White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-06-22
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II A Scotch gentleman. Who has recently
taken a run through the oush, says that the |
only song he heard that had any vindiciive |
turn about it IA. one dating from an early day |
in the war. |, runs thus:
"lf de deb5le do not ketch
JET ravis, that C,nfederAte wretch,
And roast and riyasee dat rebble.
What is de use Of any debolc7''
u A beautiful Indian tonahavk. m .de of
bronze. elaborAtely engraved. vas turned op in
blowing field in Ridgeville. Lr.in County.
The steel blade vas dove tailed into the bronze.
AID has almost entirely disappeared BY rust.
furnished the Indians BY some Of the early
missionaries more than . century ago.
p The New York Mail tells the follo~ing
suggestive story. for the edi6eation Of young
ladies addicted to the free distribution OF their
pictures: "A short time ago . very strict
young lady in society gave her photograph to
Il devoted admirer for his locket. Two days
afterwsrd her brother found it on the foor Of
billiard saloon, decorated with pair os NOUS
taches and immense cigar, artis,ically done
with pin.
U- The combined populations Of the eight
largest cities Of the United States-Neu York.
rhladeiph,s. Bsoshlyn. Chicag', Be Leuis.
Baltimore, Boston and Cincinnati-afe less
than the population Of the city Of London, as
announced by the recent British census.
p"Raise your right arm" sharply urged
the clerk Of a Portland court, as . witnesse
| elevated his left to take the OATH The man
obeyed. and up went an empty sleeve. what
belonged in it having been left at Bull Run.
The clerk at once became very gentle.
II In Leavenworth, Ind, young man the
other day attempted to frishtcn some comrades
hy playing burglar. By the time they had
chased him mile or So, had fred forty shots
at him. and captured and whipped him, all par
ties began to find out their little mistake.
u It is rather melancholy to read of the
death in Concord, N. h. of the Rev. Jonas
Merriam. because he has for number of years
besn printing newspaper called The Worlds
Crisis, and proving therein that the Second
| Advent. with the destruction of the world. was
at hand.
II Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Long died recently
of milk sickness in Ssndusky, Oslo.
u In many German villages oak and linden
trees have been planted. with many joyful
observances. in honor OF the return of peace.
GF An Illinois grocer had an empty kero-
sene barrel which he wished 10 clean out to
pack porx in. 50 ne lit a match and put it in
| tie bnng hole. That was the last public act
Of his life. as he was blown clear out Of the
country.
u Since our war eaded, the United Stat es
has paid as much Of the national debt as was
paid on the debt Of England in City years
p Mrs. Senator Ames, daughter Of General
than she ever made since she dressed her dolls.
But the new clothes are not for dolls.
a. An unm,rr,ed Nor~egian girl. living in
an Iowa minister's family. accounts for an
an anon nous infant on the hypoth,s sic that it
is freak of nature.
| dP"An Eternal Divorce" is what the Chica
60 Tribune heads the account of recent mur
der in that city.
u An Iowa stone-cutter goes into the CEN
| etery aud carries OF all gravestones for which
he is not paid.
u A Chicago paper iniimates that the Hon.
Sharon Tyndnle. whose body was some weeks
ago found 'ha ckinsly dis6gure1 within ones
throw of his home. vas moi murdered a, all,
but committed suicide.
IL 1.-The gods being extinct, ard also God.
humanity reigns instead." This ia the doc
trine Of the New York P,sitivisis. and they
pnnt to tie Communists a. the amiable ex
ponen,s Of it.
u Thaddsus Stevens grave, in Lancaster,
Pa. is utterly neglected. Rank grass AMI
weeds grow all over it, and not even head
boa,d marks his resting place.
u III. Co." in q letter from Columbus,
Texas, remarks: elf I we're herismsn here.
| would have better wAtei for nv stock !. or ]
wou d sink at least three hundred feet in quest
hands al work at sinking we'll.
IL A battered canteen and a percussion
shell we're picked up Decoration D,y at
Bull Ran. There are SO few relics left on our
hattlsfelds that these two were hienly rrized
BY the 6ad,r.
IL A man in Buston Last we,k buried his
sixth wife. When the folosins day he called
upon the preacher. he offered him three dollars
for his trouble. The minstr, however, de-
ciinei to take it. saying he vas moi accustomed
to accept pay for such services; To which the
beresvec husb md, returning the greenbacks to |
his pocket, replied. "Jus' as you say; out that's
what I've been in tho habit Of payirg."
Il JET. Davis rays he accepts nothing !
He accepted the Presidency of Life Insu-
rance Company y-Bosfsn Poet.
u A Piitsburg woman. whose husband fell
asleep while she was sei,in: supper. awoke him
by pouring vitriol in lis lace. She is eating
prison fare row, and he is rejoicing in the fact
thst he Can see out Of one eye.
u The Tama tIo-.) Cit'ze, suggests that
some If the Indian parpooses in that neighbor
hood lock =. il they had been born too near to
the white settlements. but thinks they may
grow darker as they grow older.
e A Vicksbnrg man who 'e. spring gun
in his chicken kou.e. found himself widower
a few h,urs afierwards. He says he will tell
bis second wife when he pats gun there again.
u The Masonic Grand Lodge Of Paris has
rescinded the resolution expe'ling King Will
liam from the Order