The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1882-11-30
miscellaneous Matters.

largest In California, 5O0, 900 gallons o,
VINE and lOO, 600 Of brandy will be made
from this years crop of grapes. In thi.
and other vineyards the unskilled labor
employed is usually Chinese, but the
experts are mostly from the wine dis.
trlcts OF France and Germany, though
Americans learn the process readily. The
grapesare stemmed and squeezed by ma
chlnery. There are seven wine produc.
ing dlstr cts in the state, and the total
vintage this year is estimated at Il, ,0O9,-
600 gallons.
Southern planters are talking of adopt
ing new cereal called millionaire, intro
duced BY Rev. H. H. Pratt Of South
Carolina, for some time q missionary in
South America. It is found in Columbia
IN large quantities, and forms the com.
mon food Of the working classes there,
and ls also used for working animals
Mr.. Pratt has been successfully growing
1t in South Carolina for several vear6
The cakes made from it, ground into
meal, Are preferred to corn meal bread,
while in nutritive qualities ia said to be
superior to wheat. The plant is allied to
the Sorghum and G0inea corn families
It has great capacity to withstand Q
drouth.
A foreign medical journal mentions
ths case Of . lady suffering with cramps
in the stomach, and to whom something
less than drop of per cent. alcoholic
solution Of nitro glycerine was given. In
two minutes the pulse fell from 40 to
%, clammy sweat covered the patients
features, and she became senssless.
NfimnIonf0 ~ NaAS l..
were quickly administered, aud in about
three minutes more she began to r..
cover; the pam was completely gone,
and did not return all that night or the
following day. While under the effect
Of the singular substance in question the
patient fs!t, rs she subsequently, stated.
like two persons, and 50 strong was this
impression that, though entirely ration.
al in her conversation and composed ~
usual In her manner, she could not dis.
possess herself Of the illusion.
The largest telescope in existence will
soon be completed for the Russian Gov
eminent BY tho firm Of Alvin Clark L
Sons, Of Cambridge, Mass. The largest Of
all glasses is for the Russian Observatory
at Polkovo, which was founted in 1889
by the Car Nicholas. In 1873 the Gov
ernment authorized the astronomer,
Otto Struve, to draw upon the Treasury
for whatever sum might be required. The
grinding of the new lens has now been
proceeding for twelve months, and it ts
expacted that 1t will soon be completed.
The length Of the Polkovo telescope will
be 46 feet, and the diameter ofthe object
glass 80 inches. It will be mounted upon
= lawn to the southwest Of the principal
building Of the observatory: It is esti-
mated that this new lens will practically
bring the moon within a distance Of
thirty-eight leagles from the earth.
If William Penn had been permitted
10 read the descriptions of the bi-cen.
tennial celebration in his honor at Phil
adeiPhia, he must have been astonished
beyond the power Of expression. One
ct the minor facts certain to bewilder
him is the consumption of lager beer
during the festivities. The books of the
Internal Revenup office showed that
during tho %esx 2S,35S barrels, or
Ii, ,0c0, 600 glasses Of beer, were delivered
and presumably consumed in Philadel.
phia, an allowance of 10 glasses each to
every man, woman and child, including
the strangers within her gates. The
quantity delivered during the cores
ponding week in 1881 was Is, ,42O barrels,
80 that the recent celebration is directly
responsible for the consumption of near
ly 20, 600 barrels Of beer.
The putting of coins with holes in
them into the church contributions hat
has served for the foundation Of para
graph by many newspaper Joker of
late. What really made the idea ludi-
crous and funny was the notion that
church going people would 10 above
slyly passing coins that had become vag-
abonds in trade. But it seems that
there is foundation ii, the fact for even
the funny mems f:,ncies regarding the
Issuance Of bored silver pieces from
church pews. Coins with holes in
them are very frequently found on the
= electors plate" said Rev. Nicholas
-. :. addressing the congregation at
st. Bernard's Roman Catholic Church,
Putnam avenue, Brooklyn. ut not un-
frequently happens that a gentleman
puts tifty.cent piece with hole through
it on the plate. The coin would not Be
taken by . broker for ita face value: but.
then, it We consider that had the donor
not had that mutilated halt dollar he
might not have given one cent, We
should be grateful"