The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-08-13
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
Tho Arst agricultural exhibition
was hold at Georgeton. p. c.. in 1910.
OF Course. -Hobbs-''If two bales
Of hsy cost SO what viii three horses
come TOP Dobbs-.I don't know.
Give II up. Hobbs-'sWhy. the three
horses would como to the hay. of
course Brooklyn Eagle.
jacob Bauer. Of Louisville. who
intends bicycling sround the world, has
started for Dayton, O., whence he will
start on his journey. He expects to be
gone three years
.-Moberly. Mo-, feels very much COM
plimented because a tramp returned to
that city tho other day, after an alb
sence of nearly . year, to work out an
unexpired term ON the rock pile
Tho president. of . brass pin com
pany, of Ansonia, Conn. intends to re-
build the sidewalk in front of his house
with pins He will use several barrels
Of old and imperfect pins for the pur.
pose. ..+
AT . FIRE 1T Augusta, Ga, recently
man ran into burning building. and,
notwithstanding the peril of the situa-
ton, rolled out a large cask of gasoline.
The cask was surrounded by flames,
end when gotten out was pretty hot
Thunder has never been heard
m ,re than fourteen miles from the flash
of lightning. The report of artillery
has reached much greater distances.
The cannonading of the battle of Water
loo was heard at the town of Creil. in
the north of France, about lis miles
from the field
In looking for the ideal summer re-
sort most guests have learned by ex-
perience to seek place where they can
be warm a. well as cool A chilly and
rainy day at the seasho.e or in tho
mountains is doubly disagreeable in
house unprovided with sufficient heat
ing apparatus
Circus Manager-(to clown who has
just been engaged)-"Have you fam
ily?" Clown-''I've got a boy and
girl The girl will never amount to
much. But the boy has genius. He
will be an artist some day" what
makes you think sop 'He is only
three years old. and already he can tie
his legs in q bowknot around his neck"
Not many people know the name of
the lady whose profile graces the coin
age of the United States, Her name
was Miss Anna w. Williams and she
has long since passed away. She was
the beloved of the skilled engraver who
made the design and he traced her
features. The design was accepted and
she has become immortal.
seven men sat in a row of the pub
lie parks the other evening reading by
the ftful glare of the electric lights.
Six of them read newspapers and the
seventh had a book in his hand.
count of the entire crowd showed fifty
three readers, half q dozen of whom
were women. If the habit of using the
parks for . reading room continues t.,
grow the makers of eyeglasses will take
rank in the next generation with the
plumbers and icemen.-N. Y. Sun.
"A romantic wedding occurred at
Denison, Tex, q few days ago. Lee
Anderson, of Philadelphia, and Miss
Sadie Michael. of St Louis, met on
train near Muskogee. for which place
the young lady was bound, and struck
up an acquaintance. Being m tually
impressed, the gentleman proposed. was
accepted and it was agreed to get off
the train at Denison, the first place DIT
which the license could be procured.
The governess has drawn the con-
stellation of Orion on the black board,
and was explaining where to find it in
the sky, when a very little girl glanced
up and said in woe-begone voice: II
am put to bed ut $3.50, but I'm going to
look for Maria tonight" An older and
wiser child explained: Ethel doesn't
know much about astronomy, bat do.
know Venus and Mars and O'Brien
too."-Chicago Post
"A wise cavalry officer keeps sharp
eye upon the horses of his command. as
the success of the next engagement
may depend upon their good condition
awkward recruit. Never approach the
horses from behind, without speaking:'
he exclaimed; If you do. they'll kick
you in that thick head of yours. and the
end of it will be that we shall have
nothing but lame horses in the squad
ron.
However Bishop Wilberforce may
have stood ON the labor question. he
once came near going on strike himself.
and by a threat of SO doing he carried q
point Entering crowded church in
which he was to preach one day, he es
corted inside lady whom he met at the
door, but who complained that there
was no room. To his order to the
beadle to find her seat that function
ary replied that it was impossible.
Thereupon the bishop declared: 20,
If you don't won't preach" A luxu-
rious empty pew was quickly discov-
cred.
"A man named Perez, in Mexico.
accused of involuntary hypnotism," as
he termed it, had to make himself
scarce. He was staying ut hotel, and
walters took wine from other tables and
placed it before Perez, the walters de-
claring that he had hidden them do So
Then the guests began making Perez
presents, ranging from gold watch to
. magnificent bouquet presented by a
lady. These people all said they had
simply acted as directed by Perez. The
lady's present led to scene, and an
explanation was demanded. Bursting
into tears she declared that her actions
had been controlled by the man, who
was perfect stranger to her.
"A new but dangerous manifestation
of the genius of the Chinamau for ef-
fecting economies has just been discov-
cred in San Francisco On the tops of
many of the buildings in the quarter
occupied by the Celestials wooden
Kitchens have been constructed. They
are made of rough boards and the