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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11
BACCARAT,
The Game which 10 Taking the Place Of
Poker In the East.

In certain circles in New York baccarat has,
to some extent, taken the place of our great
national game, poker. Baccarat is the fairest
game that can be played against a bank. There
is no zero aud double zero, as in roulette nor is
there the "splits" Of faro. The banker has all
solutely nothing in his favor except the "guess-
ing" which his antagonist has to constantly
perform. There is n general belief that it is
impossible to cheat at baccarat, but this is quite
a mistake, although in clubs and gambling
places the possibility of cheating is reduced to
minimum by the use of cards with monograns
upon them. Baccarat is played in New York
clubs with four packs of cards, and before deal
ing, these cards carefully shufhed by the
dealer. When the play begins, the banker gives
one card 10 the right, one to the left, and one to
himself, and then he repeats the operation /;
court cards and tens count as zero, and if, with
his two cards, he can get nine. he wins all the
stakes placed upon the cards given to the players
on the right and left.
The cheating banker puts all the packs before
him, with their backs to himself and their faces
to the players. Surprising that there is i three
facing the players, the confederate notices this
the ''banker' moves it to the top Of the packs,
and as soon as a Six appears at the bottom of
the pack, the confederate makes a sign TO the
'banker," who at once moves it TO the top of
the packs, taking care to place two cards be-
tween it and the three and two cards above it.
When he deals, his own two cards eOnse-
quently six and three, meaning nine. lie thus
arrangeS series OF consecutive Cutps winch he
is certain to win. The cards are then handled
to be cut, and by a trick, which consists of
pinching some cards and slipping Others, which,
although impossible To explain, is not difficult
in practice, he annuls the cut, leaving his series
at the top of the pack, where he had placed il.
An adroit cheat can arrange n series without
any very lengthy sluffling.
The player cheats the banker in this way
He puts nine up his sleeve; when he is given
two cards, he takes the chance of one Of them
being ten or a court card. Surprising that he
gets ten and three, he takes the cards up,
throws the three up his sleeve, and brings from
il the nine; then he exhibits a ten and nine,
and thus wins. Any with a very small
practice as a conjurer can do this without fear
of detection.
Quite recently an officer of the British army
was detected in cheating at bacarrat at the
Roast Club. He was in the habit of putting a
f5 note just outside the line which the
stakes were placed. If his card lost, he with
drew the note; if it won, he pushed the note
within the line. The club expelled him, did
another club of which he was a member, and he
killed himself. His previous losses at baccarst
had been consderable.-NeU York Hour.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11
Kill the Potato Bugs.

1t is important to destroy the first brood of po-
tato beetles. This brood comes from the ground
in early spring, and the beetles soon lay their
orange-colored eggs in clusters on the under side
of potato leaves These eggs are readily found
by turning up the foliage with hoe handle,
and picked off and destroyed. If this is omitted,
the larya OF CRIBS, soon hatch out, and begin
their rapid destruction. Poison in some form
must now be used. The two leading insect
cides are Paris Green and London Purple. Both
are arsenic compounds. The green" is manu-
featured article, while the purple is by-pro-
duct or refuse compound from the dye factories,
and therefore cheaper. These Substances are
used either dry or wet. In the former they are
mixed with 30 to 90 times their bulk of flour OF
plaster, and busted or suited on-best while the
dew is on, or soon after u rain, that the wet To-
liage may retain the substance. In the wet me-
thod, which is now generally preferred, the poi.
son is stirred in water-a large tablespoonful OF
so to the pailful-and applied through sprink-
Ter, stirring it very frequently it does not dis
solve. The bugs have have beeu in the pota-
TO growing regions So long that a full discussion
of the subject is unnecessary. 1t is important
to remember that these arsenic compounds are
deadly pOisons, and to be used with great eau
ton. Any green or ''purple"-it is fortunate
that they have marked colors-in the house.
should be put where no one can use them by mis-
take, and ont of reach Of ehildren.-.imsricdH Ig.
.fsf
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11
Mrs. Job.

The world has been sympathizing with job
for two Thousand years, and pitying his suffer
ings and tribuations but hardly thought
seems to have been taken of Mrs Job and her
trials, which must have been of no ordinary ma
ture. True, she didn't have any boils, her hus-
band, with true masculine selfshness, appropri-
ating them all TO himself, but she had to wait
on him, and listen to his complaints day aud
night. Ii would have tried the patience of q
saint to have been compelled to live in the same
house with a man burdencd with such wealth
of Affections as job was, and il is hardly to he
wondered at that, goaded to desperation, his
wife enc day advised him to throw up the game
and pass in his checks. Almost any woman
would have done the same thing, under the cir
cumstances. There seems TO have been q con-
slant stream of people coming to see Job TO con-
dole with him. Not only did the aeighbors drop
in continually, to see how he was getting along,
each one with a different remedy for boils, but
relatives came from a long distance, and OF
course, they had to be entertained aud fed.
This made great deal of work for Mrs Job,
who, on account of her husbands extraordinary
losses, couldn't afford to keep hired girl. Had
she not been a remarkable woman, she never
could have gone through with it.-Cia. Saturday
Night.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11
QUALITY.

The meat should be red, close, tender and
large. coarse, thick rinded melons are good
when in high culture, but they too often are
second rate, when the meat becomes coarse, full
of tendons and tough. They hybridize very ca
silly, and but one variety had best be planted by
any one; but if more be planted they shonld be
many hundreds of yards apart, and even thei
the bees ard winds may mix the pollen.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11

have given care to melons from my youth
up. and have never succeeded in getting two
frst-rate crops from the same ground in success
sion l have found the bluegrass sod, well
turned under, the best soil for them; and next,
newly cleared land, though they may be raised
nm any good corn land
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11
HAVING Machinery

The modern progressive farmer has many la
boris saving machines within his reach to aid him
in making hay. The scythe is serviceable in
cutting the grass in fence corners and around
trees, but further than this it does best when
hanging ont of harms way in the barn. A rough
field is now seldom good excuse for not using
the horse mower. Ground too rough for this i'm
plement, shonld he put in proper condition, OF
left rs pasture. ''tedder' is a valuable aid,
as If facilitates drying, and therefore the quick
housing of hay, thus escaping storms that ruin
much hay made in the old slow hay All of
these machines, from the mower to the horse
fork, should be III good trim for work before the
time for using them. Every bolt, screw, hinge,
pulley, ought to he examined now and put in
place. This is proper work for the rainy days,
before the grass is ready to cut. See to these
little things-making necessary purchases. thus
Keeping ahead of the work.-ImericaR dgricHi-
tarist
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11

SWEET PoTAToEs.-When this excellent tuber
Is being used, thought for the future should
be habitat is, save those about an inch in d.
ameter for sprouting. successful grower OF
Belleview, H., writes me that they are the best
size. mo rat-tails for me-" he saws, s'unless
ycu want roots and but little tuber.r
Don't pillow Your ground too deep, As there
ought to be pretty hard subsoil, so that when
the roots reach it they are checked and form
short thick fellows. i once thought had done
it by deep mellsw earth, but it was all root too
thick to throw away, but hardly tuber enough
to cook. Keep clean and the runners from tax
ing root, is the chief cultivation. Few things
above, on or beneath the surface of the earth
can beat good sweet potato. He also says
never plant later than the latter part of Nav, in
this latitude.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11
Cur Strap 8eok.
MAY.


/" While the jolly hours bring On rrypitious Nav.
bear the footsteps Of the froiie May,
Tripping rs on that holiday
When Love with berries Of the bay
Was crowned to sing roundelay.
Slng. all We choruses and choirs
That liz unto the lsvetuned Tyres
The music Of their magic wires.
To May 10 May roaDde,ay
hear the gentle murmurs Of the NAial,
And the far whispers Of the Dryad.
In Echos answers never tired
With lore and mirthfulBess inspired
To sing to MAY a roundelay.
Sing, spirits Of the vastly air.
In dinglcs. della or rocky lair
In haunted boilows everywhere,
Sing To the Nay a roundel.yi
Ihear the soft waves that ebb and fow
Where ancient Triton horn doth blow
In blasts now loud. and long. and low,
Unto the hills. ro-eehang slow.
To May q merry rOuBd-iay.
Sing o, ye spirits Of the waves
That sleep In hidden curves and caves.
Where Doris with her Sereus lsves,
And sings TO May roandelayi
hear M-zzonean Iephyrs rise and fall,
Chanting to May their madrigal
And fountains, rivers brooks and all
Repeat their carols to the call
Of May TO sing q roundelay.
Sing spirits Of the balmy breeze,
That Lift to life the budding treea
That blow the blossoms DER the less,
To merry May roundelayi
hear in whispering woods and genial groves
The measures Of their happy loves,
Aud in the coyerts of the ooves,
The melodies Of turtledove-,
Making TO May round-lay.
Break forth and sing. spirits Of mirth,
Hid in the bosom Of the earth.
That wake to-day TO happy birth,
And chant to May roundelayl
Sing sing o. heart, unto the breath Of Spring:
Sing, for all life il on the wing.
And Natures notes incessant sing.
And Eehos answers backward fling.
To merry May q roundelay,
Sing spirits Of the sky and sea,
That hold the charmed Aemnunisn key
OF musio's mighty mystery,
Make 10 the May rOundeiay.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11

FRIEND sent a man in Texas ostrich. As
the man did not know what TO feed it on, he let
it run. In short time it had devOured oyster
cans, a broken iron pump-handle, pair of and
irons. and an old scythe, small coal oil stove,
a rolling -pin, and joint of stOvepipe. which
stuck in its throat. The stove set fire to the
rolling-pin, and the neghbOrs seeing the smoke,
called ont the iiremen, who poured the water
down the stovepipe, completely drowning the
bird.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11
FROM a
PROMINENT PHYSICIAN.
wa.bipctonvill- Oblo. Jup. Inn. 4,

washingtonvill- Ohio. Jun. 18th. Iss0.
DR. b. J. KENDALL Co, Gents :-Readng advor-
tisement In Turf Fef and Farm Of Kendall SPAWN Cure
and having valuable and speedy horse which bad been
lame from SPAWN for eighteen months -nf 90 for
bottle by express which in six weeks removed all anens
and enlargement and large spnt from another horse and
both horses to-day sound colts The bottle
worth TO one hundred dollars.
Respectfully yours.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11
He Wanted Common civilitY.

Down on Cape Cod, last summer. Chauneey
NJ. Depew heard of a rough skipper on whai-
ing voyage, who, when obstinate, could see
nothing The mate shouted ont one day: Thar
she blows and thar she breecbes :" and the Cap
tain says, Il don't no blows and don't see
no brooches" Pretty soon the mate yells out,
seThar she blows and thar she breeches; the
Captain said, 81 don't see no blows and don
see no brecches.r Again the mate yells out,
THAR she blows and thar she breeches; the
Captain said, "Mate, if yOu think thar she
blows and thar she breaches, you can take the
boat and go for herr The mate took the boat
and brought alongside a whale which tired out
eighty barrels Of oil, and the Captain said:
''Mate, you have done well, and shall be NEIL
toned to the owner; You will be cOmplimented,
and perhaps rewarded"
And the mate said:
captain Jones, don't want no mention, and
don't want no compliment, and / don't want
no reward; all want is common ciyility, and
that of the d-dest, commonest kind"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11
KendaII's SPAWN Cure.

Wilton, MINI, Jan. nth, 1s5l-
D. ]. KENDALL 4 Co., Gents Having got q horse book
you by mail year sgo the Of which persuaded
try Kendans SPAWN Cure the hind leg of Of
my horses which badly swollen and could not be
dueed by any other remedy, got bottles Of Kendall
SPAWN Cure Of Preston Ludduth Druggists Of Waseca
which completely cured my horse About i've years
bad three old colt -weeniel very badly. ussd
remedy given In your book without rowelng and
credit that the colt IL entirely cured which
surprise only myself but also nv neghbors
You sent the book for the tring Of y cents and
could get another like il would take twenty
five dollars for il. Yours truly,
GEO MATTHEW'S.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11

'WOULDN'T your wife be hOppin' mad if she
knew who wrote this!' began sweet missiye
found in the discarded coat of her husband by
an inquisitve wife in -. The hair of that
unhappy husband when swept up from the par
Tor carpet, went a long way toward stuffing half
a dozen dolls. lie never leaves anything in his
norkets now
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11
II THE SPRING.

Nov swell the buds on every tree,
M0squiteS whet their snickeraBoe,
And merIily the humble bee
Make keen his CAD
The weary poet, foTloTn and lone,
For cruel lady making moan,
Chok-z with the oft-recurring bone
OF early shSi.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11

DURING the recent flood in Middleield, n. T.,
little five year old boy, when the water had
reached the height of two or three feet around
the house ia which he was, fell upon his knees
and uttered the following prayer: so, Lord, i
don't like this; take it away. You said when
you set your bow in the Skies you would have
no more hoods Now. how is thsi Amen.r
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11

A FAsTIDIoUs boarder at a cheap establish
ment in New York, lately appeared at the table
when a rather unsavory ham presented itself
for discussion. 1t looked well, but, said the
boarder TO his host, chow horrible it smells
"Well," replied his keeper, what o that
Take hold man; you come to the table to eat
your victuals, not to smell EN-"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11

III honse-painter consumes forty-eight min
utes in lighting his pipe; ffty-five minutes in
telling stories; twenty-five minutes in watch
ing kitchen-girl; thirty-siI minutes in bind
ing up a sore finger, and quits work nine min
unes before six, how much time does he beat
his employer out of, and how long will it take
him 10 work himself TO deathi
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11
SCRoFUIA SORE
ECZEMA.
CUTICURA.

The Cutcura treatment for the Of Skin Scalp and
Blood Diseases consists in the internal Of CrIcRi
REsoLS ExI the Blood Purifier and the external Us.
Of CuTcuRa and CUTIcURA SOAP the Great skin Cures
Price Of CAucrRA, small boxes &c. large boxes Ell Gu
TIcuRA RE-oLvESr 81 per bottle. CUIiCUEA SOAP sc
CrrIcURA SHAVING Soar. l5c.
Principal depot, WEEKS POTTER Boston. Masa
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11
Chr Fun Of the Ching.
PERRY AND THE FooL-E1LLER.

Dodo Benbelmont, may his manners mend
Rose THURSDAY Hight-far arnica To send
And saw within the moonlight Of his room,
Making il rich as Rothsehilds when they boom,
4 Killer looking 'rOnnd for fools TO Kill
Exceeding ElHiDe had made BeDbelmont Ill
And to the presence in his room, he said
hat .lo-sf thou z! The Killer rased bis head
And with . laak III. stouiest heart TO chill
R-nli-d: Il yearB = gorgeous fool TO kill
Would Il thou Kill me said Dodo. Nay, not So
Answered the Killer DOl0 spake more low.
rut CHEEKY still and said Let me explaini
ana tine youth tina; eness-eIainines Blaine
The Killer sls-d and vanished pretty quick
He came again With had lead-tipped stick.
nd showed their he kill with greatest zesti
And 10 TBanleluiOnts name led all the rest
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11

NEwLY-sETTLED Methodist minister, at
Judsonia, Arkansas, who was not warmly well
coined in his appointed parish, took very
pleasant and effective method Of disarming crit
icism Instead of resenting it or settling in des-
pOndency, he remarked as follows, in his open
ing sermon: 81 hear that yOu say am not
much of preacher. Very well, / know it.
And if ] could preach first rate, you know
never would have been sent to this community"
The people took very kindly to their pastor,
Hnd said no more about il.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11

JOHSSY's composition "pins" contained
the following remarkable statement: "Pins have
saved many peoples lives" "Why, johnny
'how do you make this out How have pins
saved many lives'" "By not swallowing them, -
said JOHNNY.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11

Jon Printing exclaimed Mrs. Darlington
I'm glad ont; | always thought he would do
better business than hopping over his losses,
and he must be just the soft of man to print in
such hot weather, if he's as patient he's call
-
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11

A VERMONT farmer stroked ms gray locks and
sadly remarked: Il didn't really know how old
and feeble was, until went TO lick James this
morning. He's only seventeen, but l couldn't
make him holler"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11

A MAN who eloped with Wisconsin wife left
a note for the husband: ~ have looked your
woman; but you ar welcum to my last week $
wages, wieh l didn't draw; and / hoap that
SQUARES things"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11
WHAT is GOOD FOR BEAST Is GOOD FOR MAN.

Gravesend. l. l., January. ISL
IL KENDALL Co, Gents I'll vish odd ny tesnso-
ny favor Of invaluabl. KendAs SPAWN Cure
in the employ Of the Prospect Park and Coaey Island Rail
rosd and rox- very badly this Water sunsred
II almost instant relief and BY applying g twice
day Tor week 1t restored the 70 m OrEsa sra and
have had trouble With /. feel very grateful %
ys1 and would reosnmesd KendAlls SPAWN Cure 70 al
for trust bites Youn truly.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11
KendaII's SPAWN Cure.

Hamilton, No, June 18th. 1881.
B. J. KENDALL & Co. Gentss-This Is to certify that
have used k-nda SPAWN Cure and have found 10 to bo
all IL i recommended o. be- and in fact too. have
ed by the above Gallons. Bsne SPayins Ring
bone-. spliB- and eheerfuy testify AID recommend
be the best thing for bone substance have
us-d and have tTed many. have made that study
p. v. CRIsr.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11
Kendall's SPAWN Cure :!

K-liey's Island Erie County. Ohio Mar. q. ls5o.
DR b. ]. KENDALL & Co, Gentss-I have used your
"Kendals SPAWN Cure a bone SPAWN and pleased
rcpor that IL has taken the enlargement completely off,
II only bottle perform the confident
II Is properly used II will do all you claim for IL.
Yours truly, &. N LINCOLN.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11

An old resurrectionist in Cincinnati 10 easily
provoked, and when so, he fixes his one eye on
the aggrayating party, muttering: "Wait till
they plant yet; I'll have We; I'll keep track of
ye-yOur hearse ride shan't be yer lastr'
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11
CAUTION.

As the frequent walking to the hills to kill
the bugs sOlidifies the surface, it ought TO he
lightly hoed toward the end of this operation.
No careless persons should he allowed TO enter
the melon grounds, a vine trod upon is useless;
and the one who gathers the fruit should have a
long stick to steady himself and to displace the
leaves to find a place for he feet 1t also often
happens that the vines on clean surfaces find
nothing to take hold of with their tendrilS, and
are blown over by the winds and severely injur-
ed. In such case they should be uprighted, and
clods plared on the leaves to steady them, or
small sticks set near the vines for the use of ten
drills to lay hold of. Avoid walking on the
ground when quite wet, and never hill up or re-
duce the height of the soil about the stems of
the vines. Make blind near the melons, and
be seen there at times with n double barreled
shot gun, Int never shoot.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11

''WHY, Mr.. Ingersoll amt You ashamed to
be seen coming out of a saloonf" ..Great heav-
ems, ladies! you wouldn't have man stay in
there all day, wonld Your was the pagan's
crushing reply.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11

"SHALL we take bus up Broadway 2" said a
young New Yorker, who was showing his cour-
try cousin the wonders of that city. ''Oh, dear
mol" said the frightened girl, II would not dc
that in the street,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11

At recent school examination the son of a
coal dealer was asked how many pounds there
were in ton. He was sharp enough 10 reply,
''Maybe you think I'm going TO give il away,
and get licked when go hOmer
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11

SIDNEY SMITH on temperance: according to
my computation, have eaten and drunk, be-
tween my tenth and seventeen year, forty -four
horse wagon loads more than was good for me. y
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11

THEY say there is a saw mill down East that
saws so easy that while a young man was sit
ting on log while the was running
through, he was sawed in halves and did not
discover it, until the OveTseer told him to roll
of
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11
SEED AND VARIETY.

The seed sbOuld be saved only from the best
specimens, well ripened, and cured in the shade,
without washing then put in bags and hung up
in place of moderate temperature till planting
time. The best variety, after lifetime of trial,
/ find, in this cline, to be what Gregory of Mas
sachusetts calls the icecream watermelon-the
Persian melon-sze medium, ovate, rind green,
very thin and brittle; meat purplish red, solid,
and very sweet and delicate, seed small and
white. There is an old Kentucky variety called
the ice-rind, with the same qualities as the Per-
sian; rind not so green and seed brown: inclined
to be longer, and meat not SO deep a red. These
are the best varieties / have ever tried, and
have tried tens of tens. The Mountain Sweet,
Mountain Sprout, and Jessamine Yellow seed,
aud other large varieties, are well for market,
but not fOreucures
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11

A NEsrERES man at a prayer meeting said
somewhat enviously: Brother Lawson can
sing better than can, but by the grace of Heav-
en-, i can fiddle his shirt off,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11

IN introducing Charles Dudley Warner once
at public dinner, Mark Twain said: '.As nv
fellow citizen, | respect him; but as a neighbor
whose turniP patch adioins mine / watch him. -
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-11

FLAX VS.. CHIScH BUGs-Somebody often
what may be good suggestion, which is, that ;
narrow strip of fax grown around n W heat field
will keep away chinch bugs