The Worthington advance., 1881-09-15
Miscellaneous Matters.

Our modern men of wealth enjoy them
selves better than the Crastuses Of Rome;
they revel In luxuries undreamed Of in the
days Of the Csesars; they plough the seas
with yachts swifter and far more luxurious
than the barge in which Cleopatra welcomed
and won Anthony, and their feet, high
mettled coursers put to shame the fiery
steeds Of the Olympian games.
The Mobile Register very naturally and
reasonably expects to the suggestion of a
portion of the northern press that the re-
union of exconfedcrates be discontinued.
We feel, it says. that the south has as much
right to be proud of the valor Of her sons
as the north has, and that each section
should do full justice to the heroism of the
other, as We believe, is growing to be the
case.
The fish commissioners of Maine have
pnt $50, 600 young sea- a-salmon into the
kennebec river, MS many more into the
Presumpscott and 800, 600 into the Penob.
scot this year. They also lut sc, 900 land
locked salmon into each of these rivers,
100, 600 shad int< the Kennebec, 100. 900
into the Rangley lakes.
The st. Louis clergyman who attended
the Irish convention at Chicago last week,
when he got home, speaking Of the ingenu-
ity of the Chicago reporters, said: Men
one enterprising Journalist scaled the fire.
escape, but he was not rewarded for his
pains, for not word or sentence dropped
his way. When he made man, God never
contemplated reporter. The conditions
through which man must pass to meet the
demands of nineteenth century journalism
were not considered at the time of the crea-
tion."
Under the law of 1873, apunishment Was
imposed for sending through the mail ANY
postal card upon which indecent or scurril-
Gus epithets may be written or printed.
In 1876. for some reason not given, the
words "or scurrilous" were omitted. It has
accordingly been decided that the bill COL
lector who wrote to delinquent: "You
have got to pay this bill, and you may twist
and squirm, but you can't cheat this man,"
was not amenable to the law.
They fancied they had struck the most
remarkable crank" of the century in
Brooklyn, the other day. A person Of re-
spectacle appearance and pleasing mien en-.
tered the assessors Office, and, having ex-
amined the list of personal assessments,
asked quietly to have the amount of Seth
Lows assessment raised from 900 to
Seth Low pay ten times as much taxes.
When his reason was asked, and his au-
thority, he said calmly: 4 am Seth Low"
Mr.. Low, however, strange it may seem, is
not insane. He is posing as a candidate
for mayor.
Some idea Of what American missions
are, and have for some years past been do
ing, in Asia Minor, was recently given in
London by the Rev. DR.. Trowbridge, an
American, who is president of the Central
Turkey college. at AiDtab. In Asia Minor
there have been established over 400
schools, which are attended by about 49,
600 pupils. and besides these there are
high schools and semiparies for the train
ing of girls. There are also four American
colleges-one at Constantinople, one at
Beyrout, one at Aintab, aud one at Khar-
poof. At tho college of Aintab the pupils
first study the English language, after they
have acquired some mastery of which they
90 on to history, algebra. chemistry. geol-
Ogy, political economy and mental philos-
ophy.. In connection with this college there
is medical department, together with .
hospital at which / 500 patients have been
treated since last autumn.