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Why the Parson Left kentucky

why Cn0 HdTSOu bSAG hSuIuCRy.
Texas siftings.
A good many wears ago, when a
certain place in Texas was a very
small town, quite a number
of prominent citizens went out Oh
a hunting expedition. One night
when they we're all gathered around
the camp FIRE, one of the party su =
gested that each man should give
time and reason for leaving his native
state and coming 10 Texas whereupon
each one in turn told his experience.
Judge Blank had killed a man in
seIf:defense. in Arkansaw; Gen.
Soandso, had forged another mans
signature to q check, while anOIher
came to Texas ON account Of his hav
ing two wives. The only man who
did not make any disclosures was a
sanctimonious looking old man, who.
although professional gambler, was
usually called "Parson
"Well Parson, why did you leave
Kentucky?'
Il don't care to say anything about
it Besides, it was only . tri6e.
None of you will believe me any
how"
"Out with it Did you shoot any
body?
"No. gentlemen. I did not. Since
you want to know SO bad iii tell you.
| left Kentucky because | did not
build a church"
Deep silence fell on the grnup. N"
such excuse for coming to Texas ever
had been heard of before. There WAS
evidently an unexplained mystery ut
the bottom of it. Tho "Par>ou" was
called on to furnish mnre light.
swell, gentlemen. vou see u con-
gregarion raised s3 900 and turned it
over TO me Ia buill Il church and |
didn't build the church. hats all.
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BRAVE BEAR.
This Untutored Savage Will Ex-
plate His Crime on the
GallOwS
pi-rrrrh 90 Chic.rr Triiunr.

4, Dispatch 20 thiCaso Tribune.
Iankton, ID T., Jan. 9-Iu the
/ United States district court this morn
IN Judgment WAS gIveu ;i-aiu>t Brave
Bear. who, anon. his own kIlh and
kin, Is known by the smnolhlv sound
ing name OF M ,to-Ohitike," alias
i''WaI.epe. Brave Bear WIS arriigned
for the murder of Joe Johnson on Nav
10. 1919, ut Il point aboIt twenty
miles east of Fort Suliy. The nub!e
led man was anxious to- jnln Sitting
Bull. who WAS then planning numer-
Gus wariike expeditions, and, when Inc
SAW the opportunity To procure Il good
horse and gun, he diu not hesitate To
shoot white man through tile head.
But the noble brave got even more
han he hargairIed for. lie wanted
the h"r>e and gun, and in addition lie
got : 900, and BECAUSE OF this large
sum of money he got convicted of
murder. and that WAS another thing
for which he did not bargain la the
beginning. Brave Bears trial WAS II
short one, especially as he could bring
no witnesses and make nO drtcn>e.
A jury was impaneled last Tuesday
afternoon and Il verdict was rendered
Thursday morning. During the trial
Brave Bear has not appeared like Il
very happy Indian. lie did not uu-
der,taud all the different legal steps.
bat IL was evidently serious bust
uess for him. and he Looked Sc
rious from beginning to end.
When he was brought into court this
morning he looked neither TO the |
right nor To- the left He WAS dressed |
ia ciiizens' clothes, AMI had the APP !
pearince OF a very intelligent savage
He Is Il man in middle life, at good
hight. AMI strongly built. T.. II. !
Allison. the principal witness against
him, acted us interpreter, and he
seemed tn convey to the mind of the
untutored savage fully "a much by hi,
frequent gestures us by the wori..
After hearing each sentence the In-
dian would bow his head stiffiy and
give low grunt When asked if he
could give any reason why sentence
should not be pronounced against him,
Brave Bear replied. after considerable
hesitation aud after being told that he
could say what Inc pleased that ne
had brains AMI intelligence. and he
knew better than tn p int gun at Il
white man The judge then made
reply. the idea ut which can he fitting
" conveyed bv the words t 10 thin"
and proceeded to give judgment upon
the unfortunate Indian. After call
ING attention tn the murder, the trial.
and the ver'lic; .ihe judge said: "And
the sentence "f the cnurt is that you
he remanded to the place whence You
came. AMI that I'm March q. YOU he
hanged bv the neck until you are
dead. and NAV the Lord have mercy
up,n your SOUL There is reason Ia
doubt that Brave Bear committed
the murder, hut an agreement was
made with Sitting Bull that. if he
would surrender AMI all of his people
would come in. nothing done in the
past should he brou -ht up against
them. AZ Brave Bear il sail tn
have Deen member of Sitting Bulls
hand. both i'm making raids ami i'm
his conviction and exc
,uiion appear like ! violation Of the
treaty.
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SLAPPED the Proceedings.

II came ~ to tell you this morning
that you might as we'll stop those pro
ceedings in chancery for a bill of di.
vorce," said soft-eyed thing about
swenty-seven years old, as she came In
to a Laramie lawyers Office yester-
day;
decided to live together as man
and wife again, hey Z"
"No, not that. not that. You see
Obediah strolled away to Leadville
two years ago, and kinder gave me
and the kids the grand shake. Since
then I've been rustling in my gentle.
unobtrusive manner to make a stake.
I've wrote to him occasionally when l
had leisure. and kind of rounded him
up for not chipping in with his assess
ments, but he never represented.
That kind of irritated me, and /
asked you last week to get me d.
vorce. If I paid all the assessments
myself, l thought 'twould be more
than square to get all the dividends.
But this morning I got news from
Leadville that has changed my notion
q little about the divorce"
''Sent you some money. did he ?"
"No. not: that. He didn't even
write to me, but l got paper with a
big blue mark around it, which con.
veyed the intelligence that Obediah
was hung there on the 10th by re-
quest. 1t seems that he got to jump
ing lots and stealing horses between
meals, and people got down on him.
Then he salted claim over on Buck
skin, and sold it for $40, 900 to ten
derfoot from the east.
He made several flowery breaks like
that, and the popular feeling seemed
tmore or less to turn against him.
Several weeks ago he stole q pair of
big mules from a man belonging in
Kokomu, and the next night he went
back to get a neckyoke and wrenc b
that belonged to the wagon. and
happened to run into a batch Of Wig
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BOB INGERSOLL.
His Beautiful oeeo1 a. the Grave
of a Little Boy.

Last Sunday, in Washington City.
she bright little son OF Mr.. Ge,. o.
Miller wis buried. Among the
mourners was the famous Inf lei, Bob
Ingersnll. lie WAS called upon for
scme remarks at the grave and re
sp1aied. His touching speech is
annexed. II will be seen that he
talks on thi. occasion very little like
q bitter Infiiel:
NV friends, | know how vain ii is
to gild grief with words, and vet |
wish To take from every grave its
fear. Here in this world, where life
and death are equal kings. all should
be brave enough u meet what all the
dead have met. The future has been
filed with fear. strained aud
polluted by the heartless past.
From the wond rous tree of life the
buds aud blossom. fall with ri pened
fruit, and in the common bed of earth
patriarcts aud babes sleep side by
side. Wlv should We fear that which
will come to all this? We cannot tell.
We do not know is the greatest bless
ing life or death. We can MT say that
death is not good. We do not know
whether the grave is the end of life
or the door of another, or whether
the night here is not somewhere else
6 dawn. Neither can We tel! which
l. the more fortunate, the child dying
In its mothers arms before ITS lips
have leaned to form a word. or he
who jDarheys all the length of life's
uneven road, painfully taking the last
slow steps with staff and crutch.
Every cradle asks us. Whence ,
and every coffin Whittier? The
poor barbarian weeping above his
dead can answer the question as intel
ligently and satisfactorily as the
xobad priest of the most authentic
creed. The fearful ignorance of the
one is just as consoling as the learned
and unmeaning words of the other.
No man standing where the horizon
of life has touched grave has any
right to prophesy future filled with
pains and tears. 1t may be that
death gives all Their is of worth to life
If those who press and strain against
our hearts could never die,
perhaps that love would wither from
the e,r;h. May a common faith
tread from out the paths between our
hearts the weeds Of selfishness, and |
should rather live than love where
death is king than have eternal life
where love is not. Another life is
naught, unless we know and love
again the one who love us here. They
who stand with breaking hearts
around this little grave need have no
fear. The largest and nobler faith i'm
all that is, and is to be, tell us that
death. even at its worst, is only per-
feet rest. We know that through the
common wants of life, the needs and
duties of each hour. that grief will
lessen day by day until at last these |
graves will be to them place of rest |
and peace, almost of joy. There is |
for them this consolatipn-the dead
do not suffer. If they live again their |
lives will be as good as ours. We
have no fear; We are all children of /
the same mother. and the same fate |
awaits us all. We, too, have our re-
ligion, and it is this: Help for the
living. and hope for the dead"
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AN AFFECTING STORY.
The Advice Of a Shoemaker to an
Editor and the Result
CLernkce County C"nr-int.

Cherokee County Courint
One day an editor, hard ut work
irving TO devise a plan to make Iii,
delinquent Subscribers pay their dues,
Wi, called upon by Il shoemaker wh"
dropped in 10 give the editor some
valuable hints on running "a newS-
paper. The editor, over yed at the
opportunity. gave the man his best
cane seat chair. offered him fresh
cigar AMI listened at'entively To what
he had to say. Quoth the shoemaker.
Is he lit the weed: Your paper needs
hundred improved features. You
10 not grasp the topics of the day by
the right handle; vou don't set the
locals in the right kind of type; your
telegraph news il too thin. even tine
paper itself is poorly manufactured.
not thick enough and of too chalky
white; you don't run enough matter.
and what YOU 10 run amt of the right
sort; your ideas about protective
tart: is informally f,nlish. and your
stand on the ConkIing matter was
bad. tell YOU these things because
| want To see YOU succeed. | tell YOU
as friend. | don't take your paper
myself, but | see it once in while.
and as a paper is public ati'iir, |
suppose / have as good right to
crlrici>e Is anybody. Ii a man wants
To give me advice let him, I'm glad
tn nave him. in fact
That's exactly il" said the editor.
kindly; always had dim idea of
my shortcomings, hut never had them
~ clearly and convincingly set forth
as 10y y"u. Its impossible To express
my gratitude for the trouble You have
taken. ami not only Ia tind out these
facts, but TO point them out also
Some people, knowing all these things
perhaps nearly is well Is you. are
mean enough 10 keep them TO them
selves. Your suggestions came in
most appropriate time. l have wanted
10 lean on, rs it were, for
some eks. Keep your eye ON The
pal er, AMI when YOU see weak spot,
come up
The shoemaker left. happy to know
that his suggestions had been received
with such u christian spirit. Next
lay, just as he was finishing boot.
the editor came in, and picking up
the mate, remarked:
Il want to tell YOU how that boot
strikes me. In the first place, the
leather is poor; the stitches in the |
.ole are wide apart, and the uppers
too near the edge. Those uppers will
~ 10 pieces in two weeks It's all
wrong my friend, putting poor leather
N the heels. and smoothing it over
with grease and lamp black. Every
,odv complains of your boots; they
lon't last the legs are too short, tine
ustep too high. How You can have
he gall To charge twelve dollars f,r
uch boots beats me. Now l tell You
his because | like TO see you succeed.
)f course | don't know any mnre
bout shoemaking than you do about
newspaper, but still | take an inter
st i'm you because You are 50 well dis
,osed TO me. In fact. l."
Here the exaspersted cobbler
.rabbed a lapstone. ami the editor
aimed the street, followed by old
,nives, pincers, hammers and avis.
ent after him by the wrathful cub
Ter. who. on regaining his seal. swore
" the nine gods that nn impertinent.
Dp cared idiot should ever c,me round
rving to teach him his trade.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-01-31

Queen Victoria, c"mbining moth
erly affection and musical taste. has
c.nnmi stoned that crusty composer
VI. G ,unol. tn write Ruptisl a,arch
for orch stra and organ for the mar
rig. If her you gest and favorite son,
Leopold. Duke of Albany.
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Mrs. Ghuse blew down q kreosane
lamp chimney at T"ledo ON Monday,
and when her husband came in he
simply remarked that his Ghuse was
cooked.
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At Glasgow this mo,'h two teie-
graph MESSENGERS. Of IA years, were
sentenced tn five years penal ser
vitnle for having stolen or destroyed
letters.
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Miss Dickinson thinks "H,mlet
q b,y rather than q man. H 81 was a
fat b'v. then, aud scant Of breath At
tender age.
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Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint.

Is it not worth the small price of IS cts.
to free yoursel of every symptom of
these distressing complaints? II you think
so, call at our store and get bottle Of
Shiloh's Vitalizer. Every bottle has a
printed guarantee on it. Use accordingly,
and if it does you no good it will cost you
nothing. Sold by your druggist.
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Ageots wanted for the sale Of thu Indian Blood
Syrup In every town or village, In which have no
Agent Particulars given on appEcssioa-
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DRUGGISTS SELL II.

Laboratory. n West 3rd st.. N. Y. City
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BEDPORD. Mo.
have used Dr.. Clarke Johnson's Indian Blood
Syrup for Chronic Disease, and have received great
relief theresrou. II. CuMTON.
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WARSAW. BENTON. Co, NJ.

WARSAW, BENTON, CO., NO.
I wish TO inform you Of the facts Of one OF the
rlust remarkable cures Of Dropsy known in this
country. Was afflicted for a number of years, and
tried different doctors and various remedies, but all
To purpsre. One doctor said I conld not live
three weeks. l was advised To try some of DIR.
short time Vas able to 90 TO town and call upon
the dsrtor Who aid could not live. II perfectly
cured me.
JOHN MILLER
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JOHN MILLER.

VERONA, LAWRENCE, Co., Mo.
I vas troubled for q long time with Kidney
Disease, and also with Chils and Fever. I tried
various remedies unnecessarily for months. then
commenced taxing DIR. Clark Johnson's Indian
Blood Syrup, which has completely cured me. !
nov - stout and healthy ~ I ever was
WILLIAM WATSON.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-04-15
That Remittitur.

The remittitur from the Supreme Court
in the Acknowledgement case is on its way
to Eureka. If 1t does not get side-tracked,
or get drunk and fall of, it will be here
tonight. From what is positively known
about 1t, outside of the legal fraternity, II
may be an animal, male, female, or her.
mophrodite. When ii Is taken off at the
express Office a great many persons will be
there to see what 1t looks like. Many of
those who propose to attend will be armed,
and II 1t makes any show OF fight there
will be bloodshed. The c~onstabulary will
be out in full force to see that the thing is
properly handled, and that no hand is
improperly laid upon it. When it speaks
in the Courthouse 1t will probably say that
the Richmond Company has been bounced
out of the Supreme Court. The Albion
Company will apply for, and get, a decree
dissolving the injunction against it. Then
the Richmond will have the chance to take
another appeal back to the Supreme Court
OF Nevada. Pending action under this
appeal. the Albion, being in possession and
not liable TO any legal hindrance, will
have free course to develop and be glori-
fed, Selah
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-04-15

Professor Isaac sharpless, the Haverford
College astronomer, sayss.that the new
comet will be visible to the naked eye about
April 81, Just after midnight, and will re-
main in sight until dawn. About 2 o'clock
In the morning II will be seen about half
way mp to the zenith In the constellation
OF Lyra and near Vega, the brightest morn
ing star In that part OF the sky. The
comet is travelling about north-northeast
at the rate OF about a degree a day. Cal
oulating that the comet Ia about q hundred
million miles away, one degree Of its
course would be nearly q million miles.
II Ia coming toward the earth, but will not
come nearer than eighty million miles to
~. 1t will go down to the northern hemis-
phere, and there be at its brightest. The
best view will be had in Australia and
south America. 1t will fade rapidly TO
me unaided eye in the south, but it can
Dc followed for months with a telescope.
inc comet differs from telescope comets
generally In having'a tail. As o rule tele-
scope comets are only masses OF light.
Inc presence Of a tail indicates that this
eomet Is q large one. Its orbit has not
been sufficiently determined to say whether
u Will come back or not. We may look
Tor the comet of 1912 to follow this.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-04-15
RESCUED FROM DEATH.
Three Men, One From Eureka, Bur-
led i'm n SnOw.sIide.


The HALEY Wood River) Miner OF April
8 says; Last Saturday . gang of 90 men
were engaged il ting ties on Bowlder
Greek when a tremendous snow-slide oc-
Cured, cleaning of half the mountain side.
Three of the men were standing upon and
hewing a piece Of timber and were caught
up and carried about 100 feet, when they
became fastened and the slide passing over
them left them buried in Z feet Of snow.
Immediately after the accident 80 men
hastened upon the fallen snow, and with
pick and shovel began to dig for their I'M
fortunate companions. Having watched
them as they were carried forward, their
whereabouts was pretty definitely known,
and they were quickly uncovered. Not
any TOO soon, however, as they we're al
ready half smothered. Two of them, Ger
mans, were badly bruised, but had no
bones broken. The third, Alexander Fin
ley Of Eureka, Nevada, was extricated with
difficulty as he lay under the timber, upon
which he had been at work. When taken
out he was insensible, having received in
juries all over his body. His left leg was
badly broken and crushed between the
knee and ankle. Six OF his companions
placed him upon a hastily constructed
sleigh-made Of snow-shoes-and started
for HALEY, 81 miles distant, and tho near
est place containing a physician. Tn
party arrived here Wednesday morning
completely tagged out. Six fresh hands
took hold of the ropes and pulled the sleigh
to the County Hospital, one mile west Of
HALEY. 1t was a hard trip for Finley. as
he was on the sled four days without med
ical attendance. His sufferings must have
been intense. He is now nicely cared for.
and there is some hope that he will sur
vive his injuries.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-04-15

A most refreshing illustration of the
proverb, go abroad for news" is found
In the following piece of fiction from the
Reno Gazette. Twenty years more Of &C.
cumulation would not bring the trouble
some Richmond lead pile up to the dimen-
sions OF 10000 tons. But listen to the
story: I'm a short time we will see long
trains OF cars running through Reno from
Eureka loaded with pig lead, a contract
having been recently let to transport TO-
600 tons to New York. Allowing ten
tons to the car, and supposing the
whole quantity we're carried at one trip, 1t
would require 1000 cars, and make q train
about AZ miles il iangth.n
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-04-15
FLUE DUST.
Scraps from the Notebook Of the
sentinePs Reporter.

Scraps from the Notebook OF the
Sentiners Reporter.
The Parker House is undergoing gen.
eral repairs.
Surveyor wescoatt and wife leave to-
morrow morning for Carson.
Several prospectors are making their ar
ransements to start to the hills.
Mr.. Angus McCauley has been appoint
ed foreman Of the Shoe Fly mine.
Mr.. Charles r. Bacon, agent for Callen-
der's Minstrels, arrived last night.
Eureka Tunnel shares dropped to IS
cents yesterday. Why was this thus?
Rev. r. A. Kicker OF Ruby Hill was re-
ported to be dangerously i'll last evening.
Mr.. John Mcconnell will hereafter have
charge of Judge Adams mines on Adams
Hill.
Prospectors on Prospect Mountain are
following up the bare ground as fast as it
appears.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. M. Fassett, parents Of
G. M. Fassett of Ruby Hill, arrived from
the East last night.
The WEEKLY SENTINEL will be published
at 3 O'Clock this afternoon. Send it to
your friends in the East.
If -four friends in the East wish to be
posted on Eureka matters, send them the
WEEKLY SENTINEL to-day.
Albion shares advanced So cents yester-
day. We suppose the rise was owing to
the action of the Supreme Court at Carson.
We learn of a number Of new mining
enterprises to be started up during the
ext two or three months in this district.
The delinquent sale notice Of the Albion
Consolidated Mining Company will be
found under the head Of NEW To-day"
Charley Provost will leave for the city
by the Golden Gate tomorrow morning,
to secure new attractions for the Truckee.
Mr.. Charles Mcconnell has resigned the
foremanship of the Bowman mine, and
Mr.. John McCauicy has been appointed to
the position.
Mr.. Benjamin Stafford, the great pros
pector, and the discoverer Of the mines OF
Stafford District, came up last evening
from Palisade.
In the case of Alexander Wilson, ESQ.,,
in the District Court yesterday, on account
Of a flaw in the Indictment, he was ae-
Quilted by the jury.
Persons wishing to purchase an extern
sive and payinglivery business will do well
to read the new advertisement in this
mornings SENTINEL.
Stocks recovered some OF their previous
strength after the morning board yester-
day. The closing quotations show that
the market is well sustained.
J. b. Grenier died at the County Hos
pital on Thursday night. He was an old
resident Of Eureka and highly respected
by all who knew him. His funeral will
take place at Q O'Clock this afternoon.
"'Tis the vernal dawn of Spring" ex-
claimed a fair maiden as she attempted to
sweep the sunbeams from the front porch
yesterday morning. "Yes," retorted her
fair but unpoetical companion, and the
beautiful snow will knock the yernal out
OF it in less than "a hours" But it didn't.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-04-15

WOOD v ITEMS.
From the HALEY Times of April

From the HALEY Times of April 8.
1t seems like business to feel once more
the soil Of Wood River beneath ones feet.
Capitalists are already in the field hum
CRY for "soft snaps in the way Of mining
property.
There are more dogs in every camp on
Wood River than are found hanging about
Indian outfits.
Drummers, representing all of
wholesale houses, have taken Wood River
BY storm this week.
Sunshine, shadow, rain. snow, calm,
blow, slush and mud has been the pro-
gramme for the past week.
In the year Of Hailey's existence there
has not been a death by accident or result
ing from knife, or gun fights. Her record
as a city is above that of any town on or
near Wood River.
A thunder storm passed over the valley
on Wednesday night and startled the in
habitants Of Wood River, who are unac-
customed to such rackets In this section.
II was the heaviest storm Of this character
that ever visited these parts since white
men began to inhabit this country.