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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06

from the lips of a hard, bad man i:
true. But if one sin, must all be
guilty? Your life is now sanctified by
the pure love of pure woman. Cast
it not lightly from you. Live, and be
blessed by the angel, Love. Live, and be
cursed by the devil, doubt The choice
Is before you. You have received your
warning"
The voice ceased, and William, start
ing to his feet, rubbed his eyes i'll
amazement, and looked about him. 1t
was a dream, then-surely a dream.
for no spirit-faces were in the twisted
limbs and branches of The tree. The
hedge-row beyond was beautiful, but
no reckoning shadows were there.
The stars shone in the frosty heavens,
and the moon threw a soft tender light
upon the snow fields smiling in her
face. The night was very lovely; all
nature was in repose. He looked to-
ward Laura's house, and there
For moment his heart stood still,
and then his body throbbed with mad
dening pulses. Stealing out from the
house, he saw female, her form
throwing a long Shadow on the Snow
He could not mistake the step, the
graceful turn of her neck as she looked
warily around. Another form meeting
hers-the Shadow of man upon the
Snow As the two met, William
pressed forward in mad excitement.
He saw the tenderest kisses pass be-
tween them; he saw them clinging to
each other in fond endearment, he saw
her, his Laura! lying in another mans
arms and he sunk to the ground with
bitter cry. A blight had fallen OF biz
life.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06
A SUGAR SUBSTITUTE.
A Substance Extracted from Coal Tai
Which Is Sweetcr Than Sugar.

A Substance Extracted from Coal Tar
Which Is Sweetcr Than Sugar.
Mr.. Ivan Levinstcin, the President
of the Manchester section of the SOcie-
ty of Chemical Industry. calls attention
to a new substance which is extracted
from coal tar. and possesses sweeten-
ing properties far stronger than the
best cane or beet-root sugar. This sub
stance. he says, seemed likely to enter
into daily consumption. According to
Mr.. Levinstein, one part of it will give
a very sweet taste to ten thousand parts
of water. for it is two hundred and
thirty times sweeter than bes. sugar,
and taken in the quantities added to
food as sweetenin% material. has no in
furious effects whatever on the human
system. Patients suffering from dia-
betes have been treated for the last
few months in one of the principal hos
pitfalls in Berlin with saccharin without
feeling in the least inconTenienced by
its use. The use of saccharin would,
therefore, Mr.. LevinStein said, be not
merely a probable substitute for sugar,
but it might even be applied to medici-
nal purposes where sugar was not
permissible Scientifc american.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06
The Goldfish continues to grow

The Goldfish continues to grow in
definitely, without regard to age, so
lonSas it has a plentiful supply of food.
The oldest Goldfish are the largest, and
they sometimes grow to be as long as
a man is high They swim about near
the bottom of the sea, not often ascend
ing to the surface. feeding on all sorts
of animal life, such as crabs, shellfish
and other small fish, but not on vege-
tables.-BoStoa Globe.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06
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 eXecEted, 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, 1886-05-06
Shadows on the Snow.
By b. L. FARJE0N,
PART I.-CONTIEURD.

Au7FoR OF "BLADE-o GRASS" "GoLpRa
GRAIS;" Joshua MARVEL" KTC, Fro
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06
J. ii. BRADY. GEO. MERRILL.
J. H. BRADY E CO.,
Abilene, KANSAS,
Real Estate,
NECOTIATORS Of LOANS.

The most reliable set of Abstracts in Dick
inson County. Insurance written in reliable
companies.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-10
LITERARY NOTES.

,.,n,.o,, ,n,oros,,r "a ,,t,r,,.o p,sr,.r., . n,s
tor,ca, hinorophv :, hv rh,r,os Iowo NJ mn
| ushod An t,vo voinmes win ,,ro nortraus and an
inroduct,on nv Professor Mnnroe smith. Of Colu,n-
bIa College. nv Cassell G Co. New yors. The lrst
volume ia entitled "From Water,oo 10 Versailles. -
and covers the life of The sub,ec down Ia the culmi
nation of Tho Franco w ana IN crovnJno
| of BIsmarckis aged puppet as Emperor OF Germany.
| Tho second ia entitled arbe cerm, an Emn,re " and
that II ia not less absorbing IN tho reader than tho
first can be seen when II ia remembered that II
covers the period of the "Kulturkampf - the Arn,m
incident, several European congresses. tho recent
! German colonization movement. ana an analvss Of
tho character of Bismarck. The s,yle ia lively and
the author had access to many original sources of
Information. AT the same time the book has many
and grave faults The writer Is n hcro.wprshipper
OF the most pronounced type almost n toady. Tbls
tendency ia by turns amusing and irritating hut n ia
constan, quantity which can be steadily allowed for
in reading his pages. Very often an adulator ia
more unsparIng than an enemy in his reyeIa-
tions, for the vices OF hIs idol seem to him
virtues and are extoled accordingly. In Mr. Iowe,s
mind, Bismarck Ia always right. and those who
oppose him, whether Austraus Frencbmen.
Catholics, German aspIrauts for liberty and n CON
sttutlon, or others, are always wrong-"selnsh,
"obstInate,n "vindlctIyc,n ana 80 on. The whole
moral duty of mankind, according TO MIR. Lowe.
seems to be TO flnd out what bismarck wants, and
adore him and serve him accordingly There Ia
about as little assumption OF the impartial historian
as we have ever seen in n work Of the sort The
style shares the same defect II s often tha Of an
eec,loneerlng pamphlet rather than of sober nara.
tive ana good taste is often sacrificed for the sake
OF abored .smartnessu or effect Yet this is no, TO
saw that the biography il one tina, could be spared
Even II Mr. Lowe be no more than Boswell. hs
work is valuable In that direction ana It is certainly
the frat and only one of the kind now in the neld
1t is freshly written and the references are brouch,
well down TO recent and curren, events To
reader with reflective and critical faculties the real
Bismarck stands forth clearly from these pages
great, no doubt, but brutal remorseles,, hateful in
almost II not quite all aspects disgusting in his
pirate about God and his own tlae sentiments. the
iron ahod ips,rpuont NJ , ,ro,t ,on,ar r,oro,,on,
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-10

There is abundant evidence shat the pro.
tected interests do not feel altogether se-
cure from tariff reduction because of slim
Republican majority in the Senate. The
common talk has been that way, it is true,
for some time, but as the time approaches
for making up the record of the two parties
on this the most important of all questions
affecting the pockets of the people, the Re-
publican Senate is no longer counted as will
ing to reject any and all tariff legislation
that may be sent it from the House. There
are Republican Senators whose eyes are
opening 80 far that they can see that some
thing must be said and done in the way Of
tariff reduction. They remember that Re.
publican Tariff Commission come three years
since, after mature deliberation, reported to
Congress "that substantial reduction of
tariff duties is demanded, not by mere
"indiscriminate popular clamor, but by the
"best conservative opinion of the country"
They have not forgotten that since their
failure to heed the voice of this commission,
feeble as it was, they have been beaten in
every Congressional election, and have
finally become a mere opposition party by
the loss of the Presidency. When the House
sends to the Senate a measure of tariff re-
duction, as send it will, in spite of Demo-
cratic division, these Republican Senators
will scarcely lay it on the table, and thus
pronounce themselves adverse to any re-
form in the tariff. Discuss it they must,
and when they do this they must also for
mulate by way of amendment some milder
basis of revenue reform to go before the
country on in the Congressional elections of
this year.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-10

TIE pungent letter to Secretary Bayard in the
North American Rerte,r for January has set all the
political gossps agog. Various speculations are
current as to whose Identity is concealed under the
pseudonym, "Arthur Richmond" MIR. william
Henry Hurlburt appears to be the person most sus.
pected. Among the many sharp things the letter
contains the cleverest is perhaps the following:
Diplomatic appointments OF Importance cannot
possibly be made without discussion by the Cabinet
they are to satisfy either great party or the gene
raj opinion OF the country. Your responsibility In
THIS particular arises out OF yeur failure as Mentor
toimpress upon your Teiemachus, the President the
Importance OF consulting your colleagues at least
before consenting to adopt suggestions made by
you. The true rule to be followed In all such mat
tiers was long ago laid down by President Jefferson
IN remarkable conversation which he had with
Burr In April, 1905. In that conversation the
founder OF the Democratic party maintained "that
10 government like ours II Is necessary to embrace
IN It's public administration as greata OF public
confidence as possible by employing those who have
character, with the public Of their own, and not
merely a secondary one through the Executive -
raught with peril TO that government OF the people
by the people for the people. OF which we hear so
mach and see so ttle than the practice OF "aston-
ishing y the country by the appointment to mpor-
tant public positions OF men whose merits and
whose claims are conundrum? Government by
party Is the only method Of government which as
yet has been found to be practically consistent with
the maintenance OF free institutons but you stand
alone with the President so far In the contention
that the party which best be trusted with power
~ surprise party"
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-10

Ia It not about time to cease the useless
prosecution of Washington business men
who happened to have dealings with the
naval bureau OF medicine and SURGERY The
strongest cases that could be found against
them have been tried and proved failures.
Public opinion strongly condemns the effort
to make private citizens the scapegoats for
the alleged crimes of public officers. What
ever Irregularities have been shown were
caused by the action of the men in charge
of the bureau, and were submitted to by
contractors in order to get the money they
had earned. The district attorneys Office
and the courts have too many other duties
on hand TO waste their energies and the
public money on what begins to seem like
petty persecution. Let the other indict-
ments now pending follow the fate of those
against Mr.. Burgdorf and be swept into the
limbo of rubbish.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-10

Nh. MccoMAs's bill prohibiting the sale Of prop.
erty under deed OF trust or mortgage hereafter
executed except by order Of court upon application
made, is the system now In operation in Maryland.
The purpose IL TO prevent the undue saerilce Of
property by trustees. The present system has
worked well here. There ID no demand, SO far as
We know, for the Maryland system, which is slow
and expensive. OF course investors IN loans on
real estate prefer the present system, and as the
facility scared thereby is an inducement for In.
yesors II should be retained, unless ii be shown
that there ls gross abuse under II.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-10

THERE seems but little doubt that Congress will
be asked TO give helping hand to the New York
Grant monument scheme. Members should not
hesitate or halt In expressing adverse opinion to
this proposal II the Riverside Park Association Is
TO be honored as the last restng-placo Of General
Grant, then the question of erecting millions dollar
monument there 10 purely local 10 New YORK. Tho
fact can no longer be disguised that the people OF
the country think the monument should be erected
here.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-10

IL really seem az though the street-cieaning bu-
reau ought to do something 10 make life little more
toleraole 10 the people VINO live on the unpayed
alrsets. Considering that the dirt roads do not have
70 se swept, might not some way be devised for the
oliy 10 clean the mud from tue brick sidewalks
along the vacant Stretches where It seems 70 be no.
boays business to do IT, where, at least never
done. or course each occupant Of q house expects
10 keep bis section Of pavement clean, but rlght
next 10 him there may se half square OF unoscu-
pied ground where the bricks have become qaite
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-10

SENATOR lSGALLs's bill to establish National
University here and endow with the sum OF $3.50 ooo
per annum Is a well.dgesed d measure, but we doubt
II the amount proposed will be sufficient to carry out
the authors plans. The provision against sectarian
instruction partisan politics in the institution Is
OF course proper In his efforts to secure the
establishment of q National University at the Ma
tlona Capital on 30 broad aud solid basis Senator
ingalls, should have the support of good men every
where. He is but treadng the path that Jefferson
laid ont; and in the way in which 1t Is proposed to
effect the object by Senator ingalls, no other college
or Institution OF learning Ia placed In antagonism
since admissions 10 the university are only to be
given the graduates of such,
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-10

THE latest, II not the worst, suggestion to force
legislation demonetzlng silver comes from that
staunch Republican journal the Baltimore AHeri-
can, In the shape Of advice to the President TO
ignore all silver Democrats In the dIspensation OF
Federal patronage The advice is bad, the source
from which it comes suspicious, and there Is no
likelihood that President whose ideas OF the i'm.
portance OF pure and impersonal Government are
so high will heed II.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-10

The only privileges of local citizenship
extended to the American resident in this
District is to pay his share for the admins
tration Of the affairs Of the National Capital,
without vote or voice as to the amount or
purposes Of taxation, and then growl.
Recognizing many amsliorating cireum-
stances attending the situation, the District
citizen has become q patient animal taking
up his burden cheerfully, aud making but
little remonstranoe al its size or weight. 1t
is hoped, however, that this exceptional
meekness will be put aside on the occasion
of the discussion Of the new revenue bills for
this District, including the License bill, and
that District citizens will see TO it that
District business interests should not be
made TO suffer in ths effort TO let outside
corporations arSi individuals transact bust
ness here ON more favorable terms than
residents.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-10

The New York World publishes some special cor
respondense from Washington headed Pscullari-
stiles OF some Of the best known Western Senators"
The second one to be illustrated and described
ander this heading Is Senator NJ C. Butler, Of South
Carolina. The World correspondent probably had
a dlstaste for geography In his early life bst now
that he Is employed on the star OF great newsps-
per he really should look at map OF the United
States and that South Carolina is not in the West
by any means.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-10

Senator Hoar's bill providing for earlier
meetings of Congress is a move in the right
direction, but it does not go far enough. He
proposes that the first session Of each new
Congress shall begin on the second Monday
in November and the following alternate
years on the first Monday in October. The
first session of each new Congress ought to
bs held on the second Monday in March,
when the committees could be organized and
their work prepared ready for the De-
csmber meeting. The second session could
be begun at the time proposed by Mr.. Hoar,
the first Monday in October, giving ample
time to consider business for the short ses.
sion.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-10

AWAY back in the fortes," daring Pok's Demo-
cratic administration, the Secretary Of the Treasury
and the Land Commissioner recommended that Con-
ress donate public lands for educational purposes
In this District The Democratic party should take
upits old traditions at this point and celebrate Its
turn TO power by lberality toward the educational
interests at the National Capital
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-10

mediate admission, and there are many citizens OF
the Territory that do not hesitate to say that they
prefer remaining In the present condition OF pupil.
age until some OF the vexed questions now troubling
her people shall have been further developed by
time and experience. As to the method OF ad.
mission. there are so many prcccdents, all differing
In surrounding circumstances, that II may be safely
said that any method which satisfies Congress and
the people Of the Territory is both constitutional
ana proper. The House Committee on Territories
Will undoubtedly sft the Dakota question Thoroughly,
and will not be deferred from doing Its duty by
threats Of partsanship on the one hand, or the
pressure OF the newly-nedged Senators and state
officlals on the other,
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-10

THE foolish explanation from Vienna via the New
York Siddts Zetiung attributng the most
able feature OF the Kelley correspondence to dc.
lloerate Interpolation by the Austrian Minister to
this country, bers the question. II ia not true OF
any special Importance what particular off,cer OF
Austria-Hungary informed this Government that
''he position OF foreign envoy welded to a Jew
Tess by civil marriage would be untenable and even
"mpossiole In Vienna" 1t may be an easy solution
OF the ENHANCEMENT to charge the responsibility
upon Baron Schaeier, who. 1t is sad intends to re-
tire from the diplomatic service. But the facts re-
main as they are written, a reproach TO European
enlightenment in waning years OF the nineteenth
cpntarv
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-10

II is noticeable that under this Democratic
been made for erecting public buildings in
Washington than under any of its Republi-
can predecessors.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-10

Senator Blair's Educational bill is fixed up
so as to get votes. As the District Of Column
bia has no vote, she is to get none of the
$4,000, 900 provided for distribution among
States and Territories.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-10

TO the District Of Columbia are so numerous
as TO defy comment upon them singly. 1t Is
partly blessing that small proportion Of
them will ever be acted upon, much less be-
come laws. Only few out Of the mass will
slip through in some odd moment, and these
will perhaps be selected more by the sport Of
chance than on any well.settled principle.
Among them are bills to gridiron the beau
tifnl streets of this city with additional
tramways. II our fine pavements are to be
maintained, the proper method of carrying
passengers is by lines of swift, light omni-
buses plying in any direction that may be
desired. Sundry measures to cure defects
in our antiquated laws are well enough in
their way, but they are like small patches
on dilapidated edi6ce. At least one sub
iect of law reform, such as the conveyance
OF real estate. court procedure, or wills,
ought to be taken up and thoroughly cared
for at one time. This course would proba-
bly, be even better than trying to pass
whole code as one statute. There are mum.
Der of "town-council' bills, such as those for
new bridges, 10 overhaul certain corpora.
tions and the like, which are all commenda-
BILE. Tax reform is very needful, bnt de.
mands the most careful consideration. Those
other enemies of our well-paved streets, the
opposition gas company" men, do not seem
to have appeared yet, but it seems improba-
BILE that they have retired from the struggle.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-10

The South receives the lions share Of in
fuential places in the organization of the
House. She has thirty-three chairmanships,
while the whole of the Eastern and Western
States get but eighteen. Kentucky has
four chairmen and member of the Ways
and Means, while New York, with nearly
twice as many Democratic Representatives,
has just the same. Let us hope that the
work of these committees will justify the
Speaker in selections which are in so many
cases unaccountable.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-10

Civil service reform is good thing-a
necessary thing-but as practiced in some
instances it places too high tariff on the
manufactured article. 1t should accomplish
more for the protection Of good men in Office
and less for the protection of all men in office.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-10

The steel-rail combination have advanced
the price of steel rails from s25 ton to s35.
But they have made no proportionate ad-
vance in the wages of the laborer, for whose
dear sake they demand continued protection
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-10

sanguine Democrats have not yet given
up the hope that before the end of his pres.
ent term President Cleveland will have a
Democratic Senate to advise and consent to
his nominations. There is light ahead in
Indiana, Connecticut, New Jersey, California,
New York, and Michigan that cheers the
true believers.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-10

THE performances Of some OF the special CORE.
spondents who print long interviews with the Presi-
dent, with one inch OF truth to column Of space,
are only equaed by those OF the lucky poker player
who drew TO a shoestring and got lanyard.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-10

Metropolitan Railroad officials think Sem
ator Van Wyck too inquisitive about the
affairs of that corporation. He wants to
know the amount of its capital stock, how
much it owes, how much it earns, and what
it divides annually. AS a report of this
character is required by law, perhaps the
Senator is entitled to the information. We
trust when the report is made it will not be
of bob-tail nature, but will show just why
the company is too poor to provide con-
ductor to collect its fares.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-10

In this country the brains which engineer
protective tariffs aud monometallism are
often found under the same hats.-or, more
properly, in the same pockets.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-10

The decision of the Supreme Court in the
Mississippi railroad cases shows that it is
unnecessary to invoke the power of the
United States in the matter of unjust dis.
ordinations by railroads on freight charges,
since, if the States do their duty, they can
control the subject. If the people of the
States cannot secure legislation for their
protection from their home Legislatures, what
can they expect to effect in Congress
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-10

The Post, after enlargipg TO eight pages,
seems to have shrunk TO four or less. The
Post is certainly not an organ. 1t is more
like an accordeon.