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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-08
YOT'I PLACE FOR DAILY PAPERs.

Salem, Mass, June 7-@ The Daily IeiegrAm,' an
evening newspaper. suspended to-day, this being tho
second daily to suspend here within week
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-08
THE BURDEN ON THURMAN.
10 CARRY GLE YELAND THROUGH.
NAMED FOR SECOND PLACE AT ST. LOUIS.

ALL OPPOSITION TO THE BANDANNA STAMPED
OUT BY THE ADMINISTRATIoN-THE CON.
vENTIoN REGISTERS THE WILL og THE
GREAT BoSS-wATTERSoN AND COR
MAN WEEP ON EACH OTHERS
NECKs-THE MILLS BILL
INDORSED WITH
WHOOP THE
PLATFORM
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-06-21

beings was Democrat. Every man
that clutched babies from the breasts
of shrieking, shuddering.- crouching
mothers and sold them into slavery
was Democrat. Every man
that swOre he would never pay
the bonds. every man that swcre
he would never redeem the green
backs. every maligner of his
country's credit. calumniator of his
country's honor. was a Democrat.
Every man who hid in the bushes and
shot at Union soldiers simply because
they We're trying to infOrce the laws of
their country. was u Democrat. Every
man that cursed Lincoln because he is
sued the emancipation proclamation
was Democrat. Every man who be-
lieved that State could get out of the
Union at pleasure. every man who be-
lieved that the grand fabric of the
American Government could be made
10 crumble instantly into dust at the
touch of treason. was Democrat
Every man who tried to burn asylums
in the city of New York was a Demo-
although he knew that thousands
would perish. and the great serpents
of flame leaping from one building to
another. would clutch children from
their mothers arms-every wretch
that did it was Democrat Recollect
it. Every man that tried TO spread the
smallpox and the yellow fever in the
North was Democrat. Soldiers. every
scar You have on your heroic bodies
was given you by a Democrat. am a
Republican.-AlbaRy (N ~ Journal.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-06-21
NEW USES FOR TAR.
How to Render Drains and Roofing Tiles
Perfectly Wster-Tight.


Perfectly Wster-Tight.
The coating OF brick and wooden
structures with coal tar. as a rough and
ready means of preserving them from
the action Of damp. has been common
from the earliest days of gas industry.
1t has also been usual in chemical works
to protec: the stones used in the con-
struction of acid tanks. etc, by a pre-
iminary soaking in heated tar. But
the great Improvement in strength and
impermeability 10 moisture, which re-
suits from the simple operation of boil
ing bricks and stones in gas tar, is
certainly not so generally known as it
should be. Professor Lunge, in the
new edition of his work, Coal Tar and
Ammonia" draws attention to the SUBJ
ject. and indicates several useful ap-
plications. He points out that drain
and roofing tiles. which are quite porous
and brittle as they leave the kiln, may
be rendered absolutely water tight and
much stronger by immersion in a bath
of hot tar. Building stones are greatly
improved by similar treatment; and for
many purposes the dead black color
which results is an advantage rather
than an objection. The tar should be
deprived of water and its most volatile
oils; and to produce good results tn,
bath must be maintained at a tempera-
ture of 100 degrees G. The articles to
be treated should be thoroughly dried,
and allowed to remain in the tar for
some characterization at Work
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-06-21
ABILENE REFLECTOR
PUBLISHED BY
REFLECTOR PUBLISHING COMPANY.
THE GREEN IN THE TREES.

In spring, when the green gifts back in the trees
And the sun comes oct and stays.
And ger boots pulls on with good tight squeeze
And you think of yer barefoot days:
When you OFT to work and you want TO not,
And you and yer wife agrees
II S time TO spade up the garden lot
When the green gifts back in the trees
Well! work is the least O. my idees
When the green, you know, gifts back in
the trees,
When the green gifts back in the trees. and bees
Is arbuzzin' aroun' Ggin,
In that kind of a lazy 20 -ss-you-please"
Old gait they bum roun' in;
when the groua's all bald where the hay-Eick
stood,
And the criclIs riz. and the breeze
COaxes the bloom in the old dogwood,
And the green gi:s back in the trees.
/ like, as / say, in SIGH scenes as these.
The time when the green gifts back in the
treesl
When the whole tau-fcathc-s o wintertime
Is all pulled out ana gone.
And the sap il thaws and begins 20 climb,
And the sweat il starts out on
A feiler's forrerd, a-gittin' down
At the old spring on his knees
] kind o like ies' a-lo2ferin' roun'
When the green gifts bacl; il the trees
.Jes' a-pottcrIn' roun' rs I-durn-please--
When the green. you know. gifts back in
The trees,
james VhtcOM5 R.Ley, a, y. J. Uorla.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-06-21
DRIFT OF OPINION.

The crown presented to JEFF
Davis the other day being of silver,
that fossil from the secession era is in a
position to be dubbed the Silver King.
Toledo Blade.
b@With many people the Civil
Service reform issue has become the
Civil-Service reform tissue, and it is so
thin that any voter can see through it.
baltimore american.
SThe Republican party will lcgis-
late for tax reduction in the future as
it has in the past, which the Demo
cratic party is incapable of doing. and
opposed to doing, except by its prom
ises. which never are redeemed.-CHi-
cdgO journal.
n~The New York Tribune respect
fully suggests to the many Democrats
who don't like Cleveland the following
chant. as suitable for the ratification
meetings following the St Louis con-
rention:
The quaii-bi-d has snow-white nesh
Likewise the rooster game;
The erov-birds flesh isn't white AZ al.
But YEN cat It tsss the Same.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-06-21
WORDS FIFTY SPOKEN.
Colonel Robert G. IngersolI Tells Why
He Is a Republican,.

ne Is n hepuDiican.
/ am opposed to the Democratic
party. says Colonel Ingersoll, and |
want to tell you why. Every ordinance
of secession that was ever drawn was
done by Il Democrat Every man that
tried to tear the old flag down was a
Democrat. Every enemy this country
has had for twenty-five years was a
Democrat. Every man that starved
Union soldiers, refusing them a crust
In the extremity of death, was Dem
ocrat- The man that assaSsinated
Abraham Lincoln was Democrat.
Every man that sympathized with
the assassin-every man that was
glad that the nOblest Presi-
dent ever elected was dead, was a
Democrat. Every man that wanted
the privilege of whipping another man
TO make him work for nothing and pay
him with lashes on his naked back,
was . Democrat. Every man that
RAISED As0dhotmds 10 pursue human
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-06-21

Overheard on the Rialto.-First
actor-'.Ah. Chollyi Thought you
were in England Second actor GAN
guidlyJ-'.Naw l had fir offer and l
crossed the pond; but couldn't stand
it-really couldn't" First actor
..Beastly climate, eh?" Second actor
MOT that got so rick on the
steamer that ] threw uI the engage
ment. "--Diekcs's Aaaazinc.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-07-05
The Learned Pig.

At a country station on one Of our rail
ways, writes General Porter 10 the Century,
q pig used to be constant visitor, and
drove thriving business in picking up
stray grains OF corn which dropped from
the bags as they were loaded on the cars,
One day the pigs greed SO far over master
cd bis discretion that his tail got nipped
between the brake.shoe and the car-wheel,
and when the train started the tail was
jerked out by the root. The victim Of this
sudden catastrophe was now confronted
with the dismal prospect OF having to nav.
isate through the rest OF his life with his
steering apparatus total wreck. lie con /.
tinued coming TO the station after that. but
whenever he heard the clatter OF an ap-
preaching train, he hurried oil to safe
distance and backed up close against .
brick wall till the cars had passed; he was
never going to permit himself to be sub
ject to the risk Of such an indignity again,
even though there w no longer any tail
left TO be pulled out. He had acquired
sufficient railroad experience TO appreciate
tie magnitude Of the loss Of terminal
fac cilites.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-07-05
stories Of Meanacss.

They we're sitting at the club the other
evening, telling stories about "mean men.
The closest man ever knew, said one, is
to-day one OF the wealthiest cit yens OF
Massachusetts,. When he was o young
man he got job in shoe shop. and earn.
ed SO or ~ week. When Saturday came
he got his money-the first he had ever
earned and that afternoon he invested 81
in ring, which he showed on the follow
ing Monday with good deal Of pride.
But his shopmates showed him that what
purported to be gold was only thinly wash.
ed brass, and that the alleged stone was
only piece 4 glass. The whole thing
was not worth Is cents. He was good
deal crestfallen, but said nothing. The
next morning he turned up minus the ring
but unusually bright and clipper Per-
haps you boys think | don't understand
business. he said. | sold that ring for 81.
and made clean dollar on II. And 10
whom did you sell it2 they asked 10 my
sister.
can cap that. said smother. was
crossing on the steamer to Liverpool o few
years ago, and found myself seated next
TO gentleman who has been prominent
10 Massachusetts politics, and is some-
times spoken OF as statesman. On three
CT four different days opened a quart OF
champagne, and always invited him 10
join me in drinking ii, an invitation which
he never declined. Finally, one day he
ordered pint, and, instead OF offering mo
any, said he thought II pity they didn't
put II up in smaller bottles, because pint
was more than any man really needed, but
that be bad 10 drink il all 10 save waste,
since the corks were so made that they
couldn't be put back Would you mind
telling me that mans name 10 con6dcpce2
asked the member who bad told the ring
story. Not st all, was the answer. Then
there was a whispered conference, and the
first speaker quickly said. | thought so.
It's the same man.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-07-05
Tsrss Railroads.

A Northern man who recently returned
from Teras tells some amusing stories OF
railway service in the Lone Star State.
One road running out OF Houston posses.
sed one locomotive aud single train OF
cars The train would 20 10 Houston one
day. and would go TO the other end Of the
line the next day. The train would run
Of the track occasionally, aud then the
passengers would have 10 board with the
nearest planter for . few days while the
cars we're lifted back on the rails. The
conduc considered II . matter Of only
Ordinary politeness TO stop the train when
q lady desired 10 gather few Wild flowers
along the way. One day lady requested
him to stop the trsin all Dight at small
station, where abe had some friends whom
she waited 10 yisi, The conductor told
her that the train would wait long enough
to lot her go and dine with her friends. but
as II was already four hours behind time
she would have 10 take the other psssen.
gers 10 dine With her In order 70 keep them
from making compliant 10 the Suptrinteu-
dent Of the road. This proposition VA
rejected by the lady, who rode on 10
Houston ~ npg her wrsth.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-07-05
Mira, Hetty Green's Tkfin.

Mrs. Hetty Green, the well known mil /.
lionaire and business woman OF New York,
held Reading bonds. but refused TO come
under the plan OF reorganization till the
last moment. She walked into the olii co
OF Brown Brothers carrying dilapidated
bag that might possibly. from appearances,
contain an old maids lunch. Ii held
$780, worth OF Reading bonds. She Is
fearless, aud carries around fortune as
she would pair OF blue wooden stockings
to be worn over her shoes in snow storms.
Here are my bonds, she said to the
clerk. The time for depositine them had
expired in New York.
Cant receive them here, madam, said
the clerk, politely. We would have to
send them TO Philadelphia. You have en-.
ly one day more there.
What would II cost to send 100000
worth there? she asked.
One hundred and ten dollars. was the
answer.
Whatp she exclaimed, eyeing him sharp
ly. One hundred and ten dollars, aud
the fare there is only S2.50l l will go my
SELF And she did. She is one OF the few
successful woman speculating in Wall
street.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-07-05

A Chinese market is noisy and animal
ed. You ask the price Of shad, for in
stance, or of crabs, and the dealer raises
the price OF an ounce by 80 many cash,
which you have to beat down. What
Adam Smith called the .higgling Of II G
Market, exists here to perfection. After
wasting considerable time in talking and
splitting differences, you at last decide to
buy, or the trader concludes TO sell. But
however much you may congratulate your
self on having made good bargain, yon
can not be certain that others may not
make much better bargains with the same
man. Vegetables are sold by other deal
ers, and the same process must be gone
through before you can make q fair pur-
chase. Grocery stores are plenty, and
there you will find ON sale all sorts oi
sauces, preserves. sugars, and SO forth, 10
fact Whatever is dealt In by grocers in
America.
Beef is not often eaten hy the Chinese.
on account OF their religious scruples,
most OF them being tinged more or less
with Buddhism, but especially because the
the OK is used in plowing. Occasionally
you will find stall for the sale OF beef.
Through the same prejudice, little
COWS milk is used by the people. and that
little is made into thin cakes we'll salted,
to be taken IS relish.
But kind OF cheese is made OF bean
curd. The beans are ground in hand
mills and dissolved In wster then strained
and steamed. The result is perfectly
white cake, something like blanc msng e.
II is eaten with shrimp sauce. This cake
is also made from beans.
You perhaps wonder why ! have not de.
scribed the cats, kittens and dogs, which
are said to be the common food OF the
Chinese people The reason is because
no such things are to be found 10 the mar
ket. In fact, know OF no place where
such articles OF food can be had, except in
low part Of Canton, where people who
almost starved will buy almost anything
to sustain life. The Chinese people live
on wholesome food, as you will learn from
good authorities. They eat rice as you
eat bread They make cakes OF wheat,
too
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-07-05

The average boy has an idea that castor
oil was got up for the torture Of oil kids"
who have careful mothers TO protect them
from the fell destroyer. He is mistaken
like majority Of grown people who only
regard castor oil as medicine. Oaly q
very small proportion Of 1t is consumed in
that manner. Castor oil forms one Of the
best lubricators and is used for greasing
wagoniand o.Ler purposes where the
price does not prohibit IT, Then IL is
burned 81 al illuminator. not only by the
Hebrews for their sabbath lamp. but else
where. Il ladia, where large quantities
of the seed are raised, the oil is added 10
the native condiments 10 favor them. II
ia also made into illuminating gas in IaGia
L. this country castor oil is used 10 dress
a. rocco lestber California. Kansas, Iowa
aud Illinois are the principal sections Of
this country where the seed is raised. aud
The cstor oil presses At Belleville, Ind..
sre among the most ertensiye 10 the world
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-07-05

Oue Sunday morning some twenty years
ago, ! had left home rather hurriedly, and
Just before leaylng sciz4d from the pock'
ct handkerchief boy tolIed square oi
linen of the usual shape, siz, and texture,
and transferred IT TO my pocket. La the
earlier part OF my discourse, becoming
conscious Of an impending snefze, fshed
out my handkerchief With one hand and
then, iu the little elegaat way that most
pei sons h We, with both hands gave 1t .
shake 10 Release II from its folds. Having
s.aved of the sneszs by it, application, l
laid it on tue edge Of the pulpit. when the
passing OF an iodetiuable shade OF express
sion across the upturned faces Vi my near.
,st hearers caused me TO dart , glance
towards NY handkerchief, imagining that
II might bs slipliog oil the edge. My
eye caught sight OF hole at one side Of il
VIII ich bad apparently been imperfectly
re paired with some lace. aud gave the
thing auo ther shake to conceal the defect
To my dismsy and confusion tso tiny
sleeves aud frilled neck appeared on the
confines Of my handkerchief. and cold
thrill passed over me when recog ognlzed
the little object AZ being q stray part Of
the stsire Of my infant daughter.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-07-05
Only an Idiom.

A teacher in one Of the grammar schools
was explaining TO her class about idioms.
Some time later one Of the children hsp-
pened to use the expression "Troth and
will" The teacher asked where the child
beard that The girl said her mother
sometimes used the words. "Well, it's an
Irish idiom," said the teacher. thinking
that she could impress the meaning Of the
word idiom. A few days later good-ns
tured Irish woman came to the school and
asked for the teacher and said to her:
Now, know you wouldn't and didn't
say anything Of the kind, but my little
daughter says you said l was an Irish
idiot
The woman was very sen:ible, and the
teacher saw that there had been mistake,
and she said SO. The little girl was called
up. and there aud then she learned Just
what an Irish idiom is. The mother help.
ed get the idea into her head
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-07-05

He put mp job on the hired girl where
by he hoped to sell her. patent process
fJr making fine rngs she would never need
Then he ruDg the doorbell, aud, when
she answered ii, he put on his most in
sinuatins smile, lifted bis bat high of hi,
head, and remarked in his blandest voice
The lady OF the house, l believer
Oh, yesl she said, With 3 mouthful oi
sarcasm, II I'm sixty years old and got q
squint In one eye and figure like scne.
crow, s'pose I'm herl
He saw his mistake when too late, but
ss be slowly backed down the gravel walk
TO the gate. he said regretfully:
How was to know that? / was III
she was young and beautiful. and whel !
saw you
II you've any patterns like III buy an
ou,6t. she interrupted, step In and III
look at them.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-07-05

The best known OF the csnnibal tribes
on the Upper Congo are the Bengsla. who
yelled "meat t''very loudly when they cha'
cd Stanley down the river. but who have
conceived the idea that their recent inter
course with the whites has given them
considerable polish and lifted them several
points 10 the social scale than the neigh
boring tribes. For two years past they
have been utilized ss Congo state soldiers,
seam bost hands and station lsborers.
They used 10 mske sAr Tor cannible pur
poses upon the people Of Sgombe. AMI
nowadays when steamboat drsws up st
n gombe, with lot Of Bengsls on board
the people fock down 10 the river and
heap abuse npon the ancient enemy with
sll the epi,hess at their command. To
this torrent Of Congo Diliingsgste the Ban.
gala haze only one response. They collect
st the prov Of the boat and shout ''Sav-
sgesl Ssvagesi" n the top Of their lun e.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-07-05
The Aasse Tree rrisA'

This performance vas given by rc-
nouoed South Indian jugsler 10 the veran'
d. oi the large mess house 10 Columbo.
Before the coniuer was worked mp 10
perform this seeming mirielc. be exhibits
cd some sleigh. Of hand marvels, His
partner. with the gourd pipe. made hid.
eous speckled cobra" 60 through ia
fesis. A woman Of the troop was put, tied
up With cords. into basket placed on The
cement Hoor She screamed @ sword
passed through the sides Of her prison.
Yet wbeo its lid WAS opened she had dis
appeared 10 return and cit by its side.
At length the renowned conjurer, with
due solemnity, proceeded to his most 70
marksble performance. He exhibited q
dried mango seed to the spectators, and
then planted and wstered it in mound
Of earth brought for the purpose Aided
by no sleeves. dress or parsphernelia, he
waved over and covered the small plot
With . silk handkerchief When he rails
cd this for the first time young shoot
with leaves had appeared. Again the silk
bAndsna covered il; again ii Was lifted.
snd disclosed the crisp young plant put.
ting forth few more leaves and stock.
All the spectators we're carefully watch
ing and observing the movements OF the
great artist. He was himself tremendous.
ly excited aud when successively with
mofe waves Of the handkerchief the man.
60 tree had grown in stature 10 couple
feet high with clean green leuves on
stock which sprang from the interior oil
the stone that was firm with its roots in
the undisturbed moistened earth, there
was . tumultuous burst Of applause. He
then handed round leaves which he broke
from the sturdy little tree. All the be
holders declared this performance most
wonderful and oil sorts OF arguments
and theories were started TO explain how
such seeming impossibllty could be
effected.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-07-05

Prof MoAllisier. the prestidigitaseu
aud ventriloquist, happened 10 be trsv'
cling across Lower Idaho some yean ~,
on his way from oAe town 10 another. I
vas in the days Of early stage coaching
before railroads we're quite so plentiful Al
at the present time. The professor on,
afternoon, before the show commenced. II
wandering about the streets Of Lewiston
encountered on the outskirts Of the towr
small band OF Indians Two or thrcs
companions were with him. While chat
tins together, looking about and observ-
ing things generally, McAllister became
quite familiar with mongrel dog owned
by the redskins, whom be proceeded Ia
pet nonchalantly,
Fine dog, said the professor.
Ugh, grunted buck.
How much you sell him fort asked the
magician.
Ughl 81, replied the buck, holding up q
pair OF dirty fingers to indicate The amount.
Him very foe dog. said McAllister,
stroking the cur's back and taking gold
coin from the tip Of his nose.
Hi bill exclaimed the redskin. looking
on in astonlshment, his eyes ready TO start
from his head in excitement.
Him very fine dog, indeed, quietly con-
timed the professor, this time taking q
whole handful OF coin from the dog 70
mouth, nose and ears, which he transfer
red to bis pockets.
Strange noises were heard proceeding
from the interior OF the brute. He groan-
ed aud laughed and howled aud barked. at
all OF which the poor delnded redskins
stood in the utmost awe aud astonishment
and couldn't for the life OF them under
stand what had come over the spirit Of the
aullnal. II was hard TO tell which was the
most surprised 4 the Indians or the dog.
Alter filling his pockets with gold and
taking another tstful from the ours nose,
the professor left the redskins in peace.
He had not been gone ten minutes before
the latter pounced upon the poor doomed
animal and cut HIM wide open. Like the
goose that laid the golden egg, there was
nothing inside, and it was only fair 10 pre-.
sumo that the only reward was fine feast
upon ribs Of dog, Drowned to turn.