The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08
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The only way q. win II, IN ar,Ru-
/ ment with . woman Is to walk on when
you have: stated your side 81 6
--Leap-year Girl 81 iveryman, Is
this horse gentle? Liyeryman-..Yes
marin. exactly what you want; he Is.
used to being driven with one hand. = ss
The English, Spanish and Aus
tralian goyernesses Of the infantas of
Spain each receives q. 600 annual salary
besides home In the royal household.
Mrs Beacon thinking to put Harry
ct his easel And what are you doing
with yourself these days Harry?"
Harry tagged SKI - am writing q his
tory OF the world .s. sz:.ss5.s.ss
''If you like, said the young man
at the desk, II have your poem sub
mitted to the editor. . s. 10. she am
swered positively, "I'll read it aloud to
him. prefer to have the editor sub
mitted to the poem. ~ Washing Star.
lit Is reported that upon the next
occasion Mr.. Gladstone has to be in at
tendance upon her Majesty at Osborne
he will proceed there via Ryde, SO as to
keep as far away from Cowes as posi-
ble.-Judy.
1T Was Hard on Townley. Terri
Bile thing about poor Townley, amt it?
He has had to live on water for the last
week. !" Don't say SO! What's the
matter?'' .'Just got back from abroad.
Took him seven days to cross. Brook
lyn Eagle. ss5 xy.5s..
Lake Ronkonkoma, on Long Island,
New York, also another small lake in
the Adirondack region, increase in vol
ume Of water for a number of years,
until they are nearly double their aver
agesize, and then they gradually shrink.
The cause is not known.
-Pat-"Avast that noise a moment,
Nora, while I'm a-listenin'l' Nora
what ye a-istenin' to, Pat?" Pat
I've just been askin' myself where I've
laid my pipe, an now I'm a-listening
TOR the answer."-Harpers Bazaar.
The first tomatoes in Indiana are
said to have been raised by Daniel
Guernsey, of Memphis, in $780,. He i'm
ported the seed from England, his old
home. At first the fruit was thought
to be poisonous, and was planted simply
as an ornament, while it was called the
love apple.
In the limited space between Worth
street and the Battery New York, where
there are many large wholesale houses,
it is stated that Il, 900 women are EN-.
ployed as typewriters A single type
writing machine company finds en-
SN1nuunnr+ +hr@,,ol r.
for 10, 600 women a year.
Just before the sermon the other
evening, in Cam bridge Mass. church.
the electric lights went out But they
were not initiated in that respect by the
| congregation. On the contrary, every
body stayed and listened to the pastor,
while he threw light on the subject he
had chosen for his sermon.
The pottery tree, found. in Brazil, is
curious and useful. One would scarcely
expect to find pots and jars and pitchers
growing in, If not on. a tree, but the
material for them certainly grows in
this tree. 1t is found in the form OF
silica, chiefly in the bark, although the
very hard wood of the tree also yields
it. To make this curious pottery the
bark is burned, and what remains is
| ground to powder and mixed with clay.
Historically it has been an almost
universal practice since the time of the
Dutch to extend East river to Throg's
Neck, and this practice has been uni.
formly followed by the coast survey:
Taking a. physical view of the matter,
I Goldthwaite's Magazine says: eve NAV
say that the name East river is q misno-
mer, that instead of being a river the
body of water is really strait. The
strait commences where the tides meet
at He'll Gate"
The year of greatest growth in
boys is the 18th; in girls the 14th
While girls reach full height in thei,
18th year, they acquire full weight al
the age of 20. Boys are stronger than
girls from birth to the 18th year; then
girls become physically superior unit
the 18th year, when the tables are
again turned, and remain SO. From
November to April children grow very
little and gain no weight; from April
to July they gain in height but lose il
weight, and from July to- November
they increase greatly in weight, but
not in height.
He Took the Boys Part-An immi
grant from Limerick was taking hi.
first walk in the woods near his home
in Nottingham when he came across {
boy and a man saving log of woot
with cross-cut saw. He watched thu
two for second, pulling and pushing
and then he suddenly sprang upon tn.
man. After getting the surprised saw
yer down on his back and frightenin,
him with the fear of murder, the Hiber
MAN said to the boy: "There now, TAX,
your saw, me boy, and run wild it. It,
a spalpane of a man that'l snatch saw
from small boy"
"A Vancouver furrier was exhibitin,
q short time ago what he claimed wer
the pelts of five white foxes. The mai
is an expert naturalist, and has bee,
dealing in furs in the northwest TO
forty years. He says these are the frs
white foxes he ever heard of, but he i
absolutely sure the pclts are genuin,
fox skins The conformation has bee,
carefully preserved, and the big brusl
Is, OF course, attached. The fur i
snow-white, spotless, and beautiful,
soft The furrier bought them from
seal hunter who caught the foxes at tn
last station to the north of easter
Siberia, several hundred miles north O
Petropauloyslzy.