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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-07-16
NOW SfdOCKEY DENIES
ATTEMPT TO WRECK

Ralph Shockey, the Solomon youth
at least has enough Of the taste for
the yellow to get his name in the
papers. Now he says that he knows
nothing of the attempt to wreck a
Santa Fe train. although at first he
admitted to Saline county officials
that he made the attempt.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-07-16
Card Of Thanks

We desire to express our heartfelt
thanks to the many kind friends and
neighbors who aided and sympathiz-
ed with us during our recent be-
reavement; also for the many beau
tiful floral offerings.
MRS. N. ]. LAW AND FAMILY.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-07-16

Polk street in Topeka. The mar
riage service was read by the Rev
Robert Gordon of the First Baptist
hurch. Miss Hughey was attended
by Miss Lucille Grote as maid OF
honor, and the best man was Mr..
Thomas Dewey, a brother Of the
bridegroom. Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey
probably will live In Topeka. The
Deweys formerly lived in Abilene.
The late T. E. Dewey was lawyer,
writer and lecturer of prominence
and the family has many friends
here.
Miss Bessie Belle McLaren, q for
meW Hope girl, and Mr.. Arthur
James Swick, were married June "a
at the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh McLaren, in Tes-
colt. They will live at Bennington.
The Gamma Gamma girls and
guests were delightfully."- entertained
last evening at progressive dinner
party. On the lawn at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Dahnke, fruit
cocktail was served. Dinner course
was served on the porch at the home
of Miss Eileen Price. The guests
sat down to the salad course on the
lawn at the home of Miss Marie
Nusz. The desert course was served
at the home of Miss Marie Curry.
Following the dinner, the party,
forty-four, formed a line
party at the airdome. After the
show, a dance was given on the
porch at the Price home. Out of town
guests were Miss Lucille Broughton
If Clay Center, Miss Mildred Dyer
Ind Miss Ruth Ridenour of Emporia,
Miss Katheryn Blake OF Honolulu,
Miss Helen Welty Of Topeka, Miss
Yell Virgins of Alva, Ok, Miss Dor
thy Riddle of Herington, Mr.. Mollo-
ian of Marion.
3 q q
Miss Myrtle M. Peet, daughter Of
Ir. and Mrs. G. B. Peet of Leaven-
yorth, and Mr.. Earl Parker, son of
!. w. Parker, the carnival king,
lotored here from Leavenworth,
a
larried in probate court Friday ev- i
ming. Then they telegraphed the {
ews to their parents, who knew Of
leir engagement, but did not know : !
icy were coming to Abilene to be I
arried. Mr.. and Mrs. Parker are c
sitting Mrs. Roy Cramer and will Q
} here a week. Mrs. Parker's father !.
a grocer.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-07-16

For sale, u section land in Rhine
hart township, $65 an acre; room
house, other buildings. Henry Ken
ney, Chapman, r. 1. levitt
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HELP THE BAND MEN
WITH MOTOR CARS

More cars are needed to take the
bandmen to Chapman next Tuesday
evening, where the musicians will
give an hours concert. People who
will take the bandmen should noti-
fy H. A. Poe so that he can make all
the arrangements.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-07-16
Severe Attack Of Collie Cured

e. e. Cross, who travels in Vir-
ginia and other southern states, was
taken suddenly and severely ilI with
collie. AZ the first store he came to
the merchant recommended Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera end Diarr
hoea Remedy. Two doses Of It cured
him. 10 one should leave home on
a journey without a bottle Of this
For sale by all dealers.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-07-16
BucIkIen's Arnica Salve for Cuts,
Rurma C0HAa

Mr.. q. 8. Lopez, MarilIa, N. Y,
writes: II have never had q cut,
burn, wound or sore It would not
heal" Get a box of Bucklen's Arni-
ca Salve today. Keep handy at all
times for burns, sores, cuts, wounds.
Prevents lockjaW. Csc at your drug
gist,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-07-16

Most disfigurin skin eruptions,
scrofula, pimples, rashes, etc, are
due to impure blood. Burdock Blood
Bitters as q cleansing blood tonic,
is we'll recommended. 81 at all stores.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-07-16

Itching piles provoke profanity
but profanity won't remove them.
Doan's Ointment 10 recommended for
itching, bleeding or protruding plies.
soc at any drug store.
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GOSSIP OF SOCIETY

Miss Gladys Grandy, daughter of
Mrs. H. Freeland, of Hope, and Mr..
Paul Ketchersid, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John NJ. Ketchersid of Hope, were
married last Saturday evening by
the Rev. G. w. Stafford, pastor of the
Baptist church in Harrington, at the
parsonage. Both young people are
we'll known in South Dickinson and
their many friends wish them well.
Miss Hannah I. Albrecht, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Albrecht,
north of Harrington, and Mr.. Carl H..
Kandt, son of Mr.. G. F. Kandt were
married at the German Lutheran
church at Shady Brook at o'clock
Sunday afternoon, Rev. Mr.. Brauer
officiating. The bridesmaids were
Miss Clara Albrecht, sister of the
bride and Miss Anna Lawrenz. Mr..
Paul Kandt and Mr.. Rudolph AL
brecht attended the bridegroom.
& e &
Announcements have been receiv-
ed of the marriage of Elizabeth Am
men WISER and Frank Joseph King
berg, June 81, at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
Legare WISER, in PuIaskia, Virginia.
Professor and Mrs. Klingberg are
at the present time visiting in !
Washington, D. c., and will stop
here for a visit on their way to Cali
fornia. Professor Klingberg, a for
mer South Dickinson man, is a pro-
lessor in the University of Los An
geles.
Wednesday evening at four o'clock
about thirty-five girls, accompanied
by Rev. and Mrs. DeYoe motored out
TO the Dyer farm two miles west OF
town. After the regular business
meeting, led by the president, Miss
Daisy Seedlings, and the lesson
which was conducted by Miss wilma
Cutler, a picnic supper was spread
lnder the trees and greatly enjoyed
" all, especially Mr.. DeYoe. They
eturned to town about nine o'clock I
n cars, gladly furnished by friends. '
The Standard Bearers is an organ I
zation of young ladies from the diff e
erent churches Of the city, and is an n
uxilliary to the Woman's Foreign t
Visionary society. 1t was organized t
ONE years ago by Mrs. e. R. Brown n
nd recognized a year ago by Mrs. v
!. e. Coulson, Mrs. Harry Taylor b
nd Mrs. ]. A. Tufts. Its success II
nd increase in membership is due
} the efforts Of Mrs. DeYoe who Is
ow in charge. Through her interest
has grown from ten or twelve to !.
bout fifty members during the past e.
velve months. The girls meet once I'll
month for the purpose Of studying d
reign missions and have been de- =,
ghtfully entertained on several q
sessions by the ladies of the church pI
no are interested in them and their
ork.
zee g
A wedding Of Abilene to many Abb n
ne people is that of Miss Sylvia is
ughey, the daughter Of Mr.. and
r.. F. L. Hugfiey, and Mr.. Bernard
swey, the son Of Mrs. T. E. Dewey,
hich took place Friday evening at
q homa of the trida,a narents. 4z0I
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-07-16

RrcfWlc, oozing, scaling Salt Rheum
3 Is cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla--
the great and unequalled remedy for
every kind Of SKIN DISEASE.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-07-16

A wedding Of Abilene to many ABB
lene people is that of Miss Sylvia
Hughey, the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. L. HugiIey, and Mr.. Bernard
Dewey, the son Of Mrs. T. E. Dewey,
which took place Friday evening at
the home Of the brides parents, $40
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started 70 build bridges across the des-
ert wouldn't complain No, sir
wouldn't"
4The passengers started to build
bridges because bridge building was
their trade and profession" said Uncle
Ashdod calmly. land they builded them
across the desert because the Tango
Isles are ali desert, and hence conse-
quently they had to build the bridges
there or nowhere. The head bridge
builder was named Biddlecome, and he
had one glass eye. but he could build
bridges just as well as if both his eyes
were glass eyes, and he had contract
to build bridges for ten years. He
was a fair-haired and conscientious
man, he was, and he had hired
out to build bridges, so he builded
them. / says to him once, Biddle-
come, you ding idiot, what do you
mean by buildin' bridges across a des-
ertF / says. 'Cap'n. Ashdod, he says.
you tend to your business and I'll
tend to mine. I'm hired to build
bridges, and bridges I'll build. If
SO be we had reached the Ganges Riv-
er, well and goodl I'd build bridges
there. But we didn't, so III build
them here. Seems to me- says, If
/ was goin' to build anything across a
desert as dry as this I'd build viaducts,
which don't need no water under EN-
I'm bridge builder he says. So he
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what they ate and yet were choice of
what that little paid for. A few news
paper reporters, a few art students from
the academy nearby, few musicians
and now and then a group Of girls who
would be Bohemian and with Bohemians
m1nGie, were the patrons Of the shop.
Billy slid back the great walnut door
and sought table for two in an obscure
corner of the dimly-lighted room. A
waiter handed him q card detailing the
menu and left him to his selection.
Today" decided Billy, IT will not
only pay for two. but I viii order for
two and have 1t served. Perhaps" he
added. in his mind, I'm really getting
cracked as the fellows say. It might
get to be a monomania-this dual stunt
OF mine! And even that thought Ii para
doxical II I'm not carefulsrn be q long
haired genius myself-a humorist, per-
haps"
With this comforting prospect, Billy
selected two luncheons and ordered them.
letting the waiter infer. as he told him
to set this and that dish opposite, that
there was some one else to Join him.
He was about to attack his first oyster
and immense 1t In the cocktail sauce that
accompanied the shell fish when q young
woman sat down opposite him. She was
reading q manuscript and had not no.
ticed that the table was set for SONS
one; neither had the waiter observed her
walters In the Coffee Cup Inn being too
few to have much time to stand around
for mere observation.
Presently the young woman folded the
manuscript-she apparently having I'M
ished it-and looked casually at Billy.
Then. as she sought q place for her bag
and gloves she observed The half dozen
blue-points before her.
'oh-really. I beg your pardon" she
exclaimed. rising.
Billy. too, arose. "Don't-the place In
not occupied-nor will It be unless you
occupy i'll"
The girl was looking about for an empty
table. There was not . place In sight
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went ahead and built forty-seven
bridges"
Thought some old Teller said some
thing about millionaire" said Sim Per.
kins, restlessly.
$50 l had all the water" said Uncle
Ashdod, paying no attention to Sims
remark. 81 had eighteen casks OF plain
water, and nineteen cases of min'ral
water, and ten tubes of sody water,
and eighteen bottles of toilet water
that smeIled like perfumery. That be-
longed to me because l was owner of
the cargo of the Sally Ann, and when
/ started in to sell water to Biddle-
come / sold him min'ral water first
Off
what did he buy water for?" asked
Sim Perkins.
"To put under the bridges" ex-
planned Uncle Ashdod patiently. "You
most always find water under bridge
when you look, if it's hrst-class
bridge, and that was the kind Biddle-
come builded. Some fellers would just
have builded the bridges and not have
cared a hang whether they was good
for anything or not, but Biddleoome
was a fair, square man. He wanted
his bridges to be useful as well as
ornamental, and they would not have
been useful if they hadn't been useful
to carry folks over water. And as
there wasn't any water under the
bridges for the bridges to carry folks
over, he bought water and put 1t under
the bridges. He was an honest, con-
scientious, one-eyed Teller, he was
Should think the water would run
down into the sand" said Sim Per-
kins.
1T did," said Uncle Ashdod. ut run
down into the sand faster than he
could pour it out of the pail. He
bought cask water by the pail, first of,
because sold it cheaper than the
other kind. I only charged hundred
and seventy cakes of salt per pail"
"You old robberP' exclaimed Sim
Perkins.
Business is business" said Uncle
Ashdod. Il raised my price when the
water begun to get low in the casks.
Before l was rid of one cask I had
all the salt there was caked up, so Bid
dlecome took half his men off bridge
work and ] set them to squeezin' the
salt out of the ocean. They squz as
brisk as they could, but the cask wa
ter sank into the sand under the
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That Commodity Was the Only Currency in Tango
Isles Uncle Ashdod Relates, and He Had
Great Wealth--1hose Shipwrecked
Built Bridges for Pastime.

bridges faster than they could cake up
salt to buy more. had all my end of
the island piled up with salt cakes and
the under-bridse part of the desert
was as dry as ever il was. Seemed like
Biddlecome was fadih away of disap-
pointment."
'If anybody was to ask me-" said
Sim Perkins. "I'd say the whole pack
and parcel of ye was. crazy"
you're liable to say anything some
days" said Uncle Ashdod. Seemed
like Biddlecome was woryin' himself
to death over that no-water-u under
bridge business, and the price of water
goin' up every minute or two. He
couldn't keep water under one bridge,
let alone forty-seven bridges. And l
begun to get worried, too. Too much
money"
TOO much whatp said Sim Per-
kins.
"Salt cakes, if it suits ye better"
said Uncle Ashdod. Il got along all
right whilst I was a plain millionaire,
but when | begun to be multimillion-
aire l got worried. 1t was all right
when a Teller would come along and
say Uncle Ashdod, here's a load of
salt cakes, and / could say All right,
son, dump 'em in the cellar, and be
sure to shut the window when you get
done but when the whole end of the
island was salt cakes, piled up noun
tain high, and-more comm every min
ute, and nothin' to see, or eat, or think
about but salt cakes and how to keep
them from meltin' or bein' stole, and
where to put the next six hunderd and
forty loads, l begun to get worried.
Every time l saw a teller buyin' a
clam with a salt cake I worried be-
cause maybe he'd stole the cake from
me. A million tons of salt cakes is a
big load for a man to carry
See you lived through it, how
said Sim Perkins.
Don't thank me; thank Biddle-
come" said Uncle Ashdod. Il was on
my way to be so rich I'd have all the
salt in the world, and be a hard-heart-
ed, despised old curmudgeon. I was
on my way to havin' all the salt, and
poor little kids wouldn't have any to
put on their mush. / was gettin' so
much salt that the ocean begun to taste
sweet. / couldn't sleep nights for
thinkin' where I'd put the next lot of
salt / was wearin' away, when all of
a sudden Biddlecome had an idea"
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BY Ruby lD0mgDas

betaken himself to q distant corner Of
the now nearly deserted room; but how
many men-or women. either, for that
matter-realizing that they had no God
. given talents to make them so, would
>have gone to such effort to make them
selves so?"
Not many, perhaps" Billy admitted.
Even there lies your individuality"
the girl said. forgetting that she was
talking as to an old friend.
Billy bowed modestly. Even there lay
the kindly path that led me toto this
table," Billy fastened to say. He had
intended to make II more personal, but
thought better of It IT will walk out
with you-for appearances. may r. he
asked. as he summoned the waiter.
"Oh-yes, by all means,'' the girl
laughed. LAS well be killed for a sheep
as a lamb" she added. merrily.
Lambs, you know, are free to gambol
and frolic where they choose" Billy said,
profoundly. when q lamb becomes a
sheep it cannot gambol and frolic freely.
Its days are not so carefree; II has
taken on responsibilities of life. Do-do
YOU get me? Do you still want to &C
cept your fate as indicated in that
thoughtless remark-'as well for q sheep
as a lamb?"
The girl looked squarely at him as he
held her, coat. taking II from the waiter.
who would have done II. 81 am not
quite sure at present Of what want to
do lid like to get away and view
the situation from a standpoint not war
ranted to have been born of false under
standing. want to think"
Think! It's inevitable. 50 I dare to
let you go-and think" Billy had the
temerity to say. "A knot that's been as
long untansiing as this knot Of my fate
49, Ix~Av q
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so suppose you was haspy.s nil
Sim Perkins ssrcssticaily.
Il was happier sisd Uneje Ashdod,
because the salt cakes stopped piliz
up. bot l wasn't real happy. ! wasn't
doiR any real good with that wealth.
So ! did some good with Il, and then
! felt an right. endowed school-S
Thought It was . desert island
said Sim Perkins.
$50. it was" said Uncle Ashdod.
The school was in the ocean. 1t was
= school of herring. Nissiin' around ID
that almost unsalte6 water. tryin' to
turn into salt herring and not able ia,
50 dumped all them salt cakes into
the ocean and"
And that's why herrings are salt,
hey" Said Sim Perkins. ~And after
that you was poor but happy man.
hey? And so ought to know why .
millionaire amt a happy man, hey? All
right! All rightly OIL But before I
slump down to chew the moral out Of
that yarn would, you mind tellin me
why that glass-eyed Biddlecome didn't
take water out of the ocean, where il
was free, to put under his bridges, in
stead of buyin' water of your"
Uncle Ashdod rubbed his chin
thoughtfully.
"Therer he said suddenly. Il
knowed there was something wanted
to ask Biddlecome before we parted
and / couldn't remember
what. That was what I wanted to ask
hint"
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But you have ordered for some one"
she said. perplexed.
Mono assuredly not. Sit down.
will explain and-people begin to look
at U.S." Billy demonstrated. stepping to
the other side Of the table and assisting
the girl to remove her coat TT 10 the
only way to be inconspicuous now" he
urged.
The girl sat down. Billy had eaten one
oyster. She took up her fork. Very
WE'LL assure you. It il most irregular.
Billy laughed and the girl knew that
she liked him, regularity or no regularity.
II have no argument to refute that state
ment," he confessed. 1T is irregular
quite, but you are In no way to blame.
There IL no other seat; the luncheon Is
ordered-and partly served. You sit be-
fore 1t; you are expected to eat 1t and
there you are" concluded Billy. He pur-
posely withheld the real truth to watch
the expression Of the girls face, to OBJ
serve her demeanor under such condi-
tons.
For q moment nothing happened but the
material dipping Of oysters into a reddish
connection: but the girl was thinking.
Likewise. Billy Robinson was thinking.
How far could he carry this situation for
the mere sake of studying a girls be-
havior In said situation? She was well
bred: he had gathered that at once. II
he had not, he was now convinced Of II,
for Billy's definition Of good breeding was
ones ability to carry himself In all situa-
tions-ons's self-control In the face OF
trial.
"In EXPLAIN he said. at length. land
while do 30 please accept the luncheon
1 have ordered. It has been ordered down
to the coffee"
The girl looked her astouishment
''You-expected some one. Of oourser
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say, and at once Billy looked under the
table for the animal
Good dog, Doodle" the man said
again, good dogr'
Billy began to gather in the situation;
the man thought he had his dog with
him, and, in is supplied condition. was
seeing him beneath the table. Presently
the in,b,her ,brev the nov. rror, ms cnoy
to the imaginary "DoodIe." and n was
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RuIy,s MIND
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Billy Robinson swung onto Cross
town car. He handed the conductor
dime and would have passed inside but
for some one obstructing the entrance.
The conductor handed BIny a nickel IN
change, but Billy pushed on inside say
ing, "Two-Tm paying for two"
There was no other passenger whose
fare was unpaid, but a detail did not
bother the conductor, and ne murmured
something about the fact that he should
worry and went on making change and
registering fares
Bily's one eccentricity, the only thing
that made him different from any other
good-Iooking, prosperous young man was
this napit ne had acquired or always
paying for two. Sometimes he was con-
sidered little bit non compos mentis;
but this was not often. In every other
way he was perfectly regular. -
Never to pay one fare, never to buy
one theater ticket, never to order one
meal was BiIiy's eccentricity. II he was
with companion there was no need OF
displaying his mania But alone, he al
ways exhibited it
Billy had conceived the idea when ne
was not more than voting age. In a
moment Of introspection he discovered
that he was Just like every other man
OF his age; he-was scarcely an Individual.
ne was so perfectly normal. Nothing
about him distinguished men.
And 1t was quite by accident that he
conceived this method of being Individual.
He was sitting In q restaurant frequented
by college students when opposite him
at small table he observed long
haired man who was q trife the worse
for having looked on too much wine
when 1t was red. The fellow looked like
musician or poet. but what attracted
Billy was the fact that he kept looking
under the table and talking to an mag
mary dog.
get down. Doodle" Billy heard him
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@Yupr said Unee Ashdod HE b.
gam buyin' mineral water. Bought Il
By the case. and put Il under his
bridges. eases. and bottles and an II
didn't lock as purity IS loose water
would look. If he could have got loose
water to stay under the bridees, but il
stayed where il was put. He put .
case of mineral water under each Of
nineteen bridges, and he put tube Of
sody water under each of ten bridges,
and he put a bottle of nice smcIlin',
toilet water under each of eighteen
bridges. A single bottle of toilet water
wasn't much water to put under a
bridge as big as some of them bridges
was, but it stayed where it was put,
and that was something. And, one
way, it made the bridges usefuller than
q river would have made them, be-
cause If there hadn't been bridge over
the toilet water a man wantin' to get
across would have to wade, and 50 far
as can fgger it is harder for a man
to wade through bottle of toilet wa
ter, with the cork in and a leather.cap
over the cork, and blue
ribbon over the thingumbob, than for
him to wade through river. If river
was deep a man could swim it, or get
across in a boat but you can't swim
through corked up bottle of toilet
water, nor yet through tube of sody
water. No, sir. You can't hardly row
a boat across case of bottled min
raj water, even. So bridges was the
c4-:cst way to get across