New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-27
PERSONAL.

An ample fund has been raised for the proposed
statue Of Sir Francis Drake at Plymouth, England,
which Is to he executed by MI. Boehm.
The death Is anr ounced at the age Of sixty-elRht.
of Nicolo Luxardo. chief of the firm that manufac-
lures the famous Maraschino llqueur
President Arthur it Is said will be assisted at his
New Years reception in the White House. by Mrs.
Freliughuysen. Mrs. Chandler and Mrs Brewster.
Justice Samuel Blatchford, of the United States
Supreme Cont is in this city. He occupied the
bench Of the United States Circuit Court yesterday
The staff of Governor Long. of Massachusetts will
give their chief a dinner Wednesday evening
next on the eve of his retirement from the execu-
tive chair,
As if to poke fun at the Nhsts now comes the
announcement that next spring the Car and Car
ina will mako the tour of Europe visiting CoDenha-
gen. London, Paris. and other capitals.
Jefferson Davis contributes 300 to the fund for
rnouum ent to the memory of General Albert Sydney
Johnston ard declares that ability does not
keep pace with his desire to aid in the work.
DR.. FELTON,, ex-Congressman ard prominent
Georgia politician, has recently turned bis atten-
ton TO farming and stock.Iaisng. and now owns
one of the finest herds of jersey cattle in that State
1t is related of the late Henry James that his
and namesake. now a famous novelist once said to
him: Father am thinking of making painting
"A profession" To which he replied: Henry, you
make very clever sketch but you Will never get
beyond that"
There are rumOrs in Berlin of an approaching mar
rage between the Princess Victoria of Hesse-Darm-
stadt. daughter of the lamented Princess Alice and
granddaughter of the Queen of England. and Prince
Frederick William. son of the Grand Duke of Ba-
den and grandson of the Emperor of Germany.
The engagement of Colonel John J Coppinger, Of
the United States Army, and Miss Alice Stanwood
Blame eldest daughter of ex-Secretary Blaine
past, is now formally announced 1t IS rumored
that the marriage viii take place IN FEBRUARY next
IN Washington.
The Rev. Edward Everett Hale TELLS with much
endowment n story of his early clerical expert
ences He went be says, to Northampton to preach
one Sunday In the vestibue of tde church he was
met By a venerable man. who said TO him: I" I'm
dreadiully deaf sir. and | don't always hear all
that's said hut wish you would speak the text
loud for when hear young mans text KNOW
what he's going to say, and can SOU o. 1910"
along"
Mr.. John B. Stetson prominent hat manufac-
turer of Philadelphia said this year to have spent
$4,000 in making Christmas gifts to his 700 EN-
ployes not counting ether such rites as three
twenty-year $4,000 life insurance policies and a
hundred shares of Building and Loan Association
STOCK The gifts included twenty!three gold
watches three sealskin sacques. fifteen fur-lined
cIoaks and several hundred pairs of kid gloves In
return Sir. StetsOn recelN Ell superb bIo1ze chin
lug clock worth $3.50, and some other choice me-
mentos
No man. SAYS an English writer, ever enjoyed life
more keenly than Anthony Trollope lie was full
of common sense. vet ludicrously obstjnaterand
perverse; roaring and spit tterlng, and wholly IN
CAPABLE of argument Once he and "a party of
friends were in concave at Henley. Some subject
of Importance was being considered. and some one
made "a suggestion. Trcllope. engaged in converse.
ton at the other end OF the room at once raised
his head and his vuice. Il differ from You en-
tirely" he roarcd like bull at red rng, differ
FROM you entirely What WGs IL you said I"
A noteworthy career has been that of the Rev.
Alpheus $. Packard, d. d.. vice-presdent of Bow
dom College who on Saturday last celebrs ted bis
eighty fourth birthday amid tho personal congratu-
lations Of the Maine Historical Society and "a shoal
of letters from absent friends He entered Bow
dom as student in 1872, Just six years after the
first class had been graduated. lie was graduated
in 1916 became tutor there IN 1872 and alprofes-
sor In 1925. Thus he has been teacher Tor
sixty-three years, and of the 1914 young men
graduated at Bowdoin since the foundation OF the
college, more than ,SOu nave peen uhuer Ills III
mediate instruction.
Bernhardt has been getting intp.h water again
this time with her dressmakers. In order To acqut
herself resplendently in Sdrdous Fedora. she OF"
dered five costumes for each act OF Felix the
Paris modiste, which we're surely to surpass any
thing that Solomon ever was arrayed In. but' such
WAS the Importance or the occasion. she mduo hor-
self secure against any disappointment however fe-
motely possible by ordering at the same time hve
similar robes of NORM, of Vienna. Now, this was
all very well for Sara, but it wouldn't do for Felix
who is altogether q greater parsonage than any
moro tragedienue. So he soon informed the actress
that tho costanos were ready but not for herr she
should not have thc at any price, for the House OF
Felix would not condescend to be brought into
Competition with any Austrian shop This nearly
drove Sara crazy with rage and anxiety. la despe-
ration she fed to Worth. He wonld make the cos