The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-14
MiSCELlANE

re" lONHS III Eu0lanu uuUeT zO,-
900 inhabitants can boast of daily
newspaper.
Mr.. Bonner, of the New York
Ledger, who has studied advertising and
erect, never uses posters or circulars.
but confines himself to advertising in
the leading papers.-Boston journal.
The 10000 landlords in Great Brit
ain. without toll, receive from the soil
more than twice Is much as the total
wages paid to $50. 900 labOrers for work
ing twelve hours through the seven DAYS
in every week.
While Americans have little rever-
ence for their great men, while in the
tumult and excitement of politics they
attack them with SANDER and abuse.
they really love them. and the greatness
OF their love shines forth refulgent in
the blackneSs of death.-SeGttte { ".
IT, POst-InteHigencer.
That pegged shoes aud boots are
still quite extensively used might be in
ferrei from the fact that n peg-manu-
featuring company at Bartlett. n. H., is
turning out the little wooden articles at
the rate of 1.S00 bushels a day. and has
orders on hand that will require several
months TO fill.
A life prisoner in the penitentiarJ
a. Charleston, Mass. claims to have
bullet in his head which he can feel
move whenever he shakes his Uranium.
He has sold his head to doctor for
fifteen dollars. with the proviso that he
is to keep it until his life sentence has
capitalization Transcript.
The French Academy has awarded
the prize for some sure test of death to
physician who announced that on
| holding the hand of the supposed dead
person to a strong light, if living scar
| let tinge is seen where the fingers touch,
| showing 4 continuous circulation of the
blood-no scarlet being seen if dead.
One cubic inch of gold is worth
S210. one cubic foot 1912. $50, and one
cubic yard S9,796,762 Counting the
ounce at 21S). At the commencement
of the Christian era there were alto
gether 1927, zoe. 900 worth of gold. but
at the time of the discovery of America
| only 81, 900 0O0 remained. At present
the value of all the gold in the world is
counted at $4,000, 900, Chicago
Times.
One of the leading articles which
| the Polvnesian Islands send to this
| country is cHpra, which is simply the
| dried meat OF cOcOanutS. The natives
! break the nuts into small pleaeS, which,
after exposure to the tropical sun, turn
| to dark brown color. COpra is used
| in the manufacture of candles to q large
extent. Besides pomadeS and cocoanut
oil. copra furnishes volatile oil, which
| is used i'll the manufacture of perfumery-
The importation of copra into the United
States is yearly increasing. Phiiadet-
ptia Press.
"A writer in juvenile magazine
recently gathered number of dictiOn-
airy words as defined by certain small
people, OF which the following seems to
be genuine Dust-Mud with juice
squeezed out. Fan-A thing to brush
warm Off with. Ice-Water that
stayed out in the cold and went
to sleep. Morkey-A small boy
with n tai. Pig-A hogs little boy.
Salt-What makes your potatoes taste
bad when YOU do not put it on. Snoring
Letting off sleep. Wakefulness-
Eyes all the time coming unbuttoned.-
N. J. STIR.
The following persons can not
marry in Georgia: First, white person
to person of color; second, males
under seventeen, females under four
teen; third persons more nearly related
than first cousin. Females under
eighteen must get consent of parents or
guardians. A man can marry his
deceased wife's sister. The ordinary
licenses all marriages. The grounds of
divorce are consanguinity, force or
fraud in Obtaining marriage. mental or
physical impedimentS, adultery, three
years desertiOn. of conviction of 4
crime for which the punishment is two
years or more in prison. Cruel treat
ment and habitual intOXicatiOn furnish
discretionary grounds. The verdict of
two concurrent juries is necessary to
divorce.
A writer in the Nineteenth Century
urges inventors to develop the practical
bilities of the phOnOgraph. He desires
to be able to 90 about his ordinary
business with an apparatus in his hat
which shall, according to his inclina-
ton, recite the latest novel or other
book in which he may be interested.
He wishes the photograph to do for the
spoken word what the printing press
has done for the written word. Time
was when such proposition would be
laughed at, but the world is now slow
to ridicule inventors; and as Mr.. Edison
has already invented the photograph
and It's development is only urged, no
one will say the proposition is wholly
absurd. Chicago Current.