Greek And Latin

M. Jules Lemaitre condemned the study of Greek and Latín the other day at the Paris Sorbonne. He declarad that the national mind had been formed not by the literatura of the Greeks and Romans, except in an indirect way, but by the Scripturesfirstand afterward by the great Frenen writers. M. Lemaitre further declared that he regretted having stndied Greek and La tin 12 years, whereas he is ignorant of Bnglish, which is spoken by half the world, and only knows Germán in a pitiful manner. Dweiling in flats is making great headway in London, especially in the west end, but raany persons are averse to being known as residents of such. Landlords advertise thena as "mansions built in stories. " The remedial effects of laughter are really won derf ui. Oases have been known where a hearty laugh has banished disease and preserved life by a sudden effort of nature.