New-York tribune., 1890-04-20

many years filled the chair Of natural history at tha1
institution Professor Hamn left his library to Colby
and the books have now been assigned their alcove
on the north side Of the hall at the left Of the main
entrance. The total number is 1456 volumes, and
there are among them not few and QUITO ftheway
books The larger number by far relate to the nat
ural sciences especially to geology and conchoogy,
the hitter being Professor Hamllns favorfte study
Many of the volumes possess especial interest from
having been Professor Hamlins chosen favorites, and
there are not among them a very large number Of
which the university library already possessed copies
In these books Professor IamIin has secured future
remembrance for himself long the library and
the beautiful hall in which it is housed stand.
The Hon. George A. Pilsbury, Of Minneapolis win
give soldiers monument to Sutton y. H., his native
place.
1t was favorte ambition Of Professor Mather to
erect great art building at Amherst College.
Mr.. William II. English, Of indianapolis, is selling
his real estate in that city as rapidly as possible
to get ont Of business by the end Of the present
year.
1t is told In "The Kansas City Tines that Mr..
Charles Francis Adams is reviewing and destroy
ing the diary which, like his forefathers, he has faith
fully kept for many years. When his wife, who is
deeply interested the record Of the days before the
marriagc-a record which, by the way, she has never
seen-remonstrated with him for burning up the diary,
he replied didn't know what colossal fool was
quarter Of century ago." The other evening as
President Adams sat by the open fireplace tossing the
white pages Of the diary into the flames, one by one,
he a party Of friends account OF an inter.
view a quarter OF a century ago. 1t was something
like this: Reached Washington early this morning.
One Of the first persons that met there was Senator
the Characteristic statement made by the senator
this: Il agree with my party in large things as a mat
ter of principle, in small things as matter OF con-
venience.' T"
Lady Wmborne has taken TO entertaining on grand
scale, and 1t Is said that she will establish political
salon to aid her brother Lord Randolph Churchill.
1t IS stated that the German Chancellor, Gen.
era Caprivi Is Of italian origin, as his name re.
veals. The family Caprivi during the Middle Ages
inhabited the ancient Duchy Of Friul. In the his
tory Of Gortz the noble family of DE Caprive7 is
spoken Of and the banks Of the Sierra, near Gorttz
the birthplace in the thirteenth century OF many
members of that ancient family. They were thus
called by the name Koprva,' which means nettle'
and in their arms a branch OF that plant Later
on the Caprvis moved norhward to Carintha. syria,
and Hungary, and received the rank OF Austrian
mobiles, with the property and estate OF Nessenthal
and in the Austrian army many members OF the fam
lily distinguished themselves in the wars against the
Turks The Caprivis came into Prussia for the first
time when one of them married sllesan lady of the
Lutheran faith and established himself IN sllesia
whose sen was the first change the ancient name Of
Kopriva Won Nessenthal into Caprvi, from the real
head Of the house, who called Caprvi al Montecu
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