, 1877-07-11
PERSONAL.

Aman editor Of the InteF-Ocean.
PERSONAL
Prince bismarck, formerly mn invcterato
smoker. has been obliged 10 rcalrtcs himself 10 enc
pIpc after dinner. Champagne 10 has been rcquir-
Cd to abandon altogether.
Mrs. Norman Lockyar, wife of tho famous
astronomer, has done service TO ecfcncc br trans
hitting from tho French n. Ouillemin's "Applica-
tIon Of pAysical Forccs.'
Yale men find sufficient explanation for
tho result Of tho boatrace in tho alleged iii.
ncrs Of tue stroke Of their crew, Mr. Wood, who
kept Ills condition secret until after tho race.
Tho proposed inscription for tho Btalue Of
ghe1!cy in Daston II objected to by the London
deGdtMy, which says tho pnct stands In nu need
II fbcml-apoloSy and SENT. patronage for his Ideas.
The last words Of Prof. Tholuck vere:
~ am not afraid; Chrisra death was tor me. "
Dr.. Phi1ip scha1 saya tho death Of Prof. Tholuck
was "a loss not only to Germany. but to tho whole
Protestant worll."
Mr. E. 8. Ohosbrough, City Engineer Of
Chicago contributes article TO tho efghth annual
report Of tic stats board Of Health Of Massachu.
sctss, on "ecwcsage: It's Advantages and uisad-
yantlgcs, Construction md Maintenance"
Prof. Jowctt, Of Oxford, has inst aone IN
student Of his college lost parcel Of bank notes.
Tho master told him to say uothiag about It. and
covered tho walls OF Oxford with posters proclaim
Ing tho loss. but giving wrong numbers for tho
notes. Tho thief fell Into the trap, offered Of
the notes II tho bank, was psolnpuy arrested, and
all tho money recovered.
Darwin, In his forthcoming Biography
Of an Infant "-dcrtsed from study Of one OF bis
own chltdren.-wtll trcat rhitosophtcally tho COO,
uaHkf III ntr, ft,34.
attainment Of speech. liv Ia hereby invited to
come over nndanRyzo tho peculiar vibrations of 4
tug.whtsto in tho Chicago River In tho smnll houss
which experience has taught to consldcr the en-.
lryo III 4 noondsy 1hr!ek.
A1r. Whitley Stokes, tho now legal mem
bcr Of the Indian Council, in recent speech
sketched tho plan determined on forthc coIlacaton
ogthc indian laws. Ho aaid the work would oecu-
ny 1t least nino ycaFr, but would result In Code
which will be tho cnyy Of England and tho world.
This Code, however. u to leayo untouched tho
nindoo. Buddhtat, md Mal.ammelan laws, which
govern the rights OF property and successlon Of
nearly tho who!o country.
Tho August number OF Se7ibner's will
coussin story by AIRS. burnett, author ct 'Th1t
Lass o. Lowrio's," entitled "smethurltscs, -
Smethutst being London was.woFks man who
tells hts story In Cockney dialect. Ts same nun.
bcr Of tho magazine will have story By Auerbach,
Thompson. Tho Auguat number OF 81. Mehoins
will have story by Char1ea Dudley Warner, and
apoe1n BY As. Longfcllow.
bIisa Kato Field's lcttera in London Truth,
which appear In the form Of correspoudence be.
tween an American girl In London aud het friend
At home, arv said 10 be ''alangy. silly, and vul-
gar" Thay givo faiuo idea of American girlhood
and wonanhool to The English people. and arc on
that account Objectionable. MIas Floll has posal.
1,fv fnlr tnS. mi In 1no tn pxv4 ~
With tho nalscte simplicity, and p!quancy Of M
American E1rl OF education md refinement.
The scandal In England causod by tho dis.
eovesy Of tho book on tho confsasional called
t'The Priest In Absolutlon" Ia. not 1cs sui.
sided. AdXfatr prints llxt OF about 400 Clergy
men supposed To belong to tIe Society Of tho Holy
Cross, BY whom tho confessional IL maintained.
Ths Cincinnati co,hamrretal, We obscsvc. has tho
courage TO print acme 0s tho most Objectionable
newspapers which circulate In respectable families
would care to Initiate this example.
An Innocent Boston reporter, detailed to
get facts about. tho dinncr Of tho Society os tho
Cincinnati, Wednesday,, at tho Parker ilouse, in.
QuiFed OF a member wAou, hs caught In the bali
whether they MI eama from Ohio. Esldcns1r 10
thought that auth gathering must affect tho price
otpoFk. Gu being dlxahuscl Of thfs notion 10 IN.
quifcd whether Gh!a was not tLp xth dinner Of the
Society. "s!r, " aasd tho naombcr, with dignity,
''lhis Is the nncty-a!xth." "Ah," pursued thu
Interviewer, ''and hays you been to all Of them:'
The principal priza In applied mechanics
aud mathematics At tho Un!rcrsity Of London Ibis
year Wa taken BY Miss Ellcu II. Watson. WIN also
ven the Meyer do ltot,achIId scholarship, worth
skao per anuun,. The examinations 1t ths lnstitH-
non aro said to be tho sevctest In ths wurl. Psof
clifford said Miss watson's was the nncst maths-
mst!ca1 mtad he had ever met with among students
OF either sax. Oahes prizes awarded 10 women
.a year weFc the 61st prize III art. gained by Prof.
A'aaie1s daughter Marion; this Grst In anatomy,
won oy Mtas Constance DARCY; and the Joseph
hume scholarship In Junsptulcuec, bestowed
upon Miss oEno, slates'in.law OF Prot. Mason.
The gift Of DR.. Toner to the Oily Of 1t.
1oah Of medical library. including IL. 600 vol
umes. II said to be the most yalualls that has been
bestowed upon tho city for library purposes. Thu
!eeip1snb arc 1rqutre1 to psosEde I Gre.psoof
po'la'a2 fof tho reception OF tho booxs. Tho
hewhesFy hequcst In Chicago dWasfs tho 1t. Lonis
a&n into iHAEni1cance, and ~ II II probable that
az d. Louis peopto cannot furnish the ass.proof
uaisaia2 required to make the Gift avalfab!e. they
onss sass shen.e!ves trouble 6y tu9oing u over
Iss " eo'no literary euntFu !ike tllcaZo, wheFo
scholars will 10 attracted by m accumulation Of
'0oSs and suitable building 10 bold them.
The Hartford Lanrans mourns tho absence
y. 1as literary atmosphere from New llayeu, and
'aesH that the chief weakness VI the tuiterstty IL
- ~ las literary department. 'lalu wanls. " says
nv toara"{t at has always wanted, adequate
,olns tn c'oeution, In rhetoric, IN the know ledge
-. 1a We Of tho English language" Tie writer Of
IT,, t,eosfaas article remarks rather bumptloosly
!5s psescnt Secretary of S1atu would have hern
uae!ul 10 bis country and society II 10 had
a,Gsa sa Tho tehcft OF 4 thorough ltsfafy training
en1I7 a!s college coutsc. IhIs suggestion opcls
been - " neaa!ess "pccnlat!oa. What plight have
sys' NJ. EExfts had minded his p'x and us, no
Hseke1 " seef can drrnc. liz would hxsu been, "
dostt tw3!a sNI fondIy hopsd, ''kecptnS ssofs, no