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The Raymer enterprise., 1912-10-10
POPULATION OF THE OCEAN

A striking proof Of the vastness and
variety OF the population OF the sea
Is furnished by the results OF explora.
tlons made by committee OF the
geological department OF the British
association In that part Of the Irish
sea surrounding the Isle OF Man. Out
OF 1000 species Of marine animals col.
lected. 224 never before had been
found In that region. 3s were previous.
ly unknown rs Inhabitants OF British
water. and II were entirely new to
science; indeed. they were animals
whose existence had never been sus.
pected
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-10-10
GERMANY'S WOMAN OFFICIALS S

Germany has 1000 women filling
honorary ofiices in cities and on char.
ity boards. In 1866 municipalities 1000
women are In active service for the
care OF the poor and orphans. In ll5
towns there are women serving on
the school boards. The Union for
Motherhood Protection is said to be
tho only womans organization which
receives the approval OF the kaiser
This society was founded by Frau
Stoecker and numbers Its members
by the thousands. including every
class and condition. men and women.
in Germany.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-10-10
Many Women
Writers
Adopt
| Masculine
Names
BY kstherins Dsiscoll.
New York

between them and the with whom they DEAL They that man
would not dare give of his the he would give to
and the gets the defensive poses as man for
business protection and that only
It's scoundrey that this but it's true nevertheless Men regulate
and all along the line have c uck even though
they do the work better and reliable the men at their elbows
In the shooroom shop factory and Office woman work is depre
cated just because she is
And our great women writers posed before the world that they
might get the recognition work well DONE We have had
George Eliot and George Sand two the greatest of the age
Even Ouida chose that obscure Charles Egber Craddoc Gail
Hamilton Holmes others time chose masculine
for good and worthy purpose
Even when possible writer's kept their identity from their
publishers for fear of a "throw down" because of SEX
The Bonte sisters known to their publishers the Messrs Bell
1t is the hardest thing the world for the average cncede
woman just recognition Of her ability And back of all base
unworthy sefshness.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-10-10
CAT AND TURTLE ARE CHUMS

Turtle Dove Is the name OF the fam.
lily pet In the homo OF Mrs. Catherine
Dillon. l3 Bleecker street. New York
city. 1t is a mud turtle. which has
been in the family 65 years. and Is
said to be $50 years old. Wrinkled
skin. broken shell and twisted claws
are the Indications OF old age with
Turtle Dove. The turtle and the Dil.
Ions cats are bosom friends. and night
finds them under the stove, with the
turtles head on the cats paws, and
thus they peacefully sleep.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-10-10
GROUSE BROKE THE GAME LAW CELLAR TRAP FOR 1RAups

C. f. Donaldson went to Tillamook
one day recently looking for Game
Warden Leach. for the purpose OF
filing complaint against himself for
assisting in the suicide OF a grouse. It
seems that while Mr.. Donaldson and
helpers were hauling hay from the
field to his barn. they disturbed a
flock Of grouse. frightening the birds
considerably. and one Of the birds,
crazed by fright. few at Mr. Donald.
son. who was on load OF hay. and
struck him In the neck. knocking him
down and nearly of the load. The
force OF the blow broke the birds
neck.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-10-10
TO REBUILD NOTED THEATER

Once more the Pergola theater OF
Florence is to be rebuilt. It was or.
iginally erected In 1862, and was the
property OF n society OF aristocrats.
In 1775 II was torn down and replaced
by a building made Of more substan.
tial material than wood 1t then had
1000 seats. besides ia boxes. and
gradually became the leading opera
house Of Italy. In It many nrst per.
formances were given Of operas BY
Puccini 1.-THE rival Of Gluck), Paisiello,
Olmarosa. Cberublni, DonizettI, Ros.
sini, Verdi. and many others.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-10-10
POOR MANS BRICK IN MEXICO

A crude but valuable art In Mexico
is the making Of adobe, sun.baked
brick. II It were not for this crudely
nodded slab Of sun-cured mud half the
people OF the Mexican republic would
be shelterless. The rich and those
OF the middle class. who can afford
1t. build Of stone. When the Spaniards
came they denuded the forests to the
extent that vast tracts were left tree
less. Lumber is thus one Of the rare
commodities OF Mexico.
The implements used by a Mexican
mud.brick maker are OF the most
primitive kind; earthen Jars to hold
the water needed In the mixing. a
wooden mold In which the mud
squares are shaped. and his own deft
palms. Some Mexican builders make
only the walls OF their homes OF the
adobe. and thatch with straw, palm
rronds or banana stalks. Others,
again. form both walls and roof Of
the adobe. When this is the case the
ADOBE roof Is supported by beams. As
VIII be readily supposed. the adobe is
OF enormous weight. and II 1t is not
well supported It is likely to collapse
upon Its owners head.
When covered by thick coat OF
cement. another production Of Mexi.
can art. the adobe walls stand for
years without showing the least sign
OF crumbling. There are buildings in
Mexico today, some OF them public
buildings. the cement.coated adobe
walls OF which were constructed fully
century ago.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-10-10

"Why should people be doomed to a
lonely joyless life just because they are no
longer young?"
Why should not woman Of IS and
man OF 60, or a woman Of 60 and man
OF 70 or rs for that matter, live their own
lives, in their own way, have home of
their own and be Independent, where they
can sleep when they choose, get up when
they like and eat what and when they please
and not be obliged to conform to the rules
and regulations Of other peoples house
holds?
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-10-10
WEARS IRON FALSE TEETH

s. P. Munday OF Fort Worth, Tex.
prides himself as being the only man
living with castiron teeth. He wears
set OF upper teeth made Of iron.
cast by metal company ir Fort
Worth. They weigh Az ounces. He
says they are as satisfactory as ordl.
nary false teeth and demonstrated
their solldity by sounding the metal
on n piece OF steel. The plate and
teeth ara In one solid cast.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-10-10
A COLLEGE GIRL OF EIGHTY

Mrs A. D. Wlnship OF the Univer.
sity OF Wisconsin. In Madison. is no
doubt the Oldest college girl" In
America. II not In the world. She
became student at the University
OF Ohio when she was seventy-eight
years old. and Is now eighty. She
expects to receive her diploma from
Wisconsin In two years more. Her
interest in the world and In life In
general is as great as that Of WON.
an with the greatest part Of life ahead
OF her.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-10-10
Conserving Soil Moisture.

The damages directly attributable to
drought represent an enormous annual
loss to farmers. II We would devote
more attention to the work Of conserv.
Ing soil moisture during the spring and
early summer, the droughts would be
far less destructive to our growing
crops.
There are few seasons when there
is not sufficient moisture to mature
good crops II proper methods arc EN-
ployed In handling our soils 10 that
the moisture will not be lost through
evaporation during the primary
growth Of the crops.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-10-10

Women writers have not chosen mascu-
line pen names because they wished to ap-
pear masculine or to ape men in any way9
They chose them simply as a matter of pro-,
lection from a business standpoint. They
knew, just as every woman who has lived
long enough knows, that it is in the very
nature of men to belittle woman's work
in every possible way and at every possible
opportunity.
Many women today in the business world
use their initials only in dealing with men,
providing there is separating distance
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-10-10
Mules Naturally TimId.

Mules are umid creatures, possess
Ing n great amount Of curiosity in
their makeup. They are affectionate,
but have habit unusual In domestic
animals. that Of resenting injury,
and on account Of this many become
ugly and stubborn.
A study-of their disposition and a
good line OF treatment from the be.
ginning will overcome these evil hab.
It's. It Is much easier to take mule
colt and train It than It Is to take an
older mule that has been misused
and overcome any bad habits or
tricks rising from many years Of
abuse and poor management.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-10-10
ROWING WITH THEIR LEGS

This photograph represents men OF
the julie lake In the southern Shan
states. which form part OF Burma
These men, who live in dwellings
built over the lake. row their long.
narrow boats with their legs, keeping
up a good speed for long time.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-10-10

There appears to be a disposition on the
part Of many to criticise the girl Of The
period for her eccentricities in dress, hut
do her critics realize the peculiar position in
which the girl finds herself3
Her mother, doubtless, has taught her
that her principal business in life is to at
tract mankind, and in order to do this she,
naturally, proceeds along the lines o. least
resistance, Or to use common expression,
she "travels on her shape"
One must admire her courageous frank.
ness.
TO conceal. .' -;
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-10-10
Young
Woman
and Her
Modern
Clothes
BY c. n. Csbbsa. Bss,sa. Mass.

Evidently she has nothing to conceal 20
Perhaps day the girl will realize that the Of chap who, .t
aed by the present display Of curves and angles Isn't worth having and
that the respect and admiration Of the worthy man she will have
tot attention to the artistic drapngs Of former era
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01
WHAT CONGRESS HAS
NEGLECTED TO DO
BY MILO e. WESTBROoKp

X/HEN the foundation Of our Govern
w ment was laid out, back in l7S7. tba
Constitution of the United States Of Amer
lea, Article |, Section S, Paragraph ), gave
the legislative department authority as
follows:
The Congress shall have power to coin
money, regulate the value thereof, and cf
foreign coin, and fix The standard Of lgeighis and
measures
Under the power invested in Congress BY
the Constitution, our Government coins
money, which has been the medium Of ey.
change for more than a century; but. for
some reason or other, 1t has never taken 4
upon itself 10 "fix the standard Of weights
and measures This results in more or less
confusion, due 10 the fact that many Of the
States have fixed the standards Of weight,
and measures and IN a more or less degree
are at variance with one another. For ey.
ample. the laws Of Massachusetts, require
that when cranberries are sold by the bushd
thirtv-two pounds shall constitute a buShel.
while Michigan requires forty pounds for
bushel. Thus it may be seen that a man
may ship ten bushels Of cranberrcs from
Massachusetts TO Michigan, and as soon as
they enter the latter State there are only
eight bushels.
In Nevada fifty-six pounds constitute The
weight Of a bushel OF tomatoes; while IN
Missouri and Oklahoma only torty-fye
pounds are necessary 10 make buShc. Thus
If a man should ship ten bushels Of tomatoes
from Nevada TO either Oklahoma or Ms
sour. as soon as they cross The State
line there would be twelve and iour-ninth
bushels.
The tariff act OF 1909. 10 facilitate he col
Letting Of customs, fixed certain standards
Of weights and measures, among which Is
fftv-seven pounds 20 a bushcl Of nnionS
A man may pay duty 10 the Collector at The
port of New York for ten bushels OF pnions
and ship them into Maine, New Hampshire
Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, North
Dakota, Minnesota, or South DakOta, and Is
soon as they enter any OF these State he has
eleven bushels, because the State laws re
utiire only fifty-tWo pounds 10 the bushd
Let him ship the same quantity Of onions
into Indiana, and he will have nearly ,welys
bushels. as forty-eight pounds are all that's
required 70 a buShcl in that State IN Penn.
sylvania and Rhode Island, he would have
eleven and two-fifthS bushels, because fifty
pounds constitute the weight Of a bu hel d
onions there. Some States do not require
any particular weight 70 the bushe. while
Others require fifty-four iifty-thrcc, or fifty.
six pounds.
Other cases where confusion arise IN in
terstate commerce are that some Statesre re.
quire "heaped measure; others -strud
the heap sometimes being rt-
quircd TO be "as high as the article will ad.
NIT and elsewhere as high as may te
without special effort or design; and stu ,
in other cases, as in Connecticut. The heap
bushe is definitely fixod as twenty-five
hundred and sixty-four cubic inches.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01

spread OF canvas But, just the same, as Mr. Winans
points the world viii be the poorer when the square
riggers have died
HOW OLD HICKORY CAME BACK doesn't have
IL be identified because everybody will recognize 10
as a Torchy tale Next Torchy himself, the elder
Ens is about the interesting Of the real people the
red-haired tells about. In this story Torehy has
occasion 20 80 a winter resort, and his observations
upon those luxurious places will DO %, han
a smile
A TO the second article it is one Of the beau fully writ
ten and highly important health talks by Dr.
Eugene Lyman Fisk. and it is specifically about The
dread disease Of which DR.. Fisk haractcrzc
a plague Of prosperity. There is article that will De-
eagerly read than this
Two OF the short fiction stories in our next SUNDAY
MAGAZINE are really distinguished DEDICATED
TO DRAMATIC ART is a tremendously powerful story
of the Yiddish thcater in New York. written by Louis
Lipsky. BREAKING THE NEWS is by Roy Rolfe
Gson OF those joyous intimate human tales, with
their great simplicity their lively fancy their touch OF
wonderful reality and back Of all lurking big idea-thc
kind Of stories that have made Mr.. ellison famous.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01

spread OF canvas. But, just the same, as Mr.. Winan
points the world w be the poorer when The square
riggers have died
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01

1928 Huron Road
99S Woodward Ave.
$3.50 Earweil Ave.
Ib-ll Eighth St. y.
55lt-J5l6 Main ST.
800 Van Ness Ave.
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BRANCH HOUSES

CLEVELAND ..........
ID IRDII .........
NIIM MI ........
MIME NPOiIN .......
KANSAS CITY ......
SAN FRANCISCO ...
1000 1905 Pike st.
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Overland Automobile Co, 15i9 Lincoln ST
Ralph l.. Motor Car Co, North and Main SIS.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-10-31

The office Of sheriff is one Of the
most important in the county. 1t
IL given him to help enforce All the
laws on the statute books and be
the peace officer OF the county.
George Huffman is known to nearly
everybody in the county and I'M
word IL as good as a government
bond any day. He has lived here
for over 40 years. has been success
full and diligent In his own business
and will give the same conscientious
service to county affairs, He has
always been ready to help the needy
and no uncharitable act has ever
been charged against him. II elected
as he will be, ne will be the sheriff
run by any clique or gang,
and his administration will prove a
credit to the county.
Vote for Huffman.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-10-31
THE PANICS OF
| 1898 and 1907
DEMOCRATIC PARTY HEspost.
sIsLE ron THE DlsTHHss
MHlcH MARKED fTs 40
MANIFESTATIONS.
FACT IS CLEARLY SHOWN

The Financial Disturbance Of FIvs
Years Ago Not Due to Adverse
Republican Legislation Nor TO Any
Cause for Which the FsepubIlcan
Party Must Answer.
With an audaclty which can only be
explained by the desperate situation
which makes resort to even the
most improbable OF theories a pOlit-
icai necessity, the Democratic cam
paign text book charges the Repub-
lican party with responsibility for the
panic Of 1893 and the hard times that
ensued "The Republicans have been
trying to make the country believe" !"
says the text book, that the panic OF
1893 was brought about by the Demo
cratic bill which was passed in 1894"
And then the text book writer pro
ceeds to make merry over the absurd
ity Of charging an effect in one year
TO cause that did not transpire until
the year after.
Well, here are the facts: The last
year Of the Harrison administration,
1892, was the most prosperous the
country had enjoyed up to that time.
] abor was fully employed. capital was
81 lively seeking investment, and the
n els were getting a good price for
a Zig crop. So far as industrial and
commercial conditions were concern
ed, there was not a cloud in the sky.
Republican speakers and newspapers
tried to persuade the people that they
should let well enough alone and that
Democratic success might bring dis
aster. But they would not listen. The
prices Of some things were pretty
high. The Democrats declared ii was
because Of the high. tariR and prom /
laed that II put into power they would
revise the tariff ''in the interest Of the
plain people" There was little sx-
pbetation sthrouEhOus the country that
Harrison would be defeated. and bnsi-
nehs doomed right 6p . alection day.
But HafTison Ras dstsd
Now ~. es1ls Gene.
And then. shat hSr L why. ~ |
atanAlg.a men who kaA naene-- ,winiek !
lhsg we're aboht o invest iuakad 4 % |
1n - vAnits 26d naid i5ygs NIIf Int
uall 4W1sls e o6t whs nabbens. = !
6nfnelnteas oRS y 81 pr6duiIhs
srtiel that
81 is'tks "a beF g P|fsda cdiiia !.
81 81 it fAelr protso wouId Is /
rs1uesd, immediAteiy began a, ent /
.lf -sptBpt e eurreng ensaands. YEho 4
nouid blaena ahaim fbF pefaazlng "a mo
alsdd and pie thelE warehouses fun
sf s5ods Wnieh nIsht AaSS 70 be sold Il
b competition VIA sihilar products
made ih countries where the factors
rage scale was enekalf or one-icurth
sf the factory wage 1sale which khsg
lac been payinsg JoBBefa and whole.
.slzls cut their orders g Ih6 mans
ufsrb "a he same Way ana for TIE
lze fsaaon Retailers all oper the J
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-10-31

Itrarted all the progressive thought
from the Republican party. he should
take q new inventory. There Is
senator La Toilette the pioneer
who has been the recognized leader
tod progressive thought and action
IN congress for years still fighting
| In the Republican party. There are
IGcternor Hadley OF Missouri, Gov
Ieraor Deneen OF Illinois and sena-
TOD Borah OF Idaho, who we're Col
lionel Roosevelt's leaders in the Chi
cago convention and whose fidelity
to truly progressive polices Of gov
erhment no one can question, all
etil standing by the Republican
party and working for the re-elec-
'tlch Of President Taft.
1.-THE Progressive party is not a
party founded upon issues. II Is q
party absolutely founded upon the
SEASONAL popularity Of one man. Had
it not been for the personal popu-
lnfity Of Theodore Roosevelt. It
could never have been born and any
tilnkIng reasonable man will admit
hi Had he been nominated at Chi
|caeo upon the Republican platform
~ II standa today the call for the
F3hlI Moose would nov be heard only
Nhen sportsman sought to allure
one Of these uncouth and untamed
a1imals. within shooting range. 9th
eFwIse, why was It not thought Of un-
I'll after Mr.. Roosevelt was defeated
81 President Taft for Republican
nomination for PRESIDENT
"It is a party founded upon repnd-
istion rather than any permanent
and well defined doctrines Of ad-
vanced government. Its platform is
merely an excuse for It's existence
while It's real purpose 10 to defeat
the reelection Of President Taft
even ut the expense Of four or eight
years Of Democratic free trade such
as We had in 1Ss3-s7.
zge VA are NOT yet ready 70 cut
loose and Join the Bull Moose par
ty. We have no quarrel with anyone
who views things differently from
us but we have expressed our own.
by request, and wa prefer to sacri-
fIce our personal choice of candi-
dates ana vote to continue present
rather than by voting for
the third party nominee cast half
a vote for woodrow Wilson with
bis free trade and intention to use
his high office, II elected to cut ev-
cry old soldier off the pension rolls
of the government as he has himself
declared in letter published else
where in this Issue.
This, my friend, Ii where the
lew party movement may prove to
% not only impracticaPle but ex-
,ensive"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-10-31
Same Beginning
Different Ending

Ia sane and well stated. An 90.
pecielly sane and we'll put state
ment Of what third party organiza-
tion means as has been printed In
this campaign is an editorial in the
Beloit Gazette. which was before the
convention for Roosevelt but has re-
fused to leave the Republican party,
We quote:
1--WE can't agree that we should
leave the Republican party and af-
filiate with the new third party.
Simply because $4,000 printing
press contains many Improved ad-
vantages over our Standard Babcock
cylinder Is not sufficient reason why
we should discard the press we have
and buy one Of the latest and most
up to date presses on the market.
The first thing to be considered Is
the practicability Of the press to our
needs and secondly TIE item Of ex-
pense. II we were continually try
ing to buy every new tangled piece
OF machinery op the market We
would be changing presses every
week. II the press we have Il suffi-
cientIy up toadate to do satisfactorily
the work required OF 1t, It would be
poor business JUDGMENT to changs.
"This may be . rather crude H.
lustration but II win serve as q
starter to bring ont the thought we
have In mind.
s'Stabllity IL worth more to this.
republic than chasing after rain
bows. Al tried and proven piece Of
machinery ii worth more than the
recommendations Of an interested
salesman of some new untried. so
called Improved one just placed up-
on the market A well-broken anil.
NAL is worth more than one not even
halter-brol1e.
.'The Republican platform Of 1919
II absolutely the most progressive
psatfOErH ever adopted ~ RS
and the country has done pretty wen
under those adopted heretofore.
There is a settled equilibrium and
poise to the Republican party and
we have no assurance OF how many
other "new advanced propositions
that new party viii foster in It's
next platform II it should have an
other, or to how many OF them we
could with sincerity subscribe. 1t
had It's birth through spontaneous
and it may be subject
% such spells. While 1t has within
ts ranks many or the country's Wis
.st and most conscientious men 1t
must also be admitted that 1t has
,een the retreat for the unreascnably
-adical class whose ideas OF gov
,rnment are by NO means the safest.
4'If our friend thinks 1t has ex-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-10-31
PATTON's JERSEY CATTLE
BROUGHT GOOD PRICES.

Mrs. Leonard Patton through u.
q. EngIe, auctioneer, sold thirteen
head Of Jersey cattle Saturday
which brought good prices The
best COW sold for s147.5O and the
six calves brought about $40 each.
The total for the thirteen head was
s7s5. Mrs. Patton disposed Of her
stock because they will spend the
coming year In California.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-10-31
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP 2 q
REPUBIICANs ARE ACTIVE.

The Republicans Of Jefferson are
going to elect their township ticket
this year and are doing some active
work for each candidate, At the
August primary they nominated
Hiram Springer for trustee, T, B,
Mosley for treasurer. and Robert
Alexander for clerk and now pro
pose to see that they are elected.
Good for the Republicans Of Old
Jefferson.