The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-09-01
CURRENT TOPICS.

BRITISH India now has 100 coIIe14
II, 600 students.
An area Of the worlds coal fields N
81, 800 square miles
THERE are 10000 locomotives in use
on American railroads
OPAL mining is one Of the latest Aus
tra1ian mineral industries.
EVERY blast furnace in Pittsburgh il
producing to its full capacity.
New YoEK is said to have 1900 bar.
Der shops and 5000 BARRIERS
The fruit business of Omaha, Web,
is valued at 81, 500, 600 annually.
OKLAHOMA is harvesting whest
crop estimated at 20 o00, 600 bushels.
A BERLIN newspaper predicts great
panic in the German money market
The number of languages and dia-
lees spoken in the world amounts to
1864.
RAILWAY wheels made of leather
have been experimented with in
France.
In Russia you must marry before 80
or not at all, and you may marry only
Eve times
A NEW automobile is being built for
the prince Of Wales, who will operass
it himself
TWENTY-FIVE women have been
hanged in England during Queen Vic
toria's reign
AT the present rate Of increase the
United States will have in 1900 about
125, 600 physicians
Nor one drop of intoxicating liquor
is allowed to be sold at any of the mill
itary camps of Canada
QUEEN WILHELMISA, Of Holland has
a passion for gay colors and wears
dresses OF gorgeous huex
In the first half of 1898 Jaoan sent
s1o, 500. 600 gold to England Thus far
in 1899 it has sent only S4.S50.
GERMANY publishes about 90 600
books a year, France II. 600. Italy 5000,
England 5000, United States S. OOo
JAPAN has a new lighthouse. made
OF bamboo. which is said to resist the
waves better than any kind of wood
WARREN C. COLEMAN. of Concord. n.
C.. is the richest coIored man in the
south. His income is invested in cotton
mills.
THE constant labor of four persons
for an entire year is required TO pro-
duce a cashmere shawl of the best
quality.
In St Paul recently boy fell from
q wall sixty feet to railroad track
below, and escaped without serious
injury.
A HUGE wine barrel at Nancy accom-
modated at dinner $50 workmeu, who
had been building it for the Paris ex-
hibition.
LEO XIII. has just received present
OF an automobile, sent to him by a
devout French manufacturer of these
vehicles I.
TIE only two great European CAPT.
tails that have never been occupied by
foreign foe are London and St.
Petersburg.
JAMES CLARK. of Quincy, Ill, who
celebrated bis Tooth birthday recently,
is now the only bona fde oldest mason
in America.
I. w. DAVIS, ex-mayor Of Peoria, Ill,
although g years, is an inveterate
rider of the bicycle, which he began 10
ride when CT.
JOHN c. kLAUDER, who died recently
in Philadelphia, was the original tin
can mush man and made s., 600, 600 in
the business.
BUFFALo's new Union Railroad sta
ton, to cost 5000, 600, is to have a
waiting room so by 235 feet, said to be
the largest in the world
DURING the last half year 125 vessels
aggregating 2s4. ST tons, were launch
ed on the Clyde, beating all records
England still rules the seas
An association of London women
conducts the genial business of caring
for window boxes and growing flowers
for balconies and small gardens
j. p. BRYANT, the BardweIl- KY
millionaire, owns the largest straw
berry patch in the world It covers
!, 200 acres and has made his fortune.
Tommy Tompkins"I bet my pup Kin
lick your kitten" Willie WiIkinE"WeI,
/ bet If he does he'll wish he hadn't when