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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19
AMBER CANE, OR soRGUM.
Directions for the Culture Of Thi.
Important Product.

The discovery and development of amber cane,
its hardness in Northern ATTITUDES and its
proved success rs a sngar-producing cane have
given a new impetus to the cultivation of sor-
ghum, which bids fair To make it an important
and permanent farm crop throughout the North
west. For the purpose of aiding the inexpe-
rienced, the following condensed directions have
been compiled from the most approved sources,
on the culture of this important product:
SEED.-Pure seed should be obtained from
reliable sources, using, say, two TO three pounds
to the acre. Seed should he obtained from n
different locality every two or three years, as
experience has shown that it deteriOrates by re-
peated replanting in the same locality
SOFIA rich, warm, sandy loan, with sandy
or gravely subsoi is the best for cane but it will
grow wherever corn will. Undertaking bene-
hts this crop perhaps more than any other A
very rank black soil produces n large crop, but
inferior sugar. Sour, mucky, wet soil should be
avoided. High lands are much the safest from
early frOsts
PREPARATION OF THE SoIL--The roots of sor-
ghum run very deep; they have been traced to
the depth of four feet. Therefore pillow deem
subsoil If possible, thoroughly work, and well
rotted manure in the spring, but never fresh or
raw. A crop of clover turned under the wear be-
fore is capital preparation.
PLANTING.-Plant early, even before corn. An
early start is very important when the frost
comes early, as the plant grows very slowly at
first. Plant half an inch deep, and in rows three
feet apart each way, and ten or twelve seeds in
hill. When well-started, thin out to from five
to eight good, strong plants
CULTrRE:-The young plant is tender and
grows slowly. Care should be taken lest the
weeds get the start. With the above extra eau
tion the same care should be taken as with In
dian corn.
HYBRIDIZATIoN.-Thise evil should he carefully
avoided. Different kinds of cane, if planted too
near, VIII hybridize with broOm-cOrn, .d0ura-
and all the Inillat -,
localities the corn has been badly deteriorated
for lack of care in this respect Some contend
that it will hybridize with Indian corn, but
others doubt it. 1t is said Siberian cane will
not mix with anything
Last years crops of sorghum were very salts
factory, and perhaps double the amount will be
raised this year. Three years ago it was seldom
seen in Kansas.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19
atseful aud Curious.
Snake Bites.

SAN ANTONIO, September, IL, 1SS0.-In to-day's
Express noticed an article on the medical treat
ment Of snake bites, aud as you have heretofore
left space in your valuable paper concerning sew
eral suggestions Us to how to treat snake bites
please allow the writer of this to also make the
following remarks: Ii is Of Vital Importance
and the utmost feat Of modern surgery TO treat
wounds from the very beginning carefully and
thoroughly, according to anatomical, physiolo-
gical and pathological experience. When the
first treatment of a wound has been skilfully
understood and managed, the wound is left to
heal undisturbed On this principle, on the
very first treatment of a wound, the success of
healing and welfare of the human being depends,
and this ia the same case with snake bites. The
wounds Of snake bites, or other reptiles and in
sects. are generally small, but of 50 great and
often fatal consequences, that by first sight it
should seem smpossible to destroy life, and still
this is very natural when it is considered how
quick, for instance, hydrophobic injections act
upon the human system.
The first thing to do in n case of snake bite
would be, first, to suck the wound with the
mouth; second, tightly bandage above and below
the wounded part with handkerchief or any
other cloth, string rope At hand; third, scarify
the wound with q knife, glass, sharp tint or any
other instrument handy; fourth, wash the wound
and surroundings with spirits of ammonia
iodine, and give stimulants to drink; fifth, if n
tremity, from foot to thigh or hand to shoulder
shonld be ut once tightly bandaged, leaving
space for the wounded part. Although most Of
the suake-bites occur on the lower extremities,
IL also is the case that PARTIES bitten that
not he bandaged or sucked by the person bitten,
and in such cases, of course, stimulants, whisky
IN large quantities, and ammonia, from twenty
to thirty drops, in glass of water, or Bibon's
Antidote, are best and recommended.
Every doctor should have these remedies and
bandages with him on his tour. The writer of
this had two eases of snake bite-one a Mexicans
son, living near the Upper San Pedro, bitten by
4 rattlesnake. Both were treated by the above
plan and both recovered. Mind again, although
this treatment with bandaging is meant for fresh
eases only, if many hours have elapsed since the
bite the blood eorpuscles becomes deranged and
,lecomposed, and then it is even dangerous to
use bandages, for fear of rapid gangreue.-.San
IRtOHio Express
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19
EPITAPH.

Here in little cave
The prettisst nook OF this most grassy vale,
All amid lilies pale,
That turn
Their heads into my little vanlt and mourn
Stranger, have made my grave.
am not all forgot;
A small hoarse stream murmurs close by my pillOs.
And DER me 4 green willow
Doth weep,
Still questioning the air: why does she sleep,
The girl, in this sold spot =
Even the very winds
Come TO my cave and sigh: they often bring
Rose leaves upon their wing.
To strew
Der my earth /; and leaves Of yiolets blue
In sooth, leaves of all kinds.
Fresh in my messy bed;
The frequent pity Of the rocks falls here
A sweet cold, silent tear;
Sometimes wild and melancholy bird
Marbles at my grave head.
Read this small tablet Ger
That holds mine eptsph upon its cheek Of pearl:
Here lies simple girl
Who died
Like pale flower nippss in its sweet Spring tide
Ere il had blooncd mo more.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19
for the farmer.
RAISING CAME.

The second annual meeting of the Cane Grow.
err and Sugar Makers Association was held at
Springfield. December T. in the rooms of the
State Board of Agriculture. As well as Illinois,
Missouri and Minnesota were represented by sue
cessful sugar and syrup makers. Among those
present were J. ]. Baldwin, NeOga, Ill. II.
Brown, Riceville, ILL.,; b. S. Warner. La Clair,
ILL.,; Mai. Mcdowell. Chicago; Robert Corson,
Ashland ILL.,; ii. ID. Emery and Jonathan Per-
lam, Chicago; DIR. Wilhelm, Fairbault MINI.
and NJ. L. Scofield, Of the Champaign Industrial
University.
There were over hundred specimens of sugar
and syrup, and the flavor was entirely satisfsctO-
~, the old sorgo taste being conspicuous by its
absence. IL would appear from, the showing that
it is only question of time before the supply of
sweets in this State will meet the home demand.
Upon the railing Of the meeting to order, or
der of business was determined, and Major NAL
com Mcdowell was called upon to relate his ex-
perience That gentleman related the result of
his observations among cane growers TO be a sen
timeut in favor of early cultv alton, plowing and
planting early as the ground is warm enough
TO sprout the seed, and, after plowing, pulycriz-
ing and narrowing in rapid succession. The seed
should come from the South, and be changed
every two years. The harvesting should be de-
ferred as near To the full ripening Of the seed
possible, and avoid frost. The outlook was en-
couraging.
Mr.. Robert Corson, of Sangamon County, was
the next speaker. He planted May l., in soil
that would yield twenty bushels of corn to the
acre, planting three pounds Early Amber to the
acre, the seed drilled three and half feet apart
and two feet IN drills, with three stalks to the
hill. The cane grew eight feet high. He Guilt
waited It the same as corn, and harvested October
!. The cost of cultivation was the same as CORN
the seed was plantcd with corn planter; the
cane was hoed once, and the juice boiled in an
open pan. The syrup found ready sale at fifty
cents gallon.
Mr.. j. j. Baldwin, of Cumberland County
planted as early as May 10th. Southern seed did
not mature in his locality. He planted Early
Amber aud Siberian. Cane should be cut after
stripping. August LIST was the time of cutting,
but had cut as late as October. The frost does
not affect ripe cane. Cane deteriorates if not
worked soon after cutting. Some good syrup
was made from frozen after cutting He
filtered the juice through barrel of tramped
straw-boiled it about fifty minutes, and made
l40 to l60 gallons to the acre The cost of an acre
of cane ready for the mill is about the same as an
acre of corn, shelled, ut the railway station. In
making ], $50 gallons of syrup he used sixteen
cords of wood, and had the assistance of one man
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19

what San Francisco paper says is true, really
great discovery has been made, which may con-
vert the far western deserts, where nanght but
the castus now grows, into the chief wine grow
ing districts of the American continent. A man
inserted cuttings from some vines into the trunks
of the cactus plants, and the result was that the
vines grew forth luxuriously as in the most
fruitful land, and this without cultivation or
watering. Not only did he succeed in raising
fine grapes, but he also found that melons, to-
matoes and cucumbers could be grown on the
castus. That hitherto much abused plant may
now prove one of the greatest blessings of man,
and the arid and sandy desert may yet become
more productive than the rich, weil-watered
prairie. Here is another argument to prove that
everything in this world is made for the good of
men, if men only knew how to use it.-Nee York
Graphic.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19
TO MY LITTLE BOY.
BY MRS. HENRIETTA L. COLEMAN.

l
watched rose, one lovely morn
Parade herself, Summer Queen,
While by her side bud. new born,
Lay locked In leaves Of softest green:
As that fresh bud to beauty blew,
That rose lost all its scent and hue,
Alas! cried. that this should be,
For l thought, dear boy, Of thee and mr.
i watched parent bipl, that fed
Her hedgling many vernal day,
Training his dainty wings to spread.
And lightly fit from spray to spray;
Away-afar-I marked him snar.
Never to own fond guidance more.
Can care and love thus wasted be-
Sadly thought Of thee and me.
I watched the moon rise sweetly bright,
With one fair star that lay below;
Each lovelier shone from mutual light
As hearts united gentler flow:
Though moon and star In heaven divide.
Time brings them over side by side !;
Glorying spoke, thus may il he,
For / thought, dear boy, Of thee and me-
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19

To RESTORE FuRxITrRE.-The best prepara-
tion for cleaning picture frames and restoring
furniture, married or scratched, is mixture Of
three parts linseed oil, and one part spirits Of
turpentine. Ii not only covers the disfgured
surface, but restores wood to its original color,
and leaves lustre upon the surface. Put on
with q weolen cloth, and when dry rub with
woolen
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19


Two things are essential to enable n person
exposed to intense heat to endure its effects one
is to eat n plenty, and the other is plenty of
sleep.
The sleep might properly be put first; because
after full nights sleep good appetite follows,
almost matter of course.
For good nights sleep you should avoid all
literary labor or close Thought Immediately be-
fore retiring. The late William Cullen Bryant
found out the necessity of this by his own expe-
rienee, and that it was better not to attend even
TO his personal correspondence in the evening.
A room with an abundance of ar-0ne with
windows on two sides, if possible-is another de-
sideratum. Then sponge bath, with o few
drops of ammonia in the water, will he found
wonderfully beneficial.
Eat as much rs you can; but invariably eat
something, if it is only an egg, before beginning
work in the morning.
Wear light loose clothing. Persons who are
sunstruck, or fatally or seriously injured by the
heat, in any way, are usually those whose sys-
tens are greatly reduced.
Eat well and sleep well, and you will find the
heat rather agreeable than otherwise.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19

ENQUIRER" asks: as the Great Eastern the
largest vessel ever builtr An impression has
got abroad that she is, but such is not the case.
The Mayfower, in which the Pilgrim Fathers
came to this country, was the largest ship that
ever plowed the water. The old furniture scat
tyred over this country, brought over in the
Mayfiower, would fill the Great Eastern dozen
times or more.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19

A Coon WAY To Cook FIsH.-Ifin brine, soak
well, and then lay them in dripping pan and
dip good, thick sweet cream 80 as TO cover the
fish all over. You eau add pepper to the cream
if Won wish, and also a small quantity Of butter
Now set the dripping pan in the oven and let
the fish cook until thoroughly done. If the fish
are fresh, treat the same way, sailing them,
however beforehand
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19

QUICKLY CIPHERED QUA gentleman in the
New York Swamp met q rather uncertain ac-
quaintance the other day, when the latter said {:
"Pm little short, and would like to ask you a
conundrum in mental arithmetic" Proceed, y
observed the gentleman. "Well, !, said the "shOrt"
man, Suppose you had $40 in your pocket, and
I should ask you for s., how much would re-
mainf" Ten dollars, was the prompt answer.
Shoe and Leather Reporter.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19

THE question what degree of heat is necessary
to destroy trichina in swine's flesh is of impor
tanee. Alderman expert says that if the pieces
put into pot to boil are large, trichine in the
middle not certain TO be killed by such de-
gree Of cooking as they are usually subjected To.
As long as meat retains the pink color known
"rare' IT has been insuffciently cooked to des-
troy the parasites. Smoking and picking the
meat are of no use whatever.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19

ANTIDOrE FOR Poisonous MUsHRoONs-Pro-
fessor Schif, of Florence, states that he has dis
covered that poisonous mushrooms contain q
common deleterious alksloid which he has named
''muscarine," the effects of which neutralized
by the alkaloids atropine and dsturine, which
are now sold by Italian pharmacists in those
districts in which poisonous mushrooms are CON-
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19

To CLEAN PAIST.-Take flannel, and with
warm water rub the paint once; wiring it
ont nearly dry, aud dip in fine whiting, which,
with little rubbing, will INSTANTLY remove ali
dirt. Wash with warm water, and dry with
soft cloth. Ii will not injure the most delicate
color, and makes it look rs well as new, and it
preserves the paint much longer than if washed
with soap and water
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19
WITHOUT AN z

sA veil known that that the letter 10 used more thar
say letter in the English alphabet Each Of the fol
ssg contains every letter Of the alphabet except
lie 1assw g.
A jovial swain should not complain
Of any buxom fair
Who moeks his pain and thinks Il gAin
To quiz his awkward air.
Quixotc boys xho look for joys,
Quixetic hazards run:
A Lass annoys with trivial toys
Opposing man fur fun
A jovizl swain may rack his brain.
And tax his fancy might
To quiz s vain, for ii. plain
That what say Is right
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19

THE Detroit Free Press asks: "Why is it that
the circus elephant never kills the clown or the
lemonade man ?" The great wonder with us is
that the ponderous beast doesn't annihilate the
'tgentlemanly agent" who climbs up the seats,
incidentally stepping on the ladies' dresses, and
annoying people generally, vociferating, click
cts for the concerto II the elephant would
eliminate this gentleman from "stupendous ag-
gregations,r he would confer a favor on long
suffering public.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19

''YoU want to be free from whatever gives you
annoyance said the doctor to the sick man,
Stree from all causes Of worry and nervous ex-
citement, from everything that tends to produce
mental distress or agitation" DOCTOR ex-
claimed the patient, sitting bolt upright in bed,
and clssping his professional adviser'shan with
enthusiasm, put that in writing, and I'll apply
for . divorce at once
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19

The Quincy Modern -irgo man is Just little
too bright TO live. He says: Tight lacng
caused the liver of an Indiana woman to grow
fast to the epigastrium, causing her DEATH La
dies can not be too careful in guarding against
such calamity as this When tight lacing must
be INDUCED in, the epigastrium should be re-
moved and locked up in the bureau drawer for
safety"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19

SALT Your CHIMNEYs.-In building a Chin
ney, put quantity of salt in the mortar with
which the inner course of bricks are to be laid.
The effect will be that there never will he any
accumulation of SCOT in the chimney. The phil
osophy is thus stated: the salt in the portion of
mortar which is exposed absorbs moisture from
the atmosphere every damp day. The SCOT thus
becoming damp, falls down to the fireplace.
This appears to be an English discovery. 1t is
used with success in Canada.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19

ONE of our best known and most learned hor-
ticulturists, who is valued among his friends as
an authority on good living recently heard MANY
fine dishes prescribed, and when appealed to for
his suggestion, said, "Well, gentlemen, about
the best dish ever tasted was young beet green's
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19

CURE FOR GRAvEL--Dr. Streeter, of Santa
Barbara, tells the AtlGs that the worst ease of
gravel may be cured, the deposit dissolved and
passed away, by using the water in which pota-
toes have been boiled to pieces; strain the water,
sweeten to taste, and drink for two or three
weeks. This is a painless cure. The same
authority states that Turing or coating deposit
removed, making the surface appear like new
iron, by placing quantity of raw potatoes in
the boiler and letting them boil to pieces After
two or three days open the manholes and q sandy
deposit will be found; brush it out, and the
boiler will be as good as new
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19

THE FENCE OF THE FUTURE.-''What will be
the fence of the future :" asked 4 reporter.
"a wire fence with posts of burnt claw, was
the reply. "The posts will lie cast hollow. large
at the bottom, then filed with cement There
is cheapness, beauty and durability.r-Isdiasap-
oils SeAfinei.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19

HERE is a Japanese recipe for keeping meat
fresh in hot weather: "Place il in a clean nor
celain bowl and pour hot water over il 50 as to
cover it. Then pour oil ON the water. The air
is thus quite excluded and the meat is preserved
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19

iage- IL prove. her worthy Of Byrun intellectual
,lnost infinitely above him in alno-; every thing else
Yes, fsrevell-fzrewel forever,
Thou thyself hast fixed our doom;
Babe hopes faircss blossoms wifher
Never again for me 10 bloom
Unforgiving thou hast callrd me-
Didsf thou ever say Joryicef
For the wrrteh whose xile- besuilrd thee
Thou alone didst seem 10 live.
Short the space which time has given
Tocomplete thy loves decay;
BY unlIalowed passions driven.
Son thy heart was taught to stray.
Lived for me tina; feeling tender
Which thy verse 80 well can show
from my arms why d1st thou wander,
NY endearlnrnts why fortsof
Oh ton late thy br-a.t was hard
Oh, too sssn "a m- twas shown
That thy hive onee but shared
And already il Is h0wn. le
Wrzpf in dreams Of Joy abiding
On thy breast nv brad hath lain
In thy tove and Truth eonfiling
Bliss i ne rr can know again.
B Tho dark hour sl,l-t fir-t discover 1853
In thy -onl the hidlemis stain
Would these eyes had closed forever,
Neer TO weep tiiy crimes again.
But the impious wish, a. Heaven,
FrUm the recapi biott-d he;
Yes, yet would live. o. Byron
For the babe I've horne for thoe,
In whose lovely features Oct me
All my weakness here confess
Whilst the struggling tears permit m.D
All the fathers can TRACE
He Whose image never leaves me-
lie Whose image still prize
Who this bitterest feeling gives me,
Still to love where despise.
With regret and sorrow rather
When our child's first accents flow
will teach her to say Father
But his guilt SHE ne'er shall know.
Whilst Tomorrow. and tomorrow,
Wakes me frUm a widowed bed
On an0ther's arms no sarrnw
Wilt thou feel no tear wilt shed.
the worlds approval sought not
When tore myself from thee;
OF it, praise or blame thought not
What's its praise or blame to met
He NJ prized-so loveS-adored
FrOm my heart his image drove;
On my head contempt has poured
And preferred a wantons love.
Thou art proud; hut, mark me, Byron,
I've heart proud thine own;
SSft 10 love. but hard As iron
When contempt Is DER IL thrown
But farewsll!-ln not upbrllid thee
Never. never wish thee III:
Wrrtehad though thy crimes have made me-
II thou eanst, be happy still.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19

MARK TWAIN said in his late lecture, that Sin
the Sandwich Islands everything was done in an
sup-side-dOwn' manner. Among other foolish
things that they do, is to elect the most incor-
ruptible men 70 Congress
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19

HoUsEKEEPERs should not scOld on = cold
morrIng, if the milkmsn comes late. They should
remember the time and labor consumed in thaw-
ing ont pumps before the yender can start ont.
The milkman's life is not always as happy and
bright as a summers day.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19

An odd genius, having stepped into mill, was
looking with apparent establishment at the
movement of the machinery, when the mil
Ter, thinking to quiz him, asked if he had heard
the newsi ''Nots know on,r said he; "what
is iti" ''Why, the devil is dead" "By lingo, y
said Jonathan sis hef Who tends the mill then y,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19
BOOTS&SHOES

UTAKE pleasure in announcing to the public that stn
contnne % Manufacture TO order every style and de
scrpton Of Boots and Shoes-oaare fine prggd sewed
In the neafest and most substantial manner.
variety Of Eastern work hand for the accomnoda
ton Of fhose who prefer IL
Making md repairing done order and the best article
Of ready made work on hand IL al tmes Shop NAin
sons Store. PHILIP KELLEY.
white Cloud. K.nAA August q Is7a
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19

PEOPLE speak carelessly of ''bloated aristo-
Gratis as If an aristocrat is always obese That
is wrong. Seine of the aristocracy of to-day is
mighty thin.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-19

To remove old paint, cover with q wash of
three parts quick stone lime, slaked in water. to
which one part peariash is added. Allow the
coating to remain for sixteen hours, when the
paint may be easily scraped off,