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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-11-20

the back. and two bright yellow stripes
upon each side, which are connected by
fine, yellow, transverse lines. The
caterpillars now construct, slightly be-
meath the soil surface, loose cocoons
composed of particles of earth fastened
together by silken threads, within
which they change to pupn. About a
fortnight later the moths emerge, and
deposit eggs for a second brood of
larvae, which develop early in autumn,
pupating before winter, and hibcrnat-
ing within their cocoons.
Remedies. -Nhen young the larvae
are congrcgatcd together upon one or
few leaves, and may then easily be
checked by manipulating. Later they
are open to destruction by the applica-
ton of hot water, insect powder or
kerosene emulsion.
Clover Seed Nudge. -(Cecidomyia leg
uminicola)-The clover seed nudge is a
small, orange-colored maggot that de-
velops in the clover heads at the ex-
pense of the young seeds. 1t matches
from eggs laid by very small, two
winged fly similar to the Hessian fly in
appearance. The female is provided
with a long ovipositor with which she
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-11-20
RHEUMATISM CURED.

Three M nth treatment VITA full dire tiOns by
mail for ONE DOLLAR or Sample Package OF
medicine and particulars for &-CENT STAMP.
JACKSON MANUFACTURING CO., Columbus, o.
gpNAME TRIs PAPkR tina yea vElA
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-11-20
A sERVICEABLE HOE.

digging around the hop hills, and in
their search for cutworms.
Such a hoe is especially handy and
serviceable in working and digging
among roots, stumps, stones, etc, and
in hard and stony soil generally. You
can use it pretty much like a pick. Its
advantages are these: First, the tines
enter with ease, even ground that is
quite hard; second, the handle affords
a strong lever for turning up the clod
or sod; lastly, the head is easily APP
piled to knocking the soil to pieces.
A tool of this kind should be in the
possession of every soil tiller. If the
hardware man does not keep it in
stock, the nearest blacksmith can make
one. Surely it is a serviceable tool;
one which once possessed, would not
be parted with for several times its
cost.-Popular Gardening.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-11-20
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

Poor hay, no grain and little shelter
will convince you before the winter is
half gone that clarifying does not pay
THOSE who do not keep the creamery
perfectly sweet and clean do an injus-
tice both to the proprietors and the
public.
How TO keep the milk pure and
have the butter good. There are sew
eral details to be observed but clearly
stables is one of them.
COMPLAINT is made that the profess
sional creamery builders do not erect
good, substantial plants. Watch their
closely if you employ them at all.
Now COMES man who says that no.
body can distinguish between sweet
cream and sour cream butter. # we
could not we would get new palate.
IT is no wonder that the product Of
some creameries is deficient in keep
ing qualities. There is dirt enough in
some of these places to disgust horse.
TAKE the opinion of other people on
the quality of your butter. We are
often prejudiced toward our own pro-
auctions and never more so than with
butter.
The desire to keep butter causes a
good deal of useless discussion. The
sooner butter is eaten after it is maze,
the more natural is the course that is
pursued.
WHEN the dairy associations meet it
will be good plan to stir up the ques-
ton of preventing that colossal fraud
upon the public, the manufacture Of
oleomargarine. Eternal vigilance is
the price of safety to our dairy inter
eSts.-Western Rural .....
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-11-20
CLOVER SEED MIDGE-Fly and larva. Highly
magnified. after Riley.)

CLOVER SEED MIDGE-Fly ana larVa. Highly
magnifed. after Riley)
pushes her eggs in among the young
flowers. When the larva is full grown
it wriggles it's way out of the head and
falls to the ground, where at or just
beneath the soil surface it forms a
slight cocoon, within which it changes
to the pupa state. About ten days
later the flies emerge to lay eggs for
another brood. In the northern states
there are two broods each season,
while at the south there are at least
three, and possibly more.
Remedes.-The best preventive of
the injuries of this insect yet suggested
is that of moving the field about the
middle of May lin the latitude of CEN
trail Ohio) when the green heads are
just forming, and lcaving the partial
crop thus cut on the ground as mulch
and fertilizer A nav crop of bios
SONS is then produced, which com es
between the regular crops and also be-
tween the two broods of the nudge.
years by some of the best farmers in
Ohio with excellent results. The other
remedies ordinarily recommended are
early cutting of the first crop-about
ten days earlier than usual-and
pasturing the fields in spring. But
there are serious objections to both
these methods.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-11-20
A SERVICEABLE HOE.


A Tool of This Kind Should BE Owned by
Every Farmer.
In many cases the gardener feels the
need of a tool more powerful than the
ordinary light hoe. Our illustration
shows the implement that may fill the
bill. 1t is found in quite general use
among German gardeners in sections
of western New York.
Grape growers in western New York,
especially the Germans, also use such
a hoe, under the name grape hoe" for
working among grape vines, and to dig
up the ground in rows where the pillow
and cultivator cannot reach; while hop
growers use it as ''grubbing hoe" for
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-11-20
FARM AND GARDEN.
DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS.
The Zebra Caterpillar and Clover Seed
Midge-Tested Remedies.

The Zebra Caterpillar and Clover Seed
Midge-Tested Remedies.
We illustrate from the bulletin of the
Ohio experiment station, at Columbus,
the zebra caterpillar and clover seed
nudge. with descriptions as follows:
Zebra caterpillar (Ceramica picta).-
This caterpillar is at once distinguished
from other Larvae feeding upon cabbage
by the brilliant yellow and black mark
ings upon its body. 1t originates from
smafi, spherical eggs, laid in clusters
upon the cabbage leaves by hand
some, purplish- brown moth (B), that
appears early in summer. At first the
larvae are very dark, and feed together
gregariously, but as they develop they
become lighter colored and dispense
over the plant. When disturbed they
roll up and drop to the ground They
become full grown (a) in three or four
weeks, when they are about two
inches long, with wide, longitudinal,
velvet-black stripe upon the middle Of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-11-20
AGENTS WANTED ON SALARY

or commission, to handle the New Patent Chemical
Ink Hrasing Pencil Agents making $50 per = elk.
Monroe Eraser MI Co, La Crosse, Wis. Box e31.
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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-05

GonigIe, Ira B. Collins, Henry Eooin.
Live Stock Sanitary Commission
Kenon Hurst.
Supreme Court CommissiOners-Ben-
jamin F. Simpson, George S. Green, j.
c. Strang.
Regents of State Agricultural College
II. P. Moore, r. W. Finley.
Regents of State Normal Schools.
H. Dodge, Nelson Case, James NJ. Gray
bill.
Regents State University-Charles f.
Scott, C. r. Mitchell, D. A. Valentine.
The Senate declined to concur in the
House concurrent resolution memorial
izing Congress to order the immediate
opening Of the Cherokee Strip to settlers.
THE HOUSE.
TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. 3.-When Speak
er Elder called the House to order at 8
o'clock yesterday afternoon there were
many vacant seats and the roll call
showed bare quorum. 1t was nearly
1 o'clock when the regular order OF
business was taken up. Many bills
and petitions were introduced and re-
ferred to the proper committees and
when the House resolved itself into
Committee Of the Whole it ground out
business in great rapidity. Those who
have heretofore obstructcd the progress
Of work by long winded speeches on
technical and unimportant points, kept
their seats and as a result a great deal
was accomplished.
The House amended bill which pro-
vided that law should be effective i'm
mediately after its publication in the
official State paper to read after its pub
lication in the statutes. The resolution
was introduced by Duncan, and every
bill taken up thereafter was treated to
this amendment.
The House passed a special bill with
out discussion under suspension OF rules,
making St. Francis the permanent
county seat of Cheyenne County. This
was done to prevent the renewal OF a
bitter county seat war at which the del
egates from Cheyenne County declared
that bloodshed was imminent.
Mr. Dryden, of Woodson County, in
troduced a resolution directing atten-
ton constitutional provision relating to
compensation of members of the Legis-
lature, showing that the right to per
diem was limited to days on which the
Legislature was in actual session and
that it did not contemplate the payment
OF members for days upon which neither
branch of the Legislature was in ses-
sion. Mr.. Douglass, of Sedgwick, in
troduced similar resolution. Both laid
over under the rules. The resolution
will not affect the total amount which
members will receive, as they are linn
tied to fifty days pay, no matter how
long they may be in session Clerks
only will be affected.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-05
CONVICTED OF WIFE MURDER.
David E. Davis Found Guilty of Smother
ing His Wife to Death.

=
ing His Wife to Death.
LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, Feb. 1.-The
iurv in the Davis murder trial brought
in a verdict for murder in the first de-
gree. against David E. Davis, after be-
ing out half an hour. When the fore
man reported the verdict in the court
room Davis became pale and very
much agitated, and was at once taken
into the judges private room by Sheriff
Florea- He gave way to tears and Ia
mentations declaring that he had no
witnesses who could speak for him.
The attorneys for the defense filed mo
ton for a new trial, and this will be ar
gued before Judge Crozier about Feb
ruary 9. In case the motion is denied
Davis will be sentenced, and another
death warrant will be added to the long
list awaiting the signature of the Gov
ernor.
Everybody in the court room yester-
day believed that the jury would dis
agree and the verdict was genuine
surprise. Sheriff Florea says that he
has not the slightest doubt that the
prisoner will commit suicide if the op-
portunity offers. He took the precau-
ton Yesterday to remove every thing
that would be likely to aid such pur-
pose from his cell
Davis was tried for wife murder.
After serving four years sentence in
the Kansas penitentiary, from Green
wood County for stealing carload of
horses in 1882, he married Mrs. Matilda
Heath, his landlady. She was 26 years
his senior, had some money and owned
some paoperty. They lived happily
together for awhile until he found
she was determined to keep her
property in her own name. Last
April she filed a petition for divorce
on the ground of cruelty. Davis still
continued to live in the house, though
they occupied separate rooms. He
pleaded with her on many occasions to
stop proceedings and threatened to kill
her, her grandson, Harry Crook, and
himself, if she didn't Mrs. Davis was
obdurate. The night of October s,
last, three days before the case
was to have come up in court,
she was found dead in bed by boarder
named Morton and her grandson.
The grandson was awakened by fire
in the room originating from burning
lamp which lay in the middle of the
room. He called to Morton and when
Morton came Mrs. Davis was found
dead. A moment later Davis came
down from his room in his night
robe. In the morning it was found
that Davis bed had not been oc-
cupied and the imprint of two shoes
in the earth under an open window en-
tering the dead woman's room fitted
Davis shoes. The theory is that Davis
smothered her, knowing that her death
before the divorce was granted would
give him half the property. 1t is pre-
| sumed that ne intended to burn the
house down with the evidence of the
crime and relate a story of his hair.
breadth escape, which his presence il
his rightcIothes would tend to con-
firm.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-05
THE BEHRING SEA DISPUTE.
The Supreme Court Decides to Take Up the
Arnsti.,n 1,f tI,. GaI-I,rn s,E the GaH..rard-

The Supreme Court Decides to Take Up the
Question of the Seizure of the Sayward.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 3.-Chief Justice
Fuller yesterday announced that the
Supreme Court had decided to grant the
petition of the counsel representing the
British Government for leave to file an
application for writ of prohibition to
prevent the District Court of Alaska from
proceeding to carry out its decree of
forfeiture made in the case of the
schooner Saywards libelled for unlaw-
fully taking seals within the waters of
Behring sea.
The court asked counsel at what date
the rule requiring the Alaska court to
come here and show cause why the
writ of prohibition should not issue
should be made returnable.
The Solicitor-General of the United
States was anxious to have it made re-
turnable at the earliest possible date,
as was Mr.. Caldron Carlisle, junior
counsel for the parties who brought the
case here, and by mutual agreement
the rule was made returnable the sec
ond Monday in April.
This settles merely the preliminary
question of the right to bring the case
into court and the matter now to be set
tied is whether or not the court will de-
eide that the writ of prohibition should
issue. There must now be an argument
on the merits of the Behring sea con-
troversy.
In announcing the determination of
the court the Chief Justice said that
argument had taken a much wider
range than necessary, and that the
court was of opinion that it had juris-
diction by way of prohibition under
section 6SS, Revised Statutes, to review
the proceedings of the Alaska court.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-05
SENATE And HOUSE.
A constitutional Amendment to
Elect Senators Directly.
The FORTIFTCATION BILL DISCUSSED.
Amendments Agreed to The House
Amends the Revised Statutes-Owenby
Appears and Takes His Dose of Jalap
and Castor Oil.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-When the Sem
ate met yesterday Mr.. Turpie intro
duced joint resolution (which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judicia-
ry)proposing an amendment to the Con-
sittution for the election of United
States Senators by the direct vote of
the people of the several States.
The calendar was taken up under rule
eight, the first bill upon it being that in
respect to certain treaty stipulations.
Mr.. Sherman asked to have immediate
action taken upon it 1t referred, he
said, to the Hawaiian Islands-the tariff
act having modified the treaty with
these islands. After some discussion
he said that in the absence of Mr.. Car
Isle he would not press the bill now, but
would ask the Senate to consider it at
the very earliest moment possible.
The fortifcation bill was then taken
up. An amendment reported by the
committee to reduce the appropriation
for gun and mortar batteries for the
defense of the harbors of Boston, New
York, San Francisco, Hampton roads
and Washington from 81, 900, 900 to $780,,
600 gave rise to discussion, Mr.. Dolph
opposing the amendment and speaking
at much length on the necessity of a
gun factory on the Pacific coast. Mr..
Coclxren favored the amendment and
only regretted that the proposed reduc-
ton was not greater. The discussion
was continued by Messrs- Hawley and
Blair. The latter offered an amend
ment looking to an international con-
ference for the suppression of the slave
trade and of the trade in intoxicating
liquors, firearms and gunpowder on the
continent of Africa.
Mr.. Cocl1ren read the report of the
conference of American nations on the
subject of international arbitration and
argued that appropriations for war ap-
preparations were placing the United
States in false light.
Mr.. Dawes stated that the reduction
Of the appropriation had been recon-
mended, because there was an unex-
pended balance on hand for the same
works of 81, ,291, 900, which, with the
sum recommended, would make within
81, OOOof 81, 900, 900 to be expended.
The amendment was agreed to, but
without making any further progress
with the bill, the Senate went into ex-
ecutive session and soon afterward ad-
journed.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-When the
House met yesterday on motion Of Mr..
Mckinley, of Ohio, bill was passed
amending section $50, revised statutes,
so as TO read: Vacancies occasioned
by death or resignation shall not be
temporarily filed under the three pre-
ceding sections for longer period than
thirty days" The present law limits
the time to ten days and the bill has
special reference to the appointment of
a successor to the late Secretary Win
dom.
j. A. Owenby was then brought be-
fore the bar Of the House and purged
himself Of contempt by expressing his
willingness to testify before the ''silver
pool" committee. He was, however,
not released from custody. The Rouse
then adjourned.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-05

Earnings per passenger per mile, 22O5c.
Earnings per train per mile, H,072
Earnings per ton per mile, L070c.
Earnings per train per mile, s., A,6s7.
other earnings, s., ,Ts6, 1872
Total traffic earnings, $l27, AZ, sos
Total traffic earnings per train per mile,
s1,4i4
Percentage of operating expenses to traffic
earnings, es.72.
Percentage total expenses to total income,
9O.sI.
Amount Of taxes paid in Kansas, g, ,lOs,o6A
Net income, $12, ASS.
Dividends paid, s., ,s19,S6
Percentage total stock, l-79
Percentage net income to total stock, 269.
Cost Of carrying one passenger one mile,
Also.
Cost OF carrying one ton one mile, SAC.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-05

The employees of the Bethlehem pa
iron works have had their wages re
duced 10 per cent
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-05
WORLDS FAIR.
The Raising Of Finances Becomes
q Serious Question.
4 NPNLT IN SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Various Suggestions to Bring the Funds Up
to O15, ,Oeo, 900, the Amount Necessary
Tor ChicagO's AsPiratIOns-An
0HlcIal Speaks.

CHICAGO, Feb "A local paper prints
ths tsllowing developments in affairs
a the WOrlds Columbian Exposition:
Nsfhing less than s15, 900, 900 will meet
the necessities of the directors Of the
Herd'a Columbian Exposition. This
e the report that will be made by Ferd
". Peek, chairman of the finance com
un4ttee, and at Thomas Young, chair
sIn ef the ways and means committee,
Ats week. The expenditures of the
Hogffs Fair that these committees
kave proposed viii astOnish the direc-
tory
At the last meeting of the executive
committee It was ordered that budget
Be prepared showing the probable ex-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-05
rhree Neproes Burned in JAN.

FR1ARs' POINT, Miss, Feb. 3.-The
alarm of fire called out nearly the whole
town early Sunday morning to find the
town Jail In flames and the prison
ers shrielzing for rescue. The marshal
who had the key, lived some distance
from the Jail and before his arrival the
prisoners were beyond human aid The
prisoners were three negroes who were
confined on trivial charges. They
started the fire by trying to burn the
aHnE fdRn that they niaht escsbs.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-05
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.

CO1frmatiOns In the senate-Work Expe-
dIted Id the House.
TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. S.-The Senate
yesterday confirmed the following ap-
pointments sent to that body by the
Governor:
Trustees State Board Of Charitable
Institutions-T. F. Rhodes, W. T. Yoe,
W. w. Miller,
State Board Of Health-D. G. Jones,
G. H. 7. johnson, ]. Milton Welch.
Board Of Pardons-Samuel c. Parker.
Industrial Refornatory-F. ". Rash.
Director Of Peniie1tiary-John S. Gil
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-05
Child and Rescuer Burned

WICHITA, Kan, Feb. 2.-The little
daughter of J. D. Starkweather was
burned to death in prairie fire near
Edmond, Ok, and James Funk is not
expected to recover. The two men were
burning prairie grass near their home
and the little child's presence was not
noticed till her cries were heard. Funk
jumped through the flames to the res
ene. bat only succeeded in bringing the
lLL.la 1ns dt.E ID diA.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-05
outhreak of sman-Po1.

TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. S.-The State
Board of Health is advised of the preva-
lence of smallpox at Sedan, Chsutau-
qua County, and that many persons
were exposed to the disease before its
character was known. There is 9
scarcity Of reliable physicians in ths
vicinity; and It is feared that the disease
nlsg spread and become Tery seriola
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-05

in School.-Teacher - ''How are
worms a prophecy % vertebrates?"
Pupil Because they crawl round"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-05
ONLY Partially Explained.

BERLIN, Feb. S.-Prof. Koch, who Is
about to start for Egypt, gave fare
well reception to his laboratory assist
ants Yesterday. He explained that he
onlv partially disclosed the method Of
the production of the curative lymph
because he desired to stop the rush OF
doctors to Berlin. If he had described
the method more fully he would have
been more worried about the details.
Discomfort prevails among medical men
regarding the published account Of the
method of manufacture. They have
made numberless attempts to produce
it, but they find the description totally
;nadeouate
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-05
RAILROAD MILEAGE.

Statistics of the Roads Operating in
Kansas.
TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. 3.-The State
Board of Railroad Commissioners has
compiled table giving statistics Of the
earnings and expenses of the railroads
operating in Kansas The following
figures are condensed from the report
and cover the entire mileages of the
roads, only one-third of which is in the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-09-26

lands OF oklahoma and the Sioux reserya-
ton. which republican policy opened TO
white farmers. Four and half millions
were added to the river and harbor bill
The remainder went in small amounts, TO
any one OF which the democratic party is
defed by Mr. Lodge to offer formal objec
ton
The acts of the dfty.6rst congress the
billion dollar congress have passed into
history, The attention OF the people is in
yited to its appropriations and expendi-
lures, and the democratic party is dehed. to
challenge one OF them as foolish, needless,
or corrupt, or to pledge itself to the repeal
of any measure approved 10y the republic
can majority. u was a congress of great
appropriations, but they were made for
wise, needful, and bene6cient purposes.
And while appropriations were increased
taxation was decreased. The tariff duties
were lowered nearly $4,000 600. Many
direct taxes were repealed. A part OF
the one dangerous surplus was used for
the public good. 1t was a congress that
needs no defense.