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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-04-08
WILL OFFER A BIG PURSE.
A Boston Syndicate Wants fitzsimnA0
and COriyett to Meet Again.

and COriyett to Meet Again.
BOSTON, April "a syndicate ct
wealthy patrons OF sport has sab-
scribed a purse Of $1,000 for Il ~
round contest between Corbett and
Fitzsimmons, to take place in New
York at a date to be agreed upon
the plan. as arranged, is TO place
the entire purse in the hands of ~
well-known Boston newspaper man.
with full power to Act and if the syn
dictate fails,to pull eli the contest ut
the time and piacs selected. the whole
amount is to- be-, forfeited.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-04-08
FORT SCOTT IS "DRy."


FoRr ScorT Kan, April 8. The only
two men who have undertaken to
ignore County Attorney Sheppards
warning to liquor sellers to quit bust
ness were arrested and fined 500 and
sentenced to 80 days in Jail.
Not in many years has the town
been SO dry" The saloon men
are submitting to the order and await
ing results. They are beginning to
feel that the county attorneys order
is not political trick, but is perma'
nent, as he says, They have been in
structed to pack their fixtures and
.I... +ba;,, ,,lanaS
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-04-08
Fred Grant DerlInes a Place

New YORK, April S.-Col. Fred D.
Grant has decided to decline President
MeKinley's offer of the position of the
first assistant secretary Of war.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-04-08

seem tC reacntneulS-
ease at all until S.
SIS. was given, when
an i'm proven nt
was at once noticed.
The medicine was
continued with fav.
orable results, and
now she is cured
, sound and well, her
| skin is perfectly
clear and pure and
she has been saved
f-~.~ that threat
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-04-08
Eczema
All Her Life.

Mr.. 3. D. Jenkins, Of Lithonia, Ca,
saws that his daughter, Ida, inherited .
severe case Of Eczema, which the usnai
mercury and potash remedies failed to
relieve. Year by year she was treated
with various medicines, external aPpli.
cations and internal remedies, without
result. Her suferings were intense
and her condition grew steadily worse.
All The so-called blood remedies did not
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-04-08

sned to blight her life forever.
S.S.S. (gSdyasteed purely 'xgefaole)
cures Eczema, Scrofula, Cancer, Rheu-
matism, or any other blood trouble.
1t is a real blood remedy and always
cures even after all else fails.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18
liquid orbs, half protruding from the

liquid orbs, half protruding from the
head.
They soon became quite tame and
would allow me to put my hand into
their cage and give them fruit and ber-
ries. After about two weeks procured
a cocoanut, sawed it in two, and TAX
ing half of 1t made in it little door
way. When put this into their cage
they seemed to go wild with excite
ment and delight. In and out they ran
through the little doorway a hundred
times in succession. Finally they
pulled their nest to pieces and rebuilt it
in the cocoanut hut.
Their favorite fruit is nuts, which of
course they cannot crack, and yet they
get at the inside very cleverly, for with
their sharp chisel teeth they dexterous-
ly gnaw hole through the hard shell
and then scoop out the meat from the
interior. They are fond of nice pears
and apples, and one such fruit will last
them both a week. They get no water;
the apple or pear does for drink.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18
SUICIDES sHUN IT.
Declining Popularity Of Prussic Acid ~

Declining Popularity Of Prussia Acid ~
an Agency of Self Destruction.
From New York Sun: Twenty years
ago the most familiar method Of sui
eide was poisoning by prussic acid.
Last year there were 1884 suicides in
this city, 295 men and 80 women, and
OF this number, as far as the official
records of the board of health go, not
one used prnssic acid. All the other
polsons which are known to the science
OF medicine and can be easily procured
were represented in the list-arsen1c,
muriatic acid, carbolic acid, cyanide OF
potassium, hydrate of choral, bichlor-
lde of mercury, paris green, the favor
lite with female suicides; carbon mon
oxide, hydrocyanic acid, lime chloride,
strychnine, morphine, nitric acid,
opium, oXalic acid, and rough on rats,
but no prussic acid by separate CLASH
hcation. The term prussic acid was
nrst applied, chemists say, to the ses-
qulcyanide of iron, the acid of Prussian
blue. 1t was subsequently applied to
the protocyanide of iron, to the cyan
ohydric of iron, to the hydroguret of
monds and Of the laurel cherry, and to
cyanogen, and it may be possible that
persons suicidically inclined and who
accepted "prussic acid" as clear and
sure cut to oblivion from all mundane
cares and griefs became perplexed at
the definition of some Of the chemicals
and turned their attention to other
acids, the scientific status of which is
more clearly defined. And to this reas-
on, perhaps, may be ascribed the grow
ing Indifference to prussic acid which
is shown by suicides generally at least
in the city of New York, for in Europe,
as far as recent official figures go, prus-
sic acid retains it's former popularity,
so to speak, as means of self-destruc-
ton by suicides. The figures of the
New York board of health show that
one of the suicides of 1896 adopted
method Of destruction which would
scarcely entitle his case to the isolation
which the board of health gives it-one
suicide by the use of alcohol. One pc
culiar circumstance about suicides OBJ
servable in the last annual report
which the board of health, as such, in
the present city of New York will make,
is the fact that though the number Of
male foreigners who committed sui
eide during the year is. three times
greater than the number of native born
male suicides, there was very little diff
ference between the native born and
foreign born female suicides. Of eigh-
ty-nine in all, forty were natives of this
country and forty-nine were foreign
born. The number Of male suicides is
usually about three times greater than
the number of female suicides, but be-
tween the years of 16 and 26 the num-
Der Of male and female suicides is SUBJ
stantially the same; after that the num-
Der of male suicides is, of course, much
greater. Between the ages of As and IS
last year, of 122 suicides, los were men.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18
TEXAS SETS THE STYLES.

A Lone Star Newspaper Says 1t. and
Mentions One Conspicuous Instance.
From the Port I4avacaen: The deni-
zens of the older states of the East
love 70 rejoice in their own self-con-
stituted superiority and conceit. These
soft-shell creatures lay back in their
satisfaction, and it affords them SUI
preme qualification to hear Texas pic
.ured as the wild and woolly outskirt
of civilization; a land dominated BIZ the
roaming cowboy with the six-shooter
and the rattlesnake hatband, and who
prowls over the expansive prairies
seeking some helpless human victim
to slaughter 1t does not occur to them
the great Lone Star state is lan,l IF
limitless possibilities and that a. large
percentage of the brains and energy of
the nation and of the world has camped
within her borders seeking fame and
fortune, and that we have an up-to-
date civilization here that knocks out
the F:uropeanized and congested article
they glorify. Such is the case, how
ever. and the Lavacaen further begs to
inform the inhabitants of the corrosive
East who SO love to f1atter their own
superiority and snatch beams out of the
eyes of the West that Texas leads the
fashions in this country. The Texas
dude (and suffice it to say that we have
begun to breed this variety of the hu-
man species within our midst in great
numbers) puts on the latest spring
touches long before his brother in the
East has crawled out of winter quar-
tiers and is ready for another immuta-
able edict from the decaying monarch
les of the old world. M. E. Fowler. one
of the most fashionably decked-out
men who rambles over these parts.
went to New York at the beginning OF
summer and had an experience which
shows how we stand on the dress nues-
ton. He went to mix with friends and
relatives and take in the giddy sights,
In addition to the latest style suit he
tapered himself off with a gray hat
with a black band. He found that
the Gotham natives had not yet caught
on, but moved around in old roggy
raiment and thought that he had lust
suffered death in his family. It is so
always. and the Texas lady who goes
East arrayed in the latest for the sea-
son often suffers from the gaping cur
iosity and inquisitiveness of the local
folks who must still wear out-of-date
styles. When it comes to keeping up
with the fashions, it is settled fact
that the East is not in it with Texas.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18

There came over her . feeling Of
unspeakable regret. With few words
she had destroyed something she never
could get back again. And this some
thing, now 1t was lost. seemed dearer
to her than all else in the world. She
did not know him we'll; she had not
succeeded In getting an answer to the
question, what 1t was she liked in him,
but the power that first drew her to him
rose now in redoubled might. The d.
vine, incomrrehensible mystery she
had tried to explain, but only succeeded
IN silencing, awoke to life within her
again. And now 1t was too late.
What could have the power to efface
her words?
"Ah! you are afraid of hardships"
His voice sounded heavy and his
eyes looked far away over the broad
meadows visible through the opening
in the trees. "Then it would be best
for you to reconsider" he continued.
Il am business man, and my position
is not firmly secured; one day there
may be money, another debts. And
upon one kind of hardship others fol-
low"
The messy stone stood empty. She
had slipped down on the heather beside
him. And she took his hand and hid
her eyes in it.
"It makes no difference to me, no
difference at all, if have to bear
hardships with you," she said, softly
His eyes came back from the far
fields; it was only cloud that had
passed over the sun.
He understood now that the little
bird he had wished to charm for him
self had been frightened only by toe
sudden approach, but that IL now came
of its own accord, and that all he had
to do was to open his arms.
And she she knew she
must love him whether she could tel
why or not, whether it led to Joy OF
sorrow.
In a little while they went back the
way they came, but this time they die
not pass the garden gate; they opened
it, and went into the house, to bel
parents.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18
A Boys Clever Invention.

There is a clever boy in one of the
big skyscrapers downtown who will
some day invent himself into a for
tune. This boy sits at desk from 8
in the morning until 5 o'clock in the
afternoon and makes entries in a huge
ledger. At each entry he has to turn
the pages, and this necessitates the use
of a blotter to dry the ink which he
has just used. Taking the blotter up
from the table, placing it aside before
the page is turned takes a good deal
Of time. This boy thought about it
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18

for good while, and then he fixed up
a marvellous little automatic blotter.
He bored smooth hole through the
back of his desk and threaded piece
of stout string through it. To the end
of this which hung down at the back
he tied an iron weight; the other end
he brought up through the hole and
fastened by two strings to stout blot
ting pad having celluloid back.
Then he fixed smooth board so that
the pad would slide up readily when the
weight went down. After that when
he needed the blotter he seized it, drew
it down over the book, pressed it on
the spot to be plotted and then let go
of it. The weight at the back of
course jerked it quickly out of the way,
leaving it ready for the next time In
this way the young bookkeeper was
able to do more work than the man
who had the place before him, and If
he hasn't had his salary raised it isn't
because he does not deserve it.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18
Deer Mice as Pets.

While rambling one evening in the
woods sat down on rock close by
a shaded bank all overgrown with soft,
green moss and feathery ferns. Not
far away there was an ancient tree
stump with hole running in under
meath it, and what should I see peep
ing from the hole but the head of a
little reddish-brown animal.
On rolling over the stump discover
ed beneath it some withered grass
carefully rolled into globular nest,
says writer in St. Nicholas. Cautious
ly drawing my handkerchief around
this l tied it up with whatever
It contained and hurried home
with my treasure. On emptying
it into box covered with wire
gauze l found that had cap
tured two beautifully delicate ard ele-
CANT creatures somewhat larger thai
mice. Their fur was thick and soft ant,
their feet were white. But their chief
beauty lay in their eyes-great. BLACK
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18
ARE YOU SURE YOU LOVE ME?"

head. 1t annoyed her to find she could
not convince him. He sat there in the
secure belief that she wished only to
humble herself because of her great
happiness. Could he not comprehend
at all that he had done wrong in sur
prising her as he had, and that per-
son cannot be sure of a love so loosely
rooted?
She knew of a way to make him I'M
derstand, but her tongue seemed tied
when she tried to speak. She sat
silent for a few minutes, struggling
between fright and the desire to have
it out. Finally the desire triumphed.
"No, you do not know me-" she said;
when answered you as I did this
morning it was because we'll,
not wholly because /" but per-
haps partly because because
of hardships at home"
There was cracking of twigs. He
had turned on his arm and was gazing
ut her without a word. but the color
was gone from his face. She need
worry no longer about him not under
standing.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18

veranda she crept through the shrub
perry, seated herself on the bench, UNI
der the maple tree, and hid her face
in her hands.
Elise, Elise" she whispered to her
self, what have you done?"
She had promised herself for life to
man whom she had met only a few
days before. These days had passed
like a dream, in jest and laughter,
without another thought than the
pleasure Of the moment To be sure
she had suspected how it might end,
but not that it should happen so soon.
And not till the promised word was
spoken did she awaken out of her
dream.
just now, when he drew her arm
more closely to him, and whispered in
her ear that they would be married be-
tore the year was out, she felt the
blood grow cold in her veins, and the
man who walked beside her seemed all
at once like any stranger she might
pass on the street.
And as she sat there asking herself
what she knew Of him and why she
liked him she could answer nothing.
And when she examined her heart she
found it as empty and cold as if no
warm feeling had ever stirred it. But
her cheeks burned hotter and redder
until she went into the house to join
the others, so that she might escape
from herself and her thoughts.
The drawing-room clock licked hard
er than usual that afternoon, and
Elise kept looking up from her work
to notice how the hands flew. 1t
would soon strike g. But just before
the stroke she cast her embroidery
away from her, sprang up and rushed
out without answering her mothers
astonished questions.
Only few steps beyond the garden
she met him. He was punctual to the
minute, and beamed with joy because
she came out to meet him. But when
she passed the gate and proposed to
him to walk little further he looked
at her in surprise. She did not appear
very anxious to introduce her lover to
her family.
Elise hastily led the way across the
field and UP the hill. She threw herself
down on a messy stone under the
spruces, and he stretched himself on
the heather beside her. The stone was
large enough to hold two, but she did
not make room for him.
care you very sure" she began,
breaking dry twig into tiny bits, "are
you really, really, sure that you love
me?"
At first he looked serious, but then
burst out laughing in his bright, jolly
way.
"Sure of it? But there is surely no
one who has forced me to say it!'
"No. But you don't know me. What
is it about NE you love?"
Everything" He loved the folds
of her dress. Ee loved the flower she
wore on her breast, and he did not I'M
derstand that under each question to
him lay question to herself: "What
is it love in him."
But why should she be the only one
to doubt and worry? And so to dis
turb his composure she began to set
forth her faults. She unveiled every
Udu u dlC SIG Adu. OAe was 4ulCh telu-
pered and a scold; she was envious and
coquettish; she was stupid and
ignorant. She sat and reckoned her
self up in serious voice; she spoke
frankly and she honestly wished to be
believed. But the smile did not leave
his lips, nor did he take his eyes from
her face. At each new confession he
simply repeated:
Eyes, I knew that before
Finally the blood rushed to her
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18

Jack-Women have no head for fig
ures. Tom--How do you make that
out? Jack-I know girl whose edu.
cation cost her father $4,000 and she
can't figure her own age correctly.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18
Why They Don't Mourn.

Why don't the Billions appear in
mourning? Wasn't Charley Biffton.
who was drowned last week, a member
of their family?'
Eyes; but he rocked the boat
Cleveland Leader.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18

A mans intelligence must be far
above the average to enable him to get
his laugh in at the proper time when
woman is telling funny story
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18
AFTER SAYING Eyes. -
From the Swedish of Anna Wahlen.
berg.

OWN the long lane
which led from the
park to the villa
h urri e d a young
girl with flushed
cheeks. Not till
she had entered
the garden of her
h o m e did s h e
slacken her pace,
and instead of go
ing up on the
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18

When man of opposite views read
lily agrees with you, you have either
a,,cceedcG in convincing ar +irino him
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18
Making Skeleton Leaves.

One OF the prettiest of natural orna-
ments for scrap-books or for framed
cards or for other decorations are
skeleton leaves-that is, leaves from
which all the substance has been re-
moved with the exception of the ribs
and the larger veins. Nature some
times makes skeleton leaves, but it
does not always do this work perfectly,
and our boys and girls don't want to
wait all winter for her to complete her
task. They can do the work much
more easily themselves.
Gather number of large, perfect
leaves of different kinds and place
them in pan of rain water, to which
trace of yeast has been added. AL
low them to stand until the soft mem
braneous portion has become soft.
Then hold them one by one in running
water and everything but the ribs and
veins will wash away, leaving only the
leaf skeleton. If you wish to bleach
the skeletons out to an ash color place
them on little shelf in the top of a
tight soap box. On an iron dish or
plate in the bottom lay some live Goals
and sprinkle over them a few pinches
of sulphur. The fumes will bleach out
the skeleton leaves, leaving them beau
tifully white and delicate.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18
He Had to Work

Wylie-Do you use your wheel much
for exercise? Kiely-No; I use it for
work. The bicycle gets the exercise.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18
FOR BOYS AND~GIRLS,
some GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR READERS.
How Flox Extcrminated the Ants-A
Pretty Story of Good Little Girl
A Boys Clever Neutrality-suspicious. Max
Ing Skeleton. Leaves.
Youth and Age.

SeIt SoAlN AIlo"
what age knows
without teach
ing
Hopes instability
and Loves dear
folly,
The difference be-
tween practicing
and preaching,
The quiet charm
that turks in mel
ancholy--
The after-bitterness
of tasted pleas
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18

The annual coal product Of Montana
has shown an uninterrupted increase
each year since 1877.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18
One Bond Left.

A devoted family of the Society Of
Friends was deeply afflicted They had
lost their property, and were left al
most penniless. The wife was sad, in
deed, and almost ready to despair; but
the dear old man was cheerful. The
wife was almost ready to Course God
and die" She was astonished at the
GOODNESS with which her husband met
his lot; so she asked him one day:
Husband, how is it that you bear
this trouble so we'll? 1t almost brushes
me to the EARTH"
"Why, wife, we are not quite so bad
ly off as you imagine. We have one
bond left which we car live upon"
'Why, husband, what do you mean?
I thought all was lost"
ooh, no! Here is one bond, and 1
will read it to you. 1t is in the old
family Bible, and reads as follows: 1
will never leave thee, nor forsake
thee"
His wife inquired: do you call that
bond?"
eyes," he replied; 1T is the word of
God, and cannot fail"
We are writing to some who are in
trouble and need help now. Then take
the Quaker's bond:
Il will never leave thee, nor forsake
thee" Gods promises are always ION
demand" and He will be with you in
six troubles and in the seventh He will
not forsake you.-Sel.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18

Varying Components of Milk.-Dur'
ing the first five months of milking the
salts in the milk are in excess, and then
progressively decrease to the eighth
month, when they increase slightly; the
casein and extractives diminish up to
the second month, and then remain
nearly constant, but from the tenth to
the twenty-fourth month the casein de-
clines; from the eighth to the tenth
month the sugar increases, this body
being in small proportion during the
latter part of the first month, and in
the fifth and sixth and tenth and
eleventh months the butter fails in pro-
portion progressively diminishing from
the first to the eighth month, and then
increasing slightly.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18
Campbell'S Early Grape.

We have received from Geo. S. Josse-
Ign, of Fredonia, N. Y, basket of
Campbells Early Grapes. In the note
that accompanied them Mr.. Josselyn
says: "These are from one-year old
vines planted in year 1895, so this is
the first year bearing. Old exhibitors
tell us they have never been able to
procure good clusters from first-year
bearing vines. We think our clusters
nice, however, but no doubt shall get
larger next season." The grapes ar
rived in fine shape and showed no
marks of their long journey. They GER
tainly are good shippers. In quality
and size they are remarkable, and bid
fair to take leading place on the mar
ket. We have never seen more COM
pact or more beautiful punches. All
appearances indicate that they are ex-
cellent keepers.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-17

Rev. w. IL. Mitchell left Monda y to
assist in meeting at Stone Lick church
in Mason county.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-17

DIED.-0n the Clay farm, near Myers
IN Thursday night last, four-year- old
son of Henry Gray
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-17
KICKING THEMSELVES
AROUND THE BLOCK.

is what people often feel like doing
when they see the exquisite laun
dry work on their friends shirts,
cuff and collars that have been
done up by our superior laundry
methods, realize that they had
been taking their own to an in
ferior laundry. Exhibiting our
work on patrons is what increases
or custom.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-17

TIN cans, glass and stone jars. Pure
spices and cider vinegar for picking
guaranteed pure.
If NEWTON MITCHELL