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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-04-01
K. of L. Resolutions.

At meeting OF Excelsior assembly,
of the Knights of Labor, held March
10Th, 1856, the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted
That, whereas, the board of trade of
Abilene, Kansas, close corporation or
secret organization, of the nom prOduc-
ing class, organized for the purpose of
preying upon the industrial and labor
ing classes of Abilene and Dickinson
county, Kansas, by ways that are dark
and tricks known only to star cham
berS,'' without cause or Justification,
have gone out on strike, and not only
refuse to produce themselves, but by
''whereaSeS'' and ''reSOlyeS,' and by
other means known only to petty boards
of trade, prevent other men from re
ceiving the full enjoyment of the wealth
that they create; and in addition to this,
by tricks known only in the school of
legalized gambling, have and are con-
cOcting ways, plans and means by
which they may be enabled to get pos
session of the surplus products of the
labOrer, mechanic and farmer, without
giving value received, thereby blocking
the arteries of advancing civilization.
and endangering the life of our repub-
lican institutions, and
WHEREAS, The result of such action
by said board of trade (if said board
had any intiuence) is disastrous to the
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dignity and moderation. Every man to
his post, and to his duty with quiet and
sobriety. Let us exhibit the same zeal
for the upbuildlng of the West that we
have just done in proving that labor
is king.
By order of the executive board of
district assemblies Nos. 101, SO. and Ia.
This address was sent to the differ
ent halls where the strikers were hold
ing meetings, where the men received
it jOyOusly and started for their homes
there to prepare to go to work. tits
stated that this address has been tele-
graphed to all points on the southwest
system.
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An Address of Congratulation.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 29.-The
joint executive committee assemblies
l0l, 90, and Il, which have been in
session here this morning, have just is
sued the following brief address:
ST. LOUIS, March 80, 1856.
To Knights Of Labor of the Great South
tceSt.
FELLOW WORKN1EN: We congratu-
late you one and al, on your manhood
and fOrtitude during our late great
fight for recognition and right. Now
that the battle is fought and victory
won, let us wear our laurels as men OF
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lcINERNEY LOCALS.
Read Them.

McInerney's Hall is now open for all
entertainments of the season.
Boys fine Calf Boots at Giving away
Prices.
Mems ArticS. Nos. II to II at low
prices.
Mems and Boys Caps at your own
price.
McInerney sells good Boots and Shoes
for less money than any house i'll abb
lene.
The American Sewing Machine is the
best i'll America, at McInerney's.
$500 buys the American Sewing
Machine at McInerney's.
The American Sewing Machine is an
improvement over ali others. Call and
examine it. | can make You familiar
with it i'll ten minutes.
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John B. Coughs New Book, "Plat-
form Echoes"

This entirely new and Splendldly
illustrated volume is the crowning life
work of the wOrld-famOuS John u.
Cough. Every one is familiar with the
story of his early life, and of his rescue
from drunkard'S grave. and how this
once wretched and despised sot became
one of the most famous men of our
time and the best known speaker In the
world. For seven years he stood amid
the horrors OF delirium tremenS, an
abiect slave to the bottle: and his APP
pearance were such as to cause people
to eXclaim, There's a man who has
been in hell Since that time the
good be has accomplished cannot be
estimated. The Iich and poor, the high,
the low. the learned and unlearned,
have been alike thrilled and moved by
his burning words. To give some OF
these thrilling lie histories; to depict
scenes of JOY and sadness; to lift the
clrtain ON life'S stage and show Its
tragedy and comedy; and 20 draw
Living truths from the lessons thus
taught, and bring them home TO every
heart, Is the prime object OF this volume.
Many distinguished men and women
nave Ibii- hl9 NIL NiOuSSiA ~ "AASS
This book. They knew that III forty
live years OF umceaSing work among all
classes of Europe and America, he has
seen much of the bright and shady sides
Of life. and that the wealth OF material
IN his possession would make one OF the
most valuable and thrilling books OF
the day. Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott, the
emWenJ editor and divine, has written
the story of Dir. Coughs life and career
Tor the book.
1t is John b. Cough in print. In it
ne gives to the world in permanent
form his best thoughts on many topics,
his most touching tales, his most stir
ing anecdotes and incidents, his most
telling stories OF deepest pathOS and
keeneSt humOr.
This work is wholly and entirely
new. Not one word OF it has ever be-
fore been published. 1t contains moth
ing that appears in Mr.. Coughs Auto
biography 1859. OF in his Sunlight
and Shadow 1850. This is totally
different work. and is conceded by
critics, and by the entire press, to he
The browning lIfe-w0rk of its illuStriOUS
author.
Its illustrations are the best we have
ever seem 1t contains two hundred and
twenty-seven fine engravings by the
best artists and engraverS i'll the world. |
Many of these illustrations are too |
funny for anything" While others de
pict wretchedneSs and woe. Sixteen of |
these -engravings are full-page ones,
and are magnificent specimens Of art. |
Two hundred and nine are text illustra- |
tons.
We advise our readers to buy PLAT
form Echoes at the first opportunity. :,
They can, i'll our opinion, much better
afford to dispense with dozen other
books than not possess this. Once be-
gun it will not willingly be laid aside
till the last page is finished. q. w.
ISLANDER, is canvassing this township.
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coming, booming.

COMING, DOOmlng. IC IS
the prettiest and liveliest city in the
state, aud no where can more inviting
place be found for the establishing of a
broom factory, starch factory, a crack
er factory, canning factory and a
pork packing house. Such establish
ments would prove q big financial sue
cess to any individual or company start
ing them.
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Save money by buying st
Armitage's Novelty Bazaar,
Sd street, Abilene.
Wall Paper-New Designs.

Mrs..J. T. Hornaday has charge
of the Wall Paper at Hornaday q
Co.'S and will render valuable assis-
lance i'll selecting. Call in and look
over the mammoth stock before
buying. Larger and more complete
than ever. Third and Buckeye,
north of p. O. block.
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HURRAH

For Armitage's Novelty Ba-
zaar. 1t will surprise you
the stack of goods you can
buy torso littlem oney.
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Mr.. Ed. Veigiard has a tin shop at
his residence on Sixth street, west of
the NJ. E. Church. He is prepared to
do job and contract work of anything
in his line.
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- eb.-A TON.S %.

The best LeavenwOrth Nut Coal only
81. a ton, at the Coal Yard of George
Ogden, il.
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D. S. BEEMER
AGENT FOR THE
Genuine High Arm SINGER.

The simplest and the lightest running sewing
machine on the market Self Settin" needle and
shuttle. Sold on payments to suit purchasers.
without interest organs and machines cleaned
and repaired on short notice. Charges moderate.
and satisfaction guaranteed Office on Broad
way south or Shockey & Snider's.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-04-01
WINDOW SHADES.

Wall paper in all the latest styles,
Shades and COlorings at prices to
suit the times at Hornaday & Co.'S
Exclusive Wall Paper Store, Sd St,
north of =. 0,
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number of people. The dining room
was under the management of a COM
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-12-10
Old Age.

Dean Bradley, successor of Stanley in
the deanery of w estminster, tells an ante-
dote of him as he neared his sixtieth ear.
He was travelling in Germany on Rhine
steamer, and getting acquainted with a
boy, (he loved children,) the boy asked
him his age, which being answered, he
said, "Why, all your life is over" "No,"
said the Dean, "the best is yet to come"
"You must be on the wrong side Of
sixty" said one acquaintance TO another.
"No," he replied, 81 am on the right
side" Old age is cheerless enough,to one
lacking faith in God and Christ; but
bright with divinest hopes when one has
for his portion the Christ, whom to know
with the Father is eternal life. Let every
man mourn as old age oreeps upon
him if he be without faith in the holy
One. Let every man ejoice as age comes
upon him if he trusts in Him who said,
because live, ye shall live" Life here
ia only the state of infancy. Fas-
A plain London lighterman, only a
navigator on the Thames, was in the
Abbey, standing before the monument OF
John Wesley, and as he talked with the
Dean, knowing he had been to Palestine,
said, sit must have been beautiful to have
walked where the Saviour walked
eyes" and with sanity look he said
beautiful to walk in the steps of the
Saviour" Stanley's words, as he spoke OF
death, are so beautiful we quote them
"There the soul finds itself on the noun
tain ridge overlooking the unknown fu
ture; our company before is gone, the
kinsfolk and friends of many years are
passed over the dark river, and we are
left alone with God. We know not in the
shadow of the night who it is that touches
us-we teel only that the everlasting arms
are closing US in; the twilight of the
| morning breaks, we are bid to depart ia
peace, TOR by strength not our own We
have prevailed, and the path is made cleal
before us.'
Great and many are the compensation
| of advancing age
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-12-10
TRUSTEES SALE.

By virtue of Trust Deed executed to me by
Joseph h. Wilson and wife, E. G. Wilson, re-
corded in Book 81, pages 100 ct. seq, Registers
Office, Mecklenburg county, N. g., will sell by
public auction, at the Court House door in city of
Charlotte, N. c., at 12 o'clock NJ, on Monday the
Sd day of January, A. D. 1887, to satisfy the debts
secured by said Trust Deed, all the right, title,
interest and estate of the said Joseph 81.
Wilson and E. G. Wilson In and to the following
described Tracts of LAND:
l. A Tract in Charlotte Township containing
about $50 Acres, adjoining the lands of Rudisill
Gold Mining Company, st. Catharine Gold Min
ing Co, Jno. W. Wadsworlh 8. NJ. Howell and
others, known as the farm of the late Jos. 81.
Wilson, and in his possession at his death.
2. A Tract of about 19 Acres in Charlotte
Township, adjoining lands of r. E. Mcdonald,
VIM. Shannon and others, on Camden Road, and
which was conveyed to the late Jos. 81. Wilson
by D r. Dunlap.
g. Lots Nos IS, SO, 95 and 96. in Square No
10, Ward g. in the city of Charlotte, fronting on
Tryon street and running back to Church street
along Sd street.
4. Tract containing about 16 Acres, situate
about one mile from Charlotte, adjoining Jno
w. Wadsworth and D. Asbury, and known as ]
R. Williams Tract of Land, conveyed to the late
Jos H. Wilson by Geo. E. Wilson, Commissioner
5. About 1877 Acres in Malard Creek Town
ship, on waters of Mallard Creek, adjoining
lands of Sidney Query, Mrs Allison and others
| conveyed to the late JOS II. Wilson by R. D
Whitley
Terms, Cash. .....
r. D. JOHNSTON,
Dec. 8, 1885, 4w Trustee
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-12-10
"N0ne Will Miss Thee"

Few will miss thee, Friend, when thou
For month III dust has lain. +
Skillful hand and anxious brow,
Tongue Of wisdom, busy brain
All thou vert shall be forgot, se
And thy place shall know thee not.
Shadows from he bending trees
Ger thy lowly head may pass,
Sighs from every wandering breeze
Stir the long, thick ehurchyard grass
Wilt theu heed them? No; thy sleep
Shall be dreamless, calm and deep.
Some sweet bird may sit and sing
On the marble of thy tomb,
Soon to fit on joyous wing
From that place of death and gloom,
On some bough to warble clear;
But these songs thou shalt not hear.
Some kind voice may, stag thy praise,
Passing near thy place of rest,
Fondly talk of "other days.
But no throb within thy breast
Shall respond to words of praise,
Or old thoughts of ''other days"
Since so feeting is thy name,
Talent, beauty. power and wit,
1t were we'll that without shame
Thou in Gods great book vert writ,
There in golden words TO be
Craven for eternity.
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-12-10
Family Quarrels.

| have no respect for the woman who
runs around among her neighbors and
friends talking about her husbands short
comings, aud the various points of differ
ence between him and herself. And l
have great contempt for the man who is
given to airing his matrimonia! grievances
abroad. No third party can adjust the
differences that may exist between man
and his wife. If he aud she cannot settle
their own affairs they must 60 unsettled.
There is nothing more destructive to the
peace and happiness of a home than the
daily little chickering's and bits of fault
finding in which so many husbands and
wives indulge.
Of course there are the "blue Monday
sort of days, when nothing goes right,
and spirit of evil seems to have taken
possession of the entire household. Such
days come to the best regulated families.
It's human nature. It's an out-cropping
of our innate tendency to 90 wrong at
days come to our house, for we are all SO
glad and happy after we have "kissed and
made up' all around.
[ never say any thing when hear hus-
bands and wives declare that in all the
ten, fifteen, or twenty years of their mar
ried lives they have never had "single
cross word" l keep mum because I hate
to tell them don't believe what they say
aud just don't believe it. We are not
angels, and only angels could live that
way. But whatever our differences, do
let us keep them to ourselves. Disaster
follows in the wake of the man or woman
who tells to the world his or her quarrels
with John or Mary. Mum is the word
Zenas Dane IN Good Housekeeping.
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-12-10
Never be Idle.

Idleness means ruin just as staguatioh
means decay. Yon can catch better things
than early worms by rising early in the
morning sometimes, that will paint your
cheek, quicken your pulse, brighten your
eye, and give you such an appetite as will
make breakfast treat, tea delight, and
no room for supper. Besides, it's only
one early bird that catches the worm.
Every early boy can catch the benefit l
speak of. And what the boy learns to
love the man will turn to account, while
his hay will be better and more abundant
than an idler's, his corn, his carrots and
his cucumbers will be finer, better and
more abundant, too and just when the
idle man is thinking that he ought to hav Q
fortune, the early one will be wrapping
his up and running off to the bank with.it.
The boy who says it is music to hear the
milk-man and chim'ney-sweep from be-
tween the sheets will most likely take to
his bed to escape his creditors by and by.
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-12-10
A Farmers View of the Situation.
From the Newhern Journal, Dec. 81.

Capt. I'll. d. Stowe of Mecklenburg
county, called TO see ns yesterday. In
answer to an inquiry as to the condition
OF farmers and business generally in his
section, he said the crops were considera-
bfy below the average, and the low prices
obtained for cotton caused all classes OF
business to share in the depression.
Capt. Stowe thinks the present system
offarming, which seems to be. general in
North Carolina, is ruinous and the coun-
try is growing poorer in consequences OF
it. He attributes the cause OF "hard
times" principally to the use OF com
mercial manures, the buying of all planta-
tion supplies, on time prices that no
farmer can afford to pay, aud giving mort
Cages TO secure the payment OF the same,
and general disposftion among people to
live up to and hey ond their income.
Capt. Stowe is, a farmer himself. He
tells us that he does not use com nlercial
fertilizers, but devotes portion Of his
lands to the growing Of cattle and makes
on his farm all the manure he uses. He
advocates the intensive system of farming
and thinks.it the only hope Tor prosperity
among farmers. He thinks the present
system of buying commercial fertilizers,
paying time prices for supplies AMI ex-
travagant living, is leading the country
slowly but surely to bankruptcy.
We consider the opinionof such farmers
as Capt. Stowe worth more than all the
editorials written by such editors as never
run a furrow with plow and don't know
seed time from harvest.
[We thoroughly endorse Capt. Stoves ideas,
and hope every reader we have will think about
what he says. The Lien and Mortgage Laws are
an evil worse than the humbug Fertilizers.
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-12-10
A New Remedy for Asthma.

Pyrdine is, according to the Union
Medicale, valuable az an anti-asthmatic,
whether the affection is of cardiac origin
or otherwise. About a drachm of the
drug is placed on plate in small room,
to which the patient pays periodical WIS.,
its, of from twenty to thirty minutes du.
ration, three times day. After two or
three seances the rales in the chest disap-
pear, the expectoration is more free, and
sleep is obtained at night, or, at all events
relief from the asthmatic attacks. In some
cases the improvement is permanent, in
others it only lasts unimpaired five or six
days. Iodine treatment is then required,
which is usually eficacioue, but which
cannot be borne by all patients.
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-12-10

CHEAPER CASA greatly cheapened
method of making water gas was lately
described to the French Academy of
Sciences, and is attracting much attention
in Europe. As usual, ajet of super-heated
steam is directed into retort full of in
oandescent coke, when the oxygen unites
with some of the carbon, and hydrogen lie
liberated. The novelty of the process
consists in leading the gases to second
retort, filled with some red-hot refractory
material, and there reducing super
heated steam, which seizes upon the car
bonic oxide to form dioxide and liberatee
more hydrogen. The carbonic dioxide is
then removed by milk of lime bath. A
ten OF. coke thus produces about $4,000
feet of gas, or about eleven times as much
as is usually yielded by ton of coal
This gas is suitable for heating purposes,
but requires carbureting before use for
lighting.
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-12-10
Dishonesty Begins at Home.

The crying sin of the day is dishonesty.
One hears SO much of it in public life !;
but as we have said before, there is too
much of it altogether in private life. And
it's cause is to be found in the want of self
coutroi in the indulgence of tastes and ap-
pstites. Reckless, extravsgant living is
at the bottom of it all. If this living has
any true foundation in any hearty desire
for any desirable things, there would be
more hope of amendment. But when one
comes to see what things ill-gotten gains
are spent upon the outlook is sad one.
won evilly, merely that it may be wasted
foolishly !; these are the 81 zns of a time
which is not pleasant time to contem'
plate. .-.t
If man loves any one thing, say rare
books, or pictures, or objects of art of any
kind, or music, or science, so well that fol
sake of one thing in which he would be
rich, he is willing to be poor in every
thing else, no matter thoug b his choice be
an unwise one according to the best stand
ards of choice, he will yet have q motive
which will help to keep him upright. But
for those who love none of these things
but simply desire them because like pam
pered children, they must needs cry fol
whatsoever they see just out of their reach
for them ia needed the wholesome self
discipline which shall teach them to le
alone whatever is not theirs.
And the beginning of this self-disci
pline is in the home. Parents must teacl
their boys and girls the great lesson o
doing without whatever cannot be fitl,
| theirs. There need be no niggardly re
for childhood should be that of earning it
pleasures. To get whatever it Graves a
soon as it asks for it, is the worst training
| a child can have Churchnaan.
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-12-10

SCIENCE AND LovE-British sages have
been considering the science of falling in
love. At the recent British Association
meeting, Sir George Campbell suggested
that vast race improvement would be
brought about by pairing individuals ac-
cording to physiological fituess instead Of
yielding to foolish ideas about love. This
has lead Mr.. Grant Allen to show that the
instinct of love is usually excited by COM
Elementary natures and the biologically
excellent traits of youth, beauty, health
and strength. This condition is most IA
vorable to Improvement, and iustifies the
old theme of the novelist and the poet. 1t
is marriage on some other basis-for mon
ey, rank or other practical reasons-tbat
results in deterioration. Yet the word is
urged. for science that it may so influence
public sentiments that even more fitting
selection would be made under the un-
conscious direction of its teschings-that,
in fact, it may educate love.
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-12-10

az 1t appears that four members of
of the United States Supreme Court are
now eligible for retirement OH full pay.
Justices Miller, Field and Bradley have
for some little time been in this agreeable
position, and on the goth ult., Chief JUS
tice Waite celebrated bis 10th birthday,
and SO became eligible a lso. The require
ment is that the judge shall have reached
the three score and ten years beyond
which men seldom GO, and shall have
served ten years on the bench. So Presi-
dent Cleveland may have the appoint
ment of four and perhaps five members of
our highest court since Justice Woods is
in precarious health.