Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-17
MISCELLANEOUS.

THAT boy of ours is getting to be a
terrible story-teller." said MIR. Cheri-
try. "Yes." said his wife. '.he tells
fibs on the slightest prevarication."
Puck.
One firm in New York supplies
electrical power to $50 different manu-
facturers. some of them ten miles from
the dynamo. This has replaced 1O7
steam engines.
AT Ow enton. Ky., when ver-
dict of not guilty was declared in a
homicide trial the audience applauded.
The Judge ordered the doors closed,
and imposed a fine of $3.50 on each
person who applauded.
The brady cigarette is the latest
thing from Boston. 1t is made of to-
bacco that has been soaked in brandy,
and the smoker is enabled to keep
mildly intoxicated without touching a
drop of liquor.
Slavery times were recalled in
Wilmington, n. c., the other day, when
two darlies got loud dispute and
almost came to blows, quarrelling in
regard to the social standing and per-
sonal accomplishments of the men that
owned them before the war.
Special Agent Jingle, of San
Francisco, discovered two Chinese
women on board train going from Vic
toria to Tacoma. They were dressed in
American fashion, and were heavily
yelled. They were arrested, as was
also an accompanying Chinaman. 1t
was evidently shrewd case of snug
Cling.
Telegraph operators, 1t seems, are
developing disease of their own. One
or two cases recently occurred abroad,
in which the finger nails dropped off,
one after another. The affection is
supposed to be due to the constant
hammering and pushing with the finger
ends required by the working of the
telegraph instrument.
An eastern mechanic attributes
some of the mysterious fires which are
of frequent occurrence to ''blisters" in
the window panes. If these blisters
are convex enough to form lens and
combustibles are stored within its focal
distance fire would be very likely to
result.
"A young man, of st. Helens, Ore.
has had touch of both kinds of for
tune. He won 81, 800 in a lottery, and
Immediately and properly started for
Salem to see his sweetheart. He was
so anxious to hurry to her that he
could not wait for the train to pull up to
the station but jumped from it while
it was running at full speed. and broke
his arm and banged himself up gen.
orally.
The Cincinnati Enquirer is re-
sponsible for the following: Pink
nails, Incidence. Red nails, a war
like nature. Narrow nails incline to
mischief. Hilbert nails are associated
with deceit. Small, round nails de-
note obstinacy. Crooked nails indicate
a fierce nature. Nails abnormally pale,
or with black specks on them, denote
OlChuCoO. DIOdu lctIlo StIc COuSlucTcO
to be Indicative of bashful and gentle
natures. Long nails appertain to those
of temporizing disposition. These
are the nails of persons who hate
scenes.
The wonderful manner in which
nature, in the long sweep of years,
evolves her products and adaptS them
to their environments, is manifested in
the camel. "A horse can not lie down
on the scorching surface of Sahara, in
the eye of the sun, without scalding or
excoriating his tender skin. But all
the parts of camels body which
touch the sweltering sand in his atti-
tude of repose are provided with cal
losities of thickened hide, which enable
him to rest on the burning surface
without danger or discomfort.
Some of the ''chain'' or progress
i've" schemes for raising money would
have curious results if carried out.
For instance, one of them calls upon
mo. 1" to send ten cents. and send
the appeal to ten other persons, each
of whom is to do likewise. the process
being repeated fifteen times. Now if
this "chain" should not be broken it
would reach ILL, Ill, Ill, Ill, 40 peo-
pie, an impossibility of course, and
would net the author of the scheme
Sill, Ill, Ill, Ill, HIN Y. Tribune.
The Raleigh IN. c. News- Observer
states the leap year situation thus:
Twelve years must elapse before the
interesting event takes place again.
but it was just the same in 1900 and
100, but not in 1900, for that was
leap year and the year 1000 will be
a leap year also. Why this should be
is a problem. To explain in detail
would be a tire5ome task, but it rests
on the principle, that the difference OF
eleven minutes per year exists between
actual time and calendar time. Thus
a year is computed at 1861 days, three |
years being 365 days long and the |
fourth year 800 days. In fact the year |
is 365 days five hours and forty-fve |
min utes long, or eleven minutes short |
of 3654 days.
Some "Don'ts" for Farmers.