White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1872-04-18

Answers to CoFresPonAents.
MEDICrs-The word "vaccinate" is derived
from the river vaxine in Frapce. During the reign
Of Charlemangue, at period when the smallpox
WINS raging with great fatality among the cattle,
physician named Genoir, pronounced Jenner,)
Was walking on the banks of this river, and no
ticed that the cattle came down TO lick sub
stance which oozed from the banks. Heohserved
that these cattle were remarkably healthy looking
animals. and further observation showed him
that that the cattle which had access to this lick
were free from smallpox. By experiments, he
succeeded in introducing this vaxipe (or vaecine)
matter into the human system, fortifying it
AGAINST the disease. varioloid is undoubtedly
corruption of valladolid, the Spanish city in
which this disease had its origin. Varioloid, is
sometimes called mumps.
ADoNIs.-Hair-lipi is SO called from the fact that,
from the earliest times, persons have worn hair
on the upper lip, to conceal the Disagreement of
that gland.
HANIKEL-A ghost and q spook are not the
same. Your minister was correct in reprimandng
yoa for speaking of the Holy spook.
CADET-The scabbard of Brig. Gen. Parrott's
sword cannot properly be called fowl sheath.
ScHOLAR.-Dantes' Descent into He'll" occur
red during his life. If he has made the descent
since his death, the fact has not yet been commu-
ncated to the public.
MoDIsTE-Dolly Warden, from whom the new
fashionable style takes its name, was q London
dress-maker, daughter Of Mr.. Barnabas Rudge,
and niece of Charles Dickens and was ut one
time engaged to n. P. Willis. She afterwards
married man named Simon Tappertit, having
fallen in love with him on account of his handsome
legs.
INQUIRER.-You lost the wager. Reno County
was not named in honor of Gen. Reno, killed du-
ring the Rebellion. The name was originally in
tended to be Keno, and was 30 written in the bill
organizing the County; but the printer, in setting
up the bill either mstoOk the capital X for Z, or
the types were mixed in his case, and the name
was set up Reno, which was never corrected, and
so the name remains. The Representative of that
County, last Winter, got into the Legislature by
sharper trick than any game of Keno that was
ever played.
MINsrREL.-The popular song Of Shoe Fly,p
owes its origin to Sam. Wood. Sam. commanded
a cavalry regiment of nine men at the battle Of
Wilson's Creek. At a decisive moment he was
ordered to charge the rebels with his whole regi-
ment. When he came in sight of them, he attempt
ed to put them to fight by yelling shoow at them,
as an old woman frightens chickens out of the gar
den One who witnessed it, sat dOwL, Immediate
" after the battle, and wrote the "ShOO" song.
The "F1y" part has been added since, and proba-
bly, refers to peculiar fly that posters Texas cat
tie.
STUDENT.-Zacchens did not climb the tree be-
cause there was chance to see on terra frma.
He had heard spirited argument in the crowd,
in which one person demanded of another whetl-
er he thought Christ was an impOstor. The other
replied that ait looked that way to man up
tree Zaccheus climbed up to see if it did.
WEBsTER.-A miracle is something accomplish
ed, that is beyond the power Of human agency.
If mule kicks the top Of your head off with his
hind foot, it is miracle; for, you see, human
could not do it.
STATEsMAN.-Labor Reform means system by
which lazy men can live without work, and share
the property of these who do work and earn it.
HIsTORIAN.-The surname of the founder of
Rome was Wolf. The full name was Romulus
Wolf, but he commonly called Romulus. 1t
is pretty well settled that his mother was a
Wolf