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far beyond mr expectations. I tctl Jon. .t,
thcrn nre not twenty mrn In Boston who eoala
havn written those pings"
''Of few men dying at tho age of eo.n ro
n,nrks tho Afhennnra. "ean 1t bo saIi 40 ,,n,..
Of II. Thlcrs that they hase died too toun."
s{r. Archibald Forbes, tho great war rnrro
spondeut Of tho Lonnon Daily Nts., sc,mxr,
s5, 600 Jsas, whether ho is employed or nat,
Tuctern,A,t's ''Grecks Of To-Day" NH
1is'ed In London two rcart ngo has lrcn pobIi,has
In Athens In Modern Greek. \ Greek ncwsn,,..
speaks Of It ~ "tho only truc pictn.c al f.rs.,.
character ever presented bJ foreigner"
Prof, Arthur ". Wright, of yalo Qol}co,
has made an important discovery in electro otst.
ing. Il ID founded on tho votal1isaton Of tnct.,,
BY tho electric current and b. means Of il m,rr",.
can bo mhdc Of silver, iron. md other metals,
"Theo," a love story, by SEra rroneca
1iodsfon r'ulncte, nuthor Of ''That 1.r.s O. Low.
rlc's," which has recently attracted 20 muca att.,.
tion, Is In The psesa Of T. u. Peterson l. 1roher.
Philadelphia. for immediate publication. "Thcos
will hc In cloth and papeE coyrs.'
Archdeacon Dcnfson, of London, on III.
occasion Of bis twenty.dsat has,cst. .home, t,,cd
tho potato ferccly lie had made up Its mind not
to plant another potato a. long ~ he 1trcl. tT,
do 10 was simply to poaon The RronnA and w..t.
the seed; and the moro they planted tha. ubcf n.
moro would shey poison tl1c ground, until Il .sauk
In their nostEils.'
Tho Rev. r. o. Morris sept to tho I.on,ou
Tanes recently most interesting account Of In,
work Of tho "Yorkshtre Penny Dank,'' an ,natttn.
| tlon Of which, ho sAya no other Eng1 sh couatY
| can boast This bank has .D0 branches, with Il.
volunteer managers for each branch, showing m
fewer than l, Edo gentlemen vnluntccrs engaged i,
| the work. Thn amount dcposfte1 WA ntpsc than
half million At tho end Of laet scar showing "A
increase Of more than ESQ, 600 In tho year.
Senator Confhng says, rather jeerinciv.
| IN man Who goes nhtoad. and comes bact In,
presRct With The Majesty and growth Of hIs ona
country. md batter sattadtd with It, sccms 10 ba
altogether ont Of fashion with class Of Ycfy INTEL
| liRcnt and superior beings. II Is thought qs,,s
largo and fine 10 hunt out and magnify anl ,Iwt1
| upon tho deficiencies and shortcomings, real d,
imagined. Of she American people, and b!a,on
them 10 tho world, and then 10 falt down In adu,.
ratlon before tho grind people and tho granlthnss
OF other countries"
An American onoe said to ThiorR, when
tha latter waa President, ''Tcll, Mr. Thlces. n
Jon arc passing anywhere near my hotcf the ne,t
limo Jon arc In Paris hopo you'll aiyn me
look In; ahall be very much ploasel to zee you.a
Theirs expression Of amused surprise a. ho Looked
up into tho face Of hts guest Was thing TO BE- M
mcnbcrcd. "1s II possible" hc accmel to saY.
"that you can forget WHO / an,: that am sht
Chief Of tho State, and that do not drop IN ,a
take afternoon tea with oYcFy foreigner who p.yi
mo vtslslF'
Ono Of Jennie Juno's recent lettera touches
upon tho baild!ng that 10 being accomplished ia
New York CITY, and claims that 1t wls, now con.
pare fayorab1y with any previous ycar. But thu
acta i number Of buildings erected dues not tell
tho storJ OF tho Increase Of population, fur ht tho
new dwellings take tho shape Ut largo apartment
hoases,' and many ine old tnans!ons have passed
ont OF tho hands OF original owncrs and besu
turned Into private hotels or blocks IT fats. Win
tto grcAtcr activity in business Iris municipal IL.
erase ought to 60 forward faster than ever.
George Bancroft Inns tho reputation Of
being ono OF the most thoroughly educated Of lty.
Ing Americans. When 10 WIS a student At lot.
tincen he learned The Oriental languages fson,
Eichborn, ancient history from Pauck md IIccrrn.
natural hisiory from D1umcnbach, nnd t;rccl
and Roman antiquities from p,.zcn. Ito sfler.
war1n heard tho lectures Of Wolf. the famous llo'
Incrst, lIcgc1, md Sch1eiern,achcr. 1Ic has bcc1
intimate with 1lamboldt, Yarnhagcn won Ense,
Cousin, Schlossor, Goethe, Dcnjnmin Constant
Mhnzont. CheEal.er Dunsen, Nlebnhr, and hot'
| Of dead c1aebsfslea.
Edward King is surprised at the lying tc1e
grams untrlend,y to tho Russians printed In Ea.
| g1Esh and american Journals. "It IL rcT0tttng t
think that Our people havo hcca condemned to be
ijeyc sueh motstrous lie ~ that tho Nus.t,n
wero rcpulscd at leIa With loss Of 0, 0oo. wbc,
they lost not man. aud met with no rcpul.o thcre
1t IL monstrous to think that a,l the mendac,ou
telcgrar,s Of tho Turk.loylag Vienna and Loudu,
press should bo forced befoto tho cyes Of our pub
! lie. Eiihu Uurritt's comparison Of England to
stained glass window through which American
act falsely. .colorel view Of Continental uolttte
and affairs. was very Just one."
Tho New York Rost judges that It would be IN
Just to conriet anybody on tho unsupported teat.
inonY Of Tweod; but on tdo other hand, It il Gin
ply fataouh TO ssy that Tweeds testimony IL Ut ne
present, importance. and In no circumstances cat
Ia OF any value. Cpon one aspect Of tho case t
will not take tho public long to form an opinion
1fTwced's story wns In the possession OF tho coua
sol Of tho people, and If they wero unable or m
willing 10 handle II as to prove tt to be srue,
10 to conttct Tweed'a associates, or to PROVE II
bc falss and 10 to save tho regulations Of men sc
) culed by Tweed more cNectually than the
bare been saved By one'sdsd inrestiaations. Il
. Tina tha people employed other counsel"
frha f,,nc;nnnti Gazrtts sava, uThcre ~.
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