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He Ind Flune un.

The superior court was in session and the little mountain town was crowded with people. Along about the middle of the day when the judge was worried with a tedious trial, Bill Williams, of the Lick Creek settlement, began gal loping up and down the streets on his little red mule, firing off his pistol, whooping like Sioux, and otherwise dispensing the energy which liberal supply of corn liquor had inspired.
 'NIr Bailiff," commanded the judge, sternly, go out and arrest that man and bring him into court"
 The bailiff went timidly out of the courtroom and the judge attempted to proceed with business. But Williams racket outside did not cease. It grew worse and the judge looked over the room for some one else to send out, and observed the bailiff sitting complacent. ly on one of the back seats,
 Look here, Mr, Bailiff, why did you not arrest that disorderiy man? Are you not an officer of the court ?"
 s'Y-y-es," replied the bailiff. quaking with fear, T wuz, but I've done flung up."-Atlanta Journal.
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NOTED FOR BEAUTY.

One Characteristic of the school
 Teachers of Wmsisiagton.
 I'll tell you one thing said tn, young man stenographer from th. west, who got his job in one of the de partments recently and who has beer noticing things pretty carefully sine. he came to Washington. this burg'i got the prettiest set of school-teacher I ever saw anywhere, and that's no lie Out where I come from, say, the school teachers have got faces as hard as nal lets and glassy stares, and genera freezy way about em that makes q fel low that meets up with one of 'em fee like he's about seven years old and II the third grade all over again. And honest, they all seem to me to be abou s5 years old at that, It's the same 1T whole lot of other big towns in tht south and west that I've worked in Well, when struck this town fricn6 of mine took me 10 his boarding houst that's right next door to q big school house. My room I seeond-story from room. and commands q view Of the en trance to the school, and, say, the sec ond morning that l was there l looked out of the window just about quartei of an hour before school took in, and gee whiz, saw procession of pretty fresh-loolSing, swell, stylishly-dresseo young women a-streeling up the steps of that schoolhouse that made mo thinl was taking an Easter Sunday turnout
 q Say, says to my roommate, who'i Washington man born and bred, wha do yon make O this parade of almighty pretty girls a-walking up those school house steps? Is it d high school and art they pupils, or what the dickens, any howe'
 Pupils, nothing, says he. They r. teachers.
 Well, gave him the hoot, of course but he stuck to it so seriously that l, O course, had to believe him.
 Well, says l 10 him, finally, 'theyr the pick of all the school-teachers 1T town, then, sent down here because it's downtown sehoolhoase, just to i'm. press visitors
 Not much they aint, says he. Al the school-teachers in this town are pretty enough to eat and just as nict as they are pretty There ain't any. thing but fine-looking folks living 1T Washington, anyhow says he.
 Well, say, I didn't believe him wher he said that all the teachers in all the schools were just as attractive as thost had seen, and so the next morning, be. fore office hours, We hustled around or our bikes to three schools just before school took in,' and blamed if I saw single teacher in the lot that wasn't pretty and sweet looking enough for 3 fellow to marry out of hand on the spot. 1 wrote home and told my sisters out west about this, and they've beer writing back to me and telling me that I'm i'll trance and must be mistaken But I'm not mistaken. l don't want te see any nicer locking girls than the sehool-teachers of this town. and you hear me a-tal1ing. Washington Star
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amounts to the same thing-was as marked as was their zeal for the eX- pertinent.
 That Greece was never united under any form of government except vir- tual despotism, usually foreign, may be passed by-though the fact is signiti- cant. On a more limited scale, how ever, the pet experiment was tried again and again with unabated en- thusiasm, but with inyariable collapse. Even Athens, the case usually cited only succeeded in convincing nearly all political philosophers for period of about 2,0oO years that democracy was rot a feasible form of government; that it was false in theory and self-de- structiye in practice. It was left to America, indeed, to prove the contrary.
 1t has been customary to attribute the failure of free institutions in Greece-for failure it was, despite seemingly favorable conditions and brilliant beginnings-to rampant dema- gogues and interruptions usurpers; but this is fallacious. Where the soil is fit weeds are sure to spring up; Che seed is everywhere. It is also pointed out by eager apoIogists that Greece finally suecumbed to a foreign power and superior force; but united Greek republic, organized as the English, for instance, might have organized it, would easily have anticipated the con quests of Alexander and dominated the known world. Perieles really planned no less, but even he was unable to carry out this great project. The fault was in the people themselves; and the same fault lies in the way of their sue cess to-day.
 What, then, is this persistent and ap- parently incurable national defect? What was it that prevented the most intelligent and spirited people of nn- tiquity, with a line of battle at sight of which most of their enemies simply turned and ran, from reaping the nat ural fruits of their unquestioned
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FRENCH AUTHORS.
Bis Profits Made on the Works Of the
 Most Famous.

The French author whose works brought in most money in his life. time was Victor Hugo. Their sale has been still greater since his death. In that time they have brought in 24O,. GOO. Louis Blanc sold the copyright of his History of the Revolution" for
 { e20,00o. It is now read only in popular Illustrated editions, and is sold chiefly to radical town councils for prizes at their communal schools Thiers ob- tained the same price for the copyright of his History of the Consulate and the Empire" Chateaubriand received half as much for his memoirs
 Victor Hugo was paid a royalty of one franc volume for Bug-Jargal,n Hans dIslande" and "Notre Dame de Paris" This latter was. next to Les Miserables," his most popular work of fiction. Les Miserables' would never have been written had not Eugene Sue found telling subjects in the slaughter house men, seamstresses and concierges who figure in Hes Mysteres de Paris" La Bruyere was godfather of his pub- fishers daughter, Mile Miehallet He gave her characteristic gift of the copyright of Les Characters" The work brought her e4,0oo.
 Emile" work that revolutionized education, brought Rousseau ( 240. No body reads 1t now, unless to pass an examination in the literature of the last century. Flaubert sold the copyright of Madame BoyarY' for 16 to Michael Levy, who made a fortune out of that book and Renan's works. Renan signed an agreement, which he never sought to evade, when he was a mere essayist. He was to receive a fixed annuity from Levy in return for all he might write, and he bound himself to furnish eer- tain number of books in given time. The income seemed wealth to him when hesigned the agreement, but the metest mess of pottage in after life. Old Du- mas was paid a centime letter for his feuilleton of La San Felice. He had been paid by the line, but the lines were SO short that the publisher felt that he did not receive full value. French lit- erary rules favored Dumas.-London News.
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Hellas, a well-organized and united Ire land would have been impregnable, but these were conditions that could not be secured.
 Behind all this lie some curious facts. A little preliminary explanation, however, is necessary.
 Like most other European peoples, the Greeks were fundamentally of the so-ealled Aryan stock; but the Greek traits above described are very un- Aryan. These Aryans-who are sup posed to have originated in central Asia-were race of blue-eyed blonds, of unusual strength and stature, rather stolid in temperament, but endowed with a fierce energy and grim tenaeity of purpose that made them irresistible. They conceived that their special mis- sion was to conquer the world and they set about it promptly, with ex- traordinary success. When. in pursu- ance of this idea, they began to over run Europe-chiefy in prehistoric times-they found there. so ethnolo- gists tell us a comparatively short, bru- nette race, called. rather arbitrarily, Iberians. These the invaders partly ex- terminated and partly drove before them, forcing them to the coast, and probably to some extent across to the nearer islands. Naturally the fugitives were massed in largest numbers at the extremities of the great peninsulae, where the remnant, as the rage for slaughter relaxed, was gradually ab- sorbed. This merging of races. it is believed, accounts for the otherwise unaccountable variations in stature and complexion so noticeable in Flu rope to-day, and for the relative pre- dominance of the brunette type in the southern portion,
 But it accounts for something more. There is much reason to suspect that the Iberians are chiefly responsible for the excessively emotional and unstable temperament characteristic of the re- gions where physical indications, and
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A PRETTY lNcipENT.
The Kindness of Spanish Lady to .
 Lone Soldier Boy.

Lone Soldier Boy.
 A recent traveller in Spain describes a touching scene witnessed at the depar- ture of a regiment for Cuba. All day iong there had been heard the meas ufed tread of soldiers marching through the street; all day long gayly bedeel5ed boats had been passing to and from the vessel that was to take them to Havana. The twilight began to deepen when the correspondent saw startling and pretty sight"-the impetuous action of portly, goodloolzing and well-dressed lady. who noticed a young soldier walk. ing dejectedly along down the pier in his travelling gray, with knapsack strapped over his shoulders. All the rest of the men had friends, their nevias, mothers, relatives. and made the usual gallant effort to look elated and full of hope. This lad had no one, and it might be diyined that he was car rying a desolate heart over the seas. The handsome woman burst from her group of friends, took the boys hand, and said: "My son has already gone to Cuba. He is in the regiment of Andalu- sia, and sailed two months ago. You may meet him, Pope G.; take this kiss to him." She leaned and kissed his check"
 An English boy would have shown awlwarness, but these graceful southerners are never at loss for pretty gesture and prettier word. The boy blushed with pleasure, and still holding the lady's hand, said with quite natural gallantry, without smirk or silly smile: And may not take ono for myself as well, senora?" The lady reddened, laughed little nervously, and bent and kissed him again to the frantic applause of soldiers and civil ians, while the boy walked on, braced and y.-Blaekwood's Magazine.
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A WORD OF Apvlcr
So Those comins to Alaska or ths
 KIondiI<e Gold Fields.

One thing should be impressed upon every miner, prospeetor or trader conn ing 10 Alaska. to tic klondike, or the Yukon country, and that is the neces- sity for providing an adequate and proper food supply. Whether procured in the States, ill the Dominion, or ut the supply stores here or further on, sais must be his primary concern. Upon the manner in which the miner has observed or neglected this preeau- ton more than upon any othe- ono thing will his success or failure depend.
 These supplies must be healthful and should be concentrated but the most careful attention in the selection of foods that will keep unimpaired in- definitely under all the conditions which they will have to encounter is imperative. For instance, as bread raised with baking powder must be re- lied upon for the chief part of every meal, imagine the helplessness of a miner with a can of spoiled baking powder. Buy only the very best flour; it is the cheapest in the end. Experi- ence has shown the Royal Baking Pow der to be the most reliable and the trading companies now uniformly sup ply this brand, as others will not keep in this climate. Be sure that the bacon is sweet, sound and thoroughly cured. These are the absolute necessities upon which all must place T chief reliance, and can under no circumstances be neglected. They may. of course, be supplemented by as many comforts or delicacies as the prospeetor may be able 10 pack or desire to pay for. r.-ddaska
 Mining Journal.
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much the same temperament-Yiya- cious, volatile, with a marked inapti- tude for stable government The Ro- mans may at first seem to be an ex- ception, but they-like the Macedo- nians in their relation to Greeee-be- longed to the upper rather than the lower part of the peninsula. The traits in question are very apparent in the modern Italians and Sicilians, in the
 Spanish and even in the French. The Irish, too-though, like the Greeks, they rank among the bravest, bright est and most patriotic peoples the world has llnown-have experienced a
 similar difficulty in maintaining their Independence. As in the case of old
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prowess-and that has made their de- scendanfs slaves of the Turk and play thing of the powers? Without doubt it was the result of a temperament pecui- iarly unstable, factious and emotional; but this only leads to another ques- ton. How did it come about that they were cursed with such temperament4 For. remember, they were of the same essential stock as the Romans of old and the English of to-day-both re markable for dogged perseverance and organizing power. The problem Is an interesting one, and the writer has a theory.
 It will be observed that nearly all the inhabitants of the peninsnlas and islands of southern Europe exhibit
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WEARY OF HIS GROWN.
King George Is Tired of wield-
 ing the Scepter.
Were a Grecian Republic nt All Pos sibfe He Would Abdicate Only Too Willingly
 In Its Favor.
fcopyright. 1898. l

Poor old King George of Greecei Weary and disheartened, so runs the report, he professes himself willing, and more than willing, to yield to the restless discontent of his people, lay down his thankless office, and give way to the republic for which so many are clamoring.
 It is not likely that anything of the sort will be permitted; but that the iuchiess though well-intentioned sover- eign is thoroughly tired of his job is little to be wondered at. From the days of Agamemnon until now, the rulers of Hellas have found their task trying one. Yet abdication is never easy, and rarely expedient or safe.
 But quite apart from the attitude of the powers-who certainly would not sanction any such radical change in the form of government at present-it is sufficiently obvious to the unprejudiced observer that stable and successful self-government in Greece is still a long way off. It is something that the world has never yet seen-popular impress sions to the contrary notwithstanding and the world is not likely to see it for many years to come. The lawssof nature are mightier even than the powers" and their manifesto is dis- tinctly against a republic in Greece.
 It is not that the modern Greek is de- generate-though corruption of blood aud ages of stultifying oppression have assuredly not increased his capacity in this direction. The Greek of to-day, nevertheless. is quite as truly Greek as the Englishman- of to-day is Anglo saxon-if anything, rather more SO and in temperament he is as like his ancestor of the time of Pericles as one magpie is like another. Right there is the rub. He is too much like his re nowned progenitors; for the inability of the ancient Greeks to maintain "a republic-or democracy, which here
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in some degree historical evidence show that the intermixture ef blood wee qreatest. Further to the north, where the original population seems 10 have been more scanty and was swept out more completely, tie Aryan tralts' both for better and for worse, persist in comparative purity
 For. after all, this intermarriage Of ,.aces provided the differences are not too fundamental, is no unqualified evil. Indeed. in the long run, through na- ture's happy faculty of selecting ana nerpetuating what is most fit, the re- sult is often the development of type much superior to any of it's clements q fact full of promise to America, where all the nations of Europe are so rapidly blending. Even the English man would not have gained the marked superiority he shows as compared with his overpraised and really rather doit- ish Saxon forbears, had it not been for q repeated infusion of foreign blood which was most extensive in those up- per ranks where the improvement Is most manifest The boasted English yeoman. it must be confessed, is too unmitigated Saxon he is rather dolt- ish still. The peoples of southern Eu- rope, doubtless, got an overdose of Iberian blood but what they lost in stability they gained in viyacity and e1everness,
 But here is the root of the weakness of the Greeks. They were excessively Tberianized; and while this gave them great livelfness and quiekness of per ception and a marvellous aptitude for things artistic, it has made them mere impetuous and impatient children in all matters political. Such they were in classic times, and such they are to- day. As Athens plunged headlong into the Pelopennesian war and the sicilian expedition centuries ago, so last year she fatuousIy defed the powers, in- vaded Crete and bearded the Turk in both cases with extrayagant expeetas tions and q most disastrous conelu- sion. The proceedings of her delibera- tive assemblies, ancient or modern, no matter what eloquence was displayed, have always had a curious tragi-comie quality; you feel that you are dealing with a nation of schoolboys.
 Even in their physical characteristics the Iberian strain is easily traced. The average stature in Greece was below the pure Aryan standard. Golden locks are found chiefly on the pages of the poets, adorning the heads of sun gods and mythical heroes of similar solar origin.
 In short, the defect that makes a Greek republic an opera bouffe proposi- ton is racial. What the Greek was he still is-with omissions; time has not mended matters thus far. And as the weakness is constitutional, dating back several millenniums of years, it will probably require many generations to eradicate it. Til then King George and his heirs had better stick to their uneasy throne, lest some worse thing befall. DAVIS TURNER.
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nirds NInae to 0rder.

The Japanese are ruthless in their .ampering with nature. If they decide shat they want a bird or an animal of a certain shape or color they set about manufacturing the article, so 10 speak, by the exercise of exceedingly clever ingenuity and untiring patience. Here, ior example, is how the white sparrows are produced. They select pair of grayish birds and keep them in white sage in a white room, where they are attended by a person dressed in white. The mental effect on a series of genera lions of birds results in completely white birds. Rural World.
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SONG OF cAGED BIRDS.
It Loses It's Sweetness Apart from It's
 Associations.


 I have never yet seen a caged bird that [ wanted-at least, not on account of it's song-nor a wild flower that I desired to transfer to my garden. A caged sSylark will sing it's song sitting on a bit of turf in the bottom of the cage; but you want to stop your ears, it is so harsh and sibilant and penetrat- ing. But up there against the morning sky, and above the wide expanse of fields, what delight we have in it! It is not the concord of sweet sounds; it is the soaring spirit of gladness and ecstasy raining down upon us from heavens gate" Then, to the time and the place, if one could only add the as- sociation, or hear the bird through the vista of the years, the song touched with the magic of youthful memoriesl
 A number of years ago a friend in England sent me a score of skylarks in a cage. I gave them their liberty in a field near my place. They drifted away, and l never heard from them or saw them again. But one Sunday a Scotch man from a neighboring city called upon me, and declared with visible ex- citement that on his way along the road he had heard a sl1ylark. He was not dreaming; he knew it was a skylark, though he had not heard one since he had left the banks of the Doon, a quar- ter of a century or more before. What pleasure it gave him! How much more the song meant to him that it would have meant to me! For the moment he was on his native heath again. Then told him about the larls I had lib erated, and he seemed to enjoy it all over again with renewed appreciation.
 Many years ago some sl1ylarks were liberated on Long Island, and they be- came established there, and may now occasionally be heard in certain local lties. One sumner day friend of mine was out there observing them; a lark was soaring and singing in the sky a3ove him. An old Irishman came along, and suddenly stopped as if trans- fixed to the spot; look of mingled de- light and ineredulity came into his face. Was he indeed hearing the bird of his youth? He took off his hat. turned his face sllyward, and with moving lips and streaming eyes stood a long time re- garding the bird. "Ah," my friend thought, eff could only hear that song with his ears!" How it brought back his youth and all these long-gone days on his native hillsi The power of bird songs over us is so much a matter of as soeiation. Hence it is that every trav- eler to other countries finds the feath- cred songsters of less merit than those he left behind. The traveller does not hear the birds in the same receptive, un- critical frame of mind as does the native: they are not in the same way the voices of the place and the season.-John Burroughs, in Century.