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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-13
Autumn Sowing.

Most people have observed, no doubt, that
self sown seeds, that is, seeds that have dropped
from the growing plants the previous season,
sometimes produce the strongest and most heal
thy plants that bloom the mos: freely. This is
true of several kinds, and particularly of those
that suffer under exposure to our midsummer
suns. The reason is that self grown seeds get a
very healthy growth in the spring, negotiating as
frost is gone, and are good sized plants
ut the time we usually put seed in the ground
even if they do not start in the fall. They thus
mature and flower during the cool weather of
spring. The clarkias and nemophlas and annu-
all arkspurs aIe noted examples. Thercare alsOsev
eral varieties of hardy ANNALS that do well with
spring sowing, that will bear autumn sowing in
theopen ground, and reward us with early spring
flowers. Sweet alyssum aud white candy -tuft
will give abundance of white for early cut
ting if sown in autumn. In shady soil the
portulacea may be sown in autumn with good
success. Seeds of biennials and perennials if
sown early enough to produce strong little
plants, will flower next summer; pansies and
Chinese pinks, though they bloom the frst sum
mer if sown in the spring, viii make much
stronger plants and flower more freely and ear
lier if young plants are grown in the autumn.
All hardy plants, the paones hollyhocks, del
phiniums perennial phlox, day lily, dicentra, and
plants of similar character, indeed, all that
will endure our winters, should be planted in the
autumn, if possible, as they thus get good
start in the spring.-FiOrai Guide.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-13
Msefnl aud Curious.
HOME INTERESTS.

fiousekeeper. must take care in dealing with
furniture 10 Keep water away from everything
soluble In water. oil from everything porous, al,
cohol from yarnish, and acid from marble.
When busting 4 piano or any finely Vanished
surface use feather duster for fear of PARTICLES
that might scratch.
When stepping on chair. no matter how great
your hurry, take time TO lay piece of paper on
the chair first. Itmay save a blemish that wonld
meet YOU every day Of your life.
How often we have seen the collars of over
coats ncked with hanging on n sharp nail or
drawn out of shape BY hanging them on a nail
while wet and heavy. II is q very good plan if
YOU drive a nail unon your back porch for
this purpose. or II Won are living in your old
house vet. and use nails instead.of hooks, to run
the nail through a spool when YOU drive il in
the wall
Another little thing that may not be new TO
every woman. After Your CATERS are half worn
ont they can be menied BY a neat aud careful
shoemaker so as to last as long a. You have al
ready worn them. For one dollar they can be
soled and moe substantial trimming of bronze
morocco put on to hide the worn toes and sides.
The great advantage in this is that you will not
have to break a new pair hut will still wear
your soft easy fitting peyer-saw better gaiters
To make sweet pickles take IL pounds Of fruit,
pounds of sugar and l quart Of cider vinegar,
cloves and cinnamon TO suit your own taste. Let
the fruit boil In the above until soft, take out
carefully ON q dish, let the syrup boil down,
then put on the fruit again and boil few min
utesi fill yonr Jars, and seal with thick paper
dipped in white Of egg.
Tomatoes can be kept almost any length of
time In pure cider vinegar diluted with water
two parts of water to one of vinegar Pick when
ripe, but not very soft leave the stems on, and
do not break or bruise the skin; lay them in
weak brine for rty-eight hours. Then pack
without pressing. in wood or stone, and put the
liquid on them cold. After they all put in,
place something on them to keep them under
the liquid-nothing any heavier though than is
positively required TO keep them under. They
can be used as tomatoes fresh from the vines,
In putting down carpet, lay newspapers all
over the floor; itprcyents moths from attacking
it If they arc in tie cracks of the hocr and like
wise prevents the dirt that works through from
grinding on the threads Always lay a mat or
rug, or even bit of another kind of carpet, near
the door, the stove, the table, or places brought
most frequently into use. Rugs look pretty al
ways. II the ink is split ON the carpet or a
lamp tipped over, a rug will hide the unsightly
place, and appear well, too. If moths get about
the edges under your piano. or writing desk,
wiring a coarse towel slightly oat of water; lay
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-13
How They Salt q Claim.

81 wish you would explain to me all about
this sailing of claims that hear much about, -
said n meek-eyed tender-foot to n grizzly old
miner who was panning about six ounces of pull
verified quartz. 81 don't see what they want to
salt claim for, and l don't understand how
they do it,"
..Well, you see, n hot season like this they
have to salt n claim lots of times to keep it. A
fresh claim is good enough for a fresh tender
foot, but old-timers won't look Mt anything but
a picked claim. Iou know what quartz is,
probablyir
NO"
''Wcll, every claim has quartz. Some more,
and some less. You find out how many quartz
there are, and then put in many pounds of
salt to the quart. Wildcat claims require more
salt, because the wildcat spoils quicker than
anything else. Sometimes you catch a sucker,
too, and You have to put him in brine pretty
plenty. or you will lose him. That's one reason
why they salt claim. Then, again, you often
grub-stake man"
'.But what's a grub-stakef
'Well, n grub-stake is stake that the boys
hang their grnb they can, carry it. Lots
of mining men have been knocked cold by
blow FROM a .rub-stake. What wanted to say
though, was this: Ion will probably first strike
free milling property, with indications of some
thing else. Then you will no doubt sink till you
reach bedrock, a true fissure gopher-hoe,
with traces of disappointment. That's the time
to put in Your salt. Iou can shoot it into the
shaft with double-barreled shotgun, wet IT
and apply it with whitewash brush. If people
turn up their noses at your claim then, and say
il is a snide, and that there is something rotten
in Denmark, you can tell them that they are
clear of, and that you know it is all right
The last seen of the tender foot, he was buying
double-barreled shot gun and ten pounds of
rock salt.
There's no doubt but a mining camp is the
knowledge and fill his system full of information
that will lie useful to him 50 long as-he liyes.-
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-13
Garden in Autumn

1t is good time, in the pleasant fall weather,
for arranging beds of herbaceous plants, such as
hollyhOcks delphiniums, psHouies, &c. Roots
can be divided without injury, and generally
with great benefit To the health of the plants.
Lilies and hardy bulbs can also be removed and
replanted as soon as the leaves begin to ripen
Plants that are somewhat tender in the North,
such as tritomas, pampas grass, &c, and any
other tender plants that it would be desirable
to save over the winter, may be secured in pits
or cool cellars simple pit is made by remov-
ing the earth for say two feet, over which is
placed a hotbed frame and sash. Even boards
or mats will answer for covering. Give air dur
ing fine weather.
General Improvements in the garden should lie
now made, for our springs are short and
pleasant. Dig up and put in order every vacant
bed, as it will not only facilitate spring work,
but do the soil good aud have a neater appear
ance than if left ruugh and weedy
al bulbs and plants that die down to the
ground in autumn may be protected by cover
ing the earth with leaves, manure or straw, but
plants that retain their leaves during the winter
will not bear this kind of protection. few ev-
ergreen boughs thrown over the bed, n little
straw between the plants, or some light open
covering of this kind, is all they will bear with
out danger of smothering or rotting.-TicEs Flo
raj GEide.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-13
Mrs. Darlington Indignant.

The shadow of something dark fell on the pa
per we were pcrusing on Saturday, and looking
up, the black bonnet of Mrs. Darlington brood
ed about her head like detached thnnder-cloud.
We saw at once that something wrong.
The brow of the dame was troubled like a noun
tain lake in November her eye, in the cavern
Ous gloom of her bonnet, seemed unwOntedly
brilliant her voice was trembling though
pent feelings were struggling with some philo-
sOphical thumb that was holding il back ''See
here" she said, at length, and laid Transcript
before us, much soiled and crumpled, as if
ashamed of itself; ''see here" pointing to a
paragraph insinuating that it was Mrs. Parting
ton and not Mrs. Patterson that had boon dis
covered Mt Lowell; 81 can be contentious and
-Inmoyable under most of things" said she, "but
this il an importation that can't stand, any
how. What is it that have lived long viz
tuous if am to be treated with this vile Gallo
mel at the last Don't you think could level
an attachment on the editor for label ~ We
saw that she was excited, and not wishing TO
ruin the Transcript, we informed her that it was
probably typographical error, and that the ed
itOr would undoubtedly correct it. She went
out to join Ike, who stood down stairs, watch
ing the operations of Mr.. Saunders railway
BosfOR Post.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-13
Some Things for Housewives to Put in Scrap
Books

A poultice of fresh tea leaves moistened with
water will cure sty on the eyelid.
For ear ache, dissolve asafoetida in water |;
warm a few drops and drop in the ear, then cork
the ear with wool.
The true physiological way of treating burns
or scalds is to at once exclude the air, with cot
ton batting, -four, seFapel potato, or anything
that is hahdiest.
Use fresh water. Water that has stood in an
open dish over night should not he used for cook
ing or drinking, as it will have absorbed many
foul gases.
Mix little carbonate of soda with the water
in which flowers are immersed and it will pre-
serve them for fortnight. Common saltpetre 10
also very good preservativer
Take new flower pot, wash 1t clean, wrap in
n wet cloth and set over butter, will keep il as
hard rs if on ice. Milk, if put into an earthen
can, or even tin one, will keep long time if
well wrapped in a wet cloth.
Common chalk is excellent for securing tin,
it will not scratch the tin, aud will make it
look like new. Apply with a piece of moistened
newspaper and polish it with dry piece. Wood
ashes are good substitute.
To cure bunions, use pulverized saltpetre and
sweet oil. Obtain at druggists five cents worth
of saltpetre; put into n bottle with sufficient
olive oil to dissolve it; shake up well, and rub
the infiamed joints night and morning. and more
frequently if painful.
Flies may be efficiently disposed of without
the use Of poison. Take half teaspoOnfnl Of
brown sugar, and one teaspOOnful of cream Mix
them well together and place them in a room on
. plate where flies are troublesome, and they
will very soon disappear.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-13

OUNCE PREsERvEs.-After pairing and ex-
tracing the cores, quarter and lay in scalding
water closely covered for hour or till tender;
this will prevent them from hardening; put par
ings, seeds and cores into a preserving kettle,
cover with the water in which you coddled the
ounces and boil one hour, keeping closely COW
cred; to every pint Of this liquor, one pound of
sugar, which, having dissolved in it, put on fire;
boil it up and skim; when skum has ceased ris-
ing, put in ounces and boil till they are red ten
der, and clear all through, but not till they
break; keep kettle closely covered if you wish
your ounces to be brightly colored if you wish
them to be red, put little bit of cochineal in
muslin bag; when done, take ont and spread on
a large dish to cool, then put in jars; give syrup
another boil up, and it will be like fine jelly;
pour IL hot over fruit
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-13
DEAD LEAVES.
ny MARY B. LANHgRI.

If n blooming rose-tree. friend Of my hoart,
BE one tha; you hold most dear,
You pluck Of It's leaflets. one by one,
As they fade, grown brown and sere-
You carefully water the blooming tree
And its bursting buds admire
But the leaflets dead, Is there melody
With a broken string to q lyrei
All, friend Of my heart has your inner life
Been free from each l.afet serei
Did nausht but the fresh Spring buds and leaves
On your souls rosetree appeari
Did the glowing sun Of no mad desire
Burn heart leaflets till the rain
OF your prayerful, penitential tears,
Qucnched the fire that caused such pain
Does ambition lofty gain its goal
Generosity its meedi
Do your cherished friends prove faithful, dear,
Whom their love and trust you needi
Your answer, dear, is a sigh and tear,
You mourn withered leaves, no doubt
Lest they drink the life Of hopes young buds,
Pluck them of and east them out
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-13

The Methodist Christian .idrOcate contains the
following: "a story is told in Michigan about
one of the members OF the Detroit Conference
which is too good to keep. He was spending
day in the country, and was invited TO dine
They had chicken for dinner, of course, much TO
the grief of little boy in the household, who
had lost his favOrite hen to provide the feast
After dinner, prayer was proposed, and while
the preacher was praying, poor little lonesome
chicken came running under the house, CRYING
for its absent mother. The little boy could re-
strain himself no longer. lie put his mouth
down to hole in the floor and shouted: fPeepy
peepy, didn't kill your mother. They killed
her for that big preachers dinner The Amen
was said very suddenly"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-13
OCTOBER.
ny CAROLINE HAY.

The days are one long, golden glow.
Toned by the softest sky;
II, now and then. n cloud hangs low,
II Passns quickly by.
1t II n Summer temperature
Although the morns and ewes
Are fresh and cool, with breezes pure,
Born amid Autumn leaves
The forest outlines swim In tints
That gladden. heart and eye,
And tempt the painter with sweet hints
Their splen,lor to outvie.
Warm reds OF every shade are set
With yellow. gold, and bronze;
While Summers gre, n is found, ev'n yet,
In all that Autumn dOns.
The sombre cedar; and his bride,
The fond Virginia vine,
Whose crimson is 0ctober's pride,
Their eolors intertvine.
Beauty Is lavish everywhere;
We cannot indoors stay,
But Misunderstanding the soft air
With blcssinss-all the day.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-13

SPEAKING of Mrs. Van Colt, WHO is accused of
having been in love with GuiteRu, q gentleman
from Omaha, now in the city, says that she once
ran revival in the Methodist church in that
town, and one evening said, that she knew
George Washington Frost must be q good man,
for he looked exactly like Christ. Frost was a
sort Of an old Alec, who was occasionally good
and occasionally bad, but always ugly, so the
boys went around to the Hebrew citizens of
Omaha, and said: "For more than eighteen hun
dred years we have despised you; we desire to
apologize, and express the belief that you have
been misrepresented. They say that the person
Won crucifed on Calvary looks like George
Washington Frost. We belieye you were justi-
fed; hereafter, We are your friends. "-itchisoH
(.Iobs
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-13
PRESIDENT GARFIELD.

The hush Of the sick -roous the muiied tread:
Fond. questioning eyes mute lip and listening ear;
Where wife and children watch tuixt hope and fear
A fathers husbands hvingdyng bed =
The hush Of . great nation. when Its head
Lies striekeni In. along the streets hc o borne
PAX, through rankd clouds. this grHy Septembei
morn.
Md stra;nas eyes. sad brows unbonneted
And reyerrnf speechles<ness "a peoylos voice ."
Nay but . people. silence, thrvugh the soul
OF the wide world its subtirr echoss roll
o. brother naiisn England. for her part
l. with thee: Ged willing she vho-e heart
Throbbed with thy pain shall with thy joy rejoiee
-Loadoa Spectator, S,ytsmber q.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-13

CRATE FOR WooD FIREs.-Insert q broad
strong iron bar securely from side to side of the
fireplace, and directly in front, about six inches
above the hearth. From this bar let others of
less diameter, and about four or five inches
apart, extend at right angles to the back of the
fireplace, where they may be fastened in the
wall, or travese bar secured properly upon brick.
No andirons are needed with n crate of this
kind: the wood burns well; and the ashes fall
down, and are easily removed.
If second bar is fixed few inches above the
large front bar, the danger Of the wood rolling
forward and out of the fireplace will be averted.
-"Homs a@d Society" ScribHer for Nay.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-13

CAMPING OCT.-One who has tried it recon-
mends the following ontfit as a very good one
for people who are to camp ont:
Camph0r, to use against the depredatiols of
insects. Aqua ammonia, for inssc. bites. Gloves,
10 protect yourself from insects. Oil of penny
royal, to drive away mosquitoes. Soda, to heal
mosquito bites, when the mosquitoes have re-
fused to be defeated by the other syrups and
sauces. Coloricss iodine, to take down Jumps
caused by the bites Of insects, 4 large piece of
Swiss Innslin, fine mesh, to tie around the head
to keep insects away. A few rolls of mosquito
netting, to keep the larger insects from destroy
ing the Swiss muslin. finder, to light fires TO
drive away gnats. You will not have much
room for ANYTHING else,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-13
Cur Strap Book,
OCTOBER
BY IRA 4. sHzsxAx.

BY IRA T. sHzgNAx.
How bruad, how deep, how calm, how sweet,
These dear October DAYS;
Tho sky bends low, the hills to greet,
And, through the dresmy hazr,
Heaven or earth cannot SEE,
Nor solve the pleasing mystery
It's wonderful October's sun
Makes paradise Of noon;
And night with all her stars. rs one
Pays homage to her moon
The sun by day. the moon by night,
Stir e.ery sense Of sweet delight
Through all the long. herce Summer days,
Sweet messengers have run
To do. through Natures secret ways
The bidding Of the sun,
That dear October well may share
With all that live her dainty fare.
Into her lap the ripe nuts fall,
With every breeze that stirs;
All trees or shrubs, or great or small,
Bend low as worshippers,
With the rieh fruitage that they bring
whole years bounteous Offering
She bids the squirrel 60 in haste,
And gather where he will;
And, thriftless oilers bids them taste
Til al have had their I'LL;
she feeds the birii that EnsW no care,
With seeds, druppod idly everywhere.
She bends the orchard bsughs low down
For children, they pass;
And fruits that topmost branches cruvn,
She drops among the grass,
Where age. bent low by weight Of years,
May find unframed the juicy spheres.
She sends the countrymen to town,
That city felks may knaw
October's come. their feasts TO crown
With all good things that growi
And all the crowded streets she fills
With odOrs Of the sweetbreathed hills.
She dips the naples In dye
or rainbow pigments made.
And hangs them on the hills Ia dry,
Before the colors fade;
And day by day the marvel grows
Till all the landscape burns and CLOVIS.
The Frostking. with his chilling breath,
She watches close, with care,
Lest some dread sense or sign Of death
Should make the good despair;
She bids the hopeless look and see
Death changed 10 plrasing stery.
o. dfar Octaber! well may
Lay pau or pencil dawn
All sense you more than satisfy
And with sneh radiance crown
The distant hills they prophecy
OF hills unseen by human eve.
Sometimes. in dreams, / think see.
What longing eyes have sought in vain;
Something Of what that land must be,
That feels no sosrOw, want nor pain.
These hills, beneath October skies,
Have caught the light Of Paradise.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-13

Bishop HAVEN on DEATH.-The late Bishop
Z. o. Haven sent n short article to the editor of
the Christian 4drocate, last June, telling him he
could use il when he chose. The latter kept it
waiting for an appropriate occasion, and now
publishes il on the writer's death. 1t is on
Light and Darkness in the Last Hours,' and
contains these words: "Some Christians, per-
haps foolishly, indulge fears about DEATH 1t is
really, to one who dies, matter Of no conse-
quence at all, whether it is slow or Sudden, at
tended with peace or joy, or not. have long
since determined to indulge consciously no choice
on the subject. But it is noticeable that some
who have feared it have been wonderfully sus-
tanned. when the dreaded moment came. An
English philosopher could relieve the nneon-
cealed anxiety of his later hours by fancied
dialogue between himself and the ferryman who
should bear his soul over the fancied river; the
old Roman could cover his face and turn to the
wall and die; it is left to the Christian to remain
unmoved and passive, and receive the simmons
which thrills the sonl with the fcfstasted joys of
Heaven,
T. =. LII fh~, a. ~
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-13

STAY HOME AT NIGHT.-A gentleman made up
his mind that he would give his wife a pleasant
surprise by spending the evening at home At
ter supper, he settled himself down for COSY
time in the bosom of his family He had no
more than comfortably fixed himself when his
wife abruptly asked him if his friends didn't
want him any longer. Then his mother-in-law
asked him if he had exhausted his credit The
servant asked him if he was i'll. One of the
neighbors wanted to know if he had had any
trouble, and was afraid of the law All of
which occurred in twenty minutes, for in exact
ly half an hour, he was beyond questioning
range in his club.
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49,
THE END.
BIT J. @. HOLLAND.

wasp few out upon our fairest son.
And stung him TO the quick with poisoned shan,
The while he ehatted earrlessly md laughed.
And knew not of the Hateful misc hief done
And 20 this life amid our love begun.
Euvenomed BY the inset heIlish crast.
Was drunk by death in one long. feverish draught.
And he was lo-t-our precious priceless one!
Oh mystery Of blind rmorselezs hate
Oh, cruel end Of . most eansele.s hate,
That life should murder life great
What IL there lrft to no think and feel
Who have remedy and appeal
But damn the wasp. and crush him under heel.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-13

JUDGE KINGsBURY, of Portland, Me-, while
travelling in California, wanted to buy a couple
of newspapers, and asked the newsbOy the price
1.-TWO bits" said the boy. The Judge pulled
out o twenty-five cent stamp and handed it to
him. The boy looked at it curiOusly for a mo-
ment, turned it over, and said: ''What's that :"
'Money,' said the Judge, twenty-five centsr
The boy sung out to several of his fraternity, 81
say, fellows, come an sec what the people East
use for money" The boys gathered round and
discussed it, and the Judge was hoping that the
boys would not take it, when the newsboy turn
cd and said to him, ''Well, guess I'll keep
this. tn do to give to some of my poor rola-
tionsr
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-13

A MAN may work twelve hours day for if
teen years on a morning newspaper, without
taking vacation for the benefit of his health;
hut should the same man get in one of the Gov
ernment departments at Washington where they
commence work at 9 o'clock m, and Quit at
p. m, in less than year he would be so ''over-
worked" and worn out that he would want q
six weeks holiday to recuperate 1t must be in
the drinking water.-NorristorH Herald