Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-20

Somoano. 10 the following account of the
origin of Boston common: "a great phil
anthropist, named Common, had the happy
idea of presenting the children of Boston
with leafy grove of great trees"
A little Brooklyn girl astonished her
mother the other day by her proficiency in
pathological pursuits. Mamma" said
she, "there ars three kinds of 'by's' aren't
therep "What do you mean. my dsars'
responded the mother, in surprifs. "Well."
swsstly lisped the little one, there's one
by when you 60 by some one on the side
walk, and there's another when you 60 to
the store to buy something, and then
thei s's by goshl"
Great distress is prevalent among the
laboring classes in Spain this winter.
Many hundreds of unemployed men are
walking the streets of Madrid, Csdiz, and
other cities in the vain search for work.
One day recently 1000 men went In q
body to the government Offices in Madrid
asking for relief, In the shape of work,
for themf slyes and families. The govern
ment was able to do but little for them.
Brigsndage has greatly increased, and Its
spread Is attributed to the distress among
the rural population.
fresh propaganda of Buddhism is
being undertaken in gay Paris. 1t 10 as
serted that $4,000 Parisians now profess
the ancient religion. Many well-known
women describe themselves as eclectic
Buddhists. A little volume gives sum-
mary of the doctrines of the new creed.
It has just been printed, and large num-
bsrs have besn bought by wealthy neo-
pbytss and will bs distributed soon among
all classes. The converts are not expected
to desert the churches of which they are
members. The copies OF the book have
been bound In black morocco, gllded to re-
semble prayer books.
Grenvllle s. Redmond, of San Francisco,
has just taken second rank ct the famous
Julian Academy of Art, in Paris. Red
nond, who is only twenty-five years of
age, Is q deaf mute, and his career has al
ready been . remarkable one. In 1879 he
became an inmate of the Institution for
the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, at Berkeley,
California. He at once showed phenome-
nal ability as an artist, and during the last
three years he has been q student of the
Art school In San Francisco, his expense
being borne by the Berkeley institution.
Recently he has been doing illustrative
work for the Overland Monthly and other
magazines. Last November the directors
at Berkeley determined to send him to
Paris for three years, and within ten days
after he entered the Julian academy he
painted picture of Achilles dragging the
dead body of Hector around the walls of
Troy that at once gave him second rank in
the academy.
In support of the idea that England 10
not so Indifferent to the agitation for Can
adian snnexati N az she seems to be 1t is
related that a resident of New York city
not very long ago received from an English
man In Canada letter of inquiry touching
. magazine article written by the former.
A correspondence between the tive fol-
lowed, and the Englishnsn kept saying that
he would like to come to Now York and
make the acquaintance of his correspond
ent. Then the American asked the other
If he could help him to ascertain the views
of Canadian public men upon annexation,
and the reply was an elaborate annotated
list of Csnauisn politicians whom the
American was advised to address. The
American sent his inquiries, and sent the
replies in substance to his correspondent.
Then there appeared an uncontradioted de-
spatch saying that the EuglIshman in quss-
tion was an agent of the British govern
ment, sent over to watch the annexation
movement, and that he had just gone to
New York. He neglected, however. to call
upon his correspondent.