The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-05-15
Things in General,

A married lady writes: How many
men there are with large families to sup
port whose brains are taxed day and
night with schemes to increase their
money-making power. Then fathers
give your girls the same chance to earn
money as you do your boys, and you will
often find them glad to step out of their
do-nothing dependence on you. As far
as my observations serve me, I have
noticed that girls who earn money are
more apt, than their brothers to spend
it in their homes"
The Charleston Is. c. Methodist
Messenger says: 1--WE learn that all
the students at Clahin University who
have rooms on the campus have been
converted but two. It must indeed bo
q happy institution where so many ars
rejoicing in pardoning love-" In COM
mencing upon this statement the Orange
burg Times and Democrat unfeelinglv
says: 1--WE think those that have been
converted should bong the two remain
ing sinners over or run them off the
campus"
Parties who were boring for water
near Snake River, about As miles from
Dayton, Oregon, encountered a stratum
OF frozen earth at a depth of So feet.
Under this numerous cavities were
found, from which cold air came in
gusts. The roar of the escaping air can
be heard at some distance It is not
possible for any one to hold his hand
over the we'll for any length of time
without freezing it. and bucket of wa
ter let down into the we'll is frozen over
in a few minutes. Work on the we'll
has been given up on. account of the
cold.
A dealer in French campagne says
the sales in 1882 amounted to 81, 500 900
bottles. OF this 1865, 800 bottles were
consumed in France, 5000, 900 bottles
sent to the United States, and to Great
Britain and her colonies three times as
many-that is to say, about one-half
the total production. The United
States would be large consumer but
for the tariff: In Eng land the duty is
small, and John Bull can drink at home
the best champagne at $l.75 to 81 per
trary, is obliged to pay $3.50 to 81 g
bottle for his, since the duty is $7.36 on
the dozen quarts.
The Salt Lake Chronicle says that
the owners of mining claims in the
CHur dAlene district have been buying
up large quantities Of quartz containing
free gold, with which they plentifully
"salt" their claims. It asserts that
these men have agents buying such
Free gold specimens in Portland and
San Francisco, and it quotes the state
ment of gentleman of the latter city.
who says that he sold sixteen ounces of
free gold quartz to the agent of a Ceur
d'Alene mine owner, for which he was
paid at the rate of $50 an ounce.
The Picayune says that in the weigh
ing-room of the New Orleans mint are
thirty women at work, of whom four
are colored. The salary is $1.75 per
day. They 90 to work at 8 and stop at
in the afternoon. The work re-
quircs the strictest attention, and is of
such nature that it can never become
purely mechanical. The round pieces
| of unstamped silver coins are brought
in wooden boxes. Each piece has to be
weighed three times. A mistake in the
weight of one piece, of even almost in
finitesimal proportion, may cause the
worker to lose her position. It seldom
ever happens, however, that one is dis
charged for incompetency, or worse
carelessness.