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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-04

To observe Movements of Fleets.
Washington. April 2S,-The navy de-
partment advised by cable Thursday
that the gunboat Quiros of the Asiatic
station had sailed from Cavite for
Shanghai. 1t is presumed that she
went to take the place of the gunboat
villaIobos which left Shanghai a few
days ago for cruise probably for the
purpose Of observing the movements
Of the hostile fleets in the direction
OF the Philippines
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-04
MARKET REPORTS.
Kansas city 1--we stock.

Kansas City, May 3.-Cattle-Re Receipts.
5000: market steady; native steers, A.2S
06.25; southern steers. $s.5O65.5O; south
ern cows, $2.25d475; native cows and
heifers. s225Q2.50; stockers and feeders.
f30O04.90; bulls, s2.5O04.65; calves, $3.5O0
6.25; western fed steers, N5006.0O; west
ern fed cows. $3.25G6.%.
Hogs-Receipts, 5000; market strong to
&c higher; bulk Of sales, $5.109626; heavy,
S5.2O@5.2 71s; packers. s6.1595.2S; pigs and
lights. $4.25@5.171s.
Sheep Receipts. 5000; market steady;
muttons, M.25@6.OO lambs, s55O07.0O;
range wethers. s4.5O04.s5; range ewes, A.D
@4@.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-04
Here Il Your Chance.

SSO acres OF farm land in CHASE
county; all tillable; $50 acres in cult
walton; balance pasture. Price $685.
900; $4,000 cash and balance to suit
II will advance copper cent in the next
two years but owner wants money tc
invest in southeast Texas where 1t will
advance so per cent in one year. Fol-
particulars address Q 7. Shelton,
S2S N. Z. Life Bldg, Kansas City,
Mo. S4S*
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-04
Have Incorporated Company.

HHVU 4uUVI PVEWVOW VV"1FJ
Paul and Carl WeissenAuh, the
Pearl merchants, have incorporated
their business making it The Weis-
senfiuh Mercantile Co. P. G. Weis'
ssnfiuh is president, j. H. Taylor
secretary, O. x. Weissenauh treas
urer. They are making a deserved
success In their new location. Carl
is attending to the LyonSdale cream
cry for the Belle Springs company
Both young men are hustlerS.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-04
Local Markets.

Grain markets corrected every Thursday
morning by W. B. Giles, grain and coalJ
RuTTBR MARKET
prices for creamery butter At points
named for week ending today. Dickinson
county price ~ cents less than New York
AZ cents less than Ohicago,l
Kansas oTTY-Fancy separator CSC, d%iry
fancy Soc
cHioAoo- Creamery 30 o sIci dairy IS o
s2c
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-04
For Sale!

Choice farm of 24o acres,
smooth second bottom land 81
miles north Of Winfield, Cow
ley County, Kansas.
: 1850 acres in cultivation.
IS acres in meadow.
40 acres in pasture with
never failing spring.
8 acres good orchard.
? good wells and cistern.
7-room house.
Large barn and granary, all
new.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-04

onoonta. n. Y. Nay S-A band Of
MASKED robbers rode into the village
Of GIlbortsyills. about Is miles from
here, blew open The safe IN the private
bank Of 8 c. Brewer and made sood
sheir escaps with booty estimated ~
bsivs,n $500 ana $1,000
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-04

St. Louis, May 3.--cattle-Receipt
1900; market for natives slow; Texans
steady; beef steers, N.0O96.OO; stockera
and feeders, t2.759490; cows and heifers,
$2&65.00; Texas steers, Ss.30d6.75; cows
and heifers, s2.009l.25.
Hogs-Receipts, 5000: market steady to
slow; pigs and lights, sS7595.O0; packers.
Sl90a5 10; butchers and best heavy, 500
@5.&.
Sheep Receipts, $500; market steady;
natives, SS.5O@d5.@: lambs, S.5oa6Si
Texans, $2OO65.OO.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-04
Advertised Letters.

The following is the list Of uns
claimed letters remaining in the Abb
lene postotfice for the week ending
April so, 1905. Have your mail Ad-
dressed to your box number and II
will be promptly delivered:
GnETLBMBN's LIST.
Allen, Guy Boggs, Oh
Barrow, Cook, Dudley
Engle, A n (cdl Lyons, Edger
Lydick, FB Peterson b
Parker, w II sWartE, VIII
Steele, J (cd) Walker, Garfield
Wood, 8 W led Wood, 3 u (cd)
LADIES LIST.
Apologize, Mrs Joe parnSld, Mt. I
Estes, Mary 3 Catch, Mrs w II
i Lampro, Ida d Long, Mrs Mary
swiFaft, Mrs, Maggie schWlnger, Mrs Llbble
Westover, Miss Edith (cdl
One cent viii be charged for all I'D.
vertised letters.
Persons calling for the above will
please say advertised" giving date.
RICHARD WABme. P. NJ.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-04

You want all the popular songs for
your piano. Broughton Is selling
400 and 60c music for loo.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-04
Ciicaro Commercial Ciub Trip.

CihicaEo Commercial club "trip.
Billings, Mont, April 1S-The dele
CATION Of members Of the Chicago
Commercial club, who are making q
tour OF the west, reached Billings in a
special car. The party visited ada
cent irrigation enterprises and was en-
lertained At q banquet. leaving in the
evening for Butte.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-04
For SAID.

A number Of hives Of fine bees,
COL South 4th St. Mrs. Eliz. Cor.
don. 6t&c
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-04

Cheap music, popular songs, 400
and 600 music for lOc at Broughton'S
music store.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-04
roMORRow,s WEATHER.
Indications for Kansas for "a Hours
Beginning at Noon Today.

bulletin in REFLECTOR Office window.l
Fair tonight and Friday. Cooler
east and frost west portion tonight.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-04

~ The undersigned sells
Bee Supplies Of all
M kinds !, ~, catalogue !. a,'
call at my place II
miles west Of Detroit. S4'E
I. L. PIKE.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-04
omaha Live Stock.

Omaha, Neb., May s.-cattle-R Receipts.
aNo; market l0c higher; native steers,
h8@6.S; cows and helfers. n-50G6o0;
western steers, ta.50a5.1o; Gamers, Sis
Gs.S; stoekers and feeders. S2oOdS.oo;
calves S1066OO; bulls and stays. t25o9
40
Receipts, 1880; market steady;
heavy, 0.1o96.is; mixed. 1A.loa612h; light
ssOntaS15; pigs, $l.00dsoo; bulk OF sales.
s61066f2
Sheep Receipts. 500; market slow TO
loo lower: western yearlings. strong. {lB
0s.fs: wethers, Aio9L75; ewes. sl0o9i.5e;
lambs, SsSQ6oA
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-04

Chicago. Nay S-Wheet--No. red. ~
S; No : rud 8Gli; No hard, a,fqt.
No. / hard. EGs2: No. I northern, go
81; Ne Z norfhera, a1E; 10. sprinf
r1E Crln-No = =; No. q norlk
olis-I1a 4 ,ooEt; No. a 1EaA -
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-04
H. K. HUMPHREY.

Care Security Milling Co., Abilene,
Kansas.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-04
Kanaas CIV Drain

Kansas City. May 1-wheat-close-
Hieher-May. ST.; July 7sk6fzR; Sep
tember, nv: Cash No. hard. ssaoa; No.
q BG9o; No. 1 sS6S7; No. 2 red. SGo2;
No. :, 79690; No. 4 esGE7. Corn-Higher
May. ~; July. 4sst; September. B8tsN:
Cash No. Z mixed. l6; No. 4 Is: No. :
white, tslt7f7; No. Z 1854 oats-High-
er-No. 2 white ad1H; No. ? mixed.
z9hdS0
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-04

Winfield is . town Of 5000 people,
has excellent schools and two colleges
and abundance Of natural gas. Will
sell for cash or exchange for Dickin.
son county land.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-10-16
The OverCOat Question!

We can provide for that has always OOst
satisfaction than he has had had
find
much satisfactory and good
tailor him. He'll hnd price below has i'm
habit Of paying his tailor We have Long Length
t Coat the new Double Breasted Coat the Paddock Coat Whatever your
preference be, able show "jus your Coat Conservative
$1,000 SD 90 up luxury
Better. however and different from the Goats prices
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-10-16
A. P. ABBOTT & CO.
TALK OF THE TOWN.

New lot Of garments in large sizes
at Abbott's.
Cardigan jackets at AfcWhorter's at
S1o0 to $3.50 each.
Hughes Livery, Merchant street, near
Summer. Phone 1862.
This is good weather for Munsing UNI
derwear. Abbott sells it.
This il glove weather. AT McWhor-
ter's you win find just what you need.
The Union Clothing Co. are the sole
dispensers Of 'Korn- made" clothing for
Barre.
Come in and try on the elegant over
coat that Is waiting for you. Moore
4 Owens.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Grearson OF
Nilliamstown visited friends in the city
Yesterday.
Miss Annie Inglis goes to AIiddlesex
tonight as accompanist at Wilder's char
Iity concert.
John w. Gordon returned last night
from New York, where he went to attend
the automobile races for the Vanderbilt
cup.
Officer Carrie arrested GIUSEPPE Aforandi
last night for intoxication. In city
court this morning Morandi pleaded
guilty and paid a fine with costs amount,
ing to S14.24.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-10-16

ha andba has
rom a o New Garment MoreP
ar Fm-in Coats
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-10-16
SUES FOR HIS SKIN.
Spokane, Wash, Man Demands $4,000
DAMAGES.

Spokane, Wash, Oct. 16.-George A.
Loveioy, an Elk, who was selected to
furnish cuticle to save fellow Elks
wife, Mrs. Fred B. Searles, who was suf-
fering from severe burns, Saturday
brought suit against Dr. Q. P. Thomas
for $4,000 as the value OF so inches
Of skin, which he says the doctor peeled
off his legs while under chloroform.
Mr.. Loyejoy asserts that it was rep
resented to him that the surgeon would
take from his thighs only two or three
strips Of cuticle, three or four inches
long and threefourths OF an inch wide
After the operation Lovejoy found that
the fronts of his legs between the knee
and hip We're stripped Of skin and ii
was ten days before he was able to
leave the hospital.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-10-16

Standard Patterns for Novem-
Der are now in. They are reliable.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-10-16
The Reliance Cor
set Covers

are head an shoulders above
any other kind. They have
fit that is new. They are
made of yarn that has always
been selected for higher priced
Covers. The 25c Cover is
quite as good as the old-styled
ones at soc. The SOC Cover
is the finest soft mercerizd
Cover on the market. That
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-10-16
lThe Daylight Store n
The Frost Has Not Touched Our Growth
Our lines Of Fall and Winter Goods larger than before Here few
that and important addition increasing stock
There is a satisfaction il

having something. That is
what you get when you buy
these garments.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-01-04
five or more than thirty days.

Section 7. All able bodied
male persons between he ages of
eighteen and Fifty Years, residing
within the corporate limits OF the
said Town, DOT exempt from road
duty under the laws of the State,
shall work the streets, navemcnts,
ways and bridges Of tho Town un
der the direction and to tho sati,-
faction Of such policemen or over
secrs as may be appointed or may
have already been appointed for
space of time not less than four
days, nor exceeding SIX days in
each year. Provided that, at
the time of receiving notice to
perform such work, any person
may pay into the Town Treasury
two dollars communication tax
which shall he received in lieu of
seid work; that subsiitHto may he
furnished, provided such substi-
tute is male person over eigh.
teen years of age and provided
with necessary tools, and he shall
be required to do full and salts
factory work.
Any person refusing to pay
said commutatlon tax, perform
said work or furnish the required
substitute with necessary tools,
shall he fined not less than ten
dollars nor more than thirty dol
lars, or be imprisoned not less
than ten nor more tnan thirty days
in the discretion of the Mayor.
Section 8. All ordinances or
part of ordinances inconsistent
herewith shall be and the same
are hereby repealed.
Ratified by the MAvor and AL
dermen, in council assembled,
this 10Th day of December, in the
F.. year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and four.
J G. ID Il UyVf fyR
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-01-04

January lst, 1905.

n,
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ou;ao Co.
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shall ho .,E;.o, 49, ,.,cl,v of
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man. &c to,,s ubeD Ana Ana
,ho ,vovr rr..cy,ror 3f,cr Gs.
fauIt IN fine .syn,opt OF .aid
te--os uIr}I ;.suo r-eration to
anv p,Iir man of .Lo Inwn or
Sherir of the Couptr fer the de-
norart tayos c,sts end nenal.
ties, g...ov.r, ale .uac for col.
lectip. ....aer.n. ,a,as "a now
nrov,2eG BIZ Slas, l.,,~
3.6 MA. tile fylIggin. II.
c,ns-s shall b. mi. in advance
on orfor the following vocetions,
businesses or y..v.e. and II
shall be uuIaWfu! 10, ..soro to
enrageil or follow an> Of the
following businesses or yoca-
tlons with Z tho corporg te limits
Of tb, Tnv,n ,.it.o,. a,et nav
ino tLa license lcr,;raitor stated
for sad cnlling or business and
wnere licanso Is b7sed unon in.
come from saio bu,inc.a or vo.
cation. tho income derived from
said business vocation for ths
last fiscal wear e ldjpr Docamber
: .st 1904, sAa!I b. the basis for
1 e amountto he Maid and il
oil be the duty Of each person,
f.m ar co-ruratio, roI,ow;r ,
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-01-04
nor .Uuum, per years

>,ye So 90 ; per IN Jnth,
Brokers or Commission
Merchonts,eacho or firm,
with income $500 per
uuuum, ,orless per J ear,
"lth income over SoOo
aNo not over ~ 'oOo per
annum, per year,
for eacH "ou'NohE' $lOo
OF income over $lOoo
Per a"hdh, per year.
Telegraph Companies CT
Agencies eacn, Tor BUS
lnsa3 done exclusively
Wkthln ne Town OF
/ "c"si"r, but cot in'
|'"'' '"S ""S "US'"e"'
u"u" u or rom nolntS
"''hoNt lhe 0t"t' ana
'.o' ."ciuo'NS any OuS
MSS ooEI TO- 'ho "oV
e'Amo"' ol tho Oni'ed
1'A' - ''' "inCerS OF
u IH'7,
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-01-04

OOl year, 7.5U
Dealers in ice, per season, 500
Itinerant traders or ven-
ders Of any goods, wares
10 or merchandise, So 90
to $500, in the discre-
tion Of the Mayor.
% Pubic billiard, pool, bag
atelle tables, per year, $500
Bowling Alleys, for each
10 alley, per year, 1000
Shooting gallery, per day,
$10 90, per week, So 90,
per month, 500
Bill posters, per day,
$1.0O; per year 1000
Circuses, equestrian
shows, menagerie, per
day 80 90 to $50.OO,in
in the discretion of the
Mayor.
Merry-go.round, per day, 1000
Circuses, FOR procession
20 in the streets, andlocat-
ed out Ct town, per day
$1,000 to $50 90, in the
discretion ofthe Mayor.
Theatrical performances
or other exhibitions,
not local, per day $500
to,25. 90, in the dlscre-
tion of the Mayor.
10 Bicycles, with pavement
privileges, Except on
Main street each, (each
bicycle to.bear license
tag) loo
M Agents fer sale of pianos,
organs, clocks, stoves
or ranges, per year, $500
Dealers in patent rights,
per year, 25. .0C
oo Fertilizer agents, per year, 20. .OC
Agents or dealers in en-
gines, gins, presses and
w machinery, per year OO(
Banks, State, those whose
w capital is less than $780,
600, S15 90 per year;
whose capital is $50, 900
~ or over. per year 25 OF
Merchants, stock $1,000
to $500 per year zoo
Merchants, stock $500 to
~ $1,000 per year 800
w Merchants, stock $1,000
to 81, 1000, per year OF
Merchants, stock 50, 900 to
oo $4,000, per year, 6 OF
w Merchants, stock SIS, 200 to -
$4,000, per year, s OF
M Merchants, stock $4,000
to SIS, 200, per year 90
Merchants, stock SIS, ZOO
to $780, 900, per year 10 OF
M Merchants, stock $4,000
to 10000, per year Is OF
oo Merchants, stock $4,000
to S50,0OO, per year 20 OF
,o Merchants, stock $4,000
and over, per year 80 OF
M Drug stores and Jewellers
~ licensed as merchants =
Building contractors, en-
oo ploying one to five work
men per year 5 o.
Building contractors, en-
ploying five to ten work
M men, per year 10 0
Building contractors, EN-.
ployine more than ten
workmen, per year 20 o.
M Newspapers, each per year go
Newspapers with Job Office
combined, per year IS
Job offices, each per year 5 o.
M Painters or Timers, work
ing one to five hands,
per year 8 OF
Working five to ten hands,
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-01-04

ditlopal forge 500
Carriage or wagon repair
ers or carpenter shops,
separate or combined $50
Brick manufacturers 500
Book agents, per year 500
lightning rod agents or
dealers, Fer year 25CO
Land Surve rors, per year 500
Cotton glnneries, first gin
IS 90, each additional
GIN, per year 800
Lumber yards, per year 500
Lum ber agents or brokers 500
Manufacturers of doors,
sash, blinds, etc, per year 90
Mills, -four or grist, each 500
Marble yards, each 200
Agents for marble works
orquarrles, per year 5 90
Dealers in soda water or
other soft drinks soid
from foun provided
that the fountain appara-
tus and attachments shall
not be included as stock
in estimating the license
tax to be paid by mer-
chants) per year 800
Sign painters, per day 90
per year 500
Agents or dealers in wood
or coal, per year 500
Dyers and cleaners, per
year 500
Eating or lunch houses 800
Harness repair shops 800
Agents or dealers in hides
; and tall 2w, furs or wool
each, per year 5 90
Section 9. The charges for
license in any business not enum-
Grated in section one of this or
dinance shall be dete rmined by the
Mayor.
Section 3. That whenever in
l.this ordinance the term dealea is
used, the samesh all include not
only the principal but, in his,
her or their absence, shall include
any agent, clerk or employee
managing the bushes. respectively
referred to, and generally where
a license is herein imposed for the
carrying on of any business, and
the same is carried on by any
agent, clerk or employee, such
agent, clerk or employee shall be
subject to the penalties herein in.
posea, should the said busin ess
be carried on without taking out
such license In the same manner o.
If he, she or tney was or we're the
proprietors of said business.
l. Section 4. No license shall be
transferred from one firm to an
other, except with u sale or trans
fer OF stock of goods, shop, out
fit or machinery, and then only or
the endorsement of the Mayor.
| Section 8. That it shall be un
lawful to carry on any business,
occupation or calling during tht
year 1905 as set forth in this or
dlnance, without first paying the
Town Treasurer, the License tax
for said business occupation, call.
ing or profession, who shall issue
to the person, firm or corporation
so paying a license receipt there.
for, which shall entitle the said
person, firm or corporation to car.
ry on saidbusiness, occupation, cal
! ing orprofession within the corpor
atelimits Of said town for the fiscal
year ending December 3lst, 1905.
! Section 6. That any person or
persons, firms or corporations,
either by refusing or neglectlng TO
pay the required license as herein
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-01-04
( abbaCe Plants

From the best se:ectcd seeds.
Now ready for sh pment. large.
strong. healthy, these plants are
grown In the open all aud will stand
severe freeze with out injury. Early
Jersey Wakefield. Large Type or
Charleston Wakefield which are the
best known varieties OF carly cabbage,
also Henderson,asi1n unst,
large, late -
Early TruS
variety. NdDl
ksts. $l.50 per. NJ, For nveSl
Grover SLIPS per Thousand + ODD1
press Office. Chas NJ Gibson.
Youngs Island. SC,
Dec 20, 1904 -3m,
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-01-04

I am prepared to fill any and all or
ders with the best varieties Of Cabbage
Plants Orders filled, for any amount
and varieties, Write for pi ices on lots
of 1000 and over. Addre orders to
w II Carr,
Meggetts, s G.
Dec 20. l90i-3m
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-02
Here is an ideal home for either city

ties under state control in Berlin and
other German cities, was among the
visitors to Sevenoaks, the new suburb
about to be opened by the Edmund G..
Walton Syndicate.
Herr Won Stoltz received his educa-
ton in landscape gardening at the ex-
pense of the German government,
which goes in for the beautiful rather
more extensively than any other gov
eminent on earth. He was responsible
for the scheme of turfng and flower
planting along the banks of the prin-
cipal canals, which in Germany are a
delight to the eye, while nearly every
where else in the world the canal is
an offense to public decency and a
menace to public health.
81 have never been SO impressed
with the natural advantages of a city
as in Minneapolis, said Herr Stoltz.
eve have often to convert unsightly
swamps, barren hills and utterly mar
tistic railway embankments into scene.
ry that will at least meet the eye Of
the traveller without exciting unfavor-
able comment. When I began my tour
of Minneapolis in an automobile,
was prepared to see some very pretty
spots, because the fame of your lakes
and rivers and forests has now become
almost worldwide. But I, was utterly
unprepared for such a riot, Of unblem-
ished beauty as confronted me in the
drive along the river boulevard.
CHOW, it would be a grave question
with me, were I contemplating resi-
dence in this part of the world, wheth
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-02

er, that Sevenoaks tract ought to he in
terfered with very much by any land
scape gardener. The greatest gardener
of all has dealt. SO laYishly with the
delightful park that d here man. ought
in trying to improve On nature. :.
"You see, if the timber that skirts
the broad river were entirely obstruc-
tive of the river view, [ should prompt
ly declare for vistas cut through the
forest here and there to afford glimpses
of Father Mississippi; but how dare
I suggest such thing when nature has
provided such vistas as no human skill
could duplicate. Every few hundred
yards there is ravine that breaks the
beautiful prospect. Some of these
ravines drop almost sheer for 200 feet.
They are timbered with innumerable
trees Of all sorts, and one finds just the
right perspective over the tops of these
wooded depressions of the deep, broad
river that flows far below.
'I must say that if I were retained
to enhance the beauty Of Sevenoaks, the
problem would cause me much dlsquie-
tude, for there is no greater offense in
art than a violation of the natural uni
ties. It might be not beyond the
bounds of human daring to throw in
dash Of high color here and there
among the trees-a little clump of scar.
let, shrub or two that would be bril-
liant while all else remained green
something that would relieve the in
tensity of green tones before your SUI
mac begins to show red in September