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Lots % Osncine-st.
, Lots - vSunklln-at.
3 Lets "a MIssoari-st near the Park.
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gussts.
The tablsviu - pesvidsl with The hsst The nas-
net saords. sad viii not b Surpassed By any See
sAdslass Aouss n Keskuk. !,
!. 81. ROCKEFELLER,
ApT7l-1txipG Prspsissos.
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White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-17
The Way the squatters Swear

Twill give an example of the way in which
the squatters ansEer-inserting, also, their men
tai reservations. The case is an actual one, and
is sample of hundreds.
A man named $ = appeared before the
Court. sass -,
Judge-Haye you any improvements on your
claim2 :. 50 ~ ~ Ii fsa,ass.-,
squatter-Yes, sir.
Judge-A housed
squatter-Yes, sir. ;(six by five lumber
shanty.) -' =
Judge-Does your family live on your claiml
squatter-No, sir; they are in the States
(The man was unmarried; by his family he meant
his fathers household.J ssi5ti
Judge-DO you intend to bring them 70 live
here9 J.se
sq1atter-Yes, sir, if IhOId it. Out, as !
mean to sell it as soon as get title, / won't
hold it.) iesd '.-- 'i1
q Judge-Has your house window
squatser-Yes, sir. (Lots of chinks old judge,
but no glass.) r %
Judge-And door,
Squatser-Yes, sir. "A little hole about two
feet by three9 a'
Judge-Haye you improved your claim any1
squatter-Yes, sir. q Ding hole in the
ground) :. = hs.yaa.t ssa ni..n'+
Jndge-Has your house foor7 I'll Z. 81.
squatter-Yes, sir. You daned fool do yov
suppose built my house over the bOttOnlsss
pitt The floor was prairie unbrOken9
Judge-You can have your claim at the ap-
praised price. 'r vsar5f-sr ii.h--ezs
squAtser-Thank you sir. you're green
hsn-) ssss d vsia.ss 81.
The value of ths~ house'' and improvements
on the claim was probably three or four dollars.
-CaieeSo Tribune.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-17

The ARCTIC REeroNs.-It is impossible, from
anything we are yet in'possession OF, to form
an opinion as TO what exists beyond the parallel
Of 81 80 min. north, or beyond that.of eighty
degrees Of latitude south.
The north magnetic pole has been discovered
and examined-it is elevated but little above
tide, in lat 70 20 deg. n, long. about SO deg.
W. The magnetic pole ofthe Antarctic has not
been reached, for it is'walled in BY ice, and is
situated in lofty mountains not vet explored
its position, however, is further from the eoua-
tor than the north magnetic pole, and is in the
vicinity of two lofty mountains, in which vol.
canoes are in an active state at an elevation of
more than ten thousand feet above the sea.
The atmosphere of the Arctic Is unlike our AZ.
mospherc. Lieut.. Parry, when on Melville Il.
land in the winter of 1890, lat. about IS
deg. ~, lens. about Ill deg. W, says: ave
had frequent occasion in our walks on shore to
mark the deception which takes place in esti-
mating the distance and magnitude Of objects
when viewed over an UNMARRIED surface of snow.
1t was not uncommon for Us to direct our stems
towards what was taken to be large mass Of
stone at the distance Of half mile, butwhich
we were able to take up in our hand after a
minutes walk, This was more particularly the
case when ascending the brow of hill, nor did
we lind that the deception became less on ac-
count of the frequency with which we experieu.
,ed It's effects"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-17
astflI ata Curious.
WAYS Of Committine suicide.


Wearing thin shoes on damp nights in rsiny
weather.
Leading life of embedding stupid laziness,
and keeping the mind in an unnatural, excite,
ment By heading trashy novels.
GoingIto balls in all sorts of weather in the
thinnest possible -drcss. Dancing till in COM
plete perspiration, and then going home through
the damp-.air.
Sleeping OD..feather beds in Seven by nine
bedrooms.
surfeiting on hot. and very stimulating din
ners-
Beginning in childhood on tea, and going on
from one step to another, through coffee, chew
ing tobacco smoking and drinking.
Marrying in haste, getting an uncongenial
eompanion, and living the rest of life in mental
dissatisfaction.
Keeping children quiet by teaching them to
suck candy.
Eating without tim. to nasticate the food.
Allowing love Of gain to obsorb our minds as
TO leave no time 10 attend to our health.
Following an unhealthy occupation because
money can be made by it.
Tempting the appetite with niceties when the
stomach says no.
COntriving to keep in continual worry about
something or nothing.
Retiring OF midnight and rising at noon.
Commanding between meals.
Giving way to fits of anger.
Neglecting to bake paper and pay for It.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-17

WASHING CALIcoEs.-The following method
Of washing dresses of printed muslin, 50 as to
preserve the eolOrs, is recommended By csm-
petent authority: The dress should be washed
in lather, and not in the usual way, BY applying
the soap direct upon the muslin. Make lather
BY boiling some soap and water together. Let
it stand until it is sufficiently cool for use.
Previously to putting the dress into it, throw in
handful of salt. Rinse the dress, without
wringins It, and rinse It again in fresh supply
Of clear cold water and salt Then wiring the
dress in cloth, and hang it 70 dryimmediately,
spreading it ont as soon as possible, 50 rs 10
prevent any part lying over another. Should
there be any white in the pattern, mix little
blue in the water.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-17

DEATH OF TIE FRENCH PoEr BERASGER-The
Europa brings intelligence Of the death Of the
great lyric poet Of France, Pierre Jean Beran.
ger, whose fame 10 his own country as popu-
lar song writer, was equivalent to that of Thos.
MOeres in Ireland, or that Of Robert Burns, in
Scotland. Beranger was of Eery humble extr1c-
ton, and owed his first introduction to the liter
arg world to Lucien Bonaparte, brother Of the
great Napoleon, who aided him bothby his purse
and by his advice and encouragement. Under
the Bourbons, the republican bard, then in the
zenith Of his fame, suffered persecution and i'm
prisonment, which only tended TO make him
more popular with the liberals, who we're prepa-
ring for the revolution Of 1890. During Louis
Philiippe,s reign he refused all preferment and
distinction, and when, after the revolution of
1913, he was elected member Of the House Of
Representatives, he was Obliged to decline the
honor on account ofadvaneed age and inhrmity.
he has been aiIing for a long time, and added
70 his bodily suerings, it is said, he also suffer
ed the severe priyations of poverty, being too
independent 70 accept the assistance Of his nu-
merous friends and admirers, among whom was
the Empress Eugene, who repeatedly expressed
a desire 70 relieve his distress Beranger died
at Paris, on the 18th inst, in the seventy seventh
year Of his age.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-17

A TALENTED CoNoREss.-A correspondent Of
the Lowell Journal says, in looking over list
of the members of the twenty third Congress
which commenced December 2, 1888, and closed
March Sd, 1895, l was somewhat surprised al
the number of members who have filed high
positions under our government, and doubt not,
but that the record of few of them might prove
interesting to the readers Of the Journal and
Courier. Six members of that Congress, J. Q.
Adams, (previous) Tyler, Polk, Fillmore, Pierce,
and Buchanan, have occupied the Presidential
chair Five members, Messrs. Calhoun, John
son, Tyler, Fillmore and King, have been Vice
Presidents; and no less than eight members,
Messrs. John Q. Adams, Henry Clay, John Fer
syth, Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun, James
Buchanan, John NJ. Clayton and Edward Ever
EFT, have filed the office OF Secretary of State.
Thirty-two members have been Governors of
States, and twenty. three mombers of the House
have since served in the Senate.
-Four Of the Governors were of Massachusetts,
They were Levi Lincoln, John Davis, Edward
Everett and George N. Briggs, and four of the
Senators were also from this State, viz: Messrs.
Isaac C. Bates, Rufus Choate, John Davis and
Edward Everett, in addition to which, Mr.. J. Q.
Adams had been Senator previously. Truly, it
has been said that the twenty-third Congress
presented greater array oftalent thanany 9TH
er which has ever been. assembled in this coun-
try. Shall we ever see its eeual7
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-17

PoRTRGrs OF MARY oUEES OF scors.-A very
remarkable, interesting and attractive exhibi-
ton is now open, by ticket only, at the apart
ments ofthe Archaeological Society, Suffolk ST.,
Pail Mall. It isa collection of portraits of the
unfortunate and much maligned Mary Stuart,
known as Mary Queen of Scots. The colIec-
ton is very extensive, and the portraits are COM
sidered bona. fde, and indeed bear agreat re-
semblance to each other, save where the skill of
the artist has failed. Many of the portraits are
in OIL water eolors, andengravings. and to those
who have studied the history of the murdered
Queen, this exhibition possesses attractions Of
no common kind. By the way, Miss Agnes
Strickland has just sent a large portion of her
sixth and last volume of the Z" Life Of Mary
Stuart " to the press-Londen Correspondence
Boston Pilot. - 81, a-r. ~ ft-l+
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-17
SftiisttaalreuIus,
Gov. Chase on Disunion.

The newspaper report of Governor Chase's
response to the Mayor of Baltimore, on behalf Of
the guests from the Western cities, at the reeep-
ton of the latter is one of the best efforts of the
kind, says the Bellefontaine Republican, we
have ever read. The following is the concluding
paragraph: -. ,.-,..E
You have spoken elOquently sir. of railroads
as bonds of union, and your observations were
as just as they were eloquent. Nc man CONVEX
SAINT with railroads can be a ,disunionist The
social intercourse which they foster, the ties OF
business which they create, the mutual depend
ence which they establish and exhibit, make dis
union impossible. There must, of course, be
difference Of opinion on some points. Real
grievances may from time to time demand re-
dress But there is no evil Of which dislnion is
the proper cure. And the more we see of each
other, the less likely we shall be to commit the
error of thinking otherwise The fact is. that
we who live along the line of the American
Central Railway don't mean to let this Union
break up. Maryland viii not trust Virginia
Will not Ohio am sure will not. Nor India.
ma. or Illinois, or Missouri. - ~
Who, then. will No, sir We may differ
hsncefcrth, as we have done heretofore. We
will retain our respective opinions and positions
with candor, courtesy, frmness and resolution;
and we will refer whatever question may be be-
tween US to the great American tribunal of pop
ular discussion and popular Judgment But in
the time to come, as in the time past, we eleave
70 the Union IS the ark at refuge, and, under
God, our surest guaranty Of prosperity and pow
er, and abiding glory,
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-17


Horace on THE BEARD.-Horace Greedy, in
a late lecture is reported to have spoken thus
on shaving:
""esay to Young America in counting houses
and workshops, never touch your boards with
razor. Despise the dictates Of fashion, and let
the hair of the face grow silken and soft, onlv
trimmed by the scissors. Your health will be
improved your teeth will be sounder; your La
hlity to colds and bronchial and lung affections
will be sensibly diminishedi your convenience
will be daily consulted; your manly beauty
no despieable thing, as it is the type Of what
onght to be the dover of every man-will be
indefinitely increased, and the true and pOetieal
contrast to feminine TcFliness be once more Sc
cured, which is impossible under the starved,
scraped, Eiry, caricatures which shayeIings now
present.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-17

Pro UGIY-Some arithmefician calculates
thai If tobacco ehewer consumes two inches Of
plug per diem, for ffty years, he wiz chew in
that period 6,4T5 feet, or nearly half mile Of
solid tobacco, half an inch thick, and two inches
broad, costing 1904. And eiecting one Pintof
saliva Per day, for fifty years. the total would
swell into nearly $500 gaIlOns-quite respec-
table lake, and almost large enough to float the
Great Eastern in,
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-17

On Thursday morning an inquest was held
over the body Of an unknown man found floating
m the Missouri river by the landing at Quindaro.
The citizens chose q Coroner for the occasion,
and because of the putrid condition of the body.
were compelled 70 act before they could have
time to petition Gov. Walker for permit. It's
70 be hoped that this little iregularity win not
provoke descent upon our place by His Excel
isncy and his staff Of DngOons.-QIndsro
CAiHdoteaR
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-17

LIEE's VIcIssrTuDEs.-There is an old gentle
man in one of the city pauper institutions at
South Boston, who was for many years, the
President Of one of the largest insurance COM
Panles in this part of the country. He was for
a whole generation the associate and friend Of
the IAosHdikes, the BrOoksss, the Lymans, the
AnOys' the Cabots, the Perkinses, and other
merchant princes Of Boston. He has insured
millions upon millions of property in a single
year. and is now, in his old age, maintained at
the public charge.-ThGnscript ~
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-17
Factions.

The Cleveland Herald is considerable of a
wag. In a recent issue it gives an amusing ac'
count of the glorious reception and cOrtege Of
the newly nominated Democratic candidate fol
Goyernor-H. B: Payne. Read and laugh;
as the eOrtege passed up the hill in the faint
starlight, it presented striking apPearance.-
The order maintained was as follows:
i Two Of Geer Co.'S Horses. =
Two more Horses
.5r- The Driver.
Fore Wheels of the Carriage.
@ THE CARRIAGE.
'firaa Hind Wheels Of the Carriage.
.-lt Immense Cloud Of Dust,
Covering everything, and beautifully typical of
the Democratic party of Ohio,
whichis atpresent Gun
der cloud"
The Z" faithful AND unterriied," deceived by
the Vaccinations of the desperate and unseru-
pulOus Black Republicans" did not realize the
fact that their great nominee was in the carriage,
and the illustrious party therefore reached their
quiet and respectable homes without further dis
turbing the peace of the city.
Some persons on hearing the discharge of
cannon in the evening, asked if the firing was
in the SndeavOr to raise dead body.
Certainly" was the reply.
"Pray, whose body was itl' said the querist
"The Democratic party of Ohio"
"Then am afraid the price of powder will
go up" muttered the inquirer after knowledge,
as he walked off.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-17

Our compOsitor respectfully requests persons
visiting the Office not to read the manuscript
He was taught when learning the business that
It isinTioAbe until II is published, and has found
it 50 considered wherever he has been. IL is
unpleasant to him to speak Of it personally, and
his feelings on such occasions are somewhat akin
to what yours would be, were all individuals to
look over your shoulder, and read letter which
has Just been received by msil.-RestsTn IRds-
rendent.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-17

A Man PRoFosING TO MARRY ANOTHER Man
l'-ATfe- Mone'1 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES time ago
| il will be remembered, a singular case came up
in the Richmond, Va, Courts, in which. young
man named Lipscomb, sued another young man
named Thomas Linton, for breach Of promise.
Linton, it seems, was Of such remarkable fem
mime appearance, that his friends easily persua-
ded Lpscomb that he was female in disguise,
and so enamored did he become Of Linton as to
receive promise of marriage, which, Of course,
the latter was unable to fulfill. But on attemp-
ting to. explain why he could not "come to
time" the fond CLOVER" wouldn't believe a
word of it, and full in the belief that his inamo-
rata was a woman, he sued fer breach Of prom
Use. The case created no little excitement in
Richmond.
An examination by FIVE experienced physi-
clans was ordered by the court, so that there
should be no possibility of mistake, and they re-
ported that Linton was undoubtedly man: so
Lipscomb lost both his Iady-loye and his law
suit.
Linton has recently arrived in this city, and
such was his wonanish appearance that suspi-
cion was created as to his sex, and the Guards
were about to arrest him, and would have done
SO but for the interference of person who knew
the young man. Last night Linton again got
into trouble, through falling into the hands of
party of young men who believed him to be sail
ing under false colors. and were about to make
an examination to test the matter. A gentle
man cognizant of the history of Linton happen
ed to be present, and upon this representation
Linton was set free.
Feminine beauty would seem to be anything
but a desirable gift for man.-WashingtOn
Star, 26lhe
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-17

BRADDocK's FIELD.-A correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press has recently visited the bat
tie ground where Braddock was beaten. The
grounds are-nOw ovnedby Mr.. George H. Bell.
The fight took place on the Northern bank of
the MonOngahelA river. eight miles from Pitts
burgh, directly opposite the. mouth of small
stream now known as Turtle Greek. The to-
Biography of the field is thus given. (RecOllect
in reading that a few lofty oaks, beneath one of
which Braddoek fell, still adorn the ground:)
The formation Of the bank of the river at this
point, and extending for half mile back, isvery
peculiar onthe immediate margin of the NV
-er there is level fiat, which extends back about
tEo hundred yards, where it gives way to a Sec
ond bottom of about a quarter of mile in
width, but Of much great elevation; and, at the
northern edgeof this, a fhird elevation rears its
commanding heights, and which is still thickly
covered with wood. Il was the second Of these
fats, or tables, that constituted the main theatre
Of this important contest Running acress this
second fat, about quarter Of s-mile apart, are
two deep ravines, leading from the upper margin
down to herver's edgs q These raTines, owing
tie the fact that the grounds were not subjected
to any agricultural process, from the time the
battle vas fought until within the last two years,
are still preserved in about the same state Of
formation as they were described in an ancient
record of them, made about hundred years
ago.. Large forest trees and clunps Of under
brush covered the plain between these two nat
ural entertainments, which, together with the
latter. afforded the most complete facilities for
an enemy to ambush imaginable. -,.st.;
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-17

VEzzoxr.-yernOnt is model State, one
among thirty-Ons, and very lovely. One OF its
papers says oft: aeoiif - - tqs-sall
"There is but one city IN this State, and not
1 soldier, We have ne police; and not nrr-
der has been committed in this State within the
last ten years. We have no Museums nor CrJs-
tai Palaeesi but we have homes, genuine homes,
that are the centre Ofthe world 70 thefrinmatss,
for which the father works, votes ana talks
where the mother ccntrOHs, edueates, hbors and
loves, where she reaFs men. scholars and patri-
otso
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-17
Right to Enter Land

The Acting CommissioAsr Of the General
Land ofiee has recently had occasion On reply
ing to the inquiries from newly appointed land
officers to explain their duties and the rights Of
parties applying to enter land, as follows:
aft is the duty Of the Register and Receiver
10 receive applications for the purchase os Ioea-
ton Of any binds = tse district subject to entry
at private sale in the eaet order Of the fling Of
applications and tender Of tae consideration With
out restriction as toiranges, taking care not to
allow monopoly of purchase in favor Of any
one person, and not permitting each to purchase
at any one time more thanthe extent of an or.
binary entry. Where greater quantities are de-
sired by any one applicant, the party must take
his turn according to the principle here laid down.
until from time-to time he may be accommoda-
ted with proper regard to the equal privileges
and rights which Others may have to make pur-
chases." .at
Under the above regulations, the practice Of
offering lands in this manner proposed (by ran
ges) cannot be sanctioned. e..
Where the number of entries consummated
during any particular period are so great as TO
render Unnecessary to close the Office portion
of the day, they will be governed by the regula-
ton in the Circular of the oath of January, 1856,
as follows:
sit is therefore hereby directed that in future,
when the press of business at any one Land Of
fee shall make such proceeding necessary, the
hours of .business will be limited from 8 A.
NJ, to - NJ, at which last hour the Offices will
be closed for the day, and the afternoon be de-
voted to bringing up the morning work; and
whenever it shall be necessary to restrict the
hours as above, the fact will be Immediately re-
ported to this Office, and the probable time such
limited working hours continued, also commu-
nicated. So soon as the press of business is
overcome, the hours will be extended through
out the day; and in no case whatever will the
authorized closing of Land Offices be tolerated. T"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-17

DnED ARIES, PIEs-A Buckeye Grip
sends an exchange the following recipe:
"Les those who have the great privilege of
drying their own fruit. prepare their apples for
pies before they are dried. Free them from all
skins and cores, then slice and spread on plat
tiers, and they win dry in a hot sun, or BY
cooking stove in less than twenty -fouE-hours,
without losing their natural favor. Apples
dried in this way, viii cook ready for use in half
an hour, and with the usual seasoning Of sugar,
spices, &c, We have a pie that would take
smart epicure 10 tell from a green apple pie, and
besides, il is saving Of time. which Is great
desideratum n the endless round Of cookery.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-17

The Richmond Enquirer, lDemocratiel says
that ''t the first assaults upon the National De
mOcrAcy and the Administration at the South,
were madeby the ultras and seeessionists. Be
fere ne Wings and KnOao Nothings had uttersd
l'ors against tie Administration, the secession
isss Of south Carolina and Mississippi were de-
rOuncing Mr.. Bucbanan's policy"