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Snuff Takers.

The t8ta century was the age OF
snuff taking par excellence. The Gus,
tom was general and among all
classes of people. 1t was an act Oh
politeness for well-bred men to oner
their snuff boxes to well-bred women.
Women themselves carried their OVID
boxes ana interchanged pinches WIN
the gentlemen. At fashionable dinner
parties after the cloth was removed
snuff boxes were passed around. Pope
and Bilingbroke, Swift and CongreVer
Addison and Steele, all indulged IN the
nlea aslirGs of snuff. DR.. Johnson car
ried his snuff in the capacious pockets
nj his waistcoat and would convey 1t
to his nose without stint. He could
rot abide the narrow confines OF
1,oy. Frederick the Great resembled
him in this respect. Botn Napoleon
and Wellington were prodigious snuh
takers, but Washington indulged only
moderately. Jefferson was fond OF
snuff as his waistcoat and shirt bosom
often showed. Hamilton and Burr both
"snuffed." and were extremely grace
ful in giving and taking a pinch.
Henry Clay was another of our Ia
NOUS snuff takers, and often needed
the Stimulus of pinch when making
speech. Senator Thurman was per-
hans one of the last of the senatorial
users of what was once called "the
Grand cordial of nature"
Journal.
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"sirs;, I here present into you King
Edward, the undoubted king 6f this
realm: Wherefore; all you WHO are
come this day to do your homage; are
you willing to do the same?"
The acclamations Of the people fol:
low this proclamation. The king and
queen then go to chairs set for them
ON the south side of the great altar of
the Abbey Church, where they are to
kneel when the litany begins. Two
bishops vested in capes, sing the 1itany,
the tll0it singing the responses to the
6fgaii:
The communion service follows. Dur.
ing the singing Of the litany did tile
communion service the king will re:
main uncovered, sitting with the queen
In their chairs on the south side of the
altdr; Over agaihst the pulpit. at the
close of the communion Service, with
the beginning 6f the serlibh; tie king
puts on his cap Of efimsofi velvet;
trimmed with ermine. On his right
hand during the sermon stands the
Bishop of Durham, and behind him, Oh
the sanie side; the lords that carry the
swords which lire to be presented to
him; On his. left stand the Bishops Of
BATH .afd Wells and the Lord Great
The sermon will be brief and after it,
the coronation oath will be admins:
tered by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The archbishop asks:
hSii'. ,a VS,,. if.iort-- ,r r.--'..,..,.. ,-,..
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The king then arises, assisted by the
lord Great Chamberlain and proceeds
to tie altar; tie Sword Of State being
carried before him: The great Bible il
brought from tie. altar by the arch;
bishop: Laying lis hand hpon the Il!
Holy Gospel the king kneels upon the
steps, saying:
1.-THE things which have here before
promised ] will perform and keep, SO
Help me God"
His Majesty kisses the book, signs
the written oath and returns to, tiis
chair to be anointed. Both he and the
aueen kneel at their faldstools, and the
archbishop begins the hymn, "Venl
Creator spiritusi" the choir taking 1T
ND. A prayer follows tic hymn and
the choir sings an anthem; a'irills
which the king arises from his deSo-
tions and is divested Of his crimson
robes and his cap Of State before pro-
eeedIng again to the altar, attended as
before.
In the he midst 6f. the arena, over
against the altar, King Edwards tliall
is placed, with faldstool befors 1t
The king sits in the great chair, ano
four knights of the Garter, summoned
by the Garter King of Arms, hole
over him rich pail Of silk, or cloth Of
cold; handed to them by the Lore
Ehai1barlain. irne Dean Of Wcstmins
Ter; taking tile Afllbaiia and spoon from
thp altar, anoints the king id tile foriI
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into the church., :: t
The king and queen enter by the west
door. AS soon as they appear the great
choir o. Westminster receives them
With an anthem. During the singing
of the anthem the king and queen pass
up through the body of the church INTO
and Though the body. of the church Il!
into and through the choir and up the
stairs to the theatre, where tnelr
thrones are placed. Passing by their
thrones they make their humble adofa-
tions, and then, kneeling at the RAID
atoois sit for thcm before their ehairs'
they pray silently.
After their private prayers they seat
Themselves not in their thrones, Dut III
chairs before the thrones. The arcn.
bishop then turns to the east part Oh
the theatre, and next, together with the
Lord Chancellor. the Lord Great Cham.
heriaih; the Lord High Constable ana a ~
the Earl Marshal; with the Carter
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lord Me,huen's premonition.

To-Day tells a somewhat remarkable
story with refence to the capture OF
ord Methuen, which seems to indi-
cate that the gallant but unfortunate
general nad presentiment of mis- own
fate. A brother officer was returning
To ENGLAND and in bidding goodbye
to Merhuen asked him why he did not
apply for leave, seeing that he had been
out longer than any other general.
"You forget" said Methuer, rather
sadly. 81 have something to wipe out
before l can return. You, lucky man,
have not
This reference to the unfortunate
fight at Magersfontein much impressed
those who heard it, for it was obvious
that Methuen was labcring under a
blow from which it would take him
some time to recover.
"Well, we'll" said his companion.
cheerily, "you will soon make that all
right. One of these days you will be
capturing Delarey." ;,
| Possibly Delarey will capture me"
was Methuen's reply, as he turned
away.
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versary: At the very drst sight of tht
80; these favorites were we'll liked
but most Of all was interest centered
id a graceful, well-knit youngster, one
Of the last pair as they marched along
in the procession: 1t was Whispered
that he was a Greek: Greek gladiat
ors were rare in any part Of the EN-.
pire; and it was years since one had
fought at Treves: This man had that
Bearing which wins sympathy, and in
q few moments half the meii and all
the women were talking Of him
and wishing him good luck: Not mu:h
betting was done in his favor; r&
even the hackers of other contestants
inwardfy hoped or openly wished that
he. might get off easily if defeated:
The show passed off much like other
Shows: One animal fight which was
wholly novel at Treves was that of d
herd ST some. fifty dog-faced baboona
against successive single large beasts;
Of which they disDosed with surpris:
ing CELEBRITY A beautiful leopard, chi:
We'd all about the sand Ly these grin:
ming manlilie devils, made desperate
efforts to escape: She essayed a pro-
digious leap out Of the arena and
clutched the parapet from which she
sprang into the seats of the German
chieftains:: This created some excite
merit, and hurricane of cheers when
one blonde, pink-skinned young giant
of them, his blood scattering his fell
lows, deliberately stranged her to
death in spite of her clawings and
hurled the carcass back into the en-
closure.
At last came the thirty-two of whom
thirty.one might die. The Roman was
among the sixteen on the side beneath
the ladies benches. The young Greek
and the Gaul were TN the other side,
DelcW the seats of the Germans. In
the FIRST r0iind the Gail was over-con-
fldent and suffered d fesh-wound in
the knee. He won his bout, and so
did the Greek and the Roman. 1t be-
fell SO that for the last round save one
the Roman survived, cool and un-
wounded; and the young Greek faced |
the Gaul: Of the defeated men who
were merely wounded, some had been
spared. and some dispatched, accord
ing' to the favor or disfavor of the
spectators nearest them.
The Romans adversary grappled
him; and was hacked 70 pieces at half
arms length after a long fight. The
Gaul had fallen to third wound al
most before the Roman had shortened
lis sword grip to begin dealing with
lis man. Each set of victors had
lad Dricf breathing-time helmets on.
The audience rustled and buzzed
while the Roman got his breath. it
vas hot ara dusty tniil-aftern0Dn; but
10 one left. Even the gaudily painted
Iwning-poles afar and aloft were hii
" agile enthusiasts hf the mob, who
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Hiph.Priced Service.

The death of the famous Paris res
taurateur, Bignon, recalls some stories
of interest. He was among the first 10
see that the enormously high-priced
cafes had seen their day, and selling
the famous house in the avenue to the
opera, he entered into private life. An
amusing story of his revenge is told.
One night after an opera ball gay
party trooped in and persisted in beng
served by Bignon himself. The old
gentleman was in bed, but he got up
and threw the traditional serviette CT
the waiter across his arm. When the
bill was sent up there was grief that
could have been photographed among
the party. at the end of financially
much-spiced note appeared: For being
served by Bignon, 1000 francs" lie
got the money after many protests ana
handed it over to charity.-Chlcago
Chronicle.
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wnot the h,mosphere is Made OF.

The first rude shock to the prevail
Ing Idons concerning the atmosphere
was given ia 1774, when Priestley dis
covered in it the very active element
6Syseh. Two gears later he added to
this the passive element, nitrogen, and
the two main constituents of the in
visible air became captives Of sciSnee:
10 these new elements the old ideas
clung for time. Oxygen was named
,ly It's discoverer dephlosisticated air.
It lacked phlogiston, the fancied fire
element, and s6uait *itf eager appe-
tite in whatever it touched! Nitrogen
was called phlogisticated air. 1t &as
believed to be saturated with phiog;s-
t5fi ard therefore fatal to flame. While
oxygen combined briskly with almost
all the elemeiits; nitrogen refused to
combine in all except TBder great
provocation. Though intimately min'
gled in the atmosphere, these elements
were as unlike in character as two
substances well could be.
No long time PASSED before a third
substaiice was found iii the atmos-
phere, this Time not chemical ele-
ment, but the compodnd gas, carbonic
acid. While not greet in qldhtityt 1t
proved to be indispensable in quality
since all the world of living things is
dependent upon it for existence. lnim-
ita! as 1t is, when In large quantity,
t6 afiimai life. without 1T there could
| be no life at all, Aid the earth would
be a dead and barren eXpGltse. For
the plant world gains from this gas its
foundation element of carbon. and is
titus enabled to lay up those stores oi
food upon wlict the animal world de
pends.-Charles Morris, In Lippincott.
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wound brought a." ~, ''..,'
The Roraan set his fool . --llen
chest. raised his sword and shield over
his head and saluted the editor ana
,l.o spectators. Then, blinded py
sweat he utchcd off his big helmet,
shifted his grip of his sword,and began
to roll his eyes along the benches TO
zee what he must do with his fallen
fne. Every woman, child, and man
was standing, every thumb pointed
down. The fainting boy might have
heard the cries of the friendly toik'
The gladiator looked first towards the
north. Before lie turhed towards the
hdit6T's stand half the theatre saw his
Excellency, his face perfectly express
sionless, his hand resting on the vel
vet-covered rail before him, the thumb
stolidly pointing up. The gladiator
was a slave, hired by him under an
oath and penalties of fire and steel.
Waves OF inarticulate femoastfance
ran fram tier is tier Some half
drunke men of tie Fourteenth, loung-
ing in the doorway where the dead
bodies had been dragged out, saw the
thumb also. Full of their success or
the morning, they thought 1t would oe
a fine thing to rescue the young fel-
low, and started at & tipsS double!
mick acraas' the sahd. The Roman
saw them; looked round, and saw the
editor. He dared MT hssitate. HIS
life was al stake. He gave the pros
irate lad kick, and the boy tried to
loosen the helmet. His hands fell
from weakness. The Roman cut tha
chin strap.
All this took place in six breaths,
The audience, with an electric mutual
understanding, sat down, every rlght
thumb outstretched earthward. Not
a soul made any noise, not even tc
cheer the half-dozen running drunk
ards.
The Roman kicked off the helmet
raised his blade for the fini shidngtlflr
and raised his blade for the finishing
stroke. AS it fell against the back
ground of hushed and seated gazers
purple-clad figure arose from among
the ladies and another from the Pre-
fect's ivory throne, and mans ant
woman's voice screamed:
"My SON."
The next moment the Projects wifi
had tainted; the Roman, his shiel
cast away, was kneeling beside the dy
ing lad, trying in vain to check tn
blood with his naked left hand; tn
whole audience, women and men alike
were on their feet; and the Prefec
, sank in his chair, dazed and trent
: ling, and to his ears the univers
seemed filled with the incisive how
: of rebuke and derision which aros
from sixty thousand throats.-Ne'
York Post.
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of a cross OH the crown Of his head, on
the breast and on the palms of both
hands Then the king kneels and the
archbishop. standing. says prayer Oh
blessing over him.
The king resumes his seat in the chair
at the end Of the prayer, to arise again
when the Dean Of Westminster ap-
proaches to place upon His Majesty
the Colobium Sindonis and the Super
tuncia, or cloth of gold, with a girdle
of the same.
The presenting Of the spurs anu
sword and the Giriling and collation. OIL
the sword follow. The spurs are
bought from the altar by the dean
and delivered 10 the Lord Great Cham'
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lain and it is thereupon placed in the
Traverse in st. Edwards Chapel. The
lord receives in lieu thereof another
sword, in scabbard of purple velvet,
with which the king is girt. After
prayers the king, standing, the sword
is girt about him by the Lord Great
Chamberlain.
Then follows the investure. The
kings ring is placed on the fourth
finger Of his right hand by the arch
bishop, who receives it from an officer
of the jewel house. The glove is pre-
sented by the Lord of the Manor of
Worksop, and being put on, the dean
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POLICE VERSO.
A TRAGEDY OF A ROMAN ARENA,
by e. L. WHITE:

of utter obedience, and cohciliating
them with formal disclaimer of any
possible injustice to the defenders Of
the. empire:
Then he spoke inaudibly t5 the
quaester, and tn at official rode for:
ward and pr0claimed that the afore:
said centurions of the Fourteenth we're
to suffer fine; and that the leaders
of the disorder during the review were
to be punished with ratiors 6f barley
instead of wheat for month. There
was no further breaking Of ranks, for
the legion knew that their fav6rite
was as wholly in their power to de:
fend and protect while under arrest
among them as when free:
The Prefect; fliming ar vindictive;'
reached his palace to don his .toga Of
state. In his anteroom he found an uni
washed; greasy fellow, with a fashion
OF lingering his battered felt hat ii
the presence of great folks. In. our
days such one would be known us
4 private detective. Romans called
such professional spies.
The Prefect had many grievances
against the world. But chief among
these was one which he felt as a
household shame and reproach. His
elder son was sickly, dissipated, in
competent dandy. To compensate
hlm for this, he had a younger boy
who was a fine specimen of mental
and physical manhood as the empire
could show Throughout it's length and
breadth. But this youth, who should
have been, he felt, his pride and ally.
had rebelled against his authority. He
had even openly quarrelled with him:
and,worst of all, he had left his fathers
house, Which was ain unheard-of act
for noble Roman. The lad had dis
appeared utterly and could not be
found. He was supposed to have gone
into the East, where bis mother had
kinsmen in high command,against the
Parthians, and to be serving the state
there under a false name.
All this had angered his 1ather quite
enough. His rage and chagrin redou-
bled when the spy asserted that lie
had positive information that the Boy
vas in Treves, and that he would be
able to find him in a day or two with
little extra money to spend on the
search. The Prefect gave the money
With bitter heart: This news; Il
rue, BODIED disgrace aR veil as scandal
o his Name. 1ne world looked even
more hateful to him. His hound
G~-ne.. NE = st, - -. ,7fI ~. a-neetS>c.
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Of God, the tfie profession of the Cos
pei md the Protestant Reformed reli-
gion established by law? And will you
maintain ana preStrve inviolate the
settlement of tlie Church OF England
ind the doctrine; Worship, discipline
and govGriimen. thereof as by law es-
tablished in Englahd7 And will you
preserve unto the>bishops dnd clergy
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pigeon and Chauffeur.

The real carrier pigeon. as distin-
ouished from the common homlns
pigeon, is the originator Of the mask
and goggles worn by chauffeurs who
drive automobiles at seventy-fve miles
an hour. more or less. On this BIRDS
bill is large, tleshy caruncle, and a
similar one is around each eye. Inc
general appearance is similar to that
of tha fortified face and head of the
automobilist. Nature gave the pigeon
this protection from the wind in It's
rapia light.-New York Press.
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l.nj f. s;Fi.ase mat you never near a.
mad admit having found one?"
"My! that dogs mad!' exclaimed
the intelligent horse; 81 wonder wnat
made him that way?" Perhaps sug-
gested the wise house-cat, hes the
dog they try all the new plays on"
That's the time l got you,' cried
the worm or the hook, as the trout
bit. "Graciousm exclaimed the poor
trout: you looked like such an OBJ
tuse angle worm l 1lsTer suspected
you were acute one"
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I HE following is ms advance
copy of the Official Program
Of the Coronation of King Ed

G ward VII. and Queen Alexan-
dra. The program shows exactly yhow
q king is made.
The program is quantity printed, in
old English style, and gives in detail
every movement prescribed for their
majesties during the impressive eere.
monies that mark tile coronation.
The king is 10 he crowned bSsthe
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Friday Favored.

Evidently Friday is to be the great
day for state events. The first court
was held on Friday. The kings birth
day is to be celebrated on Friday and
the coronation procession is to be on
Friday.-Birmingham (Eng.) Gaz
ette
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King at Arms preceding them, all robed
magnificently, goes to the OTHER three
sides of the theatre, at each Of the four
sides speaking loudly to the people
While thp king, standing, alternately
faces each Of the four sides. Tie arch.
bishop says:
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HUMOROUS

Wigg-Gracious! You are getting
perfectly bald. How did it happen?
Wagg-I was born that way.
Beauty" remarked the hippopota-
mus" is only skin deep" Then why
don't you turn yourself inside QUIZ"
asked the peacock.
This will is like iron," assured the
lawyer. Then it won't do," objected
the millionaire. Iron can be broken
after it has been fled"
"Matrimony and golf," says the
cynical bachelor, have pretty well
thinned out the ranks of the good
fellows"
Bizzy-No, never read fiction at all.
Life is too short, and fiction too
long" Giggy-But the weather predic-
tions are too long.
Don't kick" said Uncle Eben, "on-
less you is in position to have yoh
own way. An if dat's de case dar aim
no 'scuse fon kickin'."
FIRST Dent1st-Do you have any
trouble in collecting your bills? Sec
ond Dentist-Yes, it's like pulling
teeth to get money out of some peo-
pie.
Il want to get a wedding present;
something striking" said the female
shopper. "Yes, madam" replied the
affable salesman. How would clock
do?"
Hook-Scribbler is positive gen.
ius. Nye-I don't think the sort of
poetry he writes requires much gen.
Jus. Hook-No, but it takes genius
to sell it.
Blobbs-That girls hair looks as
though she hadn't touched it for two
weeks. Slobbs-And yet 1 dare say
she has worked for hours with it to
get that effect.
Il have followed the sea for 80
years." said the man with the weather
beaten face. and have you never
caught up with it?" asked the silly
pale young man
9a; = IS ! was.
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Tvpewriting I'm Natal.

The South African Gazette says that
shorthand and typewriting are now
regular subjects of instruction In all
the public schools of Natal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-07-09

In 1871 Germany had only eight
cities With over 100000 inhabitants.
Now she has thirty-three.
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UNCLE SAM IS RICH ENOUGH.

Never mind what stocks they buy
Or how they rise an fall,
This old country, brethren,
Is big enough for all!
Big enough from land to sea
In this year OF jubilee.
With the old flag flynn free
Big enough for all
Never mind the dollars bright
Holdin' men in thrall,
This old country, brethren,
Has cash enough for all
Big enough from land to sea
For the biggest men to be,
With the old flag fyin' free
Big enough for all!
Atlanta Constitution.
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following questions are asked and an
swered:
The Archbishop-"Will you solemnly
promise and swear to govern the people
Of this United Kingdom of Great Bri-
tain and ireland and the dominions
thereto beionsihgng according to the
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statutes in Parliament agreed upon ana
respective laws and customs CT the
same?" -
The Kin,;-"I solemnly promise SO 10
The Arctbishop--"Will you to the ut
most of your power maintain the laws
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The Cat.

The TAT.
Church-Did you hear the yarn about
the ManX cat?
Gotham-No: is it long story?
Church-No; short tail.-Yonkers
Statesman.
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It's the unexpected that is usually
expected to happen.
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I'VE Which

the king receives in his left hand.
Theii c6ines the putting on OF the
crown.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-07
StevcnsOn's Personality.

The charm was real. whether it was
studied or not, and it is hard to see
what disgrace is involved in that charge
of stage play. Yet some Oh finding art
i'll an unexpected place will call it hum
bug, and their pleasure is spoiled. They
want elaborate artistic effects. but the
man that they come from must be as
simple and wholesome and plain as Il
bowl of oatmeal Stevenson's personality,
as it is called, was probably his master
piece. There is no hero in his books to
compare with the hero Of his letters.
Why should not romance begin at home:
He had virtues and graces of his own.
He borrowed Others. He arranged them
all with nice dramatic sense for the
profit and pleasure Of his readers And
they will in the long run be no less
IL meant to please them--Bookna1