Show al von humbolt Huro bolt has celebrated his ili ninetieth birthday an english correspondent pon dent writing from berlin says that never did a conqueror receive receive congratulations lations from so many persons and such great distances as the postboy post boy had to carry on tuesday morning to the well known know house bouse in the oran strasse those who had been fortunate enough to enjoy a peep peed at the fifth volume of kosmos which is is still under his hands assert that neither in m style nor contents does it in the leat least yield to the four volumes which proceeded exceeded ece eded it humbolt is himself said to er be 0 of opinion that he will die next spring just after having completed the last of the tasks he lids has undertaken but his friends who observe him speak differently and are bold enough to predict that this time he be will prove to he alto altogether ether in error and that a very different celebration from that tha t which he anticipates will next year tak take e place in his house |