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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03
FIGHT ROLLER TOWEL ORDER.
Hotel Men Say 1t Is a Very Expensive
Plan.

The hotel men are not going to
stand the antilroller towel order
tamely. The Abilene hotels will have
to furnish clean towel for every
guest. They claim that they are,
keeping the roller towels clean and
that II the towels are clean that To-
Rll that should be asked. 1t would
cost the Union Pacific practically a
dollar a day, or 5000 year, to
keep individual towels for every pat
ron. Then It needs a man to watch
the towels. In the big hotels where
there are individual towels porter
is on watch-otherwise many towels
are lost. The hotel men Of the state
will unite against the order and fight
it in the courts. The railroads win
take the roller towels from the day
coaches and provide no Substitute.
It will make them money. The order
is unreasonable-if clean towels are
furnished, that Is enough, no mat
ter what their shape.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03

The two bosses of The Times took
an automobile trip Monday, down to
Upland, Dickinson county, where they
spent the afternoon and ate supper
with Mr.. and Mrs. C. J. Olson, Mrs.
Olson as Miss Lille Baumberger,
having for number of years having
been an employee of The Times. Mon
day was a beautiful day, very cool
for the middle of summer, the roads
were almost ideal, the going fine and
the visit las pleasant as could be
imagined. Mr.. and Mrs. Olson have
Just moved into their nice two-story
new home, model Of convenience
and artistic arrangement for a coun-
try home, placed high up where the
breezes Of summer and the autumn
views should be magnificent. Upland
is a unique. community, with the
many cooperative concerns doing
business there, so far from a rail-
road. 1t is worthy an extended
writeup some Of these days.--Clay
Center Times.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03
FROM HARD TINES TO GOOD.
Changes in Few Weeks Are Won
derful.


A. r. Thompson, a ranchman living
lin western Kansas along the main
line of the Union Pacific was in Sa-
lime and said to the Union:
Fright here In Saline county where
you had some rain and things stay
ed green" he said, "the people can
have no idea of the conditions as they
were in the west. Notice l say as
they were That's what want to
talk about. You can have no idea
of how conditions are changing since
the rain fell. Two weeks ago there
was a regular panic and although we
don't like to admit 1t then viii say
we were up against hard times. Ev-
erybody was depressed. Business
was stagnant, people were out OF
work and farmers felt blue and dis
couraged.
"Now things are livenihg up. BUS
mess has picked up wonderfully, far-
mers not the pasture coming back and
are SO -plea ed they intend to plant
large acreages Of wheat this fall. Cat
tie are not being sent out at a loss,
idle people are employed on the
ranches and l believe that unless a
second drouth comes at once, the
conditions will be normal in short
time. always did have faith in X n
sas and I'm going to predict that
in spite of our wheat shortage we
will have good times this fall and
winter"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03
THEATRE PROGRAM FOR
SEASON ALMOST COMPLETED.

The management OF the seelye
theatre announces that the program
for the coming theatrical season is
fast being completed. The dates for
some of the plays have not been defi-
nitely ascertained but the following
list Of attractions will be seen here
this winter:
Murphy-Morey Stock Co., fair week.
"The Rosary"
"Uncle Toms Cabin"
1.-THE Wolf"
"The Thief"
"The House Next Door"
1.-THE Tyranny Of Tears"
"The Girl in the Taxi"
"The Spectator, y Lyman Twins.
"The Lion and the Mouse"
"The Servant in the House"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03
sOLOMON's JAIL OCCUPIED;
FURTHER ARRESTS REFUSED

The city OF Solomon seems to be
suffering with a crime wave Just
now, without facilities for handling
it. Five representatives of that city
are reposIng in the county Jail here
and even with that decrease Of the
population the report is current that
the Jail in Solomon Is occupied"
and that no arrests are being made
for ordinary misdemeanors. The
story goes a little farther and some
slight inference il made to the ef-
feet that in some cases, parties are
counting arrest but are not molested
because the city Jail is full. This
state OF affairs is hard to understand
from 90 quiet and law abiding a
town as Solomon.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03
AS COMPARED WITH 1910.
July % to % Last Year, Was Very
Hot Period,

Summer resort weather continues
in Abilene, From July 20 to 2S,
1910, was one of the hottest periods
Of last year. Only July 8, 1910, the
temperature was 1O6; July "a, 1O2;
July 25, 1903; and July rs and 26 It
was also 1OS. The hottest Of that
period was July 20, when the Their
mometer registered ITO. So far the
same days this year have been cool
and pleasant. the temperature re-
naming below the 100 mark and
seldom going above 95.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03
HERE AT HOME.
Abilene Citizens Gladly Testify and
Confidently Recommend Doan's
Kidney Pills.

1t is testimony like the following
that has placed Doan's Kidney Pills
SO far above competitors. When peo-
pie right here at home raise their
voice in praise there is no room left
for doubt. Read the public state
ment of an Abilene citizen;
e. D. Kline, 16 e. N, Fifth St.,
Abilene, Kan, says: II advise any
one who is troubled by weak kidneys
or backache to use Doan's Kidney
Pills, for l consider them the best
kidney medicine to be had. In 1901,
| gave a public statement in their
praise and at this time gladly con-
firm 1t. My kidneys were inactive
and the kidney secretions passed too
frequently and contained sediment
/ had an almost constant backache
and often became dizzy and nervous.
Despite all my efforts for relief, |
steadily grew worse until procured
Doan's Kidney Pills at G. 3. North
craft & Co.'s drug store. On using
them my strength and energy re-
turned and the pains in my back
disappeared. Doan's Kidney Pills
deserve the credit for my cure"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster-Miburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03
Death Near Detroit.

Mrs. D. s. Shearer died at her
home three miles north of Detroit,
Tuesday morning of consumption.
She leaves besides her husband four
children and host of friends to
mourn her death. Funeral services
were held this morning at 9 o'clock
at the Moonlight church. conducted
by Rev. Engle. The body was laid
to rest in the Moonlight cemetery
Enterprise Push.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03
Wheat Fine in Rhinehatt.

Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Taylor were
in from Rhinehart shopping. Mr..
Taylor says wheat is fine in that sec
ton and corn with another timely
rain will make good average crop.
He had rs acres of wheat that aver
aged 24s bushels.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03

Cuts and bruises may be healed in
about one-third the time required by
the usual treatment by applying
Chamberlain Liniment. 1t is an
antiseptic and causes such injuries
to heal without maturation. This
liniment also relieves soreness Of the
and rheumatic pains. For
sale by all dealers.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03

seemed 20 Give Him a New stomach.
Il suffered Intensely after eating
end no medicine or treatment tried
seemed 10 do any good" writes H.
n. Youngpeters, Editor OF the sun.
Lake View, Ohio. The first lev
doses Of Chamberlain's Stomach ana
Liver Tablets gave me surprising re-
lief and the second bottle seemed %
give me q new stomach and perfectly
Sood health" Tor sale By al dealers
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03

Loss OF vitality is loss OF the prin-
clple of life, and is early indicated
by failing appetite and diminishing
strength and endurance. Hoods Sar-
saparillal is the greatest vitalizer--
II acts on all the organs and func-
tions, and builds up the whole sys-
tenn
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03
Statement of the Financial Condition

oft Boards Edu
1911 required by act OF IN
Kms IAN Clerks of Townships Cities and Dn
1862
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03

Name Of CITY, Township what p-nos. nst was Created
Board Of Education + VI ~ 49, - -" "
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-28

Labor Saving Devices in the Home.
A quiet woman thinker in the SUI
burbs has been moved to consider
the model home" resting on the
basis of up-to-date inventions. She
has weighed such a home in the
balance and found it wanting.
Take the fireless cooker, the cor
ner stone of the new domestic edi-
flee. Can it, she asks, prepare even
simple breakfast of grape fruit,
coffee and toast and eggs and ba-
con? In the matter of dinner, what
can IT do about soup, salad dessert?
How could it handle the 'leaylngs'
or wash UP the dishes and silver ana
put them away?
What contriyance or invention
recently incorporated in the 'model
home can answer the doorbell and
!, the telephone, put coal on the fur
lace, water the house plants, do the
nending and the marketing, make
he bees, dress and teach the chill
iren, attend to shopping, calls and
hurch work, and do justice to the
hundred other concerns that fill the
day of the conscientious wife and
mother"
Possibly the author of all these
pointed inquiries is more intent up
on showing how much she has to
do and how well she means to do
II than upon letting up-to-date in
Tentions show what it can do for her
IL only given a chance. 1t may be
true that "womans work is never
lone" 1t Is assuredly true that IL
newer will be done if the ultra-ocn-
servatiyes decline to utilize those
devices which. however Inadequate
ly they may he, are proffered by
modern ingenuity for the saving of
time and labor.--Chicago Record
Herald.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-28
.WORkBAG MADE Or RIBBON
Novel and Handy Affair Can &c Made
Quickly From Yard Of Wide
Ribbon.

A novel working that has added ad-
vantage Of being quickly made up is
constructed from a yard Of wide rib
bon, preferably six or eight inches,
says the Washington Herald
The bag is in four compartments,
all drawing on the same string. The
ribbon is folded IN half, then three
folds are made at either side until the
ribbon is equally divided in space TO
form four compartments.
Sew the selvages together in pairs
to make four divisions. each four and
a half inches in depth. Overcast the
edges neatly with tiny stitches. This
viii leave there top folds, which arc
cut for depth Of two inches from
either edge, Hem narrowly and cover
with tiny silk cord if you wish a
finish.
Crochet eight small rings of brass
or bone with embroidery silk TO har-
monize With the colors in the bag.
Sow a ring to each corner of the four
bags and then run q double length Of
silk cord or narrow ribbon, which
pulled from either end, will open and
close bags at once.
Do not use too soft a ribbon. The
heavy Powered effects with satin
edges are pretty and will stand up
right when opened, which makes It
easier to discover contents.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-28

( not only spectacular, but in vain in
his effort to obtain light on prison
conditions.
The Governor has "gone to pris~
on" voluntarily for a few days, and
is living the life of other prisoners
so it is said. He is eating the prison
fare, arising with the other prisoners.
and performing the duties which are
mapped out for the convicts.
1t is to be hoped that he win not
take the position, when his brief APP
premiership has been served, that
he knows what prison conditions are,
and that they need no espionage or
regulation.
The State prison in Tennessee may
be ideally conducted: but in any
case, the Governor of the State will
be sure to find nothing wrong. TIE
inspector who sends word ahead Of
time of his visits is sure of finding
things in excellent condition. The
eleemosyanry institutions of St.
Louis were recently Inspected by
much the same process; and nobody
believed for an instant than any good
would come of the inspection.
If any Governor really wishes to
know anything about Penitentiary
abuses, let him go into one of these
States which sometimes sends limo.
cent men to prison, and, if he be put
behind the bars, let him keep his
IDENTIFY a secret In such an event
he would probably make many dis
coveries such as Gov. Hooper very
surely will not make.-St. Louis
Times.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-28

Affords Opportunity for Change and
Keeps Fresh II Laid Away In
Tissue Paper.

Adjustable tunics Of very shadovy
and filmy white lace are part Of the
winter wardrobe of nearly every
woman who can afford them. Compile
mentary to them is collection Of
princess or Empire slips, in various
colors of satin or crepe. The TUNES
are unlined below the waistline. and
the upper part has lining of white IL
fusion net. which, while very strong,
is almost invisible even at close range,
With these two sets of TUNES and
foundations very elaborate gowns can
he evolved, all that is needed to com.
plete each costume being a girdle and
the ubiquitous cluster of artificial flow
ers to match the underpart
This separation Of tunic and founGa-
ton. besides affording opportunity Tor
variety has other advantages as well.
The tunic can be cleaned and pressed
when necessary. and can be laid away
properly on a shelf, with folds Of s.
sue paper between, after each wear
ing. Lace dresses. waists and tunics
soon become stringy and lose all the
effectiveness of their pattern whom
hung up. When laid away with tissue
paper they keep fresh much longer, rs
the patterns are not pulled out Of
shape and the paper absorbs all damp
ness.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-28
Can Fastener.

To keep children's caps Of any kind
on and over the ears in cold weather
and also TO keep mischievous play
mates from pulling them off, sew elias.
tic on one side. Let it extend around
under the chin to the other side. Pull
cap down TO desired place, measuring
your elastic for length.
Allow enough for loop and sew a
button on the side where you make
the loop. The cap will stay on and
stay in place and is also much easier
to put on than 1t would be to slip the
cap on with elastic sewed fast on both
sides. Use buttons the color Of the
cap IL possible.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-28
RANDOM CLIPPINGS
The Caldwell Candidacy.

Sangamon county democrats have
added their Endorsement to the can
didacy of former Congressman Ben
f. Caldwell for the democratic NOM
ination for governor.
The Endorsement of no county Is
more significant than that of Sanga-
mon county because this is Mr. Cald-
wells home. Here we have the OPP
portunity to study him at close range
year in and year out. He has served
long as a member and chairman at
the county board: has served this
senatorial dirstrict in the legislature
has been sent from this COMPRESSION
al district to the national house, and
in every office of public trust no mat
ter how humble or how important
Mr.. Caldwells best efforts have al
ways been put forth for the interests
Of the people, He has record OF in
tegrity, fairness, fearlessness and
public-spirited devotion to duty
Mr.. Caldwell's candidacy h9s
passed the experimental stage. 1t
is statewide and seriously eonsic-
cred in every county Of the state
His receptions at Belleville and East
st. Louis indicate the manner II
which his popularity has spread
through the state.
The fact is being recognized by
democrats everywhere. Mr.. Cald-
well is a candidate who deserves tho
nomination, and a candidate who, ii
nominated, will certainly be elected.
Here's the way the St Louis Re
pubic sizes up the situation:
Among the hopeful signs in Hi
nois politics may fairly be ranked the
candidacy for the democratic guber-
Material nomination of Ben f. Cald-
well of Chatham, banker farmer and
ex-congressman.
"Mr. Caldwell has had four terms
in the lower house of congress. Pre-
vious to going to Washington he saw
service in both houses OF the Illi-
nois legislature. He is an honest ard
an able man and campaigner Of
zest and experience.
at is too early to guess how many
candidates the campaign will bring
forth, but it is encouraging to see a
high STANDARD set at the beginning
Mr. CaldwelIs friends may sue
port him with all the greater conf
dence because certain, that, should
some other democrat be preferref
before him, he will be found helpinf
on his rivals election instead o.
charging conspiracy of nefariouf
interests. Springfield Register
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-28
Projections Citadel" Fated to Fall

Projections Citadel" Fated to Fall
Sacrosanct Skedule K--the very
citadel of Protection" as Senator
Aldrich characterized it; the wool
en- schedule in the nomenclature OF
the plain and unpriyileged body OF
the American peoples to be re-
yised at last.
President Taft has advised revis.
ion, the Democratic House is eager
for 1t and the Republican Senate
will hardly dare to resist. The Re.
publican situation, in the face of a
national campaign, already is des.
perate: for the Republican majority
in the Senate now to act against the
advice of the President would be tc
place the party in the plight Of ut.
ter despair.
So the Citadel must fall. Thai
may be taken as certain. The only
question to be decided is the term,
upon which the privileged wooler
industry barons, who have so Ions
held the fort, shall surrender. Botf
President Taft and his Tariff Boart
are silent on this point The Presi
dent says that is matter for Con
grcss to decide, SO ii Is. But IL
the President entirely sinere In Civ
Ing that rs a reason why both h,
and his Tariff Board carefully re
Trained from making any suggest
ions on the subject? Most people
we think, will be more apt to TAX,
the view that in leaving the matte,
Of the amount Of reduction to Con
gress, free Of any suggestion from
either himself or his tariff experts
Mr. Taft was actuated by the sam
sense OF political advantage whicl
prompted hts endeavor to take iron
the Democratic House the credit 70
the abrogation Of the Russian
treaty
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-28
The American Woman.

The foreign estimate of American
womanhood has not always been APP
preciative. Perhaps the foreign
writer's were not wholly to blame
for this. They judged our women
by those they saw, by those who
went abroad, by those who made
themselves conspicuous in restau-
rants, by those in the smart set, by
those who sought titled European
hllsliends ANY American knows
that these are not typical of true
American womanhood. Apparently
he foreign writer's are now coming
TO the same conclusion. In a recent
lssue of the English Review a con-
tributor differentiates between the
great mass OF the wives and mothers
If our country and the society
women who crowd together in
noisy restaurant luncheon parties,
3hattering endless nonsense at the
.op Of their voices"
There is no higher type Of mother
rood than the American mother, no
more loyal and helpful wife than
the American wife We have the
same kind OF women today that we
had during the civil war, the same
kind OF women as those who have
aver been the inspiration Of Amer
can men, as those who have kept
our lives as clean as they have been
and are, as those who have main
tanned our standards as high as we
lind them despite the materialism
md commercialism of the age.
The writer in the English Review
ICES something of this. He has dis.
oyered the American wife and
mother. He has seen her in her
lomc, where she is at her best. He
las seen her courageous and indie
'endent and giving her courage and
Independence to her sons. He finds
that american families are sing
llarly united and carry on into ma
.ure age that unity and affection
which, as a rule, lasts only through
q period Of childhood" It is the
American wife and mother who is
responsible for much OF this unity.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-28
UNCLE WALT
THE POET PHILOSOPHER

At Christmas arc mellow joyous
mortal life how sad and lonely the family
Wife, For him big Yuc log is burning, his floor
BACHELORS bestrewn with filled with
CHRISTMAS mighty yearring for and Chrstmas
joys No little girls boyish frskers are shouting
round MIN IN their whskes while
sng with the Christmas help he cannot hinder
gadness the
ana says 7 surely don't belong! To glad might have
RED Christmas tree like other days but
RED the lamozel who loved why pause
fale why did stall and
the altar and claimed her for puhng brde, old
boys tired and lonely signing
ophat! If had only got married
.s sSs s.a l~, . ~ (rs,x Nlaac,.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-28
HUMOROUS QU|PS


A young man, unhappily married
and practically pennicss, took his
tale of WOO to a prominent divorce
attorney in Chicago and concluded
with this.
I'm too poor to pay much for di
yorce, but my wife makes my life
miserable. After / get home, at c
o'clock in the evening, get no peace
until ! go to sleep. What would you
advised"
After considering all the facts il
your case said the lawyer, Il woulc
suggest that you get a job which re
cures YOU TO work all night Popu
lar Magazine.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-28
JhPAN,s MISSION.

Wherever white power en-
tiers the east and seizes a piece
of territory aud when, as always
follows. the country that has suf-
fered the loss raises n great hue
and cry you always hear 1t said
that japan is somwhere behind
The eastern country. The infu-
ence of Japan is always suspect
ed. But can assure you that
the suspicion is not just. We
think of ourselves In Japan as
the go-between of the east and
The west and not the leader Of
the east against the west. We
prefer TO bring together the ma
tons which have so long trod
different paths and unite them
BY bonds Of sympathy and re-
spect.-Dr. Inazo Nitobe.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-28
SOUPS FOR COOL EVENINGS.

When the main meal Is taken at
noon there is no dish at night that
goes to the spot" like a nice hot dish
Of soup. Cream soups are appropriate
for this meal and they are legion, so
that all tastes may be gratitied
Cocoanut Soup.--This is one that is
so perfectly delicious that the trouble
Of preparation will be swallowed with
the first taste. Cook two pounds of
veal bones in two quarts of water put
over them cold When reduced to one
quart add the grated meat Tor meat
put through meat chopperl of one
cocoanut and cook a half hour; strain
and add the milk of the nut and a
pint of cream. Reheat and thicken
with tablespoonful each of -four and
butter cooked together. Season with
salt, pepper and a little onion juice
and, just as ready to serve, pour over
two slightly beaten eggs.
Queen Victoria's Fa@orite Soup
Remove the fat from one quart Of
water in which fowl has been cook
cd Season with salt, pepper, onion
Juice and celery salt. Mash the yolks
Of three hard-cooked eggs, mix with
half cup of bread crumbs soaked in
little milk until soft. Chop the white
meat of the chicken until fine as meal
and stir 1t into the egg and bread
paste. Add pint of hot cream slowly,
then added to the chicken liquor, Boil
FIVE minutes. add more salt and, If too
thick, more cream; II too thin, add
more crumbs. 1t should be PURGE
A fine soup may be made of the wing
tips and bones of a turkey left from
dinner.
The tough ends of steak. with a few
bones, will make another good-fayored
soup.
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