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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09
LIME.
How Lime May BE AdvantageousIy Burned
on the Farm.

on the Farm.
The application of lime improves the
mechanical texture of heavy soils. and
this will frequently compensate for its
use, if the lime can be obtained cheap
ly. In many localities the farmer can
burn the lime he needs, and thus obtain
it at a much less cost than the market
price. 1t is not necessary to build a kiln
of masonry. The cheapest kiln is made
by digging an excavation in a bank. If
much lime is TO be burned it will paw
to line this excavation with brick. and
place an iron grating across near the
bottom, beneath which the fire is made.
Whether the kiln is so made, or is con-
structed in only a temporary manner,
it must be banked up in front with
earth. after the limestone is placed in
it. Where the iron grating is used, it
should project out in front as far as the
bank of earth will permit. while under
it is placed a sheet-iron door, 10 close
the furnace and regulate the draft. A
platform is built just above the projec-
ton of the grating. to support the
earth banked against the rock. The
top of the heap is covered with earth,
leaving hole in the center for
chimney When the kiln is only
temporary, an arch of large
rocks takes the place of the Eon
grating. and the sides of the kiln are
lined (aS the rocks are laid in), with
large stones, intSead of brick. 1t will
take four OF five days, with a good fire,
to burn the kiln sufficiently.
Lime may be burned by piling stones
in cOnical heap above ground. Large
stones are used to make an arch under
the heap, and the cavity below the arch
is filled with fuel. Immediately above
the arch is placed layer of dry wood.
then layer of stones; next a layer of
wood, and so on until the heap is COM
pleted. The stones are laid rather
loosely. and the entire heap is covered
with earth to, the depth of at least q
foot, to retain the heat, leaving an
opening at the top for the escape of
smoke. 1t will pay to insert 4 short.
sheet iron chimney in this opening. to
increase the draft. as Il hot fire is
needed The draft is regulated by
opening and closing the doorway under
the arch. Do not disturb the heap un-
til it is perfectly cool, and if the lime
is not to be used at once, it should be
protected from rain by roof, and from
surface water by a. low bank about it.
Where limestone boulders can be gath
cred in sufficient quantities, the cost of
lime will be very little, and even when
the rock must be. quarried, burning
lime will frequently yield handsome re-
turns when the weather does not ad-
nit of regular farm work.-AmericGD
A9ricultuTiSt..
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09
THE DEMAND OF THE PARTY.
Let All Useless Offices BE Abolished and
the Balance Filled by Democrats.

Let All Useless Offices BE Abolished and
I the Balance Filled by Democrats.
1t is entirely natural for aspirants for
political favor to hear with feelings of
CONSERVATION of a movement to reduce
the number of offices. The chances of
applicants to reach the goal of their
ambition is circumScribed in proportion
as the number of offices are diminished
Looking at the matter from al individ-
ual standpoint, therefore the candi-
dates are more than likely to object to
the policy adopted by the new Admin
istratiOn in cutting off Sinecures, and
reducing the number of offices as far as
the necessities of the public service Will
permit.
But the, public is not to be judged by
the temper of the Office-seekers in this
matter or any other. There were near
ly five million votes cast for Cleveland.
1t is estimated that there are about half
a million candidates for office. or about
one, in ten of the Democratic voters
hope tooget reward for their party
services In appointments to office. OF
this; number probably one in ten OBJ
iectS- to the reduction in the number of
places contemplated by the Admins
tratiOn. 1t will thus be seen that the
c0mplainers constitute a small propur-
tom of the people.
What the Democratic people of the
country want is not that the Aministra--
ton will continue sinecures in order to.
provide place for the greatest possible,
number of Their party associates, but.
that afaer the useless offices are dis
pensed with the balance be filled with.
competent, honest and deserving Dem
ocrats. Indeed there are few office
hunters who are not willing to reliD-
quish their own hopes. provided that
other Democrats are called to fill. the
places They would complain, and
justly. too, if those who spent time and
money to prevent the triumph of the
Democratic candidates and the princi-
pies they represent, were permitted to
continue in the enjoyment of the Offices
After all, political interest is fed largely
by hopes of political rewards. and While
the rewards may be given without de1-
riment to the public service, no just COM
plaint can be made against such hagcOurse.
-E'GchHuDe
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09
THE DRY ROT SET I'M,
First Symptoms of the Final DIsintegra-
tiou

Ii any evidence was needed that the
Republican party is hopelessly rent, the
quarrel between Senators Morrill, aud
Aldrich on one side and Sherman on
the other supplies it. 1t has been The
boast of the Republican organ: that
the party was homogeneous on all sub
jects. That its parts were cemented by
common policy covering all questions
of public interest has been the claim
most dwelt on by the advocates of Re-
publican supremacy. North, South,
East and West, they have exultantlv in
sisted that there was but one opinion
among those of the Republican faith.
and upon that false claim more than
any other has been predicated the az
guments in favor of continuing that
party in power.
1t now transpireS that there is no
common sentiment among the Repub-
licans on any important question. Upon
the tariff the opinions of the leading
partisans are widely divergent In
deed. SO bitter has the antagonism be-
come, that they can no longer trust
themselves together in the ordinary
affairs of life. The quarrel between
Morri:! and Sherman sharply illustrates
this. During Il recent conference the
Chairman of the Senate Finance Com
mittee demanded that the tariff rates
on wool existing previous to the reduc-
ton made in pursuance of the tariff
commissions recommendation, be re-
stD n -, .E.sl
and the controversy that followed grew
so acrimonious that the friendly rela-
tions between the gentlemen were sev-
cred. 1t Is now sad that the real rea-
son which influenced NJ. Sherman TO
refuse service on the Finance Commit
tee was that he was unwilling to aSso-
ciate with MessrS Morrill, and Aldrich.
If the Republican party had cOntin-
Ued LII power such a disruption would
not have occurred The cohesive in
tiuence of plunder would have held the
discOrdant elements together while
lOnge", and Sherman and his colleagues
would have continued to fraternize in
the hope that individual or party gain
might follow the hypocrisy. But there
Is now no magnet to draw these ele-
mentS together, and the example which
the leading men have set VIII be fol-
lowed by others until the fragments of
the. grand old patty are scattered
about in every direction. There. is no.
unity. no harmony aud no hope. From
this time hence it will be a Scamper for
the crumbs. and in the disgraceful
wrangle that NAV De expected, even
the remnants of Republicanism will dis
appear:-Harrtsbar (Pa.) Patriot.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09
JAMES GORE. NJ. D.,
JOHN J. CALDWELL, M. D.
Aufh>s< Of "Electro-Ener1peufIc., S1o.s
and Member OF Medical Societies Se
NeG York, Brool<ESn and BaItIno<ra>

For rstrEries I. has been ncOorcnded tha: 4 1slgln
medicine 10 be effective mus contain H1sTpBisx
opiu n. Or some other el.Hally dangerous dTt;z aA
to-day oeAEiy every cough mkt Hre In the nGTet n,s
for Ss base sOine one Of these deadly pOhSps; A
purs.y vegetable and the same time esr;1cli<sS
cssr.se cEr: has b en- considered an imT0Sstolay y
NJ harful and times fatal results att ending the
use OF morphia and opium cough mixtSfes aEE 0c
etSaon occurrence every here, and every peEs Of
Union deaths hzTe. according 10 the testimony or
PHYSICIANS and coFOners. resulted from the Of
these dangerous srepars 0ns IL Is for this reason
thai medaI hSrfries aHdlegding public speak
enthusiastically Of the Import ance ad value Of tho
discovery Of Red Star Cough Csre. Governor
McIane and Attorney General RI Derts OF Maryland;
Mayor LatFubO and Postmaster -Adreon. OF Baltimore,
and other weylknOwn odhcias Of Federal. state and
municipal governments hay blhy certified 10 the
aarmlessnes and marked eficscy Of Red star
Co1gh Cure. Every Ons will ind it safe snro
Gre II Is entirely free from opiaies narcotics.
emetics asd polsons ltlsayesno bal effects isdoss
not dersnge the system- 10 pure. pleasant prompt
Sold hy druggists and lers In medicine zn21s
ne he vR,lsdr states at g. ss1rs = eesas5MsPA& ess5sP
sole ProPrisiors. baltimore AAkk-
LAND,
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09
THE GIRL LEFT BEHIND ME

The girl left behind me
Was pretty and all that;
Bright golden ringletS glistencd
Beneath her airy hat
She had dainty figure.
Her hands we're small and white,
Her mouth was ike a rosebud,
Her eyes were warm and bright.
Her way was light and graceful
She was rOgUish elf
a sweet bewitching fairy.
And well supplied with pelf.
She sang ike any wild bird.
She danced with wOndrOus art
And looked just ike an angel
In her red Yillage-cart.
Full often in the moonlight
We took q little stroll,
And sat beneath the hemlOck
Upon the lonely knoll.
This girl / left behind me
Was just lovely girl;
She was n perfect daisy,
Likewise precious pearl.
Often think about her.
And the sweet long ago.
Why did go and leave her
Behind me, would you know2
That girl left behind me,
And swiftly ceased to WOO,
Simply, Oh simply. simply
because she asked me to.
PUCK.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09
We, Too, Have Tested II.
To the Pub!ic:.

In viewof the harmful results which.
so frequently attend the use of so-called
patent or proprietary cough syrups con-
tanning morphia, opium and other
equally dangerous drugs, the UNDER
signed, physicians 6 Maryland. take
pleasure in endorsing the official opin-
ions expressed by the Commissioner of
Health of Baltimore; DR.. Samuel X
Cox, analytical chemist, of Washington.
and other authorities to the effect that
the RED STAR COUCH CURE is not only
a perfectly harmless, but at the same
time an original and most effective
remedy. and that it commends itself
alike for being entirely vegetable-free
from, opiates, poisons and narcotics
and for its promps efficacy, as dem0n-
stratsd by practical tests.
BALTIMORE, Mb., Feb. y, 1885,.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09

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should be accompanied by the name of the
author; not necessarily for publication, but
as an evidence of good faith on the part of
the writer. Write only on one side of the pa
per. Be particularly careful in giving names
and dates to have the letters and figures
plain and distinct.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09

he is fully capable of holding position
in the weather bureau.-SOTristO,CR Her.
aid.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09
c. FAWCETT, M. D..

y. Z - w OG1 i, m. Osr
For khIrty-three years Resident Physician
Union Protestant IndrmaryL
j. j. GROSS, M. d.
st. VIncent's HsspItaI.
J. D. FISKE, M. d.,
Port KAysIciaB.
s. R. MORSE, M D.,
Marias Hospital
CHAS. W. FILLER, M. D.,
Physician IN Fire Departments
JAMES GORE, NJ. D.,
Baltimore CoRak5. Maryland
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09

for khlrty-three years Resident Physician
Union Protestant InhrmaryG
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-29
General Grants Burial Place.

1t is, perhaps, useless to protest but it
must be frankly said that the family of
General Grant have made great mistake
in consenting to his interment in Central
Park. There is not the faintest suggestion
of appropriateness in this selection. The
eagerness manifested by the authorities of
New York in pressing this proposition upon
the family is more indicative of desire to
add to the city's attractions for the tourist
and sight-seer than of a patriotic purpose to
honor the dead. Central Park is a great
pleasure ground, and the prime purpose of
its maintenance il amusement and recre-
alton. 1t is impossible that there should be
secured there that degree of reverence and
sacredness which betit the last resting-pace
of the great soldier. 1t is not decorous or
proper that the grave of Grant should be
made part of a spectacle, or be placed where
the sacred associations properly pertaining
to it will inevitably be overmastered by
more frivolous and 1eeting suggestions.
Either of the other two alternatives would
be infinitely more satisfying to the desire of
the people. There would be an appropriate
ness in interring the sacred remains at West
Point, because Grants most enduring fame
Will be that of the great soldier and master
full commander. But, in a peculiar and
unique sense, the fame and the career of
Grant are national. He will be remem-
bered in our history not only as the soldier,
but as the soldier-president. AS the com
mander-in-chief of our armies, and for eight
years president of the nation, he is the prop
erty of the nation, and his most fit resting
place would be the national capital. There
his body should be placed, and there the
monument to his memory should rise. No
state, and no city in any state, should lay
claim to him whose fame is national. The
wishes of the family will be, of course, de-
cisive; but this is peculiarly case where
the wishes of the whole people should be
considered Boston Journal
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-29
Keep the Children Young.

/ believe that children should be kept
children longer than is customary, and that
extravaganza must be kept out of their
lives. Simple dress, diet and amusements
must be insisted on, instead of the unhealth-
full and expensive clothes and playthings
which only turn our babies into miniature
men and women of fashion. A child of
five, to my knowledge, recently objected to
red ribbon for her hair, saying: q Blue is
my color" Boys of six go bowling through
our village streets on velocipedes, instead
of bringing in wood or playing horse with
innocent broom-sticks in the back yards of
their respective homes, under the super
vision of their mothers. If children are
educated chiefly in the streets and away
from home while very young, how can one
expect them to settle down contentedly to
books and work when they are twelve or
thirteen? Children of from four to ten can,
with care and effort on the parents part, be
interested in little occupations that will
busy them at home and keep them con-
tented but once let a child feel that he is
free to 60 and come at will, and no coaxing
or Furnishing can repair the injury The
first time a child goes outside his fathers
gate without permission il a long step
toward the loud street-manners, slang.
smoking, and host of other evils that
mothers, too late, think they have tried hard
to prevent omdn's Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-29
The Death Of General Grant.

General Grant died at Mt. McGregor,
N. Y, at eight minutes past eight o'clock
on Thursday morning of last week, nine
months and one day from the time when he
applied to DIR. Douglass for treatment for
cancer. The end was peaceful and painless
He was nearly or quite unconscious from
midnight AT about that time he said g No."
when his son Fred asked him if he suffered,
and little later when asked If he wanted
anything, answered Water" There is
no reason to believe that there was any aud
ible speech after the utteranCe of this word
Mrs. Grants hand was held by him, and it
was pressed family in the last moment by
the dying soldier. Bells were tolled and
signals of mourning exhibited Ill almost
every town iii the country on Thursday, and
in New York city public buildings, churches,
business houses and private residences were
draped in mourning, and business was prac-
tically suspended. kilograms of coincidence
and sympathy reached the bereaved family
from all parts of the world. 1t has been de-
cded to bury General Grant in Central
Park, New York city, and the following
timetable has been arranged for the re-
moval of the remains from Mt. McGregor
Tuesday, August I, leave Mt McGregor
at 100 P. NJ, arrive at Saratoga at 200
p. M; leave Saratoga at 2:30 P. NJ, ar
rive in Albany at 4:30 P. NJ; leave AL
bany at 1900 o'clock, noon, Wednes-
day, August 3, and arrive about 4;30
P. NJ. in New York. In the interval from
430 ?. NJ. Tuesday to noon of Wednesday,
August ., the remains will lie in state at
the capitol, and from the time of arrival in
New York on Wednesday afternoon until
Saturday, August 8, the body will lie in
state at the city hall. The public obsequies
of the funeral will take place on Saturday,
at such time as the civic authorities may ar
range, and the interment will then follow
in Central Park. He will be buried with
national honors and General Hancock will
have charge of the funeral. The cottage
which has been the generals home at Mt.
McGregor will never again be occupied by
any family or persons Mr.. Drexel will in
due time present it to the state or national
government. The house will be presented
intact with all present belongings, furniture
and fixtures, as a gift to the nation or COM
monwealth.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-29

must continue to feel so for some months
yet or at least until Mrs. Grant can realize
on her royalties. Colonel Grant is sealing
up and carefully putting away all the little
articles of personal property which belonged
to the general, particularly those used by
him during his last illness. These will all
be religiously preserved and, except some
few keepsakes given to the different mem
bers of the family, will remain in the pos
session of Mrs. Grant. There is possibility
that the cottage in which the general died,
when turned over to the state or nation,
may be placed under the care of Harrison
Tyrrell, the generals body servant and al
most constant attendant during his Illness.
The amount due General Grant as an officer
on the retired list of the army, which will
be sent to Mrs Grant, is a little less than
one months pay, there being no authority
to allow pay beyond the actual date of his
decease. The family have accepted the ten
der of the executive mansion at Albany for
use while General Grants remains lie in
state at the capitol. The family will remain
there until the cortege leaves for New York.
AT that city the family will be the guests of
w. j. Arkell at the Fifth Avenue Hotel UNI
til after the interment.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-29
Authorities on Pronunciation.

! have had recently long correspondence
with military men as to the pronunciation
of certain army words, like aide-de-camp and
reveille. There is great difference in the
scools as to how these words should be
pronounced. Some of the purest insist that
we should say " aidekong " and revaya."
l wrote to Grant, Sherman and Sheridan as
to army usage on these points. They all
agreed that in this case we should say aide
de-camp and revalee. They also agreed
that in England, as well as in France, it is
usage to say aidecong. In the United States
the army and West Point constitute the au-
thority on pronunciation. Speaking of
authority" said theatrical manager,
d" Matthew Arnold, when he was here, was
asked one evening, What is your authority
for pronunciation in England and he an
swered London The guestioner repeated
that he meant what dictionary, what work
on pronunciation was authority. To this
Arnold answered, None What is your
authority, then, on pronunciation the
questioner persisted. London said Ar
mold; and he then explained that the best
usage in England was law, and that Lon
don made the law for pronunciation of all
words because it was the literary, the po-
litcal and the business center of England"
Chicago mterOcedn
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-29
A Comet that Is to Come.

You may look out for brilliant comet
in the southwestern heavens early in Au-
gust or the latter part of july" said Pro-
fessor John NJ Klein, Kentucky's astrono-
mer. Upon what theory do you base such
a prediction" | asked. "Well, the fact of
the matter is that | have noticed for several
nights the unmistakable path or orbit of the
comet! Look! Do you see that great streak
in the heavens resembling somewhat the
milky way? 1t is the path or orbit of a great
comet and that great streak of light is the
gaseous matter that follows in the wake of a
comet. 1t is impossible to see it at present,
as it travels in the orbit of the sun, whose
brilliant light during the day prevents the
human eye from gazing at it. The detec-
ton by the latter part of July or August
will, however, bring it above the horizon
during the early evening hours, when twill
be plainly visible and when it will he of the
first magnitude" AS Professor Klein has
heretofore predicted and discovered comets
with unfailing accuracy, the fulfllment of
this prediction will be looked forward to
with interest by the scientific world gem
erally.-LoujsgHe Courier-JoWnol.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-29
A Peculiar Case.

A decision interesting to physicians was
recently rendered in the courts of one of
the western states. Two surgeons had been
employed in certain case, but in different
ways and for different compensatons. The
patient did not seem satisfied with the
treatment, and refused to pay either of the
bills rendered. AS a result suit was shortly
brought by one of the surgeons, and de-
Tended on the ground that the services were
of no value. The court held, however, in
favor of the surgeon, and judgment was
given for him. This result was so unsatis-
factory to the patient that he thereupon be-
gan suit for malpractice; and one of the
defences interposed was that this question
had been, in effect, adjudicated in the previ-
GUS suit, and could not be again raised
This defence the court held to be good
one, deciding that the former suit was a bar
to the second one. This decision is only
one of the several in various states holding
the same way, so that a physician or surgeon
need not fear direct suit for damages from
malpractice if the value of his services has
been acknowledged in a suit to recover the
amount of his bill
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-29
The Ex.Presidents,

This country has never had very large
stock OF ex-presidents living at any one
time. The death of General Grant leaves
but two men, outside the present admins
tration, who have filed the presidential
chair, and the largest number was in Lin
coins time, when Buchanan, Pierce, Fill
more, Tyler and Van Buren, made the num-
Der OF ex-presidents up to five. There We're
four survivors when John Quincy Adams
took his seat, and the same number when
Polk came into office; but in each case the
number was reduced to two before the end
OF four years term. When General Grant
himself became president his surviving
predecessors We're Johnson, Pierce and Fill
more, but before the end of his eight years
in Office they were all three dead, so that lie
was the sole living ex-president when Hayes
succeeded him in 1877. The widows of four
presidents and eX-presidents are now living,
of whom three-Mrs. Tyler, Mrs. Polk and
Mrs Garfield-have been pensioned by act
of congress, each receiving 1000 annually
and 1t is of course probable that the same
courtesy will be extended to Mrs. Grant.