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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-06-21
WHITE sox" WERE BEATEN.
Wichita Players Could Hot Handle
AbilsnS's Swift Team. \

The Wichita white Sox" met the
usual defeat that comes to those rash
teams which tackle Manager Shsarsrs
tavincibles. Timely hiltings In the
drss and second innings; coupled with
Giles clever pitching. won the game
for the locals. Both teams Gslded
well. Especial mention is due the
Abilene bsttsry, Giles snd OommeFs,
Tor 10 clever work. Many prolss.
siOnals DO not make such Q fus' show. |
| Ing. The score BY innings;
RI nj
Wichita.."........oO0o9O g Ell
Abilene" ........6 000ls- @ 81
BattsFieS--W Wichita, Anderson, HAM
Lin and Hsstlsy; Abilene. Giles and
SOmmsrs. Umpire, Wagner Of Enter.
prise.
SHORT STOPS.
Abilene will 90 to Salina Friday to
play the Bankers Of shat place.
The "White Gox" have been On.
gagged for two games next week, Wed. .
nssdsy and Thursday. Manager +.
Shsarer has four other teams seeking !.
games here but believes the Wichita !
team the swiiteSt Of the bunch. Abb. /,
Iens wants to play only the best
ssams. =
Outside papers are reporting that n
! Central Kansas league will be formed =
With Abilene % 3 member. "Nothing III
o IT," said Mr.. shsarSr today. 1.-THE .
alAFisd ball players are not for abb n
sne We have better home players %.
I'd they make . far better attraction.
would b expensive and fer lsss
satisfactory. Abilene takes . pride
! IL home boys and IL their playing.
81 us give thsm encouragement and r
9 shs hired player job ouL"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-06-21

Rssey salad dishes, osks plates, lsa
Pots, Osisry dishes, sughr boWih hsir
rsosiysrs. STA, are among Ne hrtialss
Ths Rsstst vim ssIl ior its Saturday
altoraeoa
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-06-21
Advertised Lsttsrl

The following il the list Of IN,
claimed letters remaining IL the Abb.
Iens postonics for the week ending
June 10. 1905. Have your mail 3D.
dressed 70 your street number and II
will b. promptly dslivsrsd'
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-06-21
DomInOss Erect 10 Bows and Girls

:, q you'll tell ne the number and kind Of
no,,i zee. ~ yoar PAPA viii ship this year,
klCE BROS, Commission Merchants.
:. :. KANSAS oTTY sTooK nRps.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-04-20
ODD THINGS ABOUT WORDS,
When the Word "Lunch" Was First
Used 1t Meant q "Lump."

When the Word "Lunch" Was First
Used 1t Meant a "Lump."
A "Iunch," etymologically, is just a
lump. In the sixteenth century
"lunch of bacon" meant merely a slice
or hunk of 1t So Burns speaks Of
bread and cheese dealt about in
lunches" and Scott records that "little
Benjie was ramming huge luncheon
Of pie crust into his mouth" While in
modern times "lunch" is an abbrevia-
tion from luncheon" the latter was
originally an elongation Of "lunch." A
philologist shows how the old moon
shenk," noon drink, came to mean noon
eating, and to appear as 'nunsheon."
and the development thereafter Of
luncheon" from "lunch" was very
natural.
Curious changes Of words sometimes
take place between two languages.
Thus English has borrowed the French
"poseur" and has given to France
"snob" in trade. Frenchmen have a
way Of taking a polysyllabic word and
using half of 1t. Thus Of "steeple-
chase they have appropriated the
"steeple," and now the French sports
man speaks OF mounting steeple'
when he means to ride race over the
customary obstacles. A smoking jack
ct Is with him smoking" and Sleep
Ing car is sleeping"
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-04-20
VARIETY IN CHEWING.
Gum and Tobacco Are Not the Only
MateriaIa Utilized.


Materials UtiIized.
Gum chicle, which forms the basis of
most American chewing gums, Is by no
means the only chewing material,
though chewing gum has spread over
large portion Of the world.
Among the old fashioned the gum Of
the spruce tree is still in greater favor,
and druggists near the great spruce
belts drive thriving trade In the brown
Jumps.
Although the chIcle comes from the
tropics, 1t Is seldom used as a chewing
gum there, uncured rubber being the
fashion. In Peru "cuca," or cocoa
leaves, form the staple chew, the plant
being powerful stimulant, since from
its leaves cocaine Is extracted. In the
east the betel nut Is chewed in prefer
ence, the nut being prepared with lime.
To it might be accorded the place of
first prominence, since because Of the
congestion Of population practically
one-tenth of the human race give it
their preference.
One Of the oldest chews Is the leaden
bullet which the English soldier used
to chew before the Introduction Of the
jacketed bullets now in use. They de-
clared that 1t lessened their thirst and
to some extent deadened their hunger
OH long marches.
And then there Is tobacco.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-04-20
Lighting the Yule Log.

A custom at one time prevalent In
England and still observed in some of
the northern districts Of the old coun-
try Is that of placing aneimmense log
of wood, sometimes the root Of a great
tree, in the wide chimney place. This
log Is often called the Yule log. and It
was on Christmas eve that 1t was put
on the wide hearth. Around 1t would
gather the entire family. and their en-
trance was the occasion of a great deal
Of ceremony. There was music and re-
joicing. while the one authorized to
light 1t was obliged to have clean
hands. 1t was always lighted with q
brand left over from the leg Of the pre-
vlous year, which had been carefully
preserved for that purpose. A poet
sings of 1t in this way:
With the last yeere's brand
Light the new block. and
For good success In his spending
On your psaitries play.
That sweet luck may
Come while the log ~ attending.
The Yule log was supposed to be 4
protection against evil spirits, and II
was considered bad omen II the fre
went out before the evening was over.
The family and guests used to seat
themselves In front Of the brightly
burning fire. and many story and
merry Jest went round the happy
UouR
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-04-20
CHOCOLATE.
t Was n Luxury In This Country In
the Eighteenth Century.

was Luxury In THIS COuntry In
the Eighteenth Century.
The first newspaper notice that an
nounced the sale of cocoa and chocolate
In America read:
"Amos Track, at his house little be-
low the Bell tavern in Danvers. makes
and sells chocolate which he will war
rant to be good and takes cocoa to
grind. Those who may please to favor
him with their custom may depend up.
on being well served, and at a very
cheap rate"
This notice appeared In the Essex
Gazette of Massachusetts on the 18th
Of June, 1771, five years before the
signing of the Declaration of Independ-
ence. Despite Mr.. Trask's assurance
that his rate was cheap, chocolate was
very expensive and beyond the purse of
any but the wealthy folk. Wouldn't
they be surprised to see how generally
chocolate is sold these days in packages
as cheap as penpyf
When the Spanish soldier Cortes con-
quered Mexico In 1910 he found the
people very fond of drink called
Chocolate" This was served to the
ruler Montezuma in a cup Of solid gold.
When the Spaniards went home they
introduced this drink into their coun-
try, but 1t remained very expensive.
The secret Of its preparation was never
allowed to get out of Spain. Now 1t is
the cheapest article Of food and drink
We have.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-04-20
at was likely that way" nodded Joe.

II WuS hhely tuul why, nouueu JOc.
But father even restored the money
after awhile, all but paltry sum. He
would also have restored that, unjust
as it was, but he has been bounded
and driven till he has become des-
perate and determined. Is that wretch
to follow him to his grave"
Joe sat down on the ground and
dropped his chin on his hands and
appeared to be thinking. The girl had
put the warrant back into his hands,
and there was u sob in her throat as
she turned and entered the house. 1t
was Il quarter of an hour before she
reappeared. Joe looked up into her
face with eyes telling Of sympathy and
love, and blush came to her cheek
as she asked:
"Well, what are you going to do
about itY
"It's going-it's going to be the hard.
est thing of my life," he replied, "but
I've got to do my sworn duty. l must
do 1t or stand impeached. Girl, you
don't know
Joe" she interrupted, calling him
by that name for the first time, 81
girl knows when she is loved"
Eyes. she ought to, and you ought to
know that love you"
Il do, Joe, and 1 love you in return,
and you will break my heart If you
drag my old father to Jail. Say that
you won't do it-that you will leave
the warrant unserved."
DUTY, girl" he whispered as he rose
up and put his arms around her and
kissed her for the first time.
'"Then you will arrest him?"
He kissed her again and turned
away toward the lake, looking at the
paper In his hand through tears in his
eyes. He had not taken hundred
steps, however, before a rifle cracked,
and he pitched forward on the grass.
His horse would have dashed off at
the sudden report. but 1t was secured
by the girl.
"How did 1t come about?" asked the
doctor, who had hurried home at the
report of the rifle and found his daugh
ter standing over a wounded and un-
conscious man.
"He-he started to the lake to find
you, and II gun went OFF" replied the
girl between her sobs.
"And-and did he have any legal
paper with him I" queried the father in
a whisper
"If he had, 1t has been burned. Tell
me, father, is he fatally woundedr
mo. The bullet plowed along his
scalp.' and he will be all right in Il
week. l will load up the wagon, and
we must move on and find another
asylum"
"But the man-Mr. Taylor-Joe"
she asked.
1--WE shall take him with us. He
will need my skill and your nursing
for some days to COME"
1t was two weeks later when the
sheriff opened his eyes and saw Mollie
Davy seated near his bedside. The
old claim had been left hundred miles
behind and the abandoned cabin of a
settler had been taken possession of.
Joe Taylor had been nursed and tend
ed through fever as the wagon rolled
along.
"MollIe, take it that it was betwixt
dad and me?" he said as she saw that
he had come back to earth again.
at was, Joe," she replied. "But.
now
"BIt now it's betwixt you and me.
and as soon as I can shake myself to-
gether II. Ok things so that you won't
have to do any more moving. Thanks
dear. that you shot little too hight!
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-04-20
STOCKHOLM.
The City of II Thousand Islands and
Rocky Reefs.

From Sweden's capital an enthusias-
tic visitor writes: "The sky has an al
most Italian radiance as the sun shines
clear and bright on the glittering levels
of the lagoon that divide the new town
from the old. Across the water, on
which a fleet Of white ferryboats ply,
rises the broad front Of the palace, the
stern outline of which is relieved by the
russet glow which time has lent to the
brickwork. In front of the palace runs
a broad quay crowded with shipping,
behind which one may catch peeps Of
narrow, winding streets. with sloping
roofs and painted houses bent with
age. The square front of the palace
rises above the red and gray roofs,
seeming to command the old city. On
my right the waters narrow to swift
rushing stream, over which a stately
bridge has been thrown, uniting the
palace with the picturevl lue pile Of the
opera house, or, rather, with the broad
square In which it stands. Behind the
opera house lie broad streets of mod.
ern houses, in which there are unex-
pected glimpses of waterways crowded
with shipping.
Stockholm is built on series Of is
lands formed by Lake Malaren. 1t Is,
indeed, the city of a thousand islands
and rocky reefs, which are sown broad
cast many miles beyond the mainland,
where the lake and river join the sea.
The steamers which ply up and down
the lake afford endless excursions.
Seaward you may sail day among the
islands until you reach the long, low
reefs on which the Baltic beats.
"In spite of their cold climate the
Swedes delight in the open air. After
the indoor life of English or Amer
lean cities 1t is a great pleasure to take
ones meals out of doors, although 1t
may sometimes be necessary to dine
wrapped in an overcoat. We have
seen people dining in the Tivoli gardens
beneath awnings and umbrellas in the
rain. This habit may explain the health
and vigor of the Swedes."
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-04-20

Farmers and Others, particularly those
hvmg on the Rural Delivery routes,
should have printed stationery as well as
business men. 1t is not only more busi
ness like to send a letter with name and
address printed on the notehead and en-
velope, but it insures the return of the
etter in case it is not delivered. We
are especially well equipped to do this
class of printing and can do it promptly
and neatly We will supply $50 note
heads and 250 envelopes, extra quality,
for Sl.50, or Zoe for either one lot. This
is cheaper than you can buy the paper
and envelopes regularly at retail stores
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-04-20
Charter Notice.

Notice is hereby given that an app Icat.On
will be made to the Governor OF PENNSYLVANIA
IN the It'll day of May 1876 by W. I. Dcmarcc
y. NJ. Smith and w. f. Gosh under the act OF
entitled "An Act 10 provide for The
Incorporation and regulation OF certain corp
iratons," approved April 29th 1874, aud tile
thereto, for charter of an intcnd-
ad corporation to be called Keystone Machin-
try company; the character and object of
which is thdinanufacture and sale of patent
machines for the erection of Concrete wa lS
md the ereci ion of buildings from Concrete
md the transaction o such business as may
o have, pos-ess and enjoy all the rights. bene-
ITS and privileges of said act of assembly and
thereto.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-04-20

pointed. The doctor was free to talk,
but not about himself nor his past. He
was made welcome by the daughter,
but he could not question her as
suspect.
He called three or four times "by
accident" but after that he was
weekly visitor from choice and invita-
tion. In time he was quite ready to
acknowledge to himself that he was in
love and to hope that his feelings We're
reciprocated. He was feeding up his
courage to speak his mind when some
thing happened to make him turn pale
and set his heart to humping. AS
sheriff, he received an official document
by mail one day In which he was COM
manded to arrest one DR.. James Bird
as an embeZzler. 1t was Bird instead
Of Davy in the warrant, but the per-
sonal description fitted the man who
was living out on the prairie with his
daughter. His otfense had been COM
mitted many years before, but the COM
plainant had kept the warrant alive
and followed the embezzler's trail like
a bloodhound. The demand was that
he be arrested and securely held until
extradition papers could be secured,
and as even the locality in which he
was in hiding was pointed out the
sheriff realized that he must do his
duty If 1t broke wOman's heart
An hour after receiving the letter he
was on his way to the doctors place.
All the way out there he was hoping
that the doctor might have been given
n hint and fed or, If he had not, then
that he might have indisputable evil
dences of his innocence at hand. His
face betrayed his perturbation of mind
to the girl the instant he dismounted
at the door. She was alone, and as
she stood forth in the June sunshine
and looked up Mt him she quietly said:
"Mr. Taylor. I know your errand
here. You have come TO arrest my
father on the old charge"
"They-they have sent on this war
rant" stammered Joe, as he handed It
to her to read. But I'm hoping that
your father is far away by this time."
"He is down at the lake fishing. We
had hoped that this matter was dead
Mt last, but 1t seems that the man
desires malicious revenge. 1t says
embeZzlement."
Joe nodded his head as he looked
away over the prairie.
But 1t Is false 1t was q partner
ship business, and the other man was
seeking 70 cheat father and fell into
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-04-20
BETWIXT DAD
. AND JOE
By JOHN SEATON BLAIR
Copyright, 1sOs, by T. @. Mcclure

$EtHFp$Erp$pF$
No one around the frontier town of
Lewisburg knew much of DR.. Davy.
He had come into the locality without
ostentation, taken up claim four
miles away and built sod house, half
above and half below ground. For a
year he had dwelt there alone and had
only come into town once a fortnight
for provisions. He was called doctor
because he was a doctor, though not
seeking to ply his art, and no one was
able to say just how his title came to
be known. His next neighbor was a
mile away, and travellers who stopped
at his house for a drink of water or to
inquire the way were treated with
Bcant courtesy. There was considera-
BILE gossip about the stranger, and many
people shook their heads and whisper
ed that the officers of the law would
turn up In search of him some fine day,
but after awhile, as nothing was heard
against him, he was put down as re-
cluse and left undisturbed.
1t was year or more after DR.. Da-
vy's appearance that he came to town
one evening to meet young woman
who stepped off the train from the
east. The family resemblance was SO
marked that 1t was agreed by all that
the newcomer was his daughter. She
was hurried away as II the father fear
ed to let the townspeople get sight Of
her, but it had needed only glance to
show that she was good looking and
about twenty years Of age. Her COM
ing revived the gossip, but as she was
not seen in town during the next three
months she was in time forgotten by
all with one exception. That exception
was young Joe Taylor, who had been
made sheriff Of the county year be-
fore and who was being talked Of as a
candidate for the legislature. He had
only to accept a nomination to be elect
ed, as he was a general favorite with
all. He made it his business while
scouting the country for horse thieves
to call at the Davy cabin, and he was
the first and about the only one to see
the daughter Mollie in her own home
and to be Hospitality received by the
father.
If he had any curiosity to crafty as
IN officer Of the law he was disap-
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-04-20
OAsTo1EA.
Bears The n The Kind You Have Always Bought
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Probably nc other Of the West Indian
islands has had such checkered ca
reer as Santa Cruz. In turn 1t has be-
longed to Spain, which abandoned It:
to England and Holland jointly: to
England alone; to Spain again. which
fell upon the colonists and destroyed
or deported them all; to France, which
took 1t from Spain; to the knights Of
Malta, who received 1t as a gift from
France; to n private company Of ad-
venturers. Then 1t was resumed pos.
session Of by France. but abandoned.
so that In 1720 1t was uninhabited.
Then 1t became no mans land until
1927, when France took 1t again, and
presently sold 1t to n Danish company,
which sold it In turn to the king Of
Denmark. In 1901 England took 1t
once more, gave 1t back to Denmark,
repented and took It away again in q
few months, held 1t for eight years,
and then returned It to Denmark, which
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-04-20
A BLOW AT CORRUPTION.

The Roberts corrupt practices
act will work a revolution in the
political methods of the State. 1t
is comprehensive, drastic and
practically impossible to evade
unless candidates are willing to
commit willful and corrupt per-
jury in swearing to false state
ments with the knowledge that
their perfdy will be know to
every person with whom corrupt
dealings have been had, and that
such persons will have the power
to expose and convict whenever
their demands are not met.
Men may be willing to use
money corruptly and to lie about
it, but when compelled to sign,
swear to and file in Il public Office
an itemized statement, giving
amounts of money paid, the time
when and the name of the person
receiving the same, with Il vouch-
er for every payment exceeding
SO, knowing that the account is
subject to an official audit, in
which the candidate may he sub
jected to a searching cross-exam-
ination, be obliged to produce
papers, checks, bank accounts,
and that he cannot refuse to tes-
tify, even though his testimony
may criminate, he will be very
unwilling to use money corrupt
ly to secure nomination or cleo
ton.
Add to this the fact that every
person with whom the candidate
or his agents deal is also liable to
be summoned As a witness, and
must also divulge everything or
commit perjury for which he may
be punished, and that the penalty
for disobeying the law is prosecu-
ton, fine and Imprisonment and
loss of Office, and the case is such
that only the hardened villain or
the customary criminal would
venture on filing Il false state
ment.
The plans which the pr actical
politicians are conceiving by
which the law may be evaded will
come to grief and the inventors
to disgrace. The law was de-
manded by the people, and the
people, tired of being sold out by
the boodler at convention and
election, are in favor of enforcing
this law.
The immunity that has attend
ed violations of the bribery laws
in the past have been due to the
fact that the otlense was always
known only to the giver and the
taker, and neither could be forced
to tell. The new law meets that
situation by compelling all per-
sons to testify. If Il witness re-
fuse he will go to Jail for con-
tempt of court and be released
when he testifies and not before.
We hail the dawn of better
day in Pennsylvania politics. All
over the United States the public
attention is directed to the cor.
rupt use of money in politics and
legislative bodies. Men high in
finance and society are under in
dictment for that otfense, and in
danger of condign punishment.
1t is high time. The people can
not afford to sell themselves and
their liberties to the plutocrats.
If the corrupt use of money in
politics is not checked free govern
ununt ~ ~ ttl,1an,tfl,i ,aoaish fsopa,
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-04-20
T. w. Lee Resigns.

1t has been announced that 7. W..
Lee, general passenger agent of the
Delaware. Lackawanna and Western
railroad company, has resigned, to take
effect July /.
He will be succeeded by George A.
Cullen, the general western passenger
agent of the road, whose office now is
in Chicapo
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-04-20
Fortunate Father and Son.

| am as CERTAIN as | now live, says
Mr.. C. f. Bartholomew, Kalkaska,
Mich, that DR.. David Kennedy's S
Favorte Remedy, of Rondout, N. Y.
saved my life when | was victim of
that terrible disorder Bright's dis
ease. My son had a fever sore on his
leg; he too used Favorite Remedy
and is now we'll. All druggists S1,00;
6 bottles 50. 90.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-04-20
OASToEIA.
Bears the n The Kind You Have Always Bough
Signature st I<2zzzx
Exodus Still Continues.

Five hundred foreigners and num-
ber of English speaking miners left
Wilkes-Barre yesterday for about all
the cities of Importance in the coun-
try and others took a trip to their ma
tive land How long the exodus will
be continued cannot be determined,
but it is safe to say that great many
of the foreign settlements are being
depopulated. A car load passed through
South Danville attached to the
O'Clock passenger train.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-04-20

Few men could tell, II they were
asked. how many feet per second they
walk The average man walks four
feet second. A dog. on Its ordinary
jog, goes eight feet a second. A horse
trots twelve feet second. A reindeer,
over the ice makes twenty-six feet A
race horse makes forty-three feet A
sailing ship makes fourteen feet
Philadelphia Bulletin.