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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-02-14
All About the Smiths.

Nine townships in the United States
are named after Mr.. Smith. Besides
these there are five places named
Smiths.
Of places having Smith as a pref,
there are 100.
Smithville is the most popular OF
these names, there being thirty-two
Smithvilles in this little world.
Next comes Smithfield, of which
there are twenty-seven.
There are three Smith landings and
three Smiths ferries to bring the
Smiths to the landings.
Smith has one Basin. where doubt
less Smith washes himself, and it is Oh
the Champlain canal, in New York
State.
Smith has three islands, one grove.
two cross roads and one crossing. five
creeks and cove, two ports and one
point, twelve mills. one valley. three
stations and one river, one ranch, one
fork, one gap. one hill and three fords.
Perhaps the .oddest name among the
Smith titled places is Smiths Turn
Out, which is in South Carolina.
Smiths Sound is north of Baffin's bay
and so say we all-Smith's Sound
enough.-St- Paul Globe.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-02-14

and you deserve them ALL / am so glad!
know you will be happy"
Toms face fairly beamed.
'Dear Elizabeth" he said, You have been
so kind to her. She loves you already like
Al
Mother" said Elizabeth, heroically.
30, no,' said Tom, CALAMITY. SISTER
dear elder sister. We can never thank
you enough for all that you have done"
Fortunately Tom did not stay very much
longer, after he had made his astonishing
announcement, or Elizabeth might have
lost her hard-won self control. As it was,
as soon as he had gone, she threw herself
down on the sofa, and lang he'd and laughed.
To be sure it was a half-hysterical laughter,
which the tears were ready to follow.
Co." she gasped, this is the time that l
was going to accept him, is it! o, the
satire OF it, The irony of i'll This is the
time / was going TO send him away so
happyI Well, / have" and she laughed
again.
Suddenly she sat up and was calm.
sit serves me right" she said, 1T serves
me quite right l have been ashamed Of
him, and have trifi ed with his love all these
years. Even now, when had made up my
mind to accept him, l didn't love him with
oue-tenth the true love that this young girl
will give him. have been selfish, selfish
through it ALL But" and here her laughter
broke out again, II will never be so sure OF
any thing again in my life, as l was of my
next offer I"-Bessie Chandler, in Good
Housekeeping
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-02-14
FAITHFUL GABRIEL.
An Interesting and Touching Incident of
Slave Days


An Interesting and Touching Incident of
Slave Days.
On the third day of Sherman's great
March to the Sea-" my regiment, the
Twenty-second Indiana Volunteers, was
detailed as train guards. Food being
scarce l was detached. with several
other men to forage for something to
eat After skirting on the right flank
for few miles we found an old darkey
who appeared as if he was a lookout for
some storage place, and by a little in
timidation he agreed to direct us where
we might secure the much wished for
supplies.
After bloodless contest we secured
the camp with its teams, bacon and
applejack. We took four of the colored
boys along with us as cooks. selected
Gabriel for my mess. He proved to
be faithful servant to the close of the
war, ever loyal and true. With us he
completed that famous march until,
amid the live oaks of Savannah. we
rested for the march through the Car
olinas. He became a good cook. At
Averysboro he became somewhat rat
tied by the heavy cannOnade and mus
kerry and beat a mastery retreat, but
came up about midnight with his pack
mule and as smiling as ever. Three
days afterward he and his mule were
under fire in the terrific conflict at Ben
louisville.
In that battle was wounded and left
on the field for dead, but upon the re-
treat of Joe Johnston, four days after
ward /, with thirty-four others, was
left in carpenter shop in that village
and borne in ambulances over rough
corduroy roads to Goldsboro. There 1
sent word to my regiment that | was
still alive, and was soon surrounded by
my comrades. Upon their return to
camp Gabriel heard them describe the
hard floor upon which lay. He hur-
ried through his work and fastened to
the country where he secured a bed
tick, filled it with leaves from the
woods, and came with his burden to the
building where l lay. l shall never
forget the vision of his pushing the bed
tick, well-illed with leaves, through the
door.
l was the first wounded soldier of
Sherman's army to secure a bed. l
have never seen Gabriel since, but,
comrades, have never ceased to feel
grateful for his kindness to me when
| needed help. He enlisted in col
ored regiment and was one of the $780,
600 colored troops who enlisted during
the war.
Nearly twenty-four years have passed
since that March day when this faith
full colored boy rendered me this service.
Do you ask me if am grateful to HIM?
While life lasts l can not and would
not forget my faithful Gabriel. 1T.
J. Charlton, in American Tribune.
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THE FIREMAN'S DEATH.

he slept, and DER his dauntless brow shade Of
sorrow stole,
As though some scene Of deep distress was busy
with his soul.
When suddenly the dread alarm came ringing
shrill and clear,
Cleaying the night air until il struck upon his
startled ear.
He bounded up. His practiced eye
Was turned upon the lurid sky,
il by the flames which, mounting higher,
Soon clothed the night in robe OF fire.
With lightning speed he reached the scene-Oh
what a sight was there!
A mother stood amid the flames, and shrieked
in wild despair.
Her arms around her frightened babe was
thrown with frenzied clasp
AS though she feared the ire-fend would tear
it from her grasp.
With helmet turned, through fame and
smoke
The gallant fellow fearless broks:
lie saved them both. but ali, his life
Was lost in the unequal strife.
Now in sweet Greenwoods peaceful shade the
noble hero sleeps.
And DER his grave full many friend in silent
sorrow weeps;
A monument erected there is pointed to with
pride
by those with whom he oft has fought the fire,
side by side
Sweet flowers exhale their fragrant breath
Where row he calmly sleeps in death,
And trees Their spreading branches wave
Around his solemn G-eenUO d grave.
Francis 5. Smith, in New York Weekly.
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SOLDIERS DEPARTMENT.
WRAPPED IN HIS BLANKET.
Wrapped in his blanket he's peacefully slee

Wrapped in his blanket he's peacefully sleep
ing,
Close to the spot where in action he fell,
Under the laurel so faithfully keeping
Watch. while it crowns him victor, as
well
stoneless, unmarked, meath the SUMS golden
glory,
Countless uniformed les he at rest;
Winds whisper low: Its a glorious story
Wrapped in his blanket the soldier sleeps
best
Place the rich man in his sepulcher builded
Out of the rarest and costliest stone,
Carve in large letters, all heavily gilded,
That such a man had once lived, be it
known.
Bar the door strongly. for such is the guerdon
OF wealth, guard it closely and faithfully,
lest
Thieves for reward rob the grave of its bur-
Wrapped in his blanket the soldier sleeps
best.
Lay the old statesman, beloved by the nation,
Close by the side of the great and the wise,
Raise there q tablet that each generation
Seeing it honors the spot where he lies
Write it out clearly, his whole LIES periec-
ton.
Surmount it all with the Unions own crest;
Furnishing food for moment reflection
Wrapped in his blanket the soldier sleeps
best.
Lying in state in a casket embedded
Strongly in glass, amid Eastern perfume
Shrouded in garments all thickly gold thread
ed.
Sleeps the old king in his rare marble tomb.
Death comes to ALL and the soldier dies boldly,
Mother Earth takes him, at once TO her
breast
Warns him; the king in his marble sleeps
colby
Wrapped in his blanket the soldier sleeps
best.
Ellen T. O'Nein, in Boston Budget.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-02-14
RANDOM SHOTS.

GEORGIA has two relief corps.
THERE are no assessments in the
Woman's Relief Corps.
THERE are now living in the State o
Vermont Z, 800 Union veterans.
VERMONT furnished "a, 23S men TO,
the Union army from 1861 to 1865.
ONLY one-sixth of the men who were
in the service are on the pension rolls.
Boston CORBETT, the famous slayer
of John Wilkes Booth, is now in Old
Mexico.
The Senate of South Carolina refuses
to establish a home for disabled
Confederate soldiers.
KANSAS boasts OF having the largest
two military reservations ir the country
Forts Leavenworth and Riley.
A FINE portrait of the late Major
General George j. Stannard, mounted
in massive gold frame, has been re-
Gently hung in the State House at Mont
pelier, Vt.
THE total number of deaths in An
Jacksonville Prison was 2,462. The
greatest number imprisoned at any one
time was 33,0O6. The number of es-
capes was 328
CONFEDERATE money had its values
during the war as follows: June, 1861,
80 cents; December 1, 1861, 80 cents;
December Is, 1861. IS cents; February
l, 1862, 60 cents; February 1, 1868. 20
cents; June, 1868, 8 cents; January,
1864, cents; November, 1864, 4 1-2
cents; January, 1865, 1-2 cents; April,
1865, 1-2 cents. After the latter date
it took 81, 900 in Confederate money to
buy 81 greenback.
THE officers of the Indiana Com
mandery of the Loyal Legion are as
follows: Commander, General Lewis
Wallace, of era wfordsville; senior vice
commander, General b. S. Foster, In
dianapolis; junior vice commander,
Colonel B. S. Robertson, Fort Wayne;
recorder, Lieutenant B. B. Peck, In
dianapolis; register, Lieutenant G. w.
H Kemper, Muncie; chancellor, Major
C. l. Wilson, Indianapolis; chaplain,
Will Cumback, Greensburg.
A TRAMP passed through Augusta,
Me-. called English Charley" who
quoted Scripture as glibly as he gave a
history of the prize ring, and narrated
the story of the rebellion, giving all
the battles and skirmishes in which the
Union Army was victorious or defeated,
as clearly as he discussed the events of
the present day. Thirty-three years
ago he was a soldier in the English
army, and he vivaciously told the story
of the fall of Sebastapol in 1855, which
he witnessed.
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her manners, Tor her thoughts about Tom
made her conscious now that she was alone
with him. She found it hard to be as easy
and natural as she had always been, but he
did not seem to notice it.
Suddenly he reached over and took her
hand. Every drop of blood seemed to fly
from Elizabeth's body. She was frightened,
she had not expected it so soon. She had
not thought he would ask her again for two
or three mouths at least, but there was no
installing that look and that deep. earnest
tone. She had seen and heard them too
often not to know what they meant now
Elizabeth" he said slowly, ~ have
something that want to say to you"
Her heart beat wildly, she nerved herself
more for her answer than for his question.
YES" she thought Il shall tell him that
/ will marry him. am not afraid, KIN ow ]
shall be very happy; how glad he will be ~
"You have always been the best friend ]
have had, Elizabeth, - he went on "you know
how l have always low ed you. Years ago,
when we were both younger, asked yor if
you would marry me, and have asked you
many times since. But you have always
given me the same answer, and so as could
not have your love, / have priced your
friendship above every thing. And this is
the reason that / come to you, before any
one else, to tell you that my little cousin
Lucy has told me-that is-that we are en-
gagedp'
He squeezed Elizabeth's hand, and looked
at her half bashfuIly, while his happiness
shone in his face.
For moment the world grew black and
SWAN dizzily TO Elizabeth. Then she rallied.
The Lawton blood of which she was so
proud didn't run in her veins for nothing.
She held Toms hand firmly and cordially,
she looked at him squarely and her voice
was clear and ringing as she said:
10 Tom," am very gladl She is q lovely
girl, so young and sweet and pretty. She
brings you every thing-her youth, her
beauty. and ! know her fresh, true love,
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Rest.


Dedicated TO the "Union Soldiers" who Died in
Confederate Prisons.
No dead march re-echoed its mournful notes,
As their bodies were borne 10 the grave;
No bugle was sounded, no volley was fred,
AS In the cold clay they we're laid.
No honors we're shown them, no martial tread
OF comrades after their bier;
No star-spsngled banner 70 cover their head,
No fond one TO shed last tear.
No father or mother 10 view the sad face
OF him who once was their pride;
No sister or brother 10 fondly embrace
Those at rest on the lone hillside.
No flag lowered at ha,f-mast, no signal TO show
That death had been on its round;
No Grafton delivered, no friend to portray
The record of those in the mound.
No more shall the trumpet their assembly sound;
Their last muster roll" has been signed;
No more the "alls well" from their lips shall re-
sound,
For their last resting place to them is assigned.
No commotion disturbs them, for silently they lie
In the undisturbed home of the dead;
No sorrows assail them, no heart-broken signs,
For deaths mantle DER them is spread.
At rest they now lie their troubles are Ger,
No more the plains they shall tread;
The last call TO arms they proudly obeyed
As to heaven their pure souls have fed.
Indianapolis, Oct Is. JAMES DoRAS.
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than all else with the acquittal and 1ictori-

than all else with the acquittal and yictori-
Gus return of Trelawney and his peers.
With such loyalty 10 each other, never
failing Of expression at home, and, If posi-
bic, more admirable and faithful in the
sturdy and priced groups that may be found
thousands of miles from their loved homes
In the copper mines of the Superiorregion,
Undetermined Colorado, or in thes
ing pits OF Australia, it is not surprising that
such a people cling tenaciously to the
strangest of olden customs | would like
to write fully of these; but | have only
space to name a few of those which occur
to me as the most interesting. In some
districts pail of cider containing roasted
apples is taken into the orchard and
drank to the good health of the apple
trees, which are thus waissaied. On
nearly all farms notice is given that har-
vest is ended by "crying the neck" A
small sheaf of the best heads of wheat is
gathered by some old man, who, as he
raises it aloft three times is greeted by the
reapers with great cheers and jollIty, after
which some kissing of the girls and other
harmless frolicking areindulgedin. a COM
Portable apple market is sustained on Allen
day before Halloween at st. Ives from the
sale OF apples for apple-pies to be hidden
under pillows by lads and maidens on
Halloween night. "Forty-day," or Flora
day has for centuries been observed in
this old town by all manner of musical
frivolities, gathering of flowers and fruit
blossoms and dancing in and out of
houses throughout the entire day and
evening, in which festivity old and young,
rich and poor, alike radiantly join. eva
grum Fair" or vagrant fair, is a sort of
wild midnight hullabaloo of boys and men
with clubs, bells and whistles in which
travelling wild-beast shows, passing from
one town to another during Whitsun'
week, are received and escorted
from one hamlet to another, and
the clubs are carefully preserved
as trophies of a sort of defensive and pro-
tective idea of most ancient origin. May
day, as through other portions of England,
is watched" for all night and ushered in
with all manner of shrill musical instru-
ments. At st. Ives on Shrove Tuesday
professions of boys demand and secure
pancakes and ha'pennies at all houses
where they may apply; while at Penzance,
and indeed at nearly all villages of west
Cornwall, on the ewes of the festivals of
St John and st. Peter, the ceremony of
lighting the fires and carrying torches
through the streets has for centuries been
observed, and is unquestionably rem
nant OF the pagan Irish Ia ma Bedttiad, or
the day of Baal fires.
EDGAR l.. WAKRMAN.
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IS QUEEN ANNE" GOING OUT
BUILDING AN INEXPENSIVE HONE.
A Low Cost Cottage with some Attractive
Colonial Features-Siaterials-F
CoIors-Accommodati ons-How to
Build II and at What Cost.

NEW YoRK, Oct. Copyright. THAT
the so-called Queen Anne style of archi-
lecture will not long retain popular favor is
a very safe prediction. Its extreme popu-
larity forebodes its early decline. Every
ter for congratulation, indeed, If the ex-
travagances Of tyro designers do not bring
this so-called style into positive disrepute-
Already a noticeable number Of clients
instruct the architect not to give then
Queen Anne exteriors. Such clients are
pleased with colonial features, as a rule,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-10-23
THE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY OCTOBER g.

lily invent sufficiently ineligible outlines
for the most difficult of them. The halv-
ing principle, circles, loops and other adj
junctive signs should be employed more
sparingly than when writing common
words.
Marks Of punctuation are used only to
a limited extent in actual reporting. The
semi-colon is usually indicated by space
of an inch or more, the period by small
cross. The notes are taken at verbatim
speed; little opportunity is allowed for
punctuating, the only practical method
being TO leave spaces to correspond with
the speakers pauses. and insert the
proper marks afterward when TRANSCRIPT
ing. Numbers are expressed in the usual
manner, that is by the Arabic numerals l,
2, 3, 4, etc. There is no pressingsneed for
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any different method of expressing num-
bers, since the present method is as short
as shorthand itself. This is shown by
the fact that a column OF figures can be
written as fast as the numbers are called off.
The reporter when pressed writes
larger hand than at other times. Some
persons take this as an evidence that
large hand is the most rapid. II proves
just the contrary. The really skillful stem
ographer when writing at high speed will
be attained ultimately, only by writing the
characters near each other, cultivating a
neat style, and writing as small hand as
practicable.
A good, fne-pointed, short-nibbed gold
pen of medium size is the best for report
ing purposes. 1t should be more or less
elastic, depending on the writer's lightness
of touch. Good writing fluid is preferable
to ink.
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SECOND FLOOR.

with wood-fller and finished with oil,
showing natural colors. Roof shingles,
oiled.
Accommodations-A the rooms and
their sizes, the pantries and closets are
shown by the plans given herewith. There
is cellar under the main house, and the
garrett is hoored to provide storage room.
If preferred, the hall may be enlarged by
including the reception room. Ii preferred,
the sitting-room may be used as bed
room, in which case the reception room
should be connected and be used as a
dressing-room. 1t is an easy matter to
convert the smallest bedroom on the sec
ond floor into bathroom.
Cost-In the vicinity Of New York City,
g, 200. r. w. SHoPPELL.
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FIRST FLOOR.

Hight of Stories-Cellar, feet; first
story, 8 feet; second-story, feet
Materials for Exterior Walls-Founda-
tons, brick or stone; first-story, clap
boards and singles; second-story, shingles;
roof, shingles.
white plaster and soft-wood trim. All
woodwork to be treated with wood-fller
and finished with hard oil, showing natu-
raj colors.
Exterior Colors-Entire body and gables
painted colonial" medium shade of
yellow; all trim, such as water-table. YER
anda and balcony rails, all holdings.
brackets, window and door frames,
painted white. Outside doors treated
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The Forger's Pen.
TPali Mall Gazetfe1

was talking with treasury official on the
subject of forgery. did it ever occur to you"
said the official, chat forger has half his work
done when he can get hold of the identical pen
with which the owner of the signature habit
ually writes? A great many men, bank presi-
dents and the like. use the same pen for their
names only for a year or two without change.
A pen that has been used by man in writing
his name hundreds of times, and never used for
anything else, will almost write the name of it.
self 1t gets imbued with the spirit of the sigma
ture. In the hands of a fairly good forger it
will preserve the characteristics OF the original.
The reason for this is that the point of the
pen has been ground down in peculiar way,
from being used always by the same hand aud
for the same combination of letters. IL would
splutter If held at a wrong angle or forced on
lines against its will II almost guides the
sensitive hand of the forger when he attempts
10 write the name"
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Snncitnhe.
Merchant Traveler.l

Merchant IraNeIcr-I
MADAM" said the conductor, that dog will
have to 60 into the baggage car, and that boy
can't ride for half fare"
''But, SIR
Sorry, madam, but the company's rules are
sirict.p
Perhaps we can arrange il. Can't pay
full fare for Fido while Willie goes and sits in
the baggage car. FidO's health is so delicate
that am afraid to have him out Of my care.D
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Too Little For the job.


"Pm perfectly willing to do any sort of work,
ma'am," he argued, as she held the door open.
81 don't ask you TO give me a meal for moth
ing"
''You'll earn it, will your she asked.
Certainly will. All ask for is the oppor-
tunity."
Are you particular about the work."
Not in the least. Set me at any blessed
thing"
Every we'll. I've got hired girl who has
been running the house for a week or so, and
haven't the moral courage to discharge her.
Come in and work her out"
"Let me see her, ma'sm. I'll 90 TO the back
door and size her up"
He was gone about two minutes and when
he came back he nearly carried the side gate of
its hinges in his hurry TO get through. He
didn't even stop in the front yard. but as he
kept on he turned his face to the crack in the
door, and said:
''Thank you very kindly, ma'am, but I guess
/ amt hungry and can make these old clothes
do me till next springW
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He Had Her There.
IN. Y. SUM-

She was late in motioning to the conductor
TO stop the car, and was therefore carried half
a square beyond the crossing.
"Sir is this the way you attend to your bust
ness% she demanded as she stood on the step.
81 stopped as soon as you motioned," he re-
piled.
3 'But you were gazing along the street You
ought TO be reported to the manager"
''Yes'm."
"But will let it go this time"
"Ies'm."
but let it be a warning to you in the fu-
ture."
"Yes'm."
"You didn't seem to be much afraid Of being
reported" observed a passenger the car
moved on.
"Well, no." replied the conductor, as he softly
chuckled down below his Adams apple. shes
the managers divorced wife, you know"
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which is regarded as an indication that the
colonial is growing in favor.
This developing preference must crafty
all people Of good taste. The well defined
features Of the colonial style are IF classic
origin and cannot be improved. When
the designer attempts something striking
with it he gets away from it entirely
The design given herewith is regarded
as a fair example. the designer heing linn
tied to low cost. The colonial features
may be said to be confined TO the win
dows, but the windows are so truly colo
NAL that they dominate the whole exte-
rior.
The following is a somewhat detailed
description of this design:
Size of Structure-Front (width), 80
feet; depth (side), A feet.