The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-18
PEopLE AND EvENTs.

That she may be O proper eNainplar
Harvard University has taken mp the
Australian ballot system in the election
OF her board Of oyerseerS.
George W. Cable challenges Joel
Chandler Harris to quote any single par
agraph which he has ever published the
truth OF which can be denied.
1t is said by his friends that Congress
man Mills, who will be in Washington
for the next few weeks, proposes to
write popular book on the tariff.
Experiments OF the McGill Uniysr-
sity, Montreal, show that signal may
be flashed through the round circuit Of
5000 miles OF ocean cable in the aver
age time OF only LOS seconds.
The ashes of Nine. Blavatsky are to
be placed in magnificent urn OF gold
and guarded by the British section Of
the Nheosophical Society. An effort
will be made by the Washington theo-
s0phists to have the urn placed in the
National capital.
The memorial over the grave Of Ben
digo, the prize fighter, was unveiled
two weeks ago, in the presence Of a
crowd composed largely OF prize fight
ers and Methodists, Bendigo having
been Methodist preacher in the latter
days of his lie. The monument is q
sleeping lion of gray stone, and is said
TO be very imposing, 1t has this in
scription; "In memory Of William
Thompson Bendigo, OF Nottingham,
who died August %, 1880, aged 90. In
life always brave, fighting like lion.
In death like lamb, tranquil in Zion. "
The report Of the head OF the Royal
Hospital for ConsumptiYes at Nentnor,
Isle OF Wight, says OF Koch's remedy:
~ firmly believe that Koch's discovery
will soon emerge from the temporary
disfavor into which, from . singularly
unfortunate train OF circumstances, it
has fallen; that it has therapeutic pro-
perties Us valuable us they are unique,
and that it only requires TO be employed
with due caution under certain easily
ascertained conditions to receive the re-
cognition it deserves as an invaluable
and essential part OF the treatment OF
pulmonary tuberculosis"
DIR. Henry A. Todd, associate in the
romance languages at Johns Hopkins
University, has accepted professor.
ship OF romance languages in Stanford
University of California. DIR. Todd was
graduated from Princeton College in
1876 with the honor Grafton in Bellies
Lettres and tho fellowship in modern
languages. He was appointed to a
tut0rship at Princeton, which he held
for four years. beginning, he spent
three years at the universities OF Paris,
Berlin, Rome and Madrid. In 1883 he
was appointed instructor in the Johns
Hopkins University, and was promoted
in 1855 to be associate His published
works and articles have been numerous.
The boys are leaving school again,
and it becomes somebody's kindly duty
to speak good word for the last boy in
the class-the boy that in after years
you sometimes see doing 0 mans work
in number one way. This time it is
at West Point, and the person to give
the cheering word in n graceful way is
Secretary OF War Proctor. The gradu-
ating class Of 1891 is getting its diplomas.
Praise for Cadet Cosbv-he came first.
Praise for Cadet Sewell-he came sec
ond. But what for Cadet Sorley-he
comes last? The boys are applauding
sympathetically, the Secretary OF War
is scrutinizing the flushing lad closely.
Then Mr.. Proctor reassuringly said I:
"Nir. Sorley, the officer. who holds the
left OF the line has great possibilities"