The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-11
MISCELLANEOUS.

/ MISCELLANEOUS.
"A New England hand-organ factorv
has shut down: 1t wouldn't be natural
for them to shut up. - Yonkers States
man.
did you see that? Mary skreemer
aud Clara Highnote just passed each
other and neither spoke They used to
be the best of friends" "Ah, but thew
both belong to the same choir now
Brooklyn Eagle.
Had you rather be a mounted M
lceman or one on foot?'' said a little
boy to his sister. 20, mounted nolica.
man, because then if found anv roh.
bers could get away fastcr.-Courr;e,
dcs Etats-Unis.
Like many others, she has the mis-
fortune to have very prosaic husband
Would were Bird" she starts tn
sing. ''What good would it do?'' he In
terrupts, 'I'll bet you wouldt keen
your bill shut "-Fliegende Batter.
"A resident of Bay City, Mich, has a
watch which was carried at the battle
Oh Nul1OucH, LII OCOCl1Hu, III ltfO IL
has been handed down from father to
son for four generations, and belongs
to the second series of timepieccs in
vented. 1t still keeps good time.
"A rather unusual wreck occurred
on the Lehigh Valley road few days
ago at Cherry Ford A horse in trans
portation broke out of the car just as
another train was passing. The animal
became tangled up between the two,
and both trains were wrecked and one
man killed. Both tracks were torn up.
-Poet-"Youd didn't say why you re-
turned my last poem. The one before
you said was too long, but this last one
was only four lines" Literary Editor
81 have only to repent what said be-
fore. You must make your poems
shorter, or v7e cannot print them."-
Boston Transcript,
-Travers- tailor actually &C
cused me of dishonesty the other day.
We had scenc-1 hate scencs-and
have now been obliged to take my trade
elsewhere" Cleverton-"How unfortu-
nate" Travers-''On the contrary;
there was one bright spot about it. 1
hadn't paid him anything for two years"
Clothier and Furnisher.
North German Lloyd steamships in
1890 covered 81, 224 sea miles between
Bremen and New York, S64 1872 between
Bremen and Baltimore, GOA, 500 between
Bremen and South America, $4,000 on
the East Asiatic service. 345. 900 on the
Australian, $4,000 on the Hong Kong
Japan, 65, 100 On the Sydney-Samoa and
4S, 800 on the Briadisi-P Port Said. Total,
1880, 476 miles.
by careful experiments made at the
United States mint, says the Iron In
dustry Gazette, it has been shown that
IS are lost by abrasion every time ST.,
600. 900 in gold coin are handled. The
experiments were conducted with bags
containing s., 900 each, and it was shown
that the mere lifting of the 200 bags
making up 81, 900, 600 to truck to be re-
moved to another vault, resulted in the
loss stated, and that their transfer from
the truck again made second similar
loss.
"A Florida woman has canary bird
that Is highly priced for its beautiful
singing. About three weeks ago. dur
ing a high wind storm, the bottom of
the cage dropped out and the bird was
gone. Nothing more was seen of it and
it was given up for lost, when one day
it made its temperance in the family
circle. The door of the empty cage was
open and birdie voluntarily entered.
"A young man living in a suburban
village near Paris who for long time
has leen unable to walk without
clutches. astonished his friends by ris-
ing at midnight a few days ago and
walking ten miles without artificial aid.
He then returned to bed and awoke the
next morning with no feeling of we:ri-
ness, aud entirely cblivious of what had
occurred. His physicians are puzzled.
New Jersey is puzzled with young
burglar, aged eleven years, who has
been convicted four times, and has
spent four years of his young life in
prisons and reformatories. The reform
school authorities would not hare him,
the county Jail was not ft place for
him; SO, in spite OF his youth, he was
sent to the state prison for one year. He
is fatally expert at picking locks, and
exercises his ingenuity at every cppor-
tunity.
Presence of mind is not always
monopolized by the brave and wise, nor
is it uniformly cultivated for great and
good purposes. Several of the pupils in
a certain 'backwocds'' district deter
mined not to study geography. The
teacher believed that they were old
enough to begin the subject, and &C.
cordingly called one of the oldest boys
to her desk and spoke to him about the
necessity of knowledge of his own
and other countries. Il sha'nt study
geography till git ready" growled the
youngster. The teacher rose quickly
and seized him by the collar, intending
to shake him. when the young rascal
hastily added: But I'm ready now"
Italian and negro women in Gotham
are peculiarly fond of what is commonly
known as the ''head handkerchief, and
the use of this article is characteristic
attempt upon the part of both races to
cling to custom learned in a climate
very different from that of New York.
The determined way in which both
races cling to outdoor life is another
manifestation of the same instinct. The
popular names for the Italian and negro
hcadgear, by the way, admira bly, illus
trates the fate of words in the mouths
of the ignorant or thoughtless "Kcr-
CHIEF means primarily head covering.
When this article Of dress came to be
carried in the hand it took the name of
handkerchief, or ''hand-head cover"
and in still later times the original
"kerchief" popularity acquired the name
''head-handkercnief," which is head
hand-head cover"
How many persons have any idea
how great fresco painters manage when
they wish to produce tho figure of a
woman flying amid clouds upon a CELL
ing? In the first place the modern
fresco work is apt to be done upon can
vas, which is attached to the ceiling
afterward. The artist disposes his
model nnOr a o<,uch Will, o;l11,x,e ,,0lo.