The Worthington advance., 1899-02-23
CURRENT TOPICS.

Gov. J. G. BRADY, Of Alaska, as .
child was homeless wait in New York
city.
ALL tramps who go to Crawfords-
Vile, Ind, are to be arrested and vac
cinated.
MADRID abounds in slums which are
even greater eyesores than those Of
London. a
The Maine legislature has refused to
submit anew the question Of prohibi-
ton to the voters.
BALTIMoRE's statistics show that her
foreign trade during 1898 was the
largest in her history.
A AB1LLappropriating $40, 900 for gov
ernor's mansion has been introduced in
the Kansas legislature.
EVERY member of President McKin-
ley's cabinet smokes pipes with the ex-
ception Of Secretary Gage.
THERE were b46.s52 visitors to tho
congressional library in Washington
during the last fiscal year.
The Cubano Libre, published at San.
tlago, objects to foreign capital in de-
veloping Cuban enterprises.
CONGRESSMAN BLAND and wife cele-
brated the twenty-fifth anniversary Of
their wedding the other day.
SAGAsTA proposes to muster out a
large number of Spanish generals, of
whom there are said to be 900.
THE annual convention of the Boot
and Shoeworkers' International union
will be held in Rochester in April.
The Spanish cabinet has decided to
abolish the portfolio of minister for
colonies, having no further use for it.
THE South Carolina legislature is
discussing the question of biennial ses-
sions and four-year terms for members.
BEFORE Representative Jerry Simp-
son became a ranchman he was for sew
eral years a sailor on the great lakes.
CAPTIVE and wounded Filipinos ex.
press surprise that they are cared for
by the Americans instead of being
killed.
The Kansas house, by a vote of "a to
o, passed the Newman bill to remove
the disabilities of all ex-confederats
soldiers.
the war revenue tax on mixed flour,
and the gross collections amount to q
trifle over S., 900.
THREE men were arrested near Nor
ristown, Pa, recently for stealing coal
trains by greasing the track and then
stealing the coal.
REPRESENTATIVES, JOHN NJ. MITCHELL,
OF New York city, is known as the
Adonis of congress and the handsomest
man in public life.
For 40 years Jules Verne has aver
aged two stories annually. All have
had fair sale and many have met with
tremendous success.
JOHN D. CLEws, aged 1o2 years, and
Mrs. Sarah Jennings, aged 100, were
married in Philadelphia the other day
by Alderman Henderson.
NINE-TENTHs of the finest tea raised
in China is sold and consumed in Rus
sia. Most of the next best grade finds
a market in Great Britain.
ACCORDING to the authority of an
English magazine Great Britain con-
trolls 2l out of every 100 square miles
of the earth's surface, and "a out Of
AoO A1AACS u CcITALOfy III NOrLu
and South America.
AT council meeting in west of
England borough complaint was made
of the number of pigs that were allow
ed to roam the streets. The mayor
moved that the constable be instructed
to arrest all pigs found wandering
about the streets, except the pigs Of
councillors.
The crucial question is settled.
Nine. Patti has, after agitated consid-
Grafton, decided not to appear in opera
after marriage to Baron Cederstrom,
and hereafter she will only be heard
at an occasional concert when she il
in the mood.
The Chinese are perhaps the most
lightly taxed people in the world. In
China all the land belongs to the state,
and trifling sum per acre-never all
tered through long centuries--is paid
as rent. This is the only tax in the
country. and it amounts to about rs Cd
per head yearly.
"Don't say you work like a slave:" saw
you 'work like fool.'-Atchison Globe.
When eyes snap, it must be the lashes
that crack.-Golden Days.