Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02
MISCELLANEOUS

A shoemaker at Atlanta, Ga, lately
| completed pair of shoes that are four
teen inches long, 81 wide and 81 deep.
A human subject without collar
bones has been met with in ST. Louis
dissecting room. This structure is that
of most of the vertebrates, such as
lions, bears, etc.
"A New York coroner's physician
remarks that in his experience he has
found that more people die in the
fourth floor of a building than any of
the others. In the cases of sudden
deaths he says that there are more
which take place on the fourth floor in
one year in New York than in all other
parts of the houses combined.
For quickness in raising money for
business enterprises Hutchinson, Kan.
seems to Outrank some of the large
cities. They called meeting out there
for such purpose, and, after the hall
was filled, locked the door. A local
paper tells that work then began, and
in just one hour and fifteen minutes
the sum of s224.OOO was subscribed.
"A novel instrument was filed the
other day at Springfield, Mo-, by
George Schmidt. in the shape of a
deed adopting Maggie Brown. the
three-year-old daughtero of Julia Brown.
In consideration of one dollar the
mother agrees to relinquish all legal
rights and privileges over her child,
and the foster father agrees to properly
support and maintain her, to treat her
humanely. and properly feed, clothe,
shelter and educate her.
1t was at Dublin, in 1741, that the
first performance of the Messiah"
took place, DIR. Beattie, author of the
Minstrel" and the Essay on TRUTH"
records an interesting anecdote told
him by the Earl of Kinnoul. Calling
on Handel a few days after the first
performance, he naturally paid him
some compliments on the success of
the noble entertainment which he had
given the public. my lord" said
Handel, Il should be sorry if l only
entertained them; wish to make them
better"
"A Belfast, Me-. woman has found
a way to dispose of money with holes
punched in it. She recently offered
one to a merchant there, not with the
shame-faced or hurried manner in
which such coins are often offered, but
reluctantly, asserting that it was
keepsake, and she would not part with
it for any money, but would leave it
provided the merchant would promise
to keep it until she could call for it,
which she promised to do within a
week. The merchant took the keep
sake, delivered her goods, and gave
back the necessary change for five dol
lars, and the customer departed and
has not been seen since. The mer-
chant is about fifty cents out.
Solicitations in Japan are something
remarkable, and are thus described by
a correspondent of the San Francisco
Chronicle: 1.-The men of Japan are
always excessively polite to one an
other. They bend their backs and bow
their heads, and put their two hands
back to back between their knees and
have a great time. But the most
amusing thing is to see two old ladies
in Japan meeting one another on the
street. They catch sight of one another
three or four blocks apart. They i'm
mediately begin to make obeisance al
one another, and they keep bending
and bowling at short intervals until
they come together, when they make a
peculiar hiss by drawing in the breath
and keep on saying 'Ohavo' for about
two minutes"
"A fish of the sturgeon variety,
about eighteen inches in length was re-
Gently given to the superintendent OF
an ice factory in Parkersburg, W. Va.
1t was placed in one of the ice molds
and frozen in the center of huge cube
of ice. This block of ice was put in a
public place. where the citizens could
view the fish. frozen hard and fast in
the center of the cake The ice began
to melt and it dwindled until the body
of the fish was exposed to the air while
the head was still firmly imbedded in
the ice. The tail of the fish was seen
to move slightly, as the hot sun poured
its rays upon it. Attention being called
to the fact, the head was carefully
released from its icy prison and the
sturgeon placed in tank of water. II
recovered completely in a few minutes,
and was apparently as sound as ever.