Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-19
A STARVATION WAGER.
Mr.. Travis Runs Against . PrOfes'
sional Faster.
Salt Lake Tribune.

Salt Lake Tribune.
About o week ago . stranger, claiming
to be from the Southern country, arrived
in this city, and after remaining about
town for q few days made the acquaintance
OF several lights Of the sporting fraternity,
md finally getting into the confidence Of
Travis. told him on the quiet that he was
o professional faster and for some months
had been experimenting on his powers Of
astronomical endurance.
"Of COURSE said the man, al don't
claim 10 be no Tanner. He scored 40
days without grub. Now / can do half as
| much, il not more, for all tho money you
can put up. I'm busted, but if you'll
back me and divide the winnins I'll guar
antse to starve 'er through or die in my
tracks"
Travis finally concluded that the man
was game. and thought he might be able
to catch Shaughnessy or Sharp Walker on
. bet. Day before yesterday he offered to
| produce a man who could live on air for
| 40 days for q thousand Z side. but the boys
told him to wait until after the horse race
was over. Meanwhile he was paying the
board and room rent OF the starvationist
and allowing him liberal whisky money.
Last night, after the race. he succeeded in
making a match with S~haughnessy and
Walker for 81 900 that his man could fast
40 days. Both sides put up 500 forfeit
money. and about IL o'clock he hunted up
his faster, invited him to supper and an.
nounced that he had nailed O big bet dead
and got it dead
"Of course you are good for 20 days.
GOOD for all Winter" said the mar
evasively.
"How's that?" asked Travis curiously
81 said / could do half as we'll as Tan.
ner, didn'tI2 Well, I'll do it."
"Sure pop?"
"Hs tasted 40 days and nights. didn'i
hs?"
Eyes,"
"Well, can't / do half a. well ?" III
eat days and fast nights. Only fastin
half the time. / keep all my professional
contracts square up, you betyer."
Travis knocked the man down with
claret bottle and withdrew.
England and the Yorktown Affair,
Nor did the surrender Of CORVALLIS al
Yorktown end the war; it was the begin,
ming Of the end. England was weary o.
the struggle, though many, like the gen
tie poet Cowper. might have sympathized
with the conscientious scruples Of the
King in refusing to cede any Of the do
minions he had sworn in his coronation
oath to preserve intact. But others were
Of q different opinion. Fox rejoiced at
the news, knowing that it presaged the
close Of the unhappy war; and his opinion
was so far shared by Parliament that on
the 10th Of April. 17s3-exactly eight year
after it. broke Washington was
able to announce to his army tina,
all was over. We cannot believe that any
one nowadays holds any other opinion
than that Of Fox. Had CORVALLIS been
able to carry out his plans, the struggle
might have been prolonged a little longer,
| But the Colonists could never have been
crushed, and in the coming Napoleonic
wars would undoubtedly have recovered
what they had lost. When people arrive
at a certain time Of life they are apt to be q
little oblivious Of birthdays. We are toe
old to celebrate Runnymede, Agincourt,
Torbay, the Bill Of Rights, or aver Water.
loo. But the Americans are still young
and though their coming Centennial Il
one In which they may, perhaps, feel SOM
delicacy in asking Us to join, we are moi
30 t~hin-skinned or 80 ungenerous as to be
unable to appreciate the spirit in which
they will celebrate it.-London Standard.