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The Red Cloud chief., 1881-02-24
Bravery Misplaced.

A LADY living on Fourth street, who
had been temporarily left at home by
her husband, was shocked on going to
her room an evening or two since to
discover what appeared to be n man
stretched prone upon her bed, with the
cover drawn close about him. Her first
impulse was to flee, screaming from the
room, but a second thought came, and
with it nerve enough to put the thought
into execution. The lady stepped noise
less,y into an adjoining room and armed
herself with a club. She returned with
it and touched the object of her fright.
There was no sigp of life. She touched
it again. and still harder. but the object
did not move. She now thought the
man was sleeping, and a third thought
came. Hurrying in another room she
procured a bottle of chloroform,
saturated a cloth with her drow-
sy drug and crept back to the bed
side and spread the cloth over the
sleeping mans face. When it had
been there n minute or two she knew
her foe was vanIuished. She now ran
out and told her neighborS of what had
occurred. Men armed themselves with
guns and sticks and marched to where
the interloper lay. The cloth and the
bed clothes were carefully removed
and the object beneath them was plainly
revealed to sight. 1t proved to be
nothing more than a stuffed dummy
with a false face upon it. The lady's
young son had fixed it up, thinking to
give his mother n scare. She didn't
scare, though. worth a cent, and her
brave conduct has made her the heroine
of the neighborhood. VIZ have told
this story just as it was told to u.s.
Waco (Teras) Examiner.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-02-24
Eve Memory.

Look steadily ut Il bright object. keep
the eve immuvably on il for 4 short
time. and then close them. An image
of the object remains; it becomes in fact
visible to the closed cyes. The vivid
ness and duration of such impressions
vary considerably with different iudi-
viduals, and the power OF retaining
them may be cultivated. Besides this
sort of rctinal image thus impressed,
there is another kind OF visual image
that may be obtained by an effort of
memory. Certain adopts ut mental
arithmetic use the minds eye rs
substitute for the slate and pencil by
holding i'm visual memory pictures Of
the figures upon which they are oper-
ating, and those of their results. in
my youthful DAYS | Was acquainted
with an eccentric old man, who then
lived at kilburn priory, where he sur
rounded himself with curious old furni-
turc rcputcd to have originally belonged
to Cardinal Wolscy, and which as | was
told. he bequeathcd tn the Queen at
his death. He was the then celebrated
but now forgotten Memory Thomp-
SON." who in his early DAYS wa n town
traveller (for \ brewery, il l remember
rightly, and who trained himself To the
performance Of wonderful :eats of eye
memory. He could close hi eyes aud
picture within himself q panorama of
Oxford street and other parts of Lon
don, in which picture every inscription
over every shop was 50 perfect and re-
liable that he could describe aud certify
to the names AMI occupations of the
shop-keeping inhabitants Of all the
houses of these streets ut certain dates,
when post Office directories were not -
they now are. Although Memory
Thompson is forgotten, his special
faculty is just o receiving attention.
and it is proposed to especially cultivate
it in elementary schools by placing OBJ
jects before the pupils for agiven time.
then taking them away and requiring
the pupil to draw them. That such
faculty exists and may he of great serv-
ice is unquestionable. Systematic ef-
forts to educate it, if successful, will DO
good service to the rising generation:
and, even should the proposed training
afford smaller results than its projectors
anticipate, the experiments, if carefully
made and registered, can not fail to inn
prove our knowledge of mental physi-
ology.- GcnIcman's Magazine.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-02-24
HUMOROUS.


FAsnioS note -Grcrubacks.
MppfsTT cannot be expected in = cir
rus manager. Iii, bushes. cpmpcls
him TO travel in n hor-c-,enttatious
manner.-N q. fcIynse.
WHAT a world If worry this is! One
man will be forever troubled about him
self. and another eternally frc,,ing
about the poor aud sutfcring!-Bostan
Tran scriPi.
WHEAT has fallen fifteen cents n
bushel during the past week. but the
interest on mortgages has remained the
IL takes = pretty hard season Ia
dclrcss a mortgage sa - farm. -ttcks
Sun.
lr is worth 4 months salary 10 per-
suade a boy that he needs AN ovcrcOat.
The little rascal will run his hands
into his panta'oons' pocket 10 the ei-
bows. and chatter his teeth and DELHI
era,cly tell YOU that he's "itju,t n
IA rm."-.NeD Huron Register.
A YoUNGsrgR. while warming his
hands at the FIRE. was demonstrated
with by his father. who said: Go
away from the lire the weather is not
cold" II amt heating thu weather;
I'm warming NV hands," the little fell
low dcmurely rcplied.-Nei0 York Er-
press.
MY wife lost her pockct-hook with
fifteen dollars in il to day." said a sad
looking man. when. going down
town or coming home y' asked some
body. when? Didn't | tell ou she
had some money in it?" demanded the
s~adlooking man, and everybody knew
when she lost it.-BostoT Transcript.
THERE Is no word IN the English
language, no matter how complicated.
that Dave Robinson is not rs familiar
with as if he hal made i, himself. "Are
these t~errgpins Won have here on Calves
ton Island amphibiOus?' asked n newly
arrived stranger. ''Are deg lamtiper-
Gus? Why, boss, dey is u ob lie chief
dclickicics Oh de season. Epicacs Jess
lib on 'em. shonld say dey was lam.
fiberous.-GaIrcs'oH Ncrs.
"IsN'r il awful coll?' queried Smith
Is he met Jones on the car the other
day. Terrible terrible" ANY of
your watcr-pipes freeze up?" Worse
than that" ''iIow?' Had three
barrels of potatoes frozen Is hard ~
stones. IN lose every one Of them"
"Oh, no YOU won't. Just heal 'em up
and send EN- & some charitable insti.
tuition and no one will know but what
they froze while en- route. It's n golden
opportunity YOU should cot ~neglect"-
Detroit Free Press.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-02-24
PERSONAL md LITERARY.

II i sAhi iha: ths late Ger~~~ Staos
lcts manuscripts which. al,huaxh in
Sompistc. vii yet IN part - pshAshoL
ErE sAsSsSr. ~so led in Bsssun.
roCcgiiy. szs The anfhog II The sci.
tBown song. "a ilfs OF The oresa
Wave
GEossx ". CAsix. 90 Scu Oricsn.
j. finishing = new sory for Scubz4Ps
ssaAsis zfei .Mm-. il~lpk5ne."
Like The t,Ezsd1ssiHcs" The s-sns
i laid IN Louisiana
ouyE LAsAS says thai the hrxcs,
incon. resolved by an Enslssh aovsk
- i that II Mas EraAIon. Ani shS
sa that George Eisos "a. ia stTls RHi
impreSsivcne~. much Ike CharlS;s
Cushman.
kass h CaIs- oLiks CAaesa cia.
cAtsoaal quarters q, Hartford. Coan., il
VT ting a box In which Eagikh ilFsms
and lang phrases are compared with
the Chinese mo-ies OF expressing the
same ideas
Mas HOppaSo> BSRsErr. The a.akoi
Of ''ThA. fa.s o IowFse's." cofs~ Y the
gift of siorg telling wher she VA hui
seven years old. aad she nov sNy~
laugaiag.y, thsa Ihs practice has become
50 natural THAI sh0 eAa hardly Tell The
truth
STEPHEN &. FosrNg's sung. WAY
Down uHoa the ss sIlss IstscE. kAA Aad
g sale -. $4,000 eupscs. thus almost
realizing the hope OF its author thsi il;
should rival Home. Sweet Home,
which he ALWAYS maintained wa writ
ten in defiance If the iaws a melody.
WrEN Lori Bcacuasaeli fra entered
pnbiic lifc, the pcr.oI was a lorid one.
10 sas ~ age ot yclyc; coat collars.
doab.c wasicOats. gald chain. AMI
sparkling ring, and bras. pins. From
these garish habilimeuts lac never has
emancj paied himself. They pervsdcd
the inner q, well 4 the outer mAn.
They influence his thousht.. his Ian
gUagc. and his policy.
Tux we'll known novelist. Miss Eliza
i. Dupuy. died Of apopleNy a. New or-
leans II fes days ago. She va, about
seventy years of age. She was IL an
old virginia family. and was bora nj
Norfolk. hut passed nearly the whole ~
her life, except tina; she bad Travelled
extensively in both hem spheres. in
Flemmingshurg. Nv. Her most popular
novel was The liugucnot E~Nilcs.'
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-02-24
Our Popaia'ien-t Csmrarssaa villa
the Great Nziisas 81 Earegr.


TLE Superintendent, % the Census
reports that the population of The
United States Is -. i5s. 1852 v hen the
returns have bsen finally Corrected sumo
changes NAV be made in this ;ptal. ba,
they w~.nprobably b. slight Oarpopasa-
ton i'm 1870 vas 1855. S9i. We have.
therefore. gained in the ten years
then ~it.5a.iss Inhabitants. This = an
increase nearly as great Is the whole
populat on sifiy wears ago.
Compared with the great nations ii
Europe. the United Sia,es show 4
greater population than any. excep,
Russia. which contains over 72.Vs.oo1
ii inhabitants. Against our -. iSa. 50.
GERMANY shows i2.L7.5s0; AissHa
Hungary. 1881. i-D; France. $50
.Ss, Great Brian AMI Ireian.'. S..rc0.-
90. Italy, 27.769. 495. Spain. .5Ii.
The totai population OF Europe i given
By the .AhHrEa a dc Gotta ~ Sli.s6f.-
as. Hence VT have even no~ only about
ofe-siAih a. many inhabitants. though
our area ani tia, of Europe a. \ whole
are nearly equal
The following table gives the Ersi al
diions 81 the returns os the La. ccn>u.
o! the eight States Of largest popula-
ton, compared with the census Of $50;
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-02-24
The greatest gain in ma,

create gam IN population. Tor
obvious reasons, is taking place in the
far West, and when The next census is
ready WI shall probably ind all Of ihe.c
States, with exception, showing Il
population exceeding LOCO. go each,
while Texas will be likely To take It's
place among the six most populous
States of the Union. Kansas also prom
Uses Ia rival Massachusetts in the mum
Der of its inhabitants. Whereas there
are now nineteen States with a popula-
ton of over 1000, coo, there are likely
to be at least twcnty-six in 1890.
The growth in the populat on of the
cities of the Union has been great and
significant in the last ten years. We
are gathering a larger proportion OF our
inhabitants in cities than any other
country, and yet we still possess vast
areas of unoccupied land. Whereas ia
1870 there were thirty-siX cities with =
population of $1,000 and oyc:. the num-
Der has now increased Il sixty-four.
That is, about one sixth OF our popula-
ton is now crowded together in these
large cities. Fifty years ag0, intending
all cities OF $500 inhabitants aud over,
the proportion was only onc-siNtccnlh.
This increasing tendency IF popula-
ton 20 aggregate in the great cities is
one of the evils of modern civilization.
II breeds social dangers, with which
our municipal systems are now proving
themselves J1ab'e To cope, and it
makes the question Of city government
one Of the most serious with which tho
people have 20 dcal.-N y. Sun.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-02-24

Jas,iE at .loSs by her mother e.
sew. She Wa making n pillow cas" iur
her own little piiow.
An thisS .ha askc1. in a DE- -.
tented tome. huaiing the seam
Thai s net ivo much inr . lds'e Ksi
who has q Wafk.baskct a her essa
sail moihcT yea. thou ssst Jesse.
" msSacT has sigea tne n wsskhatkut.
AMI ! ought 20 Dc willinx to sos sud
with tha. sc iH1k foN II tchs. quiis
diilgsatly,
81 have a dfeslfui pain ., my > d. I"
slii Jesssn. "a y lev minutes al
thumb u yeTs s1Te. she ssii ffs
moments alter. 'Oh. my hand - 80
tired was the naxt Nest tbeFo nss
something the MATER w,fh her lsi.
and then her eyes. and so sha sss ~
Of troub'e. At lcagth tho Sss uat
don@ Jessie brought 4 IA bet IN 4 her
"Shouii ! not rsi ssBi fur q dVetprf
said her mother.
The doctor Tor IN. mB'lter' ~resl
the liit q giri. Hs surprised ~ che cSald
"C.ralniy. y little gsri 49, tsi 81
pains and arhe. mnsg D. siek sal iisn
sooDe We have usa dotsr ths bs,tsr
- mOtb~fi sail Jrsass. ls.zhsnE
they were sewing sehes. An Ral
now.
I hare he-ri ~ cher li,Je g,f's &c..
sifcs Jessie who bal swiak tss aHt
pains Whenever their parents bal ssrx
Tor them Ia Ia Thstsa disease ed r I
selE sbnes -. AMI | hoae nan~ ~ mY
little readers are afflicted with 4
Kyrus.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-02-24
Remarkable Indian Costumes.

THE graphic art is not unknown. il
appears. To native journalists in India,
for from one OF them we get a most WV
id ~portraiturc of the great mobiles who
attended the late dunbar at Lahore.
The puissant Naharajah of Cashmere is
described as looking far younger than
his real age, by reason OF his having
..dyed the hair about his face with i
most powerful compound, which also
Strengthened his features and twisted up
his mustache into parallel lines to his
nose" The scribe adds, rather need
lessly. that the general result was "a
truly formidable aspect" The Nawab
of Bhawalpore has his portrait drawn ut
full length. Ozark, slim, awkward,
weak, haggard and d:ssipated.lOo&ing,"
this young chief wore on his head n
monstrous turban thickly incrusted with
gems, from under which long wisps
OF unclean-looking hair escaped on ibis
shoulders. and his bloOdshot eyes, sur
rounded by coatings of black lead,
peered in a f%orbidding mapner." Not 4
pleasant picture, but it may be rs well
TO remember that the subject was n
Mohammedan, the painter a Hindu.
The old Rajah of Jhcend pleased tho
critic immensely, chiefly OIL account of
his large, long eyes, with q dignity in
them" Unfortunately, the Rajah is
stout, a personal peculiarly which did
not harmonic with "a very tight kin
cob coat, made tighter still by strings of
massive jewelry." 1t thus fell out that
when the old gentleman had To stoop
his head, i'm accordance with the pre-
scriptions of durhar etiquette, To have
his neck encirclcd with splendid neck
lace By the master of the ceremonies,
he could not perform the feat, strive rs
ne might. The kincOb was stout. the
sewing held firmly, the Rajah seemed
likely to be seized with apoplcxy, until
the difficulty WAS surmounted by cut
ting the necklace in two and then
throwing it loosely owe his shoulders.
He came To the assembly, we are told.
in a "barouche made of silver. drawn
by four horses. with six elephants bear
ing silver howdahs in attendance" The
Rajah of Nabha was chiefly remarkable
for his gloomy e, ebrows," and for
being the possessor of "a beard, black,
inexpensive. though defiant" He
seems to have been in : bad temper.
for "his face was rs dark as thunder"
throughout the sitting. OF the Newab
OF Malar Kotia, the chronicler mentions
that he has "a thin. scattered beard
and red teeth" a rather unprepOssess-
ing combination, We should imagine
Ionic Globe.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-02-24
Anxicus 10 Hear From Chicago.

The following sketch from the Louis
vile COHrier-J0ar1di illustrates the
hardships and isolation Of Alaska Ter
ritory, and also how tan,alizing il is To
want TO know and Yet be- KEEP, in ig-
b. the failure OF ano,hers
memory.
The news from America travels slow
", in default of regular communication.
but the American inhabitants, most OF
whom have recently removed there. are
keen to hear all the political develop
ments from home. They were particu-
larly interested in the outcome OF the
Republican Presidential Convention at
Chicago. as the latest papers they re-
ceiyed seemed to indicate n warm ron
test between the eminent Republicans,
with Grant leading.
II happened that n ship left San Fran
cisco for Alaska several days after the
nominate on lad been made. and. after
several months sailing. entered Sitka
Bay. The little town Vas aroused, and
ever American in the place, boiling
over with curiosity. rushed down TO the
pier TO hear the news. A boat put OF.
and i'm n fcw minutes the skipper. n
blum, and honest old tar, with al bis
heart in his ship. came ashore Ills
kindly ere was beaming with pleasure
at the cordial reception in store for him.
No sooner had his foot touched the
sand than the anxious citizens were
upon him. shakinE his handsand inquir-
iny who was nominated at Chicago.
Nominated for slrst?' asked the
old skipper in tones Of surprise
For Presidebt-by ;hs Republic
ans; cried his listeners
oh, yes, yesr responded the tar,
with 4 bright smile. and the crowd felt
a great relief. "Lemme see" begsn
the old fellow, rs hts countenanee dark
enei with thought
..Lemme see. now; | hedrd his name;
II wr-ah,- aud he paused and
scratched his heal. while the crowd
hung breah.ess for this word al heard
his name yes, I heard II, but I can't
recslleet it."
The honest tar had cvidently given
politics no attention. and OF his voyage
The light of GarEc!d's fame bsd ex-
pred
The Alaskans concluded after q coun-
ell that it was not Grant. because the
skipper would have remembered him.
and that Il was not Sherman. because
the sailors would have been familiar
with his name. They agreed on Blaine,
then. and probably doa't know any bet
ter vet. They viii not hear Of the result
Of the election until next May.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-02-24
A Jews Hereism.

To BE brave enough to face the conse-
.quence Of ones too hastv~ anger is not
quite equal 70 the heroismthat festsS;ns
il before hand. but it is next to that.
Reading the following painful story, il
is hard to feel more sympathy for the
.smiter than for the smitten:
in a village in Hungary there lived
many years ago aJew, who gained his
living by carrying goods from place to
place. He was so upright and honest
that it was commonly said of him,
"You might fill his wagon with . load
of ducats without securing them in any
way, and not miss q CON-" Summer
or winter. rain or fair. he might be seen
driving his horse and weil-lsden wagon
sometimes here, sometimes there,
gaining his livelihood and tisst of his
wife and children literally BY the sweat
of his brow. He was SO strong. too,
and powerfully made, that often with
out assistance he drew the unfortunate
animal out Of the heavy. bogs. which
still exist, and render the roads In that
part Of the country In rainy. weather al
most impossible.
One day . carriage drawn BY TIVE
horses appeared in sight, while the car
r:er with his heavy load Was painfully
to;ling through the deep mud.
"Gct out Of the wayv cried the
coachnan Of the emptY9 rfiagc. J,
cit is yoa who shodld give place."
said the Jew. .sfpr you have two horses
and no weightto carry"
Dog OF a Jew! Take THAR ex-
claimed the Goodman. hitting the car
rier > heavy stroke with his whip.
Our gigantic friend could not stand
this and seising . piece of wood which
was beside him, he hit the coachman an
unfortunate blow. which killed him on
the spot Much concerned, he placed