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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-08-12

MELON WINE-How true it is that it takes
everybody to know everything! Pumpkins and
variety of delicious watermelons grow sponta-
neously in Arabia. Perhaps they develop more
richly there than in Persia, where they are ex-
tremely good In the great plenty, immensely
beyond the demand of consumers where they
most abound, the prudent lockers ahead eHt a
hole through the rind, while on the vine, down
into the pulp. 1t is then closed tightly with
wax. Under genial sun the cone soon begins
to melt away till it all disappears, leaving the
shell nearly full of delicious fluid which is called
melon wine. Like the drink of the gods, it is
not to be compared with any other beverage on
earth, say the consumers. A hint here for an ex-
pertinent the coming season.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-08-12

HADN'T TME.-A citizen of Vicksburg who
wanted few hours work done about his yard
the other day accosted colored man and inquir-
ed if he would like the job.
"I'd like to do it, but haven't time,n was the
answer.
"Why, You don't seem to be doing anything"
al don't, Ell! We'll, now, I'ze gwine a-fshin'
to-day. Tomorrow Pee gwine over de river.
Next day Ize gwine huntin'. Next day Pze
got to get my butes fixed. Next day Fze gwine
to mend the table, and the .Lawd only knows
how I'ze gwine to get frew de week onless hire
a man to helm mer
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-08-12

A BOY tried his first pipe the other day. When
his father came home to dinner, he found him
braeed against barrel, with his legs spread apart
his hands and lower jaw dropping listlessly, and
deatbly pallor overspreading his face. "What
is the matter with your inquired the amazed
parent. "My-teacher is-sick, ~ gasped the boy.
"Well, you mustn't feel so badly about it, Tom
N.Y." said the father, kindly. "She will get well
again, without doubt And then stepping in
to the house, he observed to his wife that that
was the most sympathetic boy he ever saw.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-08-12

To TRAIN DRIVING HoRsE-In teaching a
young horse to drive well, do not hurry to see
how fast he can trot, Keep each pace clear and
distinct from the other; that is in walking. ma
king him walk and do not allow him to trot.
While trotting, be equally careful that he keeps
steady at his pace, and do not allow him to slack
en- into a walk the reins, while driving, should
be kent snug. and when pushed to the ton of his
speed, keep him well in hand, that ne may learn
to bear upon the bit, SO that when going at
high rate of speed pc can be held at his pace
but do not allow him to pull too hard, for it is
not. only unpleasant, but it makes him difficult
to manage.-NdtioRdl Lire Stock Journal.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-08-12

GREEN Corn FOR WINTER UsE-Take the ears
OF corn, remove the husk, all but the last one (;
get tight cask, put in layer of corn and lay
er OF salt another corn, and another salt, and SO
on until the cask is full pour in little cold wa
ter and cover tight. When you wish to cook it,
take 1t ont of the brine, remove the husk, cut it
of from the cob, and soak till fresh. This is bet
ter than drying, and not as much trouble. Green
corn will not keep in glass jars or tin cans. This
Is our experience; perhaps some one has been
more successful
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-08-12

BLACKBERRY WINE.-Put the berries in n large
tub; to every gallon of berries pour on one pint
of boiling water, brnise them with mallet and
let them remain till the next day strain through
thick cloth. To every gallon of the juice add
two and one-half pounds of sugar. Strain
again and put into a cask, cover the bung with
muslin put it in a cool place, shake the cask dali
ly until fermentation ceases Cork it tight, and by
September it will be fit to drink, but improves
with age This receipt has been followed for
ten years, and never failed
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-08-12

YOUNG Scotch girl inquired of q gentleman,
in broad Sbotch, the road to the fremont House,
Boston. He desired her to follow him, and asked
her how long since she had arrived from Scot
land. Sax weeks, your honor" On their arri-
val at their destination, she very cody inquired.
Moo, sir, wnll We just tell me hoo ye kennel
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-08-12

BRANDY FROM SoRGHUM.-A subscriber asks
'What quality and quantity of brandy can be
made from sorghumr None at all. Sorghum
would, like any other sugar, make rum or wills
key, but brandy can only be made from grapes.
This manufacture is one not within the ,eeiti-
mate scope of this journal-4meriodn .fqricglts-
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-08-12

SWEET CORN.--Mrs. N. G. Hutchinson, Water
loo, Kansas gives the following receipt for drying
sweet corn: To preserve the sweet, delicious
green corn flavor cut the corn from the cob be-
lore IL IS boiled boil the cobs ten fifteen mill
utes the corn should not be put into more wa
ter than will dry down in five minutes boiling.
Care mnst be used to prevent its seorching.
spread thinly on plates and dry in the sun or
oven, the latter is the best.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-08-12

WHEN Gov. Leslie and Gov. Harlan, rival can
didates for the Kentucky Governorship in 1871,
were stamping together, they found at one place
only single bed for the two. "well, !" said Les
lie, as they got comfortably under its comfort
ables, lone thing is certain-the next Governor
of kentnekyis lying in this hed.n -
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-08-12

MAD ITcH-The disease known by this name
is prevailing to a considerable extent near Lon
don. 1t thought to arise from feeding cattle with
hogs on green corn fodder. The hogs chew the
green corn stalks, extract the nutritive proper
ties, and the dry piths, ETC., picked up by the
cattle and sYalloMed.-Prairie Farmer.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-08-12

hE leaned on the fence pouring out warm
VOWS OF love and admiration to the lovely being
on the other side. 1t was dark. We could not
see ner face; but she said: "Prsy desist. You
aae saellIating. Only week ago you told that
ed. Q d ~ 20 2. "e'e'
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-08-12

To cure the hog cholera, take one teaspoonful
of copperas, half a pint of sweet milk, mix well
together; throw the hog on his back, then with
q corn-cob or stick hold the mouth open, and ap-
ply the medicine.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-08-12

If man wishes to cruelty lacerate the feelings
of an acquaintance he remarks: ga COW regards
your feet with complacency," and upon being
questioned why, he Answers: because she
would see at glance that her hide wouldn't
have to be cut down very much to make shoes
for them.D
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-08-12

LIZ was reported of little girl in one Of she
public schools day or two ago, that she had said
fence sbs denisd in oelRg arraispsd fSr the Of
the accuser, "you said "Beeeher.in
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-08-12

CHICKEN CHoLERA.-A little sulphate of iron
in the drinking water of chickens, and change
of food is said to prevent the spread of the chol
era in a flock, but does not hurt the ill ones.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-08-12

RooT pruning promotes fruitfulness by check
ing growth, and top pruning just when vegeta-
ton commences has the same effect
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-08-12

Do not cook vegetables in iron pots, unless
they are enamaled. Neuer cook tomatoes in an
iron pot. 1t makes them bitter.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-08-12
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~ TO YOUNG MEN,

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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-05-12

At one time ] was boarding at the home
Of dear friend. who was very much afflicted
by strange, nervous weakness in the wrists,
which quite forbade her to do anything,
even TO comb her own hair
As she was also hard of hearing, and as
her sight had more than once threatened to
fail, so that she feared to read much, she
was cut of from all amusement, and her
thoughts were left 10 the power OF the enemy.
lie did not fail to use his advantage. Keep
ing in the background the thousand daily
mercies for which she had cause for graft
tude, he kept close before her mind all her
miseries, and in spite of all that could be
said TO her by human lips, she settled more
and more into silent despair, with all the
billows and the waves of past and present
sorrows flowing over her.
All at once, it came to me that | could
make special cause Of prayer for my friend
We had been talking OF cases Of surprising
answer 10 such prayers. Alone In my room
| spread her case before her Father and
mine, and besought that he would do some
thing to comfort and cheer her mind; that
he would either remove her Affections, or
lift her mind above them TO the Joys of the
heavenly home.
That aftemoon--it was gloomy and stormy
somebody brought the mail. 1t came, bring
ing what acted like magic on the invalid.
The shadows fed the nervous fluid flowed
again, in some small measure, through the
languid wrists the heavy eyes became like
stars and felt that God had heard me.
"This might have been Just so if you had
not prayed" say you. Yes but il might
not. Those letters might have miscarried,
as so many do.
At another time | was, myself, in trouble
so extreme that felt could bear no more
without falling into utter despair Distress
was on every side, and to look up seemed to
| give no help.
"Then | cried unto the Lord, and he
| heard me-" | asked Of Him sign aud lie
gave it. A dear friend lay struggling in the
delirium OF fever IN the next room. The
nurse, the doctor, her husband, and hel
brother, all of them could not keep her from
| hurting herself. She had not slept fol
thirty-six hours or more. The doctor had
said she must die. The sign | asked wal
that her rawlings might cease, and she sleep
"Give me this sign now. Let me know
that thou art that thou dost hear and pit,
me-" was the substance Of my cry. Tn,
most and best of this experience suppress
as perhaps is best now but in less than fiv,
minutes the suffering lady lay quiet anC
soon she fell asleep and slept four hours
Instead Of dying, she is now alive and well
Her husband is the only brother of Rev. A
L. Stone, formerly of Haston,
am not afraid to set my hand to tn
seal that the Lord answers prayer. An,
while ten thousand times ten thousand o
Gods people have proved, and are proving
him thus true, how can men of science
prore the negative -Congregationalist.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-05-12
Family RelIglOn.

A certain county Of certain state was
canvassed some time ago In reference to fam
ily worship We have forgotten the figures,
but the number Of families without family
altar was surprisingly large. And yet we
have no reason to believe that the inhabt-
ants Of this county were sinners above all
the inhabitants of adjoining counties. We
imagine that II we could get accurate infor-
nation, we should be astonished 10 find how
many professedly Christian families there
are in which little or no attention is paid to
this most obvious duty.
Difficulties are in the way sometimes. The
father Of the family is not Christian.
Then let the Christian mother lead the de-
votions of the family. And let her not sup
pose that the epistle 10 the Corinthians stands
in her way. Instructions about keeping 81
lenoe IN church uan not be made to cover the
family. Or the husband, though aChristian,
is business man, and family religion gets
crowded out. lie must take the earliest
train in the morning. Then get up earlier
Then again, his family have irregular habits,
and drop into their seats at the breakfast
table too late for the blessing, as well as too
late for prayers. This speaks badly for
their bringing up. We fear too, that II the
truth were told there is something in the
inOut Vi tNNuutNlltk ldlillN MOiohiH
makes It repulsive. Some people read the
Scripture as If the same inspiration which
provided the matter broke ii into lengths as
well. so that TO stop before the chapter closes
is the next thing TO sacrilege. Paul tells us
that he would rather speak FIVE words with
his understanding than ten thousand words
in an unknown tongue. And so, better far
stop with twelve verses well read, well pom
dered, than drawl through seventy verses.
And remember our Sayiour's words about
"much speaking when you pray. Be brief,
be direct. Teach systematic theology
through another channel; and when you
pray, let every sentence be freighted with a
petition, or laden with. gratitude. Then,
reader, your altar will not be cold, and your
family will love to gather round it, But do
not imagine it is economy to neglect family
prayer; you cannot afford TO do it, II near
and dear ones fall into temptation when
your back Is turned, you must blame your
self for presuming to leave them without
commenting them to Gods guardianship.
The Christian family ought 10 be very
garden OF the Lord. Love should be there.
Love mad. the family at the start-and JOY,
peace, and long-suffering, the rest. Is this
the case All if the secret histories Of
Christian households were written, how
many pages there would be which men
would wish to " blot or burn !" Who is TO
blame Men are worried in business, and
vent their wrath at home; are cringing and
plausible in society but play the tyrant
within their little domain, Fathers lay un.
reasonable commands ON children, aud or
thodox theology is brought in TO account for
their disobedienoe, when In reality 1t is not
80 much the original sin of the children
which is to blame as the actual transgres-
sions of the fathers who "provoke them to
wrath. ."-Inierior.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-05-12
A Word 10 Tired Mothers.

] have three little girls, who are OF such
value to me in household duties, l teei
anxious that other mothers should oeneht py
my experience. It is not easy for one pair
of hands to attend TO all the wants and little
needs OF family of nine children, but with
my helps am able To accomplish the regu-
lar work, and teach at certain hours the
seven who are able to study. The secret OF
IL is in keeping every duty at its regular
hour, and each child knowing her appointed
work They are cook, house-maid and
nurse, alternatelyi and II is amusing to see
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-05-12

Ragged, dirty, ugly. He had fallen in the
muddy gutter; his hands and face were
black, his mouth wide and open, and sending
forth sounds not the most musical. A rough
hand lifted him up, and placed him against
the wall. There he stood, his tears making
little cutters down his begrimmed cheeks.
Men as they passed laughed at him, not car
ing for a moment TO stop and inquire If he
were really hurt Boys halted a moment
to jeer and load him with their insnlts.
Poor boy he hadn't friend in the world
that he knew Of. Certainly, he did not de
serve one but il none but the deserving had
friends, how many would be frendless
A lady is passing her kindness of heart
prompts her to stay aud say kind word to
the boys who are joking their companion
and laughing at his sorrow. Then she looked
fixedly at the dirty, crouching lad against
the wall
"Why, John, is it you 2"
lie removes one black fist from his eye and
looks up. lie recognizes her. She has
taught him at the ragged-school.
80 ma'am, I'm so badw
She has him examined, then taken to the
hospital. Afterward she visits him kindly
and frequently.
A year passes by.
Inere Is nre Ouc HlSut. n uNciiiiib-
house is In flames. The engine has not yet
arrived. The inmates cannot be rescued.
A boy looks on. Suddenly he shouts
"Oh, she lives here P"
Then he climbs up the heated, falling
stairs. lie fights against the suffocating
smoke. He hunts about till he finds what
he sought. She has fainted-is dying per-
haps. No he will save her. Five minutes
Of agonizing suspense, and she is safe in the
cool air.
| The by-sianders are struck with the in
trepedity of the boy. lie only walks away,
muttering
"She didn't turn away from me when I
was hurt"
! oh, friends, the stone looks very rough,
but ii may be diamond--.Seiccted
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-05-12
The Spare Bed.

When go 10 the country TO visit my re-
lations, the spare bed rises up before my
imagination DAYS before ! start, and shiver
as | remember how cold and graye-lke the
sheets are. put off the visit as long as pos
sible, solely ON account of that spare bed. !
don't like 10 tell that had rather sleep on a
picket fence than 10 enter that spare room
and creep into that spare bed, and so they
know nothing of my suffering. The spare
bed is always as near mile and half from
the rest of the beds as IL can be put. II is
either up stairs, at the head Of the hall or off
the parlor. The parlor curtains have not
been raised for weeks everything is as prim
as an old maids bonnet, and the bed is as
square and true as II ii had been made up to
a carpenters rule. No matter whether II be
summer or winter, the bed is like ice, and II
sinks down in way 10 make one shiyer.
The sheets are slippery clean, the pillow slips
rustic like shrouds, and one dare not stretch
his leg down for fear Of kicking against
tombstone. One sinks down until he is lost
in the hollow, and foot by foot the prim bed
posts vanish from sight. lie Is worn out
and sleepy but he knows that the rest OF the
family are so far away that no one could
hear him II he should shout for an hour, and
this makes him nervous. lie wonders II any
one ever died in that room, and straightway
he sees faces of dead persons, hears strange
noises, and presently feels chill galloping
up md down his back. Did any one ever
pass comfortable ght in spare bed No
matter how many quilts and spreads covered
him, he could not get warm, and II he acci-
dentally fell asleep it was to wake with a
start under the impression that a dead man
was pulling his nose. II will be days and
weeks before he recoyers from the impress
sion, and yet he must suffer in silence, be-
cause the spare bed was assigned him in
token Of esteem and affection.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-05-12

ONE WAY ron A DRuNKARD To REFORM.
Let every young man whose appetite for
drink is consciously growing, but whose con-
science is not yet scared by confirmed habit,
adopt the plan of making accurate note Of
how he feels in the morning, after drinking
too much the night before. Let him analyze
as nearly in detail as he can, his thoughts
and reflections when he first wakes up, and
put down in black and white plain, truth
ful description of them. | do not refer 10
the sense of physical pain or discomfort,
which always follows debauch, but to his
moral conditions in the early morning, and
in the absence Of the Fictitious excitement
OF convivlallty. Let this be done conscien-
tiously, aud let the young man read over his
own words carefully, and endeayor TO thor
oughly realize what he has described on
paper every time he thinks of taking a
drink and ! believe that most young men
controlled by principle, actuated by desire
to do right, and struggling against the inhe-
rent weakness of human nature, would in a
short time come TO the conclusion that the
agame is not worth the CANDLE" and in
many cases eventually give up the desire TO
indulge in so treacherous and delusiye re-
lief from ennui---so dangerous and false a
means OF excitement.-P Providence Journal
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-05-12

The TRuE LIrE.-The mere lapse Of
years is not life. To eat and drink and
sleep to be exposed to darkness and the
light; to pace around in the mill of habit,
and turn the wheel of wealth; to make rea-
son our book-keeper, and turn thought into
an implement Of trade-that is not life, In
all this, but poor fraction Of the conscious
ness OF humanity is awakened; and the
sanctities still slumber which make it most
worth while 10 be, knowledge, truth, love,
beauty, goodness, faith, alone can give vital
ity to the mechanism Of existence; the laugh
OF mirth that yibrates through TO the heart,
the tears that freshen the dry wastes within,
the music that brings childhood back, the
prayer that calls the future near, the doubt
which makes us mediate, the death which
startles us with mystery, the hardship that
forces us TO struggle, the anxiety that ends
in trust--are the true nourishment OF our
natural being.--Mntineau.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-05-12
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One o., ONE.
As their wear, f.s.t toneb ite shining .fsan1
one D., ONE
Their bross hrs clothed In a golden erovn.
Their tr,v.l-st,ire,i o., ,,e,t. 40. , t.ti down
a,N ''i"'l WIN WINE Iainfni my fe't on the meat
"H'it NH laimh ever lnecih his chosen 10 lead,
One BY one.
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-05-12
VOL. 7O.-357S. NO. 30.

strong stencil for several weeks from In,
dead fish left by the way.
The unfortunate man at the mill had los
his grain and his horse. lie had ESCAPED
from the mill on the opposite side Of The
food from his home, and was obliged tc
wait till next day, when he went home, sor
rowing for his great loss not seeming q
reckon in Offset that his life had been saved
by Mr.. Dorr, who 30 exhausted himself by
his great effort that he never regained any
sound health during his life.-E EXCHANGE.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-05-12

Qrnprranrr.


I'm horough-eoing Temperance mani
lhs crimes and woes of the world scan.
pity ~ bard condition.
The fountain Of wrong IA forever dry.
To stop the how ia stop the supply
Aud this b prohibition.
~ knew baker, 70 badly bold.
That In every Loaf of bread he sold
Was arsenic In secret giutltlon
I'd oven HIN upin stone walls four.
Where he could petldle out death no more.
And this il prohlbnlon.
u butcher saw, In the market street,
Who murdered the people with putfd meat
The Infamous aon Of pcrditoni
IA stall hun where his stand would bc sure
HI bread ai plain, and his water pure
And this ls prohibition.
" met dog hat was wont 10 bite,
WIN wouici NY neiehbors. day and night,
ia nK him by demolitioni
In spite Of bis wasginEs, and yclplns- and trar..
ia cut "a hls tail, Just back of his oars,
Aud this Is ufohlhltl,u