White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1869-08-26
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voice to a mysterious stone thrown up by
convulsion of the earth, on which it is written
in enigmatcal hieroglyphics that the year 1870
will sec the last Of earth. The fact Is chiefly
important to the politicians who are looking
forward to the division OF the spoils 10 1872,
and to George Francis Train and Chief Jus
.ice Chase, who are equally confident of being
the Presidential candidate about that time.
tily protests against Secretary Borie's order
changing the names Of a number of war ves-
sells TO the hackneyd ones Of the British navy
-Medea. Tornado. Fury, Gorgor, Etna, etc.
1t says that these names, once intended to in
spire terror, have lost their significance. and
suggests that such names as Cholera, and Vel
low Fever. and Nitro Glycerine, and Susan B.
Anthony, would convey some idea Of real hor-
ror, force and fear. ....r
B' A discovery has Just been made of the
suppressed correspondence ofCharles ]. with
his friends on the eve of the battle Of Nssby.
The House of Commons printed at the time
collection of Royal letters under the name Of
The Kings Cabinet Opened. These letters
were thirty y-nine in number; but it has been
always known that. for reasons of State, good
many of the Kings letters were kept back.
These suppressed letters are the, papers recent
ly found. r.at.
U The Chicago Post has the effrontery to
publish this item, the sting whereof, like that
Of the scorpion. lies in the tail: Miss Borie,
daughter Of the ex-Sectretary of the Navy,
lately rescued young Baltimorean from drow-
ming. who had got beyond his depth while ba-
thing at Cape May. The young lady is said to
be an expert swimmer; and it was perhaps on
account of this Qualification that her father
was appointed Secretary of the Navy.
10 John Chinaman" is beginning so .tard
up for himself. A man asked question of
one the other day. and being answered, replied
back: "You lie," and struck the Celestial in
the face. "John" was enabled 10 give him a
good licking, and then came out as follows:
"You speakee Chinaman lie too muchee. Bel
ly good. You Wishe knock Chinaman down !,
you comce sec me; we'll. me likee fight; sabe ~
Tie man made oGamid the jeers of crowd Of
spectators. @ ...
p Chicago promises to reform in the event
of the national capital being removed to her
border. The itinerant system of marriage will
be adopted, in place of indiscriminats and
hasty divorce. Each man will be allowed to
keep his wife only two years, after the Meth
odist system of changing preachers SO often.
Asier that length Of time he will be allowed to
change-indesd. must make the change, for
fear he might grow tired of his wife before the
next term had expired.-N. Y. World.
T member of the Massachusetts, Leg
islature announces his ability to prove that if
the town authorities would set out maple trees
on the highway, in less than ten years the
yield would more than pay the interest on the
debts of the town.
u Lew Wallace il in Cuba.-Erehange
Lew Wallace is in Tcxas.-Erchange. Lew
WALLACE is at the Astor House.-Erelange.
Lew Wallace is in town (Cicncinnatil.-Er
change. Where is Lew Wallace7 Lew Wal
lace is in Charlottesville, Ind.-Erehange.-
Chicago Republican,.
T Captain John Webster, of the Snug
Harbor of Staten Island, is l04 years old. He
went to school with John and Charles Wes-
ley, walked arm-in-arm with Daniel Webster,
and conversed with Washington. Who would
not like 10 listen to his reimbursement
D- The Hartford Courant says: "we are
requested BY the collector of internal revenue
to give notice to the public that he has been
Instructed by the commissioner to say that "a
two cent revenue stamp is required upon all
letters acknowledging the receipt of checks,
drafts, notes, &C., exceeding twenty dollars in
amount"
G A lady. while out berying at North
Granville, N. Y, came uopn corpse, with the
throat cut from ear, to ear. She dropped her
pail Of fruit, and rushed for the villagers. who
at once repaired to the scene, ts find that the
corpse had come to life and run of with her Der
ries. The clever rogue had stained his neck
and breast with berry juice.
U Speaking Of the Demccracg of Pcnnsyl-
vania, the New York Nation says: 'In Phil |
adelhpia. for example, they have convict and
blackleg among their nominees" Unfortu-
naieiy, the chances oi their election are none
the worse for that
p When Fort Wayne wife told her hus-
band last week that she should leave him and
fly to the waiting arm. of their e1 boardcr,
Carter, at Sandusky, the bereft husband gave
her $500 and two children, and sent her of in
good spirits.
p The World charges President Grant
with appointing eight of his relatives to Of
fce, and gives their names. The fact is that
Mr.. johnson appointed seven of the eight. and
the other, Judge Dent. is proposed for Office. not
by Grant. but by the Mississippi conservatives.
One of the sersa. Rev. Dr.. Cramer, is not
now in Office.
q An Exchange says: We like the Reve-
lutionists. from the sweet little girl book keep
ers, to the hale old girl publisher, who know
how 10 run the Newspaper Office.
p Hon. Jesse X. Dubois has perprctrated
a vile joke. He says that the reason that
Chica 20 did not fall within the central line of
the eclipse, and consequently did not see the
total observation, was because the Lord cidn't
dare to trust that city so long in the dark.
u The battlefield Of Bull Run 10 the only
bait, efieid Of consequence that has not been
changed .ince the war. The forts, the monu-
ments, the stocksdes and the desolation re.
main as the soldiers Jeff them.
p George Francis Train says "some peo-
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