The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

In answer 10 the queStlon, " W ha
makes a Florida girl POPULAR" w
would state that her fathers orang
grove probably has as much TO do witt
it as anything else OcaLG (Fla.) Ban
! sler.
The new violins made from tn,
American spruce tree have been trieC
! bY several European virtuosi and hay,
Ueen pronounced equal in tone to tn,
Cd instruments of the Cremona max
ers.-N Y Herald.
kentucky has been honored will
the speakership of the House of Repre-
sentatives eleven times. Next come
| Virginia with seven elections, followed
/ by Pennsylvania with FIVE.
In answer to the question, "Wha
makes a Florida girl popular?' W,
would state that her fathers orange
! grove probably has as much to do will
it as anything else.-Ocala (Fla.) Ban
| Rer.
The marriage of girl ten year.
and eight months old to man of thirty
wears is reported by good authority
from Suwanee county. The girls
father is Il minister, and the ceremony
was performed by his consent.-Nadi
son (Fla.) Recorder.
If you are sick or think you are
don't send for the doctor unless YOU
mean to follow his directions. You will
only worry yourself i'll by knowing
what he thinks of you, while you dc
nothing to better yourself. -PhIadel
pItia Bulletin.
"A lake, comprising 125 acres. near
the village of Riverhead, Long Island,
has been drained, and the bottom,
which is found to be sandy, is being
leveled and stumps pulled up and holes
filled for the purpose of establishing an
immense cultivated cranberry marsh.-
". y Tribune
The commission appointed by the
Spanish Government to investigate the
great AndaiuSian earthquake last
Christmas report that over II, 0G0 build
ings were injured in Granada and
Malaga, of which 400 were ruined;
745 persons were killed, and 1,4S5
wounded.
John Boyle O'Reilly says: "Women
are better than men because they are
spiritual, while men are intellectual.
The spirit follows what is true, gentle
and good; the intellect follows only
what is pleasant, successful, dominat-
ing, strong. If women could rule,
civilization would be a poem"
"A horse was sent up from the farm
TO be shOd. Having a number of
ready-made shoes on hand, the job, in
the absence of the boss, was given to
an apprentice. After an interval the
following note came to the superin-
tendent: ''This horse don't fit none of
our shoes" Carlisle (Pa.) Indian
School Morning Star.
One of the largest manufacturers
of gloves in England recently issued a
circular to the fashionable dealers in
London, pointing out that the habit of
attempting to wear gloves too small
has grown to such an extent that it
has seriously affected the reputation of
the factory, and urging the dealers to
exercise their influence against this
expensive manifestation of vanity.
Though the great West doesn't
suspect it, at the Eastern centers of
civilization the dude has been replaced
by the Gussie, he supplanted by the
Jimmie and the latter's successor is
the gou-gou, who is the reigning favor
lite. The name gou-gou is an exact
reproduction of the first sound made
by an infant. We don't know whether
it was intentional.-BuGalo ErpreSS.
-Blotting paper saturated with So
luton of oXalic acid and dried, will not
only absorb the ink of blot, but will
remove the blot itself, if the ink does
not contain indigo or aniline color. 1t
might be dangerous in removing sigma
lures from important papers, but the
trace of the writing will remain. and
can be made legible by adding ferrocy-
made of potassium or gallo acid.-Sci-
eRtifc american.
"A young man in Buffalo, attended
n turkey-match. A bad marksman hit
him with bullet from a rifle. The
missile pierced his overcoat, coat and
vest, and struck his watch upon the
edge, forcing its way into the interior
and completely SCATTERING the works.
a Scent silver piece, which was also in
the pocket, was bent double by the
conclusion, and the bullet, which
proved to be heavy slug, was found
cut completely in two by the watch
case. The young man escaped unin-
jured.-BwtaIO IN Y. E9press.
There ought to be stringent stat
ute making it a felony to arrange a
prize fight in any State, to enter into
for arrangement of a prize
fight or to engage in such prize fight in
any manner, either as principal, second,
assistant, stakeholder, trainer or ref
cree. The statute should also forbid
persons to leave the State to carry on
such prize-fight or to assist in it in any
and it should empower and
direct the officers to make arrests when
persons are about to depart on such
errands. These regulations, made suf-
comprehensive and explicit,
ii they did not stop this disgraceful
at least would compel it to