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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12
SHEEP.
Stock That Can Not Wen BE Dispensed
With i'm the Farm Economy.

Stock That Can Not Well BE Dispensed
With in the Farm Economy. .
Mr.. Henry Lane has given particular
attention to sheep husbandrv and APP
preciates the value of this stock from
the standpoint of practical agriculture,
especially in the older States Refer
ring to the increase of fiOckS in New
Hampshire and Vermont from 1850 TO
1910, and their almost as rapid decline
since the latter date, he regrets the fall
ing off as extremely improvidcnt. and
sets forth in the Mirror his reasons for
this view, with helpful suggestions IL
Illustrated by English experience:
Thousands of acres of pasture lands
are being overrun with bushes and brerS
They are being abandoned. not consid-
cred worth refencing for cattle. By
keeping sheep few years they can be
brought back to productive condition.
The day is past when the fleece will pay
the cost of keep. Wool is lower, but
mntton higher, than forty years ago,
when it was considered profitable to
keep sheep Combine the two products
and sheep husbandry is as profitable
now as at any previous period, and
should again assume as great impor-
lance in our State. As States grow
older, the process of agriculture must be
changed and improved. If the growing
of wool will not pay. and it will not in
any State as lands become more valu-
able, mutton becomes the most valuable
sheep product.
LAS this transition takes place, the
breed of sheep must be changed and
adapted to this new condition. England
formerly produced large quantities of
fine wool. Now it can be purchased at
a much less price than it cost her TO
produce it. Fine wool is produced very
cheap in new and sparsely populated
countries. England, on this account,
did not abandon sheep husbandry. but
keeps as many sheep as at any former
period in her history. She changed her
fine wool sheep to mutton breeds. En-
gland keeps 4 larger number of sheep,
according to her acres of cultivated
land. than any section in this country.
English farmers understand that it is
giving sheep this prominence that has
enabled them to increase their average
Niciu vi Nhtit POI dClt up ~ lNcHlN-
eight bushe Our average is but
twelve bushels"
The superiority of sheep over other
stock for the improvement of land and
consequent increase of the grain crops.
Mr. Lane thinks. will be generally adj
mitted by the thoughtful agriculturist
and he urges that their usefulness in
this direction should be remembered to
their credit. even though the direct
profit may be small.-N. T. Tribune.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12
THE CURCULIO.
Plums Planted in Poultry Yard Exempt
From Its RayaGes.

PIums Planted in Poultry Yard Exempt
From Its RavaGes.
Every farmer who has tried it is sure
that plums in the poultry yard are pre-
served from curcUlio. The Sharp-eved
fowls perez every emerging beetle
and snap it up without 4 single failure
1t is the natural habit of these insects to
matsre in the soil under the trees where
the egg-infested plumS have fallen.
When the newly Matched Larvae emerge
from the fallen fruit they enter the
ground and there pass through thep upa
stage. When the young matured
beetles leave the ground they do not
fly, but proceed directly TO the trees and
crawl up the stems on to the branches
in search for the fruit. If any obstacle
is found the beetles will fly, but not
otherwise As soon is hen observes
a grub in the soil it proceeds to search
for more, and other hens soon engage
in earnest competition for their grub. 30
that the soil is thoroughly scratched
over, and not one curculio escapes.
This is the way in which the fowls deal
with these insects in the spring. In the
summer and early fall the small plums
which drop are swallowed whole, the
larger ones are picked to pieces and
eaten, and if one larvae escapes these
risks it is apt TO be taken in the act of
leaving the fruit or ariggling through
the soil. So there is a certainty that
the pests are really discouraged and de-
stroyed by the fowls, and that the COM
bination of poultry yard and plum or
chard is mutually serviceahe one.
The writer has tried it for several years,
ana while it does not wholly free the
trees from the curculio. yet it reduces
their number so much that there are
not enough of them to do as much
pruning of the fruit as is desirable.
For when a seven-year-old green gage
produces six pecks of plums it is certain
that few more could have been spared
for the cuIculio.-N y. Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

ISN'T that Mrs. Holmes? thought the
doctors gave her up. She looks well now.n
She is well. After the doctors gave UP
her case she tried DR.. Pierce's 'Favorite
Prescription and began to get better right
away. [ heard her say not long ago, that
she hadn't felt SO well in twenty years.
She does her own work and says that life
seems worth living, at last. Why said
she, / feel as if had been raised from the
dead, almost" Thus do thousands attest
the marvellous efficacy of this God given
remedy for female weakness, prolapsus,
liberation, leucorrh9a morning sickness,
weakness of stomach, tendency to cancer
Gus disease, nervous prostraticn, general
debility and kindred affections.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12
WINTER IN THE NORTH.

What Cold Weather in Manitoba Means,
According to Woman's Experience.
And this brings me to speak about
my experience of the climate of Mani
toba. The variations OF temperature
are very great / have seen the Their
mometer stand nj l2j , inside tent
in summer. and at So below zero, or
30 below freezing point, outside the
house in winter. Such Arctic cold
would be uncomfortable if the air were
not so wonderfully dry and clear-and
oftel very still-that it does not seem
half as cold as it really is. Then the
changes of weather are not generally
very sudden; tine heat and cold are very
regular, and in mid-seaSonS the Their
mometer does not fluctuate much.
Perhaps 4 few homely details may
best serve to illustrate what winter in
Manitoba means. The snow outside
our house is from six to ten feet deep
from November to April. MoccaSins,
made by Indians of mOOSe-skin, are
used instead of shoes to cover the feet.
which are first caSed in several pairs of
stockings.
We were forced to melt snow for all
the water we used last winter. The
cold is so intense that when melted snow
water is poured from the boiler into a
pail, and taken at once across to the
stable, the ice on it frequently has TO be
broken with stick before the cattle can
drink. 1t is rather q common sight to
see people partly frozen. The part
affected turns rs white as marble, and
loses all feeling. Unless YOU see YOUR
self in a glass, or are told of it. you are
not conscious OF being frozen. In this
plight it is best not To 60 near fire. Is
sudden thawing is very painful. People
generally try friction. rubbing them
selves with snow, or, better still. par
atline oil. Occasionally. when one is
frozen and far from help, the part
frozen. if an extremity. Will snap Off
Last year man living about thirty
miles from us was told that his ear was
frozen; he put up his hand to feel. and
the ear dropped off in his hand. Limbs
sometimes have to be amputated from
severe frost bites. Ny kittens ears
frOze and broke of last winter, and
neighbor's pony lost ears ia the same
way.
Twas surprised when FIRST found the
mustard freeze in my mustarJ-pot.
which stood a foot from the kitchen
stoyepipe and two feet above the stove.
where there was blazing fire all day
and every day through the winter. Yet
the mustard froze between every meal
Bread froze if left for half an hour in 8
room without a fire.
Such stories must sound almost in
credible except to those who. like N.Y.
self, have witnessed the facts, though
of course, only in the most severe
weather.
Winter is, of course, not equally
severe throughout. Part of my descrip-
ton applies only to its colder half. But
to a woman the most trying part of
winter in Manitoba is not its severity
for you live in a warm house-but its
length. Snow lay on the ground last
season for six months and a half, and
the great lakes were frozen for the same
period.-COr. PHILADELPHIA Press.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

COMPOSED of genuine French Grape
Brandy, Extract OF Smart Weed and ia
maica Ginger, with Camphor Water, DR..
Pierce's Compound Extract of Smart w eed
excels as remedy for collie, cholera NOR
bus, diarrhRa, dysentery or bloody -fiux,
or to break up colds, fevers or innaI1ma-
tory attacks.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12
Downright Cruelty.

To permit yourself aud family to
Suffer-
With sickness when it can be prevented
and cured so easily
With Hop Bitters!!!
Having experienced great deal of
''Troubler' from indigestion, so much so
that came near losing my
Lie!
NY trouble always came after eating any
food
However light
And d. geStible.
For two or three hours at time had to
go through the most
EXcrueiating pains,
"And the only way ever got
"Reliefr'
Was by throwing up all my stomach
contained. No one can conceive the pains
that l had TO so through, until
AT laSt?'
Twas taken! $50 that for three weeks /
lay in bed and
Could eat nothing!
Ny suferingS were so that I called
two doctors 10 give me something that
would stop the pain; their
Efforts were no good 20 me.
At last L heard good deal
About your Hop BitterS!
And determined TO try them"
Got bottle-in four hours took the
contents of
One!
Next day was out of bed. and have not
seen
"Sickr'
Hour. from the same cause since
have recommended it to hundreds of
Others. You have no such
Advocate as / am."-Geo. Kendall
AllStOn, Boston, Mass.
Columbus AdUOcGte, Texas, April u, IS.
Dear Editor have tried your Hop Bit
tiers, and find they are good for any COM
plant The best medicine | ever used in
my family. II. TALENER.
~ None genuine without bunch Of green
Hops on the white label. Shuu ali the vile, pois-
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

AT dinner: A waggish guest before
whom has been placed dish of fish, turns
to his fair neighbor and says: Miss. will
Won have some of this dead fish," dead
fish: Oh-ugh how horrible. o no; none
for me, thank you.''-IrOy Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

For THROAT DISEASES AND CoUGHs.-
BROWNS BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs, like all
really good things, are frequently initiated.
The genuine are sold only In boxes.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

PIXIES TOOTHACHE DROPS cure in minute, 25c.
GIenn's Sulphur Soap heals and beauties Pc.
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns BuIions-
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

A READER asks: ''Wbat is n conun-
drum" A conundrum is a man at a swell
dinner in evening dress. You can't tell
whether he is waiter or Il guest.-BFOok-
Ign Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12
A Clear Skin

is only a part of beauty;
but it is a part. Every lady
may have it; at least, what
looks like it. Magnolia
Balm both freshens and
beauties.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

THE dress coat is generally worn by the
groom at the city wedding: "but for an
elopement," says the Boston Transcript,
there's nothing like the cutawav."
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

Delicate diseases of either sex,
however induced, speedily and permanent
" cured. Book of particulars cents, in
stamps. Consultation free. Address,
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo, N Y,
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

THE self-raising -four of the markets Is
a great boon to those who are unable to
raise barrel of -four themselves.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

A VERMONT farmer reports that he made
profit of S243 from six hens the past sea-
son. He sold them early in the spring,
and, consequently, had to plant his garden
only once.-SOmerriu Journal.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

a YOUNG poet asks: "What is the end
of fame:" The letter ''e," my boy, if you
don't spell it ''faim" Ask US an easier
one.-N. T. Journal.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

SOMETIMES the woman who kneads bread
the least needs it the most.-i3ostOR Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

IT is strange that there should be any
marine disasters between New York and
Boston, when all the boats go through
Long Island Sound.-IerdS SiftiRJS.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

A "CoNDENsED~ edition of Webster's
dictionary is announced. This may i'm
prove the work without destroying the
plot. We have ALWAYS regarded the vol
ume as too prolix.-NOrriStOI1R Herald.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

To THE drunkard life is reel: to the in
dustrious life is arn-nest.-Philadeiphi G
Cal.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

THE letter p's usefulness to pneumonia
is about like that of the husband of Dos;
milliner.-Pittsbarqh Chroalcle IeleIraph.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

WHAT is great deal worse than rain
ng cats and dogs: Hailing a stage.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

FASHION touches almost everything in
use; but there is very little change in
pocSetbooks this season.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

THE conscientious lawyer never takes a
case unless his side of it looks feesibie.-
Oil city Derrick.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

a NEW magazine is called the HOmHn'S
hge. 1t contains a good deal of felton,
Chicago Tribune.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

THE tongue of an omnibus never speaks
except in a stage whisper.-BOst0n Tran
script.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12
Take Warning in Time.

Impure blood, indigestion,
and weak kidneys aflict a
large portion of the human fam
lily. Thousands suffer in silence
from the effects of these dis
orders until death relieves
them from their suffering. Take
warning in time. Rid your
self of every symptom of weak
ness and declining health by
beginning at once the use Of
Dir. Guysoii's Yellow Dock and
SarsapariIla. Its renovating
and Strengthening effect is felt
at once. tits a positive cure for
IMPURE BLOOD,
WEAK KIDNEYS,
INDIGESTION,
MALARIA,
RHEUMATISM,
ETC., ETC.,
1t is the only preparation of sarsa-
parilla that gives. perfect and COM
plete satisfaction, and outsellS all 9TH
er remedies wherever its healing
virtues become fully known. 1t is
a quick reStOrer of healthy and
regular bodily functions, and re-
moves all tendency to paralysis apo
pleXy and sudden death by checking
the decay and wasting away of vital
tissues and muscular fibres that con-
troll the workings of LIES marvellous
machinery.
EB Demand this remedy of your
druggist Take no substitute.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

As USUAL, the British forces are in the
midst of the worst geographical names III
the world.-HGTtfOrd Post.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12
HICAGO, March Z.


ers, 81 1894 e.; heavy. s4.706t4 So.
CHICAGO. March 7.
FLoUR-Dull; winter wheats, S4.OO04 So;
soft spring. S3O0I3.15; Minnesota soft spring,
S3OiGf3.75; Minnesota bakers. S3.10lL4 90;
patents. S4.1jI5.25; low grades, 81. 15d2.50.
WHEAT-Lower; No. spring, 15l4G76@sc;
No. 3. 66I.c.
Consistently; cash, Ss94Oc; March, $50
3Si4c; Nav. 4l54Gt42i4C.
0ATs-Stcady; cash, 27al929I.c; May, 5l1s0
Size.
RYE-Steady at 63c.
BARLEY-Steady at e3c.
PRODUCE-Eggs firm at 23c.
PRovISIONs-Pork. higher; cash, So. 405
2.45: March, SI2.4Gll2.45; May, Sl257IE a l.. IS
Lard, higher: cash, S6.S5f;6.S1Is. Bulk meats.
steady: shoulders. s4@Od4.95; short ribs, SOILS
66 ~; clear. S6.6JiL6.I0.
wHISKY-Steady at S1.15.
CATTLE-I.risk and good grades irmer;
cattle. Si-2OG4.9O Texans. So ga 100;
SHEEP-Steady: inferior. 81. 00ff2j0; me-
dunn to good, S2.15Gt 4.U; extra. 4.00Gl4.75.
HOGs-Higher; rough packing. $4.25G-5 s.;
packing and shipping, 81 65G4..5; light, 81 .l5
GJ4.10; skips, S3.3544.lO.
NEW YORK. March Z.
FLOUR-Heavy; common to good extra So 90
as 40: good To choice, SO rDG 80: extra Ohio,
Sj.0gdi5.50; st. Louis, S3.U0sJ540.
WHEAT-Lower: No. spring. S9I:c; un-
graded red. SSG91c; No. red. So. &C; No. =,
@si @sI4i4c; do March, SSGSsssc; May, $500
CoaN-Lower; ungraded. 5lG1sc; No. B.
50lla511:c; No. >, 5l4GJl4c; do March, 81
@5lSc; May, 49ssGf5Ui.c.
OATS-Lower; mixed western. 3SI4G40c;
white ;S6t4lc.
PRODUCE-Eggs higher at 27IaG2Sc.
PRovIsIoSS-POrk; steady at $3.50. Lard;
heavy at $ 22Is.
CATTLE-Beeves: poorest steers. $3.50
IS; COMMON to prime S5lcG6.45' fat bulls
SREEP-Dull; ordinary to good, s4OO04.75;
lambs. 81 15GG.25; strictly prime, S5.O1@5.25.
HoGS-Lower at S4.2JGI4-.5.
KANSAS CITY. March I.
FLoUR-Steady; Xxx, soc; xxx. SEQ
Sl05: family. $L15GL25; choice. S1-3o91.45:
fancy. S1-51gl 80; patent, $l-SJG200.
wHEAr-Quiet; No. . red, 6OIsG61c cash;
March, 6Oz4c: May, 63ssGt6S2tc; No. 3 red, 54ai
@55Isc cash; March, 55iac May. 57G5Sslc: No
soft, 659s61.c cash and March; May, &c
@70c.
CoRN-Lower: No. 2, sOl.@3Os.c cash and
March; June, 3lI.G31ac; No. white, 3aISc
cash; March. a2Iic: May, 34IsG34asc.
OATs-No. &c bid cash; March, sc bid
RYE-No. 2, Sld5lc cash and March.
PRODUCE-Butter: creamery, fancy. soc;
good, 2G25c; fine dairy in single
package lots, 1aG30c; rob-, good. 1a316c;
medium. 10lI12c; store packed. lOJl2c; sour
dozen.
PRovIsIoSs-Dry salt meats-shoulders.
SIC; clear sides, Ike; long clear sides, &c;
clear rib sides, &C. Smoked meats-Shoulders
6l4c: long clear sides, 73zc: RIB sides, 7ssc:
clear sides. size. Sugar cured meats (smokedi
dried beef tcanvassedJ, l2c- Tierce lard, 55sc
CLTTLE-Market active and higher; ship
ping steers. $4.65fI5.S5: butchers steers 81 20
GAO: cows. $3.40lS..Oa
HoGS-Merket strong and higher; prices
ranged from S4SG4 %.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

4 DOOR belle-The pretty maid servant
N. I. journal.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

"GETTING Hon. in the world" as the fell
low said who had Just been elected to Goa
Gress.-Jadge.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

There have been 7S, $40, 724 acres Of
land granted in the interest of educa-
ion Washington Post.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

WHAT is the greatest curiosity in the
world! A woman'S.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12
MARKET REPORTS.
Grain and Provisions.

ST. LOUIS, March /.
FLOUK-Jnchanged.
WHEAT-Lower; No. = red. S2asGIS25oc cash !;
SSGSgc June.
CoRN-Lower; 379s03Slsc cash; 3T5s0377 3 O
March: IS s@3Ssfc May.
OATS-Slow; 3Jlic cash; 31a4c May.
RYE-Unchangcd at tic.
BARLEY-Stcady ut 60GS0c.
PRoDUCE-Butter steady; dairy, GOOSE.
PROvISlONS-Pork dull at S12e5. Bulk
meats dull; long clear, So 20: short rib, $500;
short clear, S6.55. Bacon quiet; long clear.
S6.S1Is; short rib. SEQ; short clear, S7.15G1
20 Lard. 81. S;Ed6.Sj.
WHISKY-Stcady at 81 10.
CATTLE-Lower; exports, S57566.O0; good
to choice shipping, S5.20d5I0: common 10
medium. S45OlJ5.G1; corn fed Texans, $1,000
$50.
SHEEP-Stcady; common to medium, $3.50
OBS: good to choice. So 50G4.00; extra, 4.25.
HOGS-Steady; Workers. S4400J450; pack
ers 81 1894 Is; heavy. S4706t4 So.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

81 None genuine without q bunch of green
Hops on the white label ShUu ali the vile pois-
Onous stuff with Shop or Hops in their name.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12
BARNABEE'S SONGS;
An EVENING WITH BARNABEE.

The many thousands of delighted hearers who have
spent " Evenings with Rarnabce'' will be
more than pleased to his famous Songs gathered
In this book which is one of the best comic colec-
ttons 81 Songs; 80 pages sheet music size
Edited by Howard NJ. Dow. Price. s1.25.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

Runnn Treated and curcd without sle knife
f,AEI,fH Book on treatment sent free. Address
VAAsOQsa L. POND. NJ d.. Aurora. Kane Co. Ill
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

RURAL HOME Co., Rochester, Ny.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-07-03
ANOTHER WON DEE.

In some sections of the northern por-
tion OF Arizona the question of water
supply, even for dom -stic purposes, is a
very serious one. This Is particularly
the case at Ash Fork, o station on the
Atlantic and Pacific railroad. A series
OF very lovely and fertile valleys SCR.
round the place, and plenty of grass
grows for the support of large herds of
cattle, but no water can be had except
from an occasional tank F." during the
winter season.
At Ash Fork the railroad company
attempted to sink an artesian we'll
but after reaching a depth of SOC
feet, the drill became fastened and
could not be removed. Many futile
attempts were made to extract it, but
at last it was abandoned in despair.
All water now used at that station and
by the residents of the town 1.
brought by rail from Peacl
| Springs, sixty.five miles to the west
ward, and is sold at fifty cents per bar,
rel.
| A short time ago a prospector, stimu
lated by the inquiry for water, reported
that he had discovered a huge we'll
about eight miles from Ash Fork, sum-
In level plain. Parties at once repair
ed thither, with ropes and other para
phernalia, to explore the wondrou
discovery. They found the locality
but to this day they do not know tn
exact nature of the curious cavern tina
met their gaze. 1t il located on lev
el plain and cannot no seen until it il
approached very near.
There Is no evidence of earth or rocl
having been removed from the pit
which WAS found to be 100 feet in di
aneter and 800 feet deep, with perpen.
dicular walls. No one in the party
WAS brave enough to descend and ex
plors the we'll" when the rops hal
been lowered, and the explorers return
cd to Ash Fork scarcely wiser tina
they were before their trip. 1t is Gel
tainly great curiosity, and there pc.
sibly exists a supply of water som,
where In its depths or In the nj
merous caverns or tunnels that appa
emily emerge into the dark earth 0slo
from this curious threshold of sun
| light.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-07-03

SECRETARY Manning Ii friend oI
Of vii service reform whom he canno,
help himself. Mr.. Kellar, Of Ohio, had
passed q critical examination before
the Civil Service Commissioner, and
was certified by the commission 70 the
department ct Washington. Soon
afterwards he got word that he va.
wanted at Washington. He gave up q
good position at home and waited upon
Mr.. Manning's chiefs for Instructions
He WAS informed by gene" Higgins
and Mr.. Chenowith that there was nj
place for him. Mr.. KellAr referred Il
the civil service law and his instruc
tions to come to Washington. MI
Cheuowith informed him that he wal
an " offensive partisan" that he was
an active Republican worker In Ohio,
and that II he was compelled to appoint
him he would discharge him the nexl
day.
Mr.. Kellar laid his case before the
Civil Service Com missioners, who In.
formed Mr.. Manning OF what had been
done. Yesterday Mr.. Manning wrote
for Mr.. X ellar and appointed him to a
position over his chiefs, Mr.. Higgins
and Mr.. Chenowitb, saying Is he did
30 that he intended his department
should strictly observe the law. Here
is another Republican appointed to
office, and another howl Of disappoint-
ment and disgust will be heard In the
Democratic camp. We will venture
the assertion, however, that Mr.. Kellar
will wake up some Of these cool morn.
ings in Washington, no matter how
we'll he may have performed his duties,
TO find that he is an offensive parti'
san, and will have to 60.