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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-01-23
HUNTING DOWN NEGROES.
No Relief Possible Until the Colored Race
Receives Federal Protection.

No Relief Possible Until the Colored Race
Receives Federal Protection.
Simultaneous accounts of shooting af-
trays come from Jesup, Ga; Clarks-
vile, Tenn; GAINESVILLE, Ga; Charles
ton, S. c.; Augusta, Ca; Barnwell, s.
c., and Shelby, Miss. In every case
some of the participants were negroes,
and in nearly every one the trouble
seems to have taken the phase of a
race conflict" with most of the whites
of the neighborhood on one side and
many or few negroes on the other.
1t is impossible, at this distance, and
with the meager details that have
reached US, to pronounce definitely
which side began the trouble. What is
evident is disposition on the part Of
the white people to get their guns when
ever any trouble occurs in which negroes
are mixed up, and go to toshooting colored
men more or less indiscriminately.
Another thing evident is thai the law
is not trusted in the Southeastern States
to deal with offenders. The lesson
learned in such terrible way at the
Jail in Birmingham year ago was eff
fective for Birmingham, and since that
time the peace has been preserved there;
but other places are apparently in need
of the same lesson. If the Southeast is
ever to become really civilized, its in
habitants, white and black, must learn
not to carry arms habitually, and not to
go out cunning whenever one man shoots
another.
The tendency Of these affrays to de-
velop into trace conflict is one to be
deplored from every point of view.
1t is fair to say that at Jesup it is re-
ported that the better class of negroes
assisted the whites in their endeavorS
to capture the outlaw Brewer, and that
the color line does not seem to have
been closely drawn. This is as it
should be. If the white people draw
that line on every possible occasion, So
cially, politically and civilly, it will be
only natural for the colorcd people to do
the same thing; and the further the col
ored race advances in intelligence and
civilization the more danger there will
be of fatal collisions. The safest course,
as it is the only just and righteous
course, is for the whites to stop drawing
the color line in politics and to grant
the negroes the civil rights guaranteed
to them by the constitution. Then the
best citizens, white and black, can and
will mutually assist each other in Great
ing and maintaining a proper public
opinion, and every shooting scrape will
not be so apt to develop into race war.
N. Y. Mail and Express.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-01-23
FEEDING STOCK.


The stockman Must Be Governed in This
by Circumstances and Surroundings
No plan of feeding can be considered
best under all conditions or be the most
profitable at all seasons, says the St
Louis Republic. What will be the best
in one locality will not always be the
best in another. The purpose for which
the animals are fed will make differ
ence in the ratiOns that should be given
if the desired results are to be secured
economically.
When rotation of crops is carried
out and different kinds of stock are kept
with view of using all the various
products to the best advantage, combina-
tions can be made that will lessen the
cost of feeding the stock kept on the
farm or fattened for market. All things
considered, the best plan of general
farming is to carry out regular system
of rotation, growing a variety of crops
and keeping a sufficient number of the
different kinds of stock to consume them
to the best advantage.
During growth it will be found quite
an item to use such materials as will
develop bone and muscle. After the
animals are matured and are being an
ished for the market, materials best cal
culated to secure the laying on of fat
should be used. Stock that is being
wintered over will require more or less
food that will aid to maintain animal
heat. This is unnecessary during the
summer, and in this latter season rather
a cooling diet will be preferred. With
COWS kept for milk a different ration
should be provided from that used when
fattening cattle for market. Brood sows
or growing pigs need different ration
from hogs being fattened for market.
Science in feeding implies the selection
and combining of such materials as are
best adapted for and will secure the de-
sired results at the lowest cost.
The advantage in cutting and grind
ing all the feed is that a better oppor-
tunity is afforded of making what may
be termed complete rations, and lessen
ing the waste.
During the winter, with all classes of
stock, more corn should be given in the
ration on account of it's value in Great
ing and maintaining animal heat, and
with fattening stock because it pro-
notes the laying of fat
Bran and oil meal make a good feed
for cows and all kinds of breeding stock
because they increase the flow of milk.
Oats and barley are valuable to feed
to all kinds of growing stock because
they contain the elements needed for
the development of bone and muscle.
They are also good feeds for summer be-
cause they are cooling.
Timothy and red-top hay are best for
horses, while clover and millet are best
for milch COWS and sheep. Clover is
best for hogs, while blue grass and
pasture grasses are best for horses and
sheep. In this way all the farm products
may be used to the best advantage by
feeding out to stock, and there will be
less waste than when a speciality is
made of one or two kinds of products,
or one or two classes of stock.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-01-23
DRY FODDER ENSILEGE.

What an Iowa Farmer Thinks of It
After Five Years Trial He Prefers 1t
to Green.
l have had five years experience with
green ensilage, and four years with
corn cut and shocked in the milk, and
after standing month run through the
cutter, ears and all, into the silO, and
must say l like the dry fodder best.
There is less labor in handling
and sure thing in keeping. /
found my wooden silo, at the end
of three years use with green en-
silage, was rotten and in need of re-
pairs, and 1 lost by mold and rot from
ten to twenty-five per cent, a loss l
could i'll afford, but since using dry en-
silage l have not lost pound.
l find that can put as many stalks OF
dry corn through as of green, as it ele
Yates much easier. l have used five
different cutters, and not one of them
will do half as much as the manufact-
urers claim for them. l have no par
ticular praise for any make. only that
the Tornado cuts the most uniform of
any. l tried cooking corn after C. S.
RS direction after leaving it long
enough to see how it would keep. ]
hauled it out on the pasture and found
it rotten on the bottom. mo more,
please"
1 have tried every kind of corn that
is recommended. but find the small yel-
low dent the best 1t gives better
yield of grain to stalk of any, and does
not grow so tall, making it much easier
to handle. l use low-wheel wagons to
haul on, with racks twenty feet long.
One man can load without getting on
the wagon.-Country Gentleman.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-01-23
Intimidation I'M the south.

]. W. Henderson, a colored man from
Texas, went to Boston to answer Mr..
Grady. He most kindly referred to the
dead Georgia. and lamented his death.
He called attention to the fact that from
1866 to 1889, inclusive, the cotton raised
by colored labor had brought Sc, 00O, ,OO0,-
900, and that the product of their labor
from other sources raised the total to
SIS, 600, coo, 900, yet their taxable prop
erty is less than two-thirds of 1 per
cent OF their twenty-fOur years toll;
that the injustice to the race is shown
by the fact that of 1857 State prisoners
in Georgia 1855 are negroes, and that
while 81 per cent of the whites are par
doned only per cent. of the colored
prisoners had received executive Glenn
ency. The election outrages are shown
in the fact that in five Southern States
the Republican vote has shrunk a per
cent, and that to-day he dare not re-
turn to his home because of his offenst
in speaking his political convictions
indianapolis Journal
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-01-23

few if any of the implements for the
care of trees here illustrated, and he
may get along very well without, if he
uses common pruning saw, knife, ETC.,
properly. Yet the possession of perfect
tools affords not a little satisfaction to
the user, and it often facilitates the
work wonderfully. The implements
here shown are such as are in use by
German orchardists. Fig. is pruning
saw fastened to handle; Figs. and 3
are tree pruners, similar to the ones we
have in use in America; Fig. is sort
of hook and chisel combined, to be fast
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-01-23
GOING TO THE FRONT.
Cut out for Preacher, but he Preferred
Soldiers Life.


Soldiers Life.
wasn't born in Boston, but grew up
like "Topsy, Ignorant but happy, and
as full of fun as government mule was
of mischief. At the tender age of six
teen / graduated from the nearest cross
road school. About this time ny father,
in concert with an the neighbcEs, who
made our large log house their head
quarters during the memorable winter of
1865, came to the strange. conclusion that
was not cut out for Father Abraham s
army, but would make a famous preach
er. The ladies-bless them all-"allow-
edn that anybody could see / was call
ed" Well boys. doubted this greatly,
consequently, to use fgurative Ian
guage, kicked like yearling steer.
But all in vain. for shortly after this
they packed me off to Fort Wayne,
lind. college.
Comrades i didn't tarry in Jericho un-
til my beard grew, for Latin and En-
glish grsmmar were as dry to me as an
agricultural report from Washington.
Bless me It was GE'o. GRas, dUsGt, from
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-01-23
FARM AND GARDEN.
TOOLS FOR THE ORCHARD.

The Successful Fruit-Grower Should Have
Every One of These.
All the tools needed and used by our
old settlers were an axe and an augur,
and with them they would construct
houses and repair sleighs, wagons and
implements, and this probably much
better than they could have done
1t with a full set of carpenters
and wagon-maker's tools. if such
were suddenly given to them. To do
the best work requires not only the
proper tools, but also skill in their use.
The average orchardist probably has
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-01-23
Combined Kettle and Tank-Heater.

The experience of many leading dairy
men has proved that it is highly ad-
vantageous to take the chill from the
drinking-water for dairy COWS during
the winter months. Many appliances
have been devised, and some of them
patented, for simply warming the water
in tanks. The arrangement illustrated
herewith was devised by Alexander
Wilson, Fayette County, Ia, who has
it in practical use. 1t is not patented,
and may be made by any farmer, with
the aid of tinsmith. An ordinary
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-01-23

q great numDef
in u S e. + i g s.
Z and s represent
stiff brushes for
bru s hin g the
bodies of tre e S
after the b a k
has been scraped
off. The one is
fastened to t h e
end of a long
handle, and cal
culated to be
u S e d high up
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-01-23

FIG. ITO OILS FOR TIE ORCHARD.
ened to a handle, and used in pulling or
gauging off superfluous sprouts.
One of the greatest advantages which
the possession of these various imple-
ments secures is deliverance from the
necessity of climbing all over the trees.
The work can mostly be done while
standing on the ground or on common
step-ladders.
Figs. and represent two styles
of tree scrapers, of which there are
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-01-23
GLADSTONE AND BLAINE.

The Free-Trsde Arguments of the Grand
Old Man Shattered by the Great Amer
lean Statesman-What May Be Good on
Little Island VIII Not Do for a Vast
Continent-Free Trade and Protection.
From the published debate on the
question of free trade and protection in
the North American Review for January
the following extracts are taken:
In his plea for free trade Mr.. Glad
stone says:
Each of the rolling years teaches me more
and more f1xedly to think that in international
transactions the British nation for the present
enjoys commercial primacy; that no country
in the world shows any capacity to wrest It
from US except it be America; that If Amer
lea shall frankly adopt and steadily maintain
g system Of free trade she will by degrees per-
haps not slow degrees, outstrip US in the race,
and viii probably take the place which at pres
ent belongs 70 US; but she viii not injure US by
the operation. On the contrary, she will do US
good. Her freedom Of trade will add to our pres
ent commerce and our present wealth, so that
we shall be better that we are now. One-half Of
American labor enjoys protective wages; the
other half Of the product Of the United States
Is furnished by mere free-trsde toilers.' Now
I want to ask whether the wages Of the agri-
cultural half are raised by the existence Of pro-
t6ct1Ve laws Wnlcn cover the artisans. This
you can not possibly affirm, because it is an
elementary fact that (given the quantity OF
labor III the markeD they are governed by the
prices OF the commodities they produce, and
that those prices are free-trade prices. You
have free-trade toilers' all over your coun-
tries, and by their side you have protected
artisans I ask, then, next this question: Is
the remuneration of the free-trade toilers,' all
things taken into account, equivalent to that
of the protected artisans? II it is not, why do
not the agricultural men pass over into the
provinces Of demand for manufacturing and
mining labor, and, by augmenting the supply,
reduce and equalize the rate? Which Is like
asking how comes 1t that a man is content
with one loaf when two are offered him. The
answer would be: He is not content; when
ever he can he takes the two and leaves the
one. 1t follows that in this case there
exists no excess Of wages for him to ap-
propriate. 1 urge that all protection is NOR
ally, as well as economically, bad. This
IS very different thing from saying
that all protectionists are bad. Many
of them, without doubt, are good nay excel
lent as were in this country many of the sup
porters Of the corn law. 1t is of the tendencies
of a system that speak, which operate Vari-
ously upon most men unconsciously, upon some
men not at all; and surely that system can not
be good which makes an individual or set of IL
dividuals live on the resources Of the com
munity and causes him relatively to diminish
that store, which duty 10 his fellow citizens and
70 their rights should teach him by his contribu-
tionS to augment
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-01-23

Runs from Kansas City to Chicago over
the Santa Fe route. 1t leaves the
Union Depot every night at six o'clock
and arrives in Chicago the following
morning at nine. This time gives good
connection for all points west of Kan
sas City and for all points east of Chi
cago. 1t carries free reclining chair
cars, Pullman sleeping cars and dining
cars. 1t is Of the Vestibule pattern and
lighted by electricity; an electrician ae-
companies the train to look after the
lights and signals.
JNO. ]. BYRNE,
Asst Gen1 Pass. Agt., Chicago.
II. A. Bonn, Western Pass. Agent,
S12 Main street, Kansas City.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-01-23

among the branches; the other is in
tended for that part which can be
reached by hand from the ground
Popular Gardening.
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SERVICEABLE

agricultural boiler is used, but any pat
tern of wood-stove will do as we'll, If
nothing is wanted beyond warming the
drinking-water. The tank is made Of
pine planks. The drum and pipe under
water in the tank are of galvanized iron,
with the joints soldered to make them
water-tight. The rest of the pipe and
elbows are common iron stove-pipe. The
pipe which rises from the tank should
run into chimney or through metal
lie thimble in the roof. A quick fire OF
straw, corn-cobs or light wood will
warm the water NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Apriculturist.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-01-23
; Routes
TO New Orleans.

For Tickets, Sleeping Car Berths and further
Information apply to nearest Ticket Agent or
j. II. LYON, W. P. a., 52s Main street,
Kansas City, Mo.
W. II. NEWMAN, Gen. Traffic Manager,
II. G. TOWNSEND, q. p. Agent,
st. Louis, Mo-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-01-23

IT will cost but trifie to use ordinary
building paper in the stable. AS it can
be fastened to the walls in very short
time, it should be used especially on
the north side. 1t is usually fastened
on the inside of the walls and held in
place with plastering-lath, which are
nailed over the paper, the lsth being
two feet apart. Paper is an excellent
non-conductor of heat, and serves ad-
mirably in keeping out draughts- It
should be used in all stables that are
not closely built and warm.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-01-23

IT often pays to changs seed. NEen In
the garden.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-01-23
The HandsOmest Train in the World

General Passenger and Ticket Agent,
st. Joseph, No.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-11-14
X--PEARL BEER xxx
FOREIGN NEWS.

LONDON, November 1.-THE Duke
of Fife has sent Gen. Booth el00 and
q letter expressing sympathy with
his scheme.
LONDON, November 14.-Queen Vic
toria has sent to the Sultan of Zanzi-
bar the decoration of the Order of the
Star of India.
PARIS, November 1.-THE French
Government will lay a second cable
from Cajala, France, to Fano, an Is
land belonging to Denmark, and ly.
ing off the west coast of Jutland.
Rio JANEIRo, November 4.-The
French steamer LIE Bresil has sailed
from here for Lisbon with 200 organ
lied Portuguese patriots, who have
volunteered to reinforce the Portu-
guese troops in East Africa.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-11-14
Another Railroad Wreck.

PITTsBURG, November IA coili-
sion occurred on the Pennsylvania
road near Florence this morning
Two passengers were killed and
eleven others injured as follows:
Killed: Henry D. Minot. Boston.
Mrs. S. II. Angel, Washington,
D. G.
Injured: r. s. Delaney and wife,
Haymarket, very severely.
j. F. Matthias, Baltimore, seriously
J. Hellman, Washington, inter-
nally.
VIM. Rochester, Hoffman House,
New York. internally.
G. c. Hale, Providence, serious.
Miss NJ. X. kellogg, Richmond,
slightly.
J. HI. Hill, Sanbury, Pa. internally
injured, serious.
VIM. Miller, Allegheny City, Pa,
very serious.
Henry Mccormick, engineer, very
serious.
DR.. Wichle, slightly hurt.
Mrs. Wiehe, hurt seriously.
The accident was caused by heavy
fog which prevented the engineer
from seeing the first section in time
TO stop this train.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-11-14
Grecian Church Row.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, Nov. IA. - The
Grand Vizier has offered the Greek
synod to issue an edict granting the
church its privileges alb antique; also,
when the churches are reopened and
the patriarch has resumed his duties,
to use every endeavor to oblige the
Bulgarian clergy to adopt q distinc-
tive dress. The synod declines to
accept such an arrangement, and in
sists that the Bulgarian clergy be do.
clared schismatics.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-11-14
A Canadian Hanging.

WOODSTOCK, ONTARIO, Nov. IA.
Reginald Birchal was hanged in the
court yard of the Jail here this morn
ing. The drop fell at 500 and he was
pronounced dead six minutes later.
The condemned mans wife had
passed the greater part of the
night with him and the sor-
row expressed in her features as
she left the Jail at o'clock was deep
and touching. Birchal returned the
same look Of indifference up to late
hour this morning and as he reached
the scaffoid his eyes had not a trace
of the frivolty that had lighted his
imprisonment. There was no haunted
look nor was there any fear in his eyes.
The crime for which Birchal suffered
extreme penalty of law was the MUIR
der of his friend and countryman, f.
9, Benwell, of England, in Blenheim
swamps near Woodstock. On Feb
ruary 18th last the body of an I'M
and nothing was found on his person
to identify it. Birchall identified the
body as that of F. c. Benwell, who
had lived with him. Rigid investi-
CATION was set on foot and develope-
ments led to the arrest of Birchall as
the murderer.
Birchall strenuously denied that he
was the author of the crime but cir
cumstantial evidence against him
was SO strong that the jury at his
trial took but few minutes to
reach a verdict of guilty. The
story goes that Birchsll hao offered
or baIgained to sell the farm he own
ed to Benwell and the latter wrote
home for money to make the pur-
chase, and after the money reached
here Birchall enticed Benwell to the
swamps and murdered him. To the
very last moment Birchall maintain
ed his innocence.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-11-14
South African Progress.

CAPE Town, November 14.-Maj,
Johnston ond DR.. Jameson, the dis
coverers of a short route between
Mashomaland on the sea by way of
the Pungive river, have arrived here
from Pungive. They report that
the Manica country is being rapidly
occupied by mining prospectors and
farmers, who are ready to set at de-
fiance the Portuguese claims to the
territory.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-11-14
Gale on the Irish Coast.

LONDON, November 14-A furious
gale prevails along the Irish and
Welsh coasts, and quantities of
wreckage have been washed ashore.
There is an incessant downpour of
rain. The mountain streams have
become torrents, and in the Festinog
district have swept away a number
of wOrkingmen's cottages.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-11-14

fee of twenty-five cents and tariff..of
fifty cents per head.
''There is nothing in this talk"
was said, sit is all bosh. On the con-
trary, the Mexicans are giving the
American industries and enterprises
that are being planted in the repub-
lie, all possible support, and the time
is rapidly approaching when Ameri-
can interests and American instItu-
tions will have penetrated the whole
Mexican country, making the two
countries perhaps one in sentiments
and interests"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-11-14
Finds For Gen. Booth.

LONDON, November 14.-Mr. Ban.
croft, the retired actor and theatrical
manager, has offered to donate e10O0
if ninety-nine others will subscribe
like sum for the purpose of providing
Gen. Booth, the leader of the Saliva.
ton Army, with the money neces-
sary to make a trial Of his scheme for
the improvement of the condition of
the lower classes as set forth In the
book, Gin Darkest England"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-11-14
Labor Troubles.

LONDON, November 14.-The Sea-
mems Union has issued instructions
to its members not to ship on any ves-
sci with members of the Seamen's and
Tradesmen's Union recently organ
lived with headquarters at Cardiff.
The latter is looked upon as practical
ly an organization in the interest of
the employers.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-11-14
A Royal Madman.

LONDON, November l4.-Harrowing
accounts have been received of the
condition of the insane Grand Duke
Nichols, now confined at Alupka. In
the Crimea. Daring one of his yio-
lent fits he nearly strangled an at
tendant who tried to calm him, and
the mans recovery is doubtful. The
physicians admit that there is no
prospect OF saving the life of the
Grand Duke, who is rapidly becom-
ing a physical wreck.