The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-06-04
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GERMANY has war toottng or 2,70Os.
900 men. ~, al '-r~ r"'r
The hardest precious stone, after the
diamond, ia the ruby.
The late Gen. Mahone's home in Pc.
tersburg, Va, il to be sold.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON made $780,.
600 in - years by his writings.
LII HUNG CHANG is the son of a village
wood cutter, poor and illiterate.
The Masons of Atlanta are getting
ready to build q ten-story temple.
SAVANNAH, Ga. has 81, 107 population
living on five square miles OF ground.
IT is estimated that Florida will pro-
duce 5000. 600 watermelons this year.
The city of Oakland. CAL. intends to
erect = heroic statue of President Lin.
coin.
MISS ALICE STONE BLACKWELL has
sailed for Europe, to be absent two
months.
RAILWAY travelling in Norway is
cheaper than in any other European
country.
ACCORDING to the St. Louis city direc-
tory, just issued, the population of that
city is Gil, 1868.
II. j. HEINZ, of Pittsburgh, has given
$4,000 to the Kansas City university.
of Kansas City, No.
TWELVE letters of Beethoven brought
So97 at recent sale in Frankfort, while
81 by Goethe brought 81. 446.
A New YORK paper contains an ad-
vertisement offering to exchange .
cemetery lot for a good bicycle.
The canker worms are making sad
havoc with the trees in some parts Of
western and central Massachusetts.
GREAT BRITAIN owns ESQ, 900 square
miles of territory in Africa. an area
almost equal to that of the United
States.
AFTER disappearance Of more than
thirty years the first confederate flag
made in Mississippi has been found in
New York.
The emperor of Austria, Francis
Joseph L., will be 60 years old in Au-
gust next. and he has sat on his throne
for 4s years.
The dog in the possession Of the
Wood Island light house. of Bidde-
ford, Me-, earns his salary by ringing
the fog bell.
TIE rose tree was introduced into
Europe from Damascus by the Crusad-
err. It first appeared in England in
tho year 1906.
SECRETARY MOTION will return to
Nebraska and go to farming when he
leaves the cabinet. He has a fine es-
tate out there.
The. family Of Chief Justice Fuller of
the United States supreme court have
left for Sorrento to remain there DUR
ing the season.
The people of Great Britain consume
less tobacco per head than those of any
other civilized country-only % ounces
to the inhabitant.
c. ANTON FUNKE tried to drown him
self in a 6o-barrel beer vat at Hough.
ton, Mica, but only succeeded in spoil
ing the beer for the market =.
MRS. MARY MAuEw, of South Latro-
be, Pa, has just completed q quilt OF
white and red shades which contains
1900 separate pieces of cloth.
ROMAN swords recovered from tombs
weighed six to ten pounds and battle
axes weighed 20, showing the great
strength of the Roman soldiers.
HEALER ScuLArTER has appeared at
Lordsburg, N. NJ, where he is credited
with having cured a brother Of J. Sloat
Fassett, Of New York, of lameness.
THE 5,000-horse-power pumping en-
CINE in the mines of Freidensville, Pa,
raises 1880 gallons Of water at each
revolution of its gigantic 1y-wheel.
FREDERICK c. WILSON. night engineer
of the Southern Pacific Co.'S wharves
in New York, has saved so persons
from drowning in the past IS years.
The Oldest king in Europe is Chris
tian TX. of Denmark, who in April en-
tered upon the 10th year of his age.
He has worn the crown for SO years.