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the early years OF 'Plantagenet rule,
when the common people" over and
over again asserted their right to take
part in the municipal elections and
transactions of the day. But both the
settlements round London and the po-
litical lordship over London do not ap-
pear to have made London Saxon city
and it's municipal institutions of Saxon
origin. The lex mercatoria Of Roman
London seems never to have quite died
out.
In the court of the merchants there
were always professional lawyers, and
perhaps the most remarkable survival of
Roman institutions in Britain is the
practice of the old order Of sergeants at
law, who assembled in the nave Of the
old st. Paul's cathedral, each sergeant
having been allotted special pillar in
the cathedral at his appointment, where
he met his clients in legal consultation,
hearing the facts of the case, taking
notes of the evidence or pacing up and
down. This is the exact parallel to the
assembling of the Roman jurisperiti at
early morn in the forum to consult with
their clients and cannot be explained
except by the theory of direct continu-
ance of practice from Roman times. -
Contemporary Review.
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NOT A DIRECTORY.
Why the Hardworling Letter Carrier Loses
His Temper Occasionally.

Why the Hardworking Letter Carrier Loses
His Temper Occasionally.
Istopped letter carrier in Thirty
sixth street the other morning and in
quired the number Of the house on the
other side of the street at which per-
sonal friend Of mine lived, giving the
name and occupation Of the gentleman
about whom the inquiry was made. l
knew he lived across the way, in one OF
a certain block, but had forgotten the
particular number, and knew the car
rier would know by the mail delivered.
"Don't you know, sir, 5" said the car
rier, who knew me, by the way, "that
you ask for that which it is contrary to
the rules of the postofice department to
give?"
'No, I DON'T" blushingly admit
ted.
"Well, it's true" he said. "The law
recognizes the right Of a citizen to a
private residence, undisturbed, as long
as he has committed no offense that re-
quires such privacy to be invaded. Now
if should give your number and street
to anybody who might happen to want
them, the thing might cause you some
annoyance.
"Why, anybody could find that out
through the directory. %
''They might, and they might not
Anyhow the postofice is not a direct
ory."
'And didn't you know" he added as
parting shot as he went away, "that
you violate the law by stopping a post
man in this way while he is delivering
his mail?'
No, I didn't, and for that reason
these paragraphs. -New York Herald.
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Her Hat,

It was just before the bandeau as an
item of hat decoration retired into OBJ
security. A pretty damsel with black
Gainsborough, we'll tilted at an acute
angle by the pale blue bandeau that
rested on her fluffy hair, sat in crowded
Broadway cable car. opposite a shabby
old figure in a shawl, who slumbered
fitfully, giving out a suspicious rum
odor. Suddenly the sleeper reused her
self, stared stupidity at her vis-a-vis fol-
a moment, and then, lurching forward
in her seat, said with O watery smile,
eyer hats OF crooked"
The damsel turned her head away il
flushed Indignation, but the elderly
dame would not be misunderstood. She
leaned still farther forward. and, point
ing a wavering forefinger at the offend.
ing bandeau, reiterated: tits you. Yer
hats on crookedp' The passengers by
this time took all active interest in the
bandeau as we'll. The Gainsborough
maiden looked helplessly around, MAIDS
wild signal to the conductor and took
refuge in ignominious flight. New
York World.
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AS TO WATERS.

The Frenchman's Polfteness and the Ne.
gro's Aptness In Table Service.
The recent discussion of the subject
OF tips to BARRIERS occasioned a great
many talks about tips to walters and
led to many disputes as to the relative
proficiency of walters of different ma
tionalities. In one Of these, wherein the
chief disputants were arguing the re-
spective merits Of the negro, who was
declared to be always beforehand of a
diners wants, and the Frenchman,
whose politeness was particularly COM
mended, the statement was made that
one could even forgive bad service in a
French waiter because of his ceaseless
efforts to be nice and to convey the i'm
preston that his one desire in life was
to serve commercially his patron of the
moment, though the meat be tough as
tensile jujube. It was commended that
the Frenchman was SO accurate q Judge
OF human nature that in spite of the
carelessness Of the cock or the poor
quality of the fare he made sure of his
tip by giving some nice tidbit toward
the end of the meal and intensifying
his politeness concomitantly.
II willingly leave small gratuity,"
said his supporter, 'tfor the sake of re-
ceiving attention that approaches pri-
vate service. I dislike to have things
slapped down before me with the indie
pendent slap Of sovereign American
citizen. The dishes may be more SUBJ
stantial that are put down by the SNUG
white native or the negro, but would
rather do with less victuals and have
the service Of the attentive Frenchman,
with his sir and if you please. ;"
II would rather" said his vis-a-vis,
''have less food and less politeness, too,
than suffer the attentions of your French
waiter, whose dizziness, find, permits
him to dump plate of soup in your
lap in order apparently to give him OPP
portunity to say Excuse me. New
Vorly CT7n
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LIFE LINES ON THE FOOT.
Secrets They Reveal to the Student Of
Character.

Secrets They Reveal to the Student Of
Character.
There is a man in Philadelphia who
claims that it is much easier to read
ones character and past and future
from the maps On the soles of ones feet
than it is from the palms of the hands.
He calls it ''pedalogy."
The pedalogist, while refusing to tell
the names Of the owners of the feet in
most cases, showed number of dia-
grams the other day and explained to a
reporter how he read the fortunes OF
the soles.
''Maxine Elliott" he said, ''is pub
lie character, and do not mind men
tioning her namo. Here is her story.
Look at it. It's worth studying, for she
is not only one of the most beautiful
women on the American stage, but it is
remarkable in other ways. Her foot is
SO beautifully arched that little Of her
sole touched the paper when she placed
her foot upon it. The intellectual and
artistic lines are very clearly defined Oh
her foot, and one need but see and lear
Miss Elliott speak for o few moments
to realize that her artistic and mental
capabilities are of a high order The
lines of intuition and imagination are
both remarkably long. The ,less bc-
tween the line Of love and the lead line
indicates Ill.,, i. !. lss, G fair Kiss FL j.
oft would b l.pys---vl Largely by r>i-
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A Rap at tho Men.

If woman cannot throw stone Or
catch mouse, men ought to cease
plaguing her about her disability. As a
rule, men do things which they can
not-writing up toilets, for instance.
A man once told me that bride wore
"white corduroy, cut On the bias and
trimmed WITH crinoline. - Anything
more awful than that haven't encoun-
tered until today, W hen l read of anoth-
er bride sirra-ed in cream organdie
silk and muslin, trimmed with chi
gnon. % Fancy The honey turned to gall
in reading descriptions like these after
the wedding.
Oh, yes, the rural correspondent is
abroad in the land Last week one Of
him sent the following note to his week.
ly newspaper:
''Mr Slick celebrated the semiannual
Of his first wife's Death by getting mar
ried again. Polly i'll Chicago Times
Herald.
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*Da1ly, except Sunday. tSunday only.
CONNE;TIONS.

Train No. 40S connects at Harper's Ferry
with Fast Limited Express trains, leaving at
i:l3 p. m, arriving at Columbus at $50 a. m
and Pittsburgh at S45 p. m, and Chicago at
loo a. m. next morning; with train leaving
at BIB p. M, arriving at Cincinnati at 7:45 a
M, st. Louis at 600 p. m, and connects at
Weverton with train arriving at Hagerstown
at 2:l3 p. M, and at Washington Junction with
train arriving at Frederick at go p. m.
Train 4l6 connects with fast vestibuled trains
at Harpers Ferry at $3.50 p. M. for Chicago;
lo:2l p m. for Pittsburg, and LAG a. m. for Gin
cinnatl ana ST. Louis. Arrive at Pittsburg at
655 a. M; Chicago at 900 p. NJ. Cincinnati at
$50 p. IN, and st. Louis at 7:12 a. m.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars run through
to Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago and Pitts
burgh on all express trains.
For rates, tickets, baggage checks and fur
ther information apply TO B. & o. agents or to
Z. Il. Dudrow, Travelling Passenger Agent
MInchester, Va, or c. II. Hammond, Agent
StauntOn, Va.
CHAS. o. SCULL, VIM GREENE
Gen. Pass. Agt. Gen. Man.
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WE'RE THEY MARRIED.?
Young Couple Duly Dissected and Talked
Over.


Over.
They were coming away from the
theater, and they fell to discussing the
young couple who sat in front of them.
They are evidently married." said
the girl in the Persian waist. "Inoticed
that they didn't exchange word while
the curtain was down.
Nonsense; they are merely en-
gagged, said the girl in the black gown.
II heard him tell her that he did not
consider the leading lady even pretty. -
Perhaps they are merely brother and
sister," suggested the young man of the
party.
mo, they weren't" said the girl in
the Persian waist; ''he'd have gone out
between the acts if he was only her
brother, while an engaged man wouldn't
want to leave her, and''-
"A newly married man would not
dare to-" broke in the girl in the black
gown.
"She took off her hat as soon as she
came in remarked the young man.
''That looks as if she was married and
in the habit of consulting the feelings
of some one else"
Or that they were not really engaged
yet and she wanted to show him how
considerable she could be, . said the girl
in the black gown.
ssOr that she was merely conscious Of
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sTAUNToN sPEorAToR AND GENERAL ApyERTIsER

having pretty hair, - said the girl in the
Persian waist. "Will you wager a box
OF chocolates that they are not mar
ried?'
'I-I'd rather you ladies would settle
it between you," said the young man
hastily. "You have so much more in
sight in such matters, you know
''There they come now" said the
girl in the Persian waist. "Let us no.
tice what they do, and perhaps we can
decide. If they are merely friends, they
will stop for cream, soda and'-
eff they are engaged, she will tell
him how hungry she is, and they will
stop for supper, said the young man
bitterly.
"While if they are married, - went
Oh the girl in the Persian waist, che
there. what did tell you?'
The couple paused before cigar shop,
and he went in, while she waited at the
door.
"You were right, said the girl in
the black gown; ''they are married. -
Chicago Times Herald.
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ENGLAND'S METROPOLIS.
London % It Was In the Earliest Days of
Its Existence.

Its Existence.
We first hear Of London in any i'm
portant sense as city of Roman Brit
ain. The incoming of the Saxon con-
querors is followed by nearly 200 years
of unbroken silence, and it is this long
period which has caused some historians
to assume, rather than prove, that Ro-
man London had altogether ceased to
exist. But when the light of history is
again shed upon this part Of the newly
made England there is much to show
that London had, to large extent, pre-
served her independence as a place of
commerce and civic organization. The
Saxon settlements appear all round her,
and perhaps the little village of Char
ing, within mile Of her walls, affords
the most significant testimony to the
Saxon settlements round London rather
than in London.
The Saxon conquerors appear as polit-
ical masters Of London and introduced
into her municipal life the folkmoot,
which originally met in the open air on
piece of land near Paul's Cross and
which is perhaps represented by the
Common hall of the citizens of London
of the present day; many Teutonic GUS
toms which lie imbedded in the munic-
ipal usages of medieval times, many
Democratic innovations in municipal
ipatitntiQns which anpeax. fhrouRhnut
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-12
CANDLE POWER.

How to Measure the Lighting Force and
Effect of a Flame.
This question and its answer have
been until recently Of interest to scien-
lists only. But since one method Of
lighting is competing with the other
for superiority the question Of lighting
power has seemingly become public
matter. How many candle power? The
question is very simple and yet mysteri-
GUS to the layman.
For measuring the lighting power the
most reliable results are obtained by
means of grease spot. In its most sim
pie application the experiment can be
tried easily at home. A sheet OF white
paper with grease spot in the center
is put into frame and placed between
two flames of different lighting power
for instance, between an ordinary
candle and lamp.
When the frame is equally distant
from the two unequally bright flames,
the grease spot can be seen plainly on
both sides. By moving the frame with
the sheet of paper slowly toward the
less brilliant light-that is, the candle
lit will arrive finally at a point where
the grease spot has apparently disap-
peared on both sides Of the paper. This
deception must always occur when on
both sides of the paper an equal bright
ness prevails and 10 side light exists.
Having reached this point, it can be
ascertained how much stronger is the
light of the lamp than that Of the can
die.
If the candle is 20 inches distant from
the paper and the lamp 60 inches and
yet the brightness ON both sides of the
paper is the same, then the light Of the
lamp will be as strong as that Of nine
candles. The calculation is based upon
the distances, the figures of which are
multiplied by themselves and then di-
vided-here, for instance, 60 times 60
divided by 20 multiplied by 20 equals 8.
This, of course, is the most primitive
methed for measuring light, but it is
the principle for all the delicate instru-
ments used in the Laboratories. Pear
sons Weekly
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All Kinds of Girls.

The girls are running away with a
poor fellow nowadays. With the bicycle
girl, the golf girl, the tennis girl, the
seaside girl. the hunting girl. the fish
ing girl, the riding girl, the rowing
girl, the football girl, the fencing girl,
the mountain climbing girl, the gradu-
ate girl, the new girl and the old sum-
mer girl, the youth of today lives in a
never ending quandary. = Memphis
Commercial Appeal.
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70 "a VIoLINIsT.
A little brown fiddle

A little brown fiddle
Wrought long years ago.
Nay read me the riddle
What makes The tune flow
From these four narrow strings
When your violin sings2
For us the woods soundless
And senseless and cold.
For you there's a boundless
Romance softly told
By the bow to the strings
When your violin sings.
It has prisoned and captured
The rustling leaves whim.
It echoes tn enraptured
Wild nightingale's hymn.S
Hark to forest taught strings
When your violin sings.
Or, stay. did Apollo,
A-tuning his Tyre,
Give you hint how to follow
His passion born firep
Divine grow the strings
When your violin sings.
And scorned by the muses.
Is Marsyas again,
The while your hand chooses
Its tender refrain.
Come, quick, touch the strings.
For your violin singsl
Blanche Lindsay in Speaker
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NEW Works. FOOD SUPPLY.
Enough Always on Hand to whimsical s,
Four Months Siege.

Enough Always on Hand to whimsical s,
Four Months Siege.
If the city of New York and the
neighboring district were to be besieged
or in some other way entirely cut off
from the outside world, and therefore
deprived of the food supplies which in
normal times come in daily in large
quantities, how long would it be before
the pinch Of hunger would be felt?
That is very hard question to answer,
for the reason that there are such in
CAPABILITIES of purchasing capacity in
New York society that some go hungry
in times of greatest prosperity for lack
of means, while the great majority eat
more than is good for them. Undoubt-
edly the number of those who always go
hungry would be increased after two or
three days of siege, and then day by
day this number would increase until
the public authorities would feel COM
PEELED to take possession of the food sup
plies and distribute them among the
people. With the exception of milk and
some other things, the supply of meat,
POu4uy, many fOSOeoUACo CsAu IL ulto
would last for two months at the present
rate of consumption. If all the supplies
were taken charge of at the beginning
of siege-and this could easily be
done-the food within New York could
be made to last for four months at least.
The siege Of Paris lasted only four
months Before two months had passed
high and low, rich and poor, had learn
ed what hunger was. And, as is we'll
known, the French are the most thrifty
and economical people in the world. In
the arrangement and disposition of food
the Parisians are specially distinguish
ed. But the food supply in New York
could be made to last as long as the
Paris siege lasted, and the people would
still be comfortable. = Ladies' Home
Journal.
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His Rates.

Executor-Pray, sir, what do you
charge for Il funeral service?
The Rev. Mr. Canter-I always
charge, my dear brother, i'll proportion
to the property left behind. Couple Of
guinci.s fer /, roor man, 3 suineas fol
CO. 900, and so on.
Well, my friend has left
ESQ, Geo, 50 that would be e25; but il
seems /, good deal.
The Rev. Mr.. Canter-But, my dear
brother. i;lirk CT the strain Oh my con-
science. -Ally SLEEPER.
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Senses Of Smell and Taste In Fishes

The senses Of smell and taste appear
to be well developed in the great major
ity of the fish species. Tobacco thrown
overheard from vessels is often seized
by mackerel and halibut, but is imme-
diately rejected. Nearly all varieties Of
fish. and more especially the ground
swimmers, have choice Of food. Hall
but and cod are attracted great dis
lance by certain kinds of bait. Herring,
when fresh and in good condition, are
splendid bait for cod, but are of no use
whatever if they have become stale from
long keeping. Catfish, buffalo and one
or two varieties of the bass will bite
bacon when they will pay no attention
whatever to the luscious angleworm.
The above and other facts which could
easily be cited in proof have caused fish
ermen and scientists to come to the con-
clusion that the senses Of smell and taste
are both remarkably developed among
the finny tribe.-St Louis Republic.
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.Rour HOOKED IN QUEER PLACE,

Tor improvements OF Inventions already
patented.
.RouT HOOKED IN QUEER PLACES.
Mr.. Kellogg's Lively Fight With Fish
Caught by the Dorsal Fin.
The story which E. Lincoln kellogg
tells in Outing about five pound trout
hooked foul makes trout fishermen think
of fish they have hooked in other places
than the mouth.
Mr.. Kellogg went a-fshing in early
spring in stream near the foot of the
Olympic mountain, not far from Puget
sound. The water was cold and icy, be-
ing melted snow mostly, and the fish
did not bite so freely as they would
have done had it been later, when the
sun had warmed things up. He had
fished all the morning, but without sue
cess although his companion had caught
10 inch fish.
"We fished till noon,' he says, "us-
ing big and little flies, bright and dark
Ones black, blue and brown red, yell
low and green ones, but to no avail.
After luncheon we separated Jack
went up stream and I down. Pretty
soon came to favorable pool. The
river came dashing down over long,
steep rifle into a broad, boiling pool,
with big eddy up one SIDE I cast here
and there for few moments Then
there was heavy splash out. in the
foam, and my reel began to buzz 1
scrambled to the shore and raced down
the stream, entirely unable to stop the
fish's mad rush. He came up the eddy,
then went down again three times be-
fore could stop him. Then I got him
into my sight, and I saw that I d hooked
him foul, and saw also how it was that
his rushes had been SO powerful. The
hook had caught in his dorsal fin. -
When Mr.. Kellogg managed to work
the fish into little cove from which he
was able to throw it out, not having
any landing net or gaff, he found that
it weighed five pounds.
Fishermen know how a fish hooked in
the side will pull, more especially in a
current. They know further that no fish
makes SO good fight as one hooked in
the tail flesh, where tho hook will not
readily pull out. More than one trout
fisherman i'll the Adirondacks has struck
fish and instantly thought it was a
monster-a four Or even six FOUNDER,
judging from the way it pulled, but at
last, on getting the net under the fish,
has found it to be little fellow of a
pound or less hooked in the tail.
The place where fishermen like to
hook their trout is down in the corner
Of the mouth where the two lips meet.
This is tough place, and hook fas-
tened there is better than one fastened
anywhere else for hold fast qualities
Big trout are seldom OR never taken
when hooked in the lip, though one
hooked in the tongue fights in an up
hill struggle. But in either Of these
places the trout does not make the fight
a tail hooked one does.
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DON'T STOP TOBACCO.
HOW TO CURE YOURSELF WHILE
USING 1T.

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