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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-11-15
South Carolina.

CHARLESTON, S. c., Nov. S-The only
opposition to Democrats for Congress was
IN the Second district. Elliott Democrat,
is elected by about 700 majority.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-11-15

Prevents, controls and cures Consump
ton. To insure success, insist on Baker.
Oil. JNo. c. BAKER & Co., Philadelphia
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-11-15

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. S~Returns from
every county in the State show plurality
for Harrison of 72,9i9, a Democratic gain
of sou as compared with the vote for
President in 1854
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-11-15
Tennessee.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Nov. S.-H. Clay
Evans, Republican, defeats Greed F..
Bates, Democrat, for Congress from the
Third Congressional district of Tennessee.
His majority is eighty-six. This is the
first Republican Congressman ever elected
from the district.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-11-15
Election Notes.

A special to the Post from Alexandria,
Va, says that w. w. Scott, secretary Of
the Democratic State Committee, claims
the State for Cleveland by a reduced ma
jority, pr badly between 1000 and 5000.
Returns from 162 towns and cities Of
New Hampshire give Harrison 30,S9S;
Cleveland, 2S,342; scattering. 1,506 The
same places in 1884 gave Blaine IS, 7O3;
Cleveland, 1886; scattering, 1,5I5. Re-
publican net loss, 75S
Harrison's plurality in Iowa will prob
ably exceed $1,000. Weaver in the Sixth
district and Anderson in the Eighth are
both defeated, giving the Republicans
every Congressman in the State but one.
The Minnesota Republican State Com
mittee claim a plurality of ., 600 for Har-
rison and Morton, 5000 for Merriam, Re-
publican candidate for Governor, 10000
for the remainder of the State ticket and
the election Of five Republican Congress-
men-a clean sweep.
Carter, Republican, is elected delegsts
from Montana by large majority.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-11-15
Missouri.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. S.-The Democratic State
Committee has complete and incomplete
returns from about fifty of the ia counties
in this State, which indicate that Cleve-
land will have plurality of 1900 in the
State, and Francis, Democrat for Gov
ernor, will have a plurality of Il 600.
These returns embrace the vote of st.
Louis. Kansas City and al the large cities
in the State.
Unofficial returns of the vote of this city
show most extraordinary and altogether
surprising results. Harrison's majority is
over 5000. Kimbali, Republican, for Gov
ernor, has over 10000 majority and the
Republican city ticket will range from
about 5000 majority for sheriff to 5000 for
other candidates. In the Eighth Con-
gressional district John J. O'Neill, Demo-
crat, present incumbent, is beaten by
Henry F. Niedringhaus, Republican,
by 800 and in the Ninth district Nathan
Frank, Republican, who was beaten two
years ago by John II. Glover, is now
elected over Castleman, Democrat by
2,l00. In the Tenth district, which is COM
posed of several of the southern wards of
the city and nine outlying counties, suffi-
Gent returns are received to indioaSe the
election of Kinsey, Republican. over
Clardy. the present incumbent, by hand
some majority.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-11-15
Connecticut.

HARTFORD, Conn.,, Nov. S-Complete re-
turns give Cleveland, "A, 800; Harrison, "A. :
5ls; Fisk, 4,lSl; Cleveland's plurality, 3S5.
For Governor, Morris, Democratic, has
1874; Bulkeley. Republican, 1926;
Camp, Prohibitionist, 4,1S0. For Con-
gress, Wilcox defeats Lines in the Sec
ond district by SS5 plurality; Russell, Re-
publican, is returned from the Third dis
trict. In the Fourth district F. W.
Seymour, Democratic, is elected
by a plurality of 29a The State
Senate stands eight Democrats and eight
cen Republicans; the House los Demo-
Gratis and IA Republicans and Repub-
lican majority on joint ballot of "a. The
Legislature will elect Bulkely as Gov
ernor.
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Virginia.

RICHMOND. Va, Nov. S.-Great excite
ment prevailed here yesterday, in striking
contrast with the quiet situation of Tues
day. Cleveland has carried the State by
reduced majority. The Democrats elect
six Congressman, Republicans one and
three doubtful.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-11-15
kRngas.

TOPEKA, Kan. Nov. S.-Returns have
been received from every county in Kan
sas. An estimate made by Chairman
Booth of the Republican committee on the
reports received give Harrison rocco ma
jority over Cleveland and 1000 majority
for the entire Republican State ticket The
Legislature is almost solidly Republican.
The Republicans have elected all but four
members and two of these districts are
in doubt. Every Republican Senator is
elected but two. one in Leavenworth and
one in Labette County.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-11-15

TRENTON, n. j., Nov. The Demo-
cratic plurality in New Jersey is now esti-
mated at 5000. The Democrats elect to
Congress Geisenhaler in the Third dis
trirt, Fowler in the Fourth and McAdoo in
the Seventh. The Republicans elect Bergen
in the First, Buchanan in the Second,
Beckwith in the Fifth and Lebibach in
the Sixth. The Legislature will be Demo-
cratic by a close vote. The Senate stands
Democrats IL, Republicans 10. This is the
first time in ten years that the Democrats
have had the Ssuate. The lower house is
claimed by the Republicans to be tie, but
the Democrats say they have a majority.
The closeness of tho Legislatu will make
the contest for United States Senator next
winter unusually exciting.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-12
PROTECTING Wool.

The new but able monthly entitled.
Beifords Magazine, among other excel
len. articles has one OH wool growing. 1t
appears from official reports that on a
flock Of 1900 sheep valued at s3,037, the
clear yearly profit is $1,000
ItLecomes little ,iresOme to listen TO
the threedbare assertions that wool can
not be produced in the United ta,es
gilhou; tariff, alter analyZing an official
report as the above. The cost of labor
in sbeep-raising is but ,rife as com
pared with the value Of the investment
OF the 100000 sheep in Wyoming, it is
dorL.'nl whefher there ere mere than q.
Owners and the number Of laborers en-
Moved is not much over 300 The addi-
tional help needed curing the Landing
season is usually taken from Che cattle
ard horse ranches, where il can be readily
SHARED without extra expense.
Ought nineteen twentieths of tie peo-
pie be mace 20 pay tribute to the one
twentieth who raise sheep al that profit
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-12

The Bahamas are said to have been
settled IS carly as 1929, and their popu-
lation is estimated TO be about 10000
souls. But they are hstless, indolent
lot. to whom simple Existence IS the
highest aspiration. For the most part
the language is a curious mixture Of tho
English, Spanish and negro tongues.
Sponge gathering, fishing, conch gather
ing, fruit picking ana wrecking consti-
tute about all the labor done. The
islands swarm with these wreckers,
nearly all good natured SOILS, who re-
gard everything cast upon the shores,
every vessel that grounds upon the dan
gerouS wrecks and Gays. and every craft
that can even be lured upon the rocks,
rs .heir rightful gain, and receive all such
ocean salvage as if the blessing OF
Heaven accompanied it, though for that
matter our own government permits
quite as bad state of things at Key
West and along the Pine islands off the
coast of Florida. Edgar L. Wakeman
in ST. Louis Republic.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-12

That women can invent and can patent
their inventions is shown by review of
the patents issued 60 them That three
women should have patented three kinds
Of corsets, and four more should have
devised four new kinds of bustles. and
that one should have hit upon combined
corset and hustle, is not very astonlsh-
ing. The wonder Is, rather. that men
should have. during the same period,
devised five or six times Is many new
kinds of each article. It is not even
unexpected when one finds that one
woman has patented n new and useful
plumber 5 trap 10 prevent sewer gas from
escaping into n house from washbowl.
But when it is found, as the fact Is, that
one woman has patested successful hay
press, and another machine for making
barrels, the right for which has been pur-
chased by great barrel making corpora
ton, it becomes apparent that woman's
intellect can grasp intricate mechanical
movements, and combine them for The
benefit Of the race New York Sun.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-12

To see the world, its great features, ITS
natural scenery, is fine and good desire
is an charging and enuoblinS expert
ence, to enjoy the rolling Of thccreamy-
crested waves on the azure field of the
sea. the spread Of changing color on the
mountain sides. the sweep Of leagues on
leagues of prairie, the depth and depth
Of forests. is all cnriching TO he soul, and
sometimes refreshing 10 the body.
But il Is no; 10 tAls noble rage that the
host Of travellers leave the city; 1t Is for
the sake Of gayety, in order to wear new
CLOTHES and see those of others, to tell of
il. and because others DO IT, To come.
Of course. the need Of "a vacation is vital;
a week more cf thc same scenes, the old
places, The old faces, Is destructive TO the
nerves, AID change Of air Is Indispensable
t. continued existence. OF these we are
not speaking Let them go, aud speed
their going; 1t Is the necessity Of life that
lmpci5 them. But the great majority Of
people, who 90 with DO such need or
motive, would perhaps, IN the middle Of
their gaycst season 20 sea siac, spring, or
mountain, gladly exchange cells with
those who consider themselves city bound
prisoners. -Harpcr'o BaZar
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-12
1.-THE REAL ISSUE"

Under this caption, Be't0rds Wdgaz'He
for August, edited by the veteran editor
aud journalist, Dom Plat, contains an
excellent article from The peg OF Hon.
Roger G Nils, the patron Of the Mills
bill, in which the real scope, object and
purposes Of that bill are distinctly and
succinctly sci forth.
1.-THE trouble" SAYS Mr.. Mills, is not
In the measure before the House, but in a
subtle, ill.defned fear that If popular
agitation is had, the people will come TO
learn what a fraud and eXiortion this
tariff system is. Such agitation will
bring out The fact that instead Of aiding
on the real prosperity of the country, it
is lis deadly enemy. The people will
6nd that il has robbed us of the carrying
trade upon the high seas, and driven our
Dag back from the furihest reaches of
civilized ard savage life the world over,
TO within the limits Of our own land
They will learn that while ii protects
capital, arresting competition in it's be
half. 1t leaves labor H. compete with the
very pauper labor of Europe. for our
ports are open and millions Of these poor
people are admitted to contest the rags
and food awarded by these favored few
to the ioiling thousands; for it is
a fact not to be denied that the poorest,
paid labor OF the United States il this
claimed protected labor They, the peo-
pie, mostly agriculturists, will learn
through this agitation that this system OF
protection leaves the farmer 10 sell under
free trade all thai he produces, for the
market for his produce is in Europe,
VIII. re he completes with the lowest form
OF pauper labor; while all that lie pur
chases, his clothes. the material for his
fences, shelter, and i;oa, glass, furniture
and all that gives him AM his sto K shell
ter il augmented Ia twice Is galue hv the
tariff. Snail wplJtr ;',rI IA. t!cy,
these advocates of hiIb iariT instinct
lively shrink from agitation
Iic.ein Is shown 50 pllialy that he ahO
RUS may read. the sole purpose of The
Mills ILL, and the rcas, us Why the Re.
pub ican party are - suenuous'y En-
deavorng 10 blind 'hc minis of The PEG
pie to The truth ,ceLdiag it. Such
articles widely distributed throughout
the country viii thoroughly educate the
people on The tariff issu-, and that is ali
the Democracy needs 10 secure a bril-
lian, victory over monopoly in Noycm
Der
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-12
The REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

Il say here" said Mr. Blaine, that tie
wages Of the American laborer cannot be
reduced except with the consent AID
woes Of the American laborer himseli
The appeal lies to him
The county will understand plainly
from these words that the issue in the
present contest is between the present
regulation OF war taxes in Time OF peace
as held ny by the Republicans as opposed
TO the mocraic idea OF reduction Of
war taxes 20 an average tariff Of 40 per
cent as proposed by the Wills bill.
That is plain enough, and we are ready
TO fight il out OF that line.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-12
Harietie, of Hay Fever.

Hay fever is not hay fever at all in most
cases. Intelligent physicians have found
that the varieties Of this fever are scores, II
not hundre-, in number. The pollen Of or
chard grass Is one OF the most common irri-
tants producing violent sneezing and expec-
toration for hoIss or days 1t can be ~ once
cured by the use Of witch Lazs. extrac,
snuifed up the nostrils. But these grasses af-
feet some people. 50 the flying pollen Of
willow trees affect Others. Jimson weed has
its victims, and 50 have many more common
plants. \ German scientific journal reports
that the pollen Of the palm tree is exceed
ingly irritating % the nose, throat, eyes and
stomach. II is well for hay lever patients T.
note that the stomach can suffer FROM the
same cause that affects their other organs.
The battle between the vegetable and animal
Kingdoms Is r.lceasing -G!obe-Demccrat
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-12

The Veritzins were boyars Of enormous
wealth and power. Paul held n high
Office in court. One night, gli,tering
with Jewels and orders, the young prince,
who was one Of the handsomost men in
Russia. danced in a quadrille opposite
the empress.
As she passed him in the dance she
fancicd that his eyes scanned her gross
figure with covert amusement. After
the quadrille she beckoned to him, and,
with 4 smile, handed him her tiny ivory
tablets, containing seven pages, one for
each day II the week. On the first was
written: Tho imperial ball room, St
Petersburg" On the last. "Thc mines,
Siberia"
lie reaIi., his face grew gray as that of
corpse. Bowed low. kissed her hand and
Withdrew, taking" says the old chron
icle. ibis wife, the beautiful Princess Of
NovGorod, with him. He was heard TO
say as he left the ball room. Ny min
utcs are numbered, let us not lose one. >"
Flight or resistance was impossible
The hold of Catbarinc on her victims
vas inexoral le rs death. Prince VERT
lin was forced to remain passive i'll his
palace, while each day the power, the
wealta and tile happiness that life Lad
given him were stripped from him.
First. he vas degraded from all his
Offices at co:rt; next, his estates were
coniiscatcd b.. the crown, his friends
were forbidden to hold any cOmmuniCa
ton with him: his very name, ono Of tna
uoblcst in Russia, was taken from him.
and he was gwen that Of a scrf. Thea
his wife and cHildrcn were driven out 6
the palace TO herd with bcgSlrs.
"Cn Tie las day" says The record
Paul Vcri.zn, in rags and barefoot,
,hained to q convict, bad, cn cteraal
farewell to his home and departed to the
larl. and icy north. lie was seen of
men no more. Lie 81 Prince PAIL
EcritZin'
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-12
Methods of Hohucin. flesh.

We Americans used to have the rcpu-
tation of being a thin and why people,
but among women, at least. ore hears
lut now more queries IS TO methods Of
taking of flesh than of putting it on.
The number of specialists, mostly women,
who treat women for 5upertluouS avOir
dupOis is growing all the time. They
never seem to lack patients, and one or
two drive expensive tUrnouts and import
dreams Of gowns Each establishment
has its own method of restoring shape
and comeliness, but they agree in this
one particular treatment ia paid for by
the month and the reduction process IL
timed to your wishes YOU may take it
fast or Won may take it slow.
If yo3 are a person Of leisure and can
devote yourself to your figure, You are
trained down in three months, though
yoa may find it a difficult matter to sum
mon strength to walk three blocks when
the business Is fairy under way. If yOu
cant aGCrI to weaken yourself in such
fashion. TIE period IS doubled. and in aiX
months CT eight months after less ylo-
lett measures YOU may order q g0'vn Of
Tie waist measure you please, without,
Sd they Say, suffering Inconvenience
meanwhile. 1t IS more difficult mat
ter. however. 90 control Frinkles, which
uccyiy alwlys fellow any successful at
tempt 10 make ieshy woman thin
Chicago Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-12
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS


At Large,
RICHARD +. BEfRNE of Hanover.
JOHN T. HARRIS of Rockingham.
First District,
T. X. b. WRIGHT of Essex.
Second District,
d. GARDNER TYLER of Charles City.
Third District,
TAzEwELL Elicit of Richmond city
Fourth District,
WILLIAM r. MCKINNEY Of Petersburg
Fifth District,
H. G. PETERS of Henry.
Sixth District,
". W. BERRY Of BEDFORD
Seventh District,
MICAJAH WOODS of Albemarle.
Eighth District,
&c. MEREDITH of Prince William.
Ninth District.
JOHN A. BUCHANAN Of Washington:
Tenth District,
X. 3. POoRE of Appomattox.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-12

For myself" said Mr.. Chamberlain at
the last annual dinner of the Golden
Club, speaking only as an Englishman
look forward with anxiety, not un.
mingled with alarm, to the time when
our merchants and manufacturers will
have to face the free and unrestricted
competition Of the grea, Republic of the
West and when the enterprise of its citi.
zens and the unparalleled resources of It's
soil will no longer be shackled and hand;.
capped by the artificial restrictions which
nave hitherto impeded the full deyelop.
ment of lis external commerce"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-12

Mr.. Alfred Peters in describing tie
logical title that the United States have
to the enormous trade of the South
American States now gobbled by Eng
land, asks How are American goods TO
find any market abroad from their cheap
ness so long as a tax Is imposed upon the
materials of which they are made, or
from their excellence as long as manu-.
facturers compete only for the home mar.
ket, where, from the duty being highest
on low-grade goods, there is more profit
upon manufactures of the second class
than upon the firstf"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-12
TIE FAMILY OF OOSGRS.
Growth OF = pcrnicious Nabi' --EnTiching
Patent Medicine rroprictors.
nk N. II can't nnrt go. ="

Patent Medicine rroPrictors.
"Drinl. it, it cant nurt you."
Unless you happen 90 be . person with
a strong will Of your own. this injunc.
ton. with is accompanying Assurance.
is likely to DO the business, and YOU
siraighJway take the first step In the
broad avenue which leads 10 the great
and ever growing community OF dosers
It is probable that Americans are greater
sufferers from the dosing habit than the
people of any nation on the footstool.
and il would be difficult 10 shy what
rostrrn they wrCil net gasp at and
grecdily Culp down. provided 10 we've put
up an an attractive form with a ramc-
10 matter what--blown in the bottle.
AID there is good reason for this Pre-.
objection for patent proprietary poiions
In the first place, q bottle of medicine
although claiming to he specific for
but one disease or one class of disorders,
is shown also TO be u radical cure or
helpful. Or at the least innocuous IN any
or all ether forms Of bodily dcange.
ments; and as this fact is testified 10. not
only by the dealers, who Of course have
no interest in dcceiying the pubIic, hut
by an endless array Of unsolicited tcsti.
monials from clergymen. who, 70 would
seem, indulge in this variety of liz nature
Is a recreation from excessive labor IN
the soul saving department ST industry.
from actors, actresses. singers and other
show people, who theresom receive IN.
cidental notoric,y. from respectable
druggists whose position ot YUdiomcn
Is merely an advcnuuous Circumstance
and not 10 re urged against t.c.r known
di5intcrcs:cj conduct outside oi business
and after bu-uoss hours: aui generally.
frcm unknown and unlnowalio persons
whose last ana usual place OF abode Is
Che greatest possible distance from the
city or town in which You happen %
live.
Then the inducements for copious
hbalion are generous To q fault, but lhis
is not the fault of the proprietor Quite
the contrary While the temperate doser
IS forced to pay 81 lawful mmc, for
each and every hottie of tn sfmo ehAr
bitter or whatever appcllliion thc Moli-
cine affects the REGULAR and au.r..ei
doser il offered snccial torn, SIS for. ix
hotties go thar bosido loir., ,i,,, an
onnortpnitv 60 induloo his d.. ,r., ,.,.,..p.
eities to the full Inc has tbe.,i,.f '...,of
knowing that tine moro Of ll. .gr he
devour, the moro money D., D. ..in-.
and conversely. the more Gavin. lr Is.
the ,,reoter the onrorirn.n. fr .a.lu,
which i. vouchsarod him tl.. t. one
s,rnIc bo ia bu;l,iincun to.,b. fortunes
and hi bo,ltb
And tbon ris.o b,r.i, to blr. ip fbc
house. Could ANYTHING q. moro con-
Ncnient tban ~ have m 0ncs cupboard
the vbcrewill Y rr. rheumatism.
couch, colds. NEURALGIA. chibiaius,
cspo,~ ringworm c.r.umnt3p. corns
.rd l-il.rv ,.Y.D..l... ,I.uth.,Nrhcrc-
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Tho ENnlOrrr liz Nlr.cl.

Now, 1t may be a surprise 10 the uncn-
lghtened to learn that probably no OK
plorer in forcing his passage through
Africa has ever, for more than few
days at time, been or somc beaten
track. Probably no country IN the
weird, civilized or mciylii2ed, Is better
supplied with paths than this uniaapped
country. Every village is connected
with some other village every tribe with
the next tribe. every state with It's neigh
LOr. and. therefore. with all the rest.
Thc explorers business is simply to select
from this network of tracks. keep a gen
eral direction and hold on his way. Let
lim begin at Zanzibar, plant his foot on
. native footpath, ard sol his face to-
ward Tanganyika. In eight months lie
will be there. He has simply to perso
tcrc.
From village to village le viii be
handed on. engaging it may be some
tires. 80 avoid the imras able barriers Of
nature. or the rarer perin Il hostile
,s..,s. lat never taxing 20 iba WOO L.,
u.ur Guided solely hy ,A. a,a... uo.cr
il act. leaving lca,cn tack III Lnn-
d--ls .Hd hGdrcl5 Of u... ar" between
Liza and t.c sea. and III, .u.auaina5e
fetpa,h ends with a canoe on tine shores
q Tanganyika. Crossing the lake land
ing near some native village, lie picks up
tie thread once more Again he plods
on and on, now on foot. now by canoe,
Lut always keeping his line If villages.
ubil one day suddenly he shifts the sea
breeze again, and his faitnful foot wide
guide lands him on the Atlantic sea
toa:d. Tropical Africa.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-12
4 sixteenth Century Map.

In the National library At Paris there
is a Spanish globe $50 years old, on
which the Congo follows in remarkable
manner the course now given to that
river on the maps. All the best maps in
the Sixteenth century showed the Congo
as Using in the lake far inland, while in
this century we first tried to identify the
Congo with the Niger, and then FOR many
years made it flow north. - Chicago
Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-12

Hon. George ID. Wise is in the city until
Monday, when Congress musters its few
faithful members TO continue the work at
% degrees temperature The District Con-
yention meets on Wednesday, and doubt
less Mr. Wise viii be nominated without
opposition. His record is the best proof
of his deserts at the hand of his consti.
tuents.