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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-01-18
CHAPTER Xviii


Very affectionately did Mr.. Bostock
bid me good night. lie laid his hand
upon my shoulder and spoke and
looked kindly.
"This will be your work, Dorr hut
for your seeking her and loving her !
might have gone on IN the old foolish
way, without doing what Is necessary
TO make her what she ought to be.
After all. we are often led not by our
own choosing Was 1t not something
more than within that led me ten
years ago up among the New llamp'
shire hills TO look for my old school
mate? Is II not something more than
accident or mere human design that
brings you here nov, to prompt me to
do what should have done long ago,
but for my pride? think so, | sure.
ly think So"
| slept but little. Lying awake for
hours, | reviewed all the strange
events of my life and the story of Mr.
Bostock and his family. closed the
retrospect with II triumphant self
graduation. Everything was clear
now. My way was plain. My path
TO wealth and happiness. | thought OF
good Mr. Dorion, and resolved, in my
last waking moments, that ! would
write TO him ON the morrow and tel
him all.
slept light and woke early; so early
that nobody was astir in the house.
dressed myself and descended, anC
presently Le Fevre Joined me. liz
wished to ride over TO Thibodeaux, a
Mr.. Bostock had requested him to do
before tho heat of the day began, an,
he stormed at the negro woman for no
having his breakfast ready.
The omelet, the corn bread and cof
fec were soon prepared, aud the over
seer asked me 10 sit down with him.
"WhRts in the windT' no inquired
''The old man asked me Just before h
went 10 bod TO go over and get Mr.
Coteau, the lawyer"
Y believe bp wEptA gons paper
AknkinfEAAIs-. ~ "A.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-01-18
A PHYSICIAN TALKS.
THE REMARKABLE STORY
AND AFFIDAVIT OF DIR.
LEWIS BLUNDIN.

Afflicted with Paralysis for Twenty
Eve Years-Pronounoed Inoura-
BILE by the Foremost Ply
sicians Of the World
"A Case of World
Wide Interest.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-01-18

right hand outside the covers, his eyes
staring, his jaw fallen.
HE is asleep" she said. But why
does he look so stranger"
put both arms about her again.
"Be strong, now, my love, and trust
In God. Your father Is deadI"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-01-18

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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-04-05
FOR FARM AND GARDEN.


A moderate sized COW of 800 pounds
weight may rest quite easy in stall
three and one-half feet wide. The
floor may be no more than four and
one-half feet long from manger to
end, when there is manure gutter in
use, This size floor keeps the COWS
cleaner than larger one. The par
titions between the stalls should be
long enough to prevent one COW from
standing sidewise, so that she may
step on the tents of the next one, an
accident which may be very serious.
The safest tie is chain having a ring
to run on an iron bar, fitted in front
OF the feed trough on one end, and o
snap hook at the other end to fasten
to ring IN a leather strap on the
neck New York Times.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-04-05

The assertion that all male corpses
float on their faces and all female
corpses on their backs is not univer-
sally true, but il is generally SO, and
the reason is to be found in the differ
ent dispositions of fatty tissues on the
male and female body, and also in
different location and distribution Of
the breathing apparatus. The chest
of healthy man is covered with tough,
dense muscle of high specific gravity,
while that Of woman is covered with
adipose tissue of comparatively small
specific gravity. Again, man breathes
more from the diaphragm, while n
woman breathes chiefly from the ribs,
thus initiating the upper part of the
lungs more than the lower. The result
is that the lghteet part OF a woman S
body is the external and internal region
Of the chest, consequently the female
dead body usually floats on the back,
that is, withitslightestportionu upmost.
In the case of q man very large part
of the lungs runs down the upper part
of the back. This, coupled with tho
falling forward of the head, which is
heavier than that of woman, causes
the male corpse to float on its face. 1t
must, however, be remembered, that
in the case of lean woma@ and int
man the positions would be reversed.
Il n. Y. Despatch.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-04-05

-tenfold dearer to me because vour
dear hands traced ito assure you
that you and only you were the one
for which it was iutended-aud the
object of my hearts sincere affection.
May [ come tomorrow? just say one
little Yes We can say the rest
when we meet. Yours devoted,
'JoHN RAEBuRN
'The dear, darling, wicked, deceit
ful fellow!" exclaimed Bertha, in one
tremendous rapture of JOY and sur
prise. ''To take such a mean advant-
age Of me and make me write my own
love letter. Never mind / had the
double pleasure of reading it and hear
ing it, and knowing that it came right
warm from his heart. And I wasn't
SO far out of the way in applying so
many of those expressions to myself
and fancying how I would regard
them. Say yes, indeed | shall !"
And, springing up, she went over to
her desk, selected her very prettiest
sheet of note paper, wrote on it sim
ply the words;
''Dear John; Yes. Bertha"
Sealed it, kissed the envelope and had
it in the post box at the corner, with
the special delivery stamp which John
had thoughtfully enclosed to facilitate
its journey, and went back to eat her
supper to the last mouthful and then
to enjoy good, comfortable, grace
full cry berore she fell asleep with a
smile on her pretty lips. Il New York
Advertiser.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-04-05
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

For weak and backward lambs fresh
cows milk is nourishing.
The early bird gets the worm, and
the early chick brings the price.
The most satisfactory cross at the
Ottawa Station was the Brnhma- Dork-
ing.
Grit is the hens teeth, and is used
in the gizzard for grinding up the
food.
Have regular times for feeding your
fowls, and feed the morning mash
warm.
Cut out your dead apple trees and
burn out the stamps deep into the
ground.
Never plant young tree where an
old one has died-not if it can be
avoided.
Fresh air is good for the health of
your chickens, but draughts are fatal
to them.
The flesh of fowls fattened in the
light is superior to that of those kept
in the dark.
In the garden it is more important
TO retain moisture i'll the soil than to
get rid OF it.
A dozen eggs of the Wyandotte
breed weigh on an average one pound
seven ounces.
Hens which are forced for winter
eggs should not be placed in the
breeding pens.
New blood shows more improve
ment with turkeys than with any other
kind of poultry.
When hen becomes too fat she
will either cease laying or lay only
softshelleG eggs.
Guard against constipation in colts.
Bran meshes and roots fed judiciously
will remedy this complaint.
Many fatal case of pneumonia in
horses has resulted from slow driving
after the animal has been heated from
rapid work.
Two or three-year-old turkeys are
better for breeding stock than young
birds. 1t is mistake to sell off all
the old stock each fall.
Don't expect to have good, strong
yearlings and two-year- olds when
spring comes, unless you feed plenty
OF clean, wholesome food during the
winter.
The man who breeds horses intelli.
gently, breaks them carefully, teaches
them thoroughly, and develops then
speed, will always find profit in the
business.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-04-05
Russia's Millions.

The population of Russia at the be-
ginning of this year numbers about
124, 900, 900 souls. These are distri-
buted in the following manner: In the
fifty Governments of Russia in Eu-
rope, there are about 89,000,000 in
habitants: in the Vistula country,
$500, 900; in Siberia, 4,750, 900; in
Asia, $1,000 and in Finland, $780,.
600.
These figures are worthy of note.
The Russian army in time of peace
numbers about $4,000 men, which,
compared to the population, is but
small number. Other countries, such
as Germany and France, have already
more than per cent. of their popu-
lations permanently with the colors.
Should the Gar one day, by single
stroke of the pen, choose to follow the
example of other European powers, he
would be in command of by far the
largest number of men under one SOW
elgn in the world. .-[London Vanity
Fair.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-04-05
The Crown of Failure.

,rhon YOU have lived your life,
.r,.n @ yon have fought your last good fight
and won.
Ind the days work is finished, and the sun
' Cote on the darkening world and all its
strife
Ere the worn hands are tired with all
they've done,
:, tbe minds strength begins to droop and
waue,
20 tbo first touch of sleep has dulled the
brain,
Fro the hearts springs arc slow and running
dry
when YOU have lived your life,
Twere good to die.
II may not be so,
II Won but fight a fight you may not win
Gao the far goal but may not enter in
,rvere better than to die and not to know
no,eat-to die amidst the rush and din,
csll striving. while the heart beats high and
fast
with glorious life. if you must fall, at last,
spcb end were best, with all your hope and
all
Your spirit in its youth,
Then. when you fall.
Far better so to die
Still toiling upward through the mists OBJ
scure
With all things possible and nothing sure,
Than to be touched by glory and passed
by,
To win by chance. fame that may not en-
dure,
That dies and leaves you living, while you
strive
With wasted breath to keep its fame alive,
And fan, with empty boast and proud re-
grcts,
Remembrance of the past
The world forgcts.
Chambers journal.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-04-05
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS

The peanut as an article of food, u
rich in albumen.
The discovery of rich petroleum
field is reported in the Assam district
British India.
1t is estimated that one of the larg-
est stones in the pyramids weighs fully
eighty-eight tons.
It is said that people eat twenty per
cent. more bread when the weather iS
cold than when it is mild.
A ship of steel from her hull AL
through to the standing rigging has
been built at Cardiff, Wales,
Pathologists now incline to believe
that certain cases of ulcer of the
stomach are due to microbes.
- The head of the rattlesnake has
been known to infict a fatal wound
after being severed from the body.
The part of the human body least
susceptible to touch is between the
shoulder blades just over the spine.
It is estimated that the sunfower
plant draws from the soil and exhaless
in twelve hours, twelve ounces of water.
John O. Smith, a Cincinnati elec-
trician, has invented motor which will
propel street cars thirty miles an hour.
A substance 200 times as sweet ID
sugar and sweeter even than saccharine
has been discovered by O Berlin chem
list.
A Spanish musician has devised q
system of musical notation by which
the sharp-and-fat system is done away
with.
Only one person in fifteen has per-
feet eyes, the larger percentage of de-
fectiveness prevailing among the
blondes.
According to celebrated professor
of physiognomy, a small mouth shows
great indecision of character and not
little cowardice.
A comparison of the cost of gas and
electric lighting in several German
cities shows that the latter is from "a
to IS per cent. higher.
An aluminium boat has been, COM
structed for French expedition to
Africa. 1t is thirty three feet long
and weighs but 1,7S0 pounds.
German medical authorities recomi
mend the humble peanut as an excel
lent article of diet for people afflicted
with gout or with diabetic disease.
Professor Geikle says that at their
present rate of erosion the British
Isles will be reduced to level With
the surrounding ocean by the end OF
the year 3,500,00
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-04-05
QUALITY OF THE BUTTER.

The question whether the COW OF
the dairyman is most responsible for
the quality of butter was discussed by
an esteemed correspondent elsewhere.
His conclusion that no good butter is
to be made except by carefully neat and
clean processes is unquestionable. But
there is a considerable difference in the
quality of milk, dependent partly on
the food that the COW eats, and also to
some extent on the individual or per-
haps breed character of the COW.
Every dairyman knows that among n
number of cows all feed the same, the
milk of some will be richer IN butter
fats and also higher colored than that
of others. The Jersey and Guernsey
breeds of cows have generally this in.
herited popularity. Their butteris also
frmer in cold weather than is that ofna-
tive cows. We believe this is gener-
ally true of COWS that give the richest
milk. 1t may show that the nutri.
ment which in other COWS goes to make
beef, fat or suet, in them goes into the
milk pail. These Jersey and Guernsey
COWS have for many generations been
fed with succulent and yet nourishing
and sweet food, the parsnip being the
root that is most often grown for that
purpose. In this country Jersey and
Guernsey COWS are no more likely
than others to be fed on parsnips.
But il their inherited tendency to
produce rich milk and firm butter is
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-04-05
A Useful Paper Vest.

The man who in evening dress is
obliged to be where there are drafts
exposes himself to constant illness.
The low-cut vest of evening dress gives
little protection to the chest, and
there seemed until now no way of pro-
viding against the danger incurred
in this way. An ingenious papex
manufacturer has now come to their
rescue, it is said, however, and high
cut vest has been made of soft, thick
paper, which is intended to be worn
between the under and outer shirts.
1t is said to be warmer, and particu-
larly more draft-defying than any pos
sible amount of wooden. AS it is not
bulky, it does not interfere with the
composed lay of the shirt front.
The vests have no buttons, being fast
ened by light tapes. Il New Orleans
Picayune.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-04-05
HANDLING POTATOES.

= Wherever large quantities of pota-
toes are stored, good deal of work is
required to keep them in fair condi-
tion. At the best there will be con-
siderable waste, but it will be greatly
increased if the work is neglected. 1t
is impossible to keep potatoes in cell
lars close to the freezing temperature
lest by accident the temperature should
go below the freezing point. Usually
the temperature varies from 40 degrees
to 50 degrees, and at either of these
degrees of warmth the slightest ten
dency to rot spreads very rapidly.
There is considerable evaporation from
potatoes exposed to air, and this aids
in spreading disease where it exists.
If there is absolute certainty that po-
tatoes are free from disease, they will
keep better in pits out of doors than in
cellars. This is especially true of seed
potatoes. AS the moisture evaporates
the eyes begin to swell and prepare to
grow, and whether allowed to remain
or broken off, there will be less vigor-
ous shoots from such eyes than from
seed kept wholly secluded from al,
and at uniform temperature little
above freezing.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-04-05
sALvE FOR TREE WOUNDS.

Tree trimming is in order and many
large limbs will be cut off unavoid-
ably. No stump should be left, says
tho Germantown Telegraph, but the
cut should be made close to the trunk
and the wound should be painted thor
oughly as soon as it has seasoned for u
few weeks. Left to decay in the
weather it will soon admit water to the
heart of the tree, when rapid and GER
tain destruction follows. No prepara-
ton is so cheap to buy, and apply, and
none more efficient, than good white
or red lead and linseed oil. A very
little mineral paint may be added if
desired to make the paint somewhat
harder. Use no turpentine. Some
make the mistake of painting the wound
as soon as it is made. Paint and oil
cannot adhere to wet surface, bat
will peel off, or will let sap and water
blister beneath it. Very soon the APP
plication is valueless. | have never
detected any i'll effects from such use
of paint.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-04-05
SELECTION OF CORN FOR SEED.

oELECItON Of tOltN rOh
Too much care and attention cannot
be given to the selection of seeds,
says the Wisconsin Agriculturist, and
most farmers would find it to their adj
vantage to see to it that they have the
very best that is to be obtained and
plenty of it.
The difference i'll the grade of few
quarts of seed becomes difference IN
bushels in the crop. Hence it pays
to select it with the most perfect care.
This applies to corn, and, though lit
tie late for this season, farmers might
lay this item aside for another year
with profit to themselves. Make the
selection of the seed ears early, and
let it be the sole business for the time
being. Pass along the rows with a
half-bushel basket, leaving the ears at
the ends of the rows to be gathered up
by the team. Get the ll-flled,
arly-maturing, deep-grained ears !;
have an eye to the stalk also, giving
preference to those neither too dwarf
nor overgrown, to those having no
suckers, and to those bearing but
single ears.
One ear is enough. Whether in hills
or drills the corn should average q
| stalk to each foot of row. With one
car to the stalk this wonld give yield
! of 100 bushels to the acre. Avoid
stalks showing any signs of disease.
Leave few husks on SO that the ears
may be tied together in punches; then
hang them up where they will dry
thoroughly before cold weather. When
shelling this seed corn it will pay to
make second selection of few dozen
OF the very choicest ears for pedigree
seed to be planted by itself the next
wear from which to make further selec-
ton. This method will improve ones
seed so that he need have no fear OF
his running out.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-04-05
McnlOrY.

"The science of memory" said
james w. Dodd to the corridor man
at the Lindell, "is very little under
stood and the more it is investigated
the farther one gets from the solution
of the difficulty. / am acquainted with
man who could never learn to write
or to calculate although n large sum of
money was spent by his wealthy par
ents in attempts to educate him. To
this day he can scarcely distinguish
one letter from another, but he can
read easily from sight in some man
ner neither physician nor philosopher
canunderstand.
"He is fond of reading out loud,
and seldom stumbles over hard word,
although he cannot spell out the
easiest ones. Strange to say, he has
a most wonderful memory of what he
reads and will repeat the plot of a
book with the exact quotations oi
leading incidents and expressions,
after reading it once. His general
habits indicate mental weakness in
various ways, and the only memory he
seems to have is in regard to printed
matter. Il st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-04-05
Mind Cure.

Morton Strange happening at the
police station this morning.
Horton What was it?
Morton-Deaf and dumb man ar
rested and given hearing. - Puck.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-04-05
A NOVEL PROPOSAL.

John Raeburn, counselor at law,
at in his office, q volume of "Wait' S
Practice" on his knee, but his eye
wandered through the open door to
the outer Office, where he could see q
graceful figure of his stenographer,
Bertha Wilson, us she bent over her
work, her pretty hands tapping the
keys Of her typewriter with unerring
swiftness and precision.
"a lady, every inch of her." mused
Raeburn, as his gaze dwelt lovingly
upon the delicate profile. "By birth
and breeding as well as i'll manner;
but, thanks to the whirlgig of fortune,
compelled to work for d living.
'lf | only knew, now, how she
would take it--but l would rather not
venture than meet rebufi-and then
the upshot of that would be that L
would lose my stenographer as we'll
and if | cannot have her in one ca
pacity, | surely do not want to be de-
priyed of her in the other. Dear me,
forty seems dreadfully old and twenty
three childishly young, when l think
Of the contrast; and yet is only seven
teen years difference and great
many people would consider that no
obstacle. And she need have no fool
lsh scruples about disparity of posi-
hon, for intrinsically her position
Is as good as my own-she only
wants to regain it, that is all. How |
wish could discover some plan of
Judging her feelings without the dan
ger Of driving Ler away altogether, in
IN case they were not favorable. Ha
ihaye it! The very idea-and she
Will not suspect the ruse. l will put
Ito the test this very minute.
John Raeburn was a good scholar,
an excellent lawyer and gentleman
every sense of the word, but in re-
gard to the fair sex he was most un-
accountably shy.
Not that he was not capable of as
sincere, deep and ardent an attach
'aeht as any man, but the very inten-
S'y's1 feeling brought along with it n
use -draginS and aggravating sense of
every real or fancied deficiency of i'm
peoiment that might interpose bar
'ier between himself and the young
auy, whom he had at first esteemed,
'Aen admired and finally loved.
he touched bell on his desk.
bertha waited to check off one last
'ord and adjust her typewriter for the
next line, and then, notebook in hand,
appeared at the door.
Foome in, please, Miss Wilson, said
Aer employer, drawing forward chair
perhaps shade closer than usual.
ihis is personal letter, SO l will
supply the address in my hand"
MY Dear Mis-" began Mr..
''eourn' with side glance at his
pie''y amanuenses, who looked all the
pie''ief Tor the little bit of color that
14Iae into her plump cheeks, "you
wa excuse me, l know, for communi-
'"'ihs with you by this means, being
W. aware, as you are, that my hand
ii'ing is very difficult to decipher,
~ you viii appreciate the fact that |
, A 'iiere to be no mistake in your in
'''pfe'atlon OF what / am about TO
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-04-05

to the cumulative effect of several gen.
crations have been fed on parsnips. is
there not danger that stopping this
feed may lead to retrogression in these
valuable characteristics? - Boston
Cultivator.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-04-05

"How is Cullen getting along?"
"Splendidly, for him. "
"How do you know?"
"He has just succeeded in borrow
ing ten dollars from me. = [Chicagc
Record.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-07


The Frontiersman, BY Gustave Almard.
AT the Worlds Mercy. BY Florence Warden
The yellow Mask. BY Wlkie Collins.
Matt: A Tale of a Caravan. By Robt. Buchanan.
A Little Irish Girl. By The Duchess"
Forging the Fetters. By Mrs. Alexander.
Gully or Not Guilty. By Amanda NJ. Douglas.
Sir Noel's Heir. BY Mrs. May Agnes Fleming.
The Twelve Great Diamonds. By Mrs. Jane
q. Austin.
The Heiress of Hendee Hall. By Elite w.
Pierce.
The Cuban Heiress. By Mary Kyle Dallas.
lsora's Bridal Vow. By Margaret Blount.
Ralph Raymond's Heir. By Horatio Alger. Jr.
The FatsI Glove. BY Clara Augusta
The Heir Of Chenille. By Francis A. Durivage.
A Brave Little Woman. By Mrs Mary A
Denison.
The Queen's Revenge. By sylyanus Cobb, Jr.
The Mill Gfrl OF Tyrol. BY NJ. I. Caldor.
Aud LIGHT IdSlls. BY J. VI. Barrie.
Derrick Vaughan. Novelist. By Edna Lyal.
The Duchess. BY 1.-THE Duchess"
The Heir of Lime. By Robt. Buchanan
The Two Orphans. BY X. D'Ennery.
A Crown of shame. BY Florence Marryat
Troublesome Girl. BY THE Duchess"
When a Mans Single. BY J. NJ. Barrie.
Fanchon the Cricket. BY George sand.
The Story of Elizabeth. b. Miss Thackeray.
Two Kisses. By Hawley Smart.
A Mad Love. By Charlotte VI. Braeme.
The Devils Die. BY Grant Allen.