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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-29
a New King on the Throne


"Malaria," as popular ailment," has
given place to a new poGentate.
If you have Rheumatism now, the medI-
cal wiseacres exclaim-" Uric Acid"!
If YOU have frequent headaches, they
sagely remark Uric Acid"!
If you have softening of the brain, they
insist that it is" Uric ACid'!
If Sciatica or Neuralgia make life mis-
cradle, it is" Uric Acid"!
If your skin breaks out in Boils and
Pimples, it is" Uric Acid"!
If you have Assesses and piles, Uric
Acid" has set your blood on fire.
If you have dull, languid feelings, back
ache, kidney or bladder troubles, govt,
gravel, poor blood; are i'll at ease, threat
ened with paralysis or apoplexy, vertigo;
are bilious, dropsical constipated or dys-
peptic-" Uric Acid" is the KEY to the stu
alton, the cause of all your difficulties!
We do not know as madam Malaria viii
take kindly to this Masculine Usurper, but
he has evidently come to stay.
"Uric Acid, "-this Monster, is the pro-
duct of the decomposition-death
stantly taking place within US, and unless
he is every day routed from the system
though the kidneys, by means of some
great blood specific like Warmers safe
cure, which Senator 3. K. Bruce says
snatched him from its grasp, there is no
the least doubt but that it will utterly ruiz
the strongest human constitution!
lis not young fellow by any means.
1t has long and well-known line of an
cestors. 1t is undoubtedly the father of 6
very great family of diseases, and though
it may be the fashion to ascribe progeny
to it that are not directly its own, there
can be little doubt that if it once gets thor
oughly seated in the human system, il
really does introduce into it most of thu
ailments now, per force of fashion, attrib
uted to its baleful influence.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-29
SIMPLY TERRIBLE.
Four Persons Cremated In a Burning
Building In Chicago.

Four Persons Cremated In a Burning
Building In Chicago.
CHICAGO, ILL, October ia terrible
and quicS. spreading fire broke out in the
Dne-story and a half brick cottage, Sc
Vernon Park Place, occupied by w. S.
Bates, about six O'Clock this morning, in
which four persons were burned to
death. The family consisted of five per-
sons and 4 servant girl, and all but two
met most horrible deaths. An alarm was
sounded from the corner of Manchester
Place and LOOMS street, at 6:25 4. m,
and when the fremen arrived on the
scene the house was in a blaze. Mr.
Bates was found in the alley at the side
Of the house, suffering from severe
bruises, but able to tell the story
of the catastrophe. Wriuoing his HANDS
In agony over the loss of his family, and
suffering keenly from his severe hurts,
he said that ~ six O'Clock this morning
the servant girl started fire in the kitch-
en-, aud went out doors leaving the door
open. She returned a moment later and
lo1nd the kitchen in a blaze. The girl
ran away screaming with fright, and
Mr.. Bates was aroused. He rushed into
the kitchen and tried to exlinguish the
flames with a hydranI hose. Not sue
ceeding, he rushed out and turned in an
alarm. The firemeu soon succeeded il
putting out the fire, but the entire in
terror of the house was Quilted. When
the firemen entered the house they found
the charred remains of the entire fanny.
with the exception OF Mr.. Bates. They
were: Mrs. Mary L. Bates, aged thirty
1--WE; John Bates. aged five; Eddie Bates,
aged three: Mrs. Dreelson, aged seven
ty, mother of Mrs. Bates.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-29
A FORTUNE IN SIGHT.

The Famous Lawrence-Townly Estate
American Heirs to Almost Fabulous
Wealth Awaiting Claimants In England
The Last Link In the Chain OF Evidence
Discovered.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, October 90
The passage by the English Parliament
of bill to carry into effect the division
of the flmous Lawrence Townley estate,
one of the greatest and most valuable
properties in England, has led to the dis
covery that nearly a dozen heirs of this
magnificent fortune reside in Mlnneap-
oils. When the mystery that had
surrounded the line of the descendants
of the American heirs was cleared
up by the confession of Mary
Stevens and the discovery of the
family Bible containing the last link in
the chain of evidence, Mrs. E. A. Baker,
OF this city, wife of a North Washing
ton avenue ieweler, began the collec-
tion of papers to establish her descent
from the original Townley family. She
has succeeded in obtaining complete
and unbroken genealogy to substantiate
her claim as well as that of her sister,
Miss Nettie B. Ames, a teacher in the
Sumner School. Her investigations
and those of other claimants have
also revealed kinship to the Town
ley families of others in the city. Among
them are William r. Gregory, publisher
OF Wood and Iron; Z. II. Barrett, of the
Asbestine Stone Company; Mrs Emily
&. Moore, of 1891 Chestnut avenue; J.
G. Nelson, a travelling man, residing on
Hennepin avenue; Mr.. Chase, an East
Side clothier; Mr.. Converse, in the en-
ploy of one of the elevator companies,
and q gentlemen named La wrence, who
has recently moved here from the East.
The connection of all these parties
with the original family seems TO be uu-
questionable and their claims to an i'm
mense property will be pushed through
the consolidated Lawrence ownley as
ISOLATION, which is composed of those
claimants who have successfully shown
their relationship. Beside heirs residing
in Minneapolis, there are 4 few 10 the
State, including Miss Ada L. Fairfield,
teacher in the Winona schools, and some
parties in st. Paul and Saltwater. One
of the b0ndholders of the estate, Mrs. +.
Mcknight, of Hcnnepin avenue and Thir-
ty-second street, has resided in the city
for some time
The estate embraces 4, 900 acres of land
In the counties of lancaster, York and
Durham, and is valued at $500, 900, coo.
There is also large amount of money
deposited in the Bank of En-
gland. The number of heirs is
thought to exceed 500, most OF
them being of fourth AMI fifth genera
tons from Mary Townley. board of
trustees, of which Erastus Winans, of
New York. is one, has been appointed
to prosecute the claims and see that
all moneys recovered are fairly dis
tributed. This board will act under
the direction of general association.
Of whom Mr.. Barrett, of tn city, is
member.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-29
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

There are in New York City abou.
one hundred and ten miles of street
railway.
There are over one hundred news
papers with the title the Sun in the
United States and Canadas.
The Spanish-American belle has
her photograph taken every time she
gets a new dreSs-at least so says a
Buenos Ayres correspondent. Chicago
Journal.
The New York Herald predicts that
the day is not ten years away when the
last of the telephones will have to go.
Business men IN the East are throwing
them oHt.
Among the Indian tribes one in four
die of consumption, larger portion
than among the white or colored races.
Consumption is more prevalent among
the Irish than any other race.
"A Worcester County woman. whose
husband is dentist, engaged man to
saw wood for her, and when tie job
was done told him she hadn't got any
change, but the Doctor would pull a
tooth for him for nothing some time
Boston TraUeler.
AL life is joke to the japanese, "
says Lieutenant Wyckoff, of the Hy-
geographic Bureau. who lived in Japan
for five years. During all that time
l never saw any one angry. hardly
believe that they could lose their tenn
pers if they should try"
The amenities and sweets of jour.
nalism are found in the Southwest.
Thus the editor of the Richmond (Mo.)
COnSeTCdtOr thanks a friend ''for q
basket of superb grapes, sweet as the
honey of Hybla and dusky as the cheek
of daughter of the Upper Nile"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-29
HORSE-EATING.
A Partisan Custom Which Is Assuming
PronnrfionS-

Partisan Custom Which Is Assuming
Gigantic Proportions.
Many people who think they know
Paris well may be surprised to hear
that there are now eighty duly licensed
horse butchers in that midtown, as
Carlyle rendered Lutetia, deriving 1t
from lutunl, which, by the way, NAV be
rendered by fdnge as well as by boafe.
But, again, the best form of the name,
as Prudentius gave it in S42, is not
Lutetia, but Lolita, which might easily
be twisted into the more appropriate
Lotus-town. as good Americans who
love an endless afternoon will probably
agree. However that may be. not on
the lotus alone does your true Partisan
now live; for in 1888 thirteen
thousand two hundred and thirty
four horses, mules and dom
keys yielded him, through these
accredited butchers, five million five
hundred thousand pounds of horse
flesh, which was sold at about half the
price of beef in similar joints. These
are facts-tough, some ofthem; others,
stubborn-whlch accounts simply
enough for the modest prices which
still survive at the cheap 'bOuillons"
aud minor restaurants, when read with
the certificate of the veterinary expert
the Gordon bleu of the situatlOn-that
horse flesh makes better soup than
beef. The first of these eighty butch
ers' shops was opened in 1866, but the
trade did not greatly develop until after
the two siegeS of 1901. when, owing
to circumstances over which there
was no control, the Partisan demand
for horse more than doubled itself
at 4 jump. and it has rapidly increased
since from 5.732 solidungul;e in 1872 to
upward of 1900 in 1883, the last year
for which there are returns. But this
last infirmitv of horsey minds does not
seem to have extended to the provinces,
except in the larger towns. We find
La Gir0nde, the principal newspaper of
the Southwest, recently recording
among the bad meat seized in the mar
kets at BOrdeauX-''unc heval.
1t is natural that France should have
led the way in the open and undis-
guised return to this particular flesh
pot: for, though for long centuries Ia
booed in England. Germany and Sean
dinavia, the use of horsetlesh has always
tacitly survived in Paris, at all events.
After many efforts to put it down, the
police forbade its sale in 1879, and
again in 1892. 1880 and 1884, when the
preamble of the police ordinance sought
Ito prevent the diseases which the use
of such meat can not but occasion" 1t
is on record thai during the revolution
all Paris lived once for six months on
horseflesh. In 1903 it was officially per-
mitted, but the permission was almost
Immediately withdrawn. In 1911 i'm
mense quantities of it were suddenly
seized in the populous quarters of the
town, and perhaps no better authority
could be cited on the subject than Par
ent-Duchatelet, who wound up report
by writing: The consumption of
horseflesh in Paris is considerable and
of ancient date, and it may be viewed
as having become a necessity. Sat
urddy ReUieU.
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PERcHERoN HORSES.
What the Commissioner OF Agriculture
Said of Percheron Horses.

said OF Percheron Horses.
Hon. George B. Loring. Commission
er of Agriculture of the United States.
having promised to meet with the Perch
eron Horse-Breeders of America, at
Chicago, Nov. Is, 1888, telegraphed as
follows: 81 regret exceedingly my in
ability to be with you. Am heartily in
sympathy with your position. Physi-
clan positively forbids my leaving the
house. My disappointment is greater
than yours. The Percherons are recog-
nized as a distinct breed in France, and
are entitled to a Stud Book there and in
this country as much as thoroughbreds,
and as much as any breed of cattle to a
herd book. Their introduction has
greatly improved the farm and draft
horses of this country, and will, IN
doubtedly, improve the large carriage
and omnibus horses. | think the pub
LEGATION of Stud Book in both countries
will ultimately, in this case as in all
others. add greatly to the future value
of the breed" 1t is gratifying to know
similar sentiments are entertained by
some of the prominent importers, nota-
bly, among them, Mr.. NJ. w. Durham,
of Wayne, Illinois, who, buying none
but pedigreed stock, has done more to-
ward the introduction OF the finest types
of the breed than, we might almost
say. all other men, having imported
nearly 1000 since 1872.
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ADosnerate Mothers Deed.

CINCINNATI, O., October lE.-Baruey
Westphalea, = lsborer, has of late been
abusing his wife most shamefully. Las;
night his brutal treatment vas even
worse than usual, and this morKing wit
messed renewal of his cowardiy as
saults. he left for work threateairg to
repeat the treatment when he ret1rned
Fearing the execution of his threats ,hr
wife, driven TO desperation, hurled their
twe-year-old child from the upper story
of their house to the ground, aud lesped
after 1t herself. Both are in = dangerous
condition. The husband will be arrested.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-29
DEFINING A CHURCH.

Judge Noonan, of St. Louis, Does Not Con-
slider Mere Religious Association a
Church.
ST. Louis. October 2O.-In the cases of
two women of the town charged with MAIN
tanning bawdy house within one hundred
yards of a building ordinarily used rs q
church, the headquarters of the Y. u. C.
A, being situated upon the same block,
after citing many authorities defining a
church, Judge NOOnan concluded as fol-
lows: 1.-The Y. NJ. c. A. is not church
within the legal meaning al the word
church, but simply a religious association.
According TO Webster's definition of the
word church, it is not such. Tie sacra-
ment must be performed before the build
ing can be legally defined rs a church.
The pleader has added the word church,
but thiSis an association of young gentle
Amen for religious purposes. If it was only
necessary to erect a tent and hold religious
services there, such would be the ease all
over the city. l take it too, that the word
church means nothing more than a religious
meeting. j therefore hold that in view Uf
the above authorities a church does not
mean an association like the Y. u C. A,
and the building in which they hold their
meetings being not church within the
legal definition of the term, the setting of
bawdy house within 100 yards of the
building is not felony. AID l shall dis
enafge the defendants
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Professional Etiquette

prevents some doctors from advertising
their skill, but we are bound by no such
conventional rules, and think that if we
make discovery that is of benefit to cur
fellows, we ought to spread the fact to the
whole land. Therefore we cause TO be pub
lished throughout the land the fact that
DR.. r. V. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery" is the best known remedy for con-
sumption (scrofula of the lungs) and kim
dred diseases. Send two stamps for DR..
Pierce's complete treatise on consumption,
with unsurpassed means of self-treatment.
Address, Worlds Dispensary Medical As
ISOLATION, Buffalo, n. Y.
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Rough on ReformerS.

CFNCISNATI, October 20-.Julius Dexter.
@iie otIthe most active members of the cit
liens committee Gf 100, now engaged in in
Vestlgaiing the alleged fraudf ct the recent
election in this couCty, was arrested yester-
Gag on a c4arge of perjury. The trial was
set for Wednesday and Mr.. Dexter was re-
leased ON $1,000 bail. The warrant on
which TIE arrest was made was sworn out
by John Miner and Patrick kelIg, judges of
election at Precinct +. Ward NiEeteen. 1t
charges that Mr.. Dexter made oath 10 a
complaint betore Squire Dunning that they,
after the counting had been coinssenced in
their precinct, postponed it and then re-
moved the balici box.
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The Salvation of the Sorghum Sugar In
dustry.


dustry.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., October 2O.-The
experiments made BY the Commissioner
of Agriculture in the applications of DIFF
fusion and carbouation To sorghum cane
at Ottawa, kas., have been concluded
Prof. H. W. Wiley, who had charge OF
these experiments, has made mis- Erelimi-
nary report to the Commissioner, from
which the following facts are taken:
The yield of sugar from the cane was
more than ninety-nine per cent, only
elve-hundredths OF one per cent bejn-
left in the waste waters and exhausted
chips. The yield of crude sugar [that
is as it comes from the vacuum PAM
weOt as high as go pounds pei
ton, fully double that of the ordinary
methods. The process of carbon6 tian,
that is adding a large excess of lime Ia
the lnice, and then precipitatrng it with
careolic acid, was completely successful
The product was lighter oil color aud
more palatable than that of the usua.
method of DELEGATION, and the saving in
scums b. this method is eStima ed to be
ut leaSt ten per cent. The difficulties
encountered were entirely of mecaAn-
ical nature, and are easily overco5~e
The pToprietors of the FCanSlin Sugar
WORKS, at Ottawa, Kansas, where theS,
experiments were made, are very ea
thusiastic over the outcome of the e1-
periments, and express the belief that
ahey will prove the salvation of the
sorghum sugar industry.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-29
Smoking a Pipe Over Gunnowc.-,

GEAvENIoRTH, KAN, October 49,
saturday evening at six o'clock terrible
explosion occurred at Osawkie, Kan. A
farmer by the name of Lander, accompanied
By bis wife, two children and neighbours
wife. came into town, and among other
purchases was ten pounds of powder. This
was laid in the bottom of the wagon bed,
and the suppoSitiOn is that Mrs Lander, in
lighting her pipe, dropped spark of fire in
the powder. which Immediately ignited,
throwing everyone out of the wagon. One
Of the party died instantly, and the tom
others can not live.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-29

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CONTAGIOUS!

lam native or England. and while was IN thst
country contracted terrible blood poison and for
two years was under treatment an outdoor psttens
At Nottingham Hospital England, but was not cured
suffered the most agonizing pains IN my bones, and
was covered with sores all over my body and limbs.
Finally completely all hope that country and
sailed for America and was treated at Roosevelt In
this city, well as by prominent physician Ia New
York having no connection with the hospitals
/ saw the advertisement Of Swtfts SPECIFIC, and l
can say with great Joy that they have cured me en-
tirely. am SIS sound and well ~ ever v As III my
life. l. FRED HALFOtsD.
New York CITY, June p. 1855. 4
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases msned free
TIVE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co, Drawer 5 Atlanta. Ga
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A Desperate At n Dance.

NEW ORLEANS, La, October 7O.-Lats
Sunday oight, at ball given at Spanise
Fort, Albert Claussen raised q disturb.
ance. AR officer attempted sto arrest
him, and was compelled to draw his club.
He was seized by friends of CIaussen,
and the latter drew his revolver and be-
gan firing at the officer and into the
dancers. Robert Deymond was probably
fatally wounded In the stomach Several
others had narrow escapes. A panic fol
lowed, during which CIaussen escaped.
He was fnally captured, together with
three of his friends, WHO are charged as
accessories. Deymond is a respected
ana inofensiVe dry goods clerk.
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CHICAGO freouentk receives l 600.

Chicago frequently receives 1.Ooo,-
900 bushels of gra n in single day.
How long train would be required to
carry that ameEnt? Let lis figure: A
Sushel of corn weighs tfty-six pounds
A million bushels wouh therefore be
90. 600, 600 pounds Allowing ten tons
(2G000) pounds TO tie car, it would
take $500 cars. There are $40 rods to
the IN lie and two freight cars to the
rod Divide $500 ears By the 100 to
the mile. and yoH have n train 17s
miles long.-ChicaQo lNaH.
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A merchant advertises New $;

in suitings, coat;ngs and trou-
serings." Until the vexed question
of which is the correct word-pants,
trousers or breeches-is settled, mer-
chants should be careful how they add
suffix. Like as not ''pantsings" or
"breechesings" is right Philadelphia
Call.
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COMPOSED of Smart-Weed, Jamaica
Ginger, Camphor Water and best French
Brandy, DR.. Pierce's Extract of Smart
Weed is the best remedy for diarThpa,
cholera morbus, dysentery or bloody -fux,
collie or cramps, and to break up colds.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-29

Secret, involuntary drains upon
the system erred in thirty days. Pam
phlet giving particulars, three letter
stamps. Address, Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, Buffalo, y. Y.
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LON ooast;n0 rims to the Mort

=" On coast ng irips 70 the North
Cape" says w. Mattieu Williams,
''ships are frequently invaded by
swarms Of mosquitoes at every port.
In Alaska they form clouds so dense
that it is impossible for sportsmen to
aim at objects beyond. Native dogs are
sometimes killed by them. and even the
grizzly bear is occasionally blinded by
their attacks"
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"How DO you like the hash:" asked the
boarding mistress. at is very fine," was
Fogg's ambiguous reply.-BOStOn Tran
script.
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IT is school again these DAYS. The same
thing may also be said of the nights.
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AN exchange asks: What is hostile
furnture:" Don't know unless it is armed
charlottesville Argus.