White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1869-09-23

chief with camphor. went down the we'll, and |
spread it over his face. She then tied rope |
around him and ascended, and drew him out
He vas insepsble for three hours, but finally |
recovered. 1t was an act of herosm in the |
woman, and saved the mans life. We regret
that re cannot give ter name.-Psrtsmouth
(O.). Tribune.
T highly interesting announcement is
made in England that the late Lord Brough.
ton, better known as Sir John Cam Hsbhouse,
has just left his papers to the British Museum,
with condition that they shall not be opened
till the year 1900. III these manuscripts could
be examined at this moment it is possible that
they might throw a good deal of light upon
the Byron ander, as Sir John Cam Hobhouse
was one of the poets most int innate personal
friends. and was admitted probably as fully into
his confidence as any other person whatever.
U- The Right Hon. Stephen Lushington.
Lady Byron's legal adviser, it has been said,
il, dead This was a mistake. He is still liv-
ing. He was bora in l7S2. and is consequently
now eighty seven years Of age. He was Judge
of the High Court of Admiralty from 1888 to
1861. His family is of Kenti.h origin. Re
velaiions which he might make, would be of
grea; interest now. r-
II Occasionally. when the train arrives at
Middletown, nice young man jumps off and
kisses the best looking girl at the depot, sup
posing it to be his sister. He apologies so
nicely that the girls are getting so they look
for him regular. Some big brother will jam
his nose ye..
u The Urtana Citizen this week has the
following: "The stump of the Harrison flag
staff, erected in 1910, was resurrected last week
by the workmen engaged on the foundation of
the soldiers monument. Two Irishmen were
standing by when it was discovered, and one,
a Democrat, supposing that Harrison had run
on the Republican ticket twenty-nine years
ago, said: Look. Jimmy; the thing is rotten,
just ike the party The other, sound, we'll
informed Republican. replied: 'But don't you
see, Teddy, the heart is sound' And so it
was-the heart Of the timber Was in q remar-
kable state of preservation"
&c THE STATE OF IRELAND Hon. E.. C.
Ingersoll, now travelling in Great Britain. writes
in private letter that the desolation of Ireland
is beyond conception. The whole land is
blighted, country and town. In the populous
and once thrifty city of Dublin. there are at
present only three buildings in process oS cree
tion, and they are churches. Priestcraft, rack
rent and free trade have done their work o.
desolaiion most ,horoughly-Caiesso Epenins
JsnynSt, July IA.
u The Chinese in California are learning
struck, throwing down their picks and rolling
on the grass, crying: ave sabee white mans
dodge"
V A Danbury farmer, having noticed a
diminu;ion in his hay stack, secreted him
self behind it one right, and on the approach
ing Of the thief, set fire to the hay, thereby
detecting the astonished culprit.
u A Connecticut boy recently had kite
made in the shape and size of man, which
caused some wouderment and much comment
when canly swinging Just beneath the summer
clouds.
u In Essex, Mass, a few days since, a
man committed sui, ide by going to shallow
stream and sticking his head in the mnd,
where he had perseverance enough to keep
it until life was extinct.
10 A Democratic paper in Sacramento, Cal,
felt called upon before the election to deny in
dignantly and empkatically that Chinese Ian
terms had been used at Democratic meeting
in that city.
u The Chicago Times. in noticing the re-
suit Of the Vermont election, SAYS: "a few
Democratic votes were cast, but not enough to
be worth mentioning" Laconic, but mourn
ful.
u California has also female heroine. who
has saved nine or ten lives. but her name will
kill her prospects-"Bg Mouth Moll."
II The Cambridge, Illinois. Democrat says.
"there is but one wing of the Democracy"
Aud it might add that wing is broken one.
~ The famous old Waterloo drummer boy
at the Hotel des Inyalides, in Paris, died there
on the 9th OF July. He lost both his feet a,
Waterloo by spent cannon ball, and lived
over fifty years at the Hotel des Invalide..
II Mrs. Cstha,ine Washington died in
Delphi township, Ohio. Saturday morning. aged
So years. 1t is claimed that she was a rela-
ti0n Of President Washington. Her maiden
name was Washington. and she married man
named Washington. She was born and was
married on the Washington estate, in Culpep-
per County. Virginia. She leaves two sons.
bearing the name of Washington.
II Many people believe that the postage oo
drop letter is :wo cents. Here is the law ON
the subject!
"The rates Of postage on mail letters 70 aay
part Of tho United Ststes,is three cents per
half ounce or fraction thereof The rates Of
postage on dro, letters. at Offices where there
is free delivery by carrier istwo cents per half
ounce; q, Offices where such free delivery 10
not established the rate Is one cent I"
r There are often sharp cosirasts in fami- |
lies. Thus the reticence Of the President, 10 |
more than conie rbalanced by the gsrrulity Of
his father, Who is the "Solon Single" Of The |
political Stage H'r ~
rA Ms. containing Sir Isaac Newton's own |
..,o,nt of the discovery of the nove, of ~r.v