The Dickinson press., 1883-12-29
Personal Matters.

Alphonse karr was lately u guest ut a
dinner of some homeopathic physicians
at Paris; when, after toasts had BEEN
henored to Hahnemann and to the great
lights of the science now living, he was
he said, "you have drunk the health OF
many physicians, but there is one toast
you have forgotten. Permit mo to re.
pair this omission. l drink To the healti;
Of your patients"
Senator Hill. of Colorado. started out
in life as a professor OF chemistry IN
Brown University at Providence, r. l.,
and a few years ago went to Colorado to
assay ores. One day a miner came to
HIM with q nugget. Hill saw that it WAS
gold. He wormed the location out Of
the man and made haste to get possess
ION Of the mine. 1t has made him a
millionaire. knowledge is power. So
SAYS the man who wa iugs. ID out of the
mine.
Princess Louise took with her to Eng
land a rare and beautiful collection of
Canadian birds. There are eight cases,
containing about 120 varieties. Three
cases are devoted to the different species
of the duck family, and contain forty
J birds. Another is devoted to O OF
which there are seventeen specimens,
representing min varities. The princess
nWn case is filled with small birds of bril-
liant plumage.
Speaker Carlisle is . very pale man,
with brown hair, no whiskers or mus
! tache, and with clean-cut features. indi-
eating a very nervous organization. He
is of the Greek type, having IL long.
straight nose, q handsome chin, prom.
inent enough to indicate tiymness, with
out o%bstlnacy. He parts his hair on one
SIDE and brushes it i'll sMah q way as To
give his mead rathera square appearance.
He does not dress badly, but neither
does he dress we'll.
MIR. John Platt Bailey, ofNorth Salem,
Winchester county, n. Y, has brough,
suit in the Supreme Court against Ulys-
SEES S. Grant, Jr., for ST GOO damages. 1t
is alleged that MI. Grant keeps q vicious
horse, and that on March LIST last tho
horse inflicted persona! injuries upon
MIR. Bailey, from which ne is still suffer-
! ing, and FROM which he never expects
to recover. The horse complained of is
IL of the Arabian stations presented
to General Gaant by the khedive OF
Egypt.
AMr. NJ. I. Wallace Of Hillsboro, Ohio,
bad wooed and u as he thought, the
heart of Miss Mary Barrett, and then
vent to California to make his fortune.
A few days ago he returned to wed his
betrothed. Thursday of last week was
set for the happy event. and the minis.
ter and guests we're assembled. In con.
versatiou with his atfianced, Wallace
mentioned that he was afraid his for
tune was not sufficient to
support her i'll tho style she
had been accustomed to. The lady
replied that she had provided for her
self for SEINE time, and she supposed
could still do so. and if he didn't want
to marty her he could &C. Forthwith
he went. This sudden Termination of
the affair afforded the surprised guests
! plenty Of opportunity for gossip.
Little Nellie Arthur, the presidents
daughter. has joined Christmas club
i'll Washington. About forty young PEG.
| PIE Of both sexes are members of it. The
object of the club is to make 81 merry
Christmas for many poor peopie-poor
children who scarcely know what the
word means. The children solicit dona-
tions and prepare llsti OF the ones to be
helped. When the president learned
of the mission of the club he readily
gave his consent to Nellie's joining it.
She is now one of the leaders and has
secured IN my donations by her pleasant
smiles and pretty The presi.
1 dent has made 81 ljberal contribution
and the club is becoming very popular.