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She Blushed

awfully when told her what to do
for those horrid pimplcs with which
her face was covered, She now says
II you want pink and white complex
ion with Il nice clear smooth skin, you
must use that best of all blood puriii-
ers. Sulphnr Bitters.
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Pitchers CaStoria.
Children Cry for

II the hair is falling out and turn
ing gray, the glands of the skin need
stimulating and color-food, and the
best remedy and stimulant is Halls
Hair RenoMer.
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Publication Notice.
First published In the Abilene Weekly Re-
Hector April 3, lS0i.l
Notice of Final Settlement.

STATE OF KANSAS,
Dickinson County
In the probate court In and for said county.
In the matter Of the estate of Deborah j..
Tidball, deceased
Creditors and an other persons Interested
IN the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified,
that at the next regular term Of the probate
court In and for yiid county, to he begun and
held at the cour, room in the city OF Abilene,
county Of Dickinson and state aforesaid, on
the first Monday In the month Of May, A. ID,
1891, | shall apply to said court for u full and
final settlement Of said estate.
ORELL NJ. kINGERN.
Administrator Of Deborah j. Tldbnll, de-
ceased.
STAMBAUGH 4 Hum, Attorneys.
March alst, A. u, 1Sat ;R-4
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Percheron Stallion For Sale

Romeo Us9D 1924 foaled in 1884
and imported in 1887 by Owen Doyle,
Sparland. H., weight 1900 and is a
good locker and n sure breeder, will
be sold either for cash or on time For
further information call on or address
JOmN HARMON,
"a ic# Solomon CITY, Kas.
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Will Apply for Pardon.

A Dickinson county murderer, John
Drake. who in 1879 was convicted Of
numbering German, will apply for a
pardon April 2Oth. He is serving II
life sentence in the penitentiary at
Inns
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Mary +, Bender, J. c. Bender, T. G. Henry,
James Craig, Henry Gay, Elizabeth q.
Crol, Thomas Kirby, Ellen Morehead ct
al, defendants.
To said defendants;
You are hereby notified that you have
been sued by the above named plaintiff In
the above entitled action; that the said
plaintiff filed It's petition In said action, In
said court, upon March 2lst, 1901 that unless
you appear and answer the same, on or
before the 3rd day Of May, 1891, IL will be
taken rs true and judgment Will be rendered
In favor uf the pluiutiff and against the de-
PENDANTS MARY 4. Bender aud j. &. Bender
for the sum OF n .S5A5O, with 10 per cent In
tcrcst per annum thereon from May LIST, 1881,
until paid, and for costs OF suit; also for the
foreclosure of n certain mortgage upon the
west eighty feet Of lot eight ~ In block thirty
three In Kinney * Hodges addition 10 the
city Of Abilene In said county and State,
and adiudging that plaintiff have a first lien
thereon; ordering the same 10 be sold with
out upprai scmcut, and the proceeds OF such
sale tO be- applied To the payment OF the
costs Of this suit, the taxes due upon said
premises at the time ~ sale, and the sums
due the plaintiff; and forever barring and
foreclu,lng the defendants and each Of them
from all right, tue, property, and estate In
said premises and every part thereof
THE MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE IHsUR-
ANCE COMPANY,
BISHOP & BURCH,
Attest Its Attorneys,
T.. II. HALLECK,
Clerk Of District Court,
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The blood is the source of health.
Keep it pure by taking Hoods Sar-
saparilla, which is peculiar to itself,
and superior in strength, economy,
and medicinal merit.
Hoods Pills are purely vegetable,
carefully prepared from the best in-
gradients. 25c
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Home Nursery,

II you need anything in the nursery
line and want to save money call on
or address CnAs. YOUNG,
"a II. Abilene, Kas.
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When Baby We DICK, we gave her Castoria.
When she Nas Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Mi = she chung to Castoria.
yhen she had Chudrn, she gave them CastoriA
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Sa5HAT DO YOU take medicine
w for2 Because you want to gctwcll,
or keep we'll, Of course. Remember
Hoods Sa?52parl'ia GuFca
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grinding We
grind load of feed while wait Our moa no Ter ground and
all grain
Come We will please
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Girls Were the Winners.

From Saturdays Daily
Abilene's high school has some good
orators, as was abundantly proved at
the contest last evening. The follow
ing program was given:
Plano Duet. Mary Giles and Edith Hawk
Oration-"Shylock and Justice" ...........
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Edgar A. Fry
oratlon-"The Jewel Of Character,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Elliuor seymour
solo.,..".,.....,....... Milton spcor
Oratlon-"Thc People" ....... Charles Jollcy
oratlon-"Woman's Power In History.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Mary Giles
Trio ...............,......,...
Katie over, Edna Anderson, Edith Hawk.
oratlon-"True Monuments. .......,...
Observation-Disclosures, Guy Cranston
| Oration-"Labor" ....",.., Mary llumbargar
The orations were decidedly well
written and were closely listened to
by the audience. The committee Of
| Judges, Rev. Seabrook, Rev. Tarbill
and A. V. Jewctt, gave the three boys
representing the senior boys and
freshmen class marking Of 81 7-l2
and the three girls representing the
senior girls and the sophomore and
junior classes 49, Rev Seabrook an
nounced the decision in an appro
pirate talk.
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MYSTERIES!
The Nervous System the Sea,
OF Life and Mind. Recent
Wonderful Discoveries,

No mystery has ever compared with that OF
human life IL has been the leading subject
o. professional research and study In all ages
Hut Notwithstanding this fact II & not gener-
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Hector March -, 1891.
Publication Notlos

In the district court Of Dickinson county,
Kansas.
The Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
company, plaintiff.
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Children Cry Tof
Pitchers CaStcria.

Are you troubled with dandruI?
Try Dietz's dandrul' lotion at Landes
city barber shop. Experienced bar
bers and perfect work guaranteed,
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lAANA0 wv " I =
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that
he is the senior partner of the firm of
+. j. CHNSSY Il Co., doing business
in the City of Toledo, County and
State aforesaid, and said firm will pay
the sum OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case Of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by the use OF
HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9th day
OF December, A. ID. 1886.
sr, A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces OF the system. Send
for testimonials, free.
+, j. CHENEY q CO., Toledo, O..
BaS~Sold by Druggists, Toe,
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ally KIN o W n
that the seat
OF life IL Local
ted In the up
per part OF the
spinal ord,
near the base
OF tho brain,
and no sensl-
tive IL tn Is
portion OF tho
nervous Bys-
tenn that even
tho prick OF n
needle W i'll
cause instant
death.
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DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Award.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-15

DR.. Lafferty of New Orleans, re.
Gently delivered a lecture on Lees
Lack Of Luck" says the Times Dem
ocrat. The doctor told how two
English snobs, at a restaurant in
Paris, by their sneers drove Murat
out OF service as a waiter, and
through this accident Murat became
a Marshal of France and King of Ma
pies. Samples OF lucky accidents
were numerous in ancient and mod
ern history, and there were also many
examples that went to show how
many of the ancients believed in,good
luck or good fortune. Napoleon had
lost Waterloo through the mere acct
dent OF bringing on an attack of sick
headache through eating onion and
lamb against the advice of his physi-
clan.
In 1865 a quarrel between Conk-
ling and Blaine decided the Presi-
dency of the United States many
years afterward, when Blaine ran
against Cleveland.
Abraham Lincoln, after being a
member of Congress, desired to Sc
cure a clerkship in Washington, but
he was defeated by Justin Butter
field. lie was disappointed, but had
he not boen defeated he would have
spent his life in obscurity instead Of
becoming President of the United
States.
Oliver Cromwell was once on board
a ship bound for America, but he was
taken back by a constable, and the
result was that he became n OF the
greatest men England ever knew.
Ulysses Grant would not have been
a military man had 1t not been that
his rival for a West Point .cadetship
had been found to nave six toes on
each foot instead of five.
The great silver mine, the ''SilVer
King" had teen discovered by the
lucky accident OF a prospector throw
Ing a piece OF rock at a lazy mule. -
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-15
In Russian Barracks.

"Shall we take a look at the barracks2"
suggested the colonel. "Nothing would
suit me better,"I answered; so leaving
our horses in charge of the Cossack,
Chumski led the way through a series OF
vast spaces occupied mainly by little
wooden beds. Each little bed had omit
a hard mattress, q pillow and a coarse
wooden blanket. Beneath each bed was
o box, in which the soldiers kit was
kept, and at short intervals throughout
the buildings were chrome portraits Of
the Gar, and very 'gaudy pictures OF
Russian saints. The barracks were en-
tirely Of wood, the ceilings low and the
windows infrequent, yet SO clean wa
everything kept that 1 detected no dis,
agreeable odor. In the kitchen l helped
myself to a taste OF the soup that was
simmerlng in vast ~cauldrons over the
brick oven, and made up my mind that
could stand a pretty long canoe cruise il
my food we're no worse than this. There
are two fast-days in the week-Wednes.
day aud Friday-and this was one OF
them, so that all they had was lentil
soup. Black bread went with the soup
not such very bad bread either. They
had a drink that suggested the mead we
use at harvest-.ime, consisting of water
in which rye bread had been absorbed.
OF this I drank a whole glass with relish.
So far, then, l had stumbled on nothing
about the Russian soldiers life thai
would have discouraged me from en-.
listing, had I been brought up to accept
the Cars word as law.
"Do you have much desertion2" l
asked.
"Not many in my regiment, answered
tine colonel, complacently; ''my men are
pretty we'll cared for"
As we galloped home to the MONDAY
dinner, I noticed that my colonel greeted
the men of other regiments than his "
by merely conforming to the usual mill.
tary requirements; but when he met any
of his 170th, he shouted out a hearty
good day to them. which they answered
with a burst of strange sound intended to
convey the cotton, 1--WE are glad to have
our colonel's greeting" This struck me
as a very pleasant interchange of civility
much better than the silent and per-
~tunctory ordeal in vogue among western
armies. In the German army, the EN-
peror still gree.s his Grenadier Guards
by a hearty "Good.mornlng;" and IA
answered as heartily, as in Russia. But
this is, in Germany, as historically
unique as the "beet.eaters" at tho
Tower of Londo. In Russia, the life oil
the people is what it was In England
when Queen Bsss boxed the ears of her
favorites-an odd medley Of barbarism
and parental geutleness.-Harper's
Magazine.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-15
TIE MOST PROFITABLE HORSE.

While the principal interest in horse
raising centers in heavy draft, coach and
driving horses there is a class of horse,
that are more useful to the farmer and
still sa'able at fair prices on the market,
namely, the chunk or medium weight
horse full made in all parts, plenty oil
bone and muscle, short straight back.
good length of neck, intelligent, well
formed head with good action aud fair
road gait, Weighing from 1900 to 14OO
pounds. Such horses, if well broke, five
years old and good color, are selling
readily on the present market Mt Sl15 Il
$3.50, according to weiqht Gad quality.
and as q great many Of our Western
farmers raise horses more for their own
work than for the market and think the
imported draft breeders too clumsy and
the American trotter too frail for their
use it Is very desirable for them TO raise
a kind that will fill their requirements,
and still get a paying price for the sur.
plus stock when they wish to market
them.
To produce the chunk described re.
qulres great care and judgment in select.
ing sires, as there is no distinct breed in
the country possessing all the required
quality, the breeder must try to remedy
the faults OF the dam through extra de.
velopments in the side where the dam is
deficient, and vice'versa, but by all means
do not increase the present o~versupply OF
ungainlY, narrow-chested, light boned,
iong-baeked, slim-waisted plugs by using
dams without some good qualities for
breeding purposes.-Ch'cago Sun.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-15
Presence of Mind.

II knew a sea captain, who died
some years ago, who displayed great
presence of mind at a most critical
time" said Henry S. Roberts of Bos-
ton. ellis ship had caught fire and
the passengers and crew were com
PEELED TO take to the boats in a hurry.
The captain remained perfectly cool
throughout all the confusion and
fright of the embarkation, and at
last every une but himself was got
safely into the boats. By the time
he was ready to follow the passengers
we're wild with fear and excitement
Instead of hurrying down the lad.
der, the captain called out to the
sailors to hold on a minute, and tax.
Ing a cigar from his pocket, coolly
bit the end of and lighted it with a
piece Of the burning rigging Then
he descended with great deliberation
and gave the order to shove of.
How could you stop to light a cigar
at such a moment?' he was after.
ward asked by one Of the passengers.
Because he answered, i saw that
ii l did not do something to divert
your minds there would likely be a
panic and upset the boats The
lighting Of a cigar took but a moment
and attracted the attention OF every
b3dy; and you all forgot yourselve.
n thinking about my curious be
havior and we got safely away. st
Louis Globe Democrat
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-15
NEGLECTED ronpEn nrnn

Peas are an excellent food for milcl
cows, or for hogs. Take a piece of fall
blowing and harrow it we'll to make 4
good seed bed. Sow broadcast two and
unc.half bushels of the small Canada
peas, or three bushels of marrowfa.s, and
pillow under four or five inches. The pea
is a deep.rooted plant and should be put
well down. Sow on top of the ground
one bushel Of oats to hold tho peas up.
For hogs they come in as green forage
after clover, and may be cut with ,
scythe, and thrown in to them, or a NOV.
able fence may be put around a small
portion of the field. Good success ba;
been obtained by putting the peas and
oats in the silo. Or they may be cut and
cured, tbreshed and ground into meal,
Try two or three acres as an experiment
the coming spring.-American Agricul,
turist.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-15

Submarine Mines.

h The engineer corps Of the United
States army has been actively engaged In
experiments ! with submarine mines.
These explosive traps, designed to blow
up hostile ships that enter harbors, arc
OF two kinds - sunken and floating.
They are steel cases holding dynamite,
that being the explosive regarded by
this Government as most suitable for tho
purpose. Dynamite consists OF seventy
five per cent. Of ro.glycerine, which
is too dangerous to be used BY itself, alb
sorbed by twenty-five per cent. OF a
highly porous infusorial earth called
ssrottenstone." Other substances besides
r~ottenstone have been utilized as an alb.
sorbent, such as cornmeal and brown
sugar. The sunken mines are lowered
to the bottom of the water, where they
are held in position by their " weight.
Each OF them contains a battery SO ar
ranged that q shock communicated by
the hull of q vessel will set of the
charge, probably sinking the ship by
blowing a hole beneath her water line.
Internal machines of this description
have the disadvantage that u is hardly
possible without great danger for those
who put them down to take them up
again. Moro serviceable in a general
way are the floating mines, which ara
anchored out and connected by wire
with stations on shore. So long as nd
danger is anticipated the electric cur
rents are shut off and the steel ca ses roll
about on tho waves as harmless as SO
many barrels.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-15
On Another Errand.

A Vermont Baptist minister who
is not too grave and dignifled to en-
! Joy q good Joke, even when it is on
himself, narrates a ludicrous incl
| dent of his early life. Soon after
being settled over a new congrega-
ton he one day received a note ask.
! ing him to be at home that evening
| at s o'clock. The writer added that
he was intending to be married at
I that hour and would call at the par
sonage with his bride
1t was but a few minutes before )
o'clock when the door-beIl rang, and
a moment later the servent an.
nouuced that a young couple awaited
the minister in the parlor.
Going down into the parlor, ac-
companicd by his wife, the pastor
found a neatly.dressed, intelligent
appearing young man and a bright
| looking young woman who rose to re-
ceiye him.
IL am Mr. Homer" said the young
man, ''and this is Miss Cross"
Having another engagement for the
evening the minister said imme.
diately:
II received your note this. morn
ing, and we will proceed with the
ceremony at once. Please join your
right lands"
In great bewilderment, which the
minister mistook for natural embar-
rassment, the Young couple timidly
clasped hands, aud the ceremony was
about to begin, when the young man
said.
"I-we-what ceremony is it?"
why the ceremony OF marriage,
Of course"
"O-o-o.h!" shrieked the young
lady, withdrawing her hand aud COW
erlng her face with her handkerchief.
II don't understand this at all"
said the young man sharply, 1--WE
came here simply as a committee
from the young peoples society Of
the Methodist Church to ask you and
YOUR wife to be present at Il public
entertainment we are about to give,
and"
1t was now the minister's time to
say "C-o-o.h." and he said it in
genuine astonishment at the very
moment that the maid ushered in
the young couple who had 'matrl-
monial intentions"
The mistake evidently started the
first young couple into new lines OF
thought; for, a year later their own
pastor being i'll, they called upon the
Bastlst pastor, and did not protest
that he wa going too far when he
again asked them to join hands
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-15
Valuable Clorks.

Some one praised one Of the girl
:lerks in a large shop to the head OF
,he department, saying that she was
10 modest and so pleasant, while SO
pbliging, that she seemed an ideal
person for the place. "From your
standpoint, yes" was the reply, "but
hardly from our own. She has all the
good points that you mention, and
.hich I agree the perfect saleswoman
should not be without. But she does
bot sell goods enough to suit us. l
nean she does not help people to
make up their minds and get them
put of the way and some n else in
their places. The ideal clerk does
that without pushing or forwardness.
You would scarcely believe how de-
pendent most customers are upon
others judgment, and how much
quiet assistance they require in order
to facilitate business. The most val
liable clerk is that one who a rem
der this help without appearing to do
anything more than offer the stuff
for others choice. New York Jour-
nal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-15
CARE OF LAWN suRuRs.

In planting shrubs, let the soil be rich
and mellow. Set the plants at about the
depth they were grown in the nurseries
from which they were procured, and
spread the roots out carefully, being sure
10 give them roo enough to take their
natural shape. Never crowd them into
a little hole, as some 90. Sift fine soil
among them, and settle it well by giving
the plants occasional Earring. When
covered, press down firmly with the
hand. When the hole is nearly full,
water well. This works the soil down
until every crack and crevice is full, and
makes 1t compact about the roots. Then
put on the rest of the soil, firming il
well ABOUT the base of the shrub.
Never allow grass to. grow close to
any shrub if you want it to do well. 1t
Is true that shrubs will live for years
eve when choked with grass; but they
never give such fine flowers, and such
quantities of them, as they will in a soil
Kept free from weeds and ever thing
else tGat extracts nu,riment therefrom.
In autumn, spread coarse manure about
esch plant. In spring, dig into the soil.
IN this way you keep the plants well
Each spring, before growth begins,
go over your plants and cut out all
weak dead or injured branches. Aim
to prune them Ia such a manner as to
keep each specimen symmetrical. This
ADVICE as to the season of pruning will
apply to all l have described, except tho
lilac. This shrub forms its flower buds
the season before they are developed,
and spring pruning would destroy the
crop OF blossoms. Prune lilacs immedi-
telyatter the Towering season is over.
democrats Family Magazine.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-15
CAPTURE OF MERCHANTMEN
Damage Done by Cra!sors-IniurIns the
Enemy's Commerce..

-. Enemy's Commerce.
1t is principally by capturing the
snemy's merchantmen and national
,arGoes that cruisers can damage
aim, and for this purpose commercial
steamers armed with some heavy
gums can very efficiently lie employed,
as their swiftness enables them to
escape the pursuit Of hostile cruisers,
says the Contemporary Review. This
method OF injurfng the enemy's COM
merce Is 10 no way hindered by the
declaration OF Paris of April f6, 1855,
and IN Itself 1t is a legitimate to
1estroy the enemy's commerce as to
attack his fleets oil fortresses. Never
theicss, the advantage of the seizure
= n enemy's property on the high
seas mas been much exaggerated.
First, as Lord Palmerston himself
acknowledged ia his speech at Liver
pool, Nov. I, 1850, the fate of war is
never decided by loss of private propi
erty on the sea.
Ia the wal Of 1S41-S against France
and Spain, England lost no less than
IDS ships, yet at the peace OF AK
Ia. Chapelle she came out of her strue-
g victorious. In the same way,
turing the Napoleonic wars the
french privateers heavily damaged
the British merchant service, yet at
The end OF these wars British COM
! nerce had trebled. On the other
hand, during this time the French
commercial marine Was annihilated,
no merchantmen dared leave port,
but 1T was solely through decisive de-
eats OF her armies that France was
| van rushed.
The Alabama and other cruisers of
the Southern States certainly did
Infinite harm to the shipping of the
North, but they did not prevent the
defeat of the South. In our days
even the force of destruction is
greatly diminished. AS soon as war
Is declared the telegraph informs all
ships liable to seizure, and they enter
the nearest national or neutral port,
where they reuaIu Til the cal #
the war. Very few German ships
we're taken in IS7O-71, although the
French navy had the full command
Of the sea; the whole damage. Ger
many suffered was that her CONNER
cial navigation was suspended, while
she could easily draw all the goods
she wanted from neutral countries.
The fact Is that the Paris declaration
Is all in favor Of neutrals; to them
goes the whole commerce OF the be-
i%igerents, because their flag covers
the cargo.