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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-23
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.
"A garden, the Morarian thinks. il

"A garden, the Moraridn thinks. II
unequaled as teacher of patience
By the way, is it not singular that
florists have done so much for form
and color in flowers and so little for
perfume?-Nacon Telegraph.
When you have spilled anything
on the stove, or milk has boiled over
and a suffocating smoke arises, sprinkle
the spot with salt and it will disappear
Observation-Disclosures! Witness.
To clean mems clothing, mix two
parts alcohol and one part ammonia;
rub vigorously with sponge or wooden
cloth. Good to clean all kinds of wool
goods or carpets--ChristiaH at Work.
Minute Pudding: Put one quart
of milk, or as much as you want, in a
kettle on the stove; when it boils, add
little salt, and stir in flour until it is
thick. TO be eaten warm with sweet
ened cream.-The Caterer.
The reason why the lower or Whit
portions of the stems of asparagus ere
less tender than the upper or green
parts is'that they are older. The stems
grow from the top, not the bottom.
As theshoots increase in age the woody
fiber increases. -Troy Times.
-Washday Pudding: One cup OF
meal. two-thirds cup of sugar, two
thirds cup of currants and raiSins. salt,
stir well into one and one-third quarts
of boiling water and bake two hours.
Eat cold. with or without sauce. 1t is
IT.
Excellent Sponge Cake: Three
eggs, beat till very light; add one and
half cups of sugar; beat; one cup o
flour, with one teaspoonful of cream
OF tartar stirred inso 1t; beat; one hal
cup of cold water, with one half tea.
spoonful of soda; beat; one cup oil
flour; beat; bake, the quicker the bet
ter and not burn; frost it and it will
keep moist Go1d Housekeeping.
in storing away garden seeds place
them in wooden bags. with piece o.
gum camphor in each bag, and also
dust tae seeds with insect powder
These methods will protect the seed:
against insects, which destroy man
kinds. such rs peas. beans, etc. Al
oScdS SHoIIu ue hcpe III a uIS pisCt'
; and an examination OF them should b;
made several times during the winter
Chicago Journal.
Cream Cheese: Set n pan o
clab5ered mix on the stove; heat unit
the curd is separated from the whey
turn into colGnder, set a weight OH il
until every bit of the whey is pressed
out, after which thoroughly stir into
the curd q half teacupful of thick,
sweet cream, adding little salt ant
pepper. This makes a nice dish for
tea. Fresh buttermilk is excellent
treated in this same wav.-PloWnidaa
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glass, the evergreen trimmings, the boy
choristers, the Christmas music, this year
outrivalled any previous occasion Peace
on earth, goodwill to men ran through
every soul present as an anthem of future
promise. After the benediction, as the
congregation rose to dispense, grand vol
untary sang out from the organ. May at
once recognized the Civilizations of the mu-
sic, and she whispered to Kate Blossom:
HToo badI they should not have let Maui
rice come; it excites him 50 much, and he
always fails to carry out the last score; he
will create a discord-"
But this time there was no hesitating, no
false notes or futile efforts after lost
chords. With practiced hand he played
on and on, and the people stopped to listen,
until at last. in one magnificent diapason Of
harmony, the music faded into melodious
silence.
No one broke that sacred stiffness by
worts of praise then. Afterwards they
said il was Of more than mortal sweetness
and grandeur May alone fastened to con-
graduate the musician, but he was gone
already when she reached the organ loft
For moment she waited; the score of the
music lay on the rack before her. but OF
the player there was no more sign than If
he had been waited away with one Of his
own celestial strains.
81 He has gone down the other stairs"
she thought, son purpose to avoid me. Oh,
my dear, would not have complained to
ght. 1, too, am musIc-mad."
Ali in a moment she stood in dark
ness; the church lights were out, and the
door closing.
Hiram" she called in sudden terror, as
she saw the dark face of her rejected lover
for moment; he paused and looked at her.
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SIZE THREW THE WREATH OVER HER HEAD.
~ thought you were a ghost, +" he said,
cor an angel sent to help me find those lost
chords"
Al will be your good angel" said the girl,
fondly. "Oh, Maurice, they say such dread
full things. That you are-are-'
Mad yes, ha ha! 1 know it, the mad
musician; but all musicians are mad. They
must be. Else how could they comprehend
the immensely of their work Mad mad 7
Yes, dear; and perhaps 1 am not mad
enough! That is why can not finish my
Christmas theme. have it in nv brain,
though-the song of the Chaldean shepherds,
OF the morning stars-such Joy, rapture
listen: "When the herald angels sing"
and he repeated the exquisite music he had
played, but when he would have reached
the exalted strains of alteration, it became
again senseless tumble, and the poor fell
low laid his head down upon his beloved
manuscript and wept aloud.
All the love and devotion Of her intensely
loyal and womEnly nature was revealed in
May Aliens face, as she was thus made
sSTare OF her lovers weakness and dis
quietude. How could she help him, was
the dominant thought OF. her soul
"f could go to Europe,r he said, at last.
raising his pale face from his nerveless,
cmaciated hands, 81 could find the lost
chords In the old cathedrals, filed with
echoes Of the songs the masters have sung,
would reach heights that can never at
tain here. would come so near to Heaven
taat should catch the song o: seraphim
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Alligator Skin.

A sign in Broadway trunk and
gripsack store that attracts the atten-
ton of many people passing by is
placed over a medium-sized valise, and
reads: Genuine English alligator
skin" A clerk inside said that the
sign did not mean that the leather of
! the bag was from an English alligator,
but that the skin of an American alli-
gator had been tanned and made up in
England, and the bag imported thence
to meet the demands of the trade that
wants the British stamp on every
thing. -
1T is not so good, or, at best, no
better than an American made valise OF
the best quality, and it is deal more
expensive. The alligator leather in
dustry is new in this country as
compared with other fine leather
manufactures. but it is a great in
dustry and employs the best skill. 1t
is older here than in England. The first
use of alligator leather was about
eighteen years ago, when Massachu-
sets shoemaker turned some into
shoes. They were not particularly
good shoes, because the proper way OF
tanning the leather was not under
stood, but they were novel and the
leather attracted attention.-NT I. Sun.
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HER GIFTS.
A dear little mother is waiting apart

A dear little mother is waiting apart
The mother OF children three
my Lord" she cries, in the hush OF her heart
swilt Thou take gift from me:
lhave heard the angels sing Thy birth,
have followed Thy shining star.
And here at the shrine Of all the earth,
Lo! and my children are.
sAnd all in the glow of the Christmas morn,
Ny gold TO lay at Thy feet.
L am leading my darlirgs with care unworn,
With brows that are pure and sweet.
o never had gems from the mines such worth
AS the treasure to-day bring
To the beautiful shrine of all the earth,
To the glorious Infant King.
HMy children three, with their waving hair,
And the fearless look in their eyes,
They lisp Thy name in the vesper prayer,
And at mathis when they rise.
Nothing they know of the dole and oearth
OF souls that with sin have striven,
They Ineel at the shrine OF all the earth.
of such is the Kingdom ofHeaven-'"
rThey stand in the shadow Of pine and fir;
They listen and floating through
They catch the answer that's sent 10 her
Through rift in the upper blue:
Since the Christ-child cane to the weary
earth
No gifts are 10 Him so sweet
AS the children's hearts, with their joy and
mirth-
Lovingly brought TO His feet
-1dyggret Z. .Sangstsr IL Harper's Young PeO-
Liz
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Mm MRIa<ne.
couldn,t Fool Him AGAIN,

care you going to hang your stocking to
night, Glllispoon p' asked Clairette Coshan-
nigan of one of her mothers boarders.
Not muchl got enough of that last
Christmas. / hung silk sock, and Flip
kens filled it with toasted cheese, and the
rats chewed holes in the sock and spoiled
it. You can't fool me again"
Not Even TaiI-Feather.
"Pa, did you lose all your money in the
Chicago frer' asked Maud Estelle of her
father.
swell, dear, Jobs turkey was a capitalist
compared with me on the morning after the
fire.
81 don't know what you mean by that"
"Why, don't you read your Bible, Jobs
turkey had one tail feather, 1 believe"
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gether as they pun on the final touches.
''Oh, dear how glad am it is finished, I"
said CAV Kate Blossom; ''my fingers are as
rough as nutmeg-graters. Isn't it too bad
that we couldn't have had the wedding!''
.'HUsh!' said her companion, Alice Ba-
ker, in low voice; ''there is May COM
ing. She might hear you"
'.Well, she knows we are al, her friends.
lam sure l am as sorry as L can be for her;
but do think that Maurice Dawson is only
music-mad, and if he would give up all that
nonsense about lost chords and music
in the air. he would be as sane as any
body"
'But he is losing his health; it is affected
by his malady, so it must be real"
''Nothing but monomania. II some one
would burn up all that music, he would give
up trying to be a genius, and attend to his
business
''Look at May; isn't she sweet" wills
pered Kate.
She had Just finished a wreath of ever
greens, and, while waiting for place to
hang it, had thrown it over her head, where
it rested, giving to her fair serene face the
look of one OF Guido's saints. The stained
glass window at her back, and the intro
spective look il her dark eyes, aided to the IL
fusion. She was one Of the favored few whom
every body loves, and as the girls regarded
her rapt expression they stopped working
and chatting, and became suddenly silent
At the same moment some one entered the
Organ-lofJ and touched the organ with q
practiced hand. The full, rich, pleading
tones rose high and swelled into grand
burst Of exquisite music, that maintained
its supremacy for one enhancing moment,
then quavered and trilled, and wandered
off into ipfripaoU of nrmni0AiiOnC
cord.
poor fellow" said one of the girls, with
a shudder. 1t is dreadful to hear him.
May Allen took the wreath from her
head, and stepped aside from the halo of
light in which she stood. Her face was
TRANSPORTED
''Did you notice how nearly he accom-
plshed the closing strain in that cantata!
If he could have held the notes in the re-
peat, but that is where he fails-only he
will succeed yet. I am sure that when he
does. he will be well again.
''He ought to so to ~orkl'' exclaimed
Alice Baker, impetuously. 81 have no pa
thence with him"
"Worlh." retorted May, with sudden an
ger, which was rare to her, ''who works
harder than he to find and maintain that
equilibrium of music that is always escap-
ing and torneHInS hin! do not the pest
judges who have beard him say that his
compositions are wonderful That he would
be to music what Poe was to poetry if he
could succeed. ] wish L could help him"
She wrung her hands and burst into an
ecstasy of weeping.
All the young things crowded about and
kissed her, while Alice Baker pleaded for
pardon for her thoughtless speech. May
was too gentle and good to hold anger long,
and peace was soon restored. But when
the girls had finished their work on the
church decorations, she slipped up stairs
and stood by the side Of the mad must
cian,n Maurice Dawson. He was nervoUsly
lingering some manuscript notes that lay
on the rack before him.
as it the Christmas music, dear 20 she
asked. gently, as she stole to his side.
He started and laughed mirthlessly.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-23
Too Small for a Bike.

"What are you doing with that wash
tubr' exclaimed Mrs De Ton to her SON
Torky on Christmas eve, as he deposited
the article along side the mantel in the par
lor.
''I've been asking Santa Clause for a BIZ
cycle and my stocking is too small to hold
it, ma, so got the biggest thing 1 could
find in the house"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-23

DIR. ]. S. Combs, Owensville, O., says: 81
have given Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver
Oil with Hypophosphites to four patients
with better results than seemed possible
with any remedy. All were hereditary
cases of Lung disease, and advanced TO that
stage when Coughs, pain in the chest, fire,
ouent breathing, frequent pulse, fever and
Emaciation. All these cases have increased
in weight from 16 to % los, and are mo-
now needing any medicine"
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Had His Hat Under 1t.

"What do you mean by hanging that
dirty, torn stocking on my door-bell." said
an irate gentleman to a tramp whom he
found sitting on his front doorsteps on
Christmas morning.
"It's der ondly wun got, boss, an got
me 'at under it ter catch any wittals a.
drops freW der boles.n
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-23

Was that of one of our acquaintance who
suffered from scrofula, yellow complex
ion and distress OF the stomach, for years
before using DR.. Harter' Iron Tonic, which
finally cured her.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-23

"IHAyE BEEN AFFLICTED with an Aztec
ton of the Throat from childhood, caused
by diphtheria, and have used various rem
edies, but have never found any thing equal
to BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs. "-ReU. g..
II +. Hampton, PikstOn, Ky. Price 20 cts.
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KANSAS CITY, Dec. is.


FLOUR-Dull; Xxx, Sc; xxx, eocGH. 90;
family, H.10a190; choice, s1.4OG1. 50; fancy,
q .55G1.60; extra fancy, H.65G1.70; patent, 40
Gs.10; rye, H.45G1.70.
WHEAT-Better; No. 3 red winter, cash, 6SKc
bid, 64lic asked; December, CSC bid; January
&c bid. No. soft winter, cash and December
67I.c bid, &c asked. No. 2 soft winter, cash and
December, 73IEc bid, 734c asked; Janusry, &c
asked; May, size bid, SIC asked. No. red
winter, cash. es1lc bid, se1lc asked; December
69c; January, 621zc bid, 701Sc asked; February,
FAC asked; My. s51fc bid, 76a<c asked.
CORN-Steady; No. 2 cash, 3O1tc bid, 30Hc
asked; December, 30Ixc bid 30ssc asked; jan
uary, Sic; February, 3s1zc; May, 961sc bid, 36l{c
asked No. white, December, 21xc asked;
May, S71fc bid.
OAT%Nominal
RYE-No 2 cash, s3c bid; December, &c bid
January, &c bid
PRoDUCE-Butter, slow; creamery fancy, &c;
good 2Sc; fine dairy, soc; store packed, choice,
l2G14c; roll, choice, 12G14- Eggs firm at &c
per dozen for fresh.
PROvIsIONS-Hams, f01kc; breakfast bacon.
1Oc; dried beef, &c; mess pork, sl1.OO; tierce
lard, $50; clear nib sides, smoked $3.50; long
clear, $40; shoulders, $50; short clear $3.50.
CATTLE-Fairiy steady; native COWS, s2O1
800; butchers, sS.OoG41O; shippers, ss.75a4.5O.
SHEEP-Steady; stockers, H.l0G1s5; feed
ers, 2.10a2-S5; good muttons, s3.l0G3.25; COM
mon, g 1G02O
HoGs-Higher; fair to good packing, s4lo0
LS5; Light, s3.2594Q5.
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IL ancient times torches were used at
weddings. Now the torcher comes after
the honeymoon.-E Y. Graphic.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-23

The printer makes US speak of kissing
''sub nOsa" Well, that will do just as
we'll Washington Post.
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"WAITER, / see you have turtle soup on
the menu; is it mock turtlse" mo, sir;
mud lid Bits
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"BUTTER has made no gains IN strength
since last week." says market report
Who wants it to gain strengS1l - Picks
Sun.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-23

LIKE Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar upon cold.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
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For twenty years Mrs. John Gemmell.
Milroy, Mifiin County, Pa, was paralyzed
and unable to walk. She used St Jacobs
Oil and was cured.
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aConsumption Can be Cured"

THE home stretch-trying to make both
ends meet-Nec HGVea Meas.
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IT costs money to advertise, but it costs
more money not TO advertise.-PhiLGdei pta
CdU
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-23

BEST, easiest to use and cheapest. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. By druggists. soc.
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Crossed many times, but leaves no mark
Old ocean.-St Louis Chronicle.
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Sue wouldn't but he wooed, and finally
they were both one.-4KerchdHt Traveller.
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EXCUSE the liberty 1 take, remarked
the escaping convict.
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JUDGING from the recent defalcations,
this might be called "the age of steal"
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MARKET REPORTS.
Grain and Provisions.

Dec TO-
FLoUR-FirIn and active; xxx sa.5OG2. 60;
family, $2.7JCg2.90; choice, S3.2t0t330; fancy,
b35Gl3.65; extra fancy, $3.S040o; patents, 81 10
| @43O.
WHEAT-Firm; No red cash SOI4@SO1zc;
December, sole; January, sO2s@s0Sc; Febru-
>ry, s21I llS21ac: May, s714@s7s4c.
CoRN-Cnchanged; No. mixed cash, &c;
December, 35I:c; January, S51sc; February,
355.c, May. :SSc.
OATS-No G.iXed cash, DOC; December, 2S1i C
Did.
RYE-At 539se.
BARILY-No market.
PRoDUCE-Buttcr, firm: choice to fancy
creamery, 24@29c; do. dairy, 159s3c. Eggs,
firm at gle
PRovIsIoNS-PorE, weak; s11.6oG111.75. Lard,
lower; S610. Bulk meats, easier; loose lots,
long clear, s5.G5: short ribs 1913; snort clear,
s. 30; boxed lots, long clear, s5.65: short ribs,
1913; short clear, $3.50. Bacon, lower; long
clear, $3.50; short ribs 1913; short clear, sj.G5.
Hams, steady; s9.15lIl.00.
WHISKY-Steady at S1.i3.
CATTLE-Sirong: choice Christmas beeves,
s.. S0Gs5.IO: choice heavy native steers, A.259
4.15; butchers steers, S3.0cGt4.2O.
SHEEP-Srong; Christmas mutton, SLIGO
I.60; common to fair, Sl.S0Gt4.00.
HoGS-Weal<; choice heavy and butchers Sc
iections, s.4O54.C5; packers, a.1JQA.35; York
ers, S].9594.2O.
CHICAGO, Dec. IS.
FLoCR-Uachanged; Southern winter wheat
-four, s3.75l4OO: soft spring wheat patents,
81. O0G3 425; choice to fancy Minnesota patents,
$4.s5G.4.5O.
WHEAT-No. spring, 7Gaic; No. 3 spring, 10;
No. red, &C.
CoRN-Ho. 2, 1850.
OATS-No. ,, &c.
RYE-No. ,. 531!c.
51Rk3o
PRODUCE-Butter. firmer; good to choice
creamery, 2392Sc; good to choice dairy, 2l024c.
Eggs at 24Cg2jc for fresh.
PROvIsIoNs-Pork, mess, s11.50. Lard, SC. 225l.
Short rib sides, loose, s5.7OGe5.75. Boxed meats,
dry sailed shoulders, s4.SOG4.S5; short clear
sides, 81. lO06.15.
CATTLE-Steady; Christmas beeves, 5000
$50; shipping steers Of $50 to 500 pounds $3.50
G470
SHEEP-Lower; natives, s2.OOa5OO; Western
grades, s25OG4.OO.
HoGs-Lower; rough and mixed, s.. 75d4.SO;
packing and shipping, S.25@5.50; light weights,
t3.G5043O.
NEW YORK, Dec. 49,
FLoUR-Firn; superfine western and state,
R.35d315; good to choice western Y and state,
6. 406L510; common to choice extra st. Louis,
g. 9Ol510.
WHEAT-Active; No. spring. sO1kc; No 8
@s91Ic; December, SS7s0S9; January, SOL. 59Oc;
February, 911zG91ssc; March, 93G934c; May,
So 11-1669614c.
CORN-Less active; ungraded, 1910 4s1zc;
No 3, Acc; No 2, 471z@41ssc; December, 47l.c;
January, 4S14c; February, 1850: May, 51%c.
OATS-Quiet; mixed western, 35G96hc; white
western, S76t41c.
RYE-No market.
BARLEY-No market.
PRODUCE-Butter firm: western, 12G2ac;
Elgin creamery, Sic. Eggs, frmer; western
fresh, 24Q27c.
PRovIsIoNS-Pork, firm; mess, s10.5OGl11O0;
family mess, s12.0O. Cut meats, firm; middles
dull; long clear, &c; picked hams, sG9Ac;
picked bellies, 61.G6Sc: picked shoulders,
SC; smoked shoulders, firm: smoked hams,
i0LI911c. Lard strong; western steam spot,
s651G6.56: city steam, 1915.
CATTLE-Prime steers higher at A.0GQ5.4o; .
few tops at S. 10000, and Is Christmas cattle
at 500.
sHEEP-Dull at s45oG6.oo for sheep and $500
G6.50 for lambs.
HoGS-Firmer at A-50G47O.
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Land for the landIGSS /!

Among the varied in valuable premiums oreresi
70 subScri oers of the OMAHA WEEKLY HEB
are three eighty-acre farms. One OF these Is me-
proved with orchard aud good frame house located
In Hall County NebraSkanear Grand IL ana. agroS-
ing city OF iIO population. The other farms are lo-
Gated in Howard County, Nebraska, ara Nfooco,nLy
County Iowa Sample copes with Iull particGlz7rrs
mailed free. Address THE SEE + nAAsA~
ING COMPANY, OMAHA Neeraska-
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IT is strange, but true, that woman
with a new bonnet always carries her
narasol ciosed.-.Teic EaDesa Mol
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-23

A VERMONT man having invented a cow
tail holder, 1id-Bits wants to know what Is
the matter with the original cow.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-23

DICE seldom come out of the box the same
way. They are always getting ratified
Merchant Trqteler
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EIUSIC-MAD.
The Story Of a Christmas Eve
Wedding.
tOriginal.l

~Struci, one chord OF music, like the sound OF
q great amen"
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THERE is one Recommendation for buck
wheat griddle-cakes as an article CT diet.
They are always round if you want them
Lo0eH Citizen.
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T was Christmas eve,
and the young people
Of Dayton had Just
completed trimming
their church for the
festival days, a II i
were chatting t O.
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If twenty-se zen inches of snow give
three inches of water, how much milk will
cow give when fed on ruta5aga turnipss
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-23

WHEN does the captain of the ship con-
nit standardization! When he goes OIL
shore and leaves his hands behind him.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-23

AN Indiana woman has invented burg
lar alarm. For mercy's sake! Why doe:
she want to wake up the burglars wner
they are asleep.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-23

''PA, why is glrl called d bellem asked
Clara 20, guess it is because of hel
tongue unfeelingly replied the old man
". Y. Sun.