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d u a p valet- i qnart which uslr do w thef st the tkeatmhst of the pooe huntington contributes tho fol lowing paper to the christian union fifty j zs aro lord beaconfield wrote sybil or two nation in the course of the itory it transpired that tho two na tions were not sciara td by mountain chains or political boundaries but were tho two great sections into whiob modern english beds itself divided the section oi the present poaaeesors of wealth and that of those who possess neither the one nor the other these two sections divide between them not england only bat the sixty million people of this land the nations are variously named one brfllunt writer speaks of the honae of have and the house of want another characterise them as the privileged and unprivileged clae another of tho satisfied and the discon tented but the most common as well as the oldest nomenclature la the rloh and the poor undoubtedly theaa terms are relative and the division tot the two nations can only be made in very broad and general way the gradations from tuebail80ad kino to the scavenger are so fine that at first it seems impossible to slip a knife blade in between tho cloaely fitting links besides tho names rloh and poor have qnite a differ ent meaning to people 1 remember a little boy in the top storey of a tenement house pointing down to some sorawny plants bearing a few pinched flowers on a lower roof and saying in a tons of awe those are awful rich people down there and with the rapid change in our social condi tion the extension of tho tor mo shifts and alters a few years ago a man with a hun dred thousand dollars was regarded as a rich man ha would hardly pass for uoh in new york society today and yet splto of all this apparent vagueness of meaning the two nations that rioh and poor denote are becoming more clearly defined more mutually exclusive with every week mul titudes are passing constantly from one nation to tho other and yet tho passage one way is becoming daily more aifibult facllia descensus averni do wo not ourselves witness to the defin- itcness of one of the terms by the way in which we speak of tho poor what does that word really connote as we use it a great deal la written and spoken about tho poor we have societies for investigating or improving the condition of thb soob we have able artioleson the housing feeding clothing visiting of the poor we have hospitals and medical attendance for the poor mission chapels for tho poor special quarters in our cemeteries tor the poor orphanages for the young of tho poor cer tainly in tho face of this universal use of the term wo cannot deny that the word must mean somebody or bodies who are they who do yon my christian brother or sister mean by the poor is it not fair to say that when you make uso ef the word you have in mind a mans of individuals men women and children around which you have drawn in thought an invisible line that clearly differentiates this oompany from other individuals and seta it at some little distance from the rest of the community including j oursolf your family and your acquaintance and having thus located tho poor if i may say so do yon not regard them as ieppratod from you and yours not only by some present outward conditions but by their very constitution and makeup an being oi a somewhat coarser fibre perhaps as duller in their sensibilities possibly as providentially suited to their environment and tho occupation in whioh they engage 7 in other words do you not regard them very much as if they were really a separate and inferior species of the genus homo the peculiarities and traits of which muse bo duly considered and tho best way diboovered to develop and improve tho breed but whioh must still remain segregat ed from the rest of the race i do not cup- pose that you have ever presented the matter to yourself in this light and i daie say yon feel quite offended at the suggestion that yon really entertain these sentiments but in all honesty my friend do you not dots there not underlie much that is said on sooial matters a tacit assumption it rroly finds expression that what the poor aro today that they are not because of sur rounding circumstances accidental condi tion of education companionship work but becauso of some intrinsic grossness obtuso- nqss lock of energy or ambition does one deolaim against tho foulness of tenement houses the answer is calmly given oh the poor actually liko tho dirt they prefer to herd together as though it wore qulto as muoh a trait of the specicu as for eels to live in tho mod or rabbits to crowd togother in their burrow does one advocate an ex tension of tho eiaht hour system one is mi at oncri with oh the men will simply spend the extra two hours in the saloon does ono deplore tho starvation w40es of girls in tho oitlea the reply comes promptly why they could all have good homos at service in tho country but they wont leave tho oity streets but you aro forgetting tho law oi here dity these people havo inherited vicious or perverted tastes and dispositions and you propose to treat them as though they were free from the taint cf generations of degraded progenitors not so fast my j friend lob its settle ono thing at a time aro you not in a measure admitting my statement that ym regard these poople the pooras of different otuff from that of which yon are made i do not ferget the awful eaored law of heredity i know tbvt many of those you call the poor are handicapped for tho race ofllfo by evil propensities and paaslonvlnherited from their parents butjwill yon venture to say that they havo contracted an ineradi cable disease thathumanjinaturo has sunk so low in them that if la no longer capable of restoration and uplifting seen tho lowest tribe of savages cleansed taught and civilised yen havo seen them furnishing their heroes and martyrs of the christian faith do you condemn this peo- plo tho poor at your ry doors they and their descendants to brutality and crime but you say tho progress must bo so vory gradual we can only hope to accomplish a little each generation how do yonlsnowjiuhow many oases havo yon mado a fair trial dei yon kuovr youcg women today are strooomno op oct of jflg to refinement and grac the plains captured lr to st augustine florida the clergyman to whose family he afterward lived for three years preparing for the ministry said to my bearing he fa the beat mas white black or red that i ever knew are these people so much more degraded than he was 1 ah my friend did the lord jesus come with no better gospel than you preach did he come to tell men that though they could not hope to be much better than their fathers some distant generation of their children might attain to a christian manhood he said cf the crowd of rude ignorant fisherfolk who sat about him their dull mind slowly wakening under his words bshold my mother and my brethren 1 no wonder the heard him gladly 1 no wonder the new life sprang op within them and that they found themselves renewed in the image of god my brother my sister my mother they aro worda of divine power suppose we nsed them to place of the poor what a change would oome over our thought and pass from thought into action i a gifted and largehearted nomaa recently repeated this story you may have seen it but you will not hear it too often or dwell upon it too much some men working cj a sandrit were covered by a mass of sand falling from the bank abovo them their fellowworkmen hastened to try and shovel ihjii out before they were suffocated a group of spectators gathered and looked on suddenly a wo man bareheaded and breathloea ran up to one of the men who was standing by and caught him by the arm jack 1 eho pant ed jackj dont you know your brothers down there 1 and the man flung off hit coat and grasped a shovel and sprang and shovelled desperately to save bis brothers life yes in tho sight of god there are not two nations only ono his children our brothers all tho world over the father hood tho brotherhood have we even begun to learn them do we realize that our bro ther is down there i are wo prepared to say not the poor but my brother my sisters his brothers my sisters my brothor tramping about woarily from shop to shop looking for a job or working- ten twelve fourteen hours a day at crush ing lllrequlted work that oxhauats all save the faculties of tho brute the oravlng for food drink sleop i my sister tolling in that roaring factory for a mero pittance and oomlng baok when the day is over to that tenement block with its foul taltt and de grading oompany the craving for city sights and sounds become t second nature so that she shudders at the loneliness of tho green fields and blue sky 1 and if you long to kelt this brother this sister of yours dont set them away from you in the undistinguished mass of the poor but take your placo beside thom feel their sores how probe an unfeltovil wouldst bo tho poor mans friend must freezo with him test bleoplosn hunger let thy crippled baok ache oer the endless furrow how was ho tho blessed one made perfect why by grief tho fellowship of voluntary grief ho road tho tearstained book of poor mona hearts as i must learn to read it do you ask yourself how you oan do this let me suggest to you one method requiring but llttlo timo of easy execution ut on the dress of a wageworkor go into some part of tho oity or into a neighboring town whore you aro not known and try and find work go from oflico to sffice and store to store meot and talk with others bent on the same quest wait as you will be told to do in tho draughty entry or at the door till tho vboss or tho forelady is ready to boo you ask as they must do who havo no oholco but work or death determine that you will go wttboutyour dinner and supper unless you find a job and as night comes on and you drag your rolf wearily homeward glad you nave a place to sleep remember ono who nevor but onoa described bia own trials as a poor man- and who said then tho son of man hath not whoro to lay his hoad and then think that snob a day as that for weeks and months together is tho portion of thousands not of the poor but of your brothers and sisters j walter weds winnifeed winnie ww vtoraaulr worrbtrti trkcrt kfxsh u wanted waller welfare wei- feme wool ur warm weather walter i welcome warm weather 1 we were wishing winter would wane werent we v we were well wearied with waiting whispered walter wearily wan white woebsgoae was walter wayward wilful worn with weakness wasted waxing weaker whenever winters wild withering wind were wailing wholly without wayward ness was wlnnlfred valtra wise woman ly watcher who with winsome wooing way waa well- beloved v we wont wait walter while weath ers warm well wander where woodland wave wont wo 3 walter wonted wretchedness wholly waned why winnie well walk where wo went when wc were with willie well weave wild flower wreaths watch woodmen working woodlice worms wriggling wind mill whirling waterwheals wheeling wo will win wild whortleberries witness wheat winnowed wlabeaoh woods were wild with wild- dowers warm westerly winds whispered where willows wore waving woodpigeou wrens woodpeckers were warbling wild woodnotoa where wisbeach watermlu waters whioh wero wholly wavelets widen ed wero waterlilies waxen white wlnnl fred wovo wreaths wltn woodbine white horn wallflowers whilst walter whittled wooden wedges with willow wands wholly without warning wild wot wind woke within wiabeaoh woods whuitllng where wlnnlfred wandered with walter wooplng willows wore walllnts wolrdlv waging war with wludtosacd waters winifreds wary watohfulnosa waked walter we wont wait whioh way winnie 1 wlnnlfred wavered why whero wo wandering wlsboaoh woods widen whlohover way wo walk whores wlabeaoh whie wloketl wheroa winstons wator- mlll wistfully walter witnessed wlnnlfreda wondor wlunio winnie wo wero wrong wholly wrong wandering within wild waya wayfaring wcathorboatenwalfu wero well- nigh wornout wiulfrod waited whero within wattled woodwork walla wagons wheelbarrows wains wero waiting with wlthored wood walter warmly wrappod with winifreds wellworn wadded water proof waa waiting woefully wholly wearlod winifred who worn with watohlng wellnigh weeping waa wistfully wakofully waiting wllllos wellknown whistle wholly wlahed walters wellbelng warranted with wolltimed wisdom walter was wound with wide whiteworsted wrappore whioh wonderful lywell withstood winters withering whis tling winda wholly without warm wrap pers was winifred who with womanly wisdom was watching walters welfare warding walters woaknoss wheu will wuho wond whoro we wait 1 wearily wondered walter wnlat 1 walter whlaporod winnlowho was whooping whereabouts iwolcomo whlatllng was waking wla beaoh woods whon winters windy warfare waxed woakor winnlo i walter 11 wln nlfred miwfulaess wab wellgrounded wero well willie woro whoro winstons wagons wait without waiting willlo was within tyinstona woodwork walla welcome wclcomo willlo winnie waa weeping with woarinese with watohlng walter with waylarlng why winnie i wiso watchful warm- hoartod winnlo willlo whispered whood- lingly wo wont wocp walters well what wero waltor without winnlo wholly wondorf u waa winnif red a well- timed womanly wudom whioh well war ranted weakly waltero welfare when- over wandering within wiabeaoh wooda withwinnie waltor would whiapor what wore walter without winnie wiso watohful warmhearted winnie 1 a bew wki8kl statistics hollcw cheeks and wrluvks are vary i awkward things say the im maii ita leun lvlls do their best to prevent tni ap pearance the clever one kuvut to be able to warn ff the wrinkle but hollow eheek completely vi their kill a gentleman who live at islington 1 providing ladle whoae cheek are hollow with small pad these pad are attached to natural or arri- tiaial teeth by mean of tiny gold spring the price of a f aoe pad t a trluo heavy like everything else guaranteed to improve the personal appearanoe a pair of pad ooat something like m the maker of the face- pad said that gentlemen a well as ladlet are wearing them oaa gentteman had never looked anything but oadaveroua until he took to the pad now hi chocks are rounded like a oheruba and ha look ion yex younger tho curious thing about tao faoe pad is iu inflexibility it 1 made of the same material a the oase of a set of artificial teeth there i no need for the small parson to be overlooked on account of want of etaturo it 1 possible to add aa muoh as four inches to your statute by a boot designed for tbe elevation of tho lowly tho invcatioo la aa odd and ingenious one instead oi tacklnv six toohfti on to a person heals a plr of entirely falsa feet made of cork is jmt into the hoe when tho woarer gets uto them he or she is raised according to the inohea of cork of course in thla in vention this original foot is mdo to com bine with the oork one under the leather to such a manner that tho lino of demarcation is not peroepttble tho riza of tho foot is saorifioed it is true and a larger boot la neceeiary with tho cork elevator than would be the oaae naturally but faiioy hav ing four toohea added to your height 1 katwuuliuiu lu eutclaud although tho natlonalistjc movemont in america still lacks several month of being a year old its infiuenoo has already passed from america to england whero ob here it is appealing to many people who hither to havo not boon perceptibly affootod by any form of eoolallam edward bellamys look ing bickward la gaining an extensive circu lation there and one of tho moat slguficant evidences of ita ioiluouco islts effoot upon ono of tho most prominent of publlo men professor jamos stuart of cambridge uni versity professor stuart la a prominent member of parliament as woll as an eniicent man of bcioncs his attention was called to mrbellamya book by mrhollday the well known artitt who like william morris takes a deep interest in sooial questions profesaor stuart was so impressed that ho at once bepan tho drafting of measures for introduction into parliament suggested by the book and to harmony with its ideas but it must be remembered that an introduction by him is a guarantco rather of rejection than of passage the professor is regarded as a viewy politician and hla infiuenoo in tho houoe of commons is far from being aa groat aa his frlonda anticipated or him other prominent purbons in england aro re ported to havo been equally influenced by mr bellamys work and it has been pro posed to form nationalist clubs there on a plan similar to those organized in tho states for giving definite form to the movement peaels of teuth a mybtery solved what a curious cngino 1 sho excloimod aa she aaw a dummy for tho first time yaas replied the old man with llttlo totereet in tho matter iv always wondered why thoy called it a dumby she continued cau60 tho cnglueor cant talk ho replied oh of couiao i what a gooco a woman is anyhow too smart baseball playor why is tho first inning of a baseball gamo alwaya the best manager i dont know why baaeball playor beoaueo it is tho big nning of the amo manager horo is your roloaao wasp its eegular set i dont believe in thoso ideas ot caste said bllmklna but yon will find them hard to get away from i dont know about that but its a faot look at tho sun oven it has ita regular aot wileac to take an interest oh undo george cried tender hearted llttlo rollo nla eyoa filling with tears let us give somo money to that poor woman over there on the sand see she has hardly any clothes on 1 sure enough said mr georgo why in thunder didnt you point her out be fore wellqtounded fear at tee theatre miss ohio oh i am sure i dont look nice at all miss an fay why miss chic beoanse i am so comfortable nature will not givo to man hor highest rewards except on tho condition oi tho highest use of a capablo intolloot ono who la nevor bncy can nevor onjoy rest for it implies a rollof from prooiona labour and if our whole time wore spout in amulng ourbelvoa wo should find it moro woarlsomo than tho hardoat days work wo havo too low an catimato of human nature whon we linaglno that it will roopond only to rolfintorcet it is rathor that wo havo not faith onough in tho truth and have not learned tho seoretof tnaplrlnjr noblo motives and puro desires tho lifo prlnciploa muat bo doaply sot thero muat bo tho olean hoart and the sound mind thoro mubt bo an allmastering lovo of good thoro muat bo a well established and wolladmlnlatored inward government not dependent on human opiniorjboronaboms too right law muat bo written on tho hoart all ono thing with tho lifos lovo to meot with cuocesasomothlnt moro than a small effort or a sorlos oi small efforts is necoiibary it ianot by abort fitful jorka but by long vigorous pulls that a boat la forced against the current the oaraman atrotohos himself to work puta all his momentum into it doaa not rest upon hia oara long onough to bo carried back by tho current but perseverea and in this way only pan ho reaoh his goal it la just tho same in lite the long utrobg pull oonqnets all opposing forocs the woman who scolds the woman who arguoa oaoh point to i- tho- bltterioencu he had lost his grip a middle aged man with a troubled look on his face stood on tho corner near tho cen tral depot and attracted tho attention of a passer- by who inquired can i do anything for you air stranger said tho man ivo loat my grip ob braco up said tho othor lu a choery voioo youll got hold again if you push in it happoua to ua all aomo time or othor im afraid ill nover got it again said tho other badly nonaeuae man dont glvo up now whon theyve just discovered tho elixir of life adviaod his friend take hold again liko a man what air you talking about asked tho othor i lost my grip with four now shlris in it a now woatooat a pair of auapauders and my wiles pbotygraf t jusc give me a ahanoo and youll boo wolher ill take hold or not and ho walked off with a susplcloui look at his lato adviser a qoatlo liuit- good avonlug mr stlokby you really muat oome to seo uu jjui seme time be lint i waeutgolok quits yel mlsa eva oh i ben your pardon 1 xou generally do go you know alter an hours sllenoe a pfsuap in eaglaad ti about wfimsjoi which between 3- tlw citl siuim paid lost year more thasi mfxi uxiwigirtue ttt united sutktvvuauiiii i500j000 lb la the r-re- vloaa yr ttoiitapliou was ocly 44000- wo lb lowyowiadu imported 13414scs3 rd ogry408i19 ot white and 37 oo 627 yard of oaloumi printed or dyed piecegood the proportion of these from oouotrie other than tho united kingdom are inotional but they how a tendenay to ell three caw to increase tho crop of appica in france lu 18s7 waa so large that the totalqaintlty of oidor mde was 302325000 kucb as against 188767- 000 gallon to 18s6 in 1ss5 the apple crop to franco was so heavy that nearly 450000- 000 gallons of elder ware made aud the average for the last five year ha been 33 oooooo gallons as much a is55og000 lb of tea wero couinmed to great britain last year and paying a duty of 61 per lb produoed a reveuuo of 4613 00 the average per head was vory little abort of 5 lb now zealand ha an average per head per annum ot nearly 7j lb and australia of 7j lb canada return is s80 lb tho united states 146 lb holland 120 lb and all other cannulas havo an average of 1 lb the coins struct at the british mint laat year were of 42 different denominations in cluding in addition to 15 imperial coins gold doublo dollars and silver and brorzs colna for newfoundland silver for canada hongkong and the straits settlements nickel for jamaica and broczs for jersey british honduras the mauritius and can ada the total number cf good piocos atruck was 52 153700 as against 4336904s in 1s87 and their value real or nominal 3- 363524 tho total number of good pieces of tho imperial oolnago waa 2ss56162 and their valae 3 070053 tho immigrants who landod at now york last year numbered 370822 bolng 8000 moro thau to the previous year germany as to 18s7 contributed tho largest number ovor 78000 whioh was 3000 fewer than in 1887 ireland followed with 44 307 whioh shows a falling off of more than 12000 england epnt 7000 tewer emigrants than in tho preceding year and scotland ncarly 4 000 fewer tho italians numbered 43- 827 a very slight falling off from 1ss7 the swedes and russians with nearly 3so00 and 33000 respectively wero almost exactly tho same to numbers aa in tho previous year on the other hand the austrian contingent was nearly doubled tho chlnoso numbered five only during the year 501 immigraats wero prohibited by tho collector of the port from landing and sent baok to tholr own countries central afroan curiosities students of savage llfo will fiad much to interest thom i the loanmasoura of af rlo u cutioeitic3 now on view at messrs van dar woydoa studios in rigont street sys the london telegraph thia vory singular col lection has been brought homo by herbjtt wjrd who started under stanley aa a vol- unteor in tho emlu pasha relief sxpeditlon- and who was left at yombnya camp togeth or with msj barttelbt j s jameson mr troup and mr benny subsequent to the assassination of mj barttelot aud the sad death of tho young irishman mr jneson at bangata mr ward left tho oimp and came down tho congo rlvor to tho coast to eond a report of these doporablo events to tho emln relief committee in loudon and it was on hl8 return upcountry that stanley returned to tho aruwiml the arttoloa on viow were collected during hla five veua travolalu tho cannibal diatriots of tlo c congo and thoycousiab of hugeivorj vl horna somoof them measuring ovr cut down from elephant tuaku worked shields o various ahapesi to tho tribou who use themnw grass cloth and coo uurlous lv cloth worn by thb cannibal trlw- flls tho advanced post of tlppao tip the arab leuwr j graph with those of other s- rletles heroes heroine view fetish isssijs goi of lack avifrt piidlw buqly yjp ths trlrw iiirtu vri outojtojm t weapons of alt it- snroxwlk r tribes tors vfw thirrv v4i dlspbx ewiio to- wvr- iain vlti snri bad otawson outfit to be happy there i no doubt of it 1 tho less w r listers- think of gursolvca tho healthier and fjawajfritftwipilitmjb piece wo are ihvice- m mra gddlng bhould onjoy otatffltwtjjftmkenind tho health then sho is all the time b0rnitocfv ot about hor neighbors 1 low in tie seat now york boy mjamn if funny little belt mamma hush obiifllchbie your sisters new btli dr- 4uvvmtyt6oit to tho ihbihlfofnw bandtjit thowoaian who alwaya will havo titj last word tho wonian who trieain any iiasu i to meet man oh his own ground staoaji scir loso totho fight and is a vtaj iabsjtfcg woman not that a good honett f mj thy on righteous occasion outspokes 4 brave and free from all taunttor nr nosa la not jffectlvo and nsefi ic bo vory rare vory well cuaeuia clear off whon its objeo aratt genuinb sunahtoe nevri i r tering off to ftsfeyretobftn- lrienrv1 r thisbeuv- 1 j chiasmhfcttcijr to iliitrc aau vqald m a calamity tty on the savannah rivor togro wbosjoos by tho name of htshair and whiskers aro kiy mtoud almost cover his head itiuig only smal patohei of dark rrotud ids eyoa and nose and aro a 0 iiitasion of shcopb wool his hair i0 f fc- i rapidly nd hb wifo shears every tir weeks thereby realizing y ppy jeiahlswifo and it infs the yoar round to supply them with htn wife has nearly tc fii prt of tho wool saved for r ault of clothes for jess i 1 about 35 years old thai mother tongue iluunto the complaining of the language do they use to one pfthe snrpriaea mr oldtprtetiweiliaupnoaoit rrtit f ninarrjueii lifr aler la nt gituo now v j wcm d thvn by ratisally are too nttacoea mnti- a ploatujrqaebtiont oh herbert aid the fondtwlfe ivo jat been down town and i aw suoh a duck of a bonnet 1 yel responded herbert languidly yes sho sold with peculiar emphasis h it all i can do to float my business h well it will take a daok to that your domestic peace of mind a daok of a bon net merchant traveller 1 lii 1