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White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16

Az EDrroR's LrFE--An out West" editor
thus moralizes on the routine Of editorial du
ties Nearly twenty years constant experience
in the " chair editorial " does not enable rs to
deny the " soft impeachment" but the cOmpar-
isons have amused US somewhat.
The poorest blind horse, in the most meom-
promising bark mill, has his moments Of relaxa-
ton. To him the sound of the tannery bell, an
nOuncing noon, Is a>tocsin of joy, and he looks
forward with grateful anticipation to his prandial
oats and mill-feed. The wearisome round Is
stepped; the unlubricated gudgeons quaver out
a last squeak and cease their complaining; the
trace chain rattles over the animals back, and
he attempts youthful canter as he moves OF a
happy old horse. With him there are no Antic-
ipatory woes; he works in circle, but certain
number Of turns are sure to bring respite. But
with the editor IT is otherwise; his life is as Mr..
Mantilini feeIingly remarks, one dend grind;'
his machine never stops. Hot weather, head
aches, sickness at home, are no relief to his per
petual routine. for the paper must come out, and
" copy must be furnished
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16

ing the bandase from his eyes with the fury Of
"a mailman, he shouted at the top of his voice
"No yer don't, yer old devils! | amt one Of
yeryet"
And glancing around with wild look, he
sprang towards the door; but my husband was
teO quick for him; stepping to the door with bis
back against It, he said:
"No, Mr.. Scrggins, you can't go now, you
havn't been sworn yet, and We don't let any one
20 until they are sworn not to betray our Sc
crets.'
40, III swear never to tell any living soul as
long as i've" muttered poor Tim, &" if you'll
only just let me go home"
But haven't gone through half the ceremony
yet" said my husband, 4" you haven't had hole
bored through your tongue, you"
"Oh, dear! oh, dearr' yelled Tim, in agony,
"don't tell any more, and I'll swearnever to tell
single thing I've seen, nor heard nor felt here
tonight; you may hang me or drown me, or do
anything on earth you're mind to me, if do"
"And will you swear never again to ask US to
initiate you7''
"Yis, yis, I'll swear to anything, if you will
let me go home now!''
My husband then got out our great Bible
one of the men hid the ice when Tim tore the
bandsge off his eyes-and placing Tins hand
upon it, they swore him, and then giving him
his clothes, let him dress himself and 60 home,
and he never asked to become Mason after
that"
"Well, and did he violate his oathl' asked
of Aunt Petigrew, as she finished her story.
40, no; it was the best lesson he ever learned
in his life, for it learned him to keep one secret,
at least, for he never lsped his initiation to NOR
tai being"
al guess 'twould be good plan to initiate
some of the men of this generation, wouldn't
it7"
eyes, and women too" replied Aunt Petit
grew, as she folded UP her knitting work.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16

TALKING AND READHO.-NOthing is better
than conversation as corrective Of selEsufH-
cheney. In educated conversation man soon
tnds his level. He learns more truly than from
books in converse with living men. to estimate
bis powers mOdestly and justly. A book is pas
sive; it does not rspel pretensiOns; Il does not
rebuke vanity. Indeed, reading and studying
become in too many but the nature Of eonceit.
If some persons value themselves on the books
they own. it is not surprising that Others should
value themselves on the books they read. As
knowledge grows on the thoughts In books, 90
pedsntry feeds on their words, and Il proud, lean,
solitary. In conversation, . man Il not long in
discovering that he alone does not know every
thing, and that If kWere to die, wisdom would
not perish with hin-7As YaTmsufl Pepeys.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16

"rLL GALA AROUND AND PAE."--A gentleman,
handed this to Us for publication. thas world
Of every day truth in Il: -
What q world Of woe is contained IN these
few words 70 the artizan and mechanic! "IT
call round and pay" says one, to avoid the trou.
BILE Of going to his desk to get the necessary
funds, and the poor mechanic Is obliged 70 70
home, to disappoint his worknen and al who
depend upon him for their due. Il d IN EASY
matter to work-the only real giOry In his LIE
isan independent idea Of being able To sustain
yourselves By the labor ofyOur own hands, and &c
maybe easily imagined what crushing force there
10 In am call around and pay" to the labor
ing man who depends upon that pay for subsiss.
enes. II those Who could pay would only do q
at once, It would place hundreds and thousAuds
in condition to do likewise and prevent much.
misery and distress-"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16

REVOLUTIONARY ANEcDcrE.-At the meeting
Of the New Jersey Historical Society, at New
Arb, lately, Gov. Price, In response 70 toast.
made speech, in which be related the follos.
ing anecdots; "On the day preceding the night
on which General Washington had determined
70 cross the Delaware and attack the British in
Trenton. an Englishman in the nsighborACod
dispatched his son with note 70 General Rail,
to van him Of the approaching danger. The
Gensralbeing deeply absorbed IN game ofehess
when the note was presented, without withdraw.
ing his attention from the game, thOughtIsssIy
put the note In his vest pocket. Amer the bat,
lie the next day, when General Rail vas brought
in nOr.slly wounded, the note vas found unread
In bis pocket-PR Gasens. ra
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16
The Two Babies.

Cannon laundering, bells pssling, pealing.
flags waving, Examinations, military parades:
peasants, mobiles and prinees-Al erOwding %
that big house. What the mischief Is al this
fuss Abouti Some great victory perhaps No;
d sure a. your name Is Johnny, It s.IalI about
an hour old baby; but for all that you had better
not speak Of him, without taking on Jour hat;
that baby l. of some consequence, can tel
you, for all he lies there wheeling and meeting,
winking and blinking. Ike an assonlshed little
pup
Long before he came to town, there we're more
baby clothes made up for him than be could
wear, should he stay baby twenty years; and
all loaded down with lace and embroidery, and
finished with silk and satini and the people LEFT
their workshops, and ran % see them. a. II they
had not another minute to live. Then there
was half dozen rooms, all prepared for his ex.
pected CRY baby-ship; Tor you had better not be-
ieVe that he was going to stay in one room, like
any common baby; not he!-<hen all tie gray
haired old men, and beautiful women bent over
bis magnificent cradle, and declared him to be
the most splendid baby that ever was born; and
II was as much As his nurses life was worth to
stick . pin into him, or wash bis little AabbJ
nose the wrong way, or tie his frOck the tenth Of
an inch too tight or too loose, or nurse him
minute too long OF too short, or allow an imper.
tinent sunbeam make him snes1e when be didn't
want to. Oh, be was great baby that. EVen
his plsythings were gold crosses, and ribbons,
that kings have been known-tO cut each others
heads Of, scrambling which should wear. Step
SOhly-bend low before his cradle; royal blood
Pushes that little face. He Is the KNs o. Az
GIERs.
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Domestic Happiness.

Ali what 50 refreshing, so soothing, 20 satisfy.
ing, as the placid joys Of home.
See the travellsr-does duty call him for .
season to leave his beloved circle7 The image
of his earthly happiness continues vivid in his
remembrance; it qaickens his to diligence; II
makes him hail the hour which sees his purpose
accomplished, and his face turned towards home
it communes with him as he journeys, and he
hears the promise which causes him to hopes
=" Thou shalt know also that thy tabernacle shall
be In peace, and thou shalt visit the tabernacle
and not sin" o! the joyful reunion of a diVi-
ded family-the pleasure of renewed interview
and conversation, after days of absence.
Behold the man Of science-he drops the la.
borious and painful research, closes his volume,
smooths his wrinkled brow, leaves his study,
and unbending himself, stoops to the capacities,
yields to the wishes, and mingles with the diver.
sion of his children.
Take the man of trade-what reconciles him
to the toll Of businessl What enables him TO
endure the fastidiousness and impertinence of
customers? What rewards him for 80 many
hours Of tedious confinement Bye and bye in
the season Of intercourse, he will behold the de-
sire of his eyes, and the children of his love, for
whom he resigns his ease; and in their welfare
and smiles be vii find his rscompense.
Yonder comes the laborer-he has borne the
burden and heat OF the day; the descending sun
has released him from his toll, and he is hasten
ing home to enjoy repOse. Half way down the
lane, by the side Of which stands his cottage,
his children run to meet him. One he carries
and one he leads. The companion Of his hum
BILE life is ready to furnish him with his plain re-
past. See his toil-Worn countenance assume an
air Of cheerfulness! his hardships are forgotten:
fatigue vanishes; he eats and is satisfied. The
evening fair, he walks with uncovered head
around his garden-enters again, and retires to
rest! and the "rest of the laboring man is
sweet, whether he eat little or much" Inhab-
itants of this lOWly dWelling-who can be indif.
ferent to thy comfortl Peace be to this house.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16

PsALMs AID SALVATIos-Ths Old School
General Assembly Qf the Presbyterian Church
have added hty Of ROuse's psalms 70 their col
lection. TO facilitate union With those Scottish
sects which make the singing Of Rouse matter
Of eOnscienee; but the concession d likely 70 be
in rain. - those Who eOnscientiOusly sing Rouse
cannot eonscientiooSly worship with those Who
use any other version in whole Orin part New
ertheIess, the Scotch C0vsnanten eharitably
hope that many good Christians Who have never
praised Ged in the quaint rendering Of the
psalms BY Rouse, nay in soue unknown way
obtain saIvation.-BelPs LIFE Huarntsd.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16

JAcK-o'LASTERS.-Every man has his Jack
O'-lantern; in the dark night, in bright MONDAY
in the lonely wild, or in the populous city
each has his Jack-o'- Lantern. To this man Jack
comes in the likeness of bottle of old Port, Sc
dueing him from sobriety, and leaving him in q
quagmire; to that man, he appears in the form
of a splendid pheton and pair of grays driving
him into bankruptcy, and dropping him into the
open jaws Of ruin. To one he presents himself
in the guise of cigar, keeping him in a constant
cloud; to another he appears in no shape but an
old black-letter volume, over which he continues
to pore long after his wits are gone. Jack-o'-
lantern is, to some people, mouidy, boarded
guinea-and these he leads into the miser's
slough of despond; with others, when he pays
them visit, he rolls himself up into the form
Of 'dice-box-and then he makes beggars of
them. Poetry is one mans Jack-o' lantern, and
a spinning jenny is another's. Fossil bones, bu-
ried fathons deep in the earth, act Jacks part,
and lure away one class to explore and expound;
Cuyps and Claudes, in the same way, play the
same part with second class, and tempt them
to collect, at the sacrifice of every other inter
est or pursuit in life. Some men, and we know
several in our city, have Jack o'-lanten in pol
itics-and only give up their chase when they
find themselves in bog of disappointment. or
be-splattered with abuse. But the worst of all
Jack -O'-lantems to follow is thai. when a man is
elected by the people, that the people have no
claims on him, that be can defy them-that they
cannot impeaeh him, and that he can use his
election certificate as a means to brow-beat those
who once were his friends, or with it accomplish
some selfish political end. This Is the worst
of sll.-BgE Rep.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16

Peep with me into yOnder stable; the door is
AjarI there ia nothing there to frighssnyO The
light glances through . chink In the roof upon
the meek, submissive cattle, who with bowed
heads, drowsily done the listiess hours away. L.
there nothing else in the stable1 Look aEain.
Yes, there. in yOndsr corner, dts fair ycvnE
mother. Her coarse mantle Is Wrapt around Der
shrinking form AID her small head Is dropping,
partly with WEAKNESS. and partly With tender So
licituds for the newborn babe upon her lap.
No rich wardrobe awaits the little stranger:
clothed only In his own sweet loveliness, be Stun
bers the quiet hou.s spp' see, z'--~'c Assn
stable glOws star, brighter than 70 ali and
on the breast Of earthly Prince or King M. :
above that star Is . city, (which hath no need
Of the sun nor Of the moon 70 shine in it, for
the glory Of God doth tighten Il. and the Lamb
is the light thereof" and that Is the Heavenly
Home Of the lowly Babe Of Bethlehem"
FANNY FEax
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16

RHARxABEE--It Is stated q notable fact
that--Amid all the gisry, and grandeur and sub
Unity Of the Alps, the soaring Of the nOuntalu
peak, the voice Of the vatsr fall, and the nus
nuring Of the streams, - swift onset Of tie
avalanche. the sunset tinted snow, and the deep,
pure blue Of the glacier-SSitzeriand and ths
Alps have produced no great poet or Painsar.-
Il is lsf for countries and localities eOapssatEss-
y barren Of natural beauty and subllniss, q m
egiae, producing grand Conceptions
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16
OUR BABY.

Al house, at our home, we've swee little baby,
Vas fat ss a coon in the Fall;
And FOR mischief fun, music or whatever it may be,
ofbrais, he's the General of all
With cheeks like two roses,
The prettiest Of noses,
Endeared is our Moses,
BY every fond tis;.
IN fair and fool weather,
Reserves a a iether,
To bind Us together
My Betsy and I.
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Mistrllantous,
ROSE RAYMOND.
by RUTH HARPER.

BY RUTH hARPEh.
She stands By the window,
Looks out on the sea;
No moon beameth softly,
No bright stars there be.
Black shove gloom the heavens,
Black beneath the waves flow,
Unseen save where lurid
The keen hghinings glow.
Hosrse surges the water,
The thunder peals deep;
The old Rrly-haired servant,
Low moansth in sleep.
o, night full Of tumult!
o, night wild and dree!
q, woe for the watcher,
Beside the dsrs sea.
The morning dawned brightly,
The tempest was over,
But back TO Rose Raymond,
No more came her lover.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16

TIE DEAD-The number Of de dead far ca.
eesdetA all that Is alive The night Of Tine
far SsEpassesh theday, and Who lnovs when was
the equinoxf-BTOvne.
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SrETnrr-whsnever We drink TOO desly Of
pleasure, We find sediment sttAs bottom Of
he cup which enbisssrs de d5sagst We hsvs
quafIed with % much axidity. m
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SUsP1cIoS-" Always to think the worst"
srys Lord BOIingbrOke, meaning, always to i'm
pute the worst intentions, al have ever found
to be the mark Of mean spirit and base sOuI. -
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16

ouAEExLS-ouareIs have scars which can
not be 50 vel clos d to the sight but they win
lie open 70 the nemory-Ba
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16

Connex sEzaE-Theua ara fozE neu Of wit
Tor one man Of COMMON sense; and he uho wili
es1y nothing about him but gold nnst ever
day Be st . los for snaall ehangs.-Pspr
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16

A VrRHLIos EDICr-TWo minutes 3 the
extent that any one should trsspass upon aa,ed-
TORS time during business hours, unless hs has
business Of importance; thsn he may taks Eve,
II neceasarT. .-.-r-
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16

DEuxKESSEss-The sight Of drunkard Is a
better sermon against that vice than the most
elaborate that was ever preached upon it-Se-
rifle.
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In WzAT DoD PLEAsUkz CozRsr.-Ar Amer.
lean paper, announcing the opening ef,e new
cemetery, says, Mr., had he plsasarys Of
being the inst individual buried thsrey,
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16

There Is but ons solid pleasure IN DC, md
that b our duty. HoE nisersbls. k0s razssss
how npardonabie arr they, who make thsf oasf
q pain.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16

ATHElsz.-In the day Of affection an atheist
is like blind beggar-foreed TO ask relief from
some one, though be knows not Of whom.-L1-
con.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16

cosrr MAxms.-The maxins Of any poss !.
man Il eOu.s, are always 70 keep hisssuniensnss :
and never to keep bis vord-spia
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16

sophistry Is like = window eurtain--it pleases
As an ornament, but its tue use Is to keep out
the Bght-Bid.
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A few moments Of divine sweetness IN secret
prayer Is sn antidots 70 any sorrow or iroubIe.
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Ths Poetry Of Mary.

A poet has said, "a rose BY another name.
with smell as sweet" and Its truth, believe,
rests uncontradicted, a. none have ventured, or
presumed to deny it. And who, Of tender sen
sibiIities, ask, that has walked the path Of
flowers, midst perfume and beauty, would assert
for . moment, that the sweet blending lines Of
the violet and the lilly, BY any other name. would
appear less beautiful. fancy meme. But ali
is it so with the name of Maryl No. for that
name, plain and simple as It is bears to the pas
sion and romance Of this soul Of mine, q charm
of pure, undisguised, and dOating inspiration.-
Z" hATe-a passion for the name Of Mary" says
Byron, and his own words tell Us Of his absent
and fOrsakep muse. az cannot write, I an IN
easy" said he, when seated once in his studio,
and turning, beheld pair Of bright eyes peep
ing over his shoulder. They were Msry's. He
loved and Worshipped the name, and that love
fed his poetic spirit with immortal thoughts, and
It Is believed, was the isolated and only Assoca-
ton of wOmankird that his worldwide sensual
nature regarded with sinless love-his affec.
ton sans his proHigacy. And Burns, the senti-
mental, the beautiful, the divine Burns, how
much Of his imprisoned sublimity and inspired
song does he owe to the name Of Mary-his
bonny Highland Mary, he tells rs in his High
land Lassie. We banks and braes o. bonny
DOun, and his Mary in Heaven, delugsd alike
with the enthusiasm and rapture Of the poet and
the lover.
too, once knew Mary-a lovely, fair bios
soming ereature-one whom / expected soon to
call mine own, and blessed were the quick pas
sing hours We spent, and hallowed the green spots
we visited together. counting the sublime poetry
Of nature, and telling our fOndest thoughts. on
have We sat with arms entWined, and cheek to
cheek, in the still shade of some hidden haunt
Of beauty, our communing souls basking In the
genial sunshine Of love. and painted with rosy
hope in the bright unspotted future-ths home,
the happy cottage home we soon should dwell
n, and call our own. But alas! as the poet too
truthfully sings,
sThiI world ia al q nssting dream;
To manh illuIoa givsui
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To know human nature thoroughly, an init
mate acquaintance with It's fOllies must be ae-
quired,
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-ta~1 ~ IVY
The tears Of Voc,
Dsesitfol toll, dsesItfal Ghcw,
ThsFsh nothing tue b., heavsa.H

Disease-rapid and remorseless, came upon
her; the pale shr:velling hand Of decay vas stea-
ling leaf BY leaf the red rose from her cheeks,
and wasting ruthlessly her beauteSus, heaven
moulded form. The dark hour Of death drew
nigh; an adnonitiOn-her "last of EARTH
solemn, afectionate, tender, and full Of awful
truth. fell like an angel whisper from her pure,
dissolved heart, finding its way heavily and
mOurnfully into mine own bosom. One kiss more,
and ere its sweet scent had wasted from my lips,
the Great Spirit summoned Mary to the eternal
world. "Free as the air she lived, pure as the
snow she died" The name of Mary has q sa-
cred green and iDpershable spot In this heart
Of mine. .
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Faith is the best elbow for a heavy soul 70 lean
spon.-IbG
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-02-21
MINORITY REPORT.


Mr.. KELSEY from the select committee, submitted the
following views OF the minority in the foregoing
The undersigned dssents from the reports of the
majority OF the committee in relation TO the allegations
against four members of this House,
The undersigned is of opinion that according to the
rules of this House and parliamentary law, the committee
have power to institute proceedings against any
Der of this body under the resolution by which this com
mittee appointed ESQ
The resolution for the appointment of the committee is
as follows
Whereas certain statements have been published charg
ing that members OF this House have entered into corrupt
combinations for the purpose Of passing and preventing
the passage Of certain during present Con-
whereas member of this House has stated that
the article referred to is not wanting in truth therefore,
RESOLVED, That committee consisting of five members
be appointed By the Speaker with power to send for per-
cons and papers to investigate said charges and that sad
committee report the evidence taken, and what action in
their judgment is necessary the part of the House. with
out any unnecessary delay
The committee having ascertained that certain members
involved is their duty in the judgment of the
dersgned report that fact to the House. with the evil
recommendation that said members be tried upon definite
charges and to submit the subject to the House for such
directions 1t might give such other proceedings
may see proper to adopt
The rule upon this subject will be found at page &C Of
the Manual Ha
aWhen committee is charged with an inquiry, if a
member to be involved they cannot proceed against
him. but must make special report the House where
upon the member is heard in his place the bar or
special authority is given to the committee to inquire
corning him.
The majority of the committee having departed from this
the members involved instead of presenting the fact that
they involved and asking the direction of the
House. the undersigned dissens from and protests against
those resolutions w. H. KELSEY.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-02-21

MILITIA UNITED STArEs.-The following is an ex-
hibit of the militia of the several States and Territories
taken from the latest returns that have been received
the War Department and which have been communicated
by that department to Congress 1t will be perceived
that the reports are by no means complete
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-02-21

There no from the State of Iowa, and the
Territories of Oregon Washington Nebraska Kansas and
New MEXICO