The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-05
MISCELLANEOUS.

1t is claimed that the Missouri Be-
tanical Gardens near st. Louis have a
complete collection of living specimens
of all the plants mentioned in the Bible.
In illustration of the Scotchman's
| love of country the Duke of Buccleuch
said: Il would rather die in a snow
wreath on the braes of Yarrow than on
.he softest bed on the shores of the
| Mediterranean"
Tie man in Macon, Ca, who
bought of confectioner for twelve
dollars the right to eat all the candy he
wanted for 3 month, has reluctantly
seen the close of the thirtieth day. Not
so the confectioner, for the eater con-
sumed s21.75 worth of his goods.
An Indian hunter killed during the
last season, on Humboldt Bav, Cal,
enough birds to yield him lightweight
pounds of feathers. 1t is estimated that
ten birds yield one pound of feathers.
Such being the case, his string for the
season was SS0.-San Francisco Call.
Thomas Edmundson, of Harvard,
Neb., hearing that his brother was con-
fined in Buffalo On. " insane
asylum, Immediately took the train for
that city, to take his brother home. He
had hardly made known his errand in
the insane asylum office before he be-
came afflicted with his unfortunate
brothers. malady, and he is now a
raying maniae.-CiicagO Times.
The survey of the Jordan Valley
has established the fact that the En-
glish canal project is impracticable. 1t
was found that cuttings would have to
be made for fifty miles through a pla-
teau from 600 to 800 feet above the Med
iterranean, and no one, unless perhaps
De Lesseps, would think of undertake
ing such thing.
The north of Scotland recently
came in for the tag end of shower from
Hecla or the other Icelandic crater.
Between the Orkneys and the Shetlands
ash has fallen SO thick that it had to be
shoveled off the deck of passing vessels.
When Skapta broke ont violently some
years since the fine dust fell in such
quantities over Caithness that it entirely
killed the crops.
Mrs. Lambert, of San Jose, Cal,
is a physician and firm believer in
woman's rights. In criminal trial
she was called as a witness for the
prosecution, but she refused to 60 on
the stand, saying that as she was de-
MED the right of citizenship she would
assume none of its duties. The court
failed to accept the reason given as
valid, and sent the witness to Jail for
contempt. Tribune.
Tho Lotto PrOf of Db;1s
phia, was one of the earliest American
users of chloroform as an anasthetic,
and he adhered to it all his life, prefer
ring it to ether, which in general prac-
tice has largely superseded it. He made
use of chlOrOform in more than 500
important operations without a single
accident resulting therefrom-a fact
speaking much for his care and skill
PHILADELPHIA Record.
"A Berlin newspaper has got hold
of a genuine sensation. 1t says that an
enormous hotel is soon to be built at St.
Augustine, Fla. 1t will be three miles
long, six miles deep, and seventy-five
stories high, Guests will be taken tc
their rooms by 500 balloons; the tables
in the dining-room will be four miles
in length, and the walters who serve
the meals will be on horseback. There
will be a cuspidor in the Office 100 feet
in circumference. The German doe>n t
often try to be funny, but when he does
he means business. Chicago Tribune.
Except for those who may have
wealthy friends living in the interior in
favorable locality. Australia has been
ntyn tN hn l.
place for invalids. Any one who has
made acquaintance with a bush hotel
would be slow to recommend it as
residence, even to a man in health, and
would certainly advise an invalid to
avoid it. The most eminent physician
in Melbourne has recently stated that.
out of hundreds with weak lungs who
had consulted him during period of
twenty-five years, not one of those who
had remained on the coast had mate
rally improved.
New York claims to have more
than thousand women who speculate
in stocks, grain, oil, whisky and every
other way known to the sterner sex, but
brokers, as a rule, refuse their custom
The reasons for this were expressed by
broker thus: Their risks are small,
and if they lose-phe-w-w'' "But
supposing they make a hit?' d" Well,
then they grow confidential. They tell
you they knew it was coming so. They
dreamed of black cat or the Daby
cried twice in its sleep, or something
like that. They swear by their dreams.
If woman has certain dream and
puts he. money on that dream, and
then the market goes the wrong way.
she has been swindled by the operator"
N Y. Tribune.
Tho Chanaor NJ