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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-08-04
How TO PREVENT FLOODS.
Interesting Article Written BY Rev
Father ]. r. Leary.

In one mile along the river bank
within q feet Of the low water mark
I have counted 200 trees from 2 to 4
feet in diameter at the stump.
have made the same count at different
places. Some places there were as
few as 100 big trees. In the same
place there were three times as many
small trees. OF course there are
stretches Of shore having no trees,
and we will admit them In the prob
lem as amounting to one.third Of the
whole distance.
1t is 140 miles from Kansas City to
the mouth Of the Republican at juno
tion City by railroad. Its calculated
that the river course Is four times
longer on account Of the great bends;
that is, 500 miles. To get basis OF
calculation let US ignore tne small |
trees which are the greater number, |
and strike an average Of the large
trees at 150 in each mile along the
Kaw river and its branches and with.
In 80 feet Of low water mark. For
of calculation, l assume
The mouth Of the Republican as the
average point for all branch rivers to
enter the Kaw river, and that all
'rancn rivers have a similar length
II 500 miles winding. Then we have
he following:
rou ,,r,o 49,. , o,. Id
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-08-04
Refused to Honor q Governor.

Washington, Aug. 2.-Postmaster
General Payne said that an applica.
ton TO give the name "vardaman"
to q post ofice in Mississippi In honor
Of the governor Of that state had been
received and that the application had
been refused.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-08-04
AFRAID TO FIGHT.
Russia's Proud Army In Rapid Re-
treat Before the Japs.
ABANDON ALL SOUTH OF NUKDET.
The General staR at 81. Petersburg
Amazed at the Immense
Strength of MiIkadO's
-; Forces.


81. Petersburg, Aug. IA report
from an apparently reliable source ID
to the effect that Gen. Kuropatkin's
main force had been rapidly moving
north for several days. According to
this report no troops proceeding to the
front from Russia had gone past Har-
bin in the past three days. They will
be detained there and every available
piece of rolling stock will be rushed
south empty for the removing Of
troops at Liao Yang and other points
to the northward, leaving skeleton
force to contest the Japanese advance
on vital positions.
Shrewd military critics, however, do
mot believe that Gen. Kuropatkin can
escape general engagement His army
forms a wedge, with Gen. oku ham
mering away at the point and Gems.
Nodzu and Kuroki operating with
driving movements Of great force
against the sides. II one Of the latter
should break through the southern
force would be doomed The general
star seems amazed at the immense
strength Of these cooperating Japanese |
armies. The japanese eveidently have |
succeeded in concealing the real num-
Der Of their men and guns which the
general staf now believes must be in |.
excess Of 100000 men with between !
300 and 400 guns I
London, Aug. IA dispatch from
Toxic says there Is reason to believe
that after two days fighting the Japa-
nese occupied Simoucheng, thus cut
ting on Gen. Stakelbers from Gen.
Kuropatkin.
The Sebsstopol correspondent Of the
Times asserts positively that the en-
tire Russian volunteer feet, now in
the Black sea with other large steam
ers which have been taken over by
the government, are under orders for
government service outside the Black
sea at an early date.
There Is still no reliable news from
Port Arthur, but the Daily Mails To-
kio correspondent asserts that the fall
Of this fortress Is imminent. Similar
reports emante from Shanghai and
elsewhere.
Paris. Aug. IA st. Petersburg cor
says that Vice Admiral
Bezobrazon entered Port Arthur two
weeks ago on the torpedo boat de-
Itroyer Lieutenant Burukon, which has
'ince been sunk with all on board ex-
'ept three persons. Admiral Bezo-
'razoff is now commanding the Rus
ian Port Arthur squadron
st. Petersburg. Aug. "A report Of {
lieut. Gen. Count KelIer's death is
'onhrmed. He was killed July %
Ehile resisting the preliminary at q
ack Of Gen. Kuroki's army upon the '
'anze pass. 30 miles east Of Lao q
lang. The general was standing near
battery which was subjected TO q d
srrinc Ore. A shell burst close 70 him d
nd be mel, mortAlIy wounded. dying o
. minutes later. 4
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-08-04

Flora Leatherman Lillian Marsh
Wayne Townley Anna Simpson
Anna Stone Pearl Stroud n
Anna Humble Ella Dickson
Emma Holtz Fay Bellows
Achsa Campbell Mae Briney
r. Z. Reeve Minnie Issitt
E. H. Jameson l. E. Lyon
Manly Huff John Bowen
Eva Walker, Lille Slick
Daisy Balliett, L. B. Fleming
]. o. Sempstrote Laura Vahsboltz
Livonia Parker Milton Demand
Cora Davis, F. D. Flora
Gertrude Greer A. D. Young
Grace Wolverton Katie Abberton
Marion Dunlop Mary Abberton
Jessie Dunlop Myrtle Picking
Harvey HOllinger.
At its closing session the institute
adopted these resolutions:
We, the teachers Of the Dickinson
county institute, being assembled,
make the following resolutions In
order TO show our appreciation OF the
pleasures and benefits we have de-
rived from our association together
by extending our thanks to those who
have 90 kindly contributed to our
welfare:
Resolved, That for the untiring sf-
forts Of our conductor. Mr.. L. J. Hall,
for his enthusiastic effort as teacher,
for his unlimited kindness and gener-
osity, we extend to him our sincere
thanks.
That to our instructors who having
shown by their many acts Of kind
ness, and by their generous efforts
for our advancement, an unselfish
motive in our behalf, we hereby rem
der our appreciation.
That to our superintendent who
has made every effort to add to our
pleasures, we would acknowledge our
indebtedness.
That to the management Of the abb
leDe high school which has given rs the
use Of the building. and to Mr.. Keve
who has labored for our pleasure and
comfort, We acknowledge our graft
tude.
That to the people Of Abilene who
have opened their homes for our en-
tsrtainwent and pleasure, We do here
BY show our appreciation.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-12
An Insulted Scofchman.

The following story heard at Killar-
ney shows low differently an Irishman
and a Scotchman will take a joke. An
Englishmau who had been fishing in
the lower lakes said to his boatman:
An extraordinary thing happened to
me some time ago. lost pair of scis-
sors out OF my fishing book at the end
of the lake. The next year | was FISH
ing here again and hooked and killed
very large pike. l felt something very
hard inside him. so opened him. and
what do you think IL wns?'' "Begorra.
your honor. I'd think II might be your
scissors only for one thing" what Is
thatl' asked the other. Its only just
this. your honor. that there never was
pike in any of the Killarney lakes
since the world began
Afterward the same Englishman tried
the same story on gillie In Scotland.
When he asked him. What do you
think was inside the pikeT' the gillie
replied: "YouA scissors and nae CUTS.
and the Duke Of Argyll-and he's n far
greater man than the king-would not
have iusulied me sac. I'll fish nae
mare wi ye." And of he walked
Seventy Years OF Irish Life"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-12
AS TO HICKMAN ES.
Given Often For Absurd Reas0as,
and Generally They Stick.

and Generally They stick.
Wonderful how names stick to Q
person." said the observant man.
There were two nice little women I'm
our village who came on us one even
ing. and we offered them popcorn
which the children had just brought
in from the kitchen. They refused.
but moi so emphatically as TO keep us
from giving them two heaping plates
Of the corn We kept refilling the
plates and they kept crunching all the
evening. There was something 50 funny
about it that / called them The Pop
corn Ladies' and the name has stuck
TO them so that the whole village knows
them by II.
81 once knew a man who talked In
cessantly in a high pitched voice. s1A
bright girl dubbed him The Chirper.'
The name was quickly passed around
among the young people. and now The
greater part OF his friends know him
by that name. A dignified young wom-
an OF my acquaintance goes BY the
name of 'Whont' TO this day because
when she was little girl she used to
call herself Mrs. whont when she
played grownup ladies, and the family
picked IL up. She simply can't shake
the absurd name.
More than one red haired man =
known by the name Of Pink and phil
| osophically accepts the title. have -
acquaintance who holds a responsible
position who Is known by the name of
| 'Dotty.' 1t seems that one day q mis-
chievOus girl discovered that he ha1
three prominent dimples. She promptly
| dubbed him 'Dotty Dimple.' and now
he is known TO all his associates -
| 'Dotty.' Another man Of my acquaint-
ance is always called 'Bluebearf b.
. cause he has such a white and thin
skin that if be does not shave daily hi
beard shows blue through II. Tbst
name. too. came through a womsu's
quick wit.
In certain household a very fen
| mime little woman is still called The
Boy because when she was a young
girl she went through a serious illness
which made il necessary TO cut her haiR
short Her younger sister said she wss
the boy of the family, and the dainty
lady is still called by that absurd
name
An effeninate man was once called
Viola by one of the boys in the o6Rcs.
and now we know him by nothing elsa
Another one OF the boys In the Once 10
always called 'Chesty.' and. though hs
got angry at first he has cheerfully &c
cepted the new name now.
''our bookkeeper is always putting II
his oar when il is not at all necessary.
and | think now he will be known un-
til the end of time as General Butts.'
A friend of mine who is always called
| Cheerful does not know whether he =
called that because his friends believe
he has cheerful disposition or becauss
they consider him cheerful idiot. But
at any rate. he can't shake the name."
Milwaukee Sentinel
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-12
seacon.acla.. .Do..t..-

An inquirlng and aspiring person oecs
asked Beaconsfield to tell him the secret
of social success. Never discuss the
authorship of the Letters Of JuniuA"
was the reply.
Beaconsfield's biographer, Mr.. Wilfri0
Meynell. adds something positive to this
witty negative rule for getting on In the
world A distinguished member Of par
Lament begged the Victorian statesman
10 tell his young son something to re>
member, something that would help
to make him an agreeable and popular
member of society.
Beaeonsfield hedged. Model yourse8
after your father" he said to the lad
This was not altogether satisfactory.
and the VI. P. insisted upon q definite
rule of conduct.
well. my boy" said Beaconshead.
''be amusing. Never tell unkind stories.
Above all. never tell long ones"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-12
Noise rs n Curntive Agent.

The Chinese doctor sets up terrible
racket when called to treat the sick.
This is supposed TO drive evil spirits
away. and il unquestionably acts well
In a great many cases. Civilization
demands rest and quiet. All noise is
barred from the sickroom. The Chi
nese have demonstrated unknowingly
great psychological or psychapatho-
logical fact. 4 patient of mine had re-
ceived the last rites OF the church. the
pulse had ceased ut the wrist and he
had sunk into that coma which pre-
cedes death. Some one In the next
house struck up the Anvil Chorus"
from III Trovato-c." was very much
annoyed and distressed and tried TO
step it. Suddenly the pulsation at the
wrist began again. tie patient grad
uaily opened his eyes. moiioned 10 his
sister. She bent low. ana he whispered
in her ear. "re dun L. dea: that Is my
favorite tune" We reused him. fed
him. and today. ten years after the
event. he weighs 2I0 pounds. Tue
therapeutics of vibration or noise is
yet to be written. SO have discov-
cred that anything HAT can arouse the
subconscious. sublimiaal self will cure
my patient when all drugs fail. and
noise is u very cheap agent.-Medical
Brief.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-12
COLLEGE WELLS.

Cornell university-'Cornell, I yell.
yell. yelll Cornellr'
Amherst-"Rah. Rah! Rah. Rah.
Rah, Rah, Amherst"
Columbia university - "Rayl Ray.
Ray C-o-lu-m-b-i-a.''
Beloit-"oh-aye. yoh-yoh-yoh-Beloit.
B-e-l-o-i-t, Rah-rah-rahr'
University of Hoo
rahl Hoo-rah. Hoo-rah, Penn-sylva-
ni-ar'
Princeton university-"Hooray Hoo
ray. Hooray. Tiger. Sis! Boom.
All, Princeton
Lehigh university -"Hoo rah ray
Hoo-rah-ray. Ray. ray. ray, Lehigh.
Lehigh. Lehigh!''
University OF Chicago - Chicago.
Chicago. Chicago. 20. Go 1t. Chica- 90
1t. Chica go it. Chicago
Yale university-"Rah. rah. rah. Rah
rah. rah. Rah. rah. rah. Yaier'
Yale's yell is quick and sharp.
Harvard university-"Rah. rah. rah.
Rnh. rah. rah, Rah, rah, rah, Har.
vardr' Hsrvard's yell is long and
deep.
Brown unlversity-"Rah. Rah. Rah,
Rah. Rah! Rah, Brown. Brown
Brown. Ki vi, ki vi. ki vi. Hicki
hicki, Hoorah" Crhree times.)
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-12

Poetry has perhaps no place in the
exact sciences. partly because exact
ness is Incompatible with poetic license.
partly because OF the unalterable tend
ency OF the poet to get things wrong.
= curious example OF this was noticed
in n lecture at the Camera club by Mr..
Duncan on cuttleiishes. The modern
cuttlefish Is a descendant OF the fossil
belemnite, but the only descendant Of
the coeval ammonite is the paper nau-
titus. Better known is the Portuguese
man-of-war. with which the paper nau-
titus is sometimes confused and which
is really allied with the belemnite
group. because. while its shell appears
external. ii Is not really SO. The poets
Pope. Byron and James Montgomery
all easily fell into the error. and Pope's
well known lines In the Essay on
Man
Learn Of the little nautilus to sail.
Spread the thin oar and catch the driving
gale
embody a wrong description of this
very interesting survival. Pope believ-
ed. with many other people. that the lit
Z tie nautilus comes TO the surface keel
downward and spreads some heshy
oval and ciliary expansions in the form
of two sails and six little oars. But il
does nothing of the kind. The two lit
tie oval expansions-the sails-are new
er raised at all. but always tightly
clasp the shell. They form. in fact.
part of the shell. Moreover. the nau-
titus comes TO the surface upside down.
If we may so express its position
London Post.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-12

Deer reverse the apparent order of
nature. for they sleep in the daytime
and feed ut night. How much sleep
they do take Is a matter of contention
even among experienced stallsers. Some
say little. others much. On the whole.
we are inc .incd to agree with the for
mer. for il has To he remembered that
they chew the cud when lying down.
Two most experienced and observani
ioresters. the one in Argyllshire and
the other in Abcrdeenshire. thus gave
their opinions: Deer sleep OF rest from
about 10 or II a. IN. 10 p. m" Deer
sleep from nc0' 10 , p. m
II is no uncommon occurrence TO
come on deer asleep. A stalker in the
Blackmount had the rare experience
~ coming upon a parcel of seven stays.
all sound as'acp. : herd was seen to
move in Glenfeshie. but one stag re-
mained behind !lng mot!onless. On a
careful approach he was found 10 be
asleep Perhaps. however. the oldest
occurrence Of this N 'GTc happened I'm
Bracmore. when n stalking party on
going up 10 the stag which had just
been shot found a three -year-cld close
TO IL fast asleep. In fact. IL Is by no
means rare 20 Ect within n yard ~
two OF n sleeping decr.-Scottish Field.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-12

seen him and give him n week 10 live,
II he didn't drop of in the meantime.
And Ike-well. Ike come around peni-
lent and humble as anything the Old
Testament ever produced. saying Ezra
saved his life. for he couldn't swim a
stroke. and asking if there wasn't any
thing he could do To make amends TO
him. There wasn't. of course. The time
had gone by for that. But Ike hung
around the place clothed in figurative
sackcloth and ashes most of the time
till Ezra passed along 10 the next
world eight days later"
IT seemed TO me rather pretty story
Of the greater-Iove-hath-no-m
this sort and heap-coals-of-fi f-fire-upon-his-
head sort. and | said as much to the
storekeeper.
"Shucks. That wasn't Ezra's revenge
at all. though / thought il was till |
learned different. Ezra was simply
saving Ike for the torture; that was
all. Two days before he died he sent
for me. and he says. with n shivery
chucllle. when he'd sent the others out
. OF tie room: Old friend. I've got TO tell
somebody this. and I've chose on you.
It'll he easier dying If know that
somebody alive knows how ! got even
with that cuss. I've forgive him and
all that; but. say and he drew me
down closer TO him. I've made him and
Martha promise solemnly. with their
hands touching mine. that they'll get
married as soon as decent. and. oh.
glory, won't she just knock the plaster
OF of himr He was chuckling hard
when left him. and I reckon he died
chuckling. My wife said lie looked real
peaceful and contented and satisfied
and sort of natural In his coffin"
"And Ikef'' asked after n short in
! terval. during which the storekeeper's
gaze rested upon distant hilltop where
white stones CLEANED in the sunshine
Once more he sighed. more softly this
time. Poor Iker' he murmured. u
never see man who seemed so glad to
die as him.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-12
wrifing n aBook.-

Il would like" said the youth. ''to
write great book How shall ! go
about iti'
Don't. beg of your said the novel;
ist. Write one that pays. as do. or
else-study law"
Il do not care TO write book for the
sake OF the pay" said the youth. He
was very young and must be forgiven
for this. Perhaps. after all. ] had bet
ter be lawyer
So he became lawyer. but the old
ambition to write great book came
oyer him again.
Anything but that" said a friend
to whom he told his wish. IF you don't
like the law. he doctor"
So he studied medicine.
In time. however. this palled upon
him. He still thought OF that book
He felt that lie had mission.
"You could do SO much more In the
pulpit" said another.
So he preached until the hollowness
Of II came over him.
And he left the pulpit.
One day he woke up and found that
the great book was written. And he
laughed at the thought.
lit was not lit was the lawyer. the
doctor. the clergyman and the other
man who did it."-Snart Set.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-12

Sir samuel Baker once had n thrilling
adventure with an African buffalo bull
which he discovered standing In the
shadows Of u small lake. He fired two
bullets without effect. and the animal
charged Sir samuel had no ammuni-
ton left: hut. luckily. the bull halted
10 stare at him. suddenly a bright
thought flashed through my mind"
says Baker Without taking my eye
OF the animal before me. put double
charge Of powder into the right hand
barrel. and. tearing of a piece OF my
shirt. | took all the money from my
pouch. : shillings in sixpences and 9
anna pieces. Making them into n
rouleau with the piece OF rag. I
rammcd them down the barrel They
We're hardly home before the bull
sprans forward The horns were low
cred. with their points on either side
of me and the muzZlc barely touching
his forehead. when | pulled the trigger.
and , shillings' worth OF small change
ratified into his hard head. Down he
went and rolled over with the sudden
y checked momentum ss his charge"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-12
ANTS kIONAP THEIR FOES.
Raid NeiEhboring villages and Car
ry on Many Prisoners.

DIR. III. c. McCook tells OF a species
of kidnapping ants which make organ
lied attacks on other ant villages for
the purpose of capturing slaves. Here
is an account OF the attack:
AT last the muster is complete
.Iyster;ously. but effectively. the signal
Forward is given. and the column
moves from the hill. There is no regu-
lar alignment. but Il show of solidarity,
a holding of the ranks within close
compass and touch-a 'rout STEP in
fact. There is no general: there are no
subordinate officers, but such is the
sympathetic unity that they seem to
move ia response TO one will and COM
mand. II every warrior Is a law unto
himself the law so binds and animates
and compels all alike that the ends OF
an organized cohort are served.
Assault, battle and pillage follow
quickly upon the sortie. The objective
point Of the march is not far away.
hundred yards distant is a Tuscan
village. The route thereto lies across
the edge OF grove. over q footpath,
along fallen tree. under whose shelter
and shaded by tufts of grass is the
devoted commune. Ii Is feeble in num-
bers. and there is a bare show OF de
fense as the freebooters hurl them
selves upon the hill and plunge into
the open gates. The villagers fee at
the first onset through unassailed or
secret passages. Some run the CANT
let through the assailing ranks. All
who can carry part of the family
treasures-eggs. Larvae aud pupn. Like
their Brobdingnagian brothers OF the
human race. when disaster befalls their
first care is for their offspring. The
| fugitives mount into nearby clumps OF
low wood plants. whence they look
down upon the devastation of theii
homes-wi;h what feelings: For ons
must suppose that the midgets do feel
though sometimes he would fa.n bop,
| otherwise.
Meanwhile the invaders issue fron
the gates. bearing in their jaws tn,
Tuscan young and occasionally al
adult. They take the home trail, bu
not in ordered ranks. II Is 20 as yoI
please now. They are welcomed bacl
by their black confederates. who receiv,
the captivcs and take them-thelr yer,
own sisters perhaps-into the domesti'
quarters. The soldiers hurry back Z
the scene of action. for their work is no
get fnlshed."-Harper's Magazine.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-12

The Saracens called the moon Ca
bar the Great, and the crescent still
surmounts the Turkish mosques and is
emblazoned on the green standard of
the prophet. Schlegal mentions story
that Mohammed wished to pass with
his disciples as person TRANSPORTED
in supernatural light and that the
credulity of his followers saw the
moon. or the moons light. descend up
On him. pierce his garments and re-
plenish him.
still forms n national. or. rather. reli<
.ious. characteristic of the Mohammed-
ms may perhaps have its foundation
the elder superstition or pagan idola-
ry of the Arabs