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CADEMY OF MUSIC.-GKAND
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NIGHTS. .,oyember 2oth and ION, ani
nost exquisite Of soubrettes; FRANK DOANE.
The emifen comedian; p. AUG. ANDERSON,
the great character actor. AMI the original Ne"
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Charity BAH" Tho Girl I Lett Behind Me-
&" The New SOUTH "Men ami Women, etc.
Correct appointments Ne9 soGgs. scenery ny
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WE WILL GIVE $40 Re ~
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BUSINESS WANTS.
CAFES. FIRST PREMIUM SAFES.


w HOUSE. 10 sell Stoves Of ell kinds; Crock
cry, Tinware, Glassware. Old stoves bought
and Stoves Repaired. Tin Roofing, Plumbing
Gas-fitiing &c. 1909 east Franklin stree
no IO.tDe3l {. A. LEIDN, Proprietor
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"lncre, there, there! mo not for
bid you talking? You will find me
hard master, old fellow, for ! will en-
force obedience TO my orders Listen
hear papa's voice in the surgeons Of
ice."
Game 10 his senses, Ell? Concluded
he'd made an Internal fool Of himself
long enough. That's right That's
right. That's sensible, and now you
want to get him onto his feet again and
do 1t quick, or. damme, III shut up
your drug shop and drum you out OF
the garrison. How would you like
that, you old pill mixer? Eth, Doc?'
ut would ell depend on the tune ]
marched to, colonel. II the band wou.d
play; "See the corn-curlng hero
comes" or some other air laudatory OF
my profession, | don't think would
mind II much. Brown hos certainly
safely passed the crisis, and II nothing
unforeseen occurs will rapidly recover.
But II was close call, colonel. That
shot would prove fatal In ninety-nine
cases out Of hundred ! can't see
where Ills heart could have been for that
ball TO miss It,
IN his mouth, no doubt, or Well,
no matter. think II was not In his
possession at the time. But, pshawl You
can't kill an internal rascal like him,
Doc, a--a--a--a lion that masquerades
in the skin Of dun jackass. ri make
him shed that donkey skin when he
gets on his feet again. Yea, damme,
RI make him wear his own colora I'll
20 In md take a look at him."
The old man entered the ward and
walked up to the wounded mans cot.
There was look OF unmistakable ten
lerness in his face as he gazed on the
pale features Of the wounded man, md
then on his daughter,
allow is your patient, Sunshlne% he
asked in the mildest tone OF voice she
had ever heard him use outside OF his
own home.
20, he Is doing real nicely, papa, and
we now feel sure he will recover from
bis cruel wound. The surgeon gave me
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CHAPTER XXI

What bright. generous flood of sun
light no left behind him. Two young
hearts glowing with an encouragement
that filled their souls with happiness
supreme.
The days passed rapidly, and despite
the pain he suffered they were happy
days to Private Brown, for Alice was
ever by his cot encouraging him vita
her devoted love. Nor was abe alone
in her attentions to the wounded man.
Every officer and lady In the garrison
called daily and bestowed upon him
tho kindest attention, their hearts
glowing with admiration for his hero
ism | said every officer. That was
not true, Lieut.. Vandcver never came
near him. That officer now kept close
In the seclusion Of his own quarters
only when obliged to como forth on
dn,y When his troop was ordered
hastily into tho saddle to fly to tho as
aislancc of Brown in his defense Of the
commanders daughter Vandever
pleaded illness and took to his bed for
day. The looks Of contempt which
werc cast at him by tho other officers
utter that day made his life one mob to
he cnvied, and It was not long before.
at his own request, no was transferred
to q distant garrison, where be vowed
he would begin his military career
nnew.
With tender, loving hands Alice ad-
mnlst,red to her lovers every want,
and the roses dccpened In her cheeks,
her eyes grew brighter and her musical
laugh took on q more joyous ring as
he noted his fast increasing strength.
When he was at last permitted to rise
from his cot and walk slowly about
the ward supported by her arm, she
seemed happy ans Joyous as child.
Gnc fine morning before Alice had
came to the hospital on her daily mis-
sion Of love. the surgeon and Brown
sat talking In 'he formers office.
Inc patient had on the previous day
walked to his troops quarters, where
he was given IN ovation by his COM
radcs.
ut is a lovely warm morning,
Brown" the surgeon said, land II you
I
win walk slowly and not over-exert
yourself you can 60 and surprise the
colonel and your little nurse with a
call, am sure they viii warmly wei
come you"
lie needed no second bidding, and
leaning on osnc for support, walked
slowly to the colonels quarters On
tho way no met several officers, and
warm were the congratulations poured
upon him over his recovery. Again he
crossed the porch as he had done few
weeks before. but not now with fear
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tween herself and Brown, his kind.
ness Of tono and tender expression us
he looked into her face filed her heart
with great joy.
ibid you recommend his discharge
from the service, papa?' she asked.
"rhat Is no affair Of yours, little
chattcrbox," he replied. you should
not try to pry into Official business. II
want to get the rascal out Of the
service, It Is nobody's business but my
own. Go mail the report and then
come back to me. want TO talk to
YOU"
When she returned she found her IA
ther sitting on the porch reading a
late paper She sat down near him
md waited for him to open up the con-
versation, her heart throbbing wildly.
Furtively she glanced ut his face, bu'
1t was as culmusa summer day Finally
he looked up and said:
Sunshine, | have Just been reading
q story here Of young girl Of about
your age, who, like yourself, was
brought into great peril. She was
penned In burning building in New
York and brave fireman ut the risk
of his own life rushed into the blind
ing smoke, up the blazing stairs and
lowered her from her chamber window
with rope, In attempting to descend
he fell and was badly injured, and was
taken to hospital That young girl
belonged to rich, aristocratic family
and the fireman was poor, obscure
fellow, no higher In the world, per-
haps, than an ordinary private soldier,
and shc went to the hospital and
nursed him and cared for him as low
ingly as II he had been her equal In
the eyes Of the world until he recov-
cred. She was noble girl, Alice, and,
damme, she done just as would have a
daughter Of mine do under like circum-
stances"
He threw down the paper and
marched abruptly into the house, leav.
ing her staring after him In wonder.
She picked up the paper herself to
read the interesting story She
glanced hurriedly over the prominent
headings, but saw nothing referring to
a FIRE. She then turned her attention
TO the minor articles, but the item re-
ferred to seemed to be hiding from her
eyes, From page TO page she turned,
but only to find her search fruitless
How could she have overlooked story
which'had caught her fathers eye? Be-
ginning at the top Of the first column
Of the first page she went carefully
sver the paper column otter column
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Home Seekers Excursion.

The Santa Fo route will run twn
homo seekers excursions to all points
in following territory:
Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah
Wyoming, Arkansas, Tennessee Tex
cept Memphis)' Mississippi, Alabama
Louisiana Except New Orleans), to
all points on X. G. +. S. 4 NJ. except
Memphis), to Idaho (east of and in
Guiding Nampa), to all points in
Arizona and New Mexico on the 5. z.
Co. and to Phoenix and Tampa.
Rate-0ne first class standard fare
plus $500 for the round trip no
tickets to be sold for loss than mini
mum rate OF 500. Limited for re-
turn 20 days from date OF sale. stop
over will be allowed in either direc-
ton south Of Arkansas City also at
and west Of Colorado common points.
For further information call on or ad.
dress j. G. ROBERTS,
Agent A. 7. & S. F.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-11-22
poWpERLY MAY WIN.
The Deposed Master Workman Thinks the
Knights VIII vindlcate Him.

The Deposed Master Workman Thinks the
Knights viii yindlcate Him.
NEw 0RLEANs, Nov 17-All OF the
delegates to the general assembly were
present when Grand Master Sovereign
called the afternoon session to order az
o'clock. The first business was to re-
oeive the report on the financial condl'
ton of the order, and 1t was reported
that there was now in the grand treas-
urer's hands tho sum Of $1,000. A sched-
ule ot the property in possession OF
the order was also presented. Among
the items on the schedule was the
Knights OF Labor building in Philadel-
phia vsluedst 100000; official journal
and plant $4,000; Canalburg, Ind,
coal mines, $4,000; real estate at
Homer, N Y, $4,000, and other
smaller properties, aggregating about
5000 in all.
The committee on law made their re-
port, which was referred TO the COM
mittee on distribution 70 be presented
TO the subcommittee and a few minor
changes were made in the preamble Of
the order, but the motion to elect
grand officers for two terms Of
two years each" was defeated by
q large majority. A congratulatory
telegram was sent to the National
Grange, in convention at Springfield,
III. Interest is now centering In the
election Of officers, which will not be
taken until the latter part Of the ses-
sion.
Past Master Workman T. v. Pow
derly Is now In the field and has .
strong following against the present
incumbent Mr.. Powderly declines 10
be interviewed and will not soy he 10
after the Office, nor will he deny the
rnmor that he is He cannot enter the
assembly session without he Is In pos
session OF his travelling card, as he is a
past member. no far he has not ex-
hibited his card.
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REORGANiZlNG THE ALLIANCE.
Efforts WIN he Made 10 Get tks KAnAas
Alliance on Non. Partisan Beela


Alliance on Non-Partisan BssIa
TOPEKA, Kan, Nov. i6-prssident
W. y. Hanna. Of Ottawa, has called the
sesenth annual meeting Of the Tsrmery
Alliance Of Kansas, 10 bs held Of To-
peka December s, and Secretary j. B.
Grench Is sending out the notices 70
subordinate alliances and making other
preliminary arrangements
An effort Is making To revive the IN,
tercst In the organization and 10 ~.
store the large membership which u
once enjoyed Political complications
have interfered with the work Of tho
state alliance to such an extent thst
the membership has been greatly re-
duced. In Shawnee county the active
membership has dropped one-half, and
in some counties the organization haa
been entirely suspended.
President Hanna says the alliance
has been misrepresented In = political
way; that II has no part in politics and
was never intended TO be anything
else than a farmers organization for
mutual benefit. The proposed reor-
ganiNtion will be on this line exclu-
eiyelyN
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When Col. Sanford found bis
daughter once more aafe b. her holac,
he acted In manner that 81 times
almost made her fear he was losing hl'
reason. lie would call her many times
a day to come to hln1, and clasplng her
closely In his arms, as II he feared SIC
might again be taken from him. would
weep like a child and muttcr praises
and thanks to Heaven for her deliver
nncc from death. The old mans heart
was filed with joy unreasonable, and
the light Of love was never before 70
bright as now as he gazcd upon her
lovely face
The day following her return no
called her into his business office and
said;
"sunshinc, that young scapegrace
saved you from God only knows what
fate, and must reward him. want
YOU to tell me all you know Of him
from your first meeting to the present
time
Papa, dear, may not give 1t to you
In writing2" she asked, q slight flush
suffusing her face.
ayes, daughter, that's military
Make q full report to me In writing
and place It in my hands at the earll-
est possible moment. Give your old
bear OF father u kiss and get to work
on your official report at once, dear
She kissed him once, twice, thrice,
and ran away to her room Her pen
few over tho paper with great rapidlty
as she fully, freely wrote down every
detail Of her relations with the prl-
vate soldier from their first meeting
until the present moment, She told OF
his enlistment, being ignorant OF tho
fact that the colonel had gotten full
report OF that from Private l4nnnan,
told Of their many meetings, OF mutual
love and Of her urgent appeal to Brown
to 90 to her father and tell him all,
and ask his sanction 10 their engage
mcnt. Nothing was withheld, and
when the statement wus completed
she took II to her fathers office, laid It
on the desk before him, kissed him pas
sionately aud ran away to her room
her young heart throbbing with nnx-
icty.
That afternoon hc sent for her, and
when she came In he softly said
"sunahinc, | have just written q
detailed report Of your capture
and rescue to tho secretary OIL
war ut Washington, and, Of course
fully advised him of that young
proligato's action In tho matter
have made certain recommendations
regarding him, which trust will be
considered fayoably. My orderly il
away on an errand, and | thought yol
might like to take hand in tho pro
ccedings by yourself mailing the re
pert. Take IL TO the post Office, dear.
lie had never spoken to her more
tenderly, and in the knowledge that
lie had read her paper and was fully
cognizant Of all that existed be
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nkAhoma,. Delegate. Named,

GUTHRIE, Ok, Nov. l6.-Gov. Rem
frow yesterday appointed the follow
Ing delegates to attend the TRANSMITS
fissippi commercial congress in 81
Louis, November 20; 0. A. Matscksr.
Oklahoma City; ]. D. Mcguire, Nor
man; A. ]. Spenrel, Guthrie; 7. N.
Richardson, Jr., Perry; L. II. jackson.
Newkirk; George Kerfoot. Fl Reno;
Peter Brough, Kingfsheri Charles Wat
son, Pond Creek; Edward Hocksdsy,
Enid; Samuel Clay, Tecumseh
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0&Aa W VA DAAA8s
Entering the hall he raped lightly
st the colonel's door. The same sharp,
harsh Come In" greeted his ears, but
1t did not now fll him with alarm.
Turning the knob, he entered.
"Private Brown, by all the gods Of
war;" cried the bluff old soldier, aris-
Ing and grasping his hand. "0ut
again, eh2 Once more on your pins9
That's right. Take . chair. I am
very glad to see you"
For half an hour they conversed 70.
garding his wound, his return TO duty
and various other TOPICS but the young
soldiers thoughts were In another
apartment with his loved one, and he
longed TO greet her for the first timc In
her own home. Unable TO suppress
this burning desire he finally said;
"Col. Sanford, before return to the
hospital will you not permit me to pay
my respects to my faithful nurse, Miss
Sanford?"
The old officers face assumed cold,
stern look and his genial air seemed To
vanish as before an Icy wind IS be re-
Piled
Private Brown, we may "a well
come to an understanding right now.
You noblv risked your life to restore
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TIE Second LIFE.
PURGAT0RY AND PARADISE
COMPARED BY A MAN WAC
HAS SEEN BOTH.
A Miracle Worked in the Rural Re-
cossess Of Borodino Creates
q Sensation.

man. He had been alllng LOT seVer ~
months and had been co'nPel'eu W
remain at home, unable 10 a.'c''u "
biz business his lrlenus s'G ~ ,D p'
ut about the rev. small STORES ''.l, ~ Wv w
village o. Borodlno ana a'' '''u ~ ~ :.
ssd condition. Applique was va'
penter and gooa one loo' o' liz, s'' 10
biz strange malady overlook '''n Nv
had not shown any uisPos'.'o'' ~ Wv
any work Llle nau ioS. ~ v ,h"a "o
tor him nc became ' ''," s"iaur
and lest in everything ms ,''u"'n
sdvised MN anu ,nc ,'e", :, ' a."' =,
tried th,er ski on nun ,b '"' :, nv va" JooH,
no avail h''nous" a"vs "r IL.
diagnosed ms cafc .,.s oo'' asrar,.
grew worse despite 'ne'' '' '',,',', ~
Then came cnn"s !, .' Nv ' 'oon ,ysu,
covered MS FORMER SUI ., a'' :. s'I h';,holy
shout HIS WORK wn's'""s q" ~" ,",,,,
o. q lark NOW ,,, n' Il, ,A! J'' ho VI" u,.s he.
genial, lovial lel'o" '''s' ~ ""' o' Y
lore ms was SUI l'' 90. ' 1aaJ
body had gwen MN W ~, "e"n' .,,oh
nus reln"Ihao'e 'Il't ,ansn and tbr
. stIr IN 'nc s"'''' .oI" !, os so
townspeop'e wc'c 'osa m-' ,.'.,'or,,,
miraculous 'na' n 49,. 81 ;nr".r
was sent on' W Do'o''"y ', -, s'n"l MI
gaze, ne ulo'c o ''..,. ~" NV ,ha rnot N,
APplcpee mar" ~ WI y , ~ ~. whou
, mouse ho ""' v"' ~, ~, ;,o NJ.
asked II ne wo"lu 'i,'"" A. l,'" Anpiohee
experience 70 d ivp ','.,onn a hy rnmiuc
expressed a., mo "s'i" Ia anna dawn
Gown 70 'ne s,ou"" .no, wi any, sjrns
~ lanaef w''"o"' '''" I ''is',,' 49,, INK
OF ~" recent ', ,, "''I t' '"' I'M, ,ho
ssooa py'.. a. a' 't'a y;,h n soueeze
reporter " Wv ''"' "", ,,hus;ca1
vince '"'oN0"O' " r"'
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.ooA lao " t 'ao "V y" ha a If WINS A
ha' w my p"oA, :" n'o a. vov
pretty rou.n 'I'no W. -, INV ',oo' u" ia ~o
very wy a''. .., ", Wv, a ha n (, cooin
on. ,ga'N eA'ep' .. 'vo' "'l lanr STIFFNESS
p"' Fve''e,eu '.. ',''' iIms Which
pu' was le'' Wv" u" ''' ''''n ;,,nn;,nly
Nss pu'.e ~ wv" t' ,g' ,o, " IN my
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strict orders not to allow him to talk.
and have just been scolding him for
attempting to do so"
THAT'S right. Mako him keep hts
mouth shut only when he takes his
medicine, and II he refuses to obey or
ders, gag him." A broad smile rested
on ais face as he spoke. Then for a
moment, again contemplating the wan
face OF the soldier, ho said
Private Brown, am a gentleman,
sir, and | think know what Is due
from one gentleman to another Give
no your hand, sir, and accept my warm
est thanks and most hearty gratitude
for your noble, gallant rescue OF tho
light of my life, this sweet girl here,
from horrible fate at the hands OF
those murderous Apaohcs, and for your
courageous defense Of her life when
attacked by overwhelming numbers.
Your action was that OF soldier, sir,
md you honor the uniform you wear
"Col. Sanford, ~.
stop, sir, not world" the old man
interrupted when Brown essayed to
speak, You have orders to not talk,
and good soldier always obeys orders.
Eh, Sunshine? Nota word, sir, nor an
attempt to utter a word. Thope to soon
see you ready to return to duty. When
you are ready to leave the hospital re-
port to me for instructions. will SEQ
you again, sir. Sunshine, take good
care of him" And the old officer
walked away
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-11-22

Mrs. I. S. Hawkin, Chattanooga,
Teun., says, "Shiloh's ytalizer
SAVED MY LIFE. consider 1t the
best remedy for a debilitatcd system
I ever used" For Dyspepsia, Liver
or Kidney trouble it escels. Price rs
cvnts. Sold by Quick, the druggist
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-11-22

MAsoy CRY, Ta,, Nov. 10. The town
Of Sheffield, Is miles south of hero on
the Iowa Central railroad, was totally
destroyed BY dro last night Lou,
si0o. ojQ
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-11-22

scanning every paragraph until the
bottom Of the last column was reached.
There was not In the whole paper
word about girl being rescued from q
burning building.
Then great light seemed to break
in upon her A half joyous, half wond.
ering look came over her face, then
vanished beneath q smile Of the most
intense delight.
Just as would have daughter OF
mine do under like circumstances"
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-07-27
Birds at the Pole

In the countries bordering on the
Polar seas, where the changing seasons
bring alternately the two extremes of
dearth and plenty, birds are more
numerous in the short summer than
anywhere else all the world over, and
in winter absent altogether. All are
emigrants tlere by force of circum-
stances. In hne manner the birds of
temperate climates are affected by the
seasonal changes, though in less de-
gree, through the influence of cold
and heat upon their food supplies
rather than by effect of cold upon
their well-protected bodies. A coat
OF mail is not to be compared to a
coat of feathers for safety, so far as a
birds life is concerned. Layer upon
layer of feathers can withstand any
amount of water or any degree of
cold; in proof of this see how the
delicate tern, after wintering in com.
paratively mild weather, go back to
the ice foes of the Polar Sea and lay
their eggs on the ice. For two or
three weeks the tender breast of the
sea swallow is pressed against cold
block of ice Again, as another ex-
ample of the influence of food rather
than climate in governing bird action,
take the colony of beccafcos. The
beccafco Is Mediterranean bird
common on the southern shores of
Spain and Italy, in the Grecian
Islands, Sicily and Malta, and on the
northern shores of Africa. Formerly
it was quite unknown in the British
Isles, but some years ago large
orchard of fig trees was planted near
Brighton, and the beccaticos have dis
covered the fact and come over to
share the spoil. Doubtless the
nightingales told them the story of
English figs and showed them the way
over. Be this as it may, the little
birds from the warm shores of the
Mediterranean bid fair to become es-
tablished as naturalized British sub.
jects. = Li.tell's Living Age.