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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-14
The Exquisite Pleasure Afforded by
Family Re-uliOlS.

In this broad land teeming with a
wealth of natural resources and advan-
tageS, there is a lanentable tendency
for families to become widely separated
as its members arrive at maturity. 1t
frequently occurs that a mother must
travel thousand miles or more in Or
der to visit her several children and
their families. The exquisite pleasure
afforded by family reunion is, alas
too seldom enjoyed. Not always is it
convenient for sons and daughters to
leave their homes and little ones to
gather around tie old hearthStOne.
Would that the custom could more fire.
quently be INDUCED in. On many Oc-
casions illness in the family is a re-
straining cause. Too often the monster
disease enters an otherwise happy
home, deSpoillng a parent, affecting
child Our duty to ourselves and to our
little ones demand that we make good
health the one grand study and object
of our lives. 4 terrible master is dis
ease, Unsuitable and unrelenting. At
first with deceptive, alluring ways he
gains foOthold, while his victim
murmurs at Is 4lOthing-oRly q little
pain, only q feeling Of qcedrincSs,
only slight disorder" until eventual
ly disease assumes complete control
Fight the monster in the startI meet
him at his first approach y by using DR..
GUTS0TTS YELLOW DOCK AND SARSA-
PARlLLA. 1t will make you feel fresh,
the blood will be made pure and circu-
late with more vim. Sores and pim-
pies will disappear, the urinary and di-
gcstive organs will gain strength and
perform their functions without pain,
while robust health, strength, freedom
from aches, ETC., and happy content be
the result, and longevity your reward
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-14
Out or the FRYING Pan.

Hostetter McGinnis, of Galveston,
dabbles in art. He painted picture,
put it in book store, and then stood
around to hear what people said. Gus
de Smith looked at it, and said TO q
friend:
That's the worst daub I've seen vet.
The man who painted that picture
ought to be like his picture-hung up
to dry, he is so green"
Il want you to understand. sir. that
l am the artist who painted that pic
ture," said Hostetter.
Being anxious to excuse himself, De
Smith replied:
Il beg ten thousand pardons.
have no knowledge of art whatever. !
only repeat what hear everybody else
say about your picture. "-TeraS SIT
mas
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hundred years is avenged. To you,
princes and chiefs, / shall commit this
glorious trophy of successful warfare
You will yourselves, with all honor,
transmit these gates of saDdalwood to
the restored temple of Somnath- They
were, however. committed instead to
the protection of the treasury at Agra,
the old Shrine having vanished as COM
pletely as the Zoroastrian affairs at Ec-
BAHAMA, or the church of Paul at Epic
suS.
Afghanistan is just now apparently a
loyal and devoted ally of England. hav-
ing substantial pecuniary reasons for
her loyalty, but she has always been a
turbulent and troublesome and some
times a treacherous neighbor. Her
mountain soldiers. though brave, have
the unsteadiness of banditti, love plum
der better than fighting. and are al
ways faithful to the largest bride. The
land bids fair to again be the arena of
battle, as it has so often been before,
and this time it may be on a scale OF
magnitude which it has never hitherto
knowp.-COr Brooklyn Eagle.
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Lydia e. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass, Is
often spoken of as the great benefactor Of
women and frequently receives letters like
the one we quote from, written by lady
in San Francisco, she says: 81 am taking
your Vegetable Compound and find great
benefit from it. II has done nae more good
than all the Doctors" Mrs. T., OF Vim
cennes. Ind, writes: "Having taken II
bottles of your Vegetable Compound and
cured by its use, l feel very anxious that
every woman afflicted with Womb Disease
should make use of it. Another lady in
Birmingham, Mich, was suffering from
weakness and displacement. She says:
AZ began taking your Compound and il
helped me so soon, feel like proclaiming
to the World its great virtues as healing
agent for women"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-14
a QUEER PIT I'M A PLAIN.
What Puzzles the FoIkI OF Ash Fork
Where Water Is Half Dollar a Barrel.

What Puzzles the Folks OF Ash Fork.
Where Water Is Half Dollar a Barrel.
In some sections of the northern por-
ton of Arizona the question of water
supply, even for domestic purposes, is
a very serious one. This is particularly
the case al Ash Fork, station GA the
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad A series
of very lovely and fertile valleys sur
round the place, and plenty of grass
grows for the support of large herds
of cattle, but no water can be had ex-
| cept from an occasional tank" during
| the winter season. At Ash Fork the
railroad company attempted to sink an
arteSian well, but after reaching dep:h
of nine hundred feet the drill became
fastened and could not be removed.
Many futile attempts were made to ex-
tract it, but at last it was abandoned in
despair. All water now used at that
station and by the residents of the town
is brought by rail from Peach Springs.
siHty-five miles to the westward, and is
sold at fifty cents per barrel.
A short time ago proSpector stimu-
lated by the inquiry for water, reported
that he had discovered a huge well.
about eight miles from Ash Fork. sunk in
level plain. Parties At once repaired
thlther with ropes and ether parapher-
malta to explore The wondrous dscov-
cry They found the locality, but to
this day they do not know the exact
nature of the curious cavern that me
their gaze. 1t is located on a level PLAIN
and can not be seen until it is ap-
preached very near. There is no cyl
dence of earth or rock having been re-
moved from the pit, which was found to
be $50 feet in diameter and $40 feet
deep with perpendicular walls No one
IN the party was brave enough to de-
scend and explore the well when the
rope had been lowered. and the ex-
plorers returned to Ash Fork scarcely
wiser than they were before their trip.
1t is certainly great curiosity. and
there possibly exists a supply of water
somewhere in its depths or in the NJ
merous cayerns or tunnels that appar-
entity emerge into the dark earth below
from this curious threshold of sunlight.
Tucson (4ri.j Citizen.
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course are the most deeply concerned.
Opinions are passed all around the
board, however, and nearly every mem
Der has something to add to the COM
mon fund of information. The Presi-
dent has always two or three vexatious
questions on hand to submit to his
counsellors. The encroachments upon
the public lands. and the enforcement
of the laws providing for vacating
them, have been discussed at length at
two recent consultations of the Cabinet.
and the Central American muddle and
the question as to the political d:sabli-
ties of General Lawton and others have
furnished topics for other meetings.
Washington Cor. N 7. Sun.
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TIE CABINET:
How the Meetings OF the Presidential Adj
visers are Conducted.

How the Meetings OF the Presidential Ad-
visers are Conducted.
The Cabinet room is open to visitors
at all times when the Cabinet is not in
session. 1t is a plain room with no
striking feature about it. Its two large
windows, extending from ceiling to
floor, command lovely view of the
sweeping lawns, the monument and the
shining Potomac beyond. The interior
is simplicity itself. The walls are paint
ed in drab tint, the ceiling is frescoed
with flowers and cherubs, and a mantel
of cinnamon-coloredm marble surrounds
a capacious fireplace, where hickory
logs are usually blazing cheerily. A
lowered Brussels carpet with a black
and red background covers the floor.
and gray silk rep curtains hang at the
windows. Between the windows hangs
an oil portrait of John Hampden, a
label on which informs US that it is re-
puted to be a Vandyck. On the opDo-
site wall is portrait of Washington, by
Cadena, the South American artist,
which was presented to the Government
an 10 - A4Aht" n Ill D4Au S-tN view
photograph of the city is over the door
leading to the President room. Maps
OF the United States and of South Amer
lea and Washington hang on the remain
ing walls. In one corner stands large
school globe. and in another is a revoly-
ing bookcase Of modern invention,
which is filed with revised statutes,
dictionaries and various public docu-
ments. Near the door to the Presidents
room stands small walnut secretary.
and near the windows a small walnut
table to match. The lounge near the
door leading to the hall and the dozen
chairs distributed about the room are of
walnut upholstered with raw silk to
match the carpet.
The table around which the Cabinet
is seated is an Octagonal affair of black
and French walnut in the fashion of
twenty years ago. 1t has profusely
carved central leg and legs at the cor
ners. II is covered with billiard cloth.
The eight arm chairs that surround it
are all alike, of walnut with rep up
hol>tcring The Cabinet looks Ike this
when it is in session around the table:
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-14

THE twenty-fourth annual statement or
the Burlington Insurance Company as ap-
proved by the Auditor of Iowa, is very
creditable one. 1t shows S100, 100000 cash
capital, aggregate cash assets Sol, O9S. SO.
Total liabilities which include 500, 10000
cash capital, $lS3, 270.59 reinsurance reserve
and ali other liabilities, S;521, 1853. 80. This
gives the Burlington a net surplus of $780,
740.63. Besides this large surplus, the Com
pauy holds the secured obligations of the
stockholders for $500, 100000 for the further
protection of policy-holders. This is an
excellent showing and will beget well
merited confidence among property owners
in this the oldest of Iowa companies.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-14

We accidently overheard the following
dialogue on the street yesterday.
Jones. Smith, why don't you stop that
disgusting hawking and spitting:"
Smith. How can l! You know l am a
martyr to catarrh.
j. Do as did. had the disease in it's
worst form but am we'll now.
S. What did you do for i5?
j. l used DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
1t cured ne and it will euro you.
s. Ive heard OF it, and by Jove I'll try it.
y. Do So You'll find it at all the drug
stores in town,
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G. II. ID.

Walking down Broadway is very pleas
ant when you feel well, and r k
never felt better than when his friend asked
him how he got over that severe cough of
his so speedily. "Ah, my boy" said T,
I" G.. NJ. D. did t!'' And his friend Won
dered what q. II. D. meant. He knew it
did not mean a Good Many Doctors, for
T k had tried dozen in vain. 81 l
have it," said he, just hitting the nail on
the head, "you mean DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery or Gold Medal De-
served as my friend J. s. always
dubs it." Sold by druggists.
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OF Interest to Property Owners.

The following letter from the State Su-
perintendent of Insurance denotes the
standing of the Burlington Insurance Com
pany in Kansas:
STATE OF KANSAS INsCR INCE DEPARTMENT,
TOPEKA, Kan, April 70, ISIS. I
LEROY ST. AHAND, Usage City, Kan:
Dear Sir:-The Burlington has been ad
mtted to transact business in Kansas for the
year ending February IS 1856.
This fact is enough to show that it is
deemed worthy OF patronage.
Yours, Very Truly,
R. B. MORRIS, Supt.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-14

Volumes have been written giving
diagrams and specifications as to how
children should DO trained up, and yet
as soon as a man becomes a daddy he
throws his judgment overheard, shuts
his eyes to reason and lets the squaHer
rule the roost.- Chicago LEDGER.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-14
Young Men, Read This.

THE VoLTAIc BELT Co., of Marshall, Mieh.,
offer to send heir celebrated ELECTRo-V VOL
TAIC BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
on trial for 80 days, to men (young or old)
afflicted with nervous debility, loss of vital
ity and all kindred troubles. Also for rhsu-
natism incur al gia, paralysis and many 9TH
er diseases. Complete restoration to health,
vigor, and manhood guaranteed. No risk in
Cured, as 80 days trial is allowed. Write
them at once for illustrated pamphlet, free.
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Monroe, Mich, Sept 25th, 1875. SIRS:
l have been taking Hop Bitters for infianr
nation of kidneys and bladder. 1t has
"done for me what four physicians failed
" to do-cured me. The effect of the Bitters
seemed like magic to me-" W. L. CARTER
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GENTs-Your Hop Bitters have been OF great
value to me j was laid up with typhoid fever
for over two months, and could get no relief
until | tried your Hop BitJers- To those suf
fering from debility, or any one in feeble
health, l cord ally recommend them. j. G
SrOETIEI, SIS Fulton St, Chicago, H.
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VALUABLE AND CoNvENIENr.-BRowN'
BRONCHIAL TRoCHES are a safe and sure
remedy for all troubles of the Throat and
Lungs Sold only in boreS. p cts.
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A BROOKLYN boarding house keeper says
she thinks she would like to board printers
as she hears they don't like ''pi."-Brook'
Ign Eagle.
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PIrE'S TOOTHACHE DROPS curein ninuto,2 5c
Glen, s Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. PC.
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns s BuIions.
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Next to trae-hearted, able com.
rade in any good cause, the very best
ally is true-hearted, able opponent
Unity.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-14

COLDS, fevers and inhammations broken
up by DR.. Pierce's Extract of Smart-W eed.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-14

AN indianapolis man advertises to put
down wells at bottom prices.-DetrOH Post.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-14

"IT's hot as an oven in here" he said to
the editor. 1T ought TO be; it's where l
make my bread. "-LynH Union.
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Leroy ST.. ANA,

IT is the feeblest mustache, as we'll as
the sickliest child, that gets the most fond
ling.
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NEVER speak of a grocer as n man Of
grit; He mig hit suspect that you doubted
the honesty of his sugar.-N. Y. Graphic.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-14

THE best posted traveller is q letter.
burlington Free Press.
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HACK-DRIvER's CoUPLBT: If she be not
fare TO me. what care l whose fare she
be.-Chicdgo Tribune.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-14

UNITED States Senator Blackburn says
Red Star Cough Cure is safe and reliable.
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IT Is the actors business to hold the
mirror up to nature aud hs must, there
fore, expect all sorts of rehecti0ns.-BOSt0B
Post.
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THE GENERAL MARKETS.

If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell It &c
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-14

MoST of Persia is very rugged, hence
the Persian rug.-PittSburgh ChroRicle.
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"LudingtOn, Mich, Feb. ., 1879. Ihays
sold Hop Bitters for four years, and there"
is no medicine that SurpasseS them for BIZ
ious attacks, kidney complaints, and all
diseases incident To this maIariai climate.
III. T. ALEXANDER
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-14

A Book Free: on the Liver, its Diseases aid
Cure. DIR. Sanford, 81 Broadway, New York
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Answer This if You Cam.

Is there person living who ever saw .
case of ague, biliousneSs, nervousness or
neuralgia, or any disease of the stomach,
liver or kidneys that Hop Bitters will not
cure?
Ny mother says Hop Bitters is the a0ly
thing that will keep her from severe attacks
OF paralysis and headache.-Ed OslOe1o
Sun.
my little sickly. puny baby, was changed
into a great bouncing boy and 1 was raised
from a sick bed by using Hop Bitters ="
short time. A YOUNG MOTHER
NO use to worry about any Liver,
Kidney or urinary trouble; especially
Bright's Disease or Diabetes. as Hop Biz
tiers never fails OF cure where cure Is,
possible J
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-"Paralytic, nervous, tremulOus old
ladies are made perfectly quiet and spright-
" by using Hop BitterS.
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81 had severe attacks of gravel and Kid
"ney trouble; was unable to get any medE
cine or doctor TO cure me until L used Hop
Bitters- They cured me in a-short time.
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E Unhealthy or inactive kidneys cause
"gravel. Brght's disease, rheumatism, and
Z" horde of other serious and fatal diseases,
which can be prevented with Hop Bitters>
e -
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CANCER CURED

have had 4 cancer my face for many years. l
have tried great many remedies, but without relief
= Utmost gave up hope Of ever being cured DIT.
HardInan. my sOfi, recommended SWft's Specific,
which have taken with great results. Ny face Is
now wei, and II is impossible for To express my
thanks in words for what this medicine has done for
me. Mrs. OLIVE HARDMAN.
Monroe, Ga, Sept. . 1894.
have had in my RICH, ear for three years.
tried every remedy the physicians practieed, TO
perm nent good. Swift's Specific has wrought won
ders for II is the hest blood purifier in the world
JOHN =. MORROW, Florence, Ala.
Svift's Specific IL entirely vegetable and seems to
cure cancers by forcing out the impurities from the
blood.
Treatise Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer s. Atlanta, Ga, or
80 ". 2Sd ST.. Ny.
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Great Benefactor of Women.

~ None genuine without a bunch Of green
Hops on the white label Shun al the vile. pois-
Onous stuff with Hop or Hops'in their name.
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OF " ar.
r. VI. GCn'l.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-09-25
DYSPE STA.

Sedentary habits, mental worry, nervous
excitement, excess or inprndence i'll eat
ing or drinking, and various other causes,
induce Constipation followed by general
arrangement OF the, liver, kitlneys, and
stomach, III which the disorder OF each
organ increases the infirmity OF tho others.
The immediate results are Loss Of il E:;a,.-
/ tite. hallseH, Foul Breath, Heart barn, Fls.-
ulencc, Dizziness, Sick Headaches, faiiu1e
Of physical and mental yigoi.
sense OF Weightand fuilness in fllastolGacll.
and increased Costiveness, Ill OF y, axe
/ known under one head RI Dyspep 4 Ia.
I lne every instance where this disease docs
not originate from scrofUlous taiilts iii The
blood, Esls's PILLS may DO coil!;e lss,st.y
relied upon to effect u cure. Thos.s eases
not amenabiel to the curative Id ,.ls4,lee Of
}AYER's Pills alone will certain, Il, itltl IL
the PrI. IS are ii ied BY the powerful IE,osl-
purifying properties of AYIIs's SsA RsA r 4
EILIsas. s3ls 33s
Dysp optics should know that the IoflserS
treatment Of their nlalady ia lestponed,
{ the more ditficlllt of cure it becomes.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-09-25
DRESS GOODS.
To the Ladies' of Little Falls and
Morrison County.

We have just received at our store
and offer for sale the largest, best and
prettiest line Of dress goods ever
brought to Little Falls, unequaled in
variety style and quality, and we are
selling them cheaper than similar
grades Of goods were ever before Of
fered at retail in this state. You can
now Go better at home in this line Of
goods than by sending to other cities :,
We make these statements knowing
that We can and will convince you of
their truth If YOU call and examine
orr goods and prices. All the goods
are late and popular styles, and We are.
sure We can suit you.
LITTLE FAILS LIVE SrocK Co.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-09-25

Farmers from all parts Of Morrison
county express themselves as wei!
pleased with the yield Of wheat, as it
is being shown by the 5threshers. In
Pierz and Buchanan towns the wheat
yield is over 20 bushels per acre in
nearly every field, and in many it is
much above that. Otto Bolster hal a
large field. of wheat in Pierz which
yielded 20 bushels per acre. On Green
Prairie the wheat is yielding from 10
to 20 bushels per acre, the hail storm
III July last having injured many fields
and caused a light crop Oats are 60
ing from IS to 40 bushels per acre in
that town. In the western and south
western purts of the county wheat and
oats are very fine in quality and the
yield is very good. Only a small part
of the threshing is completed IN this
county. With good prices for the
crops--the farmers of Morrison county
VIII have very prosperous season.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-09-25
. LAND OFFICE NOTICE
Land Office at ST. Cloud, Minnesot

: Land Office at st. Cloud, Minnesota,
y : g, s.. September 10, 1885,
: Notice is hereby given that TIC following.
named settler has lied notice Of his intention
to make final proof in .suppos r. Of his clai II,
and that said proof will he made before Leon
Houde. clerk Of the district court, 1T Morri-
son, Mimi, on Oetober24, 1885, viz 81, Joseph
q, Winchester, Of Morrison county, Mimi,
for the Swi of Section ", TownslHphl29
Range 80. -. &ts 49, liz > 5gssz M
p Hc 1aames the following Witness pSprove
bis confinhous residence upon, and cultiva-
ton of, said land, viz: Bernard Carr, post
office address Latfond's, Morrison county
Mimi, NJ K. Bowman, p2stofice address
>wanTilIe, Morrison county. Mimi, Petc,
Arndt1po<t office addres, Little Falls. lforsi-
son county, Mimi, Lonzo Simpson, post Office
address tafonVs, Morrison county MINI
III l.5.: ID. II. FkEiEM; y {
tH/ ~ 557'-4s5IE. - =. .,1IA RcuiStprg a
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ROya!tOIs WaGpn ShOp.

G. l. Dalsin has opened at Royalton,
on Mill Street, complete. wagon and
carriage shop, and is now prepared 10 do
all work in his line. A specially made.
of extra Ugh or heavy work, and repair
ing satisfactory doue on short notice.
EVERYTHING FIRST class. Give him can.