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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-10-10
a Supposititious Case.

Plausible Stranger Ito honest old
party from Geehaw)-I suppose, now,
you wouldn't pay five dollars for 800
worth of stuff like this that any bank
in the country would take?
Honest Old Party Gndignantly)-
No, sir, I'm not that kind Of man
Stranger(grasping his hand warmly
Il was sure of it! l only asked the
question to test you I like to meet
an honest man. carry a few of these
perfectly executed fac SMILES of bank
notes simply as curiosities.
Honest Old Party (cautiously)-Ef !
was minded to get some of 'em jest fur
cur osities, would 81. so buy $500 worth.
Chicago Tribune.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-10-10
THE TANNER EPISODE.
Why 1t Has Raised Mr.. Harrison In the
Estimation of the Veterans.

Why 1t Has Raised Mr.. Harrison In the
Estimation OF the Veterans
Our esteemed Democratic contem-
poraries seem to be very much ag-
grieved that thu retirement of Com
missioner Tanner has neither aroused
the hostility of the G. a. R. nor created
any appreciate new difficulty for the
Administration. On the other hand,
the manner in which the retirement
was effected has shown the intelligent
readers of newspapers the spirit in
which the President has acted, the
courage with which he met a very
serious and embarrassing situation,
and the consistency with which he
has sought to impart to the conduct OF
the Pension Bureau both liberality
and sound business methods Since he
was inaugurated no difficulty so
grave, no case so delicate, no emer-
gency so critical has been presented to
him Out of this trial he has come
not only unscathed, but triumphant.
As an old soldier who had always
taken the deepest interest in the well
fare of his comrades of the Union
army he wanted to signalize his de-
votion to their interests by the ap-
pointment of the popular Corporal"
W. % had distinguished himself by his
championship of the cause of the vet
Grams. When ne found that the new
commissioner lacked some essential
qualifications and got into serious an
tagonism with Secretary Noble. a
Union soldier, equally devoted to the
rights and welfare of his old COM
rades. and a careful and con-
sentative administrator. the situ-
alton required the action that fol-
lowed and that was inevitable. And
no class of men have been so well
trained to take the side of superior
judgment and authority in such a case
as the old soldiers, who, besides, have
the sense to see that it is for their in
terest that q liberal pension policy
should not be endangered by lack of
judgment and by lmprudent utter
ances on the part of the commissioner
in charge.
Hence the obvious failure of the
Democratic and Mugwump predic-
tions of Republican disasters growing
out of the Tanner episode. President
Harrison has won new honors and has
lost no strength with the G. A. r. On
the contrary, he stands higher than
! before with that great organization.
n. Y. Mail and Express.
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A French View of American Microscope
Objectives.

NJ. Pelletan, the learned and impartial
editor Of the Journal de Mlcrographie, tax
ing as text the statement of DR.. Detmers,
professor veterinary medicine and surgery
of the Ohio State University, that 1.-THE
best German are in no way superior to the
best American detectives" declares the
same to be absolutely true, and adds that
he regarded the late R. B. Tolles, $50 I'M
happy in his all-too-short life, so long mis-
understood in his own country and ignored
in Europe" to have been the greatest OPP
tician in the world. In the course of the
same article, DR.. Pelletau pays very high
compliment to the last volume of proceed
ings of the American Society of Microscop-
lists, finding it superb, not only in the me-
chanical execution-printing, paper and en-
graving-but in the scientific quality of the
papers. He is especially complimentary,
and justly so, in his notes on the papers of
DIR. Kellicott and Prof. Burrill
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THAT COLOR LINE.
Senator Barbour's Confession Throws
Some Light on Southern Affairs.

Senator Barbour's Confession Throw.
Some Light on Southern Affairs.
The Democrats will not thank
Senator Barbour, of Virginia, for hi:
recent observations on the race issue
in the South. He so presents the
matter as to invite easy contradiction.
In his zeal for the cause of white
supremacy he practically confesses
that the colored vote is nothing If not
Republican, and that it is system
atically suppressed on that account
''The negroes prefer to combine their
entire strength at the polls" he says,
''and to cast their solid vote against
the great majority of whites'-that
is, against the Democratic party. "In
this way, the color line is distinctly
drawn by the minority element" he
goes on to declare, land, of course,
the white people must meet it or sur
render to the domination of the
negroes and their allies term
''allies" meaning those of the whites
who choose to vote the Republican
ticket. There is certainly nothing in
the constitution or laws which for
bids the negroes to cast solid vote;
but, according to Mr.. Barbour, when
they attempt to do so, the whites
have a right to combine, not for the
purpose of outvoting them, but to
prevent them from voting at all At
any rate, that is the result and he
iustifes it
There are many localities in the
South lin Senator Barbour own State
where the negroes have the major
ity, but they do not carry any cleo
tions. II they are in the habit, as he
says, Of votin g as a unit, how does it
come that they and their allies never
elect their candidates? Apparently,
they draw the color line only to be de-
feated when they have the elements Of
certain success in their hands. This
would be ridiculous if it were not for
the gravity OF the true explanation.
Senator Barbour knows very well that
this majority vote is in fact blank so
far as definite influence is concerned.
The negro voters as a class do not
count for any more than so many
sheep, as against the Democratic
whites. Their numerical superiority
in given places is a mere mockery.
Where fraud is not equal to the task OF
suppression, violence is adopted, and
shotguns adjust the matter. In no in
stance have the negroes ever under
taken to establish the rule of their
own race. They are disposed as
general thing to prefer white men for
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public Offices when the white men are
Republicans; but this does not secure
them the right to vote. Their dis
reimbursement is based upon the fact
that they are Republicans rather than
the fact that they happen to be ne
groes. If they would support the
Democratic ticket there would be
nothing heard about negro domination.
The color line would vanish at once.
and they could go to the polls in PEI
feet safety. But they do not choose to
pay such price for the privilege Of
exercising a vested right; and so they
are forcibly thrust aside, and the
white Democrats have arbitrary sway.
That is the simple truth about the race
issue. st. Louis Globe-Democrat
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Wages Here and IN Europe.

The party of American working
men and journalists who have spent
several months studying the eondi-
lions of labor in European country
have returned home more than ever
impressed with the good fortune Of
working-men in the United States.
They find that wages in this country
are more than fifty per cent, on an
average, higher than in England and
Europe; that methods here are far
more progressive than there, and that
the general condition Of American
labor is incomparably more fortunate.
Sioux City Qa) Journal
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-10-10
MORAL SUASION.

TELLye, parson, eff a
man won't walk
straight fur the love
o. goodness an m'ral-
ity, all yer preachin'
won't do him airy bit
o. good, now that's q
fact"
"a fact that needs
demonstration, how
ever" smiled the
parson. "Actual ex-
perience does not
sustain your posi-
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He Couldn't Move On.

An Austrian Lieutenant came upon two
private soldiers, one Of whom was lying
dead drunk upon the ground, while his COM
rade was standing near the inebriate ap-
parently in a quandary as to what to do.
sis the man unconsciousl" asked the
Lieutenant.
The soldier saIuted and replied:
mo, Lieutenant, he has only been drink
ing a little too much"
''Then, why don't you make him move
on?"
"Beg pardon, nobody can move on who is
as drunk as he is. You couldn't move on,
Lieutenant, if You were; neither could a
Major if he was that far gone. really
don't believe, Lieutenant, that the Colonel
of the regiment himself could get up if he
had as big load as that private soldier has
on board."-Texas Siftings.
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Treatmsnt of Patients Under ChIoroforn.

In France, when patient is under chic
reform, on the slightest symptom of appar-
emit failure of the heart, they turn him near
ly upside down, that is, with his head down
ward and his heels in the air. This, they
say, always restores him; and such is their
faith in the efficacy Of this method that the
operating tables in the Paris hospitals are
made so that in an instant they can be ele-
waited with one end In the air, so as to bring
the patient into position resembling that
of standing on his bead--Scientifc Amer
lean
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MASCULINE WISEACRES:

no BE CoNTINUED.l
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-09
IN QUAINT COSTUMES
Little Cleaners Gather Funds for
Missionary Uses.

The young people of the Dayton
missionary entertainment before
large and appreeiative audience at the
chapel last evening. The general pro-
gramme was rendered by the masters
and misses under the role of the Little
cleaners. 1t was highly interesting for
its unique and odd characteristics, cm-
bodying the Oriental as we'll as those of
the aborigineeS of the North. 1.-The
Last Day." recitation by Miss Nellie
Carlson, was a scholarly delivery. An
object lesson by six little misses dressed
in various national costumes, each
making plea for her respective ccun-
try, was an interesting feature and
'eIicited the admiration of the audience.
Miss Maggie McDermott delivered
recitation ON the ''Heathen Chinee."
Prof. De Lacy and class of boys charmed
their hearers with appropriate songs.
They were all dressed as heathens.
Cinnamon, japanese, Hindoes, Turks.
Clinton Abbott demonstrated has skill
i'm violin solo, much to the pleasure OF
all. Miss Fuller and Delaey, as two
Burmah girls, recited joy and
Lament" Mrs. Fuller, reading, ''Whist-
ling in Heaven" Refreshments were
served in nearly every style, including
the Chinese. Rice was eaten with
chopsticks, in a small booth. and an
Indian tepee was presided over by a
dusky goddess in the person of Ida
Lusk, assisted by Isabella Roth. Gertie
Berry and Susie Green were mistresses
of the japanese booth, and John Roth,
John Abbott and Jasper Dixon were
the moguls at the Chinese pagoda.
Syrian candy was sold and genuine
Turkish supper was served by Maggie
Davis and Nellie McClung.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-09
A NEW. THEATER.
Duluth's Next Opera House Will
Be an Arcade.

r. S. Munger. of Duluth. who was
the principal owner Of the opera house
there, recently destroyed by fire, and is
interested in the new Spalding house,
was at the Ryan yesterday. I'VE have
practically decided TO rebuild the thea
ter,o said he, land will begin opera
tions as soon as the insurance adiusters
get out OF the way. Several
architects are now at work on
the plans, and we hope to
begin building by the first of March.
shall not build theater in connection
with business block, as experience
has taught me bitter lesson. The
theater will be separated from the
block by a twenty-foot court. 1t will
have frontage Oh Fourth avenue west
of sixty-four feet, and will probably be
three stories in height. The business
block will have frontage Of tifty-siX
feet on Fourth avenue and
about siy stories high. The court
will be protected from wind and
weather by glass roof, and 1t is our in
tention to make it an elaborate arcade.
There will be comparatively little work
incidental to commencing operations on
the theater, as the foundations are dug
and we have but to clear away the
debris. The new structure may not be
completed before the first of Jnly, but
that will give us ample time to book
attractions by fall. The management
of the house will probably be given to
DR.. HaYcock, who is interested inthings
theatrical
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-09

open the doors Of my establishment and
embarked in business for myself. When
| counted up cash that evening my
sales aggregated s12. aud [ was fairly
launched on the high road to prosper
ity." Freedom, n. H., within full view
of the White mountains. whose snow
capped peaks the year long give
the hills their name. was the birth
place of this enterprising citizen, and
when he lert home 1t was to enter the
ShCe factory at Lynn. Mass. where he
acquired a practical knowledge of the
shoe business. Subsequently he was in
wholesale house at Boston and he
went out OH the road, being assigned
to Western territory. Although only
thirty years of age, Mr.. Lowering has
made good use of his opportunities
since reaching the Northwest and has
extensive real estate interests at Lever
ing park, Coverings addition to Union
park, st. Clair Heights addition to South
st. Paul, Ramsey county, and Castle
addition, Washington county, Be-
sides, he has established the Lover
ing factory warehouse and transfer near
the Minnesota Transfer, and owns acre
property at White Bear and Bald Eagle
Lakes. He has also found time to
identity himself with the chamber OF
commerce, is secretary of the Duluth
Union Stock company, whose head
quarters are in this city, and is a
Scottish Rite Thirty degree
Mason, and a member of Damascus
commanGery, Knights Templar. Per-
sonally Mr. Lowering is rather above
the medium height, with dark hair and
eyes, bis face being adorned with the
slightest suggestion of English side
whiskers, and carefully trimmed
dropping mustache. He is wide awake
and progressive in every sense of the
word. and in every action and business
venture shows traces of the indomitable
perseverance and pluck so characteristic
of New Englanders.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-09
THEIR GREAT FATHER.
Turtle Mountain Indians Bound
for Washington.

A delegation from the Turtle Mount
ain Indian reservation, Dakota, passee
through the city yesterday, on their
way to Washington. The party is COM
posed of Baslipash, chief councilman;
Maxim Marion, councilman, and Joseph
Rolette, interpreter. Mr. Rolette is Il
very Intelligent French half-breed;
Balipash is full-hlooded Chippewa
and Marion is nearly SO. They are all
fine specimens of the better class of
Indians-big men with cepper-colored
faces, hooked noses. long black hair
and small black eyes. They have
been sent by the council to press
their grievances on the attention Of the
government. They want some definite
arrangement whereby they can have
schools and temporary assistance III be-:
coming civilized. They also have COM
plants of the trcSpass of white men on
their land. and of the manner in which
supplies are dealt out to them, one man
getting plow, another set of harness.
another All oX-tean, and so on, each ar
ticle bing useless in itself without the
others. In short, they want to know
Just how they stand. what their rights
are, and what the government will do to
aid them in becoming civilized.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-09
DUPED AND DECEIVED.
Why Husband Seeks Legal Re
lief

The affections of Benjamin f. Green
have been SO toyed with and so singu-
iarly abused that he has about lost faith
in the feminine half Of humanity.
Shortly before August, 1888, he sue
cumbed to the vile and sophistry of
woman and was made to believe that he
was in love with as pure and virtuous a
maiden as lived. On the 10th OF Au-
gust, the bride-elect urging him on, he
submitted his heart unto the bonds of
Wediock. to regret it eyer since. Now
that he has discovered the irretrievabIe
deficiency in his ideal love, he creates q
balk in his domestic career and intends
to back out of loves harness and bury it
in the deep, deep past. TO assist him
in his endcavOr he has called upon the
influence of the law and builds up his
case as follows: For the purpose of in
ducing him To consent to said marriage.
Elizabeth his wife. falsely and fraudu-
lentiy represented that she was
chaste and virtuous woman, which rep
RESERVATIONS he believed to be true.
In fact, he says, she was not virgin,
but was, at the time OF said marriage,
pregnant with child by some person
other than the plaintiff and to him un-
known. This fact she concealed and
induced him to enter into the marriage
aforesaid. Dec. 6, 1888, she gave birth
to child, and the plaintiff, upon the
discovery OF the facts complained of,
ceased to live with her. Wherefore he
asks that the bonds Of matrimcny be
forever dissolved.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-09
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

Fl. D. Humphrey, q. S. A., was in the
city yesterday.
i. H. Frisbee. a prominent real estate
man from Duluth, is at the Ryan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dore. Watertown, OAK,
are in the city on & visit to friends.
Mrs. James Mcknight gave pro-
gressive euchre party to a number of
friends at the Ryan last evening.
John A. Berkcy and family. of Day
ton avenue, have gone to Victoria, 3. c.,
for the remainder of the winter.
w. A. Sprague, the well-known col
lector for the First National bank,
started yesterday On a visit to his old
home at Boston.
J. GiIdersleeve, New York: G. Sher-
wood, New York; A. l.. Blade, Gin
cinrati; A. l.. Gere, Chicago, and VIII
j. Sherwood, New York, were among
the travelling men who registered at the
Ryan yesterday.
Mrs. P. A. Hannaford, Mrs. Edward
Murphy, Mrs. B. W. Armstrong and
daughter and Mr.. and Mrs. Ira f.
Murphy and children composed party
st. Paul people who left for the Pacific
coast this week. expecting to be absent
from home for several months.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-09
Express Companies Will
Charge More Hereafter
for Carrying.
Aborigines With Grievances
Hasten to Confer With the
White Chief.
PepiiS Encountered in LOcat-
ing the Terminus for a
New Railroad.
Memories of Alma Mater Re-
viyed by Williams Col
lege Alumni.

"We resumed our old schedule of
rates on east-bound business this morn
ing" said j. w. Owens. OF the Adams
Express company, yesterday. 1.-The
rates were advanced Feb. in the East
in conformity with the New York
agreement. but did not receive official
notice until the 9th. This step was
taken in pursuance OF all agreement
made with the American, United States.
Pacific and Wells, Fargo & Go, Express
companies
''ffhe local agents metOn receipt Of the
notice, and compared regular and spe-
ciaI tariffS'to all common points. adopt
ing the rates which tue Companies
agreed upon as in effect May l. 1886,
and uniform and agreed rates between
all common points will now be strictly
enforced and adhered to. If there
were in force any understandings or
agreements with shippers. or con-
SigneeS conceding rates by rebates or
otherwise, at less than the rates estab-
lished by agreement, we were Obliged
to give notice in writing that such con-
cessionS would terminate and cease i'll
ten days from date of notice.
All vi GS HCi( SifOh W bhttSioete'iAe
that it was the desire of the manage
ment OF all companies that agents at
common points should confer frequently
with each other, to the end that there
would be no misunderstanding as to
rates, and that the spirit Of the agree
ment between the companies, for re-
storation and maintenance of equal and
uniform rates be carried out. and 1t was
particularly ordered that there be no
evasion OF the agreement by underbtll-
ing weights, by quoting less than issued
rates to exclusive lOintS. by free SarF-
ice, hy aggregating the weights of small
packages contrary to the instructions
on the classified card, or by any induce
ment to influence business contrary to
the spirit of the agreement"
The powers that be told all of their
agents that a violation ofinStruction by
one agent would be no excuse for a
breach on the part OF rival. Such
actions must be reported at headquar-
ters, and no retaiiatory action taken
unless we are specially authorized TO
do SO.
Il am glad that the fight is over. 1t
does not ay any OF the companies 10
send express East for $4.75 a hundred:
Our rivals claim. that we inaugurated
the fight. but our agent in Minneapolis,
who is accused OF doing the initial
cutting. denies the allegations most
emphatically. The other companies
were surprised at the business which
we did during eur first month in the
Northwest and tried TO retaliate. We
held our own, however, and gave them
as good as they sent. Shippers from
the East have until. II O'Clock to-mor-
row night to get their consignments
into St. Paul and Minneapolis. We
would be unjust to shipper to ad-
vance the tariff while his goods were
OH the road, but by tomorrow night
they will have had ample time to pre-
pare themselves to meet the rise in
rates"
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-09
MEN WHO TALK.


Mayor Smith-By the provisions Of
the proposed municipal court bill the
city would have been subjected to an
unnecessary expense.
William NJ. Bushnell-The state ag-
riculturaI society has reached period
in its history where it can be true
source of encouragement to our own
people just in proportion as they rally
to its support.
J.P. McMartin-I begin TO look upon
myself as Jonah, but am sorry that
the Williams bill was defeated by the
lawyers.
Sam Pierce-I am heartily in favor of
the annexation OF Canada.
p. B. Great-We keep q register of
all callers, which often benefits us
when we desire to communicate with
prospective settlers.
w. T. Nohl"- Sipi for New York,
and shall see all the new theatrical at
ira t.o.lo ..s s,.,ull i, L land i'll Gotham.
Henry NJ. Rubel-i always carry my
own matches, and consequently never
have to lend a man my cigar.
C. T. Butciler-rhe municipal court
is possessed of too much power already,
and should, i'll my opinion, be cur
tailed.
Henry d. Maione-1 am looking for
ward to trip to Washington to witness
the Inauguration.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-09
EVERYBODY SATISFIED.
Division of South St. Paul Cen
orally Favored

A feeling of satisfaction prevails at
South st. Paul regarding the passage of
the charter revision of that city. 1t
makes the city smaller, yet the portion
that went out had interests dissimilar to
the manufacturing and stockyards
sections, which remain under the city
corporation. The revision provides
for several important features,
among which are board of education,
commission to adjust the past indebted
ness OF the two sections, and an ar
rangement for the payment of assess
ments in four annual instailmcnts, at s
per cent interest. To carry out this
provision, bonds to the amount OF
$50, ,OO0 are to be issued for local I'M
proyement fund. Bonds are also pro-
vided for to the amount of $200GU for
school purposes, $1,000 for city hall
and 5000 for the fire department. The
boundaries of the city and division into
three wards have heretofore been des-
cribed in the GLOBE. The present Off
GERS of the city, aside from the election
of mayor and common council, within
fifteen days wilt remain unchanged. eX-
cept, probably, in the case of the super
jutnn,jent of schools