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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-07-21
INDUSTRY.

Mrs. J. W. Brown, accompanied by
her daughter, Grace, and son, lem
pest, left last Thursday for a six
weeks visit to relatives in Pennsyl-
vania.
Jacob Brust and Fred Berger are
holders Of United States bonds.
Howard Kennedy, well known here,
died very suddenly at the home Of G..
Steinbruck. His home was at juno
ton City. s
Threshing is in full blast. Wheat
will average about 10 bushels to the
acre, although some fields have made
as high as rs bushels. Oats is poor.
A dance was enjoyed by the young
people in Mr.. Brust's grove last Sat-
urday night.
There will be no preaching at this
place for a month. Rev. Mr.. Sher.
man is taking vacation.
Much corn has tasseled and good
rain Is needed.
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MOONLIGHT.

N. L. Ruse began threshing Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Baumbaugh
drove to Woodbine Saturday.
S. T. Reed returned to bis home at
Cowgirl, NO., Sunday after months
stay here.
G. B. Basehore drove to Saline
county Sunday.
Amos Baer and family were visiting
with N. H. Solonberger, Sunday.
Rev. Hanson held a few holiness
meetings at Bethel last week.
A. B. Stoner of Hope is visiting
relatives here.
j. W. Frazie was in Abilene Sum
day.
John Hoke and family were visit
ing with Thos. Perry Sunday.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-07-21
ITEMS OF INTER EST.
Cotton Of twelve different colov
Urn,Ny In paru

Cotton Of twelve different colors
grows in Peru.
The most wonderful bridge in the
world is one of solid agate in Arizona.
Queen Margherita Of Italy has taxi
ell to golf as a preventive Of her in
creasing obesity.
II the sun was to be divided into
smaller planets 1t would make 1910
each the size Of the earth.
PendnEums are affected by varla-
tons OF density on the air, as we'll as
by changing temperature.
THE legislative branch Of THE Mex
lean government costs $l,OOO,O0O In
Mexican silver annually.
On Chinese railways the highest
paid employees are the telegraph oper-
ators, VINO get $3.50 per month.
A policeman in New Haven arrested
special delivery letter carrier on
his wheel the other day for scorching
while on duty.
The most celebrated steeds OF the
civil war were Cincinnati, Traveller
and Winchester, the fayorite chargers
OF Grant, Lee and Sheridan.
Lord Beacons6eld, once premier OF
England, remarked of his politica,
opponent, William y. Gladstone, that
he was without rcdeeming vice.
In view of the prevalence OF the in
fuenza in Japan it bias been decreed
THAT everyone who approaches the
emperor Snail first take blIth to kill
the germs.
II has been stated that the danger
to trees from lightning depends not
only on their height, but also on their
condnctIbility, resulting from more
or less richness OF sap.
A substitute for honey has been in-
troduced in Germany under the name
Of sugar honey, and consists OF su-
gar, water, minute amounts of min.
eral substance and free acid.
Anhi-German feeling runs so high
in Prague that the Czech university
students have banded together to boy
cotit all young women who dance or
firt with Germans at parties.
Sir Henry Irving, whose income ~.
erages about seyenty-fye thousand
dollars a year, enjoys recalling that
he once had to solve the problem OF
how to live on five dollars week.
Electromagnetic capable Of picking
up load not exceeding five tons are
used by one Of the great steel COM
panies to transfer steel beams or
plates from one part Of the shop 70
another.
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NEWBERN.

Miss Mamie Morrett, OF Abilene is
visiting friends in this vicinity.
Mrs. Snyder, from the East, is WIS.,
iting with her daughter, Mrs. Fetch
er Force.
John Russell, Of Abilene, has moved
out on his mother.in-law's, Mrs. L. ID.
Lifts, farm and will conduct affairs
there.
Farmers have begun blowing for
fall crops. The acreage promises to
be as large this year as it was last.
Benjamin Jury and family, Of Hol'
land, spent Sunday at jeremiah
Engle's.
Miss Mellinger, Of Hope, spent Sum
day here.
VIM. Fellbush and wife LETT last
week for a short visit in Illinois.
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CARLTON,

Mrs. Belle Wilson left for her home
in Chicago last Monday after making
a visit with friends and relatives here.
j. F. Baxter had horse killed by a
train on the Missouri Pacific railroad
last Saturday night.
Miss May White is on the sick list.
We hope for her speedy recovery.
The Y. P. S. C. E. was led by L..
W. Shriver last Sunday evening,
after which Rev. Mr.. Rabey delivered
an able sermon to large audience.
Miss Hattie AFFORD, Of Solomon,
was visiting with friends in Carlton
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Compton were
visiting with friends in the country
last Sunday.
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nnI as rne story spread among the
Fedora soldiers they gathered around
Nell, cheering her so loudly that Aunt
Drusilla, sitting disconsolately upon
her stump in the woods. heard the up
roar and wondered what it meant
Not long had the honest old necress
to wonder, for presently there march,
ed through the woods guard of hon
or surrounding the Federal officer,
who carried both Nell and the baby
in his strong arms.
"Oh, chile, chile" cried Aunt Dru-
silla, as she gave Nell her very heart
lest hug, 'yo' done give me powful
scare. But it's all right now, bress
de Lawd, an dem dar Yankees amt
so bad after all."--R. Franklin Dunn
in Chicago Inter Ocean.
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A Vest Fortunes FounAssasn.

Il is we'll known that the Roths.
child fortunes got their first boost
through the care Meyer Ansem took
Of the money left in his charge by q
Landgrave Of Hesse-Cassel near the
beginning Of the present century,
when Napoleon was about to invade
Germany.
This Landgrave, William X, was
the successor Of Frederick H., the
Landgrave who rented $4,000 Hcssian
soldiers to King George Iii. Of Eng
land for about $1S,OOO,OOO for the pur-
pose of defeating Americans in their
hight for freedom. And it was this
blood money and Its proceeds chiefly
that were intrusted to the first Roths-
child when the Landgrave fled before
Napoleon.
1t is one of the Rothschild tradi-
tons that much of the money paid
by England for Hessian soldiers to
fight America was packed on a donk-
ey's back to 0stend, ferried across
the channel to Dover and from there
taken on mailcoach to Manchester,
where Nathan lent it out at exorb-
tant rates to the pioneers in England
cotton manufacture.
Meyer Anselm Won Rothschild had
Ave sons-Anselm Mayer, Nathan.
Solomon, James and Charles; and
they opened branches of the Roths-
child bank in four cities, Solomon 60
ing to Vienna, Charles to Naples.
James to Paris and Nathan to Man
chester, England; while Anselm Mey-
.r, the eldest, remained in Frankfort
just before the fathers death the
brothers were called together to re-
cefve his blessing, and they then
promised under oath to follow the
policy he outlined. This included
equal division of all profits, standing
by one another in any and all cir
cumstances and the holding Of family
councils on all important matters.
This policy is continued to this day.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-07-21
\ Boiled and FILTERED Water.

Some months ago school girl In
Kansas City, No., declared she did not
like filtered water, because, as she ex-
pressed it, There is no substance in
it," At the .me the remark sounded
exceedingly funny and all who heard
it laughed heartily at the girls queer
notion. Now, however, it does not
sound so queer, in view of the follow
ing, from The pen of the writer who
conducts the column headed "0n the
Tip Of the Tongue" in the New York
Press, He says, after discussing var
ious summer drinks;
"Whats qhe matter with drinking n
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-07-21
NELL TARLEToN.

run, honey, run! Heah come de
Yankees!"
Such was the cry which reused Nell
Tarleton from bed that summer even
ing when Gen. Butler, at the lead OF
the Federal troops, swooped down up
on City Point, Va, and blocked the
road to Petersburg.
Nell Tarleton dwelt with her moth
err and baby brother in their old-fash-
toned home on the James river. The
father of the. family was away on the
Potomac fighting the battles of the
Confederacy, and only few faithful
negroes remained to guard Mrs. Tar
Teton and her children.
As Nell sprang from her bed she
heard the rattle of musketry up the
river. A shell tore, screaming, over
the house, followed by another ana
another. Then there burst forth
from the stables lurid glare, and
she heard her mothers distracted
voice shrieking that the negro quar-
tiers were afire.
Nell's fingers trembled violently,
but she managed to don her frock
and get her shoes before old Aunt
Drusilla came numbering up the
stairs and drove the child, shoes in
hand. from the room.
"Doan' min YOU shoes till yo' gifts
out O fah!" exclaimed Aunt Drusila,
resolutely, and so, barefooted, md
half clad, Nell hurried through the
confusion of the hall and onto the
avn before the house.
There she found her mother hyster-
zeal and helpless, and there, too, was
the baby, snugly wrapped up, and
carried by his nurse, the mulatto
phoebe. Some valuables hastily put
together lay in bundles on the grass
plainly revealed in the ruddy light
from the blazing huts. Nobody SEEM
cd n know What 10 do IN Amt nm
ella swa,t unop tho soono Thar
movement tool Tho nlooe % inootion
"Ueob w, fool niyu,bs . cried tbs
ala colorcd woman. "wbot tor 20.
etarin, an, dom, nufrinq Want de
Yankees 70 cotcb Won bub9 Crab
dam bundles an, RIM for da yoods,
An, vo, too, Mics - m, 90, horey.
INN 7 tou vo, phooho m;n, ia, =
chile or ri warm WI, Eyervhodv,s
mot 20 rrr,o
And oyervhoav ror-ovon a., ,r,t
Drnsillo herself nown tbo do,yv
lawn With tbe Federol hn,,o,s ,hist
lino among tbe tree tone hor5 No. "a
tbe famos snre,diry to tbo hams md |
stahles tber aod ror IN ,ha n;ah,
ottacL M ono wos sofo Nth.
yorth mn sontb worrod ano;ns. ,ra
mon and cbildren hnt nnaer onror
dorLnoss the arayos, daaaa. Nv ,hua.,
oned al within the aroa os a.,anh
A, ,aoe. ,han noaaha5 a., a.'"I N,
voods ana ,ha so,,na ~ e. Wv us"
I'm, ,ain,I, 70 ,hoi, ~, ~ ,"s S"
allow a. Tho distant sre st tY sha,, .
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-07-21

ThQ Rsf1satolFi''s County News.
THE GOLDEN TIDE.


There's many Q rest on the road Of
life,
II we would only stop to take it;
And many tone from the better
land,
If the querulous heart would wake
it.
To the sunny soul that is full Of hope,
And whose beautiful trust ne'er
faileth,
The grass is green and the flowers ere
bright,
Though the Wintry storm prevail
eth.
Better to hope, though the clouds
hang low,
And to keep the eyes still lifted;
For the sweet, blue SKY will soon peep
through,
When the ominous clouds are rifted.
There was never a night without
day,
Nor an evening without morning;
And the darkest hour, the proverb
goes,
Is the hour before the dawnng.
There is many gem in the path Of
life,
Which we pass in one idle pleasure,
That is richer far than the jeweled
crown,
Or the miser's boarded treasure;
1t may be the love Of a little child,
Or the mothers prayer to heaven,
Or only beggar's grateful thanks
For cup Of water given.
Better to weave in the web Of life
A bright and golden filling,
And do Gods will with ready heart,
And hands that are swift and will.
ing,
Than to snap the delicate silver
threads
Of our curious lives asunder,
And then, heav'n blame for the tan
gled ends,
And sit and grieve and wonder.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-07-21
SOLOMON.

Mrs. VIM. Hood is quite i'll with
malarial fever.
Will Hopkins returned to Topeka
Monday after few days visit with
bis parents.
DR.. J. F. Schnebly is home from a
trip in Eastern Kansas.
Mrs. White, OF Hershey, Mich,
who has been visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Jas. Barr, returned home yes
terday.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-07-21
REPORTED BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
wooDB1NE.

James Pillod is the new helper for
the depot.
R. H. Volkman is building an addi'
tion to bis livery barn.
Annie Compton, Of Wreford, is
helping Mrs. julius Chestnut sew.
Mr.. and Mrs. Meyers, Of Harrington,
were visiting H. V. Scholes and fam
lily Tuesday.
Fred Moore is clerking at Horizons
for the present.
C.B. Gemeny was in Junction City
Friday.
Fred Pierce and his mother left for
Alta Vista Friday.
Agnes Smith has returned from q
visit to the Omaha Exposition.
H. V. Scholes gave discourse at
Gillett's hall Sunday evening to a
very large and appreciative audience.
j. W. Gillett went to Abilene Mon.
day.
Miss Katharine Korn is visiting
Mrs. G. G. Gillett.
Charles +. Heston returned from
Moonlight Monday.
Miss Ida Horton is visiting her
uncle, D. B. Horton.
J. C. Nusz and C. W. Boettcher
went to Junction City Wednesday
after postoflice fixtures.
Lille Garrett visited friends in
Abilene last week.
Jacob Gugler is very i'll. A doctor
from Wichita is here attending him.
E. B. Curtis and family have re-
turned from Michigan where they
have been visiting Mr.. Curtis parents
for couple weeks.
Lille Fletcher and Mae McDaniels
are visiting relatives in this vicinity.
Miss Miller Of Abilene is visiting
Mrs. H. W. Catch.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-07-21

You can get your
choice of anything on
the table for $l.OO in
shoes and oxfords,
some of which cost
$500 to $3.50, brok-
en- sizes, at w. W..
Davis.
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Read DR.. Smiths ad in this issue
Farm for Sale.

A good 80-acre farm, about 40 acres
under cultivation, four miles north OF
Belle Springs creamery. N. Carston,
Donegal. Kansas. 1853
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Gladstone's Horsemanship.
The famous American horse tanner.
The Eddy current., 1898-09-17

The nlr naval Floating repair shoT

The Zig Naval Floating Hepalr shoT
a success
Tho steamer Vulcan OF tho navy. lit'
ted out az a repalr-shop ship by En-
glneor-ln- Chief Melville. proved inyal'
liable TO the large squadron In Cuban
waters. operating far from a naval
base. where repairs we're impossible eX'
cept In the case OF exceedingly slight
injuries. and Il Is now clearly shown
that had not his vessel been promptly
sent TO Santiago, a number OF the war
ships would have had to continue In
crippled condition or been returned &c
the United States To be put In good or
der A letter received from Chief
Engineer Chasmar OF the Vulcan de-
clnred that the Vulcan o. thoroughly
appreciated In the squadron. and Is do
ing great work Twelve ships have al
ready made use OF her facilities for re-
pair 20 their mae chinery, and several OF
them received new steam pipes In place
" the old ones that had been shot
away. The Vulcan has not been limit
ed TO steam engineering affalrs alone.
but has been used for ordnance and
construction work. She remedied the
damages TO the hull OF Commodore
Watsons flagship the Newark, caused
by collision with the Dolphin. and.
among other odd Jobs two shafts for
siX-inch gun mounts. essential TO the
use OF those weapons. have been made
In her shops, The Vulcan has black
smithlnE. machine shops, boiler max
Ing. and other complete outfits aboard
that permit work Of any reasonable
magnitude 10 be undertaken. superior
to the capacity OF shops at any small
ports. and surpassed alone by the iarg-
er navy yards.
The Eddy current., 1898-09-17
"Doub,fui Chara.ts-.-

When Mr Gladstone aud Lord Ton
nyson paid visit 10 Kirkwall. and
wished 10 see 81 Masnus cathedral.
they bad 10 get the lsslst4nre of the
United Presbyterian minister 90 show
o. to them "a Vas" Mf Gladstone
sald such a doubtful character that
even in the company of Tennyson I
Sas not sufficiently respectable 90 Boo
conducted over n by the proper suthor.
ity.' The story is told boy Mr Patrick
Campbell. Tor 40 many years Mr Glad
stones election agent in Midlothian.
Westminster Gazette
The Eddy current., 1898-09-17

Tor anything uncxpllinable ON the
West coast.
Lagos Is called The Liverpool of
the West coast. but Tor good municipal
government II might we'll be- the Ideal
Despite the horrors Of the gin trade
the convicted "drunl,s' do not amount
a. 30 per annum out ot population
of 10000 There ls excellent order ey-
erywhere Tho streets are clean. the
traycnging department Is a poem. Ani
particularly should one notice the
place for washing clothes out at the
back of Marina between the police
barracks and the Jail The appurte-
nances are simple. there s. stream.
and there are tubs Eacn lady. or each
clique ~ ladies. has tub. usually made
from half q palm-oil puncheou. aud a
nlot ~ ground apportluued 90 her by
custom. and she washes with soap and
rxtriion the cotton loin-clothes of coll
prod Lagos and n she is lucky. now
ana then the white irl. garments OF
ih" American or European She ls
very like her sister lhundresses all
'le world over. her tongue tolls quite
u, hard as her hands
The kroobuy ut the west coast ls A
.,elu.y animal. which seeing that he
a fho white mans active right hand
a good thing for he white man. The
working Kro0hoy. whose age may boz
anywhere between and 10 acquires
various arts Sometimes be- is body
servant. 90 other times wuchman
.unomau stoker or stewards boy.
hud occasionally hn loes laundry work
ANA ls officially known as the Jack
aash Ills diet rs two cupflls Of rice
prr iiom and occasional pieces ~ salt
Ilsh and bis residence thanks to the
French possession of the kroo coast
ls Sierra Leone For personal decora.
zion he tattoos two blue lines across
he bridge N hts noso and shuyes his
head Into garden plots. and when ill-
ness attacks him he paints his eye-
sockets white with lime and present
IS a cured o. IS not easy 10 ex-
plaiu Ms habits. but. takcu with them.
ne "a an excellent erryart
The Eddy current., 1898-09-17

rNsy Are Fond of Chssrfui Surround.
ings-now % tmprsvs Year uomsa

rpsy Are Fond of Chssrfui Surround.
iags-How ~ tmprovs Year uomsa
Probably At no time IN the worlds
hiatory has 20 much attention been
paid 20 the interior decoration OF
k0mea as At present No home, no
nattsr how humble, IL without ne
handiwork that helps 10 beautify the
apartments and make the surround
logs more cheerful. The taste OF the
American people has kept pace with
the aee, and almost every day brings
forth something new in the way Of a
picture, a draping, q piece OF furniture
or some form Of mural decoration.
One Of the latest OF these has been
given 70 the world by the celebsa ated
artist, huviue. ia q series OF four
hAndsome porcelain game plaques.
Not for years has anything ~ hand.
some in this line been seen. The sub
iecta represented BY these plaques are
American VIII DucKs, American
Pheasant. American Quail and English
Snipe. They are handsome paintings
and are especially designed for hang
ing on dinlng-room walls. though
their richness aud beauty entities them
10 q place In the parlor Of any home.
Theae original plaques have been pur-
chased AZ q cost Of $4,000 By J. q.
Hublnger Bros. Co, manufacturers OF
the celebrated Elaati. Starch, and In
order 70 enable their numerous Gus
toners 10 become poaaeasOrs OF these
handsome works OF art they have had
thea reproduced ~ a special process
In all the rich eoiors and beauty "
the original. They are finished on
heavy cardboard, pressed and em-
bossed IN the shape OF a plaque and
trimmed with a heavy band OF gold.
They measure forty inches IN eircIn-
ference and contain no reading matter
or advertisement whatever.
Until October Messrs. }, G. Hubln-
ger Bros Co. propose 10 distribute
tLsae plaques free 10 their Gust ymers.
Every purchaser OF three ten-cent
packages OF Elastic Starch, fat-iron
brand, manufactured by J. Q. HublR-
ger Bros. Co., 10 entitled TO receive
one OF these handsome plaques free
from their grocer. Old and new Gus
TONERS alike are entitled 10 the bene-
fita OF this offer. These plaques will
not be sent through the mail, the only
way 10 obtain them being from your
grocer. Every grocery store in tho
country has Elastic Starch for sale. II
IL the oldest and best laundry starch
on the market. and IL the most perfect
cold process starch ever invented. II
10 the only starch made by men who
thoroughly understand tho laundry
business, and the only starch that will
not iniure tho finest fabric. II has been
tho standard for quarter OF CEN
tury, and a. an evidence OF how good
II IL twenty-five million packages were
sold last year. Ask your dealer 10
show You tho plaqles and tell you
abolt Elastic Starch. Accept no sub
stitute. Bear In mind that this oifer
bolde good short time only. and
should be taken advantage Of without
DELAY.
The Eddy current., 1898-09-17

rhsir Marvellous nsauty a. shaws -
the AIInrnarnne.

the Microscope.
The traveller IN the far East, passing
through stone doorways. scfolled anh
carved with Arabesque fretwork, en-
ters the eastern quarter Of old Cairo.
The streets are dlngy and narrow, bui
here rise the wonderful domea OF tho
famous mosques s-"Tombs Of the
Mamelukes" exquisite In oil grace ana
fantasy OF shape and color The fret
ted aides. a fine and delicate lacework
OF stone, the marvellous and shining
play OF llght on beautiful tlnts. seem
like a very dream OF art. But enter
the woods that stretch all about us, and
use the microscope that eniarges our
vision. and 10. a most wonderful thing
has come TO pass Winged beings. far
more beautiful than the genli Of the
Arabian Nlghta." have been here, AMI
on the under side OF common lear
In size no larger than pins head. are
structures that fairly rival the mosques
Of Cairo IN wealth Of decoration and
lovellness OF color-the butterfly eggs.
They are. many OF them. dome-shapef
like the mosques. and covered with a
rich network, 10 filmy that II glltters
IN the sun like a diamond dew. but
each OF the lines In a rib. buttressing
the whole structure. other eggs are
shaped like tlaras or turbans, and 9TH
ers stlll are like sea-urchins. Some are
shaped like pyramids. end all lead up
Ia their decorations TO a minute rosette
az tho top. sometimes deeply indented,
through whose openings life IL received
In the egg. The patterns are often as
regular as any "clrcular rose-window
OF Gothic cathedral" and the colors
OF the egg. beginning with a palo-green
the safest OF all colors In the green
wood-or white. like many tree-blos-
SONS change afterwards. as the dwell
er inside develops, into all kinds OF
brilliant and shining hues. from sal
mon to orange. These eggs are some
times found single. sometimes In reg
ular rows, one on top Of the other, or
struag together like necklace OF
beads. or "glrdllng a twig like a fairy
ring There are insects-not butter
fiies-that lay eggs IN almost Incredible
numbers. say trllllon I'm a season :
These are soft and perlshable. and OF
short life. Where an insects eggs
have to stand the winters cold they are
usually covered or packed in kind OF
cement. n you look at these mere
specs through a microscope you will
see exquisite shells. clustered like gems
or rolled in tubes. or convoluted m
splrals and circles. Many eggs are
doubly protected because they are 10
fragile and are placed In still another
shelter. as the eggs OF the birds. pale
blue, or speckled, or pearly white. In
close woven nests. or the eggs OF GER
tain spiders In silky bells OF golden
yellow or purest white. hung amone
the blossoms Yet II is more common
to find Insect eggs bare and exposed "a
view. One day saw what had seem.
ed dust grow under a microscope into
crystal eggs. on which insect forms ap.
peared to be sharply edged as seer
through the transparent case. Their
out skipped some lively, black-eyet
woodfolk. independent and alert
ready for a meal. They seemed full,
grown az blrth.-E. +. NJ.