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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11

his machine superior. But care not
how perfect o machine may be,
II will never be an unqualified sue
cess nor add fresh laurels to Ito
reputation when 1t 10 run by a
man without sufficient ingenuity and
energy to properly hitch to and oper-
ate a clod smasher. A great many bad
breaks and long delays are the legiti-
mate results Of carelessness, pure and
simple, and he who makes getting over
the ground the one prime object, to
tho neglect Of his machine and
the abuse Of his team, may ex.
pect frequent breakdowns and much
bad luck. The saying: Care makes
luck" will apply to running . binder,
II to anything. II some little
thing gets out Of order and the binder
begins to "buck, II doesn't pay TO get
in splutter and make matters worse
by changing things at random. Ihave
learned by experience that the best
plan Is to keep cool head and locate
the difficulty before remedying 1t, or
even trying to do SO, Poor Irvine Is re-
sponsible for a deal Of fussing In the
harvest field. 1t Is nearly impossible
to do good, even work with poor, un-
even Irvine. The best twine | ever
used was pure MANILA; but so much So
called pure MANILA is poor MANILA,
that would just as soon risk good,
even grade Of new, white sisal. AS
machines become old they usually pre-.
fer little coarser grade Of Irvine than
in their younger days Good Keeling
is Indispensable to square, well-formed
bundles, but no ironclad rules can be
laid down to govern position Of reel for
varying kinds and conditions Of grain,
This can be ascertained only by exper-
imenting until best results are secured,
The reel should not run parallel
with sickle, but the outer end
should stand several inches for
ward in order to place grain upon
platform with butts in advance Of
heads, as the butts are always retard-
ed by coming in contact with the fall
ing grain. In standing grain, the ma
chine should run about lnvel. It takes
but a moment when starting up .
grade TO tilt the machine forward, and
vice versa It should DO 30 well bal.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11

IT.. sa,.l.ur ond p.,,Ao .+o 4.a sr}.
.I , 'vA' .sas 49, ~. ,a,,a..,n s.ata.
40 '0ssS y r. $500 na,,h.rn
anu SUING " so '~ aa..I ,... VII.
s.a.es onJoy AV 49,: sd1a ~ ~.
.alliolnla' ~ ,nss'noe, 10" ~, ,oo U ,o.s
oa.A e"aoA WI, ~ 'oe g., - ~ ~ ~
anu ~ u"o'uEs' ~. so.oa A-,- as .o.s
s s,.0, ~ .' S sa,s ..no' n az. .V.e
I ,. :. oo Ms. .on .,. w.t. ~. ;.
lisols noue, N.sae" 80, noAo ~yos
none' "a'n'1 ,so oon on'y on ~ p M anu
on. .'oaao - a''', On. ~ Nm Dn' w -. son !
sral s'a'es suIer must NC" - aoiN aa ~
oo parhs s',ucN III w 49, a aa " ~ anu ~
IN !, W, awell,nss' . II VI, :, ~ W anu ".
70 ~ w. mi'n,sa'l nau ~ p o"in, IN w.
~ IN w anu o., % ~ 70, aennsyiva an.
" ~ y, % III ", anu % ~ 80 70. o ,ao
haa 20 0arn, ,o s.' s, ~ oo'n ', ana ~
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11
Some Populist Queries.

A leading Populist Of Smith county
wrote to bis home paper last week
asking few important questions but
no Populist has been able to answer
them. He wanted to know what had
become Of the plan by which the
farmers were to deal directly with
the manufacturers. Said his alliance
raised money to help send q ship to
Brazil for a load Of coffee and he
would like to know what became Of
the ship, the coffee or the money
And the sub-treasury plan; what had
become Of itP 1t was the greatest
pet Of all their schemes. Then there
was 1.-The Mortgage Protective Asso.
citation" to which he had put up $40,
yet mortgages are foreclosed just as
before. And .the office seeking the
man. business is another dark sub
iect to him. He had found that their
officers we're just as greedy for a
second term as their predecessors had
been. He had noticed also that his
party papers were denouncing the
scheme as base fraud and calling for
their candidates to come out into the
light and put up % for an announce
ment. In concluding his letter be
says II would like to know, II all
the old land marks the sub-treasury,
anti-oflice seeking, paper money, etc.
are to be lost sight Of, what is the
use Of being PopulistP Why not be
a Democrat as was before, and be
done with itP Then what Is all this
new talk about silver money! Popl-
lists don't want silver money. When
Senator PETER spoke in this county
did he say anything about silver
No. Did Jerry Simpson or
Mrs. Lease or Governor LewellingP
No. lam busy on the farm and
can't afford to make trip to Topeka
every few days, and it is possible that
am behind the times, but ! know
the Populist party never asked for
silver money to my knowledge. What
we want is greenbacks." Perhaps
some Of our Dickinson county Pop
statesmen can answer these interest
Ing queries.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11
THURSDAY. JULY II, 1896.
Republican County Convention.

A delegate convention Of the Republicans
Of Dickinson County will bcheld In the Court
House, In the city Of Abilene, Kansas, on
Saturday, July 70, A. D. 1885, at o'clock p
M sharp for the purpose Of selecting candi-
dates to fll the following county Offices VIZ:
nCounty Treasurer.
County Clerk,
Register Of Deeds,
Sheriff
County Surveyor,
Coroner,
High School Trustees 1.-TWO to DO elected
for full term; one to be elected TO I'LL
yacancy,)
County Commissioner, Third commissioner
district
II is ordered that Delegates and
Alternates TO this convention shall be se-
lectcd ut Republican primaries, held In the
several voting precincts Of said county. In
the city precincts ind towns, between the
hours Of and p. M, and the country pre-
cincts between the hours OF and Up. M,
Thursday July 18th, A. D. 1906.
Each precinct is entitled to be represented
by Delegates or Alternates In said Conven-
tI0n Us follows, t0-wit:
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11
A Dreary, Soggy Fizzle.

The Pop state central committee
whose meetings used to be attended
by perspiring, jostling mob, had a
stated session at Topeka the other
day but only a few old stragglers who
lived nearby came in and they waited
and waited-and waited for a
quorum, but in vain. So they adj
journed The Emporia Gazette re-
marks concerning the decadence in
party strength that the meeting in
dictated; What a spectacle that meet
ing was; q handful Of schemers sitting
around a box full Of saw dust; on a
table the roll OF hundreds who didn't
come, who shave wandered off on the
hills ay,'--all waiting, waiting for
the echoes Of footsteps upon the
stairs. And this Is all that is left Of
q Great Movement, that was to re-
form the world, make liferun smoothly
on the grooves Of change, and give
every man living in comfort and in
idleness. And here 1t is now n iizzle.
and not even glorious tizzle, just
a dreary soggy, tagged out, timber
knecd, rcd-eyed ilzzle. The party
that was going to pay off all the
debts Of the people by legislation,
that was going to even up the in
equalities Of life that come from in
capabilities Of brain, the party that was
going to stop the smart man from
getting the best Of the stupid chump,
the party that was going to do what
God himself couldn't do and spin the
world upon its course-make men
equal-the party that was going to
solve all the problems in a day that
mankind has been slowly solving for
ten thousand years, Is now a dream
that is over, a vision that has fled.
And all that is left Of this great
nightmare is a roomful Of sad visages,
seedy citizens and terrible past.
The rich still ride in chaises as they
did in the days Of the first king Of
Babylon. The poor still walk by the
wayside as Adam walked out Of the
Garden. It's the old story. The old
world moves slowly. And in the
meantime the little hemp carpetted.
room, around the sawdust box,
where the paper with 10000 names
on lies upon the dusty table, the
little band Of political schemers, dis
couraged, hopeless, breathing lazily
and heavily and thinking Of the notes
in the bank, sits waiting, waiting for
the echo Of the never coming foot
steps on the stairs.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11


Dickinson county thinks it does
pretty well with creameries but little
old Vermont beats us. There is one
creamery in st. Adams, VT, at which
during the year 1898 42,1S5,1SS
pounds of milk were received and
made into l,927,S2l pounds Of butter.
In 1894 the milk received weighed
45,755,29S pounds, and 2,124,S76
pounds Of butter were made. This is
an increased Of $500, l06 pounds Of
milk received and 196,555 pounds Of
butter made. These figures reduced
to tons mean that over 20, tons Of
milk were made into over 94S tons
Of butter. To carry this butter to
market would require train Of
ninety-fve cars.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11

The newest in motive power are
the motor bicycles They are some
what heavier than the ordinary
bicycle, cost $3.50 and have a FIVE
inch pneumatic tire. They run
easily at a speed Of from 20 to %
miles an hour and are easily man
aged. The factory where they are
made is already crowded with orders
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11

Gov. Riddle very sensibly remarks:
"The newspaper war now going on
in Abilene will not hurt the RErLEc-
TOR. Jealousy is at the bottom Of it,
OF course it evil not hurt the
REFLECTOR" The opposition Of the
kind Of nincompoops who are tight
ing the REFLECTOR is the best recon-
mendation we could ask for to the
people Of Dickinson county.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11

Junction City has been notified to
close Its joints. What Has juno
ton jointsp Everybody supposed ii
had plain undisguised saloons.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11
f1Rl;IIi8zEiSI1zlbEtl,
S.KA1l5Vto1 AHr1 = ..S...
RUNNING A HARVESTER.
It Calls for Considerable Ingenuity on the
Part Of the Operator.

It Calls for Considerable Ingenuity on thu
Part Of the Operator.
OF the various machines and imple-
ments used on the farm, there Is mono
80 delicate and complicated, or requir.
Ing the exercise Of more skill and In.
genuity on the part Of the operator,
than the self-binding harvester. The
standard machines Of to-day have como
through and are the result Of such
long and thorough course Of devel-
opment and improvement, and manu-.
facturers have followed so closely the
same general lines OF construction,
that one can hardly make q mistake In
the selection OF . machine so long as
he Is satisfied to stick to the standards.
But the man who allows himself to be-
come too enthusiastic over something
new and novel, and invest In ma
chinery which embodies radical
changes in principles Of construction,
may expect to soon have an out-of-date
machine on his hands. While principles
may be correct, . course Of develop
ment and improvement is required be-
fore best results are reached in their
application.
There are no less than eight binders
Of different manufacture used within
two miles OF where write, all giving
satisfaction, so far as l know, and
probably each owner could name one
or more points in which he considers
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11

The Wichita Eagle says ingalls, is
"a double-chinned reality" Bless
you, man, who ever accused Ingalls,
Of having a double chimp Are you
not thinking Of David Martini
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11

The basis upon which the foregoing repre-
sentation Is fixed, Is the Republican vote cast
for Secretary OF State nj the general election
Of 1924, In each voting precinct, being 70 votes
for each Delegate and for u fraction Of 10 OF
moro and one Delegate ut Large fer each
precinct, by Republicans.
The several committeeman will SEQ to the
holding OF such meetings md election Of Del
egates and Alternates
BY order Of the Republican County Central
Committee. X. h. JACOBS,
A. 4. DAVIDSON, Chairman Pro TEN.
Secretary.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11

Trust Kansas man to wake up the
dry bones. The Winfield Courier
speaks as follows Of Bill Hackney.
who removed from Kansas to Cleve-
land Ohio Mr. Hackney's brusque
western style Is acting like galvanlc
battery on the sluggish blood Of The
Clcvelanders, He produced pro.
found sensation only last week by
lifting the hide, in an hours speech,
Of an old law firm whose legal opin-
ions most people there thought it
sssrilege 70 question.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11

Secretary Herbert Is right In saying that
"thc Democratic party has been sorely tried
during tine last two years." and 1t has also
been convicted Bent Murdoch.
Likewise sentenced to Punishment
from Washington for many years to
couo
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11

1.-Two fakes that fake as one," says
the Capital Of the Leavenworth Times
and Topeka journal. Great head,
Harold, great head.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11
strength.

Burning chinch bugs with kerosene
oil may kill the bugs but the oil will
cost more than the value Of the corn
II will save.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11

How can Democrats be encouraged
to increase the party when even the
president won't add to the voting
strength.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11

Rev. Colt was very risky in soon
demning" Gov. Morrill, at the Fourth
Of July meeting. By tho way who is
Coltp
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11

The Kansas school fund Is to be ex-
amined and some more "investiga-
tions" Of Populists may follow.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11
MARKET . REPORTS
Kansas City Live Stock.

KANSAS CITY, July 0.-Cattle- Receipts.
$50; calves, iio; shipped yesterday, 2,asa
cattle, 1870 calves. The market was strong to .
dime higher, The following are representative
sales;
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11

The school marms own Denver this
week. They will not wear so many
white plumes as the Templars but
they will attract more attention.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11

The Pops dug well at the Topeka
asylum and charged the State S.
9l2.89. Just what that SO cents was
for is something nobody can find out.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11
HOgs-Receipts, 8,d0b; shipped yesterday, ~.
The market was : to l5c lower. The following

She6p-Rec6lpts, 6a0o' shlppod Yesterday,
none The market vas active and generally
steady. The following are representative
sales.
l2lambs - 30 Ns5 10 lambs, 81 Ea
N...,,..,..l03 l,% l0.........,iO7 200
Horses Receipts, ia; shipped yesterday, Il.
There was little improvement In the demand
for heavy draught horses to-day, but the gen.
cral market was not much better than last
week.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11

Cleveland believes In the single
standard In household affairs as well
as In national matters.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11
O1lsisl Paper Of Dickinson County.

~ The month and year printed to the
right Of your name on the address Of this
paper Is the date to which your subscription
Ii paid. BY referring to It you can tell
whether your subscription Is in arrears, II
you are lndepted to the REFLECTOR pleas
send or bring In the amount due.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11

NOTIFY your Republican neighbors not
N to forget that the Republican primar.
J les for your precinct will be held at
the usual voting place Thursday, July 18th,
between the hours Of four and six o'clock p.
m. Don't miss it. Have good turnout;
express your choice for county officers.
The ticket nominated at the convention,
Saturday, July Goth, will be elected.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11


CHICAGO July n-Cattle-Receipts, 1000;
market dull; fair to best beeves, E.750600I
stockers and feeders, ts20040); mixed cows
and bulls, 4l7504.ao; Texas, tabOO47a
Hogs--Reoeipts, 1900; estimated for tos
morrow. 26,001; market active; light strong;
others to lSc lower; light, As50se vi
rough packing, si65O4s5, mixed and butch.
ers, sIsOOh25; heavy packing and shipping,
A900h35; pigs, $36O1490
Sheep-Receipts 1000; market strong; no.
tive, Aa50450; western, si75GSb5; Texas,
o. 7ba3l0; lambs. $8,0O0A9l
Ct. Louis Live Stock.
ST. LOUIS, July o.-Cattle-- Receipts, 4,50o
market about steady; Texas steers, u 701L1 10;
native steers, 436Ol5l0
Hogs-Recelpts, 5000; market active, &c low
er; heavy, 9l7OG525; mixed, sA6o05li; light
A70DaO5.
Sheep-Receipts 1900; market strong.
Chicago Grain and Provisions
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11

IINHo zkNU 1NOAhN C1EEH5'
@........l,l93 $3.50 2a.......... 97S 1875
&......... b95 800
WESTERN STEERS.
26.......,.. 900 1885 S3........l, 060 tAeS
2...".....l,l9) aG
SOUTHWESTERN STEERS
49........,. 90 Sl.l0 S........ 100 TN
COLORADO cows
Ga........:. $40 $40
WESTERN cows
7,,...,. Isl &2.75
TEXAS AND INDIAN cows
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11

In two years members Of the Pop
State board Of charities drew from
TIM Ctata troacurv,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-25
INFLUENCING A JUROR.
This the Charge Lodged Against u
Man In Milwaukee

Milwaukee. April 23.-Judce Austin
today ordered hat NJ. A. PATTI be
brought into court to answer to a
charge OF trying to influence the ver-
dict or n juryman in the cas- of w. ].
LaveIle VS.. the Milwaukee road.
PETITE IL chief craftsman in the West
Milwaukee shops of the company. He
was q of the chief witnesses for the
road when the case was tried last
February. G. III. Kieck, who was on
the jury that tried the case, to-day
made affidavit that PATTI approached
him and said that Lavclle had been
offered a steady job and $4,000 with
the road and was IA fool for not ac-
Ccpting It. The case was being argued
to-day for q new trial. which was
granted. The jury in the first trial Of
the case gave Lavelle a verdict for
S11 900. Lavelle was riding in a pas
senger car with one arm hanging out
of the window. AS the Ger passed a
siding his arm was struck by the door
Of n car and badly lacerated.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-25
PROSPECTS GOOD.
Bright Outlook for Minnesota and
North DakOta.

North Dakota.
st. Paul, April 20.-Supt. Dawson
Moreland, Of the Bradstreet agency,
to-day completed an interesting COM
pilation of reports made to that COM
paDy by its representatives through
out North Dakota and Minnesota.
From a careful survey OF the gen.
| eral condition of business and farming
throughout North Dakota and Mime
sota," said Mr.. Moreland, II find that,
If not quite what would be called
flourishing, there is a marked i'm
provement and much less of that de-
preston which prevailed the past year
or two. The farmers are able to pay
not only the interest, but in many in
stances are materially reducing the
principal of their Indebtedness. The
idea of growing wheat exclusively Is
being gradually abandoned. Barley,
oats and fax were sown more general
ly last year than ever before, and In
many sections large crops of potatoes
were raised, the town Of Moorhead
alone shipping W q 1900 bushels last
fall. The farmers are well on In their
work. They are, in the majority of
cases, provided with all the seed they
need, and the most authoritative opin-
ions that can be had attest to the soil
not having been in better condition
for the past ten years. A growing
tendency toward dairy farming Is
manifested in the number of small
creameries springing up all over the
country.
Among mercantile classes improve
ment Is also apparent, though, per-
haps, in a less marked degree. When
we come to the counties of Southern
Minnesota, to the counties where d.
versiied farming has been tried for
some years, the improvement Is very
manifest. 1t would be difticult-and
might perhaps seem odious-to CON-
pare the condition Of the farmer here
with that of his brother in the North
western counties, where exclusive
wheat growing has been so persistent
ly adhered to. The two conditions are
hardly to be compared; IL so, that Of
the farmer In the south is opulenca
itself. Those most conversant with
the facts confidently assert that. in
some of the counties, exclusive OF the
public funds, the farmers hold 65 per
cent of the bank deposits-some even
venturing to say IS per cent. In this
part of the state hog and CATTLE rails
Ing Is becoming common, and dairy
farming grows in favor. One cream
cry in Albert Lea is reported to have
paid S2,463.?0 to the farmers during
the month Of January, 1895"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-25
ON THE DUTY.
An ALLEGED swINDLE PENPE-
TRATED BY IMPORTERS.
A New York House Is said TO Have
Defrauded the Government Of 500
o by a system of differentiation
of Goods.

New York, April 21.-The disclosure
Of a great case of differentiation at
he custom house has caused the col
sector of the port, James G. Kilbreth.
much annoyance. The amount Of un-
LIBERALIZATION iS said to be 100000.
The matter briefly stated Is that o. l..
Sypher.% the importer of antique fur
~nitures. has been importing goods at
a greatly under-yalued rate. The
matter was brought to the notice of
the customs authorities through a dis
charged employe Of the firm, l.. ii.
Todd. A few years ago he was head
salesman of the firm known as o. l..
Sypher x Co. He said he had worked
for the firm for fifteen years. Dur
ing that time they had been importing
antique furniture, old silver and
tapestries. The firm, he declared,
were continually importing loving
cups, trays, in fact, all kinds OF silver
as old silver, and paying the duty on
old silver. which Is As Cd an ounce.
These goods have been passed in
through the second division. One year
ago III. w. Hart, now In charge of the
second division, vice Cyrus A. Stew
ems, appeared and stated that in the
invoices of Sypher & Co. the goods
were worth ten times more than the
valuation.
The case has been under %inveSt1ga-
ton by Special Deputy Dudley Phelps,
who said: ''Three years ago when
Sypher & Co. suspended, speciai
agents suspected that they had been
engaged In Illegal practices, but they
carried away and secreted all docu-
ments in a cellar in Mount Vernon.
The customs authorities investigated
the matter. but ii was never com
pleted, and the officials Were very
much annoyed"
Col. Phelps thinks efforts have been
made to stop the investigation. The
official upon whom O%pprobrium is cast
IS said to be Eugene Honeywell. He
Is said to have been in collision with
the firm. He has been In the depart
ment for fifteen years.
"While the charges are serious"
said Col. Phelps, land are under in
vestiSation. the collector is inclined
to think that charges against Honey
well will prove to be nothing more
than negligence"
Sypher was to have sailed for Eu-
rope tomorrow, but Col. Phelps is au-
thOrity for the statement that he will
not depart.