The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-20
miscellaneous.
Old rats, it IS said, lose their facul-
ties and are lead around by the younger

Old rats. it IS said, lose their facul
ties and are lead around by the youngel
| ones.
The United States, it is estimated
sends out of the country annually ovel
500, 100000 for sugar grown in foreign
countries, principally in Cuba
"A man in West Newton, a suburb
OF Pittsburgh. makes living by ped
ding hot water. He has one hundred
customers, whom he supplies from &
tank on his wagon.-Pttts6urgh Post.
A tailor was suing a county officer
for the amount of an unpaid bill in q
ST. Paul court the other day. He looked
over the jury ard Remarked: Your
Honor may dismiss the jury; every man
there owes me for suit of clothes.
The large figured Wallpapers are
the proper style at present, and the day
does not seem far distant when we
shall gaze upon the vineyards. dairy
maids, and the castles of the Rhine that
awoke the art devotion of our grand
fathers-ChicagO Times.
The surgical experiment of remov-
ing a pin that had lodged in boy
lung shows the audacity, enterprise and
brllliancy of our surgeons. but it does
not prove that it is safe to swallow pins
on account of q subsequent possibility
of removal
1t is probable that the bicycle and
tricycle. will become in the future az
much of staple article of manufacture
as the common road wagon of to-day
In England S15,000.000 are now in
vested in their production, employment
being given to 10000 persons Cur
rent.
The wages of gang of Italian
labOrers near Saratoga were recently
cut down ten cents day. Instead of
striking they cut an inch off their
shovel blades at night. The boss asked
what it meant. and one of the men re-
piled: Not so much pay. not so much
dirt lift; all right, job last the more
long: italian no fool; he no strike -
Troy Times.
"A remarkable example of the facil-
ity with which deaf mutes read the mo-
ton of the lips was given by young
lady OF seventeen who was entirely
deaf. Her teacher stood between the
gaslight and the wall, thus outlining
her profile distinctly. His pupil stood
behind him and read from the shadow
on the wall the words that he uttered.
N. Y. Sur.
The brick trade of New York is
enormous. The supply is chiefly OBJ
tanned from the North River establish
mentS, which furnish every desirable
texture, form and color The number
handled in New York alone may he put
at 700, 100000 to 500, 600, 900 per annum
The average cost. handled by the car
load, is Sc to S7.-N. Y. Times.
In some Texas towns an alarm of
fire is given by the citizens in the
vicinity shooting off their pistols. which
leads the Beaumont Enterprise to re-
mark: when fire alarm is sounded.
will our fellOw-citizens try to remember
and fire their pistol bullets into the
ground. 1t was positively dangerous
Monday night, and the wonder is that
no one was shot. We know Of one house
from the walls of which two bullets
were picked out next morning"
The driver of car No. 1877 on the
Madison Avenue line will probably stop
Tor ladies on any crossing after this. 1t
vas at Fourteenth Street that a buyom |
-oung woman, wearing country slippers
md bombazine dress, hailed the car. |
She stood on the near side of the street, |
md waved an Avenue A parasol. The
iriver motioned her to the other cross
NO, but she was not that kind of a girl, |
With two quick bounds she planted her
elf in the middle CT the track, caught
he horses bits, forced them back on
heir launches and, as the car stopped,
stepped quietly in the front dosr, re-
coOlly, Guess you'll stop Yer
machine next time fur a lady" He
guessed he wOuld.-N Y Star.