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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-05-16
New Apple Tree Enemy.

species of beetle has made its appearance
this season, for the first time, on the apple trees
in this part of the State, and though their rava-
ges have not as yet been extensive, they give
promise of being as great pest as tho Colorado
beetle, or the curculio. This bug mounts the
tree, and bites hole of moderate size in the
ripening fruit Following mp the attack, he eats
his way into the apple, and devours everything
inside the skin except the seed-vesssls. A farm
er brought yesterday into the agricultural store
of Frank S. Platt ON State Street, large sized
apple, which had been subject to a visitation of
the new parasite. He had been thinking that
his apples were large and fair, aud almost ready
to pick. What was his establishment, on making
the discovery, that the supposed apples were
nothing but hollow skins, every bit of the apple
having disappeared, leaving the external form
perfect, except for the holes where the entrance
was effected.-IeW Haren Journal.
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The old gentleman collapsed.-Daabary Ner

CASE OF PREMATURE ENTHUsIAsN.-An old
soldier, relating his experience at a temperan ce
meeting in Iowa, said that at one time he got
possession of two kegs of whiskey, took them
to camp, put faucet in one of them, aud passed
the whiskey around among the boys until they
all got pretty full. About the time the keg was
empty, he said, for moment his conscience told
him he was doing wrong. He picked up an axe,
and knocked the head of the other keg in, and
(here he was interrupted by the deacons starting
the cry of "Amenw Thank Cod" "Glory be
to Godr' After the house became quiet, he con-
tinued: 81 knocked in the head of that keg,
gave the boys tincup, and told them to help
themselves" 1t was a case of premature enthu-
siasm, and the wicked scofers in the audience
had their turn to shout.
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far the farmer.



Hives.
EDITOR OF THE TIMES IL promised in a form
cr article on hives, to give in due time my plan
of transferring bees from the old box or log hives
into the frame hive. The first thing to do after
getting the new hives is to get some cotton rags
and make a roll of an inch and q half in dame
ter, and rolior wrap some paper around the same
This being done, get your table or a box tall
enough to answer the purpose; set in room, or
smoke-bouse will do; also have some thorns of
the red haw bush, aud a number thirteen brad
awl, with which to make holes for the thorns
through the frames, to which tho combs may be
fastened. Take q common butcher knife, and
have pail of water near by. All things beng
in readiness, you will set fire to one end of your
roll of rags, with which you will step boldly up
TO your hive of bees, and puff full share of smoke
into the bottom of the hive, which will cause
the bees ut oucc 20 I'LL themselves with honey.
Give them five minutes time, that they may be
we'll filed, and at the same time give them a lit
tie more smoke, as here is the whole secret of
your having full control over their dispositions.
Now turn the hive of bees upside down, aud
sprinkle them with water. This will quiet them.
Now carry them into the room where your table
is, and proceed at once to cut the nails with a
sharp could chisel aud hammer, taking OF one
side of the old hive. Take out the brood combs
carefully, and brush off the bees into your new
hive and lay the combs carefully in pile, and
do not bruise them, as you need all the young
brood to put into the frames of your new hive.
After you have thus taken all the combs out of
= the old hive, you will brush the adhering bees
into the have. They will all cluster to-
gether. AZ if they had swarmed. You are now
ready TO proceed with the fitting of the combs
into your frames, being careful to keep them
with the same end up in the frames as they were
in the old hive; hang the best brood near the
centre of yonr new hive so the bees will cluster
on them and keep up the necessary heat that is
required to hatch their Young.
A very good article for brushing bees with Is q
good goose quill, or turkey wing: The operator
will find frequent use for the bucket of water, in
order to keep his or her hands clean, and also
find it fine antidote for bee stings when we
unfortunately squeeze or mash bee. The white
thorns red haw, referred to, are excellent arti
cles for fastening the combs in the frames.
All the above being done in neat and me-
chanical manner, the new hive should be set at
the old stand, and you will have the satisfaction
of seeing the bees 60 to work at once. n
Hicks, battle-ground Ind.
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Mseful mud Curious.
n. Stew chicken. whole.

Take u large. tender chicken, and clean as fol
roasting; wash it thoroughly in several waters,
and wipe it dry with a clean towel; then season
inside aud outside, with salt and pepsr; have
ready as many oysters as the chicken will hold,
which take ont Of their liquor. and after remov-
ing all the little particles Of shell that may i'd
here, put them into a colander aud let them
drain then season the oysters with salt and
pepper, and gil the chicken with as many as it
will hold. After skewering it tight, pat it into
tin pail with closely fitting TOP, put the pail
into pot of boiling water. and let il boil nntil
the chicken is tender. When the chicken i
done, remove it 20 q hot dish, covering immedi
ately, and set it where it will keep hot. Turn
the gravy from the pail into sauce pan ; add
one teaspoonful Of butter, three teaspoonsful oil
cream, the yolks Of three hard boiled eggs chop
ped fine, little minced parsley, and table
spoonful of corn starch made smooth in . littl
cold milk. Boil mp once, pour over the chicken
and serve very hot.
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Summer Butter for winter Use.

Prof Arnold contributes to the New York Tri-
bMne the following excellent directions for ma
king and packing butter so that it will keep:
Persons who wish to know how to keep the
butter made in hot weather for winter use are
advised, first, to see that the cows are circum-
stanced as to be quiet and comfortable. Cows
which are by any means worried, or heated by
too much exposure to hot sum- annoyed with
thirst, become feverish, and butter made from
their milk will not keep. Sound and healthy milk
is q sine qua non in making butter to keep. Sec
ond, the milk must not be kept SO warm while
standing for the cream to rise that the cream will
become stale before it can be raised and churned
Butter made from ST ale cream has its death war
rant signed and sealed, and nothing will prevent
it from going to destruction. To make butter
that will keep, the cream must be fresh-it may
be little sopr, but it must not be in any de-
gree stale. If the milk must stand in a warm
room, better churn the whole milk when it be-
gins to sour, though it should be but twelve
hours old, rattle: than let it stand for the cream
to rise till its freshness is destroyed.
Neither should the cream, after skimming, be
long kept if it must he kept warm. If there is
not cream enough for a churning when it is in
the right condition, do not keep it till it spois,
waiting for more, but supply the deficiency with
the milk, and let the churnng go on before the
cream loses its fresh taste. Third, cool the cream
to sixty degrees, rs near as may be, before churn
ing. Butter charmed at q high temperature SO
that il comes soft and white, is spoiled fer keep
ing. If good water is at hand, wash the butter
milk out, but if not, press out with ladle or lev
ell with the least possible friction. 1t must not,
on any account, be made greasy. If butter, either
in churning or making, is treated with so much
violence as to break the grain and make it greasy,
it will go to decay like bruised fruit and broken
eggs, and for similar reasons. Greasy butter is
so perishable that there is no use in packing it
away for future day. 1t will depreciate from
the start and fail continually-salt will not save
it. Many people have an idea that sailing high
will save butter No mistake could be greater
1t is the avoidance of injury in making which
gives to butter its best keeping quality. Butter
not injured i'm manufacturing is the only butter
that will keep. Faulty butter will ego march
ing on" to destruction, though buried in the
best of salt.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-05-16
Dramatic Close Of an interview.

A gentleman from the North, stopping at Jack
sonville recently wandered off on little fOres t
stroll, and soon came upon n tumble-down old
cabin, at the door of which was seated veneer
able white man, with eyes blinking with age
and his snowy hair falling thckly about his
shoulders. He was watching little darkey
about fifteen years old, gathering palmetto roots
The gentleman from the North engaged the an.
cient forester in conversation about the crops
&c, and found the old man intelligent aud well
Informed about his surroundings. "But as t6
wages, now" pursued the the Northern visitor,
''how much do you have to pay hired help down
heref Take that little Niger gathering roots
there, how much do You pay him dayp
The old man hestated a second or two. ant
then slowly said, skeining his long white hail
through his fingers, swell, to tell you the truth
stranger, I'm not much on wages myself Thu
fact is that little boy gathering roots out there
is my wifes son."
The Northern gentleman had no further ques
tions to ask, more particularly, perhaps, a.
shat little nigger's" mother, strapping hi:
colored woman, came out of the cabin about
that time with big pair of tongs in her hands
carrying a blazing coal for the old mans pipe
Gin. Com. Florida Letter.
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ANYTHING THE MATTERf-When the parent
went into the parlor to look for his newspaper,
he came suddenly upon his daughter and her
young man with their faces SO tightly glued to
each other that they didn't notice his entry.
"Ahem % he observed.
The twain started, and came to light with fac
es that bore every appearance of having just
been drawn ont of furnace.
Anything the matter 7" grimly asked the old
gentleman.
81 think We must have tainted" said she in q
whisper.
"Humph! What made you faint :" he inquir.
ed suspiciously.
hausted, leaving her companion to carry them
safely forth. With an awful wrench at his fac
uIties he gulped out
81 think there must be poison in the wall pa
per-"
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er, Cooper & Co., of London, one of the largest
firms of tea merchants in the city, good cup of
tea is not always secured by the purchase of the
unadulterated gen nine leaf from the merchant.
A great deal depends upon how it is prepared for
the table. In the first place the nse of metal,
pewter, and German silver tea-pots is condemned
as dstracting very much from the value of the
tea silver, china, or earthenware pots being
recommended as the best in which to brew "the
cup which cheers, but not inebriates." In the
next place, the water pnst boil, but must he
poured on the tea the moment it boiis, or, SO
Messrs. Cooper think, it becomes hard, and will
not make the tea properly. Carbonate of soda,
used to soften the water, we are told, spoils the
tea Finally, all the water should be put on at
once, and the tea should he allowed to stand ten
minutes,
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ABOUT SLoPs.-In contagious times, in addi-
ton to the use Of food and drink that has been
disinfected great caution should be used in dis
posing of the chamber Stops. 1t would be safest
to treat those from every sick room as being a
deadly, insduous poison, iIabis to be poured mo
any well within two hundred feet liable to be
washed into the stream or brook below, and
thence to be returned to you in the milk can
liable to be washed into pools and bitches, and
returned to you by the COWS, in the cream or
butter by the hen in her eggs, and by the pig in
his .ansages. Nay, since AsIatic cholera, typhoid
fever, aud small pox are communicated to do
nestle animals, if you are farmer, it may bt
returned to You with compo ind interest, in the
form of chicken cholera, hog cholera, malignant
fevers, etc.-Kaasas Farmer.
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IL You MUST DROWN, TRY THIS PLAN.-If
death by drowning be inevitable, as in ship
wreck, the easiest way to die would be to snck
water into the lungs by powerful inspiration,
as soon as one went beneath the surface. per
son who had courage to do this, would probably
become almost Immediately unconscious, and
never rise to the surface. As soon as the fluid
filled his lungs, all feelings of chilliness and pain
would cease, the Undesirable semi-delirium that
accompanies anesthesia would come on, with
ringing in the ears and delightful visions of col
or and light, while he would seem himself to be
gently sinking to rest on the softest of beds and
with the most delightful of dreams.-Dr Tracy,
in Popular Science Monthly.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-05-16

THE CosT OF FENCEs-The fences i'm th,
United States are estimated to have cost 81 200 ,
OO0, 900, or more than half the national debt aud
to be worth two-thrds that enormous sum, OF
$500, 600, 600. The yearly expense to keep them
in good order and cattle-proof, is about $780,
100000, or $3.50 to every man, woman and child
white, black, and red, in this country. This is
the result of the unjust system of fencing every
mans stock ont, instead Of compelling every man
who owns stock to keep it fenced in, so it eau
not trespass on any Of his neighbors. Every
owner of cattle should care for them himself, in.
stead of compelling his neighbor who probably
owns none, to do so. This is the law in all Euro
pean civilized regions, and also in Kansas, Col
orado and Nebraska.-Prairie Farmer.
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CHURNING AIDED.-A contributor to the Maine
Farmer, who had trouble in churning in cold
weather, writes as follows:
at frequently took me hours to bring my but
ter. now scad my milk, aud my butter comes
in few minutes. After the weather becomes
cool, the milk never gets sufficiently heated in
the cows udder to reduce the globules thin and
tender, consequently more churning is demanded
to break them, and they must be broken before
the butter will come. l set the pans on the
stove Quitting rates under them to prevent in
juriig the pans) and let them stay till the milk
is quite hOt-nOt boiling"
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At night old Gumbo was accustomed to retire
to his lonely cabin, to light his tallow candle
and pore over o dog cared, dilapidated Bible,
and as he read he would at brief intervals pause
and devoutly exclaim, with fearful, appraised
eyes: "Oh cum de good angel oh the Lor' an
take poor Gumbo home to rest" 1t happened of
dark night, when by the light of his tallow dip
he was intently studying his Bible, there came
three solemn, measured raps OH the cabin door.
Gumbo heard and grew pale with fear, and i'm
mediateIy, with spasmodic jerk, blew ont the
light and demanded to know: "Who am dat are
knockn' ut dis are door :" when dismal. sepul-
chral voice answered: "The good angel of the
Lord has come to take poor Gunbo up to rest"
When, tremblingly, with superstitious fear, be-
lieving that the good angel of the Lord was re-
ally standing at the door, lie answers: 81 knows
dat niggah, Gnmbo, bnt dat ar niggah don't lib
heah! Why, dat ar Gumbo am jes dun gone
ded desc fo' yeas."-New Bedford, (Mass.,) Mer-
cary.
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Moses and the Israelites Went Over ON the

A colored preacher in Florida thus held forth
"My brudring, de Israelites went over de Red
Sea on de ice. They got over all safe; and dat's
de reason why Mosses sung de song oh praise
In de morning, when de sun was mp, hot, Pha-
raoh and de egyptians come wild deir great lum-
bering chariots oh iron. Dey broke through de
ice and all went to de bottom oh de sea-" stop,
dere ~ exclaimed nearer, al want to ask q
question. I've read geography, and Egypt's a
hot country. It's under de tropics it's near de
'quator, and dere amt no ice deere. How could
dey 20 ober on de ice, an dere no ice deref" To
which the preacher responded: "Tm glad you
asked dat question. Now 1 can 'splain. Dat
comes oh reading geography, instead OBJ de Bible.
My brudrng, when de Chilen of Israel 60 over
de Red Sea, dat was a great, great while ago /;
before dere was any tropics, before dere was any
'quator. OATS de reason dere was ice,m my brud-
ring"
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Pear Blight.

As soon as discover pear blight, the leaves
turning dark, take psn-knife aud slit the GEN.
tire bark on all the limbs high as can reach,
and thus down the trunk. The first time tried
this remedy was ten years ago. Every limb re-
covered, and have repeated it as often as the
limbs have been affected. My trees are fine and
healthy now. The theory is, poisoned sap es-
capes when the slit is made; but the slit must
be made as soon as there is any appearance of
the blight.-N. Z. World.
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q lank resident of the alkali region at railroad
station. The man was peddling cakes on the
train while it stopped at the station. Wade
asked the cake-vender what sort of a country it
was around there. The man said it was fine
q patch of country rs could be found in America,
they lacked but two things-water aud good So
ciety. Wade replied: "Humph! That's all hell
needs" and the train started, to get ont of the
alkali country rs quick as possible
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-05-16

ICING THAT WILL STICK, But NOT BREAK.-
One cupfnl white sugar; enough water to dis.
oOlve it, set it the stove and let it boil until
it will "hair;" beat the white of one egg to a
stiff froth pour the heated sugar on the egg
and stir briskly until cool enough to stay on the
cake. The icing should not be applied until the
cake is nearly or quite cold. This will frost the
tops of two common sized cakes.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-05-16

The London lament very OPPORTUNITY warns
the medical profession and others not familiar
with the symptoms of brain disease, of the urgent
necessity of treating "sleeplessness" as a warn
ing symptom of brain disease. A "curIouS" pa
TENT curious because he cannot sleep, should at
once for his own sake and for that Of others, be
carefully watched. Delirium tremens, tran mat.
ic delrium, aud the most dangerous forms of
mania are all prone to give this warning token
of their presence, and scarcely any other.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-05-16

CocoANUT CAKE.-One half cupful of butter,
one cupful sugar. one-half cupful sweet milk, ,
two cupfuls -four, two teaspoonfuls baking pow
der, salt. three eggs whites of two taken out for
icing. Frosting-Whiteso of two eggs beaten to
a stiff froth with egg beater, thon, teaspoonful
at time, add twenty teaspoonfnls powdered
sugar, stirring it in with a knife. Bake cake in
jelly cake tins, spread each cake with icing, and
sprinkle each evenly and tbickly with desiccated
cOcOauut.
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How TO LEARN THE PIANO-KEYs.-
All the G and A keys
Arc between the black TIRES
And tween the fcos are all the Dis
Then, on the right side Of the threes,
VIII be found the BIS and C's;
But on the left side of the threes,
Are all the rs and all the E's.

CREosorE has been found highly curative in
even advanced cases Of consumption. NJ. II.
Bouchard and Gimbert report having cured q
per cent, aud improved 81 per cent. of their
phthisical patients by using absolutely pure
creoscte combined with gentian alcohol and
Malaga wine.
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POISON Of any description which has been
Intentionally or accidentally swallowed, may, it
is said, be rendered almost instantly harmless
by simply swallowing two gills of sweet oil A
person with very strong constitution should
take nearly twice the quantity. This oil, it is
alleged, will positively neutralize every form of
vegetable, animal, or mineral poison with which
physicians and chemsts are acquainted.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-05-16

DIR. CORNELIUS Fox writes in the Sanitary
Record: There can be no question in the mind
Of any one who has taken an interest in sanitary
subjects, that scarlet fever poison is dissemina-
ted by letters. Proofs of this accident have been
repeatedly afforded. The outbreak of this dis
ease in village post ofice has presented itself
to my notice, ON two occasions, and in both cas-
es the disease has spread.
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MULLEN LEAVES FOR CATARRH.-The smoke
of MULLEN leaves has long been considered a
specific for catarrh. 1t will, doubtless, in many
cases, alleviate, if it does not cure. The leaves
should be thoroughly dried, and then used the
same as tobacco in pipe. The smoke should
be pressed to the back Of the mouth and exhaied
through the nose once or twice week will
suffice, and should be persevered in. If properly
cured there will not be an acrid oxidation. A
little piece of sponge in the bowl of the pipe will
prevent the juice from passing to the mouth.
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ROLLED JELLY CAKE.-One cupful sugar, on,
cupful hour, four eggs, whites and yolks heater
separately, two teaspconfuls baking powder
Bake in dripping pan; when done, turn thu
cake ont upside down upon 4 towel. Spread the
jelly or icing and roll up carefully. 1t will moi
break.
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THERE'S some reason for saspecting that {
mould which comes upon the skin of apples and
oranges in the form Of dark specks, may be thu
origin of whooping cough, aud I'm til the matter
is decided, it will he well to avoid eating rh'
skin of apples or rind or oranges. -Heaih Month
In
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How TO GREASE A CARRIAGE.-When you got
grease your carriage, take some rags with you
Remove the wheel, wipe of carefully the axle
clean and bright see that there is none left on
the inside of the hub band. Then only apply a
few drops of castor oil, which you will find the
best, applied with feather, or dropped on, will
be sufficient. But it should be done often, &C.
cording to the use of the vehicle.
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'sDID Socrates 60 to hell ~ asks the New York
think it quite likely. He said, when he went
ont, that he was going to hatcher, and a man
who would 60 to Natehez wonld go anywhere
81 Lonis Post
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The last new remedy for hydrophobia is Chi
nose plant, called Dafsra stramssisa, . violent
poison. Ii is asserted that Chinaman who
drank some of the water in which few leaves
of this plant had been stepped completely To-
covered.
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4 COMPLICATED CASE.

Gentlemen.-My case Is briefly follow: Ihaye had
Caish for Ten year. each nth e
nostrii had droppings in me thrcat very bad
cough, asthma bad q TO be Obliged % take remeay
and . constant dun pain in my head. ~ nsaa va
y S 20 az. ~ = ~ ~ ~ M seyeyI timss
IN the night 70 ees, 4 ND my hIe:s Dsiore co e
appeared under the use OF not quite three ootes O.
ssxyoEDs IADIoaL Cur Ny hearing mny reSsoEec
have no asthmatic symptoms NO cough no oropplnes
in the throat, headache and In every way oester
than have been for years could feel the eaec@ OF
the CUKK on my appetite my kidneys, ana N ieets
every part Of my sJstem. What has been done In my
Very respectfully, c. II. LAWRENCE.
frrChUuR6, Oct. Il