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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-28

The manufacture of buffalo horn
furniture has become an industry in
New fork. The horns are not those of
the bison, as is commonly believed, but
are from the cattle killed in the abat-
tors. They are sold ut the slaughter
houses for little more than what the
button manufacturers give, are cleaned.
dried, scraped and polished. The cost
of making these horned goods is less
than that of carved wood, but they
bring two ami three times more than
the latter. The new industry is almost
monopOlized by Germans from Saxony.
~ L. HcrdLd
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-28
An Old Trick.

OTTAWA, ONT, August 1.-the gold
mine recently discovered on Reena River,
British Columbia, turns out to be fraud.
During The excitement hundreds threw up
situations, hoping to realize a fortune In
short time, having been roped In by un-
scrupulous speculators having charge Il taa
eVindls
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-28

"A cocoanut tree bears fruit for
forty years. And if it bore the same
cocoanut every year, it wouldn't be q
bit harder to get into it than it is.--
Burlington Hdtckeye.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-28

Mrs. William johnson having re-
ceived letter from her husband stating
that he had a permanent situation in
this country came&oyer from Ireland
aud landed recently at New York to
meet him, bringing the four youngsters
OF the family to enjoy the paternal pros
perity. Mr.. johnson was not at the
dock to meet her. and she found on in
quiry that the permanent situation Sc
cured by MIR. johnson was in the peni-
tentiarY.-N. J. Sun.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-28

"A COW was killed at Dayton, Ore
gon. recently, which had twenty dol
lar gold piece in her wind-pipe. The
coin was worn perfectly smooth and
the stamps were barely perceptible.-
Chicago Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-28
AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, August 2J.-Thcre was large
robbery of a jewclrv store here yesterday.
The belief is widespread that the robbers
were anarchists. The number of fires
Saturday and yesterday cause fresh alarm.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-28

Hc;gho, now loud the robins red are singing,
The buttercups shine hravey in the sun:
World, you are fair, with all your blossoms
springing,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-01-05
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

The State Dairymen's Conventions
are well worth the attention of farmers.
Chicago Journal.
When laying hens show tendency
to lay on too much fat give them all
the sour milk they will drink. 1t is an
anti-fat remedy.-N. Y. Herald.
1t is asserted, on good scientific au-
thority, that the sofa bean, which has
recently been imported into Europe
from Japan, is very valuable fodder,
being exceedingly rich in fatty ingre-
dients.-N. \. Examiner.
An old physician of large expert
ence says the best ointment for cows
teats is unworked butter right from the
churn, melted and mixed with vinegar
--simmered together, perhaps-and if
used persistently will remove the warts
Boston Post tM ..t
If your wife is cross at meal time,
take an observation of the wood-pile.
The woman who can go out in storm
of sleet and dig soggy wood out of the
snow to cook her husbands dinner, and
still wear a cheerful countenance and
speak honeyed words, is, more than
human.--Oh CITY Derrick. .. ....
In INC IepOIJ VI Che hdSSdCuuScIbS
Board of Agriculture for 1882 there is
an article on Fowls, Table and Mar
ket," by Mason c. Weld. He states,
on the authority of an experienced
friend, that cross of Plymouth Rocks
and Houdans gives early maturity,
plump form, and fine laying qualities,
and cross of Plymouth Rocks and
Brown Leghorns gives fine broilers and
extra good layers.
Rice Pudding: One-third cup of rice,
one cup of sugar, two eggs, one pint Of
milk, half lemon and salt; soak the
rice over night; beat the yelks of the
eggs with one teaspoonful of sugar, and
! CRATE in the lemon rind; add the rice
| and milk; bake one hour; take the
whites of the eggs and beat to stiff
| froth with the rest of the sugar; then
add the lemon juice; pour it over the
| pudding after it is baked, and brown it
in the oven two three minutes. Boston
| Globe.
Whatever good points horse may
acquire through training and develop
ment in the hands of his owner, the
Pittsburgh StOckman thinks it is certain
that he must get his start for all this
through Inheritance. Disposition, con-
stitution, form, style, etc., must depend
largely on ancestry; and if this be OBJ
| jectionable there can be little hope of
accomplishing much with the progeny.
Get good start by breeding the best to
the best Training and care will then
have everything to work upon.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-01-05
WIT AND WISDOM.

Many a young flop imagines that a
girl takes an interest in his WeJdre,
when in truth she is only eager for his
fdreOeH. - Chicago Tribune.
Now, children" she continued,
"what is the meal you eat in the morn
ing called?" Oatmeal" promptly re-
piled member of the class. -.
There is difference between the
lips of young man and the lips of
young lady-but sometimes it is a
mighty small one--DetroH Post
When your friend is married put
your good wishes into the shape of an
old English saying: zone year of joy,
another of comfort, and all the rest of
content. Y. Herald.
Extract from a letter from Angeli-
ca: Dear Henry, you ask if l return
your love. Yes, Henry, l have no use
for it, and return it with many thanks
By-by, Henry. IN Y. Graphic.
The man who can thoroughly en-
Joy himself at a fashionable reception
after discovering the bow of his white
tie is under his left ear is superior to the
pomps and vanities of this wicke world.
Chicago Times.
1t is a sight worthy of an artists
crayon to see a woman. while talking
through telephone to her grocer three
miles away, stamping her little foot and
shaking her fist as though the poor man
was quailing right before her, fonkerS
Statesman.
Trust men and they will be true to
you, says Emerson. We showed this
to respectable grocer. He grew livid
with rage, seized club, and wanted to
know where that Emerson fellow lived.
There was mischief in that grocer's
eve. We did not tell him. Batrltnqton
Haa0keye.
--''Washington Irving once said to a
lady: Don't be anxious about the ed
ucation of your daughters; they will do
very well: don't teach them so many
things; teach them one thing" ''What
is that, Mr.. Irying?' she asked. Teach
them," he said, ''to be easily pleased. !"
NJ Y. Graphic.
-"Any thing that is worth doing is
worth doing WELL" Remember this,
young man, when you are counting a
girl, and don't sit looking at her with
your thumb in your mouth when she
feels faint and needs your strong arm to
support her. Waist no time, but seize
the opportunity--and the girl.-Detroit
Free Press.
GOOD morning. children" said an
Austin physician, as he met three on
four little children on their way to
school, 'and how are you this morn
ingp" 1--WE darsn't tell you," replied
the oldest of the crowd, boy of eight.
"Dare not tell mel" exclaimed the ply
stefan, land why not?" Cause, papa
said that last year it cost him over fifty
dollars to have you come in and ask M
how we were. - exGS Siffin9S.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-01-05
FACTS AND FIGURES.

The returns of whisky for taxation
in Kentucky foot up A, 1897, 600 gallons.
Louisville Coarier-JourndL
During the past year the street cars
of New York have carried 145,000,00
passengers. Y. Tribune.
There are now sixty-nine Bricklay-
er's Unions throughout the United
States, with total membership of over
10000. Chicago Journal.
There are about &c, 900 locomotive
engines in the world. and 10000 pas
senger and 500, 900 freight cars. There
are 200, 900 miles of track, and the cap
ital invested is 10000, 600, 000.-- y.
Herald.
Postal cards were introduced by
Prof. Emanuel Herman, of Vienna.
They were first used in England, Ger
many and Switzerland in 1870. in Bel
gium and Denmark in 1871, and in Nor
way, Russia and the United States in
1S72-73.- Boston Post. -.
The Public Printer of the United
States is at the head of the biggest
printing establishment in the world,
employing over 1920 men, and turning
out annually about 200,000,00
blanks, envelopes, etc., $4,000 blank
boo ks, and $4,000, 600 pamphlets and
books. he uses up every year about
So, 800, 000,- Philadelphia Press.
From 1910 to 1880, horses increased
in the United States 800 per cent; in
the latter year they numbered 12,000.-
600, value $40, 100000. Mules in the
same period increased 400 per cent,
no 900 IN, NJ altra
of $40, 900. 900. Mich cows the same
year numbered 13,000,000, while other
cattle footed up to 23.982,56 value
S48l 1886, 08O. Sheep value $95, 000,-
600, and swine 1924, ia, 500. Detroit
Post. f -
The biennial report of the Kansas
State Board of Agriculture for 1881 82
recalls attention to the remarkable
growth of this new State. In the ten
years from 1872 to 1882 there was an
increase in population from 1854, 1899 to
995, 1866; in cultivated acreage from
2,476, S62 to IL ,043, 379 acres; in value of
live stock from $50, 1898 to 1913, 874,-
$50. In 1882 there were 1898, 67S horses,
1,404, 497 cattle, 97S,177 sheep and
1928. 683 head of swine. Nearly 4,500,-
600 acres were in corn, and more than
1,500,0 900 in wheat Chicago Journal.
Senator John p. Jones, who is said
to have lost S25, 100000 within the past
ten years, is trying to get another fort
une. He has leased the Bonanza
mines from the 1850 level upward.
The Bonanza, which has turned out
over $1O0,000,000 of gold and silver,
was found at depth of 1850 feet, and
Jones expects to find valuable ore de-
posts above that level. His lease ex-
tends three years, and he will explore
the ground for all it is worth. He is
to account for seventy per cent. OF the
assay values of the ores found all over
that is to be his Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-01-05
THE TWO DARKS.

at dusk, when slumber's gentle wand
Beckons to quiet fields my boy,
ana day, whose welcome was so fond.
is shghted like rivaled toy
When fain to follow, fain to stay,
Toward nights dim border-line he peers,
We say he fears the fading day;
is II the inner dark he fearsr
His deep eyes made for wonder keep
Their gaze upon some land unknown,
Tho while the crOwding questions leap
That show bis ignorance my own.
For he would go he knows not where
And IL hardly know the more;
Yet what is dark and what is fair f
He would tonight with me explore.
Upon the sh pals of my poor creed
QHis plummet falls, but can not rest;
To sound the soundess is his need,
TO find the primal soul his quest -
In vain these bird like fiutteriugs,
AS when through cages signs the wind;
My clearest answer only brings
New depths of mystery to BIS mind.
Vague thoughts, By crude surmise beset,
And cropping doubts that loom and pass
like April clouds that, shifting, fret
With tides of shade the sun-wooed grass.
% lonely soul within the crowd
Of souls! On language-seeking cryl
How black were noon without cloud
To vision only of the eye!
Sleep. child while healing Nature breaks
Her ointment on the wounds of Thoughts
Joy, that anew with morning wakes,
Shall bring you sight it ne er has brought.
Lord, III there be- as wise men spake,
No Death, but only Fear of Death,
And when Thy temple seems to shake
'Ts but the shaking of our breath
Whether by day or night we see
Clouds where Thy winds have driven none,
Let unto us as unto Thee
darkness
Robert Underwood johnson, in Century Nag
dzine
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-01-05
Value Of Straw for Food.

In many localities farmers are often
puzzled to'decide as to what to do it'll
their straw. Generally it is stacked,
and the cattle and horses are allowed TO
run to it during the winter -more for
shelter than for any good it may do them
as food. Sometimes, and not infrequent-
ly. it is burned after it has been hauled
away from the machine and scattered
over the field. This is Il practice not as
much followed now as it was some
years ago. When straw is stacked and
the stock is allowed to run to it, the
greater part OF it is in the course of
time pulled down and trampled I'M
der foot, where in year or two it
is converted into most excellent ma
nure.
No farmer, no matter how big the
farm, can afford to burn his straw; it
is far better to stack it or to use 1t for
covering rough sheds for winter protec-
ton for stock. There is way to utilize
it as food for cattle, horses and sheep
that makes it fully as valuable as hay,
corn or any other article of stock food
raised on the farm-that is, to use it as
chopped feed. Bran, cheat or oats
ground coarse and mixed with cut
straw, without cooking, but moistened
with water, makes a most palatable
and nourishing food. Fed to mich
cows it wonderfully increases the flow
of milk, improves their condition, and
gives them a sleek, glossy appearance.
To horses it is equally beneficial, and
no food placed before them will be eat
en- with such evident relish as will
their daily allowance of chopped feed.
In winter, when the teams are not at
hard work, it can be fed twice day
with advantages; in the summer time
once day is often enough. For cows
and young stock cattle it is excellent
fed with the rough feed usually given
them. 1t is as cheap as anything else as
good that can be procured Prepared in
this way straw becomes valuable arti-
Gle of food, and should be as carefully
cared for as is hay or corn.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-01-05
CHAPTER XVII.
BLACKBOARD GRANGE AGAIN.

BLACKBOARD GRANGE AGAIN.
A few days afterward Margaret had
a letter from Rupert, in which he said:
'Everything has become sad since
my dearest Margaret went away. Louis
is SO dull--you don't know how dull =
John Mallabarr has gone abroad. He
came here to say goodbye. He looked
very i'll, and hardly spoke. think he
must have gone for his health, though
it seems odd to think of anything being
the matter with him, doesn't itP asked
him why he was going, and he said be-
cause there was a ghost at Mallabarr
Court, and after consulting the most ac-
complished magicians as to how to get
rid of it, they all agreed with him that
means of exercising it. So he is going
to have lot of the rooms done up, he
says, but he did not seem to know much
about it. Then inquired where he was
going, but he said be didn't know-he
was going on what the Germans called
"a journey into the blue and that
meant a journey to no one knew where,
the traveller himself least of all. never
knew John to talk in that way before,
and to go away before the hunting is
over, too! He is M. f. H. in these parts,
so my father is going to act as deputy
till he comes back"
That was quite enough for Margaret
"Going abroadr' She could we'll
imagine what the words meant to John
Mallabarr, and with how dreary ring
they sounded in his ears. Perhaps,
had it occurred to Mallabarr to make q
second expedition to Beckbridge Alb
oey; perhaps, had he dropped unawares
upon Margaret, as she sat at that mo-
ment coming Rupert's letter with wet
eyes, her heart full of rue and pity-a
word then, soul-to-soul glance, might
have settled things diflerently-have
altered the whole course of his life and
hers. But, as it happened, he was at
that very moment at a London railway
terminus, booking himself and his dog
to Paris, with the vague idea that from
that city you could go out all over the
world, when you had decided to what
quarter of the said world to direct
your steps; and that, should You not
feel disposed for active travelling, il
was place provided with more and
merrier means Of killing time and
drowning sorrow than any other in thu
world.
| TO BE CONTINUED
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-01-05

natronly patronage, as If to assure her
Of her continued affection and good
will, which vastly diverted the Lady of
the Manor of Beckbridge.
All this Margaret quickly conned
over in her mind, as she sat resting q
short time before going Hp stairs to lay
aside her finery The freight played
now upon the dun hue of her satin and
velvet, anon upon the creamy old lace,
and twinkling diamonds, and the luster
of her crown of red-gold hair. She
closed her eyes and lay back in her
chair-a lovely women, in the pride of
her youth and beauty, thinking.
"What short time it is since that
night of my twenty-first birthday, and
yet how much has happened in it. l
suppose. Maurice BidduIph considers
that he is Furnishing me by raising that
girl above my head. Well, let him! 1t
pleases him, and does me no harm.
Louis her face changed, and a
sigh broke from her lips. "That is
over. John Mallabar-it is he whom 1
ought to love, know by all rules. If
it has to be one of three-those three
it should be he. But need it be one of
themP" II
The door is opened, and the footman
announces: a
"A gentleman, ma am, to see YOU.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-01-05

at dusk, when sumbers gentle wand
Beckons to quiet fields my boy,
And day, whose welcome was so fond.
is slighted like a rivalel toy
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-30

fourth ballot, the Vest easily imposed
on the East the capidate of her pref
erence. Born In Pennsylvania and
claimed by MaineJ lanes G.. Blaine Is
essentially Westrn candidate He
represents what my, without invid-
ious distinction, . fairly called the
Western type Of sepublicanism--vig.
orous, uncomproiising, radical, ever
advancing Reputicanism.
The Massachusetts masses know full
well that the besbloo8 of New Eng
land rolls thrcug the veins of the Re-
publican West, that the prairies of
Illinois are peopd with the descend
ants of the men.nd women who went
out from the graite mountains of New
Hampshire, tie green hills of
Vermont, tt pine woods of
Maine, tn farming val
leys of old Massachusetts, herself. And
when n few artgant and self-conceited
persons undeake to tell them that
the greater NV England that lives
out in those magnificent Western
states came ulto Chicago SO ignorant
or so vicious to insist upon "a nom.
ination not fito be made" the plain
people of Massachusetts, will, in due
time, resent as an Insult to our com.
mon ancestr'and traditions.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-30
An Able Letter.


An able and comprehensive letter
from the pen of DR.. S. III. Stout to
Prof Thomas J. Middleton, chairman
of the executive COMMITTEES OF the
Bosoue County Teachers association,
ON The subject of Popular Edu-
cation - appears in the Fort Worth
GAZETTE OF the 2lst inst. DR.. stout
is an old and experienced educator,
and handles his subject with marked
skill and ability, and we only regret
that the article cannot be placed IN
the hands of every parent and teacher
i'm the whole South, His views are
broad and. comprehensive, ana ne
shows to possess n knowledge OF tne
practical wants of the country upon
The subject of education which but Few
men possess. The doctor is being
urged to run for the senate In THE
district. and should he consent te
make the race, and be elected a.
he should be, our educational facilities
would receive the attention OF one o.
the best minds in the state. indeed
the doctor is one of the most reiineo
and cultivated gentlemen amongst US
and is well posted as to the wants o.
this SC cotton and the state generally
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-30
FOREIGN.
The Egyptn Conference Holds It's
FRS Meeting in London.
Plans subtitted for the Reduction Of
taxation IN Egypt.
The Italihs Enforcing a Rigid Quar-
atine-Cholera Notes.
ENGLAND.

ENGLAND.
THEEGYPTIAN CONFERENCE.
LoNDN, June 29--At meeting
yesterdS of the conference on the
Egg ptia question, Earl Granville
briefly lated the financial proposals to
be conidered. The conference then
adioured, to allow financial experts
to exarine the proposals. The date of
next neeting has not been fixed.
The Observer believes the pre-
posalshave in view the reduction of
intereI on the unified 4 per cent. debt
and tie privileged debt, each to one
half the present rates. The
domah loans at 8 per cent.
and the DANA loan at 4
to 5per cent. are to be left as at pres
ent. If the revenues are insufficient
to pa the DANA interest, the Egyp-
tian treasury alone Is to be called on to
mas up the amount. Less than one.
halper cent. of the sinking und be.
lon(ng to the privileged and uni
tiediebts is to he suspended. The in
terst Egypt pays on the Suez cana
shses held by England 10 to be reduced
frn one-half to tnree-quarters, n
adisable, England to advance or guar
auee IA loan of eS,00D,000 to Egypt
tbs loan taking precedence of ali ex
Using loans. The proposals have alst
in view reduction of the taxes o
Egypt from three to four million
punds sterling.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-30
WEATHERFORD.
Iiograph Gallery Burned-WrOY
Man Arrested-Crop Notes.

lspondence OF the Gazette.
RUTHERFORD, June 27.-The PIP
|nph gallery of Mr.. Whitaker WIS
nt to the ground this morning
put three o'clock. Building md
tents were completely destroyed
are a total loss, there being noin.
hnce. Mr.. Whitaker estimateshis
at between $500 and 81 LOO, md
les II was unquestionably theact
20 lncendiary, as the dangerous i'll
Of his wife has caused him i be
ent and no person has been In the
lding for several days.
The peddler who was robbed by the
a who stole DIR. McKlnzie's lorse,
ne down yesterday and identified
lne man, one who wNs an occupant
Inc county Jail in this place 4 the
" The peddler was robbed am DIR.
tkinzie's horse was stolen
Tue warm weather is causing crops
look we'll. The cotton whid last
~ looked backward has mae sur
'lng growth, and in groum that
been properly worked, preents a
appearance.
heat aud oats are nearly all cut
are in most places rs fine as one
bid wish.
Torn also is looking well, AM taking
In sll the prospect of exta crops
y never better in Parker comfy.