The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-05-21
F. RAKlNGS AND. SCRAPlNGs. I :;

. . RAKINGS AND SCRAPlNGS. '.'5
The Philadelphia Times, though only
= few months Ole, has. or claims to have,
the largest circulation Of any daily n
Phlladelphia, except only tho Ledger.Ey.
The Golden Age having said that, 70.
nance was better than rum, the Literara
WorId 2retorts that q lad romance is more
harmful than flrst-rate rum, inasmuch as
it reached and dsmoralized ! class-.-vocun,ia
girls-which is secure against tie attacks
Of John Barleycorn. ~'>S 81 , ....
DR.. j. d. Gross, 4 learned gentleman
OF: :Philadelphias in an elaborate argument
before tho American Medical Associa.
tion, during its recent meeting 1T Louis
willie, deprecates the prevalent prejucic.
against blood.letting, and enumerates
twenty or thirty diseases which can be
best treated by the lancet.
With singular iberality tho Geograph.
ical Society Of Paris have, during several
years, awarded their medals for Arctic
discovery to English and Americans
This year they honor with the Roquette
prize IA gold medal), the late Capt. Hall
of the Polaris. The official report on
which these awards were based was pre-.
pared by Matte Brun, son Of the distin.
|guished geographer.
Van Syckles Corners, N. j., has its
scandal, scoundrel known as the Rev.
John W. Porter, having seduced 4 little
girl only twelve or thirteen years old.
The father of the girl compromised for q
bill Of sale Of horse fnd buggy, and the
seducer, who is married man, left fo,
Philadelphia or parts unknown.
Postmaster General Jewell, in hi.
late speech to the chamber of Commerce
lat New York, said that city pays fol
newspapers alone $4,000 year to thu
post Office department, against Ohicago's
$4,000, Boston's $4,000 and Philadel
phia's $4,000; and that the letters and
newspapers going out from New York by
mail average thirty. .eig hit tons day.
Ex.Secretary McCulloch is writing
from London to the New York 7ribune
in favor of The American system of reduc
ing the public debt. In his last he dis.
serts upon the condition of France and
concludes that the great standing armies
/ of Europe are the cause of enormous and
|growing public debts which cannot be re-
duced until = general disarmament il
agreed upon.
The oldest and most successful temper
ance society on the Pacific coast, thu
Dashaways, is based on the principle o.
gradual reform. Its members 1T first
take the pledge for only six months
That period expired, they may have ,
spree if they think one absolutely neces
sary. and then join again in good stand
ing.
1t is told of New York country edi
tor that as he was standing on a railway
depot platform, conversing with q friend
he felt something jerking At the loop o
his congress CATERS. He turned quickly
and discovered the baggage man trying tt
get caeck.strap through his after loop
which he had mistaken for the handle o.
a Saratoga trunk.
John V. Farwell, the well-known dry
goods dealer Of Chicago, has gone over te
England to assist his early friend, Mr..
Moody, in the English revival movement
and telegraphs to friends in Philadelphi,
that the week day average attendance at
all the Moody.Sankey meetings numbers
|27,000 persons, that $4,000 people arc
present during the Sundays exercises,
and that thus 100000 souls experience
the religious influence weekly.
The most perfectly shaped man or wo'
man is unsymmetrical, that is to say ther il
a marked uulikeness between, the two
sides Of the face (which is most seen, and,
therefore, permits of more accurate study
will be found always to exhibit consider.
able differences. Probably no two sides
Of any human face are precisely alike. II
is the same with every limb. No pair oi
limbs is shaped alike. One hand is al.
most always larger than the other; So
with the leg and arm.
In Washington on the 18th 4 man
named William Watson, 4 government
clerk. an 1rishman by birth. who lost q
leg in the late war,Was sent to the asylum
he being insane on religious subjects, an5
having carried through the streets ban
Hef Oh WHICH wan P1auteu = large Su1he
with the inscription, "Luther and Henry
V1I[.,' which he ssid represented tht
stronghold of Professionalism while a
the other end was inscribed, "Beecher anc
Bismarck which was intended as por
traying the tail of Professionalism.
The use of steam as 4 motive power
upon canals will be tested in = more
thorough manner on the Erie canal dur
ing the present season. Twelve boats o
the Baxter pattern will be introduced a
the opening Of navigation, and six NOR
will be added to the steam feet on tn,
first of July. Each Of these boats vii
carry two hundred and twenty-five tom
of produce and merchandise. and it is in
tended to run them from New York t,
Buffalo and return in fifteen days, includ
I ing the time used in loading and unload
ing at each end.
Here's chance for wrestlers. Major
j. H. Mclaughlin of Detroit will wrestl'
any man living for from $5, 900 to $40,
600, and the championship Of the world
The Major will take or give expenses Il