Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-09-20
MiSCElLANE OUS.


Through lawyer may be long.
winded his business is usually brief
Teras SitliEgs.
"A first class spread at a Chinese
restaurant in New York, costs $50, but
it includes about forty courses and
takes two days to get through with,
and is set for dozen people.
"A Michigan man heard that his
grandfather had left him n portion of
his fortune, and at the appointed time
went to the post-office to get his check.
1t was for seventeen cents.
"A Georgia man has a mule that is
driven to school Of week days, and to
church on Sundays. and is so intelli-
gent that if given the reins he will go
straight to his destination according to
the day.
1t has been discovered that large
portion of Utah is undcrlaid with a
stratum of water, which may be
reached by boring wells from 100 to
200 feet. The wells flow so literally
that one of them will water five to six
acres thoroughly. The desert is liter
ally "made to blossom as the rose"
Nine years ago Mrs. Manning. of
Paris, H., vowed that if her son mar
ried certain young lady who was OBJ
jectionable to her she would go to bed
and stay there until she died. The
marriage took place, and the mother,
true to her resolution, never left her
bed until she was borne TO her coffin.
The novel spectacle of funeral
procession of street cars was witnessed
in Washington recently. Atthe funeral
of two employees of the street railway.
the other employees draped an open
summer car, which was used to serve
as a hearse, and this was followed by
string of cars, all draped, and occupied
by the employees and their friends.
The Scotchman has long been
noted for his fondness for vowels,
popularity in language illustrated by
the following story: Going by
Diapers shop a man noticed a coat
and asked Jaw oo?" "Aye, aw'
co." replied the shopkeeper. cav
a 'oo?" was the next question. "Aye,
aw' a co." was the reply. In English
the dialogue would have referred sim
ply to the fact whether the coat was
all wool and all one wool, the answer
being ''yes",to both questions.
An experienced shoemaker says
that backing greatly shortens the life
of shoes. As backing can't very we'll
be dispensed with, though, he advises
that the shoes, or rather those parts
which are polished, be literally rubbed
with oil. Such treatment, about once
every two weeks, or Whereabouts, but
after the backing has first been
scraped off, will, he says, not only
make the leather more p,iable, and
consequently easier on the foot, but
materially curtail the shoemaller's bill.
A traveller from Iceland asserts
that the people of that country are so
honest that crime is almost unknown.
They never lock their doors, and but
two cases of thieving are known to
have taken place within many years.
One was an Icelander who had broken
his arm, and whose family in the winter
were suffering for food. He stole sew
eral sheep and was finally detected.
He was at once put under medical care
for his injury, provisions were fur
nished for his family, and in time he
was given work. This was his punish
ment. The other case was German
who stole seventeen sheep. He was in
comfortable circumstances and the theft
was malicious. His punishment was to
sell all his property, restore the value
of his thefts and leave the country, or
be executed. He left at once.