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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20
Leap Year Romance.

They have some queer girls in Colorado. One
of them, who resides in the Cache Ia Poudre Val
ley, had been receiving the attentions of young
man for about year, and becoming impatient
solved to ascertain his intentions When he
next called, she took him gently by the ear, led
him to a seat, and said:
MODIFY, you've bin foOin' round this claim
fur mighty near year. an hev never yit shot
of yer mouth on the maTryin' biz. I've cOttOned
to yer On the square clean through, an hev stood
off every other galOot tibet has tried to chip in
and now want yer to come down to business or
leave the rancho. If yer on the marry, an want
a pard thetll stick rite to We till you pars il yer
checks an the good Lord calls We over the range,
jis squeal, an we'll hitch; but eff that amt your
game, draw out an give some other fellar a show
for his pile" Now sing yer song or skip out,
He sang.-Laramie SIM
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

The simple remedy for insomnia suggested by
Mr.. Frank auckland, has attracted considerable
attention account at least. of its novelty.
The fact that opiates in any form leave traces of
their influence the next morning, induced him,
he says, to prescribe for himself-as he has also
frequently prescribed for others-onions sim
ply common raw onions. The well taste
of onions is due to peculiar essential oil con-
tanned in them, and this oil has highly soporifc
powers, which, in his own case, Mr. Buckland
AYERS, never fails. If much pressed with work,
and feeling an inability to sleep, his practice is
which is magical in producing the desired re-
pose. Such a remedy has great advantage
over the stupefying drugs commonly resorted to
for this purpose, and is even preferable to the
liquor opii sedat and chlorodyne of medical prac-
tice.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

The origin of the saying is obscure, but from
time immemOrial it has been said that thing
''was not to be sneezed at" when it was intend
ed to shield it from adverse criticism. ludi-
crOus occurrence TRANSFERRED at Madame Camilla
UrsO's concert last evening, which we hardly
know whether to interpret as a criticism or not.
During one of her most exquisite passages in an
encore, when the vast audience was hushed into
almost breathless silence, a gentleman seated in
the middle of the auditorium gave most sOno-
rOus and startling sneeze, which reverGerated all
through the hall. The effect was comical in the
extreme, and it was with great difficulty the au-
dience restrained themselves from breaking out
into explosive laughter. As it was, everybody
smiled quite audibly and shook their sides with
suppressed merriment.
1t might be well to suggest for the benefit of
those who do not know how to prevent an inop-
perfume sneeZe on such occasion, that firm
pressure of the fore-fnger on the upper lip,
when the approach of the paroXysm is discover
ed, will prevent the explosion, and save the sub
ject from an awkward and ludicrOus pTedca-
ment and the artist from dsagreeabe inter-
ruption.-ChicdqO Post and Mail
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

CARE OF THE EARN his treatise on Physi-
ology, Hinton gives us to understand that the
passage of the ear does not require cleaning by
u.s. nature undertakes that task, and in the
healthy state fulflls it perfectly. Her means
for cleansing the ear is the wax, which dries up
into thin scales and then peels off and falls away
imperceptibly. In health the passage of the e ar
is never dirty, but an attempt to clean it will
infallibly make it so. Washing the ear ont
with soap and water is bad; it keeps the wax
moist when it ought to become dry and scaly,
and makes it absorb dust. But the most hurt
full thing is the introduction of the corner of a
towel screwed up and twisted around. This pro-
ceeding irritates the passage and presses down
the wax and flakes of skin upon the membrane
of the tympanum, producing pain, Inflammation,
and deafness The washing should only extend
to the outer surface, as far the fingers can
reach.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20
DR.. WHITTIER,

6l1 81. Charles street, st. Louis, Mo-,
Has been longer engaged in the special treatment Of
than any other Physician in St Louis city papers
show.
syphilis, GonorrhGa, elect, Structure,
Orchiti-, Hernia, or Rupture, all Urinary
Disease. and syphiIitic or MercuriaI nGee-
tion. Of the throat, skin or bones, are treated
with unparalleled success, latest scientific prnci-
pies
spermatOrrh9a, sexual Debility aad
InPOtency, as the result of seLCdJuse in youth
sexual exeesses in maturer years, other causes
and which produce some of the following effects:
nervousness, seminal emissions debility diDness Of
sight defecti1e memory, piBples the face phVsieaI
decay dUersoR 10 society ofsnales confusion Of ideas
proper unhappy, are permanently cured
Pamphlet C36 pagesI relating to the above sent in
sedLsd enretope' for two postage stamps
Diseases pecuiiar 90 w ome n, sneh as AJa1n
OTrh0sd, DgshenoTTh0d. Men0rrhagid. LeueOrrhOd or
whites. ChtorOsts, Diseases and dspldeenents Of TIE
Womb Sterlity etc, successfully treated. Descrip.
tive pamphlet sent sealed for two stamps. Age with
experience be relied upon 1t is selfevdeBt that
Physician treating thousands of cases every year.
acquires great skill Physicians, knowing this FIRE.
quently recommend persons to my care COnhden-
teal consultation personally by letter free and in
vitrd- When il is incOnyenient visit the city for
treatment, medicines be sent by express mail
everywhere. Durable cases guaranteed; where doubt
exists. il is frankly stated Office hours: A.
P. ". Sundays u NJ. to P. Persons arriuing ia
the city n any hour direct % the Office II
night ring the Door Bel.
The establishment a whole house of twelve rOomsl
l. the most extensive in the country embracing Re-
ception and Consultation rooms, Boarding and Sleep
ing apartments; Medicated Vapor Baths; eompre=.
hen-ive Laboratory where all medicines used in the
establishment are prepared: and most important Of
all the Library. where the old and latest standard
works Of all the schools of medicine found; also
Anatomical Plates life size and cOlOred to life, Illus
tratiBg diseased conditions which have been procur-
ed from Paris France regardless Of expense and not
to he found in any other Library in the city. The
Library is thrown wide open to all callers. Address
as ADORE. novle.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

SMOKING IN THE BARN.-sENo smoking" is most
ed in most decent factories-it ought to be post
ed in every barn. There is not much difference
between having horse thief around the stables,
and q man cleaning OIL horses with a pipe in his
mouth; aud there is no hired man much meaner
than the one who, when his EMPLOYER comes
round, sips his pipe into his pocket, or holds his
hand over it, as il it were little bird All sncb
fellows should be paid off, or started off, and
kept off, As for the farmer himself going into
the barn with a pipe in his mouth, no complaint
can be made but if his establishment burns up
nobody should cry, unless it be the wiie aud
children. Lightning and incendiaries, and spOn,
taneous combustion combined, do not cause a,
many barns to be burned as the pipe; and gen
orally at least one good horse goes also. II
would be much better if the smoker could go NJ
with the smoke, and have smoke enough fol
once.-MiodtcbeT, tn Nelc York Tribune.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

GLANDBRs-Glanders first appears as a dis
charge from the nostril, generally one only of a
thin, transparent liquid of an acrid character,
and without smell. The lining membrance of
the nostril is not red, but of a dull livid pur-
pie color. The disease is distinguished by these
symptoms from any other in which there is a
discharge from the nose. This stage may last
for few weeks, or for year, but it commences
Afterward ulcers from on the lining membrane
of the nose, the discharge is thick and yellow,
the glands under the jaw swell, become hard,
and appear as if fixed to the bone, the horses
coat stares he weakens rapidly, sores appear
In the first stage, the horse may work for many
months without distress. 1t is believed by some
veterinary surgeons that this stage of the disease
is durable by the use of sulphite mot sulphate)
of soda, in half ounce ounce doses, given twice
every day. prominent European surgeon
states that he has cured seventy cases of gland
ers by this treatment
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

Sailing AND CARE OF SToCK-Give your stock
of all kinds salt twice week. 1t would occa-
sionalIy be well to mix saked lime with the salt
for YOUR horses and cattle; besides correcting
any disorganization of the digestive organs. It
will contribute TO strengthen their appetites if
not assist in supplying material for bones.
Should your horses be hide-bound, give them
half a pint of nseed-meal in their messes, twice
a week for few weeks. Should they be labor
ing under difficulty in urinating, make strong
decoction OF, yarrow tea, in which dissolve a
piece of saltpetre the size of nutmeg, and give
them pint day, three or four days in success
sion. Than yarrow tea thus prepared, we know
of nothing better TO remove the obstruction OF
the urinary passages, or relieve disturbances OF
the kidneys,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20
a uoment OF Gloom .

A young man called on his girl last Saturday
evening. The family we're assembled in the par
lor, umusing the youngest Child with the toys il
had received from the mythical Santa. Maybe
yon know how foolish are the actions and talk
of people on such occasions.
Said the father to the child, holding up toy
"Oh, see the horsei 1t amt Willie's horse.
It's papa's horsey.n
Tue mother held up a doll, and said:
"Oh, the little dolly! Mammals dolly-Willie
shan't have it,"
Then the sister-the eider-apple of the young
mans eye-jingled small bell, and said:
"0h, look at the bell-nice little belly-sister s
little bell"
The mother clapped her hand over the thought
less girls mouth, and after a moment of terrible
gloom, the young man turned to the father, and
with panied expression on his face and trem-
or in his voice, asked that gentleman if he didn't
think the farmers would begin to sell their to-
bacco pretty soon.-BruRsirick, Mo-, Nelrs
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

FRECKLEs.-Freckles, says the Hearth and
Home are not easily washed out of those who
have a fiorid complexion, aud are much in the
sunshine, but the following washes not only
harmless, but very much the best of anything
we know: Crate horse radish fine, let it stand a
few hours in buttermrlk, then strain and use
the wash night and morning. Or squeeze the
Juice of a lemon into half goblet of water and
use the same way. Most of the remedies for
freckles are poisonous and cannot be used with
safety. Freckles indicate defect in digestion,
and consist in deposits of some carbonaceous or
fatty matter beneath the scarf skin. The diet
should be attended to- and should be of nature
that the bowels and kidneys will do their duty.
Daily bathing, with much friction, should not
be neglected, and the Turkish bath taken occa-
sonally, if convenient.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20
Che fun of the Thiua.
THE wHIsKEY RING ALpHABFr

A-stands for Avery, clerk of the ring
B-for Babcock, who had big thing?
C-is for Conduee otherwise named Megrue.
DIS for Dyer, who made them feel blue:
Els Tor Everest gone to the south:
FOR fitzroy, who talks wi tn his mouth:
Us Ior Grant whose pardon they crave;
H-for Henderson, gone to his grave;
I-ior Int. Rev. which is hard to collect;
lis Tor Joyce who has time IN reflect;
h-ls Tor Keno on which they all bet:
stands for Liars. unpublished as yet:
Nor the Mischief they try to keep Mimi
n-ior the Nuisance the ring has become;
islands for 0ryille who won I be put thronshi
P-is for Peddrick, Penitentiary, too;
Us the whole business, decidedly queer
R-Rectihers, who hope TO get clear: -;f
S-stands for st. Louis where the ring came !" S''
lis for Treat, of just Judges the chiefi
us Uncle Sam whose anger Is not
Wis the Virtue the ring hash goti
Wis Whiskey, of corn or rye;
X-is the cross on which thieves ought 10 die;
Y-stands for YaryaD. last but not vilei
Z-fOr the zebra, whose stripes are ID style
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

THE following is the way one of our Eastern
exchanges reminds its readers to pay up:
Gentle reader, will you be so kind aud cOnde-
sending, some time during this winter, before
Christmas, as early as you can, before you lay
this paper down, to please condescend to descend
so much beneath your native dignity as to lock
at that neat little yellow label your paper, or
the wrapper on said paper and see if the last fig
IRE is 6, or 5; and if anything below rs,
we want you to waltz around to this Office and
pay up-plank down the spOndulix, for ant
to celebrate Christmas with something at least
approximating a square meal. Come, gentle
reader-iust now can only see a spare rib and
GOMEZ
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

CURE FOR NEURALGIA.-One pint of good
whiskey, and twenty grains of qunine, and
three grains of morphine. Take one-half of n
wine-glass full every hour, until the effects of
the medicine are felt. After this, take the same
every three or four hours, until yOu think the
disease has left. And in the course of time, il
the disease returns, or two doses will be suf-
ticient to effect a cure. Accompanying this take
some good cathartic pills. This is a cure,
as l know from experience, and in many other
cases. And there is no serious effects from qui-
nine or morphine, as the whiskey passes it from
the system. Fry il.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

POLICE Judge Smith, of Lawrence, had a case
of a row before him in which some colored PEG,
pie had slashed around with their razors and g
colored woman was cut in the abdomen. Aftel
hearing several witnesses, Molly, the eolored
woman, was called up. "Well, Molly, did you
see the disturbance" Eyes, sab, saw it ALL
"Were you cut in. the fracasi" "No, sab, wa
cut jis little 'bove de fraeas." City Attorney
Fisher remarked: "You oan take the Witness"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

A BOOK agent called on a farmer the other day
and was told that the farmer was too busy tc
talk with him. "But," said the agent, "youI
farm work is all done. You have nothing to &C.
cupy your timei" eyes, l have, too" retorted
the farmer; 1--WE got to plant my foot and raise
book agent" And he did. He raised him
about four feet
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

A LITTLE miss, upon being one day bantered
because she was girl, and having represented
to her that boys were much more useful crea-
lures in the world, although they were usually
more trouble, was asked is she did not wish she
were boy. ono, indeed" she quietly replied
Else worse than most BOYS now
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

THE following letter of St. Louis girl to her
betrothed tells its own sad story: Dear Jack
Our engagement is off. / hear that your fathers
brother married a womnn whose uncle belongs
to the whiskey ring. It's too awful for anything.
l return a box of cardamOm seeds found on the
sofa where you sat last night. Your forlorn but
resOlutS-Edith"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

Whoever drinks no liquids at meals, will add
!eaIs ana pleasureable existence to his life. Of
eoIu OF warm drinks, the former are most perni-
clous; drinking at meals induces persons to eat
more imam they otherwise would as any one
can verify by experiment, and it is excess in eat
ing which devastates the land with sickness,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

WHEN the Columbia Journal begins para
graph with, Saturday night last, while the
good man Lazarus house was crowded with GUS
TONER'S" etc, it reminds us of the reply of a
young man to a question as to where certain
barbecue was to take place. alt will take place,
sill" said he Eat a gentleman by the name of Bill
JohnsOn's spring. "-COuTier- Journal.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

THE Boston Gazette says: "An engaged young
gentleman got neatly ont of little scrape with
his intended. She taxed him with having kissed
two young ladies at some party at which she
was not present. He owned it, but said that
their united ages only made twenty-one. The
supplemented girl thought of ten and eleven, so
laughed off her pout. He did not explain that
one was nineteen, and the other two years of
age. Wasn't it artfuli Oh, George!
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

THE Lancet says that the throat symptoms are
the most trustworthy for the purpose of dag
noss in the initial stage of scarlet fever. The
soft part of the palate is extensively Redeemed,
this condition is met with, accompanied by a
very hot skin and very quick pulse, accompa-
MED or preceded by sickness, with thickly
fnrred tongue, red borders and prominent pa
for
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

Born To RULE.-An old schoolmate of ours,
whom phrenOlOgist predicted was born to
rule" called on this week, on his way from
yoke of oxen for the past year. He walked from
Denver, clad in light summer suit, and stopped
long enough here to talk over some old times and
borrow a couple of dollars of rs. He didn't tell
us where he was going, but if we were in his
place We would hunt up that phrenologist and
kill him, or, if he already dead, desecrate the
old frauds grave.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

MARRIED on the 10Th of Dec. 1875, at Wauh.
pnnnucka, Indian Nation, Mr.. A. Carroll, Profess.
S S OIL the Wauhpunnucka Female Seminary, to
S MS, Aimlra Pond, of Fort Scott Kansas.-FOrt
Soo" I,o"eer Wonder what Carroll would rather
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

Iris cruel to starve animals, or to deny them
protection against the fierce blasts of our north
ern Winters. 1t is, too, Improbable, for warmth
up to a certain degree, is equivalent to food, and
cattle starved in Winter will not recover from
it till the best part of the Summer is past.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

PROF. FOWLER bumps no more He is getting
too old to look a man in the face. after charging
him three dollars for a chart of the St. Lawrence
riyer-Eree Press.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

II, -, LSi I'm politician wrote to another, ave
u; ee ~; 'nS means to organize Democratic party
snonJsd law ts,.dr me party written to at once re-
rel OF whiskey and an orator~inrvo;cs ~ mail
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

REMEDY FOR CHICKEN CHoLERA.-Take two
ounces each of red pepper, alum, resin, and -four
of sulphur, and put in their food in proportion Of
one teaspoonful to three pints of scalded meal.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

A YOUNG man told his wife last night he was
going out to make the acquaintance of Tom
and Jerry" The two persons who brought him
bone this morning were probably the ones
meant.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

BUTTER was at first made for a cosmetic and
was once used for illuminating purposes. 1t
was not known as an assistant in dispatching
bread, much, if any, before the Christian era.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

:" Is this the Adams Housefn asked stranger
Oh Bostonian. Yes" was the reply, its Adj
ans House until you get to the roof, then it's
caves The Worcester Gazette heard this
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

a MILWAUKEE woman is APPLYING for al.
vOrce because her husband always snreaas he
ears over her when he is asleep, instead Of bann'
ing them over the head board rs other Wn''aaS
keeans do
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

MARRIED, in Fort Scott, jan, LIST Mr. p ,nn.
dy, to Miss Ida Campbell.--Monitor. Now aWhat
will Mrs. Grundy say" Soto Fooe "The cameIs
are coming
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

Box 2G4I. Rockford, Winnebago County illinois,
su5O AVERAGED PER DAY.
FULTON No. December 18th Is74
MFszRs ". +. & JOIN BARNEs Rockford. III-CentIe.
mem sawed frrts for bsustrade for portco and Is
brackets in first days running Every one who mas
Witnessed working of the pronounced il the
most useful machine invented have been WORKING
from twelve sixteen men, and have done all nv sIon
work tsero saving machine running il daily
since purchased IL and have paid nothing for repars
except for which amount comparatively small
Three weeks since purchased imported woods and
some nice designs and TUNED attention to fret work
have averaged per day since that time sI5O know
occupation pleasant and pro6tab mechanic
spend his Winter days at the above Your machine
runs lightly and easily that il will not tire the mo.t
delicate man after little practice: in fact cnnsde
vour machine indispensable to any carpenter bow.ye
small his businessi he introduce the little ma
chine his scrap pile and ma enough brackets in
as essential in shop a set Of bench planes
Very truly.
II. FRED BELL
Architect and Builder.
u Address for full information
W. =. & JOHN BARNES
Box 2O44 ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
Dec-l6,ls75.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20
Barnes FOot-POwer Scroll
Saws aud Lathes.

500 to sII.J0 averaged pr day with
these Machines. ALL wno-t workers
shonld u-e them. BOYS fsn make ~
per dav with them. besi1 s .learning
a PROFITABLE TRADE For a
sar1DIe II ..winz send - cents for
THE MYSTIC PUZZLE or YAM
KEGS DREAE We send it By
mil. Say wh-rr you read this. and
address. .or FULL description.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

For CARDS. TICKETS, BLANKS. CIRCULARS, &c,
come to the Chief Office
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20
TRY Us BEFORE PURCHASING.

iry M tn ~ h
in ofn dy"make4 til earaf frno
Mrs
ySuthHan lSfsschus
to
int H stiles
net than ties ld
willie yi IA al h al TO
lSna
IA. W. SINNER, MANAGER,
CAFR
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

IETTERHEADs.B ILL-HEADS. ENVELOPES,
MONTHLY STATEMENT BLANKS. and all such work,
e1ecuted in the best style at the Chief office
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20
su.5o AVERAGED PER DAY.

" +. & JOHN BARNES.
Box 2GiI. Rockford, Winnebago County Illinois,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

We can save to every purchaser of an Organ
can give a. high as $500 from the usnal retail p