Show TODAY TO DAY thia this is an an anniversary of several great men and great greit even event US on the isali of november 1708 william pitt earl of chatham pitt the elder one of the greatest statesmen and orators of the century was born it was tit through rough the unusual vigor and sagacity of hia his war policy that the british arms obtained never to be forgotten vic victories in india in africa ia in canada on the rhine it was vass he lie aho also who for a long lime time defended the rights 01 ol tile american colonies colonie against royal it usurpation and only when france took sides with the thirteen colon colonies tes lie voted and spoke for the continuation of the war even exhausting hau bau sting his phenomenal powers of oratory in parliament to a degree that he be fell back dying into the tile arms of his friends and died on may alth 1778 1779 thirty years after the birth of this great public man occurred that of sir william II erschel one of the worlds greatest astronomers the discoverer of the tile planet uranus and its six satellites though a german by birth and descent he belongs to england where also his sister the gifted caroline and his son sir john frederick wm herschel Hersch cl achieved their immortal triumphs in penetrating the immensities of space and unraveling some of the secrets of the celestial worlds sir william herschel died in 1822 aug one even greater than him in boldness of scientific penetration was johan keppler who died on the tile of november 1630 born 1571 dec there arc are no greater names in astronomy than his for with crude instruments without the advantage of name worthy previous discoveries in the midst of superstition and inquisition he lie established those three great laws of planetary motion called after him the keys of all subsequent astronomical science he also first gave a complete theory of oceolar solar eclipses and calculated the exact cli epochs belis of the transits transita tran sits of mercury and venus ventis across the solar disc students of physiognomies c will proudly remember that this also is the birthday birt liday of J C lavater born 1741 the swiss philanthropist who first laid down rules for the diagnosis of human character and dispositions from the facial expressions he died under the hoofs s of french soldiery in the streets of his beloved zurich during the invasion of his country last but not least it behooves us to remember that on this day in 1315 the tile three c cantons antons of the swiss confederation obtained their first firs t and decisive triumph over the te austrian army on the same day in 1796 napoleon bonaparte conquered the austrians Aust rians in the battle of arcole when he in view of his wavering za ranks seized a banner and rushed on oil the bridge into the mouth of the tile austrian cannon securing another triumph to his star in the ascendant KAi nouAN TUNIS holy city which the french recently occupied has many things to make it an interesting object of antiquarian and historical researches it has ita its ramparts rampart concealed by indian fig trees which arc are enormously large A long oil corridor gives access to a second inclosure all is silent in the city mid nothing is heard but the murmur of prayers and ana the melancholy voices of the muezzins on their minarets mina in the middle of the town is erected the large mosque of deama el keber in the form ol 01 a i fortress it was aloham meds barber who sanctified the place and his remains repose within the mosque together with several hairs of the ahe prophets beard venerable relics relies for the maus this african mecca alecca hag has never borno borne a foreign yoke except for thirty years it was taken by roger of sicily whose helmet and crossbow cross bow arc are kept hung up in a it chapel of el keber kair rouan itan was the seat of learning and in its mosques which contain many manuscripts the almas studied their doctrines the french will search among tho the libraries for greek and latin works of antiquity Eu rimor III of ft russia has made a new departure and this time for the real benefit of tl alie e poor of his empire he ile has given orders that the palaces of belvidere at lavadia Li vadia one near 11 warsaw arsaw and fourteen others in different parts of his domini dominions orts be converted into educational institutions this is a meritorious act of the czar whether or not it is appreciated precia ted by tho e for whom it is Is intended |