The Worthington advance., 1881-11-03
Things In General.

0lendlve. Montana; now there are 1,5OO.
The Northern Pacific Railroad was opened
to that point in July. In the new ceme-
tery there are nine graves, including five
Of men killed in fights and two of female
outcasts who committed suicide.
A Methodist Episcopal preacher in
Pueblo, COL, adopted the original exped'-
ent, few Sundays ago, of having the choir
sing the morning hymn from the steps in
front OF the church to attract congrega-
ton.
1t is said that the existing deficiencies in
the household goods at the White House
were caused by theIexpenditure of 50, 600 Of
the last years appropriation under the
Hayes administration for q remarkable set
of dinner china, modelled, painted, aid
gilded in bad taste. The makers also had
the privilege of duplicating the set twenty
five times minus the national coast Of arme.
An Iowa father has spent the best part
Of year, $500 in money, and made fou.
trips to Washington to secure his son u
$500 clerkshiP in one of the department..
The boy must be an unbearable nuis 1nce
around home.
Ono Of the curious results of the late
presidents death was the number of other
deaths directly ascribed to it. One prom
inent western banker dropped dead on hear-
ing OF it; the shock gave man in Msssa-
chusetts stroke of apoplexy, from whict
he is not expected to recover and a wealth,
grain dealer from Altamont, Illinois, became
demented, and committed suicide. It d., 9
not appear that any Of these persons were
intimately connected with Mr.. Garfield b,
social or political ties.
Much interest is felt in the success of the
new steamship, City Of Rome. which sails
to New York October 13. With the usuel
heated bearings to spoil the test Of the trial
the vessel made Is 3.4 miles per hour. The
1nmans have lavished an enormous amount
on this vessel, and all concerned in steam
navigation are watching the experiment
with interest. She is built to carry 1900
cabin and steerage passengers. The en-
gines OF the steamer can be brought to q
|, dead stop in two seconds br turning sim
gle lever, and from going full speed ahead
they can be reversed to full speed astern in
the incredible space Of five seconds.
The way the money Of people goes il il
lustrated, on small scale, by the recent
sale of government buildings at Camp How.
ard, Idaho. They cost about $15, 900, ac-
cording to Pacific coast newspaper, and
were sold for $65. This price does not
seem to have been fixed by collision, as
the same authority says that 'the man who
bought cannot realize, unless he establishes
military camp or uses them for frewood."
The government is generally sure to pay q
great deal for what it builds, and to get
very little for what it sells.
The Brahmin, says DR.. Scudder, has
intellectually no superior. No man can
mingle much with them and not have his
wits sharpened. They are the learned men
Of the country. The Sanscrit. queen of
languages" is their native tongue, and its
vast literature has been their grand field of
mental training. The Bahmin is almost
white, wonderfully neat. begins every day
| in the water tank, eats no animal food, be-
ieving that If he does he shall pass through
as many transmigrstions after death as there
are hairs on the animal Of which he eats.
form. majestic heads, and carry themselves
grandly.
According to The London World, the
first cause Of the animosities between regi-
ments has always been difficult to trace; but
the bad blood" circulates through genera
ton after generation of recruits. There
are two distinguished corps in her ma aiesty' 8
service whose men never lose an opportunity
| ofpummeling each other when an opportu-
nifty offers itself. aud the only reason which
can be assigned for this is tradition that
some officers OF the one had been insulted
BY an officer Of the other at the siege Of
Quebec.
The French Republic has not abolished
titles Of nobility, but the government
during the last two years has given them as
little Official recognition as possible. They
have been eliminated from the army and
navy lists, and tho term "Monseieneur" W Q
not ofncially applied to bishops. TIE Ke r
Or OF tho Seals, too, no longer sanc'io. ed
ranmission of titles through heiresses, az it
used often to be done Of old. Now,
however, tho journal Official describes ali
the Cabinet Ministers 90 ''Their Excellen
ci g." title which has been dropped since
1870, and the inference 10 drawn that .
moro conservative and less Of IN iconoclas-
do policy il to bs pursued.