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The Red Cloud chief., 1874-03-12
The Sweetness OF Home.

He who has no home has not the
sweetest pleasure of life. He feels not
the thousand endearments that cluster
around that hallowed spot to fill the
void of his aching heart, and while away
his leisure moments in the sweetest of
hfe's Joy. lis misfortune your lot? You
Will find a welcome from hearts beating
true to your own. The chosen partner
OF your tolls has a smile Of appreciation
when others have deserted, a hand to
help when all others refuse, and a heart
to feel your sorrows as if they we're her
own. Perhaps a smiling cherub, with
prattling glee and joyous laugh, will
drive sorrow from your care-worn brow.
and inclose it in wreaths of domestic
bliss.
No matter how humble that home NAV
be, how destitute it's stores, or how
poorly its inmates are clad, if true hearts
dwell there, it is still a home. A che er.
full, prudent wife, obedient and afrec-
tionate children, will give possessors
more real Joy than bags of goJd and
worldly honors.
Inc home OF a temperate, industrious
and honest man will be his greatest ioy.
He comes to it weary and worn, but the
music of the merry laugh and the happy
voices OF children cheer him. A plain
but healthful meal awaits him. Envy,
ambition and strife have no place there,
and with a clear conscience he laws his
weary limbs down to rest in the bosom
OF his family, and under the protecting
care OF the poor mans friend.
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Ohio Men at the Head OF the Nation.

Ohio certainly has no reason to COM
plain of her representation ia the high
places of the nation. President Grant
was born and lived most of his life.
prior to the war, in Ohio. The General
of the army, Sherman, is an Ohio man.
and SO is Sheridan, the Lieutenant-G Gen.
eral. Secretary Delano is 6 citizen of
Ohio, SO is Justice Swayne, of the Su-
preme Court, and SO is Mr.. Schenck.
our Minister to England. The late
Chief. Justice Chase was from Ohio. and
now the new incumbent, Chief.Justice
Waite. Is taken from the same State.
Thus Ohio men stand ut the head of the
civil, the military, the judicial, and dip
lomatic departments of the Govern.
ment. Since the organization of the
Government, we doubt whether there
has been a time when men from n one
State filed SD many Of the hiehesr; na-
tional positions. And there are still
several men In Ohio who would accent
Office under the national Government
If pressed to do so.-Hearth and
Home
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How TO varnjsh.

1t is essential to the brilliancy and
a~dhesiveness of varnish that thu tenn.
p~erature of the atmosphere in which it
is put on should be as high.as can con-
veniently be borne, since, at a lower de.
gree of heat, a deposit of the invisible
moisture in the atmosphere takes place
before the solvent in the varnish has
sufficiently evaporated. This may oc-
ven on fine summer days, giving a
milky, turbid appearance to the varnish,
which can only be avoided by bringing
the temperature artificially up to about
seventy-nine degrees. The article
should acquire this temperature by
several hours previous exposure to il in
the shop, and should then he smoothed,
washed, and rubbed dry with chamois
leather or silk. All dust. dirt and
moisture are to he removed by means Of
a brush of suitable size, with pure.
soft, firm bristles, the use of any kind
of oil or grease being avoided. The
varnish must be laid on with exceeding
care, dipping the brush lightly into it,
and beginning a short distance from
the edge, and working by direct, long,
rapid, uniform sweeps of the brush, Of
even pressure, to the edges and corners,
at each side alternately, until the film
has the thickness of paper. The article
should then be exposed to the sun, or
artificial heat, protected from draft and
dust, since cold or draft would darken
the varnish. In this latter case the
brilliancy and c~learness can only be re.
stored by thinly recoating the surface
with the varnish, and exposing it d.
rectly to the fire. 50 that the spoiled
paHssf ~ be reair.snJ taking care
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Attacked by VAMPIRES.

a gentleman states that, while in
Surinam, he awoke about four O'Clock
one morning, and was considerably
alarmed by finding himself weltering in
concealed blood, and was unable to ac-
count for this, as he felt no pain what
ever. 1.-The mystery, says he, was
that l had been bitten by a Vampire or
specter of Guiana, which is also called
the flying dog Of New Spain. This is
no other than a bat Of monstrOus size,
that sucks the blood from men and
cattle while they are fast asleep, even.
sometimes till they die; and as the
manner in which they proceed is truly
wonderful, / will endeavor to give q clear
account of it. Knowing by instinct
that the person that they intend 10 Mt
tack is in a sound slumber, they gener-
ally alight near the feet, where, while
the creature continues tanning with his
enormous wings, which keeps one cool,
he bites u piece out Of the great toe,
so very small indeed that the head of a
pin could scarcely be received into the
wound, which is consequently not pain
full yet through this orifice he cOntin-
ues to suck the blood until he is obliged
to disgorge. He then begins again,
and thus continues sucking and disgorg-
ing until he is scarcely able to fly, and
the sufferer has often been known TO
pass from time to eternity. Cattle they
generally bite in the ear, but always
in places where the blood flows spon-
taneously. Having applied tobacco
ashes, as the best remedy, aud washed
the ooro from mvsalf and hammock 7
observed several heaps of concealed
blood all around the place where / had
lain, upon the ground, on examining
which the surgeon judged that / had
lost about fourteen ounces OF blood"
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-03-12

CONGRESSMAN SAvIxR, Of Indiana tthe
Ohio Congressman with the same sound.
ing name is Saylorl. has introduced a
bill, which, il passed, would work a
revolution in the patent business. One
is prciudiced in its favor from the first.
for almost any change would be an i'm
prvemeat. After a careful examination
Of its provisions We believe i. entirely
feasible. thoroughly just and quite i'm
portsnt. The plan, in a word. is TO
throw the use Of all patents open TO all
persons who will pay to the owner a Ger
tain equitable royalty for their use.
This would be striking a blow at the
roots Of the worst monopoies IN the
manufacture Of articles into which pat
cnts extend in one way or another
Chicago Journal.
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Going Down into the Sea.

The International for January has .
remarkable article on deep Sea Ex.
plo~rstions," by Prof. Carpenter. A
diver can only explore the sea to the
depth of about 100 feet. But the most
delicate instrument have been con
structed that give us reports from
the very bottom of the sea The cords
in use are about the size of . quill, and
these. II made Of the finest hemp. viii
bear q strain of more than half q ton.
The sounding brass is a long. hollow
brass rod. fitted with valves that open
upward SO as to close upon and retain
any water or sediment gathered 1t the
bottom. The sinkers weigh 100 pounds
each, and are 50 hung that when the
red touches bottom they fall OF and re-
main there. The pressure exerted By
the water On the apparatus Is about .
ton to every square inch for every $500
feet Il depth 50 that to escA the hot
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all linen should be very damp when
ironed, and ironed until perfectly dry.
In case we want to pour anything very
hot-boiling-into glass jars, we may
safely do SO il We set them upon a cloth
wet in hot water.
YEAST jars or jugs should be washed
in cold water. If hot water is used, the
yeast adheres TO them. They should be
thoroughly scalded after being washed.
FoR starching shirt-bosoms, cuffs,
and collars, We think cold starch greatly
preferable to the boiled. There will be
no trouble in ironing them il, after
starchinz, they are dipped quickly in
clear cold water, and allowed to remain
folded an hour or more before ironing.
PRINTS that are likely to fade if
washed in ordinary soap-suds will re-
tain their colors admirably if washed in
in starch-water. If silver is dipped in
| clear hot water-no soap-and immedi-
ately wiped with q soft linen cloth. it
will look much nicer than if soap is
used.
IN preparing boned chicken, one
cracker pounded very fine, AMI added to
the water the chickens were boiled in,
and mixed thoroughly with the chopped
meat, is a decided improvement. For
two medinm-sized chickens there should
not be more than a cup of water. Sea-
O with salt and pepper.
NICE lace should be soaked-not
washed-in soapy water, and carefully
rinsed in fair water. Some think a little
coffee added to the water gives the yell
lowish tint seen in nice lace when new.
1t should neither be starched nor ironed.
The lace, particularly the edge, should
be carefully pulled until dry, and then
placed under a heavy weight.
COMPANY, sickness, or some other
circumstance may prevent MS from max
ing "sweet pickles" in the season for
such work. They are not absolutely in
dispensable as an article of diet, OF
course, but quite palatable and conve.
nient for special occasions. If we have
plenty of certain kinds of preserves, We
can make sweet pickles as well in winter
as any time. We should take from our
preserves, plums, pears, peaches, or any
other whole fruit, and pour over them
hot vinegar spiced with whole cloves.
In a few days they will be equal to any
sweet pickle made in the fall. They
are very nice to have for tea, to eat
with boned chicken at little social
companies.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-03-12

Cough is a symptom by which various diseas
ed coudiiicns OF the throat. bronchialtubes and
lung. manifest themselves. But whether it
arises from the irritation produced in the
throat and laryDx by taking cold, from an at
tack Of Bronchitis. from incipient Consump-
ton. or from various other causes. nothing
will allsy il more speedily nor cure u more
permanently than DR.. PIercesG Golden Medical
Discovery. Ii does not matter whether Il be
a recent attack, or a lingering cough, the Dis
covsry IL in either casc equally well adapted
for its relief and permanent cure. in fact. it
will cure a cough IN one-lIslf tic time neces-
sary TO cure 1t with any Other medicine. and
it does it. no, by drying II W. but by removing
the cause, sGbiuing the Irritation. and i' aling
the affected parts. No time should be lost IN
commencing the use OF Il proper me iicine for
the relief OF a Cough, for unless tins course ~
pursued. serious aud dangerous disease Of the
lungs IL liable to result.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-03-12
Curious Effects Of Lightning,

At the last sitting of the French
Academy of Sciences a letter was read
from NJ. +. Parent, giving an account
of the effects of a stroke of lightning
which fell on the Goth ult. ut at Troyes
(Aube), III a central quarter of the town,
with q noise equal to the report of sew
eral pieces of artillery. The phenome-
non seems to have been confined to the
Rue de La Monnaie, where, at No. 81, a
young girl who was standing on the
threshold Of her dwelling. saw a fiery
globe, of the size of an orange, fall ut
her feet, then roll along the street, and
disappear. She experienced a violent
shock, causing a tremor that did not
cease until the following day. The pins
III her hair were torn away, as well as
all the other metal articles she had about
her per person. Her father, who was
leaning against the iron bars of a win
dow Of the next house, was paralyzed
for a few seconds, and did not recover
from the connection for several days.
At No. "a, same street, in the Election
House" as it is called, the electric fluid
fell on a turret behind the house,
= .OEssaoU AL. the weathercock,
covered IL, got inside by fot|.inc which
beams that supported esfoOdwork,
broke through a partition, zen through
the foor into the lower story, made Its
way through a wall into a garnet, got
through the window, ran along the
spouts and pipes down to the first story;
thence passed to the next house, broke
into a warehouse where there were some
iron stoves, with the usual cast-irOn
ornaments, such as wreths, flowers. etc,
all of which it faithfully designed on the
ceiling with the precision of photog-
then melted the wire of a bell,
the trace of which it left on the wall,
and at length took a fancy to some gilt
wooden rods Intended for sale, and
wrapped up in paper. These it en-
riched with fantastic but elegant de-
and, after a few more vagaries,
took its leave.
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DisrM.lf.

In his SEVENTEEN year, age and even
sorrow sit lightly upon Disraeli. Though
il may be said to have been only yester-
day that he cast his garland Of loving
regret on the coffin OF a faithful and
devoted wife, he has the same familiar
jaunty gaint, the same ~glossiness Of
head, and almost dandyish faultle.sness
Of attire, as Of yore. Disraeli is I'M
q~uestionably the most versatile as well
as the shrewdest Of actors who appear
on the political stage Of our British
cousins. Still as proud to be called a
man of fashion as when Willis saw him
at Lady Blessington's, arrayed In bril-
liant colors and ostentatious jewels, he
carries this social art Of coquetry sirily
into politics. His smiles beam alike
upon the lord and the peasant. The
favor OF his sallow and curl-enframed
countenance, his sircn-like manner, are
shed with equal impartiality upon the
rustic of Hughenden, with whom he
hob-nobs amid bucoGc bowers, and
upon the Manchester artisan, whose
horny hand he grasps with amiable
fervor; upon the brewer, whose beer he
praises, and upOn the bishop, whose
rubric inspires his most feiicitous quo
tatiOns.
The ease with which Disraeli passes
from gay to grave and again from grave
TO gay, the grace with which his facile
tongue discusses one minute of cabbage
and crops, and the next of the fall and
rise Of empires, gain him more friends
than Gladstone attracts with all his
passionate and silvery oratory. Disraeli
is equal TO any fortune. The feeblel
his following in the House, the remotel
the prospect of his return to power, the
merrier seems the humor of this pOliti.
cal Mark Tapley, and the more per
sistertly and gaily he "chaffs' the Other
party. When he was Prime Minister,
he used to waive away a troublesome
question with an epigram, and, amid
the laughter which it provoked, the
question and the querist were forgotten,
Inter Ocean.
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Odd Phrases.

The origin Of the term sub-rosa, or
" under the rose" is said 10 be the fol-
lowing: Cupid gave a rose to Hippo
crates, the God of Silence, and from
this legend rose the practice Of sus-
pending q rose from the ceiling over
the table Willie eating, when it was in
tended that the conversation must be
kept secret. The explanation of the
origin of 'By hook or by Crook " is
that in the old time. persons entitled
to get frrwood in the Kings forest,
were limited to sach dead branches as
they could tear down with ga hook OF a
crook, without hurt to his Majesty's
tree. In spite of Lis teeth oriai-
mated thus: King John Of England
once demanded of q Jew the sum Of ten
thousand marks, and on being refused.
ordered that the Isrselite should have
one Of his teeth drawn every dsy until
he gave his consent. The Jew submit
ted to the loss Of seven, and then Paid
the required sum, and hence the *.
preston. Gin spite Of your teeth"
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DOCTORS SOON LEARN ITS VALVE.

~ II . v
On PIERCE For the past Fix months i
have used your Golden Medical Discovery In
my practice, and in that time | have tested its
merits in severe coughs. both acute and cl.ron-
ic, in chronic disease Of the throat. revere
cases OF bronchitis. general arrangement of
the system. con-tipated condition OF the bow
els. and where,e- u thorough ste alive has
been indicated In all ca-os ! have found it
TO act gently vet thoroughly and sf~feriuslly In
removing the various diseased conditions; and
bringing about a healthy action throughout
the system Yours fIa~ternsliy.
III l. HALL, VI. ID.
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tom of the Atlantic in its greatest depth
q weight OF five tons to the square inch
must be Endorsed. The results Of re-
cent explorations make US almost as well
acquainted with the currents the hills
and plains, the sediments, the strange
inhabitants and plants, the thermome-
trical condition Of the deep seas, rs We
are with those of the continents.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-03-12
FARM AND
FARM RAKINGs.

FARM hAA1SGS.
THE robin sings IN the elm:
The cattle stand beneath,
Sedase and grave nth great brown eyes
And fragrant Eeadow-bresth
They listen TO the hsttered bird,
The wise-Iooking. stupid things:
And they never understand q word
OF all the robin sings.
The farms of a country may be in a
high state of cultivation, the houses, or
cha-ds and barns be every way admira-
bic, and yet, if the roads are bad, all
these things lose much of their value.
farmer recently cured, almost instantly,
a COW which had suddenly become seri-
ously bloated from eating cucumbers
too rapidly, by giving a tablespoonful
and a half Of ammonia in a half pint of
water. The relief was immediate and
complete.
A CORRESPONDENT Of the Rural Sun
says: Founder in its worst form can
be cured by standing your horse all day
in water deep enough to come up over
his back. Running water is best. This
is also q certain cure for Spanish Fence,
a disease common in Mississippi, Louis
lana Il Texas.
PROTECTING ORCHARD TREES. Mulch
the roots with straw or coaase manure
and litter, being careful, however, not
to throw it Immediately about the bodies
Of the trees. No matter how heavily
you mulch. Then to protect the bodies
of the trees from sun and frost alter.
nately, as well IS from rabbits, bind
them about with corn-stalks stripped OF
the foliage.
Now Is the time to prepare a wood.
pile, not next summer. And let it be
ample. 1t should be large enough to
last one year. 1t is a poor economy to
burn green wood, but if your supply
gives out next fall, green wood will
have to be used till it seasons. If You
prepared Alright last winter you are still
burning of that supply. No good
farmer neglects his woodpile.
WHEAT PROFIr.-Henry NJ. Clark, OF
the Hampshire Institute, Massachu.
sets, said he had had good success with
wheat, the present season, had raised
thirty bushels per acre on six acres,
which he had sold at 81 per bushel, and
the straw at SlS per ton, and the whole
crop had averaged him $50 per acre, OF
$3.50 for the whole six acres !; and he
believed wheat to be a better paying
crop than tobacco.
FARMERS N ROADs.-There is nc
single item in connection with the farm.
ers' business that attracts more of his
attention-that more excites his ire, OF
gives him greater satisfaction than
good or bad roads, and yet there is nc
subject ill which he is more persistently
perverse and careless. Who ever heard
of two farmers agreeing upon the
proper time to repair roads. or the best
means of doing it? Road-mending with
us is, in most Instances, merely q spas.
mOdic outbreak of misdirected labor
applied without a definite object, and
regardless of all recognized laws of me.
chanics or nature.
FLOWING IN Observation-Disclosures
the utmost pains and care in blowing,
the grasses, especially if long, will bris-
tie up boards and tufts here, there and
everywhere. injuring alike the appear
ance of the growth. DO you wish to
remedy this difficulty? If so, use the
chain and ball to your piow. No mat,
ter what kind of a pillow you have, try
then. a piece of ordinary trace chain
yOiifW'' Ill Fasten one end of IL
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USEFUL IN

To clean silver mix two te%aspoonfuls
OF ammonia in a quart of hot suds. Put
IN your silverware, and wash, using an
old nail-brush or tooth brush for the
purpose.
PRESERVING STUFFED ANIMALs.-Rub
the flesh side of the skin with a compo-
sition of one pound Of tobacco ashes.
one-half pound of alum, two pounds of
dry Stacked lime.
In removing ink spots from delicate
colors, when axalic acid or chloride of
lime cannot be used without injury to
the color, a concentrated solution of So
dunn pyrophosphate is recommended.
REMEDY o BEE Sr1NGs.-Get a
small, heavy glass phial, with a ground
glass stopper I; have it filed with Tine
ture of Iodine. Shake well, then re-
move stopper, applying what adheres to
it to the wound, being careful not to
drop any on clothing, as it leaves a bad
STAN. Half ounce phial is large
enough.
MEASURING CoRN.-To estimate the
quantity of shelled corn on the cobs in
any given space, level them, and meas
ure thel length, breadth and depth /;
multiply these dimensions together,
and the product by four. Cut off the
last figure. and You will have the num-
Der of bushels Of shelled corn. If you
desire to know the number of bushels
OF ears, multiply by eight instead of
four.
SALT PoRK.-For the benefit of those
who are obliged to use salt pork, the
following plan improves IT wonderfully:
Cut as many slices rs will be required
for breakfast the evening previous, and
soak till morning in sweet milk and wa
ter. Then rinse till the water is clear.
and fry. 1t is very nearly as good as
fresh pefk. For n change, rolling it in
corn meal is a good imitation of fresh
fish.
CHILBLAiSs-The Canada Medical
Journal recommends sulphurous acid
IN this affection. 1t should be applied
with a camel hair brush, or by means
OF q spray-producer. One application
OF this usually affects q cure. The
acid should be used pure. A GOOD
wash for hands or feet affected with
is sulphuric acid. three
glycerine one part, and water
one part. The acid viii be found per. )
ticular,y useful in the irritating, tor. :
menting stage Of chilblains. /,
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Gc. s. b. MxxKr, the nevly-elected
United States Senator from Texas, In 4
native Of Monroe county, Ky. He
served 1 Kentucky regiment in the
Mexican NJ and subsequently, removed
to TexAs- 6iDce the rebellion, In which
he took an acsyc part. he has been prac-
tieing law.
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weight-leaving the cham long to per.
init the ball TO reach back to about the
middle of the mold board, and there let
1t drag along, or the off side, of course.
Canada Farmer.
CHANGE OF SEED.-Ihe american
Agricutturist a correspondent
by saying With all other grain than
corn a change of seed now and then is
considered advisable. Potatoes are es-
pecially improved by a change procured
from a different locality and soil. But
corn has not generally been found to
deteriorate by long planting on the
other hand there are many farmers who
are now planting seed produced from
the corn their fathers planted q genera.
ton ago. Running out Of the corn is
more likely to be the result of impover-
ished soil, and the best method of i'm
provement would probably he a crop of
clover upon the land, to be plowcd un.
der, or some other substantial fertilizer.
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We call attention to the card of Allen
Broomhall for Agents to sell the popular
work of Hon. ID. G. Cloud, a" Monopo-
lies and the People"