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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-09-07
A New Disease Among the Hogs.

A correspondent at Monroe, Butler County,
Ohio, writes of a new disease that has broken
out among the hogs, which is proving more dis.
astrous than the cholera. 1t is thus described I:
This season spring pigs have been taken off
by what is called the sore mouth (serofulous J
1t affects their entire system, and by the time
they die they are complete rotten mass from
the tip of their mouth to that of their tail, es-
pecially their internal organs, which are liter
ally rotten, partly destroyed by liberation, and
can at any point be ruptured or broken down
upon the slightest pressure. Many of our farm
ers, and We are, let our other peculiarities and
products be what they may-the centre of the
hogdOm Of this great hoggish world-have lost
this season all their spring pigs; others have
lost from one-fifth to four-ifths, and some, who
until within few days have lost none, are now
hauling them out from two to four and ten per
day, and by an estimate made of losses in this
area it will to date amount to some 5000 to A.
900 pigs, and from 800 to 500 old hogs, and no
present promise of relief from this scourpe
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-09-07
The Cnmpaign Opened.

If you had been around the big Great Western
freight depot on Atwater street at noon yester-
day, says the Detroit Free Press, yOu would have
seen the campaign open. Said man sitting on
door step to a man leaning against the lamp
post:
"What do you think hof the nomination hof
'Azef
81 think he ought to eat you," was the reply.
ellis name isn't Aze any more than your names
Mud
"Then what is hit?"
"The right name of the Cincinnati candidate
is HaZen Wheeler"
"Hi guess not"
"Hi guess there's other fools haround ere, too"
That was the commencement of a rough and
tumble fight which covered half block, and de-
strOyed the peace of mind of a score of men.
They might have been fighting yet had not an
old man with gray hair announced that both
were wrong. He said he had seen the names of
the candidates on a flag up town, and that the
names were "Whaze and Heller"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-09-07

CHILDISH INNoCENCE.-0h, the artless prattle
of au innocent childhood! How the sweet music
of their hearts and voices Gains the wild yearn-
ings of the sorrow-crowned years of maturity.
At happy home in Burlington the other even
ing, where the family was gathered around the
tea-table entertaining unexpected guests, the
fond mother said to the youngest darling
''Weede, darling, be careful; you mustn't spill
berries on the tablecloth" "Tain't tablecloth,"
promptly responded darling; it's sheet" And
late at night, when the company had gone away
and that sweet child was standing with his head
nearly where its feet ought to be, catching with
its tear-blinded eyes occasional glimpses of fleet
ing slipper that f1uttered in the air in eccentric
gyrations, one could see how early in the stormy
years of this brief life one may begin to suffer
for the truth
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-09-07

A SMALL-SIZED CANDIDATE.-Uncle Sammy is
very little fellow, and i'll that respect he resem-
bles Napoleon, Aaron Burr, Gen. Grant, and Lord
John Russell, fact, however which does not
make him in the least proud of his size One
morning Saratoga washerwoman, at the hotel
where the Governor stopped, was unloading her
basket of linen in the presencesof the lady guest
posted about half the wash upon the bed, the Ia
dy suddenly detected a Strengthening garment
among the lot, and, snatching it up, exclaimed :
whats that?"
"Thats all right" returned Bridget.
"All right, nonsense" continued the lazy, ele-
waiting the mysterious article, and calling the
washerwoman's attention to the initials, IS. j.
t." on the neck band; 'don't you see it's one of
the Governors night shirts I"
"Be me sowl, yer right" added Bridget SOL
EMMY. ''Shure, l tot it was wan av the babby's
gowns
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-09-07

DEoDORIzING VAULTs.-The cheap way of do
ing the thing is to use road dust. This costs
only the seraping up, shoveling into boxes OF
barrels and drawing to where wanted. A barrel
will keep common vault perfectly free from
or so is thrown down daily or oftener, or by each
occupant. Coal ashes, sifted, are nearly as good,
but more is required. The two absorbents mix
ed together make the best purifier. Dry dust
has this advantage over any chemical solution,
in that it renders the contents dry, so that they
can never affect drains sewers but remains
till shoveled out The cleaning is easily done,
and the work not at all offensive.-Cor. Country
Gentleman.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-09-07
FORTY YEARS BEFORE THE PUBLIC.
DIR. McLANES
Celebrated American
WORM SPECIFIC
VERMTEUC.I-i.::.
SYMPTOMS CT WoRMs.

- s---
THE countenance is pale and le..ten-
colored, with occasional flusheS, or
a circuu1scribed spot on one or both
cheeks; the eyes become dull +; the pupils
dilate; an azure semicircle runs along
the lower eye-lid the nose is irrita.ed,
swells, and sometimes bleeds; swell
ing of the upper lip; occasional head
ache, with humming or throbjing OF
the ears an unusual secretion Of saliva;
Shiny or furred tongue; breath very
foul, particularly in the morning; APP
petite variable, sometimes voracious,
withagnawing sensation ofthe stomach,
at others, entirely gone; fleeting pains
in the stomach occasional nausea and
vomiting violent pains throughout the
abdomen; bowels irregular, at times
costive; stools Shiny; not unfrequently
tinged with blood; belly swollen and
hard !; urine turbid; respiration occa-
sionally difficult, and accompanied by
hiccough cough sometimes dry and
convulsive; uneasy and disturbed sleep,
with grinding of the teeth; temper
variable, but generally irritable, &c.
Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
DR.. C. McLANE'S VERMIFUGE
Will certainly effect cure.
1T DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
in any form; it is an innocent prepa-
ration, not capable Of doing the slightest
iyu,y TO tie most tenaer Infant.
The genuine DR.. McLANE's VERM-
FUGE bears the signatures ofC. McLANE
and FLEMING Bros. on the wrapper.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-09-07

A CHINAMAN BOUND FOR THE CENTENNIAL
"Me alice same go Centennial, !" said Hop Wan as
he slammed the basket of laundried clothing
down on Wan Lees floor.
"YOu allie same damme foolei" said Wan, sen.
tentiously, as he prepared to fill his mouth with
sprinkliug water. "Whatte You goee him fol n
''Melican man allie go. Hop Wan ikee be allie
same as Mclean man,
"Hop Wan be likee Mclean man, ehf Then
Hop Wan cut off pig-tail, lettee whiskel glow on
face. chew tobacco, sweal at stleet car drivers,
and lookee at pletty girl on stleet. ALE same
Mclean man, ehf Then Hop Wan 20 out to sa-
loon, spend money velly loose, get dunk, say
'Whoopp on stleet, gettee in police house. Toll
mellow go lound allie soon pay ten dolce aud
costs. Not muchee same as Mellican man here I;
not muchee damme foole herep and Wan nearly
smashed fancy Joss and counting board in
his excitement,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-09-07

beverages.
The London Telegraph SAYS: "But in any case
the practice of mixing small Jumps of ice with
WINE or water is not to be commended 1t is
mnch better, as rule, to ice what we have to
ufink oy piunging it for short period into q
Small pau or tub filed with freezing mixture of
nee and common salt, which can be made at a
cheap cost, and of which little will be found to
go long way. Champagne, for instance, is ut
terly spoiled by the senseless practice of putting
small Jumps of ice into the glass. Well,ced
champagne is, in its way-that is to say for those
who like 1t and with whom it agrees-a nectar
worthy of pontiical banquet. Champagne
with loose ice floating about in it is, in effect,
nothing more than champagne and water and,
although champagne and water has the negative
advantage of being scarcely more intoxicating
than weak tea it is as beverage hardly equal
to that sparkling ginger pop which, according
to the large public placards setting forth its at
fractions, is habitually consumed by clowns in
their professional costume, bishops duly vested
and feld-marshals in full uniform. Mixed with
caret, it is true, ice is less Experimentation the
obvious reason that claret and water is pleas
ant drink. 1t is, however, far better to ice the
water first, and then mix it with claret in due
proportions. Every house b as or ought to have,
its own filter, and there are plenty of ingenious
devices by which filtered water can always be
kept refreshingly chilled. For a slight addition
al cost, filter can be fitted with refrigerator,
the insertion into which of q small quantity of
crushed ice mixed with salt produces an almost
magical effect. Another way as the cookery
books have it, is to make your freezing mixture
IN small tub or pail, and then to place it in a
common earthenware jug of water, previously
filtered. Yet another and even simpler plan is
to cover the filter with piece of old flannel,
which is kept constantly moist, and the evapO-
ration from which operates in exactly the same
manner as that from the surface of those porous
red jars and carafes, the of which has of late
years become general. There are, in short,
any number of ingenious methods by which cool
drinks can be manufactured as cheaply as, and
far more pleasantly than, by the rough and
clumsy process of thrusting a miniature ice berg
into the tumbler or wine glass. As a rule, how
ever, it will be found that artifcially cooled
beverages only aggravate the discomfort of the
drinker. healthy man who takes abundance
of exercise no more needs to ice his water than
to carry a smelling bottle or hang fan to his
watchchain. And, as agricultural laborers, nav
vies, boatmen, and all those whose lot it is to
work hard under the broiling snn, perfectly well
know, cup of cold tea exercises a cooling effect
superior to that of the traditional quart of
ale which Autolycus declares to be dish for
kim ~
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-09-07

The EARTH TREATMENT FOR ULCERs-The dry
earth treatment for ulcers is found successful.
Large, slOughy ulcers, after being washed, are
covered with thick layer of earth, over which
wet paper is placed as a support, and the whole
gin to clear, and when the surfaces look healthy
and graduating, a dressing made as follows is
used: piece of muslin the size of the nicer is
immersed in carbolic oil, in the proportion of
one part of acid to ten parts of cocoanut oil !;
earth is placed, and then moistened earth and
bandage. In a short time the healing process
manifests itself satisfactorily while all odor is
entirely removed
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-09-07
Planting Strawberries i'm september.

A reader of ScribHer living in New jersey,
writes to know if strawberries planted in the
early part OF September will bear a crop of fruit
next year. To this inquiry would say, Yes,
under the following conditions: LIST, the soil
must be rich, deep, and mellow; I'd, the plants
must De OF TINS years growth, with healthy
roots, and plenty of them, and must be trans
planted in moist or damp weather, aud if the
weather continues dry, must be watered freely
q few times, always in the evening when the sun
has gone down; Sd, the strawberry bed must be
manure, to be left on until Spring. With sueb
treatment, bed of strawberries may be set ont
in September that will yield, not quite as much
fruit as if put out in the Spring, but enough for
family use; and the berries will be, on the aver
age, of larger than those of the spring plant
iDg.-P. T. QsinR, in ScribHer for September
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-09-07
Che fun Of the CHM.
sIaEL NO MORE.

cooms yust now TO toldt YOU how
feels apout dis business,
Und vas links Of several drinks,
Und let you know how Is dis
+ l0fe to tink yast what blease
I lofe dat Yankee Eagle,
Und 50 babe you dot you sees
fights no more NIT Sigel.
Yaw, dat was true speaks NIT you,
fights no more NIT Sigel.
You know yust how dat vas, sometimes,
Ven der country used to need me.
march all night and fight all day,
II Sigel gust would lead me.
He in command in der line
Alike we l0fed dat Eagle;
But hes gone pack on me-Ach, nein,
fights no more nit Sigel.
Vas, dat is true. he's not true blue
l fights no more NIT Sigel.
So long a, Sigel drawed his sword
To hght against secession,
I'd dook my gun in ny handts, und showed
I'd march in his PROCESSION
/ fought init him at Wilson's Creek
Und we hoObed it up for der Eagle;
But leafs him now on der double quick
fights no more init SigeL
Yaw dat is true, IL viii not do,
fights no more nit Sigel
Dem rebels, ven dey found at last
Dot dey could never fight US.
Dey're mighty goct TO take our hands,
Und watch a chance to frighd us.
Und now dey've fooled Franz Sigel too;
Dot vas poody peekle;
But dey can fool me, becasue YOU see
fights no more NIT Sigel;
When he goes too, in dot rebel crew,
fights no more NIT Sigel
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-09-07
THE KANGAROO TICKET.
BY Z. W. BLAIsDEIL, JR.

From North TO South are shouting
Their orators on every stump
With lusty lungs are spoutingl
For now, as in the times gone by
They're friends both fast and true;
And, though they hate the ''colored man.
They love the Kangaroo ~
That strange misshapen ticket. bows
For strongest 'tis-'tis true
IT'S strongest in its hinder MART
Like Barnum's kangaroo!
Contract CeDtractr' Sam. Tildep sbouts
..Contract and save the Stater'
While forth from Hendricks comes the cry
Comes forth the cry, Initiate -
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-09-07
DR.. C.. McLANE'S
LIVER PILLS.

These Pills are not recommended as
a remedy for sail the ills that flesh is
beir to-" but in affections of the Liver,
and in all Bilious Complaints, Dyspepsia
and Sick Headache, or diseases of that
character, they stand without rival.
AGUE AND YER.
No better cathartic can be used pre-
paratory to, or after taking Quinine.
As simple purgative they are I'M
equaled.
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.
The genuine are never sugar coated.
Each box has a red wax seal on the
lid, with the impression DR.. McLANE's
Liver PILLS.
Each wrapper bears the signatures of
G. McLANE and FLEMING Bros.
Sold by all respectable druggists and
country storekeepers generally.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-09-07

Mrs. PARTINGTON AT THE BARBEcUE.-Ou the
occasion of a barbecue, Mrs Darlington and Isaac
were passing the pit where the OK was roast
ing, when she exclaimed:
"Why, Isaac, what is that awful bad smell that
greets my oil factory 7"
Don't you see, mother replied Isaac, ''that
they are roasting an OK WHOLE
We'll, well, said the old lady, Zone would
think, from the smell, that they were roasting
ass wholers
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-09-07

A TALL stranger in st. Louis entered the Amer
lean House the other day with grip sack in one
hand and staff in the other, and coming to q
halt in the middle of the Office, said to the land
lord: ais liquor sold in connection with this
housei" 'Yes, SIR" was the reply, fright down
in the basement you'll find sample ROOM" "Sir, Z"
exclaimed the tall man in a severe tone, al am
not looking for saloon; am seeking public
house where liquor is not sold ~ "Op and the
landlord leaned rehectively on the counter; ;
"James, show the gentleman to the station house
on First street."
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-09-07

THE joys OF CHILDHooD.-A boy Mt the "west
end" had a birthday party. A six year old guest
thus described it to his mother: First We all
had some bread and butter; then we had some
Lemonade, cold enough to freeze you; then We
all had a piece of birthday cake; then we all
had lot of ice-cream, and then all the little
boys had the stomach ache. The big girls told
us TO go into the house aud lie down on the floor,
and they made us drink peppermint and water
till we felt better Then We ali went ont to
playn
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-09-07

WEEvH IN WHEAT-A correspondent in the
Country GeRtLemaH says:
"Some years ago bearing complaint of weevil
in wheat about the close of harvest. when was
ricking my wheat, got fresh Stacked lime and
threw over the rick in building it-laying two
courses of sheaves, then lime sufficient to wbiten
the stack. There was no weevil in my wheat.
A neighbor who threshed his wheat from the
shock, came to me few days after and said he
should lose his wheat, for il was alive with wee
vii. told him to throw lime over it. and SHOW
Ell it through his wheat, which he did. Two
days afterward there was not weevil to b.,
saan in itn
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-09-07
HAYES w-"WHEELER,n

In these our grand Centennial hours,
1t well behOOves Us to reflect
That we, this year, two ruling powers
For this great Nation must elect:
A President to take the helm,
And safely guide our ship of State;
And one TO aid him, that this realm
Shall be not only good. but great.
The Peoples wish Is signifed
That Hayes and Wheeler have their voice
And all true patriots point with pride
To these two men-the Peoples choice:
The first patriot wise and true,
A soldier of well-earned renown:
When Rebel shells and bullets dew.
He won the soldiers brightest crown.
The second. in the Halls OF State
Unerring judgment oft displayed;
statesman, honored, wise, and great,
He stands in Honors robes arrayed.
And when November 1des shall come,
Let us march out with purpose high.
A nd raise, with sound Of trump and drum,
Hayes" and Wheeler" as our battle-cry.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-09-07

FEVER AND AGCE.-We have heard from sew
in which fever and ague prevails-that nutmegs
from three to six, according to the age of the in
diyidual, strung about the neck, so as to rest
upon the stomach, are used as protection against
this insidious, vile disease.-Noores Rural Neac
Yorker
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-09-07

To MAKE COOP WATER FILTER.-Take a
garden pot of the largest size, and cover the hole
at the bottom with a large piece of sponge well
cleaned. Upon this put some clean pebbles, to
keep the sponge in place. Fill up to within two
or three inches of the top with Que part powder
ed charcoal and two parts clean white sand. Cow
er the pot with piece of thick flannel or cloth
tied tightly around the edge of the pot. Set it
in a pan and pour the water on the flannel.
The drtiest water can be purified in this manner
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-09-07

How TO STACK GRAIN.-The main points to
be observed in stacking are: 1. Keep your CEN
tres full, thereby giving your outside course a
steep pitch. 2 Always have the top of your
sheaves point to the centre. 3. A symmetrical
form of stack. Inexperienced stackers are apt
to build too high, and run their stacks up to n
spire-like point. Thisis unnecessary aud un-
1t is the pitch of the sheaf and not the pitch of
the top, that makes it waterproof. An egg
shape is the best form for staek.-LaRcasfer
Enraer
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-09-07
dSonas of the Campaign.
SAM. r1LpEN,s SLAMS.

Who is it plays at sham reform
Who thought he could the press suborn,
To shout his praise to early morns
Who bat Sam. Tildeni
who prates about the ballot-box.
Then, slyer than the mountain fox,
Slips the billets into the boxi
Why, Sammy Tilden!
Who brought the Ring upon their knees,
Until they showed the White House Keys,
Then danced 4 jig beneath the treesf
The same SAM Tilden.
Who found the State thieving den,
Then grace did throw into the pen,
For the votes Of these same menf
Twas Hopeful Tilden.
Who bssely feigned his sein to set.
Who holds few poor gudgeons YET
While all the big fish Slip the net
None but Sam. Tiden.
Who turns his eye with such horror
At the dirty ''greenback" dollari
'Thiss a dose We ne er can swallow
The virtuous Sam. Tliden!
Whose bonds alone the gold can buyi
Who says our duty bids us try
To bring the currency up high
The currency of Tilden!
Who manufactures at his mills
Millions Of spurious paper bills,
With which the Marquette land he fills
Fills with the bills of Tilden
Who'd with the bullion Princes stand,
And yet, turned out with In wish hand,
The rankest wild cat In the landf
wild cat" by Sammy Tiiden-
Who buys with notes Uncle Sammy!
And sells for coin i-oh, how funny
That's the way he made his money,
Millions for Uncle Sammy!
Who saved the tax, year after year
Issued bastard notes without fear
Till the Government pinned his ears
The ears Of poor old Sammy!
Who through this brisk 'shinplaster" trade
Colossal fortune quickly made
Then lodged the tax he should have paid
Bank taxes Of Sam. Tilden.
Who bribed the Nations Statesmen" too,
To get relief securely through,
And save him from prison viewi
Relief for the Reformer Tilden!
Who next our President means to be-
Riding two horses TO a I,
Holds out Reform" for all to see
The Reform" Of Sam. Tilden.
Who lures the East with talk of gold
The West with paper shows the fold =
A nd jolly tricksters in the hold
The arguments of Sam. Tilden
Who in the short November days,
Will find his tricks and foolish ways
Have spoiled his camel Then shout for Hayes
For Hayes, and not for Tildeni
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-09-07

TOMATO CATsUP.-One peck of tomatoes, half
dozen onions chopped fine two tablespoonfuls
of black pepper, two tablespoonfhls of alspice
two tablespoonful of cloves, two ounces of
celery seed. quarter of pound of salt, or more
if liked, one pound of brown sugar, and one
quart of strong vinegar. The proportions used
in this recipe are par ticularly recommended, and
it may be relied upon as being generally admired
when brought upon the table.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-09-07

To SwEETEN BUTTERFLY adding two and a
half drachms of carbonateo of soda to three pounds
of either fresh salt butter possessing disagree
able flavor, renders it perfectly sweet Soda
produces the result when added to other culinary
greases, as dripping lard, &c.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-09-07

TOMATO AND BEEF SrEw.-Slice three pounds
of lean beef and seven moderate-szed tomatoes,
with one onion. Cut the tomatoes mp into small
pieces, and chop the onion fine. Stew slowly,
add SALT few cloves, and just before it is done,
a little butter a half gill of eatsup. The re-
mains of this dish may be kept and heated over
the next day if desired
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-09-07

"HARk! hear an angel sing" sang young
man in outside township scbool Exhibition.
"No, 'talnt," shouted an old farmer in one of the
back seats, its only my old mule that's hitched
outside" The young man broke down and Quit
-Ttzre Hdute Express
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-09-07

PETER HENDERSON, in Gardening for Profit"
says, onion sets are pulled in August, swell
dried, placed with the chaff among them in
loft Of stable or barn, about four inches deep,
covered up by 6 inches of hay on the approach
of hard frost, and left thus until wanted for set
ting out in the spring" The seed is sown so
thickly that the sets, when pulled, are as small
as possible, because if Hthey much exceed half
an inch in diapster they viii run to seed"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-09-07

III is said by an exchange that one drop of the
essence of bitter almonds will communicate an
agreeable taste and smell to an ounce of castor
oil, and not affect its medicinal action. Any
thing to make children like castor-oili
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-09-07

STONE jars which have became offensive and
unht for use may be rendered perfectly sweet by
packing them full of earth and letting them
stand two or three weeks.