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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-02

brilliant future for her If she will join
with the North in defending the Amer
lean policy of protection. Without
her vote the pro-British policy of free
trade has not the ghost of a chance.
1t is. therefore, matter for congrs.-
ulation that the New South is begin
ming to recognize that it would COM
NIT a great blunder if it should be-
come the ally of the free traders. In
the words of General Pryor "a new
generation is coming to the front
whose bosoms are purged of the pas
sions of the past, who are taught by
necessity the supreme Importance of
material interests. and who will fully
cooperate with that party, whichever
it be, that promises most for the ad-
vancement and enrichment of the
South"
To this new generation protection
lists extend a hearty invitation to CO.
operate in the work of protecting
North and South, East and West from
the blighting influence of policy that
would destroy American industries
that British manufacturers might have
a market for their cheap-made goods.
1t will be blessed day for the Repub-
lie when this invitation is accepted in
the spirit in which it is offered. Let
us hope that the day is not far dis
tant-Irish World.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-02
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS.
A Distinguished Southerner on Protection
and the South.


and the South.
In a published interview General
Pryor. the distinguished Southerner,
who has earned for himself a promi.
nent position at the New York bar, is
reported as saying that the South is
beginning to see that her interests are
bound up with the success of the pro-
tective policy. He believes that it is
In the power of the President to break
up the solid South if he will conduct
his administration on the line laid
down in his inaugural General Pryor
points out, to quite his own words,
that the actual indications of public
sentiment in the South are all in the
direction of a protective policy
This, no doubt, is the result of the
industrial revolution that has taken
place in the Southern States Think
ing Southerners recognize that the i'm
mense progress that has been made in
their section OF the country within the
last few years is only forecast of the
crest things that win be accomplished
by the South in the near future.
She has the soil, the climate and all
that thousand and one other natural
advantages that are guarantees of .
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-02
DRESS AND FASHION.
Hints Concerning Novelties Designed Bot
at Home and Abroad.

Hints Concerning Novelties Designed Bott
at Home and Abroad.
White ink for writing upon gray
paper is the latest in stationery.
Fringes of all lengths, styles and
colors are likely to be seen the coming
season upon garments of every de-
scription.
A novelty in England is the new col
lapsible bonnet, designed to wear to
the theater, in travelling, etc. When
it becomes tiresome to wear the bon
net it may be folded and used as fan,
or sat upon without detriment, even
though it be made of lace or tulle.
The Spanish combination of pink
with black is much favored just now,
and will continue into the summer for
various dresses.
Tailors have revived for spring coats
the Breton jacket, once so popularity
worn, with its wide vest fastened under
the left side of the jacket
For simple and inexpensive wraps
there are short jackets of checked or
striped cloth made with a turned-over
notched collar.
Ladies' watches continue small in
size. Wide license is permitted in the
selection of cases, every style being
fashionable, from the plain gold case
to that encrusted with jewels.
One of the most popular combina-
tions in silver and glass is represented
by claret-jugs of unique shapes, with
silver mountings. Occasionally one
sees crystal claret jugs finished off
with gold mountings.
The Marie Antoinette fichu grows in
favor to wear as drapery for the bod
ices of house dresses. Black ChaDtilly
lace will again figure in summer
dresses.
There is fad just now for what is
termed lucky jewelry, in which
hearts, wishbones, clover leaves and
similar objects are simulated.
In England fine moonstones are re-
ceiving little boom as lucky stones,
and the consequence is some very pref
ty brooches, cuff buttons and scarf
pins in which the moonstone appears.
Chatelaine watches are exceedingly
fashionable, and will remain so while
the directoire and empire style in la
dies dress prevails. N. Y. World.
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bic form of Joe Hanson. fellow who bore
an evil repute in the neighborhood, and
many wondered by what process he OBJ
tanned livelihood.
Joe was taken into custody by the sheriff.
but he was so stunned by the fall that moth
ing could be obtained from him then. Moth
ing further could be found about the
bridge that night but the next day Joe
confessed all A gang ofcounterfeiters had
a sort of cave in the bank beneath
the bridge, and to brighten people
away while at work he had acted
the part of ghost. There were two en-
frances to the cave-one that would net
have been suspected in the bank beneath the
bridge. and which puzzled US greatly to dis
Germ after being assured by Joe that it was
there-and the other some half-dozen rods
away in the woods. The cave, when visited
the next morning, was found to be well
fitted up with tools, and there was also a
large amount of bogus coins found therein.
The hammers were lying on the benches
where the gang had left them and made
their escape when they heard the scuffle on
the bridge, and l knew they had produced
the sounds that had at first attracted my
attention, and which, with the finding Of
bogus coin N the bed of the stream, led to
the discovery we had made. A part of the
gang made good their escape. and those that
remained were arrested on the evidence of
Joe. and convicted. The ghost, that so long
had troubled Parson Brown and his flock,
was laid, and had no further cause for fear
when paying Susan the remainder Of the
visits made her before l took her home,
which proceeding rendered them no longer
necessary"
THE usual wind-up of all ghost stories,
Uncle Benz
Eyes, or ought 10 be" was the answer
Ballou's Monthly
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SOUTHERN REPUBLICANS
A Movement Distinct from Office Seekin
and Office Getting.

A Movement Distinct from Office Seeking
and Office Getting.
The Birmingham convention has
some features of interest. 1t is the
first time in the history of Ala
bama that convention has been held
exclusively of white Republicans for
the avowed object of organizing a new
political movement for purposes dis
tinct from office-seeking or office-get-
ting. One of the resolutions adopted
declares:
The aim and purpose OF this meeting il not
to commend any man for office, or to interfere
in any manner with the distribution of Federal
patronage, but its supreme purpose is to ad-
vance the interests of the Republican party
and to enlist in its upbuilding the new men and
new forces now developing the material inter-
ests OF the State. Nor is 1t the purpose of this
organic at on to keep out or drive out any man
from the Republican party on account Of race
or color, but to promote the peace, welfare and
happiness Of the party and Of all classes Of cit
liens.
The character of the delegates
seemed to corroborate this statement
There were about three hundred of
them, and they were not what are
called professional politicians" but
solid business men of decided political
convictions and deeply interested IN
good government and in the develop
ment of the South by the advancement
of Republican principles. The exclu-
sion of colored men from the new or
ganization is not according to Repub-
lican ideas or methods in the North,
but under the very different conditions
which exist in the South it may inure
ultimately to the benefit of both par
ties, though, of course, colored people
can not be excluded from the Repub-
lican party. If the movement results
in obliterating the color line and sub
shutting therefor a new party line
which would divide both the colored
and the white vote of the South, it will
have accomplished a very desirable
result. That is the avowed purpose of
the movement, and intelligent South
ern Republicans who are engaged in it
believe it will be successful. At all
events, it is an interesting indication
of the drift of political sentiment in
the South.-Indianap Journal
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-02
REFORM IN BUTTONS.
The Plant of a Bachelor Who Knows
Whereof He Speaks.

An unhappy bachelor recently spoke
with deepest feeling in our hearing Of
a uniformity in buttons as being the
great and crying need of civilization
to-day. He discoursed with positive
eloquence upon this subject, his words
being evidently the outcome of bitter
personal experience.
Here am l." he said, ga forlorn
but well-meaning man, largely de.
pendent, as far as the care of my clothes
goes, upon the tender mercies of my
tailor or my laundress; except upon
those rare occasion when l can get
away from business to visit my father s
out of town. l lose button from my
overcoat. What happens? 1 go into
the tailor's; he looks at the coat,
brings out number of samples, and at
last offers me something of a different
size and texture, with the remark that
this is the nearest he can come to it;
when it isn't near at all, and if it were,
| isn't the same thing"
But it gives your tailor chance to
sell you whole set of buttons" his
listener said.
And you chance to pay for a whole
set, ;" was the grim response. IF l take
the case home my mother and sisters
will produce two or three boxes from
which they take thousands of buttons,
no one of which is what is wanted.
They will compare, and measure, and
fuss and examine the buttonholes; and
the end of it all is that they can hit
the thing wanted no better than the
tailor could. Now, it is all wrong.
The thing is blot on our boosted civil
liZation. Either some system of fast
enings should be invented which will
enable US to do away with buttons al
together. or we should be relieved from
this slavery which is enslaving our
best manhood, and some uniform sys-
tenn of designs and sizes devised that
puts the employment of buttons on a
rational footing. and enable man to
replace button without remodeling
bis whole wardrobe"
''And while it is being DONE" the
other observed rather scornfully, per
haps you would like a button which
would fasten itself on, keep your
clothes brushed. prevent your coat
from wearing out and a few tribes
more of this sort"
by all MEANS" was the cheerful
resnonsa .Rut we shall come tn all
that in time, hope.-Boston Courier.
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NOTES AND COMMENTS.

HgNo mans political rights art
safe in a community that permits ant
encourages corruption of the ballot in
any manner or for any purpose. The
only safety is in demanding under all
circumstances a fair ballot and ar
honest count. Chicago Tribune.
~Those Democratic journals
whose editors are holding Office under
this Administration are not repub.
fishing the articles they printed
four years ago that an administration
should have all officials under it in full
political sympathy.-Westchester(Pa Pa
Record.
@Citizenship, the right to vote
and to have his vote counted, has made
the white man of America what he is.
Give the negro the same chance and
there will be no race question, for he
will have no excuse for any. Don't
prohibit the colored boy from going
near the water till he has learned to
swim. Y. Press.
EarIt is evident that President Har-
rison has some very shrewd ideas
about the Southern political situation.
If he shall succeed in building up his
party in that section by peaceful and
honorable methods the service thus
rendered to the Nation will be an en-
during monument to his sagacity and
wise craftsmanship Chicago News.
HExperience has shown that the
free-trade theory, plausible as it is
made to appear to unthinklng and ILL
informed persons, invariably fails
when it is brought to the test of prac-
tice. There are indications that the
free-trade heresy has passed its prime.
From now on its decline promises to
be steady and swift-Albany Journal
-RI Before there are fair elections
in Louisiana. Mississippi, Texas and
South Carolina the laws and consti-
tuition of the United States will have
to be enforced by Federal authority.
The State courts and officials deride
them in so far at least as they are
framed for the endowment of the col
ored race with the right to vote.-Chi-
cago Inter Ocean
%This isn't the time to talk party
politics, but it may not be altogether
inappropriate to remark that we do
not find many veterans who are in any
extraordinary distress of mind because
a Union soldier is President of the
United States, with Union soldiers for
Cabinet advisors and Union corporal
for Pension Commissioner Burling-
ton ia Hawkeye-
RSThe body of Southern society is
permeated with the influences of insti-
buttons that have passed away, and
with beliefs and opinions that are at
war with the progressive spirit of the
age They can only be entirely re-
moved by changing the structure of
society. Wherever a workshop. a
rolling-mill or a factory of any kind is
introduced, it win begin its silent
work -Cieyeland Leader.
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PEARsoN.s REMOVAL.
The New York Post-Ofice and Hone
Civil-Service Reform.

The able editors who find it impos-
sible to indorse what they call the ire
moval'' of Postmaster Pearson. of New
York, are certainly aware that Mr..
Pearson has not been removed. properly
speaking. He was appointed for given
term, and when the term expired an
other man was appointed; simply that
and nothing more. 1t was not re-
moval in any sense except that he was
denied another term. There was no
obligation, political or moral, resting
upon the President to retain him for
the ensuing four years in the most i'm
portant Office of the postal service. 1t
may be allowed that he has performed
his duties in faithful and successful
manner; but it does not follow that he
is the only ma. in New York who is
capable of properly conducting the
Office. He accepted the position for a
specified time. and did not in any way
acquire a lien upon it for any addi-
tional period. 1t is manifestly incor
rect. therefore, to say that he was re-
moved, and thus to intimate that he
had been personally wronged. He has
no cause of complaint whatever; nor
does his case afford any reason for
criticism from the Clvil-Service re-
form point of view.
When the people of New York de-
cided against the Cleveland Admins
tration last November they surely did
not expect that Mr.. Pearson would be
retained in a place where he had con-
sented to act the part of bearer of
false witness for that administration.
They voted in condemnation of him
as well as of the President, Whose will
ing tool he was and whose reelection
he desired. 1t is absurd to claim
that he should have been favored with
another term because ting Chicago
platform pledged the Republican par
ty to the observance of 1.-The spirit and
purpose" of the Civil-Service law.
He stood for nothing in connection
with said law except the fact that he
had helped Mr.. Cleveland to impose
upon the country in the name of re-
form. 1t was President Harrison's
privilege and duty to dispense with
the services of such an officer at the
earliest possible moment; and he did
so in the interest of political honesty
and propriety. Mr.. Van Colt is in
every way the equal of Mr.. Pearson,
and in some ways his superior. He
will administer the affairs of the New
York post-office quite as satisfactorily
as they have been administered by
the man whom he succeeds. His ap-
pointment was solicited by many of the
leading business firms of the city, and
by citizens of the highest standing in
every respect. There is no occasion
to apologize for him. personally or po-
litically. The people of the metropo-
lis know him thoroughly, and have
tested him in other positions of trust
and responsibility. MIR. Pearson can
be spared without any peril to the
Government or to the cause of Civil
Service reform; and Mr. Van Colt will
not fall to justify the action of the Pres
ident in the matter. st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-02
ARKANSAS POLITICS.
Democratic Papers Denouncing the Clay
ton and Smith Assassinatlons

Democratic Papers Denouncing the Clay
ton and Smith AssassinatIons.
There have been numerous efforts
on the part of Democratic organs to
disconnect from politics the recent
murder of the negro Smith near
Plummerville, Ark, and to make it
appear the result of quarrel between
him and Richmond, his murderer.
The Arkansas Gazette Dem }, how
ever, seems to have no doubts in the
matter and frankly acknowledges its
suspicion that the murder was only
another chapter in the Clayton assas-
sination case, basing its suspicion
upon the testimony at the coroner's in
quest and upon the fact that Smith
was an independent candidate for sher-
if at the late election. had rendered
what the professional detectives en-
ployed consider valuable assistance in
the investigation OF the Clayton assas-
sination, and was in constant associa-
ton with them. More than this, the
Gazette is shrewd enough to foresee
that it is just such outrages as these
which are endangering the future
success of the Democratic party
in Arkansas. It warns the party
that if they do not cease it
will be defeated in 1890. The Arka-
delphia Standard. another prominent
Democratic organ, also sees the COM
ing danger and says: sit is safe to as
sert that in 1890 Arkansas Democracy
must rise early and fight long and
hard if it would win the crown. We
can carry no dead weight, and. if we
have any clinging about us now, the
sooner we rid ourselves of it the bet
ter" All signs indicate that if the
Administration gives the Arkansas
half chance they will
make good showing at the next cleo
ton, and there will be no more Clay
ton murders, either. The largely de.
creased majority with which the Dem
ocrats carried the State at the judicial
recently is another pointer in
the same direction. Though they
made desperate efforts to get out their
vote to Offset the increasing tide of
they only succeeded in
the State by little more
than 5000 majority. as against 27,210
plurality for Cleveland, a loss of Is
per cent.-Chicago Tribune.
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PUBLISHED BY
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LITTLE HAND.

Clasp mine closer, little dear white hand
Clasp mine lastly, till it grows so cold
AL your tender pressures will be vain
To awake an answ ring touch again,
TIL IL heth underneath the mold
remember how saw you first,
Little hand
Against the cottage wall
Grew a spray OF honeysuckle, till
1t had reached and touched your lattice sill,
And there, saucily, it seemed TO call
For vour touch to recompense its toll
o, thought the spray was very boldt
'Twixt the silken curtains soft you crept,
Little hand, and all my heart upleapt
AS you plucked that long, pale spray Of gold.
Iremember how kissed you first.
It was underneath the stars OF June.
On that day whose mem'ry fingers sweet,
You were lying on the old stone seat
Wrought to marble pureness by the moon.
Cold as marble till clasped you close,
And those little fingers softly kist-
All the passion throbbing in my soul,
Overlooked into that kiss that stole
Up where lies that ring Of amethyst.
Did you tremble when you felt that toucht
Did II thrill you, little fingers fair!
] have laid it sacredly-thst day
In the wards OF memory-the way
Mothers lay a dead childs locks Of hair.
Little hand, creep closer, let me feel
With my hand that grows, alas. so cold
Let me softly feel that finger where
With loves first most holy kiss you wear
Graciously that sacred band Of gold.
In LIES storm and in Lies sun, tits you
Who have guided me thro out the land
Straightly-where the path was most obscure,
Purely, for who touches you is pure
Little Hand, oh, little loved Hand.
1t is you who held the cup OF bliss
To my lips till had drank my fill;
It is you who opened to me wide
Loves gold portals where all Joys abide,
Where we linger, and shall lnger still.
What. all wet with tears: Nay, little hand,
Our farewell is only for while;
will watch you from the other shore;
will wait you patient till cnce more
can clasp you meath Gods holy smile.
Paradise without you could not be.
will wait outside till behold
You appear; and If God will, dear Hand,
Twill be you who clasps mine where stand,
Twill be you who opes the Gates OF Gold.
Cora Fabric. in n. Y. Mail and Express.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-02

"A smiling wife is blessing. but it
is one that the man who smiles too often
himself can hardly. hope to enjoy
Boston Courier.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-05-02

"A handy thing to have is a box
containing an assortment of bolts, nuts.
rivets. nails and hammer. pinchers
and cold-chisel.
Chicago eagle., 1889-10-05
APPALLING MPUDENCE.

FiUe Hundred Lawyers Auogate to Them
selves the Right to Choose Judges for
1900 900 People.
With characteristic cheek and i'm
pudeuce, the bar Of Chicago is again
attempting to dictate to the people of
Chicago who it will have for Judges
Several attempts Of this kind in the
past have been successful simply be-
cause circumstances so shaped them
selves that there was no other alterna-
tive than to take the choice made by
the bar.
But it is high time that a stop was
put to this mode of procedure.
1t is entirely un-American, and is
not in accordance with the principles
of popular government.
Thirty-four primaries, held in as
many different wards, are to be abau-
doned for one howhng primary, COM
posed in the main Of a lot OF briehess
legal cads possessed OF me- real inter
est in the material welfare Of the city
Of Chicago
Business men and merchants as well
as workiugmen must subordinate all
Of their ideas on the subject Of their
judges 10 tho decision OIL am uuruly mob
Of lawyers
Tho mavkiah 0utimuttlitF of e
portion ct One eity proa= upholds ibis
indecaueg Hut the people Nill as
SORT their rights m ume.
Tho bar primary must En
Chicago eagle., 1889-10-05
Is THIS REFORM?
With the Full knowledge of the City Au-
thorities, the City Sealer Is Com
PEELED to Whack Up with
an Outsider.
Startling Exposure OF an Extraordinary
ceeding-Interesting Information
for the Aldermen and the
General Public.

City Sealer Louis Adams has not
such soft thing in his office as the
majority Of people have supposed.
He has been compelled since he took
hold of the position to give half of the
proceeds of the place to gentleman
not connected with the City Govern
ment.
Under an administration which in
sists on closing the saloons on Sunday,
this is indeed rich.
Under an administration which in
sists On making the City Treasurer pay
interest on the city deposits, this is an
additional evidence of virtue.
The gentleman with whom Mr.
Adams has to divide the profits was
the chairman of the convention which
nominated Mr.. Cregier,
Mr.. Adams has always been a con-
sistent, Woodworking Democrat, and
no one labored harder than he did, on
the stump and elsewhere, to elect Mr.
Cregier. He was entitled to a good
place, with the distinct understanding
that he would have to divide the pro
ceeds with Mr.. Walter S Boyle.
Noone blames Mr. Boyle for making
dollars in this way if he can He was
probably entitled to a good office But
the system which sanctions such pro-
cedure is a peculiar one
Some startling developments in this
connection are likely to be made in the