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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-18
SHERIFF'S SALE

Under AND BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER
[ J OF sale issued by the Clerk Of the Dis
trfct Court of Dickinson Co, State OF Kansas
In cause pending therein, wherein r.
Able is plaintiff, and Alexander II. Marin, Mary
E. Martin and Joseph ChriSty and j. II. Halls
are defendants. will, on
Monday, December 18th, A. D. 1885,
at the front door OF the Court House, in the city
OF Abilene, County of Dickinson, State or Kansas.
at 10 O'Clock a. M or said day sell to the highest
bidder for cash, the following real estate towit:
Let number nine 90 in block number three (3)
10 the city OF Abilene proper in Dickinson county
State of Kansas. The said real estate Will be
sold pursuant to the Judgment OF the Court In
said cause recited in said order OF sale
Witness my hand this Sd day OF Nov. A. D.
1886. J. J. MILLER
Sheriff.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-18
ABILENE REFLECTOR.
Thursday, Nov. 18th, 1886.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
FairvieW.

With proper system of street lights,
we would not have as many burglaries
to chronicle as we have in the past.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-18
SHERiFFS SALE.

Under AND BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER
OF sale issued by the Clerk OF the Dis
trict Court OF Dickinson County, State Of Kan
sas 10 a cause pending therein, wherein q. f.
Davis is plaintiff and George Hoisington and
Martha E. HOiSicgton and The Travellers lnsur-
ance Company are defendants l will, on
Monday, December 18th A. D. 1885.
at the front door of the court house. in the city
OF Abilene, County OF Dickinson, state OF Kan
sas, at 10 O'Clock a. IN. of said day sell TO the
highest bidder for cash, the following real estate
tO-wIt: Lots number Seventy-fOur (14) and sew
entv-six (76) on Cedar street. in Southwick and
AuguStine's addition TO the city OF Abilene in
Dickinson county, State OF Kansas "he said
real tate will be sold pursuant to the judg-
ment OF the Court In said cause rec1ted in said
order OF sale.
Witness my hand this 3Oth day of Oct A. D.
1886.
J. J. MILLER, =
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6 per ct.

Inow have money to loan at SIX per
cent Call and see me.
HILAND SOUTHwORTH.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-18
Monday. December 18th, A. D. 1885,
Publication Notice.

U. S. Land Office Salina,l
Kansas, Oct. 81, 1886. ?
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19
Peculi.ritiss Of japanese Art.

In its integrity the art Of Japan is hon.
est, wholesome, characterized by child
like fondness for color and oddity Of
form, decorative in the highest degree,
yet without strain or affectation. A
Japanese artist knows little about per-
spective, but he knows foreground ma
ture 80 well that even his convention
allied objects are not too far removed
from their model for recognition. His
vines have spring and coil; his flowers
have bloom and freshness; his fish and
birds and quadrupeds have motion; his
clouds fly and his rivers roll. Technical
facility, together with power of adap
tation, selection and conventionalization
are possessed by him in remarkable de-
gree; indeed, no European artist or dec
orators have the readiness Of invention
and application that these orientals
have.
The Japanese who paints for a few
pence day will dash upon fan or
umbrella a bit of color, a hint of land
scape maybe, or a swinging bough Of
cherry blossoms, and the work will
occupy him two minutes. When he has
finished he has painted something that
fits his object better than the minute
and labored work Of French ideals or
English follower of patterns. This
facility is in large measure hereditary;
for the half civilized people, as ofu
school Biographies used to call thea,
were civilized in the arts when
north Of the Alps had not got
into the habit of wearing Shirts
Brooklyn Eagle.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19
Evil Effects of Chewing Gum.

A popular craze that is daily growing
is that Of chewing gum, Men chew it
openly and above board as much as girls,
and the practice has gone 80 rapidly be-
yond its old confines that the fame Of
vassar college as a shrine where taffy
tolu received its greatest share of wor-
ship has long ago died out. The popu-
larity Of the gum-chewing habit is due to
the fallacy that some health journal pro-
mulgated awhile ago that as glm-chew-
ing preserves the teeth and develops the
gums it should be encouraged.
The fact is that gum-chewing stimu-
lates the salivary glands to a degree that
il draining and exhaustive, and when
the increased secretions of these glands
are swallowed it has an injurious effect
upon the stomach by increasing the di-
gestion without pabulum upon which
to act save the stomach itself. It, at the
same time, excites the glands of the
stomach, the liver, the pancreas-in fact
the entire glandular system connected
with ailmentation; it wastes the pro-
ducts Of these glands, or diverts
them from their proper use, and by
20 doing injuries the system. So you see
gum-chewing is not only a ridiculous
and vulgar habit, but is hurtful to
health and sheuld be stopped.-Dr. w.
q. Priest In Globe-Democrat.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19
burlington Hawkeye,,on CRANK.


What would we do were it not for
cranksp How slowly the old world
would move, did not cranks keep it
rushing. Columbus was crank. and
at last he met the fate of most cranks-
was thrown into prison, and died in
poverty and disgrace. Greatly vener-
ated nowP Oh, yes. Harvey was a
crank on the subject Of the circulation
of the blood +; Calico was an astronmi-
cal crank Fulton was crank on the
subject of steam navigation Morse
was telegraph crank. All the old
Abolitionists we're cranks. The Pill
grim fathers were cranks John Bun
yam was a crank any man who doesn't
think as you do, my son, is a crank.
And by-and-by the crank you despise
will have his name in every mans
mouth, and monument to his mem
ory crumbling down in dozen cities.
while nobody outside of your native
village will know that you ever lived.
Deal gently with the crank, NV bow.
Of course some cranks are crankier
than others, but a crank is a thing
that turns something, it makes the
wheels go round, it insures progress.
The thing that goes in for variety.
that changes its position a hundred
times a day, that is no crank that is
a weather-vane, my son. You 'sthank
Heaven you are not crank" Don't
say that, my son. Maybe you couldn't
be a crank, if you would. Heaven is
not very particular when it wants a
weather-vane ; almost any man will
do for that. But when it wants a
crank, my boy, it looks about very
Before you thank Heaven
that you are not a crank, examine
yourself and see what it is that debars
you from being crank.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19
What sort2

What Sort?
What sort of morality is that which
satisfies a man in the nom payment of a
debt as hngIas his1 creditor refrains
from s.dunningSs H. '-.-.
What sort of morality is that which
satisfies itself in the non-payment of a
debt becsuse it is a small amounts
trihe.
What sort of morality is that which
seeks to evade meeting his creditor lest
he should be more plainly reminded of
his Indebtedness. -
What sort of morality is that which
satisfies itself in the non-peyment of a
debt because the creditor is presumed,
by the debtor, not to need what the
debt calls for?
What sort of morality is that which
satisfies itself in the non-payment Of
debt because of a failure in farming, or
other enterprise or undertaking.
What sort of morality is that which
gets offended when asked to pay debt
which the debtor promised to pay long
before the time of dunning?
What sort Of morality is that which
provides for his own wife and children
by defrauding the wife and children of
another man, dead or alive, to whom
he is justly indebted for things which
have been used by the debtors family
for their own enjoyment or profitp
What sort Of morality is that which
ignores moral obligation as to debt
and pays only when the civil law COM
pels?
What sort of morality is that which
lightens the obligation to pay a just
debt in proportion to the length of time
since it was contracted?
In short, what sort of morality is
that which disregards the command,
"Thou shalt not steal?
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19
MANNERS OF THE ARIsTocRAcY.

Bearing of the High English-Indiferens
and Sometimes Insolent to Others.
The high English almost always posses
complete ease of manner, but almost
never complete elegance, and both pecul-
iarities are attributable to their rank. AS
rule, they are remarkable for repose or
bearing. There is little. pushing when
the aristocrats are by themselves, though
plenty Of it among those who wish TO
associate with them. To the aristocrats
their rights are conceded without con-
test. This naturally makes them calm,
assured, serene.
But it also makes them Indifferent, and
sometimes insolent, toward the rest OF
the world. II they are we'll bred, SO
much the better; but if not, they stand
quite az secure. The pedestal is just as
high, no matter what figure is placed ON
it. A duke be q boor or clown, q
duchess may be illiterate or drunken or
immoral, and there have been instances
OF all this within the last twenty years,
but thep are dukes and duchesses all the
same. Their precedence is not disturbed,
bAACAk uOt4CC 10 Bull t1n bAkcAk DOCA0tg
Is courted, their alliance is sought, il not
by all, yet by SO many that they never
discover the deficiency.
Ionce heard q countess account for the
manner Of one Of the court ladies, which
was indeed exceptionally soft and charm
ing: Il suppose, she said, ait proceeds
from her being always with superior,
always obliged to defer to another"
This is the key to the feeling of the
aristocracy. They have no need, they
think, to defer, with equals or interiors,
They can crafty their moods or their
whims, be amiable, or disagreeable, or
Indifferent, as they please. Toward
those above them they are deferential in
the extreme; servile it seems to an
American, and certainly obsequious. With
those whom they like they can be affabTe
as any people in the world, and their
affability is the more agreeable because
what is not common is always more
highly priced. Like everybody else, they
can be civil enough when it is their
interest to be 30. But when none Of these
reasons exists-interest, or preference,
or necessity they are often cold, super
cilious and arrogant to degree unknown
in what is called good company else.
where.-St Louis Globe Democrat.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19
FOREST PREsBTTERIAN CHORCH.
Rav w r. Alexander Pastor
A Real Necessity.


We presume there is hardly a lady tC
be found in our broad land who, if sht
does not already possess a sewing ma
chine, expects some day to become the
owner of one.
But after the mind has been fully made
up to purchase one Of these indespensa.
BILE articles, the question arises as t.
what kind of a machine to buy.
1t should be so simply constructed that
the most inexperienced can successful
ly operate it. The other points mainly
to be considered, and which are the
most desirable, are durability, rapidity,
capacity for work, ease of operation,
regularity Of motion, uniformity OF
tension, and silence while in operation.
The "Lignt-Running New Home''
fills the above reQuirments, and Is
said to combine the good points of all
sewing machines, with the addititn OF
many new improvements and labor
saving devices.
The price is no higher than that of
other machines, and every lady who is
the happy possessor of one may rest
assured she has indeed treasure. See
Advertisement.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19
Deaths Among Rieh and Poor.

For twenty-three years have been
watching the peculiarities of my bust
ness, and I can say this: The rich ara
more liable to die in winter, during some
cold snaps, and the poor in summer,
when the excessive heats are prevalent.
I don't know how to account for it ex-
cept that, perhaps, the rich suffer most
because OF exposure to the cold after
coming from their warm houses, and the
poor die in the very hot weather because
of the exhaustion resulting from the
necessity of following their arduous oc-
cupations when other people can rest in
the shade. Kelly, Undertaken.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

INTERESTING ExPERIENCEs.-Hi-
ram Cameron, Furniture Dealer
of Columbus, Ca, tells his experience
thus: "For three years have tried
every remedy on the market for Stom-
ach and Kidney Disorders, but got no
relief until i used Electric Bitters.
Took five bottles and am now cured.
and think Electric Bitters the Best
Blood Purifier in the world. Major
A. B. Reed, Of West Liberty, KY, used
Electric Bitters for an old standing
Kidney affection and says: 'sNothing
has ever done me so much good as
Electric Bitters. ''-Sold at fifty cent q
bottle by DR.. j. Gibson Carroll.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19
A Russian Cure for catarrh.

A writer in The Russkaia Meditz says
that he has had great success in the cure
Of over 800 cases Of acute and chronic
catarrh, or cold in the head, by the use
of ice-cold water. The legs from the
knee downward are washed with it in
the morning and at night and rubbed
vigorously with a coarse towel. 1t is
necessary to do this for two days only,
and many patients are said to have been
cured in one day.-Chicago Tribune.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19
NY MUSE.
Sometimes my pen plays quick interpreter
8 To secret thoughts my Jealous heart hold

Sometimes my pen plays quick interpreter
2 To secret thoughts my Jealous heart holds
sweet,
And puts in plain device upon the sheet
Some fancy quaint, or memory Of her:
In these rare moments comes sudden Sur
That liberates the captive-held conceit;
& The rhymes melodiously hs and greet
loves long imprisoned, marry messenger.
Beloved, when your fair eyes read this pags
Whereon Il written IN the sable ink
NY verse, learn Whist strange art the poez
use:
No Grecian goddess Of mythic age
inspires their words; tbs all because they
think,
Az I, of one they love-sweetheart and musa
Frank Dempster Shsrman
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

article is so abundant on the upper
Congo that in one of the villages of
the savage region near the mouth Of
the Aruwimi an ivory temple" is
said to exist, formed of light roof
supported by thirty-three entire tusks,
many of which rare Of enormous size.
The chief local imports are cotton,
hardware, cloth, salt, crockery, guns,
and powder, the three frst-named
articles being in especial demand,
and forming in some districts the
actual currency Of the country, SO far
as it can be said to have any. At
the present time" says Mr., StahIa
"the quantity Of cheap Cd
sold every year in the Congo ma
amounts to 6,250,OO0 yards =;
supposing every inhabitant
Congo basin to have just q
dress every new year,
yards would be requiS
Ker, in Harper's Magazl
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19
Careless Mothers i'm London.

In q recent inquest in London physi-
clan testified that the practice to which
young mothers are addicted of lying over
their infants at night, caused the death
Of about 500 children year in London
alone Chicago Herald.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

Landlady-" Did you
key we had yesterday, D
Mr.. Smith-"Did 1 III
indeed /; why, l loved b
think when I was a LID
perhaps, after all, I 81
longest. and the thog
ad,"-Boston Post.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19
Church Directorx.
ST. ANNR's PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH.


ST. ANNR's PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Rev. j. Beers, Rector.
Sunday services at 80 a. m, and 700 p. m.
Friday $50 p. m. Sunday School $50 p. m.
MrDDLETowN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Rev. A. stengie, Pastor.
Preaching every Sabbath at 1880 a. m. ana
p. m. Sabbath School every Sabbath ut
. p. M, Alfred G. Cox, Superintendent.
Prayer Meeting every Thursday evening at
TOO O'Clock. The Glass Meetings are held as
follows: Sunday a. M. NJ !. d. Wilson, Lead
or: Monday evening, at Z o'clock, W. II.
Moore, Leader; Tuesday evening, ut ZOO
O'Clock, led by the Pastor, Wednesday even-
ing, at O'Clock, Alfred G. Cox, Leader.
The seats are free and all are welcome.
FOREST PREsBYTERIAE CHURcH.
Rev. W. C. Alexander, Pastor.
Services every Sabbath morning at 1880
O'Clock, and every Sabbath evening, from
October to April, at O'Clock and from April
to October at 7.So O'Clock, Sabbath School
every Sabbath morning at e.l5 O'Clock. d. L.
(Dunning. superintendent. Prayer Meeting
every Wednesday evening.
Services at Armstrong; Chapel the first
Sabbath of each month at 230 p. m.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

A little handbook recently published
'yfats on what to do in cases Of sprains
Led The accidents. st. Jacobs Oil
hold IN bohe applied. 1t is the
- earth, and costs
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

Germany's Tramps and Loafers.
Germany is utilizing her tramps and
loafers by colonizing them and com.
pelling them to earn their living.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

A CAPTAINS Fox kE D1
covERY.-Capt Colema ]. We
mouth, plying betweenl ic Gil
and N. Y, had been with
cough so that he was 5 sle,
and was Induced to Kin
New Discovery for hon.
not only gaye hipa.if (, but a
layed the( his breas
His chill affecte
and he hapI
eff; iscovery
now the Col
NJ board Il
SCI les of tn
Stand J. Gibso
hracite,
I'd damp,
forgets
the lamp.
-Bo.ton Courier.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

This is the bek season in which to pu-
rify the blood, and Hoods Sarsaparil!a
is the best blood purifier. 100 Doses
One Dollar.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19
Sta&sttipt
kfternoon, February 10, 1885.
LIFE,sLEssoN.


So that we live this life full just and well,
No other need OF us will e'er be asked;
And though beyond our strength we may
be tasked,
'Tis of our strength alone that we must tell.
No aim is higher than we ourselves do Will
And none more true than some that seem
quite i'll.
Effect is never cause The motive pure
And half the battles's won. There is no
fame
More true than this, though IT may seem
the same.
And men applaud 1t who are yet not sure
To what they lend applause. And over all
The same suns shine, the same dews equal
fall.
Few meet what they expect. The end we
crave
Is not the end that's given. And time has
said
"'Tis better So" though heart rebel and
head
Bow low in longing. And every grave
OF every hpse Ass sbRt the birthplaced OF
somsagn Mkusl kfzith, or time, or love.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

for survey. He keeps this moyhat
along in quite promising fashion.-Led-
ger.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

ehevement may be briefly stated In
his own words:
From the mouth Of the Congo
steamer drawing fifteen feet of water
can steam up the river ITO miles. and
o. bosite to this point (the head of the
! estuary we have built stations on both
sides of the river, that on the north or
right bank q. e., Vivi) being the prin-
cipal. Hence, in order to avoid the
Yellala Falls, we take land journey
of52 miles to point where we have
.npuilt another station. We then take
boats, and steam or row SO miles to a
POINT opposite which there are stations.
kcCnstructed on each side of the riy9
mascopes another land jour1s
leach our j.
The Portland daily press., 1886-12-01
WORKING WOMEN.

The condition Of the working women in
the great cities has attracted considerable at
tention of late. Investigations made in New
York city have shown that the wages of sew
ing women are shockingly low, in many cases
down to So, 81, SO, and even to $3.50 week.
Among the causes which operate to bring
about these low wages, principal one is the
practice of letting out work to women in the
country, who have homes, and take the work
to provide themselves with pin money or
help along with the household expenses. A
great deal of such work is done in Maine,
and the prices for which it is done are such as
to discourage any sewing woman who thinks
of making her living entirely by her needle.
This paragraph, from correspondent who
writes to the Monson Slate, shows how the
industry of pant-making fourishes in the
town of Wellington:
Wellington is thriving and prosperous town,
with many good farms and industrious people,
Speaking Of industry reminds me of the labors Of
Mrs. Phineas Stevens and her two daughters, e.
len and Lila Within the last four years they
have made over seven hundred pairs of pants
They make about eight pairs day, They obtain
about fifteen cents pair for their work from a
party In Pittsfeld. There are other families in
that town which make the sewing machine earn
commendable sum every year.
mere Is an eStdDllSnmenC WHICH mas Deen
turning out nearly two hundred pairs of
pants year, and is capable Of turning out
twenty-five hundred pairs, or even more If
the workers care to exert themselves. Forty
cents day is regarded as very good wages,
and the small total of $40 week brings up
no visions of deficits in the amounts due the
landlord or the coal dealer. The number Of
families in Maine where such work is done is
great, and the trousers, or similar garments,
made in this way in year would probably
help clothe small army.
But while such competition makes the out
look dark for the sewing girl of New York,
there is remedy for her if she will apply it.
1t has been repeatedly pointed out that,
while factories and shops are overcrowded,
there is great dearth of women, who can
do housewOrk well. Right here, in Maine.
in both city and country, this difficulty is
felt. The women who will make trOwsers at
home for forty cents day will not do house,
work for greater remuneration. There is
a chance for the city women, even in the
homes of their competitors.
The Portland daily press., 1886-12-01

The love Of man for his dog has been
theme of discussion since the tragedy in the
Machias woods; and there have been some
very remarkable sentiments expressed on
the subject by men who affected to have
such loyal feelings for their dogs that they
might, they thought, under similar circum-
stances, have done as Graves did. The fact
that the dog generally more than reciprocates
the loyalty of the master explainsithe respec-
table position which the former occupies,
although it does not give any reason why
dogs life should be regarded of more value
than a mans. But in some places the dog is
looked upon with altogether too much favor
The town OF Lowell, in Penobscot county,
appears to be such place. According to
correspondent of the Bangor Commercial
there is great lamentation in Lowell over
the high taxes; but yet every other family
in town keeps deg, although three-fourths
of the school books are bought at the public
expense. Three Illustrations which the cor
respondent gives show that in Lowell the
dog is really luxury which the people will
have, no matter what the taxes may be or
where the school books are to be obtained
One family, which has been destitute of food
number of times during the year have kept
their dog through all; another family kept a
dog in comfort last winter, while one of the
children went barefooted; and third are
now milking their borrowed cow and feed
ing the milk to their five dogs, while they
themselves gowithout milk and butter" Such
loyalty to dogs is truly touching, and should
be repaid with kindness and consideration
on the part of the beasts.