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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08

He WOULDN'T ''SARvE."-Several years ago,
says the Lynn Neirs, at a town meeting in a neigh
boring town, an old fellow whom we shall call
Mr.. Perkins, (because that was his name,) was
informed by the moderator, sin open town meet
ing that he had been elected a surveyor of
highways He arose and said:
"Mr. Moderator, l shall incline"
The moderator expressed great satisfaction,
and hoped that he would Immediately enter upon
the duties of the office, some of the roads were
in bad condition.
81 tell ye," responded our hero, chat in
cline.r
every glad" continued the moderator, and
think can assure you that the town will be very
grateful for your services
Perkins became exasPerated, and jumping up,
yelled at the top Of his voice
'.Mr. Moderator, i tole We twice that / inclined
and snare troR'f sdrrer -
BY motion of wag present, the town proceed
cd TO eject a surveyor in place of Mr.. Perkins,
Inclined
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08

THE DEVIL AMONG THE TAuoRs.-A French
teacher, resident in Oxford, named Ducane, call
ed upon Mr.. Wickham, who lived opposite Uni
yersity College, for waisteoat piece, but could
not recollect the name of the material wanted,
He said che thought it was de English for de di-
able Mr.. Wickham mentioned the several
names of his internal highness, such as Old Nick,
Bcelzebub, DC No, no, it was not that was
the reply. At length Mr.. W. thought of Satan.
so, dats vat | want said Ducane, 81 want a
satan VeStcoat-
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08
Srlett goetrp.

THE BELL OF LEA
(L1a, tie Parish Church Of Portsriiagtoa.)
TT JOHN NrRpocK
On Sabbath morn to hear the B..l Ola
VIII tot,sne mslodious, ring ID, call 70 prayer
There music in lis voice, As, Go-l. to Thee
II ealleth sinner to give worship there
FRAY. now ye all
lis God 5 own time
To Worship Him.
The Bel Of La o, how melo.liousIy
Ii sings lis invitation unto all
One time an Wild with joy. and then to me
II sinks into loving. whispering call .-a
Come, now-come. how
To Me-to Mei-
The Bed of Lea that gIalsome. sa.id'ning bell
Its notes OF joy. ~ turbulent az times,
Is but the echo Vi the notes that swell
And die upon the heart in mourning chimes
We rins-we sing
OF death-of liff-
The grave beyondr'
offtines think it preaehes unto me
A sermon withont worlS-a psalm Of life
And as l listen to its homily
The passioHs in my bosom cease their strife
lsssf fhes-rest thee
Pc'r mortal-man-
0, heart-be still =
There's music in the hell to me HYMN
That knoekoth at the heart like melody
OIr mothers sang in childhood far and dim
when We were rocked 10 slerp upon their kncc-
MY ehild-my child
Sleep now-sleep thou
Good angels. guard
Sabbath morn were not the same 10 me-
Heard no bell sweet ringing DER the vale
o. God my thoughts would wander far from Thee
Told not this monitor 10 me its tale
Pray now-Pray thou
lis God's time
To worship Him.
Sweet Bel Of Lea, sweet singing Bell of Lea,
The music Of thy tongue Is a psalm -
And as the sI,re points. my God, TO Thee
80 doth the bslfry lend TO me n calm
We ring-we sing
Of peare-Of joy
This wOrid-beyOndr'
I've heard the voice of many a sweet toned bell
Csibanasrr's rr-echOibg through the air;
The tenor of 81. Pauls-the chap-ls swell
But none, q, Lea arr like To thine prayer
Come now-and pray
To Goi-oHr God
Our Lor,i-and King
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08
Our Strap 9ook.
sIN HIS MITEKR eAEp AVA.

Its no the sax-mnfh cane
Sin q oor care. b.,gzn
Sin she lcff Us here alaae
Her Gallant am zudem m
IL was in the Spring she deed
An now we're in the Pa;
An siir We We strngglesi Wit
sin his in;ther gaed ava.
An axfu hlow was thar
The decd that none can dree:
An lang an sair graf
For her coulina ss-e
I've aye been strung an fell
An can stan gey bit thraw;
But the laddie's mo- his ssI
SIN his mither gaei ava.
In a the Water Gate
We oouldna find his marrow;
Thfre wasna aBe his mate
In Eftrisk nanghs or YarrOw.
Buf he ha-DE now the look
He u-tsl 10 hae ava:
Hes grown little bulk
SIN his mithsr gatd AVA.
tax him on my bark.
In ilka blink o sun
Rim roOnd aboot the stack
An max believe III fun;
Bot sssl be krns warrant,
There something wrans for a:
Hes turned sac anld -farrant
Sin his miher gaed ava.
For when he's played his fn.
Gamma help but s-e
How he drsws the ersepie stool
Aye the closer to my knee;
An he turns his mnekle e-n
To the picter On the wa,
WI fare grown thin an keen
Sin his mither gaed ava
max his pickle meat
An think max il weel.
An warm his little feet
When hap him the ereel;
An he kisses me fu eouthie;
For he Wilma sleep at a
Ill he hands up his bit mou;hie-
Sin his mither gaed ava
An then dander oct
When can do nae mair
An walk the hills aloot
dinna aye KEN wherr;
For my HART wi ane abune
An the ane may cruw TO twa
He's OWNED sair "a sair sac supe
SIN mis- mither gaed ava.
An now the lang day's dune
An the NIGHTS begun to fa
An the bonnie harvest mune
Rises up on Dowerlope Law;
Its a bonnie worrit this
But IL : not for me at a.
For things game amiss,
Sin his mither gaed AVA.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08
Lannon's.

For all people, in sickness or in health, lemon
ade Is safe drink. Ii eorrects biliousness 1t
is specific against worms and skin complaints.
The pippins crushed may also he mixed with
water and sugar and used drink Lemon
Iuice is tne best anti-scorbufle remedy known.
Ii not only cures the disease, but prevents il
Sailors make daily use of it for this purpose
physician suggests rubbing of the gums daily
with lemon juice to keep them in health The
hands and nails are also kept clean, white and
supple, by the daily of lemon instead of soap.
1t also prevents chilblains Lemon is used In
intermittent feyers mixed with strong, hot. black
tea or coffee, without sugar. Neuralgia NAV be
cured by rubbing the part affected with lemon.
IL is valuable also to cure warts, and to destroy
dandrnn on the head, by rubbing the ROOFS OF che
hair with it. In fact, its uses are manifold. and
the more we employ it externally the better we
shall find ourselves y" '''' '''.'T.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08

THE following, from old ERick on the death
Of miss, is excellent:-
Zone day last spring, death, the inexorable
demanded his carcass, and it was found that he
had died worth nearly million. But the cause
of his death.
f'What could it have been Z, wasin everybody's
mouth.
''Ah! Mr.. B." says one, "old H is gone
at last"
'fNo; you astonish me. What was the mat
terri
well, il is hard to tell. 1t is known, though,
that he yesterday relented toward becgar who
had impOrtuned him every day for twenty years,
gave him sixpence, and took TO his bed immetli-
ately. Doctor c. thinks it must have been
enlargement of the heart.r
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08
THE BELLS OF LYNN.

When the Is growing gray and the tide ruling in
sit and look the bay tn the bonny of Lynn
And the tsherolks near
But wis they never hear
The songs the far bells make for me- the bonny bells
Lynn.
The folks chatting gay and hear their merry din
But look and look the bay to the bonny
Lynn.
He told o wait here
Upon the old brown pier;
To wait and watch him coming when the tide ruling
in.
Oh see him pulling strung pulling the bay 10 me-
And hear his jOyal song and his merry face see;
And now he's at the pier,
My bonny lave and dear
And he's coming the washed steps with hands
stretched To me.
o. my love cheek is cold and your hands stark and
thin
o. hear You the bells old the bonny bells of Lynn
q, have you naught To say
Upon wedding day 2
Love, hear not the wedding bells the bay Of
Lynn!
o. my lover speak me and hoLl me fast mine own,
For fear this rising and these winds and that
moan!
4.
But a word he said
dc Is dead my love il dead u
All meH D, me i did but dream and I am all alone
Alone and old and gray and the tide is ruling in;
Lynn!
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08
THE NEw-MowN HAY.


Talk not to me Of southern bowers.
OF o.lors breathed frOm trUpic flowers.
OF spice-trees after rain:
But of thesr sweets that freely flow,
When June's find breezes stir the how
Grass, heapcd along the plain.
This morning stood the veriani SPEARS,
All wet with dimond dew-the tears
BY night serenely shed;
This evening like an army slain.
They numbered the pacific plain
With their fast fading dead.
And when they fell and all sruund
Such perfumes In the air abound,
As IL long. hidden hives
OF sudden richness werp unsrals,l
When On the freshly trodden field
They yielded up their lives
In idle mood love to pass
These ruins Of the crowded grass,
Or iistlessly To lie,
Inhaling the delicious scents
Crushed from the downcast ycr,lurUus tents.
Beneath the sunset sky.
1t is a pure delight. which they
Who dwell in cities, far away
FDm rural scenes so fair,
Can never know in hghtened looms
Peryaded by exotic blooms
This taste Of natural air!
This air. ~ softened by the breath
Exhaled and waited frum the death
OF herbs that simply bloom,
And scarcely n1t4si, like the best
Dear friends. with whom this world Is best;
Awaits the common doom
And leave behind such sweet regret,
As in our heart is living yet;
Though heroes pass away
Talk not 10 me of southern bowers.
OF odOrs brathed fun tropic flowers,
Ruf af the t,s.t has
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08

An eldery gentleman, accustomed 10 Indulge
entered the room of a certain inn, where sat a
grave friend by the fire. Lifting pair of green
spectacles upon his forehead, rubbing his infiam-
ed eyes, and calling for hot brandy and water
he complained TO his friend that "his eyeys were
getting weaker and weaker, and even spectacles
didn't seem TO do them any good 'TIl tell thee
friend replied the Quaker, '.what l think. If
thee was TO wear thy spectaclcs over thy mouth
for few months, thine eyes would get sound
again.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08

Twas once upon Summer day
SO the story cocs-
The franklin daughter Glanced to stray
Where the mill stream flows,
And as the rustic bridge she eros-c,l-
50 the story gers
Over the rails she stooIsed and loSr
ErOm out her breast a rOs,..
The strram ran fast, the strraiu ran strong
SO the story go-s-
And on its waters bore along
The careless naidens rose.
The miner's stool by the bank
10 the story GOES
He stopped the wheel anil ere il sank,
Caught up the mailrns rOse.
Then in his cap he placed the flower
30 the story goes-
And boldly Ia the niaiilen's bower
lie hied at daylights elu-..
is this thy flower sweetheart - he cried
~ the story go.-s-
The maiden blushrd, the maiden sighed,
''uh, give me back my ros, 3!
The flower, he said, 80 sweet and fair
~ the story goes
Tverr sham. to part-one bpast should lear
Thyself and this red ruSs'
What more the youth and nIaid,n said,
That Summer eve, who kn0wsf
But lac kept the flower, and won the niaisl-
81 the story goes.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08

We asked Uncle Eph how he stood on religion.
when he pulled the following out of his pocket
and handed it to us, remarking: ..Dar is my
platfom. Dat is wat de founder oh our ehu'ch,
John Wesley, sez-' We read: "After all that
has been 50 plausibly written concerning the
innate idea of God > after all that has been said
Of its being common to all men, in all ages and
nations, il does not appear that man has natural
~ any more idea of God than any of the beasts
Whatever change may afterwards be wrought
by his own reflection, he is, by nature, = mere
Atheist. jobs Wesley.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08

SIMPLE TREATMENT FOR ScIATIcA.-Dr. Ebrard
OF Nisnes, states that he has for many wears
treated all his cases of sciatiea and nenraIgia
pains with an improved electric apparatus, con.
ssuhg merely OF a nat-iron and vineoAr, two
iron Is heated until sufficiently hot to vaporize
the vinegar, and is then covered with some wool.
en- fabric, which is moistened with vinegar. and
the apparatus is applied at once to the painful
spot. The application may be repeated two or
three times day. As rule, the pain disan.
pears in tweniy-four hours, and recovery ensne,
at once "S'
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08

SIMPLE CURE FOR DEUNKESNEss.-whe n
person finds he must have drink let him take
a drink Of waterway two three swallows
as often as the thirst or craving may desire
Let him continue this practice. His old chums
Will laugh; but let him persevere, and it will
not be week before the appetite for stimulant
Will disappear altogether, and water being taken
to queneh the natural thirst. If Mt any time the
victim should feel n craving, let him take the
first opportunity and obtain a swallow of water
and he can pass, and re-pass. all saloons. When
he goes home at night he will feel satisfied. and
be sober, and have money in his pocket
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08
RECEIPT ron KAIsoNIyIyG.-Tatet ,nr

RECEIPT FOR KALsoNINING.-Takef -Four pounds
of Paris white, put it into pail, cover il With
cold water and let it stand over night Put into
kettle handful of CINE, and cover it also
with cold water. In the morning set the glue
ON the stove, and add enough warm water to
make quart, stirring it until dissolved. Add
the glue to the Paris white, and pour in warm
water till the pail is three-quarters full. Then,
add blning, a little at tune, stirring it well
until the mixture rs slightly BLUSH. Use a good
brush, and go over one spot on the wall until
il is thoroughly wet. If your brush dries quick.
ly, add more warm water, rs the mixture Is too
thick The brush must be kept wet. This mix
ture costs eighty three cents-FarmerS Rerier.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08

BLIsTERs.-Ify you wish a blister to heal ouiek.
", he careful not to remove the skin. On in
fants this should be observed. The first dress.
ing should be lily or cabbage leaves coddled in
boiling water. Then a saive made tbns. ona
part wax, one part lard, one part turpentine
from the pine-tree; melt and strain. Resin i
sometimes used instead Of turpentine. This
makes basilicon. If the part biistered be in =
situation apt to be rubbed, cover with cotton
bats, as IN the case Of burn, especially if the
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08

WHY should the beehive be taken as a symbol
of indnstry' Not bee is to be seen all the win
ter long, while the cockrOach is up at O'Clock
in the morning, and never goes to bed till mid
night. Let's change this thing.-Boston Trans
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08

RASPBERRY CoRDIAL-Fin jar nearly full of
gar let stand ten days. strain: add TO the l;onid
II pounds of sugar to each pint; boil gently
few minutes; cool, and bottle for use. Mixed
with water it is a delightful summer drink.
BLACK berries or strawberries may be substituted
for raspberries.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08

ssThe Executive Mansion of Missouri is said to
be so filed with electricity that every one who
enters it is terribly shocked The phenomena is
attributed to the Over-charging Of the architect
who built il. n-POrflaRd Press.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08

TEXAS vigilance committees ride up to a house
and shout: sis Mr.. Smith inf' Mrs. Smith
comes to the door, and replies in the negative,
when the leader continues: 81 knew he wasn't /;
he's hanging TO a blackjack over tharr-
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08

The editor of q Western newspaper expresses
great Indignation at the manner in which a wo-
man was buried who committed suicide. He
says: ''she was buried like dog with her clothes
ON ~
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08

To turn away from the stony temples and pet
rified doctrines of experimentation, and read
Bacon Understandings, and know Kaut, and
walk hand in hand with Spencer, is like coming
out Of some diabolical grave Of sacrifice into the
pure air, and ightsome day, for which we were
made-Uafrrs
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08

sDo You think it safe, my DEAR said hus-
band to his wife, "for me to take off flannel
when it looks like springf' "Perhaps so,n ne
piled the wife, ssbut never saw any flannel that
looks like spring."
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08
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SERENApE
NJ sis,tsRp Ixsgr,s IqDDARD.


Tlv s,ron Is muffied In 4 cloud
fhar fsds the losers altar.
but still beneath thy baleony,
Itoueh my light guitar.
Ifthou art waking. Lady dear,
The faire-f in the land,
Cnbar thy wreathsd lattice nsx.
And wave thy snowy hand
She hears me not her spirit lies
In tranees mute and deep
Bsr music turns the golden key
Within the gate Of sleep.
Tken let her sls~p, and II / fail
To set her spirit free,
NJ ssng viii mingie In her dream.
And she will drrAm cf me.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08

3 II was an apt answer of Young lady who,
being asked where was her native place, replied:
81 have none; am the daughter of : Methodist
minister"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08

Leaning over s garden fence on washington's
birthday, were two gossipers, and passed,
. one of them remarked: 'sMiss Patterson, suTe's
$you live there's goin' be slit in our church,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08

To CAN CHERRIEs.-Six ounces of sugar to one
quart Of cherries; boil moderately for Eve min
utes; have the cans hot, and seal while wsr,n
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08
The Midsummer Sky.

The stars of the summer night are. with two
or three striking exceptions, much less brilliant
than those that occupy the heavens in winter
evenings, but the consultations into which they
are grouped are more interesting. When the
brilliant Harp shines overhead the Scorpion is
sprawlcd across the southwestern sky, with An
tares, the Scorpions heart, flashing red rays that
make it look like star in flames. Antares is
now ON the meridian ut about ten o'clock in the
evening. At the same time, the Dragon, marked
by ms two brilliant eyes, overhead, and Arctur-
us, the great leader of the north and the fourth
in precedence among all the stars, is shining
half way down the west. The Great Bear Is
trudging his circle ON the left of the pole, and
the Little Bear is right above it, and just be.
yond the reach Of Bootes, the Bear Drivers whip.
Androneda, with uplitted hands, chained to the
rock for the monster to devour, is lust visit
ing in the east, while her coming deliverrr, Per-
seus, is yet hidden in gloom, Andruneda's roy
al mother, CassOpeia,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08

The world may owe you q living, but you
must collect your own bills-
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08

is seen too far away in the north to aid her
chained child. In the southeast shines the North
ern Cross, wonderfully perfect figure, and at
its foot is the Eagle of the Winds, so called be-
cause the ancients supposed that this constella-
ton brought tempests, when, in December, it
rose Just before the sun. Almost in a line be-
tween Antares and the Pole Star are Ophiuchus,
carrying the serpent; Hercules, or the Phantom,
as the old Greeks superstitiously called him. and
the beautiful circlet of stars called the Northern
Crown. Spanning the sky from the northeast to
the southwest is the Milky Way.
About month later, the splendid Perseus rises
at the same hour, 'striding gigantic in the north
wind and carrying in his hand the head of the
Gorgon Medusa, with which he turned the sea
monster, that was about to seize Andromeda, in
TO stone, thereafter marrying the maiden In
the cluster of stars that marks the Gorgon's
head, is the wonderful star Algol, sometimes
called the Winking Demons Eye. Algol shines
for two days and fourteen hours with the bril-
liancy of a star Of the second magnitude Sud-
denly it begins to grow dim, and in four hours it
becomes almost invisible. No one would notice
it unless he knew just where TO look Thus il
remains for eighteen minutes, and then il begins
to grow brighter, and in three or four hours il
again blazes ont as a second magnitude star
These changes have been going on with great
for many years, and Of all the theories
invented to account for them, none has been uni
versally accented
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-08
so THE STORY GOES.

Ah, mes me did but dream and am all
lone. and old and gray; and the tide is ruling /
sut my hearts away, away, away, in the Old era
Lynn!
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-04
TILDEN AT CINCINNATI.
What the choice Of that City for
Holding the Democratic COnyen-
ton Mems.
New York world.

New York world.
There can be no doubt about the sig
ni6cance Of the action taken yesterday
by the Democratic National Commit
tee, as bearing upon the most impOr-
tant question which will come up for
decision in the Democratic Convention.
That question is, of course, whether
the Democracy shall invite defeat by
assuming for the national canvass the
burden of candidate who, as has just
been shown in State canvass, cannot
hold his party in his own State-a can
didate the burden of whose assumed
alliance was enough to defeatone of the
most vigilant, efficient and honest Gov
ernors the State of New York has ever
had. The committee, indeed, did not
and could not deal directly with this
question, but the decisions to which il
came on collateral questions involved
with this question have a meaning as
unmistakable as if the committee had
chosen a candidate instead of only a
place for holding the convention to
choose a candidate. The representa-
tives of Mr. Tlden in the convention,
as will be seen by our Washington dis
patches, would have much preferred
st. Louis 20 any other city, but when
that proposition became hopeless fought
hard for Chicago, and they were COM
pletely beaten. They were beaten, too,
clearly upon the main Issue. Perhaps
this defeat would not have been so dis
tinctly brought out but for the pro-
ceeding which followed the main bust
ness of the convention, in the intro
d"ction of i resolution calling upon the
National Committee to intervene for
the purI ose OF harmonizing the Demo
cratic party of New York. This reso-
luton, which gave rise 10 personal
discussion between two of Mr.. Tilden's
supporters IN the committee, failed, as
our Washington correspondence in
forms Us, simply because a majority of
the delegates considered that it ''bore
MIR. Tilden's earmarks." The commit
tee As clearly not disposed to hang a
milestone around the neck of the party
as a preliminary tn a swimming match;
nor nave We any reason to expect that
the convention will be any more dis
posed TO solve by suicide the questions
that come before il. At any rate, even
a threat of suicide has not yet been
made. The choice of Cincinnati means
not only conviction on the part oft tie
committee of the impossibility of Mr..
rilden; It means hard money as well,
for tt convention held at Cincinnati, il
it " ere composed of same Ben, could
no more ftl to mediate the lesson
aught by the defeat of Ewing in Ohio
than it could fail to mediate the les
son Taught by the defeat of Robinson
in New York.