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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-12-31

We are reminded of another gray
whiskered chestnut that ought to go.
In two or three references to Senator
Plumb We read: Although not a
brilliant man." For heavens sake
will some one tell us what is brilliant
man? We know what the expression
means applied to a chump, or bump
of a log but what was Plumb? He
was a man of practical ideas, and III
expressing them he put force cores
ponding to his physical energy, which
was that Of a steam engine, and he
was so rapid in delivery as to be a
terror to stenographers. lie was ready
for every question and be gave vigorOu
thought to each alike. His language
was good, clear and strong. He was
a wonder in accomplishing things he
took hold of. Will somebody define a
brilliant man? ingalls, is a brilliant
man, of course, but why wasn't Plumb
a brilliant MANI Kansas City Gazette.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-12-31

Shall we have two Simpsons in congress-
Estate Journal.
Not of the sockless kind, thank
heaven
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-12-31

The Topeka Capital does not mention
Burton for the senatorship. The Capt.
tai is booming the weak candidates.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-12-31

There is a good deal to distrust in
the alliance leaders advice that In
gals be selected as Piumb's successor.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1891.

No one will ever accuse Governor
Humphrey of lacking nerve hereafter.
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RICHARD WAXING. Business Manager

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NATIONAL CanItaI rEnfe..

Senator Proctor's slight attack OF
uEtia rVnaHss him t0ins TssaasHrs
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Publication Notice.

{ Flrst published in he ABILENE RE Lee
T R, Dec 81. 1871
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BISHOP & DUROH,
Alto neys for plaintiff.
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- NJ hmANs
STAMBAUGH, hURD & DEWEY,
NttOrneys for rlaintiff
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heaven.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-07-09
THE PRAIRIE MIRAGE.
Tragic Incident of "A . quincy Through the
Great American Desert.

A burning summer sun had beaten
down on the prairie for days. Fur
nace-like the sou h winds came racing
out of the pulsinG haze at the far hori-
zou. The sky seemed of copper and
the foor-like plains once emerald
disk was tngSd by the heat with a
grayish brown
But one object broke the monoton-
Gus ssmeneSs of the scene-a white
covered wagon. It's Tapping canvas
top giving Scant shelter TO the emf
grant and his wife crouched within.
Their Journey has been long and fever
throbs in the woman's veins.
Suddenly the man looks up, startled.
Their search for home is over
See" he cries in JOY
They have come out on the edge of
widereaching valley. Lines Of
dense-leavcd. biIlowy forest bend and
sway in gentle breeze. A lake with
here and there Il touch of foam to re-
Iieve the sparkling blue of the waves,
restlessly losses and wrinkles its
waters. Broad meadows suggesting
clover and golden-rod are near bv,
and the undulatious of the grass are
like those of the lake. Yonder along
the beach they eaten Il glimpse of
dwellingS-scemin@ly palaces whose
bold frontage awes their simple minds.
Seer. calls out again the glad nus
band, and his strong arm lifts the
fainting wife that she may get better
view.
Rest is there, and hone and JOY. The
burdens of the past have been so great!
In tue fierce race of life they have been
left So far behind; but now the tourney
over the thin-grasScd prairie is almost
ended-the haven is in sight They
can almost taste the fruits of the deep
foliaged trees aud catch a scent of the
clover and of the sea.
Hungrily, earnestly they feast their
eyes rs they gaze through the opening
III the Tapping canvas.
A passing cloud drifts suddenly be-
fore the sun.
a cry of pain and disappointment
surges to the woman's lips as she sees
again dreary length of plain whose
level lines had so long fatgued her
eyes. The torrid wind finds not leaf
to stir. She falls back on her heat
filled pillow.
The mirage has lifted. The emil
grant is alone ius the midst of the
prairie with his dead.-Detroh Free
Press,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-07-09
A WELL EARNED FEE

St. Paul Globe: Years ago A. T.
Stewart was harassed by a certain
treasury decision, which vastly in
creased his payments of duties. His
lawyer called one day about another
matter. Stewart spoke in an ex-
asperated way about the treasury
decision.
"Let me see the decision," said
the lawyer. After reading it through
he said:
"This law speaks of all silk gar
ments.
Why don't you have a thread Of
worsted run into these goods when
they are made abroad?'
"Will that come within the new
law? asked the great merchant.
"Certainly."
GLOW much do you want for that
opinion?" asked Stewart few months
later.
"Fifty thousand dollars" said the
lawyer. And he got it. He was mod
est, too, but a dollar went farther in
those days than it does now.
Stewart years after told his legal
adviser that the casual suggestion
made that day had been worth over
$1,000, 900 to the merchant.
So the $50, 700 fee was not high.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-07-09
A PIaywriter's Luck.

A man with his trousers in his boot
tops and whip in his hand called at
the boX-olficc of one of the Detroit
theatcrs the other day, and after
fumbing about his pocket for awhile,
brought out about dozen sheets OF
foolscap pinned together, and said:
Here a play my daughter has writ
an composed all by her self. What
are you paying this spring?'
The price is way down, replied
the courteous attendant.
Too many in the market, l sup
pose?'
That's it,
wall. this is a stopper of play
and no mistake. Four murders in it,
and no end of love and banging
around
II see, but l don't think we could
could use it,"
House gets alire and the heroine
puts it out with cider" continued the
man. Work in cider and fire and
you are sure to hit everybody. |
suggested the cider myself"
Yes but as | told you, the price is
way. way down.
expect so. HOW much IL you
give?'
Il am ashamed to make you an Of
fer
'.Pooh! Don't be afeard of hurtin'
nv feelings! Jest 90 right ahead aud
say what ye'll give"
We'll, sir, plays are such drug in
the market that | couldn't offer you
over-over p cents really couldn't
do it.
Gimme the money-shc's yours"
said the man, us he handed it in; and
after swallowing the lump in his throat
and turning about forty different col
ors the officials passed out a quarter
and took in the play and sadly dropped
it in the waste baskct.-Detr0u Free
Press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-07-09
Miss A!cOtt-As Author and Woman.

Miss Josephine Lazarus publishes III
he Century thoughtful sketch of the
career of Louisa May Alcott the chill
dren's author. from which we quote
these paragraphs:
Strangely enough, in her works,
which are the counterpart OF her LIE,
her defect becomes a merit, and ac-
counts for their phenomenal success.
What was it in Miss Alcott's books that
surprised and delighted the children OF
a score of years ago. and that still
holds it's charm for the childhood of to-
day? Was it new world that she
discovered, Il fairy-land Of Imagination
and romance. peopled by heroes aud
enchanted beings? Far from 1t. 1t was
She literal. homespun, child's world OF
TODAY: the common air and skies, the
common life of every New England
boy and girl, such as she knew ii; the
daily ioys and cares the games and
romps and jolly companions-all the
actually and deiail of familiar and ac-
customed things which children love.
For children are born realists. who de-
light in the marvellous simply because
for them the marvellous is no less real
than the commonplace. and Is accept
ed Just as Internationally. Miss Al
colt met the children on their own
plane, gravely discussed their prob
lens. and adopted their point of view,
drawing in no wise upon her Invention.
or imagination but upon the facts OF
her own memory and experience.
Whether or not the picture, so true to
the life as she had lived it. will re-
main true and vital for all times can
not now be determined. For the liter
AZURE of children. no less than for our
own, higher gift may be needed;
more finish and less of the rough-and-
ready of everyday habit and exist
euce; above all, perhaps, large gen
eralization and suggestion. and the
touch of things unseen as we'll as
things familiar.
But whatever the fate Of her books,
Miss Alcott deserves the niche she has
| won, and the monument built for her
in the record of 4 life which is 4 pro-
| test against the doubts of the age-the
fear that duty may have lost its sway
aud character its foundation, aud that
| happiness is the sole measure and rule
! OF living.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-07-09
ELECTRIC RITTERS-

This remedy is becoming SO we'll
known and so popular as to need no
special mention. All who have used
Electric Pitters sing the same song
of praise.-A purer medicine does
not exist and it is guaranteed to do
all that is claimed. Electric Bitters
will cure all diseases ofthe Liver and
Kidneys, will remove Pimples, Boils,
Salt Rheum and other affections
caused by impure blood.-Will drive
Malaria from the system and prevent
as we'll as cure all Malaria fever. For
cure of Headache Constipation
and Indigestion try Electric Bitters
Entire satisfaction guaranteed, or
money refunded.-Price so cts and
sI.oo per bottle at Henry Hinrichs
Drugstore.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-07-09
STARTLING FACTS.

The American people are rapidly
becoming a race of nervous wrecks,
and the following suggests the best
remedy: Alphonso Hemphing, of
Butler. Pa, swears that when his son
was speeches. from St Vitus dance
DR.. Miles great Restorative Nervine
cured him. Mrs. ]. R. Miller, of
Valparaiso, and ]. D. Taylor, of
Logansport, Ind each gained 20 lbs.
from taking it. Mrs. H. A. Gardner,
of Vistula, Ind, was cured of 40 to so
commissions day, and much head
ache, dizziness, backache and ner-
vous prostration by one bottle. Trial
bottles, and fine book of marvellous
cures, free at Henry Hinrichs who
recommends and guaranteed this I'M
equaled remedy.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-07-09
HON. 10 RAIHE.
BE Clean aud in All Likelihood You VIII
BE HeaIthy.

The first and common object of the
bath is cleanliness. The great i'm
portance of abstarsiou. and the
necessity of keeping the skin clean and
in its normal activity. will be more
fully appreciated when we consider
the importance of the function which
the skin has To perform One-thlrd OF
all the morbid matter in the system
arising from tissue change is thrown
off through the skin, the other two
thirds being excreted by the kidneys
and lungs.
The cxcretion through the skin Is
accomplished by the action of about
1900. 900 of little sweat glands Zach
of these glands is surrounded by a
plexus of blood vessels. aud has duct
extending to the surface. the average
length of which is one-fourth OF an
inch. The aggregate length of these
ducts as computed is about ten mites.
Think of it. A system of human
sewerage ten miles in extent! The
deleterious effect upon the organism
caused by a stoppage OF this great
system of drainage will be perceived
at a glance. The eficte matters OF the
excretcd by the skin, nature now en-
deavors to get rid of through the kid
neys and lungs.
Tie effect on these organs of the
great increase of functual activity
necessary TO maintain the harmony
between tissue waste and tissue repair
results in their disease, and the entire
system becomes deranged from the
poisonous effects of this accumulated
matter. Then, too. in health respira-
ton is carried obr in measure,
through skin by the absorption of
oxygen and the giving off of carbonic
acid. thus aiding the lungs in their
interchange of gases; in this manner a
direct effect Is produced upon these
organs by a checking OF the normal
activity OF the skin.
For purposes of cleanliness The hot
bath will be found of the greatest SER
vice Friction Of the body with soap
the accumulated matter which fills the
mouths of the little duets. and leaves
them open and free for the egress of
the natural secretlons. This bath
should be followed by cold shower to
restore the tone to the skin and avoid
the depression which always follows
prolonged immersion in hot water
Right here ! wish to say word to de-
preciate the pcrnicious practice in
dulged in by many of taking frequent
hot baths.
For the purpose just mentioned a hot
bath is never necessary Oftener than
once or, al most, twice a week. pro-
vided a person takes daily tepid or
cold sponge bath, which should be in
duged in by every one rs Il matter of
health Taken oftener than this. the
hot bath is cucrvating and depressing.
1t produces a lowered state of vitality
which not only lowers the powers of
resistance to disease. but may actually
induce disease hy encouraging the de-
velopmcnt Of any latent abnormal con-
dltion TO which the person may be sub
jcct-N y NcWS {.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-07-09
He CRAWLEO THROUGH.
MIR. Bog.s Managed il in Two Minutes
and Half, and Got There.

Mr.. and Mrs. Hugo Boggs were in
yolycd in Il heated discussion as 10 the
width of pane of glass broken out of
the south window OF their kitchen.
That pane of glass" said Mr..
Boggs resoIutely, lis big enough to
throw cow through by the horns; it
is twenty inches wide by twenty-one. :"
And | know" Mrs. Boggs retorted,
and hardly that"
So, instead of adjusting their quarrel
by measuring the easement, they
argued until Mr.. Boggs offered to buy
Mrs. Il. the best silk dress in town if
he failed to crawl through tile empty
easement within three minutes.
You'll just get stuck fast, Hugo,
and Iii have to call in the neighbors
TO saw You out. walled his wife; see
if YOU DON'T
Nonsense, woman; I'll be through
before you can wink"
just III this point little Willy, who
was Sobbing as the result OF Il recent
cellar interview with his father, crept
quietly out Of the house.
Boggs stripped himself of coat and
Vs. s'iAt iI'iIi u lfNlSiI VA SOip DOA
hegan To wriggic through the window.
He was right about the size of the
opening, and everything went on nice
~ until he undertook 10 rest himself
by placing his hands on the cellar
door which, under ordinary circum-
stances, was situated directly beneath
this window, about two feet down. In
tits extraordinary ease the door had
been carefully folded back by parties
unknown.
BOggs reached out wildly for it and
missed. His 2j0 pounds had started
earthward, however, and nothing
could head him of.
Bet You two TO one dad wins,
mother!' shouted little Willie from a
seat on the line fence
stop him, Willie. stop him. Shrek
ed Mrs. BoggS.
Not much! Think I'm goin' t in
terfere in 4 square race? Go it dad;
you're winnrr!'
Bump! bump! smash!' Mr.. Boggs
was through.
"O-o-o-h. I'm sure Hugo's killed, y
sobbed Mrs. BoggS.
Two minutes 'thirtv-two seconds"
said little Willie, thrusting his birth
day watch into his hip pocket-N T.
Word.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-07-09
CHINESE ART AND CRUELTY.

The number OF worlnen employed
in China TO finish one article of china
ware is almost incredible, a single cup
is said, from the kneeding ofthe paste,
TO pass through seventy hands before
it is ready for sale, each individual in
its progress performing as little as he
possibly can for the remuneration he
receives. The Chinese decorate the
exterior Of their dwellings and their
pleasure grounds with enormous
pieces of porcelain, both in the shape
of vases and figures, these are formed
each in several pieces, and each piece
or portion in a mound. The paste is
first well pressed into the moulds,
which are then placed before a fire
for a short time, to detach the
figures from their mOulds: the var
! ious portions are then united and
cemented together the joints are care
fully smoothed off by the chisel, and
are vanished and painted over after
which they are imperceptible. The
designs traced upon their porcelain
or china are very inferior, but the
colors used by the artists who paint
these designs are far superior to any
European coloring. The division of
labor in embellishing and painting the
chinaware is equal to that employed
in the formation of it. One traces
figures, another flowers, third paints
the figures, and fourth the flowers,
in fact, there is an artist for delineat-
ing and another for painting each
particular object, each goes on in one
beaten track, without the least con-
Ception or attempt at improvement,
or introducing new ideas in their de p
signs, and thus the same designs and
figures are accurately copied by the
artists of the present day which were
used in the days of Confucius. If a
workman steal a bit of material, no
matter how small the quantity, or If
he break or in any manner destroy
what he cannot replace or pay for, he
is punished in the most cruel and
shocking manner. On one occasion
a workman stole a handsome vase
which he presented to his sweetheart.
His theft was discovered and both he
and the poor girl to whom he had
given the vase, were confined in tubs
fromWhich only their heads protrud-
ed, and exposed on the summit of a
hill to the elements and ravenous
birds until they miserably persisted in
lingering agony
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-07-09

1t is rc'idcd OF Won Moltke that.
after the capitulation of Paris in 1871
he went 10 Cnimar. and. meaning To
STAY there few DAYS. did not ,iiSdain
To ask for Il bilcting order. Mile. r..
however. upon whom tie Marshal
was To have been qnaricrcd. would
have nothing to say 10 him and Matke
was fain 10 lodge and feed himself NJ Il
hOtcl-0f course. at the lldy'S cX-
pcnSg. He asked for fnur rooms on
the first floor invited people 10 break
fast and dinner aud treated them to
cIiampagne-iu short, the Tcuton
livcl like iigiling-cock. But ut the
end of three days the landlord. vino
hated him. quietly took leave to res
mind His ENceluucy that the term of
the biIleting order had now expired.
Moltke replied with dry cough aud IA
demand for small r1om on the second
floor. Daring the remainder of lis
stay lie dincd fricndicSs anI cham
paguelcss ut the table d'.otc.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-07-09
A WONDER WORKER.

Mr.. Frank Huffman, young man
of Burlinton, Ohio, states that he had
been under the care of two prominent
physicians, and used theiI treatment
until he was not able to get around.
They pronounced his case to be Con-
sumption and incurable. He was per-
suaded to try DIR. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds and at that time was not able
to walk across the street without
resting. He found, before he hadused
half of dollar bottle, that he was
much better, he continued to use it
and is to-day enjoying good health.
If you have any Throat, Lung or
Chest Trouble try it. We guaran tee
satisfaction. Trial bottle free at Hen
ry Hinrichs Drugstore.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-07-09
FIVE TONS OF WHALE.

A whale came ashore in the
Raritan Bay, says the New York
Continent. Phineas Mundy, a we'll
known fisherman of the village heard
the news, and fastened with his two
sons down to the shore to capture
the monster. With his CLASSY back
just visible above the water, his
whaleship lay as though in a peace
full sleep, about one hundred and fifty
feet from the shore.
Mundy and his boys procured a
long rope and harpoon and waded
out in the. soft sand to the edge, bent
on capturing the stranger dead or
alive. One of the boys handled the
formidable-looking harpoon, while
the father handled the less deadly
hawser. The poor beast seemed so
totally unconscious of approaching
danger and'so thoroughly exhausted
that the harpoon was not used. Max
ing lasso out of the long line, Mr..
Mundy dexterously threw and caught
the whale by the tail. The prize was
captured.
BY this time hundred men had
assembled on the beach, and with
will they hauled away on the line and
soon had the animal high and dry on
the beach.
All the way up from the water the
whale foundered about, and track,
wide and deep, was cut where his
body twitched. 1t took three hours TO
land him.
The whale is young female, weigh
ing five tons and measuring nineteen
feet long and twelve feet in girth. Mr..
Mundy has rugged up blank fence
around it, and is Barnumiziug the
He was making money fast
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-07-09
SUDDEN DEATHS

Heart disease is by far the most
frequent cause of sudden death,
which in three out offour cases is I'M
suspected. The symptoms are not
generally understood. These are: a
habit of lying on the right side, short
breath, pain or distress in side, back
or shoulder, irregular pulse, asthme,
weak and hungry spells, wind in
stomach, swelling of ankles or dropsy
oppression, dry cough and smother
ing. DR.. Miles illustrated book on
Heart Disease, free at Henry Hen
rchs who sell and guarantee DR..
Miles unequaled New Heart Cure,
and his Restorative Nervine, which
cures nervousness, headache, sleep
lessness, effects of drinking, etc. 1t
contains no opiateS.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-07-09
CONSUMPTION CURED.

An old physician, retired from practice. hav-
ing had placed in his hands by an East India
missi 'nary The formula of Il simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and permanent cure OF
Consumption. Bronchitis. Catarrh. Asthma and
all throHt and Lung Affections. also positive
and radical cure for Nervous Debility and all
Nervous Complaints. after having tested It's
wonderful cuI native powers in thousands of
cases. has fell ii his duty to make ii known to
his suffering fellows. Actuated by This motive
and Il d ssire TO relieve human sun ring. VIII
send free of charge. to ali who desire IT. this re-
cipe. in German. French or English. 18th full
directions tor preparing and using Sent by
mail by addressing with stamp. naming this
paper. W. a. MOVES, $50 PoireTs' Block, hocaes-
En- " \.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-07-09
CHAMBERLATN'S EYE AND SKIN
OINTMENT.

A certain cure for Chronic Sore Eyes
letter. Salt Rhenm, Scalded Head, Old
Chronic Sores, Fever Sores, Eczema
Itch, Prairie Scratches, Sore Nipples and
Piles. 1t is cooling and soothing. Hun.
dreds of cases have been cured by it after
all other treatment had failed. 1t is put
mp in . and 30 cent boxes For sale by
III. Hinrichs, Druggist.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-07-09
TOO ENTICING.

Judge-How came you to enter the
house?
"But just think, your honorl Two
O'Clock at night, policeman within a
half mile, an open window on the
first story! Why, you would have
climbed in yourself!"-Fliegende
Batter.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-07-09
Epidcnics In japan.

Japan had Il plethora of cpidemics
during 1929 Influenza reached her
shores in February. Cnolera followed
with over $1,000 deaths. Dyscntery
affected 50. 77S persons with 1862
deaths. Il ratio of Is q per cent. "
phoid fever occurred ii 654 times, with
8, 500 deaths. rcr cent.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-07-09
PLAIN.

Mrs Youngwife (to pretty appli
cant mo, l don't think you will do.
Applicant-But | am able to cook
in the best style.
Mrs. Youngwife-I guess l know
my business. | advertised for a plain
Cook.-Harper's Bazaar.