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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07
FARM AND PRESIDE.

Roasted coffee is one OF the mos
powerful disinfectants.
-Beeswax and salt will make rust!
dat-irons as smooth as glass.-M 7
Times.
To remove orange stain from crap
Or any black material, wet the spot
with pure spirits of hartshorn and la
in the sun; continue the process unit
the stain is removed.-N 7. CONNER
etal Advertiser.
For the sofa-pillow in the common
sitting-room. a cover which can be re
moved st will is a source OF comfort
A very pretty one is croeheted OF TIT
seine Irvine or carpet cord, with ribbons
run in, and with bows at each corner
M Y Post.
When one has had fever, and thu
hair is falling off, take teacup OF sage
steep it in quart of soft water, stran
it off into a tight bottle. Sponge the
head with the tea frequently, wettins
the roots of the hair.-Chscdgo journal
"A favorite dish in one of the Middle
States is made by slicing raw potatoes
and cooking them in milk and water
when nearly done, drop dumplings
made like biscuit in and serve together.
with roast beef Season the gravy witt
butter, pepper and salt and thicken II
with little flour.-BoStoD Post.
Taken at the start roup will usually
yield to the following simple treatment
Give One-half teaspoonful OF kerosene
night and morning, separate them
from the rest of the flock and put them
in warm place for couple of days
Two or three doses will usually suffice.
The food in the meantime must be lax
ative.-N. Y. Herald.
Agriculture, says the Journal o.
agriculture, should never be entirely
divorced from horticulture. A farm Is
not whole farm unless there is some
where a home upon it, and true rurai
home cannot be without shade trees,
and fruit trees, and lawn and garden.
Agriculture may provide the income.
but horticulture makes the home. The
beauties and delicacies of the farm pro-
coed more from the orchard and garden
than from the farm; and the farmer
who ignores horticulture is ignoring
one source of comfort and happiness.
of the use of oat meal for cows
mention is not often made in thi;
country; but when spoken OF it is al
ways with praise. That it is better
than corn meal there can be no doubt;
it is richer in both albuminoids and fat
and the usefulness of these two nutri.
ents, and especially the former, for
making milk, is shown not only by the
results of numerous careful expert.
ments, but by the acknowledged useful
ness of oil-cake meal. Where this
meal is used freely there would be less
use for oat meal; but under some cir
cumstances it might be advantageously
substituted for the bran in the faVorite
mixture for cows of Indian meal and
bran.-ETchauge.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07
An Intelligent Dog.

81 thought you said that dog knew
his business?" said a metropolitan
youth who had been out after ducks
and had hired the dog to assist him."
$50 l did," was the reply; 'there
isn't a better bird dog in this part of
the country"
Hes the worst mongrel ever saw"
continued the youth. why. 1 hadn't
been out more than half an hour before
he left me in the lurch."
"What did he do?" asked the man.
"Why, the first duck 1 saw was
perched on fence, and, through some
trouble with the gun, l fired at it seven
times without hitting it, and every time
fired the blasted animal would set up
long howl. After the seventh shot,
and just as 1 was getting sure sight
on the bird, what does the miserable
cur do but tear a piece out of my pam
falcons, and with his tail between his
legs start on a dead run for home. Do
you call that dog that knows his own
business?"
YES" replied the owner of the in
telligent animal, pstting him on the
head, 81 do. Philadelphia Call.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07
A Republican Picture.

The country has been for twenty
three years under Republican rule. Fol-
eighteen years, including the last two
years, the Republicans held full control
of both houses of Congress and the Ex-
ecutive. They have been in d position
to perfect just such legislation as they
desired. They could make any laws
they wished. Nothing stood in their
way.
Into what condition has Republican
so-called craftsmanship led the coun-
try? Let one of the leading Republic
ans answer. The Tribune, in review
ing the past year, draws the following
pictures:
Eighteen hundred and eighty-three
has not been regarded as a good year.
From the outset it has had bad repu-
tation. 1t has been year of universal
distrust and apprehension. Business
men in the United States have plOdded
or staggered along from month to
month, oppressed with the haunting
thought that a panic was impending.
They have been over cautious and I'M
duly suspicious, and have passed the
year fighting shadows. Brad
street reports 10, 1877 failures this year
about one-third more than in 1882, about
&c per cent. more than in 1881 and 40
per cent. more than in 1880.
There is complaint of dullness in the
iron trade in this country, and reduction
of wages in that and the cotton and
wooden branches of manufacture is in
some quarter proposed. The
shrinkage in volume of business here,
other than in stocks, will be close to 20
per cent. for the whole year 1888, in
comparison with 1882, of which part
is due to decline in prices, but probably
more than half to comparative inactivity
in trade"
What q revelation does this admission
present of the result of Republican rule
N. Y. World.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

"A North Carolina parson rode sew,
enty-five miles in the mud and cold one
day recently to marry four couples. not
one of whom paid him a cent for his
trouble. Sympathy for the brides OF
the stingy grooms is asked by the local
newspaper which records the affair
Chicago Journal.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

Mrs. j. j. Astor has sent 1,O6S
homeless children to the South and
West in the last few years, at an ex-
pense of nearly $4,000. The reports
show that in an immense majority OF
The cases the transfer of the children
20 new surroundings has resulted in
great good to them, and to the satisfac-
ton of the families to which they were
tent.-N Y. Tribune.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

Five hundred vessels at time have
found protection in the harbor of Ports
mouth, n. H. The channel is nine hun
dred yards wide at the narrowest place,
and there is never less than seven faith
oms of water at any stage of the tide.
The harbor is never frozen, so swift is
the current of the Piscataqua--Bostorl
Posi-
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

Fifty millions of people in this
country use, on an average, five matches
per day. This makes $4,000 a day
for matches, or 1875, 900 year.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

With regard to the price paid for
female labor a statement was recently
made in public meeting in London,
England, 10 the effect that in some es-
adjustments two pence halfpenny, or
about five cents. is paid for the COM
plete making of lady's ulster, which
means almost a whole days work.
However, the payment of mans labor
is little better, if it be true that one con-
tractor pays his men one penny or two
cents ton for discharging coal from
his vessels.-N. Y. Herald.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

The late Mr.. Holloway, of London.
The renowned manufacturer of pills anC
ointment, began his business in a smaE
way on the Strand, he and his wife liv.
ing over the shop and doing all their
own work. His first advertisement ap-
peared in a newspaper October 10,
1887. In 1912 he spent S25, 900 fol-
advertisements; in 1845, $4,000; in
1851, 800, 900; in 1856, $3.50, 600; and
for the last twenty years an average OF
5000, 900 per year. The size of the for
tune left by him can only be guessed at,
out for many years his net profits from
mis- business have averaged S1,000,00C
\ year. 1t is most pleasant to add that
he was a man of great benevolence,
and that his medicines really were
good.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07
Dogs.

Bto the account of the dogs Of this
country were charged the cost OF feed
ING them, the damages they do directly
by the destruction of property and OF
life, and the injury their vicious habits
have inflicted upon the agricultural in
terests by discouraging woOl-growing
and if on the other side of the account
were credited all the good they have
done, real and fancied, it would be
found that the balance against the
dogs would exceed the cost of keeping
all the sheep in America. One impOr-
tant charge made against them would
be that they help men, who should
be in better business, to kill birds
which, if permitted to live, would keep
down the number of insects injurious tC
food crops. 1t may be no fault of the
dog that he is thus brought into the
business of increasing the cost of living,
but it certainly is the fault of the indus
trious and honest workers, who are
ever called upon to pay the cost Oh
the necessities and the pleasures Of the
idle and the vicious.
A remarkable thing in this come
ton is that the very class which should
be first to demand the restraint, if moi
the extinction, of dogs, is the class
which is ready to claim the right and
privilege of keeping them. The poor
are always more burdened with these
curses than are the rich; the idle loafer is
more likely to have hanging about him
half a dozen vicious ours than the hon.
est workers. to have even one. Yet there
are few sound arguments in favor of the
continued existence of these destructive
and costly animals. That they are
grateful to those who have won theiI
affections is true-so would be the tens
of thousands of little children now
homeless and friendless if even like
care and petting were given to them.
That dogs can be made useful by train.
ing is true in limited sense; but it car
scarcely be shown, even under the cir
cumstances most favorable to the ca
mines, that their work is really profta
BILE. Observant flOck-owners who care
fully analyze the cost and the profit OF
every part of their business declare that
the shepherd dog, that embodiment OF
canine intelligence, is not a profitable
assistant on the farm, even IN caring
lOE SuCCD, IuO WI n lOl WIliCu nC H11
been especially fitted by generations o;
careful training. An average boy OF
ten can do all that the shepherd dog
can do and much more, and will cost
little more for food, and boys of ten can
be had for less than a well-trained dog
will cost.
When the whole subject has been
thoroughly sifted there is found in favor
of dogs little more than a misdirected
and mawkish sentiment, which leads
otherwise sensible people into the filthy
habit of fondling hea-bitten and carrion.
loving beasts; and, on the other hand,
abundant and unquestionable evidence
showing that the existence of uncon,
trolled dogs is a serious menace to the
property and lives of all, and q great
check to the advancement of a most
important industry Chicago Tribune.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07
Mr.. Arthur'S Dilemma.

There is no end of amusement in the
quarrel between the two Republican
factions in Missouri, both of which put
together do not amount to "a row OF
pins in the politics of the State. They
are showed under by such an avalanche
of Democratic majority that it is vir-
tually the same as if there were no Re-
publican party in Missouri. This mi
nority party does possess one value,
however. and that is in its power to
cast the vote of the State in the Repub-
lican National COnvention-andit seems
Aat it is this consideration which
causes the hitch in the st. Louis post
Office appointment. 1t is understood
that Mr. Arthur wants the Missouri
vote ut Chicago, but whether he will get
it or not depends on how he fills this
office. eff" as one of Mr.. Filley's
friends is reported as saying, ''he ap-
points Filley. the Stalwarts will rally
about him and give him the solid Mis-
souri, delegation, or work to that end;
if he doesn't, he will be knitted to the
very quick, and the Stalwarts will then
90 to Logan"
This is one side of the matter. The
other is presented by Van Horn Re-
publican, who is reported as saying
that "Arthur is the choice of the Mis-
souri, Republicans to-day; he is gaining
every day, and will be nominated with
out fight, provided he doesn't cut his
own throat by monkeying with the St.
Louis Post-office."
1t will be seen that Mr.. Arthur, poor
man, has hard time of it. The two
factions of his party in Missouri have
made the St. Louis appointment the
test of his affection for them, respect
lively, and the price of their support,
with the alternative of being "knifed"
by one side, and having his throat cut"
by the other. Louis Republican.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

And here l declare it is my deliberate con-
will carry the State at both the October and
November elections i am gratiied that the
vorkingmen, consolidating themselves into
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-07

According TO Webster and Worcester Miss
Gray was right, but later authorities in
GLIDING Stormunth, have abandoned the she
sound of the third syllable.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-02
Virginia News.

The damage from the burning OF the roof
and upper story OF the Purcell House at
Norfolk Sunday will amount to about
$4,000.
Robert Green hos been commissioned
postmaster at Greer's and Emmett ". Cole
man at Ionia. new post-office has been
established at Annex, Augusta county.
Mr.. P@ton l.. Terry, OF Roanoke. has
presented Rev. Il. r. Acree. pastor OF the
College-Ilil Baptist church, Lynchburg,
with magnificent silver set, consisting OF
ice-pitcher and goblets. Mr.. AGREE con-
Quoted revival exercises at Roanoke some
time since, and endeared himself TO Mr..
Terry.
A letter from King and Queen cor
respondent gives substantially the same ac-
count of The accidental shooting OF Mr.. a.
c. AGREE rs that published in our issue OF
yesterday but adds that, although hem
morrhage was arrested. the bone OF the
thigh wai shattered; and conveys the inn
preston that death resulted from the
shock.
The Alexandria Gazette OF Yesterday
says: Tlis morning about O'Clock an at-
tempt wa, made to burn a wooden shanty
in "BuZnrd's Roost," near the depot OF
the W.. q. and w. railroad, but the flames
were discovered by tn" occupant OF the
house. who gave an alarm, and before any
damage was done the fire was eXtin-
glliihed. Upon information. Police Officers
Grady. Walker. and Arnold arrested two
young men and took them to the station
hou,e, where Mayor Beckham held an eX-
animation and dismissed the case for want
OF evidence.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-02

Boston has just completed a system OF
sewerage at a cost OF four and half mil
lions OF dollars. This does not argue that
Boston has fallen behind the age IN the
matter Of sewers. but shows that that city
has gone ahead Of the rest of the cities OF
this country. The new system is, as we
understand it, as il Richmond should con-
struct IN immense sewer along the rivers
bank to intercept all the existing sewers
and convey their contents to some point
below the city, where in an immense reser-
voir these contents might be so placed as
to admit Of being easily pumped out, and
If not used for fertilizing purposes, at least
SO disposed Of that they would cease to be
the cause Of complaints
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-02
PETERSBURG.

ANNUAL. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. COTTON
AND TOBACCO TRADE-INCRBASE IN TAXA
BILE vALUES-MARRIAGEs AND DEATHS --
POLITICAL NOMINATIONS.
(Correspondence of the Richmond Dlspatch.I
JANUARY /, 1884.
There are six cottOn-factOries in and near
Petersburg. all of them owned and ope-
rated by capitalists in this city. In the az
gregate these factories have 1880 spindles
and 1000 looms. They employ about 900
hands, and nay out annually III wages about
$780, 900. The amount OF raw material
consumed IN these factories during the
past year was 10.700 bales, and the cloth
manufactured was 13.729,000 yards. These
cloths are sold in every market in the
United States and in some OF the principal
markets Of Europe. Their standard as to
quality is very high. This is one OF Pc.
tersburg's greatest industries.
Another important industry is the to-
bacco trade. The inspections OF tobacco
in 1888 amounted to nearly 1000 hogs
heads, and the sales of loose exceeded
6,2jO.0O0 pounds. The internal-revenue
tax paid in this district during the year
was about 1,0j0,0 900, Of which nine tenths
was upon tobacco. The exports Of manu-
ports exceeded 100000 pounds.
The total debt OF the city is S1,03G, 300
all bonded. There has not been for years
any floating debt OF any character. During
the past few years the city, through its
sinking fund, has redeemed some $4,000
of its bonds at q cost of 62,2il. There is
money in the sinking fund now to buy
more bonds as soon as they can be found,
but it is not often that any OF them are
placed upon the market.
A large increase both in real estate and
personal property is shown on the commits
sioner's books as compared with 1882.
There was decided business boom during
the past year, and ;he exact value OF i'm
prOvements cannot be ascertained until the
assessment for the present year Is made.
The receipts OF the post-office in Peters
burg for 1889 for sale OF stamps. &C., were
S2O,S0j.62. and the disbursements were
S1l, 354.05, leaving net profit of S9,35i.57.
In the money-order department the sum
OF S57,33G was paid out, and orders issued
to the amount of $3j,9l4. The expenses
OF the free-delvery system during the year
were S5,125.
There were 176 marriages in the city last
year, OF which number 102 were colored
couples. The number OF deaths reported
for the year was COS -colored, 500; whites,
212.
The fire record during the year shows
very small loss by the flames, with in
surance on property more than ten times
sufficient to cover all damage.
Two political conventions were held at
Stony Creek yesterday to nominate candi-
dates for the senatorial district composed
OF Dinwlddie, Greensville, and Sussex
counties. MIR. j. e. Smith, Of Dinwiddie,
was nominated by the Democrats, and Mr..
George Z. Barham, Of Greensvile, by the
Coalitionists. Both parties have gone ac-
lively to work.
Master Joseph Spicer, SON Of Mr.. c. w.
Spicer. died this morning OF pneumonia :;
aged fourteen years. ROBIN ADAIR.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-02
LYNCHBURG

THE LATE DIR. EARLY-RALROADISrIC
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES NEAT TESTING
NAL MISCELLANEOUS.
iCorresDondence OF the Richmond Dispatch
JANUARY 1, 1884.
The remains OF the late DIR. Robert Early
will not be inferred before Friday, this ar.
rangement being in accord with an ex.
pressed desire Of the deceased.
To-day the resignation Of MIR. It. f,
Reynolds. train-master for the western di.
vision OF the Norfolk and Western railroad,
goes into effect. Mr.. Reynolds is succeed.
ed by James c. Cassell, Esq, Pennsylva.
MAN.
Colonel G. II. Rucker. one OF the oldest
and most prominent tobacco commission
merchants Of this city, was partially para
lived last night, and fears are entertained
OF his recovery.
The clerk Of the court issued thirty-two
MAJ riage-licenses last month--twelye TO
white and twenty to cOlOred persons.
For the same period he recorded twenty
eight transfers Of real estate, involving
many thousands OF dollars.
As q token Of the appreciation OF bis
valuable services as business manager OF
the Ne,cS, Colonel A. w. Strange was to-
day presented by Mrs. A. Waddil, wife of
the proprietor, with an elegant gold watch
specially ordered from Switzerland. Colo
mel Strange has managed the business de-
partment OF the Ne,os for seventeen years.
The report Of the inspector shows that
2,237 barrels OF flour were inspected In
this city for the quarter ending December
81, 1883. OF these there were only ten bar
rels Of the family brand.
j. ID. sullivan mas been elected president
OF ". Patricks Society, Frank Doherty,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-02

49,. A.. senate and President In oppo-
~, u" ,v .av con do absolutely nothing To-
s SLUT. rodncing taxation. They stand IN
waru s.,, ,mnassabIe barriers. The Senate
.ne paul. null, amv House bill changing the
w MI l.H tariff. The President mas
ayowed himself agains. Isu"oi"s '"0 w.
nue. or the Treasury surP,us ., s HONEST
aes ma ;rsist on agitating tariff rev..
sion. and talk about the want Oh couias .hs
ON the part OF those VINO recogn,ze ., ,"e
absurdity and impolicy OF WASHING ''h'e
over an imp0ssibiity: xo,,,se
n ia not a " want OF courage 10 reIuso
tn dash out your brains against s'V ,n,
wall. II lisa want OF common-sense 10 Wy
the experiment. ..o,. ..o rres,.
The party now in power stole me Pr tsnr
dency In 1876 and bought It In 1881. Al, s.,,
n successful robbery ana successor
bribery, 1t will seek some means VI "0'
feating the public will In 1884. M,
THE tariff on iron may be TOO h'gh. Du'
~ the will Of the people no longer pre-.
walls IN the choice OF President wnal
.;oes II matter how high or how low the
The Republican Administration Is dry
rotted with corruption. and not siiIgH
nnblic robber has been brought to lustice'
we want TO drive out dishonest funi'h-
is.ration and send the thieves to Jail.
Ohio Il dissatisfied witk the duty On
wool Rut of what value sill he change
of two or three cents n pound II official ras-
colity is to be condoned and to remain Tue
rule OF the Administration for want OF eA'
nos,Ire and honest prosecution
TO make free trade the issue in the neX'
presidential campaign would not pc
:. courage It would be insanity.
The Republicans could afford TO pay the
Democracy the Treasury surplus Tor the
next four wears II the latter would give
them tariff issue for the presidential con-
test. instead OF the issue whether the peo-
ole still have the power to elect the lresl-
dent the majority desires.
lie. us first lind out whether we still i've
under free government. A repuDnc
may be a republic in name, and not IN iact'
II party can perpetuate itself in power
by the use OF a vast patronage and an I'M
limited command OF money, despite the
will OF the people, we are no more living
under republic than are the subjects OF
the Car OF Russia.
What faulty to talk OF tariff issue
while this vital question is undecided
What stupidity to shoot in the air over a
precluded and impossible tariff, when the
Democratic aim ought to be direct at the
heart Of incipient treason and ripe corrup-
ton