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The Red Cloud chief., 1874-02-12
A Priceless Dress.

The lace dress which wa made by the
COmpagne DIES Indies of Paris for the
Empress Eugene is made up over black
velvet, and shows to fine effect on that
fabric. The underskirt is in one piece,
not founced, its design being a heavy
scalloped border Of roses and tulips en-
twined with leaves, and interlacing with
another border formed of finer scallops
of forget-me-nots and ivy leaves. Each
large scallop has q medallion figure
filed with roses, tulips and forget-me-
nots embedded in an urn of exquisite
workmanship. Another medallion semi
circles this one, and the two are tied
with q true-lover's knot carried around
the whole underskirt. This true-lover's
knot tying the medallions and under
lacing over the whole is considered the
gem of the design. A square court
train of black velvet, trimmed with lace
half a yard wide of the same design,
covers the back of the dress. It is
formed of two breadths which are united
in the back with q shell-work of black
one-eighth of an inch wide. This
train unites with an overskirt open in
with broad lappels turned back
and faced with p~each-colored satin.
The conage and sleeves of velvet are
with q bertha and ruf1es of the
A handkerchief and fan in the
lace Of the same stitch and design &C
company this magnificent dress, to which
40 price can be attached.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-02-12
A Clever Sell.

The story comes from Washington
that the Director Of the National OBJ
~servatory has been made the victim of
an immense sell, by an exceedingly
naughty boy, whose Sabbath school ed
ucation had been sadly neglected. This
naughty lad, pretending that he was
much interested in astronomy, was al
lowed to come frequently in the Observ-
atOry, for the purpose of making Observ-
atoms. He improved n of the Occa-
sions by sticking, by mean of mucil-
age, a FREELY to the middle of the lens
of the telescope. That very night,
when darkness was upon the face of the
earth, the astronomer made a discovery.
The telescope being pointed toward the
constellation of Orion, he discovered
there a star of the third magnitude, that
had never been mentioned by any star
gazer, frem Job to Sir William Herschel.
The popularity about the star was that
it did not give its light steady but by
sudden jerks. He telegraphed these re-
markable facts to astronomers liz every
part of the country, and then sent cable
dispatches to Europe. The bill for
telegrapbing amounted to 81, 900. The
next night telescopes in every observa-
tory in the world were pointed toward
Orion, but while the director was study
ing what to call his new star, dispatches
came pouring in from different parts of
the world, inquiring where and at what
time the star appeared. The Director
took a look through his glass and found
that the star had moved about eighteen
billion miles since he discovered it, or
else that he had found companion star.
Examining it more closely, he found
that it had legs, which served tOaccount
for why it moved SO fast. Next morn
ing, while on the dome Of the observa-
tory, examining the outer lens, he dis
covered the FREELY. He looked all round
for the boy who was interested in astron-
Omy, but he could lot see him. He
went down~and waited for him to drop
in, but he did not come. The Govern
ment astronomer wants to see this boy.
He thinks that he could make him see
some stars.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-02-12
How Mrs. Prime Took Her Music.BCx
to Church.

Mrs. Prime, when her only Sol Peter
went into the navy, in the hopes that
there would be a wal with Cuba, re-
ceived as q parting gift a neat little
music-box which he had purchased IN
New York for $40. Last Sabbath the
good lady made her preparations for
church, and, Just as the bells struck for
the last time, she ran into the parlOr,
snatched up her prayer-bOok and almost
ran to the church, having a holy horror
of being late. She o arrived at her
destination. and had hardly time to note
precisely what the horrid Smiths were
wearing, although she was certain sure
they had on the same clothes they O
in the summer, when the good pastor
gave out the lesson, for 1t was an Epis-
copal church. She reached in front OF
her for the prayer-book and made an
effort to open it, but being near-sighted,
turned it over two or three times when
it finally flew open, and as the pastor
commenced on the second line some
thing within began to play Wal for
the Wagon" The good woman had
brought along the music-box instead of
the prayer book; horror Of horrors !!
the Smiths, who rat directly in front of
her. perceived her mistake Immediately
and their snickering called the attention
Of the congregation to the poor old
lady, while she, covered with shame,
did not know precisely what to do. The
minister stopped in the midst of his
lesson, and all eyes we're turned to the
pew of Mrs. Prime, while the good
roman thought if the earth would open
up and swallow her, or that some one
would halloo "firc" she would be salts
fed. Her fumbling ut the box only
started on fresh tunes, and all the tunes
represented in the box came ont in rapid
succession. First there would be ''Old
Dan Tucker" then would be heard the
lively strains of "Pop goes the Weasel"
followed by DANDY jim" There was
CONSERVATION in hat church you may
suppose, and, do what the good lady
would, she could not stop the lively in
strument. She sat on it, put it under
her feet, turned it upside dOwn-but no
go, still came the tunes in rapid success
sion, "Jim along Josey," Lucy
Long" and others. At last, when Mrs.
Prime thought she should be willing to
die Just then and there, the sexton, see
ing the evident mistake of the good
woman, took it from her and passed it
up the aisle, the last heard of it being
the parting strains of "Home, Sweet
Home. "-EyizdbeH Herald.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-02-12

the first campaign ended, this identical
one first appeared in print. 1t gained
favor rapidly. till it penetrated and was
recognized in every part OF our own
country, and will no doubt continue to
90 so while the United States remains a
nation. 1t originated precisely as above
stated, and the writer of this article
distinctly recollects remarking at a time
when it first appeared in PRINT, to a per-
son who was equally aware OF its origin,
how odd it would be should this silly
joke, originating in the midst of beef,
pork, pickles, mud and salt. become a
national cognOmep.-Erchange.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-02-12

MEDICAL ApvERTIsrSG.-The medical
profession are outspoken in their de-
ANNEXATION of the system Of medical adj
vertising, and declare that any medicine
that Is advertised is a fraud How
thoroughly inconsistent and unfair is
such an argument. The men who are
so loud In their criticism are those who
adrcrtise themselves as medical sarons
by ostentafious display; splendid resi-
dences with massive doorplates fast
horses and costly carriages DR. j.
WALKER, Of California, IN old practi-
toner, respected alike for his skill and
conscientious independence, dares to
differ; and having discovered IN his
VINEGAR BrrERs q purely herhalissic
medicine. free from all spintuous POI
sons-s wonderful specific for numerous
disorders, sdyeEtises the same for the
relief Of his fellow man, and Is borne
out in his declarations of its many VIZ
ines by thousands q InvAhds. who are
being cured Of disease by its use. n
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-02-12
"Uncle Sam "-Origin OF the Cog.
nOmen.

Immediately following the declaration
Of the last wal with England, Gilbert
Anderson, Of New York, then a con-
tractor, visited Troy, on the Hudson,
where was concentrated, and where he
purchased a large quantity of provision
beef, pork, etc. The inspectors of
these articles at that place were Eben-
czer and Samuel Wilson. The latter
gentleman Invariably known as ''Uncle
Sam generally superintendent in per-
son a large number of workmen, Who,
on this occasion, we're employed in
overhsuling the provisions purchased BY
the contractor of the army. The casks
were marked "E. Al. s." This
work fell to the lot of a facetious fellow
in the employ of the Messrs. Wilson.
who, on being asked by some of his fell
low-workmen the meaning of the mark
flor the letters ~. s." for United
States" were then almost entirely new
to them, said she did not know unless
it meant Gilbert Anderson and Uncle
Sam Wilson" The joke took among
the workmen, and passed currently ; and
Uncle Sam himself being present. Was
occasionally rallied by them on the in
creasing extent of his possessions Many
of these men shortly afteIward followed
the recruiting drum, and pushed toward
the frontier lines, for the double pur- |
pose of meeting the enemy and of eat
ing the provisions they had lately put
in good order. Their old jokes OF
course accompanied them, and before
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-02-12
Perils OF Paris Shopping.

Among well known establishments
which our Americans %patrOnIZe is a store
dedicated thus-au Louvre; it is a very
large and rich establishment, embrac-
ing several buildings and employing
hundreds of clerks. Now it is far from
our purpose to describe this store, and
farther still to recommend it to Ameri-
cans, but merely to relate a little Incl
dent which has made some talk here, and
ought to have made something more. 1t
is as follows: A few weeks since a lady
from Boston--a widow-was looking at
an article of goods in that store with a
view to purchase. While she was ex-
amining and comparing, two men took
her by the shoulders and she found
herself thus suddenly under arrest,
while the accusing clerk stood by de-
claring her a thief. A search of her
person was conducted in another room
without success. The poor, helpless,
and perfectly innocent lady was escorted
to her dwelling by a police force and
her effects examined. Trunks were
searched and closets. The trunks of
her lady friends were searched in the
same apartment, and all their choice
treasures of taste or affection rudely
turned over. OF course no proofs of
guilt appeared, yet the delicate and re.
fined lady was conducted back to the
store and from the store to prison. The
young gentleman, also a B~ostonian, who
appeared as her protector, was also, and
without even a charge of guilt, thrust
into an adjoining cell. Here they pass
ed the night, within a s~ix-foot space Of
stone walls and floor, in loathsome cells
ard cold, without fire or food: no cloth
ing granted to keep them warm !; they
We're both hungry and cold, and here
they were kept thus till nine o'clock the
next morning; then the young man was
liberated. He soon found the lady's
friends and they quickly found her. She
was not liberated till the afternoon, and
then only when the son of our United
States minister became her bOndsman.
Four days afterward a trial in court fail
ed to furnish any proofs of guilt. and
the lady is free, If needed an American
can be called free here, where the law
declares any one guilty till they obtain
proof of innocence. Nj. Washburn ad-
vised these prosecuted ones to institute
legal proceedings for redress, declaring
that "our Government does not protect
its citizens; but, as he stated Mt the
same time, "there is no law in France"
they declineto further expose themselves
to Its fragrant injustice. For the first
time in the life of your correspondent
he has felt ashamed Of his country. II
is true that Americans are not projected
bv their country 1t is indeed SO ; and
any one who chooses to may put us in
prison here.-Paris Letter to Boston
journal
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-02-12
The Evils Of Using Tobacco.

The following article, taken from the
COuntry Gentiena0n, so thrillingly sets
forth the fearful results of using tobacco
that the most hardened sinner must
repent ana hasten to be wise after read
ing it:
First experiment, a hog was shut up
in a tight pen, and his only food was
one-half pound of tobacco a day. In
one week he had lost four pounds.
Second, a mule was placed in a stall
without food. Two plugs of tobacco
were placed before her twice o day. She
grew gradually FESTIVE. On the third
day, one plug Was forced down her
throat, when she tore the experiment
er's ear with her teeth, showing the bad
effect tobacco has on ones disposition.
1t was then found necessary to muzzle
her so that she could not open her
mouth. At the end of eight days she
died. Third, a dog was nailed up in a
tobacco hogshead. At the end of four
days he was taken out much reduced.
Fourth, another dog was inclosed in a
tobacco barrel and rolled down a steep
hill. Within two years that dog went
mad |! Truly these are Satan's nets !
/ could cite plenty more Of such expert
ments. We all know that a single drop
of the oil of tobacco placed on the end
of a dogs tail will kill q man in q min
ute. OF four men lately killed on the
Erie railway three were smokers, and
the father of the other an inveterate
chewer of tobacco. On the bodies of
the two men washed ashore after the
late storm on Lake Michigan papers of
tobacco were found. In my own neigh
borhood a very distressing accident, by
which a very estimable lady, the mother
of seven lovely children, broke her leg,
was occasioned by a pair of runaway
horses running into a fence that sur
rounded q field Of tobacco. Miss Chloe
FlatfOOt recently died in the county ad-
joining mine at the age of 118 years.
She had both chewed and smoked over
100 years, and, as she had no disease
till the time of her DEATH fit is only fair
to suppose that it was tobacco that
killed her. Fer SO long a time was
Satan spreading his nets for her but l
think Mr.. X. will agree with me that he
must have her sure now. But why
multiply examples? You know how it
is yourself. So, MI. Editor, do not 60
on helping spread these nets, by show
ing in your paper how to grow large
crops of tobacco any nor Rather in
terline the book of Proverbs with the
remarks of our second Solomon. Only
let me add a word of caution to that
gentleman. Does he, let me ask, use
tea or coffee? These are our nets OF
Satan rs much as tobacco. Does he
eat mince pies and use saleratus ?
More nets. Does he indulge in ice
creams or oysters? Let him beware,
lest, when he least expects, Satan, in
scooping in his tobacco-users, fly away
with him {! Graham bread without salt
is his only salvation"
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-02-12
whom Do Great Men Marry {!

Women, of course But they show the
same diversity Of taste that is seen in
the lower ranks, and on the whole make
worse mistakes. They. however, gen.
orally show the same sense in choosing
wives that they show in managing other
peoples affairs, whether it be good or
bad. John Howard, the great philan-
thropist, married his nurse. She was
altogether beneath him in social life
and intellectual capacity, and, besides
this, was fifty-two years old, while he
was but twenty-five. He would not
take No for an answer, and they were
married, and lived happily together I'M
til her death, which occurred two years
afterward. Peter the Great, of Rus
STA, married a peasant girl. She made
an excellent wife and a sagacious En-
press. Humboldt married a poor girl
because he loved her. OF course they
were happy. Shakespeare loved and
welded a farmers daughter. She was
faithful to her vow, but we can hardly
say the same of the great bard himself.
Like most of the great poets, he showed
too little discrimination In bestOwing
his affection on the other sex. Byron
married Miss Milbank to get her money
to pay his debts. 1t turned out a bad
shift. Robert Burns married Il farm
girl, with whom he fell in love while
they worked together in the plow-tield.
He, too, was irregular in his life, and
committed the most s mistakes in
conducting his dOmeshcnhairs. Milton
married the daughter of u country
squire, but lived with her only a short
time. He was al austere, exacting, literary
recluse, while she was rosy, romping
country lass, who could not endure the
restraints imposed upon her. and 80
they separated. subsequently. how
ever, she returned, and they lived
tOlerably happy. Queen Victoria and
Prince Albert were cousins. and about
the only example in the long line of En-
glish mOnarchs wherein the marital
VOWS were sacredly observed and sincere
affection existed. Washington married
a widow with two children. 1t is enough
to say of her that she was worthy of
him, and that they lived, as married
folks should, in perfect harmony. John
Adams married the daughter of y Pres
byterian clergyman. Her father OBJ
jected on account of John being a law
yer /; he had a bad opinion of the NOR
ais of the profession. General Sherman
married the daughter of Thomas Ewing,
of Ohio, who vas a member Of General
Taylor's Cabinet. This alone would
have been a good start in life for any
young man.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-02-12
wsshinSton Dispstch.l

Dom Piatt, of the Capital, publishes
. card to-day warning the people not
call at his private residence to demand
explanation for articles in his paper. 1t
seems that the occasion of this vas the
appearance of Pred Grant, son Of the
President, at Piatt's house, to demand
satisfaction for an article which appeared
Q week ago, rejecting on Mrs. Grants
holiday reception 30 soon after her
fathers death. Pratt, however, vas not
At home and did not. therefore, give the
satisfaction that "a anticipated Pratt
informed the police, who guarded his
house for 3 day Or two. in the mean
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-02-12
How Thimbles are Made

The manufacture of thimbles is very
simple. but singularly interesting. Coin
silver is mostly used, and is obtained by
purchasing coin dollars. Hence it hap
pens that the profits of the business are
affected instantaneously by all the vari.
ations in the nations greenback prom
Uses to pay. The first operation strikes
a novice as almost wicked, for it is
nothing else than putting a lot Of bright
silver dollars, fresh from the mint, into
nasty c-ucibles, and melting them up
into solid ingots. These are rolled ont
to the required thickness, and cut by a
stamp into circular pieces Of any re-
quired size. A solid metal bar of the
size of the inside of the intended Thin
bic, moved by powerful machinery mp
outside of the same thimble, bends the
circular disks into the thimble shape rs
fast as they can be placed under the de-
scending bar. Once in shape, the work
Of Frightening, polishing and decorat-
ing is done upon a lathe. First the
blank form is fitted with a rapidly-re-
volving rod. A single touch of q sharp
chisel takes a thin shaving from the
end, another does the same on the side,
and a third rounds of the rim. A round
steel rod, dipped in oil and pressed
upon the surface, gives it a lutrous pol
ish. Then a little revolving steel wheel,
whose edge is o raised ornament, held
against the revolving blank, prints that
Just outside the nm. A sec
ond wheel prints a different ornament
the center. while a third wheel
sharp points makes the indenta-
on the lower half and end of the
thimble. The inside is frightened and
polished in a similar way, the thimble
being held in a revolving mold All
hat remains to be done is To boil the
thimbles in soap-suds, to
the oil. brush them mp, and
pack them for the trade.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-02-12

The payments in New York city of
January dividends and interest amount
to about $40. O00. OOO-implying the POS
session in that city of personal property
in the shape of interest and dividend
paving securities of about 81. 500, Co.,
0G. The financiers are debating what
to do with the dividends. The deposits
in the savings banks alone of New York
city foot up 1863, SS6. 900. One of them.
the Bowery. has S27, sos, 09o; the Emil
grant has SlI .370,OOD the Union Dime
has Slopes 0O. These figures give
some idea If the immense money power
welded 10y the metropolis.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-02-12

RooM o MoRE SHEEP.-S.atistics
show that there we're in 1871 about 3D.
600. 900 sheep in the United States.
yielding an average Of four pounds OF
wool each, or 12s, GOO. 900 pounds in the
aggregate. In addition the annual i'm
portation of wool amounts to about 10.
OOO,O OO pounds, at q cost of nearly 3d.
OOO.OO. Then we import wooden goods
to the amount Of nearly SA. Cos. 90 per
annum. There is ROOM, therefore, for
an increase of IL, 200, 900 more sheep in
the country to supply the home demand
for wool, and for about y, 600, 600 20
displace the importation Of WOODEN
goods.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-02-12
Treating the " ro~x Disease.

MANY times women call upon their family
physicians, one with dyspepeia. another with
palpitation. another with trouble Of the
breast, another with pain here api there, and
in this way they ali present alike to themselves
and their casy-going and indifferent doctors.
separate and distinct diseases. for which he
prescribes his pills and poiions, assuming
them 20 he such. when. in reality. they are ali
symptoms caused by some uterine disorder A:
and while they are thus only able rerhars to
PALATE for 4 time, they are ignorant OF the
cause. and encourage their practice until large
bills are made. wien the suffering patients
are no better IN the eni, but probably worse
for the de'ay. treatment. and other ~comphea-
tons made. and which q proper medicine d.
rected To- the came would have entirely lie
moved. thereby instituilng heath and comfort
instead of prolonged misery.
From Mics LoKINpA T.. ST. CLAIR. Shade,
Athens cous<v. q, Oct. Ia. lsI2
"DR. L. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, n u: Your
Fsvorite Prescription 10 working almost like .
miracle on me. / am better already than
have been for over two years"
From ELLA A. ScHAFER, Zanesville, Ind.
Aug. 3, 1872:
"DR. PIERCE: received the medicine you
sent me and began using IT Immediately. Ar
. result Of the treatment l feel better than !
have for three years"
From MR. JoHN X HAM1LIS. Odell, ILL.,,
March 10. 1872:
"DR. PIERc&: The Favori,e Prescription has
done me good, which l am very thankful for.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-02-12

An infallible remedy for COINS is said
to be the following: Apply every night
on going 10 bed . good coat Of gum
arabic mucilage. In . few weeks q cure
will be effected, if the boots or shoes
1T properly. Corns and bunions are
usually occasioned BY wearing narrow
soled boots or shoes No looseness of
uppers viii help the difficulty ; the soles
should be broad just where the corns
are growing.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-02-12
The Emancipation Proclamation.

10 the Editor of the New York Time-.l
In your issue of the 21st inst, you
quote from Mr.. Maunsell b. Fields
new book, Memories Of Many Men,"
among other passages, one which is
calculated to give an n impress
sion concerning the preparation and
proclamation of President Lincoln's
emancipation proclamation
In the first place, the proclamation
was no sudden and unexpected birth,
and was no surprise to anybody in or
oui of the Cabinet, having been formally
promised to the country in default of
cessation Of hostilities, etc, by the
States and parts of States in rebellion,
three months before.
In the second place, the paper, as
finally published, was not in any sense
the amended result" of the Joint wis.,
dom of the Cabinet at the meeting dur
ing which it was read to them.
MIR. Nicolay brought it to me to make
copies of it, Immediately on the adj
jOurnment of the meeting, and the only
i~nterlineatiOn or change that l can now
recall was the one in Mr.. Stewards
hand. made, as l then understood, when
Aui. 1LiiCoiu icdu ~ W Jill III pilNdtt,
prior to the meeting. In this respect,
also, Mr.. Fields recollection of his
conversation with Mr.. Seward must be
erroneous.
The paper remained in my custody
until it went to Chicago, where the
great fire burned it up. 1t was in Mr..
Lincoln's own handwriting throughout,
with the single exception referred to,
and there never was a man more aversc
than he to anything like patchwork, or
less likely to accept without discus
sion" the crude and hasty suggestions
of others.
If my memory should be at fault at
all, Mr.. Nicolsy, Mr.. Hay, or Mr..
Frank b. Carpenter can easily correct
me. The latter especially has heard
the minutest particulars relating to the
proclamation from Mr.. Lincoln's own
lips again and again, while he was pre-
pairing the studies for his great painting
of that memorable Cabinet meeting.
WILLIAM q. STODDARD.
No. 3i6 Broadway, New York.