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Decorah-posten., 1886-10-27


9iettehnen % osuS 6sIser.
On of Observation-Disclosures peb at
toIonifere os eioiItiere WeIemafrita
frembpber Sorstomf.n Of en- Iiben Glue,
Tfetiefuen, omtrent iaa flor iom Dor,
bare meb libt-ipibisre ginser Os siiIs
bere garner.
Denne Glue iiubes uaffeu oueraIt t
bet tropite afrtta, iiar | be sfIis.
gsne os o~ueraIt, buor ben fiub.s, r
bet umuIist at boIbe pusbpr. Den
Rertsfs Otis tsr psb 9istisFuens Stit,
6.fe % Suin Itssiaa, bare aG ieIet er
iaa beIbist at tunne unbsaa Gdrsn psb
Stittsne. Wen faa Ct Der en- anbsn
Glue, Tom brabsr bet os WuleieI:t,
iaa bet tomner ub paa ct.
s Worbafritas prtsner bru3sr man
RameIer, men bisie tribes fun I tsrre
gsne, t fustist RpiftIima saar be TIL
srunbe.
6uab ftaI man iaa BRUCE til at
fraste be rtse Naturprobutter, fcni
4 O-sSx K. - AIT 6.a.. ksa~T.6.a
Decorah-posten., 1886-10-27

Si1 fa8bs: 'De r fuare til Gpnsbe Sueen tbas, Sar,
os ben tommsr at saa fort tiIfiorbs, naar ben fsrf be-
spnber at saa1
ARosnpebbaabene saa osiaa fort, naar leg ftabn peb
aarene,1 fuareb. Sabsren, men iaa taftebe ban 0tnere paa
ausuuna. os fpurste: '5uab mener b, ausunna2'
5un fat bIes % aanbsfraperenbe, os ban MATTE
~eisntase fit SpsrssmdaI, tuben bun forfob bet. Usen iaa
fuarebe BUN: ~Dst. Tan lite nytte fort at usute Ieussrs,"
os faa futtebe bun bpbt os tunst.
Sabnen tp.tes Sparet par fuert % fsttebe .Glbuerns
paa Rnasrne til Gssn paa. at ban utIbe usnte.
Gu Stunb efer git Stubbetltube3 fra Hrubsomsbaas
ben, os ban raabts: 'ss iaal lSpaiop Sptuemaub! 90
faa afffebiA
8 bet famine stubbs. git, tOm en- Manb Isbabs paa
Si nehour mob Stranbsn. 6aa tafebe Stterue fra fig.
faa ct DiebItt ubousr Siorben 'os iprans berpaa ub t en-
let Sirinesbaab, busri Ole % to andre Wenb fab.
Wanbsn paa SortOftsn fsbte ban ttIRbe % faabe ueb
buI Stemme: Seq toumer til Brpnups, Ole. So M
fom en- 8ar.~ Set pr Spn.
Decorah-posten., 1886-10-27

3antt9uttfn.
Gf 8. Shelters ~efterlaots 8apirer.
(SIutnine)
@amIes sjur par lite pei tiImobe. Oct par, lissiom
Der bpiIsbe nos.t tunst paa bans Sinb, men ban funbs
lite forfaa, buab bet par, for ban fpntss ban bapbs siort
at paa bet g.bifs. San faa fig ON til besse Siber, blsp
aauffe parm % forisste at trefte 5aanssn til fig, men
Gusunna bcIbt bn faf.
grheIia tos ban til Orbs % fasbe: 1gi faa usI til
at rusIs I gd, psb leg Monfeu os belle SsIsst psntsr
bare paa os.1 Saa tuus ban, men ba osfaa ausunna
pebbIep at tie, nbe Of Stanb til at faa ct Orb frena,
Iasbe ban til: 1Sa cs iaa fdar bu bape Eas for alt sobt
ba, Guaunna, % bernsb faar Ut -
San piIbs goa, men bun u.bbIeu I Gausbeb at bolbs
BINS Saanb faft imfQsm begse fine uNen at rsre fig at
@t.be. Sun fob Der fin Brubsbrast, ifsrt be gtlbsifs
RtaSer, gyeteu bapbs OF frenpiie, usb Krone paa Sop'b bet
os Ssir % St'bs I Wensbs paa grufet. ct Si0sbs
paa ben bpbsfe. t~nberIief. Sors. 5un bapbs lite tIasst
meb ct endis Orb % heller lite nu tom Der en- 8Iase opn
beubes 2ab,, men Sisrtst par fuIbt bsaf, % paa benbes
6;rb,r a a b,rh,e S0tn, MIR RET nt IRfe hpob her bpebe
Decorah-posten., 1886-10-27

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Decorah-posten., 1886-10-27

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Decorah-posten., 1886-10-27

SoIYSus I Y3oo6s, Hen honoe for hmm m MI
Decorah-posten., 1886-10-27

iaaat Tabrifantsrue bliu,r mint I'll ! Seu MIR
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-11-13
Official Directory,

-U-
District Judge.
CONRAD DEEAlL1aa
District Attorney.
ROBERT G. sMEDp
Clerk Of District Court.
LAsr1E BnoussAep.
Representative.
RoBERr. P. o'BaY.s.
Sheriff & Tax Collector,
JOSEPH $. Nuslz,
DR.. W. D. WHlr..
Police Jury.
II. HoFFPAU1R, President.
". L. Ei.DREDGE, 1T. BRouss,,,
RoBT. GREEN, 4. j. MoRe,s
H.. Fl. BARTELs J. A. LEpr Az
Clerk Of Police Jury.
LYMAN c. Lyons.
Parish Treasurer,
kLIJAH WISE.
Town Council.
j. J. ABADIE, Mayor.
Il. H.. Mills, J.: N. BEAuxs
$. WISE, n. C. Yor,c
Constable.
GEORGE T.. LYONS,
Justices of the Peace, Sd. Ward.
l.. q. LYONS, 6. LABAuvs
Surveyors,
W. W. EDWARDS. f.. MoNrAcsx
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-11-13
Oil Your Boots and shoes.

The efficacy of oiling depends much
upon the way in which it is done. In
the evening brush the shoe clean, and
then wash it with lukewarm water,
rather to moisten than to clean it. Set
it where it will dry very slowly. Ii
should not be perfectly dry the next
morning, when the oil is applied, but
feel damp, not wet, however. The best
mixture for oiling shoes is made of
onc-half of neat's-fOot-oil-bc sure you
get the genuine article-one-third beef
tallow, and onc-siXth castor oil. Mix
thoroughly over a gentle heat. Depend
upon the rubbing rather than the heat
to get the oil into express it d~iferen-
tly, two parts of rubbing to one ofheat.
II the shoes are pegged, as farmers
shoes usually are and always should be,
get the oil in well between the uppers
and the sole; it will prevent the sole
pulling loose, or the leather breaking
away from the pegs. Shoes worn at
farm work should be oiled at least once
u week. 1t requires only a few minutes
to 10 the work, and it is decidedly
profitable labor.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-11-13
Inspecting, Eggs

One of the curious operations to be
witnessed in New York is the inspcc-
ton of eggs. In the largo market men
may be seen testing eggs at almost any
time, but especially in October and
November. They work in dark rooms,
where they keep a lamp burning in a
box on the table before them. One of
them will take two or three eggs in
each hand and pass them rapidly be-
tween his eyes and the lamp. If the
egg is good that, is, if the albumcn is
still unaffected, the light will shine
through with a reddish glow, which if
ihe egg is affected will be OPAQUE and
lark. The inspectors practiccd eve
quickly p%erceives the least want of
Of clcarncss in the eggs. and SUSPICIOUS
"nes are re-examined, to be passed
'nto "bad" or "doHbtful" baskets. In
his way over a hundred eggs Il minute
re often examined, and any one can
st the goodness OF eggs who will hold
hem up to a light in a dark con
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-11-13
Es.i.Es E.:,yat}sof.<.N.

Dublin would lc the most beautiful
iriiy in Europe but for two Jlnn-its
buildings and its people. Tile a%ristoc-
1acy, ~So-calied, live in tumble-down
villas. which, though tileir white walls
sparkle in tn" sunshine, prove. when
approached, to he painted shells SUI
rounded BY gardens in rains. The III
habitants OF I'LL those villas are IL set of
brOkcn-doWn landlords. who have been
compelled to close their country houses
and cone to town for economy sake;
widows living on the dowry paid them
by their elder brothers, and mortgayee
creditors, who live on the mortgages
that they o. thcira ncestors have placed
on the land; for in Ireland, with the
exception of Il few distillcrs and brew
crS, who live OF the drunkenness of the
people, there is nc possible mode of OBJ
tanning money save from the peasant
farmer. The SocialiStic axiom that
capital is only Il useless value, the toll
pt the worker being unpaid, is in other
countries mitigated and almost lost
sight of in the multiplicity of avenues
through which money must flow before
~ VI IN tIIV p'Ihtio vi ll1c HUI.
But in Ireland the direct and rude.
transfer Of money from the horny hands
of the peasant to the delicate fingers
of the landlord has Il horrible smell of
slavery.
In Ireland the landlord does abso-
lutcly nothing save to grab all the
money that the peasant can scrape to-
gcther.~ An Irish landlord said: II
have always done, now do and will
continue to do just as the other land
lords, for it is as impossible for me as
the rest of my class to do otherwise:
but that does not prevent me from
acknowledging the fact that it is Il
WORKOUT system, ut warh Wit the
nincteeth century, and something that
should be at once abolished. In Ire
land every chicken that goes into the
pot, every glass Of champagne drunk,
every silk robe that rustles on the
streets, every rose worn at the ball
Is SO much squeezed out of the misery
of the peasants bowel. A few years
ago this tribute-for that is what it is
was accepted without a murmur,
Just as feudalism o. slavery WIS acccD-
ted long ago in other lands. But now
the scales have fallen from the cyes
Of the nation and the sore is laid bare
i'll all its ugliness, just us if the inner
garment had been removed from the
body, revealing the flesh over
cd with sears and postules. This
wound, which hitherto was only visible
a few, you now sec everywhere in the
the most squalid districts of the city
as well as in the most elegant and
fashionable Uuartcrs.r
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-11-13
i've Thousand Mistakes r.
Webster.

This incident may not be known
@'hefaiiy to our readers, and VIC ven
ire TO reprint it. When the una
nrldged edition of Webster Dictionary
.,rst appeared without a definition Of
me word unahridgcd). that great
'"holar, Caleb Cushing, wrote a crtj-
ism on the %stupcndous work, saving
'hat' for its size, it had as few errors
'S could be expected. This puzzled
no editors, who asked for an cxp]ana-
ION Oh mr.. CushIng's information on
nc subject of those errors. In reply
1T. tushing marked 5000 mistakes
,',n volume which had been prcscn-
t2d TO him and sent il back.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-11-13
B:tNn.;a and snro.y PLAT.

The keynote Of good brceding-I
natural.
III" grocer puts sand in his sugar,
thinking he may thereby put rocks in
lis pocket.
4. lawyer is frequently embarrassed
iy facts: but rarely il lie embarrassed BY
tie absence Of facts.
We hear q great deal about the
consumption Of fish. We wonder
they don't take eo9livcr Gil.
Paregoric is the newest handkerchief
Jrrtimc. Old maids like it. 1t is so
suggestive of extreme youth.
Ihe west is said to he the great grain
growing country, but it cannot raise
its own bread without the assistance of
the yeast.
A California farmer has shipped
$4,000 pounds of mustard seed to New
York. He believes in making it warm
for the public.
"WolI," said one Chicago Anarchist
to another, with a sigh, lit might have
been worse" Eyes. indeed" was the
lCiih, II lilISEl sliNt DCCll llllli lSOIl-
ment with hard labor"
Mr.. Litewaite-"You must excuse
me if [ am rather dull. | am always
stupid when | have a headacc.' Mass
keenc-" dear me! 1t must be dread
full to have u headache 50 much of the
time"
"Visiter--:'Miss Devcreaux is quite
musical.' Host" Yes, very much So"
Visitor" Does she sing in English ?"
Host" She does, and I'm very sorry
she doesn't sing in Kalamazoo OF some
other PARKWAY place"
Enfant terrible-Why have YOU
gray hair mammal! hIammma-Be-
YOU are such a naughty little
girl. +. T.-Then how very naughty
you must have been, mamma! Grand
mammals hair is quite.
Little Tommy, an interesting boy,
bat tilnid when left alone in a dark
room, Vas overhead recently by his
mother to say in his loneliness: ''Oh,
Lord, don't let any one hurt me, and
I'll go to church next Sunday and give
you some money"
Some person advcrtiscs in an eX-
change that he wants "a live mar to
handle a new sewing machine" We
that he would not trust a new
machine in the hands of a dead
man, and yet we should think the lat
ter could handle a new machine as
carefully as he could an Old one.
The Detroit Free Press says some
fellow has pantented "an automatic
stoolthat shuts up when the COW kicks"
This may be a valuable invention, but
don't bclive the ingenuity Of man is
Of producing a contrivance
that Will cause the mixer to shut up
when the 70 kicks. That is the time
or she opens out and uses language.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-11-13
Tm observation-disclosures

Which may rs taken separately from
the daily subscription service. is full
and complete in ell news departments,
with the added features OF household,
fashion end society talk. and a feast Of
choice original and selected literary
matter for home reading. The special
writingsof 'CATrARISE COLE" HENRY
HAYSIE paris correspondent. JENNIE
JUNE (fasnlon writer,, MOILlE MOORE
DAVIS, and many otkors, appear in tho
Sunday issue.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-11-13

A friend of the family takes the
father of the bride aside and saws:
ado you know that your son-in-
law is a ruined unexpectedly over
Whelmed with debts!"
"No, YOU don't say so.'
II am sure of it. In fact, he's
only married your daughter so as to
he able to pay his debts with her
fortune.'
"Then, why the deuce didn't
you say Sc beforc?."
What Ito YOU take me Eor..n I'm Il
OF his heaviest cIcditors.'
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-11-13
Fashion NOtes.
'atO red is a new shade.

Tomato red is a new shade.
Az shades of gray are C in gloves
The ruby continues to be a 1ashiona-
bic gem.
Both BAH and hoop earrings arc
worn now.
Light graceful settings are the rule
for all gems.
Pasteur is anew brown and sala1sm-
DO a gray blue.
Tortoise shell hairpins are very popu-
lar just now.
Winter cloaks promise to be of
generous proportions.
There are more varieties of fall
NANTES than ever before.
Garnet bead trimmings are included
with fall importations.
Straw embroidery is one of the
novelties in dress trimmings.
Velvet promises to be 4 fashionable
fabric for the winter season.
Both hats and bolMlets of those re-
Gently received are becoming.
The leading colors are blue. brown.
green, dahlia, acajou and mulberry.
Bug:es are to be more used as rarn-
ture than beads. So say the modistes.
Yellow will continue to be a favorite
color and will be largely used next sea-
son.
Wool diagonls, shot with two or O
gay and contrasting %colors, are worn
this fall.
Beaded trimmings and appliqucs
IN colors and elaborate designs, are in
fashion.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-11-13

"loull have to let me have some
money next week." she said to her
husband after dinner.
"Wllat forw
"Ob, I've got to get a lot of
things"
"Why YOU don't need anything. It's
onl,'two days SINCE
"lcs, but the dry goods stores
are falling, and they'll be selling
everything at a sacrifice, and things
will he dirt cheap" g
"But You don't need them.
That doesn't make . any differ
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-11-13
What is Home without a Mother?

And yet how many of us have
unhealthy mothers, wives. sisters aud
daughters. If they would only use
Creole Female Tonic all the Ills TO
which womankind are heirs would
vanish like mist beneath a MONDAY
sun. This inestimable remedy is an
infallible cure for weakness, nerv.
BUSINESS, monthly irregularities, pain
full menstruation and all female COM
plants. For sale by n, c Young,
Druggist, AbbeviIle, La.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-11-13
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BY a SPECIAL arrangement win
the publishers of Farm and Firesloe
we can for short time offer q Tree
gift in connection with our paper. ~
is a MAGNIFICENT ENGRA'..
ING entitled MLET ana
Our offer is as fof
lows:
The price of Peck'sSun one year
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The price of Farm e. Firesid one
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The value of the Engraving IS laf
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We give all the above. vor'a
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-11-13
THE ALLEY EXCHANGE
j. o. LEGE, Proprietor,
La.

ABBEVILLE, LA.
Always keep on hand the Best and
Finest Liquors and Cigars in the country
Fancy drinks of all kinds can be had.
Beer and Ale fresh from the city.
BILLIARD q PIGEoN-HOLE TABLES.
Give a call as you are passing.
Oct JOS. 3m.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-11-13
observation-disclosures

This mammoth sixteen page paper
is the best and cheapest weekly
paper published in the South. In q cen
Gpnsed forIa it contains all the news of
the week. the cream of all literary mat
ter and the best 81 -cial features Of the
Sunday issue, with an i'm nortant AGRI-
Cultural DEPARTMENT, conducted by
DANIEL BENNETT, and tie LATEsTMAR-
KET REPORTS. The Weekly is published
EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, ard
reaches 81 subscribers for Sunday
reading.
$4,000 wortis OF EsefsEE and
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and EeEs1Eesuczs, girls nna
boys, are offered TO all who
Will get subscribers for the
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these valuable presents yy:.a
be sent to any address.
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-11-13

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nelp you to more money right away
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Of either sex, succeed from first hour.
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Maine.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-11-13

The Abbeville MEPTDIoyAL and
the New Orleans WEEKLY PICA-
YuNE will be clubbcd together for
So year, payabl. invariably i'll ad-
vance.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09
BETTER THAN POISON.
Tobacco in Various Forms Reco mmendet
for the PIant-Hou.e Pest.

Tobacco in Various Forms Reco mmended
for the Plant Pest.
I have never seen aphis on the
potato, but know that tomatoes, egg
plants and other solanaceouS plants
are often subject to thir attacks.
There are, no doubt, many varieties
of aphis, many of them seeming to
change in color only when attacking
different families of plants. For
example, the aphis attacking the
rose and the great majority of other
garden plants, is nearly always green,
and hence is called the green fly by
gardeners; on the chrySanthemum it is
black; on the roots of verbenas and
asters it is blue, while on the cabbage
it is a greenish blue, or occasionally, in
certain conditions of the plant, a dull
yellow. But in all cases, no matter
what the color or condition, or on what
plant it is found, the aphis or plant
louise will at once succumb to tobacco,
whether in the form of dust. smoke
or a decoction made by sleeping the
refuse TOBACCO Stems from Ine cigar
makers, using one pound of the stems to
five gallons of water. In our green
houses and grounds we use many tons
of the refuse stems and tobacco dust
annually. The liquid obtained from
the stems is syringed on the leaves of
the plants, or if the aphis is attacking
the roots, as in asters or verbenas, we
use enough to saturate the ground
until it reaches them. But the simplest
remedy against such as attack the
leaves of plants, is to use the dust freely
after dew or rain, or in their absence
syringe so that the dust will hang to
the leaves; but in all cases it should be
used when the first signs OF the pest are
observed. We have often found great
difficulty in dislodging them when the
plants have been completely covered
with them. On all plants that are spe-
cially liable to attack, such as roses and
chrysanthemums in flowers, or cabbage
and lettuce in vegetables, we use the
dust freely as preventive. Hundreds
of acres of cabbage and lettuce are
yearly destroyed by the aphis that
might have been saved by using tobac-
CO dust freely on the young plants IN
the seed beds, for it is there the mis-
chief usually begins. Peter Henderson
IN Country Gentleman.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09

Knocked at Love!
Love seemed little thing:
"a small, blind god said W tn golden wing,
For these poor poets to aiore and sing;
Their ck-iu-trade, which has its price to
BRING"
did not know.
laughed at Love!
1.-The merrlest se5t OF ALL"
j said: "a gay. light bounding ball,
Which gathers wit at both It's rise and fall
And never flies our grasp beyond recall;
did not know
"Your Love" said,
Through the long summer days
lie and laugh and listen TO mis- LAYS;
Court Fool IS he" sad l. Grown him with
And laurel for the FOLLY of his ways;
did not know.
Court Fool" cried.
Well barter all for you;
You are toy to mock at. ever new,
A jest when false, better Jest when trueI ,
Laughter will ALWAYS ring at thought OF you"
did not know.
looked on Love,
All mel j Knocked no more.
Within his hand q flaming sword he bore:
His eyes were great and sad, and prone be-
fore
Him in the dust Law, lamenting sore.
<'Great Love" | or ed. Master forevermore!
know. know
Master. j CT Gu
And trembling touched his feet
(His eyes were great and sad and bitter
sweetD.
Beneath his gaze my heart, all laboring,
To lift my glance | knew l was not meet.
knew, knew.
His face was pale.
And most majestic fair;
There was no lghtsome ioyance in n S air;
"A throbb.ng wound bled in his bosom bare;
"A thorned crown was on shining hair
So did know.
"Great Love!" cried
"Great Woe am J." said he:
SGreat pain and tears of blood shed bitterly.
Tears OF hearts blood, salt as the great dark
sea-
And dost thou Jest and ng fool bells at me?
Thou dIds't not know"
Forgive" prayed.
''NO wings are mine" he said;
My bleed ny feet pass on with weary tread
Whthersoever am sadly led;
The poet sings, but when his heart has bled-
DOst thou not know!
Laughed thou at Love?
The daY will come for tears,
For rangs and aching longings. heavy fears.
For memories laying waste all coming years
Dead hopes, each one a living flame that
sears
Then wilt thou know
Then who Knocked
Cried; Having seen thy face
] pray thee, tarry for moments space,
pray thee. grant to me one piteOus grace"
TO stay his feet held them in embrace),
Il know, know"
81 meek no more,
Great Love. but hear my cry;
Give me the pang, the woe the bitter sigh,
Hear me, in pity. hear me, lest die;
Let me bear all, SO Love pass me not by,
Since Love | know"
Frames HOdCSOn Burnett In Century.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09
Not a Burden to Himself.

''Look at that fat fellow" remarked
a man. addressing an old gentleman
who stood near him. "He's so tat he
must be burden TO himself.
81 don't think that he is" the old
gentleman rejoined. Upon the con-
trary, think that he is burden tc
me-"
"a burden to you? How so, STRIP
''He married my daughter. "-Arsa,''
sdto Trareier.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09

SAu COMMUNICATIONS -or r-fs ;izosy
IS an evidence Of good faith ca ti'o part OF
Inc writer. Write only on one side o. ting
paper. Be particularly careful in giving
eaInes snG dates 10 S".Ze the letters and fan
kres .aic aud DISTINCT
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09
ROBUST WOMEN.
Why a Larger Number of Them Il to Be
Found in Cities Than in the Country.

WHY a Larger Number of Them Il to Be
Found in Cities Than in the Country.
Any one who carefully notices the
women seen upon New York streets
and places of amusement will be struck
by the large number of robust girls
and women of great physical develop
ment. This is to be attributed, we
think, to more general knowledge OF
the laws of health, to the improvement
in the quality and preparation of food
and to sanitary conditions, and to in
creased participation in outdoor sports.
But these conditions do not prevail
to the same extent in the country as
in the city, and warning against un-
due optimism has followed the en-
couraging opinions of the Boston sur
geon. In recent commencement adj
dress. General Stewart L. Woodford
has again called attention to the I'M
| favorable features of the life of farmers
wives; their isolation, the imposition
of an amount of work which saps their
vitality; their poor food; their lack of
change and recreation, and the ten
dency, which naturally follows, to
brooding over various subjects. The
result is discouragingly large percen-
tage of insanity among the women of
rural neighborhoods. Attempts to
substitute farming villages for scattered
farm houses. to introduce social recrea-
tons. and like efforts have been made
or suggested again and agair, but the
fact remains that the woman of the
city is usually more healthful and
has more vitality than the woman of
the country. There is a problem here
still for our physicians and students of
sociology. But it is pleasant to be as
sured by competent experts that the
charge that American women are COM
posed merely of skin and bone and
nerves and brain, is no longer justified.
l-FrGnE LeSlie's Illustrated Newspaper.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09

] laughed at Love-
1.-THE merrlest se5t OF all,
j said: "a CAV. light. bounding ball,
Which gathers wit at both It's rise and fall,
And never flies our GRASP beyond recall"
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