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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26

that they are deDsely unfamiliar with
the common laws and usages of society
as organized at present. In the first
place no persons on whom the sun
shines on this broad earth are COM
PEELED to take any papers that they do
not want" If a grocer hands you a
bar of soap asking you to look at II
and you put it in your pocket and walk
off you will have to pay for it CT suffer
the consequences. So with a newspa-
per which you take from the Office
you are responsible for payment and
Justly, too. If you don't want it there
is no law to make you take it. Oc-
casionally newspapers run across a
vile-blooded sneak who takes paper
for years, reads it, kicks if he does not
receive it regularly and then because it
jumps on some pet crankism of his
wants to "stOp" it and not pay what
he owes on it. That is the kind of
men who are annoyed" that papers
that they lido not WANT are sent them
Through the mails"
In the second case no newspaper
worthy of the name "forces itself'' on
anybody, All papers send out free
sample copies to show those unac-
quainted with the paper what it is.
For these payment is neither expected
nor demanded. AS to subscribers no
request in the world is complied with
more quickly than that to discontinue
subscription when arrearages are
paid.
The REFLECTOR is totally indif-
ferent to fool resolutions but it dis
likes to see ally of Dickinson county
citizens making themselves ridiculous
by an exhibition of their ignorance.
We have often wondered who the chief
cranks are who lead the Dickinson
county alliance into making the re-
peated breaks" against decency and
good sense that it has been guilty of.
The whole state has been laughing at
its performances several times and will
now be again. 1t would be to the al.
liance's credit to change leaders and
resolution writer's and put in men who
have at least ordinary ability.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26

The lack Of capital, it will be seen,
is the leading cause. This, Of course,
means the entering upon business
venture on a margin, or as a sPecula-
ton, trusting to some lucky turn of the
wheel to help the thing through. AS
matter Of fact luck seldom is wooed
that way and failure results. Then
Incompetence" RECKLESS credits
Extravaganza" and speculation" are
responsible for another large slice
while ''unfavorable circumstances"
and undue competition" combined
are but about Is per cent of the whole.
The exhibit shows as plainly as any
thing can the characteristics of the
American people. Sanguine, specula-
tive, visionary, many'go into elaborate
schemes with hope as large factor in
their assets. When the crash comes
they growl at "bard times'' or the
''robber tariff forgetful that others
better equipped for the struggle than
they, have succeeded on the very field
where they failed.
1t is the American way.
No remedy can be suggested.
The people of this country seem
built that way and their grumbling
weuld have some other outlet if it did
not find vent in this direction. But it
is good thing to occasionally have the
matter simmered down in cold figures
that it may be seen how much depends
upon self and to how great an extent q
man is the architect of his own fortune.
The builder who would attempt to
put up palace with only material
enough for cottage would be scorned,
but the man who attempts to carry on
q business demanding tens of thou
sands when he only has hundreds is
characterized as Merry" ''plucky'
and perhaps dubbed Napoleon OF
finance" He may succeed but the
chances are against him, and even if il
the end he triumphs, it is doubtful il
the majority of cases if he is ever repaid
for the terrible strain of the days OF
doubt and struggle. The business
world has laws as simple and immuta
BILE as the natural world and neither
can be violated with impunity. Wher
those embarking in vast undertaking.
remember this there will be less finan'
cial trouble to chronicle.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26
The First County High School.

Noble Prentis devotes a column IN
the Star to disquisition on a new
order of things in the educational world
because a county high. school is to be
opened in Doniphan county. Mr..
Prentis is usually pretty we'll posted
but this time he is nearly two years
behind the procession. Dickinson
county has had a county high school in
successful operation since September
1889 with an attendance of 125 and
constantly increasing. 1t was the first
institution of the kind in the state or
the nation and Mr.. Prentis owes some
body an apology.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26
More Fool Resolutions.

We notice that the Dickinson coun-
ty alliance has been ''resoluting" some
more. It seems to be its panacea for
all ills, real and fancied. Every time
the alliance as a whole or any of its
numerous qualifications gets deserved
walloping from any quarter it proceeds
to resOlute the obnoxious object out of
existence. Nothing has yet resulted
from the proceeding but the members
seem to have hope and faith.
The latest dose, after giving the Re-
FLECToR its usual respects without
which all resolutions passed by the al
liance in Dickinson county are null
and void, puts forth this remarkable
pronuDciamento:
WHEREAS, we, the members of the
Dickinson county allianoef regard as
grossly unjust the present postal laws
requiring the people to pay for news
papers sent to them through the mails
and which they do not want, and
WHEREAS, many of US have been an
ncyed by the persistent efforts of news
paper men to force their papers upon
US; therefore, be it
Resolved, that it is the sense of this
alliance that our representatives in
congress use their influence to have
these unjust laws repealed.
The gentlemen who formulated and
adopted that resolution are either very
ignorant or very dishonest. There car
10 20 other way out of it. We do moi
bsdses 3 SO tbs lhtssr: It mist b
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26

Clay county's highest average made
by an applicant for teachers certif-
cate is 80 7-I3, thirteen studies being
taken in one day. Dickinson county is
one ahead however. There is on record
a first grade certificate issued on the
same number of studies taken on one
day on which the average is SO 40.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26
The New Secretary of the Treasury

The New Secretary of the Treasury.
The selection of Ex-Governor Foster
to take the portfolio of the treasury
will be received by the republican
party at large with satisfaction. Gov.
Foster is personally with democrats as
well as republicans, and his fitness for
the position is beyond dispute. His
views on financial questions are in
thorough harmony with thUse of the
administration and the nomination IS
regarded as peculiarly strong from a
party standpoint and the selection OF
Gov. Foster is in part due to the fact
that his record on the money question
is sound. When the imitation craze
had a hold on Ohio he made an issue
against the movement and was elected
governor of the state. He is level
headed, broad gagged man with few
enemies and clean record and will be
a success in his new position.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26

The legislative apportionment bill
introduced in the house Friday gives
Dickinson county only one representa-
tive. We trust that our representa-
Uives will see that no such an outrage is
perpetrated upon our county. Dickin-
son under any fair apportionment bill
should have two representatives.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26

And now comes the democratic legis=
lature of Wisconsin which has adopted
a joint resolution declaring shat it has
proved perilous undertaking to in6at
the currency of nation" and instruct
ing the Wisconsin senators and repre-
sentatives in congress TO do all in their
power to defeat the free coinage of
silver. Verify. this enemy is.hopelessly
dividing assinst itself.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26

Down at Council Grove the first
spring lie of Morris county has been
started. 1t is the quarrying of a piece
of rock on which is the imprint of a
mule-shoe. The dry goods box phil
osphers have figured it out that the
shoe mark is at least 500 years old.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26

Representative Sem, of Dickinson,
has been put on the houses investigat-
ing committee for digging up the old
Coffeyville dynamite business. Mr..
Sem has proved himself somewhat
blood thirsty individual and will no
doubt enjoy his new position.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26

Lawrence Journal: A large major
ity of the members of the goat legisla-
ture atTopeka are now voting to pay
out thousands of dollars of the money
of the state to investigate something
that those same men said two years
ago was a democratic and anarchistic
lie. Were those men dishonest then,
or are they lying now?
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26

Speaker Elder apparently has not
much confidence in the alliance clerks
of the house. He became angry yester-
day and denounced the clerks aud
declared that they were incompetent.
at is disgrace to the state that such
clerks are kept here" said he, and the
people generally think he is right.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26
THURSDAY, FEB. 26, 1891.
Why Men Fail.

The daily press is burdened with
REPORTS of failures until the casual
reader concludes that the whole cOun-
try is on the brink of bankruptcy. 1t
is not so and the number of failures
only seems large because the country
and its business are large.
Still in 1890 there were 1858 fail
ures reported and the causes assigned
form a curious collection of statistics.
According to Bradstreet the reasons
for the failures were:
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26

The Troy Chief is one of the sup
porters of " ilder and rampages around
about ''busted insurance company" at
Abilene. We have kept standing for
sometime a challenge to those papers
who have howled that sort of song
asking them to mention the company.
None have responded. Perhaps the
Chief has some inside information.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26

Last week a republican congress
passed $50 pension bills in forty five
minutes and one hundred and thirty
deserving old soldiers will thus be made
happy. There is no Cleveland in the
White House now to insult the vet
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26

The alliance brethren at Topeka are
slowly awakening to the fact that Il 9
republicans have at given the people
of Kansas about as good laws as can be
obtained by state legislation, and that
the less the alliance revolutionary
ideas are talked about the better it will
be for the credit of the state.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26

Notwithstanding Mr.. Cleveland has
denounced the proposed free silver''
legislation as'dangerous and reckless"
no democrat has called him gold
bug" The other fellows are gold
hu0c -
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26

What's the use of trying to save
money to give to somebody after you
die? A legal statiStician announces
that over four thousand wills were
contested in this country during 1890,
and go per cent of them we're broken.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26

Kansas City Gazette: On the LIST OF
April there will be drop OF 2 cents
uer pound in the price Of sugar to con-
SINNERS: and the country win not fail
70 givs thanks to the republican party.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26

Goaded by the state press the house
of representatives now proposes to
spend at least $50 900 for a worlds
fair exhibition-just enough to make a
good-siZed fiZZle,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26

At the present rate of stampeding the
Topeka Capital, Abilene REFLECTOR, and
the salina Republican will be the only
straight republican organs in Kansas in the
next campaign, unless we import few In
diana editors.-IWi Star.
That's good enough company for US.
Besides we would rather be right than
be a pet of the mugwumps any day.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26

For some reason or other all the town
clocks in Topeka stopped yesterday.
There have been many things happen
ing in Topeka this winter that were
enough to stop a clock.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26

In support of bill to encourage the
propagation of fish Senator Murdoch
ouored from Genesis, 1st chapter 10th
to 2sd verses, inclusive; also Marx,
chapter 1, verses 16 to 20 inclusive and
he brought down the senate.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26
TO Pov. KIIIed on a Trestie.

CHESTER, Pa, Feb 25.-A hssuln8
engine caught party Of young men On
the trestlework near Ridley creek
bridge. John McCloskey, aged TO- Wss
struck and instantly killed, and VIM: 2.
Powell, aged Is. was so badly nuFs tnas
he died next morning. Two others e
the party escaped By leaping into ne
creek.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26

The chief occupation of our Kansas
solons at Topeka is to pass a bill one
day and reconsider it the next, to vote
to defeat bill today and to pass it to-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26

The lola Register lacks faith. 1t
says: 1--WE believe that party which
submits to the leadership of P. P. Elder
and Sam Wood cannot long retain the
respect of the people of Kansas"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26

They do say that the editor of the
News, the great and only WObbler,
greases his backbone every night so as
to be prepared for a jump in any direc-
ton in the morning.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26

The Winfield -Conformist giving
long list of the the things needed at
TOpolobampo starts out with GRUB
hoes" The first part of the phrase is,
according to all reports, needed the
worst Os ALL
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26

Eight days of the legislative session
eft aud stiD the 6sth districts repre-
sentative has not been heard frOm- In
he language Of the poet, We exciaim
gues m0re, n hat zrs ~ here fDEt"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26

The Clay Center Dispatches new
head makes it look like an alliance
naDer.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-26

ResubmissiOn is as much a back
number as Grover Cleveland.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-02-21

THE house coinage committee has in formally decided to report the free coin age bill to the house this week. It is said that the majority of .the committee will recommend against further silver legislation instead of presenting d sub stitute for the free coInage bill as it was supposed would be done. This change of programme wasi probably made for two reasons. First, the president is re- ported to have given several prominent republican senators to understand that he would srefuse to sign any silver bill no matter what it might be, at the pre- sent session, because he thinks the pre- sent silver law las not been in opera long enough to demonstrate the neces- sity for further silver legislation. Second, this method will prevent the bill going on the house calendar, and will make it impossible, without the adoption of special rule, to call up the bill unless a majority of the colnage committee give their consent. Further silver legislation this session is therefore not to be expected.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-02-21

fair gronld; or any building, shed or booth, or tenant appurtenant threto; or in any public place frequented by fe males or minors" A fiesta without gambling would be as impossible as the play of Hamlet with the Hamlet left out, and as gambling at fiestas comes within the inhibition of the amended paragraph above quoted, San Augustine can pach his layout" and hie himself for sunnier climes. Few tears will be tshed over hls departure for of recen years these festas once famous from Tucson to the City of Mexico, for scenes of hIlarity and enjoyment, have degener ated into tie lowest of vices The open ing of the Fiesta de San Augustin" was signal for the ming together of the worst element of humanity the untry roundabout for 800 miles, could produce The custom of holding these festas will be more honored in the breach than the observance.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-02-21

The board of supervisors have evinced commendable enterprise in squarely meeting the proposition made to them by Col. Sykes, by which the county is pledged to the issuance of bonds to the value of S200OOO. This issuance is to be made in consideration of the building and equipment of railroad from Gala basas on the ssouth to the county line on the north. When this is done said bonds are to be delivered. but otherwise the trade is to be considered off. Mes SITS Lacy, Allison and Bullock-the hon. oraole board of supervisors-are to be the judges and to say when said bonds have been ligitimately earned and are due the company operating said road. Taxpayers can rest assured that in the hands of these gentlemen the interests of the county will be securely protected. It now remains for Col. Sykes and CO., laborers, to fulfill their portion of the contract. This done an eve of prosper ity will dawn over the hills and valleys of old Pima the like of which she has not seen for the past ten years.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-02-21

TUCsoN as h town and good old Pima as county, lead anything in the terri tory for business, grit and vim. All the balance of the country is very fine, we know it and wish them vel, but Tucson is the largest city in the territory does more business, handles more money and drinks mora whisky than any other town of its size in United States. Pima CounCy has more grass to a square yard than any other County in Arizona, more cattle on her ranges and more undevel- oped wealth in her hills than can be be found square for square mile on the face of the earth.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-02-21

THE New York Engineering News says that "less than ten years ago it was gen orally supposed, at home and in Europe, that if the. United States could build the lighter armored class of warships it would yet have to go abroad for the armaments of these ships; and the fact was that our manufacturers then lacked both the plant and experience required for making heavy armor plate and guns of the modern types. But both defcien- cies have been we'll and rapidly over come. Our new ships are fully equal and some of them superior to their European prototypes; American firms are already equipped to turn out the heavy armor plate, and now we hear from Eng land that our guns are the best in the world"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-02-21
Phono~rap.,in. Bird Songs.

No one who in reading for hOnors at Oxford has t;lh, up Aristophanes for one of his book. will ever be able tc forget tliat Tl I entertaining writer in the account: o- i:i, Birds" Every one who haS read the play will reneIn- ber what t''c various birds have said and how they said it. But neither Aristoplanes himself nor any other writer of verse or prose could cver re- produce tbc:r notes, whether ill writing Or descriptio... win any exactitude. You listen and try to keep them in your mind, but it is vain attempt. You endeavor to imprint each change on your memory. but as vainlyz-ati'+- evassit, eiupit. There have been mum berless altci' 'ots to write down in words the notes of the songs of birds, but nc one can say that they have been very successful
 It occurs To me that it might be quite possible to take down every note of fl birds song by means of the phono- graph, and then by reproducing them m.Tc at leisure they could be written down ''in score by any musician, ar. and nature thus going hand in hand. may be wrong, but that is what oc- cured to lie as a happy thought while listened to those liquid notes Of the song thrush on the bough overhead.
 And, further, I thought what solace it might be to some sufferer in a sick room to bs able to enjoy the pleasure without the sad drawback of its being at the COS: of some poor bird in a cage! -SDectatOr
Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-02-21

THE Australian ballot may net be perfect, it may not be eradicate all the evils attendant upon the exercise of suf- frage in Arizona, but its sadoption will go far toward discouraging the round up of fioaters which bianually takes place in Tucson. Ye gods, think of it, dozens of American citizens corraled overnight, and their birthrights traded off for mess of pottage, or call it bar bacued beef if it smells sweeter by that name. Results are not different. On the morning of election under the watchful care of political vaqueros the Esaus go the polls and vote, for whom they do not know for the ballot is fold ed when placed ID their hands and it is not opened until told out of the box on the count. This is not the Australian but the Tucson system and although 1t bears the ear mark and brand of both political parties neither one cares to pass the same to patent, During the campaign of 1886 the democrats herded to the polls nearly 100 great American voters. In 1888 the republicans profit ing by past experience, killed the fat ted calf, but in 1890 the democrats again called the turn. No chain gang is ever more deiberably marshalled out or more jealously guarded than the pro- cession of floaters as they are marched fromtheherding pens to the polls. Over the Tucson system the Australian bal lot offers many advantages in so far as fair expression of the people at the polls are concerned. Already it has been ad- opted in some twenty states and event ually it will find its way on the statute books of every state in the Union. Let us hope that Arizona will not be the last,
Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-02-21
T'cz., Corr-in's Dfsa anuointment

There is something pathetic in the failure Of the wits of political life Thomas Corwin never ceased to at tribute to his reputation of being funny his inability to compass the highest honc-s. He felt that his abilities and services entitled him to any honor with in the gift cf the people He rose to be secretary of the treasury in Fillmore's cabinet but that did not satisfy btm. He died feeling that if he had not been so funny. if lie had not indulged in his exquisite ridicule of the Michigan militia general who attacked Gen. Harrison. he might have been president. Corwin was immeasurably greater than his rep utation, and his fun almost always helped out his serious argument.-Har per's Weekly.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-02-21

Cor. SYKES and Capt. Fitzgerald are to be congratulated on the success which has thus far attended the several enterprises they have in hand. Certain ly on their first arrival here the outlook was in no-wise promising, our citizens being as rule, predisposed against mak- ing concessions of any kind, based upon r presentations of future accomplish
 ments. The gentlemen, however, were accorded a respectful bearing, and they demonstrated to our people that they were business men seeking fair and legitimate investment for capital, They showed further by the readiness to which they acceded to the most exact ing stipulations binding them to the full fillment of their contract before one cent of subsidy should be paid to them or the people they represent, that they were not here as adventurers or specu- lators. Distrust gave way to confidence. Concessions were made on both sides and an amicable agreement has been made, the terme of which if fulfilled will bring prosperity to Pima county. If not our people will not be one whit worse off. Congratulations are in order all round Success to everything.