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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-29
The Tin Cans Mission.

The empty tin can at last has a mis-.
4; sion, and a profitable one at that. Emptied
of its contents of peaches or toma-
toes, discarded and thrown out at the
kitchen gate, tit may soon be sent in at
the front door or find an honored place
in the best room N the house Thou
sands of these cans are gathered in
Philadelphia every week and made into
shining sheets and used to decorate or
cover large travelling trunks, and thus
get promotion from the back yard to
the boudoir. On the outskirts of the
city, within short time, a number of
factories for the conversion of these old
bufeted and battered cans and other tin
refuse from the ash heaps have sprung
up; and the business is growing one.
One of considerable size is on Nova
mensing Avenue, below Miflin Street,
where large force of men is kept busy
day in and day out. The cans are col
lected in various ways, but principally
from the citys ash heaps and the hotels
and large boarding houses. At the
factory the soldered seams are subjected
to an intense heat in such a way that
the solder is, allowed to run into a re-
ceptacle, and is carefully saved and
sold. the profit from this source alone
almost paving for the expense of gath
ering and handling of the cans The
tops and BOTTOMS o. the cans are melted
and turned into window sash weights.
The labels an the tin plates are easily
taken OF. a ter having been thoroughly
soaked in water and the plates them
selves rolled out fiat BY machinery. As
the inside OF the plates are not much
discolored by the contents of the can
they present clean Irface and make
cNees'ert covers for trunks, the seams
ling hidden by the trunk braces. either
Of wood or sheet iron. Other uses are
also made of the tin plates, and there
IS considerable profit in the business. |
The process is quite simple, AMI very
little capital is re Iuired. One concern
n this city rolled ont 1000 of these /
plates in less than two months, and the |
promises to be largely devel-
,ped both here and elsewhere Pail1-
lcLphta Record.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-29
For Sale.

A citizen in the western part of the
city who has n house for sale savs that
he has learned more of human nature
in the last three months than during all
his life before. Nine people out of ten
who come to l"Ok at his $4,000 house
/ haven { ten dol.9rs to buy with. The
same proportion azc deliberate liars.
Nineteen out o. twenty want every room
anged about. Ten out of twelve 90
/ all through the house and then OBJ ect to
! the street. Not one single woman out
/ of the scores who have called at the
house had Pnv other idea than to satisfy
temporary curiosity. One womanh d
e cry room in the house measured to Set
7 if her carpets would fit and then sud
denly discovered that the house was
whole block from the street cars. An
| other sat for two hours and planned how
she would iix every room, and then left
the pla e in 4 hui because there WASH
Methodist Church on the next corner.
A third was about TO leave two hundred
dollars to bind the bargain until next
day. when it suddenly occurred 10 her
that her sister out in Pontiac might not
like the location. Out of sixty or
seventy men who have called every
single one liked the location, thought
the property cheap, and would return
next day. The citizen finally got tired
of such conduct, and now when any one
calls he asks:
''Do you wish to look at the house or
the furniture?'
80, the no Use, of course"
'Well, this house stands on the north
side of the street. 1t is on block four
teen. lot forty-two. The house is of
wood. 1t is forty rods to a church and
eighty to n school house. Street cars
do not pass the door, Circus process
sionS never come this way. Now. then.
have You any idea of buving?''
Certainly. We must move next
wee'5.'
Very well. Please deposn .wo dol
lars FOR my trouble in showi,:. Won
over"
1.-Two dollars. I'd like to see mvs.lf'
Whv. your house is the poorest Ole FOR
50 in ali Detroit, and I'd not live m If
rent free
But you came here to buy?'
mo, | didn t [ happened to be
passing, saw your sign, and thought |
L might as we'll tramp over v0ur
premises as to go down town. Good
m rrning, sir! You d better insure vour
house and set fire 10 it."-De.rou FIRE. |
Press.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-29
Kellogg Acquitted"

William Pitt Kellogg is at present s
Congressman from Louisiana and
formerly was Governor and United
States Senator. He has Just been
found guilty of receiving $50. 900 from
q Star-route contractor named j. B.
Price, and acquitted. The paradox OF
the assertion is only apparent The
payment of the money and the payment
of it to Kellogg, for his influence in get
ting contract, were not only proved,
but admitted the offense was de-
monstrated and confessed. But because
the transaction took place five years
ago, it was held to be barred BY the
statute of limitations. The court,
thereupon, directed the acquittal of
| kellogg.
1t may be asked, how did the Law
Department of the Federal Administra-
| ton come to arraign this man on a de-
fective Indictment? 1t will never be
possible to say whether this was by ac-
cident or design. The indictment put
the date of the reception of the bride at
June 10, 1879. 1t was shown that at
the date named Kellogg cashed the
drafts given to him as bribery money
and that was not quite five years ago.
But it was also shown that he received
the drafts about three months before he
cashed them. The court held that the
reception of the drafts was the date of
the ri cry, not the time when they
were turne into money. The Admins
tratiOn lawyers declare that they did
not know the,draftS were three months
old when cashed; but the informer
Price, on whom they relied for convic-
ton, swore on the stand that he told the
Government counsel that very fact.
1t is miserable business. Kellogg
has been acquitted because his crime
has aged" the indictments against
Price have been nClled. because he
turned infOrmer, albeit useless in
former, and al the remaining charges
against trady have been Cancelled, be-
cause. since the nolleing of the indict-
ments against himself, Price declares
he Will no. be a witness any more. An
even month before the Chicago Con-
ventiOn, the Arthur Administration
presents the last of the Star-routers.
with a complete acquittal The fur
Their announ, ement is that Kellogg and
the rest of the Louisiana delegation to
the Republican National Convention
have dec AIRED for Arthur
Such incOmpetency and corruption
combined ought to in ure the Admins
tration with its party, but so far it has
only gained it delegates. A more con-
demning commentary on political Re-
pubicanism than these facts make
could not be maze. As for Kellogg,
there is nothing in his previous career
which con lets with the offense Just
adm tied ly him. and only by a habit
and history of such G" enses has he
been able to keep his place in the or
gained or me, which goes by the name
Of Repu licanism in louisiana
bang ArgsLs.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-29
Another Rascal Saved.

When William Pitt Kellogg was
placed at the bar to answer a criminal
| indictment we told the people to pre-
pare for another farce =
Thursday Kellogg walked out of court
a free man. The indictment was de-
clared defective. A false date had been
inserted, but the prosecution was barred
by the Statue of Limitations.
The Administration has known of
kelloggs guilt for three years. 1t knew
the charge involved Tom Brady. 1t de-
layed the prosecution purposely until
the Statue of Limitations had expired.
1t further fortified the accused by flaws
in the indictment.
The Republican Administration did
not dare TO punish Kellogg. He is a
representative Republican leader. He
had been fraudulenlly made Governor
of Louisiana; fraudulently elected to
the United States Senate; fraudulently
kept there by Republican votes. He
had been partner in the fraud that
seated Hayes. He holds the secrets of
Republicanism in his keeping.
Send Kellogg t. iailp As soon con-
denim to the penitentiary the whole Re
pu lican party.
The Government had the witness who
paid Kellogg $4,000 for himself and
Brady to have his Star-rOute contract
raised so that he could rob the people
of $4,000 or $4,000. 1t had the
banker who had cashed the drafts. It
had the proofs of payment It's only
way to protect Kellogg was to delay
the Indictment until the Statute of
Limitations would debar the prosecu-
ton.
So Kellogg walked out of the court
Thursday and e-caped jail. But by
what right did the Judge allow the
jury to indu ge in legal fiction and
returd the lying verdict of mot gull
typ
Kellogg was guilty. He was not &C.
tilted. The Indictment was quashed.
He was saved by the Statute of Limita-
tionSi
Thus another Star-route rascal is
saved, and the people are furnished
with another illustration OF the impossi-
biity Of Furnishing public crimes while
the Republican party remains in power.
In such occurrences as these lies the
Foundation of popular disaffection with
the Government. They are the hot
beds OF communism. They force the
belief that there is no equality of JUS
tee, but that one law prevails for the
rich and influential and another for the
poor. They bring all law into con-
Tempt and impress the people with the
conviction that the courts are as cor
-upt as the politicians-N. Y. Sun
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-29
Revolt Of the Negro YeterA

The Interstate conference of the COL
ored people at Pittsburgh is fun Of
political significance. We don't know
that The leaders of the Republican party
will be wise enough to read the mean
| ing of this Pittsburgh Convention, and
we are sure if they do they will be pow
erless to avert the dangers which it in
dictates as threatening the grand old
party. 1t is unreasonable TO suspect
that the negroes viii 90 on voting
blindly. as directed by the Republican
party, for all time TO come, through =
mere sentimental fancy that grAsstnde
requires they should make themselves
political vassals. Emancipation gave
the negro political freedom, and it has
only been a matter of time for him to
assert his political Independence. This
Pittsburgh conference shows that tho
time for the second emancipation Is fast
approaching. perhaps, has already;
come. There have been expressions,
not alone of discomfort and dissatsfac-.
ton, but of turbulent indignation also,
and these manifestations by the leaders
may be taken for fair reflection Of the
feeling of the colored masses. The.
adoption of a resolution declaring
against an Endorsement of the
Republican party was practically!
an act of war, and it will
be found impossible for the Repub-
lican party to frame the basis of
a compromise. The colored people are
tired OF being mere voting cattle. and
the only thing to satisfy them is fair
share of the offices; but this is the one
thing they can not be given, since the
great body of white Republican voters
invariably and always bolt negro
nomination. Every Republican leader
knows that, and is aware that the thing
the colored leaders are asking would
ruin the Republican party if given. Ii
Is already apparent that the weak en-
deavor to stem the torrent of this re-
volt by electing few negroes as alter
nate delegates to the Republican Ma
tlonal Convention has intensified in.
stead OF allaying the discomfort Little
things like these counted for much in
the first years of freedom, but the
negro is no longer satisfied with the
hollow honors that carry no substance
OF reward with them. He has been
told he is Just as good as a white man..
but he has found the Republican party.
little disposed to act upon that POLITICAL
principle. There is nothing strange,
therefore, if the negro has at last con-
cluded that he will be more of q freei
man and get great deal more PERSONAL
benefit from his right of suffrage by
putting his ballot where it will do the
most good for himself. whether that
hurts or helps the Republican party
81. Louis Republican.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-29
HE WAS WITH GRANT

I was with Grant" the cripple said.
Said the Patriot: Say no more
Ny heart goes Quit yearns in fact
For men who'ye dabbled in gore"
was with Grant" he fecbly said.
Nay, nay, was the response. mo more;
L GU nave Fought your country's battles well
And nowyou are old and poor.
Come sit thee down in this quiet nook,
And well wrestle q couple of beers;
AS your mem ~ awakes you'll tell me DER
A tale OF those dreadful years
liant chief
From Belmont's bloody shore
Down IN that AppomattOx field
Now famous evermore."
The stranger slipped of the foaming need,
In his eye glistening tear:
His trembling lip of his anguish told,
But he rallied under the beer.
u" was with Grant" he grimly said:
But twas not in the Civil War.
was with him down in the street called Wall
When he cleaned em both near aud far.
II happened to be q depositor
And fell in the foremost rank
l was with Grant, and likewise Ward
In the explosion of their bank
Then spake the Patriot never a word
But he eeat with his cane full sore
This fraud who financiered with Grant
Some years behind the war.
NY World
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-29
A Cure for Drunkenness,

There is prescription in use in En-.
gland for the cure of drunkenness BY
which thousands are said to have been
enabled 10 recover the nselves. The
recipe came into notoriety " the efforts
of Mr.. John Vine Hall, co nmander of
the Great Eastern steamship. He had
fallen into such habitual drunkenness
that his most earnest forts to reclaim
himself proved unavailing. At last he
sought the advice of an eminent physi-
clan. which he followed ia thfniIy for
several months. that at the end of that
time he had lost all desire for Iiouor.
although he had been for many wears
led captive by most debas ny appe-
tite. The recipe which he afterwarI,
published, and by which so many otter
have been assisted TO re -orm.
is as follows: Sulphate of iron, twenty
grains; magnesia, forty grains; pepper
mint, forty-four drains; spirits of nut
meg. four drains. Dose, one table
spoonful twice . day.-Toledo Glo6s
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-29
"Boz, get blue, white, yellow and

"Boz, get blue, white, yellow and
pink.
The dog got the blocks, in the order
named. and while he was doing it Mr..
Williams did not speak or ia anyway
change his position, his eyes being d.
rected toward the ceiling ald his hands
being out of sight
''If the dog were intelligent enough
to be guided through the whole alpha
bet by my eyes, or some mysterious
language of the hand" said AIr. Will
Jams, The certainly could read letters
and distinguish colors. You have seen
him do surprising things, yet he is only
a puppy-younger. in fact, than most
dogs are when their education begins.
In time l will teach him much more
than he knows now" ~ Y. Sun.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-29
POLITICAL POINTS.

There will, of course, be no re-
treat or lowering of the flag of the De-
mocracy. They will go into the ap-
preaching National campaign with the
doctrine of revenue reform Inscribed ON
their banners with all the emphasis of
undated earnestness, and those who
battle with them will have to march I'M
der that sign and with that profession
OF opinion. This is no time for hest
fancy, nor will there will there be-
wavering or doubling in the ranks.-G-
Louis ReDu6!icdn.
-Oir Washington correspondent
intimates that the Republican leaders
are looking into the future and prepar-
ing to make the party undertake a re-
form OF the tarff. Well, if this is the
case, they ART wise, and it will be inter-
eSting to see whether the Democrats
will allow themselves to be driven from
what have hitherto been regarded as
their hunting-grounds. One fact re-
mains certain-sooner or later tariff re-
form must come. and whichever party
it VIII deserve the public
coutidence.-N. Y. Herald.
The outrageous navigation laws
which have killed our commerce under
pretense of protecting ship-builders
and in the way of rehabilitation of our
merchant marine, which is Q more ur-
gent necessity than the rehabilitation of
the navy. and their revision is impera-
lively demanded BY the ship-oWners
and merchants of the country. Whist
We need are commerce promoters, not
commerce destroyers, and it is plain
hat we must look to the Democratic
party for them The action of the two
branches of Congress on marine mat
ers Is signi' cant in this respect. The
senate spends itst'me helping the Robe
ION ring put up naval obs. while tho
House passes bills to build UP the mer.
;hant marine. bosom Gso6e. ..,t
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-29
An Appeal to the People.

After All. tbs very defeat of the Nor
risOn i'll. which the protectionists are
SO ma ly exulting over, may and, we
believe, will prove the worst thing for
them that coul have happened. 1t
| does not settle the question for n yea-.
nor for day, nor even for an hour. 1t
unsettles it more than ever. Nor Toes
1t remove the question from the realm
of politics. On the contrary. it plants
it there to stay ii it shall have cen
definitely and satisfactorily disposed of.
Nothing in the way of tariff reform is
to be exDe tie from the present Con-
gress. The House has abdicated its
right = re Getting the Morrison bill, and
the Senate has initiated the evil ex-
ample Y defeating the free-ship feature
of the Sh piping i'll. But this is clearly
lot the end of the matter. 1t must and
will taken to higher court; it will
be appealed to the people before whom
all great Questions must come first or
last; AMI when it comes before them it
VIII receive thorough and exhaustive
treatment. Instead of being emascu-
lated as political issue between the
parties ty the defeat in the House it
will found that that defeat has i'm
parted to it more vigorous virility.
and a more intense significance; and
that. so far from cutting no figure in
the approach g Presidential canvass, it
viii e the only issue, and will cut the |
only figure in that caLvass.
First and foremost, it must 90 from |
Washington to Chicago; and next from |
Chicago to the country. The Republic |
an Convention will declare for protec-
ton. or refuse to declare aga INST it.
The Democrat C Convention will do the |
very opposite; it will demand, in clear.
uneq uivOcal and unmistakable words, a
reduction of duties in the direction of
free trade. There is not a shadow of
doubt about this. The Natioual Dem
ocratic Convention, will be a very DIFF
ferent body from the House of Repre-
sentatives. The latter contains one
hundred and ninety-six Democrats and
one hundred and eighteen Republicans
the former will be composed entirely of
Democrats. 1t is true, there will be
some protectionist Democrats in il, but
they viii stand alone they will not be
reinforced and supported, on the final
est. by one hundred and eighteen Re-
Dublicans, as thew were in the House
Tote. They will do what they can. OF
course, to def at an authoritative Ma
ional Democratic declaration in favor
If tariff reduction; but they will fail.
The Convention will recognize its !
'ounden, unavoidable duty as a low
aritf party-a duty which it can not
hlrk without dishonor. which would
invite disaster. by boldly and clearly ;
eavowing the principle of the Morrison '
'ill. This will make up the issue, and {
m the two parties will go before the
'eople. We have no fears about the
esult-St. Louis Republican,
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-29
THE BEST SHIP AFLOAT.

OF all the ships afoat
On Atlantic or Pacific,
Or far within the tropics
On the Indian oceans breast,
with white sails all a-gleaming,
with brilliant colOrs streaming,
There's no ship
Like Friendship,
The staunchest, and the bestl
When tempests hover nigh,
And the sea is dashed to fury,
When loudly roar the breakers,
Ana above the sea-gulls swarm;
when skies are overloaded,
And sunshine is enshrouded,
There's no ship
Like Friendship,
To battle with the storm!
A welcome sight is she
Wherever we may meet her.
Win canvas spread out finely,
win pennon bright and blue;
To none she is stranger,
And in the hour of danger
There's no ship
Like Friendship
To lead us safely through
From port to port she sails,
The bearer of dispatches
From Love, the mighty monarch
Her outfit ali complete;
Ana though little skif or clipper
May IN a race outstrip her,
There's no ship
Like Friendship
In all the royal fieeti
OF all the ships afioat
On Atlantic or Pacific,
Or far within the tropics
On the Indian oceans breast.
WITH white sails all a cleaning,
with brilliant colOrs streaming,
There's no ship
Like Friendship,
The staunchest, and the best.
Josephine Pollard, in ". Y. Led1sr.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-29

William Hyatt and John Bush, of
Marion, o., were eating supper alone
when thunderbolt struck their house.
They still sat erect, though both were
dead. Not scar was found upor
them C9arelas,d Leader.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-29

An Eastern insurance company has
refused TO insure houses ia which
spherical fish globes or water bottles
ara kept They act IS sun glasses, and
three tires are recorded from this cause
last winter.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-29

According to japanese custom, age
is counted from the first dav of The ,,al.
nay succeeding birth. At that date a
child is one year old. whether born the
previous January. at midsummer, or on
the 5ISt OF December.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-29

Two new Cunarders are now being
built with the obie t beating al pre-
yious records in crossing the Atlantic
philadelphia Press.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-29
7" Teach me the measure of my DAYS,
Thou maker of my frame,
1 would survey

There was a fault somewhere. and
silence indi ated it, for grandfather
never sang in moments of perple ,ity.
He would talk to himself then as though
he was or Were, Is the case, or rather
number may be, twins. but he never
sang: And with closed eyes l waited
and knew the measurement was per-
Sected when he went on:
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1884-11-22

Mr.. Irvings receipts in New York have
averaged $2,7OO nightly.
Ex-Governor Booth, of California, is di
rector of a dancing club in Sacramento.
Judge Albion w. Tourgee and family are
passing the autumn and winter months at
their home in Mayyille.
President Arthur has received ten pounds
of butter that took the premium at the
North Carolina State Fair.
The London Herald says that w. II. Huri-
bert will probably be Minister Lowells sue
cessor at the Court of st. James.
Joseph jefferson has not done so we'll this
season, and thinks of reappearing next sea-
son in London, most likely in "Trip Van
Winkle."
Mrs. Langtry is to manage the Princes
Theater In London, where she will produce
THE School for Scandal" and "The Lady
of Lyons"
Robert M. LaFollette, Of Wisconsin, will
be the youngest member of the Forty-ninth
Congress. He is only 2S years old, but
has already made q reputation as speaker
and debater. Mr.. LaFollette is Republi-
can.
Madame Modjeska is resting at her home
in Poland and it is understood that she Is
devoting much of her leisure to a prepara-
ton of an English adaptation of ''Thora," a
play which has been widely successful In the
Russian Empire.