The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-10-16
MiscGLLA ANGUS.

~ AOCAfCNh EoNO1ty % n0STOs In tu0 uOlos
which Is at least forty feet.under the
water. se4s-
). "A tramp in Birmingha Ala, while
suffering with delirium tremens, saw
his big toe protruding from his we'll
worn boot Imagining it to be snake
about to bite him. he smashed it with .
hammer.
Michael Fitzgerald. Jr., while ber-
rying mp Bates Run. near Tunesta.
killed black snake that measured ten
feet and seven inches. This ia, no
doubt, the largest blacksnake that has
been killed in tho country this year.
"A Tuscarora New newspaper pre-
pares the young mind for the coming OF
, new school principal by the remark
that 'the ohacials teaching weight l.
about two hundred and twenty-five
pounds avoi-dupois, which under GER
tain conditions might be made to ap-
proximate q ton" @.
Hearing tremendous noise in the
engine-room an Auburn, Me-, engineer
rushed below to find the governor belt
OH. the engine running wild and t Q
room filled with steam. He immedi-
ately appreciated the situation and did
what few men would-grored about till
he found the stop-valve and slowed the
engine. -.....-, ..%. .;55 $50.
"A remarkable incident occurred in
Hartford recently. A mink trotted
right into the heart of the city, among
throngs of people on the streets, and
passed all kinds of dogs with IMMUNITY,
and finally made his way into the back
yard Of big store on Asylum street
In the yard men cornered him and tried
to capture him alive, but he fought so
desperately that they had to kill him.
Says business man, writing from
the City of Mexico: "Why do you Amer
leans put five cents on letter to Mex
leo when two are enough? Is cash SC
abundant in Northern houses that you
can so waste it? Pray tell your people
that only a 'phule' will put any more
postage on Mexican letter or paper
than on one destined for the United
States-else why the postal treaty? One.
half my correspondents thus foolishly
contribute to Uncle Sans excheouer."
= Some jokers at Schenley Park,
Pittsburgh, had little fun with Hun
garian, who. asked for work. They
gravely gave him q position as hostler
to bear, and supplied him with a curry
comb and brush. The bear enjoyed be-
ing scratched with the oRrry-comb, and
showed it by rolling on the ground as
fast as he was cleaned. He also evinced
his appreciation by playfully clawing
his valet, and by the time the latter had
completed his job he had no clothes on
worth mentioning.
George w. Keene, of South Boston.
deserves to live until he is niuety-nine
years old in order to complete his re-
gard of mines. His father died in 1859
at the age of sixty-nine. and was buried
on January 20. Mr.. Keene himself was
married May 20, enlisted in the civil
war July 10, 1868; was mustered out
June 20, 1865, and was discharged july
9. His son was married October %. On
the 9th of August he received an injury
which necessitated his removal to the
city hospital, hut he was discharged on
the 10Th. He is fifty-nine years old.
The English Industries states that
= novel industry, resting strictly on
chemical principles and needing nothing
but little capital and a dash of dis
honesty to develop it, is said to be prac-
ticed in Florida. It consists in avoid
ing dependence upon the slow and i'm
perfect ripening Of lemons by the suns
rays, by picking the fruit while green
and exposing it to the fumes of burning
sulphur. whereby its color is changed
to rich golden yellow, infinitely more
attractive than the natural hue. 'It is
true that the interior of the lemon is
practically free from juice, fact which
the hypercritical might reckon a slight
drawback; but this is, after all, trivial
matter, affecting only the consumer" i:
the salve applied to the conscience.