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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-14

Some varieties of pear trees produce
more wood than others, and more than
is well to leave on. The Seckel is one,
the Lawrence another. When this is
the case, more fruit will set than the
tree can bring to perfection. In times
past few advocated the pruning of pear
trees, but advised the thinning of the
fruit. We followed this course for
years, says writer in an exchange, and
did not prune, but lately have adopted
the method of pruning, and are well
pleased with the result. We have taken
from our Seckel pear trees from quar-
ter to third of the small branches, and
shall thin them out even more. The
frait is very much larger. higher col
ored and better every way, and quite as
much in weight and measure, though
not in numbers. We fail to see any OBJ
lection to such pruning. We seldom
cut off a large limb and when we do We
paint over the wound. This work may
be done any time in the fall or early
winter.-O. J. Farmer.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-14
DEVELOPING COLTS.
A System of Feeding and Care That VIII
Make Good Horses.

System of Feeding and Care That VIII
Make Good Horses.
From that colt you are to get the fut-
ure horse. If you intend to build a
house you must get foundation first.
We saw men the other day putting great
heavy timbers under the house of friend
of ours. We asked him what he intended
to do, and he said that he found that the
foundation was good for nothing, and
that he must put new one in. That is
precisely the way some men attempt to
''build" horse. They neglect the foun-
dation. They neglect to keep the bones
and muscles growing, and we can not
put new foundation under a horse as a
man can put one under his house.
If the foundation of the horse is
faulty, it will never be repaired. We
have known colts that never got any
thing in the shape of grain but corn,
and corn is no more fit for colt as a
steady diet than candy is for child.
The colt and all young animals should
have sweet, tender hay and such grain
as oats in winter. This sort of feed
ing will develop the system. The ami
NAL should not be kept in ill-venti-
lated stables, nor compelled to stand
in manure, and the old and oft-re-
peated advice to begin breaking" the
colt early is always in order.-Western
Rural
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cRoNIN's CLOTHES.

Hcre Evidence against the ConspiT2tors-
The Murdered Doctors Clothes Found in
q Sewer Near Where the Bloody Trunk
Was Discovered.
CHICAGO. Nov. 9.-The sensation in
connection with the all-absorbing Gro
min case yesterday was the finding Of
the surgical case and clothes of the
murdered physician and the forging of
another link in the chain of circumstan-
tial evidence that clSnks ominously
around the conspirators. For some time
complaints have been made to the sewer
department of the Lakeyiew station
that the sewer at the intersection OF
Evanston avenue and BUena avenue
was flush and running over. Yesterday
:woor three sewer cleaners were detailed
TO investigate the cause of this trouble.
The cover was removed from the man.
hole in the center of the street and with
the long poles the workmen prodded
among the rubbish beneath the water.
Finally a solid resistance was encoun-
tered and the wOrkmen then realized
that it was something more than allu-
vial deposit that was causing the trouble.
After some hooking and digging two
valises were unearthed-one a leather
one and the other the remnants
of q paper one. In the leather va
lise was found DIR. Croninis prescription
book with several prescriptions bearing
his signature. The paper one dropped
into pieces asst was pulled out and from
it rolled out a mass of tattered clothing
that bore evidence of having been cut
in strips by a sharp knife. The only in
tact garment was the vest which was in
the center, and which enCircled the
doctors case of surgical instru-
nents. The clothing had evidently
been cut and buttons removed in the
hope that they would soon drop apart
and 5e borne away in the waters of the
lake. The surgical case and prescrip-
ton book bore the doctors name, and
they, as well as every article of out
ward clothing, were recognized by
the Conklins and other friends
as the property of the murdered
physician. The most damaging of all
circumstances for the prisoners is the
fact that all this was found only one
block from the spot where the bloody
trunk was discovered after it had been
thrown hurIiedly from the wagon on
the night of May 4, or half mile south
of the spot where DR.. CrOnin's body was
found Thegpaper valise is supposed tC
have been the one purchased by u r.
Simmonds" from A. H. Reven & Co.
and to-day clerk from that establish
meat will eadeavOr to identify the rem
nautS.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-14
Major Burke in Honduras.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-Nothing has
developed at the State Department re-
specting the case of ex-State Treasurer
Burke, of Louisiana, although one of
the officials said yesterday he had heard
a report that Burke was on his way to
Honduras. He further stated that if
this were true it would only be
the most natural thing in the world
for two reasons. Some Louisiana
people, Burke among them, probably
have secured very valuable connections,
mining and otherwise, in Honduras and
it would be to his interest to go there
and work them, and there is no extradi-
ton treaty with Honduras. 1t is said
at the State Department that Major
Burke, according to the information
possessed there, has not been indicted
for an extraditable offense, therefore
his extradition has not been asked.
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a TOUGH KILLED.
A Township Constable Stops Interference
With an Arrest.

A Township Constable Stops Interference
With an Arrest.
FREDoNIA, Kan, Nov. 6.-At Buffalo,
Wilson County, at two o'clock yesterday
afternoon George r. Blackwood, con-
stable of Clinton township, arrested
Leo VanMetor, for being drunk and
f1ourishing revolver and took the
weapon away from him. While the
officer was conveying his prisoner before
a magistrate Frank VanMetor, inter
rupted him and demanded the revolver,
at the same time clutching at
the constable's throat. The lat
ter warned him to desist or
he would shoot. Frank retained his
grip in menacing manner and the Of
ficer fired, shooting VanMetOr through
the neck and killing him. Other broth
ers armed themselves and swOre ven
geance on the constable and he fled to
this city and gave himself up to Sher-
siff Manner. Frank VanMetOr is the
young man who blew up the Friends
Church at Buffalo with dynamite two or
three years ago and was sentenced to
the county Jail for that crime and had
been released but three weeks.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-14
COWBOYS FROZEN.
Terrible Blizzard Near Folsom, y. II
Causes Three Deaths.

Causes Three Deaths.
DENVER, Col. Nov. Cone of the re-
suits of the terrible billiards which
swept over Eastern Colorado and North
ern New Mexico Thursday and Friday
Of last week has reached here from
Folsom, y. NJ. Thursday night Henry
Miller, the range foreman for Colonel
r. g. Head, with several cowboys,
camped near Sierra Grande with 1,SOO
beef cattle which they were holding for
the purpose of loading in cars. AT four
o'clock that morning blizzard from the
northwest struck the herd, driving the
cattle toward Panhandle, Tex, the cow
boys being unable to hold them.
The snow was so binding that
it made it impossible 70 see
fifty feet ahead. Miller called his
men together and they started to fol-
low the herd and made an attempt to
keep them punched so far as possible.
The men became separated. Friday
night one of them wandered into Heads
home ranch, half dead with cold and
hunger. He told his story and rescu-
| ing party was sent out, and at noon the
frozen bodies of Henry Miller, JCe Mar
tin and Charlie Jolly were found on the
open plains not far from Folsom. The
other men succeeded in finding their
way into camp before being overcome
with cold. Miller had been foreman
for Colonel Head for twelve years and
came here from Louisiana. 1t is not
known where Martin and jolly are
| from.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-14
Land Frauds.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Nov. GA Du-
luth special says there was exposed yes
terday the details of a gigantic real
estate fraud perpetrated by swindlers
of Minneapolis and Indiana. The vic
Tins. are very numerous and are mostly
persons living in Minneapolis and in the
southern part of Minnesota, Iowa and
Indiana. A division nine miles from
this city where the land is worth $40 per
acre was plated and given similar
name to that of a valuable division in
side the city. Over SSS7,oOO worth OF
transfers, many of them of course DO
titious, were recorded
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Afraid of LEnchers.

DANvIIE, Va, Nov. 9.-There was
some excitement here caused by a ru-
NOR that a party from South Boston
would come TO Rsnville and lynch three
negroes confined in the Danville Jail
charged with having been members of a
gang who fired from ambush at Hon.
Il. r. Noble. The mayor ordered out
the militia and the jail is well guarded,
The prisoners will be protected at all
hazards. The three men have confessed
that they were with the mob of negroes
in Halifax and heard them make their
plans to waylay the white men, but
deny that they took part in the shooting
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-14
A Balloon Exploit.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Nov. GA balloon
alighted in the vicinity of Sherman, six
miles north of Springfield, Monday
afternoon. Two men leaped from the
basket as the balloon reached the
earth. They were Mr.. Baldwin, the
Quincy aeronaut, and Isaac n. Morris,
a Quincy reporter. They started from
Quincy at .12:15 p. m. They were in the
air four hours and fifteen minutes. The
distance between Quincy and Spring
field on direct line is about 100 miles.
The highest altitude reached wa TO-
600 feet. They could still see the Mis-
sissippi river VIXEN over half way to
SnrinCfield.
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The New Mexico Blizzard.

DAYTON, n. NJ, Nov. 1.-TWO men
coming in yesterday report snow drifts
in some places seven and eight feet
high, in which there are hundreds of
dead stock, many with only head and
horns above the snow. In one drift
thirteen were counted, in another ten.
Herds of sheep are completely wiped
out of existence and the range for
thirty miles from town is covered with
dead carcasses. 1t is estimated that
10000 sheep have persisted in this part
Of the Territory. Five cowboys and two
Mexican sheep herders have been found
frozen to death.
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WINTERING POTATOES.
How to Keep the Tubers in Good Con
dition for the Spring Market.

How to Keep the Tubers in Good Con-
dition for the Spring Market.
Properly keeping potatoes for the
spring market is point Of Importance.
Not all who grow large quantities of po-
tatoes have suitable cellars in which to
store them. Thousands of bushels must
be wintered in pits. The question of so
caring for them that spring will find
them sound and in perfect condition is
the proper point to consider. Rotting
sprouting, sweating are the sources
of injury. To prevent these is the aim.
If potatoes are sound and healthy when
put in the pits and are properly cared for
these conditions are not likely to arise.
To protect them from heat and damp is
no less important than to protect them
from frost.
Keeping them too warm in the fall and
too cold in midwinter are general causes
of destruction to potatoes wintered in
pits. They should be in cool condition
before being covered with dirt. Then
cover well with straw and lightly with
earth, leaving the extreme top of the pit
without earth, that any heat remaining
or generating in the pit may escape.
Protect the pits from the sun and rain
by a roof of boards, under which there is
free circulation of air, until cold
weather comes. Thus the tubers are
kept dry and cool and the earth is dry.
Frost will not penetrate far into dry
earth, but it will go deep into that which
is wet. With the coming of winter suf-
ficient covering to protect against frosts
will generally keep the tubers in excel
lent condition.-Troy On. " Times
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-14
Anofher NIrsterions Crime

ST. PAUL. MINI, NOV. "a mans
body. horribly mutilated and in an adj
vanced state of decomposition, in a
coffin made of'barrel slaves, upon which
was carved in red letters, "A traitor,
was what Coroner Quinn, of st. Paul
viewed near Lake Johanna YESTERDAY
afternoon. The body was lying buried
In the earth. where Theodore De Lancy,
of Minneapolis, stumbled over a pro
truding hand and so discovered tn,
corpse The face had been disfgureS.
and the ribs had been crushed in. Thu
coroner and detectives are trying to OBJ
ssin clew to the mystery.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-14

ing of draught to lamp; E, can-screw on
top of tube for pouring in water. The
tank sets in the pan. The pan is 4 by
II inches; the tank, by 4 inches, and
inches or more high. The case in
which lamp is placed is IL by 70 inches
at the bottom, and 10 inches high. The
pan is one inch deep, and is set on top
of the case, with flange. No solder to
melt. Door is on the left, with hinge
and hook. The whole to be hooked to
the floor to prevent the fowls tipping it
over The air for lamp comes in at f.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-14
The Use of Linseed Meal.

Linseed meal is highly heterogeneous,
but contains a large proportion of the
carbonaceous elements also, and for
that reason should not be fed too
heavily to hens that are liable to be-
come fat. 1t is an inyigorating food for
hens that are moulting or debilitated,
and also for growing stock. 1t promotes
digestion, and assis4 in forming new
feathers when the old feathers are being
replaced by the new. A gill of linseed
meal, three times week, to ten hens,
is ample, as too much is not beneficial
Farm and Fireside.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-14
Grocer Brown settles His Debts

FORT WORTH, Tex, Nov. Gall day
yesterday and until eleven o'clock last
night the creditors of Joseph H. Brown
have been presenting their claims, and
s2O9, 600 of Indebtedness has been settled
or secured, Armour & Co., of Kansas
City, Chicago and Philadelphia, dis
missed their suits and attachments, as
did a number of small creditors. Only
Se1. 900 of attachments are out, and all
bat SAG, 900, including the $4,000 have
been paid or secured. The assets now
figure up SIS, 900 above Indebtedness.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-14
A New Kind of Insurance

Has been put in operation by the manufact-
urers of DR.. Pierce's medicines. His
Golden Medical Discovery and Favor
tie Prescription" are sold by druggists IN
der the manufacturers positive guarantee.
Either benefit or a complete cure is thus at
tanned, or money paid for these medicineS
is returned. The certificate of guarantee
given in connection with sale of these medi-
cines is equivalent to a policy of insurance.
The Golden Medical Discovery cures all
humors and blood taints, from whatever
cause arising, skin and scalp diseases,
scrofulous sores and swellings. The
''FavOrite Prescription" cures all those de-
rangements and weaknesses peculiar TO
women.
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Did You Read

The large advertisement of THE YoUTH's
COMPANION which we published last weeki
This remarkable paper has the phenomenal
circulation of 43O, 900 copies weekly. No
other journal is more welcomed by old and
young in the families throughout the land
The publishers make a special OFF, once a
year, and to all who subscribe now will
send the paper free 10 january I, 1890, aud for
full year from that date. The subscription
price is S!.75 Address,
The YoUrH's COMPANION, Boston, Mass
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-14

1t is the opinion of the Wells-FargO
detectives that Black Bart, the most
notorious and skillful lone high
wayman" who ever operated in Califor.
MIA, has gone to China or the Aus
tralian colonies. Over thirty robberies
of stages and express boxes are at
tributed to Bart, but so shrewd was he
that evidence sufficient to convict him
was never obtained except in two or
three cases.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-14
Narrow Escape of a British War Ship VITA
the GnEernnr-G eneraI of Canada.

VICTORIA, B. c., Nov. 9.-Her Najes-
tvs ship AmphiOn, with the Governor
General and his party on board, struck
a reef off Kellett Bluff. A big hole
was knocked in the vessels side and
she came within an ace of sinking.
After a perilOus run the vessel finally
reached Esquimault, where she was dry
docked. The Governor-Generalw was in
specting the ship with one of the of
ficers, and was either at the time of the
accident or a moment before at the spot
where the rocks crashed through her
Sida
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-14
FARM AND GARDEN.
HOMEMADE FRUIT PICKER.
A Simple Yet Efficient Little Device That
Saves Both Time and Labor.

A Simple Yet Efficient Little Device That
Saves Both Time and Labor.
For the general gathering of heavy
crops of apples, pears, etc, there is
nothing so reliable as the two hands Of
man. but when the fruit is somewhat
scattered upon the tree this little device
saves much labor in climbing or moving
a ladder. As rule the best and largest
fruit is found at the topmost or outside
branches: 1t is almost inaccessible and
can only be secured by shaking off or
bruising in some way. Most fruit pick
ers which have been placed upon the
market have linen bag attached with a
mouth of wire so arranged as to catch
the apple by the stem, or one provided
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-14
THE RESULT IN IOWA.

The State and Legislative Tickets in ISwa
-B0ies' Plurality Estimated at Over
Seven ThOuSand-The Legislature Sere
GIOse-SenatOr Allison Alarmed
CHICAGO, Nov. s.-eA Des Moines sPe-
cial says: Complete but unofficial re-
turns from every county in the State
show BoieS' Dem.) plurality for Gov
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DRINKING FOUNTAIN.
L Winter Drinking Vessel for the Poultry

A Winter Drinking Vessel for the Poultry
House.
Mr.. E. F. Grove sends to Farm and
Field design of a drinking fountain
in which the water is kept warm by a
lamp. The tank is made of galvanized
iron, has a can-screw on top and vent
at the bottom, opening into the pan.
The water runs out of this vent Tor hOle)
into the pan and ceases to flow as soon
as it reaches the level of the vent.
In the illustration, A is the tank; B,
the vent: d, the ventilators for allow
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-14
CATARRH.
Catarrhal Deafness-Hay FeTer-A Now
Home Treatment.

Sufferers are not generally aware that
these diseases are contagious. or that they
are due to the presence of living parasites
in the lining membrane of the nose and
eustachian tubes Microscopic research,
however, has proved this to be fact, and
the result of this discovery is that a simple
remedy has been formulated whereby
Catarrh, Hay Fever and Catarrhal Deafness
are permanently cured in from one 10 three
simple applications made at home by the
patient once in two weeks.
n. B.-This treatment is not snuff or an
ointment; both have been discarded by
reputable physicians as injurious. A pamph-
let explaining this new treatment is sent on
receipt of three cents in stamps to pay
postage by A. II. Dixon & Son, cor. of John
and King Street, Toronto, Ca2ada--Chrls-
tan Advocate.
Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles should
carefully read the ADORE
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-14

STUDENTS, Teachers, Clergymen, and
others in need of change of employment
should not fail to write to B. F. Johnson &
Co, 1909 Nam ST., Richmond, Va. Their
great success shows that they have got the
true ideas about making money. They can
showyou how TO employ odd hours probably.
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Consnmntinn surely Cured.

To THE EDIToR:-Please inform your
readers that l have positive remedy LOT
the above named disease BY its timely
use thousands of hopeless cases have been
permanently cured. / shall be glad to send
two bottles of my remedy FREE to any
Of your readers who will send me their ex-
press and post office address.
Respectfully, T. A. SLOCUM, NC.
ISL Pearl street, New York
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ernor to be 7,Io0,
which will not be-
changed much by
the official count.
Republican claims
of the election OF
part of their ticket
are groUndlesS
rThey claim the Leg
islature by six ma
jority. The result
is so close in several
districts that the
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-14

A MEDICINE prepared for the general pub
lie should contain nothing Eurtful in any
dose. Such a medicine Is Shallenberger' 8
Antidote for Malaria; 1t destroys Malaria
as water puts out fire, and is just as harm
less. Sold by Druggists.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-14

LAND devoted to timber should be
completely occupied. 1t should be
thinned out, but never cleared of, un-
less it is to be used for another purpose.
We are no longer obliged to destroy a
hive or colony of bees in order to get the
honey, so we need not destroy our wood
lot in order to get timber.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-14

BAD water is sometimes the cause of
sickness among sheep. The matter of
& pure water supply for all our animals
is vital one; and in this connection it
may be mentioned that the priced ''liv-
ing stream" on the farm is frequently
the source of the greatest impurity. 1t
brings with it all the impurities that in
one way OF another may get into it
above 'our farm.--Western Rural
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-14

ANXIOUS father Of nine blooming
daughters (attired in his night-clothes
and examining the bed-posts): Maria,
are the children all in? / can find only
eight Jumps of gum"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-14

PROFESSOR Occurring TO medical
students)-For this illness, gentlemen,
there are but two remedies, and neither
of them will do any good"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-14

official eSaant alone will determine who
is elected. Senator Allison is alarmed
at the outlook. He visited Des Moines
yesterday. and was ia consultation with
the Republican managers all day, and
returned to Dubuque last night.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-14

SOMEBODY who believes in old-fash-
toned methods of discipline recently
sent young lady teacher in Maine
bundle of shingles.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-14

AT the rate of increase in the past few
years the wool crop of Colorado will soon
exceed in value the output of her silver
mines.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-14

A FISHERMAN at Doylestown, Pa, saw
a sunfish swallow bee, and few min
utes later saw the fish on the water
dead. He cut it open and the bee few
ofr
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-14

Donor suffer from sick headache moment
longer 1t is not necessary Carter's Little
Liver Pills will cure you. Dose, one little
pill. Small price Small dose. Small pull
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-14

Oregon, the Paradise of Farmers.
Mild. equable climate, certain and abundant
crops Best fruit, grain, grass, stock country
in the world. Full Information free. Address
Oregon Immigration Board, Portland, Oregon