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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-13
BEER MOST ~ANlMALIzINe.

The following utterance concerning
the effects of beer upon the physical
and moral nature has been made by
the New York officers of the Home
Life Insurance company:
"Of all intoxicating drinks, it is the
most animalizing. 1t dulls the in
tellectual and moral, and feeds the
sensual and beastly nature. Beyond
all other drinks, 1t qualities for DELHI
crate and ~unprovoked crime. In this
respect 1t is much worse than dis
titled liquors. A whisky drinker will
commit murder only under the d.
rect excitement of liquor, a beer
drinker is capable of doing it In cold
blood. Long observation has assured
us that a large proportion of MUIR
ders deliberately planned and exc
cuted without passion o. malice, with
no other motive than the acquisition
Of property or money, often of trifing
value. are perpetrated by beer drink
ers."
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-13
HAS QUIT eooplANp HARp.r

In the Saturday Evening Post, Will
lam Allen White recently outlined in
Enthusiastically virile fashion the
situation in Kansas.
The wet and dry issue now rarely
comes into a political contest in Kan
a 8 Formerly, in the days of the
SOS, the suspicion that a man con-
sorted with the temperance advocates
handicapped a candidate. Now even
the faint suspicion that a man has a
friend who drinks or a brother-in-law
who is married to the third cousin of a
man who kept a drug store in the COS
is a load that few men In politics al
carry successfully. Any man who
wants to win makes votes by abusing
the liquor traffic. 1t is as safe a po-
litical diversion as lighting into the
Turks, and infinitely safer in Kansas
than going after Wall street, for the
great red dragon has some friends, but
no one defends the run fiend. He is
paralyzed beyond recovery"
Kansas has quit good and hard" is
the way Mr.. White summarizes it. :
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-13

The annual payroll Of agriculture
approximates SIP, 900, 00O, 900. A por-
ton of the amount is shifted to for
eign countries in exports, but the
total payroll of industries working for
the farmer divides substantially as
follows: Railroads, $1,252, 900, 900;
manufacturers, $4,365, 0OO, 900; mining,
$685., 000, 900; banks, 5000, 000, 900;
mercantile $500, 000, 900, and a heavy
miscellaneous payroll constitutes the
remainder,
It takes the corn crop, the most
valuable in agriculture, which sold
last year for 1882, 600, 900, to pay off
the employees of the railroads; the
money derived from our annual sales
of livestock of approximately $4,000
100000, the yearly cotton crop, valued
at $4,000 900; the wheat crop,
which is worth $610, 000, 900, and the
oat crop, that is worth $4,000, 900,
are required to meet the annual pay
roll of the manufacturers. The
staple crops is used in meeting the
payroll of the bankers. merchants,
etc. After these obligations are paid,
the farmer has only a few punches of
vegetables, some fruit and poultry
which he can sell and call the pro-
ceeds his own.
When the farmer pays off his help
he has very little left and to meet
these tremendous ~payrolls he has
been forced to mortgage homes, work
women in the field and increase the
hours of his labor. We are, there
fore, compelled to call upon all in
dustries dependent upon the farmers
for subsistence to retrench in their
expenditures and to cut off all I'M
necessary expenses. This course is
absolutely necessary in order to avoid
a reduction in wages, and we want,
If possible, to retain the present wage
scale paid railroad and all other in
dustrial employees.
We will devote this article to a
discussion of unnecessary expenses
and whether required by law or per-
mitted by the arrangements of the
concerns, is wholly immaterial. We
want all waste labor and extrava-
gance, of whatever character. cut out.
We will mention the full crew bill as
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-13

farm hands on an average of $1.50
per day of thirteen hours when they
board themselves; work usually runs
about nine months of the year and the
three months dead time, they can do
the chores for their board. If they
prefer TO farm on their own account,
there are more than IA, 200, 900, 900
acres of idle land on the earth's sur
face awaiting the magic touch of the
pillow. The compensation is easily OBJ
tainable from Federal Agricultural
Department statistics. Tho total
average annual sales of a farm in
the continental United States amounts
to $4,000; the cost of operation is
$4,000; leaving the farmer $176 per
annum to live on and educate his
family.
There is no occasion for the legis-
latures making a position. for surplus
employees of industry. Let them come
back to the soil' and share with US
the prosperity of the farm.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-13
Fortified Lizards Tragedy.

Uncle John Brady exhibited a freak
of nature in Yellville, Ark, recently.
He located a bee tree on Tar Kiln,
near Pyatt, and the tree, which was
dead, fell down.
He had a section of the tree, about
six feet long, containing the bees and
the honey, cut out, and a few inches
below where the section was sawed off
was found a large redherded lizard,
enght inches long, which had petrified.
The lizard was evidently in the tree
when the bees took refuge there, and
was unable to make its escape and
died, after which petrifcation ensued.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-13
GAVE FRESH EGGS AS TIPS
But He Wouldn't Have His Nails
Manicured When the Price
Was Low.

A man who attracted attention by
reason of the generous size of the
check on his suit, and carrying a rose
wood case, entered the barber shop
of the Vanderbilt, and after selecting
an operator, carefully deposited his
box near a hat rack, says the New
York Times. Having been released
from the chair, he strolled about the
room, putting on his collar and neck
tie the while, and finally said to Miss
Mae Lewis, the head artist of the
manicure department, that he would
like his nails treated.
But" he said, 81 must warn you
that | do not give cash for tips; |
give only eggs"
"Eggsi" gasped Miss Lewis.
Surely" repeated the visitor, "real
fresh, newly laid eggs. You do not
know what a treasure such a thing is
in New York. | always bring a case
of them when | come in from the
country. Look"
He brought over the rosewood case
and opened it. On top, sure enough,
was a layer of eggs.
81 eve travel without them," went
on the stranger. "This case | have
had made especially for carrying
them. Now, having seen how highly
| value these eggs, would you consid-
er an egg a substitute for a tip?"
"You don't have to tip" replied the
~lsanicurist, scornfully. "IH be will
ing to fix your hands for the regular
price"
"And what is that?"
He was told.
Fifty cents!" he echoed. "Why,
should never think of having my
nails done where they charge less
than a dollar. Good-day."
And he put on his coat and hat,
grabbed up the case and walked out,
leaving everybody wondering.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-13
1t&InlREzEg4Ag5ggcal5
NhD[Y0TES
AE2A&9
SCondueted by the National Woman,y
Christian Temperance Union.)
o N

During the last six months / have
attended AZ banquets," says Elbert
Hubbard In. a recent number of The
Phliistine. Sixteen of these were
dry and Is were semi-arid." At a
banquet given by the Fitchburg board
o. trade, 500 men present, instead of
pooze there was a multiplicity of APP
pies. The whole apple atmos-
phere was orderly, systematic, kind
ly, good natured and charged with the
act1nic ray of individuality. With all
Oh IL, there was plenty of laughter.
a man who can not laugh unless he
is IN the 'hands of John Barleycorn, Ia
not much of a man, after all"
Speaking of another commercial
| he says, NO one would think of
putting anything into his mouth to
steal away his brains while attending
the Greater Dayton association meet
s S."
Anu further: THE Ad Clubs have
very nsibly set themselves against
J. Barleycorn. The ad clubs stand
for business efficiency. And the idea
Is pretty thoroughly circulated among
ad men that booze and business do
het blend. One thing my banquet
ing experience has worked out in my
conyolutions, and hat is this: 1t is an
absolute fallacy to suppose that a
large number of men can not get to-
gether and indulge in flow of soul
' hout low of bowl. There is moth
ing between booze and business that
forms a bond. The two are much bet
ter separated. Therefore, it seems to
me a superfiuity for any board of
trade or chamber of commerce to ever
allow Colonel ~Barleycorn a place at
their boards. Business stands for hui
man betterment. All of which is here
presented with malice towards none,
and charity for ALL"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-13
Don't suffer longer with
rheumatism

No matter how chronic or how helpless
you think your case may be, you can get
quick and permanent relief by taking
natures remedy, "SEvEN BARKS." Get at
the root of the disease, and drive the uric
acid and all other poisons Out of POUR
system for good. ~SEVEN BARKS" has
been doing this successfully for the past
43 years. Price SO cents per bottle at
all druggists or from the proprietor,
LYMAN BROWN, IS MurraySt., New York, Wy.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-13
PROTEST OF eERMAN-AMERIcANs

The Dakota Evangelical associa-
ton. embracing North and South Da-
kota and a part of Montana, repre-
sents about 10000 German-Americans.
At its last annual conference this body
In a resolution declaring for national
temperance made this statement:
1--WE German-Americans are not all
in favor of license and personal lib
erty,' but resent the effort hat is be-
ing made by the liquor interests to
create the impression that the Ger
man-Americans are the unanimous
champions of the liquor traffic. We re-
gard such an insinuation as a gross
insult to a large number of our best
citizens and emphatically enter pro-
est"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-13
GREAT FALLACY.

There never was a greater fallacy
than that a community, state or nation
must depend on the liquor traffic for
money to pay its running expenses.
The greatest financial stroke the peo-
pie can make is to close every saloon
and thus relieve the taxpayers from
much of the burden they are now car
rying.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-13
TIME TO THINK.

Laws have been made striving to
keep men sober on election day, but
what we want is to keep the citizen
ship of America sober every day in
the year. so that they will have had
full time to know what liberty means,
to know what the welfare of America
Observation-Disclosures Ireland.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-13

For any pain, burn, scald or bruise,
apply DR.. Thomas Eclectic Oil-the
household remedy. Two sizes 25c and
SOC at all drug stores.-adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-13

Illustrating the character of nee
sary expenses to which we refer.
Union Opposes "FuII Crew" Bill.
The Texas Farmers Union regis
tered its opposition to this character
of legislation at the last annual meet
ing held in Fort Worth, Tex, August
a, 1914, by resolution, which we quote,
as follows:
THE matter of prime importance
to the farmers of this state is an ade-
quate and efficient marketing system;
and we recognize that such a system
is impossible without adequate rail.
road facilities, embracing the greatest
amount of service at the least pos.
sible cost. We further recognize that
the farmers and producers in the end
pay approximately 95 per cent of the
expenses of operating the railroads,
and it is therefore to the interest of
the producers that the expenses of
the common carriers be as small as
is possible, consistent with good SER
vice and safety. We, therefore, call
upon our lawmakers, courts and
juries to bear the foregoing facts in
mind when dealing with the common
carriers of this state, and we do espe-
cially reafirm the declarations of
the last annual convention of our
State Union, opposing the passage of
the so-called 'full-crew' bill before
the thirty-third legislature of Texas"
The farmers of Missouri in the last
election, by an overwhelming ma
jority, swept this law off the statute
book of that state, and it should
come off of all statute books where
it appears and no legislature of this
nation should pass such a law or
similar legislation which requires I'M
necessary expenditures.
The same rule applies to all regu-
latory measures which increase the
expenses of industry without giving
corresponding benefits to the public.
There is ofttimes a body of men as
sembled at legislatures-and they
have a right to be there-who, in
their zeal for rendering their fellow
associates a service, sometimes favor
an increase in the expenses of in
dustry without due regard for the men
who bow their backs to the summers
sun to meet the payroll, but these
committees, while making a record
for themselves, rub the skin off the
shoulders of the farmer by urging the
legislature to lay another burden
upon his heavy load and under the
lash of 'be it enacted" goad him on
to pull and surge at the traces of civil
i~zation, no matter how he may sweat,
foam and gall at the task. When
legislatures ''cut a melon for labor
they hand the farmer a lemon.
The farmers of the United States
are not financially able to carry dead
heads" on their payrolls. Our own
hired hands are not paid unless we
have something for them to do and
we are not willing to carry the hired
help of dependent industries unless
there is work for them. We must
therefore insist upon the most rigid
economy.
Legislative House-cieaning Needed.
While the war is on and there is a
iull in business, we want all legisla-
tive bodies to take an inventory of
the statute books and wipe off all
extravagant and useless laws. A good
housekeeping is needed and econo-
mics can be instituted here and there
that will patch the clothes of INDECENT
children, rest tired mothers and lift
mortgages from respondent homes.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-13

When the soul communes with the
spirit of nature the back to the farm
movement prevails.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-13
Different Times.

~ see New York did considerable
begging for one of those reserve
banks"
what of it,"
"Oh, nothing. New York used to
dictate"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-13

There are two kinds of farmers.
One tries to take all the advice he
hears and the other won't take any
at all.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-13

Lazy farmers are just as useless as
dead ones and take up more room.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-13

Itching, bleeding, protruding or
blind piles have yielded to Doan's
Ointment. SOC at all stores.=adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-13

When honesty is merely a good
policy it is a poor virtue.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-04-01
(First published in Abilene Weekly
Reflector March IS, 1850
PUBLICATION NOTICE

In the District Court of Dickinson
County, State of Kansas
ADOLPH KASPAREK, Plaintiff,
SOPHIA c. NEGLEY, THOMAS m.
WILLIAMSON and G.. O.. PER-
SINGER, Defendants.
To the above named defendant, So
phia G. Negley, of Fairbury, Ne
braska:
You are hereby notified that you
have been sued in the district court
of Dickinson county, state OF Kan
sas, by said plaintiff Adolph kas-
parek, who filed his petition in SAID
cause on the 23rd day of February
A. d. 1915, wherein he asks for
Judgment against you for $2O2O.9O
with interest thereon at six per cent
per annum from May %, 1914, and
that said judgment may be decreed
to be a first and prior lien upon
the following described real estate,
situated. in Dickinson county, Kan
sas, to-wit: Lots eight go, nine
(9) and ten (10) in block ten (1Ol
and lots nine (s), ten (10) and
eleven CID in block eleven (If1
| in the city Of Manchester; that 'uia-
less you answer or demur .toesaid
petition on or before the 10th day
of May, 1915, said petition will be
taken as true and judgment will be
rendered in said cause for said sum
of 100000 with interest thereon
at six per cent per annun from the
28th day of May, A. d. 1914, and
that the same will be decreed to be
first and prior lien. upon the above
described premises; that said prem
Uses will be sold to satisfy said 1udg-
ment, interest and costs.
i ADOLPH KASPAREK,.
H. Plaintiff.
lBy s. S. Smith. His Attorney. st
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na...lah,. ,a1s. hy AmsrIesn Prs.s As.0oIatIen.
Bg/ASA RATRlCk

/ Bill Googe slapped ms tnIgn and
laughed merrily.
Gee. but that's a good oner' he said
IL wish Miles Pagan could hear that
Hell hear me say 1t. all right" Sam
replied. But I'm not going to argue
with you fellows. I'm going to prove
II. And. now. what about that plow'
lng7 You didn't tell me whether you'd
do IT,"
"sure I'll do IL ! amt got nothin'
else to do"
"I thought maybe you'd want to do
your own blowing"
"No. never fool with that till
spring. believe in lettin' the land
rest. Sometimes I don't pillow It at all
-jes' streak 1t OF and plant It"
"Well, want this land plowed deep,
and when say deep mean deep.
How much will you charge to do the
work that wayT
LET me see. You want the whole
field plowedr'
Eyes. all OF IT."
"well, that stumpy acre will be pref
ty knotty."
Don't figure on that I'm going to
have the stumps out. l heard father
say that a man couldn't be religious
and cultivate stumpy field. believe
he was pretty near right. A fellows
going to blow them out for me with
dynamite"
BLOW 'em out with dynamite! BY
Jacks, I didn't think there was no way
to git up a stump except to break your
back and grub It up. Would 500 be
too much for that work, SamT
"No. I'm willing to pay that I'll
let you know as soon as I've got the
land ready for you to go to work.
what'll you take for the manure in
your LOTT"
"Oh, you won't find much there,
reckon. You can have 1t IL you'll haul
It off,"
"All right I'll be after II"
Sam left Bill Googe and went down
to see the owner Of livery stable.
"Want to hire somebody to haul that
manure OFF," asked Sam, pointing to
large pile that had been raked up at
the back Of the stable.
"Well, don't know exactly" said the
man. figuring to drive a bargain. "lf
you'll do 1t reasonable might make
deal with you. How much load will
you haul 1t fOr?"
I'm going to school," Sam told him,
"and don't have any time except aft
ernoons after school. but If you'll let
me do the work along as I have time.
I'll haul 1t for 25 cents load"
"Well, I'll just take you on that,
bud. I've been paying so cents and it's
too much. 1 don't care when you haul
1t, just so as you keep the most Of 1t
out Of the way"
"All right" said Sam. 'I'll be after
a load tomorrow afternoon and anoth-
er next Monday"
Sam Powell hurried home, delighted
with his arrangements. He creased
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-04-01
(First published in Abilene Weekly
Reflector March 25, 1870
PUBLICATION NOTICE
To G. w. Schneider of the state OF
Nebraska:

To G.. w. Schneider of the state Of
Nebraska:
You are hereby notified that you
have been sued by G. w. Hurd in
the district court of Dickinson coun-
ty, Kansas, and that unless you
answer his petition on or before the
9Th day of May, 1915, judgment
will be rendered against you for the
sum of three hundred $4,000
dollars with interest thereon at the
rate of eight per cent per annum
from November first, 1909. and an
order for the sale of your undivided
one-sixteenth interest in the follow
ing described real estate, situated
in Dickinson county, Kansas, to-wit;
Lots numbered four and five in
block number thirty-two in Kinney
& Hodges addition to the city OF
Abilene, Kansas, to satisfy said
Judgment and costs.
HURD e HURD,
Attorneys for G. w. Hurd, Plaintiff.
st
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-04-01
fFirst published in Abilene Weekly
Reflector March IL, 1879
NOTICE

All persons interested will take mo-
tice that my petition is on file In the
office OF the Dickinson county, Kan
ifv 70 sell the following
real estate situate in Dickinson coun-
ty, Kansas, belonging to the, estate
OF Grin Ingram, deceased, Tor the pur-
tate and the expense Of adminlstra-
zion. fo-wft; Lots two and three, block
twenty-three, Kinney q Hodges adoi-
tion TO the city OF Abilene, Dickinson
county. Kansas. Said petition Is set
Tor. hearing at the office Of the pro-
bate Judge, in the city Of Abilene.
~ Anil 1915, at which time and
Mace YOU can make known any OBJ
jections you may have to the grant
ing OF such order
Dated March .. 1915.
W. 8 ANDERSON,
a. Executor OF said estate.
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MNneNP

the one horse wagon. mended the hHr-
ness and got everything in readiness
for work That night he told his moth
er and sister about his plans.
'sThat land is mighty poor" he said.
''but I'm going to make 1t grow some
thing. I'll get % cents load for haul
ing manure from a stable downtown.
and I'm going to put every load Of II
on our farm. I'll tell you how I'm go
ing to manage 1t. I'll go down and
load up one evening and drive home
with It; then the next evening I'll haul
4 to the farm. That1l be three loads
a week from town. and on Saturdays
I'u hanl manure from Bill Googe's or
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-04-01
Your ohIld,. oough i. a can fOr Help

Your ChiId's Cough is Call for Help
Don't put off treating your chnd's
Cough. It not only saps their
strength, but often leads to more
serious ailments. Why risk? You
don't have to. DR.. Kings New Dis
covery is just the remedyay0nFschfd
needs. 1t is made with soothing.
healing and antiseptic balsams. VIII
quickly check the cold and soothe
your Child's Cough away. No ODDS
how bad the Cough or how long
standing, DR.. Kings New Discovery
viii stop It. It's guaranteed. Just
get a bottle from your druggist and
try it.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-04-01
PROLOGUE.

A plucky. vide awake, hnsfifng
American boy takes a worm
ont and abandoned farm and
gets busy with hts head and HE
hands to renew the fertility Of
the soil, make a scientific farm
er of himself and capture prizes
as a member of the Boys Corn
club. What he did and how he
did II form the plot of an mp TO
date romance of real life that
holds the interest from fret
chapter to last.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-04-01

W. 8 ANDERSON,
Executor OF said estate.