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1t j. cheap, safe staple and sure cA-
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the effects of Youthful Indisrretions or Excesses
maturer years Nervous and Physical Debility,
Impotence, Lost Manhood. confusion of ideas,
dull eyes, aversion to society, dependency pim-
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the Doctor has 50 arranged his treatment that it
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SICCHET:

THE ONLY DIsSOLVER OFTHE POISONOUS
URIC ACID WHICH EXISTS IN THE BLOOD OF
RHEt MATlC AND GOUTY PATIENTS
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10
The Gambling Clubs OF Paris.

Clubs are quite a modern institution
in Paris. The Oldest is the Cercle de
rUnion, founded in 1928; then comes
the Jockey, founded in 1888, and the
Cercle Agricole, founded about the
same time. The Union is the most arts
tocratic and exclusive of all the Paris
clubs, aud the only club where a game
of cards is a rarity, Out of the $50
members of this club 299 have titles,
varying from Royal Highness down to
Baron. The dinner is exquisite and
costs only seven francs without wine,
which, together with the wages of the
cook, implies for the club loss of some
$4,000 year. The entrance fee at the
Union is 800 and the annual subscrip-
ton so. At the Jockey Club the num-
Der of members is about 100, of whom
about $50 are men of title; the entrance
fee is 500; annual subscription, $50;
dinner, seven francs without wine; rent
of rooms, $40. 1856; lighting. $3.50; ser
vice, $4,000. Cercle Agricole, en-
trance, 500; subscription, 500. Cercle
de Ia Rue Royale, entrance, so; sub
scription, $40; rent, $4,000. Cercle de
rUnion Aristique, entrance, $50; sub
scription, $50; rent, $4,000. These
figures may be taken as typical. The
9 trance fees and subscriptions of the
rariS clubs are moderate. The dinner
varies from seven to four francs. The
expenses are very heavy; the rent often
enormous the Cercle du Champs
Elysees pays more than $4,000 a year
rent. How. then, do the majority of
the clubs exist? Mainly by the profits
of gambling-by the cagnotte. l do not
say that this is the case with every club
in Paris, but out of the sixty-four clubs
now existing You could not name more
than half dozen where the cagnotte is
not the nerve and sinew of the whole
institution. They are simply gambling
houses. where you are induced by a
certain amount of material comfort and
an excellent dinner to try all the other
facilities for running yourself that the
place offers.-PdriS Cor. Philadelphia
Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10
A Leap.Fear Proposal.
aYou dasn't do it,,

"You dasn't do it!''
She stood in the door of the sanctum
looking down on us with sort Of
observation-disclosures look as she
uttered the above remark. She was q
fine specimen of female muchness, done
up in suit of black alpaca, from Re
meath which looked out pair of feet
that gave us the impression that the
builder of that piece of human archi-
lecture, to be sure of having enough,
had completed the hoofs first and put
the remainder of material into body;
her grub monopolizers twitched nerv-
ously as her eager gaze hungrily gulped
US in.
You dasnt do it." she repeated.
do what?" we asked.
MARRY me-"
"You bet you're life we dare ifyou've
got the dust.
That's what / have, pardner, and
| the man that promises to sleep in my
claim shack and paralyze my cookery S
welcome to it."
How're you fixed; how much stuff We
you gou?"
stuff Suffering Jimtown, man, I've
/ got more wealth than know what to do
with. I've proved up on homestead
on the Goose River; I'm holding down
tree claim in Dickey County; have
got a pre-emption five miles from La
Moure, and. have got $4,000 packed
away. Amt that stuff enough?"
You are pretty well heeled. How
old are you?"
Il amt kept track of my age since l
! left the States, but my teeth're all
hunkey doree, and you bet your sweet
existence | can kick higher'n any dude
in the town. Whoop-la" And. with a
whoOp that would have made a Piute
shed his war paint with envy, she swung
her right lanyard over our head, and
kicked the paste pot clean through a
stuffed antelope.
You're a dandy" old girl, We whis-
pered, rs we fixed ourselves so it
would be convenient to fall out the
window when she started her ant
! cruShers on another expeditions; you re
! a dandy, but we're afraid"
"Oh. yer needn't be afraid o nothin'
when I'm around. / kinder reckon l
can take O. we all right
! uOu VIC SOulu u
could get along as happily as man and
wife should"
"Oh. yer sucker; I'm on ter We. Yer
got me ter give away how much I'm
worth and now want to break yer
promise. Oh, yer long-necked, yellow
haired, sour-complexiOned dude from
| Winnipeg. I've been in Dakota too
long to be fooled by any of yer SLIM
legged crowd. I'll larn yer lesson!'
She moved majestically toward Us, we
felt her bean-hooks tighten ON our coat
collar. and things began to whirl. That
was the last we remember till we came
! to our clearinghouse on a cot, where the
! doctor said we must stop till our leg
| healed and collar-bone mended. We
/ have hired man to receive leap-year
proposals from Dakota girls, and hope
| he'll last till the season closes.-F'drgO
! BrOH9ar
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10
Anecd0te OF Websters

The amusing controversy and cor,
respondence growing out of Secretary
Marcv's court-dresS circular when
James Buchanan was Minister TO the
Court of St. James, described in an ar
ticle on Buchanan in this Margarine. re-
minds correspondent of an occurrence
that took place at Marshiield in Mr..
We5ster's time.
Mr.. Webster and Judge Duane Doty,
then of Green Bay, Wisconsin, were
warm friends, and the Judge at one
time was visitor at Marshtield. Mr..
Webster was very fond of fishing.the
only outdoor sport in which he in
dulged. While the Judge was his
guest it CHANGED that fine day for thi
sport presented itself, of which Mr.. w.
was anxious to avail himself. He &C
cordingly invited the Judge to accom-
pany him in this piscatory sport. The
Judge didn't want to 90, and tried his
best TO get of, saying he would much
prefer, with his consent, to pass that
rainy day in Mr.. w library among his
books and papers. Mr.. w. wouldn't
listen to him, said he could pass any
and as many days in the library as he
chose, but such day as that for fishing
might not occur again while they were
at Marshiield. The Judge. as last re-
sort said that he really could not go, as
it would spoil his clothes, that the
hands rme black suit he had on was his
best and all he had, and that to go fish
ing in it would spoil it. TO meet this
objection Mr.. W. directed his servant
George to 90 upstairs and bring down
the dress in which he was presented at
court in England, which George did
As soon as he appeared with it Mr. w.
said: There, Doty, is dress for you;
put it on, and come as soon as you
can. for we are losing valuable time. ="
The Judge replied: Surely, Mr..
Webster, YOU are not in earnest in what
you say-that You want me 10 90 fishing
in that elegant suit, and spoil it?
Yes. | am he replied; that Is
what it has been brought down for.
The Judge still fingered. when Mr.
W.. to settle the matter. said to him !:
Have No anxiety about injuring the
dress. for to fish or hunt in it is the only
way it can now be made useful. Could
I wear it in Washington, Philadelphia.
New York. Boston or even here? If /
did. wouldn't everybody laugh at me?"
The Judge was compelled to answer
affirmatively to the question.
well. them" he said. ''pray what is
it good for but to 90 fishing in ?'
This settled the matter. The Judge
put on the dress, and went fishing in
Mr.. WIS court suit, and saved his
own. Thus, you see. Mr.. Webster,
with his well-known willingness to
oblige, had no objection to appear be-
fore England's Queen in the dress pre-
|-scribed; and what good use he made
of it after his return home !-Harper's
Magazine.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10
An IrrecOnc;la BILE Enemy.

France is henceforth vast entrenched
camp, which can be defended in week
by one million and in month by three
millions of men. know that all is not
vet perfect in this immense organiza-
ton, but | also know that each day q
great step in advance is made. "Well,
them" it will be asked, "what is there
to be anxious about? So much the bet
ter if you are strongly armed; no one
will think of attacking you" Yes, no
doubt; but You must understand that
France (and herein lies the gravity OF
the present state of things) desires, with
ardOr proportioned to tue growth of her
strength. to be formally set free from
the night-mare-dread of a possible in
vaSion Her defensive power is only
partially reassuring, and her immense
armament is heavy burden; there is
a fragrant contradiction between the in,
stituIion of universal barracks and those
republican aspirations which are be-
coming more and more democratic day
by day. The simplest solution would
be to ling ourselves at all hazards upon
Germany, to take back from her our
former frontiers, and to diSarm her.
/ That Icing done, we, too, might lay
down our arms This is what is called
la r5rGncke. Many people enormously
imagine that the French cherish the
idea of it. but nothing of the sort is true.
There is not within my knowledge q
single politician who dreams of such a
thing. and among the people it would
be most unpopular. This terrible game,
in which our fate as nation would be
the'stake, would depend upon the haz.
ard of battle lost or won, and we will
not play it except in the last extremity.
But it remains none the less certain that
we continually confront Germany as an
irreconcilable enemy, more on account
of the harm she could still do us than on
account of the harm she has done; and
that enemy is certainly not one to be
despised. If Germany is our bugbear
we assuredly give her illustrious chief,
the Chancellor of the Empire, MANY
sleepless nights. He knows right well
that the moment an enemy of his up
rises anywhere he may count two-us
and that other. Unless he should re-
duce us to absolute impotence, we, al
though conquered, shall present an
eternally insuperable barrier to his amb;-
toni. ColGni, IN Fortnigktly RecieU
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10
4 Soldiers Bright Idea.

One day soon after Pope's defeat at
second Bull Run and Chantilly, q pri-
vate soldier belonging to an Ohio regi-
ment sought an interview with his Cap
tain, and announced that he had plan
for a military campaign, which must
certainly result in crushing out the re-
bellion. The officer very naturally in
quired for particulars, but the soldier
refused to reveal them, and asked for a
chance to lay his plans before Pope
himself. After some delay he was given
pass to headquarters. He did not get
to see Pope, but after the chief of staff
had coaxed and promised and threatened
for quarter of an hour the Buckeye
stood up and replied:
"Well, sir, my plan is for John Pope
and Bob Lee to swap commands. and if
we don't lick the South inside of sixty
days you may shoot me for patent hay
fork swindleri''
When he returned to camp he was
naturally asked what success he met
with, and he ruefully replied:
"Wall, they had aplan of their own. "
''What was it?h
"Why, they took me out and booted
me for mile and a half. Detroit
Free Press.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10
Chronic Diarrh9a in Cattle.

There are various causes productive
of chronic diarrhPa. as there are also
of acute, and although the first some
times has the latter Tor its cause, the
effects are different in each disease, as
are the causes producing them. For
instance, that which would be produc-
tive of acute diarrhna in a sound ami
NAL, would not materially affect one
suffering from chronic diarrhga.
That they are two distinct diseases
NAV be adduced from the fact, that an
animal suffering from an attack of the
acute disease is quickly and successfully
treated by remedies which would have
no effect upon one suffering from the
disease in chronic form
There are different kinds Of this dis
ease; of which one is intermittent. and
is believed by many country people to
be influenced by the moon. This has
its cause in a weakenedsSta of the
liver, and its consequent susceptibility
of becoming easily and unduly excited
bv different agents, which, being re-
moved, the ?nimal, to use the words of
the owner, ''Soon gets well again.
Another kind is that to which YEAR
had proper food, or have been fed with
a view OF saving the cows milk. This
kind of chronic diarrhpa, if improperly
treated, renders the career of the ami
NAL short; but if submitted at once to
proper treatment, and there be not con-
siderable structural arrangement of the
liver. there is still favorable prospect
of recovery.
To the other kind, of all the most
subject to it are cows which are ''good
mixers" but why they are SO we will
not attempt to explain, unless it be that
there is a greater demand upon the
system. and that they are more mad
vertently exposed to the inclemencies
of the weather, by being turned out of
q protected or warm barn, after being
MIXED, into cold yard orunprotected
field, where they become exposed to a
cold, wet, or frosty atmosphere. aud
are allowed to remain until again
wanted for the purpose of being MIXED.
One principle cause of chronic
diarrhpa is the acute form neglected
or improperly treated, and this
Frequently occurs when the latter is the
case, at the time when the COW doctor
has exhausted his store OF noStrums and
recipes ito stop the securing" at a
stage where, in fact, when the animal
HIS had her constitution so impaired by
her attendant that the qualified veteri-
marian, now called in, should he sue
coed in propping up the falling fabric,
is supposed TO have achieved, not what
the other failed in doing. but merely
an ordinary feat or perhaps not even
that. Whereas, should he be so i'm
polite as to undertake the case and
not happen to succeed, it is then said,
'.he could not stop a securing cow" y
person should not be precipitate in
giving a decisive opinion unless he be
duly acquainted with the disease in its
various forms and combinations. We
are aware that there are many mOdifica-
tons of this disease in addition to the
above Prairie Farmer.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10
Too Much Wheat.

The low price of Wheat which is ruling
at the present time is attributed by
those who are best informed. to the vast
increase in the acreage planted through
out the world.
The monopoly at one time enjoyed by
the farmers of the Western and Middle
States in the foreign markets in this
cereal has been taken away from them
by the development of the Great North
west. the Improvement in machinery for
milling Spring Wheat. and especially
by the stimulus given by England to her
colonies in raising Wheat, in order to
make herself independent of this country
and Russia.
Farmers should turn their attention
more to crops in which they have
special advantages. In this latitude the
lands are peculiarly adapted TO Corn
and Castor Beans, and the area for sue
cessful cultivation of the latter is smaller
than for Corn. ..t,
Castor Beans are only raised for COM
mercial PURPOSES in India and the
United States, and the farmer is pro-
tected BY heavy duty against the In
dia Bean. and the home demand for
several years has exceeded the supply.
The cultivation of the Castor Bean is
no more difiicult-in fact, is about the
same as that of Corn. 1t is not ex-
hausting but fertilizing to the soil, and
for farmers situated some distance from
the railroads, the Bean is much more
profitable crop: as more money Is real
lied for one bushel of Beans than five
bushels of Corn. 1t may also be said
in its favor that the Bean viii keep in a
dry place without injury for an indie
finite period.-F'armers' Friend, Aprtl'
1884.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10
They VIII Surely Find You.

They are looking for you everywhere.
from hot rooms to cool ones, carelessness
In changing clothing:-In short anything
which ends in common cold in the
head" Unless arrested this kind of cold
becomes seated in the mucous membrane
of the head. Then it is Catarrh. In any
and all its stages this disease always yields
to Ely's Cream Balm. Applied to the nsS.
trils with the finger. Safe, agreeable, GER.
tain. Price fifty cents.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10

ABOUT thirty years ago a prominent physi-
covered a remedy for diseases of the throat,
chest and lungs, which was of such Won
derIul efficacy that it soon gained wide
reputation in this country. The name of
tho medicine is DR.. VIZ. HALLS BALsAM
FOR THE LUNGS.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10

The best interests of humanity depend
on the good health of our women folks,
and vet those with brightest intellectS
seem to suffer most with ailments peculiar
to female life. L. is well to remember that
the whole female system can be built up to
proper state of endurance, pimples, sores,
swollen limbs, monthly pains, and other
indications of female disease, made to dis
appear and robust health of mind and body
take the place of illness and distress, if a
timely use is made of DR.. Guysott's Yellow
Dock and Sarsaparills. 1t restores the
blood to perfect health, it strength, rs the
muscular and nervous system. it gives
tone to the digestive and urinary organs.
1t allays all irritation of the mucous men,
brane. In word, it is a perfect female
medicine, and aids every function of fe-
male life No other remedy equals it. Have
your druggist get it. Take no substitute.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10
Cancer for Fourteen Years,

SPARTANBURG, S. c., March IA, 1884.
I have for II years been a sufferer from
a running sore on my face that everybody
called a CANCER. / have used over 500
worth of medicine and found no relief.
About four months ago l bought one bottle
of Swift's Specific from DR.. II. E. Heinitsh,
and since have bought five others, have
taken il, and they have CURED NE sound
and well! My face is as free from sore
as anybody's, and my health is perfectly
restored. 1 feel like forty years had been
lifted off my head. Yours thankfully.
ELIZA TINSLEY.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free. The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
Drawer 8. Atlanta, Ga.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10
Dairymen Prefer 1T.
MEssRs. WELLS, RICHARDSON & Co.

MEssRs. WELLS, RICHARDSON & CO.:
Since the introduction of your Improved
Butter Color among my customers, it has
given universal satisfaction. The leading
dairymen of this section who have used it
give it the preference over all other colors,
of whatever name or nature.
They are especially pleased with the fact
that il does not become rancid, like other
oil colors and their product brings highest
prices in market. W. 8. NAY, Druggist.
UNDERHILL, VI, April 3, 1882.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10

o Miss Laura johnson, of Minneapo-
lis, Mimi, displayed an unusual
amount of misplaced pluck and de-
termination on learning that her be-
trothed had decided to break off his en-
gagement with her. Failing in her
efforts to pull her engagement ring
from her finger, she picked up a
Ratchet and, placing the finger on a
stone,- chopped it of, and then sent the
ring to the faithless lover.-St. Paul
Press.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10

LAST years fashions are out of date. but
last years friends are stiIl our own. This
is why Mrs. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound never loses favor; every lady who
knows its worth land who does not?) feels
that the kindly face of Mrs. Pinkham is
that of an honored friend.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10

One of the new shades for spring
street wear is an amber brown of most
d;stingue and delicate tint. blending
well with either of the new shades of red
or with royal blue or the Oriental bro
caded yclvets and broche fabrics in their
intricate and inimitable blendings Of
scarlet, green and gold
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10

AN EXTENDED POPULARITY. BRowN's
BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs have been before the
public many years. For relieving Coughs
and Throat troubles they are superior to
all other articles. Sold only in boxes.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10

"WHY don't you favor Mr.. Archer, my
child"' "Oh, for the best of reasons, ma.
One can't expect to make much of hit in
society with an old-fashioned cross-beau"'
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10

A WESTERN reporter, in defining tho
burning of a sugar refinery, said the de-
youring element licked up $1,000 barrels Of
sugar. Philadelphia Call.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10

A VERMONT man has hen thirty. nine
years old. Every time he tells its age the
Intelligent creature looks offended and
tries to cackle eighteen"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10

"Mother Swans Worm Syrup" for few
erishness, worms, constipation, tasteless. sc
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10

A sHRILL old lady in Memphis, whenever
she loses her scissors, rouses the whole
family with "Where's them shears ap-
peared tor
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10

Rough on Coughs. "15c., At Druggists. Com
pIete cure Coughs, Hoarseness, Sore Throat
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10

"A woman started the first daily
aper in the world in 1902 in London
-Ghicdgo Herald.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10

LEAP-YEAR gives women the privilege of
whistling when they want to stop horse
car. But unfortunately leap year does not
give her the ability to do so.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10
THE GENERAL MARKETS.

The poorest borrower can always return
no ES
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10

WHAT cannot be cured supports the
doctors.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10

Skinny Men. Wells Health Renewer'' re
stores health and vigor, cures Dyspepsia, 81
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10

THE increasing sales Of Piso's Cure at
tests its claim as the best cough remedy.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10

woMAS's chief beauty Is her skin. Samaritan
Nerrtnc ensures that charm to all its patrons.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10

Rough on Corns." I5c. Ask for it. Com
plete cure, hard or soft corns, warts, bunions.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10

Buchu-paiba." Quick, complete cure, all
annoying Kidney and Urinary Diseases, 81.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10

Isaac Jewel, Covington, Ky..says: Samaritan
Nerrnle cured me of Asthma and Scrofula-"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-10

Hale's Honey OF Horehound and Tar.
The best medicine for cough or sore throat.
Pixies toothache drops cure in one minute.