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Abilene weekly reflector., 1899-11-23

Herington Times; Hon. j. r.
Burton Is going to be the next United
States senator elected in Kansas, and
don't you doubt it for a moment. He
is the best campaigner the State ai.
iords and true blue Republican who
never ilinches from any known duty.
A legislature favorable to him will nc
doubt be elected one year from now
and the fight will then be practically
ended.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1899-11-23

1t is significant that Aguinaldo's
sudden disappearance dates from
Nov. Sth, the day when the news was
published showing the general defeat
OF the Democrats. He has since
taken to the woods, or to use a com.
mon saying "he has gone up Salt
rivar
Abilene weekly reflector., 1899-11-23

Almost ID days have elapsed since
election, but Hon. G. Schurz or Hon.
Blush Mason have failed to enlighten
the expectant nation as to whether it
was d storm or just shower that
overlook the Aunties.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1899-11-23
Don't take week just to think this for you you sp-
ly will get left Here place where you must act quick
j. B. CASE e. co.

CRiley-Republicans elect their en-
tire ticket by from 572 to 1900 major.
ity.
If there is any comfort for the
Fusionists in these figures they are
welcome to il,
Abilene weekly reflector., 1899-11-23

1t has been noticed that the Mary
land Democrats have refrained from
mentioning the Chicago platform or
"our peerless leader" in their jollifi-
cation meetings.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1899-11-23

BY using Mr.. Bryan's system Of
analysis, the Republicans might be
able to show that the Democratic vic.
tory in Maryland was "stinging re-
buke" to Mr.. Bryan.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1899-11-23

1t was quite natural that the sue
cess Of the Republican cause in Ohio
should result in renewed demand for
the retirement Of Mr.. Hanna by the
Democratic newspapers.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1899-11-23

Aguinaldo has shown himself to be
sprinter Of no man abilities, and after
the warts over, our postollice depart
ment should provide Aggie with an
appointment In the rural free delivery
service.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1899-11-23

So long as the Kentucky situation
is as bad as 1t Is, 1t would be highly
inconsistent for us to poke fun at the
South American revolutionists.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1899-11-23

Admiral Dewey decided the house
given him by admirers to his wife
and there is a great roar. People
who make fool gifts TO great men al
ready well provided for deserve to
get left.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1899-11-23

Attorney General Griggs, when ap-
preached with the offer Of a vice.
presidential nomination, said. "No,
thank you; robe and a seat on the
supreme bench would just about suit
me.n
Abilene weekly reflector., 1899-11-23

From the fact that the Democratic
editors and orators have suddenly
shown admiration for the Hon. J)hn
Sherman, we infer that the "crime Of
1878" has been condoned.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1899-11-23
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2S, 1899.

We may expect Mr.. Bryan to make
ono.her another analysis Of the elec.
tion results after the capture Of Agui-
naldO.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1899-11-23
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Abilene weekly reflector., 1899-11-23

Frosty was the morning
OF the bright November day;
With Dewey as the leading man,
A Ia Manila Bay
But Dewey weren't the widows eyes,
Them orbs Of sparkling fun;
And she now commands the flagship,
It's a case Of Dewey done.
10 M Shaldnn
Abilene weekly reflector., 1899-11-23

BurTlR MARKET.
prices tor creamery butter at points nan.
cd for week ending today. Dickinson county
price " cents less than New York; N cent?
less than Chicago.l
KAssAs onY-Fancy separator &c, dairy
fancy lsc. II ---'
ss,. steady. 9. "-is ~ 'i----'
steady.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1899-02-10

death was just reaching the high
point in his successful career. 1t Is
said that when he first landed at Nat
chez he was so far without money
that he was unable to pay for trans
ferring his baggage up town. A young
dray man (white) volunteered out Of
kindness Of heart to move his effects.
Only "A few years after this occurrence
Mr.. Reed, the young lawyer, was at
the head OF the bar at Natchez and the
young drayman was the sheriff Of the
county, which o.ice he held for a
number OF years,
"It appears from the record in this
city that Mr.. Reed was partner of
Mr.. Grayson and practiced law under
the firm name Of Reed & Grayson.
The land records show that as early
as December q, 1910, Thomas B. Reed
Of Nelson county, KY, for the consid.
Grafton Of five shillings executed bill
OF sale to John Crozier; and also that
on March 5, 1929, signed a deed to
John Kee, and In this he was Joined
by his wife Margaret A. Reed. This
paper was acknowledged on March %,
1929, and we may therefore conclude
that there is an error in the date of
his death, March 3, 1929, given in the
history above mentioned
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1899-02-10
THE OLD PAPER.

"Did you ever run across the old
home newspaper, say some ten years
old or more?" asks an exchange" Did
it not prove exceedingly interesting
as you to read itscolumns OF local news
and personal mention? As you looked
over its pages the many seeming tris
vial notices carry with them multi
tude Of tender and pleasant assoclas
tions. You wonder why you prized
the paper so little when II was drst
printed, when you dnd Il so full Of IN
ferest and food for reflection after 90
many years. II Is only when one gets
hold of an old local paper and Views
it's panarams Of the past and reflects
an what q mirror Of local events the
papers are, that he begins to estimate
their real value as recorder Of cur.
rent history. He then realizes how
worthy Of support and patronage is
the little collector and recorder Of the
life and doings OF the community
which was from week 10 week and
year to year 90 carefully portrayed.
People make a big mistake by falling
to place on tile the copies Of their To-
cal paper which will in after years be
highly priced aud OF much inter
cat
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1899-02-10

Almost every paper In the State is
having moro or less tosay In advocacy
of good roads. The. Grenadian con-
tains the following suggestion on this
important subject:
A strong argument for good COM
nonsense system OF road building
can be found anywhere In Mississippi
to-day-wherevcr there Is a travelled
highway. One Of the ways roads are
spoiled after they are built Is by the
almost universal use Of narrow tires
on the wheels OF vehicles. The mar
row tire cuts deep into the ground
and makes ruts. Much of this could
be obviated by law requiring al
vehicles, OF the heavier sort at least
to have broad tires. Tie wide tire as
q roller, and instead Of cutting Into
the surface Of the road c0mpacts IT.,
making 1t better instead OF worse.
The good effect will be doubled oy 50
| constructing wagons that the hinu
wheel does not follow In the track o.
tile front one. Some Of the Northern
States have such law In operation,
and they flnd II d great benefit. A law
providing for the building OF roads 10
n substantial manner and the ruling
out narrow tires will be . good work
for our next Legislature. Candidates
will please take notice.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1899-02-10
SECRET OF THE TELEPHONE.

Electrical World!
In recent lecture, Professor Alex
ander Graham Bell Is reported to have
explained how he came to invent the
telephone, as follows:
"My father invented a symbol by
which deaf mutes could con verse, and
finally l invented an apparatus by
which the vibrations of speech could
be seen, and it turned out to be q
telephone. It occurred to me to
make machine that would enable
one to hear vibrations. l went to an
artist, and he advised me to take the
human ear as my model He supplied
me with a dead mans car, and with
his ear / exerimentcd and upon ap-
plying the apparatus l found that the
dead mans ear wrote down the vibra-
tiOnS.
II arrived at the conclusion that II
l could make iron vibrate on dead
mans ear. could make an instrument
more delicate which would cause
those vibrations be heard and unders
stood. l thought il placed deli
cate piece of steel over an electric
magnet l could get vibration, and
thus the telephone was completed.
''The telephone arose from my att
tempts to teach the deaf to speak.
1t arose from my knowledge, not Of
electricity, but as teacher Of the
deaf, Had / been an electrician I
would not have attempted IT."
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1899-02-10
THE MAN WHO STOPS.

The following, which we clip from
the Natchcz Evening Bulletin, is full
Of truth, and treats the subject In ac-
c0rdance with our views and expert.
ence in the management OF the DEMO
CRAT-STAR. We hope all will read it
carefully and profit by it II it does
touch" some in a tender place:
Not specially the fellow who stops
doing wrong, stops a bad habit, a
vice, quits lying, resolves he won't be
a hypocrite-not any Of these suggest
cd the caption. The sinner before
the eye is the man who stops his pa
per-and stops not because OF com.
pressed pockctbook, but because the
paper does not run in the groove OF
his narrow prejudices; or because
Smith is applaudcd and Jones is not;
or because, as every honest newspaper
does, a fight is made for fair play.
One OF these, or one Of many other
reasons that a perverse man can cite
from his cribbed and cabined spirit,
operate To call forth the premptory
order, Stop my paper;' or Stop my
advertisement With autocratic
mein and in the naughty words of one
inflated with imperial self-conceit the
dictum goes forth to the offending pa
per. 1t is weapon hurled to crush,
but the crush never come. The frown
OF his awful majesty does not fright
en-, to employ an expressive slang
term, worth a cent The paper lives;
SO Dies the pecvish ex-subscriber.
1t is the apctlleosis Of childishness
for a mature individual to thus ex.
hibit himself. II he would but for
moment reason with himself he would
recognize that no paper could cater
to his views and whims and maintain
its right to be called newspaper. II
it becomes an organ Of the indiyidu ual
10 is then, as II were, to be classed as
u circular or printed expression OF the
political principles or factional ideas
Of that individual. 1t is not possible
even for the Omnipotent Creator 1--WE
say it with all rcvcrence) to please all
human kind. How futile Of one OF
earthly, earthly mould to strive to
give satisfation at all times to his fel-
low creatures In the journalistic or
any sphere" lt
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1899-02-10
NUMBER 81.
ARE NOT BORN BLACK.

The man who wrote the song about
his high-born lady not being "cullud,
she was born that way" was tune.
ful individual, but he was shy on
facts, or else indulged in the license
which Is allowed poets and song wri.
ters. Asa matter OF fact nobody is
born "cullud." They get that way
only after their chronIoblasts pass the
embyr0tic stage. Caucasian babies;
negro babies, Indian babies and Mon.
golian babies all have the same hue ID
the earlier hours Of their lives.
Observing doctors say they form q
reddish pink to a nut-brown red, the
latter being noticeable in the newly
arrived infant whom nature has
eventually intended to be black, OF
in any way darker than white folkss
Albinoes are the only exception. They
are born with the same pasty, milky
hue, the same cOlorless eyes that dis
tingishes them through life, but their
condition isa form Of degencracy, az
the substance or pigment which gives
mankind color is defective or absent
altogether in the albino. The negro
child begins to take on some Of its
true color within a few days after ito
birth, passing first its original tint to
a slaty gray hue, after which the
black begins to develop. The color
does not become a fast one for some
time, climate and various other fac.
tors contributing to the change. Dar-
win said the black developed fully in
the Soudan within year, while 1t
takes three years in Egypt. The same
conditions have be observed in Amet-
ica.
1t Is the pigment that gives color,
and that substance is capable OF many
phenomena. 1t is contained In cells
in the skin itself, the cells being
called charmo blasts. At the time OF
birth the cells are embryo and II ID
only in the stages OF primary develops
ment that they become capable Of ex.
orcising their functions.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1899-02-10

4 BLAMED SIGHT WORSE.

A bachelor, old and cranky.
Was sitting alone In his room,
Ills toes with gout were aching.
And his face was o'erspread with gloon
No little ones shouts disturbed him,
From noises the house was free
In fact. from attic to cellar
Was quiet as quiet could be.
No medical aid was lacking,
The servants answered his ring,
Respectfully heard his orders
Anc supplied him with everything.
But still there was something wanting,
Something he couldn't command
The kindly words OF compassion,
The touch OF gentle hand.
And he said as his brow grew darker,
And he rang for the hireling nurse,
"well. marriage may be a failure,
But this is u blamed sight worse"
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1899-02-10
DELINQUENT TAX SALE.

sell public ouc the highest bidder for cash. at the front
House, OF Scranton Jackson county, State Of
Mississippi,
MONDAY, THE 9Th DAY OF MARCH, 1899,
commencing o'clock following described lands and lots
make the amount Of taxes thereon for
the fiscal year 1898, and
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1899-02-10

Irving M. Scott, The builder Of tlA
Oregon, has senatorial aspiration and
has entered the contest befoPe the
California Legislature.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1899-02-10

Adviccs from Alaska are that the
government will next year lay out an
all.Amerlcan mail ruute to the Yukon
country.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1899-02-10

Ool. W. A. Montgomery, u the
Second MississippI, and hls wife,
we're presented with handsome psess
ent Of silver just before the mustsrInG
out q Columbia. Also . nne gold
watch for the CnIonel.
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are without appreciable influence upon
the plots-the Comedy of Errors" and
THE Tanning of the Shrew,' These
show the prentice hand. In them the
clowns stand apart from the action OF
the plays. Yet II is to be remembered
that in all of the plays preceding
Shakespeare the clown parts furnished
nothing but irrevelant buffoonery. The
wonder is that he discovered so soon
the dramatic possibilities of the fool
and made him mean something in the
dramatic scheme. We may notice, too,
in TIE early comedies how the poet is
developing that mastery over word and
phrase. that facility of verbal inven-
ticn, to which the adjective Shakes
pearen" is applied. In the two plays
last named he seems to revel in new
found powers and to set no bounds to
their exercise; profuslon of epithet de-
lights him. 1t can be easily under
stood how the fool element gave free
play to his language inventiveness.
The fool might be garrulous. inconse-
quential. inexact and reckless in
speech, but he was expected 10 be
ready and venturesome. The fool
speeches may be regarded in these ear
ly comedies as so many experiments in
language. They test and try one
phrase after another TO find out how
much it will yield. The fool seems to
listen to his own words in order to dis
cover their remotest suggestions as a
basis for his new ventures in wordy
warfare. Much of Shakespeare's later
ingenuity in phrase making and much
of the ease and scope of his later die
ton can be traced to the freedom with
which he was permitted to manage The
language of the fools in his earliest
plays
Leaving the instructive fools. like
Costard and Launce, and the mechan-
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city and country life, which usually
come to naught, because they assume
that real happiness depends on where
q man lives rather than on what he is.
Touchstone finds the shepherds life III
respect to itself" very good life; but
in respect that it is a shepherds life, 1t
is naught'-and with a mock serious
ness he continues to pair OFF the ad-
vantages and disadvantages (Act III,
scene q as his betters have done be-
fore and since. purposely missing the
main points that would have made the
discussion worth while. Jaques is sup
posed TO interpret Alright Touchstone's
character (Act II, scene y, but the
Duke Senior is also right when he says
(Act V. scene A. that Touchstone uses
his folly like a stalking horse, and I'M
der the presentation of that he shoots
his WITT Touchstone's wit and satire
is. however. of the kindly sort: he has
no serious complaint TO make after all;
ne is but one in a world of irreSponsi-
bles-a world that is very pleasant with
all of it's faults. He breathes the ro-
mantle air of the forest, like his bet
tiers. and is kept in harmony with the
prevailing mood of the play, to which
he imparts a huInorously moralizing
element
Feste. the fool in Twelfth Night" is
not so wise as Touchstone. but he is
more quick and facile. Shakespeare
permits him TO enjoy and understand
almost all of the other people in the
play. an advantage which is denied to
all save Feste. If he is not so intimate
~ wrought into the texture of the plot
as Touchstone in AS You Like IT. he
seems to preside over ii everywhere
He can hardly be blamed for feeling
his superiority. for he is the keenest
of observers, and of all ShakeSpeare'S
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ical buffoons like Grumio. and Dromio
of Ephe6us. we reach the plays in
which Shakespeare has presented fools
of n higher order. the fools of con-
scious wit and wisdom-like those in
Lear Twelfth Night and las You
Like It." These men know what they
are about; they are in line with nature,
but they are playing a part however
much they may 'disselnble. Kent dis
covers that Lear's boy il not all fool.
and although Celia refers to Touch
him the real character Of humorist
and philosopher Either Touchstone is
wondrous skillful in the first act in
passing for pure fool or there are two
fools in the play. Dr.. Furness puts the
question thus: rs the 'clownish fool
and the 'roguish clown of the first act,
with his bald jests of knights and pam
cakes, the Tombstone of the fifth act
who has trod measure. hattered a
lady. been polite with his friend and
smooth with his enemy? Is the simple
ton of the first act. natures natural
as he is in truth. the same with the
quarrel in print by the book? Are there
not here two separate characters" If
there are two fools il cannot be doubt
ed which of the two is the real Touch
stone, the real tester of human quality
and character and social situation, as
the name Tombstone indicates. When
Posalind says Thou speak'st wiser
than thou art ware Of" Touchstone
humors the belief that he is innocent:
Nay. shall ne'er be ware of mine
own wit till I break my Sims against
it, He is willing 10 please and to be
pleased whatever estimate may be put
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STAMPEDED BY THE STORM.

The New York World has no use for
polygamy. 1t says that the crimes
charged against Roberts are abhorrent
TO the moral sense of the American
peoDle" 1t offers no defense Of Nor
monism and makes no excuse for any
"vioiator of the moral sensibilities of
civilization" But it wants to know the
relative Importance of Roberts alleged
polygamous practices in comparison
with such reckless lawlessness" as was
employed to prevent him from taking
the oath.
The World says that 'the house of
representatives violated the constitu-
ton of the United States by refusing
to receive a lawfully elected represent
alive of the people. The personality
of Roberts and the question whether he
should have been permitted to retain
his seat do not enter into the matter.
The house has trangressed the right of
representative government, the su-
preme law of the republic.
I'm the same spirit of lawlessness the
speaker of the house went on to ap-
point as the committee to sit as Rob-
JUICES ltiCii WI NtitN
against admitting him, and to appoint
as chairman of that committee. as di-
rector. of its judicial proceedings. Mr.
Tayler of Ohio. the man who stood up
n the house as Roberts accuser,
THE trampling of a fundamental
principle of right was followed by the
trampling of a fundamental principle
of Justice
There were men in congress who
knew better than they voted; who real
lied when it was too late that they had
not only violated a constitutional right
Of a member-elect and fiouted the YER
dict of sovereign people, butshad es-
tablished dangerous pressure for flu
ture guidance. 1t is dangerous not only
because it will be abused by political
parties, but for the reason that the
procedure is a threatening inroad upon
the rights Of accused persons in this
country.
There is no question but men rushed
pel-mell into this dangerous position
like a herd of stampeded cattle in a
storm. minding neither why nor
whittier
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the comedy and the romance of the
changing situations, and adapts him
self to all of them with case and
geniaiity. The brightest of fools, he is
usually in very gracious fooling," is
ready with "a love song or a song OF
good life for Sir Toby, and can as
easily please the dukes lovesick humor
(which he knows to be half fudge) with
sentimental song of woe. The chief
junction of the Shakespearean fool as
critic of the other characters is exem-
piified in Feste more plainly than in
the fools OF the other comedies. For in
this play the other characters are so
engrossed with love or wine or self
conceit that the fool may criticise
them impartialIy and boldly, without
danger to himself. He has his fling at
Maria Olivia, Malvolio and Sir Toby
in single scene Act ]. scene 81, and
before the play is done he has exhib-
tied the failings of the others (Act II,
scene 3; III. 4: III. l; ". %. He even
deprec1ates his own office. calling HIM
SELF Olivia's ''corrupter of words in
spite of his evident pride in his ac-
complishments. And at the last
Shakespeare leaves him on the stage
TO sing contenredly of the folly of men
and of the rain falling on just and un-
just. "A great while ago the world be-
gum" and Feste is not troubled that
IL hasn't improved faster.
How different from the gay and
versatile Feste is the deeply tragic fool
in King Lear" He is overwhelmed
with the folly and sin which he sees
about him. There is no real sayety
left in the boy. although he tries to
keep up appearances; his songs are but
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No Investigation Wanted.
(Ephraim Enterprise.

tEphraim Enterprise)
The resolution which will be introduced
by Senator Rawlins demanding con-
gressional investigation of the polygamy
question has rather taken the wind out
of the sails of the Storm Starting Tribune
Instead of welcoming sucn an investiga-
ton. as it would do if its motives were
sincere. it attempts to belittle the action
of Senator Rawlins. An investigation is
not what the Tribune wants. Its motives
from the start have been political. and it
could accomplish more mischief by max
ing wholesale charges that will arouse
religious prejudice, than by an unbiased
investigation. BY the way wouldn't the
Tribune files. furnish a lot of useful in
formation for the investigating commit
tee? Take the files during the past few
years when the paper was fawning around
leading churchmen- There was a prospec-
tive senatorship in sight in those days.