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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-04
w. w. DAVIS,
Cedar Street, Opposite PostofRce
Work for Willing Hands.

A Wichita (Kan.) dispatch says that
there Is a loud call for harvesters for
that region. The crop is heavy, and
matured little sooner than expected.
The dispatch says: "All the harvesters
In the country are working night and
day to save the grain, which is excep-
tionally heavy. This is especially truc
in Oklahoma, where machinery and
men are scarce All the men obtain
able are at work, and the demand for
more Is great, but before any appreci-
able number can arrive from the less
favored localities 1t will be too late
The extra heavy crop necessitates dou-
BILE the number of men usually re-
quired. II Is estimated that not more
than two-thirds of the grain in some
localities can be saved. Corn never
looked finer and II rain comes at the
proper time Kansas and Oklahoma will
have great crops" 1t seems thousand
pities to have wheat 60 to waste all
for the want of harvesters, when thou
sands Of able-bodied men would be glad
to get the work to do. Some plan for
getting the men out there on sort Of
first mortgage on their wages until the
costs of transportation we're aidshould
be devised, and that at once. The labor
problem resolves itself, in this class
Of cases, into transportation problem.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-04

A botanist insists that many neglect
ed American weeds are good to eat The
tender young shoots Of milkweed are
said to be as delicate as asparagus, with
similar valuable properties. Pigweed
is related to beets and spinach. The
nettle is well fav|Ned, though some
what coarse and strngy, which argues
that the donkey may be more Of an
epicure than is supposed. 1t is sug.
gested that every weed has an honest
value II It could only be discovered.
During family quarrel at Law.
renceville, ILL.,, Joseph Meyers was
killed by his brother-in-law, Simon
Glasa
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-04
Big and Little jobs.

When our fathers, in 1884, with q
slight change in 1897, established the
present ratio of coinage, they took an
average Of the price Of silver in all
the markets Of the world. They found
this to be $l.2929 per ounce in gold.
This made the ratio of coinage 1898
to /, which has been the ration since
that time. They tried to make the
legal ratio coincide with the true COM
mercial ratio to the third decimal place,
or to one part In about 10000. Now
people talk seriously of ignoring one
part In two or 1900 out of 10000. Such
facts as these illustrate our wonderful
growth in power since 1884, or at least
in our own estimate Of our power to
overturn the natural laws Of trade, for
we have not yet actually made the ex-
pertinent.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-04
REPORTED BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
sUrPHEN.
Wheat is looking fine.

Wheat is looking fine.
Pat Kelley drilled well for G. A.
Sutphen. Mr.. Sutphen contemplates
building hog shed and feeding pen.
Miss Kate O'Connor presented her
brother John with a beautiful gold
watch on her return from Chicago.
Mrs. Joseph Thomas visited with
her daughter Mrs. Bradford in juno
ton City the last Of the week.
W. H. Thomas went to Topeka to
see his brother-in.law Erick Larson,
who is seriously i'll at his home.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-04
WoODB1NE.

James Mcmillan went to Chapman
Friday night.
Thos. Kirby was in town Sunday
Mr.. Trauger from Abilene was in
town Wednesday.
There will be lecture at the M. f.
church Thursday evening Of this
week.
Messrs. j. S. Robbins, Jacob Rough
and c. H. Baumbaugh went to Kan.
sas City Sunday.
B. H. lssitt went to Emporia Sun
dao to visit friends.
The was an entertainment at the
M. E. church Friday evening.
G. &. Gillett's cowboy band Of
twenty-five pieces held their first
meeting at the station Tuesday even
ing. They will be able to play
against the surrounding cities in a
short time.
S. G. Cooke and Leroy st. Armand
we're down from Herington Wednes-
day.
There was tent show in town
Tuesday night. The crowd was
divided among it, band practice and
hearing election returns.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-04
BUTTER MARKET

prices for creamery butter at points nam
ed for week ending today. Dickinson county
price y cents less than New York; " cents
less than Chicago1
KAssAsCITY-Fancy separator &c, dairy
fancy 2oc, dull.
cHIoAGo-steady, creamery Is O &c, dairy
IL o 20c.
NEW YoRK-western creamery IA @ 3hc,
Elgin 3hc. factory to lsc, Steady.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-04
MOONLIGHT.

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Crider,
boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Baumbaugh
drove to Woodbine Saturday.
j. W. Frazie and John snively re-
turned from Oklahoma Saturday.
G. B. Basehore and wife drove up
from Lowry City, Mo-, and expect to
reside here.
A. B. Stoner, Of Talmage, was Wis
iting friends here Sunday.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-04
Shifting Soil.

Real Estate Transfers, Reported by George
Merrill. Abstracter.l
7 } Ellis to J c Peugh Its 5 10 blk IS
Harrington Town Co add Harrington,
$500.
s A Power to c A Stannard nj nwi
32-l5- 8, 800.
CE Weaver to Ed Schmidt sell swl
1864, 5000.
C Z Weaver to + Shlitstoner sell 81
sell mel 1864, $2400.
Woodbine Town Co to 7 Watson Its
10 II blk II Woodbine, $35.
Sheriff to Farmland NJ & D Co 81 81
l4-16-S, s1155.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-04

AN nged lady LIVING at Orrvlle, Wayne
county, o., is experiencing a singular
freak of nature in the way Of cutting
her third set of upper teeth, she hay
ing lost her original second set ten years
ago, after q severe attack of sickness.
Early last fall she suffered greatly
from weakness of her eyesight and an
innamed condition Of her eyes. Since
then She has also suffered from much
swelling and plin in the gums, The re-
suit is Il large-sized eyetooth, which is
almost fullgrown, while other teeth are
rapidly pushing their way through the
gums. The dentist who extracted and
made the lady's artificial teeth, pre-.
nounce the case almost unknown in the
history Of dentistry.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-04

A venerable New York undertaken
was acquitted Of the charge Of hugging
an aged widow to the detriment of hel
health, but the trial brought out the
fact that she was in frail health when
he called on her to talk over business,
The verdict surely should have said
something in Encouragement of the
practice of undertakers calling on per
,ous in frail health.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-04
Too Big a job.

And still they tell us, says the
Macomb Telegraph, that the test of a
Democrat is his ability to believe that
with silver at 40 cents in the dollar this
government can take all the silver Of
the world and hold 1t up to gold at the
ratio Of sixteen to one. Such an in
sanity will damn any party in the
world II they will stick to 1t long
enough"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-04

Mary Baker, Of Cass county, Va, eel.
ebrated her ninety-seventh birthday by
going into the wheat field and binding
enough sheaves to furnish souvenirs to
her relatives.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-04

A ST. Louis girl IS years old has been
married twice, divorced twice and Sc
cured $4,000 damages from a railway
company, all within three months
And yet, says Chicago paper, they
call that town slow.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-04

Twenty-Five dollars for husband is
pretty small price, but when Mrs.
Hannah Robinson, OF New York city,
had an offer of that sum for her other
half, she thought 1t was bargain, and
like any woman, unable to resist her
bargaining instincts, accepted the of
fer, and the purchaser, Mrs. Jennie
Gray, u widow, paid over the money
after the sale had been duly drawn
up in proper legal form by notary.
For three days Mrs. Robinson thought
she had made q smart move, but at
the end Of that time the money was
gone, and then she wanted her hubby
back. Both hubby and Mrs. Gray re-
fused to accede to this request, how
ever, and left town 10 avoid further
trouble.
For man to stretch himself fiat on
the ground, face upward, and, with both
hands extended, arise without assist
ance and without touching hands or
arms to the ground, Is counted some
thing Of feat Of strength and agility;
but the Baltimore Sun states that there
lisa Howardcounty strong man inMary.
land, who can not only do this, but at
the same time Lift up man standing
on the palms Of his hands and weigh
ing $50 pounds. The man is colored
farmland, employed by Charles Il.
Rhine on the farm Of State Attorney
Mcclure. He Is 20 years old and weighs
1870 pounds.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-04

A Boston poet fathers delightful bit
Of verse beginning Just give up and
trust" Buff he ever enters the grocery
business he'd better revise that line OF
policy.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-04
Spook Seers.

There are 10000 spiritualists at Camp
Chesterfield, four miles east Of Ander.
son, Ind. 1t is to the spiritualists Of
the west what Onset bay is to those Of
the east, reports . local exchange Of
recent date. The camp meeting lasts
month. There are 80 mediums in
the camp, besides the great lights Of
spiritualism, who receive 500 for four
lectures, The ordinary mediums make
money charging admission to their Sc
ances. You can see your dead mother,
father or sister, brother or cousin and
converse with them for so cents, or you
can talk with them through trumpet
process or get q letter. In their own hand
writing for rs cents. In this, as In
everything else, competition for bust
ness brings reduced rates. The pri-
vate seances are held In little one-stogy
buildings which attract attention from
the especial fact that they are minus
windows, There Is one door, and when
you enter 1t Is closed. The room Is
thus reduced to darkness, and on
moderatelywa day all are subjected
to sort Of Turkish bath ordeal. 10 one
entering one Of these dark seance
houses for the first time the darkness Is
so intense that it produces a sickening
dizziness and feeling of half fear
and half oppression. Soon business be-
gins. The medium and all concerned
begin to sing low, plaintive song, and
presently the mysterious something,
supposed to be the spirits of your dead
friends, gets to work. Balls OF phos-
phorlc light begin to shoot across the
inky blackness, and presently voices
are heard, musical instruments are
played, or, If materializing seance,
hazy forms begin TO be seen.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-04

From Horton, Kan, a man went to
the Klondike leaving behind him his
bride Of six months. The "accursed
thirst for gold" robs men Of their
honor.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-04

Jersey City has lawyer who, having
settled an estate OF 81 200. was awarded
500 for his COSTS, and refused to take
1t because II was an exorbitant price
There may be others like him, but they
are not numerous.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-04

The scientific gentleman who In.
forms us that love Is a disease will
probably agree that It should be treat
ed on homeopathic principles.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-04
To Cure q Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab.
lets. All druggists refund the money
II it fails to cure. Csc.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-04

A young lady now in Oklahoma u
sick Of the place and is going back to
Kansas. Because of her determination
the worthy scribe Of local journal re.
marks: MAY she be more anxious to
get back to old Oklahoma than she is
to leave. Why don. some of you young
fellows spruce up and 'entreat her not
to leave us?' Dog our cats, if we weren't
endowed with better half since we
came from the state we'd try itourself.'
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-04
ABILENE WEEKLY REFLECTOR ABILENE KANSAS NOVEMBER s7wElW PAGES
LOCAL, BANKS,
Why They Do Not Pay in the
South.

Experience Of . Southerner Who
Wanted to Start . Small Bank-Hia
COnclusions-Branch Banks Would
supply . Long-Felt Want-WOuld
Alss Stop the Cheap Money Cry.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-04

Williston Palmer Is the name Of .
white man from Georgia who is in the
Hamilton county Jail en- route to the
coal mines at Cole City, Ca. against
whom there are sentences of 200 years
in the state penitentiary. Palmer
was originally sent up for II years
from south Georgia for burglary. Aft
erward while working in the mines Of
Dade county he attempted with other
convicts to escape, and in the melee
that followed he killed two of the
guards. He was tried some time ago
for the killing Of the first guard, and
got 90 years. He was then put on trial
for the killing Of the other man, and
got 90 years more. Palmer was orig
inally from Pittsburgh, Pa, is 80 years
of age, and IL a man Of remarkable in.
,elligence aud education.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-16
A Safe Time to Return.

Dewsnap panting)-I saw a police
man running, few minutes ago, and
said there was a fight.
l joined him, when, on hailing him, he
he said there was a fight.
Birtwhistle terestedly)-WelI, was
it much of a scrap?
Dewsnap (disgustedly)-Scrap? 1 did
not see any fight! After the policeman
and l had run along together for about
ten minutes, for all we were worth, he
slowed down and said it ought to be
over by that time and that he thought
we'd be safe if we came back.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-16
A STRANGE FREAK OF NATURE.

We hope to sell 100000 packages
Golden Rind Watermelon, the most
wonderful freak of nature-smooth,
shiny, yellow rind, crimson flesh, deli
cious! It's sensational. Took 500 first
prizes in 1896. You must have it to be
in the swim. Melons go like wild fire
at S1OO apiece. We paid $500 for one
melon! $500 prizes for earliest melon
-ripened in 1896 in Al days. Lots of
money made IN earliest vegetables.
Salzer's seeds produce them. Thirty
five earliest sorts, postpaid, $1.O0.
Send This Notice and 15 Cents for a
Package of Golden Rind and Won
derful seed book, LAG big pages, to John
A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis.
WIN.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-16
adventure on a submarine Boat.

Adventure on IL Submarine Boat
An inventor, Signor ~Corzetto, claims
to be able to descend to any depth ana
stay down any length Of time in ms
spherical boat. In a recent expert
ment at Spezzia he stored his boat
with some 1000 cubic feet of COM
pressed air, and then descended, with
two friends, to a depth OF, roughly,
thirty feet. So far so good; but when
it was sought to ascend, the vessel
Cilxe the English attempt which went
near to depriving our service OF a gal
liant and popular officer would not
rise an inch and it was not until eight
cen hours had elapsed that the sphere
was hauled up, and it's occupants
found with livid faces, half-asphyAl-
ated and unconscious. Luckily, they
recovered, and the inventor was able
to explain that the air pressure had
proved insufficient to force out the
water ballast, about two tons, and
thus they were unable to rise. The
only useful data obtained appears to
be that three persons were able to re-
main Theoretically sealed up eighteen
hours under water.-London Shipping.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-16
Frozen Poultry.

Poultry frozen during the winter as a
means of preserving it for later use
should always be dry picked, says a
writer in New York Produce Review.
Only the very choicest goods should be
selected for this purpose, and extraordi-
nary care must be taken that the stock
be thoroughly cold and dry when
packed. The treatment varies according
to circumstances of weather, etc. Prob
ably the best results az obtained when
the stock can be frozel by natural out
door temperature. But in seasons and
localities where this is impossible the
freezer may be used successfully. Cases
only should be used, made of planed,
well seasoned lumber. For old tom tur
keys the size is 36x22x1S inches, and for
young toms 36x22x15 inches: these
should be of inch lumber. For
chickens, ducks and geese the
size is S0x2Ox about ten inches Tor
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-16

deep enough to allow for two lay
ers) made Of f1ve-eighths inch lumber.
Two layers of poultry should be packed
in each case. Stow the poultry snugiy
and closely, striving to have as regular
and handsome appearance as possible
Turkeys should be packed backs UP anu
legs out straight. Chickens, ducks ana
geese should have the breasts down on
the bottom layer and up on the top lay
er. Pack old toms separately ane
never mix them with young toms ana
hens, and never pack old fowls ana
young chickens together. Each should
be packed separately and the kind neat
ly stenciled on the outside Of the case.
When stock is frozen in natural OUT
door temperature the cases may pc
filed at once when the thermometer
is below zero, but if above zero only
one layer should be frozen at a time.
Use no packing material whatever, ana
be sure to protect from wind Wnlle
freezing. When solid frozen the STOCK
should be put away and kept where II
will not thaw out, preferably IN cola
storage. When the poultry is to pc
frozen artifcially the cases. may be
filled full and placed at once in the
freezer. In this case it is well to con-
struct the cases so that slat in the
sides of the box may be removed and
left off until the stock is solid frozen;
the quicker the freezing the better.
In the freezer the cases should be sep
arated by Stats to permit free circula-
ton Of air around them. Some pack
ers get excellent results by freezing
the poultry separately and packing al
ter frozen. Some of the very finest
frozen poultry is handled in this way
at nearby points, and is not packed at
all until ready for market, when it IS
packed in straw and shipped for
immediate sale before warm weather.
But for large lots, sent from distance,
which have to be placed in storage
again upon arrival in market, it is best
to pack in cases before freezing.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-16

should be ignored. We, however, fail
to see that the danger is small. A tu-
berculous animal is, if affected in the
lungs, constantly throwing off con-
sumptive spores. These at first are
moist and do not blow about, but in
time they get dry and become part
of the dust, rising often from the barn
floor and seeking the lungs of the AMI
mails and of the workers about the
barns. The same is true of the pastures
where the COWS summer. The germs
become dry and are blown about by
every breeze. They can not only get
into the lungs of the animals, but OF
workers in the fields, and even OF the
people passing along the roads. In a
thousand ways people are exposed. The
milk is a dangerous medium OF 1nfec-
ton where the udder is affected by tu-
berculosis. 1t was formerly supposed
that consumption showed itself only in
the lungs. but it is now known that it
takes possession Of other organs of
the body, and sometimes even establish
es itself in the joints. Therefore it is
not apparent always that a person has
become infected, even when they are
far gone with the disease. The healthy
people may be able to throw off these
germs, but partial inyalids fall an easy
prey. By all means continue the war
against tuberculosis, both in animals
and humans
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-16
How's This!

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case Of catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West & Iruax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, O.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls -Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
cous surfaces of the system. Testimo-
malls sent free. Price 75c per bottle. Sold
by all druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-16

oughly dissatisfied with the receipts
from their cows. 1t cannot pay man
to feed cows for twelve months from
which he obtains cream for only five
months; and the man who runs 2
creamery can never afford to make a
profit out of the losses of his patrons.
Put that down as solid fact. And the
man who furnishes skill and helps to
make the profit of his patrons larger,
will get larger share for himself. If
= man, running creamery will try
and extend the manufacturing season
for few months more he will find
be will get SO little cream that the
running expenses will run away with
the profit. You cannot begin to prac-
lice winter dairying in creameries I'M
til you educate the farmers to feed their
COWS so that they will give milk dur
ing the winter. You need to begin
at the foundation, and educate the
farmers to feed their cows so that thew
will give milk, and send it to the
creamery. Then when they have
abundance of pay coming in regularly
all winter, they will have money tn
pay their current expense. It will not
take all the summer to pay the accu-
mulated grocery bills of winter: but
they will be ahead in the spring and
the summer will leave them more nrof-
it.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-16
Patents issued.

List of patents issued last week to
Northwestern inventors:
Walter Butler, Minneapolis, Mimi,
typewriter attachment; Marion E. and
e. G. CLARK, Minneapolis, Mimi, tele
phCEe transmitter; r. l.. Ettenger and
G. Ripley, Duluth, Mimi, hosting de-
vice; Joshua Evered, Duluth, Mimi,
steam log turner; Charley A. Kulberg,
Hawick, Mimi, motor-driven harvest
er; James Ratledge, Fairmoupt, Mimi,
suspend trestle; Delbert J. Reynolds,
Winnebago City, Mimi, acetlyne gas
generator; Adolph Roesch, Winnebago
City, Mimi, weed cutter and cultivat-
or; Hans Stromso, Holt, Mimi, NOW
ing machine: Duluth Imperial Mill
Company, Duluth, Mimi, Grademark)
wheat flour.
L. d. Merwin, Patent Lawyer, 910,
Pioneer Press Building, St. Paul, Mimi,
and Washington, d. G.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-16

Pure Bred Sires.-Look now, more
than ever, to pure bred sires. The des-
tiny of American stock breeding de-
ponds upon the class of stock we breed
for the markets, home and foreign. To
improve will bring prosperity, while
to decline is to lose the highest hopes
of American agriculture. Raise only
such grain as can be pro1tably fed
to stock, and raise only such stock as
can be matured on the farm, and be
sire it is of grade which will bring
a profit on the raising.-Ex.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-16

"If you don't get out of here" said
the bartender, who was somewhat
given to circuitous statements, lit will
become my painful duty to soak you i'll
the neck"
Might / inquire, responded the gen.
tleman who had stood against the
stove for two hours, might l inquire,
if this is to be an external or internal
treatmentY'- indianapolis Journal.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-16
Poultry Raising Requires Patient

Poultry Raising Requires Patience
The farmers wife has more patience
and fidelity in her makeup, and for
some reason also seems to have more
knack. Because of these traits, the art
of poultry raising is more readily ac-
quired by her; and why should not more
women pursue it as source of reve-
nue2Ex.