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Year: 1873

There was rather unusual in,
cident at the Steubenville race
grounds on the 10th inst. 1t was


in the pacing race for a purse of
$500, free to all. There were


five entries. The winning horse
was Copperbottom. He took the
first heat, and in the second heat
the sulky of Copperbottom came
into collision with another and
was instantly overturned. The
driver of Copperbottom was Of
course thrown out, and it was ex-


pected that Copperbottom would
run away. Contrary to expecta,
tions, however, the horse never
broke once, and came in amidst
the widest cheers ahead, in as
good style as if his driver was be-
hind him. The enthusiasm of the
crowd was immense. They cheered
and cheered' the selfpossessed
horse which declined to get fright
ened, like most of its kind when
from drivers care.


The judges were at first going
to give the heat to the horse which
came in second, because Copper
bottom came in without Il driver.
The crowd getting wind of the
possible ruling against the gallant
CopperbOttom. gathered around
the stand, while from every hand
went ur cries of "Copperbottom
Copperbottom e


The judges saw if they should
give the race to the second horse
that the crowd were just in the
mood to pull the stand down a
bout their ears. They then re,
tired, and after consultation, ruled
the heat dead heat They would
have been obliged to give the heat
to Copperbottom, as he never broke
once, had it not been for the claim
of foul put in by the driver OF
the sulky with which Copperbot-
tom collided.


AS it was, it is one of the rare
events Of the turf where horse
has lost It's driver, tut yet has
kept its place in the race as if
nothing had happened.
Year: 1873

Athens Georgian: "TLere is
a report prevalent on our
streets that a man living near
Scull's Shoals, about twenty
miles from this city, told his wife
last Saturday night to awake him
up before 'old God Almighty woke
on Sunday as he wanted to catch
a mess of fish for breakfast. His
wife, in accordance with his in
structions called him before day
Sunday morning, and he, taking
his fshing-tackle, went to the
stream, and finding a tempting
hole, took his seat upon a rock
His wife awaited anxiolsly for
his arrival, but he not appearing
toward night she summoned some
neighbors and went in quest of


the lruaDt. Going to the stream
she found the missing man seated
upon rock, and, upon the party


requesting him to get up and &C.
company them home, he told them
that the Almighty had sent


judgment upon him and he had
become a part Of the rock and
could not move. His friends,
thinking that he was only jesting
took hold of him and attempted
to move him, when he commenced
screaming at the top OF his voice,
and asked them for Gods sake not
to attempt to Eft bin up as it
would murder him. He further
informed them that he had been
Informed by an unseen presence
that, as a judgment for his pro-
family and Sabbath breaking, he.
would never be severed from his
present seat, but would remain
fastened to it all his days, and
that be would be made to preach
his own funeral. They say he
talks quite freely, and is visited
by immense crowds from this and
counties. Several par
ties, we learn, from this place and
Winterville, went to see him, last
Wednesday, but have hot re-
turned" 40 AS
Year: 1873

The political campaign has


just opened in Ohio, and the first
signs indicate Enthusiastically that
a most important question there
will be the salary act and back
grab of the last Congress. And
the same may be said of the other
States which are to hold elections
this fall. The public Indignation
on the subject has taken the form
of an epidemic, and must run It's
course in spite of the party mana
gers. They can no more arrestit
than they can stop the rushing
currents of a whirlwind, and
ttose who have INDUCED them
selves lingering the stolen treas
ure will find themselves held to
an accountability by the people
Too long have they submitted to
systematic robbery, and being now
thoroughly aroused" the retribu-
ton will be thorough and COM
plete. -~.
Year: 1873

a dry goods dealer in Water
ford, Erie county, Pa, recently
brought a suit to recover a debt
of eight cents. A man living
in the town had previously Civ
en- warning to the storekeepers
not to sell his family any goods
except for cash. The mans wife,
however, obtained a spool of
cotton on credit, and when the
bill, amounting to eight cents,
was sent in, the husband re-
fused to pay. Suit was brought
to recover the debt, and tho
plaintiff got a verdict in his ia
yOr.
Year: 1873




A legislatorought to be honest,
Independent of the question of
salary. To say that at 1880 he
is above bribery, but at 5000 he
is moi, is to deny hin the posses
sion of an Intrinsic honesty, and
to2declare that he must be bribed
TO be honest. If the country
would ever accept 80 degrading an
idea, it would find that all the
money in theland would not sui
flee to purchase an integrity that
ought to be bad without price
ST. Louis Republican.
Year: 1873

We have all along contended


that Grant was chiefly rcspon-
Isible for the salary grab. Mere
ly to keep the matter before the
people, we introduce additional


testimony, our witness being the


Chicago Tfjb%ae: ''We have


been informed aforetime, by as
good Republicans as there are
in the House of Representatives
that while the salary bill was


pending, General Grant could


scarcely be induced to talk on


any other subject. Whatever
matter Of statemight be brought
up in the conversation, he would
dismiss it impatientIy, if not a
droitly, and return to the only
legislation in which he eyinced
any interest, viz, the increase
Of salaries. We also know
that the attendants at the White


House were the most assiduous
and efficient lobbyists in favor
Of the grab. Recent develop
ments show that Gen. Grant not
only encouraged the passage Of
the bill, but that he was the O.
riginator, the promoter, and the
whip as well as the signer Of
the bill"
Year: 1873

A man was recently convicted
in New York OF having "steered''
another into gambling house
where the latter lost only seven
dollars. But there is an old stat
ute in that State which makes
this crime, and gives the court
wide latitude in fixing The pun
ishment. In this case Recorder
Hackett took advantage of the
latitude to sentence the offender
to two years in the State prison
and a fine of 81, 900, which will
add three or four years to his
sentence. Such a law in every
State would 90 much toward sup
pressing this evil.
Year: 1873

The Princetown (Ky.) Banner
tells this story On Judge Grace:
A slip of the tongue on the part
of Judge Grace while charging
the grand jury on Monday at
EddyyiIle created considerable
laughter at the Judges expense.
In referring to the changes which
the last Legislature had made in
the laws Of the commonwealth
to take effect next December-he
said that III murder cases, when
the jury found a verdict Of guilty,
they might fix the punishment at
death, or in their discretion at a
long term in the State LegisIa-
ture.


And the best of it was the
Judge didn't detect his mistake.
Year: 1873

The personal accomplishments
Of the average man of town in
Colorado are thus described by a
resident: "0ur butcher is a grad
uate from Yale; one of the gen.
tlemen working in the printing
Office is a graduate Of Cambridge,
and winner of the bishops medal
for proficiency in classics; a ranch
man near by is the son Of a Gen
eral in the British army, and a
near relative of Geo Stephenson,
the engineer; four other ranchmen
are the four sons of a former Gov
ernor of Bengal, who is still very
wealthy; and two are sons Of an
eminent London banker"
Year: 1873

When a man "squats' on anoth'
er mans claim in Nevada, he is
first told to rise" If he won't
be is shot at, and if this fails, a
crowd of men haul him up to a
limb and leave him to enjoy the
morning air.
Year: 1873

A clergyman who left a no.
tice in his pulpit to be read by
the preacher who exchanged with
him, neglected to denote carefully
private postscript, and the con-
gregation were astonished to hear
the stranger wind up,saying: You
will please come to dine with me
at the parsoDage."
Year: 1873

The Kingston Freeman men,
tions a remarkable recovery from
a severe wound in the case of E,
B. Delamater, of Shokan, Ulster
county. A few days ago he was
injured by falling upon hay-fork,
one prong of which entered his
breast near the pit of the stomach
and passing through the lungs and
liver came out at the arm pit OF
the rightarm. The injured man s
physician believes the cure to be
complete.
Year: 1873

Senator Morton ought not to
ha We favored the salary bill if he
thought it was wrong. If he did
not think it was wrong he ought
not to have returned the amount
due him, Any one who reads the
debates Us published in the Con-
gressiol,al Globe will conclude
that the Senator supported the
bill, intended to draw his back pay,
and has determined to give it up
now because public sentiment CEN
demns the measure. Mr.. Morton
will not gain any credit by his
tardy repentance. Even Jduas
returned the thirty pieces of silver
when it began to burn him. Yet
Judas found hut littlerelief in it.
LOUISVILLE Coawjer-.JouymaJ.
Year: 1873

A man in Austin, Texas,
bought a dog to protect his hen
roost, and that night put him on
guard. About midnight the
gentleman, aroused by a noise,
went into the yard just in time
to receive a:charge from his dog.
that had gone mad during the
night. Thegentleman went up
a tree and had to roost there
until morning brought the death
of the dog, and the revelation
that a. certain beau of his
daughter was roosting high in
another tree in the yard, scared
up by the same dog.
Year: 1873

We have never read better story
than the following Many of our read.
ers have doubtless seen it. in the Sun
day School Advocate, but it will do them
good to read it again ; and weixsakft
here, that it may not only be >re-read
by those who have see%ll, bht many
WHO have not done 50. >Hapdey is the
boy for us; how many Hartleys are
there among our-bb6ys? We hope the
story will greatly increase the number.


l shall never forget lesson. which I
received when quite small boy at the
Academy in B. Among my school-fel-
lows were Hartley and Jemson. They
were somewhat older than myself, and
to Jemsyn looked up as sort of lead
er, in matters Of opinion as we'll as
sport. He was not at heart malicious
but he had foolish ambition Of BEING
thought witty, and he made himself
feared by the bad habit of turning
things into ridicule, and being ever on
the lookout for matters Of derision.


Hartley was new scholar, and little
was known Of him among the boys.
One morning, as we were on the way to
school, he was seen driving a COW along
the road towards a neighboring field.
A group Of boys, among whom was
'emson' met him as he was passing.
Year: 1873

"One autumn night, when the wind was high.


And the rain fell in heavy FLASHES,
little boy sat by the kitchen fire,


A-p.pping corn in the ashes
And his sister, curly-haired child of three,
Sat looking on just close to his knee.
" The blast went bowling round the house.


AS if to get in I was trying
1t ratified the latch Of the outer door,


Then it seemed baby crying:
Now and then drop down the chimney came,
And sputtered and Kissed in the bright red flame
Pop! pop and the kernels, one by one


Came out Of the embers flying:
The boy held a long pine stick in his hand,


And kept it busily plying;
ne stirred the corn, and 1t snapped the more,
And faster jumped to the clean-swept floor.
part Of the kernels hoped one yay


And a part hoped out the otker
Some flew plump in the sisterH lap


Some under the stool of hSf brother:
The little girl gathered theh into heap,
''All at once the boz sat still as a mouse.


And into the fire keps>sazing;
lie quite forgot he was poplin corn,


For he looked where the Mood was blazing:
He looked and he fancied hk could see
house and a barn, bird and tree
"still steadily gazed the boy at these,


And pussy's back kept stroking,
TIL his sister cried out: Why GEORGE


Only see how the corn is smokng!'
And sure enough, when the boy looked back.
The corn in the ashes was burnt quite black
"'Never mind said he we shall have enough


SO now let's sit back and eat it:
III carry the stool, and you the corn-


It's good-nobody can beat it,
She took up the corn in her pinafore;
And they eat it all, nor wished for more"
Year: 1873

How few people can do it! 1t is an
almost universal impulse to interfere, to
thrust ones self in, wherever things
are calm and comfortable If man is
standing by a lake and admiring its
stiffness and the beauty of the landscape
therein reflected, he generally throws a
pebble into it before he has done, though
he knows it will make circles on circles
and rutfle the face of the mirror And
if we watch il group Of children happily
at play, few of us will be content to
stand aloof aud look or at their pretty
little devices without thrustiny our
large, uninterestiny selves into the small
company, like great overgrown whale
plunging into party of merry little
minnows If We would only make a
diversion when things are going wrong.
then, indeed, it would be highly praise
worthy but tout': e1u controire." we do
not care about it then No, it is the
smoothness that tempts the stone, the
bri ghtness that attracts the objects
casting the shadow. And thus it goes
on. We do not care to 20 and talk to
the neglected person who looks posed,
and to whom little attentiQnw0uh be
a kindness we prefer to joia the group
of merry takers and laughefs whd do
not want us in the least, and ION whom
our presence will very likely act Is
check. This is the natural impulseS of
most people We do not say but what
experience teaches a different lesson
sooner or later. \ few decided rebuAs
from the popular portion Of the compa-
ny may in time teach any one the
inexpediency Of such intrusions, and
show them how much better it is to
follow the dictates Of true courtesy and
try to equalize things. Still, self:asser-
ton is the natural untutored impulse of
human nature in general and have we
not all suffered from it in others though
we may like to practice it ourselves


We must all know what it is to be
engaged in an interesting conversation,
when suddenly some fresh person en-
ters and stops it. Why should we
not 60 on all the sau,e?' No doubt the
new arrival would say this. but how
few conversations are there, worthy the
name, in which We can go On" under
the influence Of a fresh pair Of eyes and
ears Is is not that We are saving anv
harm it is only that we are revealing
our inner selves Il little more freely
than usual; or that our talk has refer.
cnce to things not known or understood
by the new listener, who will be liable


therefore, to think it great nonsense.
This is especially the case iEhe is differ
ent calibre in any way-say an older
generation. What can he care for our
chlldlike prattle : Will he not misjudge
and condemn ? Alas. few are the
houses In which the entrance of the
father Is not more or less a signal for
caution, to degree that is lamentable.


1t is great pity when the elders are
in hurry to condemn; when they 60
on the principle that everything must
be wrong that they do not quite see the
Year: 1873

by the friction that is produced by the
particles Of one body passing over, or
rapidly intermingling with the particles
of another Hence the defagrAtion
hat is caused by rapidly collidng vol
umes Of air by the force of grayiiAtion,


'auses a development of chemiea! aud


lectric heat. Galvanism is the effect
Of a superior power of attraction that
is added to their particles by the agency
of light, heat, electricity and magnetism,
and thereby causes the cohesion OF one
body % that Of another.
Year: 1873

There is young man in Bean Hill,
in this State, who had occasion to re
member the temperance movement.
He was wanted as a witness in a liquor
case, but being naturally o a retiring
and uDostentstious disposi ION be
sought to avoid the officer, and ran in
10 a sweating vault of tannery where
the hair is steamed rom hides. While
he was thus sequestered-s prey to
many aud conflicting emotions-the en-
gineer innocently turned on the steam:
and when that young man came forth
he was sight to behold. There wasn't
a spear Of hair on his head. 1t was
a bowling waste OF parholled scalp. He
don't squsnder any Ii ne now in looking
at the spring style OF hats, but just gets
under bread and milk pouIuce, and
bounds around and rips and rares at
prohibition with as much interest as if
be were the sole owner OF brick DIS
tillery.
Year: 1873

The Germans in the United


States, and those Americans who
affect a iOndness for lager beer,
don't drink as it is drank in Ger,
many. They rush into a res ta-
raunt and gulp down two or three
glasses and move on. Here a Ger


man never thinks Of finishing his
glass oi beer in less than ten min
ules, and to drink it without eat
ing something at the same time,
even ii it is only a crust of bread.


In fact, German in the father
land is eonstitLtionally opposed to
doing anything i'll a hurry, and
especially to drinking beer with
rapid speed" The consequence
Sc is that we do not see men here
with great, huge paunches, as at
home, capable of swallowing a keg
OF beer after supper. They sell
dom treat one a2OtheT, but sit
down to the tables, and although
they drink together each man
pays for what be consumes, wheth-
er it be beer OF food. This of it.
self is great preventive of ex-
cess, as, if half a dozen were to
sit down TO drink as with US, each
must treat in turn, and thus six
or a dozen glasses be guzzled,
whether they want or not. If
our temperance friends could In.
stitute what is called the dutch
treat" into our saloons, each man
paying his own reckoning, it would
be a long step toward reform in
to excess. In short,
beer in Germany is a part of each
mans food. He takesit as a sus-
tenanee and not as a stimalant.
Year: 1873

Recent letter from gentleman
Ion board the United States steam.
Ter Juniata, at St. Johns, New.
foundland, contains this para
graph: "On the 3rd instant a
large Iceberg became stranded at
the mouth of the harbor, and the
Captain wishing some of the off
GERS to go out with him and see
it, | gladly accepted the invitation,
and as soon as our party was made
up we started out in the steam
launch. As we approached the
berg the air became colder, and
we found ii necessary to slip on
our overcoats. We ran alongside
of it and measured it with our
eye, which gave US 35 feet high,
$50 feet broad, and 400 feet long,
and as that portion below the sur
face bears incorporation Of seven
to one we can calculate the depth
of the thickness of the berg to be
$50 feet, equal to 10000 900 Gu
bic feet, or 2S6,225 tons. The
berg was melting SO rapidly that
water was flowing from it in every
direction, preventing US from ap-
preaching very close to it, so we
decided to 60 to smaller one and
cut some ice for our own consump-
ton. We were very successful,
as we brought on board in the
neighborhood of half a ton. A.
bout five minutes after leaving the
berg we heard an explosion, and,
looking around, saw that one end
of the berg had burst off and filled
an area of about 800 feet in length
/ of the width of the berg, so we
escaped an unpleasant dampness
Just in time.
Year: 1873

the defense of which I had
thoughtproper to challenge him,
to his great unequalld speech
in reply thereto; though it is
certain for day or two it seem
ed by many that | had come off
victor in the contest "
Year: 1873

A man was hanged The other
day at San Francisco for murder
with a weapon OF peculiarly
dangerous nature. This is sand
club, formed by filling an eel


skin with sand. When this In
Istrument was first brought into
use the authorities were greatly
puzzled by deaths, apparently
from violence, Yet 10 marks could


be found on the outside of the
body. A burglar was finally
captured with sand club in bis
possession made out Of an eel skin
stuffed with sard. Being closely
questioned, he explained its use.
When the victim is struck, for in.
stance, OH the head he drops IN
sensible and soon dies from con-
gestion Of the brain. Often the
skull suffers no injury from the
stroke, end if the person struck re-
covers sensibility he generally
relaspses into a condition otidiocy.
Sometimes a man struck on the
body will be knocked down by
the peculiar force Of the blow and
feel no immediate results from it.
In a few weeks, however, the
flesh will begin to mortify under
the line Of the blow and rot
down to the bone. HeIlar,
the celebrated pianist, is supposed
10 have met his death in Mexico
from a stroke of this diabolical
weapon.
Year: 1873

Of oil the odd deaths in the
world, this report from India is
certainly the oldest: A native
while catching fish in a tank, put
the head of one 10 his mouth and
bit it, as the fish was rather troub-
lesOme in the matter of wriggling.
Suddenly one Of the sharp points
In the back fin stuck in his hand:
he opened his mouth to call for
help, and the fish giving quick
plunge, jumped down his throat,
and there finally stuck. 1t was
only taken out, and by small
pieces, after be bad been carried
to the hospital. He was so ex-
hausted that he died as soon as it
vas removed.
Year: 1873

and this is the way the ultimate
particles" Gas they are called)-t. e.,
the smallest possible forms that car
bon or anything else can assume
are placed upon each other in char
coal and graphite. And when we
rub them upon paper or our hand
some of the particles rub off and stick
to the paper, shutting or blackihg
it, or we say our hand or the paper
is dirty; but in the diamond the
ultimate particles" are all laid eveh-
ly and regularly upon each other,
as they would arrange the bricks if
they were msking the pile even and


square or if they were laying them


into the wall Of the house. And this


even arrangement of the particles we


call crystallization; so the diamond


is crvstallizcd carbon, and charcoal


and graphite are uncrystallized car


bon. The diamond is clean and hard


as well rs bright and shining-among


the hardest Of all substances-while


black lead is among the softcst.
Year: 1873

The finest bath house in all Europe
is at Spa, and the eau nineraie in
which you battle is most delightfully."-
invigorating. If you can imagine
yourself in q champagne bath in
which the carbonic acid gas is con-
stantly in an effervcscing state you
may form some idea of these glorious
baths which are given in sumptuous
apartments with a service that is I'M
equalled. After having been in the
bath for a few moments the body and
limbs become covered with a beady
crust, in which you may writa your
name or trace fantastic figures with
an effect like the etchihgs upon fine
lyground glass or the frost lace-work
upon window panes in winter.


If the bath is taken at all warm,
the skin in a very little while puts on
a delicate pinkish, sea-shell hue and
having watched its happy effect upon
my own broNnish cuticle, l can very
well imagine that the fair-faccd Eng
l3sh and a paerifsh girls sonptin1es