The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-10
MISCELLANEOUS.

-Six-shooters have superseded bell.
ut Dallas, Tex, as fire alarms. Over
two hundred shots were fired on the
occasion of q recent blaze Chicago
Times.
Sponge vessels returning to Key
West report an excellent supply. The
sponges average larger than usual, and
the cargoes in this instance are COZ
sidered to be the best ever brought into
a Florida port. Philadelphia Press.
A New jersey dog was attacked BY
pair of bats, and as che jumped on his
back the other clawed mis- face. The
dog got rid of the cat IN his back by
running under the fence, and then he
returned to the charge and killed the
other cat, while tie first escaped
NeUdrk Register.
"A New York chemist is quoted as
saying that the genuine altar of roses,
(which is made n India and Australia,
costs 800 an ounce at the place of dis
tillation. 1t takes 10000 rose blooms
to yield an ounce of altar. They are
the common rose, and grow in great
profusion in California, where the dis
tillation of altar could be made a very
profitable industry. ~. Y. Ne.Cs.
A toad was seen to enter the
chicken yard of Andrew White, of New
Castle, n. H., climb into the feeding
saucer of some young chickens, and
roll himself over and over in the meal.
He had noticed that flies swarmed
about the dish. and they soon began to
do so about him. Whenever a fly
passed within two inches Of his nose
his tongue darted out and the fly dissp-
appeared. boston Pos.
On the authority of the Talley
(Cal.) Record it is stated that the
remedial properties of the water at
Gilroy hot springs have doubtless been
increased by an earthquake on the 2Sth
of last March, which increased the flow
of the water and raised the temperature
10 degrees. The water also seems to
be more strongly impregnated with
minerals than previous to the earth
quake.
The Arny and Nary Journal saws:
1.-THE officers at West Point are I'M
doubtedly put to much Inconvenience
in endeavoring to attend to their regu-
lar duties and at the same time to wait
upon visitors to the academy. 1t is for
this reason, probably, and for the
luther reason that visits of large
bodies interfere with the regular rou-
tine of a military post, that such visits
are not encouraged. L.
"A Houston doctor had hooking
bird which lived in the garden. When
ever he returned home the bird would
fly to a tree in front of the doorstep
and sing for hours. 1t appeared to be
in an ecstasy of delight whenever the
doctor was at home. The doctor died
of yellow fever, and after the funeral
the family opened the doctors room
and found the mOcking- bird living at
the head of the bed, dead.-Tcr0S Slit
tngS.
An old man and his wife from
away back in Kentucky reached the
Ohio River on their way to visit some
kinsfolk in the Buckeye State. Neither
of them had ever seen the river, and
when they drove down to the bank,
where they had been told they would
find the ferry, the old man gazed in as
constituent at the stream and shouted;
''GewhillikinS, Susan Ann, the creeks
riz, an we can't ford it fur week"
He drove back to the hotel and was
given some information which was
valuable to him. Ceretdnd Leader.
Life in Florida has its drawbacks.
In fernando county. a few days ago,
a Mrs. Sinner was seated near the door
OF her residence sewing, and her child
was playing near at hand. Hearing a
slight noise, she looked around and saw
crouched within a dozen feet O.: her and
her babe an immense panther, ready to
spring. With shrek she sprang to
her feet and dashed the heavy shears,
with which she was cutting her work,
in the panther's face. snatched her
child, and rushed back into the house.
The panther, Disconnected by the sud.
den attack and noise, beat a deliberate
retreat for the swamp Chicago Times.
One night last week Rev. MIR.
Brook, of Leadville, heard L burglar
operating at his door. He went to the
door in his night clothes, and, silently
turning the KEY in the lock turned the
knob easily and suddenly opened the
door wide. and stood face to face with
the wOuld-be burglar Good morn
ing, sir" said the reverend gentleman:
''walk right in, walk right in, and
make yourself at home For a
moment the robber stood speechless,
gazing at the apparition. Then his
hair began to rise, and. giving fright
ened screech, he leaped fence and dis
appeared.-Dcnrer, COLI News.