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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-08-21
CITY SCHOOL CHANGES.
THE BOARD ADOPTS A NEW
COURSE OF STUDY.
improvements That Will Commend
Themselves to Every School Pa
tron-An Advance Movement of
Importance-Tax Levy Made.

The board Of education met Thursday
evening in regular session with a full
attendance, excepting Mr.. Stoddard
who is in the east. The meeting was
of great Importance. Probably no &C
tion taken by the board during the last
five years has been of more general in
terest to the patrons of the school than
the advanced steps taken last night.
One month ago the committee on
schools, rules and regulations sub
mitted new courses of study for the
grades and for the high school, and also
several new bylaws, and rules and reg
ulations, all of which were recon-
mended for adoption after they had
laid over for one month, as provided by
the bylaws of the board. Last night
these new matters came up for con-
sideration, and it gives us great pleas
ure to state that they were all adopted,
and nearly unanimously so.
NEW COURSE OF STUDY
The new course of study for the
grades provides that there shall be
eight grades hereafter. The first-year
pupils heretofore have been called a
chart class, but hencefOrth they will be
called first grade, and TIE other classes
will number consecutively. In many
respects the new course of study does
not differ from the old, yet there is a
great improvement. Spelling is made
a prominent feature, and it will be the
first time in many years that spelling
books have been in the hands of our
children. Hyde's Language Lessons"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-08-21
Navarro Nuggets.

NAVARRO, Aug. Ii. The grass in
the pastures is getting quite green
since the rain.
Many of the farmers are busy cut
ting corn fodder. A few are using
patent harvesters but most of it is be-
ing cut by hand in the old way.
Christ Hoffman finished filling his
silo Thursday.
f. b. Shaffer is pulverizing 100 acres
of sod on the Higgins place.
Mr.. Haines, from Man haitian, is here
looking after Col. Anderson's farming
interests.
Isaac Shockey was out from Abilene
looking after his interests in and
around this city.
The men who are putting in the
bridge on Turkey creek at Schleigle's
mill, have been boarding in town for a
while.
1t is reported here that the people of
Chapman have decided to charge three
dollars per week for boarding the high
school students. If this proves to be a
fact, it will be damper on the high
school, caused by the people of the
town, and looks like a bad move for
people to make who hope to be bene-
flied by the schools being located in
their town.
A large amount of wheat will be
sown this fall, and as usual some are
predicting chinch bugs will eat it up.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-08-21
Two Papers for the Price of One.

By special arrangement we can offer
you the splendid I2.page Topeka Week
ly Capital and the Weekly REFLECTOR
both for one year for 81 80 if in adj
vance or $500 with full arrearages.
The Weekly Capital will contain all
the news of Kansas and the world;
complete proceedings of the legislature
as we'll as all the political happenings
during the campaign. Every Kansas
man should read his own local paper
and the state paper of Kansas. Give
this combination trial.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-08-21
SIC PAssIM.
lay in a schooIhouse old,

stood today in a schooIhouse old,
Where my young steps were light and freo,
Through summers heat and winters cold,
And sIl my life was yet to be.
There were baShful girls and beardless youth
And dog cared books all scattered about;
And the masters likeness, drawn with truth
On slate with the corners broken out
stood and all those careless DAYS
Ger my worn heart came drifting back;
The so1gful ease, the lghtsome ways
Which ia all after years We lack.
Oh, the early loves and the laughing girls,
The innocent idyls without alloy!
oh, the angel in paDtalets and curls,
Beloved by me-and that other boy,
All, the way she balanced between us twain
Comes back with narrowing force to mel
For the true proportions of bliss, It's plain,
Are never wrought out by the rule of threer'
Well. we know Of nuts by the empty shell;
And never the bed Of a brook so dry
But the smoothness Of Its stones will tell
OF the stream that used to go rushing BY
take my place among those that were,
Content to feel have had my hour;
TIE buds are rosy and sweet and fair
But the fruit comes only after the flower
Romance and history aye repeat
And love and youth sustain no loss;
For another girl sits in that angels seat,
And two other boys throw billets across,
Clara Marcelle Greene in Journal Of Education
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-08-21
Sensible Remarks.

Solomon Sentinel: Four years ago
Dickinson county delegates to the re-
publican convention passed resOlu-
ton that no man should hold county
Office longer than for two terms-viz:
four years. This was a good reSOlu-
ton, as it kept the old political ring
sters, who always banker fer position,
from soliciting denominations, and
gave voters valid excuse for refusing
to support them if they tried it.
Now, although the ruling was good,
and should be upheld to the utmost,
still there are occasions when it would
be wise to break through even castiron
resolutions; and we are Ct the opinion
that when we trespass upon, or place
obstacles in the way of the advance
ment of the rising generation, we DO
them an injustice and are not using
our own talents to due advantage.
AnOld adage reads: "a single fact
is worth shipload of argument" We
will, therefore, present a few facts:
l. j. S. Ford has proved himself
the best superintendent that Dickinson
county has ever had.
2. Nine-tenths of the teachers of the
county approve j. S. FOrd's past work.
8. The people and scholars generally
say that J. S. Ford has proven himself
competent and honest in his work.
4. IS. Ford has been instrumental
in getting the county schools graded,
hence their present efficient condition.
). J. 5. Ford is the only republican
candidate mentioned for this Office, and
will, without a~dOubt, receive support
from all school patrons, no matter of
what political faith, because of his gen.
eral efficiency and usefulness.
Now, in view of these facts, would it
be wise to swap our educational con-
ductOr at a time when our county is
among the foremost in the state, for
some unknown and untried individual,
whose gait is uncertain and his quail
ties untried.
We wot not
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-08-21
Drunkenness-Liouor Habit,

In all the world there is but one cure.
DIR. Haines' Golden Specific. 1t can be
be given in cup of tea or coffee with
out the knowledge of the person taking
it, effecting a speedy and permanent
cure, whether the patient is a moderate
drinker or an alcoholic wreck. ThOus-
ands of drunkards have been cured who
have taken the Golden Specific in their
coffee without their knowledge, and to-
day believe they quit drinking of their
own free will No harmful effect results
from its administration. Cures guar
anteed. Send for circular and full par
ticulars. Address in confidence,
Golden Specific Co., IS5 Race st. Gin
cinnati, Ohio. 14-1y
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-08-21
Belle Springs Briefs.

Special REFLECTOR Correspondence.
BELLE SPRINGS, Aug. 13.-We join
the grand chorus of praise for the glOri-
Gus rains.
Appropos of discussion of the recent
showers and of the KemmIer murder,
some say they would prefer the chances
of capital convict in the state of
New York. to those of denizen of OF
the west in thunder storm.
The farmers are using the corn-cut-
ter an ingenious machine to harvest
the corn crop. They will thus scarce
ly miss the hay crop which is short.
COrn-cutting is thoroughly revolution
lied.
Great numbers of Belle Springs peO-
pie attended the tent meeting held at
the home of Noah Engle west of Tur-
key creek Saturday and Sunday.
The new Dread school house is near
ing completion. Mr. Minnick is the
contractor.
1t is reported that Rev. Jacob Engle
will move back to his farm at Belle
Springs soon.
Flowing is fine since the rains and
the threshing machines are deserted for
the plows. The gardens are revived
and the sanguine gardener is busy SOW
ing seeds of the shOrt-season Vegetables.
Grass is growing and the corn will be
saved green at least ten days longer.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-08-21

are introduced in the lower grades and
continue through to the seventh where
the pupils take up grammar. Physi-
Ology will be taught from the primary
grade up III systematic form; also,
drawing.
HIGH SCHOOL CHANGE.
The greatest change made by the
board was in the adoption of the new
course for the high school. Hereafter
there will be four ears. and they will
be called Freshman, Sophomore, Junior
and Senior. The pupils will have the
choice of three courses, the classical,
scientific and Latin-English. These
courses are arranged in accordance
with the recommendations made at a
meeting of the city superintendent of
the state, at Topeka last year and in ac-
cordance with the recommendations of
the convention of high school princi-
pals, which met at Lawrence a short
time ago. The new requirements and
the new courses at the State University
have been taken into consideration, and
il is intended that the graduates here
shall be fully prepared to enter the uni
versity without further study.
ENGLISH Is PROMINENT.
One of the most noticeable changes
of the course is the prominent position
in which English is placed. Every
pupil must recite in English every day
during the four years course. 1t is
optional with none. We also notice
that bookkeeping has been taken from
the course. This is a good move, for
all the bookkeeping that could be
taught in the high school in a year
could be learned IN week s experience
in actual business. The rhetoric,
which has heretofore been in the first
year, will be placed in the fourth year
where it properly belongs. The sci
ences are given a prominent position,
and any pupil VINO desires can have a
recitation in them every day during
the whole course, Greek has been
placed iii the classical department, and
will thus enable pupils who are pre-
pairing for the classical course in col
lege to get the required Greek prepa-
ration here. German is taken out.
This is right, for the common schools
of this country cannot afford to pander
to foreign demand by teaching Ger
man at the expense of the public. We
also notice that United States history
has been placed in the high school.
Heretofore this has been in the seventh
grade where the pupils were too young
to appreciate its value.
QUALIFICATIONS OF TEACHERS.
Noticeable among the new bylaws
adopted are those regulating the quail
ficatiOns of teachers. Hereafter nc
teachers except those holding first
grade certificates will be permitted
to teach in the grammar grades OF
high school. To obtain a first grade
certificate teacher must pass a salts.
factory examination with an average
of SIS in all the common English studies
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-08-21
Shifting Soil.

[Real estate transfers reported by Geo. Mer.
rill abStracter.l
H G Shelton to Ella Shelton, lots in
Abilene, 81.
A Henquenetto w C Groesbeck, lots
in Hope, $500.
a Flasmer ct al to 4 p Olson, lots in
Enterprise, $3.50.
a w Lord and wife to Mary A
Conner, lots in Carlton. 5000.
q A Jackson to Albert Dillon, SO
acres in Hope twp, ST. $50.
Jno Silvey and wife TO Geo A Rogers,
81 acres in Lincoln twp, 81 500.
w p Robinson to CYNTHIA l Robin
son, lot in Hope, 81.
VIM Murphey and wife to May A
Blackman, lot in Abilene, 81 900.
r SturdecOat and wife. to Mary a
Blahman, lot in Abilene, 81, 900.
Alice Ferguson to &. Z. BoyntOn, lot
in Abilene, Sl50.
b G Crary to S Z Belts, lot in Her
ington, $500.
CG Hawk and wife to NJ NJ Shipe
J lot in Abilene, 1880.
w d Curtis and wife to a S HOl-
comb, lot in Abilene, 81.
Ii Southworth and wife to Wm
Schultz. 100 acres in Wheatland twp
IS, 600.
w 5 Hunsecker and wife to G A
Gould, so acres in Lincoln twp, $500.
Otte Kuether and wife to Carl Jae-
ger, lots in Hope, 900.
Ellie Brady to Emma Brady, lot il
Chapman, 81, 900.
D w NALL (sherif) to Asa w Kenney
so acres in Holland twp. 500.
Amanda Kinsley to Howard L. Kins
ley, lot in Manchester, 5000.
Ida NJ Smith to NJ Y Watson, lot:
in Abilene, $3.50.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-08-21

The first public horse race in America
was trotted in 1918 in New York. 1t
had been asserted that there was not a
horse in the country which could trot a
mile in three minutes. Maj. William
Jones, of Long Island, and Col. Bond, of
Maryland, sustained the opposition and
brought out the horse Boston Blue,
which won the race His time is given
as just three minutes. Previous to this,
however-in June, 1SO6-the horse Yam
kee is reported to have trotted at Har-
lem, n. Y, in 2:59 on short track, and
Boston Horse is credited with having
made mile at Philadelphia in 1910 in
2:4S1.-Detroit Free Press.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-08-21
North Dickinson Notes.
REFLECTOR Correspondence.


HAYES TWP, Aug. ia heavy
rain visited us last Sunday night. The
ground is now in good shape for plow-
ing.
A larger acreage of wheat will bc
sown than last year.
The farmers are cutting their corn
for winter feed. They will ct have ii
corn fodder crop.
David Brechbill and Abram Engle
attended services south of Abilene last
Sabbath.
Mrs. Shook and family will soon
make their future home III Iowa.
They have many friends who will wish
them success in their new home.
Frank Norman sold out lit public
sale last Friday.
A. NJ. Engle and John Sheets went
10 Solomon valley last Monday to buy
herd of mich COWS.
The creamery will pay 90 cents per
hundred pounds for milk used during
the month of July. Skim milk has
risen from 3 TO cents per can in
price. The price of milk fOI August
will probably be higher than before.
J. G.. Bollinger has contracted to
WELD the birch in the Harmony school.
j. G. Lands went to Topeka on
Tuesday as delegate to the alliance
convention. He will also attend to
some business interests in the capital.
Mr.. Lands is a prominent leader in
the alliance of this county.
Mrs. John Thrush and Miss Barbara
Sollenberger started for Pennsylvania
last Saturday,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-08-21
A Philosophical Youngs.er.

Recently little Lewiston 5-year-old
who had been sick was taken for drive
around the lake by his papa The boy
is of as philosophical turn as Mrs. AL
colts "Demi." Papa" said lie, ''who
made this lake?" why, God, my SON"
Didn't he have more than one man to
help him." was the young hopeful's next
Query.-Lewiston Journal.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-08-21

James Montgomery's shaving par
lOrs is in the lead. He now gives
free shine TO all his customers.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-08-21

Free shine to all patrons at Elite
barber shop.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-02
Horace Greedy.

The unwilling of the statue of
Horace Greely in New York on the
goth inst, causes the New York
Star TO call attention to the career
of the distinguished journalist, to
whose memory the erection of the
broze stue is a fitting tribute, for
he stood pre-eminent in a generation
that was distinguished to an anusual
degree for its strong men. Nor
did his success as a journalist over
shadow him as a man of public al
fairs He had a fine intuition IN
this respect; and if his views were
not always acceptable to very many
of his fellow citizens, the honesty OF
his opinions. the sincerity OF bis
purposes and the trenchant power
of his thought could not be ques'
toned. As DR.. Depew said IN his
Grafton Yesterday, Mr.. Greedy was q
type of our American selfmade man
His career is fruitful with sugges
tons. Although the particular con
ditions of success have changed
since his time. the elements o
character that elevated him to great
ness are no less the essentials o
worthy achievement to-day
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-02
WEEYILS IN CORN.

Very much has been said about
the corn-weevil, and it seems that not
many know how to prevent them.
some are talking of killing them,
but I believe as long as they will try
this, they will not accomplish much
in the way of getting rid of the pest.
Nv experience in this part OF farm
ing may be of some value to them.
{ put my corn in cribs as near
straight as possible and let it remain
quietly till + want to sell it-except
some hundred bushels for feeding
hogs and other stock. 1 have never
vet harvested my corn while damp
as some recommend, but as dry as
possible, and I sold corn a few day.
ago that was eighteen months old
and there was no weeyils about 1t
but that which l had in cribs, tina
had splits in the boards one incl
wide, was eaten up by the weevil
six months after it was gathered
Put it in cribs as near alright a
possible, and you will no more de
mand something to kill the weevi
| Corn can be put up wet, but it doe
, not help to keep it free from weevil'
1t only settles better, so the air ca
! not so well pass through it.-Texa
Farm and Ranch.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-02
pRET SUGAR PRODUCTION IN THE
UNITED STATES.


Bounties for the production OF
beet, sorghum, maple and cane su-
gar are provided for in the pending
tariff bill. With the exception OF
sugar cane, which is raised to lin
lied extent in Louisiana at a great
disadvantage as compared with
Cuba and other tropical countries
these industries are of comparative
" little Importance. Efforts have
been made from time to time to es-
tablish the production OF beet sugar
but almost invariably without sue
cess. There is apparently little
ground to hope for better results II
| the immediate future The Depart,
ment of Agriculture has Just issued
a 25O-page volume about the sugar
beet industry in the United States
and other countries, which is OF con
siderable economic interest, but ye'
rather throws cold water on the al
dor of American experimenters. Dr
Wiley, the chemist of the Depart
ment, says, for example: "Iher
will probably be found for man
years to come in the United State
more enthusiasm than knowledg
connected with the sugar-beet, an
t the result of this will be, unles
great care be taken, that many vel
e lures will be made which will resul
s in financial disaster-disaster vine
J. could have been avoided by
f thorough comprehension OF the tul
e damental principles of the industry
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GratefuI~COnfOrting.
Epps's Cocoa
RraaEfaSt-

s'Bv thorough knowledge of the natural
laws which govern the operation OF dlgestioh
the fine nrsierties of well selected Cocoa. hlr.
Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a
delicately favored Leverage which may save
us many heavy doctors, bills II Is oy lne w
tuition NAV he gradually butt lii until strong
enough to resist every tendency to disease.
Hundreds OF sub;ule maladies are boating
arornd us ready to attack wherever mere - d a
weak l0;nt, We may escape manT a laial
Shalt by keeping ourselves well iortlhed WIN
pure blood and properly nourished frame
Civil Service Gazette. Made simply win Doll
ing water or milk Sold only in halt-pound
tins, bv GrOcer.. labelled thus:
JAMES EPPS s. CO.. Homeopathic Chemists,
LondBh. England.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-02

ASSISTANT Attorney General Jas.
N. Tyler, telegraphs postmaster
Whitner, of Dallas, that the lottery
law went into effect Oh the 18th inst,
and newspapers containing lottery
advertisement, irrespective of date
of publication, are not mailable.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-02
THE MASONIC LODGE.

Brennan Lodge No. 20 A: +; and
A. NJ. has Just been refurnlshed, and
is now one of the neatest, cosiest,
unique and pretty lodges of the Or
der perhaps in the entire State. A
BASEER reporter accepted an invita-
ton Thursday to go up and see 1t;
aud mounting to the third story OF
the Giddings & Giddings bank build
ing, he scraped his feet on hand,
some wire foot mat at the door and
stepped noisely on Brussels car
NET ornamented with woven designs
of the mystic order in rich colorlngs'
The room is beautifully papered, the
overhead papering bearing the en-
blems of Masonry and tie Night
Templars who also occupy same
room for their meetings. Behind
the marble top bronze alter stands,
of which there are three, ware also
three elegant masonic chairs OF carved
walnut, bearing in the center OF the
back the square and compass IN
bronze
In the center of tue room is a
handsome walnut table, a bible
stand. and thrown across it was a
rich plush scarf especially designed
for them by Mrs. Henry Morgan OF
each end of which was an appro
pirate masonic emblem worked II
; brighter colors, the handiwork Of
the doner. Near the table was tire
+ bronze candle-sticks about four Zee
! high, which to the uninitiated re
; porter seemed superhuous inasmucl
:. as hanging in a row along the cente
:, of the hall were three elegant lamp
of 100 candle power each, who
seemed enough to sufficiently Il
# Illuminate the hall for all practices
e purposes, but the reporter aske
< no questions, but kept his weathe
II eye open for general observation. U
o the walls hung the pictures of man
e who were once prominent IN tn
" order, but who have long since con
N passed the journey of life, square
Al accounts and passed before I'll
" Great White Throne to hear the d
F. cision of the Grand Master. Son
f. of those hanging most conspicuou
in " bore the named of ]. D. Gliding
re Parson Rucker, Gen. Jno. Sayle
" Hugh Mcintyre ST., DR.. J. T. Morn
If and others whose names would
is as familiar to old masons, all ov'
er the state.
s. The lodge is handsome and ell
is CANT one, of which the Masons
a BRENNAN are Justly proud.
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The Scientific American is in dan
ger of being boycotted by the Pro,
bibitionists. This excellent journal
has, perhaps, unconsciously, aimed a
severe blow at the cause by advising
people who desire to clean gllt
frames nicely to wash them in beer
Fancy frame that incloses the
mobile features Of John P. St. JOIN
being subject to such treatment
saws the Times-Democrat.
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An exchange remarks that it is
astonishing how many farmers fail
to appreciate the benefit conferred
on them by the man who brings a
pure bred draft OF coach stallion at
small service fee, from false ideas
Of economy, needless of the fact that
in the long run they are ''penny wise
and pound foolish" for the get of a
pure bred sire finds a ready sale at
profitable prices, while that of the
scrub will hardly bring the cost OF
production.
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production.

The following special from the
Houston Post of Friday sent
from Marlin under date OF tie 24th
inst says: r
Mr.. j. H. Redden, of the firm OF
Redden & Bronson, died at his resi-;
dence Wednesday. She leaves an in
FAINT 8 days old. Her father, Dr.
Threadgill, of Taylor, reached there
lust thirty minutes before her death
The deceased is a sister of Mr.. a
7. Threadgill, of this place. He re
ceived telegram of his sisters
death, but too late to have reached
there before her interment, OWING
to the delay of the telegram and tn
schedule of the trains running tina
way. The BANNER sympathizes wit
him in the bereavement.