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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-10-21
sCALPED EN- PROPER.
Abilene High School beat Herington
10 to 9.

The Abilene high school footpah
team defeated the Harrington hign
school squad yesterday 16 to .. Tne
game was rather slow due to the
excessive wrangling of the visitors
However. this is one exception out
of ten that such wrangling is pn''eu
off in a football game.
At first It looked as though Herring
ton would chang it on" to the local
braves. A tumble on catching the
kickoff by an Abilene player al
loved the HerinAtonites to secure
In, tall about 20 yards from theH
goal 1t then took them only Two
minutes to shove the pigskin across
the goal line for a touch down. A
successful goal kick then netted the
Rock Island yardmen the score OF D.
That was all the visitors were ape
to do. The local braves buckled down
and opunded the Harrington Line IN
mercifully. Huffman and Briney
each landed the rugby behind the
goal line in the first half for a touch
down. Huffman kicked a goal when
nut Abilene five scores to the good
at the end of the first half.
Abilene kept the ball in Herring
toms territory almost the entire sec
ond half. Briney was showed through
for another touch down in q few
minutes. After the locals had the
game cinched in the second half,
Coach Parent took out several OF
the regulars and gave the subs a try
out. =.
Carl Nicolay, Abilene's fast lett
end, made three spectacular line
bucks through left tackle for six and
70 yard gains. He also made several
good tackles. Briney, the husky
full back was another star. He hit
the line hard and made many GOOD
gains. A few fumbles were pulled
of but a weeks more practice Will
overcome that defect for the locals.
A fair sized crowd was in attend
anee.
Abilene's line up was: Lucier'
center; L. Smith, left guard; Jolley
left tackle; G. Nicolay, left end;
'spddeu right guard; Funk, right
tackle; O. Smith, right end; Merri-
field, right half; Huffman, left half;
Briney, full back. Subs; Wilson,
Campbell, Ackers, Sexton and Keel.
Mace Of Harrington refereed and
snider of Abilene umpired the game.
Halves were 25 and 20 minutes.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-10-21
noop HousE aRRETED THNM.
ideal Opera Company Pleased seelye
Patrons Last Night.

GA Mascotte" given last night by
the Boston Ideal Opera company was
one of the best rendered comic operas
nut on the stage here. The company
Is we'll balanced, has a good cnorus
and the principal actors were goou
in their several parts. F. W. oaKes'
the owner and manager OF the COM
nanv has been in the show business
for 16 years and knows how to make
a success of an undertaking. he
has gotten together a splendid COM
pany Of actors. -.
Harvey Duncan who played Rocco
the farmre and M, G. Rayfield' the
Prince, kept the audience in laugh
ter most Of the time. Miss Hazei
Coulter, as Bettina the mascot mas a
sweet voice and the gobble song with
Joe Combs, as Pippo the shepherd,
was heartily applauded and repeated
several times. His rich, clear tenor
was a delight to musical lovers ana
repeated encore was demanded.
The company will play a return
date early in Nopember In a new
piece and will be undoubtedly re-
ceived by a large house.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-10-21
GOODBYE TO OLD LANDMARK.
This Floor Was Laid When Abilene
Was Very New.

Tohver G Son are tearing up an olu
floor in their machine shop and gar
are preparatory to Improvements
The floor was laid about 1917 anu
was one of the first put down IN
Abilene. The building was the first
store of Johntz Brothers and the
ground under 1t is is inches lower
than the present street level II
was the original level Of the prairie
II is told that when the U. P. pulit
ITS depot it proposed to locate It west
" Mud creek where land was hignel
hut the pioneers hauled In seyer@l
hundred loads of dirt to build ap
the present site in order to bring II
to this side. The old building was
between two of the cattle day saloons
and was fitted with heavy shutters
over the windows. Many a shooune
scrape took place on the sidewalk
in front of 1t.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-10-21
SHIFTING SOIL.
Real Estate Transfers Reported BY
]. E. Keel, AbstractOr.

Ira Wan and wife to George w.
Mofford, rs acres sw u NV u
ella, $3.50.
H. P. Huff and wife to John H.
Bradford lot IS First street, Solo
mon, $40O.
W. T. Harris exr, to George Dobson
lots SIS and So, Third street, Solo
mon, 1925.
Mary Kane and husband to R. L.
Hogan lot 10, blk 4, Abilene
$1,000.
George e. Karnes and wife to Robt'
A. Bowyer, 61k acres in W X
6-11-1, 1915.
j. ]. Schneider and wife to Charles
r. Baer, lots 81, 80, blk rs, D. A.
T. Co. add Abilene, 1925.
Charles R. Baer and wife to G. G
Wyandt lots 81 and 80, blk 26, e
A. T. Co. add Abilene, 200.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-10-21
saIina Plans Auto Race.

At meeting of the Salina Auto
mobile club yesterday 1t was decided
to make two days endurance run
to Hays City and return on the 2Sth
and 29th of this month. A prize
valued at 500 will be awarded to
the winner. The run will be open
to all. The route will be the same
as that used by the Glidden tourists.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-10-21
Baptlst state Convention.

The forty-ninth session Of the
Kansas Baptist convention met with
the First Baptist church Of Concor-
dia Oct 11-14th. Hon. H. e. Sill
man Of Winfield, Kansas, presided
as president. Rev. w. G. Carey of
Mcpherson was preacher of the an
nual sermon. For the coming year
Kansas Baptists are to raise sixteen
thousand dollars for state missions,
for home and foreign twenty-five
thousand dollars. DR.. 3. Y. Mullin,
president of the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary Of Louisville,
Kentucky, spoke on the following
subjects: Christian Experience.
Christ's Response to Modern Thought
and Our Baptist Heritage. This was
a great meeting for more than three
hundred delegates attended and were
royalty entertained by the coneordla
people in general.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-10-21
SURPRISED THEIR FRIENDS.
Roy SheareP and Miss Frances Benig'
nus Quietly Married.
From Saturdays Daily.l

ltTOm SuJuTuuy Dally'i
Roy Shearer and Miss Frances
Benignus stole a march on their
friends last evening and were married
and out of town before the young
folks knew of it. They went to the
Presbyterian parsonage where the
ceremony was performed by Rev, Dr.
Blayney and took the morning train
for Kansas City. Mr.. Shearer Is one
Of the popular and capable clerks
of the postoffice and his bride, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. 9. Benig-
nus, one of the city's popular young
ladies with host of friends, Hearty
congratulations will be EXTENDED TO
the happy couple.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-10-21
sidIer.Missimer.

A quiet wedding took place at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. H. ]. Slider,
Thursday, Oct. 7, at noon, when
their daughter Myrtle Lydia and
David Ralph Missimer were married
Rev. R. NJ. Tinnon, pastor of the
Harrington Presbyterian church, Of
ficiating.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-10-21

An aching back is instantly
relieved by an application OF
Sloan's Liniment.
This liniment takes the place
of massage and is better than
sticky plasters. 1t penetratess
without rubbing - through
the skin and muscular tissue
right to the bone, quickens the
blood, relieves congestion, and
gives permanent as well as
temporary relief.
Here's the Proof.
Mr.. JAMES u; LEE, Of HOO 9th st,
BE, Washington, ID. O., writes; Thirty
wears ago fell from scaffold and seri-
ously injured my back. suffered terri
Div At times from the small Of my back
ali around my stomach was Just a. !
had been beaten with club. i ueed
every plaster could get with no relief:
Gioan's Eminent took the pain right
ont. and can now do 90 much ladder
work Is any man in the shop, thanks TO
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-10-21
ATTENDED THE STOCK SHOW.
Mank Dickinson Farmers Were In
Kansa sCity.

During this week while the stock
show has been going on in Kansas
city a large number Of Dickinson
county farmers and their wives have
been spending the week in the city
The county has a reputation for the
breeding Of fine stock and besides
there are many farnerE who have
Dure bred stock, but who mako no
pretense at doing fancy stock bisi-
ness. They all believe in going to
stock shows and seeing what's doing
with the breed ,rs.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-10-21
(First published in Abilene Weekly Re-
Hector September 80, 5000
,--, ~ auxAOTNJTRrT1ArT

state Of Kansas, Dickinson County, IS;
In the matter Of the estate OF VIII
liam II. Eicholtz deceased, late Of Dick
inson County, Kansas.
Notice Is hereby given that on the
asth day Of September, A. D. 1903. the
undersigned was by the Probate Court
Of dickinson County. Kansas duly ap.
pointed and qualified as exeertrix OF
me estate Of wfniam H Eicholtz. de-
ceased, late Of Dickinson County Kan.
sas. All parties interested IN sac
estate viii take notice and govern
themselves accordingly.
MARY A. EIcH0LTz
49,, Bxecutrix-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-10-21
New Pastor Called.

The Swedish Mission church.
southeast Of Enterprise extended a
call to Rev. M. Lundbeerg of Dubois
Pa and it has been accepted and he
will arrive here the last of this week
to take up his work. D." Aundberg
is an energetic young man and will
make a good addition to the religious
workers of this community.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-10-21
An Order for Alabama.

The "Wolfe" cigars are proving
a mighty popular brand as is shown
from the fact that a shipment was
made today to the city Of Hazel
Green, Alabama. Bert Wolfe the
manufacturer. is kept busy and is
turning out good stuff.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-10-21
Baseball Bulletins.

The baseball fans are nue. in
terested in the worlds championship
games being played this week be-
tween Detroit and Pittsburg, champ
ions of the National and American
associations. The final and decid-
ing game will be tomorrow afternoon
and the Smoke House will bulletin
the game by innings.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-10-21
D. Hill,s DOGS Prize Winners.

David Hills running hounds made
good at the coursing meet at Utica,
Nebraska. They took first prize in
the big race and besides that they
won several courses. Mr.. Hill form
erly resided at Abilene and had sew
eral good racing hounds then.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-10-21
JOi,nIson.Baker.

At the home of the bride in Hope
on Thursday, Oct. 7, occurred the
marriage OF Mrs. Polly johnson to
Jacob H.. Baker Of Mechanicsburg,
Pa, Rev. S. B. Wingerd officiating.
They will reside in Hope.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-10-21
Ilnne has New Mini.ter.


The Presbyterians have engaged
Rev. Geo. Mckay as regular pastor
and the first regular services will
be held next Sunday morning at Cul-
lege Hill and at Hope in the even
Ing. The family will arrive IRON
Ctnoordia next week sometime and
will occupy the manse as soon as
their goods arrive and they can get
settled. The family consists of wife
and three daughters, the eldest being
about seventeen years old. The
Presbyterians Of Hope and vicinity
will heartily welcome him, and regu-
lar services again.-Hope Dispatch.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-10-21
non,t NEGLECT That Cough.

II certainly racks your system ana
NAV run into something serious, Al
lens Lung Balsam will check II
quickly and permanently. For sale
at all druggists.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-10-21

Cheapest accident lnsurance-Dr.
Thomas Electric Oil stops the
pain and heals the wound. All drug
gists sell t.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-10-21

SOVIET
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25

needed importation both Of manufactures and
of focdstuffs. It is true that. as Mr- ScheviI
observes. Siena. in this absurd posture Of at
fairs. was no worse of than her neighbOrs. and.
turning to the relations of industry and gov
ernment he also notes the fact that the craft
guilds never played political role Of any i'm
portance" On the other hand we may read in
the economic pueriIities of the Sienese a tenn
peramentaI defect which. If not unknown else
where, was at all events particularly damaging
10 a people Ill supplied-as the FTOrentines
were, for example-with courterbaIanciHs traits
of sErewdness and the ike. and what is more.
placed upon the map OF Italy as to De prac-
tically foredoomed to provincial rank The Iner-
chants put by M. ScheviU in the foreground as
the true architects Of Siena's fortunes -four
shed long. but they could not carry the state
indefinitely. That genius Of the people to which
We have already alluded in which there was 50
much that was creative and even heroic, did not
embrace the clew 70 political wisdom We have
spoken of the evolution of the city as normal
That is To say it was Il very human evolution a
very natural outcome from the Sienese teuperd-
ment. But in the management of their affairs
these people We're often impuIsive to the point
of being chlIdrike. and though they were true
10 themselves from beginning to end their 20
Htical moves not seldom wore the air Of h.g-
hazard experiment.
Only in their love Of their city their wors .ip
of the Virgin Mary and their hatred of he
Florcntines. in other words only in their clearly
marked elemental passions. do they seem = pes
Of maturity. In the art of government they
We're always fumbIing toward success. II they
were weaker than some of their rivals in the
peninsula. because less adroit in statecraft and
poorer in sagacious leaders they had at least
an enkindlins love of liberty. and it is only
their sweeter. nobIer traits that one thinks in
closing this book. Siena is To this day beauti-
ful town, beautiful and with something IovabIe
about it, Unquestionably there is a charm in
its history. as in its art and in its very stones
which gives it a singular position among ItaI-
ian cities. Mr.. ScheviI has brought that charm
into his pages We know some excellent books
in the literature of Siena, but We do rot know
one which quite equals this for fuluess. SIM
plicity and truth
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25

was at hand" Most readers, we believe VIII
side with Mr. ScheviH in his refusal to estlnlate
too heavily the indebtedness of Siena 10 ahclehI
Rome in matters of law. Some Indebtedness Is
indubitabIy to be reckoned with, for the time
came when all the Italian states were quick 10
profit by the legislative and administrative
nractices established long before by the mis-
tress Of the world, but the important point Is
that as Siena emerged from the darkness spread
bv the fall of the empire and the barbarian dom
ination she little by little beat out path Tor
herself whereon civilization might travel with
ever increasing safety.
In nothing is Mr.. SChevill more workmanike
OF more luminous than in his exposition of the
slow travail through which his city rose to self
consciousness and to self-cOntrol. The story IS
amazingly complicated, and few of its details
can be reproduced here. We can but indicate
the broad clements of difficulty and of progress
At no time did the problem of the citizens take
on a helpful unity. On the contrary, they faced
always an appalling tangle. Beyond the Alps
but none the less potent as an agent Of disturb
anCe there was always the meddlesome head OF
the Holy Roman Empire. Within the walls or
the city there the powers Of Church and
State collaborating. yet by virtue Of that very
fact forever involving the city in delicate qUeS-
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25
SIENI.
4 Luminous Study Of CiUic Life IN
MeGiRUal Italy.

SIENA The story Of Medieval Commune. yy ny
Ferdinand Schevil. With Illustrations anu
maps Svo, PIP. xii. 433. Charles Scribner S
Sons.
The history of Siena in the Middle Ages IS
labyrinth through which even the most sure
footed scholar must proceed with the utrn ISL
caution Learning will help him on the way
but his greatest need is for an instructive feeling
for the character in men. When the historian
is not temperamentally inclined to dispense with
this latter aid he is often tempted to use 1t only
as a modest auxiliary. so that in the long run II
lends but little color and movement to his pages.
Nh Schevill happily takes wiser view OF the
matter In his preface he says MY book ad-
dresses itself frankly to the general reader
and while he is Enthusiastically a well equipped
scholar this closely written study Of his has the
charm of a freely drawn portrait Here we may
scrutinize the physiognomy of medieval Siena
as living. breathing thing; here we may ap-
prehend the very soul OF the city, The author
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25
(From a photography

tions of adjustment Housed. too in the very
heart of the city were great families prone 70
fight for supremacy and the population at large.
rich and poor divided into parties water runs
down hill. on top of all this there the bur
den Of international politics. incessant friction
with Florence, and every now and then trouble
with some other more or less organized enemy.
if not with those bands Of merceuaries who
came and went as the mood moved them and in
variably left Sienese territory the worse for
their visitation How. out Of this chaos. could
Siena snatch not only the means of preserva-
ton. but the elements of prosperity. the soften
ing Of manners the consultations of religion and
the grace of art? What was her secret? What
were the sources Of her strength. and there
fore, Of her splendid enioresceuce in the four
teenth century? Nothing more or less than
courage. persistence. industry and a positively
fcrocious cult for self government, supported
both by a certain gallantry Of soul and a deep
religious fervor. Finally the Sienese triumphed
because they loved Siena and. while given to
perpetual quarrcls among themselves were
quick to unite in defence of their common patri-
mony Step by step the burghcrs made their
city a seat of wealth. inch by inch they built up
the governmental fabric-a heartbreaking task
in a period in which recourse to violence was as
natural to men as eating their dinner-and as
in the cathedral and other great public buildings
the visible signs of local pride and power were
erected, the amenities of life seemed in a fair
way to dispace the old rule Of might and
thousand petty disabilities. The Sienese were
tolerably secure, as security went in the Middle
Ages, and they were immeasurably happy
Architecture hourished. Duccio Simone Mar
tint and the LOrenzett painted their lovely pict-
ures. JaCopo della Quercia scuIptured his in
con m h..
entine hosts were put to shame. Yet in due
course the ancestral foe of the little republic
came to trample it under foot. and within two
hundred years the glories of the fourteenth cen
tury were but memory
The full explanation of Sena's decline must
be sought in Mr.. Schevills pages but we NAV
refer in this place to one or two causes of de-
cay. Take, for example, the question of manu-
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25

leaves the impression OF 4 man who has dlscr1h- 3
inatingIy studied his authorities sifted ali IN
facts. discreety felt his way before framing
a,.r bis slightest conjecture. and then taken
The additional pains TO saturate himself IN the
s,,r,1e aenius of Siena. so that in rendering his
account Of the place he might write as easily
and as clearly as though he were ceiebriI'hS
his own home. 1t would be a fine thing II "orhS
of scholarship were more often composed in
this liberal fashion. Possibly American writers
NAV, soon overthrow the false standards which
have bcen imposed upon us by a too pcdanuc
INTERPRETATION Of the modern scientific hip'the-
81. Il certainly augurs well for the revival of
d, .,,,r5 tradition that within few short weeks
, sl,lI1j have witnessed the publication In thls
country of a book ike Professor Cross's bog
rarhv of Stcrne recently reviewed IN Ihe IT'D
nm. and one like this history of Mr. ScheViIs 5
Tho little cosmos that was Siena affords an
esrcciaIIv grateful opportunity to the discerning
writer Though not by any means Isolated II
,,-as nevertheless so circumstanced as to develop
a r.culiarIy original character. Its geographical
situation was favorable to its detachment alike
from Florence and Rome, and through the veins
or It's people there would seem to have run with
extraordinary violence that passion for inde-
Incidence which created many Of the early
Italian republics. There is no exaggeraton
about Mr.. SchevilTs treatment Of the Sienese as
The members Of 4 kind of nation Their patrl
ti.r,, was of ancient origin. The exclusiveness
Of their temper is not unfairly to be traced back
10 Roman and even Etrurian days. for it has a
racial tang. one feels in every manifestation Of
Sieucse pride the expression of an inborn and
irnncmorial tendency. Thus it is an entirely
normal evolution which Mr.. Schcvill analyZes-
the massage of a civic individuality through
phase after phase of an existence constantly
affected 10y external pressure, but determined as
to the nature Of all its essential experiences by
emotions and principles inalienably its own In
Siena if anywhere, it is reasonable to assume
that the Italian liberty of the Middle Age was
not a successful copy or revival Of extinct Ro-
man forms, but a healthy, spontaneous and orig
inaI product, cultivated through silent. or almost
silent centuries from seed sown at a time
when to outward seeming the end Of the world
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25
DEATH.

BY JOHN DRINKWATER.
The shadOwy ways are deep
That girt the narrow path
Wherein mans feet are set
Wherein alone is light,
The little light he hath
To lead him to the sleep
When he shall ali forget,
or all things see Alright.
From out the shadOwy ways
Forever comes the noise
OF Deaths wings beating slow.
Man hears. and asks In vain
If Death at length destroys,
or leads to golden days,
or shall he ever know
Who husbandeth the grain.
The shadowy ways hold fast
The thing his heart would hold.
FOreknowledge of his fate.
The little light is weak
The secret to unfold;
He cries. until at last
The shadows shall abate
Their mute disdain, and speak.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25

factures. The absence Of abundant and con-
venfent water courses was in itself inirnfcaI 20
the city's prosperity, but apart from this, Mr..
Schevin cites a signal error made in the regu-
Iation Of trade The bUrghers were not content
with obtaining for the consumer full meas
ure and an honest product" They went further
and supervised the activities of the workers
with shortsightedness well illustrated in the
following instance:
The statutes Of the wool guild required that only
be neither longer nor shorter than certain stand
ard and that only native wool be put on the
looms; and all guilds alike pursued a SelIiSnly eX-
elusive policy, imposing a heavy tax on all can
didates for admission, and positively fOrbidd1nS
the exercise of their respective occupations TO a.
but guild members in good standing Add minu-
regulations regarding the hours and quantity
la Dor the observation or 50 many church feh-
rivals that about hundred and thirty days s
the calendar year were devoted to an enforced res
and we get idea of that spirit OF Overregt
Iation which characterized both the guilds and the
government
Traffic between Siena and other towns was
cultivated to a certain extent, but it was hedged
around by innumerabIe and preposterous re-
strictions. The local patriotism which was
fruitful at home nevertheless reacted disadvan-
tageOusIy upon the life of the city when it in
terfered with and sometimes even forbade, n,