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White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-16
The Fun Of the Ching.
lane pLuDso. OF NATCuEz.
BY FRANK BELLEw.


Sum frller has rote pome
Bout Blndsa,-they call him jim
/ know'd. 10 my cost the Prairie Belie,
And heap too much about him.
He never funk~d and he never LIED"
Sea the pete, peerf and slick;
But the way that teller lied to me,
Would q made Ananierzs sick.
he svors that he loved me fair and true
o. Lord how that cap did swear.
Then he tuck the money I'd saved for yeahs'
And went Cd to Pike on tare.
He vowed that he never had seed
Any other gal he cud like;
And all the time he'd bern marr1ed SesH
To that critter up in Pike.
He never hunkesi-oh no. NOT MINI
You orfer have seed us met. .
when cntch him in Pike. with his other vile.
There wos nunkin' then. you bet.
And he never was engineer
A deck hand and Bothin' more:
And never went UP ON the Prairie Belle.
But was first to scuttle ashore
He got up that warn rurpus
To fool the folks about:
But I've follrred him M Won better brhe'e'
Determined to find him out,
Till tracked him here Tn York.
He looked like lump Of within.
When cntch him. airy as ever sou PiesSe'
In the Tribune Office writin-
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0nr Strap 8ook.
TnE AGRICULTURAL GRANT.
ri GIL PIERCE-


Ny Summer rambles take me through
Some quaint and snme neglected places;
Amongst the men with brawny arms
And rudy faces-
And sDch one met Last night,
Al County fairs the constant winner;
His face was brown. his hands were hard,
His name WAS Skinner.
Tins spake the agricultural man.
While aweat upon his forehead glistened
And saf calmly ON the fence,
And smoked and listened:
"Some say that Grant amt jest the man
To pillow the corn and turn the stubble;
But rsly. can't xackly see
What makes the trouble.
He don't 90 lecturin. to be sure.
About the care to wheat when ripening;
But gosh. the way his crops come in
Beats thunder lightning.
He hain't writ books. to tell We how
To pick out punking -seeds that's holler;
But mind you, when his corn's Laid BY,
He plows his foller.
Were GURUS critfers-allers Quick
To praise or blame q man in station;
We'd prob1y show heap more sense.
By moderation.
wow, Grant don't know bout blowing deep.
Or drainin', either, that I know on;
But you jest bet the patch he drags
viii do to SOW on.
And look too. at his garden truck.
II seems to me- by thunderatinn
That he has raised the biggest beats
In all creation.
And when he takes his little scythe,
And round about his person swings II.
As sures you're born, he strikes for grain,
And alters brings il
Its lackr Well. mebby tia you know;
won't say 'tis, nor won't deny it.;
But You let some Of your great men
Jest take and try IL
ut may be luck. it may be fate;
Sometimes ask myself what wuz iii
The only thing know is, that
The critter dug It.
The Britishers are paying up;
The rebs have well nigh quit conniving;
Our debt is growing less and less
And things is thriving
THE Injun smokes his pipe in peace;
The Niger sings his loud hosanner;
And. a. the boys say down in town.
That's what ais Hammer
"And % I've bout made mp my mind.
That things can't easily Be mended;
That, taken all in all the farm
Is darn well tended.
"'Shake!' Wal, I don't care If do;
But, stranger, here is what the rule is:
When any chap shakes hands on that
He drinks 70 Uliss-
There amt no ticker on the farm
But here is beer, and there is cider;
Jest take your choice and then git down
And stand beside her.
named the cider, then got down,
And with the farmer took my station;
And then and there we both Endorsed
The Administration.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-16
the GOOD TIME COMING.

Things look better all round the sky.
The rogues are smitfen hip and thigh.
Old Brigham Young's fugitive:
Keyser has fed to France to live;
The rabber Fisk has reached arrest;
Hall futters in his feathsred nest;
Boss Tweed stands sullenly at bay,
And Ingrrsoll has run away;
Rosrnzweig tolls in prison van.
And Grant has smote the Ku-Klux Khan.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-16

HOUSE PLANTs.-The Boston Journal of Chemis-
try says: House plants ought to be stimulated
gently once or twice week. Rain water, so re-
freshing to summer flowers. always contains am
monia, which also abonnds in all liquid manures
If you take an ounce of pulverized carbonate Of
ammonia, dissolved in gallon Of water, it will
make spring water even more stimulating to your
plants than rain water. If You water your plants
once in two weeks with guano water Zone table
spoonful to pail of waterl they will grow more
thrifty. Pulverized dove or hen manure will
answer good purpose. Always keep the soil
loose in your flower pots.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-16

SAVING SEED CORN.-It will more than nav for
the trouble to go through the best field Of corn,
some time this month, and pull the best ears for
seeti especially those on stalks having two or more
good ears. You will thus make sure of the most
thrifty growing seed for Lext year. If this plan
be kept up number of years, the effect upon your
crops will be marked, and you will have a much
larger yield per acre than at present. if the ground
he kept in good condition. The seed corn should
be carefully placed away in dry place.
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The use Of benzine, one ofthe most inflammable
products Of petroleum, to take out grease spots
from clothing and other fabrics, is attended with
danger of explosion and injury to the person.
Many of the specifics used to take ont grease
spots contain benzine, and should, therefore. he
tested before using, to discover whether they
contain benzine.
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FOR TAXING GREASE OUT OF THE LEAVES OF
BOOKs.-Fold up, in two small bags made of fine
open muslin, some ashes of burnt bones, finely
powdered, or calcined hartshorn, which is always
ready prepared at the shops Of the druggists. Lay
each side of the greasy leaf, and having heated
pair ffiretonges, hair-dressers pinching- tongs
of a moderate warmth, press with them the two
bars against the greasy spot, and hold them some
time in that situation. Repeat the process nee
essary. When the irons cannot be conveniently
used the powder may he heated over the fire in a
clean earthen vessel; and, whilst hot applied with
out any muslin, on each side of the grease spot
and weight laid on it to assist its effect.
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How TO CURE CHAPPED HANDs-Take three
drachms Of gum camphor, three of white beeswax
three of spermaeeti, and two ounces of olive oil
Put them together in tin cup on the stove
where they will melt slowly, and form white
ointment in . few minutes. If the hands he af
fected, anoint them on retiring ut night, and
put on pair of gloves. A day or two will suffice
to heal them
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STY ON THE EYELID.-A correspondent sends rs
the following remedy, which she says she can
vouch for:
Put tea-spoonfnl of black tea in small bag,
pour on it just enough boiling water to moisten it
all night and in the morning the sty will most
likely he gone; if not, q second application is
certain to remove it.
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SWEET CIDER.-TO all lovers of this excellent
and really healthy beverage, have piece of
useful information to give, Cider, if taken when
first made, brought to boiling heat, and canned,
precisely fruit is canned, will keep from year to
year without any change Of taste. Canned up in
this way in the fall, it may lie kept half dozen
years or longer, as good when first made. 1t is
better that the cider be settled and poured off
from the dregs, and when brought to boiling heat
the scum that gathers on the surface taken of !;
but the only precautiOn necessary to the preserva-
ton of cider is the sealing Of it up alright when
boiling hot. Last fall my wife canned several
gallons of sweet cider in this way, and kept it
perfectly pure and sweet until opened for use in
the spring, 40 in making the above statement AZ
speak what l do knOw."-NorthresferH Farmer
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TIrsY customer, who was seated on the box
with a stage-driver, swayed backward and for
ward until he tumbled off. The mud was deep,
and he fell soft
There, now, he exclaimed as he crawled ont
OF the slough, Il knew you would upset if you
didn't take CARE
On being told that they had not upset:
"N0t upset." he echoed i'm amazement; If I'd
known that wouldn't have got off,
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An autograph collector of New York, knowing
the lively antipathy of Oliver Wendell Holmes to
creatures of his class, and wishing to capture q
specimen Of the metaphysician's chirography,
adopted the heartless snbterfnge of asking by let
ter: (which do you think the hest dictionary
Webster's or Worcester'sf"-a question which he
believed Holmes courtesy would compel him to
answer. The return mail brought single sheet
of note paper, ON which was neatly pasted the one
woryi clipped from the writer's own letter, "web-
sters"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-16

A CORRESPONDENT of the Willamette Farmer
feeds his stock tablespoonful Of sulphur to each
animal, with the salt, once in two weeks. When
ne has done 80, no vermin has troubled them, and
his cows have not been affected with carget nor
his sheep with grub in the head. He has plactic-
ell this twenty years.
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.LINES


If Alexis shouldn't come,
Tosdy dunn,
II would grieve New Workers. some;
II wonId make all Gotham hum
with sobbins and with crying.
Toady dunn
An the mamras in New Yawk.
Toady dunn. -
wond wear mourning. and ''uncawk"
An the yials Of their talk.
or how that Duke was drown-ded,
Toady dunn.
II Alexis has gone down,
TGady dunn.
He will never get to town:
He will never wear the crown;
He's in Davy Jones locker,
Toady dunn.
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gether, in any iron vessel pint lnseed oil, onn
ces tallow. ounce beeawax, and tahlesp0onfuls
Of lampblack. Apply with brush. have used
this Is wears with entire satisfactiou.-A. NJ
Knapp, "
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ONE Of the lady readers of the Maine Farmer
tells how to preserve cider clear and sweet. To
one barrel Of cider add one pound ofmustard aeei,
two pounds of raisins and one-fourth of q pound
cinnamon in the stick. This will preserve the
cider finely
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-16

SAILOR called upon goll-broker receptly,
and asked what might he the value Of and ingot
of gold as big as his arm. The shop keeper beck
oned him into hack room and primed him with
grog. He then asked to zee the gold "Oh, "
said Jack, 81 haven't got it vet, but Pm going to
such lump before START
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CAUTION AGAINST THE SKIN OF RAIsINs.-It
has been noticed that several children have died
from commissions produced by eating the skins Of
raisins. DR.. Devices, of Boston, mentions the
deaths Of three children from this cauae. and re-
marks that there is no stomach, unless il be that
Ofthe ostrich that can master the skin of the rasin
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To PREVENT STEEL OR IRON FROM RUSHING
Take one pound of hogs lard free from SALT one
ounce of camphor, two drachms Of black lead
powder, and two drachms Of dragon's blood in fine
powder, melt the same on slow fire, until it is
dissolved, and let it cool for use
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-16

THE latest extract from "What know about
farming" Catch your butterfiies late in August
Select the deep yellow ones if you would get good
sweet saleable butter.
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SODA CRACKERs-Rub well together. IA cnps
Hour. cup lard. I Irresponsible cream Of tartar,
and teaspoonfnls Of soda- Add cnps Of wa
ter, and work the dough very thoroughly. Roll,
cut, and bake quickly.
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A MICHIGANDER who "tnught terms school 4
attended, COllidge yrs at detroit michigan, and
Ia "26 yrs avage, wants "pocitian as q teecherv
in some Ohio "cemonarie'
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IL WAS not aware that You knew him. said
Tom Smith to an Irish friend the other day.
Know him, said he, in a tone which comprehen-
ded the knowledge of more than one life, a 1 knew
him when his father was boy"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-16

The bees throughout the world. as known COL
lectively to the richest cabinet, number about q
GOO species.
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SOME one said that Phahe Cary had Ohio fes-
tures 1t is suggested that Ohio has but one al"
if that il what he meant
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1T seems reasonable that alaboring horse should
have room to lie at night, where he can turn over
and shift about
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IT is simple thing. but not every housekeeper
knows it, that good e9gs if put in water invaria-
bly, swim with the large end upwards. Added
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-16

IL conversation, q wise man may he at loss how
to begin, but . fool never knows how to stop.
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The freight bill for the tea destroyed in Boston
harbor, Dec. lib, was paid q few years ago by
the East India Company of London, to whom it
belonged. The money belonged to Nantucket
family
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Ii any one speak evil of you, let your life be 8,
that none will believe him.
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=, Two TWIN brothers are said to be 90 much alike
rL., they frequently borrow money of each other
without knowing it.
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LIBERAIIrY may be carried too far in thos,
who have children to inherit from them.
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The nebula Of Andromeda, Just visible to the
naked eye, Is 90 distant that the light by which
We see 1t started at least . million years aeo
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EVERY undertaking is involved in it's faults, Is
the fire In its smoke.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-16

WRITER in the London Hmes is irving to
prove that the world was created 10000 years
ago.
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WITHOUT the rich heart, wealth is but an ugly
beggar
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PoyKRIY il mot shame, but being ashamed of
ii 10.
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GtCG y La1t CVN NGS 4VNS,
AT ST. JOSEPH with Hannibal st. Joseph Railroad for
Quincy and all Eastern and Southern Cities
With the Savannah Branch Of the Kansas City, ST.
Joseph Council Bluffs Railroad for Savannah,
Maryville, Norway. &c,
With the St Joseph & Denver Railroad for Troy, Wa
thena and Northern Kansas.
AT ATCHISON with Central Branch Pacific Railroad for
Central Kansas.
AT KANSAS CITY Union Depot
With North Misss0ri and Missouri Pacific Railroads
for St Louis the East and South
With Hannibal ST. Joseph Railroad for Quincy Chi
cago and the East.
With Kansas Pacific Railroad for Lawrence, Topeka
and the West
With Missouri River. Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad for
Paola, Fort Scott Baxter Springs and Southern Kan
With Kansas City Santa Fe Railroad for Ottawa
Garnett, &c, &c.
Passengers who West via other lines should return
by this route giving them opportunity pass through
the beautiful and fertile Valley Of the Missouri through
growing cities and thriving villages
ASK FOR YOUR TICKETS VIA THE
Kansas City, Saint Joseph q Council Bluffs
Through Lima.
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THE ANIMAL CREATION.


The Annapolis (Md.) Republican
gives the following description of an
old coin recently found in that place:
On the face, in the outer circle, is the
word Massachusetts,, and three half
destroyed letters, one resembling an :"
in the inner circle q leafess tree, with
partly visible roots. On the reverse,
the outer circle bears the words, < New
England, An. Dom. {; " in the center
are the figures "1652." This ancient
silver coin is about the size of an old
English shilling the edge of the rim
is worn in three places about the six
teenth part of an inch, and with this
exception it is in fine state of preserv-
a.ion, which fact gives weight to the
supposition that it had been coined
but brief time previous to Its loss or
burial
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i unChayet.

The Hindoo system Of the Punchayet
is thus described: 1t is d tribunal as
old as the hills, which every village
Ia India employs with excellent results.
The word signifed "the council Of
five, - and it represents am ancient and
established court OF arbitration.
Whenever a dispute arises among the
Indians, the contending parties refer it
to the Punchayet. Each chooses two
Judges, ana the four thus constituted
select q fifth, who presides The cir
cumstances Of the case are then laid
before the village council and a judg-
ment is pronounced, which is almost
absolutely equitable, and almost always
cbeerfully accepted. He who appeals
from the Punchavet delies the public
opinion Of his community, and gener-
ally finds himself in the wrong. II is
q system which has, for countless gen
er3tions IN India prevented a world Of
wretebed and costly litigation.
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4 safe Transportation.

The Swiss Times reports that a native
of Embourg presented himself few
days ago at the window Of the post
Office aJ Lausanne, and asked for an
order of one hundred francs. The clerk
pat the following usual questions to
uim . Who is the sender? p Jacques
Matthew. " What is the name of the
payee q, jacques Matthew, post
rcsiaute at Estavayer :" &" Is he your
bectherz 2" No, it IS myself. " DO
You mean to say that YOU are sending
Il postofiice order TO yourself at Estava-
yer ?" Yes, I ana going there :
. But why can't rng take 1t yourself p
An. there It is, said the simple tel
ioE: you see, I know myself, and if
t1ere to take the money with me, the
probability is that it would never reach
Eziavayer, whlc, by sendmgit through
5aap ostotfiee, i shall be sure to find it
upon nay arrival, where 7 sba require
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SOciety's Customs in San Francisco,
From the N. Y. Pc

From the N. Y. POST
Many of the social customs III San
Francisco are peculiar. a lady writes
to the Chronicle of that city to com
plain that at social gatherings the men
all get intoxicated, and are therefore
unfit company for the opposite sex.
Whereupon that journal cites it as a
we'll known fact that in what is termed
the best society, at parties and balls
given at private houses, there is a room
set apart for gentlemen, whore brandy
and champagne flow in abundance, and
where the visitors may engage IN
:" monte" and "drawpoker," for un-
limited amounts OF money. This re-
veals rather bad state of things, nor
is it certain that these San Francisco
jewellers are without imitators in New
York. 1t is not for journalists, how
ever, but for the ladies' themselves to
devise and apply the remedy.
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FEVER AND ACUE
SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS
The Means of Escape.

The fan has many perils for the weak and feeble,
and its sudden atmospheric changes are trying to
the constitutions of even the robust. The chilling
temperature Of the nights, as compared with the
almost summer warmth Of the days, necessarily
exercises an unhealthy influence Oh all who are e1-
posed toit. Hence dyscntery, darrhcea intermittent
feyers, bilious attacks and arrangements of all the
secrctions, are common at this season. The true
way to escape them is to meet the causes with pro-
tective and invigorating medicine. Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters designed for this exgency. This
powerful vegetable specific relieves the system of all
acrid humors purifes the fluids tones the secretive
organs, promotes healthy evaporation through the
pores increases the activity of the digestive func-
tons, cheers the spirits and regulates the bowels
To do this If to make the whole body vigorous, and
render it proof against the vcissitudes of tempera
ture, and against malaria. A course of the great
tonic and Alternative therefore in all advisable
a preventive at this season. IT, on the other hand
the mischief is already done, and intermittent ORE
mittent fever is actually present. the liver bowels
stomach disordered, there is no medicine SO ccr-
tain to effect quick and thorough Of this harm
less and agreeable preparation.
HAPPY RELHF FOR YOUNG MEN, from Nervous
Debility, &c Books and circulars free of charge.
Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION ,Phiadelph ia Pa.
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O'DONOHUE AND THE HORSE
ncaih Of Great Rilliard PLAYER.

Michael Phel0n, whose name as Il bill
lizard player is familiar wherever the
English tongue Is spoken, died on Sat
Urdav afternoon, at his residence, on
est Twenty-third street Some
months ago his yacht was run down in
the bay and he was thrown into the
water, sustaining a shock from which
he did not afterWaId recover. About
three weeks ago, however, he was con
fined TO his room FOR the first time
Phelan was irish. and was born in 1916.
He came to this country when but
seven years ofaGe, and subsequently,
appreuticel to q silversmith. He soon
became Interested in the game Of bill
lizards and took charge Of a room on
near Wall street. In a
short time young Phelan was regarded
SIS the best player IN New
York, and his fame even
extended to Europe In later years he
kept billiard rooms at 80 Broadway,
i'm Burton's old theatre ON Chambers
street. and at the corner of Broadway
ana Tenth street. In each of these
places he accumulated considerable
money and did much to popularize
and elevate this fascinating game to its
present standard DuIngth the past few
years he has given his sole attention to
the manufacture Of billiard tables, I'M
Ger tho firm of Phelan & Collender.
As a billiard expert, Phelan was once
the wonder Of the world; but among
hisnore youthful competitors, during
the past eight or ten years, he had
come to occupy but a second-rate posi-
ton. His funeral viii take place to-
day. from 10. 43S West Twenty-third
e+-.an+
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The handsome mansion of the late
Benjamin Nathan, in Twenty-third
street, near Fifth avenue, New York,
one of the most desirable as to kind
ana locality IN the city, has never been
occupied since the dreadful murder.
1t Is said that no good tenant can be
found, and that the dwelling, which
was worth probably $4,000 a vear,
could not he rented to-day for halt that
sum