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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-26
"a DRUGGISTS TESTIMONY"

On the Eth of March sold Manson Coins, Oarber
In Martndalcs Block, bottle of Papillon Cough
Cure and week later he told that IL had not only
relieved his chill but had almost entirely cured it
Whooping Cough. julius A. HAAG.
DCnsOn House Drug Store. Ind annapolis. Ind
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-26

OBJECTION is made in New York to
drowning stray dogs for fear so many
sunken barks may obstruct navigation.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-26

IT is said that boots can be blackened
with a banana peel. So can eyes, If you
happen to fall right.-Boston Transcript.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-26

A REVENUE officer entered the store of
a merchant who never advertised, and
arrested him because he kept still house.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-26

Why is a United States Treasury note
like a caterpillar? Because it is hard to
counterfeit (count-herfeet.) - Chicago
Tribune:
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-26

THIS summer ladies are going to wear
their hair as they did three hundred years
ago. What! We never imagined that
ladies ever grew to be that old.-Te1d.
Sittia0s.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-26

THERE is boy in Oil City whose legs
are so crooked that he has to he pulled
out of his trousers with co-kscrew.-Oa
City Derrick.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-26

WHEN an old bee wants to punish q lit
tie bee she gives it beeswhacks.-Wd Warn
Heather Wit.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-26

IT is leap year and every good piri
should have sir prize.-Detrott Free
Press.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-26

A DEFEATED boatman has been taking
iron lately. He says that is the only ore
that he can handle at present
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-26

"YEs," she said, 'T always obey my
husband, "but I reckon L have sometime
to say about what his command shall be. D
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-26

WHEN the iron enters a mans soul it
should nerve him to greater effort. Iron
is very strengt hening.- PhiLGdelphiG Can.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-26
20 Years!
a CANCER FOR TWENTY YEARS.

For twenty years suffered from Cancer on my
neck Patent Potash and Mercury Mixtures fed In
stead of curing the Cancer. lost the of my
and he upper part OF my body. My general health was
broken down, and my life DE- SPARED of. s. s s.
cured me sound and well. 1ns new lease OF life II
gave to me can not be measured by any monetary
value. owe my life and the support of my family "a
swift's Specific" W. X. Robson. Dayisboro, Ca
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-26

KIDNEY Complaints, Female Weakness
and Debility are absolutely cured by Pap
illon Blood Cure.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-26

The fashionable tailor has no time to
walk about the streets. He Is sew busy.
~ 7. Netes. Heml-Oa City Derrick.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-26

IL afflicted with Sore Eyes. use Dr. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell IL &c.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-26

EVERY one has right to drop line to a
fsh.-PicdyuHe.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-26

"CAN the ball-player, who steals bases
be called base deceiverP asks the Bos-
ton Star.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-26

"a FAIR court record !" remarked q CO.
quetse as the wrote the name OF her sip
teenth rejected lover In her diary.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-26
Glenn's Sulphur Soap

MEN who hate long senteuces-Crimi
mails. This is Life sentence.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-26

IT is cold day when the chunk of ice
doesn't get left
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-26

ANY man can make money-go.- White
hall Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-26

PIso's REMEDY for Catarrb is a certain
cure for that very obnoxious disease.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-26

Is used in Hosp pitfalls as disinfecting agent.
Pixies toothache drops cure in one minute.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-26

A SURE sign of rain-ieaving home in
the morning without an umbrella.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-26

About six clock Wednesday even
ing two dogs were leisurely tvotting
over the Wilmington & Northern Rail
road bridge when shifting engine
came laundering across. The larger
dog succeeded in getting of the bird ge,
but the smaller one ran along on the
plank ahead of the engine until it
reached the draw where the plank ends,
where, after jumping over one or two
of the ties and finding the engine was
close on it. lay down flat and let the
engine pass oveE The dog then got up
and pursued its way to the other sida
-Eflmingt2n Republican,.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-26

the ground by the kitchen door. One
of the boys quickly climbed the tree.
and on 4 branch which hung under the
caves by the kitchen, he picked a peck
of apples. They were very large AMI
delicious. The foliage was injured b.
the June frost, but had grown out again
unusually dense. and had etectuall '
screened them. On the limb of peach
tree, sheltered by the carriage-house
caves, we found two large ripe pea hes
When the wheat was fit to cut it
rained almost inceSSantly. What was
cut could not be dried to bind in
sheaves, and that which was uncut
lodged with the rain, and it all sproutei
and began to grow.
The flour we used that winter was
made from grown wheat, and the bread
was something to be remembered.
Mother experimental and found the
best bread was made by heating the
-four, so she would put the quantity
required for a baking in the kneadin.
trough, have her tiat-irons hot, and iron
the flour. The bread. though very
sweet, did not Look well. and was 81
soggv it could scarcely be swallowed:
indeed. it was sounding joke that to
cat the bread you must first grease your
mouth and throat.
Your article entitled "a Year With
out Summer" in The Democrat ana
Chronicle of Wednesday, has revived
nv. recollection of seventy years ago.
When was child people believed that
the sun and moon influenced the seasons
and tides of the earth. Forty or fifty
years ago it was the fashion to deride
such ideas as superStitious, and show
ing the holders to be ignorant persons.
But in 1916 l do not recall any theory
being advanced to acco1nt fu the bad
seasons except that referring to the
spots on the sun.-R0cheSter- IN -
Democrat and Chronicle.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-09-29
Advice to Mothers.

Are you disturbed at night and
broken of your rest by sick child
suffering and CRYING with pain Of cut
ting teeth ,? If so, send at once and
get bottle Of Mrs. W1NsLow's
SooTIIING SYRUP FOR CHILDREN
TEETlIING. Its value Is incalculable.
1t will relieve the poor little sufferer
immediately. Depend upon it, moth
ers, there is no mistake abodt it. 1t
cures dyscntery and diarrho,a, recu-
lates the stomach and bowels, cures
wind collie, softens the gums, reduces
inflammation, and gives tone and en-
ergy to the whole system. Mrs. WIN
SLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP FOR Cu1L-
DREN TEETHlNG is pleasant to the
taste, and is the prescription of one Of
the eldest and best female nurses and
physicians in the United States, and
is for sale by all druggists throughout
the world. % cts. bottle. ie12dwly
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-09-29
4 SERIOUS CHARGE.

The Boise Republican charges Hon
John HALEY with having, last fall
brought wheat and oats by the car
load from Utah and Nebraska, all
though cereals were plenty in Idaho
and the ranchers were vainly seeking
IL market for their products. W.
would like the Republican to par
ticularize. Where were the whe At
and oats brought to? How much was
so brought in? Why did not Mr.
Haley buy at home?
The crops were good last year il.
ldaho-so good that much more than
enough to supply the home demand
was produced. And If Mr.. HALEY
sent away for products that he could
Obtain at home, even at an advance in
price, he ought not to receive the vote
of single rancher in Idaho.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-09-29
Something Every Lady Wants.

+. \. White has ust received Il
stock OF Improved Novelty Folding
Fables, which he is just giving away
for 500, spot cash. His order was
duplicated by mistake, SO that he is
compelled to sell at cost, for account
OF the manufacturers.
These little tables are rapidly com.
ing INTO favor. They are just the
thing for the sick-room, the sewing
room, picnics, gardens, card. parties,
etc, as they can be put out of the way
when not wanted.
Remember the price: only, $3.50.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-09-29
LETTER LIST.

List On l.stterS remaining IA the Haley Post
Once fer TIE week ending Septenbe, 10 1874
Persons call np TOR any OF these Letters will please
advertised
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-09-29
Lumber! Lambert! I,,mbpr!!

Parties DESTROYS of building would
save money by calling at &. Board's
yard and getting prices.
Just arrived from Ch;caro-Clear
pine ceiling, weather boards, rustic,
surfaced pine boards, = and Pinch
plank, cedar 'nd pine shingles, doors.
sash and moldlnns; also a large
stock of seasoned Bear Valley ium-
Der, and more coming. G.. BOARD.
Yard corner Sd avenue and Carbon
ate street. aft
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-09-29
WOOD RIVERS RECORD.
LAW.ABlDlNG CITIZENS, HOW DO
YOU LIKE THIS!


When Mormon men and women &C
through the Endowment House as a
preliminary to entering polvgamv,
they are made to swear, in the most
solemn manner possible, "TO OBEY
THE LAWS OF THE MORMON
CHURCH AND ALL THEY EN-
JOIN, IN PREFERENCE TO
THOSE OF THE NITED
STATES"
The penalty for revealing this oath
is to have the throat cut from earto
ear, the tongue torn from the mouth,
and to be damned through all eter-
nifty.
Democrats of Idaho, you who obey
the laws of your country, what do
you think of people who take such an
oath ? Do you not think that thew
should be debarred from voting or as
soc'at'ng with you, in any way?
Yet these Mormons not only vote
with you-they actually rule you. At
the Boise convention they .rampled
under foot the anti Mormon platform
adopted by the Alturas Democrats,
hooted Colonel Wall from the hall,
and imposed upon the party the NOM
lnation of Hon. John HALEY, their
lifelong friend and adviser.
Are you going to remain silent, and
thus permit the Mormon gag-law eau
cusers to force their nominee upon
you, after such a fragrant insult No,
you will not your manhood will re-
volt at the mere thought Of it, and on
election day you will vote for Hon. II.
f. S'ngiser, the representative of the
ant'-Mormon, the respectable, the
moral sentiment Of Idaho.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-09-29
Al the HALEY SaWmillS-F. II. Rowe,
Proprietor.

"A full assortment Of Chicago lum.
Der, Michigan and Native lumber
California redwood, sash, doors, blinds,
holdings, finishing lumber, etc, al
ways on hand. Also the Aston and
Dearborn Paint Companies Paints.
Order by telephone No. 30.
+. IL. ROWE. HALEY Sawmills.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-09-29
New Opening Of the Chicago Saupie
KOOm-H. kra,Se, Manager.

The place where you will get the
finest Wines, Liquors and Cigars at
~ cents. German lunches in shape
OF sandwiches served to order. dav
and evening; Swiss Cheese Linn.
burger Cheese Frankfort Bologna ;
Caviar; Russian Spiced Sardiues
Smoked l1aibut Holland, Salt and
P'ckled Herring Smoked Red Her
ring.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-09-29
Fountain Saloon and Beer Hall.

This new place is now prepared to
accommodate customers with the hes,
beer OH the river, and other refresh
ments of all kinds. Remember the
place: WIS. side Main street, a few
doors below the bank.
+. b. VIM, Manager.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-09-29

Some of the Democrats ob icct
to the anti Mormon articles of the
ZINES. We cannot help that. They
should not give the Mormons control
OF their conventions.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-09-29
L, w. Schwamb. the cabinet. a,

c. w. Schwamb, the cabinet maker,
upholsterer and general under,aker,has
his shop on Carbonate street at pres
ent, two doors East of Main. He Is
prepared to fill orders on the shortest
notice, and with satisfaction. Coun-
try orders solicited and given prompt
attention.
Connecticut western news., 1884-03-19
High Prices for Butter.

The large trade in oleomargarine or butterine with the West Indies and South American countries is due to the extremely high prices there of real butter. Whether butter or its counter felt is used there, it is first purchased in this country by the packers" The agents pack it in air-tight cans in desired weights, and enclose them again in tin cases. The article is then ready for shipment to anywhere in the torrid zone. The duty on butter is high in the West Indies, and by the time the wholesale merchant there disposes of it to the re- taller and the latter to the consumer the price is always treble or quadruple that of New York. The cheapest butter sold in the West Indies cost fifty cents pound, and really fine butter is worth S2 Tor the same quantity. As butterine is purchased for from eight to ten cents pound and the poorest grade of butter could not have been bought for anything like that figure, there is undoubtedly large margin of profit in the "butter" trade with the West Indies and South American countries, unless the latter has more stringent laws in regard to the limitations of that article than prevail heres
Connecticut western news., 1884-03-19
To DisappOint a Balky Horse.

A Leominster farmer recently broke his horse of "balky" freak in very quiet, and, as he claims, not a cruel man. ner. His horse Is in excellent flesh and shows no signs of neglect on the part of his master. He drove him, attached to a rack wagon, to the wood lot for small load of wood. The animal would not pull pound. He did not beat him with a club, but tied him to tree and '1et him stand" He went to the lot at sun- set and asked him to draw, but he would not straighten tug. "I made up my mind," said the farmer, "when that horse went to the barn he would take that load of wood. The night was not cold. went to the barn, got blankets and covered the horse warm, and he stood until morning. Then he refused to draw. At noon I went down and he was probably hungry and lonesome. He drew that load of wood the first time I asked him. returned and got another load before fed him. I then rewarded him with good dinner, which he eager ly devoured. I have drawn several loads since. Once he refused to draw, but as soon as he saw me start for the house, he started after me with the load. A horse becomes lonesome and discontented when left alone as much as person, and I claim this method, if rightly used, is far less cruel, and is better for both horse and man than to beat the animal with a clnh 9
Connecticut western news., 1884-03-19
Test the Seed in Time.

There are ways by which the best looking seeds may have become unreli- able for planting, says Henry Ives, hence the need of tests in time. Such testing is so easy and its benefits so ob- vious that after once practicing it the farmer will find it not only a pleasant pastime but Q real profit. Have box of earth stand about the stove to warm it and water it, and when in a suitable condition for the seed-corn plantin rows, and the kernels at equal distance apart in the row, say an inch and a half, counting the kernels and marking the number distinctly at the end of the row. Then when they grow it will be seen what percentage Cf any) fail
 Or if a number of samples of seed corn are to be tested, larger box should be used, so that growing side by side in the same place the condition may be alike for each. Then plant, say one row to each kind, and say twenty kernels in a row; then it will readily be seen which of the kinds sampled are most worthy to be retained for planting. In the same way any kind of seeds may be tried in advance, but in all cases count the number used for the purpose, and plant in different rows, and at given intervals in the row, and mark at the end of the row the number of seeds planted in it.
 In the case of seed-corn there never was season when such precaution was more necessary. It has been estimated that more than nine-tenths of the farm CTS have not got from their last years crop any that is suitable for seed. But we read of sections where the crop was better than an average. Now, believe it would be a. great service to large majority of farmers if some of those who were so favored would advertise to that effect, naming the kind, its distin- gushing characteristics, about where it was grown, and how it would be sold; and if the result should be as it usually has been, farmers who buy will derive benefit enough just from such changing of seed to more than pay them for the cost of getting it.
Connecticut western news., 1884-03-19
A Hint for England.

When Napoleon said that "he could conquer the world with French infantry and Mameluke cavalry" he let fall hint worth bearing in mind. His plan of mingling European and Asiatic troops was also that of Give, Lally, Yelling ton, Napier, and other Generals trained in Eastern war. Were England to send up country in the Soudan an army of sepoys from Western India, reserving the British to guard the coast, the Mahdi's boastings would be rudely tested. The Nubian waste would have no terrors for the Rajputs, familiar as they are with that frightful Indian desert, hundreds of miles in extent, over which they hunted Tantia Topee in 1858. The Sikhs of the Puniaub would match both in bodily strength and fanatic valor the hardest warriors of Kordofan. Above all, every outlandish mode of Eastern fighting would be we'll known to them. An Englishman, used to the routine of the parade ground, is bewildered by enemies who lie on their backs to spear cavalry horses that are leaping over them, or dash in under a bayonet and slash through the kneejoint of its holder, or fall down as if dead to start up the next moment and stab their opponent in the back. But all these ruses are house. hold words to the swarthy soldiers of Hindustand, and such a qualification can hardly be over-estimated in a contest like the present.
Connecticut western news., 1884-03-19
Lucky Joe Wilson's Escape.

A North Carolina paper says: One of the most adroit escapes known in criminal history was effected by Lucky Joe Wilson, the chief of gang of des- peradoes who have infested this State. Wilson was, after many fights, caught and sentenced to ten years in the peni- tentiary. On Tuesday his counsel ob- tained an appeal to the Supreme Court. Early one morning the warden of the jail entered his cell and found Lucky Joe lying on his mattress, which was covered with blood, as was the prison CTS shirt and mouth. His eyes were wide open and staring, his jaws fallen, and his limbs cold. Help was sum- moned, and the body was carried from the cell into an outhouse, laid out for burial, and placed in plain coffin. The mother and sister of Wilson stood by the coffin and bewailed his untimely end. At dusk when every one had left the apartment, save his sister, she was hor- rifed to see the corpse rise from the coffin, put his hands omniously to his lips and bolt from the room. She screamed and tainted. The ruse was not discovered runtil an hour afterward and Lucky Joe had succeeded in elud- ing all pursuit.
 A visit to the cell showed how artfully the escape had been planned. Wilson had killed a chicken and saturated him. self with the blood. Then ripping open the mattress, he concealed the chicken in it. He had scraped in lot of snow and ice from the cell window, and kept his hands and feet we'll frozen in it, and when he heard footsteps in the corridor he threw the snow into a bucket. There fore, when the jailer entered, he found Wilson's feet and hands so cold as to leave no doubt of his death.
Connecticut western news., 1884-03-19
A Bride In a Tree-TOp.

Captain Mccoy, of the Ariadnc, gives particulars of the fearful experience of bridal party in the storm opposite Rock port. Ira Zenor went from Rockport to be married to Miss Shryock, whose par ents live opposite. J. G. Daugherty, who of late years has been running the ferry, took the groom and his friends, accompanied with two-horse carriage, across the river on his ferryboat in the morning. Everything went well, the ceremony was performed, and the day passed pleasantly until about p. m., when the party, with some addition, started to return. They consisted of Mir. Daugherty and his wife, Ira Zenor and his bride, and ten other ladies and gentlemen. After crossing an over- flowed field they reached a clump of trees on the edge of the river bank, when the storm struck the frail boat, overturning it. The party clung to the trees and remained in the branches two hours, when they were rescued by a colored man in a skiff. They remained at the colored mans house until morn ing, when they righted their ferryboat and went to Roekport, thankful to be alive. The weather was so cold the cloth ing of the sufferers froze on them, and it is wonderful that no lives were lost.- EvansviLEe (Iild.) Journal.
Connecticut western news., 1884-03-19
Air-Oh, Pm a Daisy.

George, dear, do you know that papa doesn't like you very welI?"
 "Oh yes." said George
 "And he has said that mustn't re- ceive you any more at the house."
 "Good for him." replied the young man, heartily.
 "And," continued the girl, with Q blanched face, "I hear him now in the woodshed untying the dog."
 "Yes, hear him; but he is standing terribly in the dogs light. Does he hate the dog?"
 "No, George, dear, he hates you. But what in the world will you do2 You will surely have an encounter with the ferocious animal when you go out"
 George smiled superior smile and said:
 My dear, as you know, am book agent. My income is derived solely from selling books. This afternoon l sold an editor of daily paper an ency- clopedia, a pronouncing dictionary, q gazetteer of natural history and bound volume of the New York Herald. Ii took me ten minutes. Ishall spend five minutes with the dog. ."-Phild. CdU.
Connecticut western news., 1884-03-19
An Editors Introduction.

Judge Tourgee, in his Continent, says: A. o. Bunnell, of the DanviIle (N. Y.) Advertiser, is one of the brightest and most humorous men in the country, though only those who are privileged to be counted among his best friends ever learn the real fun that is hidden behind his super-solemn phiz. The editor of the Continent, having re- gently strayed into one of the interior towns of the State, on lecture tour, found lying on the table in the room ap- propriated to him at his hotel the follow ing letter, which is worthy of place in Floods Own": Dear Judge: This will introduce you to my big brother, Major M. J. Bunnell, who, if he does not bring it himself, will certainly follow soon afterward. He Is a hand somer man than am, but not near so good. While am only man of words, he is a man of deeds, as his title in dicates, also the fact that he is County Clerk. If he gets started Especially in his army experiences) you may find him man of words, too; in which case l pity you"