, 1877-07-07
PERSONAL,

Twenty Of tho graduating g-o1nsa at Harvard
this year failed Of ther degrees. and tho noston
1rartitr Gays that more than uno was found To.
0c,cnt on account Ut immortality.
Lord Justice Mcllish, Of England, recently
deceased, struggled throughout biz professional
llfo with pain which would hAsc incHnacltated
most men for all scvero work. Tho Lancet hint,
that his malady was Increased by the bad santurY
condition Of tho Court In which hn sat,
Mrs. Moody, on behalf of her huaband,
eontFnd!cta tho published report that ho requested
thu womsas .EhrlstEap 1qmpesanes tR.pn al. ,1}osi
ton TO change ta nanac to tho No,nan's Evangelical
Temperance Union, nnd advised tho members Of
that bodJ to rule ont Hrs. Lrcrmore because shs
was not Christian.
Friedrich August Gottrau Tholuck, of
Halle. whosc death "as recently announced, was
born In 1700, lie rms Professor at Halle up.-
wards Of bali century, and champion Of evnn.
sellcsl ChrstaaaisJ under the leadership Of Mean.
der and Hch1atesmathcr. 1ro wrote u1npy book,
For some tln,o before h!s death ha was too feeble
to leave hia room, and toward the lasI his mind
was elouded much Of tho limo.
Gen. Grant vas not made D. @. L. Of
Oxford, because hla engagements did not permit to
visit the unlvsrstty town personally and receive
tho degree, ~ required by the gulcs. In copuee-
t!on With Tho sams person, but vaat1y different
contradiction Of tho report that Cen 0rant lost
hcasily In Eeal.esato spcoulatIons 1t Long branch
with Tom Murphy.
Chicago was once blessed by the residence
within her borders OF n. FararRcr. French gen-
t!eman and Professor Of repute. lie left this city
several years ago, for wldos zelda Of usefulness.
Posshly ha IL tho patson referred to In q recent
lasus Of tho London Aeadfmv which says that
"A- Pavarger issbout to pefsonata Cthslio." Tho
performance was snt for thu 10Th Of Juno, and
news OF It will ba looked tot, In this city At least
with interest.
Thero ia In Le 6ueur, Minn., according to
tho Now York TINES, young man named Johnuy
LanigAn, ''in whom tho luathsomo vica Of habltu-
Al hnmor haa lift no room for tho acqulscmcnt aud
exercise Of such minor Vices ~ Drunkenness and
larceny" He was for tina N ornament Of Tho
society Of Le susus, unti! rudsly elected thers-
from BY the outraged inhabltaats Ills faso should
~ warning to tho minstrel eiemant In tho fash
tauAblo society ot other citiaa.
jose Ferren do Oouto, sditoz Of The Span
ish jourpa! published In New York, Fl Cronlstd,
died suddanly an Monday. Ao cAmc 10 this country
III 1860. ns graduated 1t tho 6psnish Naval
Academy. served sesen yeasa In tho army, and mas
&ttsswards commissioned to wrte . history OF tho
Spanish lufsutsy. During bis editorial career he
fought two a1sls, In one Of which he withheld his
6re Ia order 10 v}nllcAte himself from the rhar9o
OF cowsfdice, He wss solo proprietor Of ~
CTonltfa. At the time of hla death he was In hts
57th year.
French orators, an a rule, sustain their
fainting energies BY copous dfaughts OF sugar and
water II. PouysK'QusTlles. however, drinks
burgundy or champagne In the pfesenca Of tho
chsmbe.s. 0ambctts uses coffee fEealy, some-
tines consuming ~ many - eight cups during ths
uttsFanes Of ons speech. Pitt, tho KuRlish Com
moner, used to drink port befoes speaking, 4nd
Sheridan. ~ preparation for one of hts most lm-
ps&sloned efforts. poured bottle os Madeira Into
s'op.baslu. aud drank the wilma without oncs paus-
Ing to take breath.
AI. Pigott hss baen appointed to tho head
Of ths Stationery Department under The Bsltiah
Government, vca ". Il. Greg. retired In conse-
qusnCs Vt falling hsalth This post hAs hsEetofoss
been sessEvsd ~ prtzo for datInRulshed lltssasy
services, but no pfetenaons OF that sort can bo
uads On behalf Of AE. PtgotL Tho spectator. no.
sleinX ths report that As pisott IL the sou Of tho
Asctor Of uagaended, the psus h,nlstur'a intt-
PecteI Lord BeaeonsaeM 10 he tho asat 10 tupornd
oas Of The faw remaining literary psixus tot tho
SFauheAtl0l Of kindly patsona! fccltnxs-"
The Risualists Of England are subjected to
f1esh attack from tl.ets opponsats In consequence
Of the discovery OF 4 book called ''Ths PHest IN
Absotution," prepared for this us OF suaa
"priests" Of tho Church Of England ~ hare re-
F!rs1 tbs confessional In eheF owu paTochal Pssc.
tlec, Thla reminds the Woftd Of Tho sqaib that
P4ath oaes directed agaluat tbs abaurdsties Of
Mtualisn,. when it represented dealer in sacred
pcrfumery ~ Offering 4 novelty fn iueenas to =
Mtu4lEstic clergyman. with lhe remark that it had
all the fragrance Of Tho Jockey Ciub with mona Of
its profanity. This book Of confessional -diret-
lions, however, II not 70 harmless, 1t u described
~ almply nasty, containing questions that parents
wuuid not AK u thess chilfcn, " wives u ihsis
husbands.