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Show 1'ruiNe lor Ifeniiett. Parie, 19 At a meeting of the Socielio Geographique last night, Louis Simorei, engineer and traveler, introduced the subject ot the departure depar-ture of tho Arclio exploring Bteamer Jeannctlc, and spoite warmly of the services rendered by James Gordon Bennett in the cause of science and progress. He dwelt on the results of tho Stanley expedition to Africa. Not content with ttieeo, bo said Bennett Ben-nett bud lilted up, at his owu expense, ex-pense, and generouely placed tho Jeanueitc at Iho disposal of tho American Ameri-can government to solve another great geographical oroblem. II Capt, DeLong and the picked men with him lullilled anticipations, it wib probable tho expedition would be attended with the smo happy results re-sults as tbnue to which Bennett bus already attached his name and fortune. for-tune. It was iutorestir.g aud instruc live to see a journalist attempt alone an enterprise in which governments bad hecu unable to succeed, and not content with what he had done iu Alri.'iv and other countries, tbua courageously undertakes with big own single reFOurcc'n the conquest of the north pole. The addreis was received re-ceived mlh w:irm applause. |