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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

that on this particular birthday he en-
tered his teens, and had been promised
ten dollars by Uncle Ned wherewith to
help celebrate, you can easily see that
the event promised to he one of unusual
interest
SITS going to be a regular Hail
Columbia Yankee Doodle kind of a
Fourth of july" Jack declared to his
intimate and confidential friend, Dick
Torrey, as they sat on the fence whit
Ting and talking things over one night
after tea. ''We must get every thing
ready the night before, and at half-past
five we'll serenade the family. Well
fire off the big cannon crackers under
Ems window. Hob, won't she
squirm?' And Jack was so amused at
the thought of his sisters behavior that
he fell of the fence, and rolled ignom-
inously on the ground
Every night until the eventful day
was close upon them the boys,
perched upon their favorite resting
place, the fence, talked things over, and
laid their plans.
Mr.. Harrington had told Jack that he
could keep his f1re-crackers in the
sugar-hOuse in the maple grove, and
that he could con slider the place his
own special property for the day, and
make just as much noise as he wanted
TO.
In the morning they were to make
Emusic in the air" with dozens of pack
ages of hre-crackers; at noon there was
TO be picnic lunch with five of Jacks
friends as guests. Ono girls, thank
you, said Jack, for 1 regret to say he
was at the age when he regarded these
important members of society as entire
ly beneath his notice) in the afternoon
there was to be a circus at which Uncle
Ned had promised to take "the gang"
as the six dubbed themselves, and in
the evening they were to have fire.
works on the lawn; this was the pro-
gramme. Jack had made several elab-
orcte posters, using an entire cake of
''vermilion" from Emily's box of water
color paints, and running one of her very
best camefs hair brushes, and nailed
them to trees all about the sugar-house,
SO that the maple grove presented the
appearance of an anarchists encamp-
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rhe only NIanIY War.

Our readers viii remember that few
weeks ago the business agent of Sumner
County contracted with c. E. Curtis, of
Wellington, for binding Irvine for the
Alliance of the county. Since then the
disappointed bidders have combined to
undersell and break said contract
Therefore Proctor Alliance. 134, resolved
that they consider these after bids an
insult to their dignity and honor, and
ask all Alliance members to treat such
offers with silent contempt, remember
ing their treatment and dealings OF last
year. This is manly and honorable
way to treat such unbusinesslike affairs.
Kansas Farmer.
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be could not bear it to have to lie III the
chair and see some one elss IRE them
of. seiAshness prompted him to ask
hts mother to send word to tie people
and have the fireworks put Sc tirhl hs
was we'll, ~: lie knew that this would
mean great deal of trouble, and that
those who were expected had not pro-
vided fireworks Of their own. And,
am s.ad to say, his better nature ven
the victory, ard he fiads bisk EiipfarlG
~ happy, when be came over to report
about the circus; by asking him to take
his place. The ffe:wserks verb 4 stsat
sge6ess land SO, at least IN the boys
opinion, was the ice-creaIn which fol.
iowedj, and When the guests, finally
to6R ttelF dePaftafe, one OF the boys
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03


The Denver & Rio Grande railroad is
justly and universally known as THE
Scenic Line of the World" From the
car windows of its trains can be seen
the grandest spectacles of Natures
wonders presented b. any railroad in
the world. The Rio Grande is essen
tislly she tourists line, and over it the
traveller secures equal comfort and
speed, with the added pleasure of be-
holding sights and scenes uHequalled
for grandeur, beauty and sublimity any
where in the world. A trip from Den-
yer to Ogden over the Scenic Line" Is
liberal education, snd one can thus
acquire more thorough knowledge Of
the marvellous railway engineering and
the wonders of the Rocky Mount
aims than by any other means
Nothing but a lack of knowledge
of these facts can excuse any one
making a trsnscontinental journey for
missing the wonderful scenery of the
Denver and Rio Grande railroad. Should
we attempt 10 give even the briefest
list of the points of interest to be seen
on this famous line, we would require
several columns to do so. Who Is there
that has not heard of the Royal Gorge,
with its walls of granite, towering above
the track in majestic grandeur to a
height Of nearly half mule! Who has
not heard of the famous Marshall
Pass, crossed at an altitude of over two
miles above the sea! Who has not read
of the wonders Of THE Black Canyon"
the great gorge Of the Gunnison!
Who has not heard about the
marvellous Castle Cater IL any
of our readers want to know
more about these stupenduOus works OF
Nature, write to S. X. Hooper, General
Passenger Agent Denver, Colorado
and he will send you, free of cost
elegantly illustrated books giving full
description of the marvels OF the
Scenic Line" But the best thing to
do Is to journey over the line itself, and
by so doing you will hang such pictures
on the walls of memory that all the
attempts of the most celebrated artists
will seem weak and trivial in the
presence of Natures majestic works
among the snow-crowned peaks of the
Rocky Mountains.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03


proposed three rousing cheers for Jack,
which were given So enthusiastically
and with such prolonged energy that
the older members of the family fully
expected to see the police at their gate.
When Jack was helped up to bed that
night he tod his mother that he had
had almost as good time as he ex-
peGted to have. Perhaps the sweetest
moment of all was when his mother,
giving him her goodnight kiss, said:
''You haven't celebrated the day,
dear, as you meant to dol but you have
made me very proud and happy By bear
ing so bravely all the pain and disap-
pointment, and really think you have
shown yourself man."
To which Jack, somewhat irreVer-
emily, but with an accompanying hug.
which prevented any reprUof, replied:
Mother, you're daisyF-Ada Sher-
wood, in Christian Union.
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prophet,

prophet,
- On Independence morn,
4 When North and South thy changing noutl
Proclaimed a nation born;
II 70 a hundred cities
The song such news could tell
Had been thy HHac d N tits,
Thy music's own farewell
For bell no prouder tidisgs
Fer pealed te patriot ears,
Nor voice a gladder message spok
Than thine r. all the years.
The lips tb-t once such burden
ssV- OF jay 20 millions bore
EaTDcd well the golden guerdon
OF silence overmore.
Thou stanTst like some gray singer
In fame forever young.
Times mildews streak thy rifted cheak,
Its rust thy tuneless tongue,
But the brave old proclamation
In echo lives and viii
To each new generation
Repeat thy story still.
And long thy throne Of honor
For thee shall patriots claim
Beneath tn historic campanilo
Where swung thy braEen frame
And bless that ancient morning
When thy grand voice on high
Rang once Oppression's warning,
And Freedoms battle-cry.
Theron Brown. in YOUTHS Companion,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03
Trpprr Miss Oct A. 1894

Messrs. A. T. SHALLENBERGER & Co.
Rochester, Pa. GeHtS:-The bottle OF
Shallenberger's Pills sent me in February
last l gave to W. G.. Anderson, of this
place; a long standing case of chills and
fever. He had tried everything known
without any permanent good. In less than
ten days after taking your Antidote he was
sound and well, and has gone through the
entire season without any return. 1t seems
to have effectually driven the Malarious
poison from his system.
Yours truly, V. A. ANDERSON.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03
Are You GoIng to travel?

If so, and in whatever direction, or H.
whatever route, have a sufficiency of Hos
letters Stomach Bitters with you. Then
YOU may bid defiance to sea sickness, brave
the influence of malarious climate or alb
rupt transitions of temperature, avoid dys-
pepsia, and the stomachic pangs begotten
of bad food and water, and counteracts an
unexpectedly developed tendency to consti-
patton, biliousness and rheumatism.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

THERE are ten thousand men in the United
States who would at once set out for Africa
on exploring expeditions IL they only had
the money to go ahead on. This want Of
money is one Of the reasons why so many
of our enterprising men remain at home
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Free Press
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

The Alliance and labor organiza-
lions of Cherokee County will meet in
convention at Columbus. the first Tues
day in August. to place in nomination 2
Peoples ticket for the next ensuing
election
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03
A Boon 70 Wives.

Having used Mothers Friend would
not be without it. 1t is a boon to wives
who know they must pass through the
painful ordeal Of childbirth. Mrs. O. MEL
BURyE, Iowa. Write the Bradteld Regu-
lator Co, Atlanta, Ga, for further partcu-
lars. Sold by all druggists.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

THE whirligig of time reverses some
things completely. Thirty years ago, in
this country, old masters sold their slaves
at auction Now we frequently see ''old
masters" advertised to be sold at auction
-Norristown Herald.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

OR days before
the Fourth Jack
Harrington was
in a state of the
widest excite
ment An ord
mary Fourth of
July by itself is
about enough
to furnish the
average boy
with food for
thought, but
when you take
into consider
alton the fact
that J a c ks
birthday and
b is country's
occur on the
Same day and
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

CHILDREN that are peevish and sickly fire.
ouentty owe their disposition and distress
to the presence of worms in their little in
testines. They will be more healthy, happy
and pretty ifyou give them DR.. Bulls Worm
DestroyerS
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

A BALTIMORE girl has gone insane be
cause she wasn't born a man She never
had to meet the rent, nor shave, nor serve
on jury, nor pay a poll tax, nor fasten her
suspeuders with a single pail, but she
Cidn- { know when she was well oh-Mer
chant Traveller.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

RELIANCE may be placed in every repre-
sentation made by Maher q Grosh, Toledo,
O., whose ad. will be found elsewhere in
this paper No risk in sending them
money; they will do exactly as they agree.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

Am. PRIEST, Druggist Shelbyville, Ind,
SAYS: "Halrs Catarrh Cure gives the best of
satisfaction. Can get plenty Of testimonials,
as it cures every one who takes it." Drug
gists sell it, 75c.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

II you should see a messenger boy run
ming when there was no cause for II, that
would be a phenomenon; but If you should
see him running when there was cause for
il that would be miracle.-ElInira Gazette
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{: PROGRAMME FOR FOURTH OF JULY
AND
f: THE BIRTHDAY OF J. HARRINGTON, JR
F: Here were broad dashes and red paint
6:S0 A M-GRAND OPENING SERENADE OF
FIRE-CRACKERS. HORNS AND DRUMSi.!
$50 TO 7:45.-BREAKFAST.
7:45 To 1I:42-FIRING OF CRACKERS, &C!
(: 12.-LUNCH Qce-Creem, Candy, etc)
:. Various ornamental designs in paintl
10 2-LYING AROUND.
STORIES BY THE HONORABLE.
MR.. HARRINGTON
AND Mr. NEDWARD ROBBINS, ESQ.
2o'clock--CIRCUSi
Exclamation points all across the paper
and several horizontal lines under
: the important word
(: oo'clock.-SUPPER on THE LAWN.
/: AFTER DARK. GRAND DISPLAY
oF FIREWORKS BY
PRoF. JACK HARRINGTON,
WITH TIE KIND ASSISTANCE or
: Mr. NEDWARD ROBBINS.
FfHN1s.
Here scroll work and fancy designs utterly
beyond my powers Of description.l
ssfi s''ftitfs is's sts- ~
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

Now COMES the pretty girl, in comforta
BILE summer costume, under the white lace
sunshade Whatever may happen later,
the Young man who Is permitted to sit on
tie fence and see her pass by isn't likely
the moment TO regard life as an aeselnte
lsiIure-N. Y, World.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

Sir Noreis Free, will be sent by Cragin &
Co., PhiladaA, Pa, to any one in the U. 5: or
Canada, postage paid, upon receipt OF 70
Dobbins' Electric Soap wrappers. See list
of novels on circulars around each bar.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

s'Ir's not my fault" observed the strug
Cling butcher, as he weighed twelve ounces
Of bone to the two pounds of steak, 'if
can't make both ends meat "-American
Grocer.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

THE enterprising real-estate spectators
of Seattle have been laying cut subdivisions
so far from town that il will soon be diff
cult to determine where Boston ends and
Seattle begins.-Chicago News.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

How SAD 10 malSs a man feel to observe
a five-dollar straw haNon aseven-cent heao-
-Kearney Enterprise.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

SMITHS TOXIC SYRUP is giving universal
satisfaction in this place.-JHO. II. bingham,
XcHi,lHey Texas.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

A CRACKER and biscuit trust is the Lat
est business combination 1t is proper 70
say that too great trust in biscuits has
broken mp many happy home.-N. Y
Commercial Advertiser.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

An English paper states that women are
too much inclined to touzle the hair" a
statement that most married men will in
dorseL@The Rams Horn.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

You hardly realize that tits medicine, when
taking Carriers Little Liver Pills; they are
very small; no bad effects all troubles from
torpid liver are relieved by their USE
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

ANY one can take Carter's Little Liver
Pills, they are so very small No trouSe 10
swallow. No pain or gripping aIIer taxing
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

THE man who carries a ballot in one Esnd
and a fve-dollar bill in the other today
should carry ball on one leg and a chain
on the other tomorrow. Press.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03
JACKS CELEBRATION.

He Proves himself a Hero and
MakeS the Day a Success
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

The trouble with justice is that, she does
80 little besides holding her scales.-GaL-
weston News
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

HALF-cURED eruptions will return Eradl-
cate them with Glenn's sulphur soap
HiIls Hair and Whisker Dye, 80 cents.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

THE best cough med. cine is PisO's Cure
for Consumption. Sold everywhere. &c.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

THE music that hath charms to soothe the
savage was produced by his victim WILLS
being scalped-BinghamtOn Leader.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03
ONE ENJOYS

oNE E<XNJO II -
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gentlyyetpromptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt In
its actioE and truly beneficial In its
efects prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities COM
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in Soc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have !: On hand viii pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try It Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA re syrup co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CA.
kQglsYflts. AZ, &sR f0S& M
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

COMPETITION begets enterprise and enter
prise has induced q grocer to advertise
agenuine horse-radish, fresh from the
horse. "-Binghamton Leader.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

MANY a man can sell flfty-cent article
for dollar and then not be able to hold on
to the dollar-Puck.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

there Is o rumor current that a paper in
this country recently printed census joke,
but it lacks confirmation. However, such
a thing is liable to occur almost any day
NoFristovn Herald
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

LABOR is honorable; always excepting,
possibly, the laboring jaw Of the demagoRue
or ignoramus.-Olathe Kan. Mirror.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03
INDEPENDENCE BELL

Id birthday bell OF
freedom!
The scar upon thy
side
Is sacred as the bat
tle-wound
OF which . con-
queror diedi
Twas when thy war
song sounded
A people burst
their enaiA,
And FSfznny heard
astounded
The death-knell Of
his reign.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

IT is only when a man begins to dictate
his letters that he finds out how poorly he
can talk-Puck.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

EVEN when a rattlesnake manages to
keep its head all right II is liable to get rat
tied at the tail.-N. o. Picayune.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

A MAN should be sure he's right then fol-
low his knows-Yonkers Statesman.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

THERE is a notion which finds Judgment
in many minds that success in going through
the world is commensurate with success In
going through the inhabitantS-Jury.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

rHE reason most poets think to no Pur.
pose is that their thoughts are idyl
thoughts. Philadelphia Press.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

IT is blow for blow when the hackers
of prize-fghters are boasting.-N. .. Pic
lVuQO.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-03

DANIELS NOTES.-The Union pow
and forever, one sas iasepersbleA
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Enough, oh tuneful
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-24
To Be Popular in Society,

To converse well it is necessary that you
should have the art of discovering what
will interest the person with whom you
are talking and that yeu viii know how to
drop the subject when it becomes tiresome,
and never to let a special fad Of your own
be the one subject that you bring up.
Learn to be all things TO all people. To
avoid personalities or very decided opin-
ions on any subject. You don't want to
give TRADE against dishonesty to d man
whose father died in states prison for
forging notes. You don't want to object
to the divorce laws when the man you are
talking to may have married a divorced
woman.
You don't want to talk about bleached
hair to a woman whose hair is pronounced
ly yellow, nor to discuss how injurious is
rouge and powder to the woman who is
made up in a most dscided manner. In
your heart you may object to al these
things, but you are not giving expression
just now to what you think; you are sim
pig making yourself pleasant to some one
whom you have met today and may never
meet again Talk about Egyptian mum
mics OF French politics; how orchids grow,
the last new play or the last new song; but
use good English, speak as if you were in
terested, and then you Will gain what you
want-a reputation of being a charming
woman socially.-La6ies' Homo Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-24
Il tho Love Story Literature?

Very few American novelists-how many
can the most convinced optimist COUNT
have occupied themselves with the simple,
but supreme, motive Of the love Of a pair
of lovers. To most Of them evidently, 80
restricted range of characters and so an
complicated situation seem jeiune and
barren; though, SUCCESSFULLY enough, those
who have dealt with this motive and situa-
ton, and--like Miss Phelps on the one
hand and Miss.Amelie Rives on the other
have even carried them into the realm Of
the wildly fantastic, have nevertheless won
very noteworthy successes. Hence one is
inclined TO ask: Does the pitch of perfec-
ton which the art of fiction has reached
with US really imply an absolute divorce
between literature and the love story? If
not, why is the love story left to writers
who occupy themselves SO little with liter
allure? Is literature the incarnation of
cleverness, of ingenuity, Of minute inspec-
ton of the superficies of things social, to
the exclusion of those phenomena which,
reconcile or not, are associated with the
very existence and endurance of life and
the wortdg This is view which even
such painters of manners-such literary
sociologists- Thacker;ty and Balzac GER
tainly did not teke.--7Scribner'S.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-24
In the Dining Room.

In selecting the furniture of the dining
room The Decorator and Furnisher advises
to avoid the stereotYped and inartistic buff
fet. There is one made with an oval bev-
eled mirror running the whole length Of it
at the top, with one narrow shelf above.
Under the drawers are three sliding panels,
instead of doors, covering as many COM
partments, which is unique and useful. 1t
costs 80 in oak. and there is DO better
wood for dining room. Chairs and a
lounge to match may be either covered
with leather or simply cane bottoned, but
they must be well made and strong.
Where the outlook is dingyand the light
poor the dining room is greatly enlivened
by extra sashes of painted or tinted glass.
not more than twelve or fifbeen inches
wide. These can be fitted into the casing
without disturbing the other sash. and the
shade and window hangings are suspended
to its lower edge.
As for the floor, no one who has. ever
used wood, either hard or soft'pine, stained
will ever willingly carpet the entire room.
The rug OF Indian figures ought 70 be large
enough to prevent the scraping of chairs
on the bare floor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-24
Chem Chinese peasants.

The rate at which MongoLan pheasants
have increased in the Willamette valley
since few pairs were sent here by Judge
Denny about seven years ago is wonderful.
From these few pairs placed IN Linn county
the birds have spread all over Marion,
Lane, Polk ana Benton counties, till farm
ers complain Of them and shoot them
despite the law protecting them.
Judge Whalley and a friend, while
shooting ten dozen snipe near Brownsville,
say they saw literally thousands Of pheas-
ants, and found the nests of three in which
were from seventeen TO twenty-ope eggs
each. They hstch tive OF three broods in q
season, and, being very swift of foot and
strong of wing. cunning and hardy. they
will continue to increase, and, Is there Is a
demand for them from many staees, the
probability is that in few years they will
have spread ali over the Union,-Cor. San
Francisco Chroaicls.