New-York tribune., 1895-12-12
PERSONAL.

Amos Hadey. Of Concord " H.. Is tie owner Of
the complete worss Of Xenophon, with Latin trans,
la,,on in parallel co,umnS printed In Paris In iaS'
He SAYS It was bought for him by irienh some
vears ago at an auction In Paris ana tnat, so iar
as he knows, II is the only copy In America
professor A. NJ. Gallup, OF Colgate Academy has
,aor chosen professor of Latin in Vanasroilt Cnver
sty
Miss Ellen Meyrick. widow OF Mr. Frederic Bui
80. h,. returned TO the stage. MISS MeyrlcA
r,aved leading business with Edv n Booth' IN MS
la test tour of the English theatres
soh,anareli. the astronomer who frs; discovered
,ha so-c,Iled "canals" OF Mars. did so with much
smaller telescope than those In use IN many otner
hserva, tories at that time. Ard yet he Is very
near.sghted man. Garrett p. Serviss, OF brooKiyn'
+, speaking OF his first interview with the eminent
I,o,ian said few days ago that Schiapareli would
ho.d vistors card within five or six inches OF M:
eyes in order to decpher IT, Inc sinsniar pr 81
hd he able 70 outdo other astronomers. for Keen
ness OF vision depends rather upon te ia .an &
e Iece ~ Telescope can be focussed so as to suit
the latter But il does seem niue ohu VA. ,ns
lie ad scientist in question should haDltud!y re-
Ereu Satr from wearing eyeglasses. Possibly he has
theory as TO the effect OF their use upon MS Visual
powers
To.dav is the thirtieth anniversary OF the settle
nent of the Rev. Joseph II. Twitehell as pastor OF
tho ASYLUM Hill Congrega tonal Church OF Hart
ford Conn and a reception viii be heid al MS house
this evening.
II is eail that Prince Bismarck "a particularly
v. n,eased with the truthful, way in which Pfretz-
schner the sculptor. has treated MS io"er Up IN 'ne
relief medallion for his monument being erected on
the Rudelsburg THE artists, ne says nave
alwavs made my busts without giving me justice as
far as my lower lip Is concerned, and that u wrong;
II IL there and It is there very mucn-but not 100
much-for that would indicate wifulness; that vas
,ever one of my qualities; and have always been
amenable 10 argument IL better opinions than mine
were given. But a wel-formed lower lip Indicates
nerseverance" Upon the completion OF the artists
work the Prince took the modelling spatula INTO
his own hand and engraved personally ms weM.
known 'y b." giving the medailion signature
which no other Bismarck portrait mas ever received
Portland, Me-. believes It has two OF the Oldest
exNavors In the country. The age of one OF them,
w " Thomas is ninety-one years and seven
months. and the other, Neal Dow, Is Just -FOUR
months younger
"W. G. Marcy" says The San Francisco CaL'
"an old resident OF Alameda one OF the hrst OF the
Arponauts and a member of d distinguished fam.
uv has become . member Of tic Old Peoples
Home in San Francisco. provision having been
made for him and his wife in that institution. he
is the son OF the late William l.. Marcy, OK Ma
tional fame az all official and publicist W. o.
Marcy came to California in 1916 as an army ON
cor and was stationed at Monterey wAen me
Americans first occupied the country. ne was SCI
retary OF the first Constitutional Convention hed
st Monterey and al very early DAY SDdhuohei
the army for mercantile pusuits For mary yeats
ne was a commission merchant In san rIdnCbSS9
Iattery he has not engaged IN any business ne
ha, lived IN Alameda for twenty years.