The Abilene Monitor du lieu suivant : Abilene, Kansas • 1

A. "17 THE ABILENE MONITOR, $1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. YOL VII. NO. 45.

ABILENE, DICKINSON KANSAS, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1897. HEMORIAL DAY. A. B. ROSE CO.

-MERCHANTS. It Doesn't Cost Any To wear good clothes if you come to the right place for them. Successors to Mcdonald, HAMAKER'S STAND. SECOND AND CEDAR ST. ABILENE, KANSAS.

A Delightful Entertainment. One of the treats of a life time occurred last Tuesday evening when the Polymnia Club and their invited guests assembled at the Trinity Lutheran church to hear the lecture given by Mr. T. of this city, on the poems and songs of Robert Burns, which was beautifully illustrated by the singing of a number of the choicest songs of the great poet, by Mrs. Niesley, Misses Ellison and Ketcher-sid and M.

H. Speer, with Rev. Mr Bolger presiding at the piano, all of whom are so well known to an Abilene audience that it is almost needless to say that they rendered their parts in a highly pleasing manner. The lecture was a rare literary treat aud so thoroughly enjoyed by the large audience present that they longed for the speaker to continue as he drew bis address to a close. Mr.

Dewey is a man of great literary talent and. ability, and Abilene people are justly very proud of him and prove the same by turning out in large numbers to hear him when ever the' opportunity presents itself. And no less are we proud of the musical talent of our city and the friends of the Polymnia Club feel much indebted to them for the delightful entertainment which they had the pleasure of enjoying. This closes the clubs work for the seison. nONTO CARLO RESPECTABLE.

What is a suit worth anyway without style and durability? Quality is before everything with us. Good cloth, fine workmanship, right fit; settle these points first and then you're ready to talk price. No price is little enough for a poor suit, especially when you can get the best so reasonably here. There's real economy in buying such goods as the H. S.

M. guaranteed clothes. They fit, stay in shape and wear a long time. of money should depend on the requirements of business, and not on the caprice of congress, the edicts of rapacious syndicates, or the complaint vagaries of a renegade secretary of the treasury. "All the people of the United States are anreservedly in favor of honest money and the maintenance of public faith, 'credit and honor.

Many of them believe in the principles of a tariff lor revenue and for protection. But any measure whose justification is the contraction of currency, or which will reduce the price of wool, hides and other raw material by unrestrained competition, and increase the cost of coats and shoes by heavy duties on the manufactured product, will not be received with unmeasured enthusiasm by the republican farmers of the Mississippi valley. Rev. Crawford Delivered An Eloquent Address at the Opera House. On last Sunday afternoon memorial services were held at the opera house in this city and by the large crowd it iB plain to be seen that the true patriotic spirit of onr citizens is not waning.

The state was beautifully decorated with bunting, flags, flowers and portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant. The ladies Relief Corps and G. A-R. attended in a body.

The large choir which was composed of some of our best singers rendered excellent music. Post Commander M. P. Jolley had charge of the services and after an anthem by the choir Rev. Dr.

Fulton of the Baptist church invoked the divine blessing which was touchingly full of patriotism. H. A. K.eve read the roll of honor and Rev. Dr.

Blayney of the Presbyterian church read for the scripture lesson IV chapter of Joshua from which chapter the speaker, Rev. A. Crawford of the Methodist church took his text. Mr. Crawford won for himself the reputation of being a strong and able speaker but his efforts on this occassion far surpassed the expectations of his audience.

He took his hearers back to the day of '61 when the gray haired men that occupied the front seats before him were "boys in blue" who so promptly responded to the call of the country's need and bravely marched forth to face death if necessary to save the universe. His praise and admiration for the soldiers was unparalleled and he spoke with such force and fervor that on several occ.assions the audience broke forth in hearty applause. As the speaker related hardships and discouragements the faithful and brave acts of our honored heroes, he did not forget to pay a high tribute of respect to the many thousand of brave true-hearted loyal mbthers and wives who took such an active part and by their many loving and noble deeds did so much for the encouragement and comfort of theirs and others loyed ones. HART, 8CHAFFNER MARX. Always a Success.

C. W. Parker is In receipt of the following letter from his brother in Texas who is running a model 6 shooting gallery there: Ft. Worth, Texas, May 25, 1897. C.

W. Parker, Abilene, Kansas. Dear Sir: I have just run a week here and have taken in $143 40. I have every one on the ceme, from the tin horn eambler to the preacher, and from the richest man in town to the fellow that hasn't had anything to eat for two days. Yours, G.

H. Paiiker. GUARANTEED OLOTHINO. A TRUE STORY. For Sale only by G.

C. Sterl The Recognized Fashionable Clothiers and Hatters. A $100.00 Fowler Bicycle Given Away Free. The Best Game of the Ssason. The base ball season is now fully upon us and promises to be very exciting.

A strong team from Topeka In Comparison With the Honey Gamblers Says John J. Ingalls. John J. Iogalis seems to be doing whatever he is paid for doing. When he is paid to report a prize flght he goes away to Nevada and sits at the ring-side In company with John L.

Sullivan, and when a metropolitan daily wants a bit of truth on the financial situation they can get it of John if they will put up the price. We dont believe Ingalls is sincere in anything, but he comes pretty near the truth in the following letter written for the Cincinnati Enquiren Atchison, May 10, 1897. "It is obvious that if the greenback treasury notes, silver certificates and other paper obligations of the government are to be presented for redemption in srolri, reissued and presented again for redemption in. gold indefinitely, it will be necessary to have surplus revenues in gold or to sell more bonds for gold. 'There needs no ghost, my lord, come from the grave to tell us "As an economic proposition.it does not make much difference whether the people are taxed to obtain the surplus revenue or taxed to pay the bonds issued, to enable the gamblers and brigands to plunder the nation by methods that make Monte Carlo It seems increditable that the ink is yet wet upon a contract by -which President Cleveland transferred the protection of the treasury and the defense of the public credit to a foreign syndicate which agreed, for a profit of $8,000,000, to restrain their own depredations upon the gold reserve till the following October.

Any private business conducted on such a scheme would consign its proprietor to the bankruptcy court, the almshouse, or the penitentiary, according to the caliber of his lawyer or the disposition of the jury. "The fatal infirmity of M. Dingley's theory is his assumption that the executive has the right to hold the greenbacks in the treasury, either to exchange for gold or for the purpose of bonds. The greenbacks limited to were intended as permanent and constant addition to the legal tender currency of the country, will I up this week to play two games with the Abilene boys. The first game will be played on Frldav, begin ning at 4 o'clock, and the second game on baturdav, beginning at 3 clock All places of business will close at these hours and everyone given an op Roupe! Roupel Roupe! portunlty to enjoy the sport.

Abilene will put up a strong team and make the visitors work if they expect to Translated From Later Day Repbli-can Platforms and Speeches. Communicated. Before the war, in the good old times when the colored population constituted a very large part of the "property1' of our great and glorious people and nation, there were individual specimens of this sort of "property" who were so conscienceless as to steal themselves from their owers, escape from their masters and taking tickets via the old Reliable Underground railroad, make their way to Canada where they became citizens, a right not youch-safed to them by the ever glorious Stars and Stripes. On a fine plantation in the blue grass state were many fine specimens of bumaa chatties and among them one who was dispised by his fellows because of his straight hair, blue eyes and 31 parte out of 32 caucassion blood. He was a discontented article of Mdse.

and maliciously designing to defraud his lawful owner of his property, was planing a flight to Canada. Desiring company he divulged his plaDs to another valuable piece of property with an elegant ebony complexion and a fine sense of property rights, who or which (as the case may be) feeling her (or its) honor grossly insulted by this carry on ine prize. Havp vnnr nmilrrv flip rminp? 4 POPPY CRUSADER. Leader of a Canine Band Which Raided Many of your neighbors' poultry a Ship. On one of our small coast survey schooners there was once a litter of puppies belonging to the captain, says the Youth's Companion.

They were to have and they lound Roupe Specific just what they need. Each bottle guaranteed. Try it. 4 First flethodfot Sermon In America. "On the seventh of March 1736, John Wesley preached the first Methodist sermon ever preached on this writes the Rev.

W. J. Scott, D.D., in an interesting review of "When John Wesley preached in Georgia," in the June Ladies' Home Journal. "It was delivered not far from the site of the present Christ Church, Savannah, of which he subsequently was the third rector, and was addressed to a mixed assemblage. His congregation hardly exceeded four hundred persons, including children and adults, reenforccd, however be allowed to remain on board until old enough to leave their mother, but during their stay on board, what scurrying, scampering, frolicsome nuisances they were! The smartest and most en MANUFACTURED BY ergetic puppy of the lot was a little fluffy black and white spotted fellow called "Spottycus the Gladiator" and he led all the others In mischief.

The fl by one hundred or more of the neigh puppies had their meals Immediately boring Indians. Wesley discussed in a most eloquent manner the principles after the ward room officers. Spotty cus evidently considered it an infringe' base proposition to thus rob his mas ter, and holding a due respect and re For sale at (X P. FENTON'S, Headquarters for Poultry Supplies. of Christian charity as argued by Saint Paul In the thirteenth chapter of First Corinthians.

He made a now ment of his dignity to be relegated to the second table and bo one day he led gard for the laws and Institutions of its country and being no repudiator and any policy which has for lis object their temporary or final withdrawal is a crusade. It was a warm summer of legal obligations made reply: erful appeal, and many of his audi evening aad the ward room officers without tee warrant of law. "Weel, sah! what dat you say? ence were in tears. While he was not were Just being helped to their soup "Another defect in the hypothesis Don't you know my Massa give flf so Impetuous in his delivery as in af when there waa a rush overhead, fol of Mr. Dingley is his assertion that ter years; bis abilities at that time teen hundred dollars for me, an you 'spose l'se goin to rob him? No, sah I's not that kind of a cullabed man." the retention of the greenbacks in the treasury would not contract the cur bespoke the great preacher and re' former.

(owed by a most fearsome succession of tiny barks. The officers looked up and beheld every one of the skylights overhead occupied by a little dog, reaching over as far as he could get, his mouth rency, because the gold for which they Whereupon he immediately turned "If he was more scholastic in style were exchanged would enter into and away, went directly to the capitalist than in after years, the fervor and open and his little red tongue hanging out. The first lieutenant rose from his become a part of the circulating medium of the country. Everybody who had the law on his side, and di vulge to him the whole base plot; up force of his appeals were none the less felt by his hearers. Especially on which the property owner, pleased was this strikingly true when in the knows to the contrary.

"Practically, gold is never in circu seat In horror, but, as If that had been the signal agreed upon, Spottycus slipped from his hold and plunged headlong into the tureen of hot soup. course of his discourse he adverted to lation. It Is not available in the with the honesty of his faithful servitor fed him a big, red, ripe waterinel-lon with a thin rind and for the other As In duty bound, the others fol daily transactions of wage earners, because it is not susceptible of subdividing into coinage of small denomi lowed his example, and for a while ordered the cat-onlne-tails well laid the death of his father, who for forty years or more had been the incumbent of the Epworth rectory. This venerable man was asked not long before his death: 'Are the consolations of on in order that it might better know nations. In placid times of tranquil and contented prosperity the people its duty.

Moral: Honesty Is the best policy in the midst of sounds of breaking glassware, the thud and splash of falling bodies and a prolonged and horrible yelping, squealing and whining, It rained puppies. The next exploit was to fall overboard God small with 'No, no, not he exclaimed, with uplifted hands, 'and prefer paper, and gold remains in un Men and things should be content sought seclusion. When distrust and in the place in which the Lord has continued Wesley, 'calling all that were near him by their names, apprehension prevail, when credit is placed them. thedying patriarch said; 'Think of all together, being led, as usual, by the indomitable Spottycus, whose cheerful disregard of consequences was something appalling. They were rescued New Gold Field5.M Heaven, talk of Heaven; all time is lost when we are not thinking of from a watery grave and wrapped up in hot towels, whence they escaped to eat a lot of poisoned flypaper.

They Recent sensational gold discoveries in lied River district, northern New Mexico, indicate that this locality will shortly be as wikely celebrated as Cripple Creek, Already the rush of ro'srfey became deathly sick, of course, and all that night had to be attended by two of the officers and most of the crew. After this they were sent ashore and the ship adopted a menagerie of kittens, having found puppies beyond control. Remembering the effect of Heaven! This wag spoken by Wesley In a tremulous voice, and his new parishioners at Savannah were for the Instant almost swept off their feet by a tidal wave of religious enthusiasm. Tradition has It that several Indians who were present because so greatly excited, not only by Mr. Wesley's Impassioned oratory though they did not understand a word he said but by his gestures, that one old warrior nervously miners and prospectors has begun and by the time the snow has fully melted thousands will be on the ground.

Take the Santa Fe Route to Springer, N. from which point there is a dally stage to E'lzabelhtown, Hematite and Red River City. For further particulars apply to W. K. Robertson, Local agent, Santa Fe Route.

impaired and confidence shaken, then gold is hoarded or transferred in bulk from kingdom to kingdom, to be buried in the vaults of the Jews, or to replenish the treasuries of monarchs. "The statement of Dingeley emphasises the declarations of those who framed the financial plank in the St. Lauls platform, and their democratic allies, that 'sound meney' means ultimately the retirement of the greenbacks, the degradation of standard silver money, and the transfer of the legal tender function of gold coin alone. The volume of the currency should haye no more to say about the number of dollars to be issued than about the number of hats to be made, or the number of bushels of wheat to be ground, or the cumber of cattle and hogs to be raised. "It should retain and assert such power as would punish counterfeits and insure security, tut the amount poisoned flypaper on the digestive organs of small animals the officers threw away what they had of this and lay In a stock of the sticky kind.

This, however, waa hardly an improvement. BETTER THAN EVER" The 1897 BEN-HUR BICYCLES embody more new and tenuine improvements' clutched his tomahawk, fearing an outbreak in the strangely-moved audience." Ladies' Home Journal, Phil for the kitten would go to sleep on it, In construction than any other bicycles now before the public. Never before have and, waking to find their movements adelphia. such excellent values been offered for the money. Our new line, consisting of eight snperb models at 900, $75 and $125 for single machines, and $150 for tandems, with ths various opticus offered, is such that ths most exacting purchaser can be entirely suited.

I Excursions via Santa Fe Route. ANNUAL CONVENTION, CHRISTIAN KNDKAVKR UNION. Topeka, June 1 to 4, 18C7. Rate, One fare, I2.SU, for round trip. Dates of sale, May 31, June 1 and 2.

1897, Final return limit, June 5, 1897 BTOniA. hampered in some mysterious manner that savored of witchcraft, they would give a wild yU and pluage up the companion ladder, a frightened, scrambling, sticky meat of furry brown paper. CENTRAL CYCLE MFG. 72 triit. INDIANAPOLIS.

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