The Worthington advance., 1882-08-10
Things in General.

OF artificial life, sham and deception, we
are frequently put out on the first base
by the pedigree question, gives this an
ecdote in illustration; DO you belong
to the tasino?" says one swell to another
swell at Newport. NO, / don't belong
to the Casino; but have an uncle who
used to buy his clothes from your grand
fathers shop.'
Some years ago bald head was re-
garded as typical Of wisdom when not
the result Of fever or scrutf. In this
country it il looked upon as the sure
sign Of roguury, slyness and wealth.
New York is full of bald heads. There
Is more Of them every evening in the
front TO rs oftlle theatres than there are
in the pews OF churches OH the Sabbath.
Yet this is 10 sign Of depravity Many
All honest and EuileleSs brain throbs be-
meath Il shining pate. Inattention to the
halr, Improper use OF the hat and sun
dry other natural causes produce pre-
mature badness. SO do not call man
u rogue because his head is bald
The citizens Haven are divided
upon the question whether or not the
old state house, which has long 1efaced
the beautiful City Green, shall be re-
moved or repaired. Hartford having
become the sole capital Of the state sew
eral Years aeu New Haven has no longer
any need Il tf: t tie house bat, ugly as the
building is ,.:,ny t.eoplt. are disposed to
keep an ancicn; landmark standing. It
has been suggested that it should be re-
paired and made the home Of q public
library; but the general opinion, so far
as it has been vet expressed, seems to
be that the moully structure is past re-
demptinn and ouyht ~ be put cut of
sight.
Buckingham county, Va, has some
what curious industry. Within an area
Of ten or fifteen miles there are some
forty distilleries engaged in manufac-
turing oil from sassafr::s root. Each mill
gives employment to three hands. They
use about 1000 pounds Of root day for
each mill and produce from. one to- one
and u half gallons weighing, ten pounds
to the gallon. Tins the forty distillerics
CONSUME daily $4,000 pounds of sassafras
root, make about fifty gallons of oil,
worth about $+.30 a gallon, and thus earn
S225 per day.
The witty English Dean who, when
asked why he always travelled third
class on his railway journeys, replied.
because there is no fourth would
find himself in good company in these
days, when the number of thir<l-class
passengers in England is five times in
excess of that Of the first and second
class travellers put together. 4 parlia-
mentarv return just issued shows that
there has been large falling off in nun
bers Of first and second class passengers
since 1873, notwithstanding the great
development of the railway system
while the third-class traffic has increased
to Il remarkable extent. In 1873 the
number Of the latter carried was 336, ,9SI.
and in 1880 it Was 5SS, ,G22 500. In con-
sequence railway managers are pavin,,
more attention TO this class of Travellers
Egypt is pretty we'll supplied with
newspapers. There are in Alexandria
three dailies in French, two in Arabic.
two in Italian and one each in Greekand
English, with circulations running to
1000. There are also six wceklies- two
in French, two in Arabic, one in Italian
and one in English. Cairo, with its pop-
ulation Of 900, has but two dailies.
both i'll French, and four weeklies. OF
VIC isttcl, l1Sy ptlstil IIVelltS, IN Arabic, Is
the government organ, and has a circu-
lation Of 10000. At Port Said there are
two French weeklies, and Sucz, Ismailia.
and some other places have feeble apol-
oglcs for newspapers.
In France it frequently happens that
I. murderer is not only sentenced to
death, but required to pay heavy fine
to the relations of his victim. These
fines are inflicted by the judges. \ few
years ago man named Armand, of
bordeaux, WIS tried for attempting to
murder his servant. The jury acquitted
him, but the bench, having their doubts
about the matter, sentenced him to pay
10000 francs to the servant, and the
court Of Ca:sadon upheld the curious de-
cision. Prince Pierre Bonaparte, when
acquitted of the murder of Victor Noir,
the journalist, III 1870, was made to pay
$4,000 francs damages to his victims
mother: Only a few months ago a man
who killed another in duel was OBLIGED
to pay his antagonists widow $4,000,
besides undergoing years i'm prison.
ment.