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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27
DEHORNING COWS.
The Effect as Shown by Experiments at tn,
Wisconsin Station.

The Effect as Shown by Experiments at the
Wisconsin Station.
The Wiscon Experiment Station has
been endeavoring to solve the problem
as to the effect of dehorning on the
milk production. 1t has been held by
high authority among dairymen that
the dehorning craze as it is called,
would in time prove disastrous to the
dairy interest. This question can not,
of course, be settled at once, but care
fully conducted experiments can settle
the question of the immediate effects.
The Wisconsin Station gives the follow
ing conclusions as the results of their
experiments to date:
We have then as the result of dehorn-
ing twelve cows: First, slight falling
off in the milk yield; second, an in-
crease in the fat, and third, an increase
in the temperature of the animal, de-
noting slight degree of fever for
few days after the operation. Will
these results are not conclusive, yet
they indicate that dehorning well-fed,
healthy COW is not by any means a seri-
GUS operation, and unless further ex-
periments show a more marked injuri-
Gus effect on the animal than the one
given above, the question Of dehcrning
cows will depend entirely on the prac-
tical advantages to be derived from it.
II by dehorning we can insure an econ
omy in feed and storage as has been
claimed, and if at the same time there
is no perceptible falling off in quality
and quantity of the milk, then the op-
Grafton will be one of personal conven-
ience. One thing should, however, be
taken into account, and that is the con-
dition of the animal A COW that is
poorly fed or out of condition is GER
tainly in no condition to undergo an
operation of any sort, nor will there be
any benefit derived from it. The ques-
tion of injury to the constitution or
temperament of the animal can only be
settled by experiments on large num-
Der of animals extending over several
wears
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27
To Make Farming Profitable.

Probably there never was time
when farmers realized more clearly
than they do now that they do not re-
ceive a fair share of the rewards of
labor. While much can be hoped for
from proper legislation to free them
from unequal taxation and secure a
just distribution of profits, they can
do much more to better their con-
dition by the application of sound
business methods to their own business.
To be successful the farmer OF the
present day must be a good business
man. He must not only know how to
grow good crops economically. but how
to sell them, and also how to buy his
supplies and invest his savings to the
best advantage. When farming done
on thorough business principles is the
rule and not the exception, and farm
ers are thoroughly organized, they will
have no trouble in securing their share
OF the profts.-Farns and Fireside.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

The chief of the secret service di-
vision Of the Treasury Department in
his annual report says that the repre-
sentative value of the counterfeit
money captured during the year was
S,ll7, ,52S, of which over $4,000, 900
were limitations and fac SMILES of
notes. There also were captured
eighty-fve plates, forty dies, forty-six
molds and a large quantity of coun-
terfeiting paraphernaia- Only two
new counterfeit notes made their ap-
pearance, both being silver certificates,
and both very poor limitations.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27
THE GRAND ARMY.
Why the Organization Is Assailed by Dis
gruntled Democrats.

gruntled Democrats.
The reported intention of certain
disgruntled Democratic office seekers
to SOW dissension in the ranks of the
Grand Army of the Republic, and to
organize a Democratic society in op-
position to that admirable and worthy
order, is not calculated to create any
particular alarm. Such threats have
been made repeatedly, and have as
often failed to be carried out. The
fact of the matter is that these dem
agogues who talk of the alleged polit-
ical character of said organization are
only angry and mortified because they
can not use it for political purposes.
If General Palmer had been elected
Governor in Illinois and Colonel Mat
son in Indiana by Grand Army votes,
as they mistakenly expected to be,
they would not now have any COM
plants or criticisms to make. They
appealed for the support of the
soldiers on the ground of their
service in the army, and they
ulu AOG SOG IL, liACIClOiC ehCy
proclaim, the Grand Army is politi-
cal institution. This is the explana-
tion of their virtuous Indignation.
But if the members of the Grand
Army would not vote for them as
Democratic candidates for Office, how
can they expect to gain recruits from
that source for their proposed parti-
san rival to the present society?
1t is certainly true that a large
majority of the Grand Army veterans
voted against Cleveland and the Dem
ocratic party this year; and the rea-
sons which induced such action were
distinct, practical and sufficient.
Under the present Administration
Union soldiers have been systematical-
ly sighted, insulted and humiliated.
The President has made it q special
point to veto pension bills, not in a
dignified and cOnsiderate manner, but
his party indorsed and applauded his
course in that respect. The act re-
quiring preference to be given to Fed
eral soldiers in the matter of appoint
ments has been steadily and contempt
uously disregarded, and Confederate
soldiers have been favored to an ex-
tent which can only be accounted for
on the theory of a desire to emphasize
the fact of hostility toward those who
fought against secession and slavery.
1t would have been strange indeed if
the men who followed the stars and
stripes through tour years of peril and
hardship had not generally voted
against man and party thus guilty
or treachery to their interests and
scorn for their services. They could
not have done otherwise without a
forfeiture of self-respect, and a tacit
confession that they were only set of
conspirators for the plundering of the
Government saved by their valor and
devotion. The Democratic party
placed them in position where, as
soldiers, they had no honorable alter
ticket; and that party has no cause
whatever to complain that it did not
receive votes which it practically
spurned in its candidate and in its
record. If any member of the Grand
Army feels disposed to withdraw from
it because of this result, we presume
he is at perfect liberty to do SO; but it
is not at all likely that the order will
be noticeably weakened by that kind
of defection.-.St. LOu,S Globe DEM
OcrQt
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27
FARM AND FIRESlDE.

Mutton is in greater demand than
wool, yet the supply of choice mutton
is always far below the demand.
All barns should hove good cave
troughs, connected with spacious un-
derground cisterns, if water is needed.
Dairy farming furnishes constant
source of income and it may be carried
on with small capital without danger
of being smothered by larger estab-
lishments.
Every farm should be provided
with light tackle for raising sick or
injured animals when it is necessary to
sliEE tkem up, or for any other purpose
where the saving of time and strength
is an object.
For ambrosia, choose sweet
oranges. peel six and slice very thin.
taking out the seeds. Crate a large
rocoanut. Alternate the cocoanut and
oranges; sprinkle powdered sugar over
each layer.-Rural Ne,o Yorker.
Investigation does not warrant the
the statement that tile draining in
creases damage from floods. On the
contrary, during the warm months tile
drainage mitigates damage. Surface
ditching and deforesti~g cause devas-
tation from floods.
After the cabbage ma.got is once
developed. no application will kill 1t
that will not at the same time kill the
plant. Drawing the earth away from
the stems, thus destroying the eggs
before they hatch, if carefully followed,
will save the crop.
Mock Mince Pie: One half cup
brown sugar, half cup molasses, half
cup water and half cup vinegar, a
little butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves
and raisins. two crackers or two slices
of bread crumbled fine. Bake with two
crusts.-Albany Journal.
Imperial Gingerbread: Rub to-
gether half cup of butter and three
cups of flour. stir in cup and half of
molasses, a cup of cold water and one
egg, very well beaten; add table
spoonful of ginger, teaspOOnful of
soda, and two teaspOonfuls of cream of
tartar; beat the mixture and bake in q
fat pan.-ChriStidn Union.
While it is generally conceded
that posts set in the ground upside
down will last much longer than in
the reverse position, the why and
wherefore of it has been a mystery
with the public. The reason is this:
The pores of the wood are so con-
structed as to draw and push the moist
ure upward from the roots to the leaves
and branches of the tree, and this same
principle Of action causes the constant
drying out of post set reversely to its
natural growth, while if set down the
pores will constantly draw the moist
ure upward, thus causing its premature
decay. @-~
Apples for domestic use may be
kept in a cool, dry cellar in this way:
Get made number of tiers of broad
shelves one foot apart. with raised
edge of an inch to keep the apples from
falling off. Spread the apples on the
shelves and cover them with any kind
of cloth. sacking. spare blankets, or
such material. A little clean, dry rye
straw might answer this purpose. As
apples are used take those which
ripen first, become shriveled, or have
specks of decay on them, leaving the
sound ones. 1t will pay to get cheap
blankets or felt carpet for this use, as
a few barrels of fruit may be kept un-
til late in the spring. Pears are kept
remarkably well in this way.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27
HIsCELLANEQUR.

Two French hunters who left Helena,
Mont, October 25. on an expedition up the
Missouri river, have been found drowned
in the upper river.
GREAT damage was reported at Scran-
ton, Pa, on the 18th, caused by heavy
rains and q rise in the Lackawanna river.
Damage was also reported at Carlisle and
Wilkesbarre. In the more Eastern States
blizzard was reported on the same date.
THE new B. & o. directory, it is said,
will again commence the old aggressive
policy Of the road. New extensions have
heen mapped out.
REWARDS of 81 800 have been offered for
the capture of the Duck Hill (Miss.) train
robbers.
The house Of Martin Regan, three miles
north of Huntington, W. Va, was burned
to the ground the other night, and Regan's
two children and his aged mother were
burned to death.
SIX farmers started TO cross the river to
Montreal on the ice during the recent
storm. They were not heard from and it
was feared they broke through and per-
ished.
AMAsA S. PAUL. administrator of the es.
tate of the late Edward s. Paul has en-
tered suit In Washington against Senator
Cullom. of Illinois, for $4,000, the suit
growing out of the death of Prof. Paul,
who was ridden down and fatally injured
by Joseph Chase, a negro coachman in the
employ of the Senator.
AN inventory of the estate of the late A.
s. Abel. founder of the Baltimore Sun,
was probated recently. By his will the
Sun newspaper was bequeathed absolutely
to his three sons. The total appraised and
assessed value of the estate, not inciudingj
the good will of the Baltimore St.n is S.. 4
06I, 165.1S Various gratuities amounted to
500, 900.
ALL parts Of Australia are enthusiastic
ally in favor of the proposed cable from
Australia to Vancouver, British Co.am-
bia-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27
A SIGNIFICANT FACT.
Why So Many Northern Democrats Have
Republican Wives.


1t is a notable fact that good many
Democrats in Burlington have Repub-
lican wives. Why is this? Burling-
ton is strongly Democratic at the polls
but in the schools and in the families
the Republicans predominant. We
think it is safe to say that in nearly
all the public schools the majority of
boys and girls over ten years of age
are Republican in sympathy. After a
child reaches an age where he begins
to read the history of the United States
his patriotic impulses put him in
sympathy with the party that rescued
the Union from destruction and abol
ished human slavery. There is some
thing in the attitude of the Demo
cratic party during the war that jars
on their sensibilities of right and of
patriotism. The boys and girls read
of Lincoln and Grant and Garfield and
Sherman and Sheridan and other
great heroes of the war and of the re-
construction period, and learning
that they were Republicans, and
studying the grand deeds of the Re
publican party during that heroic Pc
riod, the students of history instinct
lively look upon that political party as
best worthy of their youthful conf
dence. And as they advance in their
studies and go into the philosophy of
American politics and consider the
principles and public measures, the
moral and economic tendencies of
parties, they are more and more in
clined to be in sympathy with the
progressive party. The Republican
party is thus constantly gaining fresh
recruits from the young blood and
bright minds of the Nation, and the
organization is every year infused
with new life and vitality that insures
its perpetuity and renewed usefulness.
But why are so many wives of Dem
ocrats Republicans? As girls they
doubtless were Influenced by the his
tory taught in the schools. but that is
hardly the only reason. Their ma
turer years have led thinking, reading
women to realize that the moral ten
denotes of the Democratic party are not
in the right direction. For, while
that party unquestionablY has many
noble men and women in its ranks,
good citizens who adorn and enrich
the communities in which they live,
yet, unfortunately for the party and
the country, that better element rarely
controls the party. 1t is not neces-
sary to go abroad to illustrate that
fact We have only to look at the
class of men who ''run the primaries"
of the Democratic party in Burlington,
and consequently the class which, too,
furnishes the candidates for the local
Offices, to discover why so many wives |
and mothers and daughters and
sisters are not in sympathy with the
Democratic organization. The Re-
publican is the party of progress;
of intellectual and moral development; |
the party of the noblest impulses
Women instinctively occupy a higher
moral plane than men do, and, conse-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27
THE GREAT NORTHWEST.
Reasons Why the Democrats Made y
Progress in That NeighborhOod.

Reasons Why the Democrats Made No
Progress in That Neighborhood.
Whats the matter with the North
west?" to use familiar campaign cry,
is the question which the Democrats
have been asking for the last month;
and there comes back, in the old tune.
not only the answer that ''She's all
right" but the additional information
that the Northwest was mad all
through. The Republican majorities
that were piled up in all the States
where the Democracy expected To
make gains on the tariff question are
proofs of this temper.
1t might have been worth while for
the Democratic party to raise the issue
of tariff reform if tariff reform had
been what it presented to the people.
1t gave them instead the Mills bill. 1t
was mass of shreds and patches 1t
introduced in every line the test of Sec
tionalism. 1t left untouched the duties
on Southern products, while it cut
heavily into, or altogether abolished,
those on articles of Northern pro-
duction. There was one feature of it
that remained unchanged from first to
last, ard that was the free whisky Sec
tiOns. 1t was a trifie cheeky to ask the
Northwest to vote against "free whis-
KY" while there. in the Mills bill, were
the provisions that made moonshining
easy and practically legal in every
Southern State. The Northwest was
mad at this insult to its intelligence.
1t had plenty of other causes for
offense. We warned the Democratic
party in 1884 that the people would,
by and by. remember Dakota; that the
outrage of her exclusion, contrary to
every principle of our Government,
would some time return upon the per-
petrators with overwhelming force.
That warning was repeated in 1886,
when this Congress was chosen, and
still it was not needed. The repre-
sentatives of the States which once de-
clared that Kansas and Nebraska must
come in with slavery or not come in at
all had now established the test of
Democracy for Territories asking ad-
mission with even better right. The
people of these Territories are the
kinsfolk of the Northwest.
The Northwest is full of old soldiers.
Was there any Thing in the history of
the Democratic party or of this Ad
ministration that invited their support?
They knew that, as soon as any shift
could be invented, every comrade of
theirs who held a place under the Gov
ernment received his discharge. They
found measures for their relief denied.
Worse than that, and what touched
these men of many sacrifices more
keenly, was the numbering abuse that
was poured gratuitously on their petit
tions. This Administration succeeded
in solidifying the soldier vote against
it as no directly sectional issue could
ever have done. The veterans of the
Northwest were mad, and they voted
with the earnestness and determina-
tion that carried them through the
surge of battle. 1t is clear enough
what was the matter with the North
west. She was mad to the tune of
from 20, to 1000 majority for Har-
rison in every State, and the Demo-
cratic party ought to know the reason
Why.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

ANOTHER crank turned up at the
White House the other day. He was
a man of medium height and dressed
in the regulation old soldier garb, his
right sleeve being pinned to his breast
He announced that his name was
Hoover, and that he had been elected
President of the United States by the
Knights of Labor and Independents.
He was placed under arrest.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

WILLIAM RALsToN, who has been
made insane over too close attention to
the subject OF the Whitechapel mur-
ders, is the well-known writer of folk
lore and myths, and has written sew
eral well-known books and contributed
a number of articles to English period
icals. He became interested in the
mysterious murders to such an extent
that his mind was unbalanced, and he
is now in the custody of keeper.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

The Philadelphia & Reading Rail-
road Company has given two months
extra pay to the families of the men
who were lost on the company's steam
collier Allentown off Cohassett, Mass.
November Of
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

DIR. JAMES E. REEVES, of Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, an eminent microscopic.
has been studying the tissues of the
liver and kidney from persons dying
with yellow fever, and has discovered
a micro organization that closely re-
sembles specific germ.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

IT is rumored that the Earl of
Shrewsbury, who supplies London
with hanson cabs, is about to invade
both Paris and New York with his
cOnveyances. He will furnish New
York with cabs, it is said, which will
carry passenger to any part of the
city for twenty-five cents.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

THE Navy Department is informed
that the United States steamship
Trenton, flagship of the Pacific Sta
ton, is now at Panama, with Rear
Admiral Kimberly on board, and that
it is proposed to keep her there until
all danger of trouble on the isthmus is
mast
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

THREE members of the G. A. R.
pension legislation committee were in
conference in Chicago recently, devils
ing way to push the Dependent Pen
sion bill in the next Congress.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

E. n. YELLAND, of Philadelphia, has
transferred to the trustees of Wilber-
force University, Dayton, O., one
thousand acres of rich mineral lands
in Eastern Kentucky.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

AT the fourth annual meeting of the
National Indian Defense Association
in Washington Rev. Alexander Kent
was reelected president and Captain
w. Bickford secretary.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

w. w. SMITH, one of the Justices of
the Arkansas Supreme Court, died the
other night at Little Rock from con-
sumption.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

RICH finds of gold are reported in
fbe mountains sixty miles from SEN
ttnel, Ariz, but the extent of the field
was not known
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

A SLEEPING car on the Illinois Cent
raj railway caught fire the other light
near Kankakee, Ill, while the pas
eengers were asleep. No one was in
iured
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

The Panama railroad has been
washed out in several places by a
heavy storm and the Panama canal
has been much damaged.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

The widow of the late Chief Justice
Waite, who had been critically i'll with
pneumonia in Washington, was re-
ported much better.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

THE bill for the division of the great
Sioux reservation in Dakota, prepared
by Delegate Clifford, has been favor
xbly reported to the House.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

w. d. DNKNs, young lawyer OF
Manning, S. c., tried to rob the county
treasurer's Office the other night, but
failed.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

MEMORIAL services in honor of the
late General Sheridan were held in
fremont Temple on the 18th under the
auspices of the city of Boston.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

IN the recent Parliamentary election
at Colchester, Eng, the former Con-
servative majority was reduced three
hundred on largely increased vote.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

THE South Carolina Senate has
passed bill to appropriate $4,000
per year to be used in caring for in
digent and disabled veterans.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Pope has abandoned the pro
posed European congress on slavery.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27
POLITICAL NOTES.

@The manner in which Virginia
was carried by the Democrats will bear
great deal of investigation. - Chicago
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