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The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

EARLY MELoNs.-Gardeners generally find il
difficult to get as early melons as they would
like, for the reason that they will not bear trans
planting. ! have tried way by which they
can be started early; and transplanted when
wanted. Save all the pasteboard collar boxes,
and fill them with the best soil ANY Kind OF
boves will do; they can be made of wood with
bottoms tackled On. After warming the soil.
plant the seeds, about five TO the box They
can now be sunk in the hot bed. or if YOU do not
have one, they can be kept in the house by the
stove. When the young plants are large enough
they can be transplanted- After making the
ground mellow, make hole the size of the box
then slip out the bottom, and the earth, with the
plants, will slip through without being disturbed
This plan will do for other plants besides melons.
as cucumbers, etc, the tender egg plant, and
some varieties Of flowers BY starting plants
early in this way, several weeks can be gained.
Practical Farmer.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05
IN VACATION.

The sun has marked me for his own;
I'm grOvin. bruvner day by day;
i cannot leave the fields alone;
j bring their breath away.
i put aside the forms of men,
And shun the world consuming care,
Come. green and honest hills again
For ye are free and fair.
How wonderful this pilgrimage,
On every side new worlds appear.
weigh the system Of the sage,
And lind it wanting here.
crave the tongues that Adam knew,
To question and discourse with these
To taunt tho jay with jacket blue
And quarrel with the bees.
To answer when the grosbeak calls
His mate, Co mock the eatbirl's screech I;
The sl0ven Crows. with nasal drawis.
The orioles golden speech.
Now through the pasture, and across
The brook. while fiocks Of -parruws try
To quit the world, and wildly toss
Their forms against the sky.
A small owl from the thistle.tops
Makes eyes at me, with blank distrust: I:
Tips of upon the air and drops
Fiatfooted in the dust.
The meadow.la lifts shouliler-high
Above the sward and, quiysring
With broken notes Of ecstasy,
Slants forth on curved wing.
The patient barn-fowls strut about.
Intent on nothing every one.
A tall cock halls cock without,
n grave hen eyes the sun.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05
Sudden Checking of Perspiration.

A Boston merchant, in "lending hand" ON
board one Of his ships on a windy day, found
himself at the end of an hour and half pretty
well exhausted and perspiring freely. He sat
down to rest, and engaging in conversation,
time passed faster than he was aware of. In
attempting to rise, he found that he was unable
Ia do 50 without assistance. lie was taken home
and put to bed. where lie remained two years |;
and for a long time afterward conld only hobblc
about with the aid of a crutch. Less exposures
than this have in constitutions not vigorous
resulted in Inflammation of the lungs-"pneumO-
nia"-ending in death in less than a week. or
causing tedious rheumatisms, to he a source of
torture for a lifetime. Multitudes of lives would
he saved every year, and an incalculable amount
of human suffering would he prevented, if parents
would begin TO explain TO their children, at the
age of three or four years, the danger which at
tends cooling off too quickly after exercise, and
the Importance of not standing still after exer-
else, or work, OF play, or of sitting at an open
window or door, or of pulling off any garment,
even the hat or bonnet, while in heat.-N y. Post.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

NOVEL USE OF A KIss.-A gent not many DAYS
since, and not may miles from Lewistown, re-
turning from a sleigh ride, on arriving at the pa
ternal mansion of his lady, gave and received a
KISS OF friendship, as he supposed; but alas. the
sequel will show how much he was mistaken,
for the door having been closed, he overheard
the following conversation:
why, Lucy, amt yon ashamed to kiss man
out there all alone with himi When was 4
girl, would not have done it for the world,
'.No, ma, l am not. y answered Lucy; for only
kissed him to smell his breath, to. see If he hadn't
been drinking r'-Lelriston Falls HaiHej Journal.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

SCENE in the. Senate: M-h-ne to V-rh-s:
ado you bite your thumb at me, sirr D-s
aside to Y-rh-s: ''If you say you bite youI
thumb at him il will be unlawful; he will have
the rnles on you" Y-Th-s: ..NO, SIR do not
bite my thumb at you, but / bite my thumb y
Mine: ''Then, sir, you do not bite n clean
thumb E-rh-s: ''Then do bite my thumb
at you! Look you, sir | bite my nose off at you.
'Sdeath, sir, bite my head off at yOuw WbOop,
sir, open my mouth and put my foot in it at
you" tThey glare at each other B-n H
to N-rh-s: 'What! art thou hurt's V-rh-s:
81 am spread Is he gone, and hath nothing
My mouth is as deep a well and as wide as a
barn door. Ask for me tomorrow, an you shall
find have swallowed myselE"-Deiroit Post and
Tribune
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05
THE FUNERAL OF HOPE.

The following beautiful lines written by the ID
iichard Lies. Esq. Of Danvie, Va. gentleman Of
ius hne scholar and lawyer of distinction. The lin
peak of the sad experience and fate Of the author.
have been to the funeral of all my hopes,
And entombe, them, by one;
Not word was said
Not a tear shed,
When the mOurnful task was done.
Slowly and sadly turned me round
And sought my silent room;
And there alone,
l;y the cold hearth. stone
! wooel the midnight gloom.
And a. the night, with deepening shade.
Lowered above my brow,
wrpt Ger days,
When manhodls
Were brighter far than
The dying eInbers on the hearth
Gave cut their Pickering light
As if to say,
This is the way
Thy life shall close in n, ,Lt.
wspt aloud In anguish sore
Der the blight Of pruspccts fair;
While demons laughed
And Eager quaiird
My tears, like nectar
Through Helrs red hall an echo rang
An echo loud and long.
As in the bowl
plunged my sonl
In the night Of madness strong.
And there. within that sparkling glass,
knew the TO lir
This all men own.
Erum zone Ia zone,
Yet millions drink and die.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

GREAsING BUGGIEs AND WAGONs.-Greasing
buggies and wagons is of more Importance than
some imagine. Many a wheel isruined by oling
too plentifully. 4 well-nade wheel will endure
constant wear for ten tn twenty years if care is
taken TO use the right kind and proper amount
Of oil; but if this matter is not attended to- the
wheel will be used up in five or six years, may
be sooner. Lard should never be used on
wagon, for it will penetrate the hub and work
its way around the tendons of the spokes and
spoil the wheel. Castor oil is good material
for use ON iron axles just oil enough should be
applied to n spindle to give it q light coating !;
this is better than more, for the surplus put on
will work out at the ends, and bc forced by the
shoulders and nut into the hub around outside
the boxes To oil the axle-tree, first wipe the
spindles clean with q cloth wet with turpentne,
if it won't wipe without it. On buggy or car
riage, wipe and clean off the back and front
ends of the hubs, and then apply a very small
quantity of castor oil, or more especially pre-
pared lubricator, near the shoulders point
.ScieHfifc Press
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

NEW WAY TO DUN.-The Fond Du Lac RepHb-
HodR gives the following hint TO its subscribers:
Spring is here with her sunny smiles and
odoriferous breezes. The thick ribbed ice is fast
dissolving away, like the phantom forms which
dance on the vision floor in our midnight dreams;
and the sleigh bells merry peals are as quick
forgotten AZ the cherry checked sweet-hear of a
California gold hunter. The rosy fingered god
dess will soon scatter her flowers around her
prairie home, and love will go frolicking over
undulating plain and towering hill; and some of
our delinquent subscribers iH be dropping in TO pay
usr
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05
aMAY coMEs LAUGHING" !"
nj cAEoLixE woE,fKLI-

Who comes here. with sweet, blue eyes,
Herzkiing the Samrser skies.
Fragrant depths of golden hair.
Summers glory iwelleth therei
Pink Wild rose in lip and face,
Form that takes thr willows grace,
In her breath the scent Of clover,
Sweet the field she dances over.
Nature laughs in merry glee.
At her bird-Dote-' mimiery,
Arbutus-erowned by woodland fay:
DO you know herf Why, 'tis Nay.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

THREE DAYS SIGHT.-A Frenchman received
draft payable at three days sight at n certain
bank. The first day he presented himself at the
counter, and extended it before the paving teller
and said, ''lou see that once and folding the
draft he walked away. The next morning he
appeared again, and going through the same
form said, You see that twice" The third day
he appeared once more, and said, ''You see that
three times; now yOn paw him
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

'MAHoNE, of Nirginia'-that is the little tor.
pedos customary signature, and We have Just
discovered the justification of the rather higl
sounding address. When asked where his home
was, he replied the other day, Sin Virginia.
''l3ut what placer "All about in Virginia
have no regular home-first ORG place, then an.
other: have my washing done in Lynchburg
now" he rarely stops in any place longer than
a week at a tme.-BHfdIo Commercial .ddrertiser
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

STANDING on HIS DIGNITY.-A prohibitionist
went into saloon, under the influence of liauor
and asked prominent politician to treat.
"ion can't he thirsty again. You have just
had a drink"
''Of coursh (hic) I'm not thrsthy, !" was the in.
dignant response. "If don't drinksh schepton
when ish thirsthy, what advantage have got
over beasht of the fieldf"
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

EARLY PoTAroEs.-''In order to insure snc-
cess and command high prices, the seed must be
sprouted. j. e., it must have made advancement
in growth at least one inch. This sprout shonld
be strong and well-ieveloped; its thickness
about that of the stem of a common tobacco
pipe, and its top crowned with green buds Just
entering into leak; at the bottom of the sprout
emitted, or in the course of emission, small
thread-like roots. which, as soon as planted,
take possession of the soil Hsre is the grand
secret of obtaining early potatoes
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

THE public will be startled almost out of its
senses ON learning that man has actually been
arrested for taking an umbrella that did not be-
long TO him. Hitherto there has been a sort of
tacit understanding between the inhabitants Of
all civilized countries that umbrellas were the
property of whatever person happened to have
them in handy 7. Herald
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

To TAKE INK OUT OF LISES.-Editor,' and
clerks wives will learn with pleasure that 10 take
apiece of tallow, melt it, and dip the spotted
part ofths linen into the melted tallow, the linen
may be washed and the spots will disappear
without injuring the linen.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

To REMOVE GREASE FROM WoRsrED GooDs.-
Take one-quarter pound of CASTLE soap, one
quarter pound ammonia, one ounce sulphuric
ether, one ounce spirits Of wine, one ounce ylyee
rine. To mix this, cut the soap fine and dissolve
in one quart of soft water and all ingredients
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

in his absence, panther had attacked his wife,
and that she had beaten off and killed the ami
NAL, merely shrugged his shoulders and said
'Ef that panther knowed her as well as do,
he'd never riled her up, you bet"
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

JoSEs-'I see Smith has taken to riding a BIZ
cycle What on earth is he doing that for p
Robinson-"0h, q very simple reason-to pre-
vent Mrs. Smith from going with him.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

IL his lecture on civil service reform on Satur.
day night, George William Curtis said that
When Abraham Lincoln was President there
nsed TO bc in Washington broker in Office who,
for convenience sake, Mr.. Curtis called Jeremiah
Jones. From early morning till late at night, at
all hours, in fact, in all places, upon every OPP
portunity, when the dangers threatening the
country were at their height, jeremiah Jones
was very busy trying to secure place for some
scrub-woman, a berth for some porter, a clerk
ship for another, place in some department for
some one else. Somebody asked the President
how lie spent the day, and Lincoln replied: "In
the morning when wake up, the first thing /
do is to pray, then look under the bed to see
whether Jeremiah Jones is there, and thank
God if lac isn't there"
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

A REMNANT that is larger than the original
piece-the remnant of Vietoria's band of lndi-
ansr Some of it gets killed or captured every
few days, and the remnant" is still more than
hundred yards wide, and not worsted.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

THE slang expression, ''Going to the ball this
eveningf having become stale, flat and unprof-
liable, an Albany genius has conceived the fol-
lowing, which is the very latest: "Do you dawnce
the lawncersr '.No; but my sister Frawnees
dawnces the lawneers and several other fawncy
dawnces.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

A MATRoN under cross-examination as q wit
ness turned up her nose at the insinuation that
her daughter was inclined to wed q widOwer.
''Nery likely, indeed" said she, with a toss OF
her head, that my daughter should marry
second-h hand manr
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

The land, my friend, !" said an Irish orator the
other day at n meeting, ''has belonged TO the
people from the days of Adam" adam in
deedr replied voice in the crowd, ''do not
speak of him; he was evicted from the Garden
of Eden without compensation. London Truth
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

CREAM FOR BUTTER. The temperature of
cream necessary for a speedy conversion to but
ter is said to be from $50 to 62o. The last is
thought to make the speediest conversion; the
first to make the best butter
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05
GUIDE NE.

Show me the path had forgotten thee.
When was happy and free.
walking down here in the gl,dsone light of the
But now come and mourn; o, set my feet
In the road to thy blest seat.
Ard fur The rest o, God, thy win be done.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

THE flavor Of Coffee, we see it stated, may be
very mueh improved by adding forty or ffty
grains of carbonate of soda to each pound Of
roasted coffee. In addition TO improving the
flavor, the soda makes the coffee more wholesome.
asit neutralizest the acid contained in the infusion
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

"FoR lunatics read senator's" says q Cana
dian paper in explanation of typographical er.
ror. pfLat's the use of making fuss about syn.
onymsf-BostoR Post.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

To be remnnerative agriculture needs science
and skill, rs well as labor. 1t needs reading and
thinking minds, as well as working hands
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

MATURE REFLECIIoS.-''My darling, have yOn
thought Of the happy summer that our lives will
be when are joined for better or wOrscp
!'Oh! yes, John, I've thought of it,"
"And have you Thought of the bright home
that we will build the foundation of our affec.
tion, and which will he painted with the dying
flashes of the sun, and furnished with the silver
and gold that makes the night of heaven beauti.
fulfr
"Oh! yes, John, I've thought of it."
''Have you thought of the years that will come
TO us across the sea Of time, white capped but
blue with promises of years to Gomez
"Sure's you're born, John, I've thought of ii y
"And have you thought-i have you
have-v
'Oh! yes, John, more than all the rest, and
John, let us name it after you."-BrOoklyn Eagle
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

CLEANING M.RBLE.-Marble should he cleaned
with caustic, ley and lime, after which il should
be washed well with SOAP
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

GERMAN Psychologists affirm that of twenty
deaths Of men, between eighteen and twenty.
eight years of age, ten originate in the waste Of
the constitution induced by smoking.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

ALITTIR dog in one of our churchee few
evenings ago mistook 4 pair of striped stockings
for q barber pole.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

The beat preventive for fever and ague i.
thorough drainage.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

sPRNe poetry won't spoil if kept under six
inches Of snow.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05
WHEN SOFT AND Low.

WRITTEN on The MARCH FROM NkTAMORAs TO cANARGo
DURING THK MEXICAN WAR
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

A HUNGRY man is a mad man.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

AT dinner parties in Japan it is common Z,
have five courses of soups
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

Seven great windows looking seawarIi,
Seven smooth columns, white aud high; ;
There il Was We made our bright plans.
Mildred Jocelyn and /.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-09-03
Sherif7s Sale.

John a: sapp, State of Louisiana,
No 66l. vs.. Parish Of Richlsnd,
l. q. L. Stafford, ,utor. Parish Court.
Ry virtue Of an alias writ Of Il. ia, issued
from the Honorable Fifth Judicial District
Cour, in and f,r the Parish Of Richand, State
of l0ui,iana. III TIE above entitled and num>
bercd su,t, and to me directed, ! have seized
and vii. offer for sale. a, the door Of the Court
House. IN the town Of Rayyiie, said Parish
Of Richlaud, on
Saturday, the l7k day # Septembcrt
1881,
a. public anc,ion, 10 :hc last and highest bd'
der, the following described properly iO-wit
The gin house ON the Helen Stafford, or
Johnson place, situated ill., the Parish Of Rich.
land.
Terms of sae--cash, with the benefit Of
apPraisemeht.
LEM SCOTT,
Sheriff 5 Oficc, RayviIle La. Sheriff.
August 18Th, l3Sl.-6,.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-09-03
The PrOtracted Meeting.

The meeting at the BAPTIST Church
came to close Sunday night. The
congregations increased all the time,
and on Sunday night the house would
not hold the people. This is the best
evidence Of the appreciation Of the
preaching.
During the meeting severa! persons
Joined the church, and to them we
would suggest that it ought to be a
lifetime business with them. That the
eyes OF the world are on them and
their every act and word will be sc.u.
tinized. And while we make no pre-.
tensions to religion We are glad to see
the cause prosper and always sorry to
see the Savior of the world wounded
in the house of His friends by the
wickedness Of bis protested followers.
On Sunday evening at 4 O'Clock
Mr.. Kellis, in the presence Of q large
audience, delivered an able address,
explaining why the Baptists rejected
everything but immersion as baptism
Those differing from his views ought
TO have heard him, and DO doubt they
would have been Invested Of some
prejudice against his people. Af'eI
which he administered the ordinance
to three converts upon profession O.
their faith. To say the least Of it, ii
was O beautiful, solemn, impressive
and suggestive scenc.-uorchoust
Clarion.
The above remarks show plainly
whet the world thinks of incon
sistent christians, or protested chris
tiaus who do not live up to their pro
fession, and how closely their conduc
is watched; and should be an admo
milton to them to be watchful and care
full % to how they conduct themselve
in all the relations Of life. Peo?l
will naturally expect church member
to set q good example.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-09-03
SHERIFFS SALE.

Succession Of p. S. Null
him, deceased. Provis>
ioral, Amended and final
4ccuum, Of lmirisira'rix
Homologa,0n thereof
and oppos,ions of /. State Of louisiana
Boom Il Co. & J Bern Parish Of RmhlandI
s.e;n thereto. No GA. 5th District Court.
Ey -.riue Of two wri,s Of f. ia issued from
the Hcrl 9Th DIST, Cour, in and for the par
iSh of Riclland, State Of Louisiana, in the
above cntited and numbered case, anu TO-
me directed, | have seized and will offer Tor
sal, n Ike door Of the court house in the
town Of RaTvlle, at public auction, 20 the last
aud highest bidder, on
.sot,rday, t,c tst Gay Of October, 1881
the following described property. TO wit:
The nor.h east quarter Of north east qnars'
ter. 80 q, on l3, I. - ~. H. 5 + and an un-
divided one half inieres; in the south cart
quarter Of north east quarter, section Is, L.
IL n +. F.; and south west quarter OF
north west quarter south east quarter Of
north west quarter, north west quarter Of north
ives, quarter, north east quarter Of north west
quarter, south west quarter Of north east
quarter, sos,h east quarter Of north east quar-
ter nn.,h east quarter Of south west quarter,
south rs 5; quarter Of south west quarter, south
cas-, quarter Of south cas-, quarter, south west
quarter of south east quarter, north east quar-
ter of south east quarter and north west quarr
! ter Of soulls east quarter o! section is, i. lV
n Il. f. -,
| terms Of sale--Cash, with the benefi, Of
| appraisc,nen:.
LEM SCOTT, Sheriff.
Sheriff $ Ofice, Rayv!.e, La,
| Au~nst 9TH Ssh --,;t
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-09-03
The AntiMOnOpOliSts.

We arc continually in receipt OF /
documents from the Autobiography |
League, whose headquarters are st
New York, we believe, with the re- !
qucs. to copy some Of the opinions oi
is members or express orr sentiments
on the subject; and We have con-
Guided TO comply With tie latter re-
quest.
THIS Hac on monopelies may DO
very well for people living in the
Northern and Eastern States, where
these terrible monopolists have already
built all the railroads that can be made
to pay expenses, erected factories,
shops and other public Improvements,
and have Developed the resources OF
the country and raised it 70 a position
Of great opu!ence. Those people, in
other WORDS, can perhaps afford to
choke with pretty hard grip the
goose that has laid their golden egc-
Lu. even they cannot at!Ord TO Kill II.
But as for this country, where we are
just beginning to see some prospect OF
being oppressed 10y monopolles, that
are showing an inclination TO drop n
few golden eggs in our midst. cur
opinion is tha. We would disniar a
greater amount o: Wisdom ana sound
id gment by encouraging them than
in making war upon them. The fact
is. that we are SO anxious TO see all
the resources of our country develop
ed, the waste places reclaimed, money
in circulation, railroads, factories,
steamboats,, ships and towns built,
that SIC will rejoice over all such en-
,erprises, even though they be con-
troled by these terrible monopoli-ts.
would be far better for this cola
try, especially the poor aud working
classes Of the country, il we had &
great manv more such mOnopollsts, tC
give them employment, cheaper trans
porta;iou and convenient markets iUi
villa, they produce, and enhance TIE
value Of their property, just as they
have tia. of those people in New
/, England ard the Northern and Mid
die States. 1t would be hundred
fold better for the country if the none,
invested in United States bonds wer'
turned loose aud directed into sucl
channels.
= We have no objection to the Leagu
making war on the III ,nopolists, if
will conine It's operations to its owl
d section--for we hope that by 50 doin!
i, will drive some of them down South
o where they will meet with a cordis
n reception. Let them conceive nee
If them, long for them, and will ha
J. their coming with joy. There ar
splendid opportunities for them
, grind our people, who will help tur
:, the mill to the best Of their abilit,
y and with delight.
These are our views on this subjec
to which the Anti Monopoly Leagr
q is more than welcome.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-09-03

The President is, Of course, In q
very critical condition get, but he was
reported in much better condition on
Thursday than lie was on the day be-
fore, and some hope Of bis recovery
has been revived by the apparent fa-
vorable condition of his wound and
tie assesses that are said to be dis
charging healthy matter and decreas.
Ing.