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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-03
As To Parties.

The remark is occasionally heard
now, and generally made by Republic
ans who are disguised with their own
party and deferred by force of associa-
ton from going squarely into the DEM
ocratic camp, that there is need of .
new party. But when they 90 farther
and outline principles upon which a
new party with any hope of life would
have to establish itself, they do but lit
tie more and not any better than to re-
formulate the Democratic creed That
the Republican party has long been
living upon its past is q fact that very
large portion of its most prominent
members are now ready to acknowledge
That under such circumstances it was
fated to betray, in time, the only sur.
viving purposes of those who control
it, the result of the recent Chicago Con-
vention abundantly demonstrates. But,
it may be charged, has not the Demo-
cratic party shown weakness. blind
ness, seltishneSs and venaGty on
occasions without number? That,
in the name of Democracy, it
has done many things contrary to the
spirit of Democracy, we are ready to
admit. 1t has done those things which
it ought not to have done and left I'M
done those things which it should have
scrupulously attended to more often
than it is pleasant to enumerate. But
unlike the Republican party, the pur-
poses and principles upon which the
Democratic party was founded have
weathered the strain, because their ex-
istence and more or less active opera
. ha oxiSfav,f with thu
perity and even the very existence OF
the Republic. We can never outgrow
those principles. We can never sur
render them and live. But OF what &C
count are principles, again it may be
asked, if a party does not live up to
them? We have said that the Repub-
lican party has precipitated an emer-
gency which makes it desirable and 8
duty for good men to combine. There
are plenty of men in the Democratic
party who represent those principles
We believe we are warranted in saying
that the majority of the Democratic
leaders in public life to-day represent
those principles. They understand
them, they declare them and they de-
fend them ably. There are plenty of
men nominally opposed to them in pol
tics, who deeply sympathize with their
| efforts to enforce those principles
Why, then, should they not come into
their organization, stay their hands,
and give vitality and power to the
noblest canons of political action that
made Nation great. The Post has
not been backward about acknowledge
ing the faults of its party, but it has
been inspired with Il steady hOpefulness,
an unyielding faith that this great party
would survive its burdens and abuses
and emerge from its trials to occupy
more exalted level of usefulness and
honor than ever before. We see the
signs multiplying that our hopes have
not been vain hopes, and all who long
for the publication of public admins
tration can not find a shorter road 10
the goal of their desires than by
hearty cooperation with that noble
band of Democrats who are working
for the same end. The preservation
of Democratic principles in. govern
ment in their purity is deserving of the
devotion of all good men.-BostOD Post.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-03
The TattO0ed Man at Last.

The Republican party has made its
fatal blunder at last. 1t has nominated
a candidate for Presidentswho can not
poll its full vote by many thousands.
While Mr.. Blaine has many enthusiast
tic supporters, he has, also, many i'm
placable enemies within his party.
The thoughtful conservative Repub-
icans are against him, because of the
meddlesome and dangerous foreign
policy he sought to establish when at
the head of the Garfield Cabinet.
For the same reason the commercial
and business interests oppose him. Nor
will conscientious and scrupulous
voters fail to be impressed by the ter
rible picture drawn of his character as
public man by the journals of his own
party.
A parallel is sometimes drawn be-
tween Clay and Blaine. This can be
done with fair fidelity 10 the truth of
history except in one particular. While
the lamented Kentucky statesman was
the idol of the Wings, as Blaine is now
the unquestioned favorite of the ma
iority of the Republicans, the former
was statesman VINO had proposed
great measures of legislation and had
figured in public life for forty years
prior to his nomination for the Presi-
dency without n breath of suspicion
against his personal integrity. 1t will
not be pretended that the parallel
holds good to this extent. Clay was a
dashing leader and an honest man;
Blaine is dashing leader, but, accord
ing to the most pronounced Republican
journals, he is as bad as he is bold. II
the brilliant and upright Clay failed Of
election, will the brilliant but bad
Blaine fare any better? The answer to
the conundrum can be worked into the
parallel at the readers leisure.
1t will not be necessary for Demo-
cratic journals to dwell upon the points
of weakness presented in the personal
character of the Republican nominee
for the Presidency. The leading Re-
publican journals have already per-
formed that service. The battle for the
Presidency will be fought on questions
of principle so far as the Democracy are
concerned. Mr.. Blaine is peculiarly
the representative of the high tax wing
of his party, and has always appeared
as the advocate of lavish appropria-
tions, of subsidies to great corporations,
of land grants to railroad companies,
of paternalism which robs nineteen
twentieths of the people of their
hard earnings to enrich the other
twentieth. The present system Of
Federal taxation grew up while Blaine
was at the head of his party in Con-
gress. The era of subsidy and the lob
BY began when he took up the Speak
er's gavel. He was the deus ez ma
china in all the great jobs that were put
through Congress from 1869 until his
retirement from public life. In order
that the schemes of plumber which he
either engineered or encouraged might
be successful he desired above all things
plethoric treasury. Hence his adj
vocacy of the unnecessary and eppres-
sive taxes which now. wiring annually
one hundred millions of dollars from
the people in excess of the actual re-
quirements of the Government Such
a candidate can never receive the ap-
proving ballots of majority of the
American people--Hdrrisburg (Ra-)
Patriot. ia
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-03
Platform Against Practice.

The Republican platform is "mass
of glittering generalities. -"
Against the clap-trap of Republican
professions the people can place the Ia
inevitable facts of Republican practices.
The promise of settled protective
tariff with full rights to the laboring
man is offset by the reality of con-
stantly-changing protective tariff for
twenty-four years, marked by favorit
ism towards special classes and monop-
olies and injustice to the masses.
Against pledge to promptly and
effectively suppress the system of polyg-
amy within the Territories " stands the
fact that for twenty-four years. under a
party which claims almost autocratic
power for the Central Government the
system of polygamy has fourished and
increased.
The sentiment that the reserved
rights of States should be guarded with
jealous care stands in juxtaposition to
yean Of efforts to create an overshad-
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-03
SOME POETRY.

A wandering tribe, called the Siouxs,
Wear moccasins, having no shiouxs;
They are made of buckskin,
With the feshy side in,
Embroidered with beads of bright hiou1s.
When out on the war-patlI, the Siouxs
March single file-never by tiouXs-
And by 'baZlng" the trees
Can return at their ease,
And their way through the forests ne'er
liouXs-
All new-fashioned boats he eschiouXs;
And uses the birch-bark caniouKs;
Those are handy and light,
And, inverted at night,
Give shelter from storms and from diouxs.
The principal food of the SiOuxs
Is Indian maize. which they briouXs,
And hominy make,
Or mix them cake
And eat it with pork, as they chiouxs.
Now doesn't this spelling look ciouxriOus?
Ills enough to make any one fiouXrions.
So word to the wise!
Pray our language revise
With photography not so injiouxriLus.
School Supplement.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-03
-Mueh of the enthusiasm for

Much of the enthusiasm for the
work of the Republican Convention at
Chicago was manufactured. There
was large artificial and employed ele-
ment in it, and the noise viii only be a
faint echo by the time of the meeting
OF the Democrats in July. We have
no doubt Blaine was the choice of
majority of the Republicans Of tbs
country, but the shouting at Chicags
was not entirely representative. Tha
"hollering is usually done by sman
portion of the American people,
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-03

@-"The Republicans have left the
bars down." avs the Boston Post,
land the field inyitingly free to the
Democrats, both as respects men and
measures. A failure to improve the OPP
portunity would be a blunder so stu
pendous that it would partake of thena-
tare of crime"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-03
Mr.. Blaine's friends have bee

Mr.. Blaine's friends have been
contending in ''halcyon and vocifer-
Gus way" for some time back that Mr..
Roscoe ConkiiDg was pining to have
the "plumed nigh" nominated Per-
haps ne was, but their efforts to induce
Mr. Conk4ing to say he viii support
Mr.. Blaine had not up to last accounts
been particularly successfully T.
Commercial Advertiser (Rep.)
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-03

Beautiful tides are made by paint
ing flowers in bright colors on black
satin; trim the edge of the tides with
white lace.-ErchanQe.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-03
ABILENE REFLECTOR

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY
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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-23
INTERESTING TO LADIES.

Our lady readers can hardly fail to have
their attention called this week to the
latest combination OF improvements in that
most useful Of all domestic implements,
the Sewing machine
As we understand it, machine for fami-
lily use should meet first of all these re-
quirements: 1t should be simple in its
mechanism; 1t should run easily; it should
do wide range Of work; 1t should be as
nearly noiseless as possible; it should be
light, handsome, durable, and as cheap as
is consistent with excellence throughout.
These conditions the Light, Running
New Home" certainly meets. 1t has also
several very important and useful attach
ments and EMOTIONS" Of its own, which
go far to make good its claims to popular
favor.
The New Home" specially recommends
itself to purchasers on account Of its superi.
or mechanical construction, ease Of man.
agement and reasonable prce. Over half
million have been sold in the last three
years, all of which are giving universal sat
isfaction. This unrivaled machine is man.
ufactured by the NEW HOME GIVING
MACHINE co., 80 Union Square, New
York, who wish Us to ssy that all who will
send for their new illustrated catalogue
and enclose their advertisement (printed
on another page), will receive ! Get Of
fancy advertising novelties Of value to those
collie Cting cards, d. faasl -'..s
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-23
OUR MAIL BOXES.

The mail boxes have arrived, were dis
tributed yesterday and will be ready for
Use to-day. There are ten Of them, and
they will be distributed as follows:
One at the corner Of Eighth street and
Washington avenue, in front OF Messrs.
Barclay Bros. prescription drug store.
One at the corner of Fourth street and
Washington avenue, in front of Mr.. H. II
Candies residence.
One at the corner Of Twentieth street aud
Washington avenue, in front of Mr.. Frank
Hssley's drug store.
One at the corner of Sixth street and
Commercial avenue, in front of Messrs.
Mann & Bro, store
One at the corner of Eighth street aud
Commercial avenue, In front of the Alex.
der county bank.
Ono at the corner of Twentieth street and
Commercial avenue, in front of the New
York store. ~-'r...
One at the corner Of Second street and
Ohio lsvee, in front of The Halliday
Hotel. ,,
One between Sixth and Eighth streets
and Ohio levse in front of the City Ma.
tonal Bank.
One between Tenth aud Twelfth streets
and Ohio leYee, In front of Woodward's
Novelty Iron. store. M, ..,...
And one at the corner of Fourteenth
street and Ohio levee, opposite the stone
depot. s.t s~.,..as
The boxes are Of heavy cast.iron, of the
form Of a soldiers ,knsp-sack, painted dark
green. They're intended to be strapped
with bands Of iron to lamp posts, with the
fiat side to the post, aud the opening for
the reception Of letters is in one end, GOV.
cred by an iron Zap that hangs loosely
down over it. The door through which
the collector takes the mail out of the
boxes 10 in the same end til hinged at the
bottom, With staple at the top for pad
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-23
"MONTE CRISTO" AT THE OPERA
HOUSE FEB. %.

After considerable trouble Capt. Shields
has been able to secure Manager Sts,sou's
celebrated "Monte Cristo" company, which
will open at the OPP ra House on the 22d of
February, bringing out the whole force Of
the combination which stands the acknowl.
edged head of all melodramatic companies
now before the public. Mr.. Stetson is the
we'll known manager of the Globe Theatre
in Boston and the Star Theatre, New York,
and is said to be the wealthiest manager in
the United States.
There are few people of the presen, day
who have not read Dumas delightful novel,
Monte Cristo," and, as q consequence, the
thread of the story as brought before the
foot-lights, will be easily followed by ma
jority of the audience. The piece was first
produced at the Globe Theatre, Boston,
September, 1870, Charles Fschter appear
ing as edmond Dantes" and "Count
Monte Cristo," and begot such a msgni6-
cent sensation as induced its continuance
for mouths.
This identical play, as rendered by the
celebrated Fechter, will be produced here.
The young melodramatic actor, james
O'Neil, whose name Is familiar to oil the
atre.goers, assumes the leading character,
Count Monte Crlsto," character well
suited to him in every particular From
the light-hearted sailor filed with Joy at
his promotion and approaching msrrisge,
he changes to the gloomy misanthrope,
with heart and soul bent on vengeance be
does it 80 we'll that never for an instant Is
the sympathy of the audience diverted from
him.
Remember the date, February 90, Wash.
ington's birthday.
And if We are not mistaken, the most
successful engagement ever played in Cairo
will reward Manager Stetson for the diver.
sion of his route which enabled him to
reach our city. .a
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-23

lock to keep it closed securely. They were
put up on the lamp posts at the points
above indicated, and where there are no
lamp posts, other arrangements will be
made so that they will be conspicuous and
convenient.
The mail will be collected from these
boxes three times daily; at o'clock a. M,
9:3O p. m. aud . o'clock at night This
will be the arrangement to begin with, but
it may be that the time will have to be
changed in order to permit the preparation
OF the mail for the different trains. The
public will he given all the time possible
before each collection. The time necessary
for one man to collect all the mail, for as
sorting and stamping it, will be closely cal
cuiated and the collections will be de-
lsyed AZ long as possible. before each mail,
in order that people may have as much
time as possible to get their mail 10 and in
sure its prompt collection. A card sncassd
In frame made for the purpose, in the
fronts OF the boxes, will keep the public
posted a. to the time fixed for the collec-
ton Of the mail and any changes that may
from time TO time he made,
The mail boxes are not as large as they
ought to be at some of the points indicated,
where there Is much travel At The Hali-
day, the City National Bank and the New
York store, for instance, tue accumulation
OF mail daily will probably be greater than
the boxes can receive after the public is ac-
customed to their use; and Capt Murphy
proposes to get boxes of larger size for
these points, and others, also, where the
present ones may prove too small.
The existing arrangement is, of course, to
sgreat extent only experimental The ten
boxes have been wisely placed. They have
been placed as far up town and scattered az
much as it was possible, In view OF the fact
that only one man is to give them all needed
attention three times daily. If it shall ap-
pear after trial that more can be attended
to, more will be procured and put up.
Capt. Murphy would like to put up one at
Orth's store and one at the Singer works for
the accommodation of the people in that
vicinity, but it would be impossible for one
man to attend to them. He hopes soon to
be permitted to employ another man, and
then he will proceed to put up additional
boxes enough to Keep both men busy and
accommodate the people in all parts of the
city.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-23
Loss and Gam.
CHAPTER |.
II was taken sick ayesr ago


With bilious fever"
"My doctor pronou ICED me cured, but |
got sick again, with terrible pains in M
back and sides, and got so bad
Could not move!
shrunk
From 22S lbs. to leo. | mad been doc
toring for my liver, but 1t did me no good.
did not expect to live more than three
months. | began to use Hop Btters. Di-
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il by magic, AMI after using several bottles
am not only as sound as sovereign but
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Dublin, June 6, 81. II. FITZPATRICK
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No medicine or doctor could give Inc re-
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"The first bottle
Nearly cured me-"
The second made me as we'll aud strong
- when child,
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My husband was an invalid for twenty
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Seven bottles OF your bitters cured him
and know of the
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And many more are using them with
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time; take all the vile nostrums sdver.
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to get WE'LL which is answered in three
words-take Hop Bitters!
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-23
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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-23
BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR lsr YEAR.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR 1sT YEAR.
VIM. Strstton, srstton h Bird prorers, Cairo, H.,
j. A Goidstine, ofGo ldstine u Rosen water, whole
sale and retail dry good; c. W. Cunning, NJ. d. ;
Pres. 3D. Mod FIX, for Pensions; Albert Lewis
commissio nr"chant; j. H. Robinson, county
Judge an notary public; WIN. 4. Pitcher, com
broker and insurance agent; r. H. Baird, city
street supervisor; N. Phillips, carpenter aud build
or; Thomas Lewis attorney and secretary; E.V
Pierce, attorney At-law, DuQuoin H.; Il. G.. Pace
cashier of Centennial Bans, Ashley, III. Albert
Hayden, cashier of George Connolly q Co, Spring
field. Ill B. n dunD, attorney at.law, 1855 Ran.
doiph street. Chicago; Hon. Robt. A. Hatcher, at
torncy-al.law, Charleston. Mo /; Fl. Leighton,
cashier First National Rank, Stuart, Iowa.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-23

"My doctor pronou iced me cured, but
got sick again, with terrible pains in my
back and sides, and got so bad |
Coul5 mot p,ovn'
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-23
R ! 4 u, p!|ture


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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-23
Cairo. illinois.

The Passenger Depot OF the Chicago, st. Louie
and .tew Orleans: Illinois Central; Wsbaeh, 1T.
Louis and Pacific; Iron Mountain and Southern
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are all just across the street; while the Steamboat
Landing is but one square distant.
THE Hotel 10 heated by steam, has steam
Laundry, Hydraulic Elevator, Electric Call Bells
Automatic Fire Alarms, Baths, absolutely pure air
perfect sewerage aud complete appointments.
Sapcrb furnishings; perfect service; and an ~
axCellee table
l.. II. PARKER Il CO.. Lesrees
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-23
Iudulgencss or Exposures.
pl JIHA MARRIAGE GUIDE. ! pi2s sS

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