The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

crop OF celery this year.
What IS the interior of Africa
principally used for? asked teacher of
n pupil in geography. For purposes,
of exploration" was the replv.-M T.
Ledger.
"A contemporary states that 150,-
100000 corkscrews are turned ont
every year III Newark, \. j. We were
always under the impression that cork
screws were turned in Yonkers States
man.
Visitor (noticing an active autumn
industry)-'.I should think that Chi
caSo would be an excellent place for
comic papers" Citizen-''Why so?"
ViSitor-''It is such a good chestnut
market"
The man who absconded with Il
red-hot stove has been eclipsed by a
Denver individual VINO jumped y
cemetery. The citizens are talking of
compromising with him by giving him
a burial plat and planting him in it
San Francisco Alta.
According to DR.. Douthwaite. =
medical missionary attached to the hos
p;tal at Chefoo in China. the Chinese
attribute all classes of disease to anger
They do not regard themselves rs
blameworthy, however, for getting
angry. but consider themselves simply
as necessary victims of the passion of
anger.-N 7. Ledger.
The coolest known point on the
earth. says DR.. H. Koppen. of the Rus
sian Meteorological Service, is Wer-
chojansk, in Eastern Siberia, where the
mean temperature for the year is two
degrees and nine-tenths below the zero,
of the Fahrenheit thermometer. This
place is on the Yana River, just north
of the Arctic circle.-N y. Ledger.
Travellers through the HooSac tun--
mel recently experienced n curious
eastern end of the tunnel the travellers
left country on which rain was pour
ing and Was devoid of every veStige of
Snow. On leaving the tunnel. the
traveller saw with astOnishment a
driving snow-stOrm and 4 snow-covered
ground.
AT Milton, Pa. the other evening,
4 lady upon coming out of meat-shop
was accosted by maSher. Quick rs 4
flash she put her hand into the basket
and pulled out piece of bologna
sausage, which she pointed at the fell
low, crying out: Leave me. you
scoundrel, or / will shoot you" The
masher saw what he thought to be \
pistol and quickly made his escape.
On account of its embarrassing
qualities. there would seem to be no,
good reason why cypress should not
make Roadway as material for
siding. in competition with white pine.
1t is being used to 4 small extent for
house finish is some northern cities. II
has pleasing appearance.-IVoOd'
Worker.
"A novel type of a floating saw mill
has been built at CreSton City. Fla.
consisting of Il large lighter or barge.
with two floors, and covered with iron
roofing, so that it resembles 4 house
afloat. 1t is forty feet wide, eighty
feet long. six feet deep. draws eleven
feet of water. and required 100.0 feet
of lumber in its construction. Its saw
mill equipment is quite complete.
The oldest canal in America is for
sale 1t is called the Union canal and
extends from the Schuylkill river near
Reading, Penn, to the Susquchanna ut
MiddletOwn. The route was first sur
veved in 1862. but the canal was not
completed until 1927. 1t is eighty-nine
miles in length and cost 100000.
No doubt it can be bought at much
lower figure. 1t is not stated whether
the property has to be removed or not.
Last winter family in Monroe
township, Bedford Couhty, Penn, SUI
fered severely with diphtheria. The
heavier coverings used on the patients
beds were not washed or fumigated
after the disappearance of the disease
In the spring these covers were packed
away. and few weeks ago were taken
out and put on the beds. There are
now three cases of diphtheria in the
family. and no other cases in the neigh
bOrhOod.
"A young man had his girl out car
riage riding the other evening. and the
horse took fright and ran away. In
turning n corner the vehicle overturned
and the young lady was pinned to the
earth. the Lody of the carriage lying
heavily across her waist. She was rem
dered unconscious When she was re-
leased from her perilous situation she
slowly opened her eyes rs conscious
ness returned, and family gasped:
.'Don't-sgueeze-m quite-sO--hard
xt-time-John."
lin a country court in Engl and re-
Gently there was a trial to determine
the ownership of dog. The judge
couldn't make out from the evidence
which claimant was the real owner. So
he made one stand on each sids while
an officer held the dog in the middle of
the room. Then he told them Goth to
whistle and the officer to release the
dog at the same moment When this
was done the dog bolted through tine
open door. Gall the next case, was
all the comment the Judge made, al
though the litigants stormed.
An English physician who has in
vestic ated the characterization and sur
roundings of centenarians says that he
finds that the average qualities were n
good family history, well-made frame