Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-01-29

The Matrimonial Difficulties of the
Magician.

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Prof. Taylor, the magician, whose feats
at the Opera House some few weeks since
were witnessed by crowded houses, has
met with flattering success in this State and
California. The Professor, however, in
COMMON with mankind generally, bankers
after pretty women, and the story of his
trouble at Truckee, CAL, is thus told by the
| Republican Of that place:
Prof. E. G. Taylor, the magician who re-
Gently gave such enjoyable entertainments
in Truckee, found himself, Just before the
commencement Of his last evenings perfOr-
nance, in a rather awkward dilemma. The
Professor is assisted by his wife, q genial
and accomplished lady, who understands
the magician's art, aud whose assistance is
essential to his success. Ordinarily their
domestic horizon is cloudless and serene,
but the fair lady has not that ~unbounded
confidence in her husbands constancy that
seemed to characterize the wife Of the
Plymouth Church pastor. Hence the
magician is occasionally placed upon the
rack and forced 20 explain things seeming
ly suspicious. During his stay here he
comported himself with the dignity becom-
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pened, however. that during the afternoon
preceding his last performance, he was
compelled to spend his time upon the stage
preparing for the evening. When he ar
rived at home, the domestic horizon was
clouded. However, his earnest and SEEM
ingly truthful explanation dispelled the
storm. Harmony was restored, and the
magician and his now satisfied wife,
journeyed to the hall. Here everything
seemed bright and suspicious. A large and
somewhat turbulent audience were impa-
tiently waiting for the curtain to 20 up.
Meanwhile the Professors wife, while as
sisting in getting ready, discovered some
thing upon the stage that made each indi-
vidual hair upon the Professors head stand
erect. She confronted her liege lord and
demanded an explanation. The one given
was not satisfactory. The storm burst
upon the head of the luckless man. She
declared she would leave him at once and
forever. The audience was getting clamor-
Gus. The Professor could not get along
without her assistance. He explained,
begged, prayed and entreated, but for a
while she remained firm. He needed
money, and il compelled to return the re-
ceipts Of the evening he would be ruined.
She yielded to his entreaties and the cur
tain went up an hour and a half behind
time. Not one in the large audience
present who beheld the Professors smiling
countenance suspected hat anything I'M
usual had occurred behind the scenes. II
he profits by experience, however, he will
look out for hair-plns in the future. 1t
will be sometime before confidence il re-
stored among the members of that family.
How Mines Get Their Queer Names.
Names Of mines, says the Salt Lake
Tribune" like ones emotions when eat
ing Limburger cheese for the first time,
are peculiar. The locator of Dry Hash
probably showed his preference for a dish
that is a prominent feature in a boarding
house, and has a large circle Of acquaiDt-
ances. Little Blk leaves one to infer that
there is a Big Blk in fact, on considera-
ton, we concede tina there are a great
many Of them. Molly Darling shows that,
although she is getting to be quite an old
maid. she still has admirers. The Fraud
is no exhibition Of human nature the To-
Gator wanted to piqne the pride Of the
vein, and spur it to belle its name. On in
auiring of one miner why he had named
his claim II Know AL" he explained /:
when | left the East, / left my girl there,
and-some trouble / had with another
lady. When | got out here l wrote to my
girl that / was doing bully. That wasn't
SO, bnt you know how a fellow will write.
/ wrote that l expected to return soon and
cage her in a palace. She said: II know all.
Yours no more, Jane" Asking another
why he chose to name his Terror" he re-
piled For a lady" How? Didn't
know that was a female NAME" Well,
you see, that's my wife; she's a terror.
Left her in Gold Hill" Tom Pike being
questioned as to his naming q location Joab
Johnson, said .'That-that was my name
in the States" / asked the proprietor of
the Last Chance if he really considered
that his last chance for a fortune; if he
failed, would he try again2 mo, sir ; no,
sir will so to Robin the stages" To the
man who was showing me his two claims, l
remarked From the name, The Treas
ury, yon must have high hopes OF this ?"
THAT isn't why l named it that" why,
then ?" Theirs nuthin' in it," And
this second one, Hector You admire the
valiant Trojan?" Named for my dog,
Hector. He's dead now. Buried over thar.
Come an see his grave"