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The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05
Are Your Closets ventilatedp

There is nothing handy in n house as an
abundance of large, roOmy closets; but because
apt to be abused. There are many things which,
as matter of course, are always put into 4
closet, of which the article of Outw ard wearing
apparel makes a large part.
There are always things which ought not TO
90 INTO the closet, i. e., closet adjoining or
closely connected with living or sleeping room.
OF such are all soiled undergarments. the wash
clothes, which should be put into a large bag
for the purpose, or n ro0my basket, and then
placed i'll the wash room some other well-aircd
room at some distance from the family.
Having thus excluded one of the fertile sources
of bad Odors in closets, the next point is to see
that the closets are properly ventilated. 1t mat
ters not how clean the clothing in the closet may
be. Any garments after being worn for a while
will absorb more or less of the exhalations which
arise from the body, and thus contain an amount
of foreign-it may be hurtfnl-Inatter which free
circulation of pure air can soon remove; but if
this is excluded, as in many close closets, the
effuvia increases, and the clothes closets and
adjoining rooms in time possess odOr that any
acute sense of smell will readily detect
Every closet in daily use in which the night
clothes are hung by day and the day clothing by
night, should have an airing as well as the bed.
If the closet can be large enough to admit of
wind0w-and il is in some cases-an ample pro-
vision for sunlight and the circulation of pure
air is provided in the window, which should be
left open for short time each day.
In the case Of small closets ventiatOr could
be put over the door or even in it. In many eases
such precautions for pure clothing are not prac-
ticable, and the next best thing is, to see that
the door of the closet is left open for half hour
or so each day at the time when the windows
are thrown up and the large room is purified
with fresh air from ont of doors. In this way,
first, by keeping ont clothes intended for the
wash, and second daily changing of the air, the
closets may be kept comparatively pure.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05
Early Potatoes.

1t Is good plan to sprout few potatoes fol
early use this can be done without the help OF
glass, but more easily with il. The seed is cut
to sets of two or three eyes each; the bed Is
made in a sheltered spot under the lee of a fence
Put down two planks or logs, six feet apart, on
the ground, April tO5 place between them
ON the ground, four to six inches of coarse horse
manure; cover this with an inch of loan OF
sand, and rake level; place ON this the sets 50
thick that they will almost touch each other
and cover with an inch of sand, or fine, dry
loan. If the sprouts get over ground before
May i, look out and cover them on frosty nights
with little hay. They will he ready to set
when the green sprouts half an inch or SO
over ground; separate them carefully, and cover
up TO the top of the sprout They should be set
out about May l. They will usually bear pota.
toes week or so earlier than those planted in
the common way. They are less troublesome to
hoe and keep clean from bugs than those planted
as usually done, but arc sometimes cut down hy
frosts in May, which injure them badly They
do not yield quite so good crop when sprouteti.
since the transplanting checks them some hat.
But they may lie cleared away in time for a crop
Of squashes on the same land, which is an oh
ject.-COr. ". T.. Farmer.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05
Mseful and Curious.
Directions for Restoring Persons Appar-
emily Drowned

emily Drowned
At this time of the year, when cases of drown
ing frequent, it will be found of the
greatest practical value, under some eircum-
stances, to know just what measures to take to
restore life if the vital spark shall not have been
entirely extinguished Ii seems that in the rules
put forth every season, bearing the stamp OF
medical sanction in some Instances, many
fatally erroneous instructions are given. A
writer in the Boston Medical and Surgical journal
endeavors to correct some of these errors. lie
says the following is the rule laid down in the
papers:
Convey the BODY to the nearest house, with
head raised. Strip and rub dry. Wrap it in
blankets. Initiate the lungs by closing the nostris
with the thumb and finger, and blowing in the
mouth forcibly, and then pressing with hand on
the chest, and on, for ten minutes, OF until he
brrathes. Keep the body warm, extrenities
also. Continue rubbing-,lo not give up rs long
as there is any chance Of success.
Error I. The body shonld not be allowed to
remain without attention long enough to carry
II to any house. Half n minute of time lost in
carrying If may determine the death of the body.
Error .. The head should account lie
raised, but the shoulders should Raising the
head may be the means Of preventing gasp for
breath.
Error J. The direction for initiating the chest
if followed, will, in large majority of cases. be
the means Of blowing up the stomach aud di-
minishing the chances of getting air into the
lungs. Any medical man who has tried to initiate
the chest Of a still-born child knows the absurd
ity of the direction.
The trunk should be raised to an angle of 40
10 l3O degrees. the hexion being at the hip-jonts
The head should be allowed TO fall back between
the shoulders 50 As to completely close the en-
trance to the stomach. Now, if the nostrils be
closed, the lungs may he inflated by blowing
into the mouth. To do this in the most easy
manner a dry towel or other cloth of linen or
cotton may be thrown over the face, by which
he easily han IA.
bare fingers; through this the current of air NAV
be easily thrown into the chest, the two mouths
being more perfectly packed together. The re-
nainder of the directions are well enough
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05
Earlv Melons

A correspondent of the Practical Farmer gives
the following rules for securing early melons:
about month or 80 earlier than il is usual
to plant these seeds, procure n number of good
sized rutabaga turnips, cut oil the tops, and
with n knife or other instrument scoop out all
the inside, so that they will resemble gourls, or
cups; fill the cavity of this cup with good, rich
earth, and plant in each few seeds of melons,
cucnmbers, beans, seeds of any other plant
that You may desire to have early. They should
then be placed in warm part of the house, or III
n protecting frame, well made and secured from
frost, and the earth in the cup be kept moderate
ly moist. If kept in n room, they should he put
out III the open air every clear, warm day and
If in frame, let them have air by removing the
sashes. BY doing this you will prevent the
plants from growing tall and slender, and causc
them to become straight, stout, and healthy
When the season has advanced beyond all dan
ger of frost, you can put out these turnip cups,
plants and all, in the beds where they are to re-
main, but be careful that you do not put them
out too soon. The plants will continue To grow,
and the turnip crop will rot and enable
the roots to extend themselves, without bounds,
in search of food, and, in time, become itself an
excellent manure for the plant. When you set
out, insert the cup in hole Just large enough to
hold it, pressing the earth well around the cup,
and drawing a little over the top or edge up to
the stems of the plants, covering entirely the
turnip. To hasten the process of decay in the
cup, You may, before putting out cut OFF, with a
sharp knife, the hard rind from the outside of
the turpip, leaving only n thin piece of the rind
enclosing the earth. 4 small hole as large as a
ten-cent piece, should have been cut in the bot
tom of the cup before filling with earth when
first made"
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05
Trees and Health

Everybody knows that trees take the carbonic
acid thrown out in the breath of men and ami
mails, separated into component parts-carbOn
and oxygen-give back the latter to be used over
again, and work up the former into wood and
fruits.
Ii is also coming to be generally understood
that forest trees do important service in promo
ting ranfalls, and in helping to retain the sur
face water for springs, streams and general use.
1t is also known that certain species planted
in malarial localities, help TO render the latter
healthy by somehow using up the deadly
miasma.
1t would now appear that trees growing near
drains carry OFF the sewerage water.
gentleman, whose cess-drain was constructed
just like his neighbOrs' and in the same kind
of soil, had found it unnecessary to clean it out
while the Others had TO he cleaned out frequently
An examination showed that three large trees
whose roots had penetrated into the vicinity of
his second, or waste eess-pOo, were clearly chan
nels through which the waste all escaped.
Whether it was changed into plant food, as is
likely, or was exhaed through the leaves, in
either case it was disposed of with equal safety
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05
Early Corn.

correspondent of IieL's Magazine gives the
following directions for bringing corn to maturi-
ty early in the season, adding that he picked
corn last year inside of sixty days from the time
of planting: "Let the conditions of the soil and
manure be the best you can command. and aside
from the frequent wedding and hOeing, stirring
the ground thoroughly, thin the stalks To three
or four; three is best, if you would have the
largest ears and most Of them. Pluck out I'M
mercifully every sucker and non bearing stalk
that process alone will hasten your corn Il week
or ten days, as have come to believe from ex-
pertinent. have added, this year, top-,lress-
ing at the hill when the corn was we'll up-a
compost of one part plaster two parts ashes, and
two parts line manure, which, l think has been
great advantage
Those who wish early corn should not only
have for seed what is called '.an early kind, !"
but they should obtain it from as far North as
possible Seed corn raised in Canada and taken
South will come to perfection one, two. or three
weeks earlier than that ripened on the spot
The reason Is that the seed raised in the North
has adapted itself TO short season. This is
true, IN a measure, of all seeds.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05
No ElattarY.

A curious incident occurred at one Of the New
York prayer meetings, last week. An unctiOus
brother, who, il appears, is a kind of outdoor
clerk for one of the lottery swindles situated IN
. broadway basement not far from the Park, and
who has been long noted as one of the hardest
kind of characters, after chuckling out in nasal
spasms a general confession Of his sins, and eH-
ultng over his curiOns conversion" besOught
the prayers of the assembly in his behalf.
His request was immediately complied with
by younger brother, who seemed well posted
on the past career and present mode of life Of the
only ''cOnyert."
The gentleman instantly set up feryid prayer
in behalf of "BrOther l." lie implOred for
mercy for the corpulent sinner, although, as he
averred, "Brothcr Is long life of fraud ex-
tended beyond the reach of mercy that was not
infinite in its nature" Brother L rather
WINGED at the literal compliance with his own
scathing supplicatOr went on:
''Thou knOwest that no sinful wretch stands
in greater need Of mercy than Brother l.!
Forgive him for his robbery of the widow and
the poor! forgive him for his long life of fraud
Turn his heart this day from lusting after the
nefariOus profits of the policy business! Awak-
en- him TO knowledge of the sinfulness of false
pretences and the purchase of stolen goods, and
inspire him with 4 determination TO pay his
debts,
Quite n lively alteration ensued outside few
minutes afterwar between Brother l. and
the gentleman who prayed pOintedly in his
behalf, which would probably have terminated
unpleasaDtiy but for the interference of pO-
liceman.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

How To OIL AxLEs.-The efficiency of lathes,
scroll saws, sewing machines, and even watches,
often depends upon the Judgment and care used
in selecting lubricatOr, and this choice is fire.
quently ill made. Common kerosene oil is too
often injudicOusly used in place of a thicker or
more bland oil, because the heat produced by
friction rapidly vaPorizes the oil and leaves the
journal dry. Crude petroleum for the same rea-
son is only fitted for very slowly revolving jour
mails. such water wheels. For very heavy
machinery, or for gearing, tallow and black lead
rubbed up together is the best lubricator, and is
the best for wagon and carriage axles, during
the hot weather. For light running machinery
sperm oil is the best; good olive oil that has not
become rancid is perhaps the second best, and
for winter use lard oil is excellent, but it is
rather too drying to be a first class lubricant
Castor oil is better for axles in the winter, and
black lead with it is help at any time.-foang
Scientist.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05
for the farnler.
Planting Fruit Trees.

With respect TO proper treatment, the iirst
thing is 10 get good soil. To set good trees on
had land is like sitting down to dine with emp
ty dishes; there is nothing to support the
growth of the tree, any food to supply II
with proper nourislIinent. Therefore. if the soil
is not already good, it should he made so previ-
ous to planting. Ii the trees are expected TO
thrive well, the first thing is TO obtain sufficient
depth of soil to enable the roots to extend them
selves freely and to hold moisture without dry
ing up in protraeted drouths. This NAV he OBJ
tained by digging large holes eight feet in diam
eter and two feet deep, and filling them with
good earth. The soil should I've kept clean and
mellow for many feet about each tree during the
" hole season.
Treated in this way, the degree of moisture
which the earth will retain few inches below
the surface, compared with the meagrc supply
in hard or grass-grOwn surface, is surprising,
and it renders watering rarely necessary. 1t Is
a frequent occurrence to find yOuug trees which
have been well transplanted, and properly cared
for in the spring, entirely neglected at mid-sum-
meT. The soil becomes hard, its moisture Is
Withdrawn and its fertility lesSened by growth
Of grass and weeds. To remedy this evil, the
unskillful water the surface, but instead of
reaching the roots, the hard soil excludes the
water, which only tends TO further hardening
and baking of the surface, while the roots re-
main dry below. Many young trees thus perish
in hot weather; or, surviving, make feeble
growth, and thus are more liable to destruction
from winter frOsts.
Where, however. trees have been neglected
till the period of severe drouth. and where wa
tering becomes necessary, the hard surface
should he removed as far down rs the roots will
admit, and the water then poured on, and the
earth replaced. MellOwing the surface and
mnlching will afterward prove very beneficial.
Muiching or covering the ground about the
trees with straw and stable litter OF leaves
will, Of timely performed obviate the necessi-
ty of watering even in extreme cases Mitlsum-
Il
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05
Cur Strap Book.
THE SONG OF A RUINED NAN.
III WILLIAM WINTER

"a nan Of pleasure is Of the wreiehed brings
arth Tortured by ennui wear Of reveiins with
'ut any high noble alma be drass along joye.- life
s the deepest tragedy In the following stanzas
(who cares for nothing. alone is free,
Sit down good fellow, and drink with mel.
With careless heart and merry eye.
lie VII laugh al the world. as the world goes b.
He laughs at power, and wealth and fame;
He laughs at virtue, he laughs at shame.
He laughs at hope and he laughs at fear;
AZ hemorys dead leaves crisp and scar.
He laughs at the future, cold and dim.
Nor earth nor heaven is dear tS him.
o. that is the eumrade ft for mei
lie cares for nothing his soul is free
Free as the soul Of the fragrant wine,
SIT down good fellowi my heart is thine.
For heed no custom, creed, or Law;
care for nothing ever
In every city my cups qnafr;
And over nay liquor not aud laugh.
laugh Ike the cruel and turbulent wave;
laush In the church, and laagh at the grave.
lansh at joy, and well know
Tina; mefrily uerrily langh at
terribly laugh with an oath and a .peer
When think that the hour Of death is near.
For know that Death is a guest divine
Who shall drink my blood, as drink his wine.
And he for nothing. King is hei
Come on old fellow, and drink with me.
With you will drink to the solemn past
Though the cup drain should be my last
Twill drink to the phantama Of love and truth;
To ruined manhood and wasted youth.
Twill drink to the women who wrought my woe.
To the diamond mornings Of long ago.
To heavenly face in sweet repose,
To the lily snow and the blood of the rnse!
To the splendGr caught from Orient skies,
That thrilled in the dark of hazel eyes;
Her large ewes wild with IA. dra ,fth. s.,,l
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

VALuABLE EGLUE.-HOuseholders and others
will be glad TO hear of n very permanent glue
a chrome glne-which is made by an admixture
with common glue of one part Of acid ehromate
of lime in solution to five parts of gelatine The
glue made in this manner, after exposure, is in
soluble in water, and can he used for mending
glass objects likely to be exposed to hot water.
1t can also be made available for water-prooiing
articles, such sails awnings, but for flexible
fabrics it is not suitable. few immersions will
he found sufficient to render the article imper-
yious to wet. Ii is necessary that fractured OBJ
jeets should be exposed to the light after being
mended, and then warm water will have no
effect on them, the ehromate of lime being bet
ter than the more generally used biromate Of
potash.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

HEDGEs.-When Won are intending to set n
hedge, have your hedge-row plowed early in the
season; then before setting your hedge, you
should thoroughly pulyerize the row by har-
rowing, and take care TO have the row a little
below the general surface, and then set plants
one year old from four TO six inches apart. Tend
your hedge well with a cultivatOr, and hoe the
first year. Next spring, before the hedge be-
gins to grow, cut it off about two inches from
the ground, and plow it again then, after it bs-
gins TO grow, you may scatter old straw or hay
on each side of the sufficiently thick to pre-
vent all weeds and grasses from growing Trim
IT again from the LIST to the 18th of june ac-
cordIng to its growth, this time you may cut il
of SIX or eight inches from the ground. Then
trim il again for the last time in that year. from
the LIST to the 18th of August. This time you
may leave your hedge from 10 TO II inches high
Follow the same method the next year; each
time you trim IL leaving it from four to six inch
es higher than before, until il is as high as Won
want it. When l speak of trimming, mean
cutting the tops off level-JOHTHal Of IgricaltRre
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05

CULTvATING THE RAsPBERRY-Aftera all said
and done, there is no small fruit SO certain in
its crop and altogether wholesome as the
raspberry. With any kind of decent attention,
it will not disappoint the grower, no matter
what the variety may he. Ii is true that it
should always he pruned and laid down in No
vember ready for taking up in the spring with
ont anything more To do with il than TRYING the
stakes. These stakes may he almost of any kind
and can almost always he furnished on the prem
ises-such as pieces of boards split off, bean poles
that have become too short by the ends rotting
of, and supports obtained from pruned branches
from trees. Do this, and one is sure of getting
a good supply Of fruit. When the canes are done
bearing, cut them out; and when November
comes, prune the new wood and lay down rs be-
fore.-GTmant0rn Telegraph.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05
WHERE WE USED TO DRINK.


Where We used to drink in the days gone by.
Where the daisies grew beside the brink
When the sun was hot and the boys were dry.
And the nectar bright that We used TO drink
Where the mo>scs grew On the odd spring stair
And We were too happy TO pause and think
OF the fading moments passing there
The spring Was bright where We used TO drink
And how the laughter Of boy and girl
In merry wayeiets were borne along.
With dainty glimmer Of sunny curl
And childish przttle and mellow sorg.
think. sometimes that the Summer light
Shsae out Of Heaven through an open ehink.
And angels smiled at the joyous sight
Beside the spring where We used 10 drink.
The days are gone which were Joyous then
Tne school Is closed and the brUok Is dry;
The girls are grown, and the boys are men,
The spring still murmurs its lullaby;
The grass is green in the meadows there.
Still grow the daisies beside the brink:
Butshe noss has gathered upon the stair.
Above the spring where we used to drink
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1881-05-05
How Different People See the Moon.

The French astronomical journal, Ciel ct 7erre
| for March IL, contains an article on .How DIFF.
| ferent People see the Moon.r
The disk of the moon, as is very apparent, is
not of uniform brightness but is diversified by
dark areas here and there. These dark areas
are SO arranged as 10 represent the eyes, nose
and month of a human being, and the whole
| disk represents passably well a human face.
Not all people, however, can see this resem-
| blance. Some who cannot see the face can see a
| man and woman carrying between them a
| bucket Of water. The man stands on the left
! side of the disk, the woman OH the right To
some the dark spaces appear TO have the same
shape North and South America as if the
Western Continent were reflected in the moon.
The Tartars see none of these, bnt their imam in
| the moon Is wood-cutter, bearing on his back
| a huge bundle of wood, and supporting himself
with staff. The Japanese the form of a
rabbit, in a sitting posture. His long ears stand
erect, and before him is a large mortar. In his
| fore paw he holds a pestle, with which he is
| grinding rice, after the manner of the Japanesc
| The Emperor Rudolph, who often observed the
moon with the astronomer, kepler, saw upon il
the image of Italy. The ancients recognized the
resemblance of the moon TO the human face for
the historian Plutareh wrote q treatise contra
dieting that vulgar idea. Great foolsn said
he, ''are they who think that they see face on
the moon. That which they think they see is
an Illusion 1t is caused by fatigue of the eye
which makes light and shade where there is
only uniformity"
How greatly he was mistaken was shown af-
terwards when the telescope was invented. Un-
der the powerful eye of this instrument the sur
face of the moon exhibits anything but uniform
ity. 1t equals in runghness the toughest portion
| of the Earth's surface. Huge mountain craters
are scattered over the disk, and within many of
these are smaller mountains. Deep chasms and
high ridges are abundant. From some of the
mountains, long rays extend in every direction,
like streams of lava.
The telescope dispels all those resemblances
which are so apparent to the naked eye, but
even with this aid, not all people see alike. One
likens the moon to a green cheese, while another
thinks il resembles a body of water frozen over
with the rifles on its surface, and the craters are
air-hOles in the ice. Another simile, perhaps
the most ridiculous of ali, is that Of pot Of
boiling mush, the craters being the bubbles of
air as they come up and burst on the surface.
Some see only cold, desolate, dead planet, in
capable of supporting life of any kind, while
Others see valleys, streams, canals, and other
characteristics of mother Earth.
Ar dinner parties in Japan it is common to