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Show The Greek Colony In New York. New York, Aue. 18.-The latest acquisition acquisi-tion of this polyglot metropolis is a Greek colony It has settled itself on Canal street and the adjacent thoroughfares, and has already 1,000 members. Few come from the little Hellenic kingdom-near all being Turkish citizens from Candia, Heka-topolis, Heka-topolis, Smyrna, Ephesus and other historic his-toric cities. Those who have come over aro very good specimens of manhood being young, strong, healthy, active nd..ta Lent They aro about as dark as the e-nolitans e-nolitans of the Italian colony, but, are better bet-ter built and apparently more energetic and ambitions. , Although here but a short time they have begun to take a prominent place in a number ot peddling industries. The poorer one have little- stands or trays on which thev retail candy, fruits, nuts and matches. Thie with larger capital peddle cigars cigarettes and tobacco on the corners of Sous thoroughfares. Still others S with large packs filled with taw-dry fans and imitation flowers tinsel work, tagu jewelry and the like LUe the Ito iaas they have a fondness for being boov blacks and barbers: and unlike the former the - display some knack in the machine ghepand the factory. Both the lomsn Ind Greek consuls predict a heavy influx of these immigrt- iattenext five years. |