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PINHEAD REPUDLICS.
MOST OF THEM IN EUROPE CR ON
ISLANDS OF THE SEA.
The Smallest In Avea Is Little More Than
a Square Mile, and the Smallest In Popu
lation Numbers I'ifty-five Souls—Simple
Forms of Government,
When a person speaks of small repub
lics, he is supposed to mean those of
South America and Eunrope, which are
marked on every map and described in
every cyclopedia printed since they have
become republics. The fact is, the world
is spotted with small republics that are
never heard of, some so small that they
seem more like needle points than pin
heads. A few of them are known to the
most learned teachers of geography, but
the majority of them would set the most
of these teachers a task which would re
quire more than a single day’s rescarch.
These little republics are found on is
lands so diminutive that they are mark
ed only on navigators’ charts and again
between and in the center of kingdoms.
In area they run from less than a square
mile up to about 100. In population they
run from 55 people up to but little more
than that many hundreds. They are all
republics in that they are géverned by
the people, but their plans of government
show a great many novelties.
To Tavolara may be accorded the dis
tinction of being the smallest republic
in point of population on the face of the
globe. 1t is situated on an island about
five miles long by five-eighths of a mile
in width 13 miles off the northeast coast
of Sardinia. Its population numbers
about 55 people. The principal occupa
tion of the inhabitants is fishing, the
land being tilled only enough to supply
the needs of the islanders. The posses
sion and absolute sovereignty of the is
land of Tavolara was formally granted
by King Charles Albert of Sardinia to
the Bartoleoni family in 1836, and for
more than half a century Paul I, king
of Tavolara, reigned over it in peace.
On the 80th of May, 1882, King Paul
died of heart dizease,sitting in his chair,
like the Emperor Vespasian, vainly en
¢« deavoring to write awill. His last words
were a request that none of his relatives
should succeed him on the throne of the
island and that its inhabitants be allow
ed to govern themselves None of the
relatives ever filed a claim, and on
March 27, 1886, the islanders held a
mass meeting and decided to establish a
republic. The matter was a simple one
for them. A con=titution was drawnup,
which gives, by the way, equal suffrage
to women and also provides for the elec
tion of a president every six years. The
president receives no salary and is ad
vised by a council cf six, the members of
which are cleeted by the people. There
is no pay and no perquisites attached to
any of the offices. The independence of
Tavolara was formally recognized by
Ttaly in 1887, but there is nothing on
the records which shows any other coun
try having taken notice of it.
K we were judging the conntries by
their area, then to Goust must be award
" ed the honors. Bat while its area is not
- one-third as great as that of Tavolara
" its populationis over twice as much, the
total number of inhabitants being about
180. Goust is situated on the flat top of
,g mountain in the Lower Pyrennes and
~ pccupies an arca of but & fractionovera
mile. The republic has existed since
1648 and is recognized as an independent
“gtate by both Frauce and Spain. The
- government is vested in a council, con
gisting of 12 members, who serve seven
. years.
"= This council elects from its number
“one who discharges the duties of chief
~ executive. He acts as tax collector, as
- gossor, judge, etc., but from all his acts
" there is an appeal to the bishop of La
runs in the valley below. Other than
_ these there are no officers, not cven
-~ & clergyman. Neither is there a ceme
_ tery or any public institution whatever.
The pass which leads to the adjacent
- Spanish parish of Laruns issostecp that
_the earrying of heavy burdens is an im
- possibility. The inhabitants of this tiny
mountain repablic have built a chute,
_ therefore, down which they slide heavy
. artieles and the bodies of their dead to
_ the cemetery far below. Indeed the good
? inhabitants of Goust are baptized, mar
ried and buried in the nearby Ossan
~ yalley. Since the seventeenth century
_ the population has varied but little, am
~ pition and a desire to see the world call-,
" ing the more venturesome from this re
~ public in the clouds. The inhabitants
are long lived and robust, are shepherds
. amd weavers of cloth and seem entirely
. coritented with their lot, having little
1 ambition either for riches or power.
. [Their language is a qu:int mixture of
- French and Catalonian Spanish.
= Another republic of dwarf proportions
4g that of Franceville, an island in the
. ‘New Hebrides group, situated cast of
W lustralia and a short distance north of
. New Caledonia. It contains on area of
~ gome 85 miles, and its population con
.~ gists of about 40 whites and 500 natives.
Lmlmd was formaly a coloay of
if 'rance, but its independence was guar
%’;fi@d it in 1879. Its government con
~ sists of a president and advisory council
%}’ _ eight, 'Chgsex.i by the peqple. The
t, who is at present a Mr. R.
g* D. Polk, a native of this country, is ap
~ peinted a judge, fram whose decisions
?” ere is noappeal. Equal suffrage is ex
- tend to all. White dr black, male or
- female, may vote, but only the white
~ male may hold office. The island reyub
i-in a urosperous condition ~ed seg-
i JOKE IN THE SENATE,
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‘ Which Made Even Senator Peffor Laugh
| Behind His Whiskers,
| - ~
i Washingion, May B.—Dr. A. E. Mc-
Candless, of Pittsburg, who has been
,hex'e for several days in attendance on
'thc meeting of the military surgeons,
' played a practical joke on some of his
friends in congress yesterday. (alling
to him the chief page of the senate he
isaid: “Will you please hand that to
' Senator Quay with my compliments,”
' The book was entitled ‘“What Con
gress Has Done.” The page tock the
book and tarted off. Dr. McCandless
slipped out into one of the gallaries and
watched the Senator receive the book.
Senator Quay opened the book, and
as he glanced from page to page his face
relaxed into a smile and as he went on
he broke into a hearty laugh. After a
few moments Le called a page and told
Lim to take the book to Vice-President
Stevenson,
The boy did so. Vice President Stev
enson looked at the cover, glancing
through the book and then as Senator
Quay bad done, hegan to lacgh. He
shook his finger ai Senator Quay and,
ealling the boy back to him, sent the
bHok to Senator Peffer. 'The gentleman
from Kansas looked -at the book for an
instant and then he laughed quietly be
hind his beara. He passed the book o
Senator Hale, and so it went the whole
rounds, and was greeted everywhere
with a hearty laugh, >
Some one picked up the book after it
had been returned to Senator Quay and
carefully deposited it by him on the desk
where he would not lose It. The curi
ous one was surprised to find that, al
though the book had a carefully werded
cover, the inside pages were biank,
TOLERANCE,
From the Wesleyan Christian Advocate.
Tolerance is a grace most becoming—
especiafly in grown people, not savages.
Tolerance is more than a grace; it is 2
cardinal virtue essential to good char
acter and necessary to the peace of so
ciety.
Iniolerance is at Its worst in religious
spheres, for it violates the fundamental
law of all life worth living; *‘love is the
bond of perfectness.”
Pe ple notignorant cannot be intoler
ant anr! religious at the same time. One
intolerant because Ignorant may be
s wved, yet ‘‘so as by fire.,” Where igno
rance is not willfu!, much may be Dborne
—eveun forgiven—tor its sake.
People do not quarrel about religion
but their theories « £ it, He who denies
religion in another because I'is theory
of it 1s not aceepted has the proud ego
tism of the Puarisee, and, in innermost
spirit, the fierce iniolerance of those
hypocrites who stoned our Lord’s *‘first
martyr, St. Stephen.”
True religion does not cut the throats
of Israelites who say “‘Sibboleth’ rather
than “‘Shibboleth.” It makes overmuch
of the **h’’ to cut throats to get it sound
ed. |
Intolerance is also a vice in poloties,
Of a'l people, we of the south need jusi
now to consider this. Practically for a
generation there has been a ‘‘Solid
South.” The dominant race, with few ‘
exceptions, has trained and voted with
the same party, We did not diff:r and
there was no room for intoleratice. Now
the southern white people differ abou:
many things in their politics, For tlml
first time in a generation we are *“yro’’
and “con.”” We are ill prepared for dif
fering in politics; we are without train- ‘
ing. But we mustlearn how to differip
politics without personal resentmen's. ]
Eise we are incapable of ration. 1 or ef-]
fective politics. If my neighbor does
not agree with me in politics, am I
thereby insulted? Muast he and I be
enemies? God forbid.
In my boyhood whigs and democrats,
on the same platform, debated their dif
feiences, with a power of speech denied
to a time that fixes its heart on “‘finance”
only; and, after speaking, devoured in
friendly rivalry the same barbecued
meats,
Are we so weak and wicked, so ignoc
rant and narrow, so imbecile and iniol
erant, so silly and provincial that we (
cann t differ about “‘taxes’ and “‘tariff,”"
“silver”’ and ‘‘seigniorage,” and suc
like things without wrath?
We shou d never vote for an intolerant
man, npor debate with one—espeeciall;
when he supposes himsd lf to be relig
ious,
Unless they are very ignorant, intol: r
ant professors of religion are not reli -
ious; intolerant po.iticians—unless very
ignorant—are -not patriotic. Intoler
ance does not build up, it tears down.
It is of the devil.
A. G. IIAYGOOD, SR.
Oxford, Ga.
See the World's Fair for Fifteen Cents.
Upon receipt « £ your address and fif
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of the World's Columbian Expo ition.
I'he regular price is fifty cents, but a.-‘
we want you to have one, we make the |
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H. E. BuckLEN & Co., Chicago, Il
Guyton, Ga., Feb, 23; 1881.
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Tho lilac stood clos 1o Elizabeth’s window, f
All purpie with Lloom, while the little maid |
gpuin,
Her s'int was a long one, 2l d ehe was a-weary |
And raoaned that ¢ never could getit doue, t
But a wind stirred tho lilae blossoms, ,
Anl awonderful sweeiiicss canie floatinz in, |
And Elizabeth felt, though she could not have |
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That & {riend had come to her to help her .
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And after that she Loyt on at Lerspinning, i
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Outside her lessons Lad learned that day }
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—Mary E. Wilkins in St. Nicholas. ,
A Poisonous Monarch, |
A monarch among poisonous snakes is |
the cnormous hamadryad, which grows ‘
to be as much'as 14 feet in lengtih and l
is so ficree that it will somctimes attack |
and even chase any onc who ventares |
near to its nest. Native snake charmers, |
who will handle the fiercest cobras fear- |
lessly, are usunally loath to tonch a ha- |
madryad, though 1 have oceasionally !
seen o large spocimen of this venomous |
reptile in their bags. Tt laysils ¢ggs in
a heap of decaying leaves, which it col
lects for the purpose, and sits upou the i
top to keep off intruders. A ¢vl through |
the jungle will sometimes be closed i
against all comers by a pair of these l
snakes, and woe betide the unfortonai !
traveler who stumbles unawares upon ;
the nest. The hamadryad feeds largely |
upon other snaker, but it is f rtunately ‘
somewhat rare. Curiously enongh, it 13 |
not always aggressive. Indecd it ome- ’
times happens that it i 5 quite unwilling
to strike. Snperficizily iv is not unlike l
a harmless rock snake, and not very
long ago in Rurmah a man brought one
in from the jrngle and kept it loose in |
his house ior souie Cuys iider the im- f
pression that it was one of these crea- }
tures. During the whole of its captivity f
it never attemipted to bite ony one, and |
its captor, who had been familiarly pull- i
ing it about by the tail, was only ap- |
prised of his mistake by a forest officer i
who happened to turn up and who kuew |
a good dcal about snakes. It is easy to
imagine the haste with which the ama- :
teur snake charmer proceeded to dispose |
of his captive.—MecClure’s Magazine. ‘
' Mongolian Magic,
These Taichinar Mongols are much
given to all forms of magic. Storm dis
pelling they appear to have learned from
the K’amba Tibetaus, but the crigin of
some of their other practices is not so
clear. Certain among them, they claim,
can cause a person to be stricken ill or
can even compess his death. After hav
ing procured u fow hairs, a nail paring
or something from the person of the in
tended victim, they make a little image
of him in flour, and in this stick the
relic. Then it suffices to prick the head, |
heart, lungs or limbs of the effigy to |
cause acute pains to be felt by the orig
inal in the same portion of his body. Of |
course one must recite certain potent |
charms the while. In them lics the se
cret of success. I am not aware that this |
mode of bewitching a person, so well |
known in the western world in ancient
and medieval times, obtains to any
great extent in Asia. Personally I have
never wmet it elsewhere.—W. Woodville
Rockhill in Century.
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