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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-27
DREAMS AND DREAMS.

A maiden sits'in window seat,
And 70 and fro swings her idle feet
As she gazes of at the sunset glow
Over the tops of the hills OF snow;
In her Ian rests a book, unopened, forgot,
Her ewes are gazing where ours may not,
AS she dreams ana dreams.
Far I'M in those mountains of red and gold,
Behind the snow hills so white and cold,
She sees doubt not, lover true
On his fiery steed go cantering through:
For the bright eyes nasn ana the red lips
And She Sits there gazing a long. long while,
And dreams and dreams.
o. the steed is fiery. the Ii yer is true
From the spurs on his boots to his cap of blue:
And the hot eyes fash, and the cheeks burn
fire
At his side CLEANS sword, now useless and
cold,
Thus she dreams and dreams.
He has traversed the world on his steed so
For maid like this in the window seat.
Scarned madens of high and of low degree,
And OF each one said, softly: Not thee, not
theeI'
VIII never q hand point him out the way,
wonder? o. ycsi he will come to-day!
So she dreams and dreams.
But bark TO that sound; was it out of the
street?
And was it the sound of hurrying feet?
o. my heart. stand still and listen with me
While press my face to the pane and see
Is it horses hoOfs on the pavement below?
Have you come, my knight, is it yes or no?
She dreams ana dreams.
From that sword the Jewels methinks / see
Adjoining the hand of a maid like roe,
And now can feel his breath on my cheek,
His hand over mine. VIII he never speak?
4 voice through the darkness comes loud and
clear:
s'What, dishes not washed yet? How's this, my
Gearl'
Farewell, o ye dreamsI'
Evening Cal.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-27
Talking With Strangers.

At another time, when riding TOWARD
Washington, Thomas Jefferson over
took man of respectable appearance
"a country merchant. The President
drew up and saluted him, as was his
friendly habit. The two then iourneyeC
on together. Political topics crept
in, and the man On foot strongly cen
sured certain acts OF the Administration.
He then proceeded to quote some per
sonal stories against the President.
"Do YOU know Mr.. Jefferson. per-
sonally?" inquired the man on horse
back.
No, nor don't want to-"
''But is it fair play to repeat such
stories, and then not dare to meet the
subject of them face to face?"
At the word dare the merchant
promptly responded:
Il will never shrink FROM meeting
Mr.. Jefferson if he comes in my way"
s'Wiil YOU 90 to his house tomorrow,
and be introduced to him, if will meet
you there?"
II will"
The next day the stranger bravely
sent in his card at the Presidential man.
sion. for in the intervening time he had
discovered the identity of his new ac-
auaintance. When he saw the Presi-
dent he said:
Il have called, Mr.. Jefferson, to
apologize for having said to a stranger
Here the President interrupted him
with-.'hard things of an imaginary
parsonage who is no relation of mine. >
The merchant attempted explanation,
but the President laughingly parted al
efforts of the kind. and insisted on hi:
staying to dinner.
Afterwards this gentleman used tc
caution young people TO be guarded
when talking with strangers, but instead
of being an enemy of the President he
and his family became ''tiery Jeffer.
sonians. ~. Y. Erdmlner.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-27
The Dead Languages.

The ancient languages, with great
beauty of structure, contain wonderful
remains of genius, which draw, and al
ways will draw, certain like-minded
men-Greek men and Roman men-in
all countries, to their study, but, by a
wonderful drowsiness of usage, they
had exacted the study of all men.
Once (say two centuries agO), Latin
and Greek had strict relation to all
the science and culture there was in
Europe, and mathematics had mo-
mentary Importance at some era of
activity in physical science. These
things became stereotyped rs educa-
ton. as the manner of men is. But the
good spirit never cared for the col
leges, and though all men and boys
were now drilled in Latin, Greek and
mathematics, it had quite left these
shells high and dry on the beach, and
was now creating and feeding other
matters at other ends of the world. But
in a hundred high schools and col
leges this warfare against common sense
still goes on. Four or six or ten years
the pupil is parsing Greek and Latin,
and as soon as he leaves the university,
as it is ludicrously styled, he shuts those
books for the last time.
Some thousands of young men are
graduated at our colleges in this
country every year, and the perscEs
who at forty years still read Greek can
all be counted on your hand. L never
met with ten. Four or five persons 1
have seen who read Plato. But is not
this absurd, that the whole liberal tai
ent of this country should be directed
in its best years on studies which lead
to nothing.-R. w. Emerson.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-27

Lord Coleridge declined all the
numerous invitations extended to him
by photographers to sit for his picture.
The men of the camera then sent to
England for one to make copies of, but
were disappointed to find that Cole
ridge had not been photographed fol-
twenty years.-N. Y. Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-27

money. 1t is no part of Switzer's
duty to understand Arabic or be con-
versant with the coinage of the East;
and when Geneva jeweler receives an
order the only inquiry he is called upon
to make is an inquiry touching the sow
ency of his customer. That being done,
he thinks all is done.-COr. London
Times
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no CORRESPONDENCE.

All communications for this paper should be accom-.
Saned By the name of the suthor not necessarily foi
psr1 ~ the wyiter write only side of the pa
Der Be particularly careful In giving nance and dste'
Proner names are often difficult to decipher becausl
sf The careless manner In which they are writtea.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-27

Massachusetts and Rhode Island are
the only States which now elect all
State officers and Legislature every
year, and only six States have sessions
OF the Legislature every year.-Bosto"
Herald.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-27

DIR. John II. .McCrary, of Lancas-
ter. Pa, suggests that the school chill
dren raise penny fund to erect at the
State Capitol grounds in Harrisburg a
monument to the memory of Thaddeus
Stevens, the father of the free school
system of the State Philadelphia
Press.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-27
FARMING IMPLEMENTS

Weir HapgOod and Sulk
AgitatOr machine
Wind we yeu Challenge
Hhie beyond all doubtthe In market
Thanking public past faVOrs hope dealing and
to business, a Of
Respectfully.
BERRY BROS.
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ALSO / FULL LINE OF
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-07-06
Death of RiShOn PinkneY.

The Rt Rev William Pinkney, d. d. fifth
Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese
of Maryland, died suddenly of congestion of
the heart, at the residence of Rev. a. T. Pin
dell, near Cotkeysvlle, at six o'clock in the
morning of July 4th The Bishop preached
in the new Sherwood Church, Tuesday night,
and was to take part in the conservation OF
the church on Wednesday.
The body will be taken to Washington
this morning, and after services at the
Church of the Ascension, of which he was
rector, will be inferred at Bladensburg, by the
side of his wife, who died about three years
ago.
Bishop Pnkney was born in Annapolis in
1910, and was therefore 73 years old at the
time of his death. He was nephew OF
William Pinllney, the great lawyer. He was
elected Bishop assistant to Bishop Whiting
ham in 1868, and upon the death of the lat
| ter became Bishop of the diocese.
The Baltimore Americam pays the follow
ing just trbnte to his memory:
Like knight of old who fell upon the flel(
| of battle, Bishop Pimkney died with all hi:
armor on. On the evening before his death he
| preached, and perhaps premoniton of his ap
| preaching dissolution turned his thoughts upon
the close of life. 1t seemed almost his own fnnera
sermon that he preached. No bishop in The
| church was more beloved than he. His nature wal
| so full of manly sweetness and kindness. He
| was loved by little children, by young men ant
| by the aged. Ills ready sympathies flowed ou
| to all. He took interest in the play of boys il
| the studies Of collegians, in the business o.
young men and in the domestic happiness o
hundreds of homes His mind was naturall,
| full of poetry and refined sentiment, that show
| ed itself in his correspondence wellas his ser
| mons. He life was stainessly pure and simple
| lie was very sparing in his diet and neve
| touched wine, except at the sacrament Ili
| happiness was in rural life, and it was only
sense of duty that called him from his Bladens
| burg parish, where his days had been so seren,
| and where his affections were so strongly cen
| tired. His career as bishop bias been full o
| labor and responsibility, and he was held il
vcncration by all the clergy and laity of tn,
| diocese. His sudden death is Il great shock tt
around sadly and ask each other where any on,
can be found who can fill his place. Yet ihos,
who loved him best could hardly wish the clos,
| to be other than it is. Ills life and his deall
| have been rs he would have them. lie lived III
| to his own highest ideals, life of noble endea
yors, died full of years and honors at the post q
| duty-in death as in life a valiant soldier of thu
| cross. life so complete and symmetrical is
| grand thing to contemplate, and eloquent as hi
| words wer" hi life was his noblest sermon.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-07-06

THE TRADE DOLLAR DOOMED The war
on the trade dollar, which began at New
lOrk last week, has rapidly spread through
out the country, Banks, merchants, street
car and railroad companies refuse them and
even the magistrates will no longer take them
for fines. This being tho case everybody else
will therefore have to fall into line and also
refuse them. This anomalous coin contains
420 grains of silver, nine tenths fine, and was
never intended for circulation in this country,
but for the purposes of trade with China
Congress, however, for some inscrutablc rca-
son, ordered the coinage of standard silver
dollars, 412a grains, worth only 81 cents
The latter are legal tender, but the trade dol
lars are rot. Not being legal tender and
containing only SGl cents worth of silver,
capitalists bought the silver, had it stamped
into trade dollars, realizing II profit of - or
IA cents on each one, with no risk whatever.
Thus the country became flooded with them,
and as they were not worth rs much intrins-
ically as gold dollar, they are less scrvicea
Bile abroad than formerly. The standard sill
yer dollar being legal coin of the country
it has greater purchasing power ihan the
trade dollar
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-07-06
Focal Affairs.
LITTLE LOCALS.

LATHE LOCALS.
IL. Ross, of l.apidum, caught an eight.
pound rock fish in the Su-quehanna a day on
two ago.
The oldest inhahiiant says the Snsquehanna
river, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last
week, was higher than was ever known before
Master Philip Blair, of the York Collegiate
College, is spending his vacation with hisaunts,
the Misses Blair, at Long Branch, hartford
county.
Rock Spring and Emmanuel Episcopal
churches win be dmprd in mourning, next Sun
day, as A token of respect 10 The memory of the
late Bishop Pmkncy,
The directors of the Hartford National Bank
Of Bel Air, on Monday, following III" example
of the Baltimore banks, directed Cashier McAfee
to receive no more trade dollars.
The only new candidates this week, are
Mcssrs. Michael Whleiold and Hugh r. Bay,
both of Dublin district, and Thos. NJ. Poole, of
Rel Air district, for County Commissioners.
"A hop was announced, to take place at the
Town Hail. Bel Air, Thursday night, by the
students of the Bel Air ACADEMY
- me pleasing announcement Is made That
the Pennsylvania Railroad will reduce local
fares on the r., W. " b. Division, and afford
greater facilities between Baltimore and the
Eastern Shore
Western beef is now brought TO Hartford
county and sold in competition with the home
article at lower prices Mr.. Thomas ID. Wat
tcrs, of PleasantyiIle, supplies his customers
with it regularly.
The oi-pipc line is nearly completed to
Baltimore. 1t will have its terminus at the res
crvoirs of the Canton rciineres. 1t is estimat ted
that it can pour 10000 gallons of petroleum a
day into Baltimore city.
The directors of the Maryland Central met
at Bel Air, last Friday. Routine business was
transacted and Mr.. Ford, of Chicago, was ap.
pointed road master He is said TO be an ex-
pcricnccd railroad man, and great benefit TO the
road is expected from his management
Preliminary steps have been taken by
Mcssrs. Joshua F. Cocley, VIM. s. Whitley, II.
X. Boarman, Edward w. Stiefel, John T. b.
Parlctt, John Ridgely of H.. Thomas Phipot
and Others to establish national bank at Tow
sontown. The amount of capital stock TO be
issued is not stated.
Several farmers in the vicinity of Fork Meet
ing House, Baltimore county, have gone into
the canning business. Several outfits for cam
ming establishments have already been received
at Baldwin Station. This makes BUSINESS for
the railroad, and it is hoped the venture may
prove source of profit to those engaged in the
business = 1OmSontOpu Union.
The rain on Tuesday night underm ined the
foundation of Lapidum school house. On Tues
dry MIR. VIM. II. Paul, representing Stephenson
masonic lodge, which occupies the hall above
the school-room, applied to the School Com
missioners to have the wall repaired. Messrs.
Vosbury and Whitelord, of the board, will meet
committee of the lodge, at the spot, to-day, to
make an examination
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neiohhnrltnnd ne,us.
Aberdeen,


Rev. W. w. Campbell, pastor of the Presby.
teriau church, preached the first sermon of the
promised series on Character" last Sunday
morning.
Mr.. Robt. A. Mitchell, of the Old Bay farm,
animal had just been driven, probably ten miles.
minutes
--"Trade dollars, worth IS cents only,n is
placarded about our store doors here
The following were installed officers of
Benheim Lodge, l. o. o. f., last Saturday
night: N. e., j. Fnney Wells V. G., b. W.
Herring Secretary, Hon. W. b. Baker Treas
urer, r. NJ. Taylor; Warden, j. t. Baldwin
o. e., l.. 3. Osborn; Conductor, Geo. Harris ;
l. g., Jno l.. Finney r. s. to N. g., j. W.
Wells; L. s. to N. g., Jas. b. Hollis X. s. to
V. g., G.. Z. jackson L. s. to V. e., Ii. o. PEN
nington; k. s. s., II. l.. Arthur; l.. s. g., g. O..
Pritchard.
Miss Carrie Lee Fulton and Master Alfred
Osborn are home from the Wilmington Confer
ence Academy to spend their vacation.
Miss Matte s. Richardson is also home to
spend her vacation. She has been teaching at
Chestnut Hill during the year.
Miss Florence Dunlap, nnd Master John
Walkers.
Mrs. Kliesz and her daughter, Lizzie of
Camden, N. j., are at Mrs. Samuel b. Ivins'
Miss Kate Hall, of Va, and Miss Jennie H.
Edwards at Rev. j. w Steele's.
Miss Annie and Miss Lottie Bentley, of
Baltimore, at Mrs. John H. Hopkins.
Miss Given, of Baltimore Co., at j. T.
Bradford's.
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Sllawsyille.

CROPS.
Farmers have commenced cutting wheat
There is not so much straw as last year, but
wheat and rye are both good. The wet weather
nteriered with cutting clover, the crops of
which promises to be large, Apples will be
scarce. large crop of potatoes have been
planted and they look well. Hands are scarce
and a number of our farmers have therefore
bought self-bnders.
CANDIDATES NUMEROUS.
Politics is the order of the day and you can
not travel many miles in any direction without
finding candidate pressing his claims.
DEAD INFANT FOUND.
The rain last week raised one prong of Mud.
dy Creek so high that Mr. Jacob Grove, who has
mill on the creek, had to raise his waste gate
TO let the water oat. After the flood was over
he found the dead body of an infant caught on Il
small bush below the breast of the dam. An in
quest was held. Dir. Martin, of Stewartstown,
made an examination and said the child had
been born alive. 1t had piece of red Han
mel around it neck and some old clothing wrap.
ped around it. It's parentage is unknown
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-07-06

A man, recognized as Bernard 4. Doyle, OF
So South Exeter street, Baltimore was struck
by extra engine No. IS, of the p, w. and B.
Railroad, near here about $50, last Saturday
night. He was brought to the depot and at
tended by DIR. Y. j. Jackson. His head was
nearly mashed To pieces. lie was removed tc
the Baltimore City Hospital on Sunday morning
where he died the same night.
Great preparations are being made for the
tournament TO be held here ON the 23d instant
Fourteen knights has entered
Mr.. Thomas Bennett and his daughters Misses
Fannie aud Helen, of Baltimore, are visiting Mr.
j, Everett Taylors.
Miss Nellie NJ. Michael has gone 20 the noun
tains of Hampshire county, West Va.
UIATnp
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-07-06

The Democrats of Kent. county, Md
nominate their candidates by plan which
seems to he "A modification of that pursued
in Hartford Primary meetings are held in
each election district and candidates for the
various offices To he filled are voted for At
the same time five delegates to the county
convention are elected. The candidates re
ceiving "A plurality of the votes in the district
are entitled to the votes of the delegates from
that district in the county convention. BY
thismethod candidates in the smaller districts
arc put on an equal footing with thosein the
larger districts. Candidates for County
Commissioners are voted for only in the dis
tricts in which they reside. The new plan
has only recently been adopted and will be
tried for the first time on the 18th instant
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-07-06

Mr.. Enoch Pratt on Monday drew his
check on the Farmers and Planters Bank for
$S33,3333 3 in favor of the city of Baltimore,
as the endowment of the Enoch Pratt Free
Library In handing it to Mayor
Whyte he remarked that it did
not affect his nerves any more to draw II
check for that amount than it would to give
one for So. Plenty of people have nerve
enough to fill up check for million of dol
lars, but very few have back bone enough to
know it would he cashed afterwards. Mr..
Pratta gift is a munlcent one, and he dis
plays far more generous spirit than he
would by holding on to his wealth until he
can no longer use it. Surely Mr.. Pratt must
experience supreme enjoyment in the rcllec-
ton that his bounty will be n blessing to
thousands yet unborn.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-07-06

REMARKABLE PRoDLGT OF BrTTER.-A pub-
lie test of Messrs. Watts ~ Seths Jersey COW
Value 3D. GSI4, took place AT the farm of her
owners, in Baltimore county, last week. The
trial was under the supervision of Messrs. Alex.
NJ. Fulford and VIM. ii. West, of the Mary land
Breeders Association, and Col. NJ. +. Weld, of
New York, representing the American Jersey
Cattle Club. In seven days the COW gave :i27
pounds of milk, which yielded % lbs. 9 ll.l2
ounces of unsalted butter The utmost care
was taken to ensure exactness and fairness in
the test. The COW was MIXED at & A. M,2P
NJ. and 10 p. NJ, each day, in the presence of
the committee. The milk was then pI.ced in a
cabinet creamer, secured by two locks and seal
ed. The milk was skinned three times a day,
the cream placed in sealed dreamer and churn-
ed every day. The greatest yield of butter in
one day was lbs. | 1.G ounces and the least,
. lbs - ounces. During the trial the COW was
fed on corn chop, bran, cotton seed meal, I'm
seed meal and little at.mca cruel, the feed
being varied from day 10 day. Her green food
was cut clover and orchard grass mixed and
oats and peas MIXED, on alternate days She
was allowed a short run in an old pasture in the
morning and at night was kept with two other
cows in a lot of one acre on which there was
but little grass. The yield is the largest on II.
| cord as the result of an official Test, and Mrssrs
Watts " Seth may justly claim to have the best
Jersey COW in the world. Value Second welghs
955 lbs, and gave nearly one fourth of her
weight in milk in seven days. Her formerown
er, Mr.. ThomasTaggart, of Hagerstown, Md.
gave $50 for her and was lau ghed
at by his neghbors for his want OF
judgment. She made for him IN seven days
"a lbs. 3 ounces of butter. He sod her TO
Messrs. Watts & Seth for 50, 600
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-07-06

PRRsoNAL-Mr Paine and Mrs. Herring,
members of Judge G. w. Billngslea's family,
started for Ocean City, yesterday.
Mr.. James r. Smith, of Lapidum, is re :
covering from n severe spell of sickness.
Mr.. Bertram N. Stump, whose serious illness
at the residence of his uncle, Col. Herman
Stump, was announced last week, is now some
what better and in fair way TO recover His
disease is of a typho malarial character.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-07-06

East Hartford, Southern Methodist Church.
Preaching next Sunday Perryman II A. M,
Harvest" Farmers and others invited. Aber-
deem sAP. NJ, "Blind RePgars." j. w. Steele pas
tor.
Grove Presbyterian Church. The pastor, Rev.
w. w. Campbell will continue his sermons on
"Character,' next Sunday II A. NJ.
ReA. It. d. Valiant will preach at Providence NJ.
p. Church, Sunday, July Sth, at 1890, A. NJ. Tn
ion Chapel, 33 0P. NJ, Bel Air, s p. NJ.
Rev. w. Il. Valiant will preach at Mt. Tabor NJ.
p. Church, Sunday, July Sth, at 1890 A. M, and
In the new church at The Cedars, at $50 p. NJ.
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RepOlfed for tie #
Base Ball on the Fourth.


An entertaining base bail game took place on
the fourth at Bel Air, between the Towson niue
and nine composed of young gentlemen from
Bel Air. The game was played in the morning
and was witnessed by a fashionable assembage
ofspectators, Notwithstanding The intense breeze
from the sun.
This was the first appearance of the Bel Air
boys upon the diamond, and they showed the
need of practice both in batting curved balls and
in pitching. The Towsons strength lies main
~ in their pitcher, who proved quite y puzzle
to the Bel Arrears. The game was very pretti-
~ contested up to the fifth inning, when the
Towson's put in heavy streak of batting and
won easily by the score Of 90 to TO- When the
game ended three Princeton cheers were given
the visitors, several of the Bel Air nine having
been Princeton college students at one time or
other
RnlInwintr 10 tho cnora.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-07-06

The constitution of Ohio forbids the issu-
ing ofliccnscs to sell liquor, but the clause
was evadcd in a law taxing the retail traffic.
The Ohio Supreme Court last year pronounc-
ell the law unconstitutional Another law,
similar in general character, was passed by
The Legislature, This the Supreme Court
has affirmed To be constitutional. The tax is
fixed at 5000 for each place where liquor is
sold
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-07-06

1t is proposed by Western capitalists to
build two double track narrow gauge rail
roads from New York 10 San Francisco
The capital stock is to be $500, 100000 Every
cmpoye is TO be a stakeholder. The scheme
is n big one too big, we fear, TO make invest
mcnts in ii safe for outsiders.