New-York tribune., 1890-08-31
PERSONiL.

9Amherst,r SAYS "The Springfield Cnon,' offers
splendid field for Dr. Gates's executive talent and the
unanlmlty with which he will he welcomed by t,us-
tees alumni faculty and students promises grandly
for the future OF the college He Is pre- ennenty TIE
man for the place, and under his administration We
may hope Tor marhed progress not only along the trse
dtional lines Of Amhests growth, but In new dires
tons OF moral and intellectual dcVeiopnehI
Father Osborne, Episcopal clergyman, well
known in this city and Boston, is now in South
Africa, where he has been doing some good work In
a community OF lepciS.
Colonel Lebel, the inventor Of the French magazine
rife In By the army has retired from active
service in consequence Of bad health lie Is ffty-two
years Of has served In the army thirty hVe years,
and has been through eight campaigns
Prince Louis of Battenberg formerly took fancy
TO the OF printer, and became so far master
Of his profession to set up type In highly CON-
mendable fashion, Subsequently, when the star of
Battenberg rose to It's zenith in the political armament
Prince Louis renqushed MS unpretentous calling and
became officer In the British navy. "A snort tlme
ago, when serving on the DreadnOught, IL occurred
10 him to turn bis early training TO account, 50 Ls
printed history Of the Dreadnought and presented
q copy TO each OF his shipmates
President J. f. Rankin, Of Howard University,
Washington with his family is at Winchester, Mass.
NJ Ferdinand de Lcsscps is passing the summer
with his numerous family at the historic chateau of
La Chesnae, in tie department of the Indre. The
estate formerly belonged 10 Agnes Sore, who was the
favorlte OF Charles VII. VI. Lesseps is pa sonately
fond of hunting and he passes great deal Of his
time on horseback, often accompanied by number Of
lis young children, who are intrepid as their old
but vigorous fatiier
While the Rev. SAM Jones has been going around
the country saving sinners at 800 week, piece %
land in CaitcrsVile Ga, hch he bought year ago
for So COO has appreciated in value until 1t is nov
worth $4,000. Between his income and his invest
mcnts the evangelist is getting 10 be rich man but
he still declares in his sermons that this world is all
heeting show.
General Guiot de la Rochere who died last week
al Paris. was one of the most brilliant cavalry off,
GERS of the French Army. 1t was he who commanded
the Eighth Curassiers at Reichshofen in that heroic
but hopeless charge which Alphonse de Melville has
put on canvas. II is related that before the charge
General Michel rode up and addressed the troops who
cried "Vivc la France!" Then, turning TO Colonel
de la Rochere, he gave him the word OF command
whereupon the leader OF the Eighth Cuirassiers waved
his sword and cried out TO his troopers to follow him
10 Death or Glory When the smoke cleared away
only fifty men OF the Eighth Cuirasscrs in their
saddles The remainder were killed, wounded
unhOrsed The colonel Of this valiant regiment, who
survived disaster equal 10 that which befell the
Light Brigade at Balacava. was made Commander f
the Legion of Honor and became BiigadlerGeneral In
1874.