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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-05
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
PUSSY CATS EXPLOIT.

Old Pussy-cat Gray is both handsome and
Renowned for her prowess is she;
If she sharpens her claws tbs death to a rat.
Where one mouse is caught by very smart
This wonderful puss catches three.
Her dress is of gray, with broad trimmings
As soft and as shiny as silk:
Though she has but one suit, she never is
slack,
But washes her face, and each whisker
smoothS back
On drinking her saucer of milk.
Her manner is gentle; her courage is great;
From none doth she fee Dut the man
Who comes for old rags 10 the area gate;
For the notion has entered her wise little
That he'll carry her of if he can.
1t CHANGED that neighbor, who lived very
A visit was wishing to make,
And pussy's kind mistress, to make the way
clear.
Took home her pet parrot till she should ap-
Nor dreamt of the strife it would wake.
The parrot. though wise, but one sentence
Which reached the extent of his lore;
And this it would shrek nifty times a day.
"Will you dine? viii you dine? Will you dine,
He shrilly would cry DER and DER.
Old Pussy-cat Gray. fast asleep in chair,
Awoke from her dreams with a start.
What curious creature was sitting up there?
She gaZed all about with wondering air,
Surprise in her small feline heart
1t looks like a chicken; perhaps it is fat"
She thought, with blink of her eyes.
" 1t surely must taste quite as good as rat.
III catch it." She crept up this wonderful
To take pretty Poll by surprise.
The parrot, poor creature, looked on in dis
For he knew that it bodcd him i'll.
So he tried to prepare FOR the coming atfray
By sharp'ning his claws in blOodthirsty
And soemnly whetting his bill.
With green eyes aglow, and slow switching
her tail,
Puss suddenly sprang on her prey.
Then. Oh there arose such terrible wall!
The feathers and fur flew ike leaves i'll 4
Alas for poor Pussy.cat Gray.
Will you dine?' shrleked the parrot, and
PuSsy-cat Gray.
Her whiSkers erect with alright,
Her tall thrice its size, stood stock still in
at talks It's a man. She fed wildly
Her senses deserving her quite.
She hid meath the lounge, and that valOrous
cat
Came not forth at her kind mistress
call:
For though she had bravely slain many a
rat
She dreamt not a chicken could speak out
like that
So was not prepared; that was all.
Grown older and wiser is PusSy-cat Gray
4 fat and "A solemn trr.lV sinner.
Yet, snow her parrot and she'll fee away
As quickly as when on the memorable day
That Polly but asked her to dinner.
-Na7y c. Huntington iiI " Y. Independent.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-05
THE POWER OF THE SNOW.
Snowfall Not a Pleasant Sentiment Only
But a Worker as Well.


Consider that the descent of snow has
relations not alone to fancy, but it il
also worker We send abroad to the
islands and the coast of South America.
10 bring hithcr the stimulant that shall
kindle new life in the wasted soils and
bring forth new harvest, and yet from
Pie unsullied air snow brings down
fertility In the endless wastes that are
going on, exhaled gases, and from towns
and cities multiplied forms that are
phantoms wandering in the sky, get
caught in the meShes of the snow the
ammoniacal gases, and various others are
brought down by it and laid upon the
soil. And it has become a proverbs that
the SNOW, fresh and new-fallen,. Is the
poor mans manure. 1t gathers again
then the waste material of the earth,
whose levity carries it above and rains
with equal distribution over all the lands
that which brings back to than their
needed fertility. When the snow has
covered the garden and hedge, it is a
pail, it is q snroud. or is it not Sxxaddiing
elothes9 The old abandoned stalk, the
brown and withered grass, no longer
ccmelv, 1t puts them to rest and Is in
deed a shroud But undrsneath this is
going on those processes that ere long
shall bring forth all buds and all comely
bloom and al r;pening things Under
meath its twilight spring,is preparing its
work. without sound OF wheel, without
stroke of hammer; more is going oa
under the silent snow to-day and in tie
coming weeks than In All the smithies.
than in all the factories, than in all the
dwellings, or shops upon the earth And
ali the forces of nature. spring. winter.
summer. the thousands of forces whose
energy is irresistible. they all are silent.
they all ara hidden. Thc p1wers of God
in the ea .6 are all silent @sa1arwork-
c-s.-H, u. Be3..tsr.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-05
EASY THINGS.
Things Easily Learned Are of Compare
lively little VaIuc-Hard Lessons Neces-
sary to Final Success.

Things Easily Learned Are of Compare
lively little VaIuc-Hard Lessons Neces-
sary to Final Success.
There are some boys who do not like
TO learn anything that is hard. They
like easy lessons and easy work, but
they forget that things which are
learned easily are of comparatively lit
tle value when they are learned. 4
man who confines himself to easy
things must do hard work for small
pay. For example, boy can learn to
saw wood IN i've minutes; any boy can
can learn to SAW it in the same time;
any ignorant person can learn it just
rs easily; and the result is, the boy who
has only learned to saw wood, if he
gets work to do, must do it in cOmpeti-
ton with the most ignorant class, and
accept the wages for which they are
willing to work.
Now, it is very we'll for a boy to
know how to saw wood. But suppose
he knew how to build steam engine?
This would be much harder to learn
than saving wood; but when he had
learned 1t he would know something
which other people do not know, and
when he got work to do other people
could not come and get it away from
him. He would have a prospect of
steady work and good wages; he would
have 4 good trade and so be independ-
emf. Boys should think of this, and
spend their early days in learning the
thing they need to know in after years.
Some boys are very anxious to earn;
but this is not always best. 1t is often
more important that boys should learn.
When they are young they can earn but
little, but they can learn much, and if
they learn things thoroughly when
young, they will earn when they are
older much more than enough to make
up for the time and labor which they
spent in learning what to do and how
to do it.-Nutio1GL Presbyterian.
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81 don't understand how" said

81 don't understand how" said
Ned.
"Why, the flag told them that the
fort had not surrendered. that the Brit
ish had been unsuccessful in their at
tack; and it tells us every time
we look at it floating out on
the breeze that our Government
still stands, and that we are still pro-
tected by the power that holds up the
flag"
But after all, it is different" said
Ned; that was in war time. but no
body is firing at the flag now"
$50 much the more reason to be
glad"
How came we to have the flag any
way?" asked Ned.
"'Ned, why do you say anyway"
Because it seems to fill out-kiNd o.
finish up a sentence
Lou laughed ''It is like the snapper
on the end of a whip, and suppose you
think it will bring out quick response.
Well, l happen to know something
about the flag. When we made the
large flag at the academy. Prof Com
stock told us about it. and the history
of the flag will take US back to the pc
riod we were talking of in our history
talks. In Jsnuary, 1176, the British
held Boston. and Washington's army
was encamped at Cambridge. 1t was
then that the American flag was IN
furled. 1t had thirteen stripes, red and
white as now, to represent the thirteen
colonies, but in the corner, on blue
ground, instead of stars, were two
crosses combined; the st. George Cross
and the Cross of st. Andrew, which is
like the letter X. The next year, by act
of Congress. stars took the place of the
crosses. The number of stripes and
stars was changed by Congress two or
three times, but in 1918 it was settled
that there should be thirteen stripes and
4 star for every State. Faye HINT
i,lgtois, IN PanSy.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-05
4 PiTCHY STREAM.
4 Natural Object, in South America, of
Considerable Interest.


At distance of thirty miles south OF
the River Diamante. our route passed
BY natural object of considerable. in
terest-a stream, or rather rill, Of vel
lowish white fluid. like petroleum,
issuing from the mountain side at a
considerable height, and trickling
down the slope till lost in the porous
soil of the valfcy below. The source
from which it flowed was at the
junction where hard, metamorphic
rock, iEtersperscd with small crystals
of agnite, Overiay stratum of vol
can;c. tuff. 1t was formed like, the
crater OF a volcano, and full of black.
bituminous matter. hot and sticky,
which could be stirred up to the depth
of about eighteen inches. Founder
ing in 1t was pOl1cat or skunk
, (Mephetis varians), having becn en-
/ ticed to its fate by the desire of secur-
ing bird caught in the natural bird
lime; till bullet from the revolver of
one of the party terminated the skunk )
struggles to eXtricate itself from the
warna, and adhesive bath in which it
was hOpeleSsly held captive. The
overflow from this fountain was, As
described, like stream of petroleum,
two or three feet wide, trickling over a
bed of pitch or some such substance.
which extended to much greater
width along the edge of the running
stream at its contact with it. The ma
terial of a very sticky nature. becom-
ing gradually harder as 1T spread fur
ther out, assuming the appearance of
asphalt when it became mingled with
the loose sand of the adjoining soil.
While engaged in examining this ma
tural curios. .ty, we came upon two
small birds caught in the sticky sub
stance at the edge of the stream; they
were still alive, but, upon releasing
Them both, the: feathers and the skin.
came of where, they came in. contact
with the bitunanCuS matter; so that We
had to kill them to put an end to their
sufierings. No doubt, they had been
TAXI IL b. eae appearance of water
which tne, stream presented and
alighted to daink, when they discovered
their N stake too late. Hheir fate sug-
gested th1 idea that, in ! djstr;c. so de-
void OF water, others of tEe feather
tribes ngISs constantly become victims
to the same deluSion Ia. similar man.
ner, AID. upon a close INSPECTION of
the nsirgin Of the stream, the correct
ness 9f this inference was established j
by she d scoyery OF numerous skele-
tons Of birds i'm: eAied in it; Dor were
these of small quadrup.ds uDreprc-
sented, among which we recognized the
remains OF foX.-AcroSS the PMnpas
and AndeS.
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THE KEY OF LIFE.

eff I had the key of life, she said,
Smiling and nodding her golden head,
What would do, DO you wish to knOw7
I'd unlock the gates of the future so
could learn the things that 1 long to know.
eff had the key of life," her face
Was flushed by the mornings glow and
grace,
"Id unlock the wonderful gates of gold
And part the curtain whose mystic fold
Wells the beautiful futures red and gold!
off had the key of life Ia see
What lies in the future for you and me,
And find" her face flushed with ruddy glow,
"lf together we through life are to go
Or not. All things that l wish TO know!"
-lf had the key of life" he said,
His strong hand smoothing her golden head,
I'D unlock all beautiful things for you,
Keep back the clouds, but let in the blue,
And all things fair would bring to you
4'I would let no darkening sorrow touch
This fair young head that love so much;
But all things beautiful, all things sweet
i would lay with my heart at your little feet
And your life should blossom and grow more
sweet"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-05
An immense stock, comprising the
standard goods, guaranteed to be
strictly as represented. al
Prices Below Composition.
A comparison will convince any one
competent to judge.
Wan Paper and Fine Decorations

An especially full and elegant stock
always in the house. such as is rarely
carried outside of the large cities. Alse
full Lines of samples of the most costly
and desirable goods IN the market,
which will be promptly supplied by ex--
press, giving choice of stock such az
can be supplied by do, one house in tia
country.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-05

~ ANY person who takes rhe paper rsru
Ariy from the post-ofHce, whether directed to
ais name or whether he is a subscriber or not
responsible for the pay.
The courts have decided thst refusing ts
sake newspapers from the post-ofice, or re
moving and leaving them uncaIIed for 1.
srina fscS evidence of IETKRTIoNAL FRAUR
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II.

eff we had the key of lifew she said,
The sunset touching her silvered head;
do you remember, my dear how we
Planned the things we would do if we had
the key
OF the future that spread out so temptingly?
1'There should no sorrow come near US two;
The earth was bounded for me by you:
No darkness should fall: the morning sun
That could make us happy, beneath the
sum-"
<'If we had the key Of life" he said,
His trembling hand OF her bowed gray head,
If we had the key and the wisdom then
That we have now, We would give il again
To Him who knows all the needs of meni
<'If we had the key, with our narrow sight;
We'd let in the sunshine, but never rain
And without the raiGdrOps there'd be no
grain
No sheaves for the harvest without the rain!
''Te woald gather the gold from sea and
mine;
We would crush the grapes for their ruddy
wine:
We would gather ali flowers with perfume
sweet
And tramp.e the bitter beneath orr feet
And without the bitter thcre'd be no sweet!
eff we had the key of our future life
That looked so fair in the distance, wife,
we have learned from experience it were
best
TO leave it with God. Ard for the rest
Aud for the rest, He llnOwe,h best!"
j. K. LudIum, in Chicago Tribune.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-05

IN Window Shades, Ftxinres and Trim.
mings, Steel EsgraSinsS, Photograph
Goods, ChrOmOss Planes Of nearly every
make, Organs-MasOa & Hamlin. West.
eYn Cottage and Others. SEWINGs MA.
Domestic. Eldridge, Hartford,
White, Estey. Singer, and many other
kinds.
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The late George Gardner of Pos-
ton, recently deceased millionaire,
left a peculiar will which was filed
Friday. The trustees Of the estate are
directed TO pay to his wife each year
l,l61 troy ounces OF pure gold. which
was her exact weight when the will
was drasn. If she wants it she is to
have $4,000 additional for her annual
income boston JourHaI
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-05

Notwithstanding the great sdvan-
sages of citizenship in the United States
and Territories. 23j, j,010.O00 human be-.
ings still live under British rule.
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Ny method OF business hss. been b
handle the VERY BEST GOODS, that I
could fully guarantee, ass0red that 10
the end it would be to the advantage OF
my customers and of my business
do nos propose to change this policy.
but IL aiy one wants che>p goods, viii
supply them as low as shy one can All
the above and very Dlch more in addi-
EOE to the larges. stock of Books and
Stationery in Central Kansas
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of this radiant felicity. As upon that
day when her husband had first told her
of his love, she often believed herself
the sport of some illusion. Then the
least sound or movement would make
her tremble 1t seemed to her that the
awakening from her dream might come
at any moment.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-31
\ Buried Treasure Found.
special TO the Globe.


BALDWIN, Mo-, Aug. SO.-Pond post
office, small hamlet about eight miles west
OftBaldwin in st. Louis county, has devel-
oped a sensation. The story has in it many
OF the elements of romance. About week
ago handSOmely-dreSSed man appeared i'm
Manchester. He was exceedingly taciturn
and remained around the place only few
hours, leaving in company with one of the
residents of town, who is said to be a hard
working labOring man. The pair purchased
4 camping outfit and proceeded without
further delay to Pond office. They were
seen together in earnest conversation criti-
cally scanning platS or maps. After ap-
paTently satisfying themselves they left the
settlement and walked in a northwesterly
direction about a mile, and there they
pitched their tent. They once more CON
suited their platS and then commenced dig
ging in ravine. They were untiring in
their eXertiOnS, and dug for nearly week
before they met with any reward. At last,
when digging fourteen feet beneath
the surface of the earth. their
picks struck some hard substance.
which was discovered to be stone crock or
jar, and little further digging discovered
another crock of exactly the same size.
They did not have the patience to open the
jars in the ordinary way, but broke them
with their spades and picks, when out rolled
a golden treasure. They did not linger in
the neighborhOod, the one living in Man.
chester returning to his home, and the other
to some point in the East whence he came.
DR.. Praizer, a reputable merchant near
Pond pOstOffice, thinks that there was no
less than S35, 900 or $40, 900 recovered.
While the men were digging the owner of
the land appeared on the scene and asked
them what they were digging for. The
better dressed man of the two said that he
was geOlOgist and was searching for spec
linens. 4 good many theories have been
advanced as to how the money came there.
1t is believed by the people of the neigh
bOrhOOd that it was the treasure of some
wealthy farmer buried for safe keeping dur
ing the war.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-31
PROPOSALS COMPLETED.
An Excited Taoh.

BARCELONA, Aug. 3O.-A public meet
ing was held here to-day to protest against
the seizure of the Caroline islands by Ger
many. The pOpulace demanded that the
Spanish flag be hOisted on the government
building and became enraged when the
authorities refused to comply with their
demand. The main door of the building
was set on fire by the mob, and the mill
tary had to be called out to restore order.
INCREASE OF NAVY.
MADRID, Aug. 30.-El Liberal thinks
that an increase of the Spanish navy is i'm
peratively demanded, and advocates the
raising of money for that purpose by popular
subscription. Prominent naval officers con-
cur in the views of Ell Liberal.
FRIENDLY ASSURANCES.
Spanish troops have occupied zap and
the PalOOS islands. Count Won SolmS Son
nenwalde, the German minister. had con-
ference with King Alfonso to-day. He as
sured the king that the German govern
ment was anxious to settle the dispute over
the Caroline islands in a friendly manner.
STILL WAITING.
BERLIN, Aug. 30.-The German govern
ment is still awaiting the reply of the Span
ish government to the proposal to refer the
Caroline question to arbitration. No Off
cial news of the hoisting of the German flag
over the Carolines has been received by the
German government. 1t is believed, how
ever, that it has been hOiSted at Babilt-
Huap and POnapi. The North German
Gazette says white book on the subject is
being prepared.
tits iSrumOred that the recent Anglo-Geman
pacific agreement comprised a mutual dec
laratiOn in regard to CarOlines. 1t is de-
nin6 fbaf Oh L
here in reference to the Carolines. All the
negotiations between the two governments
are intrusted to the Spanish ambassador
here.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-31

he showing which erstwhile characterized
him as one OF the best colOred pugilists in
the country. Charles Hadley was born in
Nashville, Tenn, Sept. 30, 1916, and is
consequently 50 years old. He stands 5
feet 91z inches and weighs in condition 16O
pounds. He has won ten battles. fought
one draw and lost one fight during the
seventeen years of his service in the prize
ring. When mere boy he landed i'm New
York and was bOotblack on the streets of
the metropolis. In 1862 he was employed
as jockey by Capt. T. G. Moon of Louis
vile, KY. and continued with that gentle
man until 1865. He went to Bridgeport,
Conn.,, in the latter year, and received his
first fistic Instructions from Ed McGlinchy.
whom the writer knows to have been one of
the most expert boxers of his time.
Hadley was matched to fight Edward
Harricks Oct. Is, 1869, and defeated him in
battle OF twenty-nine rounds lasting
2S:l5. He next defeated J. III. Brown of
Water ,1Ty, Conn, for $500 side Nov. 3,
1S7s), NJ fight lasting hour and SO min
utes, sixty-three rounds being fought. At
Bridgeport, Conn.,. he beat Prof. Anderson
in fourteen rounds, lasting 46 minutes, on
May %, 1919, for $500 side. He beat
Morris Grant at New York city Jan.
utes. for a purse of 5000: and again in
New York, for $500 side, on July %,
1882, he defeated Frank johnson in four
rounds. On Nov. z. 1852, at New York.
Morris Grant was again beaten in a fight
for the Police Gazette medal. representing
the championship of America Harry
WOOdsOn, the original ''Black Diamond. -
was defeated on Jan. 10, 1883, also for the
Gazette medal. On the 18th of January,
in the same year. Hadley fought a draw
with George Godfrey at New York. On
FEB. % the two men again met, this time
at Boston. Mass, and for a purse of $500
fought six rounds in twenty-seven minutes,
at tue conclusion of which Godfrey
was declared the winner, and now claims
the championship of the United States for
eolored heavy-weights. Hadley met his
old Antagonist, Morris Grant, once more be-
fore moving westward. and defeated him
at New York, Dec. S, 1883. At Cleveland.
o., March II, 1884. he beSted Jack Keefe
for $500 and gate-nOney in a mill of FIVE
rounds. lasting twenty-five minutes and
eighteen seconds. Hadley's last fight neeSd
but the mentiOn-that won from Mervine
Thompson, St Paul, July 10, 1885, five
rounds in twenty-One minutes. Hadley
once fought and won rattling fight for a
basket OF champagne in parlor in New
York, before a select party of sports. He
was Justly considered a good 'un" during
his Eastern mills, and those who have seen
his work lately have not seen him when he
was in shape TO do justice to the record
which he is fairly entitled to.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-31
Those Cisar-Box Labels.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 3O.-It having beer
stated andsspread abroad that the statement
madeyby Lucien A. White, and now in the
hands of the United States district attor.
ney. is-of the nature of a confession of his
connection with the scheme to counterfeit
Brazilian bank notes, the assistant attor-
-ney says if;is simply voluntary statement,
and cannot be put in evidence or in any
way used against White, nor can the dis
trict attorney testify as to what it contains.
The only value which it possesses is in Civ
ing information of the cOnfederates. White,
in an interview in which he reports much
that has already been published, says the
man VINO first brOached to him the project of
having the Brazilian treasury notes initiated
for use as labels was his brother joseph,
and not Lane, as stated. The whole mat
ter of printing was arranged at the house
of his brother in Texas, and he then came
to st. Louis TO carry out the plan. He
denies, however, that it was their inten-
ton to use these notes for anything but
cigar box labels. He speaks of two or
three persons he and his brother met in
New York last spring on their return from
Europe, among them Hermann and Charles
Levy of No. 1105 Fulton street, Capt
Cunningham and a Mrs. Gauliers, but he
does not know that either of them knew
anything about this scheme, although he
now suspects that one of the LeRys had
been consulted by his brother Joseph.