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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06
Spring Clothing.

There is no part of the year when greater care
and wisdom in the adjustment of ones clothing
to the weather is required than in Spring. We
are SO glad to lay aside thick winter garments
and array ourselves in fresh cherry attire, that
frequently our inelnatiOns lead us TO overstep
the bounds of prudence. Not until the end OF
May, hardly before the middle of June, will it be
safe to lay aside flannel next the person. In
deed, children, aged people, and inyalids should
wear thin flannel undergaTments even during the
heated season, aud even those in the most robust
health will find it to their advantage often to
put on flannel during parts of the day and on
cold and rainy days. Especially those living
near the sea-shore and in malarious district:
need to keep careful guard over themselves and
adjust their clothing to the rise aud fall of the
thermometer, and to the changes in the direction
of the wind. The secret of good health does not
lie, as some think, in total disregard to the de.
mands of the body, in getting tOughened to cold
hunger, and rOughness, but in prompt, uniform
implicit obedience to the laws of hygiene, espe.
cally in regard to diet, exercise sleep and cloth
ing. So we will not be in q hurry to part with
our warm wraps and comfortable overcoats but
taking hints from nature, gradually enrobe our
selves in garments growing thinner and lighter
as the leaves of the trees deepen from the first
tender green of the opening leaf-bud to the rich,
full luxuriance of mid-June, and the Summer
splendor of July and August.
Our stoves and CRATES we will not be in haste
to put away. Many cool morning and evening
it will be pleasant to watch the freight and
bask in the genial warmth of the glowing Goals
or the fascinating flames of spicy birch taggots,
honest oak, and sturdy hickory. Indeed there
should be one room in every household where,
during the Summer, quick fire may be kindled
for warmth and cheer and health.
By thus taking pains to keep away dampness
from our houses and chilliness from our persons,
we shall stop many a secret drain on health,
save doctors bills, and prevent hours of weari-
ness and pain.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06

Reports reach ms from various parts of the
country, that the young grasshoppers have al
ready commenced their destructive invasion i'll
to their wheat fields and in some fields are ma
king clean sweep as they go.
Mr.. John Richardson, an intelligent farmer, who
resides five miles north of Oswego, informs us
that he tried an experiment to stop the progress
of the grasshoppers in his fields, which proved
successful. He discovered, after they had de-
stroyed four or five acres, that the grasshOppers
were bound to make raid on his wheat field.
They had come from the prairie, travelling like
the army worm, and made q clean sweep of the
blades of grass as they went. Mr.. Richardson
made his calculations by their movements, of how
fast they travelled, then made winrow of hay
across the field in front of them, scattering sixty
or seventy rods to the load. His theory was that
they would reach the hay at nghtfall and take
shelter under it. The hay remained twenty four
hours when after dark he set fire to it,, and the
result was complete humiliation of the whole
army of grasshoppers, and not one remained to
tell the tale. Mr.. Richardson has kindly furnish
ed us with this information, that others may
profit by his experience. The experiment is GER
tainly worth trial. Smoke as well as fire is
death to grasshoppers, as We have heretofore
published. In the season when the grasshoppers
are fully matured and on the wing, they can be
cleared out by placing fire to the windward so
that the smoke passes over the fields. This is
the EgyptiOn mode and the only successful means
adopted from the days of mummies-Os,rego In
dependent.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06
The Care of Winter CIothind.

In few days the month, so destructive to furs
and all wooden goods, will make its appearance.
So soon as furs and heavy wooden goods are laid
aside for the season, they should be carefully
brushed, summed, and then put where the moth
cannot get at them. Cedar chests and closets
are used by many people, but those who do not
possess these can nse bags of brown paper. The
garments are to be laid nicely in these, and then
the bags are sealed up with paste. Moths cannot
get through paper. If sewed up carefully in
linen they are also secure. 1t is said by those
who have tried it that the very best way of Sc
curing woolens from moths is to put them in a
barrel from which alcohol has just been emptied,
and head the barrel up tightly. Should moth
egg have been deposited in any fold of the gar
ments thus put away, the infant larva would be
smothered in the first moments of its existence
by the fumes of alcohol. Careful sewing up of
woolens in linen bags or FASTING them up in pa
per bags will give greater security from the
moth than camphor, cayenne pepper or tobacco
Housekeepers need to be careful during this
month to remove all old woolens from the prem
ises either TO work them up into rugs aud car
pets, to sell them or to bury them in the earth
for manure, and thus leave no breeding places
for moths.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06

DAMP HoUsEs.-The house should be absolute
ly free from damp; because damp house is
most potent, and active, and ever-present cause
of disease, especially of rheumatism, neuralgia,
colds, coughs, consumption, and such like. The
Site therefore, if not naturally dry, must be rem
dered so by means of asphalt or cement, through
out the foundation, and the roof, and CUTTERS
and drainage must be perfect. All the house
drains should terminate outside the house on an
open grid or trap; that is, they should be cut of
from the street drain, and they should be ventI-
lated by having pipe run up from every soil
pipe and every bend in the house.-Dr HdyHard'
IN POpHldr cSiehce Monthly for NOrember.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06

UNITING swARMs.-This, in the swarming sea-
son, is very easy matter to accomplish. Should
you have two swarms on the same day and wish
to unite them, first Law down two stout sticks
nine inches apart, take one of the hives and
knock II on the ground two or three times, until
the bees are all shaken out of the hive; then
sprinkle them quickly with thin syrup, place the
those shaken on the ground for the nigbt. and
the next morning they will be found peaceably
united in one family. One of the queens will he
found dead on the ground, as two queens are
never at any time allowed to occupy the same
hive.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06
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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06

To KILL BORERs.-lt is aseertained that the
following mixture used according TO directions
is an infallble remedy for body and root borers
on trees: To 80 gallons of rain water, add one
pound carbonate ammonia; one pound potash: :
one gallon whale oil one quart pine tar, and one
quart coal tar. Take brush and scrub the body
of the tree thoroughly, letting the mixture run
literally down upon the roots. 1t should be used
about three times per year. say in March or April.
in June and October. 1t is said its use promotes
the growth of the tree as well as kills the in
sects,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06
Gle fun of the Ching.
ALAS, FOR IT.

wish were dead. and slowed away,
To siunoer IN peace TIL the Judgment day.
With other respectable sinners;
For life is becoming burden of woe,
Ny appetite falls and vainly / go
To the most irreproachable dinners
cannot enjoy what cannot digest
N losing my reason, I'm losing my rest,
m fading away by inches;
m drowned in a flood Of moral slush,
Into which women and parsons rush,
And chatter ike lunalie fincbes-
The thing that has clouled nv sunny days
Until my souls ethereal ravs
Are faint a taliow candle
Is whispered, and shouted and moaned and sung.
by every mortal, in every tongue
And is known as the Brooklyn scandal.
At home abroad It's still the same
That cursed mixture Of folly and shame
l. ever before our faces;
Are said and sung at all sorts Of times
And IN most inappropriate places
Ny wife ssas prude. and sternIy frowned
On words Of improper doubtful sound
With womanly Indignation
She glanced at BOeeaceio's tales one day
Read but page, then tainted away
In virtaOns indignation
And as for Rabelais' jolly book,
thought would die when saw the look
She east at the sad old fellow;
The hair stood up on her graceful head,
Her eyes turned green, and her nose was req
And her cheeks of a decent yellow.
But now, God help us, you'd scarcely know
Unless an angel told You So
That my wife is a modest creature'
For all day long by the parlOr fire,
She dabbles away in the brook yn mire,
And gloats DER each pruTient feature
Or with some spinster sour and thin,
Who reads the Bible in search of sin,
And groans at the revelations,
She talks Of inwardness and of spheres,
Spiritual love and clerical tears,
And other denominations.
her pleasure, however is mixed with pain;
The trial must finish and she would fain
Have its thrilling joys eternal;
For she hungers as IL for the bread of life
After gush and lies and lewdness and strife,
And perjury internal
Oh would might fly to the realms Of gloom
And live alone till the day of doom
A modernized sort Of AlastOr;
With transports of bliss would bid adieu
To Tilton and Woodruff and all their crew.
And their wellloyed Plymouth pastor.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06

BED-BUGs are said to be most readily destroy
ed by nux vomica in the shape of tincture, COM
bined with liquor ammonia, which mixture Is 10
be freely applied to the joints and cracks OF the
bedstead. Ii is equally eficacious against Goes
reaches, water-bugs and other vermln, ana II ap p
piled to the harness of horses, the animals VIII
be NO longer annoyed by flies.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06

"John Thompson, you young rascal, was that
you in Mrs. jumpers yard yesterday, digging up
her rhubarb" "Well, father, can't say, only
remember what didn't do. l Twas in Mrs. Pump
er's yard at the time you mention, but Just what
occurred L don't recollect. The rhubarb NAV
have been dug up, and INFER from what you say
that it was; but don't remember" Fond pa.
rent retires, entirely Modified.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06

A BIT Enthusiastically an old couple from
Canada were wandering through the City Hall
Market, the man became so deeply engaged in
watching two handsome ladies that he failed to
reply to his wifes inquiries. She saw what allied
him, and catching him by the coat-tails she slung
him "kewhop" against stall, and then taking
him by the collar she said:
Samuel Hanover, don't attempt to trife with
me. You know me, Samuel, and You know that
III break your old neck if l catch you trying to
play off on me-"
He turned his attention to the vegetables after
that-DetrOh Free Press.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06

SHE threw shawl over her head, ran down
Sixth street two blocks, turned into Z, and went
one block, and as she entered house she re-
marked: GOOD evening, Mrs. Smith; how's all
the fOlksf Husbands sick, baby complaining
Johns foot is no better, rent is due, and the Goa
is out, but really felt as if it was my duty to
get out of the house for a few minutes and in.
quire if they've convicted Beecher yet"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06

On THE WAY.-It was night. A policeman
was pacing his lonely beat, wondering if it would
ever be his luck to find fat wallet when no one
was around. Through the gloom and darkness
a boy appeared, some bread and meat under one
arm, an old army blanket under the other, and
butcher knife in his belt.
WHITTIER" growled the orncer as he halted.
And through the dark shadows which were
hiding the boy from sight came the answer:
"Oh for the Blackk' ills."-DetrOt Free Press
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06

4 PIGEON HUNTER.-A man about thirty years
old, having shotgun on his shoulder and two
pigeons in his hand, was yesterday standing on
street corner telling crowd that he had been
ont and killed five hundred pigeons since sun
rise.
YOU'RE a liar" shouted man in the edge of
the crowd.
The stranger looked at him long and earnestly,
and then inqurcd:
Where did you get acquainted with OPP
Detroit Free Press
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06

An Irishman, addicted to telling strange sto.
ries, said he saw a man beheaded, with his hands
tied behind him, who directly picked up his head
and put it OH his shoulders in the right place.
"Ha! ha! hap said bystander; how could he
pick up his head when his hands were tied behind
him ?" "And, sure, what purity fool We arer'
said Pat "And couldn't he pick it up wild his
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06

P. WAS attacked with q disease for which his
physician prescribed calomel. After be had tax.
en- it for some time, one day the doctor asked him
if the medicine had in any manner affected his
teeth. 81 don't know" family whispered p,
shut you can see; they are in the top drawer OF
the bureau. Mrs. p. will hand them to you.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06
BLuFFEp HrM.-"Fite CENTS fare far that nhild

BLUFFED Him." Five cents fare for that child,
madam" said street car conductor yesterday,
as he opened the door and put his head in.
Every well, she replied, "this is an orphan
child, and am its guardian. must have a re-
ceipt for all the moneys paid out, and as soon as
you write one I'll drop the nickel in the box
He shut the door and leaned over the brake
like man in deep thought.-Detrou Free Press.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06

THE in a nutshell. A lady entered a
street car in Richmond, Va, not long since. The
only vacant seat was by matronly- looking col
Ored woman. The latter politely drew away her
skirts and made all the room possible. The true
born she-Southern declined the seat with a scorn-
full toss of the head and tip up of the nose more
than nature had given it. "Lor bless We, honey"
said the colored woman, smilingly, "if We owned
me you'd sit in my lap"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06

Morn PPEvENTIvE-slix half pint OF alcohol,
the same quantity of turpentine, and two ounces
of camphor. Keep in a stone bottle ana SHIRE
before using. The clothes or furs are 10 &c MIaP
ped in linen, and crumpled up pieces OF paper
saturated in the solution and sprinkled upon
the wooden goods
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06

IN Washington, the other day, lady went to
pay her respects to one of the latest arrivals on
the list of babyhOOd, when the following colloquy
took place between her and the little four year
old sister of the new conner: 81 have come for
that baby now" said the lady. "You can't have
it," was the reply. But l mnst; L came over
on purpose" urged the visitor "tNe can't spare
it at ALL !" persisted the child, "but I'll get piece
ofpaper and you can cut pattern"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06
}aOO l|IAg)p GRRsR0hA SRRmiRAllng RX
Testimonials.

Saws Rev. J. d. Smith, D. D., of Chieago:-"We
feel warranted in pronouncing this School, the
Mt Carroll Seminary, for all the highest purposes
of education one of the best in our knowledge.
We regard it Is unsurpassed in the West, whether
as respects tro righteousness of she discipline or the
substantial value of the instruction.
Says the Examining Committee:-'Taken altOge
ther, the exercises demonstrated that the Mt. Car
roll Seminary still stands where it has stood for the
last fifteen years the peer of any similar institution
in the West. The able corps of Teachers and the
marvellous decree of thoroughness with which eve
rything attempted is carried through aside from its
many other attractions render II a most desirable
place for young lady to qualify herself for the du
ties of life. 1t is wonder the Mt Carroll
Seminary has attained its present high position.
of the rery best schools for young ladies in
land"
Says reporter Of the Examination and lsnniver-
sary Exercises of the year just The school
has never been fuller, did itself credit,
than at the close Of the present year"
TIE annexed engraving is a correct representation
of the Seminary and Grounds.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06

A MILWAUKEE chap kissed his girl forty times
right straight along, and when he stopped the
tears came into her eyes and she said in a sad
tone of voice: "Ah! John, 1 fear You have ceased
to love me-" No haven't" replied John, "but
l must breathe"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06

OF surface waters Professor Newberry OBJ
serves: Water in itself is dsinfectant, and
large volume Of water, when exposed to the ar,
so rapidly "ines" itself by the oxidation OF IT'S
organic impurities, that when cooled and settled
or filtered TO remove its suspended ingredients,
palatable and wholesome than that taken from
III.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06

An old and weather-worn trapper was recently
seen sauntering along the main street of one of
our Western villages. PausiDg in front of a lit
tie Westinghouse for moment, he went i'll and
took his seat among the congregation. The
preacher was discoursing on the text of sheep
and the wolves" and had evidently been drawing
contrast between the two subjects Says he:
eve who assemble here from week to week and
do our duty, and perform our part, are the sheep;
now, who the wOlvesi" A pause and our
friend, the trapper, arose to his feet: 'Wa'all,
stranger, rather than see the play stopped, will
be the wOlves!' The preacher was vanG uished
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06

"ON which side of the platform is my train p
asked stranger in Jersey City depot the other
day. "Well, my friend" replied gentleman
passing, "if you take the left you'll be right; il
you take the right, you'll be left" The man con-
cluded to take the right one, anyhow.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06

GLOW far is it to Cub Creeki" asked travel
Ter of a Dutch woman. "0nly shoost a little
way" Is 1t four, six, eight, or ten miles !" i'm
Isl serenely replied the unmoved gatekeeper.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06

WHEN the song of the social hen is heard
throughout the land, and the early cock bids SAL
ntatlon to the dawn about five o'clock in the
morning look out for a fall in eggs and a rising
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06

FASHIONABLE lady went to n marty not long
SINCE. She arrived there about the first of the
eneninS' but the last of her dress did not arrive
until after u O'Clock.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06

NOW let us talk about your business affairs, "
SSiu a sharp Connecticut girl to young fellow,
aLter ne pad proposed marriage is her in long
address hlled with expressions of passionate love
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06

SHELIAc is the best cement for jet articles
Smoking the joint renders it black to match
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06

APPLE and pear trees two years from the bud
or graft are better to plant than old ones.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06

No grain crops should be raised in an orchard
except buck-wheat or corn.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06
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MT. CARROLL, ILL.

day D. ASsn Of .5sf A 1ouS Sss o. Il.
w - w 800, AZ work for in their spare moments
ar sl The time Than at anything else Particulars free
| Address G. STNsoS Co., Portland, Maine feelsSL
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-06

WHAT IS that which, by losing an eye, has only