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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28
PLAYING Valet TO Himself.

Our friend Y. is just now in very low
water and has been compelled to give
up his valet. aud this i 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 which he lies down
again and goes to sleep. About ten
o'clock he rings. Of course. no one an
sxers the bell. Nevertheless, and Just
as though his man stood there awaiting
his orders, he SAYS: John. my boots
and clothes" You viii end them in
the dressing-room. SIR" he replies to
himself. ''All right. John, you may 60;
I'll draw the curtains myself. he
then gets M, and this semblanee of his
former luxury appears to make up for
the loss of his dismissed Valet.-PayTi
Figaro.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28
Fishes in Love.

"lIver see a.fish make love?' asked
n naturalist. ''Well. here's chance"
he continued. pointing to asmah 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.
.'Build nests? | should say So The
stickleback can build as good a nest as
a robin. I've been watching this honey
moon business for about 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 GIiiverin~ motion, that was to
glue the material together. ------------
Where did the glue come from?"
asked the reporter. y..
1T comes from a special gland, "
was the reply.
1T is ia 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
Us you see it now-an oval about three
inches across with hole through the
center. The material is mostly threads
that put in for the fish to use. Now
just watch the little fellow"
Taking a large hand magnifier, the
sticklebacS was soon brought intI
view. looking as large as n trout. He
was engaged in a desperate chase after
a coq1etlish female that lodged here
and there in fruitlessl efforts to avoid
him, aud in a few moments she was
cornered near the nest and reluctantly
passed into the home prepared for her
That's the end of the courtship and
welded bliss, said the naturalist.
1.-The male prepares the house, drives
the female in, and when she has laid
the eggs, takes her place until they are
Matched, and, indeed, until the young
fishes are able to attend to them
selves"
The fish had already undertaken its
duties and was stationed over the new
ly laid eggs, aerating them with its
fms, occasionally rushing out to attack
the intruder. '.He will do this. said
the owner. ''until the fish are Matched
and able to take care of themselves:
then he will tear down the nest."-
Boston Gf0oer0d- ~ yriIfFii4
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

AN Iowa farmer trains his grape
Tines on elm trees, and claims i'm
proved results.-CI Chicago Journal.
Tough meat may be made as ten
Ter as any by the addition OF a little
7inegar to the water when it Is put on
20 bOil.-N Y. Herald.
To keep ice from windows take a
sponge or ordinary paint brush, rub
over the glass once or twice with lit
lie cold alcohol.
There is no use in cleaning your
poultry houses unless you burn the old
nests. They will harbor more of the
various kinds of poultry parasites than
gou can ever eXterminate with'a white
wash brush.-EJcbdnge.
Partial paralysis in mare is Sc
cious matter and requires long time
10 produce any beneficial results. Give
her one dram each of powdered nux
vomica and lodide of potash night and
morning in her food for month or two.
Give the paralyzed side plenty of hand
rubbing and frictiOn.-ChicGgO Horse
man.
"A writer in Lippincot's Magazine
saws that the economy Of French cook
ing is something TO open American
eyes. Not a drop of water in which
vegetables are boiled ever drains away
wasted. but with a dish of milk and
little pork fat or butter is made a good
soup vehicle by means of which to con-
sumo dry bread"
In the early stages the SPAWN, says
the Mirror dud Farmer. is not clearly
developed, but afterward it is so well
marked that SPAWN may be pronounced
to exist without an examination OF the
Joint Treatment should be directed
to the abatement of the Inflammation,
which gives rise to the pain, and also
to promote absorption OF the new
growth. Apply tincture Of iodine
daily over the Joint with brush.
Homemade yeast is much slower
in its action than brewers, and if set in
the morning the bread would probably
not be ready till quite late in the even
inc. 4 twO-pound loaf will take about
three-quarters of an hour in an ordinary
oven: ten minutes longer if baked in a
tin. Keep a clean, bright skewer for
testing. If, when plunged into the loaf,
it comes out clean, then the bread may
be drawn, but if sticky it must remain
longer-N. \. Herald.
The simple plan of storing eggs in
dry ashes has been used for some time
by correspondent Of the Lire Stock
JourRa' with very satisfactory results.
Though rather fastidious about their
quality, he reports having enjoyed
those thus kept during period OF
more than four months, and in one In
stance a whole year. The only precau-
tons seem to be besides, of course,
sound eggs to begin with) ''tO see that
the ashes are quite dry, and to see that
the eggs do not touch one another.
For barley soup, cut three slices OF
bacon and two pounds of the neck oil
veal in small pieces; put them IN a
saucepan or small kettlewith pint OF
water. Let this simmer for three
quarters Of an hour, then add one small
onion, a carrot, two stalks Of celery,
half a teaspoonful of black pepper, 4
teasnoonful of salt, and two quarts OF
hot water. Let this boil for at least
two hours. then take from the fire, and
when cold. remove the fatO scum from
the top, strain the soup, and put 1t on
the fire and add pint of barley which
has been washed and soaked in cold
water for three hours at least.-BOStOn
Globe
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28
Twenty-Five Per Cent. Stronger than AM
Other Butter Color,
BURLINGTON

BURLINGT0N. VI, Nay 3, ISL .
l hereby certify that + have examined
the Butter Color preparsd by Wells, Rich
ardson & Co., and that the same is free
from alkaIi or any other substance injuri-
Gus to health that have eompared itwith
some of the best of the other But terC lorS in
the market and find it to be more { han twen-
ty+five per cent. stronger in color than the
best of the others.
| am satisfied that it is not liable to be-
come rancid, or in any way to injure the
butter.AI have examined it after two
months tres exposure to the air in place
liable to large changes of temperature,
and found no trace OF faneidity, while 9TH
er kinds similarly exposed became rancid.
- DC 5 TgAsH.s SABrN, el
Prof Chemistry University of Vermont
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28
Advertising Enterprise.

"Moses.'' said Mrs. Schaumberg tc
her spouse, .'you shute hat read de ad
verdisement vot Isaac hat got oud- he
hat more pizzeness enterbrise vot you
haf got. -. -.
"How you make dot oud. Repecca?
replied Moses.
wv Isaac's advertisement reats.
mot ONLY mus mine goots pc soft rite
avav quick. but dem sthore viY;ures Nil
hat to pc . nloo .A Oud P Ply der y q
'Dot's holdings. Repecca, dot S nod
dings at all to mine new advertisement
You dond could hat 'reat all NV mine
cart, Ell? De cart in de baper vos IL
your name, und it reats: Il, Repeeca
Schaumberg, viii positively sell, or gi
away at de lowest brices, everydlngs IN
mine formerhusbandt's sthore. as he hal
died NIT starvation for selling dings sc
sheap. und mus de funeral expenses
ride away bay oop.' Vat you dinks
now, Repecca? How high am dot fol
enterbrise?" 2GIfuIG DOT
"Achi mine Moses How cou1t l hal
such boor obinion mate of you as dot
Und still l cannot see vot geeps you sc
long dot legislature oud.-TerGs -Stft
iHgS. 9.d u.a ,e7fs' 7'
.a..rf -.i5ael f- naia la8 f5sr ebGe1
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28

'SwIFT's Specific Is. S. So has relieved
me of an obstinate case of Dry letter, which
had troubled me for twenty-five years, and
had baffied all sorts of treatment.
f-.f Rev. l. K. BRANHAM, Macon, Ga.
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Peter Gilsey, the grandfather Of
the present generation of Gilseys, in
New York. and the founder of theiI
great wealth. landed in this country
from Denmark penniless. He was 4
piano-forte maker by trade, but after
ward opened cigar store on the
BoverY, where he and his wife built up
a fortune of S3,000.0o0 by peddling out
penny cheroots.-N y. Times.
A woman of twenty-five appeared
Mt the Liverpool Assizes on charge
of bigamy, when in her own defense
she stated that her husband sold her
for quart of beer, and she supposed
this transaction allowed her to marry
again. The second husband cOntended
that he ''bowtH her and the first hus-
band that he sold her, so his Lordship
declared them all guilty of bigamy.
"A farmer of Warreutown. Ga. who
for sometime past has missed his usual
supply OF hens eggs. stood watch over
his pultrv ward the other day, shotgun
in hand. with a view of diminishing the
numerous supply Of dogs in that vicin-
itv. He was surprised. however, to
see Il half-~rown heller walk leisurelv
ZIP to one Of the nests and eat It's con-
tents. shells and all. He eXonerates
the dogs from all charges of egg-steal-
inc now.
According to Rabbi SonneSchein, OF
st. Louis. the American jew can keep
Christmas withoutin the least violating
his religious convictions. The Rabbi
saws that the 18th of December was
celebrated bv the pagan world as the
tine when the longest night gives way
TO the leuothcDin@ o. the day. and
that the early Christian church, which
had originally celebrated the natal day
of lis founder in the spring, accepted,
at the eplo of The fifth century, the pa
gan festival. transferring celebra-
lion of Christ'S birth to December.
Moreover, the Maccabean priests inst
tuted festival on the 18th of kiSler,
the corresponding Jewish month. to
take the place of this pagan feast,
when they had. by defeating the. Syrian
king, driven out Greek idolatry.- st.
LOUIS Globe.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28

A MAN must be very much elevated when
he talks down his bootleg for half an hour
MISLEADING it for telephone.-N. Z Her
p7H rrIF.-.-H r.4f -rr O..
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28

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, 1884-02-28

Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Make timely use of it for coughs. Pixies
toothache drops cure in one minute.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28

LOVE-" says an amorous writer, is
an internal transport A contemporary
remarks: "The same might be Said OF
canal-baat."-Troy Times. .nJgHITnp
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28

THE BLOOD WOULD RuN.-For five years
I was great sufferer from Catarrh. My
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 1 used Ely's Cream
Balm. am aIliving witness of its efficacy.
PKfEs BRUCE, Farmef. 1thaca, MY. II
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28

No SAFER REMEDY can be had for
Coughs and Colds, than "Bro,cn's BroH-
ciial TrOcheS." Sold only in boxes. % cts.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28

GOOD partners at cards-a chimney
sweep and bugler. One can follow SCOT,
and the other can trumpet.-ChicdqO- Iri6-
me
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28

IT is said that the Chinese giant speaks
eight languages. He's not a tail ignorant.
-TOHkers Statesman.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28
Amss..nssr OF Health.


Sent free to sufferers from nervous,
chronic aud blood. diseases, brain and heart
affections, nervous debility, EXHAUSTION,
ETC., who have failed to find relief, II tells
of wonderfsl cures effected by d.. Scotps
Coca, Bed and Iron, with Phesphorus.
Sold by druggists; 81. Dr.. Scott, Kansas
City, No. Ask your druggist for pamphlet.
FLORIDA water-The Suwanee River
Washington Hdtchet.
AFTER long Mercury and Potash treat
ment, l 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. S. sfHCHAs. BERG,
- Hot Springs, Ark.
THE best fishermen like to fish on their
own hook.-BefdlO Express.
q "!SamdYitdR Nerrine cured my. Daughter
of fits" said Jno. Murphy, Of Albany, y.
CONSUMPTION in any stage may be cured
by Piso's Cure. p cents bottle.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28
Their Name fx Legion.

Legions of people have had their lives
made miserable by Plies. This painful
difficulty is often induced and always ag-
gravated by Co1stipation4 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 irfanned surfaces.
1t has cured hundreds of cases jwhere all
other remedies and applications have
failed. Sold by all druggists. ~, J-l
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28

The only remedy sold in the United
States to-day that actually cures rheuma-
-tism 10 Darang'ss--It never has never
can fail to cure the worst case. Write for
free pamphlet. R. K. Helphenstine, drug
gist. Washington, D. g II
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28

H Fitted out for the season. Dresses,
cloaks, coats, stockings and all garments
can be c0ieFed successfully with the Dia-
mond Dyes. Fashionable colors. Only
1oc at druggists. Wells. Richnrdsona& Co.,
Burlington, VI. III = ~
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28

SOCIETY is very queer. The people most
sought after are those who do not pay their
debts.-Chicdqo Journal.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28

FLORIDA water-The Suwanee River
Washington Hdtchet.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

MARYLAND negro, born with two
teeth, has never had any morc.-Balti-
more Sun.
"A Georgia train cut off the heels OF
a drunken mans boots and left him I'm.
harmed.
"A storekeeper in Toronto, Ont.
has been fined twenty dollars and costs
for selling chances to guess the mum.
Der of beans in bottle for prizes.
They had a ''feather-picking"
match on alarm near Kansas City, Mo-.
recently, and one Of the contestants
stripped chicken clean in twenty sec.
onds. CEicdqo Herald.
A lady in the neighborhood o!
Hawkinsyille. Ga, is the proud posses
sor of ffty-five bed quilts, all the work
of her own hands, and she can quilt
two a week.-ETchdnge.
The most rapid speaker in the Sen
ate is Mr.. Beck, of kentucky, who Is
often rivaled by Mr.. Frye, of Maine.
The fastest speaker in the House j Mr..
Blackburn, of Kentucky Washington
Star.
George, son of Prof. Allen of the
PENNSYLVANIA Normal School at Mans
field, deserted from naval training
ship at Newport last July. audit is now
discovered that he suicided by drown
ing from the vessel. Detroit Post.
The natives of Madagascar have
taken cleverly to the napuiacture OF
firearms. They have accurately imi-
tated the French mitrailIeuse. and call
the German engineer, who has shown
them how to make dynamite, Father
GunpOwder. >
The first mulatto child born in
Greene County. Georgia. is now living
in Morgan County, and yet bears the
odd name, "Sin." The child was born
on the place of Mr.. John T. Dawson,
Of Greene, and, being a mulatto, she
was named Sin. She is now known to
be Ill years, and probably older
Chicago Times
The Portland Me) Transcript adj
mits that soon after Artemus Ward
death it started movement for fund
TO erect a monument to his memory.
1t collected in all $}5. Discouraged at
last, it turned the money over to Mrs.
Browne, the humorist's mother, and
she expended it in procuring the stone
which marks his grave.
-Corbell, an employment agent at
! Montreal. sent one thousand men to
Lake Superior to work on the Canadian
Pacific road. They have since made
their way back with complaints of i'll
usage. One of the number recently
sent a bullet through the brain of the
agent as he sat ut a hotel window
! CIicnrO IiIncS
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Prof. Chemistry, University of Vermont.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28

.aaaAHo 20 aasg 20 aaI ri be1azIIab s.IIaaooa0
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WONDER treads on heels of wonder. Sdnsari-
tan AsFuias is gsGra<gssd e1re. neETeasidis
erd@A - E2I2OOEA
IL afficted with Sore Eyes. use Or. Isaac
Tonpsonis Eye YHer Druggists seIl it. &C.
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.s7tii-'.iif-Ia 9srgii5.yla
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-ill'f ~ = = i|TtIH I'D y y TT :
Iit# !7di d .9uom ma'li sTEs os2 30
iIev fisgfl sU EuiIc
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THE best fishermen like to fish on their
own hook.-BafdlO Express.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-01
GETTING SLIGHTLY TANGLED.

Yesterday morning, in Department One of
the Superior Court, when the jury in the
Charley Sing murder case took their seats,
VIM. Meharry, Que of the number, informed
the Judge that he was sick, and felt that he
would be unable to sit out the trial of the
case. The Court ordered his family physi-
clan, DIR. Simmons, to be sent for, aud that
gentleman, after examining the patient, ex-
pressed the belief that he was as i'll as he had
represented. The Court thereupon directed that
Mr.. Mehsrry be excused. and ordered that a
special venire of fifteen jurors be summoned,
in order that a substitute for him might be
obtained, the law providing that new Juror
may be sworn ia and the trial began anew,
or a new jury obtained. Mr.. Cave
WAS put in the jury box. anwered
all the questions propounded TO him,
and was accepted by the prosecution, but the
defense challenged him peremptorily. The
Court refused to allow the challenge, as the
defense had exhausted its challenges during
the procuring Of the original jury of r. and
be did not recognize the right they claimed TO
20 challenges in the selection of Substitute
Juror. In conformity with law, after the
jury was declared complete, the Indictment
was read, the plea Of defendant stated, and
the District Attorney outlined the case.
Then. by consent, the Court Reporter read
from his notes the testimony taken last Fri.
day aud Saturday. This was going along
smoothly enough, when, little after P
NJ, Henry EdgertoD, one of the attorneys for
the prosecution, suggested to the Court that
possibly there had been an error committed
relative to the defendants right to challenge
the new juror, and be sent up a copy of the
California Reports, ia which the Supreme
Court, in the case of People Va. Stewart, ap-
peared to have rendered decision in accord
ance with what the defendants claimed,
Considerable discussion ersued, and the
Court finally announced that the defendants
might exercise their right of chsllenge-pro-
ceedings would be restored to that point
and he world order a venire for sufficient
jurors TO meet the emergency. But that did
not suit the defense. Messrs. Hart and
Jones announced that, as the special venire,
from which Mr.. Cave was taken, had been
dismissed after he was drawn, the same con-
ditions had ceased to exist, and they de.
clined to challenge, but rested upon their
record in the case. Attorneys for the prose
cution requested the Court to grant them a
few minutes for consultation, and, as it was
getting late, Court WAS adjourned for the
day. and until o'clock this morning. Char
ley Sing, the defendant, who understands
Eaglish, ard law matters well, appeared
to feel much elated over the complication OF
Of,
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-01
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The Board of Education held their regular
monthly meeting at the ofice of the City
Superintendent last evening, ell the members
present.
Insurance was ordered placed ss follows:
Union Schoolhouse, northeast corner OF
Seventh and G streets, Home Mutual Iusur.
ance of San Francisco, 81, 500; Ktna Iusur'
ance Company of Hartford. Conn, $1,000.
Ge,man.American Insurance Company of
New York, Grammar School, and j, Eff
teenth and Sixteenth streets, $1,000.
The number enrolled for the month was as
follows: High School, 81; Sacramento
Grammar School. 500 Capital Grammar
School, $50 Primary, l,79l; Twenty. fourth
and n, 154; Night School, Al; total, 295S.
The corporal punishments reported are as
follows Sacramento Grammar, s Capital
Grammar, G Primary, 80; Twenty fourth
and n, 6 F; total, ITO. Average daily attend
snce for the month in the primary depart
ment. !, 700 !; Night School, 81. Enrolled in
German class, 21S; average daily attendance,
10Y. Enrolled in French class, %; daily at
tendance, 81.
When the acquisitions from the teachers
were read, it was noticed that nearly every
one asked for rattan. Director Chadderdon
chase small-sized thrashing machine.
Mr.. Btuner offered the following amend
ment to Rule rs, and the same WAS referred
to Committee on Rules 1.-The Principal of
the High School may in his discretion, after
pupil has been dropped from the junior
grade, allow said pupil to remain in the class,
without, however, being entitled to promo
ton"
Mr.. Bruner offered the following resolu-
ton
ReSol.ed, That the Committee on Course of
Studies be directed inquire into and report at the
next regular meeting of this Board, upon the ad-
visibility Of creating new grade IN the Grammar
School, to be known as the Senior Grade
Adopted.
It was decided to discontinue the night
school for the present.
Clara G. Bertram made application for po-
sition as teacher of German.
The public schools will close on Friday,
April % b, and open on the 18Th of May.
James McCleeEy was nominated for Census
Marshal, and wns unanimously elected.
The matter of the manner OF promoting
pupils was referred to the Committee on Ex-
aminatiors.
The following bills were audited and or
dered psid Payroll, 81, 79S II. S. Croker
& Co., 50; Home Mutual Insurance Com
pany, SIG %; Sweetser & Alsip, SIS; J. L.
Crittenden. 81 80; r. Kilgore. S27 Lewis &
Johnston, $40; W. J. Irvine, 81; H. Coates,
S24 IL Capital Gas Company, S23 90; j.
w. Park & Son, 50: James A. Martin,
81 so; r. NJ. Potter, Sc; T. P Smith. 81 30;
Ben. Cohen, S239 q John Lafferty.-S12 A
NJ. Smith, 81 80; E. Lesser, S17 20; Home
Mutual Insurance Company, S15; G. S.
Houghton, 500 O5; S. J. and j. NJ. jackson.