The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-13
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A "wish-bone" wedding is now the
proper way to tie Hymen's rosy letters.
The couple stand under floral piece,
shaped in the form of wish-bone.-
Chicago Herald.
"A French lad employed in one OF
the mills in Lewiston, Me-. wishing to
have half a day OFF, cut the big belt
and stopped !, 900 spindles until it could
be epaired.-BOstOn Post.
Penny gambling games for chill
dren have become so abundant IN New
York that the Society for Prevention OF
Cruelty to Children has thought 1t q
duty to start at once on the work OF
bringing to Justice the candy-men who
provide these snares.-N. Y. Times.
"A Connecticut man buried his wife
Saturday, heard of an estimable widow
in Brewsters. n. Y, on Sunday, came
for her and took her to Danbury on
Monday, and married her on Tuesday.
The paper that tells this story speaks
of it as ''tolerably romantic. "--Detr0't
Post.
-Prayer-books bound in white velvet
and gold, costing twenty-five dollars,
are shown as the kind made for brides
to hold in their hands at the nuptial
ceremony in New York city. Religion
comes high in New York society, but
the people will have it.-Philadelphia
Call.
Professor Newton, of Yale College,
says that this is an off year for meteors,
and that it is not worth while to sit up
to look for them. They are some p
100000 miles away from us. In No
vember, 1899, they will be again close
by.-NeW Haren Register.
The warning that ''there's death in
the cup" receives strange confirmation
from St. Louis the city of remarkable
occurrences. In a discussion at break
fast Belle Oertell was hit on the nose
with coffee cup. A slight wound was
made, but the woman bled to death in a
few hours Chicago Journal.
If you must have best girl, by all
means get one from Cleveland, o. 1t
is alleged to be on record as history
that young lady of that city re-
Gently confessed that she so adored a
dentist, the homeliest man in the city,
too, that she had had five sound teeth
pulled for the sole privilege of being
near him few mOments.-N. Y
Journal.
Mr.. J. H. McIlvaine, of Philadel-
phia, is said to have the finest collection
of Indian relics and stuffed birds in the
country. He is considering an offer OF
S25, 900 from the Bavarian Government
for his birds. Of Indian curiosities he
has everything from an arrow point to
a tent, from a bead to a full dress,
from feather to tomahawk.-Ph ila-
delptiG Record.
The man who deliberately enters
upon the performance of an act that
may imperil human life has all the
primal elements of murderer, and if
it chances that the interfering life is
sacrificed, the service of the law should
never be sighted by executive elena
ency. 1t is because the officers of the
law treat the mandates of the law with
such Indifferent respect that lawless
classes hold a contempt for the law
Chicago Inter Ocean.
In an article on Professor Ella, the
English musician, London Truth says:
"Apropos of kissing, l remember on
one occasion strange being arriving
suddenly in Elias room, falling into
his arms, and kissing him on both
cheeks. He was man with a thick
head of hair. A young lady, aged
seventeen, a relative of Ella, was pres
ent, and seemed much surprised at the
proceeding. Afterward she said to
Ella, who was that dreadfully odd man
who kissed you?' why he remarked,
that was the great Rubinstein; he has
Just returned from America with fS,0 900
in his pocket co. said the girl
simply, Il wish he had kissed me too. >"