The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-03-18
SPIRIT OFTHE TIMEs.

SPIRIT OF THE TIMES.
While Mr.. Cammack, the Wall street
man stopped at the Windsor he was
regularly shaved by certain barber
there, who was as attentive as an
Oriental slave. When the barber had
a chance to buy shop and start in
business on his own account, Mr.. CAM
mack let him have $4,000. This was
generous, but it is not surprising in a
man who. it is we'll known. once lent
Jay Gould $2,0O0.O0O without so much
as scrap OF paper as security. The
barber story about Mr.. Cammack re-
calls one about James r. Keene. One
day. when in the zenith of his financial
power, he hurriedly hailed a rickety
looking coupe, more intent on getting
up town quick than on gong in style.
The man WAS shrewd and attentive,
and pleased the speculator. Mr.. Keepe
became steady patron, and one day
dumfOunded the oabman bv presenting
him with handsome new coupe and Il
fine. strong horse.
The death is announced of Count
Emeric Sommisch, Hungarian mag
nate, who was known in society for his
extraordinary hatred of horses. This
aversion amounted to real hippopho-
bia, and it obi gcd the Count many
years ago to throw up his commission
in the army. The Count died at an
advanced age on his estate in Slavonia.
He was distinguished agriculturist,
an excellent landlord, and on all sub
jects but that of horses, asses, and
mules a man of sound Judgement. He
would not allow any animal of the
equine kind to come upon his lands.
so that visitors who rode or drove to
see him had always to alight at his
park gates. He himself for MANY
years used vehicle drawn by trained
deer, but latterly he went about his
estate in a carriage with team of
oxen. His horror Of horses is said to
have been mate, as there was no acct
dent in his life to account for it.
London Truth gives the following list
by the Financial Reform Almanac
of Peers and Peer relatives in tie pub
lie pay from 1850 to 1885. 1t is curious
comment upox promotion by merit. un-
less We are to admit that superior merit
is an hereditary attribute of aristocracy;
Dukes, 500; Marquises, 626; Earis,
$500; ViScounts, 1858; Barons, 1892 ::
Total, 1901.
According to the Bradford Observer,
q man must 90 to church in England.
At Donca<ter, George Womcrsley, farm
servant, Womersley. was summoned for
leaving the service of MIR. j. A. Apple
yard, Conisborough. without leav e.
The facts as they came out in evidence
were that the Saturday after D0ncaster
statutes comp lainant engaged the de-
PENDANT to serve him for the year TO-
49, On the 10th of January complair.-
ant told defendant he must cit Ter 90 to
church or chapel. and on the defend
ant declining he was informed that he
would not have any dinner. Defend
ant did not 90 to church or chapel, and
on returning to the house for dinner
was told there was no dinner for him.
In consequence he took his box and
went away. The bench held that the
boy had no ground for leaving and they
ordered him to pay S2damages and 12s.
Cd. costs and to return to his work.
Mr.. Gladstone will find the fur
niture Of the First Lord official resi-
dence in Downing street in much the
same condition as he left it six months
ago. Since he came back to office in
1880. MIR. Gladstone has spent about
f3OO in providing new carpets, coats
of paint, paper hanging, &c. This
comes out of his own pocket, it being
an established rule that the occupant
of any official residence pays for the
weir and tear of the furniture, and for
any repairs that may be required in
the house during his possession of it.
Danbury, Conn, is said to make one
fourth of ali the men s hats worn in
the United States, and yet the place
had only a local reputation until the
Danoury News began to pc So widely
quoted some years ago.
Oh, Pshaw! is the name of month
~ paper recently started at Heber,
Ark. After a man has read it through,
which takes such a short time,-it be-
ing quite small-he naturally says:
"Oh, pshaw! it ism t half big enough
Little Rilla's parents were having a
good natured discussion on the foibles
of fashion. both masculine and femi-
nine, in which, it must be confessed,
her mother had rather the best of it:
and to close it up adroitly the "bead
of the house said. in the language of
Puck. ''What fools these mortals be!'
Quick as a flash came the little girls
DENIAL, Il amt
The following. from an exchange,
compares favorably with Munchausen' s
or Eli Perkins best: "A Red Canon,
CAL, proSpector, gathered rabbit
meat enough during the late storm to
do him till June. He cut down lot
of trees, painted the ends black, and
the rabbits butted their brains out try
ing to jump into what they took for
holes. He got 40 the first night
One day an Albany lady chaperon-
ing two pretty girls through the
Capitol took them into the Executive
Chamber. Finding MIR. Hill at his big
mahogany desk, she approached and
introduced her companions, saving:
''Governor Hill. want to present
these young ladies to you. not simply
because you are the Governor of this
great State, but because l want them
to meet a woman hater.' The man of
nerve was for moment staggered by
this unexpected declaration, but re-
covering his composure quickly, he re-
piled gallantly: IL do not believe
am so much of woman hater as the
boys around here make mo out. II
believe they want to monopolize the
girls themselves.
Secretary and Mrs. Endicott open
their house this week for an evening
reception to the officers of the army.
who are all asked to come in uniform,
and society applauds this first move to
make officers wear their full-dress uni.
forms on all full-dress occasions.
One excuse that officers have some.
thing given for not going about in their
gold lace is that they do not want the
Congressman to know how many OF
them there are in the CITY on regular
duty, detail. and leaves.