Show latest excavations at nineveh I 1 of late the french Govern government mint pas has made some renewed attempts of which an account is given even in the revue lea des beux deux the ensemble of ruins rains in the environs of khorsand Khorsa Kliors abod bd consalus of a large space apace of great extent from distance to distance small conical hills marls mark the spots sprits where towers or fortified gates were defending the walls M place knew that M X botta had not excavated these little elevations and therefore paid great it attention to this task t the first objects found fand consisted of some smal er articles of agate marble and cornelian how evor of such preservation and p polish olish as an if they had onty only now issued from the handsol hands of tle the artist in nother another of these hills hiis was fou found ad a sort of I 1 in large re staircase of or rather a series of succeeding terraces made of burnt and inscribed bricks below the lowest of these terraces was a double son terrain of whose destination and no idea could yet be forn formed ed it is built wl with ith ireat great accuracy aud and mathematical ema ticul correctness and will forma form a sort of enig mato be solved by further examinations incisions which were made in the east side of this hill led to the discovery of brags brass hinges and t pios kin which belonged to doors of which nothing anit ut the metal and the stoned in which these were evere fixed had remained in consequence a of f a lucky hit M place arrived the door ata at a hall which had received the name of the magazine of water pitchers 11 1 no idea can be formed of the quantity of vases tale found in this were of idl ail and sizes pitchers iera large and nd small email broo broad narrow compressed and contracted at their orifice most of them had been broken by the weight of the earth which fell arid and rested upon them still h aft place placa discovered some which were perfect and will orra ane ahlo nucleus of a collection of assyrian ceramic art they were filled with clay which however had become so ao hard that thai it wis was impossible to remove it without in many c sos ses tig the vases some contained articles made of cast copper among which were some bome hieda of gazelles fI faithfully thUly resembling those represented ou on tiie the hassi si re lievi and M place thinks that they were used for buling ba I 1 ing out the witte or oil cona contained ined in I 1 the pitchers p It chers on the eastern bide 0 I 1 the wall v alla is another hall which lw M puce place had excavated it contained pitchers I 1 metre 64 high and the red precipitates found at their bottom prove that tb these es e the wine ine cellars of the monarchs mona relm of avetria Avey A I 1 ria M X place examined all parts of the palace and he found the Bub subterranean galleries he perceived that the A assyrian s syrian architects had used both the pointed aud and round i arch M place next directed his attention to what mi botta had called the rained building but abut had left it unexplored he therefore opened his trenches towards tile the front kuone of one of these hulls balls but soon came to the convict conviction iop that far from being what may be called a ruined building this part of the palace was in the way of construction at the time the whole became a ruin on inspecting I 1 the t h a of the city cit y TL place remarked on the south west side a pretty high hill bill adapted to another unexplored mound of the same size and equalling in extent of area that of the large palace pale c e but it 40 is not a single palice or palaces which await here further WM a whole assyrian town may yet et be discovered and exhumed I 1 I 1 I 1 two wa WATS YS or doi A taus we were passing leisurely along one of our streets the 0 other evening fiig watching them the sports of a group of youngsters youngster when our oar ears cars were assailed by the shar sharp P angry tones of a woman I 1 here vou you john smith come into the house this moment one of the he boys turned his head bead giving at the same t time me a rather then T resumed umed his hia play I 1 ad do 0 youlear you hear what I 1 say joon smith march quick or catch it I 1 roll Y you we rather think johnny did di it for fo r we heard after we had bad pause pau passed se a jerk and ft a slap alap accompanied by a amot smothered ered yell as the door was violently slammed to we went on burway oar our way doubting whether abig course of treatment was exactly the best andera un derAhe the circumstances particularly as the countenance of the lad indio indicated the greatest good nature As we wore were cogitating I 1 the matter we turned the corner ands and came upon another adother group of lads in front of a house hoose the door of which at that moment opened willie said a mild and p pleasant voice did d you call mother said bald one of the boys bots coming on to t the he sidewalk yes yea my son at it is ii getting late have you y not played sufficiently today to day 1 I I 1 should like to stay little longer if afy you 00 please the mother patted on the hoad bead and n d smilingly sold I should not object if it were not past your bedtime bed time hive have you not forgotten willie the lines you repeated tane tame this mornings morning lil I 1 I 1 |