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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-07-13
I. O. O. T. Installation.

Last evening Western Home lodge
10. O. F., installed the following
officers: Jas. Bolster, N. g.; B. F.
Lands, V. G.; L. Lips, sec,i D. Blu
baugh, Treas; F. A. Smith, warden
c. Young, Con-; D. H. Metzger' r. 5
N. G.; Harker Hersh, l.. S. N. 6.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-07-13
D. nf II. Installation.

The Degree Of Honor installed its
new officers last night. The list is
Lena Suffer, G Of H; Mary Landis'
L OF H; Mrs } Herman, c Of c; Lille
Jackson, recorder; Mrs Rose Rice
tinancier; Mrs Flora Herr, receiver
Mrs Harding, usher; Mrs A W Liv
ingston, I W; Drs Steelsmith & Conk
lin, medical examiners.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-07-13
Notice to Bidders.

The Board Of Trustees Of the Dick
inson County High school will receive
sealed bids up to noon of July % fol
constructing about 5000 square feel
of yitrified brick walks with stone
curbing. For particulars address,
D. B. PIERCE,
Secretary Of the Board,
62.2ts2c Chapman, Kansas.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-07-13
Restored to Citizenship.

Gov. Stanley has pardoned and re-
stored to citizenship James Blake OF
this county who has been in the pen
for burglary and whose term was
about to expire.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-07-13
S25 Found.

II the person who found the $50
Saturday night in bills tied in a
handkerchief, will return same to this
office, $25 will be given for their
trouble.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-07-13

Wanted, men and teams to pillow
100 acres for fall crop. A. Kropf'
Talmage. 4z'4c'
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-07-13

Bring us all your
eggs and get highest
market price. 1t will
pay you to sell your
eggs where you can
buy groceries cheap
M. M. WHITLAW.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-07-13

Wanted, pigeons at Wells, Fargo
express office, Abilene. Si-tf
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-10-27

The servant girl has new champion
In no less person that Professor Cuml
mings Of Harvard University, whose
paper on the subject is the outcome Of
much research and thought. The SER
CANT girl question Is an old one; wom-
en- have tried to solve IL, but Ia an UNI
systematic way. which has resulted
only IN spasmodlc reforms Professor
Cummings suggestion is to place do.
nestle service IN the line of trade
governed by union, which shall reg
ulato hours and scale OF wages, and by
which the rights Of employers and en-
ployes shall be defined and protected.
II Is more and more becoming a recog.
nlzed fact that no advance can be made
In domestic service until the assumed
degradation which at present attends
II is removed Should servants not re-
side In the house, but come daily to the
duties which begin and finish at regu-
lar hours, II would give the sense OF
freedom and independence now lack
Ing and convert the alleged tyrannized
servant into self-respecting employe,
with a better defined social status.
Perhaps the time has come for men to
take up the solution Of problem
which women have failed to find. and
II more college men will give their
time to It, as has Professor Cummings.
we may look for happy ending to
perplexing controversy.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-10-27
.xtinguished by the use of the garden

extinguished by the use of the garden
hose.
When It was finally decided that the
old landmark was dying and would
have to be cut down, Mrs. Elmendorf
hit upon n novel plan to save its life.
At her suggestion the interior of the
tree was built up solidly with masonry,
which keeps out the weather and fur
nished the remainder of the trunk
with a solid support That was four
years ago, and still the elm shows
signs of considerable vigor with the
return of each successive spring. Those
who live in the neighbOrhood of the old
elm are greatly attached to It, and
hardly a person would consent to have
the old landmark disturbed so long as
It continues to show the slightest signs
of life.
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ed, brass cover is slipped over the
cone and its felty covering, the ma
chine rsadjus.ed, and the cone removed
ana plunged in a tank of hot water.
Here It remains for few moments
anu on being removed, the perforated
cone is readily withdrawn and, the
workman lifts out conicaI bag annar-
emily almost as thin as tissue naner
ABOUT four feet in length and between
TWO or three in diameter at the ton.
ms Is the future hat, which however
pears very faint resemblance 70 tbe
FORM 1t is finally to assume. for many
nands must put 1t through almost in
Vulnerable processes ere it is ready for
the wvarer.
ne nrst thing 20 be done is to reduce
the size, for hat three feet in diana
ter Is too large even for the swollen
eaput OF spring poet, so the baq is
passed on to "felters,' who are to less
tn It's dimensions. Round a circular
tank OF hot water are arranged in
ellned planes, and at each stands n man
Who' dipping the long bag from time 70
uihe IN the water, works IT. kneads II
presses It, with several different kinds
81 manipulation, until finally the gauzv
Dag sun retaining its original shape is
reduced to about one third of its former
size becomes thick felt and exactly
the shape and appearance of the hats
worn by circus clowns
Now the troubles of the hat fairly
begin. They are dyed. and still further
reduced in size by this process; thew
are sti1feued with comnosition -
rosln and shellac, then allowed to drv.
again dampened, they are blocked
when' for the first time. they begin To
approximate the shape of a fashIonabIe.
,i'e' Being fixed in permanent form II
Is now recognizable as hat in nosse
rather than esse, being rough. and WITH
a weary looking brim which sags doH,n
here and there. 10" "
II mas a right to look weary for
"ue'ner the blocking is done bv hand
workman with the arms of n nrizs'
ngh'er' selling the brim and ORA W. :,
aown over the block, or whether the
IRON myers of machine stretch ana
ura" II into position, the result is The
'3ile' me brlm always looks as though
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-10-27

"For the drst time In history" writes
Hon. A. w. Tourgee, "the worlds In.
Dor is able to produce more than the
world can consume" This result has
been reached by the application Of
skilled industry to the development OF
the ample resources Of nature-the gift
of the All-Father TO His human chill
dren. Inventive genius planting har-
vesting and manufacturing by me-
chanical methods-has made II possible
for one mans labor to supply the
means of life and comfort to hundreds;
and the same inventive genius. calling
to its help vast combinations of capital.
has created conduits for the distribu
ton and exchange Of commodities owe
large spaces of the globe. by land and
sea. Naturally, the nations that are
most intelligent and enterprislng ren.
der the largest service and reap the
largest benefits. Naturally, also.
small minority Of any population be.
come captains OF industry, and direct
ors OF the great financial operations
which fill the sluices OF business. and
make the mighty wheels 20 round
This situation makes two things possi-
BILE. The strong and prosperous ma
lions have Il In their power to crowd
and Cypress the lower OF slower races
that still make up the large majority
OF mankind. and the few men whose
genius for management, OF advantage
Of position, places them in the lead.
can compel their fellows to pay them
undue tributes and TO depend on them
for permission to live on the planet In
short, we have reached n condition
where the human multitudes. by gen
erous. equitable dealing, might live
with less exhausting labor and more
rational happiness than ever before;
and yet Il is n condition where the self.
ish use OF power may easily create new
and cruel forms Of tyranny and serf-
dom. which must be the seeds Of con-
flict and revolution. 1t is a good time
for men and nations 10 ponder the
principle OF noblesse oblige.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-10-27
Library Books

81 could stock a museum with the
uuer things l have found in oui
books" said a librarian. These arti
Giles include all kinds of bills-grocery
bills. gas bills and every variety Of bill
under the sun; hairpins and hair orna
ments Of every design, and material
love letters galore, locks of hair bits
of lace. dress samples and watch
chain charms; pen and ink, pencil cray:
on and water color sketches; money or
ders and postage stamps, and nave
also a dried human ear, which fo1no
in a book on surgery, borrowed oy
medical student probably, as they car,
rv all sorts of uncanny things aDou'
with them. Photographs, too Inquire
largely in my collection. l once founu
an Insurance policy in a book, out II
was quickly claimed. TT busting adj
vertiser cannot let evehk libary DOCKS
alone. Somebody is an ageat for a GER
tain patent medicine. He takes OUT nall
n dozen books, not to read them put
simply to insert a circular
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-10-27
DIAZA GREAT RULER.
HE is SAID TO HAVE NO SU-
PERlOR.
Mezieo's President One of the Worlds
Great Men-The Rise of a self Made
Man-Eiected to His Present Posi-
tjon in the Year 1870.

President Diaz, of Mexico, Is one OF
the self-made great men Of the world.
He is derived from spanish-Indian
stock, and is n native Of Oaxaca. Not
many Mexicans could have done with
that country what Gen. Diaz has ac-
compllshed. He has ruled the lmpul-
sive people Of the republic with the Sc
verify Of Spartan. and he has sue
ceeded, to the admiration Of all men.
His long arm reaches out for and his
strong hand grasps every particular of
the government. His punlshments are
as swift and as certain as the Cars.
He moves men as the chess player
shifts the figures ON the checkered
board. But out of this almost des-
potlc dictatorship have come order and
progress for the country he sways. It
has built railroads and telegraph lines,
improved cities, irrigated vast dry,
dusty plains, established compulsory
school system, and has made a noble
attempt to raise on the remains of the
Aztec people something that looks like
a modern civilized state.
President Diaz is now go years old.
When youth he studied law, but be-
came a soldier for the repulsion of the
enemy when the Americans invaded
Mexico, In 1S47. After peace had come
Diaz resumed his law studies, but
again he joined the nsurrect'on agai. st
Santa Ana, in 1851. and after that he
was always on the side Of the rebels
for the overthrow Of the various gov
ernments that sought to rule Mexico.
When he was elected President of the
republic, in 1876. the political condi-
tions Of the country were in a state that
was little less than anarchy. He start
ed out to restore order and to place
the republic on basis Of security and
comparative prosperity, and he sue
ceeded. Previous to his election Diaz
had three times tried for the Presl-
dency and had failed. His enemies
were bitter, and twice he was forced to
flee to New Orleans to escape death.
But since his election he has entrench-
ed himself impregnably in that posi-
ton, and there Is no doubt that he will
remain the ruler of his country so long
as he will consent to serve.
Nine. Diaz, the Presidents beautiful
wife. Is the most beloved woman in all
Mexico. She is affectlonately called
"Our Little Carmelite," and is especial
~ interested In education. To-day
there Is not a hamlet Of 400 people that
is without a free school, where English
is taught as a compulsory branch. She
has also been actively interested In the
recent effort to place the Mexican girls
upon a plane of Industrial lndepend-
ence. and her labors on behalf Of La
Escuela Industrial has been the prl-
mary cause of its immediate success.
This industrial school gives free in
structi0n In needlework and sewing
and furnishes the girls with a good
home when necessary. Women who
cannot afford sewing machines may
bring their work to the school, where
they may have free use of a machine
and the sewing materials they may
need
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-10-27
HISTORIC OLD ELM.
Tree with He 'rt of Masonry whic
Gives IL Support.

Tree with He rt of Masonry Which
Gives IL support.
Few cities In the United States have
more of a curiosity In the shape Of a
tree than an old elm which is growing
steadily out Of the Belgian pavement
OF Albany street in New Brunswick.
n. j., in front of the residence of John
Il. Elmendorf, treasurer of Rutgers
College. The old elm IS known from
one end of the city to the other as 1.-THE
tree with the brick wall In It," 1t was
given this title because there Is a solid
wall of masonry, four feet high ana
about two feet square, in the heart Of
the tree.
For more than a hundred years the
old elm has been landmark. Albany
street was the old post road from New
York to Philadelphia. crossing the
Raritan River at the point where old
John Inian ferrled the stage coaches
and occasionally wayfarers across in a
fiat boat. When the old elm tree was
first PAINTED It was inside Of the curb
line, but about forty years ago the
street was widened. and It now stands
In the gutter at the edge Of the curb
stone. Two companions Of the elm
We're cut down when the street was
widened, because they were too far out
in the roadway.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-10-27
THE.MAKING OFAHA1
VARIOUS PROCESSES TO WHICH
IT'S SUBJECTED.
The BoiIings, Bakings, singeinGs and
other Miseries Through Which a
piece of Headgear Passes Ere 1t
Comes to the Wearer.

All men wear hats, but all men do not
,,nou, that the manufacture Of these In
disneusable articles Of dress is one OF
tba most curious in the whole line OF
Industrial employment. The process
30 botmaking begins with the trapper
NJ the Hudson Bay region, with the
hunter of Alaska, with the fur trader
NJ siberia. even with the small boy Of
MIR rural districts, who, with shotgun,
soIlies ont directly after the falling Of
the a-st snow to hunt the festive and
prolific rabbit, for the sine qua non Of
the modern felt hat is fur. No fur, no
hat is the rule in every factory, for,
without fur hats cannot be made ex-
cent wool hats, straw hats and stove
pipes.
Beneath the long hairs which give
character and color to every kind OF
peltry there grows a fine, soft fur,
varying in length from a quarter to a
third of an inch, which forms the real
protection Of every animal from the
cold, and this, the underwear" of all
fur-bearing animals, heavy in winter,
light in summer, is the basis of every
felt hat. Complicated machinery shears
1t from the skin, performing this opera
ton as daintlly and almost as closely
as the well-traned barber shaves the
face Of a customer particular about his
personal appearance.
The sheared fur is thrown into ma
chine which, by a complicated system
Of rollers and travelling belts, complete
ly separates every long hair, every par
ticle Of dust or other impurity from the
fur and passes on the latter perfectly
clean, a soft fleecy, almost impalpable
mass, ready for the hatter's use.
When ready to serve as the basis Of a
"tile" it is weighed two to four ounces
being allotted to hat, each portion be-
Ing placed in a little box, and large
trays, containing a number of boxes,
are carried to the room where the hat
making begins Before each machine
sits a young woman who, with her fin
gers, feeds into an orifice In the top of
the mechanism the fur allotted for one
hat. 1t disappears from view and
what happens to it then is this: Just
below the ori6ce through which the fur
passes there is a toothed cylinder,
known in hat-maker's slang as 1.-The
devil" Turning at rate of over 5000
revolutions per minute, 1t seizes the
fur, scatters 1t throughout the interior
Of a large chamber and permits 1t to
fall evenly on perforated cone below,
to which it adheres, being drawn partly
Into the tiny orifices by a strong sue
hon current. When the fur for one hat
Is thus distributed, the machine is open
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-10-27

It had spent hard winter u tt.
ar or the rainy season ar Nfor,,. open
passes on, disreputable brim ana II
workmen who with knives o. ',l la. an 70
razors' shave off all PROTECTING @s sa,a as
reduce every inequality Of the s, lars
ana make 1t apparently as smoot, s' 30
velvet. In some factories tbls M n.al Us
Is performed by a machine wb, eSSs 20
composites the result desired nv ro - az
ing the hat very rapidly while tbe ~,
lshing Is done by emery paper NJ ~
nat Is now smooth, but by no rooa ,e
sufiiciently so to satisfy the crit,oa1
eyes Of foreman, proprietor and mn
chaser. for the public has become S sos
tidlous In the matter Of its headoaar
and demands a gloss on the derbv it'll
INFERIOR to that on the reenlation
"stovepipe." So the hat must noes
through several severe ordeals before II
Is ready for sale, for, after it has beon
blocked and shaved and polished T.
goes on to the fnisher, who Jams II
down on his block with a turn Of b,s
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-10-27

Thousands of little apple trees, some
already five inches high, have been
found growing on the western shores
of the islands of Null and Iona, on
the Scottish west coast, just above
high-water mark. and the crofters are
transplanting them to their gardens.
The seedlings have grown from the
apples cast ashore from the Dominion
line steamer Labrador, wrecked last
fall. The London Daily Chronicle
calls this "a practical demonstration
of the hardness and vitality of apple
pips," but whether the hardness CON
sists in resisting the sea water or In
enduring the climate of Scotland it
does not say.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-10-27
A Queer Kind Of Climblno PIant.

A queer kind of climbing plant has
lately been found in Brazil, where 1t
grows in the open air. Its flowers
have fiat, horny plates, just above the
nectar cups in the center of the bios.
som, and which are called pinchine
bodies. When the insect thrusts its
sucker into the nectar the plates pinch
1t fast, and when 1t leaves the insect
must either carry off the center of the
flower or leave Its sucker behind. In
the former case the pollen is likely to
reach and fertillze another flower: in
the latter the poor insect dies. Some
times the legs, as well as the noses. of
Insects are found sticking in the flow.
ers. Only the humble bee seems to be
strong enough to get away whole.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-10-27
The Humor of Negotiating a Loan

The Humor OF Negotiating a Loan
A young Irishman, in want of a S.
note, wrote to his uncle as follows:
Dear Uncle: If you could see how
blush for shame while l am writing,
you would pity me. Do you know
why? Because l have to ask you for
a few dollars, and do not know how to
express myself. 1t is impossible for
me to tell you. prefer to die. send
you this by messenger, who will wait
for an answer Believe me, my dear
est uncle, your most obedient and af'
fectionate nephew, JACK.
up. S.-Overcome with shame for
what l have written, have been run
ming after the messenger in order TO
take the letter from him, but l cannot
catch him up. Heaven grant that
something may happen to stop him, or
that my letter may get lost"
The uncle was naturally touched, but
was equal to the emergency. He re-
piled as follows;
"My Dear Jack: Console Yourself
and blush no longer. Providence has
heard your prayers. The messenger
lost your letter.
'Your affectionate uncle, -
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-10-27
wrist, sets the machine in motion, and
the hat whirring.

wrist, sets the machine in motion, and
the hat whirring.
He sandpapers it, bringing of at ev-
cry revolution a quantity of fine black
dust; he turns up a gas Jet until a
fiaring flame a foot high spurts forth,
then passes the hat through the blaze
as the easiest method of disposlng Of
the projecting hairs. 1t energies brown
and singed with the fame, and is again
treated to a dose of emery paper, this
process being called in the technical
language of the craft Touring" a hat
makers contraction Of "velouring" or
"velveting." When partially Toured,
the hat is passed on to the curriers', who
impart to the brim the shape and curve
dictated by fashion for the season. The,
curling is done by small irons, having
grooves cut in the under surface, which
take up the moistened felt, give it the
requisite shape which, after drying 1t
retains. 1t is now ready for the bind
ers. In some factories the bindings
are sewed on by machines designed es-
pecially with reference for this work,
but. in the greater portion this opera
ton is performed by girls and women
who sew on the. bindings, put in the
Innings and paste, in the London and
Paris labels which, no matter where
the hat was made, are to the mind of
the purchaser proof positive that it Is
strictly au fait, en- regle, or whatever
else he is accustomed to say as indica-
tive Of the regularity of his headgear.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-10-27

write. Wyoming is second, with
percentage Of 3.41; Iowa third, 3.61,
and Kansas fourth. $780, Compared
with this the percentage OF illiterates
IN Massachusetts Is G.22, exactly
double that OF Nebraska. In New
York State 1t Is 553 and in Connecticut
a little less, 5.2s. 10 Ohio 1t Is 5.24 and
In Illinois 5.25. This Is due chiefly to
the foreign population In the large
cities and In manufacturing centers.
The farmers Of Kansas Nebraska and
Iowa never fan to send their children
to school. while the slums Of Boston,
New York. Chicago and other large
cities are filed with Bohemlans. Hum
garians, Italians and other immlgrantl
who do not value education, aud CAM
not read and write.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-10-27

Cunninghame Graham. himself a
snucy Scot, thus gives the genesis OF
Tie modern Engllshman: saxon sto-
iidity Celtic guile, Teutonlc dullness
ard Norman pride. all tempered with
east wind. baptized with mist narrow
ed by !nsularity, swollen with good
fortune, and rendered overbearlng by
wealth. have worked together 10 pro
duce the type" Not by any means a
good-natured sketch. or strictly
truthful one, but II moral and mental
heredfty is insisted upon. the multiplex
origin OF English character must ac-
count Tor what Is strong and good IN IL
as well as for what Is weak and bad.
AS for English-Amerlca. the daughter
nation, Il has become the great anal.
gamator OF the world absorbing almost
every strain OF Gentle blood. Yankee
character is British plus two hundred
and eighty years.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-10-27

Already census statisticians are spec.
ulating on the new center OF population
of the United States to be revealed by
the coming census. The steady west
ward course of this invisible point for
the last half century makes 1t practic-
able 70 determine within reasonable
eXactness its location next year. In
1850 II was In West Virginia, south of
Parkersburg. Thence II crossed into
Ohio at the next census and traversed
that state by slow stages until IN
1880 Il had reached Cincinnati. In
1890 it crossed into Indiana, still close
~ following the thirty-nlnth parallel.
aud reached a point a few miles south
OF Greensburg. Its rate Of progress
westward has been at about the aver
age rate Of five miles per year, having
Travelled 5O5 miles since the taking Of
the first census Al this rate of prog
ress during the coming century It will
cross into Illinois. Some claim, how
ever, that this Western march of popu-
lation will be checked soon and that
possibly the next census will mark
nearly, II not quite, Its extreme West
ern advance. Considering the growth
of Western States and Territories.
however, this does not seem probable.
Ii Is more likely that the limit will be
reached somewhere in Illinois the COM
ing century. Within few decades
Chicago will be the nearest the center
OF population OF the United States OF
any city Of consequence, and thus the
star Of empire will shine in the zenith
Of the inland metropolis Of the coun-
try.