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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27

ANOTHER EsE FOR MUsTARD.-The lives of
many of are nothing else than instances of
slow poisoning. What with unwholesome food
and adulterated drink it is really wonder of
wonders that we live so long But cases in which
people perish by a single fatal draught a re hap
PLY few and far between. They may, however,
occur i'm connection with any of us, and it is
well to be prepared. Suppose, then, one should
swallow poison, what should he dot Fly to the
mustard pot. 1t may save his life. A table
spoonful of ordinary mustard, mixed in q wine
glassful of water, will seldom fail to produce
sickness.
'In the mustard-pot," says distinguished
writer on food, 1--WE have one of the safest and
swiftest of emetics.n
This surely is q fact worth knowing.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27
Lemon. a Cure for Consumption.

A correspondent Of an English medical jour
nal furnishes the following recipe as a new cure
for consumption: Put dozen whole lemons in
cold water and boil until soft mot too soft), roll
and squeeze until the juice is all extracted,
sweeten the juice enough to be palitable, then
drink. Use as many as a dozen day. Should
they cause pain or looseness of the bowels, les
sen the quantity and use five six days; you
will begin to gain strength and an appetite. Of
course, you get better, yOu need not use SO
many. Follow these directions, and We know
that you will never regret it, if there is any help
for you. Only keep it up faithfully. We know
of two cases where the patients were q ven up
by the physicians, and were in the last stages Of
consumption, yet both were cured by using lem
ons according to the direction We have stated
One lady, in particular, was bedridden and very
low; had tried everything that money could
procure, but all in vain, when, to please friend,
she was finally pursuaded to use the lemons.
She began to use them in February, and in April
she weighed 140 pounds. She is a well woman
to-day, and likely to live as long as any of u.s.
Nashua Telegraph.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27
Not in the EuIoxi.tic Ring.

Senator Blaine is responsible for the following
good story: The mortality during the last SEES
sion of the Forty-third Congress was unusually
great. Messrs. Hooper and Croker of Massa-
chusetts, Heresy of Maine, Rice of Chicago and
several other members died during the session,
and Saturday afternoon was set apart for the
customary eulogies. On the day before, General
Butler went up to the Speakers desk to inquire
what the order of exercises was to be. Mr..
Blaine replied that the arrangements on such
occasions were generally made by the colleagues
of the member whose eulogies were to be pro-
nounced, and that General Butler could prObs-
bly, learn what the order of exercises would be
by asking almost any one of his fellow members
from Massachusetts,. "Well," said General But
Ter, "Tm not in the eulogistic ring, but I'll be
id if don't make speech on old Hooper, if
they don't shut me off with the previous quss-
tion."-Nep York Tribune.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27
The Pope,s Successor.

In anti-papal circles in Rome the following
squib is relished 1t has the form of dialogue,
the parties to which are Pasquno and Morforio
who thus discourse:
.'Wbat do you hear of the Popew
"Rnmore' (rumors.)
"What says the rumori'
"That the Pope is kept prisoner"
"By whom p
"Take away the first letter of rumore, and you
know it."
GILMORE (by his humor or caprice.) And is
the imprisonment heavy onei"
take away one letter."
"'Ors' (soon.) And who will be his success
sorsn
Sacrifice another letter."
ARE (the king.) Which kingf"
Suppress but one letter"
".E Emanuelr-Home Journal.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27

A WESTERN REMINIsCENsE.-Years ago, when
Rock Island was small village and its people
had lots of fun all to themselves, of our very
sober and dignifed citizens put his own head
under one end of yoke and little bulls under
the other, to teach the animal how to be useful
and work. When he found the bull was run
ming away with him down a dirt road towards
crowd around country store on Illinois Street,
he measured sixteen feet at jump, kept up
with the bull, and yelled at the top of his voice
"Look out! Here we come, darn our fool souls
Head u.s. somebody" and when halted, and the
yoke was being lifted from his neck, he yelled,
"Unyoke the bull; never mind me. will
stand.'-Rock Island (IU) Argus.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27
Nsefml aud Gmriuns.
How to Make a Well.

~,
MI . w. fihknam mas paper on Mehs anu
Listens, III oertoAer Ior Seplen.oer, Win pians
showing now they are eoh'aH,ihated anu no"
they snonid be cohs,rncten. ne says OF wells:
lIs', oi COURSE, 'ne wen must Dc 80 cons'!ue
,ed tnat u ca,,no. &C. az a ara'n Ior tne heieh-
poLIhs SOL. inns can "e d1he ny making tne
val aoose loMsef mar oi some ma'eIia 81
~ I,,1uI ~ y. o.ips tnls Pa'' Vi
Inc wall aitosetneI; Inc nrst can DO accom-
i,suea W 'ue wall run P1lI. Two VI
.nlee ice. run .ne o1!."nl nade OF orlek Win
:l eGa.,ns y, n.alaunc Meeh-Iupins Win tne
Jo,n'nis wen pio.ee.eu Win eementi III eln si
Ease ,no EARN snouil NC ,nGLo"sny P aono
alou iin 'no wan, ana q sleut e.oanAnen.
. IN. 10 iiiaae arouha .ne orincc, u Pie'e"'
tue in,nJ" VI sur, ., OF s.oIll wa. oe :;
L., III 49, :. .aa, ',;stana. ,,.1ono ,h.
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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27
Rye for Pasture.

writer in the Practical Farmer who prac-
tees feeding his mowings and grain fields after
the crops are harvested, thus writes of rye as
cattle food:
81 would recommend to all farmers who plough
their corn hereafter, to sow rye before blowing,
for Winter pasture, and pasture in early Spring.
You need only SOW three pecks to the acre. 1t
will not grow enough to injure your corn, but
will grow very rapidly after your corn is cut off.
1t will be the most profitable for Winter pas
ture, when you do not cut your corn, but husk
it on the stalk. II you cut your corn, you will
he able to get your corn and fodder off, so you
can pasture early in the Spring. 1t comes in
the nick of time, in the Spring, when stock need
pasture before grass comes on. 1t is so nice for
weak ewes that have early lambs, or cows that
come in early, your mares that have colts
early. Or, if you have been feeding sheep, it
brings them out very nicely early in the season,
and saves yon much grain. You may SOW one,
two or three fields, as the case may be, and leave
them for your last planting in the Spring, and
by 90 doing you can pasture until the 10th or
even the Goth of May. / have turned it under
as late as the 25th of May, when the rye was
ont in head.
81 think it also benefit to the ground. The
rye has great quantity of fine roots, q perfect
mat of roots, which keeps the ground from be-
coming cloddy, and if exposed to the sun few
days, if well narrowed, pulverize very nicely.
have pfacticed this for years, and never did any
farming that paid me so well. Sometimes, when
we have . very dry August. it fails but the loss
is very small-you lose nothing but the seed"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27
Northern Spy Apples.

An orchard of Northern Spy apples covers
ebout four acres, aud is hog and sheep pasture.
pasture, and is the first orchard we have seen
this year with anything like a crop of apples
Two years ago we saw it, and it was heavily
loaded with apples. Last year Mr.. II. said it
bore light crop, and this year about two-thirds
of the trees, We should think, are fairly filled
with good apples, some of them loaded. In ad-
dition to the droppings of the sheep and swine,
n little manure is scattered over the surface an
nually. The branches show full annual growth
of wood, and the foliage 10 dark and luxuriant
This orchard would seem to afford one evidence,
that plonghiBg Is not essential to the growth of
wood o. production of fruit.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27

KEEPING ROSES IN BLooM.-As soon as they
have formed their first flowers in the open ground
pinch off the end of the first shoot, and as soon
as the rose is fully opened, pick it of. No rose
should be left to fade upon the bush, as when SO
left it exhausts the plant in the formation Of
seed. As the plants grow, pinch back the ends
of the shoots when they have grown six inches,
and rub out all puny shoots, thus keeping the
plants in a rounded, open bush form. II strong
shoots alone are left to grow, they will con-
troll the strength of the plant and the flowers
will be few and often of imperfect form. Should
the season be hot and dry, a mulch of fine, fresh
grass or sawdust, moss from the woods, should
be placed all over the soil, three inches deep, aud
at night watered thoroughly, not sprinkled, but
wet like days rain.-Cultirator.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27

WORTH PREsERvING.-The Medical Home has
the following recipes, which are Of value to ev-
cry one:
A tea made of chestnut leaves and drank in
place of water will cure the most obstinate case
Of dropsy In few days.
A tea made of ripe or dried whortleberries and
drank in place of water is a sure and speedy cure
for scrofuls difficulty, however bad.
A tea made of peach leaves is a sure cure for
kidney difficulty.
plaster made of fresh slaked limo and fresh
pine tar is sure cure for a cancer, which, with
its roots, will come ont.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27

"JAKE," said the blushing damsel to a lover
that her father had forbidden the house, al don't
care if you're feet are big; i love you just as
much" "Wall, Sally, don't mind so much
about the size of my own feet, but wish your
dads were little smaller; I should feel more
confident, You know, about staying"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27
wheat-S;Fowing-EaFly Late SOWING I,
which II tbs Betterl

The largest crop per acre I ever grew, was
seeded the second week in October, and the Sec
ond largest in October, also. i am not certain
as late as the second week. but at least, in Octo-
Der. In the Fall of 1862. in Clark County, Ind,
We gathered the corn off a field of twenty acres,
ran the harrow over the stalks to break them
down, turned the soil and the stalks under with
. two horse pillow, and seeded the field some time
in November. The corn was plenty dry to save,
and I remember the harrow was only about
starting to cover the seed, when q snsw-storm
came up, and we turned out before noon, but
next day resumed work. Strange as it may
seem to some, that twenty acre field made more
than an average crop for the County for that
season the crop was good. Five or six years
later, about the last of August, seeded ten
acre field. Tho crop was never cut, except q
small portion for chicken feed. More than 1920
was cheat. From all my experience, would
suggest about October LIST as the best time to
seed wheat, taking one year with another. Of
course, further north, little sooner
But there is mach to learn in wheat culture, in
regard to varieties, best time for seeding fertiz-
ing etc. see, in paper before me, that on field
Of wheat fertilizers to the amount of 900 pounds
per acre, were sown broadcast on o portion, and
$50 pounds, drilled with the seed were more
beneficial to the crop than 900 sown broadcast.
-CevcsposdcRf {Hdiaaa Farmer. r#--...-
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27

CUREPoR Hoe CHoLERA.-A farmer in Randolph
County, Illinois, whose hogs were affected by
cholera, gave them tablespoonful of turpeutine
mixed in with each bucket of slop. His hogs all
recovered. and have been healthy ever since, he
continaiHg to give them an occasional dose Of
turpentine. Certainly the remedy is very sim,
pie, and farmers can afford to give il trial.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27

LIGHTNING.-Where person has been struck
with lightning, the means employed for recov-
cry, or to restore animation, are very similar to
those applied to persons rescued from drowning.
As in the latter instance, resuscitation will
sometimes not take place until after a whole
hour of persistent effort. An attem pit to initiate
the lungs artifcially is especially important.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27

GOOD story is told of candidate before o
County Convention in Ohio. He was ont cleo
pioneering, and stopping at house on Harris
Prairie, asked the lady who came to the door if
her husband was ut home. She replied in the
negative. The candidate expressed regret, as he
" anted to secure his vote for the coming con-
vention. ooh, if that's ALL" returned the lady,
''you needn't give yourself any uneasinsss; he'll
vote for you. There were seven candidates
along here this morning, before he left home,
and be promised to vote for every one of thenl.r
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27

STRAMoNIUN, known also as Jamestown (cor-
rupted into jmson) weed, is an effective remedy
for snake bites, and will cure them even some
days after they are inflicted. The weed should
be applied in the form of a poultice. In the alb
sence of any other remedy, cauterizing the part
with live coal is good, especially for horses
and cattle,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27

~ pegged boots are occasionally dressed with
petroleum between the soes and the upper leath-
CT they will not rip. If the soles of boots and
shoes are dressed with petroleum they will resist
wet aud wear well. The pegs, it is said. are not
affected by dryness after being saturated with
the liquid.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27

An itinerant quack doctor in Texas was ap-
piled to by one of Col. Hays rangers to extract
the iron point Of an Indian arrow head from his
head, where it had lodged for some time. ~
cannot 'strack this, stranger" said the doctor !;
'but I'll tell you what can do; can give you
pill that will melt it in your headn
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27

DIR. MARY WALKER, feeling that she still lacked
some manly accomplishments, took chew of to-
bacco last week, and in twenty minutes thereaf-
ter she WAS so limp she had to swallow a ramrod
before she could sit up in the street car.-Hawk-
eUe
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27

WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE GAME WAs.-It
cast gloom over an entire church fair, the other
night, when the minister's walked mp to a
grab bag and prize cake table, and demanded
that the game be- explained to him before he
bought his cbips
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27

Mr.. SUMNER is reported to have said that the
proper address of a member Of Congress is sim
ply Mr.. Smith," and of a Senator, "Mr Senator -
All right enough as to the Senator, but why all
the members of Congress should he called
"Smithr we can't imagine
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27

ST. LOUIS Globe -Democrati 1t won't be long
now before men who can't tell q rutabsga from
an old tin pail will go out to the country fairs
and begin their oratons with "Fellow farmers"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27

THE SONG OF THE OYSTER.

oh! jolly old bird il the oyster fish,
As he sits in his pearly shell,
A thinking how many a delicate dish
lie can make when cooked we'll
Broiled roast go.
Served on toast
Or raw on a dainty platter;
Eseallop or stew,
Either will do.
Or fried in crumbs or batter.
And knowing old fish is the oyster bird
As he silly seems to doze;
For he drops not hint. he speaks not a word
OF all the secrets he knows
Blissful hours
Shady bowers
whisperinss low and sweet
Booty delights.
Merry old nishts
When jolly old cronies meet
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27

BEEF TOMATO PIE.-Cold roast beef, cut in
thin slices; ripe tomatoes, peeled and sliced.
Line deep dish with light biscuit crust; put
a layer Of beef, then layer of tomatoes; salt,
butter and pepper to taste, and so on until the
dish is nearly full put the top crust, cutting
a cash in the centre. Bake.two hours in q slow
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27

THESE are the nights when a mosquito will
travel miles to hunt out and bite the young, ten
der and thin-skinned baby which is especially
the beloved of its parents.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27

PHIIADELPHIA Bslletis: Brigham is the on
" man who knew just how to take . mother-in-
law. He took some fifty of them.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27

Now does the willy bank director find deficit
of SIC, 600, and exclaims, This comes of sup
porting men in idleness." Ordered, that there
be reduction of 10 per. cent. on the salary of
the night watchman.-Pmek
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27

An editor who is competent to judge, says the
girl who last year sung. "Meet me by moonlight,
alone" now sings, "Rock q by baby"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27

LORD PALMERsToN once said, speaking of the
Turks, What energy can be expected of peo-
pie with no heels to their shoesf
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27

WOMAN AND HER AsPIRArIoN.-Wher one wo-
man scans the horizon for signs of dawn Of q
brighter era, ten are scouting among their neigh
bors trying to borrow saleratus-Rome Sentinel.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27

PoMADE TO PREVENT BALDNEss.-Lard four
ounces; spermaceti, one drachm; lemon juice.
six drachms; tincture of cantharides, one half
drachm. Perfume to taste.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27

AC0ROXER's jury in Arkansas found that .
corpse came to its death shy holding five aces"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27

The question of the hour-Who shall marry
Brigham Youngs widow'
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27

EVERY old maid can boast of two beaux, but
they ere elbows.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-27
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The Morning herald., 1877-05-02

The Russian fleet is at Nickolaiff, on the
Bug river, few miles from lis mouth. The
Turkish fleet is reported threatening Katfa.
ENGLAND's NEUTRALITY.
The Queen has Issued a proclamation de-
Glazing the neutrality of England.
THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE.
The only news from Asia Miner this
morning was to the effect that the Russians
had concentrated and advanced their siege
train, and had attacked the Turks before
Kars. The battle commenced at this point
at daybreak on Sunday, the 29th ult., but
no details have been received.
THE ANSWER TO RUss1A's CIRCULAR.
LONDON, May 1.-The Vienna correspon-
dent ofthe Times telegraphs as follows:
Gas things look at present, the British
Government will possibly be the only one to
return regular official answer to Ru. sia S
representation that she is acting in the in-
terest and according to the wishes of
Europe. The British answer may possible
indicate the limits within which England
would rot consider her interests threatened,
and would therefore remain neutral.
The Morning herald., 1877-05-02
ONE CENT
Minor LOc0N,

Sun rose at 5S; sets at 857.
The Mineha Loan Association meets this
evening.
Fragrant smoking tobacco-FIower of
Virginia. Smoke no other. A. A. Chap
man, agent for Wilmington, Fourth snd
Shipley streets.
Lawton's improved night lamps burn "a
hours with one filling, price, SO cents; 6C5
Market street.
If you want coal and wood, don't forget
Mills & Combs cheap coal yard, Fourth
street and Railroad avenue.
Hosiery, the best, hosiery of all co]ors
and sizes, hosiery that cannot bc beat for
price in the city, at John H. Walraven's, 713
Market street. See for yourself before pur-
chasing elsewhere.
Tramps are no longer allowed quarters in
the City Hall. Last night all that applied
for lodging were turned away, as the work
of cleaning the building has commenced,
and hereafter they will be excluded en-
tirely.
No doubt the present temperance move.
ment is doing much good, from the fact of
the scarcity of cases of drunkenness; within
the last week there has been but two or
three cases, when formerly there were 3
dozeu at least.
The Morning herald., 1877-05-02
FOREIGN.
MILITARY MOVEMENTS

The Russians cootinue to mass troops on
The Lower Danube. $1,000 Russians entered
Roumanian territory yesterday. and places
the whole number already across the Pruth
at 10000; the whole number of Russian
soldiers in Roumania exceeds50, 900. The
Grand Duck Nicholas has his headquarters
at Jassy. $4,000 Russians are concentrated
about Braila, ten miles above Galatz, and
building bridge over the river at that
point. A Turkish attack on that position is
expected. 1t is estimated that ninety-seven
battalious of Turkish infantry are in or
near the Dobrudsha. Tho Turkish army on
the Daunbe has been reinforced by forty
battalions Of 40, 900 Circassians from Sofia.
Eutry into or departure from the Boa-
phorus and Dardanelles during the night 10
prohibited.
The Morning herald., 1877-05-02
A Robbery,

John Cochran wa sent last Saturday to
the village of Christiana with $40 bill to
make certain purchases for his employer,
Mr.. Sharp. When he thought that the
family Lad retired to rest for the night, he
returned and commenced a wholesale dep
relation among the effects of the other en-
ployees, who were likewise buried in a
peaceful slumber. He went to work in q
systematic and deliberate manner, packed
up enough shirts, vests ard other habili-
ments suitable to his tastes, gold watch
Iopnea he W. vS ynnow
iugly, and several other articles, with all
which he quietly decamped. A short time
ago, a Mrs. Sharp presented him with new
suit of Clothes, these with the $40, he was
not forgetful to take. Nothing of his
whereabouts has as yet been discovered,
but efforts are being made for his capture.