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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-09-04
Not the Real Thfne.
An Even Break.

They were seated at the tea table when
a small domestic storm gathered and
broke loose
you seem to. forget" snapped the
angry freight-payer of the combine,
that l earn your bread"
well, what If you do?" rejoined the
patient wife, - ~rn your tea, don't I 90
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-09-04
Barton County Democrat.
STOKE AND FEEDER, PUBS. AND PROPS.
WILL E STOKE, EDITOR AND MANAGER.
GREAT BEND. KANSAS
CHILDREN.


rhe sleeping echoes of her quiet room
Are never walked by bursts of childish
glee
And up the polished staircase never come
Light gatherings of footsteps swift and
free.
Alone she sits and In the twilight gloom
Dreams happily of what shall never be!
sometimes her wistful fancy strews the
floor
(7ich carpeted and neat) with broken
toys;
Paints finger prints on window glass and
door,
noise;
All that tired mother might dep1ore
Would seem to her starved heart as
priceless joys!
Till, from the world without. some sudden
note
OF childish voices through her vision
rings,
And sobs of anguish rise to her white
throat,
Round which no dimpled arm in mis-
chief clings;
Gone are the sweet drean-fancies. as may
float
From earth to heaven the flash of an
gel wings.
And yet, no little empty crib is there
To mock the mother arms, outstretched
in vain,
She boards no shining tress of silken hair.
No tiny grave where buried hopes lie
slain;
Only the deeper loss she has to bear
Upon whose heart no babe of hers has
lain.
Ida Goldsmith Morris. in Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-09-04

terance. He looked Rossiter up and
down, and finally let his eyes rest
upon the Migrants countenance, COW
cred with a ten days growth of
beard, the forehead grimy and
streaked with perspiration, the hair
hanging in greasy elf-locls from be-
meath a torn cap.
''Well, if you amt a beauty!" he
exclaimed, with an amused chuckle.
Rossiter's hand went up to his face
as he moved on. He searched his
pockets for what served him as a
handkerchief, pulled it out, and
mopped his forehead, cheeks, and
neck. Then he paused an instant
and endeavored to smooth his hair a
trif1e, but without much success. The
mans words had affected him more
than such a speech would usually
have done. He had received too many
kicks and cuffs and oaths to heed
them much, as rule, but somehow
the rebuff with which he had just
met stung like sharp blow upon
an open wound. Heretofore he had
associated with Illica nothing but
pleasant things. Whenever he had
visited it formerly from the small
tOWn ISSS Utah d uOZS@- 1O1l0S us
tant where he had passed his col
lege days, he had always been treated
with very marked favor. To Illica the
students frequently sojourned for
their half holidays. 1t was there they
attended the theater, had their din
ners, and sometimes joined in social
functions. Among the young men of
his time at Monroe college, as the adj
joining institution was called, no one
visited Illica more frequently than
Rossiter. With plenty of money at
his command, possessed Of a bright
manner and a ready wit, and being
withal quite prominent as an athlete,
he had once had number of friends
and many acquaintance in the staid
but pleasant inland city.
He supposed that he had buried
shame; he had told himself that he
had worn out regret; but both now
rose to torment him. As he moved
in the direction of the square, he
passed one of the station windows
and glanced in. a clock high upon
the wall informed him that it was
quarter past eleven.
Il must haze a beer. if it takes my
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-09-04

spoiled by the onward movement Of
the train. Rossiter now turned to
survey his surroundings. The sput-
tering e1ectrics told him that he was
in a town of considerable size. Above
the rumbling cars several large build
ings doomed blackly. Behind him the
ground sloped sharply to a stream,
which he could not see on account of
a white vapor which hung over it.
At his left was bridge, and as
he examined this, and the ugly frame
structures which lined the street to-
| wards which it led, a sense of IA
nliliarity gave him swift thrill of
surprise.
'The deuce!" he exclaimed. 81 won
der if it is?''
He wheeled to the right and re-
garded a long freight house and a
tall pile capped by huge sign, the
| to distinguish. A puzzled expression
patiently for the caboose of the
freight train to pass. AT length the
| tracks were clear. A few rods away,
| on one side of a small square the
| lights of hotel twinkled thu ough
the branches of a row of elm trees.
Directly opposite was a railway sta
| ton, short distance from which a
freight and accommodation train
was about pulling out.
''Illica, by Jovei" cried Rossiter.
''Well, if this isn't curious!" and his
mind went back dozen years to the
June day when he had last set foot in
the quiet city on the banks of the
Mohondaga. Then he was thought
less youth fresh from college, full
of youths dreams, not without am
bition-and now-well, his present
Status was not one to be contem-
plated with pride, nor did the vista
down which he looked in retrospect
afford him many CLEANS of satisfac-
| ton. He was wont to tell himself
at times that he had had hard luck,
| but when he faced the cold truth he
knew in his innermost soul that luck
had played no part whatever in his
descent of the ladder of.respectabil-
ity. Never more clearly than at this
moment, amid surroundings long
ago familiar, did he realize what an
utter wreck he had made of his life.
But he put on the devil-may-care air
he was at intervals accustomed to
assume and slouched across the
tracks in the direction of the station.
"What hour can it be?" he NUT
tered. Rather late, I judge, by the
fact that there are so few people
about"
There was a man standing in the
open station doorway whom Rossiter
took, from his dress, to be either a
ticket agent or conductor. He had
his watch in his hand.
"Wil1 you be kind enough to tell
me the time?" Rossiter asked.
The railroad man opened his lips
as though he were about to answer,
but as he glanced at his questioner,
establishment seemed to choke his ut
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-09-04
Music That Strains the Clothing.

The standard of musical excellence
varies according to differences of
taste, nationality and occupation.
Mrs Umblatter, whose husband was
the director of New York orchestra,
had a standard of her own, which she
did not hesitate to confess to one of
her neighbors.
what operas does your husband
like to play best?' asked the visitor,
a friendly and weil-meaning person
..That I know not said the wife,
busily dar1ling an old shirt. .'but this
/ know: Whateffer he like, I ike
lot the Wagner operas For the
sound they are good enough. but for
the elothes5achi he nefer yet
comes home from any one of those
Wagner operas that he has not torn
a place In his poor old shirt. When
the cloth is weak and has been often
mended one prefers the Italian
operas always"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-09-04
CHAPTER II.
ON THE BANKS OF THE MoHoN-


Rcssiter's rest was broken the next
a hand-truck on the boards above IAs
head. Through the open space be-
tween the ground and the floor of the
freight car just in front OF him he
could see the sunlight cleaning upon
| the rails, and so knew that it was
broad day. Commonly, on awakening,
he was in no haste to be stirring,
but on this occasion he displayed an
| ususual activity. Almost as soon as
he realized that the wonted round of
busy men had begun, he sat up,
shook the dirt from his bundle and
| from his clothes, and crept from his
| shelter. Crawling under the freight
| car, so that no one about the freight
| house should see him and suspect
! him of mischief, he stepped off brisk
| ly rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
The air was still fresh with the
| cool of the dawn, but the sun was
| peering blear and red through the
haze that curtained the heavens, and
| there was every indication of an
| other sweltering day. On glancing
along the street upon which the
| freight house stood, Rossiter noted,
not far distant, a large sign extend
ing over the sidewalk. ''Stabling"
| was the word which, years previous,
had been traced upon it. AS Rossiter
| drew near the sign he beheld wide
| gate which gave entrance to a yard
| of considerable extent in the rear
| of a second or third-class hotel.
| Upon the yard a long shed opened
and likewise a capacious barn. In
| the center of the barn doorway a
hostler was leisurely grooming a
| horse. Towards this man the va
| grant advanced.
'Can I get job?" asked he, as he
| came within speaking distance. ''I'd
be willing to work for bit of break
| FAST
| The hostler paused, currycomb in
one hand, brush in the other.
| ''Know anythin' about a hoss?" he
| demanded, surveying the applicant
| with considerable doubt.
| eyes, said Rossiter, Something"
lies see.''
| The vagabond dropped his bundle,
and the man relinquished currycomb
and brush to him.
| you'll do" he said presently. ST
| giss We kin earn yer brekfust all
| right enough" He moved away,
and Rossiter heard him cleaning
stalls. Then he climbed to the loft
| and began pitching down hay. After
a little he descended and soon ap-
peared leading another horse.
| "That'n do fer the bay" he said.
| ''Try yer hand on this 'un.''
ITO Be Continued.l
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-09-04
FIREFLIEs FOR SALE.
Dealers I'm Japan Employ Help to
Catch the Insects for FeS-
tive Occasions

In Japan there are established firms OF
FREELY dealers, each employing 60 or 20
catchers, and exporting theN catch
chiefly to the large cities, where frefies
are an adjunct to all grades Of social
festivity, from the private garden par
ties of mobiles to an evening at cheap
tea-garden. Sometimes they are kept
Gagged, sometimes released in swarms in
presence of the guests, says Youths
Companion.
The frehy-hunter starts forth at sun
set with long bamboo pole and bag of
mountaineering. On reaching a suit
able growth of willows near water, he
makes ready his net and strikes the
branches, twinkling with the insects.
with his pole. This jars them to the
ground, where they are easily gathered
up. But it must be done very. rapidly.
before they recover themselves enough
to fly. So the skilled catcher, sparing
no time to put them at once into the
bag, uses both hands to pick them up, and
losses them lightly into his mouth.
where he holds them unframed till he
can hold no more, and only then.trans-
fers them to the bag.
He works thus till about two O'Clock
in the morning, when the insects leave
| the trees for the dewy soil. He then
changes his method. He brushes the
surface of the ground with a light.
broom to startle the insects into light;
then he gathers them as before. AID
expert has been known to gather 1000
in a night
Besides being a business, f1Fefy-catch,
ing is a sport. Little girls pursue it with
their fans, boys with wands to which
wisp of yarn is fastened, and they sing
an old fols-rhyme as they follow the
glistening insects:
"Firef1y, come! freely. comet with your
lantern light,
All the boys of Seiki are wanting you to-
night"
Nor do the elders disdain to join the
sport They also organize festival par
ties to visit certain spots, long-known
and famous, to witness the beautiful
spectacle of the firefiies swarming. Spe-
cial trains, carrying thousands of Wis
itors. are run during the season to Vii,
the most renowned, to behold the
Hotara-Kassen. or FREELY battle.
Myriads Of firef1ies lowering over a
gentle river so swarm and cling together
that they appear at one time like q
luminous cloud, again like great ball
of sparks. Cloud or ball, the wonder
soon breaks, and thousands Of the fallen =
insects drift with the stream, while new
swarms form, reform and sparkle con-
tinuously above the water. So marvel
Gus Is the sight that a Japanese poet
wrote:
do I see only fref1ies drifting with the
current, is the night itself drifting
with all its swarming stars?''
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-09-04
Found They Had Lost 1t.

Something happened down at the
bank, Maria"
rs that so, Hiram?"
Yes. they've discovered a defalca-
tion.''
Indeed. And they didn't know they
had it before2"
No. they just found it this morning.
They didn't know they'd lost any
thing until t4ey found it. chg"
No"
How did they come to find it,
Hiram?"
why. the cashier went away and
left it,
Didn't the cashier know it was
there?'
''of course he did. That's why he
left it."
"Oh, he thought the bank people
needed it more than he did. perhaps"
What on earth are you talking about,
anyway"
why, the thing they found at the
bank
Don't you understand? They've lost
a lot ns money"
yes, but they found the defalcation,
you say?"
"Oh. sayi Just go and chase the
scarecrow in to supper, viii your
YonkS Statesman
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-26
STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York, July 25.-To-day's short
session of the Stock Exchange was
feverish and excited throughout, as an
after-effect of the failures of two i'm
portant exchange firms yesterday and
the dread that those failures would
have a sequel in the suspension of
other embarrassed firms. Throughout
the wild fluctuations in prices of spe-
cialties the standard stocks showed
evidence of the same kind of absorp-
ton and comparative stability which
characterized them in the market Of
most of the week, before yesterdays
failures had excited and upset the mar
ket. The day passed without the
nouncement of additional failures. De-
spite the fact that no deliveries on
contracts are required until Monday
and that loans made on Friday carry
over until Monday, thus giving a
breathing spell for hard pressed firms.
The absence of announcements of fail
ures was not entirely reassuring to
the adjustment Of difficulties. That
such difficulties exist is now pretty
well understood. But the general
knowledge of the existing difficulties
and of their location seems to deprive
the situation of much of the disturb
ing power which the previous mys-
terry possessed and did not check the
The general market sold off again
on the bank statement, as the report
of an actual increase in the loan ac-
count, in view of the weeks violent
liquidation is considered nothing less
than astounding. The pressurd for
credits which could have produced such
a result must have been enormous, al
though II is recognized that the situa-
ton of the banks must be strengthen
ed by the additional collateral and the
Improvement in its character which
has undoubtedly been exacted. The
bank statement was, nevertheless, suf-
ficient to make the closing in the stock
market weak, and there was late pres
sure also upon bonds. The conyulsive
contraction in prices of many special
ties was recognized as being due in
many cases TO closing out Of collateral
for loans Of the failed firms. and some
Of the stocks affected confirmed the
complaint of the prominent operator
connected with yesterdays principal
failure, that even investment stocks
are unstable In the present market.
Some OF the other collapses served to
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-26

Trains arrive Savannah as follows:
No. 20, daily, from New York, Wash"
ington and Cincinnati, $40 a. m.
No. 80, daily. from New York and
Washington, $40 p. n.
No. 81, daily, from all points West,
via Jesup, 159 p. IN.
All trains arrive and depart from
The Union Depot.
Trains 20 and 30. THE WASHING
TON AND FLORIDA LIMITED.
Vestibuled limited trains, carrying
Pullman Drawing-room Sleeping Cars
between Savannah and New York.
Dining Cars serve all meals en- route.
Also Pullman DrawIng-room Sleeping
Cars between Savannah and Cincin-
rati, through Asheville and The Land
of the Sky"
For information as to rates. sched
uleS, etc, apply to
c. H. ACKERT, G. NJ. washington,
D. C.
s. H. HARDwIcK. G. P. A. Wash
W. II. TAYLoE. A. G. p. A.. Allan
ia, Ga.
r. c. BLATTNER. Depot Ticket
Agent Union Depot, Savannah, Ga.
E. @. THOMSON. c. P. & T. A, Sa-
vannah. Ga, 141 Bun street. Phones
$50.
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TRADE AND FINANCE
,,,pENT1NE CONTINUES FIRM AT
uGH WATER MARK FOR JULY.
SPOTS FIRM AND UNCHANGED.
,,cT1cALLY NO BUSINESS IN THIS
DEPARTMENT OR IN F. o. b.

,,.,Is Cotton in Sight and Prices
TOO High for TrHde-Demnnd for
sntrits Quite Active and All Re-
oi,,ts Taken-ROsins Firm and
Unchanged with Fair SaIes-LOcal
and TeIegraphic Market Reports.
The Morning News Office,
Saturday, July Is.
rurnentine continued to hold firmly
4o-dav the advance made yesterday to
soc The conditions that brought about
mis- price still are in existence. and as
tho advance to this point has been
steady. without fluctuations. and
brought about by actual demand, the
condition of the market is one that
gives much satisfaction to at least a
mart of the trade.
Resins, too, continue firm at good
prices, and with steady demand, but
IN the cotton market matters are at a
standstill, so far as spots and fob.
cotton is concerned for, though the tone
nj the market is firm and the prices
have advanced recently, there is very
little cotton to be had and buyers will
nay prices demanded only when driven
to do so by crying necessity.
The New York future market was
slightly less excited to-day, and the
stock market. too, recovered somewhat
from the panicky condition of yester-
day. Details of the different markets
follow:
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-26
COTTON FUTURES.

New York, July 25.-The cotton mar
ket opened firm at an advance of 7Q25
POINTS under higher Liverpool cables,
The closing advance in New Orleans
yesterday and continued dry hot
weather in sections of the belt be-
AeFed to be in need of rains. July
opened at 10. 40c, bid: August sold up
20 45c; September reached 10.92c on
we call and October sold at 10 cents.
Immediately after the call, however,
me market eased off under realizing
ana offerings of long cotton. July sold
uo"n to Is .25c, and while August show
SI relative firmness the later options
peclned from to S points from the
DeSI point of the morning. Speculation
~, "as not particularly active, and the
I1uihg was less excited, though senti-
,"ent continued to show the general
@"apprehension as to the course of the
nearby options.
me- ne market closed steady with prices
90. 10 lS POINTS higher.
luton futures at New York, July %:
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-26
NEW ORLEANS COTTON MARKEr.

New Orleans, July 25-Cotton futures
quiet; July, 1850 bid; August, 1856
bid; September, 1O92@1O.93c: October,
9.75@976c; November, 9.5S@9.59c; De-
cember, 955@9.56c; January, 9.64@9. SOC.
Spot cotton continues quiet, but
firm; sales, 600 bales. Quotations I'M
changed
Futures: At the opening extremely
bullish Liverpool cables carried prices
up 5Q15 points. Favorable weather
conditions had the effect of strengthen
ing the views Of bears and they did
some selling which caused "a decline
in all options, except August, and car
ried prices down to yesterdays clos
ing level. Later on there was a slight
rally, the market closing quiet, with
net gains of July of 5 points, August Z,
September 5 and 2QS points on the
other positions.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-26
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.

Liverpool. July rs. p. m.-Cotton.
spot, in fair demand; prices points
higher; American middling, fair, 7.10d;
good middling, 6.SSd; low middling,
6.64d; good ordinary, SID; ordinary,
5.92d.
The sales of the day were 5000 bales,
of which 1900 were for speculation and
export and included 100 American. Re-
ceipts, none.
Futures opened firm and closed
steady. July, 6.SSd; July and August,
6.S7@6.3Sd; August and September,
6.33d; September and October, $3.50
5.S9d; October and November. sad;
November and December, 5.34@5.35d;
December and January, 5.29@5.30d;
January and February, 5.2Sd; February
and March, 5.27d; March and April,
527d
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-26
Hubbard Bros. & Co.'s Cotton Letter.

New York, July 25.-Our market
opened with sales of January at $500,
closed $3.50, and after selling at 9.70Q
9.71c, ruled steady at 9.67c at IL a. m.
Liverpool was a great surprise to the
trade this morning as it was generally
expected that prices there would be 5
to points lower. Our market opened
at 10 to Is points advance, but it soon
became evident that there was consid-
cradle cotton for sale and about half
of the advance was lost. and the mar
ket became dull, but steady. 1t is re-
ported from Liverpool that Sully was
a heavy buyer this morning. The
spot market was quiet and unchanged.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-26
MIscELLANEoUs a1ARKETs.

Note-These quotations are revised
daily and are kept as near as possible
in accord with the prevailing whole
sale prices. Official quotations are not
used when they disagree with the
prices wholesalers ask.
POULTRY-Market we'll supplied;
springers, 25@35c per pair: three-quar-
ter grown, 4O@5Oc pair; hens, 55G65c.
EGGS-Tennessee 12@13c.
BUTTER-The tone OF the market is
firm. Quotations: Cooking, 17G1Sc;
New York state, 21c; Elgin, 24c; best
Elgin, 25c.
CHEEsE--Market Arm; fancy fun
cream cheese, 1874 @131zc for 20 and 22-
pound averages; % to 30-pound aver
ages, 13613Ac.
WHITE PEA BEANs-S2.eo bushel.
PoTATOES-No. 2, $3.50 barrel; No.
3, 1925 barrel.
ONIoNs-Louisiana. $3.50 crate;
Egyptian. $500.
nreadstufs, Hay and Grain.
FLOUR-Patent. $40; straights.
N.15; fancy. $3.50: family $685.:
spring wheat, best patent, $3.50.
MEAL-Pearl, per barrel. $3.50; per
sack, $50; city meal, per sack, bolted,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-26
BANK CLEARINGs.

New York, July 25.-The statement
of averages of the clearing house banks
of this city for the week shows: Loans
1907 $685. 800, increase 1884, 200; deposits
1907, &c., 800, increase $7,16S, 700; circula-
ton $43,S19,2 200, decrease $S9,70O; legal
tenders SIS, IA, 500, increase $1,925, 400;
specie $3.50, 1861, 100, increase $5.503. 700:
reserve $244, 500, 800, increase $7,429, 100;
reserved required $225, 594, 200, increase
$1.792, US; surplus $1s,915, 400, increase
$5,6S6,925; ex-United States deposits
SIS. 229,675. increase $5.6240OO.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-26
NAVAL STORES.

Saturday, July 25
The turpentine market opened firm
at soc, with sales of 657 casks, and
closed firm and unchanged with sales
of 1886. The strong undertone that
has marked it for the last several
days continues. All the afternoon re-
ceipts were cleaned up at the closing
price of the market. The days receipts
were SAC casks, and the exports, L.
ia casks.
ROSINS-The rosin market opened
firm and unchanged from yesterdays
prices with sales of 2S9 barrels, and
closed firm and without change with
out further sales. The demand con-
tinues good so that practically all of
the afternoon receipts were taken at
quotations. The receipts were 1887
barrels, and the exports, 6,2SS barrels.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-26
MONEY MARKET.

New York, July 25.-Money on call,
nominal. Time money strong: sixty
days, Az per cent; ninety days, 8; six
months, 6. Prime mercantile paper,
5h@6 per cent. Sterling exchange,
steady at $4.S694. Sc. 125 for demand,
and at $4.S9.75@4. SO. S75 for sixty-day
bills. Posted rates. $4.S415 and $4.S7.
Commercial bills, $4.S304. S3h. Bar
silver, 5415c; Mexican dollars, 42kc.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-26

ty days, "a 1892; ninety days, 942s.
DOMESTIC N. Y. EXCHANGE
Buy at soc per $1,000 discount.
Sell: Up to $500, 10c; SIS to $50, 15c;
$50 to 500. zoe; 800 to $500, Csc; 5000
to $500. soc: $500 to $500. S5c: $500 to
$500, 4Oc; $500 to $780, 45c. over $500 at
the rate of 75c per $1,000 premium.
SECURITIES-There is some activi-
" in the income bonds of the Central
of Georgia, based on the large increase
in gross earnings. other securities are
arm, but very little trading.
Bank Stocks,