The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-05-07
MlscErL ANEous.

MISCELLANEOUS.
lathe Depot Restaurant-Travele,
crushing in) ..P Pier ..What kind?'
Watcher got??'' Open faced, kiverel
and .cross-bar-all apple.' Take
pumpkin. =" Harvard Lampoon. .
AN official survey shows that Rhode
Islands nearest approach to mountain
is an eminence in Glocester, which rise.
sos feet above sea level, and to which
the name Durfee hill has been given.
Mr.. John Bland, q chess player
proposes torevolutionize the game by
making the board nine squares wide
and adding besides pawn anothe,
piece, to be called the Premier pos.
sessing the combined power. Of queen
and knight. A.
Kate Epson Clarke writes that
there are no snakes in Bermuda. It is
presumed, therefore. that native case
of delirium tremens consists largely in
fighting centipedes, which may or may
not be an Improvement. - ,:.s.....s
"A Fathers Confession. Hover
Don't withhold your consent on &C
count of my income, sir. can support
your daughter on $25 week." Pater-
''Then you are Jim dandy, l never
could. "-Terre Haute Express. 3ys 9
Had No Consideration for Him.
Court scene-''R Rough prisoner at bar. -
Judge-"I1l make it sixty days" Pris'
oner-'' Consider my gray hair" Judge
go on with your gray hair, this isn't q
wig foundry.''-Texas Siftings.
He Wasn't Teetotaler.-NewP Pas.
tor ION his first parochial visit}-'Is
your husband teetotaler, MADAME
Embarrassed Parishioner (hesitatingly)
-:'Well, no, he isn't quite as bad as
that; but he makes a night of it once in
while with the boys. West Shore.
-"I don't want any castor oil,'' said a
sick little Boston boy, petulantly.
"Why, Horace" expostulated his moth
er, ''don't you know that castor oil il
made from beans?" and the little boy,
whose faith in his mother is perfect,
took the dose and feebly asked for more.
The Independent.
The Little Trader.-Moritzr received
from his teacher q box on the ear, but
undeservedly, for it was his neighbo,
who had been out of order. ''Now.
Teacher" he said, "you see that it was
not my fault. Don't forget to credit me
with that box on the ear, will you?"-
Fliegende Batter.
Cuban smokers don't like a cigar
that is more than forty eight hours old.
Such cigars are SO moist that they posi-.
lively hiss when lit. In Europe dry
cigars are generally preferred. Such
cigars are not rank and the odor from
them when smoked is not nearly so Of
fensive as that from moist cigars.
Saved His Bacon.-In tearing down
an old house at Savannah the other day
the workmen found half brshel OF
bogus silver dollars hidden away be-
tween the walls. The man who made
them is supposed to have been drowned
about ten years ago, and probably just
as he was about to put them into circu-
lation.-Detroit Free Press.
Not many.years ago, in the Temple
Court, London, was sun-dial with the
motto: BE gone about your business. 81
This unusual inscription arose from the
builder man" calling to receive orders
about it, when the bencher in charge
was so busy that he did not listen, but
said: BE gone about your business, ~
which the man took as his answer and
forthwith engraved.
The largest and most valuable col
lection of postage stamps is owned by
NJ. de Ferrari, of. Paris. 1t is estimated
as being worth S20O,OO The collection
of Mr.. Taplin. of London, comes second
and is valued at from $3.50, 600 to $175,-
600. The collection made by NJ. Caille-
botte, recently sold at auction, brought
$40, 600 and that of NJ. Arthur de Roths-
child realized 5000
Quite as He look
here, Tattler! I just called on Gibbs,
and find him to be the same incorrigible
sinner he always was. You told me
he'd met with a change of heart Tat
tler-''So he has," Graves-'What
makes you think SOP Tattler-''Why.
he's been divorced from one wife and
married another; considerable change
of heart about that, isn't there?''-Bos-
ton Courier.
There are about two hundred tea
tasters in New York. The habits OF
these men are exceedingly curious.
Some of them have refused to ply their
trade save in the morning, on the ground
that the sense of taste can not be
trusted after it has been bewildered by
hours of work. Most of them avoid the
use of tobacco and of highly-seasoned
food. Their accuracy of taste is aston
ishing. A tea-taster will grade and
price dozen qualities of tea all from the
same cargo.
The MERGED (Col.) Sun has visions
Of glory for the community in which it
shines, videlicet: ''AIerced, the starlit
city, of amphibious commerce--in summer
paradise and in winter a fower-gar-
den-possessed even now of the bones
and sinews and arteries of a mighty
city-the pride of the state and the ap.
pie of every eye-shall assume all the
charms of rarest beauty with the power
and luxury that wealth can give. She
sits to-day at the feet of her own posi-
bilities, while passing stars sing together
of her coming glory"
HUMANITY IN WAR.
The Humane and Generous Acts Of Noble
Warriors.
It is related of Henry w.. the first