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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-02-02

no Democrat could be trusted in Office.
If that rule be not good now Hale must
be trickster.
Civil service in America is an expert
ment. 1t is 4 death-bed conversion of
the Republican party. and the heirs
are left to do the penance. That PEN
ance has been performed as well as hui
man beings ever do such things-better
than Hale. or Cameron, or Conkling,
or any of the bosses of other days
would have endured. II the people be-
lieve President Cleveland ought to be
defeated while reducing taxation be-
cause he gave 10000 Democrats fifty
dollar post-ofices in one end of the
general stores of the country, then. of
course, let justice be done! Let Hale
put back his 100 blowers and strik-
ers so that they may each contribute
the $50 for which he struck the noble
host in 1878. rs shown by the circular
which Senator Butler unfeelingly
sprung on the distinguished orator of
Maine. -Ciicago Herald.
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CURRENT COMMENT.

The report that Allison is more
highly esteemed in Iowa than the
"Plumed knight" may serve to hasten
the return of the ''absent leader. "
Detroit Free Press.
Senator Voorhees, stuffed hand
kerchief into Senator Sherman's trum-
pet and the blast that Sherman blew
was made to come out at the little end
of the ehorn.-SdUdnndh NelDS.
Mr.. Blaine. in engineering his
own boom. should remember that
while the tariff question now takes
precedence of all Others. the tattoo
question is not dead. but only sleeping.
81 Louis Post.
The Cincinnati Commercial, a
Republican paper, says that there are
a lot of professed Republicans in Ohio
who have subterranean associations
with boodlers and forgers. coal-oilers
and sfuggers, br:bers and builies,
blackmailers and blackguards, is as
well known as the existence of any
other element in our political affairs.
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French-Speaking Statesmen.

Many of the leading statesmen are
good French scholars. EdmuRds reads
French easily. Hoar has many French
books in his library. Allen G. Thur
mans amusements lie in the reading
of French novels, and John Sherman 5
library is full of foreign books of
finance, and he reads the French,
though he does not speak it. Thur
man learned the French at the same
time he learned to snuff. 1t was when
he was a boy. A French professor,
who had very pretty daughter, asked
Thurman's mother to take charge of
the giIl, and she did so on the condi-
ton that the professor would give
young Allen French lessons. Prattling
with the maiden and taking lessons OF
the professor he got foundation in the
language which is not surpassed by
that of any of our public men. The
old professor snuffed and the boy
begged pinches of the titiliating powder
between the sentences. and thus ac-
quired the habit, which has stuck to
him through life, and which, added to
his big nose and the gorgeous hand
kerchief which he uses to wipe it, has
given him the title of knight of the
Red Bandana. Chicago Herald
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a ROYAL SAVAGE.
The Residence of King George, the Ruler
of the TOnGan Islands.

of the TOngan Islands.
. We called at Tongatuba, the princi-
pal island of the Friendly, or Tongan,
group, and. learning that the King was
then in residence. determined to pay
our respects TO the celebrated old man.
of whom we had heard 30 many and
| such strange stories. His house, we
fouad. was very nice-looSing two
storied wooden building. close to the
sea, and stood in a good-sized conf
| pound, fenced in on all sides. Passing
through handsome pair of cast-irOn
gates we arrived at the mansion itself,
the veranda of which appeared to be
used as a coach house, for there was
proudly and snugly stored away the
royal buggy; rather an anomalous
sight for palace and a strange posi-
ton for an equipage of state.
There were no signs OF life about the
place, and failing to wake any one by
repeated knocks at the front door. we
decided to circumnavigate the estab-
lishment, and did SO, finding it chill
and lifeless everywhere till We came to
a row OF cool houses and upon a curious
sight. There, in the veranda of one
of them. squatted an ancient and dusky
person, with only scant cloth fastened
about his waist, and bending his head
obediently before an old woman who
was literally plastering it with lime.
As soon as the curious pair became
aware of our presence the process in
operation was arrested. and. perceiv-
ing this, we were about to address
them to explain our presence and ask
few questions. when the gentleman of
the limy head roared out something in
a truly terrible voice. and at the same
time fine young Tongan, very oily
and three-quarters nude, came rushing
out from the Interior toward US. With
much politeness and evident agitation
ne conducted us away from the veranda
and back to the big house. where in
broken English. backed up by much
resticuIation, he revealed to US the ap-
palling fact that we had trespassed
upon IHe pIiNICE VI hN AOS9 " pei SOH
than his majesty the King.
Having humbly apologized for our
innocent intrusion and received a re-
assuring answer. we were ushered
through the window into a sort of
drawing-room, 4 well-furnis he'd apart
ment, with a number of red velvet
chairs set around long mahogany
table-one chair little higher than the
rest, acting. no doubt, as a throne.
Here we waited for about half an hour,
when his majesty entered, accompa-
MED BY an interpreter, and was graci-
ously pleased to accord US formal in
terview. He shook hands very pleas
antly with our party, and we all sat
down on the red velvet chairs, the in
terpreter squatting on the floor be-
tween
The King, seen at closer quarters.
was really noble specimen of semi
savage, standing quite six feet four
inches, of wonderfully well proper
toned and athletic build. upright as
dart, and moving grandly in spite of
his advanced age.-Londen Globe.
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FROM DAY TO DAY.

Only from day 10 Gay
We hold our way,
Uncertain ever.
Though hope and gay desire
Touch with their fire
Each fresh enccavor.
Only from day TO day
I've grope our way
Through hurrying hours;
But still our castles fair
LIZ 70 the air
Their giistening towers.
and still from day to day
Along the way
Beckon US ever.
TO follow, follow. follow.
Ger hiII and hollow.
With fresh endeavor.
Sometimes, triumphant. gay,
The bugles play
And trIlmpets sound
From out those glisteniag towers,
And rainbow showers
Bedew the grou2d;
Then sweet, oh, sweet the way"
we snnllng say,
And fCrT-2rd press
With swift, impatient feet
And hearts that beat
With eagencss.
Yet still beyond. the gay
Sweet bugles play.
The trumpets blow,
Eowc er we flying haste,
Or tagging waste.
The hours that so;
Still far and far away,
TIL cones tGe day
We gain that peal.
In D8rien; then, blind
rto more. We find,
Perchance. what we do seek,
-Aora Perry. n HGjper'S HQg1-ia>
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f22-Any person who takes the paper regular
iy from the post-o1ice. whether directed 10 his
Gs3ne whether he IS q subscriber or not, is
responsible for the pay.
The coU-.s i:aTe decided that refusing TO take
newspapers from tht post-oiiice. or removing
and leaving them uncalled Cor. Is PriIIla IGcie
evidence of ~ -ESTTCXAL FRAUD.
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not keep il Up very much longer, felt sure.
Again l looked back. Far III the distance
four or five men were still struggling on ::
but, away in advance Of them, one resoIute
fellow was rushing toward ME with head
long speed. Though l kept steadily on, as
looked l saw, to my dismay, that he was
gaining on me. He was near enough for
ne to perceive by his dress that he was an
officer, and not being encountered with
heavy firearms was thus able, l suppose,
TO make the time he did. / gathered up ali
my energies TO make one last and desper-
ate effort TO distance him. My limbs began
to tremble. Months of prison life and
prison fare had made me weaker than, in
the first squirt, had realized.
Haiti" came within fifiy feet Of me. and
plstol-ball whistled through my hair and
took of my hat. At the same moment a
cracking sound came from under my feet
staggered, lurched violently to one side.
then lost my balance and rolled over and
over Oh the yielding ice.
"'Au is over now thought; for felt
too utterly exhausted even to attempt to
rise. But, just as ali hope forsook me, &
loud crash aroused me, and / turned nv
head just in time to see my pursuer 90
down In the treacherous chasm in which l
had been so nearly engulfed. Then knew
that l was saved; and with suddenly re-
newed strength got 10 my feet again and
made on. l continued for a haif-mile
further up, and then made straight for the
shore. There unstrapped my skates and
took refuge in deep thicket, and in few
minutes was IN profound sleep.
81 wonder, now, that had not frozen to
death; and had not the weather moderated
greatly in the last few hours, I am sure (
would have done so. When finally woke,
l was stiff with cold, and ached from head
to foot"
Here Mr.. SHINES paused, and gave a
retrospective shiver as he leaned over the
fire. @ G.
"And what became Of the poor fellow
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-02-02
The are of a cow has mucb to

The age of a cow has much to dc
with her value as mixer A COW
with her first calf never milks as well
as with her third or fourth one. and for
dairy animal, as rule, is unrxoft.
able. For this reason care should be
taken in buying COWS for the dairy, to
obtain those with their second or ihirf
calves. not with the first one.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-02-02
THIS GOOD OLD STANDBY

MS GVOG SkD = AMI 90
accomplishes for everybody exactly what Is claimed
rorr One OF the tor the great popularity OF
the Mustang Liniment Is found IN Its universal
appIIcabiIity. Everybody needs such medicine
The Lumbermar needs It In case Of accident
The Housewife needs It for generslfamiy u.s.
The CannIer needs It for his teams and his men-
The Mechanic needs it always on bis "orx
bench.
The Miner needs it In case OF emergency.
The Pioneer rneedsit-can't get along witnoub II
The Farmer needs 1t In his house, ms s1Aoies
and his stock yard
The Steamboat man or the Boafman nee%
It IN liberal supply anoat and ashore
Tho Horse-fancIcr needs III - hs Dest
friend and safest reliance.
The Stock. grower needs it-it VIII save ~"
thousands OF dollars and world OF trouble.
The Railroad man needs IL and VIII neeo u 20
long as his life n round OF accidents and oansef
The Bnckwoodsmnn needsit. There notn-
ing Ike it as an antidote for the dangers 70 NE.
limb and comfort which surround the pioneer.
The Merchant needs it about bis store amons
his euuployees. Accidents VIII happen. and when
these come the Mustang Ltniment Is wanted afonee
Keep a Bottle the House. Tis the ness o.
economy.
Keep Bottle I'm the Factory. Isinneonh
M. I'm case Of accident pain and loss Of wages
Keep n Bottle Always In the Stable fok
uss when wanted.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-03-31
WALKERS SECOND TRIAL.

The second trial of DR.. Walker
for conspiring with the keeper Of
an assignation house to ruin Miss
Bogen, a poor working girl, has
ended, as did the former trial, in
a disagreement of the jury after
being out over four days. The
jury stood eleven to one, for con-
viction. There can be no doubt
about the jury being tampered
with. The mere fact that Tom
Patterson was chief counsel for
the rich doctor is sufficient to base
a belief that the jury was bodied.
Mr.. Patterson goes into a case
to win, and the fact that there is
a case in the courts against him
for bribing witnesses in the Aspen
The Labor enquirer., 1888-03-31

A CAUCUS of democrat boodlers
plug uglies and thugs in Leadvillt
nominated DR.. Metre for mayor
with the understanding that he
would put upS2so for buying vote.
on election day. Metre reconsid.
cred the Doodle part of the bar.
gain and refused to produce the
cash. Then the boss boodlers
fired him from the ticket and he
now comes out in a card giving
the whole rotten job away and
claiming that his responsibility
ought to be collateral and should
be as acceptable as Doodle. When
boodlers fall out honest men get to
learn their rascality.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-03-31
Personal.

Mrs. ]. R. Buchanan has re-
turned from Chicago and will re-
main in Colorado until her health
improves. The damp and disa-
greeable climate of Chicago be-
came unendurable and to preserve
herself from utter physical ruin,
Mrs. Buchanan was forced to seek
the sun and pure air Of the Centen-
nial state. Master Robert Buch-
anan accompanied his mother and
he says, without qualification, that
Chicago is horrible place to live.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-03-31
~ .strike.

CHICAGO. ILL.,. March 2S.-The
Burlington engineers and 6remen
have practically cut away from
their leaders and their grievance
committees to-day. and taken hold
of the strike with a firm grip.
The reason for this action was that
the more impulsive had become
dissatisfied with the slow and ap-
'parently unsuccessful methods of
Chief Arthur.
PIrTsBuRG, Pa, March 2o.-One
hundred and fifty brakemen and
conductors from the Reading road
passed through here this morning
en- route to Chicago to work on
the g." One hundred more
leave this evening.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-03-31


road have had a weeks "jubilee"
celebrating the completion of the
read. They invited the working
men. through the trades assembly,
to fall in line on Friday and tramp
the streets for the glory of the
sharks. but the invitation was
properly filed" by the trades
assembly as the day is past. when
workingmen can be induced to
follow brass band for the glory
and profit of real estate sharks
and railroad kings.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-03-31
The League Meeting.

The storm of Sunday night rem
dered the attendance at the
League meeting so small that the
program was not gone through
with, and it was concluded to
postpone the meeting to the fol-
lowing Sunday evening. The
same program will be rendered
tomorrow evening at Meets hall,
between Larimer and Holiday,
on Fifteenth street. All are in
vited.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-03-31
Hunting for Wsrk.

A man willing to work and un-
able to find work, is perhaps the
saddest sight that fortunes ine-
quality exhibits under the sun. "
: That he might be puto a level
with the four-footed workers or
the planet which is his! There is
not horse willing to work but
can get his food and shelter in re-
quital; 4 thing this two-footed
worker has to seek for, to solicit
occasionally in vain. And yet it
is currently reported that the two
footed worker has an immortal soul
within him.--7Aomas CARLYLE.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-03-31

A BILL to provide for a perma.
nent board of arbitration was in.
troduced in the house on Monday
last. The object of the bill is tc
settle difficulties arising between
employers and employees. How
a board of arbitration" could set.
tie the difficulty between the Bur.
lington and its engineers. for in.
stance, is something of conun-
drum as the railroad officials have
repeatedly stated that the COM
pany has nothing to arbitrate. AL
though it is clear that boards OF
arbitration can settle" nothing,
the mere fact that the railroad attor-
neys at Washington have seen fit,
as last resort, to introduce such
bill shows they recognize that
something must be done.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-03-31
Nc Reelected Henry Resigns.

NEW YoRK, March 27.-At a
meeting of the anti-poverty soci-
ETY. last night, DR.. McGlynn was
reelected president for the ensu-
ing year.
The society indorsed the call
for a national convention of. the
United Labor party, to be held at
Cincinnati, May ~.
A letter was received from
Henry George, resigning the vice
presidency of the society, and
James Redpath was elected to fill
his place.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-03-31

JOHN O'HARA, a Denver cook,
hungry and out of work, stole an
So-cent turkey the other evening.
Judge Dormer sentenced him to
ten days in the bullpen. Rich DR..
Walker was proven as guilty as
complete evidence could show
him to be of conspiring to ruin the
fair name and fame of a poor
working girl, yet DIR. Walkers
jury "disagreed"-IitoI. Doodle
goes free and poverty goes to the
bullpen.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-03-31
From Tacoma.

Comrade Perry, formerly o.
Denver, writes from Tacoma, w
T., as follows:
Tacoma at the present time i:
overrun with men. The daily
papers of this place get up fine
advertisements encouraging all
kinds of people to come here
stating that laboring men are paid
from 81 to So per day, and that
there is room for all who will be
industrious. But the fact Of the
matter is that laborers do we'll il
they get SLIGO per day. sI.75 is
good and good helpers in black
smith shops only get So per day
while some mechanics are working
for as low as $3.50, and they con-
slider they are paying good wages
when they pay 50. Board and
lodging Sc per week, and house
rent and necessaries of life high,
makes it hard for those who OBJ
tain work to pay their honest
debts.
Tacoma has some advantages
and some drawbacks. The bay
and sound are as good as car be
found anywhere but there is just
as good at Seattle and other pla aces.
The sound is full of fine fish,
clans, oyster and a few seal. The
country is hilly and heavily
wooded, and it is a herculean task
to clear it. The climate in the
winter is damp and rainy which
makes it disagreeable excepting a
few days which are beautiful. The
summers are cool and pleasant;
too cool to raise anything that
requires much warmth and sun.
The real estate sharks are trying
to skin each other and those who
come here, but there are some of
US who are educating and agitating.
We have a reading room where
we have speeches and debates,
Sunday afternoons. at 3 p. m,
where the robbers and their COM
petitive system are hit as hard
blows as we can give, and some
are being convinced. and are hop
ing for the coming of the universal
brotherhood of man.
D. w. p.
TACOMA, March ~.
John 4 Nava,s har4,ae sh~v~ os~A>A-SA
The Labor enquirer., 1888-03-31
Senator Teller a.l tAs Pssias IAa'

Senator Teller ard TIE Pssl1S LAaA
Act.
Editor Labor Enquirer.
1t will be rememb9ed that by
certain land grant acts Of congress
to the Pacific railroads. It was en-
acted these roads as their work in
the construction of lines pro-
|gressed, should be entitled to every
alternate section of government
land within the twenty mile limit
on either side of the track. One
of these roads terminating in
Denver, the company with char
acteristic greed claimed every
alternate section within a radius
of twenty miles from the terminus.
contending of course that beyond
means within" lttakes, however,
a corporation lawyer to tell you
how words and phrases are to be
twisted in order to rob the people
of their heritage. An honest man
by the name of Sparks appeared
on the scene. who decided that
these lands within the radius were
not within either the letter or the
spirit of the grant; prior thereto
the railroad company had entered
into written. contracts with pur-
chasers for their sale as if they
were. These purchasers being for
the most part bloated aristocrats
and millionaires. who hold the
lands for speculation. Senator
Teller, over year ago, cam e for
ward championing bill which
became a law of the United States
legalizing this theft by the CON-
pany and confirming the title of
the lands in the purchasers from
the railroad that had mo title to
convey. Now, General Bella M.
Hughes, a prominent politician
looms up and says that according
to law this theft is a vested right,
and that congress cannot repeal
the Teller enactment without in
fringing on the United States
constitution forbidding the pass
age of any law impairing the obli-
cation contracts. With such men
as Lamar, Mathews & Co. on the
supreme bench of the United
States the poor settler would have
a poor show in prosecuting his
rights against band of conspir-
ators. Mr.. Teller, doubtless, the
coming fall will try to make many
of the gullible farmers b elieve
that this law was enacted in their
interest. The time is dra awine
nearer and nearer, when the de-
based and per6dious politician will
find out that he cannot violate the
fundamental principles of truth
and justice with impunity. Fellow
wage slaves, do you marvel that
the very corner stones of our in
stitutions are seriously threatened7
| x.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-03-31
SPECIAL NOTICE.

Thosc OF our subscribers who receive the
pape = with their address printed on The mar
~, will please not o. the dat. aner the namt
a. n denotes the date to which they have
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means that Mr. smith has paid 10 september
/. Iss7. and on that date his subscription be'
comes again due. n Mt renewed promptly
the paper vii be stopped without furthrI
notice Ifthe date does not correspond VIII
your receipt please notify US NJ once and
have the error corrected n you fail 70 re
criyc y,,ur paper mall complaints At once u
This ofi,ce and 10 your local postmaster.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-03-31
Protest Neetins.

The Independent German So
cialistic Club will hold a meeting
at Meets hall on Sunday April 1
at 2:3o P. M. to protest against the
memorial services held recently
by German societies in honor
Of the old reprobate EN-
peror William who died a short
time since. All are invited. Ger.
man and English speaking. Seats
free.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-03-31
Entered a, the Denver postotI,cs as ssoon'
class matter.

IT is said that the speeches OF
the Chicago anarchists have been
printed in It least ten different
languages and that they have been
circulated by tens Of thousands in
every country in Europe.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-03-31

Vol. I, No. /, Of Li6srtas, the
German edition of Li60y, is at
hand containing as a supplement
an artistic reproduction from pho
tographs of the leading spirits,
fifty or more, of the Paris Com
The Labor enquirer., 1888-03-31
nlune.

CHEF ARTHUR says the Burling-
ton strike will never be declared
off as long as there remains a
cent in the B. of l.. E. treasury.
From the looks Of things Mr.. Ar
thurs job as a conservative"
leader will soon be declared off.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-03-31

WITH regret is noted the state
ment in the dispatches from AS
pen that "the Workingmen's Advo-
cate came out to-day as a daily,
flying the democratic ticket at the
masthead" 1t perhaps was a
trial Of strength between love Of
principle and Doodle and Doodle
got there"
The Labor enquirer., 1888-03-31

A BILL was introduced in the
house on Monday providing for a
constitutional amendment allow
ing the people. instead of the rail-
road corporations, the power of
electing the senate. The people
will it is hoped, l,efore long abol-
ish the American house of lords.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-03-31

The Burlington strikers have
judging from the dispatches
broken away from control of Mr.
Arthur and will play their las,
card by endeavoring to induce
the switchmen on the Burlington
to join the strike. This card il
played a month ago might have
won, but to-day it cannot.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-03-31
AristocracY,s Death Throas.

New Crusade.
Once more the advocates of soil
darity look forward with bright
hopes that are renewed in them.
In the Brotherhoods struggle they
see the death throes of a labor ar
istocracy.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-03-31

A democracy where the millions
own nothing and the few own
millions, must fatally fall a prey
to secialistic, communistic and
anarchic turbulence. Bishop Spal-
ding.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-03-31

SOMETHING in favor of Pow
derby: Bishop Corrigan says,
through his other mouth-Mon-
'ignor 'Preston-that the K. of L.
are going to pieces. Mr.. Corri-
gan and Mr.. Powderly must have
had "spat."
The Labor enquirer., 1888-03-31
cARPENrEBs,

Carpenters' Union, No. IS, Of the Brother.
mood OF America. meets every SATURDAY
evening at Red Mems Hall. All good Carpes. !.
ters are invited to toin.
W. NJ. PARK, President
L. ]. = ERSEY, F. Secretary.
L. j. FERRIS. Rec. and Cor. Sec,
The Labor enquirer., 1888-03-31

Photographs Of ALI the Anarchists,
Cabinet size: per set, $500; single
pictures. 30 cents. c. w. EYE,
3I48 Larimer street. Denver, Colo.