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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-08-25
tuesday, August 30,

commencing at p. M, the follow
ing property:
: 4 head Of Horses
Bay family mare 10 years old.
weight 1850 bred, gray horse 10
years old, weight 1900, brown mare
~ years old weight 100, bay filly
past year old.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-08-25
81 ri

gathering that made the welkin fling
with their applause.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-08-25

You may not know It. but Il You
can get intimate enough with any
lawyer he win tell you that at one
time IN his younger days he was an
agent
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-08-25
Public Sale

! will sell at public auction at my
home Y mile north Of Abilene on
Buckeye, on
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-08-25

We all love to meet a modest man.
For instance, there Is the dear soul
who will admit to you that his mill
lionaire uncle way back East isn't
worth penny over thirty-five thou
sand dollars.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

that he has used liquor IN any form
before coming to work. and the smell
Of liquor about him will be sufficient
Employees, the notice stated. who are
noted as having used liquor when ON
or on duty. OF who are found 90 fire.
quent saloons when of duty. would be
deemed habitual users OF liquor and be-
subject 20 dismissal from the service.
Employees who 60 into saloons when ON
duty in any capacity would bee dis
charged. Such rules have been adopted
by hundreds Of large concerns giving
employment Co men. Every railroad
entering Chicago. practically without
exception have the same rules boz
force. while thousands of Industries.
stores and shops take the same position
either iu similarly direct and printed
rules. or 100 the well understood att
tudc of tho firm or corporation in qucs-
ton. This is one result of the campaign
against the drink habit
Another result is that the national
drink bin has actually been reduced. as
proved by the statistics for the fiscal
year 1903 The whisky consumption de-
clincd Agi9.27S gallons. as compared TO
.he previous year. and tS,93ifoo gallons
as compared to 1897 The consumption
Of malt liquors ALSO decreased by lb.-
03s0l2 gallons The consumption Of
wine increased e.6sleo3 gallons but the
decrease in the consumption Of distilled
spirits and malt drinks BE- so large az
to render the total loss 70 the drink
trade very considerable.
The battle against the saloon Is ON
ai along the limo. and 1t is not "a losing
FIGHT either The saloon may gain n
temporary triumph here or there. but
that does not influence the final out
come OF the war. We are pleased that
the number Of saloons go Utah are be-
ing reduced In fact, there should Doe
mo- such place Of business in any com
muuity where the majority of citizens
are church members
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07
TOTNDERs' DAY.

The gathering in honor OF the found
ers OF the church held In Social Han
under the auspices Of the Genealogical
society was in every respect a most
enjoyable occasion. The program rem
dered was excellent The pictures OF
historical persons and places thrown
on the screen were highly interesting.
and so were the lecture OF Professor
Hinckley. and the explanations and
descriptions with which President JOS
eph r Smith, Patriarch John smith
and others, supplemented a.
President Anthem n Lund, in his
opening address. briefly followed the
history OF the six who Verc the first in
corpnrators OF the Church, eighty
years ago. He dwelt especially upon
the fact that though David Whitmer
and oliver CoWdcry had. later left the
church. neither ever denied his tos-
timony prehxed 10 the Book of Nor
mon he had. he said. sometimes
Thought that even their weakness had
added strength Co the Church. for
There is mo- doubt that their testimony
outside the Church had more weight
with the world than IL they had re-
manned inside oliver Cowdory, how
Dver returned 90 the people he had
lefJ. and Whitmcr although DE did not
return. would undoubtedly receive a
glorious reward for his faithfulness to
the end as q witness TO the truth
The growth of the Church 90 the
eighty years now past is. indeed, mar
yelous. And 90 becomes more so when
the opposition De- considered Time and
time again the opponents have been
jubnmt in the belief that Mormon
ism was doomed, but ass AN expert
engod anti Mormon" once said,
something always turns mp when we
think we have got them That was
the case with the children OF Israel
Something always turned up. even IL
the waves of the Red sea had 20 recode
and lot them pass To the other shore
his should bee am evidence To- an; for
the church has not trIumphed over
opposition because Of the sagacity Of
ts leaders. but because OF the pres
ouce of the Divine Spirit 20 lead. guild,
and protect. Eighty years of struggle
and eighty years of triumph and vice
tory. That Is tho record of tho Church
of Jesus Christ OF Latter-day Saints.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

The appointment of Elder John
Henry Smith. of the Council of the
Twelve. as second counselor in the
First Presidency in the church viii
meet with general approval among the
Lalter-day Saints throughout tho
world. and. we believe. among all who
know him. BE has been member OF
the Council of tho Twelve since 1850.
when DE was ordained 20 that calling
by President woodruff Before that
time he had served in the mission field.
and boz various Important positions boz
the Church. as well as ln the state He
presided over the Constitutional Com
venuon in 1895. having been elected
bv reclamation. he has travelled eN-
tensivcly az home and Boo foreign coun-
tries. lie has met men in an stations
OF life. and has acquired "a large fund
Of experience. Tie has read extensively
the best books and gathered informn-
ton ON "a great variety Of subjects He
has been endowed by nature with a
brilliant intellect and One is. every way
wen httcd for the position be- has been
called 90 HIl The Lord makes no mis-
takes In calling men To- positions ot
crust in the Church. And the saints
mako no mistake when they sustain
thom. and follow their counsel Presi-
dent Joseph T.. Smith, President An
thon "a. Lund. and President John
.f..ry smith. who now constitute the
.H.-t Pre- dDncy. are men whose in
rny and purity Of character are
al..rn 90 am the world and, In the
n.uIs of the Almighty they form
.r n STRENGTH in the midst Of Zion.
lha addition of Elder Joseph f.
ith Jr.. TO the Council Of the Twelve
$50 meets with the universal approval
~ the Saints lie Is young man
tichly endowed with the gifts needed
TO serve the people in that office. lie
il well tried and has been found faith
ful IN an things. and he has the full
confidence Of an who know him. Elder
Levi Edgar Young, who has been add
ed 10 the First Council OF Seventies IS
another young man especially well Mt
ted for that position and the appoint
rneut of John c. Cutler and Heber
scowcroft on the board Of auditors is
another evidence OF the wisdom Of the
Authorities of the Church in their Sc
lection OF men 20 serve the people.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

had occasionally received letters from
little town in Canada, many miles
north OF Toronto.
Il decided 10 80 To that town, and
after breakfast on the day following
my arrival. 1 CHANGED TO pick up a
newspaper from nearby chair while
waiting my turn I'm the town barber
shop. In IL 1 saw some reference
which led me 10 suspect that 1 might
be on the right track. j made some
Inquiries, and was told that / would
probably find John r. Lewis mother
living upon a little farm some distance
out Of the village.
Il went there and found-a coal black
negress. She told me her story. She
had escaped from slavery in the south
years before the outbreak OF the war.
made her way into Canada by means
OF the underground railway settled
in the village nearby and In time mar
ried a Scotchman Of the name Of
Lewis. who was "a sort Of pioneer I'm
that region. John r. Lewis was the
son OF that marriage. In early boy
hood he had gone from home. deter
mined TO conceal the fact that he was
the son Of a slave woman by white
father. ana being sure that his physi-
cal appearance would make II easy for
him to do this. From then on until
the day OF his death, he had been ac-
customed TO send TO his mother money
presents three or four times year, he.
In turn. receiving from her each time
pledge that she would not reveal his
parentage This pledge she had faith
fully kept. breaking IL 20 me only when
she felt that the death OF her son had
left her free 10 talk.
We'll TO make a long story short. /
obtained the fullest COrTObOratlvo
proofs OF the mothers statements. and
was authorized by her 20 contest her
sons win In her behalf. 1 did so. the
viii was set aside. and a satisfactory
division OF the estate was made be-
tween the black mother Of the dead
man and the Young white woman Of
superior attractiveness, refinement and
modesty who had been named by Mr..
LOWS as his sole legatce. Following
this settlement the mother returned
10 Canada. As for the young woman.
she lapsed into absolute obscurity and
from that day 10 this her identity has
never been fully established Nor was
there ever any satisfactory reason ad-
vanced as 90 why Mr. Lewis should
have bequeathed his property 10 her
or Imposed upon her the condition that
he did in his will"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

zone Of the great antebellum rivals
of A. r. Stewart. the FIRST of our mer-
chant princes, was John r. Lewis
once said to me the now sole survivor
OF the Lincoln presidential electors
from New York state. former Judge
Abram j. Dittenhoefer. who IS now
nearing mis- seventy fourth birthday.
"and the Incident / am going 20 tell
YOU about him simply goes TO prove
the statement that / have often made
that lawyers. clergymeu and physi-
clans come IN contact with many,
romances in real life that are Infinitely
stranger than the fiction, even, Of the
master writer's.
81 knew Mr Lewis In the latter years
Of his life, when he was looked upon
as one of A. II. stewards strongest
rivals. and "a wealthy man. He was a
man OF striking personal appearance.
He was as erect as au Indian, and as
muscular, his complexion was some
what swarthy. his large eyes were
dark. and his hair curly. Many per-
sons were OF the opinion that there
was a strain Of Spanish blood ln him,
and the common understanding was
that he had come to New York as
lad from the West Indies. But Dee never
spoke of his early life. not even 20 his
certainty of him was that he had begun
his mercantile career Hs a humble
clerk ga the great retail establishment
which Goo time he came 10 head
while / was $40 Europe "a year OF
two after tho close OF the Civil war Mr..
LOWS died. and shortly after my re-
turn TO this country ] read in "a legal
paper brief report OF the filing Of the
viii left By Mr.. Lewis. At once 10
struck me that the conditions Of the
win could not stand the test Of a con-
test. if any were made II provided
that the hulk Of the property running
up into the hundreds OF thousands Of
dollars should bee turned over 10 and
possossed by the young woman named
therein. $50 long as she remained I'M
married But I'm case she married, or
refused o. accept the sole condition linz
posed upon her. Ahe estate was TO be
placed in trust and the entire income
from 30 used 90 beauufy Mr. Lewis's
burial plot
1T 40 happened that 7 was retained
to gre If there were any relatives Of
Mr. Lewis living After "a long search
the only clue I was able 10 get that
might lead 90 the discovery Of living
relatives was the fact that Mr.. Lewis
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07
MErHoDIsM IN ROME.

II appears that the pastor of the
American Methodist church at Rome
has had the audacity Of trying to make
capital out of the decentralization in
cident and 60 make another attack
upon the catholic church This is tho
statement he is reported 10 have is-
sued:
Mr. Roosevelt has struck "a blow for
twentieth century Christianity The
representatives OF two great republics
have been the ones TO put the vatican
where il belongs The vatican
IS Incompatible with republican prin-
ciples
This Is a bitter dose for patriotic
catholics iu America 20 swallow.
wonder now many doses ~ this sort
they win take before revolt Is Cathol-
icism Ia America To be- American or
Romish? n Romish. then every pa
triotic American should rise 10 crush
IT, for Roman Catholicism is the UNI
compromising FOE Of freedom.
The world advances. but the vatican
never"
II would not be surprising in the least
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

n devoted italians after this should
demand tho recall OF the pastor and his
removal from Rome. He IS. evidently.
too nauow-minded 10 do amy good as
missionary. and too dun 20 realize
the Importance OF every statement
with which Roosevelt can be connected
"a man who. though not president re-
mains one Of the foremost leaders
Of great national party We believe
the Methodists themselves win realize
that his usefulness In Rome is about
gone.
such meddrng of scctarian mission
aries with the institutions OF the couu-
tries TO which they are sent be- the
cause of "a great deal Of unnecessary
friction and trouble Missionaries
have no business % assume an air of
superiority over tho people Co whom
they are sent or 20 Indulge in harsh
criticism even if they fancy themselves
so much better 10 ls their business
Co do good as the Master did. lilo
descended and became servant I'm
order o. hft the people up. He healed
inc SICK, cpuioticQ IN isc VINO were
stricken with sorrow and grief raised
up the fallen. and instructed those
who came to Him for light That IS
missionary work. II AN the Mothodists
in Rome are like this pastor who as
sails Catholicism in o. truly anti-"Mor-
mon" fashion. we cannot blame the
vatican great deal for closing its
gates against their friends and ASSOC
ciatcs.
But AN this has nothing 90 do with
Roosevelt Tie is not e Methodist and
did not intend 90 speak in their church.
Tie came 90 Rome MS an American citi-
zen ana could not but recognize the
Italian government as the first and SUI
preme authority 600 tho land He was
perfectly correct To- his attitude. lie
did not deserve 90 be- snubbed for call
ing on the King.
H. however the incident shall call
attention 10 the fact that anu-Cathou-
cism ln Rome is brother ~ anti
scmiusm in Russia and anti Mormon
ism" In Utah. it may Boz of some use in
the service OF humanity.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07
TAIL MEN Is wENLTNGs.


Washington Herald.
n YOU are short and stocky. YOU have
cause for congratulations II you are
tam and lanky, woe botidc you. Sir
Ernest Shacklcton. boz "a talk before the
Pilgrims of the United states, In New
York the other day said the tan mans
heart was too far from his brain and
his feet 90 make him a valued member
of society The man who got nearest
the south pole has a peculiar line of
reasoning and his logic may apply
south OF the cighty-siXth degree south,
but there are many who viii take
issue with him when he gets into the
north temperate zone. The argument
OF the south pole explorer is that h
la too difficult for the heart 90 pump
blood throughout the length OF e. tail
man Co get the best results In the
case Of the short man, the heart can
devote most Of lis efforts 10 IT'S other
functions, while the tan man has his
strength and vitality dissipated owing
to the unusual demands made on the
cardiac organ FOR the proper transmits
sion of the blood Since there are
more tail than short men. Sir Ernest
VIII probably be called upon many
times 10 prove his contention. He
may be able 10 cite historical instances
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07
THE AMERICAN TYPE.


- nAAN y NANAhalllNf
Is there a distinctive American type?
Scientists for years past have been
quarreling over the question. Prof.
Branz Boas, OF Columbia University.
holds that while there may not now be-
type distlnctively American. we arc
rapidly approaching q uniform fusion
Of the races that seek a home in this
land Of freedom He has shown that
the children of alien races born en- this
country show a very marked physical
and mental change, and that the ANAL
gdmation Of these races Is producing
"a uniform type Of offspring Prof
hoas rs known among scientific circles
as an explorer, geographcr and an
thropologist He was born In 1858 In
Wcstphalia and was educated abroad.
In 1883 he explored Banin Land His
work was highly successful His serv-
ices were sought by many well-k known
museums He has done considerable
for the Smithsonian Institution and
was chief assistant Of the department
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

II viii be sad news 20 ex-senator For
aker that the military court Of inquiry
has found that the colored soldiers Of
the Twenty-hfth infantry shot up the
town Of Brownsville and that the citi-
zens Of the place did not. But there
Is comfort in the thought that maybe
the court was prejudiced Il IS TO be
hoped there will be no more inquiries
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

The House has passed a bill granting
the ranking privilege TO all cx-Prosi-
dents. From this it is evident that
eN-Presidents are supposed % put IN
an their time writing letters. thus
solving the question. What shall we
do with our ex-Presidcnts?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

It is rather surprising that Colonel
Roosevelt should have included any in
vertebratcs in his collection for the
Smithsonian institution. they are so
suggestive OF the backboneless molly
.nIdlns
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

OF anthropology IN tho Worlds Coz
lumbar Exposition in 1898. In 1895
ho was attached 20 Columbia Univcr-
sity. Tie is q member of many noted
scientific societies and author of sew
cru books
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

IN his favor. but those OF opposite view
viii also be- able 20 quote authorities
All In all, we fear Sir Ernest is a bet
ter explorer than he Is a Psychologist
or psychologist
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

Uncle joe has lct Representative
Henry of Texas know that Speaker
Cannon still lives. in fact that he is a
live wire n stenned on.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

II is not az AN surprising that the
tendency of Illinois should be TO wet
The state Is full of suckers.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

Pttsburg looks 90 her baseball team
20 redeem the city's good name from
the shame put upon il by her select
and common councilmen.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
THE GREAT MERCHANT WHO HID HIS PARENTAaE.

incidents new Intereslns
leaders
made
a
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

a great many Americans are finding
Canada the promised land. land there
having been promised them
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

President Taft has cancelled his visit
10 indianapolis May . We fancy it is
for poctical and not for political reas-
sons.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

Don't confound Secretary wilson's
cook book with Cooks book Not
brothers. no relation.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

Mr.. Carneglc's friends are alarmed
over HIS physical condition. May ho
die neither poor nor rich for many
years,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

The sine qua non of all reform move
ments seems Co be cash. more cash.
and more cash yet
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

Germany keeps the watch on the
Rhine" and England keeps
watch on Germany.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

Secretary Merry dol Val would not
have los. anything % be had made no
explanation.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

clifford Pinchot must be careful else
he will become known as the tale
bearer.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

Tho greatest product Of the kitchen
garden is canned fruit and vegetable
cans.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

Great cxpectations-King MeneliEs
death momentarily.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

Senator Boveridge appears 20 be the
Hoosicr school-master.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

Did March and April exchange
places in the calendar this year,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

The bride-elect is quite Indifferent to
the ballot
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

Mount Etna has ceased its insurgen-
cy.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

Did the Colonel make his little senti-
mental journey in a desobligeant?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

In Rome they are making Merry with
Del VAL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-13
PEARY WRITES OF COOK.
Tells How He Guarded His Rivals
Stores and Aided FRANKIE.

NEW YORK, January 13.-For the first
time in his STORY of the Discovery OF
the North Pole" now appearing in
Hampton's Magazine, Commander Robert
E. Peary mentions the name OF his late
lamented rival.
In the forthcoming February INSTALL
ment he says:
AT Etah, Rudolph FRANKIE, who had
come north with DIR. Cook in 1907, came
to me and asked permission to go home
on the Erik. He showed me a letter
from DR.. Cook directing him to go home
this season on a whaler.
An examination by DR.. Goodsell. my
surgeon, showed that the man had in
cipient scurvy. and that he was in
riouS mental state, SO I had no alterna-
tive but to give him passage home on the
Erik.
"Boatswain Murphy, whom I was to
leave at Etah, was a thoroughly reliable
man, and | gave him instructions to pre-
vent the Eskimos from footing the sup
plies and equipment left there by DR..
Cook. and to be prepared to render DR..
Cook any assistance he might require
when he returned, as l had no doubt he
would as soon as the ice froze over
Smith sound presumably in january so
as to enable him to cross to Anoratok
from Ellesmere Land, where I have no
doubt he then was"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-13

from the cold in winter the board of
education will supply robes. foot warmers
and the other things necessary to keep
them comfortable.
This method is necessary to prevent
the further development of tuberculosis
among public school children who are
underfed, poorly nourished and anemic,' .
said Chairman Stern. I'VE have con-
suited eminent physicians and they high
ly approve the idea.
1.-The Charity Organization and other
societies say the plan is excellent. l.. is
only an experiment in our schools. but
as soon as We see how this particular
class works we propose to open twenty
others
The teacher in the open-air class is to
have an extra 500 a year salary, The
meeting approved the proposition and the
class will open soon