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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-02
STRANGE WAR STORY.
A Reunion Between Father and Son Wit
messed bY Two Armies.

The most remarkable case / ever
noted of individual friendliness between
Northern and Southern soldiers occur
red at a camp on the Rapidan. vi
dettes Of the opposing armies were sta
toned on either bank of the narrow
stream. just after dark one night the
silence was broken by the shout:
Hello. Johnny Reb." from a Union
man. He was answered in a moment
by his opposite sentry with Hello,
Johnny Yank." Then this colloquy
occurred: "Who are you?" Taylor
of Company A, First Massachusetts.
Who are you?" Taylor. of Company
E. Fifth Louisiana What is your
first name?" Charles E. What
yours?' Charles E, too" The pc
culiar coincidence attracted the atten-
ton from all of the two armies within
hearing. and they listened to the story
yelled across the river from one army
to another on the eve OF battle. 1t de-
veloped that they were father and son.
The former had opposed his sons mar
riage to factory girl, and the son had
married Just the same. He and his
bride had taken the money the wealthy
father had allotted him, and suddenly
disappeared. Then the father relented,
and continued an unavailing search
until the war had called him. The son
had gone to New Orleans. it transpired.
and there had gone into business and
grown wealthy. He had been 1mbued
with the Southern spirit by his sur
roundings, and had taken up Southern
arms. Next day two boats, under
flags of truce, met in the river. and two
armies witnessed the reunion. The
following morning Charles E Taylor.
jr., was missing from our command,
and we never saw him until after Apo
mattox, when he walked into camp
and told US he had gone over, taken the
oath, and gone to the old home, where
he had remained with his wife until
Lees surrender made it safe to see his
old comrades. His desertion had been
to avoid fighting his father.-C 4
Nells, in St Louis Globe-Democrat
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-02

The following is synopsis of the Grafton
delivered by Hon Chauncey NJ Depew,
LII D.. at the Centennial OF the Inaugura-
ton ot George Washington, first Pres
ident of the United States, from the steps
of the Treasury Building, New York, April
80 1879:
We celebrate to-day the Centenary Of our
NaLionauGy One hundred years ago the
United States began their existence. The
powers Of government were assumed by the
people OF the Republic, and they became
the sole source of authority. The solemn
ceremonial of the first Inauguration, the
reverend oath of Washington. the acclaim
of the multitude greeting their President,
marked the most unique event OF
modern times in the development OF free
institutions The occasion was not an
accident, but a result. 1t was the
elimination of the working out by mighty
forces through many centuries or
the problem of self-government 1t was
not the triumph of a system, the applica-
ton OF theory, or the reduction to prac
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-02


ton, President of the United Statesi" =
No man ever stood for so much to his
country and to mankind as George Wash
ington. Hamilton, Jefferson and Adams
Madison and Jay each represented some of
the elements which formed the Union.
W shington embodied them all.
Do his counuymen exaggerate his viz
tues? Listen to Guizot the historian of
civilization: Washington did the two great
est things which in politics it is permitted
to man to attempt. He maintained by peace
the independence of his country which he
conquered by war He founded a
free Government in the name of the
principles OF order and by re-establishIng
their sway" Hear Lord Erskine, the
most famous of English advocates: You
are the only being for whom have an aw-
full reverence" Remember the tribute of
Charles James Fox, the greatest parlia-
mentary orator who ever swayed the British
House Of Commons: "nlustrious man, be-
fore whom all borrowed greatness sinks
into insignifcance Contemplate the
character of Lord Brougham. pre-
eminent for two generations in
every department of human activity and
thought, and then impress upon the memo
ries of your children his deliberate judg-
ment: Until time shall be no more will a
test or the progress which our race has
made in wisdom and virtue be derived from
the veneration paid to the immortal name of
Washington .
We stand to-day upon the dividing line
between the first and second century of
constitutional government There are no
clouds overhead and no commissions under
our feet We reverently return thanks to
Almighty God for the past, and with conf
dent and hopeful promise march upon sure
ground towards the future The simple
facts of these hundred years paralyze the
imagination, and We contemplate the vast
accumulations of the century with awe and
pride. Our population has grown from
four to sixty five millions Its center. NOV
ing westward five hundred miles since
l7s9. is eloquent with the founding of cities
and the birth of States New settlements.
clearing the forests and subduing the prai-
ries, and adding four millions to the few
thousands OF farms which were the support
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-02
Noble Enterprise.

A small boy was looking anxiously on the
pavement in front of his home and soon
quite crowd gathered. watching his move
ments.
Lost any money, buo!" asked one.
SHAW. Didn't have any to lose"
''Was it balll"
'Naw."
"What have you lost, any way!"
"Ain't lost any thing. I'm lookin' for
sisters chewin' gum to stick on the back of
the sofy when her feller comes. She flung
it out yere, an I'm boun' to find it."
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-02

A dragon, slightly drunk, was vainly
trying to mount his horse, calling loudly on
the saints: "Saint John, help mel Saint
Peter, assist mel Saint Paul, come to my
aidr'
By mighty effort he jumps clear over his
horse, then, turning around:
Gently, gently, my friends" says he;
"not all at once !''-Life.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-02
wouldn't Be Imposed Upon,

Countryman Tin dry-goods store) Il
want collar.
"What sizel"
"What size, ye tarnal fooll Why, big
enough to 60 round my neck, o. course.
Didn't spose / wanted q horse-collar, did
yel''-Time
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-02
The Charm Begins to Work.

Edith-Do you think that Emily Thumpitt
is going to make a success Of her type
writing?
Maud Shouldn't wonder. They say that
her employer goes homo every day with a
very thoughtful and absent-mlnded air
Puck
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-02
Strategy,

Vera Wiley-Pm afraid it would be better
not to speak to papa just yet, Jack. Wait
until next week.
Jack Dorr-But why?
Vera Wiley-My milliner's bill will be In
then, and he may look upon your suit with
more favor-Puck
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A Favorite Topic.

"Don't you think it strange that Mr.
Bjones never gets tired from talking so
much2" asked Merritt.
"Not at al, !" returned Miss Snyder, with
q smile; ''you see he always speaks about
himself1Judge,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-02
DEPEW'S GRAFTON.
A Grand Tribute to the Memory
Of George Washington.

Thoughts Suggested by the CentenniaI of
the Inauguration of Our First Presi-
dent-Refections of an Historical
and Economic Nature.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-12

granite, twelve feet long. The granite
in the shaft is irregular blocks, no course
less than eight inches, or over twelve
inches, rise outside. The inside above
the octagon base is laid up with common
rubble stone, the whole laid in cement
mortar. The dome or ceiling is of eight
inch brick. The roof is of the same
material. The treads of the stairs are OF
North River stone, four inches in thick
ness and twelve inches wide andDuilt into
the wall at each end as carried up.
The statue, by the Cape Ann Granite
Company, is completed and en- the
grounds. It Is, from the base of the
feet to the crown Of the head, fifteen
feet in height. It is carved from two
blocks of the finest of Cape Ann granite,
one part from the belt upward, the other
from the belt to base. It represents the
old Puritan Captain standing in an erect
position in full military dress of the early
colonial period, the cooked hat, Eliza
bethan rufie around the neck, military
hnota. etc. The right foot is thrust for
ward, d is the dexter arm in which IS
held 8 scroll, while the left hand rests
firmly on the hilt of the sword hanging
from the left side. The long cloak worn
at that period ID thrown over the back,
falling behind him in graceful folds to
the feet.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-12

The gradual dininution of the popu-.'
htion in certain parts of New England
by reason Of emigration TO the West 10
Aasing q curious sequel, remarks the New
York 4rS6ans. Steps are being talsen in
Vermont 20 attract q good class Of immi-
grants from abroad, and thus the first
Bta&e TO be admitted under the Federal
Donatitution comes into competition with
he young Commonwealth of the North.
Neas IN the bidding for settlers. The
sensns Of 1880 allowed the population of
Vermont to be practically at . standstill,
Aere having been an increase Of less
hap 5000 IN twenty years. Maine and
New Hampshire made even . poorer
blowing, though in both cases there had
sesn come Increase since 1870. The re-
mlk Of shs drfs westward has been that
nary farms are abandoned and the prices
Ill coed farms, Is we an know, have
laiIen 10 j aiagulsfly low figure.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-12

The stones used are massive, many OF
them weighing from three to five tons
each, which, set, make a very imposing
structure. The jambs of the arch of the
entrance are formed by stones contributed
by and bearing the names of each OF the
New England States, while the keystone.
presented by President Grant, represents
the counties of the Commonwealth OF
Massachusetts,, suitably inscribed, while
four sunken panels on the sides, each
containing four stones, win admit sixteen
names Of the associates Of Captain Stand
ish in the great work accomplished by
the Pilgrim Fathers. The inner room OF
the octagon base, which will be some
thing like twenty-one feet across by
twenty feet high, is formed to receive
tablets of religious, historical, masonic
| and other societies, mechanical and mer-
! camille associations, regimental and other
military stores, while the whole inside OF
the shaft above, including the sides OF
the o Il around which the stones circle,
will be studded with the military COM
panv stones of this and other States and
other such tablets, individual and other
wise, as it may be thought best to insert
to commemorate and perpetuate the
works and names of Captain Standlsn
and his associates, in connection and con-
trasts with the progress of individual and
collective efforts and advancement OF the
present day.-New York Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-12

charge of the American people at large,
the representatives of whom are fully
capable of taking care of the subject In
ell its phases.
The military Of the United States very
naturally have deep interest in perpetua.
ting the memory of the first commissioned
military officer of the New World, espe-
cially when the martial character OF the
man, after more than $50 years test, still
stands out so strikingly in the history Of
cur country. 1t has often been said that
the military powers of standish, together
vita his great executive ability and in
cessant labor in the various civil depart.
ments of the new colony saved it many
times from dissolution.
Be that az it may, tners il abundant
evidence that the colony always held him
in high confidence and respect. Tbs last
commission against the Dutch so near his
death proves that even in his old age its
faith and trust in him were not dimin-
tshed.
The spot chosen for the monument is
on Captains Hill, on the old standish
farm, where Captain Standish lived and
died, and where stands 10Y the house
erected by his son In 1865, near the site
Of the old homestead, burned in 1865.
The farm was given to him By the colony
about 1850, and remained in the family
I'LL the middle of the last century.
The hill is $50 feet high, and over
looks Plymouth at Duxbury hasbors, and
il now used as a sighting point to
navigators in entering Massachusetts
Bay. When the shaft is finished it will
ba most useful to the coast survey as vel
90 to navigators.
The monument is 100 feet high from
the grade to the top of the parapet OF
base Of the statue. The diameter of the bass
Il twenty-five feet, and at the top sixteen
feet. The base is octagonal to the height
Ut twenty-five feet, or to the height OF tht
projection of the lower ~cornice; above thi'
the monument is perfectly round. Tit
foundation runs eight feet below the sur
face of the ground, and is laid in hydraulic
cement. The granite base of the monu
ment, up to the first projection or cornice
is Of dimension granite of the first quality
rough split faces, with hammered bed
and builds.
The entire upper corner is also rough
split granite. There are eight grant
posts and linteIs inside to support tn
brick one The posts are hammered
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-12
NILES STANDISH.
a MONUMENT TO AMERICAS
FIRST MILITARY OFFICER.
ISWM be the Second Largest struc-
r. ewrO Erected to Amy Man in
This Countrywide Statue
Described.

80
Werk is nearly completed upon tle
treat monument to the memory of the
first military officer of the old colony,
Miles standish, and when completed it
will be the largestand tallest structure IN
the United States erected to the memory
Of any individual except Washington.
Although some Of the founders and
largest contributors to the building o.
che monument are dead, many yet re-
main who are pushing on the work.
When completed the interior of the mon
umsnt will be a perfect museum Of his
&eric research. It is expected that the
structure will be completed and dedi-
Gated this fall.
The great interest taken by the public
In the erection Of a suitable memorial to
Captain Miles standish properly took the
subject from the hands OF o few OF his
immediate descendants and placed it in
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-12
Medieal Properties Of Vegetables.

"0OAS@A AAVPSAS@SS Va
The following information may be use
full to some if not new to many:
Spinach has a direct effect upon the
kidneys.
The common dandelion, used as
greens, is excellent for the same trouble.
Asparagus purges the blood. Gallery
acts admirably upon the nervous system,
and Is a cure for rheumatism and neural
gia.
Tomatoes act upon the liver.
Beets and turnips are excellent apps-
Tiers.
Lettuce and cucumhers are cooling in
their effects upon the system.
Onions, garlic, leeks, olives and sha'
lots, all of which are similar, possess
medicinal virtues of a marked character,
stimulating the circulatory system and
the consequent increase of the saliva and
the gastric juice promoting digestion.
Red onions are an excellent diuretic,
and the white ones are recommended to
be eaten raw as a remedy for insomnia.
They are a tonic and nutritious.
A soup made from onions is regarded
by the French as an excellent restorative
in debility of the digestive organs
Scientific american.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-12

/ Says the Atlanta Constitution: "Ths.
German Emperor opened haes eyes whant
bio low the British naval review at ePorts-
mouth, England, the other day. He saw
blood and muscle and iron enough to stir
bis pulse. He saw 113 grim wal vessels
MANNED by %, 900 British sailors. The
pight impressed him. He must have felt
that although he represented a great mil
harry power England had a war-hke arm-
asnent IN the sea surprising anything Of
hs kind in the world. Now, as always,
England's strength is on the water. She
d gtiT mistress Of Che seas. Her sturdy
sailors ! able to whip anything that
sailsth brinY Deep
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-12

half century, at a great expense, have
been obtained by the British Govern
ment, and now millions Of trees are
grown in India and Java, from which
parts the supply of the world is obtained
There are no less than thirtysix species
of the Cinchona now known and named,
but the kinds found to yield quinine in
its various forms in paying quantities are
crown-bark, c. oficinalis, red bark, C.
succirubra, yellow bark, C. calisaya, gray
bark, c. nitida, and micrantha.
We get our word quinine from quina,
the native name of the bark, and for
many years in its early history II was
known to druggists as Countess bark
and Jesuits' bark, from the early con-
nection of these with its introduction.
ssQuinine and It's Romance" by A. FL.
Japp, in the February number of the
Popular Monthly, gives a lively history
Of the plants introduction, and subse-
quent history. The tree itself is a beauti.
ful object.
The illustration of c. quinquina cali
saga viii give a good idea of its appear
anee. It has delicate, small flowers, in
close clusters, and at certain seasons it's
fragrance fills the air for a considerable
distance. The kinds most valuable for
| the bark are fortunately readily raised
from cuttings. In the original forests
very destructive methods were used in
obtaining the bark, but in the cultivated
| forests Of Java and India, the trees are
specially prepared by removing the stems,
and only parts Of the bark stripped at q
time, SO that, after a certain length Of
time, the process can be repeated. The
aromatic bark of Rhus cotinus OF
sumach, has been used as a substitute fol
Peruvian bark.-Psa&rie Farmer.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-12

!. OF d esa II will never be known Ak
aetly hog many men, women and chill
dren psaishsd In the awful disaster at
Ichns&owp. observes the New York Mail
jdsd Esbgess, but the Board Of Inquiry ct
uohnstewn has made a careful estimate,
based on long and patient research, Of
the number Of persons drowned in the
food, and this estimate is believed to be
approximately correct. It places the
entire loss Of life at Gill. This 10 an
eppalling total, but il is very far short OF
elln Wild estimates which were at n time
inside, and which placed ths total loss OF
NEa In the Conemaugh Valley ct fren
10, 900 to 1900.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-12
WISE W0RDs.

Any one can act natural by keeping
still.
Every throb of the heart is a new
birth.
None but the rich can afford ''dear"
friends.
Competition is a necessity to the activi-
ty Of life.
The only "fall Of man" is when he
falls behind.
Education that restraints the desire to
Learn 10 false.
Nothing great was ever achieved with
out enthusiasm.
One Of the aublimest things in the
world 10 plain truth.
OF tame beasts, the worst is the fat
tsrsr; Of wild, the slsnderer.
Charity and personal force are the
emily investments worth anything.
Whatever you dislike in another per-
son take care to correct in yourself by
the gentle reproof.
Avoid him who, from mere curiosity,
asks three questions running about a
thing that cannot interest him.
Any one may do q casual act of good
nature, but q continuation OF them shows
it il q part of the temperament.
Who is wise? He that learns from
everyone. Who is powerful9 He that
governs his passions. Who is rich. He
that n content.
ARectation is certain deformity; by
forming themselves IN fantastic models,
the young begin with being ridiculous
and often end with being vicious.
Sweetness of temper is not acquired
but a natural excellence, and, therefore,
to recommend it to those who have il
not, may be deemed rather an insult thar
advice.
Women never truly command till the.
have given their promise to obey, ane
they are never in more danger of being
made slaves than when the men are a
their feet.
i Nothing more impairs authority thar
q too frequent or indiscreet use of it
If thunder itself was to be continual i
would excite no nor terror than tn
noise Of Q mill.
Nothing sinks a young man into Low
company, both of men and women, s.
surely as timidity and difidence of himself
If he thinks that he shall not, he may de
pend upon it he will not please, and
dagres Of persuasion that he shall, it i
almost certain that he will.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-12
SELECT SIFTINGS.
Turtles will eat meat.

luILlSS W4kA S1O luCdGs
Boston has discovered a blue lobster.
Ounces originally came from Corinth.
Lee, Me-, has neither lawyer, doctor
nor minister.
The loss of the French at the battle Of
Waterloo was about 80, 600.
The loss to the allies at Waterloo Gin.
cluding Prussians) was about $4,000.
The Oldest wheelman in America is
John W. Arnold, of Providence, r. I.
He is rs years of age.
1t is estimated that the Russian cam
paign of Napoleon cost the French and
their allies about 800, 900 men.
A mine containing thousands Of tons Of
soap is said to have been discovered with
in q dozen miles of San Diego, in Cali
fornia.
Andrew Young, author of the hymn,
''Theie Is a Happy Land, Far, Far
Away" is eighty years of age and still
vigorous.
Capital punishment is abolished in
Italy. For some years there was no
capital punishment in Switzerland, but
; the practice has lately been revived there.
For the picture of "The Angelus,"
which brought $110, 600, at the recent
sale of the Secretan collection in Paris,
the painter Millet, nov dead, received
only 1920.
The "Pilgrim's Progress" has just been
printed in the Annoy colloquial in Roman
lied characters, making the ~eighty-third
language in which John Bunyan's book
has been issued.
There is now a "Dynamodermic Insti'
stitute of Paris" where the professors
offer to smooth out wrinkles by ''Elec-
trolysis.n The electricity revivifes the
skin and makes it young again.
The heat in Russia and other parts Of
| northern Europe has been intense Of
late. The central observatory at st.
Petersburg has not recorded such q high
temperature at the same time Of the year
since 1774.
The largest annual amount received by
any ruler is 81, $50, 900, received by
Alexander Of Russia; the next is s7,71e,"
522, received by the Sultan of Turkey,
and the next is 81, sol, 200, received by
the Emperor Of Austro Hungary.
It has been estimated that there are
5000 stray horses roaming over Wyom-
ing ranges. Regular rcund-ups are now
made each year and O system of advertis-
ing the stray animals that will likely re-
suit in returning these strays to owners.
A crab that climbs cocoanut trees in
the birgo latis, OR robber crab, of the
Tanning Island. It cracks the nuts with
its claws and wakes fat on the milky
elixir found therein. A fine specimen
has lately been added to the shell-ish
collection in the State museum of Cali
fornia.
The collections of books which in the
number of the volumes contained surpasa
all others in the world ere the Bibliothe'
quc Nationale at Paris, with about $780,
600 printed books and $4,000 manu-
scripts, and the library of the British
Museum ut London with 1900, 900 vol
ume and $4,000 manuscripts.
The national flower of England is the
rose; Of France, the lily-though the
Bonapartes used the violet. Germany
has no national flower, nor has Italy; but
because popular rulers Of those countries
preferred respectively the corn flower
and the daisy, those may be considered
the national flowers. Austria and Rus
sia have no national flowers.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-12
The Ouinine-B Bearing Tree,

This tree is q native of the mountains
ous parts of South America, and is named
by botanists Cinchona, from the Countess
Of Cinchon, the wife of an early Spanish
viceroy Of Peru, who first brought some
of the bark to Europe in the year 1859:
Although well known as an article OF
commerce, in the form of Peruvian bark
and its extracts, no plants were raised IN
Europe until 1916.
The plants allied to it, and often met
with among exotic plants in greenhouses,
as ~rondoletia, ixoras, bouvard1as ana
gardenias, are well known. After re-
peated attempts, fought against by the
natives, seeds and plants within the Last