The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-12-04
Current Notes.

no" inc nundfedth part OF second
is measured is told in tho Washington
Post. 1t says, "The chronograph, -
its name implies, is time.writer. With
out it the division of time into the hun.
dredth part of q secoud-s division 30
small that the mind can hardly appre.
ciate it-would be impossible. It is q
revolving cylinder, bearing fountain.
pen ats ched to magnet. As the pend
ulum OF the clock swings its seconds il
sends the electric current to the mag
net: The latter gives nervous click,
and the pen marks a small but distinct
break on the paper. These breaks dis
tlngulsh the seconds, and the space b.
tween them is measured by fine d.
visions on slip of steel. A second in
time, measured by space, is about as
long as this -"
London, with its population Of 4, oo0,.
600, takes precedence of all other great
cities in its list OF periodical publioa-
lions. which number nearly 1000.
These have an annual circulation OF
about l ,0l7 900, 900 copies. Paris, with
population less than 1000. 900, issues
1853 periodicals., and these have an an
nual circulation OF about LOO, 600, 600
copies, so that in fact the citizens of Paris
are more literally supplied with daily
and weekly provender than their Brit.
ish neighbors. In fact, it is estimated
that the journalistic products of Paris
amount annually to almost one tenth Of
the entire issue of the globe. New York
and Brooklyn, with population nearly
equal to that of Paris, produce 537 pub
locations, with on annual circulation OF
about SIG, 900, 900; Berlin produces $50
Vienna 1872; Madrid 253; Brussels, 233 ;
Rome 213, showing gradual diminu-
ton until St. Petersburg is reached,
with population of GIT 1868, and q
newspaper issue of 1888; and Moscow,
with a population of COL 1863, had only
81 periodicals.
The New York Sun thinks we are
living in go-ahead age. and instance,
the changes in bar-room styles. Twelve
years ago the floor was sanded, pictures
Of Flora Temple, Peytona and Fashion
hung upon the walls, chairs and tables
were wooden and primitive, the ceiling
vas dingy, chandeliers we're rusty and
ay-tracked, chopped pigs feet were
served as lunch, and whisky and brandy
were poured from the bottle. Now all
is changed. The bar-rooms are hooks
Of luxury. Turkish rugs cover tho
floor, expensive paintings adorn the
walls, handicapped tables and richly
upholstered chairs await occupants,
ceilings are frescoed and exqnisite-
ly succeed, blue enameling refines
bronzed chandeliers, choice salmon is
the staple feature in free lunches, and
liquors are poured from delicate decan-
ters of cut glass.
An editor, desiring to be- forcible in
speech without being profane. made
use of the expression of mot caring q
tinker's maled1ction." General Butler,
to whom the matter referred, pleasant
ly explains that there is no profanity in
the original expression of mot caring q
tinker's dam" He says: "In the oldsn
time, when travelling thinkers went
about the country mending holes in tin
kettles and pans, he frequently found
one that was ragged and rusty, so that
the soldering-iron would not take. and
he was obliged to fill it up with mass
of solder. To keep that solder en-
masse over the hole while in the melt
ed state, he was accustomed to take
some crumbs Of bread and moisten
them and make little ridge around
the hole with the moistened bread
to hold the solder in its place as he
melted it in. This was what was called
'tinker's dam, which he brushed away
after he had finished, as it was utterly
useless. So that our Pilgrim fathers
used the words mot worth tinker's
DAM never dreaming that they were
profane."