The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-01-03
Personalities.

MI. Iuul OeTt, the thorough radical,
whose appointment 10 the ministry of wor-
ship and public instruction has raised sucL
storm in France, might be easily mistaken
for Protestant divine. His clean shaven
fa. g, long black hair, and the austere 81
pl'elty OF his attire would almost warrant
the delusion. As a man OF science Mr..
Paul Bert's versatility is truey remarkable.
Law, medicine: physiology, and the
new minister, who, during the whole of his
career, has exhibited ,al and persever-
ance in tha pursuit and promotion of
knowledge rarely found in the most Lard
working professor. The reward of his ac-
tive life reaches him at the age of forty.
eight.
On her death-bea at Santa Barbara, CAL.
twenty years ago, Mrs. Blanco gave 500
coo in trust to her most intimate fre, d,
Mrs. Del Vale, charging her solemnly To
keep its possession a secret until Marie
Blanco, then baby, became twenty. one.
Mrs. Blanco had no faith in banks or Wills,
and died Statistic that her daughter would
receive the treasure, which was in the form,
of diamonds. Miss Blanco vas recent,
married on her twenty-irst birthday, AID
among the wedding presents were the jews.
Mrs. Del Vale had kept the secret from
even hor husband.
The law Office of Judah P. Benjamin, in
London, is a shabby back room, furnished
with two chairs, a table, few musty law
b ,oks and an army of ink bottles. Hit
c'erk's room adjoining, though plain, is
furnished with princely splendor in COM
l'arlson with the den of the great barrister,
Queens counsel, and one Of the wealthies,
practitioners in England. He gives away
great sums in charity, while his personal
expenses are almost nothing.
Mrs. George Evans, widow of the late
Hon. George Evans, once famous United
States senator from Maine, resides in Au.
gusta. Among the valuable mementoes Of
the past which she has in her house ia an
autograph album, which was filed When
Mrs. Evans resided in Washington, con-
tanning the names of distingui he'd gentle
men who were assoc tied with her husband
in the councils of the nation and others. In
i, are to be found the autographs of John
q ,incy Adams, Washington Irving. Willinm
prescott, Martin Van Buren,, Daniel Web
ster, John G.. Calhoun, David Crockett,
Charles Dickens and others. Nearly ali
have written q sentiment or an expression
of thought. The page written BY Davy
Crockett contains several m'sspelled words.
The Malley boys life in the New Have1
Jail is not as prosaic as that Of persons
awaiting trial for murder. They occup,
two sells in commop, one as sl.epin.
apartment and the other as sitting. room.
Both rooms have been handsomely al d
,astefully fitted up and adorned. They art
carpeted in rich colo,s, and in their sittip.
room cell, besides low camp Stools, the re
arc two small stands on which are trinke1s
ornaments. and toilet articles. On the wall
hangs w1ter- color sketch of the Save u
Rock inlet, where Jennie Cramer's bod,
was found.
Mr.. Webb. the English cutler, has inst
died leaving fortune nearly of 81 900, o. {,
and it is believed that q large part of it l.
would never have accumulated but for tb
novel plan he hit upon for advertising. II
was due to his own personal suggestion that
the firm Of which he was q member EN-.
barked upon continuous and enormor
advertising system in the days when han.
som cabs first came into use. He bouyl
for little money the right to display hi>
advertisements on the splash boards of tb
cabs, and the name OF Mappin d Webb fol
long period was as familiar to the ewes O
Lcndoners as the two. wheelers Themselves.
Four or five hundred of these cabs, wi b
the firm ramo upon them in faded letters,
are still running.
Mrs. M~uzal, an English woman, h, 6
lived four years in Portland. Orr, and "
that time has managed to acquire gr Of
deal Of knowledge about the private live IT
Portland people. Lately fortune teller
calling herself Nine. Lourmande, put on,
IL sign in the city, and was soon doing an
enormous business, because, though ~.
fessedly stranger, she was able to SUI
prise her callers with remarks about theiI
private af,irs. This went on until some.
body discovered that she was none othe
than Mrs. Mauza), transformed into an o.
French bag by meuus Of wig, paint ed
wrinkles, the removal Of false teeth, and 8
foreign accent.