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White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

This splendid annual which is SO much admired
by all lovers of flowers has been found by many
very difficult to winter. Having been uniformly
successful for many years in wintering bulbs and
tubers we give our method:
Select a dry day in autumn for digging, two or
three weeks after the foliage has been killed by
the frost. Dig carefully SO as not to break the
roots shake off all loose earth cut the stalk three
four inches above the tubers; tie on wooden
labels soon you take each root from the
ground This will save many mistakes in regard
to colors. Let the roots remain in the sun during
the day; then place them in box or barrel; set
them in a dry room back kitchen, where
there will be no danger of freezing. After q week
more look them over carefully. BY this time
most of them will he sufficiently dry. Replace
them in the barrel; if any roots appear moist,
place them at the top, set them away in a dark
closet in an upper room, where there will be no
danger from frost; there they may remain with
out further care until spring.
Dahlias, thus wintered, we have always found,
sprout early in April and when planted ont in
May in sheltered situations have given us magni-
fcent flowers by the first of July.
We have also wintered them with good success
in dry cellar, but they will be fully month la
ter than when kept in an upper room.
This method will be found easier than packing
in sand, and with us has proved equally good
Prairie Farmer.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

In all the Southern States the farmers general
ly pull the blades from their cornstalks to be used
as long forage, but in Kentucky it is the custom
of the farmers to cut the stalks with all the blades
and corn on, and then dry it for stock. A farmer
in Tennessee has experimental on pulling the
blade and leaving it on, and he came tothe con-
clusion that when he pulled his fodder he lost in
weight in the corn. Here is his statement:
II selected for the purpose piece of rich allu-
vial land, which had been in cultivation for four
teen years without any manure, but subject to
annual overflow by back-water, and measured
seventy square yards. The corn was planted on
the LIST of March, ground plowed ten inches deep,
rows five feet apart and three feet in the drill,
hoed and plowed three times after planting; the
fodder of every section row palled when ripe,
and weighed 210 pounds when perfectly cured.
The crop was gathered on the 29d of September,
and produced in all forty-one bushels and one
peck that is to say, the corn from which the fod
der was pulled, twenty and one-quarter bushels,
and that from which no blades were taken, twen-
ty-one bushels; but the difference in the weight
was still greater, the first weighing fifty-eight
pounds, and the latter sixty-four pounds per BUSH
ell. We find the difference in weight to be 40
pounds of corn in favor of that from which the
fodder was not pulled. This is just about three
bushels Of good shelled corn gained on the half
acre by leaving the blades on the corn-against
which offset the 2l0 pounds dry fodder. That on
which the blades were left would reasonably ma
ture and dry more slowly than the other, and
therefore would reasonable weigh more soon after
gathering.
again, the pulling of the blades on every 9TH
er row admits the sun and air more freely, and
possibly assisted the alternate rows. which the
These minor details affect the result to some ex-
tent, doubtless but yet the indication is the same,
that in saving the blades for fodder we lose an
equivalent weight of corn"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

PENITENT MILKMAN.-NOt long since, during
an excited protracted meeting held in one of the
frontier towns of Michigan. a man named Wilson,
who for some years had sold milk to the villagers,
becoming seriously alarmed as to his spiritual
condition, went forward to the anxious seat and
solicited the prayers of the congregation. In due
time he became pentent, and arose to make his
confession. Among other transgressions of which
he had been guilty, he owned to have frequently
watered the milk he had sold. In the midst Of
his confession, while telling the milk story, the
minister very worthy man, who despised cheat
ings of all kinds, exclaimed:
"Sit down, sit down, Brother Wilson! If Won
say much more, they'll have You in the penifen-
tiary in less than a week."
Brother Wilson sat down.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

After the grapes have been gathered and the
leaves have fallen it will be of great use, and at
the same time the best panure for the vines, to
plow the ground up to the vines, covering all the
leaves, weeds, etc. This will also prevent wash
ing, as each row with its middle furrow serves as
a surface drain, and in spring the ground will be
mellow and loose. In the latter part of the month
pruning may commence. In our next we will
give some plain directions about this very impor-
tant operation, and the various methods, as ap-
piled to different varieties. 1t is much more
agreeable to perform this work in fall, when the
ground is dry, and we generally have the most
delightful weather of the whole year, than in win
ter or spring, when the weather is bad and the
ground is wet. The wood of valuable varieties
may be cut into cuttings of about nine inches, tied
in bundles and buried in pots with the top ends
down, over which about six inches of ground is
thrown. Cuttings made in fall are much to be
preferred to those made in spring, as the wood
has not been damaged by cold, and the more ten
der vines can then be laid down and covered
much more easily.-Iora Homestead.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

SWEET OIL AS A REMEDY FOR POIsON.-A plain
farmer writes: at is now over twenty years
since heard that sweet oil would cure the bite
of rattlesnake, not knowing that it would cure
other kinds Of poison. Practice, observation and
experience have Taught me that it will cure poi
sons ofany kind, both on man and beast. The
patient must take q spoonful of it internally and
battle the wound for cure. To cure horse it
requires eight times rs much rs for q man. One
of the extreme cases of snake bites occurred
eleven years ago. 1t had been thirty days stand
ing, and the patient had been given up by his
physician. gave him spoonful Of the oil, which
effected a cure. 1t will cure bloat in cattle caused
by fresh clover. 1t will cure the stings of bees
spiders or other insects, and persons who have
been poisoned by low running vine called ivy"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26
Open Windows ~ Might.

Very much has been written on this subject
and written unwisely. The facts are, that who
ever sleeps uncomfortably cool will get sick. To
hoist a window sky-high when the mercury is at
zero, is absurdity.
The colder q sleeping apartment is the more
the carbOnic acid formed by the breathing of the
sleeper Itsettles near the floor and is breathed
and if in very condensed form he will die before
morning. Hence we must be governed by circum-
stances. The first thing is you must be comfort
ably warm during sleep, otherwise you are not
refreshed, and inflammation Of the lungs may be
engendered and life destroyed within q few days
An open door and an open fireplace are suffi-
Gent for ordinary purposes in cold weather. When
outer windows are open, it is well to have them
down at the top two or three inches, and up at
the bottom for the same space.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26
ssItft goetry.
TAE AU0KlN0.

The room y lofty, large and wide.
Where We meet b kusk the ears;
And heaped I'm rows, % either side,
The dpened ccfn sppearA
The steady lamp-hght ecftly falls
On graceful f0r1s and faces bright;
On cheeks where Kun the ruse's rod,
And eyes which Do outshine the light
The fairest maidens there arc met
In al the neighboeing country round;
No handsoDer eyes Of deeper Jet
OF brown OF blue, elsewhere are found.
A lovelier giri than Matte Price,
Throughout the land you win not meet;
No statelier form than Alice Maya
In Al the citys crowded street
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26
eur Strip 8aak.
TnE INDIAN sunMER.
81 HON. JAMES DIXON.

When the Summer breeses have died sway,
And the Autumn winds are dresr.
And the forests have changed their green army,
For the hues Of the dying year;
There comes . season, brief and bright
When the sephys breathe with gentle swell,
And the supshine plays with . softer light.
Like the Summers last farewell
The brilliant dives of the Autumn woods
Have glsddened the forest bowers,
And decked their pathless solitudes
Like bl0uming waste OF howers;
In the hidden depths no sound Ia heard,
Save low and murmuring wall
A the rustling leaves are gently stirred
By the breath Of the dying gale.
The haxy clouds in the mellow light
Float with the breezes by,
Where the OF mountain misty height
Seems mingiing with the sky;
And the dancing streams rejoice again,
In the glow Of the golden sun;
And the locks are glad on the grassy plain,
Where the sparkling waters run.
lis season Of deep and quiet thought,
And IL brings calm to the breast;
And the broken heart, and the mind o'erwrought
Nav find in it stiffness rest;
For the gentle voice Of the dying year,
From forest and sunny plain,
L. sweet - IL falls ON the mourner's ear,
And the spirit forkets its pain.
Yet over an II mantling gloom,
That saddens the gazer's heart;
For soon shaIl the Autumn's varied bloom
From the forest trees depart
The bright leaves whirl in the eddying air,
Their beautiful tints are fading fast
And the mountain tops will soon be bare.
And the Indian Summer past
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26
Best way .. p. .p winter rr.i,.

Please say to to those that have winter fruit to
put up, that experience has proved to me that
the best way to keep and handle fruit is in bush
Ell boxes. The last few years l have procured
about as many boxes as l had bushels OF winter
fruit. take the boxes to the trees in picking
time, and lay the fruit from the trees into them
until full then put the lids and haul careful
ly and pile them in tiers in my cellar from floor
to ceiling. In this way can put in large guam
tity of fruit in less room and with less labor than
in any other manner; and find that the fruit not
getting bruised in handling keeps so much better
than it does in bins piles to more than pay the
exposes Of the boxes. II good boxes are procured
the saving Of fruit aud labor to be- by this meth
cd, at least Is per cent?. Goodris, in Dsytos
Journal
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

The PlatsmOnth (Neb) 1TS6NRe puts in thus:
"Adrummer from printing house in Cleveland
called upon one of our merchants on Front street
last week, and proposed to show him samples Of
cards, bill heads ETC., with view of securing an
ORDER The merchant politely but firmly replied
"Sir, do not wish to examine them. We have
good printers here who give ms satisfaction in
work and price, and they publish papers here and
represent our interest, besides paying taxes and
contributing to the general welfare and public
enterprise; We feel it our duty to give them our
work, and think it wrong to send printing else
where that can be done as well here"
Such business men can consistently ask their
fellow citizens for their custom. But what
claim has one upon this community who goes
elsewhere himself when he has money!
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

A GAY fellow who had taken lodgings at pub
iic honse, and got considerably in debt, absentel
himself and took new quarters. This 50 enragesl
the landlord that he commissioned his wife to
60 and dun him, which the debtor havinr heard
Of, declared publicly that if she came he would
kiss her. "Will hef" said the lady, twill he :
Give me my bonnet, Moll; will see whether any
fellow has such impudence!" "My dear" said
her husband, "pray do not be too rash; You do
not know what a man NAV do when he Is in a
passion"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

employed in matching, for tying vines to trel-
Uses, or is otherwise exposed to moisture, may be
made very durable in the following manner: 1t
is first soaked for half an hour in strong solution
of glue, then taken out, dried somewhat and i'm
decocton of oak bark to which some catechu is adj
ded. After the removal from the oak liquor the
cordage is dried, and finally smoothed by rubbing
with an oil cloth, upon which it assumes the ap-
pearance of catgut, and perfectly withstands the
action of moisture.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26
AUTUMN SONG.

The great winds blew. through the woods at noon,
Late noon when the wind was cold;
Stray, shifting breaths from the thin white moon
Flew over the beds Of marigold
And the one late rose forgotten Of June.
Summer was dead-we both knew that,
i and my song that loved the sun;
We wanted to hear the brown birds chat
And listened but only, one by one
The red, loose leaves fell down where We sat.
And Love was dead-we knew IL well,
Love who came with the buds In Nay;
It were sorowful thing to tell
How he sickened and fell away,
Without one sigh, without one farewell
There was an end Of all sweet things, too
All rhymes, and laughter, and tender hours
Dreamed out together, the lips that grew,
Signing . little, and sad, to ours-
This also surely We knew.
We could not utter il, being alone
But the tears sprang up unaware;
For the glad green Spring. forgotten and flown,
The tender touch Of his hands and hair,
And the new life yet unknown.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

SORE THRoAr.-Everybody has cure for this
trouble, but simple remedies appear to be the
most efectual. Salt and water is used by
many as q gargle, but little alum and honey
dissolved in sage tea is better. Others, q few
drops of camphor on loaf sugar, which very often
affords immediate relief. An application Of cloths
wrung ont of hot water and applied to the neck,
changed as often as it begins to COOL has the most
potency in removing inflammation.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

One of the most sacred privileges of a compost
tor on a morning newspaper, and one in the exer-
else Of which he is seldom interrupted BY the
'proof-reader, is the use of the comma There are
some printers who are not addicted to the COM
ma, and who do not space their lines with it, but
no reader ought to question their right to do 40.
When it becomes necessary to announce that
"Mr. John Smith has always been q good Demo
Graf, . few commas making the expression read
Mr. John Smith, has, always, been good Demo
crat, are ornamental and never do any harm
There seems to be an insane prejudice against
over working the comma, but time will probably
soften this feeling-Courier Journal.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

SOME sagacious gentleman in New Hampshire,
being subscriber to the Lowell Mass Courier,
and hearing that the smallpox was rampant in
that city, stopped his paper, "as his wife was
afraid that the children might catch the disease
from it." If the same objection should be made
to the dry goods of Lowell, its manufactures
might suffer more than ever. The Courier sug-
gests that, per contra, the New Hampshire man 8
children "might catch the vaccination from the
printed rules of the Board of Health and hints
that it would be also dangerous to climb the poles
Of telegraph lines running through the Spindle
City:
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

APPLE DUMPIINGs.-Makea crust of one quart
of -four, two teaspoonfnls of cream Of tartar one
teaspoonfnl of soda, tablespoonful of butter or
dough that can be rolled ont. Cut this dough in
eight pieces, roll them thin, put slices of sour
apple upon them, fold them mp tight, and steam
or bake. Baking will require twenty minutes,
steaming an hour. Either hard or liquid sauce
may be used
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

TAKING CARE OF BRoONs-Have . screw with
an eye or ring on its end: this be screwed in
to the end at the handle Of each successive new
broom. II is handler to hang up by than string,
though the latter will do If ALWAYS used. Il is
bad for broom to leave it standing upon the
brush II mot hung mp, always set It away with
the stick down.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

A Boston journal gives the following "recipe
for extemporizing life-preserver":
"Lay q handkerchief on the ground, spread
open, then place on it, brim downward, a hat
Zone of the chimney pot sort is the BEST and tie
the four corners of the handkerchief together
over the crown of it, This, if held with both
hands under the chin, will float person a long
the right sort of a hat about You, and find it i'm
possible to beg, borrow steal one, the best
thing you can do is to go ashore and hire a yawl.
Courier Journal - :" '""-
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

Pm CRUsr-A good rule is three-quarten of
cupfnl Of lard. well pressed down, to every two
teacupfnls Of -four; little salt, and only water
enough to hold the ingredients together. This
makes enough crust for one medium-sized pie.
Mix quickly and carelessly, not kneading at ALL
For nine pies, from three-qusrters to . whole cup
Of lard il necessary for every two cups Of -four
This rule never fails make good crisp pie crust
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

WATER BEFORE BREAKFAsr.-If we should e.
tablish the habit Of drinking water freely in the
morning, soon after rising, commencing with
small quantities. increasing gradually as we learn
to relish it. until the chief portion taken during
the day is before breakfast, it will promote the
health to q much greater extent than it ordinarily
does, eradicate diseases from the system, and
become decided luxury in time,
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

GLADIOII should be allowed to remain in the
ground as late possible, as the richness of their
blossoms another year depends upon the maturi-
ty the bulbs gain before being removed to winter
fens Your fingers, then pull up the stems, cut
ting them of about two inches from the bulbs
shake OF the SOIL let them dry in the for sew
erai hours but by night store them away in pa
per oags or boxes, IN dry place. They can ne
flowers.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

LKNON FOB A CoUGH-RoaHt the lemon very
carefully without burning it; when it is thorough
~ hot cut and squeeze into . Gun mon three eun-
ces Of sugar, finely powdered. Take spoonful
whenever your eough troubIea you. Il Ia eoni
and agreeable to tho taste. Rarely hes Il been
known to fail Of giving relief
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

DEALER in fertilizers, down i'm Alabama brag-
ging of his guano, says that farmer recently put
a sample of it into his pocket in which there hap
pened to be carpet tack, and started home on
horseback. Before reaching his house his steed
broke down, and the farmer was at a loss to dis
cover the cause, until he found that the CARPET
tack had grown to be long bar of railway iron
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

MAKING PAPER STICK 10 WHTEwAsHEDW WALLS.
"A writer says: "Make sizing Of common
CINE and water. Of the consstcncv If lnseed oil.
wall. taking care to 20 everv part. and eSpe-
ciallv top and bottom. Apply the paper in the
ordinary way.n
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

AT the funeral of the Duke Of Wellington, a
little child " as standing with her mother at Lord
Ashburfon's window, to see the funeral 20 by.
She made no remark until the Dukes horse was
led by, the saddle empty, and the boots reversed
in the stirrups, when she looked mp into her
mothers face. and said. mamma, when we die
VIII there be nothing left of us but our bootsir
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26
AUTUANAL DAYS.

Nov Autumn's IRE burns slowiy alo1g the woods.
And day BY day the dead leaves an and Delt
And night By night the moaitngy blast
Walls in the key hole. telling how Il passed
Der empty 6eld OF upland s6ltudcs.
Or grim, wide wave; and now the power b felt
OF melancholy. tendefer IN its usoods
Than any Joy indulgent Summer dealt
Dear frienda. together In the giimmering eve.
Pensive and glad. With times that recognise
The snft invisible dew on each ooe's eysa
It may he somewhat thus We shal1 have leavo
To walk With memory, whea distant hes
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

MEMBER OF the Masonic fraternity telegraph.
ed 70 . companion, Make room for fem Roral
Arch Masons Coming to-day" When the com.
pamons arrived they found pen had been lmilt
destination, reading, snake room for ten 4 NJ
Coming to-day" - a M B.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

WHEN Brigham Young received the ten boxes
containing the imported silk dresses and cash.
mere shawls for his thirty wives, he said to q
mend: All, If you knew the cost of those goods
yon would not believe fnr a moment th,t T,,-.a
tieed polygamy as an earthly pleasure. No. air
1t Is with me a stern duty,
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

, IN setting out young orchards, always register
the varieties Immediately in book, where they
may be referred to in few years when the trees
commence hearing, and after the label. ara Icsf
and the name forgotten.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

ANY hard steel tool. says the Bnston Journal ef
Ckenistyy, will cnt glass with facility when kept
freely wet with camphor Dissolved in furpentine.
The ragged edges Of giass may also be thus
smoothed with fat file.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

If there is any time when q man must stand
for himself and for his manhood. and keep his
hands clean and his heart pure, it is when things
are going against him. They will only 90 that
way little while. In the end everything will
serve an honest man. Such IL Gods decree All
the universe IL helping . man to be manly who
win only help himself
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

DEATH was represented . . cupid, with invert.
ed torch, by the Creeks and Romans, before the
firth Of Christ, and not - goblin shape, bran
disaing dreadful spear" q asserted in Park
Street pulpit, in . sermon on Death . GAIN n
fhll Of 6smbast and bod taste.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

A GERMAN doctor who lived to be 100 says he
did it by always sleefing with his head toward
the north.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

RRsOLUTKD, That Faith wins the battles of
life, Hope bseutifles them, and Charity makes
them immsFtalCyesA BaEsSs.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

A WESTERN paper says that the water is 50 low
in the Mississippi river that steamboats, have to
keep whistling to keep cows ont of the channel
and if this state of things continues it ia
cd to attach q cow-catcher to the end of the boat
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

"JoHN," said cruel father to his son. whom
he had one day found shaving the down from his
upper lip, "don't throw your shaving water out
where there are any barc-footed bows. for If Won
do their feet may get pricked.n
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-26

CITY man, who knows all about farming,
says the best way to raise Strawberries 10 with !
spoon