Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-01-15
PERSONAL AND IMPERsoNAL.

"A drainage and plumbing bill OF
$50, 900 is large for one individual to
settle, but the Duke of Portland has
recently completed Improvements to
that amount
An English tourist in this country
created surprise, as we'll as amusement
when he asked, upon paying his farei
''Are any refreshments included in
these tickets?"
-Dark-haired persons have a better
chance in the great struggle for exist
ence than those of the opposite COM
plexion. except in contagious diseases,
where blondes are comparatively ex-
empt
Mrs. Nicholson, of New Orleans,
who owns and edits the Picayune and
who is the only woman in the country
in such position, is so quiet low
voiced and retiring in manner that one
would never suspect her OF holding the
place she fills
BARRIERS on the French steamers ar
irving at New York are said to have
regular patrons among the compatriots,
who visit the steamers upon every ar
rival, bent upon having their boards
kept trimmed in the ultra fashion OF
the boulevards.
An awful admission is made in the
Boston Traveller when lady of that
city is quoted as saying to the wife OF
Cambridge professor: 81 am sorry to
have to confess it, but it is true, you
know, that when we have any guests at
all distinguished come to Boston, we
have to depend on you Cambridge peo-
pie to help US entertain them.
Miss Maud Powell, the violinist is
endeavoring to recover by a suit at law
$500 that she paid for an old "Duiffo-
prugcar" instrument She finds, she
saws, it is one of kind turned out by
the car load in Southern France espe-
cially for the purpose of deceiving buy
ers, and that their market val ue is
about six dollars a dozen. 1t is aston
ishing what tricks there are in every
trade except ones own
"A man from Woonsocket obliged to
visit Boston on business, timed his trip
so as to be able to hear Mark Twain
lecture at fremont Temple. By some
misunderstanding he mistook the day,
and happened in on one of Rev. Joseph
Cooks lectures. He listened to the
long discourse without discovering his
mistake, thinking all the time that the
lecturer was the famous humorist On
his return to Woonsocket his family
questioned him as to the lecture.
i'Were it funny?" was asked. "Wall, J"
slowly replied the traveller; ut was
funny, but it warn't so desperate fun
ny!"-Exchange-
M. Got the doyen of the French
Theater, sheds some original light upon
his profession. He says: "You ask me
If a comedian requires intellect in or
der to succeed. None whatever. 1
would go even further, and say that the
less intellect he has the better he will
get on. Actors without intellect-and
Heaven knows there are plenty Of them
rush forward without fear, full Of
self-reliance, while if they were intel
llectual they would be continually afraid
that their Interpretation of such and
such a character was wrong, and, fear
full of having made a mistake, would
lose their confidence. Speaking broad
", therefore, it is best that the actor
should not be possessed of a great in
tellect Many artists are in exactly
the same position. For my own part
know many sculptors and painters OF
real talent who outside their own line
are as foolish as geese"