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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20
fhe engineer misunderstood tlle signals

Inc engineer misunderstood the SlRHhlS
md there was frightful railroad coils
tos, with terrible loss Of life. The whole
country was appalled, by that accident.
There is doubtless far greater loss OF
lie occurring every day, in various sec.
tons Of the country, for which the only
excuse is" the doctor didn't under
Stand the symptoms These cases are
not the subjects of special inquest or the
country would be aghast at the sacrifice
Of life to ignorance.
II has been the experience of DR.. X. V.
Pierce and his staff Of assistant physi-
clans, that ninety eight out of every
hundred persons submitting to their
treatment can be cured. People given
up by the local physicians, weak, cIna-
ciated, with stubborn coughs and bleed
ing lungs have been absolutely cured by
the use of DR.. Pierces Golden Medical
Discovery.
Sick people are invited to consult DR.
Pierce by letter free. All letters are
hid as strictly private and treated as sa-
eredly confidential Answers are mailed
In plain envelopes without any printing
o. them.
LAST spring was taken with severe pains In
nv chest and was so weak could hardly walk
about the house" says Mrs. G. + Kerr, of Fort
Dodge Webster Co, Iowa. ~ tried several
physicians and they told me had consumption.
! heard OF DR. Pierces Golden Medical Discov-
ery and thought would try some OF it. Before
/ Fad taken the first bottle was very much bet.
Yer; I took five bottles Of Il and have not yet had
any return Of the trouble"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20

Two men in . cafe were ;isesssag q
gift by . noted mdlhonaira Of lafgs
sum Of money to found college cAss
of psychology. -
what is psychology. anyway ssk-
ed one.
ats the study Of the mind, Of ne
soul" said the other.
"What's the good Of. thst?" asked
the skeptic,
"A great deal Of USE" answered bis
companion. ~ have studied It to some
extent myself and can detect weak
minded man from strong minded ons
by a very simple test For instance,
II ] can make you say 'four.Aent
against your will you lack will POWER.
viii you let me try Il on you? 7 be-
lieve I can make you say It."
Make me say fourteen against
my will? You can't do It. Fire
awayl" And this is the way the xest
worked:
Allow much are six and four?
B.-Ten.
Allow much are eight and three?
B.-Eleven.
A. How much are nine and seven?
B.-Sixteen.
A. (trumphantly)-Aha! There,
you said It. I knew you would.
B. (indignantly)--Said what?
A.---sixteen.
B.--But fourteen was the word we
chose for the test
A. (coolly)-Wel1, you've said n
now, anyway.-New' York Tribune.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20
Women
Remember
This Fact

That in addressing Mrs. Pinkham
Sou are communicating with woman
"A woman whose experience in treat.
ing woman's ills is greater than that
Of any living person-male or female.
A woman can talk freely to wo'
man when it is revolving to relate her
private troubles to man.
Many women suffer in silence and
drift along from bad to worse, know
ing full well that they should have
immediate assistance, but natural
modesty impels them to shrink from
exposing themselves to the questions
and probable examination Of even
their family physician. 1t is unneces-
sary. Without money or price you can
consult woman, whose knowledge
from actual experience Is unequaled.
Women suffering from any form OF
female weakness are invited to freely
communicate with Mrs. Pinkham at
Lynn, Mass.
All letters are received, opened,
read and answered by women only.
This is q positive fact-not q mere
statement. 1t is certified to by the
mayor and postmaster Of Lynn and the
Women's Christian Temperance Union,
whose letters, all in q little book, Mrs.
Pinkham has just published. Thus
has been established the eternal con-
fidence between Mrs. Pinkham and the
women Of America which has never
been broken and has induced more
than 100, 900 sufferers to write her for
advice during the last few months.
Out Of the vast volume Of experience
which she has to draw from, IT Is
more than possible that she has gained
the very knowledge that will help
your case. She asks nothing in re-
turn except your goodwill, and her
advice has relieved thousands. Here
is one Of the cases we refer to:
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20
A Steamer Founders Near Cleveland, o.

Cleveland, O., Sept. "a The
schooner Dundee, owned by the
Minch Transit company, in tow Of
the steamer John NJ. Gliddeh, foun-
dered about II miles west of this
port early yesterday. The boats were
bound for Ashtabula with ore and
the storm struck them about five
o'clock yesterday morning. The
Dundee lost her rudder and big sea
bounded her and carried away her
forward hatch. The crew took to
the rigging with the exception OF
Kate hoffman,, the cook, who was
drowned. The men were finally
taken off by the steamer c. Lower
Jr., and brought to Cleveland
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20
BURLINGTON ROUTE,

Kew Through Trains to Portland
and Puget Sound, THE Burlington,
Northern Pacific Express" q New
Daily Through Train from Kansas
City and st. Joseph for Lincoln,
northwest Nebraska, Black Hills,
Wyoming, Montana, Washington,
Tacoma, Seattle, Puget Sound and
Portland, Ore, via Billings, Mont
the short line and time saver to the
Upper Northwest. To central Mon.
tana in 4S hours; to the Puget Sound
10 70 hours from the Missouri river.
Through coaches and chair cars,
through tourist sleepers, through
dining car service and standard
sleepers. This Is the man Travelled
road Missouri river to the Northwest.
Number ID, Kansas City and St.
Joseph to Nebraska, Denver, Colora-
do, Utah, Pacific Coast and the North
west, via Ogden; also to the North
west Montana, Washington, Oregon,
via Lincoln and Billings. Weekly
California excursions.
Number Is, "Nebraska-C Colorado
Express" from Kansas City and St.
Joseph-the latest night train for
Nebraska, Colorado, Utah anu Pacific
coast.
To the East: Chicago and St. Louis,
greatly improved trains in time and
equipment.
10 the North: Best trains daily to
Omaha, St. Paul, Minneapolis and
the Lake region.
10. BRAMHALL. IL. w. wAKELEY,
TIP. A., Ss3 Main St., Gen'l Pass, Agt,
Kansas City. Mo. st. Louis, Mo.
HOWARD ELLIOTT.
General Manager,
81. Joseph, Mo-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20
Two More Women Who
Acknowledge the Help
They Have Received from
Mrs. Pinkham.

"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM-The doctor
says | have congestion OF the womb,
and cannot help me. There is aching
in the right side Of abdomen, hip, leg,
and back. If you can do me any good,
please write. D MRS. NINA CHASE,
Fulton, N. Y, December 20, 1897.
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM--I followed
your instructions, and now l want
every woman suffering from female
trouble to know how good your advice
and medicine is. The doctor advised
an operation. | could not bear to
think of that, so followed your advice.
got better right off. took six bottles
Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and used three packages Of
Sanative Wash; also took your Liver
Pills, and am cured."-MRs. NINA
CHASE, Fulton, N. Y, December IL,
1898.
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM-Have been
suffering for over year and had three
doctors. At time of menstruation l
suffer terrible pains in back and
ovaries. Ihave headache nearly every
day, and feel tired all the time. The
doctor said my womb was out of place.
Would be SO glad if you could help me-"
-MRs. CARL voss, Sac City, Iowa,
August /, 1898.
"Please accept my sincere thanks for
the good your advice and Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
done me. / did everything you told
me to do, and used only three bottles,
and feel better in every respect
MRS. CARL Voss, Sac City, Iowa, March
20, 1899.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20
MANY Vessel. Driven Ashore

Oswego, N. Y, Sept. 1a.-The storm
here yesterday was severe. The wind
reached a velocity of ~ miles an
hour. The schooner Alhercore was
driven ashore east of the harbor'
The crew was rescued by the life
savers. The T. P. Kerrt, of Hamil-
ton. Ont, is ashore on Nine Mile
toint. The crew escaped to shore.
Ten handsome yachts were dashed
on the beach here.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20
An ANIMAL tn WOndmen Of the World.

Omaha, Neb., Sept. 13.-J. c. Root
sovereign commander of the Wood
men of the World, in response to an
appeal from the Galveston relief
committee of that organization at
Houston Tex, has issued call to
all camps in the United States for i'm
mediate aid. Quite a number OF
Woodmen are repored killed or in
iured, but the call is made for funds
for general aid as well as fraternal.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20

Paris, Ont, Sept. 13.-While a big
windstorm was at its height early
Yesterday morning fire broke out in
Me,druln's -four mill, destroying all
the business portion of the town.
over 80 stores, including the customs
office. post office and the Bank OF
Commerce. The loss will probably
reach S25O,OOo. Insurance not known
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20
Locomotive Building and Prosperity.

During October, 1899, the Baldwin
locomotive works turned out no fewer
than four locomotives a Gay. The total
number built in the United States that
year was 2,473, the largest number
ever known in the history Of the coun-
try. And this number does not include
locomotives built by the railroad COM
panies in their own shops, This is the
clinching argument that the railroads
of the country are prospecting as they
never prospered before. The United
States now sells locomotives in Eng
land, France and every country Of the
world
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20
Miss Collier Writes for
Mrs. Pinkham's Advice,
Receives it, and is Made
Well. Read Her Three
Letters:

in paper Of q young lady who was
cured by the use of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and would
like your advice in regard to my case.
have taken medicine, but do not see
that it has helped me much. have
such dreadful cramps and pains at
time Of menstruation that 1t seems
sometimes as though l could. hardly
stand it. would be so thankful if I
could find a cure for my trouble.
Please tell me what to do, MISS
LILLE NJ. COLLIER, Pigeon Run, Ohio,
April ., 1896.
II received your letter in reply to
mine and followed your kind advice;
have taken four bottles of your Veg
etable Compound. think it has
helped me a good deal. How many
bottles will effect a cure ~ Miss
LILLE NJ. COLLIER, Pigeon Run, Ohio,
July II, 1898.
IL again did as you advised me and
now l feel it my duty to tell you what
Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has done for me. For five years
| suffered untold agonies at time Of
menstruation. | have now taken
twelve bottles of Compound and used
three boxes of Liver Pills and am en-
tirely cured of the dreadful pain l
used to suffer. | advise all those who
suffer with female weakness to write
to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. y
Miss LILLE M. COLLIER, Pigeon Run,
Ohio, May 10, 1899.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20
MEXICO MAY DROP SILVER.
President Diax' Government Not
Welded to the Use Of the
White Metal.

There is but little doubt that Mexico
Is paving the way to adopt the gold
standard as soon as it shall be to the
interests of the republic, and its lead
err, Porhrio Diaz, to do SO. For some
years it has been the practice of sill
yertes to point to the prosperity of
Mexico--never comparable to that Of
the United States--as an evidence of
what silver will DO. In so doing the sill
yer advocates have blinded themselves
TO the fact that it is not silver, but
the strong government and wise
craftsmanship of President Diaz. In
surfing protection to life and property,
which haveHnade modern Mexico what
it is. Mexico has per capita circula-
ton of trihe over nine dollars, as COM
pared with $26 in the United States
and that nine dollars in 5O-cent dollars,
The Mexican Herald, in discussing
the silver question, says.
"rhe silver question will not down in
American politics. People who have
made some accumulations in these
days Of prosperity want to know if
what they have is to be scaled down
one-half 1t is natural desire for in
formation. Here in Mexico we know
what the deprecated dollar means.
Neither that great statesman (Presi-
dent Porfrio Diaz) nor his success
full and accomplished minister of
finance make any idol of silver. They
regard 1t as means TO an end and
when that end is achieved Mexico will
adopt such a standard as suits her in
terests best. Perhaps Mexico may re-
main with the silver standard; per-
haps adopt the gold basis. What we
want to make clear to the money-talk-
ing politicians up north Is that Mexico
Is not enthusiastic over the white met
al; there is. a deal of conservatism and
sound sense in the government that
Gen. Diaz is giving this land. T.e
administration is not waxing poetical
over the silver dollar of the Mexico
of the past. 1t is fortunate for Mex
leo at this stage Of its development
that brass bands and spellbindefs are
not making the peoples political con-
victons for them"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20

Use Coke dsndruff cure, warrant.
I'd to he as stated. For sale at Hollis
barber shop.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20
rwo n.rys, aud Crew, Swept TO Sea.

Washington, Sept. ia telegram
has been received by General Super
intendent Kimball, Of the life saw
ing service, from the keeper at
velasco, Ten, stating that the barges
Velasco and Mona were, swept to sea
in the recent storm and that their
crews are probably lost,
The Law and Order league of To
peka, Kan, is talking of making Rev
Charles NJ. Sheldon chief OF police
James Ramsey was forced to resign
the place because he failed to close
the joints.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20
pd.L.ppI,E COMMISSION.


Manila, Sept. l3.-At the first pub
lie Legislative session of the Philip
pine commission held yesterday bills
appropriating Sl0O0,000 in gold from
the funds of the islands for high
ways and bridges and $500 in part
payment of surveying expenses were
passed. Senior Torres, attorney gen.
eral. asked for information as to the
method of dsbursing the appropri-
alton, reminding the commission of
spain's practices in connection with
public funds, Gen. Luke L. Wright,
of the commission, answering the
inquiry, explained that good roads
for the military were an economic
necessity and that Gen. Macarthur,
as the executive, was aided by trained
army engineers The army was thus
the best and only machine for super
vising ably and economically the con-
struction of such public works. The
commission, he said, desired in this
way to give the Filipinos an object
lesson in the honest and efficient dis
tursement of public funds, and this
would be all the more effective be-
cause it was the army's economical
and honest administration that had
created the surplus and made the ap-
preparation Of nearly $1,O00,O0O pos
sible. Senior Torres expressed him
self as entirely satisfied with the re-
ply.
Other matters before the commits
sion was the consideration of re-
port regarding the extension of the
Manila-Dagupin railroad to Bangued,
province of Abra, where it is proposed
to establish sanitarium and COM
mercial bureau, in the spirit of Pres
ident McKinley's instructions.
The commission also approved the
monetary outlay already made by
Prof. Fred Atkinson, superintendent
of instruction in the Philippines.
foreclosure Proceedings Against Trust
Milwaukee, Sept. 13.-The Central
Trust company, of New York, yester-
day afternoon instituted foreclosure
proceedings against all of the proper
ty of the United States Flour Mill
ing company, commonly known as
the -four trust. The bill asks that all
of the property be sold, the COM
pany having failed to make the first
payment of interest under a mort
gage dated May /, 1899, issued to
cover bond issue for $15,OOO,OoO.
The action Of the company at this
time is taken as an Indication that
the plans for the reorganization OF
the new trust have been definitely
agreed upon and that the new COM
pany which is to be framed will buy
in the various properties at the fore
closure sale.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-15
Mutton as a Staple Meat.

All over the world mutton is recog.
nized as a delicious article of diet
The sheep we eat are Of two kinds
the horned and the hornless, but OF
each of these there are innumerable
varieties.
This healthful meat can be eaten al
the year around and the housewife
who looks into the subject will find ii
can be served in SO many different
ways that custom cannot state its def
mite variety.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-15
Mrs. BeImont,s Scrapbonks,

Nearly every woman of the grand
monde keeps a scrapbook of newspa-
per clippings which have reference to
her gowns, her entertainments and her
comings and goings-it is whispered
that Mrs. Oliver Belmont has not only
one book, but a dozen.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-15
At Their Trade.

Hoax-Those two fellows should make
fine soldiers They are always fighting
tooth and nail.
Joax-They don't look II.
Observation-Disclosures. one is a dentist and
the other a chiropodist.- Philadelphia Rec
ord
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-15
The Grown I'm Curfew

"Well, what did your civic club do to-
day?"
I'VE passed a beautiful resolution to
be out after 9 o'clock without carving a
written permit from his wife" -Chicaeo
Record
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-15
Too Healthy.

Arthur. don't believe my poodle is a
Thoroughbred
why. Bertha?''
"He hasn't been sick a minute since we
got him. '-Indianapolis Journal.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-15
Feminine Wit.

Mattie-Loss Of sleep. you know, means
loss Of beauty.
Helen-Indeed! How long have Won been
troubled with insomnia7
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-15
How Cute of Him.

Mss Pechis-Everybody seems to think
Ir he picture OF mamma. Do you?
Mr. Gallandt-Well. should say a very
hafter.ng picture.-Phiadelphi Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-13
GREAT BRITAIN Is FIRM.
No Ultimatum Could Force Her to
F"rego Her Plans


F"rego Her Pians
London, Dec. THE Fifteenth par
lament of the reign of Queen Vic
toria opened yesterday. Before the
lights went out in the ancient cham
bers almost every leading politician
had spoken. Such fierce personal an
mostly and such bitter invective nad
scarcely ever before marked the pro-
ceedings at Westminster. Mr.. Joseph
Chamberlain, secretary of state for
the colonies, was the center of the
storm. The policy o. the empire re-
garding South Africa and China, the
action of the government in causing
a dissolution when it did, the conduct
of the war against the Beers, and, in
fact, all the questions vitality affect
ing the empire, were gravely discuss
ed and explained. but dominating all
was the opposition's hatred of the
colonial secretary,
After the reading of the queens
speech Lord Salisbury, after paying a
tribute to the skill of Lord Roberts
and General Kitchener and to the
bravery of the officers and soldiers,
said the Transvaalers, the Free Stat
ers and the world should understand
there could be no deviation from the
policy of the government already out
lined. Anything resembling indepen-
dence never could be granted. The
war must proceed to the inevitable
issue.
We must let It be felt that no one,
by the issue of an insolent and auda-
cious ultimatum could force the Brit
ish government to humble itself and
abandon its rights. lie could never
allow that shred of independence
should be left. How soon the Free
Staters and the Transvaalers would
have any,.iing like self-government
depended on themselves. 1t might be
years and it might be generations.
The feature of the session was
Lord Rosebery's spirited attack on
the government. He was unsparing
in his criticism of the dissolution of
parliament, the conduct of the war
and the policy of the government
towards China, and everything ham
died by the caDInet.
Lord Rosebery's comment on the
charges against Mr.. Chamberlain, the
secretary of state for the colonies.
was severe. He deprecated overbelief
in the creditability of all the chargc5 J,
but said it was evident that the head
of the cabinet had failed in proper
supervision and the pride of England
in the purity of its public men had
suffered.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-13
NICARAGUA CANAL
Report of the Commission Submitted
to Congress.

lsoppfb
to Congress.
Washington, Dec. 5.-The report of
the Isthmian canal commission, sub
mitted by the president to congress
yesterday, gives as unanimous con-
clusion of that body that "the most
practicable and feasible route for the
Isthmian canal under the control,
management and ownership of the
United States is taken as the Near
aqua route" The commission esti-
mates the cost of this route at $780,
100000. This estimate, much in ex-
cess of any heretofore made. is due
to the increased dimensions and 9TH
err features not heretofore consid-
cred. The commission also estimates
the cost of the canal by the Panama
route at S142,342,579 according TO one
route, and S1j6,37S,25S according to
another route. As between the Mic
aragua and Panama route the COM
mission sums up number of advan-
taces favorable to the former. 1t
states also that under the conces-
sions given by the Panama govern
ment to the Panama Canal company
that the company Is not free to
grant necessary rights to the United
States, except upon conditions made
by the company. The report Is al
most as long as the presidents mes
sage. Although the work of the COM
mission is not yet completed, many
field parties still being out, yet IL
has been sufficiently advanced to
make it practicable to present the
preliminary report giving essential
findings.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-13
THE TITUS AMENDMENT
Declared Void Because of an Error
by Journal Clerks.

Burlington, Dec. 5.-The Hawkeye
claims that the Titus amendment is
absolutely void because of the failure
of the journal clerks to spread the
same as adopted upon the journal
of the house. The hawkeye sums up
the case as follows:
81. The constitution required that
the resolution amending that instru-
ment must be entered at length upon
the journals of each (both) houses.
so. 1t was not so entered in the
house journal of the twenty-seventh
general assembly.
SO. The supreme court has held
that this is mandatory and failure to
comply renders the amendment null
and void.
-. Upon a rehearing the co'rt re-
affirmed and reinforced it's opinion
by the statement that where the ex-
isting constitution prescribes meth
cd for it's own amendment, an amend
ment thereto to be valid must be in
strict conformity to that method
Omitting the entering in full OF the
resolution upon the house journal
was a glaring violation of the pre-
scriptions OF the constitution and
renders the amendment invalid.
"5. If slight variation in the
phraseology of the prohibitory
amendment MADE it invalid. how
much greater in destructive effect
must be the entire omission OF the
resolution from the house journal!
The constitution was clearly violated
and its requirements ignored in the
house of the twenty-seventh general
assembly and consequently thu
amendment is of no effect"