The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-25
MISCELLANEOUS.

A New York man advertises troches !
for dogs which are guaranteed to make |
the breath of poOdies and pugs as
sweet as Desdemonia' S.
Russia and the United States ara
said to be the only countries in tho
world that have a sufficient number of
horses for army purposes in case of
war
Disease itself may be blessing.
for il appears that IN Philadelphia
Interesting cases hire themselves out
to clinical lecturers at from twenty-five
cents to two dollars, according to the
'.instructiveness of his malady.
Philadelphia Press.
The building in which the poStoffice
! Is located at Bristol. Pa. was an even
/ hundred wears old recently. The
( timhers were all hewn out Of oak in
Penn's Manor, Bucks County. and
RATED down the Delaware.-PittSJurgk
IUSt.
A Spartansburg 6. c. Young lady
( advertiseS in the local paper for Il nus
J band. She describes herself ''vOung
and pretty. charming and witty, petite
and piquante" Either there are no
! Young men in SpartanSburg OF the
damSel has overra,el her Charms
Chicago Times.
Two negroes of Wheeling, ". Va.
| had an affair OF honor the other night
and engaged in 4 bu,ting due. After
fourteen rounds, III each of which their
heads crashed together like rocks, they
were satisfied. both being covered with
blood and severely wOunded.-C Chicago
IittCr ocean,
MIR. Jacob TTungenwalt, of Phila-
delpha, has discovered that catfish
skins may be tanned into elegant and
serviceable leather. His first expert
rnent Vas on skin of fish weighing
about 100 pounds He has now been
engaged in the business for several
wears, and finds it very profitable
PliGidde, J,hja Times
Germany has contributed TO the
world artificial cheese made of one part
oleomargarine and two parts skinned
milk, mixed to the consistency of cream
and subjected to the usual process OF
manufacturing the genuine article. The
Yankee manufacturer of spurious prod
ucts is not alone bad.
The best quality of charcoal IS made
from oak. maple, beach and chestnut.
| Wood viii furnish, when properly
charred. about twenty per cent. of char
coal. \ bushel of charcoal from pine
weighs about twcnty-nine pounds; one
from hard wood weighs thirty pounds:
one hundred parts of oak make nearly
twentv-three of charcoal. red pine about
I vt
Chicago Heratd
Professor +. c. Marshall saws the
French have more suspension bridges
than any nation on the globe. Their
engineers are putting up suspension
BRIDGES everywhere, and ut least one of
the structures apprOXjmates to the size
of the BROOKLYN bridge. So numerous
are such bridges in France that 1t is i'm
possible to secure an accurate LIST OF
Jnem on this side Of the water,
A large black granite blork. highly
polished, was landed ut Castle Garden
recently. 1t was sent TO Washington to
be placed at the base of the monument.
Ii is a gift of citizens of Wales, and was
: quarried at Mount Aurari. II gold let
tiers on the face, in Welsh, is the follow
IH1. NY IiHSu'HV' my ''' l'i4 - III
people Wales forever. ~. :. Times.
"A Bath boatman saved 81 italian
, organ-grinder from drowning Thurs
, dav. There was nothing Objectionable
III that. but when a lOpg-sutferiEg pub
lie reads the additional statement that
the boatman rescued the hand-Organ,
too, from a watcry grave, there will be
no disposition in the public mind to
award the boatman a medal. Bath
boStmen evidently lack discrimination.
] -Lewiston (Me-J JOurna}.
2 japanese parents are noted for
their kindness to their offspring. Swear
2 ing Is wholly unknown in Japan. The
{ worst word japanese ever applies to
l a man whom he disiikes is ''heast. y
There is, in fact, less disturbance
among them than among any other
people known to Americans. Their
homes. no matter how poor, are neat,
and in cleanliness they set a notable
example to the whole world. Law and
order are as much desired and enforced
there rs elsewhere Chicago J0urnal.
0 The rare sight of an ostrich with a
I wooden leg might have been seen on a
California ostrich farm some time ago.
: The ostriches first Matched were de-
ficient in bone structure. a deficiency
which has now been supplied, it is sup
, posed, by certain element in the food
/ Of the parent bird. The bones in the
{ legs of these young chicks Were very
4 soft and breakable. As an experiment,
E the broken leg of one of the birds was
amputated and wooden one strapped
on. Those who have seen the ungainly
,, and mincing gait of the ostrich when
equipped with natural legs can imagine
what a peculiar step one of them would
have with al artificial limb. Unfortu-
nately the bird thus sngularly equipped
=. broke his other lee above the knee and
died.-San Francisco Chronicle.
+ THE MAN WHO JUMPS