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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-10-11
STATE TAXES REDUCED.
PRESENT ADMINISTRATION LOWERS
STATE TAKES 20 PER CENT


Tina administration OF Governor
Hoch was able this year to reduce tne
| levy Of state taxes 20 per cent al over
the state. This was made possible on
account Of the economy practiceo IN
the following ways: .,n
First. The legislature saved $4V'-
10000 in its own expenses by economy
and the cutting out Of useless en-
ployes, and although the legislature
passed moro general bills OF benent 70
the state than any other legislature In
the last twenty-five years they saved
money to the state by expediting Dus-
mess and adjourning as an early dape.
Second. This administration saved
at least $40,000.00 in the management
of the charitable institutions, which
was made possible by requiring the
board Of management to devote its en-
tire time to its duties.
Third. This administration saved
at least $40, 100000 in the cost Of public
printing. This was due to complete
change in the management OF the state
printers Office.
Fourth. This administration saved
at least 100000 in the management
Of the state live stock sanitary COM
mission by reducing the commission
from three members to one.
Fifth. This administration saved
nearly 100000 to the state in inter-
est received on state deposits under
the new depository law. 1t must also
be borne in mind that this depository
law is saving to thepeople Of the state
at least 100000 a year additional in
terest on county deposits oy allowing
the counties to hold state taxes until
actually needed by the state.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-10-11
NEVER HELPED THE COUNTRY.
William Allen White Prints an Interest
Ing Editorial Advising Support Of
Republican Ticket.

william Allen White Prints an Interest
Ing Editorial Advising Support Of
Republican Ticket.
William Allen White Of the Emporia
Gazette has given some mighty good
advice to Republicans. He advises
Republicans to vote the straight Re
publican ticket In the following strong
editorial printed in his paper:
"That looks fine on paper. 1t works out
beautifully as q theory; There Is mot q
comfortable facts are that when the DEM
ocratic party has been in power In this
state or In the nation, 1t does not enforce
the laws; 1t does not give the people pur-
er politics, and instead Of these things Il
gives them confusion, pickering and
trouble. The Democratic party In Kan
Eas no sooner gets into power than It Pc
gins to quarrel. A Democratic adminis-
tration In Kansas would set the states
clock back a dozen years. Harris might
mean well and Of course he does mean
well--but he would have to fight the
hungry horde Of office seekers who would
want to turn the state upside down to get
at the crib. He would be able to DO little
or nothing. The Democratic party as
party offers little hope for Kansas and
while here and there Democratic candi-
date who is worthier than the Republican
candidate who is opposing him, and here
and there is a place on the ticket where
for the good Of the party Republicans
should rebuke their party, yet the fact
remains that the Democratic party never
helped Kansas or the country. and a Dem
ocratic victory would be p miserable
mistake in Kansas at this time.
at IL all right to have Democratic
party. And It is all right to have 1t oper-
ated about as 1t is operated now with a
gambler at the head Of the national COM
mittee and false alarm at the head Of
the state committee. For there are many
citizens who are not moved by an appeal
to their nobler instincts, and the Demo-
cratic party bears the same relation to
good government that he'll fire and dam
nation hears to religion: 1t scares lot
Of naturally ornery citizens"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-10-11
SUSTAINED BY CARR TAYLOR.
Foregoing Freight Rate Reductions Ex-
plalned by States Attorney.

Foregoing Freight Rate Reductions Ex-
plaIned by States Attorney.
Carr W. Tayler, attorney for the
Railroad board has issued statement
showing what has been accomplished
in the way Of reduction in freight
rates under the new railroad law. On
one item alone-coal rates he says
the people of Kansas are saving 81
100000 a year. Other reductions are
also effecting big savings. He suggests
some amendments to the law to make
It even more effective. re says In all
I BIS contests with the railroads before
the board he has had the support and
warm Endorsement Of Governor Hoch
and that the Governor will urge the
next legislature to enact the neces-
sary amendments to make the law
more effective.
Mr.. Taylor's statement foIlowS:
"Since the new Law went Into effect
/ several cases have been Commenced by
the attorney for the board to reduce
rites, VIII. on hardware, groceries, paper.
enal grain. -four and salt; also a number
d .pther minor cases affecting certain To-
ealiUas, An action is also pending in the
Courts to test the constituionality OF the
new sldetrack and elevator laws. The
foregoing cases have all been tried before
the commission, The Board Of Raifroad
comnp6 ploners made an order IN each Of
nc kbnve cases reducing the rates.
"a large reduction OF the slack coal
rates was rnada fnst prior 10 the trial OF
The coal case before the board. TO H.
nfEtrate the rate from the Ffontenac
ldal Held TO Topeka was reduced from
tfl2 per ton 20 poo, a net reduction Of
&c per ton, and from the same fields Il
newton and Wichita. Kansas from sf.2s
TO slice per ton. a net reduction o. &c
per ton. Similar or larger reductions
were made and put Into eject 20 nearly
IN points IN the state usifg steam or
riack coal which includes pea and nut
coal
ri has been estimated that the saving
10 steam users IN TOPEKA and We
Alone amounts 10 approximately sos, 10
per annum and that the saving to ne
people u the Htnte auiouniS > Jgzoximate-
* 10 81. 00c. go.
IN All the contests hsvs had Tor the
reduction o. freight raics J have had the
rIppori and wnrm Enforcement o. Gov.
ernor Hoch. he has repeatedly eSpressed
rrrret 10 me G,t the lvr'sipture fasei
10 provide q roui'u-ent ND Tor &c ~.
eiorrev for the bard FOR The purpose Of
makInr nroner .invesfissfi7ns. and hiss
-ernzristd me fart that ~ atio-uey has
49,. arfiorsiv hrrdirlnnFd Tor TINT rra-
s1n IN rnniendiue with The fne,y nrT1nil-
"a ls.ri and uahie ctpdrimeuta u he
iEi.ruds
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-10-11
|TWO MILLION DOLLARS
SAVED KANSAS SHIPPERS BY
FREIGHT RATE REDUCTIONS.


saved Producers on Com
modItIes.
Within the last fifteen months the
board of railroad commissioners have
heard five important freight rate
cases, the coal case, the salt case, the
grain case, the hardware case and the
grocery case. In every case passed
upon by the board a reduction of rates
was ordered ranging from per cent
on grain to "a per cent on salt.
Coal produced in Kansas furnishes
20 per cent of the total tonnage of the
state. The total freight receipts Of
the roads of Kansas for 1904 was $780,
765, 31O.S1. A reduction Of 10 IL per
cent was made on coal which amounts
to $1,073, 663,39 annually, q saving Of
that sum to the producer and con-
sumer each year.
The grain shipped in Kansas
amounts to 20 per cent of the tonnage
of the state. A reduction of s per
cent was ordered on all grain and grain
products which amounts to 1896, 00S.OC
annually.
A reduction Of "a per cent on freight
rates on salt was ordered which Is .
saving Of $192,5S1.89 each year.
In the hardware case reduction Of
SO per cent was ordered and in the
grocery case % per cent reduction
was made which amounts IN these
two cases to $S00,00000 per annum.
The roads have taken all Of the
cases into the courts except the salt
and grocery cases and If the courts
sustain the board in the reductions
ordered the people Of the state will
save annually $2,454,249.O0, all done
by a Republican board, under a law
made by Republican legislature and
signed by a Republican Governor, q.
w Hoch.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-10-11
DEMOCRATIC ADVICE.
Missouri Democrats and The Kansas City
Star Advise Voting Straight Ticket.

Missouri Democrats and The Kansas City
Star Advise Voting Straight Ticket.
Colonel Harris and his Missouri or
gan which assumes to dictate how
Kansas Republicans shall vote, should
explain why the medicine mixed for
Kansas wouldn't be good for Missouri.
A few days ago William j. Bryan made
a speech in Kansas City in which he
appealed to Democrats to stand by
their ticket, and to vote It straight.
Governor Folk of Missouri presided,
and he plead with the Democrats to
vote for every nominee of the party.
Senator Stone was there too, and he
told the Democrats 10 vote the ticket
straight. The Kansas City Star which
is PROSECUTING for Republican votes In
Kansas for Harris Joined in the Miss
ouri chorus for the straight Democrat
ic ticket by declaring:
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-10-11
RAps JOHN sREIpENrHAL.
POpuIIst Editor says He was Party to
Sell Out In 1897.

oSU WI W toofs
Joseph Wright, editor Of the Smith
County Messenger (Populist) takes
this shot at John W. Breidenthal, for
merly a Populist leader, but now at
the head Of Q banking trust in Kan
sas:
John W. Breldenthal, who once ran
for Governor on the Populist ticket
has been seen" by the Democratic
trust managers and induced to give
out an interview endorsing Harris. We
were always loyal to Breidenthal as a
Populist and yet many Pops would not
support him when he ran for Governor
because they said he was In the Har-
ris senate sell out Of 81, and his In
terview Of last Tuesday Is the first
proof we have from John himself that
such was the case. Prudential Gull
Populism years ago, and went Into the
business Of organizing corporationsand
getting rich by the same process he
denounced In others, thus showing
that the people had him sized up right
when they refused to elect him Gov
ernor. He is now one Of the biggest
corporation managers in the state and
It Is Of course the natural thing that
be should support the leading CORPORA
ton candidate for Governor.
AS we have often repeated in these
columns, II there ID an absolutely IN
reliable. dangerous and hypocrltical
set Of politicians in Kansas. II is the
unhoiy fusion combination that took
part In the deal In 1887 that betrayed
Ropulism 70 the Democrats and sent
Harris TO the U. s. Senate and Mr..
Breidenthal gives ample evidence IN
this interview that he was 4 party 20
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-10-11

Chairman crdnainer Of the Republl-
can State Committee says the Republi-
can majority win be 20 great the
Democrats win be hopeIessly buried In
November.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-10-11
HARAIs AGAIN REFUSES.

The ENpected harria- hoeh joint pehata
Not Pulled on - Holton.
Colonel W. A. Harris got cold feet
again and as a result the Harris-Hoch
Joint debate was not pulled on At Hol-
ton Wednesday Il had been widely adj
eertiscd that the two candidates for
Governor would meet on the platform
a. Holton TO dis,uss political issues.
Harris not only declined 70 debate. but
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-10-11
FEW wosDs psssovAL.

eevsrnor Rseh oI,cusses ths Work Of
tbs Administration.
NY administration IS the property
n TIE public Il Is an open book.
S-poa Is merits as q bIsilsll adm ais.
trstloa invite tie eurutinT t,d sole.
Il The support o; nc people"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-10-11

There u much sound rcasonlna and
considerable Insight INTO corporation
0Iefhofa fur eVading laws W Gavernnr
redy's message 10 the Kansas ierisia-
inv arcjnpa nyiurfhi veto 81 ne rail-
rnad hlIl The meaFIrg was an utterly
worthless one and ttt Cove nor has dis
fircilv stated the reasons Why Il would
~ ,ssiur.ara n Would b. u'nire than no
: 4 liIrad irriniation al en- tec1uEe u would
r-siv md faffh q fr'rf hoiie and lrsd
Ven into q Useless eiIort 10 Obtain ius,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-12-20
A Woman's Complexion

1t is rank foolishness to attempt
to remove salIowness or greasines
of the skin by the use of cosmetics,
or "local" treatment, as advocated
by the "beauty doctors. The only
safe and sure way that woman can
improve her complexion is by purify
ing and enriching the blood, whict
can only be- accomplished by keeping
the liver healthy and active. The
liver is the seat of disease and blood
pollution. Green's August Flower
acts directly on the liver, cleanses
aud enriches the blosd, puriies the
complexion. 1t also cures consti
patton, blhousness, nervousness, and
induces refreshing sleep. A sing;
bottle of August Flower has been
known to cure Tie most pronounced
and distressing CASE of dyspepsia
and digestion. New trial size bottle
% cents; regular size 70 cents. a
Frost & Spies.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-12-20
TAWNEYS TORTURED FEET.
The Minnesota Representatives Early
RecoHlectioms of Christmas


RecOIlections of Christmas.
early Christmas recOllectiOns are
associated in my mind always" says
Representative James a. Tawnev Of
Minnesota, with the picture Of Il great
and beautiful church lighted in e;ery'
part with wax candles-thousandS Of
wax tapers-a supplied choir and the
strains of wonderful organ; this
picture against the background Of a
cold, black morning before sunup, Of
frozen rutty roads. of a bleak north
wind, breakfast of ginger cookies
and a pair of stiff crumplcd boots.
which made every step of, a three mile
trudge through the darkness a twinge
Of exquisite pain.
II was nine years old. My brother
was twelve, and with superior strength
and determination he overrulcd my de-
sire, due to the boots. to turn back for
home. The trouble arose from the fact
night before, and the tallow had hard
ened. 1t was necessary to suffer until
the warmth of the foot melted the tai
low and made the boots less torture
some. SO we plodded on.
"It was our first Christmas festivity
We lived on farm two miles from
Bonneouville. in Adams county, Pa,
and brother had conceived the idea of
going to mass at the Catholic church
three miles distant. For this purpose
we had risen before 3 o'clock in the
morning, had quietly abstracted some
cakes from the jar in the cellar and, as
have described. painfully l trudged
to the town and the big church.
ut seemed big to the nine-year- old
boy, and it seemed gorgeous in it's il
Elimination. Wax candles I never had
heard of, and so many | never dream
ed existed. We edged in with the
crowd and stood at the rear of the
church, and my boy eyes drank in a
scene which never has been nor prob
ably will be forgotten. 1t was won
derful, spectacular, dramatic to me-
and that picture punctuates the vista
Of past Christmas days like a striking
work of art in gallery Of vaguely re-
membered pictures. "-Pittsburg Press.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-12-20
Holly Superstition.

There are many traditions connected
with holly-one, that it is unlucky to
bring it into the house before Christ
mas eve There are two kinds of holly,
the prickly and nonprickly, and accord
ing as the holly which is brought in
for the Christmas decoration is smooth
or rough the wife or the husband will
be master. A bunch Of holly with ber-
has been used in church decoratio and
kept until the next Christmas to pro-
tect from lightning and insure lucky
year.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-12-20
Voting In Paris.

"In Paris only one-fifth of the voters
go to the polls and cast their ballots"
said an American who has lived in
Paris as a business man for several
years past. This is not because they
cannot VOTE but because they do not
care to. Everybody in the city is in
terested in politics, but when the time
to vote comes few care to go to the
polls. The man who wins is most
often the man who promises every
thing. For instance, in my district
last time a man was elected who
promised to put new shed on the
market. | know Of another deputy
who was kept in office fifteen years be-
cause he promised to add an extra sar-
dine to the daily rations of the sol
diers. There are so many soldiers that
that made big difference. They did
not get the sardine, but he continued
to promise and kept office. "-Washing-
ton Post.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-12-20
4 Christmas
Reconciliation
How Santa Claus Brought
: Peace to Two Troubled
/. Old Hearts.
Blu JOANNA SINGLE.

copyright, 1906, by P. c. Eastmentl
go HEY We're both sixty, and they
both had gray hair, and their
six children were all happily
Il married and prosperous. but
living at long distances from their par
@nts. There was money enough for
both, and both were in good health.
aBut they were both wretched. For this
state Of affairs John Bowen blamed his
wife and Mary Bowen blamed her hus-
band. 1t had all come about since they
sold the farm. three years ago. when
Will, their youngest son. had married
ana moved to Colorado with his pref
ty wife, Alice. Then the old people
had moved to town and had begun to
quarrel. Nobody, not they themselves.
knew just how it had begun, and only
MARY, the eldest daughter, had suspect
led that anything was wrong. She had
said nothing, considering silence the
better part, until something really had
Ito be done.
At last and suddenly things had
come to head. The pastor of the lit
tie church to which they belonged had
noticed that there was an I'M Christian
GOODNESS between husband and wife.
They no longer sat side by side, some
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-12-20
WHISTLER AS A TEACHER.
A Genius Who Showed Difficulty In
Importing His Knowledge.

A Genius Who Showed Difficulty In
Imparting His Knowledge.
Whistler was certainly genius, but
he showed some difficulty in imparting
his knowledge His criticisms were Of
ten fogy and uncertain, and he hard
ly ever found words in which to eX
press himself. 1t was almost an i'm
possibility to develop without becom-
ing a slave and copying him in every
way. With majority of the students
this was a dangerous method. If one
came with spark of originality it was
extinguished Immediately by the dom
mating personality of the master. He
could see art only from his own stand
point, and he insisted on all of us using
the same palette and the same brushes
as himself and on our seeing all OBJ
jects with his eyes. The result to an
ordinary outsider was ridiculously mo-
notOnouS.
| we'll remember a Frenchman who
wanted to join the class coming to
view some of the studies and then re-
marking with an amused smile 'Vous
avez beaucoup DIES petus Wheestlairsw
This was perfectly true of the major
ity, but there were few matured men
who hardly carried out Whistlers
formulas as regards the palette and
method, but who, owing to their more
independent attitude, profited much by
the misunderstanding
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-12-20
THE ART OF GIVING.
Christmas Presents IL Subject De-
handing Serious Study.

handing Serious Study.
Giving Christmas gifts is almost n
science. 1t is certainly study for one
who really wishes to give and not dis
tress and embarrass. No one is more
helpless than the woman who receives
an utterly useless and undesirable gift
She is fairly forced into falsehood and
is obliged to express gratitude which
she does not feel.
The woman who has a green parlor
and receives a blue rug, or the woman
who has q blue dining room and re-
IeiveS a set of doilieS embroidered with
purple violets, or the woman with q
salIow complexion who is given a deli
cate pink shawl, is actually made to
sin against truth. She feels, if she is
of naturally grateful and tender dis
position, that she must express thanks
which she does not feel. Then, ten
chances to one, if it is not a struggle
for her not to pass along those useless
gifts next Christmas and fairly in
volve herself in a mesh of deceit, she
goes about terrified lest by any I'M
foreseen chance the first giver should
discover the gift in the hands Of the
second recipient.
Often people are SO deluged by use
less gifts that memory fails them con-
corning the givers. Such mistakes are
likely to occur, and petty and absurd,
but no less lasting, feuds are the con-
sequence.-P Philadelphia Press.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-12-20
ANCIENT EMBALMlNG.
Not Only People but Animals Were
Mummi fi ed In Egypt.

Myrrh, which was fabulously sup
posed to be the tears Of Myrrha, who
was turned into shrub, was a plant
Of handsome appearance, with spread
ing, fernlike foliage and large umbels
Of white flowers. 1t was found princi-
pally in Arabia and Abyssinia. In
early times the perfume distilled from
it was greatly in requisition for en-
balming.
Herodotus gives a detailed account
of the ancient mode of embalming,
which is perhaps more instructive than
pleasing. After the body had under
gone much preparation, which, to spare
your feelings. will not be described, it
was filled with powdered myrrh, cassia
and other perfumes. It was then steep
ed in natron, a strong solution of soda,
for seventy days. After this it was
wrapped in bands Of fine perfumed
linen, sn,eared with aromatic gums.
Not only people were thus embalm-
ed, but the crocodiles Of Lake Moeris,
which, after their mummificatiOn, were
decorated with ornaments and jewels
and laid in one of the subterranean
passages Of the great labyrinth with
much pomp and display. The sacred
cat, ichneumOn and other cherished an
imals devoutly worshipcd by the Egyp-
tians were embalmed with scrupulous
and fanatical care. On days special to
the memory of the dead the mummies
were newly sprinkled with perfume,
incense was offered before them and
their heads anOinted with fresh Oil-in
the same spirit as we lay new blooms
upon the graves of our dead.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-12-20
The Romance OF Mistletoe.

BY the Teutons mistletOe was held
sacred to Baldur, the sun god. the son
Of Freya, the Scandinavian Venus. In
Baldur all that was beautiful, elo-
quent, wise and good was honored.
and he was the spirit OF activity, OF
joy and of light. Predicting his own
approaching death, his mother, Freya,
eXacted an oath from animals, planets
and minerals not to iljure him. The
mistletoe among the plants had been
forgotten. When this was discovered
by the treacherous HoaGer, the blind
god Of brute strength, he took q wand
Of it, and, being directed how to aim
it, the mistletoe pierced Baldur through
the heart, and he fell dead to the
ground.-BOston Traveller.