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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-10-24

--Comnu,er-" Whit do You mean
by saying TINT that house Ia only five
minutes from the station It's fifteen
minutes " TIA Il second Real Estate
Dealer when ] said I've minutes |
supposed yon bad a bIcNclc boston
Transcript
While sieunlng the first Inc u forts
II Port Arthrs soldier belonging to
the l'Wcniy-fonrth regiment raised his
rife TO fire atan unusually conspicuous
fhinaman. just as he was about ready
TO iirc u bullet from the cncmys side
came ahlz1lng on and entered the
barrel Of his own gun as smoothly and
neatly as II the mnzzles had been
placed mouth 10 mouth. OF course
there was ancxposion and tho soldicr'a
piece WINS shattered 10 the stock, but
without hisreeciving any injuries what
ever A fractional variation to the
right or left would have caused The
bullet to enter his head, 30 that his
escape was nothing short Of miraculous.
lie preserved the stock OF the now use
less weapon, and afterward exhibited
It TO his colonel, who permitted him to
keep 1t az a memento Of his narrow es-
pnuQ
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-10-24

ipuae iaunstc VIII per IRON without
HI Nurld The tension OF the hour
was almost more than he could bear,
he lonEvd for morning. In sharp sus-
pense- With the faint hope that the
llght miFht hr1Ag relief just as the
stars ia teil, and enc luminous line pen
c,ir5l lhc east, be rose, smoothcd his
lNaif, .lad stepped softly out upon the
lgsch Here he saw two shadowy tg-
trcs scrn9 and Hattie. She hurried
,rW4fd u meet him.
- a Eoin TO Sec tho sun rise, too,
father| She asked ~ made Serene
eoM' ilc'sawiul mad Mt beln' walked
up" Iii grasped her arm.
" Ilat..p,' he said, in 4 whisper,
don't you tell, just come out to see
how twas here before 90. I'm goin'
home-l'm goin nowl'
why, father" said Hattie; but she
pecred more closely into his iaco and
Der tone changed IAN right" she
added Serene 'llgo and harness up"
No; I'm goin' 10 walk"
But, father
a don't mean to break up your stay
In here nor your mothers. Tell her
how TWAS, I'm goin' to walk"
Hattie turned and took her fathers
hand
"l'll slip into the toni snd put up
solncthin for your breakfast and
luncheon, she said,
So Eli yielded; but before his wife
he had turned his back on the
sea where The rose Of dawn was fast
As he logged homeward
the dusty roadsides bloomcd with
flowers Of paradise and the insects'
dry chirp thrilled like the song Of
angels, He walked into the yard Just
at the turning Of the day, when the
fragrant smoke Of many a cracking
fire curls clcerly upward, In promise
Of the evening meal.
whats bustcd2' asked Luke swing.
Ing himself down from his load Of fod-
der corn.
"oh, nothin',' said Eli a guess
I'm too old for such jaunts. hope
you didn't forgit them cats. u Meadow
Grass.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-10-24

INDEPENDENT ORDER ODD FELLOWS
| Western Home lodge, No. 8 meets every
Tuesday evening In odd Fellows hall ON
GERS Noble Grand, Adam He's, Ste
rotary, l.. Lips. Visiting brethren cor,iiall.
welcome.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-10-24

Modern WOODMEN OF AMERICA
lvl Camp No 400, meets every Friday night
Of each month In K. of z. hall. Visiting
neighbors welcome. G. A, Snider, V. u. r
]. Murphy, CLERK.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-10-24
MISSOURI PACIFlC-AT HERINGTON.
Abilene s Fraternal Societies

A r. AND A M.-Denevolent Lodge, No.
"A, 98, meets first and bird Monday eve.
lilgs In each month at Masonic hull, corner
Third and Cedar eumuel ) smith, W. NJ;
j. L. W0rley. secretary visiting brethren
welcome
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-10-24

ORDER EASTERN sTAR-Abilene Chap
~ terlll, meets IN the Masonic hall on
the first and third Tuesday evenings of eacl
month, Mrs Alice Johntz Worthy Mai
ron Mrs Ruth Spangler, secretary,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-10-24
Hoods SarsapariIla
Is the Only
True Blood Purifier

Prominently in the public eye today.
It feeds the nerves on pure blood.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-10-24

DOYAL ARCH MAsONs.- Cyrus Chapter
N No. rs, meets in Masonic hall ON the
second and fourth Fridays Of each month
D. W. NALL, II. r., J. J0hntz secrt
tary.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-10-24

bring $500 to $500 and one
separator will cost SIPS.
Five cows will eat a lot Of
feed; a separator eats moth
ing. Moral; Make the COW
business pay by using a sep
arator. Send for circulars.
P. II. sBARPLEs, Elgln. LII.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-10-24
Make Cows Pay.

Twenty COWS ana
one LITTLE GIANT
Separator will make
more butter than IS
cows and no separa.
tor. Five cows will
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-10

The fish supply in Lake Ontario is
substantially exhausted, and the Chi
cago Herald announces that the sup
ply in Lake Erie is going rapidly.
Fishermen have caused 5he fish famine
by selling for fertilizing purposes the
small fish caught in the nets with
those of catable size. The Ohio Leg
islature is trying to devise law for
fish protection in Lake Erie, but such
legislation practically would be use
less unless similar laws were enacted
by other States bordering on the lake,
and by Ontario. The magnificent
fish preserves of the United States are
not exhsustless, and, unless care Is
taken for their perpetuation the tnny
tribes in public waters will follow the
fate of the buffalo.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-10

try vans, an average of between thirty
and forty tons of dead poultry are
dispatched weekly, 90 the everywhere
present fow,s can supply but small
part of the raw materials needed by
the fatters for manufacture. The de-
fcit is supplied in two ways. Large
numbers OF Irish chickens are impor-
ted-especially from November to
May. They come over many hundreds
of dozens at time, and at short in.
tervals, mostly from the western parts
of the Emerald Isle. The higgiers
supply the rest. These men drive
through the country round, and far
into Kent and Surrey-thirty-fve or
forty miles in e day---picking up q
Jew birds at this farm, few at that
cottage, and bring them to the fatten'
ing farms. Fattening is the staple
industry of the place, and the exact
process of the manufacture is to be
seen nowhere else.
Tradition says that 3 man onci
came to Heathfeld who mad o:sen en-
gagged in the Norfolk turkey breeding
business, and experimental will
chickens, so founding the trade. b
this as it may, chicken fattenins has
gone on in the district for some fifty
years, growing into the prosperou
industry it now is. And it is littl
likely that it coull Ge carried on il
lie same way iii many other places
High up On ths Sussex hills, Heath
ieli enjoys q strong, healthy atmos
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-10

phere that seems to suit the chicken
race admirably, SO that they hatch
out with impunity and run strongly
of all seas ons.
Nearer to town it would be impossi-
BILE to let the birds run free as they do
here-certain light-fngered gentry OF
pedestrian habits would be too numer-
ous-and in most other part of South
ern England foxes are too plentiful.
Then, again, the markets are handy
it is not far cry to London, and the
big Sussex watering-places are all
within easy reach. And, as with all
developing industries, as the business
has grown among the people. SO the
people have grown into the business,
acquiring the skill and rapidity that
can only come of long usage and
which helps so greatly to make the
trade profitable. The people are
brought up to the management and
handling of chickens from childhood,
for every cottager rears few birds,
and the majority of the laboring
population are in some way connected
with the trade as killers, stubbers. or
the like. The birds, once taken in
hand by the fatter, are shut up in
coops, six birds to the pen, and are
crammed twice daily for about three
weeks.
The fatting cocps are ranged in
alleys OF, perhaps, in small businesses,
round gardens-some under cover,
some not-on posts three feet from
the ground. The small man has his
ten dozen or SO OF fowls undergoing
process, some Of the largest several
thousand dozen. Only the larger
ones deal in ducks, geese and turkeys,
the others confnins themselves en-
tirely to chickens.
At feeding time the fatter wheels
his examining machine among the pens,
takes out each bird in turn, fits the
feedlng-tube some eight inches down
its throat and, with his foot, pumps
the crop fall, disengsges the tube, and
puts the bird back 10 the pen. The
rapidity with which this is done by a
good workman IL astonishing, the
knack OF handling the birds wonder
full.
In spring, chickens are taken in
hand at about thirteen weeks old,
later in the year n bit older, and are
crammed for about three weeks with q
mixture of ground oats, fet and milk.
As running birds, picking by the way.
side with but small allowance OF
ground oats, they are muscular and
athletic; in the course of two or three
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-10
FATTING PENS.

weeks fatting they put on flesh at
great rate, and it is this rapidly man
ufactured flesh that gives its delicaey
to the "Surrey" fowl. One of the
peculiarities of the trade is that
though the birds come principally
from Kent and Ireland, and are OF
Sussex manufacture, they are known
as "5urrey chicken" When they are
fatted enough for the market they are
intended for-what is called "half
fat" for some of the watering.places,
or 'sfull fat" for London, then. comes
the process OF killing, plucking, etc.
This was formerly done by ''chicken
butchers" men who went from farm
to farm for that only-but now it is
generally done by the farmer himself
or his men.
A shed is set apart for the purpose,
and go many men and girls. according
to the amount to be killed, assemble.
A crate Of live fowlsis brought in. The
men take each bird and kill it. Pick
ing then commences. With the bird
on the knees the feathers are allowed
to fall in large basket, to be after.
wards packed and sent to some CT the
large furnishing firms of London-all
except the flights and stiff plumes,
which are thrown apart. In ten min
utes the bird is handed to girl who,
with blunt knife, takes out the i'm
mature .'stubs" of feathers that are
missed in the picking. The "stub-
bing" takes another ten minutes or SO,
and the bird is handed to the
s'dresser, who, with sundry pushes
against post, and little skillfu, pats,
gets it into marketable shape, dusts it
with -four and puts it in the "press"-
V.shaued trough with board on the
top laden with stones. There now re-
mans but the packing-one OF more
dozen to crate-and they are ready
for the carrier.
The carrier is one of the powers OF
the neighborhood. All day and every
day his carts are passing along the
roads, now with full crates to the sta
tion, back again with returned
empties; now piled up with Iriah i'm,
ports, then with consisnments oi
ground. oats, new coops, crammlnG
machines, and the various necessa1les
of the trade. He collects and sends to
London the dead poultry at so much
a bird, paying carriage at SO much q
ton, and making profit on the trans
action. As much us eighty uons OF
dead poultry have been sent to market
in week from Heathfeld, which,
reckoning between four and live
pounds to bird, means some 500 te
the ton, or 10000 birds.
Such trade naturally calls Other
trades to its aid. Mi!lers become par
veyors of ground oats, carpenters turl
coop and pen makers, butchers deal il
fat by the bushel, and large quantl
ties of milk are supplied by the sur
rounding farmers.
Heathfeld is beautifully situated
wide views of hill and dale, of woot
and down, and the sea away IN tai
distance. Tie neighborhool hes In
terest for many. 1t is the site OF on
Of the principal iron workings in tn
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-10

An attractive feature OF the Cotton
States and International Exposition,
TO be held at Atlanta, Ga, next Sep
tember, will be the reproduction Of
the Worlds Columbian Exposition in
miniature by G. W. Ferris, the builder
of the Ferris wheel. The great Worlds
Fair will be reproduced in its en-
tirety, complete in every detail on
scale of 1-140th. This makes the
Manufactures and Liberal Arts Build
ing about ten feet long, and the whole
exposition seventy-tivc feet long.
searchhghts vii! be shown on the
battleship end the various buildings,
the intramural railway will be seen
with cars in motion, the whalebsck
steamer will be seen arriving end de-
parting, and Lake Michigan will ap-
rear in the distance. BY electrical
s,d mechanical effects, sunrise. day
light, moonrise and the Waite City bs
moonlight will appear in succession.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-10

It will be remembered how the tor.
pedo boat, the Cushing, sneaked into
Newport harbor in spite of the fact
that sharp lookout was kept for her
ashore with the assistance OF big
search-lights. The value of these lit
tie destroyers is shown to the New
York Sun in dispatches from the seat
of war in China. The destruction OF
the biggest ironclads in the Chinese
navy seems to have been the result OF
audacious and successful dashes by
these tiny craft. They can finish any
thing aAoat so long as they are not
found out in time.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-10
SLOW COOKING THE BEST.
a Culinary Fact Illustrated BY The
Clamhake.


DR.. Atkinson has constructed q
combustion stove and oven, which
prepares foods as he would have
them cooked. He has made it o free
gift to the public. 1t is metal box,
with shelves above and an oil lamp
below. Meat, fish, vegetables and
pudding may be put into IL and left
to themselves for while, coming
out all ready for the table. The
doctor has given number of dinner
parties in Boston, with from eight to
twelve courses, the meals being
wholly prepared in one of his cooking
ovens in the dining room. He made
out number of dieteries, varying in
cost from IA cents o day for each
person up to % cents q day. The
latter represents extreme luxury.
DR.. Atkinson says that nobody can
cook properly on On iron stove or
range without wasting heat, time
and temper. He is satisfied that
one-haIf of the prevalent dyspepsia
is due to semi-starvatlon, because
the victims cannot digest badly pre-
pared food. s.
DR.. Atkinson says that the days of!
the iron range are numbered The
use of coal for cooking will becon-ii
tinued only by those.who donot know
how to-cook. All fuel. for cooking
will be oil or gas. He anticipates the
objection as to want of hot water by.
Recommending the emplo ymento OF a
water heate But what shall the:
housewife do for hot water to wash
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-10

Heroams the lales and the dusty sides
OF tie high roads are diapered with
pattern of chickens feet; fields, COM
mons, gardens, anl not seldom the
cottages themselves are pervaded by
him. Coops, knocked up of any posi-
BILE pieces of wood, stand on any posi-
ble patch of green by the wayside,
and, in the less frequentel lanes, in
the roadway itself.
A Heathtieldite once, asked by q
hunting man ii any OF the farmers
around rode to hounds, made answer !:
"We preserve chickens, not foxes. "
Heashf cid and the adjoining parishes
fern cne vast preserve for poultry.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-10
Won will be able to draw the whole
skirt through your finger ring.

YOU will be able to draw the whole
skirt through your finger ring.
The stores are full of the new sum-
mer goods. Organdy will be the
craze, if the counters will tell the
truth, and anything prettier than
organdy can scarcely be mentioned:
It comes in all the daintiest and most
delicate shades, and is drifted over
with bouquets of blossoms that are 80
real looking you almost think you can
smell them. Most of the designs are
large, but few are small and deli
cate. A single violet, or q long
stemmed crocus with leaf or two.
The purple iris is oas OF the favor
ties, and an exquisite half-blown moss
rose is another that attracted universal
attention. These organdies are to be
worn over colored slips, and will have
a great deal of ribbon garniture, and
quantities of lace. By the way, lace
will be more worn during the summer
than ever before. The always favor
ite Chantilly will be in the fore front.
For the organdies and mulls, some
delicate white laces ara exhibited,
which have net tops, with borders OF
Milanese, Spanish md Pompadour
patterns interviewer in bewitching de-
signs. The Vandyke laces will be as
much in demand as ever, but Will
come in the soft Chantilly patterns.
The new French lawns are as charm
ing as can possibly be imagined. They
come in very fine quality and at rea'
sonable prices. The flower tracings
take one back to great-grandmother's
day, and it seems as though there
ought to come from the lavender and
sandal wood scents that used to cling
around her garments. Delicate shades
of green predominant, and pink, real
plush rose pink, comes next. Hello
| trope in it's varying shades will be as
much worn as ever, and blue seems to
have taken O new lease on life, too.
OF course tie silk mulls and dotted
Swisses are. out in force. They will
have colorod slips also, to match the
ribbons wcrn with them, or can be
worn in all sheir virgin purity, II &C
desired.
To wear 9Th these organdies and
lawns, ard Fith sheer white goods, are
ribbcns wi bouquets of flowers en-
broideral on them. At least, they
look to be, and some Others lock Of
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-10

oneyof these gems disappeared mys-
teriously from it's setting during the
transfer OF the body from the railroad
station to the fortress of st. Peter and
Paul and in spite of most searching
Investigation no trace of the gem has
beendiscovered.
The small crown diadem of the
Czdrina contains the finest diamonds
eyerset, and it took many years to
collect these exquisite]y II atched
gems.
The crown of Queen Victoria is val
ued+sat nearly two million dollars,
a1dscontains one large ruby, QUE large
sapphire, sixteen smaller sapph1res,
eight emeralds, four smaller rubies,
1869 white and 1878 rose-colored dia-
monds, four large pear-shaped pearls
ands269 other pearls.
i The robes and iewelry worn by the
Sultan of Lahore at state functions
are adorned with diamonds worth ten
million dollars. His collar, epau-
,lettes, belt, bracelets. anklets, buckles
and headgear are sparkling with the
shining pebbles.
The most precious of all crown jew
eiry is owned by a potentate inferior in
ranf;to the last.named, the Maharajah
ofsBaroda. He possesses q necklace
of.6ve rows of diamonds, increasing
iinssize i1ss from pea to a walnut, There
aTef5oO diamonds in this necklace,
whose brilliancy is further increased
byItRo rows. of emeralds above and
below the diamonds md Of the Same
! SIZE This necklace is thoughtsto be.
wor 4 9 rth' over 81 ,OOO, ,00o, while the other
liessNsaIry owned bythis Croesns is esti-
ftSI aD:iiR1+ u aaass- o. nn5nnn -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-10

The number of desertions in the
French army increases constantly. In
single week lately no fewer than five
deserters arrived at Strasburg alone !;
while at the present time some six
hundred French deserters live in Al
sace-Lorraine. About the same num-
Der have taken up their residence in
Belgium; and Switzerland boasts q
still larger contingent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-10

& Put cold wafer 0rt5eP IN 1iiotrg 1'lr
pan and add a spoonful of kerosene
oil. Mop the dishes in that and then
wipe them. !, :.
kerosene oil has an affinity for
grease; it is antiseptic. DR.. Akin
SON got the notion for his oven from
the cooking box he used in Norway.
When boiling water is placed in
wooden box lined with felt and then
with metal, into which water-tight
receptacle containing food is put ana
then covered up, the food is cooked
in the most complete manner after
a considerable lapse Of time. The
great secret of good cooking is slow
cooking. The New England clam
bake furnishes an example, 1t rep
resents method adopted by the In
dians for centuries before Columbus
landed, when tribes from the lnte-
.rior visited the coast for periodical
festivals. The whites have SIMPLY
initiated the process.
At q modern clam bake platform
is made of fat stones gathered on
the shore, and these are heated with
o wood fire. After while the ashes
are swept away and layer of wet
seaweed or rockweed put on; on
this layer OF clans; then announcer
laysr of seaweed; then sweet corn
in the milk /; then more seaWeeo;
then some fish and lobsters; more
seaweed more clans; finally, in tin
pans, Ind ian puddings, made OF
corn meal and molasses; then last
covering of seaweed, and ths Whole
covered over with sail cloth. The
heated stones do the cooking. Along
the Atlantic coast from Maine to
Florida great piles of shells mark the
nlaces where ancient Indian clam
bakes were held.
The name OF locality in Massa-
chusetts -Squantum-is said to mean
the place for clam bake. One is
reminded by DR.. Atkinson's method
of cookery of the plan adopted py
Normandy fishermen, who start out
with their nets in the afternoon,
carrying with them a warm meal for
the following day. a great pot OIL
stew or what not is wrapped in box
with feather-lined cushions. After
ffteen hours the dinner is served as
hot as if just of the fire, only three
or four degrees of temperature being
lost. The writer once knew man
who adapted this method to an odd
sort of purpose. he put his newly
boiled shaving water in featner-
stuffed box just before ne went to
bed every night. In the morning,
being obliged to get up very early, ne
took it out scaldiug hot.
In Boston and other cities great
tanks of coffee are furnished for par
ties and picnics. They are sent away
to towns at a considerable distance
with their contents at nearly boiling
heat. The tanks are insulated and
have double Jackets, the inner one OF
plass and the outer Of timed iron,
The space between being filled in
with a non-conducting substance.
The outside of such vessel contain,
inc forty gallons of coffee at a tenn
perature 2l2 degrees feels cold to tns
hand. The contents might be ke
hot for a year but for slight rad
| tion at the stopper. These tanks ~
been sent l,5OO miles by rail,
coffee being too hot at the end ofs,
iourney to be drank comfortably.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-10

martyr, of Mary's time, is still kept
alive in Warbleton. Historic remains
are numerous; a stone marking the
place where Jack Cade was killed by
Iden is in the village. Pevensey and
Hurstmonceaux are within easy driv-
ing distance. Botanists may find rare
flowers here. notably the little blue
gentian (Gentiana verna). Many fre-
quent the place as nm invigorating-
health resort in summer. But all In
terests are subservient to the chicken
trade. The whole place is pervaded
by poultry, and there IRE but few OF
the inhabitants who are not connected
in some way with its staple industry.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-10
A NEW sWINDLE

which the people Of the South
are resenting, is the efforts OF
some to sell them limitations for
the real Simmons Liver Regu-
lator, because they make more
money by the imitation = and
they care little that they swindle
the people in selling them an
inferior article. It's the money
they are after, and the people can
look out for themselves. Now
this is just what the people are
doing, and merchants are having
a hard time trying to get people
to take the stuff they offer them
in place of Simmons Liver Reg
ulator-which is the "KiDg of
Liver Medicines" because it never
fails to give relief in all liver
troubles. Be sure that you get
Simmons Liver Regulator. You
know it by eaMMaHa the !, sa 2 n e. e
old stamp Nss of the Red
q on the A Ezsa|5sm package.
i +, i =: =: e 81: e; e.
suaded to take something else have
always come back again to The
Old Friend. Better rot take any
thing else but that made by J. 81.
ZE1L1N & Co., Philadelphia.