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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-12-27

An exchange says: "a gentleman who knows
all about it, and who has tried the experiment
with entire success, recommends the following
remedy for bunions and corns, from which SO
many suffer daily: Obtain at the druggist's five
or six cents worth of saltpetre; put it into bot.
tie, with sufficient olive oil to nearly dissolve it
shake up well, and rub the infamed parts night
and morning, and more frequently if painful.
This is Q we'll tried remedy.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-12-27

NOSE BLEEDING.-For bleeding at the nose,
the best remedy, as given by DR.. Gleason, in one
of his lectures, is vigorous motion of the jaw,
as in the act of mastication. In the case Of q
child, wad of paper should be placed in its
month, and the child instructed to chew it hard.
1t is the motion of the jaw that stops the blood.
This remedy is 80 very simple that many will
feel inclined to laugh at it, but it never has been
known to fail in single instance, even in very
severe cases.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-12-27

To CLEANSE THE KITCHEN SINK-Every morn
ing, after the dishes have been washed, give the
sink thorough scalding ont; then, sprinkle
plenty of pulverized borax in and around the
sink, under it, snd the boiler; let the borax re-
main, ~ it is disinfectant. 1t will also absorb
the grease drive off the croton bugs or ants, and
will not in any way interfere with the cooking
or dish-wssbiDg
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-12-27

To CLEANSE NURSERY BorILEs.-After the
bottle has been used, rinse 1t out with warm wa
ter, then fill it with warm water containing a
teaspoonful of pulverized borax, and let it stand
shaking occasionally. If rubber tube is used,
let it remain in borax- water until needed. Boz
rax will sweeten it quickly. In removing the
tube or bottle from bOrax-water it is not neces-
sary to rinse it in clear water. The little borax
that remains on will prove benefit, especially
If the child's mouth is sore
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-12-27

FELON CURE.-Having suffered eight days
with what was pronounced genuine bone felon,
on the thumb last fall, WIN. Sinner. of this
place, informed me of the remarkable cure &C.
comp:shed by application Of cactus, which was
at once done, and the disease was removed in
less than twenty -four hours Take the variety
known Is priskly pear, and removing the skin,
apply the pulp.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-12-27

"JoHN ROUSE, why wilt thou do SO ~ said
Thomas Hazard, one of New Bedford's substau-
tial Quaker merchants, sixty years ago, to John.
ny Rouse, negro in his employ, whom he found
before magistrate, not for the first time charg-
Cd with stealing. "Why wilt thou do so, thou
foolish man thou always gets CAUGHT WHY.
Massa Hazard says Johnny, 81 den't get caught
half the time"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-12-27

HOPEFUL SoN.-"Papa," said Q little boy to
his father the other day, "when one fellow
strikes another, hant he got no right to strike
"The law of selfdefence sanctions it.n "Well,
then, III tell you what it is" said the boy, "the
next time You box my ears I'll hit you q blow
under the fifth rib.' The father laughed hearth
~, and the next day related the anecdote to ono
of his neighbors
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-12-27

A COUPLE of travellers stopping at the Hotel
Franchise, in the city Of Cordova, the capital of
the Argentine Confederation, were surprised aud
unused BY noticing on the bill Of fare, Eggs on
horseback" Determined to know what it meant,
they called for the equestrian dish, when it was
steak with two eggs on top.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-12-27

ANY man who won't say amen to the follow.
Ing is . liar, and ought to 60 to some other Conn
ty. He is a monopolist and fraud. The Cav
ker City Echo says:
1t is now getting about the season of the year
to commence burning corn, allowing potatoes to
rot in the ground because they are only fifteen
run unchecked over the country. By strict at
teution to this id foolishness we will be able
to be represented at the Centennial and through
out the Eastern States by another horde of beg
gars next year, and the people of the State will
acquire reputation which will again attract
the attention of the fool-killer.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-12-27

ANEW York lady opened letter addressed to
er scft words, these: "Darling JohE-Come to
me again soon; I can't bear to think you are at
home with that old rip of wife Of yours"
When John came homo that evening, lie found
domestic polar wave in his mansion that chill
ed the very beef marrow in his hair.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-12-27

Hoos-Feed we'll with cooked meal and fruit
or vegetables. Let fattened swine and brood
60 Ws have access, at all times, to clean water,
dry apartments, and small plot of clean and
dry ground. Swine are naturally much neatsr
in their habits than horses and neat cattle.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-12-27

To CLEANSE A NURSERY CARPET.-Have pail
Of very warm water; throw in . tablespoonful
Of powdered borax; then with clean scrubbing-
soiled parts rinse well with clean hot water, and
rub very dry with clean soft cloth; if possible,
open the windows to dry quickly.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-12-27

don't be eternally finding fault with the fashion
If you don't like the style Of my hair don't dress
yours in that way, that's ALL II 1 were to fol-
low your example l should have to wear my
hair bald headed Husband collapses-PscE
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-12-27

IL women would pay half - much attention
70 darning the holes in their stockings ~ they
dc to keeping outdoor plants from the frost, the
world would b the richer.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-12-27

HE raftie season is now on, when . man spends
$50 on turkey frame, and goes homo With
head full Of eels, to tell his wife how the other
Free hess.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-12-27

Cure FOR CHAPPED DEMONSTRATING to aid
suffering humanity, send you the following:
Ny friend told me to use castor oil on my hands,
when they became cracked. l did so, with the
happy results foretold, that they would get we'll
Castor oil 10 the best cure for, and the best pre-
ventive Of cracked hands that have ever tried.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-12-27

An ounce of alum put into the last water used
in riusing the childrsn's dresses, it is said will
render them almost un-infammable. They will
take fire very slowly, il at all, and not burn
with flame. Mothers who live in houses where
open fires are kept, will do well to try the expo
riment, not on the children, but on the dresses.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-12-27

A LADY in London got the idea into her head
that the devil was in her, and hung herself. II
women 60 to hanging themselves for little
that's all.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-12-27

ANN Can't be made BY every agent every nsafh b
VUUU the business furnish, but those willing e
dA666 work can easily earn dSsen dolan Day right
WV in their own localities Have 10 room 70 q.
plain here Bdfness pleasant and hoooesh3e. Wsoen
and boys and grls, do we'll We win furnish
compets Quit FREE The badness psys better thsn
anything else We yin bear expsass & slszsksg yea.
Psfticuiars free. Writ and TaxDrs nd noskan.
lea their and daughtefs a1a an eaases n nsed q
paying work 1t home shoaA write to H. and lssra IN
about the work e Nov h tie dne. Dcat dslny
address TxrE Co, Augusta 1aiss. lsoek
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-12-27

II RELIEVE in Kissing he wrote on q pisoe of
paper. ditto she answered. Then he kissed.
and she dittood, and he do, do, and she /" a |!
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-12-27
DR. BUTTS DISpENSARY

V1hG where B.siness bo.or. ssec ~ scTs u
0kjv ei'.s H.;,!sSIs:: :sss s9se, A AZ e:
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-12-27
Livery, Feed & Sale Stable,
TROY, KANSAS.

HE undersigned has purchased the livery stock Of r
= W; Hunt md added additional stock thereto. win
6eep BagEies. Carriages. and Hack. Good Teams and
Saddle Horses at all tmes and at Liberal Ratsa Aiso
horses kept BY the day Horses bought and .oid
Two Large Stock Lots attached.
Troy, SSpt. TO- 1874
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-12-27

~ 0nlxxe "a = ChtRies street. ~.
ular o.dnase q medicine, has been ionssr
than any other physician n ~ essy w.
oe14gs blood dfssaeea, ~ inpedimsnfS -
1a11ega Can Or wx1sa. OhR7r free- ~
Do0oDoD; modan10 eHaS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-12-13
A Strange HallucinatiOn.
New York Herald, Nov. 20.

Miss Esther Brown, lady of color,
expired yesterday at No. 433 East One
Hundred and Twentieth street. What
she died of was mystery, but her
friends had a suspicion that She was the
Vlctsm OF snake, frog, or some semi
amphlblous creature, which had for
months located in her vitals. The de-
ceased herself was under the impression
that there was a denizen in her stomach
which was disposed to be restless, and
which, when other food was wanting.
preyed upon her. This she told to sew
eral friends of here, and she accounted
for the strange intrusion in this way: At
not very remote date Miss Brown was
in the country, and one day while roam
ing through the fields and woods she
came upon brook clear as crystal and
exceedingl y tempting. Miss Brown
thlrsted and she at once qrtaffed q
draught of the brook WATER But. alasl
Miss Brown never recovered from the
effects of that drink A serpent or a
toad-Whlch she never learned, but she
was positive it was either one or the
other-happened to be in the water, and
slipped down her throat, and from that
day her stomach was the abode of the
reptile. She felt its movements within
her, and consulted physicians without
number. The medicines they prescrib-
ed she swallowed, but singuIarly enough
the creature lived on; gastric juice was
poWerless so far as it was concerned. and
the strongest emetics failed to move it.
At length Miss Brown sickened and died.
and Coroner WOltman was notified of
her demise. Yesterday his deputy Wis
tied the home Of the deceased to make
an autopsy. To him the mother of
Miss Brown stated that the dead woman
was the only one of nine children who
had ever been sick. In her youth she
had the smallpox, and later on in life
she began to complain Of pains in her
stomach for which no physician could
account. She remembered however.
having drank the water of a brook
which was known to contain a number
of snakes and lizards. A couple of
these creatures, it was supposed, were
swallowed, and they at once began to
consume portions of Miss Browns stom-
Gch. Old Mrs. Brown was positive about
the snakes. She said that when pork,
pickles or other victuals for which they
had no relish were eaten by her daueh-
ter the lizard tried to crawl away and
the snakes wriggled about, thereby caus-
ing the woman intense torture. 1t was
a dreadful shock to the old colored wo-
man to learn that poor Esther had no
such inmates as were supposed to be
located in her stomach, and that con
Bright's disease Of the kid
neys, and dyspepsia were the causes of
her death, and not snakes or lizards.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-12-13
Sequel to an English Wedding.

A marriage was celebrated n few dayS
ago IN st. Augustine's church, Shaw
street, Liverpool, and as a part of the
preparations, Mr.. William Stevenson,
uphOlsterer, received orders from the
brides mother to lay down roll of
crimson baize from the door of the
church along the aisle to the place where
the important and interesting proceed
lngs of the day were to take place.
After the ceremony Mr.. Stevenson went
to pick up bis crimson cloth from the
aisle with view of carrying it away.
He succeeded in getting it into roll,
which he shouldered, and got the length
OF the door when he was suddenly pull
ed up by the sexton, who seized the
cloth and told him to leave it in the
church. The owner naturally asked
the reason of this stoppage, and the an
swer was to the. effect that the cloth
having been brought nto-lthe church
and used there, had been made holy
according to his theory, and having
hus been cOnsecrated could not again
be removed without an act of sacrilege
being committed. An ecclesiastical
tug of war" then began between the
representative of the church militant
and the rightful owner of the goods.
Each managed to seize the baize few
yards apart, and began pulling it with
might and main-the sexton to get it
inside, and Mr.. Stevenson to get it out
side the sacred edifce. "The tag" took
place just at the door of the church,
and large crowd soon gathered to wit
ness the novel contest of right against
might. The people cheered and laugh
ed; some cried "shame," but mean
while the two combatants continued to
pull with all their strength, until it be-
came evident that very soon there would
be nothing but shreds and patches to
fight about. Mr.. Stevenson, after en-
ploying his powers of persuasion and
other means to no purpose for long
time, at length left his cloth under pro
test, and it was deposited in the vestry
to await further steps which he will
take
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-12-13
No Mercy for Her.

In New York city Jane Mclaughlin
stole from its parents and its home a
six-year-old child for the sole purpose
of using it to induce the benevolent to
give her charity. She kept it in damp
basement, in filth, nakedness and want.
so that by its tears and destitution it
might the more surely excite sympathy
and secure gain. To keep the child in
subsection and terror, she frequently
whipped it, so that the bruises were
kept fresh and bleeding. The parents
were half crazed with grief and susL
pense, so that the father forsook his
work, and spent his time wholly in vain
search and inquiry. She was sentenced
to state prison for ten years, and peo-
pie were indignant that the jury should
recommend her to the mercy of the
court. This was done to satisfy one of
the jurors who would not find verdict
of guilty without such proviso. The
court paid no attention to the recon-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-12-13
A MILLI0NAIRE'S WILL.
William Natson's Large EState--PrOp.
erty Worth $1,000, 900 Left to His
Family---HoW Faithful Guardian
Managed His TruSt


William Watson, who had been a sue
cessful dry goods merchant in New
York city, died a. his residence at West
chester, n. Y-,last September, leaving
property estimated to beworth five mill
ions of dollars. which was all beaueath-
ed to his wife and children, save a few
special bequests of small amounts to
various friends. The will which has
Just been probated and published, con-
talnS reverslOnary interests to his chill
dren, besides the following clause, show
ing how a faithful guardian managed
his trust: 58
+" had in my hands the sum of e40O.
sterling money of Great Britain, being
legacles of 9100 each, left by the will
OF my father to four of my daughters.
namely, Lydia. Anna, Maria g., ana
Emily, and | loaned the same to my
firm of William Watson & Co, and the
interest accumulated. OF my own
funds | largely increased the respective
amounts aforesaid, making up for each
of said four daughters the sum of about
$4,000 in the year 1866. The $4,000
for Anna | gave to her husband, in trust,
to be invested in a house and furniture
or otherwise, for her. The $4,000 for
LYDIA, L invested In United States gov
eminent bonds, and now hold the same
Tor her benefit, and have ALWAYS paid to
her the interest collected thereon the
$4,000 for Maria accumulated until it
became about the sum of S37 900 M to
the time OF her marriage, and /
then invested the same in United States
government bonds, and have always
PAID her the interest collected thereon;
the $50, 900 for Emily still stands to her
credit on the books of William Wat
son d Co., and now, with the accumu-
latlons, amounts to the sum of about
$4,000, and l had also placed to the
credit OF my daughter, Eliza g., on said
books, the sum Of $4,000, which, with
the accum ulations thereof, is now in
creased to the sum of about $4,000. In
case shall not, in my lifetime, apply
the said several sums, and interest
thereon, whether represented Dy said
bonds or by said credit, in said books,
respectively, to the use of my daugh-
tiers, respectively, for whom the same
are designed, namely, Lydia Maria,
Emily, and Eliza G.; then / give the
same respectively, or so much thereof,
as shall not have been applied as afore-
said, to said daughters, respectively,
for whom | hold the same as
aforesaid, All of said provisions for
my said four daughters, whether given
IN my lifetime or under this will, are
for their respective, sole and separate
use: have also placed to the credit of
each Of my four sons, William, Robert
o., Francis A., and Henry r. c., on
sald books, certain money, now amount
ing to the sum of $4,000, and / hold
the same for their respective benefit"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-12-13

Its whole route, that is to saw. all but
about one-sixth of the region it crosses
IS capable of cultivation and settlement.
while more than half the region crossed
by the Union and Central, and four-fifths
OF the country traversed by the Texas
Pacific is, incapable of supporting an
agricultural population. The Northern
Pacific railroad would. therefore. be
sustained largely by its way traffic, which
would enable it to carry through freiehts
at less prices than the more southerly
routes which depend mainly on through
frelghts for their revenues. The com
pletlon of the Northern Pacific would
open many millions of acres of fertile
lands to the surplus population of our
cities now clamoring in vain for en-
ployment; it would supplant with or
ganlzed and civilized communities the
marauding savage tribes which now
roam over that vast territory in defiance
OF our little army, and save the govern
ment the large annual expenditures
which At = ,11nnn-incurs in vain effort to
secure the peace of the frontier; it
would throw open to the enterprise of
theworld the rich mineral resources of
Montana, and finally it would relieve
the commerce between the oceans of
the immense tax it now pays to the
cupidity of the single gigantic monopoly
which now controls it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-12-13
National Need of the Northern Pacific.

The people along the line of the Union
and Central Pacific railroads and on the
Pacific coast are complaining of the
extOrtlonate rates charged by those COM
panies. What else is to be expected of
a corporation which controls the single
line of railroad connecting the Pacific
coast with the Mississippi river and
which has thus complete monopoly of
all the trade and travel across the CONT
nent? There is just one way to eman-
cipate the commerce of the country
from the oppressive exactions of this
monster monopoly, and that is to push
forward the construction of the North
ern Pacific railroad. The completion of
this railway is far more important to
the general commercial interests of the
country than the Texas Pacific. 1t will
develop, indeed, a far more desirable
country along its route, but as an instru-
ment of trans-continental commerce it
has great advantage over both the Texas
and the Union and Central Pacific lines:
for it lies in the direct track of the inter-
oceanic commerce of the world. 1t is
three or four hundred miles shorter than
the latter. and would save hundreds of
miles more IN the voyage from Pugets'
Sound to Japan or China over the route
from San Francisco or San Diego, and
has an immense advantage over either
in the matter of gradients. The Union
and Central Pacific traverse a vast des-
ert of some 1,400 miles in width. and
the Texas Pacific nearly as wide an ex-
tent Of generally sterile country. The
Northern Pacific encounters only a little
over 800 miles of sterile territory along
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-12-13
A Wife'S Stratagem.

There is a certain well known gentle
man, a resident of ward 1, who not long
ago, was the hero of little episode
which is altogether to good too be al
lowed to sink into newspaperless OBJ
security. He had been passing the even
ing at friends, making one of merry
euchre party, and when he reached his
own residence it was qnite late, in fact
past II o'clock. On entering his sleep
ing-room he noiselessly undressed and
crept into bed very quietly in order not
to disturb his wife, who was apparently
calmly sleeping, wrapped in pleasing
dreams. The gentleman was glad to
think his better-half, instead of sitting
up as was her custom, though against
his repeated requests, had retired, and
so took especial pains not to disturb her
repose, and in few minutes was HIM
self fast asleep.
1t was broad daylight when he awoke
the next morning, and the motionless
figure beside him showed that his wife,
usually quite early riser, had not yet
got up. He thought it strange she
should not be up, and stranger that she
should be .soundly sleeping; but feeling
Stlll 100 sleepy TO say anything, he
again consigned himself to slumber.
The sunlight was streaming into the
room when he again awoke, and still
his wife was sleeping beside him. Put
ting his hand on her head, and play
fully catching hold Of lock of hair
what was his surprise to find whole
head yield to his gentle pull, while
sudden burst of laughter from a lady
looking into the room through the part
ly opened door told the gentleman that
something was wrong somewhere, and
rising on his elbow he discovered that
instead of sleeping with his wife the
past night he had been reposing by the
side of a " dummy" which the partner
OF his bosom had skillfully decked out
in all the paraphernalia of sleeping
Venus. How the story got abroad is a
mystery, but one thing is certain, that
the gentleman who slept with the
" dummy" never told it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-12-13

At the beginning of the Russio-Turk-
ish war early in 1877, there was regu-
lar panic in the grain market in this
country; wheat rose III price full fifty
cents on bushel in about week;
everybody talked about the rapidity
with which the people of this country
would prosper at the expense of the
warning nations of Europe The
bureau of statistics has just Issued a
statement from which it will be seen
that a war in Europe is not good thing
for the people of this country to rely
upon as a source of wealth. The follow
ing table showing the exports of bread
stufis from the United States for nine
months of 1877 and the same for like
period of 1876 will show what delu-
sive hope we had been hugging.