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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-06-22
Our Strap Book.
THE DARLING WEE SHOE.

Twas a morning in june. and the roses each one
Turned up a soft cheek for 4 kiss frum the sun;
And the violet wood By the breeze that stole By,
Purpled over with shame. while tear In each eye
Was the only reprsof, but she bowed 70 the sd,
As y vorshipper bows st the name Of his Godl
When maiden. with fngers bejewellrd with dew.
STOPPED to Hasten the strings Of her darling shoe
All. that maiden little and that maiden was fair;
The l.burnam wa. dim 70 the gold Of her hair.
Would say how ii enyied the the nose Of her cheek,
And the rk md is song. you'd fold up i. brgvn wing
while the fragile mimosa no trrnors eier knew,
At the sound Of her foot in its darling wee shoe.
Oh, that foot Was 20 SLENDER that foot was 10 SMALL
SON a. voices Of air was the sound Of lis fall;
And yet, rs listened, a strange nameless fear
While bushes like Lightning. flashed up in my cheek
When the maiden % fair Cpd her rvd lips q speak,
Softly bidding me bind what the wind would undo
The ribbons that fastened her darling shoe.
OF their task enamored my fngers xeen
For they fingered fun long Der those fete of sheen
That fut-rrd ike birds but just caught in the snare;
Sat mo5e silent and calm grew that maiden 20 fair
With glance i'm her blue eyes never forgot
That seemed TO say while my soul thrilled through
Thou hast f-ttered thy heart in the strings Of shoe
Oh, loved and welded this maiden 50 fAir,
And dinmed its bright god-and they fen her cheek
And oze on her pale lips the last words she would speak
That have trod with thee. darling LIES howery way;
Nh Ihen n s,ooP thee again and prithee undo.
Oh that foot slender that foot Was 20 cold,
Not the tinted thing that had charmed of old;
Fast my hot tears fen On il, but could not restore
Alas! nor motion, nor warmth-nay twoud bound
more,
Nevernore would il meet me, aye morning and night
Nor tread mong thethe flower. that loved her ike light
She was dead-and stopped the last time TO undo
The ribbons that fastened her darling wee shoe
Calm she sleeps in the church that maiden fair
i'm
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-06-22

great many people annually hear of "Bock"
beer, without knowing more than that it is .
certain heavy malt liquor sold for short time
every spring IL seems that the German ety.
mologists have been lately hunting for the orr
gin of the term, and this is the story they have
unearthed: Near the end of the fifteenth GEN.
fury, there was tete at the Court of Albert H.,
Duke of Bavaria, and there was present noble
chevalier, the special envoy of the Duke of
Brunswick. They served the ambassador great
mug of the best beer in the chateau, but, after
tasting it, he would not drink it. 1t could not
compare with the beer of Einbach, he said.
swell, answered the master brewer, who was
called upon to explain, "you agree that my beer
is not strong enough. Well, l will bet you all
my fortune against two hundred forms, that il
is stronger than the Einbach beer Let US make
an engagement for this day next year n lie
Chevalier will bring his beer, and l will come
with mine. He will drink my beer, and will
drink his, both in the same quantity, and the
man who can not keep his legs at the end of
and next year, puuctual to appointment the
chevalier was there with his beer. In the midst
of an assembly of all the mobiles the trial was
made. Suddenly, while they were at it, and
after they had disposed of immense quantities,
a kid, a pet animal of the Duke, rushed into the
room, and the chevalier stopped to pat it. Over
the poor fellow went. The people gave . cheer
Of triumph. The chevalier would have it that
it was all the fanlt of the kid, but the judges
decided against him. 1t was in honor of this
memorable occasion that the beer of the Ducal
brewery was called "bock- beer-kid in German
being bock-and from this comes the French
word boHc, by which most of the beer in France
is called.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-06-22
The Blight on Fruit Trees.

Last winter was one of the hardest on fruit
trees which this State has ever known. Many
were killed outright, and Others so injured that
they have since had to succumb. By cutting off
the limbs of almost any of them early in the
spring, it would have been seen that the heart
was black, which indicated serious injury, and
ultimate death. But one marked effect of the
winter has been in the blight which has strHck
all classes of fruit trees, particularly the crab
apples. Early in June it began to manifest it
self in dying twigs here and there over the
trees, until the end of the month, in many cases.
the whole became involved. The remedy now
is the knife. Cut off and burn up the dead
twigs, cutting back to where the wood is good,
if possible. Then make wash of strong soap
suds or weak I've and 60 over them, using
brush or cloth to sprinkle it on. Its effect will
be to open the pores of the wood, and also to de-
stroy whatever insects may have gathered be-
meath the bark to sap its life. Its enlivening in
fuence will be apparent at once in more heal
thy colored bark and renewed vigor; and if the
tree is not already past redemption, it will GER
tainly help to save it. Blight is the great enc
my to fruit growing everywhere, and its effects
are particularly visible after a hard winter,
when the sap apparently becomes vitiated and
the cells injured. THIS results in June in a par
alysis called blight, at the extremeties of the
limbs, which often spreads over the whole tree
and sometimes destroysit enterely within few
days.
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alseful and Curious.
THE CARE OF CHILDREN.

At the June meeting of the Medical Board Of
the Eastern Dispensary, one of the largest insti-
buttons of the kind in the City of New York, DIR.
Fuller Walker, the attending children's physician
to the Dispensary. read a paper on Entero-Coli-
tbs, or the Inflammation Of the mucous membrane
of the intestinal canal, some portions of which
are condensed and given below:
OF the 500 cases which last year occurred be-
tween April and December 81, nine-tenths were
in children between the ages of seven months
and two and half years, at that period in
life when dentition is in progress, and the mother
begins to feed the infant other food than that
offered by the breast. With the majority of
mothers the notion prevails that teething causes
bowel complaints, and if disturbance of the
almentary canal manifested itself concidently
with the appearance of teeth in the childs mouth,
the mother imagines that she discovers cause and
effect at once. Severe dentitions, where the gums
are greatly swollen and the mouth infiamed, may
cause a slight disturbance Of the digestive appa-
ratus, leading in the end to gentle darrhea; but
my experience confirms the the views held by
DIR. J. Lewis Smith, that the doctrine that detnt-
diseases is erroneous. Undoubtedly the gravest
error committed by parents is in the matter Of
giving food to their children i find il to be al
most always the fact that child suffering from
Inflammation of the bowels has been fed with corn
starch, coffee and tea; sour or pure milk bits Of
bread meat cake and bit of everything there
is going about the house. Not more than 10 cases
out of 200 occurred in infants below the age of six
months, and not more than . in children over
three years of age, These facts show that bowel
complaints commence in children from the time
those having them in charge begin TO stuff them
with a great variety of food, much of which is
totally unsuited to their little stomachs and
their tender bowels. Recognizing the fact that
errors in diet are the chief cause of bowel CON-
plants, always endeavor to regulate these mat
ters and, as rule insist that all forms of solid
food shall be withheld from infants; only warm,
pure milk being given. This is bland, soothing,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-06-22
Coffee in Typhoid Fever.


DIR. Guillasse, of the French navy, in a recent
paper on typhoid fever, says: Coffee has given
us unhoped for satisfaction; after having dis
pensed it, find, to great surprise, that its
action is prompt as it is decisive. No sooner
have our patients taken few tablespoonful Of
it than their features become relaxed, and they
come to their senses. The next day the improve
ment is snch that they are tempted to look upon
coffee as a specific against typhoid fever. Under
its influence the stupor is dispeled, and the pa
tient rouses from the state of somnslency in
which he has been since the invasion of the dis
ease all the functions take their natural course,
and he enters upon convalescence." DR.. Chill
lasse gives an adult two or three tablespoonful
of strong black coffee every two hours, alterna-
ted with one or two tablespoonful Of claret or
Burgundy wine. A little lemonade OF 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 n nervous disease, and the cof-
fee acting on the nerves is peculiarly indicated
in the early stages, before local complications
arise.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-06-22

Somebody asked several weeks ago how to use
the etched or embroidered dOlies which appears
with fnger-bOwls at dinner. The etiquette of
doiles and fnger-bowls as laid down by the best
New York authority some little time ago, is, that
two napkins are brought with each finger bowl,
the smallest of which is laid folded on the plate
to deaden the sound Of the glass, and the finger
bowl lifted from the side of the plat, and placed
on it. The tips of the fingers are dipped in the
scented water and dried by pressing on the lar
ger napkin, which is then tossed aside, or thrown
lightly over the bowl. Ifgrapes or berries which
stain have been part of the dessert, the slice of
lemon in the water is used to remove stains, han
ding everything with the lightest, qui-test of
touches. 1t is entirely in keeping with good
foreign manners to dip corner of the white nap
kin into the water and pass it over the lips TO
freshen the mouth.
At very refined small dinners the eastern prac-
tice is followed of sending round embossed silver
bowls or basins of Benares brass and ever fill
ed with scented water, which is poured by the
servant over the fingers Of each guest in tnrn,
which are then dried on long embroidered Tur-
kish towel thrown over the mans arm. But such
fashions are mere copies Of foreign practice,
not specially recommending themselves by obvi-
Gus fitness, are the pedantry of etiquette and al
ways appears forced.-Boston Transcript
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-06-22
Arkansas Story.

We know a man near Black Fishing Creek,
Arkansas, who is so hard Of hearing, that he in
variably misunderstands everything that is SAID
TO him. II so happened that this same man was
the owner of skiff that was lying in the river,
which needed some repairs. At this point q
young gentleman who had been paying his ad-
dresses TO his daughter, came up TO him as he
stood On the bank of the river, when the follow
ing conversation took place:
"Mr. D., can have your daughter r said the
young man
"Yes." was the reply, thinking he had been
asked for the skif, ''but she must be corked-
she leaks"
ITS your daughter would like to have, "
said the young gent.
Eyes, If she Is taken out, over-hauled, and
corked, she will do very vell-shs leaks in the
bottom. The boys spoiled her" still continued
Mr.. ID.
Here the young man deferred any further re-
marks, and went away with the hope that at q
more convenient season the old gentleman would
be able to understand.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-06-22

When "dining OUT one day recently, the COT
fee, which, though the last, was by no means
the least of the good things furnished, was so
unusually excellent that it was the subject of
general remark, and a word in the of the
charming hostess after retiring to the drawing
room called forth the following explanation Of
furnished was clear amber in color rich in flavor
and deliciousy aromatic. To give the hostess
method fair test, it will be no more than just
to don ones apron and adjourn to the kitchen.
The coffee to be used is Maracaibo and Java,
equal parts of each, finely ground. One large
cup of coffee, one cup of cold water, one well
beaten egg, mix thoroughly; add four cups of
cold water, and place over the fire. After it
reaches the boiling point, allow five minutes to
finish the process; strain and serve Immediately.
This seems to be very simple process, but in
the hands of servant, ifallOwed to boil too long,
il would be easily MISUNDERSTANDING Prsss.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-06-22
Removine GREASE Snota-

from boys and mems clothing, is made Of four
parts of alcohol to one part of ammonia, and
half as much ether as ammonia. Apply the IL
qnid to the grease spot, then rub with sponge
and clear water. The chemistry of the opera
tion seems to he that the alcohol and ether dis
solve the grease, and the ammonia forms soap
with it which is washed out with the water.
The result is much more satisfactory than when
something is used which only seems to spread
the spot and make il fainter, but does not &C.
tually remove it. If oil is spilled a carpet and
you Immediately scatter cOrn-meal over it, the
oil will be absorbed by it. Oil may also be re-
moved from carpets upon which you do not dare
put ether ammonia by laying thick blotting-
paper over it, and pressing q hot fat-iron on it.
Repeat the operation several times, using clean
paper each time.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-06-22
WALKING


medical contemporary devotes considerable
space to consideration ofthe physiology of walk
ing, subject suggested [ y the recent pedestrian
match. Ii states that in walking the body goes
through a series of undulations which are some
what similar to the curves in the fight Of a bird.
There is a vertical movement which reaches its
highest point when the body is vertically over
the supporting or active leg. The other move
ment is lateral, and results from the necessity Of
keeping the centre of gravity over the supporting
leg, and this changing Of the gravity from side
TO side is aided by the arms. In a "step" one leg
gives slight propulsion to the body, which then
swings forward, little muscular efforts being
essary. In the "OLeary Style of walking the
swinging is done by the trunk muscles, which
are made to move the whole pelvis, and thus the
leg and thigh muscles saved. 1t is termed
walking with the hips. The foot is not brought
sharply down upon the heel, but carried nearly
parallel to the ground. In a slow walk there is
always one period when both feet are on the
ground, and another when only one foot supports
the body. As the walk quickens, the time in
which both feet are down together diminishes,
and in very rapid walking practically disappears.
In very rapid walking there is also kind of
pulling by the forefoot as it comes down. The
caloric developed by long walking is sometimes
quite enormous, since pedestrian who walks
100 miles in day will produce the equivalent of
enough heat to boil l20 pounds of ice-cold water.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-06-22

No REASON TO CoNPLAIS.-The man who had
been carried to a Philadelphia hospital while
suffering from the effects Of a severe confusion.
was asked if he had been treated kindly while
there.
Considering all things" he answered, 81
have no right to complain. They smputated
boch Of my feet, removed my collsr-bone, cut off
my right srm, trepanned me, took out piece of
my under jaw, sawed my left hip-bone in two,
when a fire broke out in the establishment, and
the police got away with the rest of my body in
safety"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-06-22

A CORRESPONDENT referring to the use Of the
phrase, Tor popuH, by q distinguished surgeon,
mentioned in the Obserer, sends us the follow
ing:
SIN front of an African Methodist church, in
Sixth Street below Pine, Philadelphia, is q tomb-
stone, commemorative of Richard Allen, bish-
op Of that church, who also labored with his
hands as shoemaker. long inscription closes
with the verse: 81 have fought q good fight"
etc; Then follows, in large capitals, ''v0X
PoPUL1, VoX DEL. Reader, go thou and do
likewise
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-06-22

NEEDED IN EVERY CHURcH.-Not long since,
. smart seven-year-old son Of one of our preach
ers, after service was over and the family had
returned home from church, said:
Papa, do you ever look at me while you are
preschingr
The father, thinking that he was little hurt
by supposed neglect, said:
Certainly, my son, often look at you, and
think of you, when I'm preaching"
"But to-day, you did not notice me at all"
ayes, did, several times" said the father.
"Well, papa, did you see me wink at You two
or three timesf"
'No, my son. What did you wink at me for,
when was preachingp
you were spinning it too long.D-St. Louis o.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-06-22

DESTROYING ANTs.-Dissolve two teaspoonfnls
of alum in gallon OF boiling water, and while
hot wash the shelves where ants congregate.
They will usually all disappear. If they do not,
sprinkle powdered alum on the shelves, and
they will all be gone by the next day. 1t will
also kill bed-bugs Dissolve in boiling water,
and wash the bedsteads with it. Sprinkle the
pulverired alum in the crevices of the bedstead.
and in the corners and seams Of the mattress
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-06-22
THE ENDLESS PROCESSION.


Down the vista Of the ages,
Saints and sinners, fools and sage.
Marching onward, slow and solemn,
Go in never-ending column
Here the honest, here the knave-
With rhythmic step sublime,
Like the rolling Of the river,
Going on and on forever,
Never resting. never staying.
Never for an instant straying,
Peer and peasant, lord and slave,
Equal soon to mix and mingle
In the grave.
DUTY cannot. nor can pleasure,
For . moment break the measure:
They are marching on to doom,
They are moving to the tomb.
All the coward, all the brave,
Soon to level all distinction
In the grave.
Since the morning Of creation,
Witheut break or termination,
Ever on the line il moving.
All the loved and all the loving.
All that mothers ever gave
On to silence and to slumber
In the grave.
Here no bride the bond can weaken.
Here no substitute is taken;
Each one for himself-no other,
Son nor father. no, nor mother;
Love the purest cannot save;
Each alone the roll must answer
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-06-22

STRING BEASs.-This delicious vegetable is
rarely properly cooked. When well prepared,
it is quite as healthful as peas Take the pods
as fresh and young as possible, and shred them
as finely as 4 small knife will go through them,
cutting them lengthwse, and, as it were, shaw
ing them very thin. Put into s. lied, boiling
water. and boil two hours. Then drain in .
eolander and serve with plenty Of sweet butter,
and they will be rs delicate rs peas. II one
likes vinegar, little Of it will improve the dish
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-06-22

MRS. PARrSGToS had just returned from a
shopping trip. As she seated herself on a low.
stool to re-adjust her garters-somewhat disor-
dered by her morning walk-she tenderly asked
Ike" profoundly immersed in a big book
what he was reading. History replied Ike,
without raising his eyes from the volume.
"What historyf" continued the old lady, with a
smile of atfectionate interest. European ~ Ike
responded, rather CURLY. ''NO such thing re-
torted the now indignant and surprised dame
81 am only tying my shoe!r
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-06-22

GREEN PEAs.-Peas should not be shelled un-
til Just before they are TO be cooked, and they
should not be washed, it takes the sweetness
from them. Put into boiling sailed water, and
boil briskly for twenty-five or thirty minutes.
If very fresh, they will need less time than when
old. Drain the peas through q colander. turn
into heated dish, put large piece Of butter
into them, or half a teacupful of boiling hot
cream, and serve at once. The practice of serv
ing peas swimming in greasy water, spoils an
excellent vegetable.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-06-22
THE sTEP-DAUGHrER

She is not mine, and to my heart
Perhaps she Is less dear
Than those who Of my life are part
This Is the sin i fear:
And even in my dread to err,
By loving those the best,
More gentle have i been to her,
Perhaps, than all the rest
Has any little fault occurred,
That may rebuke demand,
Ere can speak hasty word,
Or hft . Gliding hand.
An angels face comes lifting by,
With look 20 sad and mild
A voice floats softly from the sky
"wouldst harm my orphan child 2"
No-witness thou and all above,
III cherish her .. mine,
Or may lose her fathers lore,
A love that once was thine
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-06-22

ONE of the apprentice boys in the Daily Eram-
liner office, Lancaster, Pa, seeing an advertise
ment in New York paper, stating that any
person who would send four postage stamps to
such an address would be told, by return mail.
how to make from so to $40 per day, by remain
ing at home during the evening, sent the post
age stamps and by return mail received an en-
velope containing four old-fashioned knitting
needles, with the words, "knit stockings.-
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-06-22

GOOD CONPARIsoN.-"Doesh ess-racin' hurt
anybodyr exclaimed Blue Grass turfman, as
he whiled away the rainy Sunday in pious en-
deayor to uphold General Buford's hands in his,
great work of recOnciling the church and the
turf "HOss-racin' hurt anybody Why, a
clear race, run from eend to eend, with no pull
in and no pocketin', Tiers no more danger in a
Christian attendin' that sort o. race than Their is
in duel between two Congressmen.-Courier-
Journal
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-06-22

An old lady, recently, in some court before
which she WAS brought as q witness, when ask
ed to take of her bonnet, obstinately refused to
do so, saying: There is no law to compel a wo-
man to take of her bonnet"
''oh" imprudently replied one of the Judges.
lyon know the law, do you; perhaps you would
like TO come up and sit here and teach usi"
mo, thank you, sir" said the woman, tart.
ly; ''there are old women enough there now
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-06-22

AMONG the small economies of country place,
should be an out-of-the-way place for every thing
combustible. Old shrubs, prunings of trees and
vines, pea-brush, stakes, old labels and all such
accumulations must be got rid of. Besides these,
if any weeds have been allowed to get large
enough to ripen their seeds, place these there.
On a mild day set fire to the heap and save the
ashes as a fertilizer
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-06-22

RHuBARB JAN.-This jam gives favor to the
plain bread and butter of the tea table. Cut
the plant into pieces about an inch long; to one
pound of rhubarb put one pound Of yellow
sugar; cut il up the afternoon before it is to be
cooked scatter the sugar over it, and let 1t stand
all night; in the morning, drain off the syrup
which has formed, boil it until il thiekens, then
add the rhubarb and q twig Of green ginger
sliced fine; boil until it is perfectly tender
Serve in q glass dish.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-06-22

How SHE KNEw.-Two young misses discuss
ing the qualities of some young gentlemen, were
overheard thus:
We'll, / like Charley, but he is a little girl
ish ho hasn't got the least bit of beard"
II say Charley has got beard, but he shayes
il off,"
mo he hasn't, either, any more than have
II say he has, too, and know it, for il prick
ed my cheek That is how she knew.