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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-20
Shall we Tan Your Hide?

The average Stock Raiser hardly
realizes the value of COW, steer and
horse hides when converted into fur
coats, robes and rugs. Get the new
illustrated catalog Of the Crosby
Tristan Fur Co., Rochester, N. Y. 1t
will be revelation 10 you, And
Grossly pays the freight"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-20

Catal1h of the nose and throat
should lead you to at least ask us Tor
Tree trial box OF Dr. Shops Catar. d
Cure. Nothing SO surely proves
merit as real, actual test and DR..
Shoop, to prove this, earnestly desires
that we let you make that test. This
creamy, Snow White healing balm,
soothes the throat and nostrils, and
quickly purifies foul or ieverish
breath. Call and investigate. Town
send, the druggist.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-20

Open your bowels and get the cold
out Of your system. Kennedy's Laxa-
tive Cough Syrup opens the bowels
and at the same time allays the in
fammation Of the mucous membrane.
Contains Honey and Tar. Drives out
the cold and stops the cough. Abso-
lutely free from any opiates. Con-
form TO the National Pure Food and
Drug Law. Pleasant to take. Sold
by Townsend, the druggist.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-20
New Cure for EniIenaH.

i'll Waterman, Of Watertown, o.,
Rural free de livery, writes: ''My
daughter, afflicted for years with
epilepsy, was cured by DR.. Kings
New Life Pills. She has not had an
attack for over two years" Best
body cleanser and life giving tonic
pills on earth. 25c at J. M. Gleiss-
ner's drug store.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-20
RAISED SALARIES
Members Of House Agreed to In
crease for Others But Not
for Themselves.
VOTE WAS YEAS IO6 NAYS 1888
Sics-President, Speaker and Cabinet ON.
GERS Would, Under the Amend
ment as Passed, Receive
$4,000 per Annum.

Washington, Dec. 15.--The House
Of Representatives was brought face
TO face Friday with the proposition
10 increase the salaries of Its own
members, senators, the vice president,
fhe speaker Of the house and mem.
bers Of the presidents cabinet, while
the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill was under consld-
GRAFTON, and while 1t passed favor
ably on the proposition as applied to
other officials, refused to make the
order for members OF either house of
congress.
Mr.. Littauer of New York, who had
given notice that he would offer the
amendments to the legislative bill
necessary to accomplish the proposed
increase Immediately secured the
floor after the previous question had
been ordered on the bill, ana pr sent
cd an amendment raising the salaries
of the vice president and the speaker
Of the house to $4,000 per annuin
each. He spoke Of the dignity Of the
position Of the speaker of the House
and said that everybody recognized
that the duties were arduous and that
the pay was unequal to the position.
< Mr.. Underwood Of Alabama said
that he was opposed to any further
increase of salaries along the line Of
legislative and executive offices He
further said he believed the salaries
OF the minor clerks Of the govern
ment should be increased on account
Of the increased cost Of living. His
contention was that salaries are paid
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-20

Bees Laxative Cough Syrup con.
tanning Honey and Tar is especially
appropriate for children. no opiates
or poisons Of any character conforms
to the conditions Of the National Pure
Food and Drug Law, June 80, 1906.
For Group, Whooping Cough, etc. II
expels Coughs and Colds by gently
the bowels. Guaranteed.
Sold BY G. F, Townsend.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-20

1t is a mistake to use violent
cathartic to open the bowels. A gen
tie movement will accomplish the
same results without causing distress
or serious consequences later. De-
Wits Little Risers are recommended.
Sold by Townsend, the druggist.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-20
ABILENE's SOCIETIES.

A +. AND A. M.-BenevoIent Lodge No
"a. 9S, meets first andthiTd Monday eve
ming in each month at Masonic hall. corner
Third and Cedar. Joseph e. Keel, W. NJ; J.
L. Worley, secretary; visiting brethren wei
come.
XTTOMAN's RELIEF CORPS-No %
Wv meets alternate Wednesday after
Moons at $50 O'Clock in X. Of p. hall, Mrs,
Marion b. Kirk, president; Mrs. olive !.
Peters, secretary.
DOYAL ARCH MAsONs-Cyrus Chapter
N No. %, meets in Masonic hall on tho SEQ.
W. Morse, II, r.; Joseph r.. Keel, Secretary.
TRIPLE TIE BENEVOLENT AssOCTA.
TON Abilene Council No. Is, meets on
second and fourth Thursday evenings o.
each month. Visitors welcome. Albeit II
Young, preaident5 John O. Rover sec etaFy
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-20

Your money refunded if after using
three-fourths az Of tube Of ManZanI
you are dissatisfied. Return the bal
ance Of the tube to your druggist, and
your money win be cheerfully re-
turned. Take advantage Of this offer.
Sold by G. F. Townsend.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-20
Long Tennessee Fight.

For twenty years W. L. Rawls, Of
Bells, Tenn, fought nasal catarrh.
He writes: "The swelling and sore
ness inside my nose was fearful, till ]
began applying Bucklen's Arnica
Salve to the sore surface; this caused
the soreness and swelling to disappear
never to return" Best salve in ex-
istence. 25c at John M. Gleissner's
drug store.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-20

Two days treatment free. Rings
Dyspepsia Tablets for impaired diges-
ton, impure breath, perfect assimila-
tion Of food, increased appetite. Do
not fail to avail yourself Of the above
offer. Sold BY c. ?. Townsend.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-20

For Ohapped and cracked hands
nothing is quite as good as an appli-
cation Of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
Put it on before going to bed, use an
old pair Of gloves and see what a
difference the morning will bring.
Sold by Townsend, the druggist.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-20

A lazy liver leads to chronic dys-
pepsia and constipation--w eakens
the whole system. Doan's Regulets
(25 cents per box) correct the liver,
tone the stomach, cure constipation.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-20

Itch! Itch! Itch!--Scratch! Scratchl
Scratch! The more you scratch the
worse the itch. Try Doan's Ointment.
1t cures piles, eczema, any skin itch
ing. All druggists sell it.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-20

It is noticeable a cold seldom comes
on when the bowels are freely open.
Neither can IL stay II they are open.
Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrnp
tastes as pleasant as maple sugar.
Free from eli opiates. Contains
Honey and Tar. Conforms 70 the
National Pure Food and Drug Law.
Sold BY Townsend, the druggist.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-20
First published in the Abilene Weekly Ile
Hector, Dec. q, lO6.l
Notice of Final Settlement.

NVVIUO VI EHW1 WuB1Io1uolI1
STATE OF KANSAS,
County OF Dickinson, So
In the Probate Court Of said county.
In the matter Of the estate Of George Ms3ar
deceased. tl
To All Creditors and Other Persons fntetl
ested in Said Estate:
You are hereby notified that at the regular
January term Of the Probate Court In and Tor
said county. to De held At the probate judfo'a
ONCE. In Abilene, In said county, on TIE tt1
day of January, 1901 being the first Monday
in said month OF January, l will make nn11
Of said estate
1874 GHoRaR r. MRYna.
Administrators.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-20
Santa Fe
SALIVA BRANCH.

All trains daily except Sunday.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15
ODD EATING CUSTOMS.

Brazilians never eat when they
drink, nor drink when they eat; and
the Tartars continually persist in pull
ing guest by the ear until he drinks.
Maldive islanders retire to the dark
est part of the houses and hang cur
tains about them, so that none Of
their fellowmen may see them at their
meal.
When they desire to show mark
of great esteem, the negroes of Ardra
drink from the same cup at the same
time, and the King of Loango used
to eat and drink in two separate
houses.
The Philippine islander will not eat
a meal alone. Whenever Filipino
finds himself without companion
with whom to share his meal, he will
abstain from eating until he has
found one
A strange custom prevails In Kam-
chtaka, where man who wishes to
entertain guest invites him into a
cabin, which is heated to an excessive
temperature, and then presses him
with food until he is in state Of tor
por. Instances of men dying at these
orgies have been known.
The Tahitians, though a naturally
sociable race, dine separately. Even
the man aud his wife do not eat to-
gehter. Each member Of the family
has his own food-basket. They take
their places about five yards apart,
and then, turning their backs to each
other, dine amid profound silence.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15
GOLF YARN BY LONCWORTH
And Kansas Story in Return by an
Enthusiast at the
Game.

Nicholas Longworth, of Ohio, is a
golf enthusiast who plays a good game,
and Victor Murdock, Of Kansas, golf
enthusiast who plays very indiffer-
ent game, when swapping stories in
the house cloakroom the other day,
says the Washington correspondent of
the Kansas City Times.
1.-The most remarkable golfer I ever
knew" said Representative Longworth,
was man out in Cincinnati, who had
passion for the game, but who COM
plicated that fervor with an appetite
for Scotch highballs that was the Won
der OF Ohio.
"His theory was that there should
be drink server ON every tee, and
he worked 1t by means of an army of
caddies. One afternoon he came in
and announced that he had renounced
the game.
What's the matter, jim? said a
friend.
"'Oh,' he said, wearily, It's no use.
give it up. Whenever l can see the
ball l can't hit 1t; and whenever /
can hit it can't see it."
Mr.. MurdOck told this one:
"Out in my town Judge Dale, Of the
district bench, is about the best golfer
in our club. One day he had a case
on trial in which several small boys
had been subpoenaed as witnesses Ad-
dressing a bright youth of about IL
summers, Judge Dale solemnly in
qCired: My boy, do you understand
the nature Of an oath?'
"'Oh, yes, sir quickly replied the
youth. I often caddied for you, SIR +"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15
TURBINE A SAVER OF COAL
Economy Effected by the New Ma
rine Engines Has Been
Amply Shown.

Though the owners and builders OF
steamships have only recently come to
realize that the turbine requires less
steam and hence less fuel than the
reciprocating engine, it is now evil
dent, says the New York Tribune, that
indications of this fact were discover
able five or six years ago. In the ex-
perience of the torpedo boat Destroy
ers Cobra and Viper, on which the
Parsons engine had it's first real trial,
there was probably no sign of econ
omy. Then came in successive years
two river boats for service on the
Clyde, the King Edward and the
Queen Alexandra, and ferry boat de-
signed to cross the English channel.
From paper read before Liver
pool engineering society few days
ago it appears that the King Edward
demonstrated it's ability to travel
farther with the same allowance Of
coal than a boat of the same size
which had paddle wheels and recipro-
eating engines. The sidewheel craft
now gets 7.73 miles out of a ton of
coal, the King Edward S.9 and the
Queen Alexandra fully miles. What
is more, the two turbines steamers
travel faster than their rival. The
difference in fuel consumption be-
tween the first channel boat having
turbines and the best paddle-wheel
steamer running on the same route
was extraordinary and it looks now
as if it was exceptional also. The
old vessel travelled more slowly than
the new one, yet it required seven per
cent. more fuel per mile.
At least two reasons can be sug-
gested for the tardiness with which
the economy of the turbine was rec
ognized In measure, no doubt, this
quality was overwhelmed by the in
crease in speed which the Parsons en-
gine made feasible. Again, there
might have been doubt about the
justice of assigning all of the gain
effected to the engine and not credit
iHg the screw propeller, which was
substituted for paddle wheels, with
any share of it. A much more sig
nificant comparison was possible when
the British admiralty tried the two
styles Of engine on cruisers having
not only the same model, displacement
and boiler capacity but also the same
mechanism for utilizing the power
generated.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15
DIES IN ATTEMPT
TO PROVE THEORY
COLORADO MAN STARvEs AS
RESULT OF STRANGE VISION.
HOPE is IMMORTAL LIFE.
Convinced That Mortal Being Can Ex-
ist Forever on This Earth, He Tries
to Find Solut:on-Succumbs
After 6O-Day Fast.

Denver, Colin & vain attempt to
win immortal life on earth by meth
cd revealed to him in a vision and
from a morbid study of the philos-
ophy of the life hereafter, Charles La
Mountain, of Arvada, died of starva-
ton after self-imposed fast OF 60
days.
The story is a most wonderful one
of the striving of human soul to
reach Immortality and a knowledge of
the after life; cropping around, study
ing, thinking, in a vain effort to ar
rive at solution.
He died in an effort to prove that
upon the human frame a new body
could be built repeatedly, after the
old one had been wasted away by
starvation. More than two months
ago he began the process of starva-
ton, and such was his iron will that
for two months he kept alive, never
tasting food, but finally nature got the
better of him. When he started he
weighed $50 pounds, and was giant
in strength and ruggedness. He
end.
According to Mrs. M. l.. Martin, the
sister, LaMountain was born 81 years
ago. At the age OF IL he enlisted and
served throughout the civil war. At
the end of the civil war he went to
Mexico, serving under Diaz and the
patriots against the invasion of the
French and Macmillan, who were
there trying to esta blish an empire.
He never returned east, but came to
Colorado and became railroad en-
gineer. He served as engineer until
the boiler of his engine exploded, near
Leadville, in the early days of the
great camp, and since that time he
has been engaged in various enter
prises, mining, sheep raising and in
venting. He retired several years ago
with money enough to keep himself,
sister, and crippled brother, whom
he has been supporting all his life.
In his everyday behavior he was al
ways normal, clear to the end, and
there seemed no trace of insanity.
His peculiar interest in the unknown
problems of life and his striving after
Immortality began at the death OF
niece and her two children many years
ago, upon whom his affections were
centered He had been an infidel, not
believing in any religion and in the
answers they give in regard to the fu-
ture life.
He began the study of everything
that promised to throw light on the
mystery" said his brother. HE read
everything, strange books on mesmer-
ism, psychology, science, weird phil
osophies of the Hindus, Egyptians, and
of all the people on earth you can
think of. 1t became passion with
him.
Some years ago he came to us in
the morning with the remark: 1t is
all right. Don't worry about Lizzie
She is better off than we are. Then
he told us story of remarkable vision.
~ was lying on the bed in my
room,' he said, when suddenly l be-
came conscious that THE real had
left the mortal body. l turned and saw
my body lying on the bed. l was a
spirit, or something | know not what.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15
BITS FOR BACHELORS.

Many men think themselves self
made who are really marriage-made.
The man who avoids matrimony on
account of the cares of welded life
rivals the wiseacre who secured him
self against corns by having his legs
amputated.
Don't marry for beauty alone. Soc
rates called beauty "a short-lived tyr
amy" and Theophrastus pronounced
it "a silent cheat" The man who
marries for beauty alone Is as silly
as the man who would buy house be-
cause it had fine flowers in the front
garden.
1t is in life as It is with kite; 1t
will not fly very high until it has a
string tying 1t down. And so the man
who is tied down by half dozen re-
sponsibilities and their mother will
make higher and stronger fight than
the bachelor who, having nothing to
keep him steady, is always floundering
in the mud.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15

HE FIRED HIS REMAINING SHOT,
shooter the hunter entered the den
and had killed five of the pups when
the mother, hearing their cries, en-
tered the den.
1t was too small for Blonde to stand
upright, so with only one cartridge in
his gun he was compelled to meetrthe
attack of the enraged mother on his
hands and knees and in darkness that
prevented his reloading his six-shoot-
er. The old wolf hesitated as she en-
tered the den, but the smell the
blood of her dead offspring and the
yelps of the pup still alive, emboldened
her to rush at the haplesS rancher and
fix her teeth in his arm.
Just as she took hold of him he fired
his remaining shot into her skull and
fortunately killed her instantly, but
er's arm, while the great body blocked
the way out of the little cavern.
After frantic efforts, using the barrel
of his six-shooter as lever, Blonde
succeeded in loosening the jaws of the
wolf and made his way into the open.
His horse, terrified by the approach
of the old wolf or the commotion in
the cave, had fled, compelling the
wounded man to walk several miles to
him home with his wounded arm,
causing intense pain and his nerves
shaken by the experience he had
passed through. Prompt medical
treatment was given him and the
wounds cauterized, and no infection by
blood poison is now feared.
The killing of six wolves with six
pistol shots is a feat never before
duplicated in this section.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15
DIETARY DICTA.

Dinner should be of lighter nature
in summer than in winter.
A quart of wheat contains more nu-
triment than a bushel Of cucumbers.
There is happy mean between eat
ing everything and being squeamish.
Two pounds of potatoes contain as
much nutriment as IS pounds Of
turnips.
Light soups, light desserts and light
meals should have the preference in
warm weather.
Vegetables and fruits are to be used
most generously at that season of the
year in which they naturally mature.
Beginning the dinner with soup il
the very best way to get the whole
system in condition for assimilatlnY
q hearty meal.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15
DIAMOND DEALERS MISTAKE
One of His Own Gems, But He
Failed to Recognize the
Sparkler.

'Will you please examine this dia-
mond," said a man who had stepped
into jewelers. shop, ''and tell me
what you think of it? If it is a good
stone, l think l will buy it."
The jeweler took the gem, which
was unset, and looked at it critically
for & moment. Then in a confidential
tone he said:
We'll, to tell you the truth, that
isn't very good stone 1t hasn't much
fire, it is badly cut, and there is some
thing here very much like a flaw"
Then he held the diamond under a mi
croscope and examined it carefully,
finally observing: mo, it isn't exactly
flaw, but l shouldn't call it a per-
pect stone. Now, ii you want some
thing really fine, here"
Excuse me-" the other man inter-
rupted. 81 don't think I'll buy dia-
mOn0 to-day. This is a diamond that
one of your assistants let me take Sat-
urday on approval. l deposited $40 on
it. Please let me have my money,
and We will declare the deal Off"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15
THE CADDY'S COMMENT.
One That Was Not Very Compliment
tary to a Professional
Player.

Walter ]. Travis, the golfer, set up
his ball, and then made half dozen
swishes at the short grass with the
driver, relates the New York Tribune.
Il am not in good form,' he said, Il
am playing like a broker we had here
last week.
This broker played once around,
making a dreadful exhibition of HIM
self. Of this, though, he was not
aware. He was doing pretty we'll for
him.
1.-THE mans caddy was an unusually
quiet, stolid lad, a boy with freckled
face quite devoid of expression.
And since the caddy never once
laughed or sneered at his bad play,
the broker took a fancy to him. And
he said at the end of the round, in
the hope of getting a compliment:
81 have been travelling for the last
six months. l am quite out of prac-
tice. That is why l am in such bad
fern to-day
"The caddy replied, calmly:
"'Then ye've played before. have
ye. sir?'"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15
CONCERNING CLOCKS.

Never allow the clock to run down.
1t responds to regular attention just
as surely as human being does and
keeps its course truly when made to
follow its endless routine.
The hands of clock should always
be turned forward. To set the hands
by reversing the right-hand motion is
to loosen delicate screws that hold
them within reach of various cog
slips.
Never allow the clock to be moved
from the position where 1t is well bal
anced. A deviation of two or three
minutes a day from the correct time
may be the result of an uneven
placing of the clock, and once it is
properly adjusted it should not be
shifted for busting or for artistic pur-
poses. This is especially true Of
clocks that have q pedulum.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15
DESPERATE ENCOUNTER
WITH SAVAGE BRUTES
Hunter Enters Wolves Den and Stays
Six Beasts with Six
Bullets.

Embar, Wyo.-C. e. Blonde, Of this
place, is under doctors care for
wounds which he received in an en-
counter which is unique in the annals
of the daring exploits Of the hunters
of the Big Horn country.
Blonde is ranchman who has suf-
fered severely from the ravages OF
wolves among his cattle, and few
weeks ago he set about Systematically
to clear his ranges of the wolves. Re-
Gently he discovered a den on a rocky
hillside in which were six half-grown
wolves. Armed only with his six
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15
TORTURED WITH ECZEMA.
Tremendous Itching Over Whole Body
Scratched Until Bled-Wonder-
full Cure by Cuticura.

LAST year / suffered with a tremendous
itching on my back, which grew worse and
worse, until it spread over the whole body
and only my face and hands were free.
For four months or so suffered torments,
and | had to scratch, scratch, scratch, until
l bled. At night when / went to bed
things got worse, and | had at times
to get up and scratch my body all over,
until l was as sore as could be, and until
suffered excruciating pains. They told
me that was suffering from eczema.
Then | made up my mind that would use
the Cuticura Remedies. l used them ac-
cording to instructions, and very soon in
deed ] was greatly relieved. l continued
until well, and now | am ready to recon-
mend the Cuticura Remedies to any one.
Mrs. Mary Metzger, Sweetwater, Okla,
June %, 1906"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15

REAL I-HAD LEFT THE MORTAL
BODY"
Impelled by some unknown and unseen
power, | left the hoase and soon felt
myself rising in the air. After awhile
we stopped. 1t was a place something
like this world of ours, only much
more beautiful. But there was no sun
there.
1--WE moved on and finally reached
the most beautiful spot that eyes have
ever seen. There were flowers and long
vistas of beautiful trees. heard music
and sweet voices 1t seemed as il all
the grand music | had ever heard was
Joined into one Away in the distance
saw a great crowd. And there I
saw Lizzie
From that time my brother became
more morbid than ever on the subject.
He was sure that the vision was real
and that he had been taken to an
other life. Finally, from his vision, he
became convinced that person can
live forever in this world, provided
only he can renew his body, and that
it was possible to leave it temporarily
and wander to the next world. He de-
veloped a theory that starvation was
necessary to get rid of the old body
and before new one could take its
place.
He began the great experiment. or
course, we knew he was just starving
himself to death. We tried in every
way to persuade nim to eat But he
was man of infiex.ble will. He kept
getting weaker, thinner and thinner,
until everybody saw that he could not
live much longer, but still he would
not eat.
He recognized his mistake few
days before the end He felt he was
going. He said then that he would
take pourishment, but he had been a