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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-01
Storing Apples in prv sawdus.

| have a dark close; in my house, or rather,
live in n row with windows hack and frnnt
The house is four stories high, and the length
trnm front 70 back is 50 great that we have three
rooms on the floor, the centre dark. On the
third story the floors plaster. and find the
temperature 50 even that | use it for q wine
store III preference to the cellar, and have it fit
ted with bins. In this room put some hamp-
ers OF apples (like pearmains:) wanted one of
the hampers, and turned the apples in one of the
bins, amongs the dry sawdust (pine sawdust)
fortnight ago we looked at them, having
used up the Others gathered at the same time
and from the same tree, all of which were much
wrinkledi but on taking those off and from the
sawdust. found them in most beautiful con-
diiion-those covered with sawdust were as
plump and fresh as when gathered, while those
partially buried were only so to the extent COW
cred with sawdust. the upper portions being
wrinkied. | am sc pleased with the discovery.
that shall pack them in bins next year. for
have no doubt they will keep in this way till
next Christmas--Iyr Idrertiser ScotlaEd
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-01
Notes Upon Grating.

The time was when few persons understood
about grating trees. 1t was rather a mystic
rious art, and generally some person in each
neighborhood did all the grating that was re-
Quired. But since the agricultural journals be-
gan to illustrate with pen and pencil the practi
cal operations of horticulture, every farmers
can, if he will, change the tops of an old or
chard or start a new one, as he chooses. Each
year, however, there are some who wish to prac-
tice this ancient art, to whom notes upon the
methods used are timely and available.
The proper season for grating is in the spring.
when the sap is beginning to circulate; and
there are many kinds of grating in vogue, all,
however, agreeing in essential particulars. The
requisite that the inner bark Of the scion shall
exactly unite with the inner bark Of the stock,
and they should be kept in close contact till the
union is complete. In some ways grating is
more troublesome than budding, but it gives a
quicker start. For nursery stock it is usually
advantageous TO use bidding whereyerpractica-
BILE, but grating is preferred for orchard work.
On small trees where stock and scion are near
10 of the same size, whip or tongue grating is
usually the method preferred Scion and stock
are cut obliquely and at the same angle. Next,
a narrow slit is to be made nearly in the centre
of the slOped face of the stock, downward, and
another in the slope of the scion upward; this,
if carefully done, leaves tongne like strip on
each face, and they are to be slipped together,
so that the smooth face of the scion touches that
of the stock and both are bound together by
the cnts made. Tie with strips of cloth covered
with melted tallow and beeswax. Every part
Of the cut surface when exposed to the light and
air must be covered with these cloth strips,
which are pressed and an imperyious covering
made. There is a modification of this system of
grating in which, if the stock is much larger
than the scion, the cut in the stock is made of
only the width of the scion.
Another variation of this system consists of
side grating, which is performed ON the side of
n stock without cutting the entire head off. If
n valuable tree has lost branch from any acct
dent, a side graft put in will soon supply the de-
ficiency. This is of particular advantage in the
case of ornamental trees a lawn, where a
branch blown off by the wind often spells the
looks Of tree unless some speedy method of res
toratiOn is adopted. In such you are to
select the spot where you wish the new branch
TO start FROM, pare off the bark and little wood.
cnt the scion to tlt, and wrap closely.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-01
Be Ready Early.

season of activity is near at hand. Spring
is coming, with its pressing work. Are farmers
ready for sowing and plantingi Every nipple
ment should be provided beforehand. that no
time may he wasted in making purchases and
repairs after the work shonld begin. We have
known halliday of blowing TO be lost because
the whitfietrees were not at hand. Some farmers
start out with their spring blowing Withon,
single pillow point in stock, and when one is
needed, the team is taken from the field and
driven TO the store. Such loss of time is a ser
ions matter, and shond Ice thoughtfnlly guard
ed against by ample provision of all such arti-
Giles OF the farm. Ii is poor time to mend
harrow when it should he at work in the held
We do not favor that economy-if il may lie
so called-;hat relies upon the neighbors for
many of the tools of the farm. There are GER
tain farm implements that may he owned in
partnership, as a roller or reaper. but the con-
slant borrowing of rakes, forks etc, is not a
wise and economical practice. BE provided with
all these essential farm tools, and have them in
good order, and at hand when the time arrives
for using them.
Now is the time to look to these matters, and
make all needed preparations for the busy DAYS
that will soon be here. In the peace of winter
prepare for the war of spring.--lm 4qricElfMris,.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-01
Mice, Rabbits. and Young Trees.

In hard winters when there il a great deal of
snow, which prevents mice and rabbits from
gaining their usual living from the uncovered
earth, they become very destructive upon the
bark of young fruit trees. We have known ill.,
stances when whole orchards of Young apple
trees have been more or less damaged by these
animals guawing off the tender bark, and thus
seriously interfering with their growth appear
ance and value. In regard to mice, the remedy
we see most generally suggested is the stamping
of the snow firmly around the trees. rs the mice,
il is claimed, attack the tree under, not above
the snow. But the remedy we offer is really
remedy, and we doubt if any one who has tried
it properly has failed. Ii is simply to bandage
up the stems of the tree with any cotton or
wooden cloth; il of old muslin with two or three
wrappings letting the handase 20 into the
ground an inch or two, and six or eight inches
above ground, and tie up. This should be renew
ed every autumn if necessary, until the trees are
large enough not to be injured. Those who are
in earnest for a remedy will try this and save
their trees; but it will be too much trouble for
Others TO devote couple of hours to this labor
annually, and they will rather run the risk with
the mice.
This method will keep out the borcr also, as
we have stated on several occasions. Rabbits
can gnaw, when the stems small enough,
two feet from the ground, and would require
the baudage to be much higher. Tarring would
help as protection, but we have known in
many cases the simple bandages to be all-sufi-
cient, and the tar to be injurious to the tree.
But the best way to treat rabbits is to feed
them. They never iniure trees, except when
snow covers the ground and they have nothing
TO live on. For this purpose cabbage turnips,
apples, or any vegetable uffal will answer, and
especially hay, of which the rabbit is very fond.
Let all having occasion to do so try suggcs
ton, and they may abuse us to their hearts con-
tent, if it is not worth a couple of years sub
crintion.-GeTRdEfoIcR Telegraph.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-01
How He Lost His Memory.

lie had asked the man III the seat behind hun
Ior chew oil hne-cut, and, after stutnng nall
the contents OF the box INTO ms mouth. he had
put the box itseii ihto ms pocket. when re-
hii aa,is OF lh'S, ne repi,ed
D 'Is,l nisLo'ess me- why, 50 ! dId! HOPE
You Wont TAKE onehse, SIR, LOT mad entirely
i"leo'.eil ~. PEA. me. put nna ITesh etlden-
IA! thd i am hOt WHAT 4 useu 10 DE-
.sTt sna. Ia All i%s ~ ny memory
~, ~, s.i; .ns ;, o'her' "" i"''s
nave !on peen thus aiiictedF
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-01
Vennor,s Great Grief

The other moning VennOr got out of bed,
looked amazed out the window, and fell on his
back with a gasp Of amazement. The hotel poo
pie heard him fall, and rushed into his room.
What is the matter!r they shouted.
Look the prophet gasped, pointing to the
window.
yes" they said, 1--WE see, but what Of ?"
''What is it doiugf" he asked.
Showing" they cried twenty-five inches
of snow ON the ground in one night, and still
coming drifts eighteen feet high, and all
trains on all roads abandoned Showing, that's
what it's doing"
81 Thought So" the prophet said, 'but then
again thought il was delusiOn. | thought
it coeldn't be true"
what is it 7" they demanded once more.
why said the weather trainer, ''you see
this is the day said it going to snow hard
all over America, and yesterday / sold my
arcties and ulster and traded off my sleigh for
a road wagon. Oh dear, DEAR how was to
know it "5uld snow this week."
Aid he buried his face in his hands, and gave
way to his emotions. So they came away and
left him alone with his sorrow.-Hdrkeye.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-01
Cure for Felons.

We have had a case of felon in our family
lately, and treated it successfully by steaming the
whole hand with bitter herbs. 1t was allowed
to progress, through ignorance, until badly
swollen, exgusitely painful, and of a livid pur-
pie color. Being in the palm Of the hand, it in
vOlved the whole hand and wrist in the swell
ing. A handful each of tansy, hops catnip, and
NORWOOD was thrown into an old basin, a
small quantity of tobacco and half teacupful
of soft soap added, and sufficient water to cover.
When boiling hot, the patient placed her hand
over the steam, and a small blanket was thrown
over the basin to retain the steam. which was
applied until the mixture cooled. This was re-
pcated day and night until the pain was entire
ly removed, which was in forty-eight hours.
The relief from the parOxysms of pain is almost
magical as soon as the steam is applied. The
mixture was only once renewed. Between the
applications of steam poultice of soft soap,
thickened with slippery elm -four. was applied,
but think 1t was unnecessary After using for
4 day the hand was submitted TO a physician.
who thought it should be lanced or no relief
would he iound in less than week, but the
next day the pain took its final leave. No ano-
dync was used to procure sleep, as the steaming
instantly relieved the plain until the next at
tack.-CorTespoRdeR Country Gentleman.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-01
A RELIC.
81 EonERIsox rRowBRID,

We found that night, when. free from pain at last
She slumbered in the darkeDed room below,
In her old Bible, pressed and folded fast
flower gathered ffty years ago.
So withered, and with curious eyes read Ger
date, dim inital-nOthing mere
And asked with eyes that filed we knew not why,
And hands that touched il gently reverently,
What dear memorial of days gone by,
This little faded foweret might be-
Why had she kept il hidden there away,
Through all those yearsi What hopes what joys that
We're.
What golden memory of some far day,
Spoke softly from these withered leaves TO her :
What potent talisman was this to start
To life again that old forgotten time,
Renewing in her chill and wntry heart
The flush aud fragrance Of her youth glad prime :
Had hand Of lover gathered it, that day,
That fair. bright Summer day. so long asOi
What sweet, shy dreams Law folded there awsyi
What maiden hopes and fears We might not know
Silent We stood. We felt a sense Of shame,
As those who, wandering, enter unaware
Some holy place. All. me we were to blame.
Softly we turned, and left it lying there
But when gathered for our last long look
Upon her. in her calm and tranquil rest,
We drew the flower from the worn old book.
And laid it gently on her peaceful breast.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-01
Reviyiuc Fruit Trees

S. ID. Pratt, Pen Yam, n. Y. gave his exper-
fence IN reviving fruit trees before the New York
Farmers Climb. The trees were standing in soil
strongly inclined TO clay with turf around
them that had not been removed for years
After pruning the trees properly removing all
Indications Of worms, &C., and washing The body
and branches with soapsuds, Mr. Pratt began
operations by first removing the turf two feet
around the tree. Next, with garden pick, the
ground was loosoned from six to twelve inches
IN depth, taking care not TO injure the larger
roots. Twenty or thirty quarts of loosa dirt
were removed, leaving a large cavity shaped
like SANGER, with the tree standing in the CEN
ire: About one pint of unleached ashes was
sprinkled about the tree, and upon this chin ma
nure was placed, nearly filing the cavity. An
other pint of ashes was sprinkled upon the fer
hiizer, which was gently pressed down, and the
whole covered with the loose dirt taken from
the cavity, leaving the surface nearly as it was,
excepting the turf. young orchard was treat
ed in similar way
The effect, according to Mr.. Pratt's statement,
was wonderful. Plum trees that were ..going
to the bad revived. Peach trees that had pre,
sented small and shriveled leaves threw ont fipe
ioiage, aud cherry trees yielded larger and fair
er fruit than before.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-01
Mince Pies.

Boil six pounds of lean beef, not very tender
IL must he cooked enough to chop easily, but
not enough to eat. Chop to medium fineness I;
not too fine. Meat boiled too much and chop
ped too fine makes salvy mixture, and the
juice is muddy. When the meat is ready for
the pies, the juice shoald be clear Measure the
chopped meat, and add the same measure of
Russct apples, cut and eored (bnt not paretl),
and chopped very fine. Then chop one pound
of suet very fine, one pound of ctron not fine,
the rind of one lemon if large, two if small
chopped very fine, and add to the meat. Then
sprinkle on two dessert spOOnfuis each of cloves
and cinnamon, and four of salt Mix with
pint of good molasses and three pints of cider
half boiled and half common, and the juice of
the lemon. Then add pint of sugar and n
pound of currants washed aud picked. Put the
whole into porcelain kettle, scad slightly, and
put away for If in warm weather, can it,
When you have filed the pies sprinkle little
sugar over each pie, CRATE some nutmeg and
put in rasins If your crust is good your pie
will be also. If the mixture proove too sweet
or sour for your taste. You regulate that
when making them. Never make pies of warm
mince meat
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-01
Cur Strap Book.
THE LAST MEETING OF PoCAHoNTAS
AND THE GREAT CAPTAIN.
By MARGARET PRESTON

"a D. 1861
In stately hall Brentford when the English June
Sat the Indian Princess summoned that her graees might
For the of her beauty fed the ear Of court and
Queen-
All undarzled by the -endOr cleaning round her every
Digit in brodered hose and double eourter down
the stair.
As with stns step he h,sted hardened with the Queen.
Loud be cried in that tnsled Welcome ,pelOas
Bat seized the Princess, and she dropped upon
her hand
what word, nay POcahontasi Most come bend
slain within the forest were dead beyond the sea-
On the banks of Wild Pamunkey had persisted but for thee
Ab keep right loyal that can never more forget
can hear the rush the breathing; can the eyelids
feel the sudden tightening Of thine about me
yet
Nay look up. Thy fathers daughter feared the
Shrank from the forest darkness when her dolike
To my cabin bringing tidinss of the craft of Powhatan
With extended eutreanS stood the stawart Cap
While eourers press around her and the passing pa
But sign gave Pocahontas underneath her veil of hair
All her 1.-the and wiowy figure quvers like an aspen leaf
And she eruuehed II she shrvelied fOsttouched by
sudden grief
Turning only her husband ROlfe glance, sharp
searching. brief.
At the Captains naughty gesture, back the curious court
iers fell
And with sohest word and he besoaght that she
would tell
Why she turned away, greeted him whom she had
served 50 we'll
But for two long hours the Princess damby and bowed
her head
Moveess the satne her. When at last she sake
she said
white mans tongue is false 1t told ne-tod me-that
my Lraue rus dead.
And lay upon my deerskins all moon of falling
leaves,
ho hath for song dance when the voice with
her grievesD
Locking westward where the souls 60 up the path the
sunset weayes-
Call child 1t is over On my husband arm
lean.
Never shadow NeHemoOsa twain hearts shall come be-
tween.
Take my hand and let follow the great Captain his
Queen
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-01
A Double Advance

In the aute-bellum days, New York State
grocer raised the price of a certain grade of tea
from three shillings to fOrty-five cents, and an
old farmer who came in with n barrel of cider
vinegar TO cell could hardly credit his senses
when told that his favOrite brand of tea had adj
Vanced several cents per pound.
"What on arth is the reason for this sudden
raisei be inquired.
Scarcity of tea ehests,' was the brief an
swer.
'Well, do yon want my vinegar 2"
''How much e.
Eight cents gallon"
81 only paid you seven for the lastr
Eyes. but cider has riz, you See"
''What has brought cider up'" asked the as
tonished grocer.
Scarcity of hung-hole pings" was the quiet
but serious reply.
They looked at each other without winkng
aud then tea dropped back to thirty-ei and
cider to seven cents
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-01

How TO MISUNDERSTANDING to a vaccina
ton inquiry prosecuted at Nowich, England.
DIR. AlInat, of Cheltenham, writes that in his
youth he was instructed TO dip the point of the
lancet into the fresh lymph and insert IL render
ly, without drawing blood. under the skin of
the forearm, and to protect the wound with
slight compress. II do not think a ease failed y
he says. But now some vaccinators use real in :
struments of torture. Ivory points are driven
into the flesh, and wounds ensue which become
eryspeiatous, and in delicate constitutions of
weakly children fatal. The old maxim of form
er days was, ''Sever draw blood-
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-01
THE OLD FRONT DOOR.


remember the time when used to sit,
A happy and thoushtless boy,
When father came home from his work at last,
And was tired of my toy
j remember the time. and none more sweet
Shall know forevermore,
When sat at eve, at my mothers side,
On the sill Of the old front door.
I remember I'd sit till fell asleep,
And list TO their loving talk,
While the erickets chirped. and the frenies brigh
Flew over the garden walk.
And often would father tell the tale
OF the time, long years before,
When he led his bride to a happy home,
Der the sill of the old front door
remember when grandfather failed and died,
And eighty years old was he:
And well knew that never again
lie would ride me upon his knee;
And though but gay and thoughtless boy,
wept, and my heart was sore,
When saw them slowly bearing him out
Ger the sill of the old front door.
II Is many a weary day since then,
And l, too, am old and gray;
But the tears come crowding into my eyes,
When think of that long-past day.
And only hope, that whatever end
Fate may have for me in store.
i shall pass once more, ere pass away
Der the sill Of the old front door.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-01
candlemas Day. February 2d.

To-day, at noon, if the traditions of the past
are trne, the woodchuck. the ground hog. or the
bear, just as You please, will come out of the
hole in which he has been spending the winter
and will take his hearings The legend says
that if he sees his shadow on the snow, he will
go back and curl mp for six weeks more of cold
weather; bat it he sees no shadow, he will not
20 back. for he will know that there will be lit
tie more cold weather this Fear. Just why
these beasts choose this day-Candlemas day
for this purpose. is not known. bus to say that
they do not 20 through this performance would
be firing in the face of a very old tradition,
which has been preserved IN the following form !:
wye yuddy-eh sees hys shaddO inn ye sumo,
Six wekes Of wynter shall have besunne-
Wye wuddychnkke hys shaddo doe notte see
Six uekos of sprynselike weather thayr shall be.
The tradition has also some down to rs in
solid prose, thus:
If We gronnd-hog eometh out of his habita-
tion in We ground, aud seeth its shadow by light
of We sun, il will return to its habtation, and
ye weather will he cold and stormy for We next
six weeks; hut if We little animal seeth not its
reflection or shadow, it will return to its winter
quarters no more, and fine weather will be We
consequence.
This is the day when the farmer calls to mind
the coupiet:
Candlemrs day,
Half your and half your hay.
He will also remember the adage, ..As far rs
the sun shines in the barn door, so far will the
snow blow IN IL he is of Scotch origin, the
day will call up the old rhyme:
IfCandenas day be dry and fair
The half O. winters to come and MAR:
IfCaHdernas day be wet and foul.
The half O. winters game al Yule-
II he is a New Highlander, he will say to him.
self, as he greases his boots by the kitchen fire
before daybreak:
lfCande1nas day is fair and bright,
winfer1l take another fight:
But II il brings either rain.
Winter is gOne. not TO come again
All of which goes to prove that weather guess-
ing is not new art
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-01

An IMPROBABLE SToRY.-A Colorado paper
tells how, not long since, a Union Pacific train
chased a wolf five miles, aud then the wolf fell
down. and the train Tan over it. We believe
all of that except the part al,out the train
catching the wolf. II may have chased il for
five miles or five Thousand miles, bnt il never
caught it, Unless, indeed, the wolf got tired of
life, stopped to kill a horse or rob n hen
roost, something Of that sort. OF started TO go
back down the track after something it had
left. But the idea that a L. P. train ever
caught anything that hadlegs and could crawl,
and did crawl, and kept ON crawling, is absurd.
Lincoln Jour
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-01

A RATHER amusing Typographical error ap-
Alfred Furman, colOrcd, was shot ON mans
premises there and died from the effects of the
wound He belonged to a "Coored Benevolent
Society" but had weakness for fowls, that
was the cause of his untimely end. The society
sent to the paper in question. suitable resnlu-
tions on the sad occasion, which appeared duly.
But the last lines were rendered thus: "Onr
brother has gone where chickens, SORROW pain
aud death are felt and feared Ho more The
explanation 10y the editor that chickens is Il
nisprint for sickness has been of no avail,
and he has had 10 leave town abruptly.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-01

Yrs, sab, Use ohnosdecates de mos oncrce-
able winter dat de oldest iYhabitant oh Georgia
can dismemher,T remarked gentleman of re-
constructed privileges. in front of the National
Hotel. the other day.
why sol" queried an interested bystander.
We'll, sar. boss de fac am, when de chicken
he rocsis in de cedar tree on de souf side oh de
big house, clnst to de front winder yer can bet
Yer bottom dollar darS gwine to he hard win
ter. Dat am fact 4; dat's fact, shoah Dial
fpg lrSHg
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-02-01

THAT new Canadian weather prophet, whu
has notified President Arthur that a terrific
storm will play sad havoc with onr vessels next
March, need not feel alarmed for the safety OF
navy. The President. having received time
" warning, has instructed the Secretary of the
Navy Ia employ a few horses and have our war
vessels hanled up into n field, aud have shed
huilt over them. This precanIion may entail
an expense of $500 or 5000. but the American
Navy mnst and shall be preserved.-NorrisforR
Hcrnld.