Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-08-09
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xaNDOM IHOyGlErS NO. y.
HY JErUEO JErHRINGToN.
AbOut Putty.

About Putty.
\ gentleman employed carriage
maker to build him buggy of u par
ticular pattern, and during the pro-
rrcss If the work made frequent visits
of inspection. one day he noticed 4
little whitish Iatc!, in one of the un-
painted whecl-spokes. and called the
attention of the builder to the flaw.
40, that is putty" said the latter.
THAT spoke is stronger now than ii il
had been of perfectly solid wood.
~lou don't say sp.' remarked the &C.
centric old fellow. "Why then don't
Won make the whole wheel of putty?'
In daily life we often see what i ca
rablc of doing good,it kept in its prop
CIR oiace. so ni>applicd that 1t becomes
destructive in its action. The mcdicl-
nal use of alcohol, for instance. maN,ln
the case of Il man suffering from eN-
haustion, be of great restorative value,
but when used i'll excess as all every
day beverage, 1t becomes dangerous
in the extreme. When AN incbriate in-
div!diial clasps Il lamp-post i'll the he
lief il is the handle OF his umbrella. he
lie has been running his machinery
have got TOO much putty i'll them. In
certain diseases arsenic is 4 valuable
medicine, but the Young lady who
uses il to improve her complexion is
spinning along on putty wheels. and
when Il ey give way she will find her
self in the DIRT. The man of great rep
uiation who indulges in ii tlagrano sin
which he hopes will never be diseov-
cred bv Il ceusoriouS world, sudden
IL finds. when exposure comes.
tlat his character had too
much putty i'll it Ia wear
IL The end. lie may get on his knees
and lrv hv every available art 10 keep
back the tru h; but when buggy. car
yvin9. a heavy load. once breaks down,
leoplc locking on are very apt To note
the fact. even il the driver himself is
all the while protesting that his con-
NCyunce is not Il wreck.
The sutsins Ram.
4 misch 'cvouS schoolboy Taught his
pei lamb to butt, and derived groa.
amusen,ent from the harmless efforts
of the little four-Icgged student as lie
attacked every passer-hN. The lamb,
however, grew - he Il powerful ram
and his boxing i.si1S became disastrous
Ia nlanlv dignity. rs We'll is amusing
- vouthiu mischief He WAS 10 re-
>I3cctcr; the preacher and tie aon-
man. the lawVcr and the ieggar. were
alike i'll his eyes the fitting subjects of
AN overthrow. Whea tile Victim WIS
down. he WI; generously treated until
the moment he WAS Oh his feet again.
and then the programme of prostlatsng
him once more was strictly adhered to.
But there MAS ole young man With
bow legs this war like sheep could hot
lay prostrl,". To him ii WIS dcti@ht-
iul fun to fool the ram; present. ing his
lr-s rs a fair mark the knees Wcie sitd-
drnlN thrnWn apart when he blow WAS
s],ou. to he given, and daShin- ilar!u-
lc>>lv through the opening ,hc ram
locked foolish enough a> he picked
Eimscliup twenty feel heNond. one day
au old WOMAN was crossing the field III
which the ram WAS kept, and soon II;
hi, cOi,ai!Iaud she Wa> seated on the
ground. Finding herself a prisoner,
She he had Recourse 10 strategy: taking
:. handful of soft clay She rla>lcrcd up
the eyes of her antagonist, and silently
sol" away. leaving him with his head
in the air wondering what WAS going
To happcn next. There j. good dead
of ,hc but;ing ram i'll ordinary human
nature. Sometimes sharper. Whose
llaV il il To knock over every one he
deals with, mee:S 4 quiet sort of fellow
that he regards As his victim, but being
carefully watched, slight defensive
movement ii tire moment he Is about
t. strike sends him harmiesslN by. ct
course. he Is IA very mad ram then. and
whether it is bow legs or something
c'>r which thwarts his plans the action
j. loudly condemned. II one respect,
ncn of the world do not resemble Il
vicious Wool back. They delight i'll
keeping a fellow mortal i'll the dirt
uurc they ret him there. hut aS sonn
A. he stands on his feet they are ready
To help him. ii is succcss they Nor
ship. and amy man who Is not Succe>>-
fui III making money they consider
deserving OF being kicked. Then
a-;in, one meets With very wise
>kcptic whose knock down arguments
are always ready. He thinks himself
IL Srulle>s being, and talks of the
world having been made by itself, rs
ii there were either logic or common
sense in Such an assumption. lie
g,orles in his immense rationaii>lic
cruliiion, and. like the ram III the pas
turc field. he regards himself Is mon
arch of all he surveys. though his ken
j. narrow. indeed Some day an old
Woman comes along, and by putting
two fold question III the following
word, she leaves him standing very
harmless sheep: al die prepared
for future life. wha! have lost if
there i> 10 such life? If you de un-
prepared for immortal existence, what
have Nou gained by living only for
tIinp2'