrought nails. To anneal them, all
that is necessary is to heat them red bot in a
common fire, aud cool gradually. Let them cool,
for instance, by remaining IN the hre While II
burns down and goes out. One such nail, well
clnched, will be worth half dozen unannealed
Nothing is more common than for farmer TO
visit the blacksmith shop to get broken or
lost bolt rivet inserted and often single nut
or bolt This must be paid for, and much time
Is lost. By providing supply OF bolts, nuts and
rivets, much time and trouble may be saved.
They may be purchased wholesale at low rate.
These should be kept in shallow boxes, with
compartments made for the purpose, furnished
with bow handle, for convenience in carrying
them One box, with dozen divisions, may be
appropriated TO nails of different sizes; and
another with as many compartments, to screws,
bolts, riyets, &c.
Every farmer should keep on hand supply of
copper wire, and small pieces of sheet copper or
copper straps Copper wire is better than an
heaied IRON wire; II is almost as flexible as
twlne, and may be bent and twisted as desired
ana IL VIII not rust. Copper straps uailt d across
oT around fracture or split in any wooden arti-
Gle, VIII strengthen it in thorough manner
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-08
now TO RESTORE TREES KILLED
BY FROST.

The following is taken from the report of n re-
cent meeting Of the Michigan fruit-growers at
Battle Creek:
In view of the fact that thousands of the fruit
trees, especially the peach, have been injured by
the severe cold of the present winter and that
many have been killed outright, it will be seen
that anything might Indicate practicable relief
from the loss that will fail npon this branch of
industry will be hailed with satisfaction. On
this subject, which was next taken up by the
society, the views of Mr.. Hartford, of Indiana,
were called out. He said that in the cold win
ter of 1856 he had au orchard of thrifty young
trees absolutely killed to the snow line, and of
course total loss far appearance indiea-
ted or experience suggested. Knowing, however.
that the trees had been vigorous and that their
roots must possess considerable power of re-
production, he proceeded to cut off their entire
top of every tree that had been killed, and left
nothing but unsightly stumps throughout the
orchard. The spring came on, advanced some
what he watched his stumps with anxiety |;
found that numerous buds started ont from these
stumps, put forth their shoots and made re-
markable growth, and in two years he had as
good and healthy an orchard as that which had
been cut Offby the frost. Since that time he had
frequently occasion TO treat other trees in a
similar manner, sometimes cutting off injured
branches only, and had almost uniformly had
ro6;i RESULTS. But it is necessary TO cut off the
iniure.i branches of frozen tops early posi-
BILE after tie snoG is gone and always before the
san has begun 20 ascG2d the tree. Other gentle
men express their opinion upon this very I'M
poTtant point To the argument that tins pro
cess would cut off the prese2t seasons product,
was answered that in orchards whose trees are
badly injured the crop of this year Is out OF the
question; often the orchard may be saved by a
timely application of the surgical knife, ana IN
two three years be in good condition as
before frozen. A true economy cannot fail TO
to indicate the course to be pursued.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-08
THE DRED SCOTT DECISION.
Nelson, story, fancy, stoweII.

From the New York Express.l
Here and there fingers strong prejudice against
Judge fancy for his decision in the bred Scott
case, and especially in New England, some of
whose citizens object to the proposed portrait of
the Chief Justice alongside that of Chase in the
Supreme Court room; but Judge Nelson, upon
whose memory SO many honors are being best0w-
ed, would have decided the same way. This
same Judge Nelson, in the United States Su-
preme Court, on the bred Scott case quoted a
very remarkable letter written by Judge Story
in 1923, relating to a analogous to that of
bred Scott. Judge Story was accustomed to
write at least once a year to Lord StOwell, send
ing him a copy of his judicial decisions, which
the latter reciprocated. At length case arose
in the English Court, (of which Lord StOwell was
Chief Jnstiee), where an Antigua slave was car
ried by his master to England for Temporary
residence, and was subsequently, taken hack TO
Antigua. He brought suit for his freedom, and
the Inferior Court decided against his right to
freedom. In the Appellate Court, Lord Stowell,
in behalf of majority of the court, affirmed the
Judgment below. Lord Stowell sent his decision
to Judge Story, who delayed replying long
that LorJl S. again wrote to him, expressing
greet at not receiving reply, and the hope that
their pleasant correspondence, of so many years
standing would not To these letters,
Judge Story replied as follows:
"SALEM, NEAR BosroS, September 2, 1923.
ITO Rt. Hon. VIM. Lord Stowell:
My LORD have the honor to acknowledge
last, the former of which reached me in the lat
ter part of spring, and the latter gnite recently.
have read, with great attention,
your Judgment in the from the Vice-Admir-
ality Court of Antigua. Unon the fullest consid-
Grafton which have been able to give the sub
ject, entirely concur in your views. II / had
been called to pronounce Judgment in like
| should certainly have arrived at the same re-
suit, though | might not have been able to pre-
sent the reasons which led to it in such striking
and convincing manner. 1t appears to me that
the decision is impregnable.
ain my native State, massachusetts, the state
of slavery is not recognized as legal, and yet if
slave should come hither and afterward return
to his own home, We should certainly think
that the local law would reattach upon him. and
that his servile character wOnld be refrigerated.
have had occasion to know that yOnr Judgment
has been extensively read in America, (where
questions of this nature not of unfrequent
discussion.) and never have heard of any other
opinion but that of appreciation of it expressed
among the profession of the law / Cannot but
thik that upon questions of this sort, as well rs
general maritime law, it were well if the common
LAWYERS had st,rdied little more extensively the
principles of public end civil law, and had look
ed beyond their own sal Jurisprudence.
% ] remain, with the highest res, ,o"t sour most
Obedient servant, JOSEPH STORY"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-08

/ Lave noticed several items in the UesterH
RHraI in regard to making rag carpets, and the
question seems to be, Does it pay, or does il
not pay" Mother and myself have been ma
king one lately, and think it economical to
make all our old rags into new carpet. Father
is very much opposed to our spending our time
in washing, cutting and sewing " those old rags
that are worth nothing, he says. Still we work
at them, for is it not much better to have nice
clean carpet our floor than to scrub, scrub,
scrub. and wear our lives away in SO doingi
1t is our duty to do all we can to prolong our
lives. True, it is hard work to sweep a carpet
but not harl in my opinion moppng a
floor. As for dust, there is dust where sweeping
is done any way, and carpet is very casily
cleaned, by having large pan of water stan
ding near by, and dipping the broom into il now
and then.
To sum it all up, I think each and every wife
and daughter that lives on farm should make
a carpet, for it pays! L. W.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-08
Msefal aud Curious.
Orthe OIs.yy.rIa Preverh.

=
Relating to agriculture, here are some which ap-
ply to this season Of the year. 1t may be neees-
sary to say to some that Advent, or the Advent
weeks, are the four weeks preceding Christmas
/. when the Advent weeks age dry the year
will be fruitful
2. "If December is cold and the snow abounds,
the farmer has faith that the crops of the COM
ing year will he abundant,
3. If the winter does not appear in December
aud January, it will come after Candlemas," I'D
of February.)
4. Fog in the Advent weeks makes apples
plenty"
5. "Grecn fields at Christmas-white fields at
Easter"
6. "WhO seeks the shade ut Christmas will
toast his toes at Easter"
The truth of the above will be generally adj
mitted, no doubt but there will be, probably
some rather severe criticism on the assertions
ana sentiments contained in the foilowing-per
haps 50 little paraphrastically and literally rem
dered:
z. "Horse reared ON hay,
Poor horse anyway;
Horse on oats fed,
Horse always ahead;
Maize feed in chief,
Good horse for beef;
Horse raised on straw,
Great horse for war;"
s."0ne should not too many daughters have,
Nor have to many vines;
Have little hope in else but work,
And doubtful faith in signs"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-08

SUBSTITUTE FOR HUMAN MIIK.-M. Dujardin-
Beaumitz's experiments with oatmeal as food
for children, in place of milk, reported in La
Metlicale, are of much interest. He made use of
a jelly prepared by soaking tablespoonful OF
the meal in a glass of water for twelve hours
then :straining through a sieve. boiling till the
whole assumes the consistence of jelly, and ad-
ding sugar or salt, according to taste. Analysis
shows that 100 grammes of the meal contain 81
grammes of water, rs of fatty matters, 62.5 of
starch 1879 of heterogeneous matter, Is of mineral
substances, and &c of cellulose, deXtrine, and
lnss. Its nutritious value, therefore, food for
children in regard to heterogeneous or plastic ele-
ments, and such respiratory" is analog-
Gus to that of human milk or cows milk; be-
sides these, it contains more iron than do most
of the ordinary articles of food. NJ. Bcaumitz
cites the fact that four newly born infants were
fed with the preparation referred to, and in
every case with satisfactory results.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-08
Thcrapcu,ieaI Value of Cabbage Leaves.

The Revue de In Therapeutique enumerates
some of the uses in which cabbage leaves proved
of special valne in disease. Among the uses
Thus specified, prominence is given to the pro-
perry this leaf possesses of exciting and augInen-
ting suppuratiOn of the secretisns, vesicles, and
pnstules. It. has removed Tissues in morbid
condition. This augmentation of suppuraton is
constantly followed by an amelioration and Of
ten by a cure-it is the condition necessary to
the result, and the property of the leaf which
determines this result is an Indirectly curative
property. But this property, according tn the
Revue, does not consist IN any principle which
the leaf yields for absorption, bnt rather in an
affinity which the leaf has for the Initiated secre-
tiOns. The leaf exercises this affinity on open
ulcers or ernst and also ON the thickenetl epder-
mis-, or where it is converted into thickened
rind like membranes. The cure of an ulcer by
these leaves, however widespread and long
standing it may be, is without danger, and re-
lapse is very rare.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-08
A Oueer specimeu.

Mr.. W. Lee, in describing the destruction Of
the Steamer Georgia, by fire, with about thirty
lives, mentions of the following incident:
An individual was pointed ont to us as among
the survivors. He was apparently about forty
years old, from Georgia. However that may be,
he was certainly much of stole. On orr inqui-
ring if he had lost any Of his family, he replied
''nO, nobody but my wife and a small gal"
allow many children had you, siri" "Seven in
ALL" "No, dad" said strapping boy of seven
teen, lyon had eight-there was Jim, and Dave,
and Sal, etc., etc" "Well, b'lieve you're right "
said the father, and we walked on.
On relating the circumstance in the cars as an
evidence of what we considered total destitu-
tion of sensibility, passenger remarked, "you
are mistaken, sir. He is man of very tender
feelings. While he was telling me about $780,
all IN IS gold pieces, that he had lost in the
Clerks hands. the big tears rolled down his
cheeks. He is not wanting in sensbility, if you
only touch him in the right place."
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-08
Anrr the Prc- lIa.en..

A new and determined fec of the "bretLren of
the mystic tie " has arisen in Illinois. This val
liant individual is no less personage than Pro-
fessor Blanchard, of Wheaton College. He has
been delivering free lcctures-we should think
no one would wish to pay for hearing them-in
which he goes for the 0r,ler right and left. He
first attacks its antiquity, and asserts that Ma
sonry was never heard of prior to l7l7. The
Professor claims that the first lodge was or
ganized in June of that year, in London pub
i.e IN, known as the Arperree Tavern; when
words was instituted" He closes his lectures
with the assertion that the institution is IRE
ligious and immoral, and that no good man
conld be or ever had been Mason" People gene
rally viii be inclined to smile at the ridiculous
ness of such arguments against an order that
embraces among its members some OF the best
men living, and which has certainly done more
TO alleviate human suffering than any other
agency ever devised by man.-Bsgaio Express.