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task is by no means completed. Here
is the great hulk of a vessel bottom up
on the surface of the rough sea. Her
stout timbers are wedged into a solid
mass by the swelling of the wet lumber
with which she is loaded. She is to be
broken into pieces so small that none
of them will discommode any craft that
should strike them.
The men from the Seneca scramble up
the slippery sides Of the hulk. They prod
about her in an attempt to find way
to get inside Eventually they lower
great charges of guncotton. the most
powerful of explosives, over her bows
and plant their mine under her. Two or
three of these may be arranged to go off
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A Reflection.

JAMES WILSON. the Secretary OF Agri-
J culture, said in Washington, apropos
of the cook book issued by his depart
ment:
1.-THE women will appreciate this book.
AS for the men
Mr.. Wilson smiled and resumed:
I'm bookshop the other day / said to
q salesman:
~ suppose you sell lot Of cook books
here?
Thousands SIR. thousa nds he replied
women appreciate a good cook book
eh?' said !.
"tOh, 1t isn't the women that buy
Them said the salesman. its their hus-
bands"
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Orator on Oratory.

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. pacing
" the promenade deck Of the Celtic,
talked OF oratory.
AN orator is only great" he said,
when he has a great subject The
foundation Of oratory is truth. =
Truth will always prevail in the end.
l once heard true orator get kissing.
But he smiled and said:
when a stream of truth is poured on
red hot prejudices. it is no wonder they
hiss
And then said Mr. Bryan. 1.-The hiss
ing turned to hearty applause.
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Wife and Country.

DAUL D. CRAVATH said at a lunch
con at the Lawyers Club:
Vacation time is here, and already
that song about the wife gone to the
country is being resurrected.
But a variant to the song was fur
nished by a conversation / overheard the
other night.
Hello. Smith,. said one man to an
other. I'm glad to see you back at the
club again, old fellow. Wife of 10 the
country. eh?'
NO Smith growled. She's got
back"
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WATERLOGGED Dere-
w licts Adrift on the
Deep a Menace to Com
acknowledgements Of
fee of Navy Department
Keeps Track of Floating
Hunks and Sends Revenue
Cutter to Destroy Them
Seneca the Official Dere-
lict Destroyer-Blows Up
the Disabled Craft With
Gun-Cotton or Tows Them
Into Port-Vast Sums Saved
for Owners Sometimes-Fa-
nous Derelicts and Their
Final Destruction.
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simultaneously They take to their boats
and retire to safe distance.
The mines are discharged and the
silence Of the great ocean is rudely dis
turbed. Perhaps the dead ship is broken
in two. Possibly the wet wood Of 1t re-
fuses to yield. and the planting of mines
goes on. The ships carpenter may be
called upon TO saw hole into her that
she may be attacked from different
point. In the end she is broken up, her
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. all men who go
down to the sea in
ships there is the
constant menace of
[ n g waterlogged
derelict lying al
most submerged in
the trough of the
waves. A score OF
times a year some
great liner era shes
into one of these
Sna gs OF the deep.
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lance is practiced. The revenue cutter
service spends much time in their de-
struction. One cutter, the Seneca, is the
official huntsman of the dereitct. cruising
constantly in the regions most frequented
and devastating the enemy wherever
found She bears the title. Derelict De-
stroyer.
The Sargasso sea, in the mid-Atlantic,
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turn over on her. keeping her lodging
throughout the night. In the morning
row of mines was placed under the
wreck containing such an amount OF po-
tential force as should have "shivered the
timbers'' of any good ship afioat. The
perverse craft refused to break up. how
ever. and the captain decided. after ex-
hausting his guncotton, to tow her TO
port.
With but her smooth keel above the
water it was no easy task to attach a
towing line The ships carpenter did the
trick He bored holes in a circle and
finally knocked in the circle. He crawl
ed in through this and tied the line
around a collection of the pilng that
was inside. With this the revenue cut
ter set out for Yarmouth at a maximum
rate Of two miles an hour and eventually
arrived and was greeted by the Gus
tomary outpouring of the entire popu'a-
ton of the little town on such an oc-
caSiOn.
This is the sort of thing that is in the
DAYS work for the derelict destroyers.
The Susie NJ Plummer, for instance, was
found keel up off Vancouver on the Pa
cific coast and held in the track Of pass
ing steamers by her own anchors. She
was cut loose from these and induced to
drift on the rocks of the nearby shore,
where she beat herself to pieces. Like
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THE DERELICT DESTROYER SENECA

THE DERELICT DESTROYER SENECA
heavier vessel and cut in two. Strangely.
one-half of her drifted north and went
ashore on the coast of Maine, while the
other half drifted south and beat itself
to pieces on the Jersey coast. Scientists
have figured long as to the cause of this
strange conduct, but to little avail The
most plausible theory of ii is that one
portion projected from the water and
was most strongly influenced by the wind
and the other portion settled deep in the
water and was controlled by the cur
rents
1t was such derelct as one of these
that was struck by the Spanish gun
boat Paz off Tarifa and resulted in that
vessel going to the bottom with all on
board. The transatlantic steamship Feen-
dam ten years ago struck such an OBJ
struction a day out from Europe, broke
her propeller shaft and tore a hole in
her bottom. passengers and crew taking
to the boats as she went up In names
II was such an obstruction that the
schooner Red Wings struck sixty miles
off Pensacola and sank. Such are the
distractions that are every day affording
danger TO every ship that puts from
protecting port
These dangers led Congress to commits
sion a revenue cutter to the especial duty
OF cruising the seas and destroying the
dead ships. The Seneca was chosen for
the purpose, and for three years has been
the official huntsman of the sea. Her
hunting grounds are that triangle which
has Nova Scotia, the Bermudas and
Charleston S. c.. for its points. From
all sources this vessel picks up by wire
less the news OF the dead craft afloat,
and TO all points within her triangle she
goes forth on her hunting trips.
derelict has been seen in certain
longitude and latitude The Seneca Is
notified She proceeds TO the exact point
indicated and sees no sign of her prey.
The derelict has silently drifted away.
So low does the wreck lie in the water
that 1t can be seen only short distance,
probably a mile The ocean is mon
strous big place to be searched in two-mile
laps. Yet this is just what the Seneca
attempts to do. Beginning at the point
where the derelict was seen. the vessel
begins to traverse the waters in spiral.
She sails around and around the point
indicated. each time two or three miles
farther away than before. In the end
she is very likely to get within sight OF
the derelict.
But when the dead ship is found the
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Don't ye1p tor help them chances no ore you
of failure and you'll have breathing in which to collar
your courage and make another try
you don't post we'll thinking that you're hopeful,
determined pugge and may invite you
QUIT dine with Opportunity.
Prosperity isn't accepted test of capabilty Anyone
LAUGH while luck tickling him. but real manhood
tremendously power shows to such superb
tage amidst the Ureckage of defeat The world doesn't
frown the loser-but on the losers rown.
you die out in the tryout you're branded Cowardce
dannng the mark of CAIN Life ncessant OF foot
ball. straight ashes the goal happy accidents
seldom made in prn takes feet OF pluck
feet of speed hammer and batter through the
opposition other who always get to the spot
and the thing that you want
How many baseball settled in the first inning!
How long would last the league, didn't try for run
every time you to the plate?
The best batsman has his onng but when he does swat
ball and bang clean & the cheer of the beachers
with it full forgiveness for his earlier fzzle
Football and baseball aren't bit different from work.
It's of innngs-fed with setbacks marked with tenn
porary reuerses-ahead today and tagging tomorrow
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The revenue cutter therefore tied herself
to the wreck and hove to until the storm
should have worn itself out. Even then
there was a two-day battle against the
unwieldy tow before she was brought to
port and her cargo. valued at 1900.
turned over to the owners. During the
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slaves in her bow. knocks a hole in her
bottom otherwise disabes herself
Most times she limps into port without
loss OF life. but now and again she goes
20 the bottom. leaving crew and passen-
gers to battle for life in the ships beats
Tragedy constantly sits enthroned on
these hulks OF ships that once were wait
ing 10 take her toll.
The government officially recognizes
the derelict a : the vampire of the ocean.
The hydrogra piers office of the navy at
tempts to keep track OF the lost ships
tIat are Yet a menace tO navigation. At
this time OF year. when all the world and
his wife are going abroad, especial visi-
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BV Herbert Kaufman

Persistence Keynote suruiualis the probLentne
the tcst-temporary general ruebruises
Observation-Disclosures wrten record-no man ever
grew so great that his judgment remained fakibe
Circumstances may bankrupt you Of every but
your can't pluck Keep that asset and you'll
the Others
Nothing these United States nailed dovn The
of the continent right The the banks
constantly shifting from to another Competition
actively work bestowng prosperity where deserved
You still have your original building outfa sound body
and sane mind Make your tools don't and duNkeep
your bright and clean and sharp and start again.
regain your euel you'll do level best
day. you can't bank profits bank Oialy the long
they're the
yearnngs and earnings until accumulate
surplus of health well Death You can't stretch to your
full length unless you maintain your full strength
You've heard all this before? OF course have Sparta
preached it, elders poured into their sons Some
truths and perpetual They not
altered geography PERIOD Styles change politics
and religion and morals but THERE WAS NEVER A TIME
WHEN A WILMER COULD WIN
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The Fannie e. Wolston is the cham.
, 1910-05-18

cents cost and freight, equal to 1856 landed
in New York.
The possible damage to the American
fruit crop has had a depressing effect in Eu-
rope also, but the rapidly diminishing num-
Der of sugar factories in operation in Cuba
counteracts this to q considerable extent and
the wide margin existing between the Amer
lean and European prices for the same goods
indicates our market as being 80 cents below
the European parity, an immense difference
in such a staple article.
During the week quite a quantity Of
sugars has been taken by the New York re-
fners on the basis of 2 Is Il6 cost and
freight in Cuba, equal to 4,30 landed in New
York. AS we are just entering the month of
May, the current quotations stand at z 1916
for MAY and 3 cents for June, equal to 4.3O
landed in New York for May deliveries and
to 4.36 for June deliveries, with a very
Strengthening underlying the whole market
The disturbing element seems to be the tact
that the Cuban factories either for a lack of
warehouse room at home, or because of
their own financial needs, are marketing
their crops as rapidly as harvested and this
gives the American buyers in thelr combina-
ton a very material advantage, which is only
overcome by the occasional or frequent inter
~vention of European and Canadian buyers,
who enter into competition with the Amerl-
can BUYERS because of the enforced disparity
Of American sugar values.--LouiSiaaH PIa1'-
ter, AprI 80.
, 1910-05-18
THE SUGAR MARKET.

Our local sugar market has been compare
lively featureIess, owing to the absence of
supplies, the Only receipts being composed
of some low products, with an occasional
sale from warehouse Of the higher grades
that are held for a better market. The local
market for refined sugars continues steady.
In New York the market for raw sugars
has been rather disappointing and the import
price has been marked down below the 3
cents including cost and freight, recently
current. This is reported to be in some de-
gree The outcome of the cold wave hat has
recently passed over the West, damaging the
early fruit crop and bringing the expectation
of a diminished demand for refined sugars,
50 far as the immediate future is concerned,
Sugars for June delivery in Cuba are report
ed as sold in New York to some extent at 3
, 1910-05-18
THE UNPRECEDENTED COLD SNAP.

April, 1910, has broken the record 50 far
rs cold weather in the latter part of April is
concerned. While we believe that the sugar
cane has not been injured, it is generally
thought that the truck garden crops of the
state and the very young cotton crops have
been very much injured and that even some
of the young rice may have to be replanted-
In this respect, however, the parish of Pla-
quemines is one of the most favoured locali-
ties and we have every reason to believe that
it has suffered by the prevailing low temper
ntures less than any other parish Of the state
Ibid.
, 1910-05-18

ieot to the approval of their respective Gov
Grenada 15th.-Slight shock earthquake
experienced here about 7.20 last night.
Trinidad 15th.-Two slight shocks of
earthquake here at 7.2O p. m. yesterday.
Demerara 15th.-Sharp shock earthquake
experienced here at 7 80 last evening.
London, May l7th-The Whitmonday Ho-
liday makers were more numerous than
usual and the escape from the universal black
and purple was especially grateful to those
able to indulge themselves.
There was a striking contrast between the
chastened pleasures Of the multitude and the
serious duties OF those III the hlgheat sta
ton.
Last evening a final service was held III
the throne room at Buckingham Palace pre-
limlnary to the removal to Westminster
Hail The coffin lay upon a crimson ca
t|afalque before an altar Of white silk and
gold over it was placed Queen Victorla's
pail and the Royal Standard draped so as
not 10 obscure the royal insignia; ut the head
stood q magnificent cross Of white and mauye
orchids, Queen Alexandra's tribute, and
among others that Of the Emperor Francis
Joseph was conspicuous.
Mir. Roosevelt was met at Queenbor-
ough by the Kings representatives,, who
escorted him to Marlborough House, whore
he saw the King, and from lhence he pro
ceeded to the throne room at buckingham
Palace.
The United States has presented the
Foreign Office with its case in the fisheries
displte, which is to be arbjtrated by the
Hague Tribunal.
The death is announced Of Mr.. George
Aitchison r. A. aud well known architect.
The Russian newspapers are excited re-
parling another Morocco" affair. Germany
wishes to finance Persia IN consider
alton of concessions for railways, steam
ships etc, but England and RUSSIA OBJ
iect. Germany notifies she will not re-
cognizo theis alleged spheres Of influence.
Russia has notified Germany she has ho
objection to commercial enterprise, but any
political Intervention will be Objectionable.
Bubonic plague has been officially declared
epidemic at Annoy.
Ottawa, May 17th-The Grand Orange
lodge OF Manitoba protests against any alter
alton in the Kings coronation oath and
similar protests are expected from Ontario
and Quebec.
New York, May 18th
Flour, b enIeI Clears per barred 5.45-
ALeal, kindred, per barrel 1920
New Seasons Pork
Heavy Mess Pork, $24-243
lCryotnls per 100 lbs. 4.24-
0'6"t' Muscoyalo so test l00tbs.3.74 =
Molassea ENG. Is1ds. per gal. no quotations.
Liverpool Cotton, middling Upland. 1920
Exchange, New York&London go days sight
4.838
Exchange NewYork and London,sig 1865
London, May 18th
Dem. Crystals 18s. 6d-19s. 30
Nuscoyado, Hoatin9 terms, III
o"6"f bond, lbs. dds. Sd
German beet So f. o. b. October
delivery l4s. u.
Java Sugar 96oIto Gibraltar or Channel for
orders, lloatiug terms. las, Sd.
Dcmeruru Rum, 1s.-13o.-ls. Id.
Cocoa, Trinidad, good m~iddIng Ned, pr cwt
S IS I'd.
Cotton, medium Fine Stat Liverpool, nominal
Is. 6d.
Bank of England Rnte Of discount 4
Consols 81 1916
Iuree per cent. Rente5 IN Paris $500
THE SUGAR MARKET.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-08-25
COOP FAIR THIS YEAR.

The Fifth Annual Dickinson Coun-
ty Fair will open Its gates to the
people Of Kansas the last week OF
September. The directors have been
busy throughout the spring and sum
mer planning to give what they con-
slider the greatest Fair ever held In
Central Kansas; even eclipsing for
mer successes by many points. All
indications point to a record breaking
crowd, and from all directions peO-
pie are planning to spend part or all
Of the Fair week in Abilene.
The purpose Of the county fair are
three-fold: educational, recreation
and social. Here gather a great mass
Of Kansas people to see the greatest
things in industrial lines, and the
fine stock and fist horses. 1t is a
great annual social meeting place OF
the year for the people of Dickinson
county. There will be many speciaE
features to attract visitors this year,
all Of which will be given in later ad-
vertislng.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-08-25
THE POOR WINNER.

A great deal is said about The Poor
Loser-and truly said. For a poor
loser is an abomination in the sight
of men. Thoroughbreds are good
losers and poor loser advertises
himself as a scrub. But there Is also
the Poor Winner--and the yellow
streak that shows in the poor win
ner is of the same hue as that dis
played by the poor loser. The poor
winner is the fellow who keeps on
taking filings at his defeated oppon-
emit after the scrap is over, the man
who talks much and long about the
way he did 1t, who comments upon
"the evident good sense Of the vot-
ers" and with much JUNCTION upon
"the triumph Of the Righteousness
manifested by his SUCCESS. who
swells up like pizened pup, puts
on his saffron plumes and gives a
parade. The Poor Winner is made
from the same cheap mud as ths
Poor Loser. He's simply a pooN
loser turned over And sooner or
later-and generally sooner--he
gets turned down and the poor-loser
side comes up. Half-baked on both
sides.-Ex.- Gov. Hoch.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-08-25
After Fifteen
Years
b. CIarisso Mackis

CcOD1isAa iao. b. AaOola.sd LAssrAv fEs.-)
Melvin Taylor and Adelia Scott had
lived next door to each other all their
lives, yet they had not spoken for
IL years.
Adelia, forty now, with a powder
ing Of white In her brown hair, was
sitting in the old grape vine swing.
swaying Idly to and fro. Her soft
eyes were fxed on the toe Of her
small shoe as 1t lightly touched the
green turf. "
Overhead the April sky was cloud
less; around her was growing grass
and young springing flowers.
In her heert was great yearning
for happiness renewal Of the Joys
that had belonged to her girlhood;
the dreams, the ideals that were hers
before the awakening,
From the other side Of the dividing
lilac hedge came the fragrance Of to-
bacco and the sound Of mems voices,
growing nearer.
women are naturally stubborn"
Melvin Taylor was saying in dis
agreeable tone. IF May has quar-
relied with you, Walter, you might as
well give her up now and be done
with it-no matter how deeply you re-
pent. What apologies you may offer
however humble yourself, take my
assurance she will not forgive you"
Rubbish" retorted Walter Stone,
laughing. May and / have had a
disagreement, but know we shall
make It up--who knows when-per-
haps today! As for the rest Of wom-
ankind, they are all like May. I do be-
lieve-sweet and forgiving only some
clumsy brute Of man like you or
me-,
p. "I'ye had my experience" inter
rupted Taylor brusquely. 4 was en-
gagged to marry what | believe to be
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-08-25

We do not believe that there
Is any crying need in Kansas
Just at present for short bal
lot. Manhattan Republic.
This reactionary standpat atti-
tude, in view Of the progressive
movement Of the age, Is very repre-
hensible. 1t shows that the Republic
is not in step with true reform II
should get in line with our peerless
leaders at once, Bill White has told
us that the short ballot electing only
the governor and letting him appoint
all the other state officers, is best for
us, and surely he knows what we
need to make US happy. 1t is little
loss than heresy for the Republic to
question the wisdom Of those higher
Up. Let us have no more such stand
pat talk from Manhattan.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-08-25
LET BUCKET SHOPS BEWARE
Attorney General jackson 10 Credited
With Determination to Drive
Them From Kansas.

Topeka, Aug. %. = Proceedings
against some OF the bucket shops said
10 be operating in Kansas are beint
planned by Fred s. Jackson, attorney
general.
The legislature passed the Merrill
sntl.bucket shop bill two years ago
but no suits have been brought under
It, The law IL the same as the law
Of Missouri. When Il was passed most
Of the big bucket shops moved out O.
the state and II is only within the last
year that any traders have had the
nerve to start up.
II is said that there are bucket
shops operating in nearly all the large
towns and in some Of the small towns
Of the state.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-08-25
JUST FROM BEVERLY GOLF LINKS
John Hays Hammond, Special Friend
Of President Taft Calls Insur-
gents Names.

Cleveland, o., Aug. 22.-"Calamity
howlers," "unintelligent intellectuals"
and "uncauous recitudists' were some
of the terms applied to the insurgents
Of the Republican party by John Hays
Hammond In a speech at the picnic Of
Ohio Republican clubs in a local
amusement park.
Hammond, who, as president OF the
National League Of Republican clubs,
went to the last national Republican
convention at Chicago with vlce-pTesi-
dent aspirations, has since been one
Of the most constant personal and
political associates Of President Taft,
both in Washington and at Beverly.
To newspaper men, just before his
address, Hammond admitted that he
had come direct from the golf links 3
Beverly and took occasion to deny
positively that President Taft had
taken any hand in the New York state
political squabble.