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Show PERSONAL POINTS. Dr John M. Willi of Eliot, Me , owns three rare bibles. Two of them art llrerrhea bibles, one printed In ton don In IMS, and tho other In Geneva In ItCOi the third la an Elltlver bible, two volumes, elephant folio, Trench print ot 1CC9, one of the few coptct extant Prof U. J. Jamea ot the University of Chicago, who la mentioned In connection con-nection with the nre.ldencr ot Leland Stanford, Jr., University ot California, waa at one time connected with the itaff ot the University of Pennsylvania and It now one ot the bent liked pro-fesson pro-fesson In Chicago. Among tbo ceremonies attending the recent centenary festival held In honor of the Italian pritlmlit poet, Leopardl, at hit birthplace, Ilecanatl, were four ronrerta under th direction ot Mat ragnl. the unveiling of a bust ot th poet by Montovcrde, and tbe naming of a hall In the palace after him, Auttrla haa loat her most eminent botanist, Kerner. What flaussure and (Iremll did for Bwltterland he did for Auitrla-Hungary. Ilefore him the bot any of th twampa and forcatt ot tbe Danube had been only partly explored. Ilia book on the "Plant Life of the Danube Countrlea" covers tblt field thoroughly. Demetrlut Kornmlla. an Athenian who waa well known In Parlt tportlng circles, died bat month, aged 17. He was very wealthy, and In Greece was known aa anjnlrepld Journalist. Ho wrote !S plays, JS ot which have appeared ap-peared In print. Ills latt play "Ma-roula," "Ma-roula," aroused a great deal of feeling galntt the author. It It a picture of certain phatca ot Athenian lift painted In glaring colors. A majority ot the generals In our army are wen along In years, and the ages ot some of them are given by tbe Iluffalo Express, aa follows' den Young It (I. Shatter W, Wheeler M, Hawkins wilt reach the retiring agt ot CI this year, Kent la C! Lawton f5 and Bumner, Hates and Cbaffeo each it. These are tbo general officers In Cuba with Rhafter. Tbe ago of the generals In ramp at home la also ad venetd, Copplnger la C3, Ilrooke CO, Cnrbln CO. Bberldan C8, Henry 1 rjraham CI, Wilson 81. nutter 02. and - -"" i.'.-i -J .'. 'i' ' youngest of the major-generals |