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White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-27
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L,rTLE-BREECuEs.
Ap.ke Csua,y view Of speesa, Providence,
EY JOHN HAY.

l don't ~ much On religion.
never amt had M show:
But I've got middlin' tight grip. SIR
On the handful q things | know.
don't pan ont TN the prophets.
And free-will, and that sort o thing
But blievc in God and the angels,
Ever sence one night last Spring.
come in town with some turnips
And my little Gabe come along
No four -year-osl in the County
Could heat him for pretty and strong
Pcert and clipper and sassy.
Always ready to swear and to fight
And I'd larnt him to chaw terbacker,
Jest to keep his milk-teeth white.
The snow come down like q blanket,
As ! passed by Taggart's store.
went In for a jug o molasses,
And left the team at the door
They skeert at somethin, and started
I heerd one little squat,
And hell.to-split over the prairie.
Went team, Little-Breeches and all
Hell.tosplit over the prairie,
Twas almost froze with skeer;
But We rousted up some Torches
And s'arrhed for EN-, fur and near.
At last we struck hosses and wagon,
Showed under a soft white mound
Upset., dead-beat-but of little Gabe.
No hide nor hair was found
And here all hopes soured on me,
Ofmy feller-critters aid
Jest Topped down on my marrow-bones,
Crotchleep in the snow. and prayed.
By this time, the torches was played out,
And me and Isrul Parr
Went off for some wood to a sheep-fold
That he said was somewhat thar.
We found il at last and little shed
Whar they shet up the lambs at night.
We looked in and seen them huddled thar,
So warm, and sleepy. and white;
And THAR soT Little-Breeches, and chirped,
As peert as ever you see:
81 want chaw of terbacker,
And that's what's the matter Of mel"
How did he git thar Angels.
He could never have walked in that storm.
They jest sco0ped down, and toted him
To whar ii was safe and warm.
And think that savin' little child.
And brngin' him to his own,
Is derned sight better business
Than lOafin' around The Throne.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-27

JUVENILE SIMPLICrTY-A friend of mine says
the following story is fact: Two boys of tender
years. who went by tint names of Tom and Jack,
became members of a district school, in a certain
New England town. On making their temperance,
theteacher called them out before the whole school,
and proceeded to make the usual interrogatories
concerning their names, ages, &c. "Well, my
fine lad" said the teacher to the first one, "what
is your name! "Tom," promptly answered the
Juvenile. atom" said the teacher, "that doesn't
sound WELL Remember always to speak the full
name. You should have said Thomas. Now,
my son, Cunning to the other boy, whose expect
ant face suddenly lghteup with the satisfaction of
O newly comprehended idea) now then, will you
tell me what your name isl" "ydck-ass" replied
the lad in q tone of confident decision. The
teacher was taken with sudden fit of coughing.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-27

A CORRESPONDENT of The Country Genaemax
asserts that red cedar twigs bound around the
bodies of fruit trees butts upward, will effectua-
~ protect the trees from insects. And if fruit
trees, why not shade treess Col Dewey, of Hart
ford, writes 70 The horticultural that in his vine
yard grapes trained upon red cedar posts and
trellises are free from mildew and insects, and
those growing closest to the posts have the most
beautiful appearance and are most productive.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-27

T. rs pertinacious young man of slender ac-
quirements, who affects literature, especially in
the presence of young ladies. On one occasion he
brought down the house by asking lady if she
had read Mr.. Dickens last novel, "The Diamond
Edition. A more astounding blunier is the fol-
lowing: Seeing a copy of Lalla Rookh lying on
the centre table, he called attention to it, when
somebody inquired if he had ever read it. "No,n
he replied, II have never read any of Miss Rookh's
pOemsn
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-27

SHERIFF HALL, of Pittsfield, Mass, was about
to commit a prisoner to the lookup the other
day, and had just unlocked the door, when the
prisoner ran away. The sheriff started i'm pursuit,
taking no notice of boy in the lookup. The Lad,
seeing the door open, Thought he might as well
leave as to be hanging around there and away he
started. Hall, however, too nimble for the
hoy, and when he felt the iron grip of the sheriff
npon his collar, he wilted at once. "What are
yon doing out here, You young rascal :" said Tim.
"Doing! doingw said the boy, trembling with
fright ut the stern officer; 81 amt doing nothing
came out to hep you catch that fellow; which
way has he gomez
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-27
The Fun Of the Ching.
pE. -sKEETERs.

DE 'skee.ers in de mite
Comes at You for fife.
An bloody h- kuptest sm to he:
Fur ov blood he II get his 6ll
II he jist insert his bill
At least found de wild me.
I lay an kicked all mite,
But ON me dey Ia lite.
An frequently come cusinin roun' my he'd;
An 1 scratch wild all my mite,
On de place dey did bite.
But blebe dc smartin neler stop till am dead
DE sun he skorrhed my nose,
And blister'd all my toes,
To try to rest sleep. found In vain;
For de 'skeeters delighted,
Wen desc berry spots dey bited.
And make me almost swar wild stingin pain.
wish dc debil had de 'skeeters,
An all sich cussid creet.rs.
Dat am made tn bodier an torment mankind;
Let de bedbugs an de heas
Pc transported DER de seas.
Den peace an quictness we all shall fna
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-27

PARENTS cannot be too careful about letting
their children eat unripe fruit, which is now plen-
ty, and which is SO tempting to the little ones.
And it is particularly dangerous, after eating
green trash, to drink heartily of water. Children
all alike in this respect and it behooves par
ents and those who have charge of them to exer-
else good deal of firmness and judgment in re-
gard to what the children eat during the hot wea-
ther. Physicians say that much sickness preva-
lent among children is caused by this lack of
Judgment or care on the part of parents.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-27

THOSE who desire to be rid of those troubles ONE
summer pests, flies, need only to use the follow
ing simple remedy: Take half teaspoonful of
black pepper, one teaspoonful of cream; mix them
well together and place them in room on plate,
where the flies are troublesome, and they will
soon disappear
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-27

NOVEL CURE FOR LOcKJAw.-A lady residing in
Cincinnati was recently injured by wound in the
sole of her foot, by a small tack upon which she
accidentally trod. The result was dangerous
case of lockiaw. The remedy applied by the at
tending physician was a mush poulticc moistened
with laudanum. He afterwards administered n.y.
drate of choral, a new remedy, which is said TO
be wonderfully eficacious in such cases. Not
withstanding the woman has suffered severe con-
WILSON'S, she began to improve rapidly under this
treatment until she is now almost entirely recov-
cred. 1t is seldom is effected when the dis
ease has made such progress as in this case.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-27

"wHo dare spit tobacco jnicc upon the floor of
this carr savagely exclaimed a large and power
fl built passenger, as he arose from his seat and
stalked down the aisle frowning defiantly upon
the other passengers. al darc!" said burly look
ing fellow, as he deliberately sqnirted quantity
of the noxious saliva upon the floor of the aisle
"A right my friend said the first speaker, slap
ping the other in q friendly manner upon the
shoulder, "ciye us q chew of tobacco"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-27

BY having his wits about him and plentiful
supply of eggs, Mr.. Joseph Hale succeeded in sa-
wing the life of his wife last week, in Portland,
who, in a fit of abstraction, had swallowed dose
of corrosive sublimate, thinking it was laudanum.
Given over by her frightened neighbors for as
good as dead, her husband at once administered
to the terrified victim the whites of Is eggs which
completely neutralized the effects of the poison
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-27

"How ARE you, Count :" said noted wag to
spruce-lookmg specimen Of the genus snob
s.SirF exclaimed the indignant swell, "who are
you and why do You call me countY' "Why, L
saw you counting oysters in New York last week,
and supposed you were of royal bloodn Snob
vamoosed.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-27

To MAKE cheap ice chest, take two dry goods
boxes, one of which is enough larger than the
other to leave space of abont three iuches all
around when it is placed inside. Fill the space
between the two with sawdust packed closely and
cover with a heavy lid made to fit neatly inside
the larger box. Insert small pipe in the bottom
of the chest to carry off the water from the melt
inc ice
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-27

a camePs hair pencil, and quarter Of an ounce of
oxalic acid. Dissolve the acid in gill of water,
which will cause the stains to disappear. Wash
again with clean water as at first, and dry with
blotting paper
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-27

MOTHERS LOvE-There are few passages
more eloquent OF true than the following:
Oh! what is there like q mothers loyei Time
nor change, disease, wrong, unkindness, cannot
exhaust it. 1t lives fountain of undying waters;
the wanderer may return, and the same hand that
wiped away the tear Of childhood, viii be put up
on the fevcred brow and the parched lips of the
worlds rejected victim.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-27

A CITIZEN of Nebraska was boasting that in his
town there wasn't either doctor, lawyer, OF a
clergyman, and only one rmnseller. Show many
inhabitants are there altogether asked by
stsnder. "Well, was the reply, "theres only my
family and my brother Jake's and Jake is the
rumseller.n
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-27

ArRAvELLER asked an emaciatcd Georgianif the
climate of the rice swamps was unhealthy.
avail, no. replied the loyal native, "'taint nm
healthy; we have fever and ague all the time in
these parts but then we enjoy powerful under
tow of health
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-27
THE OLD MILL.

Don't you remember, Lily dear
The mill by the old hillside.
Where We used to go. in the Summer time,
And watch the foamy tide:
And toss the leaves Of the fragrant beech
On its breast, no smooth and bright.
Where they foated away like emeralds,
In food Of golden light
Lily, dear.
And the miller. love, with his slouchy cap,
And eyes Of mildest grey
Plodding about his dusty work,
Singing the hve-long dayi
And the coat that hung ON the rusty nail
With many motley patch;
And the rude old door, with its broken sill
And the string with the wooden latchi
Lily, dear.
And the water.wheel, with its giant arms,
Dashing the beaded spray
And the weeds it pulled from the sand below,
And flung in scorn away;
And the sleepers, Lily with moss o'erRrown,
Like sentinels stood in pride,
Breasting the waves where the chinks Of time
Were made In the old mills sidel
Lily. dear.
Lily, the mill In borne away
And q factory, dark and high,
Looms like tower. and pufs its smoke
Over the clear blue sky;
And the stream II turned away above
And the bed Of the river bare;
And the beech IL withered. bouyh and trunk,
And stands like spectre there
Lily. dear.
And the miller. Lily. is dead and gone.
He sleeps in the vale below;
saw his stone. in the Winter time
Under a drift Of snow.
But now the willow is green again,
And the wind Is soft and still;
send you sprig % remind you, love.
OF him and the dear old mill
Lily, dear.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-27

AT one of the "labor conventions" held in
Washington during the strike, Mr.. Green made
q speech exhorting his hearers to "work in the
interests of hssmony and peace" Whcreupon an
ahle-bodied striker sprang to his feet with the
exclamation; "Yes, sab, OATS what we want;
hominy and peas! but id if we can get it wild q
Il 90 n dayr
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-27
PART THE OIL

o Muse pervde Handkerchief & wepe,
Also peraps ii will be rite to refews
Wittels & drink as long YOU ken stan it.
weer comink to the dare side the picter
Ware wO il rote in black al round the fraim.
BE cairie, Muse, in roalink up the kertin,
As il is maid ov Craip is cutie esy tore.
o hev you seen the rapt maternle Hen
With al oy her egs smashed b roothles Fo!
On wing ov Mite becaus hers wos shot
OF bi a shot-cuni and the astonished Dog
Loco round with indignashun at his Tale
Severd hi crule boy be his is!
Wot Disappointment fur the helpless Dog!
Wot straini Dissatisfaction fur the Egle.
Wot Wunder fur the long secloodid Hen!
Al these hev felt the inflooens ov a chainj.
iEspeshelly the onfortinit ca I,ogJ
Ware am tina now at present Clainjd g. gon!
Abner weelink. As a Berd wos Abner,
Felink. not week.-Mrs. q Berl doant weel)
OF playin his oald gain with the Pigs,
& wisselin cairles he difent sing.
Or thinkn Buty fur away.
But al to onst the hefffy 'barer drnpt,
Fur Ahner felt tyresum fit cum on.
Wos Abner huffy! ime afeard he wos
He set down onto the barer with Jerk
& in ninstant ketched onto a male
& toar his pants a cash, which say 3 inches.
Wos tina a Nev1 Spirit a-hangin round
About that time with nothink fur to dol
Wos this the Evil Ouri Wos Perteckshun
Con frum mortes fur about minitl
No matter wot eon: Abner CUssED.
Thare wos eomoshun among things dirccly:
The Hevinks shode SYMPTOMS turnin blac
The winds evidently preparnk houl;
Firth give oder like rotten pertaters;
And wot wos NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Grcnedt
Eyerythink seemed to be waitink for srmthink
About that time it seems sumthink cum.
Heeibdrer Speak! Obi the way Abner
Wos feelink trelfie as you mite supose
& alth0 he -antci 10 cit IN he coodent1
Aineri sed the stern weeibarer Abneri
Youm aweer as youy bin Cussipk Abper.
You swear to your oald mother as YOU wooieut
& now yaul Sc L. Abner perry cuic
So then it riz & mitchell him off the trac.
& the Hevinks as he'd bin KINDLY watink
Dy,le blac imeiitlv & the winds roard
Cutie savig fur scch short nctis Rayther dismissed
With the aspec thinks wos \ warink i,st then
But Erscrsize oy r,Inuin smiles the cistim
(Dnles YOU fele like yoin So as these
C)nplesant sercumstapss foered Abper
He dident ensoy the COAX He felt insnltid;
His felipks he'd bin teched with a rood han.
Besides il hert ware he struc frrm the 'harer
& he woseut wei hisself He he'd setteld
In 9 a messy trot fur sevril mild,
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-27

SMOKING is not allowed on the streets of Boston;
and the other morning an enthusiastic young po-
iiceman arrested hasty pudding that had been
eet out to cool, for violating the ordinance, and
took it to the station house.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-27

The GeTmanto,rn Telegraph says the pea-bug can
be easily got rid of by following this plan: After
the seed is ripe and dry put it into bottles and
cork up perfectly air tight. The larva, though
SO minute as not to be seen by the naked eve, will
die for want of air just like every other living
thing.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-27

awIFE. do you know that have got the pneu-
monia r. "New monia, indeed! Such extrava-
eance! You're the spend-thr1ftiest man ever
S;d ace. To 90 and Law ont your money for such
trash. when do need a new bonnet 80 much"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-27

FROM careful experiments made by physician
of Lyons, ii has been ascertaned that the old rem
edy OF warm water is the best solvent Of accumula
ted wax in the ear, being superior to olive oil,
glycerine, etc.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-27

ARULE of conscience for ones self, code ofmo-
rails for ones self a religion for ones self, By
their nature, these things cannot be private,
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-27

drink ice-water sparingly," is an important
maxim to every person in summer. The hotter
the day the less should the stomach be loaded with
food or drink
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-27

II is poor practice to half manure, half plow.
half seed and half cultivate field, and then har
vest from il less than half a crop.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-27

Too MUCH land is the bane of the country.
By-and-by we will cultivate less and better.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-27
gflett goetry.
.EELBARER.
A ORIGINAL PoMk, INTo , PARTS.
BY X. n. PETER.

By X. " PETER.
PART THE irH
Not that ime in cny think hurry. o muse,
dts comfortin to know youv got muse)
Wool Il addres Thee on the subgeck ov
A large Pome. For varis is the oportooniss
I've Civ Thee to walk up to the Captins offs
& there to settle or maik YOU fren noffer
But YOU hev slited al mi 0vertoors-
o, il mi presus muse goin to leve
& FINELY be no moar herd ov enywersf
Ken nofhink warm her Cat presentl coald sloaldcri
Return and smile ON Pepper, his musel
Remember hese desolved nj partnership
With everything q is q unhappy Berd
As thincs ov hyink oanli few days longer.
Come & help smooth his delekit wife ploomis
So then hele go in pese & you may find
Consolashun in funerlsand sech.
(Now hevin be prased-mi muse she Is cominkg
Go 9Th & sc the Yellow Berd so happy!
Go witnes Blu-Jay spoartink in the son.
An sc the ant apiiin up the dert
Serene and smilfnk, hkewais industris.
Behoald the Elefan a-hoppink ov his eres
Mindless ov Driver wot PEGS on his he'd
Sech wos Abner. wos he moari he wOs-
His Father followed chopin & his Grand
Mother wos relijis His own mother
Unfortunately dide from the effects ov Sassig.
As she Plus wen she thus did di
She tooc her oanly sun & freh sed
Abner. your mother is egspected up
& RELY cant sta & talk OFF her things
Abner, mi preshus. youm a oanli sun
& ov coars your brothers aint noomeris.
wot say you ken at leest depend on.
Mi prinsiple last words is Nerer Gus.
Your Father, Abner, never did but onst,
& he sic for uparls Ov wekes.
So Abner cuicly swear he wooslent Gus
= then she looct at him & the oald man,
Regrettin the Sassig wos harty,
& sayin Good Ri in febel vols
wos travelnk Hoamarfs in about mint.
Abner. she gon! the oald man then remarc
Ri way comfortin his wepin sun.
So she is Father the yung man replide;
She wos a good un Abner, then he sed,
So she wos Father the sun sed agin
then the oald man fell Onst moar to chopin.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-13
JOINT RESOLUTION providing for publishing
specifications and drawings OF Patent Once.
[Approvcd January II, lsTl.l
Be it resolred By the Senate and Roue Of Repre-
ssntatipe, o. 10 United States Of America IN

Be 70 r.solred BY the Senate and Hope Of Repre-.
,sntdtives Of e. Unitsd Stat" Of America IN
thai the publication Of the abstracts Of spccinca.
tons and Of the cngravings heretofore accompany.
ing the annual report Of the COMMISSIONS Of Pat:
portion ofthe report for eighteen hundred and sixty.
nine, for which the plates have already been pre-
pared: and that, in lieu thereof the Commissioner
button, NOT TO exceed ono hundred and my copies
or Inc complete specifications and drawings OF each
patent subsequently, Issued, together with suitable
be placed for ffvo public inspection In each capitol Of
every State and Territory, one for the like purpose
In the clerks ONCE Of theOlstrlct Court OF each Ju-
sucS oiuces arc located In State or Territorial capt.
tols. and one in the library Of Congress, which copies
shnI be taken and received In all Courts as evidence
OF eli matters therein contained. and shall be cert:
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OF Inc Patent Once, and shall be taken and received
in an courts as evidence. said copies not to be taken
s so@ ma ssi q, c sTpsasnee; an. nd he CommiIlSoncr o. Pss.
ents Is hereby authorized and directed TO have print
ed such additional numbers OF copies o. speeinca-
lions and drawings. certified as hefeinbcfore pro-
vidnd. at q price not to exceed the contract price or
such drawings, for sale, As may be warranted by the
setlal demand for tho and CSmmisthc sloner
Of tueh specifications and drawings 10 any public
Library which will pay for binding the same Into vol.
umes TO correspond with those 10 the Patent once.
and for the transportation OF the same and which
shall also provide proper custody for the same, with
convenient access for the public thereto, under such
regulations as the Commissioning shall doom reason
able; and provided also, that all contracts for max
ing copies Of drawings shall be made under tho pro-
visions Of chapter one hundred and nfy.1ve. sec
tion nine; q At Of SS5srss; .Ep,Sysd June metz twenty:
Is follows: Sec, o. And be II further enacted, that
all lithogaphing and engraving. where the probable
total cost Of the maps or plates Illustrating or &C.
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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-13

Be II enacted BY the Senate and Horse Of Repreient.
aiipes ofths United Sato Of AmeSed IN Con0res
That the privileges OF the act Of May. th;rtlcth,
eighteen hundred and sIxty.two. entitled act
10 reduce the expenses Of the survey and sale OF the
public lands In the United States" be and the same
arc hereby extended 70 Colorado; and the proviso
OF the trst section Of the act approved JUNG SECOND,
eighteen hundred and sixty.two, entitled "An act
10 cstablish a land once In the Territory or Colora.
do, and for other purposes" 10 hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. And be Il further enacted, That nothing In
the ACT OF Congress approved March twenty-seven.
eighteen hundred and afylour. entitsd "A set
for the relief OF settlers on lands reserved for railroad
purdoses.W shall be construed 10 relieve such settlers
HON The obligation 10 nle the proper notices ofthelr
claims, as In other cases, and OIL! claimants o. pre-
emptIon rights shall hereafter, when no shorter Pc.
Rod Of time is now prescribed By law, make the
proper proof and payment for the lands ,olalmee.
within eighteen months after the date prescribedfo r
fllng their declaratory notices shall hnye expiredi
provided. that where said date shall have elapseS
before the passage or thlsact. said pre-enptors shan
have one year after the passage hereof In which 70
make such proof and payment.