New-York tribune., 1896-01-25
PERSONAL.

Julian Hawthorne. the novelist, has sailed ftvm
Kingston, Jamaica, for Boston.
Chief Justice William w. Upton. of the oreeun
Supreme Court who died the other day at the A.
of seventy eight years, was born In Victor, N. ~
The Rev Lewis W. Burton EpiscopaD. Of Louis
Vile KY will be consecrated bishop OF the nev
diocese OF Lexington, KY on January 30. Bishop
Randolph, OF Southern Virginia, Will preach tAe
sermon.
NJ Casim.r-Perier recently sold the historic paSk
and chateau of Lesdiguleres. at Vizelle for 5O00N
francs II was bought by two Lyons merchanta
who intend to turn the chateau into brewery.
The Board Of Visitors of the University Of Wis.
cons,n has lust investigated a charge that Pres.
dent Charles K Adams is "a born and bred arsto.
crat." and has decided that the charge is un.
the M that way Se scsas born
college.
Cantan Roborovsky announces that the Russian
Tbibet expedition has finally returned to the Rus
san domains at Zaisan, after having crossed Dzun.
garia by two different routes on their way from the
Iyukchun depression. The expedition, which has
covered nearly 10000 miles and made a survey OF the
whole route and determined the position OF thirty
nonts by astronomical observations, returns heaV
Iv laden with natural history collections 2sO speci
nd shes 60 900 OF insects $1,000 1SOO species) Of
plants 800 of seeds and 300 geological specimens.
The meteorological station at Lyukchun mas been
working for fully two years
President Mark w. Harrington. of the University
of Washington Is about TO establish In the uni
verslty a department of terrestrial physics and
eaogranhv and he asks authors and publishers to
send to it publications relating to those subjects.
Cecil Rhodes has no private life" says an Eng.
Ish admirer "Scorning delights, he lives hercely
laborious days, his only pleasure In his work-a
seIfdenving human steam engine, always travelling
at full speed in of lengthy train OF response
bilities into an unknown region or possibilities
whose horizon continually recedes. His ambitions
do not turn toward social distinction, put rather
~ a nIace in the nations remembrance as .
faithful and useful servant" Somewhat different
&c tho following estimate Of him by The London
Saturday Review: Cecil Rhodes is strong man.
of the kind that Is never finished by single stroke
And he is strong with the strength OF coarse ruin
less greedy egotism the strokes OF whose plsloh
rod force the minds and the money OF weaker men
into it's reservoir AS he was at OrGi tweh'y
ago so he Is at Cape Town to-day-onely, seli-aD-
sorbed irritable and not to be relied upon. lie
hates women, whom he REGARDS as ''i' ~
ned ments In the campaign, and he mas no ldea OF
friendship: he only recognizes INSTRUMENTS 70 pe
used and enemies to be dealt with success dc
centuated his defects TO the point OF dsease. anu
made him irritable, so seli-apsor D.u p LII - =,
solent that none but parasites couId I'VE "th HIM.
The Rev Percy 5. Grant, rector Of the Episcopal
Church of the Ascension. in this city, VIII ue.'e'
a course of lectures on THE History OF & tne Eaiy Eiy
Church" in the parish house. No y Mest IT, IT,
.,hsr On Thursday afternoons, beginning jan
uary 20.
sneaking OF Mr. Gladstone at Blarrtz, an Ehshsn
naner saws: He is hardly noticed; not soui ap-
pears TO be in any way anxious 10 see h'ii a,o
the only thing that has aroused httie ih'eres' AA
his person IS the news from South AREA, ana me
iiiac on that he was the chief retrocesslonlst
~ me Transvaai and the modifer Of the suserainv
clauses afterward