A. It is said that Prof. Horsford stilled the surface of the sea in a stiff breeze by pouring a vial of oil upon it; and Commodore Wilkes saw the same effect produced during a storm off the Cape of Good Hope, by oil leaking from a whale ship. The phrase probably originated from the old proverb, “A soft answer turneth away wrath.” Q. Please inform me through THE CHAUTAUQUAN where I can get a good Spanish-English dictionary? A. Seoane’s Spanish-English and English-Spanish Dictionary, price $6.00; the same abridged, for $2.50, can be obtained from any prominent publishing house. GRADUATES OF THE C. L. S. C. The following is the list of C. L. S. C. graduates of the Class of 1882. There are seventeen hundred names. Miss Kate F. Kimball has prepared the list with great care. A diploma has been presented to every graduate by the Rev. Dr. Vincent, Superintendent of Instruction. _New York._ Mrs P Abbott Julia A Adams John G Allen Mrs Maggie A Allen Mrs Amanda Allen Inez J Ames George H Anderson Mrs Lidia J Anderson Helen M T Ayres Mary Ann Babcock Mrs S J Bailey Mrs Milton Bailey Florence V E Baldwin Mrs Eliza E Barber Minnie A Barney Fannie Barnhouse Mrs Martha G Barrett Luella A Beaujean Alcesta Beck Mrs F E Beckwith Mary A Bemus Mrs Jennie A Bemus Mrs Charles D Bigelow Charles D Bigelow Mrs T S Bly Ida Hopkins Bond Alvina C Booth Gerette Boyce Mrs Mary C Branch Mrs Anna E Branch Charles F Brett Ella Brewster Altha W Briggs C E Brinkworth Mrs C E Brinkworth William A Brodie Mrs E M Brown Mrs J H Brown Ella M Brown Mrs E D Browne Mrs C E Brumagine Anna Bugbee Mary M Bullock Mrs Emma J Burgess Vincent Burgess Edward S Burgess Theodore C Burgess Fred C Burney Chester Warren Burton J Louise Bushnell Etta E Candee Alice Wade Card Gertie A Carter Hattie B S Carter Lucy B Case Mrs E M Chadwick Izora S Chandler Geo W Chandler Rev J E Chapin Martha A Chase Randilla W Chase Mary A Chase Rev Almon T Clarke Mrs Almon T Clarke Georgie C Clement Altie E Cole Nancy L Collins Ellen C L Conklin Mary Columbia Cook Mrs Jennie C Cook Mrs Jennie E Copeland Abigail Couch Eleanor M Countryman Mrs Linda W Covey Stella Cox Mrs Harriet A N Craft Mrs Charlotte Craig Louise E Cravatte Frank W Crossfield Annie Cummings M A Curtis, M D Mrs E F Curtiss Clarence O Clark Julia E Dailey Mrs Charles W Davis Ursula M Dawley Eda T Dean Martha M Dederer Martha A E Denison Rev Cassius H Dibble Miss Clara Dickey Mary P Dodge Mrs S H Donnan Emma B Dorn Dexter D Dorn Remsen B DuBois William A Duncan Sara L Dunning Louise F Dusenbury Bessie Eddy Benjamin F Edsall