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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-07-04
SCHOOL TAX LEVY MADE.
Same Rate Fixed a. Last Year-Cen-
sus Taker Named.

The school board met in regular
session last night, President Brewer
presiding.
The tax levy was made: 20 mills,
being Is for general purposes and )
for bond and interest.
H. A. Keve was appointed to take
the school census.
President Brewer reported that he
had refunded 81 200 bond due July
l with the state school fund at 4! per
cent.
Supt. Niesley made his annual re-
port showing prosperous year in
the school,.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-07-04

Prices for creamery butter At points
named for week ending today. Dickinson
county price " cents less than New York
~ cents less than Chicago
KANSAS CfTY-Fancy separator lie, dairy
fancy ljc.
5HIcAdo-Creamery iih q 10, dairy ilH q
1871.
New YoRK-Creamery 10 q 1gH, factory
l2h to ID
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-07-04
ARE WAITING ON CASING.
Gas Well Will Be Commenced as Soon
al II Comes.

The committee in charge Of the gas
we'll matters has not yet been able to
get casing for the well, Another order
has been sent to a second manufactur.
ing firm and the managers are trying
to hurry things up. The well will be
commenced as soon as the casing
gets here and the contractor can shin
his machines.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-07-04
Today's Weather kepor,.

Reported by WP. Gulick, Druggist, signal
Service Agent.
Indications for Kansas for "a hours
beginning at noon today: Partly
cloudy tonight and Wednesday with
possibly local thunderstorms. Thurs
day fair.
Highest tenn, "A hours ending 3 p. m 100 deg
Lowest tenn, "A hours ending p. M. II deg
Today: Partly cloudy with south
winds.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-07-04
Lots Of Law.

A man gets lots Of law for his
money in this town, The trial of
Frank Davidson in police court began
at 10 a. m. and lasted until 6 p. m.
Decision reserved to Up. m. Wednes-
day.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-07-04
Is Going 80 Bushels.

TALMAGE, July S.-The crop oil
wheat which Prophet Kropff sold for
$l.25 an acre is being threshed and
will yield in the neighborhood Of
80 bushels per acre. The wheat
tests 81 pounds.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-07-04
Wheat Fields Are Burning

all the state OF Kansas owing the dry weather. This
need bring fear the breast Of Dickinson County farm
ers as long they insure cheaply with the under
signed We write hundreds of policies on wheat annually,
and the premium rates low that no farmer can afford
to be without it. Note our rates.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-07-04
Horses for Sale.

/ have 20 head Of horses, drivers
and draft, weighing from 1000 to
l'2Oo pounds. They are good ones
and will be sold cheap. Either cash
or note. WIN. RICKEMAN,
One mile west and two miles north
Of Belle Springs, seven miles south
and two east Of Abilene. 4O.4.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-07-04

REV. P. BERG ,TRESsER, D. D.
Rev. ?. Bergstresser, d. D., will
preach in the Grace Reformed chu oh,
Abilene, next Sunday morning at
lO:45. Subject We Righteous
ness Of the Kingdom" During the
absence Of the pastor, Rev. G. D.
Shaffer, he will fill the pulpit, preach
ing every alternate Sunday. All are
invited to come and hear him
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-07-04

DR.. Caldwell's Syrup pepsin cures
sick headache. Sold BY G. +. North
craft & Co.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-07-04
c. c. Sterl & Cos Greats S.
sonable Clothing Hats, Caps, Furnishing Coco
derwear; Trunks, Travelling Bags, Etc, Durin

% will pcGs everything We
IW FOR P e Mens Fashionable Suits finely
t for 80
can't afford
Mems ChHdens
them AT COST and
us during July.
moro The next Free Ticket % Bufao and Return will
entities ticket the Buy We
dust smooth
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-07-04

|l npnFT ABILENE, KAs., famous Dnroc
v, lNVl Jerseys and Poland Chlnas Write
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-07-04


For the benefito our
friends, we will from
this date on keep our
store open evenings
until 8 o'clock or until
we see fit to close.
AUGUSTINE
& FUNK,
Spot Cash Grocery.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-07-04
Shifting Soil.

Real Estate Transfers, Reported by Able
& Ellison Abstracters.l
. Domain to VIM Keining set 5.16.4,
$4,000.
T II Halleck to Annie B Kirby net 90
l6'1, $l400.
VIM Law to Nettie A Olden s. l4.l4.
l, $4,000.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-07-04

(. you have time to call at my office drop me card
stating the amount wanted Expressed in dolars the
section and township on which the wheat is located and the
time for which you want it written. You will be insured
from date Of receipt Of your card.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-11-16
Collegiate Degrees

Once every seven or eight years
somebody perpetrates an ingenious
fraud in collegiate degrees. The vic.
Tins are supposed to be educated men
but they are as easily gulled as in.
nocent mossbacks. Hitherto the de.
gree most in demand has been IN. D."
Every quack in the country could get
one for few dollars. A Professor
in Massachusetts, sold thousands some
years ago. No one ever thinks OF
asking the bearer of honors by whom
they were conferred. The question
would look like an impertinence. The
latest victims, the "reverends," are un-
deserving Of sympathy. Every one
buying ID. D." should be retired
from the pulpit. II this thing con.
tinues shall expect to see all degree
men required to append the name Of
their university to their honors, az
Jonathan Hedwards, LII. D., Yale:
Charles Ebert Cartwright, M. D., Har-
ward; the Rev. Beecber Darby Van
dyke, D. D., Princeton; Ph. D., Colum.
bia; D. c. L., Cambridge; D. Lit, OK.
ford, etc.-Nsw York Press.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-11-16
ENGLAND'S
NEW r1OVE

One of the most important announce
ments that have been made in the
British Parliament for many years Is
the recent declaration by Joseph
Chamberlain, colonial secretary, that
the English government will not hest
tate henceforth to employ in Europe
or elsewhere its Indian and African
troops. It is an announcement Of most
profound interest to the entire civilized
world, but more especially to those ma
lions which have millions of semi
barbarous races subject to their rule.
Hitheto there has been a strong
sentiment against the use of semi-civil-
lied races in the wars of Christian
states. 1t is sentiment that found
eXpressinon in the eighteenth century
at Westminster, when the great Lord
Chatham denounced with such elo-
quent indignation the employment by
the British commanders in this coun-
try Of Red Indian tribes against the
American revolutionary forces. There
are few newspapers, either in the
United States or Europe, that did not
express their adherence OF the use Of
Cossacks and Circassians by Russia in
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-11-16
Vices Which Today
Are Atu!buteJ
to Him

west hating liar, tells the truth;
having been surrounded, the game
killed-exterminated uselessly--he has
no way to get living and thinks 1t
only natural that the government
which took away his opportunitiestfor
sustenance owes him food andsraiment.
The government says it does, and
sends agents to look after and provide
for him. Some of the agents former.
ly accepted their places with the be-
lief that they had a right to rob the
very class that they were appointed to
protect. OF course, not all Indian
agents were this way, but many Of
them were, and the Indian was blamed
because he refused to be treated with
the injustice that came from greed
the most cruel Of all injustice-and he
grumbled and fought. The Indian Is
supposed to be selfish and brutality
those who do not know him. There is
no human being on earth who will
more quickly divide his last mouthful
of food with a friend. No Indian that
ever lived would crowd a white-haired
old woman out of the way to get on a
street car first That sort Of thing,
and everything akin to it, that is dis
courteous, may be seen among the men
OF the streets Of all cities. Real men
do not do such things, no more than
all Indians do beastly things than
those who do not know them suppose
they do. The Indian has not had the
benefit Of laundries and porcelain
baths, but he Jumps into the water and
washes himself every time he has
chance. He does not live where there
are napkins and finger bowls, and he
would not know exactly which curious
little fork to use for this or that, nor
the precise manner in which he should
carry a spoonful of soup to his mouth.
He has not been taught these things
Neither does he guage his neighbours
responsibility by the number of po-
MES the neighbor possesses, nor does
he lie awake of nights thinking over
schemes to win his neighbours goods.
He thinks that one who is able to pay
and does not do so Is a worse man
than he who is not able to pay. He
does not say to the former, "He is all
right because he has money, though he
does not pay Just debts nor practice
deeds Of charity"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-11-16
A CRIME TO STAGGER
AGAINST NTEMPERANCE IN A
SOUTH CAROLINA TOWN

The strangest law which has ever
sprung from South Cardinals dispen-
sary system has been adopted by the
town council of Yorkville, a thriving
country seat near the mountain line.
When the dispensary system was first
operated Yorkville fought it bitterly,
because the citizens of that town are
strong on temperance. The law was
unpopular. It did not prove success
full, and finally it was decided to have
an election in which the people could
express their views on the dispensary
or prohibition. The voters buried the
dispensary and prohibition ruled the
day.
But the closing of the state estab-
lishments did not stop the sale Of
liquors. Men got drunk just as they
formerly had done, and in the low
quarter Of the town intoxicated men
reeled out, a shocking spectacle of
prohibition. The wise heads took
counsel together. They talked over the
defects, and agreed to punish the man
who drank, and not the man who
sold. An extra meeting Of the town
council was called. An ordinance was
introduced making it a misdemeanor
for any person to be seen staggering on
the streets of the town. That was
where the wise heads thought the root
Of the evil could be crushed. There
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-11-16

Fancies Of NoveGsts
Reproduced Ia
Actual Life.


The single eyeglass at once caught til,
fancy OF sAe chiefs wives and children
and they laughed and 1abbered until
mr. Bennett had to laugh too, For an
nour or SO the family Of the chief kept
the surveyor doing stunts" with his
eyeglass. When he managed to screw
the glass into the eye of the chiefs
favorite wife the hilarious rapture OF
the whole village was complete, and
even the old chief laughed until HE
Woolly hair hurt him. Needless to say
Mr.. BENEFITS life was spared and he
was conducted to a place from which
ne could reach the British lines. Bib
1aniha Is the name of the village
where the surveyor saved his life after
the manner of Captain Good of king
solomon's Mines" You can't find it on
the map-at least not on the ordinary
ones-but it is probable that the vii
layers are laughing there yet at the
strange Englishman with the adjusta-
Die eye. Some years ago Justin Nc
earthly wrote a novel called Red Dia-
monds." In that story can be found
mang things which remind one of the
Mollneux case. Captain Praven, secre-
tary OF the Voyagers' club in that story,
had an enemy called Bostwick, who
tried to kill him as, 1t Is alleged, Moli-
neux tried to kill Harry Cornish, by
sending him some poisoned headache
powders, which came tothe captain in
almost exactly the same manner as the
powders came to Cornish. And the
failure of the plot is about similar in
manner to the failure of the plot
against Cornish. When Alaska was
purchased from Russia In 1857 no one
thought that 1t would prove a second
California as regards gold, but in that
year Bret Harte pictured Yankee min
ers swinging their picks in the midst
OF wildernesses of snow and ice, and,
in fact, prophesied the Ktondike out of
the fullness Of his imagination. In
Pursued by the Law" j. Maclaren
Cobbian has criminal, in the custody
of two policemen, scramble through
the window Of a rapidly moving rail-
way train, leap from it to the ground
andmake off. The critics naturally pro-
nounced this incident as highly ex-
citing, but unfortunately impossible"
Two days after such a criticism ap-
peared the London papers, under the
heading "Leaped from a Train"
chronicled an incident exactly similar
to that described by Mr.. Cobbian.-Chi-
cago Chronicle.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-11-16

The French are so sanguine of the
utility Of the new submarine boat with
which their navy is being equipped
that they freely declare the days of
blockading are past. British naval
officers do not share, however, in that
belief. They do not attach much i'm
portance to the submarine boat, even
II it is success in a radius of ten
miles, because there can be no accur.
aCy Of steering aud no certainty Of
aim when the boat is submerged In
deep water; and il she comes to the
surface to take bearings, it is claimed
that she is sure to be seen and prompt.
ly sunk by the fire which will be cen.
tired On her.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-11-16

Here's an instance in which a man
utilized his mouth for something even
better than talking. Bertram Hines,
an Englishnan, became painter in
spite Of the fact that he lost both his
arms in an accident when he was q
child. He had developed at that time
O taste for drawing, and the loss of
Ills arms did not Swerve him from
his determination to become an artist.
He therefore set to work holdnig his
pencil or brush with his mouth. At
the age of sixteen he exhibited water
color study at the Bristol Fine Art
Academy, and O little later won an
ant scholarship valued at 100 guineas.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-11-16

was a bitter fight in the council over
the proposed legislation. Glass was
arrayed against class, but the anti
stagger law prevailed, and it was &C.
cordingly entered on the statutes.
There is no provision in the law
by which a man suffering from paraly-
sis can be exempted from the operation
OF the law. All staggering people look
alike to the wise men Of Yorkville.
Whether he stagger from drink or
from partial paralysis, he is seized
hurried before town physician, and
his condition tested. If there is the
odor of whisky he is sent up to be
nned; II he staggers from paralysis
or from other troubles, and can pro-
duce the whisky odor besides, he is
dealt with under the anti-stagger law.
Friends and supporters Of the new
measure declare that it has rid the
streets Of the drunkards and has ma
terially decreased the sale of liquor.
Men who fought for its adoption de-
clare that 1t has increased drunken
ness, because men buy the whisky from
the "blind tigers" and then go home
to drink the entire supply, with the
expectation of remaining there until
thoroughly sobered. The law has in
jected new issues into the political life
Of Yorkville, and people from other
towns are anxious to see similar meas
ures adopted at their homes.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-11-16
Indian Is
Maligned

Indian character has been great,
maligned, says Maj. John M, Burke
who has made study OF the red men
Treachery, SO, often charged agains
them, has no part in their makeup
The Indian has fought the man wht
mistreated him, and he has Away.
fought openly. He has been thu
friend-the unfailing friend-of thu
man who has been kind to him, ant
as given evidence that he wished tt
help him. The Indian was the friend
os Pere Marquette and Father d.
smet. The man WIG has shown him
"forked tongue he has treated as
ne would any other snake. The man
VINO has cheated him, has taken ad-
vantage OF his ignorance to make his
nard lot harder, he has killed. The
indian Is a child of nature, and he is
therefore candid and ingenious. When
Wronged he knows it, and says so, and
ms only way to get satisfaction is to
nght. There Is no chance for him to
lay low" and wait for another deal.
ne can only see what is in sight.
When Columbus came to America the
INDIANS were at first alarmed lat the
great White-winged birds"-the ships.
The swhite-faced, strangely-dressed
people who came out of them were to
the simple natives supernatural be-
ings. But when they saw that those
were people who were hungry and
could eat, then the Indians brought
the best they had and gave 1t freely
for nothing, and were as kindly as
well-raised children. When the cruel
spaniards beat them and misused
tnem, the Indians naturally enough be-
heved that all white men were cruel
and dangerous. Cortez in Mexico and
Plzarro in Peru found the aborigines
a gentle people, but that did not de-
crease the relentless cruelty that al
ways grows out Of lust for gold, and
SO, Tor centuries, with all their con-
tlnuous generations, the Indian was
taught that the white man was his
neartless enemy; and he accepted the
lessons. There was no way to teach
him that not all white men were
greedy and cruel. Vice will 60 much
further to assert itself than virtue.
But, coming down to this very day,
the unsophisticated red man of the
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-11-16
THE NATIONS LIBRARIES
There Are Now 1888 Such Institutions
with 1881, 1881 Volumes

The report Of the United States Blu
reau Of Education shows that there
has been in the last five years, an in
crease Of 1887 in the number of pub
lie, society and school libraries in the
United States. There are now 1888
such Libraries, as against 4,026 in
1896, and 1851, S51 volumes, as against
S,051 ,S72-an increase of nearly So per
cent. in the number Of books.s
The North Atlantic division has
2,437 Of the $3.50 libraries, and L.
900, 900 more than half the number Of
volumes in the United States. New
York alone has 71S libraries with T.
496.5O9 volumes: Massachusetts,, ST. Ii
braries, with 6,633,266 volumes and
PENNSYLVANIA, 401 libraries. with g.
S47.577 volumes. The North Central
division has 1,72S libraries, with H.
211.710 volumes; Ohio, EGG libraries,
with 2,O55, $50 volumes, and Michigan
1913 libraries, with 1,29s,70S. volumes.
The South Atlantic division has
421 libraries, with 5,30S,237 volumes.
Maryland has so of these libraries,
with Its, 26s volumes, and the Dis
erict Of Columbia IA, with 1904. 1888 VOL
umes. 100000 Of these being in the
Library of Congress. The South Cen
trail division has 374 libraries, with
| 1886. ISL volumes. Kentucky has rs
libraries, with 125,729 volumes, and
Tennessee II libraries, with SS2.221
volumes The Western division has
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-11-16
SAVED BY A MONGOOSF
It's AttacS on o Cobra Prevented
o Fatality.

A st. Louis man who has been en-
gagged in engineering work in India
brings home this story OF an exciting
adventure with cobra:
1--WE had just finished hard days
work and were preparing to take
good rest. We were far from vii
Iage, on some hills, and took shelter
in a deserted hut. We did not reach
the hut until after midnight, and con-
seuuently we slept late into the next
day. The first thing l remember upon
opening my eyes was food of light
through the door. I was nearest, and
my two companions were behind me.
On q second glance my blood almost
froze, There on the floor Of the hut
and less than two feet from me was a
large cobra, the largest l have ever
seen. 1t was coiled to strike, and Its
venomous neck swelled with poison.
The little eyes glittered like beads. r
never moved limb, but gazed at it In
horror. My perfect stiffness probably
saved my life, for II I had made a
move the snake would have struck. As
1t was, it seemed to be enjoying the
triumph, and slowly moved its head
backward and forward. dared not
utter a sound, az / knew that It would
seal my fate.
II was Just revolving In my mind
what to do and had determined to
make q quick leap, when there was q
rush from a far corner. A small AMI.
NAL about the size Of rat darted out
from behind the snake and like
lash seized him by the neck Just above
the hood. And then commenced the
fiereest struggle / have ever witnessed.
The snake plunged, writhed and
twisted, but the little animal chung to
II. At length its struggles grew weak
ef and ! was enabled to dispatch It
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-11-16
Ideas Become
Fast

instances are numerous which sbo,
now the fancies Of the novelist NAV
Oecome realities through men anc
women reproducing in actual life The
imaginary scenes Of the story teller
IL Is well known that Sir Walter Re.
SAINTS story Of "All Sorts and Condi-
tlons OF Men" brought about the build
ing OF the Peoples palace in London
jules Verne's apparently wild flights
oh imagination in Twenty Thousand
Leagues Under the Sea" is probablv
largely responsible for the wonderful
progress that has been made in SUBJ
marine navigation, and the construc-
TORS and operators of these boats have
oeen already able to discount some of
Tue noVellst's fancies. When the CITY
OF Galveston was overwhelmed in an
instant by the destroying waters tens
OF thousands of people read the de-
Ialleo story in the newspapers and
wondered at the reproduction in this
catastrophy Of the Lafcadio Hearn's
story OF "Chitu: A Memory of Lost
islands" The Galveston story, to the
smallest detail, had long before been
dreamed and the dream told by the
pen OF Hearn. Those who have read
King solomon's Mines" remember
now Captain Good upon one occasion
when things were looking decidedly
dubious for the English Adventures
saved the lives Of himself and his COM
panlons by skillful manipulation OF
MS single eyeglass and his false teeth.
Inc recent outbreak in Ashanti fur
nlsned an incident which almost paral.
leled the one imagined by Rider Hag-
gard. Two Englishmen were in q ma
tive village far out on the western bor-
ders OF the disturbed country. When
the war broke out all their native
servants left them and they were alone
with the hostile savages. One, a min
Ing prospector, went to a neighboring
chief for protection. The chief re-
ceiVed him kindly, gave him meal
and, while he was eating, beat his
brains out with war club. The other
man. Walter Bennett by name, sur
Veyor, was starting from his house
when ne heard the fate of his compan-
lon. He made his way to another
chief, who received him grimly, took
MIN into his house and then intimated
hat he would shortly do things" to
Mr.. Bennett. The chiefs family gath
cred around to inspect their victim and
he Englishman adjusted his monocie
Ind sat down to think things over.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-11-16
A Michigan Town.

"A michigan Town.
The arrival stepped up to the hotel
counter, swung the register around
and signed his name: John Smith.
Michigan" "Ah, Mr.. Smith," said the
clerk with that hospitable manner Of
the true hotel clerk, what's the best
word in Kalamazoo" Mr.. Smith
turned pale as If he had been caught
in the very act. How did you know
was from Kalamazoo" he inquired
in surprise, for he had never been in
that hotel before oh" laughed the
clerk, 1--WE been in the hotel busi-
ness q long time, and | never saw
one Of them put down the name Of
his town yet. The only others / know
of like that are from Oshkosh" Mr.
Smith didn't know just what to say in
reply, go he said 1t, and went on I'D
stairs to his room, thinking -New
York Sun.