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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-04-09
School Board Met.

The board Of education met last
night. The usual bills were allowed.
Teachers examination was set for
April %. 1t was ordered that 200
copies Of the bylaws be distributed
among parents.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-04-09
now ABOUT ROAD TAXI
Railroads Methods to Be- 1Dvesti-
gated.

President Clemence Of the Fedora
ton Of Labor, Abilene union, has COM
planned to the labor commissioner
about the method Of railways working
road tax. They send out gangs Of
men who are paid s1.25 and work ten
hours day. getting credit from the
townships and cities for ~ to IS a
day. He wants the roads compelled
to observe the eight-hour law and TIC
pay the men the amount allowed tc
the roads for their share Of tax.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-04-09
An Eastsr window.

Emanuel Wagaman has arranged a
very pretty decorated window at
Harry Littslstore made with two oval
shaped arches. In under these stand
two boys With new outfits on,
On top Of the arch is cross, also
electric lights TO make Il show Of At
night also has letters cut ont and
reed rUp-tO-Dats /"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-04-09
KANSAS HORSE MARKET.
Quarter Of a Million Dollars lncome
This Season.


4 source Of income little considered
~. become one OF the most important
n,tbe Kansas farmers ways Of max
Inc money. That is the sale OF horses
p q. Puliver, who is probably tne
most extensive shipper Of horses IN
the state, says that fully $4,000 head
have been shipped this season, OF
since September l, to the Eastern
markets. Most OF these have gone 70
ST. Louis, Illinois and New YORK.
though Ohio has also received i'S
share. :,
at was but a few years ago." SAID
Mr.. Puliver today, "tbat Illinois anu
Indiana we're the horse producing
states. They furnished most o. 'ns
horses for the cavalry Of the civil
war, and for years after were 'ne
source Of supply for the New England
states and New York. The depression
Of the middle 'sOs caused the price OF
horses to go so low that the farmers
81 those states went out OF the nusi'
ness and it became a part OF the IN
dustry Of states farther west. When
the revival Of prosperity came lana !
took a jump and the farmers OF
Illinois and Indiana could not anoro
20 pasture their lands worth so 70
s11o an acre. So they raised gram
and the rancho lants Of the West were
the source Of the supply OF herses.
Buyers have been getting their snip
ments from Kansas, Nebraka, Western
Missouri and Iowa ever since Ihe
northern states are drained for Can
ada. Hence it is that Kansas horses
have jumped in price from $25 to 800
and over. II it is known that a buyer
il in town the farmers seem to want
70 avoid him. At Hutchinson the
I, other day there were three buyers and
none got many horses. Western Nan
sas does not produce asgood animals
as the eastern counties, but they have
this advantage: They are in prime
condition and iatten easily. Buyers
send Kansas and Missouri horses to
the cities, and if the animals are Of
the right sort to show up well when
they arrive prices running from $3.50
to 5000 are not uncommon. The East
is not producing horses, and with the
high prices for land cannot afford to
do 50. The West has o monopoly
and Kansas. in sending from $3.50, OOC
to $5OO,OOO worth Of horses East, Is
adding just that much to its income
in velvet.
This state has not today as many
horses as it had In 1884. which was
$4,000; now it has $1,000. This
even is $4,000 less than last year.
showing the constant drain that u
going on in spite Of the demand for
animals, causing q constant effort Of
farmers to breed up this class o.
stock. 1t is the opinion OF dealers
that the Kansas horse market will
continue to be strong for many years,
owing to the demand Of the East FOL
good animals And the high price o.
land east Of the Missouri river, which
D. events the use Of pasture for raising
them. Kansas and Oklahoma, Will
their facilities, give the best stool
and are coming to top the marke
throughout the country when winc
and build are wanted.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-04-09

Eighteen valuable prizes to be presented to our DICK
county friends who raise best Corn from Seed Corn turn
FREE by Harry Lifts
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-04-09

value succeeded
Livingston The Illustration
although the SIZE OF
the ears The finger slid over the cob Inc corn as
indicative and who Dehod
it, golden color and size from butt to tip ear; p
growth from stalk certain in its early maturity and all points considered
Is the best Ninety day corn UpToDae
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-20
Pretty Paiama BARGAINS.

The prettiest pajamas ever seen out
or comic opera were shown at sale
the other day, and. to judge by the
way the women, tall and short, slim
and stout, were buying them. one
might have been pardoned for jumping
10 the conclusion that the robe de mutt
mad gone out of fashion.
Some of these sets Of pajamas were
priced at less than 81, and others were
$3.50, 81 and SIS. They were of yari-
Gus washable fabrics and in all colors
pale blue, pink, white, black and
Wnlte, mauve, pale green and rose
red: Some had collars and cuffs of
white or of a contrasting tint. One
plue set had a band Of white down
the front and the frog fastenings were
OF white silk cord. A white set had
dlamond-shaped appliques. of mauve
on the jacket and a rose colored set
was plped with black
SILK pajamas, plain Or tucked and
embroidered, are included in every
trousseau nowadays. One set for a
bride who has dozens Of the finest and
most costly of lingerie is of white silk.
printed with pink rosebuds. The fas-
Jennings are of rosettes Of narrow black
velvet rihhOn
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-20

A new scheme has been advanced to
decrease the number of marital dis
agreements and hence do away with
that awful menace of modern society
divorce. Women are to be induced to
take up study Of psychology, then
they will be able to read the workings
of the brain of the man they expect to
marry and watch the wheels go round
after the ceremony, in this way they
can know always just what to do to
avoid rubbing the wrong way.
This new anti-divorce movement has
been inaugurated by the faculty of the
women's department of Ruskin univer-
sity at Glen Ellyn, ILL.,, of which Miss
Ada c. Sweet, a writer of prominence
and a well known club woman, has
been elected dean. The women's de-
partment is rather new and was es-
tablished especially to turn out wives
and mothers. Mathematics and foreign
and dead languages will be consigned
to the attic and English grammar and
literature will be taught instead. Then
course in "housewifery' will begin
and the girls taught to cook and sew
Then last, and by no means least,
psychology will be taught to enable the
young women to know how to keep
the affection of their husbands, once
gained
1t is plain to be seen that the fac
ulty of this new department thinks tt,hsal
men are abused and Iriucn misunder-
stood, for they say that most divorces
are the result of the failure of women
to understand their husbands. Accord
ing to them, women do not know how
to cater to their wants or understand
their moods. They are out of SYM
pathy with them, and the husbands,
knowing that, seek. solace and comfort
elsewhere. 1t is all the fault of women,
and psychological studies are to do
away with these conditions. The young
women who engage in the study will
be able to find out what kind of man
she is marrying. Their conduct before
marriage will not be a criterion as to
his fitness. Instead, his intended wife
will study his disposition and read his
mind, so the psychologists claim.
Now the funniest part of it all is
that these new ideas are advanced by
an unmarried woman and by man.
How can Miss Sweet possibly know?
And R. IT. Morgan, superintendent Of
the university-well, perhaps he is one
of the dreadfully misunderstood.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-20
Two Fearless Horsewomen.

The glorious lanes of Lenox are ideal
Tor driving, and two women whips are
10 De seen any morning tooling great
coaches up and down hill with the
1earlessneSs of men. Miss Marion Ha-
ven, whose brother recently was in a.
dangerous accident. is reckless
driver. Like her brother. she does not
know what timidity is, and the more
sklttlsh her horses the better she en-
JOYS the sport. Miss Haven asks all
her women friends to go on these
morning trips, but refusals greet these
invitations. Few women have the
nerve to sit alongside this young
horseWoman. The Haven stables are
equipped better than almost any 9TH
ers IN Lenox, and. as a rule, when Miss
MARION drives out only two grooms are
on the brake. Her rival for the palm
OF horsewomanship is Miss Kate Cary.
the daughter Of Mrs. w. f. Cary. Miss
cary never has man on her coach,
ana her brake, laden with women. is
on parade all day. She drives without
nat, and has had one or two enliven-
ing experiences. Her favorite nags are
TWO gray wheelers and two bay lead
ers. 1t is striking combination, and
me coach is luxurious affair. Miss
Cary handles tandem admirably, and.
IKE Miss Ravens horses, the Cary an
lInals are anything but dociIe.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-20

flower excited the whole neighbOrhood.
Exchanges were made of rare seed
1ngs every spring, and all summer
long, to my great amusement, the
emulation and friendly rivalry was
kept up. 1t was an innocent and
healthful passion, this love of the wom-
en- OF c for their flowers! Every
morning my aunt would take her
coffee, and then go out and work a
couple of hours in her garden before
our o'clock breakfast, for there was
much of the work which even under
her dlrectionsheri hired man was, in
her estimation. incapable of, and it
was undoubtedly sowing to her foster
ing touch that the flowers throve as
they did, and that the tiny ANIMALS
that she transplanted with quill
toothpick shot up so soon into splen-
did plants" 81
People do not realize" said an
other lover of nature, what healing
power for mental as we'll as physical
ills there is in the touch of Mother
Earth. At one time of my life / had
much trouble, and the world seemed
to me very dreary. Nothing appealed
to me, nothing interested me, and
soon felt the effect of my depression
physically. Fortunately for me, our
FAMILY doctor was an ardent gardener.
Instead of giving me medicine, he in
sisted that | should work out of doors
certain number of hours every day.
He brought me seeds and plants,
showed me how to cultivate them, and
interested me in the work in spite Of
myself. When my flowers began to
blossom felt faint pleasure in spite
or myself, and gradually there has
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-20
Paper NaperY.

Artistic accessories Of the table. in the
shape of dollies, casserole frills. ramequin
and sherbet cups, are now within the
reach of every housekeeper since they are
made of paper and at most reasonable
prices. The hostess who has seen her
most cherished piece of lace or en-
broidery ruined by fruit or chocolate
stain will find these dainty dolies a bon.
indeed, and for trifle extra she can have
her monogram on each piece. The beau
tiful Teneriffe drawn work is wonderfully
initiated, as well as the old English
crochet work.
They are proof against liquids and hot
viands. despite their fragile appearance,
and there IS no suggestion Of soddennesS
as they are not filled until time for serv-
ing. Salad and ice cream cases come in a
pleasing variety Of forms and colors. so it
is possible to carry out color scheme at
slight expense. Strawberry ice served in a
green cup is suggestive of the month OF
roses. and for July there are number OF
patriotic devices
For children's parties these paper dishes
supplemented by paper napkins of good
quality-will relieve the anxious mother OF
all worry over breakage and stains While
for picnic parties, not only the annoyance
of breakage Is done away with, but the
tired pleasure seeker need not be burdened
with Unnecessary luggage when homeward
bound.-The Pilgrim for June.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-20
PERSONAL.

Miss Copper, of Portland avenue, has
gone East to spend the summer.
Judge and Mrs. J. w. Lusk and
family, of Dayton avenue, will leave
today for their summer place at Blue
Hills, Me.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Mccartney, of the
Moore block, left last night to attend
the Derby in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Forest, Of Ash
land avenue. have gone to Backus,
Mimi, on a fishing trip.
Miss Brown, Of Boston. will arrive
in st. Paul today. to be the guest of
Mrs. John Dunn, of Selby avenue.
DR.. E. Van Dyke Robinson, princi-
pal of the Central high school, will go
East in few days for visit.
Mrs. S. H. Furber, Of Seattle, Wash.
is the guest Of Miss Furber, Of Day.
ton avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Bangs, of Gro
Gus place, will leave Monday for a
visit in Clearwater.
Mrs. Frank B. Bass, of Laurel ave-
nue., Is visiting in Kenosha.
Miss Bacon, who has been spending
the winter and spring in the South.
has returned.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-20
RooseveIt's Indian Pottery

It IS probable a room will be set
ASIDE IN the White House for the gifts
that the president received on his
Western trip. Mr.. Roosevelt will not
think OF sighting the givers, and ev-
erything from a Navajo rug to stuffed
horned toads will find their way to
the presidents Wild West room.
Inc presidents cottage at Oyster Bay
will be used for such articles as Indian
pottery and stuffed deer heads. The
president thinks highly Of his Indian
pottery, and he has some bits that
archaeologists consider of great value.
one, in particular, Mr.. Roosevelt re-
celved In 1901 before he became presi-
dent. Mrs. Virginia D. McCIurg. a
Colorado woman who had collected In
dian pottery for years, presented the
president the pick Of her collection.
1t was bowl bearing a crude fac
smile of the American flag. The col
ors were done with faint pigments.
and the bowl was doubtless made when
the settlers first moved westward,
Mrs. McClurg wrote a striking Bit of
verse with this bowl, and both are in
closed in a cabinet in the White House
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-20
An Excuse for "Rubberino. y

IL was no wonder that when Mr.. and
MRS. Phil Lydig and Capt, and Mrs.
Charles Hall dined in Sherryis last
week in New York there was an un-
usual craning of necks. Two hand
sofner women are seldom seen. and the
men, too, are handsome in their way
MRS. Lydig commands attention wher-
ever she goes, and coming from Eu-
rope recently she, of course. showed
some new ideas in the way Of dress.
mrs. Hall was formerly Mrs C. Albert
stevens, and relative Of Mr.. Lydig.
L ne Two couples are congenial, and
tnese Two women will be active enter
tanners IN Newport later in the season.
MIS-. Lying is dark, with an ivory COM
plexlon. Mrs. Hall is blonde and tall.
win perfect face. but an expression
tnat lacks gentleness. When this party
d!ned publicly Mrs. Lydig wore a gown
q black, sprinkled plentifully with jet.
On her turban were jet pendants
winch. While not exactly new, seemed
a novelty in the manner in which the
jets hung. Mrs. Lydig wore one Jewel
only, and that a big diamond bow
Knot with tassels of pearls. This
large jewel was fastened to her cor
sage, and it would have been bad
form, indeed. to have added another
gem. The effect was perfect. Mrs.
HAN wore silver gray There were
CUNTS OF silver at the throat, and the
large, sweeping hat was composed of
the Softest gray chiffon. Strangely
enough Mrs. Hall looks best in street
toys, but it is said in her evening gowns
she is radiant.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-20

able to restrain their affection for dogs
within reasonable limits, but have like
wise become menace to the leperS
themselves, in that their dogs are lit
orally eating them out of house and
home.
There is, in fact, a constantly in
creaslng tnSufficiency, acutely felt, in
the paiai ration issued, while the dogs
grow more numerous at regularly F.
curing intervals and more voracious
day by day. The average native will
go hungry himself to feed his dog.
More, he will even let his friends go
hungry to feed his dog. This is what
might be called an animal weakness,
and works no particular harm where
the native is healthy enough to follow
his bent and eat the dog, in time thus
cementing his attachment to his pet
permanently, but the people at the set
tlement are not inclined to do that
at least, not enough inclined to do so
to keep down the surplus dogs. and so
the board of health has been compelled
to take a hand in the matter. And
this has become a condition requiring
action the more imperatively because
the dogs, not content with eating up
the paiai of their owners, have lately
taken to running in the hills and pull
ing down the calves of the herds there
and eating them also, thus cutting into
the meat ration, as we'll as the ration
of paiai.
1t was in view of this condition that
a petition was sent by the lepers to
the board of health praying to have
the number of dogs in the settlement
limited, which petition resulted in the
passage by the board of a new regula-
ton limiting the canine possessions OF
each leper to one dog. The board was
not, however, inclined to be exigent in
the matter. 1t gave the dog owners
until the first of July to get rid of the
surplus. That should be ample time
to prepare and enjoy lot of luaus.
And 5000 dogs would contribute most
successfully to a number of occasions
of that kind, whether as conscious or
unconscious participants in the festiv-
tiles.
For" as member Of the board OF
health said, when asked about the mat
ter yesterday, 'the dogs have been eat
ing them out of house and home. Now
let them eat the dogs, and that will
preserve the balance"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-20
Veranda Flower Pots.

Flower potsafoT the veranda are al
ways difficult to find. Artistic women
object to the colored glazed bowls that
are for sale for. fowering plants, but
find it hard to Replace them satisfac-
torily. Here is a suggestion however,
by which one woman solved the prob
lem to her liking. Wishing several
large earthen pots for an outdoor
room, she visited a potter. who turned
out flower pots on his wheel. and
watched him at his work
Must you always make them the
same shape?" she asked.
mo, madame answered the Ger
man potter, as he threw a shovelful of
wet clay on the revolving disk, and,
plunging his hands into the sticky
mass, nodded a smooth, round flower
pot as if by magic.
Then can you make me bowls like
this 2" she queried again, producing
drawing.
"Oh, yes" he replied sententiously.
and the sides of the straight flower pot
swelled out as it. rose from it's mud
heap, and in few minutes she had
what she wanted, a big wet clay bowl,
which he cut clear of the wheel with a
wire and placed on shelf before her.
This is better than making mud
pies" she exclaimed delightedly, bend
ing the soft edge into artistic irregu-
larity and Orpanenting it's surface
with a rough design with wet clay. A
mornings WORK gave her her pots, and
she left thens with the man for the
baking. He sent them to her when
finished, the gpst of each being about
the same as Tor large-sized flower
pot. s1ssas
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-20

Mrs. John Wright, of Summit court,
gave a. small tea yesterday afternoon
in honor of her niece.
Mrs. D. v. Newcombe, of Dayton
avenue, will give small luncheon to-
day at her home.
Miss Dickinson, of Ashland avenue,
will give an informal musicale this
afternoon for Miss Adelaide Robbins,
a bride of next week. The guests in
cluded a group of Minneapolis young
women.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Croker, of Beach
street, celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary yesterday. at their home.
Mrs. John Drew, Of Goodrich ave-
nue., gave luncheon yesterday in
honor of Mrs. J. c. Eden, of Seattle,
Wash.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brooks Henderson are
entertaining a house party at their
summer place in Wyoming.
Mrs. J. w. Bass, Of Laurel avenue,
gave an informal whist yesterday aft
ernoon in honor of Mrs. Henry Hale.
Miss Lillian Desmond. of Lafayette
avenue, gave a parcel shower last
night for Miss Mallie- Kenny, a bride
Of next week.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-20
ONE DOG TO EACH LEPER.
Board of Health Sets a Limit on the
Island of Molokai.

There are about 1000 persons perma-
nently resident at the leper settlement
on the island of Molokai and there is
an average of about five live and live
ly dogs to each person, says the Pa
milcific Commercial Advertiser of Hon
olulu.
And these statements are explana-
tory Of number of things. 1t would
be supposed, In the first place, that
there was some mysterious affinity be-
tween dogs and leprosy, but this is not
the fact. The native, however, has a
great fondness for dogs-and dog-and
because of that fondness the number of
canine pets at the settlement has in
creased to such an extent that they
have not only become a great nuisance
to those persons on Molokai who are
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-20

George, on June 26 and July 20. Es-
pecial emphases will be given at this
conference to Bible work. Several
teachers will conduct courses in the
Acts and Epistles, a second course
designed to develop personal workers
and third course is now to study the
Bible.
Much attention will also be given to
missionary study. An exhaustive ex-
hibit of missionary literature has been
prepared, and the general programme
includes plans for missionary meet
1ngs, missionary libraries, promotion
of missionary interest and the work
OF missionary committee besides talk
on systematic giving, the reviewing Of
a life work, ETC.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-20
A Friend of the Princess.

1t must be a great convenience to
come In from ones country seat and
stay over night with the Princess of
wares. That is what our Duchess of
marlborough did last week, and this
nonor made members Of the American
cotony decidedly envious. This friend
ship between the duchess and the FIJI
ture queen is increasing each year. and
the social prospects of the former Miss
vanderbilt are bright. All this NAV
De extremely pleasing to her, yet COS
SIP IN London does not spare her, and
she is said to be broken in spirit. The
duchess declines invitations right and
lett and is seen in few places At best
however, she is not fond of formal
society. According to the most au-
thentic reports she will visit Newnort
this summer.