A Lilliputian Republic. How many people are there who know that one of the smallest republics in the world lies nestled on the south ern slope of the Pyrenees ? For many hundred years it has remained neutral whilst Frenchmen and Spaniards have waged war after war, winning or losing the province around it. Dynasties have risen and fallen, the star of empire has shone over many nations hut amidst all upheavals and changes it has remained a republic. Tes, frail Andorra has clung to its early inde pendence and is to-day a proof that in the political as in the natural world the reed outlives many hurricanes which uproot the oak. It is probable that even now the existence of the Andorres would be wrapt in oblivion to the outside world, had not the French begun to talk of annexing the doughty little republic. The possi bility that their independence, which has survived after its own peculiar fashion since the days of Charlemagne, is now in danger of extinction, causes us to turn with interest to inquire a little into their history. Andorra has long been under the nominal suzerainty or protection of France, and of the bishops of Urgel— Catalan ecclesiastics of the old Span ish type. Barely larger than an ordi nary county—its whole aiea is not much more than 150 square miles—its inhabitants are less than i 2,000 in number. Their chief occupations are cattle-raising and char<;oal-making and they graze their flocks on the sunny slopes of the Pyrenees, from which they cut down the forests for there fuel. A council-general of . wenty-four members, presided over .ng appointed first by France and then by the bishop. The touncil holds its powers for four years, and is elected in an old “'iishioned way, reminding one of the clan customs of the Scotch. The heads of four families in each parish meet -ogelher and choose Gua delegate from each locality. Here begins and here •nd the political functions of the An dorrese. The ballot-box is as unknown to them as the poll tax, and the other residents in each parish are supposed to respect without question the ap ''ointments made by their patriarchial hiefs. Every two years the Andorres pay a tribute of 960 francs to the Bishop of Uiyel on the intervening seasons; but for all that they deem themselves inde pendent, and as far as the outside world is interested in their existence, it is hoped that they may continue so. —Philadelphia Bulletin. Victoria. From Port Townsend it is a three hours’ run, across the Straits of De Fuca, to Victoria on Vancouver’s Island; and here, at one’s first step, he realizes that he is on British soil. It is strange that two peoples speak ing the same language, holding in the main the same or similar beliefs, can have in their daily living so utterly dissimilar atmospheres as do the Americans and the English. This sharp contrast can nowhere be more vividly seen than in going from Wash ington Territory to Vancouver’s Island. Victoria is a town which would well repay a careful study. Even in the most cursory glances at it one sees symptoms of reticent life, a flavor ot mystery and leisure, backgrounds of traditionary dignity and hereditary squalor, such as oDe might go up and down the whole Pacilia coast, from San Diego to Portland, and not find. When Victoria is, as it is sure to become, sooner or later, a wide-known summering place, no doubt its byways and highways,its nygone ways and (lays, will prove mines of treasure to the imagination of some dreaming story-teller. The business part of the town, if one may be pardomSl snch a misnomer in speak ing of its sleepy streets, is rubbishy and littered. The buildings are shabby unadorned, with no pretense of design or harmony. They remind one of the inferior portions of second-class com mercial towns in England, and the men and women in the shops, on doorsteps, and in alleyways look as if they might have just come from Hull. Butonce outside this part of the town all is changed; delightful, picturesquo lakes; great meadow spaces full of »aks; knolls of mossy boulders; old trees swathed in ivy; cottages buried in roses and honeysuckle; comfortable houses with lawns and hedges, sun dials and quaint weather vanes; castle like houses of stone, with lodges and high walls and driveways; and, to com plete the picture, sauntering down the lanes, or driving at stately paces along -ho perfect roads, nonchalant men and leisurely women, whose nonchalance and leisure could not be outdone or mtetared in Hyde park.— Atlantic Monthly. The Chinese are greatly exercised Aver the appearance of two comets last year, and dread Home terrible national salainity, such as pestilence, - v, etc. An imperial decree has been issued advising the people and rules so tocomport themselves as to j vert the wrath of Heaven. • P Jll*' • He’ll Get Even. A son of toil from one of the woodsy counties of the State entered a village jewelry store a few days ago, after a walk of seven miles, and said to the proprietor. “Me an’ the old woman have been disputing .for the last three months about eight-day clocks, and now I’ve dropped in to have you settle the matter.” “Well?” “The old woman says an eight-day clock is a clock which runs eight days if you forget to wind it up every night, while I say it’s a clock which takes you eight days to wind it up.” “Your old woman is right.” “Is she?” “She is.” She’s got the best of you in this case.” “Waal, I’ll be shot! But she needn’t do any crowing over it! I’ve just heard that her brother was dead, and being she’s ahehd on the clock I’ll keep the news to myself to get even with her.” Wall Street Daily News. A Rad Husband. A belated pedestrian going up Fort street, in Detroit, at a late houn the other night, thought he observed a ligure crouching in the latticed porch covering a front door. The matter had a suspicious look, and he halted and looked over the fence. “Go on now !” called the voice of a female through the gloom. “Do you live here?” nquir ed the man. “Indeed, I do.” “Can’t you get in?” “Indeed, I can.” “Well, what are you waiting for?” he asked, after a pause. “What for?” she de manded. “Would a respectable woman be crooked over here at this hour of the night, with a club in her hand, if she didn’t expect her husband every blessed minute?” The Frederirkton (New Drum wink Can.) Reporter says: “Nobody can but admire the persistent enterprise’ manifested by the owners of St. Jacob’s Oil in keeping the name before the public. It received a big ‘send off* in the House the other day by the Hon. Mr. Perley, who warned his colleagues in the Government of the danger of Bear Killers receiving two bounties for one nose; the judicious use of the Oil caus ing rapid growth.” Always give the facts of a case plain and straight to your lawyer. 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