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The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-01
Stumbling Horses.

The Pittsburgh Stockmdn, in a recen,
issue, says: "Some good horses are
addicted to stumbling while walking OF
moving in a slow trOt. A well-versed
veterinarian states that there are two
,auses that would tend to produce this
faulty action; one, a general weakness
in the muscular system, such as would
be noticed in q tired horse; the other, 8
weakness of the exterior muscles of the
leg. brought about by carrying too
much weight ON the toe. To effect 3
cure. he adds. tighten the weight OF
each front shoe about four ounces; have
the toe of the shoe made of steel instead
of iron, it will wear longer; have it
rounded off about the same as it would
be when one-third worn out. in or.
der to prevent tripping; allow one
weeks rest; have the legs showered for
q few minutes at a time with cold water
through a hose. in order to create a
spray; then rub dry, briskly, from the
chest down To the foot. Give walking
exercise daily during this week for
about an hour twice a day. When you
commence driving again omit the slow
joe. either walk or send him along at a
sharp trot for a mile or two. then walk
AWAY, but do not speed for at least sew
eral weeks. BY this means the habit OF
stumbling from either of the above
caUsesw will be pretty well overcome
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-01
Education for the Farm.

When we consider the immense mum.
Der that belong to the agricultural class
IN this country and the fact that three.
tourths of all our exports are agricult-
ural products. and that u prosperity
IS a nation is so intimately connected
with its agriculture, it is surprising that
no better system has been devised fol
the education of this great class-the
very foundation of our national wealth.
The farmers occupation leads to
regular habits and steady industry; but
hnlike those engaged in mechanical and
mercantile pursuits, who are mostly
located in towns, and are brought into
close business and social relations, the
farmers are scattered over the country.
and have little daily intercourse with
each other. They do not have the adj
vantage of the friction of society, in
which new ideas are suggested and de-
veloped by association. This is, NO
doubt, the reason why the farming class
is SO conservative, so prone to follow
traditional routine and to resist all in
novatiOns.
The inertness of the agricultural class
. DjululS SuOWh IL tIilS, l<-u UlICN z
dom or I've make any improvement
in their processes or modes of culture.
Of all the great labor-saving machinery
introduced into agriculture during the
last forty years, no two per cent. OF it
has been invented by those raised and
engaged upon the farm, but has been
invented and adapted to its work by
amateur farmers, or by outsiders who
have observed the need OF such helps in
farm operations.
The farmer, therefore, sOrely needs
some stimulant to cause him to use his
brain as well as his hands. He should
understand the principles that underlie
his practice. He ought to be an ac-
curate observer, and this would make
him a discOverer. He should expert
ment, and carefully note and compare
experiments. But. instead of this. very
few farmers think there are any fixed
principles in agriculture. They regard
the whole business as quite Independent
of rules, and in nc way to be brought
into subsection to order and reasonable
certainty. This is why there is so little
definitely settled in agricultural prac-
tice. Yet we know that agriculture is
as capable of being reduced to system
and order, and Is capable of being
taught as other applications of the
natural sciences.
All will admit that farmers sons
should he taught, at least, the rudi-
ments of the sciences that underlie
agriculture; but where shall this scien.
titic education begin? There is really
but one place where this instruction
can be given. and that is in the com
mon schools. Lire Stock
Journal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-01
Snow Is Il Protection.

However d~isagreeable it may be Il
have the ground covered with two feet
in depth with snow, 1t is n of the best
sidering how little it costs. When the
land is covered in the autumn, and il
lays all winter, it serves as a great pro,
lection to the grass roots and all creep
Ing vines. Strawberry plants that
have been covered all winter with
snow, come out in the spring fresh and
green, even though they have not been
mulched.
The snow not only protects the veg.
citation which it covers up, by shelter
ing it from the cold winds and sudden
changes of weather, but it prevents tine
frequent freezing and thawing of The
ground, which is so destructive to
small roots that are near the surface,
and which are often lifted entirely
out of the ground by the action of the
frost. When the land lays open and
exposed all winter, it not only Injuries
the grass and small plants, but it injuries
the land itself, by blowing away the
finer particles of decayed vegetation
from the surface, and when thus e.
posed, there is Il chance Tor the frost to
enter the ground to n depth of several
feet, thus cooling the earth to a great
depth, requiring many warm days in
the spring to thaw it out, and warm ii
up sufficient to start vegetation; but
when a deep snow overs the land until
spring opens, as soon as the m
melts, the ground being free from frost,
will soon be in a condition to cultivate,
and for plants to grow.
As a rule, the season forward
earlier when the ground has been GOV.
cred with snow the entire winter than il
does when there has been but little
snow. In our climate, no doub,, it is
best to have plenty of snow, and have
it lay on the ground during the period
of cold weather. This year we have
started with q good covering of
should it be r~eplenished as fast as need
ed to keep the land covered we may
look for good crops of grass next season
and a spring that will be favorable fol-
planting farm-crops; keeping this In
view we a dig II paths with more
c~heerfulness, and resort to rubber boots
to keep the snow cut, with a feeling that
there is a bright side to a snow-storm,
without resorting to merry sleigh-par-
ties. or mingliag with the jolly coasters.
Massachusetts POaJhman.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-01
A Merchant Used as q Lay Figure.
On oae of the leading thorouphfar

On one of the leading thoroughfares
Of this city is a gentlemen's fashiona.
BILE furnishinS-gOOds store which does
a large business, and the proprietors OF
which are not only well-knOwn but
very popular. One of them had al ex-
perience a few days before Christmas
which has temporarily so changed his
genial nature that he now looks upon
every smiling greeting of his friends
with the fiercest suspicion. while any
direct allusion to the subject itself is
certain to result in the %uncorking OF
the Walls of his wrath. A passing
friend, seeing him standing in the
door of his store on the afternoon re-
ferred to, accosted him with: swell,
-, how goes it,"
"Oh, don't ask me. I'm mad; mad
der than / have been before since I
came to the State. I'm all broke up
and I'm dryer'n a goat, too, and was
Just going to get a drink. Come with
me and I'll tell you all about it. You
KNOW" he said, we've got a lot of
dressing gowns in the store, elegant
mes that we imported from the East
Just to catch this holiday trade. Well,
this afternoon two ladies sailed in,
dressed fit to kill. The store was full
Of customers andthe boys were all busy,
so l stepped up to thep and asked what
l could do for 'em. They said they
wanted to look at Some dressing sacks
something fine - and you may be sure
1 didn't lose any time in getting out
the best we had. Well. they liked the
first one l showed 'em. only one of
'em said she would like first-rate to see
how it would look on, and asked me if
there wasn't some way she could see it
on a man and then she could tell better
how it would look. L want going to
miss a trick, and so l took off my coat
and put it on. They turned me round
and round and 90 Off a little way and
look at me from top to toe as though ]
was a piece of statuary. Then they
wanted to see another one. So 1 OIL
with the one / had on and put on the
other. That didn't suit 'em and l tried
on another and that didn't suit 'em. ]
began to get weary of it, especially as
there vas lots of customers in the store.
and [ thought | saw IA smile here and
there, and l finally did catch n OF
my own boys in Il broad grin. though
he ducked his head under the counter
when he saw me lOokin' at him. l was
getting pretty hot about the way they
were using me for a lay figure, and i
finally brought out the best l had-.a
sack worth S75-put it on and buttoned
it up. They looked me all owe again,
liked it first-rate. and l thought 1 had o
sale sure, but may / be hanged if they
did't say: We'll, We'll look around and
i we don't find anything that suits u
any better We'll come back" and the
same minute l heard 'haw, haw, haw,'
all over the store. Mad? l was just
fighting mad, and you can guess l was
none the sweeter tempered when ]
found that those creatures had been
looking for a smoking-iacket for n OF
my own clerks."-San Francisco ChrOn-
ice.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-01
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

An Indiana gardener puts moles
among his strawberry vines so that they
may catch the grubs.
Wash to remove scurf from the
head: Half a pint of rose water and
one of the spirits of wine mixed
together. Part the hair as much as pos
sible, and apply the mixture with apiece
of fannel.-Erchdnge.
"A very pretty and most easily made
lap robe for the small child's sleigh, is
made of a square of hOney-comb fan
mel. Make a border around this with
split or single zephyr, about n finger
deep, crochet Handsome scollOp on the
edge. The entire border to be crocheted
of cOurse.-Iroy Times.
We have had hens which ate the
seeds of red-peppers and also pecked at
get pepper it is best to put it in their
cooked feed. We use both black and
red. sometimes in thick milk, which
they love. and for which they lay eggs.
Put a little salt in chicken feed.-N. Y.
herald.
AS a test for impure air take a pint
bottle full of water into the room to be
examined, and pour out the water. The
bottle then is, of course, filled with the
air of the room. Then put in a spoon
full or so of lime-water and shake it. il
the lime-water remains clear the air is
fit to breathe, but if the lime-water be-
comes milky there is too much carbonic
acid in the air, and you had better hoist
the window or ventilate the room in
some other way.-Erchange.
Plum Pudding: Chop, if possible.
in a mincing-machine half a pound of
r~aisins, half a pound of sultanas, two
n C of candied peel and half a pound
of apples; mix with half a pound of beef
suet. one pound of bread crumbs, a
quarter of a pound of sugar, a little
spice and a pinch of salt; put in suifi-
cient new milk to make the mixture
stiff, butter a basin, put in the pudding,
and boil for six hours. This quantity
will make a large pudding Western
ROumGn.
"A nice breakfast for one who is not
equal to hearty fare is made of toast
and eggs prepared in this way: Put a
lump of butter in a saucepan, and then
drop three eggs into it, stir briskly and
constantly, so that the eggs will be
smooth and not lumpy. Have two thin
slices of buttered toast ready, and when
the eggs are done lay them on II piece
of the toast and lay the other lightly
over it; do not crowd it down and make
the egg run over the edge of the toast
~. Y. Post.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-01
Temperance Items.

A DRUNKARD who was locked mp IN
The Tombs at Toronto on New Year
night stated that it was the custom oil
drinking on that day which had nr't
started him on the downward path
No ONE has the influence overt the OPP
oosite sex that our young ladies have
If every one would use it for Temper
ance, we should have no fear but that
IN less than five years in~temperance
would be a thing of the past.-S""
Francisco Rescue.
New MEXICO has now a State organl,
.ation of the Woman's National
Christian Temperance Union. Ii was
he last of the f%Orty-eight Stats anu
Territories to fall into line; but tins new
movement there makes the Womahs
Union national in deed, IS wen az
aame.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-01
Ida Lewis Home.

Within a short mile of the quay. al
Newport. LYME Rock rises out of the
waters of Narragansett Bay. On this
rock stands the old lighthouse which
was tended for many years by the faith.
er of Ida Lewis. and of which she now,
under the seal of the Government
Commission, is keeper. Securing the
services of the Captain of a diminYtive
boat l sailed on the waters blue to her
abode for the purpose OF paying her my
respects. AS we approached the rock
an immense mastiff, with head and
paws like a lion and 4 roar like far-off
thunder, came to its extreme verge and
disputed our landing. He was entirely
successful until the heroine appeared.
called him off in the lowest of tones,
and locked him up in an clubhouse. She
then invited me into the little house on
the top of which rests the beacOn-light
which has for so many years warned
the navigator of hidden dangers, and
at once entered into easy and unrestrict-
ell conversation. She said that she had
for twenty-five years lived on that rock;
that she used to be fond of going into
the city Once in awhile, but that she
cared very little for it now; that she
always had a great many visitors in the
summer, a few years ago the number
reaching thousands in one season. She
showed me her medals. received from
Congress. the State of Massachusetts,.
and the city of Newport, and a solid
silver teapot from the officers at Fort
Adams, all bearing suitable Inscriptions
in testimonial of her herOism in res
cuing so many human beings from wa
terry graves.
Miss Lewis is rather above medium
height, of somewhat slender figure.
good features and great, earnest eyes,
between brown and gray. While she
can not be called handsome, her face
is one to interest and attract. HeI
style of conversation is piquant and vi
vacious, and although not educated she
is very intelligent. Everything about
her apartments bore the evidence Of
neatness, care and good taste. HeI
mother, a venerable old lady, with thick
silver hair, was very talkative and dis
coursed on matters and things, per.
sonal and otherwise, at length. She In
formed me she had the rheumatism in
her feet, and Ida insisted that it was
because she had dyed her hair for SC
many years. She communicated the
intelligence that her daughter was forty
years old, at which Miss Ida eyinced 3
slight tinge of annoyance and remarked:
Mother thinks she must tell every
one my age" But she quickly added:
"Well, l don't care; it don't make any
difference. l don't object to getting
ld."-NeUp0rt Letter.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-01
Personal AND

1t agrees with Mr.. Arthur to be
President of the United States. He has
gained twenty-six pounds in weight
since he assumed that ofice. Chicago
Herald.
Senator Salisbury. of Delaware, is
the only member of the United States
Senate who has never been married.
He is called the Lone Star of that body.
Boston Post.
"A volume of table talk, or wit and
wisdom. of Frederick the Great, has
been discovered in the Prussian State
Archives, and will be published early
in the ensuing summer.
"A Miss Sheriff, who was practical
ly the first English prima donna to try
her fortunes in America, recently died
unnoticed in London. 1t is thirty
years since she was in this country.
R. j. Burdette is forty, Bret Harte
is forty-five, Mark Twain is fOrty-eight.
W. d. Howells is forty-six, Thomas
Bailey Aldrich is forty-fve, Joaquin
Miller is fOrty-two, James Russell Low
ell is sixty-four and John G. SAKE is
sixty-eight.-N. Y. Tribune.
e. ID. Winslow, the notorious Bos-
ton forger, who almost succeeded in
causing a rupture in the diplomatic re-
lations between England and America a
few years ago, is now a successful business
nan in Buenos Ayres, South America.
He has taken the name of w. D. Lowe.
Boston Herald.
The Boston Traveller says that
President Bruce, of the Massachusetts
Senate, and Speaker Marden, of the
Massachusetts House of Representa-
lives, were born in the same year, in the
same town in New Hampshire, and
were graduated in the same class at
Dartmouth College.
The Fresno (COl.) Republican says:
A remarkable matrimonial compact was
made at the United States Hotel in this
city Monday evening, in which Noah
Hickok and Elizabeth Hickok were
married for the third time. They have
been twice divorced. The bride and
groom have reached the mature age OF
s~eventy-three and eighty-seven respect
lively.
M. ROnstan, the new French Minister
At Washington, Is D 1Orty-elSnt
years of age. He has held many Con-
sular posts, and in 1881 was appointed
Ambassador to Tunis. He was a cOn
spicuous actor in the recent events in
that country, and the success of French
diplomacy in the dealings with the Bey
is due almost entirely to his firmness
and sagacity. = Washington STIR.
-Trollope received S24O for his first
production and $35, 900 for one of his
last. Captain Marryatt received $780,
900 for one of his works, and Lord Lyt-
ton $4,000 for the copyright of the
cheap edition of his works by Messrs.
Routledge & Sons, in addition to the
large amount paid at the time of their
publication, while it is well known that
Messrs. Longman paid Lord Beacons-
field $50. 600 for "Endymion."
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-01
How q Skater Was Rescued.

While the thousands of skaters were
darling over the frozen surface of the
Schuylkill yesterday afternoon one
venturesome chap. clad in a big ulster,
wooden gloves and a fur cap, glided
gracefully upon a wide stretch OF thin
ice under the Girard Avenue bridge.
In a moment he was floundering in
the water. In response to his cries fol
help a member of the P~hiladelphia
Skating Club and Humane Society
tossed him a life line. He seized it and
a score of willing hands at the other end
pulled hard. The rope parted and the
unfortunate skater was al the mercy OF
the icy waters. The saving appliance,
after the mishap, was too short to reach
him. No other rope was near. 1tlOOked
squally for the man in the water, who
cried out that his strength was fast leav-
ing him. A tall. muscular fellow threw
himself flat on the treacherous ice and
slowly drew himself to the sinking man
who seized his arms. Another skater
Frustrated himself in like manner and
caught hold of the ankles of the other
man, forming a chain. Several per-
sons grasped the legs of the last man
and succeeded in drawing the trio to a
place of safety. The rescued man was
almost exhausted. He was wrapped in
q blanket, placed on a sled and hurried
ly taken to the boat-house of the Skat-
ing Club, where, under the treatment
he rece. we'd, he oon recOvered.-PhiIa-
defDhin Record.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-01
HUMOROUS,

Eyes," said the Idaho man, "it'l
dreadful unfortunate that my gal 90,
Rugged by that ar bar. She's sort o
held me in contempt since."-Chicag0
Herald. ,,
"A party of young ladies attended a
church sociabh in Elizabethan costume,
and when the local paper said that the
fair was visited by ruffs nobody caught
on to the joke.-Boston Herald.
We started to read a poem BY Bart.
ley Campbell the other day. Finally
we came to the point where he rhymed
"plenty' and "went She" Then we
stopped. We are not tough.-Lowel
Citizen.
-"Yes," said. Mr.. B%rickhandler,
"my bull dog has wonderful artistic
taste. He wouldn't attack a tramp the
other day because the cloth of the mans
trousers wouldn't harmonic well with
the color of his jaws."-Boston Posi-.
1t was his first attempt on roller
skates. and as they brought him to in
the toilet-rOom he remarked: 81 tel
you. boys, that was gorgeous. 1 must
have Knocked in the whole dome OF
heaven, the way those stars flew round.
I wonder if there's any left for the next
man."-OH City Derrick.
take my advice" said old Skin
flint to his clerk, whom he had discov-
cred stamping an envelope from his own
private receptacle; ''take my advice.
if 1 yer find you taking anything OF
mine your connections won't a v you.
To Jail you CO." Every well, SIR"
said the clerk; ~"perhaps l had bet.
ter rot take your advice, then."-The
Judge.
Not long ago the Atlantic cable
man sent over the report that Mary
Anderson, actress, was to marry the
Duke of Portland, Englishman. Last
night the following dispatch was re.
ceived by the Associated Press from
Portland. Ore: "Thc engagement OF
Mary Anderson to Lieutenant Dukes, OF
this place, is denied. No such person
is known to exist. - Chicago Tribune.
THE top of the morning to ye,
Mrs. O'Flaherty." THE same to We.
Mrs. O'Raherty. An did We sec the
orphants marchin' yisterdayP" 81 did;
oOO plCSo ltCiy llOllCI . SUI " Su.
But l didn't see little Johnny O'Hern
in the procession" ..Ahd sure he's
not an orphant any more. He's quit
the business and has gone to learnin' a
thrade, he has," "Arrah, God bless
HIM for his enterprise" - Kentucky
State Journal.
Why he wasn't there now: Koscius-
ko Murphy, who is a book-keeper in a
grocery house, met friend who clerks
IN a cigar store on Austin avenue and
asked him for a cigar. saint got
any," said his friend. "Ain't got
any!'' said Kosciusko. ssWhy, when ]
used to work in a cigar store 1 ALWAYS
had my pockets stuffed with cigars"
"Yes; probably that's the reason you
amt in q cigar store now" was the
crushing reply. -7ezas SiJtimgs.
Young Calvin" wants to know il
we ''belieye that the angels have wings,
and why we think so?'f We think they
have, Calvin. We never saw their
wings, but we know that whenever q
young man becomes perfectly convinced
that he has met an angel he spends
aOout all his spare time holding her
tight with both arms. as though he
feared she would fly away the minute
be let her 60. And If they had no
wings ERE would be no cause for tkis
wide Fead, almost universal fear.-
Burlington Hawkeye.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-01
DEVILS Lake. in Northern Dakot

Devils Lake, in Northern Dakota
does not in any sense deserve its name.
for it is a fine sheet of water in the
midst of beautiful scenery, and there
are no evil traditions concerning it.
The fact is that the Indians called il
Spirit Lake, and the white man regard.
ed a spirit as necessarily a devil. Resi-.
dents talk of changing the name back
to the original Minnewakau.-C Chicago
Herald.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-01

"A De Kalb County (Tennessee)
man cut a tree until it was ready to fall.
and then threw himslf under it to com.
init suicide.-N. o. Picayune.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-01

"A Boston pape, calls Matthew
Arnold ''the apostle of molasses ans
moonlight"
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-01

An English practitioner gave .
lady a mixture of acetic acid TO dis
solve a pin she had swallowed, and
said it would do the work in a week.
But the medical authorities have sat
down upon the case and find that such
mixtures are Eon-operative. 1t was de-
cided, moreover, that metallic bodies
become quickly and considerably or.
foded by the action of the juices in the
alimentary canal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-01

Elm all wool and a yard wide!'
shouted a cowboy, as he gave his SOM
brero an extra side hitch, and looked
around for a foe. THAT may be-" re.
piled an updaunted female, ''but you
won't wash. "-RhIQdelphia Call.