The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

The golden rule for cholera times,
and indeed for all other times, are to
keep clean, lead 3 regular life and never
worry. Chicago journal.
"A Washington correspondent says
that q Senator has to pay out of his
own pocket from eight hundred to $
thousand dollars for postage stamps
Troy Times.
Although Frenchmen are spoken
of rs 'freg-eaters, it is asserted as .
fact that more frogs are now eaten in
New York alone than in all of France.
N Y Sun.
The cod fishery of Iceland has
proved total failure this season, and
great distress exists in consequence
The privations are said to be more Sc
we're than during the famine which pre-
vailed two years ago.
1t is said to be the correct thing for
ladies to have riding horses with tails
and names of the same shade Is their
hair. If ladies cannot procure horses
to match their hair. the animals should
be dyed.-N. Y. Herald.
The Boston Globe thinks that when
the one hundred and twelve young fell
lows who have graduated from Prince
ton as Journalist" have worked twen-
ty-three hours out of the twenty-four
for q few weeks they will begin to real
ize what Longfellow meant when he
wrote: Life is real. life is earnest"
The manager of one of the leading
business houses of New York shows his
tS1n I, 20.
by advertising largely during the dull
season. He says: 'tJust as soon as we find
lull in trade we begin to do extra adj
vertising and make larger inducements
than ever. and We find people will buy
even in what are called the dull months
of the year if you make it an object for
them, and also let them know by we'll
worded advertisements Just what you
have got to sell. IN Y. Mail.
"A Modern Fable: The Fate of the
Fly.-A Fly who thought he had Dis
covered Soft Snap found his feet
stuck fast to sheet of paper, and as he
Struggled in Vain to Recover his Free
dom he cried out: IF | could be set
back five minutes, you would not find
me here" at is not what we have
done, but what we are going to do that
needs the most consideration" an
swered the Servant as she drew long
sigh and broke three more plates.
Moral: We seldom have to hang a
man twice for the same offence.-De-
troit Free Press.
sd wouldlike to ask YOU to take some
ice cream, dear" he said. looking hesi-
Tot IL n
''but after that disastrous affair in
Brooklyn few days ago 1 am afraid
to-" and he made an attempt to forge
ahead. "What affair was that, George?"
she asked, holding him back with both
hands. "Why, over one hundred and
fifty people were poisoned from sim
gle freezer" ut must have been ter
rible. Still, George, dear, there is a
possibility of our escaping with our
lives, and if we do die"-here the
heroic girl gave him look of love
unutterable-''we will die together"
"A tradesman in the North of France,
in opening a money-drawer, found
scraps which, on examination, turned
out to be the paper of the Bank of
France. Five notes of a thousand
francs each had been apparently de-
stroyed, and it was ascertained that the
culprit could only be mouse. A trap
was set to catch the thief, the remnants
in the drawer were carefully collected,
and an hour later the nibbler was taken.
Immediately the mouse was con-
veyed to a veterinary surgeon, put to
death and dissected. Its stomach con-
tanned the undigeSted meal of paper.
The pieces were matched and gummed
together.-ChicGgo Journal.
"A letter from Mexico saws the brig
ands are waking up to the fact that
their occupation is gone. Rapid travel
is bringing them more surely into the
clutches of the law. A gang of wreck
ers were pursued and shot less than a
month ago in the State of Murango.
The leader of the band was well known
to the Mexican public by sight and
through record of daring deeds and
bloody crimes. Young and boyish in
appearance, handsome, dashing, and so
brave and beloved by the entire clan of
eighteen brigands that the identity of
this chief was never betrayed or sus-
pected. The other day the rurales
tracked them down, sent eight bullets
through the Captains heart, and de-
stroyed the whole band, not leaving
one to tell the story. They then
learned that the handsome bandit boy
was only bit of successful masquer-
aiding, and was a Chicago Times
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