The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-12-25

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There = no hck q lsdeine places u
1seusalemt no maftR how few there
may bsip Chicsgu- There are four OF
Or live converts, besides several hotels,
III the city which solicit patronage Ono
d these converts is accredited With
/ having comfortable lodging room for
4, 600 travellers, sud With being able to
housssy 900 people On pinch
OF Ill substances which man farms,
ssys tho Boston Advertiser; terra Gotta
i best dteed to be the emblem Of the
impsrishable. u neither melts, burns.
decays, nor crumbles. Fire and water
alike pass, it by, while air and its ~
tive gases effect it but slightly.
Dr. e.F Davenport, If Southern Cali
fornia ct Santa Barbara, afdrms that
he knows OF no climate any where which,
the year round, equals it in sunshine,
warmth, squable temperature, little
wind, no cold winds, slight rainfall and
little dampness. Il Il especially adapt
ed to consumption in some Of its forms,
chronic bronchitis in its dry form, and
all uenhlgic affections. No climate
seems better fitted for the broken down
man Of business, or the nervous invalid,
to whom tho slightest household care liz
. burden.
The Rome Of to-day il built upon the
Rome Of the Middle Ages; that Rome
was built upon the Rof1e which Angus
tus "found brick and left mssbss;" that.
In turn, upon tho Rome Of the Repub-
Lie and Of the kings. So, there are
thres cities, ond upon another, whicif
go to make up the Rome of Leo XIII.
and Umbroto Links Of chain unit
ing the Rome of 753 b. G.. to the Rome
Of A. D. 1884. Very little Of the esrE-
est CITY can ever be recovered; bit Of
what may have been part of the wall of
Romlus, the Mamertine prison, tho
great sewer, and, perhaps, some Dor
lions Of the original Forum, are about
all now recognizable, and the list is not
likely to be much heightened.
A medical authority of Paris says
that corrosive sublimsto is tho best
diGinfectant in drains and closets; for
apartments no recommends picnic
acid. and advises any body suffering from
diarrhea to take Immediately ten drops
Of laudanum in glass of water: when
tho cholera has once declared itself, he
continues. 1T should be treated with
opium. 6nce absorption is difficult,
and sometimes impose ible to cholera
patients, alksloids should be employed,
of which morphine is the most power
full" He thinks that morphine will be
the great remedy should there be an
epidemic of cholera.
It is estimated that z, 500 people were
damaged physically on the GLORIOUS
fourth" Tall the eyes, ears, fragments
of skin, nsils, fingers, and even lives
that have been saeri6ced during the
past century in celebrating our national
Independence hsd been in condition to
serve under the immortal George, the
whole revolution might have been set
tied at Bunker Hill.
One of the oldest buildings in all
Germany is the house in the village Of
Happenheim, on the Bergstrass, once
the favorite hunting castle of Charlie
magne, later alternately used as con-
venticle by the Knights Temnlsr and
by monks Is well as nuns, in more
modern days as town hall. tits now
cigar factory. An idea of the age of
the little town (by the Romans called
Hephium) may be found from the we'll
authenticated tradition that Charlie
magne was the builder of the Basilica
of St. Peter, in commemoration Of the
fact that there existed within its walls
. Christian community in the days of
the great apostle.
Gsth: A friend said to me at Long
Branch that there were 80 900 locomo-
tives in the Union, and that they were
worth not less than $40, 900 apiece, and
more nearly GIG, 900, and that We had
facilities here for turning out twenty
new locomotives day, and that the To-
conceive factories in general were run
ming strong even now. If the above
figures be correct, the locomotives in
the United States have cost not far from
64OO 600 O(10