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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02
Nacond. Class Mail Matter.

Washington, Dec. 31.-A statement
circulated broadcast by a publishers
bureau in Chicago that the post office
department has ruled that a sub
scription to any publication entered
as second-class matter must be dis.
continued on expiration of the time
for which it has been paid in ad-
vance is given vigorous disclaimer in
instructions issued by Assistant Post.
master General Madden. The instruc.
tions direct all postmasters to notify
publishers in their respective cities
that this statement is untrue and
misrepresents the attitude of the de-
partment and that there has been nc
such change with regard to subscrip
tions to legitimate second-class pub
lications.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02

Washington, Dec. 31.-The Creek
Indian nation of the Indian territory
has submitted to the interior depart
ment a request for authority for q
delegation of Creeks to come on here
with q new agreement which the
Creeks have drafted, looking for al
lotments Of lands and other matters
The agreement is designed to take
the place of the one executed with
the Dawes commission, but which,
after being altered here, is still pend.
ing. The Creeks want to negotiate
the new agreement directly instead
Of through the Dawes commission
The department probably will refuse
to sanction the proposition.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02
Union Pacific Omcials In Conference.

Omaha, Neb., Dec. 31.-Officials Of
the operating department Of the
Union Pacific system are holding
their annual conference with General
Manager Dickinson. All the divisions
are represented by superintendent
and assistant superintendent, among
them being Superintendent Baxter
of Omaha; Park, Of Cheyenne; Brink.
erhoff, of Kansas City, and Deuel., OF
Denver, and Assistant Superintend.
ents Reyes and Palmer. They were
guests Of President Burt yesterday
The conference is for the purpose OF
arranging time schedules, planning
policies for the coming year and dis
cussing the numerous matters per
tanning to the operating department
and will continue to-day.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02
Tho New Tax Law.
Strother.

The experience Of western states
with the crude forms Of taxation
adopted when the states we're new has
brought about a realizing sense OF
the need Of changes and there Is IN
this State movement in this direc'
ton that is noteworthy. The legis-
lature may possibly meet in special
session to consider and adopt the new
tax law, the copy having been pre-
pared by the commission selected a
year ago, Of which Representative
Grosser is q member.
The new law which is designed to
take the place Of all taxation machin'
cry in the state is especially directed
toward the securing for assessment Of
personal property. This class OF
property so successfully evades taxa
ton under the present system that
the anomaly is presented in many
communities OF cities and counties
growing richer in every form Of prop
erty and yet all the time falling CT in
valuation.
The chief feature Of the new plan is
the creation Of a county tax officer
with deputies to have the entire
charge Of assessment with severe PEN
alties for evasion Of any just assess
ment. There will be no change in
the taxation OF railroad property, the
assessment being as now by the state
railroad board.
The bill also provides that every
two years the executive council shall
designate two or more banks to be
state repositories the selection to DO
made from those offering the highest
bids Of interest on public funds.
Under the present system the five
banks Of Topeka are the state de-
positories, and they pay no interest
on the money left with them. At tax
paying times the amount runs from
$500, 900 to $750,OO0. Should there
be no special session Of the Legislature
the new bill will come before the
regular session next year.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02
Astronomers In Session.

Washington, Dec. 31.-The Astro.
nomical and Astrophysical Society OF
America, which includes many scien'
lists well known throughout the
country, began its annual meeting
here yesterday. Prof. Simon New
comb, of this city, presided. The as.
ISOLATION was in executive council
most Of the day. A number Of papers
were read on the observations OF the
eclipse at Sumatra last May. Prof
A. N. Skinner described the work Of
the United States observatory eclipse
expedition; S. A. Mitchell discussed
the flash spectrum May IS, 1901
and C. D. Perrine reviewed the re
suits of the work of the Croker
Lick observatory expedition.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02
Fifth District and Attorney General.

IfC G. Coleman Of Clay Center is nomi-
mated for attorney general IT will give Clay
county sort Of heritage to that Office
[Leavenworth Times.
A good deal has been said in loose
talk about the situation to the effect
that Clay Center and. Clay county
have had the nomination for attorney
general so many times. As matter
Of fact, Clay Center and Clay county
and the Fifth district have had 1t just
twice, namely, when +. B. Dawes was
nominated the first and the second
times. When Mr.. Goddard was NOM
mated the first time, he had already
been a resident Of Shawnee county for
more than Eve years, and 1t is mat
ter Of no little injustice that bis two
terms should be charged against Clay
county or the Fifth district In fact
Mr.. GODDARD had been a resident Of
Topeka for nearly two years when be
was made assistant by Mr.. Dawes
Since that time have occurred the
term Of Mr.. Dawes, the term OF Mr.
Boyle and the two terms Of Mr.
GODDARD. This is clear to any person
who will think Of it for a moment.
The Fifth district has no other can
didste for attorney general, or indee'
for any place on the Republican
state ticket, than c. c, Coleman o
Clay, a gentleman worthy in ever,
way. He is a sure winner and tn
Fifth district will be honored in hi
selection.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02


The chairman Of the state board OF
charities is going to New York to in
spect some Of the public buildings
there for pointers on how to do some
additional building at Kansas institu'
lions. He announces that he will pay
his own expenses. This is an innova'
ton that Kansas is hardly prepared
for. 1t has been accustomed to have
such expen'es-and extras-charged
up to the state. This will be a
mighty embarrassing precedent il the
Populists ever get in power again
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02

Editor Smith Of the Marysville
News says be wonders what the
founders OF the Kansas Day club
would think il they could attend its
present day bsuquets and observe how
entirely the club has passed into the
hands OF aspiring politicians. The
founders Of the club with one excep-
ton have attended every meeting and
their opinion is that it is better or
gauization today than 1t was in 1891.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02
Some don'ts III 1909:

Some don'ts nc iSVA
Don'tthrow Epoks-your house na'
some glass in IT,
Don't bite at get'rlch'qulcK
schemes.
Don't spend more than you essn'
Don't let your life insurance lapse
Don't send away for your groceries
and dry goods.
Don't talk too much.
Don't think you are "it."
Don't worry about your nelghooFs'
Don't neglect to pay your news
paper subscription.
Don't promise what you can't per-
form.
Don't think prosperity will last
forever and you need not save any
thing.
Don't gossip.
Don't fail to take some recreation
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02

Rev. DR.. P. S. Henson declares that
the three perils which beset the career
Of a minister Of the gospel are the
building OF a meeting house, the
erection Of a pastors residence and
the taking Of wife from ones own
congregation. OF course these are all
secondary to the greater Peril Of not
getting his salary in full.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02
Auacb. prIsouer, to BE Released.

Guthrie, Ok, Dec. 3l.-Gen. Frank
Armstrong, as an agent of the war
department, is now at Fort Sill, Ok"
making arrangements for the release
of Chief Geronimo and the 29S Ari.
zona Apache Indians who are held
by the government as prisoners OF
war. They were captured by Gen.
Lawton 10 years ago after a 5000
mile campaign. They will be allotted
land by the government.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02

It seems hard to discover the
Christmas tree. the holly and Santa
Claus in a land Of hottest SUMNER
but whether it be in Australasia or
the Philippines, Honolulu or Singa-
more. Guam or Maurilius, the Amer
lean and the Briton will have bis
Christmas as nearly like the one at
home as possible.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02

This local item in the Topeka Cap
ital the other day indicates that oil
The mistakes do not occur on country
papers: 1.-The Capital representative
was misiniormed in regard to the
death and funeral OF Perry Ward, re-
ported yesterday. Mr.. Ward has been
dead about four years"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02

With bank deposits the largest in
it's history, with granaries holding
the largest wheat crop in its history
with debts paid, with homes pur-
chased, with towns aourishing, with
beautiful skies above fertile fields
Why shouldn't Kansas DO happy this
new yearP
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02

Various suggestions Of good time
are contained in this frank notice by
a Hope merchant in the local paper
"Notice: shall be away from home
during the rest Of the holidays
When | return | shall lie hard up for
money and request everyone indebted
to me to call and settle"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02

"why," asks q Kansas philosopher
"don't few thousand men quit
dreaming Of air ships and perpetual
motion and invent a syrup pitcher
that doesn't run down at the spout!
There's millions In It,"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02
Amer,can sailors Abroad Quarrel.

London, Dec. SLIT is announced
in dispatch to news agency from
Nice that during a fight Sunday after.
noon at Vile Franche between sail.
ors belonging to the United States
warships Albany and Chicago a sea.
man named Dillon, belonging to the
Albany, was seriously stabbed. Hii
assailants, three men belonging to
the Chicago. disappeared.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02

A telegram the REFLECTOR hopes to
print year from today: washing
ton, Dec. Sl.-President Roosevelt
today signed the bill appropriating
$4,000 for a public building for Abb
lene. Kansas"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02

The goth century has given us a
pretty fair sample Of what it is going
to do and to put it mildly there is
every indication that 1t will be .
world. heater.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02

Our idea Of a real happy New Year
feature is to have the school board
members join hands, circle to the
left and unite in the chorus "How
sweet to dwell in kindly love"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02

Senator Burton did not accomplish
perhaps all he intended to in 1901 but
even bis enemies must admit that the
books show pretty good balance on
his side.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02

II Brother Carnegie had warmed
up Abilene would send him a happy
New Year greeting but he will have
to struggle along without it.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02

Here's a happy New Year to YOU
President Roosevelt. May you not
have the senate on your hands too
much OF the time.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02

T old year said, young was | ut the start
But cares came fast and now with broken
heart
"rll do as all the New Years callers do
smile, take cup Of coffee and depart"
IRONOUILL,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02

President Roosevelt may as well
make up his mind that there are four
votes he will not get in lSO4-those
Of MacClay, Miles, jenkins and Le'
land.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02

II reports are true six pretty Abb
]ene school ma'ams will be married In
1902. No wonder 1t is happy New
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02

How many things you should have
done we're left for fate In 1901. Re.
solve to make the good come true be-
fore the end OF 1902.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02

How thankful Father Time should
be that he does not have to carry the
Schley trial over into 1902!
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02

To all the new brides and grooms
Of the holiday season; Greeting
May every new year be as happy as
this ona
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02

We can promise Abilene q report OF
the reaching Of the gas wells lower
extremity some time In 1902.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02

Mr.. Leland's latest biography ends
with the cheering thought, ave may
be happy yet--you bet" But will it
be In 1902
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02

Good resolution for Abilene: Re-
solved, that 1902 shall see complete
sewerage system built.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02

Our annual toast to Grover: HAP.
py New Year. May you long remain
an ex.president.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02

Abilene ought to make 1902 mem
orable for being the year in which q
suitable public park Is secured.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02

The new year promises to be a first
class political hummer in Kansas
Let 'er hum!
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02

The Atlanta Constitution quotes
this original Georgia obituary;
He has climbed the golden hills
Heaven was always his intention;
Fought through the war, died with the chil's
And never got no pension,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02

A new leaf and q new set Of resolu'
tions. Long may both remain unsul'
lied!
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02
THURSDAY, JAN. 2, 1902.

Abilene starts the new year without
4 Town Row. Beatiic contemplation!
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-01-02

President Republican.
Congress Republican.
Governor-Republican.
State Oficers-Rerublican.
Legislsture-Republicsn
Supreme Court-Republican.
Fifth District-Republican.
Dickinson County-RePublican'
Msyor-Republicsn.
Council-Republican.
Where does the Demo.Populist
Happy New Year come in?-[B. L.
Strother.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-05-17
SUCCESS COVERS MISTAKES.
loOked when the Outcome JUS
titles the Procedure.

1t is not just that the propriety of
the act should be judged by the event;
and it is not true that it will be, as
a cheap sneer would have it, writes
Capt. Alfred T. Mahap, in the Inter-
national Monthly. Success undoubt-
eddy covers Mistakes: for human ma
ture is on the whole generous, or at
least good-tempered. 1t is willing to
forgive faults which it can afford to
forget, but failure does not with any
equal certainty entail condemnation,
for again mankind is generous, and
nowhere more so than in dealing with
military men. Even though mishap
ensue, where an officer can show pre-
ponderant military reasons for de-
parture from orders, he can anticipate
from his superiors intelligent compre-
nension and acquittal, which the pub
lie will confirm on their finding; but,
while this is so, let none be rash
enough to anticipate immunity on the
score of error of judgment, when it
can be demonstrated that with the
data before him n man who knew his
boAiC NOdlo hdN 0Ctlhtu olutI-
wise.
Actions that fly in the face of ascer.
tainable fact, or of well-settled mill.
tary principles, are not to be excused
as merely errors of judgment. They
are sometimes more and worse. A
man is just as much responsible for an
error of judgment which results from
his W neglect to inform himself, or
his lack of professional knowledge,
as he is for any other misdoing.
What is amiss here is not Judgment,
but conduct. Such errors when they
take shape in action, whether of COM
mission or of omission, are miscon.
duct. They have a standing as acts,
external to and Independent of the
persons committing them, just as muir
der has a standing as a crime quite
independent of its association with
the individual criminal. AS killing is
not always murder, bus depends for
its character upon the attendant cir
cumstances, so a particular unfor-
tunate military movement is not al
ways misconduct. Circumstances may
be proved to Justify It. In neither
case, however, is it the Judgment of
the person concerned that determines
conduct to have been good or bad.
1t is the circumstances, passed upon
by judges other than himself, and re.
ferred to recognized standards.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-05-17
WIT N WISDOM.

Do what you can when you are IN.
able to do what you would.-ChicagO
Daily News.
If oratory IS dead, as has been said,
there is no doubt hat it was talked to
death.-Puck.
Wealth is the last thing to be con-
siiered in a successful life-there are
myriad other conditions.-Success.
Remember, when you start in to
tell a big story, that you do not be-
lieve half the stories you lIIs.-Wash-
ington (Ia.) Democrat.
Don't go 'roun'tellin' yoh troubles"
said Uncle Eben. ut jes' makes folks
suspicious dat you is gittin' ready to
borrow money."-Washington Star.
The trouble with most schemes IL
that when you go in, the ground floor
is occupied and you are compelled to
occupy the second story.-Atchison
Globe.
Mrs. Galley (of New York)-"I sup
pose ping-pong is quite popular in Bos-
ton?" Miss Brownibsen (of Boston,
puzzled) -"Ping-pong? Who wrote
it?'-Town Topics.
A Cultivated Taste.-Boggs $50
you're a poet, eh? Dye know I'm
gettin' so l take quite an interest in
poetry" The Poet-"Indeed!" Boggs
Yes, there amt nothin'I enjoy more
than readin' them advertisements in
the street ars."--Philadelphia Press,
1.-THE judge is famous for his prob
ity," said the lawyer, land will give
you an honest judgment" "Yes, l
know he is honest" objected the man
who expected to be tried, but he is
also noted for his strong convictions"
A conviction, from the point of view
of one who expects to have one thrust
upon him, lacks certain elements of de-.
sirability.-lndianapolis News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-05-17
CURIOUS WAYS OF HoPI MAIDS
They DO All the WOoing and Lead the
Men of Their Choice to
the Altar.

In this age of advanced views on mat
rimonial entanglements and obliga-
tions it is refreshing to read of the Gu
rious marriage customs of the gentle
savages of the Hopi tribe, in Arizona,
says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Here
the Hopi maid does the wooing, for the
women of the Hopi brand are held in
much higher respect than are their
coppery sisters of kindred tribes. And
when the Hopi maid has selected the
youth of her choice she goes to his
house as q sutton for his hand and tes-
titles both to her devotion and her in
dustry by grinding corn beneath his
roof until he is sufficiently impressed
with her qualities to yield and name
the day. When the Hopi maid leads
the man of her choice to the tribal al
tar she does so in the midst of elabo-
rate ceremonials of long duration, and
when all Is over she takes him to her
home. Nor does she yield this owner
ship when she weds. On the contrary.
the house, the fields and all the prom
erty save the herds belong to the wife.
This, as will be seen, greatly facilitates
the Hopi method of obtaining a d.
vorce, for when the wife tires of her
husband she simply takes his saddle
from her floor and losses it through
the door, and the divorce is complete,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-05-17

"Hov did you like the speechf' they
ssked Tommy, on his way home from the
political meeting. .ry,w
he said westward the starved umpire takes
his way | thought there was goin' to be
somethin' about baseball in it, but there
t."-Chicago Tribune.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-05-17

A Chicagoan had been taken around Bee
ton ali day to observe her bulwarks, but had
failed to observe any Of those symptoms q
paralysis which are acceptable e the Bos
tonian mind. NOW confess said the Boc
the day, "isn't Boston a unique town."
"Unique," unused the westerner, II believe
that word is derived from two Latin words,
unus, one, and equs, horse. think Boston
is a unique town.h-Chicago Chronicle.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-05-17

The hardest wood in the world is not
ebony, but cocus, which is much used
for making flutes and othe. similar in.
StIuments.--Nature
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-05-17

advice" said Uncle Eben, lis like mos,
ev'ything else. If it's any good you doesn'
have to give it away. You kin ginerly sell
it."-Wsshington Star.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-05-17

There is far more eloquence in silence
than there is in some long-winded speeches.
Chicago Daily News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-05-17

Merchants talk about "tin horn clerks"-
clerks who blow q great deal, and are Of lit
tie account.-Atchison Globe.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-05-17

Our best friends are those most successful
in seeing things our way.-1ndianapolb
News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-05-17
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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-16
sIgnet Rings For Women.

Slgnet rings are now popular with
women. While the rings are not so
large, they are of the same style as
those worn by men-a plain gold ring,
with a large circular band in the CEN
tire, on which the initials are engraved.
There is little Ornamentation, and the
ring, when worn with others on a
woman's fingers, is conspicuous by its
plainness.
Yes, said John street jeweler. 81.
have nearly dozen men busy making
and engraving these rings, and they
are all for women. How the fashion
started don't know, but not so long
after they had been adopted by the
men the women followed and took
them up also. l presume the simple
ity OF the ring Is what took their fancy.
Everything in the jewelry line has been
so elaborate in style and make the last
rev years that / suppose women Were
glad to take up something plain for q
change.
"These slgnet rings are great things
fcr presents. They are not expensive,
ana when you are in a quandary as to
what to give friend for a birthday or
Christmas present 1t Is not at all inap.
propriate to present him with a neatly
engraved signet ring. 1t Is a present
that men and women can make to one
another without the least embarrass.
ment, and one that will always be an.
preclated. York Herald.