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Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1882-02-25
More Wife than Country.

The other night, soon after "a ward
meeting had opened, one Of the cleo
tors present began edging for the door
as if he meant to leave the place. He
was soon stopped by friend who
said:
Don't leave us now. l want you to
hear what the speaker is saying. Hear
that! He says we must triumph or the
country is doomed"
Eyes, / know, but I've got to edge
along toward home," was the reply.
Home! great heavens, how can you
talk of goin' home until he has finish
ed that speech? There he goes again,
He asks if you want to see grass grow
ing in the streets of our cities-or fer
tile farms returned to the wilderness
our families crowding the poor
house until there is no longer room to
receive another"
mo, don't know as l would, but ]
guess I'll sort O work my way out"
"Wait fifteen minutes-ten-five-
wait until he finishes. There it is
again! He asks whether you are
free man or slave. He wants to
know if you have forgotten the patri-
otic principles defended by the blood
Of our grandsires--if you have forgot
ten the sound of liberty's bell"
81 don't know as l have, but l must
go-really / must"
Hear that - hear that! He says
your country will bless you.'
81 can't say as to that" replied the
man, as he crowded along; "but I'm
dead sure that the old woman will, if
don't git home in time to put this cod,
fish to soak for breakfast"
Great guns! but do you prefer cod
fish to liberty?" exclaimed the other.
81 don't know as Go, but get more
of it."
"And you will see this country ruin
ed-see her 60 to destruction
"Id be kinder sorry to see her go
down hill," slowly observed the delin-
quent, as he reached the door, "but if
you had wife who could begin jaw
ing at ten o'clock and not lose a min
nth until daylight, and then end up
with grand smash Of crockery and a
tit of Mysteries, you'd kinder stand off
as ! do and let this glorious old Repub-
lie squeeze through some nightly fine
knot-holes."
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-05-20
A Haunted Express Car.

Express managers say that Wells,
Fargo & Co.'s express car No. 5,
which runs between San Francisco
and Ogden, is haunted. They have
been so much annoyed by the prauks
Of malignant ghost that they were
greatly relieved when the car was re-
Gently sent to Sacramento to be rebuilt,
making no doubt tn t the evil spirit
would be exercised. In this they are
disa ppointed, for the messenger who.
accompanied the car upen it's first run
after the repairs were completed, was
put to deal of trouble by the invisi-
BILE tormentor. The ghost came in
and tumbled the boxes of freight
about, tolled bells, and made sweet
music, and called the messenger by
name. The last trip the car made
before it was taken from the track,
the messenger heard strange noises on
the roof. H thoughts were on his
duty, and he came to the conclusion
that robbers were awaiting an oppor-
tunity to enter the car. He cautiously
opened the door and took look at
both ends, but found everything
quiet. He could see nothing unusual
and returned, closed the door, and
was walking back to the mailing table,
when down came box of cooked
shrimps and band box. The freight
was ratified about, and finally LEFT
where it was originally. The mysteri-
Gus din was continued until the tram
was nearing Terrace station, in the
eastern part of the state, and the mes
senger had about made up his mind
to take to the ssge brush, when all
was still again. On une occasion,
when a corpse was in transit, the head
and trunk of mans body was seen
to rise up from the coffin, take good
look around the car. calling the mes
senger by name, and then vanish
The car was in the train several years
ago when an accident occurred, Just
west of Truckee, killing Conductor
Marshall and an express messenger,
and since that time these mysterious
noises have been frequent.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-05-20

Cherries were first planted in Britain
100 years B. G.
Glass windows were first introduced
into England in the eighth century.
Amethysts were found in Kerry,
Ireland, in 1855.
The probe was invented by Escula-
Plus.
The Atlantic cable is $500 miles in
length.
The ambulance is comparatively a
modern invention, due mainly to the
French. We find no trace of regularly
organized military hospitals until the
time of Henry ".
Range" in the land system of the
United States, is row or line oftown-
ships lying between two successive
meridian lines six miles apart, and
numbered in order east and west from
the principal meridian of each great
survey, the townships in the range
being numbered north and south from
the "base line," which runs east and
west, as Township No, S, n. range 7,
w, from the third principal meri-
dian.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-05-20
Leigh Hunt.

He IL a man of thoroughly London
make. such as you could not ma eise-
where, and think about the BEST po 81
ble 10 be made of his sort: an alry,cio-
chiefly .moss eopious clever talker, with
an honest undercu rent of reason, TOO,
but unfortunately not the deepest, not
the most praetical-or rather IL Is the
most impractical ever man dealt IN.
His hair is grizzled, eyes black-hazei,
complexion of the clearest dusKy
brown: q thin glimmer of a smile
nlays over a face of cast iron gravity.
He never laughs-he can only litter,
which l think indicates his worst de-
ficiency. His house excels All you
have ever read OLA poetical Tinker
dom, without parallel even in lltera-
ture. In his family room, where are
a sickly large wife and whole shoal
of well conditioned, wild children, you
will find half dozen old rlckety
chairs gathered from half a dozen dill
ferent hucksters, and all seemingly en-
gagged, and just pauslng, in violent
hornpipe. On these and around them
and over the dusty table and ragged
carpet lie all kinds of litter-boeks,
papers, egg-shells, scissors, and last
night when was there the torn heart
of a half quartern loaf. His own room
above stairs, into which alone l strive
to enter, he keeps cleaner. 1t has only
two chairs, book case and a writing
table; yet the noble Hunt receives you
in his Tinkerdom in the spirit OF
king, apologizing for nothing, places
you in the best seat, takes window
sill himself if there is 40 other, and
there folding closer his loose-hoWing
muslin cloud" of printed night
gown in which he always writes,
commences the livliest dialogue ON
philosophy and the prospects of man
(who is to be beyond measure hap
py" YETI; which again he will cour-
ieously terminate the moment you
are bound TO go: most interesting,
pitiable, lovable man, to be used
kindly but with discretion.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-05-20
The Little Ones Grave.

In the spring of 1859, little girl
died of consumption in Frederick City,
Md, aged s years and 3 months. A
few days before she died she called her
father to her bedside ard said "papa.
when die don't bury me deep-not
more than SO Deep holding out her
tender and emanciated arm and
measuring from her shoulder out,
Oh, it's so hard to be put down SO deep
in the cold, damp ground, and please
don't place any marble slab on my
grave, it Will be so dark under it :;
and it will press so heavily upon my
little breast. Sod my grave nicely,
plant tree at its head, so that the
wild birds can gather in its branches
and sing for me-" After a pause she
continued, "But it seems to me that
would rather have our own birds sing
for me than the wild birds. Couldn't
you let brother Willie and sister
Emma bring our cage of little birds
out to the cemetery every Sunday
morning and leave them 10 sing for
me all day? When you are all at
church in town it won't seem so lone
some out by myself" A few days
after this Anna died, and her affec-
tionate parents did everything as she
requested. She was buried shallow,
the grave nicely sodded and a are
planted at its head. And still every
Sunday morning Willie and Emma
can be seen going out to the cemetery
with cage of little birds to sing at
Annals grave
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-05-20
A Melodlc Cat

l knew a cat, many years aoo
black fom-rather heavy and dp5I,
his way, for the most part. In, ~
two qualities very strongly mari. ~
love for music aid affecfiono,oS
He knew good music from boa
fectly well, would sit on the stow 70
piano with great content and m,
so long as a capable performa,; =
playing, and if the execntio, "
very good indeed would testify ~
delight by arching his tail wo,tt ~
across the keys, and sitting dow
the performers lap. Ga the oth
hand, bad playing always drove ~
away, and / remember there wo.
member of the family whose ~
nance sent him off in disppst
much for the artistic side Of hi. =.
permanent. Now for the afFa,,io'
His mother was always very fon5s
her kittens, and used to sit owe, a.
very closely during the first 49,,
weeks Of their lives-too closely
son thought, after he grew old enon,
to consider about things. So LII
more than once seen him 90 up to h
as she nestled over the young ora,i,
the basket, and apparently whiss
something; whereupon she wop
get up, stretch herself, and 90 into
garden for little fresh air. wbilss,
got into her place ami lay over h
kittens to keep them warm till h,
came back, when he resigned 4
charge to her again. We regret 4
say that he died still a comparative
young cat of distemper.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-05-20

Lawsy mussy! pears to me like all
de nice ole fo'-de-wah manners is done
died out! Chillun nowadays amt got
no mannuZ, an bout haaf de grown
cullus folkses dat comes long looks
Ike dey's clean furgot what little
mannuz dey ever knowed. En- since
dat ole new railroads com long things
Is got wuss N wuss; ev'body goes
tearin' long fasser'n a harrykin, 'stid-
der stoppia' to say howdy AN change
satellites. Even ole Uncle Je'y's
Abe's got SO now he can't stop like
he use ter an ak bout my roomytiz
nor tell how his pappy's boss dat fell
IN de gully an got cruppled's foot's
Citing on, nor talk bout 'spennces
an confunce an de salvation of his
soul an de pleadin' tums er mussy.
Dat boys swif'-footed an smaht, an
de very tspit of his pappy, but he's
got mo- fool notions in his haid dan
two years ham runnin's plowin' III
git out. 'Stidder stoppin' to talk when
ms ct him, he nps his fust fingers an
pints to his cap, an den on he goes
feaser'n if de ole tAbasseer was after
him! AM me use ter gin him catnip
tea fur de liver, an he pintin' ct dat
ole cap er his'n like nobody ever had
a seccun'-han' collidge cap befo' ~
Law" chimed in Miss Phrony,
who rightly thought the bright young
messenger quite ''likely" fellow,
ABE was maxim YOU the militerry
salute He learnt town manners from
them kiddettes from BATON Ruche.n
"Militery s'lute? Well he neen't
come miltery s'lutin' 'roun' mel"
like rele mannuz myself
What you call rele manners Stop
PIN i'll de road on de way from de
spring, balunein' piggin of water
on yo' head an lettin' de grass grow
unner yo' foots while youse talkin
bout 90 'ligion an yo' culluds an
yo' possums an yo' Misty ia de
ches' ?"
l.
kline er mannuz spectacle cullud
folks on big plantations TO- de war
use ter have-is, when you sees
'nuther cullud pusson you amt see
lately, is to make nice, p'lite curchy,
an say, Good mawnin' Brur Book
er'-or Sis Tidy 'chever it is-'how
does yo' seem to sagashiate?' Den, if
she's got any p'liteness bout her,
she'll 'spon' back an say, Pm very
serrennible 'cording to my consillari-
ties, Sister Jyars.' OATS what calls
mannuz as is mannuh! But de ole
timey darkeys is gittin' mighty scace;
an 'twon't be long-'twon't be long
TO- dem an der fine mannuz is all
passed awayW
favorite plantation expression meaning
exact image.
t"Adversary," 1. e., his Satanic highness.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-05-20
ased Of that large fortune, believe me,

ased Of that large fortune, believe me,
I would CO."
We spoke of Wagner, and noticed
how he had infected the most opposite
schools, how even Verdi had drunk
deep, many portions of Aida" being
quite Wagneresque.
YES, he is well in the air now !;
everything breathes him at last"
"And the Parcival 2" 1 said; "is
that new drama really coming off ?"
Surely. next year in July, at Bal
reuth. We shall have all the world
there"
ALI the Wagnerites.n / said.
No, no, all sorts it is the fashion,
you see; tous les bodauds sen mele,at;,"
which might be rendered in elegant
American, "eyery cockney is just on
him.
I understood that the Abhate would
retire early, and we took our leave. 1
can see his noble figure now, dressed
in q long black priests gown; as he
rose with US, took a candle and cane
out into the passage, the light fell
flickeringly upon those well known
and majestic features; the thick
white hair seemed to crown him, fall
ing straight on either side to his
shoulders; he looked like an old
world figure carved by Michael An
gelo, and standing in niche apart,
always the same strange genial strik-
ing combination which has captivated
society throughout Europe and been
the wonder of the musical world for
fifty years, always unconsciously
scenic, statuesque and withal superbly
human-such will long linger in my
memory the Abbate Franz List at
Rome in l681.-R. II. Hdueis in Bel
grdpid.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-05-20
An Indiana Meteor.

Professor Daniel Kirkwood, of
Bloomington, Ind, describes in The
Sciep ifc american what is termed the
great meteor of March 9th, 1882. At
ahout Ii o'clock, he says, on the night
of March 9th, 1882, meteor of great
size and brilliancy exploded over Kos
ciusko county, Indiana. in latitude
410 21/ N, longitude 1So 5V w from
Washington. The following account
of the phenomenon is derived from the
The Warsat0 Republican of March 25,
1882, and from letter written by Mr.
Albert Parker, an intelligent and
trustw orthy observer:
Mr.. Parker was one of q party of
five young men who, at the time of
the explosion, were riding in an open
carriage or wagon about eight miles
northeast Of Warsaw, the county seat
of Kisciusko county. The sky was
entirely covered with clouds, and
snow was rapidly falling. Conse-
quently the meteor could not be seen
till it had passed below the clouds !;
and as the explosion took place within
less than second after its appearance
no trustworthy estimate could be
formed of the time of flight. The mo-
tien of the meteor was from south to
north, and was accompanied by a
noise resembling that of rapidly
moving train of cars. Its color was a
bright red, and its apparent size nearly
to equal that of the full moon. Accord
ing to Mr.. Parker it was nearly over.
head-probably q little north OF the
zenith-at the time of its explosion.
The report was distinctly heard at
Warsaw, and excited much attention
from the fact of its occurring during a
heavy snowstorm. The light of the
meteor twas so brilliant as to blind
any person looking at it, and notwith-
standing the storm lightened the en-.
tire vicinity as clearly as the brightest
day at noon" To Mr.. Parker and his
companions the explosion and report
were very nearly simultaneous. No
aerolites, however, if any fell in the
vicinity, have yet been found.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-05-20
The Zuni Indians.
Religious Ceremonies.

The chiefs fist walk into the water
and sprinkle the sea with the sacred
meal; returning to the shore they
squat in semi circle, the wash of the
waves wetting their limbs, and smok e
the consecrated cigarettes, after which
they chant invocations 10 the "father
and mother of the world,u "father
and mother of the waters" the "God
under the waters" "God above the
waters" God under the earth n"God
above the EARTH" The ceremonies of
taking up the water in the sacred
gourds and cans are then performed.
After this initiation into the "Order
of the sacred Bow" poem contain
ing history Of the tribe is read. and
the ceremonies are at an end. Those of
our readers who at times may have
complained of long sermons, will
please note, that it requires twenty
four hours to read the p oem aforesaid.
-National Uaisn, Ph;la.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-05-20
The Cross Mark.

The mark which persons who are
unable to write are required to make
instead of their signature is in the
form OF a cross, and this practice
having formerly been followed by
kings and mobiles, is constantly re-
ferred to as an instance of the deplor-
able ignorance of ancient times, This
signature is not, however, inyariable
proof of such ignorance. Ancientlv
the use of this mark was not confined
to illiterate persons; for among the
Saxens the mark of the cross. "a an
attestation of the good faith of the
person signing, was required to be at
tached to the signature of those who
could write, as well as to stand in the
signature of those who could not
write. In those times, if a man could
write, or even read, his KNOWLEDGE
was considered proof positive that he
was in holy orders. The word cleric,.s
or clerk, was Synonymous with pen.
man, and the laity, or people who
were not clerks, did not feel any mr..
gent necessity for the use of lettarS.
The ancient use of the cross wos
there fore, universal alike ty thosa
who could and by those who conla
not write. 1t was, indeed, the symbol
ofan oath from Its early associations
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-05-20
A Commercial Experiment.

There may be some patriarchal SUBJ
ject of Prince Charles alive who can
remen, Der that model sovereign, the
Count Matignon-GIimaldi, otherwise
Honore ", who assembled his rocky
throne in the year 1915 and did not
die until 1910. Three times only dur
ing his reign of twenty-five years did
he set foot within the principality OF
Monaco; but he never ceased to be ir
his subjects in mind, although his
solicitude was less of the nature of
cherub, sitting aloft to look out for
their lives, than of Fee Faw Fun,
smelling their blood and grinding
their bones to make his bread. From
his capacious mind he evolved the
famous fiscal scheme, worthy of an
EPSON or Dudley, known as LEX
elusive des Cereales." Through the
intermediary of French imam OF
straw" called Francois Chappon, his
Highness Honore V. became the
Farmer and Miller General of his
dominions. In his creature Chappon
was vested the monopoly Of dealing
in grain and grinding it into flour.
The wretched Monegasques were COM
PEELED to sell their corn to the Princes
agent, who duly exported the sound
grain to foreign parts, and ne was
good enough to sell them for the max
ing of their daily bread flour ground
from spoiled csrgoes of wheat, which
was the sweepings of the wharves of
Marseilles and Genoa. Every one,
| the foreigner and the native alike,
| was compelled to eat sill pane del
Pripcipen and no other; captains of
| trading vessels who arrived in port
with any surplus bread or biscuit on
board were liable to fine of 500 francs
and the confscation of their crafts !;
| and the bakers of Monaco were forced
| to placard outside their shop-doors q
statement of the daily consumption of
the staff of life by the families who
dealt with them. If, in the opinion of
the police, the people did not eat
enough bread. they were induced to
amend their appetites by means OF
domicillary visits, lawsuits and evic-
| lions.
There was also heavy tax on every
lamb, calf, foal and kid born. Fruit
trees were likewise subject to griev-
GUS impost. and but that in the fulness
of time Honore descended to more
congenial world he might have
crowned his fiscal scheme by taxing
new laid eggs, onions and shrimps.
AS it was, this unmiugated old rascal
managed to amass in the course of his
twenty. five years of plumber fortune
of six millions of francs. The !" Ex-
elusive des Cereales was abolished
by Prince Florestan, the successor OF
Honors the Rogue
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-05-20
Whv the Prairies are Treeless

Mr.. L. E. Ward gives in the Kan
sas CITY Revieto some reasons why the
Western plains are destitute OF forests.
Where the annual rainfall exceeds.
twenfy-four inches, the absence OF for
ests is undoubtedly due to the repeated
burnings which take place on the
prairies from human agency. Where
the annual rainfall is below twenty, or
perhaps twenty-four, inches, there
can be no growth of forests, and this is
the true cause of the absence of trees
on the great plains. But this does
not prevent the existence in arid re-
gions of certain specialized types OF
arborescent vegetation. The sage
brush that covers the dreary wastes OF
the Rocky Mountain region, the
Laramie plains, the Bitter Greek
valley, and such vast areas OF the
West, while in its botanical characters
it IL little more than an overgrown
weed is to all intents and purposes a
tree, and often attains great age. The
region it occupies is even more arid
than the great plains, yet no fires oc-
cur and no forests grow. In the
nearly rainless areas of Arizona,
Southern Utah and New Mexico, and
stretching eastward into Texas. there
occur number Of al borescent forms,
the creosote bush (Larrea Mexicana),
the mesquit (Prosopis julihora), vari-
Gus acacias and mimosas, and one
yucca ~. brevifolia). together with
the tree cactus (Cereus giganteus).
These grow scattered at great distan-
ces from each other and rarely from
thickets or groves. Why no such
characteristic species are found occu-
pylng the great plains is not known,
and it is probably mere accident that
none happen to exs, adapted both to
their tenn peratures and their arid con-
dition. Did any such exist, there
seems no reason why they might not
thrive as well as the sage brush further
west OF the mesquit of the South.