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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-04-13
Seed Potatoes,

We have several cars Of fancy
northern grown Seed Potatoes just in
Standard varieties and prices right.
J. L. BREWER.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-04-13
THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1899.
The father OF Mrs. 0. l.. Thisler
was elected mayor Of lola Tuesday.

There is nothing to hinder Abilene
making the best years record in It's
history between now and April, 1900.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-04-13
Local Markets.


BUTTER MARKET,
Prices for creamery butter at points nam
ed for week ending today Dickinson county
price ~ cents less than New York; ~ cent?
less than Chicago.
KANSAS CITY-Fancy separator Zoe, dairy
fancy lbc.
Creamery Il 90, dairy IN o
Ehc. steady.
NEW YoRK-western creamery Is q 81
Elgin q, steady
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-04-13

E. Bergstresser, dentist.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-04-13

II. TR0TT ABILENE, KANSAS. i'm
NV u, porter, breeder and shin.
pef vi Ihe famous Duroc Jerseys and Poland
ohinas' STOCK for sale cheap. Write. 25-1v
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-03-09
ESvILLE GREENE COUNTY, MISS THURSDAY MARCH g. 18e9

and at least former wealth. But in
spite of these nun erous evidences of
luxurious habits, 'he prince was a
very businesslike gentleman and he
proceeded at once to beguile his exile
by obtaining an interest in the largest
shrimpery on Grand lake. He had
the sagacity to assume charge of the
books, which he kept with such skill
that at the end of six months they
clearly demonstrated that he owned
the entire property and was entitled
to the entire profits of the season. A
long wrangle ensued. Mr.. Edgar NJ,
Calm of the then firm of Noise &
Calm, was the attorney of the
shrimpers and his Office was the scene
of interminable arguments, all ending
as they began, with the prince in pos
session.
Such was the situation when one
afternoon six stolid-looking China
men filed into Mr.. Gains presence.
They were the plundered partners,
and without wasting time they made
a brief and pointed statement in choice
pigeon English.
"We are tired of American law, 1"
they said in substance. 'It is too
slow. Besides we have society that
attends to such matters. 1t is called
the Highbinders. Possibly the prince
has heard of this society. If not he
will hear from it shortly. Kindly con-
vey him the message with our com
pliments. Good day"
The prince was sent for. He ar
rived at o'clock and listened to the
communication with composure. At
6 o'clock he called again and made a
settlement in full. Next day he de-
parted and has never been heard of
since. 1t is understood, however,
that there was a change in the politi-
cal situation in China and that he now
resides at Pekin, where, Judging from
his shrimping adventure, he has
probably prospered. Before leaving
he gave some trinkets to few friends,
who still preserve them as souvenirs
of q singularly able man.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-03-09
VOL. 1.
SING A SON0,

II you II sing song as you go along,
In the face Of the real or the fancied wrong;
In face of the doubt II you'll fight it out.
And show heart that is brave and stout
III you IL laugh at the jeers and refuse the
tears,
You'll force the ever-renctant cheers
That the world denies when a coward cries.
10 give to the man who bravely tries
And you'll win success with little song
II you'll sing the song as you go alongl
II you'll sing song as you plod along,
You'll find that the busy, rushing throng
Will catch the strain of the glad refrain;
That the sun will follow the binding rain;
That the clouds will fly from the blackened
sky:
That the stars will come out by and by:
And you'll make new friends, till hope de-
scends
From whore the placid rainbow bends;
And all because of little song
III you'll sing the song as you plod alonH
II you'll sing song as you trudge along,
You'll see that the singing will make you
strong;
And the heavy load and the rugged road,
And the sing and the stripe of the tortuous
goad
Will soar with the note that you set ahoat;
That the beam will change to a trihing mote;
That the world is bad when you are sad,
And bright and beautiful when glad,
That all you need is a little song
II you IL sing the song as you trudge along!
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-03-09

The unfailing good humor of the
British blueiacket was shown the
other day when boats load of A BIS
from a man-of-war were landed for
shore leave in a Cornish village.
AS they iourneyed up the roadway
to a second pub, a gentleman's wag-
onette passed, driven by surly-look-
ing coachman, and one of the tars
jumped on the step behind.
"Get orr therer' shouted the coach
man, and, being a churlish sort OF
fellow, he lashed the sailor viciously
across the face with his whip. That
was enough
In an instant the other eleven blues
had closed round and stopped the
trap. the bo'sun's mate in command.
"Tentionr" cried he, and 'tention
there was. 'Dismount the gun!" he
shouted, and it seemed as if every
blueiacket carried whole carpenter S
outfit. In three minutes they had
taken the wagonette into 172 pieces,
and that without so much as scratch
ing one bit of paint or losing one soli-
tary screw. They laid them out neatly
on the stony road, and the bo'sun's
mate, after inspecting the job, cried,
"Good Dismiss" - London Sport
inS Times
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-03-09
one Honest Man.

'Yes, there are honest men; plenty
of them," said the garrulous barber.
Give years ago a gentleman whom 1
had been shaving regularly for some
time, came into my shop and took
chair, asking that his hair be trimmed,
shampooed and his face shayen. L
want it done in your best style, he
said, as I'm going to be married this
evening" Well, [ did my best, and
when he arose from the chair he ten
dered me a large bill which 1 could
not change. Very we'll, said he, TIL
pay you when I come back from my
wedding trip A few days ago gen
tleman came in to be shaved. As L
was shaving him it struck me that
there was something familiar about
him, but 1 couldn't just place him.
When | had finished with him he gave
me dollar bill and surprised me by
saying, Keep the change; l owe it to
you Itwas my bridegroom customer
of years ago, who, after his honey
moon, had settled down IN another
city and hadn't been i'll this vicinity
since. New Yo.k Commercial At7cr
| tiser
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-03-09

The young man had applied for the
position of country correspondent.
He promised the "rural' editor that
he would send in all important news
once a week. He was bright young
man, and above his celluloid collar
the soap on his face shone.
The Office had great expectations.
All, but alas
The young mans name was Robert
Edgar Billson.
The following is his first breezy
letter:
"Last evening r. Z, Billson went
to Squtown to visit relatives.
early Tuesday morning Robert E.
Billson found that the hen-house had
been robbed. There was greis ex
citement in the village 10 know who
the culprits were.
A most delightful surprise party
was given 30 r. Edgar Billson on
Wednesday eve. There was dancing
and oysters.
"Popular Bob Billson is thinking
seriously of going to Cuba.
"The engagement of Robert Edgar
Billson to the belle of the village,
Miss Mathilde Hayrick, has been an
nounced.
"'Ed' Bilson will take charge OF
his fathers store while the latter is IN
New York.
Everybody in town is now wonder
ing who the bright new correspondent
of the Daily Hustler is. New York
| Journal.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-03-09
LITTLE THING LOST THE GAME,
Touchdown Saved by Grasping the
Loose Laees of An Ends Canvas Jacket.

Loose Laees of an Ends Canvas Jacket.
Little habits of carelessness some-
times produce unexpected results"
said an old football man to q Sun re-
porter. "and a most unfortunate illus
tration of this occurred in a game
which we played against Harvard .
dozen years ago. Football was not
the game then that it is now, and al
though 1 was member of one of the
smaller New England college teams,
we usually won from Harvard on our
own grounds. Our best end rush was
man whom I may call Smith, and he
was the most careless man I ever
knew. He had lots of money and
great athletic abilities. 1t was impos-
slble to get him to train properly. but
despite that he was always in better
condition than the rest of us. He had
constitution of iron. He was SO care
less that he was in hot water with the
faculty most of the time, and he piled
up so many conditions that he never
got his diploma. He was a star foot
ball man. On the occasion OF this game
with Harvard Smith came on the field
with the laces of his canvas Jacket
dangling loose around his neck. The
captain spoke to him about them, but
Smith said
&C 'Oh, let them &c; they won't harm
anybody
'Ihe teams wore pretty evenly
matched, and neither side scored in
the first half. We made up our minds
that we must score in the second half.
At the end of Is minutes we had the
ball in the centre of the field. 1t was
passed back to our left half back, and
he in in turn passed it to Smith, who
was playing end rush. Smith started
for the Harvard goal with the ball
under his arm, and in less time than it
takes to tell he had lodged the entire
Harvard team and had clear field be-
fore him. The Harvard quarter back,
who was star runner, however, was
after him hot foot. The quarter back
gained so that he reached out one hand
to tackle Smith, but he could get no
hold on the back of his canvas jacket.
Smith was approaching the goal rapid
ly, and it looked like sure touchdown.
Just as he reached Harvard's ten-yard
line we saw that the quarter back had
succeeded in getting a grip on his
jacket, and on the five-yard line Smith
was downed, and in falling he dropped
the ball. The quarter back picked it
up and carried it we'll up into our ter
ritory before he was downed.
! a. i.zssia gzS~ lispovarsd srhy ssnith
had failed to make touchdown. The
laces OF his jacket, which had been
hanging loosely, had been blown back
over his shoulder, and the Harvard
quarter had succeeded in getting a
grip on them in such a fashion that
when he pulled Smith was choked to
a standstill. The game closed without
either side scoring.
'Smith's carelessnoss lost it for us.
If he had tucked in the laces of his
jacket he would certainly have made a
touchdown"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-03-09
Between Grub and Glory.

This amusing incident, from the
war budget of a Massachusetts pri-
vate, indicates that at times the minds
of our brave boys were about evenly
divided between grub and glory, with
leaning toward grub, says Youths
Companion.
The first night on the island OF
Cuba, one of the boys was marching
they were struggling along in single
file-when he espied a nice plump,
red watted bird perched in tree
fifty yards to the left.
"a wild turkey A wild turkey!"
he yelled.
Up to his shoulder went his rifle.
Bang! The bird fell and the marks
man dashed into the brush after his
prize. His comrades awaited his re-
turn, visions of ''square meal' float
ing before them. Out Of the brush
he came, thumb and finger tightly
clutching his nose.
"Buzzardw he muttered, and the
disappointed boys resumed their
march,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-03-09
NO. 30,
cANAL/. 5 OFFICIAL HANoMAN.
Steward of Swell Toronto Club When
He Hanged His First Subject.

Steward of n Swell Toronto Club When
He Hanged His First Subject.
L. r. r. Ratcliffe is official execu-
toner of Canada. For almost seven
years Ratcliffe has practiced his pro-
fession, and in that time he must have
launched very nrarly some five dozen
people into the great unknoxn. His
official appointment is of a more re-
cent date. He receives a regular sal
ary and is compelled to travel to any
part OF the Dominion where a man is
to be hanged, his travelling expenses
and the expenses of the execution,
such as those engendered by the build
ing of the scaf1old and the gallows,
etc, being borne by the government
OF the province whose courts have
ordered the execution. In addition to
his regular salary, he has certain per-
qnlsltes, such as are derived from the
sale of fractions of the rope which fur
nlsh the moose and such articles of
wearing apparel as are often given him
by the laws victims. In some cases
these things are bought outright from
hlm by some local speculator, and the
latter often supplements his stock of
gruesome relics thus acquired with
Others less genuine In all his execu-
tions Ratclile has never made mis-
take OF iU.lul from the time that he
made his debUt which was lie ocY.
sion q the hanging of Flr.haL, who
made q business Of iuveieling wealthy
young Englshmen to Ca4ada o4 tlo
pretext of teaching them scienuuc
farming and then numbering them.
Ratclife's home is at 81 Fern ave-
nue., Toronto, where he lives in a
pleasant little house with his wife and
children, and where his neighbors and
all those with whom he is acquainted
have nothing but good to say for him.
He has his own circle of acquaintances
and mixes very little with the general
public; in fact, so unostentatious are
his ways that in the city of Toronto
itself very few people know who he
is or where he lives.
Who and what he was before he
came to Canada is a mystery. The
first time be became known was
through Birchalrs crime. When the
murderer was condemned to be hanged
the authorities were in a Quandary as
to where they could find man to
carry out the sentence. Formerly
some jail official, chosen by lot, or
some prisoner who was we'll paid for
his work had done the actual hanging.
In this case, however. no one -d 4
be found willing TO undertake the Job.
80 po9,.,.'aaa 10 ss,,j, Of rorod1t7a g..
swell org uizatiou, offered To- do 5he
work. This man proved to be Rat
cliffe. Ashe did his work remarkably
we'll and as the boating club did not
want to have anything more to do with
him after that, he stuck to the bust
ness.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-03-09

Despite the skill of nineteen veter-
mary surgeons and four of the best
physicians in st. Louis, Mo-, Movie,
handsome King Charles spaniel be-
longing 10 Mrs Emma Parker, died a
a few DAYS ago and was buried with
moro holors than many people pay to
a membsr of the family The dog
was wrapped in white shroud, care
fully placed in coffin and buried in
St, Lon county All the women
friends of Mrs. Parker attended the
funel al. A post-mol TEN examination
reve sled the cause of death as peach
s.op:s.
Movie had been i'll everal months.
When the doctors could MT discover
his ailment Mrs. Parker applied to 8
Christian scientist. The latter wantec
SO for n book on the doctrine. Mrr.
Parker was willing to pay the money,
but she would not digest the book, So
she had to abandon hope of Christie :
science. New York Herald.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-03-09

A relic of Emin Pasha's last expedl-
ton has Just been received by Messrs.
Welcome and Co. 1t consists OF
tabloid medicine chest, which was re-
covered from the natives near kenla,
in the Aruwhimi country. The case
was taken by Arabs after the murder
of Emin in October, 1892, and, after a
career of adventure that must have
tried it sorely, it passed into the pos
session of Baron Dhanis, the COM
mander of the Congo Free State
troops, when he defeated the Congo
Arabs at Kasongo. Messrs. Bur
roughs & Welcome send us a photo
graph of the chest, which, although
little battered, still shows clearly IN
Roman capitals the name "Emln
Pasha.' The tabloids, however, were
gone when the chest was recovered,
and one can only hope that the muir
derers of Emin Pasha suffered poetic
Justice by consuming them as delica-
cies. The last state of the case was to
serve as a village treasury chest
London Chronicle.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-03-09
wyomins,s Natural Soda Well.

Perhaps the greatest curiosity
among all the soda deposits of Wyo-
ming is the soda ellrecently drilled at
Green river, that is now furnishing
water, that contains "a per cent. of
sal soda, and this soda is more than
90 per cent. pure. Chicago capitalists
have recently purchased large tract
of land here and are now laying plans
for the erection of plant. nt.-Chicago-
Times Herald.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-03-09
ALiyinr IlIu stration.

Women are now admitted to lee
lures at Edinburgh university, where
they sit on the front seats. Recently
eight women were attending Professor
Tait's lecture on the geometric form
of crystals. "An octahedron, gentle
men," said the professor, 'fs body
with eight plane faces. For exam
pie"
"Look at the front BENCH" broke
in a man from the safe ground OF the
back seats. Wave.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-03-09

A scientist has discovered that eler,
trical curl ents in the form of waytsi
rapidly succeeding one another cav
produce insensibility to pain and col"
in the flesh, acting as an anesthefN
like ether When the currents wer?
applied to the fingers and thumb by
wires the finger could be prieked wits
pin without pain.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-03-09

Diggs-Good gracious, Biggs, why
don't you turn off the steam? Your
office is as hot as an oven.
Biggs-Well, isn't that as it should
be? This, y ou know, is where 1 make
my family's daily bread, d,-Chicago
Record.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-03-09

A strange state of affairs exists in
Indian Territory. BY the discrepancy
of an act of Congress, Indian murder
ers are being turned loose upon an
innocent public. According to de-
cision just rendered by Judge William
M. Springer of the Federal court of
the Indian Territory there is no legal
way Of Furnishing any Indian of the
five trlbea for murder or any other Of
Tense create D. NO January ]. 1898
Ihere is no 7ho can law - :.
these Indians, although the red N n
may be caught redhanded and con-
victed beyond shadow of a doubt of
killing a fellow being. Judge Springer,
formerly of Illinois and ex-member Of
the lower house of Congress, has
handed down his opinion, which re-
veals one of the most startling and
most dangerous conditions that can be
imagined.
The present condition is just as bad
as No Mans Land. There are no tri-
bal courts, as they were abolished by
the last Congress. Judge Springer
has decided that the Indian courts
have no jurisdiction and has accord
ingly given about ten murderers and
many other Indian criminals their
liberty. Two of the prisoners, Blecher
Smith and William Tiger, both muir
derers, were released recently, and
Others will be turned loose soon. -
Correspondence of the Chicago Trib-
uQe.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-04
NEWS OF MASSACRE
CONFIRMED BY RIOS

MADRID, Jan. General Rios
cables from Manila confirming the re-
port that all the Spaniards at Balaoac'
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-04
SENATOR PERKINS Is
AGAINST EXPANSION

, BOSTON, Jan. Am the course of
speech at the annual banquet of the
Merchants Association tonight Sena-
tor Perkins of California said:
The payment of a money consideration
divests the Philippine proposition of SEN
timent and reduces 1t to business trans
action. The Islands are over 1000 miles
from the nearest State in the Union. They
are situated in the tropics, with no local
causes TO modify the heat of the tOrrid
zone. The great fall of rain-the average
at Manila being 80 inches, and on some
makes the humidity of the atmosphere
so dense that the heat at times is almost
unbearable to those who are not natives,
the mean temperature being 81 degrees
Fahrenheit, the minimum being 80 de-
grees.
The purchase of the Philippine Islands
will make them a Territory of the United
States and the ten millions or more tur-
bulent and mixed Asiatic peoples will be-
come the wards If not citizens of this
nation. While it may be possible to have
a military government and tax the people
of the Philippines without giving them
representation, no one, | think. will deny
that under our constitution the children
born in the islands, after the group be-
comes territory of the United States,
will be American citizens.
There can be no colonization of the
islands by Americans, as there is no pos
Sible inducement to immfgrate to coun-
try where cholera and other Intestinal Qls-
eases, and smallpox, are epidemic nine
months in the year.
1t is said by the War Department that
it will require $4,000 United States troops
to maintain order in Cuba after all of the
Spanish troops have been returned to
Spain. We now have 20,500 troops in Ma
Mia, and If we are to set up military
government in all of the Philippine Isl
ands this army must Ne very much in
creased in numbers.
The Secretary of the Navy in his an
nual report says if we are to retain the
Philippine Islands this Congress should
order the building of fifteen vessels of
war; likewise three cruisers will be
sufficient for this Congress to authorize.
on this basis it is easy to estimate that
the annexation Of the Philippine Islands
means a burden upon the taxpayers of the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-04
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with the success of the efforts of the
anti-Quay people. Senator Quay has ex-
pressed all along that Martin would be
with him when the time came to make
his vote effective, but others well in
formed on the situation have felt that If
Martin found it possible to defeat Quay
he would throw all the strength of his
political power against him.
All agree that much depends upon the
action that the State Supreme Court will
take in Philadelphia on January on the
proceedings brought before that body
through writ granted recently, the eff
feet of which is to bring the criminal
proceedings against Senator Quay before
the Court of Review. If the proceedings
are quashed by the Supreme Court Mr.
Quay will assuredly be reelected. If, on
the contrary, the court refuses to inter-
fere with the regular course of the legal
procedure against Senator Quay and de-
cides that he must stand trial on the in
be no doubt that the position of his OPP
ponents will be greatly strengthened.