J LITTLE CALICO'S RUN. < \ BY CHARLES ADAMS. ? A somewhat bulky registered pack age for which the postotHce desired a receipt arrived with iny other mail a few mornings ago. The strings,knots mid wrappings with which it was se cured had a homely look, as if It had lieen tied up ity unaccustomed hands. Through the wrappings, too, the pack age felt softly pliable, as if possibly composed of paper money; and I cut the many strings with some curiosity as to whether or not 1 had unexpect edly fallen heir to a small legacy. I became still more excited when, on removing three successive wrap pings of paper, I found enclosed a targe, old leather pocketbook. Hut a ciance at the pocketbook at once dissi pated IH.V dream of inherited wealth. It was, alas! quite empty of bank notes, checks, or deeds of gift, and contained only a slip of paper 011 which, in a cramped band and in very dim ink, was written the follow ing quaint legend: "This is tiie wallet which your grandfather, Stephen Koot. brought home the 'surplus' revenue money In from Portland, when the highwaymen •hased him across Long l'oml. Your grandpa left It to uw. But 1 um get ting old and shall not live inucJi long ■r, and I want you to have the wallet. "Your Aunt, Itoweiia lloot." Ah. yes, how often Grandpa Hoot had told me that story when I was a boy! The wallet and the story of that horseback journey to Portland 011 'Little Calico" date back to the time when Andrew Jackson was president. Grandpa Hoot was then a young man years old, and had but recently •ome to Maine to clear up bis farm. At the usual town meeting in March ■jf that year the settlers had elected him town treasurer and tax-collector, ■me reason Jicing that he owned a liini ole little "calico" mare, and could ride ■ibout easily over the then imperfect roads. When, therefore, word came later that season that the amount assigned to Maine had arrived at Augusta, and that everybody was to have his or her share, a special town meeting was held, and the treasurer was deputed to goto Portland—where the money for ilie western part of the state was to IK- deposited—and bring back to town the amount allotted to Its inhabitants. The story of the distribution of the "surplus revenue" is one of the most Interesting episodes of our early politi cal history. The government, prev ious to the civil war, depended entire ly upon customs receipts, or "the tar iff." for its revenue, save when the revolutionary debt was unpaid and luring the war of IMI2. I (tiring the administration of Andrew Jackson the receipts from this source exceeded the ordinary expenses of the govern ment. Along about. or "W there was great speculation in laud, and the tales of government land in the west were enormous. The receipts ran up from an average of two or three mil lions a year to almost fifteen millions in and almost twenty-live mil lions in 1836. The public debt was paid off. and there was 110 way to dis pose of this money for any ordinary purpose. The politicians perhaps they were statesmen—conceived the idea of dis tributing the surplus money to the states in proportion to population, and thus restore It to the channels of busi ness. The scheme was very popular because it meant the restoration to the people of the sums that had been taken from them by taxation. The deposit of this money with the states was arranged to take place in four In stallments, and two such installments were actually paid: but before the third could be made, the great panic of 18:17 struck the country, and the distribution was never completed. Moreover. In accordance with what was probably the Intention of Con gress when the distribution was voted the states were never called upon to refund that which had been "deposit ed" with them. Each state did what it pleased with the money: some used it for Internal improvements within their own bor ders; some used It to reduce their debt; and In some states the money was distributed directly to the people. As lias been said, that which was to be used for this purpose was sent to the state of Maine, and a part of it was distributed from Portland. The sum which was to be paid to each person wus hardly more than a dollar and a quarter, and yet there are old people still living who gratefully remember It. Grandpa Hoot, then a suiooth-faced vouth of Ti, weighing only 111 pounds, rode to Portland on Little Calico's back, and he bought the calfskin wal let at a shop on Congress street to bring the money home in. There had IN'I>U delays in ucttlui; I lie cash ready for distribution, and it was now late in November. lie spent live ilavs In the city be fore bills and silver enough accumu luted at the bank to supply the amount due him, and meantime lie probably became known to a considerable 1111111 Iter of people. It Would seem so. at least, from the family story of his Journey home, and of what oocurjed un the evening of the second day. Little Calico wa* a light mare. She tipped the scales at only •ITMI |toltlids, I think; but she was strong anil agile. Had as the roads were, »hc made .'si wiles a day easily wltli Grandpa Hoot fill Iter buck, for he wus of light weight himself. The first hall'-day out of Portland, two men on horseback came to the wayside tavern where Grandpa Hoot had stopped to get dinner and bait his horse. He paid little attention to them, and did not even notice which way they had come. Nor did they seem to notice liim. One rode a large chestnut horse, the other a white one. On the forenoon of the second day Little Calico cast a shoe, and he stopped at a blacksmith's shop to liave another set: for the weather was cold and the road hard frozen. While the shoe was b.-ing fitted 011, the same two men whom he had seen the previous day came up and passed the black smith shop; and when lie rode on, he in turn passed them »»* a tavern six miles farther along, where they hail called for a drink. Still, he thought little about tlieni; they had not spoken to liini, and ap parently gave him no more than a passing glance. Hither the little calico mare had grown tenderfooted on the hard road, or else the blacksmith had been care less in driving the nails in her hoof. Shortly after noon that day she went lame, and before evening was limping badly, and as a result Grandpa Hoot got on more slowly than he had planned. The country was much less settled than that near Portland, and there were long stretches of forest and of tamarack swamp. The route was familiar to the young treasure-bearer only as he remembered it from his outward trip; but he knew that he was approaching the Andros coggin river, and hoped to reach a tavern 011 the other side of tlie ferry where he had spent a niglit the piv\- ions week. The weather was cloudy, and by five o'clock it began to grow dark. The mare had then become so lame that he dismounted anil led her by the bridle, lie did not know how far on It was to the river, but supposed that, it was five of six miles. He passed two seltlers' houses a little away from the road, and would have turned i:i and asked tiie people to put lilni «i»» for the night; but as he wanted to reach a blacksmith, lie concluded to walk to the ferry- It began to snow as lie plodded on. with Little Calico limping behind him, and by tlUs time it iiad grown so dark that he could not see objects more than a 100 yards away. Just then, however, he heard horses' hoofs be hind, approaching at a canter. Ity the sounds, he judged that there were two or more horses, and he led his mare out of the middle of the road to let them pass. The horses soon came '.nto sight: and having keen eyes in thoaedays. Grand pa Hoot distinguished tlieni plainly cn ougli to make out that they were the two travelers who had been on the road with him ever since lie had left Portland. 011 first recognizing tlieni. he felt rather glad than otherwise, for it was a dreary night and a lonesome road: lie thought that he would speak to them. Apparently they did not see him un til they had come up within 100 feet. Then they both pulled up short, and one of them said something to the other iu a low tone. Thus far Grandpa Hoot had not en tertained a suspicion that they were pursuing him with evil Intent, but something In their manner of stop ping and speaking to each other when they saw him filled liini with sudden apprehension, lie thought of his wal letful of money: and In an instant it flashed through his mind that these men had been following liim all the way, and meant to rob liim. lie sprang Into Ills saddle, his first thought being that, lauie or not. Little Calico must do her best now to reach the ferry. He did not carry a pistol, or even a knife larger tliun a packet knife, and he had no doubt that the men behind liiui were armed. The little mare whinnied with the pain of her foot; but she ran at touch of the spur, and rail well. He hoped to get a way, but immediately heard the robbers' horses coming on behind liim. They covered us much as a mile iu this way, going fast; and Grandpa Hoot, glancing back, saw by 'lie sparks their horses' shoes struck on the fro/.i n road that they were keeping pace with him. Pretty soon one of the men shouted. "Stop, you!" lie cried. "Pull up, or I'll shoot you!" At the sound of the stranger's voice. Little Calico laid her ears down ami ran faster; but even then they hung close behind. "Throw down your money!" came the shout again, and then one of the highwaymen fired a pistol. Little Calico laid back her ears again and ran hard: but she was lame and tired from the long day 011 the road. Grand pa soon heard the horses' hoofs be hind very plainly, and begun to lose hope of getting away. He looked anxiously for a light along the road ahead. If lie came lo a house, lie thought that lie would turn into It ami shout, ".Murder!" and "Help!" but there were only dark woods and swamps on both sides. SllOll one of tin- tin'ii came almost alongside of hlui llli<l lircil another shot, the red iliihli of which showed Ills face. Little Calico whliiiilcd from fear, and gathered herself to run so smartly that for some minutes MI »> l.ept weii ahead. Presently, us they ran, Grandpa Hoot suw Indistinctly the gap of what willed to IM* a road that iiirnwil off into the woods on the right. He thought that. it must lend to some settler's clearing not far off tlio main highway. Obeying a sudden impulse, he turned Little Calico aside and dashed into it. The highwaymen were close upon him and followed, one of them tiring again and shouting that he would eut Grandpa Hoot's heart out if he didn't stop! The road which they had now en tered proved to lie merely a logger's road, instead of a road to a house: it was very narrow, rougji and boggy. The little mare broke through tier frozen mud into deep mire several times, but floundered oil and came out. after a few hundred yards, between two great piles of logs, .lust beyond was a large pond which looked very white, because a thin coat of snow had fallen and covered the ice. The robbers were close behind; aiul owing to (lie great log piles oil both sides, it was impossible to get away to right or left. Grandpa Hoot dil not knoT, whether the Ice 011 the pond would bear or not; but it came into his mind that he would lie more likely to bear Little Calico than to bear the heavy horses of his pursuers: and in his desperation he put spurs to Little Calico, and galloped straight out 0:1 the pond. At every bound the mare gave, he could feel the ice give and bend under her feet, and hear it, crackle. The calks of her shoes cut clean through it, and water flew up at these little holes and spattered his hands and face. Hut it was that new, tough, elastic November Ice which will bend and hold before breaking down. The highwaymen shouted to him again; and an instant later lie heard a great splashing and floundering be hind him, as if one or both of iheni had attempted to follow him 011 tie. 1 ice. and had broken in. Hut Little Calico did not once slacken her run until she reached the other side of the pond a distance of nearly half a mile. She appeared to know from the feel ing of the ice underfoot that if she stopped she must break in and It.' drowned. There was open upland oil the east shore of the pond; and after getting through two fences, Grandpa Hoot came to a house on another road, where the people took hint in and kept him overnight. Next morning Little Calico was so lame that she would not step on her nigh forefoot; but they pulled off the shoe, and Grandpa Hoot led her home barefoot. lie saw nothing more of the robbers. The pond was said to be very deep, and it is possible that the two men and their horses were drowned. The walletful of money was duly distributed among the townspeople some taking their share cash down, others turning the same over on part payment of their annual taxis. Sever al of the large families secured as much as sls apiece: and the largest family in town received $-I.—Youth's Companion. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. The largest carpet in the world Is In Windsor Castle. England. It is 4;t feet In breath and contains ,"8.840,00) stitches. The weaving of it occupied _'S men 14 mouths. Cork is about the most buoyant suli stancc there is. but a cork sunk 200 feet deep in the ocean will not rise again to the surface of the water. At any less distance from the surface, however, it will gradually work its way back to light ouce nioiv. Men and women never eat togethei in China. The meal is formally ar ranged and shared by the men when it Is hot and fresh; the women retire and wait until tile men have finished It may not be correct to say that they have nothing to eat but what the men leave, but they must often have to be content with a cold and cheeriest meal. The horseshoe in China, as well a* in other countries, is looked upon as a harbinger of good luck. For that rea sou Chinese mandarins, when buried, have horseshoe graves, and they be lieve that the bigger the horseshoe grave the belter the luck of the de parted. As a result, the mandarins outvie each other in the size of these horseshoe graves. A novelty in street-railway rolling stock is the funeral street ears of the city of Mexico, which are arranged as hearses. The charge for the use of a street-railway hearse varies from s.l to S4 up. The cheaper cars do not leave the track, ami (he (todies have to lie carried (o them to be put alumni. The expensive cars, however, used bv (lie wealthy, are made so tllej will run either 011 the track or in the street, and they can Is- driven to the dour. Illustrations of the adage that there is nothing new under the suu are never far to seek, and a singular In stance is supplied in"The Art of Wiirrc." by Nlecoll MllchiavcHl. dated I.MtO, and translated by IVler White home. At the end of the book III" U-aiLslator has added souie original matter. In telling "Mow to write and cause the same that is written t > be ivad afar off without sending any message" he says: "A captain Itesicged In any town or fortress unable to com municate without by letter may. by night so far as light can be seen and by da> as for as a burnished glass cast big the sun 011 a hut. or suchlike, may be described he having arranged with his friends the order of signal one or two lights Iwing flashed, hidden or displayed again." This is the |>rh> elide of Ihe modem heliograph. ATTACK ON FOREIGNERS. WHAT BRYAN'S MANAGER THINKS OF NATURALIZED VOTERS. Vitriolic Speech Mail* by Senator Jon**. Hie Democratic National Chairman, J.efore Hie Arknunua legislature—lie fer# to "ignorant Foreigner*." '•These comprised fully one-half of the number of votes received by Me- Kinley."—Deli berate assertion of Dem ocratic National Chairman .lames K. .Tones. "lie believed devoutly that Hryan had been elected and was swindled out of the Presidency." "lie believed that, in 1000 bimetallic forces would win a great victory." His declaration that (he principles of 1800 are "Absolutely essential to the welfare of the country." The man who advocated the gold standard denounced as "No better than a vile thief." (From the address of United States Senator .lames K. Jones, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, before th«» Legislature of Arkansas). "Hundreds of thousands of ignorant foreigners, who were here taking bread out of the mouths of honest la | lior, voted at the last election at the | dictation of McKiniey's supporters. , The foreigners comprised fully one half of the number of votes received by MeKinley." These are the words of the man who conducted the Democratic eam : paign in 1890. The same man is the j present Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, lie owes his po sition to the wish of Mr. Hryan. j The language quoted above was : used in a speech. It is 110 remembered ' scrap of idle conversation. It was : uttered in no heat of discussion. It was a deliberate expression. "Hundreds of thousands of ignorant foreigners," said Chairman James K. ' Jones, of the Democratic National Committee, "who came here taking bread out of the mouths of honest la bor. voted r.t the last election at the dictation of McKiniey's supporters. These foreigners comprised fully one half the number of votes received by MeKinley." ! And (hen 011 (his basis (li.it (lie Re publican party owed success in 1800 to "ignorant foreigners," Chairman Jones proceeded to hold out tile hope of success iu 1900. "Can there he any doubt," he asked. ; "as to which shall prevail, the six aud one-half millions of intelligent Hryan voters, or the three and one-half mill ions of ignorant foreigners who voted for MeKinley V It will seem to sensible people al ! most iueredlblf 'hat the Chairman of tlie Democratic National Committee ! could make suei. statements in a pub -1 lie speech. Hut the Honorable James I K. Jones did it. i More than two months after tin election of ISOO he uttered the asser ! tious quoted. 1 The occasion vas no less serious ■ than an address befor* the Legislature of Arkansas. Senator Jones had Just been elected (o his third term iu the ' United States Senate. On the 20tl. of ' January, ISO", the Senator appeared I before an Informal joint session of j Ids State Legislature i.t the Capitol ' in Little Rock He returned his ! thanks (o the people *of Arkansas through ttelr representatives, the Legislature, and then he proceeded to discuss the defeat of Bryan, speaking as (lie Chairman of the Democratic National Committee and the head of ! (lie management of the Democratic i campaign. He said that he "Believed ! devoutly that Bryan had been elected ! and was swindled out of the Presl j dency." lie declared his belief "that in 1000 j the bimetallic forces would win a great victory." This still makes 10 to ' 1 the paramo mt issue. 1 He reasserted his conviction "that j the principles he spoke for were abso j lutcly essential to the welfare of the i country." That is 10 to 1. The Senator spoke for over an hour. | Running through his speech were two principal thoughts. O.:o was this . idea that Republican success had been j achieved through the "ignorant for j elguers," a result which the Senator | resented iu the name of the native Southern population which was "more American." | The other central idea with the Sen | ator was the Injustice of the uuctpial distribution of wealth. Upon this he 1 dwelt with almost the emphasis j which Le gave to the "Ignorant for i cigners." "What has been the cause of this ; great struggle';" tne Senator asked. I "The people are as honest aud as industrious as they ever were. What then, was the matter? The last cen sus report shows that the wealth of the country was $05,0(10,000,000, or about SSOOO to each family of five I members. The Senator quoted figures i to show the inequality in the dlstribu i tlon of wealth. Why was Massacbu j setts so much better ofT than Arkan sas? Were they more industrious aud ; more deserving? He considered that the Southern people rank fully up to, 1 if not ahead, of the people iu the bal -1 a nee of the country. The Southern people are more completely Anglo ; Saxon than those of the other States ' ami therefore more American." At ibis point the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee made one of the 111 st remarkable of this se ries of startling statements for Arkan sas 1 ousuinptiou. He Illustrated his | .issctiou that the Southern i>coplc ! are "more American" than thj rest of the country Iu this way: "It took the |tcople of the combined North t 1 Hast four years lo conquer the Southern pec pie aud the latter hod built for iheni a peuiluu list tint .was (•ppftlUntf.' 1 The Senator's spcccli bristled with assertions intended to Incite the spirit of class prejudice. He said: "Millionaires and paupers grow on the same bush. When you make a millionaire you make dozens of pau pers." The man who r.dvocated the gold standai.l the Senator described as "no better 'linn a vile thief." Knulmiil Itorronn From America. Mr. Hryan said in his Madison Square speech in New York City four years ago: "It is true that a few of your finan ciers would fashion a new figure—a figure representing Columbia, her hands bound fast with fetters of gold, and her face turned toward the east, appealing for assistance to those who live beyond the sea—but this figure can never express your idea of this nation." It must gratify Mr. Hryan to see that his manacled figure does not ex ist, and that the financiers of Eng land—the dreaded men of Lombard street—are looking westward and ap pealing to the financiers of New Y'ork for assistance. Never In the history of politics lias there been a more crushing answe' jo the gloomy predictions of a profes sional fault-Under and calamity howl er. No wonder the spellbinders of tlie party of disaster are willing to let. the bogy man of 'OO rest in an unhonored grave, while they drag out to the ceu tre of the political stage another pasteboard monster, which they call "a paramount issue" and "anti-impe rialism." Tonnenff«e Denellteri by Protection. This State during the Harrison Ad* ministration in ISO 2, and under the MeKinley tariff, had farm animals of the class enumerated below, valued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture at a total of $.">7,340,120. But four years of depression under Democracy and tariff for revenue had, in 1800, caused their value to shrink to $30,082,- 802, a loss of $18,200,201 under the Democratic Administration. Here are the figures: Jan. 1, Jan. 1, ISO!). 1800. Horses ... $21,322,77S *13,758,014 Mules 15,801,300 7,650,823 Milch Cows.... 0,100,041 5,135,018 Other Cattle... 4,021,187 5,403,215 Sheep 1,105,870 051,008 Swine 7,741,239 0,384,190 Total .. . .$57,340,120 $30,082,803 line to Kryan't Work It is surprising that Democrats in their present anxious search for a cause why Hryan supported the rati fication of the treaty with Spain, have not discovered that, afte* all, It was because of his loyal devotion to the cause of "anti-imperialism." Every anti-imperialist tow asserts that had that treaty been ratified, and had the Philippines not been taken over by the United States, that there would have been 110 "imperialism," conse quently no "anti-imperialism" issue. It was, therefore. Indeed, due to the loyal work Bryan in supporting the treaty, that the "anti-imperialism is sue" was rescued from the everlasting oblivion of never having been born. Aillai SlevcDioti'* Politic*. The chief reason for the great love of the old-tlme-now-and-forever-Dem ocrats for Adlai E. Stevenson has been that he "has always been a Demo crat." 111 his speech, however, accept ing the silver Republican nomination for Vice-President, he brought forth many facts and arguments to prove how good a Silver Republican he has always been. XcKliilcj'i Qualification For Prciidenla President MeKinley is not a "flighty" man. William J. Bryan is. Ills name is associated with nearly every cranky political notion ever 1 proposed in the United States. The j best qualification which a President 1 can have is common sens. President MeKinley has It. Klevate* Welfare of All. There is not an honest man livinff under the protection of our laws and i flag who does not know and will not agree tlint American sovereignty 'vas never extended over any territory, un less it served to elevate the people and add to their general prosperity and welfare. The lteal tune of the Campaign. Mr. Bryan may try as hard as lift pleases to make what lie calls "Impe rialism" the main Issue iu this cam- i paign, but he will full. The real issue , Is to get rid of Bryan and "Bryan- i Ism," and the jieople will consider no . other. People Want to Know. In the course of the campaign MP. | Hryan will doubtless make it clear why It is wicked to govern Tagals without their consent, but righteous to govern Southern negroes without their consent. People want to know. | Same Old Song. The same old ticket, the same old boss. The same old platform, minus the cross; 1 The same old powder aud the same old gir>, The same old wadding Sixteen to one. The same old kickers, (lie same old growl, The same old antl-everythlng howl; 1 The same old Issues nothing new. The same old lies to licit* 'em through. i The same old spouters, the same old Josh, The saiue old brand of campaign slosh; The same old voters l.oid save their , souls, The sauiti old trouuuuf at the poll*. ( THE GREAT DESTROYED SOME STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. Lord IColiorlH In » Firm ISellev. r inTnn. j |)eraiic« 'an<| Total Alm(in«uc«—llovr " e a Uefurmalinn In lite Cun fe#»i Synteiu In tli« BrltUlt Army. Lord Poberts. who brought order out of unaos m South Africa as far as HriUsh military interests were conn-rued, mid •Who to-t'uv in consequence stands the greatest soldier in that vast umpire, i* 01 Irish blood. He is also a believer in tom- I fierauce and total abstinence. He has j done much for the soldiers in this direr j tion. We may not be enthused over Lord | Roberts'* defeat of the Hoers, but we i can at least learn with interest and prolit J of the change he has wrought in the can- I teen system of the British army. Here is what a writer in the Standard says of 1 him: I . "Knowing the terrible amount of drink | ing in the army in,Jndia. and that drunk enness is the father ol many other vices, ; and seeing that evangelistic work met with , ho much opposition on the part of many officers. Sir Frederick determined to rem edy these evils. Accordingly, a thorough reformation iu the canteen system was at tempted. And no one outside of the army knows what a gigantic undertaking ! '"is is. Where formerly men sat within . bare walls ami at. dirty benches drinking bad beer from tin pots, which tiicy car '• ried to and from their barrack rooms, and | with absolutely nothing to divert their I minds from drinking, there sprang up dec orated walls, clean floors, covered tables. ' glasses, innocent games and reading mat - 1 tor, all of which taught the soldier somc : thing of self-resnect. After a while the j coffee shop, which hitherto had been in j the hands of native Mohammedans, was j taken lip by the soldiers themselves and i greatly improved in cleanliness, respecta | bility and attractiveness. The temper j auce eottee shops, too. came to I It* a recog | T'i/.ed institution and received a due j share of attention, llere men could spend | a i|uiet evening, writing letters, sippin-r a | cup ol tea or coffee, or even having a sub stantial meal surved. No half-drunken comrade could molest the self-respecting I man here. To my personal knowledge i the regimental savings banks in the J.uel, j now cantonments received a marked in ! crease in the number of depositors a> ,i 112 result of these changed conditions. In i fact, men began to see that some one cared for them and desired to elevate | them socially and morally. Non-eommis i sioned officers were at this lime strictly enjoined to teaoh self-respect by example. ] and if they themselves were found drank. cither on or off duty, they were severely I dealt with." The AKnrcli of Disfranchisement. j The following extract is made from a 1 sermon by the Rev. K. Teazel, Liverpool, reported in the Christian Nation, ol New ; York: "In the drink problem we are face to face with one of the most wealthy and , selfish combinations that ever threatened the national well being. And the all-im- question is, how shall the nation I best protect itself from this danger? Tern j peranee societies anil temperance instruc j tion and restrictive legislation have been > tried, but_ the eril and danger are still ; with us. That ragged and reeling proces sion wends its way through the doors ot" the taproom to the haunts of poverty, crime and death. The true remedv can only be found in purging the elecloruti and through it the Legislature from the ■lrink interest. | "Why not place the members of the j drink trade under a drink disability, and | exrlude them, not only from Parliament, i but also from the polling booths? Such a. measure would meet the liquor dealer and ! shareholder on their own ground. The*. | by a wide distribution of shares, have been laboring to create thousands of in terested votes, and thus push their j "trade" regardless of the public good. | Disfranchisement of the drink interest J would set the electors free to give uiisel fish votes for unselfish and public-spirited | uien. ! "The disfranchisement of the drink in ! tercst seems the only remedy capable of i meeting the situation. When those men who clothe their fellows in rags, and send them through poverty and prison 1o drunkards' graves, arc excluded from tie pooling booth and Parliament, godly citi | sens who have hitherto l>een compelled t> «tund aloof from politics will be induced lo play their part and cast their vote for the public good. The civil ruler will .ig.iio become what <iod intended lie should be. the minister of God to the people for their good." An Object Lrisnn, ' Only a few years ago and Sockalexi*. t j full-blooded Penobscot Indian, was ,-t I prominent ligure in the baseball world. i lie was the star player in one of the big | league teams, and his name was one to I ?onjure with. Strong, wiry and agile, he ; was the ideal of an Indian athlete. He 1 Jrew a large salary , and his future »cein<»l j .inusunlly bright. To-day th.it same Sock alexis, or ratner the same in mime onlj . still a young man, is locked up in u Mas .achusetts workhouse on the charge ol va grancy. He is a victim of that worst en emy of his race. Fire-wafer has got the , better of liini, aud now he is but a broken. I shattered wreck of his former self. Sock alexis is a living object lesson of the evil, of intemperance.—Washington Star. I Saloon* and Tub«rculoili Pr. .1. Wheat ley, medical officer of health, Blackburn. England, in hie annual I reporc just issued states that no place*. I excluding the workrooms of some trades. I tie more favorable to tin* spread of tuber rulo.sis than saloon parlors and other in quented rooms of saloons. 'J his is not to be wondered at when one considers the filthv habits as to expect or., lion too common anion**; those who fre quent these places, and the neglect u: cleanliness that often obtains with tin people in charge of the lower-class drinV ing places. He most scrupulous cleanliness in the management of these uluces. —Lancet. A Gen«rHl'« Testimony. Ceneral Ciallieni, liovernor ot Madjtgas* far, nays: "J have never drunk anything but water, aud not filtered water <#c boiled water; no. but the water fouu.l within leach in the Soudan. water often proceeding from a marshy stream aud hav an unpleasant odor at Tominin, water from the rice swaiups. from the marshes encountered in the course of our open tiouN at Madagascar, the water from Tauanaivo am) other localities. which, moreover, are considered luul. 1 do not mean by tin* that I would recommend bad water, but what I would say is simp!* thid, far lietter bad water than any sort uf alcoholic li<)Uoi. ' Thf i'ru»u(t«* In Brief. Tl»»» deaths from ci:tl»o*ik (drunkard * livtr) m men have iucreit*ed twelve |h r cent.; iu women, twenty six per cent. According to the London Lancet, chron ic drinking in as compared with i* the cause of an increase of |sr cent, or diath* among men and of per cent, among women. StateHinen may create for themselves theories that extenuate a national vie* like intemperance, which > iclds the **• chequer so many millions a year, but, speaking from a medical poiut of \tsw. we must point out that it is disgraceful and disastrous.
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