New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-03
PERSONAL.

speaking Of bis proposed missionary enterprise IN
India. the Rev Or. George +. Pent~o>t says II WA.
suggested ~ him by some high caste hiho""S' oi
which there are j.OOO.WO In indt.
The yonns Duke OF Newcastle has just sold his
nnc country sea, and estate Of wcrksop Manor ia
a Mr. John Robinson. bookmtkcr and liquor dealer
OF Nottingham. Early in the century. an ancestor
OF the present Duke OF Newcastle bought the estate
When he could III afford 1t. merely In order Ia prevent
any pArvenu Of merchant OF manufacturer settling
in tho neighLorhood. Into the charmed region 81
IN, Dukcre,- Of Ciumher Park and welbrck> Ath",
OF Thereby Hall and liarwirkc Hall ard Enh"r'
Abbey this unhctldnn representative Of the oil Elg
-h would allow no lesser teine than YER u ihtr"ur:
Yet the bankruptcy OF the lstr "t" tlc iam
poescs,on Of Mr. Fox, the umbrella ma@'r ana I'D"
w"rk,op MAJOR ana IT. scan,'l pars "' hi; ' v,cn
solely Ia beer and bcttiiS.
sister Rose Gertrude, the young English nurse ~ho
created such sensation few months ago by volun
tecring 80 to thu Molaka lepcr station has given
up the work. because she Is dspea,cI with the local
management ~ H.
The Rev. Dr. Francis f.. Clark, the president Of
the Intd Sucic,y Of Christian Endrav"r l. 10 speak
u, the coming Maine state Christian Endcavor Con
ve,pn.
Visi, the famous iue>lat eoOh Of Alexander Dumas
the elder died last week at Lc puy near pirppr. on
the Frnch coast. Ills place during his masters HE
tine wa. by since urr for II i recorded that
when the open handed author If The ThrN Mu>hc-
tr-r," and " Monte Crsto" wits bard up Nis,h had
to concoct dishes On next 10 nothing Nor this all
Sometime, Duras gave orders for luncheon t. b. laid for
two and ar At the tine appointed for The meal With
eighteen nty guest. Then thew wcrc dlcI
cutie, with l..c butcher. VINO mud been trd Of giving
credit nnd Of "cha.ing up chops. loiit- ami sriol,
To the account OF the novelist Pcr \as WI, cQrai
TO the occasion. and always pane tual To tie minute
with his courses, whch~r hi, mater was nu>h oI
money reduced to those -traits with which
Mnr4cr and the nienber> Of t." ohemnn br"t,ierho"d
great NcAnrdrr died In hi. villa ut L. ptiv IN 1870.
believing TO The t H. the in triumph Of the rr"" Ct,
Handsomely By Alexander Dumas Ills. lie tncn NJ
mt near TIE home Of hi: former muster This eSb
lishm.nt WAS patronlxed by tourists chiefly ont OF
curiosity.
Joseph Smith, the president and prophet Of the
reorcannd llornon>. and the son Of tile founder OF
Mormoni,n, Is In Boston for short time.
According to tho Auckland newspapers the reports
10 the effect TINT the missing English novelist David
Christie Murray Is at samoa with the author Of The
Master OF Baantrac" are untrue aud 1t would sreni
that he has not yet left New.zeaund. lie has ap-
parcnly abandoned literature for the stage and now
| travelling with the -. Manr Comedy Company, and
playing tho part Of Earon ilaritf.t IN Jim the Pen.
man," 1t Is his intention to devote himself to dramatic
work and tO appear In his own pieces w has written
comedy which he has named "Chums.' 1t was
produced for the first time on any stag. ut Auckland
u
wtthstandinc, u weak play, with badly constructed
| and somewhat commonplace plot Mr.. Murray. how
ever l. excessively proud Of II, md has presented the
manuscript "a Sir George Gray, to be deposited In the
| Auckland Public Library.
Frank Iiatton, Of "Tle Washington Post" has been
seriously III with rheumatic fever, but expects "
be we'll again.
OF tho retiring President seclyc Of Amherst College,
writer In Tho springfield Republican" thus speaks
The harmony Of rare intellectual force and u largo
and powerful frame-a body that commands your At
cmtion and voice that carries conviction In It's tones
u the truth II clearly uttcrs. belong to President
Seelyo In Il remarkable degree lie has o commanding
figure and scholarly tace. but ~ makes the
acquaintance Of his mind tho impression OF power
which tho body first Is all associated with the
Intellect. Ills power Of memory was most carefully
trained and he rarely hesates In recalling duto or
name, whlo his Illustrations and f,ets from history
have been accurately given In class thut they
came with special force As teacher no has taken