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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-24
A Timely Shower.

81 was mighty thankful for taat rair
we got yesterday"
'.Yes, it did the corn a world CT good.
How many acres have you got Planted
in cOrn?"
I've got no corn planted this year
at all. l wasn't thinking about CROPS :"
.'Well, how then can the rain benefit
you?''
You see l don't often get decent
dinner at home, as my wife says she
can't cook in hot weather, but yester-
day there was to be a church picnic,
and she fixed up lunch basket for the
preachers table, but it rained so the
picnic could not come off. To keep
the preachers lunch from spelling we
had it for dinner, and it was the best
dinner I've had since we were married.
There was no end of chicken, and
jellies, and that sort of alleviaticns. /
feel like a new man, just as if | was
born again. Don't tell me that rain
Yesterday didn't do the country any
good. 1t was the most refreshing
shower we have had for years. ."-TsrGs
Sytings.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

THAT man is not human who does
not think he can improve the work of
another Whitehall Times
In glove shop II want pair of
gloves" What is your number, sir?'
''2917." Glove woman with some eff
fort discovers that the customer Is
cab driver.-LG FtgarO-
These warm evenings are just
the right time to pop the question, for
the girl is usually ready to wilt before
the young man has time to say: '+Wilt
thou be mine?"
Wen er man says dat de laws o. de
Ian is er bearin' down on him, yer ken
mighty nigh allus come to de 'clusiOn
dat he is er tryin' ter b ar down on de
laws.-ArkGnSGU TrGCeler.
Young man, don't place too much
confidence in the old saying Glove is
blind" An ice cream sign is never so
small that love can't see it. 1t would
be well to bear this in mind when out
for a ramble. -Pec5'S Sun.
When an Irishman in Merry Old
England. walks into hotel. laughs and
saws: Faith! an it's mesilf that has
come to dine-a-mite here" the land
lord and rOustabOutS all rush out and
shout for the police, and look for the
establishment to be blown to fragments
every moment.-ROse'S TOOthpick.
The new fire proof hotel is to have
steel beds, asbestos mattresses, and tin
sheets. The bells will be tOngue-tied.
the elevator will be water balance, the
drinks will be frozen, the bell-boys will
be polite, there will be fire escapes from
every fire place, the gas can not be
blown out, and guests can not be
bunkoed. .-C1icGgO Inter Ocean,
"A writer in a scientific journal says
a ''black eye" is simply "a severe con-
fusion of the integuments under the
orbit, with great eXtravasation of blood.
and ecchymosis in the surrounding
cellular tissue, which is in a tumefed
state" And here all this while we have
supposed thata "black eye" was simply
the result of little man calling q blg
man 3 sliar-Norristo1Cn Herald.
just to think, Laura, the summer
is here again and we shall be having
those delightful lawn tennis and GRO
duet games we enjoyed so much last
summer dlu "OH SDiC
to Join you" lisped the bank presidents
daughter. ''Dear me, why nOt?' ''Be-
cause papa saws he can't afford to buy
me any silk stockings this season. y
Chicago Tribune.
Returned Prodigal-''Deari Dear,
How little the old farm has changedr'
Honest farmer-''Very few changes
have been made. my son. You will
find things pretty much as You left them
twenty years ago. Over there is the
apple tree you planted" ''Yes, the
same tree, only larger; and there is the
dog-house l made for the new pup"
''Yes: poor Carlo! He died of old age
ten years ago. That dog YOU see is his
grandson" And over there is the
chicken-house helped to build for old
Biddy's first brood" '-Yes; poor old
Biddvi | wish had known you were
coming home" "Why?" because i
might have saved her; but took her to
market last week. ."-PhilGcleLDhiG Gail.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-24
All the ISnS.

Skepticism is doubt about the truth,
though not actually denying it; hesita
ton about it; reluctance to define what
faith is.
Agnostism is a denial of an accept
ance of religion, except that which
comes within knowledge. There may
be God or there may not. There may
have been such a Divine person as Jesus
Christ or there may not. 1t does not
come within my knowledge, so put il
aside because know nothing about it.
PositiviSm is non-acceptance OF any
thing exceptit can be positively proved:
as e. g.. proposition in Euclid. or an
object demonstrated by one of the
senses. Thus differing from these, but
hardly more perhaps than in name,
RationaliSm is disbelief in the SUI
pernatural; nothing to be accepted un-
til it be brought within the intellectual
power Mans reason must be con-
vinced. Faith is nothing.
Deism is belief in the existence of
first cause, called by the name of God
as creator of the world; but no belief in
the acceptance of Messiah as Son OF
God or Savior of the world or in the
Holy Ghost, forming the Holy Trinity.
Atheism is not only anon-recognitiOn
of the possibility of there being a God,
but an absolute denial of His existence
in any way whatever. AS David says
of the fool when he says in his heart!
''There is no God"
Radicalism, which means the uproot-
ing (radix) of all time-honored institu-
tiOns and customs of antiquity and re-
modelling them with new ones, suited
to the age of progress. g., the revO-
Jnti<aS ot tis laws which have hitherto
been marks of civilization, even to the
coniiscation of all property and the lev
elling of society from the highest up
ward to the lowest downward.
Socialism and communism, which as
sert that men have common right to
the things of this world, which are to
be divided among them equally. Prop
erty becomes a thing of naught, No
man has right to more than his neigh
bor-share and share. alike-to be en-
ioyed equally by the industrious and
the indolent, the drunken and the sober,
the possaSsor of ten talents and the pos
SCISSOR of one.
Nihilism, which carries forward into
action the ideas of all preceding, and
swallows up in itself radicalism, social
ism and communism, and in order to
realize them, asserts it to be right tG
destroy by assassination or murder, in
secret or openly, by poison or the dag
ger, all who stand in its way-all kings
and governors and rulers.-N. Y. Her
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4 L0VE-LETIER FROM DAKOTA.

Shweet jimmy, write on me knee
Wild the shtump of a limited pincil:
would write on me disk, but you see
I'm widout that convanient utInsn.
I've house of me own, but as yet
Ne furniture's homely an shlinder;
Hts wife am afther, 10 let
Her consult her ideals oil ShplInd0r.
If I should buy tables an chairs,
An bureaus, an carpets, an vases,
An'-bOther the lingo OF wares =
An curtains wild camelhair laces.
Perhaps whin married wife
She would turn up her nose at me chOosin,
Or waysht the shweet bloom of her life
Wild pretinse OF contint at their usin.
So now, I've no carpets to shwcep,
Nor tables nor chairs to tip DER;
Whin night comes roll up an shleep
As contnt pig on the floor.
But ah, the shWeet dreams that dream
OF Erin's most beautiful daughter!
Until in me visions you seem
On your way to me over the water
(-PleaSe pardon me method unglinly,
But hopin' the future may yoke us,
I'll try to be bould an speak plainly,
An bring me note down to focuS:l
Would you marry man wild farrum,
An house most iXquisitely warrum,
Wild walls so iXcaidinly thick, maa am,
For they're built of single big brick, ma'am.
Touchin' Mexico. Texas, Nebrasky-
The thicRest walls iYer you thought OF,
Why. they cover the country we bought of
The sire of AleXiS-AlaSkyi
For sure its great walls are the wOTTuld-
In fact it s a hole in the ground;
But oh, it's the place to be curruled
Whin the whirWndS are twirlin around
1t is livery bit basement iXcipt
The parlor, that lies out -of-doors,
Where the Zephyr's pure fingers have swept
Its million-ply carpeted floors.
Forgive me iXtravigant speeches,
But it's fair as the dreams of a Hindoo,
Wild me parlOr's unlimited reaches
An the sky for sunny bay-window.
Ne darlint, Dakota is new,
Sod houses are here widout number
But II build board mansion for you
Whin I'm able to purchase the lumber.
An sure twill not take very long
Where the soil is SO fertile, I'm tOuld;
Whin you tune up your plow for a song,
The earth huns a chorus of gould
Thin come to your Dinnis OBrion,
An let his fidelity prove
That his heart is as strong as lion,
Ixcipt that it's burstin' wild love-
W. ". Fink, in Century +Mdgdzir.s.
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Cremation an Incentive to Murder.

There are also other objections tc
favoring the practice of cremation, OF
which the murder-by-poison objectionis,
Of course, the most formidable. As we
have said on several occasions, and as
,he Home Secretary repeated onWednes-
iav. there is much more murder by
oO;son than is commonly imagined.
fake what precautions you may, regu-
late as you please, there would be yet
more crime of this kind if cremation
became common. There would be more
Of such crime because there would be
more temptation to it, and we should
never forget, in discussing this subject.
that as the practice of cremation adj
yanced the discovery of suitable poisons
might advance too.-St. James Budget
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Glanciug Calmly Over the Field.

My son, this is a glorious country,
and this is the golden age of the world.
and the purchasing power of dollar is
one hundred cents. and copper cent in
Now England is tossed about as reck-
lessly and extravagantly as a quarter in
Colorado. In this golden age and in
this glorious republic, there lived and
there still lives man. He was tall and
comely; his stature was the stature of
a man. He stood well in society. He
was honest Enthusiastically. His name
was good at the bank; his Endorsement
of note turned that note into gold. He
was educated. talented, public-spirited.
People came to him for advice. Peo-
pie, irrespective of AGE. rank, sex, pre-
viOus condition of servitude, color or
politics, bowed to him, accOsted him
with profound respect, invited him to
their homes, were hOnOred and so ex-
pressed themselves. if he accepted, and
they esteemed it a yet greater honor to
be invited to his house. Everybody
called him ''Mister." Even his ene-
mics, for such man always has enc
mics, esteemed him for his many excel
lent qualities of head and heart. His
character for truth and veracity, his
honesty. his high standing as a citizen
and member of refined society was
established beyond shadow of doubt.
One day he was dominated for PreSi-
dent of the United States.
The next morning he was in the
mouths of nearly twenty millions ofpeo-
pie as a
Liar,
Thief,
Rogue,
Swindler,
Trickster.
Arch traitor,
Sordid wretch,
Greedy spoiler,
Bookless Booby,
Arrant humbug,
Weak ignoramuS,
Willy peculator,
clustering idiot,
Bundle of clap trap,
Scheming demaeogus,
Juggling Charlatan,
Shuffiing impostor,
Cheap swashbuckIer,
Faithless renegade.
Shameless time server,
Descending hypocrite,
Unprincipled politician,
Machiavelian jockey.
And self-worshiped, debased. igno-
rant, weak, ambitious, INSCRIPTIONS
knave, villain without heart, brains
or honor, q being too vile to walk erect
and mock the name OF man, whose
election would ring the death knell
of the Republic and entail ten millions
of uncounted woes upon the human race
for all future ages
It is golden age, my son. and this
is glorious country. 1t is the proud
privilege of every American citizen to be
nominated. possibly, for President.
The privilege has its drawbacks, you
perceive. 1t is privilege that your
sister earnestly desires may be added
to her other privileges. Poor girl, why
she wishes to be nominated for Presi-
dent is beyond my limited power of
comprehension. If she so desires, she
may have my chance for the nomina-
ton. | do not intend to avail myself
of this privilege of citizenship. may
like mud, Telemanchas; | admit that |
am made of the dust of the earth, and
my pride of origin may incline me to be
rather fond Of mud. But do not long
to become a walking brick yard. You
say you had some thought of taking the
stump this fall yourself? My boy, when
men 90 into politics in these golden
days. they do not take the stump. They
take dredging machine. Blardette, in
Burlington RaUkeye.
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~Any person who takes the paper regu
,Iarly from the post-ofiice, whether directed to
his name or whether he is a subscriber or not
Is responsible for the pay.
The courts have decided that refusing tS
take newspapers from the post-ofice, or re
moving and leaving them nncalled for, is
er-is1a facie evidence of INTENTIONAL FRAUD
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Slowly the truth is borne in upon his
brain, muddled and disordered by long
excess. and the last shred of the illu-
sion which had possessed him drifts
away.
He knows now that his boyhood, with
such possibilities of happiness as it had
ever held, has gone forever. He has
been knocking at door which will
open for him never again, and the
mother by whose side he had meant to
spend the evening died long years ago.
The past, blotted out completely for
an hour by some freak of the memory.
comes back to him, and he sees his sui
len, morbid boyhood changing into
something worse still, until by slOY de-
grees he became what he is now-dis-
sipated, degraded, lost.
At first the shock, the awful loneli-
ness he awakes to, and the shame of
being found thus by the woman for
whom he had felt the only pure love he
had known, overwhelmed him utterly,
and he bows his head upon his arms as
he clutches the ratings, and sobs with
a grief that is terrible in its abandon
ment.
The very policeman is silent and
awed by what he feels to be scene
from the tragedy of life, though he
may not be able to describe it to HIM
self by any more suitable phase than
"a rum start"
"You can go now, policeman" says
the lady. putting money in his hand.
''You see [ know this-this gentleman.
Leave him to me; he will give you no
trouble now"
And the constable goes, taking care,
however, to keep an eye occasionally
on the corner where this has taken
place. He has not gone long before
Rolleston raises his head with q husky
laughi his manner has changed now;
New-York tribune., 1884-01-13

EXPENSE But the other two said, "Nay Our tenants
have some water and get along with It, 90 hou anu
mend the leak al thine expense"
The lady 10 whom this said turned away with fore
holdings of heavy expense az this unseemy season Tor
deving In the after pipes OF unknown caore anu
location with rents Of uncertain size In what portions or
their circumference coud only he conectured Bt the
thii sty and unwaShed occupants or the dwelling luR
nautv and with one accord declared that as the mart
uoncth for the brooks painted their souls Tor me
Coton aud that IL they did not have without delay tne
Board OF Health. the Department OF Pubic Wofks lhc
Coroncrs Office the keeper OF the MOrge and the under
takcr should be aned 10 make short WORK OF tne
offending andady and all tho property that the heIu
most dear Succumhng under this baptism or ire sur
sought the mildcs- -maDDCTcd plumber that shc cOuu
lind yielded his utmost demand, ana Old h'n w 90 W
work. He did aud soon 10 her ast0nlshlcht anu W.
light IL discovered that the PIPE connectIhg WIN o
nam was carried directly 10 her house before inc IN
vigoratng nils that dripping INTO the SINKS oI we
contiguous dwellings diverted TO them ny connect
ing ircs THIS put complexion upon uie lnatoI'
rbe suppy tn The other houses cut on the IeaAS
speedily soldercd and the ladys house hai dect hu
exclusive connection with the main. whlle thc otnc
houses were left In condition in which cs had Dcch
nj first And the ladys expense was trivial. -,
Then came the other landlords in sackc0th ana aSh
and directed their plumbers 70 dig them graves ~
ing from one side OF the one hundred fcnt stcc' "
other and to bury therein one hundred ana MY ~ ~u"a
apicce In narrow eadcn collins Ana IL was Hhc Wv, ~,
ms they commanded. And the plumbers dhhctd uh VIC
mad, graves, and when they returned 10 hel,
lies the fted calf killed, and they were rou5"'' Vi
thpir iil-gUiten gains.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-13
THE AMENITIES or LANDLORDS.

HOW TWO AvARICIoUs OWNERS WE'RE wORsTED
by ONE GENEROUS WOMAN.
An interesting case illustrating the Importance
10 propery-Ownor wei TO all other classes OF cit
gems of observing the Do edoneby rule
occurred few days In row OF dwelling houses IN
the upper part OF this city three contiguous buildings
owned by many persons received their water supply
through single halt-nch pipe connecting with the main
Oh tie opposite side OF the street which k hundred
feet wide They old dwellings, and the pipe had
been thus connected many and before any OF
the present had into possession No Of
the three knew into which house this pipe entered from
which ran connecting pipes dyerting portions OF the
water supply TO the two other houses Nor could this be
sscertained without digging in the frozen ground.
one morning, about week ago. II suddenly and stimuli
taneous happened TO the tenants OF the houses IN ques
lion that they could not draw drop OF water from their
seyeral faucets. After few minutes in two OF the
houses portion OF the supply returned. but the liquid
fycked slowly and matter OF time and patience
% I'll pail In the third house no water could be pro
rnred at ALL complaint OF the tenants the owner OF
Abe latter house vent the other owners and pro
pssed that the damage should be repaired OF their joint
New-York tribune., 1884-01-13
4 Plan 10 CAIIE HANIGERS.
THEATRICAL MIN TO INITIATE roLITCIANS-uE
BARNEYs SCHEME.

THEATRICAL MIN TO INITIATE rOLITlCTANS-NE.
BARNEY's SCHEME.
4 scheme has been propOundCd by Ariel "
Barney. John T. RaymOnd's busmess agent which has
with the approval of several Of the New YORK hcai-
cal managers series Of interviews published recently
in TIE TRIBrNE suggested the idea. The leading
ayers then asked whether twerc practicable
form combination OF managers 10 adjust matters Of IN
teTeSt the profession. The returned IN each
case that although each would be willing aud indeed
was anxious himself Join forces with HIS br0theran
ayers yet the jealousy existing would render any such
tempt abOItiye.
The present scheme has wider range
and Mr.. Barney said the other night 10
TRIBUNE reporter regarding IL: "Somc years ago had
q great deal with political campagn gning. and the
pcrcIce then gained has given me what think il
useful idea want TO originate annual conference OF
managers from all parts Of the country Let each State
have B electoral meeting caucus and let delegates be
chosen nom the various circuits, and let these
delegates meet every year in central
city-say in New-YOrk the first year. Chicago
the next, and so on. At this meeting let all ques
tions affecting the managerial welfare be considered and
concerted action taken There altogether about 900
managers OF theatres and halls in the United States
Just think what power they might make themselves
Managers who at present at the mercy OF everyone
then would have others at their mercy.
Take the question Of railroad rates, for instance. Why
last season memorial signed by about dozen influential
managers caused the amount OF baggage allowed 10 be
carried be raised from 200 o. 400 pounds Then
the Autographs and show bills might taken np
ana many thousands might say hundreds OF thousands.
of dollars year saved. Salaries as your paper sug,
gested might be reduced 20 equable basis and In sl
This the public would be the first gamers. Many poor
shows put the road nowadays simply because man
ayers cannot afford TO lay out enough money All they
have IL swalloweds up by the principals saaes and The
printing bills and the company and mounting have 10 oe
cheap as possible.
'wodld there not be some danger from the formation
Of rngsf
.'WGy Of course there would hut just happens W
politics, that's where the fun would come in-'
New-York tribune., 1884-01-13
4 CALL fOR BONDS.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-The following il the
on hundred and twenty yffth call the redemption Of
bonds o three per cent loan OF 1882:
TREASG EV DLPA3TuEST
WAsHGNGTOS, ID. C., Jan. ". lSS4.
By vrtuc of the authority conferred ny law upon ne
sprTet y f the Treasury notice hereby given that TIE
uuco.i ANA a..rued interest OF the bonds hefenbelow
dc.,yi,.d viii bo paid at tne Treasury OF The tinted
Sl,e. ia llc city OF Washington d. -, on the l1tn Gay
uI Marc Issi and thar ne interest SAID bonds viii
cease Ou dag, Three PEI cent b0uds issued
under tie of Congress approved July IL l0S- ana
ni.i .rr Il a- follows:
500 u1gnna n,moer sol 70 original number s46, both
nclusyr SlOO original number 1898 to original numoer
l4O 20 inclusive and original ntuub,r 9, 80 10 0rigII
nunt - 49, bOtn inclusive; 500 original number !ItO
Ia uriy ~ nInhr 353, bot inclusive; 81 900, orIsa
nlinncr 1913 rigna number 1880 both lnclus G,
AIN - i'll. 22,GO0 20 original luin ger -26'3'
Lo, nic sve: $1,000 original number 23s2l 10 0ugi
nal nuIuucr ~, 55, both inclusive-Oial Slo0ooOOO
New-York tribune., 1884-01-13
CLOSING PRICES OF PHILADELPHIA STOCKS
Rspocea 6g JoIN II. DAVIS s Co. II lVal-st
SATURDAY. Jan. 12-P. NJ.

SATURDAY, Jan. IL. NJ.
The speculative situation at the Stock Exchange
to-day at one time was near 70 being critical The
share market was opened at higher figures for the
special stocks but that movement already had lost
its force before the later depressing influences hc-
gan to exert their effects. The coutln-
ued depression in West Shore bouds
was followed by the announcement Of fail
ures at the Produce Exchange u sharp de-
cline in the price for wheat at Chicago and whole
sale cutting of passenger fares between Chicago
and Omaha. The whole market FIRST hestated, then
trcinb!ed aud then declined sharply yet tho pres
suro 10 sell was not unusually great neither
was there much activity. Union Pacific
declined from 77la to 1885, St. Paul from %
10 9I9.: Northwestern from 1l7l2 to 1863; Lake
shore from 0Gas 70 056s: Missouri Pacific from 90A
TO s05s; Wabash preferred from 3024 to 29l2, and
the whole list made prOport0nato declines accord
ing to the degree of activity that was Developed
Then followed season of dulncss, which con-
tinucd till upward movement was started
Just before the close, upon uuconhrncd
reports that the Western roads n2k-
ing satisfactory progress toward settlement
OF their troubles. The st0cls most benefited by
these reports were Union Pacific, which rapidly ad-
vanced TO 773677li and 81, Panl, which rose to
02osa 02I4 The special episode of the day was the
scarcity of Michigan Central stock, because Of
which there differences made of per cent be-
tween cash and regular sales, and a few hundred
shares were bought IN under the rule for
deiyery. The market closed feyerish and unset
tied.
Government bonds were quiet and iirm: tho bids
for the a. are ls higher. The Secretary of the
Treasury to-day issued call for $40 700 900 three
per cents to mature March -, 1881. Annexed are
4 tha olnsiu1 uuotatious.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-13

There were small transactions in State bonds, in
cudng Louisiana cOnsOls at 49, Tennessee com.
promsesat 42l2, North Carolina cOnsol As at S3 and
Arkansas ~ Central Railroad at 94. There were
no transactions in city bank stocks.
In railroad bonds the West shore and Buffalo
gold 5s again were the special feature. The re-
corded sales, which amount 10 So, 100000, prob
ably represent not moro than % per cent OF the
total transactions The selling this morning again
was characterized by vigor, aud from G0ll@G0as
at the opening the price declined to 57ls during
the first hour Of business. After that the iuctua-
tions were numerous, and inclnded recovery to
5slo and an ending at 57i2. The general market
was extremely dull but Eric second consols de
clined from 02ls 10 S0l2G9 G90h4SOls. Canada
Southern first 5s steady Mt 80, and East Ten
ncssee Virginia and Georgia c0nsOl 5s were p higher
at IT, ST. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba hrstS
sold at 00l2. Northwestern dsoenture 3s were -
easier at 033s. Denver and Rio Grande consols
were off per cent at oS and hrsts, Western extern
sion, were up a at 7ll2@1lh+ Texas and Pacihe