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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-12-28

an | went down to see UNI, an I'm
totin' upd dis yer young maussas trunk"
lie put down the burden, and not
waiting for the silver piece that l
wished to give him he made quick
movement in the direction Of the fields.
The overseer abruptly withdrew
The man who was seated had his
back TO me, but by the looks of the
oversecr he must have known that
there was somebody beside the truant
negro behind him, lie rose and turned
round. 1t was thin, bent figure, in
lowered dressing-gown and slippers.
His hair presented that singular APP
pearance caused by turning white in
patches and streals. His face was
hollow and wrinlledi his eyes were
lusterless.
With the most apathetic expression
he looked at me, and seemed to think
that my appearance did not call for
question or remark. At least he made
none.
81 beg your pardon, sir" said. rs
Mr.. Pierce Bostoclt at home2 Can / see
him?"
THE overseer attends to all bust
ness" he said, peevishly. go to him;
there he goes"
81 have no business that he can at
tend to. must see Mr.. Bostoclx per-
sonally."
"Must you, indeed?" lie began to
rouse little at the word, and show
irritation. where do you come from,
anyway, young man, that you think a
In Enurcha r1antar or, Ia ,,oJa ., a . -
tend in person at the beck and call Of
every interloper who fancies he has
business with him? What"
His own talk delivered In feeble,
broken voice, excited him and brought
on fit of coughing, lie stamped with
vcNation, and sat down ON bamboo
settee through sheer weakness.
~ am Pierce BostoclS " he said, when
he could find voice again. what the
devil do you want?"
| ought To have expected this an
nounccment, and to have been prcpa ed
for It; hut felt very much at that in
slant as though | had been following
chimera, To be exact, felt cold and
sick, and the hopes Of long years van
ishcd as puff of smoke. And yet Il
: oNNlA'N AA'i'AAhlts rus W.T. bbHlhth
this the hearty, ruddy, happy planter
who had crossed our stony New lIamp-
shire fields ten years before, and
pushed out my horizon everywhere
this feeble, testy, dropping invalid?
My hopes were all turned to ashes on
the spot; yet resolved 10 speak ont,
and end the farce. lie would not rccog.
nize me, or would bid me begonc Il he
should, No matter would see which
he would do, and then tear this cracl
leaf ont of the book OF my life, and
turn tn other scenes,
"Well-arc You dumb? What do YOU
say for YOURSELF"
MIR BostoclS, am Dorr Jewctt. Dc
you not know mc?'
A very faint appearance of interest
came To his face
"Jeweti?" he repeated II believe
used 10 hear that name Why, yes
Amos Jewctt was my schoulfellov
when | WAS u boy. Dorr-Dorr? THAI
was my fathers name"
saw that his mind was cropping fo
memory, and waited,
lie motioned me to sit down will
him. lie looked at me, but was silent
amos Jewett WINS my father"
ventmed, Don't YOU remember com
ing TO our poor New Hampshire hom
ten years ago, sir2 Don't you remem
Der how kind you were TO usP wa
the boy you took SO much notice Of"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-12-28

bends Of the bayou enabled us 20 look
beyond the levces over a section Of the
country and see vast plantations green
with the miniature forests of the
sugar-cane. IL Is here, in this rich,
black soil, that the most prolific sugar
country in North America is found. The
population was almost evenly divided
between white and black; the larger
part OF the former was Of French de-
scent; the French language was much
spoken, and French names of persons
and places were the most common.
TO me this was all new and strange,
and was asking many questions
about these strange features OF the
land when the boat stopped and the
captain announced "Bostoclts."
was the sole passenger landed here.
Engaging u lusty and lazy negro 10
carry my trunk and show me the way,
took the last steps Of my Journey
with throbbing heart. All that Mr..
Dorion had related, all that he had put
into his warnings, REQUIRED TO me.
stopped. shrank from the test that
had come two thousand miles TO make.
Oar am de house, maussa," said my
guide.
IL was large frame house with
verandas above and below. IL stood
not two hundred yards back from the
bayou. Stately oaks, beautiful mag
nolias were before and around IL,
through which were seen glimpses of
wide plantation lands.
The day was hot, the sun oppressive.
As | advanced toward the house saw
man seated in the shade, while an
other was speaking earnestly and with
much gesticulation 10 him. stopped,
fearful Of intruding, but I was already
within earshot.
"a lazy, idle, sullSy Niger, sir, tell
youl lie don't earn his salt. I'd have
whaled him long ago II you hadn't for
hidden me; and | must tell you, sir, II
he amt 10 be whipped, he'd better be
sold. Mayn't send him over TO New
Orlcans2"
The answer was inaudible.
Eyes, sir, know you don't like II;
but I'm convinced it's the only way TO
manage. Well, then-if here amt the
lazy devil right here now! The sassy
dogl Look here, you jeremiah Didn't
| tell you to keep TO the cane-hoeing
all day2 Where you been?"
My attendant, balancing my trunk
upon his head, and spreading out his
hands in deprecating way, replied
sol 80 yo' did, NAUSEA lie Feere, an
meant TO stay--dced | didl-but l
hear de boat a-comin' down de bayou,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-12-28

A ~"a.'l fruu h'mn says ttat Pope
Leo, ..a,mls q ltrn,, VIII ba a de
dyuuu iuiion of gugrrui m.
Cen. bulds cables that King Behau.
lin, Of Dlhpmcg, Is nrurly surrounded
and that hir capture is imminent
The cruiser Colum Zoo las been ne.
ccptcl pre- mnariy by the navy de-
pattlnent as u result ot the preliminary
trill
The Italia II, lost three ,i.iccrs and
several men during the battle with the
Dervi,hcs fought recently near Fort
Agorlut
There were rumors Mt Pcruambucu
that Adm Mcllo had capture Rio de
Janeirn and that President P,iSoto
wa, prisoner
James A. Race, Of 1eNas, clerk at
81, 900 per aunum in the pension bureau
has been dismissed for loiuing money,
at usurious rates, to other employees
A bomb charged with dynamite was
exploded in the village OF Soda, near
Corunna, Spain. \ drug store was
wrecked by the explosion, but nobody
was killed
Cholera is increasing in St Peters.
burg. There are 1860 cases now in the
hospital, and thirty-fourucw case, and
eleven deaths from the disease We're re-
ported on the 2lst
senator Mitchell, OF Oregon, is inter
esting himself in revival of the Tor
rey bankruptcy hill and is quite san
guina of success, notwithstanding IN,
defeat of the bill in the house.
of the 200 veteran soldiers who were
poisoned by eating putrid meat con
;ained in pies recently at the annua
banquet held In the winter palace h'
st. letrrsburg 100 are still in n scriou
condition and thiGty-siX have died.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-12-28
BLOWN TO ATOMS.
shocking Accident Occurs In u Lumber
MIL by "a HoiIer EHplosInn.

shocking Accident Occurs In Lumber
MIL by IA Boiler Explosion.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 23.-A most
shocking accident occurred at noon.
The boiler of the lumber mil of the
Alexandria Lumber Co. exploded, kill
ing four persons outright and seriously
wound ny three others.
The explosion came with terrific
force, blowing the building to atoms.
The remains Of the killed were terribly
manglcd and found long distance
away. One body has not been found,
and may never be. The mill stood on
the bank of the river, and the body
was doubtless torn into atoms and
blown into the stream Huge frag-
mants OF the boiler we're hurled hun.
drcd feet away, one OF them striking
and breaking the timhers OF the Mari
eta Is North Virginia railroad bridge
The shocking accident casts gloom
over the entire community.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-12-28
CoRBGTr AND MITCHELL.
Tho Governor ot Florida Has No Desire to
Ala the Prize Fight.

Tho GOyernor ot Florida Has No Desire to
Ala the Prize Fight.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec. -. The
Duvnl Athletic club received sctbacl,
yesterday in its efforts to pull off The
Corbctt-Nlitchell fight The attorney
for the club app AIRED before Gov.
Mitchell at Tallahassee and made APP
plication for II charter. This the gov
ernor fatty refused, stating that under
cover Of the charter the club proposed
To violate the laws of Florida.
OF course this proved II bomb TO the
sports, and their CONSERVATION was
further increased by the knowledge
that strong letter against the fight
had been written by the governor to
MIR l.. h. Tysen, prominent gentle
man of this citY
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-12-28
TODD UNDER ARREST.
lie WIN Have to Answer Charge
Agauult,

lie WIN Have to Answer Charge Of
Assault.
EIDoRApo, Kan, Dec, 90, j. S. Coop
err, of Florence, arrived in this city last
evening on the Santa Fe and immedi-
ntely placed Labor Commissioner Todd
under arrest, charged with assault
with intent to kill J. f. House, OF Flor
ence. Mr.. Todd arrived in the morn.
ing from Kansas City, bearing marks
of the battle. He was not surprised
when arrested, saying he had been ex.
pecting 1t every day. A guard was
placed to watch over him at his home
and he will be taken TO Florence for
trial
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-12-28

GREAT BEND, Kan, Dec. 2S.-This
city W II not lie behind her neighbors
in looking after her poor this Christ
mas movement has been started
which will no doubt send 5000 on Joy
Gus mission TO the homes Of misfortune.
Private subscriptions 10 the amount Of
so cash, also provisions have been
raised The musicians and elocution-
lists, on weeks notice are preparing a
concert for Wednesday evening, which
will swell the fund. Great Bend lodge
III, A, o. U, W., achieved considerable
distinction by dispensing with their
annual banquet and inst ad contribu-
ting Sg5 to the cause.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-12-28
,,cnIth In.pectIon law KIned.

LANSING, Mich, Dec. 90. The Michi-
rn1 health board has just cen given
ter lie back-set by the supreme court
The Minneapolis, St Louis & Sault
Ste. Marie railway refused to inspect
or allow the board TO inspect immi-
grants baggage at the 500" The
health board asked the court for
mandamus compelling the company TO
al ow baggage to be held for inspec-
ton. This the court refuses to do, thus
knocking out the inspee ton law Of 1893.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-12-28

WASHINGTON, Dee. 90. 90 Secretary
Herbert gave out his decision last
night in the case OF Adm. Stanton, de-
tached from command Of the south At
lautic squadron for saluting the rebel
leader Mello, in the harbor at Rio The
secretary restores Stanton to duty and
assigns him TO the command of the
north Atlantic squadron, regarded as
perhaps the choicest station 20 com
mand among them all.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-12-28
supplementary OF lIa,heI Institute

LAwRENoG, Kan, Dee 90 Friends
Of Gen. Seers will urge him for the
position Of superintendent OF the In
dian school here, made vacant by the
resignation of c. T. Meserve. Strong
recommendation have been dled with
the department indorsing him lie was
assistant superintendent ut the school
for ten years under Gov. Robinson.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-12-28

Sixty-fve railroads, counting the
Union Pacific system as one road, have
gone into receivers hands during the
past year.
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-29
WHEN EDISON WAS YOUNG.
Amusing Story of the Wizards" Skill
with the key.
[st. Louis Globe.Democrat. !

[St. Louis -Democrat.l
II was an operator in the Memphis
office when Thomas A. Edison applied to
the manager for a position" said A. G.
Rockfellow, member of the Reminis-
cence Club that was in session at the
Lindell He came walking into the
Office one morning, looking like verita-
bic hayseed. He wore a hickory shirt, a
pair of butternut pants tucked into the
tops OF boots size too large, and guilt
less of backing. Where's the boss?'
was his query, as he glanced around the
office. No one replied at once, and he re-
peated the question. The manager asked
him what he could do for him, and the.
future great inventor proceeded to strike
him for a job. Business was rushing,
and the Office was two men short, 30
almost any kind of lightning singer
was welcome. He was assigned to a
desk and fusillade of winks went the
rounds of the office, for the lay was put
on the st. Louis wire, the hardest in the
office.
AT this end of the line was an opera
tor who was chain lightning, and knew
it. Edison had hardly got seated before
st. Louis called. The newcomer re-
sponded and St. Louis started in on
long report, and he pumped itin like
house afire. Edison threw his leg over
the arm of his chair, leisurely transferred
a wad of spruce gum from his pocket to
his mouth, picked up pen, examined it
critically, and started in, about 200
words behind. He didn't stay there
long, though. ST. Louis let out another
link Of speed, and still another, and the
instrument on Edison's table hnmmed
like an old style Singer sewing machine.
Every man in the Office left his desk and
gathered around the Jay to see what he
was doing with that electric cyclone.
Well, sir, he was right on the word, and
was putting it down in the prettiest cop
per-plate hand you ever saw, even cross
ing his is and dotting his is and punct-
uating with as much care as man
editing telegraph for rat printers. St.
Louis got tired by and by and began to
slow down. Edison opened the key and
said. Here, here! this is no primer
class! Get hustle on your Well, sir
that broke st. Louis all up. He had
been srawhiding' Memphis for long
time, and we were terribly Sole and to
have a man in our Office that could walk
all over him made us feel like man
whose horse had won the Derby. I saw
the Wizard not long ago. He doesn't
wear hickory shirt nor put his pants in
his boots. but he's very far from being a
dude YETI
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-29

Another of the beauties Of civil service
reform under this administration has
cropped out at Topeka, Kansas. Soon
after assuming charge of the postofice
at that place the new Democratic post
master posted up in. the Office an an
nouncement that seventeen of the letter
carriers giving their names) had been
discharged by order of the postmaster
general. One Of the discharged men
wrote to Washington and asked the rea-
son of their discharge, and received from
the first assistant postmaster general the
reply that they had been discharged on
recommendation of the postmaster for in
competency and violation of orders and
instructions. Subsequently, when these
men demanded an explicit statement of
what their violations of orders consisted.
the postmaster admitted that there
was no ground for any of the charges he
had made, and confessed that he had
discharged them solely for political rea-
sons. Soon after, finding his new men were
Incompetent, the postmaster appealed to
the discharged men to come back and
teach them their duties, which of course
they refused to do. The reason for the
submarines Of their discharge was pre-
ciselH he same as Hthe, Terre Haute
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-29

The administration is said to be under
great concern of mind at the action of
India in putting stop to the free coin
age of silver, and several solemn con-
olaves have been held upon tho subject.
So far the only result is to decide that
it won't be worth while to call the
bimetallic conference together again in
the fall. a decision the wisdom of
which is quite obvious to everybody.
OF course the President cannot himself
stop the present rate of coinage.
Practically all he can do is to 'sview with
ALARM unless he calls Congress togeth-
or, which alone has the power to make
any alterations in our present arrange
ment as regards silver. Considerable
pressure is being put upon him to do
this right away instead of waiting until
September as he had intended, and he
may succumb.
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-29

The Argus believes in incidental pro-
lection apparently. But the last Demo
cratic platform declared shat the FEEDER
al government has, no constitutional
power to impose and collect tariff lduties
except for the purpose of revenue only
No incidental protection in that, no pro-
lection for manufacturers. The mere
fact thata duty may be for something ex-
cept revenue forbids the Democratic
party, according to this platform, to i'm
pose or COLLECT it.
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-29

1t remains to be seen how the advo-
Gates Of free coinage of silver will take
the decision of the English government
to stop the coinage of that metal in India.
One would naturally suppose if he had had
no experience with them that they would
hesitate to continue their agitation for
free coinage in face of the fact that if it
should succeed the United States would
be the only civilized nation on earth
whose minis were open to receive all the
silver that might be sent to them, and
would be undertaking unaided and
alone to initiate every TO cents worth of
silver coined into hundred cents worth.
But there has been good deal in the
past professions and performances of the
extreme silver men to negative any pre-
sumption that they are capable of taking
a rational view of our relations to the
white metal or its relations to us. In
deed we shouldn't wonder if we should
soon get proclamation from Mr. Rich
ard p. Bland or some other silver fanatic
pointing out that there was all the more
reason for the United States sticking to
silver because the other nations have
dropped it. Silver in the minds of a
good many of these men, has appeared
somewhat in the light of ward
of the nation which it was our duty to
cherish and protect. If other nations
kick and cuff it, their idea is that we
should love it all the more and stand by
it with greater loyalty and devotion.
There is class of mild silver advocates
perhaps that will be staggered by the
action Of the Indian government, but the
extreme silver fanatic who has been &C
customed to regard silver in sort OF
reverential spirit, much as a devout mar
regards the scriptures, will not be para.
lyzed a bit by the action Of other nations
On the other hand his ardor is more likely
to be increased by it. To him the work
now of maintaining silver will take on
the character of a sacred duty.
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-29
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The Portland daily press., 1893-06-29

case-the office was soon to be put I'M
der the civil service rules, and the post
master wanted to pack it with Demo-
Gratis before that took place. Probably
the civil commission cannot reach this
case, but the postmaster general might
we'll take notice of the bald lying of
which his postmaster confesses to have
been guilty.
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-29

Johann Most is naturally much
pleased with the pardon of the Chicago
anarchists, and thinks they ought to
bring suit for damages. Gov. Atgeld
would be a most appropriate counsel in
such suit.
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-29

The long and bitter warfare between
the Cleveland and Hill wings of the
Democracy for the control of the Albany
Argus has ended in the discontinue of
the Cleveland crowd.
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-29

Speaker Crisp has refused to be one of
Tammany's Fourth of July orators. AS
it was through Tammany's influence
largely that Crisp was made speaker this
Is piece Of base ingratitude, explicible
only on the assumption that Crisp thinks
Tammany's support will help rather than
hurt him in the next Congress.
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-29
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY. JUNE 20.

Both parties in Massachusetts are en-
gagged in lively hunt for candidates for
Governor. Luckily for them the wealth
er is cool.
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-29

Gov. Atgeld's letter explaining why he
pardoned the Anarchists contains II, 200
words. 1t must be pretty bad case
that requires such defence as that
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-29
CURRENT COMMENT.
THEY WILL HAVE TO COME TO THEM.
1.-THE Cleveland Leader.l

1t would be funny sight to see the
Democratic House do business under
Tom Reeds rules, vet that is what is
coming if present Democratic opinion
can be taken as an indication.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-25
1T WILL CAUSE A FIGHT.


Several members Of the City Coun-
Gil have arrived at the conclusion that
telegraph and telephone poles are prop
erty ON which taxes should be paid by
the owner, and In order TO bring the
proposition squsrely before them where
Il can he discussed on It's merite, the
following resolution was drawn up TO-
day, and in all probability will be pre-
sented at the meeting OF the council
tonight.
Resolved, That the city attorney be
authorized and instructed To draw up an
ordinance compelling the telegraph aud
telephone companies to pay 10 the city
an annual tax rate to hereafter be
decided upon ON each polo erected by
said companies, aud that the rental be
paid the city for tho uso OF tho streets by
the companies.
II Is expected that the adoption o.
the resolution wlll be ttrOugly con.
tested by some oil the members and
that tho telegraph ami telephone com.
psnies win light the case from start t.
finish.