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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20
St. Johns Guild Officers.

St. Johns Guild reassembled for
the year yesterday and elected the
following officers: President, Mrs. H.
j. Hodge; vice president, Mrs. E. E.
Hszlett; secretary and treasurer,
Mrs. T. B. Glimpse.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20

PROGRAM.
1880 p. m.-Rough Rider parade.
300 p. m.-Address at tent, by J
X. Burton.
1850 P. m.-speech by Roosevelt
near Union Pacific depot.
500 p. m.-Speech in tent.
Flambeau club parade and fire
works after evening speeches.
ag'Everybody is invited
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20
REPUBLICAN TICKLE 7.
For President,
WILLIAM MCKINLEY,
OF Ohio.
For Vice President,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
OF New York.

Presidential Electors-A. W. Smith, Nc
Pherson; o. P. Ergenbrlght, Montgomery; |.
r, Bradley Wyandotte; Matt Edmonds, jeff
son; J. W. Parker, Johnson; A. P, Johnson,
Cowley; G. II. Lamb, Woodson @. G, Buck
10y, Republic; +. +. Bracken, Llncoln ]. Q.
Thompson, Pratt
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20
ENTERPRISE.

Miss Jaquith returned Tuesday.
S. W. Cooper will locate at Wood.
bine.
Geo. Weber left Friday, for Kansas
City.
j. A. Flack was in Industry Friday
night.
Rev. Hum6eld goes to Wichita as
pastor.
W. H. Staatz returned from St Joe,
Mo-, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent we're in Solo.
mon, Friday.
Fred Hannamon visited relatives in
town Sunday.
Lee Richards, who was quite sick,
is improving.
John Josephson visited here Satur.
day evening.
Ernest Krabill returned from Chi
cago Wednesday.
Scott Spaulding visited relatives in
Solomon Sunday.
J. F. Buhrer is. improving his store
by coat Of paint.
Mrs. S. W. Cooper is visiting
friends in this city.
Miss Lucy Goodwin is visiting
relatives in our city.
William Lindell returned from
Cape Nome Tuesday.
Mrs. j. B. Ehrsam returned from
Kansas City, Tuesday.
J. A. Pontius spent Sunday at his
home in Peabody, Kas.
Misses Eyth and Slaughter were
Abilene visitors, Friday.
William Benham and ]. Latte were
Abilene visitors Tuesday.
Several important business changes
will take place next week.
Robert Quilting left Wednesday
morning for Beloit, Kas.
Charley House returned Saturday
from visit at St. Marys.
Dan Haner and j. R. Berry were
Abilene visitors Wednesday.
Herman Hassler Jr. and family OF
Abilene visited here, Friday.
The residence Of Louis Loeb is be.
ing improved by an addition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Fossler are visit.
ing their daughter at Newton.
Miss Johanna Volgust Of Industry,
is the guest Of the Misses Eyth.
Miss Lydia Gugler Of Woodbine
visited her parents here, Sunday.
William Grosser and wife OF Salina
spent Sunday with relatives in this
city.
Milton Taylor and wife visited rela-
tives at Lost Spring, several days last
week.
Mrs. Chas. Kubach, OF Abilene was
the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. D. A.
Gantz.
Geo. Hlner Of Harrington, was re-
newing old acquaintance in town
Tuesday.
Ralph Dyer, candidate for county
superintendent, was in town last
Wednesday.
Miss Martha Hene, who is teaching
school at Lyons, spent Sunday with
her parents.
Geo. Bandcoff OF East Hartford,
Conn.,, was the guest OF G. R. Lamb
and family.
Chalk Heilman will leave for Clay
Center, Monday, where he will slip
the dog races,
The Rebekah lodge enjoyed social
time at the home Of G. R. Lamb, last
Thursday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. 7. Watkins cele-
brated their fifth wedding anniver-
sary, Monday night.
Carl Walters left Tuesday for Man.
haitian, where he will attend the
State Agricultural college.
Frank Witt and Sim Reaves spent
Saturday night in Abilene. The boys
call Frank 1.-The Bald Eagle"
Mrs. Geo. Taylor and daughter,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20

Kansas is out OF the doubtful col
umn and N the Republican side.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20

The world is as kind in affection as
II Is cruel In war.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20

Abilene's generosity begins at home
but does not stay there.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-04-19
WOOD PULP PoULTlcES.
Their Ready Application Is Only One
of Their Many Advantages.

Their Ready Application Is Only One
of Their Many Advantages.
A United States naval surgeon advo-
Gates the substitution of wood pulp
sheets for fiaxseed meal. ETC., in max
Ing poultices. He cuts sheet of the
pulp to size approximate to the sur
face to be covered, soaks the sheet in
hot water until it has become thor
oughly softened. then wrings it out
very lightly and applies. The wood
pulp sheet win absorb and hold from
four to five times its weight of water
and, since heat and moisture are the
desiderata in poultices, this furnishes
them in simple, cleanly form. No cloths
are needed, no cooking, no stirring and
spreading on cloth-just a soaking in
hot water. And the incest part is the
total absence of the mess inevitable in
making fiaxseed meal poultices, al
though there Is, too, a great economy of
time and trouble. 1t is sometimes ad-
visable to put a piece OF oiled muslin
over the sheet to help retain the heat
and moisture.
When the poultice begins to get
cold, take 1t off, wiring out the water
and soak 1t again in hot water, and so
on indefinitely. The surgeon has used
the same sheet of pulp wood for two
days poulticing, In the hands of an
ignorant man at that, his instructions
to him being Ito soak the plaster in
hot water whenever it got cold and put
It on again." By the way, every physi-
clan who has had the annoyance and
trouble of being compelled to leave the
all important matter of poulticing to an
Ignorant person viii appreciate a way
that will allow no loophole for mistakes
and failures.-Philadelphia Record
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-04-19
A. Cnrinnn Cnve Eish

Amblyopsis is found in pools in the
cave streams 1t inhabits. / have Sc
cured as many as II from a pool per-
haps 10 by 90 feet In size. Very rarely
they are to be found in the rifles con-
Meeting the pools. | have seen them
lying at the bottom or swimming, or
rather gliding. through the water like
white aquatic ghosts" In the aqua.
rum they lie at the bottom or at yari-
Gus depths In the water, their axes
making various angles with the hori-
zontal, their pectorals folded to their
sides.
When swimming slowly, it is chiefly
by the use of the pectorals. The strokes
of the pectorals are lazily given, and
the fish glides on after stroke till its
impetus is exhausted. when another
stroke Is delivered. The fishes fire.
quently roll slightly from side to side
at the exhaustion of the result of a
stroke. When swimming rapidly, the
pectorals are folded to the sides, and
their locomotion is then similar to that
of a salamander-by the motion of the
tail
They readily adjust themselves to
different depths and are usually per-
feet philosophers, quiet, dignified, IN
concerned and imperturbed, entirely
different from such eyed species as
minnows and sunfishes, which are
sometimes found in caves and which
are much more readily disturbed by
any motion in the water, making it al
most impossible to capture them when
found in the cayes.-Popular Science
Monthly.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-04-19
Geological Time.

An ingenious theory for the estima-
ton of the time of the various geo
logical periods has been propounded by
an engineer whose work on western
railroads takes him into primitive
country. He says that in one great de-
preston in Wyoming the trees have
been recording the rate of erosion of
the slopes for about 300 years so accu-
rately that the data to be obtained by
a careful study of them will be a fac
tor of extreme Importance in enabling
scientists to convert geological time
into years. While he has not yet had
time to collect those data properly, he
makes the rough deduction that, ac-
cording to their records the pliocene
and pleistocene periods would repre-
sent about 100000 years, and that,
on this basis, the cenizoic time would
be about 100000 years. This would
mean that all geological time from the
beginning of the Cambrian epoch
would be 64.0O0O00 years.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-04-19
A "Practical, Joke,

An Irishman took a contract to dig
a public we'll When he had dug about
25 feet down, he came one morning
and found it caved in-flled nearly to
the top.
Pat looked cautiously round and saw
that no enc was near, then took off his
hat and coat and hung them on the
windlass, crawled into some bushes
and waited events. In a short time
the citizens discovered that the well
had caved In. and, seeing Pats hat and
coat on the windlass, they supposed he
was at the bottom Of the excavation.
Only few hours of brisk digging
cleared the loose earth from the we'll
Just as the eager citizens had reached
the bottom and were wondering where
the body was Pat came walking out of
the bushes and good naturedly thanked
them for relieving him Of sorry job.
Some OF the tired diggers were dis
gusted, but the joke was too good to
allow Of anything more than hearty
laugh which soon followed. London
Answers
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-04-19
snanish War Taxes.

To Hon. James D. Richardson of
Tennessee, Democratic leader of the
house minority, belongs the high honor
Of having driven the Republicans into
an investigation to discover whether
the Spanish war taxes are producing
a surplus in the revenue. The truth is
that since the wrangle over the Porto
Rican tariff bill demoralized them so
the Republicans have been in a nerv-
GUS, timorous and irritable frame of
mind. Most of them are fussy as an
old sitting hen. They found out that
Richardson was preparing a resolution
to investigate the revenues, and Hon.
Serene z. Payne. chairman of the com
mittee on ways and means. whose
present frame of mind, notwithstand-
ing his Christian name, is by no means
serene, straightway introduces a reso-
luton of that sort himself, hoping
thereby to forestall the tactful Tennes-
seean and reap little glory himself;
but the people are not all natural born
durn fools, as was SUIT Lovingood's
daddy. and they win not be deceived
by Mr.. Payne's transparent trick. They
will give credit where credit is due, to
Mr.. Richardson. for he forced Mr.
Payne to take the initiative. The
probabilities are that the New Yorker
would not have moved In the matter
this side the resurrection had Richard
son not prodded him up. So. what
ever comes Of it, the honor belongs
clearly and OF right to the gracious.
graceful skillful, capable leader of the
house Democrats. Hon. James d. Rich.
arIson Of Tennessee.
Later ON Richardson, TO borrow the
felIcitous language Of DR. william
Everett Of Massachusetts, deposited
the Republicans In cavity BY intro.
ducing the following resolutions
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-04-19
curious HistortcaI Document.

The charter in which the church was
first granted tithes In England is a
curious historical document A literal
translation follows: 81, Ethelwolfe, by
the grace of God, King of the West
Saxons with the advice of the Bishops.
Earls and all persons of distinction in
my dominions, have, for the health of
my soul. the good of my people. and
the prosperity of my kingdom. taken
the honorable resolution of granting
the tenth part of the lands throughout
my whole kingdom to the Church and
Ministers Of religion. to be enjoyed by
them, with all the privilege of free
tenure, and discharged from all the in
cumbrances incident to lay-fees. This
grant has been made by us In honour
of Jesus Christ. the Blessed Virgin,
and all Saints. and out of regard to
the Pascal solemnity, and that Al
mighty God might vouchsafe his bless
ings on US and on our posterity. Dated
at Wilton, Ann. Dom. 854. at the Feast
of Easter"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-04-19

The Trust idea In Dairysnx.

The Trust Idea In DatrytnE.
The consolidation or trust idea has
invaded the dairy regions. says the
New York Evening Post. The control
of upward of 20 Missouri and Kansas
ereameries and skimming stations,
within a radius of $50 miles of Kansas
City, has passed into the control Of a
consolidated company In that city. The
creameries are to be used only as re-
ceiving and skImming stations. all the
cream to be shipped to Kansas City, to
be there converted into butter. Fif-
teen thousand milk cows furnish milk
for the company at the start. and this
number is to be largely increased, as it
Is intended to establish creameries In
the vicinity wherever available. Like
plans of handling dairy products are
In operation in Franklin, Vt, and Lin
coin. Neb. There is much economy in
the plan, as the force required to
handle the cream at one central sta
ton Is much less than the combined
forces at several small stations. But
the most important result achieved by
the consolidation and the concentration
of the manufacture Of butter under
one roof lies in the uniform quality
of the product. Much complaint has
arisen from the fact that no two
creameries in Kansas produce the
same quality of butter, and to avoid
this feature of the trade the concentra-
ton was decided upon.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-04-19
A MEMORY OF BROOK FARM.
Hawthorne In Pillow Fight with
Two Girls


Two Girls.
do not recollect Hawthorne's talk
Ing much at the table, says Mrs. Ora
Gannett Sedgwick In The Atlantic in
"a Girl of Sixteen at Brook Farm"
Indeed he was a very taciturn man.
One day, tired of seeing him sitting
immoyable on the sofa in the hall, as
was learning some verses to recite at
the evening class for recitation formed
by Charles A. Dana, | daringly took
my book, pushed it into his hands and
said "Will you hear my poetry; Mr..
HawthorneY He gave me a sidelong
glance from his very shy eyes, took
the book and most kindly heard me.
After that he was on the sofa every
week to hear me recite.
He was one evening alone in the hall,
sitting on chair at the farther end,
when my roommate, Ellen Slade, and
myself were going up stairs. She whis-
pered to me. Lets throw the sofa pill
lows at Mr.. Hawthorne" Reaching
over the banisters, we each took a
cushion and threw II. Quick as fash
he put out his hand. seized a broom
that was hanging near him, warded off
our cushions and threw them back
with sure aim. As fast as we could
throw them at him he returned them
with effect, hitting us every time. while
we could hit only the broom. He must
have been very quick in his movements
Through it all not word was spoken.
We laughed and laughed, and his eyes
shone and twinkled like stars with
laughter. Wonderful eyes they were,
and when anything witty was said
always looked quickly at Mr.. Haw-
thorne. for his dark eyes lighted up
as If flames were suddenly klndled be-
hind them, and then the smile came
down to his lips.
We laughed merrily and went off to
bed, vanquished, without a word.
suppose Mr.. Hawthorne's face must
have worn that wonderful smile, which
always seemed suddenly kindled be-
hind his eyes, twinkled there for
second and then ran swiftly over his
intensely grave face.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-04-19

Victor L. Mason, who is in the Office OF
ex-Secretary AIger in Detroit, says the
history of the Spanish war, upon which
the general is at work. win be simple
narrative of the events and not intended
for any purpose save that of history,
A new Johann Strauss is in the field.
He is a son of Eduard Strauss and a
nephew Of Johann ii and has already
composed an operetta. He is going 10
start this year on a trip around the world
with Johann Strauss Vienna orehes-
ira"
George W. Peck of Milwaukee, ex-goy-
ernor OF Wisconsin, has been appointed
by Governor Seofield as member ut large
of the board OF regents Of the University
Of Wisconsin. He succeeds John John
ston OF Milwaukee, president of the
board.
W. Hannis Taylor, ex-minister to
Spain and author OF standard History
of the English Constitution. is now en-
gagged at his home in Mobile, Ala. s
writing d textbook on International lAw.
Il has been SO years since comprehenr
siye work on this subject was written.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-04-19
John Rachor. Jr. Prop.
TIE eITER RITTEN.
A Trick That Didn't Work Out just
rs Was Expecfed


A Trick That Didn't Work Out just
as Was Expected.
There We're three of them. and as
they entered the German saloon on the
corner the tall young man. who wore
raZzle dazzle clothes and posed as
fast" remarked in an undertone to
his companions that he would 'show
them something good"
They lined up at the bar. and the
tall young man ordered three 5 cent
drinks. When these were disposed Of,
he laid down 10 cents on the bar, at
which the German proprietor remark
ed, "Nein; tifdeen." The tall young
man repoeketed the coin and thus ad-
dressed the German:
81 just gave you 10 cents. didn't I?''
tfYah," responded the German.
"Well, here's 10 cents That makes
20, so you owe me s." added the
young man, again depositing the dime
on the bar
The German looked bewildered, but
placed the dime in the money drawer
and handed the tall young man a half
dollar. with the request that he deduct
therefrom the 5 cents due him. The
tall young man had just the correct
change, 45 cents, left in his pocket
This he promptly handed to the Ger
man and received the half dollar. Then
the three companions repaired to the
street and indulged in a mighty laugh
while the tail young man swelled ur
like prize turkey on parade. Every.
thing went lovely until they parted
company and the tall young man
boarded a car for his home in the
suburbs. Imagine his feelings when
the conductor handed him back the
so cents which be rendered in re-
sponse to the request for fares with
the information that the piece was
bad" 1t was all the money he had
and be could not persuade the con
ductor to trust him, so he was eject
ed at the next corner and had to wall
the remaining five miles to his home.-
Chicago Journal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-04-19
nnirv sncce...

Sell the poor cows and begin breed
ing and filing up the vacancy with bet
ter ones. says Professor Roberts Of
Cornell, Choose the best and breed
them to sire from butter making
family Breed dairy COW according
to the law of dairy breeding. The man
who runs a steamboat runs it by the
law OF steamboating. not of railroad
ing. II be did not, he would get stuck
in the mud.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-04-19

Paris. April r. Regarding the case
Of Leon Gaget, who was arrested on
Sunday, charged with having relations
with Germany, it now appears that
Gaget was a clerk In a big banking
establishment and that the specific
charge on which he has been arrested
was offering to communicate to the
German military documents. He was
discovered through the return Of one
OF his letters on account OF insult
ficlent postage A search Of his apart
ments revealed a statement Of the
amounts OF money which he had re-
ceived from Germany. totaling $50
msrls.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-04-19
A Dainty Reporter.

The young man was fresh from col
lege, and upon securing a position on a
paper was made market reporter. He
had only been on the street few days
when fruit dealer received a con-
signment of the first crop of oranges.
The fruit man told the reporter that
they were of the navel variety, but the
name evidently did not suit the young
scribe. In his market report the fol-
lowing paragraph appeared:
'sThe first umbilical oranges of the
season were received by local dealer
today" memphis Scimitar.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-04-19
LAVENDER.

Of all things fond and treasured here,
Far dearest are, know, to her
The little garments that my dear
Has laid away in lavender.
She folded them SO long ago
! quite forget how many years
Smoothing them down with fingers slow
That could not find their way Tor tears.
know she kissed them one by one
And patted them, just as she did
So soon, after day was done,
The little blue check eoyerlid.
never look at them, for mem
God knows my heart is bitter yeti
But she-will steal away and then
Go silent with her iashes wet.
Such times know that she has knelt
For long hour, sad sweet to her,
In some dim, silent nook that smelt
OF buried things and lavender.
We never speak, you know, of this;
1t must not seem less far away,
But when, some nights, feel her kiss
Sometimes do not dare to prayl
Post Wheeler in New York Press.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-04-19
DOCS Cofree Arree yvtsh Yeus

If not, drink GRAIN-O-made from purs
grains. lady writes: "The first time made
GRAIN-O did not like it but after using il for
one week nothing would induce me 70 20 back
70 Coffee 1t nourishes snd feeds the system
The children can drink it freely with great tsne-
fit Il is the strengthening substance of pure
grains. Get . package to-day from yoar grocer,
follow the directions in making it and you VIII
have delicious and healthfnI table beverage
for old and yonng. i5c. and 25c.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-04-19
His own.

Ostend (reading book Of poems)-
Pa, when was the romantic age?
When was 20, Ostend.- Chi
ca@o News.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-04-19

Princeton. N. j., April 11.-Ex-
President Grover Cleveland delivered
his second lecture In Alexander Hall
last night before large number of
students, members Of the faculty. their
families and many others. He was
srseted With prolonged applause.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-04-19

losopher's stone. In every yicissitude
he was beset by desertions, in every
crisis loaded with obloquy. His prowess
breasted every difficulty
Like 20 the Pontic sea,
Whose icy current and compulsive course
Ne'er feels retiring ebb. but keeps due on
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-15
Hanna. ut Home

The thing which more than any other
endears Marcus a. Hanna to US is his
conscientious attention to the unities
That trait in a character generally so
perfect as to be below reproach is illus
trated in the arrangement the Senator
has made to begin his stumping actfvi-
ties in connection with the Presidential
campaign, at Asbury Park next Tuesday
1t must be recognized at once that the
choice of that eminently moral abstemi-
Gus, and pious Methodist resort, as the
opening scene of his eloquential lahors is
indeed a happy one. Apostle of monopoly
and political representative of the trusts
as he is. what could. be more consistent
and suggestive than for Hanna to make
his first campaign bow in New Jersey, the
birthplace, hotbed and home of the
trusts. At Asbury the very salt and sad
waves will sing to him of the trusting
spirit which should make him wish to
dive among and embrace them. Within
few miles he knows that hundreds upo.t
hundreds of millions of dollars of capital
ization on the Commonwealth books rep
resent his own and his friends interest
in the noble State of New Jersey. Again,
but a short distance from where he will
address his few brief remarks to the