The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

The project of an American expo
sition in London in 1886, attracts more
attention in the press OF England than
in that of this country.
In India man succeeds in killing
off about 10000 beasts each year of the
man-eating kind, tigers, wolves, Loop
ards, etc. The beasts kill about 1000
human beings year.
Pulmonary consumption is the
cause of one death in twelve in New
| York State. and the State Board of
Health has laid the cause TO the bad
ventilation of school roomS.-BufGlo
Express.
A young man in Ohio wanted some
ammunition for his shot gun. So be
put some giant powder in j cO9ce-mill
and began to turn the crank. He will
never repeat the rash experiment.
Chicago Herald
Hygiene pillows are now in vogue.
Three form full Iuipmentfor bed. of
which one is filled with hops. a second
with pine needles. AMI third with
marine moss. They are believed TO
cure sleeplessnesS and nervous disor
ders.-N. Y Mail
"A Montrealer at the Caledonia
Springs surprised the guests by drink
ing five hundred glasses OF sulphur
water in four days, and thirty in ten
minutes. He wants to make a match
with somebody to beat that record, but
he ought to be able to make match OF
! himself. Courier.
The popular slang words chic and
Dschutt have fallen into diSuse in Paris.
and the new Anamese word tott has
taken their place. To say that thing
is tOtt is equivalent to saying that it is
so perfect in its way as to De beyond the
reach of criticism.
This is the latest thing in tops"
said New York toy desleras he picked
up brass top, wound a cord on it and
gave it vigorous pull. The top re-
manned in his hand held over a table,
but a it spun it evolved from its inner
recesses a half dozen little saucer-like
tops which distributed themselves over
the table and spun for long time
N. J. GrdDhic.
The consumption of sugar in this
country has increased wonderfully
during the past few years, which is at
tributed by a Pittsburgh paper ito the
price at which the article has been
selling, which never before has been so
low" The amount consumed in the
United States has advanced from 3,074
tons a month in 1880. to 80, j0l in 1881,
or forty three per cent, while the popu-
lation has grown only twelve per cent.
N. Y. HsrG!G.
"A New York man, whose nose had
been made extremely red by long in
diligence in alcoholic tonics, wrote to
the Sun asking for a remedy. The fol-
lowing was suggested: Take of vase
line one ounce. precipitated sulphur,
two drachms. Nix well and apply &c
affected part night and morning, rub
bling in well. Continue the application
for one or two weeks and the rednesS
will disappear. Another correspond
ent, with more wit than charity, ad-
vised the sufferer to keep on drinking
and the nose would turn parple.-NY
Times.
"A girl ran off with her best young
man and was married to him in a room
in little country hotel. Papa and
mamma arrived in an awful rage, but
just as the ceremony was concluded.
The young lady was not one whit dis
concerted, but hailed her furious
parents with the remark: "Why, this
is just as funny as it could be. Don't
you remember this room? 1t is the same
one you were married in, and your folks
came to make a fuss Just as you are do
ing" Smart girl, for it was n true
bill Chicago Tribune.
Dog bedsteads are now popular.
One owned by New York lady is the
lower part of barrel sawed through
at ten inches from the ground. The
mattress is filled with hair, and has an
artificial leather ticking. The wood is
painted in dark cOlOrs, and around the
edge is an embossed leather trimming
fastened with brass-headed nails. On
the front stave is an oval, in which APP
pears the dogs name in gold letters.
From a bar attached to the back falls
mosquito netting, envelOping the bed
and occupant.-N. Y. San.
"A man living in New Bedford,
Mass, was sitting ut his window one
evening recently calmly smoking, when
two young ladies went by on the other
side. Just ut that moment shrill
whistle broke on the air. The
ladies looked around and up at the
window where the man was. Seeing
him smile they evidently thought he
was making signals to them. and filled
with righteous Indignation they started
across the street and rang the bell.
The man went down, and one of the
ladies demanded to know why he in
suited them. He denied the charge,
but they did not apparently believe him,
and began to hint OF getting satisfac-
ton through their relatives, but Just at
that moment the self-Same whistle
sounded. and looking up to another
window the ladies saw that it WAS
caused by parrot. Covered with con-
fusion. they male such apologies as
they could and departed. Boston
Journal.