New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-23
PERSONAL

Mr. D. d. Cuiberson, the Texas Representative, has
received from St. Louis business man the gilt Oh a
tray Of solid silver weighing 1873 ounces and inscribed,
"A Small Token Of Reward to Honest Lawyer"
1t is In return for some important legal ADVICE lor
| which Mr. Culberson declined to charge fee'
At his Columbus homo Mr.. Thurman sticks TO his
Washington habit Of sitting up in his library reading
| until O'Clock in the morning, and then sleeping
| until well on toward noon.
Shortly before his death the late Dr. Kirchhof, OF
Berlin, related the true story of the discovery OF
| spectral analysis. He and Bunsen were then pro-
fessors at Heidelberg and kept bachelors quarters
| in the well known Resensten.' Upon one OF their
! daily promenades Bunsen remarked: "Kirchhoff,
VIC must discover something which Will be TOO simple
| to be true.' They returned and went to work But
years passed by before the discovery was effected
Experimenting day in his laboratory, Krchhof hap
rcned TO place burning lamp in the rays of the sun
| a dark place appeared at once. Thinklhg u an an
optical iluson,S he repeated tho action, only to ma
dark ray reappear and give place to tho ordinary
ray when the lamp was removed lie called Bunsen.
with the same result They could not explain It,
Finally, Bunsen proposed that they go homo and mink
lion H' might Be- reached They lOled in their easy
chairs, smoking their long student pipes ana TALKING
The afternoon had almost passed when Bunsen sprang
| to his feet with the remark: EurelIa The flame
in the sunl' They hurried back to the laboratory,
tried number of experiments and the great discovery
bachelor quarters Of the modest hotel A few weeks
later the whole world knew Of the discovery and
scientists. The name Klrchhof, by the way, means
" graveyard Alta state dinner the distinguished
the evening ending with the usual Hoch soer leben7
Professor felmholz, head Of the physical inst
%f IN Of hf he He must be- ndsed
to whom the Kirchhor graveyard calls Long Liver"
A daughter of Mr. W. F. Buffalo Bnl' Cody IS
presently to be married tc young doctor in Colorado
The father of Mr. Backburne, the great chess player
Is professional phrcnolOgst and predicted OF his son.
when the latter child, that he would become ex
ceedlngly proficient In chess.
Marshall p Wilder says he IS Mugwump because
he goes through the world making faces at everybody
When he was offered baronetcy, Mr.. George F.
Watts declined It. d" 1t would he said, :" mako mo
paint neither better worse, nor would It affect In
any way the quality Of my work. so where Is the use
of it?"
Mr. Walter Besant is a small, animated bright
eyed and backhacd man, fond of the theatre, claret
and pipe
SHERIDAN was in my class at West Point" said Cen
era NJ S. IIascall, of Indiana, the other day, and
he was by all means the oldest member OF 1t. re-
member his appearance and the impression he formed
on his arrival He was one of the most peculiarly
built boys I His chest was very large and
FULL his legs short and SMALL and his phenOme-
nay long that his hands reached far below his knees
as he walked. His physical pcculiaritles were so
marked before he finally and fully developed that he
came very being rejected by the Examining
Board on that account He dull cadet In his
studies too, and had any predicted that Sheridan
would become the most distinguished man of the class
and of the greatest military leaders of the country,
he would have been laughed out of the academy sher
idan graduated year behind us, owing to rather
peculiar reason On one occasion the officer Of the
day Captain Terrell, who was at the time figuring
for promotion and therefore dcsr0us VI curryng
favor with the officers. sheridan happened to be late
reveille and Terrell reported him, resulting In mis-
being rcprmanded. Sheridan did not lack spirit, and
the next day he caught Terrell off of duty and pro
ceeded to resent what he considered unwarranted
indlgnty by pummellng him in the most approved
fashion don't think that the result of the encounter
entirely satisfactory to Philip, but he had got In
his work and dono the best he could any way For
this offence Sheridan was suspended for year and
left West Point. At the expiration of his term Of
suspension, however, he returned and was graduated