New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-13
PERSONAL.

The Rev. DR.. A. d. Mayo. who is just compie'-
Ing a tour OF many public schools IN the oou'"'
says that while there have been many improve
ments and constant advances In southern puo'c
school systems there is s.lll room for further
progress In the graded schools he finds that' as
a rule the principal has too much work 10 90.
He is not only expected to act as and fire.,
quently this is the largest classroom In the sc"oo
One Of the most beautiful English church edihces
Is Barnet Church. Herts. In this church' accord
ing 10 THE Methodist Times" OF London are
groined inches In which respectively are appro-
priately placed well-considered and cleverly mod
eled statuettes Of England's six greatest preach-
ers The list is al follows: st. Augustine OF can
terbury the Apostle Of England: st. Alden. Bisnop
OF I.ndisfarne: 81. Hugh. OF Lincoln; taumei
the martyr: John Wesley and canon I!naohi oh SO
far az we are aware. this Is the first time JONI
Wesley has been placed In an Episcopal chure"
on level with such goodly company.
The late Judge Asa Packer believed that rich
man ought TO be In debt, because 1t helped nj" W
maintain his credit. He himself hVed up ~ '''''
principle. and even to-day there Is an ihoeptcu"
on the Packer estate deliberately contracte" w
him One day while he was in the Lehigh valley
office in conversation with OF his ofnciais the
subject OF conversation turned upon MS large III
debtedness and the latter questioned MN aS W wy
he maintained such large Indebtedness "heh nc
could 30 easily wipe ii out. Taxing MS cigar o"'
OF his mouth the Judge replied that he did II 10
maintain his credit Were l." said me- ito wipe
out nv Indebtedness and at some future time zee
an opportunity make large sum OF nonei az, md
attempt to borrow. everybody would HarNei any
saw Judge Packer Is borrowing money AS II u, /,
can borrow almost any am pant ana NJ "ucS'io'''
are asked comments made.
Professor John De Witt OF Princeton Theological
Seminary denies recent statement In Ine
Evangelist" that Surveyor-General simeon lie
W.T., WAS the man who gave Latin names TO SO
many towns in Western New-fork Inc inah i.
sponsible for that act. he says. was Nle Depu'S
of
4 Noel Brakeman, who chief-of-stah Tor
General Horace Porter In the Inaugural parade at
Washington last week. and has been appointed
chief-of-stafr for the Grant parade on April "a Is
recorder of the Military order of the Loyal Legion
He was an officer in the Navy In the civil war;
and after he resigned he went to China on an I'M
portant business mission. When the warship
Iroouois Of which Admiral Earl English was COM
mander and Captain A. T. Mahan was executive
officer left Hong Kong for the United States. In
| November, 1869, Mr.. Brakeman was one or the
committee of business who presented 20 the
| ship n silk homeward-bound pennant. 20 feet IN
length. accompanied with an engrossed testimohial
which expressed the nearly goodwin anu peS1
| wishes OF the people.
| BY the will Of the late Mrs. Thayer. OF Boston.
two institutions receive $4,000 each SIX others wv
| 600 each, nine more 5000. while there are three
| smaller requests making total OF $4,000 for
public use.
THE Marine Journal" thinks that the selection OF
John D. Long for the office of Secretary of the Navy
ought to please the people OF Massachusetts mas
much a no man from that state has filed the place
| since 1916, when George Bancroft held IL tor a
| wear Jacob Crownnshield the third person TO hold
| the office. was also a Massachusetts man