The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-11-18

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Worthipgton, Mobiles Co., MINI
Terms:-Two dollars . year, In advance
Ono dollar for six months; 11Cty censs 10
three months.
The Old Established Paper. OH
cial paper Of the County.
A. p. Miller,
Editor and Proprietor.
CURRENT TOPICS.
An old Yorkshire woman desc:ibe'
her happy circumstances thus: give
nice little cottage, chest Of drawers AM
apianny, lovely garden and some flow
ers in my window, and (waxing warm
my husbands dead, and the very sunshin
of 'eav'n seems to fall on me-
In whatever profession man or a wo
man embarks, each must expect to g
through the "five years of starvation,
often more than that, before either Cal
make really good living. There ar
exceptional cases, but they only prov
the rule. Trees do not bes lit the frs
year, nor the second, and stiol trees at
tain their majority before reaching tn
time of fruit-bcaring
JUSTICE CLIFFORD, 1t is stated, will
never again take up his public duties
He is able to ride, but takes compare
lively little interest IN what goes OF
about him, and shows little mental &C
tivity. His family wished to take hin
to his Portland home for the winter, bu
he cmphatically refused to leave Wash
ington. AS it is thought that he will no
resign, his seat on the bench may remain
vacant as long as he lives.
The memorial cross OF the Prince I'm.
perial, on Chiselhurst Common, is made
Of gray granite, on which are sculpturec
the imperial bees. On one side is in
scribcd this sentence from the Prince!
WILL II shall die with feeling of pro
found gratitude to her Ma)estly the Queer
of England and for all the Royal family
and for the country where have received
during eight years such cordial hos
pitality.''
DUKE ERNST, of Sake Coburg Ootha
elder brother of the the late Prince AL
bert OF England, is an accomplished mu
sician and a composer, whose operas
have been we'll received in London, Paris
Milan and elsewhere in Europe. All his
servants arc musicians. His valet is
good viollnist, and often accompanies thu
duke as he lies in bed in the morning
playing upon the flute. The duke fire.
quently leads in private concerts in which
his servants are the performers.
The NcW England Farmer prints the
following suggestive item OF experience
II paid $l.25 per day for digging pota.
toes, which cost 6 cents per bushel. I
told two Of the men would give them
5 cents per bushel if they would do the
work. They took the job and went to
wook, and dug and pitted 100 bushels
per day, and went home sometimes by
4 o'clock IN the afternoon. The farmer
saved cent Per bushel or 81 per day;
the men doubled their wages"
THE rate at which the war debt of the
United states has been reduced is with.
out parallel in the history of finance
Something like thousand million dol
lars of the debt has been wiped out, the
total now being less than two thousand
million dollars. At this rate Of rcduc
ton, without making allowance tor in.
creased wealth and consequent revenue
from steadily increasing population
the national debt could be paid off in
less than twelve years.
THE smilax vine, though in general
use in Boston for many years, is Of g
recent date in New York, where it has
been known as "Boston vine.' Its intro
duction there is said to have been brought
about by Christine Nilsson at the great
fair in aid Of the French sufferers by the
Franco-Prussian war. The Swedish
nightingale, while tending flower table
sold her head. dress of roses and smilaz
for $3.50, and the vine at once became
the rage.
PRINCE ROLAND BONAPARTE is to mar
ry Mile. Blanc, principal heiress to the
enormous fortune amassed by the late
high priest of rouge-et-noir. Prince
Roland holds q commission in the Re.
publican army as sub-l1eutenant OF ar
tillery, and is totally destitute Of
private means. By his marriage with
Mademoiselle Blanc he will become
the wcalthicst member of the house ot
Bonapartc.
IT is rather strange that one of the
youngest church editices in America has
the Oldest steeple, but such is the case
An Episcopal church was erected al
Tacoma, Washington Territory, recently
The building is Of logs, and for tower
thcy have utilized tall fir tree, which