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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-04-06
NAVARRO.

The children of Joseph Bragg are
reported as having the measles.
One of the institutions OF Logan
township in which we all take a JUS
tifable pride is the fine stock rancho
of John Taylor and son Of Pearl.
Their herd of one hundred full blood
Shorthorns isa beautiful sight which
every farmer should see. The head
of this herd is an animal that has few
if any superiors in the State.
Mrs. Theodore Marts and children
of Sutphen Mills and Miss Grace Peck
spent Sunday in Navarro.
The school in district SO closed last
Friday. Miss Mary Maughermer'
teacher, has successfully taught 80
for three years and the pupils and pa
irons heartily join to wish her return
next fall.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-04-06
DETROIT.

Mrs. Steve Kelley is seriously i'll.
Emanuel Hoffman expects to 90 to
Washington in few weeks.
The election Of officers in the Union
Independence Sunday school last Sun
day resulted as follows; Superin-
tendent, Miss Z. f. Titon, asst. supt.,
Abner Sauers; secretary, Miss Lydia
Merilat; treasurer. BERTHE Dedrick;
organist, Miss Carrie SAVERS; libra
rian, Ray Kelley, chorister, Miss
Wagner.
River Brethren services were held
at the church last Sunday morning.
1t is understood that the Hoffman
farm has been purchased by Thomas
Dedrick.
The social at the school house April
LIST was success. Lunch was served
and good music and an art gallery
we're enjoyed by large crowd. A
nice sum was added to the Sunday
school treasury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Merillat visited
Sunday with j. H. Kuhns and family.
The assessor was in town last week.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-04-06
MOONLIGHT.

VIM. Lexo is seriously i'll with
pneumonia.
Mrs j. s. Baumbaugh and Mrs
Frank Long returned Tuesday from
a visit at Mcpherson,
7. Kirkpatrick was up from Enter
prise Saturday.
The funeral services Of Daniel Ian
feline Tuesday were well attended.
julius Waterstradt was an Abilene
visitor Tuesday.
c. c. Brown shipped car Of hogs
to Kansas City Tuesday night
W. C. Tobias and J. M. Sheets were
in Abilene Saturday.
Ed Reel and j. +. Baumbaugh went
to Lindsborg Wednesday.
j. M. Sheets 4 Son have added a
stock Of paint to their store
Many from this vicinity are haul
ing milk to the cheese factory at De-
troit.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-04-06
WooDB1NE.

+. A. Smith shipped cattle last
Wednesday.
j. W. uillett went to Kansas City
Wednesday evening on business
dad" Smith is owner OF brand
new wheel. For particulars inquire
Of anyone who happened to be down
town last Saturday night.
The hardware and postoilice room
is looking bright and fresh Sky
lights have been placed in the Office
and everything is being reprinted
giving pleasant appearance to the
whole room.
R. v Dyer is working for the
Woodbine Hardware Co.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-04-06
TALMAGE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Norman are
visiting Mr.. Norman's parents in the
vicinity of Talmage.
j. E. Laney met with quite pain
full accident by being cut in the knee
cap by a fellow carpenter few days
ago. Mr.. Laney is suffering consid-
cradle pain besides being laid up for
some time.
I. c. Ilifl shipped a carload OF stock
on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Cress gave an
other gramophone entertainment to a
number Of invited friends last Sun
day. The records consisted of songs.
readings and praise service rendered
by the son Clifford and wife now en-
route to South Africa.
The new hall will be dedicated by
the first of May.
G. H. Naylor is building an imple-
ment building and will sell for Shock
ey & Landes.
Misses Laura Tiff and Daisy Nc
Henry attended the Messiah at Linds-
borg last Wednesday evening.
Miss Viola Carver is home from
Baker University.
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CHAPMAN.

John Cunningham, who has been at
the Soldiers Home at l.eavenworth,
came home the first of the week.
j. W. Martin, the newly elected
city marshal, was an Abilene visitor
Tuesday.
Born, to Prof and Mrs A. l., Gar
ten on Monday, ten-pound boy
j. M. Clifford moved into his new
residence on Cleveland avenue Tues
day. He has one Of the finest resi-
dences In the city.
The council met in regular session
Tuesday evening aid transacted rou-
tine business. Bills for hauling gray
ell on streets amounted to 1925. The
streets are in fine condition now, due
to the efforts Of j. W. Talbot, the
efficient street commissioner.
T. j. Foley's youngest daughter is
very sick with pneumonia.
Miss Lila Baker was visiting friends
in Abilene Tuesday.
H. II. Stanley of Bunker Hill was
visiting in the city Tuesday. He is
section foreman on the U. P. at that
point.
The ladies Of the Lutheran church
served dinner and supper in Talbot's
hall election day. They realized over
$50.
]. M. Clifford received the sad news
Wednesday Of the death Of his father
at South Parls, Me.
VIM. Chamberlain went to Topeka
Tuesday on business connected with
the National Aid association.
The X, of P ball at the opera house
Monday night was an enjoyable A.
fair and was we'll attended.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-04-06
BUCKEYE.

Row Minsler is out of school on ac-
count OF sickness.
Anna Cotfenberger is attending
school in Chapman since her school
closed.
Alice Burkholder who has been
home for week returned to Abilene
Monday.
Will Teeters of Abilene, attends
Sunday school at Buckeye.
Chester Marings is talking Of put
ting of putting out a large acreage OF
corn.
@. SINNERS has concluded to put
his oats out in April instead OF March,
Mrs. Shetron is enjoying a visit
from a sister of Huron, Canada.
Farmers in this vicinity are busy
cutting back their peach trees that
are not all dead.
The literary society has adjourned
until October when parliamentary
rules will again be discussed by G.
w. Moore and j. Book.
We are glad to have Rev. Bear with
us again.
Our school closes April 9th with a
dinner after successful seven months
term taught by Miss Hattie Teeters'
j. Fishburn and wife expect to take
a trip east soon.
+. Hoyt has been trying to keep the
horse market moving. He made one
trade and two sales last week
Some of the Buckeye people got
tired waiting on spring and made gar
den and planted potatoes.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-04-06
Thq Ref|eltor's County News.
REpoRrEpsBY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
SOLOMON.

| Samuel Beyler and bride formerly
Grace Saunders of this place. were
down from Salina Sunday visiting
friends and relatives.
Grand Chief Of Honor Ada +. Rid
die, Of Minneapolis, is in town max
ing an official visit to Solomon D. OF
H.
The Ladies' Relief Corps held an
Easter egg social in G. A. R. hall
which was we'll attended especially
by the young folks. Everyone had a
fine time and plenty Of eggs cooked in
all ways to eat.
Henry Phelps and Miss Mabel Man
fold, of Beloit. spent few hours
with friends here while on their way
to Lindsborg Friday.
Mrs. Briggs and Mrs. Northrup
were Abilene visitors Saturday.
Easter services were held in the
Methodist, Presbyterian and Catholic
churches both morning and evening.
Special music was rendered in all
three churches and hswers adorned
the affairs.
Arthur Ewing, eldest son Of }. M.
Ewing, and Miss Alta Wharton of
Lyndon, Kansas, were married at the
M. f. parsonage Thursday evening.
Rev. Clark officiated.
The Messiah was well attended by
the musical people of Solomon, fit-
ty persons going from here.
Jas. Buckwalter's children are
quite i'll with diphtheria. No other
cases in town.
Mrs. Hannah Currie who has been
quite ill was taken to Manhattan
Wednesday where she will reside with
her son. DR.. Donmyer accompanied
her.
Mrs. Amos Brunson of Denver and
her'two children are visiting relatives
in town.
The reading circle met with Mrs.
G. B. Hall Tuesday. The afternoons
work was devoted to "Kipling". Al
forwards luncheon was served.
W. T. Harris and 4. Z. Butcher are
attending the convention in Topeka.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-04-06
RHINEHART.

Miss May Perry Of the county high
school, visited over Sunday with Mis-.
Bessie Diehl.
The M. E. Sunday school had Eas'
ter exercises last Sunday.
Mrs. +. A. Conant OF Pearl was
shopping in Rhinehart las: week.
j. W. Gillett and family spent Sum
day with W. H. Holliuger's.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A. Hassler, Mr..
and Mrs. ]. H. Taylor, M. l.. Baughey
and daughter attended the Messiah at
Lindsborg last Wednesday.
W. j. Gommels has hired clerk,
Paul Weisnfuh, of Missouri who ar
rived last week.
The Lutherans will have a regular
minister in May when the usual ser
vices will be held in their church.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-04-06
BANNER CITY.

Mrs. j. j. Conklin accompanied
Miss Sadie Rhodes to the Sanltarlum
at Hope Thursday where Miss knoaes
goes for treatment.
Miss Mabel Swayze came over from
Hope Friday evening to visit MISS
Hattie AFFORD and attend the exer'
cises at the school house Saturday
She returned home Sunday.
Mrs. c. +. Stephens who has been
at the Sauitarium at Hope for the
past ten days undergoing treatment
was able to return home Friday.
A merry crowd Of Banners young
people attended literary at Holland
Friday night.
Our winter term of school closed
Saturday. A nice lunch was served
at noon and the afternoon was spent
with appropriate exercises. A num-
Der of patrons of the school were
present and enjoyed the program.
The teachers, VIM. Hislop and Miss
Hattie AFFORD, have given general
satisfaction. Mr.. Hislop drove home
Saturday night and Miss AFFORD took
the train Sunday morning for her
home at Dunlap, Kas.
Miss Mabel Elliott visited with Mrs
Bert Percy Sunday.
The United Brethren held quarter
ly meeting here Saturday. Services
were conducted by Rev. Hope assist
by Rev. Ketchan and Rev. Mrs. Sholl.
Mrs. Devlin Of Carlton visited with
Mrs. Henry Judah Saturday and Sun
day.
Mrs. Lanning Of Allen, Kas., is VS.
iting her sister Mrs. c. f. Stephens.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-04-06
To Vaccinate Against Blackleg

The undersigned offers his services
to cattlemen to yaccinate calves
against blackleg. Best vaccine virus
used. Have had years Of experience
in the Pacific states.
2S4* W. RlcKEMAN, Donegal.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-04-06
See Mclnerney y
BEFORE BUYING
John Kelly
Rochester Shoes
BEFORE BUYING

McInerney has just received his spring
line of Ladies' Fine Shoes from several OF the
leading factories of the world, among them
being the Famous John Strootman line OF
Rochester Shoes and the John Kelly line OF
Shoes as second.
Ladies' Shoes. will say that have a line OF
his newest and best makes which will sell
for soc less per pair than any other house in
Kansas. Go and get the best offer possible.
then come to McInerney's and will sell them
to you for SOC less. | care not what others
offer them at, remember will not be under
sold on the John Kelly Shoe. !,
If YOU will give me chance will show
you the difference between my prices and
and dry goods prices and mar
gins. certainly will not ask you $3.50 tor
a $3.50 shoe.
am as always the man who sells John
Kelly Shoes.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-04-06
For Sale.

253 acres Of bottom land - miles
southwest Of Abilene. For partcu-
lars inquire at the farm
Mrs. AUG. STEINHILBER.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-04-06
Correspondents Wanted.

The REFLECTOR wants a regular
correspondent in each Of the follow
ing places: Manchester, Cheever,
Sherman, Fragrant Hill, Willowdale,
Wilsey, Enterprise, Pearl, Ridge, New
Basel, Hope, Union. Special induce
ments will be given II secured before
April goth. First available appli-
cants will receive the place.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-04-06
For Sale.

A few fine white Plymouth Rock
fowls. 1913 II. SouTDwoRrH
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-04-06
DAYTON.

Mrs. X. ID. Miles of Detroit returned
home last Monday after visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. Rufener
G. +. Rhodes moved to the c. G..
Seidel farm last Monday.
Chas. Hoffman is going to Dayton,
Ohio, on a visit.
Al Hoffman has gone to Colorado
on an extended trip.
Q. F. WINNER, Dayton's popular
school teacher, left for Salinq Monday
where he expects to attend school.
Mrs. C. +. Rhodes and Miss Emma
Rhodes were the guests Of Mrs. II. &.
Wingerd Tuesday.
r. Piper died last Saturday and the
funeral services were held Tuesday at
the German Baptist church. The de-
ceased was in his seventy-third year.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-04-06
@od1 SauqpaM
Cll2lz ;lEtl7:|:lZaU

Hoods Pills cure liver ills; the non Irritating and
only cathartic to take with Hoods Sarsapara.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-04-06

See r. H. Seeds for farm loans.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-11-03
Better Market For Meat.

The recent rise in the price Of beef
and the purpose Of eastern city butch
ers to organize against the beef trust
probably mean a better market for all
meat products, as we'll as a revival Of
beef %fattening by eastern farmers. I'm
der the conditions prevailing the past
few years, eastern farmers have had
no beef except that from superannuat-
ed cows, for which they could get no
sale. or course to keep their cows in
milk they had to breed them once a
year, but unless the calf was worth
saving as q breeder, it was generally
killed as soon as born, not even fur
nishing food as veal, which it might do
If kept a few weeks. With higher
prices for beef, it will pay to keep all
calves at least till they can be sold as
veal, and those that are thrifty may be
kept and fed until 1 or 2 years old. At
this age they make much better beef
than the western cattle, which have
their due proportion Of old COWS and
bulls mixed with the 3 and 4 year old
steers, which furnish most of the beef
that the eastern consumer buys
Thrifty young stock can usually be
kept with profit on an eastern farm
where the price Of cattle has not been
unduly depressed. A large part Of its
feed from produce that would
be wasted were there not young fat
tening stock to feed it to.-BostOn Cul
tivatOr.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-11-03
NATURAL Laws of the Horse.


The importance Of Il knowledge of
the natural laws which govern the ac-
tons of our horses, says DR.. ]. G. Cur
rier in Farm, Stock and Home, is ap-
parent to every well informed horse
man; but to those who have not stud
led the matter carefully it may be we'll
to call attention to the fact that the
pivotical point Of all forward and
backward movements Of the horse is
the center of the body-viz, whatever
happens at the front Of the horse I'M
pels him backward and at the back end
causes him to go forward.
When the halter is put on the colts
head for the first time and>we pull at
it, every one is fully aware that the
colt will go backward; but we rarely
stop to consider why this is SO. But
the colt feels that he has got his head
into some kind of q trap, and he knows
but one way to get it out, and that ia
to pull his head out of the halter.
If he got his head fast in the fence
or anywhere else, he would 60 back
ward to get it out and would struggle
even to the breaking of his neck If be
did not succeed. II he gets his front
foot over q bar or a barbed wire fence
he will go backward to pull it out.
II he gets his hind foot fast, he in
variably goes forward to pull it out
Therefore the hitching of the balkJ
horse by the tail will oftener succeed
in pulling the load without a fight thar
any other known process.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-11-03
Fashion In Breeds !:
Something Which Successful
Cattle Rnisers Must
Consider.

One very satisfactory point in con-
nection with cattle breeding in almost
every respect is the continual change
In fashion which restores to favor so
many breeds and points in breeds that
from time to time almost appear to
sink into oblivion. But a few years
ago Shorthorn breeders were discard
ing every animal of white color or even
approaching 1t. At the present time
whites are quite as much in demand
as any other color. Again, in the Jer-
sey breed, a few years ago, to exhibit
or purchase an animal with even q
white spot upon it was the way to
condemn the herd whence it ame
Today, such is tickle fashion, or, to
be perhaps more correct, common
sense has SO superseded fashion, that
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-11-03
WESTERN HORSES.
What Owners Must Do to Guilt.
vnte the Eastern Market.
Heavy Horses Pay let.
ter Than Standard
Bred Kinds. .

During the past two or three years
rangemen have been looking more than
ever to the eastern markets for an out
let for their surplus stock, says the
Kansas City Drovers' Telegram. Pos
sibly the commission dealers at the
big horse markets of Kansas City, St.
Louis and Chicago in their search for
new custom are partly responsible for
this. At any rate, \the fact remains
that as the years go by the western
owners are looking to the east to take
their surplus stock.
Some of the western owners in look
ing in this direction for a market arc OF
the opinion that the supply in the
west is too large for the surplus to be
disposed of in this part of the coun
try. Those who are not posted would
dump ut the conclusion that the short.
age Of the supply in the east is more
than overcome by the supply in the
west. The government figures, how,
ever, tell Il very different story. Sta
tistically speaking, il such an express
sion may be used, there is a place fol
every horse in the country, whether il
is the heavy draft horse east or the
wild broncho Of the west. The tota!
number of horses in the entire United
States, according to government fig
iures, on Jan. l this year was ~13,G65,3O1
the smallest number since 1889. The
numbers Of horses and mules reported
in the United States in January fol
the last 1G years We're as follows:
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-11-03
HOW DIAMONDS ARE "NlPPED."
Thieves Have IN Instrument That
Makes the Stealing Easy.

A"AA~ an
"When we speak Of a crook 'nipping' a
diamond stud, we use the word advised
ly," said a central station detective. cts
not a case Of idle slang. In fact, nearly
all the words used in a slang way by
thieves and police officers come nearer to
expressing the exact idea Of what we
mean to illustrate than most people
think. Take, for instance, the phrase
Stole a diamond Now, that's all right
in it's way, but there's a hundred or more
ways in which diamonds may. be stolen,
so it gives no clcw as to the particular
! method of operation. But when we are
told that some crook has 'nipped' a spark
we know exactly how he did it and have
a fair sort of lead to work on.
'"To nip a spark means to cut off q
diamond from a mans shirt front. The
phrase originated in the style Of the in
strument used by the thief. Diamonds
lost in this way are not unscrewed or
pulled out from a shirt front, as soms
people believe. The diamond nipper car
ries a small instrument made like a pair
Of nippers. 1t can be carried between
the fingers and kept concealed in that
way and has 4 little cup into which the
diamond falls when cut from the gold
mounting. When the nipper sees a stone
that plcases his fancy, he simply slips his
little instrument to the front, ~jostles and
shoves his victim, perhaps curses him
for 'treading on his toes and, having dis.
tracted his attention, slips one hand close
to his bosom. A simple move, a pressure
of the finger, the sharp jaws clutch the
shank of the pin or stud, the diamond
drops into the cuplike receptacle and the
nipper is gon So is the diamond
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-11-03
WEST HIGHLAND STEER.

animals are exhibited and frequently
gain the highest distinctions with
white markings quite predominating,
some of the most authentic breeders
even venturing upon the use Of bulls
with a great portion Of white upon
them. The sooner this state of things
pertains to every breed the better.
There can be no doubt the discarding
Of a first class sire or dam OF account
Of color is frequently a great barrier
to improvement in our herds.
Ayrshires, like the other Scotch and
northern breeds, will have their day
later on, and the manner in which they
are being looked up by foreign buyers
augurs we'll for the pockets Of their
supporters.
The Kerry and Dexter breeds, which
suit the small holding, the poorer
classes Of land, and that are so well
adapted to the combined production Of
milk and beef, the latter product in
small joints and Of the finest quality,
look like sharing in the general wave
Of prosperity that is attending prac-
tically every breed of cattle.
The North Devon will not be one Of
the neglected breeds Of the future. Its
next Of kin, the Red Sussex, has been
creating a good deal Of interest also OF
late. A capital display of these was
seen at the late Sussex county show,
and, what is even more satisfactory,
those who were travelling about the
county found many Of the large herds
at home had but been fairly sampled
in the showyard. This is very im-
portant and doubtless has much to dc
with the fact that several new herds OF
the breed are being founded. For beef
both in quantity and quality, as well
as early maturity, the Eastern Rubies
take a good deal Of beating.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-11-03
LACK EXPERIENCE.
General Loo Says the Time Has Not Come
to Grant Cubans Independence.

General Loo Says the Time Has Not Come
to Grant Cubans Independence.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.-General Fitz-
hugh Lee in an interview says that
the people of Cuba are steadily improv-
ing under the existing protectorate of
the United States and are slowly but
surely rebuilding their war-wasted
homes and repairing their crippled for
tunes. Life and property are secure in
Cuba, owing largely, he said, to the
ealutary restraint exercised by Amer
ican military authority. He thinks the
time not ripe yet, however, for a purely
Cuban government.
"Cuba," said General Lee, els i'm
proving. The Cubans are tractable and
quiet and the revolution has given them
self-respect and self-reliance. Their
impulses are generally in the right d.
rection, but of course
Both in Theory aud Practice
of elf.government they are wholly
without experience. There is among
certain Cubans a deep-seated prejudice
against some men whom they think op-
pressed Cubans under Spanish rule, and
If given a free rein they would make
short work of them. The United States
government is pledged to grant indie
pendence to Cuba after the island has
been paciied and l believe that promise
should be fulfilled as swiftly as we can
in reason and justice. The industrial
situation is improving and money is
gradually going into Cuba, but nothing
like it would if investors were sure
that property would remain safe fol
years to come and be protected by q
government strong enough to enforce
law and Crder."
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-11-03
PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
DENLY, Dewey, schurman and Worcester
Discuss Their Forthcoming Report.

DENLY, Dewey, schurman and Worcester
Discuss Their Forthcoming Report.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3l.-The Philip
pine commission held it's first meeting
at the quarters selected for them in the
Arlington. Professor Schurman, for
whose arrival the other members have
been waiting, paid an early call to the
state department, after which he went
to the commissions rooms, where Ad-
miral Dewey and Colonel DENLY were
waiting. Professor Worcester was the
last to arrive, and the commission sat
down to business o after 1890. It
was announced before the meeting that
all the sessions would be secret and
that none Of the deliberations would be
made public until the commission had
finished its labors. Colonel DENLY said
that no program had been arranged and
that it was impossible to say wen what
general course would be followed until
after the commissioners had discussed
the matters.