The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-24

for his two arguments before the su-
preme court.
Seven Miner> Bnrned.
HARTsHoRNE, l.. T., May pa gas
explosion. occurred in Anderson coal
mine by which seven miners were
burned, one seriously. A Pole miner
accidentally caused the explosion.
SAM BROWNS FIRST KILLING.
a Nevada Desperate Whose Career OF
Crime Was Started by a Bully.
"At my first meeting with Sam
Brown, the famous desperado. he did
me an honor that few men would care
to receive, - said Wash Parker, an old
time Nevadan. HE invited himself to
be my travelling companion on a W
days wagon journey. l was starting
out one morning with a wagon and pair
of horses from u little mining settle
ment known then as Goldcrop. AS l
came opposite the hotel a large man
standing on the veranda hailed me and
asked: if I was going to Virginia City.
I answered yes, and he said:
"I reckon I'll go along with you.
"'I'm Sam Brown, he added. May
be you don't have much confidence in
me since hearing my name, but l reckon
we'll travel along together all right
"Well, there wasn't anything to be
said but All right; jump aboard, and
Sam Brown, with . carpetbag in his
hand and his pistols bullying under his
coat, came out to the wagon and took his
seat beside me. He proved q civil
enough companion, and we got through
to Virginia City all right, with nobody
killed ON the way. He had taken along
q bottle of prepared cocktails, and l had
q box of cigars, SO that the time passed
rather socially as we made our journey
together.
1--WE went into camp that night at
Sandy Springs, about half way to Vir-
ginia City, and in the course of the
evening he told me something Of his
life and adventures. One thing in par
ticular that I remember was the way he
came to start out on his career of kill
ing. l don't recall whether it was in
Texas or Missouri that this first affair
happened, but it was when he was O
hulking young fellow, green and chick
en- hearted, to use his own words in
telling it. There was a certain gambler
in a town where he was staying who
used to bully and abuse him when they
came together. Everywhere and whenev-
or the gambler saw him in a saloon he
would kick him about and drive him
out Of the place. One day a man un-
friendly to this gambler said to Sam:
why do you stand all this abuse
from that gambler? Take this pistol and
the next time he crowds you kill him.
"Sam took the advice and the pistol,
and the next time the gambler went for
him, instead of sneaking away and
looking sorry, he shot his tormentor
| dead. After he had thus got his hand in
killing men came easy to Sam. and he
made a long score before his own time
came.
Though, as I said, we made our jour-
ney together all right, l knew it would
take too little to set things to going all
wrong for me thoroughly to enjoy Sam
Browns society. l wasn't sorry to set
him down at the Primaventura saloon
in Virginia City, where we took a drink
together, shock hands and went ouI
different ways. New York Sun.
Give Proper Food.
Liebig says, THE use Of spirits II
not the cause but an effect Of poverty
The craving for stimulants in children
as shown by the desire for tea and coffee
often comes from the same source-tha
is, lack of q sufficient amount of tn,
right kind of food. When a lahore
earns by his work less than is required
to provide the amount or kind of foo
|, which is indispensable in order to re
store fully his working power, All un
yielding, memorable law Of necessit
compels him to have ecourse to spirits
He must work. but in consequence G
insufficient food a certain portion 9
his working power is daily wasting
Spirits by their action upon the nerve
= enable him to make up the deficieI
power at the expense Of his body, to cor
Z sumo today that quantity which ougt
, naturally to have been employed . da
. later .-Table Talk
Weeks Versus Years.
. He (fve weeks after marriage)--
> have brought you a birthday present
my angela diamond necklace, which
however, will pale before the b~rightnea
Of your eyes.
- He (fve years after marriage)-
= have brought you . birthday present.
IN ash receiver.
b She-But, my dear, / do not smol
cigars.
- He-N-o, but If You have an ash =
oeiver for me to put my cigar ashes
it will W you the trouble of sweepil
r them up, you know.-New York Wee
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