Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10
MISCELLANEOUS.

AH'OoeiS ttlOu vi Tue cOurb reCOruS
at Washington discloses the fact that
nearly nine-tenths of the crimes In the
District of Columbia are committed by
negroes.
Gum chewers should take warning
from the fate of Newton, Conn, girl.
aged sixteen. A piece of gum slipped
down her throat. and. lodging at the
entrance to the stomach, caused a fatal
liberation.
An unmarried man of Buffalo, N.
Y, recently drew crisp, new S. bill
out of the bank. A happy thought
struck him and he wrote an ardent love
letter across the face of it in blue ink
and signed his initials and address.
Then he spent the SIS. In few days
he had received fourteen answers,
many of them enclosing photographs.
Two citizens of Washington, Ga,
started out in the early morn toward
the outskirts of the town. where they
were to fight a bloody duel The way
was long, and when they arrived at
their destination one proposed rest
before they commenced hostilities.
While they rested their rage cooled of.
and at last accounts they were still
resting.
1t is said that the oldest rosebush
in the world. of which there is anthem
tic record, grows in churchyard, and
against the old church at Heldersheim,
Germany. Eight hundred years ago,
so the records say, Bishop Hepilo
caused trellis to be built on which it
was supported. To-day the main stem
is thicker than mans body.
Tho Uncertainties of Life.-Patient
Ito young physician)-''You say, doc
tor, that | am we'll now, and that no
further danger is to be expected"
Physician-'I apprehend none. sir; but
life is uncertain" Patient-Perhaps 1
had better pay your bill now. "-Physi-
cian-"Well, yes. sir, it might be as
we'll; as have said, life is very uncer-
tain. Epoch.
-'Samantha." said Mr.. Chugwater.
rs he entered the family room, 81 have
brought Mr.. Yellick, the author of the
famous new book. Random ReAec-
TONS with me to tea. He is in the
the parlor. / have been telling him
how much We admire the work, and he
seems greatly pleased" .'For good
ness sake, Mr.. Chugwater, exclaimed
the wife, take him into some other
room while cut the leaves of that
copy of Random Reflections that's on
the parlor tablemS- Chicago Tribune.
There are forty-eight national So
cieties of women in this country, with
a direct membership of 100000 MEM
bers. The largest is the Women's
Christian Temperance Union, with
membership of 100000. Then follow
the Missionary, the Peace. the Suffrage
organizations, and philanthropic and
educational societies. Twelve of these
national organizations have Joined
with the National Council, which was
formed to unite all the women societies
of the nation into one great and pow
erful league.
"A party of prospectOrs headed by
Mcdonald, the half-breed, who induced
the F1athead Indians to divulge a long
kept secret as to the location of some
remarkably rich mines in the Blackfoot
country. while clambering aver the
deep mountain sides were Mortified to
find the skeletons OF two white men.
One had bullet hole through his fore
head, and both had evidently been
killed by hostile Indians. Beside the
skeletons lay a small pile of quartz. 1t
is supposed they were the first pros
pectors and pioneers Of the Blackfoot
Hills, and for years had lain on the hills.
Maine has some notable trees, and
the Journal, of Lewiston, has been
writing them mp. 1t tells of an apple
tree at Boothbay which is still in act
i've service and 112 years old. Glass
day exercises at Bowdoin are held each
year under an oak planted by a men,
Der of the first class of the college sew
enty years ago. One of the best cared
for trees is an elm in the yard of Charles
of Kennebunk. 1t stood near
his stable, and when it became neces-
sary to enlarge the building the addi-
ton was built around the tree, and
now two large branches project through
the roof. and the top spreads above the
stable like gigantic plant growing in
q gigantic pot.