, 1869-09-26

r1cton aroused to the Renu!neueaa OF the brace.
let referred to. She showed 1t to one Of the lew
eneEs Of The boulevard dea 1salien1 a.kinR h1u
Hhat be would pay for l. "Beyeu francs,
Madsne," :" sasd hc to the d!sgusted art,ata
Humboldt commenced writing his a. Kos-
nos" It the age Of ID He could deTote ouly tho
night TO writing; for during the DAY ae yas rcAd.
log, tnutJinR, and collecting materials for tAe
kteat wofk he had undertaken. aud his evenings
ne haa 10 epend essh ktoE Frederick WAl.Am tho
Fourth, who ~ooH accept Of no aIcuso for Hun
holdtb ab4cnce from the ruJA e7culug parties.
The great natn,aliat EroEs every night irom II to
o'clock.
The most remarkable rnlrond In Ger
many and Europe u The new Black Forest Road,
which will be completed within four year. 10.
tween HornberR aud st. George, situated $50
feet aooEe the level Of the Rea and but four mles
distant nom HofnbesK, tho railroad asceRds uear-
'a0oo feet, and paAsea through a7,0o0 feet Of
tunnein Eleven thousaud feet Of tho latter have
oeen completed during the ltst tWo years. The
truly Cyelopean work on the rpad ID pro-
ereaA!ng taploly, and attracting Thousands Of vis
itors, who nock together rron al pa.ta Of South
etn Germany and Switzerland
An amusing anecdote is told Of young
French dip'onattst, who MS auxiously epeeulas-
Ing On some foreign Hisslon- At one Of the last
xeeepsaEs Of Compltxoe, the Emperor tnrned To
tie young Baron and sa3d 70 him: " Monsieur ie
narnp. Ios understand the modern Greek la2-
gusge, suppote." "So, sire" replied the
dplopa.iss rather reluctantly. ~ au sorry you
donr." eAld Napoleon; " undertsood yoq DID. ~
:. 1t iB tue hare commenced studying it. and
ahall devote more tn1e TO 1t hereafter, I" replied
] the dIplomatist. I" IA Ittn, Monsieur ax soon AZ
you understand it well enough to read and trsus,
! late II nnently, please let me know. !" basa the
Emperor, with Kind amt1e, which poured deltga.
! into the bosom OF the young statesman, before
| nhose daz1let eyes the VISTA Of the Greek to,s.
sion, with all It's succeed!ng honnrs as Anpasas-
dor to the Sublime Porte, arose ID the tall spIend
aud In the bright hue8 Of an excited imagination.
lie ceFoted Lis days aid Als nights TO the ktuIs oI
n nter.' Geek md. being endowed sy nature
with ctlktdeTRb,e linguistic talent, he mastered
| It ctmt.!t fcI5 In nTe or slx wetSs,
| "SHe," ktid be to The Emperor, the next time
ht luit AL tW~OEtuDtty to sreak to h!s kosetelxe
II have learned the modern Greek language sltlct
| stus Mstest9 tss atted 1Ac aAout H., and au
LON ri .uur sers1ce.v
| "7r.ALt<n, Monsieur" said the Eupa1os
| II Am glad you tell me. About teren weeks Rgo
I hate II ceiTtd ffon souDz poet Of .A.ncus 1o.
une Of poetry In no.leru Greek. Hi naue,
| believe, Ia ahahuhS tal5 GoE. lie haa been ktut
enough to dedicate the book TO ne, and among hi
poems l md teyern1 fohnets on Napoleon /
| and one eLlltlad "Eu8esaie,'' which, Sup
pore, u meant tot tie Emptess l should like Il
gel 4htse p1eces tEanslste'f. Will you ohtge me Il
| thts respect, MoniteUr le Dafon!"
Tie topts oi the 5our4 dfplomstist van
t.hed like capo1 IL the air, bet be hal scttQoascs
sion enough u tow politely aau to undertake tn
| pleasant task.