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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-06

N. W. SayIor of Hiawatha, Kas',
visited DR.. C. H. Maust few days
this week.
A very pleasant gathering was held
at the home of Mrs. Rod Issitt last
wednesday evening, the occasion be-
ing poverty party and prize was
given to the one who appeared to be
in the greatest need. An deliberately
served supper of corn bread and
beans on tin plates was enjoyed by
30 guests and all report merry time.
W. C. Grigg returned Monday from
the holiday visit.
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MAPLE GROVE.

Now the holidays are over ana
we have heard the report Of no one
being sick over festivities.
Goldie Wolfe returned to her
school at Chapman Monday. :
James Middleton, wife and sister
spent Friday at Joe CARROTS.
Charles Graham and family visited
at Tom Lays Sunday.
A. Sheets and family visited at
Jess Sheets the first Of the week.
Harry Lay and wife returned to
their home near Emporia last Wed.
nesday after a few days visit with
relatives and friends here who will
be glad to have them come again.
The niece of Mrs. Fritz who has
been spending her vacation here re-
turned to Lawrence Saturday where
she is attending college. H
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MOONLIGHT.

VIM. Page attended the poultry
exhibit at salIna iast week.
While hauling sand on Saturday
Enos Sheets met with an accident
which might have been serious. While
crossing the bridge the plank broke
and his horse fell. It finally escaped
without injury however. The road
overseer should take warning.
A number OF young people we're
royalty entertained al A. H. Breeeh-
biils Sunday.
Mis- Ruth Engle spent her vaea-
tioH AZ home.
Ira Haakins aitsnded church at
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ZION.

Samuel Lady returned home last
week after spending a few days at
Tabor, Iowa.
Anderson Minter and daughters
Marie and Ruth spent Saturday and
Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Minter near Acme.
Levi Kreider returned home We'd
nesday after a couple weeks visit
in Pennsylvania called there BY the
illness Of his sister whom he had
not seen for twenty years. He re-
ports that she Is improving at this
time.
Rev. ]. II. wasaman and son, Ray
mond, spent Sunday in Abilene.
Elder J. R. 2ook Of Des MOines'
Iowa. is expected here next Sunday to
start a series Of meetings.
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Mrs. Geo. Gaffney and daughters
Dora and Elizabeth are here from
Guthrie visiting relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. N. Engle of Abb
lene spent Saturday and Sunday In
this vicinity visiting with friends and
relatives before leaving for their new
hofe at Thomas, Okla.
Miss Gladys McCardle of Abilene
was visiting old friends here last
week.
Lester Brenneman Of Galva spent
vacation with his cousin, Roy Engle.
Mr.. Leckron of Abilene has rented
the shirk farm and will take possess
sion March 1.
The little son Of Mr.. and Mrs,
Henry Lenhert is on the sick list
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Rev. and Mrs. Ohio McCulloh re-
turned to their home in Baldwin.
Miss Helen Wagner left to resume
her school duties at Elmo.
We are very glad to learn that
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Korn have re-
turned to US and will make their
home on Mr.. Korn's mothers farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Craley enter
tanned few friends at New Years
dinner.
D. w. Taylor ant family Of Detroit
spent Sunday at Levi Taylor's.
W. s. McCulloh and family spent
New Years at the Lesher home north
Of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. B. Ross and the
Misses Wagner visited Sunday at ].
E. Taylor's.
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HOLLAND.

Mrs. C. w. Bell has returned home
after spending few days at Geneseo.
Revival meetings began Saturday
night conducted by Rev. Brubaker OF
Mcpherson.
salone Jury has returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Humbarger visited at
II, X. Burkholder's Sunday.
The new telephone Office is almost
finished.
B. Myers has the from up for his
new house.
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Zion Sunday. M
Geo. Burkholder's and Alice En-.
gle of Abilene spent New Years al
A. M. Engle's.
Miss Alice Engle starts ON a trip
to Florida Wednesday.
The D. G. H, s. pupils returned
to school Monday.
s. 2. Lehman will be janitor Of
the Bethel church this year.
Mrs. Ed, Reel returned from a
visit to her parents near Rhinehart.
Miss Margaret McFerren is visiting
relatives In this vicinity this week.
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Notice to the Ladies.

We are giving a reduction on quilt
ing for the month Of January only.
A reduction of soc on a quilt where
there are five or more in an order
and rs cents on one or more up to
five. Bring your quilts at once to the
ABILENE QUILTING FACTORY.
4 d3teod6w3t
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nnnn nIOrToNARY CHRAP.

Webster's International Unabridged
dictionary, 1908 edition, PASS pAges,
leather bound, indered, also - dc
tionary holder, both for 5000 At this
office. dW
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DurOo Gnts For sale.

We have a bunch Of nice Duroc
gifts that we viii offer for sale for
a short time at farmers prices.
These gifts are all eligible to regis
try and some Of them bred TO King
Cole and some are open.
This is your chance 70 get few
nice sovs for Sprint farroW Monroe
& smslta. Enterprise. Kansas sEtf
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COUNTY REFLECTIONS
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For sale cheap, Rose Comb Rhode
Island Red cockerels. B. ]. Volk-
man, woodbine. Kan. S0wSt
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For Sale.

Aberdeen Angus bull, one OF the
best in central Kansas. Reason for
selling parties are through with him.
For further information inquire at
this office. w.
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For Sale.

A $1,000 combined business and
shorthand course in the Central Kan
SOS Business College for SIS L pur-
chased before Jan. 10th. Write for
catalogue. Address H. A. Andersen,
Pres. Abilene, Kansas.
1sVltl5diotEWs
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visited with relatives.

visited with relatives.
Paul Cress spent several days last
week In salina attending the poultry
show where he exhibited several fine
chickens.
New Ulm review., 1910-07-20

!" HEODORE resolved that he
must hie to the shed in the
| gulf dunes, complete the flying
machine and bring it to the
notice Of the world in spite of the en-
nifty OF Mr.. Shayne, upon which he
now confidently counted. He must
i know" broke in Mr.. Craighead,
gazing at the ceiling through wreaths
OF smoke, 'the yearnings of your sub
tropical Alabamian system. But be
practlcal. You come to this emporium,
OF which, alas, neither of us is fated
to be an alumnus, and you find me in
nne fettle save that am unrelated to
the world. am an Antaeus, with no
immediate prospects of getting nv
tootsies to mother earth; storage bat
terry as big as Pixies peak, but insu-
lated from the mass Of demagnetized
humanity; a great force for a number
OF things, with no way Of proving it.
What do you do? You make profess
sion for me. was naught, not to men
tfon naughty. What am I now? A
great personal injury lawyer, devel-
0p1ng into prosperous ambulance
chaser. was out Of touch with the
world Of finance. have now laid the
foundation for the organization Of the
great Carson Craighead Aeronef cor
poration!''
What do you meany' calculated
Carson.
what I say! What say! Through
a long, colonnaded, peristyled vista of
marble and onyx can see nailed to
the back fence the hide Of Mr.. Finley
Shayne.
"But l have no Clothes" Carson
urged.
"ClothesY' scornfully repeated Craig
head. What are they? Merely woven
fabrics to fill bags to secure credit
Withal at hotels. And you need no
credit, for this room is mine for the
whole term of the treatments paid for
. by some one into whose company 1
dropped or rose during my last shore
leave from the good ship Lithia, but
by whom / have no idea. Clothes, in
deed! ScatY'
But it's cold here" persisted Car
son, feeling helpless in the tolls Of this
serpentine logic. I'm not prepared for
this climate"
Look abroad!' commanded Craig
head, with gesture toward the win
dow. sThe sun beats down upon the
last remnants Of the snow, and the lit
tie brooks give the glad ha-ha to the
river and send down the silky billet
doux OF the catkin to remind him that
they've busted loose and are hurIing
New Ulm review., 1910-07-20
CHAPTER VII.
A TALK WITH MR.. wADDY.

Al HEODORE resolved that he
must hie to the shed in the
gulf dunes, complete the flying
New Ulm review., 1910-07-20

themselves into his arms Why, darn
you, it's spring! And you can stay
right here-steam heat, bath, hot and
cold water, padded cell in connection
oh, fair youth, / love thee! Let me
finish bunkoing Mr.. O'Grady and start
the Aeronef company. Don't be a
clamp
You know how feel about those
damages, but if could get the capital
for the aeronef
'sWhy, you don't doubt my practical
genius, do you" queried Craighead in
astonishment-..in other peoples af-
fairs, mean, of course? Why, sir, il
in view of my failure with my own I
can't handle other peoples business
then what becomes of my ability? I
tell you, naughty southron, I'm good
for something! have found a billion
aire, and you shall meet him." II
All that day Carson watched Craig
head. From a trunk covered with the
labels of foreign travel Craighead took
sheet of cardboard and painted upon
it an elaborate sign which bore the
legend, sCraighead, Attorney and Coun-
selor at Law" This he fastened out
side the door, chuckling from time to
time as the passersby paused as if to
read it. After awhile he added to it,
Personal Injury Cases a Speciality"
Craighead went out late ard brought
back several legal looking books, which
he ranged upon the dresser in dusty
formidability-an old set Of Illinois
statutes and a tattered Broom's lie
gal MaXims," from which he read.
| unctuously such Latin aphorisms as
"De minimis non curat lex" "Falsus
in uno, falsus in omnibus" and the like,
and lectured upon them very informa-
lively. The remainder of the library
consisted of a ten years file of Mar
tindale's Legal Directory, containing
| nothing more authoritative than lists
Of the worlds lawyers.
where did you get them?" asked
Theodore.
| Secondhand man." replied Craig
head, ION approval. We must keep up
appearances even if we have to buy
'em."
They went out for a walk to give
OGrady chance, as Craighead ex-
pressed it, to see: what he was up
against, statement that mystifed
Theodore greatly.
On their return Mr. O'Grady seemed
to have been wrought upon by what
be was "up against" for he asked Mr..
Cra1ghead if he would be so good as to
give him few minutes Mr.. Craig
head looked at his watch, pleaded lack
OF time and asked Theodore If their
business could wait. When Carson ad.
mitted that it could O'Grady said
THANK you, SIR" in the tone of por-
ter accepting tip. -.
fro BE CONTINUED
New Ulm review., 1910-07-20

clock struck. There was jostling at
the rear caused by late comers, at
which the serious young doctors
frowned fercely. The lines moved for
ward, and the men as they passed the
physicians seemed to undergo some
sort Of operation performed by means
OF glittering instruments, Of which
Theodore caught glimpses like light
ming playing about those slitted shirt
sleeves.
Theodore found himself in the hu-
man current and drifted with ii. On
closer view he saw that the doctors
pricked the patients with little glitter
ing weapons, but he reasoned that it
could be nothing very severe.
Craighead passed on, and Carson
took his place. The doctor looked
searchingly in his face, seemed puz-
zled and reached to another region of
the tray for syringe.
You should have rolled up your
sleeve or cut it, said he sternly. "Roll
it up"
Theodore rolled up his sleeve, where
upon with an expertness quite star
Ting the man of medicine pinched up
bit of the brown flesh, showed in the.
needle, pressed down the piston, and
Theodore was shot" With stinging
in his arm and wondering as to the.
why of it all. though he knew by this
time that he had dropped out Of the
night sky into full membership in a
drink cure establishment, he passed on
Dr.. Witherspoon met each patient
with a standardized smile, clasped
each hand with grip Of absolute uni.
formity and said, Good morning, Mr.
Bascom," or whatever the name might.
be. And how is the appetite this
morning7 And the tongue, please
Pulse regular. / observe. Have you
had your constitutional this morning: ::
Improving nicely. Mr.. Bascom. Coco.
morning
They returned to Theodore's room
New Ulm review., 1910-07-20

Soon entered Mr.. O'Grady, Mr.. Evans
and slender person OF about Carson's
size, who at once began the coursing.
OF imaginary game on the wall paper.
slapping his thigh and laughing at
every failure.
This said Mr.. O'Grady, introduc-
ing the indoor huntsman, lis Mr.. Wy
lie, Mr.. Carson
My worst fears confrmedr' hissed
Craighead. .'The one man ever loved
turns out to be-oh, ye gods, both a
teller OF truth and victim of regular
habits! The last straw and no julepr'
Carson looked at Wylie, awaiting
Mr.. O'Grady's development of his
case.
I'VE are, of cawse," said O'Grady,
s'sorry to have interfered with your
plans, Mr.. Carson, but
Mr.. O'Grady's grave discourse, in
which Carson could feel himself being
placed irrevocably in the wrong, was
interrupted by Mr.. Wylie's making
swoop upon an imaginary animal on
Mr.. O'Grady's nose.
Il most caught him. he cried. "a
bumblebee! A bumblebee! Sunday,
gnats; mosquitoes, Monday; Tuesday,
| flies; bees, Wednesday,; hornets yester-
day and bumblebees today. Big game
soon! Ha, ha, ha, ha! Whoop!'
Long lost brother evidently" re-
marked Craighead 81 note the Craig
head strawberry mark. Well, when he
gets to elephants may claim relation
Ship
4'Of cawse," went on Mr.. O'Grady.
paying no attention to the Wylie Incl
dent except to use and examine for
blood stains a neatly folded handker-
chief, ayour being found in the green
house has been partially explained, sir.
and we are not disposed to make you
trouble In fact, with our customary
| uberality we shall leave to you both
that and your board and lodgings since
you SO strangely came into our-into
our midst
Hear, hears CALCULATED Craighead.
AHooroar for the emporiumv,
"And if you will kindly sign these
mutual receipts in full for all claims
On both sides we will give Mr.. Wylie
his room, and-here's the pen, Mr..
Carson, SIR
| Theodore had already made the first
stroke of the "I'' whey Craighead
rushed upon him like a whirlwind.
snatched the pen, hurled it into the
door like javelin, where it stood
auivering, and interposed between
Carson and O'Grady
ACaitiff, avaunt!'' he roared. "Wilt
deprive the widows and orphans this
youth may accumulate of their cause
OF action against this dope shotten
emporium? Back, slave! You reach
him only over my dead body! Receipts
in full? Not on your life-to coin an
expression. You have shot his patri-
clan blood full of dishwater and bug
Juice. You have filled his innocent and
unWorldiy stomach with dope. You
have amputated his appetite for light
wines and may as well pass him the
darker drink first as last He has suf-
fered and must ever suffer most excru-
ciating pain and agony and both men
tai and physical anguish. He's a gone
gosling! And /, the greatest personal
injury specialist in the legal world, as
his attorney demand ten-thousand-
plunks as damages, failing the receipt
OF which, well and truly to be paid in
lawful money of the realm, We'll take
the emporium in execution and make
Vitherspoon stable boy, with you as
assistant sWipe, both Of you to sleep
with Tige! We don't sign nothin',
see?"
New Ulm review., 1910-07-20
ITO BE CoNr1NurD.1
Speaking "Throuob tho no

Speaking Through the Nose.n
We remark that such a one "sna,t.
through the nose," when, as a matter
OF 1act, the queer disagreeable tone
Is produced when the nasal passage
IS closed. Hold the nostrils and
prove it. @
New Ulm review., 1910-07-20
Oh, child z gasped Aunt Marie,
where have you been with him p

5s4ss9 9Se0 ssSS1llleI, StSEeu Auut AldIl6s
where have you been with him p
Virginia stood still, her eyes ablaze,
her cheeks burning The Roc was
coming into the Chicago garage on
the roof of the Aerostatic Power build
ing in most beautiful landing, but
meme Of the party knew it. silberberg
was gazing at the enraged Virginia in
Hnbounded admiration Her splendid
anger had won him back. Shayne
spoke in foolish agreement with his
wife, half believing for the moment
that there was something questionable
| in Nirginia's absence.
with beggar!'' said be-
"A bandit" said Aunt Marie, ian
assassin
a beggar!'' repeated Virginia in
lofty seorn. why, even if he were
one, in rags and howell, he'd be worth
"a million like you! An assassin, a
bandit! And. if he is, what are you.
You rob by syndicate, assassinate by
general managers and superintendent
and make beggars by votes Of shares!
i loathe you, and Il admire him
las much as loathe you. As between
bandits like you and bandits like him
give me the brave man rather than
the cowardr'
Willett interrupted the scene by an
nouncing their successful landing.
They passed constrainedly into the
tower and went down to the street and
ito >Shayne's Chicago hotel in a motor
tcar, all in silence.
In the morning letter was taken
ito the Shayne apartments. 1T was a
short, tear stained missive OF graft
tut1e, penitence and farewell from Vir.
-ginia to her aunt. It ran:
You have been as kind to me as any
woman fcan be to perscn she cannot
aease. You have never loved me, Ann,
Marie, and you will never see me again
shlalsh to be obliged by your unjust sus-
Flci0ns ito say one thing more. am not
going to any one You have misjudged
| me terribly. don't even know where he
Is. Isshall never know!
Graighead and Carson walked through
q stately ,peristyle to low building
| called the Laboratory, but termed by
| the patients the "shot tower Theo.
| d0re was .astonished at the throng as
semhled for the "shot'' treatment, o1
which The had as yet no conception
men of all sorts anxiously watching
| the clock like schoolboys fearful OF
being tar{iy., They formed in two col.
umns, resting on two aisles, across the
farther ends of which stood two desks
exactly alike. A!ll slung their coats
over their right arms, disclosing Sits
in their SHIRTS at the left shoulder.
Craighead, with Carson following.
sent back nipples of disorder along the
lline by Offering bets as to whether
Carson was himself or Wylie. Two
Moung men easily classified as new
hatched physicians stationed them
selves like senhine4S at the desks The
New Ulm review., 1910-07-20

ing vnre sort uf search. They csrne
back after a .tiMe and entered. One
was tall. athletic. ruddy conapaexion-
ed. youngish man. who seemed to be
the .leatier Of the trio. They gazed at
the sleeping Carson and Craighead as
IL taking stock dispassionateiy Of re-
turned estrHys in the form OF dogs or
$agrSoa
New Ulm review., 1910-07-20
Real Estate For Sale or Rent.

Lot 4, block Is, N New Ulm, must be
sold within 30 days and will be sold
cheap.
For SALE+Lot 2, Block 156, North.
For SALE-Lot 6, Block 2O6, North.
For SALE-Lot 6, Block Is, South.
FOR SALEILot IA, Block 81, South.
For SALE-Lot /, Block 1l9, Soulh.
For SALE Outlot N. 138.
For SALE-Lots and 6, Block 81
house, very cheap.
inquire of ALRERT STETNHAUsER.
New Ulm review., 1910-07-20
Shall We Tan Your Hide7

The average Stock Raiser hardly reanu
zes the value of COW, steer and horse hides
when converted into fur coats, robes and
rugs. Get the new illustrated cataIog of
the Crosby Frisian Fur Co., Rochester, N,
.. twill be revelation to YOU And
Grossly pa IS the freight.
New Ulm review., 1910-07-20

.cial names .
Mr. Craighead raped ana entered.
quite agree with the remarks OF.
!my querulous friend, Mr.. Evans, said
Mr. Craighead. our position, Mr.
Carson. is an equivocal one The
question is. what's your field 2"
Tt is aeronautcs,.' . replied Theodore
Il have devised the first effective
aeronef
Very interesting returned Craig
head. 4 skaVe made that specially.
j know sthe defects Of the present day
aeronefs. and understand the failure
of the gas supported aerostats, except
sas'toyssfur us parasitic capitalists. But
to the point in controversy. Are you
the Fulton of the .empyrean or the
Edison sdf the hot air? Mr.. Evans
porcine rtonality has expressed the
only conclusion openste hin-to accept
the Wylie theory as working hypoth-
sesis and to work 1T at the regular per
diem. IDost fol1er me?'
| Il suppose that this Wylie must turn
sup sooner or later,'' :mused Theodore.
ABut why should take treatment?
What do they do to you?" persisted
Theodore.
They give you dope, they feed you
for a few days on bran mash; they
sshoot you Etwice day; they give you
"a little bottle to assuage what they
stall your thirst the first night or so,
though wi1y they call that a thirst
which is only a cerebrespinal tendency
entirely uneonnected with irrigation de
poneth saith not. Let'srto breakfast"
breakfast! Here was something to
be Aunderstanded Of the, people," Car
SOD was furnishing. And before he re-
turned to his room he learned that he
YVES an inmate Of the &attery Insti-
I tute For -Drunkards.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09
AuDRAN GRADUATES.
Vandalia Farmers Get Degrees in
University Today.

Columbia, Mo-, June 5.-Next
Thursday, when the seniors of the
University of Missouri appear IN
the auditorium of Academic Hall
to receive their diplomas, father
and son, both of the same class
and in the same department, will
be among the number.
The two are Z. E. Vannatta, 43
years old and Earl S. Vannatta, %
years old, of Vandalia, Mo. Both
will receive the degree of Bachelor
of Science in Agriculture, and
both have taken the full course.
except that the father has finished
in three years and the son in four.
The father was a student in the
University in 1SS3-84, but did not
finish his course, because he fe.l
in love with and married a girl in
Stephens College. Both quit
school and moved to farm near
Vandalia.
Mr.. Vannatta will specialize in
some Of the courses in agriculture
and become a teacher of agricul-
ture here. His son, Earl, has a
position with the State Soil Sur
vey as soon as he is graduated.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09
FOLK FOR PRESIDENT.
His Friends Launch a Boom for
Him-Clark for Speaker.

About 500 admirers of Ex-Gog.
j. w. Folk held a great meeting
in st. Louis last Thursday to
launch movement in favor Of
Mr.. Folk for President.
More than 400 members of the
Missouri Democratic League from
all over the state were present at
the banquet at the Southern Hotel.
They were headed by Chairman
Lon Sanders, Of st. Louis, and the
meeting was presided over by w.
D. Vandiver.
All the State Democratic off
cials at jefferson City were pre-
ent and indorscd the movement to
make Folk the presidential nomi-
nee.
Hon. Champ Clark sent a tele-
gram to the conference to quiet
some rumOrs that he would be a
candidate for the Presidency. The
telegram read:
81 am a candidate for Congress
and for the Speakership. Nobody
is authorized to announce me for
the presidency" Champ Clark.
On motion of Charles NJ. Hay,
If Fulton, greetings were sent to
the Minority Leader assuring him
of the support of the Missouri
Democratic League and that they
would put Folk in the White
House to help him carry out De
mocratic policies.