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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-03-26

While, coming up from Enterpris'
lats Tuesday afternoon. James 4.
Speer and !. W, Farley, driving !
livery team, we're spilled iDiihe ditch.
MIR. Sperr suffered fracture q his
right arm near the shoulder and Mr..
Farley was rendered unconscious for
several hours. II was late in the
night before he recovered. It Is be-
lieved that be will not suffer serious
injury.
About three miles east Of the city
the team met an automobile and as i
came alongside suddenly shiedto the
ditch, overturning the buggy. The
men were thrown out and The team
ran for few hundred feet and then
stopped. The driver Of the car
stopped and helped straighten out The
team. w. H. Kinney came along
from the east just then in his car and
brought the injured men to this city.
The team is one that meets cars
dozens Of times day and was not
supposed to be scary.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-03-26
RECENT EXHIBITIONS.

Harry Yates. one Of Abilene's
bright young men. is making good in
the Rock Island shops at Harrington
and has a responsible position.
The many friends Of Represents
tive Creech viii be glad to know that
be is practically well again and is At
tending 10 business every day a.
usual.
Nv. A. kaufman writes from
coaeyvills renewing bis subscription
and saysi "You might come down
and zee US. We could show you 8 good
Hne.p
LIS. niH. shs llFsrymsn, Zen 81
. load Of bay af the Santa Fs irsighl
Yar1l tia silsrnoo1 snd broks on
"a ahtE1 ~ ankia 81 : Fsl1'r1
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-03-26
SETTLING IT'S AFFAIRS.
Security Mill Case Being Closed
Up Now.

Trustee G. c. Wyandt today WAS q
Salina making report in the bari
ruptcy court in the Security M
case. The matter is being closed IN
The tosal receipts have been s22. 0OU.
Dividends amounting to 10 per CELL
have been declared and a final div
dend Of Z o 8 per cent will he d..
clared soon. Mr.. Wyandt has re-
ceived many compliments for his ex-
cellent and bus nesslke management
of the affair, securing for the credi-
tors all that was possible.
Attorneys H. L. Humphrey and G.
S Crawford. representing creditors,
also attended the hearing Of the case.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-03-26

exciting experience the other day.
She was riding Der pony at a gallop
on Second street and turning into
Spruce street by C. c. wyandt's Office
when the pony slipped and fell on the
the crossing. The bride broke and
Miss Mary was thrown but suffered
no serious injury.
Junction City Union: c. G.
Reiber. who for the past Eve years
has been in charge Of the implement
department for the Waters Hardware
Company. has accepted . position
with the International Harvester
Company and win leave THURSDAY 10
take bis position. M. Reibsr win
hays hires counties, Dickinson. Geary
ard Clay. sad vim handle Ek,ollnscn en-
rlas1 and ihrs,hl1E u.chIn., NJ
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-03-26
along nIoeIy.

along nicely.
Letters from Big Timber. Mont,
say that the Aliens. formerly Of abb
lene, lost their home and all It's con.
tents in Sundays fire. the loss being
about $4,000 above the insurance
TO Anxious Inquirer. No, this
dust storm win not give you brain.
storm. Put on goggles. stick q clothes
pin on your nose, keep your mouth
shnt and you win scarcely notice IT.
--Home-Ruls. Ex-senator Burtont
paper. Is to merged with the sallnl
Union and viii Be . part Of the week
y Issue Of that paper. The history
Of M. Brrton's ease IL beck form Il
Ia iss second odiuon and selling
steadily.
Nis NAY E'i Hobs,n hnd a
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-03-26
ABOUT PEOPLE.
F. W. Karl was in from Detroit.

+. W. Karl was in from Detroit.
Fred Ryi was 10 from jefferson.
Editor W. L. Olson was down from
Solomon.
7. D. Jones, one Of southwest Dick
inson's leading farmers, was IN town.
w. A. Murphy, one Of Hayes town
ships haPpiest young farmers, vas :
visitor to the REFLECTOR.
B.F. Green and Y. Hsikes. two AZ
Industrys wide awake young msn.
we're In town and called on he RI.
FLEcroR
Mrs J. o. sesion returned iron
Pennsylvania Saturday niakt "a
calls tbs psrt Of Ksngis lhs fi.Ir a
Amaries ~ The uhols r1rf.oe n e.rit
ron Henn1TlF1nis sfluri b 1e llinx
e mad ant Eal.1.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-03-26
NEW PASTOR HERE.
Rev. j b, Tobias and Rev. D
Swart to Go to Kansas City.

The annual Conferences ri the Evan.
gelical church which had its session
at Holton, Kas., appointed Rev. B. H,
Hobbs pastor d. the Evangelical
church at Abilene, it M y
Rev. j. H, Tobias was appointed
conference evangelist and will live
in Kansas City, Mo. go ite
Rev. A. Solt Of Hiawatha was new
" elected presiding elder Of Abilene
district and will occupy the district
house 21O East 4th street Of this
place. Fse9 as "a
Rev. D. swart, presiding elder Of
Abilene district the past four years,
was reelected presiding elder and
placed on Kansas City district with
headquarters at Kansas City, Mo-. to
which he will move in the early part
of next week.
The Kansas conference Of the Evan
gelicj association had very pros
porous year. Better salaries were
paid the preachers than ever before.
A number Of parsonages and churches
were built and twenty thousand dol
lars were raised for missionary pnr-
poses which was a record breaker.
showing that the financial furry had
no bad effect on the financial condi-
tiOn in Kansas.
Abilene will be sorry to lose Rev.
Mr.. swart and Rev. Mr.. Tobias but
cODgratulAtes them on their promo
tions.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-03-26
BILLY" Landes Sells Out.

W. A. Landes, who has conducted =
barber shop here for IS years and has
been 10 the business for rs years,
sold out today to Arthur Coleman Of
scandia. BILLY" Lsndes has bean
very successful in bis OccupatiOn and
has host Of friends. he thinks be
is entitled 70 = rest and will visit biz
mother IN Oklahoma before going Into
business again.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-03-26
PIeased wa "a Addre.n.

Mrs. Walkers lecture on .'sunny
Italy, At the Lutheran church last
evening was pleasing one. She Il
An euthusiastic admirsr Of beautiful
scenes and described them well. Ian.
tsrn Views hlartratsd her address.
Ms. Walker gnyes dslightfal ialt
p ~ Aga rtool Pppll p ch.p,I
- a
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-03-26
ORATORIO AT SALIVA.
Creation" to Be Rendered Friday
Evening Lectures Follow.

salina singers are planning to give
the oratorio "Creation" on Friday
evening in convention hall. 1t will
be a musical treat and II Is probable
that many Abileneites will attend.
Bishop Warren and Rev. Matt. s.
Hughes are to lecture Sunday. MAX
ing the occasion one long to be re-
membered by all and worthy Of pa
tronage.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-03-26

Reiber is one Of the best men in this
part Of the country in his line Of bust
ness, and thoroughly understands all
kinds Of machinery.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-03-26

history the clothes industry The designers Of each different
Of STYLES
otofw lots
ambition Of
/ YOU to dO $50
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-03-26

Wanted at ones, girl at Union Pa.
cine hotel. 7s-Stsc
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-12-05
Nominatlna a President.

Until the constitutional amendment
NJ 1904 the president and the vice pres
ident were voted for on the same bal
lot the man with the second highest
number of votes becoming vice presl-
dent. The presidential electors have
not always been chosen by popular
vote.
Before 1900 it was the general Gus
tom for the state legislatures to choose
the electors, and 1t was not until 1919
that presidential electors were chosen
In nearly all the states by popular vote.
As LATE as 1876 the COLORADO legislature
chose the three presidential electors to
represent that state. There Is nothing
in the constitution to prevent any state
legislature naming Its own electors
without appeal to the people provided
such q method of election is prescribed
by the state laws.
From 1900 to 1924 presidential can
didates were chosen by the members
Of congress in caucus. In 1874 tn'
electoral college failed to make choice
from the candidates so submitted, anC
the matter went to the house Of repre-
santatives. -Four years later Tennes
see's legislature nominated Andrew
Jackson without any reference to thu
congressional caucus. His opponent
John Quincy Adams, was nominated II
the old way, but that was the enu 0
presidential nominations by congress
| sional caucus.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-12-05
Thu Uses of Adversely.

"Grogan," said the head Of the de-
partment store, eying him Sharply,
you've quit drinking, haven't you"
Yes. sor," answered the red headed
Hibernian who worked in the pack
ing department. Il haven't taken
drink av anything stronger TIM
iced tay fr three months"
Il am glad to hear it, Grogan. I'll
make it an object to you to stay quit
But how did you break yourself OF the
habitT"
BE hittin' me thumb nail wild a
hammer whin 1 was packin' box O
goods"
81 don't see how that could cure
you"
"Wcn, Misther Barker, it was this
way. fTd been sober, dye moind, I'd
river have done it, but l wasn't. Win
I whacked me thumb instead av the
nail was thryin' to dhrive 1t made a
black spot at the root av me thumb
nail. | says to mesilf: 'Grogan, III
punish We f'r that. Ye shan't have O
drink av ayther beer r whusky until
that black spot has gone
"Well, sor, it was two months befur(
it had crowed out to the end o me
thumb an l cud cut it off, an be tina
time I'd lost all me appetite FIR beef
an Whusky.
"Thin 1 says to meself: 'Grogan, II
reward We f'r that. Ye're a sober maj
now. an yell stay SOBER That's the
whole story, sor."-Youth's Companion
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-12-05

"You look very much excited, dear
he said when she entered the parlor
where he was waiting for her.
"Well, I should think ought to look
excited" she answered. 1--WE just mad
the most awful argument with ma.
And she began to weep Historically.
"Why, what IS the matter, my dar-
ling?" he inquired as he slid an arm
around her waist and endeavored to
goothe her. "What was the argument
ooh. how can I tell YOU? She said
Won were only trinlng with me and
that you would never propose, ana
told her she did you great injustice
for I believed that you would propose
tonight. She said you wouldn't and
said you would, and we had it hot and
heavy. Dear George, you will not LET
ma triumph over me, will you"
"W-why, certainly not" answered
George.
81 knew It, my darling" the dear cir.
exclaimed; come, let us go to ma ano
tell her how much mistaken she was.
And they did, and ma didn't seem tC
be very much broken down over the
affair, after all.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-12-05
A Little Paint Badly Applied.

The Journal DIES Debats in an article
on Napoleon on the Stage" tells why
the play "LHomme de Destin" was
taken from the stage when Its triumph
was at the zenith. One evening, ac-
cording to the story, the emperor, ac-
companled by his friend Duroc, went
in disguise to the Porte St Martin
tbeater. where the piece was being per-
formed. Eugene Chevalier appearing
rs the man Of destiny. They bought
a box. but had hardly entered 1t when
the emperor broke forth In violent exc
crations against the "fool managers
If seemed that the decorators had left
in the box pots Of oil and paint, ano
into these the emperor had stepped
"Wrd with rage" says the writer, me
rushed from the house and, to make
matters worse, was recognized in the
lobby. No paper mentioned the incl
dent. but by order of the emperor the
play was never produced again, anC
Chevalier never appeared again as thu
man Of destiny-and all on account o.
a little paint badly applied"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-12-05
DYNAMITE IN THE MAKING.
Workmen Who Are EnoircIed by Death
In Gallons and Tons.

So thoroughly deceptive is dynamite
In the making that you are apt to be
disappointed on viewing the surface
of things. You could more readily
fancy thunderbolts leaping and crash
ing from tender blue skies than that
the most fearful forces in creation are
hidden under such peacscal exterior.
Nitroglycerin. cupful Of which would
distribute you over square miles OF
londscape. is diligently mixing around
Won in hundreds and thouNnds OF gal
Ions.
II Is making itself in big iron retorts,
cascading down leaden cutters ana
merrily tumbllng in minute Niagaras
into immense watts, where the dell
ouescent yellow peril pursues its jour
ney powderward Out of one recep-
tacle It fares furiously through special
lead coils. driven only by cooling blasts
Of air. and Is drawn off like draft ale
and piped on to the next perfectlng
stage. Gaze with the nitroglycerin eN-
MORT into one of those big caldrons.
The interior is brilliantly illuminated
by electricity, the only Illuminating
agency permitted in or about the Dan
ger houses.
Around YOU are other houses at uni
form distances apart and connected
Inv series of narrow gauge tracks
wherein worllmen are railroadlng III
troqlvcerin from here and pulp COTTON
from there to be compounded into dy'
Mantle and blasting gelatin. Greatest
care is taken in rolling the product
from house to house. AS soon us
loaded cart is ready to pass out OF the
nitroglycerin house, for instance
semaphore signals from an adJoihins
station. to which the consignment i
carefully hurried.
Around you are long storehouse
hacked with pulp in tons or lnhoceh
Wilderness. Presently this pulp VIII as
sumo q tan color under the ntratlhi
process. and then, suddenly becoming
corhonite red cross. hercules, Judsol
and giant powder, forcite or what yo'
order. it develops the quasi virtues o
dvnamite-dynamite or blasting gela
fin in which more natural forces ar
condensed to the cubic inch than eXls
anywhere else in creation. Deatl
curbed and sleeping, encircles you
Gallons and tons. Annihilation threa
ems Mt every turn in the form OF potei
tial pulverizing forces. But the ma
and the mercury are there Also aler
RESPONSIVE. reliable.-Leslie's Weekly.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-12-05
The Russian Joke Teller.

Story telling and testing have al
WAYS been counted the favOrite amuse-
ments of semibarbaric people. To the
first we owe the arabian Nights
and to the second the clowns, who
were formerly the appendage OF all
great houses. In Russia the paid
Joker still lourishes, and the people
nav so much an hour to listen to his
Jokes and witticisms. He provides
himself with two or three hundred
tickets, and, mounting sort Of ros-
trum. he announces that he is going
TO reeale his audience with choice It'd
bits Of mirth provoking lore. He be-
gins selling tickets at a penny each
and when he has sold enough to war
rant his beginning he turns himself
loose. and the audience remains spell
bound by his humorous stories for az
hour or two. A recent traveller Wh'
saw a number of these jOkers in st
Petersburg says, 81 listened to then
several times, and, although l cOulC
NOT understand one word the joke
said. I was sure from the way the au
dience greeted his stories with roar
Of laughter that the jokes were aboN
the average"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-12-05
THE TWO R0ME0S.
Mrs. siddons' Opinion of David GarrIck
and Spraneer Barry.

D
and Spraneer Barry.
David Garrick and Spranger Barry
were both playing Romeo at the same
time in London. Barry played 1t at
Drury Lane on the Monday, and Gar
rick PLAYED it the next night at Covent
Garden. and the town was divided as
70 which was the greater Romeo-in
fact there was quite n great excite
ment about 1t, and they acted 1t upon
such different lines and with such mar
velouslv different conceptions that the
neople argued the case as to winch
Shakespeare intended. The fact Is that
Shakespeare intended 1t to be acted
we'll and If one mans temperament
SHIFTED it best to act In that way IL
wonld do for another temperament the
other way.
SO they asked Mrs. Slddons, who was
the Juliet alternately with the same
Romeo. which she considered better OF
the two, and she said:
at is difficult to say. They are Dotn
wonderfully great, but l will tell you
how they impress me in the balcony
scene. In the balcony scene GarricR
seems so eager so intense and so ful
Of fire and spirit that I'm afraid neil
iump ND in the balcony to me, ana Bar
rv IS so lovablc and fascinating tha'
I'm afraid shall have to jump dowr
from the balcony to him."
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-12-05

An old buck rabbit is not to be light
" tackled by weasel, stoat or even
ferret. On the sanded floor Of a small
public house ferret Of long expert
ence was matched with an old lop
cared buck. the property Of the land
lord The ferret made straight for the
rabbits throat, but the latter was IN
the air before master ferret could
reach him and. leaping clean over the
ferret's head, let out with those power
full hind legs Of his a kick which
hurled the ferret bodily against the
wainscot Twice the ferret returned
to the attack, and twice he missed his
grip and went hurting through the
air The third repulse was enough FOL
him. He knew he was beaten anc
could not be persuaded to stand up 1oi
q fourth round.-PearsOn's Weekly.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-12-05

In the German town Of Klingenberg.
near Aschaffenberg, Bavaria, in addi-
ton to having 10 rates to pay for the
upkeep Of the town, those actually
born in the parish receive from the
municipality a sum of SO 15s. year
This sum, if invested regularly at, say
3 per cent, would entite the owner to
receive about 1880 at the age of sixty
"a very handsome old age pension
Were it not necessary that the inhaD
itants should prove birth in the parish
before becoming entitled to this pay
mert the popularity Of Klingcnberg as
a place of residence would doubtless
be enormous Westminster Gazette.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-12-05
THE OLD CIRCUS POSTER.
Pretentious Language With Which tho
Show Was Described.

Show Was Described.
The grandlloquent extravaganza Oh
language of the old time circus poster
IS illustrated by this reproduction
which is given verbatim:
"There will be presented a resplen-
dent series of sublime, moral, interest,"
ing. instructive, amusii 1Nnd wonder
full scenes which would sTpear entirely
foo fabulous If expressed in an adver-
tlsement. They must be seen to be
duly appreciated. These great displays
will unfold in all the loneliness ana
beauty of enchantment carrying the
minds of the bewildered or spellbound
spectators off on the gentle wings OF
the Imagination to such Nageantry as
they might dream Of after reading n
few pages Of arabian Nights Enter
tainments.' Words are really wanting
70 give adequate expression. Web
ster's unabridged fails most signaly IN
language to fully portrs? a semDlahce
Of the reality. Economy may be learn
ed at this great college In single
evening. Here the visitor Will see
splendid specimens Of the zygodacty'
Ions race that live upon the earth OF
float and polse upon the wings OF golc
and silver plume in the cerulean arcn
and in reference to these the corps OF
sunorintendents in courtly dress vii
elucidate the peculiarlties Of each VIII
o<,,o,1oI cuavilCoupncp.'
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-12-05
THE STORAGE WAREHOUSE.
1t Sheds Some Side Lights Upon Ife
and Morals.

For a few dazzling side lights upon
ufe and morals apply to the storage
warehouse. You can find almost any
thing there from baby alligators 10
blocks of ice cream and from Teddy
hears to sauerllraut. So you won't De
amazed at what the institution mas
most recently divulged. Here you nave
the story:
Mrs. O. repaired to the storage ware
bouse TO extract her soup spoons
though it may have been aunts or I'M
clos or popcorn or guinea pigs. AT any
rate her property declined to come out
If had been tucked in by Mr.. .. only
Mr. q might tempt 1t forth Mrs. g.
protested She wanted her cathip Vi
theology or safety razor, or whatever
If was. and made representations Wlln
oreat emphasis. She moved upon the
MANAGEMENT. She stormed and wep'
After long wrangling the warehouse
decided 1t would yield up the coiles'
ice-or was 1t the piano?-t Mrs. -
would swear she was still married &c
Mr.. 0. and would send him Wrl'tel
statement Che was in Quebec ana
LOST track of him owing TO DeWlluer
ment produced by merely thinking OF
storage warehouse and make MN IL
turn the statement, countersigned' u
the management. This, then, Is nov
Mrs. G. regained possession Of her gol
links or prayer book or sugar tongs
We'll. say it was sugar longs Though
golf links would be likeller.
Pressed for an explanation, the ware
house remarked: "Haye to be carelu
Won know divorces, separations, al
finities. you know. Minute such thihg
start up there's a race to the storag
Mace. Game is for each to snatch GU
everything first. Becomes emDarr"S'
;nor,- RoStOn Transcript.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-12-05
Towers.

The patient architect had kst sue
ceeded in getting Mrs. Drippingold to
decide between the charms of renals
sance. classic and Queen Anne for the
plans Of her magnificent new country
house.
"The only details 1 amt goin' tc
leave to your discretion" said the
wealthy lady, sis the matter Of tow
ers / want plenty of towers thai
folks can see for a long way off whel
they're ridin' by"
\"But what kind of towers do yol
WANT" inquired the unfortunate archl
tect-"Norman, Gothic
Mrs. Drippiugold closed the EnglIsl
novel of high life on which her sou
had been feeding.
"Why, ancestral towers, Of course. y
Puck. ---
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-12-05
MIXED THE SIGNS.
sarasate and the Sandwich Men In
Edinburgh.


To advertise Sarasates performances
in Edinburgh eight sandwich men were
sent ont. each of whom bore in front
and behind him one letter of the great
musician's name. They started all
RIGHT. but after q time removed the
boards from their shoulders to nave
rest.
On resuming their labors each man
shouldered the board nearest nm ana
fen in behind the man who had Tor
marlv marched before him.
When the leader, who bore the Initial
"S" turned around to see If his men
were ready. what he saw was "Sata-
resa." He knew enough to realize that
something was wrong, but how TO
,iobt if was more than he could tell.
After changing man here and there
he got it "Starasea." But still 1t dldh
seem correct.
Bv this time the poor fellow was III
q terrible state. If any Of their en-
ploycrs' people were on the outlook
and could see them, thelI VA! ""7.
would be stopped! He tried again ana
vet again. but it was no use.
And a moment later man bearing
the letter IS" before and behind was
seen running toward the music hall t'
copy down the name from one OF tn'
rosters there. And along the rlsh
side Of Princeton street there walked
toward the appointed rendezvous a
the Mound three men who bore IN
strange device "a 4 E." while opposite
them there paced along the lett slu
gutter four others, who, if to adVertls
means to attract attention, succeeue
! we'll. for every one who passed looke
around in wondering amazement as
what rats" meant.-Edinburgh DIS
patch.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-12-05
Brilliant Fish Hues.

Like birds, many fishes assume their
brightest hue when they wish to at
tract the opposite sex Of their species
The colors Of the male common pike
become exceedingly intense, brilliant
and iridescent in the breeding season
The eel also puts on an intense silvery
hue at the breeding time which is very
noticeable and at one time caused nat
uralists to distinguish it as distinct
species. The males Of the tench, roach
and perch also show marked increase
In brilliancy in the breeding season.