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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-10-17
John Browns Shawl.

while General Colt is getting to-
gether his John Brown relics" said
Mr.. James ID. Moler. of the Post-office
Departments he might obtain John
Browns shawl 1t fell into the hands
of Collin Unseld, who lived near Har-
per's Ferry. 1 am not certain whether
John Brown gave it to him, or whether
he got it after the execution. He gave
it to his wife. Nancy Unseld, and it
finally came into possession of her sis
ter-in-law, Mrs Foley, who lives be-
yond Bolivar Heights. This shawl was
in use at the time l saw it, but it has
undoubtedly been preserved-Wash-
inOtOn Post
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-10-17

From Shop to Mansion.
The Romantic Story Of a Dress
Makers Rise in Life
BY Mas. r. M. Howard.
copyrighted, 1881
CHAPTER Y

In the following weeks Isabel had need Of
all her frmness and presence of mind, for,
as DR.. Conroy had said, there was pro-
longed struggle for life in the sick room;
the first week had been one of delirious
raving, and her heart sank within her as
she repeatedly heard hun muttering. ''She
does not love me; she does not love me,
in such sad tones that il pierced her very
heart.
She knew her own heart now fully; in
those terrible nights of watching, when she
had sat beside him, breathless with fear
and suspense, the thought had come to her
in all its chilling force-of what life would
be to her without him, and she knew that
she loved him with deep devotion which
would last through eternity.
She told him so again and again, as she
knelt by his bedside, but he only looked at
her with blank stare, not comprehending
or caring for the intelligence which would
have made him so happy in health.
She kissed his fevered face and bathed it
in tears of contrition as she bemoaned the
answer she had given him in that last
moment Of partial sanity, when he had
asked her if she loved HIM. And yet, how
could she have answered him differently,
without being sure of her own feelings.
Mrs. Montford had brought her skill and
experience into the sick-room at once, scorn-
ing DR.. Conroy's proposition to install a
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-10-17
RANDOM SHOTS.

A SISTER of John Brown, OF Harper's
Ferry fame. attended the reunion re-
Gently held at St. Johns, Mich.
The flag used to drap the casket of
President Abraham Lincoln is encased
and hangs in the Office of the Secretary
of War. =
The First Maine Heavy Artillery,
with an enlistment of 2.202 men. lost
twenty-three officers, killed in battle,
and 423 men,
GEORGE MENTHER, of East Saginaw,
Mich, is eighty-four years old. He
walked to Washington after his pen
sion and got it.
A SOLDIERS home is to be built on
the Grant farm in Missouri The tract
contains 740 acres A good stream
runs throughit
The Sixty-frst Pennsylvania Infantry
lost nineteen officers, killed on the bat
tle-feld, during the war. This was the
greatest number lost by any regiment
AT the great battle of Gettysburg, July
to 8, 1858, there were 3.06S killed.
Il. 494 wounded, and 5,435 missing.
making a total Of 2,990. The killed
and those who died of wounds were
5, ,291.
Rev. DAVID H. MOORE, the newly
elected editor of the Western Christian
Advocate, was the Lieutenant-Colonel
of the One Hundred and Twenty
fifth Ohio. and had brilliant record
as a soldier. He is ifty-one years old;
was born at Athens, o., graduated
from the Ohio University in 1860,
and very shortly afterWard entered the
army.
The soldiers monument at Indian
apolis, Ind, will have height OF 26S
feet The diameter of the foundation
and terrace OF the monument will be
l10 feet; height Of terrace, IL feeti
height of pedestal, So feet; height of
shaft. 149 feet; height OF lantern, 21
feet; height of victory statue, q feet
The monument is to be built Of Indiana
limestone. When completed, with one
exception (the Washington, the mon
ument will be the highest in the
world
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-10-17

"IT's A GOOD THING FOR YOU, OLD Bow-LEGs." {"
bareheaded, and after trying for half a min
ute to pull the box OF the post he ran to the
residence where the key was kept. His
shouts and yells had aroused every body
within half mile, and the possessor of the
key threw up the window and shouted:
SIS that you, Bowser?"
''Yes, it's me: My house is on firer'
''Surel didn't see any light over there"
"It's on fire from cellar to garret, and l ex-
pect my wife and child have perlshed in the
flames ~
That's awful Here's the key"
Mr.. Bowser not only turned in one alarm,
but he kept on sending them in until the
first steamer arrived, and the driver of it
ordered him away from the box and called
him blank fool Five engines came rush
ing up, and had got the smoke out Of the
hall and was downstairs when a dozen
firemen dashed up the steps to fight the
confagration. showed them upstairs to
investigate. Mr.. Bowser went with them
After they got through laughing they
turned on Mr.. Bowser. They called him by
one hundred and fifty different titles, be-
sides advising him to go and sand-psper
and soak his head. They sneered at his
cACuoCS anu dukuCu ~ LIZ GAp--~e-S--o1
and as they retired one Of them remarked: !:
sits good thing for you. old bow-legs,
that you have got guardianp
When they had gone and we were left to
ourselves Mr.. Bowser looked very impor-
tant and observed:
"Well, made mighty short work OF that
blaze.n
''Youi What did you dos" asked
"What did dol Mrs. Bowser, do you in
tend to claim any credit for extinguishing
that blazel"
ado. But for me the house would have
gone. Mr.. Bowser, you were so rattieo tnat
you acted like crazy man"
"What! You put out the frei ratified
Mrs. Bowser, this is too much Isee through
the conspiracy. On several occasions you
have driven me to the limit. This Is beyond
the limit. / shall see my lawyer In the
morning.
But when morning came he forgot al
about it. He was too busy bringing the
neighbors in to show what narrow escape
he had, and how his presence OF mind saved
the house.-Detroit Free Press
The Pinta was one of the three little ves-
sells with which Columbus set sail for
America from Palos, Spain, August 3, 1892.
The Pinta was commanded by Alonzo Pin
zon. the famous Spanish navigator.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-10-17
COLONEL IKE HILL
How He Came to Serve in the Army One
Consecutive Night.

Consecutive Night.
Colonel Ike Hill, of Licking County,
without doubt one of the greatest oi
National characters, was in the city a
few days ago. To a number of old
friends who braved the terrors of war
he related how he came by the title OF
Colonel.
Il served in the army one consecu-
tive night" said Ike. 1T was the
army of the Potomac, and it was near
Alexandria, met an old friend who was
an officer in that army. l was then a
great short-card player, and he knew
1t. He invited me to go down to camp,
telling me l could win barrel of mon
ey. Well, went.
at was along toward evening and
that night we had a game of poker.
Why. l won at least s., 900. breaking
them all. One of the crowd of officers
was a sore loser, and when he had
staked and lost his last cent he pulled
his revolver and made me throw up my
hands. Then he took every cent had
and turned me over from one guard to
another until l landed in the bull pen
at Alexandria. was dressed fit to kill,
and one of those devils just took knife.
running it up the back OF my Prince
Albert, Sitting it to the neck. My
patent leather shoes were all bursted
from walking, and / was almost dead,
besides being busted l succeeded in
getting out of the prison and over to
Washington, where Mrs Sunset Cox
loaned me s25 in gold"
'.Was that all of your war expert
ence?" asked one of the party.
That was all Captain Owens once
asked me, in a very surprised way.
Whether l had thrown up my hands
when they told me to- Isaid did"
Well, wouldn't have done it, he
said"
" No, you would have whipped the
army. couldn't
you wanted no more war, then, in
yours?"
'.No, indeed. Some time afterward,
in New York, 1 met friend of mine
who was an officer connected with the
army Of the Cumberland He and sew
eral others and myself were chatting,
and they were telling me how many
barrels OF money / could win II ! would
only go on with them to the army. 1
listened and then came over me recol-
lections of my one nights experience
at the front"
Gentlemen" / said, 81 believe it is
all true what you tell me about the
money / could win. guess could
win house full, but can't whip that
confounded army of the Cumberland
any more than / could whip the army
of the Potomac So, you see. / couldn't
get away with the money-"-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-10-17

fact, his dying was the greatest feature OF
his performance.
On returning to my home after these
periods of adolescent dissipation, this ebon-
haired, big eyebrowed, saturnine miscreant
was indehbly impressed upon my mind,
and even in my dreams / could see him
balancing himself on one leg on the foot
board of my bed imbibing goblets Of liquid
fire, or calmly sitting upon me and playful
ly puncturing my throat with murderous
looking dagger; as he was known in the
atrical parlance as ''The Heavy Man" the
oppression experienced while he was max
ing sofa of my abdomen can be better
imagined than described.
had seen him killed in almost every play
I had witnessed, but he seemed to be en-
lowed with more lives than the proverbial
feline; he had been shot at so many times
by virtuous young heroes that fancied his
body must in some respect resemble a
human porous plaster, while the number OF
occasions on which he had been hanged by
an infuriated and outraged populace would
put the multiplication table to the blush,
and fully persuaded myself that his neck
partook something Of the nature Of india
rubber, and was as elastic as his conscience.
: One day chance made me personally &C
Quainted with my bete-nofre, having been in
troduced to him by a mutual friend. / was
about saying that found him in the bosom
Of his family, but truth compels the ad-
mission that that particular locality was
pre-empted by the youngest member OF his
household future Roscius, six months
old. He, the parent, not the infant, asked
me if had ever seen him act, and an
swered that 1 had; but something in my
countenance must have betrayed me, for he
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-10-17
How The Veterans Enlisted.

A look at the statistics of the war
shows how ready the veterans were to
enlist The first call was for IS. 600 men,
and the number obtained was 93 600;
the second and third calls, for three
year-men, were for 5SS. 600; and the
number responding was 714,0O0. beside
Is, 900 three-months-men. The fourth
call in July 1862, was for 300, 900 men
for three years, and the number re-
spending was 432, 600 After that the
enlistments fell below the calls simply
because the enlistment of l, 250, 900 had
SKINNED the cream of the nations man
hood.-St. Paul Pioneer-Press.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-10-17
a Little Over a Thousand

When General Burnside was COM
manding in East Tennessee he was in
vited to dinner by an elderly farmer.
The invitation was accepted. At the
table sat the mother of the host, a
lively old lady, but m appearance ex-
tremely old. Mother" said the Gen
eral. may ask your age? You ap-
pear quite old for a person who can get
around as lively as you do" She re-
piled: Yes. my son: l am very old.
l have lived here all my life. don't
know adzackly how old / am, but l
know that | am little over a thousand
years old" columbus State Journal
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-10-17

obliged to consent to Grid of me; Of course
You win 60 to housekeeping at once.n
"Yes, DR.. Conroy is so thoroughly tired
Of boarding, though upon what scale am
sure know not; have never questioned
him.
"Not pinched one, my dear" said Isa-
bel, nodding her head knowingly. ''The doc
tor is far from being poor man."
81 am glad of that" said Lottie, sweetly.
81 had feared so much that might be q
hindrance to him, If he was yet poor, and
struggling for success, but n he can afford
such an expensive luxury as a weakly wife
is liable to be, shall feel better satisfied,
for Of course it would be folly for me to ex-
pect to be as strong as many are"
''Yes, my little friend, you might as vel
decide that you are never gong to bear the
world on those slender shoulders Of yours
and save yourself some inevitable disap
pOintment; but you have mission Of
sweetness and patience, which no one but
you can accomplish, and which the most oi
US would fail in. So be comforted, my dear
it seems to be one Of the compensations o.
life that the weakness Of the flesh add:
strength and grace to the spirit"
Major Darlington met the travellers q
the station when they alighted, and vel
coined them with warm Southern hospital
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-10-17
OVER THEIR GRAVES.

Over their graves rang once the bugle's call;
The searching shrapnel and the crashing
ball;
The shrek the shock OF battle, and the neigh
OF horse; the cries of anguish and dismay;
And the loud cannon's thunders that appalL
Now through the years the brown pine-needles
fall,
The vines run not by the old stone wall,
By hedge, by meadow streamlet far away
Owe. their graves!
We love our dead where'er so held in thrall-
Than they no Greek more bravely died, nor
Gaul-
A love that's dezthiess. but they look to-day
With no reproaches on US when we say,
'Come! let US clasp your hands, were brothers
all"
Over their graves,
Henry Jerome Stoekard- in Century.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-10-17
fro BE Continued

In the town Of South Addison, Me-, re-
sides man about thirty years old. who,
when young. became the victim of reIg-
ious excitement Later he became reader
Of the Koran, and finally embraced the
Mohammedan religion. Within the past
year he has taken TO hermit life, and lives
in storehouse in neighboring wood. In
the center Of his domicile, resting upon
four posts, is wooden box which serves as
bed. He Is strict in his devotional exer-
cises, which consist in praying three times
each day.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-10-17
HISTORICAL FRAGMENTS.

TEE independence of Texas was declared
November 13, 1S4O.
MUNICH, the capital Of Bavaria, was
founded by Duke Henry Of Saxony in 962-
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, is the oldest town
in the United States, fort having been
built there by the Spanisrds In 1542.
CIVIL law was introduced into England
by Theobald. q Norman abbot, afterward
Archbishop Of Canterbury, about 113S
COUNSEL are supposed to be coeval with
the c,TSa rsCis. Advocates are referred to
in the time of Edward /, but are not men
toned earlier.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-10-17
THE STAGE VILLAIN.
An Unfortunate Who Is Thought
to Be What He Is Not

REMEMBER per-
fectly, writes George
Hoey, lin Once .
Week, thatwhenever
! attended the the
ater as a lad, / al
ways took an in
stinctive dislike to
the villain of the
piece, and not for a
moment could / be-
lieve but that this
particular individual
was actually dyed
deep in crime in
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-10-17

THE Boston Journal supplies the interest
ing information that In the harbor OF
Kingston, Jamaica, the other day shark
was captured, and on examination his
stomach was found to contain two straw
hats, cows head, two hOots and three
horns, large kerosene can, a basket and
some sardine tins.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-10-17
THE BoWSERS.
How Mr. Bowser Put Out an In
cipient Fire

RS. BOWSER, 1t IL
possible shat this
house may take fire
some time" "observed
Mr.. Bowser as he
laid aside his paper
the other evening.
"Yes."
"If it takes fire
while l am home all ]
expect of you is TO
take the child and
get out doors. Ishan
peril my life to sub
duetheconhagration,
andif Ifndit can not
be done l shall save
all the valuables."
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-10-17

Iris estimated that sixty-six per cent Of
the anthracite coal is wasted before it gets
o market Fifty-ive per cent has to be
eft in the mines for pillars, and eleven per
reut Is lost after it gets above ground.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-10
OARSMAN SEARLE DEAD.
The ConquerOr of Hanlon and Champ
ion of the World.

A dispatch from Adelaide reports that Henry
Searle the champion single-sculer, is dead
Searle became champion of the world in pro-
fessional rowing on July Is, 1888, when he
sculled against Stansbury over the Parawatta
course at Sydney. In that race he made the
best time on record for the distance-3 miles
and $50 yards. On September 9. 1889, he de-
feated O'Connor of Canada on the Thames
championship course. Searle's first race,
which he won, was at Chatsworth, on Novem-
Der 8, 1884. Then he won the light skiff race
at HARDWOOD In May, 1885. In January, 1886. he
beat Wallace in a three-mile race at Harwood
but on the same day the order was reversed
over the one-mile course, Wallace beating
Searle. In January, 1888, he beat G. Nelson
and Hearn, the champion of New Zealand.
Wulf was the ne xt man to fall before the great
antlpodean. After that he met Jones Stars
burg. They rowed on the Parawatta river
courses miles and $50 yards. Searle won in
19 minutes and So seconds, and beat the record.
The previous record, 20 minutes 20 seconds,
was made by Beach when he outrowed Hanlan
in 1884 On Monday, October 30, he met and
defeated Peter Kemp, the champion sculler Of
the world, on the Parawatta course. The race
was for $500 aside and the title.
Searle was born on July, IA, 1866, at Grafton.
New South Wales. He was a tall, handsome
blonde, with fair, rosy complexion. His height
was feet 10 inches, and his rowing weight 100
pounds. His arm was as soft a woman's,
and did not suggest the brawny appearance
presented in pictures of the oarsman in rowing
costume. Hanlan ascribed his wonderful row.
ing powers to the remarkable strength of his
thighs. Searle claimed to have acquired new
movement, which other oarsmen had not dis
covered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-10
THOSE PRESENT.
A City Building Needed.

To the Editor of The EvESING STAR:
Amy one attending to business with the city
authorities feels sadly the need of u public
building suitable for all the city Offices. We
are the poorest equipped in this way of any
place Of the same population in our country.
Coming northward on q 415-street car a few
days ago and noticing how very peculiar the
city hall appears when viewed from the south,
seemingly as if the pension Office was growing
out Of its roof, the thought struck your cor
respondent that here was chance for needed
Improvement, and the improvement could also
be made a great accommodation TO our citizens
II there were two or three additional stories
added for the city hall, with necessary wings,
then here in the heart OF the city could be
placed all the city offices, including the city
post office. One has but to look at the map of
the city to notice how central a position is &C.
cupied by the city hall. Midway between the
two railroad depots and at a short distance
from them easily reached by all the lines of
street cars and herdics, not many blocks from
the Capitol on the one side and the depart
ments on the other. with a wide avenue to the
front and public park to rear-what other
place could compare with the locatiOn Ger
talniy here is an easy solution of Where to
place the post Officer No doubt people of all
classes would rejoice if 1T were decided to have
their public offices SO arranged for the con-
venience of those required from day to day to
call upon the various departments of city Off
Gals. Business men would certainly appreciate
the arrangemeHf, and here the building could
be erected on public property. E.A.M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-10

"A Statue Which Mr.. Pulitzer Purposes
to Give to Paris.

Paris correspondent of the Philadelphia
Press says: The unexpected result of a call to-
day at Bartholdi's studio has been the discovery
that Mr.. Joseph Pulitzer of the New York World
is about to present to Paris a fine piece of
statuary. The donor has kept his purpose
quiet, but today the great sculptor talked freely
about this monument which he is to execute
at price of $4,000, or, to be more accurate,
$50 900 francs
Bartholdis studio in the Rue Navin is a largo,
hlgh room, In which are many clay models that
the sculptor is at work upon. There" said
BartholdI. pointing to clay group not more
than twelve inches high, rs the first model
made FOR the statue OF Washington and Lafay-
cite, which, when copied in brouze will be
mammoth monument, and will be presented to
the people of Paris by one of your great Amer
leans. 1t Is intended as a cOmmemoration of a
Frenchman's aid to America Ill her struggle for
independence. This donor Is generous, noble
man and lover OF liberty. 1t was he who
helped me so much by guiding the American
people when my Liberty was sent to your coun-
try. And now he Is to bring the two countries
INTO closer communion by presenting thls
Statue 10 France. | have been at work on this
and the larger models for many weeks"
From these models 1t appears that the base of
the monument will be an irregular surface, las if
to represent natural ground. Washington stands
at the left side, turning partly to his right, 80
that he looks into the eyes OF Lafayette. whose
position, OF course is the reverse of that of his
companion. Lafayettes right arm is extended
and his hand grasps Washington's left Wash
ington's right hand grasps a standard set in the
background, from which fall the colors of the
United States. This standard inclines from him
and crosses staff in Lafayctte's left hand which
bears the French colors. In the last model. and
there are several OF this group, as was the case
in the study of Liberty, the work Is in white
plaster and the expressions of the faces are
ri md LIZ laft,
features denote his gravity and moral strength.
and though no trace of a smile is apparent they
al a trIhe relaxed as if he were glancin8 with
tender appreciation at his young colleague.
Both figures are in full military costume. The
sword OF the commander is at the side Of EACH
and the tips touch the ground.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-10
Fairs.

The fair of John A. Logan camp, Sons of
Veterans, was formally opened last evening at
Willard nall by an address from Gen. S. S. Bur-
dett The booths, which are named after the
Grand Army posts of the city, are in charge of
the following ladies: John A. Logan booth,
Mrs. Capt. Skinner; Kit Carson, Mrs II. E..
Weaver: Farragut. Mrs. George Engel; Lin
coin. Miss Annie Roberts; Garfield, Misses Ida
Thomson and Eva Starkey; John A. Rawlins,
Miss NJ. z. Weaver; Burnside Miss Ella Baine:
Stone, Miss Mary Corbert; Reynolds, Mrs. A. C.
Starkey.
The swiss market at Grand Army hall was
opened last night in the presence of a large
audience. A number of young ladies attired
in SWISS peasant costumes sold edibles of the
lighter kinds and made themselves agreeable
to customers. Today and tomorrow luncheon
will be served from ~ to and this evening a
rag-baby drill will furnish amusement The
profits of the market will be applied to the
benefit of the sewing school which these young
ladies are interested in. The school is under
the auspices Of the Methodist Episcopal home
missionary society.