Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-20

Austin Dobson. is one OF the most active
workers In the university settlement In Bonn
bay, India She does a great deal OF good
among the parsees.
Nine Audiftred has given to the French
Academy OF Medicine about C34 600, OF which
the interest-nearly fl0OO-will be awarded,
without regard TO nationality, for the ds-
covery OF a cure for tuberculosis.
Miss Louise MurIay who has been ap-
pointed public Naccinator for Syracuse, NJ
Y, has just entered upon her duties with
busincsslike tact. She is the frst woman who
has ever filled such an office She is
graduate of the medical college at Syracuse,
N. Y.
Mrs. j. II. French of Belolt. Wis has be-
| qucathed a large sum OF money to Belolt COLI
! lego on condition that vivisection shall not
be practiced in any department. II the rule is
| trarSgressed the money will revert to the
American Humane society. 70 the latter
Mrs. French some time ago let $4,000 #.
Miss Winifrei Warren, daughter OF the
president of Boston university, has been
| appointed teacher OF Latin at Vassar col
| lege. II will be remembered that Miss War
| rem won the Latin fellowship from Bryu-
| Mowr college in 1898. and is now in Europe
| enjoying the advantages OF that classical
| fellowship.
Mrs. Leavitt's violet farm at Meadow
brook pays her handsome dividends. Begin
ming with one small glass covered pit, she
now has dozen large greenhouses and is
| not able to nll all her orders, even with
| these. The violets are exquisite in size.
color and Fragrance, the single ones being as
large as small pansies.
North Carolina has u tobacco farmer who
is Miss Sue NJ. Conner, a very pretty young
woman, who lives near Madison. She does
all the work of the farm herself and re-
Gently brought her crop of tobacco to Win
ston. 1t was sold and brought the young
woman good, round price She raised the
crop herself, came to market with IL and
looked after the sales
Mrs. ID. Hitler, at one time a resident Of
New York. when her husband died had him
enclosed in a solid mahogany casket. mounted
with gold and lined with corded silk which
wac said to have cost $40 a yard Tho
hinges were of gold and a solid knob of gold
weighed six pounds Mrs. Hitler had a
| similar casket made for herself Her shroud
cost $40 000
Miss Harriet Boyd, the noble young woman
who volunteered her services as a nurse at
the beginning of the Greek war. happened to
be In Athens, as she wao attending the
American Archaeological school. She and n
Cretan woman have had entire charge of
sixty patients at a hospital at Bolo. As
some have convalesced others have taken
their places. She graduated from Smith
| college in 1892. "
Miss Maud Earl is Just now receiving a
great deal of praise for her fine portraits of
dogs which are on exhibition in London
Many pereons state that Miss Earl's paint
ing of dogs will become as renowned as
Rosa Bonheurs horses. The collection in
ciudes portrait of Queen Nictorias famous
collie, SNOWFALL" which was presented to
her at the time of her jubilee There are
several pictures of the handsome dogs of the
prince and princess of Wales. 'o.
Among Mile Calves most cherished DOS
sessions is small ivory Crucifx which is
sald TO nave come from Jerusalem in the
hrst place. This che has always had with
her during the severe illness from which
she has suffered during recent years and
She attributes to 1t her restoration to health
SO great is Mile Calves confidence in the
emblem that when she heard of the Illness
or Nine. Eames she drove at once to the
| latters hotel and left the little crucifix with
| her as a help and comfort during her in
valdism