The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-06-02
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Wife dear: The Jenkin, ~ f.re
ooming to dinner and there's not .
thing to eat. Husband-.Why, there
seems to be a stew" go - .-<'szss5'' z
Mrs. Wickwire-s'.D Dear, what do the
politicians make a poll of the atate for?''
Mr.. Wickwire- ITO knock the persim-
mons with. "-Indianapolis Journal.
The things that are too true pass by
us as if they were not true at all, and
when they have singled US out then
only do they strike us.-Waltcr Savage
Landor
Nudge GU don't find me wasting
my time trying to get even with my
enemies" Yabslcy-''No, indeed: you
are too busy trying to get ahead of your
friends. "-Indianapolis Journal.
y tell you" said the tiger, Tin a
lion, ''I'm a dandy" "Yes: but daisies
are more popular than dandelions," re-
torted the tiger.-Harper's Bazar.
$50 that young heiress has prom
ised to marry your YES in three
years." isn't that long while t.
waltz" st may be; but she's worth
her wait in gold. "-Washington Star
-Lady-''The child is little French
man. is he not?" Nurse-'I don't know
myself what to call him. His mother is
French lady. but his father is a Ger
man." Lady-''In that case we shall
have to wait till he can talk; then we
shall see."-Lcsehalle.
He Was Well Off. - Yes. SIR said
Chumplcy, excitedly. I'm going to adj
vertise that ! wont be responsible for
debts my wife contracts, for she has
left my bed and board 'What are
you kicking about?" demanded Snod
grass. You ought to be thankful she's
left you that much. Town Topics
-Ehe legislature of Texas has taken
action looking towards holding q:
''auxiliary worlds fair" at Galveston
the coming fall. and inviting Central and
South American countries to part1c,-
pate. The enterprise is intended to be
preparatory to the states participation
in the exposition at Chicago.
-Gentlcman-"Ands so you are Il news
paper man now, Uncle Rastus?~ Uncle
Rastus-"Y:ss, sir; Use de editor OBJ de
job department" Editor
of the job Department. Uncle Rastus
Eyes, sir; | carries in coal, an scrubs
de flo, an washes down de window,
an all such edith as dat, sab. The
Morning Star
"A curious ascot bibliokleptism is
reported in the Journal, of Providence,
K. l. The offender is a woman named
Ellis, at West Attleboro and her victim
the Pawtucket free library The thi #
stole over five hundred books all Of a
high class literature. and was accumu-
lating large private library when she
was detected. She is woman of means
and culture, and seems to have stolen
simply because she could not help doing
so.
Cats, large and small, make the
most careful toilet of any class of ami
mails, excepting some of the opossums
The lions and tigers wash themselves
In exactly the same manner as the cat,
wetting the dark, india rubber like ball
OF the forefoot and the inner toe and
passing it over the face and behind the
ears. The foot is thus at the same time
face sponge and brush and the ro.gh
tongue combs the rest of the body.
Hares also use their feet to wash their
faces, and the hare's foot is so suitable
for brush that it is always used to ap-
ply the paint to the face for the stage.
The spectacle of two young women
being chased by bear in the streets of
city is rather unusual, but such
thing occurred in Gardiner, Me-, the
other day. Had the girls stood still
when Mr.. Marshalls pet bear dropped
over the garden wall they would have
been all right, but they ran and
screamed, and the bear followed in high
glee. One of the girls fell, and the
bear, after poking his ''horrid nose" into
her face, resumed his pursuit of the
other until she sought refuge in house.
Then he seemed to think the fun
spoiled, and ambled homo. Now the
women want the poor bear killed.
An improvement in embroidery ma
chimes enables different kinds of varie-
ties OF work to be produced with equal
satisfaction, the plain embroidery
stitch, twisted cord embroidery,
raised braid embroidery. and twisted
cord with wool thread core In this
arrangement there is mounted on a hol
low sleeve of the needle bar spur
wheel carrying brackets on it's under
side for one or more threads, the latter
being led through guide eyes to the
hooked needle, and each of them is at
tached to the fabric by one chain stitch.
The movement is simple; the spu1
wheel carrying the bobbins is rotated
nv a Yoi1,i0n ~ fv.oi,, ~
driving shaft.
The battle of Monmouth was an inn
portant event in the revolutionary war.
Sir Henry Clinton, at the head of the
British army, left Philadelphia for New
York on the 18th of June, ITS. with
1000 men and an immense baggage and
provision train. Washington pursued
him, harassed him much in New .Jer.
sey, and engaged in battle with him
near Monmouth court house on the 18th
OF June, ITS. The battle lasted all day.
1t was exceedingly sultry weather. and
more than fifty American soldiers died
OF exhaustion. Night closed the con-
flict. Both armies slept upon their arms
until toward midnight, when Clinton,
with his whole force, stole off in the
dark, to avoid another engagement in
the morning. and escaped, leaving
large number of sick and wounded he.
hind. The Americans lost 22s of their
men; less than 20 were killed. The
British left about 800 dead on the field
Not only in orr own country. but in
France, Germany Russia, and other
nations the use of cellulose for shin
armor has been introduced, and, as an
of it's effectiveness. ole of
the Danish warships was equipped re-
Gently with belt of the material. and
a shot fired at it tore hole awav
through the whole vessel, the action of
the water on the cellulose, however
closing the hole up very soon, letting in
but a few gallons of water. In ordinary
manufacture for realizing this resrt
the article is the ground fiber of tie
cocoanut which has been treated for the
removal of the glutinous associations
1t has the appearance of brownish
meal and tic voo,,1;o~