Arizona silver belt., 1899-03-23
vOLAPUK HAS 4 RIVAL.
Esperanto Is the Name of This New Uni-
 yersal Language.

EeperhntO 1s tne NhInc Ahis NV" Shi-
 versal Language.
 Esperanto is not thc name of new liquor or of a new appetizer, nor that of comic song, but it is the name of m artificial language, which is fast gaining adnerents ill France, and that is already able to boast Of many fol- overs in Europe, :he United States, and even in some parts of Africa.
 Among those most proficient in the language is Il Frenchman, bearing the aristocratic name of D'EySGauticr. He says that Esperanto is by no means q new language, nor even n recent dis covery. This international language has been in existence nearly ten years, and there arc at least l0.CG0 adherents in different parts of the world.
 The author or originator of Esperan- to is Russian gentleman, Dr. Eamen- hof, of Warsaw. He says that one may learn its grammar in an hour, and all its vocabulary of words in few days.
 The official organ of the language, the Esyerantisto,. is utterly opposed to the Volapuk organ, for it has literary tendencies.
 The fact is, Esperanto hopes to de- throne Volapuk altogether. Verses may be written in it, and translations of the Iliad and Hamlet have been pub lished.
 Like all artificial universal Ian guages, the roots of Esperanto are de- rived from the best known of modern tongucs--English, French and German these offering the least difficulty to students.
 Dogs and Their Friends.
 It was Dr. John Brown, of Edinboro, think, who spoke in sincere sympathy of the man who lied dogicss fife" It was Mir. Josh Billings" Know, who said that in the whole history of the world there is but one thing that money cannot buy, 10 wit: the wag Of dogs tail. And it was Prof. John C. Van Dyke who declared the other day, in reviewing the artistic career of Land seer, that he made his dogs too human. It was the great Creator himself who made dogs too human-so human that sometimes they put humanity to shame. have been the frierd and con fdant of three dogs, who helped to lN,- lnanize me for the space of q qnartcrnf a ceptury, and who had souls to te saved, l am sure; and when cross the &, gian river l expect to find on inc othcr shore trioot h'.rs wa. 'rr their tails almost off in their joy al my com ing, and with honest tor,.'iIes hanging out to lick my hands and feet. And then I am going, with these faithful, devoted dogs at my heels. to talk r'rs over with lir. John Brown, Sir Edwin L.a",s.'.r and Mir. .l'-h i' "ngs.-Lau- renee Hutton, in St. Nicholas.
 The monetary system of Venezuela IS that of the Latin convention' 'ne Aiah' heinz represented by the bolivar.
 1t is strange that so many people should seem to think that bicycling de- yelops only the muscles of the leg. Criticisms of this kind, however, are usually heard from those who have not tried this most fascinating means of recreation and exercise. Experience ms proved that bicycling brings into play and develops all the important muscles which help to build up the physical structure. Of course the legs receive the greatest amount of cNer- else, but the use of the arms, back and chest is very important. When steer incline is encountered the legs alone would be unable to supply sufficient propulsivepower. The handle bars n. us; he firmly grasped, and the strain or them is very great; in fact they might be broken If at all defective, which gives faint idea of the great strength that must be put forth by the arms md back