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A Quaker Jumping "a Ditch.

Hesekiah Brcadbrim was a fat Quaker, in
the State OF New Jersey, who sold moasses,
cndtish, coffee, Chin, e,rthern ware, cloths.
and all sorts Of liquors. We like the Qua
kers very much, who are Quakers in deed
as we'll IA nam; but ri srki h was u hicko
r, q ,aker. He was somewhat Of an old
b;chelor; and nd u sister who was some-
what of IN old maid. But. she was the best
creature alive; straight u. candle, bloom
ing as a rose, and smiling as charity. Her
nume was Durcus.
Hssekiah and D,rcns walked out ole Sun.
day afternoon, in the blooaling month Ut
NJ ". to breathe the fresh air and view the
meadows. The walking was smooth and
delightful, with no manner Of distractions
except here and there ditch full Of water,
spanned by a few bridges, and too wide for
any man OF ordinary jumping capacity to
cross at single bound. But Hesekah val.
ueG himself as fat people commonly do. on
h agility; and il stead Of walking few ad-
ditiunal rods Tor the sake of a bridge, must
needs leap every ditch he cpRe to.
"Theed better not try that. Hesekiah," !"
said his kind and consulate sister.
"Never thee mind, Dorcas," returned He's.
ekiah; 'rhere'. no d,nger, I've jumped
many bigger ditch when wasn't half my
pres mt size"
"Alt that is very likely. But recollect.
ffeseki IN. thee's grown exceedingly pur<y
since thee was young man."
"Pursy! Well, il have, that is no rea-
son why | should not as agile as before
! tell thee, Darcas. can jump this ditch
without 80 much as touching fimger.' -
cay, tut thte'll t, uch thy feet to the bot
toni.''
'.Thee's but woman, Dorcas: and thy
fears magnify this narrow ditch even to u
river. Now stand thee aside thlt may have
full sweep according to my abilities.
Nay, brother Heseki,h. thee'd b.tter not
The ditch is wide, aud the bntum muddy;
nndthee'l assnredly spoil thy Sunday clothes
II M worse"
"a fudge for thy fears. girl; they shall
not stay the j't. Nay 90 no, hold me,
fos Eam resolved to jump Il is ditch, 81.
were merely 10 convince thee Of my agili
y.'
Accordingly, lfesekiah went back . few
wards in order that the impulse thereof
might carry him over. Having retreated Tar
enough, he came forward with momentum
propor,ioned to his weight aad his velocity;
and tound himself in th middle. The wa.
ter splashed round on all sides, and bespai.
tered the Sunday clothes Of Dorcas. wi o
could not with si, her Quaker eobriety and
kind feeling help barssing into loud laugh
There was Hesekiah. shaving his agility and
fioundering ia the msd. likes whale. The.
water was not 50 deep as to be dangerous.
and the scene was too irresistibly comic for
even saint to shstain from laughing. though
even on the Lorc's day. 9as ssssaFe
4 At length, when her risis,ibility would u
low her the power Of speech, Dorcas kindly
held out her hand, as she stood 4 rod from
the bank, and said--s Come hither. brother
Hesekish, and ['ll help thee out. >
\ .,WellI well!s' returned the haunderef. Ii
atone of yexaiyn--.thee dora well. Dprcas
% stsad there and laugh u ne, y thonghisI
sfs4fl .tfrs sfr sf 4 {sS * f
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O.T Alabama hss declared for the res
,nomination u President Pierce. lfassachh<
seits and South Caroiina, We believe hnvA
done 20 previously. u
or Uzal Knapp, one of wsshina@
tons life guard. [said u be The last surslrol.,
did At Nemburg, New York. .laat week H
,saAE9g yeaFs Old,
or Fanny siIiba snappish, Milly
Fanny -wAs married i New Yofk, II ~
81 ilAt, to James Psrton. &c.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-01-31

Tom PAINE The one hundred and niae.e
teentb anniversary Of the birth day u,
Thomas PAINE occurs on the 29th proxi-
mo. His admirers in Cincinnati intend.
celebrating the day.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-01-31

SMocrH AEswRR.--A little boy waaaska.
ed what meekness was. andvepted: Meek
ness gives smoosh answers 70 rough ques-
tions. y &
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or Never sign writing iii you have read
it, nor drink water till you have seen it.

or negro has been arrested in New
Orleans for playing on a fiddle on Sunday,
thereby vioi ateing the Sabbath.
a or Tying . mackereli to your coat tail
and imagias yourself whale il one Of the
Grstslsssona 10 coa6sh asissecfacy. @
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-01-31

DISTINGUISHED DErARrURE.-The man
who tried to do business with .ut ADVERTISING
and the min who never took . newspaper.
started last week for Caiifornia. They 4.
round the horn in = salt kettle.
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worth, that the coloring matter is con-
posed chiefly d infusoria, with Some
planets Of the tribe ii Aye. And what
Is tnSst singular, is when the siiow had
bees melted fsf short time, 40 as to
become litt1s warmer than The fteez-
ing point, the animals die, tecouse.
they connot endure so much heut
A specimen Of meteoy;c pope, which
fell from the sky in Co,,rland. in 1886.
has been examined by Ehrenberg, and
found to consist, Ike The red snow Of
Coverva and Infusovia. Ofthe latter
he found twenty-nipe species. Sur
prising AZ the facts are. il will perhaps
seem still more incredible, that the
skeletons Of these animals should be
found in a fossil state and actually
constitute nearly the whole ,na-s Of
soils and rocks several feet in thickness
and extending over areas Of many
acres. Yet this too has been ascer-
tanned by the same acute Prussian na
turalist.
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NOTICE..

IN the matter Of the succession Of RolAnn
THOMAS. and REsEooA TnoMAs--S;xtl
Judicial District Conrt-Parish of East
Baton Rouge No. 1857 Probate.
WHEREAS Joseph Marianeux. Al
w Dinistrator, has fle,I IN the office
Of the Undersigned clerk Of said CONT. Nm
account Of his administration Of said estate.
Notice is hereby given to all persons in
terested to show cause within thirty DAYS
from the first publication Of this notice.
why the said account should not be an
proved, hofnologated and made the iadg-
ment Of said court.
mari 1-Gtw. B.F. BRYAN. Crk
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GRAND BuFrAto HuNr.--The St.
Paul Pioneer says that party of gen.
tlemen will start from st. Cloud on
the 10th Of May. for a buffalo hunt OF,
the plains:
For an outfit, each person will be
required to have riding horse. shoot
ing equipment, aud one blanket, and,
for each club Of four. comm;ssary sup
plies. tent and one pack horse. The
commissary organization can be effect
cd at st: Paul or at St: Cloud, after
the party assemblies. which will be the
first day Of June, but those who have
already joined or may join from the
East and South, had better secure, at
least, their riding horses or hunting
apparatus in GaIena or st. Louis.
There will doubtless be about 100
or $50 who will embrace the present
occasion to "see the elephant" Ap-
plications to J. P. Wilson. of St. Are
thony. or H. NJ. Rice, Delegate at
Washington, will enable inquifers to
ascertain further particulars.
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Spiral Motifn.
Ratification Meeting.

A meeting II the citizens Of this city and Parish
To rsify The nominations, made by the late Phil.
adelphia Convention for the Presidency ana vies
Presidency, will be held NJ the State House, on
Saturday evening, the 18th inst
POND, ALEXANDER ana other distinguished
speakers will address ths meeting
The public, generally are invited to attend
D1ssO1MttOn ut CO-taftners1atp.
THE co.psrtnership heretofore existing
j between boeAr h LtakrptR. il dis
solved by mutual conseent. Mr.. Edward
Legehder, having purchased the interest u
Mr.. Began. All claims against the firm.
will be settled by Mr. +. Legender, and
all those who are indebted TO the firm will
settle with Mr. +. Legepder
A. i. hogan. its
mat1 r.. LEGENDER.
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The r1lscroseopte World.

Hitchcock in bis " Zoology" says
Those animals are not 'liscernibIe, with
few exceptions, but by powerful mi.
croscopes. As they usually occur in
some sort Of infusion. they have been
called /nfmzoria though they gencr
ally go by the name of llmmuicnly.--
The recent astonishing discoveries Of
Ehrenberg, a Prussian naturalist, have
given a new aspect to this department
OF nature, even in a geological point Of
Wow. He has described seven humid
red and twenty-five living species
which swarm almost everywhere, even
in the fluids of living and healthy ami
mails, in countless numbers. Former
ly they were thought to 10 The most
simple Of all animals 10 their organic
alton to he in fact little more than
mere particles Of matter endowed with
vitality bu. he has discovered in them
mouths, teeth, stomacbs, muscles, nerves
glands, eyes, and organs Of re- produc-
ton. Some Of the smallest animal
cn|w are not more than twenty four
thousandtb Of an inch in diameter and
the thickness Of the skin Of their
stomachs, more than the fifty-,uiIlion
part Of an inch. In their mode Of re-
production they are vivaparous, owl
paroue, and gemmiparous. An indi-
v'dna' of the Hydatina senta increased
IN ten days to one million on the ele.
venth day to four million /; and on the
twelfth day, to sixteen million. In On
other case Ehrenberg says, that one
individual is capable Of becoming in
tour days, one hundred and seventy
billions! Leuwenhoeck calculated that
one billion animalculB. such a. occur
In common water, would not altogctb.
er make mass SO large as grain Of
sand. Ehrenberg estimates that FIVE
hundred million Of them do actually !
exist in q single drop Of
water. IN the Alps there is sometimes |
found a snow Of read color, and II bas |
The recently ascertained BY NJ. Shuttle.
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NOTICE.

In the matter Of the succession Of J.mrs
COOPER, and his wife JANE Oprorr.
deceased--Sixth Judicial District Coura
Parish Of East Baton Rouge, No. ASH
'Probate.O
WHEREAS Samuel Kelly has applied
" to this CooItto be appointed admin
istfator Of the above entitled and nnmber red
Succession. Me- w..~
Notice is hereby eiven to all persons in
terestsd 70 show cause If any they have,
within ten days from the first publication
Of this notice, why said application should7
not be granted.
msr11-3w. R.F BRYAN. Cler,
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matt
NOTICE.

ALI PERSONS indebted to HATCH h JENKINS
Tor subscription 70 the Wesk1y Adroeote previous
10 February 1st, 1856, and TO the Daitv Adcreate
previous to the LIST January, 1860, and for job,
Work snd Advertising, are hereby notified that
their aceuents rhnst he Immediately settled. Al
persons having claims against nArea h JENKINS
viii present them Immediately 10 the undersigned
for payment. ]. j. JONES,
feb20-h. at the gDFce ofA s. NM
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(t0islatipt profftbinos.
THURSDAY. March -. 1866.
es-

Housr.--House met pursuant to
adjournment at 10 o'clock.
Mr.. Vanwickle called for report
from the committee appointed to ex-
anime into the Swamp Land business
Mr. Pike. according to previous no
tice---An act to amend section 81 Of
an not relative to the Government Of
the city Of Baton Rouge sus-
pended and passed.
Mr. Mcdonald asked to call ~ nm
act fixing the fees Of Register and
Receiver Of the State Land Office.
Mr. Hawkins, asked for an explain
alton, and hereupon debate arose.
Mr. Mcdonald again spoke in favor
Of the bill aud wanted The salary fixed
At $4,000. Said that the amount now
received by him was between fifteen
and twenty thousand dollars.
Mr. Brice. called for n bill creating
an additional District Court in the city
Of New Orleans, to make il the order
of the day for tomorrow al II
O'Clock.
An appropriation q $4,000 to The
Female Orphan Asylum Of New Or
leans. Sister Regis-adopted.
A long debate grew out of the CON
si1er"tiop Of the above appropriation.
An appropriation for tho Society
Of Desti'ote Orphan Boys Of the
Fourth Distrsct Of New Orleans
$4,000 under consideration.
The amount having been strick' n
out, Mr. Pike moved to fill The blank
with the sum Of $500.
Mr. Mathews offered as substitute
a bill appropriating $50 to every one
hundred inhabitants in each one Of
the Parjshes--Orleans excepted.
Mr. Mathews, spoke at length in
support Of bis amendment.
Mr.. Hawkins moved to lay substi-
lutte on the table--carried
Mr.. Pike. Withdrew bis motion and
The yeas and nays were taken on the
proposition to fiji the blank with $4,000
~ yeas 10 nays.
Appropriations to the Female Or |
'han Asylum Of Baton Rouge $4,000.
Mr.. Pike, .Aade u statement of the
Of the Female Orphan Asy-
um and asked that The amount might
oe stricken out and the blank filed
With the sum Of $4,000.
Appropriations Of $500 to the
fireman's Charitable Associatiop.--
Mr. Shields spoke in favor Of The mp
'ropriations
An appropriation to Tho Louisiana
legion Of s5.OOO-passed.
An Appropriation to cannoniers Of
Donaldson s5oO--passed
Mr. Beecher called for n report
rom committee on Commerce. and
sked to have it printed.
House adjourned TO 6 o'clock.
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W. D. PHILLIPS.
N office.

ALL PERSONS indebted 10 u win please cali
and settle up by The first Of March.
Our customers are hereby notified That on the
last NJ every month their bills will be renitted
10 them, through the Post Office, and prompt
payment Il expectssl, N every instance nplsss
previous arrangements are made. -
feb1S A. MONTAN h BRO
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view Arriva1 If Hats.

I HAVE just received by steamer Grens-
! da another assortment Of Nsw Spring
Hafs, consisting Of fashionable MoIeskin,
Silk, Csssimer and Soft Hats Of all shapes
and variety Of colors. a lew more Of those
fashionable high crown soft Hats stiIl on
hand. E
Mar I W. D. PHILLIPS
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Simplicity and genuine affection is
Of greater value than beauty. The
latter will captivate, but not retain,
while the former will make deeper
impression each day.
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There are certain principles in man'f
nature. Rxcd and unalterable. which
should be brought prominently for
ward in the foreground, in the discus
sion of every question involving tht
interest Of society. A proposition hay
ing been made, to abolish corporea
punishment, in the State Penitentiary
and 40 far favcrably considered, we de-
sire to say as briefly as possible, word
in support Of the movement In doing
SO, we leave out Of the question the ar.
gument that might very properly be
urged in support of the measure
that, many States aud nearly every
christian nation has abolished this kind
Of bodily punishment We come to
the practical working Of the system
VCtyeS Vut VVu tySSs
Punishment with the lash has been
practiced in the Louisiana Pepiteptiary
from the day Of the adoption Of the
system. up to the present bour, and
what has been the result :! Why I'VE
say it without any fear Of contradic-
'ioh) that every man 10 whom the lash
has been applied, has grown more des.
perate Under its sting, and more firmly
resolved to make war on society. The
question present. itself here, il it the
object Of the State to prevent, or to
encourage crime 7 If the latter is The
object, then let Der delegate by sform
Of law the authority to those having
charge Of the prison, the right to use
the lash, as il has been, without mer
cy IF such is not the case, then let
her look to the abuse Of this assumed
right BY those having charge even to
death. over her erring citizens. The
friends'of Corporal punishment wrap
their perfumed cloaks around them
and tell us that they themselves are
free from evil !" that they have not
the same motives to action. the same
TO evil; in short that some
men are made Of finer material than
others, and they look upon those who
have once been convic ted Of crime, "A a
different and distinct race from them
selves. Such men are too narrow mind.
ID, to consult on any great question, |
'ud to such We do not appeal. There
are others, who Howard like, feel the
allacy Of such argument, and know full
wen tyat 1T is not the chain and jacket
hat makes the criminal. Such know
hat the soul and spirit Of man cannot
be made to yield by the lash or the tor
,ure Of the rack. We hold that disc;.
pine can DO maintained without cor.
'oreal punishment and cannot be, with
{; that the power is not delegated by
aw to the agents Of the State to use
he lash, and that it is nm assumed
'ower prejudicial to the interest Of
ociety, and having tendency to de.
trade the Prisoner SO much i,lolis own
as to entirely loosen those
les to society which would otherwise
lind him to It.
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RAILROAD NOTICE.

J. Rouge, Crosse Tete and Opelcusas Rail Rosh
Company, WIN be held on Monday, the 18th of
March 1866 ~ James H. Jchustop's store bh
Bayou 0rOsse Tete. JAMS II. JoHssros,
teb94.t0 T fE4 Secretary.
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Chesterfield, having been informed
BY his physician that he was dying by
inches, congratulated himself that he
was not SO tall oy foot as Sir Thorn
as Robinson.
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selling off at CT.

TIME s,hac,;,., l.,,;. 49,, .<ntlon If
Il going TO
Offers at original cost 80 ehhfe
stock Of WATCHES,
CLO0ELRY
CUTLERY, and
ycv .p-,< together with ali
hi: s store axtu[~a"t t, Of anything in his
line, cannof'''nout reserve, but only
for c.s1 o7e, Come Al,
ttrsEoDosK GoLnsAss.
Il "s'cSm.ker and JeweIIer,
&c. Harvey House
1ors H. 81. e; r u jab. p..s assorted
J. L. VALET
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CARRolLToN ORprNaNcEs.----We

are compelled reluctantly to a duty
we oye the State at large, in calling
attention to the grinding aud Cypress
i've ordinances Of the town Of Carroll
ton, again. The " Star" Of March
the 9Th il out again with an entire
new edition, covering (psarly) al fou,
sides Of that lumiuary. The gentle
man at the head Of that paper, who
is represented in a steel plate, looking
over nm outstretched American Eagle
at star Of uppriocipled magnitude
has actually Ito our eye,) turned bali
round, in mute wouder and astonish-
ment at the wisdom Of the Carro1Itou
Council, brought into practical bear
ing and usefulness, by this last batch
Of city ordinances We call the at
teption Of the State at large, and our
democratic friends in particular, who
ure interested 10 The cause Il liberty
to know where they get the constitu-
tiopal right to say: "Be it ordained
by the Mayor and Council Of the
Town Of Carrolltop, that the prices
OF licenses for the year 1866, shall be
as follows. to wit Every restaurat in
cludiog wines by the bottle to be drank
on the premises E15."
This is particularly, hard. A man
may not take glass, he III ust take
bottle and drink it on the premises.
If there is any branch of the knights
Of Jerico, in Carrolltop. they should
look to this Immediately.
The same batclpof ordinances de-
crees also that very resident beer
bother shall pay license of fifteen
dollars. Look for moment ut the
injustice Of this. TIE man who is
engaged in corkipg down, out of the
way Of mischief the spirit of hops, is
made to pay fifteen dollars, whilst he
who knocks the beads off, and gives
the "p;sen" to his customers. is only
made 20 pay TEN. Injustice Gross
injustice, Gentlemen. Let us exam
Inc farther. "Every soap cart. selling
not less than a box, shall pay twenty
dollars This is radically wrong,
Tor were it not for The saponnoceous
compound, how soon would society
revert to barbarism. Why gentle.
men Of the council Of Carro1lton, soap
has done more for civilization and
refinement, than all your patriots and
statesmen; your prose writer's and
poetry writer's; your lawyers, doctors
md divines. Why the manufactor Of
'oap should have executive patronage
t is unconstitutional to tax the article.
Reconsider gentlemen reconsider. or
'lse you are damned 10 the eyes of
IN enlightened posterity
Observation-Disclosures was lively yes
erday ON the levee with the forty
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Observation-Disclosures was lively yes
terday ON the levee with the forty
odd steamboats, which have arrived
within the past three days. how could
be otherwise? The cotton market,
was quiet. Under the large receipts
and rather depressing accounts from
Liverpool, buyers do not seem very
anxious to come up to tho views Of
factors. At u reduction IN prices,
there would undoubtedly be extensive
operations. The sales in Western
produce are increasing rapidly buy
ers from Alabama and Texas are com
ing into market, and northwest Louisi-
ana. which has been shut out Of mar
ket for twenty months. is also in want
of!arge supplies. There is gr"duel Of
falling off in the receipts Of sugar, and
the extent of last seasons produc. will
soon be known through the report of
Mr.. T. A. Champonier. In the
meantime both sugar and molasses are
bringing extreme high prices, leaving
no margin whatever for shipments to
distant places. Sugar is not actually
a real necessary Of life. In some Sec
tions Of the country they wilfendeav-
or to dispense with it, fit costs one
hundred to one hundred and twenty
five per cent. over last or previous
years, though iftbe West obtains such
enormous prices for breadstuffs and
meats, corresponding price for sugar
ought not to be grudged or deemed ex.
18Th inst.
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HERCuLEAN TYPOGRAPHICAL Feat
The London Times Of F friday, Feb.
ruary 9Th, contains full report Of the
proceedings Of both Houses Of Parli-
ment on the evening before, occupying
twenty.four columns, in small type,
equal to about forty-eigh columns in
our editorial type. To form proper
idea Of this mammoth exploit in the
Times office. it should be borne in
mind that the House Of Commons met
at 4 O'Clock, r. NJ, on Thursday, and
that 10 the latter House . discussion
on the Life Peerage Creation involves
eight long speeches, covering fifteen
columns, Oh Of which speeches given
pcrbatim. Thus, before breakfast time
the next morning, the speakers saw in
published form every word they had
scverally addressed to the Lords night
bcfore.-Boh Rep.
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The Husbands C0n,,nandments. Il.
Thou shalt have no other husband but
ME.
2. Thou shalt not take into my house
any bearded foreigner with curly moustache,
under any pretencc whatever.
3. Thou shalt not speak of thy husbands 8
faults behind lis back nor before others.
4. Remember thy husband, to treat him
kindly.
S. Honor thy husbands father and
mother, for tho sake of harmony.
6. Thou shalt always speak kindly to
thy husband.
Z. Thou shalt have thy meals ready at
the proper hours.
8. Thou shalt not use snuff.
o. Thou shalt not visit wicked places OF
amusement, nor fine clothing stores.
10. Thou shalt not covet $500 shawls,
nor 5000 piano.fortes, thereby scattering
thy husbands means, and running him
into bankruptcy.
ii. Thou shalt greet thy husband with
smile, and salute him with kiss upon
his return.
IL. Thou shalt not attend Womau's
Rights Conventions, where the legitimate
rights OF husbands arc repudiated.
l3. All these commands shalt thou
strictly observe, that it may 60 we'll with
thee, with thy husband, thy children, and
thy cbildren's children to the fourteenth
generation.-Oliue Branch.
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Of fMaking Many Books there Is no End
The mere catalogue Of the library of the
British Museum, now in the process ofpub-
lication, has already cost 100000 and is
so far from being complete that it canno,
be finished in less than forty years. This
catalogue already fills twelve folio volumes.
When completed it will form, according to
the statement of the London Morning
Chronicle, ga neat and portable work ol
thirteen thousand volumes."-S. s. Aduo.
cate.