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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-01-31
ORPHANS COURT.

The Stated Meetings of the Orphans
Court of Cecil county will be held on thu
second Tuesday ofevery month. Executors
Administrators and Guardians, wanting
their accounts stated, will please bring in
their vouchers few days before Court.
Test: r. E. LAMAR, Register.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-01-31
NOTICE

BY THE ORPHANS CoU1sT FOR CECIL CoUNTY.l
January II, 1882. !
ORDERED, That all Administrators, Elk
ecutors and Guardians that have not stated
an account within year, come forward anC
do the same. or show cause to the contrary
or they will be cited up.
Test: r. E. LAMAR, Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-01-31
The Western Rural very aptl,

says:
TASTES differ, but in our humble
Judgment, man cannot get much
lower than standing BEND bar to
wash tumblers, and there is mighty
little difference between a clerk in
many of our stores and slave. 1t
is a slaves life aid the man who
peddles out liquor from 6 or Z O'Clock
in the morning until II o'clock at
night works harder than any slave
that ever lived"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-01-31

The body of Joseph G Ditman, who
disappeared from his home in Phila-
delphia on WEDNESDAY, December II,
1889, was found shortly before O'Clock
Sunday afternoon last floating down
with the tide in the Schuylkill river.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-01-31

A Kansas farmer hauled two mule
load of corn to market not long since
and brought back home as the proceeds
keg of nails,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-01-31

If Jackson whips Sullivan in the
coming prize fight will that decide
the equality of the negro race?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-01-31
IF YOUR RdTK ACHES

IF YOUR BdfK ACHES
Or you are all worn OUT rally good for nothing
it is general Debility. Try
BROUN'S IRON 1fIT7ERS.
1t will cure you. and give o good appetite. Sold
by all dealers in medicine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-01-31

Observation from a Pacific slope
"Snow has fallen through,
out the California foothills on saint
and sinner alike. Angels Camp has
ten inches, while He!l's Delight has
SIX inches
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-12-11
Chapman Dol ngs.

Special REFLECTOR Correspond encc.
CHAPMAN, Dec. 4.-Our little city
was very quiet during the Thanksgiv-
ing vacation. Nearly all the students
went home to eat Thanksgiving turkey.
They returned Monday ready for work.
The lecture entertainment Melted the
high school about $50 which will be
used to defray the expenses of those
who have been secured to lecture 5c-
fore the students.
Quite number of new students will
enter the high school at the beginning
of the winter term. Several of those
now in attendance will be compelled to
stop on account of finances.
Mr.. Chas. Scherer's business house
is rapidly nearing completion. 1t will
be an ornament to the town and fur
nish Scherer Bros. fine room for their
business. The Knights of Pythias
have rented the rooms above the store
and will fit up a fine hall for their use.
Two new houses will soon be erected
on the high school addition, the found
ations being already completed. Messrs.
Loupee are erecting them.
Elk Governor St. John will deliver
the third of the course of lectures at
Assembly hall on the evening of Dec.
II. 1t is needless to say that Assembly
hall will be tasked to its utmost to ac-
cOmmOdate those who will desire to
hear the gifted orator.
Supt. J. S. Ford delivered very in
teresting sermon at the NJ. E. church
Sunday morning, Nov. 80. The peo-
pie of Chapman greatly appreciate
what Supt. Ford has done for the edu-
catiOnal work of the county and for
the high school and are always good to
welcome him to Chapman.
Prof. Irwin Mather, principal of
Stockton academy, was in town Sunday
and Monday visiting his classmates and
friends Principal and Mrs. S. NJ. Cook
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-12-11
The Poultry Shows.

We receive circulars regarding the
first annual exhibition of the Els
worth Poultry club, Dec. 18th and 18th.
Fanciers from Abilene, Salina, Rus
sell, Wilson and other places are ex-
pected. No money prizes, but score
card will be given each bird. This is
friendly gathering of the lovers of
good birds. Indian Games, the new
breed recently imported will be shown.
Every standard variety will be on ex-
hibition. One of the attractions will
be dog of Great Dane breed. Mr..
Hilton, of New York, recently paid s.
500 for Great Dane. No charges for
admission or entrance fee. Ellsworth
pays the expenses, and wishes every
one to attend. Birds will be returned
free by express companies, on score
tary's certificate.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-12-11
PITH AND POINT.

SO many men confound a curiosity
know about their neighbors with q
thirst for Observation-Disclosures Globe
Can you get the right pitch on this
cornet?" Yes; gimme it (pitches it on,
of the Window. There you arel"-
| Puck
1t takes three generations to make
a gentleman, but he can't voteany har.
der than the other fellow-Indian-
apolis Journal
If the world tried one-half as hard
to be good as it does to seem good sin.
ners would be as rare as saints now are.
-Atchison Globe.
The man who worries most about
what people think of him is usually the
kind of a man the people do not think
| of at all.-Atchison Globe.
"A man may be sure that his friends
won't forget him as long as he has
money, especially if he has borrowed
it from them.-Elmira Gazette.
1t takes the average man long
time to understand why early rising
seems so hard in the morning when it
seemed so easy the night before.
No man need look through heav-
emily telescope to find the path of duty.
1t is right under his feet, and he can
keep in it if he has a mind to.-N. o.
Picayune.
-Squiggers-"Say, old man, why
don't you make a joke about the man
with his overcoat in soak?" Funny
man with a shudder)-"It's no iokel
That's whyr'-Boston Traveller.
"A young woman in California was
arrested for disturbing the peace. 1t is
presumed that she had a piano and
lived in a clearinghouse, though the
paper doesn't say so.-Ram's Horn.
Must Be Insane.-"Your friend is
kleptomaniac." "How so!' He steals
my jokes, and publishes them as his
own" ''Your jokes? Then poor Charlie
must be suffering from insanity and not
kleptomania. Yankee Blade.
-Tomson-'Did you finally succeed
in bringing Smith around to your way
OF thinking in your argument last
night p" Jackson-''Yes; but 1 expect,
almost any moment, to be arrested for
assault and battery" Brooklyn Life.
An Economy-'I hear the Brad
leys are going South this winter. 1
thought they'd lost all their money p
They have. That's the reason they
are going. They can wear their sum-
mer clothes all winter, you Known.
Y. Sun.
New Burglar-Alarm.-Wife (sud-
denly awakening)-"Hark! Horrors!
What's the matter? Fido is way down
stairs, yelping as if he was hurt. What's
happened to the little dear?" Husband
IL threw him at burglar."-N Y.
Weekly.
-McFingle-"How much is Brown
son worth ?" McFangle-"Nothing!'
"Why, understand he had some very
valuable property" "Oh, yes; his
property is worth a good deal But
Brownson himself is worthless. Dos
ton Traveller.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-12-11
THOUGHTS ON WRITING.
Oliver Wendell acknowledgements the Sur
prises of Authorship.

prises of Authorship.
find the great charm of writing con-
sists in its surprises When one is in
the receptive attitude of mind, the
thoughts which are sprung upon him,
the images which fash through his con-
sciousness,- are delight and an excite
ment l am impatient of every him
drance in setting down my thoughts-of
pen that will not write, of ink that
will not flow, OF paper that will not re-
ceive the ink. And here let me pay the
tribute which owe to one of the hum
blest but most serviceable of my assist
ants. especially in poetical composition.
Nothing seems more prosaic than the
stylographic pen. 1t deprives the hand
writing of its beauty. and, to some ex-
tent, of its individual character. The
brutal communism of the letters it forms
covers the page it fills with the most
uniformly uninteresting characters. But
abuse it as much as you choose, there is
nothing like it for the poet, for the
imaginative writer. Many fine flow
Of thought has been checked, perhaps
arrested, by the ill-behavior of goose
quill. Many an idea has escaped while
the author was dipping his pen in the
inkstand. But with the stylographic pen,
in the hands of one who knows how to
care for it and how to use it. unbroken
rhythms and harmonious cadences are
the natural products of the unimpeded
flow Of the fluid which is the vehicle of
the authors thoughts and fancies. So
much for my debt of gratitude to the
humble stylographic pen. 1t does not
furnish the proper medium for the cor
respondence of intimates, who wish to
see as much of their friends personali-
ty as their handwriting can hold-still
less for the impassioned interchange Of
sentiments between lovers; but in writ
ing for the press its use is open to no
objection. Its movement over the
paper is like the fight of a swallow,
while the quill pen and the steel pen
and the gold pen are all taking short,
laborious journeys, and stopping to
drink every few minutes.
A chief pleasure which the author Of
novels and stories experiences is that
of becoming acquainted with the
fectly true that his characters
must in the nature of things,
have more or less of himself in their
composition. If l should seek an ex-
emplifcation of this in the person of any
of my Teacups, should find it most
readily in the one whom l have called
Number Seven-the one with the squint-'
ing brain. l think that not only l, the
writer, but many of my readers recog-
nize in our own mental constitution an
occasional obliquity of perception, not
always detected at the time, but plain
enough when looked back upon. What
extravagant fancies you and I have
seriously entertained at one time or
another! What superstitious notions
have got into our heads and taken pos
session of its empty chambers-or, in
the language or science, seized on the
groups of nerve-cells in some of the idle
cerebral convolutions!-Atlan
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-12-11
Horrible Story of CannIbaIl.m.

A horrible story is told by corre-
spondent of the Natal Mercury. He
says that a wife of one of the chiefs
near Fort Pine was taken i'll with a bad
cold and the native doctor was sum-
moned to prescribe the necessary cure.
According to the doctors idea nothing
could cure the cold but the fat from
some human beings heart Apparent
ly the doctor himself was the most fit
ting subject to abstract the fat from.
By the chiefs orders the doctor was
therefore slain and the fat of his heart
eaten by the cold-stricken chieftainess,
and the other parts of his body de-
voured by other members of the chiefs
household. The chief was ordered to
surrender. and the magistrate, fearing
disturbance, ordered out three hun
dred of his native police. Fortunately
no fighting occurred and the chief sur
rendered submissively. He will remain
under arrest until the Government has
fully inquired into the circumstances
connected with his case.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-12-11
CURRENT OPINIONS.
New Study for the Pupils of Young La
dies Seminaries.

I New Study for the Pupils of Young La
dies Summaries.
An educational feature of COMPARE
| tively-recent establishment in private
schools and seminaries for young ladies'
is one which might be put down in the
curriculum of studies as that of current
opinion. For the past two or three
years a number of the New York
schools and several prominent ones
throughout the State have instituted
weekly lectures upon topics of the
times. For this purpose, in some
schools visiting talent is employed; in
others a member of the teaching corps
is detailed for the work
The things talked about by the
world at large at the moment are taken
as subjects, and the addresses are vehi-
Giles for the transmission of much yalu-
able information which the young
women would probably not obtain for
housekeeping women being the
class par excellence, and almost the
only class, which does not read the
newspapers. These lectures are in
tended for the advanced classes. and
are, though not so stated, indirectly di-
rected to the removal of the bread and
butter faint from the coming society
debutante, it being no longer consider
ed good form for even a young woman
and a belle to be wholly ignorant Of
the important questions of the day.
Young men will do we'll to digest and
profit by this information, or the pretty
girl with the fluffy bangs who dances so
diTinely and looks at one so coquettish-
~ from behind her fan may know more
about Irish politics or the tariff than her
escort.
For two winters past a lady here in
New York has gained good livelihood
by delivering similar lectures toclasses
of ladies formed for the purpose. She
takes no class under the number of ten.
and charges ten dollars for every mem
Der per course. So successful was she
that she made up classes in BROOKLYN
and one or two of the Jersey suburbs,
one paper, of course, answering each
round This lecturer was patronized by
matron and housekeepers too busy or
disinclined to pick up the same infor-
nation in a different way.-N. Y. Times.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-12-11
A NEW ORDER IN THE WEST.
The Knights of Reciprocity Find
Inception at Garden City.

GARDEN CITY, Kas., Dec. San
order known as the Knights of Reel
procity, to rival the farmers alliance,
Is organizing in the west. The first
lodge was organized at Garden City.
About dozen lodges have since been
instituted in Congressman Peters dis
trict and in Colorado, and the order is
rapidly extending.
The meetings are secret and there is
an initatory ceremony. There is no
political significance in the organiza-
ton. nor is reciprocity adopted for any
political purpose. The founders of
the order, however, believe that in re-
ciprOcity lies the solution of the tariff
dilemma. The members are not espe-
cially tariff refOrmers, but they believe
in a wider extension of American
trade, particularly in the western con-
tinent. They DO not only favor reci-
prOcity almost to the extent of absolute
free trade with South. America and
Central America republics, but they
believe in the observance of reciprocity
within the United States. They be-
lieve reciprocity should be observed be-
tween labor and capital, the miner and
the mine owner, the people aud the rail
roads, the borrower and the lender of
money, the employer and the employee.
They propose to avoid the money, SUBJ
treasury and other SO called wildcat
schemes of the farmers alliance, but
there are understood to be some points
upon which they agree with the plat
form of the farmers alliance.
The new order will be introduced
into the towns and cities as well as
through the country districts. 4
grand lodge of Kansas will be estab-
lished within a few weeks, probably
during the holidays, and it is expected
that later a grand lodge will be organ
lied in Colorado.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-12-11
Our Southern Market,

K. c. Gazette: Junction City shipped
a quantity of corn to Liverpool via
Galveston. 1t sold on the track at
Junction City for six cents a bushel
more than could be gotten out of it
billed to any northern or eastern COM
mercial center within 5OOmiles. From
Junction City to Galveston it Is SIC
miles; from Junction City to Chicago,
it is 626 miles and from Junction City
to New York City 1,5S3 miles. 1t is
therefore 767 miles nearer Galveston
than New York.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-12-11
A OIL w Officers

The Abilene lodge, No. SO, A. o. U.
w, elected its officers last night. The
lodge has had prosperous year and is
in better condition than ever. The
following are the new officers: Rev.
w. II. Zimmerman, NJ. W; John Her
man. F.; T. NJ. Jones, O.; Richard
Waring, Rec; F. J. Murphey, receiv-
er; D. L. Pisle, financier; c. c.
Shaler, guide; H. E. Seeds, 1. W; P.
R. Pitts, o. W; c. w. Brooks, medi-
cal examiner; D. L. Pisle, representa-
tive to Grand lodge; 1. B. Martin, alter
nate.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-12-11
Irregular Action

Of the bowels. means constipation
constipation means misery. Overcome
both by using Hamburg Figs, which
have been especially prepared to obvi-
ate this arrangement of the natural
functions of the body. Hamburg Figs
will be found pleasant to the taste of
women and children, and an effective
remedy for indigestion, piles and bill
iOusness, 25 cents box at ]. NJ. Gleiss-
Rer's Drugstore. Dose, one Fig.
HAMBURG FIGS.
1t is often very difficult to tell what
kind of a laxative TO give very young
child who is suffering from constipa-
lion. The only medicine which is at
the same time perfectly safe and
pleasant to take is Hamburg Figs.
Dose, one Fig; % cents box.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-12-11
A SAFE Investment.

Is one whie is guaranteed to bring
you Satisfaci, results, or In case OF
failure retu 3. al purchase price. On
this safe plan ysu can buy from our
advertised u. agg;st bottle of Dr..
Kings New discovery for consump-
ton. 1t is guaranteed to bring relief
In every case, wi.'n used for any affec-
ton of Throat, Lnugs or Chest, such
as Consumption, Inflammation of
Lungs, Bronchitis, Asthma, WhoopiDg
Cough, Group, ETC.. etc. 1t is pleasant
and agreeable to taste, perfectly safe,
and can always be depended upon.
Trial bottle free at j. NJ. Gleissner's
Drugstore,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-12-11
Merit Wins,

We desire to say to our citizens, that
for years we have been selling Dr..
King 'sNew Discovery for consumption,
Dr. Kings New Life Pills. Bucklen' IS
Ar lea Salve, and Electric Bitters. and
have never handled remedies that sell
as yell, or that have given such uni
We al satisfaction. We do not hest
tate to guarantee them every time,
an stand ready to refund The purchase
prlee. if satisfactory results do not fol-
low their use. These remedies have
Won their great popularity purely on
thrir merits. Sold by J. NJ. Gleissner,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-12-11
You Are in q Bad Fix

But we will cure you if you will pay US.
Our message is to the weak, nervous
aud debilitated, who by early evil
habits, or later iBdiscretions, have
tritied away their vigor of body, mind
and manhood, and who suffer all those
effects which lead to premature decay,
consumption or insanity. If this
means you, send for and read our Book
of Life, written by the greatest special
ist of the day, and sent, (sealed), by
addressing DR.. Parker's Medical and
Surgical Institute, 15S North Spruce
ST., Nashville, Tenn. 128-t&cly
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-12-11
Beggs' Family Medicines.

These medicines are daily gaming
greater popularity, and the steadily in
creasing demand for them can only be
accounted for by their true merit.
They are prepared with the utmost
care, and each medicine is put up for a
particular disease. Every bottle is
guaranteed to do all that is claimed for
it on the label, so that no one who buys
a bottle of Beggs' Family Medicines
can be disappointed. Sold by C. E.
Northcraft & Co., Abilene.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-12-11

y. 1. Parish, Pension and Claim, at
torney, Washington, D. G. Successful
practice before the several government
departments during the last twelve
years, enables me to prosecute all
claims to the best advantage. Appli-
cations for pensions, increase of pen
sio1s, bounty, pay, ETC., promptly at
tended to. No fee unless claim is
allowed,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-12-11
Bucklen's Arnica Salve-

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Cbapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
ton, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
dissatisfaction, or money refund
ed. price 25 cts per box. For sale by
j. NJ. GleisSner, Abilene. Kas.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-12-11
Sudden Death.

Heart disease is developed by modern
civilization, and is increasing to al
alarming extent. Let him who sus.
poets the existence of this cause of sud-
den death take DR.. Flint's Remedy and
let ell persons read his treatise on
"H e art Disease" At !. NJ. GleIssneT' s
or will be sent on application by Mack
Orig Co., n. Y.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-12-11
A Boon to Wives.

Having used "Mother's Friend" !
would not be without it. 1t is a boon
70 vives who know they must pass
through the painful ordeal of child
birth. MRS. G. MELBOURNE, Iowa.
VIII The Bradfeld Regulator Co.,
Atlanta, Ga, for particulars. Sold by
J. NJ. Gleissner,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-12-11
She Suffered for Fifteen Years.

My wife has suffered for fifteen years
from congestion and painful menstrual
ton. After using three bottles of
Bradfield's Female Regulator is now
able to do her house work and go
where she pleases. J. w. DAVIS,
Moravian Falls n. G. Write Bradfield
Reg. Co., Atlanta, Ga, for particulars.
Sold by J. NJ. Gleissner.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-12-11
Beggs' German Salve.

The increased demand for Beggs'
German Salve not only proves that it
has merit, but also makes it almost a
universal household remedy. When
you wish good reliable ointment call
for Beggs' German Salve, and you will
not be disappointed. Sold and war
ranted by c. E. Northcraft & Co.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-12-11

-Molasses Drops cup Of mo-
lasses. one-halt cup of butter, one-half
cup of warm water, three cups Of -four,
one teaspoonful of soda and two tea
spoonfuls of ginger. Drop from spoon
into wsll-buttered tins. and bake in .
nnick ovan.-Boston Budget
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-12-11

Lost, a promissory note given by
Fred Keller to Conrad Keller for 500,
due Oct. 6, 1890. Five dollars reward
will be paid for the return of same to
Conrad Keller, Chapman, Kas.
IS5-3&c3
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-12-11
An Electrical Dag.

Chsrley-I must be full of electricity.
II stroke our cat little all her hairs
seem to stand on end
Johnnie-That's nothing. Ny dog
does that without touching the cat ct
an-Tsxas SiftirgS
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-12-11
Hard Lines.

Aspirant-What must do 20 succeed
in literature?
Great Writer-Make name for your
self
Aspirant- But how can 1 make
name for myself?
Great Writer-By succeeding.-Mun-
sev's Weekly.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-12-11
IS5-3&c3

For Sale-Two Alley Russell FLIES
-one year old and the other a wean
ling. Address &C." care REFLECTOR.
1S5-2&c
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-12-11

"A well-known novelist of this city
was frequently telling how he finds his
plots. 81 have found nearly all of them
in real life by intercourse with people
in all sorts of society. There are no
plots to be drawn from the imagination
that are equal in interest to those that
can be learned by knowing the actual
experiences of many of our men and
women. Here in New York you can
hear of plenty of lovelorn damsels and
bold swains; you can hear of marvellous
adventures; you can easily find in the
actual ex periences of your acquaintance
all the material needed for tragical
tales or humorous yarns. Why, the best
plot l ever wrote up was not of my in
vention, but was in the story of her own
life given me by my cook. IN. Y. Sun