The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A Maryland negro, born with two
teeth, has never had any mere.-Balti-
more San.
-AGeorgia train cut off the heels OF
a drunken mans boots and left him un.
harmed.
"A storekeeper in Toronto, Ont.
has been fined twenty dollars and costs
for selling chances to guess the mum.
Der of beans in bottle for prizes.
They had a 'feather-picking'
match on farm near Kansas City, Mo-.
recently, and one Of the contestants
stripped chicken clean in twenty sec
onds. Chicago HfTuld. .srfff.l. ;
"A lady in the neighborhood O.
Hawkinsville, Ga, IS the proud posses.
sor of fifty-five bed quilts, all the work
of her own hands, and she can quill
two week.-E1chdnge.
The most rapid speaker in the Sen.
ate is Mr.. Beck, of kentucky, who Is
often rivaled by Mr.. FRYE, Of Maine
The fastest speaker in the House : Mr.
Blackburn, OF Kentucky Washington
Star. F.-T
George, son of Prof. Allen of the
Pennsylvania Normal School at Mans
field. deserted from a naval training
ship at Newport last July. and it is now
discovered that he suicided by drown
ing from the yessel.-Dctr0H Post.
The natives of Madagascar have
taken clcverly to the manufacture OF
firearms. They have accurately imi-
tated the French mitrailleuse. and call
the German engineer, who has shown
them how to make dynamite, Father
GunpOwder.
The first mUlatto child born in
Greene County. Georgia. is now living
III Morgan County, and yet bears the
odd name, "Sin." Tie child was born
on the place of Mr.. John Z. Dawson,
Of Greene, and, being. a mulatto, she
was named Sin. She is now known to
he III years, and probably older
Chicago Times.
The Portland (Me) Transcript adj
lnits that soon after Artemusy Wards
death 1t started movement for fund
TO erect a monument to his memory.
1t collected in all $50. Discouraged at
last, it turned the money over to Mrs.
Browne, the hUmorist's mother, and
she expended it in procuring the stone
which marks his grave.
-Corbell, an employment agent at
Montreal. sent one thousand men to
Lake Superior to work on the Canadian
Pacific road. They have since made
their way back with complaints of i'll
usage. One of the number recently
sent Il bullet through the brain of the
agent as he sat at 4 hotel window
Chicago Times. .#.E.#
Peter GiIsev. the grandfather Of
the present generation of Gilseys, in
New York. and the founder of their
great wealth, landed in this country
from Denmark penniless. He was
pianO-forte maker by trade, but after
ward opened cigar store on the
Bowery. where he and his wife built ND
q fortune of 100000 by peddling out
penny cheroots.-N J. Times.
A woman of twenty-five appeared
ct the Liverpool Assizes on a charge
Of bigamy, when in her own defense
she stated that her husband soil her (
for quart of beer, and she supposed
this transaction allowed her to marry
again. The second husband contended
that he ''bowt' her and the first nus
band that he sold her, so his Lordship
declared them all guilty of bigamy.
A farmer of Warrentown. Ga, who
for sometime past. has missed his usual /
supply of hens eg@s. stood watch over
his pultry ward the other day, shotgun .
in hand, with a view Of diminishing the /
supply of dogs in that vicin- /
lily. He was surprised. however. to .
see a half-"r0wn hcirer walk leisurelv .
up to one OF the nests and eat IFS con .
tents. shell, and all. He exonerates
the dogs from all charges of egg-steaE I
ing now.
according to Rabbi Sonneschein. OF I
st. Louis. the American jew can keen .
Christmas without in the least violating
his religious convictions. The Rabbi .
SAYS that the 9TH of Dccpmbe was .
celebrated by the pagan world rs the .
m" when the longest nirht gives way
10 the lengtaeniag o. the day, and
that the early C!risiian church, which I
mad originally celebrated the natal day
If. its founder in the spring. accepted 81
nj the end Of he fifth century. the pa
ran festival. transferring its celebra-
ion of ChriSt's birth to December.
Moreover, the Mac,abean priests inst;-
uted festival on the 25th of Kisler.
he corresponding Jewish month. to
AXE the place of this pagan feast,
when they had, by defeating the Syrian
King. driven ont Greek idolatry. st.
Louis Globe.