-With the advent of the new year in Auburn the law firm of Teller & Hotchkiss went into existence, composed of ex-Surrogate JOHN D. TELLER and ex-clerk to surrogate's court, WILLIAM HORACE HOTCHKISS, '86, with offices in the Sheldon Block. Mr. Hotchkiss has been clerk of the surrogate's court since April 1, 1887, and has been in the office since September 1, 1886, the year of his graduation. He has discharged the duties devolving upon him with remarkable industry and exactitude, and has acquired an education in surrogate's proceedings that will stand him in good stead in his profession.

-A valuable address was that of President WARREN HIGLEY, '62, of the American Forestry Congress. He pointed out that originally the Adirondack region, in which there were 5,000,000 acres of forest, belonged to the state and that great tracts of it were sold for a few cents an acre. Ten years ago there still remained 25,000 square miles or 1,600,000 acres of woodland. The whole was valued at $40,620,000. There are now 855,986 acres in sixteen counties. He suggested the creation of the office of Forestry Commissioner, instead of the present three-headed commission, and made a number of other interesting recommendations looking to the preservation of those extensive wooded tracts.

-"Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews," by A. C. KENDRICK, D. D. '31, worthily continues the American Commentary on the New Testament, by the American Baptist Publication Society. Dr. Kendrick in this work reviews ground which he has already traversed as the translator of Olshausen, and of Moll in the Schaff-Lange series. His profound and elegant scholarship has a congenial theme in the text of this Epistle, which he inclines to ascribe to Apollos, the "eloquent man and mighty in the Scriptures," who rivaled Paul in the esteem of some Christians at Corinth. The commentary is strictly exegetical, yet the spiritual and practical suggestiveness of the inspired text is felicitously brought out.

-In the Law Schools of America these seven professors-five of whom are now living-might be befittingly honored as seven lamps of jurisprudence: Judge PHILEMON BLISS, '32, Dean of the Law School of the University of Missouri; (died Aug. 25, 1889;) Hon. WILLIAM W. FARWELL, '39, Professor of Equity Jurisprudence, Union Law School, Chicago; Hon. THEODORE W. DWIGHT, '40, Warden of Columbia College Law School; Dr. JOHN N. POMEROY, '47, Professor of Law in University of California, (died in 1885;) Hon. LEROY PARKER, '65, Professor in Buffalo Law School; Hon. FRANCIS M. BURDICK, '69, Professor of Law in Cornell University; Prof. HENRY W. ROGERS, '77, of the Law Department of Michigan University.

-Rev. L. A. OSTRANDER, 65, is repeating, by request, to his people in Lyons, on Sabbath evenings, a series of lectures delivered some years ago, on the fulfillment of prophecy, as seen by explorations and studies in Oriental lands. The sermons are awakening much interest, as Mr. Ostrander speaks in part from personal observation. Mr. Ostrander recently completed the seventh year in the pastorate of this church. The occasion was celebrated by his people, who gathered in the church parlors over 300 strong, to congratulate themselves and him, and to make speeches appropriate. The following Sunday Mr. Ostrander preached an anniversary sermon, and gave some statistics of his pastorate. It has been his privilege to receive 176 members. The present membership is 407.

-The Buffalo Law School has a very strong faculty, with Judge CHARLES DANIELS as its Dean, and its Lecturer on Constitutional Law. Hon. LEROY PARKER, '65, the Vice Dean, a graduate of the Law School of Michigan University, was appointed to that office in 1889, because of the frequent necessary absences of Judge Daniels at terms of court. To this position he has brought distinction. Together with his position of Vice Dean, he has for two years held the Chair of Elementary Law, and Contracts, and has lectured four times a week to the students. In each of these positions he has much to do with directing the management and instruction of the school, and this he does with an exemplary faithfulness and care which already have reaped their harvest of deserved success.

-A State Trust and Safe Deposit Company has been established at Passaic, N. J., with HENRY H. THOMPSON, '43, as its Secretary and Treasurer. He enters upon his duties in Passaic with the warmest commendation from General F. E. Spinner, late treasurer of the United States, in whose office he was chief paying teller at close of the war, when he resigned to organize the National Bank, of New Berne, N. C., which he successfully managed as cashier. He was subsequently cashier of the Erie Railway under President Watson, and Assistant Treasurer under Mr. Jewett. Two prominent New York bank presidents vouch for his capacity and integrity, as does also Hon. Ellis H. Roberts, United States Assistant Treasurer, at New York, all of whom have known him well for many years.

-Rev. JAMES B. Rodgers, '86, as a missionary of the Presbyterian Board at Rio Janeiro, writes hopefully of the Republic of Brazil :

"It may be at first the republic will be but little better than the monarchy; yet we, as missionaries, expect from this a wider door for the Gospel. It is more than probable that the church will be separated from the state, and the bugbear of protection be taken from the Church of Rome, and that consequently the Gospel will be more willingly accepted because of the liberty of worship. Possibly with some sorrow the people of Brazil say farewell to their former sovereign, but with joy they look forward to the future of the republic; and we who are doing what we can to preach Christ crucified to this people, pray our God and our brethren to send forth more laborers into this newly opened harvest field. Wherefore we say: 'Ring out the old, ring in the new !'"

-The Topeka Capital has this to say of Highland and its university, whose chair of Greek and Latin is now filled by Prof. CLARENCE U. CARRUTH, '89: "Highland is a small town situated on the high, rolling prairie lands of northeastern Kansas, and is noted for its healthfulness and beauty. Its prominence, however, is chiefly due to the presence there of the Highland University, founded in 1858, and therefore one of the pioneer educational institutions of the state. While the school is under Presbyterian control, it is not sectarian in the sense of trying to influence the church preferences of any student. It is open to both sexes on equal terms and this plan has been found to work harmoniously from the first. The university library contains over 5,000 volumes, the literary societies have libraries of their own, there is an excellent reading room, the laboratory is well provided with apparatus and nothing is lacking in any department to make it complete."

--In his words of welcome to the national convention of W. C. T. U. in Chicago, Dr. HERRICK JOHNSON, '57, deprecated their advocacy of female

suffrage: "But what a paltry thing is this, beside the good you are doing! I think of all your varied, multiplied, manifold, pervading, ubiquitous work wrought out by patient hands, and made sacred and sweet savor to God by the prayers and tears of worshipping hearts, and then I turn to the little section of a single department of this mighty movement, where the ballot for women is pleaded for as a weapon of protection for the home; and because I do not believe in the franchise for woman, shall I, forsooth, turn my back upon the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and upon all its heaven-sealed work, and have my flout and slant at it as an unsexing agency, making women more ambitious to vote than to be? God forbid! I say to the manhood that would do such a thing, for shame, for shame!"

-Three names should be added to the list formerly given of sons of Hamilton who enlisted in the service of the Southern Confederacy during the war for the Union. The revised list now includes twelve names: General JOHN SAYLES, '44, a native of Vernon, now of Abilene, Texas; AARON AUSTIN, '48, a native of College Hill, who died near Charleston, S. C., in 1863; Capt. SAMUEL J. M. CAMP, '48, a native of Whitesboro, now a merchant in Memphis, Tenn.; HENRY B. BOYNTON, '52, a native of Bridgewater, who died in Richmond, Va., in 1863; WILLIAM M. BOYNTON, '54, now of Selma, Ala.; FRANCIS E. LACY, '54, now of Shelbyville, Tenn.; AUGUSTUS B. PAYNE, '54, Clinton, La.; JAMES S. WOODARD, '57, Wilson, N. C.; Cornelius E. LUCKY, '69, Knoxville, Tenn.; Rev. JOHN L. BACHMAN, Sweetwater, Tenn.; Rev. Dr. ROBERT L. BACHMAN, '71, Utica; NATHAN S. F. BACHMAN, '74, Frisno, Cal. The four graduates last named, all natives of Tennessee, entered college after the close of the war. -An interesting article appears in the January Church at Home and Abroad, from the pen of Dr. F. F. ELLINWOOD, '49. It sums up the opinion of Rev. John Ross, a veteran Irish missionary in China, as to the qualifications for missionary service. The gist of his view is that success in the work of evangelizing China is to be attained by sending the best trained and most broadly educated men, who shall command the respect of the leaders of this ancient, proud and cultured nation. It is not enough that the missionary be earnest and devoted. He further advocates the institutional, rather than the individual method of propagating Christianity, by which he means that the simple proclamation of Christ must be followed by the planting of churches and schools, the establishment of hospitals, and the training of a force of native colporteurs, teachers and preachers. The mass of the Chinese people are to be reached through Chinese converts. Hence send out missionaries who know how to impress themselves upon the natives. Dr. Ellinwood himself indorses unqualifiedly these most sen

sible views.

-The following publications have been thankfully received:

I. Thirty-fourth Annual Report of the Hartford Hospital," from Dr. PANETT M. HASTINGS, '38, supervisor and director.

2. The Reciprocal Relations and Duties of the Ministry and the Church," a sermon by Rev. Dr. ADDISON K. STRONG, '42, Carmel.

3.

Americanism and other Isms," by CHAMPLIN H. SPENCER, '49.

4. The Scope of College Instruction in Pedagogy," by Dr. SAMUEL G. WILLIAMS, 52, Cornell University.

5. "Northrup Genealogy," by Hon. A. JUDD NORTHRUP, '58, Syracuse. 6. 'Personality," by Hon, DANIEL P. BALDWIN, '56, Logansport, Ind. 7. "The Story of Arsarus," by Dr. ISAAC H. HALL, '59, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

8. 'Reunion of the Class of Sixty- Vine," from Prof. WILLIAM L. DOWNING, '69, Utica.

9. Brief for Complaint in the Supreme Court of the State of Michigan," by WILLIAM M. LILLIBRIDGE, '69, Detroit, Mich.

IO. "Minutes of the Synod of Minnesota for 1889," from Rev. MAURICE D. EDWARDS, '70, St. Paul, Minn.

II.

"The Good Cheer of the Gospel," by Rev. FRANK S. CHILD, '75, Fairfield, Conn.

12. "Brief of Plaintiff in Error in the Supreme Court of the United States, by Hon. WILLIAM H. DEWITT, '75, Butte City, Montana.

-At Calvary Chapel in Utica, Tuesday evening, Nov. 19, Editor GEORGE E. DUNHAM, '79, of the Utica Press, was introduced to speak upon Newspapers and Newspaper People." Mr. Dunham prefaced his address by a few pleasant remarks, and then gave statistics showing the number of daily, weekly, monthly and other publications, and the average circulation of each. He next made reference to the different departments of work in the daily newspaper office, showing the vast amount of labor and energy necessarily devoted to the publication of a paper that is furnished to its readers for two or three cents a copy. and then spoke more in detail of some portions of the work. The responsible duties of the managing editor were outlined, but it was the reporter who claimed by far the larger share of the speaker's attention. Mr. Dunham is now managing editor, but he began newspaper work and served for years as a reporter. In the course of his remarks he gave several illustrations of the varied and everchanging scenes and surroundings into which the reporter is thrown, taken from his own experience, some of a pathetic and others of a humorous character. The address throughout, and this portion in particular, was listened to with the closest attention, all present knowing that the incidents he related were not mere sketches of fancy, but a narration of facts. It was an address of considerable length, but replete with interesting facts and enjoyable features. That it was . thoroughly appreciated by all present was attested by the hearty applause given the speaker at its close. A vote of thanks was unanimously tendered Mr. Dunham, in seconding which Rev. Dr. Gibson, for years editor of the Gospel Messenger, took occasion to personally express his pleasure at listening to the address and to supplement Mr. Dunham's scraps of experience with a few of his own. These were mostly of a humorous nature and treated, among other things, of comical typographical errors.

NECROLOGY.

CLASS OF 1859, (HONORARY.)

Probably the most voluminous legal author whose works are found in the Noyes library of Hamilton College, is OLIVER LORENZO BARBOUR, whose recent death at Saratoga Springs in his 79th year, will be widely lamented. He rarely appeared in open court, except as a reporter, yet his name and works are familiar to the lawyers of every state in the union. Though born in Washington county his love for Oneida county was a genuine enthusiasm. He had been a student of law in the office of William C. Noyes in Rome, and was always true

to the Noyes ideal of professional integrity. While a law student in Rome he was fortunate in gaining the friendship of such men as Joshua A. Spencer, Charles P. Kirkland, Calvert Com.stock and others who gladly aided him in climbing the ladder of legal eminence. Mr Barbour was admitted to the bar in 1832, at the age of 21, and in November, 1832, he was married to Elizabeth 'Wells Berry of Whitesboro, a daughter of Morris M. Berry and a sister of Miriam Berry, whose fame as the authoress of the "Widow Bedott Papers" increases as the years go on. Mrs. Barbour was a beautiful and gifted woman. When her husband moved to Saratoga Springs in 1833 her home became the attractive center of most gracious influences. Mr. Barbour was a nephew of Chancellor Walworth, and after a few years of practice in the chancellor's court he become a law reporter, and began the writing of law books, which he continued through life with such unflagging industry and success that his name is found on the title page of 120 volumes. His last illness came while he was reading the proof of A Treatise on the Rights of Persons and the Rights of Things." In some respects Mr. Barbour's character was unique; in all respects it was genial and admirable. With a large knowledge of the best literature and the world's current history, he was unselfish, undemonstrative, and his modesty was almost a morbid shyness. If his friends wished to see him they knew where to find him, and they were always sure of a hearty welcome. During his last years he was tenderly cared for by Mrs. William Schuyler, one of his five surviving children. The degree of doctor of laws, conferred by the trustees of Hamilton College in 1859, was an expression of esteem for Mr. Barbour's personal worth and professional ability by such eminent lawyers as Hiram Denio, Philo Gridley, Henry A. Foster, and William J. Bacon.

CLASS OF 1870.

We are indebted to W. H. DeShon, of the Utica Morning Herald, for the following tribute to the memory of his classmate, CHARLES JONAS EVERETT, only son of Matthew J, and Jeannette Everett, who died at 50 Rutger Street, Utica, Jan. 18, 1890, aged 42. Death was caused by protracted brain trouble. He was born in Litchfield, Herkimer Co., Feb. 9, 1848.

He received his preparatory training for college in the Utica free academy and entered Hamilton College where he was graduated in 1870. He was one of the four prize debaters appointed that year from the senior class by Professor Upson, and in the contest during commencement week he won the second prize. In fact, in the class debates of his senior year, Mr. Everett took a leading part. On one occasion there was a divison on for debate to which he did not belong. A student in the division was absent and Professor Upson called upon Mr. Everett to take his place. He was whispering to a seat mate at the time and did not hear the professor. His mate nudged him, and rising he said, "What is it, professor?" "Mr. S. is absent to-day, and you will take his place," was the reply. “I'll do so," said Mr. Everett, "if you'll tell me what the question is, and don't call me first." The question was one of those where the affirmative is almost an axiom. Mr. Everett was on the negative; and yet, when he arose, he made such an able impromptu argument that the class unanimously decided the question in favor of the negative. The incident is recalled as an early illustration of Mr. Everett's ready wit, logical bent of mind and fluency of language.