The Worthington advance., 1899-11-10
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JoHN BULL uses 1,7oo, ,ooo, ,ooo, 600
matches. annually.
POULTRY and eggs yielded g, O00, GO
tu Missouri in 1898
ARBowRooT comes from the bulbs OF
South American cannas.
The strike Of the Boston upholster.
ers is now in its twentieth week.
The imports OF Irish linen into Ger
many has diminished very much.
DENVER (Col.) has more bicycles In
proportion than any other city in the
country.
HAwAIl's unofficial territorial dele
gate in Washington 10 graduate Of
Harvard.
A FEATHER of an eagle shot by
Dewey has been turned into . pen bya
Cincinnati man.
BRITISH recruiting officers sre said
to be engaging German under-oficers
for service in Africa.
RAIN has never been known to fall in
that part of Egypt between the two
lower falls of the Nile.
PARIS municipality erected Frances
chief labor temple. It cost $500, 900,
and is used by 80 organizations.
A LAW requiring corporations to pay
wages at least monthly has been de-
clared constitutional in California
HAWAII is said to have more teIe-
phones in proportion to the population
than any other locality in the world.
AN attempt on large scale is soon
to be made to stock the abandoned
farms of Maine with cattle from the
west.
The British Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science has granted s1,-
600 toward the expenses of an Antarc-
tic expedition.
ALL the European navies are prac-
ticing shooting. Our soldiers taught
them the necessity for good shooting
in the Spanish war.
AMONG the French, formerly, to
make even the most casual reference
to handkerchief, was considered the
height of vulgarity.
EMPERoR WILLIAM wants an enormous
increase made in the German navy to
make it the equal of any sea force ex-
cept that of England.
In London the various underground
electric systems for rapid transit in
volve the expenditure of about $780,
Oo0. 900 for their completion.
THE anti-British crusade of the Ger
man press on the Transvaa1 war is said
to be greatly against the wishes of the
emperor and the government.
REGINALD D'IBERv1LLE is the only
holder of Canadian title. It was
granted by Louis XIV. in 1900 and con-
frmed by Queen Victoria in 1885,
HoRsEsHoEs in Japan are simply
slogs of twisted straw, and during
journey many have to be carried to re-
plenish those which are worn out
ACRE once meant a field of any size.
The Germans still use the word in this
sense. Gods acre, meaning a cemetery,
is an instance of the old meaning.
MRS. LIE BRETON, Mrs Langtry's
mother, lives in Jersey and is still one
of the best looking women in the
island in spite of her advanced age.
The heart of vegetarian beats on
IN average 81 to the minute; that of
the meateater Is. This represents a
difference of 90, 600 beats in "a hours
NEARLY 5O,o0o claims resulting from
the Spanish-American war have been
filed at the war department, and they
are still coming in at the rate of 80 a
day.
In the king of Saxony's museum at
Dresden there is cherry-ssone upon
which, by the aid of a microscope,
more than 100 faces can be distin-
guished.
THERE are parts of Spain where the
hat is unknown except in pictures.
The men, when they need a covering,
tie up their heads, and the women
wear flowers
OK the Queensland, New South
Wales boundary line, on the edge of
the Australian desert, an artesian well
has struck a yield of water of 1900, 600
gallons a day.
BERLIN booksellers are strictly for
bidden to sell school children books
stitched with wire, as several cases Of
blood poisoning have been traced TO
scratches from rusty wire.
The Spanish are among the most
charitable people on earth. Without
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50, 900 self-supporters feed pauper
population of 5000 or more.
PRESIDENT KRUGER is said to be able
to write as we'll with the left hand as
with the right, but detests pens and
ink so much that he uses indeIibIe
lead pencils whenever possible.
GEN. JoUBEET's wife has gone with
him in all his campaigns and is said to
have aided with her counsel the deveI-
opment of his strategic plans
A NEW cotton spindle is said to be
capable of running 10000 revolutions
per minute, and, if so, will indeed rev.
olutionize the spinning process
A CONNECTICUT Yankee has received
permission from the king of Siam to
erect a $500, 600 hotel that will be 1000
feet long and four stories high.
SENATOR HANNA is said to have paid
for his suite of apartments at Claridge's
hotel, where he stopped while in Lon
don, IT'S guineas week. This is about
S9s5.
ALL the personal paragraphs and So
cietv news that appear in the London
papers is paid for, except that which
relates to the royal family, the nobili-
ty and the diplomatic corps.
THERE is a lemon grove of 1, 600 acres
In San Diego county, CAL, and it is
said to be the largest in the world. It
was begun in 1890, when 170 acres
were planted, and it has been annually
added to, until it has reached its pres
ent size.
A thoroughgoing egotist is usually devoid
Of the sense of humor.-Chicago Daily
News.