WHAT STRUCK HIM !

r. •.".-, (Boston. Herald). v 'How are- Americans liked in Eng " land V A ■* Ancl Mr B. F. : Larrabee, of 42 3 Chester- square, .ex-director of. the 3 New York and Boston Despatch Ex -1 press Company,' who has -recently : re : I turned from a- considerable residence in J London, answered ; 'If they have good recommendations and behave them ' selves they, are .'well treated, but they ; will like the English people, any way, ' when acquaintance ripens into confi dence. ' ' How do the English compare with Americans.' ' The finest looking men in the world can be seen on pleasant days of the London season promenading Piccadilly. The English ladies, however are neither so neat in appearance nor so graceful of form ancl movement as the Americans,, but they seem to enjoy more robust health.' ' Are.English people longer lived than our people?' 'I don't know.' I have fully investi gated. But I remember once hearing read a newspaper paragraph entitled, ' Why do Englishmen live longer than. Americans V That paragraph, by the way, otice solved a great mystery for me.'. ' Ah, indeed, another " tribute to the power of the press V. suggested the reporter: ' Yes, if you so please to call it. In 1879, when I was residing in the Com monwealth Hotel, in this city. I had occasion to do some business in Wash ington street. When I got to the corner of Franklin, I seemed to feel a blow in the breast ancl fell to the pave ment like a dead man. When I re covered consciousness I was taken back to my hotel. I first thought perhaps some enemy had struck me, but my physicians assured me that such could not be the case, and advised strictest quief. For six long weeks T was unable to lie down. I was violently ill, ancl my physicians said I would probably, never walk the streets of Boston again. f did not want to die, but who can ex pect to live when all doctors say he cannot V And Mr Larrabee smiled, sarcastically, and expressed himself very freely concerning the number of common disordery which are controlled by remedies which physicians will, not employ. * But how about that paragraph V -Yes, yes. 