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Entered attEe2rortfaPlatte(Nebraska)potofflceaasecond-clas- s matter.

TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1898.

BEPUBLIOAN TICKET.For Mayor

JOHN BRATT.. For Treasurer

toctnt RrYPir.ivRnN'.For Clerk

F. R. GINN. .

For EngineerC. P. ROSS.

For Councilman, 1st wardJOHN ALEXANDER.

For Councilman. 2d wardW. R. VERNON.

A For Councilman, 3d wardh. B. ISENHART.--

. For Members Bd. of Education- -

KOBEK r StiUAJAiN.H. T. RICE.

Graicd Island with a population.of 10.000 has an indebtedness of$161,000; Kearney with 8,000 peoplehas an indebtedness of $140,000;

North Platte with a population ofnearly 4,000 people has no bondedindebtedness and a floating1 in-

debtedness of less than 515,000, in-

cluding the judgment of the waterworks company. These comparisons show up well for North Platte.

The ,. contention-

ot the-"reform"

party is that there was an agree-'rne- nt

between the city and thewaterworks company whereby thecity should pay no more for hydrant rental than the proceeds ofa five-mi- ll levy. Then why .did notthe city attorney raise this question in the district court instead ofattempting to prove that the four-fitt- hs

of five councilmen is morethan four?

The senate committee on elec-

tions has authorized a favorablereport on the amendment to theconstitution changing the time forthe expiration of the terms of

president, vice-preside- nt, senatorsand congressmen from March 4thuntil the last Wednesday in April.The change is made to take effectin 1901, and if the amendment is"accepted, it will extend the term of

President McKinley nearly twomonths.

Much surprise was created lastFriday by the announcement thatthe supreme court had decided togrant the application of the at-

torneys for ex-treasu- rer Bartleyfora of the appealfrom the district court of Douglascounty. It does not necessarilyfollow that this opportunity to re-

argue the case means the acquit-tal of Bartley; if it does, the re-

publican party might as well shutup shop in Nebraska "and jump in-

to a deep well. It is not believedthat the second hearing will changethe result, but during the penden-cy of the matter the demo-pop- s willhave a fund of campaign thunderwhich they will not fail to use.Bartley has been proven to be athief, he deserves the punishmentmeted out to him by republicanjudges, and no mere technicalityshould be permitted to stand be-

tween him and the penitentiary,

It a working man drawing areasonable salary could in, someway sustain life without expendingmoney for food, clothing, etc., hecould soon amass considerablemoney. It is so with a municipali-ty. If money is not expended forstreet work, for lighting purposes,and lor other things which add tothe comfort and convenience of thepeople, it is reasonable to expectthat money will accumulate withwhich to pay, off debts which mayexist. To transact business inthis way calls for no leats of fi-

nanciering; it is simply robbingPeter topay Paul. If the presentcity administration has reducedthe floating indebtedness of NorthPlatteit has been through not per-mitting the usual amount of workto be performed on the streets, thecrosswalks and culverts to go unrepaired and the people forced tostumble over dilapidated sidewalksat night because the street lampshaye not been lighted: There --rehowever, a day of reckoning com-

ing. The mud hole which couldhave been filled for one dollar; lastyear will require' two dollars thisyear .or three next; the crosswalkwhich could have been repaired forfifty cents last year will now costtwo dollars, . arid so on through thelist, a forcible example of the oldadage that stitch in timesavesnine." We leave it to people if thestreets, the crosswalks and the culverts are not in worse condition to-d- ay

than they have been at any timefor a half doses years past.

wit in an xerhate a fashiitnrirmrrx.Foe fear there might be a misun-

derstanding- im regard to the farm-fr- s'

Jri&te' aad bkime attached

to innocent parties, I'wish tomakefollowing explanation.

Earlyvin December T wrote Prof.Taylor of the university, who had.the work im his hands, to notify measearly as possible the date for.our institute as we would like fourweeks at least to advertise and ar-

range lor the institute.Prof. Taylor replied that dates

would be made about the first ofJanuary and. that he would notifyme of thesame, but for me to goahead and make preparations,which I started. to, do. jlzl. .

"lnlhe meantimeMr. Taylor nothaving any other request for .ins,titutes in this section did not feel

tjustified m sending speakers for.one institute ,sofar.away, anclas Idid not receive notice, when expectted I wrote again asking him to notify Mr. Fort and Chairmun Ottenas well as myself so arrangementscould be made more readily, i Mr,

Taylor wrote in reply that he, couldnot send speakers so far unless wecould get others to co-opera- te so asto have at least two institutes andpreferably more to take joint datesand also that he had written Mr.Fort the same in reply to a letterfrom him similar to mine and thatarrangements could not be madesooner than March first, which hefeared would be too late.

Thinking that we might yet havean institute I wrote that there weretwo institutes regularly organizedin Lincolu county and tuat wemight get the two. He wrote inreply that he could send speakers,'so 1 wrpte to the.president of the-- i

other division and up to this , datehave had no reply.

1 do not teel mstihed in frettingj o oiipjtwo insiitutes;whece oneT woulddo and therefore for lack of on

in other localities it" was"" im-

possible to have one.No one should be blamed for this.

Next year it is to be hoped that allthe arrangements can and 'will bemade for one. .,

: I wish --we could have bad an in-stitu- te

whether we had help fromabroad or not but it was impossibleA.' 1. A - . - S 1to give tne suoject me agnationnecessary in time to do so.

Wesley IvEwis,Willard, Neb. ' ?

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IAB0S STATISTICS.

A new law passed by the last legislature and which" became effectiveApril 13. 1897, imposes considerable extra work on the county ssessor

as well as a new duty onthepeople of the state, and more espec-ially the farmers. The nevv lawshould have been operative last.year and was intended to be, butit was not possible to prepare thenecessary blanks in time for theassessors to begin, work The newlaw requires of, all persons assessedthat they make a statement of theiroccupation, and if a farmer or man-ufacturer, the products of his farmor factory during the pastyear.andif wage earner the 'time lie hasbeen employed during the past yearand the wages he has received forhis labor. The statement mustshow" the amount raised of allkinds of form products corn, wheat,oats, rye, barley, buckwheat, hemp.flax, Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes,sugar beets, chicory, beets, rutabagas, hay, millet, hides, pelts, wool,etc., etc. It must also show theamount on hand, the yield per acreand the number of acres plantedthis year. The report will alsoshow the number of head of stockof all kinds and their value, as wellas the number of pounds of butterand milk arid its value, the num-ber of bushels of apples, plums.peaches, berries, and other fruitsraised and their value, etc. Thereport on manufactures will showthe amount of capital invested, thevalue of the goods on hand, the fotal wages paid during the year andthe kind of goods manufactured.the number of days, worked duringthe year, the wages per month andthe number of hours worked perday. It is probable that the newlaw will result in more than doubling the labor of the assessors, andas the work has to be completedwithin the same limit as has here-tofore been allowed for the work ofassessing it is likely that the as-sessors will be obliged to employassistants. The data secured willbe filedinjtbe bureau of labor atthe state capital and will show theincrease or decrease in the indus-trial affairs of the slate from yearto year Hub.

There is a Class of Peoplewho are injured by the use of coffee. Recently there has been placed in all thegrocery stores a new preparation cnMedGRAIN O, made of pure grains, thattakes the place of coffee. The most del-icate stomach receives it without dis-

tress, and but few can tell it from coffee.It doesuot cost over M as much. (Jnil--dreamay drink it with great benefit. 15cts. and 2o cts. per package. Try it.Ask for GRAIN-O-.

The company of hunters consistingpi Messrs. Manatt,Chas. Gallaway,Harry Stearns and Chas. Pope, ofHoldrege, Frank Miller and J. J.Jenmng,

,returned Thursday

.even- -

ing alter a weeic s uunt on iawneecreek. They brought back withthem 52 geese and Ti 4'uck .as theresult of a week's gunning. Gothenburg Independent

LASSOING- - A PANTHER

HOW A HUNTING PARTY IN TEXASFOUND, A QUEERPET.

:

A Feroelew Aaimal Captured la Co-wbo-

Fasklen Hew a Daring: Negro Got Ohoof the Calx The Mother asd Her Children la Captivity.

Those who conclude that there arebo ferocious or dangerous wild animalslu the mountains of western Texaswould experience a very sudden changeof sentiment if they should meet apanther face to face in some lonely can--

miyon. xue magmncenc auiinai nowchained in front of ourwagon3 is calledby some a Mexican or mountain lionand by others a panther. She is of adull yellowish color and will weighmore than four or five ordinnry leop-ards. She measures just 1 1 feet fromth8 tip of her nose to the end of her longtail.' Although she has been in captivityonly a few days she is astonishingly docile so long as she can sec her two cubsthat are chained under the wagons. Themoment they set up a whine she springsto her feet, all her hair turns the wrongway, and while her eyes look like glowing coals of firo she gnashes her sharpwhite fangs and tries the strength ofher chain. If it were not strong enoughto hold an ox, I should prefer that therewere two or three counties between usjust at that particular moment. Thecubs are already as gentle as lambs andas playful as kittens, and nothingpleases them better than to crawl underour blankets at night and cuddle upclose to us to escape the chilly northers.

We captured her in the mountains ofthe Deall river in western Texas, aud Idoubt if a more daring feat was everaccomplished by a crowd of hunters.Game of all kindB is very abundant inthis region, and the boys had tired ofshooting deer, antelopes and turkeys.Several big wolves and two or threepanthers had been slaughtered, and itwas evident from the numerous tracksabout the water holes that there wereplenty more of them in the mountains.One evening the hounds struck a hottrail and ran a big panther into a caveon the side of a mountain.

That night while discussing tho odventures incident to the day's hunt twodaring young men, Petmaker and Bfack,declared that they intended to haug anoose over the mouth of the animal'sden on the next day and capture heralive. Both are Texas reared boys andexperienced hunters. The propositionmet with unanimous approval, and allvolunteered to assist in tho desperateundertaking. The next day as we rodeout of camp some of the boys grewbolder, and two'of them, who were ex-

pert vaqueros, declared that they in-

tended to rope the beast if they couldget close enough to her. These twoyoung Petmaker of ilenard county andGeorge Black of Austin rode towardthe den, and the other members of theparty and negro Jim, who had chargeof the hounds, started to beat up, thevalley.

We had gone but a short distance be-

fore tho dogs struck a hot trail and ranwith yelps which indicated that theywere close to the animal.

Petmaker and Black heard themcoming and reined in their ponies ontho edge of a little opening and unslungtheir rawhideropes from the horns oftheir saddles. The big animal sprangout of the brush and stopped within 20feet of Petmaker. The cowboy's lariatflashed through the air and landed rightaround the wild animal's neck.

The instant it touched her shescreamed like a terror stricken womanand, leaping high in the air and gnashingher teeth, began to decrease the spacebetween her and the daredevil at theother end of the rope. Black, who wastoo far away to te with hiscomrade, at first, was now on the field,and with lucky precision he hurled asocond lioose over the "animal's head.Both wheeled their ponies, and thetrained animals made a leap in oppositedirections. The ropes were drawn taut,and the. big monster was choked to theearth.

While she was rolling on the grassand clawing at the noose another exportwith the rope galloped and caught oneof her hind feet They could now easilyhold her at a safe, distance from eachother, and after much excitement andmany rather dangerous stratagems theysucceeded in dragging her to a goodcamping place not far away. Since atthat stage of her captivity we could notmove her to the wagons, we moved thewagons to her, and, putting .a stoutchain around her neck, we made herfast to a tree.

Some of the hounds were set bayingat the caye, and one of the boys and thenegro Jim went over there to call themoff. An old dog ran into the den-an- d

came out yelping with a young jaguarabout the size of a house 'cat hangingto hiffhide. They captured the cub, andthen the negro, crawled into the denand brought out another a thing thatI would uot .have done for a deed toTexas..

The cubs soon made friends with usand were ready to eat from our handsor crawl upon our knees in a few days.When the mother saw her children incaptivity she Eet up an srwful roar, butwhen they were put down, by her sideshe seemed to be very grateful and soonafterward .made, a hearty meal off alarge piece of venison that was thrownto her. After a few days she seemed tobecome perfectly reconciled to the neworder of things and iff now on the look-

out for something to .eat. Negro Jimpats, her on tho back and leads her aboutlike a lamb. The hounds have madefriends with her, and nothing pleasesher better than for our bird dog to playwith her. She could easily throttle thelargest bull cn the plains and toss aman about as a cat does a inense. Wehave named her Miss Vixen. Cor.'StrLouis Republic

There are more than 200 tobaccoplantations on theeastccastof Sumatra

Try Orain-O-! Try Grain-0- !

Ask your grocer today to show you j

package of Grain-O- , the new food drinl-tha- t

takes the place of coffee. The chil

dren may drink it without injury as wellas the adult. All who try it, like it.GRAlif-- 0 has the rich brown ofMocha and Java, but it is made from-pur-

grains, and the most delicatestomach receives it without distress.the price of coffee. 15c and 25c perpackage pld by all grocers.

REGRET. :

Time was when twilight wrapped the jaxtaWithin its dimeochahtcd hazes. i

She always net ma at the gateAid lh aJecpytlwow.whito daifliea. "

The verrobias saag'b? love;The Boon sailed. sbJtly;from above.

Her little hand reposed in mine;Her head against my shodder acstlcd;

Her voice was gentlo as the dewsThat on the vino leaves sweetly rustled.

Ehe.said whatever might betide-He- r

only Joy was by my side.

The stars looked enriouswhea we kissed.Foil fiercely piped the jealous crickets.

Tho fireflies round her golden headFlew from the. misty meadow thickets.

Sho seemed an'angel all in white; -Ttn.x. t mil. i.,t:i,4--

But now, alas, those happy days r ?

Have vanished liko a dream of heavea.She rides a wheel and noyer more

I find her waiting mo at even.In fact, we scarcely ever meet.We only race from street to. street.

In vain I plead. "Pray stay awhileAnd to my tender accents listen 1"

"But you must catch me first!" she cries.With cheeks aglow and eyeaa-gliste- n,

And off sho flics o'er, hill and plain,Whilo I pursue with might and main.

The moon has no more charms for me.I hail no more the restful, shadows.

There is no balm in the sweet airThat blows np from the twilight mead-

ows.I scarce can tell her from a scoreOf cyclers when she rides before.

O youth, too trusting and too' fond,Who wears a heart with, romanco laden,

Beware, I pray you. ere too late,,Tho glances of a cycling maiden.

For love himself away will steal,Changing hi3 light wings'for a wheel!

Susan Hartley in Boston Courier.

RESTED THE CASE.

The October sun struggled in dustybeams through the grimy panes, onwhich the fl ies buzzed noisily, and thedust dancing light fell over the crowded courtroom. In the witness chair sata long, lank man, whoso trousers wrinkled over his boot tops. His face wasbrown and lean, his sinewy hands clasped and unclasped nervously, and hiskeen, gray eyes rested fixedly on theface of tho man who stood before him.The man in tho chair was Vint Joskins,on trial for his life; tho man on thefloor before him was his attorney. Thewitnesses for the defense bad all beenexamined, and now the prisoner hadbeen brought in to tell his story. Thepreliminary questions were done with,and the attorney spoko to his client."Tell the story in your own way, " hesaid.

The prisoner twisted his lean handstogether and looked from the lawyer tothe judge. "Go on, " said the judge, notunkindly.

"I'll tell hit as near right as I km,"the prisoner began. "This man Deer- -

ing""Tho murdered man, interrupted

tho state's attorney. The counsel for thedefendant objected to the interruption,and the court told the attorney for thestate to let the prisoner proceed.

"This man Deering, again commenced the prisoner, "he come .downtn o tno vaiiey wnen iney-- duiic tuacthere railroad two year ago. He wasone of them men that lays out the way,an while ho was in our part of thecounty he stopped at Sam Tice's. I seenhim there frequent. I was sorter kcepincompany with Sam's girj then." Thospeaker stopped and looked toward oneof the dusty windows.

"Goon," said his counsel encouragingly. "Can't you remember?"

"Hit ain't no trouble ter remember, "the prisoner said slowly; "hit's thetrouble o' fergittin. Seems like I kinremember ever leetle thing. Well,Deering, ho stopped at Tice's, an he wasmighty soft spoken to 'em all, 'speciallyter Lizzie, but nobody didn't thinknothin o' that. When bad weathercome in the fall, the men on the roadquit work an went away, Deering withJem. I was sorter glad whenst he went,fer I thought I o'd see more o' Lizzie.I didn't, though, fer in less'n a Aveekafter Deerfng went Lizzio was gone,too, an we didn't none of ns hear noth-in of her till Nate .Rogers bning wordthat he seen her in the city. Nate'lowed that she were dressed fit ter killan were smilin an happy, an he heerdher called Mrs. Deering. Then Sam hegot a letter from her, an- - after that bean her mother got letters reg'lar mostall winter.

"One night in April I was over toTice's, an wo was settin. there talkingwhenst tho door open all of a sudden,an Lizzie walked in. It was.out, an she was all wet, an her hair waskinder loose an her dress was muddy.

"W'y, Lizzie, child, where'd youcome from an where's your husband?'says old Mis' Tice, an went like ter kissher, but Lizzie sort o' suuk back in thechair she had dropped inter an begunter cry, not loud, but jest a sort o' drysobbin, liko sho hadn't no tears left. Anthen hit all come out, how sho hadn'tnever been married, on'y thought shewas, till Deering got full one night antold her. Then she come home.

" An, mother, ' she says, 'mother,I I I'm goin goin An then sheclean "broke down, an we seen how hitwas. Old Mis' Tice air an awful goodwoman, powerful on churchgoin an re- -

ig'ion an mighty up an down in heridees, an sb.e flared up ter onst. 'Yegood fer. nothin hussy, ' says she, 'airthat how it is? Ye kin jest go back terthe city an yer fine man. Ye air nophild of mine you, that we all wasn'tgood' enough fer 1 An this air what ye' vecome ter, eh bringin shame on terthe rest of ns?' An with that she sitsdown straight an stiff op the other sideo' the room an wouldn't say anotherword, not. even whenst Lizzie got up anstarted ter go, sayin nothin but jest,Oh, mother I kinder pitiful like. Old

Tice he didn't dare say anythin contrarytor bia wife,, but I wasn't tied no sechway: ,1 jest slipped out'n the house aft-er Lizzie, an 1 got her ter gp over ter myplace, " wbar mam" took keer of her.

"I reckon thar hain't no use tellinwhat went on after that' a bit. Anyway, I got Lizzie ter marry me, ansometimes she begun ter act real cheerful like. sShe were always mighty gstle an quiet an was always doin some- -thm for me, like she were trym ter saythat she thobght'a heap o' my'stendia,up fer her. This "were 'long 'host har--

et time, an I hadn't been feelin sogood as then sence Lizzieraa away.,The women folks dida't neighbor muchwith her, bit mam, she says the womenair a packo' fools, an set a heap o'-- storeby Lizzie. -

"One evenin I struck p with NateRogers onjfbe road, an Im says,-- says he:'Say, did ye see that Deering feller ter--day? He were round by your housetalkin ter Lizzie, ' he says, 'an I seen hercryin. ' 'Look here, Nate, ' I gays, 'yo

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mean well, I reckon, but ye rememberthat ye air talkin 'bout my wife now:J'Ob, well,' says Nate, 'Ididn't mean noharm, on'y I thought ye orter knowwhat was goin on, ' an with that he tooka short cut 'cross tho fields, an I kep' onthe road. -

"it were just sundown, an l werewalkin 'long the road, where hit roundsthe hill 'long above the river. I weregoin slow, thinkin over what Nate said,an not lookin fer anybody when-al- l o'a sudden I run against a man. Hit wereDeering himself. 'He jumped a little,but says, cool as anything, 'Goodevenin, Joskins, ' an mado liko he weregoin ter pas3 on. I reached out my handan stopped him.

"'Ye'vo come down here ter makemore trouble where ye've made too

rmuoh a'ro'dy,' says I. 'Ye've comedown here ter see Lizzie, my wife, ' Isays, 'but if ye make any more troublefer her or keep hangin round try in tersee her, by God, I'll kill yel'

" 'It takes a better man than ye terdo that, ' says he, smilin ugly. 'I was abetter man in lovo than ye, an I reckonI am in some other things. Ye fool,'he says, 'if I wanted Lizzie, do yethink she'd Btay with sech a countrylout as ye? She'd leave ye termorrer ifI said the word. '

" 'Ye air a liar,' I says, an he struckat me with a cane he carried one o'them loaded ones. I ketched it on myleft arm. an then I gripped him. Howas strong as me pretty near, but hewasn't fightin fer what I was, an hewent down under me heavy. My leftarm were under when we went down,an I felt it sort o' give way, but I got agrip on his throat with my right hand,an I choked the. life most out'n him;Wo rolled crost the road, an I was look-i- n

fer both of us ter go over the side.We knowed hit were him or me, an hewere fightin hard fer his life, but I werefightin harder fer Lizzie, an I had thebest of it. Ho done his best tor figbt'myhand off'n his throat, but hit weren'tno use. I had hit gripped. He hit moin tho face an tried ter get his bauds onmy neck, but my arm was the longestI pushed his head back an. back, withhim nghtin a little weaker all the timean his face gettin dark. Then I felt usboth an I managed ter --jerkloose an fell back on the road, an hewent over the edgo. He made one grab,but he on'y ketched. the loose rocks.Then there come a splash an a rattle ofallin stones, an 1 knowed he wero onthe rocks in the. river a 'hundred footbelow.

"I laid there awhile, an then I strug-gled up au went home. The doctor,yander, kin tell ye the rest. He fixedmy arm up that night an 'tended Lizzienext day when the leetle baby come, auher an the baby both died"

The prisoner's bauds worked on thearms of the chair. There was a hush intho courtroom, and some one in thecrowd sighed heavily. The attorney forthe defense arose. "May it please thecourt, " ho said, "the defense rest3 itscase." Henry Holcomb Bennett inCincinnati Commercial Tribune.

Early Babylonian Surveyors.In the Zeitschrift Fur Vermessungs- -

wesen Professor Hammer directs attention to a Babylouiau plan depicted on aclay tablet found in the excavations atTello and now preserved in the Con-

stantinople museum. The plan wasmado about 3,000 years -- before theChristian era and represents an estatebelonging to King Duugi. It U of im-

portance not only as a contribution tothe early history of surveying, but alsoas a confirmation of the views on Baby-lonian measures of length and of areapropounded by Reisuer at a meeting ofthe Berlin Academy of Sciences onApril 9, 1800.

A copy of the plan has been examinedby Eiseqlohr, the emineut authority onEgyptian archaeology, and he claims tobe able to read from the cnueiform inscription the names of the two surveyors engaged. On one side of the tabletthere is a dimensioned sketch of theplan of the estate not drawu to scale.Tho estate is divided by the surveylines into rectangles, right angled triangles and trapeziums. In each casethe area is stated, two results obtainedby different methods being given. Eiseu- -

lohr has plotted tho survey, and hiscalculations of the area agree with theresults given on the tablet. On theother side of the. tablet the areas of thevarious portions aro added together,two sets of figures being used, and thearithmetical mean taken as the correct"area.

The unit adopted, tho "gan," isthought to be equal to 4,199 square meters. . The absolute measures are, how-ever, of slight importance. More impor--

l-- in Al.A fnni- - lin t 1 n rl ft .TTO ClllUkl JB lUO JLUI'll HJUlr JUUU DUltCjriug viae i

carried on 4,000 years a. u., apparently in an accurate manner, and certainlywith check measurements.

Nsbub oa Peary.Dr. Nan sen, bh bis recent return to

London, said to a newspaper reporter:"Peary is taking a good route to thepole. He is in the foremost rank of arc-ti- o

explorers, and I believe he will besucccessfuL I do not think there is anydoubt of the possibility of reaching thepole in the Way ho is going to work,and it will he comparatively easy for aman of his caliber. The story that I intend to accompany him is not true, thatreport beyig, no doubt, based on (bestatement-- that Peary was going in theship that brought me home."

A FlettMuat Chaste.Softleigh You must excuse me,

Miss Catting. I'm ot quite .myself, to-

nightMiss Cutting How delightful, how

delightful Introduce me to the. otherfollow, will youPChicano Nows.

SHERIDAN'S HAND.

SPRUNG TWO ACES OF DIAMONDS ON. CONKLING IN A JACKPOT;

Very MHoh .Embarrassed "WheH His At-

tention Was "Called to tke Error Thelittle General Wanted the Stery KeptQalet, but It Was Too Good.

"I was in a poker game," writes acorrespondent of the Washington Star,"in the winter of 1879, when SenatorConkling and General Phil. Sheridanwere players. It was a four handedgame, and John. Chamberlin was the

-- other player. This game at Ghamber-lin'- s

was always for a $5 limit at first,with the understanding that along to-

ward morning, after a couplo of loursof warming up, anybody could suggestthe removal of the limit if he wantedto. Tho way Conkling and Sherfdanbluffed each other that night was a cau-tion. Both men seemed to strike outluck altogether as an element in theirGood natured play against each other.and as both of them caught fine hands,occasionally when engaged in this tugof war of bluffing neither of them couldget an exact line on tho other, and itwas better than a play to study theirfaces at the show downs. Conkling washaving all tho success during tho latterpart of the night, aud it was fun tohear Little Phil softly utter dark andwoolly things under his breath when,time after time, Conkling would showa hand consisting of nothing at all afterhaving scared Sheridan out or producea gorgeous set of fours or a full hand atsuch times as Sheridan, deciding thatthe senator was bluffing, would callhim;

"'Bitehim, Sheridan,' Chamberlinwould say amusedly on these occasions,and Sheridan would tell Chamberlin togo to the dickens and call for anotherdeck of cards.

"We started the last round of jackpots with a new deck. Sheridan dealtthe first mess himself, and after it hadgone around and none of the three of nscould open it Sheridan opened it him-self. Neither Chamberlin nor I hadany right to stay on our hands, so itwas left between Sheridan and Conk-ling, who staid. Conkling took threecards and turned his little pair intothrees. Sheridan dished himself outthree cards and bit his cigar hard whenhe saw his hand. Ho made a $5 bet tcdraw Conkling cut, and the senatorraiseJ him 25. It passed between themwith these $25 bets until there wasnearly $300 in the pot, both men scru-tinizing each other pretty carefully ateach bet.

'VI don't know so much about youthis time,' said Conkling finally, 'andI think I'll just call yon for safety.'

"Both laid their hands down at thesame time. Conkling had three nines,r- -J Le looked at Sheridan strangelywhen he saw the color of Sheridan'sthree aces. Both Chamberlin and my-self also Eaw what was wrong at thesame instant, but we only smiled andlet the two men have it out Sheridanhad a broad grin on his face and wajust about to rako in tho pot Conklingwas gazing at the little man of ironwith a puzzled look in his eyes.

,r 'Oh, I say, there, Phil, just wait aminute, ' said he. 'Do yon really thinkthat pot belongs to you?

" 'Belongs to me?' said Sheridan'Well, it does if tho nose on my facebelongs to me. And again he reachedover to hoe in the pot.

"Conkling ran his hand through hishair and again stopped Sheridan with agesture.

" 'I don't remember ever having seenthat sort of thing before, 'he said. 'Didyou, Phil?'

" 'See what sort of thing before?' saidSheridan. ' What in blazes are yon talking about, Conkling?'

"For reply Conkling put one fingerupon one of Sheridan's aces and thenpointed to another one of tho aces.

" 'I never saw a jack pot won withthree aces, two of which happened tobe aces of diamonds, said Conkling,smiling."Sheridan looked at his hapd, lying

iaco up cn the table before him, andnis face became fiery red. The cousternation on his countenance was reallyrunny.

"Why,' said he after a minute,'blamed if I don't believo I'm nothingbetter than an involuntary swindler.That other ace, you see, is a club. 1

opened the pot on a pair of red aces,and they were, of course, these aces ofdiamonds. Chamberlin, ' turning to theamused bonifaqe, 'turn me out of dooraas a fraud aud a short card player, willyou?'

" 'And have the army firo a volleyover the ruins of my house?' repliedChamberlin. 'Hardly. Anyhow, I'drather see you and Conkling engage iua rough and tumble fight over the thing.Go ahead, the pair of you. We'll seefair play, ' turning to me.

"Of course tho extra ace of diamondshad slipped into the deck accidentallybefore it left the manufacturer's hands,but Sheridan, when ho bad in a measurerecovered from his surprise of tho reve-lation, made a humorous pretensionthat he had known the whole thing allalong and convulsed the three ef us byfeelingly-appealin- g to Conkling to rep

frain from exposing him to the worldfor the sake of his family and all thatsort of thing. The hand being foul, thepot was of course divided. "

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