New-York tribune., 1896-05-05
PERSONAL.

Tho suggestion that q benefit perfosv,.
given for Mark Twain In one Of thu ~"
theatres. upon his return home, meets ~. se s10se
approval Of the people Of that city The humo..'v!
II Is announced, Intends to live IN Hart,asSS asSSnote
He Is now In South Africa ssas1
Heinrich Won Treitschke, the famo,. o..
toran, whose death was reported in rhe rr,s.'S -
few days ago, was one Of the most ronr,.ss J
influential teachers In the University OF ps,,,,
was scion OF one OF the proudest prus.,,n :. -
and type Of the "Junker." which alvav. ,n,..,ss
to Bismarck. Won Treltschke years aso ,n,. y.
sense Of hearing. This fact made II evc..a.-
difficult to understand him, as he could M, h.. ~
words he uttered. and ran syllabes and le,,... y
gether in a most bewdering way Student .i y
obliged to listen to him for several davs in YEA
cases a week. before they could take r,nnsora ~ nsora
notes. But when this point had been reached sd'ss ~
listened TO German more beautiful and mo-. 'ag az
quent than that OF any other Teu,on OF mods ss
times save. perhaps, Curtius Fully ZOO ,t"S.sl tSss
heard the professor regularly, and on the DAYS Ss
he gave public lectures Ministers o. stss nS sE
princes were elad to be among the great throns ,s
crowded the auditorium, stood In The aIsis ~
windows or sat on the edge Of the platforms b 49,
OF his desk.
One Of tho most successful mining men N c,.
RADIO is said to be Count James Portales. n.rss.
OF a famous old German noble family who h.s ~.
IN the West about twelve years He "A a slu,.s
metailurgist.
Times" that NJ Leon Says ancestor, as be ,on -.
Academy Of Moral Sciences in 1891, was an Eny,sA
man named John Say, possibly connected with n.
Saye and Sele family. with the Lord Saw en,
dcnned by Jack Cade. John Say went TO Hou.,s
as a merchant and thence 10 Mines where he A..
ried French woman. The persecution OF pras,.
tants obliged his widow and three children 10 e,es.
TO Geneva. The small basket containing ali n
possessions Ia still family heirloom One ot N
sons Jean Say born In lG99 was draper at C,pnsv.
supplying serge 10 the French monasteries Of ~
adjacent part Of France. Jeans son. also nass
JEAN born at Geneva In 1879. sent 10 the co,ns
ing house of Castanet, merchant at Lyona MAJ
ried Castanets daughter, and succeeded to the ua
ness. Reverses OF fortune made him migrate n
Paris. He had three sons, and the eldest, iess
Baptiste who had been in a Paris bank went "a
England TO learn the language and complete his com
mercial training He then nineteen and m.
brother Horace, five years his junior acconaparisS
him. a Miss Child, who had been lodging Tor rvs
years In Paris with their uncle Delaroche, docto,
procured them a home in the family o. a Scotch
schoolmaster named Bisset at Croydon not as punsS
but lodgers Just at this time the window tai
was introduced. and Blsset unceremoniousy s,op,d
UP one Of the two windows which lighted Says snail
bedroom This incident suggested. thirty yearS
later, a curious chapter on taxes which bnnk IA
nothing. In this dimly lighted bedroom Say read
Adam Smith. who. he always said was my
MASTER"
Ionia, Mich. May 4-The Rev. A. Oxt,by, Of tAh
city. has been appointed delegate from the State a
Michigan to tho Presbyterian General Alliance a
the World. which Will meet In Glasgow on June r.
The total representation from the Presbyterian
Church CT the United States is about fifty.