New-York tribune., 1878-03-02
RS0NAL.

Mr.. Millais is painting picture OF Lucy
Ashton and the Master OF Ravenswood
President Chadbourne, of Williams, said, re-
GENTLY that he expected that Dr. Hopkins and himself
would hand their designations In 1898 the centennial
anniversary of the founding OF the college,
The centenary of Voltaire and Rousseau,
which NJ Emile Grardn suggested should be celebrated
this year has not the subject OF much enthusiasm
Only about $3.50 has been collected tor the purpose
Yale's oldest living graduate is Major Seth
Pierce OF Cornwall, Conn. He was OF the class OF 1905
and is now niDety-three years old He Is farmer IN
good health, walks every day mile or tTo and can
read his ne wspapers with the help OF spectacles
1t is cruelty related that some one talking to
Lord Beaconsfeld made ausOn to one of the Pre-
micr,, novels "Ah" he said. 4" see that you have
been reading 'Tancred.' Well, it is good book and
perfectly accurate. Whenever want 70 know some
thing about the East, turn to Tancred"
At the recent royal wedding in Berlin,
special attraction of the supper was two gigantic we'd
d,pg-cakes which the Crown Princess had ordered from
England and which were new to German eyes aud
mouths At the royal table, princes and dukes handed
about eouptureens aud poured out the sparkling wlne
These important functions are heTedltry an appefan
to some the most distinguished families IN the land
The future sovereign of Bulgaria is the sub.
ject of much speculation at present One OF the candt
dates for tre new throne appears to BE- Prince Bogode
who was educated Paris and who has some claims Eyn
tongues say that OF his ancestors Kept hooks III Bull
,r he the brother Of Aleko Pasha and at the SINE
time allied 70 the Gortschakof family more serious
candidate seems be Boidar Perovitch President OF
the Nontenegn Senate and cousin Of the Prince OF mat
country Then there the Prince Alexander, OF Hesse,
whose children are Princes Princesses OF Baen-
bnrg or one OF his This candidate would unite tle
y e j. br"thrr-.law to the Gar; thirdly, he is
uncle OF the Prince of IesseDarnstadt, who married
to "A daughter oi Queen Victoria
Mr. Claude Bernard, the distinguished french
oh come IN
with the MS of tragedy in his pocket for his sole tor'
tupe With this he went 70 one of the literary stars OF
that time and begged permission 10 leave MS tragedy
for perusa saying he would call again IN ie" dayso
his opinion But the literary gentleman IN question:
who must have somewhat Of physognomist said'
Listen, young You seem honest ana lh'eihsen"
feel interest in you Then, believe me- be barlsler
without a brief; doctor, without patients De any
thing: but in Gods name be not an author You may
have the stuff OF Corneile Moliere IN yon never
mind Try the sciences on VIII MAKE = na an2
had one OF the brilliant useful and succesSlu CIV
reers in science that the world has ever seen
Well! The Examiner, of London, says con-
cerning Mr. II. NJ stauley's journey: I'VE deny tna'
this expedition was an American one Half ofits cost was
maid for out OF the pockets OF three English gentemeh'
breeour,hs OF the white the eXpedltl0n-rted'
erlck Barton and the two Poc"cks-were EhglS"m'n'
while Mr. Stanley himself before he assumed lhc 'iSo
cratic name he bears, was-so it has Deeh ol'eD 81"
Armed but now refuted-but one OF the Ap-1enA'''''
Ar-Joneses Of a not unknown Welsh village Inc on'!
American coin spent on it was that OF sif Gouon
,be son ~ a scotchman" The London Worid says tha'
Mr. Stanley "honestly believes that Engishmen a'o
preu,liccd against him account OF his nationality.
.Tney do not Ike Americans. he insists. Win 'ehacny
curious in widely travelled man. They are Jealous OF
America and their jealousy crops out cont9nalH , "a
f,r, coming To III gland this last time he aa1s sa'a
to pocock The first time returned they saiI Has
ilar--that | had found livingstone .hat el'nG,
I fnuu
storv What Will they say this time y IL Is iel,,
caIce that they rand me as pirate ana iau,i' , ~,
tn Fn"lIsh cannot help II. TBey hate Americans VI
t1is mini Mr. STANLEY IL mteMDe lhtet s .ne
wnrncsl feeling toward his many En4s !,.nus s ~
insists that jealousy is az the BOTTOM oi TIC S'''i'
.rificism ~ which Ire has been subjected"
LONDON, March 1.-1hs academy states that
MFR. john Ruskin the woknowp writer on ART Is daH'
cerously III from over work.