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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-29


with you and with my successor, so that Won
should approach these cases with every possible
advantage II was In this spirit we selected Mr..
Bliss and Mr. Brewster, and with the selection of
those gentlemen considered my relation To the
star route matters as ended.
MACyEAGH's WITHDRAWAL FROM THE GARNET
AS soon as President Garfield died informed
you OF my determination to leave the Cabinet as
soon as you could conveniently appoint my success
sor, and few days afterwards I made n publtc
announcement OF that determination After vour
return from New York you kindly asked me to re-
Gonsn a IL, ana l. as kindly explained to you why
cessor, and upon your assurance that he would he
nomnat1d to the Senate not later than Wednes.
noon, october Is, having made my adIei,s and
leaving the Solicitor General with your annroUai
ID charge OF the department On Thursday last,
at the depot, you explained to me why YOU had
not been able to do as you expected and Whv Won
had decided TO leave the Solicitor General In charge
therefore, the irst thing In order Is the
OF my resignation.
And assuming that to have been done will re-
slate why was convinced that it was desirable
are tried they must be principally tried In the Dis
trict or Columbia and the jurors must be selected
assured twice each week day and once each sun
day a newspaper Is published and circulated
among the people from whom the jurors are to be
| during President Garfeld's lifetime, with these
Investigations. That Is said to have gone on con
StdEtiy as 10 fTeSlue0L GarEeiQ ND to the 0ay he
was shot and as TO all the rest Of us ever since
and the influence OF such steady outpour upon 3
community OF jurors Is sure 70 be very great n
Is very true that the New York Times In thfs case
as In the Tweed case, has printed very many Oi
the records, and, with the aid OF the press gerer
eral public; but among the public OF the Disfrict
OF Columbia the papers controlled By Mr. Brady
and edited by Mr.. Gorham and others, circulate.
| published elsewhere. Now, while these news
papers have been abusing me. they have been q
steadily pralsing yoa end TO such an extent that
they are sometimes foolishIy mistaken for and
called Jour organs.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23
Parlor Science,

piece of cotton cloth, impregnated with ba.
sic alum and dipped in hot infusion of cochi-
neal, is dyed beautiful crimson.
A red-hot iron bail may be placed for a short
time close TO the skin of the hand, provided a
thin film of charcoal is interposed, because the
latter is a bad conductor of heat.
THE iodide of mercury, when rubbed across a
sheet of paper, affords beautiful scarlet color.
If this streak be carefully heated, il vii change
TO primrose yellow, and if the crystals are
scratched with pin, the color changes TO scarlet
rgain.
THE ''nineral rainbow" may be produced by
pouring "a small quantity of a solution of terchlo-
ride of gold into dish, OF cup containing some
ether in which phosphorus has been dissolved.
The gold is Instantly reduced in thin films, pre-
senting purple, blue and red colors.
WHITE silk may be gilded by wetting it with
a solution of terchloride of gold, and then expo
sing the thread to the action of sulphurous acid
gas, which may be obtained by burning little
sulphur under jar and combining the vapor.
The silk will be coated in few moments with
minute PARTICLES of gold.
PLACE a small piece Of lighted sulphur in a
copper capsule attached to the end of a long
wire, and lower il into Il jar of oxygen. The sui
phnr will burn with brantiful purple or lilac
cnlored light. The similar combustion Of phos-
phOrus yields an intensely white light, and the
substance emts clouds of white haky matter
resembling smoke.
FoR very amusing experiment, place five
glrsses in a row, then pour into the first solu'
ton of odide of potassium, the second a solution
of corrosive snhlimate, the third small quantity
of iodiae Of potassium aud some oxslate of am
monium, the fourth a solution of chloride of eel
cium, and the fifth some sulphde of ammonium.
Now pour part Of the contents of the first glass
into the second, and scarlet color will be OBJ
tanned; next pour the second into the third, and
the mixture will he colorless; again, pour the
third into the fourth, and the contents will be
white; finally, ponr the fourth into the fifth, and
the mass will be dense black. Then you will
have had two glasses colorless, Que scarlet, one
white and one black.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23
Anew Anecdote of washington.

The late Francis Liebcr, distinguished jur-
| ist gave in letter TO friend new anecdote
of Washington, one which exhibits that great
mans good sense:
An incident of more than usual interest occur
red today just after the class in constitutional
law was dismissed at the university. | had
been lecturing upon the advantage of the BIZ
cameral system 1.-TWO Houses in one LEGISLATURE,
had dismissed the class, and was about to leave
the room, when young man, who j knew had
taken instructions under Laboulayr. in Paris,
in regard TO the bi-cameral system reminded him
of story which he had heard Labonlaye relate.
| was interested, of course, and, as the class
gathered around he proceeded with the follow
ing:
..Laboulaye said, in of his lectures, that
jefferson, who had become completely i'm
hned with French ideas as even TO admire the
uni-cameral system of Legislation, one day visit
ed Washington at Mount Vernon, and in the
conrSr of the conversation that ensHed, the COM
parative excellence of the two systems came mp
for consideration. After considerable had heen
said on both sides, finally, at the tea-table,
Washington. turning sharply to Jefferson, said :
"sYo,I, SIR have just demonstrated the superior
excellence of the bi-eameral system by your own
hand
".I, How is that 2 said Jefferson, not alttle
surprised.
s''You have poured your tea from your
ont into the SANGER to cool. We want the hi
camrral system TO cool things. A measure orig
mates in the house, and in hest is passed. The
other hnnse will n wonderful cooler,
and by the time il is debated and modified by
yarions amendments there, il Is mnch more like
" To become an equitable law. No. cannot
get along without the SANGER in our system"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23
Clean Up Around the House.

To clean whiting, wash with q solution of one
pint of salt to four gallons of water, and wipe
dry Immediately.
Alittle spirits of turpentine added to the water
with which floors are washed will prevent the
ravages of moths.
Use kerosene, or bath brick, OF powdered lime
to scour iron, tin or copper; wash in hot suds,
and polish with dry whiting.
To remove spots from furniture, take four oun-
ces of vinegar, two ounces of sweet oil, one ounce
of turpentine. Mix and apply with flannel
cloth.
Spirits of ammonia diluted with water, if ap-
piled with sponge flannel to discolored spots
of the carpets OF garments, will often restore the
color.
SCOT falling on the carpet from open chimneys
or carelessy handled stovepipes, ifeovered thick
~ with salt, can be brushed mp without injury
to the carpet.
One pound of green copperas dissolved in one
quart of boiling water will destroy foul smells.
Powdered borax scattered in their haunts will
dispense cockroaches.
To clean oil cloth. wash with warm milk.
Once in six months scour with hot soapsuds, dry
thoroughly, and apply a coat of varnish. They
will last AS long again.
To give glass great brilliancy, wash with q
damp sponge dipped in spirits, then dust with
powdered blue OF whiting (tied in a muslin bag. }
and polish with chamois skin.
When carpets are well cleaned, sprinkle with
salt and fold; when laid, strew with slightly
moistened bran before sweeping. This, with salt,
will freshen them up wonderfully.
paste made of whiting and benzoin will
clean marble and one made of whiting aud chic
ride of soda, spread and left to dry lin the sun
if possible) on the marble, will remove spots.
Fullers' earth, mixed to a stiff paste with cold
water, spread on the carpet and covered with
brown paper, will in day or two remove grease
A he
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23
Bad Management in cuItivatine Oats.

The system of management which is adopted
very extensively in many parts of the United
States, is decidedly had, not only for the i'm
mediate pecuniary interest of farmers, but for
the prOductveness Of their FARMS and for the
country. lf is bad for farmers because they
receive only light crop. when their soil is
capable of yielding. in many instances, twice as
much as it has formerly produced, with the
same amount of cultivation. II is bad for the
soil, because it is kept in very foul condition,
which, of course, renders 1t less productive.
And it is bad for the country, because field az
riculture is the great motive power of the ma
ton and ANYTHING that tends TO diminish the
quantity of grain will tend TO cripple the re
sources of our government.
We refer. particularly, TO the practice of
growing oats for many years in succession on
the same soil, by blowing it only once, and
seldom returning anything in the form of fertil-
iZers, TO compensate for the crops that have
been removed. Thousand of acres of excellent
land for agricultural purposes are cultivated in
this way, until Canada thsiles, wild mustard,
horse dock. any MANY other nOXiOus weeds have
taken almost entire passion of the soil; and one
of the worst features in this system of manage
ment with the cat crop is, all the weeds mature
their seed before the oats ripe enough to cut
and enough is shelled ont. when the oars are
harvested, to seed the SOIL for seven years to
come, and the Canada thistle seed is blown all
over the country. In all such localities, if far
mers will discontinue oats, and raise 4 crop of
Indian corn year, and crop of buckwhcat
the next season, and apply all the manure they
are able to make, they will snOn find that il will
he far better and more profitable, 10 adopt some
short rotation system, even where oats have
been considered: the most profitable crop to raise
practicable for Il farmer to avail himself of tn.
great benefits arising from clean cultivation oi
the soil, when it is plowed only once each year,
and then in the spring-.inler. Ig.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23
The First Calf

II is often the case when hefer has her first
calf, says the Indiana Farmer, that the farmer
thinks she will not give more milk than will
keep her calf in good condition. and let's them
run together to teach her the mystery of being
MIXED when she has her next calf. In this de-
cisi0n there are two mistakes that 20 far TO
spoil the COW for future usefulness. Cows are
largely the creatures of habit, and with their
first calf everything is new and strange to Them
and they readily submit to he MIXED. and think
it is ali right but sniier them to run with the
calf the first season, and vicious habit is es;ab-
lished that they will hardly forget in lifetime.
If they ever submit to he MIXED quietly, il is
evidently under protest. But there is a great
er objection than this The calf running with
the draws the milk every hour or two, 50
that the milk vessels are ut time distended
with milk, though the quantity secreted in 4
given time may he large. Bnt this is the natur-
al time 10 distcnd the milk duets and expand
the udder to a good capacity for holding milk.
When with her next calf, you require the milk
to be retained twelve hours, the uddeT becomes
hard and painful, and the milk leaks from the
treats, or, more likely, nature accommodates
the quantity of milk secreted to the capacity to
retain it, and the becomes permanently Il
small mixer. Much of the future character of
the COW, therefore, depends on her treatment
with her first calf
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23
GOING HOME.

Where you going fast old man;
Where are you going 80 fast
There's valley TO cross and . river to ford.
There's q clasp Of the hand and parting word.
And n tTenlulous sigh for the past. old man,
The beautiful, vanished past.
The road has been rugged and rough, old man;
To your feet IL il rugged and rough;
But you See . dear being with gentle eyes,
Has shared In your labor and sacrifice;
All that has been sunshine enough, old man,
For you and me, sunshine enough.
How long since you passed DER the hill old man.
OF life DER the top of the hillf
Were there beautiful valleys on tother side
Were there flowers and trees with their branches wid
To shut out the heat Of the sun. old man,
The heat Of the fervid SUM
And how did you the waves. old man
Ofsorrow, the fearful wavesi
Did You lay your dear treasures by. one by one.
With aching heart and Gods viii be done
Under the wayside dust. old man,
In the graves meath the waysde dust 2
There Is SORROW and labor for all, old man;
Alas there Il sorfow for all
And Won. peradventure. have had your share;
For eighty long winters have whiirned your hair;
And they've whitencd your heart well, old man,
Thank God your heart as well.
You're al the foot Of the hill old man,
At last at the foot Of tho hill
The sun has gone down In the golden glow,
And the beavrnly city lies just below
Go in through the peariy gate. old man,
The BEAUTIFUL p-ariy gate.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23
wssbineton,s literary stvIe.

In such ruugh drafts of washington's letter,
as are before us, the ilussrious writer seems IL
have taken the greatest pains TO find the exact
word wanted. General Washington, as has been
frequently stated, was not what is called ready
writer. Your ready writer, like your voluble
speaker, has mostly slip-shod style. Sights his
work, and is satisfied with bat a half meaning.
A very clear straightforward style belongs to
Washington. What he writes is to the point,
and hits squarely and truly. and without I'M
necessary verbiage. When he wants to, he
sends the arrow head home, without useless
feathering to the shaft. If Washington labored
at times to get the exact word TO suit him, his
vocabulary was rarely at fault. 1t seems qnite
evident that Washington never wrote an impor-
tant letter without having first made a rough
copy. Even letters on minor topics show this
same patient care. Sopetimes three or fonr
drafts were made, diligently worked up, full of
inserlineations and changes, before the perfect
copy was acheved.-B. Phillips, in Harper's Nag
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

scrxr-Iihh Averne Hoie,. Tinr. nlidnisht-bearo"'n
gurreos--..Sioyelid- Medal on the table
LoKD ROSCOE sous-n scarlet drawers and pink night
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23
Take Care or tho Colts

In raising colts it is very essential Away,
to maintain a very keen relish for food aud
sharp appetite in the young animal. This ear
only he done by strictly guarding against over
feeding with grain. For 5-months old fnal OF
ahout medium size, If the weather lie moderate
about one and half pints of oats to a meal will
he enough. Later. and with the advent of cold
weather, one quart at each meal may he fed
with much corn as conld be sheled
from single ear. When the colt gets 3
little older, give it the corn upon the
ear, the Smelling of which will afford him
amusement. Have warm quarters in cool wealth
eT, and have them kept clean aud well veutilat.
ed. Tnrn the animal ont 10 run during the
warmest part of the winters day for exercise
Provide tbe colt with a generous supply of dry
bedding. Allow no manure to remain a day in
clean and well lighted. AccustoIn the Young
animal to be fearless and have full confidence in
YOU and your actions.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23
Thick VS.. Thin Seeding.

The wOrld-long discussion going is
likely TO continue indefinitely in regard To thick,
thin, deep, and shallow seeding; for the best
arguments of one are overthrow by another. no
one seeming To make any allowances for govern
ing conditions 1t is impossible to make drill
cover the wheat of an entire field just many
inches in depth and Just So many berries to the
inch, and yet who can ut harvest tell where the
deep covered wheat was! So often il is in re-
gard to the quantity of the seed, and yet up to
a certain point, and wheat is increased in yield
proportOnately TO the amount of seed sown.
StOoling or ''tillering' can never be relied upon
implicitly to increase the number of wheat heads
upon an acre. The truth is that field Of wheat
thus seeded is quite likely TO he thinly head
ed as to throw out new shoots. All things he
ing equal the method OF broad casting wheat
was never eNcelled, but the drill saves labor
seed, secures a greater uniformity, covers all the
seed at same depth, and eXpedites sowing. and
therefore the drill has the advantage. With
thick or thin seeding the question is only an
swered by knowing the disposition of the wheat
to the tiller; the liability of the land TO throw
out the wheat by freezing and the vitality of the
wheat itself to terminate and develope its
stalks. No theory will cover this ground, and
judgment mnst always be the safer guide.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23
Burn the BUGS

A Kansas farmer thinks that by proper exer-
tiOn the chinch bug may be so effectually de-
stroyed that there will not be enough of the
tribe left to damage the crop next season. He
claims that 1.-THE bugs found in fields secrcted
on corn stalks and other exposed places will,
upon examination, he found to lee dead, REDUCE
BILE to powder and almost odorless IL is only
the ones that take refuge about the roots of the
tall rank grass Of the ravines in the fields and
around them, and in all prar.c grass wherever a
thick coating may he found, that live to do
harm the next season, and il is not only nv
opinion, but that Of others, based upon actual
experience and close observation. that all this
old grass, as soon and whenever it can be done
with safety, should be burned. thus robbing
of their shelter and exposing them TO frequent
freezing and thawing and the drying winds. for
it is this that destroys them, and whenever 20
exposed they seem TO die Of evaporation.-EaH-
Sas CitB Journal
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23
for tlle cfaruler
Wlnter Rationg f,r Hene.

Fannie Fie!3 who is famous for her success IN
making her hens ,ay IN winter. tells tine PfliTie
EarseT how she feeds them, follows: "Ay
way of feeding fOwls in winier-and ~ WORKS
wonderfully wells To give them warm
breakf every morning Just soon rs they
can sc 20 cat a few handfuls Of grain If noon-
aud fall feed of grain at night. The warm
breakfast is maie Of vegetables, tnrniPs. i'eets,
carrots or po,aioes, hoicti and mashed up with
wheat bran: or cat meal scaldec with skin
mill or refuse from The kitchen boiled up, aud
The sonp thickene,l Hit! bran; aud when sweet
atnles are plenty. we boil them. and Ink with
cofa ineal-someii:Hes nB- thing and sometimes
another: don't believe in feeding one thing
AL :I- time and the hens don't believe in II
,iihrr. don't stink my bitldics need the noon
feed because they are hungry, bat 1 give II Z"
them 10 make them >cTatch for exercise, and To
keep them out of mischief. ! scatter 1t around
anon! the litter Under the shed, aud let them
die il ont This lunch is generally oats or
bnekwheat. and oBr,. ia a while snnfiOger srcti-
At night generally feed corn, but if 1 couldsset
wheat cheap enough should feed that at least
half of the time. NJ: fowls have water or milk
by them all the time, aud green food is supplied
by fastening cabhS.e-heads up where the fowls
can help themselves. Sometimes, when SOME
body has tme to attend to il, We give them
change Of green food in tbs shape of raw turnips
and sweet apples chopped fine. Two winters
AGO took a new departure ON the meat question.
and now instead of fnsSng to cook il and deal
ont piece and let the fowls eat all they want.
When they have meat within their reach all the
time. there is not the slightest danger of
their eating too much. | get cheap meat
from the butcher, and am sure am paid twice
over for the outlay. Crashed oyster shells,
gravel. charcoal and crushed raw bones are kept
ia the houses all the time. This raw bone is
excellent thing for fowls, and wonld be the last
article of food that wOnld think of dropping
from my biddies' bill of fare Where the crush
ed oyster shell can not be obtained lime in so,ne
other shape will do just as well. On" of my
neighbors had two of his rooms plasiered this
fall, and he saved all the old plaster for his
hens. The poultry raisers who neglected "a get
a supply of gravel under cover before the ground
froze up must do the next best thing-fred their
lroken dishes to their fowls. Break them into
bits of a suitable size, aud it will do just well
as gravel b hsvo in sailing all the soft food.
and used to put in dish of pepper, sometimes
mustard or ginger, once in while, aud hon
esty thought the fowls were benefited thereby /;
hut doubts are creeping in, and am very much
inclined TO drop everything except the salt.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

IMPURE IcE.-There is popular belief that
the Impurities of wafer substantially destroy
ed by freezing and that the ice, so indispensable
in the hot weather. is pure and healthy. Some
eminent Eastern physicians have taken Issue
with this theory, and declare that disease is as
rapidly disseminated from ice rs from water.
This is n matter of vital Importance, and may
account for much of the sickness prevalent in
the simmer months. Take, for instance, the ice
supplied to ST. Paul. II is obtained from the
river, and is for the most part clear and appa-
rently pure, but if there was proposition to
supply the city with water from the same spot
where the ice is gathered, il would not be enter
tanned n moment. 1t would be recognized as
positively suicidal. and calculated to produce
an epidemic.-Sf. Paul Globe.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23
GROWING OLD.

One by they passing AWAY
The old Of our town-to their final rest
With reverence fashion the pillow of clay
And pile up the earth on the quiet breast;
That pillow Il soft to the time-worn head,
That load is light TO the aged dead.
They have borne their burden Of joys and pains,
They have had their portions Of hopes and fears;
They have wrought out their work, they have game
their gains
The have smiled their smiles-they have w-pt the
tears;
1t Ii over now the recori close,
And leave them there TO their long repose.
Speak of them gently, remember them we'll
They children Of earth. now:
They strove with temptation, they yielded and fell
And amor they conquered, as We still do;
Their history Is hat ours shall be-
Speak Of them, think Of them, tenderly.
But few remain and when they gone
We shall I'LL the places which they now hold
Our heads will be frnsted-our bosoms be lone
Even our hearts will grow tame and cold;
And the fatering step and failing breath
VIII remind US too, Of approaching death
Rivalry, coldness vorldness. pride
Why should yield to their baleful thralli
Let US clasp hands closer rs downward We glide
Into the shadow that waits for us all
For soon shall be among the old,
And the days Of our years will soon be told