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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.