New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-08
PERSONAL

Word has come of the death Of rs'dore' tho orano
Pabb, of France. at the age Of seventyve years 10
studted Jewish theology at the Rabbnicai schooi o
yetz and frat exercised his ministry at Phaiso"rS
where he was too liberal for his congfcgat on anu s
deep offence by refusing to receive on inc taocs U, ''
law tho oath moro Judaco An aftcmpt was n'au0 ~
turn m out but no took tho affair before the Iour
of Cessation where his co-relgionist ClohiiouA o
Tended him and gained his appeal isuoio va
AGAINST narrow Judaism, and, unlike most Aisa'a.
| Rabbis. did not discourage mixed marriages. w.
| Comiaux,s influence obtained for him tho function
Of Grand Rabbi OF the Central Consstory OF france
He allowed organizing talent and practical peneVo
lence In the channels into which he turheu 'o"i,"
fratcrnal charity and he rather dwet on high horay
than on the observance of rites ms sermons so,,no
eloquent. and showed him man 1 u, never forgot
face or name, and had pleasant way vi sny tar
poor Jews that he remembered them anu was '''0i
ested in their welfare
Mrs. and Mss Dahgren have returned to Washing
ton from South Mountain where they spent the sum
mer
President Patton of Princeton College, VIII ue-
liver the lectures in the Carew course to the
of the Hartford Theological Seminary. HIS SUBJECT
will be " Atheism"
Plenty OF good, Of great and Of wise' kingS
have ruled in Europe, and some OF the other hiho'
but not since the iron crown was made from sup
Them all earned the title given Christian Of Denmark
bv his people PunctuaIlty is the old kings hoDoy
and II makes life burden to all the sluggards III his
kingdom 1t IS not the fashion at the DANISH coui'
TO be late The sovereign is not only nlmsel puioV
ual to the second but expects eyeryoody csc any W
one nor let anybody wait for him. me Ieopc VI
Copenhagen rather an easy sCns not naye
Dubbed HIM half In amusement ana nan III "4iN~'
Christian the Precise and the name has stuck
Pas alnla. the Abyssinian leader. is described as
abont forty wears of age, little above the average
heicht-say about FIVE feet. nno inches. lie is very
we'll built has broad shoulders and deep cnes''
which makes him look shorter than ne rca'ly 10 no
4 muscular and athletic, and can hold his own Win
anv man OF his army In feats OF SKILL SUCH as ridlhS
and shooting He Is great sportsman when ne mas
the time to devote to the chase which attery has not
been very often lie wears his hair cut short as
rule and lets 1t grow naturally not plating 1t like the
majority Of his nation. His complexion is copper
coored not very dark his face oval his nose OF gpne
shape his mouth small, set of by good teetn. hth
whole features are regular and when he Slle WIlcn
he often does when talking in private and not before
his followers his face IS most and a o Business or
political occasions almost as immovabe as a statue
Cardinal Lavlgerie related at Freburg the other DAY
some hitherto unpublished details touching the Incl
dents connected with the death OF Dr. NachtgaL Aer
receiving an order from his Governments 70 proceed 10
the coast Of Guinea, DR.. Nachtigal who was theh act
Ing as COnsul-General In Iunls caheu on Oa'"nA'
Lavgerie to bid him goodbye and expressed pre-
sentiment of his approaching end as In his then STATE
Of health voyage in African waters and residence
in tropical climate would necessarily. he said, prove
fatal to him. The Cardinal took Dr. Nachtigal oy
both hands and said 8" am not German; am
Frenchman But may I write on my own account 10
your Chancellor or your Emperor. simply stating what
have seen and heard and that If you travel In your
nresent condition YOU will be dead man !' 10 this
offer DR. Nachigai replied that be knew his duty, ana
t,fvrr laaV
afterward Cardinal Lavgerie learned that the great
German explorer no more.