The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-08-20
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Lyman Bryant, the old sexton Of
tho quaint town 81 Holden, Mass. now
dying st the age Of ninety-one. had dur
ing his forty years of Office inferred 500
persons
IA French official has devised the
following means for separating the
leaves Of charred books Cut of the
back Of the book so as to render the
leaves independent of each other, then
soak them and dry rapidly by a current
of hot air. The leaves will theh sepa-
rate, but must be handled with extreme
care. : = r
Her Deadly Aim.--Iliggins-"
never can tell what an angry woman
will do. was walking past the big
plate glass windows of Highart's store
the other day when a woman, who must
have mistaken me for some one else,
threw a stone at me. Fogg--"And l
suppose it broke the Window" Hig-
gins-..No. It hit a man on the other
side of the street Evening
Herald. - =
"A big leopard seal came mp in the
midst of lot of bathers at Santa Bar
bara, Cal. causing good deaio alarm
at first, as. some thought the creature
shark or sea serpent Some of the boys
barked like a seal and the visitor
seemed for time to think it was among
friends of its own kind and kept COM
ing closer, until finally taking in the
situation it turned tail and. fed out to
sea again.
Near the old cemetery in West
Alexander. W. Va. big. tree is grow
ing, which forks at three feet nine
inches from the ground. Appare ntly it
is white oak, but on examination it
appears that above the fork it branches
into two species, one white oak, and
the other a white cherry. with the
foliage peculiar to each. The oak is
about sixty-ave and the cherry ffty-fve
feet high.
"A Lehigh Valley car cleaner at
Pottsville found package containing
$40, 600 in bank notes. The money had
been sent from Mahanoy City in the
custody of clerk, who, in order tc
divert suspicion from his important
mission, carried the package in pocket
of his coat In the car it worked out OF
his pocket and became fastened under
the edge of the seat The finder re.
stored the package unbrokel to the
clerk
The city directory for 1891 has
made its appearance and contains &c.,
971 names This is an increase over
last year, and as the usual average is
four and a half inhabitants for each
name in the directory, this would seem
to indicate an increase of population of
IS, 500 during the year. The FIRST direc-
tory in New York City was published
in 1886 and contained $40 names. Since
that time the number has steadily iu-
creased, reaching 16.304 in 1910, $50. SOB
in 1860, and $50, 9So year ago.-N. Y.
Sun.
Six young ladies. graduates of
Rosemary Hall Seminary. Wallingford,
Conn. were contestants in horse
Harvesting match, this being one of the
commencement exercises The prize
was a silvermounted whip. The har-
ness lay on the ground, and the horses
were led out with nothing on them but
halters. At the word START the girls
leaped forward and hurriedly began to
harness the anima s. Miss Marion
Hazard, of Providence, proved herself
the most expeditions; she harnessed her
horse in four minutes and a half.
"A hen in Pike county Ga. had been
set on fourteen eggs, and for two weeks
stuck to her contract faithfully. But
here she quit her nest on account of the
ravages of mites, lacking just one week
OF the regular time of Matching. Put
ting some wool in box the owner
placed the eggs on the wool and threw
a guano bag over them. In about a
week he carefully removed the bag and
was surprised to find twelve pretty lit
tie chickens in the place of fourteen
eggs.
Edwin Baltzley, Of Glen Echo. has
boy with strong dash of original
philosophy in his composition. He had
made his plans to celebrate the Fourth
of July, and on the morning of that day
discovered that his father had failed to
provide the pyrotechnic necessities He
began to cry. and in order to pacify
him his father assured him that lie
would bring him lots of fireworks That
evening he had gathered his store of
rockets, fire-crackers and Roman can
dies together, arranged them on the
floor. and. looking archly at his
mother, said: Mamma, thought YOU
said it never did any good to cry
Washington Post.
After six months dickcring about a
dat-house in New York City. the owner
and the prospective purchaser could not
come to terms; the owner wanted s., Ooo
moro than the other would give. Then
ono OF the floors became vacant, and the
party who moved in CHANGED to be 4
lover of the trombone. He played about
six hours day. Two of the other ten
ants moved out, and no one seemed fond
enough of music to move in. The owner
was wild. and one day told the prospect
i've purchaser that he could have the
house at his figure. Suddenly the from
bone playing ceased, aud there are peo-
pic who suspect that the musician was
an agent of the man who subsequently
bought the house.
BETTER THAN PORTiA WAS.
She Arranges So that Her Lover VIII Make
No Mistake.
With gesture expressive of firm
resolution, as if the affair was quite set
tied. the Countess Madeline pointed to
her 1acquered Japanese cabinet that
shimmered in the lamp-light and said
very gravely:
open one of these three drawers,
Valentine, and be sure that you choose
the right one. Each drawer contains an
answer to the prayer which you have
addressed to me for the last six months.
If you open that drawer which contains
the answer Yes will be yours and
will marry you rs soon as you please.
But take care that you do not get the
wrong answer, for if you do you will
never see me again.
"Alas!' said Valentine, ''there are two