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Daily Statement.

GaIveston--steady; middling S3ss sales 255l, receipts 6512, stock 221 4Sz.
 Mobile-Steady; middling Ss4, sales 800, receipts 124 stock 22,639.
 Savannah-Steady; middling S%. sales S04, receipts 5743. stock 11s,s53.
 Charleston-Firm middling 11-16c, re- eeipts 462, stock 19,410
 Wllmington-Firm middling s&,receipts 693, stock 7607.
 Ndrfolk-Steady; middling 13-16, sales 237. receipts 1342, stock 3,577.
 Baltimore-Nominal; middling SIS, re- ceipts 14Sl, stock 6574.
 Boston-Firm; middling 9.15 net receipts 733 gross 19S9
 Phfladefpha-Ste middling 9.15. re- ceipts 300. stock 4015.
 St. Louis-Firm; middlng SIS, sales 45O, receipts 5065. stock 29,375.
 Memphis-Firm; middling s% sales 335O receipts sSs0 shipments 2274, stock 72 e55
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New orleans. february 6.-Cotton fu- tures steady; February s.s4 bid March s. ssas 90, April s.s5ds.s7 May 9.O2as os. June s.0767a.0e July 9.13a9.14, August 7eqlS. Al. September S.32 bid.
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saahoard Air Line.

Baltimore, February 6.-Seaboard Air Line common unquoted do pfd, 42%; do 4s S37s
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Established March i2. ls0o. SMITH, MAY COMPANY,

ODELL c0mmissIn [ co. 0s GlaCIhNATi, 0. Rooms Nos. 1 and Elyton building. up stairs-Corner 2oth st. and Morris ave. Stocks, Cotton, Grain, Provisions Quickest SsrvlGe in ths SoI;l.
 WE INVITE COMPARISON.
 PROMPT AND CAREFUL ATTEN- TON GIVEN TO ORDERS OVER TELL EPHONE O-t BY TELEGRAPH. Ordsrs by telegraph may be sent c. O. D., and we will prepay notice of execution
 Telephone sH.
 Our Daily Market Report mailed oD epr plication.
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slightly. the board at the close showing net gains of to ? points.
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Gas stoves, heaters and ranges at cost and on easy terms. B'ham Ry., Light and Power Go.
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virninis.carolIna Go.

New York, February 6-Virginia-Caro- lima Chemical company. 647s; do pfd, 126l4i closed, 126 bid.
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New orI.ans Cotton Market.

New Orleans. February 6.-There was an active demand for spot cotton today and most of the offerings on factors ta- bles were sold before the closing hour Prices ruled steady. notwithstanding the heavy movement of cotton into sight. Sales were 5000 bales, including 1250 to arr rive. Quotations were unchanged The contract market, under the influence of favorable cables and better feeling in New York, opened up to points. and despite the active demand at full prices that had developed for spots, the local market fell under the influence of the heavy movement of cotton into sight as compared to this week last year, and there was some pretty brisk selling to the end that the figures were forced down
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s2.50 s2.5o s2.5o s2. 50 buys $3, e4 and &5 mems shoes, Chamblee cuts the price.
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N.s1s.o57.14
DIR. Y. E. HOLLOWAY.
 Physician and surreon.

Three-fourths oi the Dersans who come to me to ge; cured of Syphilis 0onorrhoea. 0lect Structure. L os' Manhood and other private disease, have tried to gr
 well by using oth
 CT means. Why not come as soon as you find that you are afflicted? IL
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Local Staple Groceries.

Arples-western evaporated. 1h3shc. Flour-Fancy patent, s4.25; half patent $3S5.
 Sugar-Granulated. Dc; Y. C., fkc. Coffee--Green. 7h@91zc. Arbuckle's. packages. $10.3o; Lion packages s. 30: Cordova packages, s10.3o; Porto Rico. $10.30.
 Meats-Dry salted ribs. 10c; clear bel lies. 131sc; dry salted rib bellies. 10ssc; hams. fancy, 14c; medium. 13c; Cali fornia. 10c: breakfast bacon. 1tc.
 Cheese-New York full cream. 14k015c. Lard-Leaf, 10Bc.
 Compound Lard-Snow drift. SEC. Molasses = Centrifugal, 15@35c; sugar. house, 40c; Georgia cane. 86c.
 Corn-Mixed. 671kc; white. CSC.
 Meal-Bolted, sl.15; water ground. $1.15. Hay-Per ton. timothy No. l. ;2s.00, cio- yer. mixed, s21.00; prairie. s13; johnston grass, sl5
 Oats-Mixed, 49c white 50c.
 Cotton Seed Meal-Per ton, $2l00.
 Pearl Grits-92 lbs. $1.65.
 Bran-Pure wheat, $22 50; shorts, $2l; hominy feed. s2l.0C.
 Beans-Navy s2.75 per bushe; Lima. ca 6l:c per pound.
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Birmingham City Bonds. Birmingham city bonds can pc bought ,n about per cent basis.
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Atlantic Coast Line.

Through Pullman sleeper Birmingham 10 St. Petersburg. Fla, via Jacksonville. J. A. Taylor. T. P. A.. Montgomery Ala. w. H. Leahy. D. P. A, Savannah, Ga
 w. H. Craig. G. P. A. Wilminston.N.c.
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Fruit and proeuee.

Fruit and Procuce. tCorrected daily by P. Giacopazzi. Nos
 2020-2022 Morris Avenue) Poultry-Best flyers. 35c: Alabama, is0 25c; medium, l2Dl6c: broilers. lo4l2c; hens. s3 l-3Q35c; Pekin ducks. 40Q45c; puddle ducks 20Q25c.
 Butter-Best Elgin. 2oc; Mississippi best grace. 26c: Mississippi. second grade. ?3c: good ,untrv {, 725c cooaing l2lic- renovated 26 cents.
 hggs-Cold storage, 20c; fresh, 22c. Game-Rabbits, S1.25@l.5 50 per dozen; squirrels. $1.25Q1.5O per dozen; quail, s2.0o per dozen.
 Oranges-Florida, per box, s3q3.25; Cal ifornia. $2 .50Q3.00.
 Limes-Per Ao0. s1.oo.
 Lemons-360- per box $3 Peanuts-Fancy, per pouno. 5dBohc Brazil Nuts-Per pound. l2i-c. Pecans-Per pound Toe.
 Almonds-PeI pound, lSc.
 English Walnuts-Per pound, 13c Grapes--Malaga- neavy weights. per keg SC DO; light weights. per keg. s5.N Cocoanuts-F Fresh, per 100, s275g3. Celery-Per bunch. t0c
 Cranberries-Per box. g 0c. Bananas Ter bunch cuils. 50G75c; straiahts. si .25dt1.5
 Apples-Fancy King. per Dariel. S.oo; Ben Davis. fancy. s3.oo: Ban Davis. choice, s2. .25@2 50: Baldwins. s3.oo@s. 95. Dried Apples-California evaporated. Sc; sun dried. Cc.
 Irish Pota toes-Per bushel 759s0c. Sweet Potatoes-Per bushel. S00o0c. Cabbage-Northern, soc; Mobile green. s1.35 per crate.
 Onions- Per pound 20.
 Turnips-Rutabagas per pound 1@Ac. Peas--Black-eyed. per bushel. s2.25. Lima Beans-Per pound. 6Hc. Navy Beans-Per bushel. s2.6o02.75 Raisins-Per box, s1 70. Garlic-Per pound. 10c. Give Oil-Per gallon. s2.00Q2.zs. Spaghetti-Impor.ed. per box. g GO; do- mestic. $l.25.
 Macaroni-Imported. per pounds, 71sc; domestic. 6i1c.
 Consarra-Per dozen. 7bc. Roman Cheese-Per pound. BOG.
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MORTGAGE LOANS

Place your mortgage loans direct with the United States Mortgage and Trust Co. of New York. Capital, sur plus and undivided profits over $5,ooo' 900. Interest rate the lowest.
 6. GAzzAM, AGENT.
 Room 16, Chailfoux Bldg. Government bonds steady state bonds stronp. railrnad bonds irregular.
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,..,t r.,,to, MorL.4

ocaI l,atto" VI WaFket Corrected Daily by. ". D. Nesbitt Man" ager for fnman & Col
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LeeaI Iron Markes.
Local ssocks ane eonds.
aid Aaked

Corrected Daily by Caldwell & Ward. Bankers, 20l5 First Avenue. Tele-
 phone 7a3. (See Card.)
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BIRMINGHAM MINERAL-Nor4h
A. G. S-Nersh.

A. G. Ss--Nerf1.
 Arrive. BeparS. 'Eo, 2. Fast Mail N. O. f S:40 arnI e:4s am 'No. ( Pen-Ari. Special. | e:ss rrnf eD pm 'No. 6, Chattanooga Ac. .l12,95 rml 4:40 pm 'No. 8, Meridian Accom-. Iii ;l5 amI. .........
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|. q N.-North.

Arrive.i Depart No 2. Fast Mall. N. o. .12;o5 pmli2:2o pm sNo. ( Fast Mall N. o..i o:oi pnnl s:1z pm No 8, Decatur Accom-. :. ........ 3:15 pm No. 10. Montg'm ac'm.. e;56 pml.........s
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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-09

Its a miracle" he said. giving her
fun credit. I'D like to know how
yon did it
She laughed lightly and did not
deny her handiwork. cit was simple
enough. When we came here /
found a lot of good people who had
fallen into a way of boring one an
other, and few who hadn't; but
these last held aloof. We opened our
house to the many and tried to show
them that a church sociable wasn't
exactly the acme of social enjoy
ment--'
Grisweld saw in his minds eye a
sharply etched picture of the rise of
q village magnate. Verify, Miss
Grierson had Imagination.
1T is all very grateful and delight
full to me-" he said. "I have been
ont of the social running for a long
shamelessIy epicurean by nature, and
only an ascetic of necessity"
II know" she assented, with quick
appreciation. "An author has to be
both. hasn't he?-keen to enjoy and
hardened to endure"
"I'm not an author" he corrected,
with vanity struggling to muzzIe she
protest. ST have written but one
book, and that has not yet seen the
light"
But it WILL" she asserted. con-
fdently t'TeH me about it,
Now, Griswold was no bahbler, but
the charm of her personality was
upon him, and before he knew what
he was about he was telling her of
the dead book, its purpose and ats
failure.
aBut you are not going to giNe it
up" she said, when he had made an end.
No; it's my message, and shall
yet deliver it."
Bravo! That is the spirit that
wins always. And when you get
blue and discouraged, you must come
here and let me cheer you. Cheer
ing people is my mission, if I have
sany."
ITO Be Continued q
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-09

.'The dickens you do! Say, little
girl do you know you're carrying
things with a pretty high hand?''
81 haven't made you lose any
money yet, have I2''
mo, guess not"
eWell. I'm not going to begin now.
Lend him what he wants; you say
the security is good
~I'n be hanged if I can see what
you're driving at"
"You don't have to see," she said.
imperturbab1y. sBut don't mind
telling you. His mother and sister
have gone out of their way to put
ns. down."
Grierson's laugh was guffaw.
'sThat won't work a little bit,
Maggie"
"Why won't it?''
Because he amt the man to go to
his women when he gets into trou-
BILE. They'll go on blufing you just
the same
She looked at him through mar
rowing eyeEds. sYou know a good
deal, poppa mine, but you don't
know everything. Mr.. Raymer's in
terest in the iron works is only one
| ne OJuGI tuIcC-1OuECuS De-
long to Mrs. Raymer and Gertrude %
The magnate nodded intelligence,
and made aamemorandum- 81 savez;
I'll break the syndicate for you.''
"You will do nothing of the kind.
You'll let Mr.. RaSymer get into deep
water, and then, when I say the
word you'll pull him out"
1.-THE mischief I will! Do you
know how much he wants to bor-
row."
"No. and I don't care The more
the better"
Jasper Grierson thought about it
for a moment. Then he made a
check-mark against the memoran-
dunn on the calendar pad
"All right; go ahead, but you'll
have to keep tab yourself. and say
when. can't be bothered keeping
the run of your society tea parties"
81 don't want you to. Don't be
late to dinner tonight The Rod
neys are coming
When she was gone Jasper Grier-
son tilted back in the pivot-chair and
lighted cigar. After bit his re-
Elections found voice.
"By jung! I believe she thought
she was fooling mel But it's too
thin. I suppose She does want to
| make the women kowtow, but that
isn't all there is to it, ~ a iugful
All the same I'll back her to win
Accordingly, when Mr.. Edward
| Raymer came out of the bankers Of
| flee the next morning he was tread
ing upon air, and in his minds eye
there was picture of a great Ia
dustry to be builded upon the ex-
tensionsof credit promised by jasper
| Grierson.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-09

the inevitable, allowing himself to
be put to bed in his room at the
ST. James, with hot water bottles at
his feet and a bag of chopped ice on
his head. o.
For fortnight he hung tremulous
on Hhe verge of collapsess and was
kept from tumbIing in only by Just
horror of being seriously i'll in a
hotel. At the end Of the fortnight
he made shift to go out and siHd a
boarding place: and the effort, cou-
pied with the conviction that he
hands of motherly Mrs. Holcomb,
pushed him over the verge.
Here DR.. Farnham found him toss
ing in delirium, and his verdict was
promptly pronounced.
sTyphoid-malaria, Mrs Holcomb;
and a relapse, at that What are
you going to do with him ?''
'tkhat should I do but tal<e care
of him?" saidothe motherly one.
! "You can't do it alone: it's no
woman's job"
-Then we must get man. There's
Sven Oleson: he's out OF work"
The doctor smiled. Nobody but
| you would ever think Of making a
nurse out of that great. overgrown
child But maybe he'll do. I'll hunt
him up and send him over. Where
did you say this young man halls
| from?"
New York. he says
.Humph! that's odd I should say
he has been soaking himself full of
malaria in the Yazoo swalnps. But
how about the expenses? Has he
any money!"
Plenty, think. He paid q month
/ in advance. and when he went to bed
he told me where to find his pocket.
book"
"Poor feliowi I gness he was glad
enough to find somebody he could
trust. Well. well do what we can
for him, and I'll send Sven
So it came about that the mild
eyed Swede was installed as Girls
wold's nurse. Luckily OIescA under.
stood but little English, ~ the sicl'
mans rawlings about the baak rob.
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The Best Kansas News.
kansas i. Gettans More Rain.

In meteorological summary of
1902, Dr. T. H Snow, of the University
OF Kansas, says: Among the no
table meteorological features OF the
year 1902 were the cool summer, the
warm spring and autumn, the album
dant and well-distributed rainfall.
the lowest aggregate wind velocity
on record and the latest date OF the
first killing frost of autumn. The
total rainfall has been but twice ex-
ceeded and then only by few hun
dred thousandths> of an inch-in 1876
and 1883. Tt is fact to be empha-
sized that the average annual rainfall
at this station has now passed &c
inches, notwithstanding the great de-
fciency of 1901. There is no doubt
that the rainfall of Kansas is slowly
increasing, willie the wind velocity is
slowly decreasing-two points of
great Importance to the welfare of
the state.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-09
HAD PUT IT TO PROOF
come Convinced of the FIatness
of the Earth.

Most of the men who went west in
1S49 were from the north. There
were, however, few southerners,
among them Baltimore family who
took along az old slave, Samuel JEFF
ferson. Sam9el was a patient trav-
eler on the long Journey ac13ss the
plains, but very skeptical2 about the
success OF his masters expedition It,
was not until his master became one
of tie gold kings of California that
Samuel stopped shaking his head in
silent piSotest, relates Youths Com
panions @
Samuel lived to good old age, and
after the war was the special at
tendant of his masters children One,
dass Hugh, the youngest son, w;8 ex-
psaining to SaH1uel the spherical
shape of the earth.
IF you should go straight ahead
faS enough, you'd come right around
to where you started FROM
Nov look heah, chile, yo' cyan
mex me b'lieve dat. asa' helped yo'
daddy tote his things all de way out
heah fin BaltiAo' FIR muffin. If wha.
yo' tells me was true, We'd "a come
back to Ma'ylap' about TO- times. II
knows I'm 'speriepee, honey, ldrivin'
'cross dem plains, dat de WORT am
fat out-.Aatter'n hoecake7clean till
yO' bump inter de ocean"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-09
7stk DAY or THE SPECIALIST

For each of us some task Is planned
Some thing there is that you
lag 60 more perfectly THANH
And Gar more deity. too;
One :ctor treats the ears or eyes.
And ore the dreaded knife applies
Each has his work to do.
Tie one mans lot to drive the OK
Along the winding trail;
<Se scholar might attempt to take
The drivers place and fail:
One paints thus cheating wind and sun.
One lays the xS.@ster on and one
Drives home the slender nail.
know oae who has never put
The Uer1d much in his debt;
No art, ne science e,er has been
Adorned by him az yet;
You might conclude. perhaps. that he
Excelied In naught, but you should see
Him roll cigarette.
IS. q. Kiser. in Chicago Record Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-09
CHAPTER XIV.

When Margery entered her ia
fher's private Office after her small
triumph at Raymer's expense, her
plan of campaign had taken more
definite shape. The president was
busy at his desk, but he turned to
say: want to see me, Maggie ?''
And when she nodded, he reached for
his check-book.
No, it isn't money this time. Has
Mr. Raymer an account with you?''a
Yes
rs it an accommodation to your"
Grierson's laugh was of contempt.
Hardly. The shoes on the other
foot"
-'You mean that he has borrowed
from your
Not yet. but he wants to-"
What for2''
ITO enlarge his plant. He's like
ali the other fools; amt content to
grow with his capital
Are you going to stake him -
Mnrgery waged relentless war with
her inclination to lapse into the
speeeh of the mining camps, but she
still stumbled now and then
NJ guess not; I've never had much
ssse for him.
..Whx haven't your
-Oh. don't know: it's a stand
of. he hasn't much use for me-
offered TO Incorporate his outfit for
him six months ago. and told hin
I'D take 81 per cent. of the stock my
self; eut he wouldn't talk about it,
Margery's laugh might have meanl
anvfbfno, frs.xr, q r,ulaIIsss fo r7er;ssor.
How singuiari But now he j.
syiiling to let you help him?r
s-Nct that way. He wants to Dor
cow money Of the bank All give {
snprtgage on the plant. It's SAT,
epongh. but 1 don't believe I'll do IT.
esBqt want you to do Il. :
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A Knave of
Conscience
By FRANCIS LYNDE.
eOopyright laoO. By Francis Lynde.
cHAPTER xIy.-CoNrrNuEp

Mrs. Raymer smiled. 1.-THE mere
Z fact of her having said such a thing
to you ought to0be sufficient an
swer. / should think" %
Il don't see why" Raymer OBJ
iected.
what would you think If Gertrude
did such thing?''
-'Oh, well; that is different. In the
Arst place Gerty wouldn't do 1t;
and"
shouldn't have done it. But Il you
z.eally want to know why we haven't
cultivated her can tell you. There
are a few of us who think she
wouldn't be pleasant person to
know socially"
But why?" insisted the .6obtuse
one. It was his sister who under
ks,ok to, make it plain to him.
''Jt isn't anything she does. or
doesn't do, particularly; it is the
atmosphere in which she moves. If
1t wasn't for her fathers money she
would be-well, it is rather hard to
say just what she would be. But
6Le always makes one think of the
bonanza people-the pick and shovel
one. day and million5 the next.
believe she is a frank little savage
at heart"
~ don't" said Raymer. doggedly.
--She may be bit new and fresh for
Wahaska. but she is clever and
bright, and honest enough to ignore
a social code which makes a virtue
Of hypocrisy. There isn't one young
woman in a thousand who would
have had the courage to do it,"
s-'Or the impudence." added Mrs
S Raymer. when her son had left the
room. 81 do hope Edward isn't go
ing to let that girl come between
him and Charlotte"
Gertrude laughed. 81 should say
there was room for a regiment ote
snarch between them as it is. Char
Iofte has been home week now
and he hasn't been over yet"
But he is going over to dinner
with us tomorrow" amended Mrs
Raymer, complacently. "He From
ksed me yesterday"
Gertrude was arranging the center.
piece for the dinner table, and when
she spoke again it was of anoth!eI
matter.
did you know Mrs. Holconb has
found boarder at last?"5
mo; who is hep
"A young man who has been sich
at the St. James for two or three
weeks. He is from New York, I be
Hieve she said; but she didn't have
time to find out much about him
He had relapse last night; and to
day. when she sent for DIR. Farnham
he was delirious.''
Dear mel That will be hard fol
Martha. What is his manner"
Kenneth Griswold. She says hs
Is an author, but L don't recall the
name ia any of our reading"
Nor l." said Mrs. Raymer. "Poo1
Martial We must go over and SCI
ST there is anything we can do"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-09
The Bride Was Hystericai.

at HutchinsonsNew Years eve. just
as Prof. F. NJ. Scott and Miss Lillian
Randall has. reached the point in the
ceremony that united them in the
holy bonds of wedlock, the cry of
fire" from one of the guests brought
the Seremony to a sudden end.
Smoke was seen pouring in great
volumes from the ceiling above their
heads. and in moment the room was
illuminated by flames. The groom
rushed away to give the alarm of
fifeawhile the bride, overpowered by
what She considered to be an i'll
eEnen, sank onto a sSfa end cried,
despite the threatening flames. The
fire department soon extinguished
the flames and the wedding party
again resuaed their places and the
ceremony was conpleted.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-09
Ionned or All Passes.

The Eodding railroad in Pottawas
,mie cornty enjoys the distinction
of being the onE railroad in the
United States w4licn does not issue
6ass@ The line is Is miles "a
length. Senator J. K. Codding is gen.
eral counsel and general manager of
the road, yet he has to pay his fare
lust the same as the humblest citizen;
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-09
CHAPTER XVI.

Griswold had landed In Wahaska
on the day following his flight from
anything. But he was sane enough
to find bank, to rent a safety de-
posit box and 60 lock the treasure
into it before6he resigned himself to
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-09
Haw They EeM

..How dc you feel?" asked the pLysi-
clan of the parson-
8 81 feel for-giving." replied the good
man.
And you?" he asked the customer.
..As usual: for-bidding. answered
the red-fag follower
And YOUR queried the n D. OF the
kentucky colonel.
.sOh. Jon know me, doc. replied the
sKentuckian. .sI'm always forget
full. Chicago Daily News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-09
Rislssd Her Life for Baby.

At theahorns of Herbert Levitt at
Emporia an upset lamp caused an ex-
pleEion which resulted almost fatally
for Mrs. Levitt. In trying to prevent
the flames setting fire to the GRADE
which held six-months'-old child, Mrs.
Levetts clet1ing caught fire and she
was perhaps fatally burned. She
put OUT the fire, however, and her
child was un.njured.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-09
Nor feasible. say. Jewett.

2 Warden Jewett is opposed to Rep
Tesentatiye Billiards. scheme to have
state prison convicts build macadam
roads de seys the degradation of
a convict makes him worse. 3 In
basilGing roads, the worst criminals
could not be employed because it
would be too hazaElous to risk them
outside prison walls. The only con-
victs who could be taken out would
be those who are "a for short terms.
AS aarule, these zen are capable OF
being reformed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-09
Re.cned from7a Ca1e OF Ice.

Alone on a cake of drifting ice in
the Missouri river and almost frozen
from cold and exposure, Albert Ow-
ems, young man from Pomeroy,
was rescued at five o'clock in the aft
ernooIf by Alfred Mercy, big negro
policeman OF Kansas Gig, while 300
excited people stood og9 the river
bank and cheered 5the brave officer
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-09
Bought 10000 Acres of Land.

John NJ Bonebrake. a banker OF
ViedersbHrg, Ind. and a cousin of ez-
Auditor p L Bonebrake, has bought
10000 acres of land adjoining the
Rock Island railroad near Colby The
land will be fitted for raising Polled-
Angus cattle. and $685. 900 win be spent
in improvements.