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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

CURE FOR CoRSs.-Mr. Cooper, in his "Dic-
tionary of Surgery has the following infallible
cure for corus. Take two ounces Of gum ammo
mac two ounces of yellow wax, and ak draehms
ofverdigris; melt them together, and spread the
composition soft leather; cut away as much
of the corn you can, then apply the plaster,
and renew it every fortnight till the corn is
away-ScieHGfe AmericdH.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31
NOT DEAD.


Forms are walking. voices talking.
Sounds by other ears unhearl;
Loved ones meet me. dear ones greet me,
And my soul is wildly stirred.
Not Illusion not confusion
OF maidened brain feel;
God has crowned them, have found them,
And long 70 share their veal
She that bore me, stands before me-
Luminous. with features one;
Pictures painted Of the sainted,
Wear expressions less divine.
Holds my Charley pleasant parley,
With each blood mark washed away;
Trills my daughter. sweet airs taught her,
On the hills Of endless day.
Nearer. nearer, comes one dearer
Than immortal hope 20 me;
The charmed greeting Of our meeting.
Only eyes of angels see.
Soft carressing. like n blessing.
Hands of velvet press my head
Wife and mother, sister. brOtherl
God be thanked, ye are not dead!
On their faces are the traces
OF the spoiler seen no more:
Ewes are brighter brows are whittier,
Than in mortal life they bore.
Earth life ended, they have wended
Hitler their mysterious way
Heart-aehe leaves me. nothing grieyes me,
For the lost are found to-day.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

PREVENTIVE OF SHEEP TICKs.-The very best
preventive of sheep ticks is corn and oats, and
plenty of good clover hay. Fat sheep do not
carry many ticks. Sulphur, fed in the salt, is
said TO drive them away. At any rate, they will
die if immersed in strong tobacco Juice. After
shearing. the ticks take shelter on the lambs,
and if they are dipped four or five days after
shearing. this nusance-and it is a fearful one
will be abated.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

A CORRESPONDENT of the Paris Erenemenf, who
is with the Bernhardt troupe, thus writes: ave
have just arrived at Chicago. A dull place
Much like London. few years ago the city
was burned. / am told il was a COW which
brought about this disaster. This unlucky COW
Il only repeat what have been told-saturat-
ed her tail in a can of petroleum oil, and then
ignited it at gas jet. Her next movement was
TO rush through the streets whisking her burn
ing tail, and thus setting fire TO the wooden
houses on each side of the way. This COW, a ver-
liable genius of destruction, certainly was a COW
Of very original character
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31
A MITHER's SANG.


Hush, my bonnie bairnic,
Dinna greet sac sair:
Nanny moo hac dune her best,
What can she dae mairi
II my wee lass will be quate.
Or try TO sleep avee,
When she rises, oh, sac gran
VIII cor hoosie be i,
Totfie moo has fa'en aslcep,
An her ma Is glad;
. Puir, wee thing. she mann be tiret,
That's her first in bed
Ma. na, ma, she Wilma sleep,
Here she's up again;
Oh. dear me. what shall i daef
IL this Is m pain
Tottie, you're n saukrife thing,
Ye've been up, q day;
But still We Wilma rest
whatll nanny daei
Nae ae word l get frae her,
But her usual cry;
Hoo 1 wish that she was bigger,
An a this wis by.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

THE Mt. Pleasant Journal tells of a Henry
County man who went out one morning before
day recently with a tin bucket TO milk the fam.
lily cow. 1t was very dark, and large crystals OF
snow were beginning 10 fall silently to the
ground in massive flakes. In fumbling about fol
old Brindle he got into the wrong stall, and
made demonstrations-int the manner of prepar.
ing Ia milk-about the off mule of the wagon
team He has since found the bail of the buck.
ct and his hat, and walks reasonably well with
a cane, but does all his milking after daylight.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

ECONOMY IN COOKING CRASBERRIEs.-To each
quart of berries, very shortly after the cooking
of them is commenced, add a teaspoonful of sal
eratus. This will so much neutralize the aedi-
ferrous juice, which they contain, as to make it
necessary to use only about oae fourth part rs
much sugar would have been requisite, had
they been cooked without using saleratus
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31
pIRGE FOR A YOUNG GIRL.
BY JANIS I. FIELDS.

Br JANIS I. FIKLDs-
Underneath the sd, low lying.
Dark and drear,
Sleepcth one who len, in dying.
Sorrow here
Yes, they're beading sadly DER her,
Eyes that weep;
yigils keep.
When the Summer moon is shining
Son and fair.
Friends she loved in tears are twining
Chzplets there
Rest in peace. thou gentle spirit,
Thrsned above:
Souls like thine with God inherit
Life and iOvei
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

''SESAToR Alfred Perkins" has kept out of the
newspapers in this country, but French jour
nalist identified him on his arrival in Paris.
This Yankee" says Figaro, sis celebrated on
account of duel which he had some years back
with an Indian chief, also n Senator. whose feel
ings he had wounded. The arms chosen were
unusual, being two barrels of dynamite, on
which the adversaries were placed, and to which
two slow matches of equal length were attached.
These were set on fire by the seconds Ten min
utes after the Indian Senator was blown into
the air, and then Mr.. Perkins was Immediately
delivered from his perilous position by the sec
onds, who declared the claims of honor satisfied
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

QUESTION BEFORE DEBATING CLUB-The
question before the meeting is this:-''If a fell
lOw-what is fellow-and his gal-are about
TO be parted for n time-and they propose to ex-
change dagnerreotypes, and for that purpose the
Teller goes to the daguerreotype shop-and is TO
pay for having the pictures took and he has
only money enough to pay for one picture in an
ordinary case-which picture should be put in
magnificent case-his own ugly mug, or herni
Would it be gallant in him TO put her mug in the
ugly casei Would it he jinerous in him to put
his mug in that ugly case which she is to keep /!
That's the question before the meetinpr
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

A SOCIETY of young ladies in Bethlehem, Pa,
is called "The Kaltrawaho-y anikas- Kat-apaw-
hang" We have often thought that would be a
good name for a society of young ladies. The
and forcibly expressed in the candalal portion Of
the name, 'Katrapawhang."
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

ARcHDEAcoN RASEY is said to have put the
extinguisher on - prospects of \ mitre, by
choosing as his texf at the University Church,
Cambridge, on tho occasion of Pitt being there,
is a lad here which hath five barley loaves and
two small fishes, but what they among so
manyf" This was assumed to be a rebuke to
the reverend place hunters.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

A GUEST at n fashionable hotel took his seat
at the dinner table, but no one appearing to
wait upon him, he remarked: ''Have they any
walters in this hOtelf" "Yes,r responded a wal,
on the opposite side of the table; ''the boarders
are the walters
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

A CITY editor received n remittance, with a
request to ''send the paper as long as the money
lasted He INDUCED in bit of ''spree" the
next week, got broke and respectfully announc-
ed TO his subscriber, that according to his own
terms lis snhscrintion was ont.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

To SWEEP CARPEIs.-The oftener they are
taken up and shaken, the longer they will wear,
as the dust and dirt underneath, grind them out
Sweep carpets with a stiff hair brush, you wish
them to wear long or look well. At any rate
keep a good broom for the carpet
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

CARE you not afraid that the Lord will visit
You with his wrathi' said n clergyman to very
profane man. Certainly not, f" replied the p. m.
ale doesn't know I'm swearing, and can prove
it by John tx, 81 The parsOn looked up the
text and found: Snow we know that God hear
eth not sinners. r-BostoR Globe.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

To CLEAN PAPER WALLs--The very best meth
cd is to sweep of lightly all the dust, rub the
paper with stale bread-cut the ernst off very
thick and wipe straight down from the tor,
begin ut the top again, and 90 on
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

CURE FOR FELoS.-Tske teaspoonful of
fine salt, tablespoonful Of black pepper, q ia
biespoonful of vinegar, and the yolk of an egg;
simmer together, and bind on. Renew twice :
day. A never-failing remedy.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31
Hams

The Southern Cultirator notices some hams ex-
hibited Mt the Georgia State Fair, which were
one, two, three, and four years old. The writer
says:-"The owner refused to divulge his secret;
but as We have fortunately become possessed of
it, We here give it. Procure some good, clean
hickory ashes, have them perfectly dry; draw
yonr meat from the pickle on dry day; sprinkle
the ashes over the meat pretty thick, being care
full not to knock off more salt than what must
fall of; then hang mp your meat as high pos
sible smoke it with cool smoke, made by hick-
DRY wood; be sure to take it down before the
skipper-fiy makes his appearance, being general
ly in this climate the first of March; pack it
away on a dry day in casks: LIST, a layer of hams
in perfectly dry hickory ashes; ID, a course Of
corn cobs, &c.; cover your eask snug and tight,
and you may rest easy about your hams.r
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

An editor in this State threatens TO break mp
housekeeping and GO to boarding with his delin-
9uent subscribers, having despaired of getting
his dues in any other way.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

WASHING plants with sulphate of iron will
produce striking effects, in growth and quality.
Beans will grow to double size and extra flavor
So, in a measure, with fruit.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

EXPERIENCE ought to be headlight which
throws its rays on things to come instead, it is
generally stern light, which throws its rays on
what we have already passed through.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

Force OF HABIT.-A telephone operator, when
asked to say grace at a dinner, the other day,
horrified the party, in fit of absent mindedness,
by bowling his head and shouting, "Hello! helloF'
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

CURING HAMS, AND PRESERVING THEM DURING
SUMMER.-There are several methods for curing
hams and bacon, and We here give the most APP
proved one. The curing of hams, to make them
sweet, should be done dry, and not in pickle.
In the proportion of four ordinary hams, take
about three pints of fine salt, two ounces Of salt
petre, half pound of coarse sugar, (some prefer
two quarts of mOlasses instead of the sugar) one
quarter of pound of black pepper; pound the
saltpetre fine, and mix the ingredients together,
rubbing the hams thoroughly with it on the flesh
Sides and stack up in pile. In few days,
they should be turned, placing the bottom one
on top, and this should be repeated several
times. In turning, that all parts are fur
nished with the curing compound, and the re-
placing will secure air to all parts. Hams cure
in about the same number of days they weigh
pounds. Then the salt, etc., may be washed off
with cold water. the hams dried with cloth,
and rubbed with black pepper on the flesh Sides
and at the knuckles. Hang up in n moderately
warm room to dry. To keep the hams perfectly
safe, all through the warm weather, place them
in canvas OF cotton bags, tightly enclosed, and
whitewash the canvas when the hams are en-
closed. Yellow ochre is frequently used for this
purpose, also but lime wash is equally as good,
if not better. Hams cured in this way will be
found very sweet and palatable TO the taste.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

GRASS makes fat stock, stock makes fat land,
and thus the good grass farmer is apt TO be .
good farmer in other respects
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

POULTRY, well managed on a farm, is an un-
doubted source of income.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

WHY LAMP WICK DOES Nor BURN.-If we
take piece of lamp wicking and place it in the
flame of a lamp, it is Immediately consumed, but
the same kind of wicking placed in the lamp and
lighted ut the top, lasts the whole evening and
if the lamp is supplied with alcohol the wick is
not even charred. The cause of this was a per-
feet mystery until hundred years ago, when
Dr. Black, of Glasgow, discovered the principle
of latent heat. As the oil or the alcohol comes
near the flame it is evaporated, and by this
change in its form large quantity of heat is
destroyed, or rather is rendered latent, so that
it does not manifest itself in any way. 1t re-
quires n great quantity of heat to change liquid
into vapor, that the evaporation always
cools surrounding objects. The wick is cooled
by the evaporation of the oil or alcohol below
the temperature at which it will burn.
DIR. Blacks discovery suggested to Watt his
Improvement in the steam-engne, eondensing
the steam in a separate vessel from the cylinder.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-31

o, he that has a sneeze To sneezf,
Come snesizs il nov With me-
And maze in air tuneiui breeze,
And sneezs right merTIiy.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-12-06
nELLAIRE.

-@
Mrs. James Reese Is visiting relatives at
Mingo.
Mr.. J. r. Naylor is still unable to be out OF
the house.
A child Of ]. W. Sanders is sick with
diphtherla.
A second child OF Mr.. Conner was buried
Monday afternoon.
Mrs. John Workman died Sunday at her
home III the First ward Of diphtheria.
Rev. Dean was not absent from IlOlIaire on
Sunday, Us some Of the papers announced he
would be-
Tho whoOping cough Is IN number OF
OF bad kind.
NJ. Craft has added 10 the attractions Of his
jewclry store twoo tho finest silver standing
show cases In Belaire.
Rev. Brown, OF the Gravel Hill Presbyterian
church, preached on Sunday evening a
sermon on Adam. the first Of series.
James d. Gill; who has been making
number OF trips up and down the river, was
home for wbileSunday and Monday.
Mrs. W. d. Workman, OF Gravel Hill, Is
still quite low Nlth nervous prnstration,
caused by watching with her sick children.
The meetings at the Disciples Church will
continue oil this week. Nine persons have
united with the Church since these meetings
begail.
The Second PrcSby terian church Is prcpar.
Ing for a Christmas treat for the Sunday
school scholars. The contributions OF the
next two Sundays will be specially for that
purpose.
Some unknown parties broke open the
Mayors Office Sunday morning before day
light and tore things up generally. They
obtained the keys OF the lookup and let out
the prisoners, one Of whom, Clyde UmriCk.
lIausei, was recaptured and says Jack Mul.
len was the one who didit. They had queer
idea Of value. as they took little Oi Value,
left q revolver; but license book check
book aud weigh scale book were taken.
The Soldiers Monumental Association, IL
will be remembered, had very valuable
pair VI Wattles Shaeier's Royal WOrCes.
ter vases, which were accidentally broken In
shipment here for exhibition at the Loan.
They we're only Clipped u little-so that II
cannot be noticed nOw-and tile association
now las them on exhibition IN The window
Oi N. L. MArsli'S jewelry store, on Union
street, and will raflle them OF At fifty cents
chance Tie lucky man will be lucky lnaii,
sure.
l.. slraub & Co., the coniectioners, have
been manufacturing all kinds Of common
and fine candy for some years and lave built
up Wholesale trade that atteSts thu excel.
lence Of their goods; but tile last few weeks
they have been busy In new branch I I
manufacture for Dellaife-thAt OF hollow
candy loys-immenbe ROSTERS aud fruits and
animals and birds. They have made In.
mehsC piles OF these candies and are now
piling UP barrels and barrels oi the com.
nlohef candies.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-12-06

QUEENSTOWN, December 5.-Tlie passen.
gers OF the Erin were transferred to the
steamer England, which sails for New
York on the 10th.
LONDON, December 5.-Tlio Allematiia.
from Hamburg for New York, has been
towed into Queenstown with the loss Of her
main shaft.
LONDON, December 5.-.The steamer
Getmnnia, Captain Kennedy, which IL.
rived at QuePnlOWn last night from New
York, was detained ten hours on her t,lssi
age rrSCuing tile crew Of the British btpafhs
er Hurworih, Captain Anderson, from
Montreal, November I, for Rottetdallig
abandoned Mt am.
The stpnmer BOthnia, from New York
for Liverpool, lad her dcck.hotse stove ifis
lost the engine room skylight and had her
wheel house damaged.
The steamer palutine from Boston Iot
Liverpool, which took the disabled sleains
er Erin In tow, hnd her deck swept, lost
her boats and suffered considerable other
damage.
The damage 10 the steamer lioureh.
from London 10 Boston, which put back 10
Queenstown, was more extensive than at
first REPORTED,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-12-06
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
ARTHuRs FIRST STATE PAPER.
Most Prominent Points Of the DOcuusat-HlI Rss
SrsasS TO the Late PrsHIdsAt GaEasld TsrY
InprSSsITs-Ths Civil Service Feature
Strong EHOugh for All PsrpOIsI.

I WASHINGTON, December 5.-The manu-
script OF the Presidents message is in til
hands OF tho Public Printer, and will b
ready for submission to the members il
print upon its presentation ut the desk to
morrow, Its allusion to the assassination
of President Garfield is OF the most impres
sive character, written with even NOR
grace Of style than marked the President
utterances at Yorktown, and with grea
feeling, The President iavors a reduction
OF taxation and restriction Of the coinag,
OF the silver dollar, and will also, substan
TALLY indorse the position lately announced
by Secretary Blaine.
IN REGARD TO THE IsTHMus AFFAIRS
and the difficulties in South America
This part Of the message Is the only por
ton in which our foreign affairs are not in
satisfactory state.
His recommendation in regard 10 the Dis,
trict Of Columbia are in accordance with
the plans Of the Commissioners for the i'm.
proyement Of the National Capitol,
That portion Of the Presidents message
which refers to the assassination OF Gen
eral Garfield will be
THE MOST IMPRESSIVE FART
OF the document 1t isnot known to what
extent the President will treat the subject
OF civil service reform, but the drift OF his
mind upon this question has indirectly be-
come known. ltappears that when Com.
missioner Raum had framed draft OF h 8
report he called the particular attention OF
Secretary FOlgcr to that part relating to
civil service reform, In order that 1t might
reCeivAtllU full consideration OF the SeCre-
tary before 1t was finally issued as u part OF
the Commissioners report. The Secretary
gave full consideration to the matter, and
fully approved it. Judge Folger, deem.
ing the matter OF too much importance to
go without further consideration,
SUBMITTED THAT PORTION OF THE REPORT
TO President Arthur, who in turn carefully
examined It, aud after some reflection
upon the subject, he in turn gave 1t full
approval. 1t may, therefore; be taken us
III eN NpOSlUOlliSO llr HS " Covers tNe BTOuHu,
OF the Presidentand Secretary Of the Treas.
ury upon the question Of civil service re.
form. The points In Commissioner Raum's
report upon the subject are, In brief, as
follows;
!. The establishment OF the term OF
Office OF four years for subordinate officers
clerks and employees,
2. Requiring oil applicants for appoint.
ment to be well indorsed us to character
and to stand
A PROPER EXAMINATION AZ TO ATTAINMENTs
8. A temporary appointment Of one year
on trial.
A. II found wanting, temporary officer
or clerk to be appointed for three years,
tho balance OF the regular term OF four
years. lie also recommends that promo
tlons be upon merit, asCertained by exam.
ination, aud certified to by the head Of tho
bureau, and that the only causes for re-
moval bO dishonesty, inCapacity, neglect
Of duty, insuborlination, intemperance,
immortality, or inability.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-12-06
CHICAGO.
Features OF the MarGcts-Enect OF the
burning Of the Minneapolis Mills.

Features Of the MarGcts-Efrect OF the
Turning of the Minneapolis Mills.
CHICAGO, December 5.-The markets
were unusually active today, nuctuatlng
rapidly, and a large speculative business
was done.
Flour advanced little on account Of the
wholesale destruction Of mill property at
Minneapolis, and through the day the
wheat market was unsettled, active and at
times excited, and opened ut ia1c above
saturdays close; advanced 1c on favorable
adyices aud bnd weather, and then weak
enlng dropped llC, rillied 9C, but again
suffered u decline and closed only &c above
Saturdays last price. Shorts were bought
freely, the sahps were nt 81 30lal 81 Janu.
ary, and 81 3OSa1 32 February.
Corn was firm, early, with a fair demand
and prices wero BaSC above Saturdays
close. A decline enstlcd, followed by un
advance Of Sa3C, and then, with decided.
ly weak feeling, closed lower than on Sat.
urday for most options. Sales ut 0la0lic
january; Gl !aG2ic February; G0la0Gl May.
Oats sliadv better all dny; starting In
with IN advance Of iaSC aud maintaining
II pretty well. Sales ut 4G!a40SC May.
Barley took a sharp jump upward and
closed strong.
On all grldrs OF provisions there was a
weak market froln the start to the finish,
and prices were irregular. Pork was from
10 TO 20c lower, closing tame. Sales at
sl7 16a17 40 january; $l7 95al7 611 Febru.
ary. Lard was active, but l24a15C lower,
closing q little better than the lowest
prices Sales at Sl1 25all 40 january;
sll 4Oall 90 February On call there were
lArRe sales.