He presented it to the Presbyterian synod of Nebraska together with two residences and two hundred and sixty-five acres of ground. The institution is now the collegiate department of the University of Omaha.

"Mr. Clarke received a large amount of land for building railroads in the state and put many thousand acres under cultivation, giving his personal attention to raising grain and stock.

"In 1905 Mr. Clarke was elected president of the state historical society and of the Nebraska Territorial Pioneers' Association."

Henry T. Clarke died at Excelsior Springs, Missouri, early in the year 1913. after a prolonged illness lasting six year-;. He was seventy-eight years of age.

(The foregoing is taken partly from the Bridgeport News-Blade, and Max Wilcox has our appreciation. -- Editor-in-Chief.)

Soldier Amusements

The soldiers in charge of protecting the Camp Clarke bridge had a dull time except for the passing strangers, and found ways of whiling away the hours. One outfit came from Red Cloud and they inaugurated a plan of amusement that is talked about by oldtimers to this day. They shook dice to see who should sit in a chair some distance away from the old sod saloon. Then the others shook dice again. Anyone who failed to throw five aces was given four shots at the four legs of the chair. If he missed all four shots he had to treat. The man in the chair was not permitted to wriggle, swear or chew tobacco, for they tended to disconcert the man with the gun. The chair victim could hold his own legs as high as he wanted to, and fifteen minutes was the time limit that anyone had to remain in the precarious position.