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

Acidity of the stomach always arises from that
organ not being able to digest, to work up the
food eaten, to extract the nutriment which il
contains, hence two results: First, the food de
Gays, that is, rots, becomes sour and generates a
sour gas which is belched up, causing burning
sensation, located apparently at the little hollow
at the bottom of the neck, or in that vicinity
Sometimes an acid fluid is generated and is belch-
ed up, and is SO very sour occasionally as to take
the skin off some parts of the throat mouth OF
lips. Second the food not being properly work.
ed up, does not give out its nourishment th. sys-
tenn is not fed, and consequently becomes weak,
the circulation becomes feeble, the feet grow
habituaily cold; the person is easily chilled, and
breads going out of doors; is happiest when hug
ging the fire, and takes cold so easily that the
expression is frequently used /" the least thing
in the world gives them cold" When such a
condition is reached these colds are SO frequent
ly repeated that before one is cured another
comes, and there is perpetual congh, which the
most intelligent know is the harbinger the fore
runner of consumption of the lungs.
When persons are troubled with Indigestion
and one of its effects-acidity-the advice given
in nearly all cases is to take something to correct
the acidity, such as cream of tartar, soda, sale
ratus, the ley of wood ashes, and other alkalies.
These things correct the acidity, but the stomach
gets no power of better Digestion the effects as
far as sensations are concerned, are removed, but
the system continues to be improperly nOurished;
the man grows thinner aud weaker; and with
wasting flesh and strength there is diminished
power of circulation the person becomes chilly ::
colds are taken from slight causes and at dimin-
ishing intervals, and before he knows it be has
an annoying, hacking cough, which too often
ends in a wasting, fatal disease
When acidity follows eating, it is because there
has been an error in the quantity or quality of
the food eaten; the stomach could not manage it,
could not perform the work imposed upon it.
The true remedy is to eat less each meal, until
no acidity is perceptible, to change the quail
ty of the food and in a short time the stomach
not being overtasked, gets time to rest, to recu-
perate, to get strong; then it digests more food
and digests it better, with the inevitable result
OF more vigorous constitution, more power of
endurance, more strength of body and greater
elasticity of mind, more happiness, and a spirit
and energy to grapple with life's duties, which
make existence pleasure.-HaTs Journal of
Health.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-02-03
Regularity in Feeding.

1t is very comfortable in cold weather to sit
by warm ire. Many who have the care Of
stock dislike to leave warm quarters, and cling
to the fire place. letting half hour after half houi
pass by while the hungry stock are shivering
and hungering for food and water. In TINS
waiting for food aud water, an animal loses flesh
rapidly. Brutes are the best time-keepers in the
world They know the very minute their food
should be supplied, and are disappointed if 1t
Goes not come. The stock breeder, therefore,
should see that regularity and promptness pre-,
van In the care and management stock. Their
various wants should have attention at the very
minute daily. If hired men will not be prompt
IN taking care of stock if they don't sympathize
WITH 0rutes in Winter, they ought to be dis
charged, and more humane men employed in
their places. The poor brutes do suffer severely
IN winter. Even in warm barns and stables,
they can hardly keep warm in cold weather, but
II left out Of doors, exposed to storms and cold
their sufferings are intense, and they should be
led with the regularity of clock work, and fed
all they can eat, and they will require at least
one-third more food to keep up animal heat than
they would if kept in the stable All stock should
have shelter 1t is cruel to leave it exposed to
the rigors of Winter without shelter.-Rural
World.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-02-03
Hew Butter IL Taiut.d.

Winter and Spring butter is often very much
injured in flavor by allowing cows to eat the lit
ter from horse stables. Cows are not unfreuuent-
ly very fond of this litter, though it is mpregna-
ted with liquid manure from the horses, and il
allowed, they eat it greedily; and the effect is
that their milk and butter will be tainted with
the taste of this kind of food, in the same way
that the flavor is injured by eating turuips, but
to more disagreeable degree. If litter is al
lowed to be eaten, it should only be given to
cattle not in milk, and on no account should
mich cows be allowed to consume other than
the sweetest and purest food. Very nice butter
makers are sometimes at loss to account for
stable tsints in butter, especially when extraor-
binary precautions have been taken to have the
milking done in the most perfect manner, and SO
on in all the processes of handling the milk un-
til the butter is packed for market Still the
butter has disagreeable faint, and the cause
often comes from allowing the cows, when turn
ed out to water and exercise, to feed about the
horse stable, when they consume all the litter
which, on account of its being soaked with liq-
uld manure, is cast out of the stable.-RwdE
Nep Yorker.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-02-03
A Birds Petition,

The following unique petition was received at
the clerks office of the Board of Supervisors at
San Francisco, recently, and was presented to
the Board that night
70 the Honorable Board of Supervisors:
We, the denizens of the air, address our plant
i've prayer. For our sake, and the sakes of hum
dreds OF gentle comrades who, in their brief span
OF life, gladdened, amid the weighty cares of
your position ofttimes, your hearts with their
sweet warblings and tender ways but who now,
alas! lie Wondering on the ground, we, the
mourning survivors, beg with bleeding hearts
that you, IN Your pity for us, make stern laws
and have them sternly enforced; for with their
dreadful slung shots the wicked school boys
make our lives full of endless cares and anxiety /;
they frighten and worry our gentle mates, daily
drop from our midst our beloved, brethren, aud
leave us to weep our bitter tears over the un-
timely end of our fellow creatures and our own
uncertain future. Feeling certain that this
humble petition will meet your tender and care
ful consideration, we place ourselves under your
gracious protection, and with hope once more
Will blend our voices on high in glad bursts of
gratitude. In behalf of all our feathered tribe
we sign ourselves, respectfully, the committee,
Misses Chirpie, Sparrow, California Canary,
Humming Bird"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-02-03
Healing Power Of Cline.

OXFORD, o., Jan. 12.-"For the last twelve O,
fourteen years" says a mechanic, ~ have beer
employed in shop where there are over 300 mer
at work, and, and is the in all shops of thi
kind, hardly day passes but one or more of u.
cut or bruise our limbs. At first there were but
a few who found their way to my department ia
have their wounds bonnd up; but after a while
It became generally known that rag glued on a
flesh wonnd was not only speedy curative. but
formidable protection against further injury
will here cite one among many of the cases cur.
ed with glue: man was running boring-ma-
chine with an inch and half anger attached By
some means the sleeve of his shirt caught in the
anger, bringing his wrist in contact with the bit
tearing the flesh among the muscles in a fright.
full manner. He was conducted to my apartment
(the pattern shop), and l washed the wound in
warm water, and glued around it cloth, when
dry, shrunk into rounded shape, holding the
wound tight and firm. Once or twice a week,
for three or four weeks, l dressed the wound
afresh until itw was we'll"
copy the above from Jersey City paper.
j. i. NULL.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-02-03
for the farmer.



The Poultry HOrid advises the use of hay in
the diet of fowls in Winter, as they eat grass to
advantage in Summer. "Buk in food is reqnir-
ed for health, as well for poultry man or AMI
mails Rich and concentrated food is not readily
digested, end invites disease. 1t is stated thaI,
in importation, the life of a valuable horse was
saved, on shipbOard, by feeding TO him cut sna =.
speak, his grain diet. Some think craving ~; III
bulky food is one chief cause OF ieat H,, ;nI5
in Winter, or among fowls confined. hom, Sus'
try and secure a good supply OF seeI 1 go,
short, and, if possible, containing ~, S Ie
only enough to preserve, and your ~" ~. cay
portion of it all Winter, when 'ney "ouiu t.in
awsy from stale cabbage. What Is not eaten
will furnish untold amusement IN scratching
over. Remember in Winter, If poultry stand on
one leg unemployed, all day, they are disposed
TO have the blues. Idle meditations lead always
To had baLits: while healthy mind in vigor-
Gus body, suggests business, which, with fowls,
means Winter eggs and early chickens"
The above advice is good, although few sup
pose hens would eat hay if given them, but this
is because they have not watched the habits of
their poultry. We have noticed them often
picking short bits of cut hay of almost any vari-
ETY., and hay cooked for cattle Is eaten greedily
by them. We advise short cut clover, well boil
ed, for them Let them have the water il is
boiled in. Clover is better than other hay, be-
cause it possesses egg making nutriment, besides
fibre to separate the particles of grain 1t is not
bulk, as mere quantity, that is needed but coarse
fibre to separate the concentrated food in the
so that the gastric juice can circulate
through the mass. 1t is the porousuess of food
that facilitates digestion. That is the point in
the ration OF shavlngs with the grain in the food
Of the horse. The stomach cannot we'll manage
solid food. Only few minutes will be required
to prepare this hay for large number of poul-
try.-Lire Stock Journal
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-02-03
A Great Oversight.

The lawyer who drew mp the provisions
printed on the back of accident Insurance cards
thought he had provided for every possible con-
tingency, but he was short-sighted mortal. He
should have added several other provisions, as
follows:
T. Provided, that the insured is not on his way
to prize-fght, OF horse-race, or anywhere
else.
5. Provided, that his wife asn't down to the
depot to see him off.
6. Provided, that he has never wrenched him.
self saving wood nor crippled any Of his limbs
crawling into the pantry window after midnight.
z. Provided, that he does not occupy a seat
with man who has a can of nitro-glycerine in
his coat-tail pocket.
8. Provided, that the accident didn't happen in
time of war, peace, daylight, darkness, or from
any good or bad cause
9. Provided, that the injury is plainly visible,
is on bis ear, or his thumb, and was received in
the regular manner laid down for accideats to
happen.
TO- Provided, that it didn't happen from any
breakdown, smash-up, run-off, collision, or any
other accident.
Provided, that he can get his cash-Detroit
Free Press.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-02-03

THERE is much truth in the following, from
the Western Rural: A clean, fresh mattress has
far more warmth in it, to say nothing of it,
wholesomeness, than one that has been used a
long time, and therefore for economical reasons
as well as purely hygienic, it is advisable that
mattresses be frequently and thoroughly cleans
ed and renewed. The ticks should be empted
of their contents, be they hair, wool, moss or
shucks, should be washed, boiled and summed,
and thus made sweet as when new. The hair
and wool will need beating airing and summing
to cleanse it perfectly, and may lie for days in
the open air with profit. This being done, it is
an easy task to return the co ntents of the mat
tresses to their ticks and tack them with mat
tress needle. In moss and shuck mattresses
there is good deal of breaking and wasting ma
terial, which settles in fine dust on the lower
side OF the mattress. This waste should all be
removed and replaced with fresh material. If
moss can not be procured, shucks will answer
very well a substitute.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-02-03
Che fun of the Ching.
COMM THROUGH THE RYE.

Offer guess me Of sometimes a meet a onder woman
Ven be vas comm by dot rye field already
Und be makes und gss her on de yoost
gouble of dimes;
how.
Ny cracious Fiery Teller he hafe got some gal dot he
likes, puddy veil
IND Of somebody says don't got already, vas
dimes,
Efer dime dot ACROSS by dot rye fields sefera
dimes q week.
all der vile.
he vas pny poy init mighty goot voice of lager pc
heve me;
Only don'd vas know his name und don'd know vat
house he lifes py, anyhow;
Und Of man dsnd know Something's, how he vas gon to
tell somepody apOut it'll
vell efery Teller got sOmepody dot he vas spoony
apoud already;
Und been dere leedle vorser as somepody else
babe;
Und good did make onyhow to make all dot laugh
ms init Teller,
Ven he comes py dot rye field rigid away quick! und
Dots vat kind Of ishin worm vas. voti
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-02-03

CAMELLIA BUDS FALLING.-The English Gar
deHe's Chronicle says: Complaint is often made
Of Camellia buds dropping of, and this calamity
frequently results from an arid atmosphere The
blossoms of Cinerarias, Ercas, aud other flowers,
also crumple up, and are robbed of half their
beauty. We know one enthusiastic amateur
gardener who frequently gives his greenhouse a
good Swinging during the Winter when fire heat
is applied; but he thoroughly drenches the foli-
age of his plants, doing it between nine and ten
o'clock in the morning, and then throwing open
the windows, and giving plenty of air for three
OF four hours His plants, consisting of Camel
mas, Azaeas, and other things, are in vigorous
CONDITION. As a matter of course, all flowers are
spared IRE as much as possible, and il is only done
a' ali during open, drying weather
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-02-03

CARE OF HoRsEs.-The London Horse Book
says: "All horses must not he fed in the same
proportion, without regard to their ages, their
constitution and their work, because the impro-
Priety of such a practice is selfevident. Yet
this is constantly done, and is the basis of dis
ease of every kind. Never use bad hay on ac-
count of the cheapness, because it brings on in
nammation of the bowels and skin diseases
Chat is better for old horses than hay because
they can chew and digest it better. When a
horse is worked hard, its food should chiefly be
hay-because oats supply more nourishment and
discriminating material than any other kind of
food hay not so much. Rack feeding is waste
full. The better plan is to feed with chopped
hay, because the food is not then thrown out,
and is more easily ehewed and digasted. Sprink-
lie the hay with water that has salt dissolved in
1t, because it is pleasing to the animals taste
and more easily digested. tablespoonful of
salt in q bucket of water is sufficient
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-02-03

A COUNTRY lass was driving an ass to fair in
Renfrewshire one fine summer morning. The
ass was laggard, and was more intent on crop
ping the roadside heritage than on going to the
fair; but the girl did not put herself about.
Pleasant thoughts of her sweetheart were
passing through her mind, and she sang gayly to
herself. An Irish labOrer overlook her, and, as
he passed, he said, my darling, you're as lively
this morning as if you had been newly kissed %
The happy girl at once answered, " If you think,
Pat, that kiss makes one lively, wish you
would kiss my ass, for he's uncOmmonly stiff this
morningw
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-02-03
alsefnl aud Curious.
TIMBLY HINTS ON THE USE OF coal

common fault is to use too coarse wood for
kidding, and too much of it. This while it gen.
orally succeeds in lighting the coal, leaves a bed
of ashes below the coal which interferes with the
draft unless raked ont; an operation which al
ways retards the combustion of partially ignited
coal. The wood should be of some rapidly burn
| ing variety which gives quick and high heat
and should be split fine. 1t should be SO placed
that the coal will remain on the top of it and not
| fall through to the CRATE, leaving the kindling
on top of any part of the COAL common mis-
take is to use too large sized coal. A good rule,
where stoves and furnaces have good draft, is
| to use coal as small as can be used without in
nvenience from its sitting too freely through
the CRATE
Crates should have their bars closely set for
stoves that are cleaned out daily, and have fires
lighted in them each morning, while those which
are intended to have fire kept in them cOntinu-
ousy for days or weeks will not admit of fine
CRATES, on account of the accumulation of ashes
and small "clinkers." There il much difference
IN coal in regard to the formation of clinkers.
These are nothing but vitrified, OF partially Wit
rihed earthly matters, and only can form when
high heat is maintained; they are apt to he
troublesome when there is too great draft A
coal stove or furnace should therefore be so con-
structed that its draft can be perfectly cOntrol-
ed. The bottom draft should admit of being
closed alright, as nearly as is possible to make
1t, and there ought always to be provision made
for top draft. If, however the draft of chin
quantities is drawn in at the bottom when the
hampers are closed, damper III the pipe which
will close it partially must be employed, though
in sluggish chimneys such damper is apt to
force the gases Ofeombustion into the room, and
therefore it ought always to be avoided when
possible
The practice of putting ashes on the top of
fire to keep it is very productive of clinkers al
though 1t answers very well in other respects
Damp coal screenings are better, and may be
economically burned in this manner. If a coal
fire gets very low, the quickest way to extin-
guish it is to rake it at the bottom. To preserve
a fire under such circumstances, little coal
should be placed on the fire, and when it has
caught more may be added, and the raking defer
red until it has got well ignited. When the fire
bricks have become burdened with clinkers which
have fused and adhered, they may lie cleaned by
throwing oyster or clam shells into the fire box
when the fire is very hot, and allowing the fire
to go ont. The clnkers will generally cleave off
without the use of much force the next morning
From two quarts to one-half peck will be sufh-
Gent for most stoves, and the operation can be
repeated if some of the clinkers still adhere
Scientific american.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-02-03

BUSINESS BEFORE POLIuCs-Jake saw an old
acquaintance by the name of Amos, on the street
the other evening, and accosted him:
ivy, Amos, whar you been so longf amt
seed you fur long time"
Use been down de country fur two weeks tC
my brudder's house"
swell, can't You come down to my house to-
nightf wants TO have a good long talk wild
you bout the p'literkil scherw ashun"
"Itd be mighty pleasure to do so, Jake, but
yer see, ole Teller, desc here's hog killin times,
and meats lyin' round regardless of de perliti-
xii condshun OBJ affairs, an eff niger don't lay
in some OBJ dem perwissuns desc nights, he's
gwine to smell de graveyard fore de next lee
tiOnp
"Den I'll 'skuse you till your meats all in p'
said lake
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-02-03

To CURE BEEF FOR DRYING-This recipe
keeps the meat moist, so that it has none of that
tonghness dried beef mostly has when a little
old. To every twenty eight or thirty pounds al
low one table spoonful of saltpetre, one quart of
nne salt, mixed with molasses until the color is
about that of light brown sugar; rub the pieces
of meat with the mixture and when done let all
stick to it that will. Pack in a deep, narrow
vessel, as key or half barrel, that the pickle
may cover the meat, and let it remain forty-eight
hours; at the end of that time enough pickle
will be formed to nearly cover it. Take it ont,
and hang it in a suitable place for drying AL
low all the mixture to adhere to the meat that
will
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-02-03

CHEAP POULTRY yarns. ,os,s srr,,,, :,
the grSuna, SIX feet high and eight feet apart.
1ake NO; wire, and stretch it from post to most
outside fastening With staples made Of wire driy.
en- InIo posi-. Is Iake common laths and weave
of each. This makes the fence e. f ..' t e;uIS
Then take other laths, picket one end cbamSsr
the other like a chisel-blade and ;n.o onai,sl
among the top wires; then shove the cSomta-aS
edge down beside the top of the botto,,, III
tapping under the wire two inches. THIS r iatn
q cheap durable and pretty fence seven feat aes
ten inches high, and is fowl tight The w; Hua
should be left somewhat slack, as interviewing
the laths will make it up.-PoHlty Forld.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-02-03

HE was chilled to the bone, and only looked in
at the saloon door to see what time it was The
saloon was warm and CHEEKY, the hot water ub-
bled merrily, grateful steam cnrled off hot
spiced rum that the barkeeper was about to offer
as libatiOn on his own private shrine. Then,
faithful to his VOW, he drew back into the outer
darkness, and as he did an icy blast howled
up the street, and made the flags on the side
walks shiver. He said to himself "Just one
it's so dueed cold tonight" and entered the door
"Hellow said the barkeeper, "where have you
beenf Hain't seen you since Moo Yer's." And
the recording angel blotted out that oath forever
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-02-03

For getting down to the root of the matter,
the German intelligence leads all competitors.
A friend called on the historian Rauke in Berlin
lately, and observed, "Well, Professor, suppose
you work as hard as evsr in your old age :"
Yes" replied the veteran, tenderly;" my wife is
dead now, you see, and have less annoyance
aud can accomplish moreo
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-02-03

GRAY HoRsEs.-During leap year the girl who
counts all the gray horses she sees, until she gets
up to hundred, will be married within year
to the first gentleman with whom she shakes
hands after counting the one hundredth horse.
Every girl in the city carries a memorandum
book, that she may be sure to keep correct rec
ord. One has already twents-six, another elev-
en-, and another, who only began yesterday, has
seven. If somebody would bring drove Of
hundred gray horses to town to-day, what shak-
ing of hands would take place to-morrow-Jef-
fersoa Citg Tribune.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-02-03

"AND have you no other sonsf ~ asked curious
lady OF bronzed old sea captain. "Oh, yes,
madam, 1 had one that lived in the South Sea
Islands for nearly q dozen years." Really
Was he bred there, and what was his taste-tHe
sea or landf" "No. madam, he wasn't bread-he
was meat; leastways the niggers eat him, and as
for his taste the chief said he tasted of terbaecer
The lady walked to another part of the ship, and
the captain smiled and took fresh quid.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-02-03

Two darkies named John and Sam met yester
day near the depot in Lexington, when John no
ticed Sam wore a pair of trowsers that barely
reached to his knees. "Say, SAM said he:
"where did You get dose pantsf s'where dey
grows" replied Sam-"yah, yahr' Said John:
"All Use got to say is, yer pulled 'em too soon :"
he skipped, with a rock in close pursuit.