The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-03-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

finally panned out eighty-6ve cents
apiece for the heirs. and they have
gone home satisfied. The lawyers got
about s11, 900 each.
1have little bill here,
sir, that would like to have" Man
of the world-"Yes, please lay it down
in that easy. chair. sir.' Easy chairr'
"Yes. It's been running so long it.
must be tired.-Binghamton Republican.
Two old sports accustomed to catch.
the granger ut poker are playing
against one another. "rn call YOU.
What We got?" -Four aces" What's
yer outside card? I've got four aces
myself. San Francisco Chroniclc.
"A Maine doctor, who is now in
California, writes from that State that
in the town where he is staying, which
is near Los Angeles. there is twice as
much sickness as in any town that he
has any knowledge of in the State of
Maine of its size.
Startling He (rapturously) -
"And now that's all settled, darling.
what kind of an engagement ring
would YOU ike?" She-s'O, gold this.
time. l hope. dearest. I'm quite sick
OF wearing imitation engagement.
rings" Tableau!-TTmes.
At recent bail in New York many
guests had no appetite for the game,
because limitations of living beasts and
birds were also on the table. Under
meath big plate of salmon was a
miniature lake of real water, in which
goldfish and tadpoles swan about and
little frogs disported.
"A Kentucky rural paper boasts of
a subscriber who rides twenty miles on
horseback every week to get his paper.
1t is supposed the subscriber sent
poem to the editor several years ago
and lean hardly wait until he gets the
paper" to see if his poem has been pub
ished.-NorriSt0Wn Herald.
I'm cold weather horse-car drivers
and policemen put newspapers to a
queer use. They button them under
their coats or shirts, against their
chests. and assert that nothing is so,
warming. A trick many drivers have
is. that of wrapping newspapers around
their stockings before they put their
boots on.
According to the Hon. William l.
Bowditch, one-tenth of all the taxes
in Massachusetts are paid by the
women. In Rockford, ILL.,, the women
pay two-thirds of the taxes. In some
towns the percentage is large, but for
all of that these very women are not by
law citizens, and have no voice in the
administration of public affairs.
"A rubber ball, two inches smaller
than the pipe. was placed in one end OF
a new natural gas main in McKeesport,.
and five pounds pressure suddenly
turned on. The ball turned several
sharp corners, passed through two I
joints up six feet to the top of the regu--
lator and landed at the other end of
the main, a mile distant, in forty-five-
seconds, actual time.
An Iowa woman thoughtfully put
two dozen eggs in her nice, warm bed
to keep them from freezing while she
spent the afternoon and evening with a
friend. Returning late at night, she
iisrobed and plunged in. Shriek?'
Well, the one she lifted up her voice.
with caused the cat to dash through the,
window in terror, and reused the neigh
bors. The eggs did not freeze.-Ez-
change.
The annual loss caused by insects in
the United States is estimated at about
$3.50. 600, coo, that on cotton alone being
s15, 100000. The insects increase with.
the advance of civilization. on account
doubtless, of the greater abundance of
he food furnished them. Every vege-
able product and every variety of fruit
md flowers are attended by special
each of which thrives on its
fOod-plant.
"A man in Collegeville, Ark. hearda
in his chicken-hOuse, and
vent to investigate. He found a bic
wi creating havoc among the fowls.
lie seized the owl by the leg with the
light hand and the bird clutched the
land with its talOns. In trying to free
imself with the left hand this was
aught by the owls hooked beak, hold
ng him helpless and defenseless. He
houted for help. and his wife came.
he took an axe and cut off the birds.
90 haf 81,
ease his hands.
"A big gray gander, which made
'iends with j. X. White. who runs a
,rryboat on Chucky river, near Jones'
orc, Tenn, about year ago, has be-
0me remarkably attached to him. 1t
oes to church with him. and remains
n the outside till the meeting is over,
len returns with him. 1t also accom-
anies him to the post-office, distance
mile and a half. 1t seldom goes
} the water alone, but when Mr. White
ferrying it swims by the side of the
pat. 1t doesn't keep the company of
ny living thing save Mr.. White, to.
hOm it seems entirely devoted.
They tell down East of poor fell
w who owned remarkably fat hog,
nd who also owed a rich man. The
og was about all the property the poor
,btor had worth levying on, and the
W exempted a mans only pig. One
y the creditor meeting the debtor
id. You need another pig, let me
nd you a nice little one" The Door
an WIS astonished. "WhV. I oyva for