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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-02
The Month of Battles.

June has been pre-eminently month of hat
ties, and not a few days in il seem TO have been
specially set apart for hard fighting, two and
even three great battles frequently occurring
upon the same day. On the lst Lord Howe de-
feated and almost destroyed the French fleet in
1894, and Napoleon left Paris to begin the fatal
campaign of 1915. One ofAdmiral Blakes hard
est fights with Van Tromp commenced on
the 81, and prolonged during the whole of
the Ith, ending at length in the complete
triumph of the British flag. The French cap
ture of the MamelOn eartlIwork at Sebastopol,
one of the most gallant exploits of the great
siege, was achieved on the eth. The 10th gives to
Russia the double honor of Nap0leon's defeat ut
Heilsburg in lsO7, and the capture of Khiva in
1s03. The 14th has the two-fold renown Of
Cromwelfs final defeat of Charles /, at Naseby,
and Napoleon's equally decisive overthrow of the
Russians at Frledland. On the same day occur
red the less important though hard-fought bat
ties of Raah, where Napoleon defeated the Aus
trians in lsOS. On the 10th (Which subsequently
witnessed the outbreak of the war of 1860 Ma
poleon gained the battle of Ligny over Blueher,
and Marshal Ney indeeisively attacked the Eng
lish ut Quartre Bras. The 18th has the far
higher glory of Bunker Hill. Waterloo Fred
erick the Greats defeat by the Austrians at
kolin, and the British repnlse before the Redan,
at Sebastopol, have immortalized the 18th. On
the 18th Italy joined the coalition of 1850 against
Austria. The great victory of Plassey, 10y which
Lord Give, defeating with 1900 men, n force of
more than u, coo, made England the mistress of
India, was gained on the 23d. The oath marks
the passage of the Nieman of Napoleon in Isle !;
the 25th the Italian defeat at CnstOzza in 1866;
the 18th, the commencement of the famous .'sev
en- days before Richmond in lS62, and the
invasion of Denmark by the Prussians in 1864 !;
the 2Sth the capture of Siistria by the Rus
slams, after gallant resistance in 1s29 To this
long list must still he added the earlier tragedies
Of the Indian Mutiny, several of the hardest
battles of the Crimean War; and more than one
of those which decided the fate of Northern Bull
garia in le97.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-02
Currant Worms

Those who have experienced annoyance through
the ravages of the eurrant worm may find it
worth while to try the plan of a writer in the
Fruit Recorder. He says: SIN starting n cur
rant patch confine the bush not to exceed from
one TO three main stems, and give all the strength
of the root to their support. As limited above,
sprouts will start from the roots each spring I;
but they mnst be rubbed of when about six
inches long. All currant growers are aware that
worms first make their appearance on the new
growth and then spread over the bush. Conse-
quently, no sprouts no worms. This is just as
plain as that two and two make four. l have
followed this plan for the past two years 10 my
satisfaction, and have barely seen the effect Of
worms on one or two bushes where my plan was
not fully carried out. But such currants Inever
saw grow, the common red Dutch being nearly
large the cherry eurrant and a better
bearer. had few bushes that actually broke
down from their Load of fruit
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-02
Summer Care of Swine.

1t is mistake to assume that hogs need no
care or attention during the summer season. The
first conditions for insuring profitable hog crop
are good grass, soaked grain, water, and shade
in the summer. The spring pigs should, beside
their mothers milk, have run to short grass
soaked corn and oats, and whatever the kitchen
and dairy rejects. Soaked corn is more whole
some than dry, and it pays well to shell it before
soaking We soak il from twelve TO twenty -four
hours. Spring pigs, fed during the summer on
soaked corn and slop made from ground eats
and corn, half-and-half, mixed with equal bulk
of bran and middiings, and allowed free run to
pure water, blue grass pastures and plenty of
shade, with access to a box of salt and ashes and
charcoal, will well repay all care and feed given,
and will at ten months, average from 800 to $50
pounds of choice pork. On the other hand,
spring pigs, whose mothers must root for liv-
ing and travel miles each day in search of food
and have hungry litters clinging to and squeal-
ing after them, cannot make pounds Of flesh ont
of scant feed and overwork. 4 large per cent.
Of sueh pigs die from exhaustion and disease.
The fttest survive, but none of the survivors are
fit for the butcher until the season following
They must be carried through the winter at great
expense and great risk, a source of discomfort to
themselves and their owner. 1t is impossible to
fatten them OFF before March, and if then they
average 80 or 30 pounds, the owner feels sat
istied. because he don't know any better
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-02
Counterfeit Tree Agents.

The Country Gentleman, in dealing with this
familiar form of fraud, says: every year our
exchanges about this time of year teen with ac-
counts of the yigilant impostors in the field I'M
der the name of tree agents. Purchasers arc
yariously. imposed on to some extent by them,
but they do more harm to the genuine and trust
worthy agents of reliable nurseries. They pre-
vent sales of valuable trees to those who do not
discriminate between the genuine and the conn
terfeit. The Prairie Farmer has nearly column
describing the operations of some of these i'm
posters, enc of whom has strawberry on a
Canada brier; pear trees on French stocks which
never blight; plumb trees warranted to bear 4
heavy crop the year after planting, which will
be proof against the curculio; beside Utah n.y.
Bird cherries, Strawberries growing on bushes,
blue roses, &c. These men would meet with no
success if purchasers would take the pains to in
form themselves on fruits and flowers, and he
willing to read periodicals. devoted to the sub
ject, attend horticultural meetings, and order
the catalogues of reputable nurseries for prices
and selections"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-02
What q Cheek

Speaking of gall" remarked printer in a
Nevada beer saloon, "talking of solid cheek,
never saw a man who had more Of it than Pete
Bliyens, Of Kansas City. Three of us used to
room together there in 1872. One night in July
it was 30 hot that if you'd chuck water on the
side of house it would SIZE like so much hot
irOn-we concluded TO go down and sleep on one
of the timber RATS on the river. Well, we got
on the RATS with our blankets. Just before
turning in Pete Blivens said he guessed he'd cool
off by taking a swim. knew the current wOuld
snatch him right under, but didn't want to
give him any advice, and he dived off the raft.
The undertOw caught and sent him out of sight
in about three seconds. As soon as we saw that
he was drowned me and the other chap went for
his effects. We found $3.50 in his pants pocket
and an old watch. We took 'em up town and
soaked the clothes for 50 and sold the watch for
$40. Then we went around town on a sort of
jambOree and spent the money. About 5 o'clock
in the morning we were drinking the last dollar
with some of the boys at the Blue Corner, when
who should walk in but Pete himself in an old
suit of clothes that he had borrowed of 4 man
three miles down the river. And hang me if he
didn't want his clothes, and next day he was
round dunning us for the paltry sum of $3.50.
The gall of some mems enough to paralyze a Lou
isiana alligator"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-02
.for the farmer.


The wants of the strawberry are few and easily
suppliei and are the same whether they are
grown by the acre or in a small bed. The SOIL
should be cool, moist, and rich, and the plants
should have room to grow without being crowd
ell They should receive such protection in win
ter as will prevent their being injured 10y fire.
duent freezing and thawins-
Tie best sail for the berry is the best yoa
have. II is not ~ much the soil rs the eultiva-
tor. II makes but little difference what the soil
is, provided it is put in good condition, and kept
So as far possible. The best natural soil, how
ever. is a sandy loan, aud the ntiirrr any other
approaches 20 this the Le;ter. II should lie pull
verified to as great a depth ~ possible without
bringing up any poor SG!sso.l
Nearly all large Plantations set in the
spring. and the earlier the i'riter, using only
plants of the previous seasons growth. They
may, however, he ST ia the SIMMER or fall, as
soon As young plants raH 5e obtained Ii Is iul-
portant that the roots he kept frUIa drying
while out of the ground. In planting, prsss the
earth firmly abOnt the roo;s-but see that the
crown is not covered. Two feet apart each way
is a good distance to plant The blossoms should
be cut oil the season they are planted, and the
runners at all times. This will cause the plant
to become large and strong. The soil should be
stirred often enough to keep down the weeds and
to prevent a crust from forming on the surface.
When the weather becomes cool in the fall the
strawberry sends out new roots, which take pos
session of the soil a considerable distance from
the plant. These should not he disturbed by
deep cultivation. Ii is not best TO stir the ground
at all in the spring before the fruit ripens.
The strawberry removes but little frum the
soil, and is, therefore, not a very rank feeder.
Potash and phosphoric acid the elements
mainly required, and they can be best supplied
by sowing about peck of wood ashes and three
pounds of bone dust 10 the rod, previous to the
last hoeing in the fall. If it is more convenient
to wel-rotted stable manure, il may be ap-
piled to the surface between the plants early in
the winter. As soon freezing weather comes,
the whole bed may be covered with straw to the
depth of two inches, and in the spring, when
growth commences il should be removed FROM
directly over the plants, leaving it between them.
Immediately after the fruit is gathered in June,
remove the mulch, dead leaves and runners and
stir the soil thoroughly, after which the bed
should be treated as it was the previous year.
Three crops can usually be taken from a bed
grown in this way.
More than twice the ordinary amount of fruit
can be obtained, if one has the control of plenty
of water and will keep the ground moist from
the time the blossoms first appear until the fruit
is ripe. In the absence OF water, heavy mulch
is the next best thing.-CrdrJords Strawberry
CRltHre.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-02
A Negro PHILOSOPHER.

President Lincoln once met with negro on
the deck of asteamboat who illustrated the lines:
He who fights and away.
VIII live to fight another day
The President, finding that the negro had
served in a regiment that suffered severely at the
battle of Fort DOnelsOn, asked if he was in the
fight.
The colored man owned he had had a little
taste of it, and then the following cOllOquy en-
sued:
"stood your ground, did your
'No, sab, runs"
f'Rnn at the first fret"
"Yes, sab and would ha' run sooner, had
knowed it war comm"
of our soldiers were all like yOu, traitors
might have broken up the government without
any resistance"
eyes, sab dar would hab been no help for il.
] wouldn't put my life in de scale gainst any
gobernment dat existed for no gobernment
cOuld make up de lossr
"Do you think your company would have miss
cd yOn if you had been killedp
'May be not, sab a dead white man amt
much TO these sogers, let alone dead nigga; but
I'd n missed myself, an dat was de pint wild me-"
Mr.. Planche's Irish coachman took much the
same view of things; when a traveller, seeing
him fold an extraordinary comforter around his
neck, remarked that he took very good care of
himself, replied:
''TO be sure do, sir. What's all the world TO
q man when his wife's n widdym
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-02

FAsTIDIoUs.-Mary Mcbride, a clean, good
natured looking Irish girl, who is child nurse,
and a most affectionate one at the house of Mrs
r., in Camp street, presented herself in the par
loryesterday, at about half past o'clock. aWhy,
Mary said her mistress, Il thought yOu had, by
this time, taken the children down to LAFAYETTE
SquareT 'NO, ma am said Mary, 81 came to
give you notice to layve." "0h, you mean, Mary
that You came to notify me Of your intention to
leave" said Mrs p. "Yis, ma am" said Mary,
fan in trOth sorry enough I'm for il too for You
wor SO good mistress, and the children is such
sweet darlins; Oh, its like driving cold iron
into my heart to go, and yet, go Unjust" ''Well
and what do you go for, Mary" said Mrs. p. az
am sure l am unconscious of having ever said
anything that would canse you to leave, and the
children are quite attached to you" "0h,
know all that, ma'am," said Mary, "but if / was
to get all the money in the mint could not stop
in any house rhere they peels potatoes before they
biIes them ~
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-02
watermelons for Home use.

While thick-rind melons are desirable for ship
ping purposes, the thin-rind melons viii serve
well for home USE. Among the best Of these for
general culture Is the Mountain Sweet, round
fruit of scarlet flesh and sugary flavor. The
Black Spanish and Peerless are other desirable
thin-rind varieties Select WARM light ground
sandy land is best-and plant in hills about
eight feet apart. In preparing the hills let them
be dug out broad and deep, then fill in with
good portion of thoroughly decoInpOsed stable
manure mixed well with the soil. The hills
shOnld be raised n few inches above the level as
this makes them warmer, and will also prevent
flooding and packing of the hill during heavy
rains. If the seed fails to terminate freely or
the striped bugs interfere with gaining n salts
factory stand, replant until 4 stand is obtained.
The bugs which disturb the first planting often
fail to touch the second one. Use plenty of seed
to allow for all emergencies and when the plants
are well up thin ont, leaving two or three vines
only to a HILL and cultivate thoroughly. An
ounce Of seed is sufficient for about one hundred
ally pinching the leading shoots off the vines.
bugs first appear often proves efieaeious. Better
still is a mixture of SCOT and wood ashes busted
on the plants when they are wet with dew. A
correspondent in the Practical Farmer says that
his remedy for the striped bugs on melon vines
is free of bran. As soon as the vines ap-
pear above the ground, he puts handful Of
bran on each hill, taking care to cover the leaves
and heap il about the stem little. If there
comes a heavy rain to beat it off, more bran is
applied. Heavy clay lands devoted to this crop
may be greatly improved by the addition of sand
to each HILL Incorporated with the manure and
native earth.-UOrld
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-02

WILL TIE EARTH SWELL UP AND Burst i-If
Prof. Proctor's scare has had its day, the public
will now have time to ponder the question raised
by German professor who claims that the earth
is increasing in volume annually with abnormal
rapidity, and that this increase in bnlk naturally
increases the attraction Of gravitation while it
around the sun. As this ball grows larger in
circumference it naturally draws nearer to the
sun, and as it slows down in its orbItsl motion
orr seasons are naturally disturbed. If il keeps
increasing in bulk at the present ratio il must
long our summers fearfully if not our winters
AMI if the centrifugal force decreases, as it
must with the decrease of speed and the increase
of size, we must eventually tumble into the sun
AID he destroyed. Does that account for the
present hot weather.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-02

DANIEL WEBSTER, travelling, had the night
stage from Baltimore to Washington, with no
companion save the driver, and contemplated
that worthy's forbidden vissage with n very un-
easy mind. He had nearly reasoned his suspi-
eious fears away, when they came to the dark
woods between Bladensbnrg and Washington,
when Mr.. Webster felt the courage Oozing out of
his fnger-ends as he thought what fitting place
il was for murder. Suddenly the driver turn
ed toward him and roughly demanded his name.
1t was given. Then he wanted to know where
he was going. "To Washington. am Sena-
tor" said Daniel, expecting his first thoughts
were near realization. The driver grasped him
by the hand, saying: ''How glad am, mister,
to hear that! Eve been badly scared for the last
hour, for when looked at you felt sure you
was highvaymann
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-02

CoPPERAs FOR CoRS.-The chronological Jour-
nal gives the following result as an experiment
with seed corn: 'sFonr boxes of earth, alike in
quantity aud exposure to light and heat, were
planted at the same time with corn from a single
ear, and placed recently in ply sican's office.
In one box dry corn was planted; in another,
seed previously soaked in clean warm water; the
third, seed that had been soaked in n solution of
lime water; in the fourth, seed soaked in chic
ride of lime and copperas water, equal parts.
One week after, the dry corn had not germina-
ted the corn in the second box had just com
menced TO sprout; that in the third box was just
showing the green blades, and that in the fourth
box had grown nearly three inches high. Cop
pcras water will prevent birds and worms from
eating the seed, and one pound of dried copperas
will soak enough for twenty acreS-
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-02

A PRINTERS DEvIL.-The editor of an Illinois
paper took boy to learn the printers trade. He
sity of obedience and of doing everything thor
oughly. After preliminary instruction, the lad
was given n stick and rule, a1d was tsken to n
ease to wrestle with piece of copy. The editor
went off to a political convention. The other
boys in the Office paid but little attention to the
new recruit, and when the editor returned half
a day later, he found the boy down on his knees
searching for something on the floor. whats
the matter Johnny :" ''Why, dropped n type
before got the first line SET" replied the boy,
land You told me before / went to work that
whenever dropped type must stop and pick
II up before did anything else. I've been look
ing for that burned type all day, and can't find
it," Need we say that boy succeeded in bust
nessf He grew up, went west, and two weeks
ago he was hanged in Nevada for horse stealing"
Eastern E1chdHge.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-02

REMEDY FOR CARRIAGE WoRMs.-0f all the
many remedies that have been tried for the i'm
ported cabbage worm since it first began TO
spread over the country and TO play havoc with
our cabbage fields, few. if any, have given entire
satisfaction Ii is safe TO say that the most sat
isfactory remedy far discovered is in the use
of pyrcthrum. We were the first to apply this
in lS79, but did not care to recommend il until
further experiments had been made. These we
have made the present year, and causcd to be
made by number of other agents and cores
pondents. The general experience is more favor
able, and we unhesitstingly recommend il for all
the different worms affecting the leaves of our
cabbage plants-iaericda EHfOEaOioaiSf
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-02
->- -
THE ROBINS.

They chose their nook the bonnie birds
Mid the crab trce's pcrfumed snow;
And her three blue eggs the brown hen laid
In her warm. soft nest meath the blossoms shade;
And patient she kept her watch Of love,
And patient her mate to feed her strOyc.
But il oh, and it's oh, for the bonnie birds
For weary weight they had,
While the hours danced by, meath the sweet Spring s.
And the thickets rang where thrushes sang.
And the fields were with eowslips clad.
They hatched their eggs the bonnie birds
By one, by two, by three;
And hour by hour each bonnie bill
Capped wide the parents toll to tlli
And the robins, on swift untifing wing.
Tended each elamorons nursng.
But it, oh, and it's oh. for the bonnie birds,
For Il heavy task was theirs.
As from morns frst light to the fall Of night,
Still TO and fro. On their quest they 90,
Nor ever might cease frum cares.
They tended their young, the bonnie birds
Till the connt0sl weeks wore past,
Till the down grew dark upon back and crest,
And the red turned bright each little breast;
And with ehirp and twitter and pr,7en Of feather,
The brood hopped out Of their nest together.
And il : oh, and il oh Tor the bonnie birds
Who had watched and worked their day;
Worked hour by hour through and shower
For their task was done: and then, one by one,
The iedslinss flew away!
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-02
THAT'S MY BOY.

Big blue eyes with roguish twinkle;
Dimplcs ever runnin. riot;
Busy tongue that never quiet;
Forehead fair, with near q wrinkle;
Clustering hair Of sunny hue;
Nose little snub, It's true
That's my hoy.
Serer ending. still beginnings;
Packets full Of dirt and crumbs.
Crazy over horns and drums,
Noise In all things ever winning;
Dragging he of Jim" is master,
While l ran for white court plasteI-
That's my bay
So Il goes-some pain, some pleasure,
Wondering 'twixt n tear and smile,
VIII IL be thus all the while
Joy and grief in equal measured
Shall cry in bitter s.rrOw,
In some dread, far Oh tomorrow,
That's my boy!
All. no, no, Mothers eyes look far ahead
And mine sec with tender pride,
by y gray haired wonan's side,
One whom, now that years have sped,
Brave and gentle IL her stay;
One Of whom shell proudly say
That's my boy!
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-02

A DAIRYMAN's PRoPosAL--A dairyman in
Floyd County, Ind, having settled il TO his own
satisfaction that certain woman whom he was
supplying with milk would make him an excel
lent wife, rang his bell in front of her house. and
when she came ont with her pan, addressed her
as follows: 81 want a wife. have good dairy
of fifteen cows. We rise at three in the morning;
we have rye coffee for breakfast, with SKINNED
milk, but no sugar for seasoning You need not
get up so early, and you may have cream in
your coffee. We have bean soup once a week;
we have boiled cabbage once a week, and kraut
once a week. WeOccasiOnally have some bacon.
But We do not use butter, for it is too expensive
and use lard in its place. We work hard and
live saving. have told you all, and would like
to marry you." The widow thanked him, said
she preferred her own table, and told him he had
better propose to his next customer.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-02

IT is a well-known fact that hawk will al
ways light on some conspicuous place close to
the poultry yard, from which TO swoop down on
his victims. Taking advantage of this, erect n
pole with flat surface at the top, just large
enough TO hold strong steel trap. Fasten this
trap by chain TO steeple in the pole, and
await results. No bait will he needed, for the
hawk will he quite certain to light on the trap
and he caught
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-02

SETTING OUT CURRAST BUsnEs.-In setting
out currant bushes care should he exercised not
TO place any buds under ground, or they will
push out so many suckers Currants are great
feeders, and should be highly manured. To des-
troy the worin steep one tablespoonful of helle-
bore in pint of water, and sprinkle the bushes.
Two or three sprinklings are sufficient for one
season.