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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-11-24

Sheep-Recelpis, since Saturday, i,i6ii
shipped Saturday, SOL Tho market was strong.
The following are representative sales;
81 NUT. 40 sb75 70 feeders. ~ taos
H........... 6S 900
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-11-24

Special prices on buggies for the next
" days Ut Hodge Bros.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-11-24

Anonymous communications will receive
no attention. Names must accompany nj
articles, not necessarily for publication WI
that va may know who arc our contributors
Communications, letters and tnleRrnphi,
dispatches, " tended for Publication, ehoulc
be afdresaad 20 THE REFLECTION and All CO..
munioationa mon huainesa, including
nIittances, Advertisements and orders
should be addressed 20
THE REFLECTOR PUBLIsHiNG 90.
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HONs-NCccIpIS sIncO SnturuNy, ~ VO' HhIppcd
Saturday, 1891 The market for good hogs
was strong to SC higher; poor iOc lower. The
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-11-24
RICHARD wARNe. business Manager

Entered for transmission through the Uni
tod atataa Mails "a second class matter, ~ The
postofioe in Abilene, Dickinson county, Kan
sas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-13

Thing to throw off the characteristics
Of warrior Ike had been a sharp
shooter. Often obliged to remainfor
hours ensconced behind a rock or the
branches Of a tree, separated from his
comrades, he had acquired the habit of
talking either TO himself or to the enemy
he watched; which was even more alb
surd, for he could hear himself talk
while his enemy could not hear him.
Now, Johnny" Ike would say to the
Confederate lurking to get a shot
him thousand yards away, 'if y
think you can fool me by lifting that
brown hat on a stick, you're mistake
Perhaps III fire at it and let you know
where l am Guess not, Johnny. Try
some other dodge; that ones played out"
Ike was never entrapped into exposing
himself to a sure shot, so he was mus
tered ut at the end of the war and went
home; hough he was first sent off with
Sheridan to the Mexican frontier and
didn't become a citizen till the winter of
slxty-hve. Then ne went back to the
town he had run away from to join the
army four years before, when he was
sixteen years old. At home he found
his cousin, John Ball, who had mean
while gone to live with Ike's parents.
The BAH homestead stood in the cen
ter of yard next to which there was
similar place occupied by a family
wherein were two pretty girls. Matilda
Dane, the older, was as steady as Min
ME, her younger sister, was mischiev-
GUS. John and Matilda might have been
heighbors for years without making each
others acquaintance. Not so Ike and
Minnie. They were as sure TO become
involved in skirmish over the garden
wall as two newly met picket lines
across brook.
Hostlhhes commenced on st. Valen-
tines Day. Two valentines addressed to
4. and j. Ball (both initial letters were
rather an / than j fell into Q1e's
hands. AS they were addressed to him,
ne opened them both. 1t did not require
fine eye To discover that they had both
been written by the same person, whom
Ike believed TO be Miss Minnie Dane.
lie procured two valentines and adj
dressed them TO Miss NJ. Dane. On q
blank page of one of them he stated
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-13
m THE MATTER OF VALENTINES.
copyright. 1852. by American Press Associa-
ton.

copyright. 1852. by American Press Associa-
ton.
We do not wish to be considered ir-
reverent when we say that every saint,
like every dog, has his day If it were
not perfectly consistent 10 mention the
dog and the saint in the same breath we
don't believe there would be such an
animal extant as the Saint Bernard dog
or at least he would flourish under a
different name.
The fourteenth of February belongs to
Saint Valentine, and it is quite as natural
TO send and to receive valentines on this
day as it is TO set off irecrackers on the
Fourth of July, to eat roast turkey on
Thanksgiving and to loaf on Labor Day.
As the valentine, correctly speaking.
is love poem, it seems difficult to ex-
plain the existence Of the popular penny
or comic valentine for q cent, which Is
sent to all sorts and conditions Of men
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-13
such as Ike. otncers IncIuuea.

SUCH as Ike, oHcerS InCIOueo-
Ike received note stating that Miss
M. Dane would forego conventionality
and meet Mr.. 1. Ball lover the garden
wall" about dusk the next evening. He
was obliged to wait all day for an
other note which he felt sure would
come for his cousin. 1t came at Last and
Ike appropriated it. Miss III. Dane would
meet Mr. J. Ball at the same time and
place as his cousin and hoped he wouldn't
dlsappoint her. 1t was plain to Ike that
both he and John were to be drawn to
the garden wall, while the girl would
doubtless observe their mutual surprise
and chagrin from some convenient
place of concealment
General Lee" quoth Ike to himself,
General U. S. q. Ball isn't going to be
caught in a trap if he knows himself.
The enemy's cipher is in his possession
and he has taken down her dispatches.
Her intentions are as evident to him as a
signal light on mountain top"
On the evening of this triangular ap-
pOintment-known only to Ike and Min
nie-Ike went to his window to recon
hotter. "Ill just observe the enemy's
movements from this highly advanta-
geous eminence." he remarked to himself,
and he sat down ia the cleaning to
wait and to watch. 1t was not long be-
fore he observed a female figure steal
through the Danes side door and take
position behind one of the pillars Of the
porch. In a few minutes it moved eau
tiously forward and was lost behind the
chicken house.
IL like that" said Ike: "the new posi-
ton will enable me to cut off retreat
There's not bit of hurry, general" lad
dressing himself as an imaginary com
mander), 1.-The enemy will wear herself
out waiting-and it's pretty cold even
ing for lying under arms. I'll take no
tice of the strategic points. The problem
is not to drive the enemy, but to capture
her. There's flank movement by the
well house, but this wouldn't cut off re-
treat. There's the dog kennel not ten
PAGES in rear of the enemy's works, ad-
joining the barn on one flank and only
few steps to the arbor on the other. Con-
cealment is afforded to an advancing
force by the garden wall, which makes
a convenient angle at the farther end,
protection being continued by that row
of evergreens. General! the campaign
is decided upon. Column forward, guide
right, march,"
Ike went leisurely down stairs, hum
ming 1.-The Girl Left Behind Me-" and
out through the back door. STOPPING be-
hind the garden wall he moved over the
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bluntly that MIR. l. Bah had long desired
Miss Danes acquaintance and regretted
thai there was no mutual friend 10 in
Produce MIN. Would Miss Dane forego
the accustomed conventional form and
gave Mr. Ball an opportunity TO intro
duce himself? In the other valentine ne
animated the same desire from Mr.. ).
Ball, bus feIgned 70 conceal his intent
under excessive modesty. The first he
sent TO Miss Minnie Dane, then waited
ull he saw her sister go out, when he
dispatched the other. As they were both
for Miss Nj. Dane they fell into the hands
OF the willy Minnie
Minnie at once inferred that by CO
incidence or by COLLISION each of the
cousins was endeavorng TO make the ac-
gualntance OF the girl he adrnired-the
one Matilda, the other Minnie. When
the second note came IN and fell into her
hands she Was the most delighted girl IN
the town. Now for some fun" she ex-
claimed. and st once fell TO concocrng 8
plot which she considered capable of
4.nhusbiug Wh6ls re3imant of soldiers
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-13
= = 1esns GsT
Wl(l t1J,sSBls
SAINT VALENTINE.

lam Saint valentineI
Not the old Roman saint
Battling the pagan faint.
Scourged to the red,
Losing his head,
TO a Claudian jay,
In the Flaminian Wayi
Not much. sir. / shine
in a different line,
Does this Valentinel
Out among the little birds
Nesting soon or late,
You may see my skillful hand
Helping them to mate.
In the spring,
When they sing
Solos sad and lonely,
Then call 3
And leave them all
Singing duets only.
Then | shake that little stupid
God, whose other name is Cupid,
And make
The kid awake /!
TIC proper sense Of duty
So !
He takes his little bow
and arrows, don't you know,
To go
Cunning after youth and beauty
] am posted on Loves rackets,
And | fix up pretty packets
OF hearts and doves and clinging vines
And designate them valentines!
just plain and cheap one here,
Something fine and costly there,
But meaning nothing less,
Whatever be their dress.
10 the richest in the state
Or the poor without the gate
For Love is Love,
Below OF above,
And am its Saint
From the ages quaint
To this very day,
When say my say.
And draw no line,
For am the whole worlds Valentine.
WILL J. LAAProN.
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Not a Bad Guess.

Miss Allsoui-I take it, Mr.. Longface,
that you too nave seen your trouble in life's
voyage. feel that my own sad experience
gives me the right to speak; you will take
no otfense, Pm suref
Mr. Lob. not at ALL Certainly
haven't been without my affection
Miss A. with look Of deep interest)-A
heart trouble, fancy.
Mr.. L.-Well-in that neighborhood-
weak digestion.-Harpers Bazaar.
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the professional pride n the bosom Of
one usually considered proficient prac-
tlnoner OF his art The barber, for IN
stance, who shaves you without infict-
ing pain either with ahis razor OF his n
formation. Is informed b. gr0tsseGe
picture and vilely constructed verse
that hls razor Is Ike an oyster knife, and
that he shonld learn 20 handle II N 5
manner different fron that employed By
. n1aSon IN tie InAaixulAEion Of = trnvA
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tent was she
that what was going on behind her
claimed no part of her attention. Ike
was so charmed with the picture that he
was in no hurry to make her aware OF
his presence. AT last he gave an "Ahem!
Minnie turned quickly around.
Il propose to move Immediately on
your works" called Ike in as awful tones
as he could command.
The girl could see her eneny's colors
in the shape of a red head protruding
above the dog Kennel and two eyes look
ing straight into hers. Ike looked upon
a surprised and panic stricken enemy
There was little scream and evidently
much Reputation
You re cut OF. from Ike.
No answer
NO supplies can be drawn from the
house, and you il have to surrender or
starye.
SuIl silence
Your only move IL retreat Is between
the arbor and TINS dog kennel. and III
take YOU IN f.8nk If You tyy III
Not eAciting any comment on thi,
view OF the situation. ike Went on:
Il cant offer very lbera, terms. You
see treachery Is always punishable IL
war ard there's whole ammunition
chest fun OF I, "a THIS case I'm going
TO order drgnhead court martial ard
have you shot for n spy
The stiffness about the chicken house
was awful
However. I'll defer the meeting Of the
court If you'll "a and SIT with me IN thu
summer house and talk over the terms
OF surrender
There was spssnodic wrincing O.
hands
DO you want me TO call the corporal
of the guard and take you in for trial."
Minnie placed her right hand oonyuI-
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Ike is now rugged vet, with grizzly
beard and wife and a strapping boy
he adores; though young Ike declares
that his father trains him as if he had
been born into the sharpshooters instead
of civil life. The old soldier says: Ike,
always be on the lookout for ruse from
a girl. was too much for your mother,
sonny, but you see I'd been four years in
the sharpshooters and what man don't
learn about trickery in the sharpshoot'
ers isn't worth knowing. Never let
woman get bead on your heart unless
you've had that same training; and even
then-well-I sometimes think got the
fire in my own bosom after all"
Just what Ike means by this remark
NO one knows, but the boy says, ''Pop, he
does lots o talken, but ma, she COM
nands the house."
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it could be still
more beautiful If
it but reflected
the truth; and it
should be truth
full to be perIna-
nent What is
al this carping
nonsense we heir
about the milk
man? Who ongi-
mates these would
be witty stories.
whose mission Is
70 raise a laugh
at the expense OF
this useful public
8 c nv mt, a q q r
place his hon.
esty forever with
IN the ale of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-13

;c-11;;1sied to listen TO, Get of at q trot, tell
ing her how lovely she was and how
badly he had behaved, but that he
couldn't help it, seeing how desperately
in love he had fallen-and, well, to make
q long story short, he conquered peace.
The war was ended then and there, and
it rnI1st ha confessed that there are no
more battles for the historian to record,
for never was there such a reconstruc-
ton as came to pass between these two
belligerents.
So they were betrothed, and John and
Matilda declared that they had never seen
such ''spooney" couple. Indeed, if
anything could have brought John and
Matilda together it would have been
the lovers example. But they were
too slow about it. Matilda was too proper
and John was too digniied. So they put
matters off till they were crusty old
bachelor and simpering old maid, and
neither ever married.
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and women. not
with a view to
winning their af-
fiction, but as a
means of making
them acquainted
with their defects
and shortcoming,
and doing il II a
manner calculat-
ed TO destroy
their peace OF
mind and make
them 4 n b Apply
for many days
As a rule they
would DESTROY
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criticism; Such jokes as saying that It
would be more appropriate TO decorate
bis grave with water Lilies than with
nllkweeds, and that al artistic as well
as proper trademark for him would be
water moccAsin and , milk adder.
intertwined about pump handle. should
lose their currency at once We believe
our miikIrau 70 De as pure IN spirit as
the cream that floats upon MS milk, and
If his virtues could be c0udensed and eK-
pressed II one word. that word would re
angel Il : with a desire 20 do the
right thing ~ this hal and his pTofe--
sion2l bTsgaren TIA; we have Indiied ths
following vsIen11ne-
gaE ETLEkAS-
Aifaozza zee Vabisc bgE.tag
LFcz Es1 igvs. % szrsv.
kEpv yeur ziik Il asTer
A@A4Essz - iss SazG
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-13
The Poets Proposal.

The Poets Proposal.
Phyllis, IL could Id paint you.
As see you sitting there,
You distractiDg little saint, JOG
With your auFeole Of hair.
II only were an artist,
And such Kiances could Be caught,
You should have the very smArtest
Picture frame that can bs bought
-Phyllis. since | can't depict your
Charms or give you aught hat fame,
VIII you be yourself the 1icturef
VIII you let me be the framel
Whose protecting clasp may bind you
Always'-
"Nay." cried Phyllis. bold.
Or you'll force NE to remind yeu
Pictures must DC framed with Roldi"
%. Il In Liza
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Ike Ball was a
soldier from
the crown of
his red head,
which illunni-
mated a good
natured coun-
tenance, TO the
sole of his mas
sive foot, broad
ened by many
tramp through
the south The
war was over
and Ike had
thrown off his
uniform; but it
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-13
THE PLUMBER
The tailor is an artist with whom even

people endowed
with the ordina-
~ instincts Of
charity have lit
tie or no sympa-
thy. He is uni
versally regard
ed very much as
an ogre in a fairy
tale; that is, an
undesirable crea-
ture, in whose
bosom the in
stincts of a mon
ster are ever ac-
tive. No one has
q kind word for
him any more
than for a pirate
OF a hackman.
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route he had
laid out, and in
a few minutes
was behind the
dog kennel.
I b g re he
crouched, cool
ly surveying
his enemy,
The young
girl was stand
ing expect
ant, peering
through the
Stats Of the
chicken house,
straining her
ears to catch
the slightest
sound So in
tent was che
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-13

Ask your doctor what hap
pens to cod-liver oil when It
gets inside of you.
He will say it is shaken
and broken up into tiny
drops, becomes an emulsion;
there are other changes, but
this is the first.
He will tell you also that
it is economy to take the oil
broken up. as it is in SCOTS
Emulsion, rather than bur
den yourself with this work.
You skip the taste too.
Let US send you an inter-
esting book on CAREFUL Lrv-
nc; free.
Scs-s \ E@~sz. Cess. ~ s~-sa ssAAr.s=-.
Nv EeFa-
Ys- e xxss, S>-s. Ecssss Esus1sss- 81 49, Fre-
s---ss S<=Exss srsEyss.ss 80 O..
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ere Is anY chance Of

''Do you think there is any chance Of
Pendash becoming poet"
81 am afraid not. You know he has
to earn his living writing valentine
verses"
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STRATEGY.

q STORY FOR ST. VALENTINES DAY BY
+. A mitchell.
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Generosity.

II Is a well known fact that misery per
Sons are very much given 20 attempts 70
make it appear that they are very gen
erous.
"Why, tell you" exclaimed ons ex-
ceedingly Close" rcE man vaantingly, Il
give away FIVE dollar bill just as freely a.
/ would copper
mo doubt. 10 doubt. " said . friend
''ouly you never give the ooppeFg'-Yoath's
Co.. -..-v.s-.s
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SCtDl0 Is
charming man to meet, at least when
upon his professional chariot, drawn by
an old gold steed whose ribs protrude to
such an extent that by drawing stick
along them you unconsciously perform
what might be facetiously termed an
extemporaneous xylophone solo. This
peddler never fumbles the potatoes in
such way as to make you fancy you
are getting more than you are paying
for He shakes them down honestly and
hoes not CREATE a pJ i'iiEIU On UP - --0J
run the same size all the way through,
and we take pleasure in saying so. And
we believe other peddlers are quite as
honest and worthy the confidence of the
public. We therefore feel that we are
doing a noble work in thus addressing (
THE VEGETABLE PEDDLER
Your cabbages and turnips,
Your satisfy aud pumpkins.
Your squashes and tomatoes
Are always prime and 6ne-
Your peaches and your apples
Your pears and caulifOweES
Are ever sweet and luscioss
And mellow as old VIM
Long may you wave and ho1cask.
If only for the measure,
The trimming honest measure
You 10 your patrons give
Your measures are unconscious
OF any thick, raised bottomA
On paragon of peddiess,
Long may you bloom and I've
In eighteen carrot rapture,
And spot cash custom capture
That the comic valentine has come 70
stay goes without saying Although
beautiful from an economic standpoint.
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tCopyright, 1892. by American Press Associa-
/
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ose and Yaris On Masiey ave "a.
~ cen Dos siaa ave. ahhFtrss 81
Braneh ards ~ Z ftes aGg.0Agtbe
ras Ctiy. - Esae, ana MlEso 0ka.
1850 Territory.
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THE TAILOR
Here's conscientious tailor.
And tailor great is he,
Fitting merchant, truckman, sailor,
Cop and poet TO a 1T"
To the painter and the rector
He gives lots of time TO pay,
And he sends no gaunt collector
Round to see them every day;
Springing like catamount
For little on account.
The experience with the tailor is not
Of a more unusual nature-in fact, not
more of an Arabian night in its way
than the experience we have had with
our vegetable peddler. We have dealt
with him for several years and think he
is entitled to complimentary valentine,
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or grocer m Ine'ac5 Of -Ietnng the 1sSsy-
light into box of sardines with can
opener.
The plumber is another popular target
for him who sends the penny valentine,
and he is represented as being anything
but honest and conscientious. He is
shown in the act of smashing boilers and
sending in big bills for work that has
never been done. The exaggeration of
the situation is enough to make even
plumber laugh, and the chances are that
he does laugh, even if it is warm day
upon which it is impossible for pipe to
freeze or boiler to burst. Our plumber
has always done his work well and cheap,
and we think he should have pleasant
valentine-one that is truthful and cal
culated to do him justice and make him
happy in the knowledge of the fact that
his efforts are appreciated at their high
est value. But we viii address it to the
guild, assuming that our plumber is only
a fair specimen of this great, important
craft:
THE PLUMBER
His heart is sound, his hand Is strong,
His touch is sure and true;
Oh, who begrudges him the wealth
That's but his honest due?
To smash your boiler or your pipe
Or tub he ne'er descends.
He never, never, never works
For mercenary ends.
His works first class. his bills are small,
His credits more than long.
The sunshine OF his gracious smile
Is like 3 breath of song.
We glory in the pleasant sight
That shows him in his prime
Out sailing in the summer yacht
He earned in winter time.
The tailor is an artist with whom even
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II any human De-
ing is. 1t is con-
sidered the prop
er thing to as
sumo that an eel
is as slippery as a
vegetable ped
dler; that he is
the creature that
is more to be
feared than an
architect. Y e t
we feel bound to
say, and we take
pleasure in say
ing, that our veg
atahla naddlar 10
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Yet we feel it solemn duty to speak Oh
our tailor as we find him during an ex-
perience of decade:
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That the comic valentine has come Il
stay goes without saying. Although
beautiful from an economic standpoint,