The Worthington advance., 1882-05-11
GeMerAfi2atiOhs.

Senator Vest, OF Missouri, Judge Harlan,
OF the United States supreme court, and ex-
Governor B. Gratez Brown we're three wild
and red headed boys who lived near toeeth
or and attended tbs same schoo! in Frank ,
fort. Ky.
One OF tbs entries to the dog show now
| in progress In New York City died on Mon
day before the show opened The entry
| was Represented by vacant cage, lined
with maroon colored satin. skillfnlly pad
ded, and provided With mat Of soft
| wool. On q card with wide black border
was written: "Died April II, 1882. Please
don't tonch the satin Innings of The box"
The south is land Of roses In Missis.
s1ppl gentleman has growing and in bloom
| at his house u ssLamarque rose vine so feet
long. The stem iD eight inches through in
| the thickest palt. 1t wRs planted Is Or IS
years ago. 1t is twined around n yeran(la,
anu 1ts gorgeous clubters ct cream tinted
roses are splendid to behold. In ono phi
| vate garden at New Orleans there ere as
many as one hundred different kinds Of
roses all in bloom
A recent graduate Of the university of
Cambridge, England, gave Dr.. Lyman Alb
bott os bis estimate of the total expenses of
| on undergraduate for full year. including
the long vacation the gum of $1,000. DR..
Abbott says tee EngliaL college studen. is
the "unive'sity gentleman" No student
smokes III tbs streets; no EantIaman stu,
Gent drinks ut bar; .lrunkehness is rare and
| disgmcefui; the wine parties that To1n
Brown used to attond are goinp ont Of FASH
lon; coliege rowe and scrdpes are things Of
the past: this ancient braw!s between town
and gown are no more known; hazine is
unheard Of" The sentiment is that It is
worse to be vulgar thar to be wicked.
The following is taken from bona tide
translation OF a German work, Legends Of
the Rhine" into English. This book is
published at Aayence for the benefit OF
English and American Tourists. tits bard
y necessary to add that the translator was g
German: The dreamy beautifully stunt.
ed small town Was set up Oh MI eminential
hill. Here lwelt Hldegarde, but she
threw forth no jubilation, for her father was
early widower. aud che monrnel furious
" too early lost mother. Hildeenrde
loved far residing knight ard was there
fore by the effected with shioy seldivion
OF her fathers gold imretuously cheated. "
The Russian despot has cut this from an
American paper and is showing it around
among the offski's and owski's: For nine
years Sacramento mayor failed to paw the
interest on the city debt 4 member Of 1,
banking firm in this city, taking advantage
or the depreciation caused by the failure to
pay interest, bought STAG, 900 Of city bonds
at eighteen cents Oh the dollar. The Nav
or, Oh some pretext, cashed $500 OF
bonds belonging to himself out Of the
treasury, and tho banker sold his bonds in
Germany ct 6fty-six cents on the dollar
The net result Of failure to pay the interest
S2o, 600 profit to the mayor, $55, 900 profit
to the banker, and al increase of $500. 900
city debt"
The French, now that they have repnb.
lie, don't seem to care 10 keep it going. 4
cable specia! says: "All Thoughtful minds
have been disagreeably impressed by the
growing tendency of the electors to neglect
to make use of their right of voting. The
abstention at elections were great
er than ever before. At Toulouse not
single vote was recorded. At LYONS.
Marseilles and Rouen barely one-tenth
part OF the electors registered went to the
polls"
Many dressmakers in New York loan
money on interest to customers. That's
where the skeletons come from. The
skeletons are secret books of the house. On
one page Of them is entered the actnal in
debtedness of tie customer for dresses On
the opposite page are the loans. Every
month the books Of the business are made
up from these skeletons, the money loaned
being charged to the dresslnaking account
There is one lady whose spring bill will be
over $4,000, and less than $4,000 is for
dresses.
There are many lnen who would not 90
70 the polls. because they have no acqnaint-
hnce with the candidates, and many more
stay away because they are acquainted with
them. Some men who want to be good
clt1zens voto for certhin candidates on the
recommendation Of friends, and are aston
lshed. when they happen to come in con-
tact with the official their vote had helped
to elect. to find him an insolent or stupid
FELLOW, II not an out-and- out rascal. The
voter VINO knows Just how to vote properly
IN city is almost statesman.