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w ; THE COMING RACE. ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLE TO DOMINATE THE WORLD. Numbering One-Fifteenth of Hu- ! inanity. They Govern One-Thircl SB of the Planet, and a Fourth Sm of Its Inhabitants. At the present hour the peoples of the j W Onited Kingdom and the United States j W represent about one-fifteenth of human- ; 1/ ity, and govern one-third of the planet I; and one-fourth of its inhabitants. In | Ij the beginning of the eighteenth century j It this race numbered less than 6.000,000 ^ souls; at the beginning of the nineteenth century they increased to 20,500,000; I at the present time they are about | 100,000,000. In the space of eighty years the English-speaking peoples multiply five times over, and it is confidently reckoned that within another hundred years they will have outnumbered all the other civilized peoples put together. M. Kummer, the chief of the Federal Bureau of Statistics in Switzerland, has j reckoned that the total population of Europe in the year 2000 will be 500,000,"000, while Dr. Strong, of New York city, reckons that in 1980 the population of Europe will be 534,000,000. No complete statistics showing the average increase all over Europe are available for the early decades of the century, but the I average increase of the Continent for the ten .years from 1870 to 1880 was 6.80. If, however, we were to apply the same test to the English peoples, and suppose fcViPm tn multiDlv for another hundred years as they did from 1S70 to 1S80, they would reach the enormous total of 1,343,000,000. It would be unreasonable, however, to suppose that the ratio increase will continue so long. Dr. Strong bases his calculations in this way: Great Britain the ratio of increase j from 1840 to 1850 was 2.40 per cent.; j during the next ten years it was 5.44; the next ten years it was 8.60; and from 1870 to 1880 it -was 10.57 per cent. So we see the ratio of increase steadily rising for forty years, aud there is no apparent reason why it should not continue to rise. But as he is dealing with so long a period of time as a hundred years, Dr. Strong prefers to suppose that the average ratio of increase for the century will be only half what it has been during the last decade, and so puts the probable population of Great Britain in 1980 at 57,000,000. On the other hand the Swiss statistician fixes it for 2000 at 142,000,000. 'Accepting:, however, the American esti mate, let us consider the other branches of the English-speaking peoples. The Australian rate of increase for the ten years from 1870 to 1880 was 56.50 per cent.; that of South Africa 73.28. But suppose that Canada, Australia, and South Africa double their population once every twenty-five years?the United States has done that ever since 1685?then the English population of the British colonies in 1890 will be 176,000.000. For the United States very complete and satisfactory statistics are available from tha beginning of the century. The ratio of increase varied during the decades from 1800 to 1880 from 36 to 30 per cent. With these figures before him, 'Dr. Strong?M. Kummer confines his investigation to Europe?proposes to leave | .-/'out of account all future immigration ,'^and confine himself to the increase of i births over deaths, leaving immigration r a set-off against any possible check upon growth. Calculated upon this strictly moderate basis, the population of the United States stands for 1980 at 480,000,000. The total Anglo-Saxon population of the world would then be 713,000,000 as compared with 534,000,000 of Continental Europe. And it must be remembered that these figures show the largest probable population of Europe and the smallest probable numbers of the English-speaking race. In face of these tremendous figures it is well to be reminded that if the whole of the English-speaking populations of the world?multiplied as they are likely to be at the end of another century? were to be planted down in the territory ol the United States and then doubled, the population -would still not be so thick upon the ground ns they are to-day in Belgium. While in France the population ia ISO t.hft Rrmsre mile* in Germanv 216, in England and Wales 428, in Belgium 4S1, in the United States, exclusive of Alaska, the population is only sixteen per square mile. Indeed,the 50,000,000 of the United States in 18S0 might be put into Texas, and yet the population would not be as dense as in Germany. Put the whole present population of the United States into Dakota, and the people would be less crowded than to-day in England and Wales. Our share of the earth's surface therefore, seems an ample inheritance even for the overwhelming "increase of the future. It is of more lm^^^nediate consequence to inquire whether BBj^Khis people,scattered over so many climes M^ftnd so many lands, but bound by a comvnnrl orvmmrm mpmnripQ nnrl common laws, will remain in any real ' sense a homogeneous race. The whole tendency of civilization seems to point to V -_ftD ?riRwpr in the affirmative. Increased j facilities of communication and the always growing intercourse between England and the people across the Atlantic and in the Pacific will have their inevitable effect in checking anything like separateness of speech or thought. Already it is matter for common observation that a phrase or word which one season is noted as an "Americanism" the next is accepted by all as though it were a part of our inherited English speech. No doubt in Canada and the United States, as in Australia and South Africa, the dominant type will be affected by streams I of immigration from other lands. But here also history repeats itself, and as i Saxon and Norman and Dane and Celt! 8nd Gaul helped by their fashion in the making of England, so the same elements will continue to be absorbed by the English-speaking peoples over seas.? The Tablet. Hunting Buffalo Bonos. A curious industry of North Dakota, which will decrease in time, is buffalo j bone picking. The vast herds of buffalo have been slaughtered aur* their skins sold, and now the pioneers make merchandise of the bones scattered over the prairies. The bones are shipped to St. ' Louis or Chicago and turned into glue ^i-.and fertilizers. Kansas, Colorado, Ne? ' braska and even older States have all been the scene of this strange contribution to wealth, and no one knowB how many thousands of carloads have thus been gleaned after the slaughter of the (American bison. ? Some Very Little Things. i In the milt of a codfish, or in water in which vegetables have been infused, the microscope discovers animalculi so minute that 200,000 of them would not exceed in bulk a single mustard seed. Strange to say these infinitesimal creatures are supplied with organs as complete as those of the whale or elephant. A bundle of spider webs, not larger than a buckshot and weighing less thai: one drachm, would, if straightened out and untangled, reach a distance of 350 miles, or farther than from St. Louis to Kansas City. The smallest circular saw in the world now in actual use is a tiny disc less than the fourth of an inch in diameter used in the Tiffany jewelry establishment for slitting gold pens. It is about the thicknf.es r?f n Rlmet of writinc nancr and re volves at the rate of 400CT revolutions per minute. The high velocity keeps the saw rigid, notwithstanding its thinness. San Marino, a little republic enclosed within the Kingdom of Italy, is the smallest republic in the world. The people are as perfectly independent of Italy as are the people of America. The territory of San Marino covers but twenty-one square miles, and has a population of but 8000 souls. Besides being the smallest republic it is the most ancient, having survived since the year 460 A. D., over 1400 years. jJSst summer T. H. Garrett, of Baltimore, had constructed for his stearc yacht Gleam, the smallest piano in the world. It is but forty-seven inches high, forty-five inches wide and twenty-six inches deep. It was designed by Charle;. A. Steiff. Its tone is equal to that Of a piano of the largest size. The western part of Persia is inhabited by a species of camel which is the pigmy of its species. They are snow white and are on that account almost worshipped by the people. In return for the kind treatment accorded the Shah while in Berlin he has presented the muncipality of that burg with two of these little wonders, j The largest of the two is twenty-seven inches high and weighs sixty-one pounds. | The other is stated to be "four inches less," but the weight is not given. The saying that "we are wonderfully and curiously made" comes home witb force when we examine the skin of oui bodies with a powerful microscope. We find that it is covered with minute scale? like those on a fish. A single grain ol | fine sand would cover 100 of these tinj scales, yet, small as they are, each is the covering for from 300 to 500 pores. Potato rot is caused by the working ol a minute insect. Pasteur, the eminent French chemist, recently examined f; piece of this rot the size of a pin's head. In it, living a regular cat-and-dog life, j ?v>ifir\nr one! rlnwinf* at each I UULILiUUdl* J i/iuug MM.. 0 other, he found over 200 minute formi of animal life. Some Curious Epitaphs. When Benjamin Franklin was a young printer he wrote the following epitaph or himself: Here lies the body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, (like the covers of an old book, Its contents torn out. And stript of its lettering and gilding.) Lies food for worms; Yet the work itself shall not be lost, For it will [as he believed] appear once more In a new And more beautiful edition, Corrected and amended by The Author. In the burial ground of Abbey Church, at Conway, North Wales, the following memorial has been erected to one Nicho las Hooker: ** ??*1- ** ?. nf TCJ/nV, TTnnW>r whf nw o lyciu iuc uvuic ui a'ivm. was the one and fortieth childe of his fathei i and mother, and the father of seven and | thirty by one wife. He dyed March 20th. ! ] 1637. ffic Jacet. In the church yard at Pewsey, Wilt shire, England, Lady O'Looney's pedi gree is given after this style: Here lies the body of Lady 0'Looney,grea1 niece of Burke, commonly called the Sub j | lime. She was bland, passionate and deeply i : religious; also, she painted in water colon j and sent several pictures to the exhibition j ; She was first cousin to Lady Jones, and o.' I j such is the Kingdom of Heaven. Elihue Yale, the founder of Yale Col lege, is buried at Wrexham,TVales, unde; j a tombstone bearing this inscription: ; Born in America, in Europe bred, | In Africa travelled and in Asia wed, I Where long he lived and thrived, in Londor I dead, | Much good, some ill he did; so hope's al even, j That his soul through mercy has gone t< \ I heaven, I You that survive and read this tale, tak< ] I care, | For this most certain exit to prepare, i Where, blest in peace, the action of the jusl j ' Smell sweet, and blossoms in the silent dust I Richard Lalor Sheil, the Irish oratoi | and joint advocate with Daniel O'Connel , before Parliament, who died in 1851, ha; ! the following remarkable epitaph on hif i monument at Waterford : | Here lie I. There's an end to my woes And my spirit at length at aise is, With the tip of my nose and the end of mj toes Turned up 'gainst the roots of the daisies | A Liverpool lady who died was thu? kindly relinquished to the Lord by hei loving husband; She once was mine, But now, O Lord, I her to Thee resign, And remain your obedient, humble servant. Robert Kemp. It is said to be an actual fact that th< following is inscribed on a headstone at Oxford, N. II.: To all my friends I bid adieu? A more sudden death you never knew, | As I was leading the old mare to drink She kicked and killed me quicker n wink An Expensive Taste. An eccentric character who had acquired a fortune in Australia recently died in England. He spent his money very freely. He purcliased valuable articles and invariably destroyed them. A gold watch was smashed up the moment it was bought, the back of a silver watch was wrenched off so as to be more convenient for winding up, the straw was taken out of a new mattress for pig bedding, springs taken out of a new easy chair, shelves taken out of the house for firewood, clocks broken up and thrown away, bread burned daily in the fire, legs [ r>? mnttr.n jind nf bacon were buried ! in the garden, valuable plants and trees were bought and chopped up. He built a greenhouse and knocked it to pieces. He died a poor man and was buried by the parish. An Eagle In a Strange Place. A large American eagle flew on the ship William Starbuck in the Gulf stream, and was picked up in an exhausted condition. The bird had a glass eye, with the unintelligible initials of the supposed owner'v name in it. The bird's craw was entirely empty, and it is supposed to have beec carried to sea by the force of the wine and was unable to reach the shore. HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. DOW TO MAKE TEA. The water to be used should boil and i it should be poured on the tea immedi- | ately it boils; if allowed to overboil the j peculiar property of boiling water which i acts upon tea evaporates and eventually j disappears. Tea should not be a decoc- j Hon, but an infusion. If allowed to stew j it becomes little better than a decoction of tannic acid. Tea that is overdrawn is hurtful to the nerves and to the digestion. As to the precise number of minutes which should be devoted to the pro! cess of drawing, some people will say five minutes, some seven, some will perhaps ' go as far as ten, but our experience is ! in favor of six; this suffices to bring out j | the flavor, quality and strength. Just as j j much tea as is wanted should be made? j j no more. Make fresh tea as often as it is ; I required. The replenishing of the tea- j I pot with fresh hot water is very ob- | j jectionable. As the thorough heating of the receptacle is of the first importance, j I the teapot should be made thoroughly j ; 1?t?? VL... *? Jf Tfcn narfh UUl UC1UIC kUC iva ID j/Ub iu iv. JL aav, Vttinu- I enware teapot is preferred to all other? J by connoisseurs, and it is superfluous to ; say that whatever utensils is used for this purpose should be immaculately clean. Tea is an extremely delicate article. It? susceptibility to the odors of commodities near it is a source of danger and j deterioration, as it readily takes up the | smell of coffee, cocoa, spices, cheese, baj con or other articles of pronounced odor. I The complaints sometimes made aboul | tea -would probably not arise if alwayi I | kept in places free from such contagion. J i Tea should be stored in a warm, drj j i place; unnecessary exposure to the aii j 1 should be avoided. A pound of tes j j would make 128 cups.?London Tele i ! graph. THAKSGIVIKG HINTS. "Many a person who will eat his share { of the Thanksgiving turkey?tender, i juicy, delicately brown and done to t j turn?will look at the stuffing and pass if j by because it is soggy, heavy and unj wholesome. The trouble, of course, if j in the making; it is often mixed up too wet [ The steam of the bird as it cooks fur j nishes almost enough moisture. Try tni ) ! following and see if it is not light and ' tempting: Break up into fine crumbs ? | sufficient quantity of the soft inside por- j | tion of a loaf of bread (being sure not t? have any hard pieces); season with salt, j pepper, a little chopped parscley, pow I dered sage or thyme, as you may prefer; 1 and melted butter enough to moisten the whole and mix well together." The following is a recipe for pumpkin pie, the quantities given being for on< pie only: A generous half-pint of ricl milk, one heaping tablespoonful oi stewed pumpkin, one egg, (white anc yoke separately beaten), and half a tea spoonful of flour. Sugar to taste; a lit tie ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg. Beal well together, all except the whites o! eggs; add these last, stirring them ii J quickly but thoroughly, and bake in t! quick oven. According to Mrs. Henderson, a turkej of seven or eight pounds (the best selec- | tion, it fat) should be roasted or bakec" three hours at least, and a large turkej should not be cooked a minute less thar four hours, an extra hour being preferable to a minute less. Long cooking, wit! frequent basting, is the secret of gooc turkey. Traditional Thanksgiving fare includes roast turkey, roast chicken, chicken pie, squash, potatoes, turnips, cauliflower, cold slaw, celery and other seasonabl< vegetables; a rich pudding, a goodlj array of pies?mince, pumpkin and squash occupying the places of honor?cake, fruits, nuts, etc, From these dishes th< the housekeeper will Belect a satisfying but not too heavy menu. Serve with the turkey cranberry sauce or currant, plum or other acid jelly. B< sure to place the turkey upon a sufficiently large platter, as this will facilitate th< work of carving. When soup is served at the Thanks- j giving dinner, a clear soup is more suitable to the substantial bill of fare that i? to follow than one with vegetables.? New York World. RECTPES. Baked Custard?Two tablespoonfuls q1 flour beaten with two eggs, one pint of milk, and sugar to sweeten; flavor witb nutmeg and bake. Steamed Pudding?One cup each of flour, sugar and sour milk, two cups ol raisins, two eggs, one teaspoon of sodc and a pinch of salt; steam one hour. Fried Pumpkin?Pare and slice the j pumpkin and boil till tender; remov? j from the water and mash; add twe' beaten eggs and fry brown, in smalJ cakes, in butter. Crullers?One cup of sugar, one tableBpoon of butter, one egg, one cup oi sweet milk, one and one-half teaspoons of baking powder, flour enough to roll, f rj in beef drippings. Sugar Cookies?Three cups of sugar, one cup each of butter and sweet milk, three eggs and two tablespoonfuls oi soda, bpnnkle witn sugar ana Dake in | a moderately hot oven. Potato Stew?Peel and slice a dozen ! potatoes, put a cupful of water into the j frying pan and a few slices of 6altpork; j let the pork cook slowly one-half hour ' then add the potatoes seasoned with Bait and pepper; cook until tender and serve, i Lamb Pic?Cut a small neck of lamb ! into chops, season lightly with pepper, , salt, savory and one-fourth of a small i onion, minced; place in a deep dish with , few sliced potatoes, add a cup of water, i cover with a crust and bake in a moder- i ately heated oven. Dried Apple Pudding?Boil dried j apples until nearly done; save a teacup of the juice of the apples for a sauce; chop them and mix with soaked bread I and boil in a bag; make a sauce of melted ' butter, sugar and flour, with enough! apple juice to give it flavor; spice with | nutmeg. German Puffs?Put half a pound ol butter iuto a cupful of milk, place on the stove to heat. When it begins to boil !A. _ 1?._1 IS 1 [tour it on io a cupiui oi suieu nour anu i stir until perfectly smooth; then add i six well beaten eggs, three tablespoonfuls I of sugar and a little cinnamon; drop the j batter into small patty pans and bake the i puffs in a moderate oven. Buttermilk Bread?To two quarts of j flour add four tablespoonfuls each of ream tartar and soda, with one teaspoou.'ul of salt, and sift twice. Add one or .wo large spoonfuls of sour cream, and nix with buttermilk to a soft dough; cnead lightly, divide into three loaves, i at them rise at the back of the range ill twice the original height in the bread tins, and bake in a moderately heated aven. - ? Hocked Him to Steep. A few years ago a Swedish family named Olson left the fatherland and sought a home and fortune in America, the promised land, says the Minneapolis Journal. They were poor, but their hearts were stout, and they feared not for the future so long as they had health and strength. From the confusion and strangeness of Castle Garden they set their faces to the West?the golden Northwest. Others might stay And starve in the crowded cities, they said, but they would go where they could claim a bit of land as their own and find health and happiness. The broad prairies of Dakota beckoned them onward, and at last they rested on unbroken soil near Long lake. The Olsons were amazed at the wealth of the land that spread out before them, with the virgin soil waiting for the touch of the husbandman, and they set to work with a will. A year or two passed away. The Olsons had not become rich, but they had a home that, however humble, was theirs, and they were happy. Harvest time came. The golden grain stood ripe and heavy in the fields. The mother and the eldest children went to help the father with the harvest lest the rain might come and catch them napping. So it happened that one morning little Ween, aged seven, was left all alone to care for his little brother, who was just able to toddle about the house. For. an hour or two they amused themselves with their toys and then the little one, in childish glee, ran about the room "playing horse." The floor was built of rough, undried boards and in some places had oecome "sprung." uareicss ui umigtr little Ole ran about until he stepped into a crack and fell. The merciless boards closed fast about his foot and held him prisoner. Shrieking with pain he called to his brother for help. Ween tugged away at the boards, but they lefused to release their prey. Little Ole's appeals became more and more frantic. Ween went to the door and shouted for help, but no one heard him. At last, frantic with fear, he seized a dull ax that stood in the shed aud rushed to the little sufferer. Still he could not pry up the boards. There was but one way now; he must cut off the little one's foot! So he raised the dull ax and brought it down. A ragged gash was made and the shrieks grew louder. "Don't cry, Ole, I will soon have you free;" and down ;amc the cruel ax again. Again and again it fell, until at last the prisoner waa iree. The blood frightened Ween, and '? x aha i'? ? V?!o ormo on/1 Lie LUUh. I. Li (J lltlic UI1B 1U uu aiuio uuu jought to soothe it with a song he had aeard his mother sing: "Rock-a-by, rock-a-by, baby, to sleep." Little Ole's cries became fainter and fainter. His head fell lower on his brother's arm and his eyes closed. Ween thought the baby was very white, but rtill he sat there crooning the cradle Bong and waiting for the return of his father and mother. High noon came and the mother returned to prepare the frugal noonday meal. No little voices came to greet her with shouts of joy, and her mother's heart stood still with a nameless terror. Into the house she rushed. "Sh! sh!" whispered Ween. "Ole got hurted, but I rocked him to sleep." Yes, Ole was asleep. His eyes would never open again upon earthly scenes. And little Ween rocked to and fro, singing softly: "Rock-o.-by, rock-a-by, baby, to sleep." A Terror of the Seas. The tests of our naval volcano, the Vesuvius, are more than satisfactory. She can throw five shells from each of her three guns in seventeen minutes. Her range is over a mile. One more test remains to be made, one which will show with what degree of accuracy she can throw her shell when rolling on the waves. The Vesuvius, compnrcd with the big cruisers, looks very small. At a mile's distance she would be a target difficult to hit. If she can be handled well in battle on the high seas she will be a dreadful object to encounter. One of her ten-inch shells, containing 200 pounds of dynamite, if dropped near an ironclad would settle the fate of the big vessel. "When she has the range she can drop with these shells 6000 pounds of dynamite within forty-five minutes upon or around any object large enough to make " ' rm 1.5 u: 4 4 1, a gooci target, jne suip suujcut tu au?,u n rain of lire would be in a perilous condition, no matter how stoutly built. Her full capacity, however, with 15-inch shells, containing 500 pounds of explosive cach, would be 10,000 pounds iu half an hour. The Vesuvius, of course, could not be effective unless she was within not more than a mile of her adversary, which might begin firing on her half an hour before she could use her guns. Her small size is her protection, ns many a shot would be wasted before so small a vessel traveling at high speed could be hit.?JS'cic York Telegram. Tortoises in tlic South Sea. There are tortoises in the islands of the South Pacific Ocean, but their shell is of little value, and on the Gallipagos Islands a species exists which sometimes attains a | weight of half a ton. A seaman of a New Bedford whaleship some years ago was missed by his companions on these islands. They sought for him for several days without success, and were about to leave without him, when they were r,urprised to sec him coming down from the mountains driving one of these huge brutes with a club. This was the largest specimen ever heard of, and wasprobubly hnndreds of years old. The sailor had spent several days and nights, with true Yankee pertinacity, in guiding the clumsy brute from the mountains to the seashore. These tortoises and multitudes of hideous iguanas seem to be the only inhabitants of the Gallipagos, which are a mass of extinct and barren volconoes. "Picli horn r-mirrlit in thp Gulf of California at a depth of 1400 feet. 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Address Oregon Im'igration Board, Portland,Ore. few " ' , : :J v: , J ... M Pullets Should be Laylnc. Young pullets ought all to be laying this month. Later hatched ones if not laying by December, will probably, if left to themselves, not lay before spring when eggs are down to 15 cents per dozen. Therefore get the pullets to laying early when prices are highest. Rev. S. "W. Squires, of Franklin, Mass., says: "Last winter for twelve heus I used four large cans of Sheridan's Condition Powder. I believe it is the best profaration known to increase egg production, saved part of the eggs for hatching after forcing the hens four months for all they were worth with tho Sheridan's Powder, and I never had a greater per cent, of fertile eggs or more vigorous chickens. I do not believe I can afford to be without the Powder to give health and vigor to youne hens." Six cans of Sheridan's Powder will pay a good dividend in eggs. I. S. Johnson & Co., 22 Custom House Street, Boston. Mass. (the onlv makers of Sheridan's Condition Powder), will send for 50 cents, two packs of Powder; for $1.00 five packs: for $1.20 a large 2% can, postpaid; six cans for $5.00, express prepaid. A copy of the best Poultry paper for 0 cents. Send stamps or cash. A Chinese custom practised at San Francisco is the throwing into the ocean of thousands of pieces of paper when friends are about to sail away. Each paper bears, in Chinese characters, a prayer. At a recent sailing the women sat on the dock and uttered these paper appeals to the sea gods, the friends on the steamer doing the same thing. The new steel practice vessel that is tc be built for the cadets at the Annapolis Naval Academy will be of 800 tons displacement, and will be fitted with triple expansion engines that will develop 1200 horse-power with a speed of twelve and a half knots. Would You Believe The Proprietor of Kemp's Balsam gives Thousands of Bottle9 avray yearly? This mode of advertising would prove ruinous if the Halsam was not a perfect cure of Coughs and all Throat and Lung troubles. You will see the excellent effect after taking the first dose. Don't hesitate! Procure a bottle to-day to keep in your home or room for immediate or future use. Trial bottle free at ail druggists. Large size 50c. and $1. France has 81,130 public schools and 5,600,000 pupils. Scrofula Humor "My little daughter's llfo wts saved, as we believe, by Hood's Sarsaparllla. Before she was six months old scrofula began to appear and In a short time she had 7 running sores. One physician advised the amputation of one of her fingers, to which we refused assent. We began giving her Hood's Sarsaparllla. A marked Improvement was noticed after she had taken only one bottle, and by a continued use of It her recovery was complete. And she Is now, being seven years old, strong and healthy. The other members of my family have been greatly benefited by Hood's Sarsaparllla."? B. C. 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