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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19
An Episcopal DincuIry.

At one time during the late war our troop,
made q sweeping advance through Arkansas, and
under general Instructions, took possession OF
every prominent official of church or State and
sent him back under custody until his status
should be determined. Among the former was the
Right Rev. DR.. Lay, then missionary bishop OF
the Protestant Episcopal church for that jurisdc-
ton, and well known for his zeal aud efficient
iabors.
The rector of the little parish of Camden CON-
planned of frequent attacks made upon the discip-
line and polity of his church by Methodist
brother who was ministering to a large congre-
cation in the same place. The bishops Temporal
~ detention took place during q great revival
among the NethOdists, and was considered too
good thing to be lost. Accordingly, the pastor
of the flock announced it during evening meeting
thus: "You may not know, brethren how these
Episcopals git religion, so I'll tell you. They
have bishop come round about once year, and
the minister he sets 'em all up in row, and the
bishop fastens his hands down on to their heads,
and that's the way they do it; but" (making a
long pause) "they can't git religion now, for Old
Abes got their bShOp."
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19
HINTS FOR THE SEASON.

/. Manure should now be worked over, and
carted to the fields soon as possible. Add to
Your heaps everything that will make manure,
by cleaning ont every corner Of the yard, hog
pen, stable and hen house, as soon as the frosts
will allow. Rec0llect that every shovelful of
manure wasted is a loss TO your crops, and con-
sequently to your pocket.
ii. Obtain your seeds from some reliable
source, and be sure to get the best, for they are
always cheapest in the end. Farmers should ex-
change seeds, especially when their soils differ;
for change in seed is often of great benefit.
even Of the same variety. The seed raised, year
after year, Oh the same spot often produces in
ferior plants. Test yOur seeds by sowing few
in pan or flower pot, in good soil, and placing
them in a hot bed, or even in the sitting room or
kitchen. This precautiOn will often save both
loss of time and labor, and even a crop; for, if
the seed is bad, it should be thrown away.
III. Look to the feeding of your cattle. Work
ing oxen should be fed well and carefully, if you
would receive the full benefit of their labor.
How often oxen come ont in the spring utterly
unfit for work. through the carelessness of the
owners. 1t is better to begin working cattle
gradually. Give cows in calf good shelter, with
plenty of room, where they will not be disturbed.
Give all a change of food, such roots, grain,
mashes, etc. Cooked food is best and chapest.
". Begin to drain at an early day, or soon
as the ground is in a coddtiOn to work. Tile
makes the best and most permanent drains, and
is consequently the cheapest at last. Always
put the tile beneath the reach of frost. Clean
out all open drains; the muck taken from them
should be added to the manure heap. Drained
land can always be plowed much earlier than
that which is not drained, and the seed never
suffers from wet, which so often destroys it by
rotting.
v. Sheep need attention, especially breeding
ewes. Separate the latter from the flock. Feed
we'll; not too high, but sufficient to keep in good
condition. Early lambs may now be looked for,
and should be placed with their dams in good,
dry shelter.
VI. Select trees for planting in the orchard
cherries and apricOts as early as possible; do not
wait until the former has its bulbs swollen and
green. Set ont good number of the most choice
kinds of apples pears, cherries, peaches and
small frnits not forgetting grapes. Farmers and
their families relish good fruit, and deserve to
eat it, If there is a surplus, it will always bring
a good price in the cities. If you have an old
apple orchard of poor seedlings, graft it this
spring with the best roots, working the upper
branches FIRST, and the lower ones in subsequent
years.
VIII. Put your fences in repair lining them up.
See that your gates are all in order, and close
tight. Clean out briers and brush from fence
corners. Remove the stones from rocky ground.
The best use to put them to is to build fence.
We have seen dry stone fences, or those laid
without mortar, that were FIFTY years old, and
still in good repair.-Ohio Farmer.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19
Asefnl aud Curious.
PRESERVATION OF HARNESS AND
CARRIAGEs.

large portion of those who own harness and
carriages, either through ignorance OF careless
ness pay 50 little attention TO their preservation,
that ID few months they generally look soiled
and old If proper care is taken, this may be avoi-
ded. The principal difficulty results from allow
ing the mud to remain on for q long time or from
the manner in washing it of, aud we will give a
few hints about keeping harness and carriages
in good order.
Those who have the care of harness need not
be troubled to prevent it from getting wet, for
leather, if in good condition, is seldom injured
by water. Care should be taken, however, to
hang mp the harness, and not allow it to be
thrown into heap on the floor, to lie and monld
instead of drying off
The leather should be kept fairly oiled, but the
harness should first be taken apart and washed
with soft wafer, and the oil may be rubbed in
while the leather is moist, care being taken that
the application is thoroughly made. For this
purpose neats-fOot oil is considered the best. IL
the harness also needs backing, q little lamp
black should he continued until white cloth
may he used in wipiDg of the harness without
being soiled. Leather varnish should never be
used ON harness. In cleaning the plating, rot
ten stone or whiting may be nseti, but generally
an occasional rubbing off with WOODEN cloth
will be all that is necessary.
The first thing to remember in cleaning car
rage is that the mud which may accumulate is
not to he taken of by rubbing; If it is dry, (and
it should never be allowed to become so If 1t is
possible to prevent it), soak it well and let It
get soft, that by throwing on water II viii
run of. After the carriage has thus been
thoroughly rinscd off, and all the corners cleaned
out. the work may be finished With pail Of
clean cold water and good sponge; if the sponge
is not clean it will be likely to scratch the paint
After washing, a piece Of channels skin should
be used to rub all the paint and polished work
until it is thoroughly dry. 1t is hardly neees-
sary to say that no one who cares at all for n
nice looking carriage will ever leave dirt in the
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19

THE following is said to be the very best of
the numerous recipes for whitewashiDg: White
chalk is the best substitute for lime as wash.
very fine and brilliant whitewash preparation
of chalk is called the "Parls White" This We
buy at the paint store for three cents pound,
retail. For each sixteen pounds of Paris White
we procure half pound of the white transpar-
ent glue, costing twenty-five cents (ffty cents a
pound). The sixteen pounds of Paris White is
about as much as person will use in day. Ii
is prepared as follows: The glue is covered with
cold water at night, and in the morning is care
fully heated, without scorehing until dissolved.
The Paris White is stirred in with hot water to
give it the proper milky consistency for apply
ing to walls, and dissolved glue is then added
and thoroughly mixed. 1t is then applied with
a brush like the common lime whitewash Ex-
cept on very dark and smoky walls, single coat
is sufficient. 1t is nearly equal in brilliancy to
"zinc white" far mere expensive article.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19
Cheap Wash for BaiIdings.

Take clean, water-tight cask, and put into it
half bushel of lime. Slack it by pouring wa
ter over it boiling hot, and in sufficient guam
tity to it FIVE inches deep, and stir it brisk
~ till thoroughly slacFened. When the lime
has been slackened, dissolve it in water, and add
two pounds of snlphate of zinc and one of COM
mon salt. These will cause the wash to harden
and prevent it cracking, which gives an unscem-
~ appearance to the work. A beautiful cream
color may be given to the wash by adding three
pounds of yellow ochre; good pearl or lead
color by the addition of lump of iron black.
For fawn color add four pounds of lumber, one
pound of Indian red, and one pound common
lampblack. For stone color add two pounds of
raw umber and two pounds of lamp black. When
applied to the outside of houses and to fences it
is rendered more durable by adding about pint
of sweet milk to a gallon of wash.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19
0nr Strip 8uuk.
UNCLE JOE.

have in memory little story
That few indeed would rhyme about bat me;
Tis not Of love nor fame nor yet of glory,
Although little eolored with the three
In very truth, think much perchance,
As most tales disembodied from Romance
Joe lived about the village and was neghkor
To every one who had hard work to do;
IL he Possessed genius. twas for labor.
Most people thought; but there were one or two
Who sometimes said, when be arose to 70:
Come In again and see u.s. Uncle JOer'
The Uncle was . courtesy they gsye-
And felt that they could afford 10 rive bin
Just a. the master makes of some good slave
An Aunt Jemima, or an Uncle Jim;
And Of this dubious kindness Joe was elad-
Poor fellow, il was all be ever had
A mile or away he had brother
A rich, proud man, that people didn't hire;
But Joe had neither sister wife nor mother
And baked his corn-cake AT his cabin FIRE
After the DAVIS work hard for Won or me.
But he was never tired-how could be bel
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19

QUOTING SCRIPTURE.-A correspondent writing
to the Atchison Champion from Topeka, and sign
ing himself o. K, says: "There is passage in
an old book which speaks of people who move
heaven and earth to make one proselyte, and
VIXEN dr. 1nfsss zecanRlished il be is seven fold
more than before"
This reminds us of a prominent Democrat in
Cleveland, Ohio who, when asked his opinion of
a certain candidate for mayor replied-"W
his hair is too long, and you know what the Bible
says about men who wear their hair long. II
says if woman has long hair that's all right and
proper; but if man has long hair it says-it
says-well, can't give the exact language, but
the idea is, he's id fool."-St Joe Herald.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19

HYGENIC IMPORTANCE OF LIGHT.-A tadpole
confined in darkness would never become a frog;
and an infant being deprived of heavens free
light would grow into a shapeless idiot, instead
of beautiful and responsible being. Hence in
the deep, dark gorges and ravnes of Swiss
Valais, where the direct sunshine never reaches,
the hideous prevalence of idiocy startles the
traveller. 1t is a strange, melancholy idiocy:
many citizens are incapable of articulate speech;
some are deaf, some are blind, some labor under
all these privations, and all are misshappen in al
most every part of their body. There is in all
places marked difference in the healthness of
houses according to their aspect with regard to
the sun, and those decidedly the bealthiest,
other things being equal, in which all the rooms
are during some parts of the day, fully exposed
10 the light.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19

BEEF TEA.-A writer in the Canada Lancet
gives new process for making becf-tea, as fol
lows: "Take thin rump steak of beef lay it
npon n board, and with a case knife scrape it.
In this way red pulp will be obtained, which
contains pretty much everything in the steak,
except the fibrous tissue. Mix this red pulp
thoroughly with three times its bulk of cold wa
ter, stirring until the pulp is completely dffused
Put the whole upon n moderate fire and allow it
to come slowly TO boil stirring all the time to
prevent the caking' of the pulp. In using.this
do not allow it to be strained, bat stir the set
things thoroughly into the fluid. One to three
fluid ounces of this may be given at time.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19

The NEGRo's Local OPTIoN-There is an old
darkey in Maryland who lately voted for local
option, he understood it, but not as the public
generally understand it. The story, a true one,
runs thus: At a recent election a friend asked
the old man how he was going to vote.
"Oh," he replied, "the Republican ticket, / al
ways vote that ticket"
"But how are you going to vote on local op-
toni"
The darkey, looking MP, asked, whats dat i'
why, local option is putting down liquor"
was the reply.
"Lors q massey" said the darkey, of course
vote for local option; 1 votes to put down liquor
to the old price, fp-penny-bit pint"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19

IT is pity to have one of Mr.. Evarts' good
stories mangled by the reporters, as is the case
in the reports of the anecdOte about donkey,
told at the Harvard meeting last week. The
story really was as follows: few-summers since,
Mr.. Evarts, at the urgent request of one of his
young daughters, sent up to his country place a
donkey for her use. She had read about donkeys,
but was not familiar with their peculiar vocal
ism. The animals strange noises inspired her
with the profoundest pity for his evident distress.
So she wrote to her father Dear papa. do
wish you would come up here soon, my donkey is
90 lonesome" As Mr.. Evarts renders the pathetic
appeal, it is irresistible.-N. T. Nail
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19

To CLEAN SlLvER.-Dr. Elsner says that hot
water poured off potato parings or boiled pota-
toes is admirably adapted to clean silver, The
OBJECT can be easily rubbed by the fingers with
the settings of potato meal, and they become as
bright As they usually do when rubbed with
trpoii; The process is particularly sdvsnts-
geous ior engraved and raised objects, where the
powder is liable to collect in the cavities Ger
man silver aud plated ware can be cleaned in
the same way. Potato water which has become
sour by long standing can be substituted for
acids to clean copper vessels.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19

ROMAN CEMENT.-The Ohio Farmer says:
" After making common mortar, add one-fourth
of fine unslacked lime. Mix and nse at once.
This is said to be the Roman cement which re-
sists water, and becomes hard ireD." This,
although very good cement, but is not Roman
cement. so-called, but 10 q material recently
brought forward as the production of German.
The true Roman cement owes its efficacy to about
twenty per cent. of alumina which it contains.
An artificial substitute for this is sometimes
made by mixing with the lime about the same
proportion of calcined CLAW
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19

CHARLEY CRoTHERs. of Greenfield, is one Of
the saloon keepers the Ohio women have been la
boring with. He received them day after day
with welcome, and looked happier at every visit.
One day an old patron broke out, al say, Charley,
amt you gettin' most tired of this singin' and
prsyin' biznisf" "What! me gittin' tiredi No,
sir" responded Charley, emphaticslly "If got
tired of the little singin' and prayin' they do in
my saloon here, what will do when Pm in com
pany with the angels, who dom do nothin' but
sing and prayf"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19

To FAsTEN HoRsE-When there is no hitch
ing post handy, horse may be safely tied in the
following manner, namely: Take the reins and
pass them round underneath the hub outside of
the wheel, and give them hitch on to one of
the spokcs. If the horse start the rens are
drawn up, instantly checking him, and as soon
he commences to back they are as instantly
loosened. If in addition to this, when there are a
pair of horses, of the traces is loosened, the
team will seldom move far enough forward to
start the wagon without being checked by the
bits. No team, however, should be left without
tying. if it can possibly be avoided.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19

AT q prayer-meeting in the northern part of
Msine, the pastor remarked that if any present
had relatives and friends in distant lands prayers
would be offered in their behalf. Then up rose
a simple looking individual and said: AZ would
like you to pray for my brother He went away
two weeks ago, and haven't heard from him
since. don't know just where he is, but you
needn't pray below Bangor"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19

The following is an excellent cure for hog
cholera: Fill barrel two thirds full of kitchen
slop; add to ita few buckets of soap suds, and
after standing q few days. until it fsrments, add
oatmeal, and about half a nouud OF copperas.
Let IL stand day, and then feed it plentifully.
1t will cure eh"iera, aud slss prevent its spresd
among sound hogs.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19

"IF you don't see what you want, ask for it y
is posted up in a conspicuous place IN Logans.
port grocery. native stepped into the estab-
ment last week. He saw the card and remarked,
al want q ten-dollar bill, and l don't see it."
"Neither do /, " was the laconic reply. The ma
tive "looked further" but he advised the grocer
to take down that sign"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19

EVERYBODY knows that dust is constantly
floating about in the atmosphere and being in.
hailed. Professor Tyndall makes the unpleasant
announcement that this dust is charged with
organic matter, and in cases of infectious CON-
plants becomes the medium for conveying dis
ease from one person to another. The great
thing, therefore, to check the spread of infection
is to prevent these gems of disease passing into
the lungs, and the professor strongly recon-
mends for this purpose the use of cotton wool
respirators when exposed to the calculations of
diseased people
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19

DURING Col. Tom Scott's recent visit to our
city, he was hailed on the street by little boot
black with: "Boss, have your boots shined Z"
The Colonel pleasantly shook his finger at him.
saying: my boy, / am no boss" The little waif
swung his box over his shoulder. and ewing the
great railroad king from head to foot, replied:
EYou're boss of yer boots, amt yer'"-Sl Louis
Clobp
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19

THE following anecdote is told of western
Methodist preacher: "Within the bounds of one
of his first circuits was little village, into which
had recently removed some people Of the better
class from New England As he walked forth
once at eveutide, to mediate on the edge of the
settlement, his ear was caught by a concord of
sweet sounds borne upon the breeze. He stopped
to listen, and exclaimed with rapture: "Was ever
such a set of sheep bells heardf' He was listen
ing TO a piaBo-forte for the first time"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19

A CLERGYMAN, at the examination of the
Young scholars of his Sunday school, put the fol-
lowing question: "Why did the children of Is
rael set up golden calf" Because they had not
money enough to set up an OK, was the reply of
the little chap, who took dollar and-cents view
Of the matter.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19

IT rained the other evening, and there was an
entertainment. A young gentleman said to a
ysung lady, Z" May have the pleasure of protect
ing you with my umbrellaf" And, said she,
with her round, expressive eyes looking full into
his, " Put up your rag" We like to see people
suciable.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19

BuTTERNLK is attracting attention as an arti-
Gle OF diet that will produce longevity. A paper
recently rsad before the French Academy claims
that 1t contains an acid which destroys the in
orustatlons that form on the arteries, cartilages,
and valves of the heart, and that constant use
OF 1t would prolong life far beyond the allotted
facts, Ponce de Leon would naturally have re.
garded the cows udder as the fountain of youth.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19
Final Settlement

NOTICE Is hereby given to all oreditnrs and other. i'm
~ terested in the estate Of Edmund We-cott i.t -
Doniphan County. deceased that viii on Nons..v re
9Th day OF April next appear before the Probate Or
said County, and make final settlement Of hid estate
January = Is74-tt. pr'. ~ a. ss ea
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19
"JTsIMYJOlIN srORIEs,-


Author Of The William Henry Letters William Henry
and His Friends and Lucy Maria lwho has the rare
and happy gift of knowing how delight young peope
WILL APPEAR DURING THE There will also be shor-
ter steries, Paper. on Science and History, Nata-
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Of Travel Fairy Tales. Poems Puzzles Charades Jing
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the Baby. The Illustrations will Le the best that the
Artists Of two continents supply and will be printed
with the greatest care
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19

FREcKLE LOuoSs.-Muriate of ammonia one
draehm; distilled water, seven ounces; Cologne
water, tive drachms. Another remedy for these
nhsiEhtly marks, is to procure powdered nitre,
moisten It with water, and spply night and NOR
ming, and they will sosn disappear.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19

A cLIGYMAS being invited to open Legisla'
ture with PRAYER, offered the following ambigu-
ous petition: "May corruption and sin OF every
form be as far from every member of this Legisla-
tnre as Thou art"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19
Che fun Of the Ching.
THE wH1sKEYzooTIc IN MADISON, INDI-

ANA
will told you how dat heppent,
By me, Carl Zimmerman:
v0s had q little bier shop
Way oud in Madison;
Dot vos in Indiaui,
Elm hundert mile auf here,
We're DOekder bio Lewis
Got hees first attack Of bier.
Ia, Who'll! 1t vos Won morning.
Youst opent me msin door;
Dere vos-vell, dirty ladies'
Come shtznd round dot yiOor.
Dey look aroundt, Elm Augenblick,
Und shpeak dem not . word
Den every one begin 70 sing
The worst ever heard.
Dey ycs sing all sooch songs like dot:
Il vish vas hy;"
Und. Its better vas an angel;
UDd, How dot yos auf hight
Den dose ladies come around me.
Und say am doing vroDgi
Und ven don't throw out dot bier,
Deyu sing anvder song.
Now, had in mein cellar
An old hafe keg Of BIER
1t vas all sour und moldyi
It has been dere tree year.
III told dem dat mein frau und child
Must got some tings 20 eat;
But, II hey pay me for dat bier,
III throw II IN uAss sulAoeG
Ysi Ifdey pay for dat bier.
IIlthroW 4 all around;
IN make example Of mine blaze,
Und shpil it on DER ground.
Dose ladies are delighted;
Deyfe got q convert here;
Dey sife me q deB-thaler bill,
tnd pring up dat bier.
III shpilled il all around 30 quick,
Dey'fe got to run or shvim,
Upd so dose ladies all clear oud;
vas den thalers in.
Cnd ven didn't vas phool,
I'll keep dot TO msinselfe;
But I'll told Won rooster Of it,
UHd-vell you know how it vas yoursen.
II vas better dat ] cum away,
IND dake a leeils rest
Ven dat Cruel var vas over.
Again / 60 In Vest.
Ill took dat leetle bier shop,
UBd keep IL yust de same;
Und for Dockder Lewises brigade,
didn't gle Q tame.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19

A horse left uncovered when not in exercise
will soon grow heavy coat of coarse hair. This
becomes hindrance to rapid motion, and should
be prevented by judiciozs blanketiug.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-03-19

TOPEKA lady sums up the first three years
of her experience in married life as follows:
"The first year he called me dear the second
top"