The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-08-27
FACT AND FANCY.
Texas claimes a population Of g.

1cAaS cASAmoS d pOpulaClOn OF y.
100000.
There is large demand at Port
land, Oregon, for good servant-girls
to take the places now occupied by
Cinnamon.
Fifteen thousand shad have been
taken in the Susquehanna this season,
and snad-bakes are the fashionable
amusement.
No time is lost at elections in Brit
lsh Columbia. The recent elections
wcro held two days after the nominal
tiOns were made.
The important discovery has been
made in Paris that the crocodile can
bring its jaws together with a force of
over three hundred pounds.
The abstract of the Newfoundland
census for 1884, just published, shows
that the total population of Newfound-
land and Labrador is at present 1885,
all.
An observer of small distinctions in
speech says that when you hear a man
say to another, II certainly am glad
to see you; certainly am," you may
be sure he is from Virginia.
salt should be eaten with nuts to
aid digestion" Water can be drunk
to take away the effects of the salt,
and then more nuts can be eaten to
take away the taste of the water.
A Vermont husband is reported to
have frustrated the intended e]ope-
ment of his wife by taking possession
of her silk dress. He knew she
wouldn't run away in a calico gown.
All the shoe-dealers of Pittsburgh
abbreviate the names Of their goods,
and SO many cartoons are labeled
Cur ki4' that the citizens of tho
Smoky City" fully believe. it is said,
that they are wearing dog skin shoes.
The problem of whether an elevator
is 4 vehicle or ali apartment remains
unsolved. and the average man, i'm
Prisoncd in the thing with lady,
hcsitates about taking off his hat in
the draft.
The brevct seaside hotel now puts
in :. new pane of glass and adds a
picket to the front fence, and adver.
tises that costly improvements have
been made in preparation for the COM
ing season.
A farmer near Sequel, CAL, has put
up 4 scarc-crow in his orchard that is
said to DC so lifelike IN its appearance
that his neighbors often address it and
depAr! IN rage 1T not receiving a re-
ply. They must have curious-looking
people in that section.
In the year 1777 considerable inter.
est was manifested in an announce
mcnt that six stoves had been COM
plctcd in Philadelphia. The annual
product of tho stove foundries in that
city is now valued at $4,0O0,OOO, and
the industry supports about twelve
thousand people.
Mr.. S. S. Stratton has just compiled
''bill of mortality' of the musical
profession during 1854. The death
roll contains 2lO names. The average
aye is I'll years and 2 months, against
80 years and 6 months in 1888. The
three years combined give an average
of 60 years and few days.
Buried treasurc-seekcrs are at work
in Georgia. Near Covington, accord
ing to The STIR Of that place, COL
ored man and several assistants have
been making excavations for several
months in hope of finding 100000,
which the principal in the scheme
AYERS was buried there three years
ngo.
In some glddy regions even sealing.
wax is made to convey tender senti.
mcnts. The ordinary red wax signi
lies business, and black is used only
for mourning and coincidence. But
blue means love, and the different
tints portray each stage of the tender
passion. Pink means congratulations
and white is used for wedding invita-.
tions. Variegated colors show con.
ilicting emotions.
A clergyman desiring contributions
for special object, fitted up an on
horn 1T the church door. Upon this
he inscribed his aspirations to thi:
effect: This 'orn was once on the
'cad of a hox, and now hit his mis-
sionary box 1t might have been tho
odd jingle. and it mi ght have been tho
old Englishnlan'S zeal, or a cOmbna'
ton of the two, but certain it is thai
this special missionary box attracted
contributions in an extraordinary
manner.
Some people are never stisicd. The
water works of the city of Troy arc
full of cells, and by simply tapping tho
pipes fish two feet and a half long car
be secured for breakfast. and so dc
lightfully fresh! Such an abundance Of
cheap food would be considered a
boon in any community, yet the Tro
jams are running to and fro and COM
planning to the water board that theil
supply of water is cholzcd off by the
GELS. The idea Of complaining of a
supply of fresh fish with their water!
A letter describing the market OF
Now Orleans says that everything i.
sold by the eye, and there is no stand
ard Of measure. Nine tcnths of the
hundreds who sell in the noted French
market of the city do not know what
bushcl or a peck is. They buy theil
vegetables by the lot and place then
in little piles on tables. These pile:
arc of different sizes and prices. Thu
buyer looks at the piles and buys that
which he thinks is biggest and best.
Sometimes buckets and boxes ar,
used to measure, but they are Of al
kinds and shapes.
Four-car trains running so near to
golher that there is always one at ev
cry station and one between each two
stations, are not sufficient to accom-
date the travel on the New York Ele
waited railway. Dongcr trains, which
would require he -'ier engines, woul(
shake the structure to pieces. Eleo
tricity is believed to Qifor the only so
luton to the difficulty, and variot,
of experiments are about to be made
Edison's plan is to apply the propul
sion through little dynamos carried OF
the forward truck of each car, all op
Grated by TIC single engineer at tn
front of tho train. His idea is to d
away altogether with tho locomotive
A Massachusetts minister condemn
people for rigging up their childrc
for the Sunday school. (Which goe
to show" says The Boston TRANSCRIPT
that even Marlborough ministe
doesn't know everything. The bette
children are dressed the better Wi
they behave; and il the conduct of tn