The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-11
GREECE AS 1T Is.

Meeting OF the American Geographical
Society at the Historical SOciety's
Rooms Last Night-Hon. j. NJ. Francis'
Paper.
meeting OF the American Geographical Society
was held last night at the OF the Historical
Society, second avenue. After the regular busi-
ness and the admission OF large number Of
members Judge DAILY, the President, called upon
the Secretary to read communication from "The
German Association for Polar Explorations
GREECE AS 1T is.
The Hon. John M. Francis recently United
States Minister to Greece, read paper on "Greece
AS 1t Is" He said:-
Ma PKEsIDfsI, FELLOWS o OF the AMERICAN GEocRApnI
Greece 1t Is Ancient Greece need not here dis
TONS IFS elements q kn N and poec inspiration
Ms ae Sa the cur " MOf
of national ndependence after subsection for hundreds
claims our attention i is y n K reality Ahsn;
pesembe to ees IN iaa bears
iary Of its edidces Il has many imposing and Costly
are hs nGad s9 s
coS as Sna % there are ns sne den
lishaai bouevards The work OF building and city I'M
he progress sS
towns-the rireus, near Athens, with apopulatoh Of
to % SRA the eaiei '9Wn ans commercial
pal seat OF the curran trade the Peleponnesus and
T @ "n AND
sreasins zante ehiel Town q shs lower group q the
group qa and ad the old capa Of those Islands
F. sss Of e'
Of the islands Of the same name. noted Tor
shs at @ IA
fse ARE SD nl and
popnation s5O Lebadea IN e9a the centre n,e OF
.eres Of That rich section population 1900 and Thsbe:
thriving modern town of 100 inhabants with rich
and beautiful adjacent county, In the reePonpssss
Cornh Of 5000 to 400 p9pGa09n each and ;eSeral
RESOURCES OF TIE COUNTRY.
will here present facts illustrative OF the re-
sources the country and their deye!opment These
rial s co1don SAs and IoI
there was no bankng esiabshment in the country
branches in all the PRINCIPAL towns ,S Of the Ensdom with
notes however, Is restricted 10 TWO banks the National
and the IGnan ant their circulation Is now about
in the United states the stS q The o e0nntes
fhs s0sy Imitation 4s oa g the s an sDaas s
payments have always been maintained BY them: In
and tS o Gss sIS he s ssSsns
res o sye 8he P n% @
dollar often appearing in the variety ahoa and copper
one Attn Of cent The lepta known as WIDOWS mite
the
gates s6ss5 Other and smaller Insurance. 9S orsan
The D is 1884, navigation nss sSG ny
s q .Sgrssas sosaass 81 s'SsS tons wssS s
company are located AZ syra Another steam nsyisa
has dsSa x sSsn sy
quarters at the Piraus is nended to provide rst class
and t. s Tp absd
m f
tonnage Of all American vessels ahoat The Greek
did their ancestors before the Christian era, and coun
try can boast OF better sailors a.4!,ls ,,,.noxvxr,
Greece has been very backward in the mater Of inter
the nSd the e M
rrus ana Aens In the there ev are e% roSnG.
BROUGHT to market on the backs Of donksys over rough
HiS ss son mat eGA anges and 5ess HIGHWAY
out OF Athens and some osier Of the larger towns
MINERAL MARBLE AND OTHER RESOURCES.
Nearly all the known metals are to be found in the coan
very aoundan ana these to have been b TIE
%ae Of
and black II Sya kyfSSs and p6ee red
blush and gray in Gica fenos Laconia composite
sRyros Il zane seH
@ mas DE been zs s
soanssaS. Win in Greece Y
ead # Ersasta By the that
the Egean Sea and terminating with Cape sunium.
ladies' abundance. Mr. syngros and other Greek CAPT
a9 pSo glsy1ssf M % asesy ana
ing to $sOloOo more This purchase was consummssed
asa Sns % 81
datey TAKEN and with it there has been good deal Of
operations Wall street. There eight silk man
actores in the country whose pT0duG5oms Large
s7s00o The culture the vine and The Manufacture Of
es the country The Vineyards about
Of nd aSoa S hs
s are Sa Of M e ss Is
home consumption The gross value OF the total produc'
WI EXPORTS or THE xrsepom-pRopucrIoSs OF THE SOIL
S,e anna an @ S S5
England, but lie demand oE the irait IN the United
1880 tons were shipped direct shis country up to the
70 nearly 10000 annually; ana Of cotton ana cotton
the value is quite large The expectation Of lead and
Of Lauriam Yield twenty to thirty tons export
daily he Of GREECE are among ne 10
limited Inn C''"' ''' 'D''' 'Np'' 'A'''A 40 ''"' "''
Greece stands next to Germany in educational enter
prise ATTENDANCE at the public schools embraces about
and sixteen The Arsakeon large and very popular
ascH. Se a s T WIN H. h and Mrs.
lil sstaOsSsd school Aliens more more. man tOT,y
been the pioneer OF female education in Greece Thi:
school, with attendance of nearly 800 pupils,
Is still ntaned with efficiency under the direction OF
Mrs Muir, and there is higher school at the Doctors
principal Miss Kyle has excellent school Of ~ to
120 pupils Mr. and Mrs. Sakearios maintain an insti
tuition, admirably conducted Tor the tree teaching OF
poor children, with attendance Of about 100 pupils
mostly Crean children All these schools with the
cepton OF the Arsakeon, under American principal
ship ana patronage, ana have done ana doing much
good by the free dissemination OF education among the
children Che larger proportion girls of the poor There
twentyone literary scientific and art corporations
and societies in Greece, which seven Tor the adj
vaDcement general cducation eight the advance
men Of and sciences and six Tor the mutual instruc
ton OF its members by means Of literary exercises,
debates, &c.
GREcIAN ATTRACTIONS
Winter Is the best visiting Athens, but tho
is elightful March and April and up 10
the middle OF May. The winters in Greece especially in
Attica, charming. cerulean skies, wonderful
sunsets and cearness and purity OF atmosphere have
nowhere else and experienced. standing on the
Acropois Mars Ill., and looking across the gean Sea-
the Acro-Cornthus, IN Corinth, distance
straight miles quite as ais