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dsetllI ano Guriaus.

How TO LOAD A GUN.-Emery's Jour
nal says: We all know how savagely q
gun kicks once in a while. We have
very apprehensive feelings, when We shoot
a gun that some one else has loaded. or
that we have loaded for the first time, and
without instruction. There are few far
mers, we opine. but have guns that they
use occasionally. We give the follows
ing rule, from the pen of gun maker
Try it repeatedly with charges, consis-,
ting Of equal bulks of powder and shot,
till you come to a quantity with which
the gun will not recoil, or but slightly.
This will give you the proper quantity OF
shot. With this load, however, the gun
will scatter in all directions. To correct
this, reduce the quantity of powder until
you find that the shot is carried as close
as you desire. A gun loaded thus will
never burst. To make it carry farther
use shot of larger size. No gun should
be fred more than twenty times without
being wiped out. When in the Geld, it
will be much safer to carry the piece al
ways at half cock. In traversing thick
cts and crossing fences, hold the piece
before you. '''
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-09-02
Republican Organization.

The White Cloud Chief, Elwood Press,
Gsary City Era, Leavenworth Ledger
and journal, Minneola Statesman, and
Grasshopper Falls Grasshopper, have
each signified their position to be identi-
cal with the Herald of Freedom, in an
tagonism to the formation Of the Repub-
lican party in Kansas, until Kansas is q
State. The Commercial Gazette, just
established at Wyandott, will take the
same position, as will the Sentinel, at
Junction City. The German paper, Stats
Zeitung, at Leavenworth, has also defined
its position as hostile to the Republican
movement. These eleven papers have
probably a greater circulation than all
the other papers in the Territory.
Of the Free Stale papers which have
favored the movement, the Leayenworth
Times is the leader; then comes the
Freedoms Champion, at Atchison, the
Sumner Gazette, the Lawrence Republic
can, the Prairie City Champion of Free
dom and the Emporia News.
The Osawatomie Herald is edited by
a common sense man, therefore we ex-
pect it to stand by the old party organi-
cation.
The Republican movement has met
with such poor encouragement from the
people, we are apprehensive but little
more will be heard from it; that, in short,
its prime movers will back dorm and aban-
don the enterprise. We understand that
two of the editors of the journals men
toned above as in favor of Republican
organization, deny that they are in favor
of it until after the October elections
They were conscious of the destiny which
awaited them, hence their change Of pro-
gramme. We love such politicians, ac
they show how eminently qualified they
are for the rarest feats of political vault
ing, tumbling and somersetting.-Heralo
of Freedom.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-09-02
WHITE CLOUD, KANSAS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER q 1885,

adjourned J?
Arrived at the cars Just in season, ]
parted from my hospitable friends on thu
platform. with more hand shaking, and 4
whispered entreaty Of " Don't forget the
Office" from my shabby genteel friend
and a. the train moved of, nine stentorisr
cheers from the assembled gathering, &C.
tually drowned the locomotives whistle
had become so used to adulation and
admiration by my mornings experience,
that 1 half expected to be greeted with
similar demonstrations aboard the train
and half wondered whether the city belle:
would not strike up peal of welcome in
honor of my return, and whether l should
find General Sanford with the first Bri'
gade of N. Y. s. IL, waiting at the de-
pot to escort me to the City Hall.
walked home to my lodgings without
exciting any attention in the Streets
Reaching there, l pulled off my new
boots which had proved rather tight, and
sat down in easy slippers to rest and cog
itate upon my singular adventures.
Some writing on the inside of the lining
of one of the boots attracted my notice
l took it up, and read in large round
hand, FRANKLIN PIERCE"
The mystery was explained In hastily
purchasing ready made boots, l had
bought pair made for the President
When / set them ont over night to bt
blacked at the Smithburg Hotel" the
waiter had read the name, and communl
Gated the important secret to the landlord
from whom it had spread like wild-frc
through the town. 1 had been passing
with the Smithburgers for President
Piercel
l have not ventured to show myself il
Smithburg since. have never heard o
Gen. Pierce's going there either /; so
suppose they are not undeceived to thi
day.
P. S. If you print this story in tn
Knickerbocker, don't let any copy of i
go to Smithburg.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-09-02

COLONY FOR KANsAs.-A valued cor
respondent in Knox county, writes US that
a colony for Kansas is now organizing IN
that county. The colony are residents OF
Galesburg and the vicinity. A locating
COMMITTEES is now in the Territory, look
ing for proper sight. They propose
taking full township, which is to be
divided into shares and sold to members
of the Association, each of whom is bound
by agreement to enclose, before Spring
his entire purchase, by substantial fence
The enterprise is clearly feasible, and we
have a guarantee in the character of the
men engaged therein. that it will be
success.-C Chicago Press.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-09-02

The PRESIDENT AND THE NEWSPAPERS.
"A correspondent. writing from Bed
ford Springs, says that the President re-
fuses to converse on the subject of Kan
sas, since be has heard of the defeat of the
English Compromise bill, and that while
he purchases all the papers offered by the
news-boys, he refuses Foiney's Press.
We think His Excellency is very I'M
grateful, as he, and every leading politi-
clan throughout the land, knows that be
is chiefly indebted to Forney for the po-
sition which he now occupies.-BdltiHOrt
American.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-09-02

New ANr1DoTE AGAINST .0PIUM.-Dr,
Gubier has communicated q series Of OBJ
servations to the Paris Medical Review,
from which it appears that sulphats Of
quinine and opium mutually counteract
each other. One of the cases related BY
him is as follows: Having for several
days administered large doses of opium
and sulphate Of quinine to a patient la
boring under acute articular rheumatism,
he was surprised to find that his prescrip5
ton produced no effect. He diminished
the doses of opium, but still the effect Of
the sulphate was hardly perceptibfe. At
length he suppressed the opium altogeth-
er, when the sulphate produced its effect
with considerable intensity, and the rheu-
matism was soon cured. The experiment
was repeated in various ways, and it at
length became evident that opium and
sulphate of quinine are antidotes to- easb
other. 20
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-09-02
SeIett Gak,
From the Knick erbockCr.
ADVENTURE In SMITHBURG,
ny JOHN BRADSHAW.

MAKE you a pair before Saturday
night, sir" said the shoemaker.
"Can't watt" said 1, "going out of
town, by the next train."
"0h! well, now, l think, " replied he,
there is an uncommon nice pair that
may be will fit. They were made for
gentleman that didn't take 'em l.; toe small
across here, you see. Try 'em on, sir :?
All yes, so, so, exactly. Why, they
1T like-like they'd beenmade fer you'll"
They did fit .t6lerably well, SO took
them. In FIVE minutes more was seated
aboard the cars in Chatham street, and in
half an hour more, was steaming and
rafting away out of the city, towards my
destination. I was going en- = collecting
expedition to that secluded - little rural
paradise" Smithburg, which, as you are
aware. is situated about a hundred miles
back of the City Hall, and is about the
same number of years behind the metrop-
oils in modern improvements" One
OF the Smithburgers was in debt to my
employers, 1.-THE great house Of Raryred
d COmpany,) of whom yeu have nc
doubt heard, on Pearl street, Just below
Fulton. The aforesaid Smthburger was
rumoredto be on the eve of suspension -
hence my hurried journey. Be it remem-
bered that these events occurred TIVE years
ago. at which year debts were still col
2ectabIe. t-.
The shades of night were falling fast
when the train deposited my carpet bag
and myself at the Smithburg station.
was soon enscenced in the tavern; an
ambitious wseden structure, very garishly
white, and very lavish of piazza without
which qualities were counterbalanced by
ITS being very dirty and even crampet
for room within.
When l went over in the evening t
the store of the delinquent debtor, l die
net find him and a brief conversation
Slth the people whom did find, served
to inform nae that had come on fruit
less erraad. He had not only suspended
out had decamped out of Smithburg t.
paris unknown. He was a dead loss, Sc
lar as Naryred q Company were con
cerned. All that could be done with hin
was to put him down on the debit side o
the profit and loss account. There wa
nothing for me but to 90 back.
" And when does the next train g,
down? ?" inquired of mine host at tn
Hotel.
" No train down until 11:55, A. NJ,
was the curt response.
Just my luck. No money, no assets
no collection, and now no train. shoul
nave to stay fourteen hours longer in thi
olsmal country tavern. Tired and i'll
humored, after nodding an hour over tn
same paper had read the day before i
town, | took my candle and took mysel
OF to bed.
1t must have been near midnight, whe
was suddenly aroused by thunderin
explosion:
"BANG %
Bewildered and sleepy, / sat up il Bee
trying to make out whether Naryred ,
company had " burst" and were unabl
Iopay ten cents on the dollar or whetht
l was aboard Mississippi steamer whic
mad collapsed fue," and was abor
70 be scaldsd with hot steam or whetl
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-09-02

SIMPLE CURE FOR DYsENTERY.-An
old friend handed MS the following simple
receipt for publication. Il has been prac-
ticed in his family for many years, with
uniform success, even in the most alarm
ing stages of the complaint: -.;.r,.,
Take Indian corn, roasted and ground
in the manner of coffee, or coarse meal
Drowned, and boil in sufficient quantity
of water to produce strong liquid like
coffee, and drink teacupfull, warm, two
or three times a day. One days prac-
tice, it is said, will ordinarily effect q
cure
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-09-02

A PUzzLE.-A Texas correspondent Of
the Spirit of the Times, propOunds the
following puzzle: Volt.
"What disposition do deer make OF
their horns, when they drop them? I
live within twenty miles of Corpus Chris
ii. will draw a circle, the diameter Of
which is six miles; in that circle there
are from 5000 to 5000 deer daily; say
one-half of them are bucks, and they have
all dropped their horns within the last
ten days, this is an open, plain country. J.
Myself and men are daily riders, and still
we do not see deer horn on the prairie.
l have been close observer for the past.
six years, but without any success" .ar
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-09-02

WILD PLUxs.-The wild plum makes
excellent jelly. Seald them few mo-,
ments in weak salaratus water, to remoys
the bitterness from the skins; pour that
of, and add pure water boil sill very
tender, then strain; aid an equal part Of
sugar, and boil gently about 6fteen min.
utes. A good deal of the pulp Of the
plum is left, which, if pressed through q
cullender and adding half its quantity Of
sugar, makes a good marmalade. Boil
gently, and stir till done The, wild
plum makes excellent pickles. -
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-09-02

DIaGING A WELL.-The month OF AT
gust is usually the safest time to sink q
we'll. The hot season has then generally
dried up the surface streams and springs,
and left those which percolate deep and
silent through the earth in their full and
natural flow, and when reached they then
scarcely fail to yield permanent supply.
Before digging the well. the stone or brick
for walling it should be on the ground,
and so placed as to be ready at a mo-
ment's notice for use, as we have known
wells lost, from q sudden break Of the
earth or rock at the bottom, and the rap
id flowing Of the water, driving the Ia
borsrs out, and filling up to height even
above the tools they wrought with. And
so strong was the fountain. that they
could not exhaust the water afterwards,
Such cases do not often happen. we know,
but it is well to provide against them,
and after water is found in full supply
the quicker the well is walled up the bet
ter.-Amsriean AgrieuLtUTist.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-09-02

BLEEDING IN APePLExY AND SUNs
STRoKE.-Dr Samuel Dickson, Of Bon7
don, who was formerly a medical ofiosr
in the British army, disapproTes entirely
of bleeding in cases of sun-stroke, but re-
lies upon ammonia. quinine, and alcohol!
ic stimulants, and the prompt application
of cold water to the head. This'is upon
the principle that opening a vein dimiA.
ishes the power of the heart, already def
Gent, while the stimulants tend to restore
the circulation to the standard Of health.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-09-02
Wisteuaneurrs,
(From the Cincinnati Commercially
THE "OLD LOG CABIN. "
BY C. A. STEWART.

The Old Log Cabin Al North Bends no more!
It's forest logs cen now to ashes burn;
its builder MASTER honored went before
Their ashes should be treasured in one urn.
II gave him shelter when his fame was young
He meier deserted when his fame grew great:
A nation saw, admired, his virtues sung.
And made him their beloved Chief Magistrate.
The rich rear gorgeous mansions in their pride,
And Kings build palaces with royal power;
But be- rich in his eOuntIys love. did long reside,
Greater than Kings, within his woodland bower!
But now the "Old Log Cabin" is no more!
With it his trophies, relics! lie in dust;
Yet why should we thsir loss with grief deplorsi
A nations heart holds all in sacred trust.
The trees stand withered where the Cabin stood!
But all in mem'ry livs!-as the wildwood vine,
Green in the depths Of its own native wood,
So round our hearts will they e'er closely Irvine.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-09-02
WHAr TO Do WHEN A Boar UpsErs.

WHAT TO Do WHEN A Boar UPsETs.
The mode practiced by the natives Of
the Pacific Islands, when their canoes
upset at 9 distance from the shorss and
with whom it is an object to save the
boat as well as their lives, is thus: They
sustain them selves by joining hands across
the bottom Of the boat, and use the otheF
hand to paddle home. changing 'hands
when fatigue prompts it. 1t is surpriGf
ing how long persons can sustain them;
selves in this way.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-09-02

AMUsNG.-The Administration Or
gans, from one emil of the country to the
other, fill their leading editorial columns
every day, with articles on the settlement
of the Kansas question. They declare
daily. in the most positive and passionate
manner, that "it is settled" that they
will have no more Of it, that the efforts
that are being made by the opposition
press to excite a new agitation, must and
shall be unavailing. But every day the
Kansas question becomes more and more
threatening, more portentous of political
earthquakes and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
matt Commercial
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-09-02

The FRAzER's RIVER FEvER.-At la
test accounts, this malsdy was not pre-
vailing with the severity with which it
first broke out in California. In fact,
there were strong symptoms of GONZALES
cenee. Some Of the thousands who emf
grated so hastily to the new gold lands,
were returning. Frazer's River was so
as to cover the bars, and no gold could
be had except that which the Californi-
ans had taken with them.-Cia. Com.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-09-02
Gboite 4oetrg.
Crroa III. Albany E,sri'oir:. IssO2
ruv MASONIC PROCESSION.

t.vt band OfbrOtbsr' move
viii dow and solemn tread;
hi, hearts wsr, joined in ties Of love-
I. charity were wed;
And types Of light iIlumsd the "H
sbOos on the Christening roei
And in The midst, wide opsn lay
Ths GOspsl Of our God.
I,,t,s +, man Of four.ScOrs ysrn'
Why Iftsr them be rani
q, ..id-snd melted into team
Tb.y feed the poor old man
n, .,id, once WaS sick and sad
NY limbs were rsetsd with pain;
Tb,, came, ,hey conferred and clad
The old man rose again.
I,,E.d weeping widow why
She followed those before;
sb, ,,id-and wiped Der weeping eye
They came unite my door
They cane, when all the world beside
Had turned from me and fed
Tb.y came, my wants and woes to hide;
They gave my children bread.
IsIksd an orphan boy why he
His eager footsteps bends;
He said, they smile on all like me
They were my fathers friends.
Before he died, they clothed aud fed,
And all our gifts they gave;
And when we wspt for father dead,
They threw gifts in his grave.
And such, said, are Mssons all
Friends to the needy poor;
They never view brothers fall,
They sevsr shun his door:
And though us said they are not "Frse,"
Virtue and Love are twins;
And de bSeH srace Of Charity,
Aidss 1ulitudeS of sins.
They worship in the Lodge Of God,
Secret and seleRz there;
Thsy bow beneath His sacred rod,
And breathe HEARTFELT prayer.
Free Masonry, like woman's love,
Is taught by private rules,
So deep, that should it public prove,
Il wOuld be sport for fools
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-09-02

The French Gazette MedicalsTstGtss
that by accident charcoal has been disco
vsred to be cure for burns. By lsying
a piece of cold charcoal on the burn, The
pain subsidies Immediately. BY leaving
the charcoal on one hour, the wound Is
healed. -
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-09-02

A TRUE PREDICToS.-The eccentric
John Randolph, of Virginia, once said,
from his seat in Congress:
1.-THE SOUTH is AS SURE OF
THE DEMOCRACY OF THE NORTH
AS OF THEIR NEGROES %
Verify, John Randolph was a prophet
The whole party is at this moment as
openly controlled and moved by theil
Southern oligarchical lords, as are the
blacklist and most degraded slaves o.
Southern plantations by their brutal over
seers. Such state of affairs is burn
ing disgrace to our Republic, but it is
beyond question true Guernsey Times
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-09-02

To REMOVE IRoN SRoTs on MARsGk.-a
Mix equal quantities Of spirits Of vitFiOl
and lemon juice, shake it well, wet the
spots with the mixture, and in . few
minutes rub with a soft linen rag until
they are completely efaced. =
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-09-02

There is a family in the city of Msdi-
son, Indiana, who are lineal descendants
of John Rodgers. who suffered martyr
dom by being burnt at the stake at Smith
field, England, in 1355-the 14th genera
ton.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-09-02

Here it is nowl Here is the news
from Kansas Tbs Vincennes Gazette
has it:
The English Bill Damnedl Eye Great
Pacifcator" Forked End Up! Lecomp-
ton, Jr., Unanimously Kicked Out Of
Kansas III The Bride Spurned III! The
Slave Question forever Removed from
Congress--in horn
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-09-02

The Kansas ELEoroS.-The Wash
Ington States, after giving the majorities
against the Lecompton Constitution, has
the following in its favor:
For tie CoRsftHtioB,
TIE WAsHINeroH USIos.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-09-02

The Scotch giant is dead, the Georgia
one is sick. and ours has turned Sag
NIGHT. -LouisViIls Journal.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-01-06

with the abandonment of ruinous practices, my
patients can be restored to robust, vigorous
health
The afflicted are cautioned against the use o
Patent Medicines, for there are so many ing-ni
Gus snarcs in the columns of the public prints
to catch and rob the unwary sufferers. that mil
lions have their constitutions ruined by the vile
compounds of Quack doctors or the equally poi
sonous uostrums vendcd as Patent Medicines
have carefully analysed many of the so-called
Patent Medicines and find that nearly all of them
contain Corrosive Suhlimatc, which is one of
the strongest preparations OF mercury, and
d"edy poison. which, Instead of curing the dis
ease diSahles the system for life.
Three duurths OF the patent nostrunls now in
use are put up. .hy unpriuciplcd and Ignorant per-
sons who do not understand even the alphabet
of the matcria mcdca, and are equally as dcSti.
tutr o! any kn Iwlcdgc ot the human system,
having one oiJcct only in view, and that to
make money rcga: dcSs of Consequences.
lrrcgulu tiles and all Diseases of males and
females ireatel on principles established by
twenty yeas Of practice and sanctioned by
thousands of the most remarkable cures Mcdi
cincs with full directions sent to any part of the
United States or Canadas, by patients commu.
r,icating their symptoms 10y letter Business
corr cspoudencc strictly confidential All letters
asking advice must contain postage stamp.
Adde'S, j. SUMMERNILLE, NJ. II.
Box No. 53.
OGicc No. ll3l Filbrrt St, old No. !u9 Below
Twelfth, Philadelphia, Ia,
Nov. %, 1877. il-ly.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-01-06
LAMBS FOR SALE.
Nov. IS,

ME : ONrribrr amN!"us 10 dispose of his
L lands IN LANCASTER District oIlcr for
sale ScycrL. tracts Of valuable Inud on the
most accommodating terms. viz:
1000 Acres on the CalaWbd River known
as the handNI0ru ',a,r. adjoining Lands of
Col. J. ID. Wirhr.- p"on. GyOrgc McC. With.
erspU"n. aud John i'u,,er. nboui ,our hun.
drrd acres are cleared and have Oren in cul.
iv"UOn for seyrrd years, also:
G12 .lcres on Twelve Mile Creek. nd.
joining lands of The Estate of DE-. & l..
Massey, Il &. Vaughn ana others. These
lands are first r,ic Tor Cocoon and grain
and cannot be surpassed hy ~, !, uGs ia the
EcishborhoOd for producIVrnc e. Also
ll1 Acres, all in y.oou~. Iv;ny one mile
from he above, rGloinin" T. no- OF J. y. X.
Bck NJ lmLrougn and ornc.,. 40.
coo Acres, in two = ncar GeIpir:
one known as the Sprnt l. nd the % Der as
the Carns tract, very near all of y nicn il ~
woods, and in good grain country. Also.
Persons dcS'rous at purchasing any OF
the above tracts of IanAs, are requested 10
call on, or address the subscriber at "n~
caster &. H., ). C..
J. T.. CURETON
Sept 80 1857. 33..tr