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Year: 1877

Red Cloud Agency Letter to Chicago Tribune.


Early this morning the body of Crazy
Horse was brought in the ambulance from
the post by Indian soldiers, and delivered
to his relatives in the village near the
agency. There was terrible amount of
crying done by the women and children;
and. just before noon, the relatives of Crazy
Horse took the body to Spotted Tail
Agency. Crazy Horse was brave man,
reckless and foolhardy, of very little intelli-
gence, and had gained his notoriety through
his brute courage and stubborn will. He
was a very young-appearing man, although
thirty-seven years ofage. Every effort had
been made by the Indians here, and his
own particular leaders to induce him to
listen to the whites and obey the orders
given him-but to no avail. He persisted
in his refusal to go to Washington, talked
impudently and defiantly, and opposed
every effort made by the agent, DR.. Irwin,
the military, and the Indians, to pacify
him, and to persuade him to listen to ad-
vice. He would not listen, and at last got
his own people disgusted with him, and a
number of Indians were known to have re-
marked, ON the day that the northern In
dians we're surrounded, that they would
like to kill him like dog if he resisted.
Now his career is over, and it is probable
that no more trouble will arise here, as his
death has been to the Indians good and
effective lesson.
Year: 1877

The Omaha Bee publishes statement to
the effect that General Crook narrowly es-
capped assassination at the hands of Crazy
Horse on the occasion of the recent dis
turbance at the Red Cloud Agency. Crazy
Horse had been working to breed discon-
tent among the Indians, urging them to go
on the war-path, but could not succeed.
Among the Northern Indians he had been
pretty powerful, but when he came to the
reservation he found so many chiefs who
were regarded as his superiors that be lost
all his influence and became angry and ILL.,
natured. Gen. Crook sent wond that he
wished to talk with him, and started out
with Mr.. Clark, an Indian agent and in
terpreter, to see him. On the way down
to the Indian camp they were overtaken by
a courier, who stated that Crazy Horse, in
conversation with his men, had said that
he intended to talk pretty saucy to Gen.
Crook, and in case the General should OBJ
ieet he would kill him. General Crook
and his companion, who were unarmed,
abandoned the idea of having talk with
Crazy Horse, and the plotter's arrest and
death followed.
Year: 1877

At recent meeting of the Chemical So
ciety of St. Petersburg, Prof. Mendeljeff
sought to combat some of the old notions
on the origins of petroleum, and to sabsti-
tute a new theory on the subject. II has
been maintained by many geologists that
the decomposition OF mineral matter in the
lower strata of the earth was the source of
petroleum.


The Professor believes that the true
source is to be found much lower down.


The sandstone in which it is found was not
its original source, as is shown from the
fact that no carbonized animal remains are
found in it. There ought also to. be other
products of animal decomposition, If that
was the starting point; we must search
lower down, even below the Silurian, as
mineral oil Of the Caucasus is found in the
Tertiary, and in Pennsylvania In the De-
vonian and Silurian. AS, however, in the
rocks below the Silurian there was very lit
tie organic life, the formation of such a
great quantity of petroleum could scarcely
be traced to such a limited source. Men
deliieff therefore proposes substitute for
the organic theory. He goes back to the
nebular hypothesis of Laplace, and applies
Dalton's law of the original gaseous condi-
ton of the material of the earth, and, taking
into consideration the density of the earth
and the vapor density Of the elements, he
arrives at the conclusion that the interior
contains many metals, and that chief among
them is iron; finally, he assumes the pres
ence of carburetic compounds of the metals
and comes to the following conclusions
Through some of the assures in the crust
of the earth, occasioned by the upheavel
and depression of the surface, water perco-
lated to the carbureted metals and acted
upon them at high temperature and eleva-
ted pressure, thus forming metallic oxides
and saturated hydrocarbons; the latter
rose in the form of vapor to the upper
strata, where they condensed to liquids in
porous sandstones and other rocks havinga
tendency to absorb liquids. The internal
heat Of the earth occasioned the reduction
of carbureted metals, and this gave rise to
hydrocarbons. Other chemists than Men
deliieff have shown, experimentally, that
something very like petroleum can be pro-
duced artificially by initiating in the labo-
ratory the process above described.
Year: 1877

A great many people in st. Louis have
seen something of the peculiar perform
ances of a young mulatto named Albert
Rhodes, who follows the river for regu-
lar living, but whose chief delight is in
exhibiting mis- skill as a whistler and ven
triloau;st before crowds wherever he can
find them. At Vicksburg, about two
months ago, he attended funeral. The
burial service was -recited, the coffin low
cred into the grave, and the boards adjusted.
AS the first clod Of earth fell on the boards
there game low moan as if from the
coffin. The sounds at first we're very in
distinct, but in a minute they became loud
and frantic, as if the corpse had come to
life and was struggling to free itself from
the habiliments of the grave. Most of the
bystanders fed in dismay, the women and
children shrieking. Those who remained
hastily raised the coffin from the grave,
and without waiting to unscrew the lid,
pried it off with an ak. 1t was at once
discovered that was not possible that there
could be spark of life in the corpse.
Decomposition had set in. The next day
it leaked out that Rhodes was the offender.
st. Louis Globe Democrat
Year: 1877

A Mrs. innate Andrews, highly re-
fined and educated lady, aged 90 years, has
disappeared since the 10th instant. She is
of English birth. 4 detective who is in
vestigating the case says: "This is one of
the most singular cases that ever came to
my notice." Then he took from his pocket
the photograph of light-complexioned,
srInny-haired woman, upon whose lips was
smile of serene happiness. This was
taken when she was younger" he added,
but she is to-day as beautiful as she was
at that time, though her face is more care
worn and her eyes are strange and wild.
She has been married to Cuban about
three years. Soon after their marriage the
wife began to show symptoms of insanity.
She walked about the house in an aimless
way, saying nothing and paying no atten-
tion to anything She was perfectly quiet
and never made any trouble. 1t was kind
of passive insanity and no one would no.
tice anything wrong unless he was long in
her company. She lived happily with her
husband and each was passionately fond of
the other. As the hot weather set in Mrs.
Andrews became frequent visitor at Cen
trail Park. She wandered in listless way
up and down the shady walks. On the 10th
of August she arose early and ate breakfast
with her husband. After he had gone down
town she donned her walking habit and
stole quietly into the street. She took
car for Central Park and was noticed by
friends as she passed down path to the
menagerie. When last seen she was stand
ing IN front of an animal cage, gazing va
cantly at the animals. Since that day
every effort has been made by her husband
to find whittier she has gone. Detectives
have been working steadily, but have OBJ
tanned no clue. 1t is my belief that she has
been led away by evil persons aud that she
is IN some house in the city,"
Year: 1877

Says the Co~rier-JournaPs Newport let
ter: On my last day I had sail and
fish all alone in the bay, and l improved
the occasion to pay my respects to Miss
Ida Lewis, the heroine who has saved over
dozen lives at sea amid storms before
which the bravest quailed, and where Stout
hearted men did did not dare to venture.
Miss Lewis IS no longer young, and she has
an honest, weather-beaten face, but her
manners are graceful and those of a lady
quiet, natural and unassumlng. She con-
verses easily, and only talks of herself when
questioned. | was sorry to hear from her
that her health was falling her. heard
from other sources that she had married
not long ago, and been disappointed in her
choice. I could not but feel for her great
pity, united to the greatest respect. The
evening before I had seen one of those
silken, unnatural rich women of fashion,
such as they have at Newport, sitting in
her chariot arrayed in her laces, founces,
ribbons and diamonds, with puppy dog
In her fair, taper arms, the object evidently
of her tenderest solicit tude, and, the day
before that, another woman in railroad
car travelling about with cat. And here
was this good, quiet, brave little woman,
living the livelong year off in the rocks,
shut off for most of the year from any
society except her mother, yet eontented
and happy in the practice of duty, keeping
brave watch for the suffering and putting
out in her boat through the raging storm,
periling her own life to save the lives of
those who were utter strangers to her, and
all the while bearing her honors as meekly
as if she had been some simple village
maiden.
Year: 1877

You know my opinion of female society.
Without it we should degenerate into
brutes. This observation applies with ten
fold force to young men and those who are
in the prime of manhood. For, after GER
tain time oflife, the literary man may make
a shift Ga poor one grant, to do without
the society of ladies. To. a young man
nothing is SO important as spirit of devo-
tion, next TO his Creator, to some amiable
woman, whose image may occupy his heart
and serve to guard it from pollution, which
besets it on all sides. A man ought to
choose his wife, as Mrs. Primrose did her
wedding gown, for qualities that swear
well." One thing, at least, is true, that if
matrimony has its cares, celibacy has no
pleasures. A Newton of mere scholar
may find employment in study; man of
literary taste can receive in books power
full auxiliary but man must have boz
som friend and children round him to cher
ish and support the dreariness of old age
John Randolph.
Year: 1877

Last Thursday Walter Schweickhardt,
accompanied by his pointer dog, started
for a hunt in the wilds of Belle Isle. After
a long tramp without much success, and
when near the fish houses and sheet piling
at the upper end of the Island, MIR. S. saw
a yellow-leg ployer, fired at it and brought
it down into the water between the rows OF
piling. The dog went after the game, his
master waiting until he saw that he had
found it. Then, thinking that the dog
would follow, Mr.. Schweickhardt started
for his house on the east side of the island.
From there he crossed the island and the
river to the American shore, rem aimed on
this side two or three hours and returned
to the island to find that the dog had not
yet put in appearance. Very much alarm
ed, Mr.. Schweick ardt walked to the upper
end of the eisland--having been gone nearly
six hours-to find that Capt. Westcott had
but few minutes before rescued the dog,
who, with the plover still in his mouth, had
been swimming around in the pile-inclosed
space unable to get out. When pulled out
of the water by Captain Westcott, the dog
was SO completely exhausted that he fell
full length upon the ground and remained
there in semi-unconscious state for nearly
half an hour.-Detrost Free Press.
Year: 1877

AHARD- WORKING EDIToR.-Gossiping
about Cincinnati editors, a correspondent
of the New York Tribune says Mr.. Hal
stead is probably the hardest worker of all
the men who control great newspapers
He writes more editorial matter than any
of his assistants, reads all the important
exchanges, and does his own scissoring, and
seldom goes home nights until he sees the
Commercial put to press. His capacity for
brain-work is wonderful. One day during
the last campaign he wrote the whole edi-
torial page of the paper, paragraphs, lead
ers aid all, with the exception of two short
articles. He never employs a stenographer
but goes through the physical drudgery Of
writing without assistance, drying his pen
over the paper at a tremendous rate. EY-
cry night he takes supper at the same place
and at the same hour. To share this re-
past is a privilege which any journals
would value highly. The editors hard
work is over then, he has only to go back
to the Office, read the late dispatches and
throw off a few of his pungent paragraphs,
SO he is not in a hurry, and usually feels in
genial, talkatiye mood.
Year: 1877

Marry in your own religion.
Never both be angry at once.
Never taunt with past mistake.
Let kiss be the prelude of a rebuke.


Never allow a request to be repeated.


Let self-abnegation be the habit of both.
A good wife is the greatest earthly bless
ing.
81 forgot" is never an acceptable ex-
cuse.


If you must criticise, let it be done lov-
ingly.


Make marriage matter of moral .judg-
ment.


Marry into family which you have long
known.


Never make remark at the expense of
the other.


Never talk at one another, either alone Or
in company.


Give your warmest sympathies for each
others trials.


If one is angry, let the other part the lips
only for a kiss.


Neglect the whole world beside, rather
than one another.


Never speak loud to one another unless
the house IS on fire.


Let each strive to yield oftenest to the
wishes of the other.


Always leave home with loving words,
for they may be the last.


Marry into different blood and tempera-
ment from your own.


Never deceive, for the heart, once misled
can never trust wholly again.


1t is the mother who moulds the charac-
ter and fixes the destiny of the child.
Never find fault unless it is perfectly GER
tain fault has been committed.


Do not herald the sacrifices you make to
each others tastes, habits or preferences.


Let all your mutual accommodations be
spontaneous, whole-souled and free as air.
1.-The very felicity is ia the mutual culti-
vation of usefulness.


Consult one another in all that comes
within the experience, observation or sphere
of the other.


"A heSlVatlng OF grun yleluinS W VIC
wishes of the other always CRATES upon
loving heart.


Never reflect on a past action which was
done with good motive, and with the best
judgment at the time.


The beautiful in heart is a million times
of more avail, as securing domestic happi-
ness, than the beautiful in person.


They who marry for physical characteris-
tics or external consideration will fail of
happiness.
Year: 1877

force. | am not wholly discouraged by
the fact that one by ope the Republican
state governments of the south have been
forced to succumb to force or fraud or that
the policy of Louisiana, the first state re-
habilitated after the war is the last state
whose government thus falls. And I be-
lieve it will be among the first to raise
itself again to the plane of equal and honest
representation. [ advise that you main.
tain your party organization and continue
to battle for the rights of citizenship and
free government We strive for these
and not for man or men.


1t grieves me beyond expression that
the heroic efforts you haye made and cruel
sufferings you have undergone to maintain
republican principles in Louisiana have
had this bitter ending. To those who
have so gallantly stood by me in the long
contest we have passed through, tender
my heartfelt thanks. To all, | council
peace, patience, fortitude and a firm trust
that eventually right and justice will pre-
vail. (Signed.)


S, b, PACKARD, Gov,
Year: 1877

BY MRS. MAE b. HEAToN.
If the thought were present with us
That our eyes will see the Lord,
How we'd guard them from all evil,
How we'd guide them by His word.
If we held it truly sacred


That our ears will hear His voice,
How we'd train them to distinguish
The least limiting of His choice.
II the truth we never doubted.
That our lips would speak His name
In heavenly recognition


When the welcome plaudit came,
How we'd tune them to all sweetness,
Gentle words and kindly tone,
And we'd soon unlearn the harshnees
That has caused the world to moan.
II this right hand may be taken
BY angelic ones who wait
Ever at the shining portals,


Can it work the deeds OF hatef
II theee feet would press the verdure
OF the flowery pastures there,
Can follow earthly by-ways
And though false still deem them fairf
If my mind perchance may ripen
In the fuller life above
Meath the guiding of teacher
Whose eternal name Is Love,
Till 1t comprehends the wonders
OF creations faultless plan,
Til it learns the yearning pity


That our Saviour hadfor man.
Can / weaken it by folly


Or let evil thoughts find place
In this mind which is immortal,
And should mirror back His facei
Oh, il we are only faithful


Unto death-that gate of lie
Shall we e'er regret it, think you,
That we have endured the strife?
May our Lord veuchssfe to keep US
Pure in heart, and lip and eye,
Till we reach the golden city


In the glorious bye-and-bye.
Year: 1877

Caarrh in its extent and destructive force stands
next to Consumption, and is closely allied to it :;
for in certain constitutions the transitions from
TO the other is only question of time. 10 is there
fore singular thing that those afflicted with it
should not make II the object OF their lives to rid
themselves of it. A single bottle of any remedy
cannot, in the chronic tage effect cure, even
bring the system Under its influence fully. in
many such cases the bones and cartilage of the
nose are eaten away the organs of hearing, OF zee
ing, and of tasting, so affected to be rendered
useless, lhe uvulva so nlongated and infamed to
turn TO health must necessarily be slow under the
most favorable circumstances, when seriously az
ficied but tue evidence of its great value daily
comes to hand, we become more and more satisfied
that there does not exist of Catarrh that can
not be cured by judicious and persistent use of
SANFoRD's RADICAL CURE FOR CATARRH The re-


lief in every case obtained from the first dose is an
indication Of what it will do when the system is
brought constitutionalIy under its influence.


SANFORD RADICAL CURE Is sold by all whole
sale and retail druggists throughout the United
States. Price 81.
Year: 1877

How Governor David Tod Of Ohio got his
elncation IS related by Judge Spaulding of
Cleveland. A long time ago he visited
Judge Tod of Brior Hill, and the Judges
Young son was desired to sing for Mr.. Spaul.
ding The latter says The boy, without
& word, began and sang through to the end
the solemn song of Old Grimes is Dead.
We were all greatly amused, and the Judge
remarked, There is a good deal in that
boy, if it was only brought out Well,
why don't you bring it out?' said l. His
father remarked that he would be glad to
have him attend school, but was not able
10 send him. told him that there was a
good school in Warren, and that | should
be pleased to have the boy come and live
with me and 60 to school. His father said
that he would consent, provided would take
now and then piece Of beef, etc., from the
farm. The boy came to Warren with me
and went through his school days, studied
law, began his practice, and at length be-
came Gov. David Tod, the War Executive
Of q great State.
Year: 1877

WHEN THE BAND BEGINS TO PLAY.-Forty
years ago Scott's String Band was the
popular band at the Virginia summer re-
sorts. 1t was composed of a dozen negro
fddlers and banjomen from Charlottesville,
and as an old habitue of the Springs re-
marked, there was music in those days"
The big hotel with its spacious ball room
was not built then. The old building used
for ball room at that time stands on the
lower part of the lawn near the spring, and
has been desecrated to the use of an apothe.
cary's shop and japanese store. Mr.. Clay
was here, and after duplicating Uncle
Jimmy's three julips, repaired to the ball
room in the evening AS he took his posi-
ton in the dance he called for Natchez
under HILL" The band did not know
the piece whereupon the great Wing
leader, unbending from the dignity of
craftsmanship, repaired to corner of the
ball room and assembling the musicians
around him, continued to whistle his
favorite air until the band had caught and
learned it. Returning to the floor the
dance went on, and Harry Clay "swung
corners" and balanced al" until morn
ing. From that time foreward the popular
dancing music at the White Sulphur was
Natchez under Hill"
Year: 1877

Men are drowned by raising their arms
above water. the unbuoyed weight of which
depresses the head. When man falls
into deep water, he will rise to the surface,
and will continue there if he does not
elevate his hand ). he moves his hands
under watar D.. i. say he pleases, his
head will rise so high as to allow him full
liberty to breathe, and if he will use his
legs as in the act of walking Tor rather of
walking up stairs his shoulders will rise
above the water, so that he may use less
exertion with his hands, or apply them to
other purposes. These plain directions are
recommended to the recollection of those
who have not learned to swim in their
youth, as they may be found highly ad.
vantageous in preserving life.
Year: 1877

One can have the hands in soap-suds,
with soft soap, without injury to the skin
if the hands are dipped in vinegar or
lemon juice Immediately after. The acid
destroys the corrosive effects of the alkali,
and makes tho hands soft and white.
Year: 1877

A man never realizes the blessings of
wealth SO fully as when he takes his girl
out riding, and discovers at the first toll
gate that he has left his pocket book at
home in his other pantaloons.
Year: 1877

Boss Tweed is now undergoing investi-
cation before an investigating committee
of New Y ork Aldermen, and he tells how
political thieves are manufactured. lie
testifies that the first combination of
which he recollects was formed in the
Board of Supervisors, and for the purpose
of giving the Democrats the appointment
of the inspectors of election, in 1859. In
order to create Democratic majority on
that occasion, one of the Republican
Supervisors was bribed to stay away The
money to pay him with-$2, ,500-was
promptly paid by Isaac V. Fowler, then
Postmaster of New York city, and shortly
afterwards large defaulter to the Govern
ment and a fugitive from justice. Ofcourse
Fowler, liberal man, with an accommo.
dating and adjustable conscience, felt en-.
titled to recoup himself in this sum of
$500 from the public purse, and stealing
for the party naturally led on to stealing
for himself.


In the same way Tweed confesses that
his own Ring-the Sweeny Connolly Hall
Tweed ring-was originally only social in
its character. ave used to take our din
ners every day in this building he said.
We paid the keeper of City Hall for
three or four years to give us our dinners.
That was kept up socially and finally it
formed itself into political organization
for politics entirely. We met only for
the purpose of dining" reiterated Tweed,
cor talking politics. Money was never
mentioned there. l want that distinctly
understood. Them said Tweed, 81 was
elected to the State Senate. | found it
was impossible to do anything there with.
out paying for it, and money had to be paid
for passage of bills up there. That was the
way the combination began its formation
By raising money to pay for our protection IN he
city," Thus the Tweed ring like all others
had its root in the patriotism of partisan
ship. They stole for the good of the party
before they stole to fill their own pockets
Year: 1877

An irishman, fresh from the country,
saw a turtle for the first time and at once
made up his mind to capture it. The
turtle caught him by the finger, and he,
holding it out at armslength, said, "Faith,
and ye better let loose the how'll We have.
or III kick ye out. Of the very box We sit
in, be jabers."