Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-04-12
IN A Bah CROWD.
Oscar wilde ON the Cars with Some
Base Rangers.

Last Saturday Oscar Wilde left San
Francisco for Salt Lake City. On the
same train we're Crit. Thornton, Gabriel
oohn, 0rif. Grifiths. Ed. Dodge and Jack
hermeen, all well known In Eureka. They
all hankered for an interview with the es-
thete. but Grit. Thornton, who had made
his acquaintance in San Francisco, had
the inside track. Grit. got in the seat
with Oscar at Oakland and they talked at
each other until midnight. 1t was a ques-
ton OF endurance and Crit. finally sue
cumbed. This may seem incredible to
those who know Crit, but not so with
those who know Oscar, too. They say
mat the esthete philosopher Is the last
man In the world to be carried out on a
shutter from the effects Of talk. However,
ior iear OF injury remotely possible to the
Stranger drif. Grifiths brought him 6
pouquet OF Wild flowers and q lily. Unfor-
eunaeeiy' sunnowers are not in season. 1t
was observed hat he shifted the flowers
with evident satisfaction, as though his
very soul at times would fee into them.
But Crit. got off at Reno, and then the
others, reinforced by Christopher Col
nmbus Powning, r. l.. Fulton, Dick
Dryer and Hank Knight tof ours) got a
chance to get their work in, These gen.
tlemen, all but Hank, feeling II a duty
they owed the residents OF Eureka, called
on Mr.. Wilde, with a view TO induce him
to stop on his way East and lecture here.
They were received with all the politeness
OF estheticism. Mr.. Wilde emerged from
the seclusion Of his berth, about which he
ordered the porter to let the curtains hang
during the day. Finding that the Nevad-
ans appreciated his talent and were stuck
after" his talk, he chatted cheerfully with
them. He said we should open out our
quarries III we have any and build beau
tiful houses, after the Egyptian idea, Of
granite, marble and onyx, carving them
In images and making them soulful with
symbolic hieroglyphics. About the news
paper fraternity he said II he had his way
ne would hang all the editors and explain
afterwards. During this lengthy inter-
view Oscar was dilating on some delicate
thought In genuine estheticism, when
HANK knight burst In from the smoking
car and standing among them, exclaimed:
hello, boys How are youp Amt that
iong-haired son of a --- there afraid Of
getting lousy 7" This completely crushed
,ne lily, and 1t tainted on Powning's
prsast. Fulton went for q handkerchief.
eat IN his excitement pulled out a hand
ial OF Gazette advertisements. which fell
around and made q rustic as OF autumn
leaves. This brought him too, but he
came near dying with his boots on after
al, Tor Cohn Immediately put a domestic
cigar in one corner OF his mouth, while
hank knight had a whisky flask jammed
snto the other. Mrs. Senator Stewart
sasned to the poor boys relief, and, beg
sing tne Bohemians, cigar and whisky
men to withdraw, ~sprinkled rose water on
ms cum. He came too then, but was pale
aaa tremulous. When Hank Knight got
On ~ Wadsworth Oscar said he thought
ue could breathe regularly again. Until
.9en ne could not be serene any more.
ae thought this d dreadful country In
winch such characters. a desperate stage
ioooer like the man Knight. should be al
iowea to go free and do business, even un.
aef the extraordinary bond OF $50, COO,