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A properly arranged, personally conducted tour around tho world could be mode to Include glimpses of live or six wars. Tho Philadelphia Ledger says: "The proposition to do away with the ob jectionable secret features of the grand jury Is surely worthy of con sideration, but it Is questionable whether the time has yet arrived for abolishing the grand jury entirely." Mr. Ward, the Persian advance agent of progress, with his porcelain bath, his electric lights, his telephone and Ills hansom cab, nil in Teheran, reminds us how rnpidly tho whole world is being assimilated by trade and commerce. By the conditions of a n:v; fellow- Ship in sociology established at Har vard, the holder will have to make his residence in the tenement district of Boston in a reading-room and general resort maintained by one of the stu dents' charitable organizations. The fellowship is called the South End House Fellowship, after the name of the institution. The Kansas City Star, discussing the growth of newspaper Importance says: "In spite of occasional statements to the contrary, there has been a con stant improvement in the accuracy as well as in the celerity of news gathering. The day has passed when a newspaper may hope to gain by <nal lug a practice of falsifying. In (hit, as in other matters, an enlight ened public opinion is the chief cor rective." The Infanta Eulalie in an article in Frank Leslie's says that in the United States young women have reached the very acme of feminine independence. "I like this," she observes, "first of all because it is my way. When 1 visited the United States I found myself In complete accord with American girls upon this point of independence. It differentiates tho American girl from her sister in Europe. It has enormous advantages and, properly under stood, it implies the reverse of harm. Independence rightly conceived and priotlced is neither harmful nor unbe practised is neither harmful nor unbe coming. Washington recently had a most suggestive exhibition of the industrial Indian schools throughout the country, which, besides the regular school work, Included drawings, paintings, fancy work, plain sewing, patching and work in wood and iron. This was un doubtedly the best collection of In dian work over brought together, and reflects credit upon those who originat ed the idea and carried it out. Many of the names ithe exhibitors were odd, but little Dog Hand, Windy John, Ben Bushyhead and Viola Black Thunder do as clever work as their white brothars and sisters of the same ages. The drawings are said to possess merit, and the maps evidence skill. One of tho notuble features of the exhibit was an assortment of fine point lace, made by the Indians of Leach Lake, Minn., from which they derive a considerable income. The most practical things shown were neatly made calico and gingham dresses, bonnets, aprons and girls' uni forms. There was also a great variety of forge work and a number of well and stoutly built shoes. Mfc. Murcy'ii Volcwnln Tendency. Mt. Marcy, the highest mountain In the Adirondacks, is very uneasy, with volcanic tendency. This mountain is one of the curiosities of the Adiron dack section and it is said to be the first mountain in the world to have re ceived the cooling breezes after the chaos period, and to thi3 fact is at tributed the continued salubrity of the air and general healthfulnoa3 of the Adirondack mountains. } LITTLE CALICO'S RUN. j BY CHARLES ADAMS. ? A somewhat bulky registered pack age for which the postotUce desired a receipt arrived with my other mail a few mornings ago. The strings,knots and wrappings with which it was se cured had a homely look, as it it had been tied up by unaccustomed hands. Through the wrappings, too, the pack ago felt softly pliable, as if possibly composed of paper money; anQ I cut the many strings with some curiosity us to whether or pot I had unexpect edly fullen heir to a small legacy. I became still more excited when, on removing three successive wrap pings of paper, I found enclosed a large, old leather poeltetbook. But a glance at the pockotbook ut once dissi pated my dream of inherited wealth. It was, alas! quite empty of bank notes, checks, or deeds of gift, and contained only u slip of paper on which, In a cramped hand and in very dim Ink, was written the follow ing quaint legend: "This is the wallet which your grandfather, Stephen Root, brought home the 'surplus' revenue money in from Portland, when the highwaymen chased him across Long Pond. Your grandpa left it to me. But I am get ting old and shall not live much long er, and I want you to have the wallet "Your Aunt, Rowena Root." Ah, yes, how often Grandpa Root hud told me that story when I was a boy! The wallet and the story of that horseback journey to Portland on "Little Calico" date back to the time when Andrew Jackson was president. Grandpa Root was then a young man 22 years old, and had but recently come to Maine to clear up his farm. At the usual town meeting in March of that year the settlors hnd elected him town treasurer and tax-collector, one reason being that he owned a nim ble little "calico" mare, and could ride about easily over the then imperfect roads. When, therefore, word came inter that season that the amount assigned to Maine had arrived at Augusta, and that everybody wos to have his or her share, a special town meeting was held, nnd tho treasurer was deputed to go to Portland—where the money for the western part of tho state was to be deposited—and bring back to town the amount allotted to Its inhabitants. Tho 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 "tho tar iff," for its revenue, save when the revolutionary debt was unpaid and during the war of 1812. During the administration of Andrew Jackson tho receipts from this source exceeded the ordinary expenses of tho govern ment. Along about 1882 or '32 there was great speculation in land, and tho sales of government land in the west wore enormous. The receipts ran up from an average of two or three mil lions a year to almost fifteen millions in 1835, and almost twenty-five mil lions in 1880. The public debt wns paid off, and there was no 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 tho states In proportion to population, nnd thus restore it to the channels of busi ness. The scheme wns very popular because it meant the restoration to the people of the sums that had been taken from them by taxation. The deposit of tills 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 1837 struck the country, and the distribution was never completed. Moreover, in accordance with what was probnhly tho intention of Con gress when the distribution was voted, tho 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 tile money was distributed directly to the people. As has been said, that which was to he used for this purpose was sent to tho state of Maine, and a part of it was distributed from Portland. The sum which was to be paid to each person wns hardly more than a dollar and a quarter, and yet there are old people still living who gratefully remember It. Grandpa Root, then a smooth-faced youth of 22, weighing only 11 1 pounds, rode to Portland on Little Calico's back, and he bought tho calfskin wal let at a shop on Congress street to bring the money home In. There had been delays in getting the cash ready for distribution, and It was now late in November. He spent five days in the city be fore bills and stiver enough accumu lated at the bank to supply the amount duo him, nnd meantime he probably became known to a considerable num ber of people. It would seem so, at least, from the family story of his journey home, and of what occurred on the evening of the second day. Little Calico was a light mare. She tipped the scales at only 050 pounds, I think; hut she wns strong nnd agile. Bad as the roads were, she made 50 miles n day easily with Grandpa Root on her hack, for he was of light weight himself. The tirst half-day out of Portland, two men on horseback came to the wayside tavern where Grandpa Root 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 him. One rode a large chestnut horse, the other a white one. On the forenoon of the second day Little Calico cast a shoe, nnd he stopped ut a blacksmith's shop to have another set; for the weather was cold ami the road hard frozen. While the shoe was being litted on, the same two men whom he had seen the previous day cnine up and passed the black smith shop; and when he rode on, he in turn passed them at a tavern six miles farther along, where they had culled for u drink. Still, he thought little about them; they had not spoken to him, and ap parently gave him no more than a passing glance. Either 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 beforu evening was limping badly, nnd us a result Grandpa Root got on more slowly than lie hod 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 ho remembered it from his outward trip; but he knew that he was approaching the Andros coggin river, and hoped to reach a tavern on the other side of the ferry where lie had spent a night the prev ious week. The weather was cloudy, nnd by Ave o'clock it began to grow dark. The mare had then become so lame that he dismounted and led her by the bridlo. He did not know how far on it was to the river, but supposed that it was Ave of six miles, lie passed two settlers' houses a little away from the road, and would have turned in and asked the people to put him up for the night; but as he wanted to reach a blacksmith, he concluded to walk to the ferry.. It began to snow as he plodded on, witli Little Calico limping behind him, and by this time it had grown so dark that he could not see objects more than n 100 yards away. Just then, however, lie heard horses' hoofs bo hind, approaching at a canter. By the sounds, he Judged that there were two or more horses, nnd he led ids mare out of the middle of the road to let them pass. The horses soon came Into sight; and having keen eyes in those days, Grand pa Root distinguished them plainly en ough to make out that tlioy were the two travelers who had been on the road with liiui ever since he had left Portlnnd. On Hrst recognizing tliern, 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 botli pulled up short, and one of them said something to the other in a low tone. Thus far Grandpa Root bad 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 tilled him with sudden apprehension. lie thought of his wal letful of money; and in an Instant it flashed through his mind that those men had been following him all the way, and menpt to rob him. He sprang into ills saddle, his first thought being that lame or not, Little Calico must do her la-st now to reach the ferry. He did not carry n pistol, or even a knife larger than a packet knife, nnd he had no doubt that thu men behind him were armed. The little mare whinnied with the pain of her foot; hut she ran at touch of the spur, nnd ran well. He hoped to get away, but immediately heard the robbers' horses coming on behind him. They covered as much as a mile in this way. going fast; and Grandpa Root, glancing back, saw by the sparks their horses' shoes struck on the frozen road that they were keeping pace with him. Pretty soon one of the men shouted. "Stop, you!" he cried. "Pull up, or I'll shoot yon!" At the sound of the stranger's voice. Little Calico laid her ears down and rim faster; but even then they hung close behind. "Throw down your money!" came the shout again, nnd then one of the highwaymen fired a pistol. Little Calico laid back her ears nguin and ran hard; but she was lame and tired from the long day on the road. Grand pa soon heard the horses' hoofs be hind very plainly, nnd begun to lose hope of getting away. He looked anxiously for a light along the road ahead. If he came to a house, he thought that he would turn into it and shout, "Murder!" nnd "Help!" but there were only dark woods and swamps on both sides. Soon one of the men came almost alongside of him and fired another shot, the red flash of which showed his face. Little Calico whinnied from fear, and gathered herself to run so smartly that for some minutes she kept well ahead. Presently, as they ran, Grandpa Root xnw Indistinctly the gap of what seemed to be a road that turned short off into the woods on the right. He thought that it must lead to some settler's clearing not far off the 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 cut Grandpa Itoot's heart out if he didn't stop! The road which they bad now en tered proved to be merely a logger's road. Instead of a road to a house; it was very narrow, rough and boggy. The little more broke through the frozen mud into deep mire several times, but floundered on and came out after a few hundred yards, between two great piles of logs. Just beyond was a lurge pond which looked very white, because a thin coat of snow had fallen and covered the Ice. The robbers were close behind; and owing to the great log piles on botli sides, it was impossible to get away to right or left Grandpa ltoot did not know whether the ice on the pond would bear or not; but it came into his mind that he would bo more likely to bear Little Calico than to bear the heavy horses of ills pursuers; and in his desperation he put spurs to Little Calico, and galloped straight out on the pond. At every bound the ma re gave, he could feel the ice give and bend under her feet, and hear It crackle. The calks of her shoos cut clean through it, and water flew up at these little holes and spattered his hands and face. Rut it was that new, tough, elastic November ice wldch will bend and hold before breaking down. The highwaymen shouted to him again; and an Instant later he heard a great splashing uud floundering be hind him, as if one or hoth of them had attempted to follow him on the ice, and had broken in. Rut 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 site must break in and be drowned. There was open upland on the east shore of the pond; and after getting through two fences, Grandpa Root came to a house on another road, where the people took him 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 Root led her home barefoot. He 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 taxes. Sever al of the large families secured as much as sls apiece; and the largest family in town received s2l. —Youth's Companion. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. The largest carpet in the world Is in Windsor Castle, England. It is 40 feet in breath and contains 58,810,000 stitches. Tiie weaving of it occupied 2S men 14 months. Cork is about the most buoyant sub stance there is, hut 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 once more. Men and women never eat together 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 the men have finished. It may not lie 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 cheerless meal. The horseshoe in China, as well as In other countries, is looked upon as a harbinger of good luck. For that rea son Chinese mandarins, when buried, have horseshoe graves, nnd they be lieve that the bigger the horseshoe grave the better 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 cars of the city of Mexico, which are arranged as hearses. The charge for the use of a street-railway hoarse varies from $3 to $4 up. The cheaper cars do not leave the track, nnd the bodies have to bo carried to them to be put aboard. The expensive cars, however, used by the wealthy, are mnde so they will run either on the track or in the street, and they can be driven to the door. Illustrations of the adage that there is nothing new under the sun are never far to seek, and n singular in stance is supplied in "The Art of Warre." by Niceoli Maehiaveill, dated 15110, and translated by Peter Whlte horne. At the end of the book the translator has added some original matter. In telling "How to write and euuse the same that 1s written to be Head nfnr off without sending any message" he says: "A captain besieged in any town or fortress unable to com municate without by letter may. by night so far as light can be seen nnd by day as for as a burnished glass cast ing the sun on a hut. or suchlike, may be described—lie having arranged with his friends the order of signal one or two lights being flashed, hidden or displayed again." This is the prin ciple of the modern heliograph. BUBBLES LAST FOR ACES. They Have lleen Foumll Securely Im bedded in boliil Ijiiurtz. "Bubbles light as air," are not al ways evanescent They have been known to endure for a long time and Br. A. A. Julien of Columbia college has In his possession two or three of the most wonderful minerals ill the world. One of them is a piece of quartz which he picked up near Co lumbia, N. 11. This bit of quartz is transparent and has a little cavity in its center tilled with liquid, in which a bubble of gas keeps jumping about from side to side. The bubble is very small and con he seen only under the microscope. It is about one microm— thiit is, 1-25,000 inch In diameter, and it dashes from wall to wall of the cavity in restless motion, like a no mad trying to escape. This nomad must have continued during the ages which have elapsed since the consolidation of the granite. In other words, the little bubble was Inclosed in the quartz several million years ago, when all rocks were in a molten state and the earth was in pro cess of formation. Probably it has kept In motion longer, and moved a greater distance, back and forth, than any other substance on earth. The cavity in which it moves is about double its size, so that the bubble travels about 1-25,000 inch at every jump, and it moves irregularly several times each second. If it has been moving thus but twice a second for about 1,000,000 years it must have traveled 1,400,000 miles. Of course the bubble has been jumping about for more than 1,000,000 years. If the estimates of the geogollsts are correct The liquid in the little cavity is prob ably a saturated solution of common salt, and the gas Is carbon dioxide. Dr. .lulleu lias another piece of quartz, found in North Carolina, which has a cavity holding liquid and a bubble, which is remarkable because the bubble can he made to appear and disappear at the will of its owner. All one has to do is to breathe hard upon it, when it will disappear. It is the heat of his breath which causes the liquid to expand and till up the lir bubble. Of course any gentle heat will cause the change. Dr. .lulleu has still another gas bub ble, this one inclosed in a piece of white topaz from Minus Geracs, Brazil, which, under the microscope, shows some wonderful effects. The cavity Is tubular and the sides or walls are parallel to the prismatic faces of the crystal. The liquid In the cavity is a quite strong brine, with still another color less liquid (liquid carbon dioxide) oc cupying a central position. Looking through the microscope you may see the first cavity, then the denser brine near its ends, with inlinltesimal salt cubes floating In It; then, in the cen ter, the liquid carbon dioxide, with the air bubble in the middle of It. The curves of demarcation which show up between the colorless and non-color less liquid arc very beautiful. It Is really one liquid floating with in another liquid, and an air bubble in the center of all. The air bubble always floats near the upper surface of the cavity, whichever way the min eral is held, so that the piece of topaz is a natural spirit level.—Chicago Chronicle. The l-iuii! nf Graves. Egypt is the land of graves, and the whole energy of the people, that could he spurod from keeping life together, Was devoted to death. The mightiest tombs In the world, the pyramids, were raised upon the deaths of multi tudes of toiling slaves. The hills were honeycombed passages and galleries, chambers, pits, all painfully excavated in honor of the illustrious dead, and sculptured and painted with elaborate skill to make them lit habitations for his ghost. Wherever he looked, the Egyptian beheld preparations for the great turning point of existence. The innson was squaring blocks for the tomb-chamber the potter moulded Im ages of the gods, or bowls and Jars, to le placed in the grave for the pro tection or refreshment of the Ka, ex hausted with the ordeals of the Under world; the sculptor and painter were at work upon the walls of the funeral chamber, Illustrating the scenes through which the ghost was to pqss, or depicting the industrious life of the departed. The very temples wtilch cluster along the levels beside the Nile were, in a sense, but vestibules to the tombs in the hills behind. The sacred lake, now the weedy, picturesque haunt of waterfowl, wns then the scene of solemn ferryings of the dead. The temple walls were covered with the terrors of the Judgment to come. The houses of the living, indeed, were built of perishing mud; but the homes of the dead and the shrines wbefe supplica tion was made to the gods who ruled their fate, were made to last forever. On these, nil the strength, the science and the artistic skill of the ancient Egyptians were cheerfully lavished. AdvortlfllnK Street I.nmp*. An Englishman has designed a street lamp which is Intended for use as an advertising device as well as to Illu minate the streets. The upper por tion of the easing surrounding the flame Is used for the lettering, or n pocket may be formed in the top of the lamp to receive porcelnin or glass sheets, which may lie changed nt In tervals. The lower portion of the casing is formed of clear glass, and thus the advertising does not interfere with the proper illumination of the streets at night. The Inventor's idea is that cities shall sell advertising space on the lamps to partially pay the lighting ovnansaa of the city. A DELUGE. Without a nozzle for the hose, He tried to wet the verdant lmvn; He placed his thumb upon the end, And then he turned the water on. A quart or two went up his sleeve, A mighty stream went in his luce- Some water reached the grass, hut lie Was the wettest thing about the place. —Answers. HUMOROUS. Collie—How much do you love her? Fweddie—How do 1 know? I don't know yet how much she's worth. "Yes, sir; I put in months of hard work forming that girl's mind." "Well?" "Then she said she wouldn't have me." "I have a great admiration for Wig wag," said Henpeekkc. "I heard him toll his wife right to bor face that she j was mistaken." He—l'm goifig to shave myself lu re after. She—Won't you cut yourself? "No; 1 won't have my razor sharp en ough for that" "Does it paiu you to be so tanned by the sun?" asked the sympathetic lady. "Not half as much es tor be tanned by tlie father," replied the bright bo.v. Midget—l wond*r how the Circas sian girl ever got such long hair? Giant—She says Unit when a child her nurse told her a hair-raising glmst story. "Oh, James, here's an account of a hen who laid live eggs in one day." "Well, maybe she was getting ahead with her work so she could take a vacation." "You don't seem to believe every, thing you hear," said the optimist "No," answered the man with the sus picious eye; "1 was one of the late census enumerators." First Rabbit—That town hoy has been around here nearly a week and never once tried to kill us. Second Rabbit—Yes; he seems to be devoid of all human attributes. "Oh! Mr. Itubitout, are y&u a true artist? Do you believe In art for art's sake; or do you paint your pictures to sell?" "Well—er—l—accept money. But not much money." Mr. Henpeck—l really believe our son John has been secretly married. Mra. Henpeck—Nonsense! Why do you think so? Mr. Henpeck—He's de veloping Into a regular woman-hater. "I'll make you dance when I catch you!" exclaimed a sorely tried mother, as she pursued her erring offspring with a slipper. "If you do." rejoiced the Incorrigible youth, "you'll have to attend the bawl." "You look sad," said Borrowit. "Yes," replied Londit, meaningly; "I . lost $lO about a year ago," "Why should that worry you now?" "It isn't the $lO, hut I'm worrying because you've lost your memory. , Teacher—Now do you see the differ ence between animal instinct and hu man reason? Bright Boy—Yes'm. If we had instinct, we'd know everything we needed to without learning it; but we've got reason, and have to study ourselves mas' blind or be a fool. "What was the trouble at that house where the complaint came from yes terday?" asked the superintendent of the gas company. "Nothing much," replied the inspector, "I found a cen tipede In one of the pipes." "Ah! an extra 100 feet. See that they're charged for tliuL" Professor Brown—l have a new sys tem of mnemonics, and now I never forget even what my wife asks mo to purchase for her down town; I just jot It down lu my little memorandum book, and as soon as I see the first word It all comes hack to me. Student —Yes, sir; hut why have you got that string tied around your linger? Pro fessor—Ob, that's to remind me to look In the hook!" National Mlaaniterslnndings- The prospect of understanding the Chinaman and his Chinese puzzle Is not very promising. But it is not at all strange. How few races of afien languages and traditions do compre hend each other. How few care much whether they do or not! They do not want their own habits if life or of thought disturbed by the Invasion of other ways and modes. Their vis iner tia resists the task of change. It oven objects to changing its ideas of other nationalities. It requires too much ex ertion to think that the Englishman or fhe Freuchman, the German or the Russian, as any other than what a superficial acquaintance has photo graphed him. j it Is doubtful if even the Englishman that lives In the United States with out becoming naturalized and so tak ing n vital personal Interest In the land and Its people, fully comprehends us, and If the foreigner here does not speak our language it is through his children In our schools, rather than through his own intercourse, that he becomes acquainted with the American people. We arc a nation of nearly 8(1,000.000, scattered over :i,700,000 square miles. The foreigner who met only the Louislonlan would have a very differ ent idea of the American from the for eigner who met only the Vermont yankee or the Kentucky mountaineer. China hns 400,000,000 people, with no such means of intercourse us those which network the United States. It would be strange therefore if strangers hi that strange land could furnish the world with very coherent and consist ent descriptions of IL—Chicago Times Herald. The Imports of gold Into France for the past six months amounted to 177,- 160,300 francs. The exports were valued at 32,041,080 fran vs.
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