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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-10
To Make a Pretty Rag Carpet.

A farmers happy wife may make pretty rag
carpet by using one and a half pounds of rags
and the same Of chain for every pound of carpet
q yard wide For thirty-three yards, get twen-
ty-fiys pounds of brown chain and fifteen of or
ange, and nine and half of white. A pretty
stripe for the rags is: Four threads of red, three
of white on each side of the red, three of black
on zach side of the white; then four threads of
blue on each side of the black. Put all the col
ors of rags between the stripes. j colored white
cotton rags very pretty blue with box indigo.
Rinse your rags first through soft warm water.
Then dissolve two boxes of indigo in one quart
of warm soft water; put part of your rags in,
leave them for few moments, then wiring them
out; and then add little more water and two
or three boxes of indigo. Fonr or five boxes of
indigo will color all the rags you want. The
thinner the rags the prrttier they will color.
Dip your brown and orange in weak salt water
before weaving, to set the colors. Those colors
most serviceable, as they do not fade or
show dirt as some others do. i have a carpet
which has been in for five years, and is
bright and pretty yet. never sweep my car
pet with a damp broom, for that would cause it
to fade A FARMERS WIFE.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-10
Remedies for Vegetable Poisons

The most dangerous of the vegetable poisons
at this season of the year are the hemlockinclks,
(nciudimg the hemlock dropwort, water hem
lock and the common hemlock,) FOOLS parsley,
monkshood, foxglove, black hellebore, or Christ
mas rose, buckbran, henbane, thorn apple and
deadly nightshade. In n of vegetable poi
soning, says Knoriedge, "emetics (the sulphato of
zinc, if procurable) should he used at once, the
back of the throat tickled with feather, and
copious draughts of tepid water taken to excite
and promote vomiting. Where these measures
fail the stomach-pump must be used. Neither
ipecacuanha nor tartar emetic should be used to
cause vomiting as during the nausea they pro-
duce before vomiting excited the poison is more
readily absorbed. Vinegar must not he given
until the poisonous matter has been removed;
but afterwards it may be given in doses of a
wineglassful, one part vinegar to twoparts water,
once every two hours in mild cases, but oftener
to half-hourly doses-in cases of greater
verify. Where there is stupor, the patient should
DO kept walking about, and if the stupor great,
cold water may he dashed over the head and
chest. Strong coffee may be used where the mar
cotic effect of the poisoning is very marked. 1t
is all-important that in cases of vegetable pOis-
oning medical man should be sent for at once"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-10
A Cyclone.

In examining cyclones, phenomena OCCASION
ally present themselves which strongly suggest
the idea that they include within their circuit,
as al independent motor, the whIrlwind or the
tornado the phenomena in question being most
frequently met with in those cyclones which
present, close continuity, masses of air differ
ing very widely from each other in temperature
and humidity. OF such cyclones the great
storm of October IA last, appears to he one. On
that occasion, the changes of Temperature and
humidity were sharp and Sudden, particularly
from the Grampians to the CheviOts, the great
fall occurring when the wind changed to the
northward. OF the Berwickshire coast the
temperature and humidity were dcnser and more
threatening than elsewhere and almost stimuli
taneously with the approach of these changes, a
hurricane, or rather tornado, broke out, which
bore everything before it. The tornado charac-
ter of the storm off EyemUuth is shown by the
accounts of some survivors, who describe the
wind Is blowing straight down from the sky
with an impetuosity vehement and oyermas-
tering that the sea for SOME extent beaten
down fiat into q stretch of sccthing foam, in
which many boats sank, if driven down be-
meath the foam by the wind, while outside this
tract the waves seemed to he driven up to
height absolutely appalling, which in their turn
engulfed many of the boats yet remaining SIM
liar seas, with level wastes of seething foam,
bounded immediately by waves of a height and
threatening aspect never before witnessed, were
encountered by several well-appOinted steamers
out in the middle of the North Sea during this
storm, thus confirming the observations of the
Eyemouth fishermen. These facts seem to point
to one or perhaps more Tomatoes of no incOnsid-
cradle dimensions, with slanting columns, the
terrific force of the gyrations of whose lower eN
devastation wrought during the continuance of
this memorable storm.-NdfHTe.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-10
For DESTROYING Insects.

The following methods of destroying some Of
the common insect pests recommended by
competent authorities:
Ants.-Take equal quantities of loaf sugar,
and finely powdered dried bread, rub them to-
gether in a mortar till they are very well mixed.
This should be kept in bottle in readiness for
laying small quantities near their haunts.
Great is requisite in the of this mixture,
for il is poisonous to vegetable well as animal
life.
Aphis on Rose Buds.-Syringe the rose with
water in which potato peelings have been boiled,
and the insects will generally disappear after the
first application. This liquid, although it does
not iniure the plant, will destroy any open flow
er it touches.
WirewOrms in Flower Beds.-Tod destroy these,
take some large potatoes and cut them up into
thick slices, aud run a small stick through each
then bury them in the flower beds. On eIami.
nation every other day, several wireworms will
he found in each piece of potato.
Slugs.-To destroy slugs in frames, take two
drachTS of corrosive sublimate (poisOn), and
dissolve il in two gallons Of boiling water, and
water the earth in the frame, plants in pots
etc. with the solution
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-10
An Unwilling Juror.

OF the sixty citizens summoned out Of which
to find an unparalleled and competent jury,
twcnty-eight were excused by the Court for
good reason, and the thirty-iwo others were
examined by the attorneys engaged in the case I;
twenty-three were excused for actual bias and
seven were pcremptorily challenged. The TWEEN
ty-f fourth citizen examined was simply asked
his name and business, and counsel o. each side
announced himself as satisfied to accept the gen.
tleman as a juror.
81 object" said the citizen. CHANGING from the
Court to the attorneys.
"what do You object to 7" asked the Judge.
"Why, your Honor, / Object to serving on the
jury. rs l anu not on the assessment roll"
"Tll not take advantage of that" said the at
torney for the people.
'.Neither will l., said counsel for the defend
ant.
ain that case" said the Judge to the citizen,
"if counsel will not take advantage of this dis
qualification. / can not excuse You"
'But," continued the citizen, "all the other
gentlemen have been asked questions as TO their
qualifications, and l want to be asked some
questions
81 have none to ask said the Prosecuting
Attorney.
'sNeither have !, said the defendants counsel
"But," continued the citizen, who appeared
exceedingly anxious to be excused. 'Pm not fl
TO serve in this case, as | can't give the defend
| ant n fair trial"
1--WE think you cam said the lawyers, simul
taneously.
"If counsel are satisfied with you, you viii
| have to be sworn TO try the cause" said tn,
Judge.
The clerk then requested the citizen to ris,
and be sworn, and he proceeded to administer
| the following oath: ''You do solemnly sweal
| that you will well and truly try the cause now
at Issue, and true verdict render According "a
the evidence and the law, rs given 10 you b!
| the Court"
"No, sir firmly answered the citizen.
"What is your reason for refusing to take The
oath 7" asked the Judge.
.Because," said the citizen, al could not rem
der . true verdict according to the law and evi
dence."
BY consent the citizen was then rXcused.-!SaI
| Francisco Call.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-10
Important to Editors-How to Make Dead
Headn Trip Around the Whole World.

An ingenius plan is suggested by the Paris
Figaro for etfecting journey around the world,
without any expense whatever to the traveller.
The first thing the wanderer does is To become a
jew. Having performed this preliminary feat,
he must contrive TO effect a Judgment upon some
portion of the Cars territory. Thence he will
DO Immediately expelled, and conveyed gratis TO
Lemberg, in Galica At Lemberg he will be
received by Lawrence Oliphant, who will for
ward him to the United States, ut the cost of the
Jewish relief fund. Arrived in America, the
traveller puts on the raiment and demeanor of n
Chinaman. He will then be conveyed to the
Flowery Realm free of charge, by philanthropy
ic company bent upon eliminating the celestial
element from the States. Immediately upon be-
ing set ashore in Chinese port, he should give
ont that he is native born Russian, entrusted
with a secret political mission, and therefore
travelling in disguise. The Chinese authorities
will at once cause him to be transported to their
north western frontier, where they will hand
him over to the Russians These, as soon as
they find that the stranger is n jew, will pass
him on to the capital Of Austrian Poland and
when, for the second time, he arrives at Lem
berg, he will have "put girdle round about
the earth,r quite inexpensiyely, if not alto
gether eIpeditiously, as ever Puck did in his
hest days
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-10
Pic-nics,

Why, in the spring of the year, do pic-nics be-
come epidemic, and young and old. rich and
poor, rush off into the woods to cat their lunch
under the trees, and be fed ON by ticks and
mosquitoes 1t is simply because for tens Of
thousands of years man was in nomadic con-
dition. He wandered about with his family in
the woods, living on berries, and being annoyed
by insects, and though man has become civil
lied, and lives in a house, yet, nevertheless,
abont once year an Irresistible desire to re-
turn to his old vagahond life comes over him,
and he just has to go on picnic, after which
he cools down for the rest of the year, and puts
sweet oil on the tick bites. Just with woman
gardening. Until quite recently, woman had to
do all the har,t work in the fields. She had to
dig up the ground plant the crop, and gather it,
until il became second nature to her. Her hus-
band was kind enough TO encourage her to keep
on by shaking a stick at her when she wanted
to sit down and rest, but it was below his digni-
ty TO work Such was the condition of woman
from the beginning Of time. II will be remem-
bercd that Adam was too lazy to gather in the
apples, 80 Eve had to do il for him. OF course
all this is changed now. All that most women
do in the way of hard work is to dress mp and
go to parties but every spring she can not re-
sist the impulse to put on her worst clothes and
drudge with hoe ont in the front yard, as she
used to thousands of years ago.-Toronto Globe
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-10
Msefnl aud Curious.
Canning Tomatoes.

Many people whoare successful in canning fruits
generally, are apt to fail with the tomato A
lady says: ave have ten acres of fruit af all
kinds, and take great deal of pride in can
ming fruit. get nearly all the prizes at the fair
wish You could just peer iuto my .--llar To s-e
my Tomatoes aud peaches, some ctunrd last fail
and some year ago, not mentioning my other
fruit. ! will tell you how can my Tomatoes
both red and yellow. / pick the tomaiocs-the
smoothest aud best-scald them and skin tlirm
carefully, take the stem ont with pen-knife
taking not to cut the Tomatoes ~ - to let
the juice seed out; then place them in
the csus, some with the stem eud next to the
can, aud some with the blossom ends; then
take the juice that runs ont of some that have
peeled to cook, having no seed urpulp, and add
. little salt, and pour my whole tomatoes I'M
til nearly full, then place them in a kettle of
cold water, and let them cook till think they
are heated through, then seal them. | use
nothing bat glass jars-two quart jars-snd
after the cover has been five minutes, take
it OF. they will settle, letting the gas out and
then fill up with juice. and seal again, and my
cans are always full to the cover. great many
have not learned this. You have no idea how
nice they look through the glass: they show ev-
cry vein and rib, and look a. if they were put
away raw, anil when used they just as IL
they had been taken from the vines-and, ifyou
don't believe it, try il this summer. always
keep my fruit in the dark, aud il don't fade
through the glass. "-IoHdkHc Magazine.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-10
MANAGEMENT of Boilers.

The following rules and regulations, issued by
the Canadian Board of Steamboat Inspection
for the guidance Of engineers and fremen in the
management Of steamboat boilers, will be found
TO lie interesting and useful
1. Getting up steam.-Warm the boiler grad
ually: steam should not be raised from cold water
in less than four hours if practicable, light the
fires over night; by getting up steam too quickly
the boiler will soon be destroyed.
2. Firing.-Fire regularly; keep the sides up
and nse the slide gently and as seldom rs possible
3. Fcedwater.-Let the feed be regular and
constant.
I. Glass gauge and dry eocks.-Keep the glass
free, and try the gauge cocks every fifteen min
utes.
5. Safety valves.-Lift each safety valve at
least once day, and always before getting up
steam.
6. Low water.-Put out the fires by drawing
them orthrowing ashes on them; never use water;
low water should never occur.
7. Blowing off the boiler.-Dou't blow off by
steam pressure; let the water run of if possible;
see that the fires are all out.
g. Boiler purgers.-Neyer use any composition
to keep down incrustations, unless supplied
through the feed Pump.
9. General rules.-Keep the boiler clean inside
and outside, and free from leak: never throw
water in the furnace; under high pressure raise
the safety valve gently; lower the fires, or, il
necessary, stop the engine when foaIning, 70 find
the water level.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-10
THE MORAL TONE OF FLIES.
distressing Observa siess Upon the Character
Of Some eamnser E8onrderr,

now began TO make havoc among a colony
of flies who had apparently spent their lives in
obtaining from the window panes some occult
favor which is not perccptiblc to our coarser
palafes. | made three captives, who were
passed beneath the muslin door of the jar with
. little sleight of hand. The appearance Of
these hics was my next subject of observation.
They each had an individuality which did no:
till then know that flies possessed. Their de-
pertinent, their figures, their very moral tone,
had distinct stamp; yet there an har-
monious something, which united characters So
different The first had a fiuffy appearance his
body looked sodden, and lie behaved IN a fat
and sensual manner. He took the .rnssrst
pleasure in warming his vcntral surfaer GA the
side of the jar toward the sun. He siprei the
sweets of life to excess and had lost that aetiv-
ity fly ought to possess. Alas, his career
rendered him unfit to battle in the struggle for
existence. He became the spiders first meal
The second fly had but one wing. He was
lean and ill-nurtured, yet he had withal chirpy
and pleasing manner. He had neither the POM
pous bearing of opulcnce, nor the boisterous
ways of rude health. He was a swert tempered
and amisble fly, and among the local miSc:e
undoubtedly ocenpied the same position that
Tiny Tim did IN his family. / should lave let
him go, only feared that if l did so l should
also release the third fly whom my soul loathet.
Nov let me tell you why that fly was objection
able. He was the only fly left on the window
panes and he walked over them with the AFRO
gance OF n ianuioru- L Sougnt 10 catcn min, hi't
each attempt was more futile than the lust. He
lodged, he flew away from the window, he
calmly foated about the room, and | followed
him, tapping with my pocket handkerchief till
visibly perspired. He was cunning as the
fox Of Ballybogue, who, you remember, used to
take in the newspaper to see where the meets
were to be. Ny temper overcame me, and
sworc would have that fly.
After hunt which brought ont all my worst
characteristics, caught him and deposited him
in my viysrium,. rejoicing to myself that his
death agonies would be some compensation for
my pains. As soon as he got into the jar Mr..
Fly discovered that his poor little brother in
adversely had raw place where his wing had
been torn off, and he would follow him from
place to place to put his sucker on the sore. Ii
was not the kindlincss of the dogs of Lazarus
which led him to lick the wound. He saw that
Tim did not like it, and, he a nasty bull
lying cad, he persisted in his obnoxious per-
formance. / left him Disguised. He was a
beast.-Popuidr Science Monthly.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-10
nensitv NJ the Earth

Herr Won Jolly, of Munich, has been applying
the balance to ascertain the density of the earth
The balance used was placed in the upper part
of q tower, and from each of the scales depend
ed q wire, through zinc tube, having second
scalc mt the lower end, 2l.0b5 metres below.
These lower scales were l.G2 NJ. from the ground,
so that a lead ball one metre in diameter might
be brought under one Of them. A body brought
from an upper scale into lower one has an in
crease of weight corresponding to its degree Of
approach to the carths centre and to the in
crease of acceleration. When the lead ball is
brought under the same lower scale its pull is
added. The difference of the increments of
weight, with and without the lead ball, indi-
Gates the amount of pull of the latter, and the
qotient of this pull and that Of the earth alone
furnishes q means with the law of gravitationJ
Of comparing the density of the earth with that
Of the lead. and the latter being known, of de-
termining the mean density of the earth. The
author finds the mean density to be 5692, with
n probable error of not moro than DOCS either
way. This agrees more or less with other deter
limitations; but from the mean Of those with the
torsion balance il DIVORCES about per cent.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-10
BUDDING Plumn

Budding is very simple operation, which
can be done at any time when the bark ''peels"
readily and the buds are sufficiently ripened-
say from the middle of July to the first of Sep
tembcr. Take n well-developed single bud, cut
off the leaf. leaving enough Of the stalk to take
hold of when inserting the bud, with thin
slice Of bark and wood, commencing say third
of an inch above the bud and ending the cut
about far below it, SO that the whole forms a
starlight smooth cut; then make n cross cut
through the bark of the stock in q smooth place,
and also a longitudinal one, so that the whole
has the shape of Roman cross about an inch
long. Now raise the bark the stock with the
knife or with an ivory, and push down the bnd
under the bark until the upper end is even with
the cross of the stock. Now wrap the whole
firmly and smoothly with Eastwood bark or
woolen thread, leaving the bud out to prevent
Sm"thcring, but closing all the bark tightly be-
low and above. In about two weeks the ban
dage may be taken of, and if the bud is fresh
and green, il has taken, and the next spring the
stock should he cut off, and only the bud allow
cd Ia sruw.-RETaI Uorld
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-10
Cur Strap 8ook.
~--~~~~~-~--~-~-~~-~~~~s@-~~~
PHILIP, MY ENG.
III p.xAH naRlA Nryock.
who hears uPon his brow the round
And ton Of SoxertiEnty."

who hears upon his brow the round
And top Of sovereignty
I1ok AZ me with thy large brown eyes,
Philip. Hiy king!
For round thee the purple shadow hes
Of babyhoOd's royHi dignites
Law on nv neck thy tiny hand,
With Loves invisible sceptre ladrn;
am thine Esther to conrisnd
TIL tboa shalt and Thy queen -hzndmsidsn.
Philip, my king,
o. the day when thou soest a-wooins.
Philip, my king,
When those b-autifnl lips gin suinE.
And some gentle hearts bars uBdong.
Thuu ,in-f enter iovr-crowned. and there
Sitiest love ylorided ,-Rule kindly.
Tendcriy over thy kingdom fair;
For We that love ali, VIC lows 30 blirdly.
Philip, my king!
gaze frum thy sweet mouth up to thy brow,
Philip, my king,
The spirit that there lies sleeping now,
May rise like giant. and make men bow
As to onr Hcavencho-en amongst his r.-rs
Ny Sanl than thy brethren higher and fairur.
Let mr. behold thee in future yeani
Yet thy bead needeth q circlet rarsr,
Philip. my king
A wrath not Of gold but palm. One day,
Philip. my king,
Thou, too must tread We trud away
ThoIny, and cruel and cold, and gray:
Eebeis within thee and FOES without
VIII snatch at thy cruwn. But marrh on glorious,
Martyr, yet monarch, tin angels shout,
As thou sifi' st at the feet Of God victorious.
Philip the king!"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-10

To PREVENT Tools RUsTING.-The simple
preparation employed by Prof. Olmstead of Yale
College for the preservation of scientific appara-
tus, and which he has long ago published for the
general good, declining to have it patented, is
made by the slow melting together of six or eight
parts Of lard to one Of resin, stirring till COOL
This remains semi-fuid, is always ready for use,
the resin preventing rancidity, supplying an air
tight film Rubbed on bright surface ever so
thinly, it protects and preserves the polish, and
it oan be wiped nearly clean. if ever desired, as
from knife blade; or it may be thinned with
coal oil or benzne. A writer in Forest and Stream
saws that if oxidation has begun, no matter in
how slight degree, it will go on under coating;
it is therefore essential that the steel surface be
both bright and dry when filmed over.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-10

SLEEPING AFTER DISNER.-This habit, which
is becoming SO very popular in this country,
and particularly so with young persons, is an
exceedingly pernicious one. In our climate, the
stomach does not perform its functions during
sleep, except with slowness and difficulty; so If
il be heavily loaded, il remains in a sem-torpid
condition, until the siesta is finished. The re-
sult Of such daily torpidity is indigestion, or
some one of the Thousand different forms assum-
ed by the hydra, dyspepsia.
In hot countries the action of the digestive or
cans is much easier than here, and sleep, unless
very sound, impedes the stomachic functions but
very slightly, il at ALL The siesta is therefore,
a natural and proper thing for the tropics, al
though totally inappropriate to the United
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-10

How THE SCHOONER Cor LIS NAME--The
year 17i3 was n great era in American naval an-
mails. In that year, Captain Andrew Robinson
bnilt the first schooner ever srcn- THIS was at
Gloucester. As she slidcd into thr water, a by
stautier cried: Look how she schoans.' Catch
ing at the wor,i, Captain Robinson replied: ~
schooner let her be- The new rig came at once
into wide aceeptancc.--F philadelphia IRqHirT-
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-08-10
The fun Of the Ching.
TOO TRUE.
through al the nve-lons

Oh listen 20 the waferwh-el through al the hveons
day
Yaur salary viii stop about the time you lose pay
The fellow al the ladders top to him all glory go-s
AMI th- fellow at bottom Ia the fellow knovs
No eo are all had beens for In country and In town
Nobody how high you've been when once you have
When opce YOU have bes President and President
more,
Yon may farm CT teach school or keep country
store,
No one viii ask about you you never viii BE- misssdi
The mill will only grind for yoa while you supply the
grist"