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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-01-18
PEARL

The pie social was a success and
the music furnished by the band
was enjoyed by all. The cake walk
was novelty and certainly the sys-
tenn for raising funds for a worthy
cause About $40 was reported to
be the net result of an evening of
entertainment.
Pearl basket ball boys are prac-
ticing in the gymn north of town.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs
T. II. Ballantyne will be buried in
the Belle Springs cemetery this
week.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-01-18
NEWS CORNER

J. d. Sleiehter and family visited
at G. A. Dixons at Longford Sun
day.
Bessie snider spent Sunday at
C. II. Howlands.
Fred Binder is doing Joe Pryor
work, he being called to Missouri
on account of his sisters sickness.
Mrs. Elizabeth Martin is spend
ing a few days this week at Henry
Hauptman's.
Anna Binder was helping Mrs
David Chase last week
Harold Rowland spent Sunday
with home folks
Ethel Freeman called at Mrs.
CRADLES Friday.
A. " Devilbiss had the misfor-
tune to have a horse badly cut on
the wire Friday.
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Go to Kauffmans to buy your
hoes. eod-wtf
CENTRAL BUCKEYE

Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Poland left
for Nebraska, called by the serious
illness of Mrs. Polands mother.
Z. Beck expects to move to
farm south of Abilene this week.
Walter Picking will occupy the
place made vacant by Mr.. Beck.
N. E. Zook went to Kansas City
Monday with car of cattle.
The people of this community are
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-01-18
KEYSTONE

Elmer Dieffenbaugh was calling
in this neiAtMhood Monday.
Lloyd TIL who was sick with
pneumonia is improving
Mr.. and Mrs. viii Hoefling were
shopping in Abilene Wednesday,
Mr. and Mrs n p Botz spent one
evening LAST week at Wilson's.
Mr. and Mrs Dick Holmes are
visiting in the neigborhood.
Mrs. VIII Taylor of Greenwood
county is visiting relatives here.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-01-18
ACME

Fred Rose and Guy Lair were
in this vicinity on business Monday.
Joe Beck's left Wednesday for
Sabetha to reside
Mr.. and Mrs. Lahr and Mr.. and
Mrs. j. J. Lahr of Abilene visited
at Ora Lahrs Sunday
The A. II. r. A. initiated forty
five new members Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs Floyd Meyers and
son of Blanchard, Mich, visited
their cousin, Bruce Bunker, and
family a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kean spent
Sunday afternoon at B. o. Shirks.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-01-18
RIVERSIDE

Little Leola Jones celebrated her
first birthday by having her grand
ma and aunt and little cousin from
Abilene out to spend the day.
Fred Miller and L. Leckron she'll
ed their corn this week.
Several from this vicinity attend
ed the funeral of Mrs. Bertha Con-
ant in Solomon last week.
Fred Kean and family spent Sun
day at Leo Leckrone's.
Geo. Knisle is putting up fine
barn on his farm.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-01-18
sUTPHEN MILLS

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Steele re-
turned home from Nebraska.
The Dorcas circle met at Mrs.
James Lowe January
Mr.. and Mrs Floyd Amess and
Miss Edna Amess visited at Theo-
dore Mart's Sunday evening.
The Hayes township board met
at V. j. True's Wednesday.
Mrs. Ira Grffis' little girl was
i'll several days last week
A number from here attended the
lecture at Chapman Saturday even
ing.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-01-18
HERE AND THERE

Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Blaesi re-
turned Tuesday from st. Louis af-
ter attending the funeral of Mrs.
Blaesi's mother.
Geo Bradley is carrying his arm
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-01-18

A single fact outweighs a thou
sand claims. We sure demonstrate
the fact that we are selling the
goods at less price. 10 to % per
cent off this month. Burnham's.
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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-01-18

vice president; Otto Maxwell secre-
tary and Frank Bogart, treasurer
There will be regular services
next Sunday morning and evening
at the Baptist church. The morning
text will be What Do Ye More
Than Others Rev. G. c. Faulkner,
Pastor.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-01-18

For sale, 100 acres in Rhine
hart township, 8 miles to Chapman.
Substantially improved, lis acres
wheat goes VIM. Woodson, Chap
man. 11w7ts
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-01-18

Any time is a good time but now
is the accepted time to get in our
great bargain giving. Some sure 10
to 20 per cent off. BuTnham's.
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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-01-18

100 acre farm for rent n miles
east of Enterprise. See Mrs. Eyth,
Enterprise. 1lw2t
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-01-18

A dull thug in prices makes a
lively week in our trade. The crowds
are sure coming our way. 10 to %
per cent off does it. Burnhams.
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Teachers, Examination

The regular teachers examination
will be held at the court house Fri
day and Saturday. January 26 and
II. GRACELEE WOoLVERTON,
1~2tlSw2t superintendent.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-01-18

House and barn, large lot, will
sell at a bargain to close up an es-
tate 1900 North olive Phone 437.
C. o. Musser, Agent d3t11w2t
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-01-18

Oakland cars, handsome in ap-
oearance, high grade in construction,
sensible in price. dtfwtf
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-01-18

Three dozen buff orpingt0n hens
for sale. Mrs. r. B. Lewis. phone
1886. 12d4tw1t
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-01-18

Ladies' black cotton stockings 1Oc
pair in basement. Peoples Store.
17d2tw1
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-01-18

For sale, good top buggy, nearly
new. David Hoover, Upland phone.
1Sw2tt
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just Received

Fifty gallons Thermite for auto
radiators. L. H. Toliver. i5d2tw1t
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-12-20

The little fOlEs
are tGlkin'-
they talk like
anything
Bout Sanity CLAUS
&C o M . ~ an
a0hGt he's goin'
to 1Ting,.
An the mother
~ e y e n ScOldS
'en1 or tells 'enD
bout the noise.
They're Just the
Sweetest little
girls, the best
OF little boys!
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-12-20
The Three
Wise Men

|nNE Christmas mystery remains
~ unsolved. Who were the wise
men of the East-the magi who
followed the star of Bethlehem from
afar to do homage to the newborn
Saviour?
1t is fair to assume from the fact
that the visitors were received at court
by King HerOd and that they carried
gifts of value that they were in their
own country men of royalty or close
to it. Herod evidently deemed 1t well
to treat them with Difference, for dis
quoted though he was to lead them to
the birthplace of the Redeemer he dis
sembled and told them that when they
had found the new born he would re-
turn to worship with them.
Much of our information about the
early days of the Christian era comes
from the monks of the fourteenth CEN
fury, who delved deeply into historical
sources since lost to the world. Their
story of the three wise men has re-
ceived wide credence. According to
these monks, the wise men were three
great kings called Caspar, MelchOir
and Balthasar. Caspar was the oldest
and from the North. At the time of
the birth of Christ he was sixty years
old, and for more than two-thirds of
that time he had ruled in AraBia.
Balthasar was black, native of Saba,
from the East, and forty years old.
The youngest was Melchoir, from the
South, whose country was Tarshish.
He was twenty years old.
Impelled by some mysterious power,
they dropped all the cares of the state
and followed a single star thirteen
days and nights, without eating or
sleeping, till it led them to Jerusalem.
Then the story follows that of the
Bible until they returned to their own
countries.
The story does not stop here. 1t tells
circumstantially the after life of the
three wise men. The good Apostle st.
Thomas jOurneyed to their country and
baptized them, and all three went out
to preach the doctrine of the Christ.
They were slain by barbarous gen
tiles, and later the Empress Helena,
mother of Constantine, recovered their
sacred bones and took them to Con-
stantinople. Thence they were carried
to Milan and finally found an ultimate
resting place in Cologne, where they
now are.-New YORK Post.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-12-20

In place built, like Bethlehem, in
l. many cases against the soft
limestone rock it often happens
that the existence of cave where
the house was to be was a great at
traction since it offered a ready
made, dry, above ground cellar as
well as a specially suitable spot for
the household animals and for a
storeroom. It would seem that Jo-
sepll was at last able to get room in
some such back portion of house,
and there, we are told, Mary bore
her divine Son.
A cave below the high altar of
the Church of the Nativity is now
shown as the very place where this
august event TRANSFERRED; little re-
cess, shaped like a clam shell, it's
floor of marble wrought into a star
in the center, bearing in Latin the
words, ''Here Jesus Christ Was.
Born Of the Virgin Mary" A row
of lamps hangs round the outer.
edge, the right to attend to them be-
ing jealousy watched matter, each.
of the ancient churches, the Greek,
the Latin, the Armenian and the
Coptic, having one or more Of these
under its care.
The evidence for this site is so
strong that most persons accept it as
sufficient, reaching up, as it does, to
within living memory of the days Of
the apostles. But even if this be an:
illusion the fact remains that in this
petty village the Saviour of the
world was made man for our re-
demption. No wonder that we read
Of the anthem of the angels, for
surely nothing could draw forth the
interest of the heavenly population.
like the exceeding grace God was
showing to sinful man.
The scene of the visit of the shep-
herds is pointed out as on rough
slope, facing the village, at some
distance to the east, Bethlehem ly-
ing Tar above on It's mountain seat.
One can follow the shepherds in
their journey to see the unspeakable
wonder. They would go along the
rich valley Of Boaz and then up the
terraced hill by path still in use,
nor is it uninstructive to reflect
that, while simple shepherds were
led by angels to the manger, the
high priest and the great Of Jeru-
salem, SO near, slept through that.
most illustrious night Of all history,
quite unconscious of what had hap
pened. But we know Of it, and may
God grant that if we cannot go with
the shepherds to Bethlehem we may
one day go to the right hand of God
and worship him there, who that
night lay a little child in Mary's
arms.--Dr. Cunningham Geikie.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-12-20

Because they knoao that Sanity CLAUS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-12-20
They're gittin' mighty anxious fer the

days an nights
to 90,
An all of 'enl are
happy, an they
make t h ir
mothers so!
She feUer has to
Scold 'ent or
tell 'enl bout
the noise
q a u s e they're
Just the SWeet-
est little girls,
the best OF lit
tie boys,
Trr0nI. n. Qfr1, fSa1
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-12-20

---FranE Z. StG?ato2l IN Atlantic C07aStG
tuition.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-12-20

NftO TO = U z "
thing they do
An % hi ! e he's
loading up his
lei g h h e'S
~ a. c h . NJ of
'en1 too!
An them tn q t
M . ~ d s their
mothers, tn e q
gets the most
Of toys.
They're Just the
sweetest little
Urls, the best
of little boys!
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-12-20
OttP OhrtHtntaH
punntng

sW Perhaps the most heroic at !;
NI9 tempt to Keep Christmas in s
Slg conventional fashion Nnder (
~ IN o n D emit lOnGI cOndi-
ssW tons 10dS that made By the =
.H late Lord WOlSeley, aohen @ &
Sgf young officer, dfe the tre7ac1 hes s
r. before SebdStopOI during the :
~ CTihseGn e0Gr s5Tty gears ago. 8
AH He and has comrades decided &
SI6 that the Christmas should s
p be h0nored and that there &
gF should be plum pudding. y
AK The ''pUdddng" sOGS COM y
sq{e pounded OF biscuit, grease S
p and such fruit as could be OBJ Z
ssF tanned, the ingredients being :
Ax nliIed in q fragment Of y
IN Russian she'll. Wrapped in O s
- cloth, it aCdS boiled for some (
~ hours, and q tasty reminder 3
w of the great festival aCGs ca 3
IA gerly looked fOra0Grd to By I,
s. the hungry officers. Bat before &
&C LH6 pUUU1ng WUS cOUSIU6T6U =
w ''cooEed' orders came trans 3
M ferrin0 Wolseley and his tent 3
a. companions to q distant part s
of the 1O0rES. 3
~ Should they leGUe the pnd- !
Ma ding until their return or eat B
~ it as it WGS? They Uere han s
~ gry, and the latter course aC1S 3
~ decided upon. The ''pndding' s
ISf s0ds duly swallowed, and q
81 GUay they aren't in obedience s
~ to orders. Late that night 2
w WOlSeIey aOGs troubled NTH s
FgE internal disturbances that ne /,
81 ceSSitGted the doctors kindly &
- illustrations. 1t seemed, said Z
W. the future field marshal, as IT 8
Ga pieces of Russian shell acre 3
sSlsS rolling against each other s
~ inside. 1t l0ds the only pud- 3
w ding, the first and last, he s
Nc ever made.
49,
Evening star., 1917-11-04
HUNGER TO END MER RCLESS
RULE OF TERRORISTS SOON
Russian Food Shortage Menaces Power of
Bolshevik Element People
Stand in Long Lines Before Shops.
cept for the Sunday dinner, when a pou
was allowed.
Even Babies Drink Tea.

eept esg for the Sunday dinner. when pound
Even Babies Drink Tea.
!. Even at the Hotel Militaire. where
1,sss, nveu most OF the time and where the food
we mad veal or it's derivatives, hash, GRO
auettes: etc. five days in the week. Some
h,,t rtes :. tney onered what they called beef.
and =. stvHa wasn't It was horse meat. coarse
cn1cken. Ma. welcome change
Sonee was about a dollar and a half a
mode1a,e g: not =, SO bad. and tea was even more
people would ID Do Rrife If il. What the Russian
sca n0. ,,, imagine. Everybody drinks tea.
tne Dapies drink tea. and 1t is a fact that
IN the best babies hospital I saw in RUS
sia the head nurse proudly showed me.
IN not water table, a whole row of
nursing bottles full Of tea for the sick
oaples evening repast.
Tea they still have, but thew ara almost
OUT OF sugar to go with 1t.
Long Lines Before Shops.
GO home from a visit or get in from
q Journey at any time of night. mid
night or O'Clock, any hour. and you
see see iong. patient. waiting lines of peo-
PIE. iney curl up on the stones of the
pavement and sleep. members Of a
family relieve one another at Intervals.
put every one desperately hangs on to
his place in the line
1t was summer when was in Petro-
grad and Moscow. Sleeping on the side
walk left something to be desired even
IN warm weather The first hint of au-
tumn was in the air when left on Au-
gust 80. By the 1st of October 1t was
cold. and by the end of November it
Will be frigid. When the storms and
the driving SHOWS Of winter set in in
earnest people will not be able to sleep
on the sidewalks. Where will they get
food. and when starvation stares them
In the face what will they do? Rus
sia's real crisis. political and economic,
will come then. and the Bolsheviki will
not be the people to overcome it.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
ADAM A. WEsCHLER, AUCTToNEER.

Brick Dwellings, Nos. 22 and "a
G Street NV, Also Frame
Dwelling No. 18 9th St. NE,
BY PUBLIC AUCTION,
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 1. 1917,
AT $50 PM.
East one-half lot 81 and west one half lot a.
in square 625. improved by two two-story brick
dwellings, Nos. % and "a G. street northwest, op-
posite government printing office.
AT O'CLOCK PM.
Lot Ii, square 919, 50x124, partly improved By
frame dwelling, rooms and BATH No. 49, eth
street northeast. with stable in rear.
Terms: Liberal and made known at time Of
sale or upon application to undersigned. 500
deposit each house at sale.
ADAM A. WEsCHLER. Auct..
no2- -d&ds 800 Pa. ave. NV.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
New Post for Gen. Ballou.

Gen. Charles c. Ballou of the regular
infantry, who had charge of the colored
officers training camp at Fort Des
Ioines, Iowa, has been assigned to the
command Of the 92d Division Of the
National Army to be composed entirely
Of colored troops from various states.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
FUTURE DAYS.
THos. J. OWEN & son. AUCTIONEERs.

Partition Sale of Valuable, Well
Improved Business Property in
Best Part of F Street and of
Factory and Warehouse Build
ing Adjoining Railroad Tracks
in lexington, Being No. 1919 F
Street NV, Known as Top
hams, and No. 1000 lexington
Place Northwest, to Be Offered
Separately and Also Together.
of the 'n Distrie. s Of Columbia. passsS IN equity
cause No. 34s2e. entitled Howard W. Topham
ct al VS. % e. Tpnam .ion 81 E ::
11HHf' THIRTY T Pm. NJ on on THURSDAY. NOVEMBER
FIFTEENTH. 1917. in front Of premises No;
warehouse building. and the land ON which Sit
uated. described follows:
known and designated as lot SO. in square ssis.
as laid down and designated on the plat or plan
said lot containing approximately s.s57l square
feet. and improved by brick building; occupied
for business purposes. known as No. 1900 Eek
And at FOUR PM. or Immediately upon COM
ing from the lexington property. premises No.
building and the land on which situated. do
All that certain piece or parcel Of land Sit
uate and lying in the District Of Columbia. and
known as lot numbered 80. in square numbered
$50. as laid down and distinguished on the plat
or plan Of said city. fronting "a feet and
inches more or less. on the north side Of
street between 18th and 18th streets northwest,
by the depth of 108 feet. more less, and i'm
proved by. brick building used for business
purposes. known No. 1919 street northwest.
As the two properties are incumbered By q
blanket mortgage, which expires September ..
1918. the properties will be offered for sale sep
arately. each subject to this blanket mortgage.
and then the two properties will be offered foe
~ was used factory and warehouse In con-
nection with the street property, but is now
under a years lease to the District govern
ment at a rental of 5000 a year.
cumbered by a blanket deed Of trust for $75. 900.
which natures September 5, 1918. and as the
mortgage is over both pieces of property the
two pieces will be sold one subject to this
erty will be sold subject TO the foregoing blan-
ket deed of trust. One-third of the purchase
money over and above the deed Of trust to be
paid IN cash, the balance in three equal in.
stallments. payable in one, two and three years.
with interest at per cent per annum, payable
semi-annua1ly. from day of sale. secured by deed
Of trust upon the property sold. or all cash,
at the option Of the purchaser. deposit OF
81 1000 will be required of the purchaser of each
buys. at the time Of sale. All conveyancing,
recording and notarial fees at the cost of the
purchaser Terms of sale to be complied with
within fifteen days from day Of sale. otherwise
the trustees reserve the right resell the prop
erty at the risk and cost Of the defaultinx pur-
chaser. after five days advertisement of such
resale In The Evening Star.
ADOLPH A. HOEHLING
Kellogg building,
CHAS. H. MERILLAT,
Maryland building,
noS-d&ds Trustees.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
HUN BOMBS RUIN
TREASURES Of ART
Venice Often Raided by Aus
trians, But People Re-
main Courageous.

(Mr. Decker has Just returned to Paris from
an important trip to Italy. during which he was
given unusual opportunities to observe 1taly's
part In the war;
BY A. r.. DECKER.
Especial Correspondence OF The Sunday
Star and Chicago Daily News.)
PARIS, France. October 6. Every
evening all Venice comes to the Piazza
San Marco. to sit before the darkened
cafes and eat ices or TO stroll along the
shadow which the moon casts from the
Behind closely drawn cur
tains orchestras play good music until
a late hour. Then Venice returns home.
walking by twos and threes along the
darkened "calle," guided more by
memory than by the faint blue light
shed from the bracket lantern. In the
squares and on the broader canals the
moon enhances the mystery that the
day suggested.
Tell the Americans that Venice is
not destroyed" was the message that
the Venetians charged me to deliver:
Tell them that we are all right so far.
they said. And this is the real spirit
of Venice. The people are calm. going
about their daily tasks. writing their
customary letters to soldier sons or
husbands, bathing on the Lido beach
and really paying little attention to the
Austrian air raids.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
Plenty Of Air Raids.

But the indifference of the venetians
is due to their natural bravery and to
the means taken to defend Venice.
rather than to the lack of efforts on the
part of the Austrians to destroy the
city. There have been thirty-six air
raids on Venice. and in thirty-six
bomb dropping expeditions there as Is
in time to see the effects of the thirty
sixth raid, on August 16. when fifteen
Austrian planes came to Venice, but
only ten returned.
The bombs were dropped entirely on
objects Of no military Importance
whatever. Fourteen tubercular pa
tients were killed and many injured in
the city hospital. After tearing through
4 magnificent ceiling the bomb, which
must have been very powerful, ex-
ploded In the main ward Of the hospi-
tai. Iron beds were twisted as though
by a giants hand. Careful workmen
were still taking down the part of the
ceiling which remained and were even
collecting the pieces so as to rebuild
the old art treasure when the proper
time comes.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
AUCTION SALES.
TOMORROW.
ADAM A. wESCHLER, AUCT10NEER.
Trustees Sale of Barroom
Fixtures, Chairs, Tables
and Paraphernalia in
Premises sol 18th
Street Northwest.

By virtue Of two certain deeds Of trust fecerds
ed in Liber 373s. folio 16o and s7pa. folio leA
Of the land records of the District Of Columbia,
14th street northwest, on MONDAY, THE FIFTH
DAY OF NOVEMBER. 1917. AT TEN O'CLOCK
tables and other personal property in said prem.
tses contained.
Terms Of sale: Cash.
LEON TOBRINER.
WILLIAM y. DIsMER.
ocSo-6t Trustees.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
Patience and Loyalty.

Negro leaders stand together as one
man on the question OF loyalty to the
country in the present crisis. They
are everywhere telling the masses Of
colored people to be patient. very pa
tient. They believe that God will soften
the hearts of men and make justice
prevail. They are urging the common
people. however. to make big sacrifices
to secure education, for they believe