New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-10
PERSONAL.

John Luther Long author OF Miss Cherry Bios
som. of Tokyo" is a lawyer OF Philadelphia. He is
about thirty years Old
The knightng Of Henry Irving has recalled
number OF stories concerning the famous actor one
refers To a meeting OF a certain learned society IN
Ioaor sona vcars ago. when the topic discussed
wos Shakespeare Mr.. Irving was present. but
every one did not seem to know It. A man was on
his feet deporng the improvement OF spehihs WHICH
had resulted in notifications OF pronunciation 30
that were the Elizabethan poets to return 10 earh
,hav might not be able to read their own WORKS.
'ne' 81, NJ, % understand them other read
them III Shakespeare were 70 rise tLS" ne vS h
now said the speaker. MAKE D wn, ~ sa thew
,ssus from the mouth of the present OF
them He would be shocked were , ne h 20 az The
chairman there rose a slim figure, and from par
Of thin lips whose corners @ hes ~ hree words
"Or see him.
Governor Matthews. Of Indiana is an expert
rider and may be seen almost any afternoon IN
Indianapolis on his favorte horse. CorncracKer' a
Valuable animal. bred in Kentucky
foreign paper says that Cecil Rhodes. the most
,r,orest,ng man in the Cape House OF Assembly Is
"a "restless on his seat as spring DOLL Rarely
does he retain the same attitude for two minutes
IN succession. He, however, Sticks closely 10 MS
mace and though he does not give one the appear
ance OF being interested In the proceedings. yet 1t
"a surprsing to note his immediate change from an
air 81 being utterly bored to one OF close watchful-
an VI when an expression is used argument
nronornded which is of interest to him. When he
s spnSNs diient follow. nevertheless The
Statement that he thinks aloud Is a very apt de-
scrption of his style OF address, The ending Of his
sneech ia usually abrupt as his introduction.
Lander J. Mccormick. head OF one of the best
known families and himself one OF the Oldest resi-
dents of Chicago lies critically i'll at Lake Forest
He il suffering from a relapse OF an attack OF
p,eursy Mr. Mccormick is known In the world for
his inventions In harvesting machinery. He was
horn at Walnut Grove. Va. February s, 1919. Lean
der and CYRUS Mccormick moved to Chicago IN the
fortes and at once successful with agricultural
machinery manufacturing. A great plant was
tabished II was burned in 1Sn. and enormous
loss enssd but the new business ines gTowns on the
ceased active business In 1879 He Is patron OF edu-
Gallon and presented to the University Of Virginia
the largest refractlng telescope existing at that
time His living children are Robert Hall McCor-
mick Mrs. h. T. Goodheart ana Leander II. Nc
Cormick.
Joseph Derenbourg, a famous Oriental scholar
whose speciality Hebrew both language and
archaeology has died at Paris in his eighty-fourth
wear His father was distinguished as a HebraIst,
and his own scholarship as teacher and author
hrousht him the distinction OF chevalier of the
Legion or HONOR
rhs late Vicar-(ieneral Hughes during his more
than forty years as pastor OF st. Patrick's Church
IN hartford was a good citizen and q marked fig
ure in the local life He went to that parish In
1884 and ten years later the debt Of 900 on the
church property had been paid on In 1869 he built
an asvlunn for boys at cost OF $4,000 In 1875 the
old al Patricks Church was burned down. and
under his leadership II was replaced with struct-