New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-02
PERSONAL.

Tho Alumni candidates for tho vacant trusteeshp
of Amherst College are John W. Burgess, Ill" d. VI
Columbia College; william O. Hammond, LIZ d., VI
st. Louis No. and George A. Plimpton, OF TINS cey
They Amherst graduates Oh the ciassoS Va ''
1949 and 1876 respectively
@Tfe Alta California; tells that not long ago some
tourists from tho East called TO man who was digging
in JOAQUIN Milerss garden, near Fruit vale, ana ue
sired to be shown over the place. Tho man droppoo
his pick and very patiently showed the garr~ouS
party the cresnatory, the water works. tho Won dcn
and all they desired TO But they expressed dread
full dlsappontmens at not having fcnnd the poet at
bone Now, look here old fel9w sam the h iea @ss
q the party as they were going 70 sa 6s of oons
man is JOAQUIN Miller, anyhow" We'll, he looks
ke me- was the quiet anf iUsaa,n M he you 'O
Colonel t. W. HIgglnson will next week deliver a
Commencement address at tho state University Oh
Kansas.
Decidedly says The London STAR tho star Oh the
Dernger family IS in the ascendant. on the very
afternoon when as the Real Little Lord FauntlerOy,
Miss Vera Berlngcr nvaling tho exploits Oh such
other juyeaae celebrities Josef Hoimann Otto Heg
ner and Minnie Terry, her father, fhe well Known
pianist and founder of the excellent Academy for the
Higher Development of PanOferte Playing was CIV
ing an interesting concert at St Jamcs's Hall Mr.
Oscar Bcrngcr is tall, spare of forty four wdlo
sto0ps little and wears spectacles his halr Hlus-
tache and small WHISPERS all Of the same light br~
color Mr. Bernger was born In Baden, and studied
al Lelpsic and Berlin Both he and an elder brGtfer
Robert first appeared as pansts a the Crysta o
we ere told scandinavian extraction. She has NJ
erary tastes and has written more than one DQQR a'
for instance her story Of Musical life
MARRIAGE by the success Of their little dsighers
Vera and Esme tho BcrHgcrs have become conneo'cd
with tho stage as well with music and letters
Prince Bismarck, says Raris correspondents OF mo
Chicago Thbuneo refers TO tho work OF the press as
nothing but printers ink spread on papcr' But
10 man reads the papers diligently than he Be
sides personally reading every day dozen or moro OK
the leading journals from various European capitals,
he keeps stat Of from four to six clerks constantly
at work. HE the exchange editors in newspaper
Office scanning the columns Of hundreds and perhaps
thousands of papers from all parts OF the world and
clipping out every item that possibly be OF In
terest to him. These clippings, with the names and
dates of the papers from which they taken, are
carefully CLASSIFIED and indexcd and pasted tn snOr-
nous scHapbooks These volumes form conspicuous
feature In the ChanceloPs private library There IS
-MilItaryn another France-Cvil," another Russia
another "Culturkampf," and SO on. Each volume IS
subdvlded into chapters, and all SO carefully indexea
that the statesman in moment turn to what mas
s sSS saia hny vast encycoPeda IS made in
many ways. I remember gentleman from Ch hS d
telling me few years ago a curious lncldent OF ms
visit to Berlin He called on Prince Bismarck armed
with a note OF introduction from the German Minister
mt Washington. The Prince received him cordially,
and after few general remarks said u see that your
Chicago papers arc pitching iHto me on the pork
question: And then he went on to quote the exact
their Arguments he toid meP said the gentleman,
more about the Chicago papers and the pork packing
Industries than know myself thoush 6 rave l fo
gresham =, from California. and the Prince at once
turned him with lot Of talk about the silver qnes
ing about it." That is of the secrets of Prince
Blsmarcks greatness