The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-11-08
Miscellaneous Matters.


Suits have b:sn instituted involving
the title to 800, 900 acres of land in South
east Georgia, in the interest of the heirs
Of the original owners. Hundreds OF
small plantations are involved in the
issue OF the litigation.
To the long catalogue of ails that flesh
is heir t, an English doctor has added a
new disease which he calls "exam fc,
ver," and which he SAYS is develope bv
the severe strain which boys and girls
undergo in competitive examinations.
The social science congress-, before
which the statement was made, has re-
solved to memorialjze the government
to take steps against its extension.
In New York oyster shops, stabbers,
as the openers of oysters in the Boston
style are called. are taking the place of
crackers, whose fashion is to Law the
bivale on block and break off a niece
of the shell at the thin edge. Still an
other kind of workman is the sculler,
who holds the oyster in his left hand and
gives kind oil side. ways sculling motion
stab.
A florist in Boston furnished 10000
roses, $4,000 carnations of different COL
ors, 1000 spikes of tuberoses, 500 punches
Of violets, 1000 sprays of heliotrope,
1000 strings of smlax, and 2,ON Yards
of English laurel for the decorations for
the ball to the MARQUIS of Lorne AMI the
Princess Louise in Montreal.
As an incident of the earthquake there
the other day, the San Francisco Call
relates that one gentleman is particular
ly grateful for the shaking up. He Is
the possessor of a fine French clock.
which suddenly stopped one day about
year and half ago, and all his efforts
to make it tick were unavailing. Not
having small fortune at his command
by which he could get the necessary re-
pairs made, he. placed the obstinate
time piece in closet, consoling himself
with the reflection that ''some dav" he
would have it fixed. What was his sur
prise on Wednesday, last on opening the
door Of the closet to hear the old iamil-
lar tick, tick Of the iavorite clock. The
earthquake had accomplished in less
than q minute what he had fniled to do
in weeks tinkering, and he is truly
grateful.
Two of the most mysterious and hor.
rible tragedies of the year-~the murder
of Rose Amber in Connecticut and the
butchery Of Fora Burns in illinois,
we're rural in scene and actors. Great
cities are wicked enough, to he sure,
but it is mistake to suppose that all is
goodness and peace and love wherr the
grain waves golden in the harvest field
a mi ho Ii, IL
innocence in quiet pasture lots.
A Nashville man received piece OF
wedding cake recently, and foolislly ate
it. 1t nearly killed him, and the doc.
tors pumped him out, and braced him
up and walked him around, and at last
saved his life, although they declared he
had all the sym ptoms Of pyHmia, strycll.
Asiatic cholera, morphine poisoning,
rapid pulse, and terrific respiration, and
several other awful things. However,
an analysis of the cake showed that it
contained no substances absolutely
poisonous in themselves, but having
been made by the bride, to the best OF
her ability and inexperience. the cake
was enough to kill River and Harbor
OIL. The man was very young or he
would have known better, and would
have saved the cake to kill tarantulas
with San Francisco Argonaut.
A military rocket consists of a ]igh,
iron cylinder filed with a composition
much resembling gunpowder, rammed
under high pressure. When the com.
position is lit the gas generated rusbes
out of three small holes in the base of
the rocket, and drives it rapidly through
the air. Their advantage is that they
are SO portable, and can be used in the
bush where guns could not be taken.
They proved very effective in the Abys.
sinian war, and, in tact, their only utility
is against native troops. the fiery streak
they emit from their tails, and the loud
Kissing sound they make in transit, hav.
ing very terrifying effect on the mind
of the colored man. They have also
been, instrumental in the birth of the
ONLY bit of humor which Eliminates the
who'e range of official military manuals
Rockets are said." says one of these
text books, ito frishten cavalry very
much. They certainly do at the firing