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Show ENGLISH TONGUE IN LEAD. Spoken by 130,000,000 of People and Is Still Gaining Ground. The United States nre h far the larmst of nil the civ Hired nations ex rept Hussln which 1ms isnoooono In ha' Hants The German empire hai w noiinoo. Austria Htiimnr). 47 000 "' Japan 17.000 000 tho United Ki'irdom -12,000,0(10, Prance 3S.00O "n Itulx. 32.000(100 and Spain, is 01 o 0110 China has 350.000,000, but she l 1 tint count In n calculation of this son Owing to the rapid growth of the U lied Statos tho Ungllsh language Is now spoken by moio petaoiiB than use nnv other clv'llzcd tongue Charles V paid he spoke German to his horse Trench to men Italian to women friends and Spanish to God In his dtvs, three and a half centuries oko Spain was u hind on which the sun lever set, L'-laud was onlv a small si ot on the map and the Kngllsh I in gintre hold only n m'r.T plnce In the civilized tongues To 1 tj 130 000 0110 or people speak Ungltsl looonnono si i nl. Gormi'n. 70.000 11OO enitiloj Si anlsh Including the Inliahltnrts of the I atlu A acrlcan countries nnd pi "CO 000 sr-ak 1'renrli Moreover, tho lead f"r Kngllsh Is rplill lengthening Ncnrl) two thirds of nil tho people who speak the Kng II h toiiRUO n-e In Hie United Stales |