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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-08-07

For a number OF months the M. E.
church has enjoyed the music of one OF
the Columbine Music Cos best pianoes.
The instrument first generously placed
in the church by the company was re-
Gently sold. but another fine piano was
brought and is now aiding the choir in
rendering sacred music.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-08-07

M D. L. Haight, who is experimenting
the work Of the coal company operating
so miles south says that new tunnel
is being run into the hill short distance
from the original opening. Here is found
the outoroppings of better coal with a
more solid roof. Mr.. Haght is confident
that the outlook for the mine is now
better than ever before.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-08-07

The Rocky Ford band gave the La
Juntaites some good music on Sunday.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-08-07

Buy Bread at TaIhelm's Denver Baker!
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-08-07

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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-08-07

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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-03-25
A KnaVe of
Conscience
BY FRANCIS LYNDE.
Copyright 1900, by Francis Lynde.)
CHAPTER NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

CHAPTER XXXIV.-CoNTINU
You be damned" he said. "You
think you've got a lead-pipe, cinch
on all the soft-heartedness in this
world, but you haven't. I've thrown
up this job-threw it up before !
came here tonight"
Griswold staggered back into a
chair and covered his face with his
hands.
"I-I don't understand"
Don't you? Well, you ought to.
Reckon I've forgot the night when
you stood in that door and kept
them strikers from killing me? 1
haven't, and by - if l choose to
be man first and an officer of the
law afterward, it's nobody's business
but mine"
Griswold rose unsteadily, went
across to the standing desk in the
corner and leaned upon it with his
face hidden in the bend of the arm.
When he looked up again he was
alone.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-03-25
CHAPTER XXXV.

For long time after the detective
had gone Griswold paced the floor of
the small office, treading out the
winepress of humiliation and defeat
and trying, as man may under such
hard conditions, to decide upon a
course of action which should be
fair to all and decently fair for him
self.
For time it seemed impossible to
draw any thread of sane procedure
out of the revulsionary tangle in
which Charlotte's confession had in
volved him. He told himself bitterly
that she had failed him at the
crucial moment; that she had
stepped down from the pedestal of
the ideal to become a woman of
flesh and blood, loving, condoning
and forgiving everything in the man
to whom she had given her heart.
But very quickly he was made to
see the injustice of this; to see first
that he had deliberately gone about
to build wall of personality around
her judgment, and then, by his own
confession of love, to apply a test
too severe for any loving woman to
withstand.
More than that, he saw that he
had played the hypocrite with her
even at the last moment. When he
had gone to her, nothing had been
farther from his thoughts than a
confession of his guilt. The resolve
to tell her all had come suddenly,
and he had yielded to the impulse
on the spur of the moment. None
the less, he had let her believe that
it was well considered; that he had
determined beforehand upon the
course he had outlined in the brief
farewell.
Taking it all in all, he had an ex-
ceedingly bad half-hour after Griffin
left him, and out of the fiery fur
mace of it emerged a man altogether
different from the hot-hearted
proletary who had robbed the Bayou
bank. He had stood alone against
the worlds condemnation in that
act, and had thought it defensible
from an impregnable position forti-
fed by the rights of man. But now
he was made to see the act and its
culpability through the magnifyine
glass of another's personality. He
had called it a social necessity, and
no sin; and yet the direct conse-
quences of it had been to destroy
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-03-25
"PING-PONG."

The shades of night were falling fast
AS to the dining-room there passed
A youthful pair, who gayly bore
A box. on which was this-no more
"Ping-pong."
They cleared the table with a swish,
From dolly down to butter-dish;
Then through the center stretched a net
And soon the ball the racket met
"Ping-pong."
Try not the gamer the housemaid cried.
THE dinner Is ready now" she sighed,
And must put it on the board
The young man turned and fercely roared /:
Ping-pong."
The cook strobe to the open door,
Ard cautioned them to cease once more.
The roast" she urged, sis sure to burn
The maiden gasped: I'm bound to learn
Ping-pong."
The family lurked In the hall,
And moaned: "Are we to eat at all?"
But still they heard the ping and pong
That made the cadence of a song
Ping-pong.
And back and forth they smote the sphere
Until the dawn of morning clear.
The father, mother, sister, too,
Walled hungrily: alas! We rue
Ping-pong!'
round all these people starved to death;
The cook. the housemaid, beau and belle.
The family-and sad to tell,
Above them pinged the pongful knell:
'PingPong"
Baltimore American.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-03-25
Almost Ready.

We'll, Hetty," said Uncle Bill, az
reckon you have written your grad
uating essay and are about ready to
say good-by to school"
II am almost ready, Uncle William, /"
replied Harryette. 81 have selected
the material for my graduating dress,
and as soon as l can!decide whether to
carry bouquet in my hand or wear it
in my corsage shall give some atten-
ton to other trifies of the occasion. !"
Judge.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-03-25
Long Wants a Vacation.

Senator Long has been invited to
deliver the memorial address at Ar
lington. Last year President Roose-
welt delivered the memorial address.
Senator Long is not inclined to be-
lieve at this time that he can ar
range his affairs as to enable him
to return to Washington Memorial
day. The new Kansas senator will
return home after the senate has ad-
journed and will remain in Kansas
until after the presidents tour of the
state. He will then take "a prolonged
vacation, of which he feels much in
need.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-03-25
Identified.

The general post office at Paris once
received letter addressed: ITO Mon.
sier. my son, Rue -, etc" They were
going to send it to what in France cor
responds to our dead-letter Office, but
a clerk objected.
There must be two fools in that
family" he said. We shall find out to
whom it belongs"
Sure enough, in few days stupid
looking youth entered and said to the
clerk:
I'D like to find out if you haven't
kept here letter from my father"
Eyes, sir" replied the clerk. Here
it is."-Youth's COMPANION.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-03-25
Drifted Two Years.

Two years ago an Ottawa girl wrote
her name and address on slip of pa
per, put the paper in a bottle. and
cast it upon the bosom of the Marais
des Cygnes. Last Tuesday she re-
ceived letter from a man living far
down on the Mississippi river, who
says he picked the bottle out Of the
river the other day.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-03-25
Lawyers Now Have the Home.

A recent dispatch from Ottawa
said: All litigation between Trout
man e. Stone, of Topeka, and the
trustees of the Kansas Odd Fellows
Orphans home, for the possession of
the estate left by the late v. DeBois-
siere, was settled here when a stipu-
lation was signed by Robert Stone
for the plaintiffs and L. C. Slime for
the trustees. Troutman & Stone are
given immediate possession of the
home property, all personal property
now on the place, and $4,000 in cash.
All attachment suits are dissolved.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-03-25

picting itself on the shrewd old face.
'.Ye're- not SO bad a financier," he
said. Now, what's to. become of
yer"
THAT remains for you to say.
You may go and ring for the police,
and I'll wait here till an officer
comes; or if you don't care 20 be
mixed up in it, I'll take the first train
south and surrender myself in New
Orleans
rs that all?'
"All but one thing. II you put the
iron works on the market at once it
will embarrass Mr.. Raymer perhaps
to the point of forcing him to the
wall. l have no right to ask favors
of you"
The banker sprang up and began to
tramp up and down in something as
nearly approaching rage as he ever
permitted himself.
''Why, We callow young fule, what
dye think I'm made OFF" he explod-
ed "a few hours ago you and that
brave bit of a lassie-God bless her
-risked your two lives to save mine.
Dye think I'll be sending you to that
levin death in the chain gang if We
were twenty times the crazy loon We
are?''
Griswold drew himself up. you've
got it to do, Mr.. Galbraith. You
must not compound felony to save
me-"
compound your grandmither!"
shouted the old man. IF you go and
give yourself up in New Orleans, I'll
go on the stand and swear I never set
eyes on We before. Then veil have an
old mans perjury on ye're soul to
answer for. Ma, ma, lad; they call me
a hard old skinflint, but after a. I'm
just human. You've turned face about.
and it's not old Andrew Galbraith
who'll be piling stones in your way.
Go you right away down to the doc
tors and tell that brave lassie of
yours what's come of it a, and to-
morrow we'll see about the money
matters. Maybe I'll make up my
mind to let sleeping dogs lie, and set
We up as my resident manager at
your iron works. Go on, We loon, be-
fore turn We out"
Griswold went toward the door.
with his brain in a whirl, but when
his hand was on the knob Andrew
Galbraith stopped him.
Hold on minute, I forgot.
There's man here by the name of
Griffin; he knows who you are, and
he'll be nabbing YOU" Griswold
smiled. mo, he won't. He has
thrown up the job, as he will proba-
bly, tell you tomorrow"
Thrown it up? What for?"
Griswold hung his head. CT was
lucky enough to save his life, too.
"That'll do; we've a mission that
way, it seems. Now, then, be of
with you"
Griswold left the room and hotel.
walking as one in dream. The
dream lasted until he entered the
gate of Lake Lodge and saw futter
of white on the high veranda.
What have you done, Kenneth ?"
she asked, when he would suffer her
to speak.
II have done what 1 could, dear.
and it is nothing-less than nothing,
in the way of reparation. Oh, Char
lotte. you must be my conscience, if
you take me. l am but a sorry
knave, after. ALL
"a knave of conscience" she MUIR
INJURED; and he caught at the phrases.
THAT shall be the name of the new
book you are going to help me
write" he said quickly, confirming it
with a kiss.
And so indeed it was.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-03-25
afethodism fin Kansas.

Statistics from the four conferences
of the M. E. church in Kansas show
that there are in the state 544 Meth
>odist preachers, s5,7722 members Of
the church, $4,000 scholars in Method
ist Sunday schools, "a churches valued
at $1,445,4 30. Preachers received $780,
997 for their services the past year.
or an average of $500 for each preach.
er.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-03-25
To Meet Rockefeller GIFT.

AS soon as friends of Ottawa uni
versity raise $4,000 for the institu-
ton, John ID. Rockefeller will add
$4,000 to it. It will rid the univer-
sity Of debt, finish and equip a bet
ter building than the one lost by fire
last year and increase the endow-
ment to more than $9O, 200.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-03-25
Child Had Miraculous ESCAPE.
No Debate with Baker.

The University of Kansas has with
drawn from the debate with Baker
university which was to have been
held in few weeks. The students
and faculty feel that the university,
as the head of the colleges of Kansas.
should not participate with the de-
nominational Institutions, but should
confne itself to contests with other
state universities which are on q par
with the university.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-03-25
Stanley VIII Leave Kansas.

Ex- Gov. Stanley will abandon his
law practice in Wichita and devote
his entire time to the Dawes COM
mission, of which he has been ap-
pointed member. He will go to
Muskogee and spend much of his
time in the commissions Office there.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-03-25
Must BE Incorporated.

Charles FL. Luling. state superitend-
ent of insurance, is sending notices
to the burial insurance companies
that they must take out charters and
secure certificates of authority from
the insurance department before con-
tinuing business.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-03-25
Real Unkfnd Of Her.

Miss Frankleigh-Why. you are limp
ing, Mr.. Uppstart! What is the
trouble?
Mr.. Uppstart-My feet are swelled
from some unknown cause.
'You are always going in for ex-
tremes. Now. it is your feet-but usu-
ally it's your head. = Chicago Daily
News.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-03-25
Latest Kansas Events.
Died when She Said She would.

Oieu When She Said She Would.
AT Arcadia, young woman of 90.
Mrs. james NJ. Creager, became pos
!. sessed of a belief that she would die
at certain time. This was in last
September, and SO strong was her
bellef in coming dissolution that she
selected the text for her funeral SER
mon, the hymns to be sung, and the
friends who were to act as pallbear-
ers. The family paid little attention
to what they regarded as a passing
Hagary. But two weeks ago she took
to her bed while in apparently robust
health, and declared that her time
had come. No amount of argument
could remove the settled conviction
from her mind. The physicians treat
ed her, but they declared they could
md nothing to treat. Eleven minutes
before she died consultation of doc
tors was had, and they reported to
the family that there was no reason
why the young woman should not get
out of bed and go about. However,
this verdict had scarcely been rem
dered when she turned over on her
pillow and passed away without an
apparent pain or struggle.
ROOsevelts Visit to Kansas.
President Roosevelt expects to
leave ST. Louis on the midnight train
April 30 Thursday and arrive in
Kansas City, Mo-, about eight o'clock
{. Friday morning, May 1. This will
give the president from eight o'clock
in the morning until two in the aft
ernoon in Kansas City, Mo. From
two o'clock in the afternoon until
four o'clock he will be in Kansas City,
Kan, and from that city his Kansas
tour will begin. The Union Pacific
is the route chosen for the trip from
Kansas City to Denver. A stop will
be made at the Union Pacific station
in north Lawrence and the president
will make a short speech. He ex-
poets to arrive in Topeka about six
o'clock in the evening of May and
deliver an address there, remaining
all night. Saturday morning the
journey will begin through Kansas
to Colorado. It is expected that the
presidents train will make stops at
Manhattan, Abilene, Junction City,
Salina, Ellsworth, Russell, Wakeeney
and Hays City.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-03-25
Francis May Get 1t.

John Francis, chairman of the ways
and means committee, is believed to
be slated for. the job of Price Raid
Claim commissioner. The job was
created by this legislature and carries
salary of $1,000 for the next two
years.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-03-25
A Definition.

Little Clarence-Pa, what is exec
utive ability?
Mr.. Callipers-Executive ability, my
son, is the capacity for making some
one else paddle your own canoe for
you.-Judge.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-03-25
Potato Planting Under Way.

Potato planting is under way in the
Kaw valley. The potato industry is
no small potatoes in Kansas. The
crop for last year amounted to $780,
6322 bushels, valued at $3,136yS56.
Wyandotte led in production, as
usual; s07, 800 bushels, valued at 1884,
ATS.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-03-25
Issues at junction City.

At the city election In Junction City
the voters will decide on a SIG, 900
bond issue to erect high school, and
the proposition to maintain a public
library.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-03-25
A Standing Oner.

A reward of 500 is kept standing
by the Stevens County Live Stock as
ISOLATION for the detection of anyone
who starts prairie fire.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-03-25
Gov. Bailey Denies It.

Gov. Bailey denies that he has en-
ployed Speaker Pringle to assist the
attorney general in the prosecution
of the Kansas-Colorado irrigation
suit.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-03-25
VIII Il stop the TramcY

It is claimed for the anti-slot ma
chine bill passed by the legislature
and signed by the governor that it's
provisions are rigid enough to drive
every slot machine out of the state.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-03-25
Better Marriage Laws.

The legislature passed bill pre-
venting the marriage of weak-mind-
ed persons. The bill was urged by
physicians.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-03-25
Doing Her Hou.ework at 1O2.@

Grandma" Shook, of Atchison.
who recently celebrated her 1O2d
birthday, is living alone and doing
her own Homework.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-03-25
Appointments by the Governor.

appointments ny the GOVernofs
Gov. Bailey made the following APP
pointments: Regents of state agri-
cultural college,. S. Mcdowell, of
Smith Center; C. E. Friend, of Jack.
son county; E. T. Fairchild, of Els
worth county; j. w Berry, of jewell
county. Hutchinson reformatory
board-William NJ. Jones. of Rice
county. State board of charities
c.. A. Mcneil, of Columbus, to succeed
Charles Voc; F. E. Dennan, of Os-
borne, to succeed John Hannah.
Member of live stock commission
NJ. C Campbell, of Wichita. Member
of soldiers home board. B.
Dobyns, of Howard, to succeed T. NJ
Hancock, of Olathe.
Not All for Hook.
There is division among the
Kansans in public life in Wash
ington over candidate for APP
pointment to the bench Of, the cir
cult court of appeals for the Eighth
judicial circuit to succeed Judge Cald-
well, whose retirement is scheduled
for the coming fall. Kansas has q
candidate for the position in Judge
Hook, of the federal court, and all OF
the members of the house have in
dorsed him. Senators Burton and
Long have both Endorsed Alex. G.
Cochran of ST. Louis, who has been a
tentative candidate for the position
for nearly year.
Hughes Ia Brigadier General.
The following warriors compose
Gov. Bailey's staff: Brigadier general,
j. w. F. Hughes, of Shawnee county;
paymaster general, Charles S. Elliott,
of Shawnee county; judge advocate
general, Clair G. Carver, of Sumner
county; surgeon general, Harry
O'Donnell, of Ellsworth county; in
spector general, N. II. Lomis, Of
Shawnee county; aids de camp, Fred
G. Berger, of Marshall county, and
Frank L. Travis, of Allen county.
Child Had Miraculous Escape.
George Barnard was cleaning his
shotgun at Emporia, and left it lying
on chair while he went into another
room. The gun rolled off the chair.
In striking the floor the shell it con-
tanned was exploded. The charge
passed through door and struck his
six-months-old child in the head. The
force of the shot being spent before
it struck the child, the wound will not
be fatal, although a number of shot
lodged in the chiid's head
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1903-11-29
Ralsia c0marclal
lheTO- Americana.

anaos recibid0 el tiltimo n6merO de
reditada revista eonarcial ibero-
xleana Akepcngsp, de Rarcelona. CO.
pond aiente VI ues de Noyiembre.
kaGiO cor eI EuIo y Ysuaeritnd ac0s~
kunbrada, iiustrado con profnsi6n de
grabaAos intercalad0s en- ell texto, serfa
81 nfmero que nos ocupa bastante &
acreditar dicha publication 81 no tu-
yiera va bien cimentada su farna.
De la lmportancia " variedad del
texbo pueden formar concepto nues-
tros Iect0res por Ell siguiente sumario:
In Politica hidrauiica, Il. M-Cr6-
ditto Iber0- A mericanO. hos Terrific
rios de Rio de Gro. az Font q Sagu6,
P6r0. Una excursion Avila, ,Jorge
Bach. Circular del Credito hero
Americana. El Diabio matematico.
Artu~o M0srierG Embaiada Conner
cial EspafIola 4 America, II Pegna0n-
yey NOgates. Cr6nica EspafIola, y. r..
Gr6nica Argentine, e. -Moaaes'
Sans. Noticias ganerales. --Not4s Bio
grahcas Secci6n financiera, "a e.
Secci6n comerciaI. TranspOrEes.
Del misno Sc recomienda especial
mente al bien pensado inf0rme que Ell
Director gerente del Cr6dito Ibero-
Americana. ID. jose Pnigdollers v Ma
cia, present6 al consej0 de administra-
ci6n de dicha Sociedad, en- Ell que Sc
regela los profundos conocimientos de
su sutor en- cuanto & los problemas CO.
merciales que con ultramar Sc refieren,
dando soluci6n para cuansasd dificuItades
encuentra en- nuestra patria su desa
rr0IIo.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1903-11-29
Panama sugulare una fSbuIa.
lDel New York Times


Ii .bfa una vez IN haeendado muy
ayaro llamado Rnbe Sharpe, que tenfa
an eaballo de paseo. p ra ell hijo de un
trafcante al por men n.
Ri animal no b sayi9 p ra NADIA v
no tenfA valor en- aquella parte del
pals.
Ei decia. ainembargo. que al caballo
sra grandemente c01iciado Dor un plu-
t6crata l'amado TT. S. Gelthere, que
podla usarlo On su negocio.
Los interesados SO reunieron para
hacer una transaction.
Como quiera q .o & Getthere, no le
importaban unos PESOS mas 8 menos,
ofreci6 Sharpe una bonita suma;
mucho mayor de 10 que podia esperar
de cualquier otro comprador.
Sharpe le contesto que 10 pensarfs.
Como Yecapacitara, rocordose de Ia
hipoteca que pes ba sobre su finca. y
que poniendo ea iueg0 su habilidad,
sacarfa mas dinero al opnlento Gethere.
Rehus6 Is ofert, AquelIa noche eI
caballo fu6 embArg4do por su propie-
tario original, q quien habfa sido ro-
bado, de modo que Rub6 qued6se con
ojos cJ0r0s Y sisa 0ista.
Esta f&bula ensefa por que Ell pueblo
americana no SO pone bravo por los
asuntos de Panama.
Su frialdad no es debido & decaden-
cia de virtud polftica, sino & su bien
desepYuelto sentido humorista.
New York, Noyiembre IA, 1908.
AEsOF.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1903-11-29
Ell dIbOI gnhlailGO


En- Ia votaci6n para elegir Ell arbol
embIematico So registraron en- 1902,
q, 293 votos, que recibieron 80 arbo-
les y plantas del pals. El mayor n6-
nero de votos 10 obtuvO al MaHg0s ell
cual alcanz6 8, 108 eorrespondienao Ell
segundo lugar i Is Palma Real que
cbtuYo 3,619.
EntendemOs que los maestYos deben
tener sumo cuidado On explicar los
nifios, en- sintesis. 10 que simb0liza ca
d i 8rbol pcco mas menos & fin de que
el el pr6ximo escruEinio, los niflos eli
giran I'm Arb0l apropiado.
Sabemos que aIgunos asf 10 han he-
cho. cumpliendo con su deber.
Respecto & Ii celebration de la ies-
ea del arbol, dice eI senior Comisiona-
do, 10 siguiente
clos Superintendentas y los macs
tros quedan en completa hbertad para
hacerlo Gu la forma que cream mas con
veniente; entendiG iGndose, sin embargo,
que la fiesta debe ser caiebrRda con
ejercicios apropiados "a objeto que Sc
destina v que eli programa debe incIuir
la proclama del Gobernador, Ia carta
del Gomisionado De instruction v Ia
Votaci6n para elegirsel arb0l emblena-
tico. Isl aeaso 10 preferen, Ia vota-
ci6n puede celebrarse antes de la Sc
sion en- que ha de seguirse 81 progra-
ma dispuesto, " en- este cas0 puede
procIamarse ell resnItado de Ia votaci6n
al Ilegar al n1mero del progrsma en-
que debfa procederse 4 In votaci6n mis-
ma.