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THE WEEK'S NEWS CANADIAN. A fire in Halifax Monday morning did damage estimated at 1&I>,00). A Prohibition Convention will be held in Toronto on October :<rd and 4Ui. The grape crop in Essex county, Out., will be the largest known for yiar*. Windsor banks are supplying large a.nounts of Cauadian currency to American firms. A young man named William Kavanagh was drowned at Dunchurch on Saturday while boating. "A" Iroop, Canadian Dragoons, from Quebec, have reached Toronto, taking up their quarters in the old barrack*. The Dominioa Government'* guarantee of three par cent, dividend* on Cauadian Pacific railway stock expired on Thursday last. An unknown man, under the influence of liquor, fell under the Woodstock excursion train at Princeton on Monday, and wai fatally injured. In Ottawa electric mail cars are being constructed to cairy the mails from and to the city poit-omne* and the railway stations and steamboat landing*. The navigation returns of the port ol Montreal show that np to Monday 404 vessel* had arrived in the harbour this year, a* against 418 for the same period last year. A woman named Charron, supposed to be demented, threw hereelf into the Ottawa river on the Hull side of the stream Tues- day morning. She wa* rescued by a ma* named Os borne. The efforts of the friends of John R. Arnoldi, imprisoned in gaol since th* 15th March last for malfeasance in office, have at last prevailed, ami Mr. Arnoldi' wa* set at liberty Tueeday afternoon. The amount of deposit* in the Poet Office Having* Bank, Ottawa, for the year ending 30lh June last, was $'J4, 153, 1 Wt, an increase of $1,854.792 during the year, an average to each depositor of $"21 1 . The Grand Trunk Railway Company ha* decided to build a new bridge across the Su Lawrence at Montreal. It will be built alongside the old bridge tud on the old piers, which will be extended. It will be a double track, open bridge. A terrific gale (truck Nova Sootia on Monday night. At Halifax the electric light, telephone, telegraph, and tire-alarm wire* were blown down : while in the har- bour a numlwr ot small craft were wrecked. Several schooners went aground on the Dartmouth shore. Dr. George M. Dawson, who visited the Behring Sea seal fisheries a* one of the British commissioners, and who ha* just returned to Canada from Parii, ha* given his VICT* to a Montreal interviewer on the the award of the arbitrator*. He thinks that the result is a* favourable as could be expected under the terms of the treaty, and No information whatever ha* Ueen receiv- ed at either the United State* Treasury or State Department concerning th* reported attack on the Priby loll Ulands by mytter- ious sealers. United State* journal* itate that on the occasion of several recent meetings in New York of the professedly "unemployed " to "demand work " the saloon* m the neigh- bourhood did inch a thriving trade that ad- ditional bartender* had li be taken on. A Buffalo dispatch state* that at Tona wanda I uci lay '25 Canadian* engaged in unload ng a barge were attacked by a horde of unionist* and severely maltreated, A few of the Canadians, who hadrevolven.opened fire on their assailants, and wounded three of them. No arrents were mad* by the police. A despatch from Port Townsend, Wash., ays that news ha* been received of a 'faring raid on the St. Paul and St. George island* in Behring Sea on the night of J uly 4. Two unknown sealing schooners landed crews on the island after dark and slaughtered sev- eral hundred seal*. The watchmen on the isUnd* were overpowered by the raiders, who broke into the salting-house and carried away an immense number of skins belong- ing to the leteee of the islands. The vesse.s escaped before Government cutter* could be informed of the occurrence. Slight earthquake shocks were felt in Southern Russia on Saturday. Th* cholera epidemic in Kuropo is re- ported to be again assuming alarming pro- portion*. Deipatclie* from Merlin state that Russia is feeling severely the disastrous effects of the tariff war witn Germany. Fifty men were killed and one hundred and fifty wounded in the labour riot on Thursday at Aigues-Moate*, France. An explosion occurred on Saturday in a coal mine at Herne, Westphalia, and seven were killed and lix seriously injured. Germany is talking of spending 40,030,- 000 marks on new warships, in order to keep on a level with Frsnce an 1 Russia in naval strength. A despatch from Berlin state* that Ger- many will grant a lubaidy to the new com- pany that proposes to lay a cable between- Australia and California. More than 40,OJO,U09 young trees, it i* oftically reported, bar* been planted in Switzerland iu the last seven years in the effort to " reforest" the country. The vineyards in the most important champagne districts in France have been rtvaged by phylloxera, and it is feared the winecrop will be a failure for the next three or four year*. The money value of the alcoholic drink* consumed by th* Belgians in the year 1891 amounted to nearly 4.Y),000,'XX> franc*, which i* about a third part of the whole average wages of the workers. The Italian Minister of Franc-? has called upon Premier Dupiiy and exprened regret for the nttter ami-French manifestoes issued in view of the questions submitted for ar bitration. As to the regulations, he con sider* they will be difficult to enforce, but the first result will be a blow to pelagic sealing. HKITI8II. Two case* of Asiatic- cholera have, it i* said, occurred in London, Kngland. Tho Lincoln monument at Edinburgh, Scotland, wa* unveiled with appropriate ceremony. A special cable despatch from London states that the coal strike in Wale* i* as- suming a grave aspect, as the striker* are forcibly preventing other miners from working. A despatch from Bombay states that there wa* no renewal of the rioting on Wednesday. Confidence, however, ha* not been restore 1, and families are leaving th* city in large number*. The English Home Secretary has denied tb* itatement that Dr. Gallagher, the no- torious dynamiter, has been released, and ha* stated that th* Government has no intention of freeing him. What i* believed to be the first open air experiment for a statue in aluminium hai lately been made in London. It 1* the figure of an angel placed on the m mumrut recently unveiled in memory of the Earl of Shafteabury. Only two American shipi pas**d through the Suez canal in IS!r2. There were -.'..'.M English and 'W-' German ships registered during the year. France, whose enter- prise and genius constructed the canal, re- ported only 171 vessel*. Serious riol* are reported from the col- liery districts in Smitli Wales. The itrik- n on Friday mada repeated attack* on the collieriei, and a large number of men were injured. The military aud police have l>een called out ii. force to repress the disturbance*. I'NITKIl STATES. An international conference of Anarch- ist* ha* been called from Chioago for Sept- ember 16th. Eight attempt* at duicid* in Chicago on Saturday, six nf them successful indicate that the epidemic of self-destruction report- ed from Europe ha* spread to lh- United State*. I >r. von Helmholtii, th* distinguish*:! scientist, of the University of Berlin, ha* been sent a* a delegate by the I 'erman Government to the electrical congres* in Chicago. Great Britain's day was successfully cele- brated at the World's Fair on Saturday. There wa* a large attendance, anil the demonstration and cei einonie* are deacrib- d a* having been very imposing. Several hundred coal miners at Trout Kim, Cambria country, 1'a. , are out on strike because the operator* have ordered a '25 per oent. reduction in wages, and abolished the semi-monthly pay day. On Saturday at the World's Fair the British residents of Chicago preteote ' Cor- poral John Henry Kvana, ofth* Knst Life Guards, with a g>>ld modal in recognition nf his bravery in saving life at the fire of July 10 A Wauhingtnn despitch state* that th* U.S. Senate Financial Committee will prob- ably report favourably on unconditional Sherman la in Italy, and also for the attack upon the French Consulate in Meosina. Cholera has mad* it* appearance In Brazil. The death rate from the dlseaae in Kuisia is high, and in comeq itenc* the embarkation of Russia emigrants for Amer- ica at Bremen has boen prohibited. Thus far this season the catch of seal in Japan wt-rs has keen as follows : By th American fleet of eighteen vessels. 111, 460 ; by the British fleet of nineteen vessels, '.'I,- 010. The catch is considered a large one. A despatch from Buenos Ayres says that the rebel* in the Province uf Corrientes have defeated the Government troops, and are marching on Corriente* city. Lite ad- vices from Lt PUta ar* tha>. the rebels are at present inactive. "The e)l relki at House. - The neglected people now-a-days in al- most every community of our country are "the old folks at homa" ; not that we, ai a people, are disrespectful as a rule to the aged, who linger, in many instances, as our wslcoma guests in th* homes they have reared through self denial and rigid frugal- ity and, perhaps, are not denied any ma- terial food or clothing thsy may need. W* perform the negative duty to them; that i*, we do not love to meet and aasociat* with them on terms of social equality and cour- teous deportment, I nit rather to avoid them whnn It is possible tn do so and not give offense. We da not perform our duty In th* spirit of true civility, orauiduously see that these grand old men and women in our ancestral race of families occupy, always and only, tne places of honor and prom in ence. Nor, more particularly, do we study to contri\e, untiringly, and affection- ately, how to cheer, comfort, strengthen ninl refresh them with bright, heartfelt and pleasant words from our lip* and gentle act* which the hand and heart can alone perform. "The old man" may have hi* chair in "th* corner," possibly in the draw- ing room, and his place at the table, and be sometimes listened to when he speaks, especially if there are guests present, and obeyed, if not too venturesome, when he commands. But in another house he will have his chair cushioned and pillowed l>y loving fingers, and his "armed chair" at the table a throne of gold and the cook, under the supervision nf the young wife or dutiful daughter, will be busy to provide some savory dish for each meal that will please his delicate appetite; while all listen, first to hia word* and address conversation to him in respectful language, and eagerly recogni/.e his commands at authority. Swam on its Back- "Dennis, I'll give you a shilling if you'll take my dog to the pond and give him a swim," said a farmer to a native of Krin who wa* in search of work. Dennis agreed, look the shilling and the dog, and started off. He entered the first public home he came to, spent the (hilling, atked the landlord for a pail of water, winch he threw over the dog, and then went back. The farmer however, noticed that the underpart nf the dog's body wa* iiuitu ilry, and on taxing Dennis with the fraud got TBE !* n-IJ* nil! ike i mini Stales Have to r l deasallj for ftehrlBc ftea Melsares. Thsre i* a rumour current at Washington that the United States will be called upon to pay damages to the tun* of two million* of dollar* for the sei/.ure* made iu the Bah ring Saa ; also that a payment will be necessary on account of the exclusion of British vessels from the same sea during the pendency of the negotiations. The question of damage* resolve* itself into two branches, each one of which was treated of in a separate convention. Of course the more important issue is that arising out of tb* actual seizure*. These captures were confessedly made outside of the three-mile limit*. The Onward, the Thornton, and the Sayward were all four or five hundred miles from land when taken. In tbe diplomatic correspondence touching these vessels the United State* Goveinment avoids any defence of tbe action of the cruisers with reference to them. But the decision* of the courts of Alaska condemn- ing them and HMM. AND IMI'KI-'IMM. their officers and crew are explicit. There it is stated that the Behring Sea i* territor- ill water, and that for that reason the pen- alties were inflicted. That the ships were illegally sei/ed, that fines were improperly imposed, and that tbe incarceration of the men was unjust, there can now be no doubt. i In- Canadian Government would have es- tablished these points before the Supreme Court of the United State* long ago had objection not been taken by the Adminis- tration at Washington to a review of the decision of the Alaskan tribunal at that time. It will he remembered that while our neighbour* were dallying over the pro- position to arbitrate, the Minister of Jus- tice entered an appeal in the Supreme Court against the condemnation of the Sayward. The Caliinet at Washington wa* somewhat surprised by this sudden and unexpected move, and interpreted it a* a palpable at- tempt to elicit from one department in the United State* a condemnation of the action of another department. The Supreme Court might well have gone on with the cane. Had it don* so, there i* every reason to believe, in view of the vote vhich Mr. Justice Harlan, one of its members, gave at Paris the other day, in opposition to the pretensions of the I'm ted States, that Washington would have been self condemn- ed. But th* court accepted the plea that it would be injudicious to kettle before that tribunal a queetion already in diplomatic channels ; and thus the Canadian attempt to corner Uacle Sam wan defeated. Bat meanwhile the treaty referring tbe issue U arbitration wa* in course of preparation. Lord Salisbury during the negotiations propoied that the arbitrator* ihould be ask- ed to assess damages iu RUriCT OFTIKHKI/rilEH. To this Mr. Blaiue replied that if Great Britain insisted upoi< Its point the United States would -:laim damage* for teals ille- gally taken hy the British sealers from American water*. Thus, if Great Britain should win on the question of jurisdiction the United States would have to nay ; whereas if the United State* should win Great Britain would have to pay. This rather clever parry on the part of Mr. Itlaine was successful. There wai, there- fore, inserted in the treaty of reference a clause which declared that the high con- tracting parlies having found themselvee unable to agree on the queetion of th* li- ability of each for injuries inflicted, and being solicitous that this subordinate ques- tion should not delay the arbitration, " do agree that either may su! mil to the arbi- trators sny question of fact involved in said claims, the question of tlic, liability of either Government upon the facts found to be the subject of further negotiation." From this it i* plain that while the arbi- trators were entitled to indicate which side had been injured they were not authori/ed to say how much should be paid. It 'is rather to be regretted that such was the ituation ; but there it is, and it is clear that tbe question as to the amount to be paid will become the inbjert of further lill I UMAIK AITION. It will not do then to be too sure of the reported two mill-on*. The second branch of th* damage question arise* out of tho modui viveuJi. Great Britain agreed to keep sealers out of the Behring t-ea until the end of October, I VIS, by which time it was expected the whole diipute would be settled. But it was determined that the sealers were entitled to compensation in jonsequence of loss of business. Th* com- pensation, $1041,000, has already been paid by England : but the treaty declares that if the claims of the United Stutet should fail, our neighbours must foot the bill. Sir Charles Russell, however, asserted in his speech that Great Britain was ready to waive any claini under thi* head. Alt< gether, then, the outlook for damages i not very brilliant. We have won in principle, but have yet to fight for the money. nit i MIM. >i 4 th repoal of the e reply : "faith. ill back." sorr, that dog can only swim on !kw this morning. jijMamma---" If you ea any rno.i- o[ that Ei v lit thousand unemployed workingmcn pulilmg, Toin.ny, you will see the I p> 1,1 m gathered on the lake front at Chicago on t> light." JMMIW after ami a Tuesday, and adopted a resolution to trmirh t ,- ..^n; > "Well, give me fome moie. I to the ( uy hull next work- .Monday aud demand well Mtlle my min<! ..!>< ut the .t!i of the SU ry onco far all." won**. Birds which fly highest and fate*t bare th* most air cells. The air from the lung , which u much warmer, and therefore lighter than the outside air, passe* into and out of these cell* at th* will of the bird, ome being able to fill even the quills of their feather*. Someote seem* to have told the sultan that chlorate of p >Uh U a dangerous ex - plosive. Consequently, no druggist or pharmacist in Constantinople i* jlfowed to possess *or nil it. The grand mailer of artillery alone i* allowed to have it la keep- ing. In the manufacture* of Great Britain alone the power which steam exert* is esti- mated to be equal to the manual labor ot 4,l)<iO,0<*J,000 of men, or more than double the number ol male* supposed to inhabit the glob*. The Hhah of Persia doe* not possess a railway train of any kind. He goes about Persia in carriage* or on horseback, and, although 64 yean of sge is still on* of the belt horseman in the country. There it an extensive alligator industry at Jacksonville, Fla., as may be inferred from the fact that in 1890 8,400 alligator* were sold there to u.urists a* relic* of Florida life. It is estimated that of the 5,000,0(10 in- habitant* in London over 1,000,000 are poer living on let* than i'l a week for **ch family while over 3CO,0(JO are in chronic poverty. A frog weighing two pound* and ten ounces wa* killed in the Missouri River, near Sugar Lake, Mo., recently. It holds the record in that vicinity for size. A nugget of gold ore containing twenty- one ounce* of gold, and worth about (100, wa* picked up in a creek near Grant'* Pass, On., a few days since. Nail-driving conUst* for women compet- itor* are leading feature at county fair* and social gathering* in Missouri just now. It i* eitimated that the co.il mine* al- redy developed contain enough coal to upply the world a thousand year* to come. Pennsylvania ranks first in the cigar out- put of this country. New York, Ohio, and Florida follow in the order named. Siani, it is said, can boast of tallies* cats with purple eyes. This country has 9, 144, 090 men available for military duty. The value of Canada's fisherif* yield la* year is anconnced as ?!.'(, ml, 171. The first Latin Bibl* with a date wa* finished at Menby by Faust in 14ui Th* State of North Carolina hi* mined nearly |IO,COO,000 worth uf gold since IS74. Pet dogs arc now dyed to harmonize with the prevailing tint ol their mistress' bou- doir. In all the wars in which England hs* taken part she has won 83 per cent, of the battles. The average weight of men in England is 155 pounds, and that of women 123 pounds. Bcston has a Portuguese colony number- ing about 3uOU They are for the' meet part sailors. Denver people claim that during last year the clear sun shon* on that city .TJO days of the 365. The Siamese, in saluting, kiss each other'* noses, and then, sniffing, remark : " Very fragrant, very fragrant." lii.p.Tiiir Denser ftar Ik* KrtHlail.m.. ire *ew Tkereniklf EITrrllve. A Brockvill* special say* : Jamos Bet- ney, who was specially appointed hy the I >i minium Government to lee that no Ann ri can cheese paused through the port of Mont- real withnut being branded a* United State* produce, u in town. He waiat Gananoque on Saturday and made hi* inspection here to-daj. In both places he found everything very satisfactory. Asked as to how it wa* in Montreal, Mr. Itcrm-y raid that when he went there the business wa* carried on in a very irregular way, but when the matter wn* fully explained he found the leading deal- er* ready to acquiesce in thr regulation*. It took a little while to make them un dentand exactly what his position was, but once they recognized it they at once aci|ui*sccil. Mr. Burney (tales that in July there were fi,000 boxes of cheese, Am- erican product, that came to Montreal. All this pasted inspei ti<ni and has been properly brandedac Ameriuauproiliict. \Vithouuhose rigid inspection* there w .is plenty ot oppor- tunity for changing brands, and whether it was done or not there wa* a good oppor- tunity. Now American cheese taken trom boat <T rail goes direct to the funded ware- house, niul during ill course from the point whore it i* unshipped to where it i* folded on Iheslnamer 'or Kuropo il u r.cver out of light of an officer. Mr. Iterney's ef- forts have been very effective in brinr-m; ,1'ii-ut this excellent arrangement of .iml one which affords the best protc Hi Canadian farmer*, over had against tlin iip-iiti" n gootll of Uii cla*s whether adu not. in t M i HIH-IIOM-. Hi Hi AM u Var "i al Hume and (Tear the Opera. When the idea of the " theaterphone" was first mooted in Pans its feasibility wa* much |in stiontd, but a I'ariiian syndicate took up the project with such energy that the city has now effective service which supplies entertainment to a lilt of subset il> era numbering over 1,500, and the installa- tion is connected with all the principal tbeatsrs. London now keek* to emulate Paris iu this successful development, and an " elec- trophone" company has been organized with a very ambitious programme. Tl.e electrophone 11 practically the tele- phone modified in men a manner as to aerve the purpose of transmitting sound from public buildings such as concert halls, theaters, churches and lecture rooms, to certain centers for redistribution, thence to receiving point* by conductor* radiating from these centers of exchanges. Thin the public by the payment of a small ft*, can hear a portion of the enter- tainment proceeding at one or the other of the London theaters. Specially constructed transmitters are placed on the stage of the theater, jut in front of the lootligbt*, whence the sound is conveyed over the wires of the local tele* pli-uie company to tbe electrophone ex- shangei for redistribution to private sub- scribers and to a system of automatic boxes fitted up in club*, restaurants, railway sta- tions, hotels and similar ;<lace* of pulilic resort. If a nan is disposed to go out in search of amusement, he can turn on the electro- phone service in his cl'ib or ho'el, or even in his private house. MM' have immediately at his command pra> 'ioally the whole range of entertainment going on in the city. In addition to connection with theater* and other place* uf umuscmcnt, it i* propoied to cnnuect the system with churches au.l tbe law cour'.s. It is even hoped that it will be possible to obtain the same privilege in the House of Commons, and several member* of parlia- ment are said to be stongly iu favar of the idea. A commendable feature of the service will be its ccnuection with the principal I.i lid hospitals free of charge, so that it will he a source of pleasure and comfcrt to the thousands of sufferers who, during each year, are treated iu those admirable in- stitution*. In addition to the sound service the elec- t roplione company propose* to attach an intelligence bureau to i- central exchange for the oonvoiiiencc of subscribers where commissions of uny kind will.be carried out for a n til fee. Th* bureau will to provided with a sten- ographer and typewriter and every requl- s;re for laving time and tiouble. A sub- scriber will be able lohave commissions at- tended to in any part of the city by simply Ulr|ihoii. i> his wishes to the central *<- tang*. IT WAS A GRAND DAY. Brllllk l)uj <elehral*4 m tar n.rU'a Fair. The Union Jack floated from a thousand maaU high above the beautiful and magnifi- cent World's Fair buildings at Jackson park Satorday. It wai the F.ritish Empire day and the Britons in Chicago captured Jack- son park after having first taken Chicago, not with (hot and ihell, bat with music, a military and civio parade, speeches and cheert for the Queen of Great Britain and Knipreu of India. It wai announced seve- ral week* ago that Augu*t 19 ihoald b known a* British Empire day in the Whit* City, bat no on* anticipated each an over- whelming movement of people the 'ay brought forth. It wai a jubilee, a royal fete, a patriotic demonstration, that quick- ened the puUe of everyone who proudly own* British kinship. From Scotland, from Kngland, Canada, India, Britith Guiana, Africa, from every sun and clime, from from every mountain and valley, fiom K\ XRY CONTINENT AMD EVERY 1SI.I in Britain's possession, c.ne some wanderer to join in the celebration. Over every build- ng in the park, save two, floated the Eng- lish Jack. Structure! built by the hand* of the subjects of Victoria were literally swathed in British flag* and colors. All save two. these were the two Irish villages in Midway Plaisance. The day's programme was begun by a parade through the busy streets of Chicago shortly after the sun had made its appear- ance above the eastern horizon. All tningi British characterized the parade. There were British societies of Chicago, a vaet number that stretched for miles, tally ho coaches, crowded by Britain's sons, all wearing the regulation tile, soldiers of the British military tournament in the gorgeous uniform of the Coldstream Guanls, the 4'Jnd Highlanders and Royal Lancer, dusky subjects of Victoria from the jungle* of India an 1 over a score of different Bntiak societies in Chioago, not forgetting OCBOMN CANADIAN CONTINi.KNT. and the dusky Indian warriors from Briti-h Columbia. Never since the opening of the great Fair has any foreign nation made such, an imposing appearance on the streets of the great city of the west. Shortly after noon this monster parade arrived at the gates of the White City, and the brilliant cavalcade crowded the beautiful avenues on the way to Victoria house. Bands there were galore, many of them in the scarlet uniform and imposing busby, so common in the Kngliah army and our own Canadian. Vast crowds gathered until from the great broad balconies of the Canadian pavilion nothing could be seen but a vast sea of humanity. Thousands there were, yes, tens of thousands, all gath- ered to do honor to Britain and Britain's Queen. The ceremony of trooping the color in front of Victoria house had been fixed for J o'clock, and precisely at that hour, with military punctuality, the soldiers of the English military tournamen', escorted by the West Point cadets, marched up tlirougk the crowd and took up a position on the broad plaza in front of Victoria house, where the ceremony of TKOOI'IM. TIIK Ci'l.oR and marching past was gone through in the pretence of Sir Henry Truema Wood-,' secretary of the British commission, and the following officers in Her Majesty's army, l.ieut. -Gen. John Walker, Brig. -Gen. T Urovestirp, Brig. Gen. '. Chantrey, Hrig. Gen. J. K. l>o> le, Col. J. Hancock, Col J. \V. C. Sargent, Major-Gen. James Smyth, Brig. -Gen. Robert Hell, Brig. -Gen. W. B. Crower, Surgeon Major J. Jeffries, Col.Geo. Tucker, Capt. J. Robins. After this inter- esting ceremony, march wai taken to Festival hall, when a speech was given and a musical programme gont through. The auditorium was prettily decorated with British and American colors, and the stage was adorned with tropical plants. In the teats, rising above the stage, sat the Columbian chorus of 500 voices. I III I M.I lll I \. I..B. II Is WaklBf lit Nark In Ike Werld at m real Hal*. TUe English, Russia*, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Scandi- navian lire the most powerful languages within the bounds of Christian >'iviii/nt,..n, because they are the tongues of vigorous people. With the exception of the F.ug- lish, these are all indigenous and die if trans- planted. The United States is the young- est of powerful countries, yot it is a cemetery of many languages ; for instance French, on* of the sweetest of tongues, threatened tu become the national language. Louisiana settled by people of the French nation, who brought their language with them and land- ed it upon that soil in anticipation of its growth. lustead, however, of its growing and spreading over the country, it began to weaken and will soon disappear from the memories of the inhabitants of that, late. It is only necessary to note the popula- tion, according to the several languages, to real i /.e the unchangeable future of the Eng- lish, now striding on and on over the face) of the earth with wonderful impetuosity and a vigor that will not be restrained. English is ipoktm hy !>:>,IKMi,(KKl of people. Russian 7.VJOO.WK) German oC.tXW.OdO, French 4U,G<K.>,000, Spanish 3K.OOO.UCO, Italian -".'.U'-I.UM, Portuguese U.IITO.UMI, am) Scandinavian 9,UOO,000. Within the control of the jfnverntnent ot them several languages, KngUnd rules over J.Vi.Ot'U.OnO of people who do not a> yet pe*k the Eng- lish language, .tnd the other seven nation* have only 7G,(KX),000 outside of themselvee an astonishing difference. Considering them by territorial limit*, leaving out Russia, we find the English lan- guage to own l?,.'>S'J,0, k 6 square miles, Cer- nmn, 4l'.l,i'-4, French .">7 1,578, Spanish 4,- til't.sll, Italian 114,400, Portuguese I, i.-Js.- .'! 1 1 aud Scandinavian l,:tos,oi. The ag- gregate uumlier of s<|Uare miles possttsed by these six languages u 1 1, Hi7, '''", wiiich altogether own 'J,:il 5, OOt! mil** iquato leas than ill'' English. The balance itself is n,re than Germany, Franco and Spain put to- gether. [Sew York Coni'iicroi'il-Adver- liser. On the Safe Side. Mr. Slimnon : "Willie, duli'tyon got* the trunkmaker's yesterday and tell him u send around I he trunk I ordered ':" Willie: " Yes, sir." Mr. Slimson: "Well, here U the trunk but no strap? ' Willie: " Yos sir; bat I told him I thought you hadn't bew - * >- any strap*/'