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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-02-11
when % Rrsea Oar Cow.

In answer to this question we have only time
to observe Gas we intend to discuss it more fully
hereafter), that Fall calves are usually more
profitable than those dropped in the Spring
The old notion that the COW should come in on
grass, originated when it was the practice to
keep cattle the year around on grass and hay
alone; and as grass was more nutritious than
hay, and especially for the calf the practice pre-
vailed of breeding for Spring calves. But it is
now well understood that the COW fresh in milk,
eau be proftably fed on meal or grain, and TO
prevent the running down that always results,
especially with good mixers, such feed ought to
be given. And the same Is true with regard to
the calf. As soon as it Is old enough TO eat,
shorts or meal or bran should be given, and will
be far better for the young calf than grass. But
the great point is, that calf dropped, say in Oc-
tober November or December, will be old enough
to wean on fresh grass in Spring, and to have
the full benefit of the next Summers grazing,
which will make it fully equal by Winter to
June or July calf of the previous year. Besides,
as good farmers now generally stable their
stock in Winter, the feeding of the cows and
calves is of no Inconvenience. Farmers acting
upon these suggestions will see that now is the
time to purchase your bulls. The common no.
ton of waiting till Spring is wrong notion
They can be had cheaper now, and acting upon
the shove suggestions you will want them for
use during the Winter.-N. Lire Stock Journal
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Harae Laric.

Ny dear gentlemen and ladies, remember that
we, like yourselves, have moods, and cannot al
ways be frsky and cheerful. You do not strike
your grandmother in the face, because, this NOR
ming, she does not feel as we'll as usual; why,
then do you strike usf Before you pound MS,
ask whether We have been up late the night be-
fore, or had our meals at irregular hours, or
whether our spirits have been depressed by be-
ing kicked by drunken hostler. We have only
about ten or twelve years in which TO enjoy our
selves, and then we go out to be shot into moth
ingness. Take care of us while yOu may. "Job's
horse was clothed with thunder" but all We ask
il plain blanket. When we are sick, put us in
o horsepital. Do not strike us when We stumble
or scare. Suppose you were in the harness, and
/ were in the wagon, had the whip and you
the traces, what an ardent advocate you would
be for kindness to the irrational creationi Do
not let the blacksmith drive the nail into the
quick when he shoes me, or burn my fetlocks
with hot file. Do not mistake the dead eye"
that nature put on my fore-leg for wart to be
Fly time. Keep the north wind out Of our sta
bles. Care for MS at some other time than du-
ring the epizootics 50 that we may see that your
kindness is not selfish. Ny dear friends, our in
teIests are mutual am silent partner in
your business. Under my sound hoof is the dia-
mond of national prosperity. Beyond my nos
trfis the worlds progress may not go. With
thrift; and wealth, and comfort, daily race neck
and neck. Be kind to me, if you want me to he
useful to you. And near be the day when the
red horse of war shall be hooked and impOtent,
and the pale horse of death shall be hnrled back
on his launches, but the white horse of peace,
joy and triumph shall pass on, its rider with face
like the sun, all nations following
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-02-11
for the farmer.
p,.etieal saEEestiens.

t;oo Dalf-hung farm gates are nuisances
y ennoyances Any man with ordinary intel
nnu can make good gate of rough boards,
NJ III hang it SO that il will open and shut con-
aalaa;entiy Bars are nld-fashioned nuisances,
,,;5;cult to construct, difcult to open, and more
diiicult to shut. A good farmer nowadays dis
cards them as he should.
In omen weather take the opportunity to put
IN. fence in thorough repair; strengthen up
posts, replace old plank with new, and drive
nail when needed. Worm fences are effective
mod uction of noxious weeds. lfplanks or wire
are n OF handy, it would be better to stake the
corn ers and lay the rails straight so that the
plow may run close to the fence line.
Don't, leave your wagons, moving machines
etc. in the weather. 1t TOts the wood and rusts
the metal. A shed built with rough posts and
covered with straw will save many a dollar as n
covering for such things. Paint the wood work
of wagons hay frames ETC., and see that all the
metallic parts of the machinery are well coated
with oil.
If not unfrequently happens that, with an open
season, sod blowing may be commenced late in
the Fall and be continued by spells through the
entire Winter in this latitude Besides adyan-
cling Spring work aud thus accomplish more in
the year. Winter blowing is in itself benefit,
when the ground is in good condition.
Many persons for reasons best known to them
selves defer the hog killing season to January
and February, aud it is for these laggards we
have collected the following information: Select
clear day if possiGle-not freeEing-upOn which
to kill; the hogs should have had nothing to eat
for at least twentyfour hours before being slangh
tered; as they have stiffened hang up in
q cool, dry place for the night, and the next day
cut up and pack away.
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Money in HOgs.

We have repeated that there was money in
pork if farmers would raise good stock hogs and
take advantage of the improved breeds introdu-
eed into our State. We are furnished with proof
of this as follows: Mr.. Joseph OpPenheimer, OF
Colville, Oregon, two years ago purchased good
Berkshire boar pig of S. G. Reed, for the purpose
of improving his stock of hogs. He recently
killed twenty graded hogs, 1s months old, and
their average weight, dressed, was 366 pounds,
two of them weighing respectively 40 and 47e
pounds. Who can doubt, that it will pay to i'm
prove our breed of hogsi 1t is great mistake
to suppose that hogs can only be fattened with
wheat. Every farmer should have boiler con-
Teniently fixed to cook hog feed, and then he
could utilize all his root crops, boil potatoes,
squashes, apples, etc., add little chopped wheat
to strengthen the diet, and SO insure hogs well
and cheaPly fattened. There is no better open
ing for a sure thing in connection with farming
than for every farmer to raise at least twenty
hogs aud fatten thus each year. We even assert
that he would not lose money on them II he had
to feed them wheat worth dollar bushel. But
the first thing to do is to improve the stock of
auimals.-U iltametie Farmer.
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R......C Drinking.


Old Sambo Shute, long since gone across the
dark valley, was a>wortby man in his way, and
genial witbal; but Sambo would occasionally get
very drunk. One day his employer took him to
task, and read him lecture at the close of which
he asked him if he didn't think he could do bet
ter for the future.
Don'o, mas'r," said the darkey, scratching his
head.
"But what do You thinkr
"Well, mass'r, rs afeared think not.
"Sambo, what do you meant Do you mean
that You will not tryi"
"'Twouldn't be of no use, mas'r. Fact is,
twas born in me. Rum is my nat'ral drink.
Yer see, afore was born, my father and mother
were boff bought on dc coast oh Africa, an paid
for in rum"
This is about equal to the excuse of the old
fellow in New Hampshire bar room. 1t was
eleven o'clock in the forenoon, aud number of
thirsty had entered the tavern for their bev-
erage, and they all offered excuse for thus in
dulging One said that he had pain in his side;
another had touch of the cholic; another had a
severe cold; and so on, and SO on. At length a
red-faced old Trojan stumbled up to the bar,
having listened to the excuses of the others, and
said he:
Say, ole boss, give us glass of old Jamaica,
stiff. My old wOinaD's going to have Goldfish for
dinner, and salt Goldfish alters makes me- dry!"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-02-11
How 10 Make safes SAFE.

The following hints for the use of safes, and of
what should be put in them, are vouched for by
good authority. Avoid fancy, colored inks, as
they are more liable to be obliterated by heat
when the safe is under fire. The black inks are
better. Lead pencil will stand the heat better
than either, even when the paperis burned black.
Do not put the most valuable account books at
the sides Of the safe, the heat coming from the
outside will affect them first Crowd the books
frum the sides TO the centre of the safe, for the
purpose of making them tight together, as in
this condition they will stand the heat much
longer. Wood drawers are preferable to iron for
cash boxes, and for small papers, as wood is a
non conductor of heat, and iron good conduct
or. Never use in a safe leather wallet as re-
ceptacle for valuable papers, as boiling water,
212o, will crisp and curl it, convert it into a
gluey substance, and destroy the papers. When
a safe has been under fire, send for an expert to
nnnn IL.
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Hoo CheIeru-En,crie Ferer.

Prof. James Law, in one of his lectures at the
Maine State College, is reported by the Maine Far
ser as saying of the disease: The period OF m
ocnlation is from seven to fourteen days, but Is
less in . hot climate. Carses-contagiOn, priva-
ton, starvation, confinement, filth, DC. Symp-
toms-general i'll health, shiyering, fever, hides
under litter, lies on belly, weakness ofhind limbs
and later of fore limbs; rapid, weak pulse; dry
snout, covered With blood stained spots, which
also cover the skin, eyes, &c; often hard cough,
with little or no Appetite; intense thirst tender
abdomen. After death, blood staining, infltra-
tion into lungs aud bowels. Treatment; give
cooling acid drinks buttermilk, sulphuric acid,
g.; feed soft, nucilagnOus food, such oil cake.
Administer twenty drops of perchloride of iron
twice day. Blister the abdomen by means of
mustard and turpentine; stimulate if very pros
trate. Prevention: avoid all facilitating con-
ditions, poor or spoiled food; keep animals con.
stautly thriving. Feed charcoal or ashes, also
tar or carbolic acid. Avoid contact with disease.
Burn infested piggeries, and remove to new
nlaoe.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-02-11

A new scourge has been added to the list of
human ills in the shape of diphtheria. Its spread
among the people of various countries has been
quite phenomenal, and among ourselves 1t has
threatened to eclipse in its rayages the greater
destreyer-consumption Indeed, Judging from
the rate of its development during the past few
months, there is reason TO fear that the disease
may yet assume the features and proportions of
a wide spread epidemic. The mystery as to the
nature and origin of the complaint is equal To its
uestructivencss. Ii Was at, Uup time aJtributett
TO defective drainage, to humid air, and TO an
atmosphere laden with malarious matter. 1t
appears from more recent statements, that the
attacks of the disease much to be expect
ed in Fifth avenue as i'm the tenement dwelling
Yet We are told that some of its characteristics
indicate relationship to typhus aud such fevers.
With such a clue, our physicians aud our health
boards ought to be able to trace the malady to
its cause, and furnish such directions for midi
vilual and municipal observance as may stay
the rayages of the scourge.
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ScarIutiua by Posi-.

Mr.. William ]. Land, of Exmouth, sends the
following letter to the London Lancet: 'As a
small contribution to the correspondence now
going on in your columns, on the subject of scar
latina, / send you this, showing how it may be
transmitted from one part of the kingdom to an
other. In the Spring of last year, received a
newspaper from Inverness, containing the an
nouncement of the death of a friends child.
About week afterward, the first symptoms of
scarlatina showed themselves, and suffered a
mild (second) attack Of the disease. There being
no other case either in my own practice or in
that of all the neighboring practitioners at the
time, l was rather puzzled to account for it.
Within the last few days have heard that my
friends child's death was caused by most ma
lignant attack of scarlet fever-the attendant
ordering burial the nextday-and injecting near
~ all the rest of the household"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-02-11

To PRESERVE PENCE PosTs.-Some one who
has tried it says: 81 discovered many years ago
that wood could be made to last longer than irOn
in the ground, but thought the process simple
and inexpensive that it was not worth while
making any stir about it. would as soon have
poplar, Eastwood or quacking asp as any Other
kind of timber for fence posts. After having
been set seven years they were as sound when
they were taken out as when they were first put
In the ground. Time and weather seem to have
no effect on them. The posts can be prepared
for less than two cents apiece. This is the rec
ipe: Take boiled linseed oil aud stir in it pull
verified charcoal to the consistency of paint Put
q coat of this over the timber. and there is not a
man who will live to see it rot.n
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-02-11
Asefal aud Gnrions.



If the comfort and luxury of an ample supply
of ice in the household in the hot Summer
months, or its conveniences and value IN tnc
dairy, have been once experienced, the ice har-
vest will not afterwards be neglected As com
pared with its actual value, the cost is frequent
iy very small. The cutting, hauling and pack
ing away, ought not to exceed fifty cents ton.
A very excellent house, that will contain enough
for any ordinary family, can be put up at q mod
crate expense, especially if one does good part
of the work himself. If properly cared for, such
building, even if rough one, will last many
years. In most places q supply Of ice may be
procured from rivers, ponds and lakes at the ex-
pense of cutting. A case is known to the writer,
in which a pond was made by damming brook,
at cost of two weeks labor of one man. The
owner of this pond received 800 the first Winter,
from selling ice at IS cents load. In localities
where there are no natural ponds, such plan Is
sometimes practicable and by little manage
ment pond can be secured, which will not only
give a supply of Ice for the owner and others,
but furnish place for skating during the WIN
ter, and thus unite pleasure and proht--imer'-
cnH 50ricH[fHrisf
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-02-11

CORRESPONDENT of the London Times de-
scribes very simple little contrivance which he
recommends every skater to carry with him in case
of accident: Having myself been. imnersed. !,
he writes, "and Knowing, therefore, how exceed
ingly difficult it is to get out unaided, but What
a very slight assistance is sufficient, can COLI
hdently venture to assert that many fatal acct
in his pocket piece of stout cord about four
yards long, and provided with small cross pieces
of wood at each end" In event OF any person
falling through the ice, his companion, if so pro-
vided, could lie down Oh the sound ice, and
throw his piece of cord to the man in the water,
who might manage by its aid to support himself
until further help arrived.
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Jhe fuu Of the Ching.
KATrF KINGS LAMENT.


i met little Lonesome spook;
She wandered DER dreary moor
VI star-dust, and with lOvelorn look,
She jagged along.
And sang this song.
That spoke the anguish spooks endure;
"0h. where il Mr. Owen nowl
Where has that false, false lover strayed,
Who used 70 praise this, bOnny brow,
And say my face
Was full Of gracei
Alas, that should be betrayed
Because was not made Of gas,
OF eEanations, and such things,
But honest rags and looking glass;
And dresses old
Did me enfold
And cause had not real wings
MY cruel lover Tilted me,
And called me false, and could not zee,
That under rags and jags may be
The liveiiest ghost
That ever crossed
The dingy Ancborontie Sea
What did he want, the stupid thinsI
spose some old material Lie,
o. Susan Jane johanna King,
With ghostly body,
Rugged out In shOddy,
Imported from the skies!
Now, I'm good, square honest ghost,
And always was; and Just you wait
Till Owen walks the Sly gian coast,
I'll warm his jacket,
And raise a racket
About his ears, sure rs tate.
And thus this fiery little spook
Did make things lively on that moor
OF star-dust, as, with sassy look,
She logged along,
And sung this song.
That spoke the sorregs ghosts endure.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-02-11

CLEAN BEDs.-I insist upon the fact that if a
thin sheet is, because of its contact with the
body, made unfit for use in . few days, thick
mattress, which, can absorb and retain thou
sand times as much of these poisonous secretious,
needs to be purified often, certainly, once
in three months. A sheet can be washed.
mattress cannot be renovated in this way. In
deed, there is no other way of cleaning a mat
tress but by steamingor picking it to pieces, and
thus exposing it to the direct rays of the As
these processes are scarcely practicable, l am of
the opinion that the old-fashioned straw bed,
which can every three months be exchanged for
fresh straw, and the tick washed, is the health
lest of beds.-Erchange.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-02-11

THE MAN WHO STAYED.-A man went to La
masco bali the other night. A fellow with wide
trousers with red leather on the bottom of them,
will begin handing around" The man conclud-
ed to 60 up town. He prefers up town society.
When he arrived the boys began to chat him.
"why didn't you stayi" Just then man came
along Both eyes were swelled up as big as box
ing gloves, and both of his arms were in sling.
Boys" said the man who didn't stay, "that fell
low there stayed The crowd accepted the ex-
planation.-EraRsrille( IRd) Herald.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-02-11

ETHER GLuE.-A good liquid glue is made by
dlssoiving glue in nitric ether. The ether will
dissolve only certain amount of glue, conse-
anentiy the solution cannot be made too thick
The gine thus made is about the consistency Of
moiasses, and has double the tenacity Of that
made with hot water. If q few bits of Indis-rub-
6er cut into scraps the size of buckshot, be adj.
ded, and the solution be allowed to stand a few
Gays, being stirred frequently, it will he all the
better, and will resist the dampness twice as
well rs glue made with water,
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To GET tight ring off your finger, thread a
needle fiat in the eye, pass the head Of the needle
with care nnder the ring, then pull the thread
through few inchOs toward the hand wrap
the long end Of the thread tightly around the
ringer, regularly, down to the nail, to reduce its
size Then lay bold of the short end of the thread
and unwind it, The thread pressing against the
ring will gradually remove it from the finger.
This never failing method will remove the tight
est ring without difficulty, however swollen the
finger may be.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-02-11

No FAMnIARITY.-After the principal char
acters in the great Brooklyn suit, the ancient
vendor Of pies who haunts the court house is
said to rank next in iuapoEtance. This high
strung pie-man has become part of the trial
now, and he brooks no familiarity. He admins
tered, the other day, to q prominent member of
Plymouth church, 4 crushing rebuke. "These
mince pies are very bad" remarked the member
in question. "werry bad, sir" replied the pie
man; "but they're not half as bad as the lang
wedge you've been listening to all day."
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-02-11

How TO CURE SORE THRoAT.-"One who has
tried il" communicates the following item about
curing sore throat Let each one of your half
million readers buy at any drug store one ounce
Of camphorsted oil and five cents worth of
chloride Of potash. Whenever any soreness ap-
pears in the throat, put the potash in a tumbler
oughly; then rub the neck thoroughly with the
camphorated oil at night before going to bed,
and also pin around the throat u small strip of
flannel. This is simple, cheap, and sure RENE
dr.
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"WHAT do care about the Teeeher- Billion af-
fairi' said weary crusader homeward bent.
"If Mrs. Billion is right, then Mr.. Meecher is
wrong, and if Mr.. Boulton is wrong, then Mr..
Frank Milton don't amount 10 anything anyway.
What's the oddsf All preachers are c'rupt, sir.
all c'ruptr
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CLERGYMAN was endeavoring to Instruct one
of his Sunday School scholars, plough boy, on
the nature of q miracle. snow, my boy" said
he, "suppose you should see the sun rising in the
middle Of the night, what would you call thati'
"The nun, phase, sur" "No, but" said the cler-
but the sun, and that You saw it actually rise in
the middle of the night, what should you thinkf
"Plase, sur, should think it was time to get
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"EAT your bread, Chsrles-do not fling it
away said learned and good judge to one of
his family, adding, 'tf6f who knows, in the vicis-
situdes of this life if You may not some day want
it." The old gentleman had to cough, look
learned, and go away, when the youngster an
swered more logically, aft eat it, how can
have it when want it" This is the result of a
learned judge having children.