The morning times., 1896-09-20

pOrtunlty to put II back IN It's place. he
does not loJk ut II In that nme- ne ma
| not even remember VINO mao n. but sup
pose by some chance ne opserVes ihae
| picture has been takenf from IT, by ahothef
accident he recalls that III was In the poS-
session OF some enc VINO VIII return.
lie waits TOT the Fosspie oiiehuei re-
turn. When tha' occurs ne ASKS aoou' 'iie
mutilation ol the ho"A poihts OUT 'ha' 'he
page or the piate Is gone. Inc answer al
most invariably Is that the damage hao
been done before u was gwen 10 the per
son questioned. VI cour~' IL Is iHFoe'
sihie to prove ihe contrary though 'he IL
brarian IS reasohapiy sure tha' 'he 'o'
ume was entire when IL was mst put on
Its shelf ihere Is always the Possipih's
of someone having got hoid Oh IL ior
rev minutes In some UNUSUAL way men
the mischief might nave pceh zone ana 'he
book replaced.
The only thing icIt ior 'he hpIariah Is
TO accept this trte ana UNSATISFACTORY en-
PLANTATION and watch Tor aho'her case oi
misuse OF books by the same person ii
the thing occurs too "ftcn with the sane
person IL Is possible L" de''ar MN 'ie p'i'i
,,s 70 re,y b,..., ,o,,d ,,.c,,catl, even In
,bn
-, r' l.,,,,.. oo.,,iu.t,.a
,y,on :, r.. 10. 49,, ,rr.d IL, This way
:, =. ns,,,u, q, n c,.,,.,,,,, and ,,,c,-us.d
treats. at once r.pLaced by purchas,
c,.;. -. :, -, ,...,,, ..ss,,,,-
,,aIy ;,iured or wh.,. IL is practically
;.'.,,is =, nroc,,.. a,o,her cow ,h,.
,itie retains ,ts nl,,c,. nm the shelves and II.
,,,- ao,a,n,,,a In on,. ,a.. m. los. -, .
,.,, or il is Noted nv tn. librarian ON "A
pi s'.l ,or " -, ..ao,,r ,,h,, g. issirc
and ,,on wh., date tn. ,ruttiIainn WI,
.,;,,-,-r.-., IT, 10 .,r,.d ,ro,,.
,nron. VI, ho n,.y .r,arward have the work
ir h,s ,,s.as.;or Also :, record il given
,,r INV yu,ur. inv.s,iv.,io, tina, may ,c-
c,r
m, ,,,u,u,,io,s ,re most Iik.lv 10 he
80, -, ,,..,,.s,..,rs
- -. 80, g., ,,,,. .,,,,
~ 20 80. no.' -
y, :, - .,,,-io,,n -. ,,,,r, :, CON-, -, ,h,.
10 "i'.''o W 49,
sho.,rs ar ,no sho,n ,.,ntniyo Th.re ,s a
,,'' -, 49,, ,h.. h,,,.,, :,
t.',,a r..nno,,s n,,,ds
CoLLE"E hois AZ 'ANDA
Next, perhaps, in frequency oil being SUB
JeCtcu 10 SUCH ucseCide'oh hi' e'he 'i""''i
tions OF the classics, especially those which
are quite literal, such as the Bonn sefies-
The type OF mind which descehds I" cheh
ing in the CLASSROOM Is ABOUT oil the e'ei
that would destroy a DOCK Tor Hs use one
time 80 u happens .hat gam anu aga"
the librarian rnds MS trdnsiitohs cut III
pieces and valueiess' he is lucky IL II II
only an ordinary DOCK, anu not some pI'%eu
edition.
After these come works with line INNS
trations- The plates are very often put III
aseXtra pages, ana II is very easy h'a'"r
TO remove them Inc paper upon WHICH
they are printed isuscaly thick ana s'fohf'
and the thltt can tear tfe cai OUT WIN "
dextrous turn ana sup II ih'o some h'tiht
place. The latest instance OF 'his hihu "'
thing n the Library OF congress was tine re
mo'ai OF very '"i"h"'' Pa' '
latest GERMAN puoi'''''oi On i''"'' anu
Yachting
Along WITH the iil"'i''i'i '" '''N9
III ,"e ,,sa ,na, =, ,,',,,..
oftn. bonss in the Library of Congress and
o,h.r great collections in the cities OF the
c,nn,ry tb,. percrntace OF loss in this way
is remarkably low. Itis ordinarily reckoned
q I'll
Rur the small an,ouu, Of thicvinc that
docs occur goes ,u steadily. with appar-
| antIv mo hone that il can IL. stDpped.
hook will he given ont some time during
tho d,, and a, right i, does not return.
This may he noticed or il NAV not. few
f,,.s ,o,or !, II is a volume much in rsr.
!, is ca1Ied for again. and-is missing from
its rroce A search is made. II is re-
day possibIv by some known perSun The
sin may ha ih,re If IL ia the fact is
raiber nrn,f rl,at TN. person who used it
b,s r.,urnad II rh,r rhat he has stolen il
rir ,s very e,sv for IN, thief TO get his
slim back hy asking for it and showing the
r,i,,no Wing nv, rhe table He then
,,.,,,,os nc chance ard suoaLs ont with
49, -. 10 ,,o,,,d NOV NEGLECT so easy
,,roca,,,ior AGAINST dc,a,,io, as TAX
IT,, ,,is ,,cr,., I, is NO e,sv m,t,ar tn
..r, -, -, rho rno,n bow.v.r with AN
i,u,o-,.,, or valuable work
-.s,,ry,r
"i'i-f> ''>'-
The librarian or assistant Wh" gave II
out usually is on the watch 10 see that
1t Is returned But Wheh 'hefe Is 4 crown
and everybody is busy waiting on Seha'"rs'
Representatives and the general pupNc'
when Congress is at WORK on s"iLe pFo"ehi
OF general interest. IL Is mol uiiiicnit Tor
the thief to make OH wth an of"iiar doom.
Sometimes ne escapes WIN 'op! 'i' i">>
OF which Is keehi! ici'- IL IL i 'O'h
rarely usei IL may e "e'Ae ''loit Hs
loss is discovered linen thc h'cHuea'lo''
reveals That inert mas proudoiF pef' per
petrated; very rarely i"s 1t point OUT the
rogue with sufficient certainty To rehue'