New-York tribune., 1878-03-16

IA. Secretary Of the State Agricultural Society ana IL
was mainly due his efforts that the Wisconsin Aeau'
80 of Arts and Sciences was put In working order.
He is said to be an excellent scholar OF fine personal
presence, and an easy, graceful anu p.ennus pn 'PA'
lie has nllcd number OF offices with credit
Major Apollos Phelps, of Suflield, Conn, is
described as wonderfully strong old gentleman OF
nipetywo years His hair is snowy white but It grows
as thcky as ever and no is st able TO read without
spectscles The Boston Journal says OF him. He lives
within sixty rods OF where he was born, and in MS
fathers family six six-footers; he has used no
Iquor during his lifetme and has brought up ten ch
dren. He noted In his youth for hls athletic attain
monts. inasmuch that he tells of lifting LOO H. mill,
stone al Agawam used 10 grind bark, ana oi rasus
horse from the ground by getting under him"
The Rev. Mr.. Cook and his wife are said to
lead ideal married life. correspondent OF Ihe H"F
ford Times says During his stay at home, his VIE re-
ceives callers and In nothing do they hhu so u'
pleasure as in others While he is absent
from home-which usually from Saturday un'n the
following Wednesday OF each week.-Mrs. Coo" a''eh"'
10 all of her husbands correspondence she ac's NOT
merely in the capacity Of amanuensi~ bnt answers
the letters on her responsibility she is so wen ac
desres that n is rare thing her To consult him in
"a letter. out OF t'dI
agas twenty letters day"
Mrs. Anne Thackeray Ritchie asks for sub
,cripons 10 memorial TO the late Charles kingsley.
The proposed memorial" she ais to be put up ny
the window Of a hospital in Cheyne Walk The rails are
already there and the little mattress and the blankets
sick chds crib in hospital where the children,
when once admitted. at least rest at peace what
ever their ailments They need not fear that they
will ever he turned out from their quiet into the
tlung world again. though OF them recover. ana
70 out lead useful active lives Each childs bed costs
$50 year. The Charles Kingsley cot requires about
sGOo Ia endow H. OF this 1900 has already been sub
tcrbrd. aud may add that Mrs. Kingsley mas greatly
pnd materially aided tue scheme ANY Amer can TREND
kingsley,
bridge. f. gland.
NJ Taine is announced as candidate for
the chair at the French Academy through tho
death Of rmers NJ Ernest Renan Will offer himself
60 I'LL the chair left by the late Claude Bernard NJ
Rcnan is already member of the Institute. He Is the
best Hebrew scholar in France. When new member OF
the Academy has been elected IL becomes iucumDent
upon him deliver public Grafton IN praise OF hS pre-
decessur after which ne is taken In black swai0w-iaii'
embroidered with green silk palms. and introduced 10
the Chief OF the state whether king emperor, OF
president. From the time Or his inaugural ad-
dress the new mcmber las a right TO votr ana
take part in the composition Of that famous dictionary
Which, after more than two hundred year., has adj
yaucrd no further than the letter j" Inc Sthle
allows those who have hand in the making OF It
be tnev eaVants, grand seigDeurs staiesnen u mere
pocts-the handsome wages OF $500 = year. query
Nni tnat not be rather expensive dictionary winch
W have cost France forty times $500 year during
ei7 yeafsi
The Czareyna of Russia had not seen the
Czarewtr her husband for eight months When she sar
prsd him lately 10y meeting HIM Unexpectedly at Duna
burg she arrives nrsa bright young lady. resembling
her sister, the Princess Of Wales. but looking rather
stronger An onlooker animated description of
the scene Though to ALL the CzareVna is cv
IDENTIFY nervousy impatient for the arrival of her nus
band has not muca longer to wait; all al once the
shouting outside begins, her face becomes rad INT. and
wrapping herself In the magnificent rotonde oi blu fox
fur, she hurrics TO the PLATFORM. amld renewed
huriahs aud clamOrous cries Of JOY. Her eyes
are eagerly fixed the red globes Of the approach
ing engine-there Is shrill whistle, much PUN ug
OF steam md the train rolls slowly into the station E1
C1arewitcn little guessing the surprise In store Tor hu
descends. slutug he the long III" OF soldiers
drawn up on pl suddenly he sees her. ihcn
All else is forgotIhe station the soldiers, the crowd
OF peope-and the wife her husbands arms. held IN
"A long embrace. Then, Hike OF thuDdcf louder
Than the isi burst forth deaening shouts mixing up
v,th the National hymn.