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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-08-19
WANT A PARK!
CITY Nav Have One In Court House
Block.

The county commissioners have
offered to turn over the north end OF
the court house block to the city II it
will make it park, and the Belle
Springs Creamery company Will give
the land north to the railway right OF
way. The council is considering the
proposal. 1t would, if the city can
afford it, make pretty park, and the
expense of fixing it up need not be
excessive.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-08-19
Wet in Western Kansas.

Heavy rains near Sharon Springs
Wallace county,washed out the Union
Pacific track Monday. The Denver
train due at noon today will arrive
about 9 p. m. A plug went through
on time.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-08-19

Wanted Agents, to sell in all parts
Of the United States, Toilet Articles
Of the highest grade. For further
particulars address
Partisan Toilet Co.
12O Michigan Street, Chicago, ILL.,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-08-19
RECENT REFLECTIONS.

Gault son.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. }. M
Tudor, u daughter.
The Lane family have all moved
back to Saina except John.
Messrs. Alexander will occupy the
Halleck house en- Buckeye near Fifth.
j. r. Burton has resignedi he
was member of the Kansas City,
Kansas, police force,
w. S. Stambaugh ana family are
again at home on West Third. Mrs.
s. is much improved.
Il. j. Gray presented his wife
with fine gold watch and chain yes
terday as a birthday present.
-Ebcrhardt, Salinas crack rider,
has no honor in his own town. lie
lost all the races he entered at home,
Ask for Mrs. Sommer's Buttermilk
Yeast Tone cake makes eight loaves)
at Snider n Sons, nine cakes for i've
cents,
Representative Bennett has been
TO Colorado for his health and is back
again at Herington somewhat i'm
proved,
--Eldorado Republican Genius is
queer. +. c. Little orders ice cream
instead of soup when he tucks his
napkin under his chin
--Solomon's tramp who won't work
is still being fed on bread and water
and is getting fat. The authorities
are much puzzled over the case.
Rev. W. A. Crawford is looking
forward to weeks vacation to be
spent on the ranch Of friend in
Marion county. He expects to Kill
jackrabbits galore.
Manchester Sun: There will not
be much wheat or rye sown near Man
chester to the north this fall. Oats
will be sown by some instead Of rye
for COW and pig pasture
d. M. Carlisle made the REFLECTOR
boys happy with a big watermelon
this morning. He is one Of the finest
gentlemen on earth. Crhis kind OF a
notice goes with every melon that is
left at this oillce.)
Miss Maude Greenman, Of this
city, has been elected as one oil inc
teachers in the Caldwell city schools
She was one Of the county's most cap
able teachers and is to be congratu-
lated ON her promotion.
The members Of the gun club at
, Solomon have challenged the Salina
club for a match shoot between six
members Of each club, to take place
soon. The losers are to give supper
to the winners and pay for birds.
j. N. Burton brought in some
ears Of corn from his fine farm near
: Dillon that are beauties, big, we'll
: filled and heavy. Mr.. Burton says
u that the field will make at least thirty
. five or forty bushels an acre. How is
y that for Dickinson upiandP
q The young son Of j. A. Hans
V brough while jumping of and on the
"a merry.go-round last night when the
I machine was in motion had his leg
|. caught by the cable and bruised but
;. not seriously. The merry-go-rouno
# was moved to Manchester today
Solomon has a cemetery assocla'
TO tion which holds monthly meetings
n and looks after the cemetery as II
IL should be done. Why do not the LOT
owners Of Abilene cemetery form al
n. organization and have proper anc
70 uniform improvements nader lhcr'
es is great need OF it,
Ut Get your shaving and hair-cuttint
n done at G. W. Hollis barber shop
corner Of Broadway and Second street
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-08-19
Huff Bound Over.

Bruce Huff, accused Of stealing
pocketbook from Margaret Gardner
Of Solomon. was examined Tuesday
y. m. and was bound over in the sum
of $500.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-08-19

would Of course be less. The Demo-
Pop papers failed to state that six Of
the twenty-one state books must be
and will be used because the districts
contract does not cover them. They
are.
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NOT USED TO HOTEL WAYS.
4 Young Woman After Registering Give
 the Clerks Surprise.

4 Young Woman After Registering Givei
 the Clerks Surprise.
 She drifted into an uptown hotel by way of the women B entrance. She was plainly but neatly clad and did not look like a girl who was used to th8 system in operation at big hotel. Sh6 had bright, pretty face and looked fresh and charming. The two clerks on duty eyed her euriously and exchanged comments about the girl She hesitated a moment when she roached the office, but after some little display of embar- rassment walked up 10 the desk and picked up pen in diffldent manner. The clerk wheeled the beck mouud 50 that the place for signatures was in the proper position and waited. She ehewed nervously at the end of the pen, then dipped II slowly in the ink, and with great deal of pains wrote:
 Miss Mary McGlosAy, 372 West Ninety-third street
 Then she eyed her effort epprovingly and carefully laid tho pen down. The clerk, who had teen watching the uper ation with a good deal of curiosity said.
 Room, miss
 A flush mantled her face, but she said sweetly, Yes. if you please
 Would you like room with a bath:" asked tho clerk in a puzzled tone. Agaiu she seemed embarrassed and hesi' tated but finally said in low tone:
 Yes, if you please That would be very nice and l would thank you very much
 How much do you care to pay for 5 room:" said the clerk as his eye swept the rack
 "Pay:" sho said in sheer surprise Pay? Why, Gidn't expect topay any. thing 1 get job here today as cham bermaid and l have justeome down. "-- New York Tribune.
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SHE WAS WRONG.
Tho Original Poem Wasn't by oowpcr as
 All, but by Some One Else.


 All, but by Some One Else.
 There is a woman's literary club on the South Side which is having tha hardest imaginable time 10 keep togeth- CT. Unlike most similar orgGnizatiouss it is not frum want Of money that this association of fair students is constant. ly threatened with disbandment A spirit of discontaut and rivalry stalks through the meetings.
 The original purpose of the club was a thorough criticism of the works oi Homer, Dante, Shakespeare Milton, Spenser and Sir Edwin Arnold But, although this laudable intention waa adhered to for several months, after awhile some of them got to writing es' says and other papers to be read before the society The book trade may mol have noticed it. hat at that time thera was q considerable run on eoncordances, glossnries, hooks of synonyms and liter ary dictionaries. Ever since then things have gone from bad to worse. It seems impossible to maintain harmony
 The vice president of the organi2a. ton, charming young lady, whethe' considered mentally or from her photo graph recently wrote rather extend. ed poem ill a very lofty strain. She read it to the club Amid the general aQ plause which followed there came froef several remote corners of the roo@ something like murmms. \ couple ef her auditors were heard to say that she had never written anything like thai before; that they didn't believe any one in the club was capable of it. that, in fact, several passages sounded strangely familiar.
 Finally one member with glasses and very penetrating expression, address ing the author of the poem, said;
 Didn't you get some ot that from Cowper? I'm sure you did.
 T did nothing of the kind, retorted the vice president, flushing at the ac. cusation
 "Oh, but remember almost the ex. act lmesln persisted her aoeuser.
 How dare you say soH returned ths poet hotly.
 But wo'll get tho book and look, ' persisted the other
 "You re Il mean, mean thing, said the vice president, bursting into tears. didn't get this from Gowper at all And now that you're so smart I'll not tell you where 1 did get it. Chicago Tribune.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-10-06
ANGER EGGS.
A Boston Man says the Combination May
 Reau3t 4n Death.

Boston AHn aaFa Aue @2mhiGattoh May
 Resu3e 4n Death.
 Never eat eggs while you are m gry. said A. E. Stewart Of Boston My attention was first called to this strange fact by the tragic and sudden death If ,l lady acquaintance in Boston several years ago accepted her bus bands mvitation to dine with them Just as we were going ill to dinner a servant did something that caused the lady to fly in5o a terrible rage. She had been irritable from some minor com plaint for several days, and her hus. band ealnIed her ruffled feelings suffi cientlF for tle dinner to bo eaten in good temper 1 noticed that she ate all unusually large amount of soft scram. bled eggs Fifteen minutes after we left the dining ronm she was Il corpse She died in fright1ul conyulsions be- fore the nearest doctor reached tho house The doctor was unable to ascrihs the cause. 4 few months later I was visiting a brother in Connecticut, and one of his sons died under similar cir cumstanoes. Before breakfastone morn Ing the boy, who WAS about l5 years old, had a fight with neighbor' s boy Before his anger had subsided my nephew was called to breakfast He ate four soft boiled eggs. Had known as much thea as l do now l would have prevented It. In less than a half hour after breakfast the boy died with exact. . Iy the samo symptoms that were present when my friends wife died. This get me to thinking about the mattce.
 It wasu long after this befoan a heacon Aill friend of mine expired sud denly after a meal The doctors as usual, wero divided in opinion on fhe cause of death Some of them ecntend. sd that 1t was heart failure, whatever that is, and oshels are still holding out ehat it was apoplexy. Inquiry by me developed the fact that my friend was very angry when he sat down at table and that he ate five eggs. With thess developments l searched no further for She cause of his death. He was angry, he ate eggs, and he died. If these are uot links in the chain of cause and ef- feet, the human intellect is incapable of logical thinking St Louis Republic
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-10-06
ERRORS IN EWING.
Hans Excessive Arp. tile and the Body~
 Capacity For F'-od.

Capacity For ts-Hh.
 To the 1av miaa nothing seems 10 au. gar so strongly iii favor of robust health as hearty appetite, Furthermore, there would Heem to be q strong con- yietion in the public mind sanctifisd by tradition from time almost imme- morial. thai the more Q man eats the better he is. Tie quantity of food that many people aaturally eat is very large as compared with their actual physi- oIogical requirements. Add to this the many tempting forms ill which food Is presented so the palate by our modern culinary ares, the sharpening of the ap- petite by the nntoprandial cocktail, the stimulus afforded the appetite by bot tie of good wine, and the result IS often the consumption Of an amount of food that simply overwhelms the assimrla- tive organs. Such indulgence, if unre- strioted and habitual taxes both the as, similatiYe and the exeretory organs to their highest capacity, especially when coupled with sedentary life, and, more over, it lends an additional impetus to the evils spfiuging from the use of i'm proper quality of food.
 The human elaborating and excretory mechanism 'sas evidently adjusted for ordinary weiY and tear to an average limited period of about 20 years. Un- der 40 per eaat of extra work we must naturally exaect impairment or break- down of tho mechanism much earlier, 1t should therefore excite no special surprise that 20 large 9 proportion of our we'll to do people die from Bright's dis ease, heart failure and allied diseases at 50 or 65 who should, and under prop erlY regulated lives and habits would have attained the natural age of 70 or over. paradoXical though it may seem, such people usually spring from excep. tionally healthy stock and often point with pride to the fact that their imme- diate ancestors lived to advanced ages of 80 years or more. This paradox, how ever, is more apparent than real, for in- vestigation will usually reveal the fact that for the most part the parents in such cases were people Of more simple habits such as coEresponded with New England life i5 or 100 years ago.
 The truth is that the well to do man of today lives in a faster age thar that of his.fatheI and grandfather. He meets with greater opportunities and possi- bilities and therefore greater stimulus to all his energies. He more easily ac. quires pecuniary resources, and ill larger amounts. and therefore he pos Sesses greater luxuries of domestic life. With these come greater temptations to excess. While ha has often inherited q splendid constitution from his ances. tors, unlike them he has run his phys. ieal mechanism at . breakdown rate, and [ must of necessity more quickly wear out-Charles w. Purdy, N. D, in North American Review.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-10-06
4 nllrnculous praft of FIshes.

The dwellels on tho banks of tho Neekar, near the good old German town of Heilhronn, had all experience the other day which must have reminded them of the miraculous draft of fishes, A few days ago, toward evening, the worthy Eeilbronners perceived that the Neokar was toward both it's bauks one moving mass of all sorts and con- ditions of fish, thronging landward in seeming anxiety to be caught Nor was this tacit appeal at all disregarded, for every man, woman and child of the vicinity ran out with pots and pans, with spades and rakes. and pals aud baskets to help himself or herself to a share of fish. The explanation of the miracle which perchance might prove a hint to fisher folk. was that the river had become SO mnddy atterrecent heavy rains that the fish found It difficult to breathe in the thick water and had approached tho banks for more air- Westminster Gazette.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-10-06
BTozart,s Afet1,oa

Mozart method of composition was such as could only have been pursued by child of genius. He would rise early, eat hearty breakfast and then stroll for several hours in forest near his home, where, inspired by natures beauties, heavenly melodies came troop
 ing through his brain Repairing to his cottage, he would summon his wife. a very witty woman, and bid her tell him stories He would then mount his high stool and proceed to commit these inspirations to paper his wife telling him jokes and funny stories while he wrote These he enjoyed immensely, frequently intewupting her with hearty bursts of laughter and sometimes even falling from the stool and rolling on the floor But amid all this hilarity and uproar the flow of music which was to move the world went steadily on. His productions were wrought without the least thought OF study. but came almost unbidden direct from heaven. Like Shakespeare, he was purely the creature of inspiration. a genius of the highest order,--C. C. Hieaft in Housekeoper.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-10-06
ENGLISH INNKEEPERs.
Said to Be Mainly poors Who Treat Pa.
 trons a. Intruaers.

If your p0cletbook allows or fate or the desire to see the country compels you to remain in England, there are parts where yon can ride on your wheel with rreat satisfaction and at great ez. pense. Nothing could be more beautiful fban the midlands, lovelier than the counties that surround London, but westward go no farther than Bristol or Trnro. northward than Chester, avoid ing Manchester-that is, unless you mean to go still farther north into Scot land which at times will repay your enterprise. The southwest is largely 10 be avoided. Cornwall and Devon have the worst roads ill civilized Europe--ln fact. the roads and inns explain that the country is not and never has been civilized h the inns you are often treated as an intruder, and sometimes cheated in q fashion that would bring q blush to the cheek of Swiss landlord, for the emptiness of the larder the bill makes up ill lavislnesS There is hard- ly anything to eat save cream, but for that and salt bacon and ancient eggs you are asked TO pdS ds 1huS4 as iO1 good dinner at the Cafe Royal The inn keepers are mainly boors.
 As for the roads, they go straight to the top of all the hills as uncompro' misingly as the roads of Bohemia, then drop down the other side and arc unrid' able in both directions When not climbing precipitately, they lie buried at the bottom of a ditch. They are shadeless and uninteresting, rarely ap- preaching the seaeoast or passing near anything that is worth looking at, and yet we know Englishmen who are pro- foundly impressed with the belief that they are the best i'll England, and there fore in the world. The roads, inns and lnnkeepers of Scotland are i'll every way better, hut the fact that the average Britou spends his holiday on the conti' nent when he can proves not only that be wants to get there, bus also that he k driven from his own country by the shortsightedness of the people who keep it's inns and look after its reads. Mi and Mrs. Pennell in Fortnightly Review
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-10-06
ANCIENT MEDICAL METHODS
The Manner of Doctors Consultations In
 the Fourteenth Century.

Coming to Mondeyille's exposition og tho method of holding discussion, we find his description almost 6 story Of what might take place today. First, I" he says we should inquire into the nature of the disease, examining care. fully and feeling, because the diagnosis is made by touching with the hand and observing with the eye. All the consult. ants engage in turn Ill the examination. Then. if the cass demands il, they make a new examination all together, point, ing out to one another the symptoms Of disease and the special or remarkable features either in the patient or the dis ease. Tn one of them, the highest in rank, say fhe patient, Sir, Wo per eeiye very eIearly what is the matter with you, and you ought to have full confidence in us and be glad that there are so many of us here and such doctors enough for a king-aud to believe that the youngest of ps is competent to pre- scribe aud carry on your treatment and bring it 10 a good result. Then he in terrogates the patient about tho circum. stances Of his attack, Sir, do not be displeased or take it i'll, but when did yonr illness begin2 following this with many other questions, the answers =te which are recorded as indications fur nished by the patient
 When all the questions called for by tho case have been asked, the con- sultants retire to another room, where they will be alone, for in all consulta. tions the masters dispute with one an other in order tho better to discuss the truth, and sometimes they come to a pass in the heat of discussion whiah would cause strangers witnessing their proceedings suppose there were discord and strife among them This is some. times the case, ''-s' Fourteenth Century Doctors, by NJ. E. Nicaise. in Popular Eycieuea ATr,4thl,
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-10-06
Kelnote Aneestrr.

Tt has long been supposed, /" says The Outlook, that the most startling genealogical claim is that of the negus of Abyssinia, who insists that his de. scent has been in straight line from the union of solomon with the queen of Sheba, but some one has discovered q noble family in France, the counts of Noe, who not only claim Noah as their remote ancestor, but show on their fam. fly blazon that veteran seaman in the ark '
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-10-06
WreoI.ea on isnstnn sbonls-

The young man looked up from ais writing.
 "The-ah--s she-girl lives in Bos- ton, he said 10 his chum Don you think it would make hit with her if l quoted a few lines of poeuy?n
 "Got the book2'
 No, but 1 know the verses by heart. T
 " Don yoU take any chances. 1 tried the same thing once and got shook be. cause 1 used semicoIon where there should have been a comma Wash ineton Star.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-10-06
rne DMarf Elerlant. of ,Taltn.

The island of Malta ia the only known spot where the remains of dwarf ele- phmts arc found There ara several places on the island where the bones of these miniature pachyderins have been nnearthed, and hundreds of skeletons have been secured in whole or in part Ono of these, wh0se teeth and bones showed Was a full srowns specimen, was less than , 2ia feet in height and could Lot haye weighed over 600 pounds when In the iiesh. st. Louis Republic,
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-10-06
orsf and Worser.

Lately one of the Aston constables, who is n Irishman. while ill the wit ness boy pelpetra;ed bull which fairly set the court in a roar. Deserib- Ing the conduct of man who had been creating disturbance, he said:
 ' l saw iAo defendant He made the worst row in tho world, and then he went up thu street and made q worser. ' London T.f-Rts
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-10-06
Laying Bricks.

A bricklayer can lay about 500 or l,6O0 bricks in day of 10 hours where the joints are left rough, about 1000 per day when both faces have to I've worked fair and not more than 500 a day when carefully jointed and faced with picked bricks of $ uniform color. -Exchange
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-10-06

A monk named Riyalto, in q sermon preached at Florence in 1905, said that speetaoles were first used in the year l285
 The temperature of the cucumber is s degree below that of the surround ing atmosphere. It is. therefore, appar ent that the expression cool IS ou- cumber is scientifically correct
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-10-06
nees, nraln..

The brain of the honeybee has re- gently been studied by Dr, Kenyon of Clark university more thoroughly, 1t is said than ever before It Is thought that the source of a bees power to adapt itself intelligently to it's sur- roundings has been discovered in certain peculiar objects ill its maiu called the
 , mushroom bodies
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-10-06

The quantity of gas made in Germany last year, according to official returns, was 25, ,8S7 coo cubic feet in the man ufacture of which }, 750, GOO tons of eoal was employed. The number of flames in use was 5, 135, GOO.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-10-06

We call the attention of our read CTS to the new advertisement in this issu for Edgar Brewster X Co, coal dealers. This firm will handle this season Pittsburg, Alabama and Ar kansas coals, and Russellville and Pennsylvania anthracite. Prompt attention and delivery vii. be given to all orders and share ot your patronage solicited Don't delay ordering coal until cold weather comes. but order now and be ready for the winter when it arrives.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-10-06

Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Merritt and Attorney II. +. C. Eos ter returned Saturday from Isin- wood, where they had been engaged in the trial of a case.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-10-06
Jack rar's Reply.

A sailor was recently brought before a magistrate for beating his wife, when the magistrate attempted to reach bis heart by asking him if he did not know that his wife was the weaker vessel >
 ' If she is, she ought not to carry so much sail replied Jack. -London Tit. l2itc
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-10-06

The GRAPHIC on yesterday added several new and beautiful series of type to it's plant. Those wbo peruse today's ads can become acquainted with some of these new type-faces.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-10-06

John Johnson, colored k. of P. who was employed at the shops, died Saturday. His remains were folio wed to the cemetary by q large procession of his brother Knights of Pythias and friends.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-10-06
Nnf. Sn In I,raefina

Do you accept the theory that man .s freo moral agent:n
 Well, it may be all right in theory, but Two been married 80 years. n--Chi. oago Journal
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-10-06

Mr. 4. Abbino and Miss Annie Marine were married at the Catho- lie Church Sunday morning at S:30, Father Lucey officiating A recep- ton was rendered the bride at the residence of her father. Chas Sylves, ta. Sunday evening.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-10-06

Messrs. Whitmore and Black wood eollided whiln on their wheels, yesterday, damaging the formers wheel considerably.