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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-03-10
Gave a Reception.

Mrs. Charles Kubach and Mrs
Edgar Shadinger entertained betweeO
10 and 80 ladies at the home OF the
former Friday afternoon. They were
assisted by Mrs. B. H. DeHuy, Mrs
Geo. H. Smith; Mrs. F. L. Jeffcoat Of
Herington; Misses Grace Eicholtz,
Daisy Fenton, Alice Sterl and Pesrl
Johntz. The decorations were ferns,
palms, smilax and carnations. The
Abilene Orchestra furnished music
during the afternoon which vas the
feature Of the occasion and highly
compllmented by those present. A
delicate four-course luncheon was
served which was thoroughly enjoyed.
The guest list was:
Mesdames E. B. Malott, W. H. Bar
Der, Ackers, Hubbard, White, Jen'
ness, J. Jobntz. c. JOhntz, Crawford,
Waring, J. A. Young. Stsrl. DeHuy,
Jos. spangler, G. H. Smith. Eicholtz,
II. E. Seeds, Graves, Sanders, Wit
mer, Felty, Filley, True, Glimpse,
swanzey. ste;nbilber. W. B. Hall.
Nuss, J. Jeffcoat, Shelley, Tufts,
Cooper, Moore, FeDtOu, W. Anderson.
r. Seeds. wyandt, Humphrey, J. A.
Young, E. Keel. C. Harger. Biggart.
Upshaw, Flack, Hsffs, d. O. Wanu.
W. r. wann, Brooks, o. Landss,
Crooks, A. Harding, Peters, Berg
stresser. Rogers, GOOdeni Misses sterl.
Carrie and Pearl Johntz, Eicholtz.
Fenton, Anderson. Norris, Upshaw.
King, Kubach. Peters. Edith Worley.
Grace and Elva Lower.
The out Of town guests were: Mes
danes 7. n Dewey, Topeka G. D.
Davis, ClAremore, Indian Territory;
W. B. Lester. Clyde, Kas.; g. A.
Kubsch and P. Z. Merrilst, Rich Hill.
No.; r. Stuart J. F. Elslon and 3.
sundsnori, Sallna; D. 2. Erwin, Chap
man; Roy weyant, Carthage, No
Charles Ball, Enterprise; D. 7. Mutt,
wichita; 7. L. Jeaeost, Herington;
Misses Augusta Dewey, Topeka; Grace
Stuart. salina; Irene Sherman. Law
frnce.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-03-10
Conferences Mex. Week.

The Kansas M. E. conference meets
at Lawrence Monday. Rev. r. v.
AslOney Of the Abilene church win
attend. 1t is the wish Of the church
that be be returned here and be
doubtless will be. He has made .
host Of friends in Abilene who admire
him for bis ability and will be much
pleased to have him coDtinus here.
The church has PrOspsrsd under his
ministry.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-03-10
PASS UP THIS FAKE.
Home Letter Writing Schemes Are
Worthless.

Sharpers in Chicago, St. Louis, San
Francisco and other large cities have
been victimizing several people in
this city and vicinity Of late, as we'll
as all over the country, by perpetrat-
ing a fraudulent scheme whereby
people to whom they have sent their
circulars have been led to believe that
they will be paid 20 cents each for
writing letters at home. Applicants
for the work are required to send 50
cents "as an evidence Of good faith. >"
After letting loose of their half dollar,
the would-be letter writer's find that
the plan is fake and only meant to
catch easy victims.
The sharpers' method, which is
practically the same in all cases, is to
advertise in various newspapers for
women to write letters at home and
to promise for this work the attrac
tive pay of 500 per hundred. We're
this promise to be fulfilled, pretty
nearly everybody could make several
hundred dollars per week.
Every applicant for this remunera-
tive job receives a circular which
conveys the glad tidings that the ap.
plicant is thereby appointed to write
letters," and that the company will
pay at the end of each week $50 cents
'or each letter sent us, as stated in
,ur letter Of instructions sent en-
,loyes." II
The circular proceeds to say that
n order to prove the applicants good
aith and to cover the cost OF ma
erial it will be necessary to send the
ompany so cents. III
When this is done the applicant re
elves number Of copies OF the cir K
ulars and instructions to write \
hort postscript to each stating that
he knows the company's offer to be a
God one, and then to mail the cir. \
ulars to friends and acquaintance. D
or each letter containing 80 cents u
'hich is received by the company y
'om these friends the company will \
~ 20 cents, aud for no others. And X
,us the hope of easy work and big Z
ay fades from the victim. u
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-03-10

tae nine years be was with 1t and
consumed much Of bic vitality 90
that change Of work was necessary,
but the influence Of such a life com.
ing as 1t did into this school is beyond
human power to measure, an inau-
snce felt much beyond the confines
OF the town, beyond the county in
which the school ls located, as II was
model for all the state to copy.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-03-10
Ar INDUSTRY MAY ;.
Populist Senatorial Convention Is
Called.

Ed Stewart OF Clifton. chairman Of
the Peoples Party Senatorial commit
tee, and John A. Lindahl Of Enter
prise. secretary, have called q sena-
torial convention as follows:
VA convention Of the representa-
.tives Of the Peoples party Of the
Twenty-second senatorial district,
comprising Clay and Dickinson coun-
ties, will be held at Industry, Kas.,
on Tuesday, May Sd, 1904, at 2o'clock
p. M, for the purpose OF placing in
nomination for the Office Of state sem
ator candidate. Each Of the coun-
ties will be entitled to representa-,
ton Of 10 delegates"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-03-10
Narrow Escape From Fire.

MANCHESTER, March 8.--A son OF
E. w. Glenn, clerking in G. e. Waters
store, had narrow escape. He tried
filing a gasoline lamp and generating
it at the same time with the usual
result. He was wrapped in fismes
and being alone in the store would
have suffered badly had not some
passers-by seen the explosion and
rushed TO his rescue.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-03-10

One second hand buggy, tS5.
Two second hand PbAstOn, S75.
One sscopd hand spring wagon. t25.
These jobs are IN good shape.
. el.2t4c HoDGE BRos.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-12
GASsAWAY.

(Air, "Dixie.C Oh! Gas'away lives near the land of His name will never be forgotten.
 Gasaway, Gas'away, Gas'away in West Virginia. Then I wish I was Mister Davis,
 Gasaway, Gas'away, In the Davis land I'll take my stand To live and vote for Davis.
 Gasaway. Gas'away, Gas'away in West West Virginia. Tn the great Convention that Gas'away was born in, Early on one Sunday morning,
 Gasaway. Gas'aways Gas'away in West Virginia. Then wish I was Mister Davis,
 Hooray. for Gasaway, In the Gas'away band I'll take my stand To work and vote for Davis,
 Gasaway, Gas'awav. Gas'away of West Virginia. MT. Davis Is welded to True Democ- racy, Together they'll weed out all hypocrisy,
 Gas'away, Gas'away, Gas'away in West Virginia. Then wish I was Mister Davis,
 Hooray for Gas'away, In the Davis band I'll take my stand, To work and vote for Davis,
 Gas'away, Getaway, Gas'away of West Virginia. Then hoe 1t down and scratch your gravel, To Getaways band I'm bound to travel,
 Hooray. for Gas away, Gas'away of West Virginia. Oh! wish l was Mister Gas'away.
 Hooray, say, Tn the Davis band I'll take my stand, To work and vote for Gas'away,
 Hooray. for Gas away, Gas'away of West Virginia.
 Crawford T. Ruff.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-12
THE PLEA OF THE RoBBER,

For a man of reputedly high intelli- gencc Secretary Shaw can make some of the most thoroughly assinine ex- pressions. to put 1t mildly, of any pub lie man within our knowledge. Speak ing of the high price of meat he says: We pay 1t ourselves and are. there fore. so much the richer" Isn't that the limit of absurdity! For every man who is really enriched by the higher prices ten thousand are made poorer. When a consumer has to pay 50 per cent advance for meat what consoIa- tion Is it to know that the money goes into the pockets of robbers at home instead of going to foreigners? When a train is held up and the passengers robbed are they any richer because they pay it themselves? They would hardly say so.
 But this Shawnese expression con- tains the text or foundation of most of the arguments by which 1t Is sought to bolster up the iniquitous system un- der which consumers are being robbed with unvarying pertinacity. Under this style of argument 1t doesn't mat ter if an American consumer has to pay to the American producer or mau- ufacturer two or three times the value of an article-the money stays at home. we pay 1t ourselves" and that ought to satisfy us. Is the gist of the arEu- ment. It is on precisely the same ground that the train robber may ius- tify hls acts. and one Is as sound and honest as the other. The very few who get all the benefits of the protec- tive system are the only ones to be considered in the transaction. If the consumers of meat should be forced to pay dollar pound for it. and for all other food in proportion, they have no cause to Complain because we pay 1t ourselves" Oh. Pshaw!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-12
Ability and rersonolitx.

Washington special to Baltimore Sun,
 Democratic leaders who have been to Esopus since the nomination Of the candidate have been 6, eatly impressed with Judge Parker'.s aoiItty and per sonality. They say that 1T the voters could only be brought into contact with him and have potter understanding or the man and his wisdom majority of them would give him their votes Whether Judge Parker can impress his personality upon tfe country without going upon the stump Is a question in the minds of some Is.liticians, but Is not matter of slightest doubt among those Democratic Senators and Repre- sentatives who after personally inter- viewing Judge Parker at Rosemount have passed through Washington and stopped at the headquarters of the Democratic Congressional Committee.
 T went. l saw. l was conquered. l am his'n." is the way Col Charles A. Edwards. secretary of the Democratic Judge Parker to q group of Democratic Congressmen this afternoon
 Did you ever study men? Then go ID and meet Judge i'arker and you will understand my enthusiasm for our candidate for the Presidency. He loves nature and loves the smell of new mown hay, of mother earth and the breezes that come to him uncontami- mated by the touch of anything but na nature in in idaI all her es,,Py purity He loves he is real man; that's why he grasps your hand in a hearty shake ahat's why he can laugh out loud. and that's g why he can look you .squarely in the eye when he is doing it.
 He is going to ne elected and the people of the country will have in the White House deep student, great constitutional lawyer. a man who loves and. best of all, a generous. honest. manly man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-12
MIXING THE DATES.

The careless manner with which some writers of true stories handle facts and dates is really amusing, and Nevada paper gives us a good exam pie. The hero of the story lost his memory. and the account starts of this way: Tt seems that this man some forty years ago took the brain fever and upon getting we'll his memory failed him." That is the beginning of the story, and the attack of fever must have been about 1864.
 Then we are told that the young mans father gave him some money and he started out. finally landing in Maine. How long he remained there is not stated, but the story goes on to say that 'he was there when the gold craze started in California" Now. all who know anything of the matter know that the gold craze in California began in lS4S, which was sixteen years before the young man lost his memory, so that there is at least that many years, and probably several more, be- tween the time the gold excitement be- gan in California and the date when he could have left Maine. In this way a story which might otherwise be req sonable is discredited because the dates are palpably incorrect
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-12
The Basis of Steel Monopolv.

fnllaQelphla Recard.
 In an interview printed in The Pitts presses unlimited confidence in the future prosperity of the steel trade. T am bull on steel he declares. "I mean not only on the business but on the securities-of all steels, and espec ally United States Steel. The company & nas splendid organization. IL has modern mills, ample coal. tho best facilities .... Ut has the bulk of the me, rich ores. and in ample quantity. When the steel tonnage passes 20,0OO- ooo what other corporation will he in out the ore others can do nothing . The Steel Corporation has the greatest ore possessions in the world. They form splendid asset"
 With a practical monopoly of the best ores in the country and the as- sured supply of the other raw material necessary to the making of steel, there seems to be very good reason for MT. Schwab's confident bullishness in steels. But there Is no safety for the people of the United States. who arc the lar gest users of steel ii. the world, in and iron and steel products which en- able the great corporation that has obtained control of the facilities" as MT. Schwab calls them. to exact an un- earned yearly tribute of millions of dollars from consumers in the home market.
 Having conered. the facilities of the country. the moncpolists also ex. pect to be protected against the com petition of outside producers. They should be able. with vast profit 10 themselves. soupply the iron and steel consumers of the United States at such prices as to make foreign competition impossible
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-12

practically unlimited increase of the
 animals. there Is now no word said.
 They have disappeared from view as
 completely as the aux or the dodo. and if any of them are now cultivated no publicity Is given to the fact. A few millions of them just now might break
 the meat trust. or crack it. at least. And it really seems that the jack rabbit of Kansas and adjacent ccun- tries would come in handy just at this time. We hear a great deal about their
 immense numbers. and what a nuis- ance they are. and how difficult 1t is to keep them down or to get rid of
 them. Why are they not being har-
 vested and put on the market? Would not cheap jack rabbit be better for a hungry man than dear beef and porkf
 They may not be quite equal to spring lamb or quail on toast. but they might do to fill up the vacant places and
 head off a meat famine. Bring on your rabbits!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-12
WHERE ARE THE RARRIrs,

Since the meat trust has been run ming things some inquiries are being made about the much plotted Bel gian. hare. It has been but two or three years since the newspapers of the West were full of him. We were
 led to believe that In order to obtain a full and unfailing supply of the best of meats nothing was necessary but to plant few of the long cared Hessians In the waste places and in year or so proceed to gather hares by car loads. To believe the stories told of them they are as easily raised as Can ada missiles and as prolific as microbes.
 Now we rarely hear mention made of them. Where the columns of the newspapers in some of the Western States were crowded with pictures and explorations of them. of the ease with which they could be raised. and of the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-12
Southern Inve.tments Held North.

Baltimore Sun.
 The issue raised by the negro plank excites interest, is appears. among in fluential capitalists Ir the North. who have enormous investment in Southx ern properties Any disturbance of the conditions of prosperity in the South brought on by the exigencies of politi- cians in quest of votes cannot but in jure voters all through the North who draw income from Southern industry. The railways, mines. furnaces. cotton mills and factories of the South are owned largely in tho North, in Airtue of stocks and bonds held there. A calling Reconstruction times, will not leave dividends and interest on South ern Investments held hv Northern un- diminished If other Southern enter prises are made stagant by widespread apprehension and disorder. If the ex- perience of the Reconstruction era proved anything 1t proved that all in a given community stand and fall to- gether The Unionists and secession ists of the South all suffered between 1865 and 1881 from the same deprecia- tion of property Every interest suf- fered. All were prostrate Stagnation was everywhere. reducing the value of land. hurting trade impoverishfnR the railways. closing mines. mills and factories and destroying incomes i'm partially all round. This fact must sooner or later penetrate Northern men who hold southern Investments. Their name is legion and through thev would normally support the Republican tick ct. they will want to know before No vember whether MT. Roosevelt really means it"-whe ether he intends to work the race nlank of his platform for all it is worth. This isf question that Is causing searching of hearts every where.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-12
Supporting a Candidate.

TO the Editor Of The Evening Post:
 Sir: At no time iu twenty and more years past, have the DC sitlons you took in politics. been based on so insincere and partly ridiculous foundations. as your present ones.
 No doubt you will come to your prop CT sense of proportion again. In due time. when you realize fully. what is behind the ffgurehead Of the Demo- cratic candidate. towards whom, for probably personal reasons more than any other, you desire to enthuse your readers.
 Withal not one plausible logical req son have you so far given. why they should vote for a man, who twice acted cowardly and in hypocrisy when voting for William J. Bryan and sil- ver-in preference to Theodore Roose- welt. whom the Evening Post, moro than any other Jol r1al, aided to rise into prominence and power.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-12
FRIDAY, AUGUST IF, 1904.
IT MAY BE REPEATED.

The interest and horror incident to the burning of the steamer General Slocum in New York waters has sub sided to some extent. but the possibil- ity of another disaster of the same one. A sister ship to the Slocum is the Grand Republic which has been recent ly reinspected, and The Hartford Times thus sums up some of the results:
 who reinspected the vessel, said as to the life preservers that you could break off the corners as you would a biscuit, that 372 out of 1,0S2 were con- demned, that the mark on them was so old it could not be made out. that there were 134 new life preservers and that fifteen of them were tested at twenty-four pounds weight. and that ter five minutes they weighed nine pounds, whereas they should have weighed only two and a half pounds, that one of the life boats had three broken oars and another two, that one of the boats was much routed and an other had it's rudder broken, that one life raft had no rowlocks, and that on others apparent rivets proved to be mere false heads. the parts being sol dered together. that the fire drill was the worst he ever saw, that he heard the order for the fire drill given by the supervising inspector, and heard the master say that he did not know what orders to give for the drill, and that the fire hose would stand a pres sure of about half a pound.
 Other details are given but these are enough to show that the vessel is a dangerous trap, and that under like circumstances the horrors of the Slo- cum affair would be repeated The vessel is shown to be a menace to such crowd as was on the Slocum-wa crowd largely composed of helpless women and children who were the principal victims. Yet this vessel is making regular trips, carrying excur- sions or other crowds. to the imminent peril of their lives. And we are told that no power exists anywhere to en- force such improvements and regula- tions as will make the vessel safe Is 1t rot likely that forbearance will some day cease to be a virtue. and that the people may take into their own hands the punishment of men who so plainly tritie with human life?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-12

next time. That the glaring non se- quitur is not reserved for the case of the Philadelphia postmaster alone, ap- pears from the action taken with our own Van Cott. He, too, has been ad- judged guilty of disregarding the law. The salary which he had illegally paid to his own brother the Government meekly asked him to refund. He re- fused, and loftily challenged the De- partment to bring suit. It has done so; but. meanwhile the official whom It thus holds dereiict it continues in of flee! What, we would humbly ask of the fearless and reforming administra- ton. constitutes that "cause" for which postmasters should be removed, if re- peated violation of the law does not But if 1t is unpatriotic to ask such questions with the Presidents reelec- tion pending, why, we suppose we shall have to take our "rebuke" along with Mir. McMichael.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-12
MT. Clevelnnd,s Needed p.,..

VIII T. Hale In Nash ville American.
 man; does that account for cartoi i iS ponderous expressions he mas made on divers occasions? Pacing A fact and not theory" 'innocuous desue. tude. and the ike have taken their places In everyday talk In my onin- ion, however, he recently turned omt an expression which is not only orgi- nal but absolutely needed. It strikes the bulls eye, hits the nail on the various other>ways. He does not say race prejudice" but -'race instinct"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-12
DIR. BUCHANAN,
 The Specialist.
Treats Without the Knife, Without Pain or loss of Time from
 Business.

Diseases of women-nervous, kidney. o,as. der. skin. rectal and chEonic diseases. Re. member. in diseases of the womb ana ovaries. stricture, piles flstulae and var,. cocele. l don't cut give pain or stop you from work. My treatment Of gonoErhoea cures acute aLd chronic cases and does no, stricture. My treatment of the diseases n, men is secosd to none m America bavs treated these troubles for lS yearA 1 hAvs In my office all ot the ncdern and improved mechanical and electrical appliances every. thing from the A-ray. violet ray and vauor outfits down 10 the smallest batteries My treatments are soothing and beneficiai Ihere is no exposure. l have in constant ar tendance at my office an assistant physt. clAu and nurse. Our massage treatment i. all that can be desired Write or raiI office second and Jhiro floors, l6Js D.xf.- Ave. Montg onery. Ala
 Hours. 10 .. Sunday Aoura. Q to IL and . to (.
 I cure cancer with the X-ray. I rub and give the baths in syphiliA>
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-12
Iron WOrker,x Omcer.

Indianapolis, Ind, Aug 1.-The In. ternational Alliance of Structural Iror Workers today elected the following President, Frank Buchanan; first vice. president, James KiGry, Chicago; se- cond vice-president. A. D. Bainbridge Minneapolis Third president, Her man Lillian, Chicago: Fourth vice president, J. c. Hannahan, Chica so Secretary and Treasurer, w. J. Spencer Chicago. The next convention will be hald in Buffalo, N Y. It vas de- cided to establish national headquar- ters at Boston.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-12
The Wife Beaters.

HuntsVflIe Mercury
 The discussion of the need of the whipping post for wife beaters in The Washington Star, Montgomery Adver- tiser and other journals is dispelling the rotten sentiment that. has hung its objections around this sehsible remedy for certain crimes. The sooner 1t is restored to it's needed place of useful ness the sooner such crimes as above named will cease
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-12
Stands Rebuked.
New York Evening Post.

NFW UET-
 About this time Postmaster McMi- chael of Philadelphia will be rebuked might run. MT. McMichael seems to hold office principally for the purpose of being "reb"ked" by the President That fate befell him again yesterday He had been caught once more violat- ing. or allowing to be violated. the civil service laws; the evidence was complete; the investigators laid 1t be- fore Mr. Roosevelt. and that firm, brave man acted at once. He wrote to the offending postmaster that his illegal conduct was "disapproved. So MT. MnAGlahaI "stanAA EahiikaA"--nntIi