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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-24
HOW A VISITOR SAW
ATTRACTIONS OF ABILENE

One of the Kansas City tourists
who went through here last Friday
in his story of the trip has TINS 10
saw about Abilene: abilene Is
mighty pretty town, with clean
lawns and handsome homes. 1t has
some fine paved streets and lts
business houses look prosperous
But we came into it over dirt
street that was full of holes ana
evidently has not been touched BY
grader or drag since the flood. COM
pared with the fine country ROAD
from Salina It was q great change.
Abilene has commission form Oh
government and it is strange that
It has NO pride in making its art
highway at least as good as the
country roads. Nowhere along the
trim from Salina to Kansas City ala
We find a town with such a fierce
street as that leading into this place.
The Sand Springs water is the finest
ever and we all took long drinks OF
H. It is an asset that the place
ought to make worth q million DOL
lars 10 its business. From Abilene
"a Junction City Is beautiful
stretch Of the Kaw valley ana We
had 4 picture Of plenty on sverS
hasa" - L.-a..AaE.A.A
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-24
APPEAL WINS OUT
IN DISTRICT COURT

The appeal of c. c. Wyandt'
guardian, from the decision Of the
county commissioners won in dis
+rict court and judgment for the
plaintiff for $3.50 was awarded. This
suit arose when the county commits
aioners refused to make indemnifi-
cation for land appropriated for a
county road. Mr.. Wyandt represents
the estate Of Henry Sexton. Mr.. Wy
andt asked $3.50.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-24
THEY TOOK A Train
FOUR ARMED MExICANs HOLD
TRAINMEN PRISONERS
Believed They Boarded U. +. Freish'
uere-One wounded in Fight
With Posse Mt saiina

Five Mexicans who boarded
Union Pacific westbound freight
train here shortly after noon sun
dov literally took the train from the
crew. according to reports. 1t IS be-
lieyed that the Mexicans got on
hoard the train at the crossing at
the west city limits. When the
train crew discovered them the
Mexicans drew revolvers, and forced
the conductor of the freight tram
Edward Dickerman, and his crew
into the caboose, and there helu
the trainmen prisoners.
Dickerman managed to get woru
to Salina of his plight and posse
of Saline county officers met the
train as 1t pulled into the yards al
salina. The Mexicans got OF the
train in a cornfield, where the Off
GERS met them. In the fight wnlcn
followed, one Mexican was WOUNDED
and two others we're captured. me
other two Mexicans escaped. None Oh
the officers was injured. several
shots were exchanged.
The train on which Dickerman is
conductor runs from Junction Clty
IN salina. and went through here
about noon.
Sunday afternoon a man came 10
+be office of Sheriff Hassler at the
court house and told him OF man
terrorizing the Mexican camp at the
Santa Fe crossing west Of town. he
tried to tell the sheriff of one man
being wounded in the arm and an
other in the shoulder. Sheriff Hass-
Ter went to two camps. A numper
of Mexicans live in box car inns
side of the tracks and the other
Damn is beyond Mud creek. At the
box car a number of Mexicans were
nlaving cards. On the table was
bottle of whisky, which the men at
tempted to hide, but r.
sheriff saw the liquor. The Mexicans
in answer to the officers quizzing
said they had sent for the whisky
The men knew nothing of the Mex
lean who was attempting to Shoot
up the camp.
At the further camp about thirty
Mexicans who had congregated
there had disappeared. 1t is likely
that the Mexican leader, with four
companions, fearing that officers
from here would be on their trial.
boarded the freight at the crossing
and went on to Salina. Anyway
there's was no disturbance when
Sheriff Hassler arrived.
Found-One Coat, One Straw Hat
On the way to the Mexican camp
Sheriff Hassler scared away
flock of crap shooters who, un-
known to the officers, were having
game on the creek bank. In their
haste to escape the party left a
straw hat, a blue coat, some dice
and a quarter. The owners may
have these articles by Identifying
the property, Sheriff Hassler says
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-24
EYER LANDS IN .. S.
WILL BE HOME SOON

Mr.. and Mrs. H. e. Eyer OF this
city received a telegram this morn
ing from their son, John L. Eyer,
that he and Mrs. Eyer and son had
landed in New York and would De
home soon. They we're in Odessa
Russis. when the war broke out go
ing from there to Stockholm and
thsn 70 Liverpool, where they took
~. Tor the United States.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-24
RAISE s1420 FOR
THE BAKER Q. FUND

At the morning service at the
Methodist church Sunday $142s was
raised for the Baker university en-
dowment fund. All over the state
Methodist church devoted the serv-
ices to swelling the fund, which at
me last complete count lacked s72s-
go x rsaehlng TIE half-milIion
mark
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-24
ARLENE BOY MAY HAVE
BEEN ON WRECKED SHIP

8. Goldsmith of Acme received q
Doatal card from his son, D. A. Gold
smith Of Aberdeen, WASH saying
.hat he would sail on the Legsett
which was wrecked Saturday night
ana All passengers except one or two
-. re has no further Information
81 sears that his go T. lost.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-24
FuuerA, of Mrs. MerrilIat

The funeral of Mrs. George Mer-
rsl,at was held Sunday afternoon At
rntarurise. Burial was at that
place. A number Of Abilene persons
attended and q host Of friends from
rusarprfse and vicinity was there
~. MerriIlat's acquaintanceship
"a Iarss.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-24
HOPE BABY TOOK A
PRIZE AT STATE FAIR

In the baby contest at the TO
peka state fair the first prize in the
contest for girls more than four
months and less than "a months OF
age was awarded Doris Mae Heyl OF
Hope, Kansas.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-24
MRS. FORNEY HEARS
OF SISTERS DEATH

Mrs. J. X. Forney received a tel
exram today telling Of the death OF
her sister, Mrs. A. M. Engle' at
shooksville, Pa, this morning. Mrs.
En0Ie visited here a number Of years
ago Apoplexy caused death.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-27
Divorce.

Love is blind sometimes, no matter
if the cooling and the courtship be
carried on amidst the roses and tus-
sore-silk curtains and soft divans
of a mansion. And when the scales
have fallen from the eyes, the sweet
nothings that were whispered while
the hand was softly pressed are seen
to be the bitter wormwood of decep-
tion and flattery. Either that, or the
unfortunate and quarreling welded
persons have learned too late that
they are badly mated and it were
better they had never loved or, per-
haps, pretended to love each other.
Then a suit for divorce is filed. The
court and public soon learn that the
suit is the outcome of domestic infe-
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-27
ARE YOU LISTENING?

We are appealing every week to
our readers to trade at home-to
keep the home money at home. We
are trying to present the facts in the
case-to show you that every time
you send dollar away you are Grip
pling Ashland, you are taking from
your own support.
The dollar is a busy old fellow.
He can make more trades in a day
than you imagine, and every time
you send one away it is just like cut
ting off a man from your shop or
store or farm. Suppose you have a
dozen men at work and each day
you let one go-pretty soon, and be-
fore you know it, your works will
stop.
Every time we send dollar away
to the mail order house we have
weakened our support just that
much. Keep the dollar at home. Let
it do all sorts of chores-and let it
build here big stores. Why send
away when your home merchant can
save you money in the long run, when
you can make money by keeping the
dollars here?
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-27
IN NORTH CAROLINA.

At Lumberton, n. c., man has
been arrested for violating the white
slave act-a man named Powers. 1t
is said he has a wife and children, but
he brought a good looking woman
from South Carolina to his town for
immoral purposes-and the officers
took him in.
Well, the hope is, if he is guilty,
that he will go to the pen a while
and think it over. If guilty, he will
have ample time to wonder why he
was such fool as to leave his wife
and children and go out and violate
law that he knew all about He
knew all about. He knew what his
promise to his wife was, even if there
was no white slave law. He knew
what his duty to his innocent children
was, and while he thinks it all ovel
it may do him some good. And ther
when he comes out of prison, if he is
guilty and is sent there, maybe he car
hand the boys some advice, with q
suggestion to pass it along, that may
be worth something.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-27
THE AGE OF A VOTER.

The women of Kansas have scored
one OF the most notable victories in
the history of the suffrage movement
in the opinion handed down by At
torney General Dawson that it was
not necessary under the constitution
for a woman to give her exact age,
providing she could prove that she
was over twenty-one, in qualifying as
a voter.
This is a staggering blow to oppon-
ents of equal suffrage who have re-
lied upon the well-known aversion of
women to telling their age, as an in
surmountable obstacle to their eXer-
else of this privilege of citizenship.
We have often wondered what diff
ference it made in the general result
whether a voter was twenty-five OF
ninety-five, provided he was in his
right mind and legally responsible
for his acts. The opinion of the Kan
sas attorney general has in it at least
suggestion OF common sense, some
thing that cannot be said of all legal
opinions or of the laws which they
are supposed to interpret.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-27
Let the Girls Romp.

Many mothers have a dread Of
romps, so they lecture the girls daily
on the proprieties and exhort them to
be little ladies. They like to see them
quiet and gentle and prim as possible.
The lot of such children is pitiable.
for they are deprived of the fun and
frolic which they are entitled to-
Children-boys and girls-must have
exercise to keep them healthy. De-
prive them of it and they will fade
away like flowers without sunshine.
Running, racing, skipping. climbing
these are the things that strength
en- the muscles, expand the chest and
build up the nerves. A mild dose of
gymnastics taken in the nursery will
not invigorate the system like a good
romp in the open air. Mothers, there
fore, who counsel their little girls to
play very quietly make a mistake.
Better the laughing, rosy-cheeked
romping girl than a pale, lily-faced
one who is called every inch a lady.
The latter rarely breaks things, or
tears her dress, or tires her mothers
patience as the former does; but af-
ter all what does the tearing and
breaking amount to?
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-27
A GOOD SUGGESTION.

Charity and Children suggests that
we change the name of the institu-
ton which we call School for the
Feeble Minded" Good enough. We
all are feeble minded. We may not
be bad enough off to be taken care
of-but if man will sit down calm
ly and read what other folks have
done the past week, then figure out
all that he has done, foolish and 9TH
erwise, he must perforce conclude
that we all are feeble minded. Why
throw it into fellow who is so fee
Bile minded that he must be taken
care of? Why not call it the School
for the Original Thinkers?
And that is all there is of it.
The man whom we call stark mad
may be giving his mind excursion
flights into world of which we know
nothing. The School for the Original
Thinkers would not be bad-it would
give a grinning idiot a chance to
think he thought-and that's worth
while.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-27

enjoy. Don't tell your troubles, nor
don't listen to other peoples trou-
bles. We all have troubles of our
own. If the town and people don't
suit you, get out. The town was here
first. Nobody cares about your little
ailments. They would rather hear Of
you having a good time and enjoying
yourself. More men have made them
selves famous by being able to give
Others a good hearty laugh than will
ever be by making people tired by
their everlasting grumbling.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-27
PROTECTION OF THE PEACE.

The world assures itself quite eff
ciently against disturbances of its
peace peace and order on a small
scale. If man shouts and yells in
front OF your window you can have
him locked up for disorderly con-
duct. He may have done no injury
whatever, except possibly to your
feelings. But society recognizes that
as an interference with the normal
work of life, and stops it.
But here the whole world is upset
by a quarrel over few bushy noun
tains away off in far Servia. Every
one consequently has to pay a higher
tax for flour, sugar, pork, beef and
a hundred other articles, while fac
tories are shutting down and workers
are idle all over the country.
1t is a situation, on a far more
ominous scale, somewhat like that OF
the anthracite coal strike of 1902
At that time the comfort and health
of millions of people were attacked
and industry and labor stopped, by
a purely private quarrel. There
seemed to be no legal way to stoI
it. Finally public sentiment and the
national government found a way tC
end it.
The European war likewise shows
how the machinery of civilization has
broken down and proved obsolete
The war will end in due time, bu
will the world have learned its les
son? No readjustment OF boundaries
no payment of indemnities, can com
pensate for the infinite damage don,
to the whole world by the destruction
of commerce and the ordinary ma
chinery of toll, industry and busi
ness.
So while arrogant war lords an
heroic soldiers are locked in thi
bestial tiger warfare, it it be hope
'haI INC pldIH Vi the "ollu 10 Jus
on some plan for preventing recuI
renee of such a calamity. No wal
like autocracy can long stand agains
the voice of its people. If the Ol
World must fight, let it do so, but le
it never again interfere with tn
peaceful traffic of a neutral people
friendly to all the contending partie!
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-27

Ever since the close of the Balkan
war Europe has been under a great
financial strain. France, Germany,
Italy, Austria and Russia have had
bread riots and labor strikes, soup
kitchens and bread lines, in a des-
perate effort to take care of their
suffering poor. All this was the
price of little war in one corner of
Europe. France weathered the storm
and is we'll out of it as is always the
case, for the French people rally un-
der economic reverses the quickest of
any people on earth, but Germany is
practically in the hands of the social
lists, Austria still in the hands of hun
cry mobs, and Russia with nearly
100000 people out of work are
still in desperate straits. 1t looks as
if some of those rulers have made up
their minds that it is cheaper to get
up a war and kill off few thousand
of their subjects than to continue the
unequal effort of feeding them all.
That sounds like pretty hard doc
trine, but it is not so heartless as a
declaration of war by one man in the
name of himself and with hope OF
glory to himself alone.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-27

A mothers duty is never better
done than when she instills into the
lives of her boys and girls the higher
courage of honorable living, princi-
pies of truth, nobility and purity that
they may go out into the world OF
social and political life free from the
narrow self-interest, dishonesty and
petty scheming which ever threaten
to undermine our country's life and
the liberty dear to every true Ameri-
can heart.
Comfort depends as much upon
persons as things. It is out of the
character and temper of those who
govern homes that the feeling of
comfort arises, much more than out
of the handsome furniture, heated
rooms or household luxuries and con-
veniences.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-27

There is one good that may possi-
bly,, and will probably, result from
the general miX-up in Europe. With
out doubt, if the thing goes on long
enough there will be some second
hand crowns for sale at a bargain
price. The crown on that poor old
dotard, Francis Joseph, has been
shaking for a good many years. and
if any man on earth deserves to lose
his headpiece it is this old king of
Austria. His government is undoubt-
edly the most venal and corrupt and
heartless of any in Europe-even
worse than Russia, if it is possible.
With the great strength the socialists
have recently been showing in Ger
many, it will be strange indeed if
Emperor William comes out of a gem
eral war and saves his crown with
undiminished splendor Germany is
in a pretty fair condition to take on
republican notions or at least to pare
down the prerogatives of an almost
absolute monarch. AS for Russia,
the people there are still too dull and
dense to stand for anything of their
own devising, although a curtailment
of the absolute autocracy of the Rus
sian emperor is more than possible.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-27

Talk about the trouble down in
Mexico. How insignificant our dinky
war scares are compared with the
panics that rip Europe from center
to circumference every little while.
With Europe in a general mix-up and
armies marching over its entire sur
face, we predict that they will make
war so damnable that this generation
will never witness another. How
much better off Europe would be If
it had less war equipment and in
dulged less in incendiary talk.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-27

A sons obedience to his mother is
significant of goodness and greatness.
Abraham Lincoln's step-mother has
thus spoken Of him: II can say what
not one mother in ten thousand can
of boy. Abe never gave me a cross
look, and never refused in fact or
appearance to do anything I request
ed of him. nor did l ever give him a
cross word in my life. He was duti-
full to me always. Abe was the best
boy ever saw or ever expect to see. 4"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-27

A Chicago circuit judge fined an
attorney for contempt because OF a
criticism the lawyer made in a pub
lie address. 1t seems mighty strange
when a court must protect itself by
exercise of its power to fine or i'm
prison for contempt. 1t seems as if
the position of judge ought to be so
decently filled that no man will want
the courts criticised and that only in
extreme cases of judicial asininity
will the people stand for such criti-
cism. A Judge who must protect him
self as this Chicago judge has done is
hardly worthy place on the bench.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-27

A well.bred person with a we'll
disciplined mind is able to cover with
the smiling mask of habit and educa-
ton many a deep sorrow, perhaps a
grief more lasting than death ever
brings, and broken hopes, as one idol
after another is shattered; yet the
well-trained mind RECEIVERS Its bal
ance, the skilled hand its cunning,
and with no outward sign of inward
desolation the spirit gathers up the
remnant of life and goes on as before
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-27
Everybody Laugh.

A good laugh is a sure cure for all
ills. 1t beats medicine for these
everyday sicknesses. Tell a good
story and make the other fellow en-
JOY it, and he will tell one you will
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-27
THE SPECULATOR.

In this sudden war over all the
world the speculator got struck be-
tween the eyes. So vast was the con-
fusian that it is hard to tell yet just
what the markets are doing.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-27
THE DIFFERENCE.

Says the California Womans Citi-
zen:
THE record for the militant suf-
fragists has been beaten by the men
in Italy who want a republican form
of government. Fourteen churches
have been burned and more than
sixty looted or damaged. Do we
hear any one say that this proves
men are unfit to take part in a re-
public?"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-27

licities that have destroyed the happi-
ness of at least two parties for some
time past So history continues to
repeat itself
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-27
The Home Circle
Thoughts from the Editorial Pen
Unshed Tears.

1t is mighty easy thing and a
comfortable thing to be able to sit
down and weep off ones worries.
But to face the world and the trying
ordeals of life with the makeup on
the face, with laughter in the eyes.
with smiles of sunshine so bright that
there is no possible detection of ever
having been checkered by many a
woe, and fill the hearts about you
with gayety until they shout for JOY
and scream with laughter, and all
the while feel the eyes burning be-
cause of unshed tears and the heart
throbbing with woe-don't you sup
pose this is real sorrow? Pick up
your life just where it has been, to
take up the work and never finch no
matter what may come, doesn't this
call for greater courage than to sit
in a darkened room and have many
to console with you? ! tell you when
women are credited with the bravery
which they have, be sure that to
their credit will stand prominently
the unshed tears. For women are
brave. 1t is they who, when some
great trouble comes, really support
the men. 1t is they who face a scan
dal, who face the bringing out of a
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men finch and grow nervous they
are brave and say what shall be done.
Yes, / think they are braver than
mon. The animal instinct that calls
for fighting the battle may not be
theirs, but better kind of courage
belongs to them. 1t is womanly
courage, and it is what you want to
have, what everyone wants to have.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-27

Phone job orders to the Tidings.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-27

The Tidings is on sale at Poley's
drug store, II East Main street.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-27

Phone news items to the Tidings
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-03-19

fers to- the unsanftary and filthy meth
DDS employed n the making of cigars
in some factories and says it would
surprise many smokers If they knew
they were paying the price for
strictly handmade cigars and are
getting cigars pressed In molds and
pressed in a manner inimical to the
health of the consumer" Referring to
these factories, the nnionists say:
1aCigarmakers are required to stand
or sit upon the molds containing the
unWrapped cigars In order to press
them into the proper shape, and the
exposed ends. of the cigars collect
germs thereby. Perhaps the cigarmak-
err either male or female, in going to
work may have stepped In the sputem
Of a consumptive and carried 1t into
the shop. When standing upon the
cigar mold the dirt and disease germs
collected upon their shoes are trans
ferred, without any way Of prevention,
to the exposed ends of the cigars.
The system Of sitting on molds is al
so injurious to the maker Of cigars.
The meIds used are 172 by 12tinches.
The cigarmalker sits upon these from
eight to ten hours each day, and in
many instances much longer. Repu-
table physicians have informed their
patients that their particular ailment
was due to the sitting for long hours
ON this 4 IL inch block.