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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-19

its benign influence they now have just
plain laws, easily understood. no partisan
politics, taxes transferred from the poor
to the rich: that rogues have no power,
as the people have the veto; In fact. the!
have abolished everything in government
which we as Populists denounce, ana es-
read, study and ponder that article and
are not converted to my ideas on the IN
itiative and referendum, then I might as
we'll lay off for repairs. Il. =. Long.
Magnolia, MINI.
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sharper gets a pair of aces. Holding
his cards up as IL to skin them over.
he works his foot again and brings
down the ace from his sleeve, the same
movement serving to take away the
extra card so that his hand is right as
to the number of cards, and he has
three aces to begin with and a draw to
make I'm addition. If he has short flush
on the first helping, and the ace in the
hold-out is of the same suit, he can fill
his hand TO a certainty. and IL gives
him an opportunity To bet before the
draw. Then he takes one card. If IL
makes his flush or straight he does not
have to use the ace up his sleeve. but
IL the honestly dealt card is of the
wrong kind a move of the foot serves
to make an exchange for the ace. FIRE.
quently, without taking him into his
confidence and explaining just how the
job is done. the sharper finds IL con-
venient TO have a confederate to make
the winning. To outward appearance
these men are only card room ac-
quaintances, the confederate being gen.
orally some broken-down member of a
good family who is anxious to get
money and not particular as to the
means. To such a man the sharper
says. Lets play in together tonight
and divide our winnings or losings.
One of us ought to win sure, and per-
haps we both may" The broken-down
gentleman is glad of the opportunity TO
limit his losses. and when he makes
phenomenal winning his associates,
bearing in mind his previous bad luck,
are earnest in their congratulation. IL
Is on occasions of this kind the full ca
pacity OF this devilish machine Is
shown. The sharper gets three good
sized cards in the hold-out and bides
his chance There is a big stake on
the table. and his confederate is trail
ing along with a pair Of aces and
small hopes OF winning. IL the
sharper has a poor hand he drops out
and makes no attempt 10 better IL. be-
ing content 10 let his assistant get the
plumber.
CAPS THE DECK NEATLY.
The sharper helps everybody honestly
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until his confederate's turn comes. II
the latter has only a pair and draws
three cards. that handy foot is raised
and down come the three kings or
queens. or whatever Is wanted. the
deck being held 80 that they drop neat
~ into place on top and are dealt out
IN the regular way to the confederate,
who gets a full hand and very likely
rakes In the pot IL Is all done so
quickly and cleverly that no one. not
even the confederate, has any suspicion
OF wrong doing. He goes on getting
big hands at intervals through the
game-the sharper in order to make a
showing. frequently having quite tilt
with MIN and losing or winning heav-
lily. After the game they meet and d.
vide the money. 1t may happen that
after playing together in this way for
a time, the sharper, concealing knowl-
edge OF the machine. will make his con-
federate believe he is a slick manipula-
tor of the cards. and a set of signals
VIII be arranged by which the con-
federate makes known exactly the
cards he wants to help a certain hand.
On the sharper's deal. IL the confeder-
ate signs quickly, IL is possible for the
operator to jerk out the card wanted
from his own hand before he discards,
and take IL up his sleeve with the ma
chine. there to be held until the time
1ohitS " zap tic utth WIFI III IOT his
confederate. Suppose the confederate
signs that he wants club to make a
flush. The sharper skins over his own
hand hurriedly and finds the ace of
that suit; away ii goes up his sleeve,
and he passes out. Then in helping the
cards on the draw he brings down the
ace of clubs and serves ii to his part
ner. and the latter has a fine fat flush
to fight for the pot with. In hundred
different ways, and in every known
game of cards, this ingeniuos machine
may be used to the immense advant-
age of the operator, and a knowledge
of this fact ought to make men careful
about playing cards for money even
when they think they know all the par
Elephants thoroughly.
Another deadly Improvement in the
Chicago machine is it's arrangement for
use with an ordinary shirt, the mech
anism being covered with a false I'M
derwrapper sleeve, thus allowing the
operator to play in his shirt sleeves
and without cuffs, which could not be
done with former hold-outs.
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MADE BY A CHICAGO MAN.

sad to say. this money-getting con-
trivance is the invention of a Chicago
man, and the few that are in use We're
made by him In that city. In sporting
parlance II would be described as "a
hold-out," but 1t can do more things in
an entirely original way than any
piece Of mechanism of the sort ever
put on the market Besides this. an
ordinary gambler who mas from s25 to
$40 may take his pick of hold-outs at
any OF the numerous places where they
are openly sold In every large city, but
after buying one IL would be of no use
TO him save in games made up OF the
softest sort of suckers. for the hold-out
graft is so well known these DAYS
that II Is rarity TO find poker player
who is not able 10 protect himself
against IL. But the new machine costs
5000 and Is sold only after the most
dlligent inquiry into the capacity of
the prospective purchaser for using II
intelligently To begin with. there
must be an introduction to the maker
through the medium of trusty mutual
friend who Will vouch for the ''charac-
ter and good sense" of the would be
buyer. Next the territory in which IL is
to be used must be definitely settled
upon. for the maker will not take the
chances of two of his machines being
sprung In the same game, as IL might
lead 10 unpleasant consequences. These
details being arranged, plans are made
for the manufacture Of the machine it.
self. as none are kept I'm stock. The
first move In this part of the negotia-
lions Is a deposit OF $500 in cash. with
out which the inventor will not pro-
coed. Having secured the money he
makes an intricate lot Of measurements
OF the customers body. every machine
being built to 1T a man who buys H.
The construction takes from five 10 six
weeks. and when the work is done the
buyer must go TO the makers place
daily for two weeks and practice for
couple OF hours under his membership
There have been instances IN which
trade has fallen through at this stage
by reason OF the customers clumsiness
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CHEATING MACHINE
An Entirely New Device By Which
Card Sharps Can Control the Game.
A MARVEL OF INGENUITY
A Startling RevelatIon-The CIev-
crest Players Deceived = Extra
ordinary Precautions-Abo
Two Dozen In Existence

Copyright 1896 by Bachelor. Johnson &
Bacheller)
Human ingenuity has reduced card
playing to a mechanical art from which
all element of chance is eliminated.
With a little continuance of steel tub
ing, elastic bands and silk cord, used in
a manner which defies detection, the
INSCRIPTIONS man who sits in a card
gamL OF any kind may shape the out
come to suit himself 1t makes no diff
ference what precautions may be taken
against cheating, the result will be as
the sharper desires. The cards may be
shufiied and cut and recut by every
participant in the game; to all outward
appearances everything will be fair
and straight; but the manipulation will
have an advantage which no run of
luck can overcome. He mey use this
advantage to give himself strong hands
or he may place the winning cards in
the hands of a confederate; he may
even, should his stealings be greater
than he thinks ii is wise to take away
at one sitting, placate the losers with
a sudden run of big hands, and in this
manner let them get back a little of
their money. Fortunately this con-
trivance has thus far been furnished to
less than two dozen sharpers of the
miscalled "genteel' class and their
operations have been confined to cir
cles where the money loss has not Gre
ated any scandal. One Of the men who
are using these machines six are work
ing them in big card games at Euro
pean watering places. nearly a dozen
are robbing rich passengers on ocean
steamers and the others are playing i'm
heavy games in eastern club houses !
frequented by an exclusive set of high |
rollers. With one of these machines a |
man could. II he were so minded. get |
every dollar in sight in card game, |
but the inventor has been adroit |
enough to place them only in the hands |
of men who know how to use them |
without exciting suspicion-who will |
be content with moderate winnings and |
even stand an occasional loss for the |
sake of appearances. Professional |
gamblers who think they know all the !
tricks of the trade have been relieved |
of large sums of money by the working |
of the machine; but as a general thing |
the operators confine their efforts to the |
robbing of rich amateurs as the profess |
sional who loses after knowing he has /
a shade the best of II at the start is l
apt to get too inquisitive.
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the table, and at the same time work
the machine.
HOW THE TRICK is DONE.
Taking up the machine at the knee.
where Kepplinger left IL off, this in
ventor arranged a light harness of
elastic webbing running down the back
of the leg with circular bands to hold
IL I'm place. and through this webbing
continued the silk cord, the lower end
terminating i'm a small hook. Next he
had light but stiff bit of steel inserted
in the back part of one of his shoes, so
arranged that the hook of the silk cord
could be attached to IL. This looking
apparatus is the most ingenious part of
the whole affair. II can be fastened
and unfastened by a mere touch of the
toe OF the other shoe, and the wearer
may move about as freely as If he had
no harness on. The tension on the cord
and springs Is fixed so that with the
heel of the shoe resting on the floor the
raising of the toe part will draw down
the cord and force the end of the card
holder out into the hand. The nicely
of this apparatus will be appreciated
by mechanics, as ii involves the forcing
of the arm mechanism at least seven
inches by the raising of the toe less
than two inches and the entire strain
comes on the two small rubber bands
Such skill put to any legitimate and
honorable use WOul0 make the lnNen-
tor famous~the world over.
This machine Is usually worn on the
left leg and arm, but can be made for
the right side of the body. In use the
operator puts 1t on while dressing I'm
his room, and may wear IL around all
day. If desired, and suffer no inconven-
fence; but few men care to do this, as
1T entails exposure should they meet
with any accident. The common meth
cd is to slip 1t on just before sitting
down to the game, and this can be
done in less than 10 minutes. 1t is
noiseless in operation, entails no false
motion in its manipulation and may be
used for months in the same game
without arousing suspicion If the
sharper has sense enough to refrain
from trying to break the whole crowd
at one sitting. One man who is said
to be fleeing members of an eastern
club with IL, is credited with having
won over $3.50, 900 inside of a year, but
the play there is unusually heavy, and
big winnings and losings are of COM
mon occurrence.
USES OF THE MACHINE.
With this apparatus on. a man sits in
any kind of a card game and when oc-
casion offers sneaks out a card for flu
ture use. Say the game is poker and
he has a poor hand dealt him, one of
the cards being an ace. Taking up his
cards in the manner shown in the cut,
with the ace next to the palm of his
hand, he raises his left foot and the
steel catcher is forced down into the
hand where ii nips the ace; when the
foot is lowered, back the spring flies,
taking the ace with it. The sharper
pretends to study his cards a moment,
and then throws those he has left into
the discard and passes" Two or three /
cards may be taken at the same time,
but the reserve of one makes the per-
centage a stiff one. On the next hand,
or in the next deal for a jack pot, the
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-21
THERE'S Only I'm Rli,road

That operates it's trains on the famous
block system between the Twin
Cities, Milwaukee and Chicago;
That lights its trains by electricity
throughout;
That uses the celebrated electric berth
reading lamp;
That runs four splendidly equipped
passenger trains every day from
St. Paul and Minneapolis through
to Chicago, via Milwaukee,;
And that road is the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul.
II also operates steam-heated vesti-
buled trains, carrying the latest pri-
vate compartment cars, library buff
fet smoking cars. and palace draw
ing-room sleepers.
Parlor cars, free reclining chair cars
and the very best dining car ser
vice.
For lowest rates to any point in the
United States, Canada or Mexico.
apply to ticket agents, or address
]. T. CONLEY,
Asst Genl Pass. Agt,
St. Paul, MINI.
Note.-Elegantly equipped trains
from st. Paul and Minneapolis through
10 Peoria, St. Louis and Kansas City
daily.
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and inability to learn how to manipu-
| late the machine properly. When this
| happens, which is rarely, the maker re-
tains the $500 and the disappointed Gus
| toner goes away under pledge to keep
his mouth shut. II everything goes
well the man pays the other $500 and
takes his machine out into the world
| to rob people with.
WHAT MASKELYNE DIDN'T KNOW
When John Nevil Maskelyne, the En-
| glish expert, made his famous exposure
of gambling devices in "Sharps and
Flats" the innocent were astounded
There was nothing in the exposure"
with which sharp professionals were
not familiar, but to amateur card
players and bettors IL seemed to be
complete revelation of the tricks and
implements of dishonest gamblers. and
every man who studied 1t fancied he
had ample protection against robbery.
One of the strong features of Maske-
lyne's book was an account of the
workings of the Kepplinger hold-out.
with the aid of which the maker had
for months robbed professional card
players in San francisco of large sums
of money. This hold-out was thought
at that time to be the acme of mechan-
ical ingenuity, but 1t is a clumsy affair
in comparison with the machine now
being made in Chicago. The Kepplin-
ger hold-out, as pictured by Maskelyne,
was a sleeve machine worked by a
cord from the knee, and was useful
principally for holding out cards with
which to strengthen the users hands
1t necessitated the making of a shirt
with a double sleeve and false cuff in
side of which the mechanism of the
hold-out rested, and while terrible exc
cution was done with il, IL had some
fatal drawbacks. One of these was the
necessity for "hitching up" every time
the player sat down to the table-by
which is meant the passing of the cord
from one knee to the other so as to
operate the machine. When 'hitched
up II was impossible to straddle a
table leg, and the user had to have a
choice position in which he could
spread his knees without running the
risk of hitting one of the other players
with them. Before he could rise from
the table he had to ''unhitch" the cord,
and there was another handicap in the
fact that IL was necessary to wear cuffs
all the time to conceal the sleeve part
of the machine, and this. under some
conditions, was inconvenient. But des-
pite all these drawbacks Kepplinger
made some big killings with his ma
chine, and IL was only his greed in try
ing to make every hand win that led to
his detection. The gamblers with whom
he was playing were using marked
cards, sinners and other advantage"
goods, but Kepplinger kept beating
them all the time. They knew some
thing was wrong, but they could not
tell what IL was until they overpowered
and searched him one night, when the
secret of his luck" was readily discov-
cred.
WHAT THE MACHINE is LIKE.
Among the men who read Maske-
lyne's book and were interested in the |
description of the Kepplinger hold-out |
was an inventive model maker in Chi |
cago. This man studied the machine |
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closely and saw at once where a great
improvement could be made in the
mechanism and the scope of the con-
trivance widened. He is not a card
player and had no acquaintance with
professional gamblers. but he under
stood clearly what was required. II
took him nearly a year to get his first
machine in good working order, but
when he had shaped IL to his liking it
was wonder. In the main he adopted
kepplinger's idea for the body and arm
mechanism, which consists of fine tool
steel tubing. jointed at short intervals
In way which permits OF it's being
turned In any direction. thus obviating
any unnatural awkwardness in using
the arms of the body. Through this
tubing runs a fine silk cord. one end
of which terminates about half way
down the forearm, where II hooks into
the ends of two pieces of very thin
steel which lie fiat together. These
two pieces are made 40 slide on one
another by a system of small rollers
and India rubber bands. The delicacy
of the mechanism will be better under
stood when IL Is known that two of the
smallest bands made are sufficient TO
give all the spring required. In the
fore end OF one of these fiat steels is
fastened a watch spring arrangement,
which works with an almost human
action. When the lower end of the
SILK cord is pulled down IL forces out
into the hand the piece OF steel with
the watch spring catch on IT, and when
the cord is released the mechanism flies
back To concealment in the shirt sleeve
Ike flash. Thus far there is but lit
Tie ehange in the general idea from
hepphngers plan. except that the ar
rangement OF the hand part OF the ma
chine admits OF a greater variety OF
work being done as will be explained
IuFther on. IL is In the device by which
the cord Is operated from the lower e,5
that the extraordinary skin OF the in
Nentor rs shown. and hts ingenuity
forces admiration even though used in
pad cause. With this contrivance on
the poker sharp may straddle a table
leg OF SIT cross legged or sideways to
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-21

City of Mexico, May 19.-Last night
a drunken man passing a match fac
tory, made an offensive demonstration
against the owner of the factory, a
Spaniard. shouting Death to Spani
ards The Spaniard, thinking the
man was about TO draw a knife, hit
him. A mob gathered shouting, death
to Spaniards," and Cuban liberty"
and began storming the factory and
smashing windows. General Carbella-
da and adjutants soon arrived. The
mob stoned them, slightly wounding
the general The police dispersed the
mob, arresting IA persons.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-21
The Decad nee OF ripple Creels.
From the Buffalo Express.

From the Buffalo Express.
Before the fire had finished destroy
ing the building of the First National
bank of Cripple Creek the bank was
opened and doing business in another
building in a different part of the town.
Cripple Creek is certainly deteriorat-
ing. 1t has lost the western hustle es-
sential to the making of lively min
ing town. In it's palmy days Cripple
Creek would not have had a vacant
building in town to which the bank
could move. 1t would have compelled
the bank officials to go to work and
put up a new building and finished 1t
before the fire had got through with
the old one.
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Troops for Tongue River.

Washington, May 19.-Upon the rep
reservations of Indian Agent Stouch at
Tongue River reservation, Mont, trans
mited through and endorsed by the in
terror department, the war department
sent orders to General Brooke, COM
handing the department of Dakota, to
send troops from Fort Custer to the
agency to preserve order and stop the
killing Of cattle by Indians. Probably
two troops of the Tenth cavalry will
be sent, but General Brooke is allowed
to use discretion
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-21

Salt Lake, Utah. May 19.-The supreme
court to-day affirmed the decision Of the
lower court in favor of Mrs. Emery. in
the suit brought against her by Il. c.
Chambers for an interest in the Silver
King mine. Chambers claimed that the
money furnished to Emery was FOR the
interest in the mine. while the estate
claimed that it was only a loan. The in
terest in the mine is valued at more than
$3.50 600
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Murphysboro, ILL.,. May 19.-John d.
Jones, who stamped to death in a fit
of anger, Mrs. Mendenhall at the Anna,
ILL.,, fair last fall was hanged here at
noon. He professed repentance.
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It NAPOLEON FROM CORSICA TO ST. HELENA. d
BATTLE OF RIVOLL.

The great battle at Rivo on the 18th and 18th Of January
1877, epoch in Napoeons that fixed his
for all time Of the greatest of commanders The French
with $4,000 men, were encamped the snowad heights,
while the plains below $4,000 Ausans peacefully
arrived Napoleon quickly decided immediate attack, and
at o'clock the morning OF the 18th the AustrianS
sad BY the founders Of artillery Her and the Rush p Of h the baa
he action OF the Ausans conducted with the greatest
obstinacy and both sides displayed remarkable skill in their
and operations For hours victory defeat
possible for either side The carnage was great the valleys
being with the dead and dying The French cavalry
sgas Napoleon was ali but defeated During the heat Of the
engagement Austrian column penetrated behind Ryoi In
the of the French and succeeded in turning the French
confidence and ardor Of the brave French under their mastery
time planted several pieces of artillery commenced destructive
fire on the right Of the Austrian line.
Tins /0A07vea immediately BY an aa0ance of
three Columns m7aer Genera<s Benve ana N0nnaer
aOhach occu6lea an advantageous hesghtiu tie Of
lie Ereuch 1000 Ausn1ans 70ere nlaae brzSonerS
Tins aecaaea lie battle and Roh 00as aaaea ohe con-
sauAy crearug list of B0mabartes amazing Olct0rieS
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