Reign of Terror
a period of the French Revolution, conspicuous for its 1.17 French Revolution, conspicuous for its
REIGN OF TERROR, a period of the considered to extend from Jan. 21 , 1793, the date of the execution of Louis XIV., to July 28, 1794, when Robespierre and other sanguinary leaders were guillotined on the spot where their victims had been killed. tined on the spot where their victims had been killed. man and journalist. Born in 1856, he was educated at the University of Paris and admitted to the bar in 1877. From 1881-1882 he was private secretary to and admitted to the bar in 1877. From owner of a newspaper called "République 1881-1882 he was private secretary to chosen as a Liberal-Republican member of the House of Deputies. He took a great interest in the defense of Dreyfus Française." Three years later he was chosen as a Liberal-Republican member tory of the case. So bitterly did he wage war in behalf of his republican ideas that he was at one time expelled tory of the case. So bitterly did he prived of the Legion of Honor. wage war in behalf of his republican the only domesticated species of the prived of the Legion of Honor. gions of both hemispheres, and runs into several well marked varieties. Many authors consider the American reindeer or caribou, which has never been domesticated, as a distinct species. The reindeer formerly had a much wider geographical range, and is probably the or caribou, which has never been domesinhabiting the Hercynian forests, probably when the European winters were much severer than now. Both the male ably when the European winters were much severer than now. veloped on one side only. In the winter not alike on both sides, the great palbody; neck, hind-quarters, and belly veloped on one side only. In the winter the fur is long, grayish brown on the body; neck, hind-quarters, and belly wealth, and it serves him as a substiwhite. In summer the gray hair darkparts become gray. To the Laplander and the goat. It is extensively employed wealth, and it serves him as a substiand the goat. It is extensively employed tute for the horse, the cow, the sheep, as a beast of draught and carriage, being broken to draw sledges, or to carry men or packages on its back. A REINDEER full-grown animal can draw a weight of miles a day, its broad deeply cleft hoofs In winter the herds 300 pounds, and travel at the rate of 100 fitting it admirably for traveling over the broken snow. feed in the woods on the lichens which hang from the trees; in summer they seek the mountains in order to escape the mosquitoes and gad-flies. In 1891 Alaska by Dr. Sheldon Jackson for the on. In 1898 Dr. Jackson, as benefit of the natives who frequently suffered for food, and for purposes of transportation. agent of the United States Government, transportation. In 1898 Dr. Jackson, as agent of the United States Government, or Cladonia procured a colony of Laplanders to train the natives in the care of the reindeer. Cenomyce rangiferina, of the reindeer. It is abundant in the rangiferina, which forms the winter food of the reindeer. It is abundant in the ام REINHART even when they have been burnt. Reindeer feed upon it and dig for it when it is covered by snow. It tastes like wheat bran, but leaves a slightly burning sensation on the palate. It is the badge of the clan Mackenzie. See LICHENS.