The Worthington advance., 1883-01-04
Personal 0oseip.

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Tom 0ohiltree defines the duty Of !
Congressman to b oppose su taxes aud
favor al appropriations. 4.
Mrs. Robert Anderson, the widow o.
the hero Of Fort sunpter, Il staying
with her daughters In Washington.
Miss Craig Wadsworth, to whom Pres.
ident Arthur was reported engaged,
Will remain abroad during the winter.
A Kentucky doctor kept track Of sev-
eral young men who carried their hands
in their pockets, and he found that four
out OF the six became murdererS before
they reached the age Of 80.
r Jay Gould's son, George, having haen
accused Of besto wing diamonds tlpon Mra.
Langtry, not onl +, denies it, but declares
he knows dozen American ladies who
are fairer to see than the English beauty.
Capt. Richard Burton, the celebrated
traveller, who b now in Cairo, says tha,
only the presence Of the English troops
Ia Egypt prevents the natives from
slauRhtering all the Europeans In the
country. =
The youngest member Of the United
States Senate is Pope Barrow, of Georgia.
elected to gil out the unexpired term Of
the late Ben Hill. Senator Barrow is
forty.three, but the baldest man in the
circle, he was confederate officer.
Miss Maggie Huddleson, who belongs
to one Of the best families at Tionesta,
Pa, went on deer hunt with her broth
.: few days ago. carrying rifle, and
shot a big four'pronged buck dead in his
tracks.
Judge William D. Kelley, Of Pennsyl.
vania. has named the 18th Of April, his
seventieth birthday, as the date for q
complimentary dinner rendered to him
by prominent citizens of Philadelphia.
Miss Marie Van Zandt, the American
prima Donna in Paris, recently had an
experience during performance Of
"Mignon" that was not on the regular pro-
gramme. During the oonfiagration scene
Of the fire brigade stationed behind the
scenes thought that the theater was a6re
In earnest; and he rushed to the rescue
with his axe, and chopped down Biz
piece OF scenery before he could be
stopped. On ascertaining the facts of
tho case, Miss Van Zandt sent the man a
handsome present. saying: 1T Is bot
ter TO be taken care Of too well than not
enough"
Lord Derby has doubtless many q
time chuckled over bis sagacity In sell
ing his fine Tprerary estates before tho
troubles there began. His father left 10
his younger son-Lord Derby's only
brother-Colonel Stanley, Beaconsfield's
war secretary, the choice between $780,.
90 and the Irish property. He took
the former. Lord Derby. on receiving
the latter, sold 1t for $500, 900 to q rich
Dublin merchant; The tenants sent .
qepntatton to KnowMey, entreating
Lord Derby not to sell, bnt he said he
Ireland, and would not be an absentee
landlord.
Queen Victoria does not think It too
great a condescension for royalty to
compete for prizes at fairs. She has re-
Gently won, at the Birmingham Cattle
and Agricultural society's exhibition, 4
premium of ESQ for shorthorn Here
ford from her Windsor farm. She will
take the prize In the form Of cup of
that value, and has asked to be allowed
to select personally one from number
Of designs of cups
DR.. Romanes tells charming story of
the father Of the late Charles DArwin:
"For the benefit Of the district In which
he lived DR.. Darwin offered to dispense
medicines gratis to any one who applied
and was not able to pay. He was sur
prised to find that very few Of the sick
poor availed themselves of his offer, and
guessing that the reason must have been
q dislike to become the recipients of
charity, he devised plan to neutralize
this feeling. Whenever any poor per-
sons applied for medical aid, he told
them that he would supply the medi-
cine, but they must pay for the bottles.
This little distinction made all the differ
ence, and ever afterward the poor used
to flock to the doctors house for relief
AS matter Of right"
Newfoundland and Its r eople.