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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-15
CONFIRMED PROOF.
Residents Of Abilene Cannot Doubt
What Has Been Twice Proved.

In gratitude for complete relief
from aches and pains Of bad backs
from distressing kidney Ills
thousands have publicly recommend
ed Doan's Kidney Pills. Residents
Of Abilene, who so testified years
ago, now say their cures were per-
manent This testimony doubly
proves the worth of Doan's Kidney
pills to Abilene kidney sufferers.
Mrs. ]. H. LOCKER, AIS w. First
street, Abilene, Kansas, says: my
kidneys we're SO weak that the least
coll l caught settled in them and
caused my back to ache severely
when / over-exerted myself, the trou-
ble would also come on and ! was
At a loss to know how to find relief
Finally / began using Doan's Kidney
pills and they cured me-" Estate
ment given December 2s. 19O5o
ON November ~. 1908, Mrs. Look
or said: II willingly confirm my for
mer endorsement of Doan's Kidney
pills, as l have never had a return
of kidney trouble"
For sale by ell dealers. Price o.
cents. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo
New York, sole agents for the United
states.
Remember the name-Doah
and take no other.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-15
A LOAD OF WHEAT. siO7.
Dickinson Farmer Had afRich Re
ward for Waiting.

Junction City, April S.-Wheat
keeps right on climbing in price and
the top paid in Junction City today
for No. 2 hard wheat was $1.26h q
bushel. This price was paid by both
the Hogan Milling Co. and Tyler &
Co. for choice loads. VIM. Latzke,
who lives twelve miles west Of this
city in Dickinson County was given .
practical demonstration Of the finan'
cial advantage to the farmer Of 9
strong wheat market, when he sold
one wagon load Of wheat for $1O7.1O
today.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-15
Obituary.

Rhoda ]. Thorp was born in Ale
ghney county, Pennsylvania, Sep
TENDER 10, 1885. She moved with
her parents to Michigan when .
years old, afterwards to Wisconsin.
Was married to Obediah Thompson
February 8, 1856, in Ottawa, Mich
igan, moving soon afterward to Wis
consin where they resided until after
the close Of the civil war when they
came to Cloud county, Kansas, ana
homesteaded in December 1865. Nine
children were born, all Of whom are
living at present. They lived IN
Cloud and Mitchell counties until
the death Of the husband which &C.
cured January 81, 1892 at Concor-
dla, Kan.
She was converted at the age OF
Is and Joined the M. e. church OF
which she remained a member until
after moving to Concordia when she
united with the United Brethren OF
which she remained a faithful mem
Der until her death, which occurred
at F. B. Thompson's in Dickinson
county, April 6, 1909, aged 70 years
q months and 26 days. Funeral SER
vices were held at the home on Fri
day at $500 D. m. conducted by
Rev. Crawford Of the Baptist church
Interment was at Concordia on Sat
urday.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-15
PUT A WHOLE STAMP ON
II Corner Of Stamp is Missing Your
Letter viii Come Back.


According to an order of the post
office department recently received
mere, the old rule that is a postage
stamp is substantially whole its use
for postage were permissible is abol'
ished. No stamp can be used II any
part of its face is missing.
II a corner is torn off 1t must be
pasted on the envelope to show thai
1t was not detached because of par
tial canceling of the stamp. 1t II
said the government has discovered
that many of these partially can
celled stamps are reused,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-15
Helped Chaplnan's Roads.

Chapman has been experimenting
with good roads for some time, and
have put forth good deal of effort
rhe board of county commissioners
this week appropriated $3.50 to No
bic township to help in the work. 7
]. Foley, John Carol, J. A. White
hair, postmaster, Geo. Myers, trustee
and Ed. wilkins township clerk
were up to see about the appropria'
ton.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-15
sned for namages.

H. A. Hockensmith brought suit
in district court against the Union
Pacific for $1,000 damages for In
jurylng his fine race horse, Ray Star.
He claims that carelessness in the
switching when the animal was being
sent to Minneapolis caused the in
Jury.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-15
ALL WILL GO IN.
State Banks viii Try the Guaranty
Law Almost Unanimously.

HID. Crosby, state bank examiner
of Wichita, was in the city on bust
ness, making the usual examination
of the state banks. "The banks are
generally going into the guaranty
fund.-" said he, 81 have been in fifty
banks and every one will go in.
expect to see the state banks unani-
mously in the list"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-15
Rowsre Of ointments for Catarrh that
-. Contain Mercury.

As mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
Inc whole system when entering II
through the mucous surfaces; suca
articles should never be usee e1 ~
ON prescriptions from reputable pny-
Sic,sns AZ the damage they will DO Is
tan fold to the good you can possibly
S Ssr from them. Halls Catarrn
SSrrse manufactured by F. J. Cheney
q e.. Toledo, O., contains no mer-
curry VI and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood ana mucous naC1;us
surfaces Of the system IN Du' 20
aalI's Catarrh Cure be sure you ~
ne NJ Genuine. II is taken internaiiy
ma made in Toledo, Ohio, By F. j.
Cheney ce d Co. testimonials free. *,
sold By all druggists. Price zoe
per Ts CUs' Hairs Family Pills for cOn'ti'
patton.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-15

At the home of the brides mother,
Mrs. Sophia Engle, one mile north OF
Hope, on Tuesday, April 9Th, at two
o'clock occurred the marriage Of her
daughter Rosina to John Lauer OF
jefferson township. A large number
Of relatives and friends were present
to congratulate the happy couple
and wish them many years of happi-
ness and prosperity.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-15
EAST SIDE WANTS A CARRIER.
Inspector Says that If Work is Done
1t May Win.

H. S. Grogan, postoffice inspector,
is here to look up the application OF
the east side for city carrier service.
He says that before it can be done
there must be good sidewalks, houses
numbered properly and boxes pro-
vided for the carrier. If the east
side will get this done soon it is like
ly that its application will be granted.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-15
I,nncheon for Mrs. hale.

Mrs. G. B. Hoffman gave a lunch
con at the Central hotel for MIS-
Matte Britt Hale Of Lacrosse who
is the guest of Mrs. CRANBERRY, MIS- !.
Hale is a prominent club woman Of
the state and may be the next presi-
dent Of the Kansas Federation OF
clubs.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-15
First published in Abilene Weekly Hens0'O'
''-' March 70, fpoe.l
vct,ce Of Final settlement

state OF Kansas, piekiaas ~ IA County.
~ ~,effer % the Estate Of WIZ
ian Hucfsoil. Deceaseo; ,.ruoun
70 All creditors ef and other g y, ~ ~
,nfsrsgted IN said eatats' - rsS1-
hsrsbT notihsd that q me 49, ne1t 4, - 40
lar term Of the Prooats -, and held
ior 49, .,.,isiS judre't once N Api w..
~ ~ - county on the iet 9sy ~
y sAitt No. fhs fr1t Satureay n s.i,-
ll.,sssii,, 81 ffav, VII make ms
nett Of az q W. ssi ssTSiziwARr. EEseutof-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-15

Ma Barker was given up BY
one Of our best doctors. no hope as
disheartsned. took HOLSTERS Rocky
mountain Tea az a last resort. y
saved my life" Greatest remedy for
women. IS cents. Tea or Tablets
rownssnd, the druggist
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-15
OUR MONUMENTS ARE EOLIPsED

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by none point of artistic design
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THE COST OF A MEMORIAL
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we are now closing up the orders
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ABILENE, KANSAS.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-15
sum WOE.


1t has been suggested that where
dams are built spill-ways should be
provided around an end Of the dam
so that during mild floods an excess
siye amount of water could flow past
the dam without overlooking the
banks above. This, under certain
circumstances. would be a move in
the right direction. Its value would
be made nil however, provided the
channelof the stream below the dam
was not sufficiently wide to carry
away the water as fast as it passed
over the dam and spill-way COM
bined. The production of a spill
way beyond this point would be an
unnecessary waste Of money. This
question of dams and spill-ways Is
here introduced because again the
public press from time to time since
the food Of 1908. has been agitatinl
the subject and great dissatisfaction
and unrest has been worked up with
the masses Of people living in th'
river valleys in eastern Kansas
and other parts Of America. Ae
cording to press reports a govern
ment engineer recently has passe'
up and down the kansas river val
LEV ana lie tributaries counting tn
dams across the various streams AMI
diving uttsrance to statements II
eject nat such dams must be re
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-15
Cough Caution

Never, positively never poison yourlmgh nyog
aonah-oyen from q simple cold only you should
oiV1Va hal nootha and ease the irritated bron-
chial tnbca, Don't bllndly suppress IL with q
1IupefYinr poison. ltsstrange how lQma thinu
anaily come about For twenty yoau D.. 5hoop
has constantly warned people not 20 nke ceasn
chiroloFfi a. Gimilar polsma. And now ntil1
iai1 fhonzh-opngruzs nya Put 4 on ne l1oeA
III rdIlon1 aro IN your Cough Mixtufe." ooodl
ForT rood ior this 81 Isa.on
c1nHh Cura. No poison narln on pf. enooeN
nh1il-lnd none n The modicinA ell1 n y ~ n
Az - % ne lahol. And ita nos only Aios pul y
y nd q b b. th0es that NOV y -. lLa.i -
1872 I1riT Wa your en- trsn. ln1'rten haYlnl
-. Fforr C5nFh Oufel Compare careiully -
-. fhoop racihgs Nilh oihsfl and loo ~
s| ~ sS IS .lds W. 3 ssan -
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-15
The Kaw from IL Source g Mouth


stands river principles can devise
means for applying the current en-
ergy.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-15

same curative properties a. the liquid form besides
accuracy Of dose, convenience, economy. = theN
beIpR NO loss BY evaporation. breakAgs. or LEAKAGE
sold Nv druggists or sent promptly BY mail.
OIL. Hood Co. Lowell Mass
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25

now, Tom Pence, and I emerge from the Jim-crow car.
 Senator Joseph W. Bailey has separated the American electorate into two camps the knaves and the fools. Marse Henry Watterson said that same thing thirty years ago. The republicans are the knaves and the democrats the fools, ac- cording to the great editor and the great senator Mir Bailey is buoyant in the hope that the people will soon be dis gusted with the lSnaves and bring in the fools. Prince Bismarck was a man of extraordinary sagacity, and he hazarded the opinion that anybody could watch a knave; but though one had all the eyes of Argus and all the wisdom of Solomon he could not watch a fool, and possibly that accounts for the wonderfully pros porous carer of the G. o. P. The Amer fcan people prefer the knaves to the fools.
 During the entire extra session of Con- gress l have been constantly astounded by the prodigious intellectual powers of Joseph w. Bailey. and poignant in my regret that l could not agree with his arguments. At the very outset he threw down the gauntlet to Eihu Root, and it was not lifted. The political audacity of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25

However high an opinion a man may have of the moral character and teach ings of Jesus; however highly he may praise "The Sermons on the Mount" if he does not accept the historical facts of the gospel-if he does not believe in Christ crucifed-how can he be called a Christian? If I reject Christ crucfied my religion Is gone.
 This religion does not despend upon any theory of inspiration. If Matthew, Mark. Luke and John have given us real, honest histories-if Jesus said the things that they say he said, and did the things that doctrinal Christianity historically vindl- cated, inspiration or no inspiration
 Nor are we absolutely dependent upon the evangelsts for our history. Tacitus tells us that during the reign of Nero, the Christians became numerous in Rome; that the sect was founded in Judea by Christ who was executed under the ad- ministration of the governor, Pontius Pilate: and that the superstition spread itself evep to the city of Rome. Tacitus did not like Christianity. He called 1t a pest; but then he was writing a history, and there the Christians were.
 Plny, a Roman judge in a letter to of Christians. then numerous in Pliny' g province He describes them as innocent In their lives, and report that they were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25

the eonventionalities been so entirely dis regarded. More nearly than any he may be said to have fulfilled Edgar Poe's def for immortal beauty. To sermonize. to inculcate moral ends-these should be merely, by the way, secondary considera- tions thought Poe. We who love the splendid flights of Tennyson's "In Me moriam" and "The Holy Grail" and the spirituality of Browning's "Saul' and many passages in "Paracelsus," are re- luctant in agreeing with the author of "The Raven" and 'tThe Bells.' But withal, beauty itself. whether 1t be of thought or diction, Is the essential ele- either of these elements falls short of being a perfect poem, as would a crea- ton having all beauty of diction yet lacking some hint. some leading to larger life. But we have to concede in tho matter of poetry, that beauty of word and diction are quite necessary in the making of the best poems, and that strength and moral teaching can be more easily dispensed with. The perfect poem. if such a concept were possible, would lack in none of these clements
 Swinburne is in no sense what may be called @ moralizer-a conventionalist His work teens with burning passion, and it Is this erotic tendency that has held him back from popular applause. There is no doubt in my mind that healthier intellec- tual food Is served in the world, even by lesser poets, more particularly for the young and untried. And no matter how naked the emotions and passions of man kind may be stripped-how true the deln-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25

crucifed" that wrought the change Don't you think he ought to know what was the matter with him?
 Ungoldly manl the very charges which you bring against Christians for doing what you do not pretend to abstain from are clear proof that you do believe in the practical power of Christianity to help 8 man in his life. You do not hesitate to do what you would condemn me for doing. Why? Because you really believe that & Christian has, and ought to have, a higher standard of life and conduct than have the ungoldly around him.
 But if there is no practical power in his religion to help him to do right, and to restrain him from doing wrong, what right have you to require a higher stand ard for him than you have for yourself? On merely natural principles you are just as much bound to do right as I am.
 Now, here is this world full of wicked- ness. We Christians are struggling against the power of darkness. and striving hard to make the world better. And there you stand, looking on indifferently at their hand-to-hand fight with sin and the devils and criticisng the plan of the campaign. Manl it is neither sense nor decency. If you are of any account. stop your foolish- ness and take hold like a man and help in the fight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25

accustomed to meet together and sing hymns of praise to Christ as God. Now there stands historical statement of the existence of the doctrine of Christ's di- vinity, as held by the Christians of the first century What are you going to do with 1t? I once heard a learned professor of Greek, in one of our greatest unlversi- ties, speak sneeringly of what he was biased to call the slipshod Greek of the New Testament" What would he do. then, with the classic Latin of Tacitus and Pliny? But
 ?. It is a rational religion. l mean what I say; for I do not admit that the in fidels have monopoly of the reason of the world. In the strict sense of the term I am a rationalist-that Is, I do not believe anything that seems to me un- reasonable-and l do believe historical and doctrinal Christianity, because I see good reasons for believing it.
 When the so-called nationalist charges me with protesting to believe what I do not understand, I 1atly deny the charge. It Is impossible for me to believe an unintelligible proposition.
 But" says the nationalist, don't you believe in the Trinity" Yes; and I understand 1t. believe from verious statements made in the New Testa- ment that the Father the Creator and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25

" HE death of any really large work
 CT in literature or art is invaria-
 \ bly, the signal for shafts of love or hate, and the amount of praise or blame accorded the fife and work of such a one may be assumed to represent his influence on that generation-no more. We cannot entirely judge the final verity or lasting ness of a mans work by contemporary criticsm-nor of what may be an ultimate message by it's current reception. Life is a constant business of remaking ideals. Separating here from accepted formulas, innovating there rebuilding in weak places, it is rare that we can call our selves truly in a contemplative, critical mood. Theories that press for trial, for acceptance today, are like those hastily formed histories that future historians must needs revise, modify, embellish, as fuller material, truer light is thrown on the pages. First principles must yield to synthesis as intellect evolves.
 In the death of Swinburne, English literature loses it's greatest singer and the finest exponent of Greek poetry of any period. His life and work have been so exhaustively talked and written of since his death that it would be pre- sumptive- on my part to attempt even resume of his career. so large and full it was Yet for this reason-for it's very largeness and inf1uence-we cannot resist consideration at least of a few of his typical poems.
 For rythmic quality and music motif he Is without peer. He was no Puri- tan, and in the work of no poet have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25

James B. Beck been spared two years more, John G. Carlisle would have had no democratic opposition for speaker of the Fffty-seeond Congress; but when Beck died Kentucky sent Carlisle to fill his shoes in the Senate. But there was no extra session. Tammany and German were opposed to Mills, and when there was a piece of not over-clean political work to be done, there was a combination for you. Of all the millions of intelli- gent democrats who voCed for democrats for Congress in 1890. nine out of every ten of them did It with the understanding that Roger o. Mills would be the demo- cratic nominee for speaker. But the Ma poleonic plan was put in practice by the marplots-divide and conquer. Crisp was their candidate. They fattered Benton McMillan, William M. Springer and Wil- liam H. Hatch into running for the nom nation A complete list of committee as- signments was made up during the sum- mer with few vacancies left to trade on Dick Croker bulled and Bourke Cochran persuaded and when the caucus met the party perfidy was consummated.
 Sam Donaldson told me of a scene In the Mills headquarters. His managers had just given a promise to a certain member that he should go on rivers and harbors. What's that?' demanded Mills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25

Cleveland made three mistakes. With q word he could have made Mills speaker, but he refused to say 1t. He should have convened the Fifty-third Congress in ex- tra session the day he was inaugurated. lie should have vetoed the Gormanized Wilson tariff bill, into which the Senate injected so much party perfidy and party dishonor
 Springer brought in and passed half 8 dozen popgun tariff bills that bound mo- body, and that was what they were for. Had Mills been speaker Benton McMillan would have been chairman of ways and means He would have made a complete bill that would have been the democratic platform and the Senate would not have dared to queer it. The Fifty-seeond Con- gress would have repealed the purchasing clause of the Sherman silver law: there would have been no panic of 1893. the tariff would have been democratic, honest and constitutional; Spain would have re- tired from Cuba without the firing of shot, the national debt would have been extingulshed, and. better than this, bet ter than those, better than all, the re- publican party would have retired from politics
 But Bailey and Watterson are right the democratic party Is fool and can sometimes initiate knave besides.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25

to be put to such use would be a very difficult matter indeed, for a sub{ ject will not do anything under tha hypnotic influence that he would not do in his natural waking state. ~ hypnotized subject who is naturally q thief would steal while under the in% fluence of suggestion, but were ha naturally honest he would refuse tho suggestion and awake.
 Under hypnotism the secondary, oR abdominal brain (solar plexus), ia dominent and controls the action of the entire nervous system. When wd go to bed and sleep, this great nerve plexus is very much awake andl through it's control we dream. Hudson. writer of renown on this subject lfkens the solar plexus to a phono@9 graph record. He not only claims, but demonstrates. that every incident ofs our lives is graven on this record ands that under the influence of hypnotism can be recalled. It is known to most every one by experience, that incidents they could not recall while awake would come to them when asleepa Hypnotism is a facinating study andi extremely easy to learn. 1t Is not aa many suppose, natural gift, but an exact science. Were 1t not a science suggestive threraputcs" would not be taught in the more advanced medi> cal courses. l can take any person of ordinary intelligence and in 20 minutes time teach them the fundi> mental principles of hypnotism, that is. the art of putting subject" in A hypnotic trance. or rather the first stage of the trance, and waking thems About Is years ago the writer took a short Journey upon the occult field While there I fitted about, lingering for while in many pleasant places, but plucked one flower, in my opinion the brightest and fairest of all, and that flower Is called hypnotism.