The average man aniong tho modern Grooks is ii veritable child in his fondness for sport, for adventure, for oYorylhing which Involves hazard and chance. For solid, monotonous, plodding work ho has littlo sense. The carry ing out in orderly, mechanical fashion of a systematically dovised plan which shall havo its regularly assigned stints of labour, and shall bring with machine-like exactness its Blow but cortain results, affords him little delight. He has marvellously little mechan ical senso or toßto, and does not wish to be a machine himßelf or part of a machine Among tho peoples of Europe, says a writer in the "North American Kcview," he has least in common with the German. If ho engages in a mercantile pursuit, ho persists in making it a game. If ho is a shopkeeper ho cannot tolorate tho one-price system. That is entirely too monotonous and proßaio a method of procedure, quite unworthy tho interest of a man who ban the sport instinct of a gentleman. Any ordinary person can conduct a business which consists merely in ! reporting the price written on a tag, and I making chango. Tho consummation of even-1 trade involves a duel of wits, a certain | amount of conversation, and a decided , element of uncertainty as to the issue. | All this is lost if the price is " marked in I plain figures." Thcro is no fun in it. Itisj tho difference between going in a rowboat j and a sailboat. If you taue time enough, and j argue well, you may often induce a Greek to ', sell for really less than be ought to, but he | will bear no gnitlga against you for it, As his good cheer will show tho next timo you visit his shop, he admires you all tho more, , for ho is convinced you play the game well. If you paid his price, he would quietly des pise you. Ab long as war presents aomo reasonable clement of sport, a chance of win ning, fair opportunity for exercise of the wits, features of surprise and of shifting in terrat, the Greek will stay by and be an ad mirable soldier, but any application of the one-price system—(he mechanical routine of drill, the monotonous life of the camp, the mechanism of march and retreat—will set his war fervor solely to the test. 