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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24
Msefnl aud Curious.
How to pu, Nerrou. B.bIs. to Sleep.


A baby Is very tender thing, people say; but
most OF them are very far from knowing how
tender. Imagine how nervous you are in certain
states-when recovering from illness, when the
tall OF book or a slam of the door makes
you quiver and feel faint, as if some one gave
you blow. That is the way a young baby feels
at its best. puff of wind will set it gasping,
its little breath blown quite away. noise
makes it shiver, change of Summer air makes
it turn death cold. A baby is the most nervous
oil beings, and the tortures it suffers in going to
sleep and being Weakened by careless sounds
when just dropping off," are only comparable
10 the same experience Of an older person during
an acute nervous headache. Young babies
should pass the first months of their lives in the
country for its stiffness less than its fresh air
But where silence is not to be eomma nded baby
may be soothed by folding soft napkin, wet in
warmsh water, lightly over the top of its head
its eyes and ears. 1t is the best to put nervous
babies TO sleep. l have tried it hundreds of
times for a child so irritable that paregoric and
soothing syrup only made it wide awake A fine
towel should be wet and laid over its head, the
ends twisted a little till it made sort of a seulI
cap, and though baby sometimes fought against
being blindfolded in this way, five minutes u.s.
nally sent him off into deep and blissful slumber
The compress cooled the little feverish brain,
deadeDed sound in his and shut out everything
that took his attention, so that sleep took him
unaware. Teething babies find this very CON-
Portable, for their heads are always hot, and
there is a feyered beating in the arteries each
side
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24
Salt a. a Remedy for Chiuch Bugs.

very important discovery has just been made
IN regard to driving away chnch bugs 1t was
first discovered that these pestiferous bugs new
er touched crops growing on salt land. of which
there is large acreage in Saline County. A
number Of farmers caught at this idea, who lived
on farms overrun with chinch bugs, and they
procured several barrels of SALT and scattered it
on their land. One man sprinkled forty acre
piece in this way, and was rewarded TO see the
chinch bugs take their flight; others used salt
with q similar result, and it is firmly believed
that in salt our farmers have sure guard against
the ravages of the chinch bug. The experiment
is worth trying, and We would advise some OF
our farmers to give it thorough test. 1t is es-
timated that barrel of salt costing $3.50 will
SOW over ten acres of land, and considering the
end gained, we do not consider it very expen.
siye remedy,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24
VIVA, ,he Promised Land Flowed wi,h.

Little children sometimes give strange an
swers to questions propounded ON the subject of
"The Promised Land" A sunday school teacher
asked:
"Who led ont the Israelitesl"
"MOses," was the prompt reply.
HAnd where did he lead themf"
"To the Promised Land, Siri"
"That is right, my little dears. Now, what
did that land flow withi'
"With honey" said three or four.
"And what elsei"
Here was d stick-no reply.
"Come, children, some of you surely remember.
When you were babies, what did your mammals
give youf What else did the Promised Land
flow with besides honey?
Again blank pause.
81 know, thir," said little five year older,
springing to his feet and elevatng his lis little
hand. az know what it wath, thir; l know,
thru
"What was it, my dear !"
"Why, it wath fifty thir"
The teacher, amid the laughter of the adult
spectators, proceeded to change the subject by
singing hymn.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24

The popular and almost universal notion that
it is dangerous to go ont of warm room into
the cold air, arises from the misapprehension and
fallacy of confusing such transition with the
leaving heated room, where fatigue and per-
spiration have been induced with insufficiency
of warm clothing, and in that state encounter
the chill of a cold draught, of a very low tenn
perature. This however, it will be observed is al
together different affair, and very sufficient
ground for the most reprehensible myth which
has been fabricated from it-namely, that the
delicate and young can be hardened to exposure
to cold. The frequent vicissitudes of climate are
undeniable features in our meteorology; but ex-
perience, gained in a large degree in what is pop
climate, has left a strong conviction that quite
as much is gained as lost, if the matter be under
stood rightly, and such expedents as our facili-
ties enable us to apply are brought into play.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24
for the farmer.
a,, small Trees.


r,---...,,,. American is in a great hurry to
tne MS investments. II he orders lew
iT seeds in January, he Is anxious TO nave
ssfaw set Immediately; and if he forwards SIX
cents for copy of some paper which contains .
80 Of which be has read or heard, he does not
sOTGat to request the publisher to send it "by re-
t,I, m.il.D Patience which seems to take the
form of quiet waiting is virtue OF whicn
he seems to be wholly ignorant. he canuo'
,ra;t the progress of events, but must CONSTANT
" hurry and fret in order to make nature move
a l;ttIe faster than her wonted pace.
Tbis tendency crops out very plainly wheh ne
,,rrcbases trees He finds them described IN the
catalogue as ''second-class," medium, I s.
Losses Is principally if not wholly, in the size
"a Lo;cbt of the trees The larger the tree the
49, The nrice. But the farmer don't care
onythinq about that" He wants GOOD trees OF
and gives his orders for those OF extra size,
nnJ which are four or FIVE years old. In doing
st;s he thinks he is acting wisely, but the nur-
sary.man knows better, and the farmer will lind
Satore long that with equal care the small trees
I'LL GROW faster, and (if a fruit tree) come into
hearing condition sooner than the larger ones.
In half n dozen wears the tree that was small
when PLANTED will be larger and finer than the
other. The reason for this is obvious. The lar
Ger the tree the larger the roofs which it has,
and the larger the roots the less bers there will
he upon them. A tree that has plenty of fbrous
roots will grow readily if proper care is used in
trahsplanIlng; OuI 10 dhouHG VI sAIn Can CodA a
tree to live and flourish which is destitute of
these little fibers. The roots of large trees are
all more or less mutilated in the process of taking
up while the small trees sustain little injury
from that source. Dealers in trees assert that
experienced men buy small, thrifty trees, while
those that are Just starting are anxious for the
largest ones that are TO be had. Those who set
trees the coming season will do well to learn
from the experience of those who, at considerable
loss to themselves, have demonstrated that small
trees are the ones to buy.-NeU England Home
stead,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24
,Ie,hodi,,, and the WoIcRoyn,y.

A Methodist minister is responsible for the fol-
lowing story, which we find in the Richmond
Christian Adrocate: Judge Moore, of Kentucky,
was present in this Legislature when the mem
Der from Big SaDdy-an unlettered delegate
made speech on the relation of rations to relg-
ion. The question was, whether the premium
paid for killing wolves and foxes should be abOl-
ishedi The member nodded to the chair and
said: Mr. Speaker is this house going to take
away the consolation of religion from Big San
dy' Sir, no Episcopal parson breaches there,
for nobody has read enough to scotch for him.
The Presbyterians, the properest preachers in
the world won't come, because we can't always
hold in and behave ourselves. The Baptists have
tried all the streams about there with a pole,
and none of the creeks are deep enough, and
they are skittish about taking 'em in Big Sandy,
for that amt place to tussel with if you can't
swim. They were afraid to undertake Big San
dy SO they quit. The Methodists are our only
chance. If Kentucky don't keep on paying peo-
pie for killing wild varmints the foxes and
wolves will catch all the chickens and then you
may say farewell to the circuit riders The
house did not take away the consultations of
ligion from Big Sandy, but paid for killing the
'yarmints'"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24
The Mania af the Reried.

1t is terrible, this mania. You are stopped on
the street and invited to spell pedler, or pedlar,
or peddler, or some other word. Your wife
wakes you up in the middle of the night to spell
sarcophagus; your children hasten to the break
fast table to ask you to spell eorymb, and you
devote all your spare time to the dictionary; and
your Oldest boy comes home late at night in a
weeping mood, and explains it thus: 81 went to
see Mary This sweetheart) this evening; she met
me at the door with, Spell erysipelas, Tom.' l
spelled 1t with two is and no y, and she said.
Sir, our engagement is at an end; cannot love
a bad speller.' Her father, on being appealed to,
says, Give Tom one more trial. Spell consan-
guineous, SIR spelled it with four ms and two
is, and he babe me leave the house, and never
hope to be his son-in-law." This spell of wealth
er is bad weather of spell, surely.-BostonT rar-
eIIer
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24
A scientific Young Woman.

On the piazza of Long Branch hotel the other
evening the following conversation between a
pretty young woman and her ehevalier was over
heard.
LADY-Why have the newspapers been ma
king so much fuss about the transit of Venus
who cares anything abont it.
GENT.-lts matter of great interest to sci
ence; but yOu women neither know nor want to
know anything of science. Your sex would not
make voyage to the South Sea, except to find
out how Venus might be dressed.
LADY-lf1 remember my myt biology Alright
Venus didn't wear anything in particular; and
now understand why the men have gone so for to
look at her. Almost any man would go several
thousand miles to see a woman who had neglec-
ted to put on her clothes.
He was silent, having manifestly received new
light on the subject
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24
THE MAN VINO FELT SAD.
A Melancholy Talk with the Proprietor Of
Hardware Store.

He entered hardware store on Woodward
Avanue, about 10 o'clock Saturday morning, and
taking a seat by the stove, he beckoned to the
proprietor and said:
''Sit down here-I want to speak with you"
He was a man who looked sad from the crown
of his Lat to the toes of his boots. There were
deep care lines on his face, his eyes were red and
anxious looking, and his tattered overcoat was
drawn in at the waist by wide leather belt:
Can we do anything for you to-dayf" asked
the merchant, he sat down.
The sad man slowly wiped his nose, slowly
turned around, and slowly replied:
"Sir, it makes me feel sad, wher l reflect that
we have all got to dep
"Yes-um," replied the merchant.
christopher Columbus is deadr' continued
the sad man." and who feels sad about it-who
sheds tear over his lossi He is gone, and we
shall never see him mOrel You and must SOON
er or later follow him, and the world will go on
just the same"
Then, yoh don't want anything to-day 7" quer-
led the merchant after painful pause.
"And King James is dead!" exclaimed the sad
man, wiping his nose again. SIS anybody weep
ing over his lossf Don't folks laf, aud laf, and
don't the world go on just the samef Sir, it may
not be a week before you and l will be called
upon to rest from the abors of this life. Doesn't
it make you feel sad when you think of it ~
"Of course, we've got to die" replied the mer-
chant, as he tossed stray nail over among the
eight-pennys.
ANDREW Jackson is dead" continued the sad
man, a tear falling on his hand. Eyes, Andrew
from among us. Were yOu acquainted with
hims"
81 believe not" was the answer.
''Well, he was a fine man. and many q night l
have laid awake and cried to think that he
would be seen among us no more forever. Yet
ANYBODY seem to care whether Andrew jackson
is dead or livingi You or may be the next to
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24

RESTORING THE DRowNED.-The following
directions for restoring persons apparently
Society, should be cut out and posted up by all
people who indulge in the pleasure of boat III
ding, or who have boys who go in swimming, as
all boys should: Convey the body to the near
est home, with head raised Strip and rub dry.
Wrap in blankets. Initiate the lungs by closing
the nostrils with the thumb and finger, and blow
ing into the mouth forcibly and then pressing
with the hand on the chest. Again blow in the
mouth and press on the chest, and so on for ten
minutes, or until he breathes. Keep the body
warm; extremities also. Continue rubbing; do
not give up so long as there is any chance for
success"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24

THIS THE BEST YET-Sitting chatting with
Amanda Jane, his sweetheart, they did not no.
tice the flight of time till three o'clock in the
morning, when he arose and proposed to walk to
his home, two miles distant. The rain was fall
ing fast, and, that he might not get wet, Aman-
da prevailed on her lover to remain and sleep
with her brother, a sympathetic cherub of three
years In the morning, as lie was departing, he
reached out his hand full length for a farewell
grasp, and in subdued voice said: Amanda,
darling, l thak you for your hospitality, but
would have bee much dryer to have gone home
in the rainu
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24

CURRANT WoRMs.-A correspondent of the
CoHgr egdfiOHdlist gives directions how TO prevent
curaant bushes from being destroyed by worms.
The eggs are deposited on the under side of a
tender leaf about the time the suckers of cur
rant bush are foot high. When the eggs begin
to hatch, the young feed ON the juice of the leaf
until they can crawl. Then they drop down and
scatter. Soon after the egg is deposited the leaf
will turn purple reddish color. Such leaves
should be plucked as fast as they appear, and
hundreds of little creatures will be found. The
microscope reveals them plainly. The leaves
should be cut so carefully that none of the de-
structive insects will be scattered.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24

"YOU boys ought to be kind to your little sis
ter. 1 once knew bad boy who struck his little
sister a blow over the eye. Although she didn't
fade and die in the early summer time, when the
June roses were blowing, with the sweet words
of forgiveness on her pallid lips, she rose up
and hit him over the head with the rolling pin,
that he couldn't go to Sunday School for more
than month, on account of not being able to put
his best hat on"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24

Cur out the following and paste it in Your
scrap book. 1t is worth years subscription to
any reader of this paper:
The leaves of the elder, if strewn among corn or
other grain when it is put into the bin will efec-
tually preserve il from the ravages of the weevil
The juice will also kill bed-bugs and maggots.
Insects never touch elder bushes. The leaves of
elder scattered over cabbage, cucumbers, squash
es and other plants subject to the ravages of the
insects, effectually shields them. The plum and
other fruits may be saved by placing on the
branches and among them punches of the elder
laavae
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24

A CORRESPONDENT of the Emporia Ners gives
these modes of getting rid of chinch bugs in
corn:
Take one teaspoonful of chrome green, and
put il in common bucket full of water and
sprinkle on your hills of corn, and they are DONE
Another remedy: Take Stacked lime and sprink-
lie on your corn when it is wet, and the bugs are
done"
We have but little faith in remedies for ehinch
bngs' as we thlhk them nearly proof against the
efforts of men, but still the above are easily
tried, aud will do no harm, if they do no good.
Garnet PldiRdealer.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24

BAILEY says man is harder than a woman,
except in his hands. When she sees him take
his coat-tail to hold stove-ifer, she pushes him
away in disgust, and takes the hot object in her
bare hand without wineing. If he should do that
he would drop it at once, and couldn't help it.
When he has dish to lift from the stove, he
very properly starts off to hunt up cloth, and
while he is gone she removes it with her naked
hand, and is there ready to say things that make
him fell small and worthless, when he gets back
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24

SEVERAL men were boasting the other night
at an uptown club of the distinguished persons
they had been mistaken for while travelling in
Europe. One said he had been thought to be
Don Carlos; another had been spoken to as Bis
marck; a third had been pointed ont as the Car
Of Russia travelling incognito. ""Pshaww re-
marked one of the company; that's nothing-I
have been mistaken for greater one than any
of those. had hardly arrived at the Grand HO-
tel, in Paris, when man clapped me on the
shoulder, and reared out, "God Almighty, is this
you"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24

WATERPROOF VARNIsH-Here is another way
to prevent water from getting through shoes
The composition also makes good harness dres-
sing Take neats-foot oil, one and half pints;
beeswax, one ounce; spirits of turpentine, four
ounces; and stir until cold. Spread and rub
this composition over the leather while it is
damp; leather will absorb oil and grease better
when damp than when dry. For the soles, take
pine tar and rub it in before the fire until the
soles will absorb NO more Three four appli-
cations will be needed.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24

CURE FOR GRAvEL--If c. NJ. LOomis will get
a bottle of Harlem oil, which can be got at any
drug store for fifteen cents, and use as directed,
as often as the case may require, he viii derive
great benefit from its use. l have known bloody
urine aud gravel cured by the use of the above
remedy. Please give it trial.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24
Che fun of the Ching.
A M1ssIoNARY,s FATE.
By me REV. I. Dr wTrr raI,aaor.

Among n savage clan
Ofcanibalish people
A missionary man
Set up his modest steeple.
And there each day he would
Pursue his noble labors;
He told them to be good
And babe them love their neighbors.
The cannibals, with grins
Gave ear to themes he treated;
They crossed their tawny shins
And on their hams were seated.
And yet they were not lost
That missionarys labors;
He taught them TO his cost
The way to love their neighbors-
For one day, when for prayers
Those cannibals they met him,
They caught him unawares-
They killed him and they ate him
They said they found him good
They'd practiced what he'd taught them
And now they understood
The goodness he had brought them.
And while they filed each NAV,
They said while they deplOred him,
They loved him alive and raw.
But roasted they adored him.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24

Boston man, who is described as possessing
uncommon intellectual ability has become
Disguised with the blue stockings" of that city,
and declares that his future wife must be perfect
ly ignorant, and bigot; she must know moth
ing and believe everything. / should wish to
have her call to me from the adjoining room
my dear, what do two and two maker
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24

PULvERIZEp alum possesses the property Of
purifying water. A tablespoonful sprinkled in
to a hogshead of water (the water being stirred
at the time) WILL after the lapse of a few hours,
by precipitating to the bottom the impure par
ticles. so purify it that it will be found to pos
sess all the freshness and cleanness of the finest
spring water A single teaspoonful will purify
a pailful containing four gallons.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24

PAINFULLY MODEST As he thus dis
coursed, he kept hitching his chair nearer to the
dear object of his affections until he had got
within arms length, when reaching ont he took
her tiny white hand in his and commenced,
"Wilt thou, dearest, share little cOt-a-ai-t-tle
c-c-cot-co-" At which the damsel jumped mp,
exclaiming, You wretch, you; amt you asham-
ed of yOurselfp' and left the room highly indig-
nant. He Gays he was going to say cottages"
it stuck in his throat, aud he says he thinks the
young lady is painfully modest.-DHbHqHe Times.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24

DOMESTIC SIGNs.-When You see a sofa and
two lengths of stove-pipe on front stoop, and a
child on the premises eating slice of bread and
jam, it is safe to believe that the family has Just
moved in. When you see several windows open,
with lengths of carpet hanging from them, and a
child at the front eating bread and jam, it is an
equally sure indication that the family is clean
ing hOuse.-DdRbRry Meas.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24

ALL sorts of vessels and utensils may be puri-
ned from long-retained smells of every kind, in
the easiest and most perfect manner, by rinsing
them out well with charcoal powder, after the
grosser impurities have been secured off with
sand and potash
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24

MIssoURIAN who attended prayer meeting
with his daughter, felt compelled 70 rise up and
remark: Il want to be good and go to Heaven
but if those fellers don't stop winking at Mary.
there will be good deal of prancing around
here the fust thing they knowr
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24

The meanest man in this city lives on Jackson
street. He cuts the accounts of the Beecber
scandal out of the paper every morning and hides
them in the Bible, to keep his wife and mother
In-Iaw from reading them. He says, "they new
er look in that book" and he tells them. " the
dog chaws the paper full of holes
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24

To PREVENT TIN RUsTING.-Rub fresh lard
over every part of the dish and then put 1T in
hot oven and heat it thoroughly. Thus treated,
any tin ware may be used in water constantly,
and remain bright and free from rust indefinite
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24

To SETTLE CoFFEE.-The best method of set
thing coffee is: AS soon as you brown your cof-
fee, mix it with beaten egg-say one egg in a
pound. The egg forms a cover round the ker-
nels, preserving the aroma, and when ground is
an admirable settler
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24

The doctor set the bridge of his nose all right.
sewed mp the cnts on his neck, and ornamented
his demoralized cOuntenance with very large
strips of sticking plaster an inch thick, and then
he went home, saying, "the fellow is an Internal
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24

"IEs, boys" said Nancy Jones, n female black
yanked off shoe. Il was brought up TO this
business, and so was my mother; and there amt
been no Beecher scandals in our family, for
fact
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-06-24

The father who does not punish his child for in
solent language addressed either to himself or
the child's mother is raising boy who. fifteen
years hence, will chew, smoke and swear and
speak of his mother as that old female pu-
lsance," and of his father as THAT dashed old
bald-headed son-of.a three legged-stooln