The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-24
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The Roman Catholic clergy no
,osger oppose cremation. which is be-
coming very common in Italy, Csscago-
Tribune.
"A man at Oconee, Ca, who OBJ.
tanned judgement for twelve hundred
dollars in . lawsuit, had Just seventy
FIVE dollars left after settling with his
lawyers.
DIR. Berry, of Lagrange, Ky, has
received, by the award of jury, what
is considered the largest doctors fee
ever pa in Kentucky, $500. 1t was
paid Tor attendance on q wealthy O.d
maid.
Joseph Newman, of San Fran
ciseo, claims that in 1870 he presented
to the United States Senate an AmerlA
can flag twenty feet by thirty-six feet,
made by himself out of California
silk, the first flag ever manufactured of
American grown silk, and he has sent
letter to Senator Miller asking what
has become of it Chicago Herald.
A ranchman down in New Mexico
tackled this note on the cover of his Sc
curely-lo, ked we'll: lowing to the dis
organized state of affairs in the terri
tory, and the. lawlessness prevalent
everywhere, all parties are positively
forbidden to camp on the ranch or
take any water from this well. No
questions answered, but shoot on sight
-Ismail Pasha, the dethroned Khe-
dive of Egypt. says: 1.-The days of the
Turk are numbered in moral. material
and martial power. The great event
of the near future is the coming Arab
nationality. Where will it be initiated?
At Mecca. Who will supplant the
Sultan at Constantinople? Germany,
Austria. Russia will never come again
as near to the Golden Horn as she did q
few years ago"
In the new School of Medicine now
being erected in Paris it is proposed to
keep registry of all the legally
recognized physicians throughout the
world. A preliminary investigation
has shown that such list would COM
prise about $4,000 names-65, 900 in
the United States, 5000 in France,
ZOO in Germany and Austria, $4,000
in Great Britain and colonies, 10000 in
Italy. 5000 in Spain. -
"A pine foor in a goldsmith shop in
ten years becomes worth $3.50 per foot.
A Syracuse jeweler bought forless than
$40 some sweepings that gave S20S
worth of gold. In his cellar a tub into
which is blown the dust from a polish
ing-lathe accumulates $50 year. A
wOrkingman in that shop carried off at
various times, on the tip of his moist
ened finger, $50 of filings in few weeks.
Workmen sometimes oil their hair and
run their fingers through it, leaving a
deposit of gold particles, which they
afterward wash out.-Syracatse IN. Y. J
Herald.
"A member of an engineering party
down on the Rio Grande, below Santa
Fe. writes that while going from Albu-
querque to Socorro they often had tc
walk along the line of the railroad for
a distance of ten miles, picking up
spinters, bits of bark, and chips
d opped while laying the ties, in order
to get wood enough to build a fire. A
very large section of country there is
absolutely destitute of wood of any
kind. binding whole tie that had
been overl noked, they tied it onto 9
donkey and carried it along and used
it more sparingly than water, which wa:
also scarce Clicdgo Inter- Ocean.
An amusing incident occurred re
Gently in a school house in Saco, Me
A lad of nine years, the son of lum
herman living considerable distance
from the town be anne a pupil in the
school. AS is usual in all schools, the
larger and older boys began to cha5
Kim, and among other things told hin
that he was ''too fresh and had better
dip himself in pork barrel" The
hewildered lad, Immediately upon ar
irving home. disappeared into the eel
lar. and when found two hours after
ward was industriously engaged il
washing his clothes in the brine of hi
fathers pork barrel.-Boston Trans
cript.