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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-25
APIeasant Experiment. with Salt.

DO you want to grow salt aud at the same
time have an interesting ornament! The pro-
ceeding is novel chemical experiment that may
he tried hy any one, says the Troy TTae1. Put
in n goblet Tablespoonful of salt and "A table
spoonful of buing; ill the goblet twothirls full
Of water and set it in position where it will have
plenty of warmth and sunlight. In little while
sparkling crystals viii. commence forming on
the outside of the glass. aud it is both u novel
and interesting sight to watchit gradually grow
ing day by day until the outside of your goblet
will he covered over with beautiful crystals.
Another variation Of this experiment would he
TO take goblet with the base broken off and
fasten it in the centre of a thin piece of board,
which NAV he round, square or oblOng. After
the crystals have formed on the glass, set it a
tiny wall-bracket and place bright holiday
card in front of it; this will hide the base, On
which no crystals will form. After this i DONE
ill the goblet with flowers or dried grasses, and
you will have which will cost but little
and in reality adds 30 the brie-a-bric of a room.
We wonder how many of the Young readers of
the Times tell ms how il is the crystals oi salt
form on the outside of the goblet!
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-25
Fattening Poultry.

No green food is now desirable. All you are
aiming at is to put additional fat ON these fowls,
and to do this liz the shortest possible time. SO
long as they eat well. they will increase in
weight, up 10 a certain period, treated IN this
manner. and two or three weeks Will bring them
To their best. If they become cloyed, and lose
their appetite at an early date, after thus being
eoOped up, Kill them off ut once. They have
reached the most profitable day Of their exis-
tcmce, and will no longer improve in the desired
direction. In this simple way have fattene,l
many previously well-kept fowls in three weeks
time satisfactorily, and we have known many
hundreds thus fattened that have dressed hand
somrly in some days less time: the mode TINS
briefly recommended being economical, as well
As expeditions, cleanly and very convenient. A
greater amount of flesh can he produced in pro-
portion to the grain fed, when confinement is
reSorted to, and, if the prisoners well attend
ed, aud the term of Incarceration does not last
too long. there is moi much danger Of disease.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-25
Straw as a Cattle Food.

There is a much more general disposition than
formerly to use straw for food. Ii has more nu-
tritive value than was formerly supposed, bat is
deficient in heterogeneous or fiesh-forming ele-
ments. IL Is found that store cattle which il is
not intended to fatten, will winter well on
straw with a ration of wheat bran or mill feed.
If they are giving milk or fattening, tins will
not do, but in the scarcity of good hay, more
straw is used in fattening stock than ever be-
fore, and the deficiency supplied by corn or oil
meal; At present prices the latter is probably
the cheapest of the concentrated foods. 1t is
rich in fat-fOrming elements, and its unused
phosphoric acid gives great valne 20 tine ma
nure made from feeding it. 1t can be bought
by the carload ut $50 per ton, while at the rate
we pay for commercial fertilizers, the mannrC
from a ton is worth about sl,.72, or nearly two
thirds of the cost.
The full advantage of using the oil-meal is
however, found in the fact that its enables
us to utilize a large amount of coarse fodder
that would otherwise be SO poor that nothing
could eat it without loss One ton of oil-meal,
mixed with some grain, will probably enable
farmers TO winter several head of CATTLE and use
mp perhaps five or ten tons of wheat straw, con-
verting the whole into valuable manure. How
to make the most of our straw is an important
problem for Eastern farmers in grain-growing
sections. 1t is reckOned wasteful to sell it, and
it is certainly not less TO leave it unused in the
barn-yarls year after year. Its value to he rot.
ted down is very small, tile tables putting wheat
straw at s.. IS per ton, and oat straw ut $3.50
Its value for feeding is good deal more than il
can buy the right material to supplement its
known deficiencies.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-25
IN THE ALMS-HoUSE


On bush and brake the frost Is boar.
Knee deep, in hollOws, lies the snow
While softly. up and down the floor.
The feet Of wintry moonbeams GO:
And in the hush, before the dawn,
A boyish face is growing Ean.
The death. watch answers beat for beat
With his poor heart, that moves so slow
He hears the Waterman in the street.
He hears the rivers sluggish flow,
And through his brain there runs dim
Remembrance of n childish hymn.
Again he lies upon the grass
Reneath ehestnut's fiut'ring icavrs.
He sees the midday glory pass.
He hears the dove that family grieyes !:
And all these memories among.
There steals the hymn his mother sung.
No loving tears are on his cheek,
No Kisses on his eyelids fall;
None mark the wrist-pulse growing weak
Nor listen to the Masters call;
Alone, he goes, with bated breath,
To meet this MYSTERY Of death.
The mOOnbeams scarcely gid the panes.
Her golden disc has dropped 50 low;
He thinks how tired the men will be.
Tomorrow, digging in the snow.
Beside that grave the angels keep
And whispers, Now / II 20 to sleep.
His ears gruw dull to earthly sound:
The thin hands clasp upon his breast;
a wondrOus music swells around
His soul hath entered into rest.
Rise up, y. sun, and hail the day,
Through death he enters life for aye.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-25
viii Alcohol Cure catarrha

The Rev. william ii. Bersfels, of Newark,
thinks he has discovered a certain cure for catarrh
which has long hatfield medical science. Mr.
Bergfels was pastor Of the Baptist Church at
Lyons Farms, bnt in 1S72 he was compelled to
give up preaching account ofa severe catarrhal
affection. He rs member of the Newark Nickel
Plating Company, and one evening after using
in his business a lacquer composed of alcohol. he
found his disease was not so bad He then put
alcohol into an inhaler. and breathed the vapor
arising from it. He did this for a month. night
and morning and was greatly relieved of catarrhal
trouble. few months later he was cured, and
he is now again pastor ofthe Lyons Farms Church
His family find that the vapor from alcohol also
prevents colds. Mr. Bergfels desires to have the
cause of his cure made known.-Ner York Saa
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-25
Our Strap Book.
THE AE BEST FELLOW MAHa THEM A.
BY JOHN LowSrE.

- 1850 AS"f
There Is name upon my tongue
name above al others
OF one who Taught both old and young
That all mea should be brothers,
fons who sprung fron low estate.
Who rose TO highest glory;
Who ever held his head elate
And tod truths faithful story.
The loves, the joys OF simple men.
He sang in sweetest measure:
The inspiration Of his pen
Teeined an exhaustless treasure
The Genins Of his Country found
Him pledding through the fallow:
She called him Cola bard and b,und
Arcund his head the Holly.
Her mantle DER his shoulders cast.
Her inspiration given;
Farewell, she said then winged at Last
Her airy Eight 10 Heaven
VI.
He sang 81 true. he sang 40 sweet:
No mystical delusion:
Men wondering listened, Ike to 1fs>f
For joy, in rapt confusion.
VII
Scotland has claimed him ss her son,
Aud proud she 10 TO name him:
But as the ages onward run.
The world her bard will claim him
VII
Before his genius bright We bow,
All wise and great, and sempie
Through him all nature seemed to glow.
Like an enchanted temple.
And shah speak the cherished name
Yes, Burns. the plownian bardie,
Whose Muse was never limp nor lame
Nor ever siresr nor taTdy.
K
We hail him as the Prince of Song:
Let all the people know it;
Ring out the chorus loud and long
For Robin Burns the Poet.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-25
Selett goetrp.
JAMAIS.

Early love Is swim ard golden.
Fond and foolish. too. perehanee.
Bat It's haloed by the olden
Golden moonlight of Romance;
Once its ripe Aurelia bound me,
Brim full with the birds Of May
BIZ the ruins which surround me,
II shall charm no more-Jamais
Once felt the blue above the-
Peripeopled By thine art
But twas death In life to love thee,
Woman Of the diamond heart,
Thou hast cursed the sky with ashes.
Made its consultations grey,
While the wind-gust kneels and gnsshes
Dirge-ike to the nisht-Jamais,
/ was rich in pure affection,
Passions chastenei and alert:
But my rival had perfection
In the opulenee Of dirt
He but wooed thee 10 deceive thee,
Won thee only to betray-
shall that shadow ever leave thest
Never while live-Iamais,
Time is just. and fates surrender
Come like chism and myrTh to me:
He is quelled in eoffined splendor.
Hearsed in marble mimicry.
I-thoagh pallid yearshave ehilled me.
Thrust my stature in the day;
But the voice that erst has thrilled me,
Thrills no more-Jamais Jamaisi
Though with purpose unbenighted,
Though with intellect unshorn-
Still my spirit, gashed and hlighted,
Bleess beyond its battled morn:
Shrivelled deserts, demon-haunted.
Mark the havoc OF the fray:
But that spirit, still undaunted,
Bends TO thee-Jamais, Jamais,
Woman / shall stand beside thee.
As n phantom in thy way;
While l scorn, / shall deride thee,
With this requiem of Janlaisi
sleep: but thorns shall pierce thy pillow
Wake: but spectral shapes Of clay,
fiockin- from the cloud and billow,
ScOurse thee with Jamais Jamais,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-25

HABITS OF Cows.-Cows, when at liberty TO
select their sleeping places ont of doors, will be
observed always TO lie down upon the side of A
dry knoll, if there is one in the yard or pasture,
never lying with the back down HILL but always
toward the higher ground. This affords more
than one lesson pointing toward thrift; aud bear
IN mind that there can he no full measure of
thrift without comfort. These lessons are: l. No
farm animal will select resting or sleeping
place that is not entirely dry, unless forced into
a wet one. 9. That the comfort Of the COW,
while confined in her stall, can be added to by
giving her an abundance of bedding. and this
may afford an ample cushion in whichever direc-
tiOn she turns her back
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-25
THE DAYS GONE BY.

o. the days gone by O, the days gone by
The apples in thu orchard and pathway through the
rye.
The ehirrup Of the robin and the whistle Of the quail
As he piped the meadows nightingale
When the bloom the clover and the blue In the
sky,
And happy heart brimmed over-in the days gone by
In the days gone by when my naked feet trpped
By the ke tanses where the lilies dipped
And the nipples Of the yer Tipped the along the brink
Where the plaede and cattle 70 drink
And the fitting np- cd FEARLESS Of the truans
cry.
And the spashns Of the swimmer in the days gene by
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-25

KEEPING THE HANDS SNooTH.-A writer in
the ImeriodH Grocer says that glycerine is not
used in the right way. She says that 20 preserve
the smoothness and softness of the hands, Won
shonld keep a small bottle of glyeerine near the
place where yon habitually wash them, and
whenever you have finished washing them. aud
before wiping them, put one or two drops of the
glycerine on the wet palm, and rub the hands
thoroughly with it, as if it were soap, then dry
lightly with towel Household work and had
weather will not prevent your skin from being
smooth and soft, if this plan of using glycerine
IL followed
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-25

WHEN u woman is down nn her kners siufing
rags into the door cracks, to keep ont the chill
ling blast of winter, aud her husband comes
hnIriedly home, jams that door open, and
knocks her sprawling into the middle of the
room with a f,attcTed Huse, tan il he expected
of her to rise and cling TO him with that love
and tenderness which characterized her greet
ing in the long ago, when he sought her with
ali lovers gentle humility! Yet there are
those who talk Of undying love and courtshp
after mnrriage.-BTaRsEickcF.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-25
A brave and faithful guardian OF our
homes and property rescued from inn
rninent peril.


homes and property rescued from inn
minent peril.
VERY popular and well-known H.enber of
our police force, who has performed duty twelve
ycEn at the Union FIR. Depot, on Exchange
Place, in Providence, l;.I., gives lis unsolicited
testimony. Hear hint
&c have been drradfuIly troubled with diseases
of The Kidneys and Liver during the past ~
months; at times was so severely afflicted thai
Was unable 10 stand on my feet. my feet ai-i
lower parts Of my legs were very badly sWo.lri
my urinary organs were IL dreadful ccUtiti"'.
my blood was in wrctched state, ard II hai be-
come 50 impoverished and circulated poorl.
that my hands aud feel would be cold AMI nuf:'
and so white To appear lifeless coaid NJ
rest nights, but 50 distressed all over t.!a.
could no; lie still in bed but would kesp tn-Lin,
and rolling from one side 10 the other al nigh,
So that would feel more tired and exhausted N
the morning than when went TO bed. My ccI:-
dition became so serious that / was obliged To
stop work. AMI for thirty days was unable to le
OIL duty. consulted the best doctors, and tried
the numerous medicines and so-eaIled cures. but
rapidly grew worse, and was in sad condition
every way when q longtime valued friend =
mine, prominent in this city In large express
company, urged me TO try Hunts Remedy, a. -
had known of wonderful cures effected b.
Upon lis representation obtained two boi'i
the Remedy and commenced taking it - dirse', q.
and greatly To my surprise in less than tveI'
four hours l commenced 10 feel relieved. Ms
in an awful condition when 1 began to take tie g..
Remedy, and had no faith in it; therefore. shea
! found alpost immediate relief, even il SLi
days use of it, my heart was made glad ai.'i !
assure you l continued to take the Remedy ant
TO improve constantly from day to day. tooA il
with me my trip to Maine, for WAS bouni .
have it with me all the time, and The result g
that improved speedily all the time l was away:
and ever since my arrival home, which was scv-
eral weeks ago, have been on duty every dar.
feel firSt-rate, and the swelling Of hand fee.
and legs have disappeared, and the terrible b,"i
ache, which used 10 bother me more than.al t!,c
rest, troubles me no more. and sleep speHdid!y
nights, and surely have very excellent and fosci-
bic reasons for speaking in praise of Hunts Rene
edy, for IL has made new man Of me. don't
know what I should have done without Hunts
Remedy IL Is the best medicine that ! ever fook,
and ! very gladly recommend it 10 al WHO are
afflicted with Kidney or Liver disease, or ds'ss-t
of the Urinary organs. Respectfully
ISAAC W. EAIllBE.Ff =
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-25
How Hogs are Graded

The following is the grading of hogs when
they are assorted for market.
Pigs are light and thin, averaging from 50 to
lis pounds, and are really but light stockers.
Skips are better in quality-ft to kill-and
l20 TO l3o pounds, too thin aud light for York
crs.
Workers are fat, smooth and should wei Oh l7O
TO 2l0 pounds, and TO sell well should be uni
form
Mixed packing hogs are irregular in weight
and in quality, from rough to smooth and from
30 TO $50 pounds in weight.
Butcher hogs are uniformly fat and smooth.
usually selected for these qualities, and run
from Workers weight, or 200 pounds to 300
pounds OF more.-Eda Farmer
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-25

A CHILD having the diphtheria in Pittsfield
Mass, was poulticed with large Indian meal
poultices which, after being used, were thrown
ont where dog and flock of hers fed on the
meal of which the poultiees had been made
Seventeen Of the hens and the dog died. it is
supposed from poison absorbed into the poultiee
from the diseased throat. The child recovered
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-25

AT Rawlings, W. T., a fellow standing on the
depot platform of the Union Pacific Railway
accidentally shot off his rifle. The ball went
through a weatherboard, through n mans coat
tail, and between an invalid lady aud her littl,
daughter. Amid the sensation, the fellow look
ed az the weather-boand and said: Its a id
.rnanth hola
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-25

GROUND MIcE.-Lonk out for damage from
mice II you have trash of any kind heaped up
around your trees Many valuable trees are
lost every winter by not attending to this little
pest; he girdies the tree at the ground, and you
may not know anything about il until next sum
mer, when you find the tree in n diving eondi-
tion His time for doing his destructive work
is when there is snow on the ground.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-25

An editor in Iowa has been fined two hundred
and fifty dollars for hugging young girl in
church.-.irgEs.
Cheap enough. We once Rugged a girl in
church, some ten years ago, and the scrape has
cost us a thousand dollars a year ever since
Young .fmer.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-25
..rs ,orr IN, sirk AGAIN q,

20, no. ma is healthy enough now she's GOT
u new fnr-lined cloak. She played consumption
on pa, and coughed, and made pa believe she
couldn't live, and got the doctor to prescribe a
fur-lined circular, and pa went and got one
and ma has improved avfullly. Her cough ha,
all gone, and she eau now walk ten miles
Psclss San
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-25

A LANCASTER, Ind, youth sent n dollar to a
New York firm, who advertised that for that
sum they wonld send a recipe 10 prevent bad
dreams In reply TO his letter the country lad
received a card with the words don't 60 to
slecnr nlainly printed upon il.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-25

Jam going to the post Office, Bob; shall 1
inquire for your
WELL yes, if yen have mind to but don't
think you will find me there
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-25

Par. NALoNEY kept :rrry one of the
email western streams. crank whooped and
hnllccd one stormy night for Pat to come aud
ferry him over the river. A. the boat nearcd
the shore, be apoIogizcd Ia Pat for calling him
out such night.
THAT is all right said Pat. Il make my
living with this old boat.
.'Bnt. Pat, have not cent "f money to pay
ven with
.'Oh. and be- iahcrs, that's IT," said Pat. as he
uuickly pulled for the other shore ..if you
have mo- money it don't matter which side of the
river You arr On.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-25
THE OLD HOME.

An outdoor quiet held the earth
Beneath the Winter moon;
The cricket chirped in cosy miTth.
And the kettle cruonesl upon the hearth.
\ sweet, old fashioned tune.
The old clock licked drowsy race.
With the clicking of the cricket,
And red Goals in the chimney-piace.
Peeped out with many a rosy face.
Lake berries in thicket.
The good dame, in her ruffied cap,
Counted her stitches slowly.
And the old man. with many gap.
Read from the Big Boos on his lap.
The good words, wise and holy.
The old clock licked the old man read.
His deep Voice pau>ing. lowering;
The good wife nodded, dropped bee had
The lids Of both were heavy as lead
They were sound asleep. ana snnring.
Oh. bale old oonple swe-; each dream.
While-all the milk pans tilting-
Pass paints her whiskcrs in the cream,
Till John and the belated team
Bring Maggie frun the quilting.
May time. pray. when falling years
Make thin my voice and thrapplr.
Find ms last DAYS Of life like theirs.
A sweet with ehildrens love and prayers.
And like Winter apple.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-25

A medical journal of Munich says that dlph-
iberia caught by kissing is likely to assume
much severer form than If the disease were con-
tracted or the contagion impaired in any other
way.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-25

III person in a house on fire has the presence
of mind to apply wet cloth TO his mouth and
nostriis pass can be effected through the dem
sest smoke without any serions Inconvenience
Ifpossible, envelop the head and face completely.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-25

THERE is a young lady in New Orleans SO fas-
tidious that she won't admit the bare newspa-
per into her bed room in the morning; il must
have q wrapper on.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-25
A Dutchman Wanted to Make Himself
Agreeable

They are having a good laugh, at New Ro-
chelle at the expense of ex-Supervisor George
W. Davids. The base of it is reported as fol-
lows:
Vernon, was recently proceeding TO the New
Haven train. As the train was crowded. he
experienced some difficulty i'll obtaining a seat,
hut at last he espied one vacant alongside of cx-
Supervisor Davids, and inquired:
''lsh dot zeat en:asedf I"
Deeply interested in his morning p per, Mr..
Davids responded with very sruff "No.'
Nothing daunted, the Dntehman sat down, and
for some momeuis was silent. Presently. touch
ing the cx-Supervisor on the shoulder he said /:
lids nize day.
No reply.
Dutehman-''I kess you didn't hear me, dot
dime" louder Il gay it nice day
Mr.. Davids livery short YES yes, but please
don't bother me: wish to finish my paper be-
fore reach the city"
Dntchman-'Oh, dots der case Ell.
The Dntehman was again silent for a while,
but, being of an inquiring well as humorous
turn of mind and intent on forcing converse
tiun the following dialogue took place:
''You didn't hear about der hogs We kilt yes
terlay, did youi"
.No,r said Mr.. Davids, NOR do 1 want to
hear about your hogs. don't want to be inter
rupied,"
vas awful pig. IPet dot You eonldnt kess der
wait of dot biggest hog
Il tell you.T responded Mr. Davids, Il don't
wan; to know anything about your hogs
.'yell, shust kess yonee der Wait of dot pig
gest hog"
In the hope of quieting his tormentor, Mr..
Dsvids ventured a guess: well, three hum
dred pounds
''No, sir; you wrong; you half got to kess
again"
Mr. Davids (desperately)-"threeh hundred and
fifty pounds
mo, sir: YOU vas wrong again..
Mr. Dayds (illcd with rage, and perceivins
that all the passengers in the coach were ION
them l-.'Weli, how much did your d-d hog
wcigh?-
Dutchman with an air of innocencel-"I
don't know, myself; didn't way be biggest
hog
Exit the ex-Supcrvisor into the smoker
amidst the laughter of all the train gang
The following inscription is to be seen on
tomb ia the cemetery at Stirling Castle. Scot
land, dated lS09:
Our life i but a winter day
some only breakfast and away;
Others o dinner stay, and are full fed,
The oldest man but sups and goes TO bed
Larger is his debt that fingers out the day,
He that goes soonest has the least TO pay
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-25

THERE is an eccentric fellow in Germantown,
who last week sat up all night because he could
not decide which TO take off first, his coat OF his
boots,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-25
HELP.

The World Is fan Of labor.
IL tolls in wear;Eess;
You cannot bear its burden.
Bat yeu can make il less-
A little child l. trying
To LIT heavy load;
Go help the helpless toiler
Along the weary road
A poor, old. frieDdl.ss woman
Is lettering on alone;
Her trembling strength has failed her /;
Go offer her your own.
Though little be the action.
Its heart the Lord will see:
And be will be the witness
We did 10 unto me
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-25

FROZEN potatoes make more starch than fresh
ones; they also make a nice cake.