The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

The engineer of the Washington
monument says it will stand 100000
years. and children need be in no hurry
to climb it.-DetrOit Free Press.
In British India the large river
Sutlej. which has descent of $4,000
teet in $50 miles, or nearly sixtv-seven
feet per mile, is said to be the fastest
lowing river in the world.
AT az auction sale of the effects of
broken theatrical firm in New York
City, Il play for which five thousand
/ dollars had been paid was sold for two
| dollars. Its title was Freedom" IL
was a case of freedom ''too dearly
! bought "-CUrrcnt
The love of draw-poker paSseth all
understanding. If PLAYER is a constant
winner he is. a gambler, and should
quit. If he is n steady loser he is
fool, and should play no more. If it is
I See-saw arrangement, the PLAYERS eat
up and drink up the profits, and should
be in better businesS.-N. o. PicGHyRe.
The new paper bottles are said to-
withstand the action of water, wine
and alcohol. 1t is thought that drug
gists will be able TO furnish them free
of charge. just as they provide wrapping
paper for dry drugs. The cementing
material of the bottles is mixture of
blood, albumen, alum and Hme.-N y.
Sun.
Dan Rice, the circus clown. is run
ming 4 ten cent circus in the French
quarter of New Orleans. He talks sadly of
the good old days when his Floating Pal
ace was the sensation on the Father Of
Waters. and thousands upon thousands
OF people Swarmed from far and near to
see him. He gave an entertainment a
few nights ago when not 800 persons
were present, and about oae-third of
those We're professional and other dead
heads"
Those people who argue that Grant
is a great smoker, Grant Is afflicted with
cancer, therefore all smokers are af-
tlicted with cancer, are very much like
the English tourist who rode upon the
box of an American omnibus. He no.
ticed that the driver carried his whip in
his left hand. Asking the reason. tho
driver replied: Il am handed"
Straightway into the notebook went
this astounding DIT OF information:
Stage drivers in America are left
handed.
A safety paper manufactured by
mill Will make it difficult
for anyone to tamper with bank notes or
checks printed upon it. The colorinr
matter of tine paper is Sc prepared that
the application of any chemical to re-
move the ink will permanently change
the color of the paper, and IN ingenious
device is added which betrayS at once
any attempt to make an erasure Be
tween the two the eaterpriSing forger
will be sure to come to grief.-BoSion
Pete OsterhOut is one of the most
rascally negroes in Galveston. He was
caught stealing poultry and brought be-
fore the Justice. The evidence said
the Judge. ''showS that YOU stole the
from Colonel Jones hen-coop,
and the fine should be five dollars: but
I'll let You of this time" ''Whowan to
be let OFF," exclaimed the prisoner: Il
steals my chickens and | pays nv fine,
and don't ask muffin Oh nobody. Dis
heah mixing up sentiment and bizness
am what's ruinin' de kentry." -TeraS
SytingS.
DR.. Heber Newton SAYS: Taking
The average human life. he would be a
bold man who. rightly weighing the
manifold daily blessings which come
ike the sunshine and the dew, would
-enture to pronounce the lot of man
'ather of pain than of pleasure. Much
If the pain of man Is, moreover, to be
ubtracted from the charges against
Providence and. to be credited to our
human responsibility. The thriftless-
less of the poor. the greed of the rich,
nd the common ignorance of social
avs cause most of our poverty"
Charlotte Cushman .'had foot of
Ter own in size. and generally wore
ours. but could crowd into athree-and-
half on a tight squeeze" One
light, soon after recovering from Sc
ere attack of innammatOry rheuma-
ism. she was wearing pair of slippers
much too small for her. Darling be-
ind the wings between the scenes. she
Matched them OFF and threw them as
n aS she could, ezclaiminS: Eye godsl
ome5ody lend me pair of slippers. or
ii 90 on in nv stockingSr' WHAT
lumber do you wear?" asked n young
ctOr. ready TO help her in her emer-
ency. 20, never mind the number;
nything from five to twenty she re-
lied. Chicago IrribaRe.
How many persons have even a
)Igh idea OF the average sum upon
-hich by far the larger part of the
itiZens of the United States are fed,
Othed and housed? A recent statisti-
an estimates that eighty per cent. of
lie population OF this country is sup
orted BY from forty to fifty cents per
lpita day. A. the latter figure this
lakes $164.2j as the average annual
)5t of living; but. as by average we
ean the balance between extremes,
Ierc must be many persons who have
Dt even this sum to- live upon. That
'tv cents q day is Il generous estimate
Ill be admitted when il is remembered
at many mill operatives earn only
ON five to seven dollars a week. and
at the wages of farm hands run from
-enty TO thirty dollars a month. and
at on these sums several persons are
ten supported.-C Chicago Times.