Sway of the Danes.

Te Aroha News, 26 November 1887, Page 3

Sway of the Danes.

" According to the latest estimates," says the " Sfc James Gazette," " the land on the surface of the globe has an area of about 53,000,000 square miles, and supports a population of 1,400,000,000 souls. It is startling to rellect that there is a reasonable probability that, before many years shall have elapsed, neaily one- third of the world's s-uporticies, and considerably more than the one- quarter of the world's population, will be ruled by the direct descendants of the royal couple who are now entertaining a family party at Copenhagen. King Christian of Denmark is at present sovereign of about 90,000 square miles of territory, and more than 2,000,000 people ; his eldest daughter's mother-in-law, Queen Victoria, has an empire of nearly 8,500,000 square miles, with about 365,000,000 inhabitants ; his son-in-law, the Czar, is lord ( of some 8,000,000 square miles of territory, and about 108,000,000 people ; and his son, the King of the Hellenes, rules dominions extending to about 25,000 square miles, with 2,000,000 inhabitants. Ie is well within the bounds of possibility that in the future, while King Albert Victor reigns over Greab Britain, Nicholas will be Czar of Russia, Frederick will be King of Denmark, and Constantino will bo King of the Hellenes ; for princes bearing these names, and all grandchildren of King Christian IX., will, some day, in the ordinary course of events, succeed directly or indirectly to the sovereigns who now occupy the thrones of the four monarchies in question."

"Now," eaid a Sunday-school teacher, " our lea3on to-day ia about the battle between David and Goliath. Why did they fight?" Little towhead— For the gate receipts and points.