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White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05
Working up Sorghum.

Milton Conrad, successful operator with the
sorghum crop, says: "The cane may be regard
cd fit to work up when a majority Of the seed
heads have become brown. And there is little
doubt but the crop improves in value until the
seeds are pretty fully matured. But the effect
of freezing the uncut cane is so disastrous &c
the crop, unless worked up Immediately, tina,
the utmost vigiisnce should be employed t.
avoid the result. Better cut il green Of the
seed heads have shot up to their full height
than to allow Ii to freeze on the stalk. Care
and experience will enable farmers to regulate
this matter. At this stage 1t may be cut of
obliquely. just above the crown roots-the tops
topped off below the upper joint-bladed and
tied into convenient bundles, and shocked OF
piled where it can be sheltered from the sun
and weather. In this condition it may remain
If necessary, and without damage for several
weeks.
Our plan is, throw the cane as it is cut, with
the heads upon trussel provided for tho pur-
pose. In this situation the heads are con
Seniently cut of. and the blading is conducted
With Is per cent less labor than It is possible to
do It standing. The blades are thus somewhat
collected, and can be readily hauled of to q
convenient place for drying. The seed heads
should be tied into small bundles, in such way
a. to admit their hanging astride fence, where
they will cure without further trouble. All
canes not fully in head are 100 green, and should
be left out. Any man of ordinary tact and Der.
severance may with comparative small capital
put in operation an establishment capable of
producing some $50 or 200 gallons of syrup in u
day; and If the cane ia furnished in sufficient
quantity, he may continue it through a period
oil eight weeks from the LIST of October; and
with the judcious outlay of larger capital,
greater proportionate results may be obtained.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05
A Warm CoVpse.

4 couple of medical students disinterred q
subject on cold Winters night, and having
dressed it, placed it, sitting upright, on the seat
of covered wagon, and started for home.
Coming to tavern, and seeing the bar-room
lighted up, they left the wagon and went in for
a drink. The hostler, observing the man sit
ting alone in the cold, attempted some CONVEX
sation, but receiving no answer, he discovered
how the affair stood, and instantly resolved t.
have little fun of his own on the occasion.
So taking the corpse to the stable, he put on
his overcoat and cap and seated himself in the
wagon.
The students soon returned. and took their
seats by the side Of the supposed dead man,
when one of them in merriment gave him q
slap on the face, saying:
"How would you like s,me Zip, old fellow7"
then remarked TREMENDOUSLY to his companion:
"He is warm, by heavens"
$50 would you Re-" replied the corpse, 4" if
you had been stole from hell, as / have"
Both students bolted, and never returned to
inquire for the horse and wagon.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05
Nstfal alls Curious,
En,,;,b Cure for DRUNKENNESS.


The English have a famous prescription for
the cure Of drunkenness, by which. II ia assert
ed, that thousands have been greatly aided in
reJeeming themselves from the vice. The re-
ccipt may not be wi;hou, value to American
readers. 1t is said to have come into notoriety
through the efforts of John Vine Hall, COM
nander of the steamship Great Eastern. THIS
man had fallen into a course of such hsbitnal
drunkenness, that his most earnest efforts to
reclaim himself proved unavailing. AT length,
he sought the advice of an eminent physician,
who gave him prescription which he followed
faithfully for seven months, and at the end Of
that time had lost all desire for liquor. although
he had been for many years led captive by q
most debasing appetite. The receipt, which he
afterwards published. and by which so many
other drrnkards have been assisted to reform,
is as follows:
Sulphate Of Iron, S grai's.
Magnesia, 10 grains.
Peppermint Water, ii drachms.
Spirit of Nutmeg, l drachn.
This preparation is to be t,ken twice day,
acting as q tonic and stimulant, and so partial
ly supplies the place of the accustomed liquor.
and prevents that absolute physical and moral
prostratien following a sudden breaking of
from the use Of spirituous liquors.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05
Two Excellent Receipts.

Here is the very best recipe for splicing
peaches We have tried it, and found it to
work admirably:
"Put the peaches, tcling stones are the best, J
in weak brine, to stand day and night
Boil vinegar with sugar-one pound of brown
sugar to a gallon of vinegar; spices of all
kinds, except ginger and pepper to be used
sticking the cloves into the peaches. Pour
vinegar With spices over the fruit. Let il
stand four days, then turn of the vinegar and
scald them again."
To pickle plums, the following recipe will be
found to be the best ever tried:
"Seven pounds of plums, four pounds of su-
gar, one quart of viz egar, one ounce of CHINA.
mon. Roll the vinegar aid sugar together, and
pour them over the plums three times in sue
cession. The fourth morning put them over
the fre-simmer, but not boil. Lay the spices
in layers with the plums before the vinegar is
poured on.''
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05
far TIE farmQ.
Strawberry Culture.

The increasing interest manifested through
out in this most interesting branch of horticul-
ture has induced me to avail myself, if agree
able TO yon, of the use of your columns to reply
TO the numerous queries propounded to me
about my manner of cultivating this delicious
fruit. First, Soil: The coil is clay losrn.
clay rather predominating, sufficiently stif to
odke, when not well manu- ed and cultivated
Second, THE OF PLANTING: NV bed was
planted in the spring, but usIaly plan. more
In August and September than in any other sea-
con. Ny custom is to plant in either season
when get ready. If planted In August or
September good crop may be expected the
following season. Third, DISTANCE APART: I
invariably plant in rows and never in beds.
hold that the objections to planting in beds are
% great and 90 palpable that it will admit of no
discussion whatever. My standard rule is to
plant in rows three feet apart, and plants two
feet in the row. have found this close enough
for every convenience of picking. cultivation,
manuring, etc. Fourth. RUNNERS: "What do
you do with runners ~ is an almost univers.
al inquiry. We treat them as weeds, unless
wanted for the increase ofstock. Cut them off
ss fast as they appear, BY any convenient pro-
cess your own judgment NAV dictate; a light,
sharp steel spade, or scuffie hoe, have found
the most practical and expeditions. Fifth, MAN
uREs: use no other than barnyard manure,
composted nearly one year, with an occasional
top dressing Of dry wood ashes. The soil is
lined before the bed is planted at all. The OBJ
Ject Of composing is to destroy the seed of grass
and weeds, the bane of strawberry culture
The value of composted manures, in my esti-
nation, is simply beyond computation. Let
one try it once. In first preparing the ground
I aim to use an abundance of manure Nv
theory is that plants that are expected to bro.
duce fruit must have something to feed upon.
Sixth, MULcHIEe l mulch in the fall with
clean straw, and leave it on through the spring
for the fruit to lie upon while rpening, to avoid
the necessity of washing the fruit, only opening
the mulch Immediately about the crown of the
plant. Seventh, DURATION: prefer to have
some new paintings coming in every season;
but, BY good management, l think bed may
be continued in one place about three years.
Eighth, PRoDUcr: The total product of our
bed, this season, was fraction short of FIVE
bushels on the $3.50 part of an acre; making at
the rate Of ls5 bushels to the acre. Ninth,
FLAVOR: The albany Seeding" combines
more good qualities in ITSELF than any other
variety We know Of 1t has been pronounced BY
some as too acid. We have not found it 50
when properly ripened. Even that acid is
pleasant and very healthy. Tenth, GENERAL
MANAeExrNr: In conclusion, we would urge
clean cultivation, principally by hoeing, Just
AFTER the crop of fruit is gathered. .
WILLIAM DAY.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05
To Clean a Coat or Pantaloons.

Take brown hard soap and rub the collar
where it is soiled we'll, and wherever there is
spot Of oil; also the cuffs, and lower part Of
the sleeve. Have soft water boiling hot; dip
out pint, and la' the cuff and lower part OF
the sleeve in scalding water until it acts upon
the soap and soil, then take it out and with a
knife, or the nail, take off the loose dirt, then
dip again, and rub downward with a sponge
cleaning the inside of the cuff well. Then get
another pint of hot water, and do the other in
the same way. Then the collar,w will need
more hot water. When all the most soiled
places are scalded and sponged, then soap a
little water, do the coat all over, rubbing down
ward, then rinse in the same way with warm
water, and finish off with sponge wrung as
dry as possible. Thtn hang up so as to pre-
serve the shape, and drain and dry. This pro-
cess will give to soiled cloths lustre, and an
appearance of new cloth, besides making them
perfectly clean. Pantaloons in the same man
ner.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05
A New WAY to Kill Rats.

A correspondent proposes a new way to kill
rats. His own house being overrun with the
vermin. a servant girl, who had seen the effects
of "Old Bourbon Whiskey" on bipeds. thought
she would try an, experiment on the rats. Ac-
cordingly, she took small quantity, made it
very sweet with sugar, erumbled in bread
enough for the crowd. and set the dish in the
cellar. A few hours after, she went down and
found several rats gloriously "fuddled," en-
gagged in throwing potato-parings and hauling
one another up to drink. These were easily
disposed of; those not killed, left the premises
Immediately, suffering from a severe headache.
1t is said the medicine is quite agreeable to
take
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05
The ROrer.

Now 10 the time to watch for this years crop
ofborers. fyou will look at the base of the
tree you will see little deposit of chip, which
will indicate their location. They can be re.
moved with knife without injury to the
tree. They will appear like a worm one third
of an inch in length. Most persons neglect this
operation till spring. by which time they have
made large cavity in the tree. and done much
injury. Where they remain two years they be-
come q large worm, and do great injury to the
tree. We have suffered very much the last two
years from their ravages, and admonish all our
readers who have young orchards to watch their
trees. If grass grows around the tree, draw it
away, and the borers may be found even below
the surface of the ground,
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05
Pruning Grape vines in the Fall.

HsuuiuS VTdpc Vice In inc 4 dIis
Most grape growers delay pruning their vines
till spring. This we think bad practice. II
they wish to make cuttings Of the surplus canes
fall and carefully buried or put away till spring
The wood is frequently so much injured BY the
winter, as not to grow in the spring.
But the wood left for producing fruit is better
for being pruned in the fall. It is much more
easily protected, as it can readily be laid down
and covered slightly with earth, and if we have
severe winter it is safe. Indeed we think it
would pay to protect vines in thi 8 way even in
our mildest winters.
Il is not for the protection of the vine alone
however, that we recommend fall pruning. 1t
is to strengthen the buds and canes which are
left. Many think that it will have no such eff.
feet. But if they will prune two vines in the
same manner-one in the fall as soon as the
leaves are destroyed by frost, and the other the
following spring-they will find that the fall.
pruned vine will be much more vigorous and
productive the ensuing summer. The vine is
not dead in winter. Its roots continue to absorb
food, though of course in much less quantity
than 10 summer. The nutriment thus absorbed
is distributed throughout the vine. All the
buds are more or less benefited, but as the
buds remotest from the roots always receive
the principal flow of sap, they are most benefit
ted. Now by the pruning in the fall, all this
is saved in the bud, and the cane we have left
for bearing. 1t is upon the principle that we
always prune in the fall or winter for wood. By
summer pruning We check wood growth as all
know.
We hope our grape growers will make fair
experiment with some of their vines, and report
to US the result. We have No doubt when they
give the experiment test, they will afterwards
DO their pruning in Autumn as soon as the
leaves have ceased to perform their Office.
The buds that are left will be strengthened
BY the sap they have received during winter
They will push early and vigorously in spring;
and If well cared for, will delight the eve Of
beholders with the large clusters ofluscious
fruit that theS produce. World.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05
Good.

One of the neatest jokes of the season came
of at Harrisburg, on the occasion of the meet
ing of the National Teachers Association. At
one Of the hotels, the amiable Landlord was
passing down between the rows of tables in the
breakfast room, bowling gracefully on each side
to his guests-saying, Anything can do for
you, gentlemen" Said teacher from the
Empire, "1here is one question would like to
have answered" "Well, sir, what is it7'' 81
should like to know if you take counterfeit
money in pay for our fare at your hotel7" mo.
sir, not if we can detect it, can assure you.
WhyT swell, noticed that you gave us
counterfeit coffee to drink, and We have detect
ed it, so supposed you are willing to take
counterfeit money in pay for it." The next
meal the coffee was genuine.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05

A German chemist publishes the following
simple method of preserving small quantities
of ice, which he has practiced with success:
Put the ice in a deep dish or jug, cover it with
a plate and place the vessel on pillow stuffed
with feathers, and cover the top with another
pillow carefully. by this means excluding the
external air. Feathers are we'll known bad
conductors of heat, and in consequence the ice
is preserved from melting. DR.. Schwartz states
that he has thus preserved six pounds of ice
for eight days. The plan is simple, and within
the reach of every household.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05

A HUMOROUS writer in the Chicago Post de.
scribes how he got out of bad scrape in the
Police Court:
"The next morning the Judge of the Polics
Court sent for me. went down, and he re
ceived me cordially-said be had heard of the
wonderful things had accomplished at Bryau's
Hall, and was proud of me. I was promising
young man, aud all that. Then he offered a
toast: "Guilty or not guiltyr" replied in a
brief but eloquent speech, setting forth the i'm
portance of the occasion that had brought us
together. After the usual ceremonies, loaned
the city ten dollars"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05
Planting Apple and Pear Seeds.

Ifyou have your ground prepared, and it ID
dry or we'll drained, you can SOW your seed this
fall. Some however prefer 70 pack such seed
in sand and keep it cool and moist until spring.
and then plant it early Is it can be got in the
ground. Plant in rich deep. The seed Of
stone fruits, such as cherry, peach. &C.. should
be planted this fall, or so exposed that they
will freeze during winter. Where nothing Is
done, We have seen the stones carefully crack
ed with q hammer and planted. But they
should be kept cool an moist during winter
Plant three OF four times the diameter Of the
seed in depth. A light, rich loan, Il Q good
soil In which 70 grow trees, If You have it. A
well drained soil Is necessary.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05

"WILL you permit lady to occupy this seat7''
said gentleman to another, the other day, in
q railroad car.
dis she an advocate of woman's rightsr'
asked the gentle man who was invited to vacate
"She is" politely replied he who was stand
ing
well, then, let her take the benefit of her
doctrines, and stand up.''
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05
Best Tomato Ketchup.

Boil one bushel of tomatoes until soft,
squeeze them through fine wire sieve; add q
half gallon of vinegar. pint and half salt,
two ounces Of cloves, quarter of pound Of all
spice, three ounces of cayenne pepper, three
table-spoonfuls Of black pepper, and five heads
of garlic skinned and separated-though
think little chopped onion better than the
garlic. Mix, and boil about three hours. or
until reduced nc-half, and then bottle without
straining. -
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05
Near Out of Them.

A good story is told Of a country Methodist,
at whose house an itinerant preacher was pass
ing the night; who, when bed time came, and
family prayers were suggested, in searching for
a Bible. finally produced a couple of torn
leaves of the good book, with the naive re
mark:
81 didn't know was 90 near out of Bibles -
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05
While We Live Let Us Live!''

CELEBRATED WHITE
supplied with the latest
in The the Missouri
shadt Of
the
rbhSp
dissatisfied with
storing MILL
OF be entitled sell
wheat first NJ in year
TO
mill and get Hour
destroyed
compelled
posed dHouraft
The wheat Immediately kept 4
and in good order and therefore makes
Bring and We Wilt
Your wish
Wen kept dry,
And grind -four
o have the best
OF four thasbske with eyeat-
When wives are happy
And lin
To o time
Embracing all
To smiling a home,
With four n Kansas
White Cloud March 9. lsss-iy. A. & L. THAcKER.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05

An ingenious youth from the Granite State,
now residing at Denver, returned to his lodg-
ings, few nights since, in state of great in
dependence and erectness.
"My fnend," asked his wondering compan-
ion and room mate, "are you drunk or soberl''
We'll replied the youth, with the peculiar,
dignified and oracular manner, which only an
intoxicated person can assume. Z" for Pike g
Peak, sober; but for New Hampshire, pretty
damned drunk"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05
How to Get Rid of Mosquitoes,

Mosquitoes love beef blood better than they
do any that flows in the veins of hun an kind
Just put couple of generous pieces of beef on
plates near your bed at night, and you will
sleep untroubled by these pests. In the morn
ing you will find them full and stupid with beef
blood, and the meat sucked dry as a corx.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05
Indiana Pickles.

Slice green tomatoes; put them in q basket
u drain in layers with salt scat cred over them
say teacupful to each gallon; next day slice
one quarter the quantity of onions, lay the on.
ions and tomatoes in alternate layers in q jar
interni1ed with spices, and fill the jar with
cold vinegar
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05
From the New York Observer

We have had in use for months past ono of
Vests Pumps. which has given us more sat.
isfaction as force and lifting pump than any
we have ever used It il one of great power
and well adapted for ships decks, mines, fac.
tories, greenhouses, graperies, &c., &c. The
Mining Chronicle and Railway Journal says:
1t is recommended for its extreme simplicity
OF construction, groat strength, and couse-
guent durability and cheapness of repair
There is no stufing box-the pressure being
held ny cup packing, like that upon the
working piston, working in cylinder, fitted
for the purpose within the upper air chamber
which We think great improvement, as stuffing
is so liable to be deranged, and leak under
strong pressure, to say nothing of the loss by
friction incident thereto. 1t has also two air
chambers: thus the action of the valve is
cushioned upon both sides by air-prs venting
water-hammer and vacuum thump. The valves
are very accessible. and simply and cheaply
repaired. They work much easier than any
pump we have ever seen; the inch cylinder
being worked by children in wells 100 feet
deep, and as they are extremely cheap as well
as simple and strong, We freely recommend
them.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05

A CELLAR which opens inside Q dwelling
should be kept as faultlessly clean all the wear
round as any other part of the house, because
its atmosphere is constantly ascending, and i'm
pregnates every room in the house with its
odors- In reality. there ought not to be eel
lar under any dwelling.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05

TIE other night, landlord. discovering one
Of his customers drunk, sloshing about in the
mire, went to his assistance, and setting him up
on bis feet, inquired if he was sick, or what
was the matterf mo-" replied the booty Gus
toner, al amt sick, nor amt drunk-but I'm
almighty discouraged"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05

RArs and mice can be very easily got rid of,
II the people win only use the means. Get
live plaster of paris and -four; mix them dry in
equal quantities. lay in dry places, and sprinkle
little sugar among it. Both rats and mice
eat ravenously, the plaster sets firmly directly
after it is moistened, becomes a lump inside of
them, and kills them to q certainty.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05

A LITTER came a short time since to the
Drawer, Endorsed on the outside as follows:
SOLDIERS letter-shove it ahead,
Plenty of hard tack, but no soft bread,
Six months pay due, and nary a red"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05
Another Way to "Head. Red. Rur.

An0ther way TO "Head" Bed. Bugs.
If any of your readers need a sure remedy
for bed bugs, they can have mine, and cleanse
the foulest house Of these troublesome vermin
without expense. They have only to wash with
salt and water, filling the cracks where they
frequent with salt, and you may look in vain
for them. Salt seems inimical to bed bugs,
and they will not trail through it. think il
preferable to all Continents" and the buyer
requires no certificates as to its penuipeuess.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05

A NAN was arrested. few days since, for
drunkenness, and when questioned by the mag
istrate, heNurged, in excuse, that his saliva
gave out, as he had been called upon to lick so
many stamps in order to pay Uncle Sam bis
dues, that he was obliged to take to drinking
to keep coat upon his tongue.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05
HOME INSTITUTION.

and in soliciting patronage, do 90 With the firm
convietion that the plan adopted By them win
make the Company permanent and safe 10 It,
policy HOLDER, and - cheap % the prompt
payment of Losses will permit. =
an. %, '6s-6n.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05

GAS TO being conaicted with the gout," said
Mrs. Darlington, "high living does not always
bring it on. 1t is incoherent in some families,
and is handed down from father to son. Mr..
Hammer, poor soul, who has been so long i'll
with it, disinherits it from his wife's grand
father"