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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06
Reception to 7. e. sommers.

A very pleasant social occasion was
enjoyed at the home Of I. E. Sommers
by the members Of the Young Peoples
Alliance Of the Evangelical church
last week. The evening was spent in
music and singing and a bountiful
lunch was served by the young ladies
Of the Y. P. A. Ed Schuerman pro-
vided conveyance for all.
The Sommers moved here from
Missouri recently and they are much
pleased with their beautiful Kansas
home adjoining Abilene, the beautiful
city of the plains.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06

Football in the Mud Won Over
Harrington.

The Thanksgiving football game
was played in the mud Rain fell
steadily from 10 o'clock until 2; then
it cleared and the field was in fairly
good condition. But the playing was
under difficulties. Harrington was
clearly outclassed by the Abilene high
school and the score Of 81 to 0 showed
the effect. However, the boys put up
a courageous playing and deserve
credit.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06

washington, Nov. 2S.-For the first
time in several months there was a
full attendance at the cabinet meet
ing Tuesday. A numOsr Of topics
were considered, the session being
Wotracted for almost three hours.
One Of these related to some feature
Of ths Cuban situation but no state
ment was obtained on the subject.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06
Santa Fe
sALINA BRANCH.
ABILENE's SOCIETIES.

A II. AND A. Mathematical Lodge No.
~. 06, meets first and third Monday eve
ming In each month at Masonic hall. corner
Third and Cedar. Joseph ID. Keel, W. NH.
L. WUrley, secretary; visiting brethren wei
come.
VXToMANS RELIEF CORPs-N0. 90
wv meets alternate Wednesday after.
Moons at 2:30 O'Clock In X. Of P. hall, Mrs.
Marion y. Kirk, president; Mrs. Olive J.
Peters, secretary.
D0YAL ARCH MAsoNs-Cyrus Chapter
N No. %, meets in Masonic hall on the SEQ
ond and fourth Fridays Of each month. y.
W. Morse, H. r.; Joseph q. Keel, Secretary.
TRIPLE TIE BENEVOLENT AssOCIA.
TON Abilene Council No. ~, meets on
second and fourth Thursday evenings Of
each month. Visitors welcome Albert L.
Young, president; John @. Roger secretary
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06

PROPERTIES In Utah controlled in me In
terest Of the Denver & Rio Grande
system. State Senator George N.
Lawrence Of Utah was called and the
fact was brought out that he had en-
tered Utah coal lands near Sunny
side on the advice Of men employed
by the Pleasant Valley Coal company
and that for a consideration Of 500, he
his right to q Mr.. Judson :.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06
Terrified.

You may well be terrified, when
you first suspect that you are a victim
Of chronic dyspepsia, liver or bowel
trouble. These diseases always go
from bad to worse, unless checked in
time by only safe a. d sure laxative
medicine for dyspepsia that you can
get, DR.. Caldwelps Syrup Pepsin.
Sold by all druggist at SOC and $l.OO.
Money back Il Il fails.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06
Famous Strike Breakers.

The most famous strike breakers in
the land are DR.. Kings New Life
Pills. When liver and bowels 60 ON
strike, they quickly settle the trouble
and the purifying work goes right on.
Best cure for constipation, headache
and dizziness. 26e at John n. Gleiss-
ner's drug store.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06

Bees Laxative Honey and Tar the
original laxative cough syrup acts as
q cathartic on the bowels. 1t is made
from the tar gathered from the pine
trees of our own country, therefore IL
the best for children. 1t is good fol-
coughs, colds, croop, whooping cough
etc. Try our free offer. Sold by Q.
F. Townsend druggist.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06

The new Pure Food and Drug Law
will mark it on the label Of every
Cough Cure containing Opium, Chlor-
oform, or any other supplying or
poisonous drug. But it passes DR..
Shops Cough Cure as made for 20
years, entirely free. DR.. Shoop all
along has bitterly opposed the use Of
all opiates or narcotics. DR.. Shoop's
Cough Cure is absolutely safe even
for the youngest babe and 1t cures, 1t
does not simply suppress Get safe
and reliable Cough Cure, by simply
insisting on having DR.. Shops. Let
the law be your protection. We
cheerfully recommend and sell it.
Townsend, the druggist.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06

"A dangerous surgical operation,
involving the removal Of q malignant
ulcer, as large as my hand, from my
daughters hip, was prevented by the
application Of Bucklen's Arnica Salve,''
says A. G. Stickel, Of Miletus, W. Va.
persistent use Of the Salve complete
ly cured It," Cures Cuts, Burns and
Injuries. 25c at John M. Gleissner's
drug store.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06

The story is told Of an Abilene
woman who offered $50 to anyone
curing her dyspepsia, being cured by
q SOC box Of Mona stomach tablets.
J. M. Gleissner sells Mona under
guarantee.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06

Convalescence after pneumonia ty-
phoid fever and the grip, is some
times merely apparent, not real. To
make it real and rapid, there is no
other tonic SO highly to be recon-
mended as Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Thousands SO testify. Take Hoods.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06

Don't use harsh physics. The re-
action weakens the bowels, leads to
chronic constipation. Get Doan's
Regulets. They operate easily, to- .
the stomach, cure constipation,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06
CONCORDIA TOOK 1T.
Basket Ball in Big Hall Was Very
Interesting.

The basket ball game in Agricul-
tural hall between Concordia and the
county high school, Chapman, was
enjoyed Thursday afternoon by fair
crowd. The Concordia team was
taller than Chapman and SO had an
advantage which it used to the tune
Of "A to 16.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06
Death at Detroit.

David Wear, aged 70, died at De-
troit Nov. 80, Of Bright's disease.
He leaves wife and family. He had
lived at Detroit 20 years. Funeral
Sunday at 2 p. m. at the church.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06
Ia.t Of Ynha nan.

Marysvills, Cal. Nov. 2s-Yuba Dam
once q famous mining camp, and made
famous By Bret Harris poem, is .
thing Of the past What remained Of
the old camp was destroyed BY fire
early Tuesday morning.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06

"My child was burned terribly
about the face, neck and chest. l
applied DR.. Thomas Electric Oil. The
pain ceased and the child sank into q
restful sleep. "--Mrs. Nancy M. Han
son, Hamburg, N. Y.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06
CLOSE FOR THE PACIFIC.
Live Wire Sets Fire to Hotel in
Attic.

About 6 o'clock Nov, 20, a broken
electric light wire set fire to the U. P.
hotel in the attic. Prompt work by
the fremen and some quick service
saved the hotel with a loss Of only
$500, mostly from water damage.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06

A sour stomach, bad breath, a
pasty complexion and other conse-
quences Of disordered digestion are
quickly removed by the use Of Rings
Dyspepsia Tablets. Two days treat
ment free. Sold by G. F. Townsend,
druggist.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06

II you like Coffee but dare not drink
It, try DR.. Shops Health Coffee. II
is true that real coffee does disturb the
Stomach, Heart and Kidneys. But
Dr.. Shops Health Coffee has not .
grain Of true coffee in It. Being made
from parched grains, malt, etc, Il
forms q wholesome food-like drink,
yet having the true favor Of Old java
and Mocha Coffee. Made In 4 min
ute" Call at our store for q free
sample. Sold BY BelknaP q ROemer.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06
Beat the Champion.

At live bird shoot last we k a
"champion," Charles Planke Of Chica-
go, was defeated by G. I. Estes who
took "a straight to Plank's 81.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06
shons. Cominr naolr.

Panama, Nov. 2s.-Theodors P.
shonts. chairman Of the Panama canal
commission, sailed Monday for New
York on board the steamer Colon
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06

Are you troubled with pilesp One
application Of ManZan will give you
immediate relief. Sold by G. F.
Townsend druggist.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06
WEAK STOMACH is strength.
w eneds and toned by Hoods Sar
saparilla, the medicine that cures
dyspepsia and POOR APPETITE.

ManZan relieves instantly the pain
caused by those blind, bleeding, itch
ing and protruding piles, 1t is put
up in collapsible tubes in such a way
that it can be applied where the
trouble originates, thus stopping the
pain Immediately. Try one bottle and
II you are not relieved, your money
will be refunded. Try our offer. Sold
by C. F. Townsend druggist.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06
STATE OF ONO, CRY OF ToDEDo,
LUCAS COUNTY

LUCAS OOUNTI
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that
he is senior partner Of the firm of F.
J. Cheney 6 Co., doing business in
the City Of Toledo. County and State
aforesaid, and that said lrm W II pay
the sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for eacL and every case Of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by the use Of
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK j CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9Th day Of De-
cember, A. D. 1886.
A. W. GLEASON,
(sEAL) NOTARY PUBLIC.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system.
Send for testimonials free.
FL. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, Zoe.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06

LISA well known medical fact that
pine resin is most effective In the
treatment Of diseases Of the bladder
and kidneys. Sufferers from back
ache and other troubles due to faulty
action Of the kidneys find relief in the
use Of Pine-ules. t1.00 buys so days
treatment. Sold BY C. T. Townsend
druggist
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06

Pinesalve cleanses wounds, is high
ly antiseptec, unequaled for cracked
hands. Good for cuts. Sold by G. F.
Townsend druggist.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06
For Sale

A good second hand cook stove. A
good baker. Inquire at Hodge Bros.
79-2tt2c'
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06

Hives, eczema, itch or salt rheum
sets you crazy. Can't bear the touch
Of your clothing. Doan's Ointment
cures the most obstinate cases. Why
suffer. All druggists sell it.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06

HEALTH is fully restored by tho
II great Alternative and tonic, Hoods
Sarsaparilla, and you remember the
old saying, health IS WEALTH.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06

Tines the liver, moves the bowels,
cleanses the system. Dade's Little
Liver Pills never grippe. Sold by G.
F. Towsend, druggist.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06

Can't look well, eat well or feel we'll
with impure blood feeding your body.
Keep the blood pure with Burdock
Blood Bitters. Eat simply, take ex-
ercise, keep clean and you will have a
long life.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06

Thanksgiving Offering As Usual .
Liberal One.

A good sized congregation enjoyed
the Thanksgiving services at the new
Methodist church Thanksgiving morn
ing. All the churches united in the
service and the ministers had places
on the program. The order Of the
service was:
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06

When the tip Of dogs nose is cold
and moist, that dog is not sick. A
feverish dry nose means sickness with
a dog. And SO with the human lips
Dry, cracked and colorless lips mean
ieverishness, and are as well Ill APP
pearing. To have beautiful, pink,
velvet-like lips, apply at bedtime a
coating Of DR.. Shops Green Salve.
1t will soften and heal any skin all
ment. Get free, trial box, at our
store, and be convinced. Large
nickel capped glass jars, 20 cents
Townsend, the druggist.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06

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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06
Public Sale,

Having sold my farm will sell at
public auction on my farm 8 miles
south and I mile west Of Abilene, 2
miles east and / mile north Of Acme,
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-18
THE GNU IS A PUZZLE.
It Seems to Be a Cross Between the
 Horse, Cow and Deer.

Did you ever hear of a horned horse? It is called the gnu and is native of South Africa. The gnu Is a puzzle. We have called it a horse, but it is more like COW. It really seems to be a cross between the horse, the COW and the deer. It has the head and horns of a COW, the tail, the mane and with CTS of the horse and the legs of deer. Altogether the gnu is one of the most singular creatures on earth.
 The gnu inhabits the hilly districts of South Africa, roaming all over the country in vast herds As far as trav- elers have yet penetrated it is found, and it is fortunate that it is so, for the flesh of the gnu forms excellent food. and, being very quick in their move ments, are difficult to shoot. Upon the first alarm the whole herd scamper away in single file, following leader. When seen from a distance they look like a troop of horses.
 Their speed is very great, and when first disturbed they do not exert it, but kick out their heels and begin putting at anything that comes in their way exhibiting the greatest fury. Unless hard pressed they seldom show fight, but when brought to bay they will de- fend themselves desperately. They dart forward upon their enemy with great fury, and unless he remains cool and collected he probably will not es- cape.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-18
ORIGINAL JACK HORNER.
He Really Kxisted and Got "PlanP
 ss but Was Not q Good Boy.

Jack HOrner of the Christmas pie really existed, though whether he de- served the title of good boy" is ex- ceedingly doubtful He was, however, 8 fortunate rogue.
 When Henry VIII. suppressed the mOnasteries and drove the monks from their nests the title deeds of the Abbey of Mells were demanded by the con- missioners. The abbot of Glastonbury determined that he would send them to London, and as the documents were very valuable and the road infested with thieves it was difficult to get them to the metropolis safely.
 To accomplish this end he devised a very ingenious plan. He ordered a savory pie to be made, and inside he put the documents, the finest filling pie ever had, and intrusted this dainty to lad named Homer to carry up to London to deliver safely into the hands for whom it was intended.
 But the journey was long and the day cold, and the boy was hungry, and the pie was tempting, and the chance of detection was small.
 So the boy broke off a piece of the pie and beheld a parchment within. He pulled it forth, innocent enough, won dering how it could have found it's way there tied up in pastry, and arrived in town.
 The parcel was delivered, but the title deeds of Mells abbey were miss ing
 The fact was that Jack had them in his pocket. These were the juiciest plums in the pie. Great was the rage of the commissioners and heavy the vengeance they dealt out to the monks.
 But Master Jack Horner kept his secret, and when peaceable times were restored he claimed the estates and re ceived them.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-18
Our First Savings Bank.

The first savings bank established in the United States was in Philadelphia, which opened Dec. 2, 1916. It is said that the first deposit made in this bank was the sum of 8 shillings, handed over the counter by a boy. The bank was entitled, ''The Savings Fund Society of Philadelphia. The first bank of this kind established in New York was chartered Nov. 25, 1916, and went into business July 8, 1919.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-18
A Ghost Story.

Under the date of March 6, 1906, the Annual Register tells how butcher of Stretford, in Lancashire, had disap- peared during a then recent flood and how rumors spread that an apparition had been seen near a certain local pool of water. Some gave it the form of an uncanny dog, others that of an equally mysterious man who uttered blood cur ding yells, and it was told that, even when nothing was seen, cattle refused to drink at the pond, and horses trem- bled as they passed it. At last a town meeting decided to pump the pool dry. It was done, and there, sure enough, was the butcher.-London Chronicle
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-18
BirdS' Names.

There are some odd names for game birds on the Chesapeake A small shy snipe that flies with a twittering noise is called the horsefoot snipe because of its fondness for the horsefoot or horse shoe crab. It is called also the turn stone from it's habit of overturing peb- bles in search of food. The telltale snipe bears that name because 1t al ways sounds a note of alarm at the sight of gunner. Chesapeake gunners believe that a single telltale can clear a whole region of game birds. The widgeon Is locally called the bald pate, and the willet is so called because of it's cry-will- will-willet.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-18
LINCOLN'S WIT.
That and Rfdicu1e Were His weeD.
 Ons of OGense and Defense.

Wit and ridicuIe were Lincoln's weapons of offense and defense, and he probably laughed more jury cases out of court than any other man who practiced at the bar.
 =''I once heard MT. Lincoln defend a man in Bloomington against a charge of passing counterfeit money" Vice President Stevenson told the writer. ''There was pretty clear case against the accused, but when the chief wit ness for the people took the stand he stated that his name was J. Parker Green, and Lincoln reverted to this the moment he rose to cross examine. Why J. Parker Green? What did the J. stand for? John? We'll, why didn't the witness call himself John P. Green That was his name, wasn't it? We'll, what was the reason he did not wish to be known by his right name? Did J. Parker Green have anything to con- ceal, and, if not, why did J. Parker Green part his name in that way? And so on. Of course the whole exam ination was farcical," MT. Stevenson Sdlu, OuI IAClC w as SOLlclul1S IIIO- sistibly funny in the varying tones and infections of MT. Lincoln's voice as he rang the changes upon the mans name, and at the recess the very boys in the street took it up as a slogan and shouted J. Parker Greenv all over the town. Moreover, there was something in Lincoln's way of intoning his ques- tions which made me suspicious of the witness, and to this day I have never been able to rid my mind of the absurd impression that there was something not quite right about J. Parker Green. It was all nonsense, of course; but the jury must have been affected as I was, for Green was discredited and the de fendant went free.'-Frederick Trevor Hill in Century.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-18
First Matrimonial Agency.

The title Matrimonial Agencies and Advertisements" ought to attract at tention in our time, when requests for marriage fill the journals in the form of gross or jocular and sometimes seri- ous announcements. That may seem to be a new phenomenon of modern life, yet M. Henri d'Almeras in La Revue Hebdomadaire says the real originator of this industry was one Will laume. In the last days of the empire he set up in Paris a sort of universal agency, which would supply furnished apartments, domesticS, wives and hus- bands.-Journal de St. Petersburg.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-18
NAILED TO THE CROSS.
The Two Thieves That Were Cruel
 fled With the Saviour.

The Two Thieves That Were Cruel
 fled With the Saviour.
 In nine out of ten pictures of the cru cifXiOn where Christs two companions in death are represented they are pie tured as having been fastened to the cross with thongs or cords. The ques- tiOn naturally arises, Were the thieves in reality bound to their different in- strumentS of torture while the blessed which mode of death was considered the more ignOminious-bin or nail ing? The remOteness of the event and the fact that in this case historical truth may have been sacrificed to pictorial effect make the above questions hard ones to answer. The early writers al most invariably refer to the thieves as having been nailed to the cross, while the early picture makers adhered to the general rule of representing them as having been tied or bound to their separate crosses.
 If we are to give any credence to the story of the holy Empress Helen and her reputed discovery of the three crosses in the year BPS A. D., the two thieves were nailed to their crosses in & manner similar to that observed in the crucifXion of the Saviour. This conclusion has been settled upon for this reason: When the three crosses were disinterred from the mound in which tradition said they had been buried, that upon which Christ had suffered was only distinguished from the other two by the miracles it per formed. This would certainly suffice to prove that all three of the instru- ments of torture bore similar nail marks and that the tradition of Christ being the only one nailed was not known at that time.-St Louis Repub- lie
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-18
Gentian Root.

Gentian root, often used as a tonic, is considered in many malarial coun- tries a remedy against intermittent fe- yer. Especially is this the case in Cor sica, in that section of the island near the town of Aleria, which is infested with malaria. The inhabitants recent Iy protested violently against the intro auction of quinine on the part of the medical authorities, declaring that they would not abandon the remedy which had been used among them for centuries, the gentian root, either pow dered or simply masticated.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-18
ROMAN MlLLIONAlRES.
%h0 Phea0menOn of Mammoth FOMs tunes Not e New Thing.

tunes Not e New Thing.
 While it is not very tangible con- soIation to those of us who belong to the less favored class commercially, there is at least sort of historic con- fort in knowing that the phenomenon of mammoth fortunes is not a new thing.
 A magazine writer goes back to an- cient Rome, when there were no rail- roads or trusts or corporations, and gives some figures on the individual fortunes of that day which might look attractive even to some of our modern plutocrats
 Seneca, the philosopher and author, was worth $17,5OO,OOO; Lentulus, the augur, $16,600,O00; Crassus, the pOA1- tician who formed with Caesar and Pompey the first triumvirate, had a landed estate of more than S8,OO0,0O0; the emperor Tiberius left fortune of S11SOOO,0OQ which the depraved Calig- ula got rid of in less than a year. A dozen others had possessions that ran into the millions.
 It is true that these Romans did not make these fortunes in what we would call regular commercial opera ttons. But they got the money, and they held on to it, which is about all that can safely be said of possessions that run into seven figures in any age or country.
 And, speaking of campaign contribu- tons and so forth, Julius Caesar once presented the consul Paulus with $29O,- 900 merely as token of esteem and coupled with the hope that Paulus would do the right thing in a certain political matter that was pending. The argument was effective with Paulus, and neither he nor Caesar suffered any in popularity.
 There are many things under the sun that are not new.-Omaha World. Herald.