, 1877-07-16
PERSONAL,

Tho English root who Is trying 10 curs
himacif Of Tho habit Of opium smoking. a. reeent-
y mentioned ii this column, ID Alfred Tennyson,
poct.1auretto,
Con. Stark's wife was named Betty, not
Mo,lie; and his famous saysng Iuat before tho mt.
tc OF bennington must have bccn: ''Thefe. boys,
are our enemies: Tonight they must be ours, os
Dtttte Stark's q widow"
Mr.. Winsor, OF the Doston Public Library,
his reconsilered his afst resolution aud accepted
The appointment Of Librarian to Harvard Untycr.
afty, rendered him some weeks ago. Tho T]oston
Adrerfts<r says: "fhc appointment u honorable
nike to the college and to Mr. W!nsos."
Tho pow number Of Larrer's Magazine
contains an article on Kcata, which was In aome
measure fosestallcd BY the publication Of hin let
ters 10 hfs brother in the Now York 1Ford recent.
y. The feature Of The number u novelette, con.
eernlng mcsmcrlc prophecy and its subsequent
story. which bears insssnnl o7idohce OF having
boon written by Wltkte Collins.
Tho Springfield Ltps451iasn says the Won.
ezueia complication has resulted In tho payment
Of nussstls aalaFy for several manths % Mlntstcs
though hr IL residing III Boatou, anu will not re-.
tusn To hls post. The publication which caused
the request for hjs recall wAs uade It will bo re-
tocmbered, through Tho lndscretion Of ths Stat<
Department, and hc waa In no waJ responsible fa
It,
President Andrew White, Of Cornell Unit
vtfslty, now travelling In Europe, writes home
that cur good Americans arc wfctchsdiy mistaken
In supposing that tho only OF the main progresa Of
tho world during the 1ast twenty years has b+en
made On our aide Of the Atlantic, In the DEPART
mont Of education especially thero IL much 10 learn
from Rngtand, Germany, Switzerland, and even
Italy.
The second year Of Wellesley College, in
Massachusetts, w&s suecssstul. There weFe 800
girls In sttendanes during the yeaF. The new
ciass will probably number about 100 The health
Of tho studcnts u excellent, n tho rule hAs bccn
that feeble gtEts ara rejected. Greek seems to be
favoFte study and tho prospect ts that nearly 200
girls will take the course, including ursek, ito
coming rear.
Anew English novel contains in the open.
Ing chapter The following statement
which docs not give promise Of rtotous !magina.
tvs powof IN the contraction Of plot Of tho 1e.
yeiopmcnt Of Incidents: ''The 4ouse In which
tho parents Of thu hoso livsd WA not thelf own,
but leased To them for fourteen years. with thr
usual power Of leaving 1t Ut tha end of sevcn,
upon giving Tx months' notice."
Dr.. Parieisl, Minister Of Commerce Of the
Paris Commune, who died In New York rcecntiy,
Was buried with peculiar ceremonies Monday. The
remains were covered with = red nag, and wers
carried to tho cematsty BY the friends Of tho dc.
ctased, no hesrss being ussd. Tbs agod mother
OF paE7s!sl cmbalned bis body, TAcEs waEo no "a.
llgious services at tho grars, but addresses were
made by uumbss OF refugees.
We arc griovel To hoer from tho Hartford
TinstS that all the members Of ths Presidents Cab
inet. with the exception Of Nesars, pssens and
Thompson. weas shocking bad hats. Nr schprs
IL particular about hls trousers, Int sccms To- bt
not at ali concerned about bis heal-k gear. There
Is evidence. however, though tas Hartford 7Tm<s
may not b. willing to admit H. that tho Cabinet
has an abundance Of hs2d gear, Ill IN txeallent
running order.
Prince Alfred il not likely 10 inherit tho
Duehy Of saxe- cobourg. Gotha, It being generally
1uderstood that hs has sold tbs succession TO the
German 9overnmsnt aud that The Princess Char.
1ottc, sldest dau9htsF Of ths Grown Prime, who
has been bssrothad 10 tho hernd!tary Prince OF
Mcirtngen will become Grand Duchess Of ga1o-
ThuriuKcn, The now Principally to be formed, In.
eiudlne the Duehies Of Baxe' 'Aefnlngen and saxc.
Coboury-QolhA.
Gentlemen who hayo patent remedies tor
Ill tbs ILL that human neah Il heir to, will bo sus.
prsed to hear that nobody who goes Into the water
IL safo from cramps. During swimming. match
ut Bath, l.. T., Sunday, professional named Van
Beurca xas selxsd With cramps, and would have
drowned had not boat fortunately been near.
He knew It waa m 'ntallibls euro for tue cramps
10 lie over IN tho back and kick, but ls couldu't
lie over on bis back and couldn't kck. J.
The first wing Of the Peabody Museum
At Nav Haven, opened few days since, Il built
under the truss.dsed ot 1896. Thla gave to tho
Trustees $3.50. COO 10 found and msintaln n,uso-
u OF natural hstory, especially In the departments
OF zoology, geology, and mtueraloky. +" Two thirds
OF tho whos sum WIS 10 b. for tho building. $780,.
600 for fund for cAfo of tho building and Increase
Of tho collection. and tho remainder to ~ placcd
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