The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

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The Crown Prince of Germany sells
one thousand quarts of milk every day
| from his farm at Panetz, near Berlin.
The Prince is cowboy.
,, "A Goshen On. " electrician has
invented a machine by which the tenn
perature of the atmosphere can be fore
told at any and all parts of the country.
Troy Times.
"A novelty of the amusement season
! in New Orleans the coming winter will
be white balls, a custom borrowed from
| Spain and France All the women
must attend dressed in white only,
with white ribbons and white laces and
| flowers.-N. q. Times.
Twenty years ago water was not
allowed to Austrian soldiers while on
the march. Now an unlimited supply
is permitted, and to this fact is attrib-
uted their freedom from sunstroke
during this years autumn maneuvers,
when the heat was extraordinary.
Il regret to state" said college
student, reporting to his literary So.
ciety the condition OF its library room.
''that one of the back shutters has been
busted off, and that the burst of Lewis
CasS has lost an ear" He wondered
why the society laughed at its own loss.
N Y Mail.
American Shakers, Cwho number
about 4 coo, are worried over their own
wealth, which is valued at about S12,-
100000. The elders begin to feel like
monopolists, and that the possession of
so much property is contrary to the
gospel scheme which they desire to
| follow Chicago Inter Ocean.
John Douglass, an aged man living
near Little Mountain, South Carolina,
was left at home last Sabbath while his
family attended church. When they
returned rattlesnake with two rattles
was found in bed with him. The old
gentleman said he had struck at it sew
eral times, but could not make out
what it was.-AuguSta Ca Chronicle.
Nashville has citizen who, in
dress and general conduct. appears to
be perfectly sane. but each morning
he gets up early, fills small bag with
food, little tobacco and some stones,
goes to the river and throws it in.
Asked why he does this, he says:
"Brother can't get any thing to eat
under the water One of his brothers
was drowned NdShUiUe american.
One of the New York elevated
roads has been compelled to pay seven
thousand dollars damages to man
whose premises it passes. He claimed
the main nuisance of the elevated enter
prise was the ''momentary flashes of
darkness which its passing trains cast
into his windows. The legal light on
the flashes of darkness won the case.
balfied philosophy and the corporation.
N. Y. Tribune.
To such degree of perfection and
effectiveness has astronomical photo
graphy now reached that among its
achievements is Il photograph of the
cluster in Perseus, showing stars down
to the thirteenth magnitude. In this
particular case the negative was OBJ
tanned in fifty minutes with a 6-3-inch
object glass of S3-inch focal length, the
view being subsequently enlarged four
times and reproduced by hello engrav-
ing.-N Y sam.
An editor out West remarks that
Has ROOu lCdSO1 ~ lIISiG
newspaper men become white mules
after death, because the expression of
the countenance of a white mule has
often reminded him of some deceased
brother journalist, especially the de-
spOndent droop of the lower lip. He
also calls attention to the fact that
editors and white mules seldom die and
are awful hard to kill.
The grand object of many visitors
to the fair seemed to be the accumula-
ton of as many Advertising circulars
as possible. They went about with
| their arms full, and one stout lady
actually carried market basket into
which she carefully laid any bit of
printed paper offered her. Perhaps
she collected enough paper TO pay her
admission fee. or at least to set her up
in tin dippers for the winter.
Correspondent.
Some one has looked into the fu-
ture and seen the "ship of the next
century," He says that this steamer
will apply its motive power in more
rational method than the propeller
screw represents, and that the crank
shaft will be done away with. TIE
water will be conducted not on a en-
cult around the ships body, but right
through it lengthwise on straight
line, and the water rejected at the
stern will steer the vessel. Chicago
Tribune.
Two young ladies were driving
slowly down Maple avenue, Elmira, n.
Y. when they found that there was fire
beneath the seat of their buggy. About
the same time others saw flames shoot
out of the rear portion of the vehicle
and ran to the rescue. The fire was
extinguished and the young women
were taken to house near by where
they received medical attention. The
clothing of one of them was almost
completely burned from her body. How
the fire originated is unknown.-BuJ
JGlo Express.
Mr.. Isaac Came, a rich shoemaker
of Philadelphia, who left his property
to public charities, opened his first shop
opposite to the building where he had
been servant, and put up sign which
read: II. Came-from over the way"
Somewhat like this was the sign of
tavern-keeper, named Danger, near
Cambridge, who, having been driven
out of his house, built another opposite,
and inscribed it, Danger from over
the way" The successor retorted by
putting up new inscription. There
is no danger here now"
"A nice old lady has a certain test
which she applies to all young men
who pay attention" 10 any of her
granddaughters. After certain time
she offers him some of her homemade
cake. If he eats it with avidity she