New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-04
PERSONAL,

Dr. Benson Is TO be enthroned as Archbishop of
Canterbury on April 3.
The Oldest member Of the British Cabinet is Mr.,
Gladstone who is seventy three, and the your gest
Sir Charles Duke, who is thirty-nine.
The Rev. Edward Everett Hale has been selected
as the annual orator before the Phi Beta Kappa
Society Of Brown University, at its meeting on
June 10 next.
The Hon. Reuben r. Springer. Of Cincinnati, who
has been suffering from bronchitis and pneumonia,
last week reported to be gaming perceptibly in
strength and general condition.
The inhabitants of the Indian Territory are
mourning the sudden death Of Chief White Shield,
who had for many years been looked to as q faith
full leader and uEsel0r honest and true to settle
oil his peoples disputes.
The subscription for memorial to the lsto
Charles Darwin has awakened much interest In
Sweden. The English committee has received con-
trbutions from moro than 400 persons In that
country including all sorts Of people, from bishop
to seamstress" and varying IN amount from two
pence to five pounds
Lord Keane, Of England, In his will, which was
proved o short time ago, set Q good and much
needed example by expressly stating that bis fu-
neral must not cost more than two hundred and
fifty dollars ESQ. any fathers" he added cost
$500 .which l consider shameful waste OK
money"
DIR. J. Burden SandersOn, the eminent psychologist
and author, has been appointed Wayni"te Professor
of Ply sioOgy In the University OF Oxford England.
Professor Sandersons experiments and vivisectlons
have led TO many important discoveries and have
excited tho interest of scientific men In all parts OF
Europe and America.
Mrs. Appha Howard relates in The Providence Press
that when Professor George W. Greene. whose death
has Just been announced, returned from Europe
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CAMBRIDGE and was introduced by Prof ssor FELTON,
to JOSIAH Quincy, who WAS then president of Har-
ward College Mr Quincy inquired what Mr..
Greene had been doing while abroad. Pursuing
my studies" was the reply. What were your
stuGiesr continued the president. Dir. Greene hes
itatrd a moment. and replied Polite literature"
And pray Mr. Gre me-" loitily inquired Mr.
Quincy, what do you intend to do with your polite
literature in Rhode lslandF There spoke Mds,a-
chusetts" cried LongfellOw, while FELTON, aud the
others rOared with mrrrlment. In rehearslng the
story afterward, Professor FELTON, always declared
that he could tell which was the most comicii
the serene Inconsistencies of the president that no
had said anything out I order OF the overpowerng
surpri OF Greene at the fact that any human being
had asked him, uatlVe-bOrn Rhode ISLANDER SUCH
question:
Josh Billings thinks the charity of this world
oonundrum. and he gives it up One cold snowy
afternoon this WINTER he saw q thinly clad hsn
IJluk W ooh % Oo"P'N VI ''"'N 'O"N''1 ~
the stairs of elevated railway station impl0tlng
each passer by to purchase as he was starving.
Seven passed without BUYING Josh" was
eighth. aud he bought them aud passed on 10 the
Fifth Avenue Hotel. Soon, having An errand at the
Gilsey House. he thought he would tIy his luck SELL
ing pencils on the way. He took the two he had
bought pulled his coat-collsr up and his hat-brim
down. and set ont In the dark. At Twenty fourth-st
bo stopped "a bensvolent-looking pedestrian with
Please buy my two pencils for 10 cents apiece;
am star, ing; have had nothing to eat for twenty
four hours; etc. The man pushed him aside say
ing crafty: g can buy three for quarter down
the street, and went on. Three Others being ap-
peaei to- did about the same At last lie slOuched
into the Gisey House and tried the dodge Oh man
az the bar. who tossed hun q quarter. saying:
"Tako that. ola man, don't want any pencils,
Then Josh revealed himself and told the story OF
his experience an amateur pencil-seller, ~ tho
great amusement of the assembled company.