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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-11-26
Almond the CoIOred- PeopIe.

Funeral services Of the late Mrs,
Alfred Moman were held at the N. p,
church Sunday at p. M, conducted
BY Rev. A. Gamble. Interment In
Abilene cemetery.
Mrs. Ida Brown Of Salina was In
the city Saturday visiting her sister,
Mrs. Q. B. Harrison.
E. J. Patterson Of Manhattan spent
Sunday in the city the guest Of
Miss Beatrice Tyler.
Elliot Hamp Of Fort Riley was
transsctIhg business in the city last
week.
VIM. Baskerville spent Sunday In
Enterprise visiting his sister, Mrs.
Nellie BEiscoe.
Miss Lulu vsils came up from Fort
Riley TO spsnda few days with her
mother
Rev. Clark OF Minneapolis paid US
visit last Sunday.
T. J. Banks Of Lucas was in town
sunday to attend the funeral Of bis
daughter, Mrs. Alfred Moman.
Charles Banks Of ConcOrdIa asiend-
ed the funeral Of bis sister last Sun
day afternoon.
Mrs, Alice Gibson is able 10 Be out
after . weeks Illness
Revival meetings are being held Al
NJ Zion Baptist church thls week b.
Rev. Robcri Coz
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Rev. Obbrcn will lecture in the
Methodist church Wednesday and
Thursday evenings. No admission
At the door and no collections taken
Wednesday evening. Physicians,
clergymen, teachers, spiritualists and
lists should hearshim.
Below arc . iswof the tests and
demonstration which will b gwen.
but these will give you On idea Of
what is ID store for you:
Rev. Osbron, after being blind
folded. sta with bis back 70 the audi
ence and instantly described any OBJ
ject held up by any one.
Passing q number Of slips Of paper
around, and requesting the audience
to write the names Of the dead there
on. folding the paper tightly, he reads
each name before opening the paper.
Cards are passed around and after
parties have written their names and
ages on the cards and sealed and
marked the envelope in which they
are placed, osbron duplicates the
writing, on the outside Of the en-
velope.
Two states are passed around for
examination, and without returning
to the rostrum, Osbron places them
together for moment. On opening
them q long message is found signed
by "a Spirit"
A large clock dial, made Of paste
board, Is placed in full view Of all,
and at the command Of any one the
hands move silently to any point
called for.
Placing a large pen staff in an ink
stand, 0sbron commands 1t to lift up
and glide to q sheet Of paper on the
table and write message and In
obedience to the command 1t writes
the message and silently gllaes back
to the former position.
A table is made not only to answer
questions by tapping and turning but
positively moves upward and around
In mid air, describes circles, ascends
near the ceiling, all by some mysteri-
GUS unseen power
A human skeleton is materialized,
and vitalized, 50 that 1t moves about,
speaks in audible tones, and performs
many interesting movements. You
cannot tell from whence the skeleton
comes, and at the snap Of the Rev's.
6nger 1t as quickly disappears.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-11-26

Lawrsuss Gazetss' Prof. and Mrs.
Az. W. Sterling entertained ne mem ?.
bers 81 the Dickinson conptyg ciup
Saturday evening IL . iacet delightful
manner Prof. sterling wag e one
time resident q Dickinson county
and ht The present that county nee
the third to the largest represents.
ton At the University q kansas
Saturday evening frol, ana MRS
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-11-26
Flood Relief Meeting.

Another meeting Of those interested
in relief from flood conditions along
the Smoky Hill will be held at the
Grant township hall Friday evening
next, Nov. 81. State Senator-elect Il.
W. Avery and other speakers will be
present. All are invited.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-11-26
Many wni Be Home for Holidays.

Many win Be Home for Holidays.
From now until Thursday the trains
will be- crowded with students going
home for the Thanksgiving holidays.
The railway company always does 3
big business at vacation time. and
this year II will probably be larger
than ever. A great many students
who live In this section Of the country
are coming home for Thanksgiving,
and some Of them have already ar
rived.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-11-26
Firenen's Ball.

The annual Thanksgiving ball for
the benefit Of the Abilene fire depart
ment will be held Thursday evening,
Nov. 20, 10 Workman hall. The Mil
lcr and Pleiser orchestra will furnish
music. A number Of out Of town
firemen will attend and q fine time is
insured. Everybody is invited.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-11-26
Two Days Vacation for schools.

The public schools Of Abilene will
be closed Thursday and Friday Of this
week for the Thanksgiving holidays.
Rev. DR.. Blayney will give . Thanks
giving address at the high school to-
morrow morning.
The Christmas vacation will be
Dec. IS to Jan. 4.
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MAKING A HIT.

Parker Animal Show Packs Kan.
sas City House.
G. W. Parker returned from Kansas
City where he went to look after the
Parker animal show in the hippo
drome. The crowds arr filing the
hippodrome to standing room every
night and everybody pFOnounbes II
one Of the best shows ever given
there. 1t will remain all winter. x
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Gard of TlanILs.

To all the many friends and neigh
bors who assisted us in our recent
bereavement and bestowed kindness
during the illness Of our loved one,
we extend our heartfelt thanks.
MRS. MINNIE EcHwENDENER.
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ACard.
no MY PATRoNs:

wish to express my appreciation
to ali the patrons Of my lumber and
coal yard for their patronage and
good will and to bespeak for my
successors their custom. Personality
made it best for me to dispose Of the
yard bnt | shall not forget tho fine
business patronage accorded me.
y Respectfully.
tsc J. w. ASKING.
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Mrs. Charles Ainawcrth Dead.

Mrs. Mabel Ainswcrth, aged 20,
wife Of Charles Ainsworih living "A
miles southwest died Of. consumption
last night. She leaves lesidestbe
husband, two small children. Funeral
at Holland Thursday at 2 p. M,
burial in Fairview cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-08

copyright. 1907. by Thomas P. Montfort.
~ ZEE them two old plugs over
there?" the landlord of the
a Maverick hotel asked. point
ing across the street. The
grocery drummer, who had been
caught over Sunday in the little KAN
sas cowtown, looked up and saw two
grizzled, gray old men sitting peace
fully side by side on a dry goods box
in the shade of building.
"As mild and quiet as a pair of little
innocent lambs" the landlord added,
with a chuckle. land dwellin together
Jest like they was own twin brothers!
The grocery drummer yawned and
took up pa per and began to read. The
old men did not interest him in the
least 1t was no uncommon thing in
his experience to see couple of old
fellows loafing on a village street.
But that's jest the way they always
are" the landlord went on. You hard
ly ever see 'em when they amt to-
geiher. Wherever one goes the other
goes and whatever one does the other
does. Ever since Teller come along
here and put us on to it we been calm
'em Damon and Pythias. You've heard
tell of them chaps. I recilon?"
The drummer nodded.
w ELL THESE TWO Olu CuDS Is jest tihC
that. so far as their friendship goes
stand by each other through thick and
thin. and either of 'em would fight to
the last breath for the other. And
quiet and peaceabe! You would nat
urally think they'd been raised up in
a Sunday school and hadn't never
heard tell of nothin' but the Bible all
their lives
The drummer made no reply and a
long silence followed. At last, how
ever. the landlord emitted soft
chi;cke and, pointing across the street.
said:
You wouldn't ever guess, now.
a-lookin' at them settin' there that way.
that they used to be two of the tough
est cusses that ever run the range and
that for two years they tried their very
best to kill each other. Now, would
you?"
Hardly" the drummer answered.
"Yit it's even so. / bet each of 'em
has got a pound of lead in him now
that the other put there, and as for
scars-well. l reckon they've branded
each other up about as complete as
they could without putin the scars on
double"
The drummer began to show interest.
He laid aside his paper and asked for
the particulars.
well, it's like this" the landlord be-
gan. Joe kern-thats the one on the
right there-he used to be a cowboy
and worked on the Triple X ranch,
bout twenty miles south of town And
he was shore a holy terror. There was
lots of mighty tough cowboys round
here in them days, but the toughest
of 'em was as mild and harmless as
babies compared with Joe. Their little
scrappin and shootin want much
more than Sunday school work when
looked at alongside of what he done
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"Tll git him yit. though Joe de-
clared. I'm jest bound to do it before
I quit
"Ab made the same declaration, and
we was all shore one of 'em would be
killed before the thing come to an end.
Didn't seem like it could wind I'D any
other way.
But it transpired that we was all
entirely mistaken. as you can see for
yourself.
Zone day, bout three months after
the last shootin' scrape and Jest when
we was expectin' Joe to make another
appearance, a covered wagon drove in
to town and stopped in front of the
mayors Office. The wagon was from
the Triple X, and we couldn't under
stand its bein' covered that way. so
we all gathered round, to see what it
meant.
I'm the bottom Of the wagon was
some straw, and lynn stretched out on
the straw was Joe Kern. We see at a
glance that Joe was mighty sick, for
he jest lay there and moaned and didn't
| take no notice Of nobody nor nothin'
while we was standin' there gapin'
like a passul of idiots Alb come up and
! pushed his way through the crowd to
the wagon. We lowed. shore as soon
as Alb got his eyes on Joe he'd plug
him, but right there we was mistaken
some more.
cab looks at Joe a minute, then turns
to the driver and says:
whats the matter of the cuss?
SMALLPOX the driver replies.
'In about half minute that iden-
teal part of town become rather
scarce of population. All of us except
| Alb, Joe and the driver happened to
| simultaneously remember that we had
more pressin business other places,
and we hurried off to tend to it.
'It seemed, as we learned afterward
| that Joe had been exposed to the small
| pox somewhere and that the first thing
they knowed he took down with it. The
| ranch want no fit place for sick man
! to stay, so they loaded him up and sent
him into town, expectin' the mayor to
| take him in hand and do somethin' with
him. But it happened that the mayor
was away from home and wouldn't be
back for a week.
| "Ab studied a little while; then he
| said to the driver:
"'Take him down to my house. II
keep him and do the best 1 can for him
That seems to be all there is for it,
so the driver went on down to Abs
house, and he and Alb took Joe from the
wagon and carried him in and put hin
in Abs bed. Alb turned nuss and stay.
ed right there with Joe, sleepin' on {
blanket on the floor.
'Of course we was all surprised a
Alb dom that way. SEEM that he an(
Joe were such bitter enemies, and w,
talked about it and wondered at it, bu
couldn't understand it, either, so on
day when he was gittin' better he say
to Alb:
There's one thing I want to know
Mr.. Case. I've puzzled about it a goo
bit lynn here, and can't seem to 81
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as food for countless birds, spiders,
dragon flies, wasps and toads and many
other creatures. If there were no flies,
many animals, birds and insects would
go hungry, unpleasant diseases would
flourish, and many a lovely flower which
we now enjoy would go out of exist
ence. Until we have learned more
about it than our own observations can
teach us, it is well not to turn up our
noses at even the tiniest insect. There
is magic glass-of course you know
1 mean the microscope-which will open
up a vast world of wonders to the boy
or girl who is its happy owner. Very
fair magnifying glasses may now be
bought for the price of a few pounds
of candy. When one considers how
many an inward pang, not to mention
distressing visits to the dentists, would
be avoided and how much useful knowl-
edge of an interesting sort might be ac-
CURED with the instrument. I am all
most tempted to ask all the young read
ers of this page to eschew the candy
and get the microscope. Well, until
you have saved up your pennies, sup
pose you come and look through my
glass.
| Good gracious!" exclafns everybody.
rs that big crawling thing, with the
bullying eyes at each side and the funny
whiskers and claw feet, f1y?"
Yes, it really is. That is the way a
fly probably looks to a gnat or spider
or other insect of it's own size. Those
round, staring eyes are each of them
really made up of hundreds of smaller
eyes. all of them so set in their sockets
that the insect can see in every direc-
ton at the same time, although it can
| only see a small part of a large object
at once. Perhaps you remember the
Greek legend about the wonderful man
with a hundred eyes who was named
Argus. Well. you see, the nv has q
great many more eyes than a hundred
Nature is more marvellous than anv
fairy tale.
when was very small girl. 1 was
deeply interested in the phenomenon nj
the fly walking upon the ceiling. and
II caused my relatives many weary
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9anglin' Teller with a mild eye. soft
voice and a solemn lookin' face hap
pened into town. His name was AID
Case, and that's him a-settin' over
there on the left.
cab he was lookin' for job, and
the town it was lookin' for marshal
jest then, so the two gifts together and
strikes up a deal. Alb says he amt
never been a marshal, but lows he can
manage it all right. and the town is
findin' it difficult to get anybody to
take the job with Joe Kern and shore
death hangin' over it, so to speak.
well, Alb is sworn in and puts on the
star. and then here comes a invite to
him from Joe, askin' him to resign. Alb
listened to Joe's message. which was
delivered by another cowboy. then
shrugs his shoulders and replies that
he don't never accept invitations
secondhand.
eff Mr.. Kern wants me to consider
any proposition he has got to offer
along that line he says, he will have
to come in and see me pussonally.'
about three days later Mr.. Kern
did come in. Down at the saloon he
told them why he had come. 1t was
to convince the new marshal that he
ought to resign and go away.
"'And I have brought my very best
arguments with me- he finished, ar
guments that amt never failed as a
last resort
HE shore had them, too-a Win
chester and a whole brace of six
shooters. And he knowed how to han
die them arguments bout as eloquently
as any man that ever lived.
HE irrigated his system at the bar
coolly lighted cigar and then went
out to look up the marshal and pay his
respects to him. And he didn't have
to go far. either, for he was scarcely
out of the saloon when somebody point
ed out Alb standin' on a corner bout
half a block away.
care you shore that's him. Joe
asked. I'd rather not make any mis-
take and kill an innocent man if ii
can be helped
"'That's shore him.. they answered.
"Joe smiled and raised his gun.
"Tll sorter wake him up he said. =
won't hurt him at first, but jest cal
his attention that I'm here
HE fired, and the ball cut lock OF
hair from Abs head. Alb looked around
sort of casual to see what it meant
| and the next instant sent back ar
answer to Joe's shot. That answer
plowed a furrow along the side OF
Joe's head.
From that they went at it in deat
earnest. Everybody else got out Of
| the way and give 'em a clear field
| There want no backin' down and NJ
runnin on the part of neither of ,em
They jest stood up there and pumped
| lead at and into each other as care.
| lessly and cheerfully as you please.
| after bout ten minutes the firm
ceased. and then we all cautiously
peered out to see how it had ended
| They was both down on the ground
helpless. but still tryin' to shoot.
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PATHS SECRET.

The famous prima donna, Mime. Patti
has just astonished the world by declar'
ing that she is sixty-four years OF age
Naturally people have been asking how
it is she manages to take thirty year:
off her appearance. and she has beer
kind enough to tell them. Up to tbs
age of forty she says. Il lived like
everybody else and deprived myself Of
nothing. But since that time l have
been more careful. / have ceased eat
ing red meat. / take vegetables and
white meats. particularly sweetbreads
brains and chickens. For drink / have
white wine with soda water. When ]
feel weak a glass of champagne puts
me on my feet again. I always sleep
with my window wide open when it is
fine and have it ajar in winter, SO that
the air does not reach me directly.
go to bed late-seldom before 1890 OF
1. Above all, think it is necessary to
take bath before going to bed, par
ticularly for a woman singer who does
not wish to grow fat. Eat frugally
and be scrupulously clean'-that is my
secret, and make a present of it to my
young friends
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be folded like those of many insects.
but must be laid fiat across the back
when in repose. Behind the wings are
what look like two knobs. They are
placed just where many insects have
the second pair of wings and serve to
balance the insect when flying.
The whiskers on it's head are really
feelers. Some persons believe that they
also serve the fly as nose and ears.
The elephant isn't the only creature
that has trunk. The fly has one.
which is kept coiled up when not in
use. 1t serves it as a mouth
Flies lay their eggs about stables or
In pieces of meat. That II why it i
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hours by the persistence with which I
demanded an explanation of it. They
had lived long enough in the world to
become accustomed to the sight of fly
walking upside down or sideways, and
little girl who would not accept the
explanation of because" was voted tire
some and snubbed or Stunned when
ever she was in an interrogative mood.
Once when I had the typhoid fever,
which was at the mature age of six, 1
imagined that I was able to walk on
the ceiling and was so delighted with
my supposed ability to rival the flies
that in my delirium I shrieked for the
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zone day when Joe was sittin ~
the bed Alb broke long silence oy
payin':
"Tll be out soon now, and then !
reckon well be done with this cusseo
smallpox
".Yep. 1 reckon so,' Joe replied.
".And it won't be long, either, AD
went on. till we can resume our nttie
pastime of shootin' each other up.
Joe turns around and looks Az
straight in the eyes and says:
"'You may think me coward II you
want to- but 1 say right now that II
there's any more shootin' done you'll
have to do it. I'm through for my part.
Before I'll shoot man who took me
in and cared for me like you did III
pull up stakes and leave the country!
"Ab looked surprised for moment:
then he stretched out his hand ana
said:
"'Put 'er thar. pard. Them's my
sentiments exactly
"And from that day them two TEL
lers has been jest like you see 'em now.
quiet and peaceful as lambs. the very
best of friends and always hangin'
| around together"
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entire household to come and see me
perform this acrobatic feat and hoped
right out of bed upon the floor before
the astonished nurse could stop me.
My good grandfather was so touched by
my unquenchable interest in the mys-
terry OF the fy's inverted locomotion
that he made it his business to find
out the secret and one day when I was
convalescing impaired it to me beside a
WINDOW over whose crystal panes a
oiueoottle was buzzing noisily. My
grandfather explained to me that
the fly has sticky, suckerlike arrange
ments on it's feet, and when it walks
these take firm hold on even the most
slippery surfaces. There are also a
number of small stiff hairs on the feet
that catch in the rough walls when tn a
fly is walking and thus help to keen it
from falling.
The buzzing Of the ny il another mat
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THE BLUEB0TTLE SKATING ON THE WINDOW PANE.

but few that crawl into cracks OF
some warm corner, where they sleep
until spring comes around again. Then
they go to work laying eggs to repopu-
late the earth with flies. 1t is said that
in a season one pair of flies may be the
ancestors to 1000. 900 of their kind
Flies are in some ways our enemies
SO the learned people tell us. In their
hairy legs they can carry about from
one spot to another many dangerous
forms of contagion. Asiatic cholera
and some eye diseases are spread by
flies.
There are many kinds of hies, from
thu tsetse OF South Africa, whose bite
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shoulders and child's petticoat TO
cover your arms. Now your Irielio
stands behind you, concealed by the
curtains. She thrusts her arms out
IN each side Of your body, giving the
dwarf the missing arms and hands.
If your friend is original, she can
make all sorts of funny gestures while
Won recite. sing songs and amuse the
company generally
Try the dwarf and see what fun 1t Is
and how easy it is to work.
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"Among the eccentric notions Joe
got into his head was one to the effect
that this town didn't need no marshal
and shouldn't have none. Accordingly,
as soon as that idea hit him he sent in
word to the marshal invitin' him to
resign or move away and sayin that
he would be up in a few days and
would be under the painful necessity
of yacatin' the office with his six
shooter if the marshal disregarded his
well meant invitation.
"The marshal was young Teller. and
he hadn't never felt any special long
ing to quit this world for another that
he didn't know anything about, SO he
suddenly decided that he'd give up his
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A STATELY LONDON HOME.

Sutherland has been entertaining the
colonial prime ministers. is one Of the
most notable mansions in London. The
picture gallery contains priceless works
by Murillo, Raphael. Titan and others.
while the reception rooms are filled
with objects of art from all parts OF
the world. 1t was the late Duke of
Sutherland who collected most of these
treasures, and it is related that on one
occasion, when Queen Victoria was
leaving Stafford House after a magnifi-
cent reception, she said in bidding the
duke goodby, II leave your palace to re-.
turn to my house,
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job and go away to some place that
was more conducive to longevity. Ac-
cordin'ly, he rendered his resignatio
and, without waitin' for it to be ac-
cepted. lit out
after that there were other mar
shals. but none of them held the Office
very long. AS fast as they were elected
Joe invited them to resign, and they
showed respect for his wishes. Some
of them were little slow. though, and
he had to come in and press his invi-
tation by firm a few shots just close
enough about their heads to make them
nervous and loosen up the muscles of
their legs.
well. things went along that way
for bout a year; then one day long