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The Marshall republican. [volume] (Marshall, Saline County, Mo.) 1899-1914, 1909-03-26

Chas. Niemeier of Hardeman last
week sent us paper from Car
Isle, Ark, showing the damage
done near there last week in the
big cyclone. He has a farm there
but suffered no damage. He says
a family living nine niles from his
place had three children killed in
the storm. 1t was an awful calam-
ity to the neighborhood.
The Marshall republican. [volume] (Marshall, Saline County, Mo.) 1899-1914, 1909-03-26

Geo. N. Davis and Miss Nell Ma
son were married in Kansas City
Wednesday. The groom is son
of Judge and Mrs. Samuel Davis OF
OF this city and is young attorn-
ey. Miss Mason is teacher of music
and drawing in our city schools
and is charming and accomplish
ed young lady. The grooms par
ents and others attended the we'd
ding.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-26
NEWEST USE FOR NAIL FILE.
Guest AZ Philadelphia Dinner at Flrse
Caused Great Conformation
by His Action.

A Philadelphia doctor has discov'
cred a brand new use for q nail ME
which is likely to become much more
prominent than the old use. A short
time ago this doctor was q guest at .
dinner in one Of Philadelphia's most
exclusive houses. When the last
course had been served and the cigars
were being passed the doctor reached
down into his trousers and extracted
a penknife. Slowly he opened q blade.
Everybody gasped. Could 1t be that
DR.. - would so far forget himself
as to manicure his nails at the table!
All watched with bated breath. Slowly
the doctor reached out and secured q
match which was near his place. Then
he deliberately struck his match on
the rough part of the nail file and lit
his cigar. The suspense was over and
the doctor had not committed tho
frlghtful breach of etiquette which his
associates had feared. Now the Gus
tom is spreading fast, for 1t is less et'
fort than 1t is to stand on one leg to
strike the match on ones shoe, and
decidedly more elegant than the time
honored method of striking 1t on ones
trousers.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-26
NOT A CORPOREAL DELIGHT.
Real Mature Of tho Kiss, 90 Viewed
BY q Writer Who Has Clearly
Studied the Subject.

Il Is the fashion Of the more bilious
moralists to put kissing among the
gross pleasures, with eating, yodllng,
snoring and the use Of tobacco; but.
as a matter Of fact, 1t Is not corpor-
cal delight ct all, says q writer in the
Baltimore Sun. Its sole physical &C
compartment, indeed, is q sensation
of suffocatlon, and this, as all will ad-
NIT, is scarcely agreeable. No; the
insfdious charm Of the pastime must
be sought in its psychic effects-in its
marvellous and delightful interference
with the normal processes Of ratioct-
nation. A man kissed is q man trans
figured and transmogrifled. Let him
he the worst of misanthropes before
the sweet infringement Of nose upon
nose. and he may yet emerge from the
turmoil a philanthropist. One kiss.
properly stage-managed, is enough to
transform q pirate into poet, poll
tician into philosopher, or vice YER
"a. One small kiss, indeed. Is sum-
cient to turn q proud, heaven-klssing
bachelor into a seFyile married man
the most stupendous, antipodal and
lamentable transformation possible, at
this writing, in a mere human being
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-26
Probably True.


SAY" said the farmer, who was un'
loading potatoes at the grocery, do
you believe that story about little
George Washington and the Ratchet
and the cherry tree?"
Don't ask me-" laughed the grocer
"Well, I think 1t is probably true
I've got boy ten years old at home
and after he had leased me for q year
or 80 I bought him boys ak"
"And did he cut down your favOrite
cherry tree?"
"He did a heap better than that
He cut down most Of the apple or
chard orchard"
"And did he tell lie about it,"
'Nope. Owned up like a little
man."
"And, like Washington, you praised
himT
unlike Washington, I didn't do
any such blamed thing. l gave him
. hiding on the spot, and have licked
him once a day since and am going
10 keep 1t up until he ID twenty-five
years old"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-26
Rsousat for a loan.

Hanging in our front hall was q
large Japanese hat made Of rice straw
and the colored girl in the kitchen was
preparing to go to q masquerade ball.
50 we were not surprised when abe
sent the infant daughter Of the house
into the parlor Mardi Gras evening
with the following note:
Deer lady will you please nam lond
me that hat that hing up In the FRONT
hall please and let me have rs again
and this will be the last time an
going to IVORY you but please lond ma
that hat please nam this is the last
time am going to mass (mask) please
Iond me the hat please from MyruA
please lond me the hat.
Answer soon.
Don't come send me word"
She got the hat-Houston Post
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-26
Hslllsh EashIons.

His satanic majesty touched = but
ton and summoned his head Imp
what is all that noise in Factory
street,"
"Your imperial majesty, 1t IL the
women mobbing the new corset FAC
tory. They are all demanding one Of
those new redhot, electric-charged cor
SETS"
"Sufrerin' souls!" gasped his males
ty. land l thought had invented q
new torment"
"The mistake was in forcing that
French girl to wear one first. She
made 'em all believe they are the very
latest style"
Saints above! and I thought ] un'
derstood women. Well, well, now that
I think Of It, the plan works out bet
ter than I thought. Take 'em away
From all the ladies but q few; see that
they are advertised as the very latest
fashion and / guess that will make
those women who can't get 'em sufIer
all right, all rlght."-Puck.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-26
ESSENTIALS OF CRIMINAL LAW
swlftness and Certainty In lie Admins
tratIon Creates Confidence and
Dlseouraees Crime.

Seattle, Aug. 1S.-The report Of the
committee on criminal law reform
presented to the congress Of American
Prison association said in part;
eNothing In the administration Of
criminal law is 80 impressive as swift
ness and certainty, Consequently
nothing 80 discredits It In the mind Of
the public as lame and hating pro-
cedure in the tria4 courts and disagree
ment Of juries and delays and re-
verSals for apparently technical rea'
sons on appeal. Such things weaken
public confidence In the administration
OF the law, discourage sheriffs, police
and prosecuting oficers and encourage
criminals and increase crime"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-26
FIVE MNsANs DISAPPEARED
williamsburg Excited Because Citizens
Mysterlously Drop Out Of Slight
A Preacher Was the First.

Williamsburg, Kan, Aug. 20-This
usually quiet town is greatly wrought
up as the result of series Of mysteri
Gus disappearance of Its citizens. Ave
Of whom have dropped completely out
Of sight within the last five weeks.
The Rev. wallace NJ. Stuckey, pastor
Of the Christian church and well
known as an evangelist in Kansas, Ok
Iahoma and Texas, was the first to- go
He left wife and three children, who
are destitute.
The four others, who disappeared at
intervals Of about one week, are:
Lorena Sutherland, aged 16 years;
Harry C. Thomas, aged "a; Wilbur
Fogel, aged % and Miss Maggie Tim
mons, aged Is.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-26
Met strIkebrsakers With Shots.

Pittsburg, Aug. 2O,-Three thousand
strikers lined the banks Of the Ohio
river and men in the crowd fired more
than 100 shotes from pistols when the
Press Steel Car company at McKees
Rocks landed so more imported men
from a steamer. The men were taken
to the work from the Benevue Station
A detail Of ten troopers Of the state
constabulary In command of sergeant
all mounted. sailed from the plant as
the boat pulled near the landing place
and held the strikers In check and dis
persed them. 1t is said some OF the
shots fred struck the boat. No one
was injured.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-26
JUST CASE OF WANDERLUsT.
Family Starting TO ait Were Properly
Sure They Must Land Up Semo'
where Eventually.

In the smoking car on . southern
railroad, where they had sat up all
night. was a family consisting Of hus-
band, wife and 1--WE children. They
we're rubbing sleep from their eyes
and wrangling with each other when
q man entered the car and espied
them and advanced to say to the
man:
"Howdy, JOHN s'prlSed to see
you"
"Howdy, Tom?"
where you-all gwine?"
Down to Harbor Pint, reckon"
"But thought you-all lived up at
Cherry HIP"
I'VE did"
What you-all totin' away from
there fur?"
Dunno"
what you-all gwine to HarbOF
Pint fur?"
Dunno. Jest thought we'd CO."
"oh, see. You-all thought to get?
'T reckon. Yes, thought we'd git,
and we pulled up and started a-gittin''
and II we keep on long nun we sure
nun must git sumwhar' or other"
Eyes, sure. Been a-gittin' myse'f
and always got there some day. It's
heaps better than never gittin' tall"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-26

Vegetable Compound has done Tor me
during this trying period. Complete
restoration to health means so much
TO me that for the sake Of other suffer-
ing women am willing to mako my
trouble public so you may publish
this letter" --MRs. CHAS. BARCLAY,
RED, Graniteville. vt.
No other medicine for woman'g ills
has received such widespread and un-
qualified endorsement. No other med:
icino we know Of has such . record
Of cures Of female ills as has Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
For more than 80 years 1t has been
curing female complaints such %
Inflammation, liberation, local weak
nosSes, fbroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backacho, indigestion
and nervous prostration, and II 10
uneqnalled for carrying women safely
through the period Of change OF life.
It costs but little to try Lydia y.
Plnkham's Vegetable Compound, and,
as Mrs. Barclay says, 1t Is worth noun.
tainS Of gold to suffering women.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-26
s,r.nu. erowth y oIIve rress.

Attention is seldom called to a re
markable and curious characteristic OF
the olive tree. After many years OF
growth the different large branches
OF the trees separate gradually from
the trunk until they are quite divided
from one another down into the root
These then slowly move apart, and In
some Instances six or seven distinct
trees stand In the ARIA which before
surrounded the main tree, and they
VII sometimes be as much - 20 tssi
apaEt
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-26
THE ROOSEVELT
POLICIES TO STAY
President Taft Plans to Garry Out
Some Campaign Promises
TO ENFORCE THE REFORM LAWS
The Principal Aim Of His Administers
tlon VIII be to Establish Neees-
sary Machinery for That
Purpose.

Beverly, Mass, Aug. 19.-ReportS
which are reaching Beverly daily from
Washington and New York that the
cOnstitutionality Of the new corpora
ton tax Is to be tested Just as soon
a. an effort is made to collect 1t. have
not disturbed the president the least,
as he laughingly told number OF car
ers at the Taft cottage. The tests and
the protests, the president declared
were all anticipated.
Mr.. Taft, himself, a lawyer of some
OminOnce and father Of the corporation
tax idea, Is thoroughly convinced that
the tax will stand any test that may
be applied to 1t. Attorney General
Wickersham, q corporation lawyer OF
note, and Senator Root, elaborated on
tho corporation tax provision OF the
tariR bill and the measure as enacted,
they believe, win servive any attempt
10 nullify 1t.
Attorney General WickeSham is com.
ing to see the president Friday to dis
cuss with him q plan for re-organizar
ton Of the duties Of the interstate COM
merce commission, amendment Of the
Sherman antitrust law, and bringing
interstate corporations more definitely
under the control Of one branch OF the
government.
In hts speech Of acceptance, in his
inaugural address, and during his
campaign tours, President Taft def
nitely committed himself to the so
called Roosevelt policies" and declar-
cd that the principal aim OF his admin
istration would be to establish the
necessary machinery to enforce these
laws.
According to Mr.. Taft's view the
machinery to enforce the laws on the
statute books is now inadequate. He
believes that the interstate commerce
commission Is overcrowded with work
and that 1t ought to be relieved OF Its
Jurisdiction as an executive body Its
functions to be limited to the quasi
judicial investigation Of complaints
made by individuals, and by depart
ment OF government charged with the
executive business Of supervision. The
president also believes that under the
Sherman antitrust law as 1t stands
today there is much to interfere with
legitimate business but that by amend"
ment 1t can be made an effective and
Just instrument.
To bring about coalition OF the law
departments Of the various govern
ment departments which have 10 deal
with railroads and other Interstate cor
porations and trusts" 80 as to permit
Of quick and decisive action In cases
Of ofRense against the statutes, is an
other Of the tasks which the president
has set himself.
He has outlined his own views to
bis cabinet on these subjects and has
left to Attorney General Wickersham,
Secretary Nagel of the department Of
commerce and labor; Senator Root
and several other advisers, the work Of
framing the needed remedies. The
president will take the plan presented
to him by his cabinet officers In the
fall and with his own conclusion added,
will present II to congress.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-26
FIrs. Fare on the Comet.

Dr. John Inglis remembers q CONVEX
satlon with an old gentleman whc
claimed to have been the first to pay
passage money on board the first pes
senger steamer in Europe-the his
toric Comet. The voyage undertaken
was from the Broomlelaw to DalmuiE
-fourpence now by tramway car-and
the fare was four shilllngs. It was
taken by Henry Bell himself, the Com
ct was stopped and waited for hall
an hour till Bell and his passenger
adjourned to an inn, where the FIRST
fare wet the toast Of prosperity to the
pioneer passenger steamer.-GlasgoW
Herald.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-26
who Can PraotIes suruery.

JEFFERSON City, NO., Aug. 20-As-
sistant Attorney General J. M. Daw-
SON held in legal opinion prepared
that only two classes Of persons can
practice medicine and surgery ID this
state without license from the state
board OF health, as specified by the
revised medical code regulating the
practice Of medicine and surgery, and
they are commissioned surgeons Of the
United States army and marine and
those who render services gratuitously,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-26
BuILDIMos TELL TAEIR sTORY.
unwlttInOIy They Reveal secrets 81
the Hearts Of Those Who Con-
st1ieted Them.

The observer Of buildings may read
with ease many a secret Of the build
er's heart, whether 1t be pride, ambi-
ton, hypocrisy or solid worth. The
apartment building that IL built to
sell" is easier to read than some
structures which are the expression
of composite thought. There Is q
good exterior appearance. halls heavy
with Style" with tiled floors, marble
walls, and massive chandeliers. But
inside the apartments, on every hand,
there are evidences Of q conscious
intention to skimp and neglect even
ordinary standards Of good carpenter
work.
How unwittingly does the builder
rear this projection Of his inmost
character! Would It restrain him to
know that others regarded his work
as an open confession Of the very
things he would prefer to hide? It
might not change his character, but It
could cause him to make such build
ing as he would like to be thought Of
as corresponding to in character. II
this method Of interpreting builders
were to be popularIzed It might raise
the standards Of the industry. Our
contribution to this end would be .
proyerb, to pass current wherever
buildings are contemplated: "A build
ing is a confession in stone."-Col-
Hers.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-26
New Court oroanIzsd.

Springfield. Mo-. Aug. 2O.-Judse
Argus Cox of Bolivar, Judge Howard
Gray OF Carthage and Judge ]. P.
Nixon of Lebanon, the members Of
the new South Missouri district court
Of appeals, which was created by the
last general assembly, met here and
were indicted into ONCE. The oath
of ONCE was administered by Judge
James +. Neville Of the Greene county
circuit court. The new court then or
ganixed by electing Judge Nixon pre-
siding Judge.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-26
nuII. to the Msmorx Of a Dos.


OF the memorials to dogs the most
imposing Of modern date is Tells
Tower" q structure on the seashors
near West Kirby, Cheshire, Eng. It
Is in honor Of the great st. Bernard
dog, Tell, ancestor Of most Of the
rough-cOated champions Of England
and himself winner Of every prize in
the kingdom. He was majestic In
appearance, noble in character, and Of
undaunted courage" Built by the
late Mr.. J. Cumming Macedonia, the
tower IL q sort Of summer house, In
the base Of which is . vault contain
ing Tells remains, guarded BY an
efagy Of that remarkable animal
Wide World Magazine.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-26
Orient ahopa for wichita.

Wichita, Kan, Aug. ls.-Announce,
ment that the Kansas City, Mexico &
Orient railroad will begin work on the
general shops for Its system here this
fall was made at Orient Offices here.
To get $4,000 worth Of bonds voted
BY this city and county, 100000 must
be expended here on shops before jan
uary l, 1910.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-26
LIuhtnlnu's Antics in a church.

LIHHNHINUU NHNIeo "
Lightning struck the steeple Of the
little village church Of Gassin, near
Toulon, France, the other day. The
electrical fluid, 1t is stated. followed
the iron cable which is used to ring
the church bell and set the bell ring
ing. Then II tore the door OF a cup
board containing q number Of candle
sticks and lit all the candles as though
By enchantment.
1t completed its antics by ripping
M the floor Of the saeristy, but, SO It
is said, previously rolled up the car
pet with perfect symmetry.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-26

Instead Of being obsolete and sim
ply an interesting relic, the hour glass
IN various forms lie q twentieth cen
tury necessity. A machinist author
ity points out that for such purposes
as timing. hardening and tempsring
heats IN twist drill manufacture,
where seconds or minutes must be
EauFed accurately. nothing serves Ike
the hour glass with the right amount
Of sand. Accuracy to fractions Of q
second can be had much more easily
than By watching he hands Of
watch
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-26
"FIyinu squadron" at St. Joseph.

st. Joseph. No. Aug. 19.-Because Of
after a run over the short course,
which now gives her all records for
eastward and westward trips. She did
the 2,7sS knots In four days, Il hours
and So minutes, as against the best
performance Of her sister ship, the
Lusltania, over the same course OF four
DAYS and Is hours fat
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-26

Atchison, Kan, Aug. pot. W. VOL
tiers vas arrested and fined t25 here
on the charge Of having violated the
child labor Law. This was the first
arrest and conviction for such q viola.
tion In this oiy.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-26

from NERVOUSNESS
andother annoying
symptoms, and !
can truly say that
LydiaE Pink am's
Vegetable Com
pound has proved
worth mountains
Of gold to me, as II
restored my health
and strength. !
never forget to tell
my friends what
T,vdiaE pinkhAm'a
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-26
ImuaeIe1 I, \ = peIay q MoIIlI.,


Madrid. Ang. IA portion Of the
press Is impatient ct the delay in the
advance at Melilla, but many Of the
newspapers insist that Gen. Marina be
given full swing in order to insure sue
cess to the army.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-26
-----.-- '----@.--- - -.
To Entertain Presidents e20, 900.

Juarez, Mex, Aug. 2l.-Ths city
authorities here voted to- appropriate
$4,000 to entertain Presidents Dlas
and Taft when they meet October 10Th.
The city will profusely decorated. A
bull fight will be held.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-26
h.n00 AL Ohio paN PIenle.

Wayerly, Kan, Aus. 1.-the attend
GncO at the Ohio picnic here was esti-
mated at 5000. Mrs. st. John de-
nverod . very able address,. She said
that in ten years there would not be
., llAAnsAd saloon In the United stateA
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-26
WORTH
MOUNTAINS
OF GOLD
During Change Of Life,
says Mrs. Chas. Barclay

Graniteville, vt. -"I was passing
through the Change Of Life and suffered
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-26
TO MonopoIIzo Cotton BusInsss.

TO WVHVFVII@u VVttV"
Birmingham, Ala, Aug. 21.-Befors
nnal adjournment the convention Of
the Farmers Union Of AlabamG Do
cided to organise . corporation "a
merge all the cotton warehouses Int
its control.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-04-24

Of are among the directors o. ihe
proposed new journal.
ID Is doubtful whether a paper
TINS born and thus managed can SITE
coed. The day has gone by fer party
organs Ia this state hound lrreyoc'
ably 10 the championship 81 Mariicu.
lar party. or under The orders Of any
particular central committee, which az
any pa.ticular lime may De IN control
Of that party.
independence To daily Journalism
Is the great thing That counts now
with the reading public ~that Is, 81
course, IT the news be properly pro.
vIded and lntclllgenily and interest.
Ingly published.
The first thing to do 10 make Q
paper IN San Francisco, or any other
Place. is to publish the news; the
next Is to be independent and to
have the manhood to, expressthat IN
dependence.
II Is very doubtful n q paper bound
to the Democratic state central cofa,
mittee and controlled by 4 directory
practicaIls frem that counties. can
succeed any more than could q paper
managed by the Republican state
central committee.
Time, however. VIII tell.