The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-11-11
BREvrTIES.
The broad-heel shoe is becoming fash-
lonable for ladies' wear.

lcuARIee O ali the Ola Virginia TAM
lilies is issued periodically at Richmond.
F1F1Y-sEvEN tons of Greek marble
have been delivered in London, free of
all charges, by the Greek Government,
for the Byron pedestal.
ITALIAN army officers are now exer-
cised In the practical running of railroad
trains, so that in time of war they may
know all about moving troops by rail.
DURING the past five years ex-(iov.
Stanford, of California, has accumulated
stable of 294 head of thoroughbred and
trotting horses at his stud farm, Palo
Alto, Cal.
A MAN near Houston, Texas, made
$500 per acre this year from the cultiva-
ton of domestic blackberries. The yield
was 5000 quarts per acre, which sold at
20 cents quart.
A METHOD of removing the bark
from trees, when the sap is not flowing.
by treating the wood with superheated
steam, has secured for the inventor q
prize offered by the French Agricultu-
raj Society.
A FRENCHa1AN has discovered that an
oil can be distilled from American grape
vines which will not CONCEAL above 8
deg. Fab, while other oils CONCEAL at
274 deg. He recommends this oil for
matchmaking and similar uses.
GERMAN clerks are undertaking En-
glish in London, and there is an outcry.
Germans seem very glad in these days
to quit their Faderland. Bismarck has
perhaps shown them too clearly "how
I, L., H.
did and happy land"
HE wedding guests were assembled
to see Howard Candy married to & Bal
timore belle, when a telegraph boy
brought in this message from the all
sent bridegroom 81 have left you
The bride tainted, and her friends slow
ly dispersed, expressing an unfavorable
opinion of Candy.
In Northampton county, n. c., Ran-
son Harris, Il years old, and James In
gram, 10 years old, both colored, be-
came involved in a quarrel, during
which Ingram threw an Ak at Harris,
but missed his aim. Harris then threw
the AK at Ingram, striking him on the
head, killing him instantly.
A MAN complained in police court at
Marietta, Ohio, that neighbor lad
struck him on the head with cane.
II don't think he hurt you much, - said
the Justice. 'No, I don't know as
he did, was the response. But they
were wrong, for the mans skull was
fractured, and minute later he fell
dead in court
MR. AND Mrs. T1NsLEY were divorced
years ago, at Columbus, Ind. Both
made subsequent matrimonial ventures,
he taking four wives in succession, and
she two husbands. At length, both be-
ing free, ihey discussed their varied ex-
perience, admitted that neither had
been happy since their parting, and
finally were reunited.
HoRAT1o SEYMOUR drives from his
farm to Utica every day. He has al
office there. His property consists
mainly of Eastern farms and Western
lands. He says that an American is III
ways seeking some new field of vent,lre,-
while German will take farm and re-
main on it until it is paid for. He thinks
that Massachusetts will become an Irish
State.
In Tallahassee, Fla, and other South
ern cities, it is usual, during the hatch
ing season of the mocking- bird, to steal
the young birds from the nest, to be
trained for singers. AS only about two
in q hundred live, an early extermina-
ton Of these birds is probable. A Flori-
da paper suggests that law be enacted
forbidding the capture of young mock
ing birds.
UNDER the auspices of the British Goat
Society, kid dinner was given on the
third day Of the goat show: at the Alex
andra Palace. The viands consisted
solely Of the flesh of the kid at different
ages, dressed in various ways to repre-
resent fowl, mutton, lamb, veal and
fawn. The object was to bring this
article of food into more general con-
sumption.
"HESRT is so practical p said Mrs.
Youngwife. "When mother went into
the country last year Henry sent all her
things after her the very next day he
said she might want some of them, you
know. And it's kind O funny" she
went on, mother did want them, for
she has never come back to live with US
since. Wasn't it queer ?''-Boston Tran.
script.
CREMATION has become so frequent at
Milan that it has been decided to build
by tho side of the cremation furnace in
the cemetery cinerary temple or ash
house, in which the remains of the dead
may he deposited and labeled off in jars
made like the old Latin urEs. The
Milan press is in favor of the new tcm-
pie. The architects have handed III
their plans, and they have been app
proved by the city authorities.
ELIJAH LENGEL, Philadelphia car
penter, believed that he had power of
fascinating beasts. He turned this real
or fancied quality to account by becom-
ing an exhibitor of lions and tigers in a
menagerie. While in a cage of savage
tigers in San Domingo, he accidentally
fell. They flew at him furio,lsly on
seeing him PROSTATE, and killed him,
though they were themselves quickly
slain with revolvers by the employees.
In Indiana a number of sparrows
wanted a drink of clear water. 1t was
too far from the swampy margin Of the
bank of q; stream to allow them to reach
it readily, but weeds grew thickly along
the edge. -Four sparrows settled on one
of these weeds, one above the other, and
their weight bent it over half way to the
water. A fifth lighted further up and
bent it further down. Then sixth set
tied near the end. and the whole stalk
came down level with the surface, and
they drank their fill without difficulty y or
having to wade through the muddy mar
gin of the pond.
The first duel in the United States
was fought at Plymouth, Mass, on June
18, 1921, between Edward Doty and
Edward Leicester, two servants, both
of whom were wounded. For this out
rage they were sentenced to the punish
ment of having their heads and feet tied
together, and Of lying thus twenty-four
hours without food or drink. After suf-
fering, however, in that posture an
hour, at their masters intercession and
their humble request, with the promise
Of amendment, they were released by