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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-21
The Profit in Farming.

In agriculture, as in all other indus
tries, il is the best use of opportunities
and materials that makes the most
profit The soil is the material from
which the farmer produces his income.
It is productive only when it is at work,
that is. when it is bearing some crop.
When it is idle it is simply so much
money at rest and yielding no interest.
The soil, too, ike money, is exhausted
when it is idle, and is increasing in
value when it is ut work. One might
rs well fear that so much money as the
land i worth would become reduced in
value 10y being well invested. as that
the land would be impoverished when
il is in a productive condition. This
can be very clearly shown. \ field IS
sown now to rye. and the crop will be
gathered next July. Frequently it will
lie until The next spring, when 1t may
bc planted 10 corn. The corn viii stand
a month after Il is ripe and might be
cut. and the land will be plowed in the
spring and sown with oats. The oat
stubble will be two months before it is
plowed and sown to fall grain of some
kind. Now the ground has been idle
more bHdH ustll luC tAlhC, l4ONiuSth-
nothing. On the other hand, a field
now in rye or wheat may be plowed
as soon As the. crop is cut and
planted with fodder corn, or
sown with millet, or a green crop
such as rape, or with turnips. and from
five to ten or fifteen tons per acre of val
liable fodder taken from the soil This
will feed a good many stock, sheep, pigs,
cattle. or cows, and the whole value of
it will be returned in manure. Or the
crop may be plowed under and the soil
greatly enriched by it. The following
corn crop will be increased either way
by the manure or the green stuff plowed
in. If the corn is put in in good season,
the land being plowed in the fall so that
no time is lost. and is cut as soon as the
grain in glazed, rye may be sown and
narrowed in, and a good fall or winter
pasture may be secured. There will be Z
something TO be plowed in, too, in-the /
spring more or less, and again the land /,
will be in better condition. This con
slant cropping viii keep down weeds
and will produce something that may
be fed TO stock. and if done, as Il rule, /
will easily provide fodder for twice as :
much live stock as the farm usually car /
ries. No farmer will have shadow of .
a doubt that at the end of ten years with !
such treatment as this his land viii be /
far richer and more productive, and he
will be proportionately richer himself .
than if it had laid idle six months OF
each of those vears.-A !. TijLles. {
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-21
The Pudding i'm the Chair.

A paragraph of State news, embody-
ing droll Thanksgiving incident at a
dinner table in Wyndham, leads DR.. c.
b. Lyman, of this city. to recall similar
occurrence in that neighborhood long
time ago-befOre he was born, and he
is eighty. In the original incident
(Which MES a-true story the ''head of
the table, a lawyer, while standing to
carve the turkey, found need of more
room. and-so set big dish of hot pud-
ding in his own chair. The company.
seeing the chance for fun, diverted his
mind from the pudding by introducing
a lively theme that set all a-laughing-
and when Mr.. Carver sat down he sat
in the hot pudding. The later version
whether Of a new and real incident or
an Improvement on the old one-is that
at the recent Thanksgiving in Wyndham
the carver found the turkey tough
one to unjoint, and, after Juggling awhile
at it. he made more room by clapping
a big dish of hot pudding into his
vacant chair, and went on hacking at
the turkey. his energetic but ill-directed
labor finally landing the obdurate fowl
in the lap of a lady at the table, and
SCATTERING the table cloth with grease
and gravy. The carver, aghast. and
ruefully ecclaiming: Now I've done
it, weakly subsidized into the pudding,
and found he had indeed done it
Hartford Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-21
Fishes in Love.


"Ever see a fish make love?" asked
n naturalist. '.Well. here's chance ~
he continued, pointing to small square
tank. ''In there are some sticklebacks
that were sent to me some time AGO,
and for quite while they have been
working ut their nests. 7-...
"Build neSts?. | should say SO. The
stiekleback can build as good nest as
a robin. I've been watching this honey
moon business for about 4 week.
first noticed the male began to change
his color, becoming a bright red, and
soon he began to collect small sticks
and pieces of fibre of various kinds:
these he began to mould into regular
form, and then passed around them
with a quivering motion. that was to
glue the material together. p
Where did the glue come from?"
asked the reporter.
1T comes from . special gland,n
was the reply.
1T is in fact the plaster. and by these
invisible cords the nest was Kept in
shape. Every once in while the fish
would dash into the nest, and finally
4 hole was formed, SO that the nest is
rs You see 1t nOw-an oval about three
inches across with hole through the
center. The material is mostly threads
that l pat in for the fish to use. Now
Just watch the little fellow
Taking 4 large hand magnifier. the
stickleback was soon brought into
view. looking as ia-ge asa front He.
was engaged in a desperate chase after
a coqItstiSh female that dodreI here
and there in fsuitlesS efforts to avoid
him. and in few moments she was
cornered near the nest and reluctantly
passed into the home prepared for hey.
That's the end of the courtship and
welded bliss, said the naturalist.
= The male prepares the house, drives
the female in, ard when she has laid
The eggs, takes her place until they are
latehed, and, indeed. until the YOUNG
fishes are able to attend to them.
selves
The fish had Ialready undertaken its
iutles and was stationed over the new
y laid eggs, aerating them with its
ms, occasionally rushing out to attack
he intruder. HE viii do this said
he owner, until the fish are Matched
nd able to take care of themselves,
hen he will tear down the nest.".
boston Globe. .r.4
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-21
$4,000 Gone!

SAN FRAKcIsco, CAL.-The Chronicle
publishes in substance the following mar
vel. Captain W. +. Swasey, the oldest
pioneer of the coast, makes a statement of
tie intense suffering of his friend Col. D.
J. Williamson, an Army officer of distinc-
ton and an Ex-U. S. Consul, who was at
tackled in the winter of 1862 with violent
rheumatism. So great was his agony in
after years, he became a helpless cripple,
and after trying numberless remedies, the
baths of other countries and spending
fortune of $4,000, the disease seemed to as
sumo a more virulent type. Finally, he
was persuaded to try st. Jacobs Oil, the
great conqueror of pain. 1t worked a mir
aclc Of cure. In letter to the Chronicle
be confirms Capt. Swasey's statement and
adds: 81 cheerfully give my unqualified
attestation to the truthfulness of the state
mept, because feel perfectly certain that
a knowledge OF my cure by st. Jacobs Oil
will prove the means OF relieving hundreds
Of sufferers.D
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-21
Scaling Hotel Figures.


An old lady, with jerky voice and a
great display of snuff-box and spectacles,
got left by train the other night and
had to 60 to hotel for lodgings and
breakfast. A few minutes before train
time the clerk went up to her room to
notify her, and found her sitting in a
chair as stiff as Major. As soon as he
entered she broke out with:
'.How much day is this hotel?''
1.-Two dollars, madam"
'.How much where you don't have
sapper?''
Twelve shillings.
.'How much where you sit up all
night long, exciting to be murdered
every minit?"
Just the same-twelve shillings.''
How much where you don't eat any
breakfast for fear of being pizened,m'.
she continued.
Just the same, madam. There is
your bed, and breakfast has been ready
these two hours"
We'll, l don't pay it."
But, madam"
No, not if die fur it, Here I've sot
in this blessed cheer all night long, hear
ing whistles and bells and folks running,
and men whooping, aei expecting every
mint would be my last on airth.'
Has that been going on all night?"
Every mint, sir. Eve allus made a
practice O. Winding my business,
and didn't propose to set fire to my
self by foOling with that thing. How
much is it where you sot and tremble
like leaf, from eight o'clock at night
till next morning, wishing to goodness
you hadn't been fool huff to start for
nlanOy alone"
Just the same, madam"
Not by a joyful. young man. Here's
fifty cents, and you can take the rest out
in law suit. l haven't mussed the bed
nor touched breakfast, and fifty cents
is plenty for having aroof over my head.
Git out o the way, for I'm going"
He had to move aside or be run over,
for she picked up her sachel and put on
steam until nothing could stop her. She
made her way down stairs and started
for the depot, and when boy asked if
she would have her baggage toted she
wheeled on him and replied: 1888.
You meander. I've bin swindled out
o. fifty cents already, and if there's any
more fooling around, somebody will git
hurt. Detroit Free Press.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-21
Playing Valet to Himself.

Our friend " is Just now in very low
water and has been compelled to give
up his valet and this is how he supplies
his place Every morning about seven
o'clock he jumps out of bed. pits on
the blue trousers with the yellow stripe
that his servant used TO wear, ties the
traditional apron around his waist and
then sets to work to blAcken his boots,
brush his clothes and put them in his
dressing-room. after whieh he lies down
again and goes to sleep About ten
o'clock he rings OF course, no one an
swers the bell. Nevertheless, and Just
as though his man stood there awaiting
his orders, he says: John. my boots
and clothes" you viii find them in
the dressing-room, SIR he replies TO
himself. "All right, John, you may go;
I'll draw the curtains myself" He
then gets ul,, and this semblance of his
former luxury appears to make up for
the loss of his dismissed Valet.-Paris
Figaro.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-21
Advertising Enterprise.

"Moses,li said Mrs Schanmberg &c
her spouse. ''you shute hat read de ad-
verdiSement vot Isaac hat got oud.-- He
hat more pizzeneSs ENTERPRISE .vot you
haf got"
'.How you make dot oud. Repecca?''
replied Moses. iuafF
, 'sNy sIssac's advertisement reats.
mot only mus mine goots. pc s,lt ride
away quick, but dem sthore vixl ures will
hat to pc moofed oud py der Sd OF
Shanniary.'n .....-
dots holdings, Repecca, dots nod
dings at all to mine new advertisement
You dond could hat reat all NV mine
cart, Ell? De cart in de baper vos in
your name, und it. reats: 4, Repeeca
Schaumberg, viii positively sell. or eli
Away at de Lowest briees,- eEerydings in
mine former husbandt' 5 sthore, as he had
died NIT starvation for selling dings SC
sheap. und l mus de funeral expenses
ride away bay oop. Vat you drinks
now, Repecca9 How high am dot fol-
enterbrise?"
Zach! mine Mosesil How coult l hal
such q boor obinion mate of you as dotf
Und still carnot see vot geeps you sc
long dot legislature oud.STerdS SifE
iagS. ann, ,......,
-F,o., rfs.tt -rt -,,,5,,f
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-21
Their Name Ii Legion,

Legions of people have had their lives
made miserable by Piles. This painful
difficulty is often induced and always ag-
gravated by Constipation. Kidney-W ort
is the great remedy for all affections OF
this kind. 1t acts as a gentle cathartic,
promotes healthy action of the bowels,
and sooths and heals the infisned surfaces.
1t has cured hundreds of cases where all
other remedies and applications have
failed. Sold by all druggists.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-21
Twenty-Five Per Cent. Stronger than any
Other Butter Color,


BuRLNGToN, Vt, May 8. 1882.
l hereby certify that have examined
the Butter Color prepared by Wells, Rich
ardson & Co., and that the same is free
from alkali or any other subst ance injuri-
GUS to health; that have compared it with
some of the best of the other Butter Colors in
the market and find it to be more than TWEEN
ty-fve per cent. stronger in color than. the
best of the others. Ter
come rancid, or in any way to injure the
butter. l have examined it after two
months free exposure to the air in a place
liable to large changes of temperature,
and found no trace of rancidity, while 9TH
er kinds similarly exposed became rancid.
A. H. SABIN,
Prof. Chemistry, University of Vermont.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-21

. THE BLOOD WOULD RUN.-For five years
was great sufferer from Catarrh. NV
nostrils were so sensitive could not bear
the least bit of dust; at times so bad that
the blood would run, and at night could
hardly breathe. After trying many things
without much benefit used Ely's Cream
Balm l am living witness of its efficacy,
PETER BRUCE, Farmer, Ithaca, N. Y.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-21

THE only remedy sold in the United
States to-day that actually cures rheuma-
tism is Durang's. 1t never has and never
can fail to cure the worst case. Write for
free pamphlet. R. K.,Helphenstine, drug
gist, Washington, d. c.. Iiih
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-21

1t Fitted out for the season. Dresses,
cloaks, coats, stockings and all garments
can be colored successfully with the Dia-
mond Dyes. Fashionable colors. Only
loo at druggists. Wells, Richardson & Co.,
Burlington, Vt. -
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-21

SwIFT's Specific Is. S. S. has relieved
me OF an obstinate case of Dry Tetter, which
had troubled me for twenty-five years, and
had baffied all sorts of trea n:ent.
Rev. /. X. BRANHAM, Macon, Ga.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-21

q LOVE" says an .amorous writer, 90 is
an internal Transport A. contemporary
remarks: "The same might be said of q
canal-boat. "-Troy Times. ~
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-21
Ame..enxsr Of Health.

Sent free to sufferers from nervous.
chronic and blood diseases, brain and heart
affections, nervous debility, exhaustion,
etc, who have failed TO find relief It tells
of wonderful cures effected by Dr. Scott's
Coca, Beef and Iron, with Phosphorus.
City, No. Ask your druggist for pamphlet.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-21

IT is said that the Chinese giant speaks
eight languages. He's not tall ignorant.
-YoRkers Statesman. 10y
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-21

Prof. Chemistry, University of Vermont.

A MAN must be very much elevated when
he talks down his bootleg for half an hour
mistaking it for telephone.-N Y Her
aid
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-21

WHEN the daughters are infants mothers
are anxious to keep matches out of their
reach. It's different when they grow up,
philadelphia Press.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-21

SOCIETY," is very queer The people most
sought after are those who do not pay their
debts.-C Chicago Journal. .u,
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-21

WoNDER treads on heels of wonder. Sdnd-t-
tan Serrfse is guaranteed TO cure nervous dis
orders.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-21

Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Make timely use of it for coughs. Pike:
toothache drops cure in one minute.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-21

No SAFER REMEDY can be had for
Coughs and Colds, than 'BrOtcn's BrOn-
ckidl 7rOcheS." Sold only in boxes. p cts.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-21

II afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DIR. Isaac
Thompson'sRye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-21

GOOD partners at cards-a chimney
sweep and bugler. One can follow SCOT,
and the other can trumpet.-Chicdg0 Tri6-
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-21

FLORIDA water-The Suwanee River
WASHINGTON Hdtchet.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-21

AFTER long Mercury and Potash treat
ment, found myself a cripple from Mer-
curial Rheumatism. Tried Hot Springs
two years without relief, and was finally
cured sound and well by the use of Swift's
Specific Is. S. 81 CHAs. BERG,
Hot Springs, Ark.
THE best fishermen like to fish on their
own hook.-Bufdlo Express.
Samaritan NerriRe cured nv daughter
of fits" said Jno. Murphy, of Albany, D.
CONSUMPTION in any stage may be cured
by Piso's Cure. p cents bottle.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-21

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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-21

.a..lgnsl atrw !. laod - ~ lnA
Daily Republican., 1884-10-08
Bush's GOAL Ia the kind you want.
saRANDAurUMN EXC

CUULEY' y 9RANDAU1UMN EXOL X
" sion Of sight seeing and pleasure
through the valleys and around the noun
tains to Mauch Chunk. Up the Switchback,
the Switzerland Of America, when the forests
and mountain sides are dressed In beautiful
foot rise to three In length Of 2,322 feet, thon
run six miles over Mount Pisgah until the
base Of Mount Jefferson Is reached, then as
cend its side on plane Of 2 070 feet. When
on Its summit have ascended 4, 8g2 feet, being
1,t44 feet above Mauch Chunk and the Lc.
high River, and 8. 100 feet above tide water
From Mount Jefferson In full view Of noun
tain peak above mountain peak, with val
leys, Villages and hamlets far beneath the
excursionists' feet, with Glen Onoko In full
view, with its cascades and waterfalls dash
ing down over 1000 feet nom rock To rock,
with beautiful waterfalls to be admired BY
the Q cursionists n they pass over the rustic
view the beautiful lake and natures work In
grand panorama Of beauty. while on Mount
JET srson TO view the burning mins, thou.
| sands Of dollars have been spent to ext,n
guish It since 1882, from there maEy will 70
| In the coal mine TO see the way men Dig
coal Upe half mile further on is the Toe
| cave that furnishes ice. winter and summer
TO quench the thirst OF those who 20 down
| among its rocks and Ice bee TO wonde or st the
SURROUNDINGS that epen to heir view Oh
every side. HAVING made a tour Of invest
gat ion, they return to Mauch Chunk and
Glen onoko, having clear stretch Of min,
| miles around the mountain with gradua
deecent, da hing through lne woods on the
mountain side sometimes at the rate OF q
mile q minute. When tho excursionist,
snive at Maucn Chunk. many will go u,
the 3len OnOko 70 admire rs beautiful soc n
| cry. Tho excursion will leave the foot .
Market street, Wilmington, on special train
Daily Republican., 1884-10-08

By THE TIME the Republican reaches
Its readers, General John A. Logan, the
Republican candidate for Vice Presi-
dent, will have visited the city and
have departed. General Logan has be-
come one Of the men Of the nation that
the nation delights to honor. Flinging
party to the winds at the commence
ment Of the war of the rebellion, h,
took his place as loyal soldier in the
great army of liberty, the army Of the
Union, and Is found amidst the fury o.
the battles from Manassas to APP
pOmotox. He Is every inch soldier
every inch . statesman, every inch |
man, and Wilmingtonians to-da,
while honoring him reflect honor OIL
themselves.
Daily Republican., 1884-10-08
Wh,cn Nm, Won Choe.e ;

There are two candidates Tor COn.
gress in Delaware. One of them, Mr..
Lore, the present incumbent,is Demo-
crat and sympathizes with the English
free traders. For the proof Of this we
point to his first act when he took his
seat in Congress by voting for Mr.. Car
Isle for Speaker of the House. By
taking this stand Mr.. Lore has pro-
claimed himself an enemy to Whining.
ton industries. By doing this, he says
by his vote that American workshops
must turn out as cheap work rs En-
glish workshops and that Wilmington
workmen must work rs cheaply al
British workmen. The British free.
trade papers would all give Mr.. Lore a
hearty and solid support II his can
didacy were brought TO their notice.
The other candidate Is Mr.. Anthony
Higgins, Republican, who has neveI
been in Congress. Mr.. Higgins is q
prominent protectionist and favors the
workshops and workmen Of Whining
ton, in preference TO those of England.
He does not think that American labor
should be degraded TO . level with the
pauper labor of Europe, and is in favor
Of judicious tariff that will discrimi'
nate in favor of Wilmington labor. II
Mr.. Higgins candidacy were brough,
to the attention of the British free
trade papers of England, he would
meet with solid opposition. Which
OF these two candidates is entitled to
the active support OF the people Of vii.
mington, Che one who favors Whining
ton ork-shops, or the one who showed
by his vote for free-trade Speaker OF
the House favors England's workshops
most There should be no difficulty
in making up the mind how to vote In
| such a case.
The man who votes for Mr.. Lore
votes 10 favor of free-trade, whether he
desires TO do so or not. Wilmington
working people should think about this
before they vote against their own in
,erests. Mr. Lore is very much Of a
gentleman, and We are proud to call
him our personal friend, but by his vote
tor a free trade Speaker of the House,
he became the political enemy of the
industrial interests Of Wilmington
Why he should receive a strong support
from a manufacturing city like viii
mington shows the influence of party
zeal. Take away partisanship from
the question, and Mr.. Higgins will re-
ceive solid support, because he favor
Wilmington industries and Whining
ton labor. Workingmen Of Whining
ton. which of these candidates will you
lchoose ?
If you vote in favor of Mr.. Lore, 20,
vote in favor Of free because tina
is what he voted for when he voted TO
Mr.. Carlisle. If you vote for Mr.. Hig
lgins, you vote that you may have bet
ter wages than the workhouse laborer o
England. If you vote for Mr.. Higgins
you vote for Wilmington industries IL
preference 10 England's industries
which starve the workmen. Again
which will you choose, Mr.. Lore, WIN
i, at least sympathizer with free
t:ade, or for Mr.. Higgins, an outspoke'
land avowed friend to American indus
tries and American labor
Daily Republican., 1884-10-08

THE Democratic candidate for Coun-
ty Treasurer Of Berks County let his
poor old mother lie in the Door house
while he was well to do and could have
kept her comfortably. 1t is now said
that although the Democrats have Z, 600
major ae county this nn.ratei ul
i son wiii 10 defea.ed. If tie Demo.
or ITS OF Berks County will pursue the
same course towards another man on
their ticket who sent the woman who
should have been his wife to all insane
asylum and his illegitimate son to the
poor house, Grover Cleveland will b,
defeated.
Daily Republican., 1884-10-08

IT COST the Republicans 5000 a
speech in the Garfield campaign to
make Carl Schurz an enthusiastic
reform Republican. There was no need
Tor Carts services this time in the Re-
publican party, and 80 he thought it
was best TO AXE $50 night for teach :
ing he Democrats reform than to have
nothing ut all to do. OF course money
is but a secondary consideration with
such reformers as Carl, but still he
likes to have his money, and from the
Democrats he wants it in advance, and
in hard cash too-no checks from the
Democrats for him. Carl don't intend
to get left if he can help it.