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$1,000.
Winter Ser ges.

Is there a garment more dressy than an Eng
for all occasions 10e mean the 1oirster zoeieft
Ser9es; they're a1CfuzJy pretty, owfulJy 810eU
lookinS, IN blue or black In Dou6le-5reasted
Sachs, Single breasted SGehs and in Cuta10eyS.
and they hare been treated by ourUery best toiIors
You WiW find these garments on sale yNondGy
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MADE A HAUL AT POKER.
Clever Trick of Two New York shsrpers
In n Small L linois Town.

Clever Trick of Two New York shsrpers
In n small illinois Town.
From the New York Sun.
zone of THE cleverest swindles ever
worked with cards was played on the
members of a poker club in small
town in Illinois, about so miles from
Chicago, two years ago." said an old
New York gambler 1.-The heroes of 1t
call them heroes because they turned
an almighty clever trick that time, and
as a card man 1 can't help admiring
them-were two young fellows who
used ito do a good deal OF running for
New York faro banks, and from con-
slant association with gamblers had
come to know about all there was to
be known about cards. These men
knew each other in New York, but
were never intimate friends until they
met in Chicago. both broke and with
out any prospect of getting any money.
They had left New York at about the
same time. and all they had in the
world was the clothes on their backs.
Both were in arrears at their boarding
houses and both were disheartened and
blue.
Il can't raise a cent, and IL a mill
ION suckers passed me in a row
couldn't pluck one of them said one.
IF l had $40 l wouldn't need TO
wait for them to pass me- said the
Otner. know where there's BOOu
thing not far away
Now this last speaker was Alexan-
der Mcdonald, one of the slickest
young fellows that ever turned card.
a marvellous penman, an expert billiard
and pool player and an adept at every
kind of a game of chance that was ever
invented. He could work the shells
and the elusive pea like a circus sharp
err and was the best monte man ever
al
was the most remarkable thing about
him. however. l never saw a signature
that he couldn't initiate perfectly on
the third try, while he could write a
name on a card so that IL was difficult
TO tell at a glance that IL was not the
work of an engraver. He was too
shrewd, however, TO take many
chances with his pen and usually con-
tented himself with card playing when
he had the money and billiard playing
when he hadn't. He had been making
Just enough to keep him on terms with
his landlady by playing pool for small
sums when he ran across this other IN
fortunate.
Now you must know that when
gambler in the course OF his travels
comes across what ne regards as
good thing. and he doesn't happen 10
be in condition 10 tap IL as he thinks
il ought To be tapped n just marks 81
in his memory and pOstpones the
plucking until a more favorable time
This was exactly the condition Of az
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Three Hours I'm jail.

Washington. Feb. 25.-Miss Elizabeth
Flagler. daughter of General Flagler,
chief of ordnance Of United States.
who last spring shot a colored boy
named Green, son OF a treasury de-
partment messenger, pleaded guilty to
involuntary manslaughter to-day and
was sentenced to three hours I'm Jail
and to pay a fine OF 500.
The proceedings We're the result Of
an agreement between District AttOr-
ney Birney and Miss Flagler's lawyers
An effort was made TO keep the trial
from the knowledge Of the public. and
for that purpose, Judge Cox called the
court half an hour before the usual
time. The district attorney said: This
is one OF these unfortunate accidents
which does not call for anything but
the lightest penalty In the power Of
the court" and Judge Cox declared the
sentence without making any COM
ments.
Miss Flagler was driven to the jail
in her fathers carriage and was re-
ceived by the warden with great cour-
tesy. She passed three hours In the
matron's receiving room in the COM
pany Of General Flagler and an aunt.
Mrs. Winthrop. and was then driven
to her home
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Special Dispatch to the Standard.

Special Dispatch to the Standard
Helena, Feb. 25.-The state executive
committee of the Northwest Immigra-
ton association met in this city to-day
to complete arrangements for the con-
vention to be held here March 10. Paris
Gibson of Great Falls presided at the
meeting. A programme was decided
upon, but the committee is unable to
announce the assignment of topics.
Reports from the various chairmen of
county delegates indicate that the
meeting will be well attended. The
executive committee feels much en-
couraged at the prospects. II is prob
able the convention will last two days,
instead of one. as first planned
The capitol building commission
went into session to-day and discussed
plans for future work.
The Stone Creek Copper Belt Mining
company has been incorporated by ].
NJ. Montgomery and other Butte men,
with a capital stock OF 100000. The
company proposes to work property in
Madison county.
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AN ABLE ARGUMENT.
The Thief Did Not Believe In Equal hi
vision when evoIvers Came In.
A.

The Thief Did Not Believe In Equal Di-
vision When evolvers Came In.
From the Chicago Post.
He had both hands i'm the air and was
locking into the barrel of a revolver but
he retained his presence of mind.
II presume" he said. that you believe
in equal distribution of property"
That's wot," replied the highwayman
as he began going through the victims
pockets.
Il supposed So That's usually the way
with men of your class; but you argue
from false premises. You try to justify
your actions"
shut up"'
'Oh, I'm not going 10 give you a lee
ture on your evil ways. In fact. l may
say that l am willing to accept your the
DRY of life temporarily"
We'll. shell out. then"
Certainly, certainly anything that I
have. But am | - understand that you
insist upon operating upon that theory?"
The highwayman nodded and the victim
deposited a bunch of keys. an old liver
watch and two nickels on the fence post
beside which he was standing.
"Thatll all l have" he said.
The highwayman gave an exclamation
of disgust and pushed all the articles of
onto the sidewalk.
Il amt Robin paupers." he said.
"Of course not" replied the victim
cheerfully; but this isn't robbery. you
know. It's the theory OF equal division of
property. You get half of that stun and
III just take one of those handsome re-
volvers that you have That's fair, and
right i'm line with your"
But the hiEhwayman declined, and he
did it very roughly. too.
And yet" said the victim, as he put
the silver watch back In his pocket "he
was the one who upheld the theory 1t
only shows that these idealists don't live
up to their teachings when IL comes
down to the stern realities of life"
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To Omaha via the Burlington route.
Office. 80 East Broadway, Butte.
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THE OUTLOOK.
Mchenry and BigeIow VIII Take the Bit
In the Teeth and Then


In the Teeth and Then
Special Dispatch to the Standard.
st. Paul. Mimi. Feb. 25.-The general
outlook now is that the receivers of the
Northern Pacific. Messrs. McHenry and
Bigelow, strengthened by the action OF
Judge Lacombe OF New York, propose
taking the bit between their teeth and
discharging the important obligations OF
their office without regard to Burleigh
ana the others. Just at present there Is
circular in preparation which will make
the following appointments: General
manager, j. W. Hendricks; general coun-
sci. S. w. Bum; advisory counsel. j. c.
Spooner and George Miller; land commits
sioner. W. II. Phipps: comptroller. John
Scott; auditor. NJ. +. Martin: treasurer.
{. a. Clark. These appointments will OF
course be merely the threshing OF old
straw. but their reiteration is a decided
stand on the part of Messrs. McHenry
and Bigelow. following the sustaining OF
Judge jenkins by the federal supreme
court and the confirmation OF the receiv-
ers by Judge Lacombe of New York. II
shows that Messrs. McHenry and Bige-
low feel the strength of their position and
are prepared to take full control. Gener-
ally speaking these appointments as they
stand will not materially affect the situ-
alton I'm the West. but when General
Manager Kendrick returns and an
nounces his own list or appointments the
western end will be heard from, evan II
Its protests are impotent 1t will not be
strange II there is a clean sweep OF those
who have Joined so heartily with the
western element instead of sticking with
the big show"
There have been several cases of very
pernicious activity on the part of some of
the subordinates in the Puget sound
country, and this activity will hardly he
construed as loyalty to the company or
the property. IT was said to-day ;hlt
General Manager kendrick. before MAX
ing any appointments. would wait for the
result of the action i'm Judge Hanford's
court, where the matter is to come up on
March 2. Senator Spooner will repr ssent
the receivers in the matter
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A $1,000 Value for sIooo


The Standard for one year and Sight.
and Scenes of the World.
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Replenishine the Reserve.

Washington. Feb. 25.-To-day's state
ment OF the condition or the treasury
shows: Available cash balance. So. 3S3 =
O30: gold reserve. Sl23.5225ls. OF the gold
reserve Sei.6S5. 5o5 represents the aggre-
gate in gold paid for bonds 10 date. The
amount Of bonds issued. however. is only
SO go go. OF which S{3n3.co Is In cou-
pous and 81 Z35. 100 Is registered. the bal
auce being held on call from purchasers.
The total amount OF deferred gold pay
ments therefor Is only about s.. ooo 90.
Since Jan. last. the date Of the Secre-
tary Carlisle's bond circular. the total
Withdrawals Of gold from the treasury
amount TO So. Az g.6. OF which s. ss9 80.
or about p per cent. Of the whole gold
receipts. was not exported hut was used
70 Is assumed in payment OF bonds
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the last state of drunkenness, come rolling
toward him.
What's the timer" he cried, in q voice
that appeared to be the only sober thing
about him.
1t was on the clerks lips to say that 1t
was time that the questioner was in his
bed, but II is not safe upon a campaign
to be ironical at the expense of kharki-
clad men. He contented himself therefore
with the bald statement that ii was after 2
But no retort that he could have devised
could have had a more crushing effect
The voice turned drunken also, and the
man caught at the door post to uphold him
Two O'Clock! I'm done after allr' said
he. His head was tied up in a bloody hand
kerchief, and his face was crimson and he
stood with his legs crooked, as IL the pith
had all gone out of his back. The clerk
began to realize that something out of the
ordinary was in the wind.
How long does II take to get a wire to
London"
About two hours"
And it's now. 1 could not get It there
Before g."
'Four?'
mo; g."
But you said two hours"
Yes. but there's more than an hours
difference in longitude"
by heavans, I'll do it yetr' cried An
erly, and staggering to a packing case he
began the dictation of his famous dispatch
And SO 1t came about that the Gazette
had a long column. with head lines like an
epitaph, when the sheets OF the Intelligence
and the Courier were as blank as the faces
OF their editors. And SO, too IL happened
that when two weary men upon two found
cred horses, arrived about in the morning
at the Sarras post office they looked at each
other in silence and departed noiselessly
with the conviction that there are some
situations with which the English language
is not capable Of dealing.
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brassy yellow glare every branch above
threw SO black and solid a shadow that the
men tnvoluntarily raised their feet to step
over them.
The palm makes an excellent hatrack."
said Scott. singing his revolver and his
water bottle over the little upward-pointing
pegs which bristled from the trunk. LAS a
shade tree. however. 1t isn't an unqualified
success Curious that in the universal
adapta ton of means to ends something a
little less fimsy could not have been de-
vtSed for the tropics"
Like the banyan In India"
"Or the fine hardwood trees in Ashantee
where whole regiment could picnic under
the shade o..
The teak tree isn't bad in Burmah,
either. By Jovei the 'baccy has all come
loose in the saddle bag! That long-cut mix
ture smokes rather hot for this climate.
How about the baggles, Anerley?"
They'll be here in five minutes"
Down the winding path which curved
among the rocks the little train of bag
gage camels was daintily picking its way.
They came mincing and undulating along.
turning their heads slowly from side to side
with the air of self-conscious women. In
front rode the three Berberee body servants
upon donkeys. and behind walked the Arab
camel boys. They had been travelling for
nine long hours, ever since the first rising
OF the moon. at the weary camel drag OF
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Chandler. now no longer in a condition
to take the field. They were singular
contrast, Mortimer and Scott, and 1t was
in their differences that the secret of their
close friendship lay Each dovetailed into
the other. The strength of each was in
the others weakness Together they form
ed a perfect unit Mortimer was Saxon
slow, conscientious and deliberate; Scott
was Celtic-quick. happy go-lucky and
brilliant. Mortimer was the more SOLID,
Scott the more attractive. Mortimer was
the deeper thinker, Scott the brighter talk
err BY a curious coincidence, though each
had seen much of warfare, their cam
paigns had never conceded. Together they
covered all recent military history. Scott
had done Plevna, the Shipka, the ZuluS,
Egypt, Suakim; Mortimer had seen the
Roer war, the Chilean. the Bulgaria and
Seryian. the Gordon relief, the Indian
frontier, Brazilian rebellion and Madagas-
car This intimate personal knowledge
gave G peculiar flavor to their talk. There
was none of the second hand surmise and
conjecture which forms SO much OF our
conversation; 1t was all concrete ana hnai
The speaker had been there, had seen 1t
and there was an end to 1t.
In spite Of their friendship. there was the
keenest professional rivalry between the
two men. Either would have sacrinceo
himself to help his companion. but either
would also have sacrificed his companion
to help his paper. Never did Jockey
yearn for a winning mount as keenly as
each Of them lorged to have full column
IN q morning EDITION whist every otuoI
daily was blank. They were perfectly
frank about the matter. Each professed
himself ready to steal a march on bis
neighbor. and each recognized that tbs
others duty to his employer was far higher
than any personal consideration.
The third man was Anerley Of the Ga.
zotte-young. inexperienced and rather
simpls-looking. He had droop Of the lip
which some Of his more intimate friend,
regarded as q libel upon his character. and
his eyes were 30 slow and SO sleepy thai
they suggested an affectation. A leaning
toward soldering had sent him twice Il
autumn maneuvers, and q touch Of colol
In his descriptions had induced the proprts
tors Of the Gazette to give him q trial 81
o war special There was 2 pleasing dill
dence about his bearing which recon-
mended him to his experienced companions
and II they had q smile sometimes at hill
euileless ways, IL was soothing to them Il
have q comrads from whom nothing wal
TO be feared. From the day that they lief
the telegraph wire behind them at Sarras
the man who was mounted upon Is
guinea "a Syrian was delivered over int
tho hands Of tho owners Of the two tastes
polo ponies that ever shot down the Chez
ireh ground.
The three had disraountsd and led thei
beasts under the welcome shade. In tn
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weapons, to make any reply to It. Had
their antagonists continued to keep that
hopeless sally or tried to shelter them.
selves behind their zareba as best they
might on the chance that the sound might
bring up help. But luckily for them, the
African had not taken kindly to the rifle,
and his primitive instinct to close with his
enemy is always too strong for his sense
Of strategy. They were drawing in. there
fore. and now for the first time Anerley
from over a rock. 1t was a huge, virile,
strengthened head of a pure negro type,
with silver trinkets cleaning in the ears.
The man raised a great arm from behind
the rock and shook his Remington at them.
Shall fire." asked Anerley.
NO. no. 1t Is too far; your shot would
scatter all over the place"
It's picturesque ruffian." said Scott.
.r Serlan ano; you kodak him. Mortimer
fine-featured brown Arab. with a black
pointed beard, was peeping from behind
arother boulder: He wore the green tur-
ban which proclaimed him hadji, and his
face showed the keen nervous exaltation
Of the religious fanatic.
They seem a piebald crowd" said Scott.
That last Is one of the real fighting Bag
gara," remarked Mortimer. Hes dan
gerous man.
He looks pretty vicious. There's another
negro!'
Two more. Dingas by the look of Them
battalions from. AS long as they get a
fight they don't mind who it's for. But If
the idiots had only sense enough to under
stand they would know that the Arab is
their hereditary enemy and we their hered-
itary friends. Look at the silly -jugglins
gnashing his teeth at the very men who
put down the slave trader
Couldn't you explain?"
I'll explain with this pistol when he
| comes little nearer. Now sit tight, An
erley. They're orr
They were, indeed. 1t was the brown
man with the green turban who headed the
| rush. Close to his heels was the negro
| with silver earrings-a giant OF a man
and the other two were only little behind
AS they sprang over the rocks one after
| the other it took Anerley back to the
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ed to be moving well. Anerley picked up
man came cantering up the center of the
5ieldr There .Vah nothing ia bis tappear-
ance to explain the mystery Of his re-
turn. ., Isg,
Then as he watched them they dipped
down into hollow and disappeared. He
could see that It was one Of those narrow
khors which led to the river. and he waited,
glass in hand1 TOR their immediate reap
peafance. But minute passed after Minute;
and there was no sign of them. That mar
row gully appeared to have swallowed
them UP. And then with curious Eulp
and start hat saw q little gray Cloud
.wreathe itself slowly from among the
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From the Louisville Commercial

From the Louisville Commercial
Zone Of the greatest problems in bicy-
cling" said giddy bicyclist, is how to
kiss girl while riding a tandem without
upSetting. The first time / tried IL there
was the blankest catastrophe on record.
We were spinning along at a scorching
rate and struck shady place, where the
electric light was obstructed by the dense
foliage and the shadows lay heavy and
somber.. 1 had made sufficient progress
with the damsel whom / had honored with
the trent seat to venture upon a delicate
caress. and we struck the shadows
leaned forward, throwing my weight upon
the handles and giving my neck TIE neces-
ssry curve. She was naturally somewhat
startled and lodged, giving the wheel q
wrench that was fatal In a moment we
were sprawling on the boulevard, and when
l gathered up her remains and my batter
ed self she was the picture of an intensely
irate daT sci. What she said to me was q
plenty. Only man who can ride a buck
ing brcncho in a cyclone ought to tackle
such a feat"
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This Busy World Forgets Us Easily.
From Harper's Young People.

Fame is not a very tangible thing. United
States Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island has
represented his state for many years, and
was very prominent in the framing Of the
tariff bill which is called after the name OF
Governor Mckinley. The Senator tells the
following incident, adding that he has
never had conceited moment since II oc-
Cured:
mot long since i was journeying from
Providence to New York, when business
nan of my state. a man of prominence and
wealth, and an old friend of mine, fell in
with me, and at once said
GOOD morning, Senator. Where are you
going?"
"'Oh am going to Washington said l.
"'What are you going there forT
Ito attend my public duties
"'Why, what duties-what duties do you
have in Washington
"Blushing, 1 replied that 1 was still
United States Senator.
"'Oh, yes said the busineTs man OF
prominence wealth and standing; you were
elected to the Senate. weren't you? After
a pause: 'By-the-way. who is the other Sem
ator from Rhode IslandT"
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in the Intelligence. and not word in thu
Gazette. The thought brought him to his
feet though he had to throw his arm
round the stem Of a palm tree 20 steady
his swimming head.
There was the big black man lying where
he had fallen. his huge chest pocked with
bullet marks. every wound rosetted with its
circle of files. The Arab was stretched out
within few yards Of him. with two hands
clasped over the dreadful thing which had
been his head Across him was lying Amer
ley's fowling piece, one barrel discharged,
the other at half cock.
Scott effendi shoot him your gun," said
a voice. 1t was Abbas. his English-speak-
Anerley groaned at the disgrace of it. He
had lost his head SO completely that he had
forgotten to cock his gun; and yet he knew
that it was not fear but interest which had
so absorbed him. He put his hand up to
his head and felt that wet handkerchief
was bound round his forehead.
Where are the two other dervishes?"
They ran away. One got shot in arm
"Effendi got cut on head. Effendi catch
bad man by arms and Scott effendi shoot
him. Face burn very bad"
Anerley became conscious suddenly that
there was prinsling about his skin and
der his nostrils. He put his hand to his
mustache. 1t was gone. His eyebrows.
too? He could not find them. His. head, no
doubt, was very near to the dervishs when
they were rolling upon the ground together,
and this was the effect Of the explosion OF
his own gun. Well, he would have time to
grow some more hair before he saw Fleet
street again. But the cut perhaps was q
more serious matter. Was it enough to
prevent him from getting to the telegraph
office at Sarras? The only way was to try
and see.
But there was only that poor little Syrian
gray Of his. There it stood in the evening
sunshine. with a sunk head and q benz
| knee, as II its mornings work was still
heavy upon it. What hope was there Of
| being able to do thirty-flve miles Of heavy
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the lamp shades. ia cut out half this.
For example. I'd have out Journey and
nature and 'rumors.' But my old man
would make a ten-lne paragraph Of 1t. for
all that"
"How?
"Well. I'll do 1t myself Just to show you.
Lend me that stylo." He scribbled for q
minute IN his notebook. ut works out
something on those lines:
"Mr. Charles H. Mcrryweatbcr. tho emil
ncnt railway engineer. who II at present
engaged in experimenting tho construc-
ton of the line from Sarras to tho front,