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Year: 1873

JOHN RANDOLPH's EULoGY ON A
HORSE JOCKEY.-Seeing in yesterdays
Gazette a notice of the death of Mr..
Purdy, son of the rider of Eclipse in
that great contest of horse-flesh, re-
minds me of speech made in Congress
upon the subject soon after it's occur
renee by the eccentric John Randolph,
which committed to memory nearly
forty years ago, and which, for the
amusement of your readers, / will re-
produce. He was speaking upon some
question connected with the Indians,
when he broke out with the following:
" I pass from the great tribes of the
North, as they are pleased to call them
selves, and DEPRESSING ever further from
the particular object of my speech, call
your attention to one who, in his voca-
ton, knows no superior. He has not
split the ears Of the groundlings, nor
exhibited o panorama of mans fOllies
or woman'S weaknesses, such as we see
every day, or rather every night, in our
theaters. No, sir; the man | speak of
was the last and only hope of the North
in a struggle between it and the South,
where pride and skill are at stake. /
was opposed to him. joined in the
wish of every true son of the South
that his great knowledge of his vOca-
ton should fail him but alas! we were
doomed to sad disappointment, though
| believe we lost ON the occasion by the
absence of one of Virginia's best sons,
who had a rascally ague upon him at
the time. I speak of Samuel Purdy,
the rider Of the famous horse Eclipse.
Had you been there, Mr.. Speaker, and
witnessed the exultation which pre-
vailed among the Southern ranks when
Sir Henry came on ahead, you might
form some idea of the CONSERVATION we
experienced when it was announced
that Samuel Purdy was to ride the next
heat The breathless suspense with
which we eyed him as he, threw his leg
over the noble animal was only broken
by the greetings of the adverse party.
The horses started off from the score,
and as all the world knows Eclipse won.
The renown of the performance of that
day will go down with the history OF
civilized society,". and the name OF
Samuel Purdy will be transmitted ae
the most successful Of jockeys to the
latest posterity. ."-[Cor.. Cincinnati Ga
zette.
Year: 1873

A Danbury man became convinced the
other day that wOman's temper is very
irregular. He had been molding bullets,
and had neglected to cool off the ladle
in which the lead had been melted.
While he was counting the bullets his
wife came into the room humming
tender love song. Suddenly the song
ns ft an I0a aaeenat oa 2fnsS on e by 6rgo 6ns
of his nose. The unhappy wife and
mother had taken this picturesque mode
of informing him that she had picked up
the ladle BY the hot end. -
Year: 1873

Jacob Willis, of Fond du Lac, Wis.
led his son to believe that he had buried
100000 in gold, and the son gave him
the best kind of treatment for fourteen
years. The old man died the other day,
and on his death bed he broke the news
that he hadn't a cent. His son would
like to see himself take care Of another
old man.
Year: 1873

There is real Yankee humor in the
card posted in the observatory on the
tOpOf Mount Kearsage, announcing that
visitors are requested not to write or cut
on the structure. It adds, writing ma
furnished on application to the Office"
Year: 1873

"Is your house warm enough in cold
weather?n inquired an anxious father
of newly married son. "My mother
in-law makes it plenty warm enough for
me, but l guess Mary Jane and the baby
shiver some" replied the happy boy.
Year: 1873

The lady who tapped her husband
gently with fan at IL party the other
night, said "Love, it's growing late, I
think we had better go home" is the
same one who after getting home shook
the rolling-pin under his nose and said,
you Internal old scoundrel you, if you
ever look at that mean, nasty, calico
faced, mackerel-eyed thing that you
looked at tonight, I'll bust your head
wide ODen,n
Year: 1873

How TO CURE A COLD.-If cold set
ties on the outer covering of the lungs,
it becomes pneumonia, inflammation of
the lungs, or lung fever, and in many
cases carries Off the strongest man to the
grave within week. If cold falls upon
the inner covering of the lungs, it is
pleurisy, with it's knife-ike pains and
it's slow, very slow recOyeries. If a cold
settles in the joints, there is rheumatism,
with the agOnies of pain, and rheuma-
tism of the heart, which in an instant
often snaps asunder the cords of life
with no friendly warning. It is of the
utmost importance, then, in the wintry
weather, to know not so much how to
cure cold as to avoid it. Cold always
comes from one cause-some part of the
body being colder than natural for Il
time. IF q person will keep his feet
warm always, and never allow himself
or herself to be chilled, he or she will
never take cold in d lifetime and this
can only be accomplished by due care in
warm clothing and avoidance of drafts
and exposure. While multitudes ofcolds
come from cold feet, perhaps the ma
jority arise from cooling off too quickly
after becoming little warmer than is
natural, from exercise or work, or from
confinement to warm apartment Ma
tiOnat independent.
Year: 1873

A scientific paper says: eff man
had an arm long enough to reach to the
sun, and were to touch that body with
his finger, he could never find out wheth-
er it was hot or cold, for he would be
dead before the sensation arrived at
headquarters, which would require a
hundred years" This is very interest
ing and highly important. But now we
want to know what it would cost that
man annually for coat sleeves; how long
it would take him to put on clean
shirt, the number of centuries he would
have to expend to feel in his pocket for
his handkerchief, and whether he could
ever hope to part his hair properly while
his arm had only one elbow. When light
is thrown on these branches of the sub
ject we shall be better prepared to de-
eide whether to advise our readers to let
their arms grow to that length or not.
Year: 1873

1t is a common mistake to plant pines
and spruce frs near the edge of ones
walks and carriage roads Few persons
know or stop to inquire how large trees
will spread as they grow to maturity.
They look pretty as they stand in the
nursery, and are set at arms length of
the walk where they can be seen and
petted. But IN a few years they stretch
from fifteen to twenty feet each side,
over the walks and shrubbery, and the
result of the whole is. that either the
trees must be cut down or the lower
branches hewn off, which is sure destruc-
tion to the trees. Any method ofplant-
ing which does not forecast the future
height and breadth of trees, whether
planted in groups or singly, is a mis-
take.
Year: 1873

An Iowa young man, arraigned for as
saulting and battering his sweetheart
with kiss, was discharged because the
girl was SO wondrously lovely that the
judge said he had to cling to the arms
of his chair to keep from kissing her
himself.
Year: 1873

A singular epidemic broke out in
Kansas town the other day. Every wife
in the town was suddenly attacked by
an irresistible desire to present her hus-
band with nice little dressing case
with shaving materials complete. An
attractive young woman has opened a
barber shop in the village.
Year: 1873

A young lady was recently struck
with the uselessness of her life, and i'm
mediately went to work with vigor to
learn plain sewing. At latest dates she
had hemmed one side of towel, which
the proud parents have framed and hung
in conspicuous position in their parlor.
Year: 1873

EXECUTION OF A WOMAN FOR THE MUIR
DER OF HER HUsBAND.-SARNlA. Canada,
June 19.-Mrs. Workman was hanged
in the jail-yard to-day for the murder
of her husband in February last. Great
exertions were made to procure CON-
mutation of her sentence, but without
avail. The unhappy woman, up to the
time of her execution, declared that she
did not intend to kill her husband, and
that his death was the result of drunk
en- brawl. She could not regard herself
as guilty of murder. She ascended the
scaffold with firm step, and manifested
fortitude and nerve which astonished all
present. After the preparations were
finished. she expressed hope that her
case would be a warning to wives who
have drunken husbands, and to husbands
who have drunken wives. Rev. Mr..
Thompson then uttered a fervent prayer
in her behalf, and with this prayer Of
faith and hope on her lips the drop fell,
and the poor woman was launched into
eternity. She died almost instantly.
Year: 1873

Down by the river


A weeping maid stole;
Dark as that river


The gloom of her soul.
Deep as that river


The woes that oppressed her;
Wild as that river


The thoughts that possessed her.
Fast as that river


Flowed her hearts blood,
AS by the river


One moment she stood.
White as the river


When rising In foam,
Her death stricken face


When leaving her home.
The tresses that press'd
The snow of her breast,
Where bright as that river


When over its swell
The light of the moon
Year: 1873

The New York Times says that the
theory that Gen. Grant is a dictator and
that Congress only registers his DEGREES,
has long been favorite one with the op-
position. Yet it is wholly inconsistent
with the facts. Gen. Grant asked Con-
gress to embody civil service reform
in law, but it refused. He asked them
to take some action in the Louisiana mat
ter but it did not. He urged it to pass
some measure to facilitate the operation
of the Federal laws in Utah; but it
omitted to do SO. The consequences
which the President predicted in the lat
ter case have come about. The courts
are substantially at stand, because le-
gal juries cannot be obtained. and the
criminal law of the Territory is as good
as void for the time being. Nor is there
any apparent remedy available until the
opening of Congress.
Year: 1873

ONE MoRE.-Mr. Folger of Michigan
has also been successful in constructing
flying machine except that it de-
scends to the ground too rapidly. But
his first experience with it, from the top
of barn, only deprived him of conscious
ness for half an hour. As soon as he
RECEIVERS he will improve the machine.
Year: 1873

fields Of grain. Crouching down as well
as we could in the furrows running
across the vineyards, we began our firing.
Every shot told. When all my cartrid-
ges were exhausted, l seized upon those
Of little Mobile who was lying near me,
l know not how he came there, with his
head Glove in twain and his arms folded
across his breast This permitted me 10
continue my firing much longer.


About ten o'clock, the Prussians
were evidently worsted. Their fanling
movemsnt had failed and our men had
resumed the offensive. Our mitraiQeuses
planted on the other side Of the Marne,
had just taken the Prussians obliquely
and were sweeping the sides Of the hill.
1t would have been a very pleasant sight
to me when looking at those dense Ger
man batallions cut down in whole lines,
but unfortunately for me and my little
band, we were right among them and
we were all the while in the range of
these same guns. l already wellknew the
peculiarly hoarse noise Of a matrailleuse
when discharged, but now l was in po-
sitiOn to become as well acquainted with
the effect and character of the discharge.
1t sounded like hail falling upon a roof.
Branches Of trees. the pebbles Of the
ground, and pieces Of earth were scat
tered all around us. In few minutes
all my men were struck down dead
around me except two, one of whom was
of no worth for fighting for both legs
were shattered. The other was Besan-
con, who was afterwards killed in Paris
while returning from captivity. I still
see him standing behind a pear tree,
which he had selected to shelter him from
the iron hail. The tree was all cut TO
pieces, but the man was unhurt. l my
self had not yet been touched.


Meanwhile the Prussians had effect
ed diversion to the right. Slowly, en-
echelon, the Prussians reascended the
plateu under the reign Of fire and came
near US. We were about to be picked
up. | had only one cartridge left, which
l held in reserve for this moment. l
was just in the act Of pulling the trig-
ger that | might kill one more man and
let the thing be done with, when Besan-
con cried out 10 me: Sergeant Ser
geantl don't shoot, we cannot defend
ourselves, and what is the use of giving
them cause to massacre us here. have
a wife and children, Sergeant l looked
at him. He was still clinging behind
the pear tree and stretching out his
hands towards me with so strange a look
that was moved. turned around
and threw down my gun. When l
raised my eyes again those accursed Ger
mans were already around u.s."


TO BE CONTINUED.
Year: 1873

The cash must accompany all tales
and poetry published in thisdepartment.] ]


The following extract is a portion of a
thrilling story Of love, revenge, benzine
and dry bones that the local editor re-
ceived yesterday from talented young
writer, whose star is in the ascendant,
and beginning to twinkle above the hills
of Red Hot. Our usual custom hereto
fore has been to publish original tales at
our regular advertising rates of so much
per line, and as we are determined not
to deviate from this rule, we only print
as much of the story as four dollars and
forty cents enclosed by the fairauthoress
will pay for;


A SILVER MONKEY WRENCH; OR THE


LOST BULL wHEEL-A TALE OF THE


PIPE LINE AND THE TRANSFERS CRU


SADIE.


The late September twilight was loath
to leave the family starred, dim blue
Heaven. Waits of fragrance AOated
down over the town of Titusville from
the sweet scented acid works of the hill
brewery, midst the golden jungles Of sun
sauerkraut in the raw. Low above the
ragged line of forest that fringed Kerrs
Hill hung the young silver crescent.


Two lovers stood at the garden gate.


The woman fresh and fair as that Of
the Sistine Madonna, and from the same
cause-paint, laid on by master hand.
You can Gf not near sighted) see dis
tinctly the lustrous richness Of her hazel
eyes as the soft light of the new moon
falls aslant her aquline nose. The man
is handsome, too tall and symetrical as
a telegraph pole, well shaped, and
muscular as the sheet iron statue Of Will
liam Shakespere or Parshall Opera
House, aud with face Of graceful con-
tour, slightly oval, like that of hub
bard squash. II is Elise De FergusOn's
voice that breaks the stiffness Of the
glooming,


"And SO Paul, you have signed the
contract not to drill any more wells for
thirty daysS"


"Yesl Yesl of course, l have" he
as he takes her hand in his
while murmuring his words, and at the
same time removing a chew Of fine cut,
which he slyly hides ON the gate post,
and stoops to kiss her white forehead
that glimmers in the moonlight.


"But what are you going 10 do for
livingl" said the unsuspecting maiden.


Elsie did not see the sinister smile
that fitted across Pauls faes as he heard
the question, nor did she catch the nut
tered words, "three queens beats one
par" that fell from his lips.


This is all Of the above interesting
story that ran appear In these columns,
We regret il but its business and if We
commence any relaxation from odr rules
Bret Hart, Joaquin Miller, Fannie
Fern and Walt Whitman would GIL our
columns chuck up every day. The pub
lie must be protected, and unless We re-
oeiye another installment Of very hard
(lOokine) cash the reader may consider
the tale finished
Year: 1873

Nov AND THET.-We will not advise any Re
publican to vote for Thos. ]. Vanderslice, who
feels that it would go against the grain to do so
bnt we like to see reason and consistency. The
cry of Border Rufisn and Rebel may be oyerdone.
yapderslice was staunch Pro-Slayery man, but
we have never heard that he participated in or
counselled any outrages upon Free State men,
He has always borne the reputation of being
peaceable man and good nsighbor. Daring the
war. he, like hundreds of other Democrats in
Kansas, remained quietly at home. What his
opinions may have been, or how far he may have
sympathized with the South, we do not know
but we have never heard that he gave any aid to
the Rebellion, or spoke word in favor of it. He
turned out, with the rest of the Democrats and
Republicans who were not in the army, upon the
call Of the Government, to repel the Price Raid.


There are many Republicans who cannot con-
sistently vote for man of his political standing,
and who have always been consistent in this
principle Bat the above charges come with bad
grace from men who, only two years ago, voted
for mau for Sheriff who made no eoncealment
of his Rebel sentiments, in order to beat a tried
Republican, and came within very few votes of
doing it. A large number of Republicans in this
County did that thing, purely for spite; and
some of them are now making ugly faces at the
very idea of voting for such Rebel as Tom Van
derslee!
Year: 1873

II Democratic farmer said to MS, the other
day, that he would not think so much Of the cry
against voting for Democrats on the Farmers
ticket. did he not notice that the men who are
loudest in it, are the very fellows who have al
ways heretofore been the keenest to get him and
other Democrats to vote at Republican primary
elections, to elect their acts of delegates and TO
persuade them to vote for their especial friends
on the Republican ticket. He thinks if they
were good enough to vote at Republican prima-
ries, he sees no reason why the rule may not be
reversed. and Republicans vote for them, when
they run not as Democrats, but as Farmers. He
must be mighty mean man to look at the thing
in that shape.
Year: 1873

REPUBLICAN CoSvESnoS.-We understand
that there is a probability of Republican Con-
ventiou, to nominate County ticket Unless
there can be harmony and concert of action be-
tween the two wings of the party, aud sup
preston of the passion for killing of certain men
aud their friends on either side, such Conven-
tion will be failure. Had the Ratchet been
buried long ago, and personal warfare abandon
ed, the Republican party, with its 900 majority
in the County, would not now occupy its posi-
tion of hesitancy and doubt If it has wasted
its opportunities this year. it is not too late to
prepare for another year, when something of
more Importance will be at stake.
Year: 1873

Il Lcavenworth has had a bank panic. Carl
Moller, Cashier of the German Savings Bank,
spent fifteen cents Of the bank funds for lager
beer. When the deficit was discovered, there
was tremendous run on the bank, and the d


rectors posted up notice that the bank would
be closed for a few days, until official action
could be taken. An assessment was made upon
the stockholders to replenish the capital and meet
the current demand for funds, and Moller turned
over box of paper collars to secure the bank
from loss. Nc Ter is a native of ireland, having
been horn in nSchwackelheimsten, in that eoun-
try. The bank will employ more Irisbmen.
Year: 1873

Y Was it mistake in the Prospectus Of the
Topeka BLADE wherein it stated that the paper
would be Republican in politicsi The BLADE,
in speaking of the Republican party in Kansas,
is in the habit of styling it the "Grant party"
That is the way the Democratic papers talk. 1t
seems to us, that man who was persecuted out
of Georgia, exhibits remarkable foudncss for
the style of the party by which he was persecut-
ed
Year: 1873

q Yard, of the remains of the White Cloud
Leader is very particular in notifying deinquents
that they must make remittanees to him individ-
ually We suppose the paper had so many boss
Is, that otherwise the public would not know
whom to pay the money to- Yards head is level,
in keeping sharp eye on the crowd among which
he has fallen.
Year: 1873

1t is the opinion Of some of the western jour-
mails that the oranges are undertaking too much
to be successful. They are overloading the ma
chine, and there is a chance of its breaking down.
Year: 1873

LOCKYER and Seabrook, working
together, publish joint paper giving
an account Of a new spectroscOpiC
arrangement with an angular slit, BY
means of which they are able 70 study
the whole circumference Of the sun
at one view, for the purpose Of oh
serving the solar promInences. With
. specroscOpes now in use it is a tedl-
Gus task, occupying at least half an
hour. to examine the entire limb Of
the sun, as only q small portion can
be seen at once. 1t is hoped that ny
means of the new instrument daily
photographs may be obtained Of the
whole solar border. If the inveL-
tion proves practically successful. Of
which. unfortunately, there IS still
considerable doubt, il viii be an in
mense acquisition,
Year: 1873

You're tired. dear mother your ehoek is quite pale
Won't you lay down your sewing and tell me tale
Of fairies, that sent, in the good times sf old.
Rich banqpets and jewels. and purses of gold2
Not about little Riding Hood crossing tho moor,
Was tho wolf that she met like the Wolf at our door?
lave lace or each window and lamps in each hall?
Where the. curly haired children play over the


grass


We might hear their gay laughter and talk as we'd
Must you sit here and work till your fingers are sore?
thihk we might steal by the Wolf at the Door
III lay down your work-ah how warm it will be-


Once always in pessed ed
But / shan ask for this, if you think tnouid be
Yet can I understand what you told me before.
That 4 might, for while. keep tho Wolf from the
Door


The clothes have on are so thin and worn


! try to be thankful they never stay corn;


But should Ike some new ones, with tassels and
md stocking. not shrunken. nor faded nor frayed
And q pair Of new shoes-how they'd creek ON the
But then he might hear them-the Wolf at the Door
The rooms growing dark, and cant see to play


By tho light of the lamp that shines over the way
And the shadows that fit er its gloom the wall
They frighten me, coming shapeess and tall
| IN, how would beg for candle once moe,
III you thought he not see us-the ofat the Door
ANA the hre on the hearth, II has died away quite
Won I you kinde new one, dear mother to light
Don tyou love the soft flames, they crackle and
glow?


They would warm your poor hands that are cold as
tho snow;


And the kettle would singl!ark lis that the wind
roar?


On, mother II fear It's the Wolfat the Door
Well, hear me my prayers and II lie down in bed,
And while your soft arm ID passed under my head
Won't you tell me again to be trusting and brave,
Though march over thorns my way to the grave.
To keep sin from my heart, lest it eat to the
Dear mother is sin like the Wolfa at the Door?
And tell me of mansions still grander than those
Whore the rich children play and the grass greenly
grows;


Where they II give me bright robes, and crown for


my head,


nd on fruits from the gardens of God I'll be fed;
Oh, mother 10 think there we'n live eyermore,
And bo in no fear of the Wolf at the Door
Year: 1873

Ey- They tell us Of one Boston moth.
or who says of her baby that "as 1t
couldn't be handsome like its papa is's
going to be good like its mamma.
That is the first baby on record that 10
not tho prcttiest that ever was-to Its
mother