The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-08-21

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4 contributor to sscienos" tells Of .
catfish found in the Mississippi, near
Clinton, Ia, which had . land tortoise,
measuring five inches across the back,
! in it, mouth. Tho tortoise was fast in
the Jaws Of the fish and dead, and the
Jimmy csptor was 20 demoralized that 1t
allowed itself to be taken with the
hands.
The ideal commerce destroyer" is
the Milan. cruiser. recently launched
At st Nazaire. She is twin-screw
vessel, b1lt of steel, with engines Of
1000 horse power, from which speed
of eighteen knots il expected. Her
dimensions are: Length, 3O5 fest;
breath, 1878 feet; draught, ID feet;
displacement, 1850 tons. The anna
ment consists of five five-mch guns,
eight machines guns and several tor
pedo tubes.
There is . touching pathos In the ap-
peal of Esther Amar, q Jewess, ct Oar
al-Beida (Casablanca), who was cruelty
logged without trial, on charge ofim.
moral conduct. Her letter to Lord
Granville to secure redress, dated ct
Tangier, closes thus: "Some friends
tell me- that in England there Is more
Justice than in this county, and that her
Majesty the Queen-would never allow .
poor girl to be nearly beaten to death,
as have been, and I beg of your Lord
ship to tell tho Queen about it.
Edison, the inventor, has made tho
following prediction: Gas to the changes
which will be effected by electricity
within fifty years in the city of Now
York, I would say that I believe cleo
tricity will propel the cara of the street
and elevated roads, light the city within
and without its buildings, furnish power
for all purposes, work telephones and
burglar alarms. deliver the opera, con-
vey parcels, detect and signal fires, oper-
ate fire engines, and possibly displace
A company has just been organized in
New York, of which General George b.
Mcclellan is o member, for the pur-
pose of organizing an immense ranch
in the southwest corner of New Mexico.
The company's property is combina-
ton of number of ranches along the
ella River and the streams and springs
in that vicinity. Their range is about
forty miles from east to west, and SIX
ty miles from north to south, and COM
prises over ], 5OO, 900 acres of grazing
land, at an altitude of from 5000 to g.
600 feet. The stock consists of $50
horses, Is 900 head of cattle, and 200
thoroughbreds.
During the past year the young la
dies of Vassar College ate "a, 158pounds
of meat, which cost $15, 556, 80, and
used sc, 591 quarts of milk, worth s.
644.O5. They also made away with
So, 600 pounds of -four; II, 567 pounds
of butter; 1858 pounds of coffee; 1900
bushels of potatoes; 81, 900 eggs; SO 200
clans; 2O9 bottles of pickles, and vast
quantities of other food supplies. Pan
cakes are very favorite dish, and
grlddle 10 feet long by three feet wide
is used to bake the 2, 400 pancakes that
are consumed at . single breakfast.
The milk is used at the college comes
from dairy of from 40 to SO grade
COWS, which are kept on the college
property.
There is no spot in the world where
coffee is so badly made as in this coun-
try, says writer in the San Francisco
Argonaut And this arises from sever
al causes. The first of these is the
purchasing of coffee ground and roasted
at grocery stores, where the sale is so
small that the roasted coffee is often
three weeks or month old, and has.
through exposure to the weather and
influence of the climate, entirely lost
its aroma. The second cause is that
the berry is often burnt instead of being
properly roasted, and has in oonse-
quence pungent, bitter flavor, instead
OF it's natural flavor and aroma. The
third cause is that in many hotels, res
taurants, and even private houses, suff-
clent coffee is not used. However
good the berry may be, however care
fully roasted, it's qualities are bound to
disappear under too much water.
Mrs. Carlyle relates that she had once
made all the preparations for her hus-
bands return from q short absence.
His dinner was ready, his arm chair in
its usual attitude, his pipe and tobacco
as he loved to fin. them, all looking as
comfortable as possible, and she sat
down to rest with quiet mind. He
arrived, and, she says, latter he had
Just greeted me, what do you think he
did? He walked to the window and
shook it, and asked: Where's the
wedge of the Window and until he
found that blessed wedge nothing
would content him. He said the window
would rattle and spoil all. That's just
Carlyle."