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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-11-11
A RlrthdaY Parry.

Monday evening when Mrs H. A
Brown came home from town sns
found the ladies OF her Bible class
assembled with we'll filled OaskeU
waiting TO help celebrate her sixty
seventh birthday. A bountiful sup
per was served. And after an houl
.sDent in conversation and music the
IadIes returned to their homes wish
inc MRS. Brown many happy returns
Of the day.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-11-11
poLTTICs AND ARCHITECTURE.

Kansas has a fool law that de-
signs for all public buildings must De
drawn by the state architect Then
Il has another fool law that the
architect must be appointed by the
governor. The result is that some
political hangeron is given the jon
to pay for his work and taxes .
course in architecture in Q CORES
pondeuce school to Git him for inc
Mace. Then when Kansas proposes
20 erect a new building he struggles
with II and turns out some weird de'
sign or adopts one from another state
The new 100000 memorial hail
which should be thing OF beauty anO
a delight to the Kansas heart VIII
II the architects (7) designs CO. DC
a copy Of some agricultural hall VI
in Nebraska. Kansas ought to learI
to do some things right.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-11-11
FOURTEEN ERRORS OF LIFE

An Englishman enumerates the
following as the fourteen errors OF
life:
To attempt to set up our own
standard Of right and wrong ano
expect everybody to conform TO IL
To try to measure the enjoyment
Of others by our own.
To expect uniformity of opinion II
this world.
TO expect uniformity of opinion II
this world.
To look for judgment and exper
fence In youth.
To endeavor to mold all u'spOsi
lions alike. ,,,.a
Not to yield in unimpOrtant trifles
To look for perfection in our owl
actions. ..o,
about what cannot be remedled'
Not to alleviate II we ca" d" '
needs alienation. a.,
Not to make. allowances for Tn
weakness of others.
To consider anything imposslOl
nat wa cannot ourselves perform
To believe only what our INIT
minds can grasp. -,
To live as If the moment ~
time, the day were SO important ina
1t would live forever.
To estimate people by some ou'
side quality. for it is that wltni
which makes the man.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-11-11
chairman Lloyd. Of the Democrat!

! Chairman Lloyd, of the Democratic
Congressional Committee, is very
frank in his confession that he does
not know what the Democratic Issue
will be next year. He thinks they
win wait and see what the Republi'
cans will do and then simply oppose
It. Well that will be nothing new
That is about all the Democratic
party has ever done since 1t had the
Republican party to contend with
The Democratic party next year will
be as was the Democratic party last
year and every campaign year fol
half a century an opposition party
"a negative party. And that Il
largely why It is minority party and
will remain so.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-11-11
LEVI TAILOR
J. N. BURTON. Auctioneer.
&. B. TANNING, Clerk.


Cincinnati, o.. Nov. io.-Well foune.
ed reports that the shortage 2.
Charles l. warmer, former local
treasurer Of the Big -Four railroad. win
total $1,000, 900 and possibly Sa,eoo'
GOO. and the amusement expressed On
every hand that one man, unaiaeal
could jugEle the accounts Of ; great
corporation for years without detee
don, where partly met By q statement
from a high railroad ohielAl maj
81 -shsksups is about 70 take plaec
"a The oHcsS Of the sig -Four. ard thal
Al entirely new system Of coaduc'anl
ne roads anancss 4 70 - inrusn
ssisA
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-11-11

carn .7.T1.w,y Ii, UOS:1zO S3,0ss,SOe
oats ,,,... Ss2,OO4 2S,ssS,2SO lO,1Sa.sss
"This years yield Of all wheat lSos
S5s.74O bushels) exceeds that Of 1908
by over 100000 bushels, ranks fourth
among the states annual productions
measures 40 per cent more than the
annual average for the proceeding 70
years, and has an aggregate Valus
greater than that Of any previous CROP
Although is area was less than In the
year before BY ASSOC acres. In only
one year since 1873 have prices been
higher. Come reports indicate that
the crop IL being marketed rather
freely, though many farmers are hold
Ing. for higher prices. Quite a number
rsrortinE volunteer to say that this
u because tbey don't need the
money
The highest average yields reported
are In Shawnee and Brown counties,
with q bushels. Riley next with 81
bushels, followed By Douiphan and
PottaWatomie with 20 bushels and
Chase. wyandotte, Nemaha, Clay and
Cloud with 10 bushels. The lowest
Yields are IN the western counties.
I'm aggregate yield Barton county
leads with s,si5.1f0 bushels Of winter
wheat. Reno second, with s,ssS
bushels; Stafford third, with a.923,-
500. Pratt fourth. 2,ss7,e23; PaWnee
afth, a,7as.s1s. and Mcpherson sixth
with All $40 bushels. followed BY the
one dine premier wheat grower sum
nef. VITA s.ssf5ss bushels.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-11-11


zone Of the difficulties in Topeka
has been the voting Of democrats
at republican primaries" frankly
admits the Topeka Capital, for II
is a virtual admission Of the abso-
lutte failure of the primary system.
If the votes of the opposition party
can control the nominations in q
republican primary, then we no long
er have the right Of party primaries
That is exactly what the Gazette has
always urged. The democrats OF Kan
sas can, and do, practically control
every republican nomination. And
the Capital comes very near to ad'
hitting the truth of the charge
Lawrence Gazette.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-11-11
most VALUABLE
OF KANSAS YIELDS
Never Before Has Crop Been Worth
50 Much.
SECRETARY COsUaN REPORTS
Min N. Arss 4essoo Aerss Lees
ne Whsss Yisld Was 4Iooe,eoo
nushsls Mere Thar Last
Year
SECRETARY COsvaN RsPORTs

Topsks Nov. lO.--Nevor in the his
,ogT al the state have the three crops
Of wheat, corn and oats been woi Vol.
- mpeh. IN the aggregate, a. IN 1907
avs ,. d. Coburn. secretary OF tne
,tsls hoard Of agriculture, IN . crol
.,stsmsut Their combined value
smounts to yIss. 90. s1s. an increase
AZ as .sI5,s7p, or 10 per cent over tne
80 bost record which vas In 1908
~summarirsd the showing Of Ihes,
erops for 1909 Is IS follovs;
heraa Pred. hul value.
,,,,.,.. - rillsls 1o.llslot tiS.lte.l =.
1900 " ss1le - - so&as'
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-11-11
Why YOU should have have Hoosier Cabinet

would ut your dining table.
It brings into your kitchen pract-
cal cOnveniences--the cream Of the
ideas Of quarter Of . million prAc-
teal housekeepers who have used
HOosier Cabinets in the Last ten years.
Very few persons can tell by look
ing at a "cheapened" kitchen cabinet
where the value is taken out. But
this is sure. It yOu pay less than the
HoOsier price you get less. Less con-
venience, fewer years Of service, re-
duced value.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-11-11

Hsney, the grandstander Of san
Francisco vas defeated for proseeut-
M attorney. The people probably
1900 nat he had drawn enough
moDsy without giving ANYTHING but
hos e. ~ return
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-11-11

Lawrence Gazette; Here is q fun
NJ, and possibly significant thing
The only man who went down on the
Cleveland ticket was q former manag
or for LafoIIette in wisconsin. and a.
ardent advocate Of that eccentric
Ssmo-snarehist. That is worth think
ine about
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-11-11

The HOOsier Special Cabinet Is an
investment, not in lumber, but In
leisure. 1t clips off needless trips TO
pantry, cupboard and kitchen table
draws all your kitchen supplies to
one spOt.-and stops useless walking
Also, IL puts an end to foot weaFt-
ness and back strain, caused by stand
ing hour after hour over your kitchen
table. The aluminium work table top
Of the HOOsier Special extends out
10 inches gives yOu plenty OF knee
and foot room to sit down as you
sSAA~ 49,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-11-11
How to get this Cabinet


r.hsb the puts TINS
Terms
1.-THE dosedM
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-11-11

~ ONE oueep who THIS WEEK will receive 1910
wosavg Kitchen Cabinet free all charges on Nov .stn h i
TO oohgae
Yourself in any way Just the big Iooae display and ask for par
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-11-11
,ther articles too numerous to mer-

ton.
TERMS -All sums Of $40 and NM
der cash; sums over &1o.a credit OF
10 months will be given on note
with approved security at 10 per cent
interest; II paid when due only 8 per
cent interest will be charged. No
property to be removed until settled
for.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-11
WESTP0RT

William D and Edith W. Beach, of Bay Shore, L. l., Suffolk Co.,. IN. Y., for $1, 900 to Jennie M. Wilcox of Nor walk, lot on map of, shore lots be- longing to H. F. and A. B. Coleburn, at Compo Cove, on map made by c. N. Wood, the lot being 13S by 100 feet.
 Willard S. Adams to Grace Adams White, of Tarrytown, N. Y., a lot bounded north east, and south east Company southwest by land of Fred erick Kemper; northwest by Evergreen avenue; being acres with dwelling house and other buildings. Grace Adams White of Tarrytown, N Y.. to Willard s. Adams, 2 acres, bounded north by land of pr. Fred erick Powers and Frederick Kemper; east and south by Dead Mans Brook; west by Myrtle avenue. Also 23 acres of land bounded north by land of Charles T. Hurlburt and Lane; east by highway and Lane; south by high way and land of Robert w. Dykman and west by land of Charles T. Hurl- burt.
 Harry T. Rubey for s2oO to Edward $. Church of Norwalk, land bounded north by land of George S.. Adams; east by old cemetery; south by high way and old cemetery; and west by land of Daniel Forger.
 Frank E. Sturges, for $1,000 to Rose P. Soley, land bounded north by State street; east, by land of w. s. Guyer and Sons; south by land of Taylor & Richards; west by land of Horace c. Hurlburt.
 Belle D. Burr, of Cranford, N. J., to Edward Bedford, for s3,750. 10 1-2 acres bounded north by the Connecti- cut Railway and Lighting Company; east by land of John Kiaski; south by Greens Farms Congregational society and west by the highway.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-11
FAIRFIELD

Eudora Manier of Holyoke, Mass. to Frank H. Girard, lots 34, 35 and 36 on map of B. D. Pierce, 100 by 15o feet. F<
 Frank H. Girard to Esmerelda Gi- rard, lots 34, 35 and 36, on map of R. D. Pierce.
 Henry F. Henshaw, for s3oc, to Eliz- abeth A. Connor, land with building in way; east by land of Geo. Reinecke; south by the same; west by land of Mrs. w. w Wakeman the lot con- taining acres, more or less.
 Raymond N. Watson of San Juan, Porto Rico, for $450 to Mary Conway, the highway; east by land of Charles Donnelly; south by land of Charles Waters; and Andrew Cynchnowski and Zygmund Kulakowski, and west by the highway.
 Lenora Pickett for $2oo to John J. of E.. W. $. Pickett.
 Giuseppe Giliberti, Southport, to Constantine Dimattia, land bounded north by the Connecticut turnpike for 148 feet; east by land of Martin Hop kins for 197 feet; south for 124 feet feet by land of P. M. Kennedy; and west by land of Chas. Jelliff for 120 feet and F. Rensulli for 60 feet.
 Herbert o. Taylor of Bridgeport, to Peter StraSburger Of Brldgeport, lot 123 on map of James w. Seeley. 50 by 120 feet, subject to a mortgage of $200 in favor of Andrew B. Huntington.
 Frederick M. Pierce, to Grace A. Williams and Mary l.. Taylor, lot on map of F. M. Pierce, 40 by 100 feet, subject to mortgage of s2,750 in fla vor of Burr 6, Knapp.
 Joseph I. Flint, to Louis Schmidt of Danbury, lot of land with cottage, bounded north for 100 feet by Long Island Sound; east by land of Louis Schmidt and Anna L. Bulkley for 300 feet; north for 100 feet by land of Samuel Wheeler; west by the same for 300 feet.
 Alfred S. Perry, to Mary w. Sanford, land bounded north by land of the grantor; east for 50 feet by Beaumont street; south by land of grantor; west by land of Mrs. Kinsella, for 50 feet, and 450 feet south from the southeast erly wall of Perry block.
 Bridgeport Land & Title Company to Joe Saute lots 253 and 254 on the Stratfield Road, as seen on a map of Lenox Heights.
 John F. Morehouse to Oliver G. Jennings acres of land, bounded north by land of the grantee; east by the highway; south by land of Sarah M. Wakeman and west by land of grantee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-11
DOUBLE CROSS, FOR CANNOT

Judge Gaynor, the Democratic nom inee for mayor of New York, who has also been endorsed by many independ- ent organizations, appears to have been given at the hands of William R. Hearst what is commonly termed in street parlance as the double cross,'' From a, statement issued by Judge Gaynor last evening and which is cor roborated by Rudolph Block, one of the Hearst editors, Hearst not only besought Gaynor to run but took un- usual pains to assure him that in event of his becoming a candidate for mayor he would have the support of Hearst and his newspapers. Now Hearst permits himself to be made a candidate against Gaynor, alleging that his assurances of support did not contemplate the acceptance by Gaynor of the Tammany nomination. As to whether Judge Gaynor is correct in ac- cusing Hearst of dup1icity the sub joined letter addressed to the Demo- cratic nominee by Rudolph Block, a high salaried editor in the employ of Hearst, may shed some light.
 "New York Oct. g, 1909.
 My dear Judge: I have received your letter and I cannot tell you how distressed l am over the course that matters have taken. I regret exceed ingly to be drawn into the affair, but inasmuch as I was instrumental in bringing about your meeting with Mr. Hearst and urged you so often on his behalf to run for mayor, I feel that since you ask for it and put the mat ter up to me you have a right to my testimony.
 Shortly before MT. Hearst left for Europe last summer he asked me to bring you to his house. I think this was the second or third time you had ever seen him. He asked you if you would not run for mayor in the fall. You asked him why he did not run himself, and said that if he desired to run or would run you would not get in his way. He answered that under no circumstances would he run, and urg- ed you to run. You asked on what tic ket. He responded, '1 don't care what ticket you run on. I'll support you on any tic1zet.'
 T suggested then that perhaps Tam many might nominate you. He an- swered: It makes no difference. what party nominates him I will support him. And he added: I am not op- Iosed to Tammany, but to Tammany methods, and when it does right it is entitled to credit
 You thanked Mr. Hearst and said that you might go to Europe in Au- gust and that you would think the matter over. He expressed a wish that you would see him in Europe and ask ed that you let him know your deci- sion after you got back. He said that if you wanted any article favoring or leading to your candidacy to be pub lished in the American during his ab- sense I was to see that it went in.
 "Silncerely yours
 "RJJDOLPH BLOCK
 In view of the foregoing testimony it ought not to be a difficult matter for the honest electors of New York to de- eide as between Judge Gaynor and William the "conscript.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-11
THE HIGH TAX RATE

No government can be conducted
 without levying taxes. But the con- stant increase in the amount taken
 source of anxiety to most men. It does not follow that an increase in
 taxation is an increase in the cost of living of the individual members of this, or any other community. Such an increase may represent a saving. It is very doubtful. for instance, if
 the individual citizen could educate his children as well as they are now educated in the public schools for so small an outlay as the public schools require, large as the amount expended in supporting the schools seems to be. Every citizen now pays for the dis posal of his ashes. It might well be that the city could take the work over, and that the total cost of doing the work would be less than the fag- gregate amount paid to private per- sons now. This would depend upon whether the task were done in spirit of economy and civic pride, or after the manner of jobbery and waste. An increase in the tax bill/is not really an increase in the expense of the tax payer, provided that some thing that he wants done, or that ought to be done for, or by him, is furnished to him by the city for less than he could furnish the same thing to himself. A high tax rate is not therefore to be condemned per SC. The difficulty with the high tax rate, for the present year, in Bridgeport is not that it is high-the highest in the his tory of the city-but that there seems to be no adequate return to the peo- pie for the large amounts they have turned over to their agents in office. It is the duty of the citizen to pay municipal government to expend the revenues from taxation wisely, eco- nomically and for the advantage of the greatest number. The taxpayers have done their part in the last few years, but the municipal government appears to have made a 1amentable failure in it's duty. Waste and sloth- fitness appear on every hand. The streets are in a dep1orable condition. The city has a dirty, slipshod appear ance, that makes an unfavorable inn presssion upon everybody. It is time to inquire into the reasons for this state of things and to see if remedy cannot be found.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-11
REAL ESTATE IN
 SUBURBAN TOWNS
STAMFORD.

Joseph LipsitZ for $466 to James Spargo. of Bridgeport, d plot of land with buildings bounded north by land of Kitty Webster for 221 feet; east by land of lE! o. Curtis, for 243 feet; south by Highland avenue, for 18S feet and west by land of James Spargo, for 230 feet, being lots Il and F on map of James Spargo.
 George A. Youngs, for s4O0 to Edith E. Beers, lot and part of lot 25 on map of Curtis Thompson, bounded west 65 feet by King street extension; north 119 feet by land of E. Winton; east 14 feet by land of P. Casey. and south 121 feet by land of w. B. Lake.
 Jacob Orlenan for $650, to John C. Wilcoxson, land in Putney School Dis trict, F acres, bounded north by land of Joseph Green, east by land of Charles Moore and south and west by the highway.
 Sigmond Strabinsky for $500 to Sa- rah B. Thompson, land on the west side of Otis street, at q point 11S feet south of south line of Otis street for 131 feet, then .southerly 4S feet; then easterly 130 feet, then along Otis street for AS feet, being lot on map of Cornelia Burritt.
 Archie E. Cranston and Emma c. Cranston, to Misses w. Bradshaw of Bridgeport, lots 36 and 37 on may of lots of Gustave Johnson, fronting east on California street.
 Joseph J. Eichinger of Bridgeport, for $500 to Mechanics and Farmer s Bank of Bridgeport, a lot on Hollis ter Heights, 100 by g feet, fronting 100 feet on Bruce avenue and 25 feet on Hollister street.
 Marcella S. Rockwell of Bridgeport to the Mechanics and Farmers Bank lot 9 of the Curtis Thompson estate, 40 by 1S3 feet, on map of Lazy Bank.
 Albert and Ellen Furniss for $1,80O to Mechanics and Farmers bank, of Bridgeport, lot g on map of Samuel Swan, of May 1897, 60 by 153 feet.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-11
$ MONDAY, OCTOBER Il, 1909.
COLUMBUS DAY

Tomorrow will mark the filth an niversary since the discovery of the New World by Columbus, the Genoese
 Navigator, to whose ina aginat1on, faith and perseverance the people up on this continent owe their opportun- ity to be residents of new land and sharers in the unequalled opportunity it affords The world has changed much since Columbus with the Santa Maria; the Pinta and the Nina, carry ing 120 souls in all, reached san Sal vador, after an eventful voyage across . vast deep, which most of the navi- gators crew believed would end in the ships sailing off the earth just as boat sometimes goes over Niagara Falls The Cruiser which the Italian people sent to visit this city few days ago numbered crew three times as great as the entire complement of the Santa Maria, the Nina and the Pinta. The Vermont. which was also a visitor, carried Sde souls. And both or these craft participated in cele- bration in which steam driven ships, of mammoth size and armament, com peteds for honors with aeroplanes and dirigfble balloons Men now com n1unicate with and without wires across distances greater than Colum- bus travelled, consuming not the three months which Columbus needed for his journey, but a few seconds only. Upon the land that he made known to the civilized world of his time nations have arisen, and the greatest of them is irhabited to-day, perhaps, by 10O.- coo, GOO people. If men are to be judg- ed by the magnitude of the results that How from their acts there is no doubt lbut that Columbus is properly honored and that the state is justified in setting apart day to be a legal holiday, in his name. At any, rate the fifth anniversary of the Great Dis covery will be celebrated as the first legal anniversary in this state. To- morrow the Italian citizens of Bridge port will join with those of the state in observance of the Day. The great order. of Knights of Columbus has un- dertaken to make the celebration wor- thy of its object and memorable. There Is every reason to believe that the people of New Haven will witness to-morrow a pageant of admirable pro- portions, and that the celebration will be conducted in spirit of true grati- tude and reverence.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-11
THE DIGNITY OF THE CITY

The City of Bridgeport is one-tenth If the State of Connecticut. It is not business organization, but something g more, and greater. It is an impor- tant 4division of the government of the people. To the average man it is the most. important part, for the city comes in contact with the individual hundred times where the state touches him twice and the nation once. Free government, manhood suffrage, those clements of liberty for which men have fought, and not infrequent- ly died. had their beginning in cities. From behind the walls of towns sturdy burghers for centuries fought kings and nobles, hewing with their swords the path to Democracy. There were men in those days who knew that the city was the embodiment of the choi- cest ideals Of men, that the city was the hope of the future, that within the city shoulder to shoulder with their fel- low men life could be lived at it's full est. Not in those days could any man insult the city with impunity, or any officer of the city betray it with safety We imagine that it is some thing of these things that the esteem ed Telegram has in mind, when, strik- ing higher note in civic discussion than is often the case, it defines as the chief offense of the administration its failure to maintain the dignity of the city and to obtain for the municipality the respect to which it is entitled. The view we are inclined to share The
 
 it's own dignity, will find others shar- ing in that disrespect A community which permits itself once to be mulct- ed in pride, or purse, by threat akin to blackmail, will find the effort to similarly mulct it soon repeated.
 4 Years ago a certain corporation pro- posed to the city to pay $30,000 toward the cost of elevating railroad tracks. A portion of the people very promptly resented this remand as improper and unjust But officers of the people la ter, supine1y submitting, permitted the city to be mulcted to the tune of s40O.- : 600 and submitted to debt not yet discharged. A decent resistance would have saved this humiliation. But the resistance was not made, and since then other public servants have shown the same spirit comp1acent to aggression, and quick to sacrifice mu- nicipaf right to corporate demand
 The larbor grab and the car barn surrender were logical consequences of the earlier humiliation. There will not be different state of things until the people are as prompt to reward and