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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-10-01

hausted to undertake controversy.
even II It were to be thought OF, ana
1t was not
Nothing further was needed TO com
plete his humiliation He picked up
his hat and with the thought of get
ting out as quietly as he had come IN.
In rising he swept a tumbIer at his
elbow from the table. The glass broke
on the floor, and Marion exclaimed
What is that?" and started for the
dining room. 20
1t was too late to get away. No
Cloud stepped to the portieres Of the
trimming room door and pushed them
aside. Marion stood with a hat In her
hand, and Dicksie, sitting at the table
was looking directly at the intruder az
he appeared in the doorway. She saw
in him her pleasant acquaintance d
the wreck at Smoky Creek, whose
name she had not learned. In her sur
prise, she rose to her feet, and Marion
spoke quickly: "0h, Mr.. McCloud, 10
1t you? did not hear you come In"
Dicksie's face, which had lighted.
became a spectacle Of confusion aftcV
she heard the name. McCloud, con
scious Of the awk"ardness OF his DO
sltion and the disorder of his garb.
said the worst thing at once Il fear
/ am inadvertently overhearing your
conversation"
lie looked at Dicksie as he SPIKE
chiefly because be could not helt. II
and this made matters hopeless.
She flushed more deeply. Il Co
not conceive why our conversation
should invite listener"
Her words did not, of course, hcip
to steady him. 81 tried TO get ava
he stammered, when / realized ! wa
q part Of It."
'Tn any event." she exclaimed. hastt
ly, IF you ave Mr.. McCloud think
it objectionable to do anything like
that"
81 am Mr.. McCloud, though should
rather be anybody else; and am sor
ry that / was unable to help hearing
what was said: l."
Marion, win you be kind enough To
give me my gloves?" said Dicksis
holding out her hand.
Marion. having tried once or twics
to intervene, stood between the firing
lines in helpless amazement. Her ep
CARNATIONS we're lost; the two before
her gave no heed to ordinary inter
veution.
McClouud flushed at being cut Of,
but he bowed. "0f course" he said,
If you will listen to no explanation
l can only withdraw"
He went back, dinnerless, to work
all night; but the switchbacks were
doing capitally, and all night long
trains we're rolling through Medicine
Bend from the west In an endless
string. In the morning the yard was
nearly cleared Of west-bound tonnage.
Moreover. the mall in the morning
brought compensation. A letter came
from Glover telling him not to worn
himself to death over the tie-up, ana
one came from Bucks telling him 10
make ready for the building Of TIA
Crawling Stone line.
McCloud told AOoney Lee that 4
anybody asked foi him to report hin
desd, and going &c bed slept "A Aorra
G)sE cI.iTNuER1
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-10-01
CHAPTER VIII.
The Misunderstanding.

No attempt was made to minimize
the truth that the blow to the division
was a staggering one. The loss Of
Smoky creek bridge put almost 1000
miles Of the mountain division out of
business. Perishable freight and time
freight we're diverted to other lines.
Passengers were transferred; lunches
were served to them in the deep val
ley, and they were supplied by an in
genuous advertising department with
pictures Of the historic bridge as it
had long stood, and their addresses
were taken with the promise of pic
ture of the ruins. The engineering de.
partment and the operating depart.
men: united In tremendous effort to
bring about a resumption Of traffic.
Glovers men, pulled of construction,
were sent forward in trainloads. Dan
cing's liDemen strung arc lights along
the creek until the canyon twinkled
at night like mountain village, and
men in three shifts worked elbow to
elbow increasingly 10 run the switch
backs down to the creek bed. There,
by cribblng across the bottom, they
got in temporary line.
McCloud spent his days at the creek
and his nights at Medicine Bend with
his assistant and his chief dispatcher,
advising. counseling, studying out
trouble reports, and steadying wher-
ever he could the weakened lines Of
his operating iorces. He was getting
his first taste Of the trials Of the hard
est worked and poorest paid man in
the operating department Of 4 ,ailroad
the division superintendent.
To these we're added personal an.
noyances. A trainload of DUCK Bar
steers, shipped by Lance Dunning
from the Crawling Stoue ranch, had
been caught west Of the bridge the
very night Of the fire. They had been
loaded at Upton and shipped to catch
a good market, and under extravagant
promises from the livestock agent of a
quick run to Chicago. When Lance
Dunning learned that his cattle had
been caught west Of the break and
would have to be unloaded, he swore
up horse in hot haste and started for
Medicine Bend. McCloud, who had
not closed his eyes for so hours, had
just got into Medicine Bed from
Smoky Creek and was sitting at his
desk buried in mass Of papers, but
ne ordered the cattleman admitted.
He was, in fact, eager to meet the
manager Of the big ranch and the
cousin Of Dicksie. Lance Dunning
stood above six feet in height, and
was a handsome man, in spite Of the
hard lines around his eyes, as he
walked in; but neither his manner nor
his expression was amiable.
Are you Mr.. McCloud? I've been
Sere three times this afternoon to
see you" said he. ignoring McCloud's
answer and a proffered chair. This
is your Office, isn't it?"
McCioud, little surprised, an
swered again and civilly: 1T certain
ly is; but have been at Smoky Creek
for two or three days"
What have you done with my cat
tle?"
The Duck Bar train was run back
to Point Of Rocks and the cattle were
unloaded at the yard"
Lance Dunning spoke with ircrsas-
Ing harshness: by whose order was
that done? Why wasn't | notified!
Have they had feed or water?"
IAN thu stock caught vest Of the
I'd. e.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-04
Thirty.Nine Doubtful.

Thirty-nine ballots were doubtful and
went to the contest committee appoint
ed by Speaker Feely. Corrie now had
a lead Of five, II unless the recount
OF the 80 should give a majority Of
at least six to Baxter, Corrie had won
the fight.
Before the recount Of the SO began
Attorneys White and Johnson, OF Ida
Grove, appearing for Mr.. Baxter, ar
gued a motion to dismiss on the ground
that the opening of the bags had dis
closed carelessness on the part Of cleo
ton officials In packing the ballots in
bags before sending them to County
Auditor Warner. The motion was over
ruled, and the committee, comprising
Representatives Stillman, Cooper,
Goodykoonts, Calkins and Bauman.
began a recount Of the 80 contested
ballots.
The result was that six ballots were
thrown out, 16 were credited to Baxter
and II to Corrie. The committee was
unanimous on It's decision on each bal
lot.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-04
Deer Become a Nuisance.

Either a closed season for cabbages,
Bays the New York Press, or else less
mercy for the poor, dear deer, is the
cry just now of many Long Islanders,
who are waking up each morning to
find their kitchen gardens have been
used during the night as. feeding
grounds by the animals which the law
permits to be turned into venison only
at rare and brief intervals. All through
Suffolk county deer have destroyed
vegetables that would have brought
hundreds Of dollars If they could have
been marketed; but the animals may
not be shot or otherwise destroyed, and
the truck farmers have to permit them
to eat the hearts out of their choicest
cabbages, with only the most distant
hope of ever protiting By the sleek fat
ness the deer attain.
1T seems rather unsportsmanlike to
pursue deer with clubs and broom
sticks said Captain John Burr, of
Oakdale, who has been one Of the prin-
"but it II a case Of protecting ourselves
rather han hunting the deer. We have
to keep watch in our fields and fairly
throw sticks M stones at them to keep
any OF our garden stuff for our own
use. If q COY persisted in coming into
my cabbage patch and eating the
hearts out Of all my winter cabbages,
that cow would soon become beck
steaks, but the deer seem to know they
are safe. They stop at no barrier,
leaping the highest fences a mans
purse will enable him to build"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-04
The Great Berlin Library.

From the New York Evening Post.
The number OF volumes on the shelves
of the Berlin royal library is about !, $50, 900.
On the first of August, 1908. there were
employed As librarians, 81 male and fe-
male assistants, 45 attendants. and so on,
making q force Of more than $50 alto
gether. The humble OF volumes lent out
during the last year was 3H, 900 in Berlin
and 5000 elsewhere, while the daily de-
mand in the reading room averaged 1888
volumes. Sixteen persons are kept busy
in the cataloging department; the number
of leaves added to the catalog within a
year was 600, and the titles OF Is, coo new
volumes were registered. The number of
volumes, old and new, added to the col
lection was $1,000. In pursuance of a new
policy some valuable old books and manu-
scripts were obtained from other libraries,
among them 800 books of the 18th century,
contributed by Heiligenstadt. In 1906 a
musical department was added. The
scores and volumes in these were contrib
uted largely as gifts by various publish
ers, and how greatly this new feature is
appreciated is shown by the fact that no
fewer than three librarians, two directors
and Is assistants are already kept busy
in this youngest branch of the institution.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-04
Jewel Of Great Price.

When the pearls are taken from the
dead fish they are first sorted according
to sibe. This is done by passing them
through a set of ten small brass sleeves,
called baskets, with meshes of varying
sizes. Pearls OF the first class that are
perfect both in sphercity and in lustre
are called ami. Those of the second class,
that to the average observer seem equally
without flaw, are %anitari: the most of the
pearls we see In the West and on general
sale come under this head. or the third
class, called masauku, are those that are
somewhat irregular in shape and a trifle
"off' In color. but that are valuabl for
use In clusters and are largely used by
eastern artifcers in mountings of various
sorts. Rural is the double or twinned
pearl, which when of good lustre and suf-
ficiently freakish shape is sometimes enor-
mously valuable. In this class the most
wonderful specimen OH record is the great
Southern Cross pearl, which is in reality
nine pearls, naturally grown together and
forming a perfect cross IN Inch and a half
long. 1t was found off the coast of west
ern Australia in 1874. Many seed pearls
and rejections-Called ~vadivu-are gener-
ally ground into Chunam and used as an
ingredient in a favorite sweetneat. From
China, also comes a heavy demand for
seed pearls and in India bushels of them,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-04
QUASH FARMERS JURY
PANEL IN OIL TRIAL
Retrial Of Famous Fine Case
Is Delayed by Action of
the Court. FL

Chicago, Feb. 26.-The retrial OF the
standard OIL company, OF Indiana, was
Unexpectedly delayed when Judge An
derson, In the United States district
court, quashed the panel of $50 venire-
men on what he considered the singu-
larly large proportion OF armer there
on. IL was a so-called farmers jury
which brought in the verlict making
Judge lands fine Of $29, 240, 900 in the
original case, and Judge Miller, of the
deIense, was prompt in calling the
courts attention to the fact that the
panel of the new trial contained but
three C~hlcagoans.
1t looks like design, or, If not de-
sign It looks like a strange coinci-
fence" commented Judge Anderson,
W~nereupon the jury commissioners In
sisted that the panel had been drawn
exactly as in other cases. This the
court later admitted.
District Attorney Sims said that
there was no statute to compel the
Jury commission to take geography or
OCCUPATION into consideration.
i don't want to start In this hear
ing FEELING that there Is anything un-
fair" said the court. IT think this
panel ought to be set aside. I viii
instruct the jury commission to put in
loo names or men, a good proportion
OF whom shall be good business men
from chicago n Cook county. It so
happens that this case Is tried I'm a
district composed Of an enormou COM
mercial city and several rural counties.
the country may have purer air, a
higher moral standard and greater in
telligence than the city, but that is an
open question. However, l am not go
ing outside the issue when 1 say that
II the jury was composed partly of
business men who would realize the
industrial and commercial phases of
n case a more satisfactory and just
verdict may be reached"
Judge Anderson said he would hear
the argument of counsel as to whether
shipments or settlements of freight
charges constitute the offense. The
government will contend that each
shipment of oil on which an alleged
rebate was paid forms a separate vio-
lation Of the law. Under this construc-
ton OF the law 1t would be possible to
fine the defendant, If found guilty. a
maximum of $40, 900, 900. There was. it
is charged, 80 settlements of freight
charges on these shipments. Accept
ing this view, a maximum fine of $500
900 is possible.
The jury commission was ordered to
produce the new panel Thursday.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-04
POLICE CATCH CLEVER
BUNCH OF SWINDLERS

Little Rock, Ark, Feb. 26.-That their
field of operations extended ove the
entire country and their victims num-
bered nearly a hundred, from whom
almost half a million dollars was OBJ
tanned in the past two years, is tho
declaration Of state and federal Of
ficials who caused the arrest Of ]. c..
Maybury and three alleged confed-
crates, leaders, is is charged, Of a thor
oughly organized band of swindlers.
The charge is using the mails to de-
fraud.
In searching the effects Of Maybury
records were found giving the names,
the authorities declare, of men who
were victimized, and of over 300 others,
in every state In the union and In sew
r provinces in Canada, who, officials
assert, acted as agents Of the men.
Their operations, 1t is alleged. were
to arrange bogus wrestling matches
and foot and horse races.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-04
KAISER'S SON MAY VISIT
THE UNITED STATES

Berlin, Feb. 27.-The Crown Prince
Frederick William, the future German
emperor, is seriously considering the
acceptance OF an invitation from lead
ing yachtsmen of the United States to
pay a visit to America in the present
year, August is mentioned as a likely
date for his imperial highness' trip.
Ever since his uncle, Admiral Prince
Henry, OF Prussia, visited America in
1902, the crown prince has had an ar
dent desire to visit the land OF pretty
girls and ~skyscrapers. He never fails
TO say so whenever he meets Ameri-
cans, of whom he is genuinely fond.
The crown princes appearance in the
United States as a sportsman will re-
veal him in the role wherein he is now
most conspicuous in his own country.
His imperial highness, who is equally
at home on horseback, tennis court,
motor car, skiff or schooner, has put
himself unofficially at the head of the
movement to inculcate the love OF
sports in the Fatherland on some such
scale as exists in America and Eng
land,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-04
HOUSE TURNS DOWN
THE SALARY BOOSTS
Party Lines Obliterated When
Field Day Tactics Enter
Into the Fight.

washington, ID. c., Feb. 27.-With its
war paint on the House OF Representa-
tivcs by sweeping majorities many
times dehed the Senate by rejecting it's
amendments to the executive appro-
priation bill providing for salary i'm
rease for the president, the vice presi-
dent, the speaker, the judiciary and
for the creation of the offices of under
secretary and fourt assistant secre-
.tary Of state. Party lines were obliter-
.ated completely.
1t was a regular field day in the low.
err body, where oratory and confusion
WED with each other for honors. Not
during the present congress has the
speaker been compelled to WELD his
gavel with such force to bring about
order as today. F..
Bill to Conferences.
The battle waged for more than six
hours, at the end of which the bill was
sent to conference. So much time was
consumed in h consideration Of the
conference report on that measure that
q night session was made necessary in
order that further discussion Of the
sundry civil appropriations bill, which
has dragged along for several days,
might be had.
The house conferees strenuously de-
tended their report, which, insofar as
there was no disagreement, was adopt
ed. Mr.. Clark, Of Missouri, declared
that instead of $4,000 the president
actually received 1921 900 per annum.
The vote on each increase was taken
separately, and by a vote of 81 to 1O2
the House refused to accept the amend
ment increasing the speakers salary.
Cannon Votes for 1t.
Before the announcement was made
Speaker Cannon directed hat his
name be recorded in the affirmative.
An unusual scene followed. Members
were on their feet in a general scram-
BILE for recognition for motions of one
sort or another. The speaker, unruffed
by his besiegers, held that a motion by
Mr.. Watson, of Indiana, to recede from
the amendment and amend it so as to
make the salary $7b, 200, was preferen-
tial. Mr.. Watson sought to shut off
debate by moving the previous ques-
ton, and on that proposition the roll
again was called.
The previous question was ordered,
and OIL the vote being taken on the
adoption of the amendment it was car
.ried. 1sS to 149. mid republican APP
splause.
The amendment will make the presI-
dents salary equivalent to the present
salary plus the $25, 900 appropriation
heretofore allowed him for travelling
expenses, the latter appropriation be-
ing stricken out.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-04
Tho Land of Vanished Homes.

Where is the summer, the gay, gla<
summer.
Radiant with light and bright with
It has given place to this sad newcomer.
Who has stripped the trees and scorched
the bowers.
And where are the summers beloved ana
departed l
Which long. long ago gave joy to the
earth?
Where then is the one when the lion
King Richard reigned and the Crusades
had birth?
And where is the one which saw Kenil-
worth's glory
Which the stately Elizabeth deigned to
review?
And when Shakespeare lived, and his pen
told each story .ta
Which comes down through the years,
ever living and new?
Where Is the summer when life spread
before us .
Sweet to the heart and fair to the view,
When we saw no cloud In the azure sky
DER US,
When earth was all glory and each
friend was true?
Oh, the late n the long ago ummers
are dwelling
In a place warm with sunshine and
lovely with flowers;
There each to the other its story is telling
In the beautiful land Of the vanished
hours! r
--Ninette NJ. Lowater. in New York sun.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-04
EXPECTS SMALLER BUT
-" BETTER NEWSPAPERS

New Haven, Conn, Feb. 27.-Schools
OF Journalism, qualifications for news
paper work and newspaper independ-
ence were discussed by Hart Lyman in
the second and final of the Bromley
lectures at Yale.
Mr.. Lyman said there never was a
better time perhaps than now to begin
work on a newspaper. We have been
living for a good many years in the age
Of quantity, but soon a higher value
may be put on quality. He was hope
full hat the next notable change in the
newspaper world would be a return to
smaller papers Every element enter
ing into their composition might cost
more than now, excepting the print pa
per, which would cost less because less
of 1t would be used.
There would come also, Mr.. Lyman
thought, a clearer perception Of what
is intrinsically worth printing. If the
country is not getting tired of the jour-
nalistic scoop net, 1t ought to be.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-04

From the New York Pres

From the New York Press,
Once a reporter went around TO ~
certain residence in New York to get
details about the master of the house.
who had just died, in order that an
obituary might appear in the newspa-
per which he represented. Such de-
tails, as a rule, are very cas- to get.
as few people have objections to Civ
ing them out for publication. The re-
porter, therefore, was intensely sur
prised when the widow of the deceased.
with scarcely a word, slammed the door
in his face.
She retired into the house. Pres
emily the oor bell rang furiously. She
refused to stir. Again the door bell
rang, more furiously than before. Still
the lady of the house would not stir.
Il have told him that I don't var
to say anything about my husband
she thought to herself, and he has no
right to be so persistent"
So she sat still, while the door bell
rang again n again and again.
At last she could stand it no longer.
So, opening a window over the front
door, she poked her head out and re-
marked severely:
young man, l do not desire to say
anything to you. Kindly do not disturb
me any more. Go away, young man"
Il can't" roared the reporter.
beside himself with evaporation,
you've shut my coat tails in the door,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-04
SOUTH VISITED BY
DISASTROUS STORM

Memphis, Tenn, Feb. 26.-The storm
Of wind and rain which prevailed in
eastern Arkansas, northern Mississippi
and western Tennessee, Is most severe
say advices received early today.
In the counties Of Lonoke, Wood
ruff, Prairie and Poinsett in Arkansas,
the force Of the storm, which appar-
emily originated in the first named
county, was felt.
The town of Fisher, in Poinsett
county, was practically destroyed, re-
ports stating that but two building re-
main intact, while six persons were
killed and a number of others sus-
tanned more or less serious injuries.
Near Augusta, the dead number six.
In Lonoke a child was killed.
Telegraph and telephone wires
ever, are Frustrated and the full ex-
tent of damage Is not yet known.
In Mississippi.
In Mississippi, considerable damage
was done to property. Near Greenville
several substantial structures were
wrecked and a number Of smaller
buildings were demolished.
At New Albany two electrical and
wind storms prevailed and several
houses were struck by lightning.
At Tunica a number of buildings
were damaged and several completely
wrecked.
In Memphis and vicinity the storm
was quite severe. At Aulon, Mrs. c..
E. Baldwin was caught in wreckage
of her home and seriously injured.
At Greggs Station a church build
ing was RACED and several small houses
were wrecked. w. T.. Barnum was
injured.
At Binghampton several buildings
were damaged.
In Memphis trees were uprooted and
telegraph and telephone wires tangled,
but no casualties occurred.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-04
THIRTEEN KILLED IN
AN ARKANSAS STORM

Little Rock, Ark, Feb. 26.-Thirteen
persons were killed, severa1 seriously
injured and much property was de-
stroyed by a storm which, originating
in Lonoke county, in eastern Ark ansas,
and moving northeastward, traversed
the counties Of Lonoke. Prairie, Wood
ruff and Poinsett.
Because of the interruption Of wire
communication with the stormswept
territory only the most meager infor-
nation was available. At Fisher, a
town Of 400 Inhabitants, it Is reported
that but two buildings remain stand
ing, and the injured are imprisoned in
the w~reckage.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-04

literally, are used in the decoration of
idols and sacred images and of weapons
as well.
Pearl oysters are of two varieties, the
large white shell n a smaller black
species, but which produces the best
pearls is an undecided question. Probably
there is little choice. One rule that does
seem to hold good, however, is that the
deeper the water from which the shell is
taken the larger and finer will be the
pearl.-C. b.. Taylor, In the January
E~VerYbodY's.