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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-07-05
The Cooperative Burial Co.
1sTEE SAFEST BURIAL co. IN EXISTENCE

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There always two assessments ahead of the appca-
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You can't possibly lose anything you insure
pany every you pay credited you and you
lapse you have credit and at any time deay
ing funeral expenses
It you nothing join, only assessment fin adj
vance,
We take 70 years old, and only those who
are in good health Children from year old and up
IA will 60 for assessment and at the death Of
child only &c IS assessed to the members.
Come in and take out policy in home institution and
we will show you of the incest lists of city and country
people who belong to the COOPERATIVE CO. you ever
saw
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-07-05

The ball game at Up. m. between
Abilene aud Manhattan was attended
by one Of the largest crowds ever at a
game In this city. The game was
one-sided, Abilene winning easily by
8 TO 2. Ma lhattan 4 hits. 8 errors;
Abilene s hits, error; batteries,
Lowe, Hoff man, Amos for the visitors;
Giles and Somner for Abilene.
The Abilene Juniors (colored) and
the Salina Juniors (colored) played a
game Of ball at the ball park at 10
O'Clock, the home Boys beating the
visitors BY score of Z to6. The
game was lively one and much en-
joyed by a iairsiSad crowd. rhe
Abilene Playe 8 are thoroughly up-to'
date.
FIREWORKS AT Nj HT.
The fam beau club did itself proud
at the display aud parade in the even
ing. The club gave its display on
Second between Cedar and Broad way;
the rockets were sent up at A street
and Spruce. Large CrowdS enjoyed
the exhibition.
BAND MUSIC WAS GOOD.
TIE band concerts by the Abilene
and Harrington bands were appreciated
by all. The Heriugton boys are good
players and they showed that they
Know how to play. The Abilene band,
II course, did ito usual excellent work.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-30
PROCLAMATION ISSUED.
The Tariff Arrangements With Spain
 Put Infn Effect.

The Tariff Arrangements With Spain
 Put Into Effect.
 Washington, Aug. 29.-The State De- partment tonight made public procla- nation by President Roosevelt, declar- ing and putting into effect on Septem- Der 1 next the new agreement as to reciprocal tariff concessions between this Government and Spain. Under the agreement American goods are to pay duty according to Spain's second tarih schedule, the rate accorded favored na- tIons in return for American conces- sions in the way of tariff reductions on wines and other Spanish imports into
 the United States.
 The Presidents proclamation dated
 August 27 accompanying which is the
 text of the agreement. follows:
 By the President of the United States of America:
 PROCLAMATION,
 Whereas. The Government of Spain has. by royal decree, taking effect Sep tember 1, 1908, extended to the products and manufactures of the United states 1 the rates of duty now fixed in the sacond ar minimum column of the Span l ish tariff and has made applicable to the United States every decrease or duty accorded by Spain by law ana Tn the commercial pacts now made, or
 which in future shall be made witn other nations (exception being mace only of the special advantages conced- ed to PortugaD by which action, Tn the judgment of the President, reciprocai and equivalent concessions are eStap- lished in favor of the said products and that first of the United States. Now. therefore, be 1t known that l,
 Theodore Roosevelt, President of the limited States of America, acting un- der authority conferred by the third section of the Act of the United States approved July 24, 1897, do hereby sus- pend during the continuance in force of the said concessions by the GoVern- ment of Spain, the imposition and col lection of the duties imposed by the first section of said act upon the ar ticles hereinafter specified, being the products of the soil or industry oI Spain: and do declare in place thereoI l the following rates of duty provided | in the third section of said act to be
 in force and effect on and after sep tember 1. 1906, of which the officers | and citizens of the United States will take due notice. namely:
 l Upon argots or crude tartar, or wine | lees crude, per cent. ad Valorem; upon | brandies or other spirits manufactured or distilled from grain or other ma l terials, $1.75 per proof gallon; upon still wines and vermuth in casks. S5 | cents per gallon; in bottles or jugs per | case of one dozen bottles or jugs con l taining each not more than one quar- | and more than one pint, or twenty-1oul
 bottles or jugs containing each not
 more than one pint. SIPS per case, and any excess beyond these quantities found in such bottles or jugs shall be
 subject to a duty of cents per pint
 or fractional part thereof. but no sep arate or additional duty shall be as- | sessed upon the bottles or jugs. Upon
 paintings in oil or water colors, pas
 tels, pen and ink drawings and statuary Is per centum ad valorem.
 Theodore Roosevelt. l By the President
 l Alvey A. Adee.
 Acting Secretary of State,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-30

be safe. For the first time since tns break she felt happy as she came ooWn the stairs the morning after her arrl- val
 The boat had been becalmed and she had arrived late, but the fresh morn ing air was a temptation. and she ran down the stairs just as the servants were opening the house.
 Out on the piazza she paused mo- ment to observe a blue-coated back, snen she advanced with an air of care lessness and made for the opposite end of the porch.
 At the sound of the, steps the man sprang up and she gave scream as 10 recognized Campden.
 ''T did not know that you were to ome.' he began, as he approached her T just met the Harrises. and was not aware that they knew you"
 They are very old friends" she said. roldly. T used tS go to college with Irs. Harris"
 That's nice" he observed. conven- tionally. But sec here. Nab, if we are going to be fellow guests for few days. won't ypu please tell me what all hc row was about?'
 ''You should know" she said, se- verely.
 T should" he confessed. but I don't All l know is that you ran up to town for a week. When you came back to the beach you asked me to confess my sins and when I said had nothing to confess except the self evident fact that I had shaved off my moustache you made that the excuse for breaking the engagement"
 For moment Mabel paused. then de- sire for the truth overcome her re- serve. T wanted to see if you would tell me the truth" she explained. When I went away you promised to tell me if you had misbehaved. You got into some love making scrape and never told me word about it."
 50 that's 1t, Is it?' he asked You want to know why I kissed Beth Con- nors on the piazza"
 ''I see you realize at last what the offense was"
 T did not know until just this mo- ment that you knew Nettle Praden. She and Mrs. Harris were school mates; so were you. You must all have known each other. Miss Braden was a Western girl and I never supposed you had met her"
 T don't see where Miss Braden fig ures in this story" she said severely. T believe 1t concerns Miss Connors."
 Kettle Braden is the heroine" he ex- plained. The Connors person is just the villianess- Promise never to tell ?''
 No. shall make no promise"
 Very we'll" he said. If you don't care. that puts things in a different light" He had half turned away when hand was lightly laid upon his arm.
 Please go on," said Mabel penitent- ly. You know I care shall not tell"
 You know Miss Braden came the day after you came up town?" he be- gan, leaning comfortably against the railing. She was awfuIly in love with Dick Harrington. I used 10 chum with Dick a little when I was out West and I sort of pitied him Miss Braden i was awfully jealous and SO Iovev- dovey that the whole piazza was laugh ing.
 You know what a little mischief that Connors girl is? Well. the night of tho hop she ran into Dick on the piazza just alongside of an open win dow Just because she knew that Miss Braden was on the other side of the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-30
DEATH OF ENGINEER
B. E. BLACKMAN sUCCUMBs Tt
 PARALyTIC STROKE.
stricken First While in Engine Cab on Road--In Employment of Atlantic Coast Line Railway
 Many Years.

R R Rlackman is dead. The big hearted, genial engineer of the Atlantic l Coast Line Railway, who was stricken ;.with paralysis on his engine on the af- lAernoon of August II, ten miles north lof Troy, and who. in that condition, | managed his engine for ten miles pe- | fore being discovered by his fireman. breathed his last at 10;30 o'clock at I his home, 35 South Holt Street, last i night.
 When first stricken, it was thought by his physicians that he would recover, and their expectations were realized to | the extent that he recovered conscious ness and talked freely to his family and | friends. On Tuesday, he suffered Il slight stroke, whiOn, on Saturday, was followed by a severe one. He lapsedt | into unconsciousness, from which he never recovered.
 l Renjamin Birdsong Blackman was | born forty-f five years ago at Athens, Ga | When 19 years of age. he came 10 Montgomery to work for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. After about III years spent in the service of that company, he went to work for the At liantic Coast Line. at that time the Plant System. Since then he has never | left the employment of the company. He was one of the best-kpawn and most popular engineers of the division | or which he worked. His regular run was on passenger trains, but on the day he was stricken. he was on Il | freight train.
 l Nineteen years ago he married MISS Edna Norton of Georgia, who. With their five children, survives him. or I the children two are boys and three girls. The boys are Ben Blackman and Charley Blackman. The girls are Alice Blackman, May Blackman and little 7-weeks-old Willie Norton Blackman. He is also survived by his mother. Mrs. Sarah Blackman of Atlanta, Ga, who is so years of age. Three brothers survive him, w. $. Blackman Of Mont gomery, James el. Blackman of Atlanta and Charles Blackman of Atlanta
 MT. Blackman had for many years
 been a devoted member of the Clayton
 Street Baptist Church. He was a
 member of Magnolia Camp, No z.
 Woodmen of the World, and of Andrew
 Jackson Lodge of the Masonic order
 For years he had been one Of the most
 prominent members of the Dfuision No
 332, Brotherhood of Locomtive En-
 gineers In that order he was, possi.
 ply, at his best. for he was every ready
 willing and active in any movement
 which made for the betterment of the
 conditions of the engineer. His two
 brothers from Atlanta came to Mont gomery at the time he was stricken,
 and were with him at the time of his death.
 The funeral will be held at the CIay-
 ton Street Baptist Church at 4.So o'clock this afternoon. Rev. J. w. O'aara, the pastor, will oficiate. At the grave the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will hold their services, as will also the Masons. Interment will be made at Oakwood.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-30

window she kissed him with a smack that could be heard a block away.
 Dick saw that she saw, but like the wise boy he is he never let on. In- stead. he hunted me up and got me to go upstairs and shave. We looked so much alike that when Miss Braden ac- cused him of flirting he blamed it on me. It would never do to tell her that it was all done out of devilment, you know, just because she had been so mushy. She never would believe that thought you never would find out. bet she knew of our engagement and sat right down to write you. Did she?'
 Mabel nodded. She thought she was doing a kindness" she defended. You see she knew we were engag- ed"
 And that was what you wanted me to confess when you urged me so?" he laughed. T shall have to tell Dick the trouble he got me into"
 Don't you dare" she pleaded. Promise you won't"
 "On conditions" he offered.
 "Well?" she asked.
 First" he began. that you promise never to be jealous again" "T promise" she agreed.
 That you take back the ring you gave me the other day and promise to keep it on this time until I add to 1t a wedding ring"
 She stretched out her hand in an | swer.
 "There is a third condition" he in- sisted
 That you give me what I did not get from Betha Connors,' he teaser, as he bent his head to her lips.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-30
THE DIVORCE CONGRESS.
Irn,form Statute will Be Submitted
 tn If.

to It.
 St. Paul, Aug 20.-When the Dl- vorce Congress" meets in Philadelpnla November 12, 1t will have submitted to if A uniform statute relating to the annulment of marriage and the grant ing of divorces. The subcommittee oI The full Committee on Resolution mas nrenared an act which, when revised, viii probably meet with the approVal of the 'Divorce Congress-, ana later be submitted to Congress
 While this question has nothing lo do with the American Bar Assoclatlo H. there are so many members or Iie Committee on Resolutions or the Dl- yorce Congress attending the meeti"S of the association here that meetlns of the subcommittee was helu. 's ne full committee will meet Saturuay morning and then the bill will prob ably be approved for suomissloh to Congress at Philadelphia.
 The subcommittee took up the pro nosed bill section by section. Ihe most important change was establishing the age of consent when either male or female may legally enter the marriage relation at 16 years for the remaIe ana Is years for the male. Article II of the act briehy deIheS divorce as being of two kinds; DlVorce from the bonds of marriage ana dl- vorce from bed and board. me sup committee passed this without cnanse'
 Article III defines Article II and over the nhraseology of this article there was much discussion, the Idea being to make the law as brief as possible. When | the committee adjourned. but little headway had been made with the act
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-30

of the band and their chief Back Nur- ber" Budd became anxious over the disappearance and long absence of his son, so one morning more than week ago he told his story to Magistrate Smith in the Long Island City Police Court A warrant was issued for young Budd's arrest. charging him with run ming away from home. Court Officer William Dunn two or three days ago got an inkling of young Budd's where abouts When the entire neighborhood in the vicinity of Burdens woods be- gan complaining of petty depredations Dunn said to himself: "I've got 'em."
 Towering about the woods for some time yesterday he tracked the urchin through the underbrush and dropped in on the Avengers camp. The little band was taken by surprise. Young Budd was placed under arrest and his faithless allies scampered home to make their peace with weeping mothers and angry fathers. That the band did not want for stirring literature was demon" strated by the library that Dunn pro- duced in court yesterday morning as part of the proceeds of the raid. Among the collection were, Young Wild vests Dash to Deadwood; or, Arietta and the Kidnappers." "The Liberty Boys Gallant Charge, or The Bayonet Fight at Old Tappan." "The Liberty Boys Allies, or, Young But Danger ous." and "The Liberty Boys Gloomy Time. or, It's Darkest Before the Dawn"
 There was some talk of turning the boy over to the Gerry Society. but as the ex-chief appeared thoroughly sub dued and his father promised the court to hold a long and stirring interview with his wayward son in the wood shed. Magistrate Smith finally consent ed to let the boy go. It is probable that there were quite number of in- terviews in many woodsheds in the neiEhborhood of Burdens woods since the breaking up of the Boy Avengers camU.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-30
CAMPDEW'S SHAVE
BY FRANK PowNALL.

.ssurelv you are not going to break our engagement just because l shaved .off my mustache?" pleaded Campoen' fs.That isn't just fair. you know. l can grow one again in few weeks. Don spoil a lifetime"
 Its not so much the loss of the mus aache," said Mabel Devant You should know what I mean. though Of course you will pretend to be ignorant. l hate duplicity."
 s'Oh, what a tangled web we weave" he quoted You don't mind telling me what particular sin you have 1 found out in me, do you? I admit tha' < I did buy some candy for Miss Tray CTS, if that's what you Are making all this talk about I might add in self defence that it's the littlest Miss Trav- CTS; she's five, I believe"
 ! If you are going to indulge in such brutal joking I shall say nothing furth- i er," said Miss Devant, haughtily. have been singularly patient. If you onIy had confessed I should have had no more to say As it is, I can see nothing in your conduct for which ] lcan find the slightest excuse"
 "But see here. Mab." he persisted. T haven't been doing anything. I haven't murdered a man for at least week land my last bank robbery is two Y months DaCK. 1GGl lIdl l iloNC clean slate so far as this last unhap- nv week Is concerned, and yet yor come back from town and want me to confess to a calendar of crimes on the argument that good husband should tell his wife everything. don't admit that argument but all th' same if you'll give me a clew tc the sort of crime you want me to confess to I'll try to think up something"
 Mabel turned on her heel and walk ed off It was not very straight nor steady tread, but she held hel head high and tried to keep back thu tears until she reached her room. Sh' succeeded until the elevator left hei at her floor then she ran down th' corridor, the picture of woe.
 When she finally recovered her com posture and went down to dinner ther' was no Harry Campden waiting fol her in the hall. Instead she ran into Nettie Braden, who appeared to hav' been waiting for her and who led heI our on the almost deserted piazza.
 T think it's a shame" began Mis- Braden. That awful man packed ul his things and went to town on thu afternoon train"
 Harry" asked Miss Devant. compre shendingly.
 Miss Braden nodded.
 without even d good by" she ad mitted. T think it's just too terrible Come in and have dinner and forge that such a horrid man ever lived"
 'T don't feel hungry" declared Mabel blinking back the tears and seeking her room for the second time.
 The next few days were as miser able for her as they were for Campder up in town. He and Mabel were |, have been married in October, ant while he puzzled his brain for som explanation of the mystery she took re fuge in a woman's comfort and wen about the beach with an ever-ready handkerchief
 The Harrises were giving hous, party through September. and Mabe accepted their invitation because sh, knew that they were not acquainted swith Harry. and that there she wouIc
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-30
HOLD FIRST PRAYER MEETING
 IN Y. M. (. A. BUILDING

This band of young men," he said. have met regularly since March 13. 1905 Since that time they have met at 6:30 o'clock in the afternoon of each day and spent a half hour in prayer service The men who taEe part arc among the most successful young bus- mess men of Montgomery. There has never before been a religious meeting held in Montgomery for that length of time without intermisston. There has never been a day since they began that these young men. have not met in prayer, the attendance ranging from ten to thirty. For several months the meetings have been held in the edito- rial rooms of the old Advertiser office on South Perry Street."
 The work on the handsome new build ing is progressing rapidly. The roof is practically completed. The third floor, on which are located twenty bed rooms, is ready for the plasterers. The plumbing work is up with the carpen~ ter work and the electricians have the building wired. If no further delay oc- CUTS the building will be completed in the stipulated time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-30

The first meeting in the Young Mems Christian Association Building on the corner of Washington Avenue and South McDonough Street, was held last night, the occasion being the daily prayer meeting which for several months has been conducted by mem bers of the Young Mems Christian As- sociation.
 The odds and ends of building ma- terial were cleared from room on the second floor of the building and chairs were arranged. a table provided and L. D. Dix, secretary of the Association, led the meeting. Mir Dix has moved a portion of his belongings to the new building and expects to be temporarily established in the directors room on the first floor of the building in a few days. He is waiting on the hanging of windows and doors to the room which he will occupy before he removes his desk from his old quarters at the Com mercial Club rooms on Bibb Street.
 When seen yesterday afternoon Mir Dix was busily engaged in getting things in readiness for the prayer meeting last night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-30

der and then the other according to the direction of the game; how much more deftly might surgeon perform opera tions if he could cut and sew with both hands; and in case of the losa of either one of them how much in- convenience would the ambidextroue person avoid. There seems to txist e prejudice against permitting a child to use it's left hand for many things and reproof Is frequently given when 1t takes the pen or pencil with that member. Yet there is no reason why 1t could not be taught to write with both hands. We use interchangeably other complementary members of the body. sue has the eyes. the ears, the feet, why not the hands?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-30
Fish thnt shoot.
Harper's Weekly.

Harpers Weekly.
 An official of the United States Fish Commission. in speaking of oddities which may be observed in the habits oF sealed water dwellers, recently said:
 ''Of course. no one now believes the old story of the porcupine being able
 tc shoot his quills,. and few would be- lieve it if told that there are snme fish that obtain a large portion nf their
 food by shooting but but this last is the truth. One of these is the toxotc, fish in the rivers of Malaysia It is
 known as the archer, or spittingf fish. Although aquatic the toxota has a
 taste for winged insects. When 1t sees ar insect upon an overhanginS branch
 it approaches as near as may be, fills its mouth with water, and then closing his gills. raises its snout above the sur
 face and shoots long thread nf water at the insect. The toxote rarely misses
 it's aim, and the game is washed on the lead and into the river, Tn Java many people preserve the toxote in aquariums. obtaining cousid- erable amusement from watching 1t shoot at the flies that come within range.
 Another of the shooting fish Is the chelinous. which uses a jet of Salt wa ter but which is far less expert than the toXote."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-30
We should Be AmbidextrOus.

Pathnnder.
 How seldom do we see a person who can use his hands 'iuterchangeably and with equal ease. In most eases the left hand is a mere helper of the right and rarely or never takes the initia- tive. It is strange that the nations of the earth should grow up and keep this left hand subord .Nate, for those persons that are "left-handed" demonstrate that that member is as able to take the lead as the right hand. Yet in the field We see the majority of hunters throw the gun to the right shoulder, the printer picks up the type with his right. while the left hand merely holds the setting stick" and the bookkeeper holds the pen almost invariably in the right hand In some countries societies for the promotion of ambidexetity have been formed, and they would accomplish a noble aim If they could bring those in charge of children to teach them to use both hands for doing the same thing. A child if taught from infancy ought to be able to do many things with equal facility with either hand Weariness in long continued writing could be greatly alleviated, the hunter could throw hls gun first to one shoul.