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Au ii! 11st rated edition of Everyman I promised in the near futurw fiviu t house of J. Y. TajVor Jt Co, Nw erfc. The first two a.JditiuDd to be made Qm American Sportsman's Library in "Cutis, Ammunition and Tattle"' lad "Bison Mask Or, Sheep and Goat fcniily." Kate Douglas Wiggins new book, ??f a Dozen Housekeepejrv. a Story tor GlrU in Half a Oozen Chapters," fill be brought out by the Henry Alte kua Company. Jack Lon Jon's u.-w novel, whi.h h I Just. finishing, is to appewr serially Cthe Century Magazine. It is said hare ail the iriuiitive strength of The Oil of the Wild," bat U ecii ore. tti rilling. , Buskin' biographer and friend, W. . Oollingwood, has written a fniiple-ike-alary volume of reminiscences eblcb be calls "Buskin Relics." The tok is announced for iub!i' atl n by ta&maa Y. CYowell Ac Co. . Ruth McEucry Stuart, author of "Na ftleon Jackson," ban finlsh-d. another lory of Southern life with tbe nine aid In tbe city of New Orient. It entitled "George Washington Joue; f Christmas Gift That W-ut a Beg ins " A. B. Hepburn, fvrm rly c-miptr-Jier f the currency. U tbe author of an extensive and carefmiy written vol tme on the "History of Coinage and Currency in the Fnlted States and the 'ferennial Contettt for Sound Mowy," p-hleh the Macmillan Company 1 pub Uhing. Dodd, Mead & Co. have ready John Erenham'a new novel, "T'.arbe of rand Bayou;" also "The iU, h n i fetich," a new story by Ed-u Phill- t-t!s, many of the scenes of which art; id In the hem of Africa, where the ro has thrilling adventures. . Both . o.ka arc illustrated. William Matthews.' vtbw bK'k en- iStJed "Getting on in tlie World" had Rich an extra ird'.tiary succe thirty (resins apo, has Just published, a new pooK, ror young men can m - uhiiiimt tag Success, or Mfe In Earnest." It said to lie written with all his old me eamefiiei3 red f ntbusiasm. W. A. WtiVfty &. Co!'i3.c fn" pre an Etercatlng teicry-f. r young 'people, by va Maddiir,;. aaUlkni ri'b Luhr .Dtiefn," which, is listed tipcw iiUat fa mous lucljrait in .Rnwh iitd J-" reach ptatory. the .mafCaw.-. itj the., little J , vtn. year-oil Priueos -ft ;At: nsA r (oaof Ffanceto nicfiartULof Cr.l land. v ' ' . -' - t. t Dr. E. Bf ifjiie and vwml&ri- fit 111 famOy B. B.' IiW ' 3 ?: Arthur? Ueri hert, and tnc Mte Jioljert TT.-IIale ar tb authors 6t "Baltads of New liDg. land Ilistoi-y." began morCthan twe fty fears apo ,nd cotitfnueI ttrttVtJi irtenuly a a diversion. It Is soon to be pub lished by Little, Brown & Co:, anl rt!l be Illustrated by Mi K1I n Hale, Philip Hale and Ml Lillian Ha!e. ' "The Pit" has reached its Hj-'hty-third thousand- while ''The Ocfi,pns" Ihe former novel of the late Frank Korr!" "Wheat K:!c.' 'Is m it twenty- 'ierenth thousan.1. "Tbe Le.p.inl'g Bpota," by Thom;i rlxon, "Jr., lias old 115,000 and "The One Womap,:' .fcy the same authir, has Irurrie! the printing pr sr tu supply cpi'. Within the few weeks since- publi'-a-Hon. : ;. The V e of Tobacco. One of the mo-it difficult things in (he World la tO'jget any authoritative n: elusion about the .effects of. using to bacco. Literature is filled with paeans In its praise and maledictions in equal measure. There is abundant medical opinion on its evil effects on' the heart the throat and lungs', 'on the nerves; and everybody - knows, tlie ..chuulp moker whose appetite is. -ruwed. di gestion irnpairetl, whose' nerves are lorn to shreds, who is a hypochondriac, 1 lamentable object and a cross to his h-iends. ' On the.cother hand, Iii-Jirjy everybody smokes, and there is no tamrt way of Ktartisji; a itlKy tlma to cut olt the tobacco snppiy of soldier or sailor. I'ersoiis who are. eiipuised in j hard lalKr, or in exhausting .pursuit! ' Of any kind, know that a smoke, ban- lanes fatigue and knits up the raveled leeve of cure. If your' dentist tie com plalsant he will my that smoking pre- erves the teeth and "kills the germs;'' your doctor if be wants to-stand high and. straighten ng himw lf, said: "I In your estimatlpn, will tell you to "use . thought you: were one of . BJi .Klu-r-tobacco. but use It in moderaUon." j man's fighttrs. find that proves it. 1 Some things hWevr, we-do knoW Pt my trust In General Grant, and .Knf tohdero: U costs a vast suiri.of when I have to fall back I put my faith money, Is one of the most important Industries in the world, and an import- nt aource of revenue -to all, nation i..-sm,T.in.(lfi.lmtari -n,iiv. .nrt th vpn.lv. lucre,. se in the consumption is nearly (Ri0,0tXl,000. Jlmokera use 3,fK)0,0(WX)0 cigarette! nnually, and consume In othe.r forms, iaa In snuff, plun. and smoking tobacco, S15.000.000 ponnds, exclusive of the to Wevo exported rfnd that used In ma nth. tact lire of cigars and cigarettes.-.-Thfl praderal treasury receives IW.OfjO ,00(1 UUluai revenue i rout iue iuuuvlv mi, Um mannfacturera alone pay in divi tend $10,000,000 and In wagea 50, 990,000 year, and tbe annual value of Ukt manufactured product in this coun try is apward of $200,000,000. of the wale may tx tafM, tat If tkt right yemg maa Cetta H masat rirle are wllaaf to SOLDIERS' STORIES. ENTERTAINING REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR. Graphic Accoost of Stirrina Bcene WitoeiMed on the Battlefield and ia Cmp Vetera oa of tbe Rebellion Re--itc Experience of Thrilling Nat a re. "That bear-Je4 Colonel at Stone riv er," aid the Major, "must have been ia our division. There wure a good ninny fid! -bearded otliiTs in tbot-e days, but this particular one must have been In our part of the tit4d. There was hot work for all of Palmi-r's di vision that day, and tbe 2d of Jan uay flljw lug. I remttulxr one young fijlow of the Thirty-fim Indiana, a tall, U.ndT, black-haind "fighter. whie face wns black from power (.moke, but who fired as rapidly as any man In his cojaipany. Flnaily his ramrod stuck In his overheated and foul gun barrel. Turning to Captain Hallcewell, he said: "Cap. my ram rod's stuck. Have you a rag about your person that I can swab her out with? "Tbe Captain tore bis handkerebb-f in two and liand'il one h ,lf to the own er of the stuck ramrod. - The latter, with the zip, zip of rifle balls In bU ear, proceeded coolly to swab out his gun. This was not an eus-y job when a man had nothing else to think about; It was a very trying one with the bul lets flying. But the young Mluw work ed fcte-adily until his gun was In good working order, when be went into ac tion with energy and enthusiasm. Just before he resunu-d busiuo. looking up into Captain Ilallowell's face, he said, conversatl mally: 'Jtrusalm! Ca;i, ain't we makiu' liistory to-ihiy?" ' The Captain prolably though the sltnd-T youngster was doing his full share of history making. " "There was close woik that day," Mi I the Forgcuct. "I remember that after the n-pjilse of Breckinridge on tbe 2d of January. our ngiment went forward at a ruu and we ki-pt running until we struck the relxj re serve. We were almost upon a full battery, when ihelx guns bla.ed away 'with shot and shell. We 'dropjiej' dwn In the mud while that bitti-ry pomi h-d away at us. tlinwing sill sorts of tiiiiius at us. We could s e the fue shells in the air as they muit fr in guns further to the rear, and as dark ness enmc we could see the lines made, by shells coming from the. battery neurer. us. All the. men were as quiet ?V ufb e. , but in a lull one man m-ar m said; n an unconciTti'-l way: 'The tnaii yilio says you can't -ee a cannon baH In 'the air is a liar.' This was so pertinent that a dozen men laugh. -d. ttnd-Ve wa6.a chUeklc In mfc.tcr thp ,);inrt7 wan' -Xbe owl fellows were i: ,.. , ..... ... front. A t tli era sot all n Mir 'side. In one of our charges on the- 31st of I)e.emler, 1S02, we were luM ready to plcH I two kuqs of a rebel battery when the drivers came upr each with four hore . at a gal lop, ' made a feint of riding over us, wheeled In a magnificent swiep. caught up the two guns, and. making another sweep across our front, galloped, away. Not half the men fired, and, the Cap tain, turning upon the fi-llows who were watching the rebels' maneuvers admiringly, thundered: ''Why hi 'hell ikn't you shootT Just then one of the rebel drivers turned in his saddle, and, taking off bis cap. waved It In salute. As be did this one of our own Ix-st shots, a backwoodsman, said to the Captain. T had the buck fevir. I couldn't shoot; he was too darned brave, you know.'" "ii aUing of re.-yrves," bald "the Col oi.e!. "In May. 1-SGj, I was at the Spot. s wood ' bot. l In Kicbuiotrd, Va. rhei man's army had come up on the 0th and had bivouacked on the soutlj side of the James. Those of us, theu serving with the Army of ihe Poto mac,, met our old comrades of the West ern army at the Spottswood, 'and there were a good many good times to ou credit. -One day several oliicers of the Army of the Potomac and as-many of Shetinan's army were sitting iij front of the bo't-I when a Kildler slightly the worse for liquor stoppinl la front of the group -and said wlthmt ceremony: 'I put my. f.iitii In General Grant.' No one replying he tepeat d with a ehjl !n:ge in his voice; 'I put my faith in ;(.iieral Grant!' - Thereupon one of ,hfrt!ian' iidic ts al 1 ple.iantly'Jy mun. 1 commend-your trust in ;c:ienil ,'(,riiht, but I put my fa lib. in ;od.' The tidier ;t nnl silent for a min ute 'as if ptiz;:l i for a reply. He rlcn raised, his right hand, passed it ovef his -face, wiped his mmifb and chin, 'In God. That is my Inst re-serve. p,ut where. In Sam 11:51 is your rrwrve?' 'lne oincer r-na j . 0r. , "' ' v ia wltliout rcwervei, but stopped and laughed,. and as the sol- dier walkel away, we :a)l , .laughed. ' "That confusion of horses at "Kriva saw.f said the Mlsfdfcsl'pp' Captain, re minds me of a contr rvcrs over-hhVses at the battle of franklin, (lenenil lat Cleburne and '.General John Adams of. the Confelernte Hrm.V'were beith killed at -Frsnkbn.stUhe head of their com- Jo Ue Uno) works. One of them was killed on top of tbe works, just as hi home had plnnged half over. Man and horse were shot there, and the body of the bone remained on top of tbe work, with fore feet extended to tbe Union It waa aald at tbe time that tbe ki;iiwl nn too of the works waa Qninl 0IHMirn, tBd there waa anMf 0Wa men a dlapnte as t "It was known that Gen.Tal John Adams of Iorlng's division rode a bay horse and that Cb-burne did not. The horse killed on top of the worka in front of the Sixty-fifth Illinois was a bay, and General Adams' body was found at the 1ih of the wotks. ju-t Ih-1jw the hoc'. Cleburne' body was found Jlfty or sixty yards from the works. Adams. a. ttr ting to the story of men of the S:ty-lifth Illinois, rode his tunc ov(r the ditch and to the top of the parapet and tried to teur the flag fioiu the bands of rjie color bearer. At that Imttaut he was shot." Chicago Iiit'-r Oc.;. "Beyoni the If Mia." "I ran iieur lb Unnii as tiiu arui lumin Frini beyond tbe bills," be said. And he leanfO aud siuik-d like a happy child As l.e shook bis snowy 1 (!. And lie clutebrd his eaue while the far refrain Came in murmur to bis enrs. Put tiipy whisjM-red low: ' He lias dream ed it so. And it is no drum he hears." "I can h'sr the fife as it leaps with life, Aud the drums roll madly, too," Was the old man's sigh as with kindling eye lie would bum the wanuings through. "It is Jimmy Shea that is bow he'd play When the road was hard and long; And it's Billy's drum that is calling, 'Come': As it keeps time with the song." And his finger slim Lent a tattoo grim On the stout arm of the chair. While his lips grew stern and bis eyes Would burn Wit?!i the (ire that once was there. "O, the bogle call, and the drums and alii" . ., H would say, "Their music fills All the iiUht and day; I can bear them play ' ' - . . In the march boyond ihe hills." "I -can hear the drums, and the army comes i ' - ' -From beyond the hilts." he said. Willi his eyes aglow he saluted slow And he tout bed his snowy lira. I. Then his eyes were closed as if he but diwd! ' And his day of days had dawned, For thp low drum bent hud allured b!j feet To the hills and far iifyonj. ' ' Chicago Tribune. 1 ffe-tive Art'llcry ChootltiB:. "The bet artillery shooting I ever saw," said George Harter. of Company M. First Illinois light ar ill'ry, "wag at Peach Tree- Creek, July 19 and 21, 1Hi1. Our battery was across the creek, which was very deep and about aixty feet wide, with only one (Toss ing for artillery. We were on the extreme left of the army, our six guns Iosted on a ridge without Infantry support,- tiecause at the last minute we had to extend our lines to keep Hood from overlapping us. The rebels formed In our Immediate front, at the further edge of an oicn field, about 000 yards across. - "When their lines were formed, they, sprang up and came across- the field In a rush. We opened with grape and canister, each gun trained to rake the advancing, lines obliquely. As the enemy came 'nearer we double-shotted all our guns, using two cases of grape and canister, w ith ne shdl cut to half a second. But the rebels came on, and at 16st we depressed our guns to de liver" -shot nlwjut sixty, feet In front , of tljem. Tills had the. effect of rico ehejt'ng the BrHpe.anil ."anlster, and literally mowed tbe line down. I do not remember, to have seen on any cne field, from Chlcka'mauga to JoneslKiro, such havoc and destruction, nor do I recall' any erig'jetneiit:wbcre the Con federate erniy fought with jgreater courage and tenacity." Chicago Inter Ocejtn. , . ''''" ' , Ilia Seventeenth Bnttle. When our regiment was camped in Taylor's rittge. .some 25 or .To milei Kouth of Chattanooga, Ve' 1 ad a fine view of the valley lying two fir thre rr.'lfs north of 'us: ffiie afternd fir we heaid tiring over In this valley, und s s-'jnad if s:s !u !-:inip tn out upva thevridue (o get a-good view of what was going on, tiiul atno'ig Hie number was our humorous fijc: d. P'rte. We saw.some reliel eitvalry cajillmTy ad vancing .upon s(jn-e of our cavalry, a rise of protind being between them'. We wire so situate! that we 'could see every movetm nt on l oth sides. wuT4 tbe active p"'rticipatitsJ Wer.? h'dlen from each other, only as they appesind above the cret of tie hill. It was a scene of tlifilllng inteic-t. and for a full hour we watched the man -u vers of ta tle. until nt length our cavalry drove them south wl,th considerable lintcte. 'As tho battle was about over, Pete arose from where he had been sitting with the remark: "Let' riie we; this. Is, I th'nfc, tbe ceventce'hth battle that I have bee-n engaged ln." ; , Conalderate. "Why don't you try to -earn an hon: est llvin'r" ' "Me frien'," replied ' Meitnderian Mike, "i'tn afraid tint If I went to work reg'Iar rd'Sflr- npliiun mone-y ant git to be a trust promoter. As It la now, I goes along peaceable, takln' only what folks wants to give me, 'stid o' stand In' 'em up an' takln' It away from them." Washington tSar. - Kan, Matefal Ihiac. Carrie I had two offer of marriage this week." Laura Isn't it too funny f Aad yoa thought your eagMemeat waa a se cret Pack. OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON hviPORTANT SUBJECTS Menaninq Niagara falls. HE disturbing announcement Is made by the Commissioners of the New York State Preser vation of Niagara that the operation of power com panics and the construction of commercial md drainage canals threaten to diminish the :otsl overflow at tb Falls to a serious extent. T Ihe Commissioners characterize the danger as not merely theoretical, but we-asurable and substantial. The Ameri can power companies remove from the Niagara Uiver nearly 8.0)0.ajo gallons of water a minute, or C per cent of tbe total flow over the'Falls. The divc-slon of the water of the Great Lakes from their natural outlet, the St. Law rence system, by. the Chicago drainage canal, which Is to remove from I-ake Michigan fiii,rs) cubic feet of water a minute, by the projected canal from Ijike Michigan to the Mississippi across Wls-onsin, sud by numerous Canadian canal and water power projects under construction oi In contemplation, must contribute Importantly to the Impair ment of tbe Falls. The Commissioners regret that the New York legislature and the Canadian Government have granted the right to withdraw a large volume of water from the Falls. The Canadian authorities are criticized for allowing tbe companies to erect unsightly constructions In Victoria Paik, In full view of the American and Canadian reservations. 'The Commissioners say that, aside from its educational and aesthetic Imporfsnee, the Niagara Falls reservation Is a valuable asset of the State. It has been a profitable in vestment, "and has afforded a practical demonstration In tnis country of a principle long acknowledged in European cities and countries, that tbe preservation of the beautiful, the picturesque and the historic pays." It is too lute to prevent the partial despoilment of the Falls by companies whose rights have vested. Tbe de struction of the great natural curiosity by tbe artificial ex huusriori'of the water supply may be remote, but Its ex tinction Is evidently regarded as something more than a possibility by tbe Commissioners. Philadelphia Ledger. Loneliness. HE most hideous state imaginable Is that of solitude. Man is made for company, to act with others, in bis Interests, bis amusements, and all features of bis life. In this country success is measured usually py money, mid In this country the loneliest of X ii.ru. on one possible exception. Is tbe He sits high up otT his pile of money, friends, or none, near him. He is so high up on his pile of gold a 1 1 nt- friend, from a false one. And It believe that he has any re.':l friend. across the country to the miserable bis bundle and bis sore feet along almost f es that he envies that miserable creature, vague ly speculating alKiut bis next meal. He imagines the human failure to and Uieiefore happy. He envies him liis good appetite, bis sound sleep, and the fact that he Is HOT surrounded by hypocritical pretensions. The trnnip; looks up at tbe thousand time millionaire ttith lbc same feelings of envy. He thinks what lie would do if be had all that' money. He plans, as he trudges along, all sorts of banquets, all soils of revenges on those who have sorts of rewards for. the small kindnesses he may have received. -.New 1 ork Journal. The World's Railways. UK rchlv fur Eisenbabnweseu shows that in be first year of the present century the world tor the first time exceeded 500.0W miles of rail way. At tbe end of liXil the world's total mileage wps. 507,510 miles. , At present it Is ilxjut 532,500 miles. At the end of 1!XU the dis- IT HiUutkm was: Europe, .1S0.08 miles; Asia, 41,814; Africa, I (.1ST; North America, 220.503; South America, 28,054; Australia, 15.0TJ. India Is the chief contributor to Asia's oiilcage. though Hussla's railroad enterprises are sensa- SAM PATCH, THE JUMPER., ilim Who Made Kamiui Leap Lie in Unmarked Grave. The lettering' upon a rough pine slab erected in the little -cemetery at e'bii'i iotte by jsteve Marshall, an old laU' cuptulu, away back In tbe "JOs, al . ei (be lsly of th lll-fated Jumper find la-en taken from the Genesee river ami buried in the village cemetery without ceremony of any kind, was as follows: - - "Saiu Pa li b Such Is Fame." 1 iiis 4smrd stood at the head of C.lii h's grave until the semi-centennial ("cebrutioti lit Bochester, N. X. ,1'hen o.t.fitne hands were laid upon It Tbe in '-iily hewn slab was exhibited. Aft i tlie reielii atioii it was not replaced, -t uu either lost or seized upon' by oiae je.io hunter who cherished It In - r. t. ' ' - Si;;ce Marshall's band raised ' that ,'.b in one bus ever tiikeh the trouble t ii'nrV 'the' grave In any, waynays ' Ire' l:H-hest-r Post Express. Old resl- I -'ft-f of Charlotte knew. of the hica-'o;i- by tuo old stumps, but Within 'me l:It two years these have rotted iwiiy. Tin' grave Is now unmarked, -.; iid blackberry bushes are .ruatteid ei- the sjHit. The fume of Sam Patch, such as it Mis, lias probably penetrated further iinn that of any other p-son who er made Hochester his abldlps place. be e.puits of Sam"were se-lzed upon nd embodied in a liook of nursery nies, which will be remembered by unj, although long out of print The liyue was mere doggerel. Many will . eiiicmber.Sam's reputed first Jump, a , escriiH-d In. (he lxk. It was from ti! chicken bouse roeif 'at his jome, jtul Sam landed plump on tbe back f a goose. 'The niotner of Sam was ' iid to have been greatly grieved over ,,e damage to the goose, but Joyful ver the escape of her son. Here are ;wo lines from this "poem:' 'Come to me, my pride, my Joy.' t loose for dinner, ' crlesl the boy.' In the miner eye of the uninformed , .e- bus been pictured a an athlete of - posing height and proportion, keen f eye and steady of nerve. Historian of unquestioned rencity aver taat T arriage, "JfAJJ This richest of men. aud there are few that he cannot tell Is hard for him to He looks down and tramp plodding with the dusty road; he be free from care. his good digestion. ' III t rented him, all 'aft paiof, palace, Sam wus short and fat and not afraid of flagons of any size. In the age In which he lived he was rcgnrded as "shiftless." He would now be termed a "Ik1kj" and legally a "vagrant" His home was no more In Rochester than elsewhere, but lie clalmifd the' Flower CUy as his own. After the death glorious" he gained a standing be never attained In life. Patch's reputation, or notoriety, was not all gained In Rochester. He made a Jump at Puterson, N. J., and Inter Jumped into the Niagara river from a ledge of rock projecting from the hank at a rKilnt more than half the height of the cataract. He Is said to have hnd u habit, pronounced when he was In bis cups, of saying: "Some things' can be done as well as others." lie f,ilowe-d oiit fliis hie In hi jump ing, and it cost hint his life. : . . On Nov. S, Is.".), accompanied by a tame bear. Sam Jumped from a ledge into the Genesee river, a height of ninety-six feet. Both came out alive. Sam longed fur gretter hcighlif J (,f fame, and distributed handbijls an nouncing that on Nov. 13 he would leap from a scaffold at the procipioc. The scaffold whs built twenty feet higher thun the brink of the falls. An Immense crowd gathered to wit ness tbe leap. Sam prepared for (he occasion with liberal potations, lie mounted the scaffold and harangued-, the crowd with- all of the drunken gravity of which he was capable. He ! felt himself In need of a stimulant. and he. took one. He then gave a run li lid "teok off." His tsidy did not i fjlll feet first, but made a half turn. Ue struck the water with n force of 4.000 jmunds. as figured by a local sta tistician ut the time. He did not rise. The crowd wailed until dark and ihen Went home." That was the Inst of Ham Patch In Rochester. The body was 1 subsequently discovered In the river at Charlotte and given burial. " Old Pabllo libraries. Though It Is the popular Idea that public libraries are of modern origin, there li proof that the Anglo-Baton kings of England were disposed to erect them, and works were brought boat Ireland, where taiaoeea bad been tional and attract more attention. British India. sccordlDg to the Ballroad Gazette, bad 25.373 miles at the end of Biol, while Iiussiac Asia, Including the Chinese seizor, had only 7,323 miles. Even In the pant four years India has built more than Asiatic Bussla. Strategic railways to meet supi08ed Bussisn schemes account for part of In dia's mileage. Of European countries the German Empire leads la mileage, with 32,753 miles; but It Is followed closely by Russia, with 31,&45, and the latter will doubtless soon take the lead. Great Britain mskes but a modest show In th list under Its own nsme, having but 22,1(10 miles In Ku rofie; but it has more railroad In India than In Europe, has two-thirds of the railroads In Africa, and with those of Its colonies In America and Australia counts up an aggregate of 91.K45 miles, which may be compared with the nilleaga of 210.IMJ in tht United States at ti e present date. North America has more railroad than Europe and Asia together; the two Americas, more than all the rest of the world. Tbe aggregate of capital Invested In railroads the world over is $:;(1.8.V),0X,(HS--a tidy sum to be invested In any on thing In seventy-five years. The wealth the railroads have created or developed many times exceeds this vast amount. The rapid development and utilization of the resources of a country are made possible only by a network of rail roads. Baltimore Sun. Commerce! and Wed otk. ""'MONG the great enterprises of the year be Isides tne railway in tbe I'ganda In Africa to Ithe soiircs of the Nile, Is Scotland" great mm J -aiinl, wblib will save hundreds of miles of and will cost $."0.ifM0. new ship canal will extend from tbe 1-irth of Forth on the east of Scotland to the Clyde on the west coast. The canal will tunnel tbe Highlands near Iiocb Lo.aoiid. Whi n t)"'g canal Is completed vessels and steamers will cut through the Is'and instead of going around England or frelnno. The sailin distance from tbe Clyde to ports on the ettst of Scotland will be reduced 52.) miles, while from other eotiiie( tions the saving will In- all the way from 150 to 4S7 miles. This canal will cost as much as the Nlca ragnan canal. The more tbe world Is cut up territorially tbe mor fertile it will be, Industrially and srxlal. Every internal or external improvement that makes I rude more economic and commerce more swift is an agent of pence and of good will In being an agent of Industrial promotion. The cheaper a barrel of flour Is landed In the pantry, other Iblngs being equal, the more mouths, big and little, will there lie to consume bread. President Eliot should not overlook the intimate rela tion there is between cheap wealth and curly marriages and between economic civilization and the productivity of the race. Every uow facility In commerce and trade, every god speed glveu to traffc is godspeed to population, quality as well as quantity considered. As wealth Is cheap, men and women are dear. Boston Journal. Back to the land. DT Is sometimes forgotten that all the world's wealth must come out of the ground. There Is not am article of food, of dress, of luxury, not i ship or a cannon, not a book, nor a news- nor a printing press, not a cottage nor a not even, the money that we use In commerce which Is not drawn from tbe; earth. and the, magnet that draws, forth the material and shape. It is human Intelligence. If Ihe land of Ireland Is deficient In coal and metallic ores. It has still tbe germs of other fruit fulness only needing strenuous cultivation. If attention' is given to chemistry and natural science by the farmers of tbe country and by those who should aVtlvcly promote the sclenrlfic education of the farmers' sons, the world may see before a second generation has passed a complete regeneration of Ireland fitting It to colupete with success In the struggle for prosperity with all other lands. Irish Times. ' '.. much earlier cultivated than, in Great Britain, says the Chicago Ni;ws. But the Invasion of the Normans stopped the spread of libraries, and the first In England after the conquest was es tablished at f)xfird. In liurham (now Trinity) College. In the thirteenth cen tury liy Richard de Bury, who pur chased from thitty to forty volume of the "Alilnt ofiHt. Albans for fifty pounds' weight of silver. Before that time Utfiks were ket In chests and not in a room , styled a library. At the end of the seventeenth century there were only six public libraries In Great Brialn. The first circulating li brary" us fopnded by Allan Ramsay, in 1725, wheuiic be diffused jduy and works of fiction among the people of , Edinburgh. So successful were Ram say's efforts that It Is tAiild t,hat with-, in seventy years nearly every town' mid large village pos-es-ii-d libraryV The first in Iiinbm was started 'by jsotiio. a issikseiier, In 17 to. Birming ham obtained Its iirs'; clrcnfntlng li brary In 1751. The riext slep was the free library, Mam-hi-iicr possessing f be first, In IKVi being quickly fol lowed by Liverpool, Birmingham and other huge towns. - - . ('a ut out Mnmma, "If your daughter keeps practicing she will become an accomplished musi cian," said the teacher. " "I don't care for that." said Mrs. CumroX. '"We are having Muriel take music lesson from you because you were reconmictiib-d as the most expen sive teacher In the city. ; If sfie learn to play too well some pisipfe who don't know us might, think she makes her living that way." Washington Star. Like riil .pplnn N .rvico. Experience Re-ems to lie proving, says tlie 8an Francisco Bulletin, that not Vmly I the Philippine service 'ti tractive to soldiers who have never' leen there, and are anxious to croa the seas to see what dreams may come In the land of adventure that oar Oriental possession have become, bat also those who have been there aom time already are eager to remain. Peeelmlst are people who go araaisf hjokUg for thorna to sit oa. - '