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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-17

a dispatch from San Antonio says
that great disorders are reported across
the Rio Grande. Americans are being
murdered daily and no protection is
assured. Hence many white men en-
ployed on the international and Mexi-
can National extensions are returning
to Texas. 1t is also said that the Mex
lean authorities have ordered the rail-
road companies not o.pay more than
IS cents per day-they have been pay
ing $l-and hundreds have left work.
England is filled with paupers, and
her ordinary laborers are made depen-
dent upon charity if they are out of
work fer few weeks. Her debt is of
colossal proportions and it is not ex-
pected that it will ever be reduced.
These are some of the results of med
ding with the affairs of every foreign
country except the United States. It is
now proposed that our own government
shall depart from its traditional policy
that we shall 60 to war with the world
to prevent Lesseps from digging canal
and that we shall offer armed inter-
ference in the affairs of certain South
American Republics. In each case,
some great moneyed interest is the
cause of the trouble. We are threat
ened with repetition of that British pol
icy which has made paupers Of the
masses, and built up gigantic fortunes
for the men who do the governing
Oakland Times.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-17

The Nevada mines, exclusive of the
Comstock, have paid 81, 40o,o in div
idends this year, one-half of which was
paid by the Richmond.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-17

DIR. Hammond, of New York, while
condemning the use of cigarettes, says OF
cigar smoking: "Men should never
smoke except after eating, preferably, af-
ter the labors Of the day are over. Now
a cigar taken after eating has not only
a beneficial, soothing effect upon the
mind but facilitates digestion, increas
ing the amount of gastric, juice, as l
have Frequently shown to my classes by
experiment Take a dog and make a
gastric fistule in him SO as to collect his
gastric juice by tube, and put little
tobacco in his mouth. Almost instantly
the gastric juice begins to flow. What
ever excites the secretions of saliva ex
cites the secretions of gastric juice so
that man actually assists digestion by
an after-dinner cigar, provided he is not
one of those unfortunate persons to
whom tobacco is poisonous
Nine. Iturbide, daughter-in-law of
and her son, Augustine Iturbide, who
was adopted by Macmillan as his heir
have left Washington for Mexico where
the young man will hereafter live. He
has been at school in England and on
the Continent for a number Of years
past, and part of the time at Woolwich
with the late Prince Imperial of France.
He is now stalwart youth Of eighteen,
who speaks four languages with fluency,
and is said to be accomplished in all
physical as well as mental exercises.
After Maximillian's death the Empress
Carlotta fled with him to Paris, bui
his mother afterward reclaimed him,
and his education since has been con-
Quoted under her care. The Republic
made large grant to the Iturbide fam
lily several years ago, and the mother
and son are unders.e to be now. very
wealthy.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-17

The Republicans control twenty-five
of the 100 votes in the new Kentucky
Legislature.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-17

General Keifer is the first Ohio man
who was ever elected to the position of
Speaker of the Honse of Representa-
tives. -
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-17

w. w. Barnes, 'Old Bible-back,"
proposes starting an evening paper in
BOdie shortly.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31
Aseful aud Curious.
Method of Curing Hams.

The hams of MARYLAND and Virginia have long
enjoyed wide celebrity. At the last exhibition
of the Maryland State Agricultural Society four
premiums were awarded for hams. We are in
formed by those who had the opportunity Of ex-
aiming them that they were of Inst rate quality.
The following are recipes by which the hams
were cured.
T. Z. HAMILToS's REcIPE.-First premium.
To every 100 pounds pork take eight pounds Of
q. 4. salt, two ounces s.lltpctre, two pounds of
brown sugar, onr and a half ounces of potash.
and four gallons of water. Mix the above, and
pour the brine over the meat after it has lain in
the tub some two days Let the hams remain
SIX weeks in brine, and then dried several days
before smoking. 1 have generally had the meat
rubbed with fine salt When it is packed down.
The meat should be perfectly cool before packing.
J. GREENS REcIPE.-Seeond premium. To
Loo pounds Of pork take half bushel aud
half peck of SALT three pounds sugar, and two
quarts Of molasses- Mix; rub the bacon with it
well; keep ON for three weeks in all: at the end
of nine days take out the hams, and put those
which are at the top at the bottom
T. BROOKE, JR.'s REcIPE.-Third premium
One bushel Of fine SALT one and n half pounds
to thousands pounds Of pork; left TO lie in pick
lie four weeks; hung up and smoked with hickory
wood nutil the rind became a dark brown.
c. ID. SLSGLUFF's REcIPE-Fourth premium.
To 100 pounds green hams take eight pounds of
G. A. salt, two pounds brown sugar, or molasses
equivalent, two ounces saltpetre, two ounces
pearl ashes, four gallons water; dissolve well;
Swimming of the scum arising on the surface.
Pack the hams compactly in tight vessel or
cask, rubbing the feshy part with fine salt; in q
day or two pour the above pickle over the meat,
taking care to keep il covered with pickle. In
four to six weeks, according to the size and
weight of the hams, (that is TO say, the longer
period for heavy hams,) hang up to smoke hook
up, smoking with green hickory wood. have
put up hams for the last fifteen years by the
above recipe with uniform success, equal at all
times to the sample now presented
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31
Bee Notes for April

In most locations, bees will be placed upon
their summer stands during the present month.
At this season of the year, great care should he
taken to give the bees every advantage and ell
couragement to increase in numbers. After they
have had an opportunity TO fly freely, the hive
should be examined, and thoroughly cleaned. A
good way to do this, is to start with n clean,
empty hive, and place it upon the stand of the
first hive to be examined, having the one con-
tanning the bees directly in the rear; lift the
combs from the old hive and place them in the
new one. After cleaning the hive from which
the bees have been taken, pass to the next, and
transfer from that into the first hive, and so
through the yard. When handling the hives,
be sure that each colony has n laying queen and
plenty of honey. Let there be only sufficient
number of combs for the bees to occupy. Care
fully open the hives in the morning, when the
bees are compactly clustered, and remove those
combs not occupied by the bees. This will al
low those inexperienced to decide the proper
number of combs to leave. The combs that are
thus removed from the hives should he cared
for, and kept in dry place, where mice or rats
Will not have access TO them. IL any colonies
should be found queenless, unite each with the
lightest stocks that have good queens. After
the bees have had opportunity to fly for n
day or two, the presence of queen may usually
he ascertained by the presence of eggs in the
combs in the centre of the cluster. When the
number of frames is limited, have good, close
fitting division board at the side of the combs,
to diminish the space which the bees must keep
warm. Contract the entrance-to the hives, and
be sure that all upward ventilation is prevent
ed. All this should be done in the middle of the
day, when it is warm. Care must be taken not
to expose combs, or in any other manner to ill.,
dnce robbing- After bees are put in proper
shape, do not make the mistake of opening the
hive too often, until the season is sufficiently
advanced. Handling bees too early, to stimu-
late breeding, often results greatly to their niu-
ry. As the season grows warmer, and the bees
increase in numbers, combs may be added
Imerican IgricaifRrist.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31
End of the World.

"Say, what is there in this talk about Old
Mother Misrepresentation, the eonjugation OF
the planets, and the world comm to an end tins
yearf" asked a grizzled old 49er, stopping Prof.
Legate as he was turning the corner Of Grand
and Union streets with big telescope under his
left arm. ''DO You think the old world is going
to pass in her cheeksi"
DWELL, said the professor, 1--WE certainly have
had during the last year some remarkable move
ments in the principal planets
Anything liable to bust loose very soonT
"Before long. Let me seat O'Clock on the
night Of April 81, Saturn will be in conjunction
with the SUM-
"Good fora starter. What nexti7
"At o'clock next morning Saturn and Jupiter
will be in conjunction"
''Bnllyi That's businessw
"At O'Clock in the morning Jupiter will come
into conjunction with the sun"
"Hurrah! All getting in their work on the
sun. can see old Sol beginning to get shaky
on his pins. What nextr
"On the second of May, Venus comes into con-
junction with the sun"
"Glory! The old gal gets in her lick on the
sun, too. Its gettn hot now. Hit him again,
old galw
"0n the 18th of May Neptune will be in con-
junction with the SUM-"
'TiptoP; old Nep, and all Of 'em goin' square
at the sun, like many buttng billy goats I'll
live to see it yet. Who goes at him nextf7
son the l4th of May Mercury comes into con.
junction with the sun, and Uranus will be al
right angles"
''My, what will be at right sngles:
"Uanus."
'The HI! Then I'll be in the grand bust up,
sure. SIS that allir
Those will be the principal occurrences"
'All quite sufficient, too They'll fetch the
old craft; they'll knock the old world off heI
pins. I'm ready to peg out any minute if / can
sec the big shOw-see the big old world blow up
in blaze of glory, like big frewOrk. DO you
know I've alters wanted TO this very bust
nessi Why, it will pay me for all the misery
Eve had in Twin up to date. I'll be up bright
and early on the morning of the 18th of May, to
see old Merky git in the last at the sun and bust
mp all creation. I'm much obliged, and I'll drink
with yer, professor, eff you've got slick quarter
about yer clOthes-if you haven't. damuS, wei
soak yer old telescope. '-TirgiHia (Ner.) Eenter.
prise
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31
Israelites Who Have Lived in China for Two
Thousand Years

subject of interest to all and of special in
terest to lsraelites is revived by the publication
of DIR. Martins work, 1.-The Chinese; Their Edu-
cation, Philosophy and Letters The volume is
full of instruction, but the point to which we
refer is his account of visit to the families of
descendants of Abraham and Jacob, who have
for 600 years lived in the city of X al Fung- Fu
in Chiaa. This colony of the old race was made
known to the Western world in the seventeenth
century, by the Jesuit missionaries who con-
tributed so largely to historic and geographical
knowledge in those days. They were heard
from several times after that, but for more thar
a hundred years one from the Western world
had visited them, when DIR. Martin went there
in 1850. Their present condition is such as to
excite profound interest and commiseration.
The remarkable fact appears that, after preserv-
ing for twenty centuries the laws and rites of
the Hebrew Religion, they are now presenting
an instance unparalleled in the history Of the
Jews, of a people falling away from the faith,
and rapidly becoming pagans or Mohammedans.
Three or four hundred of them remain. Their
synagogue, however, falling into decay, they
themselves tore il down, and made no effort to
rebuild it. After this was gone, they dropped
all practice of Hebrew rites and ceremonies, be-
gan to intermarTy with pagans, lost all kuowl-
edge of Hebrew, retained, indeed, and still pos
sess ancient rolls of the law, in a strange form
of alphabet, which neither they ordinary
Hebrew scholars can read, bnt have no knowl-
edge of the contents of the manuscripts, and
have almost lost the traditions of their religion
DIR. Martin prophesies their total disappear
ance a separate race, unless western Hebrews
shall send missionaries TO them, and enable
them to build their synagogue, of which now only
remains n stone inscribed with the record of its
erection about A. ID. 1ls3 and subsequent re-
erection. The last rabbi who conld read the
Book of the Law died some sixty years ago. Up
to that time, this remarkable colony, which had
come into China 30 800 years before the
Christian era, had, with all the characteristics
of their race, preserved their pure blood and the
faith and ritual of their fathers.
These facts have been published before, and
an appeal was once made to the Hebrews of
New York, by DIR. Martin, on the behalf of their
relatives in China. He says the only result was
the reception of some letters in Hebrew, which
he was requested to transmit to the people, to
whom they were, of course, unintelligible, as
none of them could read the missives.-Ner York
Journal Of Commerce.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31
Superior Mode of Curing Hama

Agreeable to your request herewith send You
the process of curing the hams / sent You in
March, which recently called forth the admra-
tion of the American Agricultural Association,
and the Farmers Club, at New York.
l made pickle of two quarts of salt, to which
/ added one ounce of summer sayOry, one ditto
sweet mariOram, one ditto allspice, half ditto
saltpetre, and one pound brown sugar; boiled
the whole together, and appIied the mixture
boiling hot, to one hundred pounds of hams, and
kept them in the pickle three or four weeks.
My process of smoking was not the most ex-
pensive, but may not be less available on that
account. / smoked the hams in a seed cask,
with one head in, with a small hole for the
smoke to pass ont. l hing my hams to the head,
and used about peck of mahogany sawdust for
fuel, which happened to have on hand for
packing goods. l smoked them but one week.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31
Our Strap 8ook.
SUGAR NAPLES.

AL,us the vale and DER the hin
-, a l,lne aud smoky haze.
The ast,r,eun- az. var, All ..aI
Ard p;F-s.-. Icu.er warms.r Ssv.
The blte-iay on ti,r -unarb Icngh
The pharl,--bir,i er1r,-,-- ma
The longing heart 1.rh trcml,lin. tl,roat
-
The hills arr ne..,,iag tbr,r,,h IN. .-o,r
And huria,I' E-rsc.-. yr,.., IN. 49,
On barn brown kuoIis s1nau, h.,,;,. .lox
On tiny sno.E sox,r,s s.ur, +, hi,.
The fresh. new earth now ..,rut. IN, yale
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

CULTIVATION OF STRAWBERRIES Under GLASS
Miss ii. Is. Trimble, of West Chester Pa. who
has been very successful in the production of
hot-house grapes for numbered years, met with
the loss of her vines last summer from the rava-
ges Of the phylloxern. With extensive green
house and forcing facilities at hand, she decided
to engage in the raising of strawberries and
tomatoes during the period necessary to grow
new grape vines, and has the past winter been
remarkably successful in her new venture The
varieties of strawberries selected were the
Sharpless, Charles Downing and Cumberland,
the plants being placed in boxes, five or six
inches in depth, which were arranged on the
shelving of the hot houses. The tomato vines
were planted ON the floor and carefully trained
up the sides of the building. New York furnish
ed the best market, the Strawberries bringing
an average of Sc per quart, while the tomatoes
realized so cents per pound. The prices We're
well maintained Throughout the winter, the
severity of the winter preventing Southern
fruit from getting into the market as early as
usual
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31
Townsend and Winter

As everybody knows George Alfred Townsend
is the one who, as Johnny BOuqet, lately abused
Willie Winters Bohemians and who was savage
ly abused by Willie Winter afterward. The two
are old acquaintance, but a wag of a friend of
mine recently introduced them, in order to see
how they would take it. Well, they took it
thus:
"Ah," said Townsend, grasping Winter warm
ly by the hand, ''yOu are Willie Winter, the pO-
ct, eLf Well, I'm glad TO know you. / would
have thought from your lovely and touching
verse that you were-a-a-rather prettier look
ing yourself"
Winter accepted the hearty shake very Ian
guidly, and slowly adjusting his eyeglasses
scanned the face Of Townsed quite attentiyely
for n moment.
"Ah, Mr.. Townsend" he said, slowly, s'Gath,
i believe. Ya-a-s. I've read your writings
Y-a-a-s. But l would haye-aw-thought, YOU
know, from your writings-that-that You were
m0re-ah-more idiotic hooking 7-Nelr York Star
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

THE ODD TERN IN LEAsEs.-The reason for
the of the odd term in leases, 999 years or 80
years. is given in the New York Journal Of Con-
mooe. Lessees and mortgages, in possession of
real estate for 100 or 900 years, demised the
same at annual rental, retaining a reversion
for the last year of the original term. The OBJ
iect of this was an unwillingncss on the part Of
the under tenant, to become bound to the per-
Torrance of the covenants contained in the orig
nal grant and also the importance to the lessor
of reversionary interest, without which, under
the old English practice, he could not recover
his rent by distress Sometimes this reversion
was only for three days, or even for one day, but
usually in long terms the last year was retained.
Ont of this case the popular notion that the law
provided this restraint, and hence leases were
made for 81 or $50 yfars, when there was no
reason whatever for aEy such an odd period of
time. In England there was, in special cases, a
restraint on corporations or ecclesiastical per-
sons, prohibiting the demise of lands belonging
to them to the iipPoverishment of their success
ors for a term beyond 100 years. and such leases
were made for 90 years
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31
Ths Fun Of the Ching.
THE SNEEZER-


o. he that has a sneeze "a sneese,
Come snesze II nov with me,
And maze in air tuneini breeze,
And sneezs right m-rriiy.
For the weary days 81 Winter wane'
And dreaTy drass the time.
And fast come On the days 81 raiiir
And eatarrh j. in its prime
Pneumonia now is On the wing,
BlsInchitis cries aloud.
And rheumatism Is ezpsEing-
Poses ~iHd blows Out Of 4 cloud.
And all the folks are coughing hard,
And all the tlIruats ART zOse,
Aai fiirrst yizsgrs ars uiaTred
Wi;h signs Of colds galore.
Bat bIest is he who W; may snecze,
Relieving all his pain,
And shout and snes'ze and yell at ease,
And pncker and sneeze again.
Then. what caTr We for other ills
That WARY Winter bring.
When We have trouble that never kills,
And nose that always Sinssi
4 cold with a sneeze u the cold for me.
With never 4 cough or ache;
But always a glOTi0ns one, twOl' three!''
And a WarIning-up good old shake
50, he who has a -neeze TO sneezs,
Come -nerze Il now with me,
And wake the echoes to the breeze;
SneeLe all night cheerily.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31
Selett goetrv.
THE OLD QARREr.
By ALFExD n srREET.

In the days that gene. oil garnet knew
Where offen N sleep have lain;
Where small dormef window he'd squat Ike toad
Ard stared the barn in the lane
In the waspy, dark roof large knot have ~atrhs<
I'LL IL tanned 10 q tight clinging bat;
And I've seen In . corner two blaxiag ont
The twin genmy eyes Of the cat
A nddie-bov stood by q rusty keyed nute;
A saddle bestrided . beam
And its stirfup- down dangled in l.opip.s Of bras.
And the brille-b bit sent out a sl-aui
A pile Of old bottles dun Uttered noak
With glare CHASTITY white from II she'd;
And spider had spun his gray wheels DER . hook
Whose pages with crime were o'ersprrsd-
How on have hahn, With the rain on the roof
Shifting loud. like the tread Of host
Or the rumble and tumble Of waves as they roll
On the low sounding line Of 4 coast
Oh, the dreams that the TRAD Of that rain called forth
As lay In the twilight Of deep
II was music that charmed me but not Of the earth.
But Of fairy-land solemn and deep
Yea the garnet crown Of the dwelling IL lifts
Its brow To the breeze Of the sky;
II IN brindled with hues from the cloud II drifts
And the moon tints like pearls in Il lie
Beranger there lived with his bashful Lizettr
Where with sure shawls be blinded the pane;
There johnson with RssselAs paid of his debt,
And Goldsmith won bread with his brain.
II 10 nearer to Heaven than after life known.
realm Gifted over the din
And the hopes that 1lumine its dusky domain,
Arc free from the elouding Of sin;
For youths hopes pure they born in the heart
And they know that LIES soul-staining blight
For hope when IL perishes turns to q spear
Thst We grasp with vengeful delight
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31
Newspaper Curiosities.

Managing editors are looking for the following
cnriosities, which, when found, will be made q
note of:
Some one that can write of fishing without re-
ferring TO Izaak Walton.
correspondent who refers to an article in the
paper, who read it of his own accord, and did not
''haye his attention called to it.
A writer on free trade who can produce half a
column without the aid of the "Chinese wall.D
theatrical critic who will not aIlude to ''the
palmy days of the drama"
A critic on art or music who can write an ar
tiele that persons of liberal education can under
stand without the aid of at least two dictiona-
ries.
A correspondent who writes of n sea voyage
without mentioning the sea as running ''moun-
tains high or "a life on the ocean wave
A financial newspaper article of over one quar-
ter of a column in length that does not mention
Vanderbilt or Jay Gould.-BOston Commercial
Bulletin.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

MAKING BRINE FOR BEEr.-A correspondent
of the RHrdi Ncic Yorker says: Pack your beef
close into the barrel then take ounces of salt
petre, 10 lbs. SALT and ~ qrts Of water for every
100 lbs. of beef Put these into your kettle and
boil until well dissolved. Then pour boiling hot
water upon your beef, cover the barrel close to
keep in the steam. If you want to dry any por-
tion, you can take it ont of the brine in forty
eight hours and hang up. In the spring take
out the beef and cleanse the brine, adding half
of the original quantity of salt and saltpetre, and
as much water rs will cover the beef when re-
packed, letting the brine stand and get cold
before pouring il on the beef.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

ASTIDoTE FOR PoIsoS.-Mustard is one of the
best, and always most convenient article, to he
used when poison has been taken into the stom-
ach. Mix large teaspoonful of it in powder,
in tumbler Of warm water, and swallow il at
once. If it does not Immediately act emet-
lie, take another As soon as the vomiting is over
swallow teaspoonful of sweet oil, and You are
cured, without a stomach pump or n doctors bin.
The PlOHqk
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

A NEW HAMPSHIRE farmer recently agreed to
sell his farm for 1900, but when the day came
he told the expectant purchaser that his wife
was in Mysteries about the trade, and he Guessed
he'd have to back OUT The purchaser com.
planned, and asked how much more would in.
dnce him to sell. well" replied the thrifty
son of the Granite State, "give me $50 more,
and well let her cry"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

MELTING oP A PIECE or SUGAR.-If you hold q
piece Of sugar in a spoon at the top of your tea,
it will melt quicker than ifdropped to the bot
tom. The reason is, that as the tea becomes
sweetened il falls to the bottom by its own spe-
cifie gravity, and fresh portions of unsweetened
tea are brought constantly in contact with the
lump Of sugar till all is dissolved