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White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-18

FORAGE FOR THE HoRsEs.-Mr. Julian,
an officer in the British commistariat
service, has made discovery which is
likely to prove an important one in these
DAYS of wars. 1t is a method Of con.
densing field forage. With the hay he
mixes bruised oats, bran, or whatever
other descriptions Of food are considered
desirable, and then subjects the whole
mass to so enormous pressure as to get
the ton weight into fifty cubic feet of
space. 1t thus becomes 50 solid that by
means of circular saw it may be cut
like wood, into square blocks of a given
size without any trouble. Each block
contains half days rations for horse
By this means an immense economy in
the cost of transport is secured, and great
waste and Inconvenience prevented. Ac-
cording to the old system, the hay was
sent out in bulk of one .hnndred and
eighty cubic feet to the ton. The simple
savingfn tonnage alone, by this new mode
of packing far exceeds the extra expense
which it involves.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-18

How TO Do Up GESrLEMES's LINEN
We find in the Buffalo Republic, a re-
cipe for doing up shirt bosoms and COL
lars, and imparting to them a gloss {" as
good as new" Ladies, try it, but don't
tell your husbands where you got the
secret:
Take two ounces Of fine white gum
arabic powder, put it in a pitcher, and
pour on pint or more of boiling water,
according to the degree of strength you
desiie, and then having covered, let it
set all night-in the morning, pour it
carefully into clean bottle, cork it, and
keep it for use. A table spoonful of gum
water, stirred into pint Of starch, made
in the usual manner, will give lawns,
either white or printed, look Of newness,
when nothing else can restore them after
washing.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-18
Thaddeus Kosciusko.

During the American struggle for in
dependence, Washington was greatly EN-,
barraSsed by the arrival of foreign off.
GERS who expected nothing less than on,
of the highest posts in the army, and
frequently, when accepted, proved I'm.
worthy of the stations assigned to them
Experience of the kind led Washington
to be exceedingly cautious in receiving
foreign officers into the service. At thi:
period Kosciusko presented himself tc
Washington, fortified by a letter from
Franklin. The first interview between
the gallant and generous Pole, and the
no less generous Washington, is thus de-
scribed in third volume of Washington
Irving's Washington, Just issued from
the press -..-.
"lNhat do you seek here ~ inquired
the commander-in-chief.
ITO fight for American independence. .
"What can you do ?"
"Try me-"
Washington was pleased with the curt
get comprehensive reply, and with hi:
chivalrous aiF iahdspirit, and at once re,
ceived him into his family, as an aid-de-
camp. His subsequent noble and gal
liant career as an officer in the American
service is well known, and has insepara-
sly joined his name with that noble strug,
gle to which we owe our present exalted
rank as a nation.
For a number of years suit has been
in progress in the courts of the District
of Columbia, prosecuted by his colldt-
teral heirs. to recover the property left
by him at his decease in this country,
which now amounts to upwards of
$4,000. We believe that final de-
cision has been rendered, establishing the
relationship of the claimants and the
validity of their claim.-.Neg York Sun.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-18

A NEwsPAPER.-It was Bishop Hor.
ner's own opinion that there was no bet.
ter mOralist than the newspaper He
says: 1.-The following vices, and conse-
quent .miseries of multitudes, displayed
in newspaper, are so many beacons con-
tinually burning to turn others from the
rock on which they have been ship-wreek-
ed, What more powerful dissuasive from
suspicion, jealousy and anger than the
story of our friend numbered by another
in a duel? What canton more likely to
be effective against gambling and profit
gacy than the mournful relation of an ex-
eeution. or the fate of despaiFing suicide?
What finer lecture on the necessity Of
economy than the auctions of estates, hou-
ses and furniture? Only take a newspa-
per, and consider it well-pay for it, and
it viii instruct thee
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-18
Gbe fall If tie GBalg.
BACON AND GREENS.

] have iiTsd long snOsgh 70 Be- rsssly nistaksn,
And borne ny faH share ofHiss shaaEsabls scsnsS;
Bat my wees have been sOAssd By GOOD green's and bacon
And my joys have bssn doahlsd BY baeo7 and green's
FOL de ri de--baoOn and greens.
WIN thrill Of rszsnbFsnss s'su Hov they Hsaksn,
ofehiIdhoOds gay morning, and youtb's merry scenes,
Whsz enc day had greens. and plate I'm Of bsssu.
Ana The nsz, we bad baso-, and plata fs Of green's.
All well Irsnspbsf, When sad ssd forsakss,
Hssrt-vrang By tho Seorn Of q Miss in her teens,
How Tashsd from Asy sSh to ny lsTsd green's snd bssou
AID fSfTO. ny despair, over bscea and grssEs
hsl si hanks fsfssed spseis and credit wa ShaLsn
shs1sd in The wrsek, aud was ruined in nsa.I;
Ny fdsnds I'll dssassd. had not "srTsd ny baeon;"
But they lied for ] ain had ny bacon 80 sresrI.
o! there . cham in this dish, rightly taken,
That from sustaTds and jsIIiss the episurs wear;
gek your fork the wrsp your green's the
And yonI fhsrs Ia nothing like bacon asd rTsen,.
So worthless a. 1, and 20 laden with aims,
I'd wish ell the greens in the wOrld then tbs bacon,
Then wish fof . little more bacon and EFssni.
rs. tura 10 eonfsSS that fer once I'm niseaksa,
As mneh I've known Of this world and Sta SesnsI;
There's thing hsts equal both greens and bacon
And that is a dish Of gOOd-bseoa aaS Ers'Hs'
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-18

BREEDING HoRsEs.-There is probably
a greater amount of carelessness and in
difference about securing q good or al
improved breed of horses than there is
about cattle and sheep. There are pro-
badly too greater number of imperfect
or third. rate animals of this species than
of any other. At all events, we think
that in the course of one days calling
on our neighbors-or the farmers of any
nighborhood--we would find ten cows OF
oxen which would suit us, or fifty sheep,
for one horse which we would wish to
own. One reason of this may be that
we kill or sell off poor calves or lambs,
while we never dispose of colt in the
same summary way. Another reason is,
probably, that farmers generally seem to
consider any shape or sort of animal on
the female side, good enough to breed
from. Accordingly, old, broken down,
injured and diseased mares, are frequently
employed for this purpose. For this
traditional notion and the practice found
ed upon it, it would perplex any of its
votaries to render a good and valid rea-
son. 1t seems to require no great amount
of proof to make it credible, on the 9TH
er hand, that the value of the progeny
depends fully as much, if not more, on
the dam than on the sire. Ifthere be any
truth in the established maxim that 'like
produces like" there should be more
care than there is, in selecting the fc-
male.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-18

CHAsTITY.-How large a portion Of
chastity is sent out of the world by dis
tant hint, or nodded away, and cruelty
winked into suspicion by the envy of those
who are past all temptation Of It them
selves. How does the reputation of a
helpless creature bleed by a report
which the party. who is at the pains to
propagate it, beholds with much pity ans
fellow-feeling-that she is heartily sorry
for it-hopes in God, that it Is not true /;
however. as Archbishop Tillotson Witty
observes upon It, is resolved, in the mean
time, to give the report her pass that at
least it may have fair play to take its for
tune in the world-to be believed or not
according to the charity into whose hands
it shall happen to faIL-Sterns.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-18

The PoTAFo.-The potato originated
in the mountainous regions ofthe South,
and therefore requires less heat than most
other tropical plants; but cannot be
healthy when exposed to protracted cold
and moisture. Continuous propagation
from the tubsr must induce deterioration,
and the effort to reinvigorate by stimula-
ting the soil but tends to develop the
vine, and 20 render the tuber watery and
unwholesome. A loan soil is better
adapted to this plant than either clayey
or sandy soil, especially when fresh and
enriched by woody matter. Hilly grounds
with Northern and Western exposures,
are also desirable. Large tubers, though
not the most prolific in proportion, pro-
duce the best potatoes. 1t is we'll to
pillow and plant deep, except in heavy,
wet soils. High hills are not good, be-
cause of the frequent heating and chilling
to which they are subject, and wide plant
ing is desirable, that the hills may not be
too much shaded. 1t is the best to plant
early, and to give good time for develop
ing. Frequent renewal from the seed
ball is, however, generally to be regarded
as essential to the preservation of healthy
plants.
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JoHS CHSAHAE AHEAD OF YAsKEE.-
A San Francisco paper relates the fol
lowing incident as having occurred lately
at shoe store in that city. The parties
concerned were the proprietor of the
store and John Chinaman. Examin.
ing a pair of boots, the price of which
was five dollars, John inquired:
"How muchee you sxee for UNI bootee?''
Inaspirit of waggery, it is presumable,
the owner replied
1.-TWO dollar and halfec, John. Very
cheap bootee, sintee 90
'sCheap bootee, " said John. who there
upon examined pair, and concluding to
buy, offered quarter eagle.
"But," said the dealer in leather, ''this
is only enough for one boot. They are
two dollars and half a piece-two
boots cost Eve dollars"
John was somewhat astonished-said
he would not buy-and demanded the
return Of his money, but the leather deal
or was memorable.
mo, john" you have got one boot
and have paid me for it. Now give me
another piece just like this, and take the
other"
John saw the drift of the game, and
was at once resolved.
"Well," said he, ''this bootee be mine,
may bel paid for um %
Eyes" said the dealer.
"And you no give me the other boo
tee 90 asked John.
Not without the money" said the
other.
"Well," said John, 81 do UNI bootee
what 1 please-I cuttee um up"
And thereupon John whipped cut a
knife, cut the boot to pieces, and threw it
into the street, exclaiming as he depart
Cd
'sThat am my bootee-that other be
your bootee; you sell um to next fool
Chinaman what come along.
At last accounts the boot dealer was
looking for the man with wooden leg,
to whom he might sell the old bootee,
and thus save expenses.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-18

A PRACucAL SERMoN.-Dropping into
an African meeting house, in the out
skirts of the city, we found the sermon
Just commenced. The topic seemed tt
be the depravity of the human heart, anc
the sable divine thus illustrated his ar.
gument:
"Bredren-Whsn 1 war in Virginny
ono day de old women's kitchen table got
broke, and l was sent down into dc
woods to cut a tree to make a new leaI
for de table. So / took de axe on my
shoulder and wander into de deeps of de
forest.
All natur was bootiful as lady gwine
to de wedden. De leaves glistened on
de maple trees like new quarter-dollars in
missionary box; de sun show'd as bril-
liant and natdr looked as gay as "a buck
rabbit in barker pact, an de little bell
round de old sleeps neck tinkled softly
in de distance.
81 spied suitable tres for de purpose,
and i raised de axe to cut into de trunk.
1t was bootiful tree. De branches
reached to the four corners of de earth,
and raised up so high in de air above,
an de squirrels hop about in de limbs,
like de angels Topping der wings in de
kingdom Of heaven. Dat tree " as full
Of promise. my bredron. jest like great
many of yon.
Den / cut into de trunk, an made de
chips fly, like de mighty scales dropping
from PauPs eyes. Two, three cuts I glib
dat tree an alas, it were hollow in de
butt-endl
Dat tree was very much like you, my
bredren-full OBJ promise outside, but
hollow in de butt"
The groans from the amen corner of
the room were truly contrite and affect
ing, but we viii venture smart wager,
that that was the most practicable ser
mon preached in the city, on that day at
least.
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.aseful allS curious.

FoR CLEANING UP.-As the time is
approaching when the people want to
'"clsan up" and rundown, " and "wash
over" it viii afford them SONG informa-
ton as to how to do it, to read the fol-
lowing, witch gives q cheap and excellent
compound to g fix up" with:
Take half barrel that viii hold water,
put in it half bushel of fresh quick lime,
and slack it by pouring over it boiling
water sufficient to cover four or FIVE inches
deep, and stirring it until Stacked.
When quite Stacked, dissolve it in wa
ter, and add two pounds sulphate Of
zinc, (white vitriol, which may be had
at any druggists, and which. in a few
weeks, will cause the whits-wash to har-
den on the woodwork. Add sufficient
water to bring it to the consistency of
thick whitewash. This wash is, of course,
white, and as whine is a color which we
think should never be used, except upon
buildings good deal surrounded by trees,
so as to prevent its glare, we would make
it fawn or drab color before using.
To make the above wash pleasing
cream color, add four pounds yellow
ochr9as
lawn colsr, take four pounds of
lumber. one pound Of Indian red, and one
pound of lampblack.
To make the wash grey or stone color.
add four pounds of raw lumber, and two
pounds of lampblack.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-18
Look to Your Bees.

The want of proper ventilation is
scarcely less destructive to bees than the
moth. If the hive is moderately close,
the continued extreme cold which we have
had, has probably CONCEALED their breath
and the vapors of their bodies into sheets
of ice, which now line the inside of the
hive. The bees pass into the upper part
Of the hive, and huddle together over
comb well filled with honey, from whence
they move away occasionally to feed
Thus they are incased in ice, which grad
ually thaws as the weather moderates
and drips upon them or keeps the hive
and comb moist so long as to induce
mustiness and mould. An examination
should DO made, and this state Of things
remedied as far as possible Ventilation
is as important-perhaps more so-in
winter as in summer. and for the want of
it, we have no doubt many swarms, an
nually perish, when the loss is charged to
extreme cold.
On examining several swarms the last
week in January, we found those in loose
reconstructed hives, having cracks about
them an eighth of an inch wide, in bet
ter condition than those in hives where
the corners fitted closely. If the wind
docs not reach them, nor moisture, they
will probably care little for any degree Of
cold we experience, if they, at the same
time, have plenty of honey. At no time
this winter have we opened u hive, but
we found the bees in lively motion and
ready to take wing. although standing in
an open bee-house. But an occasional
examination is necessary to ensure /. sue
cessful wintering-N. E. Farn.er.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-18

CURIoUs REwARD OFFERED FOR Re
TURNING RUNAWAY WHE.--A husband
residing in small village in the interior
thus announces the departure from hi
"bed and board" of his dearly beloved
Ny wife Annie Marie, has strayed OIL
been stolen. Whoever returns her vii
get his head broke. As for trusting her,
any body can do as he sees fit--for as
never pay my own debts, it is not likely
that / win lay awake nights thinking
about other peoples.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-18

A Clergyman cstechising the youths oil
his church, put the question from the
catechism to agirl-
"What Is your consolation in life and
death %
The girl smiled but gave no answer
He insisted.
aWelL then, sir." said she. 'since I
must tell, it is the young printer who
lives on - street.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-18

Mildew is one of the greatest pests Of
greenhouses and all sorts of plant struc.
lures. The following remedy has been
tried in the houses of the London Horti-
cultural Society, and it is thought viii
prove eficacious Sulphur and unsIack-
ed lime put into tub Of water, in-which
they are quickly intimately mixed, and
the trees and plants syringed with the
clear liquid after these substances have
settled at the bottom"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-18

No MORE RANCID BUrTER.-A writer
IN the journal of Industrial Progress, re-
commends that butter should be kneaded
with fresh milk, and then with pure wa
ter. He states that by this treatment
the butter is rendered as fresh and pure in
favor as when recently made. Has
cribes this result to the fact that i,itvr;e
acid, to which the rancid odor and taste
areowing. is readily soluble in fresh mill
and is thus removed. - :
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A Rich Sermon.

The following rich extract from SER
mon will be recognized at a glance, by
some of our readers here at home. 1t
loses much of its humor because we
cannot put in print the sing-song style
and appropriate gestures that accom-
panied it.
go y fsieaas ms lnakes9ths psrfket
|ga;fng u an iof6e ;asn in the world Ugly.
al; Ind IN ted You how j know xal,;
as + wss coming mp to church tosla55 I
saw. rome yonng men in the road al. ana
u Thought dfsof3 ksifi tho passiess Young
man ever saw in my life all. And as
| drew nigh unto.them, discovered that
they were playing marvels, and they all
drew nigh unto place what they called
the taw, and they marvelsd ah. And
this purity young man was the last one to
marvel ah. And when he marveled, he
jumped up and Tapped his hands like a
rooster does his wings, and says he: 81
wish may be id if haint fat ali. T"
And, Oh my friends, then 1 thought he
was the ugliest young man ever saw
in my life ali. And opened my mouth
and spako unto him thus, says l, young
man, this is not the way to salvation. Z"
And says he, "Old horse, if you had
been salivated as bad as l have, you
wouldn't want to hear talk ofsalvati on"
And now my friends, when that ar
young man said he was fat, he told lie
alb, for he was as lean as that hungry
looking sister over thar, that's always
praying so piOusly while the hat is a
bein' passed around all.
And, my friends, if'that young man
had not been blinded by sin, he never
could have mistuk me for an old horse"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-18

A CApAcIous CARPET BAG.-Mean.
ness occasionally meets with shock that
is lesson to all concerned, especially to
the victim. On the Cleveland cars, q
day or two since, coming to Buffalo, was
q stalwart man, going to New York to
buy goods. He was not what might be
called a stingy man, but he was one who,
when there was a cent due him that
swindling might deprive him of, would
sacrifice a $50 bill to save the copper
Our friend had started from Cleveland
without any breakfast. and when Erie
."hoye" in sight, he gathered himself up
for a general skirmish for any and all
kinds of provisions. He had a carpet
bag with him, and, going into the dining
room at Erie, deposited bis carpet bag on
one chair, while he took another by its
side. He was lost for about ten minutes
perfectly oblivious to anything save that
he had blessed consciousness of some
thing rapidly and agreeably filling up his
UPWARDS" About this time the land
lord came around and, stopping by our
friends chair, CALCULATED, "dollar, sir. I"
ga dollar" responded the eating man
ga dollar-thought you only charged fifty
cents a meal for one-eh" "That's
true" said meanness, "but I count your
carpet bag one, since it occupies a seat"
(The table was far from being crowded. }
Our friend expostulated, but the land
lord insisted, and the dollar was reluc-
family brought forth. The landlord pass
ed on. Our friend deliberately arose,
and opening his carpet bag. full in its
wide mouth, discoursing unto it, saying
Carpet bas-it seems you're an individ-
ual-a hunlep individual, since you eat
at least Tie paid for you, and now
you must eafsH Upon which he seized
everything eatskle within his reach
S,yS7S, sHples, cakes, pies, and amid
AfAh tie byltanders, the delight
% kseagers, and discok7a =
IT h, daed - ..is - ...6f
ma bsr ~ - : ~ :, Z - VEN = !.
sgisions 70 last him 70
tvsr'orE NEE tifaI suppl y had
servea Gus - It'd bars. There was
least = wossls az the bag-upon
which the landlord realized nothing in
the way Of profit. So much for mean
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-18

Everybody has heard of the famous
echo of the Irishman, which, when in
terrogated, "How dye do % would an
swer, "Pretty we'll, / thank you;" but we
know a real echo, which, if you ask it,
"What remedy is there for the-evils
under which we labor 90 invariably an
swers Labor !"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-18

LAT1N.-Because we ventured last week
(says an exchange paper to introduce a
few Latin words into paragraph, Just to
make little show of our knowledge, a
contemporary quotes Latin at US in most
ferocious manner. He says "NRa IT,"
Who is Mill /? Who did he fight, and
what did he fight for?
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-18

How TO TELL Coon EGos.-In a good
egg the small end is always cold, and the
big end warm. They can be tested by
touching the tongue to the small end, and
then to the large end any one can OBJ
serve the difference.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-18

1t has lately been found that water i'm
pregnated with lime, produces in bread
the same whiteness, softness and capacity
of retaining moisture, asresults from the
use Of alum; while the former removes
all acidity from the dough. and supplies
an ingredient needed in the structure Of
the bones, but which is deficient in the
eercalir.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-18

An ETyEcTUAL CURE ron A FELox.-
Bathe the part effected in ashes and water
take the yolk Of an egg, six drops Of
the spirits OF turpentine, few beet leaves
cut hne, a small quantity of hard soap.
add one teaspoonful Of burnt salt, and one
Of Indian meal it never fails to effect q
cure, if applied in time.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-18

Insults, says modern philosopher,
are like cOunterfeit money, we can't him
der them being offered, but We are not
compelled to take them.