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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-12-04
TIE INDIANS IMPROVING.
The SupsrintsnAsat u lnAian Schools oays
the Basket Indian II Gradually D'sap-
psaring Through EAusatlsA.

Washington, Nov. ss.- Estells
Beel, superintendent Of Indian
schools, has submitted her annual re.
port to tho commissioner Of Indian
affairs. She notes married. advance
in industrial training, and says that
the course Of study prescribed haa
materially assisted the Indian youth
in learning agriculture as . mesna
Of self-support while the girls have
benefited BY the class room ourricu.
lum, which iats them for tho duties
and responsibilities Of tho home.
The outing system and tho systematic
transfer Of pupils is strongly recon.
mended. A plea is made for improved
and better equipped schools attended
by both races. The enrolment in
1902, she says, was 2as1o. Mass Beel
refers 70 the gradual disappearance
of the blanket Indian and tho gen.
eral improvement in the condition Of
the race.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-12-04
WILL TAKE A NEW TACK.
Kansas Prohibltionists VIII Try to Get Con
grsss 10 Prohibit Government Licensing
MsA Not Complying with State Law.

Topeka, Kan, Nov. 2S.-The Kan
sas State Temperance union proposes
to take a new tack in its fGht for
prohibition. 1t will try to get law
through congress to prohibit the IS
suance of a government liquor Ii
cense to any person who has not
complied with the liquor law in the
state in which he resides. The bill will
be introduced In congress this win
ter by some member Of the Kansas
delegation, and officers of the union
say the solid Kansas delegation has
agreed to support it.
II the proposed bill becomes law
II will be impossible for a jointkeeper
to b business, except as druggist.
First, he would have to obtain per-
nit from the state board of phar-
macy to handle drugs. Then he
would have to obtain from the. pro-
bate Judge Of the county a permit
to handle liquors in connection with
his drug store. With the two per-
mits he could obtain license from the
government to sell liquor.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-12-04

So says Mrs. Josie Irwin, Of
SIS So. College St., Nashville,
Tenn, Of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Never in the history Of medicine has
the demand for one particular remedy
for female diseases equalled that at
tanned by Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and never
during the lifetime Of this wonderful
medicine has the demand for 1t been
60 great as it is to-day.
From the Atlantic to the Pacific,
and throughout the length and breadth
of this great continent come the glad
tidings Of woman's sufferings relieved
BY it, and thousands upon thousands
Of letters are pouring in from grateful
women saying that 1t will and posi-:
lively does cure the worst forms OF
female complaints.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all w0-
men who are puzzled about
their health to write her at Lynn,
Mass, for advice. Such CORE.
spondence is seen by women only,
and no charge is made.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-12-04
NEW ENGLAND
WATCHES

Are designed to conform to the re-
quirements Of every one needing a
wstch-We make all sizes and styles,
with castings Of gold, silver, enamel
gold filled, gun initial or niCkel-Ful-
ly guaranteed and exactly as repre-
sented, and at stated prices-Send for
our booklets, which give full inior-
nation and illustrations OF our yari'
Gus styles.
For sale by all jewelers..
The New England Watch Co.,
Manufacturers,
az and 80 Maiden Lane, N. Y, 1871 to 1M Wa
bash Ave, Chicago. spreckles Bldgp
San Francisco.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-12-04
FREE HAIL SERVICE.
Al Iatsrestine Report BY psstnas-
ter 0sssral Payss.
FREE DELIVERY SERVICE WAITED.


Washington, Nov. 2s-The annual
report Of Henry c. Payne, postmas-
ter general, devotes considerable at
tention to the subject OF rural free
delivery.
Rural free delivery service has be-
come an established fact" the re-
port says. 1T is no longer in the
experimental stage and undoubtedly
congress will continue to increase
the appropriation for this service un-
til all the people Of the country are
reached, where It is thickly enough
settled to warrant it. The estimates
Of the department are to the effect
that the available territory for this
service embraces about 100000
square miles, or one-third Of the
eountry's area, exclusive Of Alaska.
the 1850 routes now in operation
cover about one-third Of the avail
able territory. From this it will be
seen that It will require $4,000 EN-
ployeS additional to those now in the
service to cover this territory. II
congress shall make the necessary
appropriations it is believed that
within the next three years the ex-
tension Of tho service will have been
completed.
give years Of experiment In this
service, added to several months ex-
perience under permanent organiza-
ton controlled by the civil service
regulations governing other branches
Of the postal yerIos, have demon
strated that all the claims heretofore
advanced in advocacy Of the extern
sion Of rural free delivery and its
adoption Is a permanent feature Of
postal administration have been sus-
tained.
ION October 1, 1901, the privilege
Of sending uAsoh copies from one
news agent to another was with
drawn. So fer a. known there haa
been no effort to evade the new rul-
Ing. Another substantial accom-
plishmsnt Il that periodical publica-
items which have the charscteristics
Of books have been rejected from the
sscond-class and are now classified
o. thirdclass mail matter. Some
progress hos been made in rejecting
alleged newspapers and periodicals.
which are not bona Ade, but which
are mere advertising sheets or circu-
lars. The sample COPY abuse has aiso
bsen corrected by limiting the num-
bsr which may be sent with each
issue, so that 1t shall be not in ex-
cess Of the number Of legitimate sub
sorfbss. There remains, however,
much to be accomplished"
Tho postmaster general then sayA
he concurs with the third assistant
postmaster general "in his recon-
mendation that provision be made
for receiving in the mails large guam
titles Of identical pieces of printed
matter and small articles Of mer-
chsndise without the necessity of at
fixing postage stamps to the indiNd-
ual pieces. This will effect an econ
omy both for the public and for the
department"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-12-04
franklin Tanning Stricken with Apoplexy'

St. Joseph, Mo-, Nov. 29.-Franklin
Tanning, aged 70 years, one of the
best known civil engineers in the
west, was fatally stricken with apo
plexy at his home here yesterday.
He selected the route of the Mis-
souri, Pacific railway from Atchison
TO western Kansas. lie assisted In
the original surveys of other western
railroads.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-12-04
A Head.on Collision

Oakland, Cal, Nov. 2s.-Early yes
terdays morning there was a terrific
head.on collision near Benicia, when
two freight trains crashed into each
other. Engineer Henry Foster and
Fireman II. W. Davis, residents OF
Oakland, were instantly killed. Both
engines we're demolished and several
ears were wrecked. -
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-12-04

A Lieutenant and Twenty Men Drowned.

The Hague, Nov. 2s.-A dispatch
from Achin, Sumatra, announces
that Lieut.. Dekok and As Dutch sol
diers on board a barge on a river
in the interior were recently at
tackled by a band Of Achinese, with
the result that the barge sank and
the lieutenant and 20 men were
drowned.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-12-04
Forbid Export o. Catue In rev EnrAna,

Washington, Nov. 2s.-The secre-
tary of agriculture yesterday promul'
gated an order establishing quar-
antine of cattle, sheep and other
ruminants and swine in the New
England states and prohibiting the
expectation Of such animals from the
port of Boston until further orders.
This action is taken on account Of
the discovery Of highly contagious
disease known as foot and mouth
disease in New England.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-12-04
We
Like Best
Often Disagree with W

Because ws overeat OF them. Indi.
eestion follows. But there's . way to
escape such consequences. A dose Of Q
good digestant like Kodol will rellvs you
st once. Your stomach Is simply too
weak to digest what you eat That's oil
Indigestion Is. Kodol digests the food
without tho stomach's aid. Thus the
stomach rests while the body Is strength.
ened by wholesome food. Dieting Is un.
necessary. Kodol digests any kind Of
good food. Strengthens and invigorates.
kodol Makes
Rloh Red Blood.
Prepared only by E. G. DEWITT 4 Co.,, Chicago.
The u bottle contains v times the d0c, size.
Sold by j. NJ. Gleissner, Abilene.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-12-04
A Child Killed BY q Street Car.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov 2s.-Law-
renee Oswald, four-year-old boy,
was killed by a northbound car on
the Holmes street line yesterday
morning. The child fell while at
tempting to cross the tracks.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-12-04
Confederates Want Monument to Grant

Norfolk, Va, Nov. 29.-Confederate
veterans, survivors of company c,
Thirteenth regiment, Virginia cav
alry, have started fund at Western
Branch, in Norfolk county, to erect
a monument to the memory OF Gen.
U. s. Grant in Richmond. The fund
starts off with SIG, 81 for each sur
yiyor, and contributions will be solic-
tied until sufficient sum has been
secured to erect the monument.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-20
PROBLEMS OF REST.
Change of Work for Mind and Body
Often Real Rest.

g. Stanley Hall. in Ainslee's Magazine.
The problem of rest is no less complete
than that of fatigue. Under some condi-
lions 1t is the muscles which are first eX-
hausted, the brain and nerve cells remain
ing relatively fresh. While the nerve fbers
themselves, the function of which is to
conduct impressions, recent experiments
show 10 be hardly more subject TO fatigue
doubt most common type of fatigue is
nerve-fag, and this is easiest caused by
care, worry. anxiety, or by doing work
for which there is no zest, but rather re-
puSnance or, at least, Indifference. Hence it
follows that TO turn on interest cures ex-
haustion and converts work into play. a
farmer wished some large piles of small
stones thrown into a ditch a few rods away.
IL was late in the afternoon, and he knew
his boys would plead fatigue, so he pre-
tended to find a big nest OF snakes in the
water and began TO stone them himself
with great eagerness. The boys joined in
the sport, and the work was done before
the end of the hour with actual refresh
ment, because the play-inStinct was a re-
lay. So the problem of overpressure in
school, Of which We hear so much, would
not only vanish, but children can do much
more work than is required and without
harm under teachers who have the art of
melting interest. The fatigue of forced
work is very real, but there are two ways
of increasing a fraction. one is by lessen
ing it's denomination and the other by in
creasing its numerator, so TO augment in
terest is a form of rest.
CDdISe OF WORK Is often real rest. Every
one ought to have an aVOcation as well as a
vocation, and cultivate an amateur interest
IL some form OF exercise, game or culture
very remote from his line of bread-winning
activity. Perhaps no tire Is so acute as that
which is very partial and involves certain
muscles, movements and brain centers.
leaving others perhaps overrested. By eX-
ercising the latter and, as it were, equaliZ-
ing the area Of fatigue or making it more
symmetrically distributed, many of the
best effects of rest are secured. Many of
even the diseases of exhaustion are because
energy of on part of our psycho-physic or
ganism is overdrawn, while that of other
parts is Overrested. This may make. even
sleep partial and haunted by the specters
of the night. Every one who works with
his muscles should carefully reserve some
fraction of the day for reading and intellec-
tual work. We are prone to forget that this
is just as important as for library men to
take exercise. 1t is really amazing what one
can do with only a fragment of a day and
of their total strength if it is Systematically
used in one direction. Those who seek rec
reation in mere amusements of a frivolous
nature are wasting precious time and capac-
itV.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-20
A College Problem.
Indiana Baptist Outlook.

According to the Eastern papers there is
come of the college. Some years ago the
colleges generally required an additional
year for the preparatory course, and the
secondary schools kept adding to their
courses until in most cases, when the work
was completed in the first-clasS secondary
schools, the student was able TO enter the
sophomore class of "A regular college. The
recognized colleges continued TO require a
four years course for the baccalaureate
degree, while the universities in many
cases shortened the collegiate year to
three years only, and particularly for stu
dents who propose to continue their work
or do professional postgraduate work.
Thus ii came about that the secondary
schools took off a slice at the beginning of
the college course and the universities took
off at the last end of the course. so that
between the two classes of institutions the
college was placed at a disadvantage
These changes, first in the case of the sec
ondary school, took from the college pat
ronage amounting to almost one-fourth
before, and in the case of the university.
sional course, the first year of the profess
sional course was permitted to count as
the last year for the undergraduate
course, and this cut off patronage a year
sooner than it should have been. The eff
feet of these two things has particularly
been to reduce the college to approximately
two years. OF course these changes are
TO be deplored, because, as we believe,
they will not tend to strengthen the in
fuence and value of the college which has
done so much to build character.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-20
American Vaudeville Abroad.
Berlin Letter in New York Sun.

One part of the American invasion of
which the people at home hear compare
lively little is that which is carried on by
our vaudeville actors. We all heard about
how the casino girl" went to London
"A number of years ago, more years than
she probably likes TO count up, and since
that time other girls and men, too, have
followed her across the sea to triumphs
on the English stage. OF them we hear
often. But no one has chronicled the tri-
umphs of the poor vaudeville artist. And
vet i'm his line his triumphs have been al
most UNPARALLELED. In England he is mon
arch of all he surveys. once he has entered
the doors of the variety house. No bill is
complete that does not include American
humorists, sketch artists, dancers and aero
bats. And on the continent, in spite of the
difficulty of strange languages. the same
things holds true. In the Winter Garten IN
Berlin / heard coon songs and saw the
troupe of trained sea lions which had just
made a tour of the United States. In Vienna
the variety houses always print the word
"Amerikanisch' on their posters In the big
geSt type, and in Dresden the Central Thea
ter. one OF the best variety houses
i'm Europe, ran an almost entirely American
bill for a whole month last winter. The
Australian singer. who sang coon songs,
by the way. and the inevitable German hu-
morist, who cOnvulsed his audience by
telling such anecdotes as this:
I'm the little town Of Lichtergelde the
village fathers were one day gathered in
the inn when the conversation turned on
dogs. Said Herr Schmidt Dogs are very
are more intelligent than their masters.
Yes agreed the Herr Burgomeister
Schmecken Becker. that is true. 1 once
had such a dog myself.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-20
COUSIN JOHNS PRAYERS.
Believed in Prayer, but Did Not Want
to Do Ii.
New Orleans Times Democrat.

New Orleans Times Democrat.
Cousin John now believes in the efficacy
of prayer" said a man who had just
dropped in from one of the Louisiana par
ishes, "and really he has a good reason for
II. Prayer has played him in good stead
and has given the tinge of romance to a life
which might otherwise have remained with
out color and without the frillS and sweet.
enhancing things which go with loving and
being loved. The story fell on my ears un-
asked and quite by accident, and since ii
Will give a glimpse of life as we find il in
some Of the more isolated places. l will re-
peat 1t to you. A few months ago | had Oc-
casion TO visit all the houses in the country
within a radius of five miles of Natchi-
tOches, La. As l knocked at the parlOr
door of one which seemed to be much bet
ter than any of the others l saw, i over
heard a discussion between Mrs. Blank and
ner cousin JOhn. 1t seems that Mrs. Blank
was lecturing John for not praying, as the
first words L heard were: Now, John, your
old father was a good man, and likewise a
good church member, and there is no earth
ly reason why you shouldn't follow his foot
steps. You must pray, John, you must
pray John, and this particular John, was
a siX-footer whose specific gravity was in
the neighbOrhOOd of 212A pounds net, after
a few attempts to escape the issue, finally
took a seat across the room from his cousin
and after passing a large freckled, sunburnt
hand through his red, Sunburnt hair, said:
Cousin Sarah, a few years ago. when we
were suffering for want of rain and our
crops were awful sorry, L prayed for rain,
ana IL ulu Idlus ana L mdu6 SOOu CTOpS.
Here he was Interrupted by cousin Sarah's
approval of what he had said. And said
John, catching his breath, "a while after
that thought it was time for Sally. my
wife, and me TO tie up, so L again prayed to
the Lord, and prayed as L never prayed be-
fore, and l said, ''Oh, Lord, it amt often !
worry YOU; L have only worried you once,
and now, Lord, L pray that Sally and me
will get married. DO this for me, and l will
never worry you again" and we were mar
ried, and I intend TO keep my promise and
not worry Him any more Being in a
hurry l couldn't wait to hear any more, but
+ opened the door, and after finishing my
business left Sarah and John TO finish their
talk. L do not know whether she convinced
cousin John that he ought to keep on pray
ing or not, but from the tone of his CONVEX
satiOn l concluded that John thought he
had got about all that was coming tC
him on account of prayer, except in the
final settlement, and l suppose, like many
others, he thinks there is yet time enough
to make his peace. t any rate, he seemed
inclined to observe the promise he made in
his last prayer, and l suppose he will con
tinue To keep faith with the PROMISE
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-20
FORBIDDEN NEGATIVES.
The Routine Followed in Taking Pic.
lures of Royalty.
Pearson's Weekly.

TedTSOn ; weekly.
TIL routine of taking royal photographs
Is something like this: The photographer
In the frSt place, must be a man of estab-
llshed reputation, and as probably several
are writing at once each gets a sitting in
turn. The reply makes a regular appoint
ment, say at Marlborough House. Sandring-
ham or Windsor. and on the day appointed
the artist attends with his apparatus and
one or two assistants.
After a few minutes wait in an outer
room he is conducted into the presence OF
the royal parsonage, whose personal attend
ants nave seen TO ii that everything is in
readiness for the taking of the photograph
in the room. Most royal personages. par
tlcularly our King are experienced %sitters
thanks to the enormous number of times
they have been photographed. and the act
udl operation is very quickly over. Mex
comes the developing of the negative, the
"retouching," and when at last the proof is
ready it is taken TO the palace by the pho
t%ographer for royal sanction.
You would be amazed if you knew the
number of condemned negatives. for the
slightest suspicion of lack of dignity OF
frivolous appearance is enough to condemn
the negative to the shelves of the studio
forever. Very rarely, indeed. is one of oul
royal family photographed smiling. much
less laughing. though the well-known por.
trait of her late Majesty, Queen Victoria
was a very conspicuous exception to thii
rule. That, however, was a snapshot taker
by an amateur. Some years ago a photo.
graph was taken of Princess Maud OF
made, laughed heartily at some remark he
sister had made, and the resulting picture
was instantly condemned by our present
Queen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-20

since A church in Bristol. Tenn. advertised
for "A minister and got what is believed 10
be a good one, there seems no department.
OF human activity where the rule may not
safely be applied. The Bristol church IS de-
voted 70 the denomination known as Chris
tan. and the young man who occupied the
pulpit there last Sunday, and was greeted
with appreciation and good will. arrived
with his little family the night before from
somewhere in Nebraska. never having seen
or been seen sy any member of his future
congregation. Advertising for "A wife Is the
nearest approach which comes readily 10
mind to the temerity of this proceeding.
However, the experiment. If rash, seems TO
have turned out well. and therefore similar
advertisements may be looked Tor from
other quarters. For congregations partlcu-
lar as to their theology announcement Ike
the following are to be expected: Wanted
Serious young clergyman who believes IN
a personal devil. NOn having doubts about
Adam and Eve need apply" Or for a
church where the young and frivolous have
attained ar unholy domination: Wanted
-Dark-eyed minister who can play golf.
must not be opposed TO dancing; short
sermons only"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-20
A MoRNING-GLORY CONE.
Easy Way to Make a Beautiful Yard
Ornament.
Philadelphia Record.

4 hlidltlDllld ItCOIu.
1t is not too late to plant morning-glory
Seeds, for the cultivated vines do not bloom
until the latter part of summer, and here
Is "A way to make a little labor spent over
them bring forth something that will be a
positive delight to the eye for at least two
months.
Provide about two dozen pine wood
stakes, six inches in length, and cut
a small notch in one side of each stake,
about an inch from the top. Select a spot
on the lawn where there is no shrubbery
and drive a stake where you will have
room to make a circle on the grass around
il six feet in diameter. Now, TO make the
circle take a piece of twine three feet in
length, loop one end of IL on the stake, and
using that as a radium, drive the pine wood
stakes at intervals of eight or ten inches
around the central one. Let the stakes in
cline outward. with the notch on that side.
This will give you a ~siX-fOOt circle of
stakes, which is the foundation for the
morning-glory cone. The stakes should be
driven down until only the nOtched part
is above the ground. Take up about three
inches of sod near each stake, and in the
opening thus made break the earth up fine,
and add a little gardeners loan If the soil
be poor. Then plant in each opening half
a dozen morning-glOry seeds of the mixed
kind. and do nothing more until the sprouts
come up.
When the sprouts appear complete the
framework of the cone by getting an ordi-
nary fishing pole, fifteen or twenty feet
in length. for the center. About six in
ches from the tip of the small end of the
pole bore a hole large enough TO insert
in il a stout wire. Bend the wire into the
form Of a ring two inches i'm diameter,
and to il tie as many pieces of stout Irvine
as you have stakes in your circle. The
pieces of Irvine should each be two feet
longer than the pole.
Plant the pole in the center of the circle
OF stakes, and sink II deep enough TO make
IL perfectly tight and firm. Then tie the
twines TO the notched stakes. drawing each
piece taut. but taking care that you do not
pull the pole out of the perpendicular.
This Will complete the cone frame, which
consists merely of a pole in the center.
and the Irvine strings as the outer surface.