The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22
MISCELLANEOUS.

Rev. DR.. Parkhurst OF New York,
defines that parental fondness which
ruins so many children nowadays as
"love that has lost its wits"
The constitution of Alabama for
bids the formation of any new county
of less area than six hundred square
miles, or the formation of new county
of that size if it reduces any old county
below that minimum.
in ST. Petersburg, with its million
of inhabitants, there arc but three
newspapers published in the Russian
language, save the official Messenger
and the Journal de st. Petersburg.
There are two German papers.
The Connecticut Legislature has
settled it. A bill was introduceda short
time ago to tax geese and bachelors,
and was opposed by Mr.. Harrison,
whe said that there already was a bill
taxing geese, and E man who had lived
a bachelor to the age of thirty would
GENE under it-CkscdgO Herald
Governor Cleveland. of New York,
Aas signed the bin prohibiting the man.
ufacture and sale of oleorhSrgarine.
This has created breeze among the
manufacturersof that article, who have
large amounts Il capital invested in the
business, and who are loudly de-
nouncing the measure Re uneOnstitu-
tional and unjust. They declare that
they will defythe law and let the courts
decide ON its Talidity.-NY Herald
1t Is said that the scene of the re-
cent Vedder-Pearson tragedy at Luna
Island, Niagara Falls, is the precise
| spot, where, in 1850, a young n4n
named Addidgton plaffully threatened
| to throw the little sister of his be-
throthed (Who. with her mother, com
pleted the party visiting the spot) INTO
the rapids. The child shrieked and
sprsng from his arms into the swift
running water He instantly jumped
in TO save her ana both were lost
Bs!fdlo Express.
Prom experiments made upTn the
pulse:snd temperature rs Affected by
smoking, it has been found that the
rate Of both is increased. Let the aver
a9ei temperature oof nOn-smOkSrs be
represented by 800, then that Of mod
crate smokers would be 1,008, and
willie the heart OF the former class was
mixing 1000 beats, in the latter there
would be 1,1S0 lin the same space of
time. This quickening of the action of
the heart is considered dangerous
symptom.-Chio 90 Tribune.
"A Chicago museum exhibits a
Sfouble-headed COW, described as follows:
'''This COW has two weil-formed heads
of equal size and is we'll armed with
-four brass-tipped horns, The main
mead possesses all the features of a
bright and intelligent member of the
bovine family. hut the other other lacks
,the expressive eyes. However. the ami
nal sees, hears, and breathes with both
heads, eats with one and drinks with
the other. Tie body is perfect and
hand some, the cow being tnll-bloOd
Durham"
One of the bloody customs among
1.-THE Hindoos of a certain class is tore
'quire every woman. previous 70 piercing
the ears of her eldest daughter prepar-
:atory to her being betrothed in mar
Iriage, to undergo the amputation ofthe
first Joints Of the third and fourth
fingers of her right hand. The ampu-
'tation is perfor med by the blacksmith
oof the village, who, having placed the
finger in block. performs the opera
ton with cmsel. If the girl to be
bctrothed be motherless and the mother
'Of the boy have not before been SUD-
jected to the operation it is incumbent
ION her to suffer the operation.
"A Massachusetts Yankee went to
California several years ago, get dead
broke, and wae on the point OfStarving
;to,death. He tnen Joined the Flutes at
the Pyramid reservation. He remained
there until he had fully mastered the
language and habits of his dusky
friends, and theE painting himself and
assuming the garb of the red menwent
tc'Walker Lake, where, in eoasidera-
ton of his able advice in the cou1cils
sOf the tribe, he was elected chief and
allowed three wives. He savs that,
although he sometimes longed forraews
frHm the BAY State. he was perfectly
content to remain where he Was, .as he
found the roaming, independent life of
the Piutes just the thing for man tired
of the busy scenes of CIVILIZATION
ROcton Herald.