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Show Anecdote! ot Carlylo. In a paper In tho July Century, Mr, James D llsguo record, th.sa recollections recollec-tions of a visit to Thorn i. Carls le in eom pnny with Prof Tsnlull and ltear-Ad-mlril Kiymond ltn.lg.rs Tho talk touched nislnly upon topics nf tho das 1 renieiub. r that thero was some discussion contenting lhe Revised Version of the Scriptures, In whieh work a commission com-mission of eminent scholars an 1 thenlo-plans thenlo-plans wns at Ihnt tltno engaged Carlslo seemed to regard the undertaking with but llttlo favor He thought It usoless, nnd suit! he believed tho old familiar version ver-sion wold! rtluln Its tin re with the common com-mon peoplo Llttlo gooil nns In be hoped for from the new ' One thing Is certain " bo huM ' everv man who iiel)e.l makn the old version believed that unites ho .lid his whole duty- ho wnuld bo eternally damned, while not n single one or Iho new lot lielieves snsthlng of tho sort" Early In tho conversntion Cnrlyle. np-pnrently np-pnrently Interested lu the personality of ids vlsltois, turned to mo with an Inquiry touching my vocation and career I tol.l blin I was n practlcil geologist, especially concerned In mining pursuits VV bat do you mine for? ' ho nsked, (.old mid silver" I replied Gold'' be exclaimed "ou mlno ror gold! Thnts u good.fnr-nothlng pursuit Iho bigg. st gold nugget ever found wis never half so useful to tho world as ono good mealy potato '. I sought to defcnd'my position by saying say-ing that tnuns a good meals potato np I many other thing, of equal value had since grown hi C.illfornlL and tlsewh.re which never would hnvo grown at nil If tho way had not hetn opened by those who w.nt tlicrn Hrst to seek for gold Ihls .111 not seem to chtnt.0 his mind; but when Vve eaino away he went with us to the door, asking after several friends in America nnl smiling personal greetings, greet-ings, and at lust, turning to ine nnd pi icing ic-ing his hand on my shoulder, tin suM ' Voung man, don t let uny thing I havo snld tu sou tonight chango sour mind ulmut your work Do your work Indus-trlnjsly Indus-trlnjsly mil stick to It faithfully, nnd all will bo well In the end ' |