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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-09-12
SOME RHG MELONS AT
ABILENE NATIONAL RANK.

G. b. Clemcnce he's four Jumbo
watermelOns on exhibition at the
Abilene National bank which take
the cake They viii be put in cold
storage and kept for exhibition at
the county fair the first week In
October. The melons average 70,
pounds each.
The watermelon crop IN this vice
Unity Is now looked upon as Of great
or greater Importance than bum=
per corn and the melon crop Of this
year is unusually large and Of 3
splendid quality. The sand hill
melons are rapidly gaining q ma
tional reputation and the demand
for them all over the country Is
growing greater every year. They are
being shipped ~ the car load from
this city and the towns near here
where the sand bill melons are ship
ped report equally as heaYy an ex-l
port. A car load o. melons is val
ned At from 1850 10 eaoo and Isl
made up Of about 10 wagon loads.
The corn yield this rear win be
extra good. but II win not be bet
ter than The melon crop n value.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-09-12

Special Serum Being Prepared 4
Combat Diaease.

There IL NO difference OF opinion
between the veterinarians at the
agricultural college and the mem
bsrs OF the state board OF medical
examiners az 70 the nature OF the
disease that ts kilBng Lbrses in
Kansas y Il agreed now, that the
disease is cerebro-spinaI-menIngitin
as first announced By the agrlcul-
tural college experts. The differ
ence Of opinion lies in the cause Of
the maiady. The college physicians
believe that a germ, dipIococus. 10
the cause. while the physicians in
Topeka lay the blame to the paIisade
worm.
SO sure are we that the disease
is meningitis" said DR.. n. r. Dyk-
stra Of X. s A. c.. "that our bac-
.terioIoglsts already are working ON
"a serum which will prevent the
spread OF the disease. We will try
to reproduce the disease here In
our hospital with the germs we have
discovered. II we can do this we
will have proved. conclusiyeiy. that
II is cerebro-spinal-meningitis. In
the meantime we can only offer the
precautions given out a few days
ago. Eight Of our experts now are
at work in the field and in the
laboratory. Several cases Of the
disease have appeared near Manhat-
tan which makes 1t convenient for
our study.
"The disease, without doubt 10
getting worse every day. We get
frantic calls for help from farmers
who have lost all their horses. Mass
meetings of farmers have been held
in some western towns and an ur-
gent letter from the meeting sent
to us asking for help. About eighty
horses in the immediate vicinity of
Ransom have died from the disease.
ITO all these requests we can only
answer that our entire force is do
ing all it can in the work but that
It will be impossible to cover the
entire state with the men we have
available for the work. Just as
soon as we make any discovery which
we think will relieve the situation
it win be announced to everyone"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-09-12
STATE EXAMINATION KEEPS
D. G. H. s. ENROLMENT DOWN

The enrolment at the county
high school IL not as large for the
first week OF school this year as It
was for the same time last year,
and the probabilities are that the
total enrolment viii not be as
large this year a. last. The state
examinations which the common
school students had to take last
spring are being blamed for the de-
crease. Previous to this year the
common school graduates took q
county examination which was not
as hard to pass as the state ex-
animation. Only 100 Of the 500
who were eligible for the examina-
ton took it last spring and only
80 Of these passed. This leaves q
very small field from which the
county high school can draw and
the result Ii a decrease IN enroll
mment. The enrolment at the pres
emit time IL not quite 200.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-09-12

Some time ago John M. Gleissner
offered several prizes at his drug
store for those who would guess
the nearest to a Jar Of beans. Every
one that made a guess wrote his
name and the number of the beans
he thought In the jar on a slip of
paper and dropped 1t in a box. The
beans were counted last night and
the following persons guessed the
exact number, which was 1898: F.
O. Hogue, Mike Barnes, L. B. Johns,
T. Mosher, O. s. Crawford and Henry
Lifts. The lucky ones are requested
to meet at the store this evening
and decide on a manner of distri-
buting the prizes.
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The game of base ball at Salina
this morning was commenced so.
near train time that only two full
innings we're played. The Abilene
boys claim that they never heard
such yelling and hooting as the Sa-
lima players kept up. At the end
Of the second inning the score stood
II to Z in favor Of Abilene.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-09-12
DEMOCRATS no HAVE
BIG LIST OF sPEAKElss.

r. Il 4
During the next six weeks Chair
man ]. T. Prendergast Of the Demo
cratic county committee, will i'm
port a number Of Democratic speak
ers. The state committee has not
made its definite assignment for
Dickinson county but is practically
certain that senator Gore OF Okla
homa will be one OF the speakers
for several dates in the county.
Chairman Henderson Martin Of
the state committee has secured
some Of the best Democrats in the
country for his campaign and he
promises to warm up the political
atmosphere for the next month and
d half. He hasn't been able no
get woodrow Wilson, candidate for
president. but he has long list
and Is we'll pleased over the pros
poets. His list includes: Gov. n.
K. Marshall. candidate for vice
president; Speaker Champ Clark.
w. j. Bryan, Joseph Folk Of Mis-
souri,. Senator OllIe James Of Ken
lucky. Senator James A. Reed, SEM
ator Gore OF Oklahoma snd John
H. Atwood Of Kansas City.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-09-12
FARMERS HOLD CORN
FOR HIGHER PRICES.

Anticipating low prices for corn
the coming winter owing to the
bumper crops raised in this part Of
the state, the farmers Of Dickinson
county are buying lumber in large
quantities for crib building and viii
hold their crops. for the better price
that they believe will prevail next
spring. Many predict that corn will
sell here before Christmas for AZ
cents. Splendid weather for the
maturing Of the crop has prevailed
for the last two weeks and the
yield and quality promise to be bet-
ter than for many years.
Owing to the widespread ravages
Of cholera last winter and spring
there are but few hogs to be fat
tened in this county and this IL
bound to have buIlish effect on.
the local market. Fattening live
stock will be confined mostly to-
cattle and this will not be carried
ON as extensively as in years past.
The county was practically cleaned
Of all live stock last fall and wine
ter because Of the lack Of feed. For
this reason there will be lots of
corn or the markets this year.
H Z +
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-09-12
FIRM FOuNDAToN
Nothine Can Undernlne II IN Abilene


People are sometimes slow OF rec
ognize true merit and they cannot
BE- blamed. for 80 many have been
humbugged In the past. The en-
:perience Of hundreds Of Abilene
residents. expressed publicly through
newspapers and other sources, places
Doan's Kidney Pills on firm toun-
dalton here,
T, o. Adams, s0s West First st.
Abilene. Kan, says; my kidneys
did not do their work properly and
the kidney uecretions not only pass
cd too frequently but also contained
sediment. | suffered constantly
from. backaehe and when arose IN
the morning was al tired out.
Nothing had effect on my trouble
until used Doans kidney Pills
After taking them my kidneys be-
came normal aud my palms and
aches disappeared. other members
81 no family have used Deans Kid
ney PILLS and n every instance bene
nt has been received ] 10 not hest
tate. 70 publicly endorse this pre-
roration
For sale bg al dealers. Price 80
cents Foster- hlilbnfn Co. Buffaio.
New FORK sole sseals FOR TIE Omitted
8iasee
Remember TIE name poq1
III 4. NJ - nLtas
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-09-12

The implicit confidence that many
people have in Chamberlain's Collie
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is
founded on their experience In the
use OF that remedy and their knowl-
edge of the many remarkable cures
of collie, diarrhOea and dysentery
that 1t has effected. For sale BY all
dealers.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-09-12
AA44AAAAAAAA4s
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO {
Items from the Reflector Of Z
September 2, 1887. &
. zee q q q q q q q & 4

= AAAAAAAAAAA AA 4
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Nicolay and Mrs
d. Croft left on the cyclone for
Solomon.
A. w. Hargreaves left on this
afternoons cyclone for La Crosse,
Kansas, on a business trip.
w. L. Cooley has the finest grove
of castor beans we ever saw. They
are from eight to ten feet tall. and
with their broad Ileaves, make q
very tropical appearance.
Attorney G. r. Mead left on the
noon train for Topeka. where he. has
legal business that needs attention
before the supreme court. w. w.
Wilson will be found attending to
ali legal business during mis- alb
nence.
&
Miss Ida Lebold and Carrie Cor
1bett left on today's noon train for
Boston. where they 60 to complete
their musical education. A host Of
friends were at the station to see
them off; among them such Illus
afsoua names as Sumner, Sherman,
1tc. We wish them 4 safe Journey
and great success II their studies.
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Abilene IL looming up asa whole
maIe point. -Burdett Bugle. Right
wDu are Mr.. Bugle. with lock
works. carriage works canning fac
aories, extensive harness shops and
other factories and shops. hardware
mnd grocery stores that are carry
ing enormius stocks OF goods. abb
nene Is looming up as a wholesale
wOint. and in q few weeks our old |
md new railroads will put us in !
direct communication with all parts /,
aDf the state and eastern Colorado.
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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-09-12

An article that has real merit
should IN time become popular. That
such q the case with chamherlain'
Cough Remedy has been attestod b.
many dealers Here la one 81 them.
"a. W. Hendgick1on. Ohio Falla, IND
writes Chanbcrlain'a Cough Rem
cdy s. the best for coughs, colds and
Group. and Is nay Nest seller. FoNl
shis ~ AZ dealers
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-09-12

From Those Who Use Good Refer.
ehce Books Constantly self
Answering u Best.

Far fewer foolish queatlonRs win
be asked and answered IN Abilene IN
the future since the RsfeIctor's self
Imposed task Of distributing the
New websterIan 1919 Dictionaries
Illustrated, 4 nov veil commenced.
Stop asking and answering need
less questions and start clipping
coupons. Then you can let the die
tionary do your work. Begin your
clipping on another page Of this is
sue today in readiness to Join those
who have already seen the books
and are coming back TO take them
away as soon a. six coupons have
been published.
Children's questions should never
be ignored. Impatient parents con-.
stantly bar the pathway Of learning
to little questioners anxious to
learn. THERE'S a way TO save your
patience and provide for the chill,
dren's instruction as well. Let the
dictionary tutor your tots.
Children's encyclopedias are the
latest fad among the wealthy classes,
where the Importance Of letting the
coming generation learn by looking,
up the answers to It's owns queries
is recognized. Children's encyclo-e
pedias are very expensive and very,
cumbersome, and the New Webster,
ian 1912 Dictionary suits the pur-'
pose well and requires far less ex-'
penditure and far less space.
Your sons and daughters. nieces.
and Mephews. In fact every person
in whose welfare you are Interested,
should have this beautifully bound
and comprehensive Illustrated mine
of ready reference information al
ways at hand. The colored plates
are particularly well suited for the
OF the children and the
formation of young ideas through
the fund Of information of which
they form part.
No thumbing over big volumes.
no back-breaking bending over book
stand or book shelves, no dictionary
that would seem to require der
rick to lift It. The concise COM
piIation OF informetion obtained
years Of studlous effort by
eminent scholars is always at hand,
This dictionary is not published by
the original publishers Of Webster's
or by their successors.
There are three different styles
Of binding. First. there is the "a
full limp leather edition, flexible, |
printed on Bible paper, with red
edges and rounded corners. Besides
the regular contents revised to date,
by the best authorities. the vohme \
contains more than 600 illustrations.
many Of them on rich color plates,
Ind is pages Of valuable and off
,iaI charts. All of this for SIX con-
,ecutive dictionary coupons and sSl
tents.
Then there Is the regular SO edi-
ion, which is exactly the same as
he $4 book except that 1t u bound
IN half leather, with olive edges
ind square corners. II contains all
he maps charts. color plates, etc.
i copy Of this may be had for Six
consecutive coupons and 81 cents.
The third edition IL 50 a copy On
he market. It is plain cloth binds
ng,, with the same paper and the
anne Illustrations as the other edi- 4
ions, but with the color plates and
harts omitted. This may be had
or six consecutive coupons and 4S
ents. ~
Any book ordered By mail win be
. cents extra for postage.
II
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-09-12

Tired Mothers It's hard work to
take care or children and 60 cook,
sweep, wash, sew and mend besides.
Tired mothers should take Hoods
SarsaparilIa-- refreslfes the blood.
improves the appetite. assures rest
full sleep, and helps In many ways.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-09-12
GOSSIP OF SOCIETY
FFrom Fridays Dafly.l

Mrs. Chester Hutchison entertain
ed yesterday afternoon in honor Of
her little niece Eva Jessop. OF To-
peka, who is visiting with her this
week. The afternoon was spent in
games and a luncheon was served
at s O'Clock. The following littls
girls were present: Dorothy Engle.
Louine Engle. Nina May Howard,
Maude Irene Whitehead, Gretchen
Rugh. Geraldine De Young. Gers
trude De Young, Mildred NickeIs,
Margarete Bowers Of Topeka, Julia
Hutchinson. VaIarie Andrewson,
Gladys Wallerstedt.
The I T. club went to the country
for sunrise breakfast at o'clock
this morning. Among other things
they got good supply Of the fine
country afr afloat early this morn
ing and returned before the sun got
around for any hamage. Bess
Shockey, DrusilIa Halleck. Grazella
Puliyer. Ruth Harger, Irene Ether
ington, Mildred Morse and Marie
Hoffnell were IN the bunch.
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"A reception IL being given this
afternoon at the home Of Mrs. J.
p Johntz for the members OF the
party OF suffragfst speakers who are
making the campaign through the
Fifth district The reception begun
at O'Clock and lasts until o'clock
A large number Of Abilene women
have been invited and are present
at the reception.
The FOrtnightly crowd gives its
dance tonight IN the X. r. hall. A
large number Of the friends o. the
club have been invited ana it is
being made a farewell party to q
large number 81 young people who
leave for school next week. Grfbbles'
orchestra of Manhattan will furnish
The music.
Miss Frances Focht entertained at
her home last night for the D. b.
VI club. Old fashioned games were
played and at the close Of the even
ng q dainty two course luncheon
was served The following mem-
1ers OF the club were present Alma
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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-09-12

Al number o. Abilene girls left
today For their schools over the
county. Amons them s1e oresslIa
FaII4ef wh0 teaehe near Carlton;
Giafys Pause % carlteh Lucille
Halleek 70 l.6nrford ana hazel Hob
- g Nil
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-09-12

The above statement is correct.
i. B. MARTIN, Cashier.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-09-12

The FOrtnightly crowd gives its
dance tonight IN the X. r. hall. A
large number Of the friends % the
club have been invited and it is
being made a farewell party to 81
large number 81 young people who
leave for school next week. Grfbbles'
orchestra BE- Manhattan viii furnish
the music.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-25
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Wife Of Governor of New Jersey

in the south, was in easy circumstances
and his home was a radiating point for
conservative social life and cultured
atmosphere. His wife was the daughter
Of revered Presbyterian minister in
Savannah and Ellie Lou had received
fine education. partly there and partly in
the we'll known seminary at Rome. She
was a good musician and most accom-
plished artist, with fluent pen and the
more sedate graces expected in one who
was the daughter of a revered Presby-
terrain minister and the granddaughter
of two others equally well known.
1t was apparent that from the first
Miss Ellie Lou returned the affection
of the man whom she had known first
as the small boy and whose acquaintance
with her suggested admiration even at
that far-of date. But she was duti
full girl, with excellent judgment, and
she never questioned the decision of her
father that young Woodrow Wilson should
have got on a little in the world before
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-25
Whn tn asked What name?

have to do it or maybe he'd niver come
back"
They ought to be ashamed of thim-
silves," said Mr.. Hennessy.
"Sure, what difference does It maker"
said Mr.. Dooley. DOC Larkin says it's
good fr thin. Says he: II they do IT
often enough twill rayjooce tn weight
an it's fine f'r tn abdominal muscles
If as many kings comes here as their
press agents promise, these here nobly
BORN ladies will get almost as much
exercise as If they did tn family
washin'.'"
What wud We do. IL We were a king
an come to this counthry" asked Mr..
Hennessy.
Well" said Mr.. Dooley. there's wan
thing I wudden't do. I wudden't r-read
tn Declaration Nv Independence. Ia b
afraid I'd die laughin'."
Copyright. 1912. by Finley Peter D,mne.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-25

assimbled ladies fell to their knees an
remained in this graceful posture till
tn jock an his party were struggled
into a freight ilivator to avoid tn
photographers. TIL ilivator stopped half
way up to tn street flure. What's tn
matther?" says tn jock I am photy-
CRATER firm tn Aynin' Fluff says TIL
ilivator man. Stand just as We ARE.
No. move a little to wan side. There
We ARE. That's all finished. Coin up
he says. Escorted be tn sthrong arm
squad TIL rifle family got to tn am
autymobile. Whin they were
seated tn shower turned, hauled out
camera an fired Who ARE We? de-
manded tn jock. L am tn officyal
photyerafter Nv tn Wur-rkin Ladies'
Advocate says tn young fellow An
I must get down to tn Office in a hurry
Ye'll find tn rig'lar shower bound an
gagged in tn cellar in tn depot he says
an hurrid away.
AN SO 1t whit Fifty thousan' III
cameras were livilled at thin as they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-25

also starting on the road to fame Of
fered him position on the staff of teach
erS, he saw permanent home and I'M
Ioidlng opportunity to gain a good live
lihood and also to have leisure to con-
tinue his writings.
The marriage between Thomas Wood
row Wilson, for at this time he still re-
tanned his first name and some of his
friends still called him Tom, and Miss
Ellen Louise Arson took place in the
home of her paternal grandfather on
June "a, 1885, a little less than two years
after their meeting In Rome, Ga Rev.
Edward Arson had died in the interim
and her mother was living in the old
home in Savannah, partly with her hus-
bands father and partly at her own IA
theirs. Both venerable clergymen assist
ed at the nuptial ceremony and imme-
diately after. surrounded by score of
sympathetic friends and relatives, she
took her departure with her husband for
the modest little home in Bryn Mawr.
Mrs. Wilson though possessing the
strongest individuality has appeared but
little in the limelight with her husband.
This has always been her earnest desire.
From the time she went to Bryn Mawr
dS u DTlOo Sne submerged HerSelI IN neF
husbands personality and made her en-
tire existence subServient to his advance
ment. But she has always been queen
at home and her well developed love of
the beautiful and her practical way of
getting beauty out of the most proSaic
surroundings made the Wilson home
conspicuous one from the beginning. In
heriting from her southern mother the
feeling that home must be sheltered
spot where her husband could throw
aside care and renew hope and strength
and inspiration, she always guarded her.
self from the penalty of too much per-
sonal popularity. From the beginning
she paid earnest attention to every de-
tail Of the home keeping, and those who
knew DR.. and Mrs. Wilson in the Bryn
Mawr days say that their cuisine, pre-
sided over by a portly black woman, who
had followed Miss Ellie Lou from Sa-
fortunate indeed were the dons or .the
students who were invited for supper or
for some informal dining.
Being SO near New York Mrs. Wilson
kept up an active interest in her artistic
studies and became quite proficient in
the arts and crafts activities Her home
was filled with dainty little furnishings,
the models of which she had drawn her
self and had executed by some skilled
member of the schools. She painted pic
lures and china, and with a small outlay
her home began to. display an elegance
obtained by those who expended princely
sums. At this time Mrs. Wilson. in adj
dition to the nursery cares. began to read
proof and to look up references for her
husband and sometimes to write book
review herself. This she has Kept up
steadily since her children are grown and
advancing fortune has given her more
leisure
A work Of which Gov. Wilson and his
of the famous half-timbered house on the
Princeton campus. the home during the
wears which interviewed from the time
that DR.. Wilson was called to his alma
mater as professor of Jurisprudence and
politics until he was chosen president to
succeed DIR. francis Landey Patton, or
from 1890 TO 1907 This home resembles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-25

his jooty to iddycate his readers so that
if tn car iv Rooshya shud dhrop in fr
saucer iv tay in tn back fiat Nv
twinty-sivin hundred an ilivin B.
Kusiusko sthreet, tn people wud know
how to act right. Ye ought to read this
palojeem Nv our liberties Now what
wud ye do If a mimber Nv tn rifle
family shud call on me as he pretty
surely wud If he come to Chicago? Like
as not whin him an me had give ache
other tn high sign Nv two men in akel
station iv life, yed stick out ye'er fist
at him an say, PLACED to meet ye.' If We
did I'd have to throw We into tn sthreet
I wud so. Whin free born American
citizen meets a king or amy Nv his
family tn idee Is he must duck as deep
as he can without losin' his balance an
buttin' tn rile parsonage in tn stomach.
How far he'll go over depends on his
build. A man Nv my shape wud be re-
quired to do no more thin sink his chin
into his collar till 1t hurN But q little.
thin fellow like ye'ersilf must bend over