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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-22
Give Free Moving Pictures.

Enterprise has a new form of en-
tertainment. At its Saturday night
band concert free moving pictures are
presented and the town is crowded
with people. Good idea that.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-22

Citizens Bank Postal Depository.
The Citizens Bank has received no.
tice that 1t has been appointed a de-
positary for the postal savings bank
to be established July LIST. DIV
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-22

White Plymouth Rock eggs for
Matching. Is for 75e. 81 for 100.
Mrs, c. H, Rowland. R. F. D. No. 4.
Abilene. Brown phone 1850.
13dw-smos
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-22

gands Of others have failed. and Il Is
this success that has given Flowers
me recognition he e everywhere 70
ceiTing. He win appear on the Chau-
tauQua platform IN Tbs city this sum
msE
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-23
PEOPLE TO HAVE FINAL SAY
Voters Are the Real Tariff Commits.
sion, a. Politicians Are 70
Find Out.

Good arguments may be found for
the work Of theright sort of a tariff
commission. But, "in the final
analysis" the people of these United
States constitute the real commits
sion" for the settlement of all ques-
lions affecting their interests.
The present organization under
stood to be preparing scientific" In
formation on the tariff question came
into existence too late. Anything and
everything even purporting to be In.
the interests Of tariff reform were ig-
snored by the tariff barons and their
ready Republican tools too long.
Before the compromise scheme for
the organization of commission was
carried into effect as a sort Of buffer
between popular demand and tariff
robbery, the people took the matter
into their own hands. AS commits.
sion of the whole" the nation die
stated its policy by sending tariff re-
formers TO make laws in congress.
How many, even among the most
intelligent and best posted of citi-
gzens, can name offhand today the
members OF the tariff commission
that body held by standpatters to be
SO important and so wise that its
conclusions must be awaited before
the peoples mandates shall be car
ried into effect?
The nation is Its own commission"
In this and all other matters Of public
concern.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-23
Overlooked PeriIs.

The danger that lurked in the over
grown Industrial corporation was at
first but dimly perceived. A few orig
inal thinkers were quick to proclaim,
that the government must fetter the
predatory plutocrats. or be fettered
by them. The average American was
then accustomed to worship the for
tune that was reckoned In nine figures
and never stopped to ask himself what
the fortune meant. In truth, it was
commonly thought that a Rockefeller,
or Carnegie. grew suddenly rich,
merely because he had unique genius
for money-getting. The mystery is a
mystery no longer. The Rockefellers
and the Carnegies had genius for
money-getting, to be sure, yet their
genius would have counted for COM
paratively little without the advan-
tages which preferential railway tar
ms and secret rebates gave. A for
tune running into the hundreds Of
millions never has been, nor ever can
be, amassed within the brief span Of
forty years, except amid abnormal
conditlons.-Boston Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-23
He HAD THEM IN a CORNER
clergyman's Rebuke to Thoughtless
Youths at Once Neat and
Diseoncerting.

A well-known clergyman was one
day in BARRIERS shop. when four or
five young men walked in whom he
knew by their voices, but who did not
recognize the man in the chair. with
lather all over his face. They pro-
ceeded to spend the time by telling
stories and using expressions which,
to say the least. were rather strong.
When the barber pulled away the
towel the clergyman, Clearly shaved.
stood before them. So nonplussed
were they that no one tried to take
the vacant chair. and the barber called
several times-"Next gentleman! Next
gentleman"
The clergyman smiled somewhat
grimly as he said:
1T isn't bit OF use, John. There's
not man here who has the effront-
cry to answer to that name"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-23

I'm on his back, Now If the awaking
Of Turkey means anything. it must
mean the emancipation Of the COM
mon people from these ancient bur-
dens.
Big Hats and MosIem Wells.
The advent OF the western styles
involves unforeseen difficulties for an
Oriental people. 1t is easy for the
Turk in baggy trousers and shoes that
slip OF, to sit cross-legged on the
floor; when he dons tie. trousers and
patent feathers he must abandon this
fashion. The new furniture Of mod
ern style to which Turkey has be-
come 80 devoted postulates home
somewhat after the idea of Europe
or America. The new food and the
new ways, all are insidiously under
cutting the old order.
The dress of the women offers per-
haps the best illustration of this.
Most Mbslem women ", die along the
streets like water birds on land,
draped from head to he'll in hideous
black ears. Whether they are old or
young. homely or handsome. nobody
can tell. This custom Involves mys.
teries which no mere man can solve.
How two heavily yelled women can
recognize each other on the street is
beyond comprehension. Sometimes
the wells are getting perilously thin.
In the case Of the younger women
and their wearers do not hesitate to
stare at their pleasure on foreign
men.
Because she is robed SO outlandish-
~ on the street is no reason why the
Moslem woman has not the eternal
feminine interest in dress. One OF
their sisters came along the other day
wearing Merry Widow hat and a
hobble skirt and as passed l noticed
these queer yelled figures stop and
turn and look as long as the new
fashions were in sight. What will
happen to the economic system in
Turkey with its low scale Of income
when husbands have to pay for Paris
millinery and their wives have a right
to wear them, is more than l can
project.
Immediately after the revolution
many Moslem women took OF their
wells as they appeared In public
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-23

we might be Greeks bearing torpedos.
OF a piece with this bit Of admins.
tration was the naive remark Of an
admiral the other day. that he was
obliged to surrender his place on a
naval board in order to go to the In
terror to take charge Of military
barracks.
Cholera, Rat.Traps and Religion.
The cholera is raging in Constants.
nople at present and 1t affords an OPP
portunity OF observing the difference
between the old and the new. Lime
is sprinkled in the cutters by the city
but. for the most part. the people
who, SO far as the Moslem population
are concerned. are arrant fatalists,
say "Kismet," and do no6 amend their
unsanitary ways. That modern scien-
tific knowledge is beginning to perco-i
late is shown by the lively sale of rat
traps which street vendors display as
a sort Of cholera cure, explaining that
the cholera germs are carried by rats
confusing the fubonic plague with
cholera. M
AS is well known. there is direct
relationship between cholera and
Islam. for Mecca is the seat Of the
plague. All pilgrims battle in holy
well at Mecca which analysis has
shown, contains more germs than the
sewage Of London. That holy water
is carried over the empire and dump
ed into the village wells. A more dia-
bolical scheme for inoculating ma
ton with disease can scarcely be con-
triyed, yet the faithful will not per-
NIT the government to touch this
sacred we'll.
OF course there is modern medicine
in Turkey and by q new law nobody
is allowed to practice without d.
ploma. None the less the faith In
charms abides and have seen graves
and specially sacred trees, covered
with rags from the bodies 0. diseased
persons, who hope thereby to obtain
a cure in exactly the same fashion as
that prevailing in Japan and Corea.
Probably the most satisfactory
archaeological museum in the world
is that at Constantinople, with many
priceless treasures. Yet this collec-a
ton has been made by taking toll of
the enterprise and learning Of west
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-23
Inside Information.

Mr. Hanna. brother of the late sena-
tor, either knew very little OF the de-
tails of the absorption Of the Tennes-
see Coal and Iron company by the
steel trust, or deemed it violation OF
the rules Of the business game to
squeal. He disclaimed any knowledge
Of any pressure applied by the banks
in the interest Of the steel corporation
to force Schley OF the Tennessee syn
dictate, to replace the stock he had put
up as collateral with the steel corpor-
ration's bonds. He thought the banks
didn't like the Tennessee stock be-
cause it was held by syndicate. Mr..
Hanna had no suspicious OF any pres
sure exerted by the steel corporation
through banks which 1t controlled to
call on Schley for a different ,ccllat-
eral. But 1t appeared from the evi-
dence that while negotiations were go
ing on in New York to save Schley'B
firm from suspension Mr.. Gary was in
Washington getting Mr.. Rooseve1t's
consent to the steel trusts purchase
OF the Tennessee concern, which was
chiefly valuable for Its great holdings
Of ore lands in the south.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-23
Democrats and the Farmer.

When Democrats in the United
States senate forced the passage Of
the farmers free list bill. they once
more demonstrated the sincerity of
their purpose to relieve the people. so
far as possible, from the injustices Of
Republican tariffs.
That Democrats in the house will
add their approval to the bill may be
confidently expected. Responsibility
for the fate of the measure then will
be placed squarely on President Taft.
The action of yesterday should be
more potent than any campaign prom
Uses in convincing the American farm
er that the Democratic party is his
friend.
Incidentally, it records another dis
tinct achievement in behalf of prin.
ciples on which the party won such
signal triumphs In the last campaign.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-23
TRUSTS FIGHT HARD.
WILL SEEK in EVERY WAY TO
EvADE MANDATE OF PEOPLE.
Reorganization Of Companies Declared
Unlawful 10 TO Proceed Under the
Guidance Of the WIsest Cor
poration Lawyers.

4, In details (Which are meager) the
story that the National City company
Is to be sort OF holding company for
the Standard Oil trust and the Ameri-
can Tobacco trust may be inaccurate.
Essentially, it is quite indisputable
that the moves for recognizing those
corporations will proceed along the
lines Of doing practically what has
been done before, by methods which
are sufficiently different from the old
ones to serve at least during the three
or four years Of prosecution"
Then, heaven and the courts and
the people permitting, q new device
will give another lease Of life. And
SO ad infinitum. for the resources Of
eminent counsel are infinite.
The National City company Is a
new corporate form used by the same
financial group which uses the Ma
tional City bank (the Standard Oil
bank) as another form. Its creation
as medium of controlling two of the
greatest trusts jointly as a cure for
the activities of the same two trusts
SSSCA dllJ 10 .WuoI Ma AAOOSCtSAI Al16At
call delicious" De Tocqueville long
ago said: The remedy for Democra-
cy is more Democracy" That para
phrase of the ancient adage: The,
hair of the dog is good for the bite. :"
may have given the money trust its
quaint idea.
OF course. it is not going to be pos
sible for these trusts, or others. to
re-establish themselves under any
form which leaves them free of pub
lie control as they have been free in
the past twenty years. Legislators
(Senator Newlands, for example) are
already forward with plans for put
ting the government in control. Pub
lie servants like La Toilette, In Of
nee, and Roosevelt, out of ONCE, will
work as fast and persistently to reor-
ganize Industrial conditions in the in
terests OF the common welfare as the
lawyers Of Wall street will work to
subordinate common welfare to selfish
privilege. But 1t is we'll to keep ones
eyes on the trust congratulations. for
they are going to be the center Of
about as pretty and interesting a
game rs one would care to see.
Historically. this is a fine time to
be alive. There is hardly duh mo-.
ment IN It.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-23
Family ENOUGH.

Horace, five year old. has broth-
err. nine. and sister, three, and with
his father and mother, he deemed this
family large enough. When. there
fore. he was told by his aunt that
little baby was to be added to the
family. he protested
~ think papa and mama might bet.
Ter spend their money for more straw
berries and powdered sugar for me-"
he observed, indignantly. - -at
On certain day doctor came to
the house and Horace thought he
knew what that meant. His spirit Of
revolt nearly got the better Of him.
however. when second doctor came.
A few hours later. after the doctors
had departed, his Aunt Ella told him
he had a new little brother. Horace
frightened, and tiptoed to his moth
er's room. ITS all right. mamma"
he assured her. There's only one"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-23
To Be q Good Cook.

ITO be good cook means the
knowledge Of all fruits. herbs. balms
and spices: and of all that is healing
and sweet in fields and groves, savory
in meats; 1t means carefulness, In
yentiveness, watchfulness, willingness
and readiness of appliance; it means
the economy Of your greatgrandmoth
ers and the science of modern chem
lists; it means much testing and no
wasting; 1t means English thorough
ness, French art and Arabian hospi-
tally; it means, in fine, that you are
to be perfectly and always ladies'
(loaf-givers), and you are to see that
everybody has something nice to eat"
-Ruskin
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-23
Respect.

Mr.. Bonaparte while attorney gen
eral postponed action against the
Harvester trust, he says, "out of re-
spect for the senate" which had re-
quested an inquiry by the bureau of
corporations.
"Respect"-that sort of respect
would have led Whitman to postpone
action against ex-senator Gardner un-
til Bruce and the legislative commit
tee had ended the graft inquiry.
Respect" would have kept the po-
lice from thief-catching while the spe-
cial grand jury Investigated the Cor
rigan crime charges.
Respect" would have made the dis
trict attorneys ONCE sit pat. while
Waldo and his men looked into the
Ice trust.
Law officers have their sworn, duties
and an old but not obsolete saying has
1t that the law Is no respecter Of per-
sons.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-23
A Complication.

Bessie found getting well much more
tiresome than being sick. She was be-
coming very impatient about staying
indoors and eating soups.
When her aunt asked her how she
felt she replied that she was much
worse: that the doctor had found
something else the matter with her.
why, what is it," asked her aunt.
81 think the doctor said GONZALES
ence.'"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-23

1.-THE Very Citadel Of Protection"
There Is no senator sitting on this
side of the chamber, there is no per-
son who is acquainted with the tariffs
OF this or any other country, who
does not know that an assault on the
wool and wooden schedule Of this bill
is an attack upon the very citadel Of
protection and the lines Of defense
for American industries and American
labor. II the senate destroys the re-
lations in that schedule, or destroys
the schedule itself, you demoralize the
whole protective system: and you de-
stroy every line of defense which the
people Of this country have who be-
lieve in the protective policy.-Sena-
tor Aldrich in the Senate May s, 1909.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-23
The Wreck.

Mrs. Ronald H. Barlow, the eastern
golf champion. was talking at the
Cape May Golf club about the benefits
of sea air. ITO look at the cottagers
and native OF Cape May" she said.
speaks Of these benefits more elo-
quently than could do. How pale
and wan seem city people beside these
brown, supple. vigorous men and
women! An excursionist from the
city said to fisherman on the beach
the other morning:
do you have many wrecks here?"
THE fisherman looked contemptu'
ously at the city man. who was IN
bathing dress. He looked contempt
uousV at his hollow chest and white.
thin legs and arms. and then he re-
piled: You're the fust I've saw this
season."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-23
The ~lmportant Defect"

In the Winona speech President
Taft said Of the wool schedule: 1T Is
the one important defect in the pres
ent Payne tarif bin and the perform
ance of the promise Of the platform
to reduce rates to difference in
the cost of production with, reason
able profit to the manufactures"
This important defect seems like
ly to be at least partly remedied by
congress. It's work. of course. will be
approved by the president who two
years ago expressed his belief in the
Importance of Just such action.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-23
TO KEEP THE SKIN CLEAR

For more than generation, Cuti-
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment have
done more for pimples. blackheads
and other unsightly conditions Of the
complexion, red. rough. chapped
hands, dandruff, itching, scaly scalps.
and dry, thin and falling hair than any
other method. They do even more for
skin-tortured and disfgured infants
and children. Although Cuticura Soap
and Ointment are sold by druggists
and dealers throughout the world, a
liberal sample of each, with 32.page
book on the care OF the skin and hair
will be sent post-free, on application
to "Cuticura," Dept. 22 L. Boston.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-23

When an operation caused the death
OF patient the unfortunate surgeon
had both his hands cut Off: and when
he did not cure his patient in reason.
ably quick time. the tablet tells US
that his fee was conlscated by the
government. 1t does not mention what
was considered reasonable timo for
healing.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-23

tents were to pay twelve silver
shekels. which is about $3.75 of Amer.
lean money. A broken leg or arm
must be set for 50. and teeth were
drawn at the uniform rate OF seventy
five cents.
All the same. this must have been
pretty good pay for the time. because
the tablet in question goes on to enum.
crate the punishment melted out to sur.
geons who made professional mis-
takes. These would appeal even less
to the modern medical man than the
low fees.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-23
credIt Due 70 pemocrats.

ts NFeolt LUG 10 OeuOCrdt0.
Now that President Taft has put his
signature to the Canadian reciprocity
bill a brief review may be made Of
the political forces that have con-
tributed to the result. In both houses
of congress, 235 Democrats voted for
the bill and IA in the negative; so that
the Democrats gave of their forces a
net majority of 221 for reciprocity.
On the other hand, the Republicans
of the two houses gave IS votes for
the bill and 102 against 1t, leaving a
net Republican majority of II in the
negative. and revealing an almost
equal division Of the two factions.
The figures are most significant in re
flecting the tendencies of the two
parties on the tariff question. IL
the Democratic party the reactionary
element is reduced almost to a shad-
ow. In the Republican party the re-
dictionaries are still the dominant
power.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-23

when the steel trust had taken
over our company (the Tennessee
Coal and irony there was feeling that
the danger Of national disaster had
passed" said Mr.. Hanna to the Stan
ley committee. OF course. the object
of the panic was accomplished.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-23
Many Names for Good friday.

Many Names Tor Good Friday.
Perhaps no Christian festival has
SO many names as Good Friday. Our
Anglo:Saxon and Danish forefathers
called It Long Friday In allusion to
the length Of the days services and
fasting: in France It is ''Holy Fri.
day" TN Germany either ''Stiller Fret.
tag" lQuiet Friday) or "Charfreitas,"
in a11usiun perhaps to the exhibition
Of the crucif1x for alteration after be-
ing veiled all through Lent. In the
Greek church it has been known at
various times as The Pascha OF the
Cross" 1.-The Preparation" THE Re-
demption." and THE Day Of the
Cross" and to these names the Latins
have added THE Day Of the Lords
Passion" 1.-THE Sixth Holy Day OF the
Pascha," and many others. Good
Friday. seems to be peculiar to the
English language.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-23
HARD TIMES FOR DOCTORS
Their Fees Were Small In Babylon
<nd Failure to Cure Meant
Torture.

Babylonian surgeons four thousand
years ago had not the easy time OF
their. modern colleagues. The French
archaeological commission has Just
discovered there tablet containing
some interesting facts about the
Babylonian Bob Sawyer. For all op-
erations performed with knife" pa
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-23
A Personal Matter.

You must have studied political
economy pretty thoroughly to be SO
impressed with the iniquity OF the
trusts"
ITO tell you the truth" replied the
candid citizen. II don't know much
about the inside workings of trusts.
But have seen pictures Of the men
who run them. and have kind of
taken a dislike to them"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-23

,ern nations and educational institu-
lions. All amhaeologists at work In
the Turkish empire are obliged to
give the government first choice of all
their finds. In sharp contrast with
this wonderful museum Is the fact
that all over Asia Minor priceless
archaeological relics in the way OF in
scriptions and statues, are to this day
being broken up and burned to make
lime for tho villagers.
New Turkey must go long way be-
fore she finds herself standing in the
equality of Fellowship with the wide
awake and enlightened nations Of the
world.
Copyright. 1911. by Joseph y. Bow4es.)
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-23

All Tarred With Same Brush.
Ex-senator Mason Of Illinois, testi-
flying in the Lorimer inquiry, charged
ex-senator Hopkins, who once de-
feated him. with being check book
candidate"
Probably Senator Lorimer is not
oppressed, by sense Of uniqueness in
Illinois Republican politics.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-23
Tho Allen In BrItaln's Makeup.

The Allen In 6ritaln's Makeup.
Nor 10 it only the Industries OF
Great Britain which have thriven up
on alien skill and alien ideas. Still
more important have been the alien
contributions to our learning and
achievement in the professions and
the fine arts. Monarchs and states.
men Of alien blood have aided in
building up our constitution and in
framing our policy. We cannot even
conduct great political controversy,
such as that which the fiscal question
evolved, without seeking champions
for both sides in men Of alien blood.
National.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-23

screaming. I could not sleep, was
nervous and lost flesh SO rapidly
looked like a walking skeleton. ! doc
tored all the time but had begun to
think there was no help for me. Then
l began taking Doan's Kidney pills
and was entirely cured. Doan's Kid
ney Pills gave me new lease Of life."
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by druggists and general
storekeepers everywhere. Price SOC.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.