Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-11-29
MISCELLANEOUS.

the main trunk Is III feet.
In Europe it is customary to leave
visiting cards on the graves of poets.
This seems strange, when it is known
that the occupants of the graves are
always at home.-M o. Rcayune.
Statistics lately published in En-
gland show that the world has zoe
Crasuses worth s5.0OO,OO or over, OF
whom 200 reside in England, 100 in the
United States, 100 in Germany, Is in
France, so in Russia, so in India and
lbs in other countries.
There is anew high-wire act. Two
men starting from different ends of a
slack wire meet and pass each other,
going by on waltz step. A woman
actually dances on the wire, and man
trots across it with a companion up
right on his shoulders.
The largest island in the world
! which is also regarded as continent
is Australia 1t is twenty-five hundred
miles in length from east to west. and
measures 1920 miles from north to
south. Its area is 1924, 2S7 square
miles.
A new idea in tricycling has been
invented byan Englishmsn who has been
travelling with his wife through France
on a machine fitted with a bamboo
mast on which sail can be hoisted.
The wind has sometimes kept him
moving. even on up-grades, without
using the pedals.
"A weaver with mathematical turn
of mind, who won twenty thousand
francs in a lottery, racked his brains
by arithmetical and geometrical calcu-
lations respecting the number of louis,
five-franc pieces, and sous which he
could spread over given surface.
Finally the poor fellow had 10 be taken
to an asylum.
"A lady saw driver, angry with
his horses for some fancied offense,
about TO lash them severely. She in
tie r pied him by inquiring the way to
certain street, to certain mans
house, both of which she knew very
well. But he driver, too gallant not
to answer the lady's questions, had OPP
portun ty for his temper to cool, and
restored the whip to its socket without
striking a blow.
Time, twentieth century. Place, at
the polls. First Female Voter-tHOw
do you do, Mrs. X? Who are you going
to vote for for GOVERNOR" Second Fe-
male Voter-''O, have not decided
yet. The Republicans have put up Mr..
A. They say he's very popular, and
sure to be elected. But Mr.. B, his OPP
ponent, he doesn't seem to have any
friends at all, poor fellow; guess I'll
vote for him." First Female Voter
$50 will l. Yankee Blade.
What will it cost me, Uncle Ras-
tus, to have my coop whitewashed?"
II KANT tell yet, sab, till | makes an
estimate OBJ de size and dimenshuns."
That night the owner was disturbed by
a loud noise in the hen-coop. Hi,
therer' he shouted from an upper
window, ''what are you doing there?'
"It's Unc. Rastus," was the reply,
'and he's fggerin' on de size an di-
menshuns OBJ de oop."-HGrper's b.
gar.
This is the darndest place ever
was in,n exclaimed the bucolic gentle
man at the theatre. 1--we been look
ing around for the last half-hour and
can't find the door," Don't you see
the sign on thai door," asked the gen.
tlemanly usher. Exit, that's Latin,
and means the place where you go out"
Then why in time don't it say so? 1
don't know nothing about dead Ian
guages. Cause Teller can't read
Latin, he's got to burn to death in case
of fire, eh?"-BoSton Transcript.
Men," said the captain of the
steamer to the frightened passengers
huddled about him. lit is true we are
not gaining on the leak, but we are
only fifteen miles from land, and if
necessary we can throw overheard
1000 tons of freight to tighten ship.
There is no occasion for alarm. We
have several hundred casks of rum in
the hold that we can -" mo occa-
sion for alarmr' exclaimed a tall Ken
tuckian, turning pale with apprehen-
sion. Captain, do you intend to throw
that rum overheard? pr Chicago Irib-
u7e.
The average age of locomotives is
about twelve years. yet many, through
proper habits of living, taking their
meals regular and avoiding all intoxi-
eating beverages attain quite re-
spectacle old age. The oldest rum
ming engine in Germany has been on
the road since 1915, and is conse-
quentlv forty-three years old; quite a
in fact. With regard to
its habits it has always confined itself |
strictly to water, though it has been
addicted to smoking all its life. 1t is |
sad to see a locomotive grown prema-
turely old by getting on trains and run
ming all night. but they are often met
within collisions.-Te1as Sittings.
Flagstaff. Me-, is an interesting
town for two reasons. 1t always has
Miles Standish among its citizens, and
the Standish farm covers the ground |
where Benedict Arnold encamped on
his Quebec expedition, and where he
erected a flagstaff. from which the
place received its name. CIV. Stand
sh, one of the leading men of the
town, is the only remaining son of
Miles Standish, who was the eighth
1irect descent from Miles Standish, the
captain of Plymouth. G. W. Stand