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and everything is built TO outlast the
ages, and Of the very best material. In
one of the rooms found an army of
carvers at work making wonderful dec
orations which are to adorn the ex.
terror, and throughout the whole
building everything went on like the
work of an army under perfect con-
troll and in perfect order. The building
will be completed in about two years,
and within two years and half the
new library will be in thorough opera
ton.
From here I walked over TO the
Capitol and took stroll through the
library of Congress. Every available
room in the building is packed with
books, and the library proper is so full
that you have to march through single
file in order to get from one part of IL
to the other. pushed my way past
a mountain of bound newspapers up
to the main desk, and asked Mr.. Spot
ford, the librarian. to tell mo some
thing about the condition of the Ii
brary to-day.
There are in the National Library
nearly 700, 900 volumes, and IN addition
to this there are over 200, 900 pam.
phlets. Mr.. .SpofTord's brain is such that
he knows Just where each one OF these
700, 900 volumes stands; Gud he can
tell you in an instant just which of
them ought to help you on any sub
iect you are studying. 1t is the same
with the pamphlets, and the wonder is
how one little iron gray head can hold
IL all. He is curious looking man.
as dark rs n Spaniard. He has black
hair and whiskcrs. now mixed with
gray. His eyes are bright. His frame
is short, 1.-the and wiry, and every
atom of il is made up of muscle. He
Is the busiest man in the Capitol build.
ing and he knows how to do WORK
quickly. He dictates all of his cor.
respondence. and his ordinary conver.
sation. which is clean cut and exact, is
rs classic as .he mass of books which
surround him. always feel afraid to
report him. He SAYS just what he
means, and if you misplace n word or
n figure you feel that il will cause his
black hair to stand on end in iniigna
tion when he reads it.
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Archjeacon Farrar says Britain found
India sober and will leave 1t drunk.
OF the Welsh mcmhers OF the British Par.
Lament. eighty per cent. are tcetotilers.
The Ohio hnt,-Saloon League has now
about seventy branches OF auxiliary leagues.
Wine IL mentioned as sellins at a penny a
quart in France in cons equen.e OF tho un-
usually large vintage.
II Is officially estimated that there arc now
remnining in bond In the United States 1870,
$50, $40 gallons o; whisky.
Mr. Moody Is quoted rs saying that out OF
the millions who visited the Worlds Fair, he
did not see IA drunken man.
The average number OF inmates in the
Ohio State penitrntary for the fiscal year
ending October 81 1898, was 1901 fOl
1892, l72G.
Itfor ten years England coull get rii OF
drink, she would az that time become such u
paradise as men would hardly recognize. .-
John Bright.
The W. CT U. OF Denver, Colorado. ia
registering women voters 10 fight the state
liquor laws and eventually TO make Colorado
a Prohibition State.
An invest ig0ton OF the liquor traflic, sim
liar TO that which has been urged upon Con
gress. IL TO be undertaken under the aus
pices OF the Century Magazine.
Miss Frances J.. Grlffln, organizer for Ma
llonnl w. c. T. U., Is now in Floriia, whera
she will spend some weeks organizing and
strengthening our various lines OF work.
Asingle brewery in the northwest provinces
Of India, whore so many millions suffer from
hunger. daily uses an amount Of grain 10
form malt for beer that would iced 10000
sach day.
In recent communication TO Mrs. Mary
A. Woodbridge, from the President OF South
srn California w. C. Il. U., we learn that
about $50 members have been added 10 the
California W. @. 4. o., within three months.
The W. c. T. u, Providence, r. l., has
opened reading room every evening for
boys who are not welcome ut the public
library or the rooms OF the Y. NJ. L. A. There
is not an American among the boys attend
Ing.
Professor Tyndall, though not total alb
stainer himself. once gayea young man who
declined the wine offered him, this testi.
mony "All young people especially should
NOT touch alcoholic drinks. People vino
arc strong and full OF vigor do not need
them"
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The gold on the dome at Washington
Hid not cost one-tenth of that amount.
1t was put on in little sheets, each Of
which was about four inches square
and one one-hundred and fifty-thou-
sandth of an inch thick. II takes two
thousand such sheets to make an
ounce of gold, and this amount will
cover n space about rs large as that of
the average hall vestibule. The gold
made in this form costs $27 an ounce.
and at that rate it must have cost over
$50, 900 TO gild st. Isaac's. went up
to the top of the golden dome yester-
day and took look ut it. The gold
is laid upon copper, and it is polished
co that it is as bright as q new we'd
ding ring. II is said TO be very dura-
BILE, and is on the whole, doubt not,
cheaper than the white lead with which
the Capitol dome is painted nearly
every year. The gold Was put on by
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TEMPERANCE.
WHAT worLD roo rutvx7

WHAT worLD yoU rHivx7
What would you think IL the birds aud Ia.
flowers
Should say tina. the dew and the sweet sum.
mer showers
Were not what they wanted TO bathe in AMI
drink,
They'd like something stronger
Now, what would you think
And what would YOU think, some pleasant,
spring day.
IL tho robin and wren and pretty hluejay
should so reeling and falling Iecausc Of,
strong drink
Dust like men anil boys),
Now, what would you think2
And what would you think il you picked
And found that the flowers acted jus. tho
same way
Auj j OF them tlpsy because of n lrin.!
(How queer " would bc)
But what would you think
We'll II It i silly and foolish for them,
Don YOU think IL Is worse for the boys anil
the men
Who lose both their bodies and souls. too.
through drink
Now, what do YOU think
YOUTHS Temperance Banner
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conven,ences OF the library. and IL is
now thought that an electric railroad
will be built to carry the books from
the old library of Congress in the Cap
itol over to this new building.
From this great central dome run
out like arms massive buildings in
which are to be housed our national
library of the future. These are
known as book stacks, but the word
conveys no idea of their character.
Imagine great, long warehouse, with
glass walls as high as one of the
largest New York flats and hundreds OF
feet in length. Let the sides of these
be walled with glass set into square
columns of white enameled brick and
have the plate glass wedged into these
columns without frame work, as is the
case in windows. Make the interior 10
consist of one mass of iron network
running from the floor to the roof, so
that when you stand within it you see
nothing but iron frames rising one
above the other and filling the whole
vast high room. This may give you
some idea Of the book stack. The iron
network consists of book shelves, and
these are reached by stairs which run
from one tier of iron to another and
by walks of iron paved with marble,
which are suspended between the tiers
at regular intervals from the floor TO
the roof. There are several of these
vast book warehouses in the building.
The one have just described will con-
tain S00,0 900 books, or more than
are now in the National Library. The
walls of glass give perfect light and
the books are SO arranged that the
greatest number can be packed into
the smallest compass. making every
pamphlet thoroughly accessible.
/ have not spoken of the 1900 win
dows of this building. Those of the
interior and of these stacks are set
into the walls, great, massive pieces OF
plate glass, as large as good-sized store
fronts. 1t il not possible to raise OF
lower them, and they are made 80 for
the protection of the books, in order
that no dust may enter. The ventila-
ton is all done from the roof, and
these windows are washed from the
outside by means of little railroad
which runs around them from story tc
story, on which the washers can stand
and scrub them clean.
The acres of floor in this great book
palace will be of marble. The walls
of the rotunda are of colored marbles
from all parts of the United States,
and in the whole vast, high four acres
of wonderful rooms not q splinter oi
wood has been used. All is composed
of iron, stone, cement and glass, and.
as Mr.. Green, the engineer in charge,
told me, there will not be enough
wood in the building when 1t Is com.
pleted to make match.
This building is to cost SO, 900, 900.
The State. War and Navy cost $40,
900, 900, and upon the Capitol has been
expended, all told, something like
$18, ,000,0 900. Uncle Sam will get more
for his money out OF this than out oi
either OF the others. ALI of the work
! is being done under the Government.
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HuItrpAyuJE,-.lIol benjamin Light.
ncr Hewitt, eX-spcaker OF the house OF
representatives. % Pennsylvania auI one
oi the best known Repuhiiclu politicians ot
the state, died In the Bingham house Phil
adelphia, from paralytic attack which he
received some time ago Mir Hewitt was a
ScptCh-lIish Presbyterian and was born at
Petersburg Huntington county, June 1.
1888. His parents were among the early
settlers ot the Juunta valley. lie was dis
trlCt attorney for seven years lie was field
paymastct IA the army with the rank of
major In the lower house of the legislature
hc served eght years, in lsSl being elected
speaker He also served as fish commits
Sloner from 1873 until lSsi Duriug the late
legislature he became prominent in the op-
position 10 the seating uf Andrews aud also
~ the father of the pure food bill lie
leaves wife ana two sons
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.ne main entrance Me the types OF the
highest order of men, such as the
Greek, the Latin and the Saxon, while
at the back of the building you find
the lowest types, such as you find in
Africa and in the South Sea Islands. l
can't describe the wonderful execu.
tion of these figures. They are the
most lifelike pictures in stone / have
ever seen, and they seem TO almost
talk to you rs their stern, stony eyes
look down ut you from over the win.
dows.
The building covers nearly as much
space as the Capitol. Its dome is not
SO large, but its plate of gold makes it
infinitely more conspicuous. III you
will take five city lots and carpet them
with twenty-four-carat gold you will
get an idea of the golden quilt which
covers this immense dome. There is
no room in the United States SO large
that it would fit this great golden car
pet, and it is the largest golden dome
in the United States. 1t has been
called the largest golden dome in the
world. But this is mistake. The
dome of st. Isaac's, in st. Petersburg,
has smaller diameter, but it covers
more space, and it cost infinitely more
than this. 1t took 200 pounds of solid
gold to cover it, and when you remem-
ber that gold at the mints is worth SIT
an ounce you will see that even at that
low rate the st. Petersburg dome cost
$40, 900 to gild.
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DRINK AND raE wonRIxon,s. "

IN the British Workman ArchdeRcou Far.
rar has paper on Drink and the Wording
man.' In this he sets forth IN admirable
manner why worklngmen should become
total ab5tainers, treating the difficulties OF
the practice in two parts CD The necesslt.
OF facing the rldicule Of others and % Hho
pain OF giving up u customary indulgence.
Touching the first, he says, Men are never
long derded for doing right. In the long
run they are respected for doing It. Work
tngmen have bsfore them the rXimplr Of
great tribunes OF the people, like Richard
Golden and John Bright. who were ABSTAIN
ers when II was more difficult 10 be 40 than
Il is now. and OF living leaders whom they
trust. whose abilities aud energies have
raised them TO u high position. such a. Mr.
Iohn Burns, NJ. r., and Mr.. Heir Hardie, NJ.
r., AID Alderman Ben Tillet. and Others Of
their foremost representatives, who are, |
believe, ardent total abstalners. For one man
who would laugh at his mate because he had
taken the pledge or wears the blue ribbon,
there are n hundred who would admire and
initiate his Independence and faithfulneAs.
Touching the habit OF indulgence, he points
out among other cogent statements. that
there are 40, 900 prisoners In England who,
so far from suffering from total abstinence,
Tho Archdeacon begins by saying that In tlc
men, he wishes ITO state why IT, seems To me
that they would be acting most wisely, aud
in such u way as to help the ameioratlon OF
their class, and 10 increase their chances OF
individual happiness, II, at once and without
hesitation, In present circumstances, they
formed the resolution tn be total abstaua'
ems
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InnI AItcr,.n the Cnar-

OF the late French Senator RcnauG
the Kolnlsche Zeitung tells the fol-
lowing anecdote:
When Renaud first came as Sena-
tor to Paris from his home in the
Pyrenees he engaged a room at a
hotel and paid months rent-ijO
francs--in advance. The proprietor
asked him II he would have re-
ceipt.
at is not necessary" replied Rem
aud. God has witnessed the pay
ment."
"Do you believe In God?" sneerei
the host.
"Most assuredly," replied Renaud,
don't youY"
"Not l, monsieur"
"Ah," said the Senator. sin that
case please make me out a receipt"
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head buzzed ss | walked through the
many rooms and tried To understand
it all. You could lose yourself in it's
basement as in the catacombs of Rome,
and wander for hours trying to find
your way out. The grand staircase,
which takes up n space equal almost 60
that of quarter OF an acre. is TO be
finished in white marble, and the
great marble columns which rise one
above another are already in place and
surrounded with wooden boards to
keep them from injury. The reading
room will be the rotunda in the center
of the building, and il will be covered
with the dome This room will he as
large as the rotunda of the Capitol,
and its area will he about quarter of
an acre. IL will have seats for 800
readers, and the desks of these run in
concentric rows around the central
desk in which the manager of the
reading room will sit, and from which
he will have connections with all parts
of the library by pneumatic tubes or
other modern inventions, which will
enable him to send message i'll the
twinkling of au eye to any part of this
great book palace, and by the touch
ing of button bring back the book
he wants. Electricity and everything
that the modern mind can think of
has come to the aid in adding to the
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KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS.
PLAYED WITH MATCHES.

oNE CHILD PROBABLY FATALLY BURNED AHp
ANOTHER BADLY tNJuRNED.
PHitLtrsnuRg The . year old son OF
David II. Thomas, mine inspector aud bis
cousin. the little daughter OF Matthew
Morris, went into an out.buildng at the
home OF the inspector TO play. taking with
them number OF matches, On entering
they locked the door In the building a
bundle ofstraw had been stored aud shortly
after the children entered the building
neighbors saw smoke coming through tho
roof. The door was broken open and the
children found near the door. Both were
unconscious, the girl lying over the body OF
the boy. One leg of the latter was burned
TO crisp and other portions of his body
were badly burned. The little glrl's IN
juries seem to be wholly internal Il s
thought she will recover, bu, The boy will
likely die
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BROKERS MusrrAY ArAx.

rurY ARE sumErr 10 \ rEH crSr LEVY ON
THEIR NIT EAESiNGs
HARRi'arRG-ln the opinion of Auditor
General Gregg, about | 600 persons subject
to tax Of per cent on their net earnings
on their income under the brokerage act OF
May 10. lsGl, are cynling this law by n
failure to report their annual business tn
me Auditor Generals department Under
the law every private blukeraud broker
- subjected tu tie per cent tax Real es.
tate agents are among those who claim tn
beeNenpt from the payment OF this tax,
while the Auiilur General maintains that
hey are taxable on their business Ia 1873
.hc Attorney General took the view held by
MI Gregg and Attorney General llcusel "a
,llI " enlettaln a sInlILnr Nrlnlnn.
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rop YOUNG MEY TO roYnEn.


The great majority Of those who are en-.
slaved by strong drink did not begin their
career Of selt-destruction In the dram shops.
While the lower classes OF drlnkards are VIC
tins OF saloons, the more respectable sort
began with tho social glass. II vase at th"
social party or IN the billiard room. or tho
club. or at the wedding that the fatal habit
was formed. Not many begin 10 drink alone,
or from sheer appetite for stimulants. The
glass was offered 20 them by somebody, and
from want Of moral courage or from desire
20 appear "gentlcmanly,' they consented 10
drink.
was once at wedding in "gentccl"
circle OF society where the popping OF cham
plgue corks was like the rattle of musketry.
Within few years | met the oldest son In
that family confirmed drunkard, His pa
rents had tempted other peoples soIs and
had ruined their own The man who sets n
decanter on his table sets n trap for his boys
thar may land them in periition. The young
lady who offers any intoxicant 20 her y"ung
gent!ei friends deserves 20 bee u
wretchrd OBJECT, a drunIard wife.
The drinking usages are sadly on the In
crease In this country--in social life. at res.
taurants, M clubs, and even IN the fashion,
able shopping resorts for ladies' While tho
chief discussion IL about prohibiting saloons,
Satan Is stealing q march on Va by tempting
young men TO be tipplers. The ouly safe
u protesting Chrlsilan--is entire abstinence.
He never knows what latent appetite he may
have within until the spark touches the gun
powder. A young man OF my acquaintance
"a church member) found before he was
aware, that he was becoming "a slave TO the
bottle. He sait 20 ms My young assO'i-
ntps invite me TO drink with them and are
running me- After this when they ask mo To
drink [ shall knock them down lie was
terribly in earnest and no wonder hc had
been playing with yipers at the mouth of
bell
For two reasons every conscientious young
man ought TO pledge himself TO total absti-
nence. First, for his own sake, for he don't
know how soon hs may become tipplcr.
Secondly. Tor the sake Of others whom he
may tempt 20 ruin by his example. Let DR..
Eeeley or any other man who Is making
money by cures for drunkenness" say what
they will the reform II inebriates is difficult
and rare. Tho one time TO stop drinking
treacherous intoxicants is 10 stop before you
begin.-Rev Theo. l.. Cuyler, d. D., In
Young Mems Era.
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GEErNsEuEG-Ghomas Finuegan, who
was demented but not considered dangerous
grew violent at his home near Latrobe, He
started TO destroy the furniture and when
his parents demonstrated he crushed his
mothers skull aud brutally beat his father.
lhe former Will probably die, Neighbors
made q prisoner of Finnegan and took him
10 tue county home, but IN making the
capture II was necs~,e-y - shont H., .he
ball lodging IN his Jaw
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THE SLOT MACHINES.

'oNE rRpNorN.rr DNvurtSg DEVICE, ,.p
ururE- SUr uN JrpsE rrIt
HotupNN,uuR,-In the Blair county
courts judge Martin licIl instructed the
grand jury that nickel in the slot machine,
are not gambling devices The Judge, how
ever held that slot machines ia which u
nickel ~ dropped and by that means dice
are thrown, was purely gambling apparatus
iud ihYluty was directed To- feturA the
owners % such machines to court
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The late Senator Stanford's favorits
seat, large and comfortable willow
chair standing at q window in the
Stanford mansion, in San Francisco,
where the Senator used to sit and
watch the scenes of the street and bay,
is kept by his widow just e. he left it,
except that scross its cspacious arms .
broad leather strap has been buokled
to prevent occupancv.
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M article in the Journal O1lrie'. France.
" devoted TO the alarming increase ~ sui.
clI's IN that country numtcr OF those
taxing their own lives in iSgl being over
suoo. Almost simultaneously Lc Mltin de-.
votes an article 90 the spread of drunken.
moss, which i declares TO hc responsible Tor
many suicides AMI much crime. II con.
cludrs III alcoholism constitutes. 40 10
srrah, peru 60 the human being II T. also
u National danger AMI carnv>, " recon.
mehIs the Government To- check It's Progress,
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new National Library building. II
will be the finest public building in
the United States, and it will he the
most beautiful library in the world.
IL covers nearly four acres md il is
already under roof Its walls are as
hi.h rs those of the tallest New York
flat, and you can lose yourself in its
long corridors and winding passages.
1t has "a dome plated with the purest
OF gold. larger than the largest circus
tent, and the golden torch which
flames over its top, though it looks
not bigger around than your fist ms
viewed from the Capitol, is in reality
as big rs Il hocshead, and il may be
seen from Alexandria and far down the
Potomac. This new library building
il work OF wonderful art. Its ex.
terror is made OF drab granite cut ia
places So smooth that il looks like
marble and ornamentcd here and there
with wonderful carvings. The build
ing has about 1900 windows, and the
four sides of the main gallery have
thirty-three great arches, the key
stones of which are images represent
ing the heads of all the races OF the
world. Every type of man known to
ethnoIogy has place i'll one of these
arches, and the faces are marvellous in
their execution and character. Over
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The returns on the assessorY' books in the
commissioners office N Indiana county
snow that there are ~ least 3.SB dogs IN
Indiana county. This amount has been
assessed and returned while the Cummis-
uiOners think there are fully 80 more Of
which no account has been rendered
TupFE Poles were killed IN No. { mine of
the Kingston Coal 'ompany at Edwards.
vile, near WIlkesbnrre by runaway car
Two of the men were killed instantly and
the thiri died an hOcr after receiving his
injuries.
Ar Uniontown, Andrew Burr aged 10
was struck by Baltimore S Ohio freight
engine and ground tu pieces Burr was
deaf and dumb and did not motto, the
approach Of the tram.
JAMES O'NErr. n book agent while at
tempting to board a freight tram 81 Con
nellsvlle iell under the wheel, and was
ground 10 death.
ALFL>1 r. toOKsoN, sued the Pi,tsburg
Western ralioad tor S5O,OJJ damages for
the death II his wife and son who were
Killed by train at crossing in Evans
CITY recently,
THE Cochranton Savings bank il to ha
converted lntpH national bank rhe pres
en-, capital OF so ,OOO will be Increased to
100000.
frE Valley Touring mills at Ttusville.
owned by kun2 x Wagner, were Destroy
ed by fire. Loss, Sli 200, insurance a. 90.
EDWARD Barns aged - fell beneath tho
wheels OF an ash cart be was driving at
Grtensburg and was crushed To- death
BuRGLAGs At Huntington, stole several
thousand dollars worth OF goods from
Mayor stewart clothing store
TnE Acheson coke company's anchor
works, near Dunbar closed down throwing
100 men out of employment
l., GoLpsToNE's country store near Green's
burg was robbed of ti, 900 worth of general
merchandise.
MARION SMITH, of Spring Creek was killed
while trying TO board moving trsin at
y9rland.