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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-10-05

The News complains to the extent
Of a column abodt 1.-THE Burden Of
the Ballot" The Democrats have
not cast enough ballots in Kansas
lately to burden them much.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-10-05

Gov. Hoch wants state refinery
so that it can be told what refining
costs. II the institution we're run on
the plan Of paying Pullman fare to
New Jersey 1t would cost about 6O
cents Q gallon.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-10-05

"It's all q damned lie, whimpered
Tenn Plat in an interview Sunday.
An old man with one foot In the grave
and the other slipping ought to DO
more careful Of bis language.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-10-05

John D. Rockefeller says he Is con-
trolled by the love OF Jesus but you
can't make the owners OF Kansas oil
wells believe that.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-10-05

New York, Oct 4-Four hundred
delegates to the National Wholesals
pruEgistI' association, representing
sysry Uthte IN the union. met here
Tuesday In the Sist annual eonvsn-
tl1s Il the equalization.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-10-05

A defeated Democratic candidate, .
policyholder in the New York Life,
wants to know about that campaign
fund that was used to beat him.
Why ask such embarrassing questionsP
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-10-05

Dowie is paralyzed but not enough
to make him loosen up on the money
contributed to him.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-10-05
THURSDAY. OCT. 5. 1906.

Dowie has mighty good chance to
use q few leaves OF healing very close
at home.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-10-05

Jerry siApson's Condition Critical.
wichita, Kan, Oct 4.-Ex-Congress-
man Jerry Simpson, who was brought
here Monday from Roswell, N. NJ
and placed In the st. Francis hospi-
tal, Il IN q critical condition and d
not expected to live through the night.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-10-05

We have the same trimmer who
has pleased you all in the past at
Crooks.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-10-05
T0N0RROW'R WEATHER.

Indications for Kansas for "a Hours
Beginning at Noon Today.
Bulletin In REFLECTOR ONCE window.l
Fair tonight: and Friday. Warmer
north and west portions tonight.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-10-05

Report of General Land OAce.
Washington, Sept. sO.-Commission-
er Richards Of the general land once
Friday forwarded to the secretary Of
the interior his annual report cover
ing the fiscal year ending June 30
last II shows that during the year
1875. 075 acres Of the public lands and
T,6l6 acres Of Indian lands were dis
posed Of, the total exceeding that for
1904 BY 660,S0o acreA
-ssrann. Austrit. Oct 4.-Fresh dis
=aances between the Germans and
the Csechs broke out here Tuesday
evening. The Csechs marched through
the streets wrecEing stores and insult
ing Germans. Almost the whole gar
riSon had to be called out to restore or
cor, the rioters having continued the
Disturbances in the suburbs after be-
ing driven from the city. Many per
sons were injured and some Of the win
doWs in the jewish synagogue were
smashed.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-05-11
Malne's Modest Governor.

The ldte Hon. Abner Coburn, the
millionaire lumberman of the Kenne-
bee, was elected governor of Maine in
1862 The following spring he visited
The Maine troops in the Army of Po-
.omac just prior to the battle of
Charlottesville. At the camp of one
If the regiments arrangements were
made for the governor to address the
soldiers.
He was true patriot, and great
lumberman, but did not excel in ora
tory After a few commonplace re-
marks he evidently thought his posi-.
tion as chief executive of the state
demanded something more elaborate,
and, raising his voice TO the highest
pitch. he shouted:
Boys, you believe in the republic,
and so do |. You are a long way
from home, and SO am /, You hail
from the great state of Maine, and so
do |. You are an honor to your state.
and so am |.
The remainder of the speech was
drowned by laughter and cheers.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-05-11
Eates Were AGAINST Him.

Dave" Hicks of Virginia, scion of
one of the oldest families, came to
town to get job, He hustled about.
After a week or two he got a place as
timekeeper for the company that is
making the filtration plant out Bright
wood way. He went to work in the
morning. At noon the contractors had
gone into the hands OF a receiver and
he was out of job. E,
Next day ne hustled again. He got
place with a money lender who had
an Office on f street. The money
lender gave him a good place, but un-
fortunately on the afternoon of
Dawes" first day the money lender
dropped dead. That left Dave" out
in the cold again.
A day or two later he got a job as
timekeeper for the company that is
dredging the Potomac off Washington.
II was a good job. But on the night
of the first day he worked the river
froze up tighter than drum and
everybody was discharged.
Whereupon Dave" Hicks quit and
went back home to Virginia to wait
for more propitious times Washing
ton Star.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-05-11
WHY POLES ARE AT THE FRONT
Writer Says II Was Plan Of Russia to
Get Rid of Them.

One of the little remarks which
caught my eye in the many miles of
copy written after the surrender of
Port Arthur, says writer in T. P.'s
Weekly, was statement that there
were no fewer than 5000 Poles among
the garrison there; and 1t was added
that the men had not proved very sat
isfactory fighters. could well believe
that, considering how their country
is treated. But here is another and
even ghastlier explanation both of the
presence of the Poles in Port Arthur
ana of their attitude during the siege.
One conservative speaker tells us that
P,ehve wanted to get rid of his polit.
ical opponents.
The first men who were sent TO
Asia were the Poles, the Jews and the
Armenians. Among the troops the
Poles were five times as large ,y rep.
resented and the Jews even more so
as they should have been, according
to their census number. And you
must search TO discover a Christian
among the reserve surgeons. Why is
this the case? To get rid of the
most important elements OF the NAL
contents for years, or perhaps for
ever. OF course the Poles, the Jews
and the Armenians have the most
cause for discomfort.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-05-11
HELD BALL AT HOTEL
FIRST INAUGURATION cELEBRA.
TioN AT WASHINGTON.
In Honor Of the Accession of President
Madison-Few Statesmen Of the
Period Then Had Permanent Resi-
denees at the Capital.

ut was a little after dark when the
coaches began to arrive at the hotel, -
writes Gaillard Hunt In the Century
Magazine, telling of the first Inaugural.
tion ball. That affair took place on
the evening of Saturday, March
1900, at Longs hotel in Washington,
in celebration of the accession to the
presidency of James Madison. Some
were fine vehicles, with proud black
ooachmen and footmen on the box,
wearing liveries adorned with large
gilt buttons bearing the crests of the
families to whom the servants be.
longed; but many of the guests
reached the ball in sorry hacks hired
at great expense, for few of the sen.
Gtors and representatives set up es.
Establishments of their own. Daniel
Carroll arrived with his wife in a
coach drawn by four black mules.
There were more men than women at
the ball, for Washington was to a
great extent mans city Being to
many only a temporary abode, and of.
fering bad temporary accommodations
men coming from a distance did not
bring their families.
The 400 people who gathered in the
long room at Longs hotel represented
all that was most brilliant in the so
oiety of the new capital. The ball
opened promptly at o'clock and soon
afterward the hand played Jefferson S
March and he who up to noon of that
day had been president entered the
room accompanied by his private sec.
retary, Mr.. Coles. Am | too early?'
said Mr.. Jefferson to friend. You
must tell me how to behave, for it is
more than forty years since | have
been to ball A few minutes later
the diplomatic corps arrived in full
uniform. Presently the band struck
UP 'Madisons March, there was a
hush in the ballroom chatter and his
party entered, Mrs. Madison going
irst on the arm of one of the man.
ayers of the ball and the president fol.
lowing. eScorting Mrs. Madsons sis
ter, Mrs. Cults
Next to Mrs. Madison the most i'm
of the guests was Thomas jefferson
In contrast to the woebegone looks OF
the president, his ruddy countenance
fairly beamed with happiness. Some
one said to him. You look so happy
and satisfied, Mr.. Jefferson, and MIR
Madison looks so serious There's
good reason replied Mr.. Jefferson. 4
have got the burden off my shoulders
while he has now got it on his Mr.
Jefferson did not remain more thar
two hours and left before supper. The
rooms became more and more crowd
ed and the heat intolerable and as the
sashes of the windows would not come
down panes of glass were broken tc
let in the air.
Immediately after supper the pres
iGent's party left and then, the room.
being less crowded, dancing really be
San and quadrilles. reels and othei
country dances held sway until 1.
o'clock, when, as Sunday morning hat
come, the fiddles stopped, coache!
and hacks were called and the first in
luguration ball came to an end"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-05-11
How Brown Bears Catch Salmon

Alaska's brown bears near the Ber.
ing sea live largely On salmon and are
extraordinary fishers. Before begin
ming to fish they always place them,
selves on the downward side of the
river. They seem to smell the sal
mon by some extraordinary means ;
says hunter. and then begin dash
ing in and out Of the river at some
shallow place, rarely failing to catch
fish. They bring it out on the bank
and devour it, If possible selecting
some thick patches of bushes and
grass in which TO make their meal
which does not take them long. -
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-05-11
A 4so-AcRE FARM YIELDS
rs PER CENT PROFIT IN A YEAR.
What a Mercer County (ohio) Farmer
Received from One Years Crop.

Extracts from an Interesting letter
from y. X. Ryhhard. of Starbuck.
Manitoba Canada gives an excellent
idea of the prosperity of those Who
have gone from the United States to
Canada. lie says
II bought. August. 1858, 4S0 acres
of land. paying $4,000 for it, We
threshed 2.973 bushels of wheat and
between 1900 and 1900 bushels of
oats and barley from 200 acres. But
part of the wheat went down before
filing and was not harvested except
for hay. The crop was worth at
thrcshing time, $4,000 Besides 100
acres laying idle except timothy
meadow. which is not included in this
estimate. Counting the value of the
product and the increase Of value of
land will pay me more than 25 per
cent on the investment. Two broth
ers in the same neighborhood bought
go acres each six years ago. They
have not done, single thing to this
land except To- fence II and break and
cultivate. about one-half OF it, Har-
vested last year IS bushels wheat per
acre. This year "a bushels per acre.
They can get any day s25 per acre.
These are only a few of many hun
dieds of such chances. II looks like
boasting, but truth is justifiable and
the world ought TO know IL, especial
ly the home-seeker. know of quite
a few farmers that have made for
tunes in from 10 to 20 years. retired
with from $4,000 to 100000.
Writing concerning another district
in the Canadian West s. L. Short
says:
Dear Sir--I have to inform you
that l have just returned from the
Carrot River Country in Saskatche-
wan, where | located land of the very
finest black vegetable loam, which
am proud of. and will move in the
spring. Farmers are still plowing
there. A mild climate. and beautiful
country to behold. Cattle are fat and
running outside. Wood and water
good. Saw oats weighing AZ pounds
to bushel. Potatoes large and well
ripened; also wheat that brought
there SO cents. The country exceed
ed my expectations. Saw oats in
stock. thicker on the ground than ap-
pears in many of the illustrations
sent out in descriptive pamphlets. Il
have been in many western states,
but the soil excels any | ever saw"
The Canadian Government Agents
at different points report that the en-
quiries for literature and railroad
rates. &c, to Western Canada are
the greatest in the history of their
work.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-05-11
GIN BELOW THE VINEGAR.
Sailors Smart Trick Deceived Officers
for a Month

for a Month.
While on the China station in 1856
the master-at-arms' mess on the u. S.
S. Omaha was in a drunken and de
mcralized condition for several weeks.
Try as he might the captain could not
discover where the liquor was coming
from. Finally ell shore liberty was
stopped, but the drunkenness did not
cease. On the morning of sailing
while the executive officer was near
the port gangway watching the taking
in of stores. he asked what was in a
large demijohn that came over the
side with boxes and packages. He was
told that IL was vinegar He pulled
the cork and shifted It, II was vine
gar. Then his attention was attracted
by the tag, marked 'master-at-arms'
mess and remarking thai the mess
must be using vinegar for bathing. as
he had already seen the same demi-
john brought aboard twice within that
same week. he ordered the officer of
the deck to inspect it carefully and
taste 1t. He did: it was vinegar. That
officer. however, noticed that the jug
had an unusually long neck He pour,
ed out small quantity of vinegar and
discovered an extra cork in the bot
tom of the neck. Below that were
tween the corks had served to deceive
the inspecting officer at the gangway
for a month.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-05-11
GERMANY TO BUILD CANALS.
Waterways Costing an Enormous Sum
Planned by the Government.

According to United States Consul
General Guenther, Frankfort, Ger
many, the committee on canals of the
Prussian diet has reported with IA
vorable recommendation n bill provid-
ing for the following construction:
|. A navigable canal between the
Rhine and Weser with a connection
to Hanover, and the canalization of
the Lippe:
ta) A canal from the Rhine, Rub.
rort, 90 the Dortmund-E Ems canal or
the vicinity of Herne (Rhlne.Herne ca
raD. inclusive of n branch canal from
Datteln to Hamm; estimated cost,
Sl7,731 900.
Oh Additional works on the Dort-
mund-Ems canal between Dortmund
end Bevergern; estimated cost, ST.
4eS,700.
(c) A canal from the Dortmund-
Ems canal. Bevergren, to the river
Weser, connecting with Hanover;
branch canals TO Osnabruck Minden
and Linden, construction of reservoirs
in the upper parts of the river Weser
and some regulation works of the We.
ser below Hsmelin; estimated cost,
s2S.679 900.
Cd Canalization of the Lippe or
construction of branch canals from
Weser to the DortmundEms canal
near Datteln. and from Hamm to
Lippstadt; estimated cost, s10,614,S00
(e) Improvement of the cultivation
of the soil in connection with the
works under items to d. and the
completed Dortmund. Ems canal esti
mated cost, S1,190,000.
2. A deep waterway between Ber
lii and Stettin; estimated cost, $40.
2S4 900.
3. Improvement of the waterway
between the rivers Oder and Weichsel
also of the river Wartha from the riv
er Netze to the city of Posen; esti
mated cost, s5,039,650.
A. The canalization OF the Oder
erom the Glatzer Neisse to Breslau
experimental works between Breslar
and Furstenoerg on the Oder, con
| struction of reservoirs; estimated
cost, s4,676, 700.
The entire cost of the projects
named is placed at 334,575,000 marks
| (S79,62S,s50).
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-05-11
Gen. chaffee's Soldier erothet

1t is not generally known that
Lieutenant General Chaffee has a
brother twelve years older than he is,
and that the two men fought ON oppo-
site sides during the civil war The
confederate brother served on the
STATS OF various southern generals,
and was made a major for gallant
conduct at Shiloh. After the war ne
was for eighteen years an officer in
the Brazilian army.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-05-11
where Eaas Are currency.

Eggs are current coin in Mayo, Ker,
ry, Donegal and Leitrim. They are
everywhere received over the counter
In payment for tea, sugar, meal, oil,
bread, tobacco, patent medicines and
general haberdashery. Accounts are
kert open and goods supplied on
credit in eggs. Predatory agents trav-
cling through the wilds with worthless
teas, itinerant tinkers and musicians,
Polish Jews. hawking tinsel Jewelry
and holy pictures, all accept this cur
rent coin, generally unloading IL at the
nearest railway town.-Dublin Lady
OF the House.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-05-11
Congressman Littlefield's Quotation

Congressman Charles f. Littlefield,
noted among other things for his pen.
manship, was one day approached by
a lady who asked for his signature
and quotation for church calendar
soon to be published. Mr.. Littlefield
was at his desk. and cheerfully com
piled. The lady received the quota.
tion with profuse thanks, when sud.
denly, as she looked at il her brow
clouded.
Guessing her difficulty, the cong.
ressman read it to her. Again thank.
ing him, the lady started for the door,
paused, and timidly ventured this re
quest: "As | am not to carry this to
the printer for week may please sit
down and learn it?"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-05-11
MISS BULL RECEIVERS
FEARFUL DECLINE OF STRENGTH
COMPLETELY ARRESTED.
Medical Skill Had Almost Exhausted Itself
in Vain Attempts to Relieve Hcr-A
Remarkable Result.


The recovery of Miss Gertrude i. Bull
is of great interest to the medical world.
A very bad cough followed severe at
tack of pneumonia. 1t seemed impossi-
BILE to break it up or TO restore her
strength, which had been sadly under
mined. In spite of the best efforts of
the doctors and the use of several adver-
tised modes of treatment her condition
daily grew moro serious. She finally
discontinued all medicine and gave her.
self up to despair.
What was your condition at this
timer" she was asked.
"My stomach was so weak could not
keep food down. i suffered from. con-
slant nausea. My kidneys were in ter
rible condition. Ny feet and ankles were
swollen so badly that it panied me even
TO stand on them. / was very bilious.
My heart was in bad shape so / could
not go up and down stairs or stand any
oxertion or sleep in natural position. T"
1t seems wonder that you should
ever have recovered. How did it
happen?"
" You may well call it a marvel, but
DIR. Williams Pink Pills wrought it,.
None of my friends thought could live
many months longer. My parents had
no hope. Just then a pamphlet adver-
tising DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People was thrown in our door. 1t was
great event for me. These pills saved
me from the grave. Within a week from
the time began to take them felt bet
ter, and in three months was entirely
well. cannot praise DIR. Williams
Pink Pills too highly and j dearly hope
that my experience may bring good to
some other sufferers"
Miss Bull, who was so remarkably
cured, resides mt Union Grove, Illinois.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills act Immediately
on the blood. purifying and enriching it.
In all debilitating diseases, such as
lung troubles. grip, fevers, and in all
cases in which the system is thoroughly
run down, these pills perform wonders.
They are sold by all druggists through
out the world. A valuable booklet on
diseases of the blood, will be sent free
10 any one who applies for it 20 DR. Will
liams Medicine Co.. Schenectady, n. Y.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-05-11
aacterla and HYsterla.

If all the bacteria which the biolo-
gists can cultivate on walls. doormats
and greenbacks were TO live up TO
their uneout'ted scientific possibilities
we should all of us be dead. Happily.
however, those OF us who do not have
Mysteries about germs are able 10 live
in comparative comfort. and other peo-
pie worry along till such time as nerv-
Gus prostration carries them off.-New
York Tribune.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-05-11
Rcaer's Soma.

who loves the rose without a thorn!
Not I.
No guardian darts around her close
With every touch her bloom is straWn---
[ love no rose without a thorn. Not /.
who loves the bee without a sting?
Not ].
'Tis hut a stupid. idle drone
NAV live a feeble life alone,
And be so duh and poor thing
| love no bee without sting. Not I.
Who loves maid without a Will? Not J.
A thornless rose. a stingless bee,
a will-less maid. are not for ME.
Give me the sweet wild briar still
/ love no maid without Will. Not I.
--'Sweetbriar." by Dorothea q. Browne
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-05-11
ouid Interest?

Fierce. fierce is the strife
In the battle OF life;
What hardships in camp and Ia feldl
And the glory We gain
II Is aye mixed with pain2
Is IL better 10 conquer or yield?
Does Il matter at all
Where we fall? Where ne falIe
Is the trench, Is the ticket line best?
or scaling the hight
With the flag clutched tight,
TO die on the storm-swept crest2
Charles Dennis.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-05-11
Bid Stomach

Attended with tainted, offensive, or foul
breath, bitter taste, especially in the
morning, furred tongue, sick or bilious
headaches, poor or irregular appetite,
sour stomach, water brash," constipa-
tion with strong tendency TO the blues v
or dependency. are all relieved and rad
ically cured by the faithful use of DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. No
man can be stronger than his stomach; /;
when it gets out of order he becomes bill
ious, dyspeptic, hypochondriacal, peevish
and s'out of sorts": he feels languid,
tired and "all tagged out"
Nothing will more speedily or perma-
nently invigorate and tone into action,
liver and bowels than DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. 1t is compounded
from the active medicinal principles eX-
tracted from native medicinal plants,
without the use Of alcohol, not n drop OF
which enters into its composition. The
benefit felt from It's use Is not, therefore,
dlte to alcoholic exhiliration, and conse-
quently of short duration, but is endur-
irg and permanent,
The great majority of diseases have
their inception in bad stomach, indi-
gestion, biliousness and impure blood.
Among these diseases are deadly con-
sumption, nerve-racking, brain-wrecking
nervous prostration and exhaustion,
body torturing rheumatism, insanity
breeding neuralgia, emaciating malaria
ana All manner OF UlSDRurlnR DlOOu ana
skin diseases. DIR. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery is a cure for all these dis
eases. il taken in anything like reasona-
bic time. 1t is not cure-all. but cures
the diseases mentioned for the reason
that they are caused and aggravated by
the same disorders. 1t makes the appe-
tite keen, the digestion perfect, the liver
active. the blood pure and builds firm
flesh and healthy nerve fiber. Don't be
wheedled by a penny grabbing dealer into
taking something else said TO be Just as
good" only that he may make greater
profit. There's nothing Just as good y
record re 'c Of cures % extending over a third % o. o.
a century.
A Great Sufferer Cured.
DR. r. V. PIERCE. Buffalo. N Y:
Dear Sir'--My health is better now than Il
has been before for many years. ard owe e
Dr. Piercc's Golden Medical Discovery deb
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-05-11
The Best He could Do.

Teacher (angrily)-Tommy White.
Why did you chalk your name ON this
new desk.
Tommy-Had ter. amt got no
penknife ter carve it on with.