Abilene weekly reflector. [volume], March 24, 1910, Page 12, Image 12

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Kansas Is the
Top-Notch Slate
- The year-books for 10. of the
United States Department of Agri
culture putt Kansas right op among
the top-Botcheri In farm product!.
In the last ten yean Kansas hai been
' flrit in wheat and fifth In corn In
190. Kansas was first In alfalfa,
. In fact no state even geti Into the
' aame class with Kansas on thla crop.
Also last rear thli ttate stepped Into
" fourth place on the number of, bortea
and seventh place In the number of
' hogs prodnced. . ,r
" F. 0. Coburn, secretary of the
board of agriculture, has been compil
ing some figures about Kansas crops
and the . lame crops In other states,
' It was done. for some skeptical Kan
. sans who supposed that Kansas got
Into the first rank only occasionally.
Tin government figures stiaw that
Ift the last ten years KanMt iro-
duced 770 million bushels of wheat
while Its nearest competitor produced
70S million bushels. This was Min
nesota. Kansas was third In K'09
but In nearly all the other yiars it
was first.
Id the ten years Kansas produced
1,601 million bushels of corn which
gives It fifth place In that period.
Illinois Is first; Iowa second; Ne
braska, third, and Missouri fourth.
Tens Is almost the pnty state
that produces more cattle than Kan
sat and only the states that, exceed
Kansas In corn produce a greater
number of bogs than does this state.
RELIGIOUS VALUE OF
UNIVERSITf DRAWING
Br 'xVunir &. AlsalV imtrii'cfur
In Mathematics, University ot Kan
sas: An Institution dependent on the
public for financial backing and
moral support must justify Its exist
ence by service rendered to the com
munity. Kansas people rightly re
gard religion as one of the serious
toncernt of life and demand ot their
University such presentation of relig
ious troth as its Importance requires.
A university stands or truth his-!
forlcal, scientific, philosophic. It
embodies the belief of learned men
that the studies ot a hundred genera
tions have brought to light facts
Which It isworth while for present and
future generations to know. These
facts arranged and classified accord
ing to the several branches ot science
and the arts, are here presented to
the' youthful or the Inquiring mind
and come to form the grounds of the
atudent'a judgments about the world
In which he lives. - If the student
profits by bis university training be
will be led to draw his own conclu
sions and not accept second-hand,
those of tome other man, not even
of bis teacher.
This Is the, first great gain In a
liberal education, to be afct free
from bondage or opinion, which la all
the uneducated man has to guide him
through life. Such a inan who has
heart Mr. Bryan speak, becomes con
vinced that he Is a good man, there
fore his opinion about the currency
must be right. Or he haa ehaken
hands with Roosevelt and decided
tba so stenuqus a person could not
possibly be mistaken about Porte
Rico or the Philippines, :. Religious
fellowships,, or their, rejection, are
commonly determined by equally In
sufficient persons. ,
- The llbsrally educated pan will
think. And how will he tblnkt . The
corner stone of a modern education
Is science. Science depends on the
discovery of unity In the apparently
endless diversity of observed phenom
ena. It is found that they always
take place in accordance with defi
nite, unchanging laws. Physical
science Is the recognition of law la the
material universe. But It is also
found that equally fixed laws hold
' good in the relations of human beings
with one another In trade, society,
government Further, there are laws
governing the activity of the indiv
idual, his' bodily health, his thinking,
his moral conduct These laws carry
penalties for breaking them.
If a man gets drunk regularly and
perslstenly for a certain length of
time, he becomes unable to do his
dally work; If he restricts his reading
to Ibsen, . d'Annunslo and Bernard
Shaw, he will lose the capacity to
understand ,- Aeschylus, ; Plato or
Shakespeare; If be relies for success
on over-reaching his neighbor Ot on
any' sort of fraud or Injustice, It his
aim la life ,ls nothing but self-indulgence,
he soon loses the capacity for
generqus thought or unselfish action..
A single Individual does not always
find opportunity to verify these mor
al laws by his own observation, but
In the pages ot history they are writ
large and plain. There one may read
'clear as the writing on the Babylonian
palace wall the awful Judgment of
Ood on pride, oppression, hatred, lust
all the long list of human sins.
The student who really profits by
' his opportunities will,, therefore, be
. come Impressed with a deep sense of
law In the tangled maie of human
conduct
- Last and most Important are the
means whereby one Is trained to
think lightly. In the past these have
been theology, philosophy and mathe
matics. Theology, unfortunately, has
been side-tracked and philosophy has
not fared much better, being made
accessible rather late In the course,
but elementary rostbeniatlcs now en
jors popular favor to an uncommonly
b:eh eegwe.
Tli's paper will b worth reading U
it r-r c';t tfce value ef mshessatles
as an aid fa wlif'oua testable.. 15
..-... ,.-.r Cvt!..-.-try )"rB to
enact reliable results from our study.
Hnwavar. haM the nraof mar be or
I however tiresome the reckoning, we
.are in me namt or uuaiug aenmw
answer to the question In hand; and
this 'answer will not be one thing
for one pupil and a different thing
for another according to their sevtral
ak ahlllHaa hllf It will he lb
fame (of 0 aai nlwayt ujf to date.
The assertion that train may oe one
thing for yon and another thing for
me or that In a free country each of
.,. i. antfi t till nwfl; oolnlon Is
just it likely to; bf right at another,
is mere moonshine to a mathemaucai-
iv disclnllned mind. Even the Declar
ation of Independence would not bear
me ant In maintaining that two times
two Is fire or that two circles can each
lie wholly Inside the other, just be
cause I feel like It
U - maw llama, innnl ttlOM bene
fits of university study which are
within everybody's reach, the ability
t think tnr nnaaalf. the expectation
Vw V a.wa --a - w
of finding laws among the things
we think about and the recognition
ot restrictions on our thinking If It
Is to agree with the reality. '
. Mow in thla otherwise well-ordered
world, there is one discordant ele
mentthe oreverse will, which so
often chooses to do wrong rather
than right Not much learning. Is
needed to discern this. Everyone
ran fuel Its working In his inner life.
The Greek philosophers were aware
of It and studied naro now w over
come It. But the atudent learns that
nrak nhllosoDhv was absolutely pow
enless to stem the surging wave. m
k.,m.a nualan. And every thought
ful student, knowing the Inevitable
MHMMuaacee of lawlessness, win
Loner or later cry out with the strong
Apostle: "0 wretched man mat i
am! who shall deliver me rtom the
taodv of this death?" But If he holds
. his faith In eternal trutn, ne win
riniti be able to answer: "I thank
God through Jesus Christ our Lord
' THE VIIXAGE DEACON.
A lot of felows would now own
good farms If they had put in as
much energy on a pitchfork as they
have on a billiard cue. ,
jt Jt
The old bachelors who board at
i..at h.v thla satisfaction: They
never catch the dickens for forgetting
to bring home bread for dinner.,
:'. Jt Jt
The man who joins church and pre
tends he Is religions just to get busl
.... mv (onl a few neoole, but he
isn't making any particular hit with
the Lord. '.
. Jt Jt
It beats the world how many wom
an imazina they would have been
await sinters or beautiful painters If
they had juet "taken lessons wnen
they were younger,"
Jt Jt .
I never get the best of a trade in
my life. That likely accounts lor tne
f.ot th.i t wouldn't trade one "Bow
ser" story for a whole carload of
"Dooley" Juak.
Jt Jt
Young man, I notice that you still
have the aneaklng Idea In your beaa
that von are xolnx to finally get a
full Nelson bold on old John Barley-
mrs and dumo him Into the dust
Ton fall to realise that the catacombs
of the old world are full ot the bones
of men who have tried the same
thine- and failed. You don't know
that among al the glanta who labored
on the pyramids ot Egypt not one
was strong enough to turn the trick.
If you don't believe It look Into the
poor housae ot this broad land;
zlance over' the resisters ot the pen
itentiaries that loom bp sullen and
gray in all the commonwealths where
floats the flex of your free country;
read the columns of the dally papers
every day for a score of years. Then
take aa hour off some day and go
back and lt down and try to figure
out Just how yon are gjing to do It
You can't do It with physical
strength, with ir.rr,' priifc brains.
Out John knows alt of those hold
4 s St '-- -n iU it -'"y r s'n-'
the sun began to ablne. There are
no holds he can't break. The one
decent thing' about old John Is that,
be won't follow yon Into respectable
places to frame np a match, may
away from him and you won't be
dumped Into the dust
, Jt .Jt . '
The man'wbo roars most about the
cold westher In our . nelgborhood
really has no kick coming. . His wife
carries In all the coal and sweeps
tbe snow oft the sidewalk.
Jt Jt ':',;''.
"Brother Philander," said t to our
head deacon the other ;' day, "you
trade horses ' occasionally; How do
van menace to do it and keep yonr
religion at the eame timet" "Most
ly," replied old Philander with s siy
twinkle in his eye, "by not letting
tbe other fellow skin me." y
' ,V:. '' Jt Jt .
Lots of ken have gone broke In
runnlns- for office because they
couldn't tell tbe difference between
"encouragement" and votes.
( jt Jt .
Lots of business men are just like
bees. They keen busy all the time,
but always manage to find time to
get tbelr stinger into an eaeniy.
. Jt Jt
All of ne would be drawing ten
thoutand dollar salaries if it took
nothing but chyelcal strength to hold
down the big Jobs.
Yeara ago I knew. great big
husky man who was never known to
work. He was very religious and
never missed a service or at prayer
meeting. He need to stand around
on the streets and say that he pat
all his trust in tbe Lord and knew
that be wonld not starve. He would
quote scripture about the ravens and
the neoole who had believed and were
fed. , He bad plenty of faith but the
storekeeper didn't and ne couiani
rat trusted for a sack ot flour. I Hit
wife was a meek and lowly soul who
kept .chickens and a cow nd occa
ainnaiiv did a family washing for
some neighbor; The old man's voice
used to ring out In testimony at the
revivals, but his wife never had any
thing to say. Finally the good wo
man nassed to her reward 'and the
old man sold the cow and the chick
ens and went to live with a son. The
son moved away and there was only
nna nlaca left for the man With faith
the poor house and he went there.
When the time came for him to un
loosen his mortal coll and fly away
to his golden harp he looked, up and
Said to tbe doctor: - "uroiner juei
have faith and all will be well." I'll
bet that fellow never saw the nearly
gates. : , ... , ..
jt jt -
When a girl Inslsti o(i falling head
over heels In love with' a particularly
f.ilA tliaFB la Ana mrnv to
oure her. Let her marry him and a
year or so will do the rest S
Jt , Jt ' ,
. About all soma men seem to be
good tor la to stand around on the
streets and prophesy changes In the
weather, and help pull the hose cart
the last ten feet ot the way to the
tire. Bert Walker. In Osborne Far
mer.' . ' . .
'' ": Jt Jt , v,.
Some reformers make the mistake
of advertising when trey have no
goods to sell, not realising that they
can tool customers but once. '
The real healthy and marketable
suckers are never landed with one
cent stamps. ' ' ri
'., Jt Jt '
I will admit that I don't know
very much about poetry, but I have
known some nersons who tried to
write ft, and that was enough. "
"beacon," said a man to me the
other day, !'lt you would give the
world more ot your muscle and less of
yonr philosophy, there wouldn't be
so many weeds In yonr corn and yonr
credit would be better at the bank."
; ' ' 'v
You otter hear the expression
"Money makes the mare go." There
Is a whole lot to it To be serfectly
frank you will have to admit that all
of us are out for the dollars. The
man who wants an office so he can
lift the voke from the necks ot his
fellow men wouldn't shout so loudly
and work so hard for votes If there
was no salary attached to the job.
But his reforms and his labors mean
more votes, and more votes mean the
Job, and the Job means money to him.
Reform and the (ate receipts waik
hand In, hand. Tbe business man
opposes this measure or la tor that
measure a good deal according to
what his financial, barometer tells
him. The money Is the thing In this
good old world. Once in a while
sentiment rets In and rules for a brief
and fleeting hour, but It Is generally
safe to figure that three huodrta ana
sixty-four days of the year the al
mighty dollar It wearing tbe crows
of authority and roosting on t e most
comfortable jwira. Religion and pol
itics will never knock It ot. It Is
Is Solis Is lostioii of
XJdilld Losliip :
This announcement con
tains information in the
form of facts and figures
easily understood by the
lay man--which has nev
er before been published.
It is important to the buy
er who has been confused ,
by cjohflicting claims; be
cause it enables hi rti t6
know the car whicH the ,,
peop I e v haV e !&h ose ri
above all others
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The Official Report ot the
Association of Licensed
Automobile Manu-
facturers
(Under Selden Patent)
Shows the number ol cars manufao-.
tured during the quarter ended
Dec. 81, 190, as follows:
Name
, No of Cart
.Manufactured
1 BUICK "
2 Cadillac ,
8 Chalmert
I Maxwell-Briscoe. 1"
S Bverett-Metsger-Flanders 1,418
Overland
7 Packard
. R.o
t Hudson ..;...;... 760
10 Franklin "J
11 Peerless ....... 's
13 Plerce-Arrow 0'
ill Mitchell
14 Stoddard-Dayton ?"
15 Oldsmoblte 888
1 Rapid ,...;...-.
17 .Locomobile 8
18 Pope-Hartford ' 881
'11 .Wlnton ,t
20 Waltham .,s, ,..' 2BJ
II .Elmore
22 Thomas ,
28 Stearns . . ; ........ W
24 Cartercar
25 Oakland ,,....;'.. lit..'
26 Autocar t ....... 1 ,
27 Premier v.hV. . . . .- 114
28 York V.... .J"
t : Stevens-Duryea 13 :
It Brush Runabout ...... v 15
II Nordyke ft Marmon...... 124
32 Btudebaker I14,
13 Jackson -i. 1"
34 Moline ................. 107
The report 'shows that twenty
eight Members and Uncensees of the
Association not Included In the above
list, built less than 100 cars each
during the quarter. Members and
licensees reporting for the year not
Included. V
Ciii!parati8 Groep Ilo. I
Biiick 4,437 or More Than:
Packard, 1,157 ; Pierce, 478 5 Peerless, 406 ;
Winton, 179 5 Lozier, 85 ; Knox, 90 J
Stoddard-Dayton, " 366 ; Oldsmobile, 336 ;
Stearns, , 198; Haynes 81 ; ;Royal Tourist,
18 5 Stevens-Durjea. 1375 Pope-Hartford,
281 i Thomas,' 228 ; Locomobile, 296 ; total,
' 4.436' .
Ccnipkrativa Group Ho. 2
Biiitk 4,437 or More Than:.
Chalmers, 1,702 ; Mitchell, 371 ; Reo, 963 ;
Jackson ro8; Waltham, 27; Moline, 107;
Brush, 132; total, 4,351.
Gcnparative Group (!o. 3
j,Vf.. E-M-F,;r,4l6j Overland, 1,177; Franklin,
, 7 ,.s; 523; ;Colurribia, 52; Mitchell, 371; Mora,
, ; 46;lvCorbin 26; Studebaker,, 114; total,
- Ccsjaratiya Grcsp l!3. 4
Buick 4,437 or More Than:
Maxwell, 1,6.8 ; Hudson, 755 j Elmore,
242 5 Selden, 57 ; Waltham, 252 ; Premier,
144 ; Nordyke & Marmon, 124 ; total 3,918.
In the face of such an overwhelming evi
ence of the trend of public opinion is there
any longer a scintilla of doubt that the
Buick is "the car the people have chosen?"
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