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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-24
SHAKSPEARE'S NAME.
Opinion. ON a Matter OF Spelling.

As you are always willing to correct false or
mistaken statements on matters of fact that ac-
cidentaly get into Your paper, l ask you to let
show that the statement of Your reviewer
about Messrs. Kegan, Paul and Trench's spelling
of ..Shaksperesr name, in their new ''Shak-
spores Works." does not represent fairly the
real facts of the ease. Your reviewer SAYS that
the spelling Of "Shakspcrrr sis the least anthem
tic of all the recognized modes of writing the
name" The fact is that Shakspeare's own sig
natures show 1t is the most authentic of all these
modes. The only authentic signatures of the
poet which we have, the only ones with which
no 'canting conceit" of publisher, printer OF
friend can have interfered, are five in number.
of these five, three are "Shakspere," one 'Shak-
spear" and one shakespeare" That in the sig
nature to the bargain and sale of the Blackfriars
house, March 10, 1913, now in the Guildhall
library, is 'Shaksperc; :" that to the mortgage
deed of the same house, March II, 1913 now in
the British Museum, is ''Shakspe," with an over
line ga, y equivalent to "Shakspear;' that To the
first sheet Of the will is ''Shaksperc.r and is
the second, though, through the final ''rer be-
ing written one letter each side Of the loop
of the 'lin above il, some men not accustomed
to MANUSCRIPTS have not felt certain Of the read
ing, which is, however, quite clear. The third
signature of the will has, | have little donbt,
been tempered with in its final syllable, but |
am willing to pass il as shakespeare" The at
tempt to turn the central of it into the contrac-
tion for final ''es" is too absurd to need arguing
against. Shakspere's own five signatures thus
prove that ''the most authantic' form of spell
ing his name is "Shakspere," as Messrs. Kegan,
Paul, and Trench have rightly spelled it. When
discussing "authentic' forms Of Il mans name, ],
of course, deal only with the name-Owners own
signatures. Having this first-hand evidence, l.,
of course, refused to admit any secondhand
tampered-with evidence, for, in the conoeitful
Elizabethan age, printers, publishers, friends
wonld naturally follow the "canting" practice
of the heralds, and produce Shakspere as 'Shake-
speare." Let all second-hand men follow them
aud their spelling, while the first-hand or man
uscript men follow the unadulterated -'Sbak-
spere.r That the latter should be in the minor
ity is only NATURAL it is because they are in the
right J. FMrRirai, in Pal Mall Gazette.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-24
TELLING A STORY.

They were sitting on the veranda, after tea,
when the man with a story began to tell it.
''By the way he said, 81 heard good thing
in town, to-day"
"Was is very warm in town. asked the wo-
man who STAYS at hone.
He assured her that it was, and went on: al
met Jack Rollins"
ssWhat, little Jack " exclaimed the old gen.
tleman. "Why,-I remember when Jacks father
first came to Huckleberryville, long fore he
married Hnlda-she was n Smith, You know
old Billy Smiths darter. Old Billy was a Gu
r'ous chap. Did ever tell yer bout that scrape
him and me got inter in the winter of thirty five
no, twas thirty four-yes-no-well, / disre-
member zaetly which; but, anyhow, Billy and
me, We"
''Yes, yes; we know all about it, Uncle Ben, y
said the man with story. "As / was saying,
met Jack Rollins, and he and l thought we'd
20 down to the beach and have n swim"
'You are getting on swimmingly now OBJ
served the retailer of secondhand pms.
''Well, l was saying" resumed the man
with story, Jack and | went down to the
beach, and"
.sYou had nice bath" said the woman who
interrupts.
''No, | didn't" sharply answered the man
with a story; "yon see, the tide"
''Oh, that reminds me of a funny thing that
happened to set of us fellows when we were in
the army exclaimed the war veteran. at
was just after the second Bull Run, and the
Major"
The war veteran was reminded of this "funDy
thing" invariably seven evenings n week. and,
though he always told il from beginning to end,
nobody ever listened to it. 1t is not necessary,
therefore, to repeat it here.
After he had finished, however, the man with
n story began again. 1.-THE tide, you see, was
way out, and Jack said we might as well 20 up
to the hotel"
"Oh, tell MS " again interrupted the retailer
of second-class puns.
The man with a story frowned on the punster,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-24
Msefnl aud Curious.
Death to File. in one.half Hour.

Heretofore one of the greatest of our trials in
summer. has been in the keeping of our dining
room and kitchen free from flies. II is n rule
with us that nets shall be in all open windows
and that the net doors must he closed and there
is no deviation from this. But careful rs we
might lie, the pests would get in. We have
brushed until our shoulders and arms were lame
and hands blistered; have used various fiy
catcbers, sticky hy paper, and poison fly paper,
discardng the latter several times on account of
its poisonous properties AMI disgusting effects.
bnt returning to it because we did not know
what to do. We will say that our house is very
sunny. light and ary-we have blinds, and
cannot darken the rooms and to Keep the flies
ont. short time ago we became alive to the
necessity of throwing away, once for all, the fly
paper, having been convinced that it was i'm
pregnated with n solution of arsenic. Knowing
the efficacy of the Persian Insect Powder-Pyre-
thrnui roseum ciperrfoliun-in destroying
insect life, we closed the windows aud doors of
the diniDg-ro sprinkled n large handful of
this powder upon a few live Goals, and retired to
await results. The smoke was quite dense for
two hours, yet at the end of that time not one
fly was dead; they were somewhat weak in the
legs, but soon revived.
After this failnre, next purchased n small
insect powder bellows for 81, half filled the re-
eeptaele with powder, and blew it all around
the room, making fine dust. Soon a buzzing
was heard, as when fly is caught in n spiders
web, only louder, and in one half hour every fly
in the room was dead. The fly season is
robbed of its terrors for u.s. for few puffs of the
bellows each morning before sweeping, keeps
our rooms free from flies. The powder Gusts 60
cents per pound at wholesale, Int with care will
last some time, for gentle puffs Of the powderan-
swer every purpose, as il is only necessary to
blow it once where the flies can breathe it.-Rm-
raj Ner Yorker.
I'VE call the attention of hoUsekeepers who
are troubled with flies to Mrs. Naples test with
Dalmatian Insect Powder. We have made the
same test, and can fully corroborate her state
meuts. By the Use of very small quantities of
this powder blown through bellows, every fly
in a room may be killed in half IN hour.-Ed.
Rural
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-24
Dick Turpin No Hero.

LONDON, July I2.-Everybody has read about
Dick Turpin who was executed, not rs has been
supposed, for gallant robberies, but for the low
er crime Of horse-stealing. Instead of being an
elegant fellow, with an mpulsive heart, Turpn
was a low wretch, petty, selfish, common, and
brutal. The late Mr.. Ainsworth made him a
prominent character Of "Rookwood." In reali-
ty, be was a farmers son, in the County Of
Essex, east Of London, sent tn n common school.
and apprenticed to butcher in Whitechapcl,
the worst end of London City, and there he be-
came noted for his brutal disposition, his love of
fighting, tackling people, and cudgeling his
horse. When his apprenticeship expired, he
married young woman and returned to Essex
County, at Eastman, and started the butchering
business; and it occurred to him that he, had
better steal cattle than buy them, and he de-
liberately sold in his shop tbs cattle of his
neigbors; and when two oxen were traced to
him, and a warrant obtained, he jumped out
of the back window of his house as the officers
entered the front door, and this made him an
outlaw, his wife furnishing him with money TO
Join a gang of smucglers on the coast.
This gang was broken mp by the Custom
House officers very soon; and then Tnrpin went
to deer stealng in Epping forest, which lies to
the northeast of London, and IN II were several
fine parks of gentlemen, containing deer. This
business was not remunerativc and the band
resolved tn lie housr-brrakers: and, while one
of them knocked ut the door, the others would
rush in as soon as IL was Opened, aud make away
with whatever theyc ould lay their hands on
In the course of these adventures, they heard
of an old woman in village who kept abOut
fSOO in her house. and when she came to the
door, they forced their way in, tied her and her
maid. and Turpin told the oil woman that he
would set her fire, if she did not reveal where
the money was
She refusing, was actually placed on the fire,
and kept there till her tormenting pains made
her point ont where she had concealed her gold.
and they stole f4O0, and ran away. This en-
tircly disPoses of the romantic origin of Dick
TurPin.-CiRciHHdf EsqHircr-
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-24
A Seat For the Driver.

The Scientific Farmer says one Of the ancmo-
lies in American customs is that of the driver of
n wagon sitting on the right hand side, while he
always turns ont to the right when passing an
other team. 1t matters not whether he he 4
broad safe thOroughfare, n narrow lane or
crowded city street, his seat is the same. Thus
situated, il is very difficult to see the exposed
wheels in passing, those which require the eye of
the driver Doubtless this is prominent cause
Of the many collisions between passing teams
and the wonder is that more do not happen. Tho
custom was brought over 10y the Pilgrims but
like a Dutch sentence, the parts got transposed
in the translation. Across the pond the driver
sits on the right, but always turns to the left
III copying the practice, we retained the useless
part, and changed the essential for some unex-
planned reason. Possibly our fathers thought
to he consistent in the matter, and rather than
I've right-handed in sitting. while left handed in
the driving, changed the latter to suit. At all
events, the thing as now practiced is very in
convenient, and is worthy subject of reform in
this year when reforms much in favor
And since il is easier to change our position on
the seat than alter the custom of turning 10 the
right, let us heneeforth hand our friends mp to
the right side of the wagon, while we, as driver,
take the opposite side.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-24
An Initiative Race.

The colored voters are beginning to UNDER
stand politics well, if not better than most
white voters. The natural disposition to lie
and steal, as crops out in the cases of Whitaker
and Flipper, is of great advantage to them dur
ing a political campaign. One Of the candi-
dates for an Office at the municipal election in
Austin, not long since, relied on the fidelity of
an old family servant TO help him out among
the colorcd voters. The candidate was beaten
After the election, he was told that the colored
political friend had voted against him. He did
not believe it: Meeting him one day, the ex-
candidate said:
81 will give you dollar, Jim, to tell me who
you voted for"
81 voted agin you, boss"
''Well, here is the dollar for your candor.r
"Look heah, boss, eff yer gwine ter pay for de
candor, mout rs well own up voted agin you
free different times. Three dollars noah, if you
please, boss
This is almost rs bad as the way Senator
voorhees, treated our representative, Reagan
TfhHgs
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-24
Robespierre's Execution.

As thy went along, throngs crowded about the
cart to see the fallen tyrant, and the gendarmes
pointed him out with their swords. He was
pursued by the bowling mob, who had formerly
yelled as fercely as his victims, and now charged
him with the blood of them all.
Troops of women, who had danced at the
deaths of those he had sent to the scaffold, now
danced the Carmagnole round the cart, as it
passed before the honse of Duplaix, where he
had lived 4 woman, breaking from the crowd,
rushed to him, exelaiming, Murderer of all my
kindred, your agony fills me with transport!
Descend to pertlition, pursued by the curses of
every mother in Franeen
When they reached the place of execution,
Robespierre was first shown TO the people, and
then laid down on the scaffold with the bloody
and nearly dead bodies of his brother and Hem
riot The batch consisted of twenty-one, and
Robespierre was executed last of all.
When he raised up to be led to the guillotne,
he presented a most CHASTITY fgure-his sky blue
coat covered with blood and dirt, his stockings
slipped down about his heels, his face lived as
death, and tied up in n bandage. The execu-
TONER plucked the bandage away, and let the
Jaw fall. He gave n deadful yell, whick struck
every heart with horror, and the neyt moment
was put under the axe.
Samson held up the hideoIs head to the peo-
pie, who shouted with delight, and then went
away singing. One poor man, as he gazed on
that head, said, ''Yes, Robespierre, you said
true-there is a GOdi'
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-24


Some Of the colored people Of Austin, Texas,
instance, Jim Webster is one of the most up
Not long since, be brought large package Of
coffee to the store of a white neigbbor and said
~ bought dis coffee at de store OBJ Mr. Hatch
kins, and jest know he has cheated me outen
more'n a whole pound in de weight. / jes' kin
feel de lghtness. Oar should be ten pounds,
an Use sho' dar's not more dan eight pounds.
He fixes his scales to cheat poor culled folks
what hain't got no SENSE"
The white neighbor took the package, and,
after weighing il carefully on his scales, said:
''You are mistaken, Jim. He has given You q
pound and a half too much. There are eleven
pounds and half in the package instead Of
ten"
srYer don't say 80, boss. was so sartin dat
he was gibben me light weight, dat, unbs-
knOwnst to him, jest to get eben, lifted off de
shelf a pair of fine boots, wuff Sc, ter balance
der account
''Well. now you see that he hasn't cheated
you, suppose yon will do what is rightr'
''You bet | will, boss. Use gwine right back
to dat store to do what am right"
care you going to return the bootsf'
"No, boss, can't afford to make any such
sacrifices that. Use n poor Niger, eff is
honest. can't afford to make anybody pres
ent oh sich high-priced pair oh boots but I'm
gwine ter glib him back dat extra pound and
half of coffee. | admire liberality, does, an
from now Use gwine ter do all my tradin'
with him, now dat he has worked hissef inter
my confidence. He shant lose muffin by my
honesty eff kin help it."-TeJas SiftiHgs.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-24
Flies.

We are now approaching the season when the
fly nuisance very seriously curtails the supply of
milk, and every daiTyman should do all in his
power to help the cows To protect themselves
from this all-pervading nuisance. When COWS
are turned TO pasture there is no relief for them
except deep water for them to stand in, and then
they lose much valuable time in the water
when they should be grazing, that the want Of
economy in such practice is seriously felt. When
the cows are in the stable they can he well pro-
tectcd from flies by carefully darkening the sta
BILE This is often done at the expense of veuii-
lation, or the fresh air supply, which should lie
guarded against, for if the cows become too
warm, they suffer from the heat as much as they
would from the flies. Persian Powder, yellow
dust that is sold at reasonable prices by all drug
gists, is said TO be harmless to man and beast
and we know it to bc death to insects. 1t would
well I've worth trying. and we would like to hear
from some one who has given it a test. There
is great need of some simple drug or appliance
that will protect cows and horses from the in
sects that annoy them SO much.-ImericdR
DdirymGR.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-24
Cur Strap Book.
THE couNrzRs1eH.



Twas near the break Of day, bat still
The moon was shining brightly;
The w~-t wind, A. il passed the flowers,
Set zach one swaying lightly.
The seutTy slow paced 70 and fro.
A faithful night watch keeping.
While in their tents behind him stretched
His comrades all were sleeping
Slow 10 and fro the sentry pae-d.
His musket on his shoulder,
But not o thought Of death or var
Was with the brave Young solslier.
All. no. his heart was far away,
Wberr, on q western prairie.
A rose-twined cottage stood That night
The countersign IVES Mary
And thrrr his own true love he saw.
Her blue ewes kindly beaming;
Above thrm on her sun kissed brow,
Her curls ike sunshine gieaming;
He heard her singing. - she ehura-d
Her butter In the dairy.
The song he loved the best That night,
The countrrsisn was Mary"
oh for one kiss from herr he sighed,
When, up the lone road glancing.
He spied slender little form.
With faltering steps advancing
And n it neared him silently,
He cared at II in wonder.
Then dropped his musket to his hand,
And challenged Who goes yonderr'
Still IN IL came. Not one step more,
Be you man, child or fairy,
Unless you give the counterslgn-
Halt who goes thereT' a. lis Mary"
A sweet voice cried: and in his arms
The girl he left behind him
Half fainting fell. Der many milc>
She'd braveiy toilei 10 find him.
Il heard that you were wounded, dear"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-24

WHY THE TOwN COULDN'T RECOvER.-''No,
this town has never recovered from the war;
said the NiTginian, rs he crossed his legs and
looked up and down the deserted street.
''Was it burnedf"
"Nor
"Any of its people killed Off"
''No.r
Have any great manufacturing establish
ments been rcmOvedf
'We never had any to remove
'.Any epidemic brighten the people awayr
Not as know Of"
"Then, why is it that the town has never re-
covered from the war;
''Well, some lay it to this and some to that,
but it's my opinion that what ails this town is
the fact that man will come here from New
York, and peck around and ask questions, aud
want to know all about everything and every
body, and never ask leading citizen if he is
dry. tell you, such line of policy, if pursued
for ten or fifteen years, takes the ambition right
ont of men."-N. T. Ners
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-24
Tomato catsup-Tomato Sauce.

The basis of tomato catsup, kitchup, is the
pulp of ripe tomatoes Many defer making cat
sup until late in the season, when the cool nights
cause the fruit to ripen slowly, and il may be it
is gathered hurredly for fear of frost. The late
fruit does not yield rich pulp as that gather
ed in its prime. The fruit should have all the
portions cut out, and be stewed until thoroughly
cooked. The pulp is then to de separated from
the skins by rubbing through a wire sieve, so
fine rs to retain the seeds. The liquor thus OBJ
tanned, is to he evapOrated TO pulp, over a slow
fire, and should he stirred to prevent scorching
The degree of evaporation will depend upon how
thick it is desired To have the catsup. We pre-
fer to make il that il will just pour freely
from the bottle. We observe no regular rule in
1avoring Use sufficient salt. Season with cloves
alspice, and mace, bruised and tied in a cloth,
and boiled in the pulp; add a small quantity of
cayenne pepper. Some add the spice ground fine,
directly to the pulp. A Glove or garlic, bruised
and tied in a cloth, to be boiled with the spice
imparts a delicious flavor. Some evaporate the
pulp to a greater thickness than is needed and
then thin with vinegar with wine. An excel
lent tomato sauce is made by preparing the pulp,
but adding no spices, and putting it in small
bottles while hot, corking and sealing. If desi-
red, the sance may be sailed before bottling,
but this is not essential. To add to soups, stews
sauces and made dishes, sauee thus prepared
is an excellent substitute for fresh fruit. 1t
should be put in small bottles, containing as
much will be wanted at once, it will not
keen long after opcninu.-imcriedg j1ricHifutisf
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-24

HoT MILK A REsToRAIIvE.-Milk that is heat
ed too much above 1909 Fahrenheit loses for the
time degree of its sweetness and its density;
bat no one fatigued by over-exertion of body and
mind, who has ever experienced the revivng in
huence of n tumber of this beverage. as hot
as it can be slipped, will willingly forego resort
TO it because of its having been rendered some
what less acceptable to the palate. The prompt
ness with which its cordial influence is felt, is
indeed surprising. Some portions of it seem to
be digested and appropriated almost Immediate
ly; and many who fancy they need alcoholic
stimulants when exhausted by labor of brain or
body, will find in this simple draught an equi-
valent that shall be abundantly satisfying, and
more enduring in its effects.-PhreRologicd Jour
NAL
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-24

NATIONALIST DREssING.-The yclks Of three
uncooked eggs, tablespoonful each of mustard
and sugar, teaspoonful of salt and n dust of
cayenne. Beat all well together with silver
fork or egg-beater. 1t is best to set the bowl in
which the dressing is made into pan Of ice-wa-
ter while beating, Next, pint of oil is to be
added by degrees. Add few drops of oil at n
time, Cheating the meanwile) until the dressing
becomes very thick. After this stage the oil
can he added more rapidly. Before turning in
all of the oil, add slowly fourth teacupful of
vinegar. Stir in the juice of half Il lemon, and
set on ice until wanted.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-24

BREAKFAST BISCUIT made after the following
recipe are excellent as an adjunct to the break
fast table. When baking bread, take sufficient
of the risen dough for tin of light biscuit; to
this add one large cup of sugar, a half cup OF
butter, nutmeg, cinnamon and alspice in quan-
titles TO suit the taste, two eggs and q cup OF
Zante currants washed and dried, the same
quantity of chopped raisns. Mould thoroughly,
make into biscuit and let rise. When done, wet
the tops while hot, with white sugar dissolved
in as little water as possible.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-24

CHoPPED PICELEs.-One peck of green toma-
toes two quarts of small onions, and half dozen
green peppers, removing seeds. hopseparately,
then mix, sprinkling in three teacupfnls of salt
Let stand over night; in the morning drain, and
add teacupful of mustard seed, two tablespoon
fuls each of ground cloves and cinnamon and one
tcacupfnl of grated horseradsh. Pour over a
gallon of hot vinegar.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-24

SUSTAINING HER REPUTAuoS.-Young Hos
letter McGinnis, one of the fashionable young
bloods of Austin, took Young lady to church,
Sunday evening. As he had been up qnite lat e
the night before, he was very sleepy, conse-
qucntly he did not firt with the fashionable
young lady, as he had heretofore been in the
habit of doing in church.
''What is the matter with you 7" she whisper
ed
81 am not feeling we'll, {" he whispered back.
'lou wake up and giggle a little, anyhow
If we don't misbehave ourselves in church, peo-
pie will think are married, and / want You
10 understand I've got n reputation TO sustain :"
After that, Hostetter McGinnis and the young
lady acted 50 improperly that the sexton had to
20 and whisper to them to keep quiet.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-24
APPLE ONEIETTE.-hpple omelette TO he sery-

APPLE OMELETTE.-Apple omelette, to he serv
ed with boiled spare rib roast pork, is very
delicate. Take nine large, tart apples, four eggs
one cup of sugar, one teaspoonful of butter; add
cinnamon other spices to suit your taste;
stew the apples till they are very soft; mash
them SO there will be no Jumps; add the butter
and sugar while they are still warm, but let
them cool before putting in the beaten eggs;
bake this till it is brown; you may put it all in
shallow pudding dish or in two tin plates to
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