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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-18
A LEXANDER THE GREAT, like
~ an erratic meteor, flashed
~ across the browse Of civiliza-
= tinn-WearY EgYpt: and, per

~ an erratic meteor, naSned
~ across the browse Of civiliza-
tion-weary Egypt; and, per-
haps as a memorial Of his dedication
in the land Of the Pharaohs, he left
behind him the beginnings of vigor-
Gus Greek city, Alexandria, destined
to be the gateway for flow Of west
ern rejuvenation to the worn valley,
and today, with Constantinople and a
few other places, one of the greatest
prizes for the contesting army mil
lions in the East, says National Geo.
graphic society bulletin. Alexander
built his city in 1872 B. c. upon the
ruins of an Egyptian town, Rhacotis.
After more than 1000 years Alexan.
dria has become the life of Egypt, its
largest port, enc Of the busiest ports
on the Mediterranean and an impor-
tant world-city.
The modern city is divided into two
parts, one of which, inhabited by Mo-
hammedans, is a listless tangle Of ORR
inviting buildings, while the other, the
European quarter, is solidly built and
possesses many of the essential con-
veniences of the American or Euro
pean metropolis. 1t occupies ridge
of land between the Mediterranean
and Lake Mareotis. The Rosetta
mouth of the Nile lies more than thirty
miles to the east. Cairo, the interior
metropolis, lies 1923 miles by rail to
the southeast, and the Suez canal is
more than 140 miles to the east. The
city Is linked by network of railway
and telegraph lines to the other towns
of Egypt, and is in telephone connec-
ton with Cairo.
Business City of Nile Valley.
Alexandria is the counting house
and the commission office Of the Nile
valley. The British chamber Of com
MERGE has its headquarters there, and
there, too, are located the head Offices
of many Of the largest commercial or
carnations doing business in the near
East. The value of the city's trade,
in normal times, is about $240,000, 900
a year. The western harbor, designed
for a modern, first-rank commerce, is
visited annually by 5000 vessels. The
chief articles Of export are grain, cot
ton, beans, sugar and rice, and the
business is largely in the hands of
Europeans, Of whom there are $4,000
in the total population Of 100000. The
city is connected by cable lines with
Cyprus, Malta, Crete and Port Said.
One Of the interesting phases of Alex
andria's commerce is that it sends So.
100000 eggs each year to London.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-18
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cient East. On the baggage-laden
platform, surrounded by sweating por-
tiers and all the shouting, jostling
throng, | saw woman suddenly pros
trate herself on her face at the feet
of fat, yellow-clad priest. Again and
again, In absorbed devotion, the wor-
shipper continued The books say that
worshiping the priest is an act Of
higher religious value than worship
ing the pagoda or even going on a
pilgrimage; but to actually see this
act OF spiritual humiliation brought
home the fact Of Buddhism.
Land of Happiness and Free Women.
The natural sunniness of the Bur-
mese temperament Is shown by the
fact that this most pessimistic of all
religions has not been able to destroy
the note of merriment and practical
good cheer that one feels In Burma.
There is no such look Of sadness and
mystery on the faces of the crowd
that one sees In India, but rather a
certain sickness and satisfaction
with the good things of life.
We were impressed, as all travellers
are, by the contrast in the position
of women In Burma with that of In.
dian women. Women go and come
freely in the street, as they do with
us. They are not married SO young.
They engage In business, have prop.
erty rights, and seem altogether the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-18
Joy for One at Least.

A minister meeting parishioner of
his who had been quite recently mar
ried and about whose domestic happi-
ness terrible stories were rife, saluted
him, and said:
We'll, John, and how is all going
on?"
ooh, happily enough" returns John.
I'm glad to hear it. You know
there were rumors of rows or"
Grows" says John. ooh, yes, there
are plenty of rows; whenever she
secs me she catches the first thing to
hand. dish or anything, and fires II
Mt me. If she hits me she's happy; ii
she doesn't, am! Oh, we're getting
on fine!'-Tit-Bits
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-18
IKE Kipling's Cockney soldier,
everyone who visits Burma is
fascinated by 1t and longs to

fascinated by 1t and longs 10
return, for though to some ex-
tent 1t has been invaded by Occidental
civilization, In the main 1t is yet I'M
spoiled. Then, too one of It's charms
Is the mtngling of modern hustle and
Oriental calm. Such cities as Manda-
lay and Rangoon are full of these in
congruous contrasts, writes Helen
Barrett Montgomery In the Mission
airy Review of the World; impress
sions of golden pagodas, yellow-robed
ascetics, fower-garlanded shrines,
silk-skirted men, mingle with the re-
membrance of broad, paved streets,
street cars, business blocks, newspa-
pers, clubhouses, parks, department
stores and railway stations
The mingling Of races makes Bur-
ma "melting-pot" in miniature. Ran
COON has It's Chinese quarters, its
Tamil and Telugu streets, its motley
throng OF Europeans from many lands
added to It's native Burmese, Karen,
Italian, Shan and ether races. In fact,
more than half of the population of
Rangoon are foreign born. The com
ing of these diverse races to trade and
to live is producing profound changes
In Burmese life.
Tho Burman Is the aristocrat Of the
land. It is his country, his language,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-18
nNoW.u

Now" is constant syllable tick.
ing from the clock of time. Now"
is the watchword of the wise. Now"
Is on the banner of the prudent. Let
US keep this little word always in
our mind; and whenever anything
presents itself to us in the shape of
work, whether mental or physical, we
should do it with all our might, re-
membering that now" is the only
time for US. 1t is, indeed, sorry way
to get through the world by putting
off till tomorrow, saying, Then" will
do it. No! this will never answer.
Now Is ours, Then" may never be.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-18
Scattered Wealth on Street.

During a severe windstorm which
recently conferred its force upon a
small Oklahoma town, several thous-
and dollars worth of jewelry display
ed in q shop window was blown into
the street when the front of the store
was demolished. A large number of
rings and unset stones, as we'll as
other ornaments, were scattered
broadcast Because of the danger Of
being struck by flying debris, the
owner and employees OF the store were
unable to attempt the recovery of
the missing stock until the storm
had partly subsided.-Popular Me
chanics.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-18
GRAMMAR IN DECAY
MODERN cARELEssNEss OF DIS
TINcTloN Is CRITICIZED.
Vocabulary Has Become the Despair
of Dictionary Makers, But the
Proper Usage of Words Is
Little Considered.

Whether our speech is to serve us
as q mitten or as a glove depends on
the pains we are willing to take with
distinctions like those in Should" and
would" what" and that" the
boys" and "of the boy" a writer in
the Boston Herald observes. For our
thought, both in seeing things and In
mulling them over, is far subtler and
more finely shaded than the corre-
spending string Of words that we ad-
dress to our friends; in such express
sion as we can reach, we depend on
the trim distinction of our grammar as
directly as the typist on the distinc-
lions Of her keyboard or the wood
carver on the differences of his gouges.
To lose from good usage even one
well-based grammatical distinction Is
to lessen by just that amount our
means of matching our thoughts with
our words.
Unhappily our careless use of the
mother tongue is confusing forms and
dropping distinction that even colo.
quail wording can i'll spare, Our enor-
nous vocabulary grows faster than the
dictionary makers can issue appendix
and new edition; but our grammar,
like an aging tree, Is decaying at the
tips. Take for instance would" and
should" Here in New England the
distinction fingers. In the middle
West and beyond would" has hope
lessly merged with its own service
that of Should" The smoother
phrases II would like" and Il would
be grateful already appear in formal
writing, and only the verbalist is
vexed. The distinction of who" from
that" for all the good examples in
the talk Of street and shop and In the
common version Of the Bible, is as
good as gone from our modern books.
In "a running fight "by running a
race" Il saw John running" Il saw
Johns running" how many of US can
tell apart, as adjective, inanitive, par
ticiple and verbal noun, those four
Trimmings? Is it any wonder that we
are letting slip the good distinction
! between "He didn't like Tom inter-
rupting'' and HE didn't like Toms
interrupting" A grayer loss has
come of our laziness with subjunctive
forms. Our school children think US
quaint when we say, IF he were" or
wherever 1t be-" Shades of Demos
themes and Cicero! What could even
the orators have done had Rome and
Athens dulled their stilettolike sub
junctives into blunt indicatives?
Language Is the worlds oldest won
der. No one really knows how 1t be-
gan or how 1t attained its structural
Perfection. The Greek grammar was
finer than the Roman; the Sanskrit
finer than the Greek. Language is the
one taking argument for prehistoric
golden age. Its laws have been studied
and named and marveled at by men
like. Grimm and Mueller and our own
Whitney as If human speech had some
mysterious life of its own. The least
the rest of us can do is to pass 1t to
the next generation with the least
possible damage from our own using
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-18
His Experience.

Meeks-Well. let US come to an
agreement of some kind and put it in
black and white. Talk is cheap you
know.
Weeks-Yes, and ink is often expen.
sive
Meeks-What do you mean?
Weeks-i let drop of it scatter
over the back of friends note three
years ago and I'm still making pay.
ments on It.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-18
What She Thought of II.

81 saw you at the concert last
night"
Yes; me and Hiram are both SO
fond of music, you know
What did you think of Sawmore's
technique?"
well, to tell you the truth, l didn't
notice it; but thought his fiddlin' was
Just grand
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-18
Cured.

'Dolblay had costly experience IN
Wall street.
Poor chap! know what that
means"
"Sut it was worth the price. He
hasn't been back SINCE"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-18
Strong Foundation

Customer-Have you any good but
ter?
Dairyman-Certainly madam. My
reputation rests upon my butter
Customer-If the last | got of you
was a fair sample, your reputation
certainly rests on strong foundation,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-03-18
Accounted For.

Il hear that Toms mother-in-law
is dead"
That accounts for his sudden res.
iSnation from the suicide club
Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-01-13
COUNTY APPOINTMENTS MADE
Board of Commissioners Make All
ReappOintments

The appointive county offices were
filled today by the commissioners,
all the former officers being reap
pointed The board finished it's Jan
uary business and adjourned this
afternoon until their next monthly
session. The appointments We're:
DR.. T. r. Conklin, county health
officer and physician, salary $500
a year; Karl Riddle, county engi-
neer, fees make up the remunera-
tion; H. w. King, county purchas-
ing agent, annual salary $100; Asa
Johnson, superintendent of county
farm, annual salary $3.50; VIM. Stuck
court house janitor, $12 a week.
w. H. Eicholtg company was
given the contract for burying the
county poor at price of $12 pei
burial. The Reflector was made the
official county paper at a rate of s.
per cent of the legal rate for such
publications and the full legal rate
for publishing delinquent tax list
The county printing is to be divided
among the three papers, the Reflec-
tor, Chronicle and News.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-01-13
MANY FARMERS SONS
ATTEND STATE UNIVERSITY

Lawrence, Jan. 8.-That the UNI
versity OF Kansas is not gentle
mems club is shown by the fact that
a classification of the occupations
OF the parents of students shows
that every position in the economic
scale is represented from the capi-
talist down to the janitor, and from
the musician to the carpenter.
The order of the leading groups
of occupations followed by the par
ents is: First, farmers second,
merchants; third, retired business
men; fourth, real estate. loans and
insurance agents; fifth, physicians
and surgeons; sixth, railroad en-
ployes; seventh, domestic employees;
eighth, contractors, builders and
carpenters; ninth, engineers.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-01-13
FARMERS NATIONAL ELECTS
Officers and Directors Chosen for
Coming Year

At a meeting of the stockholders
of the Farmers National bank held
last evening, officers and directors
for the coming year were elected.
The bank has closed a successful
year, as shown by their statements,
and the officers are looking forward
to an even more prosperous and
bigger year for the stockholders and
all connected with the institution.
The officers chosen were Presi-
dent, r. M. White; vice president,
H. w. Rohrer; cashier, 1. B. Martin
The directors are; J. S. Engle, G.
w. Minick, A. L. Duckwall, c. w.
Taylor, w. A. Matteson, H. w.
Rohrer, Isaac Shockey, R. M. White
I. B. Martin.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-01-13
THOMAS w. SAMPSON DIED
AT OAK HILL JANUARY

Thomas William Sampson was
born in Cornwall England, June
20, 1854, and passed away at his
home at Oak Hill, Clay county,
January s, 1916. He came to Amer
lea in 1876 and located al Wood
bine, ILL.,; was united in marriage to
Mary Grace Roberts in 1876 and
moved to Kansas and came to Dick
inson county IN 1892 Later he NOV
ed to Oak Hill. He leaves to mourn
is death a wife and three children,
Edmund John, Herbert Thomas, Eliz-
abeth Matilda, and a host of friends.
He was man of fine character,
reliable in everything and always
devoted to his family and true to
his friends.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-01-13
KANSAS BLIZZARD
THERMOMETER REGISTERED S.5
BELOW AT 10 A. M.
Entire State Swept by Northwestern
er-Estimated Snow Fall OF 2
Inches-Many Drifts

The cold wave which was sched
uled by the weather bureau in o
special warning, came, bringing with
1t a biting northwest wind, snow
sleet and ice and all that goes to
make up a genuine Kansas blizzard
The entire state was storm swept
and all the adjoining states have
been in the grip Of driving north
west blizzard which started last ev-
ening, delaying train service and
causing suffering among stock. The
government thermometer here reg
istered a minimum of S.5 degrees at
10 a. m. and since that time it has
been growing warmer. Up to that
time the thermometer registered
three and four degrees below zero
while some private ones went as low
as twelve.
''Kansas is the center of one of
the most general storms that has
swept the country this winter. Yes
terday it was showing or sleet1ng
from coast to coast and from the
Canadian boundary south as far as
Kansas. At Swift Current, Canada,
yesterday the temperature was A
degrees below zero. The thermome-
ter at Havre, Mont, registered AZ
degrees below the zero mark. This
cold wave, in a modified form, is
what Kansas has in store - says the
Topeka Capital.
Frozen pipes and cold houses were
things of common occurrence this
morning and the plumber and the
janitor or father and his coal shovel
were the men of the hour. 1t was
estimated at p. m. that two inches
of snow had fallen. 1t is drifting
badly but did not keep the rural
route carriers from going out and
completing their rounds.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-01-13
Agreement Reached on Principles
Involved
KAIsER's WORDING INADEQUATE
Outlook Encouraging for Final Set
tlement-Nothing Definite Is
Agreed as to Indemnity
Offered by Germany

Washington, Jan. 11.-Difficultl
In agreeing upon details is holdins
up a final settlement OF the Lusi
tania controversy, Count Won Bern
storff, the German ambassador, and
Secretary of State Lansing had an
other conference and it was said
later that no final agreement had
been reached, although the outlook
was encouraging.
The United States and Germany
virtually have agreed on the essen
tial principles involved. Count Bern
storff was informed in effect by
Secretary Lansing that the wording
of the tentative proposal submitted
last week by Germany and since
by President Wilson is
inadequate in certain respects.
1t is said that no definite agree
ment in regard to indemnity has yet
been reached. Germany has agreed
10 pay an indemnity. but no sum
has been determined upon.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-01-13
ABOUT PEOPLE

Jack Ryan of Hope was in tow
on business.
Ed. Schmidt of Herington was al
Abilene visitor.
DR.. c. Lewis of Industry was /,
the city on business.
Mrs. E. w. Glenn of Mancheste
was in the city shopping.
Mr.. and Mrs. John DeMoney o
Enterprise we're in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Leathermar
were in town from Buckeye.
Will Karl Of Detroit made a bust
ness trip to western Kansas.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Baker Of Man
hester were in the city shopping.
Mrs. w. ]. Stoffer and daughter
OF Manchester were in the city shop
ping.
Mrs. Henry Holzworth of Talmage
left for a stay with friends in Kan
sas City.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. schearer of
Chapman were in the city visiting
friends.
Mrs. Minnie x. Paul of Los An
geles is a guest at the home of
NJ. P. Jolley.
J. H. Tiff OF Talmage was in
town. He will have a public sale
February 8.
Thelma Whitehair of Chapman is
a guest at the John Whitehair home
southwest of the city.
Chas. Kubach returned to Water
town, Wis. "The next best town in
the world" he said. abilene best.
Miss Ruby Landes is home from
Hot Springs, Ark. She has accepted
a position at the Bath music store.
Misses Elizabeth and Gertrude
returned to their homes in
after being the guests of
Miss Helen Whitehair the past
week.
MIS-. W .. maui AGAb Nuto AlOA hAh7
for Cedar. ILL.,, where she will visit
two months at the home Of her
mother.
R. NJ. White left this morning for
l months visit in Florida. He viii
yisit at New Orleans and other south
,rn points Of note while enroute.
Paul snider Of Oklahoma and
Yrs. Pitt Rogers Of Barnard. ILL.,,
ire here called by the serious i'll
less Of their mother. Mrs. T. G.
;nider.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Reese and
ohm spangler left for Kansas City
o spend the week. Mr.. Rees is one
4 H. J. Hodges assistants at the
Implement dealers convention.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-01-13
JUICE" FOR SOLOMON
Riverside Light q Power Co. Builds
Copper Line

Solomon residents having electric
lights in their homes now have the
same source of power as the Abb
lene people who use electricity for
lighting and other purposes. Tues
day the juice was turned on to that
city, the Riverside Light & Power
company having built line to the
Solomon company's plant, it's town
system Of wiring remaining intact.
The copper line of three wires 20
that city carries voltage Of 1900
but on entering the city this is re-
duced to $500 volts. the strength
Of the current used to supply all
residence and business houses. This
is again reduced to 110 for direct
house use. Such voltage as II, 500
makes the line dangerous but expen-
sive insulators and lightning ar
restors have been used to minimize
this danger.
Similar lines to Chapman, Wood
bine and Navarro are about COM
pleted and by the end of the week
the local company expects to have
Abilene made "juice" in all these
towns. The smaller town residents
are very alert to grasp these chances
for city comforts and at Navarro
alone one Abilene concern wired
forty-two houses for electric lights.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-01-13

Emma Karlene was born in Har-
fors Parish, Sweden, January 26,
1889; died at her home in Enter
prise January 6, 1916, at the age
of 76 years, II months and 10 days.
She was united in marriage to
Alfred Sandquist November Is,
1871, at Abilene, Kansas, and to-
gether they moved on his homestead
three miles east of Enterprise where
they lived 40 years, moving into
Enterprise five years ago. To this
union were born five children, two
boys and one girl dying in infancy.
Besides her husband, two sons,
Theodore and Axel, and one grand
daughter survive her.
She arrived in New York July a,
1869, stopped a short time in juno
tion City. then came to Abilene
where she stayed till 1871, going
then on their homestead where she
all the trials and hard
ships of the early pioneers. She
was an active worker in the Swedish
Mission church since it was organ
lied until her strength and health
failed. For many years she has suf-
fered but a patient and peaceful
spirit has been at work, doing many
good deeds that few knew Of. She
was faithful in church. in her home
and in every duty, always consider
ng the comforts Of others before
her own.
Funeral services we're held Sat
Irday, January 8, at the home and
It the Swedish Mission church, Rev.
assisted by Rev. McCul-
oh having charge Of the services.
The sermon text was from 1O3rd
7sIam. Her parting testimony gave
OF her faith and hope in
Ter Savior.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-01-13
CONSCIOUSNESS UNREGAINED
AFTER LAPSE OF 20 HOURS
Thomas BaIIanytne Probably Fatally
Injured in Fan
IFrom wednesdaY,s paily.l

Today at noon Thomas Ballantyne
of Pearl had not recovered conscious
ness after being rendered uncon-
scious in a fall in the Pearl ele-
vator yesterday morning at II
O'Clock. His right arm was broken
in the fall ana it is feared that
there are serious internal injuries,
Relatives are alarmed at the hopes
for his recovery. Mr.. Ballantyne is
manager of the elevator which is
owned by the Pearl Mercantile COM
pany. He was only recently married
and the seriousness of the accident
comes as a shock to his friends.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-01-13
RAID ON SOLOMON BooTLEGGERs
-Four Men and One Woman Jailed for
Violations

After several weeks Of secret In
vestigation County Attorney Bis
choff went to Solomon yesterday
with his feathers all trimmed to &C
on the war path. AS a result -four
Of Solomon's widely known citizens
and one woman are serving out 80
day sentences and 500 fines in the
county Jail for violations of the
prohibitory law. The five suspected
and later convicted persons, jim
Neal thresherman; George Gowdy,
farmland; Bert Hart, restaurant
proprietor; Ralph Milham, man
about-town, and MA" Whipple, who
does not have the best of reputa-
tion, were brought into the court of
Justice of Peace Sullivan for an in
QUESTION and when confronted with
the information which had been
gathered they pleaded guilty to il
legally selling intoxicating liquore.
ma" Whipple's plea was that she
did not know it was against the
law to sell good old lager beer"
The entire population of Solomon
was excited over the raid and crowd
ed the court room so that the auth
critics were compelled to rent a room
in the hotel for the court session.
Petitions have been presented for
several permanent injpnctions
against Solomon men.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-01-13
FROST GIVEN VERDICT
IN COMMISSION SUIT

In the case of Frost VS.. Tolbert
the jury brought in a verdict at
4:4O Tuesday afternoon, giving
Mr.. Frost Judgment for s2O1.50. He
sued for this amount. which he
claimed was due him. as commission
on real estate transaction. Ac-
cording to the evidence Mr.. Frost
secured a buyer for Mrs Tolbert's
farm which he had listed for sale
and later Tolbcrt directly sold the
farm to this man. The case OF Long
hofer VS.. Schang was being tried
today. They are both Herington par
ties.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-01-13
ALLEN COUNTY WILL NOT
GIVE MOTHERS PENSIONS

lola. Kan, Jan. 1.-THE moth
ers' pension law will not be obsery-
ed in Allen county. The board Of
commissioners say they have no
funds available to justify them In
putting the relief act into effect An
nouncement is made that all worthy
mothers will be given the assistance
their circumstances require. but
that no aid WIN be Forthcoming in
pensions.