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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09

An exercise which is both pleasant
and instructive if occasionally introduc-
ed into Geography classes, is guessing
the name of an animal from questions
and answers. Let one pupil think
Of some animal and the rest
find out what it is by asking ques-
tions about it, the number being limited
20 ten or twelve. In this way the pu-
pills fund of general knowledge will be
led to inquire into the characteristic,
habits and localities of animals, and
such words as domestic, native, verte-
brate, articulate, carnivorous, ruminant,
&C., are taught incidentally thus enlarg-
ing their vocabularies. Until they're
accustomed to the manner Of question
ing, the teacher should do the guessing,
using the proper terms with their expla-
nation, or with a word of opposite mean
ing, thus: as it a vertebrate? Has it
a backbone? Is it domestic or wild?''
The exercise need not be confined to an
finals. If the pupil says. II am think
ing of something, instead of an animal
The questions should begin with ami
NAL, vegetable or mineral. In a natura
state or manufactured?
have a somewhat similar exercisefol
familiarizing quite small children Will
the names of birds and animals. Civ,
the first letter of the name and hav
them guess what it is from that. l hav
had very satisfactory results from tn
above and believe IN leaving nothing un
tried in which pleasure and real prof
may be combined. G.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09
FOR SALE.

TREES.-A big lot Of yearling Russian Muloer-
~ Trees.
GRAPE VINES
SMALL, FRUTTS.-Choice Raspberries, Straw
berries, Rhubarb, &c.
PLANTS.-5O bushels OF fine sweet potatoes
for spring planting. All kinds OF garden plants
will be ready for customers early in the spring.
Prices as low rs the lowest. Can On or addTtSS
CHAS. YOUNG, Abilene, rs.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09

The Teachers Institute, at the Abbey
school house, last Saturday, was a sue
cess. There was a large attendance dur
ing the day of teachers and patrons, and
an unusual interest was manifested by
all present. The essays read by Miss
Margie Riser and Miss Barbara Bas-
sler were replete with good sound prac-
teal Thoughts on the subjects of CONVEX
sation and education.
The committee on music acquitted
themselves with honor. The selections
were appropriate and well rendered.
The excellent dinner prepared by the
ladies of the district is deserving of
special mention. Friend Campbell and
Crary led in this exercise for more than
an hour wh,n the president ruled that
the exercise be basb etsd until half past
six.
The following teachers took an active
part in the exercises: c. G, Bear, H. E.
Ackers, Miss Barbara Bassler, j. G.
Wine, A. NJ. Crary, Miss Margie Ris-
ser, Jno. Whistler, Miss Ollie Day, VIM.
Campbell, VIM. Muuzenmeyer, D. d.
Hornaday and j. II. Enge. 1t was
day probably and pleasantly spent and
all united in saying that the Abbey dis
riot is gooi place to have a institute
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09

Harrington, kans., Oct. 22d, 1SS4-This is to GER
tfy that Albert Fox has built GO rods of the GhOl
son patent fence on my place, and recommend it
to any one wanting good fence.
NJ. d. HERINGTON.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09
COLUMN.
EDITED BY
D. D. HORNADAY, County Supt.

r. Y. Morrison, principal of the
Chapman school, has proven himself to
be the right man in the right place. He
is practical educator and is having ex-
oellent success in his school. The as
Eistant, Miss Anna Sandborn, is equally
strong in her teaching management and
discipline. Both teachers should be re.
tanned for the next term.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09
{ : Stop that Cough

BY using Dr. FTazier's Throat aud Lung BaJslr-
the only sure cure To- Coughs, Gods hOarse ID s.
cough. IL may prove fatal. scores and hII1dredS
OF grateful people owe their lives 10 Dr. Frazjer,S
Throat aud Lung Basam, after discovering itS
marbelouS power Ii is put up in large family
bottles and sold for the small price OF soc b9ifis
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09

hereby recommend the Gholson patent fence,
- erected by Albert Ii. Fox on my rancho. on
Sharps Creek, Chase Co., Rams, as being first
class fence, and put up in first-cass manner.
T. W. BOWMAN
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09

~. G. Morse. of Florenc Kansas, has built fifteen
m les of this fence and is highly pleased with it
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09
Notice of Appointment.

STATE OF KANSAS
Dickinson County,
In the matter of the estate OF
Joseph G. Hoover, late Of Dickinson County, Kas
Notice IS hereby given that on the 26th day of
March, A. D., 1885, the undersigned was, by the
Probate Court of Dickinson County, Kansas, duly
anpointed and qualified as Administrative Of the es-
tate of Joseph G. Hoover, late of Dickinson Coun-
ty deceased All parties interested in said estate
will take notice and govern themselves accordingly
MANDY a. HOOVER, Administrative.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09

Andy Hinchman, BENJAMIN Lem. and Tbo-n..
waters, Of Morris Co, Kas., and Thomas White
OF Lyon County, Kas., are using this fence and
speak in high terms of It. Oh"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09
Skin Diseases Cured.

BY DIR. Frazier's Magic Ointment. Cures as II nv
magic Pimples, Black Heids or GIubs, Blotche,
and Eruptions ON the face, leaving The skin clear
and beaut jul Ais cures l. h, Salt Rheum. SOra
Nipeies, s1le l1I :; ana Oh Obstinate Ulcers
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09

We clip the following from Sundays
Journal, extract of talk by Prof
Greenwood to his teachers:
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09

Parties having legal advertisements
will benefit themselves, and greatly
oblige us, by instructing theirattOrneys
to insert them in the REFLECTOR.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09
Sale Bills.

Those wanting sale bills printed will
do well to call at our Office aid examine
work and learn prices before ordering
elsewhere. We are prepared to do this
class of work in elegant style, at prices
within the reach of all.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09

Privilege granted TO pay loans in
at the end OF ?, 3 or 4 years.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09

, Ihls Is to certify that have had four miles NJ
the GholsOn Patent Wire fence built and 80
slider 1t the best fence | ever saw. June 80, 1894
L. SEARY, Emporia, Kas.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-16
Engraving on Glass.

The hard point for inscribing and en-
craving rare stones is doubtless older
than the lathe, and was certainly used in
engraving glass during classical and
medieval times. The Flemish, Dutch
and Germans, within the last three cen
turtles, used it with great success, as tes-
titled by examples OF their work still re-
naming. Diamond or other hard stone
points-or still points similar to those
used by some glass carvers of the present
day-may be employed in engraving
glass and handled in the same way as
ordinary gravers for metal or wood.
The glass should be coated with mix
ture of gum and milk, on which, when
dry, pattern may be drawn or trans
ferrcd previous TO engraving. Very fine
line and Matching and stipple effects can
be produced by this method. Some of
The specimens in the Slade collection OF
the British museum'are cXquisitcly done,
especially those attributed to Wolfe and
Heemskcrk. The great drawback to such
engraving, when delicately finished. is
that it cannot be we'll seen unless it is
held close to the eye and in good light.
Art ,OarHal.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-16

1t is estimated that the railroads of
Pennsylvania employ 10000 men.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-16
The First Bank in Europe.

The bank of Venice, the first Of its
kind established in Europe, was founded
in III. 1t owed its existence to the
long wars between the Guelphs and the
Ghibellines, and the governments need
of money for conducting them. Having
exhausted every other resource, the state
was obliged to resort to forced loans
from its wealthy citizens. Then was or
ganized the chamber of loans, which by
degrees assumed the form Of bank. 1t
is said of this institution that ''it was
for many ages the admiration of Eu-
rope the chief instrument of Venetian
finance, and the chief facility of COM
merce not surpassed by that of any Eu-
ropean nation" Funds once deposited
in the bank could not be withdrawn,
but were transferable at the pleasure of
the owners upon its books. So thor
oughly did the bank credits become the
means through and by which the tinan-
cial operations of the people were con-
Quoted, that with scarcely an exception
during its entire existence, these credits
were at premium over coin, the latter
being often clipped and worn, as well as
being of various countries and uncer-
tain values We may infer that the peo-
pie were we'll satisfied with the workings
of the bank from the statement of a
well known economical writer that ''no
book, speech, or pamphlet has been
found in which any merchant or dweller
in Venice ever put forth any condcmna-
ton of its theory or its practices" The
bank of Venice continued without in
terruption until the Venetian republic
was overthrown by the revolutionary
army Of France in 1897.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-16
Modern Architecture.

Mr.. w. w. Armitage, architectural
draughtsman, No. 4O2 Montgomery
street, San Francisco, California, writes
that having very severe cough, which
he found it difficult to remove, he tried
Red Star Cough Cure, and after few
doses was completely cured. Encour-
aged by this remarkable result, he gave
it to the young members of his family
who were sick from a like cause. and il
produced similar effects upon them. lie
recommends its use in every household.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-16

THERE Is NO PART OF LIES CITADEL
where the enemy can make a Judgment
that the ''NINEGAR BITTERs" will not
lind him, and put him to rout. Hmpurity
Of blood is the parent of disease; the
liver, the stomach, the lungs, the nerves.
every vital organ is affected primarily
from this cause, and in this direction the
VINEGAR BlrrERs acts with magical in
fluence.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-16
IMMEDIATE RELIEF!

Gordon's King OF Pain relieves pain OF whateverna
ture, the moment IL is applied, and is household
remedy wherever known for rheumatism, Neural
gia, Headache and TOothache Burns and Scads.
Sprains and Bruises, DarrhCea Dysentery, Sore
Throat, Ulcers, Fresh Wounds, etc, Burns viii not
blister II applied. and Bruises will heal in day that
would require a week hy any other method The
remedy is furnished in powder, with labels, ETC., and
Is sent by mall postage paid. IL is put in Soc 81
and s. packages. The Doc, OF trial package, when
reduced to liquid form, Will NIL "a 2oz. bottles, which
are worth at retail So Agents can coin money sell
ing H. It Is worth ten times its cost for burns alone
Send postal notes or two cent stamps Address
J. q RICHARDS Sole Proprietor. Toledo. Ohio,
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-16
Knows When TO Laugh.

"There is a man in this city" said
well known Washington lawyer to the
New York Telegram correspondent,
''whose chief stock in trade is in know
ing when to laugh. Yes" he continued,
and that mans profession is that of a
lobbyist. lie is a smooth talker and al
ways has his hands full of business. Ono
day last winter | was in his com
panv, when he introduced me to a Jer-
seyman, who had come down to Wash
ineton to look after some matters before
Congress In the course of the CONVEX
sation the Jerseyman told joke-a YER
liable chestnut. My friend laughed
immediately, but as l had heard the
so-caled joke thousand or more times
/ could not join in the merriment. The
next day met my Lobbyist friend, who
said: Il was probably as much bored
last night as you were; but the fact that
i INDUCED my Jersey friend and laughed
at his stale jokes has brought me ducats.
Here is his check for 81 900, which he
gave me as a retainer to represent his
claim before a committee of the house.
Sam Ward, he continued made fame
and fortune by knowing how to feed
people. | make my money because
know how and when to laugh"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-16
One Experience of Many.

Having experienced great deal of
"Trouble" from indigestion, so much so
that came near losing my
Lifel
My trouble always came after eating any
food
However light
And digestibe,
For two or three hours at time had to
go through the most
Excruciating pains,
"And the only way ever got'
"Reliefm
Was by throwing up all my stomach con-
tanedll No one can conceive the pains that
l had to go through, until
"At lastn'
was takenl $50 that for three weeks I
lay in bed and
Could eat nothingll
My sufferings were so that I called two doc.
the pain.
There efforts were no good to me.
At last l heard a good deal
"About your Hop Bttersl
And determined to try them'
Got bottle-in four hours took the con-
tents of
One!,!!
Next day 1 was out of bed, and have not
seen
"Sickr
Hour, from the same cause, since.
have recomm3 nded it to hundreds of 9th
eIs You have no such
"AdvOCute as | am
GEO. KENDALL, Allston, Boston, Mass.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-16

None genuine without bunch Of green
Hops on the white label. Shun all the vile
poisonous stuff with Hop or Hops" in
their mime.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-16

In Massachusetts pneumonia has, since
1857, grown almost twice as fast as the
population.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-16

At Mount Mansfield, VT, a monu-
ment to General Grant has been started
in the shape of simple pile of stones.
Each visitor till doomsday is asked to
add one rock to the pile.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-16

Butternut wood is largely used for
making shoes to wear in breweries and
other damp places.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-04-03
HINTS TO

Never stand at the foot of sick bed and
survey the patient. All figures loom large
to fevered eyes, and by the side of the bed
are only partly seen, and do not annoy
with the sense of too much presence. Do
not open the door very slowly, for then the
attention is strained, specializing as to who
the next conner can possibly be after all
this preparation, and with such cautions
approach. Low bat clear tones, quiet but
sure movements, and rapid, rather than
slow, are a great relief to any pati,mt who
is blessed with a practical nurse.
Whispering is torture. silence is best
until You can discuss matters in another
room; but if You speak. speak out, and
make no mystery about anything. In Sc
we're illness the nurse must watch her pa
tient steadily, but not seem to BE- looking,
In convalescence it frequently soothes the
invalid to have the nurse seated at the win
dow. apparently looking ont. Tais frees
the faculties from the tension that the sense
of being watched usutlly gives. Brattle-
bor0 H0HsPb0ld.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-04-03
y

Tie leaves OF geranium are an excellent
application for cuts, where the skin is rub
bed off, and other wounds of that kind.
One or two leaves must be bruised and APP
piled to the part, and the wound will be
cicatrized in a short time.
Saleratus mixed up with a little thick
cream. is excellent for burns. Make into a
nice soft poultice. spread it upon a cloth,
and bind it Upon the scald or burn. and re-
new as often as it gets dry. This will re-
lieve a burn almost instantly. 1t should
be kept on until the fire is all drawn ont,
The following recipe will be found eX-
cellent for breakfast or lunch; Minoe any
kind of cold meat, season with pepper and
salt, and add a few bread crumbs. Cover
the bottom of scallop-shells or small saucers
with the meat, putting in each a bit ofbut-
ter; break a fresh egg on top of each and
set it in a hot oven; when the egg begins to
eook sprinkle a little cracker powde on it
and a dust of salt. Serve hot.
Take two pounds of rosin and two and
ton taliow: melt these all together, and
when partly cool add one ounce OF cam
phor. one-half ounce Of oil OF hemlock, and
one gill of brandy. Stir all well together,
work until cool, and form into small rolls,
wrapping each in paper. Keep i'll a cool
place. 1t is the best plaster for all uses !
ever had.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-04-03
MOSTLY q NATfN T..

Are you a native of the state? asked
the Judge of the United States Court. adj
dressing a fat man who had been sum
moned TO testify in a ease of Illicit distil-
ling.
Mostly. judge.
Il mean, were you born in this State?"
Il understand. | want born here, but
I'm mighty nigh a native.
''Came here when you were quite young,
suppose"
NO sir; amt been here but about ten
year"
''How old are you?''
Fifty"
''Then how is it that You are very nearly
a native of the State?''
"Well, when | came here | only weighed
about a hundred pounds. Now | weigh
t 80 hundred and forty; so you see OF G
hundred and forty pounds of me are native,
while one hundred pounds came from Mis-
soury.T
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-04-03
FARM HINTS.

Sheep culture has many advantages over
cattle-raising. also dairying. There is a
necessity of sheep husbandry for meat pro-
duc,ion. The rapid increase of population.
the scarcity and increasing price Of beef.
the inferiority of pork in healthfulnesS and
nutrition, tend to the increase of mutton
eating.
If an animal gets ont of condition and
does not seem to relish its food a little pure
haxseed boiled in oats and fed two quarts
at a time will generally bring them back
to a sense of hunger again.
4 sensible stock man remarks that it is
better to have a good animal with a poor
pedigree than a poor animal with a good
pedigree.
Oleomargarine and butterine have appar-
entity come to stay. All that the law
can do is to insist that these artificial cor =
pounds shall be sold fo- what they are. If
butter is made and kept as it should be
oleomargarine will not take its place. 1t
does undoubtedly diminish dairymen's
profits, for if no imitation butter were made
there would be a butter famine all the
time. In many places the real butter is
worse than the imitation article. 1t is
this second and third rate butter which is
crowded out by the spurious manufacture
Aside from the looks of the thing, dead
limbs on fruit or other trees should lie
promptly removed. Where limbs die from
blight the cutting should be below any dis
eased part or it will spread the infection.
Prompt cutting down to healthy wood will
check most cases of blight. The saw used
should not be applied to healthy trees I'M
less first washed with carbolic acid and
water.
If fowls are fed tN ice a week with corn
meal moistened with water, into which a
little kerosene is mixed. in the proportion
of a dessertspoonful of oil to a pint of meal,
they will remain free from the small, white
lice, which are SO troublesome. This is
particularly the case with sitting ems.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-04-03
IN Ii l. a

oh. The lady she puts on the roller skates
over the fence is out.
And into the May her way she takes,
Eddying here and about.
oh, but She shoue in waltz or reel
oh, but she slung a dizzy heel.
oh! but you'd ought to heard her squeu-
over the fence is ont.
[sEcoNp sTANzA ~ 4 MiNoR.l
Quivered and ratified the chandelier,
lathe the arnica on
Ah, but the sliverS were sharp II scre'
Where has the decor gone
All, but her Joyous race was run
Ere the bright night had scarce begun:
Not for a week can she have some fun
I.ather the arnica on.
p RgFIrEs
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-04-03
ANEW WATCH OFFER.
To Old and New Subscribers.

We want Il very large increase III the circhla-
ton of the MONITOR, and are willing to pay for
if. To reward those who will assist in this
work. we will give IA ~ATERBJRl WATCH
on the terms published below, under the head
of u OnLv FERNS. Read carefully, and either
gel your MoNIToR for nothing, or a good Watch
for nothing. The WATERBURY WATCH Is
known asan entirely reliable. substantial stem
winding watch. as gooda time-keeper as any in
the market. 1t is encased in white metal, ana
to the manufacturers warrant we ada our own
having carried one for over two years. The
be bought tor. is $3.50. 1t is a marvel of cheap
ness and accuracy, and Will do everything that
amy watch Will.
The ONLY TERMS.
For g. 50-The watch and the MONITOR for one
year. This applies to either old or new sub
scribeTs.
with $3.50 extra, 500 IN at, We VIII SEND Il
watch.
TO anyone getting up a club ofeightnew sub
scribers 10 our paper We Will send u watch free
Of all charge.
Now for work. Every man who needs "A
watch. either for his own use or for his boy,
can get one at a merely nominal cost, and II
good, durable watch ii will prove itself.
Every boy OF fourteen wants Il watch and
should have one. Every man who travels, who
has an expensive watch should have q Water
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watch. ANYHOW, and everybody wants, or ought
to, a bright, independent home newspaper, full
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Roll in the subscribers. Address,
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To anyone wishing the watch alone, we viii
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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-04-03

Short lengths of neat plaid wooden cass;-
mere. at % cts. per yard, worth 35 cts,
just the thing for children's suits. E. B.
Humphreys & Co. If
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-04-03
FLITURArT


nnI7T send six cents for post lge. and
II PkIF receive free. a costly box Of
n ] lllLLl goods which viii help You to
more money right away Than
anything else IN this world. All, of either Sex,
succeed from first hour. The broad road 10
fortune opens before the workers, al solufely
sure. At once address. TnuE Y 20. Augusta,
AAlhSi Ausi7ly
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-04-03

1900 yards Conestoga W. fine brown
yard-wide shirting muslin, soon beaches
after washing a few times. Very desirable
weight, g cts. per yard, at E. B. Hum
phreys 4 Co.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-04-03
ClpHERED OVER.

from the pen OF a
master. How Mr.. Alden
can give the eight vol
uines, and this on good
paper. and clear type,
including the multitude
Of illustrations. is a
thing we have ciphered
over. but we fail to IN
derstand it."-Chris-
ton Lecdcr, Boston.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-04-03

Oil cloths. all widths, spoons. knives,
forks, tubs, and many articles for house
T. B. Humphreys & Co. If
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-04-03
MACAuLAY'S Peer

"Guizot is the Ma
caulay of the history of
France. His narrative
is full of emotion. like
quick stream his char
acters rise before us as
in the flesh : they are
men and women, not
historic la figures. 1t
is a. charming as any
romance. There is only
one drawback it
seems more like getting
& present than making a
purchase" = Dominion
CHurchmtdn. Toronto.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-04-03

Remnants yard wide Fruit of the Loom
bleached muslin, Sets. per yard at Hum
phreys. tt