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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-13
A Lay Suggestion.

On the last night of a series of pro
tracted meetings" in the Methodist
church of little southern California
village the visiting evangelist was
making a special effort TO obtain a
showing of anxious souls. He had
preached his best sermon and reached
an emotional fervor that he had seldom
equaled. But nobody responded to his
invitation. They sang a hymn, and
then the evangelist rose again and call
ed upon the congregation to enlist for
the service of the Lord"
\ battle SCARED, wooden legged vet
Gran who had dropped into the back
seat watched the proceedings with in
terest. For the third time the perspir-
ing evangelist rose and asked. lis
there no one willing to enlist in the
Lords army
Then response came from the back
seat, Draft 'em, parson; hang it, draft
emf
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-13
sIanderrng the Cook.

Here is something that woman
who knows says is a sure diagnosis
of the status of the cook. III you have
good cook. you may be more or
less sure that she will look too fire.
quently upon the wine when it is red.
1t is an unfortunate fact, but if the
cook is less than n $40 cook as
little annoyance as possible may be
expected from this weakness. Posi-
bly, ii will never make itself manifest
enough to be known above stairs. But
If the cook has risen higher in the So
cial scale of cooks than $40. then look
out. 4 cook who is rated at over $40
may be expected TO smash things.
If one chances to make n morning
call at the house of friend and dis
covers the servants crowded up stairs,
frightened and trembling, while from
below come the sounds of ironware
skating across the kitchen and pottery
crashing against the wall and be-
tween times the voice of the masculine
head of the family gently expOstulat-
ing or commanding in would be stern
tones, then it may be known that that
household has reached the dignity of
$50 or $50 cook-New York Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-13
The mail coach stopped at Marien-

Tho mail coach stopped at AIarien-
thai, and one passenger alighted.
Some places never seem TO change.
Year by year they remain unaltered,
and when we return to them after alb
sence we recognize every stone and
every tree as n well known friend
seems who greets us, while the I'M
changed aspect of the place makes us
disbelieve the flight of time. Marien-
thai is a place of this kind. 1t never
grows; IT never changes. One of its
characteristics may be seen in its pic
mic parties-that it, the terrific prepon-
derance of the fair sex.
The hustle and activity before the
inn are not in keeping with the scene
around. In front the shining waters,
then the blooming gardens and quaint
houses of the village, then beyond that
and to the right rise. waving in soft
curves one above the other, the hills,
covered with the far extending forest.
He was perfect stranger. a middle
aged man, apparently n very ordinary
person. but dressed in a fashionable
style not often seen at Marienthal He
stopped. looked round and smiled
strangely; then. TO the disappointment
of the observers, he walked straight to
the entrance of path round the head
of the lake and disappeared. The
guard of the mail had told the porter
at the inn that the stranger was a rich
Englishman. Within five minutes that
report had circulated all around, and
none for a moment supposed that the
object of their attention had been, 20
years ago. one of the naughtiest boys
that had ever disturbed the heart of a
Marienthal parent.
Joseph Stieler. the foresters only
son, after being the plague of his ma
tive village for some years, had. at the
age of Il. disappeared from it and been
long since forgotten. His parents had
sought for him in vain. The village
people whispered to each other of the
hidden caves in the depths of the for
est, where all who entered must sleep
for 100 years, of fierce stays or of gen
tie fawns who are elves in disguise
and decoy children away. but Joseph
Stieler had simply made his way 10
America and his fortune there. He
loved money and won plenty. He mar
ried n charming American wife. who
cared more for his money than for him.
self, and for years, living in the whirl
OF money making excitement. he had
hardly taken one look back at his old
home or his parents. He was rather
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-13
How General Rrner Freed a Nan.

General Buffers gift for springing
out and taking advantage of every
technicality was fully illustrated in the
famous case of respectfully connected
man in Boston, who, being affected
with mania for stealing. was brought
to trial on four indictments. General
Butler was the prisoners counsel. If
the prisoner was convicted on all four
indictments, he would be liable to
Imprisonment for 60 years. As the
court was assembling General Butler
agreed with the counsel for the prose
cution that three indictments should be
quashed on condition that the prisoner
should plead guilty to the one which
charged the theft of the greatest
amount.
The prisoner, to his amaZement. was
ordered by his counsel to plead guilty.
Say guilty, sir" said the general
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-13
HuxIey and the Clerryman.

A rash clergyman once. without fur
ther equipment in natural history than
some desultory reading, attacked the
Darwinian theory in some sundry mag.
azine articles in which he made him
self uncommonly merry at Huxley's
expense. This was intended to draw
the great mans fire, and as the batter
ies remained silent the author proceed
ed to write to Huxley, calling his at
tention TO the articles and at the same
time, with mock modesty, asking adj
vice as to the further study of these
deep questions.
Huxley's answer was brief and to
the point. 'Take a cockroach and dis
sect it.'-Argonaut.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-13
nature. Crovnine work.

As for the woman. she found the
chief wonders of creation not in the
eliminating vertebrate, but in the low
est orders of life.
THE jellyfish, for instance" exclaim-
ed the woman. How was it ever got
to jell so beautifully?"
Now. the others thought they could
understand her awe, although none OF
them, as it transpired, had ever put up
any preServes.-Detroit Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-13
A Legend of the salty Sea.

There are hundreds of queer myths
and traditions given to account for the
fact that the sea is salt. The Arabs
say that when the first pair sinned they
were living in beautiful garden on a
tract of land Joined to n mainland by a
narrow neck or isthmus. When it be-
came Known TO the Holy One that his
people had sinned. he went to the gar
den for the purpose of driving them out
and across the narrow neck of land
into the patch of thorns and brambles
on the other side Anticipating what
would be the consequence of their hei-
nous crime, they had prepared to leave
their beautiful garden and had actually
gone so far as to send the children and
goats across into the thicket.
When the Holy One appeared on the
scene, the first pair started to run. but
the woman looked back. For this the
man cursed her and for such a crime
was almost Immediately turned into a
block of salt. Compare with Genesis xix,
PC. The woman, more forgiving than
her husband. stopped to pick up the
shapeless mass of salt, when imme-
diately the narrow neck of land began
TO crack and break. AS she touched
what had once been her companion she,
too. was turned to salt just as the neck
of the land sank and the waters rush
ed through. From that day to this, the
Arabs say. all the waters of the ocean
have rushed through that narrow chan
mel at least once a year. constantly
wearing away the salt of what was
once our first parents. yet the bulk of
the two salty objects is not diminished
in the least.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-13
THE DAILY SHORT STORY.
Return TO MARIENTHAL.

ashamed of them. He wished he had
been born in America.
But during his recovery from a Sc
we're illness his thoughts fastened
themselves on his youthful days, and
he felt an unaccountable longing for
the simple. kindly ways of Marienthal.
He suddenly formed a resolution to as
tonish his birthplace. He would go in
all splendor and bring over his parents
and his little sister to share his wealth.
His pretty little Laura As he boast
cd of Laura's beauty to his wife she
quietly reminded him that Laura must
be nearly 40 now. That gave him a
shock and first made him realize how
long he had neglected his parents. So
he came TO Marienthal and smiled to
see everything just the same. There
was the stork, just as when he threw
stone at him. Schneider Schmidts
apple tree hung as temptingly as ever
over the wall. The lime tree looked as
easy to climb as ever. He began to
feel quite fond of the place in n conde-
scending way, as he recognized so
many things, and they reminded him
of so much that he had forgotten.
There by the rushes he had tumbled
into the pond, and Hans Kranach had
fished him out. What had become of
Hans, he wondered. He would like TO
do something for him. There was the
stone where Laura used to sit and sing
for him when he was quite little fell
low. He began to feel that he might
have written to Laura. 1t was cruel to
send no word for so long, but he would
make IL all up gloriously now.
He turned the corner and came into
the well known road. There were the
familiar low houses. and there, to the
right, his old home, so simple, so neat,
but Boosting, as the forester's house, n
pair of antlers over the door, He was
surprised to find himself trembling and
stood still. For the first time il struck
him that perhaps all might not be just
rs he had left il. He knocked at the
door. A plain young woman, in the linen
bodice and full blue petticoat which
peasants wear about here. came for
ward. He asked if the forester was in.
mo; the duke has a great hunt today
in the forest near Illeben, and the for
ester must be in attendance
But the Frau Foresterin?'
"AIy mother is an invalid. and"--
ra's child?"
mo; l don't understand you. l am
Alma Winter, and Forester Winter is |
my father"
"Then where is Forester Stieler?"
1.-THE old forester? Oh. he died years |
ago. We have been here ever so long"
Then by questioning he learned from |
her the whole tale. His father had |
been killed 10 years ago by the falling |
of n tree. His mother had died shortly |
afterward of grief. Laura had lived |
first at one place and then at another. |
working for her bread. 81 could not |
bear old Laura Stieler." said Alma. |
"She was n bad tempered old thing. |
She used to say that her brother would |
come back for her some day She did /
not say it to the people of the village /
because they know he is dead long ago, |
but she talked about him TO my little /
sister"
The solitary passenger went back by |
the mail. and nobody knew anything |
about him. But when Alma related her
conversation with him some old wom-
an said, Gould it be Joseph?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-13

sternly. The man obeyed, and the
other three indictments were not press
ed. But when the counsel for the pros
ecution moved for sentence General
Butler pointed out fatal flaw. mani
fest TO every one when attention was
called to it. In ten minutes the aston
ished prisoner was free man. 1t is
said that the court laughed at the ruse.
the cleverness of which it was impos-
sible not to admire.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-13
Graphic.

After the fire in n Buffalo residence
had been extinguished by the depart
ment and the family were preparing
to settle down again for the night a
little girl who had been awakened by
the disturbance and had come down
half dressed was asked by neighbor
if she had been much frightened.
Il should say l was" said the young
lady. when 1 first heard the alarm.
lust chartered in every mb."-Buffalo
Commercial.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-13
inst Her wsx.

Jack-Well, then. since you have bro
ken off the engagement suppose you
give me back the ring.
Julia-Eh-you see, Jack-er-Mr. De
Trow-Tve become very much attached
to this ring. 1t just suits me. So when
Tom Getthere proposed last night 1
told him didn't want new ring, but
that he could see you and pay you
what this cost you. - Philadelphia
Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-13

- BURLINGTON ROUTE - O.,
n.NliI11SGlIU LIB. & @ RAILWAY-Depot
Rskl4uk1kliH Second Avenue and Twen-
iilllll. n. ]. YOUNG,
Agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-13
well? You certainly never objected
SWindIed.

1.-THE saddest. most blighted life case
1 ever knew" said the major, 'was
that of n man who received n life pass
over a new railroad
How was thatT" asked the colonel.
"Why, the pass was issued before
there was n rail laid, and then the road
was never built He has felt swindled
ever ce."-Indianapolis Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-13

The first export of cotton from this
country was in 1Is5. in which year one
bag was sent from Charleston to Liver.
pool, while IL were sent from Philadel.
phia and one from New York.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-13
InconaIstent.

"You are a most inconsistent wom-
an" said Henpeck. turning at last.
Il am, eh?" she retorted. "How?"
"You insist upon having and using
only the most expensive things, and
yeti
well? You certainly never objected
to that?'
mo. but do be consistent. Don't use
so much talk. It's cheap."-Philadel-
phia Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-13

Statistics show that women marry
later In life than they used to.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-12
T. G.. Mc|NERNBY & SON.
ABILENE, KANSAS.

farmers were still heavily in debt
when the year closed. In 1898 the
total deposits reached s26, l4S,S55Sl,
q gain Of about $11,00O,OOO in two
wears. In 1899 the total deposits
showed an increase over the previous
year Of 50, 100000. The deposits sim
ply reflected the general condition Of
industry and trade. By 1900 the ma
jority Of farm mortgages had been
lifted. Improvements were the order
Of the day. The marvellous changes
for the better in Kansas had become
the talk OF the country. 1t became
known that Kansas banks were
actually lending money on Wall
street.
This year the country was smi1ten
with a great drought. The crops
excepting the winter wheat were
partially or wholly ruined Millions
of dollars worth Of corn was totally
destroyed. Yet what are the present
iactsp The state bank commissioner
OF Kansas has just issued what is re
gsrded properly as the most remarka
Bile financial statement ever mad'
concerning the prosperity Of a west
ern commonwealth. The combined
bank deposits aggregate $S7, ~
or over $6O,OOO,0OO in excess OF wha
they we're in the banner year OF 1873
and about $5O,OOO,OOO in excess o
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-12

DR.. Robb Church, surgeon in the
army, who distinguished himself or
the battle line in Cuba both as fight
er and by carrying to the rear on hi'
stalwart shoulders wounded men
was walking last week in .he suburbs
Of Washington, when a solitary horse
man called out to him: "Hello,
Church." and looking up, he was
heartily greeted by his whilom
colonel, now the president Of the
United States.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-12
Kanssns in Office.

A very casual examination OF the
government blue book will show how
we'll grounded is the following from
the Lawrence Journal: The Kansas
residents at Washington will "get TO-
uetber" 1t is said for social and pollt-
ical purposes. There are men in
Washington, charged up to Kansas
patronage, who never set foot west Of
the Mississippi river. There are mel
there drawing salaries and writing
"From Kansas after their names who
haven't seen Kansas since the hrs
railroad was built across the State
There are still others there who arr
very recent settlers in Washington
and who hope to crawl under tn
blanket Of civil service, and remail
there the rest Of their lives. Al
these will get together and form al
alliance to keep themselves in' am
incidentally to keep others out
The members Of congress will nat
urally give them aid and comfort 10
il is easier to leave a man In hi
ieathered place than to oust'hlm an
then have trouble about his successor
But the thing to be admired aoou
the proposed organization is that
forming it, the alleged "Kansans"
Washington have given to resident
Of the State an object lesson that v
may learn with profit They are g
ing to stand together
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-12
Abilsns's High School Tax

Prof. Williston, who was here re-
Gently to examine the high school,
said it should have more instructors
apparatus. etc. He should have been
told to 60 out to Chapman and look
at the elegant high school there
which costs Abilene city $500 a year,
and stop knocking, or have the pres
ent high school law repealed II Abb
lene could put all Its high school
money in one place, it might have .
creditable high school, The next
legislature should exempt from coun'
ty high school taxation those towns
supporting high schools Of their own
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-12
Mr.. Burton Approves IT,

Senator Burton Of Kansas, says ne
considers President Roosevelt's mes
sage to congress one Of the aoles'
state papers ever presented to that
body.
"Mr. Roosevelt has lived on the
plains, hunted on the mountains
been on the sea, served in minol
political positions, been a man o.
business affairs and soldier, anc
shows in his message that he hal
thoroughly investigated and comPre
hended nearly every detail OF I'M
subjects which he deals" said tn
senator. "That part OF the message
dealing with the subject Of irrigation
| is without doubt the clearest ant
most convincing argument on the sub
iect ever reduced to writing"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-12
COMMON SENSE AND
CONSUMPTION

The treatment Of consump-
ton is every year becom'
ing more successful. The
majority Of cases can be cured
if taken in time. Not more
medicine but more common
sense is the cause Of the i'm.
provement.
Fresh air, good climate, food,
clothing, exercise, all these are
important features Of common
sense treatment.
As a builder Of flesh and
restorer Of strength SCOTS
Emulsion is still unequal
ed. The special action
of SCOTS Emulsion on the
lungs is as much Of a mystery
as ever-but an undoubtee
fact.
Common sense and Scott!
Emulsion is good treatment.
We'll send you little to try, u you like
SCOTT 4 BOVINE, ~ Pearl s9ss', Nss Yea
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-12

what they were in 1892 The total
deposits il distributed would give
every man, woman and child in the
state $5S 2S. Stranger than any
comparison made above is the TACT
that Notwithstanding the drought the
deposits this year exceed those OF last
year by about $2l, 10000.
Surely, if there is a state in .nt
union that ought to be more grateiu'
than any other to the party when
saved the nation from Populism and
Bryanism, that state is Kansas.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-12
All rNf WEEKLY REFLECTOR ABILENE NSAS DECEMBER r. Twelve PAGES
Give Kansas q Show.

The rural delivery section OF 'he
postofllce department is not giving
Kansas fair show. Kansas is IN
cIuded in district 4 along with 10
other states. TheIe are two KINDS
Of appointments special agents VINO
Law out routes and inspectors who see
that the routes are properly con
Quoted.
Kansas has 3ll rural delivery
routes but not one Of them was lald
ont by "a Kansas man. There are
pending 74S applications for other
routes in this State Of which 90 have
been inspected and approved and Will
begin service in 60 days.
For all this work Kansas has de-
nended on outside agents-and none
has been appointed from Kansas io'
other localities excepting W. D. Gil
bert OF A.chison who begins worH
Jan. |.
Inspectors are appointed to exam
inn routes all over the country bu
Kansas has only one, y. E. McElfresh
who has been at work only five weeks
Kansas is not getting a fair snow II
the distribution Of appointments y
, which it is entitled and for which !
has men capable and worthy 1t
growing weary Of having eastern pee
pie get all the appointments
Give Kansas show.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-12

Every one Of these states has a
much larger area than Oklahoma
which exceeds them greatly in the
density Of its population.
Oklahoma is not a wilderness, then
but, relatively speaking, compactly
settled territory, whose people would
act together naturally as the members
Of single commonwealth No terri
tory since the foundation OF the gov
eminent ever had such claims to state
hood on the score Of numbers and
community Of interest.
1t appears, moreover that 96 per
cent OF the inhabitants are naive
horn and that Of the males OF voting
age only per cent are classified as
illiterates. There are positively nc
good reasons for keeping this terri
tory out, while it may demand ad
mission as positive right.
But tits said that its case is COM
plicated by the concurrent demand'
OF New Mexico and Arizona. New
Mexico has a population OF lso'Slo
and 90 per cent Of that population Il
native born, but the people are large
|ly OF persistent Spanish type and Y
per cent Of the possible voters ar
illiterates. Arizona's population o
l22,9Sl is also partly OF the sam
Spanish type aud "a per cent OF IN
males Of voting age are illiterate'
1t is plain, however, that the cas-
Of Oklahoma should be Judged upol
its own merits and also that tn
claims Of both New Mexico and Arl
IONA satisfy the historical precedents
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-12

The many friends Of DIR. +. IL.
Snow, who was compelled by illness
to resign the CHARACTERISTIC Of the
University Of Kansas last spring, are
gratifed to learn that he is almost COM
pletely restored to health, and that he
expects to return to Lawrence early in
January to assume the duties Of the
proiessorship of natural history to
which he was appointed at the time
Of his resignation.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-12
Kansas An Object Lesson.

The following from the Chicago
Inter Ocean shows how closely IS
watched every report concerning Kan
sas. That Bank Commissioner Al
baugh's report Of the condition Oh
Kansas banks will be productive OF
much good to the state is certain
The Republican officials OF the state
take pride in keeping before the coun'
try the wealth Of the state, something
our populist officials seemed to think
a crime:
In 1896, the year Of William Nc
Kinley's first election to The preS''
dency, and the last year Of GroVer
Cleveland's second administration
the industrial condition OF Kansas
was deplorable and desperate Farms
were generally under mortgage IN
terest had been generally deiaulted,
and thousands Of homesteads escaped
foreclosure only because forced sales
would not reimburse the creditors
Tho electiou OF William Mckinley
occurred in November, 1896, and ne
became president on March A. 1897
| In the interim between the election
and the Inauguration the Kansas
farmers seemed to take on new cour
age, although they had in the mall
favored the election Of William Jen
nings Bryan. The crops Of 1897 wsr !,
abundant, but they were so principal
Inv because the acreage planted wa
greatly increased over the previou
year. With the harvest came tn
first sign Of better times Money be
came comparatively plentiful III
deposits in the Kansas banks increase
over 100000 above those Of 1885,
This, however, was only the begin
ming Of tho states prosperity. Th
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-12

President Roosevelt is 20 years
older than the king Of Spain, % years
older than the queen Of Netherlands
10 years older than the king OF Italy,
70 years older than the car Of Russia
and one year older than the emperor
Of Germany. He is many years
vounper than the other crowned
heads and the youngest Of all presl
dents.