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The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-18
Married By Death.

a most horrible HfAtr took place ro-
Gently on o branch line Of the radiatinQ
road running from the great iron artery
Of the =. w. and II. railroad, up thrO'
the pleasant valley Of Chester county.
Pennsylvania.
II WA near Chadd's Ford, and at a
beautifully romantic spot. There Is a
turbulent stream running between high
banks, on which stunted willows grow,
while further down. at the waters edge,
the weeping variety Of the same tree
dips its greenish tresscs In the musical
water, which has hushcd riotous noise
to almost q requiem since the death OF
George Ricketts, and Mollle Dolbell--'as
fine q young man and As pretty q girl.
the farmers say. AS you will find In all
Chester county, This IL
HOW THEY MET THEIR DEATH.
Mollie was M Of the pink and white
dairy-maids that YOU sometimes meet
IN tho grazing regions Of Pennsylvania.
Her hair was bonny brown, with but
just . CLINT III black In It, "a II II had
been gently touched by a ravens wing.
She was light hearted and "A merry ss
the lark with which she arose. the lark
that caroled above her head - she
Topped her neat dress about her entranc.
ing ankles, and skinned into the stone
dairy where the painted pans were
ranged In rows and the yellow pots Of
butter fiecked tho cool water.
\ LOVERS.
The trouble with Mollie WAS that she
had two lo%vers-one George Ricketts,,
. stalwart farm hand, and the other
Hugh O'Donnell. a sulien red whiskor-
cd man. employed ON the small draw
bridge over the Fox Run that we have
spoken Of. This draw was seldom used
save for a lazy schooner that came up
TO get terra-cOtta pipe from q manufac-
tory above.
Tho two men knew that they were RI
walls, and Mollio knew Il, too, being sore
troubled In her white soul as she stood
Saturday evening before Lent in the
porch Of the house where she lived, and
promised TO take n ride ON the morrow
with George-not u ride in a buggy or
. sale in u boat, but u rafting ride on 4
hand car, a practice which U frequent
on these lonely lines, whose rails vibrate
but seldom under the crunching nd.
vance Of the engine. .
THE WILD JOURNEY. 4tya
II is unnecessary to describe the hand
car, that fits the rails. Is worked by a
crank. and when started goes like the
wind. The car had been loaned George
by u band of laborcrs who were making
repairs about a mile above. He had
busted 1t neatly, and when tho pretty
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-18
Mesnerisn Extrssrdlaary.

The Indianapolis Jorunal prints the
following story In its correspondence
from the town Of Rensselaer,, indiana:
IAN ~itinerant lecturer on Masmerism
was here last week. He gave instruo-
ton in the art. A clerk mesmerissd the
servant girl Of his employer last Sum
day evening. The family, and ven the
new-aedged 'professor,s became fright
ened u the condition of the girl. and
not remove the mssmeric influence q
the operator They then sent for .
physician. who In tarn gp~rsscsibed .
stimulant and lefk The clerk could nos
remove the influence, and the girl lay in
. trance for exactly twenty four hcnrs.
when she awoke and related oil thas
had transpired the evening before. The
clerk will not hear the last OF It for
some time TO COME
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-18

mother, I have heard such a smart
minister. He stamped. and pounded.
and made such . noise, and by-and-by
he got so mad he came out OF the pun.
pit and shook his fist at the folks, and
there wssn'ta any one dared TO so up n
fight him."
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-18

Faith Is generally represented as a be-
draggled female ciinging to sea-wash-
cd rock, but for simple, trusting, unde-
hled faith, point US to an editor paying
postage on the paper of a delinquent
subscriber.
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-18

wAshiNdr0H, FudAy, April k-SargVntcaI,
q up tns ncvC sppropriatioa b!i, which pas,
6usiness, being The pending railroad bin. M
baysrd advocstcd the Judiciary cnsnmit>se's
measure. nargeot spoks IN Opposition 20 -
judiciary blu. Altar ous general dcbgte car.
gent yielded TO . motion 70 Adjourn which n,
carried by = vote OF - TO 81. -
Ine Senate resolution providing for Q dspos
HHuter put In nomlnatiou fur The posftSoo oi
Doorkeeper, 0eA. yansss 0hieAda, Of NioSoan,
SDemocrat, Shields 10 Q Uni00 MANNED ~,
@ss. The considsution. e the Question a
RooTseeper was pdytpoAed until Monday next
house west int committee Of The whole
- private htlA which were paced. Houss al,
ouSned tn Mendsy.A I, 81.
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-18

o the cleftS OF the hOOf) becomes
the seat Of disease and the cause Of
lameness; sand may penetrate, or the
parts may be chAfed BY much walking
in the dirt, and Inflammation and ulcer.
alton are the consequences. This part
may be- cleaned and dressed with tine.
ture Of myrrh and tincture Of aloes,
equal parts mixed. II proud flesh forms
II should be kept down by q few appli-
cations (with'a feathcr) Of muriate Of
ammonia.
These various injuries often prove
very troublesome. from the circumstan.
ces Of the sheep b ling exposed (partic-
ularly in the fall Of the year) 10 dirt
and moisture and the vicissitudss Of the
weather. and sometimes prove the fore
runner of q still more Troublesome NAL.
ady-the foot-rot-Preirie Farmer.
SEEDING TO Blue GRAss.--A CORES
pendent writes to the Prairie Farmer.
from Csstoria, Iowa, - follows:
'I wish 10 ask some questions, which
many settlers, In the new portions Of
the West, are Interested in. I hava
broken up some rough bluffs and raised
= crop Of oats upon II. 81 There IL quite
athick stubble, and the ground ID loose.
Can ! get q good catch Of blue grass by
seeding on this ground in February or
Marchp 1t is too hard a job to plough
again. l did not think OF burning the
stubble when thick enough. But, will
1t not be better 10 leave Il for u mulch.
especially as our springs in Western
Iowa are apt to drye Will one bushel
Of seed per acre make a good sod? The
converting of bluffs into blue grass
pasture is going to be an important
matter, but l think that late burning
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-18
HOUSE,.

Ihs arst business vac Tho question Of The
Ter was decided 10 IS . ousstion al n~riv,icvr.
After . long debats, Gen. Field va elected
over Gen. shtslAa, BY . vote Of iSs 70 iOi.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-02
Frightening the Monkeys.

The inhabitants of Kabylia, Northern
Africa, are much troubled by the dep
relations of monkeys, who in countless
numbers infest the hilly forests. The
unfortunate farmers or market garden
ers who live on the mountain slopes
wage q continual var against these
marauders, which is foredoomed, how.
ever, to endless failure for the inhabi-
tants were Darwinites long before Mr..
Darwin was heard Of; and they dare not
for their lie kill one Of the creatures
regarded by them as their ancestors. 80
the monkeys increase and multiply
without the chance of becoming thinned
off by any fatal 6attue. The only thing
that can be done to guard against their
attacks is to frighten them away, and
this is effected by some very cunning
and curious devices. 1t is found that
occasionally, after successful raid
upon some garden, few of the less
hardened offenders are overcome by the
Righteousness of their feast. The potent
Juice of the grapes or of the figs gets
the better of their reason or of their
bodily activity, and they remain stretched
on the ground, to be captured by the
furious proprietor, when mild but in
siduous punishment is inflicted upon
the prisoners. Their necks are hnng
with small bells or rattles, and they
are turned loose at the forest edge,
when the panic created by their appear
ance is such as to frighten all their kins-
folk and aoquaintances away into the
depths of the wood. If bells cannot be
procured another process has been in:
vented-that OF clothing the captured
ape in stout waistcoat of red stuff and
then letting him run. The effect is
magical, and long after the ostracised
animal has died or got free from his
slavish badge the depredators hold aloof
from the dangerous district.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-02
The War in Turkey.

The campaign both in Bulgaria and
Armenia is not only very active, but at
very critical juncture Just now. Osman
Pasha, to the surprise Of many military
critics, still holds out III Plevna, which,
by this time, he has rendered impregna-
BILE to any successful capture by assault,
but everything indicates tnat his stock
OF provisions are about exhausted, and
that he cannot, therefore, maintain his
present attitude OF bold defiance and in
domitable resistance much longer.
Meantime the army under Sulieman
Pasha and Mohammed Ali is at length
moving to the relief Of the besieged gen.
eral, and considerable fighting has al
ready taken place between them and the
Russians to the disadvantage OF the be-
siegers 80 far as it has progressed, and o
great battle is inevitable within few
days which will either result in the re-
lease of Osman Pasha's army, and the
defeat of the Russians in Bulgaria, or
the defeat of the Turks, the capture of
Osman and his army, and the further
advance of the invaders to Constantine
pie by the passes of the Balkans to COM
mence the siege of Adrianople. This is
the position of the belligerents substan-
tall y in Europe, and few days will he
decisive of the result of the campaign.
On the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus in
Armenia the war is of less moment. At
last accounts the Russians are besieging
Erzeroum, from before which enc of
their assaults had been recently rcpulsed.
One of the most extraordinary phases of
the present war, like the Franco-Prus-
sian strife, is the comparatively insight
can't part played by the fleets Of the be-
Ggerents. . In fact, this whole war, Like
that to which we have referred, has been
one of surprising and unexpected events.
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On that little strip of North Carolina
coast. where the Huron Was wrecked,
can be seen graves everywhere. When
the bodies of officers and men were
washed ashore they were taken by fish
ermen and buried in the sand near the
telegraph poles that are erected along
the coast, and far enough back from the
ocean never to be reached by its waves.
There were seventy-one mounds along
the shore. A party of five sailors res
cued from the Huron visited all the
graves, and by the orders of Commander
Green. of the Norfolk Navy Yard,
opened them in turn. As one of the men
had tattooed the arms of nearly all the
Huron's crew, and as all of them had
been on the sloop since she started on
her cruise, nearly eighteen months ago,
they were able to identify every body,
with the exception OF one or two. The
telegraph poles, near which the graves
were made all have marked upon them
the number of miles Norfolk is away,
and the number of the pole itself. Lieu
tenant Clark, with these figures az To-
eating points, made memoranda OF where
the various bodies were buried, and ther
the graves were again filled in and each
one neatly mounded.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-02
Electricity as q Horse Tame :.

"A late issue of the San Francisco
Chronicle has the following Professor
r. 81. Tapp sought yesterday to tame
the singular horse Cognac, known as
tho oman eater" with the newly in
vented electric bit. The bit is designed
to subdue fiery steeds, and particularly
to arrest a runaway horse by suddenly
intensifying his excitement with sharp
shock of electricity. The battery is car
ried in the coat pocket and the current
transmitted by means of brass buttons on
the drivers gloves, to wire in the reins,
and in that manner to the animals mouth.
There was q fair attendance of persons
anxious to see how the carnivorous Cog
nae would act under the new influence.
While the bit was being arranged in the
brute's mouth he evinced fierce desire
to masticate the adventurous Professor
by swapping at him viciously. When
the arrangements had been perfected
the Professor completed the circuit by
touching the brass button to the rein
and the horse reared up convulsively, as
if startled suddenly by pistol shot:
u1ONGu3OuU WOO 4Aooo33pSA14SSsAs e>~S
the horse resumed his normal position
with bewildered look. The second
shock propelled him still higher and ex'
cited the equine ire. He seized the rein
in his mouth and darted at the electri-
clan, who skipped out of the way, how.
ever, and the horses assault was checked
by a rope passed around the centre pole.
he was then treated to succession OF
shocks, which turned his rage to frenzy.
He foamed and snorted in his mad en-
deayors to trample the Professor under
foot until his hide was in 8 lather.
After q few moments the battery was
withdrawn and the animal became quiet
as lamb, probably from exhaustion.
The electricity appeared to have made
him wilder while it was being applied.
and its utility as an adjunct to pleasure
buggy is, to say the least, questionable.
The Professor claimed to have quieted
the horse in some degree, although
some doubling ones in the assemblage
wanted him to insert his head in the
animals mouth as satisfactory test.
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How q Horse Kept Warm.

The Meriden Conn Republican tells
this story Zone cold morning last week
DIR. Wilson drove up to a house Oh
Grown street and left his horse without
hitching it. The horse waited te"
moments, and his master not returning
he began to dance double shuttle, pre-
sumably to get his feet warm. FINDING
this rather monotonous he started up
toward Olive street, keeping up kln9
of Kentucky breakdown. When ne haa
gone several rods he cramped the buggy
backed and turned round as neatly as
though guided by skilful driver ana
pranced back to the hitching post, Here
he waited about five minutes and then
started toward Main street, goins
through several kinds of PAGES. Near
the corner he stopped and turned roun'
as skilfully as before, and frightened q
bow who had tried to stop him almost
out of his wits by pursuing said boy WIN
open mouth, and bent back ears, as
though his usual habit was to eat every
small boy that he came across. He then
continued his antics until he reached the
house where he had been left, and wnen
DR.. Wilson came out he was standing
ct the hitching post as demureiy a.
though he had never thoughto OF leaving
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-02
4 Porcelain Fiddle.

Venice is considerably excited at
present over a very unusual sort OF
fiddle, the only one. of it's kind, proba.
bly. ever made. The manufacturer OF
this porcelain fiddle was formerly
workman in Saxon porcelain manufac-
tory. After his return, old and feeble,
to bis old home, he attempted to carry
out long cherished project for making
a fiddle, the box of which should be OF
china, With the aid Of a boy, it is stated,
he has in fact succeeded in producing q
fiddle of this kind, which has tone OF
rare purity and astonishing richness,
combined with charming harmony and
extraordinary power. The box part, or
resonator, is exceedingly light, and the
strings are made of metallic wires,
while the bow, departing from the
usual form, is curved, making almost a
semi.circle. The success Of this clever
Venetian. who had enjoyed the advanta'
ges of the skill acquired in German
porcelain factory, may be the means OF
directing musicians to the advantages
OF the clear, ringing, but fragile china
and glass, for similar uses in acoustics.
Scientific american.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-02
Shocking News from Edinburgh.

A writer in a paper published at
Edinburgh, Scotland, says: The other
day in tie ladies' room of ono of the
confectioners in Edinburg I counted
twelve ladies at one time, each drinking
spirits. porter, or ale (none had wine) +;
one, girl not fourteen years old, con-
sumed bottle of stout. At the counter
of the same shop, while I was buying
some sweeties," two young ladies'
under twenty paid for three brandies
and soda" In the same place at another
time, about noon, I was shocked to see q
lady order and drink glass of raw
brandy, and go away without eating
anything. A friend who witnessed a
similar incident said the drsught was
followed by liberal application Of eau
de- Cologne to cover the offensive smell.
1 am credibly informed that school girls,
with books in hand, go to oontectioners
for "nips of CHEEKY brandy, more than
one such visit being paid by the same
girl at different shops on her wey home /;
and in one case the owner of the shop
got severe reprimand from young
girl for having catered her brandy in
the family pass book, as she intended to
pay 1t herself separately.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-02
Weary Amid the Glitter.

Washington letter has this: A lady
whose husband held one of the highest
places in the government stood in her
magnificent home attired for her weekly
reception. GLOW gladly would I give
up all the fnery, show and insincerity
of this public place and go back to the
rooms T lived in when We we're first
married. I would throw my silks and
diamonds away and sit down to my
supper OF chip beef and tea at sunset,
and afterwards take 3 long quiet walk
with Will, and rest on the stump In the
moonlight, and tell my little plans for
the future, and what I had done every
hour while he was gone, and know that
we we're alone in the world, living only for
each other. Those days seem like days
in heaven. I work harder now than any
slave often three hundred calls to re-
turn in single week, receptions or
parties every hight; see the same
people, hear the same talk, eat the same
things, come home disgusted, wonder
what + am living for, where I will go
when I die. Bette, must have
Hon. and Secretary - here to-
morrow ; I must get their influence ;
Won must talk music to the secretary,
and you must ask Hon. - about mono.
lith !; monolith is his hobby. Do your
best. need their help So it is
always. Help, influence, power-a
smile in my face, interest in my man.
ner, living a lie; feeding my son on
husks."
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American Lighthouses.

The history Of the illuminating o.
lighthouses is an interesting one, says
the New York Evening Post, and the
improvements that have been made from
wear to year in the manner OF lighting
these beacons on our coast have been In
keeping with the growth of an ever.ex,
tending shipping interest. Before l7SS
the expense Of keeping up the few light
houses then standing was borne by the
States in which the lights were placed.
In 1871 the first lighthouse erected by
the Federal government was lighted. At
that time, including the new one, there
were but nine lights on the whole Amer
can coast. During the following nine
years.the number was increased to Six
teen. In 1922 there were severity Lights
in all, and in 1888 two hundred and
fhirty-eight, including ightboats. In
1875 there were nine hundred and
twenty-five lighthouses and twenty.
three lightships; four hundred and
eighteen of the number being on the
Atlantic coast.
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A LiOness at Large.

The Cleveland (Ohio) Herald, OF q
recent issue, says: For some time past
the people about Redwood, in Union
county, have been disturb d by wild
beast, believed to be an escaped lioness,
roaming through the country. The
animal was first discovered by Malcom
Starnats. He saw it in bunch OF
grass, and got upon stump, rife in
hand, to get a better Look at it, when
the animal suddenly leaped out, and in
two bounds was upon his back, and
almost stripped him Of his clothing. He
gave such a yell that the animal was
frightened away. he describes it in
these words: ut could Jump like the
deuce, and was in size between an
elephant and cat,"
The next man who saw it was Joseph
Cathill. He was walking along a thicket
Just at dusk and the animal sprang from
the bushes, and would have torn him IN
pieces but for the assistance OF his bull.
dog. He escaped with lacerated head
and shoulder.
Albert Wallace had the next encoun.
ter. He was attracted to the woods
near his house by the barking of dogs,
and went ont, supposing that coon
had been chased up tree. He had
hardly reached the thicket when the
lioness leaped out and caught him be-
tween the hip and knee, tearing his flesh
in terrible manner. The dogs joined
in the fight. He started to get away,
but fell down in attempting to ruin.
The dogs having been whipped, the
animal again pounced upon Wallace,
again fastening it's teeth in his leg. he
bravely seized the beasts head and
called upon the dogs to help him, but
they stood back and the fight between
man and brute continued until his cries
scared the animal away. Some men in
the neighborhood heard the noise and
hastened to the woods, arriving just
after the beast had gone. A part of
them took Wallace home aad the rest
started in pursuit of the lioness. It was
finally found hiding in q thicket near a
fence. John Sterling volunteered to
take gun and 60 near enough to shoot
at it, but the animal leaped out and
ponnced upon him. The rest stood
back and looked on while Sterling was
rolling on the ground iu fierce strug-
gle with the brute. The dogs finally
came to the rescue, and the animal was
again frightened away. Sterling had
been severely bitten on the left arm and
elbow.
The hunters again started in pursuit.
The lioness was finally found in stub
ble field. Two young men named Mar
alathin and johnson agreed to sneak up
to the fence and shoot at it. Maralathin
took the lead. In an instant the animal
sprang at him, striking the fence by his
head, and caught him by the shoulder
and elbow. johnson raised his gun,
and, taking deliberate aim, fred. The
animal dropped over the fence, gave a
deep roar, and, springing to it's feet,
started off toward the woods, but was
subsequently killed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-02
Turkish Val0r.

The European and Christian races
everywhere, the races which account
themselves the greatest, wisest and
bravest of the earth, have watched with
amazement the spectacle of invalid and
semi-barbarous Turkey contending on
even terms with gigantic and organized
Hussia.
At the outbreak of this struggle the
civilized world supposed that it would
be pitiably unequal that, without the
assistance of some one of the "great
powers" the Moslems would be crushed
in single campaign that the advance
of the Muscovite armies would be little
more than triumphal promenade. 1t
was commonly supposed that the supe-
riority of Russia in soldierly disposition,
intelligence and education at least
equaIed her advantage in wealth and
numbers. 1t had come to be an accepted
credence, almost equivalent to a military
maxim, that Asiatic and semi.Asiatic
troops could not stand before Europeans.
We have seen enough during the
summer of 1877 to lead US to question all
these beliefs. Whatever may be the
termination OF the contest, Turkish
generals have showed formidable capaci-
ty. and the Turkish soldiers have ex-
hibited heroic courage. They have not
only defended intrenchments with their
historic tenacity, but they have assaulted
them with impetuosity, and sometimes
with success. Embodied, they seem to
be the equals OF the Russians, and man
to man, their superiors. What is tho
meaning of this wonderful uprising and
resuscitation OF people whom all
Europe looked upon as decadent ana
etfeminated2
The truth is that there has been no
change in the character of the Ottomans.
We have not read their history thorough
" and with discrimination. Arguing
loosely from their military disasters, we
have not done justice to their martial
qualities. They have always been brave,
even in their overthrows. Their most
unfortunate wars, the wrestles in which
thew have suffered defeat on defeat, have
been illustrated by signal instances OF
heroism such as the most warlike nations
might glory in. Ii they have lost ter.
ritorv, it has never been through lack OF
valor, nor altogether from want OF good
generaIship, but mainly from defect OF
preparation. ~. ". DE Forest, IN Har-
per's Magazine.