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THE MARATHON RACE.
the Wild Excitement of the Greek * Wliaa
Their Countrymen Won It.
The Greeks are novices in the matter
Df athletic sports and hud not looked for
much success for their own country.
One event only seemed likely to bo theirs
from its very nutnrc the long distance
run from Marathon , a prize for which
has been newly founded by M. Michel
Breal , a member of the French institute ,
in commemoration of that soldier of an
tiquity who ran all the way to Athens
to toll his fellow citizens of the happy
issue of the battle. The distance from
Marathon to Athens is 42 kilometers.
The road is rough and stony. The
Greeks had trained , for this run for a
year past Even in the remote districts
of Thessaly young peasants prepared to
enter as contestants. In three cases it is
said that the enthusiasm and the inexperience -
perienco of these young fellows cost
them their lives , so exaggerated were
their preparatory efforts. As the great
day approached women offered np pray
ers and votive tapers in the churches
that the victor might by a Greek.
The wish was fulfilled. A young peas
ant named Lones from the village of
Marousi was the winner in 2 hours and
Go minutes. He reached the goal fresh
and in line form. Ho was followed by
two other Greeks. The excellent Aus
tralian sprinter Flack and the Freuch-
i man Lermusiaus , who had been fa the
lead the first 85 kilometers , had fallen
out by the way. When Lones came into
the stadiou , the crowd , which number
ed ( iO.OOO persons , rose to its feet Jike
one man , swayed by extraordinary ex
citement. The king of Servia , who was
present , will probably not forget the
sight Iwxvf that day. A flightof white
pigeons v . 's let loose , women waved
fans and handkerchiefs , and some of tiie
spectators v ho were nearest to Loops It ft
their scats .iud tried to reach him ana
carry him in triumph. Ho would have
been suffocated if the crown prince and
Prince George had not bodily led him
away. A lady who stood next to me un
fastened her watch , a gold one set with
pearls , and sent it to him ; an innkeeper
presented him with an order good for
865 free meals , and a wealthy citizen
had to be dissuaded from signing a
check for 10,000 francs to his credit
Lough himself , however , when he was
told of this generous offer , refused it
The sense of honor , which is very strong
in the Greek peasant , thus saved the
nonprofessional spirit from a very great
danger. "The Olympic Games of
1896 , " byBarouPierrodoCoubertin , in
Century.
Good Xatnro and Justice.
Foreigners are frequently impressed
with the extreme good nature of our
people in trying circumstances and the
patience with which they endure hard
ships and discomforts which spring
from thoughtlessness and injustice.
.Now , patience and good nature are excellent - | '
cellent qualities , and the field for their j |
exercise is a wide one. The grumbling
disposition , which fruitlessly complains
of and magnifies each passing annoyance - j I
ance , disquieting and irritating every J •
ono in the vicinity , is worthy of sincere \ i
reprobation. At the same time there
are limits beyond which an easy good
nature ceases to be a virtue. We plume
ourselves upon it andcomparo itssooth-
i ing effects with the influence stirred up
by an opposite course , to the entire ad
vantage of the former. And in this wo
are correct just as long as it does not
pander to injustice.
To smile indulgently at a wrong that
calls for correction , to bear with equa
nimity what ought never to bo borne at
all , to submit patiently to evils that
, spring from nnfairness and to influence
, others to do the same plainly tend to
! I foster the continuance of wrongdoing
and to make those engaged in it self
satisfied and seenre. Patient endurance ,
so estimable under certain circum
stances , may under others bo an ac
tual injury to society. From the resist
ance to an injurious fashion or custom
np to the correction of grave abuses , the
earnest seeker after justice is a true
philanthropist and demands the esteem
and co-operation of his fellow men.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Tobacco and Color Blindness.
"Color blindness is on the increase , "
said Dr. D. L. Bliss of New York. "The
canses of this defect in vision that may
be otherynerfect are not all very
well nnui r-rnod. It would seem that the
nse of tnbirco had a good deal to do
with ir. t ' ire examined a great many
for color . . . . . .miess , having on beveral
occasions been employed by railroad
companies : to do so , and in every in
stance where the man examined was
found to he color blind he was a nser of
tobacco. Women are seldom afflicted in
this way , hence it must be caused by
something that men do which women
do not. What cases exist among women
will be found to be inherited from male
ancestors. I have never known a wom
an to be color blind whose father was
free from the defect. I am a smoker and
my perceptions of color are nnnsually
good , so that it is not impossible that a
man may nse tobacco without such an
effect , but I believe a large proportion
of the cases are caused by tobacco. "
Washington Star.
Time Occupied by Dreams.
The time occupied by a dream is one
of the marvels of sleep. In the work en
titled "The Philosophy of Mystery" we
read of a man who dreamed that he had
enlisted as a soldier ; that he had joined
his regiment and traveled to a foreign
country ; that he finally deserted on ac
count of the harsh treatment he had re
ceived at the hands of his superior officers -
cers ; that he had been apprehended
and carried back to his regiment ; that
upon arriving there ho was tried by court
martial , condemned to be shot and was
led out for execution. At this moment
the guns of the executioners exploded ,
nnd the sound awoke the dreamer. It
Was clear now that a loud noise in an
ndjoining tor m had both produced ihn
dream and . .wakened the dreamer al
most at the . . .ue moment
PLEASE LET US GO AND PLAY.
While working ut ray desk today.
Striving to put roy thoughts in rhyme ,
I heard my little children Bay
What I oft Bald in olden time ,
Before ray hair had turned to Bray ,
Before timo's wrinklescreasd my brow ,
"Please , mother , do not keep us now ,
But lot ub go nnd play 1"
. Their plaintive voices came to mo
I From the adjoining chamber , whi e
Both wife and children I cuul.i -
When watod in my easy chair
Sha kissed them tenderly , und * noy
With joyons BboutH went to their game.
They could not hear my heart exclaim ,
"Ob , would that wo could play ! "
O God , I pray that thou wilt leave
Their mother here until my boys
Can comprehend that they but grieve
Thcmselvegwhonthcy leavoberfor toys !
Oh , they'll remember when they pray
, For their dear mother , when nhe'H dead ,
! How often they to her have Baid ,
' "Pleoso let us go and play ! "
J Aye. in thn life from day to day
Unknowingly wo oft disdain
| Our blessings , and but wish for pain
When we scorn .sacrifice for play ,
j i Doocc F. Lummy in Washington Star.
HATS OFF TO GENTLEMEN.
What Did the Girls Mean by Their Re
marks In the lllevator' . '
They entered the elevator together.
They were dressed alike. They wore
felt hats and coats , not unlike the sack
coats worn by men , which , open in
front , disclosed waistcoats. • A turndown
collar was around the throat of each ,
with small black neckties. They didn't
wear trousers or even bloomers , but
their skiits were close fitting , and every
man in the elevator knew instinctively
that they were coveting the coverings
which they had for their limbs. They
wore their hair cut short.
When they entered , the men simply
stared at them. No one ventured to re
move his hat in accordance with the
time honored custom which provides
that in that way men should show their
deference to the members of the opposite
sex. Perhaps they were too surprised at
the apparition. Perhaps they thought
that the women , being unusually strong
minded , would be vexed instead of
pleased at the mark of politeness to a
woman. There are such women , it is
said , although very few persons have
ever seen any of them.
• Whatever might have been passing
through the men's minds in the few
seconds which the journey from top to
bottom required , they weie awakened
from their reveries when ono of the
young women exclaimed in a loud
voice :
"Joan , why don't yon take off your
hat ? Don't you see that wo are in the
presence of gentlemen ? "
That remark served to cause every
man in the car to turn red and white
by turns. Every man's hand went in
stinctively to his hat , but all but one
were quickly stopped. The exception
removed his hat and was evidently em
barrassed because ho had unconsciously
taken the hint.
But ho took his revenge. In an ordi
nary tone of voice ho remarked to an
other man :
' 'It is so hard nowadays to tell men
from women that 1 am not surprised at
their mistake , nor at ours. " '
Some scathing retort might have been
made , but just then the elevator stopped -
ped aud every man rushed from the
car whether it was his floor or not.
Chicago Times-Herald.
TIio Dreaded Germ.
At the British association Dr. Kanj
thack , who speaks with great authority
on the subject , read a paper on "Bac
teria In Food , " in which ho pointed out
that oue might 6wallow any amount of
micro-organisms with food without any
injury. Milk ordinarily contains about
a million germs per cubic centimeter , in
sandwiches they are too numerous to
count , oysters teem with them , and
ices from a fashionable confectioner's
were found to contain from 10,000,000
to 14,000,000 , or considerably more
than the much abused Italian street
vender's wares. There is not the least
doubt in the world that we eat , drink
and breathe any quantity of germs
without suffering in the smallest de
gree , day by day , unless the germ hap
pen to be of a particular sort and to
meet with a suitable soil. All the
"scientific" fuss about the necessity of
boiling this and sterilizing that in order
to kill the germs is a piece of unscien
tific babble founded upon a set of theo
retic assumptions which take no account
of actual everyday facts. Of course the
bacteriologists will not admit their mis
take without a struggle , and Dr. Kan- '
thack met with a good deal of criticism.
Nevertheless he is right , and one of
these days every one will be saying the '
same thing. St. James Gazette.
Archbishop of Canterbury.
The archbishop of Canterbury is re
ferred to as "his grace , "and he writes
himself archbifhop , etc. , "divina prov-
identia , " whereas other prelates use the j
phrase "divina permissioue. " He is the I
first peer in the realm. At coronations
he places the crown on the head of the j
sovereign , and the king and queen are
his domestic parishioners. The bishop
of London is his provincial dean , the |
bishop of Winchester his subdean , the I
bishop of Lincoln his chancellor , and |
the bishop of Rochester his chaplain. !
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A Cariyle Anecdote. '
A Scotch visitor to the Carlyles in i
Cheyae row was much struck with the ; ,
loundproof room which the sage had
contrived for himself in the attic , light
ed from the top , and where no sight or
sound from outside could penetrate.
"My certes , this is fine , " cried the old
friend , with unconscious sarcasm.
"Here ye may write and study all the
rest o ? your life , and no human being
be one bit the wiser. " Household
Words. !
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Louis XVIII of France was ironically
Etyled by bis subjects the Desired. He
was forced upon them by the allied
armies.
The name "barleycorn , " in long
measure , arose from the use of thui
grain as a measure of distance
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