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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-01-30
~ HEAD on oATTLE.

Seven mich cows, Of them fresh
mixers. one Of which is . Jersey. 2
coming fresh by first of May and
later on; bull coming 2 years old;
3 heifers and steer coming 2 years
old; 3 heifers and steer year old;
g young calves.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-01-30
Public Sale.
Having sold my farm ] will sell
at public auction y mile east and
mile north of Detroit on
ThlIsdal, Feb. 6
commencing at 1880 o'clock sharp
the following property:
8 HEAD OF HORSES

sorrel horse years old weight
1850 lbs; bay horse ~ years old
VT. 1900 lbs; bay mare coming 3
years old VT. 900; bay pony ~ years
old VT. 900 lbs; bay gelding 9 years
old VT. 1850 lbs; bay gelding Gold
en- Bar coming 4 years old VT. 1000
lbs; bay driving mare 10 years old
VT. 900 lbs; sorrel mare 4 years
old W.T.. 900 lbs.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-01-30

blow with terrific force at the far
north and play havoc with the skin,
causing red, rough or sore chapped
hands and lips, that need Bueklenss
Arnica Salve to heal them. i makes
the skin soft and smooth. Unriyaled
for cold sores, also burns, boiis,
sores, ulcers, cuts, bruises and ptlee.
Only IS csnts ct 0lsiBsnsr 9 son'e.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-01-30
(First published in Abilene Weekly
Reflector january %, 1871
ROAD NOTICE.
states OF Kansas, Dickinson county. %:
TO whom It may concern:

States OF Kansas, Dickinson county Sss
To whom 1t may concern:
Take notice that q legal petition
signed By Jess Dairy and other house,
holders OF Lyon township In said counk
ty, has been presented to the beard
Of county commissioners praying Tor
the location OF county road, as fol-
lows, viz: Beginning at the northeast
corner Of Block No. 2. Shepherds Adj
dltion to the City Of Hertngtons KAN
sas, thence west about 500 feet TO the
southeast corner of the Hertngton
cemetery ground said road to be not
less than so feet wtdes and ending ~
the said southeast corner OF said ceme-
And that said board has appointed
John Peugh, ~. W. Kandt and 8. ~.
Murray viewers, who VIII meet as the
point OF beginning OF said ROAD ee
Detfti0ned for, on the S4th Gay OF NeDs
ruary, 1913, ct 10 e. ms ana pr0ceea
70 view said road. as the law olreese.
at which time ana place al petD0ns
interested may attend ana have
hearing. IN case said viewers III -
meet on the day designated they nay
meet on the following DAY. a. proFiaao
by law, without furthoF NOTES.
Witness my hand ana tne Qftlelal
seal Of said county this 1tth gay %
ysag1sry' 1saa ~ UNA
81 CeNAsy N&4EAs
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THE NEW KANSAS POST CARD

Is Designed by Former Lindsborg
Man.
Lindsborg. Jan. &C. A. Sew
ard, former Lindsborg young man,
who is now at wichita, has designed
new Kansas Day post card for
1918. It contains a small map OF
the state below which is written:
..Kansas is solving its own agricul-
turaI problems. This will double the
states productivity in ten years.
Community life is already OF the
highest order in Kansas"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-01-30
Public Sale

Having sold my farm, ! will sell
at public auction at my place So
miles north and TX miles east OF
Abilene, / mile east and " mile
south of Buckeye, and 4 miles east
and 3 mile north of Talmage on
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-01-30

Don't think because you have TAX
en- many remedies in vain that your
case is incurable. Hoods Sarsapar-
lila has cured many seemingly hope
less cases OF scrofula. catarrh, rheu-
matism, kidney complaint, dyspepsia,
and general debility. Take Hoods,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-01-30
I HEAD OF HOGS
FARM IMPLEMENTS, Enc.

New Dain combination hay stack
er: new Kingman hay buck; Elmer
son double row weeder; one farm
wagon; low wagon gears; McCor-
mick hay rake; Mascot hay rake;
Osborn binder; three section John
Deere harrow; Indiana 1O-hole disc
drill. Osborn disc harrow; Case rid
ing lister; Mccormick binder tom
que truck: hand corn shelter; port
able crib; so hedge posts; grind
stone.
Also Z tons of good alfalfa; liz
bushels Of corn.
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Friday. Feb. 7th
commencing at 10 o'clock sharp the
following property:
"a HEAD OF HORSES AND MULES

Gray mare years old; family
mare 10 years old; bay mare smooth
mouth; 3 bay mares in foal and
10 years old; driving horse 6 years
old; 2 bay geldings coming 8 years
old: brown filly coming 3 years old;
bay gelding coming 2 years old; bay
filly coming years old; pair jimmy
mules coming years old; spring
mules.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-01-30

4
Fsssh.ss nssosvysls in ne
spring don't fail to leave US dem
Onstrats a Harley Davidson to you.
We believe you WIN be more than
pleased with what the Silent Gray
Fellows win do. Some Of the claims
we make for them are absolute com
Diete control large amount Of
reserve power and q machine that
will ride easy and stand the bumps
of the country road As well as tA'
paved streets.
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ID HEAD or HOGS

-Four brood sows one being regis
tered; 10 shoats weight about 100
lbs; 5 small shoats.
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HOUSEHOLD GOODS

TERMs-All sums of $40 and UNI
der cash. sums over $40 credit Of
8 months will be given on note with
approved security at 10 per cent;
If paid when due only 8 per cent
interest will be charged. No prop
erty to be removed until settled for.
FREE LUNCH AT NOON
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-01-30
Wednesday, Feb. 5

commencing at o'clock p. m. sharp,
the following property:
8 HEAD OF HORSES
One gray horse 4 years old weight
1900, one bay horse 4 years old
weight 1900. one brown mare weight
about 1000.
Z HEAD OF HOGS.
Three brood sows, 4 shoats weight
so pounds.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-01-30

For regular action Of the bowels;
easy, natural movements, relief OF
constipation. try Doan's Regulets.
CSC at all stores.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-01-30
: HEAn oF -ClATTILE

A No. / mich COW; stock cow
registered shorthorn COW; 2-year-oid
steer; 2-year-old heifer; 3 yearling
steers.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-01-30

Th0 torrIDIU IUCIIIIIB
me much suffering and dis
comfort, while the rubbing
and scratching made it worse.
Last spring l had Q
terrible breaking out OF
blIstery sores on my arm.
and limbs. My face and
arms were almost covered
with rash. I could not Sleep
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-01-30

Bring your poultry and eggs 70
Green Bros, corner Second and Null
berry. Highest market price. 27wtf
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= HEAD OF HOGS

Brood SOW due to farrow by end
of April. 8 .shoats about 100 lbs.
each.
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HOUSEHOLD GOODS

Kimball organ, some chairs dish
es, is bu. OF potatoes; other arti-
cles too numerous to mention.
TERMs-All sums OF $40 and UNI
der cash; sums over $40 q credit of
months will be given on note with
approved security at 10 per cent;
II paid when due only 8 per cent
interest will be charged. No proper
" to be removed until settled for.
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Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
= A 8 r Q FL a
Public Sale

Having sold my farm / will sell
at public auction Az miles south
east of Abilene. v mile south Of
Pennington school house, 511 miles
southwest Of Enterprise, on
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-01-30
ABuENTs SOCIETIES.

RoYAIe ARCH MAsoigB Cyrus Chap
Ter No. aT meets IN Masonic hall on the
nacond and fourth Fridays Of eael
month. p. W. Morse. =. P.s Joseph
Keel secrataFy.
TRIPLE wFB BENEFIT AGSQCAA
TON. Abilene Council No, 4e. meete q
second 4haradny evening o. eeet
Month Wfnft0Fa WoioOmo. Beatrice
Yosn@. pros5dsnf; John G. Roger score
"A = a A. 8onSVolent LOe9e No
iSr ~ s2cN month at ll6soafe ha1l, eeE
- 1hsRN ard 1sHGsa -. = C1selS
~; 4. ~ yo11s1, e1aF1faREt Yl14slll
tfsthroa wole
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-01-30
RASH ALMOST
COVEREDFAg
AudArms. Terrible itching. Bllstery
Sores on Arm and Limbs. COuldnOt
Sleep. Used Cuticura Remedies.
Entirely Rid ofAII Skin EruptiOns.

warrenvilIe, OR have felt the effects
Of blood poisoning for Eighteen years, ! was
never without some eruptions on my pody:
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-01-30
EARM TMPLEMENTs, ETC.

Seven foot Mccormick binder near
~ new: Flying Swede 2 row weeder;
Osborne disc harrow; J. !. Case stalk
cutter; Defiance lain. gang plcw;
Defiance 16-in. sulIxy plow; Canton
riding lister: Eclipse riding culti-
vator: Dempster Grow cultivator;
Ashurst press driss; Milwaukee now
er; hay rake; hay sweep; 5 shovel
cultivator; tanning mill; hand corn
shelter; grindstone; S-section har-
row. harrow cart; set hay slings
and rope; good lumber wagon; low
down wagon; low down wagon and
rack: 2 sets work harness; set dou-
BILE driving harness; set single har-
ness: good saddle and bride; 2 top
buggies; 8 buggy poles; 8 sets fly-
nets. lot of forks; shovels; COW
chains: halters; cross cut saw; wood
saw.
Also so blu. oats; 200 Blu. corn
100 blu. kaffir corn; about tons
prairie hay; 2 tons Of alfalfa; oats
straw; 10 dozen chickens.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
Three bed room sets; 8 bed springs;
lounge; sanitary cot; dining
chairs; s kitchen chairs; 4 rockers;
dining table: cabinet: sanitary sink;
l. - -
kitchen sink; stand; lot Of carDei
and linoleum; Malleable steel range
I'm good condition; oil stove; 2-hole
stove; stove pipe; dishes; pans, Ret
tiles: washing machine; Old TrustS
$50 egg incubator; fruit drier; Jars;
churn; large iron kettle; combina'
ltion sausage suffer and lard press
and many other articles too numeT'
Gus to mention.
TERMs-All sums Of SO and un'
der cash; sums over $40 a credit Of
lac months will be given on note with
approved security at 10 per cent; 8
paid when due only per cent inter
est vim be charged. No property t.
be removed until settled for.
FREE LUNCH AT NOON
| ". {. BAER & son
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-03

cuted for libel by oscar Wilde," an
swered Lord Alfred quietly. My
father, you must understand, was ex-
tremely eccentric. My mother had been
obliged to divorce him. so you can inn
aglne that I was not likely to take any
advice of his too seriously My father
had heard rumors regarding Wilde's
vices-the vices of which | was abso-
lutely 'ignorant-and he urged me to
break with him. / refused, declining
to believe in Wilde's guilt. Then my
father embarked on a systematic per-
secution. Once. when Wilde was at the
theatre. he sent him a bouquet made,
| believe. of carrots and turnips, with a
card attached accusing him of inde-
cency. In every fashion he bounded
him, and eventually Wilde appealed to
me. Your father is slanderinE me
right and left, said he. what am I to
do?
What could ! say? Soon after.
Wilde sued my father for libel only to
change places with him in the dock
The authorities. | may say, had no
wish to imprison him. Bail was
granted him and his friends implored
him to escape. His motives for refus-
ing | explain in my book never
even was called as a witness in the
Wilde trials. l blundered in not in
sisting on having my say. but had no
heart for IT. l suppose one might Gail
it supineness.
"When Wilde came out of prison -
Lord Alfred went on, he was a pauper
He came to me and told me that he was
in need. and l gave him money /
housed him at Guidice, my villa at Ma
pies. Between this time and that of his
death, two years later. he had over
$4,000 from me. Wilde was extrava-
gance personified. He could not keep
money. All his tastes were luxurious.
If there were ortolans to be had he
would have them. When he died / was
in Scotland on a visit. and thus nv
claim to be the only one of Wilde's BIZ
ographers In whose arms he did not ex-
pire. Robert Ross notified me of his
death, and | returned to Paris and paid
the expenses of his funeral and his
debts. Then was told that Wilde had
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1t is enought to say that we were flint
and steel, two literary craftsmen living
together and sharing their inspiration
1t is in this period. 1 suppose that am
accused of having lived on him. MY
answer is that never had so much as a
sixpence from Oscar Wilde, though [
gave him thousands OF pounds, and that
when one of us was the host of the
other it was oftener than he that
played the part We actually lunched
and dined together very frequently ana
he appears to have kept strict ledger
account of his bills without the least
set-off with regard to mine. For my
self kept and keep no accounts but I
know where the money went When
my father died | came into ELS. 900, and
all my life [ have thrown money out OF
the window. The idea of a wealthy
marquis with the family funds always
more or less at his disposal could pos
sibly be dependent upon bohemian OF
slender and uncertain income is too
preposterons for serious discussion
Wilde, on the contrary. was of humble
birth and had risen to afhuence frora
poverty rejoiced in these entertain
ments which were the fruits of his sue
cess"
What is your answer to the charge
that you were an EVIL influence in
Wildc's life?' Lord Alfred was asked
My answer is that ii is ludicrous
to suggest that a boy OF 20 corrupted a
man of nearly 40,' replied Lord Alfred
My answer is that we lived as two ar
lists. that ours was one of the truests
literary comradeships in the history OF
letters, and that Wilde's three most
successful plays We're written at Cor
ing and Worthing and Babbaconbe
where we shared homes. This prepos-
ferrous tale that / led Oscar Wilde
astray has no foundation save for the
$4,000 word diatribe which Wilde ad-
dressed to me in prison when. mistak-
ingly he imagined himself abandoned
and neglected by me-"
WAS it not your father, the Mar
quis of Queensberry, who prosecuted
Oscar Wilde for the sake of ending
your friendship with him? was queried.
1T was my father who was prose-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-03
LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS
As he looked at the age of 20 when
he first met Oscar Wilde.

those who made them hoped for the ma
terial for fresh scandals. whereas the
association between Wilde and myself
was the friendship of two literary men
and nothing more. Why 1 asked my
self should I tell the world of what
passed between us? Why rake up a
past that was being forgotten? / have
sat silent under countless attempts to
blackmail me while enemies have been
engaged in blackening my name, merely
taking legal steps, and always before,
successfully, when statements reflect
ing on me were made in books with
any literary pretensions. The revela-
tion of plot to defame me after my
death is, however. too much for flesh
and blood, and has goaded me at last
late abandoning my policy OF silence.
'',rhe story of my acquaintance with
Wilde" Lord Alfred went on, will be
told in detail, and the picture l shall
draw of him will differ vastly from the
mythical figure that has been coniured
up by biographers who either did not
know him at all or who had barely a
nodding acquaintance with him. / shall
be able to tell a great number of say
ings and anecdotes of Wilde which
have not before been printed, and 1
shall throw an entirely new light upon
his own attitude toward his various
works. In this connection l may say
that he felt something like contempt
for his own 'Ballade of Reading Gaol,
which was written almost entirely at
my villa at Naples, and in which he de-
clared he was bordering on the realm
of George r. Sims. There will also be
a chapter, which / think will prove
rather a staggering one. on that much
discussed work. The Picture of Dorian
Gray which Wilde described as .pois-
onous, but perfect Likewise a full
account of my relations with the Wilde
circle, which included Verlaine, Walter
Pater, DIR. Warren John Addington Sy-
mons, Zola, Daudet. Whistler, John Da-
wilson, w e. Henley, William Morris,
De Maupassant. Huysmans, Sir Henry
Irving. Sarah Bernhardt, Marcel Schob
and a host of other celebrities
of course he added, Il shall deal
with the Wilde scandal. but this | pro-
pose to do as briefly and as delicately as
as possible. Probably 1t will surprise
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the public to be told that. close as was
my acquaintance with oscar Wilde,
was absolutely ignorant of his perverse
practices until they were revealed to
all the world at his trial My book win
show how vital it was to him to keep
them from my knowledge. and how
rather than confess his guilt to me, even
al the eleventh hour, he gave up the
chance that was offered him to escape
from Imprisonment and infamy."
The slim young man in blue serge
lighted another cigarette and inhaled
a long draught from it before contin-
uing.
wilde and t. he said, FIRST met in
1892 in London while 1 was still at
Magdalen college. oxford, where he had
been. AS a young poet who had been
the editor of one paper at Winchester
school, and of another at oxford, was
taken to meet Wilde by the late Lionel
Johnson, the poet, and he at once adop-
ted me as an intimate. Remember that
l was barely 81 and ready to accept
friendship as disinterested. Frankly L
don't believe Wilde was sorry to become
acquainted with the son of a marquis.
No one can read his writings without
realizing that he loved to write of
duchesses and other members of the ar
istocracy-his plays are full of them.
through ME he met the late George
Wyndham, my cousin, who was cer-
ttnly one of the most brilliant men in
English society, and also introduced
him to my mother and my father. the
late Marquis of Queensberry, who at
first liked him immensely. He was a
frequent guest at my mothers houses
in London and in the country where he
had the opportunity of studying social
rank which he would not otherwise
have met.
AT the top of his fame" Lord Al
fred added. wilde thought himself
the greatest man that ever lived, and
he very nearly succeeded in making me
believe the same For three years OF.
until his disgrace, we were on the most
intimate of terms, and during this
time he produced some Of his finest
work OF what assistance I was to
him in this l do not care to speak now.
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Major Rhodes Indispensable

Major Rhodes, the presidents mili-
tary aide, finds It hard to shake Presi-
dent Wilson as he did President Taft.
He has made himself so valuable to the
President that they cannot do without
him. says the Boston Advertiser. He
Is the particular aide that attends up-
on the President at all important func-
tions, and especially so in travelling.
He arranges the details and usually
does the introducing. 1t Is important
lhat this be done without hitch.
Moreover, IL is important that the aide
be very presentable man. And GER
tinly that Major Rhodes is Tt may be
doubted if he has on this score his SUI
perior in the army or the navy; a naval
aide can be picked for these services
just as well as a military man
Major Rhodes succeeded the lamented
Major Archibald Butt who went down
In the Titanic. Butt was a wonder in
a way, having agreat faculty for detail.
most companionab BILE personality and
he looked better than the finest gen
eral of the army one can imagine. II
mad lived Wilson would have retained
MIN also. Taft and Roosevelt could not
do without Archie.
II was thought that nobody could be
round who could fill Major Butts shoes.
but MAJOR Rhodes has done very well
in them. However, his tastes do NOT
lie in managing formal goings and
eomings of the President. whereas
Major Butt was part of thet qparter-
master generals department, Major
Rhodes belongs to the medical corps OF
the army. Major Rhodes much prefers
TO WELD surgeons knife than to man
age presidential trip. lie has been
anxious to return TO the active duty
or his profession, President Wilson
has another physician to attend him
and so Major Rhodes is relieved. of that
responsibility, which was monopolized
by President Taft He has himself re-
Gently been under the knife In an op-
Grafton for appendicitis and has come
out Well signing to be relieved as
major aide to the President, but the
President won't let him. He knows a
good man when he sees him
These personal aides to the President
are sometimes much envied and their
influence can be very great. A study of
the President by Butt and Rhodes
would make very valuable history IL
written. When Commander Simms was
the close naval aide of President
Roosevelt 1t was said that 1t was he
who was secretary of the navy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-03
Smart Work
From Tlt-Bits.

Jones and Brown were Dragging hard
about the excellence of their respective
cities.
FAKE our fire brigade" said Jones.
after an hours heated discussion do
you know the other day fire broke out
In our town and within three minutes the
engine came along. but it was going SO
fast that the driver couldn't pull up till
he was mile past the burning house?"
Brown smiled IN superior fashion, My
dear fellow, that's nothing he said. One
day two men were working on church
steeple in my city, and suddenly one of
them slipped. A terrible death would have
been his, only, fortunately, a spectator
had the presence OF mind to call the fire
brigade on the telephone, and they came
just in time to catch him in a blanket
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left various manuscripts. of which some
one .else offered to take charge. At
this time I was carrying on racing
stable at chantilly. and did not want to
be bothered, so 1 consented to that ar
rangement. Among these manuscripts
was, 1t appears, the document that Wilde
addressed to me in prison. as well as
some of my letters to Wilde The doc
ument was recently handed TO the Brit
lsh museum to be published after my
death, and 1t was used at the recent
trial in London to blacken nv name
before all the world"
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have said for six days of the week"
He has one day in every seven which
is entirely devoted to his own intellectual
existence separate and apart from every
other human being. AT BaddeclS he has a
sort of retreat consisting of an old house
boat which he has erected on posts, and
which is hidden away far in the woods
He has a similar retreat in a cabin in
some woods which are easily reached
from Washington. On this day he leaves
the madding crowd and goes off by him
self to do such special work as he may
have on hand. He takes some canned
food, and other so-called digestibles with
him and cooks his own meals, so that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-03

We had been talking about Japan,
and l asked DR.. Bell to tell me of his
audience with the emperor. He replied:
You know, an invitation to an audi
has to be met at the exact time of the
appointment. The United States minis
ter had said he would arrange for the
audience. but that there was no GER
tainty when it could be granted. ] was
travelling, with my wife and daughters.
We had left Toxic and gone to the
western part of Japan, when one day |
received a telegram telling me that his
majesty would receive me two days later
at 10 o'clock in the morning. At that
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he is absolutely free from human in
terruption. This feature of his work is
not generally known. but DIR. Bell tells
me that he finds it of great value in the
product realized, and in the maintenance
of intellectual and psychical health.
As to his night work, Dr. Bell keeps
this going from day to day. year in and
year out. When he is travelling by train
he has the drawing room of the sleeper
and carries on his night work there and
he does the same in his cabin on his
long ocean trips over the world. Speaking
of this recalls a curious incident which
happened during his visit to Japan some
years ago.