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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-13

Abilene has seldom had so charming
an entertainment, and the people of
the Lutheran church are to be congrat-
ulated upon having given so much
pleasure to the audience, as well as
having netted handsome amount of
money for the society.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-13
Farmers Take Notice.

Sacks as good as new at 5, 10. and
Is cents apiece. Lard cans nearly new
at % cents each. A large lot OF empty
barrels for sale cheap at the Parlor
Grocery of Kump, Fickes & Co.
12-tf
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-13

Whooping cough is attended with
but little danger when the cough is
kept loose and expectOration easy by
the free use of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. Sold by Barnes & North
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-13
Straight Goods.

Rats, mice, railroad spikes, hog
chains, trace chains, grasshoppers,
rattle snakes, chinch bugs, wheat, corn,
oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, ETC., are
ground separately at Chapman mills.
No compounds of this kind shall exist,
as this mill has the machinery to sepa-
rate. If you should lose any of the
above articles in your grain it will be
saved and bear your signature so you
can come and claim it without paying
any reward. Bring in your grain.
Don't fear disappointment, as you will
be treated on the square and at once.
Square dealing guaranteed, Flour and
feed always on hand at lowest prices.
Please call and try US and be convinced.
c: C. SHALER, Proprietor,
Chapman Roller Mills. I5-2t
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-13

Do not send your orders for garden
seeds to Eastern seed houses, Hodge
Bros. will have every thing you want
and save you money.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-13

WANTED good girl to do general
Homework. Call at Hawk & Skeletons
dry goods store. loft
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-13
Chapman Roller Mills. I5-2t

Hodge Bros. invite every farmer and
gardener in the county to call at their
store Saturday, Dec. 18th, and witness
Inc burning of all the Landreth's seeds
LETT from last season.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-13

When you desire a pleasant physic,
try st. Patrick's Pills, for sale by
Barnes & NOrthcraft.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-13
TLpMPDQ-Look to your interest
FHIlillHliO and keep your hogs and

poultry free from cholera by purchas-
ing a package of Haas Celebrated Hog
and Poultry powder of Barnes s. North
craft.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-13

Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-12
The June Election.

Under. the new law Of Dakota in rela-
ton to county superintendent OF
schools the election of those officers
occurs in June, and cities possessing
school systems independent Of the coun-
ty system are not permitted to partici.
pate in such elections. The eligibility
Of residents Of such cities to county
superintendencies is, however, a
question and it is being discussed. Ter
ritorial superintendent Dye was appeal
ed to at jamestown for an opinion in
the premises and be said:
The question has arisen in several
counties. Attorney General Templeton
and myself have considered the question
and are both Of the opinion that any
resident of the county is eligible. TIC
settle all doubts on the question, we
have caused circular to be prepared
covering that point. and the same will
soon be issued.-Press and pakotian.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-12
County Superintendent.

Appearing in the Buffalo Gap News of
the 4th inst. over the signature of III. "
is an article bearing tie significant
heading of "Mr Mcmahon" in which
the people of Custer county are warned
against the possible, if not seemingly
probable calamity (?) Of electing novice
| (Mr. McMahon) to the Office Of superin-
tendent Of public schools. Much i'm
portance is attached to the matter of
electing man of extensive experience
to this very important Office, and the
vast experience Of the present incum-
bent covering a period Of one year, is
regarded as being a consideration Of the
most vital importance in this connec-
ton.
1t is yet early in the campaign, and it
is not our purpose TO surfeit. our readers
with tulsome praise, or caustic comments
regarding the especial merits, or possible
faults of either OF the candidates; but
we cannot, nor do we desire to ignore
the mention of our preference, or the
grounds upon which such preference is
based, We support the claims Of Mr..
Mcmahon upon the ground of his being
thoroughly competent to discharge the
official duties pertaining to the Office,
with credit to himself and satisfaction
to the people; and we base our belief of
his thorough competency upon the high
character of his credentials and testi-
monials, as presented to the school
board of Custer school township, than
which none more creditable have ever
been submitted by any applicant for the
position of teacher in our public schools.
Competency and moral character, in our
judgment, should be held to be the
crowning qualification in an applicant
for the Office in question, and these
qualifications we believe Mr.. Mcmahon
possesses in an eminent degree and
while it may be a fact that he has not
had the benefit Of years experience,
which is presented as the crowning
claim Of the present incumbent, we do
not hesitate to express the belief, that
with his rare scholarly attainments, ex-
tensive experience as a teacher, and his
consequent familiarity with school
ethics. there is nothing upon which to
base reasonable fear Of failure on his
part to discharge the official duties salts
| factorily, should he be chosen for the
office of county superintendent.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-12
Weak Subterfuge.

A writer in the South Wales, England,
News. referring to the claim recently
made by New York correspondent.
| that the Black Hills would eventually
produce enough tin to supply the Ameri-
can market, besides large amount for
export, says:
think the New York correspondent
| is rather hasty when he assumes that
Dakota tin is going to kick the South
Wales business into cooked hat in the
twinkling of a bedpost. Even if the
Black Hills were well supplied with
railways, their far inland position
thank goodness-would prevent them
sending supplies of tin goods to many
parts even of the United States them
selves as cheaply as they can be sent by
water. If our craze-ridden government
could only reduce internal taxation,
which crippies SO many industries, and
| raise larger portion of the revenue by
tariff on imported manufacture, the
South Wales works might have plenty
to do in sending their wares to European
countries, to Africa, South America,
Australia, and some parts of Asia. The
Yankees are not going to monopoiz.
the world by whirling the pickaxe in
Dakota If they had found tin in
abundance in Massachusetts, or some
coast state there would be more to fear.
but Dakota is beyond the distance from
the ocean that IS usually reckoned rail
wayable for heavy goods with profit.
Wales is not going to eat it's leek yet.
1t would appear from the above that
the presence of vast quantities Of tin in
the Black Hills, which was so long and
persistently denied by the English, is
now fact so glarngly apparent as to
admit of no denial, and that there is left
them no other alternative than that of
seeking refuge behind the very weak
suhterfuge indicated by the writer. The
writer evinces that degree Of ignorance
upon the question which is so charac.
teristic of the English writer upon
American subjects. He has evidently
failed to note the wonderful tide of
western progress, which has resulted in
planting upon the bosom of the great
American desert of the past, cities
populous and prosperous; productive
farms embracing greater area, and Of
higher producing capacity than can be
found in any other country upon the
face Of the globe. The writer has evi,
IDENTITY yet to learn that the course of the
star of empire is due west, and that IN
its rapid flight, the Black Hills tin fields
will soon be illumined by tho full
measure of its lustrous civilizng light
that every day places this wonderful
depository of natures mineral products
nearer the center of population, and
that, with our vast bodies of tin upon
the surface. easv of access, and readily
and cheapIy reduced, Notwithstanding
our being remotely located from the
New England states, which are all
the states the English seem to have
any special knowlege of, we think
that all true Americans will unite with
us in saying, that so far as the matter of
furnishing America with tin, when all
arrangements are thoroughly perfected,
no Welchman need apply.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-12
Tin Reduction.

Referring to Clusters eligible location
for tin reduction, Prof. S. II. Emmens,
of New York, who recently spent several
weeks in the careful investigation of the
different tin districts, says:
Custer, as the city most centrally
located with reference to tin production,
is looked upon as the most eligible loca-
ton for such works. and it is more than
probable that large tin reduction works
will be in operation in Custer before
the beginning of another winter.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-12

S. II. Emmens, president. and Hugh
Henry, vice president, Of the Emmens
Chemical and Explosive Company
Harrison, N. Y, have been for some
time In the Black Hills in the examina
ton of the tin and gold mines there in
the interest of New York capitalists and
have bonded quite number of mines
and organized the gold syndicate at
Chicago with a capital Of 81 100000
Chicago Journal Of Commerce, ..
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-12
IN B.

On and after May 1s shall sell all goods exclusively
Time Please do insist paying cash. am here
for my health and don't need any money.
After deliberatiOn, convinced that this is
only successful basis which business be conducted
in this high altitude owing to the exhausted fpances and
unlimited expectations Of friends and patrons Thanking
you for your liberal and prolonged stand offs, during the
past and trusting that you will blow yourselves in plenty in
the future provided You keep putting up coatera
shall endeavor to you well, that you will always
In fact many of my Oldest customers are
attached my credit SYSTEM that they have owed me five
years dread break the pleasant associations of the
past and the monthly correspondence that have
regarding the matter; but will give them pointer that
five years is the limit on time
Yours truly,
AT. VAN DEVORT.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-12

Lowest Living Prices to All for Cash.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24
Harper's Magazine for March.

Without doubt the most valuable
contribution in HARPER's MAGAZINE
for March, from the point of view of
the greatest number of people, is
Charles Dudley Warmers opening
study of The Great West "A Far
and Fair County" In his graceful,
easy style Mr.. Warner sweeps acI oss
the great Northwest from Minneap-
oils to Great Falls, and carries his
reader along so pleasantly that one
s never weary despite the distance.
The facts and statistics presented
are none the less instructive for be-
ing given in an entertaining way.
Every intelligent man and woman
will be interested in Mr.. Warmers
study-those in the East because it
will teach them something, and those
in the West because they will see
themselves faithfully photographed
therein. 1t follows, of course, that
Mr. Warmers article is not free from
criticism: but fair, generous. intelli-
gent criticism is agreeable to Western
people. The value of the contIibu-
ton is further enhanced by particu-
larly good map, based upon a map
in Tie RaiIz0ay Age.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24
How a Woman Would Propose.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
l think 1t would be funny to hear
woman propose to man. l wonder
how she would do it.
l think you're the incest man l ever
saw, and-I never loved anybody be-
tore-but well-of course-I could
marry plenty. There's Harry Thomp-
son-and Mr.. Jones-I know they
would-lf but I'd rather have you
than anybody.
When shall the wedding day be?
Let me see: the 2Ist-no, I've got
10 go to wedding on the 15th-I
think it will be the 15th-I don't know.
And then there's Mrs. Wilkerson's
german on the goth, and the ball on
the 22d. Perhaps about the 2oth-if
Mary Farallones doesn't give her gar
den party. Let US say some time next
month, dearest.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24
GRANTS FIRST STEP TO FAME.
How the Great General Drilled His First
Volunteer Company.

How rhe Great General Drilled His FIRST
Volunteer Company.
Mr.. Wallace PringIe, an attorney of
Indianapolis, was a member of the
first military company organized in
Illinois after Sumter was fired on. This
was the first company which General
U. S. Grant prepared for service in the
field. Mr.. Pringle tells an interesting
story of the great captains relations
with Company F. Twelfth Illinois In
fantry. "The day after Fort Sumter
was fired on, the young men of Galena,"
said Mr.. Pringle, ''met to organize a
military company. Excitement was at
fever pitch. At first call five of us
stepped forward and enlisted. | was
not II years old, but was strong and
full of fight. In few minutes the full
company number was enlisted. We
were as green as country boys ever got
to be, but we were patriotic. None of
us knew single military movement.
We couldn't form straight line.
at was suggested that we 90 down
to Captain Grant. whom we knew as a
West Point graduate, and ask HIM to
become captain of the company and
put US through the necessary prepara-
tions. We went to his house in BODY
and called him out. OF course he was
willing to serve US, and we were put
into the drill at once-our hours a
day. Meantime the citizens procured
us uniforms. We had no guns, and
were obliged to go through the manual
without arms, but we were soon ready
to go to Springfield. Gen. Grant knew
US all personally. but he made US work
like Turks, just the same, and the re-
suit was that we were quite soldierly in
bearing when we embarked for the
capital.
Everybody in town that could walk
came down to the train to see us off.
That night we missed connections at
Decatur, and had to lie over six hours.
The boys began to scatter, and General
Grant, seeing that they would fall into
the hands of the Philistines, called us
together on the common, and for six
mortal hours kept US going through the
manual. He held US together by so
doing, and the eutire town came out to
see US drill. We finally reached SPRING
field, and were presented to the Gov
ernor with flourish by one of the COM
pany who was oratoricallY gifted. The
Governor said it was the best looking
company that had offered its services,
and he was SO much taken with our
drill master, General Grant, that he
took him from US and made him a
member of his staff. This was our
first experience with the great COM
mander"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24
MRMORY's PICTURE.

! see her now. the fairest thing
That ever mocked mans picturiug.
picture her as one that drew
Aside lite's curtain and looked through
The mists of ali Lies mystery,
AS one looks on the open sea.
The soft W de eyes of wOndeTmcnt
That trusting looked you through and
through:
The sweet arched mouth, Il bow noj bent
That sent Loves arrows swift and true.
That sweet arched mouth! The Orient
Hath not such pearls in all her stores:
Not all her stored, spice.sct shores
Hath fragrance such as it hath spent
picture her as one who knew
How rare is truth to he untrue:
As one VINO knew the awful sign
OF death, OF life, OF the divine
Sweet pity of all loves. all hates
Beneath the iron-iooted fttes
| picture her as seeking peace.
And olive leaves and yine-sct land:
While strife stood by on either hand,
And wrung the tears like rosaries.
picture her in passing rhyme,
As OF. yet not a part of these.
A woman born above her time.
woman waiting in her place,
With patient pity on her face
Her face, her earnest, youthful face,
Her ynung face So uncommon wise:
The tender love-light in her eyes,
Two stars OF heaven out OF place.
Two stars that sang as stafs of old
Their silent eloquence of song,
In skies of glory and of gold,
Where God in purple passed along:
That patient. youthful face Of hers
That won thousand worshppers!
That silent, pleading face, among
Ten thousand faces Just the one
That l shall love when all is done,
And life lies by, Il harp unstrung.
Joaquin Miller. in Boston transcript.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24
HOW TO GET A CINDER OUT OF THE
EYE,
From, the Medical Summary.

From the Medical Summary.
Nine persons out of every ten with
a cinder or any foreign substance in
the eye will instantly begin to rub the
eye with one hand while hunting for
their handkerchief with the other.
They may, and sometimes do, remove
the offending cinder, but more fire.
quently they rub till the eye becomes
lnhamed, bind a handkerchief around
the head and go to bed. This is all
wrong. The best way is not to rub the
eye with the cinder in at all, but rub
the other eye as vigorously as you like.
A few years since | was riding ON an
engine of the fast express from Bing-
hamton to Corning. The engineer, an
old schoolmate of mine, threw open
the front window, and l caught a cinder
that gave me the most excruclating
pain. | began to rub the eye with
both hand. "Let your eye alone and
rub the other eye (this from the engi-
neer). l thought he was chatting me
and worked the harder. 81 know you
doctors think you know it all but if
you let that eye alone and rub the
other one the cinder will be out in two
minutes persisted the engineer. l
began to rus the other eye, and soon
| felt the cInder down near the inner
canthus, and made ready to take it out.
"Let it alone and keep at the well
eye," shouted the doctor pro TEN. /
did SO for minute longer, and, look
ing in small glass he gave me, found
the offender on my cheek. Since then
l have tried it many times and have
advised many others, and | have meyer
known it to fail in one instance (unless
it was as sharp as piece of steel, or
something that cut into the ball and
required an operation to remove it.)
Why it is so l do not know; but that
it is so l do know, and that one may
be saved much suffering if one will
let the injured eye alone and rub the
well eye.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24
hitzenhery's.
No DULL TINES

New Goods for Easter COM
ing in every week. The
Springdress goods are wonders
of beauty. Soft broken plaids
and checks. The new colors
are amber, light olives, chame-
leon, mode dove, gray, dark
and light green and mauve.
Handkerchiets are a spe-
cialty. Prices are down.
Hamburg remnants down.
Real lace tlouncing away
down. The cut in prices will
continue during this month on
all pieces of goods.
Notice some of the prices
on cut stock
Fur capes, perfect goods, 50:
Children's long knit cloaks. 62e;
Jersey cloth coats zoe;
Kid gloves, i5c and 5Oc per pair:
Wool caps Tor children, DE.
The most beautiful asSort-
ment of Easter cards | have
ever shown my customers.
The styles are SO chaste and
refined. | would like to claim
them as American, but to be
truthful we must give the
honor to Germany.
Brio "a brac, work boxes,
fans, dressing-cases, new styles
in pocket-books, boxes of
paper and other novelties for
Easter gifts at
Mrs. L. H. LITzENBERG' S,
Elkton, Maryland.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24
"Ah, yes" says |.

An, yes, says L.
GLOW many miles have you built2"
says ne.
l hadn't the faintest ideat, but
said:
"About 3. 600 miles"
81 want to know" says he, and they
all looked pretty well laid out at that.
After while the president asked:
Between what points did you build
this new road you speak OFF"
Between Kalamazoo and School
craft" says l.
| remembered, as soon as I'd said it,
that those places weren't more than
twelve miles apart. But | had to think
quick, and gave the first names that
came into my head.
They were just getting out a map to
looF up the route, when in comes the
peanut boy and says:
''Is Mr.. Wells in here? Cause if he
is there's man in the other car wants
to see him right away"
went back and found Parks reading
a paper. He showed the paper into my
hands and said:
"Read that"
| read.
SPECIAL DIsPATCH-A warrant is is.
sued for the arrest of Giles Hayward,
president OF the Lake Shore road. and
Hezekiah Wells, secretary of the same,
they having skipped the country with
large sums of money belonging to other
parties. A reward of $500 is offered for
information of their whereabouts.
l looked at Parks and Parks looked
at me.
"What does it me ~ gasped I.
at means that we've got to get out
of this mighty quick" says he.
We got out of that.
We shot off the train at the west sta
ton, just as the real presidents gray
hat was seen coming through the car
door.
Twas little place called Dusenberry
Corners. We hung around for cou-
pie of hours till the inhabitants began
to take us for suspicious characters. So
we made out that we were going to
start a real estate boom, and then they
took us in carriage and drove US all
over the village. We as well as bar
gained for half the corner lots in the
place.
At last freight train came along,
and we got on and went back to At
lanta.
We were dumbtounded that Hayward
and Wells should cut such a caper.
Parks said they might at least have
waited till we got back. But he said:
at shows that you can't trust any,
body nowadays
We struck out for home after that,
and you can bet we paid our fare the
rest of the way. We bought couple
of new hats in Atlanta so that we should
not be recognized by anybody that met
US going down. And we packed Hay
ward valise in box and sent it home
by express, for fear it should be found
in our possession.
But, would you believe it, the first
person we met when we got home was
Giles Hayward, and the next was Wells.
And it turned out that that whole story
about their skipping the. town was a
put up job. Somebody'd done it to
make US trouble. Parks bet twas that
Kentucky conductor that knew Hay
ward, but never found out for certain.
''Dld Hayward ever hear about that
notice in the paper?' asked some one
when Mr.. Blossom had finished.
"No," said Mr.. Blossom, we never
told him. We were afraid he might
not see the joke. Of course, as it
turned out, nobody was hurt, but after
this when 1 travel on a pass it has my
own name on it. t.''-HerminiuS Co6b in
Ne5y York I1c1cu,y.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24
A Good Example.

There were visitors at the Skinner
School the other day, and class was
put on exhibition.
Now, said the teacher, can you tell
me anything about heat2
A small boy held up his hand.
"Well, sir? said the teacher.
Heat expands cold contracts.
Very good ; now give an example.
In summer the days are long in
winter the days are short.
Great applause by the visitors, and
the small boy took his seat.