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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-11
The Oldest Parrot.

The oldest parrot in the United
Kingdom belongs to the princess OF
Wales. He first came into repute in
1888, when Pitt bought him, and II
years aftcrward became the property
of George III. He answers to the
name of Ducky, and in spite of having
seen nearly two centuries out Is as
sharp and amusing as ever.
1t Is not often that one hears Of par
rots being sold for the purpose of ad-
vertlslng, but few years ago n
whisky finn brought In n whole cargo
of these birds for the benefit of their
trade. There was condition, how
ever, made by the buyer to the effect
that the birds must first OF all be
taught to cry, "buy IS whisky"
The parrots soon learned their sim
pie lesson, and having been placed In
nicely gilded cages were removed to
various public houses.
The French war Office used to pos
sess an old parrot named Jacquot, who
witnessed three changes In that coun-
try's dynasty-a republic e1ecting
Louis Philippe, the empire replacing
the republic and another republic
coming into power again. But Jac'
quot was very loyal, and never altered
his cry Of "vive lie roi." He died In
1875.
A short time ago at Allahabad, In
India, Polly was the means Of saving q
house from the terror OF the burglar
The thief had obtained entrance
through the bathroom where the par
rot was Gagged, and as 1t was dark
knocked against the cage, whereupon
Polly instantly screamed In her loud
est voice, "Quick, quick, call the doc
i tor, Pollys sick; call the DOCTOR This
was too much for tine burglar, who
promptly made his escape.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-11
State Firemen's Meeting.

The executive committee Of the
Kaasss State Firemen's association
met at junction City last week to
make arrangements for the assocla-
tons state meeting and tournament.
The committee selected junction City
as the place for the annual meeting
OF the association and set the date Of
the meeting for October /. 1t was
decided not to have a tournament
this year owing to the fact that it
would be too late in the season by the
time any town could make arrange
ments.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-11
"a 81 TO n Z A.
Bar, ii. AIhs Kind You Have AMlr ssugk
Signature ., I1ZzMf
Does It Paw to Buy Cheap

A cheap remedy for coughs and
colds is all right, but you want some
thing that will relieve and cure the
more severe and dangerous results OF
throat and lung troubles. What
shall you doP Go to a warmer and
more regular climate' Yes, it is pos.
sible;lf not possible for you then in
either case take the only remedy that
has been introduced in all civilized
countries with success in severe
throat and lung troubles, "Boschee's
German Syrup" 1t not only heals
and stimulates the tissues to destroy
the germ disease, but allays indam-
nation, causes easy expectorstion,
gives a good nights rest, and cures
the patient. Try one bottle. Recon-
mended many years by all druggists
In the world. You can get DR.. g.
G. Green's reliable remedies at j. M.
Gleissner's
Get Green's special Almanac.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-11
Wanted Soft Ones.

He had a crowd around him, and
when he had placed his toothache
cure on the board before him, and got
his lamp brightly burning, he said:
Gentlemen, the last time | was In
your fair city someone hit me with an
egg. sincerely" At that instant
q turnlp, thrown by some one In the
outer circle, struck the mans hat, and
carried It 10 feet away. He reached
out bis hand for II, and continued:
THANK you; was going to say that
| preferred turnlps to eggs, but would
II be asking too much of you to boil
them hrstT
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-11
GAsTRITIs.
Caused by Some Irritant Acting
Upon the Mucous Membrane Of
the Stomach.

Inflammation OF the stomach. gas
trits, as this unpleasant ailllotion is
variously called, may, like most in
ilammatory diseases, be acute or
chronic in Its course. The symptoms Of
gastritis are more or less fever, weak
pulse. loss Of appetite, coated tongue,
foul breath, bad taste in the mouth,
the head aches DULY. There Is SEN
sation Of weight or distress In the
stomach. Gastritis is caused BY
some irritant acting on the mucous
membrane OF the stomach, the irri-
tant is often formed in the stomach
by the fermentation Of indigestible
food. Gastritis will never develop II
you take regularly DR.. Caldwell'sSyrup
Pepsin, the guaranteed cure for indi-
gestion, constipation and oil diseases
arising from stomach troubles. DR..
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Is an all the
year round medicine. Good for the
whole family from the smallest In
FAINT up. 1t is the best lie insurance.
Sold by 9. H. Northcraft Il Go. SOC
and 81. 90 bottles.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-11
Do Not Tribe with Them!
Paine'sCe|ery
Compound
Permanently Cures Sick and
Nervous Headaches that
Make Life Miserable.

Sick and nervous headaches are
amongst the worst ills OF life. The
man or woman who is subject to
headache at irregular intervals, goes
through life bearing load OF misery
and wretcht dness that is terrible 70
think OF.
Headaches as q rule, result from
a disordered conditioned the nervous
svstem. Mental excitement, loss Of
sleep, bodily fatigue, and disordered
digestion are exciting causes. When
the brain becomes tired and debiliated,
the whole nervous system is weaken
ed and headaches result. If the llvel
is sluggish, the kidneys inactive, and
digestion deranged, headaches invarl
ably follow. TO cure and prevent
headache, the nervous system mus
be strengthened aud vitalzed' Tine
most persistent cases of headache
nervous feebleness, aud sleeplessness
are permanently cured by Paine''
Celery Compound; it is the grea'
reconstructant Of the nervous sys
TEN. Mrs. Henry Westrick, St
Clair, Mich, tells Of her release IRON
suffering as follows:
~ have been troubled with dys
pepsia and sick headache for a mum
Der Of years. About every week
would have bad spell OF sick head
ache but since began using Paine'
Celery Compound, my dyspepsia il
gone, and do not have any NOR
headaches. | feel better than | hav
for years."
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-11
Not Doomed For Life.

~ was treated for three years BY
good DOCTORS" writes W. A. Greer,
McConnelIsville, o., "ior Piles, and
FIstula, but, when all failed, Buck.
lens Arnica Salve cured me 10 two
weeks" Cures Burns, Bruises, Cuts,
Corns, Sores, Eruptions, Salt Rheum,
Piles or no pay. 25c at j. M, Gleiss-
ner's drug store.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-11
Likes His Campaign.

Solomon Tribune: Attorney G. G.
Towner, Republican candidate for
county attorney, was in town on Mon
day. We admire MIR. Towner and his
method OF campaigning and believe
that in him bis party has found a
valiant member and that the county
will find him a faithful and worthy
servant.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-11
THEY LOVE THE ENGINES.
WHY TRAlNMEN SELDOM GIVE
UP THE LIFE.
They Are Fascinated With the Risk
and Prefer the Business,
Even II the Salary Is
Not Large.

There had been q railroad accident,
i've persons killed, including the en-.
gineer and fireman, Of course, and
there was the usual talk about the az
fair, Not much, because such acci-
dents are so common, and tread on
each others heels. A little knot at a
fashionable club was commenting on
the matter, and one of the men made
the remark so frequently made that he
wondered how the companies could
get men to risk their lives, especially
when the pay was not high.
"Yet there are three applicants for
every place." remarked stout, pros
porous merchant. "At least there was
when | was on the road, and l sup
pose 1t is worse now"
"What road did you manager" was
asked. 81 never knew you were In the
business
"Manage." laughed the merchant.
"At the age of Is went into the
shops, two years later was fire
man and had just got my first en-
CINE when my father died and my rich
uncle yanked me out of the railroad
business and put me into his import
Ing house. You'll hardly believe 1t,
but | fairly cried at the change, al
though had sense enough to see that
1t was for my own good. So you see
I've had experience, and can tell you
why men risk their lives on the road.
"You understand why man enlists
as q soldier, and you know 1t isn't for
the money in 1t. If he comes back
and every man thinks he will-he has
something to talk about for the bal
ance of his life He thinks he Is a
hero, and so does everybody else. But
no one looks at engineers and firemen
as heroes, although they are. And they
feel that they are. 1t is the danger
that makes the business attractive,
and the swiftcr the run, the sharper
the curves. the better the run In rail-
road mems eyes. They despise yard
work or suburban trains or anything
that isn't fast and risky.
"Some Of you know what fasclna-
ton there is In yachtsman's life, and
you know 1t Is greatest in storm.
When you come into port you feel that
you have been in a battle with the ele-
ments and that you have conquered
The man who wrote
"Who can tell what joy he feels
AS meath the storm his vessel reels
knew sailor from the ground up.
$40 the railroad man the engine and
train is q ship, and run is a voyage
There Is danger in every turn OF the
wheels, there Is the feeling that this
tremendous thing rushing along Is
under the control of human agency
that it has TO be Coaxed ms well as
driven, and when the engine comes tC
a standstill at the station the trair
hands feel as II they had conquered
the monster that might have hurled
them to death, They don't say so, bu
they feel It, feel 1t even now, ant
while ride as a passenger ! can hard
ly restrain myself from climbing OF
the footboard with the fireman or into
the cab with the engineer, Once
man gets that feeling into his veins hi
will stay on the road all his life, and
! believe, haunt trains when he II
dead"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-11
The MINING CONGRESS.
The Effort to IDdOrse the kearns Bill Tor
. Change In the Mining Laws
IL Defeated.

Butte, Mont, Sept. Sat the
meeting of the international Mining
congress yesterday the effort to in
1orse the Kearns bill, providing for
change in the mining laws of the
county so as to establish separate
claims and do away with extra
lateral rights, was defeated by a
vote of 95 to 3. There was a heated
discussion, but when the roll was
called the only two states voting in
The affirmative were California and
Missouri.
A resolution containing a recon-
nendation to the United States CON
gress that the bill not pass was car
ried without q dissenting voice.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-11
A Sad Disappointment.

Ineffective liver medicine Is dis
appointment, but you don't want to
purge, strain aud break the glands Of
the stomach and bowels. DoWitt's
Little Early Risers never disappoint.
They cleanse the system OF all poison
and putrid matter and do 1t so gently
that one enjoys the pleasant effects.
They are n tonic to the liver. Cure
bihousness, torpid liver and prevent
fever j, M. Gleissner.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-11
FLAT TOP COAL FIELD.


Bramwell, W. Va, Sept. 4.--The sit
uation in the Flat Top coal field is
yet alarming. Last night at Simmons
Creek, as the non-union miners were
leaving the mines, a volley was fired
at them by strikers hidden on the
mountain side. The guards returned
the fire. So far as is known no one
was injured. The fire in the Poca-
hontas mine continues to rage, al
though two large streams of water
have been pouring into the pit mouth
since Tuesday. The loss promises
to be enormous.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-11

Fort Worth, Tex, Sept. 4.-Thc
westbound passenger train on the
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe railroad
was wrecked Tuesday night by a
defective rail near Brentwood. The
entire train was thrown down a 20
foot embankment. Thirty persons
were injured.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-11
Social and Personal.

The L. L. L. will hold its first meet
ing Of the club year with Mrs. Kirby
next Thursday. The program in
cludss Parliamentary drill, Mrs.
Humbargar; Roll Call-Favorite song
and flower; Music-Medley National
Airs. Mrs. Humphrey; Vacation Notes.
League; "National Flowers" Mrs.
Jolley; "National Emblems," Mrs.
Hand; Song, america" The League.
Miss Edith Anderson entertained q
number Of girls at her home on West
Third St., yesterday afternoon. They
had on cards 3 comic description Of
each person. causing much merri-
ment. Light refreshments were
served. The guest list was: Gene
We've Davis, Helen Hazlett, Helen
Gleissner, Helen Sterl, Ethel Thayer,
Marguerite Cuthbert, Myra Rogers,
Georgia Snider, Lois Harger, Nellie
Graves, Lois Crawford, May Hart,
May Curry, Gertrude Parker, Gertrude
Cough, Gertrude Parry, Ruby Johntz,
Jean Mead, Eunice Curtis, Frances
Seeds, Frances Wilmer, Mildred
White, Elizabeth Wyandt, Lillian
Gleissner, Jessie Waring, Fay and
Leska Livingston, Lucille Cooper,
Anna Malott, Marie Augustine, Marie
Roger, Bertha Kruger. Martha Mon.
roe, Efie Martin, Helen Hudson,
Bernedette Lucier
Mrs. C. c. Wyandt gave 5 O'clock
tea on Wednesday and on Friday
afternoons at which Mrs. +. B. Bearce
was the guest Of Honor. On Wednes-
day the parlors were beautifully deco
rated with sunhowers and sunflower
cards we're used for receiving guesses
on famous Kansans. On Friday the
decorations were in national colors
and the guessing cards bore flags OF
many nations. The prizt winners on
Wednesday were Mrs. Theodore Lit
tie and Miss L. Lightner; on Friday
Mrs. Hogue and Mrs. Burbank. The
guest list:
Mesdames Keel, Romig, Snyder,
Blake, T. Little, E. Little, Gillette,
Potter, White, Holton, Monroe, Rog.
ers, Ellison, Young, Dewey, Gleiss-
ner, Sterl, Gorden, Hallam, Malott,
W. Davis, Davis, Ward, Bearce,
Smith, C. Johntz, Hiner, Funk,
Lightner, Kepner, Copenhaver, Wit
mer, Taylor, Wilson, Meyer, Hodge,
SURE, Kirby, Mead, Ramsey, Graves,
Harger, j. Johntz, Barber, Anderson,
Case Burbank, Wingate, Bingham,
Giles, Gordon, E. Malott, Parent,
Hand, Guflin, Jolley, Hubbard, War
field, R. Woods, c, Woods, Angus
tine, H. Ellison, Niesley, Halleck
spangler, Upshaw, Moore, I. Malott
Alexander, Hogue, King, lumbar
gar; Misses Romig, Typer, Light
Norris, Holton, Sterl, Davis, Mead
Wilson, Mary and Ethel Giles, Jennie
and Emma Parent, Warfeld, King.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-11

Parties wishing to erect monu-
meuts on their cemetery lots this fall
should remember that Stuart & Son
are just at present offering some
wonderful bargains.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-11
Two Schools.

at may pain you to notice." said the
rcalist, "that am worth much more
In the market than you
"Not the least discomfort" said tho
IdealIst. even now the mule Is worth
more than the horse."-Indianapolis
Journal.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-11

The course which an earthquake
runs is usually very rapid. The rumb'
ling earth-sound travels at the rate OF
about 10000 to 1000 feet per second,
and the earth wave, on an average,
about loo feet In the same space OF
time
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-11

It's folly to suffer from that horri-
bic plague OF the night, itching piles.
Dosn's Ointment cures, quickly and
permanently. At any drug store, 6O'
cents.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-11
DIR. EIIot's First silk Hat.

. When Or. Eliot became president OF
Harvard he at once donned for the
first time. in his life high silk hat
In all the years since that time he has
never been seen out of doors In any
other style of headgear.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-11

Calk-I see Hobson has reached Ma
Mia.
Paulin- Well, perhaps the Fillplnos
will row kiss and make up.-Pblladel-
mia North American.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-11

One Of natures remedies; cannot
harm the weakest constitution; never
fails to cure summer complaints OF
Young or old. DR. Fowler's Extract
OF Wild Strawberry.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-11

ANNA ;uu Natures wonderful Heal.
Ql1Mlli IME Ing Salve. Man or Beast
QhuVluR nv Druggists 25-60c. For sample
s".sssss see large advertiser ent.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-11
Abilene by Hodge Bros.

For a bad taste in the mouth take
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. For sale by j. M. Gleissner,
druggist.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-11

Cbo.srs Inersksins IN Egypt.
Cairo, Egypt, Aug. 1s.-Cholera Il
increasing here and in the provinces
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-11

Takes the burn out; heals the
wound cures the pain. DR.. Thomas
Electric Oil, the household remedy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-21
Gave Away the System.

Chicago Iribune9
The father OF the large and expensive
family had brought a guest home to dine
with him.
The dinner was in progress.
He helped the guest literally to every
thing that was on the table, but before
serving the members OF the family he
glanced at his wife. who made a slight
and almost inlperceptible sign TO him, If
accordance with some -precOncerted code.
and 1t worked in practice as herein sei
fork,
Caroline" he said to the eldest aaugh-
ter, shall l help you 10 some more OF
the chicken-n- k p
Just a little, please, papa"
Some Of the mashed pOtatO-a- y. ". p
II you please
With gravy; m ky
mo. thanks. No gravy
Johnny. will you have some mora
steEed tomatoes-n. m k p
no. thanks"
Some Of the mashed turnips-a. Y. w.gr
If you please
Though the host had repeated these
letters hurriedly and in Il lower tone.
they had not escaped the attention Of the
guest.
Pardon me. AIr. Inrogson" he said
'bus YOU have excited my curiosity May
I ask what "a y w and n. rn k. mean2'
Huh" spoke up Johnny. Il thought
everybody knowed that. Them letters
mean all you want and no more IN The
kitchen.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-21

One Girl Who Remained in a Coma
tose Condition For a Year.


About three years ago quite a SEN
satiOn was caused among medical eX-
perts by the remarka bic case Of a girl
named Kramer, who lived in the vii
lage of Huelsweiler. This girl, who
was 13 years of age. suddenly fell into
a deep sleep from which she could not
be awakened, and she remained in this
comatOSe condition for a whole year,
when she was removed TO the lUnatic
asylum at Merzig-
Nothing could be done for the childs
beyond carefully tending her. in the
hope that she would wakeu naturally,
which she actually did two months
after her admission During the time
she was asleep her teeth We're so firm
~ clenched that her food had to be
administered through the nose, and
when she awOke her gums had com
pletely OvergrOwn her teeth She was
detained in the asylum until her facul-
ties had resumed their normal condos
ton, and until her memory, which had
completely gone, was gradually re-
stored When discharged a perfect
cure had been effected.
This case, which is probably one Of
the most remarkable Of its kind which
has ever been recorded, is by no means
without a parallel, as the following viii
show:
Blanchet, a French physician, re-
cords the case of a patient-a woman
"a years Of age-whO on three separate
occasions slept for extraordinary peri
ons of time. At the age Of IS she slept
for forty days, at the age of 20 she
again slept for fifty days. and the last
recorded sleep extended for nearly a
year.
Somewhat similar was the case of a
Iaboring man named Samuel Clinton,
who resided at Timsbury. near Bath
At the age Of % he fell INTO d profound
sleep. in which he continued for a
month in spite OF all the efforts that
were made to rouse him from his
/ Iethargie slumber. When at length he
Weakened uD he at once went TO work
as if nothing unusual had happened.
A year later, after complaining Of
a shivering and GOODNESS in his back.
! he again fell into a sleep which lasted
! fully five months Many and various
We're the means adopted for the pur-
| pose of rousing him. but all attempts,
/ proved fruitless. Even the infection %.
pain. which under ordinary circum-'
stances would have been excruciating,
/ failed TO make the slightest impression
upon him.
I William FOxley. who was at one time
/ Dot-maker for the mint in the Tower
I of London, once slept for fourteen days
I and fifteen nights, and then awoke IN
/ der the impression that he had slept
no longer than usual. The most emil
nent physicians of the time were quite
unable to account for his extraordinary
/ sleep-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-21
U. S. cENTENARIANs
More Than Double the Number of
Leading Nations of Europe.
New York WOrId-)
'he United States according to the |

New York World.)
The United States according to the
last census, has 1856 persons who are
100 years of age or over
This, in a population OF 100000, is
more than twice as many eentenarlans
as are in Germany, France. England.
Scotland and Servia, with a combined
population of z33, $50 coo
Germany. with a population of 5000, 600
has rs: France. with 40.0o0,000, has 213;
England, with ZOO. COO has 146; Scotland,
with population of 100000, has IS. while
Servia. with only 2,259000 people, has SIS
persons who have reached the age OF
of the 1886 centenarians in the United
States 2.2S9 are men and 2,247 are women
The natiye-born number 3,117. OF these
l.99S are males and 2,0iS are females.
The foreign born number 40 o. these
191 are males and 22S females.
The native white number 166 males and
S04 females.
The native white with native parents
number 142 males and PA females
The native white with foreign parents
comprise a males and 80 females.
The foreign white number 10 males and
213 females.
The total colored. which include Chi
nese, japanese and Indians, number SA
males and l. 80 females
The negroes alone number $50 males and
1867 females.
There are nS Indian centenarians in
the United States, two Chinese and one
These figures in the. census are sched-
uled as for the mainland of the United
States"
The negroes comprise 72s per cent of
our human century-plant population.
The census bureau, however, says that
the returns of the cOlored people are
subject 20 considerable discount, for ii
is noticeable that the old negroes do not
report their ages correctly, especially
when they think they are in the neigh
bOrhood of 100.
The proportion of male and female
! centenarians does not vary with the cen
suses. More than three-fifths of the to-
tai are women and more than one-half
the entire number come under the head
of colored. These proportions have held
good for four censIses.
OF the foreisn-born centenarians in
the United States IS per cent are Irish,
| 1874 per cent German. 81 per cent Cana
dians, 6.6 per cent English, 2 per cent
] japanese and 1 per cent Chinese. The
| following table, complied by the Hun
/ dred- ear club, indicates the number OF
I centenarianS in the United States and
the ages they have attained: