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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-25
IL Ynr WANT

To sell your properly leave the descrip-
iton with T. b. Wilson & Son, Abilene.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-25

Quite a number of our schools in the
country are over crowded. 1t speaks
web for the teachers 1t will necessitate
more and larger schools. Let this good
work 90 on.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-25
Sale Bills,

Those wanting sale bills printed will
do well to call at our Office and examine
work and learn prices before ordering
elsewhere. We are prepared to do this
class of work in elegant style, at prices
within the reach OF all.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-25

Emerson said something like this: ave
senA our boy to school, but the boys on
tho playground educate him.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-25

Parties having legal advertisements
will benefit themselves, and greatly
Oblige us, by instructing their attorneys
to insert them in the REFLECTOR.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-25

Teachers can get monthly report cards
free of charge, by calling at my Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-09
a Confederate Chesterfield.

"Pin Arp i'll the Atlanta Constitution
was in Banks county the other dav and
heard that the Banks County Guards were TO
have reunion. | wish could have STAYED TO
see it and enjoy it, recall the time when the
Banks County Guards made such sensation in
the Virginia army on account of the peculiar
politeness OF their captain. Capt. Gambler was
81 born Chesterfield. aud neither the rules nor
the rlgOr of war could shake or modify his in
stinctlFe politeness Gentlemen OF the Banks
County Guards. you will please to right face"
''Gentleman OF the Banks County Guards 7
thought that ordered you to look to the right
and dress, but doubtless you did not hear me. so
i will repeat the order; gentlemen Of the Banks
County Guards, you will please look to theright
and dress"
Gentlemen of the Banks County Guards. 1
have juSt received q communication from Colo
ne. Seinmes. saying that he will send Major Har-
ris down at 2 o'clock to exercise YOU in the drill
and other military tactics / would like to ask
you. gentlemen if it is yourpleasure to be drilled
by Major HarrsOn?'
Bill Chaston says that about this time great
big bearded. private who was q bell wether
among the boys, and was leaning I'D against a
tree, locked his arms over his head and gaped
and yawned DIS he replied, mo, capting, don't
believe feel like drilling this evening We will
let the colonel know when we feel like it,"
Military terms and military tactics were alto
gether unknown to the mountaineers and their
officers. but they did the best they could, and
were always ready for fight. When Captain
Gambler wanted his company to advance few
PAGES to the front he always said, "Gentlemen
of the Banks County Guards l will thank Won
to step this way" But in due time they became
familiar with right oblique, and file left, and
countermarch, and charge and fix bayOnets and
al! the other orders except fall back and retreat
and no company in Col Semmes' command stood
higher for courage and patriotism than the
Banks County Guards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-09
Bank Note PAPER.

From Geyer's Stationer
The bank note paper on which American legal
tender. national bank note currency and pov-
ernment bonds are printed is made entirely at
Dalton. Mass If You should happen to stop at
the paper mill with proper Introduction and
credentials. you may perhaps he allowed To han.
die sheet OF crisp paper, where, as the wet
grayish pulp is pressed between heavy iron
cylinders. bits of blue and red silk are scattered
over its face and silken ribs laid on its surface
You may go beyond into the countinp-room
where each sheet as II comes from the iryinD
room. is carefully examined, counted and then
returned 10 the paper cutter to be divided into
smaller sheets If you trace this paper still fnr
Their, you will find that from the cutters hands
1t passes again into the counting room, and ia
separated into packages containing 900 sheets
each, the amount recorded in register and
then packed in bundles AMI stored in fire and
burglar proof vaults to await shipment to the
United states Treasury. From the pulp room
10 the vault the precious paper is watched and
guarded as carefully as though each sheet was
an ounce OF gold. Its manufacture is one of the
greatest secrets connected with the govern
ments money making. From the vaults of the
paper mill ut Dalton to the guarded storerooms
OF the Treasury at Washington is a Journey of
several hundred miles, In the capacious vaults
OF tie Treasury building. among gold silver.
copper and nickel coins. bullion baper currency
ana official records you will find thousands OF
packages OF the bank note paper made at Dali
ton it comes In little iron safes, such as are
used py the Adams Express company and each
package and every sheet is carefully counted
before the manufacturer and express company
are renewed OF further responsibility. The paper
that arrives to-day may lie in the Treasury store
room LOT Years. or II may be sent to the bureau
OF engraving and printing Tomorrow to return
IN t,'e course Of a months time legal tender or
I bank note.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-09
The Cholera i'm 1892.

Rev. E. Wentworth in Troy Times
In midway. 1882, when was eighteen wears
old. went from southeastern Connecticut by
steam to Albany cars to Schenectady, canal to
Syracuse and stage from thence to CazenoyIa.
to enter boarding seminary, in preparation for
college. At that period emigrant ships were
nearing the American coast with Asiatic cholera
as passenger 1t appeared in Quebec on the
Sth of June, and in Montreal on the 10th: and
reached its height in each city in about ten DAYS,
when the deaths were $50 day-Quebec losing
1900. and the sister city 800. by the dreaded
scourgc- On the 9th it appeared In New York
and by the 4th Of July had spread all over the
city, and was at its height on the 25th. on which
day there were 1l5 deaths. Ii left the last of
August. and the whole number of deaths was
over 5000. at a time when the population Of the
city was 100000. and this, presumably. largely
diminished by the emigration produced by the
scare 1t attacked Albany July 3, and con-
tinued sixty-cne DAYS, during which time there
were some 400 deaths out of a population OF
$4,000. News Travelled slowly in those stage
coach days but early in July the story
of its rayages reached the institution,
fu!l OF students. male and female,
gathered from all parts of the country,
and all apprehensive of fatal attack away from
friends and home. Within a week ten or a
dozen were down with cholerac affections due
to hot weather. Indulgence in the fruits of the
of the academy was among the number. The
scare broke ~ the school, and students scatter
ed to their homes, some going to smitten Cam
ada. others TO infected villages along the basin Of
the Erie canal. and Others to Albany ard New
York. where the pestilence was running for it,
In Utica the first subject was well-to-do citl-
zen. who had his trunks all packed to fly the
city as soon as 1t was announced that cholera
was in town. He was the first victim. HIS
family buried him and fled. All the places Wis
tied We're much smaller than now BROOKLYN lost
1876, Philadelphia 200. Buffalo 14f Rochester
49, Baltimore $50 out of a population of $4,000
Ii travelled from st. Louis down the Mississippi
to New Orleans. which it reached in October,
where there were ], 800 deaths I'm ten days Six
thousand died out of 5000. 1t fingered IN the
states a wear or two and then disappeared. 1t
was new to the country and Inspired great
dread. None of the subsequent vistations
have produced such widespread terror a. that
of 1882. Sanitary and quarantine precautions
and regulations have done much toward mitI-
eating Its severity and curbing it's spread.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-09
-WSsxrD NOT BE INSULTED.
A Little Pleasantly Of a Mining Stock
Broker.
From the Chicago Herald.

From the Chicago Herald
"How's business now in San Francisco" in
quired one passenger of another as the train
sped through Iowa toward Chicago. bad,
very Dad. was the reply, especially in my line.
L M mining stock broker. and haven't made
enough In the last two years to pay my taxes.
| There amt anything doing in mining stocks
now out collecting assessments ana selling EN-
out under the hammer when the holders refuse
10 whack up. 1t makes me sick 10 think of the
good Old times. Queer how l got into the
see the sights. and was stopping at hotel
there, when along came a rich friend of
mine from Boston. broker acquaintance
oi mime agreed TO give me half all he
could make Off my friends business II
ihuuce the Bostonian TO speculate in stocks
worked him nicely, and for nearly year lived
on my snare Of the commissions. and laid away
money Then went into the irm as partner.
ana III 81 months | was worth $4,000. My
boSton friend was about the only customer we
had- He turned his money over so often that
the commissions gradually eat it up. We had
ms money. you see"
But what became of the Bostonian ?"
why. he suddenly disappeared. and didn't
see him for two years. when went out to the
nil one day, where | was building a handsome
new residence. There was my Bostopian. in a
req shlrt. mixing mortar for my house. He had
the gall to speak to me and get off a joke about
its being doubtful whether that house was his
or mine"
you gave him lift didn't you?"
SHOULD say did. Lifted him one with the
toe OF My boot and then had him arrested. No
payed-out SPECTATORS from Boston can insult
me with impunity."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-09
NOVEL AIR COOLER.
The Simple Continuance by which n
Newspaper Office is Made Comfort.
able.

The composing room of the New Orleans Pic
o5ene is situated in the upper story of its publ
cation house. just under the roof and in summer
is extremely hot. An inspiration seemed to
have come to one of the oppressed occupants,
and in accordance with it a vertical wooden
box was constructed IN the corner of the room
with openings at the floor and ceiling. and
furnished with a pipe for supplying water at
the top. and q pan ard drain at the bottom
for receiving the flow and carrying it safely
away The supply pipe was bent over the
upper end of the shaft. and fitted with q rose
Ike that OF n watering pot. SO az to deliver
shower OF spray instead of solid
stream. On connecting it with the service pine
the movement of the water was found to cause
an active circulation Of the air in that part of
the room. which was drawn i'm at the upper
opening of the shaft and issued again. cool and
fresh. az the floor level. The most SURPRISING
thing about the experiment seems to have been
the effect OF the water i'm cooling the air to a
degree much below its own temperature. With
Mississippi water. which. when drawn from the
service pipe. indicated Il temperature of eighty
four degrees the air of the room. in which the
thermometer AZ the beginning OF the trial stood
at nlnety-slN. was cooled in passing through
the length of the shaft to seventy -four degrees
or about twenty degrees below the temperature
at which it entered. and ten degrees below that
of the water winch was used to cool it, Ofcourse
the absorption of heat by the evaporation of a
portion OF the water. accounts for its refricera-
ting effect. but the result seems to have been
so easily and fneXpensively attained, that the
experiment would be well worth repeating in
other cases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-09
COmsOling the Squire.

From the Arkansaw Traveller.
Squire Patterson, wearing an air OF deep con-
Germ, approached his friend, Farmer Glover, and
without speaking, leaned on the fence and
sighed.
''What's the matter, squirrel"
II don't know what this country comm too.
What would you think if your daughter should
run away and marry an ignorant hired MANI"
''Oh, don't know, squire but / would not
take it to heart If / were you. / would try to
think that it happened for the best"
would you forgive the grill" asked the
squire.
Eyes, believe would. There's no use In
holding out, you know. When did 1t happen!"
"Just a while ago"
'Who performed the ceremony"
II did"
"What! Then you could not have been op-
posed to the marriage"
"0h. it makes no difference to me-" replied
the squire, "for you see, it's your daughter in
stead of mine."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-09
For Stay.at.HOIMeS.

DR.. G. c. Vanderbeck in College Lecture
First. lessen your meat and increase your fruit
diet. Strawberries and all sub-acd summer
fruits purify the blood; tender vegetables suit
well the human stomach, and those who partake
freely Of both never need drugs. Second, don't
worry over the heat. 1t doesn't bring down the
thermometer a bit Third, don't be ashamed of
the sun umbrella. Fourth. do not be SO foolish
as to expect an "elixir Of lfe' in strong drink,
used in winter to Danish cold. used in summer
tor relief from heat. Whisky is infammatory
to blood and tissue. and death turks in every
glass of summer liquor. Drink water in moder-
alton. Drink lemonade. soda water. acdulated
drinks of any kind in the same way. Slowly
sucking pellets OF ice. or simple rinsing out the
mouth and throat with water will allay thirst
and thus prevent the excess in use of liquids
Fifth. pay due attention to cleanliness. both of
person aud surroundings Morning and even
ing spongc-bathing of the body is refreshing
and tonng. The morning bath better be cool,
and warm at bedtime. If the heat of the night
prevent sleeping. and hours of restlessness are
spent. sleep often quickly follows warm bath.
Live lazily during midday. doing most of the
days work in early morning hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-09
The Romance of salad Dressing.

IL is well known that many of the French
enat9res driven from their native land and dOmi-
ciied IN England took to various pursuits to
avoid starvation. Some became dancing mas
teTs. many Set up as BARRIERS and Others utilized
their astronomical and culinary knowledge.
Among the most curious adventures In the
latter line was that Of Frenchman from
Limoges, living in London. and named DIAL
bignac. Though his means were very small sub
sequent to his emigration. he happened to dine
one day at one of the most famous tavprns of
London. While he was in the act of finishing
ms rather slender repast five or six young men
OF the nrst families were regaling themselves at
a neighbortng table. One among them stood
up, and. addressing the Frenchman in polite
tone said: ''Sr. it is the general opinion that
your nation excels in the art of making a salad.
Would you have the goodness to favor us by
mixing one for us ~
ID Alblgnac, after some hesitation consented,
asked Tor the necessary materials and having
taken pans to compound perfect salad sue
ceeded in doing SO. While the salad was i'm
process of mixing he canddly answered all
questions as to his situation and prospects;
stated that he was an eniqre. and confessed. not
WITHOUT slight blush, that he received pecu-
mary aid from the British government 1t was
TINS avoWal. doubtless. which induced one of the
young men to slip into his hand Il - note which
attera Slight resistance, he accepted He gave
ND'tii HIS anu some DAYS alter
wards was not a little surprised to receive let
Ter In which he was asked in the politest terms
to come and dress Il salad In one of the best
houses IN Grover square. D'Albignac who be-
9atl TO nave gl!lninering OF future advanta re-
did not hesitate an instant and arrived pune
tua.!y. fortified with some new ingredients des-
t!leu TO add new relish to his mixtures He had
TIE good fortune to succeed q second time and
received on this occasion such a sum as he could
not have refused without injuring himself in
more ways than one.
This second success made more noise than the
Irsi. so that the reputation of the enaig,p Quick
~ extended. He soon became known as the
1ashionahle salad-maker. and in a country so
much led by FASHION no dinner in the capital
cculd be complete without salad dressed by
MN DAlbignac. like a man of sense prOfited
by his epheineral popularity and soon set up
brougham to transport him from place to place,
ana servant In livery who carried i'm a mahor-
any case all the requirements of his art such as
different vinegars and oils, soy. caviar truffies,
ahchovy, catsup, yelks of eggs &c He after
wards caused similar cases to be manufactured
which he furnished and sold by hundreds Thus
by degrees the poor gentleman realized by his
salad dressing Il handsome fortune with which
he ultimately returned to France
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-09
Stalking Out.
ACROSS TIE PAMPAs AND AN

ACROSS THE PAMPAS AND ANDES.
Here for the first time | witnessed the mill
tary punishment known as stalking out,
which was inflicted upon two soldiers for some
act of insubordination. Each culprt was placed
fiat upon the ground. with his face downwards,
and his ankles and wrists fastened with wet
thongs of rawhde to stakes driven securely in
the ground, In which position he formed a rude
imitation Of the letter X. According as the
thongs which bound him to the stakes dried
they became shorter, stretching the unfortunate
victims legs and arms i'm a way that must have
been exceedingly uncomfortable. If TO this be
added the extra torture inflicted by mosquitoes
and the innumerable other biting and singing
insects which infest the country. it must be ad-
mitted that the punishment is one Of great
severity, especially when continued for con-
siderable length Of time. as it was on this occa-
sion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-09
ROW THEY CATCH ON.
Slang Rapidly Taking the Place Of the
Good Old Mother Tongue

From the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
Ibid you ever notice the amount Of slang
which Is used nowadays. especially by the girls:
said well-known gentleman to a Democrat and
CHRONICLE reporter few days since as the two
were walking along East Main street. at
seems, he continued, las if slang words and
epithets would soon take the place of the regu-
lar Kings English. have made a study Of
this for some time past, and can easily see that
the habit is rapidly increasing"
"Ihen you believe girls use Slang as well as
boys:"
es, AMI think that am safe in saying
more So Let me relate a little incident. was
walking down this street about o'clock the
otner evening when noticed what | supposed
10 u, oe three young ladies directly in front of me-
IneiT conversation was quite loud, and could
nor heip overhearing. Here is a part Of what
thev SAID: 'Jen. you know that dude that we
saw on Saint Paul street trying to catch on the
other night! Well. his Old gent is a rich banker,
got iotS OF money. Well what goOdll that do
you! Why, Id have some fun with him If he'd
only get mashed on me. Besides. he gets all
the sand he wants to spend, you know At this
the other girl rejoined: There's not much dam
ger OF your getting him on a string. He thinks
100 much OF himself. altogether As you may
imagine, was astonished. as the trio were all
handsomely dressed and had every appearance
OF being refined young ladies. traced them up
and found upon inquiry that they were three
clerks In dry goods store. This is only one
instance out of many"
did you ever hear them TALKING TO pentle-
men,"
Yes, many times. At least you would sup
pose both parties were ladies and gentlemen
untli You heard the vulgar language they used.
" ny. said he, 81 have even heard girls attend
ing the free academy here talking slang almost
as freely as in tie case mentioned. Boys easily
il a
oned nature to them. but was greatly aston
lshed and panied to hear these girls Use it,
"HOw do you think it can be remedied:"
THAT is a hard question to answer. Perhaps
If you should put portion of what have said
into print, it might come before their eyes If
young men and young women especially knew
no" low they fall in the estimation of all who
listen 10 them. for no one, even though he uses
slang himself, admires its use in another. there
would be far less of it heard than at present,
out there's my car and shall have to stop"
and the speaker left the scribe to his own refiec
tiOns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-09
Brain and Hands.

From the New YORK Shipping List
There is perhaps no better way to vary and
extend the manufacturing industries of the
country than to provide technical instruction in
the leading cities and towns for the rising gene
ration of youth. Our free-school system is con-
cededly the best in the world. and. believing in
the blessings of education. we maintain it at a
heavy cost. But it is complained that. while our
public schools educate the head they neglect the
hands. knowledge is an excellent thing but
the knowledge gained through our public school
system is too largely theoretical at the eypenSe
of being too little practical. How many of the
thousands who when they leave school. are
fitted for anything but to become norton of
the great mass of unSklled laborers, of which
we have no lack? We surpass all other nations
in manufacturing and labor indictments
and machines, but we are behind other nations
In many of the finer and more valuable articles
Ofmanufacture. Our cotton and wool from the
south and west. the crude ores from our mines
we transport long distances to be manufactured
and returned to us. Much of our best skilled
labor we import.
While we foster and sustain public school
system, Germany, France and Great Britain
make large appropriations for technical nstruc-
ton. AS one of the results, we import both the
skilled laborer and the products of his labor
The education we furnish, excellent as it is.
lacks the one element of technical instruction.
We stop where we ought to go one step farther.
We have turned out scholars. or what passes for
such. by hundreds and thousands. but we have
not taken sufficient account of the necessity of
training the greater number of those who attend
the public schools in a manner that will fit them
for the practical duties of life. We have given
them ambitions that but few are ever destined
to realize. and we have failed to impress upon
them the saving truth that there is no calling
that young man cannot make honorable, if he
will, by his walk and conduct in life and by his
thoroughness of the work he has laid himself
out to do. But to do a thing we'll he must first
De taught how to set about it. Such knowledge
does not come by intuition but by processes
which the brain. the hand and the eye combine
to perfect. Herein is the wide gap In our
scheme of education that it is imperative in
US We should strive to fill up by institu ties of
Technology.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-09
Come Off the Roof.

On, purse-proud man, with head so high,
!t scrapes the plasterfng of the sky;
Win dollars plenty, sense In dearth,
whose eyes see nothing On the earth.
And yet whose soul is far below
The meanest weeds that thrive and grow.
Why do you hold yourself aloor?
Say, can't you, please, come Oft the roof?
An. naughty lady, dressed in silk,
with perfect hands. as white as milk,
With royal grace III face and form,
10 take the universe by storm;
Win lovely charms I'm ever part,
Except the one thing needfGi-heart.
why do you hold yourself aloof?
Say, can't you, please, come Off the roof?
Ho. every one with grief for pelf,
Win thou Sht OF no one save yourself,
With arrogance in all your ways,
Withholding ever, well-earned praise.
For fear your own mean, selfish soul
May lose Its portion OF the dole,
why do you hold yourself aloof?
Say, can't you, please, come off the roof?
Merchant Ia,