The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-21
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class.
ONLY about one in 1000 cattle ship
Ped abroad from this country dies or 10
lost 1t ssa.
IT 10 estimated that about 2, 600, 600
bicycles have been made in Europe
and America.
The juice of the banana, being strong
shoe backing.
EXPERIMENTS to reproduce dead mems
features from their skulls are being
made in Germany.
The eyes of snakes are never closed.
Alive or dead, sleeping or waking,
they are always wide open.
The price of medicine in Prussia is
regulated by the state, new price list
being published every year.
The only artisan buried in Westmin-
ster Abbey is George Graham, who in
vented clockwork in the year 100.
The most extensive cemetery in the
world is that at Rome, in which over
5000, 600 human beings have been in
tered.
The largest telescope in existence
does not make the planet Mars appear
any bigger than the moon does through
an opera glass.
THERE are about so distinct tribes
among the natives of the Philippines.
The Moros are the most loodthirsty
savages known.
PARIS actresses wear paper lace,
which by night looks as beautiful and
delicate as the best of real lace, while
it costs but a trife.
The fly lays four times each summer
and 80 eggs each time. The descend
ants of one female fly in single sea-
son may number 2, OsO 800.
PLANTS suffer from the smoke OF
cities because the fumes injure the po-
rous structure of the leaves and inter
fere with their free inspiration.
LEMON baths are popular in the West
Indies. Three or four lemons are cut
up and left to soak in water half an
hour. The bath is very refreshing.
The greatest coal field in the world
(21,700 square miles) is in the Chinese
province of Human. At the present
rate Of consumption the world could
be supplied with coal from Shansi for
10000 years.
Mrs. TAN J1oK KIM, late of Singa-
pore, is buried in 100000 coffin. 1t
was decorated with silk, gold and
precious stones, and was the most cost
ly coffin ever Constructed in the
Straight's settlement.
The Shah has in his palace at Tehe.
non f1uo1uo.iroh er1nho ,,r1v, nh ;o1,
the parts of the world are set out in
jewels of various colors- England with
rubies, India with diamonds, the sea
with emeralds, and so on.
HAWKS have been seen to follow in
the wake of a moving railway train, to
swoop down on small birds that were
suddenly disturbed and frightened by
the noise, and therefore for the mo.
ment were off their guard.
IT is 10 years since the first Japanese
newspaper was established, and now
there are in existence SIS daily and
weekly papers, IS law magazines, 81
large number of religious journals.
FOREIGNERS in China buy nearly ev.
erything on credit, giving signed
''chits" for every purchase, the reason
being their unwillingness to load them
selves down with silver or native
coin, while paper money fluctuates too
much. f.
WHEN a Chinaman gives q grand
party he sends three invitations to each
guest; one two days before the event,
another on the day itself, and the third
just before the hour has struck, to sig
nifty how impatient he is for his visit
OF IS countries 10 have flags with
red in them, the list including the
United States, England, France, Ger.
many, Austria, Italy, Spain, Denmark,
Belgium, Sweden Switzerland, Tur.
key, Mexico, Chile, Portugal Venezu.
ella and Cuba.
SENAToR-ELEcT HAYWARD, Of Ne.
braskas wears upon his watch chain a
valuable child's ring set with q small
diamond, which he found on one of the
streets of Chicago twenty years ago
and for which he has never been able
to discover an owner. z
A BILL has been introduced In the
Massachusetts, legislature to provide
, that the city fathers shall use car.
riages at public expense only for public
funerals and at the entertainment 81
distinguished guests, and then only
upon the written order Of the mayor.