Dr. Schliemann, The Explorer

Dr. Henry Schliemann is a Germán by birth, but Greece is the home of his adoption. Mme. Schliemann is the daughter of an Athenian shopkeeper, but she has all the grace and bearing of a bom queen. And, what is rare among her countrywomen of the present day, she possesses intellectual gifts of a high order. They have two children, and, according to the classic tastes of the father, the boy bears the name of Agamemnon, and the girl is called Audromache. The latter is 17 years old aud exquisitely beautif ui. Notwithstanding Dr. Schliemann's classic tastes and surroundings, he is very justly proud of being a citizen of the United States. He was a resident of California when that state was admitted into the Union, and thus became a citizen of the great republic. At the age of 15 he was placed in a counting room in Germany, where he worked hard for a small salary, but managed to save money enough to buy books, which he read in moments snatched f rom sleep. In this way he mastered Greek, As a clerk he was just the reverse of Hogarth's Idle Apprentice, and his industry was rewarded by promotion and increase of salary, and in tne course of time he became a partner in an indigo house. Having made a fortune in trade, he retired from business, and determined to carry out nis life long intention of excavating the ruins of Troy, employing 800 men in the vrork. His success has not only given him a splendid reputation, but has greatly increased his fortune. The articles found in the ruins have proved of immense value to the historian and the archieologist, and have been sold to the great libraries and museums of the world. Dr. Scliliemann's income is $50,000 a year, and he spends it with prlncely liberality. He is the leader of Athenian society, and