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The Parker post., 1915-06-05
NEW ROLLER SKATING CRAZE
New York Rink Manager Says 1t
Helps in Modern Dancing--Aids
Confidence and Grace.

The roller skating craze has broken
out anew here, according to a New
York letter to the Pittsburgh Dis
patch. With dozen or more rinks
crowded and a twenty-four-hour race
on rollers attracting an enthusiastic
crowd the old indoor sport bids fair
to win back many of it's devotees who
have become dancing mad On the
other hand, it has been discovered
that by taking a few whirls around
the rooms On rollers you will learn the
modern steps. This is according to
the manager of the largest rink.
tits strange thing" he said, "but
great many Of my patrons have told
me recently that they really never
thoroughly understood nor appreciated
the modern dances until they had
taken up roller skating. Proficiency
on the roller skates seems to give
them added confidence and grace
when dancing, with the result that
many who before we're but fair dan
GERS are now really quite expert
Which probably accounts for the
fact that there is almost as much
interest shown in the roller skating
contests now as there is in the one
step and fox trot competitions.
The Parker post., 1915-06-05
Coin Remains on Finger.

room, and the coin remains motionless
on the finger tip.
Why is this? Why does not the
coin follow the card?
Other examples of the law of in
ertia are: When we strike our clothes
with stick we beat the dust out Of
them, and when we knock the handle
into hammer or a broom we do it
best by striking the far end of the
stick while holding the middle loosely
in the hand.
An even better illustration of this
law is that in which out of a pile Of
coins the middle ones can be struck
away with knife until the pile is re-
duced to two. And there is a famous
Japanese trick in which a number Of
bricks are taken and balanced on a
stick, and one by one knocked away
without disturbing the rest; the pile is
thrown upright in the air off the top
of the stick, crack! away the stick
knocks the bottom brick, the stick is
instantly dropped to the upright, and
the shortened pile drops in perfect bal
ance on the top, to be again thrown
up and lose one of it's number.
The Parker post., 1915-06-05
Literary Controversies.

Famous controversies over the au-
thorship of poems include the fol
lowing:
Laugh and the World Laughs With
You," claimed by four Or five different
authors, is now credited to Ella
Wheeler Wilcox. Her chief opponent
was John A. Joyce.
Cali Quiet Along the Potomac To.
night" was claimed by Ethel Lynn
Beers and by Lamar Fontain, and each
had plenty of unimpeachable integrity
to sustain the claim.
Rock Me to Sleep" was claimed
by two different authors.
John j. Ingalls,, the greatest Kansas
statesman and writer, had his author
ship of Opportunity disputed many
times.
Walt Whitman and Mary Mapes
Dodge had a stirring dispute about 9
little poem: "The Two Mysteries.
The authorship of Shakespeare
plays has been ascribed to Francis Ba
con Gord Verulam), Christopher Mar
lowe, Sir Walter Raleigh and Other
contemporaries.
The Parker post., 1915-06-05
Suffrage Gardens.

Women are offering gold for votes
golden flowers for votes for women
Suffragists plan to make the coun
try bloom with yellow, the suffrage
color, just as a reminder that this is
the greatest suffrage campaign year
in the history of the movement.
The suffrage garden" idea origi
mated with a Pennsylvania woman
who had no money to give to the
cause, and gave instead golden idea
The Woman Suffrage association OF
Pennsylvania has arranged to have
packages of seeds containing six diff
ferent kinds of flower seeds to be
distributed among suffragists the
country over. Flowers that will bloom
successfully from spring until fall
have been selected by the Pennsyl
vania women for the floral suffrage
maps they hope to see blooming next
summer in the garden or the window
box of every loyal suffragist.
The Parker post., 1915-06-05

wall high enough to keep the snakes
from crawling out surrounds the farm
but it is low enough to allow visitors
a chance to see over.
It is by this means that this educa
tional work is carried on. Familiarity
breeds contempt there as elsewhere. Il
you see snake that you have believed
to be dangerous enemy playing with
it's master each day you gradually alter
your opinion of it, At any rate that is
what has happened and is happening
there.
Inside the wall is a water-filleG
trench, also lined with concrete, while
cement walks connect the snake
houses. At night the snakes are herd
ed into these double-shaped structures
and the doors are closed. In the
morning an attendant wakes up the
reptiles by prodding them with stick
through a hole in the door, after which
the doors are removed and the snakes
come out for their morning bath in
the trench.
The Parker post., 1915-06-05
URGES COURSE IN SWIMMING
Every Boy and Girl Should Be Taught
the Art-Offsets Evil Effects
Of Corset Wearing.

Canadians know better how to
swim than Americans, and Hawaiians
more about swimming than the people
of any other country, perhaps" said
G. H. Corsan, professor of swimming
in the University of Toronto, while
in Washington recently. "Swimming
is the best exercise that can be had.
Relaxation is one of the secrets Of
the art of swimming, fact which
explains the smooth round muscles
of swimmers and their freedom from
old-age wrinkles. A weak or tired
heart secures a much-needed rest and
thereby is strengthened after an easy
swim. Swimming makes women ro-
bust and the action of the sun and air
on the skin while swimming is un-
equalled by artificial treatment. It
has been demonstrated that swim
ming offsets the evil effects of corset
wearing and Of the cramped position
of the sedentary worker, and it re-
lieves us from the worry of drowning.
II believe that every boy and girl
should be taught to swim, and that a
regular course in swimming should be
a part of our public schools. I have
not the statistics at hand as to the
number of deaths each year from
drowning, but they are enormous, and
growing every year. This is because
there are fewer young persons who
learn to swim than years ago, when
almost every boy in town or country
could swim before he was seven years
old. Most boys on the farm know
how to swim, because the creeks and
small rivers are at hand, but in the
city the boys and girls who swim are
comparatively few, for the reason
that those who learn are nearly al
ways taught in schools or gymna-
Sums.
The Parker post., 1915-06-05
Details Can Wait.

A patriotic Welshman was asked
what emblems and distinctions he
thought the new Welsh battalion of
the British army ought to wear. The
traditional emblem of Wales is the
leek, but he thought this probably
would be inappropriate. Mr.. Lloyd
George has recently put forward the
claims of the daffodil as the Welsh ma
tional flower, but that seems to lack
historic confirmation, so it was agreed
that it was most likely that the Welsh
guard would wear distinguishing
badge Of the Prince of Wales feath-
ers. But Wales has other emblems;
the red dragon Of her flag, for in
stance. That might be used, and as
for cap band, the national color of
Wales is a dark green. But probably
these nice little details of parade and
ceremony will not worry the new
guards very much. They will be born
into the all-leveling uniform of khaki,
and there will be plenty Of time to
arrange the other little details of scar
let and buttons.
The Parker post., 1915-06-05

rheumatism is often the effect of some
other blood affliction that has left it's i'm
press in the joints, muscles and mucous
coverings of the body. 1t works into the
tissue cells, those tiny, little bodies in
which nutrition goes on. And it is here
that a most remarkable medicine known
as S. S. S. does it's most active and most
effective work.
It's action is marvellous. Bed-ridden
rheumatics get on their feet as if by
magic. That cold, clammy sensation that
made you hug a red hot stove is gone in
twinkling. That excruciating pain that
made a feather lay as heavy as ton of
coal on the skin is gone. You get up and
dance with glee.
Your rheumatism is gone absolutely
1t is an actual logical fact, that Swift's
Sure Specific fiushes your blood, gives
your entire blood circulation fine
thorough bath. It just naturally and in a
twinkling irrigates every atom in your
The Parker post., 1915-06-05
Bear Calls on Pastor.

Rev. Joseph Nader, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church at Quar-
ryville, Sussex county, N. j., was
awakened shortly after midnight by g
pounding on the front door.
Someone is in trouble and needs
you," his wife suggested.
Carrying a lantern, the minister
went to the door and opened it. On
the veranda sat big brown she
bear, and beside her was cub.
Mr.. Nader closed the door, doubly
locked it, and rushed upstairs. There
wasn't a gun or other weapon in the
house. The pounding continued and
the door shook under the heavy
blows.
The minister telephoned to the
Quarryville police and a posse was
formed. 1t arrived at daylight, &C
companied by every species of dog in
Quarryville. The bear and her cub
however, had ambled off to the for
ests.
The Parker post., 1915-06-05

had no appetite. Since l have taken
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound the aches and pains are all gone
and feel like new woman. cannot
praise your medicine too highly. Mrs.
AUGUSTUS LYON, Terre Hill, Pa.
1t is true that nature and a woman g
work has produced the grandest remedy
for woman's ills that the world has
ever known. From the roots and
herbs of the field, Lydia E. Pinkham,
forty years ago, gave to womankind
a remedy for their peculiar ills which
has proved more efficacious than any
other combination of drugs ever COM
pounded, and today Lydia E. Pinkham's s
Vegetable Compound is recognize d
from coast to coast as the standard
remedy for woman's ills.
In the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn,
Mass, are files containing hundreds of
thousands of letters from women seek
ing health many of them openly state
over their own signatures that they have
regained their health by taking Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound (;
and in some cases that it has saved them
from surgical operations.
The Parker post., 1915-06-05
ancient Ideas Concerning WorIe.

ancient Ideas Concerning WorIe.
Ages on ages of the growth Of hui
man reason lapsed before there was
the least glimmering among; the
wisest of mankind of the rotunu:ty Of
earth. Other ages were submerged
in the unmeasured past before there
came the crudest of scientific asser-
tion of this rotundity. The greatest
of philosophers of antiquity not so far
distant believed the earth was fiat;
that it had this or that for founda-
ton; that foundation having this or
that monster animal for it's founda-
tion, or that the whole rested on the
sea.
The Parker post., 1915-06-05
Holds Wife Is Kitchen Boss.

The wife holds full sway in thU
kitchen and the husband has no right
to invade these premises and inter
fere with her work. This point was
settled in a divorce suit decided by
Judge Morrow at Portland, Ore.
On the grounds that he "butted in
and criticized her kitchen work, Mrs.
Sarah V. Reese received divorce
and $500 alimony from William B.
Reese. These were the main con-
tentions for the charge of cruel and
.nhuman treatment made by Mrs.
i2eese.
The Parker post., 1915-06-05
BRAZIL SNAKE FARM
There Reptiles Are DomiCiIed in
Concrete Houses.
Immediate Object Is the Production of
Serum Antidote for Bites-Cement
Bath a Feature of the
institution.

It was recently learned that al
the national cement show held in
Chicago sanitary cement bathtubs
were shown-these bathtubs being
constructed exclusively for the use
of pigs. New information along
similar lines has reached America
The government of Brazil maintains
at Sac Paulo a snake farm where rep
tiles are provided with concrete
houses.
The snake farm serves the double
purpose of providing supply of ma
terial for the production of serum an
tidote for snake bites and for educat
ing the public to the fact that all
snakes are not venomous. A concrete
The Parker post., 1915-06-05

body 1t rushes into every cell, causes
every bone, muscle, ligament, tendon,
mucous surface and every nerve to thrill
with freedom, with health, with new
found springiness.
And best of all, S. S. S. though a pow
erful searching, overwhelming enemy to
pain and the causes of rheumatism is as
pure as the dew on a peach blossom, as
powerful as the heroic works of nature,
| as searching as the peremptory demand of
the most exact science.
Ask for and insist upon getting S. S. 8.
the worlds cure for rheumatism.
For private, personal advice on stub
born chronic rheumatism write at once
to the Swift Specific Co., 2O3 Swift Build
ing, Atlanta, Ca Their medical depart
ment is famous on all blood diseases, and
is equipped to make personal blood tests,
approved by the highest medical authori-
ties. Get bottle of S. S. S. today Then
away goes rheumatism for all time.
The Parker post., 1915-06-05
Spook in PENNSYLVANIA Town.

Several months ago a man was
killed at the railroad station at Rad
nor, Pa. Since his death a number Of
people living in that section declare
they have seen his ghost, which fits
out of dark corners, stares at them
with sorrowful eyes and then passes
on, moaning as it goes. A woman re-
ported that the ghost disappeared at
her door, and as she stood paralyzed
with fear it suddenly vanished. So
many tales of the wraith's pranks
were told that the police undertook
an investigation to ascertain the real
nature of the spooky demonstrations,
but at last accounts they had learned
nothing.
The Parker post., 1915-06-05
New Nature Story.

Hiram Johnson, farmer living near
Waterville, N. Y, tells beautiful tale
Of how he utilizes the digging propen.
sites of three woodchueks which he
captured. He says he has trained them
to dig straight postholes any depth
and size required. He explains that
he ties cord to one of the animals
hind legs, indicates where the hole is
to be dug, and when it is sufficiently
deep he pulls the cord. The wood
chuck then scrambles up for his re.
ward of dried alfalfa.
The Parker post., 1915-06-05

Oculists and Physicians used Murine Eye
Remedy many years before it was offered a
Domestic Eye Medicine. Murine is Still Com.
pounded by Our Physicians and guaranteed
by them as a Reliable Relief for Eyes that Need
Care. Try it in your Eyes and in Baby's Eyes
No Smarting-Just Eye Comfort. Buy Murine
of your Druggist-accept no Substitute, and If
interested write for Book of the Eye Free.
MURINE EYE REMEDY CO., CHICAGO
The Parker post., 1915-06-05

AJOAo LIE L AAAhAAoAAL .
V e ge ia Bile Com
pound. When I first
began taking it 1
was suffering from
female troubles for
some time and had
almost all kinds of
aches-pains in low
er part of back and
in sides, and press
ing down pains. l
could not sleep and
The Parker post., 1915-06-05
Pushing the Business.

Mr.. Speedup-This is the fifth
time you've been fined for speeding
through Sistersville. Why don't you
keep away from there?
His Wife--The dear old justice of
the peace out there gives trading
stamps.-Pr-
The Parker post., 1915-06-05
NEW COIN AND CARD TRICK
Somewhat Similar to Famous Japa.
nese Trick Where Bricks Are Bal.
anced on End of Stick.

Place a card on your forefnger, as
shown in our illustration. On it place
a quarter, half-dollar or dollar With
the right hand give the corner of the
card flip so as to shoot it away hor-
izontally, hitting it neither up nor
down, but fairly in the middle. The
card flies off to the other end of the
The Parker post., 1915-06-05
Free Government.

No free government or the bles.
sing of liberty can be preserved by
any people but by firm adherence
to justice, moderation, temperance,
f.ugality and virtue, and by a fire.
Quent recurrence to fundamental
principles.-Patrick Henry.
The Parker post., 1915-06-05
Goat Used Wronu End,

Little Elmer had been for a week
The owner Of a goat.
"How do You like your new pet,
Elmer?" asked his uncle.
81 don't like him at ALL" Elmer re-
Piled, quickly.
"Why not?"
"He-he does too much kicking
with his head. ."-Continent.
The Parker post., 1915-06-05
SEW Err

Install the Famous REESE OIL
BURNER In your cooking and heating
stoves! Burns crude oil or dstiIate. No
smoke, no SCOT, no smell. Cuts fuel bills
three fourths. Lasts lifetime. Child can
operate. Five years unqualified success
back of our guarantee. AGENTS! A
gold mine for you! Write at once. Quick
action necessary. Territory going fast.
FAMOUS REESE OIL BURNER, 52e w.
Eighth ST., Los Angeles.
The Parker post., 1915-06-05
IoU CAN CURE THAT BAcKAcHE

Pain along the back, dizziness, head
ache and general languor. Get pack
age of MOTHER GRAY'S AROMATIC
LEAF, the pleasant root and herb cure
for all Kidney, Bladder and Urinary
troubles. MOTHER GRAY'S ARO-
MATIC-LEAF is sold by all Druggists
or sent by mail for SOC. Sample sent
FREE. Address, The Mother Gray Co.,
LIE Roy, N. Y. (Advt.)
The Parker post., 1915-06-05
How It Comes to Pass.

(F.rom the verdict of a coroner's
jury)-"The deceased came to his
death from a railroad in the hands Of
a receiver" Philadelphia Ledger.
The Parker post., 1915-06-05
Oceans Richest Prize.

Sperm whales are the richest prize
of the ocean, yielding spermaceti
from the cavities in their heads, ivory
from their lower jaws and rich yell
low oil from their Sides
The Parker post., 1915-06-05
Master Clock Can Operate Many.

Tests made by an English cleo
trician have shown that it is possible
for a single master clock to operate
500 other clocks strung along fifty
miles of wire.
The Parker post., 1915-06-05
Classified Column
Send 10c for "a big money-making for
mulas Regular price 81. Reed Speciality
Co., Box 391, Chicago.

BOILER AND MACHINE WORKS
Founders, machinists, pattern makers,
steel tanks, boilers engines, ranges, fur
naces, boiler repairs. Pioneer Boiler &
Machine Works, S. w. Cor. Palmetto and
The Parker post., 1915-06-05

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets first put
UP 40 years ago. They regulate and
invigorate, stomach, liver and bowels.
Sugar coated tiny granules. (Advt.)
The Parker post., 1915-06-05
MRS. LYONS
ACHES AND PAINS
Have All Gone Since Taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound.

Terre Hill, Pa" Kindly permit me
to give you my testimonial in favor of
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-06
FOOD BOXES TO BELGIANs
Appeal is Sent Out to All Kansas
Women

Topeka, May 3.-To continue the
relief work in Kansas for the war
stricken people of Belgium, the Kan
sas Belgium relief fund executive
committee has launched a campaign
to raise 10000 Belgian family food
boxes, to be shipped from New York
on the relief ship.
Mrs. Ida M. Walker, chairman of
the womens section of the Belgian
relief fund, has sent out an appeal
to women all over the state, asking
them to start this work at once.
Each food box will cost about SO
and will contain "a pounds of flour,
5 pounds of dried beans or peas, 8
pounds of lard substitute, 1 can
opener, 10 tins condensed milk, 5
pounds dried prunes or raisins, 3k
pounds sugar, 1 pound salt.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-06
PEACE MEET RUFFLED
WHEN WOMEN DISAGREE

The Hague, Netherlands, via Lon
don, May 1.-The wings of the dove
Of peace were ruffled today at the
session of the International Con-
gress of Women. At the instance Of
DR.. Augsburg of Munich the entire
Belgian delegation was invited to
the platform.
In moving the final resolution
Mrs. Rosika-Schwimmer, president
of the Hungarian Women's Suffrage
association, requested that all the
delegates present stand one minute
in silent prayer for peace. Mile. Ha-
mer of the Belgian delegation there
upon astounded her audience with
the dramatic exclamation:
81 am a Belgian before every
thing and / cannot think as you do.
There can be no peace without JUS
tice. The war must continue until
the Belgians' wrongs have been
righted. There must be no mediation
except at the bar of justice"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-06
BAR JESS WILLARD FILM
Appeal Taken from State Board OF
Censorship

Topeka, May 1.-The first appeal
in the moving picture censorship
was filed with the Kansas appeal
board today. w. D. Ross. state SUI
perintendent of schools, and censor
of pictures, put up the bars against
the Jess Willard pictures. The pic
lures showed Willard at his home
and in training. They are not act
ual fight pictures.
The films were barred because Of
two scenes. One was barroom with
a fine collection Of prize fight fol-
lowers and much consuming Of IL
quor. The other scene showed VIII
lard leaving the side OF his sick
baby to 60 to try to retrieve the
pugiIlstic championship for the
white rmce.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-06
BANKER TO LEND KIDS
MONEY TO BUY COWS

Anthony, May 3.-To induce the
boys and girls of Harper county to
go into the stock and dairy bust
ness, w. A. Miller, president of the
Citizens National bank at Anthony,
has offered to loan enough money
to every boy and girl in the county
to buy a dairy COW, notes to be
made out without interest for one
year, at the end of which time Mr..
Miller guarantees to accept one-half
the gross proceeds obtained from the
sale of the products of the COW dur
ing the year to cover the face of
the notes.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-06
U. s. OIL ship
IS TORPElOED
Captain OF the Gulf Light Died As
Result OF Shock
TWO sEAMEN JUMP OVERHEARD
Steamer Sunk Off Southwest Coast
of Observation-Disclosures Is
Withholding Comment TO
Investigate

London, May 3.-The American
oil tank steamer Gulf Light, which
sailed from Port Arthur, Tex, April
10, for Rouen, France, was torpedoed
Saturday off the Scilly Islands.
The captain Of the Gulf Light
died OF heart disease as a result OF
the shock. Two seamen jumped
overheard and were drowned.
The other members Of the crew
were taken off by a patrol boat and
landed. The vessel was towed into
Grow Sound and beached. The Scilly
islands are off the southwestermos
point Of England.
Washington, May 3.-Press re-
ports of the torpedoing Of the Amer
lean steamer Gulf Light and the loss
Of her captain and some members
Of the crew created stir in official
circles.
In the absence of President Will
son, officials made no comment be-
yond saying a thorough inquiry as
to the manner Of the torpedoing and
the responsibility for 1t first would
be required before decision could
be reached as to the kind of repre-
to be made.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-06
ASKS FRANK BE
SENTENCED TODAY
Georgia Solicitor General Takes An
Unusual Course
FOR HIGH SPEED ON JUSTICE
just What Action the Court VIII
Take Is Only Surmise Be-
cause of Prosecutors
Strange Action

Atlanta Ca, May 3.-Determined
to take no chances in the case of
Leo. M. Frank, sentenced to death
for the murder of Mary Phagan,
Hugh Dorsey, solicitor general, to-
day will 60 before Judge Hill and
ask that the prisoner be brought
before the court and resentenced to
die on the scaffold.
His course is an unusual one and
it is not known just what action
will be taken by the Judge.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-06
HOME MUTUAL SUIT
THROWN OUT OF COURT

Topeka, May 3.-Judge G. H.
Whitcomb of the Shawnee county
district court threw out Of court to-
day the application of ]. E. Edger-
ton of Manhattan for a receiver for
the Home Mutual Life Insurance
company. The court held that Ed
gerton and his attorneys had no
right to apply for a receiver in the
suit which was brought to enforce
the contract which Edgerton held
with the company.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-06
GIVE r.. f. ID. SERVICE TO
1000 NEW PATRONS BY JULY 1

Washington, May 3.-Postmaster
General Burleson announced today
that mail facilities will be extended
to one million new rural patrons
before July 1, 1915, without in
creasing the present cost of service.
This will be done by readjusting
present rural routes so as to elm
mate Implications. and unnecessary
service. After July /, by means of
the motor vehicle service authoriz-
ed by congress, and which will then
be inaugurated, rural mail facilities
will be extended to many additional
patrons.