Arizona republican., 1899-05-14
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Mrs. Frederick Funston, who is with her husband in the Philippines, has been his wife but a few months. Last year, while the Twentieth Kansas was at Camp Merriam, near San Francisco, | Miss Edna Blankard of Oakland wis 1 ited the encampment with her father. who was a soldier during the civil war. | She was introduced to Funston, and he, apparently as hard a fighter in | love as in war, WGoed and won her l Three weeks later they were married, and she accompanied her husband to | Manila.
 | Most of the Manila letters that have been received by General Funston s parents, who are both living in Allen county, Kan, were written by the hero's bride. Never did old Jesse Grant take more delight in the larger triumphs of his soldier son than does ex-Congressmsn Funston in the Phil ippine exploits of his daring and dar- ling Fred. Mrs. Funston, the white haired mother, is equally delighted. but fears that some day the pitcher may go 10 the well once too often.
 
 Prof. Comstock of Cornell university in speaking to his class recently on the trials of scientists, told this authentic tale of the experience of a professor Of inVertebrate zoology in a sister in stitution, which had better be left nameless. Trichinae in pork, the cause of the frightful disease tric1i- n0s1s in human consumers, give a pe- cuNar appearance to meat, which is studded with little cysts; it is then known to the trade as ''measly pork '
 The learned scientist, wishing some cfI1 1dxr To asked if he ever got any measly pork Sometimes. said the butcher cau- ticusly, "but I always threw it away" ''Wei1," said the professor, the nex. time you have any, I wish you'd send me up some," meaning, of course, to his laboratory. The butcher stared at him, but said he would. Three weeks passed, when the professor, growing impatient, again dropped in.
 Haven't ycu found any measly pork yet?'
 Why, yes" said the butcher, "I sent up two pounds week ago."
 A sickly grin broke over the profess sor's face. Where did you send it?" said he.
 Why to y5ur house. said the butch CT, "of course"
 '1 AAO III ob 'NNI1I1A III lulS country to receive a college diploma was Miss z D. Brewer of Macon, Ga, now Mrs. Benson. The diploma was conferred by the Georgia Female college, the first female educational institution in the united States to glory in the name of college. It was chartered by the Geor- gia legislature in 1886, and in 1S44 changed it's name to the Wesleyan F'e- male college, under which title it has fourished ever since. Year after year it has sent out it's classes of bachelors of arts, coming up to fifty-eight in one year, and with no break even during the civil war, while it has bestowed it's advantages on hundreds of women who could not complete it's full course. perusal of it's catalogue is a con- plete refutation of the bugbear that college education prevents marriage, for 1t requires clcSe scrutiny to find name that has not been changed.
 When the college opened six young women entered half advanced" ard completed their course, and were duly graduated July 16, 184O. The alpha betlcat List of the graduates began with Miss c. B. Brewer, and into her hand was put the first diploma for college work ever given to a woman in this CT any Other country It stated that the recipient had completed the regu- lar courses Of study of the college. em- bracfng all the sciences usually taught in the colleges of the United States, with sUah as especially belong to fa- male education in it's most ample range. The studies of the senior class were Latin, French or Greek, astron- omy, physical geography, geology,