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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-07-01

II you want some nice fresh grocer
les 60 to Theo. Nusz, his prices are
low.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-07-01

The place to buy harvesting shoes
is at Theo. Nusz.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-07-01
sHERIFF's SALE.

Edward Urewds0n plaintiff,
VS..
Aaron X, Ruse, Nancy J, Ruse, John Johntz
A. W. Rice defendants.
Under and by virtue OF an order OF sale Is
sued by the clerk Of the district court OF the
Sth judicial district within and for Dickin-
entitled case and to me directed and deliv-
cred, | will on
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-07-01

Buy your machine oil of Theo.
Nusz.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-07-01
DONEGAL.

Buy your pillow shoes of Theo. Nusz
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-07-01

Adam Hees will open his Broadway
bakery on Monday, July 9TH.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-07-01

| First published In the Abilene Weekly Re-
Hector, July |, A. D. 1871
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-07-01

Ed castor oil is good and does not
cost much at Theo. Nusz's.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-30

The kings and queens of England
were not always styled "his" or her"
majesty or after the pattern of that
bestowed upon Victoria -"her most
gracious majesty, Henry ~ was styled
"his grace" Henry VI, "his most ex-
cellent grace" Edward ~, thigh and
mighty prince" Henry VII, "his grace
and his majesty" Henry VIII, "his
highness" and afterward 'his males
ty." Subsequently the English kings
were styled "his sacred majesty. Z"
While on the subject it may not be un-
interesting to give the meaning of some
royal titles-thus: King means father
kaiser and czar Caesar, or autocrat, a
contraction of Samoderebeta; duke
means leader; emperor. commander
hospodar, master of the house; khan,
provincial chief; landgrave, land reeve ;
margrave, border reeve; nizam, ruler;
pharaoh, light of the world; shah, pro-
tectori sheik, elder; sultan, ruler.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-30
Twenty-Five Cents an Eatl

NiddIeboio. KY. News.
Among the curiosities picked up by
Mr.. John Sanderson on his recent
trip to the Jellico and Coal Creek
country was card which read
Twenty FIVE cents an eat-25 cents a
sep. The Edwards house, ? Nj,
Edwards proprietor Coal Creek, Tenn
Directly opposite the r. r depot.
Not the largest hotel in the berg Not
newly furnished throughout. No free
bus to trains. But simply clean beds
and something good to eat. Tooth
picks and ice water thrown IN. Try
u.s. Pay up! And il not satisfied
keep mum. Our city is composed
mostly Of hogs, diggers, merchants,
and lawyers, named in the order Of
their Importance. Good cross-tie
walks on all the principal thorough.
fares
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-30
THE CARIBBEAN.
Captain Mahan on tho Strategic Impor-
lance of the Land Girt Sea.

Captain Mahan on the Strategic Impor-
tance of the Land Girt Sea.
Causes specifically very diverse, but
essentially the same in that they arose
from and still depend upon lack Of To-
cal political capacity, have brought the
Mediterranean and the Caribbean, in
our own time, to similar conditions, re-
garded as quantities of interest in tho
sphere of international relations. What
ever the intrinsic value of the two bod
les of water, in themselves or in their
surroundings, whatever their present
contributions to the prosperity or to the
culture of mankind, their conspicuous
characteristics now are their political
and military importance, in the broad
est sense as concerning not only the
countries that border them, but the
world at large. Both are land girt seas;
both are links in chain Of communiea-
ton between an east and west In
both the chain is broken by an isthmus
Both are of contracted extent when
compared with great oceans and in
consequence of these common features
both present in an intensified form the
advantages and the limitations, politi-
cal and military, which condition the
influence of sea power
This conclusion is notably true of the
Mediterranean, as is shown by its his
tory. 1t is even more forcibly true Of
the Caribbean, partly because the con-
tour of its shores does not, as in the
Mediterranean peninsulas, thrust the
power of the land so far and so sustain
edly into the sea; partly because, from
historical antecedents already alluded
to, in the character Of the first colo
nists and from the shortness of the
time the ground has been in civilized
occupation, there does not exist in the
Caribbean or in the gulf of Mexico
apart from the United States-any land
power at all comparable to those great
continental states of Europe whose
strength lies in their armies far more
than in their navies.
SO far as national inclinations, as dis
tinct from the cautious actions of states
man, can be discerned, in the Mediter-
-ranean at present the sea powers, Great
Britain, France and Italy are opposed
to the land powers Germany, Austria
and Russia, and the latter dominate ae-
ton. 1t cannot be so in any near future
in the Caribbean. The Caribbean is pre-.
eminently the domain of sea power. -
Captain A. T. Mahan, U. S. N, in
Harper's Magazine.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-30

One of our neighbors, Uncle Nate, as
we call him, was greatly bothered by a
whipporwil that came nearly every
night and sat on rock in his back yard
and sang his love song, or whatever it
is, until Uncle Nate was nearly wild
One night he lay awake, and, as he
said, stood it just as long as he could
when he got up, and, taking down the
old gun that was loaded with a fox
charge, he went to the back door, and,
drawing a bead on the rock, which he
could dimly see in the faint starlight
blazed away. Then, in the pleasing
consciousness of a good deed well done.
he again sought his couch.
In the morning his first care was to
reload the old gun, as there was no tell
ing when it would be needed. After
this task was finished he started for the
back yard to gloat over the mangled re-
mains of his tormentor, but what were
his horror and disgust to find that in
stead Of holding on the rock he had
completely riddled his wife S best wash
tub, which was turned bottom up about
four feet from the rock.
The disappointment was bad enough,
but when Aunt Hannah came out and
saw the ruin, Uncle Nate afterward de-
clared, it was worse than the whippoor-
will, and he made break for the barn,
his usual haven of refuge in such cases.
Forest and Stream.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-30
THE NAVAL CHAPLAIN.
Isls oGcIaI station and Duties In Time Of
Battle.

Battle
The chaplain 4 official station in most
ship ceremonies and in time Of battle is
at the sick bay, where lie the sick. Dis
cipline and fresh air are wonderful pre-
seryatives of health, and chaplain's
duties to the sick in times Of peace are
very light. At naval hospitals, however,
whittier are brought from the ships the
very sick and the seriously wounded, a
chaplain finds ample field for the exer-
else of that tender sympathy which
wins souls to God and for the minister
ing Of the consultations of religion. 1t is
also the duty Of the chaplain to assist
at naval burials. The regulations re-
quire that Christian burial be provided
for all men who die in the service If
possible. the body is inferred with the
rites Of the church to which the deceas-
ed had belonged When this sad duty is
required at sea, the ship is hove to, tho
flag displayed at half mast and the Off
GERS and men are mustered on deck to
pay their last tribute to the departed.
The funeral services follow, and tho
body is then consigned to the deep A
guard of honor fires three yolleys over
the watery grave and the bugler sounds
the last tap" sad, mournful notes Of
the bugle which tell Of the hour of
sleep. If the death occur at a hospital,
an escort and guard of honor from the
ship to which the deceased had been at
tached accompany the funeral cortege
to the grave. AS the procession enters
the cemetery the bugler precedes fol-
lowed by the chaplain. This spectacle
is always impressive. 1t naturally sug
gests the prayer that angels, led by the
angel guardian, may bear the soul of
the deceased before the throne of God
as friends bear the body to the grave;
that the angel at the Judgment seat
may proclaim welcome, joy and glad
ness as the bugler at the grave recalls
loss sadness and regret. --Donahoe's
Magazine.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-30
Longevity of Astronomers.

The longevity enjoyed by astronomers
is proverbial, and an astronomical jour
nal gives a long list of them who have
far exceeded the threescore years and
ten. Among the eminent names are Cas-
SIM, who lived to 81 Caroline Herschel
to 98, Sir w Herschel to "a, Newton
to 81, Mary Somerville to 90, HALEY to
Sc, Sir George Airey to 90 Sir David
Brewster to Sc, Sir E. Sabine to "a,
Humboldt to 90, Schwabe to SO, Santini
to 81, and Fontenelle to 100 Regular
ity of habit conduces to longevity in any
walk Of life. and it is a necessity to the
astronomer This, added to the calm
pursuit Of those who study the heavens.
counterbalances the effect Of late watch
ings and exposure to the night air.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-30
All who are afflicted with


Scrofula, Eczema, letter,
Cancer, Carbuncles, rheumatism,
Contagious Blood Poison,
Catarrh, or any other form of blood
troubles, will find in S. S. S. prompt
and permanent cure; it matters not
how deep seated the disease, or what
other treatment has failed. Carbuncles
are the result of an impoverished con
dition of the blood, causing a depressed
vitality and such low state of health
that it is difficult for the system to with.
stand even the mildest illness.
Mr.. Joseph c. Mygatt, of No 400 Han
cock Ave, Athens, GA, says: " con-
tracted blood poison from dye, which
developed such alarming symptoms,
that my life was almost despaired of
AT one time there were fourteen car
buncles on my body, and my suffering
was such that for months was unable
to do any work. The best physician
in our city treated me constantly, but
his efforts were of no avail, my condi-
ton growing worse all the while.
rs. S. S. was recommended, and after
| had taken the first bottle, an inn
provement was noticed. grew better
every day, and after taking six bottles
| was entirely cured. The carbuncles
all disappeared, leaving my skin per-
fectly clear, and / have never had one
since"
There is not disease of the blood,
it matters not how severe, which S.
5. S. will not cure. 1t is guaranteed
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-30
QUEER LAKE SALAWIK.
Its Waters Grow Warm In Winter, and
Men Can Fish There with Clubs.

AAbH AAA y t8h AA%Nu W AhM NAU08s
The rich placers Of Klondike are not
the only curiosity Of the country trayers-
ed by the Yukon Not far from Dawson
there is in Alaska really extraordina-
ry lake which was named Salawik by
its discoverer, the Rev. p Tosi mis-
sionary among the savages
This lake, which is 90 miles long and
about 10 miles wide, is perhaps the on
ly one in all that extreme northern re-
gion which does not freeze over during
the winter. No communication has been
discovered between it and the sea, new
ertheless at high water upon the coasts
of the northern ocean the level Of the
lake rises, and it falls again at low tide.
This sympathy with the sea does not
extend to the point of making Salawik
salt lake. On the contrary, its waters
are good to drink But another Of its
peeuliarities is that its temperature rises
in winter and falls in summer When
all the water courses of the neighboring
country are completely frozen over,
Lake Salawik becomes SO warm that it
is really pleasant to battle in it, On the
OtHtT manu. III tue SUMMER LlUlc buc
water is extremely cold.
This popularity makes 1t in the win
ter time a Mecca of fishermen The
abundance Of fish in the lake is SO great
that person can almost catch them
with the hand and can kill large guam
titles with club Here for the miners
is source of food supply which they
had not counted upon and which GER
tainly will contribute to diminish the
cost of living, especially during the
winter, in that inhospitable region In
an hour man can get enough fish to
supply himself for month, and of the
very best quality, including salmon
ranging from 20 to so pounds in weight
1t will not be astonishing if some
fine day we may see upon the shores of
Lake Salawik one of those fashionable
hotels which are the glory of American
watering places. Lewiston (Me. Re
publique
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-30
SLATE PENCILS.
what They Are Composed of and How
They Are Made.


Slate pencils undergo number Of
processes before they are ready for use,
and in making them nearly all of the
manual labor is done by boys. First
broken pieces of slate are put into a
mortar run by steam and are crushed to
a powder, which is then bolted in q ma
chine such as is used in Touring mills.
A fine slate flour results, which is thor
oughly mixed in a large tub with stea-
tite flour and other materials, the whole
making q stiff dough. The dough is
kneaded by being passed between iron
rollers number of times, and it is then
taken to table, where it is made into
short cylinders four or five inches in
thickness and containing from eight to
ten pounds of material each.
-Four of these cylinders are placed in
a strong iron resort which has change
able nozzle so that the size of the pen
ellis may be regulated. In the retort the
material is subjected to great hydraulic
pressure and is thus pushed through the
nozzle in the shape of a long cord. As
the cord comes through the nozzle it
passes over a knife and is cut into the
desired lengths. The lengths are laid
on boards to dry and are then placed on
sheets of corrugated zinc, the corrugation
preventing the pencils from warping
during the baking process. The baking
is done in kiln into which superheat-
ed steam is introduced through pipes.
The pencils go from the kiln to the
finishing and packing room, where the
ends are held for an instant under
rapidly revolving emery Wheel. which
neatly points them.
Finally they are packed in pasteboard
boxes. 100 pencils in each box, then 100
wooden box, and they are ready for
shipment. -Philadelphia Times.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-30
"A
CarbunCleS!

It's the same story The experience
of all sufferers with blood diseases is
Identical. First the doctors are con-
suited, and their prescription of potash
and mercury is taken faithfully, but
without result. Months pass, and the
mercurial dose is continued, until
finally, his condition being no better,
or often worse, the patient becomes
discouraged and decides to change
treatment.
Patent medicines are then taken,
but until the right one is found the
results are the same. S. S. S. is the
only blood remedy on the market
which is guaranteed purely vegetable.
1t is the only one that contains no
mercury, no potash, or other mineral,
and therefore is the only one that
promptly gets at the bottom of all
blood diseases and cures permanently.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-30
Nervous Prostitution.

This malady affects more business
and professional men, than any other
in the long category of diseases to
which flesh is heir to. Blood poverty
is often the first step towards it. In
women it brings about all the dis
eases and suherings peculiar to
women. MAGIC BLOOD AND NERVE
Tonic, is a positive cure for all forms
of nervous exhaustion, and resultant
affections. $I.oo per bottle,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-30
ABSINTH IN FRANCE.
Taking Glass of the Liquor Is "a Whole
Evenings Work.

Evenings Work.
Although absinth is to a Frenchman
what whisky is to an American, he
never dreams of running behind screen
and swallowing glassful in one ire
mendous effort There is something al
most poetic in the way Frenchman
prepares and partakes of his beverage.
1t always takes two walters to serve
glass of absinth. Waiter No / brings
the tray, upon which are carafe trap
pc (ice water that has been frozen i'll
the carafe), tall glass, a tiny tray
piled up with small blocks of sugar and
a queer, fiat, perforated spoon. Waiter
No. 2, who has remained discreetly in
the rear, advances with the bottle of the
popular stimulant said to be the de-
struction of so many French minds and
bodies. After saluting monsieur, the
garcon carefully pours the desired guam
tity into the glass and goes on to serve
some one else.
Then for the first time the French
man shows some signs of interest in the
matter. He relinquishes his hold on his
cane, but one hand only; the other
never deserts the cane. He carefully
places the perforated spoon across the
top Of the glass On the spoon he bal
ances with careful nicely, block of
sugar and gently pours small quantity
of ice water over the sugar into the
glass This done, he once more grasps
his cane with both hands and apparent
ly forgets all about the beverage before
him. The sugar slowly melts, drop by
drop, into the glass, through the per
forations of the spoon. Quite awhile
afterward, sometimes half an hour,
the drinker again shows an interest in
his beverage He looks to see if the
sugar has all melted then he removes
the spoon and raises the glass for sip
of the concoction-only a sip, however
for it is sip by sip that a Frenchman
consumes his absinth, and glass of it,
including the time passed in the prepa-
ration, takes an entire evening. Chi
cagO Tribune
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-30
ca plp.

Z" I'll caddy for you, said Jack at the start
As he stole shy glance at the maid Of his
heart.
He picked up the niblick, the brassy and cleek.
She grasped her pet driver, too busy to speak.
Her club, soon she soled it, a hazard within,
And sat on n bunker o'ereome with chagrin.
"How are your cried MuRgins "Four down, I"
she replied
"Neyer mind, " said whisper. "Will you be
my bride?"
Twas Jack who had spoken. "Why, yesi" an
gwered she
"I'll marry you, Jack If you ii caddy for me.
Harvey Wickham in New York Sun
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-30
Purely Vegetable

and is a real blood remedy for real
blood troubles, promptly reaching the
seat of the disease, and forcing it out
permanently.
Books on cancer, and blood and skin
diseases mailed free to any address.
Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-30
Wagons and Wagons.

The Studebaker is the best wagon
in the world. A full line-I4 different
styles, any width of tire, at Sencindiver
& Stewart's, Winchester avenue.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-30
Herrings Help the Brain.

A medical authority ON the virtues of
various kinds of food declares that the
herring gives the muscles elasticity, the
body strength and the brain yigor and
is not flesh forming.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-30
THE DREADED CONSUMPTION
CAN BE CURED.
T. A. slocum, M c., the Great Chemist and
Scientist, Will Send Free, Three
Bottles of His Newly Discovered
Remedies to Sufferers.

Remedies to Sufferers.
EDITOR HERALD: have discovered
reliable cure for CONSUMPTION and all
Bronchial. Throat and Lung Diseases,
General Decline, Loss of Flesh and all
Conditions of Wasting Away. By its
timely use thousands of apparently
hopeless cases have been cured. So
proof. positive am of its power to cure.
i hat to make its merits known, | will
send free, to any afflicted reader of
your paper, three bottles OF my Newly
Discovered Remedies upon receipt OF
Express and Postotfice address. I. A..
SLOCUM, M. C. ,9S Pine Street New York.
When writing the Doctor, please mention
this paper.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-30

That tenor Of ours has a marvellous
voice He can hold one of his notes for
half minute
"Faughl I've held one of his notes
for two years "-Cleveland Plain Deal
or
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-30

The most expensive stamps for col
lectors are those of Mauritius and Ha-
waii
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-30
Lawyers and shysters in Congress

Lawyers and Shysters in Congress.
illustrated American.
Ofthe So United States Senators
(there being one vacancy in the Sen
ate at this time) 90 are members Of
the bar. OF the 358 men who now
sit in the House (there being one
vacancy at this time) PAS are members
of the bar. The account in the two
houses stands thus: Lawyers. sos;
all others, I42. In other words,
something over two-thirds of the
membership of both houses are law
yers.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-30

The proper distance between the eyes
Is the width Of one eye.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-30
The Decline of Man.

There seems to be some uncertainty as
to the size of our great mother The
French orientalist, Henrion, member of
the academy, however, fixed it with a
precision satisfactory at least to him
self He gives the following table of
the relative heights of several eminent
historical personages;
Adam was precisely 1873 feet inches
high
Eve was precisely 1l8 feet 0. 70 inches
high
Noah was precisely 1913 feet high.
Abraham was precisely q feet high
Moses was precisely 10 feet high
Hercules was precisely 6 feet high.
Alexander was precisely 6 feet high.
Julius Caesar was precisely feet
high
The annual taxes of the world aggre-
gate the enormous sum of 81, $50, 00O,-
900
There are II Quinine factories in the
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-30

"Dey calls a poah lazy niggah
lazy" says Brother Watkins, but
lazy white man, eff he is rich, am sed
to have an air Of well bred repose."
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-30

There are II quinine factories in the
world, and 6 Of these are in Germany,