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; KM.I i , i, , VAST KWIIKr- W Fat-t. n<! Figure* Most Strlklofly I'rnrutcd. ier the aoapice* of the Institute of er*, Mr. J. S^ou K-.tie, librarian, of loyal Geographical Society of Lon reoeoily delivered, at tbe London caiiinte, F.i.rbtir> circus, tbe third cjurse four K ciuies on " Commeroial Geo- Ibe Ii ctorer gtated that, including every icrap of land over which we had any claim - tr-i mother country, ludia, and her Mdatory Slates, the colonies, protector atea and urn-re, cf ii.datnce the area of tbe empira wa* probably not lea* than 10,000 000 i-quare miles very nearly one- tilth of il.e whole laud area ot the globe. Ii wa* nearly three time* tbe aiz* of Earcp,- 1 :<X) 000 square miles larger ibau the wt ' ,.- of ibe Uusaiau empire in Europe aud Aunt , ten no.ies tbe size of Ibe German empire at home and abroad ; eight million square tuiiea more thau the whole of the Frei.cb. dominions, even including Madagas- car , aud ju>t about a million lots tttan tbe area ol Africa. Ou this Immense area their lived and worked sum-ithmg like 3 .'A), 000, 000 people, embrauiLg almost every type ot humanity under the auo. Thus, of ibe total popula- tion of tue globe, about one-fourth or one- fifth were oar fellow-citizei-s Aa agricul- tural country could never tnpporl a very d*Me population, and ia *o saiall a country a* oar*, could uever have much surplus capital for great enterprises, or surplus inhabitant* for purpose* of colonization. Oar coal and our iron bad, to a great extent, been tbe rusk ng of as, aud bad enabled u* to avail ourseive* of our geo- graphical advantage*. The total value of one irade bad grown enormoaaly within tbe last thirty year*, lu i-i-u imports and export* together amounted to UOu 000,000 sterling . in l--'.t their value was 740,000, 000. Our import* thirty year* ago were valued at '-.'10,000,000 alerting, uow they were SJ127 000,000 : our exports thirty- year'- ago wore i. I'll 000,000 sterling, now they were t. U t O'jO.OOO. About 40 per oent. of oar Import* oon- siated of food product*, and about 'Aa [ er oent. of raw material* of varioaa kinds, to be used, directly, or indirectly, for manu- facturing purposes, partly for oar own consumption, but largely alao f:r b-iog exportua in a manufactured state. Over *XJ per cent, of tbe raw material oonsitted mainly of raw c:lton and raw wool, which were manufactured into textile material*, to be exported to ail part* of the world. Nearly one half of our export* of borne produce consisted of fabric* of raw materials iu variona stage* of manufac- lore. Cotton manufacture* and yarn alone amounted to somewhat leas than one-third uf the total export*, while m-.-iaU in various stage* of manufacture i includ- ing machinery ) amounted to Mmewoat less than cue-fourth. Oar great raw excnrt, coal, formed only about one-savuteentb pan of our export* of home produce. The relative importance of the mother country, so far a* *i. j aud population were concerned, compared with Ibe resi of the Empire, might be seen from the tact tbal of tbe 10,000,000 square mile* only 121,000 belonged to the United Kingdom. The population ol the mother country wa* to- day clone ou 34,000,000, or juit about one- eighth part ol tbe whole ot Her Majesiy'a ---. Tbe whole trade of the Empire, might be valued, importa aud export*, at about 1, 200,000. 000 pound* aterliyg, of which about ''* per cent, wa* tbe abate) of the mother country, leaving just 32 per cent, to the vast remainder of tbe Empire. \lr \ iiu then dwelt in detail on the t commercial, strategical an i geographical Viator i ol il'' empire beyond Ibe seas. Ou the whole. Iu said, we weru fortunate iu our colonial empire -much more fortunate than France or Germany, Portugal or Spain, wbo, ex--e.pt France, had very little beyond tbe tr vies. Whatever habitable part* o[ tbe earth were available) for European settlement had fallen to tbe lot of Eagliah-aptakiug people*, and among them we mull r> the I'uited S;ates, which we could not irettt as a foreign country, and which did an annual Irade ot 300,000,000. of which S'JO.OOO.OUO wa* with the old mother country, wbo in thi* matter stood far ahead of all other*. In commerce, aa in Boms other things, blood counted for *ome thing. Whether our ooloniea reuiainec attached to u*. or wbetber tbe larger one* which now managed their own affair* might, like the I tiled State*, set up for theuiatlves, Ibe future alone ooald tell Whatever form it might take, however, he thought that, in the interest ot commerce a* mucb a* for sentimental reason*, we ought to slick together. Tbe apread of our race on the face of the earth, the enter prise of oar explorers and adventurers, bac helped to give us predominenoe in the commercial, a* it had done in the political world. Tbe proportion* of oar colonial empire too, were well adapted to our wants. He bad stated that tbe total trade ot tbe em pire might be estimated at about l.'.'OO, 000,000 pound* sterling annually. Thai wa* juat one-bait of the trade of ail foreign countries pat together Uf the 1,200, 000. uot pound* sterling we muat credit I'iO.uXJO.l'OO poondi sterling to tbat portion of tbe em pire beyond our shores. Ol tbese 460.000, 000 pounds alerting about 170,000,000 pound* belonged to the 7.000,000 oild '|uare mile* of what we called ooloniea ol settlement, with their population of 10, 000.000, mostly whites. Tbe remaining -"."0.000,000 pound* alerting ntuat be credits* to tbe tropical and aub-tn >pioal possessions which covered only about 2,700,000 square miles, but with a population of some :*OU. 000,000, among whom was only a spriuklinf ot white*. Ot tbo 'Jl '0,000, 000 pound* iter ling of trade allotted to trupioal possessions about 180,000,000 pounds steiling belonged to our great Indian empire. About live sixth* of India'* imports ot merchandise came from ua, while ol India'* own produce about three eightha came to the I'uited Kingdom. In one form or another the Engliah Ian guage waa the medium of communication for E'lrnelbiug like 100,000,000 people- nearly one- third ot the population of the earth, and acme who tried to forecast tbe future thought it might yet become the universal language. When w* remembered that more than one fourth ol the whole trade of thi I'nited Kingdom wa* with the rest <if the empire, it was surely our interest to do al' we consistently could to promote tbat oom mere*, and to encourage tbe developmen of our oolonie* and the judicious extension of the British sphere. As yet our colonies could not do without us. One means among other* of enabling us to keep our place with so many powerful rivals m th, field was to acquire a fall knowledge of 'he geographical condition* which bore on the interests of commerce. rHI>CKNM MAl'D OK WALK*. The Heaullful MnilMr uf th Faintly of r iiKlinl . Heir Apparent. The daughters and sons of the Prince of Wales have never bten accustomed to un- bearable and irksrnu restraint. They have all been brought up like any other well-bred children of the century, and have been allowed a freedom of enjoyment that would have seemed imponsible to their queenly itrandmotner. H. R. H. Princeaa Mar. i more nearly reaembla* the Priuces* ot Wale* than do cither ihe Duchess of Fife or her aecord sister, the Princess Victoria. In geueml bearing she reminds us of her lovely mother when, as tbe Princeis Alexandria of Denmark, she was Drat eeen by Rngiiah people. Princesd Maud is now 20 years of age, but ahe i* still regarded a* the ' baby " at llrl- boroaxh house, and indulged accordingly. A recent photograph ot her, la' en scon after the marriage of the Princes* Louiae, shows us a rather alight, digniued-looking girl, dreesed in a simn'.e frock of acme aofl, clinging material, wuh krota of riobon on the right thoulder and at tbe elbows a* tbe sole trimming. In her baud she carried a bunch of roars looeiy tied together. Probably tbe life which is most to the taste of this young priuccao is that led at tiandriuvharu, where, with her favorite oiMtiff di-g, the "Prino? of \V i'e," and her thoroughbred banter, ehe i* able to revel unconstrained in ill the joy and exhilaration of conntry tx?rciae. Even a* a little child the Prince** Maud waa a "lassie" more in sympathy with i;reen lant tt than with Piccadilly. PrluvlplM of KJai'Htlnu. Tbe best physical ii>-velopmeiit rpealt* in ue*lth, stiength, skill and graceful action. Tne order and method of pieientation determine the order and method of repre- sentation. The knowledge of _:>nernl relation* muat preci.a-.-d b\ the Knowledge of special M itivea ari high ia proportion to tbe absence of selfishness and tbe preaence cf wnevolence. Physical akillrc|iiree repeated voluntary action ol those nmscits which are to act akilfully. The condition* under wbi:h preeemation take* place determine the probability of representation. Tbe purpose ' -lueation ia determined ov tbe civil institutions ot the country m which the child live*. The development of tbe moral character depend* upon tbe nature of tbe motive* I' i -h influence the will. The power of demonstrative reasoning i* developed later than the power of moral or probable reasoning. Theacti'iu ot the representative fvtil- tie* i< conditioned by the previou* action of the preservative faculties. The highest type of moral character is foaud in tne man wbo performs right actions from the hii;h st motive*. Tbat man is best educated who best knows bis uuty, is beat able to do his duty, and i* al*a\s ii ll'iencuu in hi* action* by the highest motives. The mind is best developed whose capa city for bappineas aud useful action is greatest aud whose intellectual faculties are controlled by a firm will, which is always by right mot. HI! TH AMERICAN TAMHKKLAHD. The Wonderful Prof'oM uf the A routine Krpabllc la Material Proiprrltr. The Chilians are known as the English of South America, from their devotion to maritime life, but the Argentines consider themselves veritable Yankees, according to a Buenos A) res correspondent of tbe New York Tribune. Their country is old in tbe historical or Her of settlement. Pedro de Mendoza having laid the foundation of their present capital as long ago as 1 "..15 , but in us existing stage of political and industrial development it is very new. The revolt of the Argentine Province* againat Spain in 1-10 was followed by a sterile period of civil war, military dic- tatorship and disunion. It wag not until l"i;i, when the federal republic waa recon- stituted under the leadership of Buenos Ayres, that a new eia of progreiaive activity opened. Kortwenty years jealousies were exalted by rival aspiration* for tbe seat of the national government, aril it was not nntil Htil, when this city was belected as the capital, that the danger of diaunion and a renewal of civil war was averted. During thirty years the country has male tremendous strifes in material prosperity. Daring tbe lart ten years it ha* t;one ahead, like one of cur own western states, by leaps and bounds. The Argen- tine Republic ha* trebled it* population since 1"01, iis increatf being relatively much more rapid than that of tbe United Slates during the stme period. The esti- mates of tbe present population range from .< '.00,000 to 4.000,000, in the place of 1,11)0 000 in IH.'u. Immigration has swept up the Plartu like a mighty incoming tide during the last decade, ami the va?t domain of tbe nation is ailing ap with European settler*. The value of houses, land, cattle and public works ba8>;uintnpled intwenty- five year?. A wheat bell of enormous extent has been opened for profitable agri- cultqre. The pastoral industries have been developed until there are now 28,000.000 cattle, 71.010,000 sheep, and between 4000,000 and 5,000,000 horse* on tbe farms of the pampan The total value of stock has risen froui < I.V.I 000 000 in l*8i to MC'J.000,000 in 1**. The xports of wool have risen from *,Jl 1 1'! I'.i.'i in 1H81 to ilrt,- 120,570 in !**. The total exportation* have incroaaed from ? 2U.COO 000 in 1-71 to <100.000000 in I-, while the import* tion* for the aami* period have rieen from 444,000,000 to J12- 000 000. aud the foreign HCMOIMQ DAT. Iv*ry HouMwIf* ghoald Have ou Dot Apart In livery Week. Every housewife should set apart one day in each week for a mending day it* duties should be as religiously performed as her naily devotion*, Housekeeping. says a writer in Good Which day it shall be depends upon the usual time of getting the clothes in from the wash. If thai disagree- able work is done at home, it should be as early in tbe week as practicable , the din nels should be washed out and dried qaickly, so as to shrink a* little as possible, and to allow plenty of lime to air mem, for nothing is more ruinous to the health than damp tlannels. If th.- clothe-* are all in by Thursday evening, then Friday would be a nice oppor- tunity to lay out every garment and put it through a rigoioo* examination. It is well to have a special stocking baakbt, m which all the socks and stockings are placed ready for inspection. It should be furnished with suitable needles, darning cotton of all colors to suit the fancy hosiery, a pair of scissors, etc., so that it may bi> picked up at any of those odd mum^utdwnich ao often come to a honseke*)) r when she is uoi ready to settle down to work which i.eeiis cutting out and pianmi.g holcbre nitmiuci, tbiu places I'tould be Leiklly darned, for then they pret-ent a strong, even surface which is more c m- furtnblu than the hole wuen drawn logetner later. Tbe garmen'.s which need mending should be p.ac- ii in another basket. Every button shi old be examined, and if they are palling i at uy the rooty, a* chiluren'a but- tons always do, a douole bit of i oitou. or material hkn tri. ^riiem, cau be hemmed on the wii < euc>-s ul tbe hole bemme.1 down on it, and tbe button replaced, ixinceanug the hole entirely. 1 1 >k* much butter thau setting the button higher or lower to gain a fresh ouudatioii. earning trade tona. from 1,114,000 Thousands of tons miles railway have been built ; a banking ayatem baa been established : achoula have bi*eu opened in all the provinces , [ ubiic works of tremendous magnitude have ben u taken, and a proopuroua nation with vast undeveloped resource* behind it ha* been created. Thi* i* tbe work cf barely more than a ninifle generation. The Arifentitie people have n record for industrial pro- gress, commercial enterprise, and enlight- ened faith in tbeir own future which can- not be equalled in South AsMl -n. " the Vai.k.r* of the Southern tCii>ruiiu Wv*t-ru It is to be hoped that the uann which they are building for irrigation purposes m the arid region are being constructed ao as to prevent any such disaster ss occurred at Jobnelown. Some of tbo dams are im- mense. Tbe following are the dimensions of four recently completed: 1. The Wal- nut Grove dam, near Preacott, A.T., 110 feet high, 750 acres, capacity 1,000,000,000 gallons. 2 Merced dam, in Central C'ah foruia, 1 mile long, UO feet high, >>50 acre*, capacity 5.500.000,000 gallons. A. Sweet- water river dam, near San Diego, C'al . DO feet high, 725 acres, capacity 6,000,000.000 lialloD*. 4. The Bear Valley dam, San Bernardino county, Cal , GO feet bigh,2,2.">0 acres, capacity 10,000,000,000. A'ew York Telegram. Tim HJJI|.I|' Controver-r. Mr Archibald Forbes in the controversy that still continues iu the London papers, as to tbe bugpipe* being heard at tbe relief of Lucknow, says the chief metier of tbe Highland bagpiuea uaed in the Highland regiments i* that it* strains shall sound " savage and shrill " in the very olimax of the nerceit struggle of the battle. When the word "charge" i* given the piper* strike up the pibroch, and it ia a point of honor that each piper shall be with bi* company, and his pipe* in fall blast, so long a* there remain* in bim strength to move and wind to nil the instrument. Therefore, he oonclodes, the 7->th High- lander* bad their bagpipea ' before the relief, at tbe relief, aud after tbe relief." nv * n. ,-n. Queen Marguerite of Italy ia not fair, but she is fat and forty. A* a rule, to which there are few exceptions, tbe royal families are not model* of physical beauty. Tbe Count de Pari* looks like an amiable green grocer, yaeen Victoria like a prosperous middle class woman, the Prince of Wale* like a good-natured bon-vivant. Tbe yueen of Italy atfeots literary taste, but her sue- cess a* an amateur author has not been very brilliant, for the story goea that, hav- ing written a story, she sent it to one of tbe Italian journals under an assumed name, and it wa* declined with thanks. Bmllaui. Manager (entering the restaurant) What ' Katiug. Mr. Bigualary ' Mr. Bigsalary (lending comedian) Y-ye*, gir. 1 waa hungry. Manager That's no excuse at all. If you eat and have no appetite, bow do you suppose you're going to do justice to that bongry :ene in the play. I'll have no more of toil. The only daughter of Victor Hugo ia now an old woman, confined in a luuatio asylum. I..', -l i.iuir H llli I u',1. W hiili I. *,i,,tT- M.lllig; -HearU." rn no whist 1 It is the latest game ot card* extant, and is rapidly snpt-r-iediug poker, hearts ana other : a minimum uf - with * maximum of luck in tne I > . . iai ^atiieriiikS. > thu tiame, aud 01: i* lui'iiliar fi-il name* ol - > bfi^ins by playing what i* called the ^ven-spot ol Home suit spades, hearts, club* L monds. If tbe player cannot show up a seven- spot be is > > . though cur infccmau. or a two-b>i . > aud coal* more. Then tbe next person takes up the game and playsa seven-spot if 'ie can -and after a seven-spot i* placed on tha table the other cards in sequence are placed, eight apots on the right aud six-spots on the ii.ii of tbe seven-spot. Every time a person cannot play a oa-i on one of tbe four piles in tbe centre ol the table down goes a check tu tbe bottom of the pot. When som< one play a hi* last card the game is at an end, and he take* a eb,\ >s for each card held by the other tbree player* when the game ceased. A Kooilei Mxiulil in- Mature and Active There is something to be known in pro perly selecting a rooster for the flock, l! be baa long sickle feathers and developec early, the pullets from him will in al' probability be early layera, a* tbe ful trapkle and long sickle* denote early ma turity. Tbe ccmb is an indication of health and vigor and should be upright and in color a bright acarlet red. 1 1 should have strong, clean limbs, with plenty of boue, unless of the Asiatic breeds, which are feather leggeid Tbe whole appearance should mdi cate activity, while he should aJ ways pay great attention to tbe hens. If Ibe rooster i* ot Aaiatio breeda, aee that be is close and compactly built, and not long legged, but be abonlc not be too olcae to tbe ground in hi* make up. Tbe smaller breeda, however, may be somewhat leggy, provided they are not too much so, and especially if for crossing upon large, heavy hen*. It is considered beat to use small rooster* with large hens, and i; the rooster i* an Asiatic or Plymouth Hook, be will give greater satisfaction if ol medium ai/.e instead of being extra heavy in weight. Aolivity in the rooster, com bined with good form and robust consti tution, is very important. Tbe rooster is really the value of one-half the flock, aa all tbe chicks will be impressed with hi* char- acteristic*. m The Kudu* PMHIUII. Weeping spouse 1 shall erect a menu men! to you dearest when you are gone. ', sball have " Loving Husband " engrav- , at the bottom of the column 1>> ing Advertiser Uood buavens Pauline, that will never do ! Top ol oolnmn, eighth page, in -\l reading > or- 1 refuse* to die ! l>ry tiooii* Chronicle. The difference between a liar ana byuicrite ia thai tbe liar in not alway i ncorable. iringa iiave a way of wearing half erf usl where they are sewed on. They should be cut, the old piece ripped off. and uuw sewing taken up, or else new string*. Little flits m underclothing ihouid have a strong piece of maternil laid auder. much larger than the am ; when bat n darned down wuh afew neatslitche* t will bold much longer than if it it " just an ap. " boys' clothing should be furnished with good strong pockets, for the j jy of a little chap's tirst pantaloon* pales before " lota of pockets, to hold just everything." Little girls enjoy pockets, too a raoder ite si/ed one, iu the eeam of % calico or ; dress, holds her bauakercbief, thimble and other :> ce>-8rv thing* which wnuld otherwise be left lying around and oat. I cad that a child'* habit cf neatness -is upon tbe condition of the ckthing put upou her from infancy If she iu ircustotned to whole clean i-bthea. she :. then tlud them a imi ijniiliy learn to love and keep n-m so. The poor little ohildren who dive into cnreau drawers, pulling out buttonles* -. torn apron* aud ragged dreMM which they -drew about until they nnd souie wearable garments, are greatly to be M * . to be blamed if thev grow up into c men anc women. It ig never wise to buy juit enough material for a child's dree*, with nothing The elbow* always rub out tirst, and if there is enough to make a . * tbe > last mrj' i can I" iter on for now sleeves, and )1 wsl-eii i : nearly all i- iu time. I m 1. J ir Dumb Cr!ttr. <lou t know miiob of languages snob aa the scholars Mil. lut tuu lauKiiaxe uf dumb critters I understand *,,ll. And 1 tuiuk, >ir yea. I tbiuk, air. that tlieir no** reaeti tile iky, Aud that thi-ir Maker understand! the pleading of their a) a ; And I HUuuldu t b surprlaed. air, if in tne judg- ment day vjnii- -ruel, hvartleaa ujuian folks should b* a* dumb a* Uiey. My honsti la not aa elegant aa many are, know, lut my caitln am all auuitarud from Ibe wlutry wiudi nud snow Aud tbuy re. uut kepi on rations tuut leave nothing but the frame, the KUriun rfeturuiufj to tun "dust from wlit-nri, 'ii,,v iiiiu. Ui Gud liatli HIBI-IV ordered, iir. 'hat In a unev way, Starving, abusing criltara are the inings that will not pay. f any uf uiy rtoek are sick nr liurt In any way. aea tliat tbey urn eared fur, ur, by uiKlH as well a* day. Uy let r wool. ir -tbat a all tne liriiud 1 k-.ow . My Ian.: " act tailless, (or (ic.d didu t maki a t need water, but I tell yuu . r ir, the aauia ,n yuu 'i ii . r- , .u -uen them, air ; Uiey are \ud. if I iota, it myself, tbuy uru a aplendiil bay wuar ao foullfb tilindera, aud from hiteb- ;rt, >ir. tuat bus Ixtao can-- . auw, Us really a . hauk me with tn-u r r .;. sir, to bTe an , r aretbtt " re. -i tliai la but : -. u taitou tlieui, tliuy ned both : mil drink inuk. uav a >ur I on imriioso. limy oau root wheuu r St. t aeeuj r iue. Ill) !.,!:;; :. rt> I waut tu alluw, tla Hau- ,1 . -ere Our ! a wll, aud ist now Tis wii - ; '.. vou see, witii ijdiau uere ail lay tbe :nl. Km u tired you, mr -forgive an old nut:. But si, :er and 1 waut .uuir wauls itupi'iii j. WHY Vf<lKN AUK ili -i tier * > ini ilmi Attract tu the lieiillrr tht- U U.ul to WHlk. >08ton father whose sen last autumn took it into bin foolish head to ruu .'rr'in home, taught tbu boy a k'Heon is not likely to be soon forgotten. Ihe lad bad read a lot t f aensaticnal traab, and althi.iii.il he had a good home he was led away by what he read, and started off to " enjoy life." Uis funds and hi* courage gave out trtether before he u" further than New where be was robbed in one place, ill- treated in another, and fell ill in u third ao that by the time be had been abient home for about ten days be sent a pathetic poatal card to hi* family, begging for tbe money to come home with. Hia father had already followed bim to New York, put detective* on his track, and knew whiii was happening to him ; but was leav ing him to hi* own devices in order that tbe lad might see to what hi* course woald lead. Leaving a friend to see that the boy was watched and kept from actual barm, tbe father returned home, and when the eon's appeal came be simply wrote back : " Don't you think you had hotter walk .'" Tbo poar prodigal was probably well nigh heartbroken at such a response, which, in- deed, it cost the father a good deal of reso- lution to make,*bnt he set oulto walk from New York to Boston. A man waa employed by the father's orders to come along with him. Tha Ml supposed that he was merely a tramp with whom be bad fallen in and who chose to be kind to him Tbe runaway reached home safely, bat n more changed boy it would not be easy to find. Uis father has uever alluded to bis adventure, and there ig now a respeot and confidence between them which ia really charming to Me. Youth' i 'f fascination inherent in women may, moreover, be divided into two kinda. <a\* the Brooklyn have seen the old lauy. generally wnite .;, with Kiua)>. pleas in l Jeaturea, on which time ha* set no unfriendly mark, who s:i>l retain* ail her attractivenesa. now the buys and gins aJuru ner ihi y will go to her and cjnfide ibtir sor- rows, their hopes, their ambitions, and when they would not breath a word to their mothers. evinced in a lad'-i atfairs by tiiu.-Qaone ha* lime v d i:i;i nrst impU.-.u-d the mpulaea in the heart which eventually led him on to an honorable career. ..ckly. almost bv stealth, tbe good ia done . *:i<l to i; good seed *own whicf. > Me mto a rich and abundant -op. Ou the other band, we b : real I rin.nly on the stage, the taduinatiog 10, bv l:-r enthralling > souls and - -10 an for ^a to the < .u her old lauhioned , .: opposite poles - ,'asci- nate vary. and any one you may i . i bete two 0|>| ' ; "" ' or inetauce, a may be witty women wbo, hardly u: I, maken vith her to a I may be inno- i mention, but uer poaition on the cale is :iot vastly removed from that uf dramatic -lorcerea*. Or, au:n, take the instance of the pretty young; matron wbo, while devoted to bume, hus- band and chiliit'-u, yet has several mate friends ot the male persuasion. But her influence is all for good. Her fascina- tion is exerted iu a worthy cause, and ahe has found out a great truth that there i* no friendship so lasting, so true and to pleasant a* one between persons of oppo- site *i-.\ -H. where a true feeling of '"-an, . 'imurW.n. exists and there is no pretense to love-making. Such a woman, if she liven long eLimgh. bids fair to develop into a snowy-haired old lady on whose friendship tiie children will rely. Horace Urveley 1'eiitiiiAunhip. Here is what Greeley wrote: UKAII Km, I am overwork- - 'iRuld i mr> Ifl i in tin. . U MM nib t : In tua Immediate viciBlly, U I in t nil i cHnn,<; i>rnHi-<- to r - IT IDlsiol* on tbat enand v iura, ii M. H. Casllu. baii.mich, 111. And here ia how tbe lecture committee read it : SAM>WTCII. lll.,|fay 19, Horace Cireeloy, Now York Tribune: l'i - i acucplKuuu In irctnr* beiore . -,.ci .,!' uo\- wiiuet eaiue in baud ilna l-etllliiiLMli. . pimi'i ,,i, iu : ralj luird , t^;;i,:i-i. AB vuu i.tih-1 1 Uiu I uimwii&Ui vicinity. If so, HV ^vi advr \ous rwiitetroUy, si. r i. , I'nmmery. tbe champagne pro prietor, ia dead. She leaves a fortune of "t, 000.000. Such great fortune*, made in tbat way, ahow the power of appetite. Uru|>iug; lu the Dark. She (over an ioe) Do you care for Ibsen at all Liu i wbo baa never heard of bim) Ye-ea ; 1 rather think 1 do. She -Yet yon speak a* if you did not specially admire him. He {to gain time) Oh, really, you know, tbat is hardly fair She At least yon will grant be ia original. ' A Doli'a House," for inatance. is quite uoliki anything elie of the cort. He (not knowing wbetber it's a bocK, picture or musical composition' -Original, perhaps : but (pulling bis moustache) don't you tbiuk it's or rather fauity. too ' She Why, no . I thought tbe plot strong and interesting. He (relieved at last to have caught on) Ob, ye* ; interesting witbont doubt, bat (loftily) I'm rather tired, don't vou know, of children'* stories since tbe t'auntleroy ora/,e. -Lift. English thieve* are using a contrivance) looking like itn ordinary walking stick, but which is ao arranged that by preeiing a spring at the handle the ferrule will apread part and form a aDrt of spring clip that will take bold of anything thai i* within reach. Tbe thing ia called " the Contin- ental lifting slick. ' In a library in Paris, said to be the largest in tbe world, is a Chinese chart of the heavens, in which 1 1 iO stars are found to be correctly placed according to the scientists ot the present day. Tbe chart waa m* lu in >;00 B. C. Pennsylvania is to havn two arbor days this year, April llth and '"th. The reason i* that tbe Stale is so large that the condi- tions would not be equally favorable to all localities on any one date.