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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-07-30
wooDB1NE.

Frank Boryell was cut from juno
'tion Monday buying cattle.
j. z. Reed has been confined to the
house with fever but expects to be
out in few days.
A large party Of young people at
tended the party at Henry Brehms
Saturday night and all report a good
time.
Amos Kirkpatrick's sister is here to
spend a few weeks visiting.
]. C. Scott was in town Saturday.
A slight wind storm Saturday night
carried one fence quite a distance.
Nothing else sas disturbed.
Geo. Smith spent last week look
ing after his outlook for the clerks
Office.
J. W. Gillett attended a central
committee meeting Saturday.
The district Sunday school conven.
ton was well attended Sunday and
the program good. Several attended
from Harrington, Hope and Dillon.
The Lyona school was well represent
Ad
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NEwBERN.

Corn is looking fine and the pros
poets are for good yield.
D. Frey is slowly recovering from
q severe attack Of typhoid fever.
Miss Emma Kaufman and Miss
Alice Herr have gone to New Cam
bria to spend week.
Mart Hisey, Of Lancaster county,
Pennsylvania, is visiting friends in
this vicinity.
Mrs. L. H. Lifts and her two grand
children, Bessie and Ralph Lifts,
have again moved out on the farm.
Miss Sadie Monies and Mrs. Jennie
Harley will also spend the summer
with them.
Miss Mamie Engle spent Thursday
visiting at Levi Hoffman's.
Simon Armstrong has returned
from Morris county and is working
for J. H. Kaufman.
Miss Emma Herr spent the begin
ming OF the week with friends in
north Dickinson.
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NAVARRO.

Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Sherman are
visiting friends near Wesley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thee. Marts OF
Sutphens Mills visited her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Peck.
Mrs. Jacob Shank and daughters
May and Lille who have been quite
sick are improving.
The children OF Will Sheets and
Jos. Summer have the whooping
cough.
Mrs. Joseph Whitmer Of Niagara
Falls accompanied by her daughter
Mrs. j. M. Cline is the guest Of her
sister Mrs. Daniel Hollinger.
An interesting party was given by
Miss Anna Brehm at home on Carry
creek Saturday evening. Music and
dancing made up the evenings
features.
Mrs. John Gaffney gave a l6 to l
quilting party at her home Tuesday
-l6 women to quilt. A most en-
joyable time was had.
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, make it, but here it Is at last"

> make it, but here II IL at last"
"Dut do not understand" interrupt
cd Henry.
"Oh, but you must" replied his
brother. when you turned away to
get your coat that night, ! slipped the
box out of the safe and concealed 1t.
Then you closed the safe, unconscious
of your loss, and left you"
but the box was empty" shouted
Henry.
"lmpossible!" answered Tom, "for
you told me that 1t contained $4,000.
Well, rushed of with the box, but
remnted, and was on my way to return
IL when carelessly let 1t slip into the
water when crossed the river. Now
you know why ! ran away and con-
cealed myself. l had but one object
to make enough money to pay you
back, and then would ask your tor,
giveness."
"0h, how foolish" said Henry. why
man, found in the morning that my
book keeper had taken the money from
the box and carried 1t back to the bank
| that afternoon, when he found that l
was not going to use 1t until the next
day. missed the empty box, but I
never connected that with your dlsap-
pearance."
"Thcn this money"
is yours" said Henry. "But, even
II you had lost my money, as you sup
posed, you should have come back to
me. sometimes talked roughly 70
you, but you ought to have known how,
loved you, Tom"
The two whlte-haired men sat there
till midnight, talking about old times
and making their plans for the future.
"You must live with me, Tom," snid
Henry, as he took him home. II can't
trust you out Of my sight again.
And Tom give his promise, rejoiced
that his reformation had brought about
reconciliation with his brothcr.--N.
Y. Weekly.
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Credit or Cash !?

The question Of credit or ready-money
payments must arise in every ones
life. The old practice was credit; the
new habit is to pay ready money. Both
have their advantages. For instance, .
mans tailor never wishes for ready
money transactions; a dressmaker
now sues her customers If they do not
pay promptly. As far as the purchaser
is concerned, cash payments are the
wisest, for one rarely buys as much and
as recklessly when money must be paid
down on the nail. A running account,
on the contrary, is such convenient
thing. You stroll into q shop, see q
number of pretty trifes you don'twant
but would like to have and order them
put down to your account and the OBJ
sequious shopman encourages your
vagaries, advises this and suggests that,
and, in an instant, instead of being the
happy possessor Of IS worth of goods
YOU have already annexed $50 worth.
However, you need not pay at once, SO
the evil day is airily put off. And yet
short-sighted tradesmen now endeavor
to nip in the bud all these charming lit
tie caprices and lavish tendencies OF
women, check their aspirations and
their love Of luxury and pin them down
to the dry facts Of ready money and "ac-
counts rendered" every month. The
consequence is we all grow economical
and prudent, we eschew shopping un-
less 1T is something we positively re-
quire and spend our time bicycling in
stead of rambling through shops and
letting ourselves be tempted by pretty
things, as nature intended. The trades
people, with thin commonplace views
and cash payments, are killing the goose
with the golden eggs. Many woman
who spent $1,000 year in useless fulfil
tiles now spends nothing, and the traps
to catch butterflies are baited with use
less regrets.
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EAST NEWBRN.

Mr.. and Mrs. Phil Huffman Of Kan
sas City have been visiting with Mr.
Huffman's father the past week.
Charles Murphy and sister, Miss
Anna, visited the Misses Lands last
Sunday.
Mrs. Lizzie O'Connel is home from
junction City.
Croquet playing seems to be quite
an amusement for the young people
Of this vicinity
Farmers are blowing for wheat.
The people of this vicinity are 60
ing to attend the Populist convention
and are going to make picnic Of it.
The family of the late Mr.. Bold
ridge will leave for their old home in
Iowa next week to remain.
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All 1OOuS bnOulu DE cHTelully
chewed, because the gastric juice II
thus enabled the better to do its work.
Good Place for Tramps.
In talk about western hospitality
the other day Senator Warren, Of Wy
oming, said: "Why, ! would regard 1t
as personal insult il ! went to house
on any ranch and found the door locked.
The first impulse Of the average western
man on such an occasion would be to
break the door down" "But how about
locking up when the inmates go away"
The senator laughed. ut would make
no difference at all" he said. 1--WE all
go on the general supposition that a
man travelling through the country IL
hungry. II he has any food in his hayer-
sack, and finds nobody at home, he goes
in the house, takes possession OF tho
kitchen and cooks his meal. II he has
nothing, he helps himself to whathe can
find. He does 1t as matter Of course,
and the family would feel that he was
worse than o dude II he declined to
share with them even the smallest bit
of food that they happened to have In
cfora
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CARLTON.

Mrs. Taylor of Fairview is visiting
with her daughter, Mrs. LATE Wyck-
off, last Sunday.
Lefevre White of Topeka is visiting
with his father at this place.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. David Major,
a boy.
Mr.. Morrey Of Morris county was
visiting with old friends here last
week.
VIM. Major and Jesse Medley came
in last Friday from western Kansas
where they have been helping in har-
vest.
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SOLOMON.

The ladies of the M. Z. church gave
an ice cream social last Friday night.
1t was well patronized.
Mr.. j. P. Carter returned to his
home at Thorne Grove, Tenn, Tues
day.
Miss Grogger Of Kansas City is
visiting her uncle Adam Grogger and
family.
The Free Methodists are holding
campmeeting in grove near Niles.
There is quite crowd in attendance,
Solomon was well represented Sun
day.
R. M. Wimsatt is having a skylight
put in the postoifice building, which
will be quite an improvement in the
way Of light and ventilation.
Some Of the young people had a
moonlight picnic down at Mr. Gould's
grove Thursdays night, and had an
enjoyable time.
Orville and Arthur Blair are sick
with typhoid fever.
Mrs. Frank Baker of Mcpherson is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Baird, and
other relatives.
Mrs. Emma Wescott is here from
Topeka the guest Of Mrs. J. Harmon.
Miss Stella DUNCAN Of Oregon, Mo-,
is visiting Miss Reba Galbreath.
DR.. McClintock and wife Of Topeka
are stopping at the Montezuma.
Miss Sadie Hopkins returned from
Manchester last Thursday after a
weeks visit with friends.
Miss Lora and Lulu Perry from
Spruce, NO., are home on q visit.
Fred Fleming, Carl and Della
Rankin will leave next Friday for
Parkville, Mo-, where they will attend
the Parkville college the coming year.
Mrs. Baird returned from Junction
City last Sunday after short visit.
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SONG.


A robin sang;
The dull world awakened from Its sleep.
Cast of its robe Of winter sadness;
The leaves from bondage gan to peep,
The brooks o'erflowed In jolly madness
All nature listened to the warning,
All laughed with glee In springtime's morn
ing,
When robin sang.
A poet sang;
II was a song that reached the heart
OF many man, of every woman.
II was the fruit of perfect art,
II showed power divinely human,
His name was known to all; and then
Fame on her tablets wrote II, when
The poet sang.
A mother sang,
Two little eyelids bllnked and dropped,
And bright curls nestled on her breast.
GOVERNMENTS bounty richly trooped;
Sweet innocence found loving rest.
The slumber fairies tiptoed near,
And all the angels stopped to hear
When mother sang.
Charles L. Cook. In Troy Press.
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ThQ Refleltor's County News.
'or Tuesday was postponed until next

for Tuesday was postponed until next
Saturday.
D. Springer Of Hope was in Dillon
on business this week.
Rev. H. 0. Hotter and wife have
been visiting friends in Dillon. Rev.
Hotter preached very acceptable
sermon in the NJ. E. church Sunday
evening.
Farmers are busy with fall blowing.
A. Bohannon, one Of the county's
best farmers, is preparing to put in
about 200 acres OF wheat.
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DILLON.

Stucco hands are spending the week
at Longford.
Miss Laura Shelton is visiting with
her sister, Mrs. A. +. Sadoris.
Mrs. H. A. Ball has been on the
sick list but is better at present.
A race between horses owned by
Al Stannard and S. D. Lininger oc-
CURED south Of town Saturday. STAN
nard's horse won.
The Hope-Dillon ball game billed
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LOT nlill' out lie was so uiBehV III Ms "
quest for an interview tonight that !
coula not refuse. Poor fellow! What
new trouble can he be mixed up in""
The front door opened and young
man entered quietly, and, after a furtlve
glance round the store, proceeded 70 the
office.
well, Tom?" said Henry Dyson.
II am here, you see replied Tom.
81 suppose said Henry vt is useless
to ask why you are so Int orwhere you
have been during the last two days.
Tom looked nervous ana ms eyes ieli'
THAT is neither here nor there' ne
answered, in staggering way
have had some business OF my own 70
look after, ana | Knew that you "ee
not short OF help IN the store.
well, what is itT asked henry ap-
rupty'
"Brother, Tom broke out, hu'rlediy
and IN a falterlng voice. Il must nave
some money-at least Ssoo'
u wonder where you VIII get w
Henry reJolned. You VIII not get IN
other dollar from me-that Is certalu'
why should l ton mere ana eeonomiAe
in order TO furnish you win ruhos 10 oe
lost ut the gaming @ple!
III 40 not get this money, said
Tom, turning very pale, u small nave 70
leave the country
"A good thing for the country, then"
snapped Henry. Don't let me interfere
with your travelling plans
Tom seemed to fall all to pieces AZ
this reply. lie made one more effort.
u hope you are not hard up your
self?" he said
u was never getting along BETTER"
responded the merchant, but that has
nothing to do with the case"
He pulled open the door OF the iron
safe and pointed to a little tin box.
DO you see that?' he asked. well,
that box contains 20 crisp $500 bank
notes. ! drew the money from the bank
to-day for an investment. No, Tom, !
am prospecting, but am tired OF your
endless drain upon my purse. 1t must
stop, and now is the time"
Henry rose from his chair and went
into little closet for his overcoat.
In an instant, before man could
count three seconds, Tom had drawn
the fiat tin box from the safe and
slipped it into the breast OF his heavy
overcoat
His brother slowly emerged from the
closet and put on his overcoat. Then he
closed the door OF the safe with click.
Il am ready to CO." he said. You
have no further business with me,
presume"
mo, sir" Tom responded, with q pale,
determined face. Neither now nor
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Free Car Fare to Holton, Kansas,
and Return

il the University faculty do not do as
they advertise. Is not this fairP
Send for free catalogue.
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A VENERABLE mud turtle was found
in Woodstock, Mich, a few days since.
His shellship had evidently been seen
before and had been in the hands OF the
engraver, who had cut upon the roof
Of his habitation the inscription; y.
b., 1860" This was not all, as the shell
was embellished withacutrepresentlng
the square and compasses, as constitute
ing masonic emblem. 1t is not re-
corded that the turtle has visited any
Of the lodges in that vicinity, however.
George Bowen, its finder, kept the rep
tile until he ascertained that it did not
know how to step of" as master
mason. when he headed him toward the
prohibition headquarters and turned
him loose.
REV. SAMUEL +. PEARSON, Of Port
land, Me-, was a witness In divorce
case the other day. "Mr. Pearson,'
asked the Judge, were you on the
bench in my place and acquainted with
all the circumstances Of this case,
would you grant this divorce?' Most
certainly, your honor" replied the min
lister. But how do you reconcile this
statement with the injunction: What
God hath joined together let no man
put asunder?" "Your honor, am
satisfied that the Lord never joined
this couple" replied the clergyman.
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PAPER matches are the latest. Inc
time-honored scheme of rolling up q
riece of paper and using it for lighter
has been utilized by an inventor in the
manufacture of matches and promises
10 reyolutionize European match max
ing. 1t is particularly timely, because
the wood for this purpose is constantly
growing more scarce and costly. The
new matches are cheaper than those
made of wood and weigh much less,
quite an item in expectation. Thepaper
used is strong and porous, and when
Immersed in u solution of wax, stearlne
and similar substances burns with q
bright, smokeless and odorless flame.
Strips of half an inch in width are first
drawn through combustible bath and
are then turned by machinery into long,
thin tubes. They are then cut to match
length and the heads dipped into phos-
phorous wax and dried.
The herald., 1896-03-04

First Detective-Strange that I dldnt
recognize him. thought I'd know him in
, any disguise.
: Second Detective-But when he was
eaught he had no disguise.
First Detective-Oh, that accounts for it.
. Miss Hogaboom (of Chicago)-And what
profession is your brother in, Lord Short
cash?
Lord Shortcash-Oh, when Algernon
leaves Oxford fancy he will take orders
Miss Hogaboom (surprised)-Yes? Well,
there are some real nice gentlemen travel
ing for pa!
Small Brother-Pa says he wishes you'd
make haste and propose to sis
4 Young Man (delightedly) )-Then he is will
ing to let her marry me?
Small Brother--'Tan't that He save you
won't come SO often after you have been
sejected.
In Paris a neT novel entitled "a Victim
0f the Guilotine' is all the rage Just now
1t is advertised On large posters at the
street corners. BY singular chance one
OF these posters was partially covered BY
the advertisement of some patent medicine
which made it read as follows:
"A victim of the glillotine--no more head
aches.-Motto per Ridere.
The herald., 1896-03-04

Young LADY, should like to give my
intended a little surprise before our mar
riage. What would you recommend.
Lady Frend-Don't wear your false teeth,
just for once.
If you want d man to think you are smart
you have only to make him ina gine that
you think he is smart.
Wife (drearly)-Ah, me, the days Of
chivalry are past.
Husband-What S the matter now?
Wife-Sir Walter Raleigh laid his cloak
on the ground for Queen Elizabeth to walk
over, but you get angry simply because
poor. dear motfer sat down on your hat.
What is the difference between a ball and
q very young widow?
One is gddy whirl, the other is a giddy
girl.-To Date.
"Oh, Jo-JoAn" she eobbed, I'm so
srievod to hear that-that Rover bit piece
our Of your leg when you called the other
day"
Don't fret about it. darling he said,
eoothingly; Pm used TO leaving a sample
wherever call-Tm commercial traveller,
you KNOW"
The herald., 1896-03-04
Putting 1t Gently.

An old bachelor found hair IN his soup.
With kindly smile he turned to the cook.
saying: Thanks Josephine, for the deli
cate souvenir. Next time. though, If you
don't mind, l should prefer to receive it a
locket.-Le Soleil.
The herald., 1896-03-04

II Liverpool tEe other day man Yves
knocked down and run over by bicycle.
Sc-ambling to his feet he began to abuse
the rider. ''Si-,' he shouted. IL want to
tell you that You are TO genslemln--er-cX
cuse me, noSam-nlies, as he found bim-
self talking to blOoincr.e. 'blt, any
nov. l was right,"-JOndan Paper
The herald., 1896-03-04

Landlady (of country inn, on the eve Of a
popular holiday to her daughter. who is
kneading the dough for a cake)-Resei.
you'd better put couple CT eggs and bit
of butter in the cake. 1t looks as If We
were going to have a storm. and If the
townsfolk don't stir out tomorrow we shall
have to eat it urseIves.-Ruhrbote.
The herald., 1896-03-04
A Delicate Intimation

Patient--Do you think a sudden fright
would be likely to bring on relapse?
Doctor-Most certainly!
Patient-Then please bear that in mind
when making out your bill.-Calendrier
Anecdotique.
The herald., 1896-03-04
Hitting tho Right Nail on the Head.

Mlstress-You ought to take pattern by
your friend Augusta. She is so cleanly in
her habits that she washes herself three
times day.
Servant Girl-And no wonder-her sweet
heart is a chimney sweep.-Dagens Nyheter.
The herald., 1896-03-04
An UrfniIinr sonorifc.

Husband Ito his wife, who is going off on
a journey = And then, Emily. be SO
good as 10 send me curtain lecture from
time to time. l shall hardly manage to get
to sleep without, you know.-Humoristische
Batter.
The herald., 1896-03-04

The card Player often "etands" cn his
hand,
The herald., 1896-03-04

Niece-Auntie, dear, Mr.. Mailer, the
artist, has asked me for my photo He
wants to make use Of it for mis- last pic
turc Ought to eend it to him?
Yes, you csn do so, but be sure to in
close with it a photo of your mother or some
elderly lady. 1t would be highly improper
10 send your photo by itself.
The herald., 1896-03-04

Husband-Why do you pay the news.
papers at advertising rates to exagge,ute
the success Of orr party, Helen? 1t was :.
cClorles6 affair." and some oi our guests
seemed really miserable.
Wife--So many sent regrets and stayed
away, DEAR l want 20 make them feel mi,.
cradle, too.--Truth.
The herald., 1896-03-04

Bobby don't zee why they talk abou
Forty Thieves" in the Arabian Nights.
Mamma-Why not?
Bobby-'Cos they acted like sixty.
The herald., 1896-03-04

A Japanese laundry has produced the fol-
lowing advertisement: Contrary to the op-
posite company we will most cleanly and
carefully wash our customer with possible
cheap prices as follows: Ladies. 2 dolls. per
100; gentlemen, ~ doIs per 1o0."
The herald., 1896-03-04

Old Lady-Little boy, did you see any
thing OF a snow-white cat?
Little Boy-Yes. She fell into barre
OF black paint Down the street; bu. fixed
her all right.
Old Lady-Oh. you good little boy. What
did you do?
Little Boy-I throwed her into a barre
CT Nhtewasn.
The herald., 1896-03-04

He-How long have you been widow?
She---What all impertinent questio !!
Ever since my husband died.-Pick Me Up.
The herald., 1896-03-04

I engaged to?
Tellum-You see that lovely girl in pink
at the other side of the room?
Asken-Yes; 1 say, old man, what a su-
perb---'
The herald., 1896-03-04
Convenient sIeep-WnlkinE.

Richard was given to walking in his
sleep, but there were times when he walked
at night without the same excuse-as, for
example, at the close of day when lie
knew the house had been wild with excite
ment over jam making.
He had Just found his way to the pantry
and commenced a feast, when his father,
having been disturbed, and fearing bur-
glars appeared at tie top Of the kitchen
stairs.
Punishment was certain If Dick was dis
covered, so in a moment his resolve was
taken. Grasping his candle firmly in one
hand. and fixing his eyes vacantly on some
distant scene, he walked down the passage
to meet his father.
The irate parent, with a poker raised
above his head, drew back as the boy
approached, and as Richard passed up the
stairs, he had the satisfaction of hearing
the murmur:
Poor lad! poor lad! Walking in his
sleep again.'
The herald., 1896-03-04

Mr.. De Style-Why, my dear, I'm glad to
see you SO composed. When left this morn
ing you were weeping and wailing aud tear
ing your hair because Fido was sick.
Mrs. DE Style-Well. you see just after
you left Mrs. Tipptop came in and told me
that dogs of Fido's breed were going out of
fashion. So l dried my tears and kickeI
him out.
The herald., 1896-03-04

$50 you are going to marry the widow
after all?'
mo, indeed; the widow is going to
marry me-"
The herald., 1896-03-04
NcrycIcss JeameS,

Lady--Jeames. don't put your foot down
so heavily. Oh! dear, my poor nerves!
Butler-Good gracious, ma'am, did I
step on them ?-Wegweiser.
The herald., 1896-03-04

Jess-George told Ethel he was hers for
time and eternity.
Bess-What did she say?
Jess-Suggesred that they put OF the
wedding for couple Of thousand years yet.