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The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-02

Our seasons % rest ardsf bthCsN 4
many hard workers have e0egu(tend
tn enjoy them. Some men, long a.
hard. must 90 ON working. I'm
M other chance for them. sit
IL To break down; to rest i@SEy die. n
diligence IL In n respect like induR
gcnce In strong drink. HaviHg ept
into you u go on. otherwise
there come manifold morbid and palu-
full experiences. There are those who
tell YOU that oncc they could be m0der.
aiely happy when resting; now they
dare rest no more. They may Try %
make work less urgent, less feveFish;
but 1t will not do to stand still. They
are kept sane and serviceable only BY
giving the mind perpetual occupation.
Everyone remembers how Luther said:
81 rush out among my pigs rather than
sit still and do nothing" IL il sad.
but II Is true. that human beings. not
much like Luther in any characteristic
are like him In this: that they dare not
have n quiet think. Hence the SORROW
ful resort To alcohol, opium. chloral;
hence the craving for Inconsistencies,
which u temporary humiliation. IL
pigs "a help you. n they helped Luth-
cr. be thankful. Some folk. clever and
good. need mor than u pig can do
even such an animal, n poetic breeder.
proud of his age and dimensions. called
his Auld Lang Swine. In any ease few
minds are self-suficing. All human
beings who have attained middle
must be buttressed from without. II
may be sacred nature. green grass,
green trees. gardening, pigs. horses.
human companions. worry or quiet &C.
cupa,ion; bat the longer I live. the
more assured ] am that most men live
Ia mortal terror Of themselves. Years
ago. short years. but n good many.
when this hand was young, IL wrote a
DISCOURSE III Michael SCOTS Familiar
Spirit. which (as the legend gocs) de.
manded that i:s master should provide
u with constant work or II would tear
him Ia pieces. Thus in parable Is set
forth the educated mans relation To his
own mind. You must lind |. ceaselcss
occupation. or II will make YOU miser-
able. The little girl Of seven years
had found this on, who cried. ''Oh,
read me n story tn make the time pass
quick People find IL out waiting
threo-quarters Of an hour at country
railroad stations. They will diligently
read all the advertisements struck
about the squalid sheet rather than sit
down idle. They will read right through
the leading article of the Eddie Ped
dington Courier. One saw all this
early One sees IL yet more plainly
now - Fraser's Magazine.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-02
Trying IL Get the Desperate Rande out
81 Prison.

Rande, the desperate, is again com
ing into notice from his seclusion in the
Joliet penitentisry. The Joliet Signal
contains this paragraph concerning
Rande, the murderer. who was sent to
the p~eni,entiary from Knox county last
spring;
''Henfy Scott, brother If Frank Scott,
alias Frank Rande. the murderous hero
Of ~. Elmo, and the accredited SLAYER
of seven men, Is In the city, and pro-
poses - have his brother liberated In n
few months through gubernaiorial elem
ency or otherwise, He asserts that his
- rother was insane at the time and
must be liberated. The powerful or.
der la which Rsnde belongs, he de-
clares. saved him from the gallows.
and will now a v him from life impris.
onment MIR. Scott bears a striking
resemblance to Rande, his alleged
brother"
To this the Galesburg Republican
Register remarks:
But for the fact that as grca, scoun.
drels AS RAnde have been pardoned and
turned loose upon the community, we
would feel no uneasiness in consequence
OF the efforts Of Scott to secure Rande's
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-02
Harvest Scene In Minnesota.

We are now on Section IL. ON which
the h~arvestcrs arr NJ work. II Is high
r,llisg ground aud away ON every side
are seen the golden mounds thickly
dotted with the shocks otwheat. Twelve
hundred acres have alrcady fallen be-
fore the greedy sickl.s of tho favorit.
~harvestcrs, and WI arr just In time 10
see fifteen Of these perfect machines
attack another great patch of grain.
Here Is n splendid sight The intaili.
geneo. the educated brains, are put into
the hands OF the loves, grade, the hand
workers, In the shape Of \ machine that
seems To lack but the God given soul to
be human.
IL is three miles around this field.
and n after the other the fifteen har.
vesters bring their keen sickles tn bear
upon The grain, When all are in limo
q swath one hundred feet In width Is
cut On they 20, working smoothly.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-02

Old Uncle Bill Scott. 81 BALTIMORE.
fty years odd. He WAS not WashlnR-
tons b~ody.seryant. but he was EoSl
Howc's. lie was born In Calvert Coontv
IN 1929 ard remained with his owner.
Miss Percy Lawrence. an he was forty.
eight Chat makes i7T7). liz was then
body.seryant To Colonel Hosklus Tor
four years (f7s2). While he with tho
Colooers regiment was crossing ~
Rocky Mountains he was inssocd by
AN Indian and detained q captive Tor
two months and a halt. Then General
Howe engaged him and paid him s4s
u month taking him 10 England after a
year u7s2). wherc Lord Howe obtained
his services for ef0O q month, and they
travelled together through Europe.
Africa and Asia. the faithful domestic
being specially impressed with xhat he
saw In japan. After spending thirty.
two years In England. japan. etc. old
Uncle BILL Scott returned. the shin
taking twelve months Ia o the Al.
lantic (that makes 10 lsi5). lie then
worked M q farm hand for Mr.. Taney-
Hill for eight years (is23) aud since
then, for q period of over ffty wears.
~. hAa done odd chores. II. rememlcrr
carrys-g NJ. Snowdcn Disney. now
scventy-sovsw |, ~.sx old, on his shoulder
when that Scntlemanw wa hgby, though
according To his own chronology M did
not return from England and Japan
I'LL Mr.. Disney was fourteen years aid.
MIR. Disney says IL was his father, born
In 1867, that old Unclo Bill nufscd.
Mr.. Disney has made the following
affidavit: y
On the 9th day If December. A. ID.
1873. before me. the subscriber, "A
Justice ~ Peace. for the State Of MARY.
land, IN aud for Baltimore County, per
sonally appeared Snowdcn James bis.
ncy, and made oath on the Holy Evan.
gelists 81 Almighty God ~ follows:
My name h Snowden James Disney.
] was born In n part Of Anne Arundel
County, now called Howard County, ON
the nth (5th) day III October. In the
m thousand eight hundred and second
year Of our Lord Us02 A. D., making
mo In the sevcnty-scvcnth C7th) year
OF my age. have known William
Scott personally about fifty (5O) years.
He does not look any older. with AN cx-
c"ption OF n slight stoop In the shout
ders. than he did when I first know
him. have heard Scott and my
father often speaking together of the
lattcr's childhood days. NV father
told me that Scott. the same William
Scott living Mt this day at No. i57 Sarah
Ann street, had nurscd him when he
was n child. Ny father died thirty.f five
(35) years ago, lie was ut the time Of
his death In the sev~cnty-sixth G6th)
year ~ his aye. As far ~ know |
believe Scott to be- n truthful aud trust
worthy man. From Information ~.
ceived from my father. aud the tradi.
ions Of my fathers family. | honestly
believe Scott Ia be- fully ~ old ~ he
claims to be-. viz. one hundred and
forty.ninc Qt9) Yeas 81 age.
SSowpEN JAMES DIsNsY.
Test-Wm. Pole, sr.. j. T..
Sworn Ia and subscribed before
wv. POLK, j. T..
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-02
Another Electrical Discovery.

There u M epidemic In electrical In.
ycntions Just now. They como faster
than we can record them. Edison has
already n dozen or more European aud
American rivals who claim Ia have
made the electric light practicable for
general and private use. Hut with each
method u involved the unsolycd prob.
lem 81 the cost ~ the light. Edison
claims tina, NJ his u n light ~ incnndrs.
conco, there IN M consuming cost other
Than that required IN run the steam On
ginc. This ho admits II quito heavy.
but he claims u II below the cost ~ gas
light Now Mr.. Gary. of Hos.
ton, according Ia n special dispatch tn
tho New York Times. III the 18th inst,
who claims IN have Invented n magnet
10 motor that solves the question of
cheap power = far W. u relates Ia the
economical production ~ IN. elcctric
light. Magnetic electric currents arc
usually produced by n cylinder or wheel
studded with magnets, and which ~.
wolves within Nh outer cylinder or rim
also studded with magnets. Ono set
consists Of permanent magnets. tho
other of induction magnets. Rotating
either n of the wheels produces a con.
siaat change of position. tho effect ~
which In to Induce currents Il olcctrici.
" In the induction magnets. Ivy mul.
upiytng their number q practically con.
unuous current In discharged upon tho
conducting wire with which all tho
wires ~ tho induction magnets hav.
metallic connection. Tho current So
generated will produce the electric
light, but u In necessary Ia rcvolve tn.
wheel rapidly.
A. Mr., Edison has found II necessary
10 put up an eighty. horse power engine
Ia work tho machinery required to COM
p'cfo his experiments with the electric
light ON a large scale. u IN obvious that
Ia light up an entire city will require u
vast amount ~ steam power. ms mn
mcrons and worry large electric gencr.
nting machines must be- used. This
heavy expense Mr.. Gary claims Ia have
obviatcd by an important, discovery rei.
ativo To polarity In magnetic currents.
The principle ot u Ii that there exists
a neutral line nc u point IN u magnetic
Held whore polarity changes. and that
mo- other movement IL necessary than tn
barely cross that line, The current Is
not generated until tho moving magnet
reaches that limo. and consequently n
large portion of tho magnetic field
through which tho magnet sweeps In.
wolves that much waste 81 mechanical
power. To economlsc his discovery,
MIR. Gary claims to have devised appti.
Anccs that make very little power ncc-
cssary. The discovery Ia Important, II
true, as II will greatly cheaper the cost
of the electric light, but In this sgc "
premature surprises, famed into exist.
enoc by public expectation. II Il we'll Ia
await the "rcturns from tho back coun.
ties before accepting rs n demonstra.
ted TACT the statements VI even So trust.
worthy Journal ~ the New York Times.
But IL Is source Of graduation To know
that the best inventive genius Of this
q~uickening aye Is bending every energy
Ia the solution ot the electric light
problem and tina, II may now be- class.
cd among tho ccrtainties III the carly
future. - .ritsg.os Harkeye.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-02

without . Jar. the nicely bound shssves
falling lightly on the ssubble, with bead.
erect.
. We followed the professions. ans,ou.
10 ~itnes. the complete operation; for
this Ia not by any mes n pcrfec, field
~ wheat. Here the wind and rain have
beaten down a backward piece. and
the stalks lie broken and tangled.
Straight ON the machine walks. aud ey.
cry spear 10 bound. but the bundle 4.
no, handsome. Nos ~ = patch In
which the trailing Wild pea vine wheat
ard all. and a tangled mass fall. On the
harvester, tightly bound. Nov we
reach . part ~ the field where strong.
rank weeds. encouraged by the rain and
sun. have reared their head. far above
the wheat. Ibis, We think. will try
III. maohioel NJ sqr the thick, fibrou-
trunks ~ weeds ~ Usgs. and the
sap ID nurDy. hat there 10 ~ srch
thing - ItlAfe. and II binds the worth.
lcss wesdkg faithfully and easily - n
doe thsA uAbIe wheat. still round
and rour1 the fifteen giants walk. do
ing thefS work faithfully. although
guided 4 Igreen men. who find little 10
do sznh attend 10 this horse4.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-02
Personal.

The magician Heller left e4OO, 900 TO
his wife and daughters.
Miss Won Hillcrn's excessiev walk.
ing has brsugh, on paralysis OF the
limbs.
Marshal Mcmahon Is An ardent sports
man and makes frequent shooting ex-
cursions.
Mrs, Poly rAncher. the mother OF
Prof. Cyrus Northop. Of Yale College.
has jns. celebrated her one hundredth
birthday.
Mrs. Anna Maria Ro~ley. eldest
daughter All last surviving child of
DIR. Adam Clarke, the commentator.
has just dis, in the s5th year Of her
age, at the residence Of her eldest SON.
the Rev. Adam Clarke Rowley. Of Lin
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-02

muscles Ia pairs or separately. and he
could make them ~ distinct y " dis
.ccted.
Mr.. Warren concluded with a, .shi.
bition ~ his ability Ia contor his whole
body. drawing himself through rings.
and performing other thinst. much Ia
~ the amusement ~ the students and
the professors, " they had nrly felt nj
iibcr'y 10 give way Ia laughter.
Mr., Warren has n daughter who
takcs after himself. and can di.locste
her Joints With such 'a.e that they
sound like rnttlcs. - Chicago journal
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-02
OTHER PEOPLE's Brsryrss.


The telephone occasionally goes era.
sy. A reporter u the World happen
Ing yesterday into = .ho. -stor. between
which and is wholesale msnafac,ory o
telephone had been oon.truc,ed wMs
amused To behold the genial proprietor
With face ansms and eyes dilating dan.
cling . hOvnpipe. whiis' u his ear. he
held the speaking iuhs Of the in.,ru-
meut.
What the blank. blank. blank doas
the Idiot mean he exclaimed to ID.
clerks who amiably clustered around
him. One does not siwsIe4ss n chance
IN - ashoe m~anufsctur1r dAace. Sud.
denly changing the tube from his ear
70 bis mouth. be shouted OUT. '.D--
youE salt hsh; tell you to have those
shoes made Ia button"
An Interval 81 silence. mo, no,
mutton; b~utNpn." be .hrieked.
9110rc ybenoe. during which the shoe
~ k4t thc instrument W his ear
1aRd 70 the lookcr.pn to be
#sSS S&sv-a- !: aSs sza ss,msioh..
W ~ fsss - Presently
ssnGe ~ droppeI the ffxssi~ and
rpoo0o1 tnto the inner oiie4. I'm
pussss lersspoa picked up the ear.
e4ompee ~ - ~ once salbted with
- eeaf1 question; "Hsve you got
e4ng4esA ] ssat up packed In ieer'
49, - your' called out the re-
'Who u. devil are your' ..ia tho
voios.
''ilsv. abast those shoe.er
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-02
An WONDER.
a Msa Vyhs slma giwlsuus usisn.
sror md 'rW oss Sis osWsey aWso
Mll Sorts OF oosW oess.

A novel exhibition Ia anatomy was
given yesterday afternoon Ia the stu.
dents III the Rush Medical College.
A. four o'clock the largo amphitheAtcr
lecture room WAS filled with tiedgcd
and unfiedgrd doctors, and In tho arena
stood Charles Warren. u man VI about
thirty years " age, IL athletic appear.
ancc, aud apparently Jointcd the sNme
showed that no differed from most mon
In his makeup, Tor there was hardly n
Joint In his whole body that he could
not throw out III place. or nj least give
that appearance, Hc went through his
distortions. much tn tho nmasement
~ vol " amusement Of all. He com.
mcnocd by giving = circulatory move
mcut Ia the scapulH, moving either ono
or both NJ q time. and without ANY ap,
parcnt motion III the shoulders. lie
then threw tho humarus into tho Axilo,
disjointcd his elbow. wrist and phAlAn.
goa. This was done merely by thu
contraction of the muscles Of the arm,
and not by the pulling Of member
by another. In mono of his fcats WA
there any such wrench If one Joint
from another. Without touching n
part VI his bodo with his hands, the
joints would move out III position. lie
forced tho femnr from the thigh bono.
This he could 10 while standing ON one
or both feet or while reclining. The
dislocation caused AN apparent short
cning Of the limb. Another striking
feat VAS the turning Of his feet 50 that
no could touch the bottoms Of them
while his legs were perfectly straight
Perhaps the most remarkable ot all
his powers was the wonderful expansi.
" OF his chest. Medical works, upon
the strength Of examinations Of thou.
sands Of them in the army and navy.
generally give i've inches rs tho maxi.
mum of expansion. The exhibitor
could expand his from nine to twelve
inches. Those who did not take much
interes, In other performances were
wonderstruck at this. This feat was
performed by the remarkable degree Of
the compressibility OF the chest, and
his power 10 force his heart and lungs
into the abdominal cavity, and then Of
the power to force his visecra into his
chest. The abdomen was hardly less
curious when the viscera was forced
upward by the diaphragm than was the
inflated chest; for at each time there
seemed Ia be an entire absence of or.
gans in that part Of the body, and to be
no distance at ali from the front wills
Of the abdomen TO the spinal column.
This subject proved a fine study In
the anatomy Of the muscles, because
no could contract them SO ~ 10 show
the position OF each from origin 10 in
sertion. He had this power v the
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-02

At least n hotel Is destroyed by
fro every day In the In tied States and
Canada. In fact, even this high figure
Is sometimes exceeded; for in 1877 the
number of hotels burned was i5i. In
1876 the number was $50, aud in 1873
II was $50.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-02

A c~orrcsp,nden, Of the Country Ge.
nepian tersly remarks that the COM
ing farmerf will bc the man who sees
in his land and stock 30 much capital
that mus, rtsrn . fair interest 10 him.
besides pavng him for his labor and
repairing WDrn-out material.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-02

vHos rms ispsrsupas,.


On The grave Of rsrson Williams
ne grsss IL brown and biesched,
III more thss any winters
elnse be- lived and lsuwhcd and prsohed.
nut M memosy In Ne~ vasisnd
No winter sncvs ran kti,
OF ne goodness and his drslln~ss
Coensicss Legends finger eth.
And smcrg iho.e treasured legends
hold The one . tocn,
How he go, IN Deacon Crcshy's hay
On . Sunday afternoon.
Ne vas midway in . sermon,
Mos, ostboios, N ersce,
whes q soupd - disisn, ihsnder.
BROKE The quiet Of the p'sce.
Nov the meadow, ~ the Cnp.bys
Lay full within his eight.
A. he glanced FROM on, tho window
which stood optn on bis right.
And The green sbd fragrant hsycscks
ny acres there al stand;
No, . meadow like the Deacon.
"a, n, ,.., 4, II, ~. i.,d
Quick and bud the ciAis ~ ,hnnd.f
Wen, rolling through the skies,
".' ~ 'a'''" 70" Tvs o'a'""
I"o"'E "''""' ~"
.Sow ,n. ,,.,,,o. p..
Aud called With might and maio,
"We must re, In brother Crosby's hsy.
'Tis our dut, nov o piainV'
And ,s .h,, ,,s g,o., -, ma.
And tossed HE sermon down
Not q man cnuld run mote swiftly
Than the Parson IA that town.
W,,h an ,,,.,g,h and .,.ea
And N. congregation followed.
An ,,utla,,,a 4, nj. lead
%
n,'
=. p,"r'e,
with awiH the, worked and shouted,
Mud cleared The fields apaee!
Ana the fsrson led the s' rins,
WIN The s~ra' rolled Town h'. face
And " murdered oerocf, louder,
And The dark rrew e"'' aud west,
bu' The bay ~a' under cover.
Ana TIC r'''"" nal worked beat
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-02

Miss Rose Hubbard. the daughter OF
an English Member Of Parliament, Is a
successful poultry ~fancier, and can also
cut down a tree almost as well IS Mr..
Gladstone himself.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-02

release undr the insanity dodge or the
Pardonlng peer u the governor.
should N fclease be secured aud the
time of hbfsiion be generally known.
and he ~octi have . happy time Of Il
In getting utt % ths Stass.N
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-02

Eggs Of Snrious rshds are largely
used ~ foodfor man. and IL IL scarcely
possible toSxaggcrate their value In
this cspaciv.' 80 simple and convenient
are they In heir form, add so manifold
may be thtr transformations. they
are exceedingly delicious, highly nutri-
,lous, and coy Of digestion; and whsn
the she'll IL Moulded they may be said
10 contain In themselves all that IL ~
guirvd for thu construction Of the boAy.
IL has been chimed Tor them that th6y
may be served in about sin hundred
ways. although IL 10 generally found
that the more simply they are prepared
the more they are approved. Although
other eggs than those Of birds for In
stances turtles eggs II IL generally con-
csss~d that the eggs ~ the common
fowl. and Of the ployer. possess the
richest and sweetest favor. The eggs
Of ducks and geese are frequently used
~ s'~skery. but they are ~ too coarse
= nstus4 ~ - eaicn alone. The eggs
OF tho tnrksy ana ~ The pcs-hen are
highly esteemed for sosas psyposes.
The weight ~ an ordinary NaS stnks
hens egg isfrom q and . half 4 tse
and q half ounces avoirdupois, and ne
quantity Of dry solid matter coussined
Ia IL amounts Ia about two huudred
grains. In ms hundred parts about ten
parts consist II the she'll sixty II white
and thirty Of yolk. II contains no fatty
matter. hut consists chiefly of albnmen
in a dissolved state. All the fatty mat
DER VI the egg u accumulated IN the
ok whtch cootatus rcIntivelV n amsll.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-02
49,.

A for some os to oono1na,ter.
to the north Of nay pser-
kytsjtis time tyoDV,s htteG be
49, aAesuoper presumed -
1Gy<Alrpg Svich NJ ~
ZSk3 NsokoH00 1gskSr Walt
'nsde Of that monntainpkS e.
beet quito Familiarity sfS,ksa -
4 lazy when She threw lySs&hSsAa o
CONS lcecy wooden knitted covet, Mn ID
she called IN afgan. The firstk yllah1o
might b. all right. hut the g-a-s oughf
mot 10 be pronounced as the n N cssS
but with . broad u M In gaun. Az
ghanistan should be written with q cir
cumilcx acccuto over the second and r.
syllables. u beiag lightly sounded. aud
The ultimate Ian being somewhat dwcle
upon. All these names Of countries.
should have their final syllables sound.
ed at length with a broad a, such a.
BeloochistAn and Wndostan. Of late
an entirely new spelling has been given
to names of the cities u the boss Enc
fish authorities. The effoft = no l0nGor
made Ia Anglicizc Hindustanss namouv&
but tn adapt English letters to the ex-
act native pronunciation, thus: Pun
laub Is an error, Punjab being correct.
Nepaul Is no longer seen in the books.
Nipal being substituted for IL. We
have some names Of Hindustanec in
use In the United States, and we call
Delhi, very p%erversely. Del.high. when
II should be- Del-he.-N. y. Times.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-02

Mi. ~Spurgeon has declined = gin OF
$4,000 from his congregation.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-25
FEVER NOTES.

The authorities warn Memphis ref,
ugees not to return yet, as it is unsafe
to do so until frost.
The fever outlook in Memphis is
Frightening up on the near approach
of the winter season and the number
of sick continues to decrease daily.
Tuesday there were thirteen new cases
and five deaths, yesterday ten new ca
ses, seven deaths. Up to date there
have been three hundred and sixty
three deaths. We trust that within
thirty days yellow fever will be among
the things Of the past.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-25

Mr.. w. Ii. Bingham has made an
assignment in favor of his creditors.
We regret that the exigencies of the
times have Decessitated this step upon
the part of our clever friend, and we
trust it will not be long before he is
in business again. We understand
Mr.. Gran Burrow is the assignee.
The Walnut Street Hotel is one of
the cheapest and pleasantest places
for the weary traveller to be found in
Cincinnati. The table is bountifully
supplied with the rarest delicacies of
the best markets in the world, while the
rooms and parlors are superb. We
have never yet been able to under
stand how the proprietor could afford
t. furnish such fare for only two dol
lars pei day.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-25
IMPORTANT.
DOn'tFaiI to Read This.

We are receiving daily one of the
largest and best-selected stocks of
boots and shoes ever offered to the
trade, and at prices no house in Mi
Ian or West Tennessee can under-sell.
Talk is cheap, bat 1t takes money to buy
land, and if you will only give US a
trial before buying elsewhere, we
guarantee to suit you in prices and
good goods. Not only in boots and
shoes, but we can boast of having the
largest and cheapest stock of flannels
in the State. Our jeans we sell at
lower prices than we could replace
them at now. A. JORDAN.