The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-10-30
MISCELLANEOUS.

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& MISCELLANEOUS.
"A farmer near Atlanta, Ga. q,
needing coffin no bought for his sick
child; the latter getting we'll, mounted
Il on four legs and used it as 4 watering
trough for his cows With the lid he re.
paired his fence.
The Paris tailors are organizing
against the swallowtailed black coats
for dinners theaters, concerts, etc.
They intend to introduce garment OF
lively colors, with silk Innings, embroid.
cry and brass buttons.
According to correspondent of the
Topeka Capital, stock raisers have no.
ticed in the last three years an appar-
emit increasing sterility in heifers: It is
ascribed to the practice of dehorninx.
The horns on the cattle must fulfil some
useful function or they would not have
been provided by nature.
"A laurel treo growing on the crest
Of Sonoma Mountain is said to measure
around at the base thirty feet, and is
forty feet high. 1t is estimated that
the tree will make forty cords of wood,
and Mr.. Rickett has been offered $75 for
it standing. 1t is thought to be the
largest tree of that variety on the coast.
"A dangerous adulteration of food is
found in baking powder sold under
the name of "French Tartar" which,
according to the American Analyst, con-
tains varying amounts of oxalic acid as
one of its Ingredients, some samples
showing as much as forty per cent. Of
this extremely poisonous substance
Popular Science News.
"A Saginaw lady who by great effort
had procured pair of the new French
gloves-thirty t~n ~hnttons--was sur
prised and somewhat disguised the other
day to find them upon her little sons legs.
The shaver had put them on for leathern
leggins, and they made him q good pair,
coming we'll above the knees
1T is said that Stiles McMalon, nine.
ty-four years of age, of Barre, Vt.
lately walked from Montpelier to FL
more Pond. q distance Of twenty miles;
before $3.50 p. m. He refused several
offers to ride, and only stopped to take
breakfast He says be never had doc.
tor in his life, never wore glasses and
can hear as we'll as ever.
1.-THE disappearance of the mackerel
gull from Maine waters is DUE" accord
ing to the Biddeford Times, "to the
merciless work of the mon who supply
the milliners with plumes. For the
mackerel gull they paid ten cents each,
price so renumerative to professional
gunners that these birds were in the
short space of two years practically ex-
terminated. All of the snipe family
wore also in great demand; even the lit
tie ox-eye did not escape, for single
order was placed for 600, 900 of these at
three cents each to fill an English con-
tract"
The printing press has made Presi-
donts, killed poets, furnished bustles
for beauty, and polished genius with
the sandpaper OF it's criticism. 1t has
made tho world get up to roll-call every
morning, and to the pulpit it has given
lungs of iron and voice of steam. It
has set the price on a bushel of wheat,
and made the country postoffice the
glimmering goal of the rural scribe. It
has curtailed the power of kings, em-
bellished the pantry shelves and bursted
rings; but it can't get woman's name
right in marriage notice to save it.
Rams Horn.
A strange bird that came from the
swamps of lower South Carolina is men-
toned by the Charleston News and
Courier. Roughly described. it is about
the size of hen, but with wings twice
the length. The wings present hand
some plumage of yellow and black, with
small polka dots over the feathers. The
feet are like those of an eagle, with
long, sharp claws. The most peculiar
thing ahont tho bird is its head. which
has the remarkable shape of heart,
and is covered with white feathers. The
bill is shaped like that of a human
nose, so that the head, with the almond
shaped eyes, looks more like the face of
a human being than of bird"