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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-13
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OF all crops fall turnips Chat is, those of the
round English varieties, which, according to the
proverb, must be sown Twenty. fifth of July,
whether wet OF dry are, perhaps, the most un-
certain on the black soil. Why' In most eases be-
canse, as in the case of the onion, the root sys-
tenn of the plant is not respected. Generally in
Illinois, the ground Is plowed, narrowed and
fined Just previous TO sowing the seed, and in the
hottest and dryest season of the year; IT the
seed terminates, it is because rain falls lmme-
diately, or soon after the sowing, and if the
plants live they are pretty sure to refuse to bot
tom, producing roots more like beet than what
tnrnips should be. If, however, the land is
plowed at the time of corn planting, or before,
Immediately thereafter literally manured, and
the surface then narrowed and the weeds kept
in subsection to the time of seeding, and after,
inst previous to il, the surface is gone over with
a sharp-tOothed harrow, and u seed-bed not eX-
ceedng two inches in depth is prepared. aud the
seed then sOwn, the surface rolled down hard
and smooth, the result is pretty sure to be tur-
nips which are at the same time large, round,
smooth and good. But why failure in the first
instance and success in the lasti Plainly, be-
cause in the one, the peculiarities of the plant
are not considered, and in the other they are. In
the South, they have a way of growing turnips,
called "cow penning,r which, when the work is
carefully done, rarely fails to produce good
crops. That is the piece of land selected for the
turnps is fenced in, and cattle are confined
thereon at night, fer several weeks or months
When the time for sowing arrives the cattle are
turned off, the land plOwed shallow, fined, and
the seed sown, and the result is good crops.
This method, no doubt, would prove asuccessful
one on the mellow soil of the North, always pro-
vded there no stirring of the soil be-
yond preparing fine, mellow seedbed, not ex-
ceeding two OF three inches deep.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-13
opera-Glass Whiskey Flask.

The latest thing out, and certainly an article
that Will fill n want long felt, is an opera glass
that will hold a half-pint of whiskey. 1t is, in
fact, whiskey flask, with lenses and things
just like Opera-glass, and person can take
a drink without going out between acts. 1t can
be used As an opera-glass with or without
taking a drink. If You want to take drink,
there is little spring that you touch with the
little finger, when silver tube drops into the
mouth, and the whiskey flows as easily as posi-
BILE. 1t works best when you point the opera
glass mp in the gallery, because that act gives it
the natural incline. Quite n number of these
opera glasses said TO be in use, and they
give excellent satisfaction party of four
gentlemen had one between them at the theatre,
one night, and though they have been regular
corn TANNERS heretofore, going out between the
acts with uufailing regularity, and walking
over whole rows of people. ON this occasion they
did not 20 out until the third act, when the
opera-glass ran dry. 1t was amusing TO see
them take turns with that opera-glass, looking
up in the gallery at some imaginary acquant-
anee. One would take the glass, and look up
aud take a drink. and bow to somebody up stairs,
and hand the glass to another, and he would
look up. The last one to drink out of it came
near giving the whole scheme away by shaking
it, when it refused TO give down. After the last
drink, the gentlemen sat in solemn silence for
ten minutes, and then they could not stand il
any longer, so they got up and filed out for a
drink. 1t was evident that they had got it
filed while out, because they again began look
ing at the fellows in the gallery. If this opera
whiskey- glass-iask comes into general use, it
will save visitors to places of amusement great
deal Of annoyance, as there is no greater nui-
sanee at theatre than gang of fellows getting
up and plowing through an audieoce to get n
drink. Quite a number of ladies have been no
ticed looking up into the gallery with opera
glasses, hut we can not think they have secured
these new TASKS. However, if they have not,
they had better be careful about looking mp high
for time, for fear people will miscoustrue their
motiyes.-Peek's San.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-13
for the Farmer.
Care of Live Stock for July.

A sheet of cotton cloth is a great protection to
horses screening them from flies, dust and heat,
while working in the harvest field. Especial
care must be taken in keeping the horses clean.
An occasional washing with a soft sponge and
carbOlie soap cleans and cools the skim aids per-
SEPARATION, drives away the flies, and is in every
way healthful and refreshing. Horses may be
given bath in a stream at evening. provided
they are not warm from work, aud are not kept
in the water more than few minutes. If the
horses are at pasture at night, they need good
generous feed before being turned out. When
kept in the stalls, mess of green fodder may be
given daily.
During hot weather, cows suffer if kept in n
shadeIess pasture. cool, dark and clean sta
BILE is much preferred by them. They need an
abundance of pure water, plenty of nutritious
food, and should be kept as comfortable as pos
s5le.
Sheep that are intended for the butcher need
to be pushed forward with liberal feeding. A
quart of mixed ground feed to each animal dai-
ly, with the pasturage, viii bring them quickly
in good shape for the market. Store sheep need
good pasture, with plenty of shade. If dysente-
ry appears in the flock, Remove the sick animals
to a cool shed, and give one ounce Of castor oil,
with bran or oatmeal mash. Should maggots
be found upon the sheep, tar may be applied to
the affected parts. Look well TO the flock, that
sheep do not suffer in any way during the hot
summer months.
Growing young pigs for the early market is Of
ten very profitable. They may be ready in 100
days from birth, if well fed. At first, the SOW
needs to have rich food in abundance, that she
may have a full flow Of milk. After few weeks,
| let the young pigs have meal and wheat mid
dlings.
Now is the time to weed out the Door hens in
the poultry yard. Poor layers or bad mothers
can be quickly fattened in coop, ready for mar
ket, and will command good price.-4merieaH
a0ricuIfurisf
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alsefnl aud Curious.
Nice Summer Drinks.

great many industries start afresh and with
great impulses in the Spring of the year. One of
these is the business OF preparing cooling beve-
RACES for Summer drinks. The bottling es-
Establishments are in operation the year through,
but in the Spring preparations are made for the
Summer increase. The demand for the lighter
drinking materials, if if not for all, IS regulated
by the weather, TO great extent. III the season
be hot and dry, the people will be IN the same
condition. The amount of sweetened water that
is sold under various names is simply enormous.
Soda is water impregnated with earbonie acid
gas. Carbonic acid gas is made from pglverized
marble and vitriol. The marble is put into re-
ceiver and mixed with the yitriol. The gas is
thus generated, and after passing through puri-
fiers or through water is ready TO be charged in
to any kind of sweetened water. A bOttling-ma-
chine fills bottle in a second with the help of
one operator. Over the bottling-table are the
reservoirs containing syrups, connected with the
bottling machine. The carbonic acid gas, ming
led with water, is let in, the syrup faucet is
opened, and in the space of a second bottle of
ginger ale sarsapafilia, pop or other mixture is
ready for market.
The discovery of ginger ale gave q refreshing
drink to millions. 1t is supposed that more would
be sold if the name .'ale' was not given TO it.
As it is nothing more than water sweetened with
ginger syrup and charged with earbonic acid
gas it has no very marked intoxicating or even
stimulating qualities. Ii is the great Summer
drink-harniless, pleasant, refreshing and health
full. The item of bottles is an important one.
The bottles cost more than the ale. Every bottle
requires washing, every time it is emptied. For
this purpose machine has been invented and
put in operation to take the place of hand labor.
This machine washes sixty bottles per minute,
and does il as well the most careful hand.
The saving in labor is great. Besides the city
consumption, the sea-shore trade will soon begin
again. At Summer resorts the chief diversion
of many is drinking. Why mott The salt air
produces thirst-IrorideHce Journal.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-13
Kansas Wheat

81 don't understand" said the drummer, look
ing out Of the window, 'why the farmers allow
yonng cattle to nibble at the tops of their win
ter wheat"
"Why," said the Kansas man, "it's to make
the roots strong. But they couldn't do that in
Kansas / remember poor Dick Smith; he turn
ed his cattle out TO Craze on the meadow, which
he had sown in winter wheat, thinking that il
was growing toe fast-and il does grow power
fully fast there. The next morning he went out
to round up his cattle, but nary a cattle could
he find"
''They had all taken to their heels, eh r. said
the lat man.
'tNo, no; bless you, no. There had come up
n shower in the night, that had started Smiths
wheat to growing, and the wheat had actually
taken the cattle up with it, and they were clean
out Of sight next morning"
"Why didn't he cut the wheat down r. asked
the Plainvile man.
''No use" replied the Kansas man, che could
not have sold it,
"Why nOtY
'.Because it would have tasted of the beef"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-13
A Simple Barometer,

A correspondent of the English Mechanic thus
describes a simple barometer: Take glass tube
about inches long, and about of an inch in-
ternal diameter, and draw out one end before the
blowpipe to a point, leaving a very small orr
fee about LOO to LEO of an inch in diameter.
This end of the tube should not be quite sharp,
but somewhat rounded. A cork is prepared to
fit tightly the wide end of the tube and if the
cork is made of cork its sides and upper ends
should be creased or coated with paraiin, the
lower end being left uneoated. rubber cork
would answer better. The tube should now be
about half filled with distilled water. although
the exact height is if no consequence, and the
cork firmly inserted. The tube should be sus-
pended with the point downward near the win
dow, and it should never be shaken. When the
barometric pressure is low, indicating rain, 4
drop of water will appear at the oriiice and hang
at the lower end of the tube. When The barO-
metric pressure rises the drop will disappear,
the act of entering by the narrow opening. If
more than one drop is extruded of course they
will fall, but one drop will always remain sus-
pended.
81 have had tube of this description hanging
in my laboratory Says the writer, "fOr two years.
and find its indications for rain and dry wea-
Their most unerring. The only error arises from
the extremely sudden rises of temperature, which
will sometimes force drop of water out by ex-
pansOn, although the barometric pressure is
high; but in that case, the drop soon dries up in
the other ease it hangs persistently, and will in
many instances indicate the approach of rain
thirty hours before the appearance of the storm.
Before rain the drop does not dry up, because
then the atmosphere is saturated with moisture
The sensitveness of this weather glass depends
upon the difference of tension between the sur
rounding atmosphere and the air within the
tube, the latter expanding contracting accOr-
ding as the barOmetric pressere is high OF low"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-13
Seeding on Sod.

We have been experimenting from force of
circumstances, in seeding sod the present
spring, and infer from present developments,
May Goth, the date of this writing that il is en-
tirey practicable to get fair catch of clover
and grass seed on neglected pastures and mea-
dOws, without blowing. The seed sown was red
and white clover, herds grass, and red-top mix
ed The land experimental with was an old
meadow, naturally moist, springy, with water
upon the surface, in spots, during winter and
spring, neglected for a dozen years or more,
grass cut and carried off, and nothing returned
brakes and weeds were more plenty than grass
on all parts of it. The sowing commenced early
in April, and continued until the middle of May.
On small patches, a mixture of wood ashes was
spread, and the ground raked over. Here the
catch is good, and the young clover and grass is
promising. On the other patches, loan was
spread and the ground raked over, and the seeds
have started well. There were bare patches I'M
der the walls, where leaves had Totted for years,
and in this leaf-mOuld the catch was all that
! could be desired In another patch, several
loads of spent tan-bark that had been rotting for
ten years. was spread, and the ground raked over.
The seed did not come quickly in this, but
there is quite enough, if it lives, to make good
sod. On the larger part of the meadow there
was no top dressing, and the seed had no pro-
lection but a very thin growth of grass and
weeds, just starting The catch is not so good
here, of course in the dressed patches but Is
better than could have been expected. of course
the better way of seeding is TO plow, manure,
harrew, and bush, but all this takes time and
| costs a good deal of money. If we can get a
| good catch Of clover upon neglected meadows
| and pastures, we can put them upon course OF
| improvement at small expense. Wherever the
clover plant will grow, it will enrich the soil,
and prepare the way for grains and grasses. Ii
would have been-better To SOW the grass and clo-
yer seed ia March upon the snow; but as it is,
the experiment is quite NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
| 1dricEtfHTist
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-13
He Took the Lemonade, but Drank it With
Tears in His Eyes.

After the circus had opened to the public yes
tcrday, gray haired cOlored brother who held
ths hand of boy of fourteen, as both stood ga
zing at the tent, shook his head in a solemn
manner and observed:
sits no use to cry bout it, sonny, kase we am
not gwine in dar now"
'But I want ter" whined the boy.
SIN course yOu does. All chillen Of yonr age
run to evil and wickedness, and dey mus be sot
down on by dose wild 'sperience."
''You used to go" urged the boy.
''Sartin did, but what was de resulti had
SIGH load on my conscience dat couldn't sleep
nights. l cum powerful nigh bein' a lost man,
and in dem days de price Of admishun was only
n quarter, too"
Cant we both git in for fifty centsr
81 'spect we might, but to-morrer you'd be
bilin' over wild wickedness, and I'd be a back
slipper from de church. Hush up, now, kase
hain't got but thirty cents, and dar am no show
for crawlin' under de canvas"
The boy still continued to cry, and the old
man pulled him behind wagon and continued:
''Henry Clay Scott, which had yOu rather dc
go inter de circus and den take de awful6 ST
lickin' boy cher got, or have glass of dat red
Lemonade, and go to heaben when you die Be
fore you decide, let me 'splain dat mean lick
in, which will take cherry inch oh de hide off,
and mean one Of dem big glasses of lemonade.
In addishun, / would obsarve, dat circus am
gwine on in heaben all de time, and de price oh
admisshun am simply nominal. Now, sab, what
do you sayp
The boy took the lemonade, but he drank il
with tears in his northumberland
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-13

Those who have given any attention to decora-
ting of their rooms with living plants, are aware
that none are useful for this purpose the
European ivy (Hederd). Instead of waiting I'M
til falling leaves remind of houSe-plants. and
then grubbing up and potting an ivy, it is bet
ter to prepare the ivies now. This plant is al
ways pleasing, whether used around a window
frame, over a doorway, run over the frames of
pictures, or, we have seen it, carried CON-
pletely around the cornice of a room. 1t will
endure much neglect, and will amply repay all
the care that may be given it, in washing the
dust from the leaves, and good culture generally.
But we do not now speak of its culture, but
would only say a word about starting it. 1t is
most easily propagated. Procure branches two
OF three feet long or more; take any wide
mOuthed bottle or jar; place some earth in it.
perhaps a quarter full, add water to nearly fill
the vessel, and, removing the lowest leaves, put
the ends of the IVY branches in this thin mud.
Set the whole in a shady place outdoors, on
the piazza, and add water to that which evapO-
rates. In q few weeks the stem will have plen-
ty of roots, when they may be potted, and by
autumn be much better for use in the house than
any plant dug up from the ground. No plant
yields more readily to training; it may he con-
tinued with single stem many feet IN length,
provided all side-shOots that start nipped off;
or, if several stems are desired, pinch off the
growing end, and some will soon start.-Imeri-
eau IgricultHrist.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-13
Onions as Medicine.

II there were any way of avoiding the long
continuance of the OdOr of onions after eating
them, the consumption of this vegetable would
he vastly increased great as it is at present. In
addition to the almost universal fOndness for
them (which in some European nations has be-
come a sort of passion,) they have always been
highly esteemed for their medicinal properties.
There is not, in the whole vegetable world, a
more effective anti scOrbutic. Sailors at are
protected against scuryy when having plenty Of
onions, and scurvy is driven away when they
come upon them. One who ought to know,
says Taken regularly, they greatly promote
the health of the lungs and the digestive organs
An extract, made by boiling down the juice of
onions to a syrup, and taken as a medicine, an
swers the the purpose very well; but fried, roast
ed, or boiled onions are better" But, oh! if we
could only obtain some antdOte to the odor when
our neirLbor sees Mt to indulge in them
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-13
Coffee in Typhoid Fever.

DIR. Guillasse, of the French navy in a recent
paper on typhoid fever says: 'COtfee has given
US unhoped for satisfaction; after having dispen-
sed it, find, to our great surprise, that its ac
ton is prompt as il is decisive. No sooner
have our patients taken few tablespoonful of
it than their features became relaxed and they
come to their senses. The next day the improve
ment is such that they are tempted to look upon
coffee a specific against typhoid fever. Under
its influence the stupOr is dispelled, and the pa
tent rouses from the state of sOmnolency in
which he has been since tue invasion of the dis
ease: all the functions take their natural course
and he enters upon cenyalescence.' DIR. GULL
asse gives an adult two or three tablespoOnfuls
of strong black coffee every two hours, alternated
with one or two tablespoonfuls of elaret or Bur-
gundy wine. A little lemonade citrate of
magnesia should be taken daily, and after awhile
quinine. From the fact that malaiSe and cere-
bral symptoms appear first, the doctor regards
typhoid fever as nervous disease, and the coffee
acting on the nerves is peculiarly indicated in
the early stages before local complications arise.
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0ur Strap Book.
THE GOOD WIFE.

1t l. just as yon say, neighbour Green,
y TREASURE indeed Is my wife:
Such another for hustle and work
never have found in nv life.
But, then, she keeps every one els.
As busy Is birds on the wing;
There is never a moment for rest
She is such a fdgety thing.
She makes the lost bread in the town
Her pics a perfect delight
Her coffee rich golden brown.
Her erullers and pudding jus, right
But, then, while ! eat them she tells
VI the care and the wOrry they bring
OF the nartyr-like tod she endurts;
U. shes such tidgety thing,
Nv house il as neat As a pin.
ion should see how the door handles shine;
And all At the soft-cushiOned chairs
AID nicely swept carpets are mine.
But then. she 80 fTets a the dust
AT fly, at a straw a string
That stay out Of doors all can,
She is sueh fidgety thing,
She doctors the neigbbor-; O, yes.
II child has the measles or cruup
She i there with her saffrons and squill-
Her dainty made gruel- and soup.
But then. she insists on her night
To physic my blood in the Spring
And she takes the whole charge Of my bile:
U, shes such hdgety thing.
She knits all my stockings herseH
Ny shirts are bleached white rs snow;
Ny old clothes look better than new
When to church on Sunday go;
But, then, If a morsel of lint
Or dust to my trousers should cling
m sure Of one sermon. at least
She is such fdgety thing.
You've read Of a spirit 50 meek
So meek that it never opposes;
Its own IL dares never to speak
Alas, am meeker than Moses
But, then, 1 am not reeonciled
The subordinate music to sing;
submit to get nd of a row,
She is such a iidgety thing.
Its just as you say, neighbor Green
treasure to me has been given;
But sometimes fam would be glad
To lay up my treasure in heaven.
But. then, every life has its cross,
Most pleasures on earth have their sting;
She's treasure / know neishbOr Green
But she's such fidgety thing.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-13

Two quarts of new milk, ten eggs, one table
spoonful of corn-starch. stir it in the milk, then
stir in the eggs and cook, but do not let them
curdle; one aud half pounds of sugar. Cook
the night before, so that it will he thoroughly
cold; add two teaspoonfuls of Vanilla. If You
wish Il strawberry flavor to the cream, mash and
strain them and add sugar; one pint of berries,
four ounces of sugar 10 two quarts of cream.
Put the cream into freezer and set in tub or
pail, fill the pail with broken ice, strew coarse
salt between each layer of ice, taking care that
none gets into the cream. Break the ice by put
ting it in an old grain sack and pounding with
an AK As the cream freezes scrape it from the
bottom and sides of the freezer with a spoon. A
large sized lard can or tin pail may be used in
stead of freezer; but in that case the cream
must be often scraped from the sides and well
beaten to make il fine grained.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-13
Learning to Swim.

There really is ne mystery in learning to swim
an accomplishment which is possessed in perfec-
tion by the most stupid of frogs. the trunk, less
the arms, is heavier than water; with the arms
it is lighter; ALL Therefore, that person has to
do is to acquire the habit of drawing i'll the
breath when he is preparing to make a stroke,
and expelling the breath while he is making it.
Let any one do this and keep calm, and he will
find that he can swim. But, perhaps, it is better
to acquire confidence by preliminary course of
floating. To do this it is only necessary to lie
Hat on the water, stretch out the arms with the
palms of the hands downward, throw back the
head, and if the body sinks, slowly fill the lungs
with air-LondOR TrHfh.