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Western Kansas world., 1886-10-23

Ine TATTOO OF the gravel on the bench
interrupted Allison's response, and in an
impatient voice the court asked: aWell
have you disarmed the prisonery"
"Your honor" said Allison r;a;no to
bis feet, "rve got the biggest kind of
respect for this court, but 1 want to say
night here, that no man can diearm me
without fight I haven't got any
friends here and the crowd is armed; 60
I'm going to be ready to protect my
Bailid," fairly yelled the cou1t .once
moro l tell you to disarm that prisoner
The dignity Of this court must and shall
be preserved
Ihe baiihs held q short consultation
among themselves aid started in body
toward the prisoner. The latter turned
quickly in Ills chair and placed his Win
chester in readiness for instant action.
"Now, boys, look here" said he firm
~; "you know me and know that al
ways mean what 1 say. Now say that
l won't be disarmed; but if any Of you
want to try it, just come ahead"
The deputy marshal who had arrested
Allison contemplated the display Of fire.
arms and then with an apologetic cough
said to the court: "Your honor, the
prisoner refuses to be disarmed."
"But l say that he must give up his
arms" thundered the Judge. II won't
hear the case unless he does"
'Theu if you want the prisoner dis
armed" replied the deputy angrily,
you can disarm him yourself; for I'll
be d-d if I'll try to do it."
Rap, rap. rap, went the gavel again,
and tie voice Of the Judge, husky with
pent up rage sounded over the room
''This court stands adjourned until 10
o'clock tomorrow morning!'
Allison jumped to his feet, said he'd
be blankety blanked if he was going to
fool around three or four days waiting
for his trial, strobe out of the room and
rode away. No one attempted to molest
him and although he remained in the
neighborhood for several weeks there
after he was not rearrested. He after
wards killed man in Colorado, and was
sentenced to life imprisonment in the
penitentiary at Canon City where he
died two days ago. Despite the fast
"Clay" Allison was q notorious horse
thief and thought no more Of driving off
bunch Of cattle than he did of taking q
drink, he was seldom known to pick a
quarrel. But woe to the man against
whom he had cause for enmity. If he
ever met such person it was a
foregone conclusion that one must die.
Frank Allison was shot in q gambling
house brawl, and Jim is now living q
q quiet life in Texas.
Western Kansas world., 1886-10-23
st.mpedinx tn. Congregation.

sAsO
A Baptist minister in Sheffield, Eng
land was speaking Of certain young
man living in the place.
mo-" said the divine, II don't like
him. He is q low worthless fellow, and
I don't want anything to do with him
under any circumstances"
my DEAR" interposed his wife, Il
isn't right to talk that way about any
one. The boy is young yet and may re-
form"
s'No. he never viii"
"But you mustn't be 90 severe on
him. Hyou would try you might pos
9bly help him to b something better"
II shall mover Try. II ~ should como
into my church would considw It my
duty to order him on.
sDpn't tan III vs3l VIZ kas -
> - - ennGb - - - - unalzis-
Western Kansas world., 1886-10-23
The American Abroad.


These antiquity stories have made
many fine old paintings, and they do q
great business with Americans. The
Dutch merchant who presided over the
one above spoken Of told me he had just
sold about 5000 guilders, or over s., 600
worth Of goods to Robert Garrett, and
that he made sales to Americans daily.
He had great faith in American honesty,
too, and when I admired piece of this
same old Flemish lace and regretted that
I had not the time to get money from
the bank before leaving to purchase it,
he doubled it up and told me to take it
along and send him the price at my
leisure. "You can remit me-" said he,
'.from Antwerp before you sail if you
have time, or, il more convenient, take
is with you and send me the money
when you get home to America" But
I said: "You don't know me. I am q
stranger hare. and I leave Amsterdam
this afternoon. Saturday I sail for New
York. You have no security for your
money" ''Give me your visiting cerd
and your address aad that is all I care
for. I have often trusted Americans,
and I am never deceived" An Ameri-
can merchant who did business in this
way would be liable to imprisonment for
lunacy.
Western Kansas world., 1886-10-23

Three suspicious cases of illness have been
reported in Rome. One of the afflicted per-
sons died. It is thought their disease is
cholera. In all other places in Italy where
cholera has prevailed the disease has almost
disappeared.
The students of Trinity college presented
Earl of Londonderry, viceroy, with an ad-
dress of welcome, expressing JOY over the
defeat of the home rule bill. The viceroy
replied that the government would faith
fully fulfil the country's mandate to main
the union.
Sir Arthur Sullivan's new cantata "The
Golden Legend" was rendered at the Leeds
N musical festival, and fairly enraptured the
audience. At the close the chorus and au-
ditors called the composer out and
pelted him with flowers, and obliged him to
return and receive similar ovations many
times. His very appearance was hailed with
prolonged applause.
Western Kansas world., 1886-10-23
THROUGH DEATH VALLEY.

A Survivor Of tho Dreadful Trip Tells q
Story Of Sunering-Mrs. Brier, tho WO.
man Whose Courage Sustained Her at q
Times Whom Strong Men Broke Down
and Abandoned ROpe-The Lost Mines.
Los Angeles Express.
Rev. j. w. Brier, an itinerant evenge-
list, and the first Protestant minister to
hold forth in Los Angeles, is q guest,
after an absence of thirty-six years, at
the residence Of George Morgan.
In conversation with Mr.. Brier this
morning an Erpress reporter was con
siderably astoLishsd to learn that he was
the leader of the famous lost party Of
emigrants who, endeavoring TO reach the
Golden State in 1849, narrowly escaped
snnihilation from exposure and want in
that desolate region ycleped Death VAL
ley.
Requested to detail the facts of his
journey acroes the plains and expert
ences In the desert regions, landing in
the southern portion Of the state, the
gentleman began:
It was in October, 1849, that about
500 emigrants from Missouri, Iowa and
illinois pulled out Of Salt Lake City en-
route to Santa Fe, where they proposed
west into California. The party
vas accounted tbs most thoroughly
equipped Of any that had until then LEFT
3ak flake for the Golden Gate, and
,uoyant with hope and our future pros
,eots. We bid goodbye to the big Lake,
md strunk boldly ont to the southvard. |
Ws had an sxpsEisncsd frontiemman for |
guide, and had ~ but followed his |
ldviss in ths natt9 a route our hosri-
- s4ogy q saGsgi1g I'D staRvokisa
- n6Ve hnVo - to1d
Western Kansas world., 1886-10-23
Hours For Sleep.

vented sleep; 1t covers man all over,
thoughts and all. like q cloak; it is meat for
the hungry, drink for the thirsty, heat for
the cold, and cold for the hot. t."-Do,,
Qui1ote.
Adsges are not always to be depend
ed on for good advice. The old saying
in regard to sleep-"Nine hours are
enough for foor'-has frightened
many peop.e from taking the rest that
was necessary to them. "Nature takes
five, custom seven, laziness nine and
wiekedness eleven" is wrong in at least
two Of it's assertions. There are very
few instances in which nature does not
demand more than five hours sleep. It
is true that sleeping, like eating, is very
much matter Of habit. and you may
train yourself to dispense with more
than five hours sleep as you may omit
the third meal of the day. How long
you will flourish under such regime
will depend upon the strength of your
constitution. You may fare like the
mans horse, who, when it had been re-
duced to diet of one straw a day, in
tho most ungratetul manner, died on
his hands.
A person may need nine hours sleep
out Of the twenty-four without being
lazy or foolish. Indeed, he is a wise
man if, feeling that he requires them, he
he is sensible enough to take them.
Goethe, when performing his great liter
ary feats, took nine hours sleep. A full
grown adult, in healthy condition will
seldom require more than eight. If,
however, be discovers that he is not su-
fficiently refreshed by eight hours, he
should take more.
1t is pretty safe rule to sleep as long
as you are sleepy. There are people,"
says a writer, " who are wise enough to
eat when they are hungry, but who have
never attained that higher reach of wis
dom to sleep when they are sleepy"
Unless You are very lazy person in
deed, you are not likely to take more
sleep than your constitution requires,
for, of course, dawdling in bed is not
sleeping.
By shortening the necessary hours for
sleep, you may bring upon yourself the
dreaded disease, insomnia. There are
scientific writer's on this subject VIII
claim that the best remedy for this is to
learn to sleep in the daytime. This is
very well where from some cause work |
or Watching, or pleasure may have
failed to get your needed sleep for a
night or two. There il undoubtedly a |
great virtue in maps, even short ones,
and the art of mapping in the day time,
although could never acquire it, is q
desirable one, and, like most arts is
matter Of practice. Still, it is bad
practice to get in the habit of turning
night into day, and if you are not kept
awake by care or illness, but merely have
aid awake because you could not sleep,
should recommend you to fight the
drowsiness of the next day,
n order that you may. if possible, re-
'ume your natural rest at right. Sleep
essness is generally the result Of an ua-
ortunste habit Of thinking" generally
IN unpleasant subjects, after one has re-
ired for the night. DR.. Frank Ha.ail-
on, a great physician and a wise man,
aid: ''Gloomy thoughts prevent sleep
The poor and unfortunate magnify and
Increase their misfortune by too much
blinking. Blessed be he who invented
leep,' but thrice blessed be the man
rho shall invent c1re for thinking"
Western Kansas world., 1886-10-23

tian feeling against him?"
"What has he doner' Well, he's
done enough. He's got trick OF max
ing noise like two dogs fighting, and
Tor the last two Sabbaths he's got under
one OF the church windows and run out
the whole congregation. ! tell you it
would make you have unchristian feel
ings to look up from long prayer and
see your congregation falling over one
another in getting out the door and hear
the leading deacon shouting that he'I
bet two o-pound-ten on either dog"
Western Kansas world., 1886-10-23

only pipe stems. He bit one man in the
wrist and squeezed the breath out Of anoth-
er by jamming him against the wall.
The Knights of Labor in session ut Rich.
mond. decided to send $15,OCOO for the re-
lief OF the locked out cotton workers at Au-
Rusta, Ga, and more if necessary. Pow
derlv was reelected. The executive board
consists Of six members. John w. Hays,
William n. Bailey, A. 81. Carleton, T. B.
Mcclure, Ira II. Ainswerth. The general
master workman, general secretary and gen.
eral treasurer are ex-officio members. Pow
derly held conference with fifteen or six
teen colored delegates to the general assem-
bly,. They represent the colored assemblies
of the Knights of Labor of Virginia,
Georgia, Florida, Mississippi and other
southen states. The object of the confer
ence was for the election of bureau of
colored Knights throughout the southern
states for the purpose of securing accurate
relative to the colored people and
their relation to white laborers, wherever
they are employed together. Powderly said,
in speaking of the conference and its object:
''Tbe question of social equality is not one
of the objects of the bureau. Its object ia
to stimulate the colored people to work for
their own elevation" 1t was decided to
elect chairman and secretary, and have as-
sisrants in each of the southern states.
Western Kansas world., 1886-10-23
FOREIGN.

? Louis Michel has been pardoned, and will
soon be released. =
. The French African cable has been COM
pleted to the Congo.
Mayor Karl Rotbschild, the head of the
banking firm, died suddenly of heart dis
ease.
A fearful disaster occurred of s.. John,
Norte Dame bay. A fishing craft capsized'
and all on board we're drowned.
NJ. de Leseeps and Count Napoleon Ney
will sail from Havre for New York, to par
ticipate in the dedication Of the Bartholdi
statue.
Mr.. Gladstone is still unable to leave his
bed room. He is suffering from fever, and
his condition is believed to be worse than is
publicly admitted. &11nS &c issa
Western Kansas world., 1886-10-23

dIo III b lduO OI pl0uty.
A DR.. Irving, then prominsns resi-
dent Of Los Angeles, was engaged in sur
veying q road near the rancho, and he
very generously furnished us with teams
and drivers and brought us to Los An
geles. Ny son, who his fourth year
travelled over these trackless wastes,
died but two years ago in Sacramento.
My wife still lives as does an older son,
and I find myself, thirty-six years after
my terrible experiences, within . few
hundred miles Of them, recounting them
in city where I was the first Prokestant
to preach the gospel
Mr.. Brier's acquaintance with th
topography Of Death valley led the 10
porter to inquire of the location Of the
numerous mines, on whose fabulous
wealth prospectors have for years dil.tsd.
II know the location very nearly-ok
both the Gunsight lode and Brey6ogle
discoveries" said Mr.. Brier. ''The Gun
sight mine, which for years has been the
goal of many an adventurous goldhunter
and has cost many q hardy miner his
life, in vain search for its location, il
Just south of Panamint valley,
in spur Of the low mountains or hills,
which are the border line of Death val
ley on the north. It's mineral deposit u
simply lead and antimony, and is 10
ported wealth is mythical. The Brey-
'ogle is undoubtedly q deposit rich in
mineral wealth. This mine was first dis
covered by the prospector from whom IL
takes its name. Though he has several
times since endeavored to rediscover his
ind, he has been unsuccessful. He was
,nce, he claimed, within few miles, but
MS provisions and water giving out, hs
vas forced to beat q hasty retreat to tho
Breyfogle's mine was visited by some
Il our boys. II IL situated oc the north
ide of Funeral mountain, and about 100
niles south and east Of the Gunsieht.
"Of course. it 10 among the posibili-
ies, but Il miner win only think md
axe into consideration the privn4ion -
Misery attending trip into fhat c. &
y, II win deter him from going, 60 E
hero be prospect of untold 49,
toes for him at the snd Il hi io
Western Kansas world., 1886-10-23

ming up the colors while the vessel was in
the custody OF Canadian officers, is depre-
ciated at the department as likely to need
1eeely compiicate the department in its ef-
he fisheries question
William 8. Snyder and Thomas Brown.
The two anarchists who have been held in
ail In Chicago, eince the Haymarket riot,
and we're indicted for riot and conspiracy in
connection with that affair, were discharged
3pon their own reoognixaDoe By Judge
Ia,y. Mr.. Grinnell requested this disposi-
E--a Of the prisoners. II is probable that
thsy never " Il be tried. Snyder is an Amer.
Saan by birth, and Brown is the only Irish
man connected with the events of May 4,
save the policemen. Both men are quite
yo1n9, a:.d are considered by the officials
more foolish than criminal
Quite sensational trial of an insanity
sAss was tried at Warsaw, Benton county,
no. 1t was instituted with the purpose Of
seouring the appointment of q guardian for
Nr. d. G. Allen, Of that county, gentleman
worth $4,000. The petition was made by
ks wife, and at pre- ious trial in Septem-
ber, the Jury failed to agree. Tho defense
produced letter showing that the wife had
been corresponding with some party in the
sast in response to an advertisement, and had
proposed to meet him In st. Louis. The
I0S0t4tsOu C0I0o uAC q tuuuOOs CAdRt 0xtO tue
pfoeecutiug attorney dismissed the case at
once. The strangeet part Of the affair is
that Mr.. and Mrs. Allen are an aged couple,
Who have married daughters, and have always
6v~d happily togeteer.
The president appointed Dabrey 81. Maury
20 be United States envoy extraordinary and
minis ter plenivotentiary to the United
States of Columbia Mr.. Maury was nomi-
nat4 d to hie Office during tire session of con-
areee. but tne eenate failed to aOt upop his
1omination.
The sctipg secretary Of the Treasury has
1D3eerapbed to the cole ctor Of customs at
Han Frapciscc, "a follovs: "By the N quest
q the secretary of state ycu are directed to
gxk nd al proper courteeies to Prince and
1fSpcess Komafsu n suite, ell OF Japan.
80 are expected to reach our port on the
- ipst. and to paes their baggage and
I1oaeA free of duty"
J h 39H foot pythoe. which r:ceotly got
uUay in th. city hall park, New York, agein
poaped while being transferred frcm his |
hox 70 Gage at Auetin d Stones musecm
In Roeton. CssvhnR under the stage the |
unaks broke away etveFal boards, entered
- opllar. not into the cold air box of the |
Pnrnaoe and hurt ~ En- its eidea, the bricks |
iyipR IN I'll ilfrectiops- Four men eeised
IN. and after terrible etruegle. lasting
= hour sud hail.. they srooeeded IN catch
= hin: pssieg - eht shs pythoe |
- - - flsy vsrj i
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-12-31
First Impressions.

The first impression one gets of the
Old World is very delightful and odd.
The peculiar delivery of speech. the
costuming, the contrast presented by
the extremes of wealth and poverty. !
never remember such a SIGHT rs that |
witnessed when l landed at Liverpool.
A poor, decrepit old woman and a boy
were begging at the dock. She, with
only two garments visible--a thing
which was once a dress and a scant
covering that answered for a shawl.
Shoeless, stockingless, with nothing to
cover the few white hairs yet remain
ing, a huge staff in hand to help her
along the streets. The boy! Well, l
never admired Miss Jennie Lee so much
for her portrayal of Poor Joe" till
saw that wan, consumptiye lad helping
his granny to earn q few pennies. OF
course the begging in Europe is carried
to a far greater extent than here; but,
my dear readers, it is needed. We do
not know what poverty is in dear Amer
lea. / met hundreds just as poor as
that old woman and her boy, who, II
they were to appear in such CARDS here,
the blessed charitable institutions. of
which we have so many, would, in stage
parlance, "turn people away" When
you go abroad take a few pennies every
day and give a little, no matter how
small, to the many poor devils you
meet. You won't miss the money and
you have no idea how much jog you
cause with a shilling a day expended in
that way.-Nat Goodwin, IN N. \.
World.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-12-31
Coffee VS.. Whiskey.

liz an address delivered in Boston
on by Frederick Gore, late Secretary OF
the Coffee Public House Association in
London, he said the supposition that It
is necessary liquor should always be sold
where men meet for social purposes -
merely traditional 1t dated from the
time, hundreds of years ago. when nom
intoxicating drinks, such as coffee. tea,
and cocoa, were unknown to the west
ern world. Mr.. Gore spoke of the cof-
fee houses in London. Liverpool, Brad
ford and Birmingham. There were 25S
limited companies in England at the
present time. Out Of 79. s we're paying
over 10 per cent. dividend; 10, 10 per
cent; 36 from 5 to 8 per cent; 30. 8 or
6 per cent. and six under 8 per cent.
The Chancellor Of the Exchequor said
that the revenue from alcohol in 1855
was G1. 179, 600 less than in 1885, and
that the decrease had been going on
steadily for 10years past With allow
ance made for increase Of population
the revenue from alcohol during the
the past ten years had decreased about
f3. S5S. 900.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-12-31

A meter is placed in each resides.
and by its means the amour Of sya,
tricity used in q day can be measures
with great accuracy. The meter CO.
sists of an iron box in which is placaa
two bottles which contain a pure sor,
ton If zinc sulphate. In each Of tbaso
bottles is also placed two plates Of pura
@'ac. 1t is an established law Of il 81
trical science that when an electric az
rent passes through this solution 4 cor.
tain amount of zinc will be taken from
one plate and deposited on the other
This is known as the law of the electro.
deposition of metals, and is commons
e in nickel or silver plating. When
it is remembered that the exact amonrt
of zinc which a given amount of cleo.
tricity will deposit is known, it can he
readily seen how this meter acts. The
zinc plates are carefully weighed at the
beginning of the month and again al
The end, and the difference in the
weights gives the amount of the cleo
tricity which has passed through the
meter during the month. As there are
two independent records made in each
meter, they act with a far greater accu.
racy than any gas meter now in use.
They will register only when the light
is burning, so that persons using electric
light pay for what they get and get
what they pay for. In the bottom of the
meter is placed a thermostat, composed
of two metals, which expands opposite
ly by variations in temperature. If the
temperature should fall below freezing,
this thermostat contracts just enoughto
turn on a electric light in the bottom
of the meter, and the heat given off
from the light is sufficient to prevent
the zinc sulphate solution from freezing
should the meter be placed in q cold
room. When the temperature rises,
the thermostat expands and the light
goes out and all is as before. -Boston
Transcript.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-12-31
The Right Road.

81 have lost the read to happiness
Does any one know 1t, pray2
1 was dwelling there when the morn was fair
But somehow / wandered away.
81 saw rare treasures In scenes of pleasures,
And ran to pursue them, when loi
j had lost the path to happiness
And / know not whittier to 60.
81 have lost the way TO happiness
On, who win lead me backl''
Turn of from the highway OF selfshness
To the right--up duty's tracki
Keep straight along and you can't go wrong,
For as sure as you live, / say,
The fair, lost fields Of happiness
Can only be found that way.
Ella Wheeler Wi7cox.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-12-31

She wasn't very young. but she had
money. He didn't want the earth.
Dearest" he began. but she stopped
him.
II anticipate what you are about to
say, Mi. Sampson" she said, land I
will spare your feelings. for it can
never. never be. / esteem you highly,
and will be a sister to-"
II have four sisters already" he re-
piled bitterly; ''four grown sisters, and
life is q hideous burden. But, O Clara"
he went on passionately, .sif you can
not be my wife will you not give me .
mothers protecting loyep. I'm an or
phanPn-LVe.