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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-29
THE FOREIGN MAIL SERVICE.

Postmaster-General Villas Common-Sense
Attitude Toward Vexatious Question.
It was not to be expected that any
corporation would be deprived of what
it found to be particularly pleasing
plum and accept the deprivation with
out struggle. Exercising the discre-
ton invested in him by Congress, the
Postmaster-General declined to place a
subsidy at the disposal of the Pacific
Mail Company. The reasons this
official advanced for this action were
sound, and. in the face of pressure, he
had the courage to adhere to them. 1t
was in the power of the company
maliciouSly to cause some disarrange-
ment of the foreign mail service invOlv-
ing delay and to provoke the complaint
of patrons of certain of foreign mails,
and the company did not hesitate to
avail itself to the utmost of what tenn
porary disgruntlement existed; neither
did it lack organs to fan its small tenn
pest, and to endea or to make capital
for an appeal to Congress next winter.
But the Postmaster-General, whose ac-
ton was not the result of caprice, but
proceeded from disinterested delibera-
ton, is not moved by such clamor as
the corporation has been able to incite.
The Chinese gong style of warfare has
no terrors for him. He has made no
attempt to soothe the company, but is
actively engaged in the improvement of
the foreign mail service. The relations
of the Pacific Mail Company with New
Zealand re luire its transportation of the
American mails across the Pacific. The
service in that direction is, therefore,
as good as ever. The Cuban mails will
be greatly expedited; and the result of
an upheaval, now so distasteful to
company which has been accustomed
to rely upon subvent;ons into which the
element of corruption VIGOROUSLY en-
tered, will be tic saving 20 the Treas
ury of the sums which the company
would have enjoyed under less con-
scientious Administration and the gen.
eral improvement of service which at
great cost of money had not been fully
satisfactory. CHICAGO Herald.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-29
THE POLITICAL TRUTH.
The Shrinkage of the Northern Republic
an Vote Elected Cleveland.

The Shrinkage of the Northern Republic
an Vote Elected Cleveland.
The fact that the political changes
which resulted in the election of MIR.
Cleveland occurred in the North and
not in the South seems to have been
lost sight of in the uproar occasioned
by the new sectional crusade. Mr..
Blaine lost the Presidency not by the
suppression of the Republican vote in
the South, but by its shrinkage in the
North. The Republicans gained large
" in nearly all of the Southern States,
but they did not hold their own in the
Northern States. Cleveland received
463, 900 more votes in 1884 than Han
cock received in 1880, and Mr.. Blaine
received 1872, 600 more votes than were
cast for Garfield. OF the Blaine excess
nearly 100000 were in the Southern
States. whereas of the Cleveland excess
all but about 100000 votes were in the
Northern States. In spite of the in
crease of population in four years
Blaine received fewer votes in 1884 in
Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire and Vermont than
Garfield did in 1880. while in the great
States of New York, New Jersey.
Michigan and Indiana Mr.. Blaine did
not receive altogether more than 10000
more votes than Garfield had four years
before, though the Democratic vote was
largely increased.
These facts explain why Mr.. Blaine
was not elected. The suppression
of the vote which might have elected
him was purely voluntary. Chicago
Herald
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-29
BLOODY SHIRT" SPEAKERS.
All of Their Dire Evils Were Perpetrsted
Under Republican Rule.

Says the Chicago Inter Ocean:
THE great fact is that there Is not South
ern STATE in which the industrial class is al,
lowed to vote and 10 have its ballots counted,
provided such voting would make any differ
ence with the result. This is the central and
indisputable fact IN the case. The States
which rebelled in 1851 are now republican in
their form of government, but in their form
only. In reality they are so many olIgarcnIes.
Such state of things can not endure with
safety 10 the country at large.
Now there is not only no proof OF
this; it isn't true. But if it were true. in
whole or part, what argument would it
furnish for the restoration of the Re-
publican party to power? 1t is as such
an argument that the Inter Ocean uses
it; Just as John Sherman and Senator
Hoar and other Republican Bourbons
use it Has it any weight when used
for that purpose?
Whatever the state OF things may be
at the South it has grown up while the
Republican party was in power at
Washington. Not single outrage.
real or imaginary, has been perpetrated
except under a Republican President.
What earthly reason is there to suppose
that the restoration of the Republican
party to power would have any effect
upon the situation at the South?
There is no reason, and the Inter
Ocean knows there is none. So does
Sherman. So does Hoar and Horr and
all the rest of them who are vexing the
peaceful atmosphere of the North with
their outcries about the suppression of
suffrage at the South. They simply
hope BY continued outcry to arouse the
party passions. not daring to appeal to
the calm Judgment of common sense
Detroit FIRES Press
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-29
a REPUBLICAN CRY.
An Absurd Suggestion Which Is Made By
Partisans.

The idea of reducing the Congress
sional representation of some or all of
the Southern States on account of an
alleged violation of the right of SUIT
frage, which negro male citizens pos
sess. seems too ridiculous for discus
sion, and it certainly would not be no
ticed at all were it not for the absurd
statements and arguments of the Re-
publican bloody-shirt howlers.
They cite that portion of the Four
teenth amendment to the Federal Con-
stitution which declares that when the
right to vote at any election lis denied,
to any of the male inhabitants of the
State, being twenty-one years of age,
and citizens of the United States, or in
any way abridged. except for participa-
ton in the rebellion or other crime,
the basis of representation therein shall
be reduced in the proportion which the
number of such male citizens shall
bear to the whole number of male citi-
zens twenty-one years of age in such
State"
At the time of the introduction of this
amendment in Congress the negroes in
the Southern States had not the right
to vote, and the amendment was in
tended to reduce the representation OF
these States unless they conferred the
right of suffrage on all male citizens. Be-
fore any action was taken or suggested
under this amendment the Fifteenth
Amendment was adopted, which pre-
vented States discriminating in their
suffrage laws against male persons on
account of race or color, so that there
is some doubt whether the quoted
clause of the Fourthteenth Amendment
has any force at all.
If it have application it is certainly
to such States as Rhode island, which
prescribes property qualification, and
Massachusetts, which insists upon a
slight educational prerequisite and a
poll-tax. At all events. the clause af-
fects State action exclusively. and ap-
plies not at all TO the performance of
individuals. Washington Post.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-29
THE COLOR LINE FADING.
The Strck-in-Trade of the Republican
Party Threatening to Dissolve.


Republican platforms. orators and
organs. for lack of any more vital and
absorbing issue, catch up John Sher-
mans rallying cry which affirms that
the colored race in the South is prac-
tically DISTINGUISHED by fraud and vio-
lence. OF course very few Republicans
lash themselves into so hysterical con-
dition as to aver with Foraker that the
Ku-Klux have assassinated more men
than were slain st Gettysburg, or to
allege with Hoar that lin many of the
States of the South. enough in number
to change the result of the election of
the President and to change the major
ity in the House of Representatives, the
Republican majority has been deprived
by the Democratic minority of its right
TO vote and its right to free discussion"
These wild statements are generally
toned down, diluted, triturated, but the
average Republican is persuaded that
the negro's freedom is still grievously
restrained in the South and that a live
~ agitation of the question is the policy
which will restore the Republican party
to power. 1t is fabulous mistake.
Sherman, Hoar, Foraker and those
who echo them proceed altogether on
assumptions They assert, but they
furnish no proof. They assume that
several of the Southern States should
give Republican majorities and they as
sumo that every colored man is neces-
sarily a. Republican. The last census
shows that only three States of the
Union contain more negroes than white
persons, and every Intelligent man
knows that the charge of wholesale
systematic intimidation is ridiculous
and false. Since carpet-bag and bay
onet rule ceased in the South the races
have been drawing more closely to-
gether. The tradition of forty acres
and a mule has been exploded. The
darby is no longer apprehensve of be-
ing re-enslaved by the wicked Demo
Gratis, He realizes that he has been
duped in the past by scalawags and
thieves who plundered the State and
dishonored it The negro is shrewd
enough to perceive that his true inter-
ests are identified with the prosperity
of his white neighbors; he has learned
some things and forgotten others, and
he is rapidly emancipating himself from
the irksome yoke of adventurers who
used him as political chattel in the
furtherance of disreputable schemes.
That fraud and intimidation have
been practiced in various parts of the
| South is undeniable. lar be it from
the Graphic to Justify such proceedings,
even though it does not ignore the prov
ocation given by the carpet-bag plum
derers to the victims of their greed.
! Occurrences. of that sort, however,
have been as rare during the past few
years in the South as in the North.
What veXes John Sherman and his
kind is the fact that the color line in
politics is fading away and that the
negro is at length beginning to cast a
really free vote instead of merely de-
posting the ticket put into his hands
by a Republican office-holder. The
men who are trying to revive sectional
and race lines commit an infamous
crime against the welfare and happi-
ness of their cOuntry.-M Y Graphic.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-29
A Political Dialogue.

During a period of fully fifteen years,
whenever the Republican party was
called to account for any shortening.
a dialogue something like the following
took place:
Voter-Why have you converted the
public service into a party machine?
Republican Party - Because of the
suppression of the colored vote at the
South.
WHY does it cost you so much to
collect the revenue?
r. because of the shotgun policy
of the ex-rebels.
WHY do you not reform the tariff?
r. P.-Because of the use of tissue
ballots at the State elections in the
South
WHY have we no navyp
r. P.-Because the negro is intimi-
dated into voting the Democratic ticket.
WHY do men like Robson, and
Chandler. and Brady, and Dorsey, stand
so high among you?
R P.-Because of the Copiah mas
sacre.
V.-Have you ever done anything to
prevent the suppression of the negro
vote?
r. P.-Yes.
What?
R. P.--We disapprove of it on the
stump.
V.-Does this do tho negro any good?
r. Pho.
What purpose, then. does it
serve?
R. Pit keeps the Democrats from
getting into offices. y Post.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-29
FARM AND PRESIDE.

Black linen thread should be kept
wrapped in paper or away from the
Light. which rots it.
Clean gilt frames, or dscolored
gliding on the basket cLal.s. with a
little weak ammonia - Philadelphia
Ledger.
1t is mistake to give salt to stock
at irregular intervals. Eating too much
is injurious. and unless cows have a
regular supply the milk will be very
difficult to make into good butter.-M.
Y. Herald.
Those who grow sorghum should
allow the seed to partly ripen before
cutting the crop. The yield of sweet IS
not less, and sorghum seed is worth as
much per bushel for feeding as corn,
and is an important part of the product.
Prairie Farmer.
Mullins Mix one pint milk, two
eggs. three tablespoons yeast, salt, with
flour to make stiff batter; let rise four
or five hours and bake in muffin rings
il hot oven for about ten minutes;
these may be made with graham flour
by adding two tablespoons molasses.-
The Household.
An apple ice, or pear. peach or
grape, may be made very palatable by
MASKING or grinding the fruit, adding
sugar and flavoring according to the
fruit, and freezing the same as other
ice. When partially frozen, stir into
ice pint of whipped cream, and finish
decentralization Rud1et
Preserved Peaches: Take six
pounds of the best free-stone peaches,
pare, stone and quarter them; strew
three pounds of sugar over them and
set in a covered dish for several hours;
then put into a preserving kettle and
boil very slowly for an hour or more,
Swimming them well.-Toledo Blade.
Fried Chicken: Cut each one in
eight or nine pieces. after singing and
drawing; fatten slightly; put in an
earthen dish, with salt, pepper, parsley,
bay leaves, thyme and lemon juice to
steep for two hours; drain, roll in flour,
dip in beaten eggs. roll again in fresh
bread crumbs. fry slowly and thoroughly
in clarified fat or olive butter, dish up,
add a handful of fried parsley and serve
with sauce of drawn butter in bowl
The Caterer.
THERE'S an undoubted saving o.
labor in threshing from the shock when
everything works as it should. But the
plan has its disadvantages, and one is
that in a rainy season like the present
a force engaged in threshing is Obliged
to wait several days, and occasionally
even week, for grain to dry out, be
fore the threshing can be finished. In
such case, of course, the machine has
to be removed to another farm and the
threshing deferred until a later date
N. E.. Farmer.
The best sauce for apple or peach
dumplingS is sponge-cake batter, or
for a very rich one, pound-cake batter
For this last add beaten egg to youl
fairy butter" which is made by
Dreaming the butter in a bowl over Z
hot kettle and beating in sufficient
sugar to make a firm sauce. The egg
will make it richer Or take an egg
beat it up in spoonful of sugar, anC
add just dust of flour, and you viii
have an excellent sauce. only needing
a little nutmeg or a dash of lemon OF
vanilla to complete it.-PhiIadelphic
GHX
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-29

W
that Mr. Bassett is likely enough to
have a grievance against him shortly
on the score of his allowance, which
seems to him curiously incommensurate
with his son-in-law's income.
The old man attends his daughter
dutifully. and takes luncheon with her
daily. Jack is so prodigiously busy
that sandwich and glass of claret,
served in the studio. are all he can af-
ford to take from breakfast time to the
dinner-hour; but it is noticeable that
this increase in his necessary labor has
only come about since it pleased fate to
restore his father-in-law.
When last called on Mrs. Cameron
Cassidy having learned that Bassett
was there, declined to enter, and shook
hands at the door, she was knitting
a vest for q curly-headed. handsome
little fellow who was playing about her
knees. The lad was at rompS with the
kitten, and the two young wild animals
together carried the sweet little lady's
ball of worsted all about the room,
winding it round the leg of every chair
and sofa and table. Bassett was sitting
by her. and it is possible that the pres
ence of stranger gave some spur to
his fatherly impulses. At any rate he
went down upon his knees (when the
nurse had removed both the boy and the
kitten), and, having carefully unwound
the worsted, he rolled it up and offered
it to his daughter. who kissed him, be-
ing in the presence of an old friend.
with no embarrassment The old fell
low grinned under his glossy new
black wig. and kissed her back again.
There, my DEAR" said he, with a
flourish. handing her the ball, ''am ]
not Model Father?"
THE END
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-29

For every actor who dies two
hundred are ready to take his place on
the stage, and for every actor who
makes one-thousand dollars per year a
hundred are dead broke four days out
of seven.-Detroit Free Press.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-29

At a horticultural exhibition in
Philadelphia one of the attractions was
a moon flower, q species Of morning
glory that opens in the night instead OF
in the morning.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-29

"A London woman earns living BY
filing up worm-holes in old books. each
leaf being separately and patiently
dealt with. the material being chewed
or ''pulped" and pressed into the hole.
The charge is sixpence a hole.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-29

The egg crop of Maine is said to ba
more valuable than her apple crop.
There are 10, OO0. 900 hens in the ststA
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-29

Three thousand habitual smokers
in San Francisco expend $1,000, 900 .
year on opium
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-01-22
NOTICE or MORTGAGE SALE.

wEEnEAs, defsust has been made in the con-
ditions Of : certain mortgage exeehted and de-
Hyeren by Daniel Hefcvltfa 4Agle man OF Web
1ser. Day cogaiy, Dakota Territory morsgagor.
naxota Territory. m0rtgGgee. dated The and dAy
efDaeember, iS&2. and which mortgage was ~
corded in toe afice OF the Register " Desds iH
Mid Day County, Dakota Territngy, ~ a NOR.
yssee. On he fAh day OF december 1882, At ga
ofeock r. NJ. ia book ? Of mortgages on page
eleven an and Covering and couyeeymg ne fet-
lowing dssersssa premise s,.vsssa n XIV sat nv w z
fonr fOfix 81 eight ~ ten 10 twelve fl1g four
tech tfD sixteen ti6) and eighteen wv a plock
one{ "a al Meulsstt ana MckxoNns no1ielvn "
FecoDf "a of Day County, Dakota Territory
wHraras. tbe sAal. o. Fins ls5op dollar. was
stipulated and agreed on In said mortgage 20 %
psid IL eslss 81 foAsiosure rndss the power 81
tsle Ii safd alpriaage c0ptained and duly re-
corded therewfth sxaforesAid. and
WHKkEAs. this morlKagee In acr0ruAnce wtin
the enlhurity vested a. him 81 the terms Of said
mortgage now hereby elects that The Whole psln.
cfpai rlm and afrearage of Interest y neN'one
ard rayeels Now tn s ssa, nssl a .,,ch esses
made and provided, tina nader 40 ~ rhtMe
III SAID power ii kaIe contained 10 feld MortsAke
Aforesaid. sAe aid morts.ke VIZ q sgres.yssa
rfIfss4 by TIRE SHERIFF ~ 1ss ssatfHA@set Ter
r,fory. on saturday the 8ith day of January
is3s. T. W.o5cio1k 4 NJ o. sei9 DAY = tbs sest
IA nsy c1lnfg. Dnhata Territory " sAtiktl ana
a. .tid Tlaim 81 Tw5 Hundred ana TWenty- nse
and Wranty 8ne hnnAfedth SxS 2ol doiikfss The
arsourt claimed % be due on said rS-sss@Ee et
he data 0fthis rp,iuq, aaa ktHy ~ Heuaf. -
a~siuruess ;oss A. Stipulated ~ htore.AtA 4no vs.
zeal costs and disDraeflcfais hisileht aiertto.
s.'T sent M snit ~ other pf0ceedinRA law or
esssifv IiaN been iDstutod 70 recqfyxeA1a uspt
%sscered by snis mortgage q any ~ sheTsoL
In~sed ~ Web1tef. Day County DaSatn Terri.
,nrT 81, fSlh DAY q peesniper - is9f
yoHN lambs NoHrk, AorSn6Df
tong II. ErtHx. Alsr ter %elMsS~S
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-01-22
kOTICE OF MoRTaaGE SALE.

Default has been made ia the conditions nt
the mortgage. hereinafter described, by allure
g PAY me debt thereby secured Or and part
No aclion or preeee Ting. si law or otherwise.
has been instituted, 10 recover tie debt thereby
secured OF aAy part there Of
said mortgage has been duly recorded. Ia thR
once Of the Register 81 Deeds. IS and for tke
County Of Day, and Territory Of Dakota, wbere
the premises theryby conveyed are sitaated, and
was 80 recorded therein pn the 10Th day Of sep
IeInoes A. y. 1888, Ia book 4 81 mortgages "a
Names OF Martgagors, widmips A. webster
and James = Neee.ef. hef husband.
Name 81 Aorgngee, r, +, kepaston
Date Of mortgage. ke pFfIna1er ~, A.. ~. 1854.
Amount due, aud claimed 10 b. due thereon,
al date VI this notice, S2sS.12.
DESCRIPTION OF premises theseb, conveyed! Lot
eight 80 OF block four 10 or the original giat OF
the Village OF Webster. In DAY cnlnty. Territory
% Dakota as recc rded In The Ohsce of Res aser II
Deeds of said Day county
Time o. .als, February 10Th, A. n. lass, at 10
O'clock a. ".
Ware 81 lie, The front door or the Court House
In the Village OF Webster. bay county, Territory
of Dakota.
The mortgages above described wnl be fore
closed W sale 0f the premises therein and AL,0se
described. and the said premises Wall le soid, Al
the time apd placs aforesaid, pursuant 20 law
apd to q power Vt sale la said mortgage Contain
ed, TO satisfy The Hlnount thar shall then he due
thereon. and the eosts and expenses OF suet fore.
a. tsesrsa provided,
Dated january SIN. A. ~. 1854.
Y T. KkN skfsN. NAsigaKes.
.. d. ENaNF. Aiansnpol1x Mtnn,
Atty tor Mortgages. j. AoAss
horegagees AEt Webster. D. +.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-01-22
ROTlcE or MORTGAGE SALE.

WHEREAS. default has been inside IA the con.
nsuouE ofa ceEsain mortgage executed 0y John
Z furdy arg May Purdy ~ Mife, Of Fl. siarcton
S@y Luuntys Dakota Territory. m0rtgAHors u
John Nander Horek Of ", sfseetnn, Pas County.
i.ekota Territory. moitgagee, and dated on the
18th Gay o. 5nly A 2 Iszs ann which mort
gage was recorded IN ths oflice 0fthe Iteg lister az
tss.aa II Day cnunsy, Dakota territory. on the
esth day ~ ssly. A. ID. iSa& AT 10 sQo'cloek a no.
" book OF mortgages on age 81 and covering
sitnAted IN the County of bay aud Territory II
Dakota. iu-vit; The south last QpRrtes Of south
west quarter and south Que halfet sonth-eaEs
quafler OF sertiqn mum 'er Two ~ and north east
quarter " nofth-sass quarter ofsecffo4 number
eleven ti) in t0YBsnip number one hundred and
tMsnts.seyep p2D Of range number Hlty-seven
f5T aid containing one huHdred aud sixty fseUl
acres according 10 the United States government
survey. be the same more or less. and whereas
the SUN Of fry lbol dollars was stipulated and
agreed on In said mortgage 70 be paid In CAGE ~
foreclosure Ender this power VI sale IN said mar.
gage contained arg dub recorded herewith "a
~bEsgAs, Il was stipulated In said mortgage
hat II detault SHOULD lie made IN the payment
Qf said sam OF laones. or iaterext. or any part
thereof At the ttpe az iu The manner hereilbe-
parties Of the frst part Ia such case do htreb}
authorize and null empower the said party ~
the second part 20 sell NE said hereby granted
premises at public AuctIdn. aud
WHEREAS. this origsgee Ia accordance With
the authority vested In him b. the terms Of aaid
mortgage n0w hereby elect fbAt the Mho nrin.
and payable.
Now theFsiore Notice Is hershy Eiysa accord.
Ing 70 the statutes Ia such cases made and pro.
ffisd that andes aud by yiTtas OF Sasd power OF
gage will be forec!bsed BY sale Of the premlse
IN said mortgage descfibed by the sheriff OF i3ay
County, Dakofa Territory. on Saturday. the 3Ist
DAY OF JEnusFy. A. ID, 1885, AZ 10 O'Clock a. IA.
on said day AZ the east door Of the ca un Houss
10 the Village Of ye1stef IN D County. Dakota
lerrilory 10 satisfy aud pay said claim OF Four
hundred Qnn e4NtN.nfnQ nrllNWo aud afwtr 49,
GETS St6g.ee the anaoant claimed to be due on
said mortgage at the date Of this notice, and
Fthy 1901 dollars ~ attorney fees as stipulated al
Aforesaid ana tbs legal costs and dishgrsTuents
incident thereto, and that 10 suft or tther pro.
seedlings AZ law or equity has been Instituted 20
recover said debi secured BY said mortgage OF
any psFt thereoL
Dated az Webster, Day County. Dakota Terri
tory this 18th day OF December. A. ID. 1894.
JonN NARnEK HoRcK. Mortgage,
JOSH !. bLAkK, Atty for Mortgages. II