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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-05-07
Cable TeIegraphing,

Some interesting particulars have
been lately published with regard to
Geographic cables which now form such
a network all over the world. The sub
marine cables are owned by twenty
six companies, with capital of $40, 00O,-
600, and revenue of more than CO, OOO,-
600. The first cable was laid in 1851,
between Dover and Calais, and it is still
in use. From this small beginning the
number of cables have increased, until
at present their total length reaches
the wonderful figure of 10000 nauti-
cal miles.
One of the most noteworthy feats ever
performed by telegraphy was the send
ing of last years Derby from EPSON to
New York in fifty seconds; which means
that the name of the successful horse
was known in New York almost before
the animal had time to put up after
passing the winning-posT. This result
was brought about by stopping all bust
ness on the lines directly the rece conf
menced, and having operators on the
alert to telegraph the two or three let
tiers which, by previous agreemeet,
were to distinguish any particular
horse. That everyone must have been
on the alert for the news and ready to
act upon his instructions without de-
lay is evident when we state that the
message had to be sent first from EPSON
to London, thence to Ireland, from Ire
land to Nova Scotia, and thence to New
York.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-05-07
Corn and HOGS.

Although the fact has been repeat
eddy and fully demonstrated that pigs
cannot be kept healthy on concentrated
food alone, many farmers continue to
give them little else during the largest
portion of their lives. Corn, either
ground or unground, is too solid and
compact a food when unmixed with
other materials, and cannot be thor
Oughly digested unless a certain pro-
portion of rough and bulky food is
given with it. A failure to observe
this need is doubtless one of the most
frequent causes of disease with swine,
and even if disease does not result, it
is well established that hogs fed with
out this variety fail to give the best
returns for the food consumed. Pigs
kept up in pens, so that they are I'M
able to forage for themselves, should
be fed green clover; this is one of the
best alternative and relaxing foods Civ
ing bulk and lightness to the other
feed, and furnishing, beside, consid-
cradle proportion of muscle-forming
material. In winter, when this can
not be obtained, its place may be sup
piled by ruta-bagas and mangel-wur-
zels, turnips, carrots and other roots;
or cut hay and clover, steamed or
moistened and mixed with little bran
or meal, may be fed with equally good
results.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-05-07
THE SCIENTIFIC WORLD
LATEST DISCOVERIES OF SCI
ENTISTS AND INVENTORS
An Interesting Experiment on the
Law of the Specific Gravity Of
Liquids-What Ia a Horse POwerl-
Feats In Cable TeIegraphIng.

The illustration shows a very in
teresting experiment on the law of the
specific gravity of liquids, which, sim
pie as it is, presents a very good eXposi-
ton of the phenomenon brought out by
the operation of this law. A strong
solution of potassium bichrOmate in
hot water is made in test tube. By
boiling the water and adding the saltas
long as it dissolves, an exceedingly
strong solution can be produced. 1t is
then cooled. This cooling Is best effected
by placing the test tube in beaker of
cold water with its mouth upward in
the regular position. As it cools, the
bichromate of potash rapidly chrystal-
ICES from the supersaturated solution,
and the building up of these crystals is
in itself an exceedingly interesting pro-
cess to watch. When it has cooled, the
experiment proper can be carried out.
A beaker is filled with cold water.
The test tube is next filed to the brim.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-05-07
Raising Early CauIinowers.

Sow the seed of some standard vari-
ETY. in pans or shallow boxes that have
been filled with some light sandy
mixture, and place in a position where
it will have the assistance of brisk
temperature. The greatest care in
watering will be necessary during the
time the plants are in the seed pans or
boxes, because of their liability to
damp off. When pans are used it is
an excellent practice to place them in
vessel containing sufficient water to
reach nearly to the rim, and leave
them until the water begins to moisten
the soil on the surface. When this
plan is adopted there is no danger of
them damping off. To avoid loss of
time prick them off as soon as large
enough on a bed made up in a frame.
Bottom heat is not absolutely indispen-
sible, but a little warmth in the soil
Will afford them material assistance,
and, II you can conveniently do so,
make up bed of leaves or partly ex-
hausted manure on which to put the
SOIL a bed of leaves about two feet in
thickness will be found the most suita-
ble.-Popular Gardening.
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Not Altogether Gloomy.

If you knew some of the lunatics
here as well as do, said physician
OF New York insane asylum, 'syou
would enjoy their acquaintance. There
are men here with whom pass hours
in conversation on agreeable topics,
and am often among them when thew
are talking to each other. Some of
them are fully aware that their minds
are diseased, and they know that thew
are under treatment just as they would
be If they were suffering from any
physical ailment. One of them said to
me: i know that l am crazy, and. as
L do not believe l will ever be straight
IN the head, l am content to stav here
all my life Another one gave me a
learned account of the symptoms of
lunacy, which he said he possessed.
and which became active while he was
talking. There are all kinds of peo.
pie here, but there is rarely a case of
man who is always raving mad.
Even the violent patients as a rule. are
violent only at times, and can get
along with them in their lucid inter
walls. Oh, yes, a proportion of them
are discharged cured and we never
hear of them after they leave the
asylum.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-05-07

An employee of the Pullman Com.
| pany has invented an electrical all
| brake, which is so constructed that the
air chambers can be recha-ged whe lheI
/ the brake is in operation or not.
Celluloid in solution is now being ex-
tenslvely used as a lacquer for all kinds
OF line metal work and as wood warm
lsh with results that are said to be
superior to the old methods.
The first sign of the Matching of a
snake, according to DR.. Walter Sibley,
is the appearance OF a slit at the part
of the eggshell which happens 20 be
uppermost. The young reptiles snout
appears at the crack, and after a time
the head prOtrudes, and may remain
thus several hours before the body and
tail are hatched If disturbed, the
head is withdrawn into the she'll, while
fully patched snakes often geek their
shells as safe retreat. These infants
ere smooth and velvety to the touch,
with eyes open from the first. and begin
to hiss at the age of few days.
Every year layer of the entire sea,
fourteen feet thick, is taken. up into
the clouds. The winds bear their
burden into the land and water comes
down in rain upon the fields to flow
back through rivers.
Cloth is successfully made from
wood. Strips of fine-grained wood are
boiled and crushed between rolls, and
the filaments having been carded into
parallel lines are spun into threads,
from which cloth can be woven in the
usual way.
A device has been submitted to the
British Admiralty by which, it is said,
the largest battle-ship in the service
can in four minutes be protected from
the attack of any number of torpedoes,
no matter how skillfully they may lie
The manufacture OF butter from the
marrow OF cocoanut is n new but
growing industry in Germany. The
butter is OF II clear, whitish color. The
price of this butter is from 13 10 Is
cents per pound 1t is suitable for
cooking, and is not disagreeable to
taste or smell.
Mr.. r. w. Wood, Jr., has submitted
ice at melting Eoint to a pressure of
twenty tons per square inch without
He concludes, therefore,
that the peculiar motions of glacial ice
cannot be due TO a layer of pressure
molten water beneath the mass.
The body of every spider contains
four little masses pierced with a null
titude of holes, imperceptible 10 the
naked eve, earh hole permitting the
passage of single thread: all the threads
to the number OF 1000 to each mass,
Join together when they come out, and
make the single thread with which the
spider spins its web. so that what we
all a SPIDERS thread consists of more
han 1000 threads united.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-05-07
Hard Milking Cows.

A hard milking COW adds very much
to the labor Of the mixer. Milking is
tiresome work at the best, and the man
who milks 10 cows twice a day year in
and year out, performs more muscular
work than any mechanic in the same
time expended. But when he tackles
a hard mixer the work is trebled.
The extra work is so wearisome that it
reduces the value of the COW, and I'M
less the animal is above the average of
the herd, it is wise to displace her for
one that milks easier. To get 10
quarts of milk twice day from hard
milking COW is so laborious and tire
some job, that if the whole herd were
Of the same kind extra help would be
required. The question often occurs.
is there any remedy for this fault. No
doubt there is on the principle that
there is a remedy for every evil under
the sun, says Harry Stewart in ''Prac-
teal F armer." But the cause of the
evil is to be considered in devising the
cure. This, in the construction of the
COWS teat, the oriice of which is bound
by a tense ring of muscular fiber which
keeps it closed. This fiber is, or
should be, elastic. In an easy milking
cow the muscle, on dissection of the
teat, will be found quite elastic, soft,
and cellular rather than fbrous. The
muscles cross each other in several
layers in diagonal direction, and are
not disposed in a narrow ring like a
rubber band. In a hard milking COW
these muscles are rigid, hard and more
fibrous, appearing on dissection much
like threads which have little elasticity
These are so much a characteristic of
the COW that they are almost always
inherited by the calf, and in some cases
require division by a sharp instrument
to overcome their rigidity. Then by
means of a small plug in the orifice to
distend them during healing, the fbers
are heightened and the defect is re-
moved. In some cases the use of a
plug alone will be sufficient to distend |
the muscle and enlarge the orifice or
rather lessen the tension of the fibers |
and make them more elastic; with a |
good COW this trouble is worth the |
taking. but when a poor COW is hard |
mixer it is a better way to turn her
into beef.
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What Horse Power,

When men first begin to become ia
miliar with the methods OF measuring
mechanical power they often speculate
on where the breed of horses is to be
found that can keep at work raising
81, 900 pounds one foot per minute, or
the equivalent, which Is more familiar
20 some mechanics, of raising $50
pounds 100 feet per minute. Since33,-
900 pounds raised one foot per minute
is called One-horse power, it is natural
that people should think the engineers
who established that unit of measure
ment based it on what horses could
really do. But the horse that can do
this work does not exist. The horse
power unit was established by James
Watt about century ago, and the
figures were fixed in curious way.
Watt found that the average horse of
his district could raise %, 900 pounds
one foot per minute. This, then, was
an actual horsepower. At that time
Watt was employed in the manufacture
OF engines, and customers were so hard
to find that all kinds of artificial in
ducements were necessary to induce
power users to buy steam engines. As
a method of encouraging them, Watt
offered to sell engines reckoning 80. 900
foot pounds to q horsepower. And
thus he was the meas of giving a false
unit to one of the most important
measurements in the world.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-05-07
FLUIDS.

1t is closed with the thumb, and the
mouth of the test tube is immersed IN
the water of the beaker and then re-
leased. The object is to prevent the
admission of any air whatever. As
soon as this is done, the bichromate of
potash in what is now the upper end of
the test tube begins to dissolve. As it
dissolves, it formsa solution heavier
than the water, and pours in stream
down the lower side of the test tube.
through the water, to the bottom of
the beaker. 1t inevitably mikes more
or less with the water surrounding the
stream, but at the same time the
course can be distinctly traced by hold
ing the beaker against the light. At
the same time a stream of clear water
can be observed, rising along the upper
walls of the test tube to supply the
place of the heavy fluid escaping there
from. 1t is easy to see that carried out
with the proper tank and a small test
tube, this experiment would form an
admirable illustration for projection bv
the magic lantern.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-05-07
Hamburg Figs,

Being purely vegetable in their COM
position, no i'll effects can result from
their constant use. Hamburg Figs
always produce the same effect with
the same dose, which is of the greatest
Importance to those who wish to use
them regularly and constantly. In
this respect they are the exact opposite
of violent cathartics and purgatives.
Physicians recognize their value in
cases Of constipation during preg-
nancy, since they act so mildly but
effectively.
Hamburg Figs never grippe or produce
collie, and are so pleasant and agreeable
that they may be taken at all times and
places, without interfering with bust
ness.
Hamburg Figs eoss 25 cents a box
at j, NJ. Gleissner's. Dose one Fig.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-05-07
HonsehoIh Hints.

A gargle of hot boiled milk is recon-
mended for a cough or sore throat.
Grained woods should be washed in
cold tea and then after being wiped
dry rubbed with linseed oil.
Silver can be kept bright for months
by being placed in air tight case with a
good piece of camphor.
A boiling hot liquid may be safely
poured into a glass jar or tumbler by
first putting a silver spoon in the yes
sci. Be careful however, that draft
of cold air does not strike the vessel
while hot.
Delicately -colored goods any kind
should never be washed without a salt
water bath first, but care should be ex-
ercised in reference to materials which
are likely to shrink when immersed in
water.
It's not always easy to start fruit
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-05-07
SOCIETY CALENDAR
FRATEREAL AID ASSOCIATION.

FRATERNAL AID ASSOCIATION
Crescent Council, No. 10, F. A. A.-Meets
the first and third Monday nights of each
month in Odd Fellows hall. NJ. z. SheareT
president; T. T. Smith, secretary.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
Abilene Post No. 6S-Meets at the court
nouse the second and fourth Monday even
lugs Of each month. All comrades are in
Ffted to meet with US. W. L. AQiso ,, p. o.
A. s. Davidson, Adjutant. je26-ly
Woman's Relief Corps, Observation-Disclosures
Tuesday afternoons at3 o'clock in the city hall.
Mrs. Alice Seeds, president; Mrs. Mary Nall
secretary.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Damon Lodge No. 6-Meets every Wednes-
day evening, corner second and Broadway.
Visiting brothers cordially invited. G. S.
Crawford, 9. c.; A. Z. Cooper, K. OF &. & s.
A.O.U.W.
Abilene Lodge, No. g. Meets every 15urs-
Gay evening in Odd Fellows hall. Rev. W. h.
Zimmerman, N. W.; Richard Waring, record =
er.
LO.O.F.
Western Home Lodge, 1. o. o. F., No. Go
Meets every Tuesday evening in odd Fellows
hall Officers: Noble Grand, L. Lips,
Secretary, +. V. Close. Visiting brethren
cordially welcome.
MASONIC.
Abilene Commandery No. Is, Z. meets in
Masonic hall on the first and third Thursdays OF
each month. W. B. Giles, &. C. John NJ. Gleiss-
ner, Recorder. l2S
Cyrus Chapter, No. 25, r. A. M.-Meets in Ma
sonic hall on the second and fourth Fridays Of
zach month. o. L. Moore. d. P. J. L. Worley
Secretary.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-05-07
B1eae.ned Dried Fruit Unhea,hu,

Director Hilgard of the California
Station believes that the public should
be taught to prefer ''heatlhy, brown,
high-havored fruit to the sickly-tinted,
chemically-tainted product of the sui
phur-box. When freshly sliced fruit
Is treated with sulphurous acid for a
short time, the effects are slight, yet
such as to protect the fruit from in
sects. When thoroughly sulphured
after drying, however, the fruit is in
lured In flavor; and, worse still, sui
puric acid is formed in sufficient
amount to be injurious to health. By
analysis, sulphurated apricots have
been found to contain 232 per cent. of
sulphuric acid, or 10 grains oil of
Vltriol per pound, and prunes S.46 per
cent of sulphuric acid (25 grains per
pound). In most countries of Europe
tae sale o. sulphured fruits is forbid
den. t. s Dept Report.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-05-07
CnNSrnIprInN CIrr,rn

An old physician, retired from practice, having
had placedin his hands by an East India mission.
airy the formula Of q simple vegetable remedy for
the speedy and permanent cure of CONSUMPTION
Bronchltls Catarrh, Asthma, and all throat and
Lung Affections, also positive and radical cure
for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Complaints
after having tested its wonderful curative powers
in thousands of cases. has felt it his duty to make
II knoWn to his suffering fellows. Actuated by this
motive and desire 10 relieve human suffering. 1
will send free of charge to all who desire it. this
recipe, in German, French or English, with full
directions for preparing and using. Sent by mail
By addressing with stamp, naming this paper.
W. A. MOVES. $50 Eot0erJ' Block, Rochester. ~. y.
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Absent-Minded.

An absent-minded woman in Fair
field, Me. started down street the other
day and slipped and fell fiat. In re-
covering herself she got turned around
and started back home. She is a
cousin to a woman who started to pre-
pare the evening meal recently when
she sneezed, and upon recovering
thought she was doing up" the sup
per dishes. She put everything away
nicely and sat down for quiet even.
ing.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-05-07
TO BRIGHTEN THE HOME.
a Seed Basket,

The accompanying illustration IS a
basket OF dried cucumber seeds, prettily
lined with silk and de, grated with rib
bon. Make card board shape for the
basket, and cover the outside with silk
or sateen; on this sew the seeds. The
seeds for this could lie dy ed bright
blre and cOu'd lie combined with gold
or steel beads, or even the glass ones in
imitation of gold or silver. A pretty
contrast could be red silk for Inning
and ribbon to match for the decoration.
II onedid not choose to dye the seed,
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jar cover. instead OF wrencnng your
hands and bringing on blisters, simply
invert the jar and place the top in hot
water fora minute. Then try it and
you will find it turns quite easily.
Silk must never be ironed, as the heat
takes all the life out of it and makes it
seem stringy and flabby. If, however,
you wish to press out old bits Of silk
and ribbon for fancy work, use an iron
only moderately hot and place two
thicknesses OF Taper between that and
the silk
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-05-07
Recommending Naples.

c. P. Ferry of Tacoma is in Rome.
Writing to the Ledger and speaking OF
the necessity of wide streets and beau
tiful bOulevards in any great city he
says the city of Naples is engaged in
street-straightening and building. The
cost of the work is 800, 900, 900; IT,
600 houses are to be moved, sixty-two
churches pulled down, and 81, 444 peo-
pie turned out of doors.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-05-07
Went Before Stanley.

1t is not generally known that Stan
ley was not The man first selected by
James Gordon Bennett 10 find Living
stone. When the idea of q Herald
search expedition occurred to Mr.. Ben
nett he cast about for an available man
and picked out n Scotchman named Nc
Pherson or Mckenzie, or something of
that kind. This gentleman set out for
the East Coast of Africa, got as far as
Zanzibar and mysteriously disappeared.
What became of him is a proroun.
mystery 10 his dav.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-05-07
Taking the Rod TO NIoIes.

Moles on the face are now being sue
cessfully treated by the use of sodium
ethylate. The mole is painted with the
sodium ethylate, fine glass rod being
used. When the mole has vanished
look the ethylate is gently rubbed in
with the glass rod to make it penetrate
more deeply. The mole turns nearly
black and hard crust forms over 1t,
which is nearly three weeks in becom-
ing detached. When it comes off the
mole is much lighter than before and
this treatment can be continued until
the mark is scarcely noticeable.
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Worth Hundreds of Dollars.

My wife used only two bottles of
Mothers Friend" before her third
confinement. Says she would not be
without it for hundreds Of dollars.
Had not half as much trouble as before,
Dock Miles, Lincoln Parish, La. Write
The Bradheld Regulator Company,
Atlanta, Ca, for further particulars.
Sold by ]. NJ. Gleissner.
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Read the advertisement of
the TO. III.
Smokers Heart

DR.. Flint's remedy wards off death
from those who have developed a
smokers heart" through the use of
tobacco, rendering that organ liable to
rupture at any time. Descriptive
treatise with each bottle. At John
NJ. Gleissner's or address Mack Drug
Co. N. Y
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No Taxes Required.

The people of Abberville, Ga, get
along without paying taxes. Last
year tax of 3 mills on the dollar was
assessed, but it was not collected, as
sufficient amount was raised from fines
and forfeitures to defray the expenses
OF the city and leave a surplus in the
treasury.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-05-07
Oh, Wv Tired Ewes.

For tired eyes take cup brimful of
water and add sufficient salt to be faint
~ percepuble TO the taste. Hold your
eyes till the lashes touch it, then wink
oncs and the eyes will be suffused; do
not wipe them. This so refreshes the
eyes that they seem like a new
pair. Do not forget the good old rule
as soon as You feel your eyes stop
using them. By the above treatment
one need waste very little time waiting
for tired ewes
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CUCUMBER SEED BASKET.

the natural color could be kept and
pretty, delicate effect produced. When
once started in the work, many objects
will present themselves to the worker
for decoration, and as the work is
speedy and effective, will commend itself
to their notice.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-05-07
THE FARMING WORLD.
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR
THE FARMER.

The Advantage Of Experimental Farm
Stations Pointed Out-Hard Milking
COWs-HOw to Detect AdulteratIOn
Of MIIk-InterestIng Farm Matters.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-05-07

Platinum and silver can each be
made into wire many times smaller
than = human hair.