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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-12-15
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.


Live Stock.
Kansas City, Dec l4-Cattle- Receipts. Q848.
calves I'D market steady, but slow shipping
and dressed beef steers, 1880 h05 western
steers. a3.OJDlS5; COWS and helfers, S2 5Ola4 50;
stockers and feeders, s325G3& Hogs-Re-
ceipts, 2l.OlO; market DC lower at S30O53 42h
Sheep-Recepts 1885, market higher; sheep,
s2O0O4.55; lambs. 435G550
ST. Louis, Dec 4-Cattle- Receipts, 1900
market steady to strong; native shipping
steers, i425O5 %; light and dressed beef and
butcher steers 3OOd62i stockers and feeders.
$23O04 40 cows and helfers. TO 6lIa0; Texas
and Indian steers d2,7dg4 3O COW, and heifers,
&5D@a25 Hogs Receipts, $500; market active,
steady; workers. s3OJQ3 10; packers. 49, 2Sdl3 40;
butchers, s33503 52h Sheep-Receipts. 800;
market steady
Chicago, Dec H-Cattle-Receipts, 1880;
market steady; beeves, 3996a s.; cows and
heifers. s2OOG465; Texas steers ,aSO@A25;
stockers and feeders 1870 l43Q Hogs-Re-
ceipts $1,000 market slow, Sc lower; livht.
&25(D2 an; mixed, 'a3J9a45; heavy, aa900
350 rough, 81 BOOB 80; workers. i235d331n.
ep-Receipts, 1900; market steady TO
strong natives. W 80 "a 50; westerns. 30 OOll25
lambs s40JGa4i
Grain and Provision.
Kansas CITY, Dec H-Recepts o., wheat. 81
cars; u year ago 100 cars Sales by car lots.
No. | hard Csc; No : hard 61H ld9c. No. 8
hard, SSG6lc; No. 1 hard. 56ltN59c No. 2
soft, 67067hc; No soft, 65a66c; No 4 soft,
81 6Oc Receipts Of corn, IS cars year ago, 100
cars No mixed, 3lG3lhc; No. mixed. 300
Sic; No mixed. 2903Oc; No 2 white, slaSiHc.
No. white, 3O030hc; No 4white, 29Is613Oc. Re-
ceipts Of oats, cars; year ago. 20 cars. No
mixed, 2ji h!7c; No mixed 25 026hc; No
mixed AK 025c; No. 2 white. 27I 02Sc; No
white, 27'4 s27%c; No. white. 26c Receipts
Of hay, II cars; year ago II cars; timothy,
s70OG72,; prairie, ;675GIOO alfalfa, $500
$50 Eggs PC per doz Poultry hens, SIC per
ID springs, &c; ROSTERS i592jc EACH turkeys
6hGSc; ducks, SIC; geese, SIC; pigeons. 500
perdoz Butter, extra fancy l9c dairy. 6c: store
packed, lie Potatoes, 3)c per bu Onions. $50
@tl W per bu Navy beans, sl.a per bu Horse
radish, si255L 50 per bu Turnips l502,c per
hu. Cabbage, 40G5Oc per doz Game, quails,
75c6tl0O per doz; prairie chickens sL5Ua6O
per doz rabbits, 75cG'LoO per doz
Chicago, Dec -Wheat-December 8iAa
sc; May. 6,ss986Nc July, 64sa65c Corn
December, 35hGS3hc May A4QSia; July,
oats-December. 281lG26Sc;
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-12-15

We have nice line of Alfred Dodge
Felt Slippers, worth $l.OO, broken
sizes, only SOC.
Full line of Mems Slippers 75c and up.
Full line of Ladies and Gentlemens fine
Shoes that will make the incest Christ.
mas presents. Call and see them.
New-York tribune., 1898-11-20

papor edited by colorcd men and devoted to
tho interests Of colorcd people says:
When the command was given TO fire, Cap
tain Ayros was asleep on the ground, with a
rieco Of blanket over his head. As if inspired
he jumped TO his feet, ordered his men not to
fire. and saved the Rough Riders from belhg
cut 10 pieces by our men. In General
WhccleI's report he spoke of hearing the voice
of Captain Ayres abOVe the din and roar or the
guns as re went about touching his men ana
calming them down, showing to them the fright
ful ruin to their comrades had they Ohryed the
order He went alone To the crest Of the hill
under q storm Of bullets 10 see the ground. and
when all was quiet and he was coming down
the hili. "a voice called and asked, "WhO Is that
otli'cr Giving those commands? 1t Is captain
ayes lOtli Cavalry come this way, Cap
tain Ayes want to speak to you" He went
ia the direction Of that voice, ard il was Roose-
Nfi who threw his arms around him ana sad.
"'aItaln Ayrcs. you are IN" hero of the Old
g.aid Tonight. | am safe with YOU on my
right Colonel Roosevelt recommended Captain
A;rcs TOR the medal of honor for that night
Saving The commando. H. there commanded
SONG nine hundred men, Colonel RO0Sel cit
wrot. these words: Full though the cavalry
be / know of none would rather have by me
r q fight than Captain Ayres.' Again he wrote.
i-ld as | cy'l saw. If ever tight again. hope
il may be alongside OF him" Captain Beck.
1Othr Cavalry said. Roosevelt depended on
captain Ayrcs for all counsel
Captain Ayres has been in the service for
tw"nty-four years. The greater part Of this time
Le has ieen stationed in the West, where he
Won distinction an Indian fighter. lie
RED of the Farfaxes, OF Virginia. de
scendant of Lord Fairfax, who shares with her
husband the affection Of ms regiment
New-York tribune., 1898-11-20
4 GRr4T FRENCH POWER PLANT.

From The Electrical World
The purpose of the Costa enterprise. which has
been engrossng the attention OF thc Marseh'eS
Municipal Council, ls T. develop on the Iu!dH'c
a water power Of 10000 horsepower To be trans
miitcd by electricity to the city. canal along
the left bank of tn" river, between the MlraDedu
and the Portuis bridges. will deliver water 10
the wheels Four dams will be bullt, win a
<, nerating station at each. The power VIII pe
transmitted electrically to three receiving sta
tions at Saint-Louis MalIasse and Pont dc
NiVaux in Marseilles.
The voltage at the receiving stations VIII be
, 600 volts. The receiving stations VIII be con-
ncctcd with the trunk lire Of the system by
feeders The latter as well as the former, VIII
be UNDERGROUND. Branch conduits VIII connect
the lines with the customers. The service taps
Will be made through transformers. ana the
pressure reduced to 10 volts for interior use.
Motors viii be- connected in parallel on the
branch circuits. The total power distributed
Will come to l2..Vo horse power reckoncd at
the pu,lcys Of tn" consumers motors
The Municipal Council, when granting NJ.
Costa permission To lay conduits in the streets,
made him amenablc To the conditions and de-
tails of the Public Works BILL passed in lS9J.
which covers in a general way all permits for
laying conduits in the public streets for clcctri
cal distribution. 1t follows, therefore, that NJ.
Costas franchise cannot in any way become a
monopoly. and that under it he cannot engage
in a Lighting business either directly or midi
rcCtly. The concession is for thirty years. Cur
for contract price, according to the wishes Of
the customer. 1nc company IS obliged To fur
nish power to any person requesting ii who is
within radius II six hundred feet Of the COM
panys mains. II is also obliged to furnish all
persons who arc willing to contract for an
amount OF power To- cost double the expense in
cured by the company in connecting them. 1t
is estimated that in round numbers 2OOOOOOO
francs VIII be the coet Of tho entire installation.
The project viii be submitted to the Minister 0e
Public Works.
New-York tribune., 1898-11-20

covers 4 neriod Of two years-tho first year
treating nf comparative constitutional law, IN
tcrnationaI law conflict Of law, Roman law p"-
li;icaI history and a special course IN pracuce
and pleading The subjects Of the second year
will he history Of diplomacy and treaties, polu-
cal geography and it's relation TO pohtlcal ms
tory comparative Jurisprudence, lnterhi'lohdi
trade and finance practice Of diplomacy courts
of International law and proceedings thereih'
This is the first school OF the kind established
in this country and il will fill long-lelt want
In naming Frank Mason, who for many years
has acceptably filled consular Offices III Ter
many and whose work was Of such hgh char-
actel that President Cleveland allowed MI Ma
son to remain in the service during his ADMIN
istraton, TO the place Of General AT ber-
lin made vacant by the death OF Julius Gold
smith the President has made a wise choice
Mr Mason is thoroughly trained in the duties
Of his post, he speaks German huenty uh-
derstands the characteristics and point of view
Of the race among whom he has lived for many
years and is popular with the people about him.
His Official letters concerning the whole period
of his residence abroad show how completely
he has mastered the commercial affairs both Of
Europe and America, and they have been in
structivc and helpful to merchants doing bust
ness on the other side. Mr. Mason will be even
more valuable TO the Government at his new
post than he was at Frankfort, where he was
last stationed and where ~ is succeeded by Mt
Gucnther who was some years ago Consul-Gen-
eral to Mexico Mi Gueniher served also one
form in Congress representing a Wisconsin dis
,rict when he took deep interest in the tariff
and an active part in discussing H.
Captain Ayrcs Of the 10Th Cavalry who was
in command at FL Caney, where his troops
fought with marked gallantry and rendered
such timely service to the Rough Riders, Is
hero 70 his dusky command. and the influence
Of the coIored people is being brought to bear
10 secure him promotion. Describing the
fight at FL Ganey, The Washington Bee a
New-York tribune., 1898-11-20

in it, taken moderately and yet my own d.
mand for beer helped directly to send these
two girls reelinS down the dark street tO-GOd
alone knows what end. If liquor is worth drink
ing it is worth taking a little trouble to come
at-such trouble as a man will undergo to COM
pass his own desires. 1t is not good that we
should let it lie before the eyes Of children,
and have been a fool in writing to the con-
trary.'
New-York tribune., 1898-11-20

The Columbian University has taken a new
departure and founded sch""i OF comparative
iurjsprudencc and diplomacy. An Interesting
programine was carried out for rs Inauguration
on Tuesday last Professor Whitman 10 whose
energy and rare executive ability the Columbian
University owes ITS wonderful progress and inn
movement gaN, an interesting history of the
founding Of the school Speeches were ais"
made by Mr Nccham who reviewed the course
to Lo given. Judge NandcI cIcntcr. Nj Hove of
New Orleans who spoke upon "KOnan Law" 4,
thc former Secretary Of state, Mr Foster, who
read an able paper on the diplomat, Justices
Brewer and Harlan. Of tho Supreme court, who
read papers on the international and the con-
stitutional lawyer The course Of the college
New-York tribune., 1898-11-20
nR. hIpLiNG OF rnE LlQuoR QUESTION
From The Young Man.

7
Mr. Rudyard Kiplng tells Nc how in a con
cert hail in America he saw two young men
pet two girls drunk and then lead them reel
INK down a dark street. Mr. kipng has not
been total abStainer. nor have his writings
commended temperance. but of that scene he
writes. Then, recantng previous opinions,
became a PrOhibitIoniSt. Better il Is that a
man should 20 without his beer in public places
and content himself with swearing at the mar
ToWmlndedhoss of the majority, better il IS to
poison TN" inside with very vile temperance
drinks. and 10 buy lager furtyely at back
OF young fools such AZ tn four ! had seen
understand now why the preachers rage
against drink l have SAID there is no harm
New-York tribune., 1898-11-20

return to Washington to he present al its open
ing, and to have a glimpse Of the social life
here before sailing for London about the middle
of December
The Lew Siamcsc Minister is finely educated
and Of an investigating turn OF mind belonging
to that class Of young mcr- who have done so
much for progress and development IT. the Orient
He is especially interested in manual training
and in schools generally, and on his way TO Chi
caGo Will visit Hampton and Fort Monroe, nat
uray lying as il does directly in his path. and
the Indian school AZ Carlisle. He is accompanied
by Townsend Smith, who for years has repre-
scntod the Samese Government as COnsul-Gen-
cral in New York. During the few days OF his
stay in Washington Mr.. Suriyasakti was an
enthusiastic siGhtseer, and his energy IN this
direction would indicate that his temperament
is not as slothful as that usually ascrhed to
Oricntals.
While the envoy from Siam was In Wash
ingtOn he net the former Minister from this
country to that monarchy. General Haderman
to " hom he brought greetings from the kinS
and the pleasant information that his name was
still mentioned in Bangkok with affection, where
he was without doubt one OF the best liked and
most popular representatives ever accredited to
that country
New-York tribune., 1898-11-20

a delegation Of business men appeared befor.
Secretary Gage and the PostmasterGen Oh
Monday t. urge them to sanction the adoption
by tins Government OF the Post check, new
form Of carrency devised by c. ". Post, Of
Battle Creek, Mich, which is warmly com
mended by the commercial men Of the country
especially by those who are frequently sending
and receiving small sums OF money by mail,
such as newspaper and magazine publishers,
who say that the difficulty and annoyance OF
obtaining money orders practically places an
embargo on trade.
Mr.. Post has agreed &c present his idea TO the
Government without compensation, and bill
embodying it viii BE- brought before Congress
early in the session. Tho plan now beng con-
sidered by the authorities Is to issue %JO0oo'ooO
New-York tribune., 1898-11-20
GOSSIP AT THE CAPITAL.
MRS. M'KINLEY'S GIFT FROM PRESIDENT
TYLERS DAUGHTER.

THE NEW MINISTER From SIAM AND HIS EXER
Gi;ric SIGHT sEEING-URGiNG THE ADOP-
New-York tribune., 1898-11-20

Thya which translated means baron mem
Der Of the lesser nobility Nisddha Suryasaku,
the new Minister from Siam, who wearing a
dazzling uniform and cooked hat Wlth plume
was presented to the President on saturday
started on Sunday for an extended trip when
will last until Congress convenes, when he VIII
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A BAD COMPANION.
he Didn't Like to Correct n Lady, But
He Had To.

He Had To.
The man With bronzed skin and longish
lalr was hanging upon every word that the
charming young woman spoke. She was
telling of an actress whom she greatly add
mired.
81 will never forget how she looked" the
young woman said. "She was as beautiful
as Juno
The weat her beaten auditor moved uneas-
lily, and then said: Il beg yer pardon, miss,
but amt sure that heard yer remark Jest
right"
Il said that she was as beautiful as
Juno"
1T amt fer me ter erect LADY, he be-
gan in apologize tones.
Il am quite willing to be corrected when
there is any reason for doubt" she replied,
in tone with traces of congealment through
1T. but do not perceive how this can be
such case"
Il don't persume to conterdict nobody"
he replied. 81 haven't no observations to
make further than that there amt no &C.
countin' fur tastes"
Have you ever seen this actress?"
NO, miss"
Then 1 don't see how you are qualified to
speak"
Might I make so bold as to inquire
whether YOU was ever as fur west as British
Columbian"
Then, miss. you can't re'lize that I'm
standin' up fur the lady's good looks as
much as you are. Ye can't believe half of
what these here miners that come east tell
We. If We amt even been as fur as British
Columbia, it STAINS to reason that We can't
have no idea of what a lonesome, ram.
shacllle, frizup lookin' place Juneau is.''-
Washington Star.
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500 Reward 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
TO learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity Catarrh
beng constitutional disease, requires q
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
Upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
Of the disease. and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work The
proprietors have SO much faith in it's cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure
Send for list of testimonials.
Address +. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. zoe.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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Minor State News.

On January 30 Kansas was 81 years
old.
The municipal Indebtedness Of Kan
sas City, Kan, is an even $1,000, 900.
The contract for Ellis county's new
$4,000 courthouse has been awarded.
The city hall and opera house at
junction City, recently destroyed by
fire, will be rebuilt by the city.
Mrs. l.. P. Moss, school-teacher at
Lincoln Center, was fatally burned by
the explosion of a lamp in her home.
Gov. Leedy's private secretary, E. c.
Little, wants the state to go into the
insurance business on gigantic scale.
Fort Scott will soon have long-dis-
the important towns of southeast Kan.
saS-
There are SO high schools in the state
that prepare their graduates for direct
admission to the freshman class of the
state university.
Carelessness in running q freight
train caused a wreck on the Rock
Island at Clay Center which cost the
lives of three persons.
L. d. Mckinley, of Topeka, popu.
list cousin of the president, has been
appointed chief physician at the Osa-
watomie insane asylum.
Within the last six weeks the state
treasurer has received 81, 500, 600 in
taxes, which is the best record for tax
paying in the states history.
A Topeka telegram said populist
state officials and prominent populist
politicians have raised fund to start
populist weekly paper at Topeka
The report sent out from Topeka
that Miss Wheeler, matron of the state
insane asylum there had resigned
rather than face charges, is denied.
Several young women students at
the state university have raised an en-
barge against liquor by refusing to as
sociate with young men who drink.
Bonnie Surkaro. q seven-year-old
Hutchinson boy, has a mania for steal.
ing horses that are hitched along the
streets He will be sent to the reform
school,
Mable Dougherty. .. school-teacher
at Silverlake, was turned to death
while cleaning dress with gasoline.
A lamp was upset and the gasoline ex.
ploded
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RAINY REMINDER.
Characteristic Bit of "Ould'' Ireland
in America.


A Cleveland landlord has one of his
houses tenanted by family that is out of all
proportions to the size of the dwelling In
fact, he strongly suspects that there are at
least two distinct families in the house, and
he is quite anxious to get rid of them. He
doesn't want to turn them out, and he has
been hoping they would take the frequent
hints he gives them and seek some other To-
cation. Lately they have complained of
leaky roof, but the landlord has determined
to make no repairs until they leave.
A few days ago the head of the household
waited on him.
We'll, sor," he said, chat roof has been
leakin' agin."
HAS it," asked the landlord
"Yis, sor. 1t leaks right over me sisters
bed. Draps right down on her, sor This
marnin' she came out O the room a-cryin'
sor. 1t had been raining on her all night
Yis, sor, cryin'."
well, why in Tophet," inquired the
landlord, didn't she move the bed?"
:, " Twasn't that, sor," hastily remarked
the tenant. " 'Twasn't that
What allied her, then?'
why, you see sor, she were Just a-cryin
because it reminded her so much of home"
cleveland Plain Dealer.
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CATTLE FROM MEXICO.

Dingley Law Duties DO Not Prevent Them
Being shipped int" This Country.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-The remark
Ible growth of the exports of Mexican
cattle to the United States forms the
subject of q report-to the state depart
ment from United States Consul Kin
drick. at Ciudad Juarez. He says that
while it was supposed the large ex
ports were attri butab to IA desire to
forestall the increased duties carried
by the Dingley act, yet this has proven
to be erroneous. for the trade goes on
increasing steadily until the cattlemen
in many cases have exhausted their
herds and all have realized handsome
ly. The quality exported to the
United States is of low grade that
have no effect on prices in the south
west.
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Demand for More na,tlc,h,p..

The Secretary OF the Navy has demanded
more battleships, and there can be no doub.
that Congress will consider his recommend,
atoms. Protection is what our sea ports
require: and Notifications will not adequate
" supply this. Defense against all disorders
afforded by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, an
efficient remedy, also, for constipation, BIZ
iousness, dyspepsia, rheumatism and nerv-
business.
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Advantage. of the sleirn.

The man who owns a sleigh has no diff
Guilty IN making himself solid with the girls.
As girls soon get cold and are ready to 90
nome ne can take as many as six in one after
noon, taking each girl home as fast as she
freezes and going for another. The man who
gets girl in a buggy in summer ism allowed
to turn back till the horse gets lame.-At-
Gibson Globe
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Hett,e Green to Build a Roa 4.

New YORK. Feb. Mrs. Hettie
Green and her son, E. II. r. Green, of
Texas, it is said, will soon build a rail-
road through Oklahoma to connect
with the c.. r. l. & P. at Medford. Ok,
and the Green road at Sherman or
Paris, Tex. The road will run through
the best farming sections of Oklahoma
and hit the coal fields in the Indian
<0v
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Bust OF Ex.Gov. Rob,nson

The bust of the late ex-Gov. Charlie:
Robinson, ordered at the states ex.
pense at cost of 1000. has arrived in
Lawrence from Chicago and as soon as
accepted by the state will be placed in
Fraser hall at the state university.
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Negro Applicant Vvithdrsws.

WASHINGTON. Feb. The contest
over the appointment of postmaster
at Augusta, Ga, it is now said. will
be settled this week. Judson Lyons,
the national committeeman from
Georgia, to whose appointment strong
opposition developed because he is a
negro. has withdrawn and given his
support to w. Fl. StallingS
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Knew He Was Insane.

William Repetto appeared before the
probate court at Newton and asked
that he be sent to the asylum. He
said he was at times insane and de-
sired to better his own and his fam.
ilv'S condition.
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Cheerfully PAID the Fine.

Mrs. +. Smith, of Pawnee Rock, has
twice publicly chastised Prof. Crump.
ton, principal of the schools. for al.
legged mistreatment of her children.
She was arrested and paid the fine
cheerfully.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-02-04

The John A. Salzer Seed Company, La
Crosse, Wis, have shipped within IS days
Earliest 6 Weeks Market Potato to Texas
customers: This potato has the reputation
OF being the earliest, the finest favored and
the heaviest producing early potato in the
country.
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The Rabbit SCALP Industry.

The time has expired in which Sum-
ner county agreed to pay bounty on
rabbit scalps. In all, S4.755.4 AZ We're
paid for i5s, scaips, during a period
"a scalps for each quarter section OF
land in the county.
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District Schools Conso'id tie.

In Maxwell township, Stafford coun-
ty, six district schools will be abOl-
ished and one central township school
established. The pupils will be con.
veyed to school in wagons each day.
The districts abolished are sparsely
settled and the action is taken to save
expense and secure a better school
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KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Monument to Ex-Gov. Martin.

EX-Gov. John p. St John has started
a movement for the erection of mon.
ument over the grave of ex-Gov. John
A. Martin. In his appeal to the people
of Kansas for funds, he calls attention
TO the fact that no suitable stone
marks the resting place of the, dead
man. p. I. onebral1e. of Topeka, is
named rs treasurer to receive con tr! bu-
tions. The monument is TO cost Sl.00c
and ex-Gov. St. John wants it ready
for dedication on May 80 next