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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-08-27
room ana were. greauy asronIsner TO
find it occupied by Washington and his
friends.
rrouble with Colored Troopers.

Yosemite, CAL, Aug. 25.-William
Duncan, proprietor of the California
hotel at Raymond, shot Ben Bane, a
colored ambulance driver of the Ninth
United States cavalry, in the hotel sa-
loon Sunday night, after Bane had
threatened to "cut his heart out"
Bane has a dangerous wound in the
stomach. Many colored troopers were
in the saloon at the time of the shoot
ing and made threats to kill Duncan,
but he held them at bay with his
weapon until assistance arrived and
they were dispersed.
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"DEAR MRS PINKHAM:-I was sick
and nothing seemed to do me any good
until began taking Mrs. Plnkham's
medicine.
att was Change Of Life with me
and falling Of the womb. lhad severe
pains all through my body. ! had a
d terrible cough and people thought
I had consumption.
IL took six bottles Of Lydia Il.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and two Of Blood Purifier, and two
boxes Liver Pills, and am now stouter
than have been for long time. l
can do all my work now, thanks to
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
III any one wishes to write me, to
verify these statements, l will gladly
answer their letters"
MRS. CLARA CHEzEM, Jewett, Ill.
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM For seven
years had been suffering, was pass.
ing through the Change Of Life, and
nv womb had fallen; menses were so
profuse that at times was obliged to
lie on my back for six weeks at a time,
could not raise my head from pillow.
/ had been treated by several ply
sicians, but got no relief.
~ was advised by friends to try
Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, which l did, and after
taking 1t six weeks I was able to be
around all the time and do my house
~ mn EnRRRIr IL va cannot forthw
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Rx-Gov. Stanley Makes an Explanation.
South McAlsster. !. T., Aug. 2b.-The
Daily Capital prints an interview with
w. q. Stanley, member Of the Dawes
commission, in which the ex-governor
OF the Sunnower state says that In
dams are being robbed and that there
is no means Of stopping the practice
of land sharks. Mr.. Stanley explains
his connection with Q trust company
and says he was elected vice president
during his absence on sick leave In
Kansas and without his knowledge.
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4 Stree, Car Go. Beyond Control.

st. Louis, Aug. 25.-A Tower Grove
street car that got beyond control yes
terday ran down an ambulance, an ice
wagon and dirt wagon and injured
the three drivers. The ambulance was
struck first and the driver, Fred Gren-
ner, thrown to the street and severely
bruised. He righted his vehicle and
continued his journey, coming upon
the overturned ice wagon and Driver
James McAlevy, severely bruised, but
McAlevy would not go to the hospital.
Some distance further the ambulance
met the overturned dirt wagon and
Driver Jesse Carter lying unconscious.
He was placed in the ambulance and
taken to the hospital, where he was
found to be seriously injured.
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TWO COLUMNS OF PROOF.

work. / know your medicine saved
my life and l cannot praise II enough"
MRS. LIZZIE RoFcAP,
$40 Smith st., Millville, NJ.
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM have
worked hard all my life, and when the
Change of Life came l flowed very
badly for weeks at Q time. would
stop for . day or two, then start
again. went TO see . doctor and
went through an examination, and
spent two hundred dollars for medi-
cine and doctors bills, but / did not
get the relief expected.
"At that time ! saw Lydia II.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
advertised and began Its use. have
found 1t to DO just what I needed.
~ wish every woman suffering
from female trouble would try 1t. ,
recommend II to all my friends"
MRS. WIN. DAILY, Millbank, SD.
"DEAB MIS-. PrNKHAM feel II
a duty owe you and every suffering
woman In the land to tell Of the
wonderful results I have found In
using Lydia Il. Pinkham's vege.
table Compound aud Liver Pills.
Passing through the Change Of
Life, some Of the physicians consulted
said nothing but On operation would
save me. But your medicine alone
cured me. "--MRs. MAGNOLIA DEAN,
14ll First Avenue, Evansville, Ind.
h n,oauea the original Letters and siRnAtufss 81
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swans mining camp, near THIS city,
to the town of Olivet. where he was
captured by six Of his pursuers and
turned over to officers from 0skaloosa.
To guard against a lynching. which
seemed imminent. Taylor was hur-
riedly brought to the Oskaloosa jail.
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pI.hur..nsnt. for Penslon..

washington, Aug. 25.-Actuaries In
the treasury department have COM
pleted q statement Of the disburse-
ments Of the agencies for the fiscal
year. The statement shows the total
amount Of all pensions to be tiss, s1s,-
s7e.Ts The Topeka. Kan, agency Is
By far the largest in the country and
diSbursed a total Of nearly $4,000, 900.
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Th. n.nk d Arrou 81 BarIlAElssa.

ne hAnk OF AfroN 49, .
eedalia, No, Aug. 26-Ths Bank Of
Arrow Rock, at Arrow Rock. Saline
county, was visited By four burglars
At an early hour yesterday morning.
The vault was blown open and
wrecked. Ths burglars secured .
small sum Of money and hastily made
their escape. The expiosioa aroesing
the whole iowa ---t -
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San Juan. P. R.. Aus. A-The e1-
ecutivO council has ordered . commit
tee Of Tires a IL members 10 imme-
dlataly investigate tie ieper colony
scandals and make their report a. the
earliest pomfhia nonent
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p,n Fn,,h Rr,als ! worid.s Record.

New York, Aug. 2o.-The worlds
pacing record was broken By Dan
Patch yesterday At Brighton Beach,
making the mile In 1:5a. Ths quarter
was made IN :asH. the half IN .SSA
and the thrss-Quarter In ii1sA. Star
Pointer hsid TIE record, vhieh vas
I1itsN.
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FEARED A LYNCHINC.
A Negro Picnic Party Takes Posses
sion Of a White Lady's Lawn.
THECROWD ATTACKS ACITY MARSHAL
Several Arrests Made and the Prisoners
Spirited Away from the Crowd Sur
rounding the jail "A Miner Chased
4. By Mob,

Chicago, Aug. 25.--To prevent q
possible lynching a Chicago colored
man and woman were spirited away
from crowd surrounding the jail at
Batavia, Ill, last night and locked
up In the county prison at Geneva.
The prisoners had been arrested after
"a series Of violent encounters between
residents Of the village and partici-
pants in the picnic Of negroes Of the
Quinn and Bethel chapels, About s.
900 colored men and women made up
the picnic party at Mill creek. two
miles south Of Batavia. The negroes
took possession Of the lawn Of Mrs.
George Burton,B place and when she
ordered them to leave she was re-
peatedly struck by two Of the negro
women City Marshal Kelley arrested
the two women, but was at once at
tackled by a crowd Of 200 negroes,
who succeeded in releasing the pris-
oners. leaving Kelley unconscious up
on the ground.
Later in the day Sheriff Robert
Burke, Of Geneva. with posse Of IS
citisens. arrested three Of the negroes,
william Allen, Harry Bell and Fanny
shelby. taking them from q train at
Butavia, after 4 desperate battle in
the railway coach and on the depot
platform.
Both Bell and the Shelby woman
were locked up In the town jail until
the gathering Of q large crowd Of eiti-
rsns caused the city oficials TO order
their removal TO Geneva Allen later
ms released.
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ne plant q the LDso-AsphAit com
pany a Ardmore. 1T was destroyed
b. Ere yesterday. Tha explosion q :
M e mnlisa sanhait ~ ths eansA /.
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HI forthwith psdSe: sAS .. ss: and signatures
VNJUVU Lydia T. Pnkham Msdolns Co.. hynns msses
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Oskaloosa. Ia, Aug 26-ChArlea
Taylor, q miner fs years Of aga. who
- accused Of having mi1treated his
to little daughtsra. yesterday vas
rnrnusd b. . mob Of 800 men from The
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-03
FIcHU AND sURPLUE
Nodes That Are in High Favor fth
Those who Are Pattteplar
About Mrs iniim


The lichu. or surpliee. form 0i trim-
ming. Is greet success, reports the
New York Tribune a nice example
Of it IS used On a gown of light cloth.
trimmed with embroidered diet A
dye-inch band Of lace, embroidered
with brown chenille and edged with
narrow ruchins Of tan e5lored taheta,
runs about the neck. crossing in front
and meeting in the back On the up-
per part Of the sleeves similar
band, carrying out the ide the edge
of cape little longer on the shout
ders than in the front or the back
The decolletsge that the thinning
leaves Is filled IN with small point
and choker of taheta folds, embroid-
cred with brown. the upper edge 81
the choker being edged with sable The
sleeves have great cnifs Of tameta ems
brOidered with edged fur The Bodice
blouses q triae over draped beit oE
silk, spread out in front with three
buttons made Of fur. The skirt hangs
n fun folds behind and on the sides
and has an inverted box plait Sd front
"a novel and pretty skirt It ia
trimmed with two bands Of lace and
Fuchings that curve up and cross in
front, with the ends disappearing un-
der the sides Of the plaits
one can hardly remember when
goBs have been more complicated
The full skirts call FOR lot Of trim-
ming, and there IS no lack Of elaborate
ness On bodices. The tendency seems
to be in the direction of severe tailored
suits. and other gowns very elaborate
a tailored suit In one Of the soft
checked woolens that arc So much
used now has a simple skirt made with
a cluster Of side plsits and narrow
box plait IA Che back The bolero has
cuffs. tutu-5yer collar end belt of dark
blue velvet edged with white cloth.
embroidered in gold. The back Of the
boiero is cat pa two points. and but-
tons down on the belt with two large
gold buttons The TOP of the sleeves
have daep but open cape pieces the
points OF which. back end 'front.' nang
several inches on the skirt
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-03
suN As - REsoRT.
The Great ahainaHs Ha Not SIolten
sphere, nut a shtRins
samitanium.


The western astronomer who an-
nounces that the sun is not molten
mass, but, on the contrary, a delightful
place to inhabit win receive more re-
spectfUl attention than would have been
possible ten Years ago. says the Phila-
delphia fnquirei THAT the sun. Is the
source Of practically an the light and
heat we receive is undOubted but the
hature Of these two forces is not only a
mystery to us. but the theories which
have from time 10 time been advanced
s3ncerning them have been found un-
tenable. Although we have immeasur-
ably Increased our knoWledge concern
ing the universes and some oR its laws
q the last four centuries, We are not
much nearer any appreciation Of the
causes underlying them.
The ignorant talk glibly about the
subtle ether. gravitation, light, heat
and electricity, but the wisest admit
that mighty little can be positively as
serted about any of them aside from OBJ
served phenomena. No reasonable ex-
plantation has ever been given that ex-
plains the law of gravitation. which
alone Of al these in the universe seems
to work exactly the same at all times
and under all condition No one can
explain how tile rays Of the sun pass
through the fringed space for 50, 900, 600
Of miles and yield las the warmth and
light without which life IS impossible.
Very plasible theories have been adj
yanced to explain how the sun main-
taius Its volume Of heat il spite of the
constant loss through enanatloh, but
they are theories only
The atomic theory was used for
decades TO explain many things, but
since that has been destroyed OF made
doubtful through the discoveries at
tendent upon the Hertzian waves and
/ the emanation of IONS scientists are at
sea where once they felt secure, Radi-
um exhibits phenomena that are thus
Tar inexplicable, and It is probable that
the western astronomer has arranged
his theory Of an inhabftable sun largely
because Of these recent discoveries,
which have done much more to destroy
former views than to construct new
ones. He thinks that the sun is the
4 great dynamo az cur system. and that
light and heat are mere. effects OF cleo
tricity as locally manifested when in con-
tact with matter. This sounds well, but
it means little. It does not dispose Of
the difficulties attendant upon the the
ory Afforded by other known eondi-
tions
What can be said IS that no one with
any intelligence viii at once categorical
~ disput the theory. That period has
gone by What Is demanded IS that he
VINO propounds this or any other hy-
Bothesis shall back It UP with reason
able proof OF a scientific nature We
are unlearning many things just now
and are preparing TO learn new ones,
and we must All approach any subject
with an open mind devoid Of prejudice.
The sun may or may not be inhabitsble
It is going to be dificuit to establish
I either urun0eitfou
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Ataut

remarked Wel known
maker of iooth s : surprising how
fsw peon en veteran fo0lnallaf
have ans de 81 re amount of lsh1g
aHd skill NAT IS expended is making
this necessary adjunct 81 he en
winter game. Says London Tit-s
The leather 40 use split coWhide
Ordinary c0whide To thick foT ths
regulation weight, Sc { has % be pllf
Into two parts The outer. 0r hair side.
Is what We make the best bails 5as
Previous TO splitting the leather hsa
been soaking IT. the tan-pita for 10 aE
~ months Some makers cure theiT
hides is * weeks by falsins with
chsp 1ni leather trsated won
make q good bali
The split" hide vel sofsened 18th
oubhin and then passed 81 20 tte cuEs
ter wtso cuts out the various sections
which, when sewn togethe make per
fectly round ban. The method 3f doing
this Is Kept trade secret bY most
maizerss but I don't mind telling YOU
that ia my factory / use tin plates the
exact size of the sections required. All
the cutter has to do IS 10 place one of
these on the leather and cutsnut the
shape with sharp knife Thess
shapes are taken Ia hand by expert
sewers, and soon the outer cover Is
ready for the bladder.
This is made Of the best Para rub-
Der, ana involves even more care i'd its
construction than the leather cover
itself 1t is OF Immense strength, and
is an expensive item, representing near
~ half the cost of manufacture. The
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-03
RREeEPE am R.L-l
tip mnA EeesHa
ia et


eonloHnd exclaimed
Wish whom es on ao o
evening ~ w o
have pscA rpef h
Gee wanted g ase hom m
miss tae h1a 60 bee
tA arop myself esls card
Dfop Yourself po
skeQ WHAT dr gsn mean
H ast hi % n his po
ana drew forth package 81 eaNda
as ne Wa sersRBiine W words
the llghe that sion from the Nindo
of cafe heg
Best cnnp and most seeife
memory 81 he world
very apaent-minded pefsou end s "a
tie oi1 schemes aea 81 40 n
loiinq e m the ang Wot
work ca forgot what intsntel t
Fesoaee s0 hit op hs idea
sending myself postal cards
Just before lea Che odee
dressed enc m9ait sc iha hou
writing on C T
wili be delivered ia e az W
last table. reminder than nc1Id
take the old umhreila over So on
and get itshIed. Last night 81 home
I wrote en- q card Chicken and 80
forth That came to my odies early
"a the day. and ff It hadn't We would
have been shy Of stun for dinner to-
night
It's g simple matter, costing only
one cent for each service, and for this
small outlay have my tagging mem-
ory prodded by a special government
oficiai under bonds to perform his
duty
Sometimes I think this new scheme
Of mine saved my life once. Il was
not very long ago had a bad cold.
MY doctor gave me some medicine
Which be said must take every tsa
hours, It Was absolutely Impossible
for me to remember ~ do So. a1 took
g pack ct postal cards and wrote 81
each Take your medicine and mail
yourself card started she baii
a-rolling BY dropping & card in 8 boz
and taking the hrst dose The de.
i liveries az my oMce are exactly fWr
hours apart Whenever carrier ap-
peared he handed me the reminder and
/ 1 swallowed my medicine and handel
i him fresh card Result pra
4 cure
4 BY this time we were aboard TN
ferryboat and on our way down tht
bay
1t certainly is an admirable idea.
said. But by the way what do yol
Intend to do with those postal card.
you showed me2
aCoafound the luolll he said, look.
/ Ing chagrined. FL forgot to mail them
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-03
ZEE INDUsTRI0Us EsQUIMAU.
a Good word for the Man 81 the
Frozen North who neuerveu
HelpfnB Hand.

The natives Of Alaska are a fast dWin-
ding race Their sun Is setting Prob
ably their midday sun never rose higher
than the midWinter sun rises ia this lat.
ttude
Most of the EsQuimaux IA Alaska are
gathered atthe missions, says the Nome
News but the traveller will ind a few in !,
villages of-tWo or three Or half dozen
igloos in places convenient for fishing,
as fish IS the staple diet Of these people.
Starvation and disease have loft but a
remnant Of once populous tribes
Contact with the white race has had a
great deal to do with their deterioration.
They like whisky, and like ali other ma
tive races are not naturally Industrious
Before the coming Of the white man
stern necessity made them provide for
the immediate future. The sea supplied
them with most Of their food, and there
were wild berries and various kinds Of
game on the land vary their dsh diet.
BY instinct inher ed from a long line
OF ancestors they are fishermen and hun
ters, but by contact with the Caucasian
they are makers Of curios and traders.
"a their new avocationa they have be-
come dependent 10 great extent upon
the white people
But the higher race is not responsible
for all their Ills. The unsanitary state
IN which they live Is not conducive to
longevity The impure air in the ma
tive winter huts, the lack Of personal
cleanliness and much Of the food the na-
tive eats would shorten the days Of the
hardest people
The Esquimau has some qualities OF
character To be admired. He has often
shared his last bit Of food with starving
nrospectors on wrecked sailors. He is
bright and ingenious, simple minded as a
child, with happy disposition that
takes no thought Of the morrow. He Is
bad only when under the influence ol
liquor
The government should make some
provision for the Esquimau He can
be made self-supporting. possibly a con
tributor to the wealth of the world. by
placing him il a line Of work for which
nature has 6tted him ProVidehi with
modern appliances for fishing and whal
ing and with proper manag erlent he viii
become q producer Of wealth.
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MTssPRLL WIDOW sIGNs.
New Trick i'm Advertising which
New York Merchant says
Works wonders.


Zone OF the tricks Of the trade during
the next year, " said the window dresser
for o big department store, according
to the New York Sun, lis going to be
the spelling Of words in window
signs 70 works wonderfully. You
know t one time, great trick was to
put q pictpra ia your window. upside
down. People would come fn droves
to tel gen about The mistake and Il
gave business a boom for time
But this misspelling Of words beats
AL the other old devices. Why3 Be-
cause # is human nature to love 10 cor
res other folks It's The same spirit
that animates the man. woman and
child, who go blocks out Of their way
70 show stranger where he wants to
4 pleases people to know that they
know something you don't, and after
they have corrected you they go on
their way iRWardly pleased with them-
selves, or else they are SO brim full OF
geniaiity that you can sell them goods
tnat they never dreamed 81 buying.
We tried the new trick two weeks
ago. had 9 sign made to 60 IA our
white window thread: Thanlsgiyen
Linens. Well that sign had hardly
been in the window is minutes before
q gray-haired man wearing spectacies
stepped in. The foorwaiker at that
door caught him He was beaming
He had noticed al odd error ia spelling
~ the window, and il the fioorwalker
would only step outside he would show
1t to him
The heorWalSer went ont, Of course,
with the I'D fellow, who pointed with
his cane t the carefully mlsspeIed
sign. The fioorwaiker thanked him
profuseig and they chatted until tie
old chah GOT asking questions about the
price Of some Of the handkerchiefs in
the window. Then the doorwalIger took
him inside and turned him over to one
Of the counter girls.
After That they came thick and fast.
IN two hours the hoorwalker sent for
me and aid he couldn't stand it, He
wasn't engaged ais barker and some
body'd have to be put on the job; he was
neglecting his business So we got a
man 70 do nothing else but attend to that
misspelled sign.
''lt worked well all that week and last
week too. Persons who did not want
white goods got inside ia trying % COR
rect that Thanksgiving error. and saw
something else that interested them. so
It was just the same
But last Friday we took the sign
down and spelled Thanksgiving in The
good old-fashioned way Pretty soon
expect wen have to spring another
one There's no treason why we should
MT take All honest advantage Of The
frailties of the human race
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-03

Parboil, drain and cut up bus not
too hne. Make cream sauce and puk
the parboiled sWestbreads into Sc.
sweefbreads la creme are frequently
combined with chopped mushrooms.
chicken. oysters. lobster, crab shrimps
or green peas. Calls halns may bo
uaed 80 the same Way B own BoeE
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-03

The bat-shaped kite Invented by S. y.
Cody, 7. r. M s., has been adopted by
the British admiralty The kite ismade
from bambo and SILK and VIII carry a
man. tt may be used for reeonnoitering
on land or sea, and viii be able 20 haul
sledge over Arctic Ice with hut one
man 10 steer Ill
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-03

II It is hard to know anything about
the surface life Of the BigOudines It Il
still more difhcult to penerate their
Thought to know whether their brains
are agitated by anything but the sim
pie ideas of the very primitive peo.
pies, the naive reyeries Of children, o.
whether they have preserved some
vague traditions Of the upheavais Of hu.
manity which have ended by casting
them upon this extreme point Of land
They speak a language which has nC
afhiation with any ordinary tongue
It is Breton, but q Breton full Of m
known words and strange idioms, as vet
unstudied by any philologist AS TO ths
French language, they ignore It. &nten.
tionaliy ignore IT. Century.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-03

Ascum--I read in the financial news
this morning that money is easier now.
What on earth does that meant
BrOokleigh Perhaps it means that IL
goes easier I'm sure 7 don't find that
It comes. amy easier philadelphia
Press
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-03

HAS Weary WlMiefu Approval.
That English scientist who says we
are injuring our skins by Using too much
SOAP win have the hearty approval OF
the American Wayside scientist
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-03

Stranger Say can 7 get q divorce on
the grounds Of insanity
Lawyer-Possibiy It might be arr
ranged. Is your wife insane9
mo; but must have been crazy when
married her Buffalo News
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-03

q. Cleveland woman who seeuie ed an
Injunction restraining her husband from
eating at her table must expect the poor
man to patronize the free lunch routa