The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-05-27
All Sorts of Paragraphs.

Win the NOfm806 TO 0flVo the Sara
Gems out of Sicily. 1t is a circular
building, 100 feet in diameter and 179
feet in extreme height, and has fine
mosaic pavements, deliberately carved
columns and numerous bas-relefs. The
building is of white marble. The
tower is divided into eight stories, each
having an outside gallery of seven feet
projection, and the topmost story over
hangs the base about sixteen feet,
though, as the center of gravity is still
ten feet within the base, the building is
perfectly safe. It has been supposed
that this inclination was intentional;
but the opinion that the foundation has
sunk is no doubt correct. It is most
likely that the defective foundation be-
came perceptible before the tower had
reached one-half its height. as at that
elevation the unequal length of the
columns exhibits an endeavor to re-
store the perpendicular, and at about
the same place the walls are strength
ened with iron bars.
The season for screens has come, la, hal
With sasses and vegetable truck:
The festive cucumber will bid us ta-ta,
The lively small boy will keep an eye on
The place summer mischief to hatch,
Biding his time the war paint to don
And sicken the mNsk-meion patch.
The embalmed head of Oliver Crom-
we'll is in the possession of daughter
of the Hon. Mr.. Wilkinson, an English
gentleman. It is carefully preserved,
wrapped in costly envelopes, in strong
antique box. At the Restoration the
embalmed body of Cromwell was taken
from Westminster Abbey and hung at
Tyburn. The head was cut of, a pike
driven through the neck and skull and
exposed at Westminster Hall. The
head is said to be almost entire, the
flesh black and sunken, the hair remain
ing, and even large wart over the eye.
The spGntered pieces of q pike and
rusted iron are attached to tho head.
The Emperor of Austria has lately
been the recipient of a unique present.
1t consists of q suit of clothes made
from the wool of an alpaca sheep that
eleven hours previous to their delivery
was still alive. The animal, q superS
specimen of it's kind, was slain at GIL
a. m. -Four hours and thirty-three min
utes were employed in reducing the
wool to cloth. In two hours and twen-
ty-fve minutes the latter was ready for
the tailor, who employed the remaining
four hours in making the suit.
The heads on the postage-stamps are
as follows: One-cent stamp, Benjamin
Franklin; 2-cent stamp, Andrew Jack
son; Scent stamp, George Washington;
5-cent stamp, Zachary Taylor; Scent
stamp, Abraham Lincoln; 1O-cent stamp,
Thomas Jefferson; 15-cent stamp, Daniel
Webster; 30-cent stamp, Alexander Ham,
ilton; 9O-cent stamp Commodore Perry.
PAR1oR matches Counting in the
drawing room.
IT is said that the scorpion, when sur
rounded by circuit of fire, turns and
stings itself to death. Probably it feels
something like the young man after he
is Tilted, and whose only ambition is to
get out under the silent stars and kick
himself over fence.
A MEMBER of q School Board, not q
thousand miles from Boston, visited a
school under his jurisdiction. When
asked to make some remarks, he said {:
well, children, you spells we'll and
reads well, but you hain't sot STILL"
WHAT was it, I went out in the
woods and got it. After I got it
looked for it. The more I looked for
it the less I liked it. drought it home
in my hand, because I couldn't find it.
A silver.
WHAT is the difference between half a
glass of water and a broken engagement?
One is not filed full and the other is not
fulfilled.
HENRY, upon being asked how many
boys were in his Sabbath-school class,
replied: If you multiply the number
OF Jacobs sons by the number of times
which the Israeites comprised Jericho,
and add to the product the number of
measures Of barley which Boaz gave
Ruth; divide this by the number of
Haman's sons; subtract the number of
each kind of clean beasts that went into
the ark; multiply by the number of men
who went to seek Elijah after he was
taken to heaven; subtract from this
Joseph's age at the time when he stood
before Pharaoh; add the number of
stones in David's bag when he killed
Goliath; subtract the number of fur
longs that Bethany was distant from
Jerusalem; divide by the number of
anchors cast out at the time of Paul's
shipwreck; subtract the number of peo-
pie saved in the ark, and the remainder
viii be the number of boys in the class"
How many were there?
The young man who wants to get up
with the sun must not sit up too late
with the daughter.
ONE of the most curious railroads in
the world is the 1O-inch-gauge road
running from North Billerica, Mass, to
Bedford. It was 1T first hooted at by
tho people, but the road was completed,
making . length of 81 miles. There are
IL bridges on the road, one Of which is
over 100 feet long. The rails weigh IS
pounds to the yard. The read is we'll
built and equipped; one grade is 1876
feet. The cars and engines will at first
sighs create wonder and admiration.
Their perfect proportions give them a
handsome appearance. They are con-
structed very near the ground, giving
them great advantages of safety. The
cars have an aisle With one seat on each
side, in the same manner q ordinary
cars have two seats. The length of the
cars allow 80 seats, each person having
a seat to himself. The cars are sun-
Piled with closets, water tank, are heat
ed BY steam, and have all the modern
improvements. They weigh but Il
tons, ordinary cars weighing on ayeraQe
IL tons. The trains run at tho rate of
70 miles IN hour with perfect safetv.
The engine is placed behind the ten
der, giving it greater adhesion to the
track. They weigh 8 tons, and draw
Two passenger and two freight cars.
The cost OF the road was about 1850
Per mile. i a'--' o.. t..-1. r. III -
49, l:!.1 IL E:,:--~ r