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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-06
Death of a Noted Hu,nortst.

MONTEREY, CAL, Oct. 15.-Henry w.
Shaw, better known as "Josh Billings"
died at ten o'clock yesterday morning of
apoplexy, at the age of about sixty-sey-
Ell years. Shortly after nine o'clock lie
complained of pain in his chest and sent for
a physician. When the doctor arrived Mr..
shaw TESTED with him about the pain, and
said, as he ran his hand through his
long hair and threw himself back in the
chair: only doctors in the East ordered rest
of the brain, but you can see l don't have
to work my brain much for simple lectur-
ing-that comes spontaneously" As he
unconscious. He was carried to his room.
and in three minutes life was extinct
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12
What They Claim.

When the peoplesf the United States,
"a November, 1884, voted to put the
Republicans out and the Democrats into
power in the National Government, did
they mean 10 have the change limited
to the Presidency. the Cabinet and the
most prominent places in the public
service, or was it their wish to bring
about more radical aud thorough
going form by putting in new men
generally?
1t seems to us they wanted to heaven
the whole lump with Democracy.
We are unable to see why d Demo-
cat who seeks n small office should be
characterized as an impudent spokesman
any more than a Democrat who seeks a
great office; or why either of them
should be subjected to this reproachful
;appellation.
The Democrats want the offices be-
canse they think they can serve the pub
,Ec better than the Republicans.
If they can. they should have the Off
.ceS. If not the RepuDF cans should be
permitted to keep them.
There is nothing in this motion at all
inconsistent with the frequently ex-
pressed idea of President Cleveland
that public office is a public trust.
All that the Democracy asks is that
Whenever a new trustee is to he APP
pointed, Democrat shah have the OPP
portunity to prove that he will make a
more competent and faithful trustee
than any Republican that can be select
ed, or than any mugwump-N l. Sun.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12
The Expository Note.

One of John Wesley's associates,
named Samuel Bradburn, was much
esteemed as good preacher and an
excellent man. At time when he was
in straitened circumstances. Mr.. Yves
ley sent him a five-pound note, with
the following letter: Dear Sammy
Trust in the Lord and do good; so
shalt thou dwell in the land, and verify
thou shalt be fed. Yours affectionatelv.
John Wesley" The reply was prompt:
Rev. and Dear SRI have often been
struck with the beauty of the passage of
Scripture quoted in your letter, but l
must confess that | never saw such use
full eXpOSitOry notes on it before. | am,
reverend and dear sir. your obedient
and grateful servant, 5. Bradburn. -
Christian Union.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12
THOSE POSTAL AGENTS.
A Good Chance for the Official Axe to r.
Swung.

Good Chance for the Official Axe to Be
Swung.
There is no department of the civil
service which needs wedding out more
than the railway mail service For
years it has been manipulated as parti-
san machine in the interest of the Re-
publican organization. Postal agents
have been compelled to register and vote
when they were not entitled to exercise
the franchise and the political black
ma;lerS have leveled on them merci-
leSsly to swell the corruption fund of the
party.
The offenders in this matter are still
continued in their places of power.
Gradually the subordinateS are being
removed, but those who manipulated
the villainy remain rs trusted agents of
the Democratic Administration, and as
a natural result of this fact Democratic
appOintees have little better chance
than when in the hey-day of Republican
power everything was bent to promote
Republican success.
The way to remedy this abuse is 10
remove the heads of departments in
the service. Mr.. Fowler, Mr.. Jameson
and the several department chief clerks
ought to be turned out. While they
remain Democratic appointees are sub
jected to examinations in unfrend
hands, and their pa1 hway of promotion
is made difficult Let the official axe
fall heavily on the Railway Mail Serv-
ice Department HdYriyburg Patriot
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12
Cause Ecr Rejoicing

Cwc1NTAT1.-Tke Times Star says. "a
remarkable discovery made Last winter IN
attracting widespread interest As it in
wolves most important question-that of
public health-it is hsing discussed by emf
1,-5t Physicians and public men 1t is
shown eonclusively that throat and lung
troubles can be cured without resorting to
the use of merpnia or ophum-especiaHy
dangerous In the case of children as ar
resting development, axd poisoning the
system The Governor Of Maryland and
all the officials of that State endorse the
remedy; the State chemi1t of Delaware
pronounces it the purest and most effect
ire, and hospitals and charitable institu-
tons in Philadelphia and other cities use
it with remarkable results. Tie remedy,
which is only twenty five cents bottle, is
Red Star Cough Cure Il is purely vege-
table; It contains no poison or narcotics,
and is positive cure.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12
Partisan Issues.

The last words of General Grant we're
an appeal for peace between the Sec
tons and an expression Of gratifcatiGp
that in his opinion peace had been Sc
cured; and in his noteto General Buca.
ner he spoke with emphasis against
men, like Sherman and Foraker, whu
''warmed.Ep to the wa after it was all
over" These Shermans and Forakeri
have no Southern outrageS to complain
of at this moment. Not word has
ben heard of Southern outrages
throughout this campaign. 1t shown
by Republican evidence, son the con-
trary, that the black men of the South
are fairly treated, and that if they do
not ne vote the Republican ticket it is
because they have ceased to respect it
and because they have acquired conf
dence in the Democratic party. 1t APP
pears, therefore. that the Shermaks and
Forakers are declaring agaast the hon
,eS Southern vote for purely partisan
purposes and are putting forward false
Issues with the campaign Of 1888 in
EieV.-N y GrGHbic.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.

The most remunerative professor
ship in the world is that of Prof. Jur
ner, the distinguished anatOmist of
Edinburgh, which yields him twenty
thousand dollars year.
Caroline Jackson, negress at the
Albany (N. Y. county-house, confesses
that she has run away to hide herself
every time she has heard thunder in
one hundred and seventeen years--At-
bdny Journal
Among the audience at one of
Missions recent concerts in Sweden
was one of the great singers brothers,
an honest peasant who never had left
his native place, and never before had
heard his sister sing
"A good-looking Alabama girl had
a mania for photographs ofherSelf. and
she couldn't get over that disease unit.
she had run her father in debt three
hundred dollars and been fed on bread
and water for a week.-St. Louis Post.
Colonel Charles c. Jones. Jr., of
Augusta, Ga. having investigated the
subject, is convinced that neither Major
General Nathaniel Greene nor Major
General Count Pulaski sleeps beneath
the respective monuments which a
grateful and patriotic people have
reared in their honor"
Clark Foss. the last of the famous
California staged drivers of early days,
is dead. His death is ascribed to a
melancholy that had settled upon him
ever since, a few years ago, be over
turned the coach he was driving and
killed one of the passengers, a young
wOman-- Chicago Trijune.
"A curious coincidence in connec-
ton with a woman who died in Troy
recently at the age of one hundred and
five years, is that few minutes before
her death she predicted that such was
close at hand, and Immediately returned
to bed. from which she had risen only
a short time previous. She never wore
spectacles, and the day before her de-
mise split wood.-TrOg (N. " Times.
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a SENATORIAL OPPOSITION.
A Observation-Disclosures Policy Not Likely
TO Succeed

A Observation-Disclosures Policy Not Likely
TO Succeed.
The reported determination of several
ican Senators to demand from the
President full and clear reasons for re-
moval in the case Of each Presidential
postmaster is not likely to count for
much by the time Congress meets.
Already there are well nigh three
hundred cases of this kind, which will
probably be swelled TO something like
five hundred by the 9TH of December.
The physical labor of critically exam
hing so many cases is rather greater
tEan the Senate will care to undertake.
This is especially true when opposi-
ton or even reieation will be pow
erleSs to restore the removed post
masters to their places. Whatever is
done some appointee of President Cleve-
land is sure to hold the Office and this,
OF itself, takes away much of the spirit
OF Senators. They have been so used
TO fighting for spoils that they are not
likely 10 enter q contest just for the fun
OF the thing.
Their it must be remembered that
there are several Republican Senators
who can not be trusted TO take part in
such a fight. Some of these developed
their opposition 20 a mere nagging
policy in the Senatorial caucus at the
extra session and there is no reason to
believe that they have seen any new
light since, 1t will be wen for Hoar
COnger and Cullom to get the consent
or their fellow Senators of this per-
slasion before they make up their
minds 10 adopt the dog-in-the-manger
policy.--Riiade'phiG Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12
PROGRESS OF The SOUTH.
Its Industrial Activities Greater Now Than
Ever Before

AsNcE
The increase of manufacturing enter
prisss in the South is remarkable. The
new enterprises organized during the
first nine months of the present year,
taken together with the enlargement of
old plazts, will employ an aggregate
capital OF $50. 3s6, 300. In this list Ken
lucky heads of, with capital of Sl4,-
005. eco. West Virginia comes second,
with 50, ga. 600; Maryland third, with
Sc, 107, 800, and Alabama fourth. with
50, S64, 900.
The growth of the South has been
marvellous for the past five years. The
increase in railroad mileage nee 1879
IS il 900 miles. The assessed value of
the property of the South, not includ-
ing the large capital invested in manu-
featuring enterprises, which is chiefly
exempt from taxation, has increased
$500, 600 600. The production of corn
has increased fifty per cent. in that
time, and that of oats seventy. In cot
ton mills the gain has been a hundred
per cent, and in cotton seed oil mills
two hundred and fifty per cent. A like
increase has been made in the produc-
ton of coal and pig iron.
These specimen facts, illustrative of
the industrial activity OF the South dur
ing the last five years, which activity is
greater at the present time then ever.
shows that the war is over in that sec
ton. whatever Northern politicians
may,claim to the contrary. The South
has quit fighting and gone towork. and
at the rate it has been making progress
during the last five years it promises to
become as prosperous as its great
natural resources wiz allow, which will
be very prosperous indeed. Every gen
uine friend of the Union Will rejoice a.
these unmistakable evidences that the
South is at last on the high road to the
development of its great possibilities. -
Idik0deLDhiU Times
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12
Dropping a Quarter.

He was a horseman, and during the
races a thin man with blue nose and
a hungry look came up and blinked in
the glare of his large freshwater dia-
mond.
''Great boss of your'n." said he.
"'Betcher life"'
-'Nice stopper, too"
lou bet"
Lowers her record right along.
Drops quarter every little while, don
she. boss?"
That's what's the matter"
Il ike that boss. Say. mister, I'm
offul hungry. Do as she do. an drop
quarter an let me git square meal,
will YEP"
He dined. -TTd-Bits.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12
Rev. Thomas Harrison. kn

Rev. Thomas Harrison. known as
the Boy Preacher" is resting :from
his evangelistic labors at Dorchester,
Mass. Overwork has been too much
for him. He has almost lost his voice.
but is in hope of regaining it. He has
generally been a very healthy hoy"
and has seldom missed an appointment
on account of sickness His converts
are numbered by the thousands, no
very accurate census of them being on
record. Brother Harrison is a Metho-
dist. nearly forty years old. but with
Very youthful face.-BoStop Globe.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12
Young Men, Read This.

THE VoLTAIc BELT Co., of Marshall, Mich,
offer to send their celebrated ELECTRO Vol
TAIC BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
on trial for 30 days, to men (young or old)
afflicted with nervous debility, loss of vital
ity and all kindred troubles. Also for rheu-
matism, neuralgia, paralysis, and many 9TH
er diseases. Complete restoration TO health,
vigor, and manhood guaranteed. No risk in
Cured, as so days trial is allowed. Write
them at once for illustrated pamphlet, free.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12
What Have They Done?

Iftthe Republicans were TO regain the
Presidency and the control of Congress.
they could do nothing to change the
conditions or the results of voting at
the South. During the last eight wears
jnwhich Republican Presidents sat in
she White House not a finger was
raised TO protect Ehe negroes, and
when they were given ma oritg in the
House they used the power to make
keifer Speaker, to pass an aboRinable
River aud Harbor bin. and to aggle
with the taxes without reducing them.
But not a move did they undertake for
the benefit of the poor negro" Sen
Ators Evarts sud Hoar know this per-
feethy well. They know. too. that the
colonel people of the South are Just -
well off to-day as they were under =
Republican President, aud probably
better, and that the Southern elections
are rapidly regulating themselves upon
4 fair hsSis.-BoSt0as Herald.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12
$500 Reward.

The former proprietor of DR.. Sage's Ca
tarrh Remedy for years made standing,
public offer in all American newspapers of
$500 reward for a case of catarrh that he
could not cure. The present proprietors
have renewed this offer. ALI the druggists
sell this Remedy, together with the
"Douche," and all other appliances adj
vised to be used in connection with it. No
catarrh patient is longer able to say " l
can not be cured" You get 500 in case of
failure.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12
A SOuthside couple stood befo

"A S0uthslde couple stood before q
Court street jewelers. the other even
ing, when the young lady remarked:
"Gawgie, don't You think there is
something perfectly lovely about those
elOcks?" 'What do you admire so
snuch about rthem?" he asked. why,
don't YOU see they-they name the
dav." The future will tell if Gawgie
tumbled Huntington Rd,ckege-
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12
The Mirror

is no hatterer. Would you
make it tell a sweeter tale1
Magnolia Balm is the charm
er that almost cheats the
looking-glass.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12

Wives and newspapers are just alike.
The only man who knows how to manage
them properly is the man who has neither.
-PhiIddaphid Gail.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12

in the last century they really
tITned crimna to some practical ae-
count in England. In 1867 Joaa BeK-
ham. under sentence of death TO,
burglary, was pardoLed on condition
of undo going the ampptation of limb.
ito test the efficacy of Mr.. Pierce 8
Supplies" The limb OF John was to
be considered free.
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'NoW. I'll agree to POSTPONE nv rash

= Structure of the urethra O. it's
worst forms, speedily cured by ourhew
and improved methods. Pamphlets, ref
erences and terms, two three cent stamps.
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
663 Main Street, Buffalo. n. Y.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12

The story is soberly. told that a
snail brought from Egypt 10 England
as genealogical specimen in 1880.
and Immediately gummed TO bit OF
cardboard. was found TO BE- alive il.
1884, after lying in the British Museum
for four years.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12

AN enterprising reporter. writing of a
wreck at sea, stated tt at no less than four
| teen of the unfortunate crew and pas
sengeTs bit the dust.-N Y IndepcRdenE
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12

"A JsPanese gentlemas living in
Paris tells his countrymen who want
TO learn E8giiSh how '.>he is spoke in
a phrase book from which the following
quotations are made: is the very
hot per day. aad how do YOU do? but
L am very welL'' 80 This summer
would be going to begin the harvest,
as your said therefor. beg you take
care OF it" Il will be performed INV
father's compliments from after noon
today, and propose that your come
aud catch this glad" II did the re-
ceiTed your, begs which you pleased to
me, yesternight, and 1 will 90 to
Justice of Pace tomorrow"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12

An embryo coquet'e: Miss Elsie-''Who
are you staring att" Master Alfred-"I
wasn't staring at any one" Miss Elsie
latter pause)-"Well, you may if Won
like. "-Judy.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12

A CONTEST between two dentists as to
which of the two could take out most teeth
IN Given time resulted, as was expected,
in a draw.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12
Browns Little Joke.

"Why, Brown, how short your coat is"
said Jones one day to his friend Brown,
who wittily replied: ayes; but it will be
long enough before get another" Some
men spend so much for medicines that
neither heal nor help them, that new
clothes is with them like angels visits
few and far between. Internal fevers,
weakness of the lungs, shortness of breath
and lingering coughs, soon yield to the
magic influence of that royal remedy, DR..
R-V. Pierce's ''Golden Medical Discovery"
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THE immediate delivery system-Your
money or your ife.-BOstOn Courier.

DISTANCE from the ocean is no safe
guard from its dang gers. Two horse-th.eves
in Montana recently fell victims to a high
tied.-St. Paul Herald.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12

You can't make the hero of a blood
curdling drama of bald headed man. It
is impossible for his hair to turn white in
a single night-N. y Herald.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12

PIXIES TooTHACHE DROPS cure in minute, 25o
GLsnns Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. 25c.
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns Bunions.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12

Wisconsin and Alabama have the
same density of population-twenty-
four to the square mile-yet the value
of land averages S23. so in the former
state and 81 " in the latter. Chicago
NaI.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12

A MAN with a noisy dog calls him
" Tree" because all the bark is on the
outside.-Ol City Derrick.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12

"A new kind of kindling-wooc has
been put upon the market. consisting
OF cotton seed pressed into blocks
Chicago Herald
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12

A DEFEATED politician is a good deal
like the earth he covets; he is somewhat
hattened at the polls.-L0toeH Citizen.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12

The oasis of Fignig has been given to
France. Fignig is no doubt the African
for picnic" when you have bad cold
Troy Times.
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jean lngelow in one of her charm
ing stories tells us that the owls call is
but two notes of music ted together
with moan.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12

A TRANSFORMATION that is really won
derful-When a horse is turned into
pasture.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12

IT is a curious ply Biological fact that a
corn never grows ON the right foot. 1t is
slways on the wrong one.-BOstOn Tran
SCRIPT
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The Chinese name for the 'fOld
Scratch" is 1t Ching. This is remark
sble.-WerchGRt Irdreler.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12

WE do not know as ghosts are liable to
disease, but we have heard of the cholera
Marathon Independent
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KANSAS CITY. NoyemIssr


FLoUR-Easy. Quotations are for UNI
established brands in car lots, per ha1
barrel in sacks, as follows: Xxx, S1.l0, Xxx,
Sl21Dl.30: family, 81 45e1l.55 cho ca SIZE
9lS0; fancy. $2.00G2l0; patent $23592. 4s;
rye. SI45@1.70. Buckwheat per Dbl, $..oo-
hid, ,751sc asked: November, cars 753sc.
Lear 75sc; December 769zc bid, T1sc asked;
January, 7S2sc bid, 79Ac asked; April $50
bid, S51sc asked; May, 10 cars SIC, ears,
's7lsc. No. 3 red, cash, 5S1.c bid, no Ofer-
,ings; November, 59l4 bid, 6011c asked; De-
cash. Lear, S5Ac; November, Siazc bid, $50
asked; December. 10 cars, S714c; May, We
lid, CSC asked.
CoRN-Steady; Ne. 2 cash. 2913c bid, no
offerings; November, first half, 3Oc bid.
no offerings: November, l car, 30lic; the
3le asked. No. white cash, no bids nor
offerings; November, 30asc bid, no offer
ings- December, no bids nOr offerings:
January, Ha<c bid, ne offerings; May, 32e
bid, ;f1ac asked
OAn4-No. p cash, NoVember and Decem-
SEC asked; Eejscted, cakh, no bids nor offer
ings.
RrE-Go. cash, no bids, nor offerings;
rejected cash. 45c bid, 41c asked.
BCTTER-Creanery. fancy. 259S6c; good,
20c: fiAe daTr, n single package lots. 1Sc;
store packed, N single package lots. 1V9
lac: common. 4G5e.
EGGs-Receipts light and demand good at
1SGel9c per dozen fresh recsOdled.
CATrLE-Receipts. L5ll. Market active and
strong on best lots. Others steady.
HOGS-Reeeipts. 2244. Market opened so
higher; some sales were inside at &c ad-
vance
SHEEP-Reeeipts. AZ Mark< fairly s.ctive
on good, Others slow.
HORSES AND MULES-Receipts. 10.
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AND now Chicago claims that pork is a
brain food, being product of thousands
. Of Western pens.-LOtceH Citizen.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12

3 months treatment for soc. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. Sold by druggists.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12

THE best kind of servants for hotels
Inn-experienced.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12

An Omaha man advertises for buggy
horse. What strange tastes some people
have.-ChicGgo NdiL.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12

KANSAS CITY, Nov. THE following are
the latest quotations autographed from CIR
cagO, New York and St Louis:
CHICAG0-
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-12

A ROMANTIC story-the one in whicE
your hest girl Hyes~-DanuiHe Breeze.