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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-07-11
ABILENE REFLECTOR
PUBLISHED BY
REFLECTOR PUBLISHING COMPANY.
NEIGHRORS.

Your name is Helen: are you dark or fair!
Deep blue YOUR eyes, or black as shadows are
That lie in woods at midnight Tell me. sweet,
What form you wear-large, medium, or petite!
Inever saw you, nor you me, 1 ween,
A1d yet our verses on the self-same sheet
Are printed in the last new magazine.
fain would know. fair neghbor II your song
Came from the woodlands. or the city's throug
From mountain fastness. or beside the sea?
Breathed it in chambered solitude, or free
As birds on wing amidst some sylvan scene!
pray you grow acquaint, and let US be
Neizhbors in thought as il the magazine
So may ask If you are deeply blue
(As to the hose, I mean. or just a true,
Bright little wOman-nothing Bostonese-
Whose song Is sung without thought to please
Aught but the singer: May read between
The lines. and ask such things as these
Hoping they Il print them in the magazineI
Did hope deterreG-that is the weary time,
Betwi acceptance and the printed rhyme
Make your sweet heart, like Eay old battered
soul
Endure long ayonies and curse the whole
COMPOUNDED tribe OF editors whose keen,
Cool, business sense would not once enroll
Our burning thoughts in their next magazine.
And did you anxioUsly each month e'er track,
From leading articles to Bric-a-Brac,
Each page, lest haply they had hid your verse
Between some dreary kind Of prose- or worse,
Topped OF a line 10 pad page. and then
Misspelt your name, the tender poets curseI
Alas, for poets in a magazine.
Iquestion idly. Chance and chance alone,
Upon one page my verse aqd yours has thrown.
But, let me whisper eer drop my pen,
am the steadiest OF all married men.
And write these lines-oh, may they yet be seen
By your bright eyes in hopes they'll bring me
ten
Or twenty dollars from some magazine.
r. 7. w. Duke, Jr., in Century.
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CRASH & COBBLE
CIOfRisrs.

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Thank Heaven. 1 shan't be obliged
to 60 far, he sighed; and crossing the
street as hastily as man might who
could not bend joint, he entered the
store.
Il want some Clothes" he said to the
clerk who approached him. Some
rascal has changed mine for these in
the Turkish bath house yOnder. | was
obliged to wear them so far, for I'm
not at home. live out of town"
Yes. sir; very annoying; very an
nOying," said the clerk. Certainly,
they re not what we might call a fine
fit, sir. What shall | show you, sir?"
The best you have" said Mr.. Rufus.
! Il"
Here he dived into his pockets, and
pulled out some keys.
Hang it," he said. The rascal
has taken my pocket-book! However,
I'm Job Rufus. of RufustOwn. Been in
business there thirty years. You'll let
me have them. and I'll send you down
check; or. rather, I'll bring it in to-
morrow. l shall have to telegraph
home at once for a money order"
I'VE don't do business that way in
New York" said the clerk, instantly
growing stony and folding away the
garments he had taken down just then.
"See here" said a voice at his ear,
''come along quietly unless you want a
row. There are two more of US. I'm
armed and have handouts in my
pocket. Ny name is Burke"
Good heavens" cried Mr.. Rufus,
retreating, ''has it come to this. that
highwaymen attack one openly at
MONDAY? Help! some one. Help!
Thieves. Murder, Helpr'
In an instant more pair of hand
cuffs were on his wrists.
The clothing clerks gathered around
him. A patriarch with a flowing white
beard. who would have done for Moses
in tableau. but who was really the
proprietor of the place, joined the
group.
Venerable SIR" cried Mr.. Rufus,
don't see me murdered before your
eyes. I'm Job Rufus, of Rufustown.
I've been robbed already. Mercy!
Helpr'
But all she patriarch did was to in
quire of one of the two desperadoes:
What's he done?"
"A bank was the last thing" said
the man who had first spoken. I've
been on his track week. I'm Detec-
tive Burke"
And Mr.. Rufus was hustled into
cab. He was beginning to understand
that a mistake had been made, and
though furious, was no longer terrified.
"Who do you think 1 amp" he in
CURED. over his handouts, of Detective
Burke.
20, gammon?" replied that gentle
man. There isn't suit like that in
! New York nor hat,
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OVERRIDING THE PIGS.
It Produces ApOpIexy, Paralysis and 9th
Serious Ailments.

It Produces ApOpIexy Paralysis and Other
Serious Ailments.
Swine are proverbially greedy, but it
is the duty of the owner of al animal
to control its natural habits when these
are opposed to its well doing; so that
the first thing to be done in feeding
young pigs is to measure their feed
judiciOusly. They should never have
all they will eat. Only fattening swine
should be so fed, and they would soon
die from overlooking if they were not
killed. When a young pig chOkes at
the trough, squeals and falls over in q
fit, it is overfed; when it goes to the
side of the stall, champs its jaws. fOams
at the mouth, and does nothing else
than this, it has been oyerfed, and in
both cases it is suffering from conges-
ton of the brain, due to indigestion
and disturbed circulation. 1t is in a
state of apOplexy and will probably
die, anyhow, but the others may be
saved by at once reducing their feed to
about one-tourth OF what they have been
getting. The prevalent paralysis of the
hind limbs is caused by overlooking by
which the kidneys have been overtaxed
and the nervous system Of the lumbar
region (the lions) is disturbed. Thus
the power of motion of the hind legs is
lost. Recent experiments in feeding
young pigs goes to show that forty
pound pig needs no more food per day
than two quarts of milk and four
ounces Of solid food, such as bran or
oats and corn-meal. On this allow
ance, gradually increased, pigs make a
steady and healthy growth, while two
others kept in a pen by themselves,
and suffered to gorge themselves, be-
came stunted, stopped growing and in
the third week one was attacked by
congestion of the brain and had to be
starved out of it, losing fully two
months growth. When young r.5s
are weaned, they should be fed ia a
shallow trough. from which they can
take food only slowly. A pint Of milk
and two ounces Of boiled cOrn-meal
mixed with the milk will be enough for
a daily ration the first week, and
gradual increase may be made. sub
stituting raw meal, not exceeding the
limit above mentioned. for a six
weeks or eight-weeks' old pig OF the
best kind, and less in ratio with a less
weight. Overlooking is the common
bane of the pig.-American Agricul-
turiSf
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Il doubt if there is, sir" replied
Mr.. Rufus, quite calmly.
Shortly after, in some stronghold Of
the law, he discovered that he was sup
posed to be one Knowing Bill, of Balti-
more; that Detective Burke had never
seen his face. but had followed the hat
and overcoat from description, and de-
spite his wrath and the miseries of a
day and night passed in durance vile,
it was JOY to him when at last he
heard portly, white-haired gentleman
remark:
Detective Burke. you are an idiot
Couldn't you see that this gentleman's
story was true? Knowing Bill has
changed clothes with him in the bath
rooms, and so eluded you. Why, the
fellow is twenty-eight, as dark as an
Indian. and half this gentleman's age
Very sorry, MIR. Rufus, that this has oc-
Cured"
Poor Mr.. Rufus! he uttered furious
philippe, and afterward pinned to-
gether the garments which the action
of his strong knees and elbows had al
ready ripped, and hurried down stairs.
To return to his hotel and telegraph
for money from home was his only
course. He could not take CAP. Cab
men must be paid, and
Lord help mer' said Mr.. Rufus.
I've forgotten where stop"
Indeed, after standing on the curb
stone for half an hour, he found that
the name of his hotel was utterly gone.
He had never noticed in what street it
was located. and only that it had an
Irish name.
The OGorman. the McManus, the
'Brien-what was it? Alas! it was
gone.
I'm going mad" thought poor Mr..
Rufus. I'D better go home and be
locked up there"
And as he knew the way to the depot
he hurried up Broadway, the pins in
his knees flying out at every moment
and exhibiting the red flannel beneath,
MS DlS SOAhOlOlO ohduIuS HAo eyes, Ills
tight little overcoat bursting up his
back. Who would have recognized
Mr.. Job Rufus, of Rufustown, as he
hurried into the depot?
''Well?" said the ticket clerk. peep
ing out at the remarkable figure that
stood before his window
I'm Job Rufus. of Rufus Brothers,
Rufustown," replied Mr.. Rufus. I've
been robbed. l want a ticket down
there. I'll pay at the other end"
"You will. eh?" asked the clerk.
Get it at the other end, then"
But, sir" exclaimed Mr.. Rufus.
The window went shut in his face.
Mr.. Rufus clasped his head with both
hands, What should he do? He went
to the door and stood there for mo-
ment. Suddenly his eye rested on a
sign opposite:
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INCENSE FOR HOMES.
An Oriental Custom That May Well be
Initiated in This Country.

An Oriental Custom That May Well be
Initiated in This Country.
The agreeable fashion OF burning
pastilles and fragrant herbs in rooms
that are apt to grow ''stuffy' in damp
weather is almO5ta substitute for fire
on the hearth, which purifies and
cheers the whole house. Ever since
the mania for Japanese decorating
came in there has been demand for
the delicious pastilles, or ''reeds.
which are the condensation Of stern
fragrance, and their use has brought
about a greater love for aromatic doors
of refined and purifying nature. The
subtle sweetness permeating articles
that come from China or Japan viii
last for years and affect the atmO5-
phere. not merely OF the room they
are in. but of the entire house. There
is not Rimmel or a Lubin in Europe
than can produce this intoxicating, and,
if one may say so, 2high-bred perfume
from the Orient, try as he may. A
G..nch of japanese pastilles, smolder-
ing one a. a time in little incense
burner, will last several weeks. while
for olfactories disliking any perfume.
however delicate, bit of gum camphOr
or little stack OF pine needles pro-
duces a most refreshing odor while
burning. Pine needles can be gathered
by the bushel and kept ali winter to De
thrown on coal fires in city houses or
burned by themselves in one OF those
little chafing dishes fox which japanese
art is famous Chicago Herald
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THE O'DOWD HOUSE,
B. O'DOWD.

Hastily scribbling upon the latter
a statement of the fact that he had
arrived, and was safe IN the inn, he
addressed and dispatched it, took his
supper. and went to bed. 1t was a
| comfortable bed enough, and he slept
like top. and early in the morning.
true to his country habits, arose with
a firm determination to have Turkish
bath before breakfast. He had the
direction of the baths in his pocket,
and car took him to the door. Having
bought a ticket, he was introduced into
the public room, and to private dress
ing room. and went through his ordeal.
Afterward, as he reclined on a sofa, he
came to the happy conclusion that his
inner man had not escaped through
the pores of his skin, and that when
he solidified again he should be himself
once more. There was only one early
bather in the place, and he did not
pause to rest. He was off as soon as
he had put his clothes on.
So Mr.. Rufus was able to depart also.
He went to the little room where he
had left his garments and essayed to
clothe himself, but something had
happened to his garments; they were
too small. Had he swollen in the bath?
No. They were not his garments.
Yet he was sure of the number of his
dressing-room. He rang a bell. An
attendant appeared. A search was
made. The polite proprietor was
summoned.
The gentleman who had just de-
parted had evidently changed the
clothes. The same key fitted both
doors, and yet the garments left were
not shabby. They were in fact, almost
new; a short cutaway coat, light,
greenish-cOlOred overcoat with ire
meudous buttons, trowsers of a very
broad plaid, very sombrero of a
soft hat, all at least two sizes too small
for Mr.. Rufus.
Ihave known distracted gentlemen,
but never one so distracted as this gen.
tleman must have BEEN" said the pro-
prietor. Probably he'll discover his
mistake and return"
But Mr.. Rufus, sitting disconsolately
in his blanket, had no such hope. He
waited long while and was at last in
formed that the ''ladies hour" had
come, and that all gentlemen bathers
must depart; and examining himself into
the garments we have mentioned, de-
parted, cOmical sight enough, with
sleeves that left his wrists bare, and at
least a quarter of yard of ankle be-
tween cloth and shoe.
As he descended the steps of the
house. he saw on the opposite side of
the way large sign bearing the words
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FARM AND FIRESIDE.

A good appetite indicates good
health. 1t is no disadvantage to have
an animal that is heavy feeder. Such
animals usually produce proportion
Etely to the quantity consumed. The
food is simply the material to be con-
verted into products.
in cutting up chickens be sure TO
use knife to disjoint them. instead Of
chopping them. Also care should be
taken with all meats not TO use q
Ratchet, as the fine splinters and slivers
of bone. which are exceedingly sharp,
may cause serious trouble if taken into
the mouth and stomach.-Country Gen.
tleman.
The Journal of Health asserts that
no Thoughtful mother should rest until
she has taught her daughter to do well
the following things To make a cup
of coffee, to cook loaf of bread. 10
cook a potato. to broil a steak or
chicken, to cut, fit and make dress.
and to set tidy table.
Lima Bean Soup: Put a quart OF
dried beans in saucepan, cover with
boiling water. and boil slowly one hour.
Drain and pass through a colander.
Put pint of milk on to boil, add the
beans. thickeu with lump of butter
rolled in -four, let it BOIL add the beaten
yolks of two eggs, season with salt aud
pepper. and serve.
The farmer. because of the credit
system, INDUCES in many luxuries that
would be denied if they were 10 be
paid for at the time. 1t is an easy
matter to give an order with the sug-
ton to charge this" and if paid AZ
the time would be easy; but it is the
accumulation of these little charges
that soon confront the debtor in the
shape of an enormous bill that causes
the trouble and inconvenience. 1t
would be far better for all farmers if
the rule of paying as one goes could be
adopted, or else not to go.
Strawberry Acid: Have three
quarts of ripe strawberries, two ounces
of citric acid and one quart of water.
Dissolve the acid in the water, pour it
over the berries in stone pot or glass
jar, and set in cool place for twenty
four hours. Then drain off the liquid
and pour it on three quarts more of
fresh berries, and again set it aside for
twenty-fOur-hours. Drain again, and
add as many quarts of sugar as
you have of juice. Boil and skim for
three or four minutes. When cool
bottle and cork lightly for three days,
and then cork tightly, A spoonful of
this in glass of water is most re-
freshing drink.-N. Y. Independent.
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RUFUS & Co, agents.

A wild hope urged him. He rushed
across the street, and bOlted into the
Office. Two very ill-tempered looking
gentlemen looked up from newspapers.
and inquired his business with their
eyes.
Your name is Rufus. sir?" said Job.
One of the men nodded.
"A Rufus of Rufustown?" inquired
job
NO" replied the gentleman.
Il thought might perhaps discover
cousin" faltered the hapless Job.
80 many of our family have settled in
New York. I'm Job Rufus, of Rufus
town; and although l feel greatly en-
barrassed, l will tell you my dilemma;
l came down yesterday. I've been
robbed-all my clothes taken, and
these left. 1 want to get back home,
and if you'll lend me the price of
ticket FL return it at once, and be
greatly obliged alsO-greatly-a if /
can ever do any thing for you at Rufus
town"
Look here. my friend" replied the
man addressed; ''when was young
and fresh confidence men often took
me in. They can't do it now. You
tell too old a story. l have sworn to
have the next fellow of the sort ar
rested, but you may 60, if you'll go at
once. You're an old man. and you
look as if you had been a decent fellow
once. There the door"
"A confidence man!-I?" roared
Rufus. Lord forgive you. Lord for
give you! There's no :ellow-feeling left
in the worldw
He staggered out of the Office, weak
with hunger and crushed with morti-
tication.
Gould he walk TO Rufustown?" he
asked himself. Gould lie beg ride
on the baggage cars?" He went back
into the depot and sat down; he felt
nearer home there.
A train was coming in; people hur-
ried by; he watched them dreamily. A
boy was crying the papers for sale:
mysterious disappearance of q
gentleman
20, dear! o. dearr' sobbed a voice
near him, ''he means yo,Ir par
Mr.. Rufus started up. A youth Of
fourteen, whom he recognized as his
second son, was passing behind him,
supporting on his arm lady, whom he
r. l.,
Emma Janem he roared, Emma
Jane and Washington"
o, how that poor little woman chung
to him; how she sobbed.
They telegraphed to US. They said
you'd mysteriously disappeared" said
Mrs Rufus.
so l have. my DEAR" and in cab,
which Washington had the presence
of mind to call, all was explained.
ODowd had telegraphed to the poor
wife, and the morning paper had long
account of how Mr.. Job Rufus, of Rufus
town, had ordered breakfast, gone out
to battle, and returned no more.
Sure, We thought you'd been MUIR
dered, sir; and I'm proud to see you
alive AGAIN. said Mr.. O'Dowd; and
looking upon him as his best and truest
friend, job Rufus shook him by the
hand, and poured out thanks and
blessings.
but for that man." he declared to
Mrs. Rufus, on his way home in the
cars, .'but for that man. I'm not sure
that 1 should not have mysteriously
forever. New York is an
awful place. IN. Y. Ledger.
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ST. LOUIS, July The st Louis Boat
ing Cub yesterday dedicated their new
boat, the Chris Won der Abe, but the
pleasure incident 20 the accession was
marred by ths accidental drowning OF
three members of the club
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-07-11

PITTSBURGH, Pa, July L-All Of the flint
glass factories in the United States have
closed for the summer vacation. The flint
glass workers of Western Pennsylvania,
Western Ohio and West Virginia held q
reunion Saturday.
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Lemon Flapjacks: One pint of milk,
three eggs, juice OF one lemon, one
fourth of a teaspoon of soda dissolved
in hot water, -four to make light bat
ter; fry in hot lard and sprinkle with
sugar.
The Press., 1889-09-05
b6l ! sSntsnoe. We are sorry lls has not always been done in

ALTHOUGH ssno icense'' was never so thor oughly appreciated by our Stafford people as now, when the law is so nearly enforced by our vigilant officers, yet some people are con fidently predicting license victory in October, giving as reason that the 'tclub men" {" whose privileges of keeping places for sale of stimulants under the guise of Literary" or benevolent" associations, are specially aimed at by an enactment of the last legislature. The change we are told, is to be effected by the vote of these club men, who have hereto fore refrained from voting. No doubt there will be some votes gained for license in this way, but we cannot believe that the people of Stafford wish to exchange the present condi- tion of things, in respect to rum selling and drunkenness the best known in Stafford for many years, for open sale of rum; to have the old ''bar room" signs brought from their hiding places, and nailed up on Main street, to have 'restaurant' or ''fish market'' signs turned with their 'sbar room" letteringa to the front, and the side walks again made disagreeable and unsafe by legally intoxicated toughs. Nor do we believe that all respect able men who drink are disposed to infict this nuisance on their wives and sisters, or to see traps for their growing children again open their alluring doors. Don't go back to license now, when we are nearer to prohi- bition in Stafford than we have been for near ly twenty years.
The Press., 1889-09-05
SOM ERS.

NCOrreepOnOence.l
 Mrs. Albert Thompson and her daugh- ter, Miss Alice Thompson, of Philadelphia, are spending few days in town.
 Rev. 0. H. Gleason left Monday for the Connecticut Lakes. where he has spent his vacations for number of years.
 Miss Addie Davis is assisting in Fuller x Needham's store. !,
 The select school taught by Miss Emma l.. Pease opened Wednesday with an attendance of nineteen.
 A party composed of Mir. Enos Arnold and wife, Mrs. Samuel Davis and daughter, Mrs. J. 0. Lee and H. J. Shaw, are spend. ing week at Branford Point, Conn.
 -J. 0. Lee commenced making cider al his mill this week. Apples are plenty this year, and he probably will have busy season. t John 0. Eaton has brought suit against Calvin Tiffany and the Empire and Bay State Telegraph Go. for damages for the injuries which he received in driving over 8 telegraph pole, which MT. Tiffany'e hired man left across the driveway in front of the M. F. church.
The Press., 1889-09-05

Indian summer has been prematurely hinted at for the last few days by hay skies and, late in the afternoon, an orange tinted sun, at which one may gaze steadily without harm to naked eyes. The veil is not fog nor mist. The hygrometer shows that. More likely it is smoke And it is not improbable that it comes from forest fires in the far northwest. The surface winds, hereabouts, for nearly a week, have blown from the north, east and southwest most of the time; but the upper aerial currents, which would be more likely to bear the impalpable dust which causes this autumnsl phenomenon, have come pretty steadily from the direction of Michi- gan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, and the atmospheric obscuration seems to have been noticed in western New York day or so before it became conspicuous in New England. The lack of rain, which has now lasted ten days, has permitted con- tinuation of this condition of the atmos- phere. No doubt sharp shower would clear things up efectually for time.
The Press., 1889-09-05
NATIONAL LEAGUE tB. B.) STANDING.
RECORD OF THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Agrncultural Fairs.

AgracultMral Fairs. Connecticut State Meriden, Sept 17-2 Hartford County-Hartford, Sept. 24-26. New London County-Norwich, Sept. 24-26 Windham County ooklyn, Sept. 17-19 Holland County Rockville, Sept. 1O-12. Berlin-Berlin, Oct. 2. Bristol Park Company Bristol, Sept. 30 Oct. 4.
 Chester Chester, Oct. 2. Clinton Clinton, Oct. 9. Danbury- Danbury, Oct. 7-12. East Granby-East Granby, Oct. g. FarmingtonV Valley Collinsville, Sept 11-12 Guilford- d-G -Guilford, Sept. 25. Manchester Grange - Manchester, Sept 17-19.
 Madison-Madison, Oct. 2. New Milford-New Milford, Sept. 1O-12. Simsbury -Simsbury, Oct 9-1O. Southingto burlington, Sept. 11-13. Stafford Springs Stafford Springs, Oct. .8-9 Union (Monroe, etc. )-Huntingto Sept 25-27.
 Union( (Somers, ,etc. )-Broad Brook, Sept. 25 Watertown-W Watertown, Sept. 24-26. Willimantic- Willimantic, Oct. 1-3. Woodstock South Woodstock, Sept. 1O-12 Wolcott- Woicott, Oct. 15.
The Press., 1889-09-05

Odd Fellowship, as it is exemplifed in Connecticut, had 3 gala day in New Haven Tuesday, and there was a very large at tendance, both of members of the order and of those who were there to look on. The occasion was the semi-centennial ci the order in Oonnecticut. The parade was very large, and the exercises were well conducted. An exhibition of this sort goes far to show that through the fra ternal organizations of the country, if no where else, the people are coming closer together and upon an equal footing. The growth of fraternal orders in these times tells of the brotherhood of man.