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The Red Cloud chief., 1877-05-10
Our Father simplicity.

They say that President Hayes ~ill
introduce into the White House The
simplicity OF our fA,hcra A reform Of
that kind would be something ambigu-
Il. In looking over some old books
the other day. the sketches 81 the social
events Of tina; period indicated ihA;
the simplicity OF our fathers MAS the
simplicity Of pig-wigs. There VA, a
jenkins In those days as now Miss
Peggy Harding appeared. lovely and
radiant IS q cloud touched with soft
sunlight, In a white mantua silk
fringsd with gold. = pet,icoat o' pale
blue brOcsde. blue satin shoes with
court-heels. and white silk hose clicked
with gold. This sumptuous lady's
handkerchief was also wrought with
gold. and said 10 have cost not less than
$50. A head-dress Of os,rich-plumes.
blue. white. and pale yellow. hair pro-
fusely powdered. gloves Of white Kid.
buttoned 10 the elbow and wrough,
with gold. fan Of curious workman.
ship. prodigiously admired. . .
or the distinguished gentlemen present.
the most conspicuous was perhaps Mr..
Thomas Jefferson. in a long. WASTED
white cloth coat. the height ~ the ton.
scarlet vest, black satin br-eches.
highly-polished tinted shoes with silver
buckles. with white silk hose. As he
entered the court Of Terpsichorr. he
removed from u slightly-powdered wig
a peaked cooked hat Of the latest fash
ion. Fastened 10 the lapel Of the hat
was a nosegay Of sweet smelling posies.
Mr.. John Hancock also attracted much
admiration. especially from the fair SET.
He wore a coat Of fine scarlet cloth,
blue silk breeches. with white silk
hose. a full-powdered wig-a la Louis
Seize-with frizzled side locks. and q
cooked hat with a black cockade. His
ruffies were Of the finest French lace,
and his shoe buckles brilliant paste.
Our respected fellow citizen. James
Harrison. wore an eDtire suit Of drab
cloth. richly trimmed with silk lace
Thus. In the days Of the simplicity Of
our fathers. they followed the fashion
OF their day. a we follow the fashions
Of ours.-Troy Times.
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-05-10

Ths Art Of sr~anspiAntins sfc~s shrubs.
ard vine. 10 oniy leaned By sspsrisnrs.
elu~s observation. and . strict aiAA
r~n~~ ~ The lass that rsvrTn vs<ptahls
srcxih Any snskillssi aAossr car IL
an sasl r~<ss q tree OF . vine. bus .hs
ss-s nos Insult. life. health aad vEr
Thsr- 10 . ~,iisiias:si hIaaee -
tween he ru.pss Ard hraaehrs q ever
,r~~ or vine. Trained rsAtieal ssFk.
srs ~rv~osniss this fsct. snsi shs img-
lance in trAnsptan,inx 81 r~vEov
carefully al ~. roots r.ssb1s. a. ~
r~~csAily The iDe 6hFsus 1a~s su-h Al
,ai. up AMI furnish 10 ~noarissm~ni
To ave ~nDssgh 30 .h~ar rrs<s IN :Fsas
planting l1x~ slssi is~ss. !; = n~ee~sssg
IA know the habits 81 ETp~;h - ;r-vs
and ssn-a For instance. ;hs ~,ssA
~hi,~ psnes With their isss. ssShyr.s
ani comparatively few atsuas oass IA
the body % The rrrsl Peel rnofs Ass
removing than ~. Sor.ay spgDc~~
its mAxs % ahtu1 r.ts r.zsssrr'
around AMI bear ;hr l.siy TIE t~s
way in all cAsrs Is "a 4 1 snsrr5w ;ssrrA
around TIE body. sous. dsssnc. sr.n
The TIRE. deep enough - 60 tsos -
lower is-r ct rccn In makius -
circle. The fat ~ The .psis ,h.rahi rt
DC faced tow ard The badly q lhs ..v~
The top sill On the hal. hear 10 sv.'
should &c removed ~ adiEs1rstsrtr
ether implement thai ~iiI Ok sgi ~
injur- tho small ruuta In csss lie ;ro~s
or shrub. are to 10 novel uniy .A,~
distance from where they AZ. gfo~
a. much soil ~ will adhere - ;hs t.,
may be lcf, on with advantage
The second imprrtAs, point "a = a
>~I,~i In transplAnting = a., e. .oAte
the roots exposed fof a musn~n {, ,hs
rays Of the sun or Ia a bi"sing tft az
which Is quite N injurious o. trr.iss
roptietx. IL mo-: So; uut a. olcv. t1e
roots ough, a. te hep, damp All cs
cred over with a cloth. os -tcsioI In
Tr-~s coming from Assistance. when -
r.o,s show signs Of being irp sIpaot
and the lt~u are dTy and Somewhat
shriyeird. will - much improved ~
plunging them into a stream oT P.l -
water. and then hecllng them la. cnses-
ing the roots carefully With mol.; 49,
and 81 leaving them till rrA.iy n r'Aa;
OUT. 7. QrfNs. IN Seribssr fof HAr
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-05-10
War Romance.
A Little Babe e shiloh-Whas Bss anne o

A Little babe e shiioh-Whas Bee anne Of
| IL:
The following letter has been received
at the Office Of the Adjutant General
Of Ohio:
CHARLESTON. 5. C., March -. 1877.
SIR: In conversation yesterday with
an ex-C Confederate soldier. l learn the
following facts which l deem Of sufi-
cient importance to lay before you:
At about 8 O'Clock on the first morn-
ing Of the battle Of Shiloh. after the
| Confederate infantry under General
| Breckenridge had driven q body Of
Federal troops from their position to-
ward the river. a battery Of Georgia
artillery following close behind. came
upon the dead body Of a lady lying out
side of a tent in the rear Of what was
supposed to be the camp Of the Fifty
fifth Ohio VOlunteers-many Of the
dead OF that regiment. dressed in Zou.
v uniform, being on the ground. by
the side Of the dead lady was a little
child. beautifully clad, who seemed un.
conscious of its mothers death. Some
Of the men of the battery covered the
child with their blankets, and placed
it in charge Of two Of the Federal pris-
Oners and then passed on. What be.
came Of the child afterward cannot at
this time be positively ascertained. but
it is thought that the Confederate d.
vision surgeon saw to its welfare. The
breastpin having the lady's likeness on
one side, and that Of a gentleman in
citizens dress on the other side. is now
in the keeping Of an ex-member Of the
battery. who l am assured would be
glad to return it to the husband or rela-
tive of the deceased lady.
l do not know from what part of
your State the Fifty. fifth Ohio came,
but the records of your office will show
that fact. A knowledge of the above
made known to any Of the surviving
officers in the district in which the
regiment was raised may he Of interest
to some of its living members, as would
a knowledge Of what became of the
child to the survivors of the Georgia
battery. The fate of the child interests
me, and 1 should be glad to know il it
ever came into the possession Of its
relatives. Very respectfully.
JOHN MCQUEEN.
Formerly a resident of C%ircleville, o.
To the Adjutant General State of Ohio,
Columbus, Ohio.
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-05-10
AScOtch Story.

A certain minister having become
much addicted to drink, his Presbytery
had to interfere and get the minister to
sign the pledge. The result was. that
the s0dden reaction was too much for
him, and he became 40 i'll that the
doctor was sent for. The doctor said
he must begin to take his toddy again.
This the minister said he could not do,
as he had taken the pledge. The doctor
replied that he might get . bottle or
two quietly, and nobody but their own
selves and the h0usekeeper would know
it Man, said the minister, my house
keeper is worse than all the Presby-
tery put together, 50 that would not do"
However, it was arranged that the
doctor should bring in the whisky and
sugar, and that the minister was to
make up the toddy in the bedroom with
the hot water he got for shaving pur-
poses in the morning. The result was
the minister got speedily well: and one
day ON going out the doctor said to the
housekeeper: well, Mar
gazet, your minister Is quite himself
~Therghs me doubt Of that, sir,'
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-05-10
The Theory Of Evolution.

Sir Wyville Thomson said. in a lee
ture to the natural history class at Ed
inburg University, that the great STUN
bling block, from the natural history
side OF the question, in the way Of an
acceptance Of the evolution hypothesis,
was, that any such passage from one
species to another is entirely outside
our experience. The horse has evi.
IDENTIFY been the horse since the earliest
hieroglyphs were engraved upon Assyr-
ian monuments and tombs; and the
same held for all living creatures.
There was not q shadow Of evidence of
one species having passed into another
during the period of human record or
tradition. Nor is this all. We have,
in the fossil remains contained in the
rocks, a s%culptured record Of the inhab-
itants of this world, running back meal.
culably further than the earliest chisel.
mark inscribed by man-incalculably
further than mans existence on this
planet; and, although We find from the
record that thousands of specimens have
passed away, and thousands have ap-
peared, in no single case have We yet
found the series of transitional forms
i~mperfectly gliding into one another,
and uniting two clearly distinct species
by q continuous bridge, which could be
cited as an undoubted instance of the
origin Of a species. Mr.. Darwin's mag
nificent theory of natural selection"
and Survival Of the fttest" has un-
d~oubtedly shaken the veil by pointing
out a path by which such an end might
be attained; but it has by no means
raised it. Still, even il we never found
out the precise mode in which one spe-
cies gave rise to another, there could be
no further hesitation in accepting gen.
orally an hypothesis of evolution
Popular Science Monthly.
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-05-10

The Supreme Court at its recent SEES
sion at Dubuque decided a question Of
much importance to the State at large
and especially to the people Of Guthrie
county. The title Of the cas- was Grey
against Mount, and it involves the ques-
ton of the validity Of the election held
in Guthrie county under which the
Board Of Supervisors have been pro-
ceeding to erect q court house at
Guthrie Center and a high school build
ing at PAnora-
Years ago the United States granted
to the State all the swamp lands within
its borders. Subsequently the State re-
granted the lands TO the several coun-
ties on condition that the fund should
be used to reclaim the swamp lands
and for road purposes. BY . subse
quent law the proceeds Of the sale Of
the lands were to be used for the erec.
ton of public buildings and such other
public improvements a the people by
q vote should designate. A year or
more ago the requisite number Of citi-
zens Of Guthrie county petitioned the
Board Of Supervisors to order Al cleo
ton, at which should be submitted the
question whether two-thirds Of the
swamp land fund Of the county amount
ing to $4,000 should be expended in the
erection of . court house It Guthrie
Center. and the remaining one-third for
the building Of q high school building
at PAnora The Board Of Supervisors
the question at . special
election, and in doing 30 the citizens
were required to vote upon the entire
in q prop ,sition. and 1t Is
that BY this means only the
question could have been carried At
my rate the majority wa in favor Of
such disposal Of the fund. and the Su-
pervisors proceeded to erect the build
tng. About this time certain citizens
lsked an injunction TO restrain the Su-
oervisors from using the money on the
round that the election Was unlawful
Catch & Wright, Of this city.
Eere retained BY these citizens. and
Judge Cole VA retained to represent
b SUPERVISOR The question Wa u
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-05-10

With success q several widely-separated
pointA Consequently. when The Indian
reached this obstacle. his easy progress
southwark was interrupted The cross
ing points, too. which Of course were
well known 10 the Shinumos. had been
strongly fortified by their soldiery. and
thus . double check VA presented 70
the invasion. The people then EMO. I'd
comparative peace. till. In the couD Of
their nomAdic wAnderings, IN. Indians
discovered tha; there Wa an end 20 the
canon barrier. and were once more able
10 cope with their antagonists under
favorable auspices- The Shinumos
again slowly driven back. and. At the
dawn OF our knowledge @: . region.
We find surviving only a mere handful
Of their kindred. in the Pueblo tribes.
who were still defending their fortress
homes. as they had been for oenturies''
-Populor Science Monthly.
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-05-10

There are three national nosss among
civilized people. and only thrse-,bs'
Jewish. the Grecian. and the ftomsn.
Each In Of q description totally differ
ent from the other two. and all three
have . distinct character Of their own
The Jewish In the only national nn~e
o remaining: the Creek and TIE Eo
man are oecasionAlly reproduced among
modern nations. but ~ national chA,.
scteris;ics exist no longer. Tha, No
ancient Jews attached 10 slight In
portznce 10 this feature IL syi9ene~i
from Leviticus. Xxi. -. where lie ths;
hath . fat nose In ranked With he
blind and the lame. the crook-backsi.
the scurvy. and the scsbb~i. and Is for
hidden 10 take part In The servieeof The
sanctuary. The Greek Dos has oosnx
down 20 ~ In the Greek sculptures and
certainly Accords better with our North
ern ideas Of personal beauty than any
other. Seem In proGle. the Outline q
almost seontinuz;ion. witb0u. curvsor
deviation. Of the outlines Of the fore 4
head. and would SEEM. pbrenolog1ea!ly
considered. quite In harmony with lie
unparalleled progress Of the Greeks IN
nj, science. and philosophy. Among
The moderm the perfect Greek ~ 10
sxtre mely rare. save on the canvas u
,ur painters. The Roman nose Is TIE
resy Incarnation Of the idea Of combat
tivensss. and suggests The notion TIA;
{ VA borrowed from . bird Of prey
E1cAaage.
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-05-10
Narrow KOadways.

In his paper on Village Improve.
ment Associations" (Scribnsr for May.
Colonel Waring advocates narrow road
ways. lie says:
The great expense Of matchmaking
or T~elfordizing puts these systems out
OF the reach Of small communities
Wherever the original expense a be
borne. the subsequent eos. Of mainten.
ance will be so slight. and the result
generally will be 80 satisfactory "A 10
make 1t always a good investment.
The circumstances under which these
costly forms Of construction may be
adopted will be generally extended N
we can overcome the prevalent Ameri-
can prejudice in favor Of wide roads.
Against wide streets there is m q rule
no objection. though exceptional narrow
and well-shaded lanes have a rural
charm that will always commend them
to persons Of taste. A wide street, that
Is, broad spaces between fences, by no
means implies a broad roadway. All
We need in the principal thoroughfare
OF a busy village In such q width A. will
allow Of the easy passing Of vehicles
in the middle Of the road. and the stand
ing Of n vehicle At rest ut each side
This will be accomplished even In the
business street Of a village by . width
Of roadway Of thirty feet Under most
other circumstances twenty feet of
roadway will be ample. This will al
low Of the moving Of three vehicles
side by side. and will give . leeway Of
six feet between two vehicles passing
each other. . In the island of
jersey. there are many excellent roads
only six feet vide. These are provided
with frequent little bays or surn-ou,s
TO allow teams 10 pas each other.
Although such extremely narrow roads
are not TO be recommended. the differ. |
ence in comfort and economy Of team.
power between these and the average |
American dirt road Ii enormously In !
their favor. The widest roads in yer.
sey. leading from q busy town OF thirty
thousand inhabitanN into athickiy ST.
tied farming region. where business
and pleasure travel Is very active. and
where excursion cars carrying thirty or
forty persons are constantly passing.
are only tventy-four feet wide: often
only Of this width between the hedge
rows. the road itself being an excellent
f0os-path for its whole width. Nowhere
else in the world IL the rural charm
more perfectly developed than In Jer-
'ey. and no element Of its great beauty
. - conspicuous and % constantly sat-
sfactory - it, narrou and embovered
anes and rnadways-
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-05-10

M HExRr ". LoxsVELLow

NJ HENRI ". LoS6YELLow.
In thst desolate land and lone,
Where the Big Horn and Yellowstone
Roar down their mountain path,
By their ires the Sioux Chiefs
Muttered their woes and gTfefs,
And the menace OF their wrath
Revenge cried Rain-in-the-Face,
Revenge upon al the race
OF the White Chief with yellow hair,"
And the mountains dark and high
From their crags re-echoed the cry
OF his anger and despair.
In the meadow, spreading wide
By woodland and river side
The Indian village stood;
All was silent as a dream,
Save the rushing Of the stream
And the blue Jay In tho wood.
In his war paint and his beads,
Like q bison among the reeds,
In ambush the Sitting Bull
Law with three thousand braves
Crouched in the clefts and caves,
Savage, unmerciful!
Into the fatal snare
The White Chief with yellow hair
And his three hundred men
Dashed headlong, sword in hand,
But OF that gallant band
Not one returned again.
The sudden darkness Of death
Overwhelmed them, like the breath
And smoke OF furnace fire;
By the rivers bank, and between
The rocks Of the ravine,
They lay in their bloody attire.
But the foeman fed I'm the night,
And R%ain-in-the-F Face, In his flight,
Uplifted high I'm the air
As q ghastly trophy bore
The brave heart, that beat no more,
OF the White Chief with yellow hair.
Whose was the right and the wrong.
Sing it, o funeral song,
With q voice that is full of tears,
And say that our broken faith
Wrought all this ruin and seattle,
In the Year of q Hundred Years.
YOUTHS Companion.
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-05-10

abe replied: 'heis quite yell in The body.
bu, there 10 something nns vfoue NJ
his upper story. Whats there. Mar.
gAres.- asked The doctor. .weel. SIR. I
din m ken. bu; be asks for Shawn water
six or seven simss q DAY..
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-05-10
Extinction Of q Prehistoric Race.

Extinction Of q Prehistoric Race.
The extinction of the partially. civil
lied race who once dwelt in the Rock,
Mountain region vas probably the re
salt of some great geological change
The country is naturally arid. but
doubtless, when this nearly-forgotter
people dwelt herein the numerous cities
whose ruins are still to be seen, the
conditions of life were more favorable
The annals of this interesting race have
persisted with them, and the history OF
their downfall is now matter for con.
lecture. MI. F. S. Dellenbaugh, of the
Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences,
describes as follows the course OF
events which resulted in the extinction
of the Shinumos: When the change
occurred, the inhabitants, not under.
standing the science of irrigation, be.
held their crops slowly but surely fail
ing every year. The inevitable result
was famine. By this their hardy con-
situations were weakened, and the way
was prepared for some great epidemic
that swept away Thousands, and left
them in q melancholy condition. Then
the epidemic was. possibly, soon fol-
lowed by the appearance of the Indian.
SO entirely different from the Shinumo.
He was ferocious, treacheroul cunning.
Lying, cheating. stealing. numbering
were his pastimes. Then, it is no Won
der that the Shinumo. in his emaciated
condition, was compelled to retreat b.
fore the impetuous attackof such . foe.
He was no warri0r-n0 hunter. He
had depended almost entirely on his
knowledge Of agriculture for his peace
full existence. It was impossible for
him to act on the defensive. and at the
same time SUCCESSFULLY till the soil. The
Indian was constantly on the alert to
surprise him. he must fall back and
yield more territory to the exacting in
Vanquished and discouraged,
be fortified himself in places extremely
dificult Of access; built cliff houses;
lived in caves and finally became ex-
tinct The divisions On the south side
If the Colorado Jared somewhat better,
Tor the stupendous ehasms Of tho river
. barrier that can only be crossed
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-05-10

Not To know whA; has been trans
acted in former times b TO continue
always . child II no use - made Of
the laborS Of pest ages. The world must
remain always In the infancy Of knovl
edga(-CieefuI
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-05-10

The good husband keeps his wife In
wholesome ignorance Of al unnecessary
secreta- They viii not be starved with
the Ignorance, who. pesehzncs. may sur
felt with the knouledse Of veizh,y
eounsels. too heavy Tor the weaker SCI
70 bear. He knovAlittie who vii Tell
his wife al be knowA-lS,eele-
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-05-10

lost during its representation.
It was only a few weeks after this
modest first appearance on the boards
of the man with an Aneurism that
happening to be at a dinner party OF
practical business men, I sought to
interest them with the details of the
above story, delivered with such skill
and pathos as I could command. l regret
to say, that as a pathetic story, it for a
moment seemed to be Q dead failure
At last a prominent banker sitting next
to me turned to me with the awful
question: "Why don't your friend try
to realize on his life insurance." !
begged his pardon; I didn't quite under.
stand. 20, discount, sell out. Look
hereafter q pause. Let him assign
his policy to me-it's not much of arisk,
on your statement Well-Iu give him
his $4,000. clear" And he did. Under
the advice of this cool.headed-I think
l may add warm hearted = banker,
The Man with an Aneurism" invested
his money in the name and for the ben
eft of his wife in certain securities that
paid him q small but regular stipend.
But he still continued upon the boards
of the theater.
By reason of some business engage
ments that called me away from the
city, I did not see my friend the physi-
clan for three months Sfterward. When
I did. I asked tidings Of The Man with
an Aneurism." The doctors kind face
grew sad. I'm afraid-that is, I don't
exactly know whether I've good news
OF bad. Did you ever see his wifeY"
Inever had.
"Well, she was younger than he. and
rather attractive. One Of these doll
faced women. You remember, he set
tied that life insurance policy on her
and tho children; she might have
waited. She didn't. The other day she
with some fellow. I don't re-
nemoer his name. with the children
and the $4,000"
And the shock killed him" I said,
with poetic promptitude.
~Nocthat is-not yet; 1 saw him
yesterday" said the doctor, with con.
professional precision, look
ing over his list of calls.
We'll. where Il thepoorf fellow nowY
Hes still 1t the theatre. JameA II ]
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-07-14

There appears to be no doubt
but that Gov. Grover will come forth
unscathed from the rigid investiga-
ton now drawing to a close in Port
land. There does not appear to have
been, the slightest ground for sus-
picion of the charge land it must have
arose simply from the vindictive in
uendoes of disappointed politicians,
which were afterwards made to serve
n purpose in influencing the Presi-
dental count. 1t is to be hoped that
the acts of the Southern returning
boards viii I've subjected to even
less rigid scrutiny, and the result
made known TO The millions of peo-
pie interested.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-07-14

s Mr.. Neate has just added to
his former stock, fine assortment
of perfumeries and toilet articles,
superior to anything which has ever
been exposed in this market. His
drugs are likewise fresh, and there
fore pure and reliable; the first des-
sideratum of those who expect to be
benfted by their use.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-07-14

UNITARIAN SERv1cEs.-Preathing in
the morning and Sunday School as
usual. The evening subject, "The
moral influence of the Liberal Faith, -
will be introduced by short sermon
by the pastor, after which the con-
gregation will participate in its dis
cussion. All are invited.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-07-14

I@The Territorial Institute meets
at Seattle next Wednesday. 1t is to
be hoped that the attendance of
teachers will be general as there is
no more thorough manner of Sc
curing efficiency in our educational
system than by building up such or
carnations.