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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-04-18

whose wife is given above, says in
his own paper, editorially;
"Our leading druggist, DR.. W. G.
Gregory, informs us that his sales Of
Paine's celery compound have been
wonderful; in fact, he states that he
has in six months sold more celery
compound than all other medicines
combined. There has been a con-
slant demand for it.
Zone Of the noticeable cures that
this medicine has made Is the case OF
j. Mr.. Phil Clinad, VIII, last spring
was republican candidate for county
treasurer. Mr.. Clinard's nerves
were all unstrung; he had no appe-
tite and was all run down. He com.
menced using Paine's celery COM
pound, and today there Is not more
well and vigorous citizen in this
whole community than Mr.. Clinard.
Another case that comes closer ID
that of the wife Of the editor OF the
Ledger. Every one in Oakland knows
that Mrs. Yeargin was confined to
her bed for three whole months with
neuralgia. At times her pains we're
awful, 50 much 50 that her hands
would clinch and it took the united
strength of two persons to straighten
out her fingers. DR.. Garvey, the
family physician, treated her for
months, but all he could do was to
alleviate the pains, not efecting
cure. Along last winter she COM
menced using Painc's celery COM
pound.
"She commenced to gain in flesh at
once. Her pain all went away; her
vitality increased weekly, and today
there is not a more healthy woman in
town than she. Her neighbors all
marvel at her complete recovery, and
ask her the cause, and she has no
hesitancy in saying that it is all due
to Paine's celery compound. This Is
given voluntarily in the hopes that
others who are afflicted may be
profted by using this great
medicine, which today is. without a
peer in the land"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-04-18

A CURIOUS anniversary dinner was
eaten the other day in Baltimore. II
was the flfty-ifth birthday of friend
ship which had attained this ripe age
between two women, without break
or mar Of any sort. Fifty-fve years
ago on the day Of the recent feast
the two ladies, then little girls, &C.
mented short acquaintance by eating.
a play dinner together. Both recalled
the date and occasion, and this second
dinner the old iron kettle which had
figured in the preparation Of the first
meal, more than half u century earlier,
was resurrected to serve less capably,
perhaps, but with infinite distinction,
along with the modern pots and pans
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-04-18

dred ana forty lnllea " the north or
Sumatra, in the hag Of Bengal llum!
hum! What's all this? Moist climate.
coral reefs, sharks, Port Blair. convict
barracks, Rutland island, cottolwoods
--ah, here we are. The aborigines
OF the Andaman islands mayperhaps
claim the distinction Of being the
smallest rice upon this earth, though
some anthropologistS prefer the Bush
men Of Africa, the Digger Indians Of
America and the Terra del Fucgians.
The average height Is rather below
four feet, although many full-grown
adults may be found who are
very much smaller than this They are
u fierce, morose and intractablc peo-.
pie, though capable of forming most
devoted friendships when their conf
dence has once been gained Mark
that, Watson Now then. listen to
this: They are naturally hideous,
having large, misshapen heads. small,
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Inc aurora, Sir.

Inc aurora, Sir"
"Ah! She's not that old green launch
with yellow line, very broad In the
beam?"
mo, indeed. She's as trim a little
thing as any on the river She's been
fresh painted. black with two red
streaks.'
Thanks | hope that you will hear
soon from Mr.. Smith. nm going
down the river; and II I should see
anything Of the Aurora shall let him
know that you are uneasy A black
funnel. you sayp"
mo, sir Black with a white band. :"
"Ah, Of course II was the sides
which were black. Good morning,
Mrs. Smith. There Is boatman here
with whcrry, Watson We shall take
II and cross the river"
"'rhe main thing with people Of that
sort, said Holmes, as we sat In the
sheets Of the wherry, lis never to let
them think that their information can
be Of the slightest Importance to You
If you do, they will instantly shut up
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-04-18

"Black," the beloved dog Of an Amer
lean lady ind gentleman living at vau-
ericsson, outside Of Paris, during the
summer, having died recently was
buried, says Paris letter, with the full
funeral honors usually accorded to hui
man beings. The canine pet was placed
in two caskcts--one Of oak, the other
leadon-was then conveyed in hcarse
covered with flowers to vaucrcsson
and there buried, The funeral was
followed by the Americans and their
friends all the mourners being in car.
riages. A monument, which cost sixty
pounds sterling, was erected TO the
memory Of the lost favoritc. The ex.
pcns-s Of the baskets, the funeral, the
tomb and the memorial amounted to
one hundred pounds sterling, The un-
dcrtaker who carried out the order was
rather puzzled ut first, and mentioned
the matter TO police commissary, who
advised him to get death certificate Of
the dog signed by two witnesses, This
counsel was followed by the Pompes
Funcbres official, who was thus able to
fulfill his contract without any fear Of
interference on the part Of the repre-
sentatives OF the law.
FAR southern domestic aryc.r, r"-.-"-'
approach In some aspects those Of the
East Indies. There is host AZ low.
paid servants, caeh with 0 anan spo-
cialty, and many Of them living at their
own miserable homes Nothing Is &C.
complished save by strenuous insistence
on the part Of the mistress, and all pro
visions unconsumed and not under lock
and key go to the several homes Of the
servants.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-04-18

In the spring women need Paine'
celery compound.
The average American woman, says
q well known writer, wears herself
out twenty years before her time.
She begins the wearlng-out process
as child, staying up at night until
the whole family retires; and keeps il
up as a growing girl staying awake
until ten or eleven o'clock, when she
should be asleep by nine; and as a
woman she has so many things to DO
and to keep up with that she posi-
lively hasn't minute to rest.
By and by her cheeks grow thin
and haggard; languor takes the place
of her old-time high spirits; she has a
generally worn-out air; her nerves
are gnawed by pain, and slecplessness
makes fearful inroads upon her
health.
Her physician tells her simply that
her nervous system is exhausted, and
that help must come by feeding the
brain and entire nervous tract, rich
ly, rapidly, and completely. 1t is
the experience Of the most careful
medical men in this country that
nothing proves so uniformly success
full as Paine's celery compound in
cases of brain-weariness, nervous ina
bility, failure of vital force, dyspep-
sin, slaeplessness, and for restoring
health and vigor to the brain and
body when exhausted by over-work
or dissipation.
Every such weary, nervous, thin
blooded person should take Paine's
celery compound. 1t makes such
people well.
Paine's celery compound improves
the general health by making new,
ruddy blood and refreshing the
nerves.
1t teammates the languid body,
and vitalizes the important organs so
that they work in harmony with each
other.
The accomplished editor Of the
Oakland, H., Ledger, a portrait of
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MAN AND BEAR.
An Exciting Episode In Which
Bruin Was Greatly Surprised.
Human Ingenuity Wa eupsrlof Ia Brute
Instinct and The Man Esesped
Being Dsvsured BY the
Near.

Ofall branches OF railway engineering
there Is none which brings the officer
into closer contact with . Woodworking
lot Of men than the maintenance Of way
work. Sometimes there are comical
features even In this department, and
one Of these was recently told TO .
writer for the St. Louis Globe Demo
crat by o well-known engineer, who
hides hisr real name under the pseudonym
Of Jerry Sullivan. It is a tale Of one
Tim, track walker, who came In late
one night and reported to the other &C.
cupants Of the clubhouse that he had
been delayed by M extraordinary en-
counter with bear. "Near the ind Of
the section" said Tim, "closc to the old
tie camp, I was comm along about half
past three o'clock, and just afther
crossin' that little bridge Iheerd n nize
Of sumthin' rustlin' In the bushes down
at the bottom Of the dump, and thinkin
1t was q rabbit fred q rock down into
I'm, and In q second there was a terri.
bic slashin' around in thin bushes, and
see big cinnamon bear come out
sneezin' md rubin his nose, and thin,
before rightly come to me sinses, the
bear seen me and up the dump hecomc
Well, l started down the track as tight
us could go, but I hadn't went two
telegraph poles until | look back and
see the bear still comm and gainin' on
me livery jump. So ! dropped me adze
and rinch and stretched meself for all !
was worth. But 1t was no use, the bear
was still gainin', and Twas wondcrin
what on airth was goin to do, whin |
see the iron pipe under the track near
the cut, and made for that and wint
In just clear, whin the bear jammcd his
head in at the ind But he was too big
to go in, and he couldn't reach me, and
so he paved around and snortcd and
bit the ind Of the pipe, and tried first
one side and thin the other But was
sure IN" ''ea 'ncrc ~" panied ana
blessed inc man tlat lhVlh'eu Iron pipe
"Well, thought the bear would 60
away after awhile, but he didn't; he
sayed right there, wild hG hcad ip first
wan mo OF INC PIPE ana .nin inc other'
una Wheh nc came ronna 70 the upper
nv" ! WISHED ! haa helo on 10 inc
rlhch SO couiu nit nun oell over tie
nose Alter oe'n IN there over TWO
hours ! pcs'n gittin cold anu ! See
so,'icthin nuu 70 oe oone' anu thought
ia .ry slnoH'n MN out, 90 hi;lhassa
70 ',gn' NC P'pc' anu UNI, ! sihoneu 'ot
aii i nhew now, out inc pear SUI KEPT
ms hca" III Inc ho''' ana craw'ed up
sioscr aii" o'ew .l'e SMOKE r'gh' ~ his
race ne shor'ea nue. out wouldn
o''c3 OUT, aho 'cc'hcu 10 y, ge'.'h
'h""uer '.'i '"e ''''c INN WIN ! was
ncariy !rohe 10 'ica.h' happened 10
'h'hA 0, .ne SUCK % sm'' Powu'r ~
me pocNc'' anu 'n'hAs = wow M
sel''e your haSh.' 10 lp"'s a 'uSe IN
.hc SUCK 0. E,"'''' ana eraw's up ana
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REALISM on the stage has educated
audiences to such a fine point Of appre-
citation that when an actors clothing
caught fire and half burned him to
death during the progress of the per-
Torrance the other evening, the spec
tators took it for granted that the ac-
cident was a part Of the show.
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atr-his own, no doubt. for he had .
remarkable gift for Improvisation.
have avague remembrance Of his gaunt
limbs. his earnest face, and the rise and
fall Of his bow. Then seemed to DO
hoated peacefully away upon a soft
sea Of sound, until found myself in
drcamland, with the sweet face Of Mary
Morstan looking down upon me.
no BE- CONTINUED,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-04-18

A PORTLAND (Me.) bankhad bool,
presented for settlement recently,
which was opened in 1868 with de-
post of 5000, followed by 5000 in 1864
and saco in 1865; total deposits, $500, Of
which s5ss was Withdrawn in 1878.
There Is now due the depositor bal.
sncc OF &, ,Oa7.97.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-04-18

A New JERSEY man, after joining the
Salvation Army recently. returned to
the government four hundred and ten
dollars oi pension money, which his
conscience would not allow him to
keep.
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like IN oyster. II YOU listen to them
under protest, as II were YOU are very
likely TO yet what you want
sour course now seems pretty clear, &
said |.
what would you do, them"
II would engage a launch and po
down the track Of the Aurora"
my dear fellow, II would be n colos.
sal task. She may have touched at
any wharf on either side Of the stream
between here and Greenwich. Below
the bridge there Is n perfect labvrintb
Of landing-places for miles. II would
take YOU days and days to exhaust
them. II Won set about Il alone.r
Employ the police, then"
"No. shall probably call Athclncy
Jones in at the last moment He /,
not Ind fellow, aud should not like
to do anything which would iniurc
him professionally. But have a fancy
for working It out myself, now that We
have gone so far"
"Could we advertise, then, asking
for information from wharfneersq" :
Worse and worsel Our men would
know that the chase was hot at thell
heels, and they would be off ont Of the
country. As It is, they are likely
enough to leave, but as long as thew
think they are perfectly safe they vii
BIO in no hurry. Jones' energy will be
of use to us there, for his view Of the
case is sure to push itself into the daily
press, and the unaways will think
that everyone is off on the wrong
scent"
what are we to do, thepqn asked.
as we landed near Millbank peniten.
tiary.
Take this hanson. drive home.
have some breakfast, and ret an hours
sleep. II Is quite on the cards that We
may be afoot tonight again. Stop at
the telegraph office. cabbvl We will
keen Toby for he may be Of use IN nc
yetn
We pulled up at the Great Peter
street post office, and Holmes dis
patched his wire. "Whom do Won
think that Is to?D he asked ne wa 70.
sumed our Journey.
~ am sure don,t know
eYou remember The Dalcr strect III,
vision az the detective nol,ce foroo
whom I omploved In tho Jefferson
Hone caseqn
well said l. lauphinr.
"yhis 10 inst tho cosc ,yboro ,hor
might be ,nyaluahls 70 ,hor fo,i ,
baye other resources. but / Shall trr
them flrst Tint wirs wns ~ NV a,r,,
little licutsnant. VIRGINS md Iovnoc ,
that hc ma his emo yIll Ia w,th ~
hoforo wa hnve O,Ishn1 our hraoLt".,n
Il wasbetwsen eirhtand Nina n,",o"l,
NOW and ywas con.c,ors ~ . s,rNn'.
reaction n,,.y ,he succe..,r. 1870 ys
uort. y, M r,rht ,ras ,,,,,,, ", .'',,
wcary hoforrod n m,rd snd sa,,,, r
In hodv' ! nd moi thc nrofess,onai s on'
,hnsiasm With sarr,aa nv, ',,nsaa,,, w.
IN nor conlI lool, NJ Aha N s aa
,rs,o .hstr.~, ,rtsI,a.,,a, n.",',s.' ''
Inv a. ,ho ds,,h ~ r,r,hn,pn u',v q, 40 ns
won, / haa hoard it'll rood - h,n,
and eould fes1 NO ;r,onsa s an,;no.,, ~
his mnraerers Mo troosrra t"ucra. :"
wos n ai@aron, n,at,ar 'rha. ' ~ ,'',,
nj Il balanced r;oht,,,lr y, y t rr
Morstan. Wills there wos chonos
~ reso,sr;no /, was raoa,. .s
devote nv life to ,ho one o3,aci
T,, v ~ ,a s ~ =, wv one ooleeN
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-06-14

the light, With the understanding that
his daughter would do the work.
Three years rolled round, and all dur
ing our visits to the light we were al
ways sure of a welcome from little
Lena, who, as soon as she heard our
boat whistle would run down the bank,
ready for the gang plank to be thrown
out, when she would run on board and
bound up stairs, always with present
for her friend. Sometimes it was 8
wild flower, nuts or popcorn, a pair Of
flying squirrels, or a coon, and once q
little white kitten that we named
Lena"
One day, however, IN the spring Of
1892, we came to the light and vnistled,
and after landing no little white head
came down to meet us. Everything was
so still and strange. What could 1t
mean? The faces of the mate and the
colored deckhands heightened, as they
saw me run down the stage plank, up
through the dead weeds towards the
cabin, for they knew something had
gone wrong l knocked at the cabin
uoOr, entered ana LOuuu the Ola man
alone.
"Where is Lena?" asked
ooh, sir, she is gone; lost in the high
water"
The old man broke down and wept
aloud; and am afraid that used my
handkerchief good deal.
IL did not want her to 90 to the light.
1t was so stormy. and the river so
rough" the old man said. al must
the child answered. Il promised the
boss of the lighthouse boat that would
put the light up every night; and so l
must keep my word"
1t seemed that the mother had run
away again, some months before, never
TO return, and the child had attended
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-06-14
'SkHu~v
GSTA~

Richard Harding Davis has new
story, Miss Delamar's Understudy,"
waiting to apear in one Of the maya
zines.
Guy BOOthby, the author Of THE Mar
riage of Esther" irst became known 10
readers through his book OF Austria
liam travel entitled "On the Wallaby."
The story on which Du Maurier is
reported to be engaged is a very long
story of life IN England and France.
and 1t is said already to have received
a name-"The Martians." The author
will himself illustrate it.
Miss Vida D. Scudder associate pro-
fessor of English literature in Welles-
ley College, is the author of THE Life
of the Spirit in the Modern English
Poets" 1t is q keen analysis of the
poetry of Wordsworth, Shelley, Tenny-
son, Arnold, Clough, and Browning.
w I. Stead's first moved Will appear
in the course of the year, ynd viii be
called "A Modern Maid In Modern
Babylon" 1t is the story Of the ex-
peIlelceS OF Il young Slfl WHO came W
London some years ago, and whose
adventures are faithfully set down in
Mr. Stead's pages.
The wife of Thomas Hardy acts IS
his amanuenSis, what time she is not
sketching, painting in water-colors, and
playing hostess to her many guests.
During the winter the pair live at
Dorchester, in 4 house of which tie
novelist himself was the architect.
They stay in London during the sea-
son, and tie rest Of the year spend in
travel.
Bill Nye is a man Of very sober de-
LleanOr, and rarely cracks jokes cut
side of newspaper columns. He has
been known, however. to play practi-
cal joke on 4 friend. When Lieuten-
ant Greeley started on his expedition
to the North Pole. Nye gave him 4
sealed box that was rot to be opened
until he had reached his fartheSt point
north. 1t contained aXle-grcase FOR
the pole.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-06-14

step ladder resting against the post
renders the lantern accessible. These
are the Government post lights. used
by the pilots of the steamers that ply
up and down the river, as beaconS to
mark the steamboat channel.
There are some 1000 of these lights
on the rivers of the United States.
Keepers for them are selected from
among the people living along the river,
many of them being women, who, as a
general rule make better keepers than
the men. The pay averages about $40
month. and often this is the only cash
money that some of them receive. AS
class they are honest and faithful to
their trust. and realize the Importance
Of their charge.
Many queer and interesting charac-
tiers are met with among them, and
many n strange history is locked up in
their lives. Innumerable are the acts
of heroism, bravery and unselfish devo-
ton that often leak out, and which
speak louder than words Of the honest
hearts of these plain people who serve
Uncle Sam in this humble way.
One case in particular stands out
now in my mind, that of a little Dutch
girl named Lena. Her life was q short
but sad one, and we all took great in
terest in her for she grew up almost
under our eyes. l first met her when
she was about 6 years of age. We had
landed one day to put UP light on the
Mississippi River, and while the men
were at work | wandered out into the
woods to gather some nuts, when l
came upon Il little fiaXen-haired girl
singing away, happy as lark. Near
her lay little dog-part ''rat-and-tan"
and the other part Just plain dog"
He was q faithful friend to her, and
no stranger was allowed to come rear
his little mistress unless she first spoke
to him. The dog parked at me, which
caused the child to turn quickly, and on
seeing me she smiled and asked me if
would Ike some of the pecans she had
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Flfth-JOhn Clancy, Chicago; ]. j. Bren-
nan, Chicago.
Slxth-H. c. Bartling, Chicago; Frank Ag-
new. Chicago.
Seventh-D. G.. Moore, Chicago; ]. W.
Lanehart, Chicago
Eighth-James Branen, Sycamore; Phil
Freier, Eigin.
Ninth-M. ii. Cleary. Galena; Charles Me
man. Freeport.
Tenth-C. X. Ladd. Kewanee; VI. ]. Daugh-
erty. Galesburg.
Eleyenth-D. Heenan, Streator; @. s.
Bydia. Fairbury.
Twelfth. w. Downey, Joliet; G. y. Nc
Dowell. Danvllle.
Thirteenth-W. II. Purcell, Champaign;
Baird Feliney, Normal.
Fourteenth-Charles Fosbender, Lacon;
Lutte c. Breeder, Lewiston.
Fifteenth-C. S Hearn, Quincy; n. =.
Kennedy Browning.
Sixteenth-H. T. Rainey. Carrollton; Syl-
vester Allen, Bluffs.
Seventeenth-W. s. Nelson, Decatur: T.
w. McNealy, Petersburg.
Eighteenth-Rufus Huff, Sullivan; W. II.
Dowdy, Greenville.
Nlneteenth-George VI. Lecrone Efing-
ham; j. w. Graham Marshall.
Twentieth-W. s. Cantrell, Benton; ]. r.
Creighton. Fairchild.
Twenty -frst-N. Il. Morrison, Odin; E. c.
Pace. Ashley.
Twenty -second-H. y. Dietrich, Anna; F.
NJ. YoungbloOd, Carbonate.
Then the list of the delegates-at-largs
was adopted. The delegates-at-large elect
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ed that the sitting delegates be declared
the delegates of the convention. The re-
port was adopted. The committee on
rules favored those used by last summers
convention. This report was also adopted.
When the committee on permanent or
ganization reported ex-Judge s. Z. Nc
Connell as the permanent chairman, Cook
County broke loose. The delegates shout
ed for the president of the Iroquois Club
oil the time that Judge Crawford was
putting the motion to concur in the report
of the committee. Ex-Congressman Mich
olas E. Worthington, of Peoria County,
Free p. Morris, of Iroquois, and Judge
Bell, of Hamilton County, were appoint
ed a committee to escort Judge Mcconnell
to the chair. When he assembled the plat
form the umbrellas and silk hats of the
Cook County men again went into the
air. When the applause given the Chi
cago lawyer had died away Mr.. Crawford
introduced Mr.. Mcconnell. Without de-
lay he began his address to the convention.
1t was warmly, even enthusiastically, re-
ceived. He was applauded frequently,
and at times SO long that the delegates
lost tho thread of the silver argument
which Mr.. Mcconnell made.
The convention was full of political SEN
sations. The greatest excitement came
just before the adjournment of the con-
vention. The passionate speeches had all
been made, and the Democrats. who filled
every chair and the aisles of the conven-
ton hall, were ripe to indorse the action
of the resolutions committee. Exon
gresham George w. Fithian was chair
man Of the committee on resolutions.
Resolutions Adopted.
Mr. Fithian in a clear voice read the
platform. Several times during the read
ing of the declaration for free coinage he
was interrupted while the convention
went into transports of enthusiasm. When
finally he pronounced the words 16 to 1
the delegates jumped from their seats and
threw their hats into the air. For fully
five minutes the uproar lasted. The first
outburst died away only to make way for
another The resolutions adopted by the
convention and read by Mr.. Fithian were
as follows:
Whereas. Silver and gold have been the
principal money metals OF the world for
thousands OF years. and silver money is
recognized and used as honest money be-
tween individuals and between nations not
withstanding the varying ratios between sill
yer and gold; and,
Whereas. The demonstration Of silver has