New-York tribune., 1895-06-16
PERSONAL.

A writer in "The Book Buyer gives some IN
terestlng incidents In the career of Julian Ralph.
the well-known newspaper man OF this city One
secret OF his is that everything Is perennay
interesting to him. by Jove.' he once said to an
old New-Yorker have you ever seen the City Hall7
Have you? Well, | stumbled across 1t yesterday
and I'm proud to be in the same town with It,"
Although he must have travelled upward OF 10000
miles in different parts OF the world, "a sstraTngey T
enough he has N neysI hns he p himself very
carefully in pigeon English. which he had been told
he would find useful and on bote IN shsnsha r
marked Hella What ting? What ia tasnlon Srb man ian
Sons renad sfs yis S Ralph
We have mutual friends who suggested my calling
you Oh! & that all cabn rIghi spent eisn' years
AT "Ah: AfH"0 said Mr. Ralph partially recovering hi"
presence OF mind, "vey WELL veiy we'll
DR.. Leslie Phillips. scientist, warns women
against wearing their hair short He says men De-
come bald because they cut their haif.
The University of North Carolina has conferred
,ho degree Of IL. D. on Mrs. Cornelia Phillips Spen-
cer n North Carolina woman, now resldins IN
Cambridge Mass She was born in this city more
than sixty years ago. her father being Dr. james
Philips. an Englishman, who shortly aiter removed
to College Hill. n. c.. and became professor OF
mathematics in the university. She studied with
ber father and was fully competent to receive the
honors OF the university but women were n9 az
lowed It's privileges she hss ins,,on has confirm tnf
MED 10 the college magazines, and during the war
and the reconstruction period she dld mucn IN sus-
taning its interests and furtherng us re-estaolsn-
rnent She is a good classical schcar ana the author
Of several works. among when are ne Las,
Tinetv Days of the War" "A Chilis history OF
Enrth Carolina and Pen and Ink Sketches OF the
i,niver.ity OF North Carolina" She also nsd many
notable men as her pupils among them secretary
Uoke Smith and Hannis Taylor.
Philip Phillips, the famous singing evangelist. 10
diving OF consumption at his home, in Delaware
Ohio.
The statements published in the last Few days
thar Rear Admiral Richard W Meade is OF Spanish
descent are Incorrect Neither is II true that MS
erandfa ther was OF Irish BIRTH although he was OF
Irish descent. Admiral Meade's grandfather was
born in Chester County. Pennsylvania, In l7ss. and
when Consul at Cadiz. about 1890. he married Miss
Margaret Butler. OF Perth Amboy, y. j. The Adm-
rails great-grandfaiher. who General George g.
l74l and was a wealthy merchant and shpo"ner
and A prominent opponent OF the stamp act; ne vas
also a patriot. and served I'D the Revolution Ine
grea great gra ndfaher Of Admiral Meade was Rob-
ert Meade who died in Philadelphia In lIo4 Ine
father OF Admiral Meade was a brother OF General
Meade Of Gettysburg fame. and was an oiiicer OF
the Navy until he died. both OF these were born in
Spain AdInira, Meade has brother, Major Rob-
crt Meade OF the Marine Corps of the Navy who
was captured IN the midnight attack on Fort sum-
ter on September :. 1863 and spent long time IN
rebel prisons in Columbia, 5. c., and In the famous
Libby Prison. at Richmond