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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-20
THOMAS JEFFERSON. .
The Child Who Was Father to the Man
a Bit of History.

The Child Who Was Father to the Man
a Bit of History.
He was not President of the United
States then, although he afterward. at
Gained unto that honor. He was q little
boy. and rather inclined to be good,
Bbedent and bright. He loved his
mother and even maintained sincere
respect for his father. One evening he
was about an hour or longer off time
getting home from school, and the
eager maternal eve fell upon his shirt
anil at once OWNED the cause of his
detention. The other eager maternal
eye, for she had a little pair of them,
saw the same thing.
Thomas" said his MOTHER ''why
are you so late?'
Lost my geography an had to go'n
hunt it"
Did you find t9''
.-Yes'm
30, Tommy. YOU left it at home this
morning; it has been here all dGx.n
Yes m, that's whatI rememh hered l
done with il.
Tommy
.+Yes, ma"
'-Yo OH have been iIsswimmingrH
mo ma am" very stOutlv-
Tommy. MOther knows. -"
NO, nia-dmr' vxh the air of boy
whGse position is un&SsailablGs.
Tommy, you hsae been swimming
in. the river; can al by yorrshirt -"
Mike. boss" shouted the hoy. tri-
uuIpInantly; You amt play no ,turned-
inside ont shirt on ne! Yomcasl prove
nstmn' by that sh ut "
Tommy, your shirt telis, ms every
shingi"
Tell nothin'. IIdidn2t, ts4Se it of
when went inr7
1t wSS many. many years 2fter that
when Thomas Jefferson learned why he
was fed on the kate strap of affiiction
hat night. in tls entire-a5 a5seRse of suf-
tirient evidenc a. to convict aim, and
whea the truth dawnea: upon him. he
wrohe the Dec lxration of independence
ami invented he shirt. that bnttons be-
hinA-Bardet1e in -Bro0bLYas Eagle.
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sEAsoNAsLg SUGGESTIONS.
A Chapter on Prudence In Conduct and
Temperance In Diet.

| Temperance In Diet.
The extreme heat of the season, with
( the increased number of deaths, suggest
great prudence in conduct and temper
ance in diet. A large proportion Of the
/ fatal results traceable to thermal causes
might easily be prevented by little,
care. OF course the few who can afford
to crafty their desires by fleeing to
some cool and quiet retreat, and then
have the good judgment to be temper
ate in their habits, are the furthest re-
moved from all seasOnable dangers. but
to the many this is impossible. The
less fortunate ones can comply with
well established hyg;enic principles.
Cleanliness is of the first Importance
and it applies not only TO the person,
but also to the premises. The body
should be spOnged once a day. and
twice is better, with water not cold;
clothing next to the person should be
frequently changed; the bedroom and
linen should be thoroughly ventilated
and aired after use. The common
practice of shutting UP the sleeping
room all day in order to keep it dark
should be avoided; the clothing should
be aired throughout the day, and the
couch not made up for use until even
inc. Keep no fresh meat or decayed
vegetation anywhere about the premises.
Whitewash the cellar and be careful to
avoid keeping remnants of food about
to decay and mould.
Equal in Importance to cleanliness is
the supply of pure air. Let every room
in the house from cellar TO garret be
abundantly ventilated during some
portion of each day. Flies and hot air
are preferable to Il dark, stuffy apart
ment. which is thus converted into a
disease breeding nest. Hot air naturally
rises, and, if the upper rooms are kept
closed throughout the day, they will be
found charged with the foul air that has
been generated in the living rooms.
Take the utmost care of the sewers.
Temperance should be observed, both
in eating and drinking. Where the
appetite or the vocation demand, it is
better to eat more frequently. rather
than overload the stomach at long in
tervals. Unripe fruit and vegetables are
poisonous, and are especially injurious
in hot weather. Meats and vegetables
should be thoroughly cooked before eat
inc, and all should be fresh when
cooked. Intemperance in the usually
regarded harmless summer drinks and
compounds is followed by as serious re-
suits as Over-indulgence in alcoholic
beverages. Eat and drink seasonable,
ripe, well cooked food and light fluids
in small quantities and at more frequent
intervals.
Do not attempt any Over-exertiOn or
excitement of body or mind. Start in
time to meet every engagement without
hurrving. Whether in the harvestfield
at the work bench. in the counting
room or study, or enjoying the leisure
and comforts that wealth afford! be
careful to observe these precautions.
There are none so poor or unfortunate
that they may not have them, andnone
so rich that they can safely neglect
them These hints are useful att every
season, but they are essential now and
will be during the succeeding six weeks.
-PhiiddeiDhiu Press.
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TO BE C0STINUED]

I'm ''tps" alone. as ealculated cy
some ingenious. person, English railway
servants receive annually no less thar
fSO0. 900 fro m the public. The tips
received ey porters in this courssr1 ar
probably tee overwhelming a sualsS
for arit4n etc TO grapple with.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-20

" Any person who takes the paper regn
larry from the post-Office, whether directed &
his name or whether he is subscriber or not
Is responsible for the pay.
The courts have decided that refusing Z
take newspapers from the post-office, or r.
moving and leaving them uncalled for,
prima facie evidencP % INTENTIONAL FR Az
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-20
Cali eornia Orchards.

Ten years sgo,- &C seEdlng, to the Sam
Francisco BslIetin, if any one had pre-
dicted that ALL lauf.inl California we'd
up the mot ntain siaes ap9 covered with
chapparal, would be covered with vine--
yards and orchards, mpSa people would
have put 20 faith in such anticipatioas.
But today one seas the. vineyards and
orchards creeping up the mOuniain
sides from LOCO to 2. 800 feet high. and
some az even greater satitudes. Dwell
ing houses are .percheG upon elevStiOns
where afew Years AGO no one would
have taken the land rs a gift under an
agreem ment to. cult vate it. These new
VINEYARDS and; orchards are the last to
be o<ertaken By any of the pests found
at lswer elsyations.
Names OF lakes and rive9s as they
appear in the W.T. ting of the early French
explorers Lake Ontario was called
kfonteDac. Lake Erie, Erise. Erige or
Erie. frena the nation of Fries; also
| Lake of Cont. Lake Huron was
K areynendi and Lake of Orleans. Lake
Michigan was called Lake of Puans,
Lake of the Illinois, Lake Mischigonong
and Lake of the Dauphin- Lake Supe.
rior was Lake of Condo. Illinois River
was the Seignelay. The Ohio wa:
called Ouabouskigon. Oyo. Ouye and
Belle REVERE. The Mississippi was the
River Colbert, River st. Louis, Mescha-
sipi and Meschasabe. Missouri River
was called Pekitanoni, REVERE de:
OSages and Massourites. - LOuisuill,
Courier Journal.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-20

-Four tons of sea-lion skins are
among the proceeds of a six weeks trip
of Santa Cruz (Cal. sealing schooner.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-20


.regulaRne mutual life insurancos-eO-opera-
tive in Furanoe las grown greatly in favor
with therpeOplsOf of Kansas. The Immediate
result of that law has been to dris-e out sew
eral IL responsible companies tEa5 we're tax
ing OarrpeOpiS under speciOus ssiiSe. Prior
to thee last session OF the Legislature there :
were no sa hsgaard thrown kboaf mutua =
life iasornnes, and irresponsikle..r1eni IL az
.nOstsoyery c, ry in the State Organized corr
paniss-and. started out agenfS<for the 500
purpose of securing the polSy money. The,
rskSSyer0- taken regardless or age or con-
ditian, anG thousands wese insured WAo
wese not Easprable in any coed, safe caGnar
paayE
Iiks.a d6sath knell came tps passage of the
cCsoperz15 ve insurance lS2g, and in e<ery
large. city we're to be found the wrecks of
companies that had been doing q heavy
business, and pOlicy-holiePs all oven the
State were left with naahing but bats of
sapen worth just about sSlmoch as a Csnfed-
money and confidence.
Thezc were. however. several gocd. relia-
Bile e0mpanies that weae eODtendine-against
tine evil of lawless NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
doing an honest, legitimate business, trust
nag that the Legislssatre would recognize.
them Their hopes md their good WORK
were not without frpie, and now there are.
five Kansas companies that were permit ed
TO fle bonds with ths.Srate Treasurer for the.
protection OF polic5-holders, and they were.
protected as wen asnhose who I'D BUSINESS.
with them
Foremost among these companies is the.
kaw Life Associas On, OF Kansas City. Con
tending tnen against many d Szt0VantaReS, 10
did safe businsss-safe for its policY-hold-
ers, and safe fO1 Itself. Now, with q good
( law, having FLED it's bond of $4,000 with r
5. Howe, Treasurer of the State. for the pro
! lection of all policy holders. the bondsmen
| qualifying for Slo5.OO0, the KaU can safely be
/ numbered among the solid responsible com
panies doing business in this State. Under
the careful management OF its officers, the
agents take only good, reliable risks, and
/ policies are paid according to contract, as
/ provided by law. All losses heretofore have
Eoa m rTrr~N wxs.sI
ports came in from assessments. Like all
other good companies there have been at
tempts to levy forced contributions from the
kav by INSCRIPTIONS attorneys, who, not
succeeding, have attempted 20 fnjure the
| reputation of the corporation
Your correspondent has carefully investi-
! gsted the death losses, and finds that they
have been settled according to agreement
/ N full OF all claims and promptly without
| the lntercession of any attorneys. In fact,
there are cases where, without awaiting the
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-20

0ehlnQ th6m- MT. baSSett was one Uf
those men who imperatively demand 10
be browbeaten, and he was sometimes q
little afraid of his daughter. But in
this case his interests pricked him for
ward.
MY DEAR" he said, tenderly, Il
hope not"
s'And why do you hope not?" asked
the girl, drawing her little rigure to its
full height
Because, my dear" he answered,
seeing clearly that just then he dare
give no further reason, Il am more at
tached to Mr.. Weatherley than to any
other young man | know, and | should
be sorry to see you on i'll terms with
your fathers friend" ;"
1.-The young man is endurable
enough" she said, ''but am little
tired of hearing him spoken Of"
"Very well. my dear" said her
father, Subm;ssively. I'VE will talk of
what you please"
The girl ran impulSively to him and
kissed him. with swift Self-accuSation
in her heart
"Oh. papa" she cried, clinging to
him. Il am not the girl / used to be-
l am i'll tempered and d sagreeable. and
l like to make you unhappy. And you
are always so good and kind, and yoTl
never say an angry word to me; and l
know how wicked am all the while.
and yet l seem, somehow, as if I
couldn't help it"
MY dear" said her father. stoop-
ing to kiss her, ''you are the best
daughter in the world" His conscience
assailed him much less severely now
than it had done, but it still pricked
him little. and helped to keep him
tender in his manner to her. For. after
all, he loved her in a way. and he was
not altogether an unnatural monster.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-29
DOMESTIC ECONOMY,
COOKIES.

COOKIES.
One cup of milk, one and one-half
cups OF sugar, one-half cup of butter,
one egg, one teaspoonlul of soda.
CRULLERS.
Three eggs, one-half cup of butter,
One-half tea cup of sweet milk, one
half teaspoontul of soda, flour to roll
out. Fry in lard.
BROWN BREAD.
Two cups Of graham -four, one cup
of corn meal, two-thirds OF a cup OF
molasses, two and half cups of sweet
milk, one teaspoonful of soda. Steam
three hours.
TO BROWN CREDIBLE CAKES.
To cause griddle cakes to brown
nicely, add little molasses or coffee
to the batter; and to bake them with
out that binding smoke use a. soap
stone griddle and simply rub it over
with a damp cloth each time before
putting on cakes.
CORN STARCH CAKE.
One cup of butter, two cups OF sugar,
one cup of milk, one cup of corn
starch, two cups of -four, whites OF
seven eggs, one teaspoonful of cream
tartar, one-half teaspoonful of soda.
Mix flour and corn starch thoroughly
before adding to the other ingredients.
BOILED HAM.
Put the ham in the kettle with water
enough to cover it; let it simmer for
five hours, or until the bones are
quite loose; then set the kettle off till
the next day, and in the morning lift
the ham from the water, take off the
skin and shave off some of the fat.
Put the ham in a slow oven for three
hours.
TO REMOVE COFFEE OR MILK STAINS.
The Industrie Batter recommends
the use of glycerine for this purpose.
The silk, wooden or other fabric is
painted over with glycerine, then
washed with a clean linen rag dipped
in luke-warm rain-water, until clean.
It is afterward pressed on the wrong
side with moderately warm iron as
long as it seems damp. The most del
icate colors are unaffected by this
treatment.
TWO WAYS OF SERVING CURRANTS.
During the summer and fall there is
nothing better for dessert than fresh
fruit, served in it's ordinary state, or
with sugar, or frozen, or in jellles. A
pretty way to serve currants is to fill
the center of 81 large glass dish with
broken ice, and tastefully arrangefresh
currant leaves around the ice, making
handsome bed on which to place
punches of the fruit. Each person at
the table should be provided with a
little powdered sugar, in which to dip
the currants before eating them from
the stem. Another nice way of serving
this fruit is to dip it into the beaten
white of an egg and then into sugar,
and let the coating dry before serving
the currants. This produces a pretty
effect, though the fruit will not be as
fresh and cool as when laid on ice.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-29

on a trot toward the hen house, look
ing back to see if any one was follow
ing him. Nobody did, and then he
came back to the door and made an
other racket. When he was noticed
again he trotted away the second
time. Still no one seemed to think
enough of his actions to follow him,
and he tried the act the third time
Then [ thought I'd follow him and see
If there was anything the matter.
He led me into the hen-house. l
found all the hens sitting on the
ground, evidently very uneasy and
discontinued. The pole on which the
chickens roost had fallen to the
ground, and they had no place to get
satisfactory nights rest. The wise
rooster made up his mind to have the
accommodations Of the hen-house
made as good as ever, and just came
out to the house and worked the thing
up the best way he knew how, and
succeeded in his errand. I put the
pole in it's place. The hens flew to the
perch, and then the rooster took his
position on 1T. He gave one rousing
crow, and then settled down with his
family for the night Midd1etown
Dispatch in New York Sun.
SINGULAR CONDUCT OF A HORSE.
A physician possessed q beautiful bay
mare called Jenny, remarkable for
sweet temper and pretty loving ways.
She was great favorite with the doc
tors daughters and would "shake
hands" when asked and kiss
them in the most engaging man
ner, with a sort of nibbling mo-
t1on of her black lips up and down
the face. She would follow any one
she liked about the fields, answer to
her name like a dog, and would al
ways salute any of her favorites on
seeing them with that low "hummer-
ing" sound so common with pet horses,
but never from those subject to i'll
treatment. But with all these graces,
the pretty and interesting Jenny had
several peculiar antipathies, in one OF
which she somewhat resembled a dog
and that was marked dislike
to the singing voice of one particular
person, lady, a relative of the doc
tors. This lady often went to feed
Jenny with lettuce or apples, and
they were always the best of friends;
but so sure as she began to sing any
thing, Jenny instantly forgot her good
manners, lost all propriety and exhib-
tied the usual signs Of strong equine
| displeasure, although she never took
the smallest notice of the singing or
whistling OF any otherperson, treating
it apparently with Indifference. One
| day as the doctor was driving this
lady out, he suggested, by way of ex-
pertinent, that she should begin to
sing. In moment Jenny's ears were
down fiat, and great kick was deliv-
cred with a hearty goodwill on the
front of the carriage, and more would
doubtless have followed, had not the
lady prudently stopped short in her
vocal efforts, when Jenny was herself
again, and resumed her usual good be-
haYior.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-29
The Boats Of Gold.
From Chambers Journal

From Chambers Journal.
The Museum of Northern An
tiquities in Copenhagen has just been
enriched by remarkable discovery
made at a small place near Thisted,
on the west coast of Jutland, Den
mark. Two men digging in gravel
pit in the neighborhood of an old
burial-mound, called Thor's mound,
struck an earthern vessel with their
picks, disclosing a number OF gold
pieces. On examination it was found
that an earthen vessel of about seven
inches in diameter at the rim, and COW
cred with fiat stone, had been buried
about foot and half below the sur
face, and this had contained about
hundred little golden boats, curiously
worked, varying in size from three to
four and a half inches. A gunWhale
and frames of thin strips of bronze
had first been formed, and these had
been covered with gold plates, some
of which were further ornamented
with impressions of concentric rings.
The boats, OF which only few are in
fair state of preservation, are ia
pered at both ends, and resemble the
Danish fishing craft of thepresent day.
This discovery, which may be regard
ed as deposited treasure of votive
offerings, and belongs doubtless to the
close OF the bronze age, proves that
frame-built vessels were already
known at that time, ana that man
was not satisfied with the followed
out trunks of trees. The gold of
which these little fishing models are
composed was valued at 927, which
amount, together with a gratuity, has
been forwarded to the finders, who are
both poor men.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-29
Romance Of a Model.

From the New York Herald
Many years ago the artist Regis
Gignoux was accosted at the entrance
of Fulton ferry on the Brooklyn side,
as he was going home quite late at
night from the Century Club, by an
old woman who begged for assistance.
Having just missed car the artist
turned to give the petitioner a triae,
when his artistic eye took in, in an in
slant, the most marvellous, the most
unique makeup he ever saw. The
beggar was an old woman, an Italian;
wound about her head was a parti-
colored 'kerchief. Her forehead,
though low, was broad and un-
wrinkled, her eyebrows black as night,
and beneath them flashed eyes of ex-
ceptional power, without the faintest
trace of womanly tenderness. Her
neck was tanned and tawny, her arms
and hands like knotted rope, her cos
tune neat, cheap and bizarre. He
gave her a quarter and his card, di-
recting her to call at his studio in Uni
versity Place, the following day. She
did SO, and was introduced by him to
several of his friends in the figure
line, and from that hour until the day
of her death the old woman's com
fort in a pecuniary sense was assured
Her daughter, a girl of %, accom-.
panied her mother, and at the earnest
solicitation of the gentlemen present
who assured her as gentlemen only can
of their entire sincerity in the matter
she retired with her mother behind the
screen, and from which she shortly
emerged nude and attractive to a de.
gree. In speaking of it subsequently
Mr.. Gignoux, who made himself re.
sponsible for the pecuniary satisfac-
ton of mother and daughter for years
thereafter, said: "Never before did ]
see such head and face as the moth
er's. Never before, living or in marble,
dreamed of by the artist and trans
ferred to canvas, did l see such per-
lection of figure, such compact solidity
Of charm as were disclosed by the
daughter" It may be of interest to
know that years after, when Mr..
Gignoux moved with his family to
Paris, the old woman being dead, he
provided generously for the daughter,
who married, and is to-day the wife OF
one of the most influential settlers in
Minnesota.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-29
THE VOICE OF THE RAIN.
BY WALT WHITMAN.

And who art thou? said 1 to the soft-falline
shower,
Which, strange to tell q me an answer, as
here translated:
I am the Poem of earth, said the voice of the
rain;
Eternal rise impalpable out of the land and tn
bOttomeSs sea,
Upward to heaven, whence, vaguely formed
altogether changed. and yet the same,
I descend to lay the drouths, atomies, dust
layers of the globe,
And all that in them without me were seeds
only, latent, unborn,
And forever by day and night, give back life tx
my own origin, and make pure and beau
tify it:
(For song issuing from its birth place, after full
fllment wandering,
Rocked or unrecked, duly with love returns)
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-29

FASHIONABLE ladies in New York
have introduced new custom of call
ing ga messenger boy" for an escort
to places of amusement. 1t enables a
great many fashionable young men to
wear better cravats and pay their
laundry bills more promptly than un-
der the old rule. The ladies say it is
a good deal more independent.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-29
UPSIDE DOWN.
BY GRoRGE COOPER

Ii all the world were upside down,
Our lilies would be stars 40 cav
Our brooks would make the milv wav.
And roses of the richest dive
Would be the pretty sunset sky
Instead OF blue, the sky be BROW
II all the world were upside down
Ii all the world were upside down
A nd t at "ouio |, Jake the ocea1s place,
nnu oUars ana nelus and garden grace;
me sEouLu, OF course, would b'sky blue;
AuogAer cnange would be quite lew
we'd wear our shoes upon orr Gown
Ii all the world were upside down
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-29

THE Florida Times Union, upon the
basis of returns obtained from the
hotels throughout the state, places the
winter crop of Northern visitors at
100000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-29

THE tramps are complaining that
their business is lamentably overdone.
There are a hundred men now where
there was one fifteen years ago.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-29

THE Princess Beatrice will have ten
bridemaids, all her own nieces.