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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-06

CHICAGO, Feb. 5.-There was only
to-day and wheat ruled nervous with a
weaker tendency, May closing sc. lower.
May corn closed shade lower and oats
May products being from 7ls110c. lower.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
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1YNcHBuRG ToBACco MARKET.

Lynchburg. Va. Feb. s. 1903
Receipts of tobacco in the warehouses;
Of tho city continue light. This condition
Is due to bad weather and bad roads.
Last week 54S.6n0 pounds was sold. Prices
show a tendency to advance. especially
for real good leaf and black wrappers.
Much larger sales are anticipated.
Quotations are as follows:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-06

CHEMICAL STRONG
The Chemical stocks were quite stront
and ilirly active. The common sold VI
to CHS and the preferred to 126.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-06
sLOss- SHEFFIELD

The trading in Sloss-sheffield was
lighter than on yesterday and closed at
60, net loss over the previous closing Of
per cent.
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as regards either South America or Mace
donia. In fact, NIL of the current ruInors

as regards. either South. America or Mace.
donia. In fact, NIL OF the current rumors
Of war have distinctly had n manufnct'
urSd. not to say shopworn aspee,ct. ., :,
Regarding the bank reserve situation
all that can yet be said is that the sub;
l,re,rlry's official returns to-day showed WED
Government in the past twenty-foul
hours. making n total Withdrawal! BY the
Treasury. since last weeks bank state
nient was compiled, OF s5.E5,0oO.
II has been n rather striking fact In
recent movements Of the market hat n
favorable report or announcement h, ha :;
been received. so far as prices went. with
absolute equannlity. To-day there We're
two rather. striking ILLUSTRATIONS OF the
rule. Tho New York Centrars January
gross earnings show an increase Of $685..
Coo over 1902, or l5ls per cent. In the pre-.
ccding month. December, the company
gross earnings increased $4,000. or only
8 per cent. The much larger gain In ian.
uary, when the showing n year ago was
deemed, wholly, favorable. appears to re-
fleet highly favorable traffic movement
and perhaps some direct results from the
increase In export freight rates. Yet New
York Centrals shares lay fairly dormant
on the Stock Exchange
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UNITED STATES STEEL
The steel stocks were buoyant on the
decision favorable to tho corporation in
the Hodge suit. The street assumed that
carried out. RerI'ts Of the leasing Of the
j. J. Hllyl ore lands in Minnesota We're
again persistent, and speculation in the
time. The bid price for United States
Steel S per cent. bonds. when Issued"
on the curb was raised from o. to IS be-
fore the close, $4,000 being wanted ut the
latter price. They were offered at o.
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eadjng futures ranged as follows:
Omen. High Low. Close.

Cusn QuOtHtlONs We're as to1IoWs: F1Out
vas ! Arm 1n: No, spring, wheat 76H9lsoc !;
corn, 431ac.; No. 9 yellow. 43iAc. No.
oats, 3tAc.; No. 3 white. 3331sG35c. No. 2
Eye. 49c. Good feeding barley, 42@43c. !;
seed, SLIT: No. l northwestern. Sl.22; prime
Timothy seed 1870. Mess pork. per bar
rev $lG7S4l6S71a: lard, per 100 pounds.
@9.l5; dry sailed shoulders (boxeO. $S12h
@S;25; short clear sides Lboxed s9.a7]sa
go Whiskey. basis Of Nigh wines, sl30.
Quiet and steady: creamrles. l6G25c.
dalries l5G23c, Eggs-Stcady at Zoe.
Enthusiastically at l3QD14c.
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AFTERNOON TRADING
The chief feature Of the afternoon was
the activity and strength of United States
Steel on operations by the Waldorf-As-
tora clique. The rest of tho list was In
cllned to react slightly on proht-taking
sales. ~.
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EXPRESS STOCKS
merger were revived in connection with
an advance in the express stocks. but
no confirmation was obtained. It was re-
shortbly by ali of these companies, fol-
lowing the recc... policy.
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PETERSBURG TOBACCO MARKET.
Petersburg. Va. Feb. s, 1903
Market very active and prices arc high.
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NEW ORLEANS, Feb ,5.-corToN-
and the trading quito liberal; quotations
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-02-20
LOCAL NEWS
And Business Advertisement Sand
WICKED Toeether.>

WICKED Together.>
Mrs Merwin Is repe rted. on the sicl
lit.
The Millinery Bazar has just re-
-ceivnd n new line of fall hats.
Titles examined and abstracts made
by y. n. Evans. bonded abstracter.
Miss Dmtie Eckert came up from
Larned and spent last Sunday with
friends in the city.
We always have Barbed Wire,
Nails aud Coal on hand. --R. D.
HEATH & SONS.
6. Fl Smith took his turn in Topeka
this week watching the wheels ~
round III the legislative halls
Invite Won to examine my stock if
y.u are thinking Of papering or pal mt
ing YOUR nutIse.-C. O. Wilson.
F. F.. Ia Tor was called to Topeka
the first of the week hv a very great
desire to see our solons save the
C 'untry.
f. l. Lnso. Ell Bdwell, Lon Hottie.
witt and +. N Cole attended the Ma
sonic Grand Lodge in Wichita the
first of the week.
Rev. b +. Vaughan of Garden
City. Kan. will preach in the K. P
hall in K'n>ley on Sunday, February
p, At ii o'clock Il. III. All are
cordially invited.
The best Sewing Machine in the
prld-the New Home: also. other
mach ines The Hamilton Pianos and
Organs. For sale at the furniture
store of Cole & Wilson.
Dr.. Howard Andrews came over
from Mack-ville on Saturday and re-
manned over Sunday with his parents
HIS wife had been here for some time
visiting and returned with him on
Monday.
Owing to the fact that so many of
our farmers have taken to hand sep
orators. Mir. Fravel has closed out
that branch of his business and in
stead of receiving milk he now re
ceives cream only and ships it to
Hutchi nson for his customers
DR.. Derar returned from Chicago
Sunday night. While there he took
charge of Charles Reitler's case and
staid by him until he coughed up. He
says he thinks there will be no further
trouble, as when he left Mr.. Reitler
was enjoying his usual health.
Misses Mort and Myrt Schnatterly
start for Chicago Saturday to buy n
stock ot spring goods and familiariz..
themselves with the newest ideas in
trimming hats. While they are away
their millinery rooms will be papereu
and painted and cleaned up gener
ally.
Mrs. G.. w. Glass has been having
trouble with her lungs all winter and
her husband has made arrangements
for her to 90 to Phoenix. Arizona, as
soon as she is able to travel. He SAYS
If the climate there benefits her he
may ask TO be transferred to that
section
Mrs. Dyer and Mrs. White enter
tanned about twenty la!ies at tea last
Friday afternoon. The affair pre-
clpitated snow storm which only
added To- the cosiness of the Dyer
home when once you were inside. |
The rooms Were tastefully decorated |
W TN wryom fern. After supper the
Vir Lila Reel, aud other more
modern forms of physical culture
served to enliven the evening.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-02-20
HARVEY q BLANCHARD
BICYCLE AND eUN REPAIRING
r CY c 6 e NJ
Fresh lime at X. D. Heath & Sons

Fresh lime at K. D. Heath & Sons
Clyde Slaughter is working for
Paul Memo in the restaurant.
WANTED Good girl for general
house work. Inquire at this Office.
Try the celebrated MCPHERSON flour
''Our Banner" For sale by w. T..
Fravel.
! T. 81. EVANS is Bonded Abstracter
F; and Ex-Register of Deeds for Edwards
County.
i Mrs. F. D. West, who has been
sick in bed for the last three weeas
is slowly convalescing.
! The children need shoes. Try "a
pair OF our celebrated school shoes
They wear like iron A Ho,tewitz.
Miss McMichael was i'll the first of
. the week aud her place was taken in
the school 10y her Sister, Miss Iva.
LosT-A small god heart shap' d
pin with the letters m. H." in center.
Return TO this office and receive re-
ward.
The cold weather of Monday was Il
short Duration. The mercury TOOK i,
jump upward and Tuesday morning
WAS only ten below zero.
F. d. West has demonstrated his
faith in Kansas land by planking
down $500 spot cash for the south
west quarter of section 20, township
25, range Is.
DR.. Pearson has moved into his new
house one block east of the Methodist
church. where he can be found when
not at his office, first door east of
Hottewtz's store. If
The only ones made real happy by
the cold weather this week were the
ice men. They got busy as soon as
possible and have harvested II pretty
fair crop of unusually good ice.
The Merryman family got away last
Sunday night for Florida. Mack
Lewis will meet them in Tampa with
his yacht and they will cruise around
the south end of the state among the
islands.
Miss Myrtle Nj. Bird has opened
Il ladies tailoring and dress making
establishment one door east of the
millinery bazaar. Those for whom
she has worked say that her work is
first class in every particular. IF
Last week the editor of this paper
interviewed Baltic Waegener as to
the extension of the Missouri Pacific
road from Iuka westward. He stated
that he had referred previous in
quiry To ST. Louis and had been in
formed that no action was contem-
plated At the present time.
social under the auspices Of the
w. c. II. z. will be held at the hone
y" lshpp ou February
20, ut ; O'Clock p. M, at which the
state organizer. Mrs. Minnie Johns on /
Grin>tead. will speak. Special bus;-
ness will he transacted. All members
earnestly requested to br present
Every body cordially invited. Light |
will be- served.
The people who on Sunday read the |
containing Miss Forces in
terestiny letter from California could |
scarcely realize the truth of her &c
scription of sunny skies and bloom
ing flowers, for they were trying To
keep warm with bli zard raging md |
The thermometer hanging around the
zero mark. Monday morning, though
colder. was much pleasanter II l.
who is the official wea,h
ar reporter for the city, says that his
registered "a below zero
II daylight. Fortunately there was
Dut little wind, and what there WAS
soon shifted To the south and warmed
things up
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-02-20
SPRING MILLINERY

stock ever seen in Kinsley.
The Misses Schnatterly have gone
10 Chicago To personally euperintend
the buying of their stock
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

The Standard Oil company advanced
Che price Of kerosene oil one cent per
gallon on December 10. This makes
~ cents advance since the beginning
Of the coal strike. The New York Com
mercial says:
.There has been no advance on the
Standard Oil products shipped TO for
eign countries. because there is no coal
strike there. and because there Is com
petition with Russian oil.
"The Standard Oil company has been
using every possible means to develop
the use Of kerosene in heating and
cooking stoves since the beginning OF
the coal strike. The increased con-
sumption, Standard Oil official said
Yesterday. had been very large. The
general impression in Wall street of
late was that the Standard Oil COM
pany is trying TO make its profits
large enough TO pay 80 per cent. divi-
dend during the present fiscal year"
The coal strike is a Godsend to the
hungry Standard Oil trust. IL is coin
ing money out Of the misfortunes Of
the poor.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02
OUR PERSONAL INTERESTS.
We should Endeavor to Bene nj from
the lie sson That Expe Renee Has
Taught u In the PasA.

This assurance Of the eternal veri.
ties of life and character is something
to be truly thankful for, but it is not
enough to be thankful-here is some
thing to be eagerly embraced as a
step in our own onward progress,
writes ID. ii. *. Goodale, in Country
Gentleman. Shall we give our whole
lives to the cares Of the body, how
ever needful? Shall we not take more
thought for the spiritual and intel
lectual life, in ourselves and in all
those with whom we have to do? Will
not the New Year give opportunities
for q fuller and wider usefulness
happier and more generous activities?
These are the things that make life
better worth living. In true SYM
pathy. in practical exertion for others
as occasion offers, in self denial-for
we are called upon 10 lend our voices.
our hands and our purses when re-
quired-shall we not in the coming IL
months reach out more freely and ex-
tend the use of whatever gifts we
possess? Can we not do better than
ever before? Have we learned nothing
in the past year or years? Have We
neither made mistakes by which We
can take warning nor gained clews
which Will serve 10 guide us?
A year that promises pers ad-
vance in the inward gains Of expert
ence--a year Of earnest effort toward
the best that we know. the highest
truth that we are able clearly 10 per-
ccive--canno fail TO be good year.
And IL Is never too late TO take up
threads that have been dropped. inter-
ests that have been crowded out in
the hurry and amid the thronging
duties Of a busy life. 1t is a good time
to think Of them now-to recall the
friend or relative or. alas. the friend
less one WHOM we might perhaps have
helped. but whom we have lost sight
Of among a host Of prescriptions.
Who cannot recall some neglected or
forgotten opportunities? 1t may be
the golden hour is not quite gone.
VIII it not be real good fortune II
the New Year repairs the omission of
the old?. Better still if there are no
palpable omis sions to repair. but even
in tina. case there may be room for
many a good deed before unthought
Of. Every year may have its blessed
beginnings.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

- - all, any more'n my
brothers Reuben and Silas. The
three had lived together and kept
bachelors hall ever since our
mother died. was married and
away from home long before size
died. didn't know how they
would get along at first, but
all Of the boys had been used to
helpin' ma good deal. and they
were real handy. and when | asked
II they wasn't goin' to have house
sseeper, they wouldn't hear to it.
They said they wasn't goin' to have
no strange woman round in mas
place. nohcw. So Siias he took hcla
and did the washin' and ironin', and
Reuben did the sweepin'. and Lemuel,
he was the youngest, next TO me,
lid the cookin'. He could cook din
'ner equal to any woman, and his pies
beat mine. Ny husband said so, and
I had to give in they did.
Well, they seemed to get on so
nice, and none of 'em had ever seem
ed to think much about the girls, not
even when they was boys, that j
must say l was astonished when
Lemuel he up and got married to Me
hitable Pierce. She was little along
in years. too. rather mere SO than
Lemuel, and dreadful smart piece.
She was good lookin' and had prop
erty. but she was dreadful smart and
up an comm. ! could never see how
Lemuel got the courage to ask her
to have him. he was always kind o.
mild spoken little fellow Reuben he
declared he didn't. He vowed that
Mehitable asked him herself. He
said he knew it for a fact. and he
said il with the tears rollin' down
his cheeks. Reuben was the oldest.
and he'd always been terrible fond
81 Lemuel. THAT poor boy would
never have got in sech fix eff that
woman hadn't up an asked him. an
he didn't have spunk enough to say
no." said Reuben. and he swallered
bard
Mehitable had nice house OF her
own that her father left her. all fur
aished and everything, so of course
Lemuel he went to live with her. and
Mehitable's house was pretty near
where / lived, so / could see every
thing that was goin' on. Ii want
yery long before i said to Hannah
Morse. my husbands old maid SIS
'er that lives with us and teaches
school. that / believed Lemuel was
aenpecked. though hadn't anythin'
against Mehitable.
81 don't see what else anybody that
married Mehitable Pierce would ex-
pect." said Hannah. She spoke real
sharp for her. I've always kind OF
wondered If Hannah would have had
Lemuel If he'd asked her. "Well.' :
aid !, 81 hope poor Lcmuel will be
aappy. He's always been such
good. mild. willin' boy that II does
seem n pity for him to be rode over
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02
WILL DO NOTHING.
There Will BE No Action On the Pape
Of Congress to Regulate
Railroads.

What will congress do about tho
interstate commerce commissions
latest report?
Nothing.
Yet that report sets forth once
more a condition of things which
should startle self-governing peo-
pie into insisting upon immediate
drastic action by the nations law
making body.
everybody already knows, that the
railroads of the country have prac-
tically ceased to compete with one
another: that they give secret rates
to favored shippers which enable
those shippers to kill OF competitors
and that the transportation man
ayers pay no respect whatever to tho
law which forbids discrimination.
There ought to be some power
says the commission, (which can not
only compel those carriers to main
tain the published rate but which
can compel them to publish a fair
and reasonable rate"
There is such a power. The COM
mission itself points straight at is
when il declares:
"The fullest power of correction
is vested in congress and the exer-
else of that power is demanded by
the highest considerations OF public
welfare"
But congress. which for years has
had complete knowledge of the facts.
has done nothing. and will do moth.
ing now.
Why?
Because the shippers favored by
the railroads are the big trusts.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

The actions and voices of domestic
animals on New Years Day are per-
haps considered in some countries
more significant than any other
omens. \ dogs cheerful bark in the
morning Is . most suspicious sign,
while his howl is very unfavorable.
TO meet cat on the morn Of the
New Year il considered by peo-
pie in the Latin countries as sign
that they will change tf4ir residence,
and IL also betokens i'll for the flu
ture. Throughout southern Europe
IL Is regarded as nost fortunate
sign to see a pig, signifying plenty
for the coming twclvemonth. The
sight Of q snake IL the worst con-
ceivable omen, for u means death By
violence. To see . jackdaw. magpie
or crow Is sign that the beholder
will be cheated on al sidea duriao
ne following yeas.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02
NAR1 .E.Mil.kiNS

amt well. but dunno what ails him.
I've been real careful of him. Hes
worn thick fiaEneis. Ind he's had
wholesome y.c;uais; | neye. e. him
have pie"
"Lemnel was always dreadful frEd
Of pie" l said. felt kind Of sorry.
for | remembered how fond poor
Lemuel had always been Of mothers
pies, and what good ones he used TO
make himself.
IL know it, said Mehitable. "He
wanted to make some himself, when
we were first married. but / vetoed
that. / wasn't goin TO have a man
messin' round maxim pies, and /
wasn't goin' to have him eatin' Of
EN- after they were made. Pies amt
good for lin. Bat J declare ! dunno
what does Make him act so kind O..
spirisisss. ,c;c liz. ;c-,:ar thought
he'd better make a resolution for the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02
ALMANAC OF FREE TRADE.
The Publication That should Ne II
the Hands Of All True
Democrats.

The 1908 almanac Of the American
Free Trade league contains much ex-
cel.ent material on the tariff question
IL should be in the hands Of all good
democrats. The secretary of the
league, Gen. Hazard Stevens, thus accu-
rately and truly characterizes our So
called system Of protection"
NO longer needed as defer
against the foreigners, protection ha%
now become the thumbscrew of extor-
tion upon the American people. 1t il
the dam holding back foreign competi-
ton and behind which the great trusts
levy high prices upon their country
men. upon the same class Of goods
which they are exporting in great
quantities and selling abroad at 20 to
so per cent. less than at home. Hence
their stubborn resistance to any re-
duction Of duties which protect them
in their monopolies and extortions.
This whole doctrine Of protection
is a blunder that rises 10 the level Of
crime. Inculcated by selfish and cor
rupt interests until il hes become =
party fetch. protection has at last
reached its acme. done its perfect
work. by demonstrating that ii is n
system of monopoly am extortion. 10
fosters greed. begets fear Of the for
eigner, and paralyzes self-reliance. IL
is the champion of special privileges.
the offspring OF injustice and inequal-
ity. the corruption of legislation and
politics. Every true interesto Of Ameri-
ca cries aloud for its overthrow"
-----
The League for civil service Reforu.
The National Civil Service Reform
league. at convention just held i'm
Philadelphia. commends the policy o.
President Roosevelt in making fed
eral appointments. The league did
not resolve on the endorsement Of
the notorious Addicks, nor did IL say
anything about the saturnalia OF per-
nicious activity on the part OF the
federal officials in Wisconsin which
even the republican convention OF
. that state denounced ~ ''in fragrant
violation Of civil service laws in at
Temps 10 forestall conventions and
caucuses Of the party and assisting
professional lobbyists before the
legislature and elsewhere in defeat
ing legislation in REPUTATION of party
pledges As President Roosevelt has
not removed these officials. In spite
of their fragrant disregard Of civil
service laws" IL Is fair 10 presume
that the league Is willing to condoDe
any such lapse Of virtue. II it IL only
. republican that 0Rcuds.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

,ough-shod, and have all the will he
ever did have trodden into the dust.
well, that is what will happen
or I'll miss my guess, said Hannah
Morse. For a long while ! thought
she was right. 1t was really pitifui
70 see Lemuel. lie didn't have no
more liberty than five-year-old boy.
and not SO much. Mehitable wouldn't
let him do this and that. and If there
was anythin' he wanted to do she
vas sot against it, and he'd always
give right in. =.
Mehitable she bought all his
,,othes. an she favored long-tailed
roots. an he bein' such short man.
never looked well in 'em, and she
couldn't let him have store shirts
md collars. but made them herself,
md she didn't have very good pat
terms she used her fathers old ones,
and he wasn't no such built man as
remuel, and know he suffered ev'
,srvthing, both in his pride an MS
seelin's. Lemuel began to look real
acwntrod. He didn't seem like hall
such a man rs he did. and the queer
go thing about IL was: Mehitable
didn't pear to like the work OF her
avn hands. so to speak.
tine day she talked to me about u
.r dunno what it's" said she. but
r.muel he don't seem TO have no &c
ahead and no ambition and no vii! OF
~. avn. lie tries to please me. but
~ .on't seem MS II he had grit enough
s,.a for that. Sometimes think -
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

\ brother Lemuel mar
ried Mehitah.e Pierce
when he was quite along
in years. Nobody thought
he'd ever get married at
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

The party which now controls con-
gress is fully committed to the policy
Of artificial prices. In spite Of the
protests Of minority il insists on
standing by the present law and
frowning down all "tinkcring" with II.
In framing that law the powerful in
terests got all they wanted. and what
they wanted was law to shelter mo.
nopoly. Otherwise expressed, they
wanted authority to maintain artificial
Prices. Having done what they could
in that direction by law they accom-.
plished the rest by combination 30 n
10 throttle competition a. hoUe.-.
Louisville Courier-JouruaL