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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-08-02
CLAY CRNTER Is HAPPY.
Second Year Of Chautauqna Opens
With Crowds.

With Crowds.
The second year Of Clay Center'l
chaptauquA opened Friday evening
when 1000 people were present.
Rev. Mr.. SpringSton Of Ottawa has
charge Of the Sunday school work.
Mrs. @. B. Hoffman Of Enterprise,
Federation Of Women's Clubs; Miss
McAllister, Chicago, Indian games
for boys and girls; DR., Robinson,
Chicago, sacred literature; Mrs. St.
John, W. G. T. U. Today Senator
LaFollette spoke.
Debs speaks Tuesday.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-08-02
BETTER GET BUSY.
Kew AlIsu Law Imposes Duty on III,
UnnAtuAlized Citizan.

The new alien Law passed st the
last session Of congress will make
trouble for . good many aliens 10 this
county, unless they take out their
6oal naturalization papers 81 the next
session Of tie district court, which
viii oonvans ssPtsmber 9. The new
Law provides that "a allen shall pstI-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-08-02

ship can be issued thirty days before
any election. AZ The opening Of the
September term Of court allows a
margin Of IS days before the fan
election, . great many application are
expected for the next term.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-08-02

Stops earsche in two minutes;
toothach or pain Of burn or scald in
five minutes; hoafssneSs, one hour;
muscleache, two hours; sore throat,
twelve hourS-Dr. Thomas Electric
Oil, monarch over pain.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-08-02

Cock wanted At National hotsl.
7s.e,sls
UPtedais barber shop, ground
nooF, svsrything new, baths. w.
haP'onsiall, Rsascior bundisg.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-08-02
DOmInOes Free to Boys and Girls

II you'll tell rs the number and kind Of
live stock your papa will ship this year,
you'll get nice set Of dominoes.
Give papa's name In full.
RICE Bros, Commission Merchants,
KANSAS oITY STOCK YARDS.
l0-2m
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28
"Go-between," he repeated the wor,

"Go-between," he repeated the word
several times. 1t had a pleasant sug-
gestiveness. He smiled broadly.
Certainly! Of course, why notq
I'll write it,"
He literally fell upon pen and paper.
His tongue never could have formed
the words that followed his facile pen.
The accumulation of six months allie.
glance was laid before her eyes. The
letter was gem. The essential part
of it was that if her answer was yes.
would she, when he entered the ball
room that night, simply lay the violets
that he would send with this letter
against her face? For just second!
Hs would understand
The violets matched her eyes. He
had often said so. There was no time
to lose. He telephoned the florist to
whose Golfers he contributed.
"Oh, send a bushel!" he laughed,
happily, like a schoolboy perpetrating
a joke.
81 have note to send, deliver them
here"
The flowers arrived by a messenger
who looked like the chief emissary OF
Dan Cupid. Tom united the violet
cord, lifted out bunch of the choicest
blossoms about the size of a prize
caulihower, smiled approval, retied the
box, addressed the card and with a
generous tip to the boy started him on
his errand. Then, with a strange
peace possessing him, he awaited a
seemly hour to present himself to
learn his fate.
Only the family was present when
he arrived. The effusion of their greet
ing would have set at rest his thump-'
ing heart, could he have seen anything
but the girl, who, standing in a circle
of light made by the pink shaded lamp
on the piano, was holding the Vlolets.
With smile full upon him, she slow
" lifted the flowers and for fraction
of a second buried her face in their
sweetness.
He looked at her as Jacob looked at
Rachel when his seven years OF service
we're ended. When the chance was
given them for a moment alone, he
seized not only the chance, but, un-
mindful of possible damage to chliIon
ruffles, he likewise seized the girl.
The right words came at last. For
six months, he said, he had longed TO
tell her, and to ask her,
"But, Tom," she gasped, you
haven't yet"
Her protest was smothered, and he
lost no time in finishing what he had
to say, reaching the climax by demand
ing an early date for their wedding.
but, Tom, dear! you haven't"
Mother entered softly, in time to
hear her daughter in a strangely mut-
fled voice answer, June"
Mother was an astute woman. She
withdrew softly, but listener might
have heard her pious ejaculation:
Thank Heaven! The New Year prom
ises we'll"
The dying hours Of the old year
passed in the merriest dance the Girls
void home had ever known. The bells
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28
THE MAN WITH THE SHOVEL
There Are Millions of Him Delving
for Earth's Wealth.

1--WE sold in 1905" says a Boston
manufacturer, "35o,O0O dozen shovels
and delivered them to railroads, min
ing companies and other large users.
One might think so many shovels
would be enough for time, but this
year our sales will amount to 40O,-
900 dozen, or a little less than 5,O00,-
600 shovels."
Every phase of activity entering
into the prosperity of the country has
been commented upon until 1T would
seem that there is no feature entirely
new, yet the production of shovels,
certainly a fine index, has not been
much thought about. Five million
shovels must mean great labor in i'm
provement and preparation for new
wealth taken out of the earth. None
tary records, new showings in i'm
ports and exports, manufacturing to-
tails not before reached, and new high
bank clearings have all been consid-
cred as representative of the pros
perity now enjoyed, yet nothing could
be so truly significant as the illustra-
ton here afforded. This is the year of
the man with the shovel. Nothing
more basic could be found, and an apt
and expressive name for the period
would be the year of the 100000
shoyels ls-Minneapolis Journal.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28
The Evils of Consultation.

are many; in fact almost every Sc
rious illness has its origin in consti-
patton, and some medicines, instead of
preventing constipation, add to it..
This is true of most cathartics, which,
when first used, have a beneficial eff
feet, but the dose has to be contin-
ually increased, and before long the
remedy ceases to have the slightest
effect. There is one preparation, how
ever, that can be relied upon to pro.
duce the same results with the same
dose, even after fifty years daily
use, and this is Brandreths Pills,
which has a record Of over 100 years
as the standard remedy for constipa-
ton and all troubles arising from an
impure state Of the blood.
Brandreth's Pills are the same fine
laxative tonic pill your grandparents
used, and are for sale everywhere,
either plain or sugar-coated.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28
SQUIRRELS 40 Walters.

It has taken Fisk Goodyear Of
Burchtown, Pa, two years to train
his pet squirrels, but his efforts are
now repaid, and on Thanksgiving he
treated his friends to surprise.
Gathering half hundred or more
gray squirrels, Mr.. Goodyear taught
them to so into the woods and pick
up nuts, carrying them to his home.
On Thanksgiving night at a dinner
his guests noticed a small board run
ming from window to nut bowl.
The host gave one knock on the table
with his knife. A squirrel hoped
down the plank and dropped chest
nut into the bowl. Two raps brought
a squirrel with walnut, three knocks
a shellbark.
Finally, a grave old squirrel took
his place and cracked the nuts, wind
ing up the performance by brushing
off the crumbs with his thick bushy
tail,
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28
The Hiuhest Bridqe.

Work is now in progress on a sus-
pension bridge over the famous Roy
al gorge" of the Arkansas river, in
Colorado, at a point where the chan
mel is only so feet wide at the bottom
and 230 feet wide at the top. This
bridge will span the river 267 feet
above the surface of the water, and
will be, therefore, by far the highest
bridge in the world. The material
will be of fiat steel and steel cables,
the curved girders finding secure at
tachment in the solid sides of the can
yon. The floor of the bridge will be
Of plate glass one and one-half inches
thick, to afford visitors the pleasure
Of looking down the chasm. On each
side will be strong, high steel rail
ings. The bridge is part of an cleo.
trio railway scheme.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28
BROKE THE WILDCATS BACK.
Philadelphia Man Victorious In Hand.
to-Hand Combat.

Unarmed and alone, Thomas Dyke
was attacked by wildcat on Locust
mountain, south of Mount Carmel, Pa.
He had been in Ashland and started
to drive home His horse stepped on
a nail and he put the animal in sta
BILE.
Then he started to walk home and
was on the mountain when the cries
of wildcat alarmed him. A few
minutes later he saw the beast ten
feet in front of him. The animal
finally sprang. He jumped aside and
as the body of the cat struck the road
he leaped upon it. For several min
utes the fight between the wild ami
NAL and the man went on. At length
by a quick swing he broke the ami
mails back.
A physician dressed the several
deep scratches on his face and hands,
but otherwise he was uninjured.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28
FACE ALL BROKEN OUT.
Troubled Almost a Year-Compleklon
Now Perfect and Skin Soft,
White and Veivety.

'I had been troubled with a break
ing out on my face and arms for al
most year and had the services of
several physicians, but they didn't
seem to do any good. Some time ago
onG- of my friends recommended Cuti-
cura to me. I secured some, and after
pletely cured. can highly recon-
mend Cuticura Soap as being the very
best complexion Soap made. 1t cre-
ates perfect complexion, leaving the
skin soft, white and velvety. l now
use Cuticura Soap all the time and
recommend its use to my friends"
Maud Loggins, R. F, D. No. 1, Sylvia,
Tenn, Aug. 1, 1905.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28
One Peril of BaIlooninu.

One of the strange experiences Of
a balloonist is that of falling into "a
hole in the air." which Mr.. Rolker re-
ports as follows: $50 you continue
sailing, enjoying the present with
little thought of the startling sur
prises that may be before you. Ahead
of you, unseen, may be what the bal
loonist calls hole in the air. re-
sembling the vortex of maelstrom,
and down this you may literally fall
at rate which is terrifying until, by
sacrificing two or three bagfuls Of
sand at once, your pilot checks your
downward flight. But these holes"
are scarce, and, as a rule, the atmos-
phere is Of uniform carrying power"
American Magazine.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28

that before the New Year dawned he
would ask her. He would be a blither-
Ing fool no longer.
: rIn ask her tonight" he announced.
Her mother was giving an informal
d6nce to watch the old year out. Not
1o3s than 100 menN would be there to
brtbe the orchestra for extra selec-
Hons, or prolonged numbers, which
they would sit out, or dance, with the
lady Of his heart.
y "But," grimly, "I'll ask her. It's
quite simple"
In his steady tramp around the room
he knocked down a japanese fi-e
screen.
Fin Japan they have go-between.
That must be comfort"
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28
Fine Silver Service for Cruiser.

One thousand FIVE hundred ounces
of metal will be used in the silver SER
vice to be presented to the new ar
mored cruiser Washington by the
people Of the state after which the
ship is named. The service is COM
posed Of So pieces, and will cost s5,-
900. The chief piece is the punch
bowl, in the shape of gallot, orna-
mented with a figure representing
Triton, the trumpeter Of Neptune.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28
Good Old Times in Oregon.

Return to the good old times, y
would you? Then rise on a cold
morning and wash at the pump, pull
on a pair of rawhide boots that rival
Tin can in stiffness, pull on a wool
"a shirt over your back and sit down
10 o bare meal with your three
legged stool dancing around on slip
shod floor, eat corn pone and bacon
for steady diet and labor IA hours
out of "a. Go without a daily paper, a
fly screen, mosquito bar, a spring
mattress, a kerosene lamp; gee-haw
(your oyen to market and sit on the
Voor OF an OK cart as you wend your
Nv 10 church or frolic. Parch corn
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28
Where Lawyers Are Unpopular.

A lawyer made his appearance at
Colobar, West Africa, the other day
and a Gold Coast newspaper, noting
the fact, said 1T is very unsafe for
the people for lawyers to practice at
this place. Their appearance in this
river will soon inveigle everyone who
is not careful into litigation, and they
will feed on their folly, thereby ruin
ing them"
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28

pealed forth their welcome to the glad
New Year, and the party, grouped with
mother in the midst, waited breath
lessly
With becc ming maternal tremor In
her voice, Mrs. Griswold announced
the betrothal Of her daughter to Mr..
Thomas Wentworth.
In the still, small hours Of that New
Years morning, Tom switched on the
lights in his own room.
after all, it was not so very diff
cult" he murmured.
But just how easy it had really been
he realized when he picked up from
his desk the letter Of proposal, prop
erly sealed and addressed, but unde-
livered.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28
Saved Him.

at didn't kill me, but think it
would if it had not been for Hunts
Cure. was tired, miserable and well
nigh used up when l commenced
using it for an old and severe case Of
Eczema. One application relieved
and one box cured me.
81 believe Hunts Cure will cure any
form of itching known to mankind"
Clifton Lawrence,
.g.S Helena, o. T.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28

useless remedies, while five boxes of
Doan's Kidney Pills cured me in a few
short weeks. l am now enjoying the
best of health, have a fine appetite,
the best of digestion, and restful
sleep, all due to your splendid pills"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster -Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28
To See Husbands Statue Unveiled.

Mrs. Ellen NJ Mcclellan, widow Of
Gen. George B. Mcclellan and mother
of the mayor Of New York, has ar
rived in New York. She has been re-
siding abroad, but will remain in this
country to be present at the unveiling
in Washington next April of the me-
mortal statue of Gen. Mcclellan.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28
Rest and Sleep,

Few escape those miseries of win
ter-a bad cold, a distressing cough.
Many remedies are recommended, but
the one quickest and best Of all is
Simmons Cough Syrup. Soothing and
healing to the lungs and bronchial
passages, it stops the, cough at once
and gives you welcome rest and
peaceful sleep.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28
When money talks few Of US are
hard Of hearing.
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach
the seat Of the disease. Cstarrh Is blood cons
tutonal disease and In order to 10 you must take
internal remedies. Hairs Catarrh Cure IS taken In
ternaly and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces. Hairs Cstsrrh Cure 10 not quack med
cine 1t was prescribed by OF the best physicians
IN this country for years and Is regular prescription
1t Is composed OF the best toncs known, combined
with the best blood purifiers acting directly on the
mucous surfaces The perfect combination OF the
two ingredients Is what produces such wonderful
suits In curing catsrrh. Send for testimonials free.
F. j: CHENEY CO., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28
instantaneous Action.

81 was almost distracted by ter.
rible itching which defed all treat
ment until | obtained box Of Hunts
Cure. The first application afforded
instant and absolute relief. The one
box effected a complete cure.
ut is simply wonderful in its in.
stantaneous action"
Geo. Gilliland,
Manitou, o. T.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28
No Others.

1t is in a class to itself. 1t has no
rivals. 1t cures where others merely
relieve. For aches, pains, stiff joints,
cuts, burns, bites, etc, it is the quick
est and surest remedy ever devised.
We mean Hunts Lightning Oil.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28
Gas Enalnes on Canal Boats,

Canal boats propelled by gas en-
gines supplied from plants on the
boats which make the gas from coal,
are used in Germany. For slow boats
of moderate capacity the system
seems efficient and economical
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28
Hindoos' Day of Prayer.

In order best to influence the Brit
ish government meeting Of Hindoos
opposed to the partition of Bengal
decided the other day to observe the
anniversary of Partition Day" by
fasting, praying and bathing in the
Ganges."
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28

Gentlemen: l
heartily indorse
Doan's X i d n e y
Pills, as l have
found by personal
experience t h a t
they are an ideal
kidney remedy. l
suffered with COM
plications of kid
ney complaint for
nearly five years,
spent over sfGO on
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28
Heard on the Ccracr.

what do you intend to do, tonight,
Jack?"
"The sane thing that 7 have done
every New Years eve for tGo last ten
years"
whats .hat?"
"Swear Off, so that l can start In
fresh tomorrow"
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28

meets from shadowy porches. They
had discussed life and love in cozy
corners, but the all-important words
remained unsaid Every attempt to
Bpeak them left him in a state OF
making disgust. At last he framed q
little speech that exactly suited his
needs. During all his conscious mo-
ments, yea, most Of the unconscious
ones, he rehearsed it, with more or
less dramatic effect. Time and again
be had gone with the strength of Sam
son to present it; like Samson, he had
departed, shorn Of his strength by a
woman.
Nah, but such woman!"
B lShe had eyes like violets-big ones
It spoke volumes; but it was Ian
ye he couldn't understand, so ne
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28
rbr.. PRINCIPAL German Cities.

The three largest German cities
are Berlin, with population OF over
2,O40, 900; Hamburg, with 100000, and
Munich, with about $4,000.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28
National Pure Food and Druqs Act.

Serial No. 3Si, assigned by the Govern
ment and Guaranty that the preparations
comply in every respect with the require
ments of the Pure Food and Drugs Act,
appear on every package of the Garfield
Tea Company's preparations.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28
TRYING EXPERIENCE.
Spent Over 500 in a Vain Search for
Health.

Miss Frances Gardner, of $50 Jack
son boulevard, Chicago, ILL.,, writes:
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28

Muggins-"I hear you are having
your daughters voice cultivated"
Buggins--"Yes, I'm afraid 1t can't be
cured, so / am doing the next best
thing"
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28

Somehow a man is unable to get
the idea into his head that girl with
a dimple can be in the intellectual
class.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28

and peas for coffee and use sassafras
for tea, and see how you like it.-Ar
lington Record
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28

Ascum-"You're literary man, you
say" Woodby-"Oh, yes, do consid-
cradle writing for the papers," AS
cum-"I never noticed your name"
Woodby-"Oh, no, have several pen.
names that use; usually Constant
Reader or Pro Bono Puhlico' or Old
Subscriber
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28
Il Nezv Years
Resolution
By JANE CRAWFORD
HE dihdence OF

HE dllIlQence Ol
T h o m as Went
worth was disturb
ing to his souls
peace. For six
months he h a d
been vainly trying
to propose to
H e len Griswold.
Opportunities had
not been lacking.
Together they had
studied moonlight
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28

Anyone can dye with PUTNAM FADE
LESS DYES; no experience required ;
success guaranteed
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28

For Six Months, He Said, He Had
Longed to Tell Her-To Ask Her
continued his rehearsals. Now on the
last evening of the old year, pacing
back and forth across his room, he was
still rehearsing the speech with inter-
polations of the one New Years reso-
slution he had deemed worth while,
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28

New Year.
Every one cackles
And wrong retrieves;
This is the season
Eor fresh laid tgavsA
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28

Mrs, Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For childreA teethng softens the gums reduces IN.
nAamktleH AllAyh palm wind collie CSC bottle.
Sharp County record., 1906-12-28

A bank roll may be roll Of honor
and then again it may not.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-24
ASSESSING TAX PAYERS
Many PTopsTty Owners Asked to Attend
 Meeting Te-MonoW Evening.

The bureau of assessment has made
 bold bid to secure enough benefits
 to onset the damages arising from the
 layout of James and Clark street. and
 1T they don't find 1t the trouble will
 not pc due to lack of territory. They
 are now sending out notices for a
 nearing to all property owners south
 or Fox street, including Ben Mon
 and Grandview Heights, HIghlnn,i
 avenue to a considerable distance he
 yond the Town Plot school ani
 when the session is held 1t will Dc
 by Tar the largest gathering of rate payers ever held at n meeting of the
 Kind in Waterbury. It would take
 loo much space to cnumerate all the streets in that district to say nothing Of the number of property owners So that i'll all probability unless they are
 brought in sections the hearing will have to be held in the city hail
 So far as can be learned this is the third time property owners. not abut- ing on street were cited in to be heard regarding expenses, connect herewith, the other two cases being for Fleet and d4orlnsbnry street.
 When the latter street was being laid out property owners the full length or Southview street and on the Fleet street project people were rounded up clear out as far as Johnson street and assessed. but 1t is n question if they ever paid The city attorney takes the ground that property spec. ially benefited by public improve ment can legally be assessed. wheth- CT 1t abuts on the street where the act ual work Is being done or not. Mir Kellogg also holds that the converse of this Is true, that is that property damaged by public improvement can legally be awarded damages whether it abuts on the street where the work is being done or is some distance therefrom. The bureau of assessment is in agreement with tho city attorney on the first question, but they cannot see things from this when it comes to ques- tion of damage to neighboring prop erty. They have repeatedly rl,liculed the idea of claiming that man has any rights that they are obliged to respect SO long as the street be- ing worked, does not "touch' hin. It remains to be seen just how the Town Plot people will take to this method of doing things It may nor please everybody, hut 1t appears to be the only way that enough benefit can be secured to pay the damage to owners on James and Clark streets.