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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15
mo MANS LAND

Who called il sol What accident
The wary phrase devised
What wanderin. fancy thither went.
And fingered there, surprisidi
All, no mans land, oh. sweet estate,
IIlimitably fair
No measure, wall, or bar or gate,
Secure rs sky or air!
No greed, no gain; not sold or bought,
Unmarrd by name OF brand:
Not dreamed Of, nor desired. nor sought,
Nor visioned, no mans land"
Suns set and rise. and rise and set,
Whole Summers come and 90;
And Winters pay the Summers debt,
And years OF west wind blow;
And harvests Of Wild seed times fill,
And seed and I'LL again:
And blossoms blonm at blossoms will,
by blossoms Overlain;
And day and night, and night and day,
Uncounted suns and moons,
BY silent shadows mark and stay
Cnreckoncd nights and ncons-
All. no mans land. hast thou lover,
Thy wild. sweet charm who sees!
The stars look down; the birds fiy over,
Art thou alone with thesei
All, mo mans land, - when died thy love
Who left no trace TO tell
Thy secret We shall not discover,
The centuries keep il we'll
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

To PURIFY RANCID LARD.-A correspondent
of the Country Gentleman writes rs follows: We
have some forty pounds of rancid lard which
was as valuless as it was offensive. knowing
the antiseptic qualities of chloride Of soda, /
procured three ounces of it, which was poured
into about pailful of soft water, and, after be-
ing heated, the lard aided. After boiling thor
oughly together for an hour or two, it was set
aside to cool. The lard was taken of when
nearly cold, and was subsequently boiled m.
The color was restored to an alabaster white.
and the lard was sweet as a rose-
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

IT is told of the late Judge Benjamin Tappan,
Of Ohio, that when he applied to the Judges Of
the Supreme Court for admission to the bar of
that State, he was asked the following ques-
tons, to which he gave the answers as follows ::
"Mr. Tappan, what is lawi" Answer-"An un-
just distribution of Justice" "Mr. Tappan,
what is equityfn Answer-"A id imposition
upon common senser No other questions were
asked, and he was given certificate of admis-
siou
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15
One Other Fact.

care you acquainted with this ladyr asked
q Little Reck lawyer of n witness in court
eyes, / used to know her pretty well, but I've
lost track of her for several years"
'Were yOu intimately acquainted with her y
''Can't say that was powerful intimate.
Bout rs intimate as two people ought to be-
''YOu visited her at one time, didn't yOu p and
the lawyer, who, in sly way, was trying TO
impeach the character Of the woman, looked at
the jury and winked.
"Wcil, she used to come to my house occasion
ally"
'Will You allow me to ask" and again he
looked at the jury, "whether not this woman
visited you in the day time or at night"
"SOmetimes she would come in the day time,
and stay all night"
"Would there he any one else in the house r.
''NOt usually"
THAT settles it. Gentlemen, you observe
that this woman
"Hold on minute" said the witness; "theres
another fact that you should know, before you
are too hard on the woman"
"What is that. sirr'
:tNothing much; only she used to be my wife"
Little Rock Gazette.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

A DOC SToRY.-A young man recently called
at q little domicile in Vicksburg. A small boy
and n big yellow dog were snuggled on the door
step, and the young man asked: "Will that dog
bitef "Well," said the boy, ''it's OWN to GER
leck sewing machine money, he's fierce as tiger
bnt eff yer got anything fur us, he's harmless as
q kitten-ain't yer, Towserf-
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

YOUSG AMERICA.-The following is from the
'Know Nothing Almanac"
Irish Nother-"Arrah,J Johnny, and where have
yees been so longr
Native Son-"Why, me and the rest of the
boys has been lickin' an IrishmdR.D
MOther-"Wait, ye spslpeen, till yer daddy
gifts home, You'll be after catching itw
Son-"0h. he DO bowed! That's the man
we've Kckedw
exit mother, with appraised eyes, and half
smothered "och, hone !"-while sonny stalks off
whstling Hail Columbia.)
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

A wELL-KSOwS Judge, when he first came to
the bar, was n very laundering speaker On one
occasin, when he was trying a case involving a
right of property to a lot of pigs, he said: "Gen-
tlemen of the jury, there were Just twenty-four
pigs in that droye-iust twenty four gentlemen
Letaetly twice as many as there are In that ju-
nv box
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

A CAN Of baked beans exploded in Patterson,
N. Y, few days ago, demolishing a range, and
frescoing the walls. When tho representative
Of Boston culture acts that way, it is time to
PROFOUND the new conundrum, "Whither are we
driftingr The Fenians should be watched, OF
they will conceal q number of these internal ma
chimes in outgoing English vessels.-NOrristoea
Herald
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15
st SEND MY LOVE"


II send my love" Il send nv love-"
A nation thrills Of one accord.
For life, for death, the God above
Germs in each breast the tender chord
Il send my love" Il send my love-
A love that death does not destroy.
That holy vow, true hearts can prove,
Zen station high does not alloy.
Il send my love. Il send my Loves"
The munler-r's ball NAV do its best,
But through the pain plane above
Is reached, where all who love can rest
II send my love, Il send my love-"
A blessed boon To mortals given.
No warriors plumed on field e'er strove
For prize 81 fair. Such love is heaven.
Il send my love, Il send my love-"
Oh, would that love could ever reign.
God speed the day. and Time disprove
The thought that hate can e'er obtain.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

POWDER To PREVENT LAMP ExPIos;oSs.-It
is over ten years ago that we showed up this
powder, pinch Of which put into the lamp
would not only prevent explosion of the oil, but
insure against the breaking of the chimney
This wonderful stuff was nothing but common
salt, colored blne with ultramarine, and, of
eoarse, utterly without effect in preventing ex-
plosioDs.-Imerioas 4sricHifurist.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

SCENE IN A GRoCERY.-[Exit customer with a
Iug.l
Grocery keeper, to his sons-"Jonathan, did
you charge that rum ?"
GYesr
Timothy, did you charge that rumi"
''Yes sir"
'Joseph, did you charge that rum'"
YES street"
"All right So have Iw
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

A DELICATE ISsINUATIoN.-A yerdant fellow
from the country entered jewelers. store, yes
terday, with his whip under his arm, and his
hands in his pockets, and after looking about
for awhile, leaned over the counter, whispered
cOniidentially to the clerk, as to be overheard
bosom ponesip The clerk, not understanding
the question, answered in the negative. 81
guess yOu hev," said the green mn; II mean
studs /"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15
ALICE cARY's DYING HYMN.

Earth, with its dark and dreadful Ills,
Rseedes and fades away;
Lin up your heads. ye heavenly hills,
Ye gates Of death, give way!
Ny soul is full Of whispered song;
Ny blindness il my sight:
The shadows that feared 10 long.
Are all alive with light.
That while my pulses family beat,
Nv faith doth 50 abound,
f,el grow firm beneath my feet
The green, immortal ground.
That faith TO me q courage gives,
Low ~ the grave TO go;
know that nv Resleemer lives
That shall live know.
The palace walls almost sec.
Where dwells my Lord and King
o. gravel where Is thy victoryi
o. death. where is thy stingi
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15
Tlle FUN Of Ching.
WOULD I WERE AN EsaUIMAUx.
A Hot Weather Song.

Resl-hot strsets and rrd-hot bumpers.
Red-hot night. and morn, and noon;
Red-hot strings from rd-hOi jumpers,
Red-hot ~ in fair Gabodn;
Red-hot plates, cold beef or pickles
Red-hot politics or law;
Not breath Of cool air tiekles
Ne. who'd be an Esquimaux-
Life Is fall of burning fevers,
Every MONS q baking-well,
That's a word Of poor old Levers
What, really viii not tell
Every action seems n h0TTOr;
Work. n fiend with fiery claw;
And groan. with each Tomorrow,
''woald l were an EsquinAux.
There they St on hsmmoeks icy.
There they nibble crustsd snow;
There they wander. nioey -pioey,
Under skies Of frosty glow.
Not q sunbeam breaks the beauty
OF six months. most ooldly raw:
Life In New York may be duty.
Give me life aux Esquimaux.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

A Hint TO LEGIsLAToRs.-"Make way, gen.
tlemen," cried Massachusetts, Representative
TO the populsee, who were erOwdng him ont of
his place; ''make way! we are the representa-
tives of the people"
snake way yourselfr cried sturdy man of
the throng, eve are the people themselves"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

A GENTLEMAN said to his gardener: George,
the time will come when man will be able to
carry the manure of an acre of land in one of his
vaistcoat pockets" to which the gardener re-
piled: 81 believe it, sir; but he win be able to
carry all the crop in the other rocket
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

Mrs. JONES went to a picnic the other day
one of those quiet pienics with no fuss, where
you get up at four o'clock in the morning, pack
off four children and ten lunch baskets, and CAD
around in the heat all day-and it made Mrs.
Jones so tired that she had to do two days wash
ing before she felt rested-OH City Derrick
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

IN village near Cork, a physician was dis
turbed one night by repeated tappings at his
door, and on getting up, he found labOring
man. "Have you been here longf" asked the
doctor. "Indeed, have answered the caller
"Why didn't you ring the bell r. "Och, because
] WAS afraid of disturbing Your honorrr
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

Protecting SHADE TREEs.-Shade and orna-
mental trees which are infested with worms
shonld be bored with half inch anger in the
trunk, quito to the centre. Fill the holes with
pulverized sulphur and plug the opening The
sulphur, spreading with the sap, viii penetrate
every branch and twig, and its noxious aroma
will efectually dispel the worms.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

A CORRESPONDENT furnishes the Providence
Journal with the following aneOdOte:
While Mr.. Burchard was preaching one of his
hottest sermons, lat the old Chatham street
chapel, New YOrk, y he raised his eyes towards
the door just at the moment Col. Burr entered,
and exclaimed, "there is a gray headed sinner !
shall appear in Judgment against him." Col.
Burr walked down the aisle with that bold,
firm, military step, so peculiarly his own, until
he reached the centre, and with low bow he
addressed the minister thus: "Mr. Preacher,
have been a lawyer in this city for near half a
century, and of all the rascals il has ever been
my lot to deal with, none surpass that class of
criminals who turn States evidence" The
above may be relied on rs correct
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

Rise, Jupiter. with emerald hair,
And wake the snakes Of Thessaly;
Who does not know that pancake. are
Devoured subjectively-aDdw hyf
Wise sages, Of the olden time,
With intrVverted vision look;
But ali, hp is not . dime,
And for mixed snifters can't be took.
Go, lovers Of the sacred Styx.
And grind your laughter into tears;
While plaintive melody Of bricks
Floats through the silence Of the years.
Ye can not count me As run:
Iplay with stars at pitch and toss;
i am the uncle Of the sun,
Half alligator and half boss
But. -hadOwed by the ebon rose
That shakes its petals from the sky.
Comes Morpheus walking on his toes,
And knocks creation into pr,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15
MARY MORRISON.


ii WILLIAM Wll1rDN.
Farewell to Benny Tay,
Farewell to Crsgie Lee,
Farewell 10 native Hi-land hame,
An farewell ay to thee,
Mary Morrison
An farewell ny to theei
The lily blooms in Logic bowers,
The rose in Logic Shaw.
But I maun booken-hearted lea
The fairrst flower o. a.,
Mary Morri-un-
The fairest f0wee O a..
o. had'st thou been 4 cottage maid,
And / oottar swain.
1 might hae ta'en thee to the kirk,
And made thee q my ain
MARY Morrison
And made thee a my ain,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

THIS is the latest Western form of saying a
man was hanged: "He was unanimously chosen
by convention of twelve property holders TO
jump from a new pine platform into the sweet
subsequently,"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

go out, Young man; she's not here!' said a
Pennsylvania preacher, last Sunday, in the midst
of his sermon, TO youth whom he saw standing
hesitatingiy in the doorway.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

sTHERE are two boating associations here"
wrote q Japanese student home, ''called Yale
and Harvard. When it rains, the members read
books.u
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

"WnL you rise now, my dearr said bro-
ker's wife to her sleepy spouse; ''the day broke
long ago." al wonder" replied the somnolent
fnaneier, off the endorsers were secured
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

MRS SHERIDAN thought n parrot might amuse
the baby, and said so, but when she saw an
eighteen FOUNDER Parrot gun come trundling up
TO the house, on n dray, she saw that Philip had
misunderstood her
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

s'YoU look like bear, said wife to her hus-
band, who had gone in his shaggy overcoat to
take her from party. 'rm not so much bare
As you arc, he retorted, nodding at her neck
and FIRMS. There's trouble bruin in that family.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

Az impassioned swain, under bad spell,
wrote: "Mary, / love the WELL She replied,
that she was glad he didn't drink liquor.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15
IN SUMNER

Down by the bruok In the sunshine,
And who do 700 think are there,
Swinging about in the watcrf
Their sir little feet ali bare
Down By the brook In the sunshine.
And what II mother sheah scef
Six liffie feet would sczmper bame.
AID, o, what . time thered be-!
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

The eucalyptus tree is said to be an absolute
proof against malaria, by absorbing the deadly
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

WHEN n dog bowls at night, is it the sign of
DEATH 1t is, il we can get at the brute.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

aNEyER," said an Irish oratoI "write an anon
ymous letter without signing Your name 10 il"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15
Our Strap Book.
rRANscENDENrAL POETRY.
Brahma-pr RlrrH y,upo rxEnsox.

If the red slayer think he Stays.
Or II the slain think hr /, -lxin,
They know not well the subtle ways
keep. and pass. snd turn sgrin.
Far or forgot To me l. near.
Shadow and sunlight are the same.
The vanished gods to me appear,
And one to me are shame and fame
They reckon IL who leave me ont;
Wb-n me they hy, am the wings;
/ am the doubter and the Doubt
And the hymn the Bfahmin sings.
The strong gods pine for my abode,
And pine In vain the sacred seven;
Bat thou, meek lover Of the good,
Find me-, and turn thy back On heaven
Mutton
II the fat butcher thinks he Stays,
Or he. the mutton. thinks he's slain,
Why, truth IL truth. the eater says
III come, and cut and come again
To hungry wolves that on him leer,
Mutton Is sheep, and sheep the same;
No famished god would At him sne<r-
To famine, chops are mort than fame.
Who hiss at him, him but assures
That they are geese, but wanting wings
Your coat In his whole life Is yours,
And bal the hymn the mutton singa
Ye ours. and gods Of grander blood:
And you. We Paddles fresh from Cork,
Come taste. We lovers Of the good
Eat. stuff. and turn your back On pork.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

1--WE have taken the liberty to change the
usual directions for "Oil of vitriol," which says,
fuse as little water other liquids as possible"
We should drink water very freely at once, to
dilute the acid as much as possible. The heat
produced by uniting sulphuric acid with water,
will occur in any case. by the natural fluids in
the stomach. No more heat will be produced
by the large quantity of water, but the heat
will he so diffused by the larger amount as to
destroy its effects-O. J.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-09-15

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XIS lsit.sios roif ~ Bid rsdsfx c~srsss a. -
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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-09-09
Great American Debators.

(which of all the men you have seen in
the Senate in more than thirty years. Mr..
Murphy, did you regard as the greatest ?''
''That is too hard to answer. There is
one thing l can say. AS a DICTATOR in the
Senate think I have never seen the equal
or superior of William Pitt Fessenden.
Some one has called him the Prince Rupert
of debate, and there was a clearness and
evenness and ability in his quick and rapid
speeches and interchanges that make him
to me one Of the great characters Of the
English language in legislation. II do
not think said MI. Murphy, "that have
ever seen man of more intellectual force
sxerted at the moment than Judah p.
Benjamin, of louisiana. He was rather a
small man, of a swarthy countenance and
Jewish features. The grasp of his mind
was almost instructive. I have my doubts
whether the South took away from the
Senate more of man than he was,
although Jefferson Davis was a man of
ability and certain heightened intensity
which, as long as he stayed in the Union,
made him an object of admiration. He
was governed much by his personal feel
ipgs, however, and 1 may say the same of
Senator Y ulee, of Florida, who was He
brew and a most bitter, vindictive man.
Clement G. Clay, of Alabama, was man
of equal ability, but Of equal acrimonious
ness. One of the greatest men I remem-
Der in the Senate from the South was
Badger, of North Carolina, He belonged
to the style of heavy-thinking, statesman
like old .'-Gath's Interview ,cith
Stenoqrapher Murphy of the Unsted States
Senate
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-09-09

past have led to popular belief in the lat
ter theory. Shakespeare expressed the
the sentiment of his day when he placed
in the mouth of the dying Queen Katha-
rine these words:
Saw We not even now blessed troop
Invite me to a banquet whose bright faces
Cast thousand beams upon me like the sun?
Science, with it's iconoclastic hand, has
swept away these pleasing fancies, and in,
their places has constructed fabric found
ed on analogy In the anesthesia induced
by chloroform a condition is produced
closely resembling that Immediately pre-
ceding death [caused by the carbonic acid
poisoning] in which visions are constantly
presented to the mind, the character of
which depends upon the natural tempera-
ment of the individual. Thus it often
occurs that patient, when under the
influence of chloroform, has beautiful
visions similar to those of the dying
1t is my fortune to have at present a pa
tlent who invariably, when under the in
fuence of chloroform, asserts that she sees
angels lowering round her bed. The i'm
preston is so strong that she becomes
much annoyed if the reality of these WIS.,
ions is disputed. The asphyxia produced
by the burning charcoal is oftentime. ac-
companied by disturbed fancies similar to
those preceding death; and the natural in
ference is than they are the resultant in
both cases of one and the same cause
During the last moments of life the mind
gradually loses cognizance of external sur
roundings, and is rapt in salf-contempla-
ton. Though still in a semi-conscious
condition, the weeping of friends and the
voices Of attendants fall upon dull ears
The eyelids are closed, the pupils slightly
contracted and rolled upward and inward.
The dying man has forgotten the present,
for he is living in the past. One by one
the events of a whole life appear, it's joys
and SORROWS, perchance long since forgot
ten, rise before him in startling Distinctive
ness and then disappear in the swiftly
moving panorama. The familiar faces of
the friends of his youth are thrown upon
the mental retina, their CHEEKY voices re-
vertebrate in his ears, and the thought of
meeting these friends in the near future
is perhaps his last conscious Impression
AS this drowsiness creeps over the system
these images. moulded from the past, be-
come as realities to the disordered imagi-
nation. The germs, from which originate
these strange combinations have probably
been lying dormant for years in the regis
tering ganglia of the brain.
hoI
lively of frequent occurrence, and are
generally accepted as realities The theo-
ry which we promulgate, though not new,
will naturally excite prejudice; but it is
better to know the truth than to cherish
belief, however pleasing it be, founded on
error.-Ihonaas d. Spencer, NJ. D., IN
Popular Science Monthly.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-09-09

If, when bread is taken from the oven,
the loaves are turned topside down in the
hot tins, and are allowed to stand few
minutes the crust will be tender and will
cut easily
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-09-09
Mans Self-Importance.

Mrs. Jameson, in more instances than
one, shows her belief in self-importance
being mans prime quality. Here is one
thing that breathes hard spirit. ''Per-
sonal vanity in a man is sheer, unmitiga-
ted egotlsm, and an unfailing subject of
ridicuie and contempt with all women, be
they wise or foolish" The Countess of
Blessington, who was almost as wise as
she was handsome, has left few outspo-
ken opinions, of which one is that ''Self-
possession and dignity ought to character
ize a man of birth and genious. and poet
should neither be gay nor flippant.' Here
is stinger: ''Men can pity the wrongs
inflicted by other men on the other sex, but
never those which they themselves inflict
on women" Though the following would
apply equally well to women it is worth
remem bering as showing that to delicate
minded woman the man who prides him
self on being bear, growing out unpal-
pable truths at every breath, is not consid
cred the pleasantest of companions: "Your
plain-speaking men, says the Countess,
''are usually either of obtuse intellect or
of ill-natured disposition, wounding the
feelings of others from want of delicacy of
mind and sensibllity, or from intentional
malice'' The Countess grows concise
and in saying that "a woman's head is al
ways influenced by her heart, and a mans
heart is always Influenced by his head, !"
utters an epigram worthy of Pope. In
the same epigramic mood must this have
been conceived: ''Great men direct events
of their times, wise men take advantage
of them, weak men are borne down ny
them" Elsewhere she says: ''In the soci-
ETY. of persons of mediocrity of intellect a
clever man will appear to have less spirit
than those around him who possess the
least, because he is displaced in their COM
pany."