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Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-03-26

Dearest Harold, love you with all
the deep devotion of my sex. Your i'm
age is iuetiaccably engraved on the tab
let's of my memory, and in my heart the
love bear for you can never die. But
am extravagant, wildly ambitious to
shine in society, to sit beside the jew
eled queens of fashion, to dazzle all
eyes with pri, LESS gems, and so, dear
Harold. must marry the plumber.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-03-26

~ Ask youv Nrugvisf for Isl.
eN- Ask yOHf t;rOcer fur IT!
TT Ask your wine Mstn'tnut fs~ t<s
~" Children, ask y0u" tnMe.n Ger "!
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-24
Uti1iza the Stray

In most sections of this State the farmers in
clude the burning OF their straw piles a part
of the preparation for winter As the autumn
wears away and the dews and fOgs thicken, hea-
w clouds of smoke hang along the horizon in
valley and foothill regions, and at night the oh
server in the chief grain counties can often count
n dozen OF more fires from one stand point. But
it seems to be proven that good wheat straw is
worth several dollars per ton TO winter stock
with. II is not proper food for work horses,
hut calves, sheep, and colts live well upon it.
There is, therefore, every reason in favor of il.
How can farmers enrich their wheat lands if
they burn the straw, and keep no cattle to trans
mute it into manurel The very best "A Il c of
high farming is to sell few raw products, but to
transmute as much rs possible into beef, butter,
cheese, bacon, wool, and similar goods. Less
wheat more cattle, straw transmitted into prof.
table flesh and no less profitable utilizerS,
land devoted 10 fodder plants and root crops
such IS in long term of years the best plan for
farmer.
In our climate it will not do to plOw straw in,
rs it does not really decay, get if il can be piled
up in gulch or ditch it will gradually decom-
pose. A gentleman who used water for irriga-
tion, placed large quantity of straw in ditch,
turned water in, and thus FASTENED its decay,
forming rich black soil for future use. Wheth-
er or not such plan would prove profitable on
a large scale must he determined by local con-
sideratOn.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-24
Brother aardner's Observations.

'Doorin' my three score Vars of life, l have
observed some Gurus things" began Brother
Gardner, as the thermometer showed % degrees
and rising. ~ have Obsaryed, fur instance, dat
men most consumed bout de welfare of de ken
try an de men who do de least to prosper her.
al hev obsarved dat de pOliteshun who sots
out to save de kentry, am gin'rally hanled up
for robbin' her.
al hev obsarved dat de men who seem to hev
de most sympathy for de poo, nebber wait five
minutes to foreclose a ehattel mortgage.
81 hey obsarved dat good clothes and impC-
dence, will pass for riches and educashun.
81 hev observed dat brag and buster an bet
ter weapons dan argument aud truf.
81 hev obsarved dat a grand monument in a
graveyard doan' hide de meanness Of n dead
mans relashuDs.
81 hey observed dat charity kin make paupers
almost as fast a conhagrashun.
al hey obsarved dat while all agree dat hon
esty an de best policy, not one man in hun
bred hesitateto work a lead nickle off on street
kyar company.
81 hey observed many Odder things equally
strange and inconsistent, and am prepared to
say to you:
''MOttoes dOan' mean bizness.
"Maxims kin be forgotten faster dan written.
"PrOmises a wheel with one cog gone.
"Fricndship will last as long you kin afford
10 pay 10 per cent. per annum. Let us now pro
coed to bizness."
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-24

Purishment for Guiteau

"well, sir said old Daddy wotherspoon, as
he contemplated the funeral drapings on the
City Hall, 'the law must take its course bnt If
| had the disposition Of that fellow Guiteau, I'd
put him in a pot and boil him like lobster"
Either that replied old Uncle Higginboth-
am. ''or bore holes in his teeth, fill 'em with
powder, and touch 'em off with a slow match (;
but as you say. the law must take its course
'Yes. he's entitled TO fair trial, like any 9TH
er man: but my idea would he to feed him on
1--we spiders and angle worms the balauce of his
life
''or roll him in oil, and then set fire to him.
That would be a good scheme; or, You might
fill his mouth with sewage, and let centipedes
run in and choke him to-leath. But, of course,
the law does not provide for anything of that
kind
mo, it only prescribes hanging, and the law
must he carried ont TO the letter. Still, I'd go
to Washington, if thought they'd put him in n
cave and lombard him with hornets nests Let's
see, there's no legal provision for pouring melted
lead in his ear, is theref"
Il think not 1t only says he shall be hung,
and that is a fair and dignifed punishment.
Nevertheless il wouldn't do any harm to make
him swallow some young rattle-snakes while he
is waiting for trial, and they might break his
ribs, toes, and fingers, and smash his knee caps
and elbow joints, so as TO make sure that he
can't escape
cut his skin, turn it back, and put in some ants
and iieas, and then sew him up again. don't
see much in hanging tho man /; why don't
they turn him over to some medical college
alive -
That would do first rate; or they could hang
him until he is almost dead, and then resusei-
tate him again. They say that hurts terribly;
and they might keep il up every day or two, for
the next ten years"
"rd go in for that; or, I'll tell You what would
DO it, and the old man looked around cautiously.
"whatf' asked old Uncle Higginbotham,
drawing closer, and holding his breath.
They might make him drink the whiskey
they sell around the City Hall here; make him
keep il up say for as much as two hours
Old Uncle Higginbotham's hair rose on end, as
he regarded his friend.
THAT would be elegant idea,' he muir
mured; but he shuddered and turned pale, as he
thought of it.-BrookiyH Eagle.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-24
The Apairy in November.

When proper selection of stocks for winter
has been made there will be no bees inclined to
rob. There is little To he done now, unless some
thing has been neglected. If, from timdity,
any one has been deferred from making thor
ough examination of his hives, ne may remem-
Der that the first severe freezing seems to chill
them more than zero weather in January, and
he would do well To take advantage of this pc
riod to investigate the condition of his stocks.
Such as cannot he wintcred, for want of stores,
should be taken up even now. That kindness is
sadly instructed, which would save the lives of
the bees now, and let them starve and freeze, he
fore spring. for want of sufficient numbers to
keep one another warm. If desirable, hives may
he painted now. with but little detriment TO the
bees in them. Those intended for swarms an
other year much better painted now than in
the spring, for hives recently painted are often
deserted Either do ii long beforehand, that the
rank odOr may be entirely gone before they are
used, or do not paint them all. The glass sur
plus boxes not filed, should lie set away in some
dry place for another year. Set them right side
up to keep ont the mice, and in place cold en-
ough to freeze and destroy the eggs or the moth
that may be in them.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-24

SPRoUTING ArPLE SEED.-An enquirer wants
to know the best plan for spruutiug apple seed.
We will give him our plan, which has always
proved successful, when the seed is good. The
seeds should he kept dry till about the first of
February. They should then he mixed with
three parts of fine sand that will sft out, and be
placed in shallow boxes, that the sand and
seed are not more than three or four inches deem.
Keep the sand moderately moist by applying wa
ter occasionally, and stir the sand and seed
every day or two. Have small holes in the bot
tom of the boxes to carry of the surplus water.
They should be exposed to freezing weather.
should stand out of doors-but lie protected in
some way from pigs, chickens, &c. When the
seeds are beginning to sprout nicely, the sand
should lie sif;ed out and the seed planted in
rich, deeply-worked soil, aud the Young plants
kept free from weeds and Northumberland in
this climate they fit for at the end of
one seasons growth.-RHrdi Borld
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-24
Protecting Raspberries.

We have several inquiries from ameteurs rs to
whether all raspberries require winter protec-
ton. We answer, certainly not, though we be-
lieye that they will produce better fruit and
more of it, if all are laid down and covered with
a few inches of earth The Clarke, the Phila-
delphia, the early purple, the common red, the
wild black-caps, the Allen, the Cattawissa, the
Herstine. and generally the Hudson River Ant
werp do not require laying down. The Hornet,
Brinkle's, Orange. and Eastloff dO-never mind
what the books tell you. As have often
said before, the Cattawissa is principally val
ued for its second crop; and in order TO get this
to its fullest extent. cut down this years canes
to the ground next month"; and cover the stalks
with good coat of manure. In the spring fork
this in. and you will have raspberries from the
goth of August to the end of October generally,
of a quality which all ought to enjoy, AZ thsva-
riety is the true representative in flavor of the
family.-HHkcsbdTTe BecOrd.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-24
Our Strap Book.
THANKSGIVING,

Sweet was the song Of the robin,
Blithe was the hum Of the bee,
In the day when the drift Of the blossom
Was light a. the foam Of the sea
Then deeply WAS cloven the furrOw
And gayly they scattered the seed
Who trusted that rain fall and sunshine
Would surely be given at need
The robin hath flown 20 the tropic,
The hOney-bee fitfeth DO more,
The reaper hath sarnered the harvest
And the fruit and the nuts are In store.
The flame hath died out on the naples.
We tread On the lOoselying leaves
And the corn that was sturdy and stalwart.
Is gathered and bound into sheaves-
And sweeter than music Of Spring time,
And fuller Of jnbilant mirth,
Are the strong tided ehorals erfiowing
From hearts where than ksgiyin. has birth.
The songs Of the home and the altar,
The gladness u children at play.
And tha.dsar love Of households united,
Are blending in praises to-day.
For pasture-lands folded with beauty,
For plenty that ouriened the vale,
For the wealth Of the teeining abundance,
And the promise too royal to fail
We lift 10 the Maker our Anthems
Bat none the Less eheerily come
To thank Him for bloom and fruition,
And the happiness crowning the home
Oh, the peace on the brow Of tho father,
The hight in the mothers clear eyes,
The lit in the voices Of maidens
Who walk under dream -curtaincd skies,
The dance in the feet Of the wee ones
And the sparkle and shine In the air
The wear has no time like hanksgiying-
A truce to our fretting and care.
Sweet was the song Of the robin,
Rlithe Wa the hum of the bae
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-24

COULDN'T DEcIDE.-At the last meeting of the
Lime-kiln Club, the Secretary announced let
ter from the State Department of New jersey,
inquiring if Brother Gardner favored the annex
alton of Canada TO the United States and the
old man carefully felt of his left and replied:
"Dat's subject which has troubled me n great
deal, and up to de present time, am Onsartin
and unpledged. De same toothbrush which am
sold for 20 on dis side, kin be bopght for Is Obcr
dar. If we annex Canada, We kin hev cheap
toof-brushes. On de Odder han, de same rat
trap dat sell fur 20 cents on dis side. can't he
had ober dar fur less dan 30. If Canada annex
es us, she am suah of cheap rat traps. Oar it
am, you see, and whether we should annex Can
ada or Canada annex us, am a queshun which
cannot decide, to my ovid satisfacshun.-Erec
Prem
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-24
THANKSGIVING DAY,

Thanksgiving-'tis festive day,
Our Fathers set apart,
When to the bleak New England shore
Came they, the strung Of heart
Self-exiled from their native land,
The Pafriarch's God To bless;
They came to lay the cornerstone
In the lone wilderness
With willing hands they tiled the soil
And, when on hill and plain,
4 blessing To fh-ir patient toll.
Waved the rich, golden grain,
With grateful hearts they m-ekly kn-lt
BY each rude Altar stone,
And thanked the Giver Of all good,
For freedom and home
Thanksgiving be il hondred still
The day Of psayer and przise-
As when through the lone forest zisles
Rang forth their sacred lays;
As children, cherish reverently
The simple rites Of yore.
HOnonng the memory Of those
First settlers ON our shore
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-24

SOME Coon ApyICE.-Stock of all kinds is get
ting wild in price, and rather scarce for the
great quantity Of feed that could be saved in
Kansas, but no doubt there will he men out of
hay before next spring. Now is the time to
think of the many old cows and young ones, too,
that have persisted in Kansas for ALL and some to
stand over for another season. Cattle are too
high 10 let starye to death inside of barbed
wire fence in Kansas now; feed enough to keep
them healthy, then give little more to put the
profit on. is the motto of good farmer.-Kansas
Farmer
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-24
THANKSGIVING HYMN.


God Of the year with songs Of praise,
And hearts of love, we eome to bless
Thy bounteous hand, for Thou hast shed
Thy mama DER our wilderness
In early Spring time, Thou didst fling
Der earth its robe Of blossoming;
And its sweet treasures, day by day,
Rose quiekening in thy blessed ray.
And now they whiten hill and vale,
And hang on every vine and tree,
Whose pensive branches, bending low,
Seem bowed in Thankfulness TO Thee.
The earth, with all its purple aisl.s,
Is answering to Thy genial smiles;
And gales OF perfume breathe along.
And lift to Thee their voiceless sosg.
God Of the seasons! Thou hast blest
The land with sunlight and with showers
And plenty DER its bosom smilea
To crown the sweet Autumnal hours,
Praise-praise TO thee our hearts expand.
To view these blessings Of Thy hand,
And on the incense-breath Of love,
Ascend TO their bright home above.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-24
HOW TO GET TO ToY-LAND.

And how do you get to Toy landi
To all little people the y-land.
just follow your nose,
And 90 on tip-toes:
Its only a minute to Toy-land.
And. oh but it's gay in Toy land
This bright, merry girl-and- boy land;
And woolly dogs white,
That never will bite,
You'll meet on the highways in Toy-land.
Society's fine in Toy-land;
The dollies all think it a joy land
And folks in the ark
Stay out after dark,
And tin soldiers regulate Toy.land.
There's fun all the year in Tcy-land;
To sorTow twas ever n coy-land
And steamboats, art run,
And steam-ears, for fun;
They're wound up with keys, down in Toy land
Bold jumping jacks thrive in Toy land;
Fine eustles adorn this joy land;
And bright the dreams,
And sunny the beams,
That gladden. tho faces in Toy-land.
How long do We live in Toy land,
This bright, merry girl-and, hoy -landf
a few days, at best,
We stay as a guest,
Then goodbye forever to Toy-land!
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-24

PoTAroEs.-warmth with moisture is in
inrious, next TO actual freezing. Dryness, and a
cool but not freezing atmosphere, in the cellar
or earth-coyered heap. are essential When in
outdoors heaps, dig a trench around them with
an outlet, SO as to keep the bottom of the heap
always dry Add more earth to the heap only
as needed by the increasing cold, always putting
down each layer of earth smoothly to shed rain.
american IgricaifaTist.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-24

Gov. GORHAS, of Minnesota, is ex-oficio Indi-
an agent for the Minnesota Indians. At re-
cent council with the Chippewas he threatened
any of them who might be found drunk, with
the loss Of their annuities and said that what
was thus forfeited, should be divided equally
among the sober ones. Hole-in-the-dark, dis
tinguished orator, remarked in reply, that it
was just, but that the same rule Ought to he APP
piled to the agent, who was a great man, and
had great annuity. 1t ought to be taken from
him and divided, like the others, for he got drank
rerE often. The Indian had him that time
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-24

HINTS TO GUNNERs.-If you are ont shooting,
carry your gun with both barrels at full cock,
and if you have a companion, he sure that the
muzzles are looking in his direction. Blow
down the barrel of your gun occasionally, to find
out whether it is loaded. When you have load
ed up, place the but of the gun on your boot,
and rest your arms across the muzze. When
going over 4 renee, pull your gun through after
you. By following these directions, we will
soon write spicy item, and probably there will
be one fool less in the land.-Nor. Herald
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-24
THANKSGIVING.

For Spring. and flowers Of Spring,
blossoms, and what they bring,
BE our thanks given;
Thanks for the Inaidrn's bloOm,
Fur the sal prisons glooai,
And for the sadder tomb,
Even for Heaven!
Grca; God. Thy will be done,
When the soul rivers run
Down the worn cheeks
Done when the righteous bleed
When the wronged vainly plead
Done in the unends,d deed,
When the heart breaks,
I.ol how the dutiful
Shows cluthe in beautiful
Life the dead earthl
10. how the clouds disiil
Riches DER vale and hill,
While the storms evil viii
Dies in its birth.
Blest il the unpeopled down;
BEST is the crowded town,
Where the tired gioan;
Pain but appears to be;
What are mans fears to Thee,
God if all our tears shall be
Gems on Thy thrOnei
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-24
selett 2oetrp.
THE MAYFLowER.
NJ JOHN @. WHITTIER

The trailing arbutus or Mayhower grows abundsnil
the vicinity OF Plymouth and the first Tower tia
rvetsd the Pilgrims, after thsir fearful winterl
Sad Mayfoweri watched BY Winter stars
And narsed by Winter Eales
With petals Of the sl--ted spars
And leaves Of frozen szisl
What bad she, in those dreary hours
Within her ce-rimmed bay
In comrnon with the wild weed flowers
The FIRST sweet smiles Of Mayi
Yet. God be praised, the Pilgrim said,
Who saw the blossom peer
Above the brown leaves, dry and dead
Behold our MAyiower here.
God wills il: here our rest shall be-
Our years orvandering DER;
For us. the Mayfiower of the Sea
Shall spread her sails more
OH sacred flower Of faith and hopei
As swccfly now then.
lie bloom many birchen slope,
In many pinedark glen
Behind the sea-wall's rugged lcngth
Unchanged. your lives unfold
Like love behind the manly strength
OF the brave hearts Of old.
So live the fathers in their sons;
Their sturdy faith be ours
And ours the love that oyerTuns
Its rocky strength with flowers
The Pilgrim. wild and viatry day
Its shadow round US draws:
The Mayhower Of his stormy bay
Our Freedoms struggling eause.
But warmer ere long shall bring
To life the frozen sod
And, thru dead leaves Of hope, shall spring
Afr-sh the leaves Of God!
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-24
THE VACANT cHAIR-1se5.


We shall meet, but We shall miss him;
There will be one vacant chair;
We shall linger 20 caress him,
While we breathe our evening prayer.
When n year ago we gathered,
Joy was in his mild blue eye;
But golden chord is severed,
And our hopes in ruin lie,
At our Preside, sad and lonely,
Often will the bosom swell,
AT remembrance of the story,
How our noble Willie fell.
How he strove 10 bear our banner
Through the thickest nf the iish;,
And upheld cur eountTy's honor.
With the strength Of manhe'd's might.
Trne. they tell Us, wreaths Of glory
Eycrnorp will deck his brow:
But this Sssbthcs the anguish, only.
Sweeping DER our heart strings now.
Sleep to-day, o. early falien'
In thy green and narrow bed
Dirges frnm the pine and cypress
Mingle with the tears we shed.
We shall meet. but We shall miss him,
There will be one vacant chair;
We shall lin.er to earess him,
When we breathe our evening prayer.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-24

A LITTLE boy said TO his mother, the other
morning: 'Ma, / had the beautifulest dream
last night, you ever saw. / dreamt that
wouldn't go to school, and that you went out
into the yard, and cut great long switch, but
just as you was going to give me an awful dress
in, the world came to an end Didn't get ont
of it easy, thought,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-24

The boys of Detroit seem to be going down
hill in their morals, Of late. Sunday, one of the
legion, who has always been noted for his re-
spectful demeanor toward the great public, OBJ
served an old citizen yawning and gaping on a
street corner and said to him Better not open
your mouth too wide" "Why'" was the sur
prised query. There's a law agin opening a sa-
loon on Sundayp continued the sinful child as
he slid for the middle of the street
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-24

An Akron physician tells of little Akron boy,
who came to him and said: "DOctor, want
some ipecac."
"What do you want it fort"
Viewer mind just give il to me-"
"Who sent you hereir
Nobody sent me; came myself"
81 can't let yOu have it, unless you tell me
what yOu are going to do with it,"
well, DOCTOR our hired girl has swallowed a
silver quarter, and she said if l wOnld give her
somsthing that would bring il up, l might have
it,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-24
WILD ASTRRs.

Flower like and star like.
Purple and yellow.
Friends Of the bumblebee-
Jolly old fellow!
Friends Of the butterflies,
yellow and white.
When other fiowers fail them,
Their only delight.
Close by the roadside.
Crowded together.
Making still fairer
September's blue weather.
Dnst may blow DER them.
W.-ds may press near,
Yet the bright asters
FIJI Us with cheer.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-24
s.1rn PpnpuYI .crIc M nIpnrurpIA-l

SALT AT A PEoPHYLACTIC IN DIPHTHERIA.-In
paper read at the Medical Society of Victoria,
Australia, DIR. Day stated that, having for many
years regarded diphtheria, in its early stage, as
purely local affection characterized by n mark
ed tendency to take on putrefactive decomposi-
tion he has trusted most to the free and constant
application of antisepties, aud when their en-
ployment has been adopted from the first, and
been combined with judicious alimentation. he
has seldom seen oOd-poisoning ensue. In con-
sequence of the great power which salt possesses
in preventing the putrefactiye decomposition of
meat and other organic matter, DIR. Day has
often prescribed for diphtheric patients living far
away from medical aid the frequent use Of gar
gle COMPOSED of n tablespoonful more of salt
dissolved in tumbler of water, giving children
who cannot gargle teaspoonful or two to drink
occasionally. Adults to use the gargle as a
prophylactic three or four times day.