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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-05-26

I once knew all TIE birds chat esml
And nestled in our orchard treea
For every flower l had q name
My friends were woodchucks, toad
and bees;
! knew what thrived in yonder glen,
What plants would soothe a stone.
bruised toe
Oh, was very learned then
But that was very long ago.
l knew the spot Upon the hill
Where checkeruerrles could b
found
! knew the rushes near the mill,
Where pickere lay that weighed 4
pound!
! knew the wood-the very tree
Where lived the poaching, saucy
crow,
And all the woods and crows knew
But that was very long ago.
And, pining for tie joys of youth,
l tread the old fanllar spot
Only to learn this so.emn truth;
l have forgotten, am forgot.
Yet there's this youngster at my knee
Knows all the things | used to
know.
10 think | once was wise as he!-
But that was very long ago.
l know It's folly to complain
vi whatsoever the fates decree,
Yet, were not wis .es all in vain,
Id tell you that my wish would be:
Id wish to be boy again,
Back with the friends | used to
know.
For l was, oh, so happy then
But that was very long ago.
Eugene Field.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-05-26

Give me back my basket sh let
mo depart in peace"
Call your men Of, call your men
Back into the cask every fve!"
And 80 ended this famous fight
The boy got his basket and, carry.
ing it and the cask, soon reached his
home. And thenceforth neither he
nor the stepnlother wanted for any
thing, nor did she ever lose her tenn.
per again, for she knew the five were
there to punish her.
But | think that by and by, she
found IT so good to be always kind
and pleasant that the temper died Of
non-use. What do you think?-The
Philadelphia Times.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-05-26

The averaging walking pace of a
healthy man or woman is said to be
seventy-fve steps a minute.
The estimate of the number of
tramps in the United States varies
between 10000 and 10000.
The Italian Or Parmesan cheese
must be cut with a saw and Is used
mainly in cooking, being grated.
AT the battle of Waterloo $1,000 men
We're killed or disabled. There were
$4,000 soldiers in that great struggle.
1t is estimated that at least 1OOO,-
OOO pounds of rubber are annually
used in the manufacture of bicycle
tires.
The average duration of human life
IN European countries is greatest in
Sweden and Norway and lowest in
Italy and Austria.
From 1868 to 1881 It is estimated
that no less than 31,OOO,OOO butfalos
were slaughtered on the great plains
OF the United States.
In Berlin the pawnshop is a royal
Institution, and is not allowed to
make a profit. Its surplus goes to
charitable purposes.
In the Baltic sea there are more
wrecks than in any other place in the
world. The average throughout the
year is one each day.
The vine attains great age, con.
tinuing fruitful for at least 400 years.
1t is supposed to be equal to the oak
as regards longevity.
The University Of Calcutta is said
TO be the largest educational corpor.
alton in the world. Every year it
examines over 10000 students.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-05-26
HOW SHE LOST MER LOVER.

Twas a summer ago when be left me
here,
A summer Of smiles with never tear,
Till said to him with a sob, my dear!
Goodbye, my lover; goodbye!
For loved him, oh, as the stars love
night!
And my cheeks for him flushed red
and white
When he first called me his hearts
delight;
Goodbye, my lover; goodbye!
The touch Of his hand was a thing
divine,
As he sat with me in the soft moon.
shine
And drank of my love as men drink
wine;
Goodbye, my lover; goodbye!
And never a night as l knelt in
prayer,
In gown as white as our own souls
were,
But in fancy he came and kissed me
there;
Goodbye, my lover; goodbye!
But now, o God! what an empty
place
My whole heart is! OF the old en-
brace
And the kiss I loved, there is not q
trace,
Goodbye, my lover; good-bye!
lie sailed not over the stormy sea,
And he went not down in the waves,
not he;
But oh, he is lost, for he married me.
Goodbye, my lover; goodbye!
James Whitcomb Riley.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-05-26

CAsy Are Now Awaiting layers -
LenAsn-ThslR Inssreesaag
AAAss0r).

kAAssOfl.
In connection with the recent -
| pointment Of Ten Sir Hugh Henry
Cough as keeper Of the jewels in ths
Tower Of London, 1t 10 interesting -
oote that three among the largcst
diamonds in the world-jeweb as rare
Is any, save the Kohinoor, in Sir
Hugh's nominal care-ae at the
present moment cooking for buyers In
London. More than that they are
all in the hands Of one diamond NOR
chant There is no big diamond With
out its history, and these-the
Hope, the "De.ni" and the "PashA
Of Lgypt'-have their stories. The
Hope" diamond, known also as the
"Tavernier Blue" a violet-blue stone
Of AN carats, was discovered in In
dia in the latter half OF the last cen-
fury by French diamond merchant
named Tavernier. With twenty-four
other large stones, he sold it to King
Louis XIV, who paid him enough to
enable him to buy a large estate BE-
fitting the rank with which tho mon
arch invested him. Inc large blue
stone was seized in 1892, during the
revolution, and deposited in tho
Garle-Meuble, whence it was secretly
distracted in the same year. Nothing
more was heard OF it until 1880, when
1t was found In the hands Of Daniel
Eliason, who sold it to Henry Thomas
Hope, London baker. The emperor
OF Russia tried to buy it in 1870, but
the Hope estate was not doing busi-
ness on the credit plan, and the car
had to do without the diamond. u
has lain in vault ever since, but now
is to be sold under court order.
The Delhi" diamond, said to be tho
most brilliant in the worlds rose
pink stone of Sl1s carats--was taken
from the king Of Delhi at Agra In
1857. The young British officer who
obtained it, puzzled how to smuggle
1t over to England, finally hit on the
plan Of making his horse swallow Q
bolus in which 1t had been rolled.
That was all very well until the horse
took sick and had to be killed. Then
the beast must needs be cut open sur.
reptitiously and the diamond abb
stracted. This being done, the young
man set sail for England with his reg
iment before those who coveted tho
stone knew In whose hands 1t was.
The third stone, the "Pasha Of
Egypt" Is a 40-carat diamond, that
was accounted the best In tho
Egyptian treasury until some enter
prising civilizer Of Africa looted the
khedive's stronghold. Mystery sur.
rounds It's travel from Egypt through
Morocco to England, there being not
even evidence TO show at what time
1t was stolen from Ibrahim Pasha, it,
former owner.
A Story Of Dickens
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-05-26

where be was held by the water. His
lantern was extinguished and the
engine was coming right behind him.
A section hand with him tagged the
train but in the darkness the en-.
gineer did not stop promptly and the
engine pilot was halted only yard
from his head. The scare was
enough to turn his hair white and he
believes it is several shades lighter
than it was before.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-05-26
Eminent
Physicians

in the United States? You can. The ply.
stefan is right here. He has an Office in the
building, he has staff Of correspondents to
assist him, and anyone and everyone, who
needs medical advice is invited to write to
him. II its babys health or mothers or
the health Of any member of the family you
may write about it, sure Of careful read
ing Of your letter, sure Of q conscientious
diagnosis Of your case,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-05-26
Sure Of a Cure

II cureis possible. Every letter will be held
as a strictly confidential communication.
Remember these facts.
We offer you medical advice from one Of
the most eminent practitioners in the United
States, whether our medicines suit your
particular case or not. We offer you this
advice at the cost Of the two cent stamp
which it will take to bring your letter to our
Office. Address the Medical Department
D.. ]. c. Aver Co., Lowell, Mass.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-05-26
A Hygenic Version.

little Miss Muffett
Sat on tuffet,
Eating Of curds and whey;
A microbe espled her
And slipped down inside her,
And she had influenza next day.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-05-26

SPANS crown jewels were brought
TO America by the secretary Of King
Joseph Bonaparte in 1917, but were
restored soon after.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-05-26

Altogether!
Three cheers, and three and thirty!
Our bats to him we doff;
There amt no dew on Dewey
That the Spaniards can brush off!
Frank L. Stanton.
Nurse-"Well, Master Teddy, what
do you think Of the new baby?"
Master Teddy (gloomily)-1 dunno.
Have we got TO keep 1t, or is 1t only
Iample?"--Ally Sloper.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-05-26

Our ex-Presidents agree in declin.
ing to talk to the man at the wheel
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-05-26

When man saves q dollar for Q
rainy day he may have to spend 1t for
On umbrella.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-05-26
Free
Medical Advice

You need a doctor many times when you
don't call one. You suffer pain in fifty
forms and yet won't call the doctor, be-
cause you hope that the pain twill go
away after WHILE And, too, you know
by experience, that that first visit Of the
doctor Is generally followed by many others,
with the inevitable consequence Of a big
bill for professional services" You don't
know what to do for yourself or what to take.
But suppose that you could get free, ab-
solutely free, the advice Of one Of the most
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-05-26

started Tor Manila. But under the
decorations was beating a heart that
was warm with love for his mother
and father. With them he spent
every minute of his stop in Abilene.
When such is the case q man may
wear all decoration" he wishes.
Among the freaks who are en-
listed in the Populist party are a few
who think it smart to keep news Of
the party's actions from the press.
One Of these curiosities named Nc
Ninch happened to be about the only
man in town Saturday evening with
a complete list OF the party's dele.
gates selected that afternoon, yet he
told the reporters that he bad no list
and did not known where any could
be obtained. The party is not al-
hicted with many Of this sort of
creatures-the leaders are honest and
courteous toward newspapermen, re-
CARELESS Of the politics Of the papers.
One of the colored porters on the
plug is a very subdued individual
these days. On the morning of the
Mud creek flood he walked ahead OF
train over the bridge. The water
was running over the rails a foot
deep and suddenly he missed bis foot
ing and went down between the ties
The herald., 1898-03-17
HE WANTS DAMAGES
sPENCER WAS ARRESTED AS A
DEFAULTING JUROR
IS NOW AFTER OFFICER RICO
He Claims Mistaken Identity but the
Policeman Tells a Different Story.
A Missouri Land Deal

r. J, Spencer has brought suit in the
township justice court against Police Of
hcer T. F. Rico for false Imprisonment.
He claims that the officer arrested him
without authority of law and without prob
able cause, and that he had to pay an at
torney named Hyatt fee of SIS for defend
ing him. Spencer wants s299 damages.
officer Rico says that he was sent out to
secure jury for Justice Owens court to
try the case of Charles Rudy accused of
vagrancy, on the 11th of March, and came
across the plaintfff in the present suit.
whom he summoned as juror. The Of
ficer took down the name and address of
this party, which turned out to be false.
and he failed to show up when the Rudy
case was called. Justice Owens issued a
warrant for c. S. Spence, the name given
by the absentee to the officer, on charge
of contempt of court, and this was en-
trusted to Rico. who finally ran down his
man, whose name. he alleges, is T. j.
Spencer, a printer, in the employ of the
Los Angeles Printing company, residing on
Olive street, and brought him into the city
justice court.
The man was examined before Justice
Owens, and the court was not satisfied
from the testimony presented that Spencer
and the man summoned by the officer were
one and the same and purged him of the
contempt charge.
Spencer alleges that Rico used force and
violence upon his person at the time of
his arrest but this is energetically denied
by the policeman. He says that he re-
quested Spencer to follow him to the court
and that he did so without demurring.
The herald., 1898-03-17
BURGLAR PETERSEN
A Burglary Day Is This Ignorant
Swede'S Limit

A big, ignorant looking Swede. who gave
the name of Niels G. Peterson, was caught
on Tuesday afternoon by Deputy Consta-
BILE Slauson while burglarizing house at
Monrovia. Peterson, in attempting tc
eccape, dropped a half dollar and some
clothing, which he had stolen in the house
but he was caught and brought to the
county Jail. The constable described some
knives and razors which had been found
on the prisoner and left at Monrovia.
Sheriff Burr telephoned yesterday morn
ing to the constable at Azusa to go over
to Monrovia for the purpose of finding out
whether the stuff was not part of some
goods taken from the hardware store of
Casey & Philbrick, which was burglarized
on Monday night The cutlery was identi-
fed as part of the spoils of that burglary.
Petersen offers to plead guilty to the Mon
rovia matter, but protests that the knives
and razors fsund in his possession were
bought by him in Texas The officers,
however, believe that a straight case can
be established against the Swede.
The herald., 1898-03-17
RAN AWAY FROM HOME
Pretty Marie Estorga Wanted to Sc,
the World

Ventura is said to be quite a lively little
place, but it appears to have been too
slow for Maria Sallaina Estorga, pretty
16-year-old Spanish girl. Maria tired of the
town by the sea and decided to see some
thing of the big world outside, SO naturally
she came to Los Angeles. On last Saturday
afternoon she took the southbound train
without having previously informed her
parents. Y
The latter became alarmed at her con-
tinued absence, and applied to the consta-
ble's office for assistance in finding her.
Deputy Constable Henry Russell learned
that the truant had come to this city With
the assistance of Detectives Auble and
Hawley the girl was located yesterday
morning. The officers found her in time.
for the girl, being without money, had ar
ranged to meet the proprietress of house
of ill-fame, and would no doubt have been
persuaded to have started upon a shameful
life. The girl was taken back to Ventura
by Deputy Constable Russell in the after
noon.
The herald., 1898-03-17
Suicide Said to Be Epid demic

DR.. La Rue. the famous French author
ity on abnormal Phenomena, and profess
sor in Laval university, has. after ex-
haustive comparison of facts In France,
Belgium England and the United States,
come to the conclusion the inclination to
suicide is a mania, and is epidemic. There
seems to be strong corroboration of this in
our own country, where one suicide-par-
ticularly among young females-follows
another. No learned authority has as yet
discovered with exactitude whether ma
laria is epidemic or endemic, but it has
been a matter of notoriety for nearly half
a century that the most reliable preven-
tive and curative of the various forms of
malaria is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
Restored patients have not only set the
seal of their appreciation upon it in maar-
ial cases, but commend it for rheumatism,
kidney and liver trouble, nervousness,
dyspepsia and constipation. 1t improves
both appetite and sleep. and is a capital
mitigant of infirmity in advancing years.
The herald., 1898-03-17
STONY TRANSACTIONS
Mrs. Nave Tells Story That Savors
of Bunco Tactics

Mrs. Elizabeth f. Nave yesterday COM
menced suit against Eugene B. and
Helen H. Stork, j. A McCarty and Hattie
E. Thomson to have deed to seven acres
Of land in this county from her to the
Storks and from them to Mrs. Thomson
declared void, and that she, the plaintiff,
is the owner of the land.
Mrs Nave alleges that on JAM LIST the
defendants entered into a fraudulent con-
tract for the purpose Of swindling her,
which was done by making her believe that
]. A. McCarty had 100 acres of land in
Stone county. Missouri 1t was related to
her that eighty-hve acres of this tract
were in high state of cultivation, fenced
in. unequaled for the raising of corn and
wheat, and not subject to overflow. AL
though Stone county is suggestive name,
Mrs. Nave was given to understand that
there were no stones on the land, that II
was within eight miles of a railroad and
that the quarter section was worth $780,
She bit to the extent of making a contract
with all Of the parties except Mrs Thom-
son, that she would exchange her seven
acres IN Los Angeles county for the 100
acres In Stone county, and placed in es-
crow in the name of Mrs. McCarty with the
Storks the deed to her real estate, it be-
Ing understood that she should take a
trip in the meantime to Missouri to assure
herself with her own eyes that everything
out there was as portrayed. If she was
satisfied with her visit she would author
tze the Storks to deliver her deed to Nc
Carty: If not, they should hold 1t. Nc
Carty, on the other hand was also to make
deed for the Stone county property to her
and place it in escrow with the Storks
Mrs. Nave claims that instead of put
ting the name of Mrs. McCarty in the
deed Eugene Stork put In that of his
wife as grantee, although in reading i,
over to her he pretended to read Mrs.
McCarty's name. When she returned
thoroughly disSusted with the Missouri
land, she found that the Storks had
caused her deed to be recorded, and on the
10th instant decided the land to Hattie. E.
Thomson. She also alleges that at no time
was she rendered deed by anyone for the
land in Stone county.
The herald., 1898-03-17

Butler has also died since the commence
ment of the suit. On the part of the plain
tiff 1t was claimed that the court had no
Jurisdiction to make the order permitting
Butler to sell the homesteaded property,
and the defendants, who had bought the
lots. claimed a clear title to them under
the same order.
The court declared the act under which
Butler was authorized to sell the land con-
stitutional and the proceedings valid. The
opinion concludes as follows: "And deed
by husband to the separate property
upon which his wife has declared home
stead, does not pass the title to the prop
erty subject only to the homestead. but
1t is, unless made pursuant to the pro-
visions of the act of 1874, an absolute
nullity,"
The herald., 1898-03-17
Postal and Pensions

| WASHINGTON, March A.-James Cell.
was today appointed postmaster at Pleas
| anton, Alameda county, Cal, vice T. j
Carr, removed.
Joseph c.. Buehler of Benica, Cal, ha:
been appointed railway mail clerk.
| Frank ]. Payne was today commissioned
postmaster at Sutter Creek and May
| Frembd at Eal, Cal.
California pensions have been granted as
follows:
Original-Charles H. Haskins of Repres
sa, ss; Ferdinand L. Clark of Veterans
Michael Kennedy of Soldiers home, s12
Peter Lovenzo Clark of San Jose. Sc.
Reissue and .ncrease-Elhi H. Longley OF
Myrtle, $6 to IS.
The following California postoffices will
be made money order offices April 4th:
Alghany, Sierra county; Bayles, Shasta
Beswick. Siskiyou: Bloomington. San Ber-
nardno; Bolsa. Orange: Cinnabar, Trim
ity; Felix. Calaveras; French Corral, Ne.
vada; Fulton. Sonoma, 1gerna, Siskyou
Ignacio, Marin: Lockwood. Monterey;
Markleville, Alpine: Marshall, Marin Metz
Monterey; Mohawk, Plumas; Paraiso
Springs. Monterey; Pichaco. San Diego;
Rescue, Ell Dorado; Rodeo, Contra Costa;
Shorb, Los Angeles; Spanish Ranch, Plu-
mas; Sur. Monterey: Tuttletown, Tuol-
umne; Waterman, Amador; Willow Glen,
Santa Clara.
Controller of the Currency Dawes has
approved the Corn Exchange National
bank of Philadelphia as reserve agents for
the Los Angeles National bank of Los
Angeles.
Senator Perkins and Representatives
Hilborn, De Vries, Barlow and Barham
called on the chairman of the senate ap-
preparations committee today and request
ed that an appropriation for the improve
ment of the Sacramento and San Joaquin
rivers be incorporated in the sundry civil
bill. and also that an appropriation be
made for the Stockton postoffice building.
The committee indicated that no amend
ments of this character would be permitted d
In the bill, but that the legislation desired
to provide for the utilization of the state
appropriation for rivers would be enacted.
Representative New,ands of Nevada to-
day introduced bill appropriating $3.50. .OOC
to be expended under the direction of the
secretary of the interior for making a sur
vey and reporting the cost of construction
of reservoirs at the headwaters of west
ern rivers. 1t provides for survey of the
Little Colorado. Gila Salt. Rio Verde and
Puero rivers for the benefit of California
and Arizona.
In the senate today favorable report was
made on the Perkins bill providing for a
commission to examine the cost of estab.
fishing free public highways in Yosemite
park.
The herald., 1898-03-17
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Literature for Klondikers-Exhib
at Omaha

The board of directors of the chamber of
commerce met yesterday afternoon at 3:15
with the following present: Messr4. For
man, Croft. Klokke, Mathuss, Mckinley.
Newmark, Siegel, Sauson. Story, Waters
Woolwine. President Forman occupied
the chair.
Director Stewart, chairman of the COM
mittee on immigration, to whom was re-
ferred the communication from the state
board of trade asking for literature to be
used in inducing the returning KlondiKe
miners to visit Southern California, re-
ported favoring sending few of the Klon-
dixie pamphlets for the use of the board
The secretary was instructed to forward
a limited quantity.
A telegram was read from E. F. Bruce.
chief of the department of exhibits at the
Transmississippi exposition, Omaha, say
ing that the chamber could have its choice
of space in the horticultural building, to
erect its exhibit as it saw fit. It also
stated that plans had been forwarded for
the inspection of the board. The secre-
tary was instructed to begin the collec-
tion of funds subscribed for the Omaha
exhibit.
The herald., 1898-03-17
AN ABSOLUTE NULLITY
Mrs. Buffers Homestead Declaration
Upon Her Husbands PROPERTY

The suit of Ida NJ. Butler VS.. Maria T..
Falvella ct al was decided yesterday bv
Judge Clark in favor of defendant. The
action was brought by the guardian of
Mrs. Butler. an insane person confined in
the Agnews asylum, to quiet title to sew
eral lots in the Rosas tract, this city.
Jesse Fl. Butler, an old matchmaker.
married Ida NJ. in 1882 He owned the lots.
In the same year his wife homesteaded
them without her husband joining in the
declaration. Later she became an inmate of
Agnews. While she was confined in the
asylum, in 1892, Butler filed a petition to
allow him to allienate some of the prop
erty under an act in 1874, and was author
lied by the superior court to sell it entirely
or in part Butler died in 1896 and Mrs.
The herald., 1898-03-17

lee went through insolvency 1t is alleged
that he turned over about 500 to his
brother Thomas. The pair went to Bakers
field with several rigs and were recently
taken back to Fullerton to stand trial for
contempt of court Constable Johnston
was instructed to search the camp that
the brothers had occupied near Bakers
field for some of the money alleged to have
been turned over to Thomas. 1t appears
from the statement of the officer that one
of the brothers or somebody else visited the
camp before him and took the money. All
that Harry found was s..
The herald., 1898-03-17
White Very Insane

John White, lodging house keeper of
800 North Main street, was adjudged in
sane yesterday by Judge Clark and ordered
committed to Highlands. He was very
violent when arrested by Police Officer
Fowler two days ago, being at the time
engaged in an attempt to murder his wife,
and he was quiet only at the time of his
examination because he had been given
opateS.