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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-08-27
THE new LANDS.
Settlers Said to Be Swarming in
and lowering Near.
ALL DlRKTOWN on THE QUI WYE.
Probability of BIoodshed In the DisorderIY
Scramble Certain to Occur-Indians Dis
satisfied-The Prairie Fired BY
Boomers.

of Secretary Noble was directed to an
Associated press interview at Guthrie
with Maj. Weigel, agent of the interior
department, in which it was represent
ed that settlers in great numbers were
swarming in to the Sac and Fox, Kick
apoo and Iowa Indian reservations and
that he had called for two troops of
cavalry to drive them out. The secre-
tary said that he had not authorized
any such call for troops, nor would
anything be done until the president
should return from his visit to Vermont
and issue his proclamation opening up
the lands to settlement
COLORED MEN CONCERNED.
GUTHRIE, Ok, Aug. 26.-At mass
meeting held at Langton City the fol.
lowing resolutions were passed:
Whereas. From the best information we
can obtain from Washington we believe the
new land adjacent to Oklahoma will speed
lily be opened; therefore,
We notify our people, colored citizens OF
the south, to be here on September 10; that
those who intend to drive through the In.
dian country start az once
Resolved further That the $50 Langston
agents throughout the southern states notify
their constituents of the Importance Of be-
ing here by September 10 to join with us in
securing homes in the new lands to be
opened up to settlement.
The action shows that there will be
an influx of colored people into the
territory. There is no doubt that the
colored people have been preparing and
will swarm in like bees. Circulars by
the thousands have been printed and
sent out in the most alluring character,
telling the negroes of the south where
they can 'live without work"
When the race comes for homes in
the new lands there will unquestion.
ably be a scramble unprecedented in
the history of this country. A package
of cartridges that recently sold for so
cents is now worth 81. Old settlers and
new arrivals are alike purchasers
To certain extent they buy secretly.
Every manner of conveyance has been
engaged and horses stand in their stalls
saddled, ready to convey the anxious
settler to his claim.
The Indians who have taken their
allotments seem satisfied. When it is
considered that only fraction over a
half of either of the several tribes have
consented to sell their lands to the gov
eminent for settlement it is reasonable
to suppose that the minority will show
resistance in some shape or manner.
White Cloud, one of the Iowa tribe, al
though he has taken his allotment for
himself and family, insists that Hotch-
e-She and other obstreperous mem
bers of the tribe should be permitted
to roam at will White Horse, an Otoe
chief, has been visiting the Iowa In
dams recently and has instilled into
their minds that those who have not
taken their allotment need not do so.
He passed through the city yesterday
for the Otoe and Missouri reservations
and their interpreter said: 1--WE take no
allotments."
FLAMES IN THE STRIP,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-08-27

Every republican convention has
something lively in the way of cheers
for Blaine.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-08-27

Cleveland s last speech had 1873 rs
in it. Grover has not lost his good
opinion of himself.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-08-27
FLAMES IN THE STRIP.

GUTHRIE, Ok, Aug. CIV. L Little,
editor of the Perkins Gateway, who ar
rived here at II o'clock last night, says
that as the south bound night train left
Willow Springs, in the Cherokee strip,
the cars were enveloped in smoke, and
from there south to the east of the
track and far as the eye could reach the
prairie was ablaze. At intervals of
about a quarter of mile new fires
would spring up, evidently the work of
someone operating almost under the
passengers noses. This years grass
growth is wonderful, and should the
wind stay up all night there will be no
grassing left in a very short time. No
doubt il is the work of boomers"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-08-27
Two Aeceptances.

One of the best uses to which the
deadly parallel can be put is in COM
pairing the sentiments of rival candi-
dates. The REFLECTOR asks every
reader of this paper to candidly Use
the following extracts from the accept
ances of their nominations by the two
candidates for judge of this district.
They are an excellent measure of the
minds7of the authorsi
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-08-27
minds7of the authors;
NJ. b. NICHOLSON.
LANES HUMPHREY.

JAMES HUMPHREY. N. b. NICHOLSON.
1t is therefore in l have been the VIC
every way mt and ap-Itim OF much slande
rropriate that, in Sc and am not ashamed
Letting from amonglof it, 1 am in goOC
the body of citizenslcOmpany. L did joil
Of the district sometime alliance and asl
one to whose hauds lodds of no one for 90
shall be committed ling 1t. care nothinl
the solemn functions whatever for thu
OF public justice, thelworse than senseles
ordinary forms ndlcritlcism. 1 believI
practices of party my neighbor has thu
warfare should be same rights as mysel
laid aside, ID that and should be per
the resulting election United to join what
shall create no ciaimSiever party he choose
or Obligations upon without being TIT
the incumOen OF thatlsub1ect OF rid1cul'
Office in favor of any land CT .ticism. WheI
party or any individ- p Joined the people
uaL This is especial lparty, I BURNED TIL
" true of an electivelBRIDGEs BEHIND NE
Judiciary. The Law am here TO stay.
hath her seat in thelnever do things b.
Dos m Of God, herlhalVeS. am Will
voice is the harmonylyou tor veal or wee
of the world, alllI ana not a dish rag o.
things in heaven andla jelly fish. ! hay
earth do her homage, some backbone; hai
the weakest as feehnglth backbone TO com
her care and thelOut and join the PEG
strongest IS not be piles party. endors
iDg exempted tromIevery syllable o.
her power The mOstlthe Cincinnati plat
cfieient and faithful form, and intend L
service in that ofiiceido everything in m.
should ordinarily belpoTer for toe success
expected where thelof the party IN IN
incumbent is made tolfuture.
realize that the ten
ure of his office de
ponds not upon the
pleasure of a. domi-
nant party or clique
but upon the APPROVAL
of the people.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-24
Red Pepper ut a Church Social.

The small boy worked off a stock of
fun at the parish social of Holy limo
cents church, which was held at the
rectors residence one evening. The
boy in question was on hand early, and
was demurely seated in n corner when
his elders arrived. One by one, as
they approached the amiable rector
and his wife, to extend the greetings of
the evening, they were seized with a
violent sneezing and coughing. Final
ly the whole room was in an uproar.
A general panic of influenza seemed
imminent. 1t was only when sup
pressed giggle from the corner was
heard that suspicion pointed in that
direction. The urchin was hastily sum
moned before a judge and jury, and,
amid burst of sobs and tears, that
showed his pleasure to be at low ebb,
he confessed to having sprinkled the
floor with red pepper.
After a lengthy lecture from the pas
tor he was handed over to the men,
bers of the church who were present as
special subject for prayers.-Indian-
apolis News
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-24

A tired man with a berth ticket
climbed YEARLY into Pullman in the
Washington depot at 10 p. IN. The
train was scheduled to start in half an
hour.
Make up my berth right away,
porter" he said, ''for I'm dead tired"
Then he went in the forward car to
smoke and chat with some friends
a while. One hour later he returned.
Every berth in the car but his own was
made up.
whats the matters" he asked test
lily.
"Ain't had time, boss" and then the
tired one hung around for another halt
hour. He woke up in Jersey City. Hia
shoes were polished, and after he had
washed he made the porter follow him
around with wisp broom for twenty
minutes.
'Give me lift with my bag" he
said, and the porter shouldered it and
carried it 100 yards to the entrance to
the ferry.
'That'll do now" he said, As he took
his bag. Then he dropped four cents
into the black palm, and when the
porter saw the pennies his eyes rolled
as If he was going to have a fit.
1t was fine revenge. New York
Evening Sun.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-24
The Queer Toad.

A strange thing about the toad is
that If It's mouth be kept open the ami
NAL will suffocate. This is because II
has no ribs and no means of dilating
its chest, and, therefore, 1t must swal-
low air as it swallows its food. II it's
mouth be forcibly kept open, the air
will pass to the stomach instead Of en-
tering the lungs. There is one variety
Of toad that has no tongue at ell. Il
inhabits dark places in Guiana and
Surinam.
The way in which the eggs of this
animal are Matched is as wonderful az
its lingual popularity. The male toad
places the eggs in little pits on the back
of his spouse and afflxes lid for each
pit. Then the female goes about her
household duties something in the style
Of an Indian squaw with a papoose
strapped upon her back. After some
days little toadlets are Matched from
the eggs on the maternal back, and
when they are strong enough they force
the lids off the pits and hop out.-Ex-
change,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-24
The Giving Of Christmas Gifts.

The OVERRIDING of Christmas giving
has reached its height. The most beau
tiful festival of the year must return IT,
more of its former simplicity in the
very nature of things. The little girl
who counts her presents and boasts of
receiving thirty or forty will have to
give way to the little girl who plans to
see how many presents she can give to
the sick and the poor. The small
daughter of at least one well to do
family here in Boston is brought up to
get the best good of Christmas in this
way. Her mother even checks thought
less friends who ask the child, What
do you expect for Christmasl" with the
words: "She is dressing paper dolls for
the little sick girls. l think she will
give great many presents. boston
Transcript.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-24

A correspondent of The London
Times tells of what he and his party
saw during an ascent of Finsterrehorn
on Sept. 80, 1890: The day we mount
ed the Finsterrehorn we were treated
to the rare sight of circular rainbow,
the phenomena lasting nearly half an
hour, and forming complete circle.
There were heavy clouds lying some
1000 feet below, on the Aar glacier.
and it was on these that the beautiful.
brilliantly colored ring lay. A second
circle was also visible We were near
the summit of the peak when the first
of the party observed it, and from that
point the face of the mountain on the
Grimsel side is almost perpendicular,
giving us q splendid view.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-24
Romance of Hog Killing shattered.


An old time hog killing is hard to find
now. Meat is bought too cheaply from
the west The prairie farms, where
corn is burned as fuel, raise hogs too
easily to allow southern farmers the
luxury of killing and curing their own
meat. You go to the packing houses
of the west and drop porker into the
slot. In fifteen minutes he comes out
clear ribbed and sugar cured lots, with
can of pure lard thrown in, and all
the hoof, hide and tallow present and
accounted for. The poetry and plenty
of the old plantations have given way
to the steam packing mills, with their
millions Of pounds u month. ~
Farmers used to make their hams
from necessity. Now they put them
up as a luxury. 1t has gotten so that
none but we'll to do farmers can afford
to raise their own meat. In those days
of the steaming gypsy pot, the hickory
ashes, the fat pen, and the crisp sward
dyed in purple, we heard nothing Of
trichin@ or pork corners. The only
meat futures were when the shote was
marked in July for killing in Deem
Der. Sometimes mild winter robbed
the farmer of his meat. Occasionally
his pigsty and smoke house were raid
ed between the suns, but there were
grease and plenty in the hog killing on
the plantations Augusta GA Chron-
ic1o
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-24
Tho Tongue Of q Toad.

The toad, which is one product of
the tadpole, has some wonderful pecu-
liarities. Did you ever see this clumsy
and rather lazy looking hopper in the
act of catching flyl He darts his
tongue out several inches so quickly
that you can hardly see it, and with
all its activity the fly hasn't ghost Of
chance to escape. How does the
toad do this9
You may have heard the saying that
a termagant's tongue is hung in the
middle, and thus wags at both ends.
In the case Of the toad the tongue is
hung exactly the reverse of the human
tongue-that is to say, the fastening Is
at the front Of the jaw, while the loose
end hangs backward to the throat.
Now, when the lazy toad sights a fly
he works his way up to it slowly until
he gets within range for his tongue
shooter. Then he suddenly opens his
mouth, the tongue flies out like line
from a fishing pole, 1t strikes the fly
and glutinous substance on the tongue
holds the victim until It is dumped into
the toad's capacious mouth. - Ex-
change.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-24
sIAMMeRlNa A HABIT.
- B.d Il Il in Germany That rAsy
Have Schools for Its Cure.

- Bad Il yt In Germany That rhsy
Have Schools for it, Cure.
Ono Of the most unique schools ln
this city Il that in which Professor H.
Herschfeld teaches stammerers how to
cure themselves Of their misfortune. 1t
has been in existence now some five
years, and in that time nearly 200 peo-
pie have been made to speak straight
There Is no mystery about my art
at all, said the professor to reporter.
II simply take a plain, ordinary, every
day view Of the matter. lam gradu-
ate of German school, and my expe-
rience has proven that stammering Is
simply habit, bad one, if you will,
but nothing more than habit. do
not say it because of my position, but
can cure anybody from stanmering
who will come to me for two weeks
with bona fide intention Of doing his
best to overcome his falling"
In this theory about stammering
being habit you are running counter
to the general opinion entertained in
Germanyq'
YES" he replied, ito the general
opinion, but not to the best opinion.
would be far from rejecting on my
countrymen, but when they spread the
impression that stammering is not
merely not a habit, but that it is con-
tagious, they are simply deceiving
themselves. Still, that they are
alarmed to certain extent is shown
by the fact that stamnering is increas-
ing to such a degree that they have
public schools for its cure which are
attended by more than so, 900 pupils.
''Do you find any particular nation
alities partial to stammering"
81 cannot say that I do, but now
that l remember / cannot recall a single
Russian who is a stammerer, nor do
have many Poles among my pupils.
This habit of lisping, which some silly
people believe is quite au fait, predis-
poses one to stainmering. You will
find stammering more prevalent among
people of phlegmatic temperament
and in nations that have nothing else
to do than try experiments with Ian
guage. Character in people as whole
has good deal to do with the habit.
Where you find men and women with
plenty of work you don't find many
stammerers, and when you do find
them, as have, you have people Of
resolution to deal with and can effect a
cure ! have met no man or woman
in this city who cannot cure them.
selves. New York Press.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-24
Tho Atlantic Laid Rare.

Figuratively speaking, the bed Of the
Atlantic ocean has at last been laid
bare. English, American, German and
French sounding expeditions have
mapped every section of the ooze that
lies at the bottom of the great watery
waste. According to these maps and
diagrams the Atlantic is huge water
trough of varying depths. extending
from pole to pole. Here and there
rocky peaks, like that of Teneriffe, or
huge mountains of sand, like the bank
of Newfoundland, reach up to or be-
yond the surface. Between Ireland
and Newfoundland there exists re-
markable submarine plain, always re-
ferred to as 1.-The telegraphic plateau"
which is evidently a continuation of
the great watershed. which between
ATTITUDES 40 and so degs. north sur
rounds tine earth and divides the waters
flowing south from those flowing north.
st. Louis Republic.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-24
EVILS OF exAoeeRAT|oN.
II Ia Serious Fault That Many People
Have In Their Conversation.

II Ia . Serious Fault That Many People
Have In Their Conversation.
One Of the common vices in ordinary
conversation, a. well a. in written
speech, is the habit of making reck-
lessly exaggerated statement of facts or
circumstances It's long utilization with
coarse and cheap humor has given it q
currency among us beyond its deserts
If any merit it really has. There Is
so much to be said against it-as stale
device of provincial buffoonery or
coarse waggery-while there is so little
to recommend it, except perhaps as a
wand in the hand of a genius like
Rabelais-one Is inclined to wonder
that it has not been long ago banished
utterly, ut the least from all we'll bred
intercourse.
First, to practice it without specific
design or as vehicle for humor usual
ly betrays a frivolous disposition, an
irregular imagination or a slovenly in
attention to important details. Next,
it indicates an almost reckless disregard
of moral accuracy and carelessness of
the effect of language upon another,
which, to say the least, are by no means
respectful to ones auditors. Again,
although it may not even suggest the
notion of a willful perversion of actual
fact or any intent harmfully to deceive
another, yet it insensibly begets, when
accustomed to hear this sort of talk. a
habit of hearers of paying but little
attention to such a speakers state
ments.
1t associates all seriousness from
what he may say, and finally they re-
gard him as common Laughter, whose
speech does not deserve ordinary no
ticc Moreover it produces a bewilder-
ing effect upon the general listener,
which is quite incompatible either with
a serious interest in or a care to re-
member what is thus said, and in the
end is likely to cheat the speaker of
lDoTS tllttu llull Ills uut DGCdlSc OI Ills
common discredit as narrator or re-
porter.
Perhaps it is sometimes not inexcus-
able in an earnest advocate or q real
humorist. whose reputation for good
sense is unclouded, who seeks to pro-
duce an immediate effect, and is not
supposed to be limited by an obliga-
ton to speak with an impartial accu-
racy. Nevertheless its habitual use
tends in most cases to destroy the
capability for judicial ilnpartiality,
where such faculty exists-precisely
as contrary habit of conscientious
accuracy of statement usually runs
with fairness of judgment.
When Rufus Choate, who habitually
reveled in hyperbole. was asked to ac-
cept judicial Office, he declined EN-
phatically, saying truthfully, 1T would
destroy my powers of exaggeration. -
Home Journal.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-24
Rattlesnake and King Snake,

The rattlesnake sheds its skin twice
a year, and at that time it becomes
perfectly blind, is helpless, and is easily
captured. At this stage they are assist
ed by nurse or pilot, who guards and
protects them. This guard is the young
king snake. The king snake, however,
is the first enemy the rattlesnake has,
and can easily kill it in combat.
have seen rattlesnakes fleeing from the
old king snake to the young king snake
for protection St Louis Repub-
lie
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-24

An Amherst secret society rigs up a
very realistic hades for the entertain
ment of candidate, and if his nerves
are not pretty strong his hair is apt to
rise His satanic majesty is remarka.
bly, true to tradition, the society hav-
ing gone to the expense of having a
costume of the brightest red, including
a cloven hoof and a well developed
forked tail. In one society at Union
college the neophyte is led through a
small brook, but as he is allowed to
change his shoes after the ceremony it
doesn't hurt him any. At one of the
large colleges not many years ago the
guides lost their way, walked the fresh
man of precipice. and he was killed
by the fall.-New York Star.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-24
Tho volatile Eleven Year Old.

Said u matron recently. II called Tie.
other evening upon some newcomer In
our community. Ny husband knew
the man In town, and as they were
neiehbors we paid them visit Of wei
come. Mr.. Blank was not at homo,
and Mrs. Blank was busy for few
moments with her baby, SO the elder
daughter, child Of II, was sent down,
no doubt proudly, to play the hostess.
Miss Nora had keen, pale face and
wonderfully fluent tongue She ex-
planned and apologized for her coming,
and then set to work to entertain us
according to her lights. She produced
photograph album and showed us,
with running comments, the family
pictures.
"At photograph of very ugly
man she said: 4 suppose Mr.. - looks
very homely to you, but mamma says
no face is homely that belongs to
good heart, and Mr.. - is a very good
man. He lent papa 800 for us to
move with-papa is paying it back
every month. We can't have any par
!or curtains till that is paid up
Alarmed, I hurriedly turned the page
and said at random, What a pretty
womanp Yes, said the little girl, that
is school friend of mammals. She
often visits us. Mamma is very fond
of her. only she thinks she comes al
most too often. Company always
makes difference; you know, and we
have to make a ds6sert every day when
Mrs. So-andSo IS here.
Il shut the book, fairly terrified, but
for ten minutes more we were tortured
recipients of similar confdences. Then
Mrs. Blank Appeared You haven't
found my little Nora apoor substitute,
Pm sure, she sad complacently. She
is quite little woman, and the valued
confldant of her papa and Inc. You
have no idea how much we rely on her
judgment Poor, deluded woman L
longed to tell her how little she realized
what the judgment and discretion of
an 1l-year-old girl WERE" And this is.
about the usual result where the fore
ing process of children is practiced.
Her Point of View in New York Times.