New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-01

sides. In America cannot be Of any use to science
whereas may still be Of great use to 1t oy con''hu
ing nv explorations in the ORIENT where saroes In
| As,a Minor, Lycosura in Arcadia ana orcnomehos
| In Beotia impatiently await their delivery by my
| pckaxe and spade. Sardes alone covers rs much
| space as the widespread city OF Berlin My feio"-
citizens ara by far too intelligent not to under
stand all this and feel sure that they would ap-
bland and hail with far greater enthusiasm any new
archaeological discovery might make than any
| lecture could deliver before them personally on
| my old discoveries"
| THE ARcHEoLOGIsT's MANNER OF LIFE.
DR. Scbleimann's habits of life mt LGpslc are inter
estipg | was informed that he rises at o'clock IN
tbe morning and rides horseback until G:3O, when
he tales coffee and is at his workable at O'CLOCK
| from which he does not rise until 2. Though nc
Gomez 10 table dhOte when ii is half through IN or
der to save time. he eats every course ana Is a"ay
from the table the first one. So precious Is every
moment that he does not stop to greet the ladies' De-
fore taking his seat but begins bowing at some ais
lance from the table as he comes forward. Aitcr
dinner he begins work again and continues nntl ..
He then takes a walk or rests until 9:30 when he
| retres This methodical course OF life Is scarcely
ever interrupted The Grand Duke of Weimar in
yted the Doctor to o'clock dinner little time
ago but the invitation was politely refused on ac-
count of the hour The Duke then fixed the hour at
q the same az at the table dhOte and the busy sa-
want accepted the proffered honor.
| HIS PASSION FOR EVERYTHING THAT is GREEK.
Dr. Schliemanns passion for everything Greek
amounts to real enthusiasm TUE Tribune mas
already mentioned the fact that his children even
are called after Homeric heroes. His bright little
GIRL with her beautiful large eyes, an exact image
of her mother is named Andromache, while the SUN
| Younger boy is addressed rs Agamcmnon. could
not restrain a smile rs | sat drinking my coffee III
the pretty garden adjoining the Hotel dc Prusse. on
the day of my departure, at hearing an Englsh
nurse say TO one of the chill Iron. who were having
a pitched battle toy, Freddy, ike gOOd
boy. give Agancmnon his donkey" There is an
amusing story floating about Leipsic apropos OF
DR.. Settlements love for Greek Christian names.
Soon after his arrival at the hotel, two months
apo Mrs SchlIemann told the cnambermaid that
when the Doctor asked what her name was, IN order
that he might know how to address her when he
wanted anything to inform him that she was called
Nansicaa she who, while engaged i'll washing the
| garments OF her royal father on the coast was the
first to meet the shDwrecked Ulysses s. few
DAYS afterward when the Doctor asked the girl her
| name he was delighted with her response put
when. on inoniring her native place and expecting
to hear some Grecan town. she replied. Lubert-
walkwltz-a village a few miles from L,ipsic-the
romance that surrounded the gIrl suddenly faded
away.
The linguistic accomplishments of both DIR.
Scblemann and his wife have often been dwelt
rpon but it may not be generally known that the
Doctor now feels more ut home in his adopted Eng
lish than in his native German. The English YER
SION of the Forthcoming book was first written, and
the German will be the translation. Forty years
out side OF Germany has made DIR. Schlemann feel
rusty in the German language. He speaks English
with great uency and with perfect correctness, but
with an accent. He is to come TO Berlin on the 0th
OF next month to read paper &c the opening OF the
Amthropologcal Congress.
AMERICANS IN BERLIN.
Judge Danforth. of the New York Court of APP
peals. and Judge Boardman. of the NewYork Su-
preme Court. were in Berlin last week The latter,
who is now in Hamburg, returns TO the United
States in the early autumn. Professor Willard
FIske was married on Wednesday morning at the
American Logatios to Miss Jennie McGraw daugh-
ter of the late John McGraw, of the benefactors
of Cornell University. Auerbach, in proposing the
health of the groom at the wedding breakfast, made
one of his customary witty speeches. The last time
the novelist spoke IN tho dining room OF the
Legation 1t was at the funeral of Bayard Tay-
lor Blanca Bianchi, the talented and pretty young
prima donna who is rising into fame at Vienna, has
been filing brief engagement at krolPs. heard
her flrewen performance last Friday night in
"Iucia.v She had large and considering the
latcnes5 of the season, distinguished audience,
who appauded vocferously the sweet voice of an
artist whose name, predict, will be more widely
known before she dies.