Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 11 February 1896 — Page 7

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INCLINED TO REALIZE

WHEAT SHOWED UNEXPECTED SIGNS OF WEAKENING tlBtEBDAI.

la the Early Hoar* the Be^rs Blade a Bald But Later on PrlMi Stiffened.

Chla*fro Feb.lO.~/I'here -was & break toMy to 1^4 rufr of bull njjws whteh wheat his been having for the Paat -week or two, end short? BjeJiers reoovered some of their lasses, May closing &c iiower than Saturday's closing price. Corn da practically uapahanged and oats Mtc lower. Pork de.o^oed T^o, lard: 2%o and rib6 5c fn wheat there was a pretty good trade. We market having lc range. The feeling developed was weaker during the early Shouns but laiter a steadier .tone prevailed. Itie early news was auite bearish and holders Were Inclined to realise. N'orih[W«Btern feoedpts wefe "heavy, Liverpool

twi Berlin markets were weak, anxl the lack Sea ports shipped much more heavlast week than they have been doing late. All this had a decidedly weakentendency and Mav wheat on Saturday sed worth 67ys@67^4, opened this morning hit from 66%c down to 66%c, and had forked down to 6614c In the course of an

JUT. The weakness continued duringthe at hyur and May wheat Went to 65%c, ftfcQ 'below the olose osn Saturday. After {that & ro«6 quaokiy (to 66}6e again and left /oil

Com was quiet and a shade earfer with tyrfrMlL M4y opened unchanged at 30%c, |«o(d to 80%@30Vic atfifl ©Pitt 01T Ho 30MrC.

Oats were quiet and heavy. May opened 346 low6¥ art 2134o, sold to 21%c. declined tb Elc And closed

mt ZlYtfi

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66%

80*4

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Washington advice^

ha$ lntrwiuced

obile and Ohio ashviWe antd Chattanoosra afBonal Cordage Tatiortal Cordaige, pref Jew Jersey Central ....

Norfolk And Westernv pref .. •forth American Co.. pretf ... forthern Padflo Northern Pacific, pref U. P., Denver and Gulf United States Leattiher. iref United States Rubber ... United fitaites Rubber, pref tforthweiftern .. 'T-orbhwestern, pref

providing

fiW the. rep«ad otf tfee dWCerenitlaS On the

6n the part of

E^AL LLAT IWJ V|S$4JG6R •VRHFCH *TIHE GRANIK®-, N., wwern Union. Consoli3atftdTGasj&,wd Genef^Jl Blefotrlte, the I'&ad^as a Jtnspicu-.-ement, receding ,lt- -V-, r-eiter'aite'a etatemerita of the^toi'proibabimy of ^'otioh 011 a dividend at the ccroding meeting otf the dlreotofs. Around 1 p, m., the execution of realizing sales on a ilbeml scad6 laifeeisblod the market. Manhattan lo$t hailf of the riis© and '"n^onteLiit Occurred in tnaaiy other tftoclps. In the late operations prices again'tloiok on str^nsth under the lladerehilp of TcPbaooo and Sugar, The closing Jvais actlV^ and sitfyng. ait general fra,ctJoffitil, conteeaisiona from the, beist prices, but wtth miatferiial met giairus, the rule.

The bond nmrk-sit displayed oomsiderable irregularity bodAy but the undertone was arm. The sale*, were $2,076,000.

Total tti&le* o£ aiiocsks today were 424,463 ijhlarto, in'oluding: American Sugar, 93,POOj^Amertcian Tabaicco. 55,700: Ajtcihfeon, IT,700 Burlington. 14.100: JLstMers', 10,100: paapn^,^L.S00 Rock Island, IS,000 St.

Itfoney* on call easy at 3@5 per cent, closed 3 per cent prime paper, 5%@7V p£r cent: Sterling exch'an'gre. weak and lower 4.S7^@4.S7?i demand and 4.86\[email protected]^8 for sixty days commercial bills, 4.S bar silver, 67% sliver centMoates, 67^068.

Government bonds, •firmer state bonds, SJriLrSKrofd honds, Irregular. Clearings, |M,ail(MS: balances, $4,731,761.

The following are the quotations of the leading #tocks and bonds: AitWhlson 17 Aisunls Express ..*149 •Affton and Terre Haiite ,.... .........i 58 American Express ,....!lll BaltirtKire and Ohio ........ JAU oitSada Pacifio ... .I.."."!: 58 CairaicU Souithern 5154 vjntraa Piacilflo .... igt| Chewapwake and Ohio .......... 17% OMoa^o arid Altore 15% Chioago, Burlington and QuincV S1U Chitoa|o Gas BKS CoaiiwiJMated Gas ,..„..16l' C,. C., G. and St. IJOUIS 39 Colorado Coal and Iron 3 Odtton Oil Centificates .... 18^4 Delaware and Hudson ...12S pedaw^rp. Liack. and Wes'tern IBS',! Penyer and Rto Grande, pref 47s? ^tetillerA' and Cait!fcle,Fee!de-ra' Co. ...19 JSrte, jwroi"..!"!!"

Wftyn*

Great Northern, pref

Jraat JhkwLgo and Eastern JCWinois,

Toba?oo ....... Tobajoco, pref M-.... American Tel. and C&bte

Commercial Ctelble XX. .......... AunerkJIwi Sugar, pref ...., Cordagfc, grd. United i*tates 4's, reg. (new) ... United Stales 4's, teoupon (neiw) United Statue 5's,

30 %-Y% 31H ?1 21H-X 10 32 6 67

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5 65

32 fc27 5 27 5 32

STOCKS, (MONEY AND BONDS.

the Kt# York Market Stronger and More Active Than For Many Days. ifow "STork. F«&>. 10.—The speculation today Was characterized by- pronounced strength. Hhe volume of 'business oeed&d &ny itootal since the stormy d&^$ toil owing the Venezuelan message. The Stealings Were Widely dietrwuted and took I*, number unusually neglected shares. Higher prices tfor American sedurit^s in ed for that 'geootmt In tale market stimulated by a fulled1 a-ppre-trt&tltai p* the Improved outlook on this aide ais defined by the suOcese- of the government bond Issue, aim dfijey oohdftdicm of the time money market ahd weakness in foreign fcxetoange rates al4 oontHbfu/tsd to enoouraga local dealers. TotoaAco off $. fraction and then, on iheftvy friirchiases,

lCe7\'t

The naovememt

WM cweny/ based ttoe covering's opeTiat the irofe9Skmii b*kf deSe-r6. ^Plie jut/tending story was th6 adTmd flf a (UnJce^ p&tween the cfompiany *wiid tlhe 6itwftsin^

compiany Kwid

tobiacicro manufia'fitUBfe

cpnflrmatl&n of i& b&tti&t 6lum of 2 per ,t to 77U. deailr^fa the xna re

Ali®0 WIO .wiC

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tho late

10% 27

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Winois Central f1'-

Jtfw Ytork Cenfta*a3 ..... Y. and New Elngland .... ntario and Western ........ )regon Imprm-ement regon Navigation 14 re. Short Line and Uta/h Northern.. 8 icific Mail 30

So Ha, DeOatur and Evaneville ^ittsburg ill-man Palace heading Ho Grande Western

79%

Qo.

150

.......100% 23 .......116%

r&g. ..........

United StA'teB fi'n, cowon United Siautes 4'S. tee. .. United Staltes 4's, coupon United States 2's, rag. ... Paoifte 6's', of '95.

THE LIVE STOOK MARKET.

Light Receipts of Cattle—Hogs Active and lxtrer --Sheep Unchanged. Iroiiana^poUs. Ind.. Feb5. 10.—Cattle—Re•oeipt's lig'iKL ShJi?ments hone. The receipts of c®fct4e todby were too smiall to show the condition of the market lor any grade. Prices on cattle same as Saturday.

Export and shiDOiner cattle we quote:. Fat, well finished, dry fed steers, 1,400 lbs and upward Fat, well finished, dry fed steers, 1,400 lbs and uoward Good ito rhoice shipping and export steers Medium to good Shipping steers Common to fair steers...: Good Co choice feeding steers.. "'air to medium feeding steers Common to eood efcoekers.

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CLOSING.

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Feb. 10 Feb. 8.

fc Wuiy^,

Sheeip—Reteipts light. Shipment's none. There were not enough eheep and teimbs here today to ©how any quotable ctiange or improvement in priicee. Prices siaane as Saturday. Good to choice lambs Common to medium lambs Export eiwes and wethers Good to ichodoe eheejj ..... Fair to medium sheep ...i Oomimofi sheep ....... Bucks, per head ..........

Republican District Convention.

The Republicans of the Fifth congressional district will meet in delegate convention at Martinsville, Incr.,

yv^n™Lea im,i .pro.ve wortny or acceptance, as a true

3£X?^D i§,, and Joyal Ajmerboau citizen I will give It

w»ourt .Paiciflic freely to 'the government:

23% 65 JlVfc

9 5% 4'i

15%

i—

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...

...155 ...162 ... 18U ... IS ... 45 ... 77

Grande Western, pref Sock Island OP&ul et. Paftd, pref "'!!^i[i!.'ii9 Bt. Paul and Omaha 41 St. Paul and Omaha pref .... Southern Paiciflo Sugar Refinery ...113 Tennessee Coal and Iron 33U Texas Paclflo SK FoJerto and Ohio CenJtral. pref 65 Union PjucdfVo 7% United ©tates EJcnress 42' Itf.feaah #f l, an*} p*«iflc 714

Li. and Pacific, pref ,....19

lis FargO Express •rn UnJjm ....... S6% Wheeitor and lAke Erie 12% Wheeling and Lake Brie oref 40 Mfon. and St Louis

Western

fifc. It.

4t.,,

2014

pahvar tthd Rio Grande ..... 13% General Elecitrto si NaMonal ^fasead ....... ...... 1934 Co40radto and Iron ... 304 PBlOradd FWfl ana &cm. pref ..100 Houston and T«cAa central lu SVdedo.

40d K. 6 pref ..*».. 10

l*ra r,r^i 10% rf4»4rirrt. SSH

Want

....lesvi 95 102

$4 10@ 4 35 4 10@ 4 25 3 S5@ 4 05 3 C0@

Butcher's cattle we auote: Good to choice heifers Fair to medium heifers Common to ligfht heifers Good to choice cows Fair to medium cows Common old cows veal calves Heavy calves ..... ...... ...... Prime to f^n^ry export bulls.... Good to choice butcher bulls.. Common to fair bulls Good to choice cows and

3 25® 3 50 2 75@ 3 2o

27 50@35 00

ComnioTt to medium cwrs end cfrtvee ....... 15 00025 00 Hogs—Receiotis 1.500 "head. Shlprments 800 head. The hog market was adtlve with shipments "the leaxiine: feuyers. Xd'ghite 2% oents and heavies fully 5ceatta lower than Saturday. All were sold ajid the ctase was steady at the decline. We quote: Good to choice medium and helavy $4 26 Mixed and heavy p&Jcking .... 4 Gobd to choice 1'ightweights .... 4 Common lightweights 4 20 Pigs 3 25* Roughs j,... ...3 25@3 85

.$4 00@4 50 2 7503 75 3 15@3 50 2 75@3 00 2 25P2 60 1 50@2 00 2 00@4 00

Minneapolis Wheat Market.

MShmaalfcMis, Fe"b. 10.—Wheat, weak efonnary, 59^c May, 61%@61%c Julj', %c. Cto traxjk, No. 1 hard, 60%c N6. 1 north&Ml, 69%c No.! 2 northern, 5S%c.

.•• '•Peoria Corn Market.

Peoria, Feb. 10.—Oorn. easier new No. 2 white, 27%c: new No. 3. 271,ic. Oats, steady No. 2 wMte. 20J4.@201/^c No. 3 wihite, 191/iS)19,^c. Rye. dull, -nomttnal No. 2, 40c. Whisky market steady.

Coffee and Sugar Market.

New York, 'Feb. ID.—Coffee—Options opened steady at 20@35 points advamoe light European quotations, foreign buying and local -coveriner: advance checked by antipteuthy oif sp-o't buyers: closed steady at 15@20 points advance. Soot rio, qutet, but steady No. 7, 13c mild, quiet Cordova, 16%@17%o.

Sugar—Raw, firm: refined, steady, but quiet.

ait

11 o'clock* a.

Thursday, April 16. 1896, to nominate a candidate for congress. The representation will be one delegate for each 200 and fraction off 100 or more votes oast for the Hon. William P. Owen, for secretary of state in-1894.

By order of the district committee. N. FilbecK, Chairman. Attest: George M. Allen, Secretary. The basis for the counties will be as follows:

Delegates.

Clay 17 Hendricks ...* ......... ...............44. 16 Morg«Ji .. ..i.i.i 13 Parke 13 Putnam 12 Vigo 34 Vermdllion .1...... 9

Total ........ (Republican papers copy.)

114

of district

please

Republican District Convention.

The Republicans of t3ils district will m«et ill delegate oonvention at Green6a«tle, Ind-. at 11 o'clock a. m., Majrch Id, 1896, to hOminiate a candidate for presidential elector, also elect two delegates and two alternates to the National Republican convention. The ,, representation of said convention Will be {TO

one delegSiio for each 200 and fraction of 100 or more votes cast for the Hon. William P. Owen lor secretary of state at the last djectidn. N. Fiibeck,

Attest: Chairman Fifth District George M. Allen. Secretary. The basis for the counties will be as follows:

Clay ..... V......... »... Hendricks ...* ...... Morgan Parlce Putnam .k...k Vigo Vermillion «...

Total (Republican papers oopy.)

Delegates ....

.... 16 ... 13 .... 13 ... 12

of district

114

please

OUR BLESSED FLAG.

What Shall Be the Permanent Arrangement of Stars in the Field.

jJbhn F. EairWart Jf 'Cincinnati has the following Interesting: commun'icatlioni in the Nefw York Sun. "AS I am an 'aidmlrfer of your stanch (patriotism, I take the liberty of sending you a design showing a new arrangement otf the stairs on the field oif our afcictoal flag.

Ttoe Governiment Will proibaibly very 0cpm adopt sotme (peronanentt arranige-

3t. Patfl and Dttiuffih gj^t' iansas and Texas, nref j.?.i «p. .•«. Erie and Western 2314 J. J, ^ake Erie and Western, »ref °f the staars on "Old GMory," and I ead T°r? tru^t that my des!g?n will prove worthy joai'lsville^aiid 'N^h^Me foVi

1116

grrea't

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^utovilla and New Aatoany nfl worthy of the igreat honor. If it should JanhalBtaji Consolidated ......111(4 .prove worthy of acceptance, as

1£ lt should

In this design the center group of thirteen stars, representing the thirteen

.. 9S4 The fir^t great event, which' brought 4S our flag Unto existence, and the second 2?|

The outside circle of nine stars repre-

des4gn."

....122$

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TEEBE HAUTE

LOST ON A POKER BET

JOHN WEST STAKED HIS ^EXISTENCE ON FOUB ACES.

JMki Won the Pet and the Winner Claimed His Opponent's Life- nfp and Teefc It.

of c&Me.

bring spree we'd 'drive to Butte. We were sitftlrfg In tih'e old ranch Wouise the night after we gio,t 'back figuirinig what t)o 'do When Retmllngto-n suggested ft halt we go to Butt'e. It had not 'been, ten minutes earlier ttWat W^sft rniade tha •saan'e su'ggesittt'on"t)o me. 'I'll tell you what I'll do, 'RemtTrigton,' I said, aft&r a im'ornent's reflelcstlbn, Ve'll all go UT to Butte and, have a royal good time ilf you and West wtiH sh'ake hands.

Boifih Stared at •esudh o.'ther savagely. Instead of seeing tih'eim shake hands I exipected ito see either one otf them (shtoolt th'e other. There was a moment ibea't.'

of silence. 'Reotrfing'ton said nothing, hut I csouM B&e hy West's face that he wanted tlo apeak a word. 'Well, what do you say?' I asked of Ttemtogton ajgaam He made no reply. 'I'm willlimg,' put in We©t. 'Well,' murmured Rem'in!gtoaj, goes, Johin, hu't you did me a wrong years ago and I'll never forget It.' "Ttoey shook hainfds. West smiled, hut Riemlnigtom looked savage. There was a •cold, icy stane in tote 'eyes, and I knew in Me heart he would tmevei* forgive Westt for some wroiwg West h&d appairently fnAiteted upon htai, but of whltoh I •niever heand eitlher of t'h^em talk, a8•thougth 5)t daitefd Ibaek to the t£me when Remington stood well to Buitite City ahfd •lived a happy liife there with an unmarried sister. "Well, we fixed up everything ahoUt ithe ramidh amd the nex-t day we mounted our honses 'ajnd started out 'across country' for Butte. It would 'take ys just seven days tb rtde to TriWidad horseback we would go from there

ISHU-, V,Vamid

Ho.la.D-41+ift fnr ftnnh f«0 arA fr-o^tl^r, iUt'te Dy Stage.

^HAIS-P-

"We arrived at our destination Just four weeks .from the day we left th'e ranch. Tfhey were still flndling gold out iin tihat ooumtry, artd everything was lively In the town. We walked about flhe city to the mornl'ni'g and at noon we went up to the old Co»Pbage Hotel for dinner. Dalton and waTked Into the diinimg room, and Harris aaid West came in shortly after. Presently we missed Riemingtcn, aoitd ahe of ibhe boys went out to look for (hUm about the house. He caime (back lin a few minutes and saiild he couldn't find Remington, but that some one had seen h'!m going over the hill, about ten minutes' walk from 'the hotel. 'What's on the other side of the hill?' I asked the clerk. 'Nothirwg much,' he Teplfed. 'Well, what can Remington be dotng over that way?' 'Oh, I guess,' drawled the clerk, 'he hiais gone over to see his sister's grave.'

I went balok into 'the dining room, amd we all flinlisihed our dlnnier an'd came out frtto the offioe. In a little while Remington came back, looking doWnh'Pairted, aind I asked him what was troufblitng him. 'Oh, nothing,' he answered, 'I've just been thinking of old times.' "That n'ilgiht we ailj went up to 'Tip's* saloon, then a noted resort, and one of •the 'biggieet gambl:ing houses

•nrr

VU1U

S°nlk

tbe

original states, are arranged in exactly the same form as they appea/r upon the great seal ©if the United States. 1 The circle oontaLnlng twen'ty-three stars represents the states which were I" it.

admitted to tnhe union up to the close folding the 'drunken soldier, who 27% off the civil war. jsome one said, had Just rwan $5,000 at S3H It As intended tha!t these two features ,7~f

great e/vent, whitch has made its life doubly secure, should both he represented upon our national emblem.

a^n'

!!'.!! 145 'ln the design should never "be changed, "'What's the limit?" some one

sents the states which hove been added 000 each. Remington hid as much

to the Union since the war. New stars nun ken soMler h&d ^4 000 and Che' can (be added to tWs circle without of us had about $9 006 each changing the general appearance of the "i played many games of poker back in the 50'® and 60's, feut I never saw one •that was as even a® thife one. "About 12 o'clock the soldier Qipeoed a jackpot for $1,000 c61d I raised $500,

C. V. Burdh, expert wa tchmlak er,

tfowner wtwtonan at J. M. Bigwood's, 21% h'as opened a first class watch repair- —.w,, ing- bench at 911 Main streeft. optposlte fmiru8rtOT1

TO CURB A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AH drusrgtets refund the money if it fails t6 cute. 26c.

"You c&nt miss it Charlie," wiheo you buy alt RhAaidS Oarhart's Red Letter Shoe Sale.

Children Cry for

Pitcher's Castoria.

Et,a-y^d,

Hulman's wholesale house. Fine wtaitch j^^rybody dropped out except Weat, repairing' and adjusting a speciality. !'Remington, myself and the drunken Clocks and J&wdhy repaired to order.

that's my

'a gaci« of ppoker In Burtite Cky oqce In wtttfjch a man actually lost ibis life." -a,f The speaker was Henry F. RdMnteit^f,' a well known rainohman In Texas, whb aiddrassed a party of fPiendls to th'e Iotoby ctf the Fifth Avenue Hotel the other day, «aya the New York Herald. "It w&s wfay hack in the 60'«," he coat'inued. herder in Northwest Texas. days we would "drive a herd all fthe iway drew. ht» ^pte!x?l on "eeveraJ (people, and too St. Ixm4s or Kaneas City, and tthej*! at onie fb3oaus§ 'he tsoid hfan hte 'drive biaick tfco the ranch before we re- .^^PP^d a es-rd. •celved iour pay. These trips somettianeB "FOTIT o'clock ^happ it was West's xequSred as lonig as foTir and five ^^l- .Reming'to'n was (feeling had. months antd occia^ionally six month's. 'If I iose this hand,1 he grtimiWled', "Th& parUmlar trip of'which 1 aim 's^etody is

"A#t Che time I was a CatotTe

aftftnuft tJo Eipeak consumed exlaidtly six "Wq all knew what that meant. West ftwonfth8. We •d'ld mot have a round-yp •dl'd, "too, tut he pajld no aTtentioin to the on thte ramch for over a year, and When' recnarlt, we drove to markeit we had over 10,000 '"^Remlngton- pltek^ed up the flnst Cart! head

wJfch a Jot of young helpers, drove the a jfeok. The *poond was aEao a Ibumdh,' and aM owning some Interest In Japk, and so was thfe third. The .fourtih the stock—that Is, the five wf us—we was a. ntne-sipot, and the ofifth was anreallzed a laitge suon otf money. other Jack. Wtwt pfia.ygd. The ante '"Besides mysteiff there was Johm Wetsft, was $100, call $200. who at th.alt (ttme ho re the Teiputit&m. oif T8 i^alse $500,' rtaid We*9t, and a"s being th'e moot dartmg cowboy to the he did so he ajcte&dentaJly ovesitawined West Fred Dialtom, a -man with a rete- three cards .from the tap at the d^k, ord rt four men Tohe Harris, a young fax» t»p. Everyibttdy saw them. They desperado, and' Tom Remington, who were an aoe, & queen and a Icing, was known all over the cattle •countries 'Fair for one as

as a murdenrous stock tlhief. Retmiington, 'Psit :them on the tomtom.' "West and Remington were deadly en- "Weat diid so. amieis. They knew each other in Butte 'Now,' continued Remington, '111 Ciifiy, 'way bacfc in the 40's, but quair- traise you $600.' refl'ed onne, and althbuigh they were on 'Let'® play it

(the same ipanicsh together most of the 'Wesst. time they n-etver spoke a word to each tFiVe hundred n»6re thtt/ft «hM,' said "other, an'd ea/cih. -had more than once Remington.' threatenekl to Will the other on' the "Thalt's my het,' said "West, Tbu.t -it's eJightest provoea)tHon. jiu^t (because all J'^e "gtt'9 I'll need to "Well, forgot 'to say we drove itlhat jhet with after thts dlnaw."" 1 herd to' Kartaate' Oky. Stock fbroiulgihit "'I want-one card,' s!d«M' ReimSngton. fialbulous prices hiack in tlfose days irid "West took, the S'aim6,»n.d Started off, when we returned 'to the rancth and 'by tetting $100. Re'mlrrgjton heft $500 were given our profits the five of us had beftter and Wedt w*nrt f*500- rret hto. just $10,000 eajch. "Butte C«ty was all the go then and when We all cared to gio ou't on a gam-

Ini tihO

were^ult tw^ty

g^mea

Place- W« all

ta,bl€."®H were

V^1

about to

f" game betlween ourselves,

whan up stepped two gaimblera—Fred W.rllght an^ CShiarley D-awsan—and a druniken soUdiar. Wright and Daiwscm were not known in Btntte under their own irnames, but they hald piles of money-

hn~

Table stakes,' I replied. "With this eight big: (piles of glittering silver and a go~ upon the table. ''Wnigtht jand "iXa-WsKm..had,' afbout $13.

a good- deal Of gold dust Hfun"d

thl

W-eirt raised $500 atfd

soildieT. 'Two cards,* fnurmxrresd the Soldier, but it was unnecessary, as it ,wa« his own deal. "Til take two myself,' 1 eaid. 'Oive me two,' broke in Remington.

That many*U do »!«,' d^uokled West. Tamn the luck!' I yelled when I saw my own hand, for I started to ho** up a jack to my three deuce#, tout discarded It and oaurhfcrarapfther.

I'll bet $^^0.' said the soldier, "t hmmrtrt^d. nivt-

b#t,' Mid Remington.

".'And mine,' fi^okc in

"Three jacks,' caileid itb* ^o4d4ef. 'Beats three Wnfc,' MUS. Watft. It don't lbe*t .t^r«e kings. ,£hou#ti.' grinjoed

R/epaboetxm,

«ad rafeett te

•tfie oiicwiey. «.- 'I was juvt tfrtttfr Tenj*rk

thiear afcoMit tl^ire Wteg fiv*

"The rftory doesnit seem pJausfflMTe,*' and df anyibody had told it to ime^ 1 hiave ttouftrted ft. totft I witi*s***J wW nc^hhifc tout .JeQi^d to

aoaam-

'It goes,' tretm/bled Wes't, as he tried to smile. "Eveiityboidy- ground that table w'as tretmhlirag. NaSther one epoke a word fo'r fully ftfwo minutes. 'Well,' heg'an Weslt, 'I have called 'It yrtu.' 'I've got fours,' stammered Remington. 'So have I,' fumblftd'West. 'Noit four aoes,' tretobled Remington. "Wesit maide no Keiply, but rose to his feet tremblingly. 'Not four kSn&s,' oon-tdnued Remington. 'Neftth«r have you,' retort-ed West. "West reached for "his knfiife. 'You 'haivera't got four queens,' he

the }eck. h«t 4rinKlng ityaird, and 1 jmvMr ft mwmt «o1dief"a deathnahd ftrffutote for u• all, and thB »dKlier Kiropfpad out and fell ^asleep in

{j»iay tfatjm «Hs«9e. "WTtt^t'amdr (Dawson qK5t tih« irame sfcortlly ib'efbre 2 -o^oSock tt the ihorntng, 6^ «s^'ie,()oo %#er. "By this time s^^ajrlr ve^y ~o«»her «aime In .the 3)£\ise 'had Gloadd, and as •ours was the blg-§«»t 3«St dt was AtbractihS' nearly all '^ihe a-ttentlori. "By 3 o'-clcok everybody ihad dropped out of t3re gjure eixcegrt We*SHt And R#m-

hf*

™*riyA fh®

tfwney, Eitill he (wa® drunk and ugly.'

In tthoSe Without any provoca/tion whatever he

gnlrng 0o

get kill*d.'

Five oif us, together West dealt Mm aftd turned it oveir. It

Lit

Is the other,' s&M

tor

$500 more.' said

Then

iR'emington ©till went $500 (better. We^t tpusihed In his pile, i' There,' he said, 'there'Is a thouWamd I'll go you (better. "Weill,' ©aid Remlng^iVn, rTll see' you fthsait thiou^an-d And go yoii $600 ibeWter.' 'Haven't ®ot it,' replied Westt. 'Put up/your horse atJsd «ad!dle, then.' '." "She goes,' said "West |f 'Now,' trembled RemHn^rfon, wiMi a glassy stare in Us eyee, I've sot yon SWeat.' 'No, you (haven't,' answered We'st, as his Caoe fl«s:hed tup. 'Weill,' crfed "Remarngton exicJtedliy, as he sprang to his feet and threw a revoiver .down on the table. 'I'll "belt you •$1,000 agaimst your life th'at I've gdt you

waJs Remfing-

'Neither have you/ •Don's only response. 'Then,' botdly exclaimed West, I know pretty well you toa/ven't got iour jaotos—1 there's my four teps.' ." 'Hold!' excitedly criediRe-mtogton. ^''What's up?' asked,WeESt. 'Some ante has oheariwd!' eaid Remtogton. 'You lie!' yelled Wfst. 'Herer-there—1' gao(p.«h3 Remington, ^here's four jacks, ain^L 'he-threw them on. the table wmd oovef ad' the money with 'hds hands. 'Not quite so easytVpaM Wesrt, a^nd with 'the remark he bmauvhft h'ls koUlfe down on Reiiain^on'iS'^aa?ids. "Remington Kent up a ory of despair ain'd tried to tear hia^anda loose, but fit wtais of no avail—they were pfcnffloned faat to the tab la. Everything was qul«t for a moment. By th|^ ItiJme nieariy everybody had esaapeid ,from the room. Presently West spoke up. 'I disoard'ed one jaiok,' he ®a3d. "He wa« trembling feanfully, and staring Remtogton square In -the eyes. "By thus time tJhteiga had gemre far enough, and I explaUmed the presence of (the exitna j®ck. Acoo-rdfng to the rules of poker in t/he West in thxrse daye, when somebody else marked a card An the innocent oines were not held to blame. West realized then that he had lost, and we all said we proposed to s'tand by RemKngton. West wouldn't have consented, and reeuched for hte pistols, but as quick as a flash he was covered with mo, teytr than ten six-, ahooters. Fifnally he gave in that he lost his bet. 'Pull that dagger out of my hands,' ctfled Remington, and some one did so. He picked up the money from the table and, addressing West, said: 'Weat, your life is mine, and I am goftnig to have At.'

That's righit,' weakened West, *1but it'H do me a Jot otf good and it Won't do you amy.' "^°'u Aost It 'to me,' Aald 'Remington, '&nd lit's righttfully mine. You ought to know (better than rto use that knife of youirs so devilishly freely, any way." "By this time day waa beginning to •break, amd every man's word echoed against each other's. Everybody wia drumk. and bun: fetw words were Spoken. Same on held West while Remington bound hto. Then, they threw a rope

ht9 neok

«n^i

were stacked upon the tahl^ [the nearest hlKi Idra,ho«t suftypoBe for &

»tartea towaM

moment that Remtin^toh WiouM .take We9t'e life under $1$ &uch dreur&Btances, so 1 waa not" alarmed on ithe Way. tr "it was a lonjg afKfited^oua task clim'bing- the hill. Wheo'we gVt to the top it was almost broad -tdayliigiht. Then I realizefd that Remingion actually meant to Collect hte ipoker'ttfebt. *^West twos bound ft* a tree. 'You ere inot goifif'to kill htm, really?' I ventured.

r-'•

'No,' cooliy repli#^ iRetttSngton, 'jvm. going to oolksat a gari^Mtng d»bt.' 'Are you ready, ^edit?' it* called. 'Ye*' feebly re^jlied West, "but 1 don't see .ylhy ynt iw«at to take my Hfe.' 'It'# mine,' «did Reawington. •West had grown deathly $ ale, aed tremfbleki witih fear. ,*Wi8h Remtegtoa's JaBt Temasrk tie JCvehed bis pietote «ot head. He, ttx, was nervous. Neither ttov«^ a maircle. W« all stood tiaek. Th»re 1rtt a d9ick of two UMMt ifctta (our *em* auk

11,1896

pittf^l tf. Stemtaf^on ftood tmoaonlea®.

ffsat, maoin

iear»i 4-way «a4

West's fratfAs drfl|pp®d t)»dsts Resmin^ton 61* (pistol fefl from this

intatdm

«orI ibe dropped to the

ground to «. atupor. UH^»t ft,' 2t» murmur^ W# paid ^bek'*

KAFFIR CORN IN 1NOIANA.

Besolt o( 0|NMT|ttwi at the Furdae .«?i

tod*

Spedal to UM lh4l*nkpolie News. Lafayette, tod., F*b. 10.—The fiWiir-J treg Ibvdfetla

%JBU»S from the]

Pur'Stte Urtlver^ty 9kt0Uhural «xp«*1rnent 9tatiqa G. Uatrta, agrieulturttft, wftbh retfereafce to the cuMivautlq® otf Kaffir com $a IndSaawi:

Lietftars of tequfay, wfte4v»d at th» «*-1 p«trhnent attaltloTH latEcait* tt»fet itMriy| Iradaaaia, farfon»r» are beoMiftof ed ifn Kaffir -com. Th» Corwre Sow I been grown experfernentally fo* a numWar otf years to arwiaiy pert* of th* S*in•tiry, hut without oAtractfeff mtioh tvottee. Reoesrttly It has sprung into WM16 promhi'ffnoe eis a forage plant

tor

Kaffir eorn is one of tibe many wonsaccharine va^Wlfles of eorghum. In common w?bh ot'her sorgrhumfi, both smreet and •won-wucjrtiaurfeie, Kaffir com] aippeairs to succeed quite wrll in 6M-^ tnatesi -too dry for the beast devWopmerrt I of Inditetn oonn. WhSle KnMr corn- m«gr well claim «fha- auWtswtDiSri 6f fitrrtlimi Hvte« In very dry «Jfaha.tls« It''* !iia*t afti open question wh-eftiw- ft can prove advantag*eous to the farmers

Hi'

Indi-

a-na. It should be borne jh mind that I the eofrffhuaws are wcommmd,xl 4s

ior-

aige plamts for the drier ciima**s in! which Indian com camwert. thrive. VPivetre

ImlJsun asm ginnw to prrfeotkm,

as it dotas in all porQora »f Indiana, It would he wxttr«miily trntrlrt to negioct it for any vf th* soo^hum* whitih h»re| tihuis far *howf no special adaptaitlon to -thtaoec^Jan.

AlBhong-h qbo Kaffir corn and fithcrl Efdrghums.hwve a&tfwn no superior merit ill previous fcnteils alt th-5S •xpwimn-t erbaftiom, tihw fornner wdl be more thoroufehSy tostwi here the coming season.

FasTnevs vwy dry, warm s^ils, witli do well

grow enri.ll areaa' of]

Kaffir corn aliMig#kte the common field I com fan* compaartecm. Those who toitelrfd firytujg Kaffir oorn should rem em ber

£baA ft

is «&3d to be very sensitive

to oold, ««jet}liailly when germlnatin?:. Tire groond .inifly )be prepared at the ^siie uirhe amd in tSie same manner As tar ojsaamoc fleid corn, but thte planting of trtfc Ifca-iftr ©orm «hould be delayed! uittffl kite in May or early in June. McamwhPla, the prepared ground should be cuittvaitted from time to tfime as weeds Bipipaar, so

Jtha#t

-Jt Will be well oleawd

of w*ada before "fihe seed is plamted. Put tofco cdeam ground thus late, the see.d will gwrmirrate more promptly, a«d the -eairly growth, Whioh la slow at best, will be mom vigorous .th-aire ff planted early, amd the sutwequenit labor of cultivation wiSl be consMeratoly reduced. If mtich seed Is desired, pdarA the same as sweet aorghum. If sorghum hay Is desired it la reoomme«d«d that one bushel of ee'ed be sown broadcast, or three pecks to the a-ore hi drills. At the Kansas exper'toen* station the red Kaffir com yield® more grain arA! fodder than the white vaj-Jety, a®d 1« considered superior to the latter.

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