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adamiEing of the road. The modern Greeks
use the telephone, and they have moro than
1000 miles Of telegraph wire in their King
dom. They nave as good postal service as
you will find anywhere. and there are half
dozen newspapers published in Athens. As to
the business of the people, the pure Greek does
not like agriculture, and of the 2000,00 peo-
pie in Greece only half Of them are engaged in
farming. The rest are In mercantile business,
in the professions, or in shipping. The people
seem fond of adventure, aud they probably
have more ships in proportion to their size
than any other nation of the world. Greece
has merchant navy of az steamers, and il has
more than 5000 good sailing vessels. It has
in addition to these 5000 coasting vessels, and
its ships trade with all parts of the Mediter-
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The National Museum Of Greece contains a
great number Of statues, which have been
iouBd in the recent excavations but these are
% broken TINT il is impossible TO find whole
hgure among them. Some Of the works are
very fine, but the treasures of the present col
lecl49nsare ~ the Polytechnic Institute which.
built Of the pnrest white marble, stands In the
same street. This was also built by wealthy
0reeEss and US collections are largely made an
Of those articles which Dr. SchIieman and
Others have discovered during their late exca.
Visions. IL Is here that one finds himself in
the Greece Of the past. and he seems 10 be able
GO put his hands ON the old society Of Greece
IN the days Of its power. There is here one
room as big astbe average village church, which
is Allied with glass eases. each Of which contains
fortune In gold. There are great cups of
eoiid gold, each Of which would hold from one
20 two quarts Of wine. There are vases OF the
yeiiOTest Of rich gold, Of all shapes and sizes
and there are number Of gold masks, some of
WHICH are ss large as the tin Washbasin outside
the hack-aoor Of farmhouse. There are rusty
swords IN big handles Of the purest gold and
there are hundreds Of small round gold plates.
have been IN many Of the worlds finest lew.
cry stores, i have visited the treasure vaults
Of three or four Kings, and have seen the
displays Of 4 number Of great expeditions, but
4 never saw SO much pure gold together
before, and have never seen finer workman
ship. These cups were In some cases Of ham
nefed metal. with the most beautiful Of fig
uFes embossed on their sides. One or two of
them seemed 70 have been cleaned. and the
yellow metal sh0ne with mrror-like bright
nees, Others had still the dust Of the excaya-
ti0ns upon them, and they were crushed and
bent out OF shape by bearing the weight Of
Fpin upon them throughout more than D 00o
years. They have lain IN the tonbs of Mycenm
and sparta for ages bat the gold is so pure that.
while the rust Of time has eaten the hardest
oi steel swords and other objects 10 pieces, it
has remained untarnished, and it shines still
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The modern Greeks are very patriotic and
the best Of these schools have been endowed by
wealthy Greeks Tie Boulevard de pUniyer-
site Is a wide street lined with magnificent
public buildings the most Of which have been
bniit by the donations of wealthy Greeks and
j am told that the Greeks WHO make fortunes
elsewhere come back 20 Athens TO live. aud
they are very liberal in giving 20 anything
that they think viii benefit the country. There
are an Athens today many families who are
poor from having given the whole Of their for
taBes 70 the support Of the war Of Independence
Of half century ago. The Arsakion, the
girls college Of which I spoke. was the gift
81 Greek named Arsaki. The Academy Of
Sciences, which Is one CT the finest public
buildings iH the world, was built al the expense
Of tBe late Bzron Eina Of Vienna IL Is OF The
pureSt white marble and il reminds one some
what II Girard College IN Philadelphia, though
D. is much larger and grinder Its front Is
adorned wsth great Ionic columns, and over the
doorway is an exquisite piece OF sculpture rep
Teseating the birth Of the Goddess Athena
The gbsle building is Of marble richly deco
rated with gold ia the same style as we're the
6Be structures Of Athens The main hail Of
the interior has walls Of great marble panels.
surrounded by gold, and the long, carved.
beDch-IIke seats are of marble, with i,eauti.
fnliy-eaFyed GguFes-haIf woman, half beast
-Bphslding them. The walls are covered
with grand paintings in oil showing the
seeHes ia the lie Of Prometheus. and the
ceiling Of marble and gold ! have seen no.
where outside II the wonderful ruins Of North
lHdia anything Of this kind which COMPARES in
beauty with the interior Of this modern Greek
bailding
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HE Athens Of to-
day lies on nearly the
same site as the classic
Athens of antiquity.
Cobble- stone streets
with paved sidewalks
cover theroads through
which Diogenes went
with his lantern seek
ing an honest man, and
the discussion Of mod
ern politics is carried on
outside Of Greek cafes
on the same ground
where Socrates con-
versed on philosophy
aud where Plato argued
the Immortality of the
soul. Modern Athens
has streets not unlike
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TaE MAIDEEs.

them. The country has been 0yerrun again
and again by the Turks, the Glavs, the Romans
and other nations. and the present Greek peo-
pie is sort Of q suecotash Of races. They
have, however, their distinct characteristics.
and, though the most of them care more for the
dollar than for statuary, they are not TO BIO
sneered at. When spoken TO about the c0ndi-
tion of their people, they point with pride to
the great advance they have really made
within the past so years, and they date their
life from the Greek independence 1--WE are
so young yet that we cannot be expected 10 do
more than we have DONE" they say; but we
are improving every day, and we expect 30
raise Greece up 10 the status that it had ia the
past as one OF the great countries of tho world.D
The Greeks are in earnest ia this, and their
future Is certainly bright. They have as good
brains as any people in the world, aud they are
to-day, as they were when Paul preached TO
them, always seeking after some new thing"
and not afraid 70 try it.
Among the modern improvements Of Athens
are steam tramways. which lead to the sea-
shore, and you can ride all over the city ia
street-cars. The roads out into the country are
macadamized, and il seemed very strange TO
me ia coming 20 Athens by carriage from the
seacOast over the road which Scion and Esop
perhaps walked to bave to turn out of the way
for stone crushing engine which ran by
steam, aud which was employed in the mae
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Chickens savO In the Accident of Birth.


An old eolored man brought in basket of
chickens yesterday, which he called Spring
chickens.
when were they Matched out?" asked
purchaser.
"Wel boss, dem chickens was bawn las fall.
but they jist begin to grow las week.
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AcapExY OF ScrEEcE.

not only thorough classical education but
there is connected with the college schools OF
laW. medicine theology and philosophy. The
majority OF the students are preparing them
SELVES for tile law or for medicine, and the
youag Greek takes 70 professional ambition
As q duck takes 20 water. There are 81 other
colleges ia Greece, containing nearly 1000
Etadents aud the country has a system OF
c0Hm0B schools at which attendance is CON-
pUlsory. All children must attend school be-
tween five and twelve years Of age, but ] am
told that the laws are not well enforced in this
regard IN the country districts in addition to
these common schools aud colleges. there are
great numbers Of private schools, aud there are
here AZ Athens fine polytechnic institute, an
academy Of science several good public libra
Ties. and a national museum. There is one
girls college which contains about 500 students.
and there are other girls schools which are
largely attended.
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TooTHAcHE.

Carries Especially in tho molars) Is often a
hereditary affection, which the diligent use OF
the toothbrush can only postpone, aud not
always 10 an advanced age. But toothaehe
aud the jawbone rheumatism accompanying
the process Of decay can BIO prevented by an abb
soluteiy infalible remedy, namely, total absti-
nence from flesh food. Animal diet, unless
assimiated by constant outdoor exercise, seems
10 leave an undigested residuum (perhaps indie.
pendent OF the accumulation OF meat fbers in
the interspaces Of the teeth, etc., which by its
decay appears to affect the enamel Of tho teeth.
The most frugal nations have the finest teeth
the Arabs, HindoOs, Turks, aud tho poorer
classes of the Spanish aud Italian country pop
uation. The Gauchos, the direct descendants
Of Spanish colonists. are subject to cxcruciating
toothachcs They are II hardy, vigorous race,
physically rather superior to their European
cousins, but while those relations of theirs sub
sist chiefly on boiled chestnnts and garlic, the
Gaucllos live almost exclusively on meat.
storckeepers on our Indian frontier are
troubled with constant demands for tooth
medicine" the sale of the usual cheap nostrums
being soon followed by the complaint that the
medicine don't work"
The traveller BnrmeiateF, who spent several
years among the natives OF the Orinoco Valley,
mentions their proneness 10 violent toothaches,
the only kind Of pain" he says for which l
ever saw them seek reliefin tears.o
Like our redskins, the Orinoco Indians are
carniyorous nomads, disdaning agriculture
and relying on the produce OF the chase. In
many parts OF sonthcrnl Europe where the
poorer classes subsist chieiiys0n bread milk
and potatoes, their sound teeth arc the envy of
their wealthier conntrymen.a But that i'm.
mnnlty Is soon forfeited in america, where
rich and poor insist on three daily meals of
meat, aud moreover persist in boiling those
meats smoking hot. Thoaprocess of decay, IL
once begun, is apt to continue in spite of all
remedies. the germs of thepdisarder (Which, no
doubt, some disciple of Pastear's will yet trace
TO a microbe) being too easily4retaincd in the
pits aud stumps of tbs dental apparatus.
1oothache, however, will snbside as soon AS the
patient can be induced to retrench his rations
Of flesh food, and will almost invariably disap.
pear within a month after the total renuneia-
ton Of that diet.
fTo Hs eanI5otledl
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ATHENS IN 1885,
A Look at the Capital Of Modern
Greece and Its Wonderful Museums.

A Rsom OF Gold Gathered frem GreeIan T0mbs-
The Academy OF Science and It's Beautiful Har-
bIes-The PartheR0R as IL Locks T9.Day-The
Schools and Colleges OF Greece-The Education
of che People Business Greece, and Other Matters
AbOut One or the LIVtliest Lands OF the Orient.
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these of an American city. Its public build
incs are in several instances much like those
OF Washington. and its houses are like the
square three aud four-story fats of some parts
OF Paris. Its people dress as we do, aud the
Inverted coachman sits on a cab or carriage such
rs you viii find in any of our fashionable city
drives, and ficks the flies of his high steppers
with a modern whip. There is great deal OF
style In Athens. and the people are as well
dressed ms any people in Europe. They seem
70 be prosperous aud there is neither leanness
nor beggary. The better classes Of the modern
Greeks have as good homes as people of the
same wealth in the United States. They are
well educated. and the most of them speak half
a dozen different languages. French is the
society language of the Greek capital, aud
am told that the family Of the King use Eng
lish in their talks among themselves The
Greeks have a wonderful talent for languages.
They are as bright intellectually now as they
were In the past and / am surprised TO find
little children who speak three and four Ian
guages and who chatter away as well in one
as IN another. little tot of three addressed
me in Greek in the Kings gardens yesterday,
and finding that / conld not understand her.
she asked some question in excellent English.
Her nurse told me she could talk French, and
Ehe viii soon begin 10 learn Italian. The ladies
Of Athens are very fond of French novels, and
they read them in the original. find labor
ing people here and there who surprise me by
knowing something of English and French
aud an actor who is here now is drawing large
crowds, though he plays in Italian.
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For bilious aud miasmatic diseases, Ayers
Ague Cure is safe and radical cure.
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written for THE NATIONAL TRrnusn.l
HEALTHl HINTS
For Old and Young.

By FELIX L. OSWALD, M. D.,
Author of physical Education" Household
Remedies": 1.-THE Bible of Nature" eto.
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The Greeks Of to-day. though they are proud
Of the Partbenon and their ruins have little Of
the artistic tastes Of their fathers. IL Is in
deed questioned by many as 10 whether they
have much Of the ancient Greek blood left in
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RUINS OF PAnrHENoN.

ranean. A great part of the carrying trade OF
the Mediterranean and the Black Seas is done
under its flag, and its business men are the
sharpest of the East. / asked tho other day
why found no Jews in Athens, and was told
that the Greeks were such keen traders that
the Jews could not compete with them, and
the Yankee smartness of the Greek merchants
is noted all over the East. Athens has its
Stock Exchange, in which the Greek bulls and
bears buy and sell quite as wildly as our bro.
kers do in Wall Street, and you find wealthy
Greek merchants in Egypt and Turkey. The
finest of the houses of Cairo are owned by
the Greek merchants of Alexandria, and one
of the greatest banking firms of Europe is CON-
posed OF Greeks.
The business methods of the Athenian mer-
chants are, however, not like those OF our
stores. There are no fixed prices. and the
merchant asks what he thinks he can get.
You have to bargain for everything and you
need not be afraid of cheating tho storekeeper.
IL you do you are smarter than the ordinary
traveller, and are entitled TO all the advantage
you can get. 1t seems strange to go into u
frst-class store as good rs you will find in the
average city of 100000 in America and have to
bargain for your shoes or your sugar. You
give as a rule about one-third tho price asked,
and buy as cheap as you can. You will find
the prices at the best high, aud you do not offer
more than one-hal of the asking price Greece
has no manufactures TO speak Of, and all of the
goods are imported. The country has large
National debt, and the tariff duties average 10
per cent. The chief article of export is cur
rants, of which Greece sells $l0,000000 worth
every year. aud great quantities of which go
TO America and are eaten in American cakes.
FRANK q. CARPENTER.
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The educational institutions of Greece are
surprising to many who suppose that the Greeks
are nation gone 10 seed. There is here in
Athens q university which has nearly 1000
students. and which has 95 professors In this
school the highest branches Of collegiate in
stEuctiOn are taught, and young men are given
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BY FRANK g. CARPENTER, issa.l

Special Correspondence NATIONAL TRIBUNE
ATHENS. GREECE. 1889.
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Read Better than Pension on page 3.
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Road Better than Pension . on page 8.

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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-09-11

There is an effort being made by
the single tax theorists to form a party
in Oregon; for that purpose Henry
George, DR.. McGlynn and others are
to be imported into the state fol
speech making They do their speak.
ing in large cities and towns where
they draw class OF people who own
no real estate and, as for that mat
ter, most of whom pay no taxes
whatever. Why do they not go among
the farmers and land owners to pro,
mulgate their views?
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George Root, in the Dayton In
lander, predicts that from Septem-
ber IL to September Is. 1889, will
occur the worst storm for the past
100 years, and tie like Of which the
Oldest inhabitant has never witnessed.
nor is it probable that any one now
living will see its equal. The storm
will be universal, covering every
meteorological district of the globe.
This he claims is no foolish proph-
esy, and here are his reasons: Four
planets pass their nodes within three
days time-the earth on Sept. 11th
Venus and Vulcan on the twelfth
and Mercury on the 18th. Such mete-
geological event has not occurred for
two hundred years.
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Simmons Liver Regulator produces nc
unpleasant effect upon the stomach nc
matter how long it is taken. A little
taken at night insures refreshing sleep
and natural evacuation of the bowels
A little taken in the morning sharp
ems the appetite, cleanSes the stomach
and sweetenS the breath.
II never recommend medicine un-
less l know it to be good. In a ministry
of twenty-five years l have often fell
the need of such medicine, and wher
| found it | exclaimed: Eureka p"-
Rev. J: P. HARPER, Proprietor ,'Chris
tian Visitor" Smithfield, NC.
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HAPriiyEss AND CONTESTnEsT

Cannot go hand in hand If we look on
the dark side of every little obstacle.
Nothing will so darken life and make it
burden as Dyspepsia. Acker'S Dys-
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of Dyspepsia, Constipation and Indiges-
ton, and make life a happiness and
pleasure. Sold at 25 and 30 cents by j.
w. Conn, Druggist
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A CHILD KILLED.

Another child killed by the use of
Opiates given in the form of Soothing
syrup. Why mother give their children
such deadly poison is surprising when
they can releave the child of its peculiar
Troubles by using Acker's Baby soother.
1t contains no Opium or Morphine.
Sold by j. w. Conn, Druggist.
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Bucklen'sArnica saIve.

THE BEST SALvE in the world fol-
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
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perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price % cents per box. For sale by j ..
G. Dement,.
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\ Duty TO YOURSELF,

1t is surprising that people will use a
common, ordinary pill when they can
secure valuable English one for the
same money. DR.. Acker's English pills
are a positive cure for Sick-headache and
all liver troubles. They are small,
sweet, easily taken ami do not grippe. j.
w. Conn, Druggist.
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Guest-And you are the proprietor
OF this popular hotel, are yon? Why,
/ was here last summer, and I don't
think You owned it then, did you?
Proprietor no, / Was one of
the walters, though.
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While r. T. Moore and a colored

While r. T. Moore and a colored
man named Howell were carrying q
can of 25 pounds, of dynamite, with
which to blow up a wreck off May
port, at the mouth Of the st. Johns
river, in Florida, the dynamite ex-
ploded, blowing the men to invisible
atoms and destroying the jetty,
machinery and lighter. Engineer
Dunn is almost insane with grief.
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Araminta-You put your arm
around my waist so gracefully,
George. George have had lots of
practice. was a street-car conduc-
tor for five years.
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A correspondent of London TrutI
suggests this additional stanza to thu
national anthem:
Grandchildren not few
With great-grandchildren, too
She blest has been.
We've been their sureties,
Paid them gratuities,
Pensions, annuities,
God save the Queen!
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WASHINGTON DEMOCRATS.
Who They. Nominated at Ellensburg.

The Democratic convention Of
Washington territory met at Ellens-
burgh last Monday and nominated
the following ticket:
For congressman-G. @. Grifits, OF
Spokane.
For governor-Eugene Semple, of
Pierce.
For lieutenant t-governor-L. 81.
Platter, of Whitman.
For secretary of state-W. 81. Whit
tlesey, of Jefferson.
For treasurer-M. Kaufman, of
Pierce.
For auditor-J. M. Murphy. Of
Thurston.
For attorney general-H. J. Snive
ly, of Yakima.
For superintendent of public in.
struction-J. 81. Morgan. OF Kittitas.
For commissioner of public lands
M. q. Goodell, of Chehalis.
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For scrofulous disorders, and mer-
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Ayers Sarsaparilla.
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FOR THE SUPREME COURT.

W. b. White, of King; B. l.. Sharp
stein, of Walla Walla; J. B. Reavis,
of Yakima; John P. Judson, of Pierce;
Frank Ganahl, of Spokane.
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Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria

When Baby was sick, We gave her Csstoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Csstoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to oastoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoris
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Bids Wanted.

DIDS WILL BE RECEIVED FOR THE
SchoOlhouse in District No. 5, between
Lewis and Clarke's and, Young's river. all
material Will be furnished the contractor on
the ground. Bids wanted for labor only.
Plans and specifications may be seen at
THE ASTORIAN Office.
Bids will be received till noon, September
10Th, 1889. work to be completed by Dec. 1st,
1889.
The right is reserved to reject any and all
bids. Address 4" C. s. DOW,
Chairman Board of School Directors.
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Notice.

A Ii PARTIES ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED
"a that the Board of Equalization will
meet at the county court house in Astoria,
on Friday. September 27th, 1889.
f. l.. PARKER,
County Assessor.
Dated this 5th day of September, 1899