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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-09-14


Married at the home Of the brides
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. 8. s. Kelley. q
Detroit. Miss Myrtle Kelley to MI
Charles Fossler OF Enterprise. ats P.
m. Sept. 8. Rev. sallenbaCh officiating.
The bride was attired in . beautiful
white silk null. The groom Wort
the conventional black.
As the wedding march was played
the bridal party entered through the
dining room escorted by the Rev.
Sallenbach and the brother-in-law oil
the bride. After the ceremony oil
repaired to the dining room where !
sumptuous feast was prepared. The
rooms were beautifully decorated with
white astors and smilax. After a few
days the young couple will, be a
home in Enterprise. They have thu
best wishes Of the entire community
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-09-14
Lave, the Thrssher Trade.

G. Albert Davidson for many years
manager for the Kansas City branch
Of the Gsiser Mfg. Co.. has resigned
his position and will quit the thresher
trade in few days. Although unat-
tended with the shout Of trumPets,
the career Of Mr.. Davidson in Kansas
CITY has been one Of which any young
man might well be proud. He has
brought the Geiser company to the
front in the southwest. Mr.. David
son long since realized the future
value Of western land and has from
time to time invested in real estate
1t 10 his intention to devote bis time
to the real estate business, dealing
principally in Western Kansas and
Texas farm lands. 1t is for this rea'
son he has rendered his resignation o.
manager for the Geiser Mfg. Co.,
much To- the regret Of the company b
has 80 well served.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-09-14
Entertained at Dinner.
rrrnn rnaadap,a nailv.1

Emmett V. Hoffman gave q dinner
to twenty gentlemen last evening at
his home in Enterprise. It was in
honor Of Mr.: Frank D. Parent and
was thoroughly enjoyable event.
Following the dinner came a toast
program, B. A. Flsck presiding. The
responses were:
"What said"-F. D. Parent,
What think she said"-W, M. eterl.
"Grappling with the octopus or how busted
the grain trust"-C. A. Case.
Modern KindeEgartening" e. Johntz,
"The care Of children"-O sterl
1.-THE medical profession" Riddell,
"Why beer Is scarce In Kansas"-Dr. Mcln-
erney.
"Buttermilk as a balanced ration"-E, d.
Forney
why girls leave home"-H. W. Jacobs.
idle hours In Mexlco"-Arthur Hurd.
Evolution of the spit ball"-Oy Young Giles
The motto on the menu cards was;
"When man Is old enough to know
better he is old enough to die"
The program concluded with the
touching ballad, "Alice, Where Art
Thou" by Signor Parentio. assisted
by the clever boy artist, Master wal
| lie McInerney. 1t is needless to say
that the audience appreciated the en-
tire program and accorded it hearty
applause.
The guests from Abilene were: r.
D. Parent, H. K. Humphrey. Arthur
Hurd, j. K. Rankin, q. B. Giles, c.
H. Forney, E. H. Forney. Il. W.
Jacobs, W. NJ. Sterl, 0. W. Sterlr
W. McInerney, G. A. Case, A. B
Roberts.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-09-14
Entertained for Miss Btorl.

Mrs. Herbert ]. Hodge gave an
unique and charming chocolate" in
honor Of Miss Alice Sterl Saturday
afternoon. About 80 ladies were
present. Miss Kathryn Kiefer re-
ceived at the door and Mrs. 3. E.
Hazlett, Mrs. H. x. Humphrey
and Miss Daisy Hoffman assisted.
The rooms were decorated In asters,
wedding bells and smilax. In the
dining room Miss Sterl poured choc-
olate, the bridal party being seated
at her table.
After the dainty lunch Mrs. Hodge
read Q floral contest, Mrs. Hazlett
winning LIST prize, Mrs. Young End,
Mrs. Hodge then toasted the bride-to-
be- and all drank from q beautiful
loving cup which the hostess pre-
sented to her. Each guest had sent
china bread and butter plate with a
sentiment for the bride and these
were gathered and presented to Miss
Sterl who read che verses and good
wishes. A musical program followed.
| 1t was an occasion much enjoyed by
ali
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-09-14
49, YOR wRBTHRH PRAIRIEs
Counties in Northwest Kansas WI
PLANT loo. 600 Fruit Trees Each.


Plant 1901 600 Fruit Trees Each.
"Thers's Q tres-plAnting craEe on
In northwest Kansas" said W. y.
Cough Of this city who travels IN that
norton Of the state. 'Never have 90
many fruit trees been sold In . single
season as this year and the farmers
are yet buying. Not less than o.
600 trees will be set out in Phillips
county this fall. smother $4,000 in
Norton and at least. 100000 in Jewell.
The counties farther west are ship
ping In trees by the carload and Will
do their share in making that portion
of the state fruit raising area. Inc
newcomers who have been buying
farms 50 freely are the most liberal
purchasers, they want to make their
new homes like the ones they LETT In
Iowa or Illinois, hence they are setting
out trees OF all kinds. NOE 20 mucn
is done with forest trees, though the
ornament OF lawns is going on rap
idly"
Kansas grown trees are being more
generally set in the northwest than IN
the past. Trees that were shipped IN
from the east did not thrive as DO
those Of this state and the farmers
have learned this by long experience
The present year has fitted the north
west for tree planting as rains have
been more generous than in this part
Of the state. 1t will be but q short
time when the. northwest counties
will be Independent Of the fruit Sec
tion Of the eastern part Of the state In
Its ability to raise the fruit Of every
sort needed.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-09-14
For Sale,

The house at 4l9 West North Seventh
street, contains eight rooms, four
clothes closets, pantry. bath ROOM
hall, cellar, discern in Kitchen eighty
feet front on Seventh street, = stable,
shade trees, garden fence, chicken
park, city water in yard. Price,
q, $50. Call ct the house In the next
ten days, or address
CHks. g. BEAR,
1T Overlook, KAs.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-09-14

TOR carrier boys. The hoop man did
not mAterializs. The house was top.
heavy and not very respectful toward
the actors. The company need no,
worry about its future. Other towns
may like the progrsm-but II they do
not the corn-huSking season will soon
be here and iarmhAnds will be In de-
msnd. As an example Of what not to
do the show is 9 shining success.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-09-14
Nav Rsmaiu Hare.

A special meeting Of the CONNER
ciAl club was held late yesterday after
noon to discuss . proposition from g
8. UpshAw who is rscOnSidsring BIZ
plan to move his furniture factory Il
Topeka. II be can organize 9 con-
pany here be will remain In Abilene
Some work is being done along thai
lire.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-09-14

$40 sore farm tWo mllsI IRON Eater
prise. Good npland. A snap At u
per sore. for . short time Look thil
up. Kiss bargain and win GET sHsJ
from yOu. ToH G. DAVIS,
Sole agent for Thos. Brsdy,
toH Hop, Kas.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-09-14
sails & Downs Show.

Whether the spectator be q lass
from the farm or q belle from the
social set, she is sure to admire the
lady performers with the Great Sells
& Downs Shows. which will exhibit In
Abilene Sept. 10.
At the head Of this large number
stands beautiful Lulu Davenport, one
Of the half dozen equestriennes who
have attained eminence az a bareback
rider.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-09-14

ons cent win b charged for all 3D.
Vsrtised letters.
Persons calling for the above will
please ~ 'sadv1rtissdH giving date.
RIcHAED WAElHa. P. n
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-09-14
Adysrti,sd Ls,tsr,.

The following is the list Of nm.
claimed letters remaining in the abb
lens postonics for the week ending
sept. IL. 1905. Have Jour mall id.
dressed TO your box number and IL
will be promptly delivered:
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1905-10-08

a clean, quiet house. and clean, quiet
location We demanded decent clothes
and food, and especially we demanded
a little travel each summer. And we
felt it necessary to save something
every year.
ITO accomplish this 1 found l would
have to do all the work of the house,
including the laundry, and l felt that
[ ought to make most of my own
clothes as well. 1 didn't see how [
could afford even the modest dress
makers bills L had been paying. 1t
would certainly require my labor, and
a good lot of it, to enable us to live
and save anything out of Jacks salary.
Nov, | had no objection to working.
l had been working for ten years, But
as long as l had to work 1 couldn't
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1905-10-08

place each month 1t costs us exactly
$50 a month to run the flat, including
the housekeeper's wages. That's $40 II
week apiece, and as [ earn $25 IA week
that's quite Il saving.
Il believe men and women who earn
about the same salaries will come to
marry more and more on this basis"
a woman well known as a writer on
sociological subjects recently defended
i the business" marriage in the columns
of a weekly review. She had con-
! tracted marriage with a man whose
work was like her own. If they es-
tablished the usual home" which ira
dition says is the place for women they
would have been forced to give up
many luXuries to which both were ac-
customed. 1t would have also necessi-
tated the wifes giving up her work in
the east side settlements, to which she
was devoted. So they entered into n
business arrangement" by the terms
Of which each was to keep his or her
earnings as before and there were to
be no household cares for the wife.
After describing five years of the
happiest kind of married life under
the new system, the writer clinches
her argument by the citation of an IN
cident in which the new kind of mar
ried life was not tried:
zone of my old schoolmates became
teacher and was engaged to man
love. She had mother and an invalid
sister dependent upon her. 1t was
simply impossible for the man to sup
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1905-10-08
Saving City Was Methods Employed New York

with rake and hoe. Although the boys
this year began their work in August,
the truck garden has proved a great
success and the yield of potatoes alone
has been 700 bushels.
A quart of milk is provided daily for
mentioned with pride to a visitor,
there's pie twice week.
After tea, during the long summer
days, the boys usually play out of
doors. But each of the cottages has an
admirable sitting ROOM with AN ade-
cuate library, and checkers, dominoes
and other games for those who like to
r.lay Twice a week also the teachers
tage, and either read or sing to the
hoys, and the youngsters recite or sing
songs that they have learned. Bed
time comes early In two of the houses
called the "honor cottages the boys
have individual rooms small but light
and airy. and those boys who win the
right to these are very proud of the
achievement.
Thus far the model village plan has
apparently been very successful, but
after all the success can be gagged fully
only by the career of the boys after
they have left the asylum. Thousands
of young fellows have gone out from
the institution in its half century of
existence to become useful, self-respect-
ing citizens; the management expects
that with a more favorahly located
plant and larger resourCes-which are
constantly being increased by we'll
wishing friends-the successes of the
past will be more than equaled.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1905-10-08

port three persons besides himself.
His earnings were not sufficient.
MY friend would have been glad to
marry him and continue her teaching,
but he would not consent. He was
ashamed to acknowledge to the world
that his wife had to work for money,
They were engaged for six or seven
years, finally drifted apart, and the
marriage never took place. 1t seems to
me there was more vanity than love
Or common sense in that"
with this array of evidence on the
other side one is almost moved to
question Micheet's famous dictum thar
the man is to be the Garner for both,
the woman the keeper of the home
nest. Perhaps his theory was right
when he eXpounded it. Will the world
lose great deal on account of the
wider and wider adoption of this new
sort of married life, with it's greater
equality and closer companionship be-
tween men and women who earn their
daily bread? And in the realms of
professional business may it not prove
the solution of the much veXed new
woman" problem?
Methods of marriage have good deal
to do with this, 30.
Since the old common law was re-
pealed and the new contract marriage
law came into effect in 1902 a simple
written contract signed by the man and
the woman and duly witnessed by no
tary or commissioner of deeds or others
authorized by law, suffices. The num-
Der of such marriages has greatly in
creased from year to year. This is par
ticularly true of those who under the
compulsory emigrant law claiming to
be man and wife on shipboard are re-
uuired to be remarked before landing
to prevent any possible deception. The
fee is % cents-evdently the cheapest
of all spot cash marriages.
Rev. Dr.. MacArthur's Views
The Rev. DR.. Robert Stuart MacAr-
thus, pastor of Calvary Baptist church,
in commenting on the situation, said:
Greater care should be taken in en-
tering into the marriage relation. Many
women marry with less thought than if
purchasing a hat or a dress. After an
acquaintance of a few weeks the mar
rage tie is formed and only disastrous
results can follow. Marrying thus in
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1905-10-08
Which Meier FORGOT Shall Be

Into the village of Tillicoultry there
has recently been introduced a new
feature of interest in the shape of a
donkey purchased by Tonal McTonal,
For some considerable time the ques-
ton of bestowing upon the animal a
name and description puzzled it's own
ers friends till one day McTonal an
nounced that he had hit upon "a name.
can what is it. Tonal?" was the
general inquiry
"Maxwelton," said Tonal.
"Maxwelton! Guild sakes. mon, what
ever did we select sic daft name for
the cuddy for?"
Because" said Tonal quietly, MAX
welton's brays are bonnie"-Answers.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1905-10-08

on investigation proved to be placid
COW in neighboring field.
At another time the house mother
found a group of children squatted on
the ground staring solemnly at a
newly filled-in spot of earth.
I'VE found a dead butterfly" they
explained, "and we buried it. And now
we're waiting for an angel to come up"
Varied Life
The life at the institution is varied
and interestingly strong contrast to
that in similar institutions under the
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1905-10-08

see why I couldn't keep on doing my
own work, to which / was accustomed
and which was easy for me. l was
willing to do housework as we'll as
could, if necessary. But 1 couldn't
see the necessity.
II laid the matter before Jack and
got his consent to my retaining my
position. He seemed to think it would
reflect upon him., but when l said very
positively that couldn't see how it
would reflect ON him any more to have
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1905-10-08

his wife post up books than wash
dishes he gave in. So we began mar
ried life on 1925 a month instead of
SIPS. and l assure you it's a very diff
ferent thing.
LAS for the pocketbook, we decided
that Jacks extra $25 should he put in
the bank every month to be added to
when possible but never reduced. We
would save our vacation money, insur-
ance and Injuries out of that. Then
each paws half the expenses of the
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1905-10-08

old fashioned congregate system. There
is no undue restraint, and no fences or
iron palings shut in the asylum
grounds from the open country. The
cottages are ranged about a great oval
girded by roadway, and most of the
20 cottages already built are grouped
about the northerly end of the oval. The
handsome big school house, of white
sand stone and terra Gotta brick,
stands on the western side of the oval.
Only half the children attend school
In the morning. The others are scat
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1905-10-08
Wouldn't Admit 1t

But" said the lawyer, your case
seems hopeless. 1 don't see what 1 can
do for you. You admit that you beat
your wife2"
Yes" replied the defendant. but my
wife's testimony will discount that.
She'd never admit that she was
beaten" Philadelphia Press
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1905-10-08

COLONY for neglected boys at
| N which each lad is known, not by
L a certain number, as at most in
| situations, but by his own name, so
| that he is made to feel himself to be Il
distinct entity and to count for some
thing in the world-such an institution
necessarily teaches a lesson of the i'm
portance of fostering self-respect in the
midst Of healthful surroundings when
it is question of turning the waits of
| the slums into worthy American citi-
! zens
AS healthy and self-respecting a
gathering of boys probably as one can
find in the neighborhood of a great city
anywhere these autumn days are the
three hundred children of the tenement
and street who are housed in the newly
built village of the New York Juvenile
asylum at Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. This is
the time of year when the waif is apt
to be at his worst physically, when he
is exhausted by a long summer in the
fetid atmosphere of the tenements and
the grilling streets; but the children
o. the asylum have enjoyed more than
three solid months of outdoor life amid
country surroundings. and they are
bright eyed, rosycheeked contrast to
their less fortunate little brothers of
the town.
This contrast Is a sign Of the success
of the experiment begun by the juve-
nile asylum. when. in the latter part
OF last May it moved from the building
in the upper part of Manhattan island,
which it had occupied for more than
half century, to it's country farm of
2S5 acres, on a ridge of land overlook
ing the Hudson river where the boys
are housed in pretty cottages, thirty in
a cottage, and each house is made as
homelike as possible.
A Momentous Change
The change was momentous one for
the waits, many of whom had never
seen the country before, for the child
rem that come to the asylum have
either become orphans, or been aban-
doned by their parents or, because of
parental viciousness have been flung on
the world, or, as happens occasionally,
the parents have given them into Gus
tody as incorrigibe. Their ages range
from to 16 years. The children rapidly
accepted their new surroundings with
appreciation, though at first everything
was strange and new.
e Among the more strenuous boys there
was some speculation as to the posi-
bility of bagging bears in the woods.
When the little chaps were sent out to
play they soon returned to the cottage
painting and out of breath and mani
tested disposition to stay at home. In
answer to the house mothers inquiries,
they said that they had come in be-
cause "a big wild animal was chasin'
round over there" The wild animal"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1905-10-08
Boys Working in the Gardens

tered to work of various kinds, for the
farm garden, the kitchen, the bake
shop, the laundry. the tailor shop the
printing Office and the cottages them
selves all claim their quota of hands.
Already the cooking brigade has
been at work over the breakfast in the
big community kitchen. There, under
a competent chef, the boys are initiated
into the mysteries of the culinary art.
They make good cooks, too, and most
of them like the work. All the food
cooked in this common kitchen, is
loaded in cans which are delivered at
the various cottages by wagon. Ad-
joining the kitchen is a finely appointed
bakeshop. where the youthful bakers
turn out every day for themselves and
their hungry fellows $50 loaves of bread
OF which a New England housekeeper
would not be ashamed.
In the tailor shop the sewing detail
makes all the clothes required by the
wards of the asylum, and in the print
ing Office boys get a practical knowl-
edge of typesetting and printing neces-
sary in the course of the ordinary asy-
lum work.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1905-10-08
In the Gardens

The most interesting work of all, per-
haps, is that done on che truck garden
of tenty-two acres attached to the asy-
lum. This is in charge of an expert
enced farmer, and the boys under him
have been astonishingly successful in
their agricultural attempts. Most of
them scarcely know a potato from a
turnip when they begin, but they are
quick to learn and soon become expert
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-07-06
The Duccaneers.

Originally buccaneers were peaceful
English. French and Dutch settlers III
the Spanish West Indies, and they re-
celvcd their name on account OF their
custom OF drying their meat. In the In
dian fashion. on buccan, or hurdle
The SpuniardS resented strongly the
Intrusion Of these foreigners aud made
many attempts to oust them, but the
buccaneers were hardy set Of men
and crack shots with the musket, 50
they successfully resisted all the Spun
inrds' attacks and obstinately remained
IN tie islands. Whut 1t was that caus-
ed the buccaneers to abandon their
comparatively peaceful mode OF living
and take to piracy 1t IL hard to say.
Possibly the constant harrying to
which they were subjected by the
Srhniards prompted them 10 retaliutc;
but, whatever the reason. tlleir dcpre
dhtions soon rendered the bnssagc Of
the Caribbean sea an undertaking OF
extreme danger to merchantmen, and
the word buccaneer has come down as
synonym for robbery. murder and all
the vices.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-07-06
Ca n nlbAllalll.

Polack relates an argument with q
Whangaroa chief on the subject OF can
nibalism. III do not eat my enemy
when catch him." argued the Maori,
she will not show the same self denial
when he catches me- In short, what In
nature is there that is alive that will
not eat readily OF its kind? There" !"
continued the subtle dlgnttary, point
ing to II hawk, the kuhu Will eat other
birds, and the larger species will de-
YOUR him" A hog passing by closed
the argument. Would you eat that
pigY l nodded significantly III the nf-
firmative. WELL" continued the apollo
gist for cann1baiism, "bait him and Gee
II he will refuse piece Of yourself."-
Auckland News.