The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-07
sANJOMEs' ONLY HIyaI.
'-ahpasas Jake and Some Specimens
of Ills OratoricaI ,,,le

thi' shefe New 'evangelist" inthe coul
try. His name is ''Lampasas Jake" ar,
ne Is described as Cow boy rev ivalfst
lie breaches IN frontier saloons. begin
hihs W!th describing his own remarkabl
SohSersion, and then proceeds to hi
SaH '9f the nneonrerted. 4 letter iron
Ne" Mexico describes Jake's doings \.
follows: ''
lake breaches nothing but repentanc,
and salvation. He lives off the conn
try. lie says. He takes up no coII.ction.
and he asks few favors. He goes wei
apned and never takes off his wsa,nns
even when preaching. He has fight.
frequently and he sometimes bring,
men 70 repentance by main strength.
Wherever he finds two or three cowboys
gamblers, rustiers or advsnturers he he.
eIngs his services.
Golng into one OF the har.ias, of Tho
numerous hard saloons in this place lhe
otiier nignt lie mounted chair n com.
manded silence. The games and drink.
ing came to an end and about twenty
men, young and old. looked up. One
fellow undertook to edge out. but Jake
stopped him. '''"e
No, you don't. mister he said
pointing his finger at him. No xnn
anh I. when you get to he'll you'll have
plenty chances enough to come sneak
o.. en- somebody, but you don't do i, here
linen s,raishtening himself up, he yelled
III a voice that male things creak:
HOW many of you's ready 10 die
With yonr hoots on; Where'd YOU be- 10
breakfast: Don't any Of YOU drunken
swearing. fighting. hlasphemine ranh'
ing. shieving. tin.horn collin pain, ay.
terminating galoots look up at me uylv
because know yc. I've been throngh
the drive. You're all in your sins Vom
know fat, well'fed thoroughly brand.
e1 u s.f,r wnen you see one and you can
tell whose il is where it belongs. There
u man that owns it. There's a place
Tor 1t to 80. There's law to protect il
but the maverick-wOrse Is that. You
are an mavericks and worse. The NAV.
srick has no brand on him. He goss |
oeiiering about until somebody takes
nm IN and clasps the brandng.iron ON
him, Biit you whelps, you've got the
devils brand on you. You've rot Tho
devlls larlat about YOU. He let's ynn
nave rope, bat he'll haul you in when hc
wants iirewood ''
Some of YOU can feel the lar,a, nov
anu all YOU old whiskey tubs here now
can smell the fire. I'll bet yon Is you.re
scared. III bet ynu $40 you wonll give
something TO know YOU would'n, c.t
cooked. I'll bet you eiOO dollars / can
tei' yoiI how to escape. Just YOU rqt
Gown on your knees and yell. That's
right all OF you down. Won't do il. OH;
Well, You will get down. That's RIGHT
Now. you yell. Cry out for helm Iiie n ,
Texas steer in snow belly deep.
lou're a nice lot of rufiians. oin't
yon; You'd look nice galiyantino
around in heaven, wouldn't vop, ,
would nt he'll itself turn pale If it saw \
yon ,coninst lou can get yourself in
condition. You can make your hides
silck. There is the grass o. salvation y
That Is green all the year round. You e
can cat OF it and you'll make flesh from U
the world 50. You can refuse il and
Vo,' II grow poor and miserable till your
h'des viii Hap on yonr bones like a bed. :.
1n'it on ridg" pole. .'"-Chicago Tribune. :.
lie ~ as Obliged to Skip a Sale. :
About fonr weeks ago." said farm. ::
RI on The market the other day, 81 con. :
r''idei to- get rid of several old stumps :.
near the barn, and | came in and pur. :.
shaSed some giant cartridges. Next dav -
forenoon went at the job, and had lust
got cartridge tamped down in the first
'tuinp when saw man drive up to the :.
lotso. That was nothing to bother over :.
'o"cyer and lighted the fuse and run &
Ironnd the barn to wait for the explosion. =
had on $ got in place when / heard n :
'oice calling. r
"'Ah there Sharp want 10 sell
ou t'e D"st washing-machine ever
made.
at was the chap who had driven up.
hd my wife had sent him out to hunt :.
ne up. He was within ten feet of the .
lump when he called, had a two. Z
i'nnte fuse on the cartridge. and call. :
| back. q
For Heavens sake, get out o thatr :,
'oh, I'll get out, after I've sold you Z
machine, Sharp, where are YOU!
Wen, sir you can have my ears if
iat internal idiot didn't walk up and Z
'st his elbow on that stump and was { ]
iere hen she exploded. He took (
SO Of six or eight feet. came down Y
'read eagle fashion, and then scrambled :
|, and made for his wagon with slivers :.
licking out all over him. When he ::
ent by the house my wife asked him :
inc machine saved 10 per cent. in soap,
u he never answered nor came to a
ut. He just sailed over the forewheel
his seat on the wagon. gave the horse
cut with his whip, and was a mile
say when went out to the road to in.
IRE If his machine was full eweled."
Detroit Free Press.
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The Indians on the Devils Lake reser. =
tlon number, it seems, 92j. They pos. -
81 e3o, 200 acres Of land. They have =
sides this great landed estate an annual
oney income from the sale of other
Ids of S6,s7', The government gives II
I'm. on the top of all this. 5000 for az
cir support. sl2.2l3 for schools and ~
va besides 81 496 per annum for doc. -.
s, mechanics, teamsters. laborers, DO. I'll
.. harnessmakers and SO on. There -
; members of congress who, hooking ITl
Pr this expenditure--over $2j. 900 per n
mum of public money on OPS Indians, RI
10 have already 23O. 200 acres of land "
q an independent income Of nearly !
200 a year--blieve it necessary to m
p this wastf for fear the whole white n
'oriDg population of the country in /
SO hard times will want to turn In q
u. II can't see why 925 Indians, -
n RI p,t,c1, l,,J ,1,,,al 4