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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-08
STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York March THE stock market
was thrown into a condition of demorali-
cation today by the disclosure of the
fact that the surplus reserves of the
clearing house banks were practically
wiped out. Excluding government de-
posts this item is now 1855, 975, compared
with So, 1854 at this time last year.
and SO. III, PTS two years ago The Sc
we're loss in cash reserves was about as
much above the preliminary estimates as
last weeks loss was below it. thus dis
closing the rectifeation by the average
system of computation of last week 5
discrepancy. The $4,000 900 loan con-
traction fulfilled the expectations that
the stock market liquidation of the week.
and the shifting of loans to foreign
money markets would be reflected IN
that item, but the loan contraction mus
have been near $50, 900, 900 to keep pace
with the rate of depletion of cash re-
serves No reader of the bank state
ment could be left in doubt that further
calling of loans would have to be re-
sorted to by the banks next week and
operators threw over stocks in all di-
recticns TO prepare for this emergency.
Some futile efforts were made to check
the decline by supporting orders, but
these proved too fiimsy for the purpose,
and prices broke through violently to the
lowest of the week. Prices were crumn-
ling dangerously when the market closed
at about the lowest and on very active
dealings Fierce raiding tactics by the
bears were factor in the slump. The
speculative contest in Union was made
evident by the extreme break Of 81 in
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arrant e. Kings
Cotton Letter.

Especial to News and Observer
New York, March IA dribbling liqui-
dation was the keynote in the cotton
market this morning and prices sagged
to the lowest point of the reaction with
out any attempt on the part Of the bull
clique to arrest the decline until the SELL
ing had run it's course and then the New
England crowd became very aggressive
and put the market up 10 points in as
many minutes in connection with the
New England bull clique, who are now
operating in cotton. 1t is well to bear in
mind that their principal interest is the
actual cotton rather than in futures,
while heretofore the bull operators have
confined themselves mainly to the OPP
ton market. AS the leader of the present
pool remarks he is more interested in the
conditions existing in Southern spot cot
ton markets than in the erratic fluctua-
tions of New York futures from day to
day not since the day of Labouisse has
bull leader bulled cotton rather than flu
lures To speculate in cotton one shSS Id
first form an opinion as to whether the
article is one-half cent too low or one
half cent too high and then enter into
his transaction with the determination to
disregard the minor fluctuations in flu
lures from day to day. The reason why
so many people lose in speculation is that
they attempt to guess fluctuation of
20 points in futures which is a difficult
undertaking, even for the veteran sealper
We think cotton is worth 10 cents, and
consequently we believe that July and
August contracts are a purchase for
profit of one half cent per pound.
TARRANT & KING.
68 Broad Street
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r1GH SPOT COTTON MARKET.
Raleigh, N. c.. March I.
WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT.

New York. March THE statement OF
averages OF the clearing house banks OF
this city for the week shows:
Loans 1898. 59S. 300, decrease so, $685. 600.
Deposits 1886, 639. 700, decrease $40, 56e. 700.
Circulation A2.919. 500, decrease 1888. go.
Legal tenders Se6 16s, 300, decrease 2.1St-
Soo. Specie $16S.600. decrease $S,041 500,
Reserve 1924, s26, 900 decrease SIC. 176, 500
Reserve required 1924 159 1926, decrease
4.s9l,6'5. Surplus $666975. decrea Sc
S5,2Sf925. Ex-United States deposits
$l0,720,l25, decrease $5.272.75O
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IopEsINe. laIeBJ ST. LOWEST. {
Cash quotations were as follows;


Flour dull and easy; winter patents " eco
$40; straighLs S330a5.70; clears 81 zoos 10; %
spnnR specials 30; sprlne patents S350G3 80;
do straiehts g. lo9a 40: b. kers o. 45a z2
yellow As OAt>-No. q $3.50 No. 2, white
-; No. Whitley R,s.No;a, o.. ~ G.I Bar,
4sa55; No. l fax se-u gill; No. northwestern
ella Prime timothy seed 80. Mess pork
per Dbl. lsl2h0 1928 Lard, per lou lbs slo07H
salteds houlders tboEed, Ss37n @s.51; Short clear
sides, (boxed) SIC 97GQl 1870 Wh,skes basis high
wine s1.S0. Glover, contract grade. Sll.9).
NEW YORK
NEW YORK. Mar. 7-Flour dull ard lower
aodiower co sell Wintar rat ants 4700Si; Min
Rye Hour quit ir TO gooi 27Oa9.3o; CHI ice
to fam. 3.f5G33.55r
Buckwhea flour quie'.
Corn nesl easy; yeiIow western I'll. IL.
Rye dull; No 3 western 62h. Sta~e ~
Barley steady; feeding AZ; m .Itns 5105lh
Barley matt uuli: western 6JG66
Whea spot YVES easy No.2, red, STA Closi e
March s39s May s05s July TX Septem Der ,a9s.
Corn spot easier NO. 3d. Option Feb
nary -; March s3.lMay so; July $685.; Sc. t.
o is SCOT du |; No p 43A. Options May,
cl osed 40H.
Beef e, 81: ,amily sl40O0l550; mess sl0.5O
packe' S12.OO6Dl300; heef tams S205OID2l50
Cut m ats were quiet; Tickled be lies 9A@il
picked lhoulaers s14@sM; picked hams l1140
ll4
Lard steady; westermsteamed $40 3001035 re-
fined hr /; south America 1910; the CONT
nent TO- so; COMPOUND 7H0D7%.
Pork urm; fauilv S1S500l900; shor clear
ais. 7sn20.50 mess S17.7JG1lS.25'
Tallow steady: city per package 5ss country
packages freel 6ll6Z.
Rosin firm; strained common to good. $2 30
rurpentine firm AZ 67nMS0
Rice frn: domestic, ialr to extra 475D6B ;
Japan 4A@5A.
Molasses quiet; New Orhans open kettle
good to choice 320140.
Coeee-spot Rio steady, NOT inql ice 20 mid,
a let; Cyrd va 7@llA.
Sugs - raw firm air rennlng b-l6;
centrifugal, 96-test, 81; moiasses sugar 3D3-16
ould sos STANDARD cut ioaf 5.i0;
crushed 5.35; powdered 30; graduated AGO;
cubes 5.C5.
bLtler rong; extra creamery 27:a western
State osiry l5Gl2F.
Cheese ftm: new STATE. full cream fancy
small coor-d. AK small welte 14M.
EGGS firm; StaLe and Pennsylvania 10 south
| Era 1S.
Potatoes steady: Jersey LT502.00; State and
western 1.500200; Long Island 2.0VG227
south Jersey sweets S2.. Oll3 10
Peanuts steady; fanny hand-picked 44GDiA
domestic 3lL4h.
tahbages quiet; domestic, PEI IUU WHITE, 1l.9O
| o.. Is; red, Sl0OOL50
| Freights to liverpool cotton by steamer lie:
grain Id.
| Cotton seed oil quiet and shade steadir Oh spot
Prime orude +. O. %. mills. 34G134H; prime =, M
| mar yellow Al; off summer yellow 80; prime
| white As: wire winter yellow 45; prime meal
| $27.50I2s 90 nominal.
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NAVAL STORES.

WILMINGTON, N. Q. Mar 7.-Tupentine
firm at o5, receipts casks,
Rosin firm at 81 90; receipts 744.
Crude. firm at S2.4O0loo; receipts bar
rels.
Tar firm at sf65; receipts as.
SAVANNAH Ga Mar Turpentine firm
at 81: receipts 81: sales exports so
Rosin firm; receipts 1919; sales I9t;
Qnote A. B. C. $500; D. $500; E.
500; f, s2Oj; q. S2.1o; Fl, $40;
2.S5; X, S3.2O: NJ, $40; N, $500; VIC
S3.s5; WV S+2S.
pentine firm at IS; receipts -; sales
exports $50.
Rosin firm receipts i; sales ex-
ports
Quote A, B, CLOS; D, siq5; E, SI9s; Y.
S1.95; G.. SOS; IL, S2.35; ], $50; h, S3,t5; NJ.
S3l5: N, S3.SS: VIC $50: WV S4.20.
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BALTIMORE PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE Mar 7 r. our dull: Winter
extrA 2sG1305; do clear 50 3001340; do. straiR hrs
81 1908 80; patents 375d4.05; Spiiag Gear 3.25G
345; Spring straights 3.70D4 o. Spring patents
410Q435.
Wheat was du /; srot 79M079k; February
S0dS0n; steamer No red -; Southern WI ea'
ov sAmn'e f26S)
Gem W steady; spot 5l%MhlM February 534
"a 53a; Southern white corn 4505lx
oais wer9 nrln: No. 2 White, new, 42M; Nc.
mixed, new,
RYE steady Nc IS: No Z. western
Butter firm and lower; fancy imitation
ancy zldl22: creamery 70; fancy iadle 2Ckil2l
fancy roll I1GlS; good roll l6QlI7; store PACKED
lJQl7.
Eggs steady; fresh ia
Cheese hrm: large II; medium 1iN01iA
email i4HGL1iA
SUGAR Arm al higher fine and coarse gran
hated 50lx.
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON.

New Orleans La, March This was
the dullest day experienced for several
weeks in the spot market. Futures at
the opening were up 2 to 3 points, but
soon began to follow New York, where
the bears were hammering the market
and the prices declined rapidly, March
losing 3 points, and May and July 10
each Later in the day buying by shorts
sent prices up to points. Slight
fluctuations followed and the market al
Che close showed net losses of points
on March, on April and to points
on the other positions.
Ma NJ. z-Co+tou f,t
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NEW YORK MONEY.

NEW YORK. Mar J ! p. milne money
firm 70 days j.. per cent; 90 dsys5h per cent;
six months sA36 percent. Prime mercantile
paper SASH per S15ls Money on call nrm
all ians oa per c. nj CLOSED ( date sterling
exchange easy with actual business in
bankers ills at $50 rs for gor demand at
4S35O6l4S3 635 FIR 60 day bills Posted rates
Ashland AS7hGl488 Commercial bills 4,s2A
"a say. Bar silver ASS; Mexican dollars
80. Government bonds nrmer. RaIIroad If
rehulars
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S. A. L. After Memphis Business.
CThe Common Carrier.)

The Seaboard Air Line Railway will
be an important factor in the Memphis
territory before this year is past, through
the developments now in progress be-
tween Atlanta and Birmingham. With
the construction OF the two necessary
links between Atlanta and CedartoWn.
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sEABoARD STOCKS AND BONDS.

BALTIMORE, Mar = Seaboard Air Line
common &t's; preferred Al
BoudI S's. $50.
Atlantic Coast Line. common. 13l; pre-
ferred =.
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PRICES CRUMDLE
IN STOCK MARKET
Surplus of Clearing House
Banks Reserves Vanish.
FIERCE RAIDS BY BEARS
Bulls in Grain Have Gloomy Day---Cotton
Futures Close With Prices Net Four
Points Higher 10 Four
Lower.
FIERCE RAIDS BY BEARS
INV lie Associated Press

New York, March AT the end OF the
week quiet prevails at first hands, that
with the lines sold ahead so far it is
generally felt that there would have to
be much more Serious break in the
raw material to cause any weakness in
the fabric market.
NEW YORK COTTON.
Mex York, March THE cotton market
opened steady with prices points lower
to 3 points higher. Following the first
call the bull pool bid quite freely, caus-
ing the room shorts to cover until 1t
became apparent that Southern orders
were going to the selling side of the
account with a large Philadelphia spot
house also in evidence as a seller. There
was but little bear pressure from wall
street. feature of the early trading
was the sale of a large block of May.
by German house. Trading in general
was only moderately active with the
weather still bad in the South, which
led to caution in making ventures on the
short side of the account as a late start
for the crop was suggested. On the other
hand receipts were heavier than ex-
pected with Houston showing up particu-
larly full Cables were a. triie better
than expected. but houses with European
connections seemed to be selling in
moderate way with private cables indi-
eating dissatisfaction with the trade con-
ditions ABROAD.
The cotton futures closed very steady
with prices net points lower to points
higher. The spot market closed dull with
prices points lower on the basis OF
9.95 for middling uplands and 1920 for
mddling gulf.
NEw YORK. Mar. 7.-s,ntton spot cIosed
fu1, 3 points lower; mddling uplands 995;
middling gulf 10 20; sales none.
Futures open q seady
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS

Chicago March Extreme beariSa-
ness pervaded the wheat pit today and
the market experienced a sharp decline.
May closing 1BQAc. lower. May corn
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NEW ORLEANS. LA. Mar 7-Cotton tut
LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. Mar "a n. m.-Cooton-Spot
quiet. prices III points higher; American
middliug fair S 81; good middling S.3e:
ding s.22: low iniddling $40. good ordinary
498: ordinary 4.S6.. The sales othe day
were 1000 bales. of which 5000 were for
SPECULATION and export, and included 6,70c
American Receipts 10000 bales. Incudi e
$4,000 American.
Futures opened easy and closed quiet and
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was off nc. and cats were down AUS
Provisions closed about steady the May
product being from 21Ac. lower TO 'i2c'
higher.
t..d,ng futures ranceo as roIlows
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BONDS.

J.SRef. 2's reg. 107K Man, goIdcon. lo3H
). 3. Ret. rs cou 4O7M Mex. Cen. 4's.,.. 77E
U S.3'sreg .."..1o7 do LIST Inc..., 26h
coup ........1o7h MINI. & ST. T. 4sto2
u. y. new as reg I34h Ii K. & r. As. 100
coup "...,..155h 2nd's.... SIX
y. s. old as reg .1C84 n. (. G. Ists..... .
comp ......1o9A do gen 1851
u. s. Sc reg. ...-1o2A N J. G. gen. 5s..13t
COUP. ...1G24 No. Pac 4is..fO3
Atch'sn 0en 4s.lo- 3s....,...... I'm
adj A's... 90B N, h. W.con. 4s.Io1
Bait. e. o. AS. 1924 Reading gen. as son
do 3 i-2's. IS st ia Il Mton s's1f4
do cow. as. los St.L&S Fgen4s 95
Can. So. 2nds... los st, L. S'wes Is. 96h
G. of q, 5's.r.,.. 1904 do rs. ...... IS
1st incomes, II S.A.&A.Pass 4s 81
I'd incomes -. So. Pac. 4s... 50
G. & o. 4K's.... 1861 So. Railway 5's..1t7
G. q A i-2's... 7Gh T. & p lists. .116H
c.. Is. & @. As. 93h T.,St. Law 4s.. IS
CM&StP gen 4sI1vS Union Pac. AZ. .fo2H
G. d N. con rs. .132b do cow. 4's.1c3
c., r. l. 81 2. 4s.1(5N Wabash s....116
CCC&SLgen4s ItoA ends. .....I07A
Chicago Ter. as. "a do. Deb. B. =. TON
Colo. So. Rs..... 50 VEST Shnre ST.
&. RIO G.4's... 9sh ,,,s. Cen 4,s o.
e. prior lien As. 9S Mobile q o. as. 81
Erie Gen As.. IS Con. Toh. As,.. 63
F.W.&. ID. C.Ists 20 Cot. r, don 5tss.. 81
Hook. v. e. LIZ s,1o7N X. l., As -. 81
L, N. uni. 4s IC0A Penn cow. 3's. .1O3
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RALEIGH STOCK MARKET.

Corrected daily by Grimes & Vass.)
BONDS
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-11-05
SpOttinE Light Fingered Gentry.

A policeman on the lookout for pick
pockets in crowd does not watch
hands. but faces. If a person in the
crowd is paying no attention to tine
common center of attraction. but is en-
gagged in viewing his neighbors cloth
ing, that person, he knows, is apt to be
pickpOcket. The suspicion may be
strengthened by the nervous or eau
tious way in which the thief occasion
ally turns his head. presumably to as
certain if he is watched. Pickpockets
never wear gloves and seldom work in
the street in cold weather, for the cold
numbs their tingers.-New York Press.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-11-05

A pair of frightened horses were
dashing madly down the street. The
coachman was saving at the reins.
and the carriage was swaying from
side to side in dangerous fashion.
The occupants of the vehicle. an elder
~ woman, noted for her extreme par
simoniousness. and her pretty niece,
gave no outward signs of fear, but
just as the horses came to a stand
still the younger woman unexpectedly
tainted.
81 wasn't frightened bit" she ex-
planned after, until, just as we round
ed that last corner with three wheels
in the air, Aunt Caroline exclaimed,
I'D give a dollar to be out of thisv
knew the case must be serious if Aunt
Caroline was beginning to risk dollars
in that fashion,
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-11-05
Quininc.

Quinine was first introduced into Eu-
rope by the wife Of a Spaniard who
was viceroy of Peru Then Jesuits
carried it to Rome and throughout
Spain and Italy, proclaiming it an in
fallible remedy for all ills and selling
it to the rich at unheard of prices. An
Englishman at last got hold of some Of
the quinine powder, cured Charles IL.
Of tertian fever and on the strength
of it was appointed court physician
and granted a knighthood. Later he
similarly cured the dauphin of France
and induced Louis XIV. to purchase
his Secret" Still the medical faculty
fought against quinine Not even the
patent efficacy of the thing could over
come the fact that it was introduced
by one not Of themselves. For many
years the contest waged. Men faithful
to the faculty died for want Of quinine.
Others, not caring a snap for the asso-
ciated pedants, took their quinine and
lived to see their childrens children
congra tulate the medical schools Of
their day on climbing down and adj
hitting that quinine was good thing
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-11-05
Tremendous Rainfall.

The annual rainfall on the Khasia
hills, to the northeast of Calcutta.
amounts to some 600 inches, 500 inches
of which fall in seven months during
the southwest monsoon. 1t is undoubt-
eddy the wettest spot on the globe. AS
many as 100 inches have been register
ed in five consecutive days. or an aver
age of thirty inches a day, This as
tonishing amount is due to the abrupt
ness of the mountains which face the
bay of Bengal from which they are
separated by POO miles of low swamps
and marshes
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-11-05
Nuts Galore In Missouri.

Missouri is going to break another
record this year with a bumper nut
crop says Columbia special to the
st. Louis Republic. There Will be nuts
TO crack for every man. woman and
child in the state. For several years
the crop has been short, and as con-
sequence the quotation on the general
market is close around $3.50 per bushel
mark. This season the hickory trees
are loaded. and even the hazel bushes
along the roadside are fairly clustered
with nuts. The market price has not
yet been established on hickory nuts,
but the dealers predict Il big trade aft
or the first good frost. and it is be-
Eeved that the shellbark varieties will
start in at from so to GO cents per
bushel. The hazelnut crop will also
be bumper.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-11-05
The Change of a Letter.


At the period when British Columbia
was threatening to withdraw from the
Dominion of Canada because the Car
narvon settlement had been ignored by
the Mackenzie administration the late
Lord Dufferin took part in public
function in Quebec. While the process
sion was moving through the principal
streets a gentleman, breathless with
excitement, hurried up to his excel
|ency's carriage to say ''rebep arch
had been placed across the road so as
to identify the viceroy with the ap-
prevail of the disloyal inscription there
on. "Can you tell me what words
there are on the arch?" quietly asked
Dufferin. ooh, yes" replied his in
formant; "they are 'Carnarvon Terms
or Separa tiOn.'" "Send the committee
to me-" Commanded his excellency
"Now, gentlemen" said he, with a
smile to the committee, "I'll go under
your beautiful arch on one condition.
won't ask you to do much, and beg
but a'trif1ing favor. l merely ask that
you alter one letter in your motto
Turn the S into an R-make it Car
narvOn Terms or Reparation'-and
will gladly pass under it." The COM
mittee yielded. and eventually Dufferin
contrived to smooth over the difficulties
and to reconcile the malcontents.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-11-05

Here is an estimate of the average
age attained by men in various Euro
pean countries: Norway and Sweden
head the list with fifty years. Then
come England with forty-tve and one
half years: France, forty-four and one
half; Prussia. thirty-nine: Wurttem
berg. thirty eight; Bavaria and other
parts of Germany, thirty-siN. In Aus
tria and Spain the Inhabitants have
the shortest lives. the average age be-
ing only thirty three.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-11-05
WITH HE
ASSISTANCE
OfBARB4ARA
BY N. f.. Benson
...Cop. right, 1903, by T. C. Mcclure.

The BaXters considered it altogether
likely, the Plymptons felt sure that it
would end that way, and the neighbors
all looked upon it as good as settled.
Yet to Barbara Baxter and Zachariah
Plympton matrimony seemed as far off
as in the days when they skated on the
mill pond together or picked blackber-
ries from the same bush over in Daw-
sons lot.
Indeed it was very embarrassing to
Barbara to have people refer to Zacha-
riah in her presence as if they were en-
gagged when he had never uttered one
word that would institute such rela-
ton between them. Mrs. Plympton
was kind and motherly, and made all
sorts Of excuses to get her up to the
house on the hill, and Deacon Plymp-
ton was benign and gracious, but un-
certainty still characterized the situa-
ton.
Now there was every reason in the
world that Zachariah should come for
"dlu. AHc L ~ LuplOl ldTu anu Tue
Baxter farm lay side by side. The
Plympton farm was high and rolling
and the Baxter farm ran along on both
sides of the erik" so that when the
deacon failed to get good crop of hay
Brother Baxter always had a-plenty to
sell him, and if it was cold, wet sum-
mer down in the hollow the deacon
could help out with crops from his up
land. Clearly the two farms We're meant
to be farmed together. Zachariah and
Barbara were the only representatives
of their respective families. and Bar
bara was pretty and sweet enough to
make tle most austere anchorite break
his vovI Of ce.ibacy.
The trouble lay with Zachariah's in
ability to pronounce the fateful word.
Ordinarily lie was blessed with facility
of speech, but when trying and mo-
mentous situation confronted him he
had habit of pausing on the crucial
syllable and repeating it while he gath
cred courage to plunge forward. In
fact he suffered, and the more agitated
he became the worse he suffered
AS the years had gone by it had be-
come his custom on Sunday afternoon
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-11-05
SHE FELT HERSELF SEIZED IN PAIR OF
STRONG ARMS.

to stroll down the road till he came to
the BaXters' gate and then as if by
some sudden inspiration to turn into
the front yard. AT the BaXters' the
elder portion Of the family. after
friendly greeting and inquiries regard
ing the crops, soon grew oblivious of
his presence and found occupation in
some retired portion of the house or
barnyard.
Thus there was no lack of opportu-
nifty for him to put the state of his
feelings into definite speech. When
out in the quiet of Il ten acre lot he
had often rehearsed the manner in
which he would approach the subject.
but once in Barbara's presence the APP
propriate methods he had devised ut
terly failed him. Her bright eyes
seemed dancing with laughter and her
red lips curving into smile of derision
at his awkwardness, so that ideas and
words became confused in a hopeless
tangle.
At last. goaded by hints from his
mother, he essayed to put one of these
long studied methods to the trial.
Everything was propitious. He sat
with Barbara on the front steps with
out sign of another human being
nearer than half mile. Not breath
stirred the leaves on the elm over
their heads. A crescent moon with it's
attendant star was just touching the
tops of the oaks on the hill The crick-
cts were chirping. Nov, now, now"
Neither had spoken for some min
uteS.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-11-05
Practical.

The Rooster-Why can't you love
me? swear I'd so through fire and
water for you!
The Hen-Oh. don't be ridiculous!
You know you can't swim. and just
hate the smell Of burned feathers
Puck.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-11-05
NOt Her Fault,

"Your daughter" said Mrs. Oldcas-
tie. has such verve. She fairly bub-
bles over with high spirits
Il know it, She gets it from Josiah's
side of the house. though. My folks
are all strong temperance people,
Chicago Record-Herald.
Be fit for more than the thing you
are now doing.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-11-05

A gossip is usually willing to he a
liar. so is the man who is always con-
planning -Atchison Globe.