The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30
CURRENT TOPICS.

CURRENT TOPICS.
RusK1N's "a books bring him in s2o,-
600 year.
The railways of the world carry over
forty million passengers weekly. 4
The biscuit trust has been complet-
ed. It has a capital Of $50, 000,000. ~
The Chinese are said to have used
clocks 500 years before the Christian
era. @s",
ANTHONY HOPE charges $3.50 for q
magazine story, reserving the copy
right.
A BALLooN1sr mile above the earth
commands q field vision 96 miles in
radius; is. .s5 ...
The number of the electric lighting
stations in Great Britain has now
reached 1872.
ZoLA's first "A books returned him
1920, 900, and in 20 years he has made at
least $375, 600.
WILLIAM w. THOMAS, JR., of Maine,
has been appointed minister to Nor
way and Sweden.
KANGAROO tails for soup are shipped
from Australia to London. where they
sell for IS per dozen.
The skeleton of man over nine feet
tall was dug up in a mound near Ma
pie Creek, Wis, the other day.
TENNYsON is said to have received
$50, 600 a year from the. Macmillans
during the last years of his life.
1>2
from the tail of the horse is the strong
est single animal thread known.
Miss ELLEN NUssEY, who was brides
maid at Charlotte Bronte's wedding,
has just died at the age of So years.
THERE is a clock. in Brussels which
has never been wound up by human
hands: It is kept going by the wind.
A NEW TESTAMENT .jammed in a
switch made a train on the London g.
Northwestern railroad jump the. rails
recently.
IT is said that cold weather increases
the consumption of bread, 20 per cent:
more being eaten in frosty than in mild
weather.
IT is estimated that there arc incan-
descent lamps aggregating over 4oo,-
600, 600 candle power in use in all parts
of the world.
IT is told Of two men of Brewer,
Maine, that one of them ate bushel
of peaches and the other ten pounds of
grapes at one sitting
The pearl fishing season in Ceylon
only lasts % days, and during that
time II ZOO, 900 oysters are brought to
the surface by the divers
Sixty years ago the first electric car
was run, but the first commercial line
was not built until 1881, when a. line
near: Berlin was opened.
WHEN cotton thread was first made
$40 yards of it weighed one pound.
Hence it is No. 1. A pound containing
twice that number of yards is No. 2,
and so on.
A coLoRLEss ink for writing upon
postal: cards, etc., is made by mixing
together water and sulphuric acid, the
writing becoming permanently visible
when heated.
If Chinese children do not obey their
parents, and the latter whip them tc
death, the law has no, punishment fol-
them, as obedience to parents is the
cardinal virtue.
AN expert:declares that he knows OF
| at least 600 counterfeits of the old mas.
tiers which are now hanging in private
galleries in the United States, all pur
chased at high prices.
MRS. HUMPHREY WARD received $40,'
600 for Robert Elsmere," $50, 200 each
for david Grieve;' and ''Marcella,'
$75, 600 for "Sir George Tressady'' and
SIS, 900 for Bessie Costrell."
| IF two tuning forksof the same pitch
are placed facing each other, the one
sounding, the other silent, in few
seconds the silent one will be giving
out q distinctly audible note.
Mr.. MOODY is believed to have beat
en- all others, as more than $1,000, ooo
has been paid in royalties for the Cos.
pei hymns and. tunes issued by him in
conjunction with Mr.. Sankey.
ABOUT 1000, 900 false teeth are manu-.
featured annually in the United States.
while one ton Of gold and three tons OF
silver and platinum, to the value OF
500, 600, 600, are used in stopping teeth.
GREEN rests the eye, the resting the
eye often means to rest the nerves,
and the refreshment of the eye is Us
| necessary to comfortable life as the re-
newal of the other, bodily forces by
food.
The largest congregation in America
is that of St. Stanislaus Kostka, in Chi
cago, which has 10000 communicates.
The number of attendants at the sew.
eral Sunday services frequently ex'
ceeds Is 1000.
RACINE, Wis.,, has passed an ordi'
nance requiring all lighting, telephone
and other companies using poles in the
streets to paint them a distinctive
color, the color being decided by the
city authorities.
The Brazil nut contains from Is to q
seeds, which all terminate at one time
The most vigorous one gets first
through small hole at the top to the
open air and thereupon it strangles
and feeds upon the rest.
A PIGS tail is said to unerringly in
dictate the condition of the animal Il
it hangs loose it shows that the pig i.
not we'll, and that the food should b@
changed. If it be coiled tightly the
pig is healthy and happy.
A SINGLE pair of herrings if allowed
| to multiply undiSturbed for 90 wears