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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-03-03
MRS. LAKES
SECRET
By BELLE MANIATEs

copyright. 1909 by Associated Literary
V1S''f Press.)
ethel, don't you go up to the
house" said the moon-faced woman
coming out on the porch Of the farm
house. twill only harrow your feel
ings."
1T seems like Sinking to let you
70 for me-" said Ethel sturgis, but !
do dread to see the familiar things
again"
IN 20 to town and get that new
auctioneer and drive him to your
house to tag the things. Tomorrow
I'll 60 to the auction and finish the
business, and you won't have to. Co.
"You have been so kind to US, Mrs.
Lake. said Ethel wistfully as the
comely, good-natured woman slapped
the reins over the broad-backed horse
and drove down the road.
Then the girl returned to the house
and vigorously applied herself to
household tasks. She dared not be
idle long enough to think and remem-
Der. It was two years since she and
her father had left the little town
in the east and bought the farm that
was to bring them prosperity. Things
had gone very wrong from the start.
A cloudburst. the Hessian fly, her faith
er's illness and the failure of a bank
brought about the loss Of the farm,
All they had left was forty-acre
piece. Their household goods were to
be auctloned on the morrow to enable
them to buy the stock and implements
for their little remnant Of land. Their
kind-hearted neighbor had invited
them to remain at her house while
the sale was in progress, and she in
sisted that they continue to accept
her hospitality during the construction
Of the little cabin her father purposes
to build on the forty"
Toward evening Mrs. Lake returned
from her expedition.
I'VE got them all tagged, Ethel"
she said cheerfully. That auctioneer's
a dandy. got him interested in your
pa, telling him what chunks your bad
luck had come In"
Ethel WINGED. She knew her neigh
boris propensity for talking over
things, and she felt that she would
rather realize less from the sale than
| /. - Nenlvo dfoouaGnd with
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-03-03
TNOBATTLESHIpS
FOR THIS YEAR
House Committee on Naval Affairs
Makes Report
FOR CONSTRUCTION $2e,OOO,OOO
-Four Submarines, One Repair Ship
and Two Fleet coIIlers Con-
s'itute the Naval Pro-
gram Outlined.

Washington, Mar. 2.-The construc-
ton Of two dreadnaughts of $1,000 tons
each Of design similar to the two bat.
tleships now building was authorized
by the house committee on naval al
fairs.
The bill TO be presented in the house
by Chairman Foss will carry an ap-
preparation for each sof these battle
ships of $5,o32,311, the total amount
It Is estimated that can be expended in
one year in their construction. The
full construction program for 1911, de.
cided on by the committee includes
besides the two battleships;
Four submarines, at an estimated
cost of about 100000 each. For the
construction Of these total Of $780,
900 is appropriated.
One repair ship for which total ap'
preparation Of $97S,50O is made.
Two fleet golfers, estimated cost
81 900 900 for which the total appro'
priation is carried.
The total authorized for new con.
Struction in 1911 is about $26.OOO,OOO'
The appropriations made aggregate
S15,744,112. The bill will carry about
S114, O0O, 900 for maintenance Of the
navy establishment making the total
navy appropriation for 1911 about
$3.50, 100000 as compared with 1885,
100000 for 1910.
Representative Hobson,7 member
Of the committee voted for four dread
daught battleships and three torpedo
boat destroyers. In a fifteen minute
speech he declared the navy needed
the battleships and he sought to lead
the committee into four battleships Q
year program.
Representative Padgett, ranking
Democratic member of the committee
voted against the two battleship pro
gram. He will present q report urg
Ing the authorization Of but one bat
tleship and upon this he will demand
house vote. The Republican mem
bers Of the committee stood behind
Chairman Foss in the entire naval con
struction program. The cutOf five sub
marines to four was made BY the com
mittee because Of lack Of funds.
There was NO discussion In the com
mittee Of size Of the new hattleship'
authorized. The restriction Fthat thel
II -. - nat q SIMILAR daaiRT Al thu
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-03-03
GAS EXPLOSION SHAKES TOWN
An AcetyIeie Plant at Wakefield, kan'
Killed One Man and Dam
aged Property.

Clay Center, Kan, Mar. IAN ex'
plosion Of an acetylene gas plant at
Wakefield, in the southeastern corner
of the county, killed one man, Her
bert Budden, so years old, and DID
much damage around the town.
The gas plant was large one, used
to furnish light to the town. About
nine O'Clock something went wrone
with the plant. Budden took light
down to see what was the trouble
and the explosion followed. Houses
were moved from their foundations
and hardly window glass was lef'
unbroken. The light from the explo
sion was seen in Clay Center, about
Is miles away, and houses were
shaken here
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-03-03
sHlFTINa SOIL.
pe., Estate Transfers Reported O'
J. q. Keel, Abstracter'

n n House and wife to H, P Darr
u lots s and 8 and " v = Dix
i27 Herington. and'lOts 2 ana =
blk 81 in Harrington Town CO. Suu
$500. 10. 10
Dy,,,,.m A. Nichols and wife 10
charles Marshall W u sw \ lS-ll'
/; $4,000. ,.,onh
,.rnas 4 barnes and wife to Joseph
N wadlck lots 0, 10, blk s, Sheer
ans ard ada Chapman. $3.50
n 3. Mosley and wife to A. r san ,
dow lots %, %. q, ~ DIX .
south Dillon, 500.
Arminta B. McGreath and HUSBAND
TO R. ]. Coup v NV Y lS-lO-i
less s acres $4,000.
wan steinberk ct al to Henry =
steinberg lots is, II, 10, Henaue ~
cts lst add Hope, and a trae' i''
usOsn feet adjoining ST.
,..ss shockey and wife to paylc
q perrick NV Y 1s-14-1, sls'SOO
Andrew Heller and wife to G. Q. WY
andt " MnwA and all ne a "
Mnu. P. R. R. 1882. $500
IssSc Smokey and wife to onarle
Al. Paron " 20 #. = y lot ~ 70
ai.vH lot 81, lot Sc. north gu
a. 8. 9 A.. add Abilene. $500
John H. Graham and wife to 2. y
Hun, lots 10 and -, blk lsO' hs'
ington, $1,000.
william Reimold, wdr, to J. =. BOW
.ssr : & ne Y 4-11-2. $500
Nv. walker and wife to 'e..
sAsersn lots 10. II, ~. IL, l.
elk j, Gslss ada solomon. slloV
samuel D. Cook ct al TO Fred Hanne
e 4 ss-ll-i, $500. -.
samuel D. Cook ct al 70 Ona la.
wsushrieh ne X as-if-i' ,sso'
Albert G. Bertsehinger and VIE J
clarence ". stasg n \ lot 10 d.
10 Growers add Tope. $50
sosn 4. Kslohersid and wife to clai
nc. ". ssagg lot is, hIk 10 Gro
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-03-03
KANSAS CITY LEADS IN GRAIN
Report Of Missouri state Grain Depart
msnt shows other Cities
Far In the Rear.

Jefferson City. No, Mar, 2.-Receipt
here Of the annual report Of the state
grain inspection department By the
state board Of railway and warehouse
commissioners brings out with lurpria'
ing force the fact that Kansas City
has 20 far surpassed st. Louis ~ q
Efain market that the latter looks
much Ike 4 Whistling station.
The grain report for the year ending
December 81. 1903, shows that last
rear there was Inspected By the state
a Kansas City more than five tines
e much wheat - there vas IN 81
Louis, more han twice - much corn
three times a. uueA cats. nearly dou'
bic e. much re. ana nearly three
times a. many carloads Of barley.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-03-03

Keep Bidding I'll Kingdom come, 20
Austin finally quit"
what sort Of . looking man was
herr asked Ethel
"Oh. a fat, pudgy, homely man. n
Probably some secondhand deal.
err
maybe; and he bought all the best
things. All your parlor and bedroom
things-all the very things you would
have chosen"
Il am glad stranger got them. II
would make me feel queer to go in to
call on the neighbors and see them
using our things" III
Early the next morning Mr. sturgis
went to town He came back looking
more cheerful over his purchases than
he had looked In months. Ethel was
left alone very often during the next
week, Mrs. Lake taking advantage Of
having some one to leave In charge Of
the house. One afternoon Mr.. Sturgis
asked Ethel to go over to the forty"
and select site for their cabin. He
declined to accompany her, as he had
to go to town. Mrs Lake was In the
midst Of bread making, SO Ethel sad
died horse and rode toward the
forty" Suddenly q disagreeable
thought struck her.
IF Mrs. Lake has sent Austin over
here to see me I'll never forgive her."
She rode slowly, with her eyes glued
to the horses name, wondering If she
had been wise to reject Austin's love
and protection. She didn't raise her
eyes until she turned in at the forty"
Then she stared in amazement Here
stood trim, little house with neat,
broad porch and blinds.
"This is what Mrs. Lake and father
have been so mysterious over" she
thought with sudden enlightenment.
But how could 1t have been built in
so short timer" N
She dismounted and went up the
steps. A card lay on the steps and
some advertising matter. ooh, | see!
One Of those portable houses. won
red II the door is open?"
It was, and with its opening came
another surprise. Here were all her
household goods arranged as they had
been in the old house. She passed
through the living room, dining room,
kitchen and then into her fathers bed
room. She opened the last door. All
her personal things were here, and
many more beautiful, new furnishings.
What did 1t mean? Then she grew
faint. She knew. Austin! Had he
dared? She could not take them un-
less
She heard knock at the door and
she felt that 1t was the decision Of her
life awaiting her Could she? A mo
ment elapsed before she summoned
courage to open the door.
On the threshold stood tall, 1.-the
llmbed man.
"Will!" she said family.
He clasped her to him.
1T took you two years to forgive"
she murmured responsibility.
Dearest, / got your note only ten
days ago. 1t was In the secret drawer
to your desk. You forgot to mail IT."
GLOW could II But how did you
Fcome BY it?'
II am the new auOtioneer. ] didnT
know you lived in these parts till Mrs.
Lake took me to tag your things. She
told me how you would miss your
desk, and made up my mind to bid It
in. Casually / opened q secret drawer
and found the letter. ! had all the
things bid in. The next day your
father came to see me and we fixed
UP this surprise"
"Then these things are yours?"
mo; ours. We are going to live here
with your father"
"Will, did Mrs. Lake know, toof
Eyes; she was our right hand man"
II have misjudged her. ! never
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-03-03
Honaahold aoods


Good bedroom suit complete. ehif-
fonier, chairs, rocking chairs, high
chair. table sausage grinder, 8 ae
lard press new, glass Jars, day clock
carpets. mating, wash stand, milk
crooks, etc.
TERMs-All sums Of $40 and un-
der cash; sums over SO a credit Of
10 month"; win be given on note
with approved security at 10 per cent
interest: II paid when due only 9 per
cent interest viii be charged. No
property to be removed until settled
for. Two per cent off for cash. on
sums over SO.
FREE LUNCH AT NOON.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-03-03
/ NEW MISSOURI RAILROAD
The First spike Driven AZ Mexico
To Run From Santa Fe
to Hereford.

Mexico, No, Mar. 2.-Judge Matthias
Crum, president Of the Mexico. santa
Fo 3 Perry Traction company. drove
The first SPIKE in the tracks being laia
IN this. city. The. line uill Be y %
GRAFTON from SANK Fe. Monroe county
to Hereford, Galway county Eitnin
eight months. II VIII Be forty mllea
long. Later Il VIII Be extended % Han
nibaI and to Fulton and Columbia
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-03-03

Pleasant View DISTRICT NO. 2 y
Report for month ending Feb, 2s.
Number OF girls, enrolled 10, boys 7.
total II. Total attendance n deys
sos. Average daily attShdanee ~
Those neither absent nor tardy were
Gareld Roush. Daisy Mae vcgt, RfanT
els Roush, John Hagans, Gula cO'fi-
son, WilIie Lee. Frank Hagans. Carrie
Lee, willard Van Scoyoc, Belle Hag-
ans, Ida May vogt and Pearl snider.
Those not tardy were velma Coulscn,
Jonas Felix, Oracle Coulson.' Bessie
Felix and Mabel Felix. No cases Of
hardness. visitors z. Grace Van
Scoyoc, teacher.
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49, NE Hope. SEE.

yIer,s add Hope. $3.50.
United States Of America to Michael
Forney n " NV X l4-12-2. pat
ent.
Edgar A. Bird to !, y. Bird 80 X
14-16-S, $11,5O0.
Samuel Hartman and wife to Fred
J. Bross, $ v sw " i2-15-1l
$500.
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12b Head oft Hogs

81 choice Poland China brood
sows most of which will have pigs
By side at the time Of sale, thorough
bred Poland China boar ? years old,
boar pig five months old, 1o2 tall
shoats.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-03-03

Il vas 4 a. n. and BiIkins erepi
rdftIy into the house and removed his
nee, but as be tiptoed up the Stain
cas Of The treads gave = loud ereak.
ia hat you. Johnf- demanded Mrs
Bntins. from above
No. ny love- replied BiIklna. -lt'l
ths rlnir1~
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aNNoIIlNCIsSIENT.

feel that the year Of 1910 Will
be the banner year in the hog busi-
ness. / am presenting elsewhere
in this paper the offering OF the
choicest Of large. mellow, smooth
Poland China hogs sired by the grea'-
ast Poland Chinas the world has ever
known. / breed to bBg, mellow
strong boned kind, the biggest hoss
nm earth to win the ribbons and no
hog should win the ribbons unless
he has size and easy feeding quail
ties. The unsurpassed show yard
racord of last year at three fairs
should be a factor to show Dreeuers
and farmers as never before ana
the hogs each and every one sireo
nv boar of great ancestral reputa-
ton, great feeding quality ana priAe
winners.
Brother farmers and breeders you
NAV think / dwell great deai Oh
Dr,ze winning. surely do ana
intend to keep pretty close to hoes
thot can and do win the ribbons at
ne big shows. Why was carnot, the
great Percheron stallion sold for $lo,-
900. Was it because he was taii'
coarse boaHed, coarse haired anu
bomely? Most certainly not, but pc
cause he was large, smooth nne
haired and Of great quality ana .
champion, the same as q hog snoulu
he and always will be as long ~
time rolls on.
breed them just as big as you
can and win the ribbons breeu
them lust as big as possible and Keep
them smooth and mellow so az y
retain the easy feeding qualities tna'
will make you the greatest prOi''
on your feed consumed !. ~.
Hogs are selling around SO at the
great markets. predicted this ias'
spring. how much have missed ~
with good prospect OF going msne =,
last February / sold some that nav'
made their owners $50 per cent o. ,,
the Investment and ] trust there wa
ne others here again this year
svraet to sell to all alike. The hol
business rs the best business there !,
and Is working wonders just now. !
tnow Of no other live stock tna' y
so sure for quick returns as nOss
who ever heard Of hogs selling 10
s1o before the first Of March IN 'n'
faca Of a meat boycott too ana inc
can't 20 low for two or three year ~
4 come. why? Because IN IN
th,rd week Of February at the =
principal markets there was a snOt'
~ Of $4,000 against two years % y,
a1 M that means something. thin
- q. and still they sold brood SOW a,.'
a, winter, and fall. WhoY IN y,
farmers that have been iooKlns =
.nat dollar corn, those fellows 9 81
80 S5c for their corn while the Z
,-,se. IN to date neighbors get ~
mar bushel for their corn IN nos'
I predicted this last March NSS
next summer hogs will be n'Sne
than you ever saw them -,
I am right where began | s . =,
aro. / want the biggest, srow'nle y.
broadest backed, deepest sioeo, W.
eel bellied, thickest chesteO' STU. ~
vi Joined, best finished, good qua,
ity, mellowest, easy feeding, 49,. me !.
rss,ereed, out standing ancestE'
doers in feed lots and show yaru
can get and II you agree with me n !.
not have the pleasure OF ENTERTAIN 0,rts
a.. vouY JOSEPH M. BAlEH.
fl1t
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-03-03

Peabody, Kas. Mar 1.-The corn
special OF the state Agricultural COZ
iegs was met By = large deiegauon
at Peabody. Specimens d corn raised
here last season and making el9hN
bushels 10 the acre we're broagnt 70
he train. This vas pFou0unced ne
bart corn encountered On re no
through Etnaas.
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New Pastor Here.

Rev. N. P. Fuller and family Of
steIIng arrived and Mr.. Fuller will
take charge OF the First Baptist
church. Regular services in the fu-
ture.
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Ok Head Of Cattle

Five good mich cows, young
stock cows, 2-year-old steers, 4
yearling steers, yearling heifers.
8 sucking calves.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-03-03
lis head Of Horses and Mules

Choice full blood PercheFcn black,
mare coming S years old weight 17V
with colt by side, choiceblack niarei,
Z years old weight 1850. black nasS
Z years old weight 1900 with colt by
side. bay mare 8 years old weight
1900 with colt by side, sorrel mare
10 years old weight 1850 with colt
By side, iron grey mare 4 years old
weight 1900 with colt by side, brown
mare 8 years old weight 1850, black
gelding s years old weight 1900, tcam
black geldings IL and - years old
weight 27O0, grey horse 10 years old
weight 1900 iron grey gelding 9
years old weight 1850, bay gelding
coming 2 years old weight 1850.
team mules coming 2 years old.
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eaissburE m. Mar. 1--In 4 hsad-on
collldon Of ears o. he Hinois electric
inisrurhaA road thres person. were
hmsa and nilssa pasisngsls Injured
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Public Sale

Having rented my farm, | will sell
at public auction z miles north OF
Abilene and 2 miles east Of Taimage
on
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Thursday, Mar. ~

commencing at 10 a. M, the follow
ing property:
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s1.orvrIrht 1909 by Associated Literary
WIZ Press.)
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-02-05

commission is right, but not many Of
our grandfathers would have thought
SO. They had not much use for the
charmingly realistic paintings Of the
Dutch school, over which modern con.
noisseurs rave, and they had the au.
thority of SO famous critic as Rusk'n
for their opinion. 1t was little else
than blasphemy In those days to speak
of Rembrandt in the same breath with
Raphael. They had got over thinking
Beethoven the rank anarchist In music
their own fathers had believed him, but
they would have stopped their ears
In horror at the sounds which kindlc
the emotions OF advanced musical crit
les to-day. n, in addition to these per.
fectly dofensible artistic views. they
chose to think that things like the silk.
en- portrait of the Immortal George or
the homely Rogers groups were armand
their own somber and ponderously
carved furniture more beautiful than
the graceful designs of Chippenda.e
and Heppelwhite, is 1t quite sure that
they were wholly astray? TITS clever,
but Is 1t art?' queries Mr.. Kipl!ng m
one OF his ballads. The world is ri.
ways asking that disturbing question.
and It seldom gives the same answer
for two generations In succession.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-02-05
VERSUS CONNER.
CIALISM.

A New York Supreme Court Justice
walls that the age OF patriotism has
yielded to the age OF commercialism,"
and that "uppermost in the human
mind to-day Is not the Stars and
Stripes. but the dollar mark" We
don't believe Il. The distinguished
jurlst must have eaten too much din
ner. The baseless superstition that
commerce S "A selfish thing and trade
utterly without bowels OF sentiment
IL a survival from the feudalism that
despised any pursuit save murder and
every profit save privilege The truth
Is that all national patriotisms today
rest upon the need OF commerce and
industry for organized order, law and
security, and those countries whose
national power and good are upheld
by the commercial and industrial
classes, are exactly the ones whose
citizens exhibit most national patriot
ism. Napoleon called England ma
ton OF shopkeepers, but the patriot
ism OF the shopkepers In the course
OF thirteen years OF war wore the Cor
sican down. The South despised the
Yankees as devoted to the almighty
dollar, but the South was conquered
by the sacrifices of blood and treasure
the Yankees made. Feudallsm. chiy'
airy, and that sort OF things kept Ger
many disrupted and Japan a collection
OF warning tribes. National patriotism
Is a quality OF modern Germany and
modern Japan. Right here in Ameri
ca at this present hour Is more sense
OF civic responsibility. OF patriotic de
votion, OF public ideality than evel
animated the rank and file OF any nu
merous people. We need them ALL In
order to deal with the evils that al
iiict us, but we are not corrupt to the
core or blind worshipers OF Mammor
not by a great deal
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-02-05
THOSE PERPLEXING ARTISTIC
STANDARDS.

Are there. after all, any permanent
artistic standards, any hxed principles
OF esthetics? Most persons VIA an
swer yes at once, and proceed TO dig.
nifty their own tastes and likings u
these lofty phrases But those more
deliberate souls who have attended
somewhat TO the history of art will not
be so certain. Fifty years ago the
women OF Lyons presented TO the city
OF New York copy OF the familiar
Stuart portrait OF Washington, woval.
dexterOusly on a loom OF their famous
silk-mills. IL was an ingenious prod
uct, quite triumph OF mechanical
performance; and a generation whicn
was sincere In its admiration OF the
maryels OF machinery hung the picture
conspicuously in the governors room
OF the city hall. From that place !,
has now been removed by the Munich
pal Art Commission on the ground that
II Is not work OF art No doubt the