The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-13
MISCELLANEOUS.

the new Premier of England. says: ''1he
Marquis of Salisbury is a very able
leader. and Will undoubtedly make
successful Ministry boston Journal.
1t is anticipated that the present
year will be a good one for Havana CT
gars. on the ground that every fifth year
since 1869 the crop has been excellent
while during the intermediate years is
has been Indifferent
Where one woman is sacrificed TO,
the ambition for higher scholarship, ten
fall victims to the frivolities and inani-
ties of fashionable life. 1t is not mental
effort. but q round of dissipation. that
enfeeb.es the health of our girls
Christian Register.
Seven hundred thousand quilts are
sent from 4 Connecticut quilt manufac-
tory each year to warm the Southern
and Western States. Mexico, Canada,
the West Indies. and even the different
cities of the South. American States
Hartford Post
1t has been decided in Ohio that the
husband is the legal owner of his wife's
clothes. So absolutely is the power in
vested in the husband that one man.
who wished To deed his wife'S clothes to
her. could not legally make the transfer
-ClereiaRd Leader.
Two new type-wrlterS have recently
been brought out in England. Each is
about eight inches square. and weighs
not to exceed SIX pounds. They can
be carried in a sachel. and are afforded
at so low price rs to be within the
reach of almost any person. Chicago
Times.
In the largest library in the world.
in Paris, there is a Chinese chart of the
heavens made about 600 years before
Christ. In this chart l.46O stars are
found to be correctly inserted. as cog
TOborated by the scientists of the present
day.
The only countries upon the globe
TO which cholera has not been carried
are the islands of the South Pacific,
Australia, the Cape of Good Hope. the
islands of the North, Atlantic. and the
western coast of South America These
countries are all separated from India
by wide expanSe of ocean, and have
no commercial intercourse with that
country.-N. Y. HerGld.
-TObogganning at Saratoga has be-
come summer rs we'll as a winter
amusement. showing American enter
prise in manner that must make
original Canadian tobogganers blush
with chagrin. The sled@es are mounted
on rollers and 90 rumbling down the
sidewalks, where the streets are steep,
to the great CONSERVATION of horses and
pedestrians Troy Times.
The following admOnitOry notice
was recently published by French
editor in his paper: The wine mer-
chant who last week sold me bottle of
lemonade favored with vitrol for a
bottle of champagne IS requested to
send me within twenty-four hours a
bottle of genuine champagne. failing
which his name and address will be
made public" The result was that he
forthwith received almost unlimited
contributions of firSt-elaSS wine.
An idea of the magnitude of the
cattle trade of the United States may be
easily estimated by remembering that
in 1884 we exported $40. 900. 900 of beef
and beef products. and that this was
not more than six per cent. of the total
value of these products. The total value
of beef and beef products was nearly
500 600. 900. and ninety-fOur per cent
of this was consumed at home. Yet,
large as these figures. they represent a
yearly consumption estimating the
population at 55,0O0.OOO-of little
more than ten dollars per capita per
year. Chicago Inter ocean,
Some persons are apt tO'IOOk upon
Mexico as half-civiliZed nation. Jour
nalism in that section varies from the
sensational work put into some Ameri-
can papers. A murder is briefly an
nOunced, with only the leading facts
and names, and with no artistic elabOra-
ton of details. The taste Of the Next
can reader does not incline toward
crimes. Still less does he delight in the
miseries of unfortunate families. The
family circle is the last place the re-
porter invades. The rattle of the family
skeleton is rarely heard, and when it is,
truth is rarely lost sight of in an I'M
seemly scramble to be the first to ex--
hibit it.-Philadelphia Press.
How many people" inquired
Buffalo philosopher, "beyin reading
their daily newspaper at the beginning?''
The question excited considerable dis
cussiOn. The result of d comparison of
ideas and experiences on the subject
was that quite as many people opened
their dailies and began at the middle of
the last page as there were readers who
started at the beginning ola page. Said
a participant in the discussion: '.If You
observe dozen men who take up news
papers you will hardly find TWO who be-
gin to read at the same place. Go into
a restaurant, hotel office or club
room and make a few notes on the
of newspaper perusal." -But--
fdLO Courier.