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AB1LEHE WEEKLY REFLECTOR, ABILEWR KHSTSA8, MAT 13, 1889
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at the postoffle at Abilene, Kansas.
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THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1909.
Rochester Chronicle: Three re
sents of the Kansas State Agricultu
ral college have come east to find a
nan for president of that Institution,
and propose to offer any salary up
to $ 10,000 for the right man. Should
they come to Rochester no one should
consider any offer at a smaller fig
ure than that given. But the Kan
sas City Journal makes a very rea
sonable protest against their going
outside of Kansas for a president. '
anybody can farm successiuny in
Kansas," says the Journal, "it Is a
Kansas man, and if anybody knows
110,000 worth about the subject it Is
the Kansas man." One cannot avoid
sympathizing with that sentiment.
The practice of going abroad for tal
ent ordinarily is more honored in the
breach than in the observance. It
may be true, often, that a prophet Is
not wltrout honor save in his own
country; but It is better to make the
experiment. Sometimes It Is crown
ed with success.
ssssssfSSSSSS
An Anthony small boy who had
Just been promoted from dresses to
knlckabockers feels his Importance.
He has abandoned his high chair and
now sits in a big chair belonging to
bis papa. He goes into the garden
and pulls onions and brings them In
and cleans them, ha tries to do
many chores and manifests his u
perlorlty In many ways. The other
day he reached the limit. He had
gon Into the garden, pulled the
onions and had them on the porch
to clean. Just then the sun was ob
scured by a fleeting cloud and the
boy yelled out: "Turn on the sun,
me mother heard and came
running. "What was that you said?"
.v. ..v. And tut (Id replied: "1
ia to turn on the sun and he
did it all right" She looked up and
the sun was shining
MUST BE LABELED.
From now on every article of food
which is adulterated must be labeled,
Under the pure food laws package
goods have been so labeled for some
time, but now more care must be ex
ercised. For instance If a pound or
more of lard compound is taken from
the original package and sold to a
,.ptnmar. It must be labeled as com
pounded before It leaves the store. If
vinegar Is not pure, the receptacw m
-hi.h n anM must be so labeled,
and so on with adulterated articles.
w . hkr has fried his doughnuts in
a compound lard he must state the
fact on a bag in whicn me uougu
nuts are put. If he uses a pie filling
that is not absolutely pure, this must
be stated on the plate or package
somewhere. In short the idea Is that
retail packages put up In stores must
be marked In the same way as the
packages coming from a wholesale
house, and sold to the consumer
without being broken.
The new "council seems to have
an old-fashioned Idea that the city
ought to live within Its income.
BryanisnTmayVe either a "habit"
or a "disease," as suggested by an
exchange; it will have to grow a lot
before arriving at the dignity of an
epidemic.
The fractional part of a crop that
la In nVANOU nnlv or under-supply is
oftentimes of greater importance In
the making of prices than we vastly
larger quantity which flows normally
through the channels of trade. Ten
per cent more wheat than is needed
to supply the demand makes the av
erage price of the crop.
fnnnv how we switch, Mr.
fltubbs might say in adaptation of Mr.
nonmnn Thomnson's remar anem
changes wrought by time in the re
adjustment of the view point, w un
I was a boy," said Mr. mompeun,
"I'd a died If I thougni i coumu v
swim a mile or Jump a ten-rail fence
every day; now I'd die if I mougni i
had to."
Parties entering the printing office
at this season of the year should be
.owned by the following rules: au
vane to the inner door and give
three raps. The devil will attend to
.l.rm You will aive your name,
postoffle address and the number of
years you owe for the paper. You
will be admitted to the sanctum and
..... to th center of th room,
where you will address th editor
with th following countersign: noiu
k. rtht hand about two feet from
.,. hodv with thumb and finger
..t.nrfiut the thumb and Index fin
ant elasplng a $10 bill which you
it tt adltor'a hand, at the
uiwy ". -
m. time eavlni: "War you want
htgmer Tba editor will grasp your
hand and tba bill and press It wu
I.- "Yob bet!" After giving
h!mour locality you will be per--mi
t. ratira with a receipt for an
' '
ohlitatlon properly discharged.
Exchange.
Among th "slogans" submitted tor
Abilene' approval was, -we oai
-n.rmi. don't fit-lit." Tbts one
was rejected for several reasons, not
ki f which was Its laek of
,n Kansas City Btar. The
Star man ought to visit Abilene and
ae what a harmonious town we ia.
ronncivA to sound sleep Is the
knowledge that a mass of dynamite
might be exploded behind the earm
and we would never hear about U,
our nlanet traveling three times fast
er than the explosion.
Th Kmnorla normal school girls,
ii than, have adopted a dress
scheme for commencement It was
decided at a class meeting that all
.houid dresa alike, and, to insure
..nifnrmitv. that one dressmaaer
make all the gowns. A pretty white
ll-.n ehlrtwalat SUlt With S SIOC
collar and a lace, tie, the waist made
with tucks and near! buttons, was
.k..n th. official dress. A dry
goods company was given the contract
for making the dresses, ana ine neaa
of the dressmaking department, took
the measures of the "grads.
As cstiM
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vio. csu.tord ft
( t tl i Et Sunday
t ta it tomes
ROOD BENSB IN THIS.
Hate off to th city council for
mttlnar some sense into the useless
offlcershlo of the city. With a sher
iff denutv sheriff, two constables
nil three denutr marshals It Is gen
erally believed that this quiet coun
try town can get along without a
flftv dollar marshal. With th city
spending far more than its income as
it ritri durina the oast two yeara some
retrenchment was needed until It gets
even with the overdrawn warrants
and It Is pleasing to see that the
council has gone at It right
Leavenworth Times: It remained
for the Kansas City Journal, a Mis-
ourf newmaner. to criticise the
board of regents of the Kansas 8 tats
Agricultural college for going outr
.m. the elate to seek a head tor that
Institution. The ee teemed Journal is
ria-ht about It Ther are plenty of
men la Kansas who could serv cap
ably as president of th Manhattan
roiirae. and one of them should be
given th Job. Th chief fault with
th state educational aystem here
Is that we do not pay th Instructors
at Lawrence and Emporia and Man
h.tt.a the salaries their services
hould commend, sad mora attractive
offers ta.1 the elsewhere. More
over, wbea the Ut has a plum to
0r to sots one, It goes oalai.de tie
nit CANPIELD'8 BURIAL. ; '
In the Graduate magazine Wil
liam Allen White thus tells of the
burial of Dr. J. H. Canfleld, a form
er Kansas educator whom many
knew and loved:
"The death of any man In a great
city seems sadder to one who lives
In the country than the death of a
man In a smaller community where
his loss comes as a personal sorrow
to a comparatively large circle or
friends. So the death, In New York
City, March 29, of Dr. James H. Can
field, formerly of the University of
Kansas, seemed to me some way
sadder than ordlary deaths, because.
as he was lying In death, the great
Mtv roared about him like a great
ocean going about Its enternal busi
ness, without knowing that men are
born and live and die. If Dr. Can
field had died at Lawrence after thir
ty years of life In Kansas ,the stores
would have closed, the University
would have been in mourning, and
over the whole state, In every city
a mn and women would
have been moved perceptibly as they
went about their day's work while
be was lying still In the house of
oaath. And when his body nao oeeu
put away forever. It would have been
an event of sad importance to Hun
dreds of thousands of people.
But In New York, where ne uvea
for ten years and died, only a few
thousand people were personally
touched by his death. Yet tney. were
so deeply moved by the passing of the
strong, gentle spirit, that, in the
throng gathered in King's Chapel on
the grounds of Columbia University
to mourn for him ana to uiu mm
Good speed, grief was unmistakable.
Paul's great letter to the Corinth
ians with Its noble discourse on lm-
-tout won read. The congrega-
UtULU'W . .
tlon, led by clear young voices of the
chapel choir sang, "Amae win .
Dr. Butler, president of Columbia
University, spoke briefly ana simpiy.
rm.. nr-vor for the dead was spoken
.. . nnn tho HhouiaerB oi
ana iuvu, up
tha who loved him, his Doay we
born down the aisle while the con
gregation sang, "Lead Kinaiy uiguv-
An1 en thev IOOK H1U1 uui.
the clear blue spring sKy u
loved; and the last hands to miniBr
kin, o,or those of youtn: me
boys the last generation of the long
n f hnva. a line going back for
thirty years to whom always he was
"Jimmy." They aepi mm ---
he made them wise. And It was lit-
w In the ena me biu.uj
v...,j t ,M!th ahould bear to Its
last rest the body of him whose soul,
oIwrvb voung, never stoopea u.
the burdens which youth in its weak
l , V-t in fillfl.
Hess uiuub". - .
The formal procession mat wuv
i.k Mm nn h i last journey w
led by the office force In the library
of Columbia University, ine i.u.v.
... .. f the Institution, ana
auu iau,vj " -
..ii ,l. hnnnraTV DSU ueureio.
me iuuuwB - , , .
r.-.v i Mr Hamilton Wright
Mr. mm w"i .
Mable, Mr. John B. Pine, Mr. Stuart
tionrv. Professor Calvin mow
... Butler. Mr.-W. A.
INlCnOlttB .
.v,. -UT William Henry Maxwell,
V W. HUltOn, rruiro
rruicoBv . -
George U. Klrchwey;
feasor Odell.
a TORY 18 INCOMPLETE.
. .f smlilHit Taft's visit
A mwsj v
to the home of Representative Cat-
lln at Alexandria tasi vu.,
The conaressman w i"-
Virginian, who had heard that the
wa on the water 'wagon,
V Ua ! DO M A
but took no cnancee.
have bad on ice plain and vintage
. ..a nd white wines,
whiskies, brandies, bear and malt
beverages. Also he had sparking and
.... . Tdnwv ana H01BH1U "w
termllk. ginger ale and sarsaparllla
pop and lemonade.
.(T.T .nil HnJB ICIID"-
nvuiu j ..
. u. Tafl?" the nOBl lnquiiTn..
111CUL, .1" - " '
That hot ride has made me imra-
..M thJ nresldent "l wouu
.nn..thir,r to drink."
...
What can I serve your earn
lln, brightening up.
,.i nM like a cud OI not ie-
. h. .torr Is told the climax
in th. discovery that there was
not bit of tea nearer than in fro-
mm atnra
Swa.
Tha story Is good out incon.
plete. What did he dnnxr
CAN'T RVJ( BAFFLES. 0.
Th laws of our sUte and country
strictly forbid drawings for any ar
ticles of value. No newspaper can ad
vertise a drawing. Anything oiierea
to the holder of a lucky number con
trary to the anti-lottery laws even
If nothing is paid for ine cnauce.
Is unlawful, punishable by fine, im
prisonment or both If convicted.
d-i.m for best, or greatest number.
or closest guess by means of calcula
tion, are permitted; but ine law
plainly contemplates that no article
of value changes ownership by
chance. This makes all drawing con
trary to the lottery law. At the
church fairs that permit drawings me
i la violated. In many towns the
merchants and picture show owners
are violating the law. The officers
who permit it are a party to the vio
lation. It is best noi 10 engago m
anything of the sort without first
finding out what the law permits
n mav be sure that it doesn't
permit any allotment by chance. Even
the prlies given by chance wim
i .,m candv. or cigars, if given
to the holder of the lucky number
are unlawful and the mercnani
liable to both fine and Imprisonment
If he engages in such lottery enter
..i nniihtless all reputable per
sons who have anything to do with
drawings do not consider me narm
of them and few of them
know they are prohibited by law be
cause of the wrong principle
gambling principle involved. H
should be held mai iuir vmi
he exacted for all that men obtain.
To obtain anything by chance is
gambling. If the law am not tormn
drawings all might engage in them,
for all are more or less lncnneu w
take a chance. 'Two or more persons
could put up money, or article of
value, and draw for it the one hold
ing the lucky number to get. Any
number of combinations ana
i00 onnld be engaged In. But
they would be merely gambling by
.k. itt. nlan. The spienaia prua-
perous people of our country don t
wiBh to encourage the gambling prln-
iniA Undoubtedly the government
allotment of lands by drawing is a
violation of the lottery law, Deiug n
aimnle eame of chance. The
greatest offenders of the lottery law
are the wholesale dealers wno u.
knowingly sell merchants lottery
schemes. If Borne one wouia me bu.v
...in.t them in U. S. court it would
teach them a needed lesson. The law
says that an article of value can t oe
given away by chance, by allotment.
If anyone thinks me taw can u
h. honk or crook it might be
well to test the law by friendly action
in the courts of the state, or in u.
a -.rt- hut a suit is hardly neces
sary for there are decisions bearing
on drawings that meet all questions
of doubt Hiawatha World.
Ex-Governor Hoch says he didn't
Arnold because b wrot
poetry which Is highly eredlUbl to
th governor.
wim. .!. white has notified
th Kansas City 8 tar that he win
.t h. a candidate for lieutenant
rur. Where does this leav
rv-n.-, -.ho lamt horn from New
York -with a story that Whit told
him h would runt
This In th Topeka Capital Second
Thought eoluma ought to start som
thtng: Tter la some talk of pur-
tha alt of th John Brown
battlefield at Oaawatoml and eoo
Twrtllts tt Into t, memorial to Brown.
John Brown was a worthless, rood
for nothlag crank who never C'd a
-..i t.i. im tit. life. He was a
A Few Letters
Since we are In the shoe business It riaIc"'0U'
vertl, anything but shoes, especially If we ver
brand new spring models up to 16.00 but we believe It Is more lm
portant as to which store has your Interest at heart.
READ THIS
Mlshawaka, Indiana, April .4, '09.
R. H. VIOLA, Abilene, Kan.
Dear Sir-We are very much surprised to receive an advertise
ment issued by you. quoting Ball Brand goods below list price
This advertisement Is very Injurious to other dealers In your vicin
ity. inasmuch as our salesman may have not explained to your ou
r custom as regards the matter of retail prices, we would say that
we do not continue to solicit the trade of dealers who persist n
asking prices below our retail list, and Inasmuch as we are anxlo
us to continue selling you, we trust with the above explanation yo
u will promptly write us. stating that you have changed your prices
to agree with enclosed list and will be governed in the fture by s
uch price list.
Yours very truly,
MISHAWAKA WOLEN MFG CO.
MY ANSWER
Gentlemen:
I am glad some of my competitors have the time to play the
role of "Spotters," while I with 8 employees are busy from morning
till night taking care of our ever increasing trade. This what Is
making "head sores" and not the fact that I have cut $10 on the
prices of Ball Brand Boots. But If reducing 10c from your price
list of 3 75 is "injurious to other dealers," $4 and $5 (prices
above your list) charged by the "bleed in-all-you-can fellows is cer
tainly injurious to the trade, and to you, for until my starting In
business here with decent prices, fully 30 per cent of footwear
was bought from mall order houses. Now, gentlemen, if you Insist
on me selling Ball Brand boots at $3.76. will you allow me to give
26c premium in merchandise, such as a pair of boot socks, or a
bottle of Gilt Edge Polish. Its the little extras that are increasing
my business.'- Awaiting your reply, I beg to remain,
Yours truly,
H. VIOLA
The above answer will be published on receipt.
The Blue Front Shoe Store
QUEEN
uality
Agency
Electric
Shoe
Repairing
BIRTHPLACE OF MASONRY.
a a . rtiiU nf the effort of the De
partment of State to learn all that is
possible of the "hirtnpiace oi
Thomas R. Wallace, Anient...
consul at Jerusalem, has maae an
extensive investigation of "Solomon's
quarries" in the Holy city. His re
port a few days ago to the State de
partment le of interest to Masonic
bodies, and particularly to American
Masons, because an American. Rolla
Floyd, became senior warden of the
Royal 8olomon Mother lodge. In
stituted in Jerusalem in 173,
YSolomon's quarries" were men
tioned by Josephus In the writings of
the ancient historian. Tney were
lost through th Mlddl Age ana
until most recent times. A chamber
Is pointed out in the quarries as the
..i.i maotina- nlace of the ancient
VliKMm
body of Masons. The chamber Is the
so-called "Chamber oi snm
Covenant" '
Mr. Wallace said that his Investl
.... it him to bellv that the
quarry became lost when the Romans
destroyed Jerusalem, ii wm'
,k., .ton with wnicn me
Jewish temple was built was
taken from the quarry. The basis
of this belief is that Josephus de
scribed th tempi as having been
whit "like a mountain oi snow.
stone in th quarry is wniw anu
hardening with exposure to me
This factor would hav mad
desirable as building stone, be-
of the comparative ease wim
which H may b cut and nnisneo
Josephus spok of th mammoia
irn beneath Jerusalem, im
of .nr. axtent that an ap
proximately small portion of them
might hare Men spoaea w
Th quarries were discovered by
accident According to th story
Mr. Wallace, Dr. Barclay
h-.ti.. Hia doa disappeared id
hole near th orth wall of th
Th dog failed to reappear, ur.
Barclay tore away th earin ana
.hoot tha hoi nniu ne ami
u none to enter. It was
to tha anarrte.
. .k.h u nolsted out in which
Is saM ah Oral '
were held. It U a small i-
nlace with seats aoom n
.h.iToa of stoae. Cramb-
in,n triM at on rd
th semK-irel Is what once vu
s.r of fee sad Is said to nss
been the chapel of the lodge. It is
In the same condition now as when
discovered, Mr. Wallace said.
An American named Page, accord
ing to Mr. Wallace, gave the best in
dication of the time which passed
since the quarries were lost A
small pottery lamp such as those
used by the early Jews was found in
the quarries by Mr. Page. It was
filled with the minute particles of
dirt which float in the air. These
particles would remain in the vessel
after falling in. because protected
from air currents by the' rim oi ine
vessel. The pottery lamp naa a
bowl one inch deep. It contained
only these atoms of dust, snowing
that It required ages to fill.
The supposed connection of Solo
mon with theBe quarries, tosotuo.
with the traditional Idea that asso
ciates him with the early history of
h. M.onnlc fraternity, 1 responsi
ble tor the interest With which Ma
sons regard these caves .and espec
ially the particular chamber where
lodge meetings are some" "
Gavels and paper welghui inae from
the whit stone of the quarry, and
on which Masonic emoien
ved, Are to be had to some of the
stores of Jerusalem, and are much
prized by Masons.
Abilene having"now been told its
faults is expected to cogitate thereon
until the league ball season opens..
The I
soft.
air.
it
cause
Hats off to Mr.Murphy of Missouri.
It needed somebody to wake up the
federal Judge question.
The gash the Chagres River Is cut
ting through the Gatun dam is noth
ing to the gulch the Panama uan.
thro.tBiia to wear through the Unitwd
States Treasury before the account is
closed. '
The business men of Frankfort,
Kan., will Btart on a trade trip in
motor cars through the country
north and northwest of Frankfort
May 26. The trip will last three
days and 180 miles of roads will be
covered. There will be Winy motor
cars in the train and the train win
be one mile in length. Each business
hoi.ee In Frankfort will send a rep
resentative on the trip. The motor
trade winners will visit tne iarmer
at their homes, and endeavor to have
them do their town trading at Frank
fort Tn trad winners will make
their all night stop at farmhouses.
told
OUtl
a hi
city.
weeds
enlarged I
th
it
aonry '
circular
forced i
led
of
Summers yaiis
Do you hear it?
Doesn't th. STX'X t?2Z S
placid lakes, mountain climbing, the qrt blv,:
If you hear It, heed It
Where Should You Go?
Choose from among th following:
8 rolorado California, The Crand Canyon,
O Col1 JLt The Northwest,
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition.
Lo, Angeles, San Francisco or San Diego
and Return, $50.00.
. . -i. Portland and Seattle. $
Tlckt on aal May w . A.,t , lnclusiv .
U to July 10. "EUr rtvU.g-.
anything more b deslredf
ttractlona. Get ire. t--- "7". tha
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