The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-19
MISCELLANEOUS.

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will keep you from being swindled by
fruit vendors.
AN English engineer proposes by
means of electricity to condense the
solid part of smoke, and send the solid.
fled portion back to the furnace.
Mrs Mary Coy. of Covode. Pa. =.
during the twelve months last past
wove 1.759 yards Of carpetipg and $40
yards of cloth with an ordinary hand
loom.
"A bit of soft paper Is recommended
by an English doctor for dropping
medicine into the eve IS being equally
effective as brushes. glass troopers,
ETC., and far less likely to introduce
foreign substances.
You may be one of the heirs to o
vast estate in Europe, but if you have
reason to suspect that such is the case
keep still about it. If you admit it
you'll be taken for either a crank or q
swindler. Free Press.
"A tree that was cut down in the
Little Shookum Valley, near Whatcom,
W. T., yielded $1,000 feet of Lumber,
which. at $3.50 per thousand. makes
the tree worth 1862. The Whatcom
Rereills says that the timber lands in
the county will average ten such trees
| TO al acre.
While using stove blacking on her
kitchen range the other day. Mrs. Mar
gsret Twibell. of Montpelier, Ind, got
small quantity of the polish in a cut
on her hand. Blood poisoning ensued,
the hand swelled to great size. and it
is thought that it will be necessary to
amputate it.
willie Walters" said the teacher,
whic is the shortest day in the year?"
"Tweniy-frst OF December" replied
Willie. who was correct as far as the
writer knows. And Tommy Turf may
tell us which is the longest day." said
the teacher, indulgently. Sunday"
shouted Tommy.-Philadelphia CHroni-
cle.
"A drunken laborer named John
Davies, at Dowlais, Eng. on his way
home lay down beside the railroad
track so close to the rails that, train
coming along, the engine ran over and
cut off the heel of his boot. When the
train stopped and backed up the man
was still asleep and was indignant at
being made to get up and 60 home.
"A cat in P. Pearson's feed store at
Burlington, Kan, attacked its master
the other day and bit him severely in
the leg. He ran out for assistance and
brought back two men, who charged
he enraged animal, but were routed.
and driven out after being badly bitten.
The cat held the premises until the
marshal came along with his revolver
and shot it.
"A New York clergyman, who went
70 preach in a ncighboring city, aston
ished the congregation by saying: 81
must take the first train home, after tn e
service, as have wife and three chill
lren there. and have never seen one of
HEM" The people were greatly relieved
IN learning that the lone" that the
clergyman had never seen had been born
Iince he left home the day before
~ Y. Ledger.
Carefully prepared statistics show
hat there are 100000 criminals in this
country. only $4,000 of whom are
ncarcerated. Of the 100000 it is
estimated that one-third are under
twenty years of age, one-half under
;wenty-one years of age. and fraction
lnder twenty-five years of age. and
he chances are that all of them will
continue criminals through the rest of
heir lives.
Blacksmith Miller, of Louisville,
vas shooting a mule the other day, and
irove a nail through the hoof so that
he point projected an inch and half.
He was about to twist off the nail and
:linch it. when the mule gave his hoof
tremendous jerk and the nail caught
Miller's arm and completely severed
he muscles and arteries of the left fore
arm. Miller's life was saved with
difficulty.
Tomato Mustard: Four tablespoon
;uls of salt, two tablespoonful of black
pepper, one-half tablespoonful allspice,
hree tablespoonfuls flour of mustard,
me tablespoonful cloves, six pods red
pepper. one gallon skinned tomatoes. or
our cans of canned tomatoes. four
.hopped onions. one quart vinegar. Boil
he mixture thirty minutes. then strain
trough sieve and bottle. Good
Cheer.
Cheese cloth makes the best dust
,rs. A wide-meshed kind is sold for
he purpose-tive cents a yard-and is
is soft as silk. You want a buster to !
1old the dust, not merely to push il off !
nto the air of the room. Shake it |
rom an open window after using.
Dust the walls and ceilings of rooms
With square of Canton flannel, nap
outside. tied around the mop of long
handled window BRUSH Chicago Jour
adL
Notwithstanding the winter is up
IN US north here, rattlesnake stories /
continue to come in from the sunny
south. These serpents are very abund-
ant this year near Waukeenah. Fla.
The other day one was discovered carry
ing off a half-grown turkey. Two dogs
were .'set on" it. 1t struck both be-
fore it was killed. and both died. The
turkey was released unframed. which
shows that the rattlers d. not poison
their own food. This particular snake
was six feet seven inches long and had