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Four Great Men.

It is a remarkable fact, that four of the most
renowned men that ever lived, closed with some
violent or mournful death.
ALEXANDER, affer having climbed the dizzy
heights Of his ambition, and with his temples
bound with chaplsts dipped in the blood of count.
less nation, looked down upon cShquered
world, and vept that there was not another for
him to conquer; set fire to a city, and died in
scens Of dsbauch.
HANNIBAL, after having, to the establishment
and CONSERVATION of Rome, passed the Alps;
after having put to fight the armies of the mis-
tress Of the wor.j, and stripped three bushels of
gold rings from the fingers of her slaughtered
knights, and made her foundation quake-hed
from his country, hated by those who once ex-
ultingly united his name with that Of God, and
called him Hannibal-ded at last BY poison,
administered by his own hands, Hnlamented and
unwept for, in a foreign land.
CESAR, altar having conquered eight hundred
cities, and dyed his hands in the blood of one
million Of his foes; after having pursued TO death
the oaly rival he had on earth, was miserably
assassinated by those he considered his nearest
friends, and in that very place, the attainment
of which had been his greatest ambition.
BoSAPAKrE, whose mandate Kings and Empe-
rors Obeyed, after having filed the earth with
the terror of his name, deluged it with tears and
blood, and clothed the world with sack-cloth,
ended his days in lonely Punishment, almost Lit.
orally exiled from the world, but where be could
sometimes see his eountry's flag waving over
the deep, but which could not or would not bring
him aid.
Thus four men, who, from the peculiar situa-
ton Of their portraits. seemed to stand as the
of all those whom the world calls
great-Those four whom, each in their turn,
made the earth tremblo to its very centre BY
their simple tread, scverally died-one by In
toKication, or some suppose by poison singled
in his wine, one by suicide, one murdered BY his
friends, and one in lonely exile.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-25

The CREGTrEE CALLED A BoT.-" A very TN
certain, mysterious, insxplicable creature IS
bOy-who can define him."
will try. A boy is the spirit of mischief en-
bOdied-a perfect teetorem spinning head. He
invariably goes through the process of leaping
over every chair in his reach; makes drum
heads of the doors; turns the tin pans into Gym
balls; takes the best knives out to dig Worns for
bait, and loses iheni hunts up the molasses
cask, and the sugar barreli searches for all the
pies and preserves left from supper, and eats
themi goes to the apples every ten minutes;
hides his old cap, in order 10 wear lis new one;
cuts his old boots, If he wants a new pair; tears
his clothes for fun, and for ditto tracks the car
pet, marks tbs furniture, pinehcs the baby, vor-
ries the nurse, ties FIRE crackers to she kittens
tail, drops his books in the gutter while be fish
es with pin, pockets his selioolmaster's specs.
and finally turns a sober household upside down,
If he cuts his little finger.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-25

THE PARTING HoUR-The hour is coming
and it is fearful and solemn hour, even to the
wisest and best-the hour is coming when we
must bid adieu to the scenes which please US, to
the families we love, to the friends we esteem.
Whether we think, or whether we think not,
that body, which is now warm and active with
life, shall be cold and motionless with death
The countenance must be pale, the eyes must
be closed, the voice must be silenced, the senses
must be destroyed, the whole. appearance must
be changed by the remorseless hand Of our last
enemy. We may Danish the remembrance of
the weakness Of our human Nature; but our re-
luetance TO reflect upon it, and our attempts to
drive it from our recollection are in vain. We
know that we are sentenced to die; and though
we sometimes succeed in casting of for sea-
son the conviction of this unweleome truth, we
can never entirely remove it. The reflection
haunts Us still; down with US at night, It ava
kens with Us in the morning. The iTevocable
doom has passed upon Us, and too well do we
know it" Dust thou art, and unto dust thou
shalt return."-Tsrzsend.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-25

NONE STAND ALoxE-It is the providence of
God that none stand alone; we touch each 9TH
or; man acts on man, heart on heart; we are
bound up in each other; hand Is joineo in hand;
wheel sets wheel in motion; we are spiritually
linked together, arm in arm; I'VE cannotlive alone,
nor die alone; We cannot say, viii only run
risks with nv own SOUL am prepared to DISC
hey the Lord for such gain, but do not want
to implicate others, only want to be ansWera-
bic for myself This cannot be. Each living
soul has its influence on others in some way and
to some extent, consciously or unconsciously;
each has some power, more or less direct; one
mind colors another; a child acts on children;
servants on our fellow-servants; parents on their
children; masters on these whom they employ
friends on friends. Even when We do not de-
sign to influence others, when We are not think
ing in the least degree of the effect of what we
do, when we are unconscious that we have any
influence at all, when We do not wish, our con-
duct or way of life, our conversation, our deeds,
are all the while having weight somewhere or
somehow; our feet leave their Impression,
though we may not look behind Us to see the
mark.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-25


Mr.. Aithur's late work, "Ths Tongue Of
Fire. contains many striking paragraphs. Here
is one:
Suppose you saw an army sitting down before
a granite fort, and they told US they intended to
batter it down, We might ask them how. They
point to a cannon ball. Well, but there is no
power in that; it is heavy, but not more than
half hundred, or perhaps hundred weight;
but if all the men in the army hurled it against
the fort, they would make no impression. They
say, no; but look at the cannon. Well, there
is no pOwerin that; a child may ride upon it, a
bird may perch in its mOuth-it is machine,
and nothing more. But look at the powder
Well, there is no power in that; a child may
spill it, sparrow may peck it. Yet this power
less powder and pOwerless ball are put into the
powerless cannon; one spark of fire enters it,
and then, in the twinkling of an eye, that pow
der is a flash of lightning, and that ball thur
derbolt, which smites as if it had been sent from
heaven. So it is with our church machinery of
this day-we have all the instruments necessary
for pulling down strong-holds, and o for the bap-
tism Of FIRE.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-25

"Bugs and tarnation! was lit then I'm rain
ed. I've made mistake and took the wrong
bag. snaggers! father'n kill me; twas all
the beans we'd got for seed! what the dickens
shall dot Oh, murder. and white-oak cheese"
In terrible peck Of trouble, Joe got upon
Possett with his bags, now thinking of Hannah
and then of his unfortunate grist. Half way
home he met his father upon old Bob; he was
belaboring his sides with might and main, no.
ping ts get to the mill in time to save his beans,
for he had discovered Joe's blunder on going out
to plant.
"Oh, Joe, Joe, you chowderhead, you blum
dering numskull! you've carried the beans to
mill! and I've come on a canter all the way to
save them from being ground.'
"It's too late now, father, for they are all
ground to smashr'
How the old nan stormed and vowed Joe
should pay for them, and how Joe attempted to
clear himself by telling lies about finding the bag
in the wrong place, we have not time to state.
The old man laid an embargo on Joe's counting
expeditions, and spoke to the Colonel about
keeping Hannah snug at home, but Joe stole q
march upon the old ones, and struck bargain
with a sexton to publish him and Hannah in
sly fashion. The matter being conducted clan
deeently, as Deacon Sobersides remarked, it was
match before anybody could interfere. So the
long and short of it is, that the agriculture of
the Bunker farm was knocked completely out of
joint that year, by Joe's courtship and blunder
of the bags, for there were more turnips raised
than pulse, a thing not heard of before among
the Bunkers since the Pilgrims came over. Joe
got good wife and saved his bacon, but lost his
beans
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-25

ANrcDoTE OF WAsHIxoToX-One Reuben
Roxy, CT Virginia, Owed ne Gslesai che thou
sand pounds. While President of the United
States, one Of his agents brought an action for
the money; judgment was obtained, and execu-
ton issued agains, the body of the defendant,
who was taken to Jail. He had considerable
landed estate, but this kind of property cannot
be sold in Virginia. unless at the discretion Of
the owner. He had large family, and for the
sake Of his children, preferred lying in jail to
selling his land. A friend limited to him, that
probably Gen. Washington did not know any.
thing about the proceedings, and that it might
be well to send him petition, with statement
of the circumstances. lie did so-and the very
next post from Philadelphia. after the arrival of
his petition in that city, brought him an order
for his immediate release, together with full
discharge, and a severe reprimand to the agent,
for having acted in such a manner. Poor Rou-
zey was consequently restored to his family, who
never laid down their heads at night, without
first presenting prayers to Heaven for their "be-
loved Washington Providence smiled upon
the labors of the grateful family-ina few years
Rouzey enjoyed the exquisite pleasure of being
able to lay the money, with interest, at the fee,
of the truly great man. Washington reminded
him that the debt was discharged. ROuzey re-
piled that the debt of his family to the Father
of their Country could ncvsrbe discharged; and
the General, to avoid the pleasing importantly
of the grateful Virginian, who could not be de-
MED, accepted the money, only, however, to di
vide it among Rouzey's children, which he i'm
mediately did.-OH Colony Memorial.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-25
Misttlla1lruus.
THE WHITE SLAVE.

Twas time to close. and the Ginning bell
Pealed ont the hour we loved so we'll
The hour frslease from our weary toll;
And we heard the sound with languid smile,
Which played DER our faces, 50 pale and wan,
As starlight on streams, when the day Is gone.
We heard theporter. with hssfy feet,
Pass to and fro in the busy street,
As the ponderous shutters forth he brought,
And our hearts from hislwhistle Eladness esnrh;:
And tss slang offbe brtz was .wessio or ears,
As musical bars from the heavenly spheres.
A light step passes the Threshold DER
We IRE prisoner now for an hour or more
For the silvery voice and the golden ;ress
Belong to one who would choose dress;
She is hard 70 please, and Ihs comsth late
Alas-alas! for the shopman's fatsl
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-25

Coon ADVICE TO ArrRESTIcEs.-When serT-
ing ysur apprenticeship, you win have time and
opportunity to stock your mind with u.eful IN
formation. The only way for young man 10
prepare himself for usefulness, is to deTote him
selfto study during his leisure hours First, be
industrious in your business-be frugal, be eco
nomieal-never complain that yOu have to work;
90 to it with alacrity and cheerfulness, and il
viii become habit which viii make yoa resPec-
ted and beloved by your master OF employer
make it your business to see to and promote his
interest; By taking care Of his, you viii learn 70
take care Of your own. Young men at the pre-
sent day arc too fond OF getting rid Of work.
They seek FOR easy and lazy employments, and
Frequently turn out poor, miserable vagaboads.
You must avoid all wishes to I've without labor;
labor; labor is blessing instead Of cursei il
makes your food, clothing, and every other thing
necessary, and frees yOv from temptation to be
dishonest.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-25
A Visit to the Sister of Robert Burns.

A European correspondent Of the Central
Presbyterian furnishes that paper with an &c.
count of visit to the sister Of Robert Burns
in Scotland. The writer says:
We visited an eminence which commanded q
view of {" the Castle of MOutgomerie,' where
Highland Mary lived, and then we went to the
spot where she and Burns had their last meet
ing. A little brook separated them, across which
they extended their hands, holding between
them Bible, over which they made their VOWS
of unchanging constancy. Shortly after. High
land Mary died. saw that Bible in collection
of relics of the kind, and read on the Hy leaf a
verse taken from Levitieus, think. about fidel-
ity in kpeeing VOWS, written by Burns for Mary.
Fastened to the same leaf was yellow ringlet.
To me it was something to see lock of High
land Mary's hair.
Returning to Ayr, we passed pretty little
residence, half hidden by shrubbery, in which
Mrs. Begg, the only surviving sister ofthe poet,
resides. Aresting our carriage at the door, /
rang the bell. A pleasant looking young woman
answered it. Said I, "Would it be agreeable
to Mrs. Begg to receive call from some traT-
ellers from the United States, who wish to pay
her their respects7" go, yes" the prompt an
swer was, "Ey aunt is always delighted to see
visitors from America" She ushered US into
the parIor, and after waiting few moments, q
little bright-eyed, quick moving old lady came
rustling in. excused our visit, on the ground
of a natural desire to see relative of one whose
writings were known and admired in every part
of the United States. She was evidently pleased
with the compliment, and answered, "I'm think
ing ye ken great deal about Robert in Ameri-
ca" and added, that she received more calls
from gentlemen from the States " than from
any other part of the world. She showed Us
some letters Of her brother, written in a bold
round hand; also an original portrait, which she
declared was a correct likeness. Mrs. Begg is
the Jenny Of The Cotter's Saturday Night"
But bark rap come gently to the door;
Jenny, who kens the meaning Of The same,
Tells how a neebor lad cane ovef the moor;
To do some erfands, and convey her hame.
One Of my friends made an allusion to the
fact that she was the original of this picture
She only laughed and answered, " perhaps the
less that is said about that the BETTER
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-25

The LANGUAGE OF MoTHER EAKTH.-Plants
are, as it were, the most direct language Of the
earth. Every new leaf, every Strange flower, is
some secret that is pressing forth, and which,
because it cannot speak for joy and love, be-
comes a mute, quiet plant. When We find such
flower in a solitary place, does it not seem as
if everything around was trans-fgured, and as
if the little feathered ones loved best to dwell
in its vicinity Over the whole dry world is
flung the green mysterious carpet ofloVe. With
every spring it is made new, and its strange WI
ting is only known to be beloved, Ike the pO-
sizes Of the Orient. Forever will he read, and
never read his FIJI; and daily b. comes aware Of
new revelations Of living nature.
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"Be not grieved above measure for thy de
ceased friends; they are not dead, but have on
ly finished that journey which it is necessary fol
every one of US to take. We ourselves must e
to that place of reception, in which they are al
of them assembled; and in this general render
rous Of mankind, live together in another stat,
Of being.'s-AnfigAaaes
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Life has an ultimate purpose We are not
appointed to pass through this life, barely that
we may live. We are not impelled, both BY dis
position and necessity, 10 buy and sell, barely
that we may do it; nor to get gain, barely that
We NAV get it. There is an end in business be-
yond supply. There IS an object in the acquisi-
ton Of wealth beyond success. There is afnai
cause Of human traffic; and that s virtue.
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Il vas iudhcicis resdllEion Of father. who,
Wien being asked what he intended to do zith
bis girls, replied, g ] intend to apprentice them
to their excellent mother, that they may learn
the art of improving time, add be fitted to be-
come, ike her, Wiver. mothers, and heads Of
families, and useful members Of society,"
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WE SHALL MEET AeAIS-In the beautiful
drama Of Ion, the instinct Of Immortality, so ell
Oquenty uttered by the death-devoted Greek,
finds response in every thoughtful soul When
about to yield his young existence as 4 sacrifice
to fate, his beIrothed, 'Clcmanthe, asks If they
shall no, meet again, to which he replies: :" l
have asked that dreadful question Of the hills
tina: look eternal; of the flowing streams that
flow forever; Of the stars among whose fields Of
azure my raised spirit hath walked in glory.
All were dumb. But while gaze upon thy liT-
ing face, feel there's something in thy lore
which nantes through its beauty, that cannot
wholly perish We shall meet again, Gle
MANTLE
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-25

Gustavus Adolphus knew how to put down
duellinS. Two officers asked leave to fight =
duel. Leave was granted, and the King became
a spectator. With him came the Provost Mar
shall. ''NoE, gentlemen said GustaTus % the
combataHts, fight till Ona Of yos is killed; the
Provost Marshal win hang the sgviviyor.''
The officers shook hands.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-25

ExrRAcT.-The velvet moss grows on a ster-
lie rock-the mistletoe hourishes on the naked
branches-the ivy elings to the Wondering m
ins-the pine and cedar remain fresh and fade
less amid the mutations of the passing year; and
Heaven be praised, something green, something
beautiful TO see and grateful to the soul, viii IN
the darkest hour of fate, still twine its tendriis
around the crumbling altars and broken arches
OF the desolate temples Of the human heart
He who compliments another with hearty wish
es to his face, and afterwards degrades his rep
utasion, Is doubie-i1ugued hypccTiie.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-25

"The smiles OF home " are exceedingly plea
SAINT, but there are many people who have good
homes, who prefer smiling " with friend out
side.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-25

Keep company with persons rather above Ian.
below youiselfi Tor gold in the same pocket with
silver loses both ilseo.or and weight.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-25

Why are dreams IKE she cars u,on the rail
roadi Because they cozie upon sleepsrs.
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TCletgymsn who are in the habit Of preaching Ion
,sFmoas daring the dog days, win please read the swn
lines, addressed to them BY Victius-
on beneath Thy gentle preaching,
visious Of the drsanlsnd come,
ofPsraossd sinners touched and weeping,
ofaints no longer deaf And dumb.
Ny ewn many aims eonfSund ne,
IbeTin to fear and euAEsj
But the sinners, sleeping round ne,
enoFe % loud that awAksl
TAou aFt not . sou Of thunder,
But thsu bTingsst rest to ALL
Soon again sink in slumbsr-
= Fainter still Thy accents fall.
To the weary, heavy laden,
Fall thy words ike drops OF balm
slsepins youth and nOddins maiden,
Bless thy aeeents son and calm.
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Manhood i dissrace,l BY the consequence Of
neglected south.
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Gbaite 4oetrp.
QUIZ FLAG.

fling II oui, and gaze upon it,
EmbIem Of ths free and brave;
With their lives eur fathers won it,
Shall Il drOop above their gravel
Let "a wave. and may the nations,
Be they scar o. be they far,
Watch iiS waving undulaii0ns,
And above their guiding star.
LIST the stricken ones behold Il,
As they wipe away tear:
would to God each one could fold il
Round their form, without fear.
Fling It out, and hine it boldly
Never fear a ninion's hate;
There are those who love not eoldly,
ThsFs are those who watch its fate.
Only thirteen Ipangses gfaced it,
When Il first appssred in view;
But now tliirty-one in beauty
Glitter on 4 feld Of blue.
Gather round Il, man and maiden,
As tie hesting momentI Tun;
1s. the very air be laden
With the humber rHIETT-oEE.
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StIet Galt.
JOE BUNKER'S COURTSHIP.
A TALE OF A BAG OF BEANS.

Tiers vsa y by ms, sbOdy
Ina bag Of beans,
Can body tel body
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1ssful hnoulfogs among all Glasses of luorhna Alfu

upon his hard and comfOr;less couch. pant.
ing for breath, and calling for help, but all
in vain. Dea,h marks him for his victim !;
and now, If for a while he is relieved from
frightful ghosts and demons which hitherto
haunted his disordered Imagination, con-
science, the sleepless monitor, with redoub-
led vigor assals his still conscious soul, and
brings up before him every act of worthless
life, to blast all hope. to plunge him in
deeper agony, and to hurry his affrighted
spirit into the presence of his God. How
loudly and bitterly does he complain of him
self. of life, of friends, of God
He prays, but it is the angry impreca,ion
of a doomed spirit, demanding of his Maker
speeder discharge. The wild glare Of his
scorched eyes, his restless tossing, his retch-
ing hiccough, and his deep hollow g,oans,
tell us how hard it is for drunkard to die.
The very presence of once loved wife and
children, kindle in his bosom, in advance,
the very fires of hell. The soothing voice
of mercy and the plaintive PRAYER of the
man of God kneeling 10y his bedside, ado
fuel to the already raging fame. lie calls
for water water water now, ere he takes
up his habitation where zone drop" will
not be allowed him; but, alb the cool
draught only adds force to the devouring
fire. Friends gather around to take las:
farewell, and his tremuous hand is extend
ed to bid them adieu-thoughts of the pas:
and of the future send their withering ar
rows, barbed with the poison of DEATH tc
his bursting heart and with one strong, ag
onizing struggle, his ruined soul staggers in
to the spirit land, to receive its sentence
Pity, compassion, humanity, would let the
veil drop here, and cover up till the great
assize the doom of the deluded, misguided
wretch but Divine truth has said, "All
drunkards shall have their portion in the
lake that burneth with fire and brimstone.'
lSpirit Of the Age.