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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-16
. ORIGIN oFascoLD FEET"
The Poker Expression Wees First
Heard I'm q Game I'm an In
diana Town.

.Seated in the office of an interior
Cuban hotel one Sunday" said trav-
cling man at the Raleigh to Wash
ington Star 2ported, II noticed
gathering of siXoer seven playing some
game at table which supposed was
spanish, as the conversation was in
fhatlanguage: The Office was right on
the street and the doors stood'open. l
was reading a paper and paid no atten-
ton until'my ears caught the familiar
words-fourO f1ush. / strolled over to
the table and found that a game Of
poker Gas in full blast. The eehversa-
ton was in Spanish, but all the Ameri-
Tcan terms of the game were in English,
which sounded odd. Presently there
was some little commotion and L
eaught, the words cog feet, uttered by
several of the party. One of the num-
Der, wRo had most of the checks, was
cashing in. I did not know nat the
Cubans had the faintest idea of the
meaning of the expression, but it had
evidently travelled to that country
along with the game 1t occurred to
me at the time that while the express
sion was general all over the world,
and especially in. the United States,
less than haIfa dozen people knew its
origin. Iohappened to be in the game
when the Germ wasCfrst used-tHaI is,
when it originated. 1t was On an In
diana town, and 1 had been invited to.
Join little party by customer of
mineq A young merchant had phenom-
email luck and soon had all the checks
Ind several Que bills. About midnight
he began to geDrestless and made The
usual Excuses to get out Of the g@mC
Howeve9 he was good-nat1rsd and
yielded to the pressing requests of TIE
lcsers. Finally he said GLeave me
qua. of the game hand or two. boys,
my feetare Cold Well, he Rugged that
Oaoe-burner for an eheur Gll the losers
broke up the game in despair. Afxer
that whenever asyone attempted to
quit that game ahead he was greeteG
with the eXclemation cold feet The
travelling h2en who scatter every hing
good over this earth took it up, and
now the expression goes wherever the
game finds its way"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-16
aumor of Major venab1e.

Maj Richard NJ. Venab3e, of Balti-
reore,. is one9of the lessding lawSers
of the south. and one of the NOS:
distinguished" lecturers on law in
Maryland. He is a Virginian who
went to Baltimore after the war, and
who has become identified with the
city, In the recent refornp move
ment, which won, and which saved
the people a great deal of tp9ney, he
was elected to one of the most re-
sponsible positions in the municipal
legislature. the presidency of the
council branch which had to do with
the budget. There is probably no
keener wit in the whole country. He
has the dry, solemn manner which &C
centuates his points, end some of
his puns have become famous. For
instance, after trip to England and
Egypt he was speaking Of the thugs
that impressed him in both coun-
tries-in one, of fields and -fswers;
in the other, the rows of preserved
bodies Indeed" he said. very sober
~, "the mummies of Egypt seemed to
be almost as numerous as the pop
pies of England. Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-16
. know some Bainbridges in New

know some Bainbridges in New
York.
did you? Mr.. Lucius cambridge
was from New York originally, be-
lieve. He is . newspaper man in
New Orleans.
Griswold was struck dumb with
this fresh proof of the extreme mar
rowness of the world, and wondered
what would happen If cambridge
should perchance come again and
find him in Wahaska. He changed
the subject with a violent wrench,
and said:
.The new opera house is to be
opened next week. wonder IL the
company win be worth going to
see?"
"You surprise me-" she said.
Haven't you heard that MT. Grier-
son is to import it especially for this
occasion?''
ST hadn't heard. Is your aunt able
to go out in the EVENING"
mot to anything as prolonged as
an opera sitting
"Oh; I'm sorry" He turned TO
Mrs. Rayner. Mrs. Raymer, could
you be induced to chaperon thea
ter party next Monday eveaing?''
@sYou're too late" was the reply.
eve are all going. and you are IN
c1uded.'' @
Gfiswold turned quickly 70 Char
lotte. :
"May I cali for you and your IA
bther?" She gave him permission,
and after that the tete-a-tete passed
to other things; to gay party
steaming past in lighted launch,
for one @
as that the hotel launch?'' he
asked.
"No. indeed: you are quite behind
the 4imes. That is Mr.. Grierson's
boat with a. party from Mepeside''
The Farnham lawn sloped quickly
to the waterside, and The laun9h was
1steaniing slowly along within a
stones throw of the group on the
veranda. The little steaaner carried
it's own dyna9mo9and was ablaze with
| electric lights. Griswold saw the
| party as it passed in review; saw
MissOGrierson at the wheel in the
dbow, and saw the banker 5onnging
in the stern sheets. with the ex-
ception of her father and one other
Miss Grierson's guests were all
young people; but Griswold caught
MS Breath when he recognized the
portly figure sitting erect beside the
banker. Truly he. had seen the
i clean-shaven face with it's 1ong0 up
perolip but once, but that onceawas
enough. 1t was Mr.. Andrew Gal.
braith. O
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-16
MADE MONEY KILLING. BIRDS.
Michigan Man Who Has Slain
Nearly 10000 English
SparroWs.

Louis Gorsline has a peculiar and
unique history. His name and picture
have appeared in both state and ma
tional papers, and thousands of peo-
pie who have never seen HAM are IA
miliar with the peculiar points in his
life. And this notoriety was achieved,
not N any deed of daring, reckless adj.
venture or by having great wealth
thrust upon him by frugal ancestors.
In short he has been the greatest
sparrow hunter in the state, the ma
ton, and, probably, in the world, says
a recent report.
Some years ago he was trainman
on the oold Toledo & Ann Arbor rail-
road. He lost his right hand in an ac-
ciGent at McBain, and when he was
able to work the company gave him
place as a fagman. He was restless to
increase his income, and began to hunt
sparrows, receiving the bounty of two
eeuts apiece then provided by state
law.
He shot them and trapped them at
odd times until he found the workco
profitable that 0he hired a man to do
lis work as 1agman and gave his
whole time to sparrow hunting. He
afterwards used preparation in which
he soaked wheat and millet. seed, and
No or three kernels of this was enough
to make any sparrow his in few mine
utes' time. In this way he would take
thousands in day.
Mr.. Gorsline says that he does not re-
member ever finding but one bird aside
from the sparrows that hadseaten the
poisoned grain, and that otherbirds do
lot eat grain. He has caught the pests
n nearly every county in the lower
peninsula and has also worked in the
upper peninsula. Over 81. 900 was paid
o him by the state in bounties and
nearly three-quarters of million birds
we're killed by him in the FIVE years he
:ollowed the work as a business
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-16

darkness of the stariit night helped
him. He fancied. and assured him.
| self a hundred times that it was
only fancy, that he could now and
them surprise a vague oquestion in
eyes in allegiance hep felt more cat
ease.
"You are new to our northern
summers, aren't you, Mr.. Griswold2 ''
she asked, when they were comfort
ably established out Of doors and
the general talk had subsidized suf-
| ficiently to admit of dialogue.
Altogether new; and they are
very delightful. if this is an earnest.
Whatea charming prospect you have
t{here with the lake for a vista. But
for that matter. Wahaska Is an ideal
| place"
Her laugh had not in it the tin
kle of silver bells. like Miss Grier-
sons, but it was as honest as the
gray eyes.
"Ideaf?-after New York;"
after any great city. I firmly be-
heve the time will come whei pone
but the sordid ones will live In the
great centers.''
That would Che ideal. surely But
can't argue with you. don't know
| any of the cities, to really know
them Passing through isn't even a
| speaking acquaintance"
No; ana yet they impress one
even at sight
Yes. And after all, their units
are the units of humanity, and hu-
manity is the same. For instance, ]
imagine one could go over there and
get very good idea OF the human
side of New Orleans" She pointed
| to the summer resort hotel on the
point beyond the Grierson mansion
which had been opened within the
week.
81 presume so." he assented: and
then he asked if they ever met any
OF the summer people.
Not Intentionally she laughed.
They bring their own social atmos-
| phere with them and ask little of
us. We did meet one young man last
summer: Mr.. Lucius Bainbridge."
Bainbridg e echoed Griswo1d.
Why. I know that is-er-I used to
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-16
A Medieval Survival.

The inhabitants of a PARKWAY vii
lage in Surrey haze been enjoying a
quaint medieval survival in the sale
byoauction of local meadow. Long
ago, when the world was not so busy
as it is to-day, the landlord of the
white Brown Meadow" at Bourne
bequeathed the meadow subject to
an auction sale which every now and
oagain adds to the gayety of this
rural population. At each bid a boy
sets out TO run to a given point. and
the white Brown Meadow" is let to
the bidder whose offer is unchal-
lenged when the last boy returnss
Equally curious is the candle-light
auction at Wharton In Warw1ekshire.
where the right of grazing upon the
roadside and the common lands is
sold each year to the men who bids
highest before the last flicker of a
candle dies away. As the taIlow
candle burns away the bidding be-
gins. and the road-suryeyor- who acts
as auctioneer, encourages bidders
with such phrsses as - on, gen
tlemen, please; the lights burning
st. James Gazette
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-16
Chloroform ana Ga.Iirh,.

In general the profession. in this
country is united in the belief that
.thereis a much more satisfactory an
les+hetic than chloroform. "A Eot in
considerable number. however, pre-
:er ck4oroform, particularly under
especial circums tances, and some op-
orators who have no well-equippsd
clinics at their command tend to use
>hlcrOfOrm when working by artiA-
.ial light. and particularly. in i'll
equipped houses 1t is, however. known
DIV cost pharmacologists and by many
others that chloroform has dangers.
when used by artificial light, but this
fact is by NO means generally recag-
nized. Persons have been killed By the
decomposition of chloroforIn by gas
light. 1t has been attempted to over
come the danger CT the production OF
this form of poisoning by placing soda
or borax solution of milk of lime IN
the operating room, but these Inethpcs
have been shown to be wholly insult
cient.-Philadelphia Medical Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-16
Mountafn.oAse Moving.

s"The mountains are constantly
moving" was the remark of an Off
GER of the Denver & Rio eFande road
recently in speaking of the gr0at
Iaadslides in the caelyon above Glen
wood SPRING., Col 1--WE find from
actual experience in maintaining
tunnels, bridges and tracks in the
mountains that the mountains are
moving. 1t costs aorailway passing
through the mountains a great deal
Of money in the Course of ten years
to keep the tracks in line, and main
tenance of tunnels is even more ex-
pensive- Drive a stake on the side of
mountain, take the locationOwith
the greatest care and return after a
few months. The stake is not in the
same location. The whole side of the
mountain has moved This expert
mept has often been tried, and in all
cases the result proves that the
mountains are moving. The noun
tains are gradually seeking the level
IF the sea- Chicago Chronicle
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-16
BE had A NARROW ESCAPE.
Which His Levea One
Objected.

Il hive always insisted" she said.
after a long, sweet silence, s'that I
would never marry a doctor or a
preacher
He turned pale and look of despair
crept into his eyes, relates the'Chicago
Reeord-Herald.
Arthur" she exclaimed. s.what is the
matter?"
With heaving sigh he answered.:
Cant induce you to overcome your
prejudice? All, tell me, tell me that
your decision against doctors and
preachers is not irreyocable''
Six weeks before she had written a
message on an egg and sent it out into
the world. The frail messenger had
fallen into Arthur Higgleson s. hands,
and there they were sitting on othe
baggage truck at the railway station.
waiting for the hack, which they had
missed, to return from town and con-
vey them to the hotel, where they had
planned to be married.
She looked up into his eyes with q
wild yearning and cried:
..Are you preacher?"
''No," he groaned, "not that-not
that"
"Oh, tell me, tell me-" she walled,
shat you are not DOCTOR
He hung his head. There was q
guilty look in his eyes and she knew
that the worst had come.
AT last, pulling himself together with
a mighty effort, he turned to her ana
said:
Eyes, Emeline. You have guessed
the truth 7 an, o doofo<- Pint WIZ,
should that matter? Why do you dis
criminate against preachers and doc
tors?"
Because they have to be among
women so much" she sad. 9replied.s "I
should want my husband ell to my
self" .
Love-" he cried, then we. may still
be happy. I am horse docter"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-16
-Getting draft cashed. I pre-

Getting draft cashed. I pre-
sumed-'
.Where would that draft be nou?'s
I'm the possession of the issuing
bank. and probably cancelled long
since. It couldn't be traced or
identified. We've been over all that"
.sOf course; but 1 was hoping we
might stumble upon something that
had been overlooked May use the
'phone?"
Certainly
Griffin shut himself into the
'phone-box and called up the wharf
masters office on the levee.
sHelloi Is this Robertson? Say,
Dick. where is the Belle Julie now?
Up-river. you say? All right: am
coming down to get you to wire
Capt. Mayfeld for me-"
The stwsre" sent a little later from
list of the Belle jules lady pss-
sengers on that voyage which began
on the day of the robbery. Griffin
was not above swearing little when
the answer came. It was a string OF
twenty-odd names. and to have
speech with these twenty-odd women
meant weeks OF CONTINUOUS GraFGl
for the detective.
That Being the next move in the
game, however. he set about making
it methodis2lly, beginning with
those most accessible. and working
through the list from name to
name; and at the end of weeks he
had laterviewed every woman on the
list save. two. These Gwo lived in
small inland city in Minnesota. and
when he turned his face northward
to try the final cast of the die he
was weary enough to be disheart-
ened. if disheartenment had been
admissible.
It was evening when he reached
Wahaska. and since it was too late
to do anything he promised. himself
that BE would smoke but a single
cigar and go to bed But when. the
cigar was alight he left the hotel to
smoke it in the open. There was
! an unusual stir in the streets, and a
question asked of a chance passertbyi
evoked the reason. The new Grier-
son opera house was to be opened
that night by company imported
from Chicago for the occasion. and
everybody was going to the Stheater.
ITO Be Continued
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-16
THE LAST DREAM.

MAY, give me back my spinning Wheel
She prayed: sAh, look, my hands are
stroag.
GIVE back the spindle and the reel
My needs to the dead past belong
The old time far cies round me throng
And make me young and bifthe once more
With my spinning wheel beside the door.
For one. upon time like this
Came up the old. sweet orchard way.
And took our first betrothai kiss;
An hour like this. all warm and gray.
With shadows flung like dreams at play.
And long he would not go. but stayed
For love of me. his spinning maid.
s~'He came up through the pir xter blows
He loved the soft, unfolding flowers.
And even now, when Hesperus glows
Through the faint Swallowed. fragrant
hours,
When things are sweet with drifting
showers,
/ hear his step. again feel
The lost thrill of my spinning wheel
He said he loved this leafy place.
And loved the old wheels drowsy tune:
He had the poets tender grace
Twas like a-something old-a rune,
Some hymn-iike thing. like Bonnie Doom.
While up and down. with joy Gus tread
1 walked and drew my long white thread.
s'And when hear the one great call
That bids me hence. this Is my prayer
To go when nights first shadows fall
They'll hide my old gray face. and hair,
They'll take me in this homely chair
To where my lost love lies. and make
My grave by his-for Oh loves sake"
Her heart beat with the happy press
OF old remembered dreams ard signs.
Her lips were sweet with tenderness
OF love that never fades or dies.
The love light Of the sunset skies
Crept up and kissed her faded eyes.
And as the white head trembled down,
ha int IN
Mile w. Carpenter. in Springfield (Mass.,
Republican.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-16
CHAPTER XIX.

GThe robbery of the Bayou bank
was already an old Story when De-
tective Griffin returned to New Or
leans from his voyage to Guatemala
He was aSsnccessful eman in his cali
ing, aud he took up the case Of the
bank robbery at once; not only for
the reward, but because he was will
ing to try if he could not send the
shaft heme after his st. louis col
leagues had sped their arrow and
missed the mark. o O
He did not begin where the ST.
Louis officers had left off.o He saw
at once THAT the real identity of the
robper bad not been esta blisked by
the anonymous letter describing one
John Gavitt. He suspected thab the
name was a mere mask, and the
proof ,ofothis was shortly clinched
by Evidence easily procured that the
real John Gavitt had died in the Et-
tie Iowa river town which was his
home, a short fortnight afteroahe
date of fhe robbery.
Hence it followed that Gavitt had
been unprecedented in the Bale
jules crew by theoescaping culprit,
and with President Ga1hraith'a de-
scription of the man for starting
point,Q Griffin first searched o the
~Rogues' Gallery" for face which
might stand for the original. This
Search, though it was made as care
fully as if he fully expected to find
the mans portrait in the criminal
records, was as barren of results as
he expected it would be-
sit is just about as ; put it. upS's
he said at the end of the photo
graph inspection. 'sThe fellow isn't
professional at all; he is some
hare-braiped crank. and this is his
first break."o 90
This point established, there were
two courses open; to tryp to trace
the man in New Orleans, and so to
determine his identity; or to- take
up the lost dew in St. Louis. Since
it asked for less time, Griffin did the
latter first, and succeeded in besting
the ST. Louis officers by one move.
For them the fugitive had disap-
peared, handcuffed, hn the runaway
carriage: for Griffin die reappeared a
little later at Mr.. Abram Some
scheinn emporium, but was. lost
again when he left with his pur-
chases.
Griffin went back to New Orleans.
baffled but not discoura ged. AS be-
fore, the case turned upon the pivot
OF identity When he should have
learned the mans name and place in
the world it would be an easy mat
ter to track him down.
Accordingly he went to the, bank
and asked again for the anonymous
letter.
You have triea every means to
place the writer of this, Mr.. Gal
braith? ?" he queried. e
Everything we could think of. It
might be any one of the hundred
transient customers we served that
day"
1T is woman" hazarsied Griffin.
at venture
Doubtless. -
sWas there a woman In the bank
when you went with the fellow to
cash the check ?'
There was She was at the
teller's window
did You notice her particularly ?''
Not well enough to be able to
describe her. I had other things to
think of just then.
Sure enough What was she do
mgr
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-16
CHAPTER XVIII.

After all, II was Raymer Who was
responsible for Griswold's introduce
ton to Charlotte and her aunt. It
was after the partnership silent
partnership by Gpiswold's express
condition-had been formed and
Griswold, had been taken into the
Raymer household as well as Onto
the Raymer firm.
1t was thus that he found him
self included in a familyOinvitatio ton
to the doctors, and it was thus that
Raymer became his0 sponsor. Not
that a. sponsor was greatly needed.
The good doctor had come to know
and to love his sometime patient,
and the invita- tion to Griswold in his
proper person had not been lacking.
= It was inevitable that be should
meet Miss eFarnham with some dec
gree of restraint, and that the en-
tire evening should scarcely suffice
for its placement. . AS a matter of
fact it Ssas not properly eAaced un-
til the time came for an adjourn
ment toothe broad veranda, andGth
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-16
A Cynical DistincfIon

Inever heard of his doing any thing
out of the way in politics" said THE
patriotic citizen.
'Neither did T." answered Senat e<
Sorghum
''And yet you question his honesty p
81 do. He amt honest Hes 5nzt
timid. Was hington Star.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-16

No man on earth can love his
neighbor as himself IL he has gar
den and the aforesaid neighbor
keeps chickens--Ch Chicago Daily News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-16
.oh, don't know. # it Is only

"Oh, I don't know. If it il only
little social friction
cts more than that; though why
it should be / don't know. felieve
my mother and Gerry would face
beggary cheerfully before they
would pay that price. Anyway, I
shant' ask them"
what will you do?"
IF I knew I shouldn't be unload
ing my grief on you"
They had reached Mrs. HoIcomb's
gate and Raymer cramped the buggy
at the curb. But Griswold did not
get out. Instead he put one hand ON
Raymer's knee and said: "Have you
ever thought of taking . partner?''
Raymer's smile was q mere grim
ace.
have to take one that I don't want"
cit needn't come to that. ! haze
some money which I want to invest
where it will do the most good to
the greatest number. You spoke
this morning of some plans you had
in view for the betterment OF your
workmen. IF you will carry them
out. and let me help, we can arrange
a little surprise for Mr.. Grierson."
Raymer was stupefied, as he had a
good right to be. But he managed
to ask how.
"In the simplest way imaginable.
Come to me tomorrow morning and
I will give you the money to take
up your note and the mortgage"
"You? But, Griswold. man. you
didn't understand me. It's ninety
I(fve-thousand do1larsl" He said it
slowly, so that the misunderstanding
might be removed.
Griswo1d climbed out Of the buggy
carefully. as befitted his weakness.
But when he turned to say good
night his grasp was the grasp of an
athlete.
II understand you. perfectly, my
dear fellow. Youo shall have it all.
and little more, If you need it.
And when you've broken the Grier-
son grip we'll talk about the part
nership. Good night q
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-16
Art and Nature.

.1What g queer PatternI" says the
patron of the tailor. 1T looks like one
of the maps showing the parallels OF
latitude and longitude"
.Yah,- says the tailor. I'D ISIS new
pattern, made especially for dem bow
legged mems paEtses- Judge
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-16

.In the railroads IN Canada it is
necessary to keep over 500 snow
pIsvs in operation every winter
n. 7. Post
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-16

Brick kIlas are now: fired with p=tro-
To burn , 70 - brick