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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-11-15
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Paper treated with a mixture Of
camphor oil and hnseed oil becomes
waterproof.
Girls are beginning to look toward
dentistry as field where their wits
and industry may win a fair reward.
The vanilla bean grows wild in
Mexico. and, fresh from the forest, sells
at ten or twelve dollars per 1000.
-Prussian blue is got by fusing
horses hoofs and other refuse animal
matter with impure potassium carbon
ate.
Its well known that there are alb
solutely no genuine channels skins in
the market; but, Notwithstanding, an
English firm is manufacturing new
cloth in imitation of the imitation skins.
They will be just as good as the real
skins, it is claimed, and will be sold as
limitations.
With Edison's new monograph
tubes are fitted to the compositors'
ears and connected with the instru-
ment. which is set to talking or stopped
by a pedal arrangement. The pbono-
graph talks off a sentence into the
printers ears, and when these are full
he stops the machine until he has
transformed the words into type.
In the ordinary sixteen candle
power incandescent lamp, according to
Prof Ernest Merritt, only'from four
to six per cent. of the energy actually
expended is available as light, the re-
mainder being wasted as heat. To
lessen this waste is one of the greatest
electrical problems now awaiting solu-
ton.
"A noted French scientist has
reached the conclusion after numerous
experiments, that the most brilliant
displays of the aurora borealis occur at
an elevation of not more than thirty
eight miles, while pale glow may
possibly be produced as high as eighty
two miles. but that no auroral discharge
is possible at height of 124 miles.
Oil of peppermint in vapor diluted
even to part in 100, 900 will kill cock
reaches in an hour, they dying in con-
vulsions. One drop of the oil placed
under bell-jar covering cultivation
of cholera bacili will kill both baeilli
and spores in forty-eight hours. 1t is
also regarded as among the best surgi-
cal antiseptics, and of great value in
phthisis and diphtheria.
DIR. Richardson, of London, who
has given great attention to the subject
of human food, says that neither the
teeth nor the digestive system of man
is adapted properly for animal food.
nor for purely vegetable diet, but for
one of fruit" If man is to be classed
according to his adaptation to any par
ticular kind of food, he should not be
called fiesh-eating or a vegetable-eat-
ing, but fruit-eating animal.
Conclusion of the brain is scienti-
fically defined as ''being, in physio-
logical sense, a sudden and more or
less complete arrest of the brains men,
tai and physical functions, brought
about by external violence. In every
case of injury to the head the brain is
made to vibrate more or less forcibly.
When the vibrations are feeble the in
jury to the brain structure thence re-
sulting is but slight; when they are
severe the mischief may be great"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-11-15
s BOYS TIMETABLE.
The Pleasant and Unpleasant Things il
Little Freddy's Life.

The Pleasant and Unpleasant Things in
Little Freddy's Life.
My little nephew ran across a para
graph, somewhere, which said that
any body could save at least two hours
of wasted time day by running on a
timetable.
Freddy brought the clipping to me,
and asked what it meant. l told him
that supposed that it meant that a
person could save two hours day by
having all his work or amusement
planned and arranged beforehand
such and such a thing to be done at
such time, and another thing follow
ing directly after, and so on.
Freddy seemed so much interested
that advised him to make out time
table for himself, and try running on
it for few days. He said he guessed
he would because two extra hour
a day would be a great help to him Ii.
learning to strike out the fellows, and
possibly would secure him the coveted
position of pitcher in the school hine.
The next day Freddy submitted the
following to me:
FREDDY's TIMETABLE.
A. NJ.
645 to z Gettin up.
to $50 Bath and gettin reddy fer
brekfus.
$50 to Brekfus.
to $50 Prairs.
$50 to $50 Hard study.
$50 Start fer skool.
9 Get there "a Teller must have sum
fun in life).
to 1890 Study and resite.
1880 to 1045 Roses (out to be longer).
1045 to II Study and resite-
P. NJ.
II to 1915 Coin fer lunch.
1915 to 1890 Eatin it.
1890 to Sloos of things. Playin ball
mosly.
1 to 5 Skool agen. Tuffest part of the
day.
8 Skool over. Fun begins.
3 to Bace ball. Bisickle ridin.
Coin to walk (sumtimes with gurl).
Slidin and skatin in winter. FLYNN
kite. Bothrin the dog. Penuts. Coin
to ride with pa. Shoppin with ma
oven l don't kno it befourhand).
Handy. In bad wether readin. Sloos
Of other things.
Sto7 Dinner (grate time fer me)
z to $50 Nothin much. Don't feel
like it.
$50 to 8 Pa gets dun with paper an
reads sunthin alowd.
SEE must begin to study.
8 to S15 Kickin aginst it.
S15 to 915 Study.
915 Gwup to bed.
915 to 935 Windin waterbury watch.
935 to 945 Undressin and gettin into
bed.
945 till mornin. Crate big time with
1reems, but a Teller can't stop to injoy
thing much. Wonder wy dreems cant
hang on more like reel things?
P. S. Ware do thos too extry ours
cum in?-Paul Pastnoy. IN Puck.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-11-15
FANCY THAT.

The woods rang out n merry lau-h,
As two went gsily by,
The taller head was his by half,
But hers the saucy eye.
Beneath her old brown summer hat
He stole glance or two,
Then vowed he loved her-fancy that,
And ever would be true.
For her reply he stays and fingers,
Ard she to yex and tease,
Tells slowly on her dainty fingers
Sweethearts by twos and threes.
''The little fingers Tommy True,
The next is George Pratt,
! think them all as nice as you"
She said. Just fancy that"
The two then wandered slowly home,
His heart was full Of pain:
He vowed in other lands he'd roam,
And ne'er come back again.
She dashed aside her golden hair,
And sang in merry tone:
"A brave heart wins lady fair.
a faint heart conquers none
Beneath the old oaks spreading reach,
She made him understand
How friends could have finger each,
But he her heart and hand.
They found it then upon the ground
Her crumpled broad-briu1med hat;
But to this dag they have not found
The reason-fancy that!
-AGtertOR FlusOng, in ChicQgo Saturday. E0e'
ag Herald
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-11-15
POULTRY MANAGEMENT.
The Proper Way of yentilating Hen
Houses IN Winter.

Houses IN Winter.
In all poultry houses constructed L
have advised no ventilation whatever
in winter, other than the air that finds
an ingress to the openings into the yard
| (Which openings should be closed at
night, or when the doors or windows
are opened). In summer a ventilatOr
tube may be used, to let off the warm
air (it is not always fOuD; but in win
ter. while the doors may be open dur
ing the day, at night the house should
be closed as tightly as the rooms we
sleep in, for the chances that human
beings will suffocate will be greater
than that hens will. Since trying the
no-ventilator plan l have been more
successful, and having persuaded 9TH
ers to try it, can show evidence that
the birds thrive better and seldom have
roup. 1t is the cold air coming down
on the birds, or flowing freely around
them, that causes so many cases OF
roup, canker, etc., and ii the poultry
house has no ventilator to let out the
warm air, thereby creating draught,
l will venture to say that where one
bird is lost by suffocation or foul
air, a dozen will be saved that would
otherwise die from too much fresh air.
Try it.
As to foul air. there should be none.
No experienced poultryman ever al
lows his poultry house to get in con-
dition to produce foul air, as it is regu-
larly cleansed, while the cold prevents
fermentation of the droppings of as in
gle night. As to the carbonic acid gas
exhaled, it is one of those myths that
never materialize. True. it is there;
but enough air comes in, and enough
gas goes out, to prevent danger until
morning. have yet to find the suffo-
Gated fowl, or any injured by close,
warm house; but the victims of the
ventilator tube are legion. and every
winter finds their number increased.
I know it is an arduous task to at
tempt to have the ventilator tubes
abolished from all poultry houses, for
the more roup and disease the firmer
the belief that more cold air e.. e.,
more cause of roup) is needed. and
boxes of pills, with all sorts of gargles
and washes, are resorted to in order to
undo the mischief of freezing the poor
fowls with cold drafts, instead of hay-
ing them snug and warm. can not
imagine how the poultry-house should
be an exception to the dwelling-house,
stable, and other habitations of animals.
1t is better to knock of whole side OF
the poultry-house. as no drafts are
thereby created, but the hole in the
| roof is murderous. A dozen hens,
weighing only so pounds, are allowed
more ventilation than cow weighing
600 pounds, and more consideration Is
| usually given the location of the venti-
lator tube than in the arrangements OF
the house. / hope readers will close
| all ventilator holes this winter, for ex-
pertinent, and trust to the fresh air
coming in without attempting to flow 1t
| in, and, my word for it. those that do
| so will be surprised to note the differ
ence between the damage done by VEN
| tilator holes and the success obtained
by tightly closing them.-Rura! Nes0
Yorker.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-11-15
FARM AND FiRESIDE.

Thirty minutes spent in cleaning
up team in the evening, may mean
an hours gain in time the next day.
DO not forget to take care of the
tools and farm machinery as you cease
to use them for the season. They rep
resent money and you can not afford to
allow them to be ruined for want OF
care.
If one wants all the milk that can
be gotten from a cow, withou: refer
ence to its quality. juicy grains, green
corn fodder, brewers grass, turnips
and roots having large proportion OF
water in them, warm mashes and
sloppy food in general will produce it.
A fair proportion of substantial food is
necessary to produce rich milk.
Spinach and carrots are not in
jured if stored outside in mounds, and
in sections where the winters are not
so severe they may be left in the rows,
with slight covering. The proper
way to store them, however is in a
cellar, in bins, so as to easily handle
them when they are wanted for feed
ing.
If the farm be on low, wet land a
proper system of drainage is of the first
Importance, and when so drained such
farm-Other circumstances equally
favorable-pays on an average larger
yearly profit than upland or billy farms.
Excessive wet weather may ruin the
crops on the low farms, but not the
crops and land too, as is often done on
the other.
Those farmers who have fat cattle
for sale should by all means let them go
if they can get satisfactory price. Ii
by keeping them few weeks longer for
! better price few dollars may be
gained, how much will be spent in the
extra feeding? The common expert
ence of stock feeders is that there is
more profit in feeding good lean ami
mails than in continuing to feed stock
that is ready for sale and waiting for a
little better price that may never be
secured.
Oyster Sauce: Drain the liquor
from one pit. of oysters. Melt two
ozs. Of butter in sauce pan, stir into
it one OF. of flour and add to this by
degrees the liquor from the oysters.
When the mixture boils throw into it
the oysters and boil all together until
the leaves of the fish begin to shrivel.
Throw in one-half teaspoonful of pep
per, oue-half teaspoonful of salt and
one saltspoonful of grated nutmeg.
and, having boiled one-half pint of
milk in a separate saucepan, stir it in
also; then remove the saucepan from
the fire at once or the milk will curdle
and the sauce be ruined.-T0tedo Blade.
1t is well-known fact that soda
spoils lawns and percales. They
should be washed in tepid water, with
out soap, save just enough dissolved in
the water to render it smooth and easy
to use. Wash and rinse as expedite
ously as possible, turn and starch in
thin boiled starch. in which you have
dissolved enough white soap to make
it trife sudsy. Dry in the shade and
iron on the wrong side. Should the
articles have a figure of some bright
hue which is liable to fade, a generous
handful of salt will prevent it, by
using it in the rinse water.--POrttd1aI
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-11-15

- Any person who takes the paper regular
~ from the post-of1ce, whether directed TO his
name or whether he is O subscriber or not, is
responsible for the pay
The courts have decided that refusing to take
newspapers from the post-ofice, or removing
and leaving them uncalled for is prima fscie
evidence of INTENTIONAL FRAUD.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-17

OwENsnoEo, Ky. March "a series Of
crimes committed by q coloreG school teacher
near here has aroused that race to a frenzy.
Near Utica there Is a color2d school taught by
a young negro, Robert Hardin. Among tho
pupils, l. a girl Of fifteen years, Amanda Pry,
daughter Of Henry Pry, "A very wcalthy colorv1
farner. Some months ago the teacher be
traycd the girl, and when the evidence OF their
sin became apparent be at once set abou; pro-
ducing malpractice. Finding that something
was wrong with his daughter, the father
questioned her and she confessed everything.
lie was advised to have Hardin arrested. and
he can" to Greensboro for that purpose. tu;
Hardin took the alarm when the old man left
home, and packed his traps and left for part.
unknown. The girl died today after making
the startling disclosure that six other girls In
the school, aged from thirteen to sixteen
years, were in a similar condition and had
been regularly lrugged 10y the william To des
troy the existence Of his crimes. A lynching
party is now IN hot pursuit Of Hardin.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-17
WASHINGTON.
NoNIShTIOEs

WAsHISGToN, March 5.-The president 10.
day sent TO the senate the following Iomina-
tons: Charles G.. Jones, Of Nebraska. to be
register OF the land Office III Neigh. Netras-
ka; Rev. John +. Dolphin. OF Minnesota. 10
be post chaplain, and George +. Hollis. Of
Massachusetts,, to be United states consul a.,
Cape Town.
PUBLIC LAND.
Inc senate committed on public lands today
considered the proposed amendments to the
general land forfeiture bill. 1t agreed TO re-
port iavorably upon the provision fixing the
price OF land which may be forfeited and
opened to settlement under the bill at &l.gj
pei acre.
REVENUE REDUCTIONS
The internal revenue reduction bin has
been completed by the Democratic members
OF the ways and means committee ana is now
being printed. 1t viii be laid before The FIJI;
committee tomorrow.
COMMERCE..
In the house today Nj Hit, of Illinois. IN.
PRODUCED "A Joint resolution for The promotion
OF commercial union with Canada. which was
referred to the committee on foreign affairs.
GETTING READY.
The joint Democratic congressional eyeca.
tive committee met today and organized 10y
the unanimous election Of Senator kenna, Of
West Virginia, As chairman.
RIVERS AND |HARBoRs.
The house committee on rivers and harhors
declined to grant further hearings and con
GUIDED to report the bill it is preparing by The
20th inst 81
C~ONFIRMA1iONs.
Moses j. Liddcll, Louisiana, associate ius-
tice of the supreme court OF Montana.
+. q. Spilman, register Of the land ofice a;
Devils Lake, d.. T.
RA%pALL's TARIrF HiLL.
l'anial's tariff bin VIII he made public u
a day or two.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-17

Some months ago a Mrs. Hegener, OF
st. Paul, shot and killed a young man in
the employ of her husband, who boarded
in the family. The young man had made
improper advances toward the lady and
being repulsed circulated slanderous
stories about her for revenge, even writ
Ing anonymous letters to the husband that
he knew she had compromised herself
with other gentlemen. ExaspcraIed ny
these accusations, which had broken up
her happy household, She sought out the
author of the destroyer Of her peace and
shot him. Who shall say she did not do
right? She is now or trial and is de-
Tended by Mr., Erwin. Under such cir
cumstances the jury should acquit. The
man who wantonly assails a woman's
reputation takes his life in his hand.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-17

FulDt, Mimi, March a.-Eugene Church
III, a brakeman in the employ OF the Chicago,
Milwaukee and 81. Paul railroad company.
while emitting the engine loose from the train
coming in from the east yesterday, slipped
and fell. Ten cars passed over him. He WA
dragged nearly fifty rods, both legs ana he
left arm being horribly manelcd. He Va.
taken into the depot, here be died at l. 20.
about one hour af.cr the accident NJ.
Churchill was a mcmhcr Of the 4. f. and A.
NJ, lodge No. is, of pipcstone. lie va t
single man, and abou; 80 years old. Ho mads
his home with his parents a, Pipcstonc.~h,re
his remains were taken.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-17

She is prematurely deprived Of her charms
of face and form, and made rnattractiye by
the wasting effects Of ailments and Irregular
tiles peculiar To her sex. To check this drain
upon. not only her strength and health, but
upon her amiable qualities as well, is her first
duty. This is safely and speedily accom-
pIished hy a course Of self-trcatmcnt with DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription, a nervine and
tonic of wonderful efficacy, and prepared es-
pecially for the alienation of those suffering
from "dragging-dcwn'' pains, sensations OF
nausea. and weakness incident 10 wOmen-a
boon to her sex. Druggists.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-17
Custer Chronicle.
JOSEPH KUBLER, /: PUBLISHER

Prof. Milne says lit is impossible to
have q high state of civilization in Il
tries where from time to time earthquakes
are experienced" 1t must be admitted
that earthquakes are somewhat democrat
iZing, when they are full grown.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-17

NEW ERA, Tenn. March .. Rufus Kittrell
and his son George Quarrciled with "a rival
merchant named Erpstein and bis son. A
fight followed in which the olt man kittrell
was killed. and young Kittrell mortally
Ferris Ernstein was also wounded.
The kittrells were desperate men.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-17

DENVER, March 9.-Iho west bound Union
Pacific express struck a broken rail near
Masters early this morning and left the track.
The passengers were badly shaken up, but no
one seriously injured. Baggageman Fairly
was badly bruised and a lady from Chicago
had her arm and shoulder hurt.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-17

New YORK, March 9.-Nayer Bros. & Co.,
coffee merchants, have assigned. a shrink
age Of coffee values ia the cause. The liabil-
tiles are principally to banks and large houses.
Gustav Ranger. cotton merchant, has as.
signed. Liabilities, Sl50,0 600.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-17
Bad Blaze.

CAIRO, H., March 9.-Fire ut Harrisburg,
Saline county, last uight burned sixteen build
ings and business houses, causing "A loss Of
$4,000. There being no fire apparatus The
citizens we're unable TO check the fire.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-17
DCvinc-AkcrI

ST. LOUIS, March "a telegram from Mat
toon, Illinois, says: William Dcvinc shot
and killed Andrew Akcrs at his home. seven
miles west Of this city, today. Each charged
the other with beng the father Of AL "il'e0iti.
mate child in the ncighborhood.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-17

died from an unknown disease.
Joseph Blanchard, a Hastings wifcbeater,
was arrested Monday at Red Wiug.
Lightning struck the pipestone rolling
mills and did considerable damage.
As a result of high license all the saloons,
but one, at Heron Lake, have been closed.
Harry Roscoe died on Monday from expos
ure to the storm which ragged at Duluth Sat
urday.
Burglars entered the Office of the Omaha
road at Duluth and stole considerable money
and Il lot Of tickets.
Jim McCaig, foreman Of a umber camp at
Red Cedar lake, is said to have killed one Of
the loggers and fed.
John Courtney, an old citizen of Winona.
died ut his home on SUNDAY. He resided
there since 1856.
William Ehler, "A Winona butcher, died
from the ELECTS Of blood poisoning caused by
being bitten by a dog.
VIM. LeDuc was arrested Thursday a. Man
kato for giving false weights and was bound
over to the grand jury.
The commissioners of Martin county have
found that one county officer has received
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The Delta independent., 1888-11-27

The following newspaper men repre-
scnt Colorado at The National Editorial As.
sociation now being held At San Antonio,
Texas: Lutte Wilcox Of the Field and Farm,
Denver; H. L. Wadsworth Of tho Mining
Rcview, Denver; w. =. Pabor Of tho Den
vsr Journal Of Commerce, A. =. Pierce and
wife Of the Denver Ego, X. @. Cooper Of
the Denver Republican, Herbert Brown Of
tho Rocky Mountain Nsws, Darwin p
Kingsley Of the Grand Junction News, X.
H. Tilney aad wife Of tho Bouldse News,
Frank p. 6Asafor Of Ne Canon Caiy Ciip
DOR, William J. Orange Of The Silver Clin
Rustasr, I. ,. Efanss, authsr, end Thea