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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-13
a HARD DEATH
The Spells System Being StrangIed by an
Honest Leader of the True Democracy


The Spells System Being strangled by an
Honest Leader of the True Democracy
-ImPotent Republican Clamor.
The spOils system dies hard. Presi-
dent Cleveland has as much trouble
with it as the strong man of myth
ology had with the hydra. 1t starts
up in threatening shape at each new
appointment. Somebody conceives
himself sighted and wronged when a
Government office is filled by differ
ent person than the one he recon-
mended. There are idle threats and
childish denunciations because the
Presidents choice, made after due
elaboration and impartial investiga-
ton, happens not to agree with the
preference of some local leader. The
Republican organs eagerly seize upon
the circumstance as a notable instance
of Democratic disaffection, forgetting
that the great Democratic party is
heart and soul with the President in
his honest efforts to make appoiat-
ments conducive to the best interests
party is essentially the party of the
people, and the people recognize the
soundness of the policy which aims
only 1t better administration of the
offices of the Government.
President Cleveland looks to capa-
bility rather than personal preference
as qualification for office and. conf
dent in the integrity of his motives
and his desire to fill the offices with
the best material he can find, he can
afford to disregard the petty COM
plants of interested politicians. he
has been subjected to pressure such
as no President has heretofore encOun-
tered to depart from the wise, eau
tious course of making appointments
in accordance with the dictates of his
better judgment and not of those who
sought to control him. The profess
ional Office-seekers form but an infinit-
essimal part of the community, al
though they make such great noise
and their influence on the people is
very small indeed. There has been
constant cry of Democratic disaffec-
ton towards the President, kept up by
the Republican press, aided by few
newspapers which wear the mask of
Democracy to conceal their real de-
signs. Yet the popularity of Mr..
Cleveland not only remains mistaken,
but is constantly gaining ground. The
Democratic party recognize in him
strong, fearless. prudent leader, who
puts into practice the true principles
of Democracy, and presents to the Ma
ton the unaccustomed example of
Chief Magistrates adherence to ante
election promises, reform and honesty.
There will be always cIamor in inter
ested quarters against such a course,
but it will be drowned in the mighty
voice of the American people proclaim
ing their Endorsements of such faithful,
steadfast servant. albany ArguS.
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DEMOCRATIC ITEMS.

OF the total number who sue
cessfully passed the Civn-Service ex-
animation during the year eighty-six
per cent. were educated in the common
schools, while the other fourteen per
cent. had either received partial or a
complete college training. This speaks
volumes in favor of the public schools
of the land.-PhiIadeiphia Gail
Land Commissioner Sparks, by
last accounts, is doing we'll His
famous order arresting land entries
and the granting of patents in an eX-
tensiye region of the West has been
revoked, it is true, but patents to land
spectators are not issued any faster
on that account. The triumph of the
land pirates over the Commissioner
was more apparent than real.-PbiIG-
delphia Record.
Either intimate friends of Mr..
Blaine are trying a deep game or they
are being played upon by the willy pol
itician. One of the number asserts
that Mr.. Blaine's friends are still 10th
to believe his political career is COM
pleted," and another friend is equally
certain he does not desire Tenomina-
ton This confusion of opinion must
eventually lead to trouble. If Blaine
really wishes the Presidency, but fails
to receive notice by the convention, he
will present one of the saddest specs-
Giles in the gloomy pageantry of the
times. BE should get his forces in
hand and not permit them to refuse
the crown If he intends making a grab
for IL Many good man is wrecked on
the rocks Of modesty.-ChtcGgo Nesos
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-13
HER PRESIDENT TOO.
The Harmony and Affection Existing Be
tween Grover and Miss Rose Cleveland.

The Harmony and Affection Existing Be
tween Grover and Miss Rose Cleveland.
One of the ladies who has been u
White House guest during the latter
part of the winter is my authority for
pleasing insight into the ways and
incidents of its life. Like all bachelors,
the President is little Indifferent to
family intercourse and amenities as a
change and rest from his work. About
all he sees of the ladies of the White
House is ut his meals. Then he ap-
pears the jovial, testing man of the
world, always ready to make each
passing moment the pleasantest. Miss
Cleveland addresses him almost with
out exception as ''Mr. President"
When her friend said: why do
you always call him Mr.. PRESIDENT"
she replied: He is my President as
well as every body else's."
Rarely does she call him Grover.
The brother and sister evidently have
a deep affection for each other, al
though little is manifest on the surface.
He looks after her wants as faithfully
as it is possible to imagine, and many
apparently volunteer services from the
are suggested by the President. His
use of the White House stables is al
ways modified by his regard for Miss
Cleveland's wishes. If by any chance
he learns that she desires to take a
ride, he first learns which carriage and
what horses she wants before making
his own selection.
Miss Cleveland attends to the duties
of her mistressship in the most
methodical way, and has lost much, it
is said, of her Old-time blithesome man
ner and freedom. One of the curiosi-
ties of her situation, which amused her
a good deal, is that whenever she goes
about the house she is expected to lead
the way. If she passes from one room
to another with a company of her
friends they all stand back and make
way for her to pass first, custom
probably as ancient as the English
court, by which she, with her demo-
cratic notions, was at first good deal
shocked Evidently all that she does
in her position is prompted by most
dutiful desire to be to her brother all
that sister could be. A greal deal of
nonsense is printed about her monitor
ship over his public policy and one
thing and another. 1t may be accept
ed as approximately true that Miss
Cleveland does not attempt to inter
fere or recommend or request any in
formation of her brother on any partic-
ular question of the day. Her first
aim is to do her duty, simply, modest
ly and unpretentiOusle, which explains
her success. Chicago Mail.
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NOT a ROOSTER.

4 Colored Individual Who Had More
Faith in Judgment Than in Bravery.
An old negro who had succeeded in
securing an appointment as deputy
sheriff and who was placed on guard
near machine shop to guard the prop
erty, called on the sheriff.
why, Anderson, thought you were
on duty"
II wuZ.H
''What made you come awav?"
"Wall, 'cluded dat l didn' t need dat
two dollars an er hat er day. Mighty
good money an all dat but | must git
erlaung widout it.
..You are not afraid. are you?"
30. nor, sab, amt erfeerd, but some
how Use got too much Judgment ter
progic roun' dar. While ergo some
men da come erlaung an tole me dat
eff l wanted er appetite fur breckfus
ter-mor' dat I'd better drap dat gun an
g'way frum dar My brabery tOle me
ter stay but my Judgment den hoped
up an tole me ter drap de gun an l
drapped it. Lemme tell yer, boss, I'd
ruther hab er ha' fer peck o Judgment
den er wagin-load O. brabery. Brabery
gifts er man inter trouble but Judgment
keeps him out. Brabery longs ter de
rooster but Judgment is de property o
de foserfer. Use er fioserfer. Thought
wuz er rooster but / amt, so now yer
ken keep yer two dollars an er ha'f er
day. Use gwine off down in de swamp
an ketch some fish. "-ArEa'lsaw
TraUsler.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-13
Open the Door.

The suggestion in our recent dis
patches furnishes the key apparently
to the Republican opposition in the
Senate to open sessions. As the rule
now stands they can have all the adj
vantages of the open and the secret
session combined. If there is any
thing in executive session which they
are really ashamed of. or which for any
other reason they wish to keep secret
they can do so. If they want any thing
made public they can SO make it by
violating their Oaths and leaking"
This is not a very high-minded view
of the matter, but it is logical and
plausible.
Paradoxical as it may seem the pres
ent method Of conducting the eX-
ecutive session furnishes the strongest
argument for continuing it and at the
same time for abOliShing it. Under it
the public gets sooner or later, and for
the most part with admirable prOmpti-
tude, every thing of interest that trans
pires behind the closed doors. In point
of fact the things which Senators most
desire to keep secret and which it is
really best should be kept secret, if any
thing is so kept, are the first to be
divulged. They are of course the very
things in which curious public is
most deeply interested; and the demand
to be informed of them creates the sup
ply. Why, then, it may very plausibly
be argued, is there any need of change?
But, on the other hand, if the secret
session is a delusion and humbug
why should it be kept up? Why should
the solemn Senatorial body keep up
the ridiculous pretense of secret ses-
sion when they have not the wisdom
or the dignity or prudence to keep
their secrets? 1t is not becoming in
the highest legislative body in the land,
if not in the world, TO keep up such an
absurd farce. While, then, there may
be no need of abolishing the secret ses-
sion for the enlightenment of the pub
lie and its protection from ''star cham
ber' tyranny, there is abundant need
for abolishing it in the fact that it is an
ignoble farce.-DetrOit Free Press.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-13
THE FAMILY TREASURE ROOM.

lift the latch with reverence and slowly
pass within;
part the curtains nOiseleSsly, TO lei the Ilghl
peep in:
The sunshine streams across the floor, where
silence reigns supreme,
While in this hall Of memory walk as IN &
dream
There are gems Of priceless treasure before
me on each wall,
Time-wOTn . .ctures, dear reminders, theI
tender scenes recall:
There are souvenirs of loved ones, whose
stay on earth was brief.
There are gifts OF love and offerings be-
speaking joy and grief.
There are records Of sad burials. Of births
and bridal scenes,
OF goings out and comings in, and much
that interYeneS-
OF touching Eriefs and tender, of circum-
stances sad:
OF JOYS and hopes all radiant. of swelling
hearts and glad.
There are locks of hair well silvered. from a
mothers sainted brow,
There are tokens OF a fathers love, made
very precious now
Remembrance Of childhood? Yes, little
6axen tress
Which the King of Terrors left untouched
when he took our baby Bess.
There are emblems of husbands Iove-of a
devoted wife,
That stood the test Of troub]ous times
throughout lengtGencd me-
Paternal pride, maternal Joys, q sisters love
and truth.
a brothers raithfulness revealed mid try
ing scenes OF youth.
There are kites and tops. and skates and
balls, and namel5ss little tools
To help in mas ering lessons not to be learned
in schools,
While those to whom they once belonged are
scattered far and wide.
Some fighting earthly battles, some gone out
upon LIES tide.
There are cupboards fun of relics, packed
drawers holes and hooks.
There are shelves piled high with well-worn,
dilapidated books,
There = dainty verse and dOggcrol, and full
PACED childish lore,
There is history and mystery in numbers by
The score.
There are school-hooks thumbed and tat
tered, and bearing many a trace
OF genius and Of mischief, carcatures of
form and face;
There is Robhie'5 name in this one, and
MarY's name in that.
There are messages and marks to tell what
Cupid then was at.
but now find on all of these there's dust
and gathering mold.
For DAYS and years have passed away, and
they are growing old.
Old? Yes so old. and yet so fresh upon the
craven walls
That stand around the avenues Of memory's
blessed halls.
walk alone. yet not alone, ali, no, the very
air
Is peopled with remembrances so sweet, so
rich. so rare,
Each treasure has its voice, and tells, yet
without tongue or speech, .
How very dear TO me are these-how treas
ured all and each.
i look at this and then at that, turn a tat
tered page,
Among the toys linger, the TOYS of those of
tender age;
My step falls light as passing on mid buried
hopes and fears,
turn to go with beating heart, eyes dimmed
by falling tears.
close the curtain noiseessly. to.shut the
sunlight out.
j lift the latch with reverence and slowly
pass without
With memories sweet and tender Of all Of
those with whom
L walked as in a dream, anew, In The Family
Treasure Room.
Clark ". Bryan, in Good Housekeeping.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-13

~ ANY person who takes the paper reg
t1Iarlv from the pCst-office, whether directed
to his name on. whether ne is a subscriber OF
rot, is responsible for the paw.
The courts have decided that refusing q
take newspapers frcsn the poSt-OfficC, or re
moving and leaving them ugcalled for, /
Jcrima facie evidence Of INTENTIONAL EIfAL;'
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-13
We understand that judge E.

we understand IHdI Cuuge L.
R. Hoar, who stands at the head, or
near the head, as lawyer in Massa-
chusetts, believes that President Cleve-
land is right in the contest forced upon
him by the Republican majority Of the
Senate. Judge Hoar had a similar
contention with the Senate when he
was ACKNOWLEDGEMENT in President
Grants Cabinet Boston Herald.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-13
CHEAP Money!
QUICK Money!

Being aware of the annoyance,
and sometimes loss to borrowers,
by having to wait weeks and
sometimes months for mOney,We
have organized a company with
sufficient cash capital to enable
us to cash mortgages as soon as
the papers are executed, and as
we pass upon all loans here in
stead of having to send them
East to be approved, we can COM
plete a loan and pay over the
money i'm less than half the time
usually taken.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-13

The Republicans of Wisconsin
have carried nearly all the spring cleo
tons, even sweeping Milwaukee. The
Democrats say it is all the fault of Villas
and Bragg.-N. Z. Nail and Express.
Telegram-herald., 1886-11-14

ia selecting presents or enrichng one s
bone nothing VIII give more Pleasure than
tle purchase of an ornamental or useful
niece Of Porcelain. There ARE no duplicates
rom the great makers. and each piece
Possesses real artistic merit. or course the
place Co buy such goods is al Leonard s. lo
Monroe ST.. second floor.
You are kindly invited 10 call and ex-
anime Our very large and well assorted
stock of ladies', misses and children S
cioaks at tie lowest possible prices
NoI-T. HFRpoisuFfNER & Co.
camp chairs at reas0nabI rates a. IsadclfI e
Uoits, a. South Diyision-s,.
Telegram-herald., 1886-11-14

There Is one thing no houseseeper can
gei TOO much Of. and tLat is reh cIt glass
it IS 90 common glass q. diamond, are to
1usel, and costs about nf'S times as much.
d. leonard d, Sons have just received "A
large STOCK of fho real cui glass table ware
End invite youI inspection.
Telegram-herald., 1886-11-14

~ soa- "a'ss ., So. 1919 bes g..
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LATE NEWS ITEMS.

THE switchmen's strike at Minneapolis
promises to be long and bitter one and
will probably stop all shipments for
while.
BLIND Tom, the colored pianist, is saiG
by his mother, Charity Virgins, to be Of
weak mind.
THREE colored men were lynched near
Carrollton Ala, on the 18th for arson.
The President on the 10th appointed
Benjamin Folsom, of New York, to be Con
sui of the United States at Sheffield, Eng.
land. Mr. Folsom is cousin Of Mrs. Ceve
land.
THE postoi1ice at Brown, Clay county
Ark, has been discontinued. Mail tc
Greenway.
THE six States having the largest mum.
Der of postoflices are: Pennsylvania, 4O01 /;
New York, 32l5; Ohio, 1862; Virginia,
22S1; Illinois, 1929; Missouri, 1851
MEssRs. HEWITT AND ROOSEVELT have
written formal letters accepting, respect
lively, the Democratic and Republican
nominations for Mayor of New York.
THE aggregate loss by fire at Eastport,
MCsS ph NllO lobllg 10 pAtCCA Nv FDVOYVVV'
THE annual book of cotton statistics,
compiled by Messrs. Latham, Alexander
& Co., estimates the total crop of this
year at 6,292, 7Os bales.
| AT the sale Of blooded horses at Glen.
view, KY, on the 10th, over $4,000 worth
were purchased by Tennesseans.
| THE Vicksburg and Meridian and the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Companies are
ignoring the tariff established by the Mis-
Sissippi Railroad Commission.
LINsY MCKINTRY, of Henderson, KY, {
guest of the Merchants Hotel, of Evans
vile, Ind, shot and instantly killed John
Martin, an Italian, another guest of the
hotel, on the night of the 18th.
THE death of Senator Pike makes the
death roll of the Forty Ninth Congress
eight in number already.
MARTIN MITCHELL, the Swamp Angel,
died on the 10th ON st. Francis river. His
death was caused by blood poison and loss
Of blood from a wound received a few
weeks ago at Madison, Ark, in a difficulty
with John Andrews.
Miss MARY ANDERSON has subscribed
| 900 for the benefit of the sufferers by
the Charleston earthquake.
HIRsCH BROs. & Co. and Hirsch & Low.
9nstein, dry goods firms of Nashville
Tenn, were closed on the 10Th by attach
ments aggregating $4,000.
JUDGE MANNING, the new United States
Minister to Mexico, has arrived in the
ICity Of Mexico, where he was warmly re.
,eived by the American colony.
THE Irving Hall wing of the New York
Democracy on the 18th Endorsed Henry
George for Mayor
No new cases Of yellow fever are re-
ported from Biloxi, Miss, and the old
cases are doing well.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-23
The British steamer Juliet is reported

The British steamer Juliet is reported
lost of the Bahamas.
FIRE destroyed the Sherman Hall block
at st. Paul. Mimi, on the 18th inst.
THE South Boston (Mass.) iron-works
have suspended operations.
FIRE destroyed a wharfboat and one
steamer at Evansville, Ind, on the 18th.
HENRY REIGLER shot his wife seriously
and himself fatally at indianapolis on the
18th.
THERE are no signs Of a settlement OF
the switchmen's strike at Minneapolis.
LINsEY MCKINLEY, who killed John
Marlin at Evansville, Ind, on the 10th,
was indicted on the 10th, before his victim
was buried.
SERGEANT BRAINARD, who was with the
Greedy Arctic expedition, proposes an
other TT ip to the polar regions.
1T is understood that Joseph Nimmo,
Jr., is to run for Congress in the Long
Island district against Perry Belmont.
THE schooner Emiline, with crew OF
twenty six men, is reported lost on the
west coast of Newfoundland.
HARRISON TERRELL, who has been APP
pointed a laborer in the Paymaster- Gem
erals office War Department, was the
body servant of General Grant for many
years and his attendant up to the time OF
his death.
j. L. HODGES, who was until recently
register of lands at Glenwood Springs,
Col, has resigned his position because OF
the fact that he has been nominated by
the Republicans for county judge of Gar
field County.
A PARIS newspaper says President
Grevy has decided to annul the decree of
expulsion of the Due d'Aumale.
IT is reported that the German Wal
Ministry has ordered the rapid build
ing of 1000 railway carriages at Augs-
berg.
THE acting Secretary of the Treasury
has issued a circular calling the attention
of collectors of customs and others to the
recent proclamation of the President re-
viving discriminating duties against i'm
portations in Spanish vessels.
LEON VANDERMIssEN, the wife murder
er, was found guilty at Brussels, Belgium
on the 18th, and was sentenced to tel
years. imprisonment
THE French and German press deny tina
there is any fear of war between France
and Germany, as rumored in British
newspapers.
CHAMPION OARsMAN BEACH has decided
upon his final retirement to private life
He has authorized the statement that h.
will never row another match. He ha
beaten all the prominent scullers and
therefore, considers himself justly entitle,
to rest on his laurels.
THE President has complimented hi
wife by giving her cousin, Benjamin Fol
som, an appointment as Consul at Shelf
field, Eng. The consulate pays a salar,
of $500 per annum and is regarded a
one of great prominence and commercia
Importance.
AN informer who had long been con
cealed by the police in the barracks g
Castle Island, in Ireland, has escaped an
fed
MRS. LEADER, wife of London butcher
threw herself andY-fve children into tn
Thames river on tEesl6th, and all except
ing one child were drowned.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-23

THE mayor of Minneapolis issued a
proclamation on the 10th calling on both
parties to the switchmen's trouble to ar
bitrate their differences.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-23

COUNSEL for the doomed anarchists at
Chicago say they are very confident the
executions will be put off to give time for
the Supreme Court ruling.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-23

THE German Government has received
long dispatch from Herr Thilmann, the
German agent at Sofia. He describes the
position of affairs as extremely critical.
1t is reported that Russia has notified the
Powers of the necessity for the immediate
occnnntion of Bnlgaria.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-23

MRS. MANNING and Miss Mary Manning
are overseeing the completion of improve
ments in their Dupont Circle home. They
will entertain lavishly this season, as
Mrs Manning intends Miss Mary's debut
wear shall be very gay one.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-23

THE recent Treasury order reducing the
rate of drawback on dried refined sugar,
does not affect the existing rate of four
cents per gallon less ten per cent. for sir
ups resulting from the refining of import
ed raw sugar.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-23

GERMAN officers have boycoSted Metz
1radesmen on account of their hostile atti-
tude during the visit of Crown Prince
Frederick William to that city.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-23

REPORTS continue to come in adding to
che casualties from the recent tidal wave
on the gulf coast. Up to the 18th the loss
of life was known to be fully three hum
bred, with the chances in favor of the
total being further augmented.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-23

RUMoRs originating in the United States
of the assassination Of General Gonzales,
ex-President Of the Republic Of Mexico
and now Governor Of the State of GUIANA
juato, prove to be entirely without foun-
dation.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-23

A GREAT fire occurred the night of the
18th at Salisbury, Md, causing, as esti-
mated, 81, OOO, 900 damage
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.

SOLICITOR GENERAL jerks has been
admitted to practise for the United States
Supreme Court.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-23

THROUGH private letter received at
Washington comes an alarming descrip-
tion of the European situation. War In
4he spring is considered certain.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-23

THE business failures occurring through
. out the country during the seven days
ended the 10Th numbered for the United
States 100, and for Canada 10, total of
179, as compared with a total Of 100 for
the previous like period.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-23

RUSSIA has sent another note to Bulga.
ria making demands which Bulgaria will
not concede, and there is another crisis.