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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1888-03-02
Gims 9o6ft iutsreGaute .Smnoe(eene

bat ii6 bieier Sage in Minneapolis i'm
gea;rtsgeri9t bon 9eunepin gountp,
ereisuet. Dor 3tpei syabren perlor ber
Rleiberbdn6ler Burton einen tuertbpol.
len Sagobunb (@oropns8 s8oritebbun6),
Namens Sport. Dor eini9en Saaen
traf er ibn auf Der GiraBe unb nabm
ibn nit fi9. Iber Der Wirtb gbrift.
@6bringen beanipru9ie ibn, inbenl er
ertldtte, ct babe i'm Dor atpei Sobren
getauft unb cine Glage mar bic iSolge.
Burton bra6te 3eugen BEL. baB Ser
0lnb ibm BON oefen allerfrhbefer eSSu.
geno On geb6rt babe, uno ber Mann,
ber an @6bringer ben 9unb perfauft
bate, ielbff elm Serr bon alIerbeliem
&ufe, mies our6 cine Menge 3eugeu
nod, baB au9 er ben Sunb BON aller.
frii9eitsr Sugeab on beiefen. Srsemo
Jemano muBte unre@t baben, bas mar
tldr, aber tuer--bas NOR f1mer Su ents
i6eiben. gnbli9 Bat Burton ben Gicb.
ter. ben 9unb iel5it als 3eugen porz
fiibren 5it barfen. Sagegen erbob fi1
tein ginuanb; Burton lpanbte fi9 aunt
Quube, uub iaete slei6mntbig: r@eb,
@p0rt, unb made bic 9bhre su."
S0fort lief ber Dumb tta9 Der often
itebenben Sbire, f6ob fie 5u, unb lief
bann at ieinem 9errn auriid, bem er
ertuartuugsboa na@ ben Musen iab.
9err Burton nabm bann eine1 Gno1en
aus ieiner Saf9e unb iagte: ,Das
mar brab, Sport. milf Ou iebt Dein
Wiittag baben?" Der Dumb nidte leb.
baft nit bem 2opfe, ma9te aber feline
Miene, ii9 bes 2no@ens au bemd9tis
gen. uDu m06teit". fubr Serr 8ur>
ton fort, ,aber Gu ,peiBt, bab Elm gut
er3osener frommer Sunb porber betet.1
Sofort legte lid ber Dumb auf bic grbe
unb be6edte feline Nugen nit ben Pfos
ten. SobaIb aber 0err Burton bas
Mort vMmen@ ert6nen lieB, iprang er
auf unb fiel nit gegier lber ben 2nos
den ber. Burton ieBte bann benz
0unbe einen Sut auf unb fraste ibn,
tDie man eineu Serrn griiBe2 Sport
berabrte ben Gut Iei9t nit ber pfote;
aber auf bic Grage, tuie man cine Dame
grhBe, iGlug er iid ben Out ab.-Die
SURF ipra9 ben 0unb eintimmig
6erru Burton au.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1888-03-02
tbm Sag un It
- "a.

sic werben fi6er iofort angeffent, tpo
STE ben Brief Dor5eiseu.
Der SeBer nidte nit benz Ropfe.
ti9te ft9 ins llnbermeibli1e unb aina.
St elmer nabegelesenen Sruderd frua
er um Nrbeit mad.
nWtrb fi6 mobI i6wer MAIDEN lai.
ien", meinte Der bortige 0ormann fopf.
fbtittelnb.
sd babe eine CUTE gmpfebIuna Don
9orace @reeIep", laete ber 5eber
ida9tern unb bolte feinen 8rief 5erpor.
Der Wormann, elm alter 8u6bruder, in
allen Gd9ern oes 0aubmerfs au 6auie,
TAB benfelben on, narbte i'm um, ore6te
tbn re9ts unb Iints, fonnte iebo6 fein
gBort berausbringen. lin aber ni9t
ein3ugeiteben, bob er rtidt i'm @tanbe
Jet, ben Snbalt gu eatsiffern. iaste er
f9lteBIidb: nDb, ct empfiebIt sic iebr
norm, tpie ib febe. Sd 6ente bod,
6ab i'd fur Sic plab MAIDEN fann.
Seben Sic fofort sur Nrbeit. (W. g.
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= GIuctuatipnen i'm Msartte fiir @is
ienmaaren fann sSeber nermeiben, ber
feline Srbers bur6 pieper& g 9uIt.
beB ausfibren ldBt. 6abrifanten re,
guliren ibre preiie nod hem Qnninm.
Biper & S6ultbeB baben iets etnen
enormeH 8orratb bon Genaorabt, giIen.
ble6 u. I. tp. unb fie notiren frtbere
nieorige g}reiie, tuenn bieielben aud i'm
i'm Marfte iteigen.
Su @tifOuri eri6einen 67S Sci.
tungen.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1888-03-02

- : Cine 9ronfbeit 10 be,feler art
tpie Gtrittur Der 9arnrobre fonte nur
iebr erfabrener un6 gei6idter Bebano,
lung anbertraut tuerben. Ourb unIere
berbeferten Metboben iirb mir i'm
Stanoe, bunberte ber f9limm3ten 6d[le
f9leunig unb ftir Die Oauer al turiren.
WbbanoluHg, Heferen3en unb Bebins
gungen, 10 @ts. in Briefmarfen.
Worlds Dispensary Medical Associa-
ton, 663 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y.
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SOntnerleibe BON serldtebener
Suulitdt.
gfeue auswabl sDn gdderll+
nn5weifelbaft bie beife Auswabl
BON Damen< unb 8inber~ 5dnben
Wdnner< H. &nabensSAuben unb
Stiefelnspn bewdbrtenT nTabrifanten.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1888-03-02

@lesante gippitdten in gdnbern
'unt gtiiden. :.
Die neueittl1 Sums geiltnss,
Senrietta Sud, Grepes, Sober
Sud-, @batlie einfarbis unb se~
nuifert tn alien mpbernen gaat<
tirunsen+
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Su6leus slrusea.~albe.

Die bette Safbe Der MeIt fir Sdnitts
0ustf6unseu, 8si9pire, Sisber. uuo Sant'
Gusf9las, Gls@te, sefprunseue 6dnOs, 5rof.
bsuIen nnb ale Sautfranfbeitsu; iurirt ea.
mprrbciben cber Isine BeaabIuus. 8ollise
Qualification sarantirt obsr bas @elb pirb
aurideraattst Is Gents bic Saa&tsl BEL u
DreiS
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9ttGerefete /!

Spit5en! Spit3em.
Guf btelem Belbe sldnsen MIR
bltra bic srSbte auswabl unb bic
neueifen SaAen, bic je benz publi~
fum pDrgelest purben+ SDrdDn,
essptiide, urientaliide, @aleneieame,
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eambrtc in peridiebenen 8reiten IT,
preten. Sarbtse 5tidereien Der
feinifen gprte.
@robe auspatl Don Dameu>
unterseug.
gOaffdnbises Eager BON Damen=
ltnb 8tnberiframpfen+
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son. Afsx. s. Stephens.

Sd bin BON meinem Ontei 6on. u.
8. Stepbens beauftrast, Sbnen su ia.
gen, oaB er 3u bem @lauben fi9 neige,
einea ytuben BON Dem @ebrauG 6es
6 I'm mons 2iUer &egula.
tors empfangen su baben, unb 5aB
er ben Werfud fort3uieben whni9t.
9o9a9tungsuoQ %. 6. Stephens,
@rapfCrbsbille, Ga. 8. Mdr3 1870.
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yseue 3epbsr Gtnsbums, Snbia
grtntles, percals, 3anstbars, pi<
quts, eawns, Sutttite, glpDeltp
Grrbs, i&Ottiiae 3ept9rs, SDil bu
NCrb nnb aubere gum Waidtn se>
eisntte Gabrifate in srpber ans~
nail utb su seriAtebenen Yreiisn+
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-6err 9ermann 8uranb, Ga groKe,
@ise., bdlt 6as 91mer3enbeilmittel
ct. Safo6s Del ftets i'm 0auie Dorrd.
tbig, ba er fib iG0n bdufig BON beHen
Wirtlamfeit itberaeugt bat.
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Stir jnnse Wtdmer uno iolde II
ntittlere1t Mlter
1@ eime ft1ere &mr. Da

Die fdredIiden 1oIsen bes Susen6Tnnben,
@efdIedtSi9wade berurfadenb, noburd Self
unb R0rper ruinirt tuer6en, }terutanent ges
betlt. Sersflopfen, S9l9ternbeit, @amen.
abfm6. @ebd6tniBf9tpaae, 8erInf Der @ner.
gie. abneisuus sesen @eieaf6aft unp WleIan-
bolie sriinbIid turirt.
Or. @aiferaus bat prattiide @rfabrung fei
SAL, ansgenommen er faun Seilung 9arantire
@atarrb in allen Stabien, Sdorf. Sautausf6i
9rantbeiten, &beumatismus, 9iftfdmeraen,
rbciSen, 9rdmpfe, sfieren. nnb 8laienleiben,
unberoauli1tsst unb nerboie Sdmdd)e tperberl
MlIe gebeimem sfranfbeiten flu
unb &ecept C. o. D. berfanbt. Dr. Mafersug
8eionbere aufmerffamteit ipifb ben Dan,er
Bis labr abenbs. Sonntass bon 8-l1 llbr
0r. @aifersmG 9uninltatipni
aB Ma9 benz 8. Mdrs aoreiiire mam b
10 7S4 Gin. Strabe, Dallas, 9eras.
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soman bon Sobanaes g@err.
[Eortfebuns.l

lUprIle4uu9.l
@obert borGte auf. Sraf i'm bod
bieie Gtimme, 10 oft fie flang,. inmeI
bon reuem ,uieber nit tpunber5ame,
9saeie. sic ersoB ii1 iebt In eine alt
i96ue 1eIfsmelobie, ipel1e bic Gdnge
rim elmer neueren Ballabe angepab
bate:
SER @aIter Bar elm Sitter Jung =
@r bdtte lang geRritten,
Bic ibm sin i6arfer e9pertesi6puns
Sns freuo'ge Ssrd eeidnitteu.
9err @alter sIitt in ben blutisen Ganb,
@ein Hob fob In bie Binbf;
@ie trneea ibu aus bem Scnnenbranb
Inter bic breite 2inbe,
Sic rihen entjiuei ben Gabnenlaum,
8n ftiIlen bas BIut Dem Seqen;
Auf ben Gterbenben BON 2ia6enbaum
GieI reider 8Idtbeureseh.
Da mar bes sfouias E5hterIein,
Str MHs' in Strdnen slibte;
Sic bielt ibm etnen 1e@er &eiR
IN ses Wlunbe5 tuelfenbe Blitbe.
9as par bes 40nigs g09tsrleiu,
Sic tniete 3u ibm nieber,
Da brang Elm idueIIer HpIenI@ein
Dnr9 bie iimtenben ausenliber
GS gins elm G9auer bur@ fein Marf,
Gin G9auer iiber @cnne;
er fab fe an, 10 bou uno tart
3ie bsr fterbenDe Mar Die Sonue.
Die 8inben ris sr, bic e. trug:
nun rinue, nlein 8Iut, rinne!A
grtranf ben Bedjer ouf eiuen Bug: -
sslnn sriiee bid Wott, Grau @tinns!1
@pbert ot6nete bod ouf, aIs bas Qiet
3M Ghbe uub bas G015pieI auf Del
61rfe nit cinem fait iubeInben Muf.
u0ae idb berffummte.
Nun grHEe btm Gott, 6rau Minne
brad Ct trdumerii@ Dor ii9 bin. Oh,
lpsr lieben fbnnte, 10 redt nit feines
fer5ens @ongeualt Wer lieben bhrfte
Der laue giattbau9 idIug f@mei'
6elab an Ieine @aneen. Gein Der
l6fs fi@ NIB tpurbe lnei@. Bilbel
bes @Ihds aogen On ieiuenn innereu
huge pOfhber, ipie fdimmerHbe @iio'
neil eines berIoreues ober berbpteneu
Yarabieies, unb oils ber RrabIenmtr'
leube Mittelpuuft berielben !ebrte i'm,
mer mieber bic cine gSttli@e @eifalt au.
rid, ipelme al iein 6ebnen unb Denter
ou li4 3og tpie Der Magnet bas giien.
VI rfabte init Der 6anb an bic Bruf
ais tu0llie er bic ginger in bas Gleiif
eipgraben, fiieb baIb3ornis bic Worti
aus: Rein, niht ldnger irag. i'd bief'
MafteF 10 alleinl 6ur@i@ritt rofd
ben 9aDillon anb iebte ben GuB auf ber
Gisg.
Aber fDgIei@ belt Ct suieber inne, mi
aiigs,pur3eis, lnb febrte Iaugiam ai
bic BrufDebr bes pabilIons 5urtid.
Dtt murnleIie er, i9 bin re@t eleub
g6nj f9le6t geworbef, benn 6eigbei
bsipdltiet uub ldbnlt mid.
CT ftibte bic Mrme auf bic 8aluitrab
uu5 fab ifarren Muees In bas Wafe
bin0b, DeIdbes Ieiie an benz Sub be-
Der 8iippe pIdtI9erte pie i'm 9raum
I9matenb.
Do inien ilt's tabl uub ftiI, on9t
erunb cine bdmcuif6e @eeuug burdfub
TIN.
9}l6tIi@ ftblie CT eineu iiiBen 0ben
feiue Itnfe Wange ftreifen.
@ri@rdt empor.
Robert faste bic ieelenbolIe 5tim
me 9betin's nebeH ibm, Robert, 81
Isibenl
DALI absepanbi sntseeuete er leiie
10 tpDllte. i@ Id9e tief ba unten.
unb mas wnree banu aus ilir3
9as Mcri mar betonE, jes lieI
F@ ni@t luieber anriidnebmsG. Uni
10 bleiem Gragwort, iD gang aufridtil
aus 2eraensgrunb sefpromen, lag eli
G6idfoI.
1iefes sinfa6e ggort serbro9 elm
8etie. u ME DIamanf, alt uni
1ellig iDie bic @eielli@aft ielbit
Gr fab fie an.
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Sie beuti6e 9eoDlferumg giebt
6Gr9i9nittli6 46 pfs. pro 2opf unb
Sag fiir Nabrung aug.
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- au ben b6beren 2ebrfellen ger<
Inns unterridteten lebtes Sabr 493
2ebrer.
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ECkG Main Plaza
-ltnb--
AcGQliia StlasSe.
6amsbalt9eaetsitd d,tDe.

SiiAtaaer, Sanbtider, Str.
pistten, gsttbeden, @ertna llnb gar<
binen. Siidbedsn unb Sibiss IN
eeinsrl, WOlle unb 9lajA u.ss alls
Saden, welde DDS 1ausbalts>
sebiet umfabt+
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= 1887 erpDrtirten bic Ser. Staa.
ten 100000 Gdiier Nepfel.
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Oie 3abI Der 6ebammeu in
preuBen bat fi6 1887 Inn 2162 pers
mebrt.
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ipanilde, @seurtal, @uipure, @ban@
tiap 5ptsen in aOea 8reiten fir
ueberipurf Ober Beias+
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Geitidte Gtnidbe
in wetbem unb farbisem ptque,
MuG, Swib. NainioDf, Gefidter
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UerDetratbet etc Wtanuers ODER fet3ts
bic iib Serbeiratbsu woIlen, bic in Golse tsn
SnSisuetion in Der Sasenb an 0el9Is4fss nnb
sterbenfdndde Ieibeu, werben sranbIi6 lnrist.
| Reine MineraIien einae4ebtu.
Snnse Mdnner, bic ibre. 8eit NIT nnfdbiesn
2euten berl9penbet unb fid5 babur4 aranf.
beiten bes Ropfes, ber Aaie, bes 9al1e5, Der
eeber, 2ungen, @inseipeibe unb oes mldseas
susesosen baben, perben f9usl turirt.
0abt gu@ ni6t bur@ faIi@es S9amssiabI
abbaIteu. i'm icfOrt aa bffudsu.
ben Ietten ls Sabren unb iibsruipnlt lsiuex
. Geidle9ts., nerbOje, @ronifGe sranf5titeu,
as, @e1Guiire, @ei6UuIif, aIle Mrten bon &nut.
'tdt, 2efarIeioen, Mfbma, HbTenisrie, $dnses.
ausen. unb Stren.arantbtiten, eunsenlsisen,
permanent gebeiIt.
:irt. aranfe tuer6en Surd) aorrespcnbeaB ae6tilt
prattisirt felt Is Snbren. DipIoni IN ber DiIirt.
getuibmet. Sffires Stnnoen ron llbr MorseHs
uno 81 1lbr Abeubs.
gunner 81 mnb 53, @1ateri@ &pteI.
ie selpObnIid mad Der permanentsn @obunns
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= gs siebt 100000 5ruutenbOIbe
In 2onbon.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-06
How to Ripen Cream.

Mrs. Kate M. Busic explains why
ONE women fail in their butter-mal-
ing We frequently hear, she writes,
the complaint: MY cream does not
yield the amount of butter it should.
1 feed my cows well, the milk seems
rich, but the yield of butter is COM
paratively small" The fault is not in
the COWS or their feed; but in the but
ter-maker churning the cream before it
is thoroughly ripened. This is as
great mistake as to permit it to stand
IL I'll overripe, i. E., IRONY and lumpy.
Every good housewife knows that there
is a certain stage at which bread
must be put in the oven to bake, Il
she would have it nice, light and
palatable. If put in before it is
raised" enough, the product is heavy
and dark; if allowed to stand too long
it is, when baked. coarse, full of large
holes and dry and chaffy to the taste.
In the one case fermentation has not
sufficiently freed the carbonic acid gas,
and in the other, it has produced a sur
plus. Just SO with cream. There is
certain stage of ripeness, if / nay use
the term, for want of a better, which
will no. only secure the greatest
amount of butter from given amount
of cream, but will likewise pro-
duce the inest-favored article.
Vary this either way and you will
meet with disappointment. Unripened
cream makes less butter, overripe
cream makes inferior butter. How
shall this golden means be secured? |
answer. only by patient observance
and pains-taking efforts. There are
no set rules that will always secure
the same invariable results; and ex-
perience, tempered by judgment, is
the best guide. Under certain atmos-
pheric conditions cream will ripen
sooner at one time than at another.
Again, the cream of certain cows will
ripen sooner than others. or the kind
of feed that is eaten will influence the
ripening process. Bulletin.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-06
HOUSEHOLD PESTS.

How 10 Get Rid of Reaches. Redbugs.
Moths and Other vermin.
The housekeeper well knows that if
she would be free from the moth that
doth destroy, from the flies that tanta-
lie, from the bugs that disgust, she
must use the ounce of prevention lib
orally, and that at no time is the ounce
of prevention SO sure to make the
pound Of cure unnecessary as at this
season Many remedies are vouehed
for as the most efficaciOus to rid the
house Of pests. For reaches. bedbugs,
in fact all Eermin that delight in cracks
and creviees, benzine is an almost GER
tain destroyer. Put pure benzine in a
machine-On can, and squirt into the
places where these terrors of the
housekeeper hide.
Ammonia is also remedy not dam
gerous, but most effective. Ammonia
should not be used on paint or varnish;
it discolors the paint and turns varnish
white. Borax, powdered. is an effect
i've exterminator of reaches; sprinkle
freely around the sink and pipes, the
floor and the Dashboard, not once or
twice, but every night for a week, and
the result will justify the trouble.
Moths are destroyed and their eggs
will never hatch where any pungent
od0r remains. Camphor il very eff
feetual, but must be used literally.
Not here little and there a little will
answer. but deluge to the pest world,
and constant vigilance Is the price to
be paid for freedom from mouse pestA
-GkristioB Union
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-06
Pursued by Hard Luck.

Perhaps the most unlucky ship that
was ever launched from an American
ship-yard was the Harvey Mills, which
closed her ten years career of disaster
by sinking off Cape Flattery on the
last day of December, 1886. She was
launched on Friday and was baptized
in blood, killing a workman when
gliding into the sea- Once in the mer-
chant service she met SO many mishaps
that the underwriters actually classed
her as an extra hazardous risk. On
her first voyage she was all but lost,
and twice she narrowly escaped
laundering. She was On fire once,
while transporting cotton from Port
Royal to Liverpool, and was trans
formed into a floating furnace. Her
matches were closed down, enabling
her to reach New York before the
flames cut through her deck. Later
she rode down and sank bark in the
English Channel, and none of the
bark's crew escaped to tell their side
of the story. On her next voyage she
was dismasted by hurricane Twice
she was given up for lost, and when at
last she battled unsuccessfully with the
frightful gales off Cape Flattery, TWEEN
ty-one Of the twenty-four unfortunates
on board were engulfed so quickly
when she sank that they could not even
grasp spaE.-BOston Journal
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-06
HE HAD NO MONEY.
But Self-POssession Helped Him Over n
Mighty Hard Place.

But Self-Possession Helped Him Over a
Mighty Hard Place.
wonder how many young men have
felt the goose-fesh stand out on their
Mortified forms when their confident
fingers failed to find in the "other
trousers" the necessary coin of the
realm to pay for admission tickets,
ice-cream or other entertainment,
while the consciousness that he had
left his money at home settled on him
like dank, sitting fog. OF course 1t
would never do TO confess TO the girl
and ask her if she had any change
girls never have any money, any way.
And there he is with the check in his
hand walking toward the cashier 8
desk, which is only a few feet away.
/ know of one incident of this nature
which caused West Side gallant more
uneasinesS than the cut and fit of
all the clothes he ever had or
ever may have. He had taken
two young ladies-his best girl
and her guest-to the theater. His
tickets he had all right in his vest
pocket, along with street-car tickets
and such things as usually fill up the
well-conditioned vest-pocket, so he felt
as easy and clipper as bird on a
branch until, as he rose from the after
theater luncheo0, he jammed his hand
down in his trousers pocket. Empti-
ness! Neither night-key, pen-knife,
nor match-safe, And above all, no
moSey! The flash of comprehension
that went over him froze the marrow
in his bones, and his brow. erstwhile
so sunny, grew clammy. If it had been
only his own girl he could have
acknowledged the joke and gotten out
of it some way, but there was the con-
founded Eastern girl, her visitor. An
inspiration seized him. He had a
business card with him. and taking one
he hastily wrote under his name and
address:
IN settle tomorrow; don't give me
away
Then he marched up to the cashiers
desk with as much nonchalanee as he
could muster. and put the check for
supper and his card down together.
lie gave the coid-eyed receiver Of
shekels an eloquent glance, took up .
toothpick with trembling fingers an6
walked out before a protest could be
made. Aud he hustled around next
DAY and settled. Chicago Journal
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-06
She Had Lost the set.

"Mandym almost shrieked> the
elderly aunt. as she entered the parlor
Unexpectedly and found the youpg
lady clasped in the arms of u young
man vino was kissing her with every
indication that he had mad consider
able practice, "what on earth docs
this mean?"
Nothing but an election bet,
auntie, replied Amanda, with 4 look
of heroic, martyr-like resignation on
her lovely face; Il lost Go on, Mir.
Mcclellan. How many was that?'-
Chicago TriJuRc.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-06
SLOW OF SPEECH.
An Unfortunate Western Woman's Most
Deplorable Weakness.

An Unfortunate Western Woman's Most
Deplorable Weakness.
as this the right road to Wheatville?
asked man Oh horseback of a woman
standing in the yard before little log
cabin on Western prairie.
.'Wheatville?'' replied the woman.
30, Wheatville amt but just a little
ways from here. Going there on biz
ness, reckon! It's mighty dull there
now, they say; but l amt been there
myself in month of Sundays. l just
sit here to home and don't go nowhere
nor see nobody to talk to; but that
don't make much diffren for / amt
no talker nohow. My man kin talk for
you. Better light of and come in and
set till he comes, and he"
THANK you, but must go on, if you
will -"
HE Is tallzer. I've often thought
that if Only had his gift O. CAB I'd be
glad. | hate to be so tOngue-tied that
| can't say few words now and then.
That's right neat nag you're astral
die Of Bout six year old. | reckon. L
like to see good boss myself, and they
amt nothin'll ketch my old mans eye
quicker a good boss. He kin talk on
the boss subject. he kin. Wisht could
talk bout any thing, it amt in me to.
for"
(Which road do taken
''As l was sayin'. talkin amt my
fortey, but l like TO pass the time OF
day or speak civil to stranger passin'
by same as you are You're a stranger
in these parts. 1 reckon? Yes! / al
lowed you was soon as clapt eyes on
you. Where might you hail from?"
From Michigan. but 1 really must
GO on, if"
From Michigan? You don't say7
Well, WE'LL / amt no talker, as say.
but it sort O. gives me courage to try to
open my mouth to hear any one say
Michigan why, j was borI back in
old Michigan. and like as not you know
lots OF my folks. Twas a Spratt fore 1
married a Beelson-Hanuar Spratt-
and my Spratt kin folks is scattered
over the hull State o. Michigan. Wisht
/ wasn't so tengue-tied; there's SO many
Michiganders I'd like to talk bout
Ever hear of the Higginses, or the Pill
grimses, or the Sampsonses. or the
Harrisese / knowed 'em all like
book, an sod my old man. II he was
to home you'd have somebody you could
talk to. He's glib enough for you, but
I'm so tongue-tied Lain't going? Wait
a minnit. I-say-well. if he amt out
o. sight fore j got a chance to open my
mouth That's what comes o. bein' so
blamed tongne-tied." - Detroit Free
Press.