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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-01-13

The postoface department is soon
to Issue an entirely new set Of postal
cards, which will be slightly smaller
than those now in use. The reduce
ton in size will save the government
at least $4,000 per year.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-01-13

Good wishes for the court house
officials who are laying down the bur-
den Of official duties. May they find
In business life or the home as happy
days as they have enjoy cd as the
county's servants.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-01-13
THE HOSE QUOTED THEM.
Inmates Of C0lOrado's Home for Inc0rrlgls
bic Girls Get Unruly.

usO OAEAS Uos OuHuiys
DENVER, COL, Jan. II. : Bedlam
reigned for over eight hours last night
at the state home for incorrigible girls.
Shrieking girls filed the lower hall
and refused to obey orders. Finally
they became so noisy that the police
had to be called in. Five Of the girls
we're locked up in the basement This,
however, failed to stop the clamor, and
q garden hose was resorted to. When
the girls had been thoroughly drenched
they concluded to keep quiet The
rumpus started about 1880 o'clock when
Matron Hauser endeavored to persuade
the girls to 20 to their rooms.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-01-13

KANSAS BAR ASSOCIATION.
Programme for the Annual Meeting at
Topeka January 27-28.


Topeka, Kan, Jan. l2.-The pro.
gramme for the annual meeting Of the
State Bar association, to be held here
January 81 and IS, was issued yester-
day. Addresses will be delivered as
follows: 1.-THE Pardoning Power; Its
Use and Abuse" Judge c. G. Foster,
Topeka; Popular Self-Mastery; the
Duty Of Lawyers Toward Its Promo
ton" Judge P. s. Grosscup, Chicago;
1.-THE Jury System" W. G. Holt, Kan
sas City; 1.-THE Law Of impeachment"
F. D. Williams, Clay Center; "a Study
in the English Constitution" L. Il.
Perkins, Lawrence; 1.-THE Law and the
Agitator," Charles +. Spencer, Topeka.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-01-13

Fred Funston, who was interviewed
the other day in San Francisco en-
route to Kloudike arrived in New
York yesterday direct from Cuba.
Which is the original and which the
duplicated
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-01-13

Free silver was declared to be dead
at the Jackson day celebration in Kan
sas City and to be very lively at the
celebration in Chicago. The Demo-
cratic statesmen should get together
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-01-13

It trsnspires that Senator Wilcox
sons first name is Kleber. No won
der be gets Offices. A man with that
sort Of handle to him could never
be forgotten.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-01-13

Secretary Little is just now wreaking
vengeance on a poor county commits.
sioner out in Ford county and is per-
sonally bringing suit to have him
ousted from office. That's the stuff,
Ed. Hit the big guns first.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-01-13

The Lawrence young ladies who
have banded together to reform the
young men are probably the ones
whom the young men do not invite to
the social gatherings.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-01-13

A belated New Year pointer You
ought not to settle down for q good
time in 1898 unless you have first set
tied up.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-01-13

II Abilene had laid as good side
walks and locked carefully after Its
Indebtedness years ago as IT does now
it would be good deal farther up the
financial ladder.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-01-13

The postoilice gain Of nearly $1,000
In 1897 indicates that there Is abso-
lutely nothing the matter with Abb
lene. M-. -.-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-01-13

Bryan's boom is soon to have its
18th consecutive Launching" 1t
evidently won't float.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-01-13

Beware OF 800 silver certificates.
Examine all your 800 bills and see
II they are all right.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-01-13

Dickinson county will have more
cancelled mortgages to exhibit at
Omaha than any county in Kansas.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-01-13

Westward the star Of the 400 takes
II way. Inman, MCPHERSON county,
has declared for six o'clock dinners.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30
rist is said to have secured over 14O, 900
feet of first-class building material.

rist is said to have secured over 14O, 900
feet of first-class building material.
The increasing number of insane
Klondykers is alarming. Scarcely a
day passes without some unfortunate
losing his reason on account of disap-
pointment, and some days bring two.
A man who claims to have an official
list of insane since August 1, reports
over twenty cases. The Dawson au-
thorities do not know what to do with
this crowd of madmen. They will
probably be sent to some Dominion
hospital on the outside.
Lewis Paulis of Los Angeles has re-
turned from the Klondyke region en-
riched to the extent of $4,000. This
snug sum was in gold dust and mug
gets, which J. Irving & Co. weighed up
and purchased. Mr.. Paulis took ma
chinery with him to the frozen north
and secured additional machinery at
juneau. With this he erected a sawmill
and fashioned the native timber into
lumber for cabin and sluice-box use.
He took his pay in gold weighed out
in ounce values Of 500 each. He will re-
turn later in the year, renew his labors
and may branch out into mining opera
tiOnS.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30
The Original "Rubberneck."

'The terms 'rubberneck' or goose
neck which have crept into current
slang" said D. o. Burus, Of New York,
'got their origin about the poker table
There is nearly always sure to be some
fellow who, in the progress Of a game,
tries to overlook the cards held by the
players sitting next to him. In order
to get peep at the hand of his neigh
Dor the inQuisitive sport will elongate
his neck until he stretches it to it's ut
most capacity. Often If he succeeds in
getting fash of the cards it will aid
him materially in his play. This goose
necking' Is considered an unfair trick.
and in cases where it Is adhered to con-
stantly, expulsion from the game is the
penalty. As a matter Of fact, only anna
teurs hold their cards in such a way as
to be seen. Your veteran devotee Of
draw holds the quintet dealt very close
to him, and skins them out in q way
to defy the rubberneck."-W
Post
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30
HORTICULTURAL NOTES.

The Federal authorities are moving
in the right direction, when they arrest
men guilty of starting forest fires on
government reservations The offense
is one which calls for vigorous pros
ecution and severe punishment.
Hop growers Of Sonoma county are
indeed fortunate this year. The crop,
though not SO large as last year, will
bring better prices than the crop Of
1897. The harvesting weather has been
faultless, and nothing stands in the
way of a fine rake-off for the growers.
A statement that has found cur
rency is to the effect that all the cattle
from Browns ranch to Soda Lake were
infected with Texas fever is now dis
puted by cattlemen who are in posi-
ton to know. Fact is, some cattle
died back from the Mojave river from
alkali.
Reports from all over the country
show that the olive crop this season
will be very small and in many places
practically none at all will be gathered
Various causes have been assigned for
the crop failure, but it is generally be-
lleVeu tHdI lie uOI Spcl4 Ill N1di CA ulu
the business.
The Santa Clara County Fruit Ex-
change has issued O. bulletin to fruit
growers advising them to hold their
fruit and wait for higher prices, which
are certain to come. It is claimed
that the fruit crop is short all over the
country, and much higher prices are
sure to prevail.
In an article on the peach crop the
New York Commercial says: .The Ma
ryland crop is very short, and in Della
ware it is estimated that not over L.
600, 900 baskets of peaches will be gath
cred, against 100000 a few years ago
and an average of 100000 for some
years previously"
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30
THE PACIFIC SQUADRON.
The Iowa and Oregon to Proceed to
Manila.

Secretary Long stated last night that
the battleship Iowa and Oregon are un-
der orders to proceed to Manila via
Honolulu to reinforce Rear Admiral
Dewey's command.
In determining them to touch at
Honolulu, the authorities were actu-
ated by two motives-the first to put
them in a central position where they
could be available for any duty in the
Pacific which might be considered de-
sirable, and the second because they
did not care to send reinforcements
to Rear Admiral Dewey before the ar
mistice between the United States and
Spain expired. It is expected in official
circles that the battleships and the five
colliers which will accompany them
will be ready to sail by Monday next.
The ships will not waste any time in
making the voyage. They will make
few stops and these only to coal and
communicate with the department.
So far as Germany is concerned the
authorities there is nothing in her at
titude to cause the belief that she pro-
poses to interfere with any disposition
of the Philippines this government
may see fit to make. 1t Is appreciated,
however, that it will be the part of
wisdom for the United States to put
in the Pacific force so formidable as
to discourage even the suggestion of
interference.
The displacemnt of Admiral Dew
eys present force amounts to 3O,832
tons, while that of the German COM
mand reaches 1851. Admiral Dew
ey's ships, however, are better armed
than the German men-of-war, and their
men have the advantage of having been
under fire.
With two battleships at his disposal,
increasing the tonnage of his squadron
to 52,359 tons, he would have force
with which the Germans or any other
nation would not care to meet.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30

A leader Is that man who has best
prepared himself for opportunity. His
hour may never strike, but, If it should,
he is ready. Every forward movement
In the worlds history has brought to
the front the man Of patient prepara-
tion, and he has paced off the ground
Tor the advance. But more than indi-
vidual fitness and opportunity is re-
Quired to make leader effective. Be
hind the man must be the mass-a uni
ted people, willing to follow, and, at the
same time, impelling him forward, as,
In flying wedge of football players.
each one impels the man at its apex to-
ward the goal. Napoleon was uncon-
Querable while the whole French peo-
pie were behind him; Lincoln's splendid
qualities were useful to his country
only because the people Of the Northern
States were at his back. So, In the war
with Spain, we have developed worthy
and effective leaders, the men Of prep
aration, who, at Manila and Santiago.
found their oportunity. But this was
solely because the American people as
q unit were ready and have done their
part. Spain has not lacked men of
mind, of executive ability, Of splendid
courage-men eminently fitted for sue
cessful leadership. AS individuals
they may have been prepared; but as a
nation. Spain was not.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30

Shrewd operators have become con-
vinced that with the end Of the war
viii come break in the mule market.
This win be due to two causes. Con-
sumption OF mule meat by the Spanish
s0ldiery will cease, and the Govern
ment will enter the market as heavy
seller, with a large, variegated assort-
ment Of browns, blacks, claybanks,
offs, highs and every other known spe-
cies Of the patient animal. Good clay
banks that have been paying the Gov
ernment 8 per cent. on the investment
since the war began, will cease declar-
Ing dividends and prepare for liquida-
tion. Bell mules that have guided pack
trains half over the province Of San
tiago de Cuba, will find their occupa-
tions gone and no fodder for the hun
cry. Choice spring mules, just pass
Ing the pin-feather stage, good, little,
bandy-legged broilers, will fall off,
along with the older Spanish boarding
house favOrite that used to work I'D
into salmis and ragouts and pate a La
Toral in Santiago before the advent of
Skaters army. Buyers will turn SELL
ers and mules will stand on the bar
gain counters eight deep, adding their
soulful songs into one great paean like
the twittering harmony Of bird store,
and making the mule market blossom
with the flowers Of song.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30

to Manila by the Honolulu route. IT
apparently was the original intention
of the administration to have the ar
morclads remain at Honolulu in antic-
ipation of an emergency in the far east
The account book of the paymaster
of the Cristobal Colon was picked up
on the beach near Middletown, r. I.
The record in the book was carried up
to June 1, 1898, and the balance showed
that the officer had on hand 43,361 pe-
setas, or $S672. 1t is thought that the
paymaster carried the book off the CO.
lon after she surrendered but threw 1t
overheard from the Harvard when she
was off this port on her way to Ports
mouth with the Spanish prisoners and
that it was swept in shore by an ocean
current.
The assertion is reiterated that the
peace commissioners have been in
structed to keep Luzon. An official of
the state department says: President
Mckinley will so arrange matters that
that the entire Philippine group will
fall into our hands some time Mean
while we shall take Luzon." Cabinet
members plainly fear Spain will give
us lot of trouble. She will officially
know our terms before the evacuation
of Havana begins, and it is feared she
may declien to evacuate that strongly
fortified town in the face of demands
in the Philippines; again, it is feared
she will prefer making the United
States fight for the control of the Phil
ippines to surrendering them.
With the detachment of Commodore
Watson from the command of the East
ern squadron all work in connection
with the raising of the Spanish cruiser
Cristobal Colon will cease. Lieut.
George F. Blow, who had special
charge of the wreck operations under
Commodore Watson, has reported that
it is impossible to save that vessel So
far as the cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa
is concerned, it is understood that high
hopes are. entertained that she can be
saved. Capt. G. F. Goodrich, who will
be senior officer in command of the YES
sells in the waters of Southeastern Gu
ba, will take charge of the work of
raising the Infanta Maria Teresa upon
the departure of Commoder Watson
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30

for long time without protest, similar
indignities from the Bashaw. At last
the insolence could be tolerated no
longer, and war was declared. The next
year the frigate Philadelphia struck
rock in the harbor of Tripoli, and was
seized by the enemy, the officers were
thrown into prison and the crew OF
three hundred men reduced to slavery
The Turks raised the vessel, and began
to refit her for use. Lieutenant De
catur, in little vessel named the In
trepid, with half-dozen daring young
fellows crept into the harbor at night
fall and made fast to the Philadelpnla
under pretense of wanting anchorage
AS they grappled the huge ship the
Turks leaped to their arms, put the
Americans were already on board.
They drove the crew over the siue,
heaped combustibles in the hold, SET
fire to them, and escaped in their little
boat to the war frigate waiting Tor
them, while the Philadelphia burned to
the waters edge. Six months later the
harbor of Tripoli was blockaded Dy
Commodore Preble. Lieutenant Rlch'
ard Somers and eleven men volunteer
ed to fit up the Intrepid as fire-ship'
to take her into the harbor and explode
her In the midst of the Turkish neet
to destroy it. Twenty thousand pounds
Of powder and two hundred shells were
hacked her in her hold, and a slow fuse
attached On n dark night Lieutenant
Somers sailed with her toward the
Turkish squadron; but she was seen.
struck by bomb, and set on fire. She
exploded and sank, doing no damage to
theN1nemy. Richard Somers and all OF
his Crew were lost. But when we talk
of the brave deeds Of to-day which are
successful let us not forget those
American boys who long ago gave their
lives to their country-in vain.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30

The interesting discovery has been
made by an up-to-date physician that
the bicycle is sovereign remedy for
insanity, specific whereby any non
compos may be clothed In his right
mind and get into the push with safety.
The discoverer evidently bases his the
ory on the well-known axiom, "the hair
of the dog is good for the bite" and he
hopes, eventually, to do away with
scorching and relegate the centurian to
the great army Of has-beens. Through
the agency Of the bicycle, 1t Is conf1-
dently expected, lunatic asylums will
fall into innocuous desuetude and bed
lam soon become forgotten name.
How snugly the idea seems to tit In
with Hahnemann's great discovery
that ''like things are cured by IKE
things" Wheels for wheels, rotation
for cranks, or cranks for cephalic revo-
tuition! When mans thought factory
slips cog and begins to buzz with alb
normal rapidity the doctor mounts him
on a bike and he straightway pedals
into mental tranquility, taking no heed
for the morrow as he humps himself
as never did dromedary of Araby, the
blest. the wheels beneath, meanwhile,
neutralizing the rotary motion in his
upper story until the cranial machinery
moves without wabble and as smooth
ly as if on ball bearings. This Is a
great triumph for the bicycle. Hitherto
this pleasing and popular instrument OF
progression has been animadverted up
on in severe terms by the medical pro-
fession as being the prime cause Of a
vast number Of bodily Ills, ranging from
ambliyopy to zymosis, all tending ulti-
mately to the permanent deformity OF
the race through hereditary transmits
sion. Only short time ago an eminent
French doctor declared that long ride
on the wheel resulted in ''paraesthesia
in the digits and impaired sensibility
and paresis in the interossei, lumbri-
Gales and the abductor pollicis." This
was alarming enough, but fortunately
proved to be a case of mistaken dag
nosis, for the patient, very charming
young woman, was only suffering from
a mild case Of pneumatic prostration,
caused by her back tire coming down.
All Of these pessimistic TRADES against
the bicycle have been promptly pune
tured by practical use Of the machine,
which continues to roll into public IA
vor more and more every day. Instead
of producing disease it gives health and
happiness; it strengthens the brain as
well as the calves Of the legs, anG
makes the biceps Of the fair damsel
look as big as cocoanut. But its
greatest glory is the announcement
that under It's sway the straight jacket
must give place to the ''knickers" and
divided skirt, the padded cell to the
saddle, and the forbidding and gloomy
walls of the asylum to green lanes,
shady, serpentine roads and the JOY of
motion.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30

There Is a perfect reason for the at
tachment of the immigrant to the Uni
ted States. 1t is because it is the coun-
try Of his choice. No portion of this
country has ever been penal colony,
q Botany Bay or Siberia, The immi-
grant to the United States from the be-
ginning has been volunteer who
considered the matter and concluded
that his condition would be bettered In
some way in the great, new, strong
country beyond the Atlantic, where
there was more land, more room, more
work. more money, more opportunity.
more liberty for him and his children
and their children.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30
The daring feat of Lieutenant

The daring feat Of Lieutenant Hob
son has recalled to the minds Of Amer
leans two similar individual deeds Of
desperate bravery which occurred dur
Ing our war with Tripoli. 1t is hardly
credible that this country once paid
large sums to the piratical Barbary
states for leave to navigate the seas
without assault. During the admins
trations Of Washington and Adams the
ships Of our navy were several times
employed In carrying silver coin by the
barrel to the Dey Of Algiers and tue
Bashaw of Tripoh. By command of the
Dey the American dag was hauled
down from the mast OF the George
Washington. and his own dag hoisted
n tts place. and the country suffered,
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30

A game of baseball was played in
New Jersey the other day. 1t was a
model game, inasmuch as there was no
swearing at decisions, no kicking and
no cry xiii the umpirew Good balls
were called bad, strikes went as balls,
fouls were pronounced fair and fairs
foul; yet neither side revolted. The
umpire was John L. Sullivan.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30
Definite Information.

michael, what kind of a tree is
thatT
1.-THE one beyant the binch, mumY
"Yes, that large tree"
: "Wid the little green one to the liftT
''Yes, what is it?'
"They do be calling that shade tree,
mum."-BrookJyn Life.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30

"a single six-inch shell would sink
the Gloucester" remarks a Philadei-
phia paper. Not If it is fired by Span
ish gunner; a shot which doesn't hit
sinks nothing but the nation which toll
crate such craftsmanship.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30

In delivering a sentence the other day
Georgia judge said: ''It is always
probable that something improbable
win happen" People who wish to avoid
being taken by surprise should bear
this In mind,
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30

At last one Of the latter-day alchem-
lists seems to have succeeded in getting
rich by exploiting a scheme to make
gold. He has gone to Europe simulta-
neously with the money Of his stock
holders.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30

The Boston Globe remarks, "The
name o. Ponce, near where Gen. Miles
landed in Porto Rico, is pronounced
sPonthay.'" You don't thay tho!
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30

An Atlanta paper prints a long edito-
rial under the caption, "What the Unit
cd States Must Not Do" We haven't
looked over the list, but presume it
doesn't include Spain.
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30

When girl does considerable talking
about the probability Of being an old
maid, she Ia between proposal and
the announcement OF her engagement
Mesa free press., 1898-09-30

spain is doubtless satisfied even IL
much Of It's territory is taken. It's got
nnourh.