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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-05-30
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Minutes.

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dizziness, headaches, nervousness,
night-sweats and bad dreams for
ever.
Get q so cent box of MONA tab
lets at ]. M. Gleissner's today. He
guarantees them for any Of the dis
eases named above or for any stom-
aeh distress.
No better prescription for indi-
gestion was ever written.
MONA makes the stomach vigor-
Gus and strong enough 70 digest food
without aid. FOR sale BY J. n. Glslss-
ner and druggists everywhere.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-05-30
SWAT THE PESKY FLY;
KEEP PREMISES CLEAN

The following rhythmical set OF
questions and answers has been the
summer creed of Indianapolis for a
year. The Worlds Work prints It
as a worthy summer creed OF every
man. woman and child in every city,
village and community in our land:
1 Where is the fly born? In ma
nure and filth.
Where does the fly live? In
every kind of filth.
8 Is anything too filthy for the
fly to eat? No.
a (a) Where does he go when ne
leaves the vault and the manure pile
and the spittoon2 Into the kitchen
and dining room. OBJ What does he
do there? He walks on the bread
fruit and vegetables; he wipes his
feet on the butter and bathes in the
buttermilk.
s Does the fly visit the patient
sick with consumption, typhoid fever,
and cholera infantum? He does
and may call on you next.
6 Is the fly dangerous? He is
mans worst pest and more danger
Gus than wild beasts or rattlesnakes.
What diseases does the fly
carry? He carries typhoid fever,
tuberculosis and summer complaint.
How? On his wings and hairy feet.
what is his correct name? Typhoid
fly
8 How shall we kill the fly? (al
Destroy all the filth about the house
and yard; (b) put lime into the
vault and the manure; (c) kill the
fly with a wire-screen paddle, or
sticky paper or kerosene oil.
10 Kill the fly in any way. but
KILL THE FLY.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-05-30
TWO NEW TRAINS ON
UNION PACIFIC JUNE 2ND

Agent s. H. Paul is in receipt OF
the information that the two fast
trains will be reinstated on the
Union Pacific beginning June 2.
No. 1O1, the Colorado limited
west bound, will leave Kansas City
at 1918 p. M. reaching Abilene
about 3 q. m.
No. 1O2, the east bound flyer, will
leave Denver at 1920 p. m, reach
ing Abilene about'4 a. m.
The schedule of the other trains
viii be changed but slightly, No. no.
east bound. leaves here at S.25 and
gets into Kansas City at s:15. The
time of 100 is not changed.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-05-30
wARMEsT MAY IN sO YEARS.
Thermometer Climbed to "a In the
Shade-123 in Sun.

The mercury crawled up the de-
gree ladder of the thermometer to-
day until it reached 80 degrees and
then settled back, content with hay-
ing broken the record for the last
twenty-five years for high tempera-
lures on May 20. The previous rec
ord was made in 1907 when the
maximum temperature recorded was
SS degrees.
Incidentally today's average tenn
perature was equal to that which
ordinarily is registered in Abilene
during the Instrumentation July
to the last part Of August. The
minimum was SO degrees, making the
average thirteen degrees above the
normal.
Although 80 degrees was the aver
age temperature today Thermometers
in different parts registered all the
way from 80 to 1O2 degrees. A
Thermometer placed in the sun jump
ed from 90 to 100 degrees in 10
minutes.
The barometer in front Of Albert
Lenze's cigar factory predicts rain
and the weatherman says fair and
cooler weather.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-05-30

Jay Ball Of Niles was in town 5as
urday to consult DIR. Roberts. Jay
started to climb a ladder ami when
about five OF six feet from the
ground the round Of the ladder he
was standing ON broke. Another
round struck his les in such a man
ner that the knee cap was torn off
and the leg badly bruised. The doc
tor dressed the injury and made Jay
as comfortable as possible and he IL
now getting alone fine.-solOmon
Tribune.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-05-30
SCHOOL Is OUT
GRADE SCHOOLS had CLOSING
THIS AFTERNOON.
Eighth Grade DlplOna Ii No More
% Incosning Freshness Grade
schools Have Coed
ta ProSsGzh.
rrrom FrIdAys DaIlyA

and the youngsters all wore broad
smiles as they tripped home with
their arms full OF books. They had
a right to be tickled too, for they
have three months ahead Of them to
do nothing but have one jolly good
time. Short exercises were held at
the grade schools this afternoon.
Only the eighth grade had closing
exercises at the Garfield school. Mu-
sic was furnished by the eighth grade
chorus. Rev. DR.. F. s. Blayney made
a short talk to the students and a
recitation by Miss Marie Davis was
heartily enjoyed.
At the Mckinley school a pro-
gram was given by the pupils OF the
fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth
grades. Music was furnished by the
choruses from the grades and piano
solo by Beulah Briney, the solo by
Iona Troup and the duet by May
Sexton and Hattie Maulden were es-
pecially pleasing. Interesting reci-
tations were given by Ruth Bigler.
eighth grade; Naomi Sauer, seventh
grade: Viola Eva. fifth grade; Verice
Darling. eighth grade; Jouetta Fink,
fifth grade, Evon Baker, seventh
grade: Dorothy Dodge, Nellie Stille,
Floyd Walters. sixth grade; Laure
Lucier. seventh grade and Wilma
Goodall.
A few musical selections const,-
tuted the closing exercise at the Lin
coin school.
Exit Eighth Grade Diploma.
After conquering the studies of
each Of the eight grades the pupils
who were graduated from the grade
schools today were given,a promotion
slip to the high school instead of
the diploma, which has been the "us-
tom for years. Nearly every pc IN
that has been graduated from the
grade school has that miniature
sheep skin" framed and either hung
in some conspicuous place or care
fully stored away.I was a big event
to the grade school pupil to receive
a diploma, but that custom had made
its exit for good The promotion
slip will hereafter take its place.
Fifty-Four New Freshmen.
Nextayear the Abilene high school
will welcome 81 new Freshmen, for
that was the number of pupils ..ad-
uated from the Garfield and Nc
Kinley schools today The eighth
grade graduates are: Harvey Bright
bill, Willie Allen. Edward Curry,
Bruce Engle, Ray Etherington, Les
ter Gish, William Goodell Norman
Gross, John Haskell, Ignace Malm.
Deane MaIott, Evan Markley, Ward
Oakman, Guy Parker, Ronald Price,
Harold Tober, Emmett WarinG,
Verne Wilcox, NeilI Wood, Harley
Noble, Jerry McSweeney, Leona Car
penter, Muriel Close, Verla Dahnke,
Marie Davis, Mabel Diehl Edith For
ney, Hazel Fulton, Ruth Landcs,
Mary Machen, Harriet Mcclellan.
Coda Miermeister, Madeline Nico-
lay, Harriet Patterson, Beulah Reese
Laura Simpson, Marie Stambaugh,
Hazel st. Peter, Daphne Swartz,
Irene Toliver, Berepice Tonkin, Mi :
dred Wilkie, Lois Yenser.
Mckinley school: Ruth Bigler,
Vercie Darling, Edna Caulk Mamie
Neal, Mary Lloyd, Hazel Newland,
Ada Koenig, Herbert Kraybill, Roy
Young, Harry Walters, Bayard
Tewksbury.
/ (yEavVas Read dead.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-05-30

Germs Of Disease should be prompt
lv expelled from the blood. This Is
a time when the system is especially
susceptible to them. Get rid OF all
impurities in the blood by taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla, and thus fortify
your whole body and prevent illness.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-05-30

It would surprise you TO know OF
the great good that Is being done
BY ChamberIain's Tablets. Darius
Downey, Of Newbern Junction, n. B.,
writes. ssMy wife has been using
Chamberlain Tablets and finds them
very effectual and doing her lots OF
good" II you have any trouble with
your stomach or bowels, give them
3 trial. For sale By all dealers.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-05-30
TFrom saturdayls DaiIy ]

IHTOuI oHIuIUl8N . Da'AHy
Charles Reed, aged 26, died at the
home of his father, s. Reed, west
of town last night. He leaves wife
and young child. Funeral from the
home at 2 p. m. Sunday. Burial in
Abilene cemetery.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-05-30
SHIFTING SOIL
Real Estate Transfers Reported BY
,. e. Keel, AbstractoF.

R. L. Barker ct ux to w. II. Harri-
SON lots 4, 8, s, blk 2, Doderidge's
Add Harrington, 81.
Leah Ferguson to. W. H. Harrison
lots IA, is, blk los, H. T. Co.
Add Harrington, $500.
william Mustard ct ux to James
Mustard ne Y Sill, $4,000.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-05-30
PAID FOR ADVICE.
X. U. Graduate Gets Good Job With
q Salary.

Harry e. Riggs, Kansas boy
a graduate of the University Of Kan
sas has been appointed dean Of the
civil engineering department Of the
University of Michigan. His salary
and perquisites, 1t is stated, will
amount to $4,000 year, because
in Michigan, cities and towns pay
for the engineering advice received
from the university instructors. A
different policy prevails in Kansas
where 1t is estimated the state re-
ceives $4,000 a year in expert SER
vices from the university.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-05-30

Now Is the time to get rid Of your
You can do II By apply
ing Chamberlain Liniment and mas
saying the parts freely at each ap-
plication. For sale By all dealers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-11

From this historic house eastward the
main street or road passes between COM
Portable homes set in large gardens or
grounds that in many cases are hand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-11

chester. II is believed. was the first county
seat. Though the early court records are
lost, there is on file an order removing
the county records from Colchester, and
We know that the county seat was at Tg
son from 1912 to 1874, al Alexandria from
1874 to 1900 and that in the latter year.
when that part of Fairfax county which
is now Alexandria county became part
OF the District of Columbia. il was re
moved to Fairfax. where IL has been for
the past 10 years" That was written
two years ago and the courthouse build
ing is now 1l2 years old
Tyson. or Tyson Corner is about five
miles northwest from Fairfax village.
The elevation on which the county court
house stood during the American revolu-
ton is called throughout the neighbor-
hood Court Hill'' or Court House Hill,
but no vestige OF the building remains.
In Fairfax village are several OF the
old-timers, who like to dwell, when with
good listeners and congenial company. on
the long history of Fairfax Court House.
Among these gentlemen are Robert Wiley.
the county treasurer: X. b. Tyler. r. :.
Gaines and Richard or Dick Broadwater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-11

IHE average pedestrian who has
need to dispose of an occa-
siOnal banana peel, envelope
or a newspaper on the street little
thinks that the boxes on the curb into
which he throws such things have re-
quired much thought on the part OF
civic associations and street cleaning
departments. The boxes in Washing
ton are particularly interesting. since
they represent the most modern adj
junct to the material equipment of the
street cleaning department. They are
scattered over the entire city, with
greater numbers placed in the con-
gested downtown districts, where
there is more litter.
Supt. j. w. Paxton of the street clean
ing department is having boxes of larger
size made for the business section, espe-
cially at street car intersections, where
he says the tendency is to stuff every
thing into one particular box, although
there are several boxes in the immediate
vicinity. New York avenue and 10Th
street is one of these busy corners. where
several different car lines, including sub
urban and interurban lines, meet and
cross and traffic is especially heavy.
The ordinary boxes placed about town
manufactured at the District plant in the
southeast section of the city, the entire
cost OF the tin receptacle, including ITS
individual support post. ing about s..
The boxes are placed on the curb at such
a height that paSSers-by can conveniently
throw their trash inside without bending
down or reaching up. The white wings
have charge of the emptylng OF the refuse,
the early morning being chosen as the
most expeditions time for its removal. al
though in business sections stated times
for collections throughout the day are
made. The emptying OF the boxes IS
made facile by means CT the hinged boz
tom. The contents are dumped INTO the
two-vheeled bag carriers. which the white
wings use for gathering the city sweeI-
ings, so quickly that no blowing OF paper
or scattering is possible. Such a prcc-
ess is as sanitary as could be desired
The final removal aud disposition OF the
trash is given out by tbs street cleaning
department on CONTRACT. The heteroee-
neouS collection OF bottles, tin cans, paper
and garbage affords tho contractor ma
teral fer the manufacture of commodities
which bring him ii substantial return for
the disposal OF this municipal waste. The
paper which includes letters, old ne-rs-
papers. hand bills and blown scraps from
billboards, is sorted from the garbage.
baled, and in some cases sent TO New
York, where after washing and boilin:;
it is manufactured into a very cheap
quality of paper
The garbage, orange skins, banana
peels. apple cores. peanut shells. etc.
is burned for fertilizer in garbage de-
structors. the heat generated from the
incineration being employed probably
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-11

a slave. On the morning after the Skin
mish of June ], 1861, it was he who, pass
ing at dawn through a clover patch at
the rear of the courthouse, came upon the
body of a soldier. 1t was the corpse OF
Capt Mari. Rowe tells his story to all
who ask It, He does not elaborate II. He
tells simply that going to work early in
the mo'nin' he nearly fell over dead
man.
At the rear of the courthouse is COM
paratively new building in which the
clerk of the court and various county Of
ficers have their offices. Here within a
glass case in steel vaulted room with
thousands of county records is preserv-
ed the last will and testament of George
Washington. Washington was citizen
of Fairfax county and Mount vernon
remains in the county. The will Is writ
ten on a number of sheets of letter paper.
and is in the now familiar hand of
Washington. Many tourists visit the
village for the sole purpose of looking on
this priceless paper
In a history of Fairfax county by CO.
lumbus D. Choate this has been written:
When Fairfax was formed in 1142, Col
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The south face is thus inscribed:
Seventeenth Virginia Infantry, Com
pany A, D. Me Lee; Company F. r. M.
Lee. F. Simms: Company X. Robert T.
Love: 9TH Virginia Infantry, Company +,
Sergt B. L. Troth, James w. Taylor;
18th Virginia Infantry. r, T. HALEY;
18th Georgia Infantry. Company n.
Mathew Plaskett, Henry Costing, George
Moulden. w. II. Dawson; Maj Alfred
Moss. Gen. Ewells staff: artillery.
Stuarts Horse, Mai. Charles +. Ford;
kemper's Battery. Robert Posey, Dan
Vile (artillery). John Wells; Capt. James
Commodore William I. Muse, Surgeon
Randolph +. Mason"
The east face:
First Virginia Cavalry. ]. Conway
Chichester; 4th Virginia. John III. Lee.
Garrison Beach. William Beach, Temple
ton Selectman; 9th Virginia. Company A.
Edward hewitt; Company +. James
Robey, Joseph Padgett James Wrenn. J.
Berkeley Monroe; Company X. Lieut..
George A. Means. Edgar Haycock; 18th
Virginia. Company l, Lieut.. w. Fl. Kirby.
Symmetrical Ball, John Ball. Joseph Mel
son, w Moore, John Terrett. j. II. Saun-
ders. John G. SeWal Roger Williams,
Michael Grow. Augustus G.. Williams.
''Mosby's Cavalry. Lieut.. Frank Fox.
d. French DulanY, John Underwood, r. L.
Davis. Fenton Beavers, Thomas Simpson.
Addison Davis, John e. Davis. w. ID.
Gooding. John. I. Arundel, Zachariah
Mayhugh'
This impressive and expressive shaft
looks down on the Little River pike.
war-trOdden way which. for bearing
northern and southern armies to and fro,
vies with the Warrenton pike, into which
II runs little way west of the village.
II is probable that man posted on the
top of this shaft could sec the Bull Run
hills to the westward and field piece
fired on those terroT-helds between the
stone bridge and Gainesville. Manassas
and Sudey would send its sound to his
ears. 1t is certain that the sound of the
firing at Blackburns Ford, at the stone
bridge, on Henry hill, Chinn hill. on
the Matthew place. "a Groveton and at
Chantilys rolled over the hilltop on
which this memorial has been raised. The
sounds that now come to one standing on
this mound are the clinking of hammer
on an anvil in a smithy on the pike, the
defiant crow of BOOSTERS. the appealing
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monument OF three rough hewn pieces Of
granite. 1t is by the side Of the Little
River pike. 1t bears this inscription:
This stone marks the scene of the open
ing conflict Of the War of 1861 1885, when
John Q. Mari, Captain OF the Warrenton
Rifles who the first soldier killed
in action, fell 500 feet s. 46 W. Mag
Of this spot June /. 1861. Erected by
MARI Camp, c. " June 1, 1904.
On each side of the monument is a
brass twelve-pounder mounted on metal
axle and high metal wheels. One of
these pieces is inscribed: Boat Howitzer.
1856 J. A. D., L. S. n. Y, Washington.
No A., 757 pounds Behind the guns and
directly at the rear of the monument is
a pyramid Of iron shell of much greater
caliber than the guns.
There is something homogeneous in
these ships guns standing guard on the
TANKS of the Mari monument. 1t may
be- though. that attaching to them is
some historic significance about which the
writer was not told. AS a picture it is
satisfactory.
One of the characters of the village is
Jack Rowe. He is nearly black and was
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diers, and while the monument in the
yellow afternoon sunshine threw a long
shadow eastward, an old man limped up
the hill slowly climbed the mound and
began reading the names of men who
went down in the blast and roar of can
non and the vicious rolling of musketry.
Knew some of them. l suppose?"
Knew many of them before we went
in. Was as close to some of them when
they fell as | am to you. 1 have lived
here all my life except the four years L
was in the army And by army this
old soldier meant the Army of Northern
Virginia.
The west. east and south faces of the
cold granite near the base of the shaft
are chiseled with names of dead men The
surnames in nearly all cases are familiar
in the latitude of Washington. because
the living kin of these men touch ell
bows with us every day. These men,
half century dead, We're neighbors of
Nashingtonans and doubtless knew the
muddy or dusty streets of the Washing
ton of their time as we'll as the people
of the surrounding country know the
Washington of today.
The reading of all the names cut in the
stone of the Fairfax Confederate monu-
ment is no easy task but old Washing
ton people will at least find there the
names of representatives of families they
knew Well; perhaps they may read there
the name of some friend of their youth.
On the west face of the monument is
inscribed this:
Eighth Virginia Infantry, Mai. James
Thrift, Lieut.. G.. W. SwnH. SerSt. G. w
Reed, Sergt j. +. Lynn: Company G.,
Sergt- T.. +. Money. James Ballinger, A.
J. Bradfield, Alfred Hoe. Asa Peck C. c.
Williams J. W. Williams, Robert Wells.
James Forsyth, w. r. Tucker. J. W..
Gunnen, G. II. Hutchinson. Samuel Jen-
kins. Frank Steele. Joshua Adams. VIII
liam H. Adams, S. f. Horseman, Elthum
Pierson. Thomas Reid. j. A Simms. y. S.
Harrison and Armstead Thompson.
Seventeenth Virginia Infantry Com
pany u, Capt. John L. Burke, Sergt John
r. Steele. Samuel l.. Barnes, Walter S.
Ford Lyman koon. j. Beach, John r.
RatCliff. Charles III. Ashford. Henry
Wrenn, Joseph Freeman II. T. Harmon,
Robert Petit. John Newcomb. r. +. Cor
bett. Simeon Mills. Edgar Thomas.
Thomas W. Lynn. Michael Crowley, A.
Dove and j. w. Richardson.
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lowing of cattle and the rattle of wagon
over the stony pike, which in its pas
sage of the village becomes the main
street.
Uu the street or pike eastward Of the
monument and on the left hand is
small frame church whose attendants are
Episcopalians, and about 100 yards back
of the street at this point is a brick
house with a white porch at the front
door and in the middle of the front of
the house. If walking. you enter the
grounds by passing through very old
fashioned turnstile, and If driving,
through a wire gate. A broad and long
used lane leads between great naples and
tulip trees from the gate to the house.
Under one of the big trees is a crude
and comfortable rustic bench, which
overlooks tennis court. The house Is
now the home of the Rev. Francis Page.
He has been clergyman and friend OF the
people there many years.
This house, set so far back from the
rough and rocky road in grove of old
trees. is associated with one of the dra-
matte exploits of the war between the
sections. 1t is not essential to this story
that the exploit be related at length. 1t
has been rewritten and retold many,
many times. Those who do not know the
story may read it in many books devoted
to the history of the civil war. Mosby,
with a body of his command, passing
through the Union lines in darkness.
kidnapped Gen. Stoughton and took him
and others prisoner out Of this old
house. The raiders then passed out
through the Union lines and at dawn
were at GrovetOn Corners, where coffee
was provided by Mrs. Lucinda Dogan.
venerable woman who passed away Il
few years ago and who owned and lived
on Peach Tree farm. the reddest ground
of the second Manassas.
From this historic house eastward the
main street or road passes between COM
Portable homes set in large gardens or
grounds that In many cases are hand
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Tray Granite Shaft Erect
~ ed in Memory of Confed-
crate Dead-Where Mosby,
With a Body of His Com
mand, Passed Through the
Union Lines and Kidnapped
Gen. Stoughton-W here
George Washington's VIII Is
Preserved-The History of
Fairfax Court House as a
Town.