, 1877-01-22

DIR. HENRY BCilLtEsfASN.
According 10 the informant Of the New York
Eueataq Post, Dr.. Henry sehlienann. now 80
celebrated ~ an arcfRoloEist, Vas burn Of hum
bic parentsgc In MeckIenburg, Germany. Ills
fife seems 10 hare been full Of adventure and
marked by determination to succeed. Al the
early age OF 1G no embarked m voyage to
Venezuela with view 10 Try Ills fortune, but
suffered thiprreck On the Dutch coast. Reach
Ing Amsterdam, he set TO Work ~ porter.
Here he mct the narrator. and together they
studied Spanish and Italian. The two were
very p,or, anil for ons Whole year neyeE ate a
dinner. Willie 1t this quaint old Dutch city It
Was young Ech1tematin's good fnrtitnc to meet
veteran Russian soldier who hatl been left there
Wien tho allied arsiirs marched on Paris to
overthrow Salpleun lh,naparte. With II thirst
for knpwtcfiEc, Schltcinann fostercd an Intimacy
with the fuss!An,-who, BY the way, was boot
bIack,-a l.utriau grammar was bought and les
sons In til. MustUyite language commenced.
The study Of Russian seems to have bccn the
turnltg-in,tnt in his fortune. for II soon after.
ward lappe,,tl that Rustfan echtlcnlan, By
the name Of ..lesier, brought Il LETTER of {, eli:
to the banker Schrucder. young Sehltenann's
employer. Spnc could understand him save the
young clerk, fur Ut this timc lie 1al been pro-
nlttul. Tte Russian gentleman touk = fancy 10
the 1scsl,-faccd dars-laircd, .neenuous lad, and
arranged to hive linn accoinphny himself and
family over EnrOpu IN the rapaelty of courier.
Srlletnafn finally went to Moscow. ty invita-
tion of his pasroa, anl, arranging tu act n.
agent for Schroeder, tile Amsterdam banker, Ut
the end nt ioug ycars found htisclf the master
oI kttt,UD.
At the close OF ISL s:hlIemann determined
to visit California, a,Id embarked On the stcancr
voyage u six weeks he reached New TURK. bring
inS with lin draft from the Kutilsrl!i!ls un
August BriinoHt tur ts!t amount q money he
lIa'l inAdc III Morrow. Rcacli0. thr Fl 1|Dra'lo
tIIf
sc,tlel at Sarsa,ntnlo all commenced lle bank
In, business, Tic miners tupk to him in
stIImttsely, unl trustinrlf brought h'El their
g,M-lust. Al t!te explr4tlon of foar ycAta lie
HD AMI shattered constitution. In l3'7 We
lln,l him established. IN business In 1T. Peters,
burg. tiroHln. tired of that city, he nIA4e q
yt,ya-e ruu,l the w'rltl, anI eventually reached
New York STRICKEN with Puna,na fever. Here
the subsequent ,!i.coverer Ut The tsurnh of Ara.
nit nnntl cAtnt near Tying. but eventually re-
ct,verrd under III. treatment Of Dr. Tcllkampf.
Leaving New York. l!c set Ont on n.bt.nts.
lis purpose, TIC went to Carthage, unl after
wards to Paris, where he made tue argnalnt-
ancc u Krnan nnd Other ur!entalls:q $t.n,u-
lated by til. to.i"ty ot the enthusiastic Frenrl
scholars, erl,l!cnants visited Greece. !uId wrhe
y tnt'k IN Frcnr!, alont the r.'s'ntsr. At t!is
neriuI lr seems u lIaye InaltH,j out The lu5rb
w.lt.I nre since lla,lr his nailr Il household
worA tll:ru.Aua; Chr:stcndo'n, fHr this t.t j;
contained two pictures representing tho 4AcFnI,-
oils ul,l lie tomb of .AEapcl:lnu;l. A:lcr Il
hritf visit /, Paris. he set out oHec r..rc for
Athens, nnl lls Interesting letters from Myreli,
have mule knawn TO tile world his subsequent
employment. The marriage of Dr. sel!Iicsl1a"n
i"r ~ ,le > aa,is,uttcs II t;recce, md W e.:
t:h:"s. Surrounded ly some A;.4cn,an friends,
III n moment Of heightened enthusiasm he de-
clarcd that lie would marry tile lrst laiy r inst
al E,.r n AttbItAsrvf y t,,,nn tfrs
ward n lair t;r:r!; sltl presented herself min.
tr'ntncel. told Inn Es,c had br:r'a al his lce:a-
rn.ius. aHd fulfilling 10 thu ilotnrs sasitfastlon
t; so'aTy sot,:,, ts.csi ;l alli sasptsA, ~,
IT, the only woman III t'rcete wtu Gan repeat
tIr. Odyssey" 1run lntfnury. she ts now the
sttarcr Il his tolls Ut Mycrtrr-his brave md
faithful aly IN tlIc wt'rk ior w!ieh hr iscs. Ds.
S,llemanlt Ii m American citizen by adoptI III,
hlsin., t.tn tIliutalxe1. aud ut al! tfnlcs ngu-
claims ILL connection with t'lc great rtplhlit.
liz Il Il nltlonalrc, nritt eArDc.t by honest )aar
every lnlfnr NJ whicn he Is POSSESSED. ~ Tits
his archaeological pursuits, his wife, and Ills
adopted coaiItry.
M.tKI.;G TIE WILDERNESS HOWL.
Btfroii Free P.txs.
At lialf-past Il o'clo.k yestrrl1y forenoon a
span Of hali-siRrvcd horsea, attached to row.
cred wagon, la!tc,t at tho rtrbstonc on Gra,iot
STREET, and the driyur bought so1ns oats Ut Il
ieel-store and placed then, bciorc The animals.
while l,c an1 hls wife proceeded to lHake = COLI
lnuth. They Ind Il stDyc IN thu wayun, nn1
were moving themselves anl few articles Of
value to some otlrr cline. At noon three or
fur tourElcylncn blacksmths, working In q s1lpp
near thu wugoft, GAME out and began pokInG Inn
nj tle ulil Wuna WfIU WAS the only one tn -t:.lt
ia tllr yr!rfc. EEc kent l,rr temper f"r wltile,
hit when snowfall struck her In the car she
tullr,l out:
alt ynu want Dc SUtn to come down there an,l
hrra: few lraas, you'd better keep this thing
"wlo's De sotoln sShu~ US the maj, WIN
| discovered ihc Mississippi Eiycr!" yelled the
HirN.
Dr Soto got down urcr the rnd-bnart. lie
looked II te nbuut ~ ycarA old, and It WAs plut,l
that e ha,l fight In llIl. lie leaned oil ct
Tho whecls, aud rlsewrd crackers and looked the
rrowsl IL tt.e eyes, while his wife stuck her lcai
out ailtl remarked:
1--WE don't wHn. to pick fight, but VIC can't
Us that you1 youngest ch!ll," called on. ono
''lsc kerrfnl!" she replied. "Hc's Tic man
~io l,.a I'm. made de- t, tbs wilderness howl anu you'd
scring fur! ahead, some one in sls back.
GROUND tossed up an old tiu pan, which came
down fAlr and slrarc on Dc soso's head. lis
aplt nut his cracker, pulled Ill his b!g COW.
fricr, and thc wife leaned tut Ut the wuEou n,l,l
said.
"Walc right Into tho crowd, h,lbby!"
liz walled. Que of thu jul,rnrynen met him Ut
thc cnrir.tnnc, aud IN about q minute the man
who l,a,l N,adc the Wilderness howl Ind rraw1c.l
under hts wIRon for safety, The woman lu,npct
.!own and saw him under HERE, M,nl was salts
aroullti, onc syo closln9. and his upper lip was
~ b!E as MI apple<orc.
"What's the mutterr' she asked rs sllo
tecrca ut him between The srokcs ol the hsn'l