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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

FABLE from the New York Uorld: A Newsboy
was passing along the street, when he CHANGED to
discover Purse of Greenbacks. He was at first
inclined to conceal it, but, repelling the unwor-
thy suggestion, he asked Venerable Man if it
were hs'n. The Venerable Man looked at il
hurriedly, said it was, patted him on the Head,
gave him a Quarter and said he would vet be
President The Venerable Man then FASTENED
away, but was arrested for having Counterfeit
Bills i'll his possession, while the honest Newsboy
played penny ante with his humble Q uarter and
ran it up to S2.G2 Moral Honesty is Sometimes
the Best Policy.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

REMEDY FOR SORE THRoAT.-Take one large
red pepper, such as are grown for family use
steep in half pint of water, after which, strain
in quart of molasses, adding little vinegar
boil all together to thin syrup; use this when
ever the throat feels dry dsagreeable; if it be
in the dead of night, it will soothe the throat
tand not irritate) and warm it mp WELL If sharp
er than can be borne in the mouth, put it back
near the palate with spoon, and swallow; APP
ply outwardly thin slice of salt pork, warming
1t up well IN little vinegar and pepper; apply
as hot as can be borne on the throat fasten the
bandage that holds the pork over the head to
draw the cold and inflammation up, and not
about the neck, as most people do.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

STORING CoRS.-Dampness and frost combined
injure corn for food, and especially for seed
Much of it brought to market is sold as unsound
The sooner it can be husked and placed in dry
room, the better. The crib should never be more
than three or four feet wide, and let plenty of
air holes be left by Stats at the bottom and sides
little rat terrier, chained under or in the corn.
house, is the best rat trap we know of. If the
CRIB be set on posts, covered with tin or sheet
iron caps placed on top of the posts rats and
mice will find it hard work to get In Seed corn
should have been selected from the earliest and
most productive hills, husked and kept dry. II
not done, Immediately select the best yet avail
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

SEEING Is DECEIvING.-Here is a row of ordi-
nary capital letters and figures:
SSSSSSSSSXXXXXXXXXX NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
They such as are made up of two parts of
equal shapes. Look carefully at thes G, and you
will perceive that the upper halves of the char
acters are very little smaller than the lower
balyes-so little that an ordinary eye will declare
them to be of equal size.
Now turn the page upside down, and without
any careful looking, You will see that this differ
ence i'll size is very much exaggerated; that the
real top half of the letter is very much smaller
than the bottom half. 1t will be seen from this
that there is a tendency in the eye to enlarge the
upper part of the object upon which it looks.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

WASHING WOODEN BED CLOTHING.-It is said
by some, wash in warm water; by others, in cold
water. We know that warm water will cause
shrinking. large, fine rose blanket wa shed al
three different times shortened six to seven inch
es each washing. In the centre it pulled up and
made shapeless thing. We are told to wash in
warm water and rinse in water of the same tenn
peratuFe. 1t was done, and with perfect success.
The blanket is even longer and more even The
shrinking seems to take place on the sudden
change of the temperature from warm to cold.
The gradual cooling and drying afterward does
not seem to affect any; so tho slow change in
the Temperature of frozen fruit leaves the fruit
uDhurt
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09
TI2T3T45 T6T7 10 II

"Now," said she, "if two of you gentlemen will
go into No. bed room and wait a few MINT es
I'll find spare room for one of yOu as soon as
I've shown the others to their rooms
''Well, now, having bestowed two gentleman
in No. l, she put the third in No. 2, fourth in No
3, fifth in No. A. sixth in No. 5, seventh in No. 6
eighth in No. z, ninth in No. &. tenth in No. 8
eleventh in No. 10. She then came back to No. l,
where, You will remember, she had left the
twelfth gentleman with the first, and said; "I've
now accommodated all the rest, and still have Il
room to spare; So if one of yon will step into No.
ii, you will find it empty" Thus the twelfth
man got his bed room. OF course there is a hole
somewhere; hut we leave the reader to determ-
inc exactly where the fallacy is, with just Il
warning to think twice as TO which, if any, of
the travellers was the "odd man out"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

An emigration agent accOsted an old negro in
Columbus the other day: 81 say, old man. don't
you want to make some moneyi" "Dat's lest
what I'm sarchin' ROM fer, boss. hungry right
now" ''Well, in Mississippi, the planters are
paying mighty high prices for good work shands,
and If yon-" "HOle on dar, boss. Jes wait
III Middle Georgia niger. done been out
dar. I'm good wuk hand, tool wuk myself
out dar, an den tnn roun, an wuk myself back
agin," an right here Pm gwine ter STAY, eff de
Lord spars me. When dies want ter have n
belly spang full o. bread an meat, an want ter
9e eeTrled 10 seminary whar I'm quainted wild
de folks. You heered my horn I"-Sarannah Ne,rs.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09
Quick Prescriptions.

Professor Wilder, of Cornell University, gives
these short rules for action in case of accident:
For dust in the eyes avoid rubbing; dash cold
water in them; remove cinders, ETC., with the
round point of lead pencil
Remove insects from the ear by tepid water
never put hard instrument into the ear.
If an artery is cut compress it above the wound:
if a vein is cut, compress it below.
If chOked, go upon all TOURS and cough.
For slight burns dip the part in cold water if
the skin is destroyed, cover with varnish.
For apoplexy raise the head and body; for
faintng lay the person fiat.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09
The easiest and best remedy for channel hands

The easiest and best remedy for chapped hands
is found in every store room. Take common
starch and grind it with knife until it is reduc-
ed to the smoothest powder. Take clean box
and NIL 1T with starch thus prepared, so as to
have it continually at hand for use. Every time
the hands are taken from the suds or dish water,
wipe them, and while they are yet damp rub a
portion of the starch thoroughly over them, COW
ering the whole surface. The effect is magical
The rough snarting skin is cooled and soothed
and healed, bringing and insuring the greatest
degree of comfort and freedom from this by no
means Insignificant trial.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

WHY are farmers so liable to rheumatismi
Because they wear wet clothing, overeat and
suddenly chill the body after great exertion, and
because they do not keep the skin in q vigorous,
clean and healthy condition. If they would be
careful not to go with wet clothing and wet feet,
and if they would not overeat when in an ex-
hausted condition. and battle daily, using much
friction, they would have less rheumatism. The
same rule applies to others than farmers.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

The best way to get good flock of sheep is
70 RAISE them, because there are but few chances
to buy such sheep as will pay to keep, unless at
hlgn price. A beginner should buy few good
American Merinos saw from twenty To fiftv and
if they are really gOod-that is, Young and free
from uisease-there is more increase and money
In them than in flock of 500 cuIls, old. scabby.
and otnerwise 9nsound In fact, such sheep are
the best use to make of them is 70 seri H., 80
the butcher, if that is allowable. Nv commenc.
ing with few sheep, a painstaking man nan
learn how to manage them as fast as tbn 80.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

J.. Fl. n, of Berlin, Wis, writes: In your last
weekly issue you say that spirits turpentine or
oenzine will soften dried-up paint brushes. With
other article that has become hard as a brick
may be made soft and pliable by immersing it
IN lard, or lard oil, and keeping it immersed long
enough. 1t may require six months for a large
brush Grease will soften the hardest paint in
time
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09
REv1vAL1sr Ito rural visitor at Hippodr,

REvIvALIsT Ito rural visitor at Hippodrome)
My friend, did you come here from curiosityf
r. V. Slightly deaf)-No, sir, didn't; came
here from Staten Island.
Revivalist-YOu don't understand me; Did Won
come here from curiosity alone!
r. Yves, came alone; the old woman's got
corns, and had to stay home.
Revivalist (rather impatiently(-No no. my
good sir; what brought you here TO dayi
r. V. (smiling)-Oh, 1 see! Why the horse ear
did
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

NORWICH Bulletin: The feeling seems to be
gaming ground in commercial circles that unless
some Improvements is invented in safe locks, a
return will have to be made to the custom of
those halcyon days when the cashiers wife car
rled the assets of the institution in her stock ing
and slept with rolling pin and a fiat iron under
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

A wELLKNowN broker with his dry wit and
inlmItable stutter, is the man upon whom the
boys father all the good jokes of the season.
ms is the LATEST A certain Mabel Grey ND town
mad remarkably handsome and dim inutive spec
his attention.
'Wha-wha- what's his n-namef" he asked.
so, call him PEPPERMINT, ," replied the fair,
frail, and fashionable one
Pepper ," he retOrted that's finn
ny n-namei If you VIVIAN wanted to c-calI him
after confectionery, w-why did didn't you e-call
him sHOarhound?'"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

To PICKLE MEAT IN ONE DAY.-Get a tub
nearly full of rain river water and put two
pieces of thin wood it, and set the beef on
them at about the distance of an inch from the
water. Heap as much salt as will stand on the
beef, and let it remain twenty-four hours; then
take the meat off aud boil it, and you will find il
as salty as if it had been in pickle for weeks-the
the beef.-Erchaaqe
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

In lifting the sick, do not take them by the
shoulders and drag them up to the pillows,
but get some one to help you. Let one stand on
one side of the patient, the other opposite, then
join hands under the shoulders and hips, and lift
steadily and promptly together. This method is
easy for those who lift, and does not disturb the
one who is lifted
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

A LITTLE six-year-old boy went into the country
visiting: About the first thing he got was a bowl
OF bread and milk. He tasted it, and then hest
tated moment, when his mother asked him if
ne Gidh Z IKE 1t, to which he replied, smacking
his lips: Eyes, ma'am; was only wishing on,
milk man would keen cow
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

DEAR, YOU ARE ALWAYS RIGHT.-He was a
minister from the country, tall, self-conscious
and with tuft of pale beard on his chin. She
his wife, held his arm in = buoyant wav. that
told OF a once gleefnl girlhood. She was glanc-
ing at a candy window when he said, eve must
not think of worldly affairs" She thought of the
i've children at home, and sadly replied, Dear,
you are always right"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

THE second night after her husband died she
sat by the open chamber window fye hours.
waiting for the cats to begin fighting in the back
yard. Said she: This thing Of going to sleep
without quarrel of some kind is so new that
can't stand it! Let me alone till they begin,
then can doze off gently.A
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

A NEVADA sheep man, who tried and spcceo5
ed with sheep said: ''Sheep are better tbar =
government bond; you can tear off coupon a,
cry six months half as big as the bond, and tho
bond is left as big as it was" 1t was well put
Sheep are n bonanza to any man who will give
as thorough attention to them as he wOuld give
any other business. The proper selection of
herds and crosses comes in for first attention,
then proper feed and skillful handling, with con-
tinue6 attention, and the profits follow certainly
and satisfactorily.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

SCARLET FEvER.-The Chicago Inter- Ocean
says:-"Hundreds Of children have fallen victims
to scarlet fever in this city during the past three
months. Concering the treatment of this dis
ease, an eminent physician says that he does not
fail in effecting a cure more than once in hun
dred cases, by giving the patient warm lemonade
with gum arabic dissolved in it. A cloth wrung
ont in hot water and laid upon the stomach
shonld be renewed as rapidly as it becomes cool
To this simple treatment the most obstinate case
seldom fail to succumb."
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

YOUNG man in Lancaster, Pa, sent a dollar
10 hrm in New York who advertised a recent
20 prevent bad dreams, and received a small sim
u paper, on which was printed, ''Don't go to
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

HE objection which many persons have
against using tincture of Iodine on the skin is,
tnat the stain is ineradicable, except after con-
siderable time. tIf few drops of carbolic acid
be added to the tincture saws a medical journal,
~ VIII never stain; moreover, the tincture it
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

THE Practical Farmer recommends the follow
ounce of cOpPeras to eight or ten gallons of wa
ter, forms good wash, and is advised for trial
as preventive against blight. One pound of
bleacher's soda and one gallon of water forms a
wash that cleans of all insects, and leaves the
trees with fresh, yOung-looking healthy BARK
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

IT is pitiable sight to see a woman, who but
one short year ago possessed an angels sweet
ness of disposition and a ohild's artlessness of
character, watching at the head of the stairs at
o'clock in the morning, with a towel roller in
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09
atsefml aud Curious.
a Puzzle.

There is story of how a chambermaid got
twelve commercial travellers into eleven bed
rooms, and yet to have given each a separate
room. Here we have eleven bed rooms:
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

NE hsppiest moments in woman's life are
s men she is making her wedding garments; the
night and yells to her from the front stems to
univ" MIN out some key holes assorted sizes.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

BRET HARTE admits that he learned the nrint
tI trade; lie says he could work six quarts o.
o!pS i per day on hand press, and could correct
a roller as good as anybody.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

Chicago Times: Some of the obituaries of +b.
Baltimore San are touchngy pathetic nj VI .ne
fnl, but the irreverent and unfeeling smile ,.har
they read that Mr.. SO-and so fell aslaa " .Ji
arms of Jesus, of dysentery III the
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

IF ~ ane marriage Of an Alabama widower one
taL one SeiHahts was asked if his master would
snss aI;ve ub ba tour t" Dunno, sab; when old mis-
take bride to de new one or not "''''''o nv
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

NOR 90 ~ las invented a chair in which q wo-
between side-saddle and an upholstered saw.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

The length of the donble ,vbifle-tree and the
neck YOKE Tor sleigh should be Just as long as
the sleigh Is wide from about the centre of one
runner to the other.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09
Manhood: How Lost, How Restored.

-LETTERHEADS BILLHEADS. ENVELOPES
MONTHLY STATEMENT BLANKS, and All sueb rorL
executed in the best style at the CHEF mice
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

GUIBoRD-Re qGi esoat in cement,
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-10-01
whose Fault II lty

We believe it has been customary IN
other days, In the selection Of Judges Of
election in this county, To put at least one
Republican at each precinct, but In cas-
ually glancing over the list selected by
the county commissioners, we fail to lind
more than one Republican In the whole
lot, and it is said, he won't serve. What
have the honorable commissioners to say
about this lack OF courtesy, not to say
unfairness.-l Sn.
The Sim gives the list Of the election
judges for the several precincts, but
whether it is true that there Is but one
Republican in the entire number, we are
unable to say, there being many per-
sons named with whom we are not ac-
quainted, either personally or otherwise.
But suppose there is but one Republican
on the list, whose fault is it! The board
OF county commissioners is composed Of
two Republicans and one Democrat, and
if the Republicans are not properly rep
resented in the matter of election
judges, they have themselves to blame
for it. But the truth is, in selecting
judges the county commissioners did not
ask, is this man Republican or is he
Democrat, but is he qualified to dis
charge the duties OF the Office, and if the
answer was yes. his name was placed on
the list.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-10-01
Our school Teachers

The following will show who will
teach In the various departments Of our
public schools during the coming school
year, commencing tomorrow:
High school-Mrs. q. q. Alvord, prin-
cipal; Miss Mary Patterson, assistant.
Grammar department-Miss Jennie
Patterson.
intermediate dcpartment-Miss Eta
Foss.
Sccondary-Mlss Ella Armstrong.
Primary dcpartment-Miss Lscrecia
Walbridge.
THIRTEENTH STREET SCHOOL.
Miss Kate Thompson, principals; Mr..
George Leach, assistant, with Miss Nan
ME Mckee, Miss Josie Phillis, Miss
Maroa Powers and Miss MOllie Reilly in
the lower rooms.
Miss Rogers will continue in charge OF
the Eleventh street primary school.
THE COLoRED SCHOOLS.
Room No. 4, of this school will be
taught by Mr.. II. A. Pinn, of Oberlin,
Ohio.
Room No. 3-GeOrge Tanner.
Room No. 2-James Mott.
Room No. Miss Sarah +. Noting.
We are requested to state that the High
School will not open until Tuesday morn
ing.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-10-01
General Items.

The st. Louis fair begins on Monday.
The public schools of this city open on
4 Monday morning.
Get prices on school books at Me.
Gauley's before You buy. It
The new Tilden and Hendricks club
will hold its first meeting Wednesday
night.
Buy your school books Of VI. j. Me-
Gauley's. u
Mr.. John Poor Is about 10 commence
erecting new dwelling for his own use
on Eleventh street, back of Walnut.
NJ. j. McGauley has a full stock of
school books. 1t
We had taste Of Sproat's fine Mobile
bay oysters yesterday. They are tine.
SprOat receives them every Tuesday and
Friday.
The season for parties Is about h"ie
and our young men are talking OF
grand opening demonstration at the 81.
Charles.
u should not b. forgotten that she
great European circus and menageIic ex-
l'bils here on the 9th inst. The com
pany will give its last performance for
the season here.
Cough, hOarsenrss, asthma. or any irri-
tation of the throat or bronchial tubes,
will be relieved by taking DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup. 1t has cured thousands.
Recommend it to your friend and neigh
Dor. Your druggist keeps it. Price %
cents.
Cato, the younger, when speaking in
the Roman senate on the punishment to
be Inflicted on Rome's great rival, said:
"Carthage must be destroyed" The
same thing another great man said of
dirt and filth. Hence the existence of
u. Il. Rabbits best soap.
Ladies and misses will find at present
the finest stock of stylish shoes of elegant
make in the city at the City Shoe Store,
No. 40 Commercial avenue. Keeping
as they do, only the very best make, pur-
chasers can rely on getting a satisfactory
article. Full guarantee given for custom
work. Prices range very low. 9-23-lw
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-10-01


Judge Built of Paducah was in the
city yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. W. Hacker returned
from Chicago yesterday.
Mr.. Dyas Parker returned from a three
weeks visit 10 Chicago yesterday.
Mr.. John Mackie returned TO Cairo
from the centennial on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Walters returned
from Philadelphia yesterday morning.
Mr.. A. Il. Stafford and Mrs. w. L. Hal
liday left Cairo Yesterday morning for
the centennial.
Miss X. A. Thomson returned to Cairo
yesterday to resume her work in our
public school. which open tomorrow
morning.
Mr.. Ike Valdez. who has been absent
from Cairo for the past three weeks, pur-
chasing his stock Of winter clothing, was
expected home last night.
Mr.. Joseph Story, OF the house of A. j.
Clark, importer and dealer in mems fur
nishing goods at Cincinnati, was guest
at the st. Charles yesterday.
John G.. Mann. superintendent of the
Jackson division Of the Mississippi Cen
trail railroad, who has just returned from
the centennial was at the st. Charles yes
terday.
Miss NJ. f.. and Miss j. l.. Patterson, of
st. Louis, who have accepted positions in
our public schools as teachers, arrived in
Cairo yesterday. They are at the st.
Charles.
Mr.. John II. Thomas, OF Metropolis
was in the city yesterday, and took his
departure last night TOR Chicago, where
he goes to attend meeting of the Grand
Lodge OF MasOns, to be held there this
week.
Among the arrivals at the st. Charles
yesterday were G.. +. Crawford, w. S.
Pettis, n. j. Jackson, n. G.. Burt, ID. II.
Archibald and W. ID. Partec. all OF whom
have just returned from the centennial,
and all on their way 10 their homes in
Oxford, Miss.
NJ. ii. Bunnell, an extensive dealer in
cigars and wines at Louisville, was at the
st. Charles yesterday. MIR. Bunnell has
great confidence in the ability of Blue
JeansWilliams to beat Ben Harrison for
the goyernOrship of Indiana, and has
staked thirteen hundred dollars on the
result.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-10-01

In Mayor Winters store, on CONNER.
cial avenue, can be found two designs OF
the new opera house to be built In this
city. They are the side and front views,
drawn by two noted architects of st.
Louis, and are very neat and beautiful.
Mayor Winter informs us that with the
aid of ten men, who will advance five
hundred dollars each, towards this enter
prise, he will erect the building within
one year. lie proposes to build it on the
corner of Eight street and Washington
avenue. and has already leased the
grounds for that purpose. He is conf
dent of the success of his undertaking,
and says i. will be a paying investment
tor all who take stock In 1t.