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White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

Some two years ago, while going down Broad.
way, in New York, blood commenced running
from my nose quite freely. l stepped aside and
applied my handkerchief, intending to repair to
the nearest hotel, when gentleman accosted me,
saying: Just put pieceOf paperin your mouth,
chew it rapidly, and it will stop your nose bleed
ing" Thanking him rather doubtfnlly, did MS
he suggested, and the flow of blood ceased almost
immediately. 1 have seen the remedy tried
since quite frequently, and always with success
Doubtless any substance would answer the same
purpose as paper the stoppage of the flow of blood
being caused, no doubt, by the rapid motion of
the jaws and the counter action of the muscles
and arteries connecting the jaws and nose.
Physicians say thar placing small roll of paper
or muslin above the front teeth, under the upper
lip, and pressing hard on the same, will arrest the
bleeding from the nose-checking the passage of
blood through the arteries leading to the nose
II. c. T., in Country Gent.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23
- THERE FIRE IN THE ARIA RE.
VARIABLE THEORY.

writer in the New York Evening pos, sets mn
n remarkable story i'm regard to great fires III
saws: On the night of tbe 2ftb of December lag
was sitting with a literary friend ahout n;ns
O'clock in one of the nriv,ts boxes If HamhI;n,s
maeni6cent Bowery theatre. Sndden,v ths h;o
bell of the CITY Hail boomed lond and lon, oyaI
the mctrOpolis. and ~FireI Fire ~ echoed aronnd
and within the theatre. We were off in an in
slant. rushing ont of the slammino doors and an.
ward toward the scene of the conAag rat;1n which
was "clarinp on nights startled evsn away down
town.
When VIC reached Wall street MAR Water tho
Tontine Coffee Hons. had cansbt and aorl s,,oLs
in bure masses timed With 3;cts,;n,- a.shas os
bright flame. was 6nrstinv from Iii the ,nnsr
winJova The nigbt :. sil Tho war. ,,,. up \, r.
will remember was ;ntenselv cold TIar.. 80
but little wind. still as the Ere advanced, there
was plainly preceDtibls the af,od of t;re in The
air M firmly behave tbere oiravs :; in oil roat
contlaprations. somctbinC mvster;ons as Vet and
unexnIainahle n was se in our gr..,t fye for
saw its evidences myself and see that ranorts of
the same evidences are mentioned as featnres of
the still more terrible and vastly greater confa.
grafton i'm Cbicapo which has "rnuseJ tho world y
Science there r. lint LITTLE donbt will find "nt Nv
and-by. what this mvsterous mower ia and tell q.
how II works and how n NAV he onaried aro;nst
il NOT conquered Whether n ;s atmosnhsr;o y,
electric. or whatever else n NAV he is Vet to no
determined. wor,l or two more cI,cayn;nr this
subject n little further on '''''
Our great fire travelled soutb and west f,st.-
than n man coull walk. Wafer froze in ali tha
,,,tt.vs. th;oL 80. .o...a III a. 49, - "
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

The Xenia (Ohio) Gazette has the following /:
The following relic has been unearthed at the
Auditors Office. This account of the Tamuauy
ring has never yet been paid. 1t is proposed to
present it with compound interest from date to
Boss Tweed for settlement. Interest and all
amounts at the present writing, to the modest
sum of s2l6 70. 1, Jacob Smith, agent for the
Iammany Society, promise to pay to John Har-
ries, Thomas Hunter, and Peter Pelham, Com
missioners for Greene County, O., the sum of four
dollars and fifty cents, or before the first day
Of June next, for the use Of Greene County, to
which payment well and truly to be made to the
said Commissioners and their successors, bind
myself my heirs, and by these presents sealed
and dated this 18th of July, 1872
ISeal. "JOHN SMIrH,n
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

CURE FOR SMALL-POx.-As this loathsome and
dreadful disease is at present alarmingly prevail
ent in some parts Of the country, it may not be
amiss to mention what is said to he now the es-
tablished mode Of treatment in the English army
in China, by general orders, and is regarded as a
perfect cure. 1t is as follows, AZ reported to have
been discovered by an English army surgeon two
or three years ago: When the preceding fever is
at height, and inst before the eruption appears
the chest is rubbed with cruton oil and tartaric
ointment. This causes the whole Of the eruption
TO appear that part of the body, to the relief of
the rest. 1t also secures full and complete erup-
ton, and thus prevents the disease from attacking
the internal Organs.-RepxblicaR.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23
For tue far,ner.
ON DRKssING noes.

Two years ago many hogs wen partially or
wholly lost, by becoming tainted after they were
aresscd and before the meat cooled off. One in
stance came to onr knowledge, where two tine
hogs, each weighing 400 punds, were injured by
faint They were dressed in quite a cool day,
thoroughly cleaned and washed off with cold wa
ter. They were hung mp under shed, where
cool breeze blew over them, md yet the next
morning there was pcrcepfibie faint in the car
To prevent this the body should be split down
the whole length " dividing the hack bone.
This will admit tho air. allow the animal heat to
escape, snA keep the meat sweet
Quite oosd westher viii not always prevent q
| faint. It dill not In the case alluded to above.
1t is supposed by some that it is even safer to
dress when the Thermometer stands at about 400
The reason given is, that when the weather is
quite cold, the skin contracts and prevents the
animal heat from escaping. Whether this is SO
or not, we do not know.
carcass is split down, there will be little or NO
danger of the meat becoming tainted; If it In not
there is danger; and it is 90 trifing work to do
it, that it is very poor economy to omit it.
In sending hogs to market it would undOubted-
ly he more convenient to handle them wholly,
than if cut apart, and it may be safe enough to
keep them whole in such hogs as are usually sent
long distances, those weighing only from 200 to
800 poupds.
In the winter of 1863. we listened with much
upon "Thc Principles Involved in the Preserva-
ton of Meats before the State Board of Agricul-
ture, at Amherst, Mass In the course of his re-
marks he said:
"Even in winter a lot Of hogs may be killed in
the evening, and whilst still warm packed in carts
ready for delivery early next morning. The car
casses buried beneath others heat. The cold hogs
remain intact, but the hams of the lower ones
faint in pickle. Masses Of frozen hams termed
green In the trade-that is, which have been
. few days in salt-are sent from the West to
New York, are purchased by provision dealers;
they are tested, and apparently sound; but when
spring time comes and thaw superveues large
quantities of these hams turn. The salt has not
penetrated. A putrefying centre has been sur
rounded by ice; all has remained stationary so
long as the temperature has been low; but the in
slant heat supervenes, the process advances, and
the entire hams turn sour."
This shows the very great importance of 80
managing rs to allow all the heat to escape as
soon as possible after the animal is dressed
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

How TO KEEP CIDER SwEETAThe following
recipe, on account Of the large yield of apples will
be of value to our farmers:
When fermentation commences in one barrel
draw of the liquid into another strain through
a flannel cloth. Put into the cider three-fourths
Of an ounce of the oil of sassafas well shaken M
In o pint Of alcohol But one difficulty is said to
pertain TO tins preparation of cider. 1t is SO pal
atable that people won't keep it long.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

THERE is still left in district No. 9. Monson,
Mass, number Of landmarks of ave olien time. >
One house is still standing which was built in
The grandson. now living there, is over seventy
hve years Of age, and has never moved his goods
ont Of the house since he first moved in, and, in
ortler to have things correspond with the old
house, an old cat Of twentyone years of age still
purrs as Of old. There are also living in the dis
trict four couples who have been married over
fifty years, an instance which has few equals.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23


When the United States army started for Utah,
there was scarcity of Transportation, or, in other
words, there were too few baggage wagons. Now,
every soldier knows how like the apple of ones
eyes are these same baggage wagons, drawn as
they are by six mules, on the long marches across
the plains A colonel of dragons, who had COM
maId Of one Of the columns, restricted the officers
very much in their allowance Of baggage, and was
most bitter if any one tried to exceed the just
amount One morning the colonel met one Of his
captains q dragon, Of eourse) when he burst out
as follows.
Captain, do yon know what these artillery Of
fcers want to take across the piainsp
'.No, colonel, do not" said the captain, with
an inquiring look.
"Well" said he, "if you'll believe me, there's
one of 'em wants to take across a box of books"
"BOoks n exclaimed the captain; what next,
wonderf Now, colonel, have but little to take
whisky" E0s -EexS
"Of eoarse captain. Of course; snytlring in rea-
son, anything in reason; but the idea of carrying
parcel of books ACROSS that stretch is little more
than can stand"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

opposite each other, who had for many years been
in the habit of smoking by their dOOr-sides in ST.
lence, at length broke forth into the following d.
alogue:
What sort of wedder you tink it will he to-day,
neighbour
The other, after two or three hasty puffs, re-
piled:
well, don't know; what sort Of wedder you
tink it will bei-
The first, somewhat nettled:
81 tink it will be such wedder as you tink it
will be-"
The other, aequiescingly:
"Well, tink 80 too
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

A YOUNG man from Kentucky, who undertook
to open a country store in the mountains Of East
Tennessee, came to speedy ruin because he was
"too nippy" for that rrgion. He wore stove
pipe hat, had his boots BACKED each day, and
mounted fresh collar every morning, all Of which
served to disgust the natives, who said he put on
too much Kentucky bluegrass society style for
them. But still he was endured until the women
lesned that he had his shirts made to button M
behind. That they could not and would not stand,
and when the fair sex turned against him, ali
further struggles with fate became useless The
Sheriff. :
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23
SONG FoR NOVEMBER.

The brown fogs are rising,
The yellow leaves falling;
The song birds arc silent,
The harsh winds arc wailing.
The days have shrunk shorter,
Tho nights have grown longer;
Warmth becomes weaker,
Cold WAKES stranger;
Yet. in close darkness,
Which no eye can sever,
The world-strength is shaping
Blossoms for ever.
Life IL fast sinking.
Sun-like and bright,
As out Of the heavens
Falls the great night.
Yet fear I never
leaving this earth-place;
AID tie soul, growing
With 6od-power vernal,
VIII II not burst into
Blossoms eternali
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

Sailing MEAT.-A French professor denounces
the use of saltpeter in brine intended for the pres
peter which is absorbed by the meat he savs Il
nitric acid-a deadly poison. He ascribes to this
chemical change all the diseases which are COM
mon to mariners and others, who subsist princi-
paiiy upon sailed meat-such ~ scurvy, sore
gums, decayed teeth, ulcers, ETC., and advises o
total abandonment of saltpeter in r;ckle for Mt
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

PROFESSOR HENRY s.vs that the observations
Of the Smithsonian Institution, which extend over
Percd OF twenty years, have - yet failed to
confirm the popular belief that the removal Of
the forests and the cultivation of the soil tend to
diminish the amount Of rainfall
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

A Jealous representative of the Young Mems
Christian Association was, few days ago, drum.
ming up recruits for the "nOon prayer meeting
On the street he met Mr. =, now residing ont
side the city limits. The representative Of the
Young Mems Christian Association accosted him,
and the following conversation ensued:
ado you reside in the city, Mr."
"No, sir; live in the country
ave have n prayer meeting around here. and
would be glad to have friends from the country
meet with us; will you comeT
(6uspiciously6 IA prayer meeting!
"Yes, sir; come in and get blessing"
More suspiciously) you don't; yOu can't
como any of yor confidence games ON me, sir!r'
He had evidently been reading the papers.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

To Cure FELON ON THE HAND.-Take saasa-
Iras oark-the inside hark-dry. and CRATE it fine,
and wet it in . teacup with cold water. for ponl
tice Apply to the felon, and wet once in Eve
minutes in cold water. This followed mp, will
draw IT to head in twenty -four hours, without
any pam, and without sny injury to the hand.
Use the bark of the root.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

A CURE FOR EARACHE.-There is scarcely any
ache to which children arc subject 90 bad to bear
and 90 difficult to cure, - the earache But there
is . remedy never known to fail Take . bit Of
cotton batting, put upon it . pinch Of black pep.
per, gather it mp and tie it, dip it in sweet oil and
insert it in the ear. Put flannel bandage over
the head to keep it warm. 1t will give immediate
relief
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

VERSE q, chapter vii, Of Ezra, contains every
letter Of the Engiish alphabet. II il, perhaps,
not 50 wen known, says the JerisA Ckrosicls that
verse q chapter iii, a 16ehariah, contains every
letter, including finals. Of the Hebrew, - weil
q every vowel sound, and also the different forms
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

AMONG Fanny Ellsler's suitors in the Beasr
iosrs Of her prime was it is said, the then Prince
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, now Ex-Emperor of
France. He proposed marriage to her in London.
hut Fanny having been secretly married to some,
body else year or two previously, rejected his
proposals, and thus escaped the penalty of being
Ex-Emprees Of France instead Of ex-queen of the
Terpsicborean stage. sister Of Fanny Elleler.
also celebrated dssscsse. il the morganatic wife
of Prince Albert Of Prussia - - -
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

The Hague, the political capital Of Holland. il
reported t0 Be the wealthiest town for its popu-
lation in the world. At least onethir Of its cit
liens arc said to b rich enough to live entirely
on their ineomes
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

IT, SAYS contemporary. Brigham Young wore
an additional "weed" on his hat every time he
lost q wife or mother-in-law. it is estimated his
hat would have to be twenty-seven feet high.
"He'd be q weedower with vengeance remarks
a Scotch friend
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

A BARR-HKADED, bare-foofctl little hoy asfenisl,-
ed worshipping congregation in Massachusetts,
town, on recent Sunday, by rushing into church
and enchanting: where's my papai The pigs
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

1T is curious to observe what a mudtile children
sometimes make of their lessons. A little how in a
mission school in New Bedford, being asked to
state what he knew about Samson, promptly re-
Piled He was. jesus brother, as got hung nm to
Q tree by his hair
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

The Providence Journal discussing the question
q to how soon a mob should he fired on, saws:
I'VE think that under such circumstances pa
thence ceases tn be virtue' after second brick.
and Is not much Of virtue after the first,
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

WESTERN paper tells Q story of a man who
having gone into q heavy purchase of pork on .
falling market. was overheard praying in the fol-
lowing style: 40, Lord. for my sake, just advance
hogs one cent per hundred, and / won't nav but
~ per hundrcd for any more. Amenn
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

"WHY, you'd better knock the door down
What do Won wantr' "Och. my darling! don't
let me wake any Of your family. I'm inst using
your knocker to wake the people next door, I'm
locked out fye see; and they've niyer knockers,
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

THE Boston Post says Connecticut manu-
facturer, desiring to stock his pond with black
bass wrote to Greeley to inquire the way to hatch
them. The philosopher replied: "By all means
set the eggs under a southd0wn hen. But if you
want bass for eating the hest plan is to act out an
orchard Of Eastwood trees, and pluck the fruit a.
IL rnafr,rpS
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

A MAN who was driving q COW through the
streets Of Waupun. Wis, was 20 much fusterated
BY sudden bow from lady that in return he
made bow to the COW, and threw q stone at the
LADY,. =
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

Bro SISTER: "Oh, papa. musf on IN heor Mia.
son. You know I'm 80 fond Of mnsicm Juvenile
brother. tiumPhantly. "Then why don't Won let
me play on my drumf
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

Mr.. GREELEY's agricultural lal,ors have done
enme good. While he has been showing his conn
trymen how to cultivate the smiling fields, he has
applied them with laughing stock
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

WESTERN paper, chronicling the death Of /,
yonng man, SAYS he was estimable pious. n trn,
christian, and the best base ball short stopv in
the section.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

The Marquis of IIorne" shirt has made its m.
Pearance in New York: 1t is something Of nov
city, but too elevated for general use.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

The latest euphnism Cor red hair is Schenectady
color schenectady being. - all New York railroad
travellers know, little beyond Auburn.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

he Was an intelligent youth who defined Oar
eys.n $500 '''>'''-
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23

Blackberries. '"es ~ls Stecf
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1871-09-02

How IT IS DONE Our WEsT.--In Cheyenne,
when anything happens, the people consider
that a religious duty devolves upon them to
hold q L.eeting, and to pass resolutions upon it,
and strong has this habit become that some
citizens OF that place, whenever breakfast
bell rings, call meeting of tn" family,
elect officers and resolve to go down
stairs and eat the meal. The other day
woman fell into Crow Creek AMI sank
A large crowd of men were standing upon the
bank at the time, and they instantly proceeded
to organize meeting for the purp, go of de
vising means for rescuing the wom"n. After
a spirited debate, Mr.. A. Arnold WIS elected
chairman and on taking his seat, Mr.. Arnold
not only thanked the meeting for tie compli-
ment offered him, but he made o long speech,
in which he discussed the tariff, the coal pro-
ducts for 1871, and the Alabama clains. A Sc
ries Of resolutions were then offered, and after
a pi.. e1ged discussion, and the acct ptance of
sever, amendments, they were passed -
They embrace a protest against the
depth of Grow Creek; regret that all wo-
men we're not taught TO swim, and a resolve to
rescue the particular woman who had fallen
overheard. A committee was appointed to
dive for her. He dved, and brought the wo-
man to the surface by the hair. Just then it
occurred to him that he had not been ordered
to bring her to the shore SO he let her sink
again. and swan to the bank to report progres,
and ask for further instructions. Action was
taken on the report and after an exciting dis
cussion, he was directed to land the woman
Immediately.
He dived again and dragged her out. None
of the women in Cheyenne can hold their
breath more than an hour at q time, 80 when
this one was recovered she was dead. The
meeting said it was sorry, but it was vastly
more important that things should be done lie
Gently and in order, and according to rule,
than tn at the life of q women should be saved.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1871-09-02

AN OLD LADY's ADvICE.-"Now, John, listen
to me, for / am older than you are or ! couldn't
be your mother Never do you marry young
woman, John before you have contrived to hap
pen ut the house at least four times before break
fast. You should know how late she lies in bed
in the morning You take notice whether her
complexion is the same in the morning as in the
evening, or if the wash-bowl and towl have
robbed her OF her evening bloom. You should
take care TO surprise her, that you can see her
in her morning Dress and observe her occupa-
ton when she is not expecting you. If possible
YOU should be where you could plainly hear the
morning conversation between her and her
mother If she is inalured and snappisl 10 her
mother, so she will be TO you, depend upon it
But if YOU lind her up and neatly dressed in the
morning, with the same coun,enance, the same
smiles and neatly combed hair the same ready
and pleasant answers to her mother which charac
terized her department in the evening, and par
ticularIy if she is lending hand TO get the
breakfast ready in good season, she is great
prize John and the sooner you secure her TO
Yourself the hetter."
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1871-09-02

PULPIT lDoLATRY.-Some people are entirely
wrapped up in their favorite. OF course when
u people have selected a pastor from all
others, this is both natural and allowable
Bat this is different thing from feeling that
nobody else is worth hearing. The latter is
very sinful and alike injurious to ministers
and people. How many there are that go to
church when their idol breaches, and who stay
1T home when he does not. How many there
are who watch the pulpit to see who enters 1t,
and who go away unless their favorite is there.
These go not to worship, nor to learn, but to
hear the man of pleasant voice, of lively
imagination, whose sermons are so pleasant or
so stirring, or so funny, or so full OF incident
We went on a certain occasion to hear one Of
the popular sensation preachers. The house
was crowded. Benches were in the aises. Soon
u stranger entered the pulpit, and the crowd
about the door disappeared at once The
benches and some of the pews were soon emp
tied, and very soon we gained comfortable
seat. And the strange preacher delivered
sermon in truthfuness and power such as we
have but rarely heard, and such as the preacher
who drew crowds could no more write than he
could the NOcuns OrganUnt, or Paradise Lost.
In fact, the true worship of God is very much
forgotten by mutitudes who go to fashionable
churches, and to heat popular preachers on the
Sabbath. They go TO see or to be seen, or to
be pleased, not to worship or TO be Instructed.
And, as said a wornout, godly, but old-iashIon-
ed minister to young pastor, who invited HIM
to preach for him, "0,' said he, "your people
will not receive the gospel unless 1t is served
up to them in silver dishes with gold spoons