Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-06-12
Renan's Advice tn Studeuts-


Renan's Advice to Students.
THE FRENCH SAGE GIVES SOUND COUNSEL TO
YOUNG MEN OF ALL NATIONS.
Paris Dispatch to the London Standard
NJ. Renan was invited to preside at the an
nual banquet of the Association Generate des
Etudiants de Paris, which was held las, night
at Vefour's restaurant. NJ. Renan seized this
opportunity to give the students some sound
advice. He said:
81 constantly say, Happy the young for they
have life before them or the two parts Of the
program OF scholastic life, work hard and play
hard, have, to tell the truth, known only the
first. The time when The others amused them
selves was for me time OF ardent study. was
perhaps wrong, for the result has been that in
my old days, instead OF being, according to the
established rule, a rigid conservative, am an
myself against a certain amount of indulgence
which the Puritans have qualified moral
cowardice. should, perhaps, have done better
TO amuse myself when was young.
Joy and work are two healthy things. Work,
then, work necessarily, but amuse yourselves,
too. Rest yourself from one kind OF work by
another. Have various subjects OF study. In the
head full OF one subject there are, nevertheless
spaces left which can be profitably filled up by
another work. An old rabbi ut the first century
said: one can pour several measures OF oil
into barreltull OF nuts. How true that is! Yes,
one can do very different things at the same
time, ii care is taken to I'LL up the spaces be-
tween.
"Aspire to know everything, the limits will
come eo along later on: In the human family the
OF things you will know which we can never
know. How many problems Will be clear tor
you, the solution OF which l would purchase
with many years of my life, if had them to
give. Be always thoroughly good and respect
| able young men; il you are not you cannot
work well, nor even amuse yourself we'll. One
must lead good life to possess gaiety OF mind.
There are some delicate subjects which it is the
| fashion not to talk about; but you have ex-
pressed such confidence in me that will tell
you what think about them. Never protaue
love; it is the most sacred thing on earLh. Re-
who has opened 10 you for a moment the para
disc of the ideal. Hold it the greatest of
crimes to expose yourself to the future male
dictions OF a being that owes its life to YOU
Did She Love GeOrGe7
From the Denver News.
"DO love George" unused Clara, softly cor
is it simply sisters affection that l feel
| for
Just then Bobby rushed noisily into the room
and interrupted her sweet meditations
Get out OF mere, you little brat!" she shouted,
and Selling him by the arm she shot him
"Ah, no." she sighed, as she resumed her in.
terrupted train OF thought, my love tor George
Is not a sisters love. 1t is something SWeeter.
purer, higher and holier'
IN THE DAYS OF KING JOHN people had so
little idea of the possibility OF the printing press
that they were almost equally ignorant Of such
material as paper for literary purposes. Yet
IL is u huge mistake which has not yet been ex-
ploded, as II ought to be, that reading and writ
ing were rare accomplishments in the 18th
century. knowledge OF d certain kind was dis
seminated far more effectively and far more
universally than is generally believed. The
| country parson was expected to be the school,
there was hardly village in England during
the reign of Henry Ill, in which there were not
one or more persons who could write a clerkly
hand, draw up accounts in Latin, and keep the
records OF the various petty courts and gather
ings that were continually being held, some
| times to the annoyance and grievOus vexation
| OF the rural population. The professional writ
ers were SO numerous. and their training SO Sc
we're. that they had got tor themselves privileges
with the clergyman, and the writer OF q book
was almost as much esteemed as its author The
printing press and the publishing Office. 1t was
| the place where books were written and whence
| they issued to the world. With the traditional
exclusiveness OF the Older monasteries, there
| was less DESIRE no doubt, to diftuse and dis
perse than to accumulate books, tut the CON-
| posing and multiplication OF books was ALWAYS
| going on. The Scriptorium was great writing
school, 100, and tue rules Oh the art of writing
| which were laid down there were rigidly aud
| severely adhered to that to this day IL is not
| difficult to decide at glance whether book
| was written in ST. Adams or st. Edmund
| employed at once and besides these there were
| occasionally supernumeraries, who were pro
| tessional scribes, and VINO were paid for their
| snip, such trained skill, tor instance as would
| now be required Of an engraver, would QUALIFY
copyist TO take part in the finished work
The Quarterly Rerie,0.
An ingenious idea has been carried ont nj
the new circus In Paris, where the Sisters
j with their aquatic feats. The swimmine-bath
Is lit up by electricity from below, so that
the theater being darkened, the water be-
comes transparency In which the move
ments OF the naiads can be infinitely followed.
Nebraska corn shippers are not maxine
money just now. One recently received from
receiver Ia Chicago just five cents q bushel
as ms snare on = consignment OF corn, It had
Deen soid In store at twenty-seven cents 3
bushel, twenty-five cents of which went to pay
railroad I;nn transportation, storage and commits
Chicago, paid $147.5O freight charges, and re
ceived, after other expenses were deducted
$26.5O.
The bakers stick at sixty hours' work ne,
week; Inc old hymn, IL knead thee every
h0ur, Is out or favor among them.
Treasurer of boycotters' associatton {t<
expenses?
Walking delegate-Yes, sir. Eighty cents
car fare aud $16 carriage hire.-Pssck.