White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-01-19
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6 Meadville, Pa. is about to be lighted
with natural gas, from we'll 400 feet ceep
6 German women send all eorts Of things
through The mails to their husbands, sons. or
sweethearts, away soldering. Letters arc per-
mitted rp to sixteen ounces weight. 50 thei
send cigars. tea, chocolate, shirts and slippers.
A pair Of slippers can be sent one in each.
One woman seat flannel shirt in six pieces.
BY six posts. Tie last letter contained the left
sleeve. with the needle and thread for sewing
the shirt together.
T The secretary Of the treasury has au-
thorised the assistant treasurer, in New York, to
sell million Of coin on each Thursday Of the
present month, and to purchase tso millions
Of bonds on the first andthird W wednescays. and
one million on the second and fourth Wednes-
days, making total sale of four millions Of
coin and a purchase of six millions Of bones
during the month.
u Ne~ Yoak devours nearly a, thousand
barrels of eggs day. Each barrel contains
eighty dozen or more-eo tbst the actual daily
consumption is not far from q million Of eggs,
and the cost TO the consumers about $4,000
900 year.
| T The German troops in Versailles Rave
made sad havoc with paintings. statues. and
other works Of art. The painting Of Napoleon
In the palace has been oeheaded BY sabre
stroke, and the picture Of Columbus cut out oi
its frame and carried of.
pAtone of the wellsburg. Ohio. churches
on Thanksgiving day somebody dropped q
800 greenback into the mouey bag. The un
known donor has the satisfaction Of hearing
his home paper cay that the gin is either q
mistake or conscience money.
/ p Marx Twain receives s., 400 year fol
being periodically funny in the Galaxy.
6 Tie proprietors of the New Orleans Re
publican arc reported to have made $500 ,0O(
last year.
p Gen. Anderson, OF Fort Sumpter fame
is in such delicate health that his frierds fee
alarmed about it..
O. A rumor is in circulation in Berlin t.
tbs effect that the Hon. George Bancroft is Il
resign his ministry aud return home.
T Won Beust, the Austrian Minister, eclip
ses Grant as smoker. and shce the war re
fuses to limit himself to less than 40 cigars
day. Behind all that smoke there must b.
some FIRE.
p Before the war the gossips insisted tba
, Bismarck was killing himself BY intemperance
and that he had the delisium tremens ever.
week or two. The French counselors an,
leaders should send for some of Bismarck
liquor.
!. IL General Sheridan il expected home il
February to begin bis usual round Of newspape
(matrimoniaD engagements. Strange to. say
! he has been absent four or five months, and il
all that time has never been married once.
u Disraell's- enemies declare he isa Mo
hsmmedan in the disguise of an lsraelite. an
that be is Pagan also. which shows, at lsas!
tha, he is capable Of sustaining comp.icate
theology.
u The method Of making bowl Of oyste
soup that can be retaied for Eve cents, four o
, which will be profit, is as follows: Take fv
Baltimore oysters. photograPh them, to eacl
photograph add Eve gallons Of water, and sea
son to suit the taste.
u A happy youth in Connecticut has thret
living grandmothers, making nine grand pa
rents. His grandfather. grandmother, great
grandmother and great great-grandmother ar,
: living in the same frmil.. Next door lives hii
grandfather, grandmother and great grandma
ther. aud within mile live his grsst-grand
father and third great-grandmother.
u A teacher, ca,echisiRg his scholars, pu
the following question: "What was made te
give light to the wOrldi" Matches. cried one
of the youngsters, after short pause.
u 1t has been decided that "Oh dear =
and "Gracious me-" as used by the ladies, i:
swearing.
U"Fatber. won't you buy me fishing rod
said a piOusboy. "You know the Bible says
Spare the rod and spoil the child"
U' Is ii true that shoe dealers sometime.
mark their ''fves" and "sixes" as "threes'
and "tours." to please their lady customers
T"well," Mrs. Smith," said Mrs. Jones
,,if I'm anything. I'm Unitarian; what re
iigion are youi" al amt quite sartin what the,
calls it. but my old man says he's vegetarian -
DSome kansas boys thought to have lit
tie fun on Christmas day by playing war. Sc
"the French" took refuge behind a baystack
and "the Prussians" dislodged them by burning
the stack. The question which agiates the
little community now is, whether the fathers
Of the Prusians, or those of the French should
pay for the stack.
D Some one has taken the trouble to couni
the revolutions which the wheels ofa watch
make in day ard a year, With the f,llow ing
result: The main wheel makes four revolu.
lions every "a hours; l.4O0 in a year; the sec
ond or centre, "a revolutions in "a hours, Oh
7,760 in year; the third wheel, 1913 in "a hours
or 69,6S0 in year; the fourth wheel (Which
carries the second hand). l.4i0 in 2i hours, OF
525 600 IN year; the filth or scape wheel. ~ ;.
964 IN 81 hours. or 4. 725, 400 revolutions in a
year; while the beats or vibrations made in "a
hours are 3Se 800 or l4l .sl2. 800 in year.
u G. L. Borce, living in Doniphan county
was vicsimized 70 the tune Of S200 last week,
by purchasing ths right ofa patent hay fork
Instead Of signing contracts. as he supposed he
signed -four notes for $50 each. A New Yorke,
was the salesman.