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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21
THE INDIAN QUESTION.
How q Noble Red Man Settled 1t to His
Own Satisfaction.

Own Satisfaction.
A tall and commanding-looking In
dian from the Canadian side, having a
big back load of door-mats on his back,
was tramping up Randolph street yes
terday when a man in a saloon beck
oned him in. The red mans face
lighted up with a ''ten-cents apiece"
smile of satisfaction as he walked in.
There were three men present, and
they seemed to be in hilarious state.
"See here, old eopper-face," said
one. as he shut and locked the door,
I'm down on InjunS first, last and all
the time. They shot an uncle of mine,
and I've sworn revenge. Maybe You
are ready to take the all-fredst licking
a redskin ever got!'
HUI replied the Indian as he looked
from one to tho other.
land the Intervals varmints scalped
and roasted my grandmother put in
the second white man. Il don't care
particularly about the old lady, but 1T S
the principle of the thing | look at.
I've got to have Injun blood!'
Hui" said the Indian rs he seemed
to catch on.
"And l." put in the third man. IAN
down on 1njuns in 4 general way.
After these other two fellers have got
through with you propose to walk on
the mangled remains. Let the perform
ance now beginr'
1t begun. People who looked in at
the windows could see nothing. PeO-
pie who got look through the open
door saw hats, doormats, saw-dust and
chairs lowering in the air, but not for
long. In about three minutes the red
man stalked forth, somewhat Illustrated
and little bit way-worn, but he had
not lost drop of blood nor a DOOR
mat.
Inside the saloon all was peaceful and
serene. The man whose uncle was shot
was lying under table; the one whose
grandmother was shot seemed trying
awful hard to remember how the affair
began, and the one who went in on
general principles was looking out of
two black eyes at a ruined nose.
HUI called the Indian, as he was
ready to move on.
But no one hewed.-Detroit Free
Press
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21

The question of insanity and its
greater or less prevalence to-day as
compared with former times appears
to be far from settlement. The fact
that cases which were considered hope
less fifty years ago are now often cured
means that persons who would have
died under the treatment then without
The knowledge ever becoming general
that their complaints were OF the brain
rather than the body are now added to
the table of statistics as lunatics. The
great increase in the number and per-
lection of asylums also swells the num-
Der of the recorded insane and aids in
complicating any attempt to judge
whether the brain troubles are really,
as it is often asserted, ON the increase
among civilized nations.-PhiladelpAia
Press
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21
CONSUMPTION.
Important to the Public as well rs I'll
Medical Profession.

Important to the Public as well rs the
Medical Profession.
Halls Journal Of Health, referring to Con-
sumption, makes the following important
statement:
Consumption usually begins with a
slight, dry cough in the morning, then on
going to bed, getting more and more fire.
quent, with more and more phlegm, in
creasing debility, thinness of flesh, short
ness of breath, and quickness of pulse"
and it may be added that in des-
perate cases, and, in fact, in all cases
of Consumption, or troubles of the
throat and lungs, immediate relief may he
obtained and a permanent cure effected by
the use of DR.. VIM. Halls Balsam for the
Lungs, medicine known for more than
thirty-fve years as an unfailing remedy for
coughs, colds, bronchitis and all pulmonary
and pectOral diseases. That the woTstcases
of Consumption have been cured by the use
of Halls Balsam has been attested to by
the thousands who have used il, or have
been cOgnizant of its wonderful remedial
efficacy. For sale by all druggists.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21
A German Holocaust

COLOGNE, January l2.-Intelligence
has been received here from Ai4-La-
Chapelle of fatal fire that occurred on
Friday last at that place. The property
burned was n spinning mill, and ct the
time the fire broke out the mill hands
were IT work. The flames spread
rapidly, and soon envelopcd
the whole structure. Men and women
rushed fraDtically for the exits in their
efforts TO escape. while some jumped
from the windows, receiving serious in-
juries. Fifteen of the employees persisted
in the flames.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21
THE MAElSTROM.
The Awful whirlwind Simply a Dangerous
Current.


Current.
When 1 was a boy, twenty-five or
thirty years ago, used to lead in my
geography. with kind of shudder,
of an awful whirlpool, called the
Maelstrom, off the coast of Norway,
which sucked in vessels that came any
where in its neighborhood, and out of
whose mysterious center nothing could
escape alive. What is the reality on
which this story was founded? DR.. c.
{. Tiffany takes pains to tell us in
recent account of q trip to Tromso.
This: at is the one humbug of Nor
way. 1t is simply dangerous cur
rent at the south end of the Loffoden
Islands, between the isletS of Mos
kenaes and V9roe. When the wind
blows from certain quarters, particu-
larly from the northwest, and meets
the returning tide in the strait, the
whole sea between MoskenaeS and
Varoe is thrown into such agitation
that no ship could live in it. In calm
weather, however, it is crossed in safe
ty three-quarters of an hour before
fiood-tide. What gives it the name
and appearance of a whirlpool is that
the set of the tide is changed at its diff
ferent stages by the narrow limits
within which it acts. It's movement is
at first toward southeast; then, after
flood-tide, ii turns from south toward
the southwest, and finally toward the
northwest; so that it takes twelve hours
to complete the circle of its movements.
Rather slow motion for such fast char
acter as whirlpool. ''-E. IngersOU, IN
RdTper's Young People.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21
Didn't Want a Chrome.

Guest Tin cheap restauranD-Very
much obliged, but I'm not an entomol-
ogist.
Proprietor Every much puzzledD-An
ento-what?
Guest-Entomologist. 1 have no
doubt this is a very rare bug which 1
found in the pie, and this fly floating in
the coffee is, perhaps, the only speci-
men III America
Proprietor lin a whisper)-Don't
speak so loud-you will ruin me.
Guests that so? Why, l thought
you were giving them away instead of
chromos, and l was merely about to
mention that I'd prefer small dog
Philadelphia Call.
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Shall They Demand HI. Reasons,

WASHINGTON, d. c., January 49,
The question as to whetaer the Senate
should demand from the President the
reasons for the removals of Republican
officials came up in the executive session
of the Senate yesterday, in connection
with the confirmation of an officer ap-
pointed to ill a Post-ofice vacancy
caused by the removal of a Republican.
The discussion took wide range.
and showed that there were both Demo
Gratis and Republicans who favored and
opposed demand on the President for
the reasons that prompted the removal of
the Republican incumbent. No votes was
reached.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21
THE KIND PASSENGER.
Why He offered Quarter for a Good,
Sound Kicking.

Why He offered n Quarter for a Good,
Sound Kicking.
A lady on Rock Island train the
other day had small dog with her,
which seemed to be out of sorts about
something, and disturbed the passen-
gers not little by its whining. At
length a man who sat in the next seat
forward faced about and said:
SIS the little fellow sick?"
"Oh, no." said his mistress; ''but l
think he wants drink of water"
Then will get him some, said the
gent, good-naturedly, as he took cup
from his satchel and started to go to
the cooler.
Hold onr' exclaimed the lady, with
alarm, as she handed him cup of her
own. Take this, please. l am very
particular what cup my dog drinks out
Of"
After watering the pup the stranger
went into the smoker and offered the
brakeman quarter to kick him.-Chi-
cagO Ledger.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21
The Northern Pacific Lands.

NEW YORK, January 15.-The following
letter was made public last evening:
To the BOndholders and Stockholders OF the
Northern Facihc Railroad Company:
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY,
PRESIDENTS OFFICE, NEW YORK, January l.
1t is publicly stated that Commissioners
Sparks, of the General Land Ofiee. has rem
dered a decision 20 the effect that this com.
pany has no grant of lands for its road Le-
tween the Columbia River and Puget Sound
There is no foundation in law or reason Tor
such q decision. appeal will ut once be taken
TO the Secretary of the Interior and il reces-
'sary the company Will resort to the courts 10
maintain its rights Neither you nor pur-
chasers OF the lands of this company need
entertain the slightest apprehension as to
the result. ROBERT HARRIS, President
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21

A GnlI-RInnllel Rufcharr

BLOOMINGTON, IND, January ia
midnight ASSASSINATION is reported from
Solsberry, Greene County. About one
O'Clock in the morning the wife of James
Dobson awOke to find a negro standing
over her husband with an uplifted
axe. Before she could stay the as
sassin's hand the blow fell, crushing
the victims skull, and producing instant
death. The wife grappled with the ne
gro, who escaped, but was arrested yes.
terday evening. He claims that he com.
mitted the deed in his sleep, but it is evil
dent that it was co!d-blooded assassina.
ton, for which no motive can be IS
signed.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21
Efficiency o. The Life-savinc Service.

WASHINGTON, D. c., January l5.-Re-
ports received at the Office of the General
Superintendent of the Life-Saving Service
show that fifteen vessels were driven
ashore within the scope of the operations
of the service on the Atlantic coast in
the great storm of Friday night. The
crews of fourteen vessels were rescued,
and one, that Ofthe schooner Mary G. Farr,
which came ashore in flames in the mid
die of the night near the Spring Lake Sta
ton, New Jersey, was lost. To this YES
sci no aid could be rendered. The latest
reports indicate that there were but two
living persons aboard her when she
struck
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21
Two or Three Train Hands Killed on the
Texas g. st. Louis.

CoRsIcANA. TEX, January 1S--A con-
struction train on the Texas & St Louis
Railroad, while backing up to the Powell
Station about nine miles east of here,
jumped the track. Nothing but the engine
remained. The caboose and cars took fire
and were consumed. William Holland,
bridge boss, who had just arrived here TO
60 to work, was killed. His mother, wife
and two children are at Powell. Pa:
Patton, one OF the bridge gang,
who is from near St Louis. was
also killed by fat car falling on him after
he had jumped from the train. Tom Baker
had his shoulder crushed and is Sc badly in
1ured internally that he viii probably die.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21

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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21
A Pathetic Story of the IIl-Usage of a Poor
Woman Totally Unfounded.

WASHINGTON. January ia short time
since there was printed at Washington and
teiegraphed all over the country pathetic
story Of poor woman, a school teacher
in the West, who was said to be in great
distress because of the failure of the In
terror Department to issue to her patent
on certain lands she had pre-emptetl
This woman was said TO have written
Miss Cleveland on the subject. Miss C.eve-
land was said to have referred the letter to
Secretary Lamar, who turned it over to
Commissioner Sparks, and the hard hearted
Sparks, according TO accounts, piSeon-hClel
it without examination. This story, il
seems, is the purest fiction. Neither at the
White House nor at the Interior Depart
ment is anything known of the pathetic let
ter, and the sentiment expressed on the
poor school teacher by the Land Ring is
wasted.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21
Combinations.

WASHINGTON, January 13.-When the
Senate went into executive session yester-
day, it at once proceeded to take up the
nominations reported from tine committee.
and after some debate confirmed the follow
ing:
Assistant Secretary of the Interior
George \. jerks.
First Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Henry L. Mu'drOw.
First Deputy Commissioners OF Pensions
William f. Mclean.
Second Deputy Commissioner OF Pensions
Joseph j. Bartlett.
Assistant Commissioner of Patents-Ro5-
ert Il. Vance.
Assistant Treasurer OF the United States
james w. Welpley. of New York.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
William L. Smith, of New York
Treasurer of the United StateS-COnrad
n. Jordan. of New Jersey.
Collectors of Internal Revenue-Hunter
Wood, for the second district of Kentucky;
George II. Davidson, for the sixth district
of Kentucky.
Brigadier General-Co!onelJ John Gibbon.
Inspector General, with the rank of Brig
adler Genera!-Co!onel AbsaIOm Baird.
Inspector General, with the rank of
Major-Captain Henry j. Farnsworth.
Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank
of Captain-First Lieutenant Francis b.
Jones.
Lirst Lieutenant of Ordnance-Second
Lieutenant Sydney E. Stuart
Secretary of Legation-C. II. Dougherty,
OF Pennsylvania, at Rome.
A large number of postmasters were also
confirmed, none, however, in Western States.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21
Nasal Cafarrh.

Ny son seventeen
years old has been af-
ficted with nasal ca
tarrh since quite
young. was induced
70 try Eiys Cream
Balm. and before he
had used one bottle
that disagreeable Ca
tarrhal smell had all
left him. He appears
rs well Is any one. IL
Ia the best Cat arb
remedy IN the market.
J. C. OLMSIEAD, Ar
cola, Ill
I find Ely's Cream
Balm good for CatsrI h
Of long standing.-M.
n. LAsLEY. 1884 West
Chestnut Street, Louis
N-FfnA E-
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21

PHYSICIANS indorse Halls Hair Remover
Its use is always attended with good results
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21

For throat and lung troubles, the most re-
liable remedy is Ayers Cherry Pectoral.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21

MANY hospitals and curative institutions
use only Red Star Cough Cure, for throat
and lung troubles. 1t cures. Price, twenty
five cents. st. Jacobs Oil cures rheumatism.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21

A DESIRABLE thing in glo7es-A warm
HniDg.-BoStoa Courier.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21

PIKE'S TOoTHACHE DROPS cure in minute, &c
Gtehn's Sulphur Soap heals and beaUuBes. 25c.
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns Bunions
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21

If a cough disturbs your sleep take
Pise's Cure for Consumption and rest well
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21

''IGMut, why is papa bald," 81 an his
fourth wife, darling"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21

WHEN trains are telescoped the poor pas
seDgers see stars.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21

PEOPLE we must put up with-Hotel.
keepcrs-LoKeH Citizen.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21

HYHEN'S torch has occasioned much
torchor in the world.-Boston BElIstiR.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21
Hoods SarsapariIIa

Is prepared from Sarssparlla. DaldeIon. Mandrake,
Dock. P.psIssewa, Juniper Berries, and other we'll
known and valuable vegetable remedies. The combi-
nation. proportion and preparation peculiar 10
Hoods SarsspcrilG, giving It curative power not pos
Sesscd BY other medicines. IL effects remarkable
cures where hers fail
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21
Ynnnr lien. Read This.

SIS 1T proper to speak Of oats as stable
article of household diet!-GooGdlFS Sun.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21
100 Doses One Dollar

- g q
AMERICAN OPERA.
The musical world promises 20 get in at the
prospect Of opera English The chief soprano suf
fered recently from bad cough and found relief In
DR. WIZ. ALL;S BALSAA FOX GHE
LUNGS. Her doctor feared consumption. bot pre-
scribed HALLS 8ALSA "a and she was able TO
appear 1T rehearsal vithou Lloss Of day.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21
Latest Mark

KANSAS CITY. Jan. 1.-THE following are
the latest quotations Ielegrapned from Chi.
cago, New York and st. Louis:
CHICAGO.
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Hoods SarsapariIIa

Eas met unparalleled success at home Such has be-
come its popularity in LOwel. Mass. where It IL
made, that Whole nelghbOrhOods taking It at the
same time. The same wonderful success Is extend
Ing all over the country. Its positive merit makes
new friends daily.
Sold by ali druggists 81; six for s. Prepared By
G. L HOOD & CO.. Apothecsries, Lowell, Mass.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-21
Hoods SarsapariIla

Is the best blood purifier before the public. It eradi
Gates every impurity. and cures Scrofula, ait
Rheum. Bols, Pimp,es, all Humors. Dyspepsia, Ell
iousness. Sick Headache. Indigestion, General De-
biIty. Catarsh. Rheumatism. Kidney and Liver Com
plants IL Overcoes that extreme tired feeling and
builds ND the system
, 1886-02-18

g,r. dcatitHti0u. strikes, crime ard
misery follow. The man who ac-
quires spot of earth tO call his own,
be it ever 50 small. who becomes 4
producer from the bosom of mother
eartG instead of a consumer only,
who learns to take pride and an
interest in his own home and fireside,
is the truly happy, independent SOW
ereign of the land. We do not lack
for samples before our eyes. A man
in Port Townsend, referred to in 4
sketch elsewhere, has taken trifie
over one acre of ground-and that,
too, on the fir upland so plentiful and
yet so generally considered worthless
for agriculture on Puget Sound-and
on that small holding, farther reduced
in producing capasity by the large
space in it covered by residence
buildings, barn, &c.-he makes not
snly comfortable living but more.
A retired sea captain near by, with a
small plot of ground, makes spec
ialty Of chickens and eggs-and with
out special previous experience, with
but little labor, finds profits enough
to supply every creature comfort and
accumulate a little besides. These
are but representative instances.
Many more might be adduced. Who
will say that such persons are not
truly independent!
, 1886-02-18
From Our Delegate.

The following letter from Hon. G..
S. Voorhees, will be of interest to
mariners and all signers of the peti.
ton for bug or stake lights in the San
Juan Archipelago:
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 80.
Hon. Il. W. Bash, Port Townsend,
". T-Dedr Sir: I am in receipt of
your favor of the 18th inst inclosing
petitions to the Light House Board,
asking for the erection of q bug light
or stake light, with bell, at the en-
trance from the south of San Juan
Archipelago, between Lopez and San
Juan islands; also beacon mark on
Polific Rock in San Juan harbor, and
on Tum Rock near Friday Harbor,
and on Cyprus Reef; also light buoy
ut Lopez and Semiahmoo harbors.
[ have referred the same to the Light
House Board and shall exert myself
to accomplish the results desired
Very truly yours,
&. S. VOORHEES,.
, 1886-02-18

turn our bacLs ON Jos-but he
should have got the offico himself:
then We would have busted our
suspenders h0llering for him. We
know that many are calling us
an ass for this break already, and ere
saying We are busted community;
that's alright. Suppose We are.
Don't yoI know a good healthy Jack
ass can make an awful spectacle of
himself if he tries? Well. we ale
trying. Now just listen: You
blatherskites in Port Townsend that
don't ike Beecher; you San Juan
suckers that don't know beans, if its
Beecher you're after just como out
like men and throd on the tail av
our kote. Come out, every whelp
av yez; By the laundering Horn
Spoon-by-brr-r TT r-r-rr! Whoop!
Hit us. somebody, won't ye? Say,
won't Beechsr laugh when he finds
out how we are oTerlastingly whoop-
ing things up for him!
Candidly, we have coAe to the
front as the great double-jointed,
back action, copper-fastened demo
cratic prophet. We are going to
pilot the old party no matter how
high we have to climb a pole to do
it. We are statesman, we are. We
have evolved several profound and
startling conclusions from our brain
10 prove it. We have discovered
that this world needs governments
must have them, in fact, if they do
come high In order 10 have gov
erruents somebody must hold ofli-
COS. Fact! Now these officers ought
to be men you could take by the
hand and say you're daisy. Grover
Cleveland agrees with Us that it is Il
good thing 10 have governments
and he believes in somebody holding
the offices. too! Now this is a
proposition that ought to enlist the
hearty assent of every man who splits
rails ON the sea or sails a vessel over
tha mountains. Every living friend
of humanity ought to be proud to
acknowledge that somebody must
hold the Offices! You men of the
north, who went to the field of war
to fight, must acknowledge this grand
old democratic doctrine that some
body must hold Tire 06iceS!! You
men of the south who got licked!-
say, amt you glad now that SOME :
BODY MUST HOLD THE oFFIcEs!! An
other thing-don't pay out your
money for taxes, unless you know
where its going to. That's democ-
racy. You may not know it. but its
democracy. The bone and sinsw
and body and substance and shadow
OF the great and powerful republican
party was to exterminate slavery
now that the question of slavery, to
the glory of our civilization, is dead.
dead, dead, by the efforts of the re-
publican party, we're going to stamp
that party under foot and spit on it.
That's democracy! Amt we an
oracle! We don't care for Weir. or
tha ARGUS OF any other man-but
we'd like to be right But you bet
We'll fight Weir, anyhow.
Thus endeth the first chapter of
the revised edition.
Z. S.-There was once man who
was discharged from the ARGUS
office; whereupon she get mad and
quit. He is still mad. He Is also
still quit.
, 1886-02-18

Here are the names of the slaves,
the tools OF the railroad in the
Council: a D. Bowen, Isaac Car
son, NJ. Gable, John McReavy, and
c. w. Young. These men knowing
iy voted against the peoples interest
on every occasion which the peoples
interest came in conflict with the will
of their masters. More eringing
slaves never before disgraced law
making body and the execraiions Of
an insulted and injured people will
follow them for years to come. Those
who did not wear the collar of the
masters of the seven Judas above
named We're Furguson, Issacs, jacobs,
Neal and Reavis. These five last
named gentlemen together with our
representative, r. o. Dunbar, and
tho gallant and justice-loYing men
who voted with hil ON these railroad
propositions in the house, have
merited and viii ever have the
thanks OF tle people OF this territory,
whose rights they havs SO fearlessly
defended.-Goldendale Sentinel.