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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-08
How to Tell Classical Music.

The musical critic of the SaAna
journal gives this instruction on
delicate point of musical understand
ing:
/ can give you a simple rule by
which the most ignorant may know
whether any given piece of music
should or should not be admired. II
you know at once what is is all
about. If 1t seems to be saying l.,
2, 8. hop, or /, 2, 3, bang. bang,
bang, you may conclude at once that
you are listening to something OF q
very low order which II is your duty
TO despiss. But when you hear some
thing that sounds as II an assorted
lot OF notes had been put into a bar
rel and were made into harmonious
Cruel, you may know it's fugue and
safely assume a profound interest.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-08
SERMONS AT THE MISSION.
Interesting Addresses in the Holy
Week Services.
From Tnea6ay,s iDasly.l

| ItTOm InthtitAy - IAhesJI
The Mission at st. Johns charch
began rnder very anspiciGus circum'
| stances Sunday morning, and is now
fully uaier way. The opening SER
vice was at 9:15 a. m, followed al
10 O'Clock by celebration OF the
holy CoSaSnunion. at which the mis-
,sisner, the Ven. Archdeac0p Hobbs OF
Topeka, was celebrant and pr&acher'
The Archdeacon took aS his subject;
4uthing WITHOUT Christ" the text be-
ing ct. John Xv:5: Without Ne ye
can DO nothiAg." This he said. he
wished to be the keynote OF Ehe
weeks services
The second day Of the Mission was
marked by rOOnthuued interest and
an increased atteAdance Of strangers
at the services. The sermon by the
ArchdeaoOa was one of the strong
est he has Jet delivered and 1t pro-
duced a profound impression. He
said in part:
"In the struggle Of life we all
need Divine help, and God offers 1t
through the sacramento of His
ehmrch. Confirmation calls atten-
ton to religion; it sets before the
youthful mind what God has forbid
den as evil, what He has revealed as
true. shat He has enjOined as good.
Nav. more, 1t brings into our life
Gods Eternal Spirit to guide, streng-
then and sustain those who do not
grieve Him away by refusing to
obey His loving voice. Confirmation
Is not a mere ceremony, to which one
NAV come without any reference to
the question as to whether or not he
has Given his heart and life to Christ
But Il is a Divine reality, OF vital
interest to those desiring to live the
truest and best life. While we en-
phaslze the importance of being IN
earnest, do not imagine for single
moment that the responsibility is too
create and conclude that your own
sinfulness will justify your staying
away. This false notion is very COM
mon, and 1t has been the ruin Of
many souls. From the moment you
0rst began to know right and wrong
70 the end Of your mortal life, every
single transgression rests upon your
own head. whether you are con-
armed or not. The soul that sin
meth, Il shall die We are all re-
sponsIbIe for the life we live. vheth-
er We wish to assume this response
blllty or not. The great responsible
t,es Of life no man chooses. They
are imposed without his consent
,sted. Existence itself, which IN
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-08

If the notes appear to have been
dropped by accident and are being
flsned up at irregular intervals In q
sort of spacid or drowned condi-
ton, 1t Is likely to be a nocturne;
nocturnes, are quite too utterly love-
ly for anything. II notes seem TO
come in car loads, each load OF q
different kind than the last, and II
the train seems to be an unreason-
ably long time in passing a given
point, 1t will turn out most likely to
be a symphony; and symphonies are
Just the grandest things that ever
we're. II the notes appear to be
dumped out in masses, and shoveled
vigorously into heaps, and then
blown wildly into the air by explO-
siOns Of violence, why that is rhap-
sOdy; and rhapsOdieS are the very
latest things in music.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-08
Jim spilman Is Married.

ON last Wednesday evening at 3
o'clock, Mr.. James H. spilman OF
this place, was married to Miss Lucy
Lee Mahan, Of London. The we'd
ding was at the home Of the brides
sister, Mrs. Davis Jackson, only the
immediate relatives Of the families
being present. After a short trip
Mr.. and Mrs. spilman will return
70 thIs place to make their home. the
bride comes of one Of the most prom
iuent families in the eastern part OF
the state, and IL a cultured and pop
ular lady. Mr.. spilman is one OF the
hest known business men in botn
Mercer and earrArd counties and has
4 host Of friends. Miss Virginia Van
sant ana Miss Bessie Bolton. nieees
Of ne groom, and Mr.. and Mrs Char
q. sDumnn accompanied him 70 Lon
don % attend the vedding.-Har-
rodsburg. KY Herald.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-08
THAT NEW DRAG LAM.
The degisIatuze Passed One Ttsat
Lacks Good to 1.-THE FArIaTs.

The last legislature passed fonf
road laws. One wassa drag law and
it was hooked upon with much haVn1
by the farmer members of that body'
The law is distinct from the other
laws passed and it looks as II 1t naHsnI
40 some aOod in this county. Here
Is the law:
Section L. 1t shall be tthe duty Of
the township board for the purpose
Of sthis act ITO designate such roads
as in their judgment by @eason OF
amount Of travel and grade .condi-
tons. should lbe known as drag
roads. They she'll divide SnGh roads
into sections as will best eaHty out
the purpose and provisions sOf this
act And it shall lbe the duty OF said
hoard TO see that the provisions OF
mis- act are enforced. BeginRtng at
a point nearest to city or town these
sections shall be eontinuous to che
eutpeme point dragged or to tne
township boundary except where son
eOndations make 1t Impractical TO
drag. Said board shsA appoint .
drag-man for each section whose
duty i shall be to drag the public
highway on his section. when tne
conditions of such highway requires
sucb work. The township board
shall vroxide a road drag for each
section which shah be shod with
steel blades, and not to be less than
seven feet in length. Said board
shall divide such roads as require
nv reason Of travel and grade-widtn
more than on tEipe with the drag
For the purpose Of this act Trip
shall be the dragging Of the entire
length of u section and return. The
township board shall designate what
portion of the road shall be single
trip road and what porbiVH
double trip roao.
Gee. 2. In the selection and ap-
pointment OF a dras-man, the resi-
dents abutting their section shaii
have the preference; provided the
township board may remove tne
drag-man from his position on ae-
count of Intellectual work and make
another appointment for said section
at any time.
Sc. 8. Compensation for a single
trip road shall be at the rate OF MOI
70 exceed fifty cents per mile win
a maximum expenditure Of i've DOL
lars per mile for any one year. ana
for double trip roads at the rate o.
ssysnty-nve cents per mile win :
ma.imum Of seven dollars and nifty
cents per nile Tor any one year
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-08

e]udes all the rest, the awful re-
sponsibilty of living, no man accepts
or refuses. He is not called into
counsel. This responsibility with all
its endless issues is laid upon him
whether he will or no. He finds
himself born in a civilized land, and
there are responsibilities growing out
of that which he cannot get rid or
He must lead the life Of a freeman,
and not that of a slave; the life OF
civilized man, and not that OF a
savage; the life of an educated man.
and not that of q South Sea ISLAND
er. He has to live the life OF a
citizen, member Of a civilized COM
munity, owing duties in a thousand
directions to others. He has to I've
as a son and brother, ae a husband
and a father. These are facts OF
his existence, and he must face them
To shrink from them, or to try to
avoid them, is simply to bring upon
himself shame and disgrace.
Now as 1t is in all else, as it is In
religion. We do not assume the re-
spOpsibility OF being a Christian. This
responsibility is imposed by our very
birthrfght in baptism. You are born
into the responsibilities Of Christ
ianity, as you are born into those
of citizenship. You cannot get no
Of one any more than you can Of the
other. Nor can you excuse yonrselI
on the plea Of morality II you
pride yourself on your morality u
you stand for morality, then you
cannot be satisfied with any other
than the highest morality, and where
do you find it? You do not find 1t
in Mohammedism you do not find 1t
in Buddhism; you do not find 1t In
You do not find 1t
in any or all the Isms' or systems Of
heather morality. But you do find
It, in its highest and best sense, in
the code Of ethics taught by Jesus
Christ. You find the highest stan
dard Of morality the world has ever
known exemplified in the Founder
OF the Christian religion. II, then,
you believe in morality, to be con-
sistent, you must go one step furth-
er and believe in Jesus Christ, from
whom we get the only true morality
found among men. You cannot con-
sistently be a moral man without
being a Christian man. Look around
YOU today and show me any genuine
true morality which has been de-
yeloped apart from the religion OF
Jesus Christ. Where do you find the
purest and happiest homes? Ger
taInly not in heather lands. The
best homes on this earth are those
over which Christian mothers pre-
SIDE. But whence came the true Idea
Of motherhoodf From whom DO
you learn the sacredneas Of the fam
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-08

ily bond? who was 1t that elevated
womanhood, sanctified motherhood,
and made possible the highest moral
relation on this earth. Yea, brother
man, where did you get your own
moral ideas? What influences con-
tributed to their development? You
know very well.
1.-The first words that struck your
perception were Christian words. Per-
haps the earliest, was a Christian
prayer. Christian words and ideas
were around you like an atmos-
phere In the cradle. You were lulled
to sleep with Christian songs"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-08
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AZ Votes.

Manchester. April Only one
tidlpet was in the field and 1t re-
ceiMed the AZ VOTES cast. 1t @as:
Mayor, Ar. T. Holmes; police Judge,
T. r. Lacey; counctlmen. DR.. Bethel
M. z. Simpson, WmL Edwards, G. D.
Swig&rt, j, w. iKeEps-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-08
WENT UNDER THE TRAIN.
Hrakensan Collins Lest One EOSf ana
Msy4e Two ,UnARp Engine.

Enterprise, April e.--Whtle riding
on the pilot of the engine on me
Rock Island freight here this morn
ing Brakeman Collins fed and his
feet went under the wheels. One foot
was cut off and the other badly
mashed. He was taken to Herring
ton, his home.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-08
Couldn't Open the Doors.

A fire broke out In the roof Of the
home of James Miller on East Fourth
street this morning caused by a de-
fectlve flue and extinguished before
the fire team arrived. The fire men
made a pretty hitch but were unable
to open the doors which delayed the
team about five minutes in getting
to the fire. 4
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-08
Third CLASS Cities
ELECTIONS HELD MONDAY IN
MANY TOWNS.
Generally Quiet Contests Were the
RuIe-Two Tickets at Hope
and Chapman-One
.Wet'' Victory.

The cities of the third class had
their election Monday. For the most
part there was little contest; The re-
suits we're:
Mayor Scanlon at Chapman.
Chapman, April 6.-Two tickets
were in the field. The one headed
by Pat Scanlon won over that headed
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-08
Editor Mayor at solomon.

Solemn, April 6.-This citl decid-
. ed to go into the city election with
out any noise at all land the other
evening number Of citizens got to-
gether and balloted son a number Of
candidates with the following re-
suit: Mayor, W. L. Olson; council
men,aW. D. Burke, S. Fl. Mccullough,
M. IS. Evans, Robt. johnson, W. T.
Harris; police Judge, ]. B. Anderson.
There were elected. Mr.. Olson is
editorrof the Tribune.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-08

by I. G. Sage. The winners were:
Mayor, Pat Seaman; councilmen, A.
: D. Schorling, Jas. Mcneil, D. E. Dow
ling, G. c. Wick and E. S. Eagen;
police Judge, T. j. Foley.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-08
eHappy at Enterprise.

Enterprise, April 6.-The citizens
about two weeks ago heldsa caucus
and those receiving the highest num-
Der of votes were declared the nomi-
nees. The following were the eandi-
dates: Mayor, G. P. Peterson; police
Judge, Prof. Ellis; councilmen, re. E..
,Krehlull, rB. A. Flaek, .. F. Ruhrer,
VIM. Froelich and J. j. King. They
were, eleoteE.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-08

tWoodbine, April 6.-Woodbtne
had only one ticket in the field and
there was no contest. This vast the
tfirstselectiOnraor the town, it only re-
Gently being incorporated. The fol-
lowing are the.mew officers: Mayor,
IS. w. Muenzenmeyer; police Judge.
w. C \ Staatz; e0uncilmen. L. C. West
rup, &C. F. Moorse, Aug. KEaRse, H..
w. NIttseh, Geo. sditsch.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-08
Wanted.

Old horses for the Parker wild
animal show. G. w. Parker. 1t
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-14
PRESSHEN BEAT PRINTERS
Strikers Play Ball As Means OF
Forgetting Labor Troubles
For a Time.

The feature Of the job pressmen's
strike. as a side issue, was a ball game
at the Salt Palace grounds at $3.50 yes
terday afternoon The game resulted in
a score Of l. to I'm favor of the press
men The cOntcsting teams represented
the striking pTessmen and the printers
forced out as a result thereof While
hotIy contested. the game showed TO
great extent the friendly feeling exist
ing between these allied unions. Inc
pressmen. at the end % the seventh in
ming. gathered around the vanuuished
printers and gave three cheers and
rousing tiger for the Typographical
union.
The batteries were Pressmen. Joe
Gillette. pitcher. Nick HeSse- catcher.
Printers. Warren Hilton. pitcher; Il. y.
Fleming. catcher.
The umpire was Joe Sleater Of the
pressmen. His decisions were declared
TO be eminently fair to the pTess1nen >
team: the least said about what the
other fellows thought the better
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-14
IDAHO POINTS SHOW
GREAT FREIGHT RECORD

Figures taken from reports fur
nshcd the freight department of the
Oregon Short Line show the rapidity
with which certain portions of terri
tory covered by the lines Of that rail
road are building up. Ii is said that
within the last year the greatest
growth. as indicated by the increase n
the freight business. on the whole syS-
tenn of the road has taken place at
GOoding. Idaho. and at Twin Falls
Idaho. The increase i'm freight bust
ness at G0Oding has been acceutuated
because OF the opening Of the North
Side Twin Falls project the building
of new towns and the feeder furnished
by the Idaho & Southern railroad, the
line IN operation to Jerome
Figures show that on April 10. 1908
the total freight and passenger bust
ness at GOOding, Idaho, iJOtalled So
Of421 for the year On April 10.
1909. the total freight and pas
seHger business for that point
totalled s72.73395. or gain Of
$50. 1874 i'm one year. Cars forwarded
al Gooding on April 10, 1908, we're none
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-14
BUILDING PERMITS.

A. B. Hirth. city building inspector. yes
terday issued eight permits calling for
Improvements to the value Of $Sl.l00
These were.
Mary J. Springer, one-story eight
room double brick dwelling Nos
81 and 3B Elizabeth placs....-..-.S so
Florence Shovel, one-story eight
room double brick dwelling. Nos.
% and % Elizabeth place ...-.-- 2.J.
Clara y. Smith. one-story fOur-room
brick dwelling. Ne. Al North
Eighth West street ---.--..---------- Leo
Claude T. Barnes. one-stOry six
room brick dwelling. No. 563 Tenth
avenue -------------- -------.---- SUI
Mrs. Charles V. Whiting one-story
twenty-rOOm. five-apartment ter
race. No. as East Third South
street ................ ................. eco
George d. Felt two-story ninc-room
brick dwelling. Nc. I235 McClelland
avenue .--------------- .---------.--.-- bNe
II. F. kimbsil. one-story scven-r0om
brick dwelling No 23S street. SOC
Edwin Fletcher One-stOry five-rOon1
brick dwelling. No. 653 Elizabeth
sAltih -.lF
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-14
PULLMAN CAR GRIEVANCE
IS BEING AIRED IN COURT

Trial was at last begun yesterday OF
the suit brought hy Mrs n. v. Hammond
OF New York against the Southern Pa
cific Railway company for $1,000 dam
ages for injury 10 her voice through being
compelled to travel In an ordinary car
when she had paid for Pullman privileges
She is an operate singer and declares
that her throat was so injured as to seri-
Ously impair lter vocal powers.
Mrs Hammond asserts that she had
been visiting in Salt Lake and purchased
q ticket 20 Elko and a Pullman ticket TO
the same place At CObre the Pullman
vas cut out. compelling her 70 ride the
remainder Of the distance. 80 miles, IN a
second class coach with number Of for
eigners who smoked and used profane Ian
guage and who resented her requests 20
make them behave to the extent OF &c
manding that she be elected from the car
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-14
WILC0X'S BELONGINGS
FOUND IN MAIL BOX

In a letter box at the corner Of First
South and West Temple streets yesterday
Joseph 3. Smith, mail carrier. found an
empty pocketbook. a Southern Pacific
scrip book. a blank check book on the
American National bank at Los Angeles
anG several papers bearing the name of
&C Il Wilcox. Los Angeles"
The theory of Postmaster Thomas is
that these articles were a part of loot
taken by pickpoczet. who dropped into
the letter box all save the cash he Sc
cured. No complaint has been made to
the police Of any such theft, however. It
is evident that all of the articles belong
to Mr.. Wilcox, whose name appeared on
some of the papers. Postmaster Thomas
yesterday communicated with the post
master at Los Angeles, asking him to 10
cate Mr.. Wilcox
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-14
PARK CITY MAN KILLED
Elmer Bergner Meets Death Going
Down Daly-West Mine
Shaft.
Especial to The HeraldD

Park City. May 13.-Elmer Bergner,
A miner. was instantly killed in the
Daly-West here when the o'clock
shift went down the shaft. The cage in
the Daly-WeSt is a three-decker. On
each floor Of the cage nine men can be
accommodated.
A number of the men got off at the
90O-foot level. Bergner was bound for
the 1.200-foot level Between the 900
and 1.20G levels Bersner fell off the
cage 1t is believed that his dinner pail
caught between the wall plate and the
cage. When he was found he was on
the uppermOst compartment.
There was only one wound on the
man, cut in the head.
He was about % years of age. and
leaves a sister. Mrs. Fred Hummer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-14
OPPOSITION TO RALEIGH
Reviewing McWhirter Case in Dis
eussion of disappointment Of
Former Detective.

George Raleigh viii probably not get
back on the police force without Opposi-
ton IN the city council Sam NJ Bar
low. chief OF police. sent his name to the
city council for confirmation on Monday
evening and 10 was referred TO the ponce
committee. That body met last evening
but took no action on the name. II viii
be settled first in a caucus of support
ers Of the administration and a contest
Is que on II there Several or the COuu-
cilmen are opposed to Mr.. Raleigh and
insist that in permitting George Sheets
to again be appointed to the force they
have done enough There is no desire TO
revive the New hirter case and Chief
Barrow comes in for some criticism rOr
making the appointment.
Raleigh has been an efficient officer
and the only thing against him is his
connection with the unsaVOrv robbery of
the two McWhirter boys of s10.0 600 Though
there was no proof that Raleigh was
concerned in the robbery. he was arrested
on a charge OF conspiracy and the case
was afterward dismissed He resigned
from the force. on which he then held
the position Of detective. while his case
was pending
The police committee last evening dis
cussed the request of Chief Barlow FOR
ten more men, but took no action. The
discussion took a favorable turn, but the
action OF the board of estimates and ap-
pOintments, which meets today, viii be
awaited before any recommendation rs
prepared
The engineering committee and finance
committee did not take up the paving
of Seventh East with a park I'm the cen
ter. that also going 10 the board OF esti-
mates and aDpoTuOnmentS-
The settlement OF the difficulty over
the Oregon Short Line foot viaduct on
the lines suggested by W IL Bancroft.
general manager. was sent to the street
COMMITTEES that any west side citizen
might appear and object II 50 desired.
Only one man put In an appearance. ami
on examination of the plan. which showed
that the bridge was to be removed leJ
feet further south and an exit provided
through the new depot. went away per-
fnnfIt. oafiefinl-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-14
BOISE MAN THE WINNER
Sherman Johnson High Gun in Three
Days Trap Tourna-
nlent.


Boise. May fisherman Johnson of the
Boise Intermountain Gun club made the
highest score of the three-day shoot which
ended here today. He shot off three ties
today Johnson carried off the trophies
offered BY the United Commercial Trav-
eleTs and the Selby Ammunition company.
as well as the Boise handicap award.
Al Adelman. also Of Boise. won the
Statesman trophy: Ed FaTmin of Sand
Point took the HOlOhan championship
medal: F n Eastman of Boise won the
Capital News trophy anad p J. HOlOhan
Of Twin Falls carried off the prize Of
fered for the professional marksmen- Max
Hensier in the professional class. made
the highest straight run, q.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-14
DISTRICT COURT NOTES.

Trouble over a purchase Of cattle has
led TO the filing of a suit In the district
court by Maurice X. Parsons, William
Hanley. A Hanauer and II. s Corbett
against B. F. White TO recover S3,S57.So,
with interest and costs.
Louis Strssburg values his right leg
from the knee down at 10000, and has
filed suit accordingly against the Gta h
Light & Railway company. He was struck
by a street car. driven. he says. at a dan
gerous rate of speed. At the intersection
Of Sixth South and West Temple streets
at 900 O'Clock ON the evening of Feb. 8
last IL became necessary TO smputate the
injured member. and he was kept in the
hospital for siNty-five days.
Z. E W. Bowers. jewelcr on Main
street was successful in his suit against
the Utah Light x Railway company, the
Jury which heard the evidence before Judge
NJ L. Richie of the district court giving
him a verdict for 81 4G9. He was riding on
Fifth East near Sixth South street, June
> 1908, when his horse was struck by a
street car and killed. Bowers was thrown
10 the ground and badly injured.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-14
We Recommend Sexine Pills,

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West Temple streets.