The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-01-06
CURRENT TOPICS.

CURRENT TOPICS.
The number of suicides in Europe
averages 10000 q year.
"A wHIPP1NG-PosT bill has been intro.
duced in the Virginia senate. 3-=.
MISSOURI has an annual output of
timber raised at about s., O00, 900.
"A CALIFORNIA Judge has decreed that
awife can be. compelled to support her
husband. 'r5.-..... .,.s-.,..
The ants of South America have
been known to construct tunnel three
miles in length.
IT is said that there are more Metho-
dists in Philadelphia than in any other
city in the world.
The customs authorities have de.
cided that the Chinese tom-tom is a
musical instrument.
THERE are % illusions in the Bible
to the east wind, 10 Of them being of a
disparaging character.
"A SQUEEZE of lemon improves
scrambled eggs, and should be added
while they are cooking.
The largest known moth is the Giant
Atlas, a native of China, whose wings
measure nine inches across.
THE Orinoco river in South America
is.Said topossess more tributaries than
any other river in the world
"NO WOMAN has ever actually sat in
the English parliament, though several
have been returned as members.
CAKES of tea in India, pieces of silk
in China, salt in Abyssinia and Goldfish
in51celand have all been used as money.
THE planet Neptune takes $4,000 of
Our days to journey round the sun. In
other words, its year equals 165 of our
years.
ALTHOUGH the flap of skin which
covers an elephants ear is of consider
able size, the ear itself is very small in
proportion.
The Spaniards are too lazy to cut
their own corn. At harvest time
crowds of Portuguese cross the border
and do all the harvesting.
The Coudersport (Pa.) clothes pin
factory has received an order for 16
car. loads of clothes pins. This will
take $4,000 feet of beech logs.
A SPECIAL commissioner of the de.
partment of agriculture has gone to
Europe to work up demand for Amer
lean horses for cavalry purposes.
SEVERAL Boston national banks con.
template a reduction of capital stock,
and d movement is on foot to CONSOLE
date five or six of them in one institu-
ton.
FRENCH GUIANA is said to have the
most violent thunderstorms in the
world. The thunder is almost deafen-
+ ing and the peals come in quick sue.
cession.
ALPHoNsE DAuDEr had been an in
valid for 10 years before his death, and
the late DIR. Charcot, the Paris special
list, predicted his death a number OF
years ago.
The duchess of Marlborough buys
| nearly all of her dresses in New York.
She buys perfume in bulk, and it is
| forwarded to the manor of Woodstock
in gallon jars.
BRICKS made of plaster of paris and
cork are now used in the construction
of powder mills. In case of explosion
they offer slight resistance, and are
broken to atoms.
IT has recently been claimed that
iron ships fitted with electric plants
suffer rapid deterioration of their pipes
having direct connection with the sea,
due to electrolytic action.
PARADox1cA1 as it may sound, there
are several varieties of fish that can
not swim. In every instance they are
deep-sea jewellers, and crawl about the
rocks, using their tails and fins al
legs.
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
coed 5000.
The finest compilations in the world
are said to be in the Bermudas This
is accounted for by the fact that the
inhabitants live chiefly on onions, o.
which they export over 1900, 00(
pounds annually.
RESIDENTS of Lovilla, near Ottumwa
a., have formed an organization fo1
kAc CALcIuludGlOu Ol CdtS, anu Lue
mem bers are to devote one day a week
to the work of Kidding the neighbor:
hood of the vermin.
A SCIENTIFIC farmer has, after gooc
deal of experimenting, made the dis
covery that a pigs squeal is keyed
higher in cold weather than when the
temperature is mild. Wonderful what
Scionco iS dol nr for mankind
THERE is tree in India and Africa
from which butter is made. The fruit
grows to the size of pigeons egg
Inside the fruit are seeds, which arr
pressed, and from the oily substance .
very good butter is manufactured