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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-11-25

IL was evident that the transfer had been
made recently. a similar experience was
chronicled by the farmers of Kent; while
Lord Eastnor describes "A fall of crabs
upon his well known estate. Tyttenhanger
Park, Kent. As with the others recorded,
the crabs fell during following a fierce
rain storm and had been caught up by the
wind
Darwin's Experience.
IL is remarkable that living animals
should be carried about I'm the air. but
what shall we say when confronted with
the facts showing that minute fossils float
about and descend thousands Of miles from
the localities from which they were orig
inally taken up. When Darwin, the dis
tnSuished naturalist, was sailing near the
Cape de Verde islands, he noticed that
though long distance from land. the air
Was filled with fine impalpable dust that
had an injurious effect upon the fine instru-
ments. lie collected some of The dust and.
thinking that il might contain something of
interest. forwarded il to the German natur-
aist. EhremberE, who, after examining il
through powerful miscroscopc. made the
remarkable announcement that il contain
ed infusorians. silicisms, shields and the
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a Department. Devoted to tbe lD-
struetioD, as WelI as tbe Hmuse-
meDt, Of tbe Youpe Readers Of
The Weekly 2oDstitutioD.

Junior: We are two hoys Mhe nave been reading
The Con-tfu-iun a great while. tut like most boys
v afflicted with hashfu.ncss, aud have been
standing ga tlc background.
Ne want - tell tine cousins about hunt We had.
w went Out among thc pine tll Ntth our dogs
un~ evening. aud were chasing Sutur kind ot a
.'VArniug. wiCn DO TAN iuio a cave and the dogs
went IA anh disappeared as mxSteriou>lY asttrur-
wa uf old Tai. cave i regarded Win awe, and
Stunned Is the >upeTstiiiuu-. We have one good
hunting dog lett. uid Ring
We live near ttters"n thriving little village
~ about two hHHdfei inhabitants. We have
nice literary society and baseball clue that IS
hard to igaf-
Wc have fine time iish,ncin the Colorado river.
We very fund 81 reading and music. and can
PLAY the ur-su very well.
Crops am bout gathered. We can pick 30 and
- pounds - cotton atiay.
We have been thinking of going 20 Atlanta 20
IKE tu tIsr exposition. hut We can't say when
nil get of.
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Dust WinCs.

Dust is often raised in the air by the
hauatt1n-a hot African wind that carries
il over the Atlantic Tor thousands Of miles;
and there is bat little doubt but that enor-
nous masses OF dust are bourne aloft
and held for months iu the air ami finally
deposited long distances from the original
site. Especially i'm the west. where there
ar dry. arid plains, methods of dust trans
portation are observed. ON the borders of
the MoiaNe desert tall columns of reddish
brown dust can often be- seen in the
summer, first small spirals rising but a few
feet above the ground, th"n reaching up-
ward go hundreds even thousands OF feet
In Doe air, and moving on before the wind
with "a graceful curve II high this is
caught by tho eastorly wind-a high and
apparently continuous current that blows
out over the incoming lower wind ana car
ries dust Ear out over the Pacific, whore
taken Iy other currents it IS borne hither
and yot
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born southern trait. 1t is really refreshing
to read their praises and compliments.
The other day a caravan of wagons ana
people came through our town moving to
lower Georgia one of the head men was
sick and DR. Calhoun visited him and pre-
scribed and the prescription was filled at
the drag store near by. The man asked the
doctor for mis- charge and he said: mo
charge for that, my friend: You are too far
from home to charge" The druggist told
him the same and the man said: 'Wetl,
gentlemen, / don't understand You people
down here. / am able to pay my way and
don't want 10 beg it, There are several
hundred coming from my section and more
viii keep coming when we write back how
we are treated" The truth is ! believe the
backbone OF our alienation is broken and
hereafter the north and south will fully
harnonize. We don't ask them TO turn
democrats, for they will soon do that after
they have lived with us awhile. We are
right smartly in the minority now, so far
as national politics is concerned, but that
don't trouble anybody hut the postmasters
and the revenue men and we keep on hand
enough clever republicans to fill those
Offices when the time comes.
So let the procession proceed, for whether
the tariff is high or low; whether it's gold
only or gold and silver. We can stand 1t II
they can. / read Mr.. Crsp's speech and
am proud of him. He is one foreign born
man whom our people delight TO honor.
Almost from his infancy he has been IN
adopted son of Georgia. With no influential
aided, climbed his way to honor and fame
and there is no stain upon his name The
small dogs may bark at him, but he knows
no fear and viii not turn TO the right or
the left from mis- own convictions of right
ana duty BILL ARP.
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Lafayette. Ga. November 1S.-tSpecialo
Hon j. y. Wheeler, who represented
Walker county for a number of years IN
the general assembly Of Georgia, died to-
day at 2 o'clock. Mr.. Wheeler was first at
tackled by a severe case OF la grippe, which
afterwards ran into consumption. wheel
or from Walker was known as the watch
dog of the treasury ana often rs pre-
Nious question" but they We're no disCredit
to him 40 man in this section was more
respected for honesty and integrity than
ls-L...l.-n.
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On Trial for Arson.

Waycross. Ga. November 81 (Spccial) -
$ B LcSgett white, is on trial tt Black
shear for arson. lie had suel his wife for
divorce and while suit was pending his
father-in-law's house was burned and the
crime charged against him lie -was re
leased xni0 h-nnd
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BIy Liberty.

Contributed H. one of cur Young Folks)
I've crossed the ocean deep and blue.
Iv- travelled tbe known world through ana
through.
In. tine sweetest rIace on earth 70 me
Is ms American home * Liberty
III. -..r the crested foam Of a foreign tide,
f-t. crossed thc desert from side 70 side.
T.t s-Her. ms hssrt IS 1 would Ike to he.
Iu -.llt lowed -Auleri-. 81 Liberty
r-.. Travelled in countries for wealth re-
aeWssi-
sen rh.s, v-r5 wore H,in-Iom's crown.
I-a- ta. reri.=t men ~ earth 90 me
Ar. tac Aulerllau wen II Liberty
= ms. e1 rs many countries n oh
STRAIT raue fra-e= made ~ gold.
fsa. f-e --1rd.=t isras- ~ tl.fe world t' me
D rae il esia imast - Liberty
r..- C-uIrau-p.f yeu ever 500 bear
a....e have Seen them try Co. dance. rut
1Hf h..r t-u 90 tu- music Beers are 80
a awEua-i trst Il.re IS un grace
US ..v .r ru,.~ dancing. tIt f IS verE
t.rw 80 Tara such rrt. t--e.-5-
TIar. here now called lis-.u-
fa.ss trained srwsI-. Tters are trained
TIE r1-- e-a almost tals-oEe - -ltsn
.rH r-----s-1 tHe ds-s ar- IS smart IS
ra -- H.e~r tH-=. r.u.--s
rl ..,a lve m.l So t1 loss ~
.ar H-- ua- H-.le Tre llE- T4T. has ...n
l...r from one 81 our Gttle
Gov lE- .u- kl..sl ,t aua =.i. aays.
wsuua sr..4. .0... c-i-i lui
\H.. z eaGll -smT.-tl.ze vi.n
r"ar la. -s- f.- -l.re s--ra MANY ears
-rsat Tr- ~. haI h-1 him
t.as- rrr ANA va aU I5sci bins.
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THE DEATH ROLL.
Hon. J. B. wheeler Dead.

The OEAlh NULL.
Hon. J. B. Wheeler Dead.
Lafayette, Ca. November 1S.-tSpecial)
Hon. j. y. Wheeler, who represented
Walker county for a number of years IN
the general assembly of Georgia, died to-
day at o'clock, Mr.. Wheeler was first at
tackled by a severe case OF la grippe which
afterwards ran into consumption. wheel
or from Walker was known as the watch
dog of the treasury ana often rs pre-
Nious question" but they We're no discredit
TO him. No man in this section was more
respected for honesty and integrity than
was j. E. Wheeler
Captain Rainey.
Rome. Ca. November S.-(Speciall-
This afternoon Captain William Rainey,
one of the most prominent citizens Of Rome,
passed away after n lingering illness. lie
was seventy-seven years old and came here
i'm ISiS and married in 49,. Ills wife and
five out Of the seven children born to them
survive them. Captain RaIucy was the pi-
oneer horse dealer and livcryman of this
scction 4 few years ago he fen on the old
courthouse steps ana injured himself. since
which time he had to use crutchcs. lie
was "A lifelong member Of the Methodist
church ana q member of Cherokee lodge Of
Free Masons. Tine funeral viii occur to-
morrow
Rome. November l9.-CardiuaI Iuc'en
Bonupartr died suddenly i'm this city today
from syucope. Cardinal Bonaparte was
born I'm le2y and created a cardinal in 1SGS.
ranking second ia the present list Of ear
dinal priests.
Robert z. Dickson.
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II VIC, -1..l., il',ti
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.,.,,t -. 81 ,t, 80
'i' = ~ ",.' - ii"''iii''', if'i.9',, ~
-hldSt 'dd elio"t "a ''it7.9t'iit Nriiiiat4''h
amt an excellent citizen. He leaves
widow, ,nd spya--4I younsr children
2 nj MI, ',
NS1Ih "a D''Ny bunting
Tr.uto, a. N,ver,be~ 1q-AItss Clara
ti i, III. r..,,,,,, Ar,
1.'u'l'''"' VIC ~ r -, T.,
buckle hf't'h OF promise t'i7' ~ h'L.'S
in the love letters, AFputiNlr 'e.iN i''i'S
BrutluE died ar q o'clock this morning
al tl.. u .tr..i,... Rock -auI .a.tGm I'm opors.-
t.,, ,.... -,.,.fo,-,a} .stnar nor for ftlroor
~ 49, ..,,t gf. t...l b..,, -,t,5,,aIi,- sink
-'7~ "'.N ,..t.l, ~
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fOrty-fIve voafs rf axe.
Mrs. Katherine Marks.
.+.,....,..,... a., N,t.arr.lar TO- Ena-
.,i ~. f-,g-.,,ra Marks one OF
'ih3 'ii-- iN",'.'''''S - -''"'
Aiout"CuCit oldest and most hlghlN eS-
teemed women. Cicd ~ her residence IN
d., rit,- i.vi.4t surrounded bv her family
.i,.l fgir,Is Mrs. Marks was iu her eighty
-i,tIt ,..,5. tar igU perhaps ID larg.r family
connection iu montgomery than any other
iadiv.auaL Ilt- funeral win take place to-
morrow 9fi.taaou-
Mice r.o,liea Shorter.
~ le,...;.,,
s..,,.-l.,e,. 80
MISS I-"i--''' l.' . .i
Colonel 'eufN H. Nh"' 1.i' PIT7i..sn' W ,''-
-, 49,. han. ttis morning nj
o'clock after short ltlh'rS enc !" e-7 -
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Are YOU DEAF?

DON'T YOU WANT TO HEART
The Eu2EPH0NE ~ hs'pygz ii 80 g. y
= ~nsaaH ulaEl 49,. JUS
F-sr- - rnYoa= rgt is1EU de.E Mheu T. tue est y
3. las sxEmGr a1f flrE ucr rnnze tnu HlEti -st A-
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E-szrss~t= efsrrr fp- ElzFslr-lals
- - t-st--i FEEE OF CHARGE - tbs
r=tsF weak HuPhFHoNE co.'s 11easI
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silicons tissue of plants, in all the remains
al siNty-sevcn different organic forms.
Two OF these were from salt water, the
rest being fresh water forms, and from
South America, as the naturalist showed:
yet here thcv had drif,od tn the air several
thousand miles from the locality from
vlich ih-N nrL..im.LL. -tn-L-h-
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tii'
WITS NH' '-'.A 7'r
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2. ~ ."-
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p Han % Sea"eed-
N.a~ iEa.f shower of s,aWe,l or-
---. rHa a Htatf storm. o. was dur
I. "tt ra.r tNe Trees We're bare.
.H - morning iaIi",,in- the storm she
...- atft .-,u covered afth -taw,-.l
.-r -n- r lIe breeze. rr,seu:4uE 20
r'"e'- arf conveying t1s ina
1881 fr.f+ Hat been Tor
-." f i- immersed I'm t1" ocean and
rh.a Raised - "si,H D.. weed.
-- A-i'4"-
fte H-f.. uf f.afan... india. rad o-e.-
-..a 3. ... r.-a#ra'' 3 VA shower which fem
.r -.-lt ...- '...Irit.'.i Au elephant train
l.. i..en I..--.ue during Tn. forenoon. but,
a..-.-tIr .a 90 I.aE- storm. rho drivers tlru-
90 iue er-st animals iuto som. sheds
.r..H attrI near Before reaching them
eu... +. fa, u.tu noticed fuat fishes were
I..,.r-. III Hr-t 8 i,N. theu @cores- and
/. r.e. minutes later they came patt,riue
saru ut hundreds. st-isi.r tho elephants
4a. rd.r ani -ii4.r- on On go The ground.
-Fl. appearance ~ tl. fishes was accepted
ut ti- -HI.r. tie4s natives as o miracle.
as rhe Nearest s,ream from which they
could haNe -.r-e WAS MANY miles away.
The Powerful Agent.
1r these Instance and other= the wind
s. f' medium. During q sgUaN cor Whirl-
wind OF som, similar occurrence. the stream
or r-ne Is fairly lifted into the air. ills
contents whir.ed upward ami borne away
e. uc drorpru 90 tine earth perhaps miles
distant
3 complete lst ut showers of various
kinu- .u which animals have fallen 80 the
ground would make au extraordinary SHOW
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Willie Nav NcI cndnn, Rodney. Miss.-Dear Ju-
riWr- Thought would try ana write. want 10
nd 70 2" isiN papa, who d near Calvert Texas a.
! Ufite q uiY ptra. he viii send for rs soon. n
has teen ten months since ham. lie saws the
iira1r- tBr:vut- = 60 time farEuiu. country. Ny
papa ued o. 1--WE ~ tcO ga. near slniitor. and at
ui- f4fie tu Columbus. . SlW cousin Icn Mcl.en-
tiun from t'c"T- about two years ago.
rave 1--WE ~ "a hft.e sisters ami a baby broth
er, b.. j. three months old and weighs eighteen
rnuu=s.
Euilues oil Mt.i and cotton ti3n gined . big bale
81 COTTON icr nrle Johnnie Herring, weighing
80 pounds. pressed IN the Van Minkle cotton
press. nseked Sonfa cotton tins wear.
iuct0>au fs iu cents FOR thg children ward.
Hest WISHES 90 the Junior.
Mamie J.. callahan. Sanold. Ga.-Dear juniors Il
a.NAfr ."ok lurWa ard with pleasure to the coming
of lhu fsniur, : rad every word "a It- PAGES
Wuuld ike 60 know some 81 the boys and girls
wiaH wrIte fo The Junior.
I l.tr au p large turpcniine farm 20 To school
~ brne o. young 'sdy from Virginia.
base collected s. for the orphans home 1t
Macon. and inclose 20 cents for the hospital in
Atlantic
No'e.-Thore was only 80 cents in your letter
Lditre>s.
~aiiie stone. Niuevillc. Miss.-Dear Junior. I
have i-eesu. very much Interested in the letter.
ui tHr IuFealic writers. am farmers dauch-
ttr- mN hplu- Is near the city of Merriam. 7 am
tfi'tt' httf t't ltlte fltIt-r 81 AincN1ite huNc
q Fgrt idr-" school; like the place very much
.ii.l flse o. pie aiSo.
Wei ~. time 90 var has come for weddings.
There have been several iu this county.
t1Nv tuguN-d fiflS autumn mach: went
VISITING over .n Albania net an any relatives
and Id friends had grand time. Z enjoy tray
fin- SD fIiuri- wish tiaf cffIfd 20 amt see
tIlc l'suls .rti ftr MANY different WAYS of the
lf..- fIuU tHf, 81 sl
Rest WISHES q. THE Constitution.
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We sell 'em-lots of EN-! Ma
chimes, guns, knives, scissors,
stoves; almost anything to Weekly
subscribers.
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Robert Z. Dickson.

Huntsville, Ala. November 19.-tSpeciHl)-
Robert i. Dickson, leading Job PRIMER Of
This city. died this forenoon from pulmonary
congestion Of the lungs. superinduced by an
o93ck OF pneumonia. being in only two
days. lie was "a prominent knight Of Py-
thias Odd Fellow. "a consistent Christian
and an excellent citizen He leaves a
n.-L.n-. a-n -.A----.l A-nun-- -cn-LLr.n-
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Captain Rainey.

Rome November 19.-CarliuaI Luc'en
Bouapartc died suddenly i'm this city today
from syucope. Cardinal Bouaparte was
born in ls2y and created a cardinal in 1NGS.
ranking second ia the present list Of ear
.diuaI pricst.
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T,ondon NOvcnher ~ a. m.-Rusten
Pasha. the Turkish ambassador to Grea
Britain, died at o'clock this morning.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-01-19
WIND IN GEOLOGY.
It Causes Meteorites to Disappear
Bubbles and Dust.

1t Causes Meteorites to Disappear In
Bubbles and Dust.
The part played by the air in ga logy
is turning out to be more important
than was generally believed. It is not
only that it shifts the sands of the des-
ert or the shore, and abrades the rocks
with kind of natural sandblast, and
conveys the ashes of volcanoes to great
distances, says the Boston Globe.
By the friction of the atmosphere it
fuses meteoric stones, and scatters their
dust far and wide. A popularity OF
this meteoric dust is that it contains
numerous little hollow pellets and
tubes, as well as scales and angular
fragments of vitreous matter.
These pellets are discovered in ordi-
nary air by the microscope, on the tow
ors of cathedrals, and on the SHOWS of
the Alps, as well as in the Arctic re-
gions. Moreover, they are found in the
ooze at the bottom of seas and oceans,
and also in the sedimentary rocks
which have been deposited by ancient
seas.
They are formed by the air acting on
the melted surface of the meteoric
stone, and are, in fact, kind of air
bubble of microscopic size.
n. Daubree has proved, by expert
ment, that granite perforated by blast
of nitroglycerine gases develops such
pellets on the fused lining of the blast
hole; and quite recently M. Meunier,
another French geologist, has found
that the lava wool, formed by the wind
blowing on the molten lava of the Ha-
waiian volcano Mauna Loa, after the
manner of Stag wool, consists chiefly
Of such mineral tubes and pellets.
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cANvAsBAcks IN ENGLAND.
Fate of an Importation Into Great Britain
OF American Delicacy.

Fate of an Importation Into Great Britain
OF an American Delicacy.
An American woman who is married
to an English squire of high degree
tells the following funny story of the
fate of half dozen canvasbaok ducks
which she had sent to England as a
present to her mother-in-law. The
latter was an excellent housekeepcr
and had professed herself to be anx-
ious to taste the renowned trans-At-
lantic dainty which she had heard SO
extravagantly praised. Carefully
packed in ice, the game arrived in good
condition, and Lady M, the recipi-
emit, invited couple of friends to par
take of the much-vaunted dclicacy.
Fancy my feeling said the pretty
American, describing the affair after
ward, when pair of ducks were
brought on the table done to death
and stuffed with onions, sage and pota-
toes, while my father-in-law, carefully
carving up the entire bird, legs, wings
and all, distributed the portions to a
party of six! l could have shed tears,
and the climax was reached when,
after enduring disappointed and disap-
proving looks on the part of the guests,
my belle mere remarked: L must say,
Margaret, that l rather prefer our
English duckling to your canvasbacks.'
1 could not tell her that it was the
atrocious cooking and stupid carving
that had destroyed the chief of all
game birds. However, the ducks were
there and they had to be disposed of,
and the next day had the pleasure of |
eating pair of my canvasbaclSs en-
salmi, while the others were actually
ended up in piei It is needless to re-
late the modification suffered or the
vows made never again to introduce
American dainties to British palates."
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TAUGHT A NEW WAY.
A Trick In Killing Turkeys That Was Not
Altogether successfaI.

A Trick in Killing Turkeys That Was Not
Altogether Successful.
A young couple from Chicago Dor
roged farm for week not long ago
Some friends WIG ossn little place up
in Wisconsin wee going away for a
visit, and they proposed that the young
couple should look up their fat, bring
their servant with them, and enjoy the
snap of an early winter month in the
country.
They went.
They know more now than they d1d
then.
The owner of the farm. says the Chi
sago Times, stayed for day and
showed them about, and the departing
host showed his successor a very tricky
way of killing turkey. Instead of chop
ping its head off or wringing it in the
Did way he took it by the feet and
snapped its head lightly againsta stone,
as though it had been whip. The
spinal column was neatly broken with
out any of the struggles and agonies
usually attendant upon the death of
fowl.
The farmer forgot and locked up all
his chickens, taking the key with him.
Only one turkey gobbler was left at
largo.
That night the city man took him by
the feet and snapped his head againsta
stone. Then he took him to the cook
and told her to give him dry pluck
and let him lie in the icebox until
morning. The next morning screams
Of terror awolse the visitors. They
sprang out of bed and ran into the hall.
The cook, praying to all the saints,
was stumbling up the stairs. Stalking
naiestically after her came the ghost"
of the gobbler. without feather on
him. he had only been stunned, and
when the cook lifted the icebox lid in
the morning he had arisen in his
and gobbled in her face.
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LITTLE TIME FOR IDLING.
Government Clerirshlps Not such Sine
cures as Is Generally Supposed.

Government Clerfrshlps Not such Sine
cures as Is Generally Supposed.
The impression still exists in the
minds of many people who come tc
Washington and secure government
positions that the department clerk
has little or no work to do but the
manual or rather pedal labor in
volved in standing in line upon semi
monthly occasions and pocketing a
salary. This was instanced some
weeks ago, says the Washington Post,
when newly-appointed young clerk
of the gentler sex made her appear
anee in the pension office. The other
clerks viewed with curious eyes the
contents of rather large bundle of
fancy work which she spread out on
the desk and leisurely essayed to
weave. She was somewhat surprised
and impatient because the messenger
came in several times during the day
to deposit office papers on her desk,
thus interrupting the plying of her
needle. She grew more surprised as
day by day her work increased and
she had no time to spare for her avoca-
tIOu. one SCJ cAOutgi1 OI IL III ABOUT q
week. One day she rolled up the IN
finished tatting and took it home, with
the remark that she ''really believed
she would not be able to do any fancy
work. after ALL" A somewhat similar
story is related of an old gentleman of
a literary turn of mind who entered
upon his duties in the sixth auditors
Office with a select assortment of the
poets and essayists under his arm. His
chief inquired if the volumes in ques-
ton were expected to throw light
upon the auditing of post office ac-
counts. 81 usually devote at least two
hours dav to elevating reading" re-
piled the clerk. But reading the poets
during Office hours was found to be in
compatible with disposing of the enor-
nous pile Of work that soon doomed up
on the new employees desk, until at
last the lover of literature strapped up
his library of master minds of the
world and took them away, never again
to be subjected to the indignlties of
government routine.