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, 1881-09-06

A spccIa1 nlccttnc Of tic stockliolters Of
tho CEicngo, Burlington Il Quincy Railroad
llas bccn called to be held IN this city Sept.
:2.S. 'rhe call states that tho ineeting IL for
the purpose Of considering plais for prs,-
noting by lease or otherwise Certatu
extensions In tho intorest Of this
company and for consolidating witt, the
same alld with other lines leased by tIs
company or extension thereof. THIS no
doubt lnaNs revival OF tho old scheme to
wnter tho stock If tho Burlington, Several
attempts were lnade Inst winter to increase
tlln caplta! stouk VI tttis ctll,!'n',y. II " "
,Jno & Council Bluffs. tic Burlington & sfls.
souri, Nlver h, Nebraska, nl.tl seycrut pro-
prletary r0ads in Nebrasku1 we're consolltlat-
ed with tho Chicago. burlington u Quincy
seso s in o'Ws t'e a%eseel, Seg0s WIS 20 q srsat cit
Mt tue ttlua that the Eastern advocates OF tho
sclIelnG' ,aropped tl!o lnattcr fo1 the time le-
tng.. Tie. adyocAtes Ut tho scheme ilra no
position llas ccasad Or .ncarly, 10, especially
portant DIMENSIONS Il! tic West. Tio prin-
clpal Of these extensions Is TO be Il line
tss sPnus iaS e ts riSsts istS s RtSsiy's ivst
III Nebraska, to Denver. II distance of about
3t,o miles. From Denver west THO right ot
way lIns beon secured for nt!0tller llne to Ok.
OF tho Union Faclic for tho Cotoruuu mud
Iuei!lc business. Besides this, the lsurlng-
tn1i hns lately, secured coMtr0l of tln Dur:-
probably. bu extended to u,e Missouri River
md nlsu bo consolidated with tho Burlington
Company. Or course It will bc Impossible to
carry out nll these important schemes With.
yMntuge Of ills the present stock OF tic bnr-
lIngtuj, Gatl be Waterta sufficiently to amount
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-07-28
Save the SORGHUM Seed

A few years ago the value of sorghum seed was
not generally known, nor appreciated. Farmers
when harvesting the sorghum, would leave the
seed lying on the ground; if the chickens or hogs
ate it, twas all right In agricultural papers Of
to-day, we see sorghum seed highly recommend
ed as food for horses, hogs chickens etc. This
is step in the right direction; and, allow me-
Mr.. Editor, to take step farther and RECON-
mend it highly as food for man. which can do
having tried it, Griddle cakes made ofsorghum
-four are similar in taste and appearance to
buckwheat cakes, aud of a milder and better fla
vor. person might easily be deceived, think
ing he was eating buckwheat cakes when in re-
atty they were made of sorghum Hour. And
doubt not but what some of the Superior brands
of buekwheat flour" we frequently see advertis-
ed, are made of sorghum seed.
One way Of curing the seed is, take it when
the sorghum is harvested, and scatter il on the
grass where il cannot be disturbed, and leave it
there couple of weeks so. A few showers or
frosts Will not hurt it, but If it is scattered too
thick, il should be turned occasionally to pre-
vent monlding. When it is thoroughly dry haul
it onto the barn floor, and when it has cured
enough, thresh the seed out and run il through
the windmill. 1t is then ready TO be ground into
flour. Cook it the same as buekwheat flour. A
crop of sorghum will yield from twenty to forty
bushels OF seed to the acre. JONATHAN.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-07-28
The Careless Use of Ice.

1t is only in this country that ice enters so
largely iuto the apparent comfort Of its inhabit-
ants, and very dangerous comfort It is. Dys-
pepsia and anumber of other evils follow direct
ly in the train of the consumption OF Ice. To the
great pitchers Of iced water 50 temptingly dis
played on hot days may ho traced number of
maladies, for it is evident that no person can
without danger suddenly and violently lower
the temperature of his stomach by filling il full
ofwater at ;s2o Fahrenheit. That valuable organ
will certainly resent the insult, especially il fol-
lowed up by repeated injuries of the same kind.
In the tropics, where the use of ice has more
temptations surrounding il than in any other
part of the world, the inhabitants most carefully
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-07-28
HOW to MRkaaI.awn

A correspondent of the Country Gentleman
wri.es:-
"The very best grass have made use of for
lawn is unquestiOnably orchard grass. But
then, to make il eifectual for this PURPOSE no
halfway measures should de prdcticed in prepar-
ing the ground, Sowing the seed, and cutting the
grass. The soil should he rich, in fine tilth and
free from weeds. The best preparation of it is
TO cultivate it in potatoes or some other hoed
crop the preceding year. If this can be taken
of in August, early or late, according TO climate
the seed may he safely sOwn in that month; if
not, leave it till the following spring, and then
put il in rs early possible. Plough, harrow
very fine, and level the ground Then SOW ut
least at the rate of four bushels per acre so that
the ground can be thickly stocked. IL this is
not done, the grass forms tussOcks, and these
spoil the beauty of the lawn. Never sow clover
or any other seed with this for lawn, but one
may do so with clover only for field crop if de
dircd, as both are ready at the same time to cut
for hay, which. to have il tender and sueculent,
should be in the earliest of blossoming. After
sowing brush the surface nicely. and then roll
Cut the grass often as it gets about
four inches high. This keeps it from growing
coarse, and makes closer, finner sod This grass
is the first to shoot up in the spring. and last to
turn brown in late autumn or during the winter.
Ray grass, if treated in the above manner, comes
next to orchard grass in making a superior
10,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-07-28
Fruit Devastators.

A gentleman who knows all about the subject,
says truly, that many erroneous statements are
promulgated about the insects and worms which
destroy our fruit trees and fruit. lie corrects a
few Of them in the following paragraph:
Plums are not safe from the curcnlio, Gas soon
n, the stone is formed If the first part of the
season is favorable to the cuTculio's operations,
the first eggs will be laid by the time plums are
half grown, and the early fruit will escape with
little further injury. But a second set of eggs
will he ready for the later plums, and the first
laying is often No protraeted rs to leave ap-
probable interval between il and the second
The apple borer cannot he exterminated by
any kind of attack through the round holes
which il makes in the bark. These holes are
made 10y the mauter beetle in escaping from the
trle after the grub has finished his work.
The catrrpillars cannot bc overcome by des-
troying their webs while they are foraging
abroad. Neither are they always To he found at
home until nine o'clock in the forenoon, Their
habits vary with the weather. and are guided hy
acute instincts.
Honey bees are not injurious to fruit. Even
wasps and hornets prefer that which has begun
10 decay, and rarely attack a sound spot.
Neither potato ROT, pear blight or black knot
are caused by any insect whatever. As to plums
and cherries. injury from any cause gives an Oc-
casom for rot. All these diseases, except pear
blight, are fully as certain TO be- or be caused
by fungi. The leaf blight of the pear aud that
which attacks the visgalied, is the fungi; but as
10 the terrible fire blight We have no certainty
as vet.
When you sec a bird dive at a cherry, and
then see a hole in the cherry, are yOu quite sure
the bird made the holei Many binds of bugs and
flies make such holes, and bird who picks them
ont is doing good serYice.-,JoWTHdl Of Commerce
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-07-28
StraWberries.

The last pint of Strawberries is picked. then
whati Will yOu pillow down the old bed, or go
to work for another crop from the same ground :
Some people think it best TO have bed entirely
new for each years picking. An old, and very
large grower of this fruit starts the hrrrow after
the crop is gathered, and keeps the soil mellow
through June and July. He uses a fine steel
tOothed harrow with twelve teeth, between the
rows, the same in a newly planted bed. This
cuts the ground fRe, and does not cover the
plants. No matter if One-fOurth to Onc-third of
the vines are rooted ont, and the remainder look
sadly demoralized in consequence, they will soon
recover, and the next crop will be all the better
for the severe scarifying Some growers first
NOV of the leaves and use plough instead of
a narrow, ploughing furrow from the row,
leaving an unploughed space six to nine inches
wide, thinning out the plants in the row with
hand plough, afterwards using the harrow be-
tween the rows. A new bed may be started now,
10 fruit next year, by spading up ball of earth
with the plants and setting without disturbing
the roots. Those who like the hill system can
set the plants in rows both ways and use a wheel
barrow with a shect-irOn wheel, having a sharp
edged rim for cutting the runners. This will do
the work. Tie fne-toOthed harrow can be run
both ways, so that no hand hOeng or back
breaking work is needed. In the matted row
system, the runners may he kept cut off until in
early August, when the horse cultivation shOuld
cease and the runners be allowed TO take root
Farmers Journal
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-07-28
The Prevailino Tonic

81 tell you," said tall, thin man, setting him.
self on horse block before q Fulton street
clothing store, last Thursday afternoon, and
contemplating the show bills in the window,
while addressing no one in particular, 81 tell
you this is an awful thing about Garfield. II
I'd been fired Through n brick wall l wouldn't
have been SO broke up"
"Yoi'f right, sir" conceded another tall, thin
man, drawing near. 'nI wouldn't believe it Mt
first. Friend of mine told me about it, and /
said, sPshawe Right out that way; .pshaw =
! said l."
eyes, sir, and you hit it" replied the first thin
man. "Pve been ont since morning leaking for
news about the matter. Ny wife told me 10 get
box; but haven't felt like going home till /
find out how it would turn out about the wound
Seen any bulletins latelyi
Eyes bout an hour ago. Temperature 100,
pulsc 205, and respiration 3,p
''Good enough! he's getting better. Did YOU
notice about the tympanites Z"
"Yes, that was 16. Did you know that man
Guiteau
"Well, I should smile! He made these clothes
patronzed him for thirty years, and only quit
him when he got to borrowing money from the
charity patients in the hospitals. Did you know
him Z"
81 should think / did, Him and me fshed
all wintar for shad in Maine. He nsed to take
the scales off the fish to weigh 'em with, cause
he was too mean to buy steelyards, Amt you
'fraid your ice cream'll melt there in the sun !"
'No, reckon not. You must have known
Guiteau when he was preaching out here in
Bushwick, and threw him over q red-hot stove
for spending the missionary money in cut-steel
buttons to use rs poker chips"
81 wasn't here then, but knew him in Flori-
da, when he was publishing alligators' tails as
origional stories in q San Francisco paper.
Which way are You goingT
"Right out Fulton street. y replied the frst tall
thin man, picking up his ice cream box. "Fll
walk along with you.'
my wife gave me this dollar to buy some
thread with, but don't believe l can match
what she wants. Come and take little some
thingr7
81 don't mind. I'm feeling better about the
Presidents prospects, and it may help me to
brace up Bit
Certainly. In . time like this strangers be-
come friends, and we can't do better than stand
in against a national calamity. Here's good
place.
And one woman went without her thread, and
another got sodden paper box in lieu of her
ice-cream, and both mourned dismally while their
husbands rejoiced over the happy turn Of affairs
and lied like thieves about their experiences
with Guiteau.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-07-28

1t is only when we regard our globe As = men,
her Of the planetary system, and that system in
turn as = unit among the systems, that We real
ize how infnitessimal are its concerns, and how
relatively insignificant it is. We may for prac-
teal purposes treat the orbit Of Neptune rs the
circumference of our planetary system, and
state the diameter of it, therefore, rs about s. 49,
0O0, 600 miles. But il we could suppose all this
vast plane converted into solid disk, instead
Of being, as now, for the most part empty space,
and if to il were then given, by some means
. slightly luminous surface, it would appear to
an observer upon the very nearest fixed star no
more pretentious than a new shilling glitter;ng
in the Sunshine would appear to an observer At
. distance of somewhat over n hundred yards.
In other words, it would want fairly good eyes
to discern il at all. We may safely say then
that the annual thermal loss of our own little
sphere, though sufficient to melt III cubic miles
Of ice, would, even though multiplied by eeutu.
ries Of centuries no more affect the Temperature
Of space than the striking of q match would
avail to moderate the climate Of Siberia.-BeI-
graria.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-07-28
Death in Summer Drinks.

Now is the time to beware Of the deadly pop
ular ''summer drinks"-the butyric ether which
passes current for pineapple in the foaming
beaker of soda; the methyl, coal tar; the fusel
oil, rancid fat succinic acid, the napthaiine the
oxalic acid, formic acid, and the chloroform
which go respectively towards the compounding
ofthe delusive lemon, apple, gooseberry, apricot,
pear, orange, strawberry, grape and other iiavors
or essences that are distilled from those elegant
soda fountains in the drug stores OF on the best
located street corners. As n matter of fact, the
favors you relish so mnch in Your soda or lem
onade are all artificial, and made so closely to
initiate the natural havors as to defy detection.
Your cider-unless you actually see it made from
the apples-is little better, being an ugly COM
pound of honey, eatechu, alum, yeast, almods,
cloves, burnt sugar and sulphurie acid; your
light summer wines get their refreshing boquet
from the virtues Of tartaric acid or amylic or fu
sci oil ether. On the whole, it would puzzle o
saint to know, not which is the best, but which
is the least unwholesome of our summer 'bev-
erages-Ne,r York Star.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-07-28
"IF I WAS PRESIDENT
What Mr. ButterhyS Family Would DO in
THAT Case.

''Naw, if was President began Mr.. Butter
by, of Prospect street, the other morning, rs he
passed. his cup over for a second cup of coffee
''If was President of the United States
(which you arn't you know" broke in Mrs
b., in an srgumential and confidential tone.
.And not likely to be-" added Mrs. BIS moth
er, with contemptuous toss of her head.
''No," assented Mr.. b. pleasantly, .'but was
Just supposng the case"
"Then suppose something In reason" retorted
Mrs. Is. snappishly; "you might well sup
pose you were the man in the moon or the Man
in the Iron Mask Or
$50 l might, my dear, so I might" assented
Mr.. B., still pleasantly smiling, "but that has
nothing to do with it. l was merely going to
say that IL was President Of the United States,
ID
"Myw burst in Miss Gertrude, aged Is,
wouldn't Il be splendid if you was, pa. Just
to think how those Wheedletop girls would
change their tune when met them, instead Of
throwing out their destinations about people
who consider it Christian-like to turn their last
seasons silk so they may have more 20 giye to
charity! But they might turn green. with envy
before I'd ever"
eyes, and wouldn't warm is to Sammy Du-
gan, just = chirped in Master. Thomas, aged IL.
I'D go up to him an sWack him on the nose
with brick fore he kpewd where he was, an
he dassent hit me hack, COS it 'ud be treason,
an they'd hang him; an I'd slide on the side
walk, an shy snowballs at the p1iccman, an
sass Miss Eerule, an play hockey every day
when it didn't rain, an I'd
HYes," chimed in Mrs. b., catching the infec-
lson from her enthusiastic progeny, land then
I'd be the first lady in the land let the next be
who she would; and the Senator's and Govern
ers' wives would beg to be introduced to me,
and I'd have balls twice q week, and banquets
every day, and
"And I'd have the management Of the White
House, and run thingSn remarked Mrs. BIS
mother, her eyes sparkling with the prospect.
'1Not much -you wOuldn'tr'-from Miss Ger
trude-'.not if kept NY health and knew my
self, You wouldn't not as long rs l was the
Presidents daughter"
"YahT CALCULATED Master Tom. al guess the
Presidents son would he the biggest plumb in
that dish! Wouldn't be the Prince of Wales
then-sayf What 'ud You know about"
''Shut up-all of your commanded Mrs. B.
81 reckon the Presidents wife is the best au-
thority in the land! Anyhow, there'd be n
dusty old time if anybody questioned it, and
bet when the exercises were finished the suryi-
vors wouldn't ask any ELECTORAL commission to
decide it over again. My! I'd like to any
body-but, by the way, Mr.. Butterfly, what was
it you was going to say you would do if you was
the President of the United Statesf"
"Resgn rs soon as the Lord would let me-
said Mr. Butterfly, calmly but determinedly.
And then meditative silence fell upon the
family, and remained there until the meeting
arose.-Defroif Free Press
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-07-28
AProfessional View of It.

Yesterday afternoon two young medical stu
dents met in q Fulton street saloon, and fell into
conversation on the assassination.
"pm inclined to think the attending phys-
clans have inexperienced the Presidents case;
what do you say, Doctor :" aked one.
81 agree with you, Doctor" replied the other.
Gas soon rs they discovered that the bullet had
penetrated the laudable pms, they should have
made an effort to extract it.'
my idea exactly. And il peritonitis super
vened, they could have readily reduced it with
borax gargle. Don't You think they might have
lowered the peritoneal wall into the abdominal
cavity, so as to have reduced the pressure on the
liver, Doctor,
They might, DOetOr,bu wouldn't that have
Certainly. Bat, Doctor, they could then
have turned the lesion over, and in that way re-
duced the respiration Al the start"
"Yon are right, Doctor, If I'd been there,
should hav. drawn the bullet back and down.
ward, in order to relieve the inHamcd parts"
81 see; and tied the arteries at Your leisure.
Yes, yes Did you get the impression that any
Of the ligaments were cut by the bulletf'
81 think one of the anterior vessels was sever
that saved his life. Have you considered, Doc
tor, that the ball may pass into the femoralart
~ and make the patien tlame r
'.No, hardly think 90. II those physicians
understand their business, they'll tie the spinal
cord around the bullet, and then they can pull
it ont At any time. wouldn't recommend its
removal now
"Certsinly not, Doctor. thought of one thing
that would have worked well in the earlier stag
es, but il il too late now, and that was during
the fever to increase the temperature until the
bullet was melted, permitting it to pass of
through the wound.s
"A most excellent idea, Doctor! Why on earth
didn't you recommend it ut the time r.
.4OLI wasn't called in the case. and didn't like
to Interfere What did you think o. old Rreyfog-
oil, "a lprf mr. ouf he zul. eel IN
"He's an old ass Anybody knows that the
clavian arteries are the root Of sciatica, which
will only yield to amputation. Going to the
base ball match to-morrovfn
''Yes; I'm scorer. Good day, Doctor
There's been heap Of medical wisdom wasted
on the Presidents wound, and not altogether
by the younger men Of the profession.-BroeEiys
Eagle
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-07-28
The Housewives Table.

The following is a very valuable housewives
table by which persons not having scales and
weights at hand may readily measure the article
wanted to form any recipe without the trouble
of weighing, allowances to be made for any ex-
traordinary tffyness or moisture of the article
weighed or measured:
Wheat flour, pound is ! quart,
Indian meal, pound ounces are quart.
Butter when soft, pound is qnart.
Loaf sugar, byokea, pound is quart,
White sugar, pound and ounce are quart.
Brown sugar, pound 2 ounces are quart
Ten eggs are one pound,
A common tumbler holds half pint.
A teacup is gill.
large wineglass is one gill.
Forty drops are equal to teaspoonful.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-07-28
Chr fun Of the Ching.
THE COMET.

4AS SS<-A-
Mercy love usi
Far above Us.
See the comet slasihin' round;
Fiffy million
Million billion
Billion miles above the ground
With tail
Like Q whale,
See IL -recf and whiz and rear;
With its ripper
In the dipper.
How ii rolls the Major Bear
Now It's tryin'
For ORyan.
Irish chap that killed the bulb;
And the moon
Pretty
Gives the comet : tail q pun
Here and there.
Everywhere.
Restless spite Of sky IDEAS;
Awful pert,
see il fiirt
With Helen Potter's Plieados.
Unbelierrrsi
Famine feyers
Plague and p-setileDee and wzr:
Fret and worry,
Trouble. hurry.
That Is xha; the comets for.
Lots OF debt.
Too much wet,
Rain aud hail. and -ieet and fecd;
Burning drought,
Torrid south,
5unbaked felds. and seas Of mnd.
Blood and bones,
Tears and groans
Crashing teeth and h0rrid cries;
Howl and yowls,
Frowns and soowi-
That's about the comets size.
Everything
II will briAg
That is bad beneath the sui;
How Il huns,
Here il comesl
Goodness gracious. let " rum
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-07-28

A NEw YORK girl stuffed the sleeves of en- old
coat with straw and placed it around her waist
she sat in the bay window wrapped in the
soft Jnne twilight. Ii looked all right and nat
ural from distance, and broke the neighbor
girls all up with envy, but the satisfaction she
derived from the hug was about rs thin as
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-07-28
Rankrupt Dividends.

The anecdote of the BARRIERS failure in We'd
ncsday's paper reminded friend to call and tell
us of loss he met with few days since by the
failure Of professional polisher of boots. The
disciple of Day & Martin had his only change
pair Of snow-trackers in possession for the pur-
pose of igibin on 'em de real shine" but as they
did not appear at his door in time in the morn
ing, he put on yesterdays dull pair, and found
his way to the shop of Coffee Brush, which was
as fast as a dOor-nail eould make it. Cuff, how
ever, showed the dark of his countenance
through broken pane, and said:
''GOOd mOrnin', massa."
f.Open the door, Cuff"
sfoh, massa, berry sorry can't admit your
honor"
''Can't-why mott
''Why, | met misfDrtin', and have been
'bliged to turn bankrupt"
"Ah, that's bad-how much have you failed
for."
Thirteen dollar sebbenty -one cent, massa."
i'Well, hand out my boots, Cuff-make an hon.
orable settlement with yonr creditors, and you'll
do we'll enough
'Here's one, massa,n
GLAND along the other
''Oh no, massa, | only pays dibbilend of fifty
cent on de dollar. "-BosfoH Transcript.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-07-28

A DARKEY entered Nose Schaumberg's store
and asked the price of hat, and was told the
price was three dollars. "Ill give yer six bits
dam darkey out of the store" John seized the
colord customer by the neck, and was showing
him out the door, when the latter called out I;
'I'll glib yer a dollar. Speak quick before
quits de store" 81 dakes your offer, mine friend.
Pring him back, Schonr
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-07-28

THE report that Carl Schurz writes editorials
with one hand while playing fngue from some
old composer ON the piano with the other is the
weak invention of an envious rival. And equally
untrue is the report that he sets all his editorials
TO music before having them SGT In type, for the
purpose of making them ''toney." All great
men are lied about. We have been lied about
ourselves NoTTistorR Herald