Mnp making has kept pace with the
progress Of other arts, though Its Steps
nre not so loud and ave heard oftenest
In the schoolroom. It ls really an art
to make a mnp nnd has always been
so. Prom the time of the earliest
crude affairs to the elaborate and ex?
act pictures of today a great degree of
skill has always been necessary to
give a perfected representation. Map
making ls now at the height of its ex-1
ceHence and popularity. The man with f
land to cultivate, houses to build or I
land to sell must have everything set
down on his map for reference. No-1
body thinks Of traveling any great dis- I
tance without consulting a map. In*
deed lt is almost Impossible to escape;
lt, for the obliging ticket agent thrusts
lt Into i.'s hand with thoughtful
kindness, mindful of tbe advertise*
ment within the pages as well as of thu
convenience of the tourist. Maps aro
so common now that there are no more
little boys who think tile soil of one
state ls green, another brown, another
red, because that is the way lt is col?
ored in the geography,?Worcester Spy.
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A ' Iii of Hoof i.ii i .I. ii-.
The majority of the houses lu Buenos
Ayres have but one story, whose Hat
roof servos all the purposes of Yankee
lawns and dooryards. While the pa?
tios are frequently utilized as dining
lind sitting rooms, it is tlie universal
custom to promenade lu \W cool of the
day on the house tops, to sit there (lt
morning and evening enjoying the re?
freshing breezes, extensive view-.- nnd
varied panorama In the street below.
