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The Red Cloud chief., 1881-04-14


Both fashionable and unfashiop1blg
circles must feel q certain interest in
the announcement that . French in
ventor has succeeded in making real
lace by machinery. Just wha, the real
significance of this invention is we
cannot say. We had supposed THAI real
lace was already made by maehinsry,
Tor the mos of that which goes b. the
name Of real lace i, the product OF DEL
icate looms. aud not Of tired fingers
but Mrs. Pallisser. an authority on this
subject, has given Us w understand thai
1.-The most finished productions Of the
frame possess the touch. the fin
ish or the beauty OF the laccs made D.,
hand" Perhaps the machine may at
tain To an approximate perfection oi
accomplishment that, according 10 pop
ular standards. win be superior TO the
hand woven article; but connoissenr r
VIA ney regard IL with the. same de.
gree of critical enthusiasm that Is ex-
cited when they contemplate the beau
tiful products Of the darkencd room.
into which are woven the lives Of thu
workers. There will always be u diff
ference between the antomaton and the
person. 4 dress made 81 point fAlcn-
con, the production Of Bayeux. con-
sisting Of two LOUNGES and trim.
mings, was exhibited at the Paris
Exposition VI 1867, the price of which
was 5000 francs, and forty women
were employed seven years in
the manufacture of this triumph,
Of art. A music-box fresh from the
makers hand NAV be guilty Of fewer
technical errors than \ great master OF
the piano, but it a never be madc 50
interesting and thrilling as the perform
err effort. So far as lace making is an
art, the handmade fabrics must ever
DO beyond comparison with the sleek
and dainty products that leave the loom
representing mathematical precision in
all their parts. The machine may sat
isfy the conditions of conventionalism
and e~xactness better-than the hand and
eye of the person. but in that very per-
fiction it betrays itself. The holders
Of laces. yellow and old, need have no
apprehension. Science or invention
cannot menace their treasures with
cheap competition. They viii be per-
mitted to pay the old prices for hand.
made work, and girls viii grow &c
wOmen-not old ones. for they weave
their lives into their work-drawing out
and passing the threads through the
weary shuttle, into blindness, into sal
lowness of compilations, flabbiness OF
tissue and weakness of heart and lung.
and will even beg the privilege Of doing.
it, The luster of girlhood, the hopes
and the health Of youth all pass into the
handmade laces. These are rare gems
for the adornment of beauty. and no
machine will ever be able TO furnish
them; so real lace will continue to hold
its Own.-BOst0n Post.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-04-14
HUMOROUS.

1t ~ the thing now "a serve coffee
with whipped cream. Cream. however.
that has been licked by . cat will not dn.
"A. q. FtccygRe.
No one ever vet saw n man who
made n move to separate two dogs en-
gagged in battle. n long a. hi, own dog
was having the best VI it-DrfrUI frce
Press.
Ambitious boy: "Mother. may | 60
out West and fight indians?' Mother:
NO. INV soD; but you may go down Ca
the cellar and fetch me up \ scutue Of
oal."-BrooklyH Eagle.
We heard man tell his son that ma.
pie sugar was produced from the maple
tree. How can that man expect his son
10 grow up truthful il he sets before him
such a horrid examplo.-BOstoD TranI
script.
-"Men often Jump at conclusions"
says the proverb. So do dogs. We
saw n dog jump nj the conclusion Of n
cat, which was sticking through the
opening Of n partly closed door. and il
made more disturbance than \ church
scandal. Oshkosh Adpocdte.
avery tall. thin Highlander said that
he ..had n cold in his heal. originating
in wet feet" She looked at him slowly
from head To foot and back again. ne il
measuring the distance the cold hal 10
travel. and then calculated, Gracious
me-! you must have wet your feet some
time last year"
"A creditor who had given his debt
or q week To contrive some plan 10 meet
his obligations called al the eSpin-
ton OF the period and politely asked:
.'liave you thought over that matter
vet?" mot exactly" responded The
debtor. with a troubled look; '-you SEQ
4 wanted to think Of it y good deal. but
the very day you left nv doctor told
me / mustn't do any brain work
Brook'yn Engte.
1AWhen o boy gets whipped by the
schoolmaster. the chances are that IL he
tells Of it. the old gentleman will give
him another humping and then 90 and
fhunrp the schoolmaster. The boy a
seeido whether he prefers 20 avoid the
second whaling or take IL for the sake
of getting the schoolmaster damned.
II sometimes tears a boy up terribly 10
make up his mind Boston POD.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-04-14
How IN Annoyance Was stopped.

Superior people are privileged togivc
some very strong hints and more than
hints, too. when they wish TO gain
point. & correspondent OF the Boston
Herald relates an Instance in which this
privilege vas used with a singular
iuiagling Of xddraas and audaeity:
! Prof. Weyse. the eminent Danish
musical composer, has been for some
time past painfully exercised by the
m~ourn:ul linking OF a superznnuafed
pE.no, the property Of = fssniiy resident
ICON q floor Immediately beneath his
apartments. Morning. Don and night
his ears had been distracted by melan-
choly strummings. The other evening.
a he sas In his study. deeply exeogitst-
iny a "LeitN Molly for the second
movement of his new s~y.3phony. a burst
of ,discordant sounds below prompted
him TO desperate enterprise. Attired
as he was, in dressiug-gevn and slip
pers, he hurried down stairs aud rang
his prosecutors door-belL AdDiited
To the torment chamber containing the
a~bonfinsbie apparatus which had
wrought him woe. ne saw-thsrr assem-
b.ed n good'y and joyous company,
which welcomed him with effusion. de-
spite his trcorventiohal costume. After
bowfng g.xxcis 70 his host ssf hostess
he sat down before the open piano With
out uttering a word. and Played a OF
his own f~antasas. 4 particular favorite
of the Copenhagen pubic Az soon IS
be coucbsAed he shut the piano. tocked
il. put the key in his Pocket, and agHn
bowling to the master and mistress OF
the house. with = sardonie smile de.
parted as he had come. IN profound
siIesee. For the remainder Of that
night, at least, the engine Of his dis
comfort was mute
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Washington with q sense Of its being
q something piqusnt and novel. with
which yuu nfsy trf6e s0d eussaxeo'
yourself in n make believe attachment;
having all the stimulus and none of the
drawbacks Of steady devotion. Be
sides. IL is 4 city provided with
..sxhtsE TbcreE Coagrc~ and the,
Capitol there are Diouos vernon and
Kalorana, where dselt the snfhor Of
the .-Colunbiad.''in profound convic-I
ton Of hs GRAND = the Amencs& epic
poet; and Cabin-John Bridge. the Yong
est single arch in the world; Arlington.
with its earlier historic and later wal
memories; Georgetown, with its OBJ
.scryatory. its college and It's couycni;
be ades all these. the Corcoran Art Cal
lery. the Smithsonian Institution. the
curiosiues of the Patent Office. the
Treasury with It's hundreds Il rooms.
and tso1ss1is ste0ptose.s sAsss Iyo2-
peer into the busy brain-celis Of the
Government while they src in fail &C.
tiyity.-Ge0rgc r. Latir9p, IN EarPers
Magazine.
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-Cariyie SailclthS DsrrtasAn thepry
81 evosasEAa ~ue res sn<prsu 20 tfrt
DR.. Mas,cs kss described asi iilas
trstei sixty varieties of The caszlypa 81
Australia
CarscoL che Nm and fanay
20 h2.u fithext farus for family. ss1
sotteysn owfe
-Asftsha ~6arr \ forty tAoa-
snrd ofr<Ss Asve b~sa sriitra suoe
f~s ~ wAsehss ,As--ssd have b~xa
proiacsi by The soas oi Italy.
Mrs : N II ria:t "a, ho-a zeAr
LexFngtos. Nv. hsr naalsn name beiag
Sarah Aoxgza BrsE iicF kTzndiaiAss.
Morgzr Brysa. 4 reis,isc ot bzn~i
bocne. was o o: The Psoncers OF ,AA;
state
-pr. AFFAIR saalrsa has a nerhs-.
"a ~s-at yesr ODD hs-sssssasssssssas ss~
BIDS lair 10 DC. another musical gvnlas
The child srs fsst s-stss ihsf, lYys
who competed With him fog the po<tAra
OF choir TOR :, -. fzsF.. Losasa-
-MtIatob.e. : young laiy o~tiasasy-s
six. who ~ .enn1rlhafri skskct<p 81
New ZeaisnS scensey 10 the LosscA
GrxAic. was lsfely Nzrse-~f ey \
Maori while on \ soh;ary ske:rhsns ex-
cursion. To. m~anasssE eoalsSssa has
crime.
MIR. Moncure II. Conway was .
II the few Anericaas ~ho ware EcrsoS,.
alll plAaasns - ksssaAs Gaxs1saS
were for several years In the habit OF
walking tosethsx i.ire = sesk. After
their walks Mr.. Conway would care
fully write down CarlAlc seoavcrss,ion.
aud these note. VII sou be published
IN book form
Miss Margaret iirks . rceeni
grstiuaie in architecture from Cornell
University. II. A..Sse. iAe hrsi
woman in this country IA undertake n
profession in which thern y M r-a~sa
whatever why a q should not g
ceed. Ibs .InIsTsoas araklLo: has pub
i,sled portions Of Miss lirks' gradual
ins thesis OF ''Tcnemen; tioGses"
One of Bret Harte's stories has
been dramat.zed ami Pared uron the
stage ut ii-rln unaier the tito II the
'.Lest San" bal Il has not met With
much success. The Germans say that
the authors humnr j. not fitted for
stage approximation. auri that chs oi
dissipaupn, which can be excessively
and humorously described in a nara
tive. become rcpua,ye ahGaaaa;,emPi
is made 10 act them.
-Gcorsc E,io,'s passion for music
was remarkable. Iricei. Nature seem.
to have deniod her ONLY one gift
personal beauty. Justin Mccarthy said
of her: She i what we in Englah
call decidedly plain; wha, people IN
New York call homcly; AMI psrsons
who did ret care tn soften tlso fornls oi
AN unpleasant trStA Noald lc~cu5e
probably by a still harshcr aud more
emphatic cpithet; her face. il Is said.
by the light oi her genius"
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-04-14
Washington City.

1t baspot grown as other Amoricap
ttaes grow; iSpnngress hasboeutaWs
This yeanling Of towns, SO carefully o 5
tered on the banks of the Potomac, has
not awaited itself to any great extent of
that popular method ofinprovement so
successfully adopted by Chicago and
Boston the method Of 6afni6e; a6416
increase has been more a reflection of
stheextenkis4<&1ssitpde of other CEN
ten than s1o4 eaaeoass~poyement-
More al0MU9ts Icsst9tnS las grown
IapnnS4& sd ip0iar-
IG9ha1kc Ter places. OF going
to- The Capitaf to see what 10 b ffke.
many oefhemeAveAesp 50 fiass lated
ehattheyHN<s steid%AdaGDw WasAr
1n9tdn {h15 falny bAcsllet.Hhe wintSr
end of NeWs York. as Nd5kPofx is DE
espMper y xteuDipn ~ theNf1Ppolis.
e4
EhrgedEz Apks Of sppfIi6S dm6H1 ana
clerks, the groxing>cifde dIoBti6S
aud iterAry peopl&s WA07 rofk0u1~
EG~osdrnn,e1t connectia Tive zen leu
to- mite kk6fth pme3 1eg<g2ptNn
Ui1k - needful co11H40 sman
traders who supply hoaakH wppts of
d ssscstion tide nm ~
thousand he.As-c ou9tede Y - new
ce1zusssA city without. 3 cqemerce
wei. g dIgscyIsga edR aes
s~psssalY~lh honses GeAbinsSa md with
saniythe grexa 1IApsdd .Rea shin
ing cloud IN tkefSltssb fcnaInd< you p
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Fifteen Months in q Trance.

Wben-the asylum was opened at MD.
ton one of the first ~pstientsto be moved
from Fisherton was a paupcr lunatic,
.gho now gives. the name OF LaDdons.
elthoughrfhis is not the name he besrs
on the books Of the institution He was
then suffering from eatalepsy, from
which no agency, not even the most
stringent form OF gaivanisnA. could
awaken him, and in tho words Of Dr.
Bland, he was an ...inanimate mcchan,
ISM" whose; organs performed their
natufaf duties, but who to ar outside
appearances was in y trance lie has
been ct the institution. for fifteen.
months, and has during the whole of
this time been in q state Of coma, spend.
ing most of his time standing against
} wall with his hands hanging sfixedly ~
his side. indexibiy Astiifss He hA lheen
unable to open mouth or eyes. and to
feed him it has been fonnd necessary TO
Law him On his back, when sustenance
has been afforded by meafso apqulL
Hearing of tho~extsVsN3inary case, a
London medical association sent tive
pounds stefYipgfoD DR.. Bland. the Med
{cat Spperintehdent with 8 request
that The patient should be pirotokraphed.
This Was done last week. and on Tues
day morning Ea1dons suddenly recov.
Erred the use 81. his limbs, and as he
moved his muscles one by one al his
bones seemed to crack within him. As
Soon as he recovered speech he made
incoherent observations respecting 3
'sAfpwfeck, constantly referring Is the
Pesn, sfDrtssa~-huschcstS s(6ay.)
tO~b&riey.oa hx sssAsxE 1s,Sd0 3
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f-.Asasael Essr m1sass2 tAs ;FAa
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b.ss srx.i IN Atz 81 Fss@s IA laf
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csms ml!iiaas q nsiass wguai fet
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Anyus~ AAM-pf@@e.Ass=p ts
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.sses-sr. oncc aassca u mghf kste @
rausa ~ ia tiaNg i~ soaAa ssei3s 80
tha seFs al iAvciins mssA a 49,
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thtBkiaE
rrrs.ntly. aas Aa1aAsx sn-A1 S.srai
a.. wah \ hnal shrssk Ne hsus,'
.rrs up Ia The city dspst
"A lrnaria ta.Htp saiifss s xsss~i
The pairFnI gaknssoH Never = ~-~t
dsl be say In rvgAri % sAe siasA sal
t,lrr spvs. nascA Jsssed hin tuyg. szsl
a. fss,i. nni yet lil be tel = ussfv
Ia u,eaisoa that sEru hsns "a IS ais
hal AN s~ssecial asst sspArtfs ahf
II ,hoaght l as7gas n ~ea & mi'
iowa" hs remarked. cafvassat-
''Hsrrs your tnus'r. Nate fe~s
Skate. vii probably oeHas 10 mefn'S.
RosabeL"
We'll. yoa are a dcsr." h~gAa kair
lo-,kiag up trem her csuzheiiag. hui
before she essahi ia sh ihsre oamr .
lossd ring a; tie dsos bell. aHd IN fushri
\ rri KOiaan. AZ ~ Raskt aghi
Of Phil. hAs e,ss AMI nsssh sFsa
vide. and he starvd fer . iail miauts
Al last. "Arat Yea deaf d.
gasPcL
much right 10 be living as yos. sir
.'wsl. 1 nssrrr' sall Feed "ISas
ovs b. the Isst-oflco sAon b whistle
blew. aad cams oat just ia tiuss g. ssa
\ on OF. and I rarsd ruoss st tis~ ~sy O"
tho city after VOC. AMI then ] tuw~l
rsfIai and rs~vst hafk 81 tel yoar
Pho said Phil. again.
We Will pass over ans fsmdy dlsrus-
sioa of the ,sessiuas, tsat " sha "a hoar
hall the boys IN town we're relating
Co the o,hsr hall The story 81 Phil S'ah 9
san's ride. To be- snfs Tho versions '
differed. ani q this ,isg SIMS ~ tho 4
lad. n ituils out Of ihsrs esa ehsis Ns '
he ~uat 90 town ca ua eos
and other ssaao bslsess thai hs
rude al ths way uHsteg . car. stttas on
n brace between the vhaais
Bni that evening Phil. much hralse'i
and battered. yet whole IA ever hmh.
told to Q select lev the fall parieulArs
OF his journey; and the iaots Il the dAss
are a. ! ave here narrated tken
Mary Dssssi, 81 HaaesAssak@
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Asood rsf story is told b. aisdy.
who lives On Eorsh Front Street. which
shows that rats have . kind Of hunos
about them at times which they Viii
exercise even 70 the extent of forget
ting their plundering propensitiea in
the hose Of this fady Was q -childis
rockina-horse, and every night the 7ss
would jump on, the rockinx-horse and
start IL rocking and rock Il for hours.
seemingly with the greatest entcymens
In the world At first. hearing the
noise, the people couldn't imagine the
canse, and didn't know but that the
spirits had . hand In IL; bgf when they
cautiously psered cat and sas the per-
Torrance, Il became one Of the maryels
of the neighborhood 70 see the rats in
their gambok enioyinx themselves
laughing and having their fun rocking
che horse--Kfngston ~. ID FrssSos
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-04-14
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.. THE WIDOWS MITE"

A widow-she had only one,
A puny and dccrepit son;
hut. day and night,
Though fretfui oft. and veal and small.
A loving child. he was her all
The widows mite.
The widows mite-ay. SO sustained.
She baftled onward, nor % mpiaines'
Though friends were fewer:
And while she TOLD for daily faro
A little crufch upon III stair
Was music TO her.
] saw her thcn-and now i see
That, though resigned and cheerful. shc
Has sorrowed much:
She has:-He gave IL tendcrly-
Much faith; aud. carefully laid by,
A little crutcb.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-04-14

Explorer Stanley. has been heard
from. The French traveller Ssvorg-
nande Brazza saw him in Vivi last No
vember. He was well at that time, and
said that he expected to be in the vii.
derness until some time in 1888.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-04-14

| Begging, as q profession. pays.
even n England. where Il Is prohibited.
AT the sSarBy Sessions recently 80
young man Vas -couyicted OF begging
He made, on an average, sc per day,
besides spending from 81 to $3.50 for
liquor. He had been convicted SIXTY
times belore Of begging, and % this DO
.cAsion wassentenced for one year, with
twenty strokes Of the birch rod.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-04-14

!. "A dnel which was to have taken
plscs at the cemetery at Atlanta. Ga
wa forestalled BY the arEostIos one Oh
the priaeipals and his second. who were
held in sl.50O each The cause was
fascinating brunette. who welded q
man while engaged to the other.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-04-14

"A ma Who went 20 . Sorxseh
sConn. } photographer iAe other dsg 30
have his portrait tskea thonzht hs
sould look better With y ~GeA bad
ensin. and the artist kiadiy ioanezi Him
his He then disappeared. bu, vac
~ssiersard esugh, and the watch rec0v-
cred
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-04-14
< Chinaman working about a 5:

-
loon IN Yirgfnia City, New. the other
night. brotght TO his EMPLOYER I'M
nese iiIS ia falf bod He said It would
De seep that the plant would noon
1ust at twelvS O'Clock with the coming
Chinese New Year. The plant was
trought . the saloon aboufte ten O'Clock
The 6hinaman dosed II with 4 white
powder dissolved in water. and per-
formed over it several ceremonies
The buds were observed 20 swell yiss-
bN,. but at ll.46) O'clock not q had
opened. Tho hands q the clock were
fast moving up - the midnight hour.
Wheat 1t laoked but shout three min
utessof twelve John drew out . piece d
bamboo. about an inch in diameter,
from some secrets recess sbOut has rHs-
meat = Piacing this 20 his noath ne
gently baewsAis warm breath on one
Of che hodaaand almost insanity Il vas
Ieeea 10 EXPAND and ssand forth . null
blown aaoWsr. In nfid succession sov-
er after flower was thus brought q
and n midnight the whole Plastvass
mass OF b10e0om4 sac aFss = EeF
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-04-14

Prof. r A. Proctor is lecturing in
California.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-04-14
The Muscles.

Our strength is all in our muscles.
and is measured by the strength with
which they can contract; not for q short
time. but.steadily and permaaently-of
course, with the proper intervals Of
rest
A Young girl In the deiirium of fever
may seem suddenly to have the strength
of two men. but she soon sinks back ut
terry helpless. APerson of high spirit
may put forth n few tremendous efforts.
to be followed by n sense Of extreme en-
haustion. ard soreness and pain. that
shows that the muscles have been
strained.
On the contrary, a man Of strong ai-
1cstiOn, weA.fed and with muscles in
urcd tosheavy labor. can work vigorous
" all day. the year through, without
exhausting his physical energies. but
rather enhancing them He q put
forth muscular EFFORT that would break
down "a sedentary nan IN q few hours.
however high spirited.
Not. q few very intelligent mcn seem
wholly ignoransof these simple sfacss.l
We kneNsdoctnr Of divinity who. bay-.
ing become .eonyineed that he needed
SIgOIpuS Ouh
once wheeling heavy loads Of stone and
earth. After sn hour or tvo"of this
work he forever yielaedup his now con
victions-at least the practice OF them
= Many persons enfeebled by sedentary
habits and excessive brain-work do
themselves harm and no good by over
doing exeecse at the outset. The true
rule is, if lyon wish TO get healthful ben
Cit by exercise, to bcgip the exercise
gently. increase u slewls An1 keep with
in the limits az fs1isue.s zsAsod -
Spirited seudentsi are constantly in
Turing themselves by feats OF strength
in wrestling or rowing. OCCASIONALLY
the hcart aselfBwhic6 ssimpiy aahol-
Io~ mnscle-snshaenly gives wsy andsE
The strain, and serious or fatal results
follow.
q Senseless and heattless drivers oten
think to beat Strength into the muscles
Of IN ovefbufdened hof>c-they pat iis-
to; the poor AnYmA The strength of the
amadfrau, 4 tile expense of hs real
working poyer.1YostSs CSnafs1sisS.
f&J III EL 49, IaEN#l