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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

"THERE are forty-three girls in Quincy, Ill.
named Betsey; but still, what sweeter sound car
be heard at eventide than the old fashioned moth
er calling out in the old fashioned way: 'Betsey
if you don't get down off'n that fence I'll maui
We to deathrn
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

III 'ne ir any person you wish me 10 marry
somewhat of tyrant In his day. Marry the
devil, if you likew was the grutf reply. "No,
thank you, my dear, one husband Of the same
family is enough for me-"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

CARBoIIc acid is not only a cure but a preven-
tive of the painful eruptions caused by handling
poison Ivy. teaspoonful of the acid shouId be
put in half pint of boiling water, and a few
drops of this rubbed on the hands and face he
fore touching the vines.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

GET vines well growing with a rich soil for tho
long winter Madeira vine aud Cobea Scandens
wiiAli wei cared for, be things of beauty ali
through the cherries and dreary season
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

patrick, yoa Ounce, why do You steal after
that rabbit, when Your gun has no lock ont 2"
Hush! hush, YOU spalpane-be jabers, the rab-
bit don't know it!n
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

CAIRO, Illinois, must be pretty hard place
An old farmer who had been badly swindled there
said OF it: If the Angel Gabriel happens to light
at Cairo, thereu be no resurrection, for they'll
swindle him out of his trumpet before he can
make a single tOOt"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

A WESTERN moralist seasonably remarks that
it is painful to hear an ungodly mau say ats as
hot as ginger" when you know that he doesn't
mean ginger at all.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

WHAT small boy does not envy the nerve of
the portly man who enters church, takes out n
big handkerchief and deliberately blows his nose
three times before sitting DOWN.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

FOUR YEAR-oLD, being asked by his mother
if he would like to have wings and be an angel,
replied, No, ma; I'd rather be hawk and live on
chickens"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

OLD GENT.-"Why don't you go to work, and
stop picking your nosef"
BoY-"lt's MY nose, amt itf and it's Fourth
of July, too. I'll pick thunder out of it, if I've
mind to-"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

al cannot bear children said Mrs Prim, dis
painfully. Mrs. Partipgton looked over her spec
tacles mildly, before she replied: Perhaps if you
could, You would like them better
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

No class of flowers yield more satisfactorv "a
turus for the care they require than b9Ihs
Lilies, Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissus, and Croeus
are the leading sorts.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

No lover Of flowers can afford to do without
the Zonale or round-leayed Geranium. it Is the
queen Of bedders..
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

DowN in Kentucky the traveller hears foud
husband say: "Come, darling, come in and get
dinner, or I'll smash your old ned head with
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

RUsrIc settees, brackets, baskets, terra Gotta
urns and statuary are most desirable adjuncts to
the decoration Of our surroundings
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

KANSAS paper states that woman out that
way is 50 strongly in favor of her rights that she
closes her prayer, "Awomen," and not Amen.
She soprays, MAY Thy queendom and kingdom
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

A YOUNG lady discarding an old lover, he
threatened to publish her letters to him.
"Do So" was the reply, 81 am only ashamed of
one part of them"
"What partr he enquired.
"The address," was the reply.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

MISSISSIPPI negro worked on shares but got
humn, because, said he, T" / worked for de
seventh, and We only made a fifth. cron short .
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17
KITTY, where's the irving nan ~

. KITTY, wbere's the Trying pan r
"JOhnny's got it, carting mud and clam-shels
up the alley, with a cat for horse"
"The dear little fellow, what a genius he'll
make-but go and get it. We're going to have
company, and must fry some fish for dinner"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

,, my LITER HEADS BILLHEADs. ENVELOPES.
nos lily STATENEST BLANKS and al such work
executed in the best ssyIe at the Cki.f nf5ee-
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

SIN not much for shtump spakiu,,p declared n
candidate at Dnnnque, Iowa, "b"t for honesty
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

A British biologist says whales have therheuma-
tism In damp weather.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17
SPECIAL NOTICE.

Communication or Mileage Tickets,
1T Three Cen per mile, for 500 1000 miles,
VIII be sold personal application to General Passen-
ger Agent They viii be good for three and six months,
respectively.
No halfre tickets will be sold except to children
der twelve years Of age
Excursion rates will not be granted. unless special
agreement Is made with General Passenger Agent
number Of tickets required, &c
CHAS. C. SMITH, W. T. WHITE,
Gent Superintendent, Gepp Pass Ag't,
jan74. AIcHIsoS, KANSAS
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

HONE rule-The broomstick.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-07-31
Exceptional Foods.

DIR. PAvY, in his work on Good and
Dletetics," devotes a chapter to the emu
meratlon of the exceptional animal foods
eaten in different parts of the globe. We
learn from 1t that almost every creature
living, however obnoxious, is, in some
country or other, esteemed dainty or a
useful article of diet. Spiders are eaten
by the Bushmen and inhabitants of New
Caledonia. GrasshOppers are eaten by
the Bushmen and Ute Indians. White
ants are highly relished by the natives of
Australia and the tribes along the banks
OF the ZOnga Bees are eaten by various
peoples. The Moors of West Barbary
consider the honeycomb filled with young
bees great delicacy. Several varieties
of moths are in favor with the Austria
lians; one species, called bugong, having
large and unctuOus bodies, is preferred
by them to any other article of food
Caterpillars were eaten by the ancient
Romans, and are still in favor with the
South Africans. Grubs of all kinds are
devoured by the Australians. The chry-
sails of the silkworm is food for the
Chinese.
Locusts are eaten in great quantities,
both fresh and sailed, by the Persians,
Egyptians, Arabians Bushmen, North
American Indians and others. They have
a strong vegetable taste-the flavor vary
ing with the plants On which they feed.
Dr. Livingstone thought them palatable
when roasted. Diodorus Siculus and
Ludolphus refer to a race of people in
Ethiopia who subsisted on locusts.
LudOlphus remarks: "For it is very
sweet and wholesome sort of diet, by
means of which a certain Portuguese gar
rison in India that was ready to yield for
want of provision held out until it was
relieved another way" Madden states
in his "Travels": " The Arabs make sort
of bread of locusts. They dry them and
grind them to powder, then mix this pow
der with water, forming them into round
cakes which serve for bread" Snails in
Europe and slugs in China have a repu-
tation as delicate articles of nutriment.
Lizards, snakes, frogs, dogs, cats, mice
and birds'-nests are eaten by the Chinese.
Toads are eaten by the South Africans,
and large frog called matta-metto,
which when cooked looks like chicken.
Sea-urchins are much sought after as food
in different parts of Europe, and sea-cu-
cumbers are eaten by the inhabitants OF
China and the South-Sea Islands.
A tribe of Ottomacs on the Rio Negro
subsist principally during the rainy sea-
son upon fat, unctuous clay found in
their district. The Japanese also eat this
clay, made into thin cakes, called tana-
ampo. Gutenberg found that the clay
consisted chiefly of the remains of fresh
water animals and plants of microscopic
size. A kind of earth known as bread
meal is still largely eaten in Northern
Europe; and a similar substance called
mountain-meal has been used in North
ern Germany in times of famine. Va
rious tribes of Africa eat clay in the in
tervals between their meals, preferring
that which is taken from ant-hills. The
inhabitants of various countries are adj
dicted to the use of clay-the natives of
Australia being VIGOROUSLY so.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-07-31
Motive Power on the Farm.

THIS question is largely governed by
circumstances Where there is much
work and large amount of power en-
ployed the mule is the animal to use, as
he can be obtained cheaper, kept cheap
er, and is much longer lived than either
the horse or the OK; beside, he is tougher,
less liable to injury and disease, and has
more work in him where endurance is
the test. He is therefore the animal for
the farm where economy is considered.
Hence, where farming is largely carried
On the mule is not only the animal
wanted but he is by far the most profit
able.
A horse team, if good one, as it
should be, will cost, say $500. 1t will
last if properly used, say twenty yea. s.
Divide the $500 by twenty and we have
$15 yearly for wear. The interest of
$500 is $21 per year. The keeping of
team, grain $40, hay $120; total, 1926 per
year. Deducting $26 for the manure,
there will be left 5000 yearly expense
for horse team.
A mule can be raised or purchased at
a less cost-shall we say one-third less?
making the wear but So year (reckon-
ing the service forty years, double that
of the horse), interest $14, expense of
feeding, say, grain $50, other fodder $50,
in all amounting to $149 year-a diff
ference annually of $50, or one-fourth.
And yet the same amount of work, if
not more, is performed. This for one
team, which in the course of mans
average lifetime on the farm will amount
to nice sum. Where large force is
employed, the advantages of using mule
power will show in large figures.
The question here comes up pertinent
ly whether a horse or mule team should
be employed where but one is needed.
There are those who take pride in a
mule team, even for the carriage, and
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-07-31
Reptile Hunting in Arkansas.

THE most relentless industry of the
Springs is the capture of tarantulas and
centipedes to sell to visitors. The taran-
lula is horrible hairy spider, immense
in size and very poisonous. The cent?
pede is long worm with innumerable
horned feet. The bite of full grown
tarantula is dangerous, while that of the
centipede is painful. Neither will at
tack man, but, on the contrary, will get
out of the way as rapidly as possible,
but each has disgusting habit of get
ting into houses and lurking in places
where they are liable to be trodden on
or clasped unawares in the fingers, in
which event they are heard from. In
the Hot Springs vernacular they are
"trantlers" and "Santa Fes." The rep
tile hunter, carrying with him several
glass jars, explores the mountain sides,
turning over such stones as look promis-
ing, and when he finds Santa Fe" or
trantler" he drives it in the mouth of
the jar and closes it up. The reptiles
are killed, preserved in alcohol and sold
to visitors. The prices fiuctuate, as
matter of course. The holder will ask
an outrageous price and take what he
can get. | have seen an average speci-
men of the centipede sold for Sc. When
[ first went to the Springs tarantulas
were high, fair specimen being worth
So; but afterward | saw them go beg
ging at the shameful figure of fifty cents
each. At the latter rates even the poorest
Of men could afford to have a tarantula,
but it's rough on the dealer. The num-
Der of specimens offered for sale gives an
impression that the country swarms with
these poisonous reptiles. But the fact
is they are far from abundant, and the
industrious hunters keep the country
we'll cleaned | think | travelled about
1 900 miles in the vain endeavOr to get
centipede or tarantula from first hands.
/ did see little centipede one day, about
two inches in length, but it got away.
While sitting on the piazza of the Cen
trail one evening, | saw something black
and apparently about the size of a two
weeks-old chicken run across the road
and under the dresses of a couple of
ladies who were walking along. There
was succession of shrieks, but the two
ladies were game, and picking up stones
they soon spoiled as fine a specimen OF
tarantula as | ever saw. 1t was very
Likewise Mr. Joseph T. Long, who had
room DIT MAJ. UdlneS Oh VIC I'LL, hdo
tarantula adventure. He was awakened
one night from a sweet dream of peace
by female Shrieks and cries for help from
an adjoining room. Mr.. Long flew to the
rescue, and in the moonlight saw the
CHASTITY form of an immense tarantula
up the wall. He stabbed at it
with a poker, chased it into corner,
and finally slew it, earning the everlast-
ing gratitude of the lady.-Cor INDIAN
dp0lis Herald.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-07-31
The Leisure Time of Boys.

WE would suggest to the many par
ents who are perpleXed with the difficulty
of finding the wherewithal to amuse and
interest their boys, to give their lads
every possible opportunity of acquiring
q mechanical trade. The industry and
ingenuity of a boy of average ability may
easily be made to furnish him with a
neverfailing source of amusement of the
best order. The boy who can produce
or make something already begins to
feel that he is somebody in the world,
that achievement of result is not re-
ward reserved for grown people only.
And the education of mind, eye and
hand, which the use of tools and mechan-
ical appliances furnishes, is of great
and real value, beyond the good result
ing from the occupation of leisure time.
Having nothing to do is as great snare
to the young as it is to the full grown;
and no greater benefits can be conferred
on youths than to teach them to convert
time now wasted, and often worse than
wasted, into pleasant means of recrea-
tion and mental improvement. The boy
whose time and mind are now occupied
with marbles and kites may be Watt,
Morse, or Bessemer in embryo; and
it is certainly an easy matter to turn
his thoughts and musings into chan
mel which shall give full scope to his
faculties. And to most boys the
use of mechanical tools is the most fas-
cinating of all occupations. AS logic
and mathematics have a value beyond
accuracy in argument and the correct So
luton of problems, in that they teach
men the habit of using their rejecting
powers Systematically, so carpentry,
turning and other arts are of high i'm
portance. These occupations teach boys
to think, to proceed from initial causes
to results, and not only to understand
the nature and duty of the mechanical
powers, but to observe their effects, and
to acquire knowledge by actual expert
ence, which is the best way of learning
anything. All the theories culled out of
books leave an impress on the mind and
memory which is slight compared to that
of the practical experience of the true
mechanic. Our advice is, to all who
have the great responsibility of the
charge Of boys Give them lathe, OF a
set of carpenters or even blacksmith's
tools Give their mind turn toward
the solid and useful side of life. You
will soon see the result in increased ac-
tivity of their thinking capabilities and
the direction of their ideas toward prac-
teal results; and, still more obviously.
in the avoidance of idle mischief and
nonsense Ito omit all reference to abso-
lutte wickedness and moral degradation,
which are, to too great an extent, the
pastime Of the generation which is to
succeed us.-Scae1atifc american.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-07-31
PIOWing Orchards Shallow.

If the land is plowed near large fruit
trees the piow should be adjusted to run
only few inches deep. The most plausi-
BILE argument that can be advanced
against the practice of blowing the
ground around fruit trees of any kind is
the fact that every tree will send out a
system of coronal roots just beneath the
surface of the soil, which will again
throw out branch rootlets in a horizontal
direction, all of which will continue to
multiply until the entire surface of the
ground is completely occupied with open
mouths of hungry rootlets, ready to
drink in the first supply of nourishment
that is dissolved by the falling showers.
1t is as much legitimate habit of fruit
tree to provide close network of roots
near the surface of the ground as it is to
send other roots downward into the
earth. Every fruit tree, most deciduous
ornamental and timber trees, as we'll as
evergreens of all kinds, when growing
on dry upland, will send down a long
tap-root, for the purpose of reaching
moisture to supply the growing branches
during a dry period in the growing sea-
son. Let the tap-root be removed, and
the tree will make but slow growth, be-
cause it's habit has been interfered with.
The same is true touching the upper
system of coronal or secondary roots near
the surface of the ground These are
what are properly called the feeders of
the parent stem They should not be
mutilated nor removed, as they usually
are cut off and torn away by the pillow.
All vegetation should be kept down
around fruit trees as far from the body
as the extremity of the longest branches,
by hoeing the surface over frequently or
by the application of few inches in
depth at mulch. Fruit trees may bear
well when every coronal root has been
removed with the pillow; but if those
roots had not been removed the crop of
fruit would have been more abundant
Neao York PAPER.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-07-31
The Onion MaggOt.

The maggot is the onion growers
worst foe, and those who endeavor to
crush the power of an enemy before it
becomes troublesome are wiser than
those who endeavor to put stop to its
progress after it has become formidable.
1t is generally admitted that the maggot
is the onion fly in its larval state, or in
its first stage after leaving the egg. 1t is
in this stage of it's existence, and no
other, that it can-be styled an insect in
furious to vegetation; and If we can de-
stroy the eggs, Or prevent their being de-
posted in the onion fields, we are at
once rid of the enemy
Having noticed some of the habits of
the onion fly, am inclined to the opinion
that they select, as far as possible, par
TALLY decOmposed onion tops in which to
deposit their eggs When onion tops
and solutions are allowed to decay upon
the surface of the ground, in process of
time they become natural breeding bed
and attract flies from the surrounding
country in larger numbers than can be
accommodated by those beds. They next
attack the weaker plants, and sometimes
those which are making strong, luxurl-
ant growth, to puncture and deposit their
eggs in the stalk If the weather is
warm these eggs hatch in few days,
and the maggots commence their depre-
dations upon the crop.
1t has been my own practice to care
fully turn under all refuse matter upon
the onion field late in the autumn, dress
literally with well-fined manure, leaving
it upon the surface exposed to the anne
liorating influence of the winters frost
and the drenching rains of springtime;
sow early in thoroughly pulverized
ground, and attend carefully to the after
culture. With this treatment the crop
usually gets an early start, makes Wig
orous growth, and is able to withstand
all attacks of the enemy or changes in the
weather. think damage by the maggot
in this vicinity would not amount to 3
per cent. of the crop in the most unfavor-
able years.-Cor Nec England Farmer.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-07-31

good, active mules make fine appear
ance. The mule can be obtained actiVe
enough, docile, of a good dlsposltloh,
affectionate even, and intelligent. see
no reason why it should not DE more
preferred. A good mule is more rellaple
than the horse, endures more, recuper-
ates sooner from fatigue and exhaustion,
is less liable to hurts, is sure-1ooteo,
good walker, patient, with other deslra
bic qualities. There are those that,
through bad lineage and bad treatment,
are vicious. Some of them are
breachy," stubborn, dininutlve, with
other undesirable qualities. bad mule
and an inferior horse are not wanted on
farm.
There is prejudice against the mule
that is not entertained by those who
know the animal best. 1t is through 1g-
norance that this prejudice or repug-
nance exists, and it is at loss to the
farmer. What is clear is, that we need
more OF these hybrids to do our work.
The South and West are already sup
piled, and the North and East will find
1t for their interest to use this animal.
My remarks have been made on the score
OF economy mostly. For show and read
mess, but principally from association,
the horse will be used by our Northern
and Eastern farmers who are well to do
and need but single team to work their
small farms; or if heavier force is re-
CURED, the favorite carriage team is not
likely to be dispensed with or replaced
by pair of hybrids, even if rivals of the
horses or superior to them in size, APP
pearance and trustworthiness The horse
can never be wholly displaced.
AS to the OK team, it can hardly be
said to be a competitor. Cheapness is
it's recommendation. The yoke and
chain are it's harness Its keep COM
pares favorably with both the horse and
mule; and so it's original cost 1t is
handy, always in harness, always ready;
and, if a good heavy pair, is fitted for
heavy work, such as blowing sod doing
the work here of three ordinary horses],
hauling heavy loads, etc. But it's years
of labor are comparatively few. It's car
cass, however, can be turned off to adj
vantage. But cattle, whether oxen, bulls
or cows, will never supplant the mule or
the horse. The little advantage they
afford is exceptional-Cr. Country Gen.
tLenlG1,
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-07-31
CorSetS.

ABOUT the middle of the tenth century
there came up terrible and cruel corset
called c0ttes hdrdGes. These were stiffened
with steel and clasped with brass or gold.
We know very well from the pictures of
that period what intensely small waists
were produced, and what stiffness of
figure. The French words corps and SER
res Ito tighten), which seem to have sug-
gested the word corset, could not have
better expressed this article of dress. We
do not know how many women died of
these corsets-probably more than have
ever died of broken heart. Men as
we'll as women wore the horrible things
One lady of rank is described as wearing
a splendid girdle of beaten gold about
her middle small" Chaucer describes
one of his beauties as being small as a
weasel and upright as bolt" which does
not suggest very pleasing image of fe-
male loneliness to the modern mind
Applet0ns Journal