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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-03-05
Fire Department Officers.

The Abilene Ere department held its
annual election of officers last evening
and chose the following list for the en-
suing year: Chief, Lewis Lipps; as
sistsnt, Ed Yeadon; president, G. D.
Kieffer; viee-president, Samuel Gray;
secretary, w. A. Long; treasurer, S.
Hagan. The boys shave passed through
a year of prosperity and enter upon the
coming twelve months with promise of
success and popularity.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-03-05
DICKINsoN's MEMBERS.
The Bill for Reapportioning Legisla.
tive Districts.

tive Districts.
The committee on appOrtiOnment at
Topeka has reported bill for reappOr-
tioning the state for legislative dis
tricts. This county is made to lose
one of its representatives but to gain
one senator. The county will, if the
bill passes, become a senatorial district
by itself. The modus Operandi by
which the county can be entitled
to one senator and one represent
tative when there are three
times as many representatives as
senators is not readily understood.
The representatives from Dickinson at
Topeka should see that the bill does
not become law as it is a manifest in
justice to one of the best counties in
the state.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-03-05
Business for Sale.

A Sl3, 900 stock of dry goods, dress
goods, notions, cloaks, ladies' shoes,
etc., for sale in bulk. Has cash trade
of $50, 900 annually. Stock in good
condition and now running. For fur
Their information address, 25S 2&C
Mrs. J. q. HAMAKER, Elk.
Abilene, Kansas
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-03-05


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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-03-05

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composed Of the following accounts;
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The advocate., 1891-04-08
KANSAS CITY no TOLEDO.

without Change OF Cars via Wabash
Railroad.
A solid train composed Of the finest
sleeping and chair cars in the world 10
now running on the Wabash railroad
from Kansas City TO Toledo, leaving Kan
sas city every day AZ 500 p M, arriving
In Toledo at 4:15 next afternoon, passing
through the cities OF Jacksonville, Spring
deld, Decatur, Danville, Lafayette, Lo-
ganspOrt, Fort Wayne, Defiance to To
ledo. No other train out Of Kansas City
runs a solid train as far east as the Wa
bash. This fast Wabash train arrives In
New York at 400 p. m. the second after
ternoon from Kansas City. There 10 no
extra charge on this Fast taain. We will
reserve your sleeping Car sccOmmOda-
tlcns through 10 destination by applying
at Wabash ticket Office, northwest corner
Ninth and Delaware streets, Kansas City,
or write or telegraph TO II. N. Garland,
western passenger agent.
The advocate., 1891-04-08
OBSERVE TRR RARMARKs.

We have received the following
communication from the peerless
princess which we hasten 10 lay be-
fore our readers. II may be pre-
sumod that this settles The destiny Of
lhe Peoples party:
WICHITA, Kan, March ~, 1891.
EDITOR ADy0CArKi-I 500 In this weeks AD-
vOoArE q showing OF tho work Of tho sOcalled
reform party In the Legislature, The killing Of
resubmlsaIOn looks bad. Then again tho paa
neo Of that foolish and empty question, woman'a
suffrage, looks id bad Had II not been for
tho Senate the people OF Kansas would have that
foolish and dangerous thing fastened upon them.
How many OF the pledges that we're made wore
Mlnlled2 Some Of the reform measures died IN
your own House. have got enough Of the Poo
ple's party In mino The next Kansas House
will be Democrat and Republican, mark that.
We have got all tho reform we want, such 40 was
attempted this winter Good bye Mr.. Alliance,
goOd bve, Ex-soLD1HR
The writer signs himself "Ez-Sol-
der" We venture IL he was ever a
soldier he was a skulker No true
soldier is ashamed 10 sign his name
10 his honest sentiments He further
writes as though he had been identi-
fed with the Peoples party, and be-
coming disgusted with certain pro-
Ceedings OF the Legislature had left
It, We will venture the prediction
that he has never been anything but
a Republican politician. The ear
marks are too plain 10 deceive any
one. We venture the further prediC-
tion that neither the next House or
che next Senate will be either Repub-
lican or Democratic Chalk this pre-
diCtion down, Mr.. E1.SOldier, . and
don't forget il.
The advocate., 1891-04-08

BENJAMIN HARRISON A VERDANT sOPH'
IsT ON FINANCE, JURISPRUDENCE AND
JUSTICE
Seventeen years ago a Yale college
professor declared:
The time must come when the people willlea
that 10 rule by the small men is the most expen-
Sye and ruinous OF an methods OF government.
On August 8, 1878, Benjamin Har-
rson, in a speech at Richmond,
Indiana, thus spoke Of the treasury
note.
Itis undoubtedly true that the legal tender
quality and the quality OF being receivable Tor
customs and internal taxes would give some
value TO anything, however worthless In ITSELF,
but not a certain or hxed value. Tho quality OF
being legal tender. aided by the promise on 100
face 10 pay, could not keep the greenDack ~
par. Nothing but convertlbility into coin can DO
that for any paper money
Mr.. Harrison went before the
American people in 1888, as the Re
publican candidate for President and
he was elected, having had 233 OF the
4Ol presidential electors.
The following table Of states shows
the strength Of his party in the years
respectively Of 1883 and OF 1890;
The advocate., 1891-04-08

Judges Joined in tho opinion above
given.
Now is u not in order TO say with
Professor Sumner "Tho time must
come when the people will learn that
10 rule by tho small men Il Che most
expensive and ruinOus OF all methods
OF government" when they think Of
the administration Of Harrison and
Morton.
The advocate., 1891-04-08
Florida Real Estate Journal, Arcadia.
Fla, with state map, lOo. Cheap hOme0'
To Enrmera.

The Union Iron Works, Kansas City,
Mo-, manufacture eUeFythiN0 nsCesasry
for grain elevators. Power shelters, en-
gines and boilers and other machinery OF
the latest and most approved styles. They
furnish plans and make estimates for
DSrties contemplating erecting elevators
free, aud where contracts are awarded
superintend the construction and put
everything into sucCeoSful operation.
Write them.
The advocate., 1891-04-08

The cabinet Of President Harrison
is distributed over the country as fol-
lows:
Indiana-William H. II. Miller,
attorney general.
Maine-James G. Blaine, secretary
of state.
Missouri-John W. Noble, secre.
tary of the interior.
New York-Beniamin +. Tracy,
secretary Of the navy.
Ohio-Charles Foster, secretary OF
the treasury.
Pennsylvania John Wsnamaker
postmaster general.
Vermont-Redfeld Proctor, score
tsry Of war.
Wisconsin - Jeremiah M. RuslS,
secretary OF agriculture.
All the above named gentlemen
Secretary Foster having succeeded
Hon. William Windom-fully concur
in the "money theory" Of Mr.. Harri-
son, as furnished in the foregoing
quotation from his elaborate speech
made after che country had partial
demonstration of silver by the act Of
Congress Of February %, 1878, in
spite Of the veto Of Rutherford B.
Hayes
Secretary Window expired within
ten minutes after the delivery of his
administration speech at the board Of
trade meeting in the city Of Gotham,
made to set the Harrison administra-
ton right with the forces of Plutus,
who in Grecian history enriched every
one whom he fell in with.
On July 4, 1888, nearly ten years
after Mr.. Harrison's Richmond
speech, he was waited upon by Hon.
NJ. NJ Estee, Of California, who was
chairman Of the committee accompa-
The advocate., 1891-04-08

was N be yearly paid back The interest was
applied 10 the public aorvicoA The principal
was Tor tho trst ton years 10 be lol out aQhin n
fresh borrowers Tho new borrowers nom year
20 year were 10 have tho money for only tho no.
naming part OF tho term OF sixteen years, repay
Ing by fewer and proportlonatoly larger Install
menta. During the last ok years OF the sixteen
| the sums paid In we're not 10 be rol0anod, but
tho notes burned, 30 that the whole might DO
called In. and the accounts completely settled a.
tho end OF tho term.
OF this system Governor Thomas
Pownall, who was the first English
man Of note that made politics in
America a profound study, and who
as scientist and doctor Of laws was
much esteemed by Benjamin Frank
Lin, whose close friend he was, even
during the trying ordeal Of the revo-
lutiOnary war, thus gave his deliber-
ate utterances:
Twin venture 20 say chat there never was q
wiser or better measure, never ono bettor calcu'
lated 70 serve the uses Of an increasing country
that there never was q measure moro steadily or
more faithfully pursued for forty years together
than the Ian ofico In Pennsylvania
Hon. Francis A. Walker, the super
intendent OF the tenth census Of the
United States, that OF 1880, remarked:
When the paper money Of Pennsylvania was,
with that Of the other colonies, OutlAwed by the
act OF Parliament OF 1878, DR.. Franklin wrote q
pamphlet protesting against the aCt.
Il is a matter Of history that pre-
vious to the revolutionary war paper
money was issued TO a greater or less
extent by oAch one Of the thirteen
colonies. Massachusetts made Che
first issue in 1890, 10 aid in fitting
out the expedition against Canada,
and in 1715, as a remedy for the pre-
vailing embarrassment OF trade, q
land bank was proposed with the
right to issue circulating notes SO.
cured by land
D On January 10, 1872, a majority o.
|, the supreme court Of the United
States declared that Congress car
conslitutionally give to the United
, States the character and quality Of
, money, such notes being made legally
available TO fulfil all contracts solva.
BILE in money, without reference ia
time when such contracts were made
unless expressly otherwise provided
And on March 3, 1884, the decision
J of that court was delivered by Asso'
} Ciate Justice Horace Gray, OF Massa-
chusetts, in which il was held-Only
one dissentient-that under the con.
: stitution Congress has the power, i
il deems it e1pedient to issue legaI
tender notes to any amount, either in
time OF peace or war.
Can il be that President Harrison
, is at all familiar with these important
decisionsH Let him but remember
I that one Augustus D. Juilliard, o.
New York, in April, 1879, sold K
Thomas s. Greenman, Of Mystic
Bridge, Connecticut, a bin Of CottOr
. amounting to S5,1220O payable or
delivery; that Mr.. Greenman tenderet
. to him in payment $5,lOO in treasury
notes of the series Of 1S78-whiCl
The advocate., 1891-04-08

nying him from tho Chicago national
convention, Of which Mr..
Estee was permanent chairman, 10
officially apprize him Of his nomina'
tion 10 the American Presidency by
that convention. II is rumored that
Mr. Estee is now willing 10 e1pond
$4,000 TO obtain seat in the United
States Senate that will expire with
the Harrison administration March
A, 1893. And this in face Of the fact
that the Republicans have eighty
eight Of the 119 members OF the Cali
fornia Legislaturel
Mr. Harrison, in his his studied re-
gponse TO the prepared address Of
Mr.. Estee, said:
The Republican party has walked In the light
OF the Declaration OF Independence
And yet the author Of the Declare
tiOn of Independence, Thomas Jeifer-
son, who was eight years President
Of the United States, deliberately de-
clared:
Treasury notes secured by pledges OF the
faith and credit OF the government, With or With
out interest, will make better currency than golC
or silver,
And Andrew Jackson, in his Presi'
Dental message Of 1882, vetoing
national bank charter, remarked;
A national bank Is unauthorized by tho constl
tuition; it is subversve 10 the rights Of the state
and Is dangerous to the liberties Of the people.
In the centennial year ofthis Ameri
can republic, Hon. Joseph p. Root
the first Republican lieutenant gov
ernor of Kansas, later United Statel
minister to Chill, in stating that th'
people are moving, gave forth the fol
lowing thrilling apostrOphe;
RepublCansl Your party was glorious In II
Inception, aud has left a record OF many deed
still more glorious, but In order 10 continue II
existence, II must not travel with its back 10 th
front, expecting TO retain los hold Of the peOpl
by silently Ignoring its mistakes and Crimln'
politics and alone pOlntlngtO the bright spots l
los past history II must promise and perSoTi
something for the future. The land 10 filled wit
pennIess slaves 10 a mOneyed aTlstOcracy VIII
demand release from bondage. Your failure :
add thls emancipation aCt' TO your llst
worthy deeds, will blot out your name aud writ
It in dark lines among the enemies Of humanity
and another shall take your glory
II lawful money, strictly speaking
is whatever the laws Of the nstiol
may prescribe, why should Benjamin
Harrison in the plentitude OF thi
plutocratic wisdom, deliberately de
clare;
The quality Of being legal tender, aided by Oh
promise on 100 race To pay could not Keep IN
greenback at par. Nothing but convertibIit
into coin can do that for any money?
Benjamin Franklin "good, ol'
honest Ben"-whO signed the dec
laration of independence, and VIII
was a member Of the constitutions
convention Of 1887, when a younI
man of 20 years of age, published
work in 1929, entitled "A.Modest En-
quiry into the Nature and Necessit,
OF Paper Currency" in which OC
ours the following;
For as bills issued upon money security 81
money, so bills issued upon land are In ere'
oofafd land
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-13
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Washing old silk in beer is said TO give
it a luster almost equal to that possessed
when new.
A new idea in decoration for wedding
or dance is to fix a temporary shelf all
about the four sides of room, heaping it
with flowers and ferns.
A very good authority in the Ladies'
Home Journal gives simple remedy for
hiccough: A lump of sugar saturated
with vinegar. In ten cases, tried as an
experiment, it stopped hiccough in nine.
To remove the unsightly marks caused by
drippings from the faucets in marble basins,
or in the water-closet bowl, nothing equals
pulverized chalk moistened with a few
drops of ammonia. Apply with an old
toothbrush and they quickly disappear.
For tender feet take two quarts of cold
water and add one tablespoonful of bay
rum and two tablespoonfuls of ammonia.
The feet should be soaked in this for ten
minutes, throwing the water upward 10 the
knees Rub dry with crash towel and
the tired feeling will be gone.
To polish patent-leather boots or shoes,
mix tablespoonful of sweet OIL with tea
spoonful of turpentine, and rub it over the
leather with a bit of sponge, polishing af-
forwards with bit of soft rag. If there
are any cracks in the leather ill them up
with common boot-blacliing before you use
the oil and turpentine.
The new servant girl tried two kinds of
furniture polish on the rosewood dining
table. She declared that American furni-
ture polish was no good at all. at ALL
She got half a pound of white beeswax,
two cakes of CASTLE soap and pint of tur-
pentine. She boiled the soap and wax to-
gether-that is, she melted them until they
ran together Then she poured in the tur-
pentine All the hard wood in the house
shines like mirror glass now. lis the
way they make the bars shine in Dublin"
she said.
An old lace maker who has woven many
many q gossamer web for that connoisseur
of laces, Nine. Modjeska, and has taught
the fair actress to fashion some of the
daintiest patterns her deft fingers delight
in doing, gives this simple receipt for lace
cleaning: Spread the lace out carefully on
wrapping paper, then sprinkle it
carefully with calcined magnesia;
place another paper over it and put
it away between the leaves of
book for two or three days. All it needs is
a skilful shake to scatter the white pow
der and then it is ready for wear, with
slender threads intact and as fresh as when
new.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-13
WHAT IS WORN.

Black grenadines in Serpentine stripes.
Chiffon ruffies embroidered with con-
trusting color.
Black taffeta petticoats trimmed with
pinked or lace rutiies.
Two dresses, one all white and another of
black. with a supply of fancy waists, are
capable of immense possibilities.
Very pretty blouses are made of foulards
or batiste, with rundown lace collar, and
fitted with vests of the same color.
The fashion of wearing handsome coat
bodices of material distinct from that of
the accompanying dress skirt is gaining
ground.
Quaint skirts of black satin in sheath
style, with a turn of fashions wheel, reap
pear decked out from waist line to hem in
gathered ruifieS of lace.
Sheer cotton frocks, like lawns and organ
dies, are trimmed with lace, shirt and bodice
ruffies, also on the wrists and over the
shoulders like pointed bertha.
For ball dresses satin and damask are
much in vogue, even young ladies appear
ing in it, but being careful to choose very
delicate tones, such as very pale blue, very
light pink, mauve or straw.
Countless rosettes of narrow ribbon and
about the size of a silver dollar appear in
the most unique manner upon summer
toilets. Sometimes they outline a simu-
lated yoke, again they shape the V and
often are so massed as to form vest.
A French fancy, which is very sensible
one is to have the outer petticoat of striped
alpaca, and material for these skirts is
shown in blue and white, red and white,
brown and white, purple and white, black
and white gray and black, and crimson and
black Such skirts wear well and can be
prettily trimmed.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-13

Surah silk of thick quality and broadly
twilled is now in great favor for bathing
suits. II is claimed that it does not retain
as much water as the flannel suits, and
that it does not cling so closely TO the
figure. Black and navy blue are the colors
most used, though there are faucifUl swim
ming suits of white Surah, light blue. pale
yellow, and also of mauve trimmed with
white silk. The more modest dark suits
are made with yoke waist and drawers in
one, cut in continuous pieces or attached
to the same belt; separate skirt is then
buttoned on this belt The highnecked
waist has a turnover collar in sailor shape
and cravat of the silk to be knotted by
the wearer The drawers fall below the
knee and are quite wide, with rubber IN
the hem to draw them into shape. Short
sleeves, reaching only TO the elbows, are
most liked and are always used by swim
merS. The skirt is gathered evenly all
around and trimmed with many rows of
braid. White silk tape, like lacing strings,
is set in border rows on some OF the pretty
blue and black surah suits, and the bodice
has the collar rolled away low to show
sailor shirt front of white silk.
Wiry stiff cheviotS of coarse quality are
preferred TO the tiaunels formerly used for
bathing dresses. They are made with the
princess garment combining waist and
knickerbockers, and a short skirt is belt
ed on.
Jersey wool suits do not shrink and are
commended at the best houses. The waist
and skirt are in one piece in these dresses,
and the skirt is made much fuller than
those formerly seen. The drawers are close
fitting, like equestrian tights, and have
stockings woven with them.-Harper's
Bazaar
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-13
Useful Household Items.

The fashion of using a canton flannel
cloth under the linen tablecloth is very
desirable one 1t prevents noise when
dishes are set down; saves much wear on
fine linen cloths, making them last longer,
and gives body to an old or thin cloth.
Most people in cleaning lamp chimneys
use bristle brush with wire handle or a
cloth wrapped over stick. both of which
are liable to scratch the glass, making it
break more readily when expanded by the
heat. A sponge the size of the lamp chin
ney tied to the end of a slender pine stick
is better than either.
When washing fine white flannels add a
TABLESPOONFUL of pulverized borax to pail
full of water. This will keep them soft and
white.
To Danish red ants from the pantries
strew whole cloves around the shelves. The
same is also considered a good moth exter
minator.
A good housekeeper's way of putting up
green beans: Scald them in salt and water
and then dry them the same as you would
fruit, and tie up tight in cloth or paper
sacks.
Wash white silk handkerchiefs in cool,
hard soapsuds, rinse in blued water, dry
quickly and iron with cool flatiron.
In boiling meat for soup use cold water
to extract the juices, but if the meat is
wanted for itself alone put into boiling
water
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-13
HOUSEHOLD.

The heated season brings to town and
country houses peculiar annoyance, but
does the town housewife in her screened
home. where she can always find a shaded
window and command plenty Of ice, ever
think of the wife in the prairie farmhouse
where the suns heat, despite the wind,
burns the cheek and the flies seek the shade
windows, and where glass of cool water is
absolutely unattainable9 Think Of the in
finite amount of patience woman thus sit
uated must require to maintain cheerful
ness under such adverse circumstances.
The baking, brewing and churning must go
on whatever the state of the thermometer.
For her there is little, if any, relaxation.
The daily round must be kept up despite
heat.
The purpose is not to dishearten the
country housekeeper in calling the attention
of the townswomen to the fact that they
have comforts of which the less fortunate
sister is deprived, but to ask the country
woman if she is saving herself all that is
possible during the season when teamwork
is apt to make its largest drafts upon the
women of the household. Is it necessary to
give the harvesters, haymakers and thresh-
ermen feast every day? Memory of farm
life calls to mind the pie-making and chick
en-fixing that went on from morning TO
night and the rivalry that was excited as
the force moved from place to place, each
housewife seeking to excel the last Good
plain substantials, such as are easily pre-
pared, is all that ought to be expected
and all that the goodman should allow, if
to have more is to tax the strength of the
female members of his family.
A man is justly proud of notable house
wife, but no rejecting husband would wish
for display of his wife's skill at the cost
of her strength.
,Housekeepers in town and country ought,
through August and September, to keep
house as lightly as possible. Danish from
the table all deserts except melons and
fruits, and let hot suppers wait the appear
ing of Jack Frost. With plenty of milk,
with butter that is made before S o'clock in
the morning, and bread baked not oftener
than three times week, the work of
the house is lightened, and health and
cheerfulness promoted.
As to fiy-specks and dust, these will keep
until cooler days, and why make life bur-
den in an effort to Danish them7
Work beyond the strength tends to dis
enlargement and irritation, the exercise of
self-control becomes almost an imposibility,
and to maintain forbesrance with others,