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White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-24

ARITHAETIcAL CURIosITY.-Multiply
the numbers 1. 2, 8. 4, 5. 6, Z, 9, by 8,
and the product will be ones. Multiply
the same by Is, and the product will be
composed of Is. Multiply it by q,
and the product will be IS. In this man
ner all the digits may be obtained by
multiplying by the multiplies of 9, as
Sc, As. 81, 60. y. 81.
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A Yankee Down East, has invented q
machine for corking up daylight. which
will eventually supersede gas. He COW
ers the interior of a -four barrel with
shoemaker's wax-holds it open TO the
sun, then suddenly heads up the barrel.
The light sticks to the wax, and at night
can be cut out, and sold in lots to suit
purchasers.
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ASrDoTE TO STRYcHSrSE.-Hog's lard;
or animal oil of almost any kind swal-
low as much as You possibly can, and as
quick as possible.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-24

SrRTPED BUGs.-I last june saw a
patch Of water melon vines that had not
been injured by the striped bugs, and up
on inqniring what means had been used
20 keep them of. / was informed that the
vines had been sprinkled with cold worm
wood tea. and that it was necessary to
sprinkle them after every shower.-Prai-
RE Farmer.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-24

Sally Jones says that when she was in
love, she felt as If she was in tunnel,
with stream of molasses running in at
both cnds-of the tunnel.
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1t was supposed that Russia would
make her grand attack on Turkey the
same day we did Thanksgiving Dav.
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WILL sell all kinds of Machinery, s9en :
w Engines, Saw and Grist Mills, and s' "a.
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.LnnNe SwARD LASD-Grass lands,
which may be intended for Spring crops.
should be lined in the Fall preceding the
Spring in which they are to be plowed.
By such application, the benefit of the
lime is more Immediately experienced in
the healthfulncss and product of the crop,
while Its lastingness is not at all impaired.
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\ marriage is spoken of between a.
reindeer and a rainbow. el-'
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"A writer in the Cultivator says that
the best way TO preserve roots Of all
kinds, IS 70 pack them with leaves in al
ternate layers in barrels.
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EGREAT DISCOVERY OF THE ACE
IMPORTANT TO
TOBACCO CHEWERS!
DR. GUSTAV LINNARD'S
T.sfo Daoforaf;un Troahao
Taste Restorative TrOCheS,
w Great Substitute for ToLacco.

nc UItut ouUSIHuFe JUI 1UVuCOV'
1t is well known and incOntrovertable fact
that the use of Tobacco is the promoting cause
of many of the most severe ..
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-03-09
Private Property for Public Uses.

In the Congressional Globe, OF Jan. 26th, we
find the following proceedings in the Senate:
Mr.. Broderick-I ask the consent of the Sen.
ate, to enable me to move to take up bill
which has been long pending, to provide for ta-
king private property for public use, allowing
just compensation therefor The bill was in
troduced by the honorable Senator from Louis
lana, Mr.. Benjamin. just before the adjourn
ment Of the last session, after the expose that was
made in regard to q purchase for the site of q
fort at the mouth Of the harbor of San Fran
cisco. / hope that this bill will give rise to no
debate. would not urge it at this time, if it
were not that know that the parties owning
that property have their agents in Washington,
who are trying to urge upon the Secretary of
War the necessity of purchasing the property
at the very high price of $4,000 l state
to the Senate that the amount of property re-
quired for the fort will not cost more than S5,-
600, and these parties are asking 5000, 900 for
this site. BY the passage of this bill, the pro-
perty can be condemned, and the government
can go on and build the fort. l hope that l
shall have the cooperation of my colleague, be-
cause this is very important bill, one that
concerns our State vitality. This fraud was ar
rested by the prompt action of the Secretary of
War during the last session, and hope that
the Senate will pass the bill now, SO that it can
60 to the other House, and pass during the
week, and become a law. The amount of mon.
ey appropriated can then be expended for the
fort.
Mr.. Davis-I am afraid that this will bring
on debate. 1t is not special, l understand, but
general legislation on the subject. aud involves
questions in which nearly every Senator would
feel more or less interest. The principles will
probably have to be discussed at some length.
hope, therefore. the Senator from California
will avail himself of another opportunity.
Mr.. Broderick-Well, sir l withdraw the mo-
tion for the present, to let the Senator take up
his bill.
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-03-09
The Volcanic Eruption ON the Sandwich
TsInnda.


By the arrival of the bark Fanny Major,
from Honolulu, we have intelligence Of a ter
rife volcanic eruption of Mount Mauna LOa, on
one of the Sandwich Islands. The mountain is
$500 feet above the level of the sea, the crater
is 800 feet in diameter. and emits column
1000 feet high. The eruption commenced on
the 23d of January, and on the 3lst the stream
of lava had reached the sea, having traversed
distance of thirty-eight miles in eight days.
A great many people had left Honolulu to wit
ness the sight. ..I -
A correspondent Of the Honolulu Advertiser
gives the following description Of the flow of
lava
Some of the finest scenes of flow were the
cascades or falls formed in it before the stream
reached the plain. There were several oftbem
and they appeared TO be changing and new
ones formed in different localities as new
streams we're made. One, however, which ap-
peared without change for two days, must
have been 80 to 100 feet in height First there
was fall, then below were cascades or rapids.
To watch this fall during the night when the
bright red-hot stream of lava was flowing over
it at the rate of ten miles an hour, like water,
was a scene not often witnessed, and never to
De IOTROtLeu. HI iaCC, tue lava heuT Tvs souTCe
has all the characteristics of river of water
flowing rapidly along, and gurgling with cas-
cades, rapids, currents and falls
On the forenoon of our arrival at the camp
ing ground, new stream started some few
miles below the crater, which had evidently
been damned up by some obstruction, and came
rushing down with tremendous noise and fury
through the thick jungle which lay in its track,
burning the cracking trees, and sending up
thick smoke almost as dense as that from the
crater. This stream, from the time it broke
away from its embankment, moved along two
miles an hour till il reached the vicinity of our
camp, when its progress was checked, and it
moved not more than quarter of mile an
hour. But it formed grand sight. Here was
O stream of lava rolling over the plain, twenty
or twenty-five feet in height, and an eighth of
a mile in width, though its width varied great
deal, sometimes broader, sometimes narrower.
1t was in fact, mass or pile of red-hot stones,
resembling pile of Goals on fire, borne along
by the liquid lava stream underneath. As it
moved slowly along, large red boulders would
roll down the sides. breaking into a thousand
small stones, crushing and burning the trees
which lay in the track. 1t is impossible to give
true conception of the immense force and
power of this lava stream, bearing along as it
does an almost inconceivable mass. 1t reminds
us most vividly Of the breaking up of the ice
in large river, only the imagination must
stretch the comparison and suppose the ice
piled up twenty five feet and thus borne along
by the current beneath, the whole width of the
river moving at the same time, crashing and
breaking and piling up cones and Irregular
masses on top. But even this comparison is
far below the reality-to be conceived it must
be seen.
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-03-09

ROBBERIEs IN PLACER CoUSTY.-The rogues
seem to have selected Placer county, for the
time being, as affording the most inviting field
for the display oftheir villainy. The following
robberies are chronicled by the Auburn Herald
of Saturday:
On Wednesday night man stopped at the
Franklin House, on the Sacramento road, and
before morning left, taking with him double
barreled shotgun that was in the bar-room, but
did not succeed 10 obtaining any money.
We also hear, though the story is rather un-
connected, that Mr.. Harlan, who keeps store a
few rods above the Franklin House, and anOth-
er person, were stopped near the store-house by
some rufians, Mr. Harlan knocked down with
q revolver and severely injured and his COM
Danion robbed of some $50. The latter was
threatened with death if he resisted. Whether
this affair occurred on the same night the gun
was stolen from the Franklin House, we are
not informed.
On Thursday, in broad daylight, two China
men were stopped on the road about three
miles northwest of Auburn, on the road above
Millertown, and q revolver and about $40 in
money taken from them. The Cinnamon say
one of the robbers had q shotgun. 1t is posi-
BILE this is the same gang who committed the
depredations at and near the Franklin House.
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-03-09

DISTINGUISHED observation-disclosures Geo.
Washington Newton Raenhart, the distinguish
ed poet, temperance lecturer, &C., took his de-
parture for the Eastern States, on the steamer
Orizaba which sailed on the 5th inst. The
Professor has resided in California about five
yeags, during which time he has not been trou-
bled with superabundance Of funds; but the
competition among the steamship companies
having greatly reduced the fare, he was happi-
ly enabled to raise the wherewithai to pay bis
passage to the East, where we trust be will find
more extensive and congenial field for the
display of his varied talents, and the discharge
Of those duties which men Of genius owe to
their less gifted fellows.
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-03-09
The Object it has Attained.

The Journal announces that in the discus
sion of the Griffin matter, its object is attained
OF its public achievements in this line all are
has contained column Of falsehood, clothed
in the foulest vituperation. If the Intention OF
the Journal was to exhibit its qualification as q
scavenger, or to demonstrate the ineficiency
Of bllingsgate against facts, to contrast plain
marathon with mere blackguard denunciation,
we congratulate it upon the complete success
of it's experiment The journal opened the
campaign as the champion Of injured innocence;
1t sneaks out of the battle with whining apollo
gies for the grossest negligence; IL demands
proof, and meets the facts we publish with the
veriest pettifogging. All it has asserted as
facts we have disproved, and it has abandoned
all of its positions, save its native and shame
less effrontery. In all this it is not easy to un-
derstand what decent or desirable object the
Journal has attained. But a peep behind the
scenes shows the actuating motive. The pat
ronage Of the Sheriff's Office was the price of
the Journals gall; this was the mess Of pOttage
for which It prostituted its independence and
fidelity as q public journal. We trust the Jour
nal may not be disappointed; that it may re-
ceive from Its employers the hireling reward
for which it stopped SO low. To the public we
leave the motive, the means, and the accom-
plishment of our contemporary.
Our course in this matter has been actuated
by the sole consideration Of duty as journalists.
To the gross diriliction Of a public officer. we
adverted in terms fully justified by the act it.
SELF The premises upon which we acted are
with the community, and we leave the conclu-
clusion and the matter freely with them.
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-03-09
Ro.d ov,r...r. and the Road Tar.

A bill has been introduced into the Assem-
bly, making some important changes in the sys
tenn OF collecting and disbursing the road tax
We have not seen the bill, but understand thai
its provisions are briefly as follows 1t reduces
the road tax to $3.50 makes each township q
road district provides for the appointment Of
a collector in each, who receives fifty cents for
each road tax collected the remaining two dol.
lars goes into township road fund, and can
only be used in such manner as the citizens oi
the township may direct.
We do not know whether the township col
lectors are to be elected by the people, or by
the Board of Supervisors nor do we know the
manner In which it is proposed that the people
Of the respective townships shall determine as
to the disposition Of their township fund. The
latter is perhaps the most important feature Of
the bill, and should not be overlooked. AS
there are no township governments, provision
could be made authorizing the citizens Of each
township to assemble at stated times, in mass
meeting, and make such disposition Of the fund
as majority should think proper. This would
be democratic, and we believe would be found
to work satisfactorily.
A radical change is needed in the system Of
collecting and disbursing the road tax. 1t
would not be possible to invent worse plan
than we have at present, and there is at least q
chance that any change which may be made
will be an improvement. The small amount
of money collected on the property tax for road
purposes, and which is under the immediate
control of the Board of Supervisors, has gene
rally been judiciously expended in this county,
and whatever other changes may be made, it is
desirable that email road fund should be
placed at their disposal But the system of ap-
pointing twenty or thirty Road Overseers to
collect and appropriate the road poll tax has
worked badly, and accomplished but little
good. The reports Of those ofricers, for the
past two or three years, will show that two
thirds OF the amount which they have collected
has been swallowed up in the expense Of col
lecting and disbursing it. This is not so much
the fault Of the Road Overseers as It is the fault
of the system under which they are required to
act. 1t is not surprising that people should be
10th to pay their road tax, when but small
portion Of it is likely to Be appropriated for the
purpose intended. But let the people under
stand that four-6fths of the amount collected
will be applied to improving the roads in their
neighborhood, and they will have less hesita-
tion in paying the tax.
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-03-09

TRIAL OF CAPT BILLINGs-PANFuL OCCUR
RENcE.-The evidence in the case of Captain
Billings, charged with barraty, on trial in the
U. S. Circuit Court, has closed. Mr. Manches-
ter, for the accused, addressed the jury, and
was followed by Mr.. Della Tore, for the United
States. During the progress of the last named
gentleman's remarks, Captain Billings got sud-
denly i'll, and had to be taken out of the Court
room. His ailment was in the nature of hyste-
rics and the shrieks of the unfortunate man
were really appalling. In consequence of this
occurrence, the trial was postponed until to-
morrow Saturday. morning. The address of
Mr.. Manchester to the jury affected every one
present. 1t was well calculated to excite intense
sympathy for the unfortunate accused and bis
family, who were present His wife shows a
matchless devotion to him; a devotion not often
seen in these days. The circumstances of the
case are sufficient to call into exercise the full
lest clemency towards Mr.. Billings.-S r.
Herald, March 4th.
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-03-09
AuIv.1 of the overland Man.


The overland mail arrived at San Jose on
Saturday evening. with dates from st. Louis tc
Feb 10th. 1t brings some Western news moi
brought by the steamer.
Mai. Culbcrtson, of the American Fur Co..
had arrived at St. Louis, from the head waters
of the Missouri, with 81 800 in gold dust, pro-
cured from new mines discovered in the Rocky
mountains. -.--
The Kansas disturbances still continue.
Montgomery. was at Lawrence, awaiting the
action OF the Grand Jury. 1t is reported that
Old Joe Brown has captured and hung the q. s.
Deputy Marshal sent to arrest him. The Mis-
souri, Legislature has placed $4,000 in the
hands of the Governor, for the protection Of
the border. Threats of an invasion from Kan
sas are still uttered.
In the Missouri Senate, resolutions endorsing
the policy of Buchanan's Administration had
been adopted, and in the Illinois Senate similar
resolutions received but two votes out of twen-
ty-two.
The Democrats and Republicans Of the Illi-
nois Legislature are so completely at logger
heads that the latter threaten to withdraw in a
body, go home, and leave their antagonists
without quorum.
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-03-09

FATAL MINING AccrDEHT.-From the SAL
Press we learn the particulars of a fatal n,;.:
accident which occurred at that nlaoo ''ns ~
Thursday. Mr.. James Harrington was ., u"N, .~S'
in the Wisconsin Cut, which is about ono hO'N s''
dred feet deep, when the bank caved ,v;,..1'
any Of the previous usual premonition. ~.
Harrington was warned by the cry Of /. o.
panion, but before he could do more th.n ,s~' .,
around, the bank was upon him, and mu.t b.
killed him instantly. The intelligence 90 :,
accident soon spread, and attracted 10 tho go
spot about two hundred persons, mapv ., wS"A ~'A'
worked hard and long to uncover Mr.. Hor,.S
toms body, although there was iminent r;.I
themselves from another cave. The a.on;... ~ -
wife Of the deceased was on the banI =. ~
time, and would not leave until she co. .a .]O
crushed form of her husband. Mr.. Har,in.,a" -0
was native of Virginia, emigrated 70 Gle" .O"
MIA in 1852, and has resided at San L.. "
several years. He was between tbirtv.,wo "a
thirty-three years of age. and leaves a wife .ns
three children.
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-03-09

CHINESE DIFPIcULTIEs.-Considera BILE excite
ment was created in Shasta county last week,
In consequences of the expulsion of the Chinese
from their claims by white miners. A number
of white men were arrested for mal-treating 6
Cinnamon, and on an attempt being made to
rescue them the Sheriff called on the citizens
to sustain the law. The call was responded to
by such numbers that the rioters thought it
prudent to let the law take its course. The
parties arrested were subsequently tried and
quiet.