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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

How TO Cook BEANs.-Very many people fail
in cooking beans. Put the beans in cold water
soft, and let them soak three or four hours. Then
put these beans in cold water, 1.-TWO quarts of wa
ter to one quart of beans, adding a tablespoonful
of sait), bring them to boil, and then simmer
until tender, say two or three and half hours.
Pour the water away from them; let them stand
by the side of the fire, with the lid of the
pan partially off, to allow the beans to dry, then
add one ounce of butter for every quart of beans,
and seasoning with pepper and salt.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

RECONCILIATION AFTER CoNFLICT-He was
strolling around town while the boat was TAX
ing on freight, and coming to where four or
five men sat under an awning, he held out his
hand to each in turn and remarked: "Shake
stranger. Although I've stood where shot fell
around me like raindrops in shower, want
econciliation-genuine peace" "Ah, what bat
ties were you in 2" asked one of the men. al
wasn't in any, mister" the stranger sobery re-
piled; sit was in the shot tower of ST. Louis that
the shot came so fast~ And the crowd went
over after soda water.-Vicksbarg Herald
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

BREAKFAST MUFFINs.-A dainty substitute for
bread at breakfast or tea: Two eggs well beaten,
with one cupfnl of sugar, and lump of butter
the size of an egg; to this add one pint of milk
with one teaspoonful of soda, one qnart of -four,
and two teaspoonfnls of cream tartar; bake in
muffin rings on top of the range, or in gem pans
in a quick oven
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

A LONDON doctor has discovered that you may
cure the toothache by dissolving half drachm of
of bicarbonate of soda in an ounce of water and
holding the solution in your mouth If this re-
ally is certain remedy for the most terrible of
all sublimated agonies, the doctor who gives it
to the world deserves to have his name written
IN letters of gold upon every jaw in the land to
which it may bring relief
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02
A SIMPLE Cporp PREyrNr1vr-Take

SIMPLE GROUP PREvENuvE.-Take piece
of black silk two or three inches wide, sew it
around the childs neck, let him wear it constant
ly, changing it when it becomes much worn and
thin. Our little one, who was always subject to
the Group, has never been troubled in that way
since we used the silk, although he has gone to his
crib so hoarse he could hardly speak. Try it, moth
ers. 1t certainly will do no harm, if it does not
do good. You had better have your little ones
encased in black silk than see them suffering
from that fell destroyer, Group.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

s So ts to u CGmans Rsr%I Torld says
threshing machine to prepare them for cst,Ia
food, and found it better than to cut them mn
1t msshes and breaks the stalks, leaving no sharn
siliceous edges to make the mouths of the ami
mails sore. Cattle will eat larger amount OF
the stalks thus mashed than when cut.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

To Boil ToNGUE.-f dry, it will take four
hours slow boiling after soaking; tongue out
of pickle, from two and half to three hours, &C.
cording to size. When done, skin and garnish
with Lemon and flowers in vegetables, or real
flowers, barberries, etc. Meat or savory Jelly,
very transparent in small pieces, makes pretty
garnish for cold tongue, etc.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

GOOD OINTMENT.-Boil an egg until it is
pretty hard; take ont the yolk, and rub in with
enough pure glycerine to make a salve of the de-
sired consistency. This makes an ointment of
superior efficacy for sore nipples, chapped lips,
and similar irritable conditions of the skin. 1t
will keep free from rancidness in all weather,
and can be made by any person.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02
HOW P1TrsBURa GOT BIER Il.

An Englishman mounted his barb,
Then flew he away like the wynd,
And he dropped an II here.
And he dropped an II there,
As Wild shot his steed, and awry blew his halr,
Till the road was with aspirates lined.
Pittsburger, Mortified, stood
And looked at that Englishman go;
Then he hastily picked up an II,
As though il had been q ripe peach
And now we have Pittsburgh spell d 50.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02
Che fnlt Of the Citing.
CONGRESS- AND THE aRMv

II there was no army, wonder
What Congress would try 10 reduce.
Not it's own pay. L II wager BY thunder
Would economy ever induce
Economy is wealth, there's no doubt
If employed for prevention of waste;
But econcinists too often shout
Iheir motives on nothing but policy based
If the army Of one man consisted
ana Out ten cents a month were his pay.
10 curtail the expense of enlisted
They d take five Of his ten cents away.
Ii peanut per day was his ratisn,
Even that they'd reluctantly give
Ihey d expect this brave of the nation
On the smell of an ''oil rag should live. ,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

"WHAT SHALL Cook i'-Is short but yexa-
tious question, engrossing more serious thought,
probably, than any other one question in the
world. Many good and industrious wife can
be greatly relieved, and many a farmers table
bless his sight and APPETITE, by providing now for
good garden. If you love your wife and daugh-
tiers, do not put it of for money making enter
prises.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

To KEEP SAUSAGE TILL SPRING.-As soon as
possible after the sausage has been seasoned and
prepared, fry a large quantity of it in cakes the
usual size. Pack these cakes in glass bottles
with an inch-thick coating of lard fasten on the
tops, and your sausage will be as sweet and fresh
in spring as when you first put it away, only
needing to be made hot again.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

A RULE for seasoning sausages which is ap-
proved by an excellent authority is: One quart
ST fine salt, heaping quart of pulverized sage,
a half pint black pepper, evenly worked into
the meat as soon as it is chopped. Add no wa
ter, but pack the meat dry in jars, or fill into
cloth bags. if to be used soon.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

EVERY farmer ought to raise his pork. He
can dc this by raising clover and peas to save
corn. Keep but few hogs, and let them be of the
best stock. Keep them within your enclosure,
and push their growth from the start, and at
twelve to fourteen months old they will weigh
two hundred pounds.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

IT is q fact that large stove burns less fuel,
and gives out far more heat, than a small one.
In the latter the calOric rushes through it with
out being radiated, and is wasted on the outside
frozen air. The carbon of the fuel has also less
chance to combine with the oxygen of the air.
More smoke is consequently created, and less
heat
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

EARLY plants, such as tor,,.oo. "a
peppers, cabbage, and many osSorS oaui,nowers
cd IN not ped long before the weatbsr will ad-
init of their being planted in the onen g m, nd
feet deep and Ts fsst s xds two and half
sired, on the south side of S any length de-
fence; the tighter and higher thu h Q. ooaru
tightness will resist the cold portI better as
height will concentrate and reflect t SSanu, ana
the sun to greater degree. e rays Oh
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

To REMOVE PAINT STAINs.-Chloroform re-
moves stains from paint, varnish and oil. An
other very effective fluid for the same purpose is
three parts of benzole. Spirits of turpentine al
so, applied immediately, will remove paint stains
Instantly from clothes.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

CORRESPONDENT of the Scientific AmeTican
says certain cure for nose bleeding is to extend
the arm perpendieularly against a wall or post,
or any convenient object for a support. The
arm on the side from which the blood proceeds
Is the one to elevate.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

WAFFLEs.-Melt one ounce of butter and add
it to two quarts of buttermilk, or sweet milk !;
buttermilk is best Beat separately five eggs,
add the yolks, some salt, one teaspoonful soda
and flour, sufficient to make thick batter, last
ly the whites of the eggs
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

An industrious citizen of San Juan arose a few
mornings ago, while the festive lark was still
snoring, and with tin bucket under his arm
weut TO the barn to milk the family COW. 1t
was dark and rainy, and in fumbling about for
Old Brindle he got into the wrong pew, and be-
can't remember which side of the roof he went
ont at, but his recollection of alighting on the
picket fence is very vivid. He expects the buck
ct down in q few days.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

TO PREPARE AN EGG FOR AN IvALID-Beat the
egg until very light add seasoning to taste, then
steam until thoroughly warmed through, but not
hardened; this will take about tive minutes.
An egg prepared in this way will not distress
sensitive stomachs
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

DR. HOPKINS, of Williams Colleee-What does
Your enjoyment of witty man depend uponf
Student-It is in proportion to his wit.
Ut. Notwithstanding he is a good mani
Student-lt is in proportion to his goodness.
DIT; hopkins-Well, supposing he kRows great
StH9entTln proportion to his nose lClass
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

you, Sir, explained tramp, drawing the back of
one hand across his eyes, while he shut the other
upon donation of ten cents Lots of families
who'd never think year ago that they could
NIX UP olscult WITHOUT cream, now nse Matern
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

VERY thin solution of gum arabic in water
50 tnln that it shows no gloss when put on pa
per, excellent to prevent pencil marks or draw
Jugs IRON rubbing and being defaced
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

"MARIA," observed snoozer this mornina as
be was putting on his clothes, sthere ainis n y,
patch on them brooches yet" II cant fix It now
nroway; I'm too busy" "Well, give me the match
then, an I'll carry it round with me. / don,
want people to think can't afford the cloth
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

Do NOT beat your horses, nor speak to them in
loud tone of voice; do not be angry with them,
but kindly reprove their faults; they i'll do bet
Ter hereafter, for they understand the language
of man and its meaning.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

paeacher af:! Tex DIS morning." said colored
ions ue foStOl Paul pnts his pistol to the Tess
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

, laNkRsNG growing plant in water of 10
aud not hurt the plant.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

-, 10 CLEAN Drowned porcelain kettle, boil
80 potatoes IN 1T The porcelain will be rem
dered almost as white as when new.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

THE first baby generally kills the father or
starts him to writing poetry. The author of the
following, to his first born, is still at large:
Welcome little teene- we mic
We've been looking for YOU some:
With her bluey, truey Genie
Faith, and amt glad she 8 comet
o. the little pigge.wiggie!
Bless her that it's just no niggiei
Sucking puckey wickey thumby'
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

:, P@oSroN Post: 1t is understood that explorers
mo ,alestlne have failed to find any trace of a
to tb sge upon the temple which Solomon built
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02
A Leap Years Rhym,

Mother, may 90 ont to popi
Yes, my darling daughter
If you fail this year, you must shut mp shop;
You've kept longer than you'd Orter.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

10Y should pronounce fuchsia afooksia:Y it was
named after Leonard Fuchs.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

no GsOR ;iE WAsHINGToS used to cut his finger
ter to do it With a nsn.I and perhaps it was bet
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

GESIIEMEN"-wHEAT cakes is wba, .b. nr,,-
dish Boston girls call them, na' tne pru-
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02
Manhood: How Lost, How Restored.

,,o~,-LETTERHEADS. BILLHEADs. ENVELOPES
MONTHLY STATEMENT BLANKS and All .ncL - e
executed In the beststYle at the Chi>f nfice VITA
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-03-02

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The daily gazette., 1876-03-27
success ia AdrerfisinO.

In times past IL was thought immOdest to
proclaim the excellence OF ones goods, OF to
solicit patronage for them in newspapers.
During the a-t twenty-five years through
the immense competition in trade, 1t has be-
come necessity. The public are always
desirous to avoid all frauds, rs they have
become skeptical of an article possessing
genuine merit, and are particularly preju-
diced against sterling announcements OF
some new and wonderful medine without
character or worth. Still the public are
grateful to manufacturers or inventors OF ar
ticles OF merit, even IL known as medicines;
many OF them are the result of years Of care.
ful study by our most eminent chemists and
physicians, and embrace such principles and
productions as Qulnine, Chlorotorm, Chloral
Hydrate, Porous plasters, &c.
Success in advertising depends much upon
the intrinsic worth OF the article it,elf even
though it be medical preparation. AS an
evidence OF this, a celebrated physician OF
New York made great improvement in Po.-
Gus Plasters by adding CAPCINK on account
OF its giving Increased effect and quicker re,
lief and cure than any known meulclcal
property; he hesitated about advertising,
fearing his reputation would be injured. a
firm OF Pharmaceutical Chemists in his city
learning of this decided Improvement made
an arrangement with this physician ana COM
menced advertising in the best newspapers
in short time the sale increased from nun,
dreds to thousands until now the sale ol
BENsoN'S CAPCINE PLASTERs Is exceeuinEiy
large and daily increasing. They can be OBJ
tanned Of any Druggist AT % cents each.
SEABURY " JOHNSON,
Agents, \. Y.
Hs For sale IN Wilmington by Il. Bring
hurst II Co., 9Th and Market and L, Mclnail
I'd and Market lanl8cpdSw-lm
fcbl9-lm
The daily gazette., 1876-03-27
The Ee,r Route TO Ne,U York.

The new route from Philadelphia
10 New York, recently completed,
will be opened for public travel on
the 1st of May, 1t is composed of the
Central Railroad of New Jersey. 1928
miles; Delaware and Bound Brook
Railroad, 81 miles; North Pennsylvania
Railroad. 2S.6 miles; making "a total
distance of SO. 4 miles. The roads will
be operated as one line between the
two cities under the joint manage ment
of the New Jersey Central and the
North Pennsylvania companies. For
the present the terminal stations will
be at the foot of Liberty street, New
York, and at the corner OF Berks and
American streets, Philadelphia. 1t
is probable that branch track will be
laid from the main line to the Centen-
NAL grounds, 10 afford facilities for
passenger traffic to and from the Expo
sition. The line is composed of a
double track, laid with steel rails and
well ballasted, and il is the expecta-
tion of the managers that the time be-
tween the two cities may be reduced
to about two hours. The towns tra-
versed by the new route are, going
south, Bergen Point, Elizabeth, Plain
field, Bound Brook and Hopewell. N i.
j.; Yardleyville, on the west bank of
the Delaware, and Jenkintown, Pa.
The daily gazette., 1876-03-27
Gasoline Street Lamps.

City Comptroller Maccubbin, to
whom the matter was referred, reports
to the City Council on the subject OF
lighting the streets of the city by gaz.
oline lamps, instead of gas. The per-
sons interested in the gazoline lamps
propose the following rates: For 1oO0
lamps, $21 each a year; for 500 lamps
and over, $50 each a year, and give
bond for faithful performance OF con
tract. The cost of altering lamps will
be 81 for each lamp, aggregating $4,-
800. For lighting and keeping in
order 1000 lamps, $4,000; for 1860 lamps
$4,000, or $6 per lamp year, making
the total cost of filling, cleaning, re.
pairing, lighting, etc, $2S for each
lamp year.
The expense of lighting the city with
gas prior to the year 1876, has been
about S47.79 per lamp per annum; but
the cost per lamp for the present year
owing to a change of burners, has moi
exceeded $751; rs; this is exclusive oil
the expense of lamplighters, which
amounts to about $42, 200; also the ex
pense OF repair of lamps,
The first branch adopted resolution
requesting the committee on gas t,
report such legislation as may bt
necessary to supply the city with gas
after the present contract shall expire
In May Sun.
The daily gazette., 1876-03-27
STRAW BIDS.

Frauds in mail contract lettings by
means of straw bids are nothing new.
They have been going on for seven or
eight years, and the Post office Depart
ment has lost millions of dollars by
them. The same official collusion
which has cloaked the rascalities at
Washington in other branches of the
public service has prevented the expo
sure of these frauds also. 1t has been
left for the present House of Repre-
sentatives to drag the Post Office swim
dlers and swindles from their places Of
long concealment. 1t now begins to
be seen that the Post office through
the Ignorance, carelessness or cOnni-
vance of these connected with it, or
through defects In the law which
those in power never sought or wished
to remove, has been as BADLY and ex.
travsgantly managed as the War or
Navy Department, and possibly worse
than ether. The method of these
knaves is very simple. When propo-
sails were invited for contract lettings
for any of the long routes in theNorth-
west, West and Southwest, ring of
contractors would put in bids. OF
thNoC oiNio OuS vi WV, vi WOulu
be so very low that there was no pro-
liability that a bona .fde competitor
would cut beneath them. If these
lowest contracts were executed, the
bidders would undoubtedly lose money
by them. But the offers were never
made except to be Withdrawn after the
awards. The Post office Department
| would assign the contract to the low
est bidder, and after little delay this
man would throw it up or fail to Sc.
cure the necessary bonds for ito faith
full performance, and the award would
be made to the next highest bidder on
| the list. The second man, if in the
ring, would then back out in turn, and
finally the prize would fall to some
person-the owner OF the stool pigeons
-whese bid was enormously high, bul
who, according to usage, If not accor
ding to law, was entitled to it. The
straw bidders received a share of the
plumber for their trouble. If by any
oversight on the part of the ring a
bidder not connected with them took
the award, they bought him off by q
round sum. Thus it happened that
the same men always obtained all the
fat contracts for the mail service. Sc
reckless did they become that they put
in among the straw bidders the names
of their son-in-laws, their clerks, and
even their daughters. Any relative Oh
lconfidential friend was coed enough
for the purpose, and the Post office De
apartment acquiesced in the imposturt
and played its disgraceful part In thu
farce of giving out great contracts t.
these nobodies, to be relinquished b.
them to the high priced contractors
journal Of Commerce.
The daily gazette., 1876-03-27

Some idea of what soft place the
presidency of the United States is may
be obtained from the following annual
expenditures of the White House:
Fifty thousand dollars salary; pri-
vate secretary at $500; an assistant
private secretary at So, 500; two clerks
at So 800; steward at $4,000; mes
senger at $1,000: furnace keeper at
1904; night watchman at 5000; an
usher at 81 200; two doorkeepers at
So 400. But this is not all. The con-
tingent expenses, including stationery
are $4,000; the annual repairs cost $10,-
600; the annual refurnishing, $4,000;
fuel for executive mansion and green
house, $1,000; lights and fixtures,
lamps and gasittiugs, $40, ,00e; official
postage stamps, $60g-making in all
about SIG, 600 year. The expenses
under other former administrations
have been scarcely one halfwhat they are
now. This is "Grantisn. ."-Baltimoys
Gazette.
The daily gazette., 1876-03-27
4 Nc,c idea in Life Insurance.

A new idea in life insurance has
sprung up in the southwest. The au-
thor would have attached to all poll
cies an agreement to the effect that
"the insurance company promises. in
case the insured becomes the v ct of
chronic disease affecting his prospects
of longevity, which skilled medical
advice, combined with climatic treat.
ment, can greatly mollify, to furnish
that advice gratuitiously, and, also, if
needed, to loan the insured a given
amount of his policy with which he
may be enabled to go to the climate
prescribed"
The daily gazette., 1876-03-27
Distress Among Females iie
Wdshin0tOn.

WAsHINaToN, March 2l-The Nation
al Republican will print tomorrow. three
columns CT heartrendiug letters from en-
ployees of the Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing, at present out of employment
because of the appropriation. These
letters reveal state of misery hard to.
Imagine. Many of the writers state that
some members of Congress have made
improper proposals TO them when ap-
pealed to for assistance. The Republi-
can has their names in its possession, but
will not publish them tomorrow.
The daily gazette., 1876-03-27
AND STILL ANOTHER

MANCHESTER, n. H., March 25.- An
evening paper here publishes a state
ment that j. q. a. Sargent. of this place
paid Secretary Belknap $4,000 for
the Government buildings at Fort Leav-
enworth.
The daily gazette., 1876-03-27
SHhRIFE'S SALE.

By virtue et Il it OF Veujtioni ExpGnas.
to ne objected. will bo exposcd to Public
Sale. ae tn.
WAsINGToT noU L. 2J5 MARKET ST.
Kept now by Hugh Horner 10 tho city of
Wlningtsn, New Castle unity. Delnware.
The daily gazette., 1876-03-27
KUKLUX.

The testimony before the judiciary
committee OF Whitley, ex-chief OF the Sc
cret service, and of VIM Falls, confirm
fully the statements made in this cor
respondence as to the lavish use for po-
litical purposes in the South of the gov
ernment funds entrusted to the dispesi-
tion of the Attorney General.
The daily gazette., 1876-03-27
%5 to $40 per day at home. sam ,l
STINSoN 4 CO., Portland, Maine.

Sc SDSYCHoMANCY,O OR SOUL CHARM
ING" How either sex may fascinate
and gain the love and affections of any per-
son they choose, instantly This art all can
possess, free by mail for % cents; together
with a Marriage Guide. Egyptian Oracle,
Dreams, Hints to Ladies, etc. 1000, 600 sold.
A queer book. Address, T. WILLIAM Il
Co. Pubs, Philadelphia.
The daily gazette., 1876-03-27
Look and kSeady

No More Breaking Chimneys. Some
thing new; it eells at sight AgentS
Wanted to sell &. NJ Bulls Patent Fire
Proof Mica or Isinglass Pyramid Lamp Chin
ncys. This is one of the greatest money.
saving articles of the present age. They viii
can be used asa nurse lamp; they will heat
water in a few minutes. Samples sent post
paid, for 20 cents to any address. State
what territory you wish when sending for
ssmp @. Large profits made. For terms, NC,
address, G. NJ. GULL. New Baltimore, y. Y.