The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-13

, CHAPLAIN MCCABE, when in Kansas
last year, said he would like to raise
100000 for missions. A little boy,
in an effort to help him, sold some
chestnuts for five cents, and sent the
money to Mr.. McCabe with a note say
ing: If you want any more let me
know"
SAMUEL MAhsDEN, aged fifty years,
and Gertrude Gibson, aged sixteen
years, eloped from Amelia County,
Va, recently and were married at
lReidsville, N. G. The bride, who is
quite pretty, said she had plenty of Of
'fers from young men, but they were
all drunkards.
ACCORDING to a list sent out by the
Patent Office, there have been issued
patents to about two thousand women
all within tho last seventy-nine
years. This is good showing, when
it is considered that woman has had
very little encouragement to go into
that field of activity.
A REGULAR business is now said to
exist OF smuggling Cinnamon into the
United States through British Column
bia. The smugglers keep watch over
unprotected points on the American
side. where the Cinnamon are safely
landed; $4,000 has been collected as
head money on Cinnamon arriving in
Ottawa during the month of October.
This was collected on $50 Cinnamon
for which Canada had no use.
IHE United States imported Is, OOO,-
OOO pounds less of raisins in 1887 than
Ill 1876. there having been constant
decline since the former date. The
falling off is due to the California
production, which last year reached
about 100000 pounds. The total
consumption of raisins in the United
States amounts to about $4,000, 600
pounds. 1t is expected that within a
few years California will supply the
entire home demand.
In Knox County, Tenn, a courtship
OF thirty-tive years duration ended
the other day by the marriage of
Joshua Shipe and Miss Margaret
Douglass. In 1858 the couple became
engaged, but owing to opposition from
a sister of the man and the mother of
tho girl the wedding was postponed
from time to time. The obstinate sis
ter died few days since, the mother
relented, and d. unexampled love-
making ended happily.
A MARRIAGE. in which two of the
Oldest persons in Middleton township,
N. j., were interested, occurred a few
days ago, and was performed by Rev.
William '. Wilson. The contracting
parties were Bennett Walling and Mrs.
Sarah Morris, both of Port Monmouth.
The groom is eighty-three years old
and his bride is seven years his junior.
The marriage was the result of an
agreement on the brides part in case
Harrison was elected President,
AND now it is the city of Cleveland
that is taken in by bogus Lord to the
extent OF club dinners and livery bills
and thousands in cash. Pretty soon
we will have to establish an inter-
national reference bureau Then when
a Lord or Duke or a Count comes
over here he'll have to show his
references or he gets neither dinners,
cash or a wife. We like to make
geese of ourselves, but we do like to
have the genuine article to work on.
HE total number of suicides COM
mitted in France during 1887 was 1879,
OF which 2, 1873 are attributed to mental
afflictions of different kinds, 1928 to
physical suffering, 975 to domestic
troubles, 800 to drunkenness, 1873 to
poverty, 305 to pecuniary difficulties,
2O2 to the desire to avoid imprison-
ment, 100 to the loss of employment,
$50 to the fear of exposure, Sc to the loss
OF relatives and 25 to the dread of mil
diary service. Among the other causes
specified in the returns 227 suicides are
put down to jealousy and crossing in
love.
TAKE our advice and don't go to
bed with your gum in your mouth. A
young lady in Connecticut was choked
to death the other night by piece of
gum which slipped down her throat
while she was asleep. During her
waking hours the gum-chewing girl
has complete command over her gum,
but when slumber deadens her senses
the weary jaws are likely to take ad-
vantage of her somnolence and seek
repose too with perhaps the same re-
suit. Stick your gum on the bed-post
while you sleep, or, better still, don't
chew gum at all.
;, HE merchants and bankers of Siam
find that the Siamese apes make very
efficient cashiers. A good deal of base
coin is in circulation in Siam, and thew
have peculiar knack of telling bad
money from good by tasting the coins.
Another point in their favor is that.
being habitual thieves, they do not
consider themselves above watching.
and hence possess none of the oppor-
tunities OF the ''trusted employee" En-
bezzlements, accordingly, are never
heard of in Siam, and the monkey is
filling all the positions known with us
as positions of trust.''
The United States Geological Sur
vey gives some mining statistics that
show something of the wonderful
wealth OF this country, judged by the
immense mineral output for the last
year. The total value of all minerals
mined in 1887 was 1888, 600, 900. This
is $40, 900, 600 more than the output for
1856, and over 500, 100000 greater
than that OF 1885. The years yield is
not only the greatest ever produced in
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