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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-05
WORLDS FAIR APPOINTMENT.



81. Louis, Nov, 2a--Dr. William
Rainey Harper, president of the Uni
yersty of Chicago, kos accented the
offer to become director Of universal
educational congresses at the worlds
fair. John Schroers, chairman of the
committee on education and educa-
tional congresses, confirmed the news
Of the acceptance yesterday and the
executive committee of the EXPOSE
tion will probably announce the. for
NAL appointment Of Or. Harper at
its meeting to-day.
AS director OF universal congresses
DR.. Harper will have immediate
charge of the arrangements for ma
tional congresses of distinguished
specialists in the realms of the states
man, the jurist, financier, scientist,
literature, pedagogue and theologian.
These eminent persons will repre-
sent at the fair the latest phases of
thought and action in the great
world of government, jurisprudence,
finance, physics, literature, educa-
ton, art and religion. The worlds
fair management recognized that to
insure the success of such vast un-
dertaking of the international con-
crosses man of international repu-
tation and one who had shown by
his work that he was eminently fitted
for the direction of this work was
needed. Chairman Schroers says
that the man has been found in DR..
Harper.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-05

Leaycnworth, Kan, Nov 81
United States Attorney Dean was
here yesterday in consultation with
Warden McClaughry, of the federal
prison. After the consultation Mr..
Dean stated that every convict who
was in the mutiny would be tried for
murder at the April term of the
United States district court here.
Dean says each one of the Is prison
ers recaptured is guilty of murder
and he thinks several, if not all, will
be hanged here.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-05
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Call on Missouri State Banks.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Nov. 27.---secre-
tary of State Sam B. Cook to-day Is.
sued a call to the state banks Of Mis-
souri, to report the financial condi-
ton of their respective concerns up
to the 23d of November, 1901, by pub
lication in newspapers, as required
by law. All banks chartered by the
state are given ten days to certify
to the secretary of state that they
have complied with the law.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-05
A Woman Convicted.

Maryville, Mo-, Nov. S7.-Mrs. Hen
nv Willis was convicted of assault
with intent to kill in the circuit court
here. She shot Lawrence Growney,
of Clyde. five times last September,
but failed to kill him. She said
Growney had been circulating Sian.
lerous stories about her.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-05
r.r.. Mary A. nurnes l,ean.

st. Joseph, NO., Nov. 27.-Mrs. Mary
A. Burnes, widow of the late Col.
James NJ. Burnes, congressman Of this
district, died yesterday afternoon,
having been a constant sufferer for
20 years. Mrs. Burnes was heiress to
part Of the si0,OOO,Ooo estate Of Dan
lei Burnes, Of Platte county. She
was 70 years old.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-05

London, Nov. ga remarkable
tidal wave, accompanied by strong
winds, has done much damage along
the eastern coast of England from
Norfolk to Kent, rivers have oyer
flowed their banks, dams and sea
walls have been invaded and miles Of
country have been submerged.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-05
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE
To Disproyc Facts II Is Decidedly
Easy to Verify Abileoe Opinion

Nothing by way of an introduc ion could
be added to the ex. erlenco and opinions
s san" AD,"no noon,o en-" s,foIy he left 10
draw their own conclusions based on such
Is there lacking in evidence so'i- to sat
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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-05

Discovery,'n writes Frank Startz, M. D., OF
Flatonia Fayette Co., Texas. rHe bought fur
bottles from our druggist here and after he had
used the first bottle he began to improve Some
times he was unable to walk ten steps; now he
can ride any horse without any pain In his back
and he looks as well and sound as young boy.
His age is only rs. He has suffered for nearly
three years, and several other doctors called the
case incurable, but had confidence In Dr. X. v.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. have been
offered one hundred dollars several times al
ready for my kind advice, but would not accept
II because | want everybody to know what DR..
Pierce's famous medicine can do.
c'rhis testimony is absolutely true, and the
reason I haven't mentioned the young gentle
mans name is because he don't want to have
his name published
Accept no substitute for Golden
Medical Discovery" The sole motive
for substitution Is to enable the dealer to
make the little more profit paid on the
sale Of less ineritorious preparations.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets stimulate
the action of the sluggish liver. They
should always be used with discovery"
when there is need Of laxative.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-05

TyptWrlters'
We buy, sell, exhange and rem
typewriters Of all makes. First class
ribbons, any color, 50 cents each.
Kansas City Typewriter Exchange,
500 Kensington Ave.,
Kansas City, Mo.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-05

Concerning which SO much has been
said, is disintegrated mica granite.
1t has been chemically prepared by
the great fires Of nature in prehistoric
days, so as to gradually weld togeth-
er with all the hexibility Of asphalt
and the durability of granite. This
gravel is quarred at Sherman, Wyo.,
on the Union Pacific, and used on that
road for ballast. Travellers over the
Union Pacific, therefore, escape the
dust and dir, which make trip over
the lines OF its less fortunate rivals so
annoying.
No dust. No dirt. No jarring.
Smooth and easy riding.
For full information call on or ad-
dress T. H. JONES, Agent.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-05

A Salvation army congress of Off
GERS who are stationed in Kansas, the
Indian territory, Oklahoma, Texas
and Kansas City will be held in the
latter place December ITO.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-05

About 500 visitors are attending
the sixteenth annual session Of the
Central Kansas Teachers association
at Mcpherson.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-05
That Lame Back


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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-02-02
THE SCRIBE IN PERSIA.
His Survival Due to the Persian's Keen
Artistic Sense. Z.

Il - u
Few, probably, among the reading
public who are interested in Omar
have any conception Of the state Of
the book market, or of the manner in
which literature is diffused in Persia.
Some may picture to themselves a
state Of affairs similar to that in Eu-
Irope, with a certain admixture Of ori-
entail sloWness and lack of method; I;
while Others may suppose that Persia
can boast of no book market at all,
beyond the casual buying and selling
Of manuscripts.
Now, in some parts of the east,
printing, book selling and journal
ism have especially during the last
ten or twenty years--been developed
to comparatively high degree, Both
Constantinople and Cairo possess ex-
cellent printing presses, which are re-
lsponsible for numberless books and
journals, nor are these two capitals
the only oriental towns which boast
Of a printing press. Nevertheless,
Persia is at the present day entirely
dependent upon lithography for her
native production Of books and jour
nals-which are very rare. AT the
beginning Of the present century a
press with movable types was set up
IN Tabriz, at which a certain number
OF books were printed. The effort,
however, met with no encouragement,
and had shortly afterWard to be aban-
doned. The unpopularity of type
printing in Persia, says the North
American Review, is due to two prin-
cipal causes; firstly, the sfraightness
OF the lines offends Persian S artistic
sense; and, secondly, in printed books
the character of the letters is entirely
lost. The same cause which leads a
Persian to esteem SO highly great
caligraphers makes him deplore all
absence of character IN type-printed
book. What most delights him is a
well-Written manuscript, and he takes
the same delight in the copyist' work
as We take in the touch Of an old mas
ter. Failing this, he contents himself
with lithograph, which is usually
the fac-simile Of the writing of some.
good scribe, and has, at any rate, a hui
man element about it.
t is hard for us to credit the vast
amount Of attention that is paid to
caligraphy in the east, where men Of
learning devote years to its acquire
lmrte7nt and their best days to making.
artistic copies Of classical works. Al
though this art is dying. out to a Ger
tain extent, owing to the cheapness
OF llthography, a man may even to
this day in Persia become as famous
for his writing as a poet for his
verses.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-02-02
Balloon Adventure.

At Vineennes a balloon experiment
has been carried out with a view 81
ascertaining how high the balloon
could 60. The balloon, occupied BY
Capt. Balsan and NJ. GODDARD, attained
an altitude Of $4,000 feet. During
the ascent Capt. Balsan became IN
sensible and was almost paralyzed,
and only BY the prompt attentions Of
his companion, who administered
oxygen, was he able to recover. Aft
er that, both held the oxygen tubes
in their mouths. At22, 900 feet they
still had ballast to throw out, but they
had become SO weak that their COM
.bined strength would not enable them
to throw the bag over the side, and
they we're compelled to descend.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-02-02
STORY OF Al RUNAWAY.
Showing the Foolish Things Excited
People Will Sometimes Do.

People Will Sometimes Do.
All the details Of a runaway acci-
dent that startled fhrong of shop
pers did not get into the papers. Most
people know how the spirited horses,
for the time wholly unmanageable,
dashed down the street, how the natty
little brougham was overturned and
how the woman in it was rescued I'M
injured, except for the fright and the
bruises incident to such shaking up.
But that is all they do know. They
don't know, says the Milwaukee SEN
tinel, the side of the accident that is
causing glee within the intimate fam
lily circle of the woman herself. The
carriage was upset on one Of the
crowded downtown streets, and a
small army of men rushed to the res
cue OF the occupant while the coach
man, gathering himself up after his
tumble, ran after the horse. Through
the window of the brougham, as it lay
on its side, the rescuers could see the.
woman, heap of fur and silks and
laces and frightened femininity
crouehed IN one corner. They shout
ed to her to cover her head while they
broke open the door so that the fall
ing glass would not injure her, and
then having demolished the side of
the carriage they tenderly lifted her
out. Once on solid ground, her wits
came back to her. She looked at the
wrecked carriage, then at the men,
some Of whom had cut their hands
on the broken glass, and then back to
the carriage again.
Why didn't you open the door?''
she asked, mildly. 1T would have
saved all that trouble"
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-02-02
WHICH SPEND MOST ON DREss7
Interesting Question Up for Discussion
Between Men and Women.

i
The students Of the Northwestern
university dental school ask an inter-
.estlng question as to whether women
or men spend the greater amount Of
money on clothing, but I do not know
how the information could be OBJ
tanned. The popular idea, no doubt,
would be that Women's dress costs
many times the amount spent by their
husbands, sons and brothers, but r
presume if the average throughout
the world, or even the United States,
were taken, the cost Of clothing Of the
two sexes would be about the same.
While fashionable society women in
the large cities spend large sums Of
money for fine plumage, the wives Of
the wage earners and the farmers
throughout the country make their
own dresses at a very small cost. The
men folk Of this class Of the popula-
tion patronize the clothing stores,
and generally pay more for their gar
ments than their wives and daughters.
At the same time, this is merely spec
ulation. There is no competent au-
thority to consult, and there is no
means by which accurate estimate
can be made The census throws no
Light on the subject, nor DO the tax
returns. y. E. Curtis, in Chicago
Record.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-02-02
ULTIMATUM FELL FLAT.
Bland Ways Of Cook Gets the Better
of Mrs BIueyes.

OF Mrs. Blueyes.
My neighbor has blue eyes and
brown hair, and those appealing child
like ways that cause every speei-
men of the stronger sex, from
her strapping six-foot husband to the
scrap Of a boy who brings her the
morning newspaper, to instinctiVely
become her sworn protector and
champion. But Mrs. Blueyes sense
of personal dignity is out Of all pro-
portion to her stature, and her vain
attempts to properly impress the
plump southern 'mammy" who was
specially imported to Milwaukee, says
the Sentinel, from Louisiana to pre-
side In her kitchen cover many
months of fruitless effort. NANNY
domineers the family as only a deYot-
ed negro cook can, and her mistress
fguratively gnashes her teeth in
rage. Matters came to such state a
day or two ago that Mrs. Blueyes de-
clded it was time for the tyrant to abb
dieate in favor Of successor who
should be more amiable to reason. m
Wardly trembling with fear, but out
Wardly calm, she went to the kitchen
and delivered her ultimatum.
Nanny heard her to the end, com
posedly going on with her prepara-
tions for dinner.
You're through p she asked, as
Mrs. Blueyes cams to a breathless
end. aIf yu is, jes run away, honey.
I can MT bother with chillun when
Use maxim venison pate 2
And with large, black hand firm
ky laid to her shoulder, Mrs. Blneyes
was escorted out Of the kitchen, and
nanny still reigns there triumph
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-02-02
4 Curious Exception.

All metals expand when heated
contract when cooling If care is not
taken to allow the air to escape from
the mold; this expansive force will
burst the flask or blow the casting.
This expansion by heat and contrac-
ton by cold applies to all liquids ex-
cept water, which in freezing con
tracts until the mercury reaches 595
degrees which is seven degrees above
freezing Below 39I degrees it slow
" expands in proportion to the in
tenslty Of the cold ItistI1is expan-
sion which causes pipes to burst, and
it is almost irresistible.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-02-02

But after all it would not be well
to go away with bitterness in his heart,
She must understand that, though
Fate had spoken and an eternal sep
aration must be-that it was his unal-
terable determination that it should
be-yet he would be faithful to her
memory. He would release her
formally from her engagement-yery
formally. She should understand,
yet he would place an icy barrier be-
fore her-and then he would bid her
farewell forever. Perhaps a letter
would be the best way.
No. Letters were only letters, la
BILE to misconstruction, and there
should be no mistaking his firm in
tention.
Yet it might be put better in writ
ing.
But then there was always the
danger of a letter falling into the
hands Of third party. The old man
might open it. Just as well to call
tomorrow evening.
Where was the sense of putting it
off? IL it had to be done it might
just as well be done at once.
Percival put on his coat and went
out.
Perhaps ten minutes had elapsed
since the eternal farewell had been
spoken, and the young man and the
girl were seated on the sofa talking it
over. They were not yet separated
far from it.
You might just as well have given
me another" he said, plaintively
ssThen all this misery would have
been avoided
II had given you enough-more
than enough" !" she answered.
Enough for you, perhaps
Now, don't begin again, Percival.
You know papa was getting awfully
impatient. And one wouldn't have
satisfied you anyway. I don't want
to give you SO many that you won't
care for them"
CRY. Give me one now.'
She gave it to him. Presently he
said: SsAnd you'll give me another
lock Of your hair?o
ou don't deserve It, she replied,
"but I suppose I'll have to. Chi
cago Daily Record.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-02-02
s.INCIDENTALn MUSIC.
william Gillette Gives for It Very
Satisfactory Accounting.

Satisfactory accounting.
People who watch theatrical per-
formances from below the footlights
have often been moved to seek an ex-
PLANTATION for the incidental music
which is an almost inValsable accom-
paniment Of the scenes most con
veniently described as moving Lay
theories about the purpose of this
music differ widely, but lay opinion
practically agrees that it is more OF
less of nuisance, and that its aboh-
tion would make easier both the en-
joyment and the criticism of the work
of the actors. The Washington Post
gave utteranee to some such view the
other day, and either because Of the
severity of the Posts language, or for
reason easy enough to imagine #
one is cynic, and therefore, since
cynics are numerous, not necessary to
mention. Mr.. William Gillette has
written to the paper mentioned a let
ter in which he tells just why he
makes use of the antique device. He
admits, in beginning, that incidental
music" needs excuse; that it is an Of
Tense to refined taste. But he con-
tinues: Il find myself in the world,
surrounded and to some extent
harassed by its conditions An audi
ence, no matter how deeply inter
ested or absorbed itmay become, is I'M
able to maintain absolute quiet, The
individuals composing it must
breathe; they must occasionally move
or cough or gasp, or shuttle their feet,
or rustic programmes, OF make other
involuntary disturbances. In the per
formance Of my own plays I am in the
habit of resorting largely to the eff
fects of natural pauses, intervals Of
silence of moments where few words
are spoken and much mental struggle
issupposed to take place. These meth
DDS | find especially effective at the
most critical junctures. It is pre-
cisely at such moments that an in
tensely absorbed audience will be ut
terly demoralized by the least indl-
vidual disturbance in its midst. Now
a low, scarcely audible strain Of music
seems to prevent such catastrophe
While it by no means browns other
sounds, it tends If in harmony with
the situation on the stage to keep the
attention from being diverted. T
therefore resort to it. To speak IN
somewhat plain terms, If there is to
be noise during some Of my especial
ly critical scenes, prefer to make il
myself and have it somewhat, if not
entirely, harmonic with the matter
in hand" That, it must be granted,
says the New 7 ork Times, is a pretty
good explanation. It comes from be-
hind the foot lights, at any rate, and
therefore is of interest and possibly Of
Valllp.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-02-02
New Use for Bagpipes.

A new use for the bagp pes has been
found by a Scottish highlander who
owns a sheep farm in a mountainous
district Of California and is IN the
habit almost daily Of playing his pipes
all over the ground. The skifling has
had the happy effect Of soaring eagles
out Of the locality in which the birds
Of prey had formerly done consider
able damage by carrying off lambs,
and had even attacked grown sheep.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-02-02
VOL. XI.-NO. IS.
"wlDE-AwAKEl',

Wide awake! Keep wide awake
AS through life your way you take
While you, careless, slumbering lie,
Others slowly pass you by;
AS the tortoise won the race
From the hare, though fast his pace.
This, dear boys, your motto make:
wide aWakeW
Wide awake! and look ahead
Careful who the way has led.
Onward then, nor stop to rest
Victor he that does his best.
Look with eyes alone, you're blind;
Look with heart and soul and mind.
This, dear boys, your motto make:
wide awake!'
Wide awake. Awake to truth,
TO the glory of your youth,
To the call to noble deed,
To the prayer Of one in need,
To the words of life that tell,
To the right-and all is well
This, dear boys, your motto make:
wide awake!
George Birdseye, in Golden Days.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-02-02
THE MEXICAN DOLLAR.
Is the Standard Of Value in a Large
Portion of the Earth

The Mexican dollar, says W. E.
Curtis, In the Chicago Record, has
been the standard of value in the Pa
cifc ports Of Asia, and also in the
Spanish West and East Indies for a
century or more. There is no record
| of the time or the reasons forits adop-
ton. But for generation after gener-
alton fhe mints of Mexico have turned
out hundreds of millions of silver dol
lars, which have been shipped to the
Chinese ports, to Cuba, to Porto Rico,
to the Philippines, to Formosa and
elsewhere, and accepted by the peo-
pie as legal tender China practically
has no coinage except brass cash
or pennies and the Mexican dollar
is equivalent to the tael. Il you go
into bank in China and present a
draft you will receive Mexican dol
lars. They are not only used for
money, but are treated as bullion, and
are melted up by the Chinese and
East Indians for use in the manufae-
lures and the arts. In the absence of
savings banks, it is customary for
those who are fortunate enough to ac-
cumulate supply to melt them and
pour the metal into a hole in the
ground, very often under the floor Of
the dwelling or shop, which is the
safest place to keep the surplus from
the aVarieious mandarins, who usu-
ally find some way Of Squeezing"
merchants and others who have been
able to accumulate wealth.
Some years ago the government of
the United States attempted to find
a market in the east for the product
of our silver mines in the form of a
coin OF the same weight and fneness
as the Mexican dollar. It was called
the sstrade dollar" but the efforts to
introduce it were unsuccessful, and
after a long experiment the coinage
was suspended and the dollars were
called in for redemption.