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The Red Cloud chief., 1875-01-20

in our borders The benefits that would
result to the whole state from the de-
velopement Of coal beds cannot be
over-estimated. Expensive fuel is one
Of the greatest burdens upon our peo-
pie. Nothing would assist more in
bringing manufactures among Us than
cheap fuel. I submit to you the ex-
pediency Of creating the Office Of state
geologist
The condition of the western Dor.
ton Of the state viii merit your care
ful and critical attention. Much has
already been done BY private charity
10 relieve the wants Of the destitute 10
this section. While in behalf Of the
state | return the profoundest thanks
70 those individuals aud corporations
Of our own and other states Who have
given so generally to our needy, I
would say that it seems to me unjust
and improper for Us to remain a bur.
den upca the charity Of tie world.
Trust, therefore, that Jon win take
such sctisn - your judgment shall
seem prudent Tor the relief Of such Of
our fellow ckizens - have not already
been reached. or provided for. By
private charity, remembering however
that no assistance VIII Be equal 70 the
emergency. that does nes provide SEED
for those that cannot otksrviss obtain
it. to the end that in the future, they
nay become selE-sSrtsinins. What
svsr plan you may adopt consistent
With the constitution. vin meet Nth
ny hearty approval
The Red Cloud chief., 1875-01-20

All basinsD strictly sttsnded % nd al
eorrespondenee promptly answered. Speeia
attention giveato payment Of nxa. CsElse-
.ions and Real Eetses Practice.
RIvEKT0E.
Marshall County Republican., 1875-02-18
A Desperate Defense.

A most terrible affair has just occurred
at place near Saintes, III the Charente
Inferieure, where a man named Tarin,
after shooting at his father and his
brother, set fire to their farm, and
burned cattle and brandy to the value of
1000 francs. He then retired to his
house, loopholed the walls, and prepared
to stand a siege. He had three guns and
quantities of ammunition Five gen
darmes arrived at full gallop, and Tarin
killed one and wounded two The other
two gendarmes, aided by the peasantry,
surrounded the house, reinforcements
were telegraphed for, and before long
brigades of gendarmes arrived from
Pons, st. Genis, and Saintes, under the
command of captain the sub-prefect
also repaired to the scene of action. For
ten hours q force estimated at 1000
strong kept up fire on the house, Tarin
replying necessarily. Corporal Boucherie
exposed himself for moment, and
was shot dead. At last NAVY, an old
soldier, volunteered to storm the place,
and he managed to get on the roof, and
to pour bucket of petroleum into the
house while accomplishing this Tarin
wounded him slightly in the forehead.
The house was soon in a blaze, and the
assassin perished in the flames. The two
gendarmes who fell were buried with
great pomp and solemnity, and sub
scriptiOn has been opened for their
widows and children.
Marshall County Republican., 1875-02-18
The Cruelty Of Monkeys.

An amateur naturalist, writing of the
fondness of cruelty for its own sake OBJ
servable i'll the human species, says /:
"To refer to the striking similarity OF
this passion in man to that which is mani
tested by monkeys, is not, of course, to
explain its origin but 1 am quite sure
that it is in the monkeys that this ex-
planation is to be sought. Every one
knows that these animals show the keen
est delight in wantonly torturing others,
but every one does not know how much
trouble an average monkey will put him
self to in order that he may crafty this
taste. One example will suffice. A
friend who has lived long time in In
dia tells me that he has not unfrequently
seen monkeys feigning death, for an
hour or two at time, for the express
purpose of inducing crows and other
carnivorous birds to approach within
grasping distance and when one of the
latter was caught, the delighted monkey
would put it to all kinds of agonies, of
which plucking alive seemed to be the
favorite. AS / am not aware that any
other animal exhibits this instinct of in
ficting pain for its own sake (the case of
a cat with a mouse, belonging, think,
to another category, / believe. if its
origin is ever to receive scientific ex-
planation, it will be found in some way
connected with monkey life"
Marshall County Republican., 1875-02-18

A correspondent writing from the
House during the recent fibustering
bout, gives concise description of the
way a deadlock is worked. He says:
"The method of proceeding is as fol-
Gratis moves that the House adjourn
another demands the yeas and nays upon
this motion. Then some member on the
Republican side demands the yeas and
nays. This is where the fun comes in
for the Republican side. The Speaker
asks if the call i, for tellers is seconded,
and sufficient humber of Republicans
rise in their places. The tellers are then
appointed and take their places before
the Speakers desk, and the Democrats
who desire the yeas and nays come
marching down the aisles and pass be-
tween the tellers. The Speaker then
declares that sufficient number have
voted for the yeas and nays to second
that demand, and the other side Is not
counted, so the Republicans have an op-
portunity of giving the Democrats some
physical labor without trouble to them
selves. The yeas and nays having been
ordered on motion to adjourn, some
other Democrat moves that when the
House adjourns to-day it be to meet on
Saturday next. On this question the
yeas and nays are demanded, the Repub-
icans call for tellers again, and repeat
the same proceedings as on the first mo-
ton. Next motion is made by some
Democrat to amend the last motion by
striking out Saturday and inserting Fri
day as the date of meeting. The Demo
Gratis are made ito march between the
tellers again in order to get the roll call
ed upon this motion. Three roll calls
are thus ordered, and consume the time
for two hours or more. When the last
motion has been voted upon and voted
down, then the same routine is begun
over, and the same monOtOnOus proceed
ings are repeated"
Marshall County Republican., 1875-02-18
Wanted to Copyright a Dog.

The Cincinnati Enquirer tells this vera
cious tale: "a rather intelligent-look-
ing man came into the United States
Clerks Office recently and stated that he
desired to take out copyright. Mr.
Tom Ambrose explained that by the
change in the law of 1870 his applica-
ton must be made directly to Washing
ton. He said he had a table perform
ance he wanted to get copyrighted, and
inquired how it should be done. Capt.
Ambrose told him he would have to send
three copies of the work to the depart
ment at Washington. 'Of which, the
table or the dog?' asked the man. what
do you want copyrightedl' inquired
Ambrose. why, performance on a
table by dog. l might send three ia
bles on, but you see / have only one
dog. The little fellar acts the cutest you
ever seed, and there's money in it for
me if l can only get copyright on it
so other folks can't learn their dogs to do
the same tricks. How'll it do, Mister 2
Capt. Ambrose assured him that he had
no remedy, except to make his dogs
acting so superior to others that they
would not be encroachable by dogs of
inferior talents; just the same copy
right which artists enjoy"
Marshall County Republican., 1875-02-18

Many years ago, when the great Ken
tucEan, Henry Clay, was candidate for
reelection to Congress from his native
State, the following incident actually oc-
CURED:
On election day Clay was standing
near the polls, surrounded by number
of friends, when he was approached by
an old friend who was carrying flint
lock rifle on his shoulder, as it was GUS
tomary for all backwoodsmen to do in
that early day. When he reached Clay,
she extended his hand to him, and said,
" Harry, as man l like you; but you
supported a measure during the last ses-
sion which think will prove injurious
to the best interests of the country
therefore, L cannot vote for you again -
Clay looked at him for few minutes
in silence then he took the gun off his
shoulder, and after examining it for a
short time said, "Did you ever have a
fine bead drawn through the sights of
your gun on a noble buck, when the
flint snapped" The man answered,
eyes" Clay then continued, ."Did
you break your gun over the nearest
tree, or did you pick the flint and try it
AGAIN." The mans face frightened up
he held ont his hand to Clay again, and
said, "Why, d-n it, I picked the flint
and tried it again, and 1 will try you
once more," and ever afterward he was
one of Clay's warmest friends.
Marshall County Republican., 1875-02-18
Chinese Books.

Printing book in China is done as
follows: two pages are written by one
trained TO the business on sheet of thin
paper, divided into columns by black
lines, and in the space between the two
pages are written the title of the work
and the number of chapter and page.
When the sheet has been printed it is
folded down through this space, so as to
bring the title, etc., partly on each page
The sheet, when ready for printing, is
pasted face downward on a smooth block
of wood, made usually from the pear or
plum tree. AS soon as it is dry the paper
is rubbed off with great care, leaving be-
hind an inverted impression of the char
acters. Another workman now cuts away
the blank spaces by means of sharp
graver, and the block, with the characters
in high relief, passes to the printer, who
performs his work by hand. The two
points he has to be most careful about
are to ink the characters equally with his
brush, and to avoid tearing the paper
when taking the impression. From q
good wooden block some 1900 copies
may be printed, and when the characters
have been sharpened up little, it is pos
sible to obtain 5000 or 10000 more i'm
pressions.
Marshall County Republican., 1875-02-18
Will Whisky Freeze!

1t was lately stated, as an example of
intense cold, that i'll Montana, on the
night of January 13, the mercury in
the thermometers all froze, small quanti-
ties of mercury in walls became con-
gealed, and proof whisky placed ont of
doors froze solid il half an hour. This
last item is the only one which has
elected an expression of incredulity.
The proof whisky that froze in half an
hour is regarded by a contemporary as
beyond belief. The freezing of the mer-
curry happens at thirty or forty degrees
below zero, but absolute alcohol, it is
declared, has never been frozen, though
Prof. Faraday found it looked little
turbid when subjected to a temperature
(artiticiaD of 166 degrees below zero
Highwines contain 10 per cent. of alco-
hol. Proof spirits of government stand
ard are placed at 80 per cent. alcohol,
and, as the Newark On. J.) Adcertiser
remarks, the alcohol this Montana whisky
contained would have separated from the
water in the progress of freezing, Ike
the score" In frozen barrel of cider
If it actually froze solid it was harmless
variety Of whisky. In the severest cold
of the Arctic explorations proof spirits
never froze, though there was bur
lesque about the men in Parry's expedi-
ton chopping the brandy out of the
cask withanax. probable explanation
of the Montana phenomenon is that the
spirits were set aside in an open vessel,
when the whisky evaporated rapidly and
left the component water frozen. Wash
iQ0tOn Star.
Marshall County Republican., 1875-02-18
"Gwine fur to Jine the Bands

The other night a Fayetteville gentle
man was greatly disturbed by dismal
bowling in his kitchen, which he first
supposed was the sad refrain of some
low-spirited tOm-cat dying with the
bronchitis. Tracing up the noise, he
found it proceeded from an old negro
woman that was rocking backward and
forward in chair, singing as vociferous
iy as her feeble lungs would allow.
What are you doing, Aunt Peggy
exclaimed the irate Fayettesvillian.
"Tm singin' of hime, honey"
1.-The d. you are what hine are
you singing!"
"Tm singing, I'm gwine fur to jine
the band. ,"
"Well, I'd like to know what band
You are 'gwine fur to jine l'"
"De angel band, honey-de Lords
bandl
Now, you'd make a nice angel,
wouldn't you, with the dirt an inch thick
on your hide"
"Nebber mind about de dirt, honey" /"
piously CALCULATED Aunt Peggy, "nebber
mind about de dirt-de Lord he got
plenty of soap, he has, and he runs de
ribber Jordan, he does-nebber mind
about de dirt-I'p gwine fur to jine-l" +"
Here Aunt Peggy's tormentor fed, and
she was left to exercise her vocal powers
at discretiOn.-Fdyettesviie Express.
Marshall County Republican., 1875-02-18
Why He Wore q Wig.

In giving "reminiscences Of Col. Levi
Boutwell,, noted man in his day, q
Montpelier, VT, writer tells the following
story:
The Colonel was uncommonly bald,
and, without his heavy, dark wig, looked
not bit like himself. Once he was in
tie wash-room of the pavilion, and, for
the convenience of his ablutions, had laid
aside his wig. Presently, young, spruce
chap, with extremely red hair, came in.
Noticing the Colonels nude head, he
inquired
"Well, Colonel, why don't you have
some hair on your head?"
1t was an impudent question, and the
Colonel knew it. Looking savagely at
the red head of the saucy young stran-
ger, he replied
"When they made me and had me all
finished but the hair, they told me they
had nothing left except red hair. / told
them then wouldn't have any / would
rather go without. They might save
that for impudent young pOpinjays and
fools"
The young and inquisitive joker was
perfectly willing to drop the subject.
Marshall County Republican., 1875-02-18

A South American letter writer saws
Buenos Ayres is a modern commercial
city, built upon an old Spanish town. II
is laid out into squares by streets cross
ing at right angles with perfect regular.
ity. The narrow streets were originally
lined with rambling one-story houses OF
brick, faced with white cement. each
with its patio in the center, and its large
street windows effectually protected by
network of iron bars. In recent
times the wonderful commercial pros
perity of the city has rendered necessary
more crowded style of building, and
these structures have been run up to two.
three, and rarely four stories in height.
The shop-windows of the Florida. the
principal street, viii remind you of New
York or London, but a glance at the
edlfices will bring your thoughts back to
Buenos Ayres. The sights in the streets
have the same two-fold character. The
old custom of horseback riding still pre-
walls largely, and the clatter of hoofs
without the rolling of wheels is marked
peculiarity. The bakers outfit is DON
key or a sorry jade of horse, with huge
panniers on either side, between
which sits the man of the loaves
galloping down the streets. l be-
heve that, fortunately, pies are not
In demand here. The milkman, dressed
gaucho fashion, with a slouch hat, q
shawl over his shoulder, and another
about his legs, comes trotting in from
the country with his cans slung on either
side of his horse. He puts water into
his milk there is another variety" who
does not. He may be seen driving two
or three cows down the street with calves
tied to their tails. When hailed he will
draw the milk for you before your eyes,
unadulterated of course, unless he may
have syringe full of water secreted in
his sleeve, as one ingenious fellow is said
to have done. You may see drove of
turkeys down the street, and if you de-
sire one for dinner, the agile driver will
catch the object of your choice in mo-
ment and wiring his neck in your pres
ence. The carts, you see, all are very
high twO-wheeled vehicles, with the
shafts thrust into saddle on the back
OF one horse, while another, fastened to
one corner by chain caught in one side
OF his saddle, gyrates about much as he
pleases. These are trifling matters, but
they are street pictures = along with
street-cars of New York manufactare-the
driver of which winds a horn at every
crossing to clear the roads, and eGripages
as fine as any to be met on the grand
boulevard in Chicago.
Marshall County Republican., 1875-02-18
Origin of the COrOner,s Inquest.

A gentlewoman in London, after bury
ing six husbands, found a gentleman
hardy enough to make her a wife once
more. For several months their happi-
ness was mutual, circumstance which
seemed to pay no great compliment to
the former partners of her bed, who, as
she said, had disgusted her by their sot-
tishness and infidelity. In the view of
knowing the real character of his amor
GUS mate, the gentleman began fire.
quently to absent himself, to return at
late hours, and when he did return to APP
pear as if intoxicated. At first re-
proaches, but afterward menaces, We're
the consequences of this conduct. The
gentleman persisted and seemed every
day to become addicted to his bottle
one evening when she imagined him
dead drunk, she undersewed leaden
weight from one of the sleeves of her
gown, and, having melted it, she APP
preached her husband, who pretended
still to be sound asleep, in order to put
it into his ear through pipe convinced
of her wickedness the gentleman started
up and seized her, when, having pro
cured assistance, he secured her till
the morning, and conducted her before a
magistrate, who sent her to prison The
bodies of her six husbands were dug up,
and, as marks of violence were discerni-
bic upon each of them, the proof of her
guilt appeared so strong upon her trial,
that she was condemned and executed.
10 this circumstance are we indebted for
that useful regulation, by which no
corpse can be inferred without legal
inspection.
Marshall County Republican., 1875-02-18
Excitement Over the Election Of A. J

/ Nashville Cor. Cincinnati Commercially
The Speaker tried to announce the
vote, as he Is required to do, but his
words could not be heard two feet from
his nose. He raped and pounded with
his gavel, but the noise of that was
drowned in the deafening yells. He then
sat down and calmly awaited for the
crowd TO exhaust itself. Meanwhile the
members were waving hats and hand
kerchiefs, trying to quiet the excited
throng, but without speedy success.
Altogether it was a scene at once lu-
dicrous and dramatic.
Finally the cheering ceased from sheer
exhaustion, the vote was announced, and
Andrew Johnson declared to be elected
to the United States Senate for the term
of six years from the 4th of March next.
Now more yells, cheers and confusion,
and rush for the streets to carry the news
to Johnson at the Maxwell House About
two thousand men undertook to bear the
joyful intelligence. The first to get to
Mr. JOhnson's room (No. 81 was My.
Taylor, of Clay county. When Taylor
got to the door he was so exhausted he
could not say word, and another man,
with more enduring wind, rushed in,
gave A. j. the news, and with it an affec-
tionate hug, bear fashion. Mr.. johnson
could not speak for some seconds, but
tears followed each other in quick sue
cession down his pale and furrowed
cheeks. He had won the great fight,
one In which his heart was more deeply
engaged than any other of his life.
In minute his room was full of over
joyed friends. When his room would
hold no more, the stream overfiowed into
the corridors, passages, stairways, rotun-
da, and out into the streets.
The scene in his room was affecting.
Many of the old white-headed Democrats
cried, as they clasped him whom they
call the "great COmmoner by the hand.
Many were so chOked with emotion that
they could not say word; they could
only shake hands and then sit down in a
corner and wipe away the tears with their
coat tails
An Irishman wedged his way in,
grasped A. J. by the hand, and saluted
the "next President
Elias Polk an aged colored man, the
trusted body-servant of President Polk,
came in, saying that he had not felt so
happy since 1874, "when master beat
Clay"
Meanwhile there was an immense
throng outside calling for candy" He
was brought forward, bowed his acknowl-
edgments. but said not word His face
beamed rs it never has before in all these
hard-fought Tennessee battles. He was
the happiest man in the State
Marshall County Republican., 1875-02-18
A Nice Little Game.

San Francisco people love strangers,
and they sometimes take 'em in. One of
'em loved me. 1 stepped into gorgeous
saloon, of course only to get a light.
There was bakers dozen of nice fell
lows in there One of 'em spoke.
"Just in time," says he.
"For what p says /.
Penny under the heel" says he.
"All right" says 1.
"Take a hand {" says he.
81 will" says /.
Then he said the way to play it was to
put one heel on penny laid on the floor,
then reach forward with a piece of chalk,
and mark Oh the floor, as far as possible
from the toe, and the Imam whose mark
proved to be nearest to the toe was stuck
for drinks. It's lovely game. ! marked,
then another fellow marked, and in
reaching forward lifted his heel from the
penny then cuss behind him, quick
as a flash, picked up the penny, and
he gave me sly wink then he said :
Your heel amt on the penny"
1T is" said he.
1T ain't," says 1.
Drinks that it is" said he.
Done, says L.
i found / was DONE That fellow
hauled off his shoe and shook out another
penny.
They sell champagne by the drink here
at two "bits a glass. They had
some, and / disbursed 1926 in coin.
That chap then came over and said,
"Tll give you chance to get even."'
"Howl" says I.
"Odd or even" says he.
"All right" says L.
Then he made 6 on piece of paper,
and held it so could see it then, "Odd
or even"
Even," says I.
1" You're stuck" says he, and turned
the six upside down, and it was a nine.
murmured inst little. told him
it was hardly fair to ask if wanted to
get even and then show me odd. He
said it did look odd. JOHN.
Marshall County Republican., 1875-02-18
A Brakeman's Bravery.

Charles Crandall, brakeman on the
New York and New Haven railroad. saved
the life of Mary Z. Jones in Portchester
recently at the imminent risk of his own.
Miss Jones was crossing the track when
she recognized an acquaintance in little
boy and stopped to talk with him. He
was not on the road bed, but Miss Jones
stood on the track, which was trembling
with the approach of Boston express at
full speed. A freight train stood ON the
other track, and the men were busy
switching cars on side track. Crandall
was on freight car that was moving, and
hearing the express, shouted to Miss
Jones to get out of the way. She seemed
not to hear and continued her conyer-
sation.
Crandall jumped from the moving car,
and ran towards the woman, who, too
late to save herself, saw her danger 81
thought all of sudden that I'd try."
said he afterward, in relating the story to
his friends, "and l knew that it must be
an awful quick try. She didn't see me
coming, but just glanced over her shoul-
der quick like, and then shrIlnk alto
gether with a sort of shrudder and whis-
PSAOAs III S5Olc. Il IlldL Whisper,
and it seemed as if the engine might have
heard it, too. 1t was about as near as
was. 1t was which and 'tother between
me and the express.
1.-The girl put her hands to her face and
tottered backward. 1 just caught her
round the waist, and lugged her off the
track as the whole train scrrried past. L
looked down at the little woman, and she
was as pale as ghost and hardly breathed.
Then 1 was afraid she would faint, and
wouldn't have known what to do then.
10 pull a woman out of danger is easier
for me than to bring them to when they
faint. But she opened her eyes and
stared into my face in a wondering way.
Just as one does on waking from a sleep
after being sick and hght-headed. /
think the scare itself came near killing
her. She found out where she was quick
enough, and bounded away. Don't
you ever come around this track again.
said L. Then she laughed and started
for her home, as she remarked Il think
shall remember this forever