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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-06-20
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

old pieces of oilcloth can be used
to good advantage as a covering for
eoops in rainy weather.
"A bushel of land plaster per acre
on the clover will show beneficial
effects. On sandy soil ashes are better.
Very cheap seed should be always
viewed with suspicion. They are
usually the most expensive thing the
farmer can buy.
Three wants are responsible for
nine out Of every ten Improbable
farms. according to American Agri-
culturist-want of cultivation, want of
manure and want of drainage.
"A Rolly Polly: Beat together two
cupfuls OF sugar, one cupful OF butter.
one egg, two cupfuls of cream. half 3
glass of wine, three cupfuls of flour,
heaping teaspoonful of baking powder.
half q pound of seeded raisins. Pour
into q pudding bag and boil for three
hours When done serve hot with q
cream sauce
In dry season cultivation is neces-
sary not only to destroy the weeds and
keep the soil in good tilth making
available plant food already in the soil,
but in addition if only the surface is
stirred considerable aid can be given
the soil in retaining moisture. So that.
In order to keep up a good growth in a
dry season it may be necessary to con-
tinue the cultivation much later than
if there is sufficient supply of mois-
ture in the soil to mature the crop.
1t is said that birds are the poor
mans music, and flowers the poor
mans poetry The country then is
where he can best enjoy this music and
this poetry and there they may be to
him as the echoes of Heaven in the
human heart. Let him cultivate q
flower garden and it will be to him a
spring of sunshine. and its silent in
tiuence will make all the household
better by its insensibly ennobling in
fuences.
The husband certainly is the head
of the household, yet many women are
far more careful and frugal than their
husbands. 1t could hardly be very
agreeable feeling for man to be de-
pendent on his wife. But it is no less
CALLING for the woman to be so dependent
that she has not a penny of her own, and
it is quite as hard for the wife to beg for
money as it is for the husband The
right way-the only way-for perfect
harmony is to carry out the principles
of the. ideal home-share and share
alike.
Just how many times and how early
the cultivation must be given depends
largely upon the condition of the soil
and the growth and thrift of the plants.
One of the essentials in securing a
good crop is thorough cultivation given
in good season. Some seasons the
work of cultivation. can be finished
much earlier that at Others. Consider
able depends upon the weather, and no
rule can be given either as to the num-
Der of times or the length of time that
it will be necessary to cultivate in order
to secure good. crop.-Western Plow-
man.
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ABOUT DEEP FLOWING,
An Old Farmer Tells Why He Considers i
Detrimental to Soil


While / agree with you that deep
loosening of the soil is protection
against drouth. think turning a fur
row eight to ten or twelve inches deep,
will be a lasting and serious injury to
the land. A few years ago, trench, or
as it was called, sub-soil plowing was
all the rage. 1t was done by one plow
following another in the same furrow.
The first turned six or seven inches of
the surface into the bottom Of the deep
furrOw; the second raised five to six
inches from the bottom of the same fur
row, and inverted it on top of that
turned by the first. 1t buried the weed
seeds which lay on the surface, so that
it made clean cultivation-but it was
soon found that it buried the vegetable
NATTER; the humns, the aerated and
oxidized surface soils as deep as the
weed seed, and the productiveness of
the land decreased in geometrical pro-
portion to the depth of the plowing. A
neighbor of mine told me he trenched
a field ten to twelve or thirteen inches
deep, and did not get fair crop
from it again in ten years, and
such was the united testimony of all
who trench plowed, and it was aban-
doned To clean a very foul piece Of
of land, it is sometimes practiced,
but never to make both plowings
more than four to six inches deep.
When first came to Illinois, Horace
Greeley, in his articles on agriculture.
recommended deep plowing-plom deep
was reiterated in every articles, As we
all in my yneighborhood took the Trib-
une. and swore by Greeley. we re-
solved to put it in practice, so we
ganged the depth only by the strength
of the team, but we found in the fall
that the weakest teams raised the best
corn.
One man had a powerful span OF
horses, and plowed most of his ground
ten or twelve inches deep, One horse
got lame, and he supplied his place
with a colt, and was forced to plow
only three inches. and the three-inch
blowing yielded twice as much as the
deep plowing. l could not say from
memory whether the season was wet
or dry, but think not extreme either
way. To turn four or five-inch fur
row and follow with the English sub
soiler, which loosens but does not in
vert, would doubtless be good policy;
but to bury the surface soil ten inches
deep and replace it with the dead inert
soil from thateepth will ruin our land.
Elmer Baldwin. in Orange Judd
Farmer
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-06-20
A Useful Tropical Tree

The tamarind tree is nativein Africa
and India. 1t grows to a height of
sixty feet or more, and is of handsome
form, with dense foliage. Its white
blossoms turn yellow soon after OPEN
ing. The fruit-pod is three to six
inches long with hard. brittle she'll
Inside this is the pulp. surrounding the
seeds. The pulp is firm. juicy and acid
and contains many woody fbers run
ming from the stem. The fruit, divest-
ed of the shell, is packed in casks and
boiling-hot syrup poured over it Some
times it is packed in the shell in jars,
with alternate layers of sugar. Tama-
rinds are used in tropical countries to
prepare refreshing drink. It has a
laxative and cooling effect. The wood
Is useful as timber.-Good Housekeep-
ing.
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| safe: if he did not he had the glorious con-
ISOLATION of dying for his country.
The troops were gotten in readiness that
evening, and the transports with their
decks and yards fenced in with logs brought
! in close to shore. The soldiers were mus
tered to quarters an hour after dark, and
marched down to the river. The gang
| planks were thrown out, and they went
aboard Luke's regiment took quarters on
the upper deck, where the men stacked
arms and sat down.
The night was dark and foggy, but they
had experienced pilots who knew every
foot of the river, and men and officers had
the most implicit confidence in them.
One DELAY followed another until it was
near midnight before the transports finally
pushed of and steamed down the river.
The coolness of the men made some Of the
officers ashamed of their nervous uneasi-
ness
The great black smoke issued from the
tall smoke-stacks, the engines pulled, and
the ponderous paddles were set in motion.
Ere long the transports were in the middle
of the stream, speeding down the great
dark river.
As Luke gazed upon those gallant men he
return from the expedition. Some were
eating, some telling stories, and Arkansaw
Tom was lying upon the deck buried in
sound slumber, as if he was at his home or
hunting camp.
SHOW can he sleep-when tomorrow he
may die!" Luke asked himself. The young
Captain walked off and gazed for a few mo-
ments on the receding lights of Cairo; then
l., IaI % h. Ill Il a,1- l.
was walking about, when some one touched
his shoulder. He turned, and, by the light
of the great furnace, discerned the ebony
face of the colored fireman.
"Don't We know me, nassau he asked.
''Whati Blackhawkl What are you doing
herel"
''Firin', massa.n
"When did you comet"
''Two weeks ago."
''Did you run away from your masterm
"Ts tryin' ter save dis Union, massa.
Thought I'd do all l KIN, an come down
heah fur job. See you ebery day, nevah
fur away frum yet"
Luke gazed at the black for few mo-
ments in stupefied bewilderment, and then
said:
'Blackhawk, what is this wonderful mys-
terry about you! Why do you follow me?
Who are you, any way!"
"Ye'n know all bout it, mebbe, some day, |
nassa; but 1 can't told ye now, massa,"
and Blackhawk began shoveling coal into |
the great furnace.
Luke returned to where his men were |
luartered lost IN wonder and mystery,
while the vessels sped down the river, con- |
7eylng those brave men to Belmont, car |
lage and death.
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tC0pwtghted, 1891
CHAPTER VL-COyTIyUED.

CHAPTER fL-COSTINUED.
On the morning after the conflict in the
valley Luke, at the head of dozen mount
ed men, went up to a farmhouse and de-
manded admittance. They were greeted by
half dozen loud-mouthed dogs, but, after
repeated pounding, the door was opened
and thin-visaged, sallow- w-complexioned
woman glared at them from pair of green
ish, dark eyes.
"What yer want?" she asked.
breakfast" Luke answered.
'Yer aberlition Yankees; an wush't
ma die if We git it here. 5"
''Oh, yes, we will" Luke answered, push
ing the door open and forcing his way in.
''Git out'n my house UT I'll scald yer eyes
outp'
''Save your hot water to make coffee,' he
retorted. with a smile, and, turning to his
men, who had crowded in after him, he
added: ''Now, boys, make yourself useful,
and help this lady get our breakfast.
KindIe a fire, wiring the necks of the chick
ems and DO whatever is required; but do no
damage TO the property unless she is stub
born and refuses to prepare our breakfast"
The woman threw herself in a chair in
a corner of the room and began to sulk and
snivel, while the soldiers busted themselves
One made fire In the cook-stove, another
brought water and others were useful in
other ways. She did not move until she
heard her chickens soualliug, and, spring
ing to her feet, she seized a broom and
leaped out into the yard to defend her IA
vorites She had raised her weapon to
strike when Luke seized her arm, and said:
''You will save chickens and other prop
erty, too, by devoting your time to prepar
ing our breakfast"
She was frantic with rage and swore she
would ''pizen 'em-" Some of the soldiers
threatened to burn the house if she didn't
go to work.
'I'll git yer breakfast, an hope ter good
ness it'll choke ye."
'Oh no, nav, ye don't wish US thet bad
luck, do yel" said Arkansaw Tom.
''Mawl ye old white-headed sinner, don't
yer call me nav. Yer old enough to be
my gran'pap."
''Oh la ye don't think so, do yea Why,
I'm only eighteen"
"Whut lie"
Here, take a chaw N git N a good
humor," said Arkansaw Tom, taking huge
twistof tobacco from his pocket and hold
ing it tantalizingly close to her.
With an expression more forcible than
elegant she struck 1t from his hand, and
sent 1t spinning across the house out at the !
door. Arkansaw's companions laughed at |
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came into the world TO save sinners even
the chief"
Article 8. Worthy is the Lamb that was
slain to receive blessings and riches and
honor and glory and power, world without
end. Amen"
But you go to- tinkering mp your old
creeds and patching and splicing and in
terlining and annexing and subtracting
and adding and explaining and you will
lose time and make yourself target for
earth and hell to shoot at Let US have
creeds not fashioned out of human ingen-
uities but out of Scriptural phraseology,
and all the guns Of bombardment blszing
from all the port holes of inidelity and
perdition will not in a thousand years
knock off the Church of God splinter as
big as a cambria needle. What is most
needed now is that we gather all our the
ologies around the boy in the temple. the
Celebrations around the simplicities and
the profundities around the clarifies, the
octogenarian of scholastic research around
the unwrinkled cheek of twelve years
juvenescence. Except you become as a
little child you can in no wise enter the
kingdom;" and except you become
as a little child you can not un-
derstand the Christian religion The
best thing that Rabbin Simeon and Hillel
and Shanmai and the sons Of Betirah
ever did was in the temple, to bend over
the lad who, first made ruddy OF cheek by
the breath of the Judean hills and on His
way to the mechanics shop where He was
soon to be the support of His bereayed
mother, stopped long enough to grapPle
with the venerable dialecticians Of the
Orient 'both hearing them and asking
them questions" Some, referring to
Christ have exclaimed Ecce Deus! Be-
hold the God Others have exclaimed
Ecce homoI Behold the man. But to-day
in conclusion of my subject cry, Eccs
adolescensl Behold the boyi
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was now lined with blue coats, bright caps
and glistening muskets.
General Grant, with his aids, was rapidly
getting them in position.
Luke saw no sign of an enemy. On the
right was field Of tall corn, the overhang-
ing blades of which would conceal any OBJ
iect from view a dozen rods away.
Before them was hill, covered with what
seemed dense growth of timber, but
which was really a formidable abattis, COM
posed OF trees selled in such a way that it
seemed impossible for men to squeeze
through them.
"We're been foolin' about here so long
that the Rebs hev got plenty time t rein
fo'ce,n growied Corporal Max
Silence in ranks!,
But Max was correct The delay had been
unavailable, it is true, yet 1t made it 30 long
after daylight that the soldiers and trans
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Iro BE CONTINUED

It is the man who adjusts a labor striks
quickly who is the smartest tye-uprighter.
IN. Y. World
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-06-20
LUKE MASON.
4 Thrilling and Romantic Story
OF the Late Civil War.
BY JOHN r. MUSICK,

AUTHOR OF brother AGAINST BROTHER -
HELEN LAKEMAE.' T" WALTER BROWN
FIELD" BANKER or BEDFORD"
AND OTHER STORIES.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-11

b. ID.
street /, lie Is best known in Washing.
ton as . decorator, and the impress OF
his talented brush may beseen on the
walls of eoine Of the most beautiful and
artistic rooms in the city. Decoration
hos risen to the dignity of an art long
since, and nIdny artists have given zip
the work Of turning out pot boilers and
entered this more lucrative branch. Mr..
Forsberg has not entirely deserted can
vas, however He still does exceed.
ingly clever work in making striking
photographs of negro life and character,
with which the streets of Washington
70 freely abound. 4 picture Of Mr.
Ftrsberg's was sold some time ago, en-
TIED "a Christmas Diuner, . tbat
would give an appetite to the most con
frmed dyspeptic. 1t represented
Southern kitchen of the oldcn time, with
an old fat Aunty as the central figure.
She is bending over the Hearth spoon in
hand. The turkey is roasting on the
spit before the blazing wood fire, the
itch brown of the breast looking de-
licious. One can almost smell the odor
as its rises from the various pots and
pans. The picture is enough to make a
hungry man rayenous, and one who Is
satisfied hugryj so man who Keeps q
well-known restaurant uptown bought
II and hung IL in the Office to tempt his
patrons, Thus does art and nature help
each other
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A MYSTERIOUS STRANGER.
Peculiar Movements of an Alleged
German Count,


- German Count
A special dispatch to the Globa- Demo. ,
crat says: Mr.. and Mrs. William Stein
way are interested in ascertaining, If
possible, the identity of stray and un.
authorized, German gentleman who de-
clores that he IL relative of theirs, but
concerning whom they know nothing
save that he has occasioned them con
siderable annoyance. Saturday they
advertised the man as. m impoetor, and
warned the public that they were ac-
quaihted' with noisuch person. 81
Mr.. Steinw1y, in explanation of the
notice WHICH appeared in Yesterdays
newspapers, said that in the early part
of 1887 he and his wife began, receiv-
ing letters from the lapdladies of fash
ionable boarding houses asking for the
address of the formers cousin or
nephew, Count Won Arnim, " Oscar.
Well" Count Won Boinge," and
various other ell:sounding names.
For time answers, were sent, in which
+. thereldtionship sof'the alleged noble.
man was denied. Several of the board,
ing keepers declared that the man
WAS about 80. years old, below medium
uNlEht, Nlth ilitChSNly Dldth
eyes, and a thin black moustache.
/ He was said 70 speak English with q
strong German accent, as. we'll as with
many idioms which were clearly Ger
man. His habit was-and is still, Mr..
Steinway thinks-to tell the landlady
that he wishes to rent a room, and de-
sired to see the available ones. = He
chooses always the best of the lot. and
tells the boarding. house keeper that he
will return and take possession of the
apartment in a short time. When
asked for references he would mention
not alone Mr.. and Mrs. Steinway's
names, but also those of Curl Schurz
and the German Vice Consul.
After nearly month of this annoy
ance the letters to Mr.. and Mrs Stein,
way ceased. The next spring, how
ever, the same correspondence again
began, and everything but giving pub
LEFTY to him was done TO y catch the
fellow. Last week the annoyance was
commenced anew, and, as Mrs. Steinway
is not in excellent health, her husband
decided to make the mans operations
widely known. '''.'''''
Mr.. Steinway said yesterday that he
could scarcely account for the man 8
actions, inasmuch as no attempt at rob,
berry or swindling had been brought to
his attention. He believed that it was
the fellows habit to visit boarding
house, and upon going through the
rooms pick up anything Of value he
could find. Then he would leave as
quickly as possible. If he did not sue
coed in finding, anything worth taking
then he would partly engage the room
and give the references mentioned. The
mans actions, therefore, are quite as
mysterious as his identity.
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and Ohio railroad.
Schedule in eject Dec. o, 1883.

Schedule in effect Dec. o. 1883.
Leave Washington from station corner OF
New Jersey avenue and q street. ~
FoR CncAeo and Northwest, yestibuled
Limited express daily $50 q, m, exrrcss DOB
Eon cmc,snArI and st. Louis, express daily
800 and Il. l0p. N. 1t5 ~ fsft-'-
Fon plrrspuRs and Cleveland. yestIbuled
Limited sIpress daily go a. m. and sspssss
9,05 pm: 's-c'..l ~ feiia d.if t.sf
PoR I1xseroN and Local stations. tseis
Fon BAIrlnoRn. week days. 400, Asai go.
4.ss, $50, 0.4s. I. 80. s.45 and ii.so D. m. sun.
AK DAYS a. ss0 - ssG, ~ ana M; 4 ia ao a
and Baltihors' 90. 20, sSs. M. sssa ss%
Us sss, rs. w il.so pm. '' GOV y ''
TRAINS LEAVE Baltimore for Washington at
6.lc, SO, go. 7eo. 500 t4s. minute train, 200
AGO, 40, 800, 600, $50, 800. 1000 and sfeo D
~ = q; LIZ ao5. ia. 100, s.so' 40 I S,cS
and 100 r. m
Fon AssAroIIs, $40 and $50 a. M, u. 10
and 4 80 p. m, On SUNDAYS, = 90 q. M, 435
p. IN Leave Annapolis $40, 81. a. m, 1a05
4.iO .. m Sundays, g. 81 n, M. 40 p IN. . -
PoR STATIONS ON the metropolitan Branch,
1000, tlVJV n. M, SLID p. m., Tor pfllIeipaI
stations only; tl0'i0, D. M, t4sSo aud ~ 40 b. m
FoR GAIrnKAsBuRs and Intermediate points,
t00O Q. M. III. 30 IAN, 1916. ttt,aQ p.Ip.
For Borp's and intermediate stations; Il. 90
p. m. 5000 pm.
CnuRnB TRAIN leaves Washington on sun
day at rs p. m, stopping at all stations on
Metropolitan Branch,
FoR FREpERIcK, 1910 a. M, fsa5 and t53s
p. M Sundays. LIS p. m.f f,,.t y, u
FoR HAsgRsTows, ITO. 10 a. m. and $50 pm.
TRAINS ARiivg from Chicago daily aa5 q
m and 9.86 y. m; from Cincinnati and &c.
Louis daily SO q. m. and J,ho p, M; from
Pittsbprg, 1855 q. M, t7.eo and 1915 D. m.
PHILADELPHIA DIVISION.
FoR PBlApELPuA and Wilmington, daily,
$40 n. M, 2.Oa, 4,20 and 1880 D. m HnfIet
Parlor Cars on the 8l6 a. m. and 80 D., M
trains. sleepings Cars on the 80 p m,
open at 900 p. m ~
FoR IsrKRAEpIArS POINTS betwesn Baitl-
more and Philadelphia, $3.50 =. M, ss.0S and
1880 y m.
TnAiss LEAVE Philadelphia tor Washington,
daily, $50, 100 a NJ, $50. TOO .. To. and
1906 night. wy
Except Sunday. 'Daily. SUNDAY only.
Baggage called for and checked at hotels
and residences on orders left at ticket Offices,
$40 and 1851 Pennsylyapip Avenue.
W, NJ. CLEMENTS, CHAS. o. SCpLL,
Gen Manager Gen. Pass. AIT.
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death scented to have set on his eyes re
Taxed they opened he fcebly pressed
her hand, heinurnHireds "Mo.hGr -
That one word was enough. She
heard II and swooned away Her boy
that beloved voice bcseeching him to
live.
BY this time all that could be done
for the recovery Of these boys was
ready. Hot blankets were provided, q
doctor had been found, the patients
We're carried into the nearest house,
and there was no lack of hands willing,
nay eager to assist But no effort
could recall life into the body which
bad lain longest under the water, and
one mother left that house with an
apguished heart To the other 1t was
given to thank God that her lIippolytc
her only child, had risked his life like
q hero and had yet been preserved TO
her.
The story of Hippolyte's courage
spread fast. He was admired, praised,
visited. All France heard of the noble
and unselfish conduct Of this boy who
had been called coward, and ms the
medal usually given to those who have
saved lives from drowning seemed an
insufficient reward in this case, he was
presented with cross of the Legion of
Honor, that distinction 50 eagerly GOV
etcd by every Frenchman, which, per
baps, was never before bestowed upon
a school boy not yet in his teens. m.
There were many who envied Hippo.
lyte Lefort the glory OF this brave ac-
ton; but, perhaps, they did not know
that it cost him suffering which lasted
all his life. lie, who has been 80
strong, became subject to pains aud
weakness, and sometimes his limbs
lost all power and were bcnumbed
Ike those of o veteran who had sur
viyed the fearful trials of the Russian
campaign. But no one could ever
again reproach him with fear, him
who bore the traces of such wounds.
Noble and blessed wounds are those
which are gained in saving the lives
Of ones Ffellow-creaturc and
more blessed far than those suffered
in destroying them.
In such battles, In these sacred
perils, God give us all strength 10 be
brave.-lN. Y Daily News.