The Portland daily press., 1888-04-02
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Yale's new library, the gift Of S. b. Chit
tenden, of Brooklyn, will be the largest col
lege library building in the country, and
probably the finest. 1t will cost S125, 200,
and is TO be ready for use in the fall OF next
year.
''AIiss Mary Anderson has passed success
fully through the ordeal by which the
English reputation was to stand or fall, .
writes Mr.. Smalley to the New York Trib-
une. There can be no question that the
season at the Lyceum, which closed on Sat-
urday, has been commercial success. As
an actress she stands where she did, but as a
favorite of the English public her position is
now after three seasons secure. The critics
have discovered that Miss Anderson is law
unto herself, and no remonstrances against
her handling Of Shakespeare's work have
been needed. Her beauty is as much ad-
mired as ever, her photographs still sell, and
her theatre was crowded nightly. What
more could you ask"
The German Emperor's confidence in his
physician and his gratitude to him are
boundless. Sir Morell, whatever betides
him hereafter, has kept his patient alive
long enough to ascend the throne, which
was the Emperor's one chief wish for per-
sonal and family reasons. The brief period
of his reign has been used to reward old
friends with lavish hand. 1t has rained
Black Eagles in Berlin. Decorations Of
every grade, and promotions, civil and mill
tary, have been freely granted, the more
freely lest delay should prevent their being
granted at all Sir M0rell has sacrificed
much to the wishes of the Emperor, and re-
mains with him regardless OF his own inter
ests, and at some risk even 10 his life. lie
cannot accept or wear a foreign order with
out the Queens permission, which in this
case will almost certainly be given.
The late Burgash Bin Said, Sultan of Zan-
zibar, visited England in the days of Beacons-
field. This visit was very friendly one.
The Sultan had good time and was made
an Honorary Knight Of the Grand Cross of
st. Michael and st. George He also con-
cluded another treaty against slave-trading.
"Punch" cleverly represented Mr.. Disraeli
as saying amid his adieus, that he hoped
Bargash would on his return home do all in
his power to suppress the slave trade to
which His Dusky Highness made reply that
he certainly would do so, adding with a
wink; But remember, oh, Sheik Ben Dizzy,
Conservative party very strong in Zanzibar y
However, Seyyid BargaSh did work manfully
for the abolition of the vile traffic, in spite Of
bitter opposition and threatened revolution.
Kaulbach's famous cartoon, The Era Of
the Reformation, has just been set up in
Fall River, Mass This great picture, one Of
the most famous in the world, has for a
dozen years laid unknown to the majority OF
people in Fall River in an Theoretically sealed
box in the loft of the Durfee mill office. The
cartoon is copy on crayon by Kaulbach of
his great fresco, the crowning work of his
life, which adorns the great museum at Ber-
lin. 1t is % by 2s feet in size and occupied
the time of the great artist for six years. II
was originally exhibited at the Paris exposi-
ton in 1867, where it was pure hased by the
late b. NJ. G. Durfee for $4,000 and brought
to this country, where it was first exhibited
in the New York Academy of Design. 1t
was then brought to Fall River and exhib-
tied in the City Hall from Jan. to IL, 1871.