The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-02-02
MISCELLANY

so easlly--LDe-
The ignorance of the average
society youth is too profound to be.
measured.-ES.
a Nevada ranchman, to protect.
his cattle from the effects of billiards.
has painted them all with mixture Of,
tar, red clay and inseed oil
The hammering of brass in q
Philadelphia decorative art society has
been enjoined. The rural peace and
| quietnesS of the town must be pre-
served
The Thermometer has shown but.
forty-eight degrees in Greenland thus
far this winter, and tho inhabitants
talk of advertising the country as a.
Florida resort for invalids-
A little town in Texas has started
lying match to secure funds for q.
public library. just now it's nip and
tuck between the editor of the county
paper and the oldest inhabitant.
First Arcols Man-"What is your
opinion of Anarchy" Second Arcola
Man-'It's just the thing. I'm a base
ball player. and rub myself with it
every night TO take out the soreness. -
-ArcOlG Record.
Some one asks: docs it pay to,
be good?" Perhaps our evidence in
the matter will not be taken, and so we,
shall not answer the question directly
but we VIII say that is good to be paid
-LOaceU Citizen.
When lady enters crowded
street car she should not rush for the,
| front eEd at once. as she invariably
does, but turn and look at the men on.
the end of the seats. They get them.
because they know they are safe.
Pa" said little Johnny. teacher
is thinking about promoting me. -
'How do you know?" From what she.
said to-day" "And what was that?"'
'She said that if kept on I'd belong
10 the criminal class. Merchant TrGg>
cIer.
A Yankee Captain was caught in
the jaws of 4 whale, but was finally
rescued, badly wounded. On being
asked what he thought while in that
position. he replied: Il thought he
would make about forty barrels. -
Exchange.
| "A grocer ut Lafayette. Ind, stored
twenty-five tons of groceries on. floor
made to hold up fifteen tons. and was
the most surprised man in town when
everything gave way with crash.
He had never figured on pressure and
resistance.
-"Dress," said Bagley. with all the
force of an original idea, ''loes not
make man" No" replied POM
PIANO, gioomily,.as he fingered his wife's,
dressmaker's bill he had just received.
''hut it often breaks man. "-PhiiadcL-
| 57EiG Call.
"A fatal mistake: Father-"Jennie,
why do you snub that little girl with
whom you were formerly so fricndly?'
Jennie-''She is mad at me-" why
is she mad atyOu?" Because forgot
one day, and said she was an old friend
of mine. "-1GraS Sit!ingS.
For several years one of the Nash.
vile penitentiary convicts has en-
ploN cd odd moments in making large
frame for cabinet photographs. 1t is
made of beautifully-carved wood. and
only with the aid of pocket-knife, and
contains 20.974 distinct pieces.
What is the price of that tea?''
she asked of the guileless grocer. "Ono
dollar mart. marm." WAS the response.
us not that too stcep?" was the next.
question, and the G. replied: YES,
marin. that's what they do with it. -
Boston Commercial BuL!etiH
The Previous Question. CLARA,
l love but thee alone. Indeed speak
the truth" Hepaused-the blush o err
spread her check. She let him draw
her near; scarce for emotion could she
! speak. Yet still she asked, in accents
meek: "How much have you year?"
~ T. Ledger.
Mr.. Waldo "a guest Of Mrs. Wa
bash. of Chicago -'Thati sav very odd
looking table-knife. Mrs. Wabash; sill
yer, is it not?' Mrs. Wabash-"Ycs,-
it has been in the family great many
years. and prize it very highly as an.
heirloom. l only use it to eat pie
with ''-Te1as Sittings
-.'Zedekiah. SAW you coming ont
OF that saloon on the corner. this after
n0on," said woman to her husband
! She spoke with chilling severity, but,
Zedckiah rallied, and exclaimed, with
IN air of innocent surprise: ''We!l. my
dear, you wouldn't have your husband
staying in saloon all day, would
you?"-N. T. Ledger.
DO you intend to try housekeep--
ing?" asked one travelling man of an
other as they were discussing their
plans. 20. yes. will try it, We've
got the place. and there are only ff--
teen or twenty payments due andN
couple of outside mortgages on it, but
we shall nevertheless do our best ta>-
keep the house. "-Ncrcbant TaaueLer.
The Dignity of Art: He-"Arc you
doing any painting now, Miss Glaize7'h
She-''No, I'm not painting; I'm work
ing in pastel" He-"Psstel? What's.
that?" Sbe-"O. colored chalks, you.
know; the best effects are got with the
tip of the finger" Hoo, know.
I've seen the men doing it on the pave
ments. Awfully jolly r'-Fun-
The earthquake of last year left
deep pits in the land between Charles
ton and SUmmerville, and on the mar