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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08
a1seful aud Curious.
WORTH KNOWING.
Some Things for He..ekeepers 20 Pat !
Scrnp-bSOks,

pouliiee of fresh tea leaves noistened with
water, will cure stye on the eyelid.
For earache, dissolve asafoetida in water;
warm few drops and drop in the ear, then cork
the ear with wool.
The true ply geological way of treating burns
and scalds is to ut once exclude the air, with
cotton batting, -four, scraped potato or anything
that il handiest.
Use fresh water. Water which has stood in
an open dish over night should not be used for
cooking and drinking, as it will have absorbed
many foul gases.
in which flowers are Immersed, and it will preserve
them for fortnight. Common saltpetre is also
a very good preventative.
Take new flower pot, wash il clean. wrap in
a wet cloth and set over butter, viii keep il as
hard as If on ice. Milk, IL put in an earthen can,
or even a tin one, will keep sweet for long
time, If well wrapped in a wet cloth.
Common soda is excellent for securing tin, as
it will not scratch the tin, and will make it look
like new. Apply with piece of moistened news
paper and polish with dry piece. Wood ashes
are good substitute.
To cure bunions, use pulverized saltpeter and
sweet oil. Obtain at druggists five or six cts.
worth of saltpeter; put into a bottle with sufi-
cient olive oil to dissolve il, shake it up well,
and rub the infiamed joints night and morning,
and more frequently if painful
Flies be may eifectually disposed of without the
use of poison. Take half teaspoonful of black
pepper in powder one teaspoonful of brown su-
gar. and one teaspoonful Of cream. Mix them
well together, and place them in rom ON a
plate where flies are troublesome, and they will
soon disappear.
Red ants may he banished from a pantry or
store-room by strewing the shelves with n small
quantity of cloves, either whole or ground. We
use the former, not being likely to get in food
placed upon the shelves. The cloves should be
renewed occasionally, as, after time, they lose
their strength and efficacy.
The following drink for removing sickness of
the stomach is said to be very palatable and
agreeable: Beat up one egg very well, say twen-
ty minutes, then add fresh milk, one pint, water
one pint, sugar to make it palatable boil, and
let il cool; drink when cold. Ii it becomes curd
and whey, is is useless.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08
That Little Ratchet.

'Come heah, George Washington, you black
ape" exclaimed the Rev. Aminidab Bledsoe, of
the Austin Blue-light Colored Tabernacle, to n
Sunday School scholar, who had just removed a
immediate presence Of the irate shepherd.
''Yer was chawin' terbaeker in de house oh de
Lawd."
81 owns right up, parson. / was ehawin' ter
hacker, but won't do SO no noah"
George Washington, chawin' terbacker am
bad enough, Lawd knows; but when yer has
got so shameless yer don't chen try ter lie out oh
il, hit am time ter take yer in hand, so yer
won't grow up and disgrace de fodder oh his
country. Lean ober dat knee, George And
for about ten minutes people living several
blocks off imagined that their neighbOrs were
preparing tough beefsteak for dinner with an AK.
-Teras Sifia9s
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08

FRUIT STANs.-In the season of fruits. the
napkins used at table, and often the handker-
chiefs and other articles, will become stained.
Those who have access to n good drug store can
procure n bottle of Javelle Water. If the stains
are wet with this before the articles are put in
to the wash, they will lie completely removed.
Those who cannot get Javelle Water can make
solution of chloride of lime. -Four ounces of the
chloride Of lime is to be put in quart of water,
in bottle, aud after thorough shaking allow
the dregs to settle. The clear liquid will remove
the stains as readily rs Jayelle Water, but, in
ing this, one precaution mast be obs1red. Becare-
full to thoroughly rinse the article TO which the
solution has been applied, in clear water, before
bringing it in contact with soap. When Javelle
Water is used, this precantion is not nenessary;
but with the chloride of lime liquid it is, or the
articles will be harsh and stiff.-.Imeriean -fsri-
cHlsErisf.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08
Preserving Fruit Without Sugar.

The NeW York Tribune gives some excellent ad-
vice on this important domestic matter. The ed
itor of the Tribune says:
The whole secret consists in expelling the air
from bottles or cans, by heat, and then sealing
mp the contents Theoretically. If the article to
be preserved il peaches select such a you would
for sweetmeats, and pare and cut them they
can be pnt in the bottle, and You must do this
with the least possible delay, or they will be
colored by the atmosphere. Some persons, who
want them to retain their natural whiteness put
them under water. When the bottle is half full
cork it tight, and wire down the cork with very
little projection above the glass. When you have
bottles enough TO fill u kettle, such rs may be
most convenient. put them in and boil with the
water all around up to the nozzle, for about fif-
teen or twenty minutes, or until the bottles ap-
pear to lie full of steam-she atmosphere hav-
ing been forced out through the cork. As soon
as the bottles are cool enough to handle, dip the
corks in sealing wax, to cover them quite
tight. An additional precaution is used by some
in putting tin-foil over the wax.
Another plan is TO cook the fruit slightly in q
kettle, and then put it in cans or bottles, and
pour hot syrup of sugar in TO fill up the inter
stices and then cork and seal. The heat of the
fruit and syrup answer to eSpel the air. But
the less they are cooked or sweetened the more
natural will be the taste, like fresh fruit, when
opened. We have eaten peaches year old that
We could not tell from those sngared an hour be-
fore.
Tomatoes are very easily preserved, and retain
their freshness better than almost any other
fruit. The small kinds are only used scald and
peel them without breaking the flesh. Bottles
should hold about quart only, because when
once opened the contents must be used up at
once. Bottles made purpose, with large
throats, and a ring on the inside, the best,
and bottles better than cans for all acid fruit.
The cans, however, are more easily secured by
solder than bottles by corks and wax, as the air
is let ont by a small puncture, after the large
opening is sOldered mp, and cans heated, and
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08
How TO Cook QUEEN CoRN.-The followin

seasonable advice is given by lady: "The kerr
nels of sweet corn somewhat resemble the semi
transparency ofpearls. Most of the corn bought
at the groceries appears dull and chalky, and
there is little sweetness in it. Many persons
think green corn will cause sickness if not well
cooked 1t really requires but little cooking.
When the milk in the kernels Is well set it is
sufficiently done; longer cooking toughens it.
The ears should not be put into a pot where the
water is already boiling, and in from seven to
ten minutes it is ready to serve. took some
corn to friends house, and saw her put on it 4
great quantity of cold water and then set it on
the stove to cook for dinner. In about forty
minutes it was served, toughened and most of its
sweetness in the water.n
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08

ONIONS AND GRAvY.-A rather seedy looking
customer came into the restaurant and said to
the proprietor:
"What do you ask for nicely cooked beefsteak,
well done, with oniOns?"
twenty-five cents
Sand the gravy:"
''Oh, We don't charge anything for the gravy"
''You don't. That's liberal. How much do
You charge for the bread u
s'We throw in the bread"
SIS it good breadi'
at 49,
$50 yon throw in bread and gravy"
Certainly
"Then bring me some bread and gravy. It's
not healthy TO eat meat in summer.-IeIds Stiff
ings.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08

A SAILOR lately Joined the Sons of Temperance
in Philadelphia, after running a course of dissi-
patton, by which his means were pretty well
exhausted. At the time of signing the pledge
he owed the rum-seller one shilling. 4 few days
ago, he went to fork, but being determined not
to enter the house in which he had been robbed,
he got long pole, attached the money to the
end Of it, and standing Mt the outside of the
door, reached it to the astonished publican, and
walked off,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08

SECRET FOR A FARMERS WIFE.-Whle the
milking of your cows is going on, let Your pans
the milk in one of the cans taken hot from the
kettle and cover the same with another of these
hot pans; proceed in like manner with the
whole mess of milk, and You will find You have
double the quantity Of good rich cream, and that
you will get double the quantity of sweet deli
ciOus butter.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08
Strong Love.

little girl eleven years of age, at school, was
directed by her teacher, TO write a composition
on "Strong Love Rewarded" And the follow
ing is the composition:
'.There was young, handsome Lieutenant,
and young, beautiful girl, and they loved each
other; but their parents would not allow them
to get married. But one day the Lieutenant
won large amount of money in a lottery, and
then there was nothing to hinder. They got
married. and were very happy; bnt he didn't
get any children. So n war broke out, and he
was commanded to go aud fight for his country.
While fighting, he was taken prisoner, and was
in the prison seven years, Then he came home;
and who can tell his JOY when his wife showed
him seven little children she had got while he
was away, In this way did strong love get re-
warded.r
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08

A MAN who was laboring under the influence
of liquor, yesterday, opened the door of the sit
ting-room at one of the depOts, ana exclaimed:
al want TO get married-Tm worth n million
dollars" There were sixteen ladies' in the
room, and man who looked around and watch
ed them says that every single one dropped her
eyes, puekered up her mouth. and tried TO look
loving, including two ~ wears old.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08

Two Irishmen were porting over the news in
one of our city papers, and coming to the head
ing --latest and Immediately following it
Every --latest, = one said to the other, 'An' sure,
Tim, will We be afther explainin' what this
meansir "Arrah bedad,n said Tim, Fan its
meself that can explain that to ye. Sure the
latest is what comes in time to be printed, and
the very latest is what comes in afther the paper
is ont -
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08

MILK AS A MEDICINE.-An interesting article
recently appeared in the London Miik Journal
concerning the value of milk a remedial
agent in certain diseases. Several physicians of
high standing regard it asa specific ordiarrhpa,
dysentery, and ineipient cholera. The milk
should not be boiled, but heated sufficiently to
be agreeably warm. Ii is also recommended as
of great value in typhoid feyers-as cooling and
nonrishng, and as promoting sleep.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08

II milk be introduced into bottles, then well
corked and put into cold water, and gradually
raised to the boiling point, and after being al
lowed to cool, be taken ont and put away in a
cool place, the milk may be kept perfectly sweet
for half a year; or it may he evaporated TO dry
ness, by a gentle heat, and under constant stir
ring. A dry mass will thus be obtained, which,
when dissolved into hot water. is said to possess
all the qualities of the best milk.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08

FOUNDED alum is one of the simplest modes Of
purifying water-a fact which should he more
generally known. tablespoonful of pnlverized
alum sprinkled into n hogshead of water, (tbe
water stirred at the same tinle) will, after few
hours, by precipitating to the bottom the impure
PARTICLES purify it that it will be found to pos
sess nearly the freshness and clearness of the
finest spring water. pailful, containing four
gallons, may be purified by single teaspoonful
oF al
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08

GYMNASTICS AT A REvIvAL--Awhile back the
darkies had big revival nt Crawford, and one
of the mourners near the altar got pretty demon
strative. At this interval, Tom Pope, who was
sitting at the rear end of the church, ielt the
spirit working on him, and springing up, three
bounds carried him to the pulpit, where he lit
astraddle of an old sisters back, and he rode the
irate old dame nearly around the room before he
could be pulled of. That revival came near
breaking up in first-class row. Tom explained
"dat he les wanted to show dem unconverted
niggers how to 'preciate religion. Ogiethorpe
ga Echo.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08

al DECLARE, never was more impressed in
my life with the foolshness of flies" exclaimed
boarder to his landlady, as a couple of winged
voyagers embarked in his soup plate. II do not
understand You, SIR she said, haughtily.
"Well," he exclaimed, "those two poor creatures
undoubtedly supposed that this stuff was thick
enough TO float 'em. "-BrooklyH Eagle.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08

BEAcoSsFIELD's COOP LUCK.-According to
the auctioneers, the late sale of Beaconsfeld's
effects drought Mt least 100 per cent. more
money than the things sold were intrinsically
worth" Beaconsfield had the same luck while
living His craftsmanship always yielded him
at least 100 per cent. more than its real value
ALBANY ,JotrrHHl
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08

CLANS AND JACoB.'-Two Dutchmen were
lodged In the Station House, Saturday night
having taken a great deal too much "lager
beer" They put in the cell in an uncon-
scious state and after snoozing away an hour or
so, one of them awoke, and surveying in the
dimness the apartments, aroused his companion.
excaiming, CLANS! Hans! we are in shall"
"We are in what'r responded Hans, lazily
opening his eyes and peering around. :" In
shall, Hans in shail!r ..Well,r said Hans, TAX
ing another turn on his plank mattress, and an
other grasp in the air, to draw a visionary bed
quilt over him, "well, tank Got, fish not for
robbery"-and they slept.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08

IL THE PYRENEEs.-A guide is showing off
remarkable echo to band of tourists. ''You
will observe, ladies and gentlemen he says,
with rapture, show the sound is repeated from
rock to rock, from crag to crag and especially
how beyond the frontier the echo replies with
PERFECTLY distinguishable Spanish accent
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08

CURE FOR SORE EYEs,-Roast four eggs, take
the white and piess the juice through n fine
cloth. Put in this liquid q piece of sugar of
lead and white vitrol the size of n small shot,
and of alum rs much as of the two, and Of loaf
sugar the size of chesnut. lady recommends
the ahovc from much experience.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08

Four years ago, young man, without cent
on his back, and only one suit of clothes to his
name, entered Denver, and begged his supper.
Last week, he eloped with his employers wife
and ten thousand of his cash. Close application
to business, coupled with pluck and industry,
wins every time.-NorrisfonR Herad
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08

CURE FOR DIARRHEA.-A tea cup full of rice
well Drowned and made into a beverage, will
cure the most obstinate case. Take cup full Of
the beverage once in twenty thirty minutes,
until the third or fourth time, then wait an hour
or two and repeat.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08

To BLEACH SrRAw.-Straw may be bleached
by putting it in a cask into which few brim-
stone matches are placed lighted. The same ef-
feet may he produced by dipping the straw into
chloride of lime dissolved in water.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08
CORRESPONDENCE.
PROM THE SNOWY RANGE.
BALD MOUNTAIN. SNOWY RANGE,
Cornp Am IulN Il lSSl

Mr. EpIroR SO many grand and glorious scenes
have passed me in rapid succession, since ] last
wrote. that am at loss to know just at what point
to begin. and where TO end. Believing, however,
that this warm weather would suggest n breeze from
the mountains. or letter partaking of GOODNESS.
decide to buri missiles of snow and ice from the
swelling prominence Of Bald's Peak. But it is a
tedious climb. and you must follow me patiently
through the intricate winnings may take.
Bender Civ. situated at the entrance to Boulder
Canon is suffering with intense heat and according
iy every one that has the ability to rustieate in the
mountains must do So In fact, it is not considered
at all ari-toeratic TO remain in the valley during the
summer-time. but YOU must 20 camping and invAri-
ably pitch your tent in such a locality Ms would in
spire Won 10 write poetry fall in love with a nymph
of some -yery fountain and in the midst of all this
primitive glory returu TO con scousness just in time
10 stare Lelplessly upon YOUR perishable tenthold
eliatteIs floating out in mountain torrent.
There are many experiences in life, and this is
Of them. Others take rooms at some quiet resort
and there make known their importance(l) by ex-
travarant talk and iress II stands to reason that
,ueh persops have inst sold mine and for the first
time in their lives are able to breathe an uncramp-
ed breath made an effort 10 distinguish myself
in originality by remaining in the low green valley
and allowing distance 10 lend enchantment- but rs
the DAYS grew long and weary and the sun seemed
so tedious in trailing its rays the mountain
tops failed in my plans to he anything hut human,
and accordingly registered myself one Of eight
merry passengers for stage coach ride to the base
of Bald Mountain, twenty-one miles distant.
In entering Boulder Canon, We are charmed with
its gradaons of color; its lights and shadows of the
beautiful without that imposing greatness of Grand
Canon. winGing in and out around fiinty points
onI .tar. o,,-,-s. xr. a,r ,,a
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08
ASCENT OF SOUTH MOUNT RUBY.
Ir Az Ex-TEAcnER OF BROWN COUNTY.

ers' VIII attempt brief description of tour up
one OF the ioi'est mountains Of Colorado but noted
more especially ior ITS broken, rugged surface.
on sunday morning, the 9Th of August. l hastily
made mp my mind to make the ascent up Mt. Ruby
TO the highest attanable point, and, if possible for
my power OF endurance was determined TO stand on
the very tip top Of it, which is about 1900 feet
above sea level Feeling comparatively strong, and
filed with the spirit of determination, the eircum
stances were, indeed. quite favorable TO the accom-
plishment of an object difficult, because of the
ghness of the air. the steep declivities and ragged
rocks which one must necessarily climb in his
journey to the summit.
Leaving home few minutes after ten o'clock,
with tin bucket in hand filed with the necessaries
Of life for meal for two. and accompanied by a
friend, Mr.. Bye-who is the chief engineer in the
Pioneer Stamp MiIl-we proceeded on our way
through Ruby and Irwin to Mt Ruby We took
precauton to provide ourselves with walking sticks
soncuba, I;te III. f,mo,s =. .lD.,s,o.l,. ,,.J br
travellers over the mountains Of Switzerland. eN
cept that sticks dia record special events
those of the Swiss mountainous. do
-,
enior'"nately' We ieit nome without helu-siass,
and after making several efforts to borrow from
sone persou in towp lint with No suecass Mr. RIVE
- :, " ~ ~ ' N' NJ ~
saiu' "eh' VIC VIII nave 10 use our own siasses'
so the pleasure of sightseeing that day WAS wholly
dependent the microscopic of
pr,...o,,;,s ,,o.,-, c.. -, -, a. -
~ " "' i ~ ~
side of Lake Brcnnand. We passed successfully the
Lead Chief loles and HONEYWELL mine We stopped
. few ,,o,eu,. n, III. latter mi,a-yrbieb l. one of
the richest ana thoroughly developed VEINS IN the
camp-cxanined the ore heaped up in large piles to
IN. a.sortel far .hinm.nt and ssunter.d oyer the
:,
grounds inspecting the several buildings IN the
eonrse of erection.
The Standard Mill and Mining Companv has ouit.
= g ~ - :.
number vi nhe ouii'ihgs on 'nis cihi' one Vi
them, in particular being the boarding house. This
building is about 3ox5O two stories high in a most
So, - -, Il, s,zo II, g., a.,
oe"u'iiuI i''A''o", "ei"s "h'S ~ ''"us ii' VI"
shaft There is large shaft-honse constructed over
this mine and the owners of it intend to place with
l.; :, . .on.or,,,,or mi b,;s,;r uor,s ,h;. fan IT,.
- :. . :, 'oD'' -, ~ ., 49, -, 80
shaft Is nearly iSo teet deep with Two SHIFTS work
ing on it constantly and .thc taken from it
rios .,roppv of nxr;tes and arseneal iron same on
-, -, ~; -. M, -,
ieha' oritue anu ruby siiSer- aoou' "'o S"rus 10
the northwest of this lode. is the Durango another
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08

A PRETTY girl ont East told her bean that she
was mind reader .YOu don't say so~ he ex-
claimed. ''Yes,, she said, "you have it in mind
to ask me to be your wife, but you are Just a
little scared at the idea Their wedding cards
are out-Detroit Free Press
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08

SOME one wrote to Horace Greeley, inquiring
if guano was good to put on potatoes. He said
it might do for those whose tastes had become
vitiated with tobacco and rum, but he preferred
gravy and butter.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08

DEACON Ladue, of Wisconsin, went to the
barn, the other day, and hung himself with n
dog chain, because his wife playfnlly kicked his
hat off and exclaimed: That's the kind of
clothespin am" Mrs. Ladue, you ought to be
ashamed
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08

To KEEP preserves, apply the white Of Of an
egg with suitable brush TO a single thickness
Of white tisue paper, with which cover the jars,
overlapping the edges an inch or tive.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08

SUNFLowER SEED FOR POULrRY.-In a note
to the Maine Farmer, n. S. Tabor, of Yassalbo-
rough, writes: 81 want you to recomend suniiow-
er seed for hens have been feeding them for
two seasons past as regular rations, with corn
and barley, and the way the hens talk over them
while filling their crops is ample proof that they
are good-r
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08

BUTCHERS boy, carrying tray on his Sioul-
ders accidentally struck il against n lady's head
and nearly knocked her hat of. ''The deuce
take the tray" cried the lady, in a passion.
Madam" said the boy, gravely, ''the deuce
can't take the trayr
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08

A DUrcIIMAN being advised to rub his limbs
well with brandy for the rheumatism, said he
had heard of the remedy; but added, 81 dosh
peter as dat-I drinks de prandy, den / rubs
mein legs init der pottle.r
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08

CURE FOR ScAIDs AND BURNs.-The best rem
edy ever saw applied was liniment or soap,
made by mixing fresh Stacked lime and sweet oil;
1T is an excellent article, and should be in every
family. So says a subscriber to the Farmer and
Mechnnic
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08

ALWAYS loosen the check-rein before giving
water to horse. Even If the pail is held so high
that the rein is not drawn tight, the position is
an unnatural one in which to drink.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-08

FAsTIDIors.-'Barber. 1 think this towel has
been in use long enough
at has been used for six weeks, and no one
has ever fonnd fault with it BEFORE