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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-04

Minneapolis Messenger; 7. NJ.
Moore, Of Usage City, a member Of
the celebrated Baker university foot.
ball team, was killed in Colorado last
week while working with a bridge
gang. The moral Of this is that foot.
ball Is not as dangerous as work.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-04

John L. Waller has been sent
copy Of Monte Criston and II one O
these summer nights there is q grsa'
splash of the heights Of the Chateau
Dit the world will know that tn,
plan Of the novel is working again.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-04

The Kansas irrigation commission
by way Of reporting progress, has is
sued invitations to the opening Of
pumping station at GOodland, July Q
That is just like Kansas Everything
imaginable has to be the occasion Of
speech-making and 'invitations.
The average Kansas man has hard
work to start in to hoe garden with
out issuing invitations to Che neigh
bors to be present.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-04

The Populists Of Dickinson county
assert that the office seeks the man
and then insult It by ringing in a
whole CARLOAD Of candidates for each
office.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-04

Cuba wants to become republic,
1t would better wait until Republi
can administration comes in for thu
present one will give no encourage
ment to any anything Of that sort
Vide Hawaii.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-04

Uncle Dick 0glesby says; ii have
graduated as carpenter, storekeeper,
lawyer, soldier, governor and senator
to become a farmer, and lie In the
country Is best OF all.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-04

NEVER in the history Of the REFLECTOR
N has it received SO many cash in advance
} subscribers in one month as during
the past June. The reduction in price is
largely responsible for it, One DOLLAR is
enough to pay for weekly. Wegive more
than twice as much news Of the county as
any paper published. Don't waste your
money. Take the REFLECTOR. Only One
Dollar a year.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-04

Young Mr.. Burton should not get too
frisky or Ingalls, may decide that he wants a
harbor, open all tho year round, In Dickin.
son county and take it.-[wichita Eagle.
Don't you fear. Mr.. Ingalls, will
find himself aaoat on the wide, wide
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-04

A butter and egg dealer down al
Wichita named Lewelling has come
out in an interview declaring that
Morrill, is a failure as a governor.
Mr.. Morrill, will probably consider
the source Of the remark.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-04

WASHINGTON, July 2.-The debt state
ment issued this afternoon shows .
net decrease in the public debt less
cash In the treasury Of so, ESQ, sa5.
Total cash In the treasury, SSH, Oe1, $3.50.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-04

PARSONS, Kan, July q Henry Wolf.
proprietor Of the Dslmonico Bakery
Co., committed suicide yesterday BY
shooting himself In the head with :
revolver. Financial troubles caused
the deed
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-04

Utah, 1t Is reported, will adopt a
state constitution prohibiting polyg-
amy. 1t Is also reported that polyg-
amy Is not practiced there now This
Is important, Il true.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-04

GUTHRIE, Ok, July AT Yukon,
while Mrs Anna Fyala was descending
the cellar steps carrying q crock Of
milk, she slipped and fell, breaking her
neck
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-04
War Upon ylolators Of Law.

PARSONS, Kan, July 2.-The war on
the violators Of the liquor law in this
city goes merrily on. Two druggists,
S. D. Carey and J. NJ. Reynolds, are
under Indictment
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-04

The Monitors great aim in life is
10 initiate j. X. Hudson rs an editorial
writer. 1t iorgets that Hudson's
kind oi.writing takes brains.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-04

GREEN CRY, NO., July Att Is re-
ported here that the l6-year-old son Of
John Collins Of Danforth, 10 miles east
Of this city, was found dead in pond
near that place. Foul play is suspect
ed. Excitement Is running high.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-04

The Populists Of the county have q
few members who are not candidates
for Office but they are hard TO find.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-04

The international cricket match be-
tween American and Canadian colleges
was begun at Philadelphia on the lst
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-16

view of the fact that the stove, which is
really worth not over forty dollars, is
sold for upwards of seventy dollars.
This scheme is another of the same
pattern as the various lightning-rod and
seed-grain swindles which never get
old because of the mania some people
have for buying on time and the faith
they have in the Rev. Swipes or Squire
Cheatem, who is secured for decoy
duck by the presence of whatever the
swindlers have to sell TO other folks.
Old.fashioned honesty, which re-
qures the production of honest goods
BY honest methods on one hand, and
old-fashioned economy, which coun-
tenancos the purchase of articles only
when they are necessity and the
means for payment is in sight, would
save all of us from being parties to the
petty swindles of interruptions scoun-
drnla
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-16
A Puzzled Mississippi Farmer.

Last spring Jake Ehrman was read
ing magazine, and he saw an adver-
tisement of some very fine corn seed.
1t was some kind of wonder" or
"Smi.h's prolific" or something of the
sort. 1t guaranteed that each stalk
would produce five well-developed ears
of corn and two nubbins; that each
stalk would furnish two bundles of fod-
der, and that after the corn and fodder
were gathered, considerable pile of
shekels could be made by selling the
stalks for firewood. When the seed
came it looked very much like any
other corn, but Jake had faith. He had
ten acres of the best land on his place
prepared in the most scientific manner
and highly fertilized. Then he planted
the corn. 1t came up nicely and grew
wonderfully fast. 1t just kept on grow
ing, and is still at it In regard to the
fodder and size of the stalks the predic
tions of the advertisement seem to be
fulfilled. But the funny thing about it
is, there isn't an ear of corn in the
whole ten acres. Not one. The corn
all went to stalk and leaves. But what
puzzles Jake is how the seed men man.
aged to get the seed of the corn, when
that variety don't have ears on it,
Jackson News.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-16
sum MARY OF NEWS.
Vermont.

THE barns OF Edwin Maxfield OF Fairfax,
together with a large quantity of hay and
grain and eight hogs, we're burned last We'd
nesday night. Cause, an exploded lantern
at a husking. Insurance small.
AT meeting of the directors of the Ma.
tional Car Company, held last week at St.
Adams, ID. ID. Ranlett Of st. Adams was
elected president. vi 9 James II. Langdon,
de eased, and W. b. Fonda was elected a
director.
THE steam saw and dressing mill OF The
Fife Lumber Company at Belvidere was
burned last Wednes' ay, Loss, SO 900; in.
surance, $500. This is the third time
within ten years that the mills at this place
have been burned.
PATRICK SLOANE of West Castleton was
killed on the railroad track near Brandon
last Thursday. tbs thought he may have
committed suicide, by throwing himself UNI
der the northbound sleeper, or have been
run down while attempting to board the
train,
ACTS at once, never fails. One Minute
Cough Cure. A remedy for asthma and
that feverish condition which accompanies
a severe cold. The only harmless remedy
that produces immediate results. w. e
Terrill q Co., agents, Montpelier.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-16
Butter that Does Not Sell,

The animals are not altogether the
cause of bad butter-butter that is de-
fectiVe enough to command little atten
ton in the chief markets. AS may be
shown in any dairy, the maker is more
often responsible for this, and not the
COWS.
In talking with large dealer in but
ter, he made out list of the reasons
why butter does not sell well in large
markets. In the first place, sour butter
would go begging for long time, and
bitter.favored butter would not fare
much better. Greasy butter was only
good to supply the cheaper restaurant
trade, the bakers trade and so on.
Streaked or notified butter would sell
little better than greasy butter, but il
could never command the best trade.
Butter with white Jumps in it, due to
carelessness in not getting the clots of
curd out of 1t, made such poor i'm
preston upon the minds of buyers that
it would often 90 for a mere song.
Otherwise, it might be of pretty fair
grade. What is called crumby butter
is often of fair grade, but when used
it crumbles to pieces, so that a great
Flrst-class butter must be free from
all these defects, and, with little bet
ter attention to the modern methods of
making butter and feeding cows for
dairy, one can very easily avoid pro
ducing any such results. Sour butter
is more frequently made on the small
farm, where the cream is kept so long
that there is too much fermentation be-
fore being churned. 1t is an easy mat
ter to avoid making sour butter if the
cream is properly handled and churned
at the right time. One who persis-
tently makes sour butter in these days
has no right to be in the dairy business
and yet great many must do it,,
judging from the amount that goes to
market.
Bitter-favored butter comes from a
variety of causes, the most common be-
ing the food of the cows. Any bitter
weeds, onions, and similar feed will
give q bitter flavor to the cream and
butter. Sometimes, if the cream is
held at temperature just above or be-
low the freezing point, it will not sour,
but becomes bitter, and the butter
takes the same flavor. Greasy butter
comes entirely from the method of
making. If churned when too warm
or worked until the grain of the butter
is ruined, the greasy look will make the
butter almost unsaleable. Notified and
streaked butter comes from uneven
ness in the sailing and working. One
part of the butter will have yellow
streaks and patches and other parts
white. The result is mixture that
prejudices people. This can be avoided
by sailing every part evenly and then
working it until uniform color pre-
walls. The white Jumps that appear
in some butter are due to carelessness
in handling the cream. The white clots
ruin the appearance of any butter, and
will cause it to sell for less than if it
were properly prepared. - Wisconsin
Agriculturist.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-16
How Many Eggs n Year?

How many eggs hen will lay in
year depends upon her breeding, feed
and age. A hen Matched in the fall,
says a writer, is dwarfed and loses all
her first winter; but if she is hatched
in the spring she comes into service by
the end of the year. AS she begins on
her second year she has already lost one
year in growth, and, beginning with
the first egg at any time, record may
be kept from the first day of her laying
to the end. AS there are 365 days in
year hen cannot possibly lay over that
number, supposing she lay one day.
1t is preposterous to state that a hen
will lay an egg every day in the year,
for she requires ABOUT 100 days for
moulting, which reduces the number
to about 265. Usually she lays a batch
of from II TO 20 eggs, and then ceases
for few days, or tries to set, and be-
gins on another batch. If she lays on
an average five days week she will be
doing wonderfully well, which is equiva-
lent to division of 265 days by IN or
der to get at the number of weeks,
which are about &c. and five eggs a
week will make the number 1870. Here
Con papeD we have $50 eggs from one
hen in year, but even after such
calculation we must acknowledge that
hens do not produce so many. If the
hens in flock average 100 eggs in
year they will be doing as well as can
be expected; still there are instances
known in which certain hens have laid
as many as 175, perhaps more; but such
cases are the exception and not the
rule. 1t is not expected that hens
which receive no care will lay as well
as those cared for, nor will overfaL
hens do well, and hence we say, that,
considering the many disadvantages to
be encountered and the many ills and
drawbacks that stand in the way, it is
safe to say that 100 eggs are fully up to
the average of what is usually done by
an ordinary flock.-Exchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-16
Foreign.

A RAFT went down on the river Okla in
Russia, last week, and 100 persons were
drowned.
A DISPATCH to a London news agency
from Shanghai says that Admiral Butler
has arrived there on board the British ship
Alacrity," and that British gunboats are
going up the river to protect British inter-
ests there.
SEVERE rainstorms have caused floods in
several portions of the city OF Rome. Many
deaths by drowning are reported, and there
have been serious losses OF cattle, crops and
property. In many places the railways
have been inundated and traffic is stopped
to fear change in the relation between
Spain and the United States in consequence
OF the agitation in the latter country in
favor OF Cuban insurgents. Warships at
Madrid are being put in readiness and a
powerful squadron will soon be sent to re-
inforce the fleet in Cuban waters.
The London Missionary Society has re-
ceived communications regularly from the
Madagascar missionaries and no anxiety
is felt regarding them. The women of the
mission left the capital some time ago and
took refuge in Tamatave and other places
on the coast, and it was the intention of
the men remaining to leave the place as
soon as the French made their appearance
and retire to some distance from the village
FURTHER reports from the floods in Cuba
show them to be worse than at first sup
posed In the La Esperanza district all the
railroad bridges have been destroyed. In
the Rosario district more than ninety houses
have collapsed, and all the palm. trees in
the district have been destroyed by the
food. Eighteen lives are known to have
been lost. Four sailors were drowned at
San Cayetano and two more are missing.
THE American fishing tug Grace"
which was seized for illegal fishing in Lake
Fri NV nj nrnt
dolphin" has been condemned by the ad.
mirslty court, and was sold at auction at
Ottawa, last week, to satisfy the judgment.
The owners, who live at Dunkirk, N. Y,
sent petition to the queen, asking that
their offense might be forgiven and the
vessel released to them 1t was proven,
however, in court, that the vessel had been
contravt ming Dominion law, and the
colonial Office could not interfere.
It's just as easy to try One Minute Cough
Cure as anything else. It's easier TO cure
severe cough or cold with 1t. Let your next
purchase for cough be One Minute Cough
Cure. Better medicines better results; bet.
ter try it. w. K. Terrill & Co.. agents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-16
Domestic.

GENERAL WILLIAM MALONE died last
Wednesday in Washington, ID. O., from the
effects of a stroke of paralysis received
three days previous. The remains were
buried at Petersbuigh, Va.
A DECREE of divorce, on the ground of
inCOmpatibiity, ha- b en- granted in New
York to Mrs. Amelia Rves Chauler There
was no opposition TO the decree. Nothing
in the pleadngs or the proceedings re-
Elected on either of the parties.
A PRAIRIE FIRE that started last week in
Frederick, S. d., by a match cirelessly
thrown, extended over district forty miles
long in Brown county, S. D., and Dickey
and Mcintosh Counties, n d, causing the
death of a Russian farmer, serious injury to
several other persons and great loss of
crops.
THE department Of agric llture at Wash
ington has been advised of the discovery of
pleuro pneumonia in cattle shipped from
Australia to Great Britain. This /, an i'm.
portant matter to the United States, as
Australia promised to become a serious
co npettor of this country in the European
meat and cattle trade. The existence of
pleuro-pneumonia in the first shipment of
Australian cattle i, for this reason sgnih.
cant.
Mrs U. S. GRANT has decided to make
her future home in Washington, ID 9. She
has purchased the residence which Senator
Edmunds built some years ago, and in
which he was living when he retired from
public life. 1t has been occupied for the
past two years by Secretary Olney. Mrs.
SartoIis IN sle GranO will make her home
for the present with her mother; and her
son, who has completed his studies, will be
with her.
THOUSANDS Of lottery tickets which were
sent to agents at Detroit. Mich, by dozen
lottery companies, were seized last week by
United States officers. The tickets were
in the possession of the American Express
Company, which informed the government
officials. In each package was a private
note to the agent marked "prize ticket"
and inside was the request; ' Please sell
this ticket to prominent business man
who will not object to have us use his name
as the winner of prize
A SENSATION was created at Port Huron,
Mich. at the funeral of veteran of the
Grand Army post there. The services were
held at the Catholic church, conducted by
Father Spaeth. When the pail bearers ar
rived at the church door they were re-
quested by the priest to remove their Grand
| Army badges. This they refused to do and
| remained outside until the services were
| over. The veterans were angry over the
matter. Father Spaeth said that in request
| ing the soldiers to remove their badges he
was only following the rule of the diocese,
which states that no society not approved
by the church authorities is permitted to
wear regalia in the church.
A. G. hartley of Magic, Pa, writes: 81
| feel it duty of mine to inform you and the
public that De Wits Witch Hazel Salve
cured me OF very bad case of eczema. 1t
also cured my boy OF running sore on his
leg" w. e. Terrill q Co., agents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-16
Sundry Swindles,

A rule, says the Omaha CultiuatOr,
this has not been good year for swim
dies. Hard times are against all
schemes that require ready money, and
the usual crop of bond, insurance and
lottery schemes and land investments
have not put in an appearance. Some
of the old offenders in this line are be.
hind the bars, and generally specific
worst of these something-for- nothing
fakes. Certain other small swindles,
old enough to be bald-headed, have
bobbed serenely up. The smallest and
meanest of these is the California
Cold Process for Preserving Fruit"
This little game calls for only eighteen
two-cent postage stamps" and it is
marvellous that enough suckers can be
roped in to pay the advertising. The
cold process is merely preserving fruit
in an acid fluid which renders the fruit
totally unfit for food.
Another swindle of like quality with
the fruit-preserver is the Butter In
creaser." Two years ago this scheme
was exposed as the BLACK Pepsin I"
swindle. The disgrace of this last
scheme is that dairyman who would
buy a chemical to put into his churn
with view to gathering the curd of
the milk along with the butter, is as
much swindler at heart as the scamp
who sells the three cents worth of
drugs for dollar.
Another swindle of larger proper
tons consists in pedding sheet-iron or
sheet-s.eel cooking ranges through the
country to be sold on time contracts
conditioned on a six-months' trial of the
stove. The contract usually turns up
to be promissory note in the hands of
q banker. This is rather aggravating, in
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-16
SHORT LUMB ER.
SPRUCE.
Live Stock Market.

SHEEP AND LAMBs-In lots S2d2. 25d2. 50 each ex
ira, S275qi.0O or from 2dic per 10; lambs. 5dIac.
FAT HoGs.-Western fat swine, live, id5c
Northern dressed hogs, sac per lb stores, retail
Sl50di.50.
MARKET BEgF.-A few choice, S6a7.5O; extra,
s5HG5.75; first quality, S5di25; second quality,
siG4.5C; third quality, S3d3.5O.
STORE CArTLE.-Working oxen, per pair from
S@dliO; farrow cows, 81 G!2; fancy cows, S50T70;
milch cows and dyes, S2Udis, year ings, 25fDl6;
two years old. s2d2! three years old SNG32.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-The market for lambs not
especially active. Good Western lambs are bought
for NC, laid down here. Northe supply increas-
ing. and only about one half OF arrivals are now
from the West.
HIDES, TALLow AND SKINS. - Brighton hides
61aG71ac per 10; tallow 3Gic per h country hides
&c per fb tallow, lis02c per 10; wool pet,, none
calf skins 75cdSlOO; sheared skins a &C; lamb
skins. 35a5Oc; dairy skins, i0d50c.
CATTLE.-Market prices somewhat weak AS COM
pared with last report j. A, Hathaway sold %
cattle, average IS lbs at &c 20 cattle, average 1850
MS at SIC; % cattle average l5U lbs at 25 cattle
average li75 lbs at &C; Is cattle average liO0 lbs
at &c 25 cattle, average l4OO lbs, at &c.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-16
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, GO
LUCAS COUNTY, 3D.

FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that
he is senior partner of the firm of F. ].
CHENEY & Co., doing business in the
city of Toledo, county and state afore-
said, and that said firm will pay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case of CATARRH
that cannot be cured by the use OF
HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
~ my presence, this 9th day OF
I, ! December, A. d., 1886.
A. w. GLEASON,
~ Notary Public.
HALLS Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Send fol
testimonials, free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
ca Sold by druggists at seventy
eve cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-16

DID you ever try Electric Bitters as
remedy for your troubles? If not, get
a bottle now and get relief. This medi-
cine has been found to be particularly
adapted to the relief and cure OF all
female complaints, exerting wonder
full direct influence in giving strength
and tone to the organs. If you have
loss of appetite, constipation, headache,
fainting spells, or are nervous, sleep
less, excitable, melancholy or troubled
with dizzy spells, Electric Bitters is the
medicine you need. Health and
strength are guaranteed by its use.
Only fifty cents at G. Blakely's drug
store, Montpelier, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-16
AGRICULTURAL.
Baby Corn.

A happy mother stalk Of corn
Held close a baby ear.
And whisI cred: Cuddle up to me,
I'll keep you warm, my dear.
I'll give you petticoats of green,
with many tuck and fold
To let out daily rs you grow;
For you will soon be old"
A funny little baby that,
For though 1t had no eye,
II had a hundred mouths twas well
II did not want to cry.
The mother put In each small mouth
A hollow thread of silk,
Through which the sun and rain and air
Provided baby's milk.
The petticoats were gathered close
Where all the threadlets hung.
And still as summer days went on
To mother stalk it chung;
And all the time it grew and grew
Each kernel drank the milk
BY day, by night, in shade, in sun,
From its own thread of silk.
And each grew strong and full and round,
And each was shining white;
The cores and seams were all let out,
The green skirts fitted tight.
The ear stood straight and large and tall
And when it saw the sun,
Held up its emerald satin gown
To say " Your work is done"
" You're large enough" said Mother Stalk,
"And now there's no more room
For you to grow" She tied the threads
Into a soft brown plume
1t fioated out upon the breeze
To greet the dewy morn,
And then the baby said: Now I'm
A fun grown ear of cornl"
Lydia Avery Coonley, in New York Independei