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REYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, IW.
NUMBEB 11.
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You have often heard" people remark, f I
were ever to lmilil I would plan my kithroom
irst and would not put all my
That's good ronimon sense
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same time do it better than you anticipated it could be done for even
more money.
We have a booklet "Modern Nome Plumbing" which will
show you how to arrange your bathroom, kitchen and laundry
plumbing with "?hltdatsr Baths and one piece Lavatories, the best
plumbing equipment in the world. Call, write or phone for a
copy. It is free.
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L. M. SNYDER
Practical Horscshocr and Gen
eral Blacksmith.
Ki'im rlnu' of nil kind promptly nnd ciirnfiil
Ij done. Wood simp lit connection. Wlicn
you need your tire pel. cull itiitj have II (tunc
with the Solum Tiro Setter, "ilie machine
tlmt iloos It right. Komemher the nliiru
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Planing Mill. wkst Ueyn
oldsville, you will find
Window Sash. Hoods,
Fkamhs. Kloohixh,
STAIR WORK
Rough and Dkksskd Lumhkr,
Etc., Ktc.
Givo us your order. Our prion
hi'o reasonable.
LEECH UUOS., r ROPRIETORS.
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JEFFEHSOX
MACARONI
F.tVTOIlY
KRYNOLItVILLI
PUNN'A.
One of the larcost miuvironl factories
In the stuto. Orders mint. O. O. P. or on
flood reference anywhere In the
Jutted Slates. Also whnlesalo agents
for the well known brand of
Premium Flour.
C. A.I. M AKIN AUO,
proprietors
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XECUTKIX' NOTICE.
Estata ot Albert Reynolds, late of thp
Borough of Reynoldsville, Deceased.
Notice Is hereby given that, letters testa
mentary upon the estate of the said decedent
have been granted to the undersigned. All
persons Indebted to said estate are requested
io make payment, and those havln.r claims
or demands against the same will make them
known without delay to
Jt'l.lA A. lUYKOl.ns, Executrix,
r,. Reynoldsville, Pa.
Cl.MK.HT W. Flyhm,
Attorney.
portant Bathroom.
money into the parlor with s 11
sentiment, for the bathroom is the
most important of nil
the household. It's
the Mecca of cleanli
ness, health and refine
ment, and nowadays
many homes are judged
by their bathrooms.
We would like to
help you plan your
bathroom and believe
that we could surprise
you by putting in n
bathroom for you at a
much less cost than you
might expect and at the
m tiiitMiiL; W. t-
w i ii'-" W-iier System.
UKY.SOMlSVII.I.E. I'A
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Tired-Out Women.
Fngged-out women, sutlerlng from back
ache, uimble to stand lotiif or walk far, or
Willi symptoms incident to the weaknesses
fieeulliir to the sex HueU women need a friend
o tell them tlmt many sueti symptoms are
the result of ph.vHleul conditions thut can lie
remedied only by building up the strength.
This building up ran be done most ell'eet
unlly with Celery King. It cleanses the stom
ach and howeln, giving restful sloop and tut
appetite of girlhood.
For stila by Hoylo-Woodwiird Drug Co.
JOHN C. HIUST,
CIVIL AND MINING I3NGINEE,
Surveyor and nmughtsnmn. Office iu yn
dicale building, Main street.
L. .JOHNSTON,
JUSTICE OP1 THE PEACE.
Office four lours from Uoss House, West
Keyuoldsvllle, I'a.
pitl ESTER HKOsil
UN DEUTAKEKS.
Black and whUu funeral ears. Mlun street.
Keynoldivllle, I'a.
ti. UUGUES,
UNDERTAKING AND PICTURE FRAMING.
The U. H. Burial Longuo has been tested
and found all right. Cheapest form of In
surance. Secure a contract. Near I'ulillc
li'imutaln, Ituynoldsvllle I'a.
Y)t H. YOUNG,
AUCHITECT.
Corner Grant and Fifth sta., Keynolds
vlllu, I'll.
WINDSOLl HOTEL,
Philadelphia, Pa.
rtetweon 12th and i:)th 8ts on Filbert St.
Three minutes walk from the Reading Ter
minal. Five minutes walk from the l'enn'a
It. R. Depot,. European plan JUKI per day and
upward. American nbin ;.no per day,
Prank M. .vheililev. Miiuuger.
ENTRAL STATE
NORMAL SCHOOL.
, LOCK HAVEN, PA.
J. K. Fllcklnger. Principal.
Pall term of IS weeks begins September II.
doing first -class work, professional and acad-
i-iiiic, were never neiier Mian now. lis grad
uates are required to do a full year's teach
Inu In the training school. Its faculty liar,
the best American ami European training,
llnlldings nm tern. Colli ire lileniiriLt.irv
pi'tnient. I.ix'aliun unexcelleil. Fine Win-
I -luni. F.xpiMises raoilorate. I'ree tuiiinii
to ir..peclive teachers. Address for II his
trated catalogue, the Principal.
WANTED- BY CHICAGO MAM'KACTI R
Ing lloue, person of trustworthiness and
somewhat familiar with local territory as as
sistant in branch office. Salary SIS paid
weekly. Permanent posh Inn. No Investment
required. Business established. Previous
experience not essential to engaging. Ad
dress, Manager Brunches, 333 li.-urlHirn St..
Chicago.
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ANTIQUITY OF UI1EAD
THE STAFF OF LIFE A3 PREPARED BY
THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS.
Primitive Methods of Urlntllnat
Wbent and Unking tli l.nnf The
Ilreml nf the Assyrians First Water
I'onpr Mills In Niirwsr.
Itrond Avns luude of fnlrly respect
able qtitillty Ioiib belore tlie advent of
the duyg of Hiblieal elironoloi;y. Byn
clti'otiotis with the development and
progress of gt'liidltig stones wns the
Inilifo vciiiput lu the uiuiiiier of milking
hrend. .MeiHSkomer, to whose delvltiKS
into Rtihjects ou rare proKt'ess much
present knowledge Is due, discovered,
says the Flour Trade News, nu eight
pound lout of evenly crushed Rrnlu aud
well baked tmilor conditions that mark
Its iimniil'iicture as long before the ad
vent of innn as he Is today. This loaf
litis the appearance of having been
been baked before an open lire, the
muss of dough thrown on n flat stone
before the open blaze and turned until
each side had been subjected to the
heat. It Is hardly up to the standard
of our present bread, but the men of
those days were not linlcnl.
The ancient Kuyptians were the pi
oncers In extensive gralii growing, and
bread making. Their grains were
wheat, bailey aud douru, uud were
much like the grains of toduy. The
KgyptiaiiH were really the best "farm
ers" of which we have any coherent
record. They harvested their wheut
Dve months after It wns put lu the
ground and bound It Into sheaves much
like the hand bound sheaves of today.
Their thrashing was done by driving
cattle over the grauary floors.
The old style of grinding obtained
with the Kgyptlaus, the women usu
ally being required to perform the
work, but they had discovered the
power of fermented yeast cells, as lu
peveral Instances leavened bread has
been found tinting to tills era. It Is
also with the FJgyptians that the pro
fessional baker first springs Into no
tice In the world. There Is picture
writing ou severnl tombs that shows
bake shops long before the time of the
dynasty. The story of Joseph con
serving the abundance of the fat years
for use during the seveu lean years
shows how important grain mid bread
stuffs were to hitter day Egyptians.
Thanks to the art of the Assyrians
and the enduring qualities of bronze,
wo have records to show how this an
cient people prepared their bread. Ap
parently the Assyrians were a most
abstemious people and little given to
riotous feasting, even in the celebra
tion of victories for their armies.
On the bronze gates of Balawat are
found engravings depleting the warlike
doings of Khalmaneser II., who ruled
and wnrred lu the years from 860 B. C.
to S25 B. C. One engraving shows the
women of a tribe baking bread! great
piles of bread, for the benefit of return
ing rii'torluv.3 soldiers. The Assyrians
also knew how to raise grains, their
hydraulic machines and aqueducts
showing how they appreciated the
vultio of Irrigation.
Bread figured prominently In the his
tory and religion of the ancient Jews.
Their first cereals were only rye,
wheat uud barley, and they begau their
use by eating (hem raw after the fash
Ion of primitive man. This is the
normal course of progress with ell
peoples that early become extensive
grain eaters. The grain grew wild at
first and was enten by the naked sav
age only as one of the leguminous
plants that gave him a precarious sus
tenance. Gradually, seeing the strength
obtained by those who fed exclusively
upon a grain diet, man, with his Intel
ligence Increasing, began to care for
the patches where the desirable plants
grew, aud from this It was not a far
step to the careful cultivation of grain.
Each family of the Jews had a mill
for Itself, differing In this from Its con
temporaneous races, where the grain
was ground In a community mill. Bo
Important was the millstone In the
economy of the Jewish home that
Moses laid down the law, "No man
shall take the nether or the upper mill
stone to pledge, for he tuketh a man's
life to pledge." This, the phrase "to
pledge," would Indicate that the pawn
shop was not unknown at even this
early stage of the world's career.
To come down to more recent days,
the old time residents of the Scandina
vian countries in their time stood forth
most prominently as grain users and
bakers. Women were principally in
charge of the preparation of the grain
and of the bakeries. The grinding was
done in mills run bv hnrsennwer. -wind !
or even by largo dogs.
Soiuo of the first water power mills
known of were in Norway. The bnk
lug here was usually done In ovens
constructed nnd maintained by the
towns und villages. People with grain
to be baked into bread came to the
bakeries, where wouieu received the
same, baked it and; returned the bread
to the owner with tithe taken out for
the baking.
The Oflio seeks the Mas.
Hoax Do you believe the office
should seek the man? Joax The tax
office generally does. Philadelphia
Itecord.
To willful men the injuries that they
themselves procure must be their
tchooluinsters. Shakespeare.
REMARKABLE DUELS.
Fantastic Contests That Tried Mea'i
Nvrv anil lotirsge.
Two heavy weights suspended from
H beam by slender cords were Ute
weapons chosen by two rmislnns nam'
ed Purler and Volslu to terminate
their rivalry for the hand of a pretty
uclress. Ileiumlh a weight each took
his stand, there to remain until the
breaking of one or the other of the
cords should decide Ills fate. Eor more
than four hours they remained motion
loss, when the cord attached to Du
rier's weight snapped, and the ponder
ous mass of metal, falling upon the
man beneath, struck him to the ground.
Kortiltialely, however. It just missed
his head, and he escaped with no worse
damage than a severe shock and a bro
ken collar bone.
Somewhat .prolonged was the duel
wnged a few years back at a well
known Yorkshire seaside resort, to de
cute which of two young men should
surrender his claim to the hand of a
local publican's daughter. The rivals
both prided themselves upon (heir na
tatory prowess, so It was agreed that
he who should first miss his morning's
swim lu the open should wlthdruw bis
pretension to the lady's hand. For nine
months and more each took bis matu
tlnal swim, but at length there came
day of such furious storm (hat one
turned faint hearted and refused to
dare the tempestuous billows. The oth
er, however, at considerable risk, dash
ed Into the foaming sea, and, although
he was badly cut aud bruised, emerged
a triumphant wooer.
Another aqueous duel occurred some
years since, the location being the lake
of Cetieva and the contestants n Hwlss
mi moil Zellner aud one Lenoir, a
Frenchman, who agreed that be who
could remain the longest beneath (be
surface of the water should without In
terplion or hindrance from the other
be permitted to pay his addresses to
the daughter of a wealthy tradesman.
The rivals dived simultaneously, uud
more than two minute elapsed ere
Zellner's bead nppeared above the sur
face. There was no slgu, however, of
his rival, nfler whom when yet an
other two minutes had sped a couple
of onlookers dived and succeeded In
recovering his senseless body. Hestora
tlves were successfully applied, and on
Lenoir's recovering consciousness he
wits acclaimed the victor.
At the time of Hussl's forty day fast
at (lie Westminster aquarium, some
years ago, a couple of young Mancunl
aus ngreed by emulating his example
to decide which of them should first
propose for the hand of a girl who bad
hitherto regarded them with n seem
ingly Impartial affection. Four days
was sufllclent ordeal for one, who, re
fusing any longer to abstain from
food, left the field clear to his rival,
whoso proposal, .however, met with
scant consideration from the lady, who
declared that she would not Intrust her
future to the keeping of such a fool
as he had proved himself. Needless to
say his rival's reception was equally
glacial.
During a very severe winter In the
last century a couple of Germans, na
tives of Dresden, resolved for love of
a woman to fight a duel to the death.
Very fantastic was the method em
ployed. Without provision of any kind
and clad only In the lightest of clothes,
they went out Into the country, there
to remain without shclteruntil one or
other of them should succumb to the
cold. Three days after their departure
a wretched object crawled back Into
the town. Ten miles distant his rival,
frozen to death, lay beneath the falling
snow. London Tit-Bits.
Ther nought Darning- Houses.
One of the strangest businesses In
ancient ltome is mentioned by Juvenal
in his "Satires," and we henr of it also
from historians. It consisted of buy
ing houses on fire. The speculator
hurried to the scene, attended by
slaves carrying bags of money and
others carrying tools, Judged the
chances of salvage and made a bid to
the distracted house owners, who were
glad to accept anything as a rule. The
bargain struck In all baste, this earli
est of fire assurers set Iris slaves to
work and secured what be could.
Sometimes even he put out the flames
and so made a coup. " It was a busi
ness for capitalists, but the poorest
who speculated in a small way could
hardly lose If he had presence of mind
enough to grasp the chances.
Thus Cato the elder, and, above all.
Crassus laid the foundations of their
wealth. The lnttcr bad a passion for
such gambling. He gradually collected
a force of carpenters, masons aud such
artificers slaves, of course which
reached 500 men. Not only did he buy
houses on Ore, but also, enlarging upon
the common practice, he made a bid for
those adjoining which stood In danger.
His proposals were commonly wel
come, so helpless were the people and
so great the peril. By this means Cras
sus became the greatest owner of
house property in Rome.
nis Mistake.
Mr. Sllmsky I don't believe the elty
water Is safe. I notice it has a clouded
appearance this morning and tastes
sort of milky and Mrs. gtarvem
That glass contains milk, Mr. 81lmsky.
Hie water Is at your left. And, by the
way, your board bill was due yester
day. Cleveland Leader.
"HERE IS THE TRAIL."
tana I1 sell by ludlnn Tribes and
White Hunters.
First among the trail signs that aro
used by Indians and white hunters
and most likely to bo of use to the
traveler, says a writer In Country Life
In America, are ax blazes on tree
trunks. These may vary greatly wllb
locality, but there Is one everywhere lu
use with scarcely tiny vnriollon. This
Is simply (he white spot nicked oft by
knife or ax uud meaning, "Here Is the
trail."
The OJIhwuy-s and oilier woodland
tribes use twigs for a great many
signs. The hanging broken twig, like
(he simple blaze, menus, "This Is the
trail." The twig "clean broken oft and
laid ou the ground across the line
of inarch means, "Break from your
straight course and go In the line of the
butt end," and when an especial warn
ing Is meant the butt Is pointed toward
the one following the trail and raised
Rimiewlmt lu tt forked twig, if the butt
nf Hie twig were raised and pointing to
the left It would mean, "Look out,
camp," or "Ourselves or (he enemy or
the Ritmo we have killed Is out tlint
way."
The old buffalo hunters had an estab
lished signal (lint is yet used by moun
tain guides. It Is as follows:
Two shots In rapid succession, an In
terval of live seconds by the watch,
(hen one shot, means, "Where are yotiV"
The answer, given at once nnd exactly
(he same, means: "Hero I ntn. What
do yon want?" The reply to this may
be one shut, which means, "All right; I
only wanted to know where you were."
But If the reply repeals the first It
means: "I am in serious trouble. Como
its fast as you can."
PROUD OF HIS WORK.
John Met nllniiiili Made ( hairs lie
fore He lleemne an Actor.
Of the thousands who admired the
nctlng of John .McCtilloiigli few were
aware that at sixteen he could read,
but could not write, and that ut eight
een he knew absolutely nothing of lit
em lure, perhaps not even the name
of the great poet of Avon, whose In
terpreter be afterward became.
Iu after life McCullotigh used to
speak gratefully of an old clialrtnaker,
under whom he worked, for teaching
blm two tilings "chalniiiikliig ami
Shakespeare." In bis periods of con
viviality the old chalrtiiaker was ac
customed to spout Shakespeare to
young McCullotigh, giving n somewhat
Imperfect Imitation of Forrest's acting.
It was this that turned McCiilloiigh'a
thought from clinlrmakliig to the stage.
'et In all his after years McCullotigh
was proudest or his early craft. On
one occasion, nt the height of his popu
larity, he was the guest of n wealthy
riiiladelphian, In the midst of the
talk after dinner the tragedian glanced
at u chair In the room, went over to It
and, turning It bottom up, said to bis
amazed host:
"I thought so! That's ouo of my
chairs!"
And he seemed prouder of the fact
that the chair bad lasted so long, be
cause it was so well made, than ho was
of bis histrionic success. Saturday
Evening Tost.
Customs Iteil Tape.
Several tins of paint wore found
among the luggage of un Englishman
who was traveling to Monaco. He
was iu charge of a racing craft nnd
Intended to use the pigment to touch
tp the vessel after Its long railway
Journey. The French customs officials,
however, took exception to the paint on
the ground that It contained dutiable
spirit, whereupon the traveler argued
that he Intended bringing it back on
leaving the country. Asked how he
was going to bring it bock, he replied,
"On the sides of the boat." Even this
plea did not sutllce, the authorities ar
guing tlint the spirit would have evap
orated. The Great Assam Earthquake.
After the great Assam earthquake
which occurred on June 12, 1807, the
earth tremor went on continuously for
several days. It was estimated that
there were 200 shocks a day for a few
days after June 12, and, though these
had diminished to twenty or thirty a
day by the middle of July, the people
were accustomed for nt least two years
after the earthquake to a daily shock.
These after shocks were the residual
effects of the first big disturbance and
had nothing dangerous. In their charac-
The Wonl "Tram."
Residents of Orent Britain call street
cars trams. The term is old. Three
hundred and fifty years ago an Eng
lishman left the following Item In his
will: "To the amendlnge of the high
waye or tram from the weste ende of
Bridgegnlt, In Barnard cnstle, 20 shil
lings." This "tram" was a plank road.
Whether It was the ancestor of the
tram of today or merely an etymolog
ical relation Is not quite clear. The
forefather of all the trams was a
Scandinavian word meaning a log. In
time tram In Scotland came to mean a
beam, a cart shaft or the c.-trt Itself,
and perhaps It Is to this rather than
to the tram that was a plank In a log
road that the modern sense traces its
rlgln. At any rate, etymologists af-
f rm that the derivation from the name
of Benjamin Outram, who Improved
rail trucks about 1SO0, Is absurd.
KILLING THE SEALS.
AIitots Done In the Murnlna-, When
the Temperature Is Lowest.
John Scudder McLaln In his "Aluska"
thus describes the business of securing
seal skins: "The killing Is always
early in tho morning when the totnper-
uttire Is lowest. It was 5 o'clock in
the morning when we left tho ship.
The killing season was practically
over, but tho agents had arranged a
drive for our benefit. The seal lie
along the rocky shores, the bulls or
'beachmiisters,' as they are called, and
tho cows and (heir pups occupying the
locks nearest the water, whllo the
bachelors, the young unmaled males,
are forced to go further up tho beach
As only the bachelors are killed for
llielr skins, tills natural division fa
cilitates the work of tho drivers in
making their selections. Two or three
drivers slip In and cut out, as the
cowboys would say, a bunch for the
day's killing. They proceed to make
a great noise by shouting, slapping
pieces of boards together and beating
on tin cans. The seals aro frightened,
and tlie squirming, huddling mass Is
gradually forced away from the rook
cry.
"Now, hero (bey come, bleating like
n Hock of sheep, ambling in their awk
ward fashion through the tali grass.
The younger males aud the few fe
males which tlie drivers will not try to
separate from the herd until tho kill
ing ground Is reached offer no resist
ance, but the two or three old bulls
show light nnd rush nt tlie drivers
with surprising speed and agility when
pressed too hard. As they are driven
to the killing grounds their gnlt Is a
sort of canter, us they raise themselves
ou their llippers and pull their heavy
bodies up. They repeat this movement
rapidly for a hundred yards aud thou
fall, panting nnd exhausted. The moth
od of killing adopted inflicts less suf
fering on the victims than any other
that could be devised, but one who has
witnessed Ilie operation will not wish
to see It again.
"Those who do the killing are na
tives who are expert at the business,
each armed with a stout club about
five feet long and three inches thick
at the heavy end. They cut out twenty
or thirty of the struggling creatures
and, striking each one on tho bead,
crush tlie soft, thin skull. Death Is In
stantaneous. As the club falls with a
(hud upon each graceful head those
that hnve escaped the first crushing
blows seem to become conscious of
their impending fate and their appeal
ing eyes, soft as those of a deer, their
plaintive cries and theh- Ineffectual ef
forts to escape would certainly stay
the arm of any not schooled by years
and generations to do this work. The
stranger to the scene Is forced to turn
away, though he must admit that not
a throb of conscious pntn follows the
descent of the heavy club."
ItRna-e of the Honeybee.
"The rango of honeybees Is but little
understood," said an authority. "Many
suppose that bees go for miles In quest
of nectar, while others think they go
only for n short distance. It may be
curious to many to understand how
any one can tell bow far the bees may
fly, but this Is simple when understood.
"Years ago, when the Italian bees
were first Introduced In the r'nltcd
States, these bees, having marks dif
ferent from the common bees already
here, were easily distinguished, and
after any beekeeper had obtained tho
Itaiiitu bees they could be observed
nnd their range easily noticed. If
bloom is plentiful close to where bees
are located they will not go very far,
perhaps a mile In range, but if it is
scarce they may go five miles.
"Usually about three miles Is as far
as they may go profitably. Bees have
been known to go as far as eight miles
In a straight line, crossing a body of
water tlint distance to land." Milwau
kee Free Tress.
The Power of a Voice.
Stories abound to Illustrate the power
possessed by great speakers and act
ors to stir the emotions by the tones
of the voice. It is said of the elder
Booth that ho brought tears to the eyes
of a company upon one occasion by the
way in which he uttered the opening
words, "Our Father," of the Lord's
Trayer.
A story is told of the great Irish ora
tor. O'C'onnell. An attack bad been
made upon him in the house of com
mons. When O'Connell arose to reply,
his lofty brow was black with thunder
and his arm uplifted as if to strike.
Then, checking himself, he said, "But
the gentlemnn says he loves Ireland."
Lowering his tone to the rippling mur
mur of a summer brook, he continued,
"I have no words of bitterness or re
proach for any man who loves Ire
land." The pathos in the fragmentary
utterance of the last word brought
tears to tho eyes of many veterans of
the bouse.
One Bird Barred.
"Can we keep birds?" inquired Mr.
Younghusbaud, who was looking at the
Hut.
"Well, you can keep canaries and
such birds as them," replied the genial
landlord, "but there's one bird barred
from the.e apartments."
k'What bird is that?"
"Stork." Louisville Courier-Journal
THE AMAZING MINK.
Hotv Does This Animal Succeed In
Terrorising the Hahbltt
The mink Is as slow a runner as tho
rabbit Is swift. I have seen minks run
several times, and their peculiar, meas
uring worm gait lakes them along1
about as fast as a man can run. Tiic
rabbit cannot only go with Incredible;
speed, but enn course for hours. And
yet the mink Is able to ruu down (lie
swift rabbit. The rabbit seems to give
up the race; it woultl look almost as If
some unknown law of nature made
him the prey of minks, as If ho felt
that was his destiny, mid did not try
to escape from It. In the eases we ob
served the Jump of tho rabbit grew
shorter aud shorter until it became lit
tle more than a helpless hop. Tho
marks In the snow Indlcaled that the
mink was not being dragged by the
rabbit, but that the mink ditl not over
take Ids victim until tho latter, for no
apparent reason, had given up the
race. And yet n fox seldom catches a
rabbit, and probably never In open
running.
Then It would seem as If these blood
Backers have some power of which wo
know nothing. As It Is, only one expla
nation can be offered why so slow run
ning an animal as a mink or weasel
can catch as swift an animal as a
rabbit.
We know tlie mink does not tire out
the rabbit by following him leisurely,
maintaining his slower gait relentless
ly, never giving his victim a chance (o
eat, and so by (he slow, sure process
of work and worry wearing out poor
Bunny.
Hence It must be that the rabbit has,
in common with other small rodents,
that terrible, demoralizing or panicky
fear of all the weasel family a
fear so great and bewildering that
once a mink is on Us trail the rabbit
becomes paralyzed with It, and, In
stinctively knowing that bo cannot es
cape by running In n bole, gives up.
If this is so, then there Is a law In
nature that we do not fully timler
Rtnnd, a law akin to tlint which makes
a rabbit n coward and a woodchttck
brave to his dying gasp. A ferret put
Into a gray squirrel's hole was at onco
driven out by the lndlgnnnt squirrel.
A rabbit has as sharp teeth as a squir
rel, and surely might defend Itself ns
well as a young woodchuck, yet tho
latter will face unflinchingly two dogs
and a man. After his back Is broken
and he Is helpless he will hold up his
bead and whistle a fierce defiance,
yet a rabbit will not even try to es
cape apparently from an animal It
could Just as well elude as not. It
seems almost as If the rabbit wero
meant for food for other animals, na
ture having given him great reproduc
tive powers and unlimited food, and
then saddled blm with some strange
fatality that makes him play his part
in spite nf himself ' in the general
scheme of wild life. Outing.
The F.nsiish Royal Plate.
The royal plate at Windsor Is gener
ally reckoned to be' worth about 2,000,
000, nnd It Is no unusual thing at a
state banquet at the castle to have
plate to the value of 500,000 In the
room. There are two Btate dinner
services, one of gold and one of silver.
The gold service was purchased by
George IV. and will dine 120 persons.
The plates alone of this service cost
over 12.000. On state occasions there
are usually placed on the dining tablo
some very beautiful gold flagons cap
tured from the Spanish armada, which
are now of course of priceless value,
while the grent sliver wine cooler,
made by Ituudell & Bridgo for Goorgo
IV. and weighing 7,000 ounces, always
adorns one corner of tho apartment.
As sideboard ornaments there aro
pretty trifles In the way of a peacock
of precious stones, valued at 50,000,
and a tiger's head from India, with a
solid Ingot of gold for its tongue and
diamond teeth. This wonderful col
lection of plate is crown property,
which practically means that it be
longs to the country.
Execution nf Louis XVI.
The crowd which surrounded the car
riage closed around me, bore me along
to the place of execution and placed
me, so to speak, In front of the scaf
fold. I beheld the appalling spectacle.
The crime had been hardly accomplish
ed when a cry of "Vive la nation!" roso
from the foot of the guillotine. It was
repeated by the bystanders; It passed
through tho crowd. This cry was fol
lowed by silence most wonderful and
most profound. Shame, horror and
fear already hovered over the wide
expanse. I passed over it a. second
time, carried along by the flood which
had brought me hither. Every one
walked, slowly and scarcely ventured
to look in his neighbor's face. Tho
rest of the day was spent in deei
stupor, it bad spread over the whole
city. I was obliged to go out twice and
found tlie streets deserted and silent.
The assassins had lost their wonted
daring. Tlie public grief made Itself
felt, and they quailed before it Mem
oirs of Chancellor Pasquler.
Ethel Are you sure h ti.iu nwr
loved before? Edith Yes. ne told me
to go round to the Jeweler's nnd nick
eot any ring I wanted-Judgr.
Every wise man has a parachute, or
prudence attached tu his balloon of
tbtuiasm.