The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-01-22

{. 1T Is thought the shipments Of ma
chlnery out Of St. Louis the last wear
will considerably exceed the sales of anv
other year in the history of that CITY.
skossUTH has issued an appeal for sub
seriptions to his promised memoirs. The
veteran'erator, now in his 18th year, has
been forced to undertake this task in or
r der to earn money, since he lives entirely
by the product Of his pen.
3; O. "A->~>- = !
:, MR owners of tho Atchison, Topeka
sY santa Fe road lay stress on the fsct
that by the-way. .of:the Pacific coast Ter.
9i,us, OF their road, Guaymas, the dis
tAnec from New York to Australia will
6e but 5000 miles, while by way of San
81 GfIancisco 1t is 74O0.
TnE celebrated Townley collection of
sculpture, for which parliament paid
r 100000, has remained for twenty-five
: years in:the;cellars of the British Museum,
and has only been viewed during that
time. by lantern light, by few people
who insisted on seeing it.
, NATIONAL debts were of little impor-
tance until the French. re volution: tbey
now amount to about $4,000, ,O00, 900,
" mostly owned by European States for
;'wars incurred by dynast1es and in winch
common peo lie had no voice. These debts
i |dnd standin. armies are now a cause of
poverty.
OFFICIAL statistics show that two-thirds
Of the ordinary expenses Of the. Govern
ment are paid by taxes on Wines, Ii
quoss and Tobacco. During the last tis-
cal year nearly $llj,0O0,0OO was paid by
the consumers OF these luxuries tor the
support of Government which spends
for its own maintenance, outside of debt
charges, *150,0O0,09O
The Philadel phia Trade Journal, al
another proof Of tho improved condition
Of the iron trade, gives the TACT that no.
tices were lately posted in Kensington
mills, an noun cling general increase of
wages equal to about six and half per
cent. for all hands. This is the second adj
vance within three months, the first be-
ing ten per cent.
A FEMININE origand infests the neigh
borhood Of Cautauzaro, IN Calabria, and
slarms the wealthier Inhabitants BY burn.
ing farms, carrying of cattle and levy,ng
contributions. She is beautiful girl,
who was betrothcd to a bandit, and on
her lover Icing killed in skirmish, she
took pn>srssion Of his carbine and swore
on his body to be revenged, tho band &C.
knowledglng her as their chief Such,
at least, is the assertion Of tho London
Graphtc.
THERE are eight new spapers in the
United States which claim to be over
one hrndred years old. Below arc the
names OF the papers and the dates when
they are said to have been established:
Annap oils (Bd.) Maryland Gazette, 1745;
Ports mouth IN. H. Gazette, 1855; New
port Ni ~ Mercury, 1858; New London
(Conn.> Gozttte, 1868; Hartford (Conn)
Cou1ant, 1854 New Haven Conn Jour.
nal, 1861; Salem (Mass) Gazet te, 1868;
Worcester (Mass.) Spy, ITO.
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THE natives residing in the neighbor-
hood Of Monrovia, Liberia, until lately
were accustomed to visit the city dressed
very much in the style of our first par
ents:: Mayor Leon, civilized cmigrant
from the United States, issued a proc
lamation to the effect that the men
should wear Dbreeches and the women
gown to the knees, or they couldn't at.
tend market. The decree is now observ-
ed, but in the rural regions the primi-
tive custom of the fathers of the re public
remain in vogue.
WITH this alphabet any English word
can be spelled out with precious and
semi-prccious stones. The list comprises
just the letters of our alphabet: A-Am-
ethyst; B-Beryl; C-Cat's Eye;D ~Dia-
mond; E-Emerald; F-Felspar; G.
Garnet; H-Hyac:nthe; 1-1docruse; j.
Jasper; K-Kyanite; L-Lapis-lazuli; N
Malachite; N-Natrolite; Opal or
onyx;P-Porphyry; Q-Quartz Agate;
R--Ruby; s-sspphire; T-Turquoise;
U--Ultramarine; V-Verd-Antique; W
Water Sapphire X-Xanthite ;Z-Zircon.
A Providence dispatch says: ut IL
authoritatively stated here that ex- sena-
tor Sprague, who has been for somo weeks
engaged IN taking private depositions
for use in divorce suit, which he short.
ly acontemplates bringing against his
wife, became satisfied that he could pro-
duce no substantial proof with which to
sustain his former allegations against
Mn. Sprague, and instructed HE lawyers
to proceed no further in the matter. A
reconciliation between tho husband and
wife, is locke d for as the eventual result
Of this.
LAST spring the Ave children of N, D,
Corbine Of Colorado, promised to earn
money enough to pay for an organ if
their father would buy one The bar
gain wac made, and as capital, three
dozen chickens and IN acre OF arable
land were given them. The ground was
planted with onions and yielded tho 70.
markablo crOD of three tons. for which
$145 was received. The net receipts
from the chickens was $55, making the
total receipts $500. The organ coat @11s,
leaving = balance Of $8l still in the