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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-11
Tetanus, or Lock-jaw.

The following extract, taken from the Auto
biography of the late Rev. DIR. Guthrie, shows
the effect of keeping people in hot water:
A youth, who had been driving a cart-load of
coal to the schoolmaster's house in the village,
had received from him glass of whiskey-a bad
way of rewarding any kindness. too common
in those days. lie had hardly drunk it and left
the door, when he seized with tetanus, or
lock jaw. doctor had been found. who, find
ing himself unable to part the teeth and open
the mouth for the administration of medicine by
irons from the smithy and other appliances,
dered hot bath News of this was brought to
me as ] sat in my study. without delay the
fires were blazing in our chimneys, and with pots
Of hot water from the mans, aud other houses,
we filled barrel in the enttage into which he
had been carried, and where he lay, his teeth
clenehed, limbs rigid iron, and his spine bent
like a bow. The doctor prepared the medicine
and committed the bathing of the fellow to ne.
We stripped him, and made thermometer of
my hand. | was glad to withdraw it, the wafer
was 50 hot; knowing that the hotter the better
in such a ease-and the had come to be des-
perate-Ireso to risk it: so. giving the signal
To three or four fellows who stood by, they plum
ged him in feet foremost up to the neck: he roar
ed like bull. and was taken out ere long red
n boiled lobster, but happily with the clenched
teeth and locked jaws parted wide enough TO
allow the doctor to administer the medicine aud
Thereby save his life
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-11
A Wedding Interrupted.

by the way, BalaTy Smith tells story Of a
North Carolina wedding 1t runs this way:
IL was in the Carolina baekwOods, a country
couple and n country parsOu. Though Bap-
fist, the minister wore an old surplIce. When
h" had finished the ceremony, he said:
AN them 'uns who God hath joined"
''Stop thar, plrson," said the groom; don't
say them 'uns, say these 'unsr'
John" said the parson, 81 tech you at
school, and ! say them 'uns.n
These ms shouted the groom drawing
his pistol.
TheparsOn, seeing the movement fired through
his surplice, and the groom dropped dead-wihg-
ing the parsOn as he went down. There was a
lively fusilade of perhaps thirty shots. When
the smoke cleared away, half dozen men were
on the floor The bride, peeping over the pull
pit, to which she had fled for refuge, gazed
nournfnlly on the scene, and said:
Them sef-coekin' pistols is a playin' hell
with my prospects,"
Of course the story is an impossible one, and
vet, said Mr.. Smith, that is the sample story
of the South that is circulated and believed
throughout the North. While such thing
could hardly have happened in North Carolina
any more than in New York, the average North
cru man smiles incredulously when you tell him
that this performance is improbable ut a North
Carolina wedding"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-11
Breaking a Merchsnt,s Heart.

1t was a clothing dealer on the Bowery, and
as the slab-sided young man opened the door he
rubbed his hands over each other and said:
"Come in, my trent. guess you yhas look
ing for overcoat. Try on dis one, for 81
9'Thankee. I've got about $50 in my pocket,
and thought
"Ah, Mine trent, you vhas come to the right
blaze. How yOu like blue suit for slOf
"Pve got about so in my pocket, and was
looking for"
Take dis gray for ga. You never had such
a bargain in all your days"
''As ! was saying, I've got about $50. and
want to buy pretty fair one"
''Here is one, all wool, for sl2; slump right
into it,
"A pretty fair one, with siIver-plated han
dies" continued the young man.
"I've got EN-! I'm der only dealer in all Ny
York who geep ofergoats nit silyer-blated han
dies
Il don't mean overcoats."
"No"
II mean collins. Let's see your latest fall
styles"
my frent,' whispered the dealer he took
his arm, Il don't keep goffins. When I realize
dot you hat so in your pocket, ind hat no
goffns to sell. / feel dot might vhell git up
dis mad struggle for riches. Half some pity on
a en-hearted man, und take two bed quilts
at s. sbiece, und iet dot Coffin go."-HaH Sired
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-11
Little Economies.

The best way to clean rusty fiat irons is to rub
them across sandpaper. Any old pieces thrown
aside in the cabinet shop will answer the pur
pose.
A bowl of preserved raspberries soured. We
mixed them in with some grapes that were stew
ing, cooked them well together, and the result
some very good pies, baked with one crust.
with narrow strips of paste laid across. The
two kinds of fruits combined nicely.
The children wanted something black to
spread on their bread. We mede syrup of a
pound of sugar and put into it slices of apples,
a cupful of stewed dried cherries, and lemon
cut into thin slices with the peel taken off. 1t
was satisfactory.
Grandma was wishing for some of the tcream
biscuit of the old times" and we treated her to
far better sort than she ever knew in the days of
saleratus. They cannot be beaten. Try, and
see for yourselves. Take quart of flour and
sift into it two Irresponsible of Horsford's bak-
ing powder; add pinch of salt, no lard nor but
ter nor soda; and then wet up into soft dough
with sour cream; handle just enough to make it
stick together. no more: roll Thin and bake i'm
mediately Why. they made our grandma al
most purr,
Another bit of my economy: We make
own plumes out of cock feathers. Take the
bright, brOnzy tips and sew them on to cap wire,
the kind milliners used to build ladies' caps on.
Begin at tina end, set one tip straight and two
slanting sidewise, all the way along the plume,
overlapping them so that only the tips show.
These sell for from two to five dollars, and you
can make your own and save your money. The
fun of making it is great pleasure, if two or
three girls work together.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-11
Selett goetrp.
CHARLES kISesLEr's LAST roEx.

INear the cae second Ct these volumes. we have
copy of ballad which is said to be the last poem that
Nj Kingsley ever wrote.a composition Of great spirit 1t
there Is doubt that 1t is by Mr. Kngsey-indeed the
sentiment OF me ballad Is but there Il some
I've nformed unable TO suggest meaning for the
curious refrain Of Bsrum Barum etc Well first let
look at the ballad itself
Are you ready for your steepeehae Lorraine. LORRAINE
Barum Barum Barum Barum Barum, Barum, BARGE
booked 20 rde your Gaping to-day at Coulter
You're booked to ride vindieve for all the world to see
To keep him sirght and keep him first and win the run
Barum BArum,~ etc
She easpcd her newborn baby poor Lorraine Lorraine
Barum. Barum, etc.
Ia s1nnS MOI; nos f,Ss as any , man M, mgh. see
He's killed boy, he's Killed man, and why must he kill
Unless you ride yindetive Lorraine Lorraine LOrree
Unless You ride vindetive to-day at Coalteriee,
And land him safe the brook and win the blank for
It's you may keep your baby you'll get IA keep from
That husbands could be cruel said Lorraine Lorraine
That husbands could be cruel have known for
But oh to ride vinlictve while ababy cries for me-
And be killed fence at last all the world to soc
She yOuns vinIieye-oh the gallant lass was
And she kept him straight and the nee
But Ike killed at the brook against pollard willow tree
Oh! he killed her at the broos-the brute for all the
And but the baby cried for poor lorraine Lorree.
And about the mysterious refrain First Of ALL 1t
must be read with the stress upon the second syllable
As TO run
BarrDp BarHm Barum Barrnn- BaruE Barum- Barse ?"
So much is clear for metreal The rest is guess
But hat strikes simple Many riding
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-11
About Orchards.

In this State there is no danger of getting an
orchard on ground too high.
Plant ont the trees southeastern or north
ern slopes.
To succeed in orcharding, we must pillow deep,
and make the soil as mellow a garden plot.
Set the apple trees twenty-five feet apart each
way, Perhaps thirty would be better.
simultaneously with the setting of the trees,
lay out and plant shelter belts on the north aud
west sides OF the orchard. The first of tim
Der trees to he twelve rods from the first of
fruit trees.
Pears will do with twenty feet space, peaches
sixteen feet, cherries the same distance. Give
sweet cherries the gO-by. Don't buy them unless
you want to buy up a store of sorrow and disap-
pointment.
Cultivate young orchards and plant them with
hoed crops. One crop of oats. wheat or rye in
orchard, is as bad as a fire. Two is certain
death. Try it, if you don't believe it.
All orchardists in this State declare the soil is
rich enough for tree growing without manure.
Mulching newly planted trees is an excellent
practice, and always insures success.
Strong, healthy yOIng trees, two years old,
are the best to plant. The stems must be pro-
tected with long grass OF split corn stalks.
Going into the orchard with Ak, saw, chisel
and knife, is barbarous practice, and
sorry to record that this old practice still sur
wives Thou shalt not prune," is the royal law
Cut off suckers from the stem. shoots which
cross or interfere with each other, or if limb he
dead, cut IL ont. A skillful surgeon removes
diseased limb, but You must not therefore argue
a regular removal of feet and fingers, eyes and
ears of the human subject. So with young trees.
Remember that the branches, twigs and leaves
are natures Laboratories, wherein she carries on
those wonderful processes by which are produc
ed those luscious fruits which we all love.
The tree must be so trained in its early tree
hood, that there will be room for every branch,
and the trunk sufficiently shaded to prevent sun
scald
Watch, lest the borer and other noxious in
sects invade your orchard. Prevention is better
than cure Bear in mind that continued vigil
lance is the price every orchariSt has to pay TO
be successful.
These fundamental principles, which haze
written in short paragraphs require keen obser-
yation and vast deal Of common sense. One
of our best bOrticulturists said many years ago.
that practical rules for orchard cnltnre ousht
to be printed on a card and nailed up in proHl-
inent place in the orchard. We say now, write
these hints on your shirt cufis, paste them in
your hat, land don't you forget it, We have
given you orchard culture in NUTSHELL. ".
Robson, in Kansas Farmer.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-11
About Armies

The buyers all want red apples. They say
they sell the best This fancy for color has Civ
en- Baldwins boom, as they red and handle
and ship well. There is another advantage for
the fruit-the tree is hardy and a constant bear
er. do not like the apple to eat, bat on
count of its market value and the hardness of
the tree and Srong bearing propensity, in an or
chard of 100 trees | would plant seventy-five
Baldwins. Too many varieties of fruit ale a
nuisance. They make an endless amount Of
work, and many kinds, while they have a value
for home use, are unsnited for keeping or ship
ping. They do not pay. The Esopus Spitzen-
burgh. Is the daintiest favored apple that
grows. Ny mother would have no other for her
minee pies and company apple sauce-ths had
10 he extra nice, You know-but since the coun-
try has become 50 open, exposed to the cold
winds, the trees winter-kill. The Spitzenburgh
wants protection aud a virgin soil. The latter
requirement can be made up in part by the nse
of ashes. and the former by planting wind
brakes of eyergreens. | treated n stunted Fa-
meuse apple tree twenty years aga with wheel
barrow load of leached ashes and that tree
shows the benefit of il to this day Somehow
We all like the kind Of apples we used TO eat
when we were young, and 50 Rhode Island
Greenings and Gillihowers still have a place in
our hearts and my orchard. They bring to mind
the times when neghbors used TO '.come over
and spend the evening'-those old ia shiuned in
formal visits. in which apples filed an impor-
tant part of the social cheer. They used to keep
company with the doughnuts when we were
young.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-11
Proverbs for These Days.

Look not upon the horse race, and monkey
with the pool seller for it is not wise to bet I'M
less you can win.
Try not to guy the stranger who sojourneth
in thy land, and seemeth meek and sad for of
snch are three-card monte men made.
wise woman will not light the fire with
kerosene. but will invite the servant girl to
whom she owes three months wages to do the
same.
Ii a man smites thee the right cheek, turn
also to him the left cheek, and peradventure
thou canst with great ease plant kick that
will cause him to become discouraged and re-
pent of his folly.
The young man who drinketh too copiously of
iire-water, and treth to run n town." will
surely come TO grief, when in the fullness of
time he hath everlastingly hammered the stub
born limestone.
Experience is high-grade school-cOurse
thorough, tuition free-but incidental expenses
enormous.
The foolish man sayeth to himself: ~ will
blow in the muzze of this empty gum and the
wise coruner will say in his report: "Acciden-
tally blowed TO the hereafter
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-11

The only wholesome way to make bnckwheat
cakes is to raise them over night with yeast.
Baking powder and various ''patented prepare
tons of buckwheat are invented fer people uho
too indolent Ia take the trouble tn do things
properly, and who properly deserve the indig-s-
ton which they suffer in consequence. Take
one quart of the best buckwheat honr and a
small teacupful Of yellow corn meal. add an
even tablespoonful of salt. and sift the whole
carefully. Stir in gradually fonr cups Of luke
warm milk, or two cups Of water and two Of
milk. and half a eupful Of good homemade
yeast, or the same quantity of bakers yeast.
Beat thoroughly and set the batter in warm
place, in an earthen buckwheat pail. In the
morning, a few minutes before baking the cakes,
stir in a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in atablc-
spoonfuil of boiling water and stirred into a cup
of milk. These cakes are delicate and brown.
They are better without the ordinary addition
of mOiasses to brown them. This is only neees-
sary when the cakes are made with water, when
they are comparatively poor and iavorless. Serve
the buekwheat cakes with maple syrup. white
clover honey, or silver drip syrnp.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-11
A cHILD's PRAYER FOR HER CAT.

Sweet Oracle, the light OF the household,
Hath knelt in the twilight hour;
Commencing the friends that she loveth
To her Fathers keeping power.
Not one of her pets Is forgotten
Her kitty. her dog and her doll;
But deeper in meaning the favor
She asks while the shadows fall.
Vow the old black eat, wilt thou bless her,
The eat with the great green eyes
That vanders along in the garden
I'm sad when hear her cries"
The mother looked down on her darling.
The child Of her tender care,
And told her she need not remember
All cats in her evening prayer.
The bright face grew earnest and thoughtful.
And clouded with strange surprise,
But the light of the child's true instinct
Flashes out from her sparkling eyes;
And straightway she questioned her mother,
We'll, now. now win you please to say,
II did not think Of the black cat,
Who else for its good would pray
All. Oracle had mastered the lesson
We tar,lily come TO heed
But always there wait for our footsteps
Earths lOvliest ones in need.
Who else, if we turn from their pleading.
VIII unto their rescue spring.
Who else" to the feet of the Master
These sheaves for the harvest bring
There are sOrrowing hearts to cherish,
Who else" will the teAr-drops dry
Who else" will be friends to the friendless
While the fleeting years go byf
At last. when our service is ended,
How sweet will His greeting be.
"Inasmuch as for these ye labOrtsl,
We have done il unto Ne"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-11
Chr fun Of the Ching.
RESPECTIVE.
Dedicated to the Late Crop Of rrohibition Post.
BY EUGENE =. wAEE-

Came the temperance tramp and yawper,
Mental fraud and moral pauper.
And be worried the iDeoIpOf-
Ated portions Of the State
As these frauds began to thicker
Loud the yell0w-legged chicken
Walled in accents terTur-stricken
At the waywardness Of fate.
With about as much religion
As blne,jay or q pigeon.
And littie-just a smidge0n-
More expert than ADanias;
Through the week day they did mock Us;
With what skill they packed the caueusi
They could flank; out-le, Outtals us,
And. on Sundsy-ohi 80 piOus.
Well no longer from our rOstrums
Do they peddle social nostrums:
Now no longer ia the pulpit but the builpit
OF party.
Now, no longer, terrOr-stTicken,
Docs the rernal poultry sieken-
And the yellOw-legged chicken
Now il growing fat and hearty.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-11

UNTIMELT JEALoUs-A young man in an H.
linois town stepped into church door moment
one Sunday while the services were going On,
and the smart minister saw him aud shouted:
Get ont, Young man, she is not here"
The young man was embarrassed for mo-
mcnt, and then remembering the several minis
terial scandals that were in the courts. he said.
loud enough for all to hear him
Yes, she is, you old dutfer. You have got
her hid behind the organ, AMI you want to go
home with her YOURSELF"
The minister blusbed. and said the services
would close by singing the dnxoIoCy
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-11

A TRAVEL stained tramp was seen sitting I'M
der the protecting Rgis of n stone wall this
morning, with newspaper in his hand. ''Yes.' -
he remarked, sadly, Herbert is right; over
work is what is raisiug the deuce with us Amer
leans. But as long as l live, it shall be my en-
deavor to stand a living rebnke 10 the spirit
of unrest which animates many of our peo-
pie, and which is hiding many of our young
and promising men in early graves
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-11

IRONING WITHOUT HEAT.-A lady of expert
eBce says that much time ard trouble may be
saved by ironing without heat and fiat-irons
When rinsing clothes, fold coarse sheets. and
table-cloths in the shape they wanted, and
pass them through the wringer Is tight pos
sihle. Unfold and hang to dry where the wind
does not blow hard. They will need little or no
ironing. The table-cloths should be dipped in
old, sweet, skinned milk: this gives them
lustre and they need no starch
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-11
THE RooF-TREEs.


Under my roof.tree
You never have been,
UT seen IL its branches
Are blasted or green.
1ou know me, n poet,
As poets now go.
But the man here within me
Non never will know.
Under your rOoftree
| never have been,
But ! feel, since YOU sing there.
The branches are green.
! know you as poet.
For G.d made you 80:
But the woman within YOU
! never shall kDow.
Under our roof-trers
OF palm and Of pine.
Two spirits are dwelling.
The dark one il mine
The bell tolls foT midnight.
In slumber YOU lie;
! yeaIn for YOU, call You.
You never reply.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-11

ALCOHOL FOR BURNS AND SCALDs.-The jour
nal Of Chemistry tells US to saturate soft fabric
with alcohol, lay it over the burn, then cover it
with cotton finely picked oakum. This is the
most cleanly dressing that can be adopted. 1t
may be thought that alcohol applied to burn
will produce more pain: but try 1t, and you will
he agreeably surprised to observe how quickly
it will allay the pain. Subsequently disturb the
dressing as little as possible; wet the dressing
occasionally with alcohol, and the result You
will find better than any other method.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-11

''MOTHER," said a little shaver the other day,
Il know what should do if was at sea. and
the men were all starving, and they should
draw lots 10 see who should be killed aud eaten,
and il should he me. I'd jump into the water y
''BIt," said his mother, they would fish yon
up"
"Ah but wouldn't bite"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-11
THE FOREST.

The woodland path is full Of light
With maple fires returning;
The day succeeds the frosty night,
With sudden splendor burning:
The pines are black against the sky.
With shifting asters bordered
Behind. the glowing forests lie,
In gold and scarlet broidered.
The line Of birches to the right
Is melted into amber,
And up along the wooden height,
The poison-ivies Chamber:
By yontler stately chestnut. WHERE
A matchless thrush is calling.
The leaves are dropped across the air.
Like fakes of sunlight falling.
The woodland path is full of light,
And fever-tires returning;
The singing frost Of yester-night
Has set the naples burning;
The wood a regal color shows,
With purple asters bordered,
And Autumn's dark-biue mantle CLOVIS
In gold and scarlet broidered
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-11

The following advertisement appeared in a
French paper:
"a young man, about TO marry. wishes to
meet man of experience who will dissuad.
him from the rash STEP.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-11
THE rrpsY NAN, soL1Lo GUY.

Out Of the tavern I've just stepped tonight
Street you are caught In a very bad plight:
Right hand and left hand both out Of place
Street you are drunk: It's a very clear case.
Moon It's q very queer figure you cut:
One eye IL staring. while other is shut
Tipsy. l See. and you are greatly to blame:
Old As you are, It's a horrible shame
Then, the street lxmps-whzt seandal0us sight.
None Of them soberly standing upright;
RockinC and staggerinc-why. on my word
Each Of the lamps 10 a- drunk a lord
Al IL ensfusion now isn't it odd
Nothing Il sober that see abroad;
Sure twere rash with this crew % remain
Better On into the tavern again
Prom tie Ger,aaa
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-11

WARMTH WHILE RIpING.-The following item
will be worth knowing TO some of your readers: :
To keep warm while riding in the cold. put a
common kerosene lantern under the lap robe,
and If the robe is well tucked around. the feet
and limbs will be warm when sitting by
stove.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-11

An Illinois judge has decided that a woman $
lie about her age doesn't vitiate her insurance
policy. The growing tendency of the courts to
recognize the force of constitutional inflrmity
as palliation for crime, is arresting the atten-
tion of the most distinguished jurisis.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-11

The coming insane asylum keeper TO visitor
"Do you mean that man with his head bowed,
his eyes cast down. and his lips moyingf oh,
yes he was spelled down too: but he keeps
right on practicing just the same: believe the
word is 'syzygy.'"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-11

PARIsiAS -Obber, who WAS seized in the
act of stealing in the shoPOf tohacconist, said,
by way of excusing himself, that he had never
heard of law which forbade man to take
snun
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-11

NONE of the rich men of America keep bar
her shop in the house, but prefer to 20 to a shop
and wait hall an hour, while man with bald
spotis having six hairs trained over it.-Fres
Press
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-11

DoDDs says he would have died of cholera in
August, if it had not been for one thng-the
doctors gave him up.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-11

If parents would tallow their children's no.
ses after dark, and put them to bed instead of
allowing them to roam the streets, there would
not be nearly much music on tn. weet ca
iarrh as there is now.-TkeeliR9 Loader.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-11

As Christmas approaches the editors of the
country are diminishing around at a pretty live
~ rate for stockings.-DeRrsT Trib1ss