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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31
BRAVERY IN BATTLE.
Some of the Experiences of Pension Com
missioner j. c. Black.

Some of the Experiences of Pension Com
missioner j. c. Black.
The size of the body has nothing to
do with the question of bravery. That
is an intellectual-a soulful matter-a
matter of brain and not of stature.
Brave men in battle come from every
grade in life.
One incident stands out in striking
relief amid thousand brave and heroic
things that l have seen and known,
wherein men lay along the battery side in
front of smoking cannon, passed through
singing shot, and in front of charging
columns, and less conspiciously braved
the perils of trench and hospital. 1t
occurred in 1862. A young Federal
Captain commanding the left company
of one of our best regiments was, with
his command, forced back by a furious
and splendid charge of McCullough's
division into an open field, distance of
twenty yards from the thick woods
that lined the field. The charging
column was composed of four thou
sand men, and the hurrahs of victory
and exultation filed the air. The
regiment of the officer | refer to at
critical moment received the fire of the
front of this column. A number of his
men were shot and fell about him; the
remainder, utterly overwhelmed by the
strength of the advance, broke and
sought cover upon, the farther side of
the angle of the open field, where they
reformed.
The officer seeing the advance, and
seeing friend near entangled by his
horse-which had been shot and had
fallen upon him-stopped. alone. picked
up revolving rife which had fallen
from the hands of one of his men, and
alone among the dead, wounded and
disabled of his line, and at twenty PAGES
distant, emptied the gun into the mass
of the charging column. In this mo-
ment of diversion his comrade had de-
tached himself from his horse, and ris-
ing, together they passed from the
field amid a shower of bullets, ono of
which inflicted slight wound upon this
hero. have never seen any thing
more chivalric or brave, or more sue
cessful, even in war that bristled
every hour with the best deeds of mil
lions of brave foemen. john c. B ack,
Pension Commissioner, in Philadelphia
Press.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31
DIPLOMATIC STATE DINNER.
Foreign Representatives Dine With thu
President of the United States.

Foreign Representatives Dine With the
President of the United States.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Pa state dinner
to the diplomatic corps took place Thurs.
day evening. President Cleveland
escorted Nine. Romero, wife of the
Mexican Minister, to dinner, and Mrs.
Cleveland followed on the arm of the
Italian Minister. The other guests were:
Mrs. Carter and the Mexican Minister,
Countess Leopoldin Won Arco- Valley and
Senator Sherman, Baroness Rosen and
the Minister of Austria Hungary, Miss
Bayard and the German Minister,
Mrs. Sherman and the Turkish
Minister, Countess de Sponneck
and the Argentine Minister. Madame
de Hurtado and the Minister of
France, Mrs. Laughton and the Japanese
Minister, Mrs. Herbert and the Chinese
Minister, Madame De Varras and the
Netherlands Minister, Madame De Guz-
man and the Secretary of State, Madame
De Perez Zeldon and the Hawaiian Minis
ter, Madame Mutzua and the Spanish
Minister, Countess D'Arschot and the
Minister from Costa RIGA, Mrs. McCreary
and the Persian Minister, the Peruvian
Minister. the Danish Minister, the Charge
d'Affaires of Belgium, the Gillian Minis
ter, the Charge d'Affaires of Brazil, Mr..
McCreary, the Minister of Nicaragua, the
Charge d'Affaires of Corea, the Charge
d'Affaires of Sweden and Norway, the
Minister of Switzerland, the Charge
d'Affaires of Great Britain, the Charge
d'Affaires of Russia, the Minister of CO.
lombia
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31
A euTToN.s HISTORY.
Used to Conceal a Note from Prisoner Q
War to His Wife.

Used to Conceal a Note from Prisoner Of
War to His Wife.
A most unique relic of war is pos
sessed by George Clutch. commander
of the Isham Keith &c. A. R. post in
this city. 1t is a button off a private
soldiers uniform. During the latter
part of the war. Mr.. Clutch's brother
in-law, j. F. Gallaher, whose home is
in Ohio, had the misfortune to be cap
tured and confined in Libby Prison The
story of how the prisoners in that hole
suffered and died from starvation, ex-
posure and ill-treatment is a part of
history. After Mr.. Gallaher had been
there some time, he began to feel the
need of money, which would enhance
the prospect of reaching the Union
lines should he succeed in making his
escape. A surgeon of his regiment,
who was in the prison, was about to be
exchanged. He cut off one of the large
brass buttons from his uniform, and,
separating the two parts OF it, made
cavity by taking out the filling. He
then wrote on slip of blank paper, in
a small, but distinct hand, the follow
ing note to his wife, which he inclosed
in the cavity and again sealed the but
ton together.
exchanged by 1st Of December send me thirty
dollars in greenbacks. Put in a vial canned up
in a can OF tomatoes or blackberries. Send it in
a box Of provisions.
J.F. GALLAHER"
This note is well preserved and was
still resting snugly in its place in the
button when shown to-day by Mr..
Clutch. To continue the story, the but
ton was made to take the place of an
other on the uniform of the exchanged
surgeon, who reached home and deliv-
cred it to Mrs. Gallaher in due time.
1t could not have escaped the close
scrutiny of the officers had it been con-
veyed out of the prison in any other
manner, as the officers were particular
to search all of the exchanged prison
ers, including the surgeon, most mi
nutely. Mr.. Gallaher did not have
much hope that his scheme would sue
coed, even should the note reach his
wife, but he was surprised, for the
fruit arrived in a short time, and al
though closely inspected by the prison
officials, they failed to discover the vial
containing the money concealed in one
of the jars of thick preserves. Soon
after receiving the money MIR. Gallaher
III = l..
prison, being one of the chief partici-
pants in the great tunnel expedition.
He found the thirty dollars obtained in
so novel a manner to be of great SER
vice to him in reaching the Union lines.
When Mr.. Clutch was in Ohio a short
time ago he was given the button and
its contents to keep as memento, and it
is greatly priced as such.-Columbu
Qnd. Letter.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31
Cherokee CifiZenshin.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26-The Secretary
of the Interior has received from the At
torney- General an opinion in which it is
held that North Carolina Cherokee Indians
who have been admitted to Cherokee
citizenship by the Chief Justice of the
Cherokee Supreme Court, under the law
of the Cherokee Nation, Indian Terri
tory, are citizens of that Nation and are
entitled to all the rights and privileges of
such citizenship. Notwithstanding subse-
Quent adverse action by the Cherokee
Council. The Attorney General holds that
the Council has no lawful right to super
wise the act of their Chief Justice in this
matter. 1t is said that there are a large
number of Cherokees, some of them very
wealthy, living in the Nation, whom the
Council refuse to recognize as citizens and
have sought to dispossess them of their
property,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31
He Travelled at Once.

He had been wondering for some
tine how he could escape from the
tolls that were gently creeping round
him. and break the spell of soft con-
verse and witching eyes. An oppor-
tunity came at last. As she ended a
spirited description of her journey
through the Alps, she said impul-
sively:
''Oh. Mr.. Slopace, 1 think you ought
to travel"
He looked at her rig:dly. rose slow
ly and grasped his hat.
mo woman shall say that twice to
me-" he remarked, in a firm and des-
perate voice. ~ knew it was after
eleven o'clock; but l thought-that
isl hoped-no matter. Farewell,
Miss Phineweb-I will travelm And
he did, with alacrity.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31
USES OF INSECTS.
New Theories Advanced by Prominent
New jersey Entomologist.

New Theories Advanced by Prominent
New jersey Entomologist.
George d. Hulst, entomologist of the
New Jersey Experiment Station, holds
to the opinion that injurious insects
after all are not an unmitigated evil.
They make production a little more
laborious, he says, and add to the
chances of financial success for tho
careful man. We have yet much to
learn about insects, and how to deal
with them; but we are advancing. A
knowledge of the life history of every
insect is needed in order to show US at
what stage of its existence-egg, worm
or caterpillar, chrysalis and perfect
insect-we can take it at its great
est disadvantage. Of poisonous
remedies the arsenical prepare
lions answer the purpose for leaf-eaters
in almost every instance. Kerosene and
pyrethrum kill by contact A mixture
of the two kinds, however, Paris green
or London purple with kerosene emul-
sion or pyrethrum, secure two chances
to kill, and will be found most effective
in many cases.
Mr.. Hulst also states that we need
stricter laws. or stricter enforcement
of existing laws, against the destruction
of birds The demands for material
for decorating female head-gear have
done more to strip the country of our
song birds than the quarrelsome nature
of the English sparrow. Among useful
insect-eaters Mr.. Hulst names toads,
snakes, moles, the latter the only enc
my that preys upon the rose-beetle
when in the larval state. People should
begin to fight insects at their first ap-
pearance, and not wait until they have
grown numerous and destructive
Chicago Journal.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31
GOOD BREEDING STOCK.
EsSentials Necessary to Building Up
Trade in Blooded Animals

Trade I'm Blooded Animals.
In order to make success of breed
ing and raising stock to sell again as
breeders. it is not only necessary to
have good stock. but he must build up
reputation for his stock and himself.
His stock may be of the very best kind,
and yet if he has not been able to build
up reputation for honesty and fair
dealing, he Will find it somewhat diff
cult to build up good trade.
tits not only necessary that he should
own good stock, but he must be able
to make and breed so that the offspring
that he may secure will not only be of
fully as good a quality as the parents,
but he must be able to still further
transmit these good qualities to his Off
spring. The appearance of his is not
always a criterion of this, and
this is one reason why it
is so necessary to deal with
only reliable parties. The purchaser
of improved stock generally makes an
investment that he expects to be profit
able. Nearly all kinds of breeding
stock are sold at prices considerably
above the average market prices, con-
sidering every thing else to be equal,
except as for breeders.
In determining a question of this
kind the reliability and honesty of the
breeder becomes very important
item, as it is the purchasers principal
reliance for securing good breeding
stock. And the breeder who has start
ed out with the intention of securing,
or rather of building up a trade. must
be honest with his customers, or in
short time he will find himself unable
to make sales at any thing like fair
price. A reputation for honesty is at
the foundation of success with the
breeders, and if any thing like last
ing business is secured it is absO-
lutely essential. 1t is true that occa-
sionally breeder will be able by sharp
practices to seemingly make a success
for some time, but he is certain to be
overtaken at last; while on the other
hand. reputation for honesty and fair
dealing will grow, and the longer the
better, so that the reputation, or the
name itself, will be quite an item.
-Des Moines Leader.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31
THE NEW NAVY.
Easy Enough to Build ships But Hard to
Obtain Heayy Guns.


Obtain Heavy Guns.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-In its report
upon the Naval Appropriation bill the
House Committee on Naval Affairs sum-
marizes the present condition and future
prospects of the navy of this country,
saying: with regard to a new navy,
Congress seems to have settled upon a
policy of appropriating toward its con-
struction about Sc 900, coo per annum.
Your committee believe that this will
build up navy as fast as prudence die
tates. Our Navy Department and our
ship building are utilizing, as far as may
be, by every means in their power, the
knowledge acquired from the costly ex-
perience of other nations but they must
acquire experience Of their own. Too great
haste on the part of the Government would
inevitably result in confusion and
waste and most probably in combina-
ton instead of competition among ship
builders. Besides it would be an easy
matter in this country to build ships more
rapidly than we could supply them with
armament of domestic manufacture. Even
in England, with all their facilities, there
is loud complaint that the Government
and all their contractors are unable to sup
ply guns as they are wanted. The manu-
facture Of a modern high power gun is not
only an expensive but a slow and tedious
process"
The committee says that the appropria-
ton of $685., 900 for extending the gun plant
at the Washington navy yard. which has
proved to be insufficient, will, taken in
connection with other aims, be all that is
necessary to put three different navy yards
in condition to build the bulls of the finest
modern vessels, armored and unarmored,
as well as for the complete equipment Of a
great plant for theNassembly of heavy ord
nance. Satisfactory progress is being
made by the private contractors for sup
plying heavy gun and armor plate for
guns and for rapid fire machinery guns.
The committee closes: at will be seen
that Congress by the passage of the bill
we report, will have taken the last step
necessary to render the Government abb
solutely Independent of the world in the
matter of the building and equipping
navy. 1t has been the constant aim of the
committee and of the departments to pro-
vide for ships the best of their classes
guns equal to any in the world. There is
ample competition among bidders for the
construction of engines and machinery,
and in this matter American enterprise
and ingenuity seem likely to lead the
world. To get from q vessel of the type
of the Vesuvius speed of twenty knots
an hour seemed, when Congress made it an
absolute requirement. difficult task, but
it was undertaken and that vessel on its
recent trip showed the wonderful speed Of
21.64 knots.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31

"A New Haven pastor has been
gifted by nature with many abilities.
which have been highly developed. but
they do not include melodicus voice.
Realizing this defect, he placed him
self under the instruction of leading
professor in elocution, and labored
hard to improve his delivery. At the
end of a course of lectures for which
he had contracted the professor said
to him: There is no use in keeping
this up any longer; and 1 don't feel
justified in taking you:c money. What
you need is a new larynx.
Haven Palladium.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31
SWEET POTATOES.
What n Large Cultivator Has to Say
About Their Value a Food for Stock.

What n Large Cultivator Has to Say
About Their Value as a Food for Stock.
Those farmers in the West and South
who raise grain and stock should GER
tainly raise sweet potatoes to feed their
stock in connection with grain. Aside
from their fat and fiesh-forning ma
terials they exercise a cooling infu-
ence on the system, materially reduc-
ing the chances OF disease. From three
to six times as many bushels per acre
can be grown as of corn, thus making
them the cheapest to raise. They can
be easily grown on almost any kind of
soil where water does not stand at any
time, but on low land the ridges should
be made quite high. and plants of the
Golden Queen and Red Bermuda set at
least two feet apart on the ridge The
above kinds are the most productive
and are excellent varieties for the table.
A large cultivator says that fed with
third potato and two-thirds
cOrn-to hogs, and given nothing but
water to drink, they increased in
weight much faster than others which
had their feed of corn supplemented
with the milk and Stops from the
kitchen. The analysis of sweet potato
shows CO. per cent. of starch and 14.S
per cent. of sugar, which is proof
enough of their value as a food prod
uct.
At this time, more than ever before,
the profits of the farm depend upon
the economical methods and in its
management. The low price of most
all kinds of farm produce makes it
absolutely necessary for the farmer to
look for the cheapest way to produce
the same
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31
Widow MurdeYed.

JACKSON, Mich, Jan. 26-Mrs. Mary a.
Latimer, a widow, living with her son, R
Irving Latimer, druggist was shot twice
in the head after retiring last night After
the first shot she evidently crawled out of
bed and staggered to the window, but be-
fore she could raise the window she was
shot again and fell back dead She was
found lying in q pool Of blood.
Irving Latimer went to Detroit previ-
ously, stating to his clerk that he was go
ing to act as pail bearer for some deceased
friend. No message had reached him up
to noon, and his friends don't know where
be is There is as yet no clsw to the muir.
derer.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31
SkYeS Gets a New Trial.

OTTAWA, ILL.,. Jan. 26.-The case of the
well known seed merchant, James w.
Sykes, of Chicago, who was sentenced to
ing warehouse receipts when not actually
having the seed in store, was yesterday
reversed by the Supreme Court and the
matter remanded for new trial. Certain
evidence that was enormously excluded,
the court holds, would have tended to
make Sykes sentence lighter.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31
Attempted Train wrecking.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. 26.-The pas
sengers and crew of the Union Pacific,
Colorad o, Utah & Pacific night express,
which arrived at this city yesterday
morning, reported an attempted train
wrecking near Wilson, Kan, the pre-
vious night The express was running
at a high rate Of speed at the time,
on down grade, when it struck an
obstacle on the track with great
force. The engine knocked part of it aside
and the train passed over the rest A
party of train men and passengers went
back to the spot, where they found that a
large amount Of lumber, part of it boards
and part heavy lumber, had been piled on
the track as solidly as possible.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 26.-Samuel L. Fell
ton, president of the Pennsylvania Steel
Company and ex-president of the Phila-
delphia & Baltimore Railroad Company,
died last night at his residence in this city,
aged seventy nine years. To Mr.. FELTON,
the credit is given of enabling President
Lincoln to pass through Baltimore on his
way to his Inauguration unrecognized. 1t
was due to his foresight and zeal also that
the route to Washington by way of An
napols was opened when Baltimore was
closed by the riot of April, 1851.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31
A Veterans Queer Discovery.

While on visit to Orwell, few days
ago, George VIM, of Fairhaven, who
has suffered for twenty-five years from
a gunshot wound received in the army,
felt what he thought to be piece of
bone protruding near his elbow. On
investigation he discovered that it was
musket bullet, which he removed and
now carries in his vest pocket-Brat-
tleboro (Vt) Phoenix
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31

On the night of Saturday. Novem-
b er s, about s o'clock, tens of thou
sands of sheep folded in the large
sheep-breeding districts, north, east
and west of Reading. England, were
taken with a sudden panic, jumping
their hurdles, escaping from the fields,
and running hither and thither. Early
on Sunday morning the shepherds
found their animals under hedges and
in the roads, painting as if they had
been terror-stricken. 1t is suggested
that a slight earthquake may have
been the cause of this strange Incl
dent.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31
A Singular Form of Monomania,

There is aclass of people, rational enough
IN other respects, who are certainly mono
manlacs In dosing themselves. They are
constantly trying experiments upon their
stomachs, their bowels, their llvers and
their kidneys with trashy nostrums. When
these organs are really out of order, if they
would only use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
they would, if not hopelessly insane, per-
ceIve its superiority.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31

A SCIENTIST calculates with great pre-
clslon what a mosquito could do il it were
as large as human being There is no
utility in such figures. A mosquito can
do about four hundred times too much al
ready small as it is.-Baltimore Ameri-
can.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31

Then you think you really appre-
ciate orchestral music, Mr.. Fitzroy?"
she said in quizzical sort of way.
''Well-er-yes. That is, l think l do.
Once in while, you know. the instru-
ments seem to be all out Of tune, and
wander little, but when the man hit8
the brass drum solid all is clear to mo.
Hartford Press
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31

If you are tired taking the large old-fash-
Toned gripping pills, try Carter's Little Liver
Pills and take some comfort. A man can't
stand every thing. One pill dose. Try them.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31

No SAFER Remedy can be had for Coughs
and Colds, or any trouble of the Throat, than
"Brown'S Bronchial Troches." Price % cts.
Sold only in bOLes.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31

IF you don't want to buy, come
in anyway and pet our cat is a
friendly invitation which a sign in
front of Sedalia, Mo-, store holds out
to paSserS by.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31

How Ny THROAT HURTsl Why don't you
use Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar!
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31

THERE are no rounds Of drinks in the
ladder Of success.-St Paul Globe.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31

ALL the pawn-shop patron wants is to
be let a loan.-Hotel Mail.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31

The man whose watch always
agrees with yours is the man whose
Judgment can be depended on-Jewel-
er's Weekly.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31

THE letter "X'' is like person in doubt,
because it is always in perplexity.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31

THE first building with recorded lien
was the tower of Pisa.-Toledo Blade.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31

ARE as small as homeopathic pellets, and
as easy to take as sugar. Everybody likes
them Carter's Little Liver Pills. Try them.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31

IT'S odd, but a femi "nine" is gener
ally efTemin charlottesville Breeze.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31

The flnWcrth. Inc UrfefnAI IN.
for nearly ten years, using for . checl
as q competitor; but in about 1873, WI
adapted for q check line, &c was
edopted-this machine thus GO
ing ahead with the progress Of the u
times. and every requirement that
ufe and experience with ft has de-
manded- Having the right principle.
the capita point In this Rover is its
adaptability 70 run q Slack Check
Wire, and do perfect work with the
least amount OF skill and care on the
part of the operator. because TO run
awire slack Is guarantee Of dura-
bflity for wire and machine, IS well a.
most convenient TO HANDLE