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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-01-20
WELLINGTON AND WATERLOO.
A Contemporary Account Of the Great Battle
An Interesting Letter Hitherto Unpub-
sshH

Wellington and Waterloo appear in a fresh as
pect in the following hitherto unpublished let
ter unearthed by the Academy The writer
who was an officer at Wellington's headquarters
during the battle, writes under date of Brussels
June 19, ISIS:
81 can not help writing two lines to congrat-
ulate and condole with you on the victory which
England has purchased for Europe at the ex-
pense of more than half her army. must not
attempt to give you any account of the battle of
which the Gazette will, l dare say, give us the
first distinct information. l understand, howev-
er, that it throws everything which the Duke
has before done into the shade. His personal ex-
ertions were, it seems, incredible, and certainly
secured the success of the day, of which at one
time everybody except himself desparcd. One
of his aides-de-camp told me this morning that
he took his position on a ridge, from which he de-
clared that he would never move-and never did
move but in triumph. When Bonaparts head
ed an overwhelming charge the Duke threw him
successfully resisted. / mention these particu-
lars because they precisely what his dispatch
will not mention, and because l have them
from an eyewitness. Everybody was killed or
wounded about him; but he is happily unhurt.
One is afraid to inquire after acquaintance,
the carnage has been inexpressibly horrible.
No words can do anything like justice to the val
or of our people, who were literally almost smoth-
cred by the superior numbers of the French, who
were themselves acharnes beyond all former ex-
amples OF this you will Judge when tell You
that one of the prisoners has Just now opposite
TO this house, provoked soldier to bayonct him
by his cries of "Vive fEmpercur,r As well as
can be Judged, the French are supposed to have
lost ls0 pieces of cannon. The day was at one
time supposed to he SO completely lost, and the
French so thoroughly expected to make their ap-
pearance, thought it prudent to dispatch
part of the department, with papers and some of
our baggage, toward Antwerp, and have this
morning sent after them to return"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-01-20
Advice TO Shippers Of Hogs.

A Chicago commission salesman who has II
years practical experience in handling hogs in
that Market gives the advice here condensed,
which is equally applicable to shipping hogs TO
other markets also:
fhogs are driven to the depot, the farm dogs
should he first securely chained before starting
them on the road. Haste should be made very
slowly in driving. They should lie started early
without feeding from the evening before, and
should not show any signs of uneasiness, or stop
frequently for n resting; better by far take one
more day for them. Over-heating founders
them at once, or as soon as cooled down. If the
delivery he made by teams, there should be no
feeding that day; the wagon should be bedded
deeply with dry hay OF straw, and the teams
move slowly, with occasional stops, that they
NAV rest from the jolting. When the hogs have
been collected in the shipping yard without
having been overheated, and are well rested,
weigh ont about 10 900 to Il, Opounds of heavy
hogs, according to the kind and size of ear; of
mixed weights, 1900 to 5000 pounds; handle
carefully, without more "whoop and hurrah"
than is necessary to move them. IL there are no
scales in the yard on which TO weigh, count off
and estimate the average weight for each car
until you have your quota for a load, then bed
each car with at least 400 pounds of dry hay or
straw. If your hogs are loaded the same day
they came from the feed yard where they were
grown, do not feed any grain. Water, if thirsty
They will find new quarters comfortable, and all
will quietly settle down for nap, and the
waking will not take place until their arrival
at the market, whether it is one day or one day
and n night or, even two or three days. After
500 miles of constant run, they will be in COM
Portable condition on arrival, without even n
cripple to injure your interests. Hogs should
not be unloaded during the colder seasons of the
year oftener than once in forty-eight hours, if
their comfort is only onsidered.-RHral Ner
Yorker
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-01-20
Sheep in Winter.

The extremes should be avoided in the matter
of shelters. One may be insufficient, while the
other may be 80 close as TO be unhealthy. The
majority of mistakes with those who shelter
insuficiently. In such instances more food is
consumed than would otherwise be required,
and no corresponding benefits accrue. The shell
tiers on the sheep farm should be made 10 in
crease in size as rapidly as the flock multiplies
its numbers.
The water supply should be carefully looked
to. A flock of given number will drink more
water in winter than will be needed on pasture.
If such an arrangement can he economically
secured, access to water twice day is better
than but once. This for two reasoRs-first, the
more timid animals which are likely to he held
back in the morning by their stronger fellows,
have q chance when the latter are not so eager !;
and secondly, all danger from overwhelming of
cold water is obviated. Use Of snow in lieu
of water, should be forced upon the flock only
under the EXTREMIST necessity. Stock will live
under sueh circumstances, but satisfactory thrift
will not be secured.
Ewes in lambs should, rs far as practicable,
be fed and sheltered separately from the nom
breeding animals, rs the crowding and more rapid
movements of the latter are apt to result injur-
iously, while such separation makes more con-
venent certain little attentions TO which breed
ing ewes entitled the yeaning season APP
proaches, and which may be profitably accorded
TO acknowledgements Tribune
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-01-20
A Man Who is Confined Every Time His
Wife is

There are some thieves who are really more to
he pitied than blamed, and assuredly one of
these is Frenchman named BOndOnneau ION his
OWN showing, At all events, } for the magistrates
before whom he was brought on the charge of
robbery, absolutely refused to recognize the force
of his argument, which went to prove that if he
stole n variety of articles found subsequently by
the police in his lodgings, he was an Involuntary
agent, in no way responsible for his acts. The
prisoner admitted that he had appropriated
number of pOmade and tortoise shell combs from
n hair-dresser's counter, but taking off his hat,
he asked the Court to observe that his head was
as bald as n newborn infants; consequently, it
was patent to every one such articles as pomade
and combs were entirely useless to him. He had
purloined. besides, quantity of photographs of
royal personages. Being a staunch Republican,
he pointed out that had he been free agent
he would never have taken such portraits, which
il panied him even TO look at He begged, in
short, the Cont to listen TO his defense and So
licited the pity of the public for his misfortune.
Ii might, he admitted, seem extraordinary, but
the fact was that whenever his wife was in
interesting condition, the longings sometimes
felt by ladies thus placed were experienced by
him. She had had four children, and was ex-
pectng her fifth. Each time she had been about
TO present him with an addition to his family
circle he, the most honest fellow in the world had,
by some mysterious influence, been impelled to
take what did not belong to him in spite of him.
self. uuconsciously, in fact. He had consulted
medical man, he assured the Court with the
utmost gravity, and had been told that his case,
though singular, was not unheard of; he argued,
therefore, that robbery with him was q malady,
not crime, and the logic of lis argument was,
that it would be unjust to condemn him. As he
left the dock, to pass a few months in prison,
notwithstanding his ingenious defense, he in
Weighed bitterly against ''cruel fate,- which had
linked his lot to that of n woman who had
brought him TO goal every time she was about
to present him with a son or daughter.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-01-20
Trichinm

New York newspaper SAWS: Doctor +. S.
Billings has recently written highly interesting
paper trehine in hogs and in man. From
this il would seem that this disease, which most
Americans consider rs peculiar to Germany, is in
reality much more prevalent in this country than
elsewhere. For example, from an examination
Of several thousand hogs sent from various parts
of the West, Doctor Billings found that on All
average one in eighteen of them was diseased in
in this way; while out of nearly two million
hogs examined in Germany in 1s76 eight hum
dred only were found trlchinous. That this dis
dase is not oftener communicated TO man in this
country, is wholly due to the fact that pork is
rarely eaten here until it is cooked. If we were
in the habit of eating uncooked smoked pork in
ham OF sausage, as it is commonly eaten in Ger
many, the number of deaths that would be
caused by trichinB would be alarmingy large.
The parasites small that their presence
can only be detected by microscope, and it is
estimated that in eating what would be the or
binary meal of a man, of diseased pork, 1t would
be easy to take into the stomach not less than
one million of triehine. Doctor Thudiehum, in
reporting to the English privy council, describes
the symptoms of trichinosis in man as follows:
Sudden swelling of the face, particularly the
eyelids, after the patient has for some days felt
PROSTATE and has lost his appetite, (this swelling
causes n feeling of tension, but no pain; fever,
with quick pulse and eopious Precipitation; the
muscles are swelied and give great pain when
moved or touched. In worse cases the entire
body is immovable and sensitive; there is diar-
rhea, and red, somewhat covered tongue, ll-
clining to dryness. When the swelling in the
face has subsidized, Gdema of the feet, legs, and
thighs comes on; shortly after anasarca, swelling
over the trunk, makes its appearance" Although
these are the phenomna the disease itself exhib-
its, it is the opinion of experts that the muscles
of many people, in numbers insufficient to pro-
duce material trouble. Certain it is that in sew
eral surgical of late their presence has been
discovered. Doctor Billings asserts that the
surest way to prevent them is TO have the pork,
before being cooked, cut in relatively thin slices.
Frying and boiling are the most effective means
of destroying them; roasting comes next. Boil
ing coaguates the albumcn on the outer surface,
and allows the heat to penetrate less readily,
and for this reason large pieces of meat should
be boiled for at least two hours.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-01-20

How difficult it is to get good homemade but
ter. Often know by the taste Just where the
difficulty lies. Butter-makers sometimes let cream
stand too long before skimming, and can
hardly believe, from the taste, that their butter
is really fresh. Sometimes bitter flavor comes
from the lack of care in keeping the rising cream
uadisturbed. The pans are dipped into, and in
skimming for butter, the second rising over apart
of the pan, which has asomewhst bitter flavor,
goes in with the better cream. and spoils the
taste of the whole. Then the cream may be kept
IN the jar too long before churning while the
batter-maker waits for enough cream to accum-
ulate TO make it worth while TO churn. 1t would
be better in this TO bring the butter by
stirring it in the jar with ladle or pudding
stick, if enough cream cannot be gathered in q
week, (at longest in cold weater,) TO fill the
churn so as to work it well. In this case skim
cream off very slowly, or free from milk, and if
You stir each skimming with the others as You
put it in the jar, (this should always be done, }
and then warm the cream moderately before
churning, it is no difficult task to bring tho but
ter by stirring. have eaten excellent butter
made in this way. Some persons never make
good butter in winter, because they keep their
milk among bad odOrs, or in n cellar with tur-
nips and other vegetables.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-01-20
She Wished Eo,d Been There.

A few Sabbaths since, says the Lynn Ners, an
orthodox clergyman in this vicinity exchanged
with Baptist brother from a neighbOrng city,
who preached on the character Of David, giving
his own ideas Of that good man, which did not
agree exactly with the opinion of some OF the
church TO whom he was talking. After the con-
gregatiOn had emerged from the house, we made
Il perfectly convenient to walk along with one
of the deacons a fine man, and "of the straight
est sect an orthodox COngregationalist.
HWell, Deacon -" we commenced, what
did you think Of our preachers sermon on Da-
yidf"
He looked at us n moment while roguish
expression was playing on his features, and an
swered:
"Pll tell You what 1 think about it, but shall
have TO illustrate By story which would not
come under the head Of Sunday Reading per-
haps in a newspaper"
swell, Deacon
e EsWell, when / was n small boy, lived with
an old farmer who was a strong Uniyersalist,
and as there was no church of that denomination
in the neighborhood, he used to have Sunday
services at his hOnse and sometimes would have
preacher from abroad. In the other part of the
house lived an old lady, who was a stiff a Bap-
fist a. my uncle was a Uniyers2list. One Sun
day we had preacher who had Noah for q sub
ject, and preached long and eloquently. The
day was rainy, and the old lady in the other part
could not get out to church, apd, as there was
only thin partition between her room and ours,
she was standing outside of the door, with my
master; the old lady came out, and he said:
Good morning, ma'am. We had preacher
yesterday"
him. i only wished Noalfd been theIe-hed a
kicked him out quicken
We had the deacon's opinion Of the sermon
about David.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-01-20
John Phoenix in the Ladies' Car.

John Phoenix the iuimitable wit thus tells an
incident connected with n ride ON the New York
Central Railroad. lie relates il in letter to the
hRiokerbocker Magazine; and puts it on record to
caution to future iaocent travellers.
He SAYS:
81 lad observed at each change of the cars,
and they were frequent, when the general scram-
BILE took place. one defended from the
assault by stalwart man, usually of stalwart
proportions, who, deaf TO menaces, unsoftened
by brides, maintained his post for the benefit of
the le,ldies."
"Leddies car, sir, you please, fOrred car for
gintlemen without leddes.n
"Need say that this car was the most COM
Portable of the train, and with that stern resolve
which ever distinguished me in the discharge of
my duty toward myself, determined to get into
it. So when we changed cars ut Utica, rushed
forth, and seeing 4 nice young person with a
pretty face, bonnet and shawl, and a large port
manteau, urging her way through the crowd,
stepped up by her side, and with my native grace
and Eallantry, offered my arm and assistance.
They were gratefully accepted, and proud of my
success, urged my fair charge up the platform
Of the ladies' car. My old enemy was holding
the door.
SIS this your lady, sirir
"With an inward apology to Mrs. Phoenix for
the great injustice done to her charms, replied
yes
"Judgc of my horror when this low employee
Of monopolizing company said with the tone
and manner of an old acquaintance:
"Well, Sal, guess you have done well, but
don't think his family will think much of the
matchw
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-01-20
Msrful aud Curious.
I.essnna in Wooicrsft.


The following hints, given by the Forest aRd
lSireGz. may he found useful by those who occa-
sionally spend a few days in the woods:
l. Notes of the barred owl and loon Indicate
rain within twelve hours. In the fall, wet wealth.
er follows the cry of the tree-froS
2. Bark grows thiekest on the north side of
trees Girdle tree, if you Wish to tell which is
north.
3. The centre of rotten stamps affords dry stuff
for k;ndiing fire in drenehing rain.
4. 4 torch which will last many hours is made
from half-ineh strips of cedar bark bound togeti-
er III fssgots two feet long or more.
5. To hold boat in a swift current, set apole,
or paddle on the bottom at an obiique angle,
with the sides of the boat resting against it.
Very little strength will be required.
6. To mend a birch canoe, cut patch of bark
large enough to cover the frseturei sew 1t on
with an awl and stout cord or hemlock roots;
then apply piece of natural spruce gum to the
seams or joints with glowing brand used as
soldering iron is used.
z. To carry fish of two pounds weight and
upward, place it between hemlock boughs of
the proper length, tied together at both ends
and in the middle, with bark, roots, or cords.
II will keep fresh and sweet long time, is easily
cured, and will not soil what it touches.
.. To mend broken oar or paddle, bevel the
fractured parts as to make a neat joint, pass
wooden plug through both, and serve neatly
with Irvine TO cover the joint. Or, having made
joint, as above, bore two gimlet holes two in
ehes apart double four feet of wire so that the
ends will pass through the holes in the same
direction; then whip or serve neatly with the
wire, and finish with n service of Irvine.
9. For night shooting, chalk the gun-barrels
lengthwise from breech to muzzle; or, make
foresight by flashing shaped stick TO the
muzzle. By bringing the object within the V, n
good bead can ba drawn.
TO- When n tree brushes off wisps of hay from
load, the hay falls on that side of the tree to-
ward which the cart is going. In summer hay
is carted from the field 10 the barn, unless stack
ed when cut. In winter il is carted out from
the barn to stock employed in cutting logs, wood,
etc. Salt or wild hay is most generally stacked.
1t can be distinguished from field hay by the
taste and smell.
IL. Am excellent moccasn, nearly waterproof,
is made from the hind leg of a moose, cut above
aud below the hook, the hook forming the heel.
Ii is wholly without seam, except where sewed
up at the toe. If tanned with the hair on it, is
very warm when worn in dry snow.
II. A table is easily constructed by taking
| turn with rope around each trunk of three or
more trees or saplings conveniently near togeth-
er; haul taut, make fast, and lay boards ON top.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-01-20
Arkansas Girls.

The Memphis Express tells the following story
of friend of the editors who went over TO Ar
kansas recently, to attend a ''break down." that
is, dance. The ladies upon the occasion were
arrayed in their best, with all the gay colOrs
which uncultivated taste could suggest. The
gentlemen were dressed in home-spun clothes,
and none but our friend had broad cloth upon
his back. During the evening, sweet potatoes
of an enormous size, roasted in the ashes, were
handed around TO the company, together with a
handful of salt for each guest. A beautiful young
lady soon became smitten with our young friend,
(perhaps with his magnificent InOustache,) and
resolved to dance with him. She thereupon
turned TO friend, and addressed her in these
words: "Sally, hold my potatOe, while trot
round with that nice boss what's got on store
clothes" Our young friend was elinched &C.
cordingly; he couldn't extricate himself from
the grip of the rustic beauty, and he was glad
to 'trot round" after her for ono mortal long
hour, before he could gain respite from his la
bors
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-01-20

A COMET IN 17i2.-In l7l2, Mr.. whitson, an
eccentric Millegarian divine and astronomer,
vino served as deputy 10 Sir Isaac Newton when
professor of mathematics at Cambridge, predict
ed that a comet would appear at noon, on
Wednesday, October IA, and that the world
would he destroyed by fire the following Fri
day. The comet came, and had an extraordina-
~ effect. More than hundred clergymen were
reported TO have waited on the Primate, on the
Wednesday afternoon, to request that proper
prayers might he prepared. Many people en-
barked on the water, thinking that they would
be safer when the fire came, and Sir Gilbert
Heathcote, chief Director of the Bank of Eng
land, ON which there was prodigious run, pre-
sumably by those who thought that, albeit they
brought nothing into the world, they might take
something out. The Captain of Dutch ship in
the Thames threw all his powder into the river.
Winston is only remembered now by his transla-
lation of Josephus.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-01-20
ALMOST OVER

II Is almost over now,
Ny life work is nearly done;
A few more stitches vet, truw-
Long il seems since hegun;
And the thread Of many years
Has been sometimes soiled by tears,
knotted, too, by cares and fears.
Oh. il is not that / shrink,
Toiling on from day TO day;
have learned TO take the work
As comfort On my way;
Yet / rest it on my knee.
just little whils-to see
Evening creep on lovingly.
Silenee-and . purple sky.
Oyer-arching vale and hill
And silver stars, that seem In lie
In the gold air mute and still;
While the rich and radiant west,
As for festival 10 drest-
Amber studs upon her breast.
Now . mist most softly red,
Putting out the purple light,
Uniting all my twiriins thread,
Creepeth up into the night
i can longer vork, yOu see.
With the beam thus sent to me,
Ere the dark fall heavily.
Look, my children! everywhere
Der my work and heart is spread
This bright cleaning from the air,
Batting out my trembling dread
From the light such joy take,
That We must not mur1nur make
II, thus sitting, LIES thread break.
Only put my chair aside,
And in gentlcst accents say:
Mother worked here till she died,
With Gods loye-light On her way.
by this token. dear>. know,
OF the hesven-light in . How,
1t is almost over now!
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-01-20
Our Strap 9ook.
FIFTY YEARS.

- 4L<klo.
:i,s Commencement Of Bowsioin College. Brun.wi.
:, in liza irnl Dunn delivered ntenniai DO
Class Of is-J.
Tne yareall sounds at Morning lisht,
The slaadr0us master for the fray;
With step unfslt ring seek the fight,
NOT heed the danssts OF the day
Their banners son arc lost To view.
From distance In the fields Of strife;
Their hearts ere strong. their courage true;
Hayhap they battle for their life
The contest thieken- hour BY hour,
And fOemen fail IN either side;
And missiles fy With awful ,poys'r
And higher burns the MARTA tide.
How goes the battiei Who can tell
The dust and smoke seen from far:
II may 20 well-it Inay go ILL.,
As settled by the chance 81 W.T..
At length behold the setting sGn:
And sec the waTTirg Of th. strife;
An empire, hap, Is lost won,
A nation saved, on mn Of life
And nov the corps appear once more,
To answer 10 the evening call;
But weary, battered bruised and SORE
Their atdOr cooled, their number small.
And 80 1t is with us. this day:
Our time Of rOl-call now appears:
We've been engaged in life's stern fray,
Not for day, but ny years.
No wonder If upon cur brow
The hand of time and trouble show;
No wonder If the boar frusts now
Upon our locks have turned to SHOW.
No wonder II. at this late day,
~ few can answer to the call:
While not few have passed away,
The wonder is, it is not all
The-e "a n l.pJ hail, l,..., o,,r r,flo
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-01-20

REMEDY FOR DIPHTHERIA.-A Washington
physician gives to the public the following pre-
scription, which he has tried and never found to
fail. Our readers can take it for what it is worth:
Sub-sulph. of iron or Monsers salt of iron, one
drachm; water, six ounces OF one and half gills;
sugar, to suit the taste; mixed.
The dose varies with the age and the virulence
of the contagion. For child from two to five
years, one-fourth of a teaspOonful in water from
one to six times each day; from five to fifteen,
half teaspoonful from one to six times each day;
from fifteen upwards, one teaspoonful from one
to six times day.