The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-25
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The king 81 Siam has 500 brothers
and sisters. .$s RI.
The Norwegian government asks for
bids for railway supplies to the extent
of 81 200, 900. zen .... e. & 81 2
B A MOVEMENT has been inauguratea 70
establish geological garden at Chat
tanooga, Tenn. j.
PEARLS are seen in every color inn
aginable, and the milk-white pearl is
nowadays lonesome gem. 5
r CONTRARY to all expectation, the
American tourist season in Europe has
been the worst in many years.
TWENTY-FIVE farmers in Texas have
banded themselves together into .
Watermelon Growers association. -
The governor Of Arizona, in his an.
nual message, strongly recommends
that the territory be admitted to state.
hood. ~:
THIEVES at Port Chester, N Y, stole
fight of stairs. 1t would be inter-
esting to known if these were their
first steps in crime. 49,.
THE Georgia House has adopted q
resolution creating a commission to
mark the graves of Confederate sold.
iers in northern states. m.-5
Mr.. GLADSTONE contemplates the
preparation of a biographical work,
to include the lives of most of the
famous modern divines.
THERE is apparently no limit to the
mimicking propensities of the monkey.
The little Darwinian' ancestors now
have the plague in India.
IN building a new riding school at
Sandringham the Prince of Wales has
taken care to have a covered bicycle
track constructed around it.
The ratification of the treaty for the
annexation of Hawaii will be one of
the interesting questions before the
United States senate shortly.
TREES which grow on the northern
side of hill are much more durable
when converted into furniture than
those which grow on the southern
side.
The tallest of trees are to be found
in the state forest of Victoria, Aus
tralia. They belong to the eucalyptus
family, and range from 500 to 500 feet
in height.
The fact that several large insurance
companies propose to base future esti-
mates upon 81 per cent. rate of inter
est instead of 4 means that the rate OF
interest is falling
MEADOW LAWN farm, near Nation,
ILL.,, has been purchased by Chief Ar
thur and will be converted into a
round-house for disabled engineers
and their dependents.
CECIL RHODES is said to be steadily
pursuing scheme for the defeat OF
Paul Kruger for reelection as presi.
two months hence.
On Prince Bismarck's eightieth birth.
day sum of 2, ZOO, 900 marks was collect
ed for statue of the Founder of the
German Unity" to be set up in front
of the new Reichstag building.
The profits of Monte Carlos gam
bliRg tables for the year ending Octo'
Der 81 were a million dollars below
those of the previous year. The sui
cides during the year numbered IS.
The Milwaukee Sentinel publishes
statistics showing that Wisconsin
stands third among the states in the
manufacture of paper and pulp, being
outclassed only by Maine and New
York.
Or the 1904 pensioners on the gov
eminent rolls only $3.50 receive a.
much as $50 month. Altogether thi.
number draw about So, 100000 year
against total pension expenditure o.
nearly SAC, 0o0, 200.
IT is said that letters dropped in thu
post office of Paris are delivered II
Berlin in an hour and half, and some
times within IS minutes. The distance
between the cities is $50 miles, and let
tiers are sent by means of pneumatic
tubes.
It has been calculated that in tn.
case of man six feet high it takes one
twentieth of second for message
to travel along his nerves from tn.
brain to the feet, SO the theory arise:
that the sorter man is the sharper h,
should be.
/ LADY HENRY SOMERSET has given the
town of Reigate, Eng, sufficient lant
for the erection of ten almshouses
This gift is in connection with tn,
scheme for the erection of almshouse!
at Reigate in commemoration of tn
diamond jubilee.
THE possibilities of electricity seen
almost endless. Experiments at tn,
Massachusetts, experiment station SHOW
that the growth and maturity of vege
tables, fruits and flowers can be great
~ stimulated by it and the percentage
of sugar in sugar beets increased fully
rs per cent.
A RECENT fad of Herr Krupp, the Ger
man ironmaster, is said to have beer
the use of iron as a material for hi
visiting cards. The plate was rollet
rs thin as the most dainty cardboard
The tree that grew from walnu
planted by Mr.. and Mrs. Jarret
Haynes. pioneers of Paducah, KY.
has been cut down and sawed int
boards, with which collins for the OLE
couple are to be made.
DR.. FELIX GARCIA, 1928 Gravers, St
Louis, is attending q most extraordi
nary patient. The man, whose name
is Samuel Coulter, is slowly ossifying
Coulter is 4s years old and unmarried
and was born near Santa Fe, N. M.
HANSEN. the engineer of the excur
sion train that was wrecked near Co
penhagen last summer, having been
held responsible for the disaster. has
been sentenced to four mon this i'm
prisonment and to a fine of 44,s7:
crowns. or $12, 026.5o.
Another Had.
The following story proves what hardl,