The Irish standard., 1895-06-15
CHIP BASKET.

L 5s 4EYery% LOT OF KuOWlEuS6 8alAeu dItSF
the hours Of daily labor is capital which
will bear ample interest IN the way OF
advancement # such studies are dill.
gently and intellectually pursued the
present will be the all-ahsorbing topic.
and the future may be left out OF mind
with almost perfect assurance that it
will be well able to take care OF itself.
There would be fewer broken friend.
ships, fewer unhappy unions and fam
lily quarrels were it not 80 much the
custom among intimate friends and re-
latfons to neglect the small courtesles
Of life, to show less and less mutual de.
ference as they grow more and more IA
miliar It is the foundation OF misery
in marriage, and many serious and
lifelong arrangement has .begun, lot
from want of affection SO much as from
the lack Of that delicate and instructive
appreciation Of the feelings Of others
which keeps a person from saying I'M
pleasant things or finding fault, unless
absolutely obliged, and in any case to
avoid wounding the offenders sense Of
dignity, or stirring up within him 1eel~
ings of opposition and animosity; for al
though many persons profess to be sbCVs
taking offense at honest censure and
even seem to court criticism. yet 1t must
be very carefully administered not to ia
unpalatable, s -
An Irish officer said to a friend On hia
arrival at Calcutta, india, my boy, is
the finest climate under the sun. But q
lot of young fellows come out here and
they drink and they eat, aud they drink
and they die, and they write home to
their parents pack Of lies and say it's
the climate that has killed them"
The Gaekwar of Baroda;t India, pos.
sesses a curved sword which is by far
the most valuable In the world It's, hilt
and scabbard are encrusted with dia-
monds, rubies and emeralds of the rars
est kind, and its value it 100000 or ap-
preaching quarter Of a million pounds
sterling. Several OF the native Indian
princes have swords of about or even
more than half the value Of that belong
ing to the ruler Of Baroda. the golden
hilt being studded with most valuable
precious stones. The shah OF Persia
owns sword valued ct upwards OF fl0,-
900, which was worn by him on his first
sia and the sultan OF Turkey possess
swords set with diamonds and other pre-
cious stones, worth thousands OF dollars.
The most valuable sword in England Is
that presented by the Egyptians of Lord
Wolsefey. The handle was set with
diamonds, and the value Of the sword is
$4,000. When Arthur Wellesley, the
Duke of Wellington, won the victory at
Assaye, In India, under every disadvan-
tage, thereby infiicting blow upon the
turbulent Mahrattas, from which they
never recovered, the British inhabitants
of Calcutta voted him g sword, valued at
$4,000, and the. army presented TO him
a service Of plate Of SO 900 in value. &.
"A Pan-American congress Of religion
and education will be held In Toronto,
Canada, July IS to rs, for which extern
sive preparations are already being
made. It is proposed to have represen-
tatives Of all the creeds in North and
South America send representatives to
this gathering. Seven thousand dele
gates it is expected will attend, and
Archbishop Ireland and large number
of Protestant clergymen have promised
their co-operation.