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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18
Cur Strap Book.
TWO NAMES ON THE OLD BERcH-rRxz.


Two names upon the old beech-tree.
Far in the deep woods solitude,
Are fading. yet indeiibly
Are writ where change may not intrudc.
For lore kscps watch, and memories sweet
Thrill one Whose heart win near forget;
path sim traced by weary fest.
Leads to the tree An anchored
Through long and lonely Surmer hours
With broken heart alone she strsys
Among the broken spirit flowers
That bloomed for her In other days
A halo bright as Heavens strand
ulumes the consecrated place
That viii not fade. though Times rude hand
Shall beth these names at last eface-
A thousand things come back in dreams
so dear TO two, long years ago.
There, plume-hke ferns. by moss fringed streams
Hide from the slnbeams loye-lit glow.
And underneath the old beech-tree
A Paradisian. cool retreat,
Ger which Wild vines creep tendsriy,
Reeiines their dear old try sting seat.
Two youthful forms stood 1 .ids s. n sd as''e
One blnshed in maiden innocence
The other laughed in boyish pride
And carved the name. he loved 70 write
Together On the old beech-tree
And while the joy Of first loye-light
From blne eyes rippled rapturously
he stopped and kissed. in fond delight
The lips that could not speak their JOY
The world just then was, OH 80 bright
10 them that artless girl and boy.
With fragrant flowers he wreathed her hair,
That hung in careless curis Of brown,
And asked her always TINS to wear
In Summertime. a wild flower eruun-
That moment bright in memory Shines
And still through all her life's lone hours
Just as be wreathed it she entwines
For his dear sake her hair with flowers.
The changing years have come and gone,
The changing moments come and 60
Still bringing with each golden dawn
To every heart its veal and woe.
And lives, by Fates relentless knife
Are severed-rudely cut apart
While love. that wakes but once in life,
Til death burns in the lonely heart
Two hands were folded, long ago,
Across a silent, pulseless breast
And down where weeping willows grow,
manly form was laid to rest
Two soft blue eyes were closed In death
spirit waited home to God
o, why is spared life's bitter breath
To her who meath the Christening rod
Has grown 30 wearyf Why were not
Both names upon the old beech-tree
Carved on the stone that marks the spot
Where sleeps he in deaths mysteryi
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

A Toad SToRr.-0n our last visit to Decora,
we were sitting with our heels on the stove in
the Judges bar-room, listening to accounts OF
large potatoes, onions, etc, when one OF the
crowd remarked:
81 believe this country produces larger toads
than any part of the State have yet visited. "
'Toadsr echoed the company.
al was trying my luck at trouting 'tother day
in one of your streams" said the speaker.
"when / noticed on the bank what supposed
to be a rock, about yard square and two feet
high. Feeling rather fatigued, ! thought to
take a seat on it, when l came suddenly to the
ground. / sprang to my feet, and to my utter
surprise, saw the rock leaving for the back
settlement in leaps not less than a rod and a
half long,
The roar that followed that story can better
be imagined than described.-Cldyton Go. 10. }
Herald
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

jerks tells good story of man on a Misss-
sippi steamer, who was questioned by Yankee.
The gentleman, to bumOr the fellow, replied to
all the questions straightforwardly, until the
inquistOr was fairly puzzled for an interrogato-
~. At last he inquired:
Look here, 'Squire-where was yeou born p
al was born" said the victim, Sin Boston,
fremont Sereet, No. a, left hand side, on the
LIST of August. 1880, at o'clock the afternoon;
physician, DR.. Warren; nurse, Sally Benjamin
The Yankee was answered completely. For a
moment he was stuck. Soon, however, his face
frightened, and he quickly said:
''Yeas; wall, / calculate you don't recollect
yer
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

A correspondent the Indiana Farmer says
II have found the cultivation of currants to be
very profitable. By care and attention / have
greatly increased the size of the bushes and the
quality of the fruit. My bushes now about six
or eight feet high and are remarkably thrifty
The cause of this large growth, attribute in a
great measure to the fact that have been in the
habit Of pouring soap suds and chamber I've
around their roots during the summer season /
am satisfied from my own experience, and that
of some of my neighbors, that this treatment
VIII produce most astonishing effect upon the
growth and product of the bushes, and would
advise others to give it trial
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18
A NEW TREATMENT OF TETASus.-The foreign

A NEW TREATMENT OF TErANUs.-The foreign
medical journals publish in full the views of Dr.
Ria on tetanus, and his new treatment Of the
same. The disease, he believes, consists essen
TALLY of an exaggerated reflex irritability of the
spinal cord, which may be indiiierently cansed
by traumatisms, toxic influences, or so-called
rheumatic action. Since the moter tracts of the
cord responds in n norbidly exaggerated man
ner to all sensitive impressions, the main object
of treatment he thinks, must be TO lessen the
sensory excitation-the cord, by this means,
gaining rest, and TINS return to its normal con-
dition being made possible. DR.. Ria, therefore,
emphasizes strict isolation Of the patients; they
are, he says, to be separated from their friends,
and kept from all possibility of sensory impress
sions-even the physician to exercise great care
in his intercourse with the patient, lest the lat
ter be disturbed.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

THE Rev. Mr.. b., an eccentric preacher in
Michigan, was holding forth not long since in
Detroit. A young man arose to go out, when
the preacher said:
young man, if you'd rather go to hell than
hear me preach, you may CO."
The sinner stopped, reflected a moment, and
saying respectfully, swell, believe l would, ("
went on
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

JOHNNY CAKE-Rev. Mr.. Dodds relates that
once when riding on the circuit, he breakfasted
at house where johnny cakes were served.
he remarked: "Sister, yOur johnny cake seems
to be feathering out"
"Yes," responded the lady, unabashed, 81
told John no longer ago than yesterday, that he
must either get a cover for the meal barrel or
move the hen-roOst.r
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

The following curious puzzle leafs the cele-
brated "I3-l5-l4,- and is well worth investiga-
ton. Take a strip of paper or cardboard thirteen
inches long and five wide, thus giving il . sur
face of sixty-fve inches. Cut this strip diagon-
ally as true rs You can. giving two pieces in the
shape of a triangle. Now measure exactly five
inches from the larger end Of each strip and cut
il in two pieces Take these slips and put them
in the shape Of an exact square, and it will ap-
pear to be eight inches each way, or sixty -four
square inches-a loss of one square inch of su-
perficial measurement, with no diminution of
surface. The question is, what becomes of that
other inchs
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

The Government Method prescribed for clean
ing brass, and in use at all the Uuined States ar
senals, is claimed to be the best in the world.
The plan is to make . mixture of one part COM
mon nitric acid and one-half part sulphuric acid
in a stone jar, having also ready q pail Of fresh
water and q box of saw-dust. The article to be
treated is dipped in the acid, then removed into
the water. and finally rubbed with saw-dust
This Immediately changes it to q brilliant color.
II the brass has become greasy, it is first dipped
in strong solution of potash and soda in warm
water; this cuts the grease, so that the acid has
free power to act.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

''Is THAT You, WILIIEr-A woman in Wich-
ita cured her husband of staying out late at
night, by going to the door when he came home
and whispering through the key-hole: sis that
you, Williep Her husbands name is George,
and he stays at home every night now, and
sleeps with one eye open, and a seven shooter
under his inflow
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

MINISTER called at one of the rolling mills
for the purpose of inviting an employee to at
tend a revival going in his church. The
young man was standing in front of pair of
rolls, and during a conversation the minister
asked the youth: "Whero would You go, sup
pose you were to be caught between the rolls I"
Tile roller replied: ITO the other side, of
course
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

LAwrER.-"May it please your honor" adj
dressing the Judge, ''this action will not lay"
Judge-"You mean it will not lie-hens lay"
Lawyer, some time afterward-"When will
your honor be in session again ~
Judge-'I shall set next week"
Lawyer, with a peculiar eorkscrew twist in
his phiz-"Your honor hens set"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

A WESTERN man visiting lis brother in Dan
bury, espied a gun on the kitchen wall. SIS
that gun loaded ~ he asked.
''Oh, no, it's empty" replied the brother.
Empty For Gods sake load it rs quick as
you can, or the children will get hold of it, and
shoot each other"
He had read the papers
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

"As to being conflicted with the govt" said
Mrs. Darlington, "high living don't bring it on
1t is incoherent in some families and is handed
down from father TO son. Mr.. Hammer, poor
soul, who has been so long ill with it, disinher-
tied il from his wife's grandmother
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

"WhY on earth don't you get up earlier, my
sonf" said an anxious father to his sluggish
boy-''dont You see the flowers even spring out
of their beds at early DAWN
Eyes, father" said the boy, al see they do,
and would do the same, if l had as dirty a bed
an thew hayer
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

LITTLE Johnny's mother reached for him with
her slipper, the other evening, for hooking the
jelly, and after busting the portion of his PAN
taloon that he sits on, she was surprised to see
him laugh over it, and demanded the cause of
il. 81 was thinking how / fooled you; it was
Carrie who hooked the jelly"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

''WHY do they call the people who live in
some of the South Sea Islands cannibalsP" ask
ed an old man of sailor. because they live
on other people," answered the sailor. ''Then, +"
said the old man, pensiyely, "my sons-in-law
must be cannibals for they live ON me-
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

IT now appears that the guillotine was not in
vented by the humane French physician, DR..
Guillotin- picture of this instrument Of death
has been discovered in a series of paintings In
the ChapelBridge at Lncerne, representing the
prosecutions of the Church in the Province of
Helvetia, under the pagan Emperors Of Rome.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

E. A, Paris, ILL.,: "Will you be so kind as to
inform me through the columns of the SiftiRgs
what ought to be done with preacher who is
opposed TO women preaching and lecturing, from
Bible standpoint 7" Reply: He ought to have
his salary raised-and paid
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

The daughter of the proprietor of a coal mine,
in this State, was inquisitiye as to the nature of
hell. Upon which her father represented it TO
be large gulf of fire of most prOdigious extent
"Pa," said she, couldn't you get the devil to
buy his coal Of your
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

To RENovATE BLACK SiLK.-Grate three or
four large potatoes into water, and strain of the
water after letting it come to boil. Than put
an old dark colored kid glove into it, and Boil
for ten minutes Sponge over the breadths Of
the dress with the glove, and when damp
enough to iron well, press on the wrong side
with dat-iron not too hot, as silk scorches
easily.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

PAIIENCE-I remember, SAYS Wesley, hear
ing my father say to my mother: ''How could
you have the patience to tell that blOckhead the
same thing twenty times overt"
'Why," said she, ''if had told him but nine
teen times, should have lost all my labor
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

SOMEBODY in Georgia court applauded,
whereupon the Judge 1--WE quote from the Grit.
nm Ne,rs) indignantly remarked: Now, dry
that up; will let you know that this is No
camp-meeting."
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

A COUPLE of fellows who were pretty thor
oughly soaked with bad whiskey, got into the
gutter. After foundering for some time, one
Of them said: Lets go to another house; this
hotel leaks
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

MOTHER! mOtherp cried a little girl, who
stood looking out of the window, ''here's father
coming down the street, leading two drunken
policemen, and he's so ashamed, he's pulled his
hat down over his eyes"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

81 DO 50 like to talk to you,n she said softly,
in pause of the conversation, beaming on him
and signing. why ~ asks the unsuspecting
youth; Because" she answers gently, lyon
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

A FRENCH lady, on her arrival in this coun-
Try, was careful to eat only such dishes as she
was acquainted with, and being pressed TO mar
take of dish new to her, she politely replied ::
mo, thank you; eat only my Acquaintance
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18
Tnfal-

Here We have from an outlay of $500 pro-
fit in five years of the large sum of 676.40. We
might enlarge on the subject, but word to the
wise is sufficient. OF course some fruit would I've
raised the second and third years, but that is
not taken into account.
The writer's object is to draw the attention of
our enterprising farmers TO their own interests
and the general good of the community.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

SALLTE MoRRIs, pretty Newark girl, is
"mind reader.n She said to q bashful beau, the
the other night: ''La. believe you are going
to kiss me.' She was right
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

To FEED the land before il is hungry. to give
1t rest before it is weary, and to weed it before
It becomes foul, are the best evidences of good
farming.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18
SCROEuIA SORE
ECZEMA,
CllTiClIRA

Gu TCUHN.
The Cuticura treatment for the Skin Scalp and
Blood Diseases consists in the internal Of CUTcURA
REsoLyHyT,, the Blood Purifier. and the external
Of CrTcrRA and CUrIcuRA Soar. the Great Skin Cures
Price Of CATcUKA small boxes Soc: large boxes 81 Gu
T1cukA RysoLvEsT 81 per bottle. CuIIcUkA Soar. 25e
CUTIcTRA SHAVING Soar. 15c.
Principal depot, WEEKS POTTER, Boston, Mas
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18
Pedigree and Description.

Robin Hood years old the 18th Of MAY dark bay col
II hands high weight 100 pounds; sired by Young
Robin Hood beautiful dapps bay it hands high, and
gree his magnificent and kind disposition They inva
sbly black bay in color He bred in Canada from
Percheron mare weighing 100 pounds imported from
France in ls6o. She sired by Old Napoleon whose
weight 1870 pounds Young Robin Hood sired by
black mare. the property Of Mr. W. Jordan Low Clay
thorpe. Burlington, Yorkshire. She took the first
several the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
cutura meengs open to all England for being the best
brood in England for breeding horses for agricultural
purposes She got by Black Active the property Of
Mr. T. Roydhouse Jr. Hedon. Old Robin Hood was got
by Old Baeklegs dam by Little john grand dam by Old
Heart Of Oak.
spr6-3n III BRADLEY Proprietor.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

"YoUR head reminds me of soft-shelI al
mond,' said Kalamazoo miss to a red headed
dry-goods clerk, who offended her with his silly
compliments
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

"wEAr is this man charged With" asked the
Judge. with whiskey, yer honor" replied
the sententious policeman.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18
Kendall's SPAWN Cure I!

s f s .
Hha ,akss
-tsA a IL
vi aAun NfsdGeeaa ee rkne " bs VI .
" pa s" S ALL DRUGGISTS have get it for Won
~h y - sat na.ysa Asssa rsd7s . 49,
KENDALL Z 90, zassburxa Fan. y.r..t
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

OFFENSIVE war against weeds, is five times
less expensive than defensive one.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

ONE of the legends upon the walls of the rooms
in which the Wisconsin Dairymen's Association
held its recent annual meeting was, Talk to
your cows as you would to a LADY,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18
THE
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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18

To KEEP the grass out of brick pavements, use
strong brine frequently.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18
Kendall's SPAWN Cure !!


C0RN FR0STBITE
should
that no lnment equals human flesh.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18
GIVEN UNDER OATH!

To WHOM IT Mar CONCERN I'm the year 1875 treated
with "Kendals SPAWN Cure" bone SPAWN Of several
months growth nearly half large a hens egg and
completely stopped the ameness and removed the enlarge
have worked the horse since hard, and
has been lame could difference
in the size Of the hook joints since treated him with Ken
dzll's SPAWN Curr. X. A GAINES.
Eno-6urgh Falls VT. Feb. 25,h is7g.
Sworn and subscribed to before this 18th dsy Of Feb
ruary, A d. I-79. JoHS g. JExSE
Justice OF he
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-18
kendaIIs SPAWN Cure {!


HExATTE, AIssouM Aug. 2oth 1880
b. j. KENDALL Co. Gentr:-I overoyed in view Of
the result Of application Of Kenda Cure that
feel that Ought for humanity sake publish to the world
About thirty five while riding ugly horse
injured Of estel- and from that time three
weeks slow enlargement has been the rsu
giving q trouble entirely
ing from horseback riding which usual Of
travelling notice Of kenialls SPAWN Cure. but
thought Of il for anything for horses but
receving medicine and reading what
feeling terribly exercised about dieufy for
many physicians specific
could be endured with the knife
applied Kendall. SPAWN Cure experiment. and
painful in it, application that eonended
d, thought about until near q week
and behold one half Of the size With could
hardly believe it. Immediately applied again. and have
made In all about half dozen applications running
Of two veekA and the terrible enlargement almost
rey in view Of which cannot feeags
delight IL has been God send 10 He end to
others with ike Troubles. JOHN RICE
Pastor Of HemAsite Congrsgationai Church.
p S-You at liberty put this any shape you may
pleas sm not ashamed TO have under BY
The side Of H.
The daily gazette., 1882-02-24

ARTHUR a MACHINE PoLITIoIAN.-A
Washington correspondent says:-One
oftbeshrewd republican politicians about
the Capitol, not OF the Staiwart wing
says :-"Mr. Arthur is the embodiment
of the machine in politics, and in my
control everything. He knows how to
do that, for he is skilfuI, astute and be-
lleves in what are called machine poll
tics. l have always been opposed to the
machine, and | watch the course of the
President with interest mainly because
1 believe be intends to give the country
honest, economical and sufficient ma
chine government He can do that, and
il he does it that wi il be, no doubt, q
triumph for the machine. 1t will be a
very curious success, but believe il il
quite possible, and If he achieves 1t he
will for time silence the cry agal nsl
machine politics, because we must al
admit that what the people care about
is, not who hold the offices, but how
we'll or Ill they conduct the public busI
ness. The machine, for example, ,mean,
the stalwsrts; and have no doubt tha
Mr.. Arthur m, ans to pat stslwar,s II
the most important places as vacancies
happen all over the country"
That is very well for the Stalw arts
But how will the Garfield men or Della
ware like 1t?
The daily gazette., 1882-02-24

A NEGRO MAN beat an independent
Republican for member oil Council at
the election In West Chester, on Tues
day, but the radical organs have pre-.
served . significant silence over this i'm
pOrtant event. They do not even glorify
in 1t, as an exemplification of their boas.
ted principle Of political and social
equality, and the inference Is that they
find this dose OF the medicine they SO
freely prescribe for the Democratic
white people in the South very nauseat-
ing, indeed.
The daily gazette., 1882-02-24

to their fat office until the people
join with the Democrats in over
whslming numbers aud vote them out.
II there is any mode by which the
thieves dare to dispute the vote and
hold on they will do SO, just as they
did when Tilden was elected and
Hayes was inaugurated inConssquenCe
of Grants and Ferry's threats to de-
stroY the country or plunge 1t into
civil war IL the voice Of the people wai
not stifisd, and the Republic betrayed
and continued in the hands Of the mi
nority.
The daily gazette., 1882-02-24

According to the statistical annual OF
the Russian empire, the population OF
Russia increases more rapidly than that
of any o her State, except Holland and
Denmark. 1t doubles itself in tiity.eiRht
years. The period In other countries Is
as follows: Denmark 56, Holland o.,
Germany 68, Austria 80, Switzerland 90,
Italy 14l, France 165. The births per
1000 Inhabitants are, In Russia 40, In
Germany %, in France IS. The death
rate Is higher in Rnssia-37 per 1000
than In any European county except
ing Hungary. The mortality is greatest t
among children. The death rate of in
faAts of one year old ls, In Russia In 4,
% France in 8, in Prussia In 6, and In
England / in z. The most remarka BILE
contrast between Russia and the reht of
Europe Is the comparative absence of
illeRtimacy. TIE rate per 900 of ille-
gitmate blIthS, hloh in England is 81 4,
IN lIaIy 60, in France ~, in Germany,
80, in Sweden 96, in Denmark 10, and
in Austria 124, is in Russia only 80.