The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-08-21
MISCELLANEOUS,

Tho friction f0t millions OF shoes
has worn the, original smoothness from
the flooring Of the Brooklyn bridge
promenade.
Broken glass may become as useful
as it Is bothersome. The British Ware
houseman announces that process is
now known which will work glass into
cloth Of any color or thickness and in
comhustible. r<-' ..- ....
Musical Hostess "Would you like
gavotte now, Mr.. Wildwest?'', Mr..
Wiidwest-''Thank you, no. don't care
much for those foreign dishes. A plain
ham sandwich Is good enough for me. -
The Bostonian.
"A Chicago wag advertised for agents
to peddle artesian wells, and he got
twenty replies in the first mail. One
wanted to know how many he* could
carry along in one-horse lumber
wagon. Texas Siftings. I 8
Fruit Salad: One pineapple (cut
fine), four oranges (smail pieces), three
bananas (sliced), grated cocoanut. In
deep glass dish, alternate layers we'll
sugared. just before serving cover with
whipped cream.-Good Housekeeping.
The United States at the close of its
first century has as many cities with a
population of over 1000, 900 as Europe.
New York has 1897, 227; Chicago 1885,
600; Philadelphia, 1,o40, 400. London,
1851, 73s; Paris, 1890, 995; Berlin, 1885,
6S2.
OF the four generally used points
only the period ~ dates earlier than
the fifteenth century. The colon (:) ia
said to have been first introduced about
1S45, the comma () some thirty-fve
years later and the semi-colon (;) about
1870.
An examination of the scales used
by the ice dealers at Holyoke, Mass,
showed that one was short anywhere
from fifteen to twenty pounds and an
other was short half a pound in five
pounds. None of those examined were
found to overweight the fractional part
of an ounce.
The Mexicans and Indians in Texas
say that every animal has brains enough
to tan its own skin, and so the latter, in
the case of the wolf, panther, wild cat
and some other animals, is mainly pre-
pared by rubbing into the flesh side of
it the brains of its former wearer.
Down in Florida a negro tried to
steal ride on cowcatcher. The engi-
neer did not see him until the train ran
into COW on the track, when the COW
flew on one side and the negro the other
exclaiming. 20 Lordy!" forty times be-
fore he hit the ground. He was left to
keep the bovine company.
"A man who sat down at little table
in downtown cafe startled even the
phlegmatic waiter by his order. 1t was
this: Iced clans, a pint of beer, a por-
ton OF ice cream, large slice of water
melon and cup of coffee. He lighted
cigarette, after he finished this unique
meal.-Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
johnny (reading aloud tale of adj
venture)-"And he was cast on a DESC
late shore and he did not see the face of
. man for years." Sister Kate-"Whv,
mamma! the poor unfortunate must
have been wrecked on Resorters' Beach
where we were last summer. We were
there three months, you remember, and
didn't soc man the whole time. "-Bos-
ton Transcript
"A gentleman residing near this
borough has two hooking birds which
he formerly kept in cages in sight OF
each other. One of the birds was an ex-
cellent songster, but the other one
would not utter note. At the sug-
gestion of friend the cages were placed
in such position that the birds were
unable to see each other, and now both
sing sweet notes to each other.-West
Chester Local News.
There is a'young woman in an East
ern town who has magnificent diamond
necklace set with thirteen single stones
of rare value. She sweetly confesses
that each gem was once in an engage
mont ring, as she had been engaged
thirteen times, and as she did not wish
to return them for fear of wounding the
mems feelings (some peoples honor is
so sensitive) she had them made into a
composite necklace of tenderest associa-
tions.-Jeweler's Review.