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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-01-05
MINISTERS APPEAL.
Pastors Of Six Churches Unite in an
Address to Abilene.

The Ministerial association met Mon
day with the following members
present, Rev. W. A, Crawford, Rev.
7. S. Blayney, Rev. II. G. Haithcox.
Rev. d. l.. Parker, Rev. G. H. Hart
man, Rev. H. V. Scholes They
adopted the following
APPEAL FOR LAW AND ORDER:
On behalf Of the rising generation,
the young men and maidens, the
school children and the little ones Of
our community, who are being en-
dangered in life and character by the
growing spirit Of gambling and habit
Of drinking as seen in the multiplied
forms Of rafting prize drawing, slot
machine playing and in the more ex-
treme forms of gambling along with
the increased number and boldness Of
Joints and their associated forms OF
vice: We, the ministers, parents,
companions and fellow citizens, would
earnestly urge all those who in any
way indulge in or encourage those
evils, to begin the new year by sepa-
rating themselves from these things
once and forever. We confess that
perhaps our careessness or indifier-
ence has enabled these evils TO In
crease to an alarming extent as re-
vealed by the prevalence Of gambling
and the boldness Of the liquor traffic
in this our beautiful city. Wecannot
close our eyes to the fact that these
forms Of vice are gaining new victims
from the ranks Of our once sober,
honest and promising young men and
women.
It is useless to deny that the good
names, the home life, the public
morality Of our oncoming citizens are
being endangered by the immediate
and indirect effects Of these blighting
curses, every minister, teacher and
business manager in town knows these
things to be true. Whole families
are being saddened and darkened for
ever.
We do not want to stir up strife,
arouse personal animosity, interfere
with civil affairs, we have no personal
antagonism, but we can but denounce
the evils and seek to save our city
and people from their sure curse un.g
less they are arrested.
therefore we hrst appeal TO the
better nature, the good judgment, the
deep American love OF home and
country Of every good citizen and
urge you to join in an earnest effort
to restrict and counteract these man
ifest evils. We pledge ourselves to
do all within our power, in the spirit
Of love, in the name Of the Lord and
in the power Of the lawsto reach the
desired end. We are willing to pledge
our earnest and hearty support to the
newly elected, appointed or contin-
'ling officers Of the law in any or all
honest efforts to secure a better en-.
forcement OF law and we do this with
out regard to political or denomina-
tional distinctions.
Unanimously adopted by minister
la association Jan. 2, 1899.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-01-05
New Sunday School Officers.

yhe Christian Sunday school elected
officers for the ensuing year as fol-
lows: j. N. Shane, superintendent;
Pearl Phillips, secretary; Arminta
Toibert, treasurer; VIM. Lambing,
chocister; Mrs. W. D. Nichols, or
gartst.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-01-05
.Epworth League Officers.

The following officers were elected
by the Epworth League for the ensu-
ing year: President, H Focht; lst
vice president, A K LocKhart; I'd vice
president, Rosetta Merrifield; 3rd vice
president, W A Keve; 4th vice presi-
dent, Mrs Roy Weyant; corresponding
secretary, Ruth Rkoads; treasurer,
Vale Crawford.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-01-05
Abilene Got Two Offices.

The State Stenographers' assoeia.
tion was organized at Salina Satar'
day. The following officers were
elected: President, E. o. Allen, Sa-
lima; frs. vice president, j. Arthur
Young, Abilene; second vice presi-
dent, ]. +. Studebaker, Mcpherson;
secretary, Joseph H. Young, Oberlin;
librarian, Louella Rudolph. Abilene.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-01-05
RECENT REFLECTIONS.


Abilene had 70 deaths last year,
a death rate OF 6.l.
Bells and anvils welcomed the
new year noisily Saturday night.
Marriage license; M. A. Fisce.
and Irene Hoffman, both Of Industry.
N. Blevins who has been at La
Belle, Tex, is now at White City,
Flotida
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ.
Ketcherssd, Hope, New Years day,
twin boys.
No. l490 drew the Sterl bicycle.
The owner has not appeared. II it is
not claimed in 80 days another draw
ing VIII occur.
Miss Gardner, the l2 year old
Chapman girl over whom there has
been trouble, will be taken to the
reform school tonight.
Rev. j. 5. Ford writing to the
REFLECTOR says "My family is
well and our work is moving very
pleasantly. We like Sabetha very
much"
John X Lane, formerly editor
os'ahe Monitor il visiting his home IN
Sabina. He is now In the volunteer
army and is stationed at TT. Clark,
TeS.
The Monitors hoodoo is still get
ting in its work. j. c. Gaut has
given in up and the owner II. N.
Games Of Sslif has charge and will
try to sell it.
&C. W. Parlesr is arranging to do
his own casting at his merry.go-
round factory on southside, 1t will
bean added industry to the town
wEtch has long seeded foundry.
Chester Toliver drew the guitar
winch was given away at Brenizer's
this afternoon with number 1926.
Miss Gladys Bergstresser won the
doll at Brenl lzer's.
"A letter froM Mrs. V. B. Cosad
to Abilene friends says she and Albert
are in Oakland, Cal, and are well.
Her husband Ia on the Yukon river
with che Seattle Transportation Co.
and is doing well.
For sale cheap, child's white bed.
This Office. dac
--R. y. Jacobs, the popular county
clerk, fell on the loo on the court
yard sidewalk Saturday evening,
striking his head and cutting quite
cash. he is improving and no seri-
Gus results will follow
--Salina Union; Miss Josie Sim
mons, who has been stenographer for
the Belle Springs creamery company,
in Abilene, will have charge Of }. s.
Gates millinery department, which
will open about February lst.
The many friends Of VIII Brill
bart will be interested in knowing
that he is i'll in New York City at the
Presbyterian hospital where he went
for treatment. He is improving and
expects to be back In his Chicago po-
sition in a few weeks.
Oliver Keve, who has for some
months past been running the Solo
mon Sentinel under lease, has given
up the plant and is of TO Port Arthur,
Tex, on a trip. Mr.. Kevt's eyes
have been giving him much trouble
and rest was absolutely necessary.
The biennial report Of the State
Historical society is out. OF the
bound newspaper files in the library,
239 are Of those Of Dickinson county,
from 1875 to 1898. Sixty papers, liv-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-01-05
Charlie Harrison Coming.

Charles Harrison's dramatic COM
pany will be here all next week. 1t
Is a strong repertoire company and
will give good entertainment. Prices
10, 20 and 80 cents.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-27

hogs frequently suffer from lack of wa
ter because farmers do not remember that
whatever comes in liquid form is NOT
substitute for the clear and fresh water
winch all animals need. Put little rennet
in skim-milk or heat it, and it soon turns
into curd which no one would think of
taking as drink. Yet both the rennet
and enough warmth to make it effective
are present in the stomach of pig or hog
me rennet from pigs is by some preferred
to that from calves. Always the first
process in digestion of milk is to turn il
into curd. MIX is regarded as cousiipat-
ing, especially after it has been heated.
which brings it more nearly to the curd
condition, and thus absorbs the water i'm
the stomach. A man needs a drink OF
water after he has eaten bowl of bread
and milk. Possibly the milk dealers use
this as an argument for putting water and
milk together and selling 1t as milk thus
becoming, as an old milkman said he was.
like Pharaoh's daughter because he took
little prophet (profD out of the water"
Most of the water that pigs get is as bad
for drinking as skim-milk 1t is largely
The water used for the washing of dishes
or the freshening of sailed pork In this
way the hogs get more salt into their
stomachs than they require, and this also
makes the hogs feverish and Injuries the
quality of the pork. This sometimes makes
the Western pork, which is fattened in
large droves and gets little salt, better
than the pork made by the farmer who
keeps but two or three pigs, and feeds
them from the swill barrel filed with a
mixture of skimmlk and salt water. If
fed as it should be- with only enough
corn at the close of the fattenlng, and
without an excess of salt the Eastern
pork is much the best The water in which
salt pork and beef is freshened is highly
nutritious, as a good deal of its strength
goes out with the salt when it is freshened
for cooking. But the great majority of
hogs would be healthier if they had
enough fresh water, fruits and vegetables
to offset the excess of salt that most of
their drink contains.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-27
The Credit system.

The average merchant of the South, in
the cotton belt. does not wish the credit
system abolished. 1t takes away his 50
per cent. to 100 per cent. profit that he
makes on the cotton crop lien, observes
the Southern Ruralist. One of these said
to a proposed competitor on the cash ba-
SIS You may establish a store here and
offer goods at so per cent. less than we
sell, but you cannot sell your wares. The
people have no money until the cotton
crop comes in, and we are the sellers of
that crop TO satisfy the cotton growers
account "
When cotton decreased in price the
acreage had to be increased to cover the
supply account and the increased prod
uct resulted in still lower prices, and
again more cotton was demanded. 'If,"
says the merchant, Il encourage the grow
err in producing his family supplies, /
cut off my sales to him of those neces-
stiles, and do not you see? l destroy
my business, and that wouldn't be bus-
ness"
Yes. We can see the Southern farmer
has been paying $4,000, 900 a year for the
use of $500, 900 900 with which to grow his
crops, and every year the farmer who
does not read and think has had his nose
held little harder to the credit grind
stone, because "a letting up would cut in
half the merchants profits, and reveal 10
the farmer customer road 10 independ-
ence.
Light Breaking.-The Southern farmer
is beginning to find out that his condition
Is not the result of unfair legislation alone.
or that the low price of cotton is caused
by the demone tization of silver; but, rath-
err to the 80 per cent. credit system: to
growing cotton instead of hog and honn-
my; to buying canned goods, butter, lard
pork, hay and corn instead of growing
them.
As an evidence of the increased light,
the orders for vegetable seeds at one
Southern seed house is more than double
the orders of two years ago. This indi-
Gates double the number Of gardens. More
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-27
FLORIDA.

The market in Starke is full of nice
strawberries, not the small kind, so often
found, but large, red, lucious ones.
Capt. J. o. Walters has established a
weekly schooner line between Punta Cor
da and Key West. The Gertrude sails
every Tuesday. She made her third trip
last week.
As the Hull phosphate train was reach
ing the plant at Fort Ogden Friday a col
ored man by the name of Sneed vas
knocked from the top of che cars by the
sandbox and was cut in small pieces. that
were scattered on the track for 200 yards.
The people of ST. Petersburg are making
great preparations TO entertain the men,
bers of the State Press Association. An
excursion has been arranged 10 leave St.
Petersburg Thursday morning. March 30.
touching at Egmont Key, going up the
Manatee river and landing the excursion
lists at Port Tampa in time to catch the
night train north
The Dade County Agricultural and Hor-
tcultural Fair opened in the large tenf
OF the cocoanut grove, north Of the Ho-
tel Royal Palms, at Miami, on Thursday
All DAY long the farmers from different
sections Of the county were coming in with
piooue's Of the soil. Friday there were
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-27
KITCHENER LEARNED SECRET
How He Outwitted the Dervisb
Spies, Who Were Dumb os o~s.


The following story of the Sirdar r,hi,.,
comes to me bearing the authority of a
relative of Lord Kitchener, illustrates moro
than any perhaps, his readiness Of 70
source, his determination, and his noirs
taking, far-seeing preparedness for evepts
One evening, as our forces neared Khar-
tum, a dervish spy was discovered :,
camp ana promptly taken to headquarters
Tor examination. 1t was a iuncnre a.
which information as to the enemv,s posiN
ton and plans was of the highest inonort-
ance, but neither the richest bribes nor
the direst threats could elicit one word
from the prisoner; he affected 10 he botb
deaf and dumb Scarcely was his boar-
ing over-if hearing it can be called
when another spy was led in, who proved
equally oouufate. II was maddening; and
in the good old times" torture and short
shritt would have been the fate of those
brave gentlemen. AS it was thew were
led away bound and placed for the NIGHT
IN wen guarded tent. About Malt an
hour later, when all was settling dow
TO rest in camp, there was a fresh stir
and hubbub, and third spy was dragged
in, who, also, would reveal nothing ana
was finally placed in the tent with his faI-
lows. Soon the guards outside hoard a
murmur of voices from within; the dumb
spies had found their tongues; bur n uya,
impossible to overhear their talk distinct
ly or TO understand 1t. An hour or more
passed. Then the door of the tent was
thrown open and the third spy red
and asked to be conducted 10 headouar-
tiers. 1t was the Sirdar, who, in disguise
had discovered all he needed TO knoyi
1t seems that Lord Kitchener alw5vs
takes the greatest pains to make hir,setf
~
try to which he is sent He seizes ever,
opportunity of talking with the poorer
folks, until he literally speaks like na-
tive.-London Academy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-27
A Dove Cote Mnnteh-

II. T. G., Savannah. Ca, wishes TO
know how a dove cote" is built; how the
doves" are fed and how marketed.
We presume II. T. G. knows that the
American for dove cote is pigeon box /"
that the marketable product is known bv
the euphonious name of squads, and US
ually is purchased by hotels and first
class restaurants. AT the best. Il is a plea
yune business Qaising squabO and Il Is
only those who take pleasure in having
the pigeons about and have acquired a
a thorough knowledge Of the habits and
needs of the pigeons that are likely TO
make practical success of raising them
for market We will send H. T. G.. a copy
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-27
GEORGIA.
FLORIDA
AND CAROLINA:

ADDED 10 the already large collection Il
| large variety Of vegeta bes and fruits. 50
far the exhibits surpass the expectations
OF the most sauguine.
The first party of homeseekers from the
Northwest arrived at Palatka Thursday
night from Grandin, where they spent the
day inspecting the lands that they expect
90 coonIze Mayor Gay and r 3. Ander-
son, president Of the Young Mems Bust
ness League. with several members of the
Board of Trade, secured carriages and
drove the prospective settlers through the
city. They expressed themselves as wei
pleased with Palatka and the surrounding
country.
Klssimmee Valley Gazette: Two boys
Ira Lee, the ward Of John NJ. Lee. and
VIII Johnson. stepson of O. c. Poeler. ran
away last Friday night. II is known that
they boarded the night train and went 10
Sanford and from there TO Jacksonville,
where furtRer traces of them are lost.
IT is supposed they are making their way
TO Georgia, where they have relatives. The
authorities, have been extensively notified
of the flight of the boys, and it is hoped
they viii soon be discovered and brought
back.
The suit for $1,000 damages brought by
John A. Moon against the Plant system.
which was on trial in the Circuit Court
for two days at Orlando, resulted in
verdict for $l2, 800 for the plaintitt on Fri
day. In May, 1897, the plaintiff. who was
in the employ OF the Plant System, was
thrown violently from the engine, falling
on broken fragments of a tree stunning
him. When he regained consciousness ne
found that silver from the tree had pene-
trated his left eye, which he pulled out
unalded. The sight was destroyed and a
surgical operation was necessary to re-
move the remnant of the eye ball
Two of the largest phosphate mining
plants in the state. located at Standard,
on the EARLY Bird division of the Florida
Central and Peninsular Railroad, were de-
stroyed by fire Thursday. The fire is the
most costly one that part of the state has
ever experienced, over $4,000 worth of
property having been destroyed. 1t has
NOT been fully determined how the fire
originated, though there are several theo-
res advanced. Neither of the plants were
insured. The fire coming at a season when
the mines were being operated. the loss Is
a heavy one. The Chicago Phosphate
Company has unlimited capital and win
rebuild at once.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-27
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, MARCH %, $780,

planters are paying their help from their
own corn cribs and smoke houses instead
OF by orders on the village store, and
some renters and choppers, convinced that
something has to be done, are taking
up a collection" from the soil, from the
poultry yard, from the COW and the pig.
A half acre of cotton land is turned into
the family garden, and ten to twenty
acres into corn or forage.
Alabama and North Carolina, with their
experiment stations, are forging to the
front in Independently living at home and
applying that 40 to 50 per cent. profit given
to the merchant where il belongs, in the
home.
Speed the day when the Southern farm
or, instead of borrowing at 40 to so per
cent, shall be loaning money, as does
the Northern farmer, at 6 per cent That
is a credit system to which there can be
no objection.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-27
Cost 81 comhlercial Fertilizers.

b. M. The fertilizer that you mention
is worth SIS per ton, if it comes up to the
analysis. Cotton seed meal (S1k per cent
arnnonia) should not cost you more than
SIS per ton. and the acid phosphafa nor
more than $40. You should get muriate of
potash $50 per cent. potash) at something
less than $44 per ton
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-27
Passenger Fares from Savannah

A"'''no0i A"iUo HUH OdVdnlldl.
TO NEW YORK-Cabin, $40; Fxc,,,.,.
$32. intermediate, $15 Excyrsio,- S .sl'
Storage. $40. '' w.
TO BOSTON-Cabin, $50: Excursion go.
intermediate, ST; Excursion, SIS: Sts w.
age S11.75 ''eef'
The express steamships of this linz -.
appointed to sail from Savannah. Centr.I
t9O'hl meridian time. as follows
SAVANNAH TO NEW YORK.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Cont pr.-
MONDAY, March q. at p. IN.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Askins TIE,
DAY, March Is. at p. m. -'''
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Dag,o,,
FRIDAY, March 81, at p m. ''"
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher. sATr-p-
DAY, April l. at 900 p. m.
NACOOCHEE. Capt Smith, MoNn.v
April g. at 1890 a. m
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Cant pn.-
TUESDAY,, April T. at 1870 a. m. q
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Askins WEN
NESDAY, April 5, at 1880 a. m
CITY OF MACON, Capt. Savage. Fp,
DAY, April T. at 2:3O p. M
CITY OF AUGUSTA. Capt. Dagge,,
SATURDAY, April s, at $50 p. m.
SAVANNAH TO BOSTON.
VIA DIRECT SHIP.
GATE CITY, Capt. Googins, TUESDAY
March %, at a. M
CITY OF MACON. Capt. Savage FRI.
DAY, March 81, at a. m.
CHATTAHOOCHEE. Capt. Levi,
THURSDAY, April 6, at 100 p. M
Steamers leave New York for Savannah
p. m. daily, except Sundays and Mon
days, and leave Boston for Savannah
every Wednesday at IL noon, SATURDAYS
al 3 D. m.
W. G. Brewer. Ticket Agent, 1O7 Bull
street. Savannah, Ga.
E. W. Smith, Cont FIR. Agt Saw. Ga.
r. G. Irrelevant, Agt.. Savannah. Ga,
E. H. Hinton, Traffic Mara-4r.
John M Egan. Vice President
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-27

W. o. Clyatt, Providence, Fla, wishes
to try the above corn this season. We can
not inform him just now where the seed
can be bought4 Probably some of our read
ers can do so.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-27

You will forget me. won't you. dear?"
she pleaded by way of softening the
harshness of her refusal.
Sure thingv said he you know I'd
do anything to please you. Detroit Free
Press.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-27

Questions and communications relative
to agricultural and horticultural subjects,
If addressed to Agri Editor. Drawer N,
Milledgeville, Ga. win receive immediate
attention
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-27
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-27

We SOLICIT articles for this department.
The name Of the writer should accompa-
for publication, but as an evidence of good
faith.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-27

of the Poultry Pet Journal, and he may
secure from it the Information he seeks,
probably.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-27
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-27

I'D give the world to be a great op-
era singerv'
"Of course! You'd get it right back
againw-Detroit Journal.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1899-09-09
BOTH MAKE CONCESSIONS.
United States and England Agree ON
TamnorarY Alaalkan RnundnrY.

United States and England Agree ON .
Temporary Alaskan Boundary.
NEw York, Sept. Ga special to
The Herald from Washington says:
Great Britain and the United States
have practically agreed upon a tempor-
ary line defining the boundary between
Alaska and Canada. Negotiations now
in progress relate only to minor points
growing out of the definition Of the
line. One of the unsettled questions re-
lates to the status of mines owned by
Americans which may lap over into
territory which has been under the
control of Canada. Representative of
American mlne owners say that it would
be unfair to American miners if no pro-
vision should be enado for them in case
their property should lie half ON the
American and half on the Canadian
side of the line. The prospective set
Element Of tho boundary question is
due to concessions made not only by
Great Britain, but by this government
also. Secretary Hay has won in the
matter of excluding Canada from the
Linn canal, but port of entry on the
canal will be given should the final set
tlement fail to give Canada permanent
harbor. The secretary has also been
successful in keeping the British to the
north of the village of Kluckwan,
though, it is said, he has agreed to the
placing of the line just above the viii
lage, instead of four miles beyond as
originally demanded,