The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-16
MISCELLANEOUS.

maverick is somebody else's calf that
you get your brand on first"
An effort will be made to secure a
statue of ex-President Pierce, to be
placed in the Capitol Park at Concord.
n. H., as companion to that of Daniel
Webster Boston Post.
An Arizona man has stopped tax
ing an agricultural paper. He wrote
to the editor asking how to get rid of
gnats. The answer came in the next
issue of the paper, kill them. N I.
Tribune.
Newfoundland has population of
1913, 200. In 1874, when the preceding
census was taken, it had population
of 161,3 During the time the Cath
olics have increased i'll numbers sixteen
per cent. and the Protestants thirty-one
per cent.
"A bicycler fell from his machine in
the early part of a twenty-mile race in
New Haven few days ago. and broke
his wrist. but he didn't discover the ex-
tent of his injury until he had arrived
home. He finished the race. and came
in tirst.-NeW HdCen Register.
"A mountain explorer, just returned
from Asia, states that, during a four
months residence at height of fifteen
thousand feet above the sea, his pulse,
normally only sixty-three beats per
minute. seldom fell below one hundred
beats per minute. and his respirations
were often twice as numerous as at
ordinary levels.-Phitddelphia Press.
An Indiana lady has been dec
Grating a set of dinner plates in Il novel
manner. On each (Of eighteen) she
has painted bird of different species,
and on the border of the plate a verse,
in old English text, of poetry, written
by one of the best authors about that
particular kind of bird.-f1didnGpOL
Journal
The Bank of Spain. on capital of
100000 900 pesetas, had, by a report
just issued, deposit account of over
2S0,000,000 pesetaS, besides notes in
circulation to the value of AIS, 417, 800
pesetas, and total liability account of
919, no, 10 pesetas. A Spanish peseta
equals 1873 cents in American money.
Calcutta is now the second largest
tea exporting city in the world, the
leader being Foochow. In 1884 Cal
cutta sent out 62,773, 1871 pounds of tea.
while Foochow exported 1881, 997
pounds. But, while Foochow shows a
decrease from former years, Calcutta
shows an increase.-N y. Herald.
1t is reported from Paris that ex-
periments made in the hospitals show
that sulphide of carbon is the best agent
to restore the normal action of the
bowels in case of cholera. 1t has re-
stored TO consciousness in thirty seconds
hysterical patients, who previous to its
administration were insenSible to even
the prickling of needles.
Judge Laporte, of Huntington, Pa,
is of the same stuff the ancientS found
in their heroes. His son, accused of
numbering friend, fled to his father
for refuge, and there confessed to the
killing. The old Judge told the boy he
had sworn to obey the constitution and
enforce the law, and taking him in his
buggy to the county seat delivered him
over to justice.-PhiladeLphia Press.
"A good old deacon in Connecticut
was very pious and fond of CLANS.
When once upon a time he attended a
Rhode Island clam bake he overtaxed
his capacity, and was sorely distressed.
But his faith in PRAYER was undated.
Leaving the party, and going down
upon his knees behind tree, he was
heard to supplicate: Forgive me, o
Lord, this great sin of gluttony. Re-
store my health, and l will never eat
any more clans" Then. after a
judicious pause, Very few, if any.
Amen. "-CsristiGn at Work.
"A New Yorker has patented rail
road indicator to be used to indicate
the time at which trains pass station.
The indicator is composed Of clock
set in case about eight feet above the
ground. The dial looks like an ordinary
clock; the hands are stationary except
when a train passes on the track where
the Indicator is attached, when the
hands suddenly move to the hour,
minute and second, giving the correct
time when the train passes. The hands
point at this time until another train
passes, when they move ahead as be-
fore. The invention has been salts
factorily lested.-N Y. Tribune.
The Texas Congress once took ex-
ceptions to President Sam Houston's
habit of giving them his messages
orally, and insisted that he should write
them out; that the habit of delivering
them orally was highly dictatOrial. and
lacking in respect for Congress. Hous-
ton agreed to conform to their wishes,
and as the next day was the one set
apart for the delivery of his inaugural.
he made his appearance in the halls of
Congress with a roll of paper in his
hand, tied with red tape, and marked
in large letters, Inaugural" He adj
dressed them with the roll in his hand,
waving it gracefully that all might see
it, and on concluding handed it with a
bow to the clerk, and strobe out of the
chamber. On being opened it was
found to be a roll of blank paper
Chicago Herald.
George Law, son of the famous
New York millionaire, is a liberal
patron of sports, the demigod of the
Sporting fraternity, a free dispenser of
money among them, and it is an I'M
written law 10 them that he shall not be
mOlested. Fear has more to do with
this than love. The thief who robbed
him would be hunted out of town by
his fellows. 1t is said that he spends
100000 year in purses for contests,
materials for revelry, and direct gifts to
professional athletes. That is his diver
sion. He is a gentleman in rearing,
education, and instincts; the toughs
with whom he comes in contact are
merely the creatures of his pleasure.
He would kick any one of them out of
the street railroad office in which he |
spends his business hours, but at night |