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THE BOY SPY IN DIXIE.
Service Under the Shadow
Of the Scaffo1d.
By j. o. kERBEY.
Fully Illustrated by the Surprising Skill of Coffin
Large type; 3S4 pages.

HE MYSTERY WHICH
enshrouds the life of n spy
is one of the never-fading
charms of the stories of war.
The experiences of the men
who take their lives in their
hands when they enter the
contest of subteri'use, risk
ing death in the battle of
wit and deceit, fall upon
ears that never tire. Stories
of such adventures have the
same fascination which at
tend the exploits of free
hooters, the daring of navi-
gators in unknown seas and
the dOings of hunters in I'M
trodden wilds.
Such a narrative is the
one told by the Boy Spy in
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visited Cairo ILL., where what aeward became the magnificent
Army OF the Tennessee being assembled by Grant and then
he passed to Louisville and tour through Kentucky
With the ubiquitous genius of ajournalist again find him
at Wilson's Creek where Lyon fell and later with Fremont
and Sige Hunter Pope Asboth, in turn Then he had
experiences with guerras and find him the
don to Fort Henry, and atthe capture of DOnesOD. He
gives vivid description of the bae of Shiloh full of vvacous
of the leaders at attme and inside lights
illustrating the eafouses that unfortunately exercised SIMS
ter influence upon the events of the day We have description
of the advance against Conh andOher operations in the West
and then author goes East for visit the Army of the
Potomac Next find him with the Army of the Cumberland
at the Headquarters of Resecrans then company with his
he joined Grant, who had for months been
| Intellectually endeavoring to inyesto Vicksburg
Our author found his way to the dungeon the result of
thrilling and disastrous effort the batteries Vksbug
board of transport loadedw provisions and forage
rebel shell struck and blew up the tug which towing the
transport down the river and midnight conagraon the
the result In few minutes the sailing
upon burning Ship and the author in attempting escape
upon floating bale of hay picked up by rebel boats
which put out from the shore.
Next have the journey to Richmond, the life at Libby
Prison. Castle Thunder and Salisbury and finally after fifteen
months of rutcss endeavo the successful effort escape
The journey through backwoods the final
beneath the protecting folds flag with
great work. great subject treated broad and vivid STYLE
1t is worth any mans time to read it.
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THE FIELD, DUNGEON,
AND ESCAPE,
BY ALBERT D. RICHARDSON,
The wcll-known correspondent.
SP02didy Illustrated. Gar92 oyPe. 5i2 PAGES.
Every Page of This Great Book is of Thrill
Every Page of This Great Book is of Thrill
ing Interest.

cry FEW, If ANY, OF
the romantic histories of
any episode in the war of
the rebellion have enjoyed
greater favor than Richard
sons account OF The Field,
the Dungeon, and the Is
cape. The author was a
war correspondent sent,
with an associate, Junius
Henri Brown, first to OBJ
serve the uprising of the
South against the Govern
ment, and, finally, to join
the army at the front. His
first service was in the
West, where he observed
the fighting in Missouri,
and the attempted revolu-
ton in that State, which
was checked by Gen. Ma
tbapial Lyon Then he
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to every boy who
underwent it, yet
its most trying in
cidents frequently
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lures, at which no
one laughed more
heartily than the
boy himself after
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ANDERSONVILLE:
LIFE REBEL PRISONS
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Savannah, Millen, Backshear,
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How the Great Congressional Library
Building Was Erected.
BEAUTY And UTILITY HAND IN HAND
Most Marvellous Structure Of the
Kind in the World.
'MONUMENTTO AMERICAN ART

All Americans visiting the new Congress
sional Library building feel justly proud
of that structure. abounding. as 1t does. In
rIarvels of beauty and evidences of rare
genius They are proud that 1t has been
reserved to Americans to erect the most
paIatial home for books of all ages and all
tongues. and they are proud to contem-
plate that while this building Is the most
magnificent of the kind in the world. II is
in design and constructio the work of
Americans.
II is about a quarter of a century since
Librarian Spofford. in his annual report.
suggested that Congress cause to be
erected a library building commensurate
with the Importance of the great collec-
ton of books that had been gathered in
portion of the old Capitol building. Not
until 1886 was an act passed adopting the
Smithmeyer plan, and designating the site
now occupied by the building. The site
comprised three city squares. occupied by
seventy buildings. The first year was con-
sumed In appraising and taking possession
of the land, the second year in clearing
the site and preparing for the foundat tons
The time fixed by Congress for completing
the work was eight years, and the total
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are so high above the beautiful library
building that ii looks squatty and dumpy
by comparison, and IL seems that you could
almost toss a stone upon Its golden dome.
Northward and westward there Is also
beautiful view. The smooth asphalted
streets stretch away in interminable dis
tances until they end in the wooded slopes
and uplands of the suburbs. Due north
west stretches broad Pennsylvania avenue,
visible to the naked eye as far the
Treasury Department. Beyond that is the
White House. and appearing above the
trees of the White House grounds the roof
OF the immense state, war and navy build
ing.
History of the Dome.
A little tc the south the Washington
monument cuts a silhouette against the
sky, its needle point appearing TO he on
level with your face. The whole of Wash
ington is visible from the elevated position
which you now occupy. and churches.
public buildings and points of interest can
be picked out
The dome of the originally central Cap
itol building was constructed of wood
covered with copper. In 1876 this was re-
moved and the construction OF the present
structure was commenced II was COM
pleted in 1865: IL is composed of cast iron.
the entire weight of the metal being SARA
2o pounds. The height of the dome above
the line OF the east front is 2S1 feet >
inches The height from the ballustrade OF
the building is 2l7 feet IL inches The
greatest diameter at the base is I35 feet
. inches. The rotunda is % feet 6 inches
in diameter.
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cost of the structure was finally limited to
s.. 243, ,56I- 81. and one of the features of the
enterprise has been its completion within
the limit of both time and cost.
The Great Rotundn.
The octagon rotunda occupies the center
Of the Building. and constitutes the public
reading room. being 100 feet In diameter.
the ceiling being rs feet above the floor
This will form the great distributing
center of the library. About the rotunda
are book stacks which will contain the
books most In demand by the reading pub
lie. AS in the British Museum, the readers
make all applications and receive and re-
turn their books at the desk in the center
of this great reading roofn- There will be
ample apparatus for communication with
all parts Of the building, and convenient
and quick means for getting a book to the
central desk from the most remote corner
of the structure At the central desk are
a set of twentyfour pneumatic tubes one
of which runs to the Capitol, another to
the librarians office, and the balance to
assistant librarians, who will be stationed
In various parts OF the book stacks. All
these pneumatic tubes carry messages
swiftly and all but the one going to the
Capitol are speaking tubes of the best
quality. The terminals Of the mechanical
book carriers to the various stations in
the book stacks are at the central desk
Accommodation for Readers.
There VIII be accommodations in the
library for several hundred readers. In
the central hall ranged about the desk will
be seats for 246 readers and about the
rotunda there will be forty-three spaces
In the alcCves where the books will be
stored, each from eight to ten feet square,
and students can there find privacy.
While arc hitects enchanted by the
beauty of design and execution of the
great building to the librarian perhaps its
most wonderful is the system of book
stacks For utility and permanence the
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The Value OF Sterilixed MIX.
From Nature.

Although milk has so frequently been
held responsible for the dissemination of
diphtheria, yet curiously but few exact
Investigations have been made on the he
havior of diphtheria bacilli in milk Hesse
found that cholera bacilli underwent de-
terioration In raw milk; that, in fact when
kept I'm these surroundings at tempera-
ture of 81 degrees c. (9s Fahr), they were
entirely destroyed within twenty-tw hours.
Caro- of Naples. on the other hand. work.
ing with anthrax bacili i'm raw milk states
that these microbes flourish abundantIy
in milk, and abate no jot of their vlrulence
under these conditions. Professor Schot-
telius has repeated these experiments and
has entirely confirmed them; he has. how
ever. extended his Investigations to the he
havior of diphtheria bacilli in milk.
In recent number of the Centralblatt
fur Bakteriologie. part /. summarized ac-
count is given of these researches. and It
appears that I'm fresh milk diphtheria haciili
find an exceptionally satisfactory material
for growth and multiplication. In sterilized
milk. however, their growth was not SO
abundant, and was less strongly marked
than In the ordinary broth used for culti-
walton purposes. As the milk was only
sterilized for half an hour by means Of the
ordinary Soxhlet apparatus. this difference
I'm the vitality of the dlphtheria 5acilli In
the raw and heated milk. respectively,
could not have been due TO the milk having
become acid through heating. liesse has
shown that when milk is subjected to pro-
longed sterilization at a. high temperature
Schottelius concludes his paper with q
warning, now so often repeated. of the
danger attending the consumption of milk
In its raw, unsteriiized condition.
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ty Of the str, cture. the soiidity and pez-
mAnence OF It's character and the harmony
that exists throughout its eonstructien
make II the wonder Of all who see tt. Ap-
preached from the west front the grand
staircase is magnificent and when once
within the main hall. with elaborateay
carved staircase. with every foot of wall
and ceiling Ornamented by the art of the
frescoer the scene is enchanting. Not only
Is the structure a monument to art and es-
pecially American art, but 1t Is record
of American history. The principal halls
and apartments have been ornaInented by
the most eminent artists Of the country.
There have been twenty-three sculptors
and twenty mural painters employed in
this work. All suitable spaces are filled
with fitting instructive quotations and
names Of the worlds greatest men in all
departments of knowledge and human en-
deavor. VT
Where Credit Belongs.
There has been considerable controversy
over the degree Of credit due various per-
sons connected with the designing of the
new library building. AS stated, the original
plans were those of Smithmeyer, and for
three and half years Mr.. Pez Mr.. Smith
meyers partner, was engaged in carrying
out the original designs. There were varf-
Gus changes made in the original designs
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THE VENUS FLY TRAP.
Freak Among Flowers With an
Almost Human Action.

Now and again. in exploring American
woods and swsmps botanists have come
across floral csriosities that almost bridge
over the great gulf that divides the animal
and vegetable Kingdoms. says the Designer
One of these, to be met with nowhere in
the world save I'm North Carolina is scien-
tifcally classified as dionoea muscipula but
Is colloquially known as Venus fly trap"
In appearance the extraordinary plant is
pretty but unassuming the 'leafiess flower
stem, running from six to eight inches In
height and surmounted by a cluster of five
petaied blossoms. rising erect like ro-
sette-like bed of leaves. Ii is in the edge
of the leaves that the death h-dealing appa-
ratus is set--fcr this modest little plant
which is SO delicate that it dies of the
slightest injury to root or stem. sustains
its life by feeding upon the unwary insects
that chance to alight upon Its leaves. en-
ticing them to their destruction by exud-
ing from the edges of it's fatal traps a
viscous fluid. somewhat resembling honey.
The traps consist of two soft yelyety
leaves. fringed with delicate bristles ami
hinged together on one side. The unsus-
pecting fly. lured by the honey. alights on
these bristles in anticipation of feast but
at the first touch of Its feet the hinges
close, the two leaves come together the
bristles interloCk and the hapless insect is
imprtsoned In cell from which escape is
impossible.
giles the tiny glands with which the inner
walls of the trap are furnished pour forth
secretion which Darwin analysed as a
vegetable gastric juice, resembling that
which insures digestion I'm animal life. Tn
der the influence of this curious fluid tho
fly is actually digested alive. and its juices
being extracted the trap doors reopened
and the skeleton is flung out.
The scientists declare that the plant nm
| questionably lives upon the juices of IFS
victims, but one or two expert florists take
exceptions to this statement. Ii is worthy
or note that, although the habit of the
plant is carnivorous, experiments have
proved that il lives longer and thrives bet
ter when so inclosed that no insects can
reach h-a superabundance of its favorite
diet apparently rendering IL even more deli
| cate than 1t rs by nature. The set of mus
cIes controlling its leaves are said TO re-
semble those of the human eyelid
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and new drawings were made. The con-
struction was under the charge of Gen.
Casey until his death, and since 1888 Ber-
nard r. Green has had charge of construc-
ton. and under him many of the essential
features of the building were adopted. After
Mr.. Pelz ceased to be connected with the
building of the library Gen. Casey's son
was employed in his stead as designer of
much of the artistic work. But however
the credit may be parceled out to various
persons, coming generations will be proud
of the magnificent library building as the
work of Americans, for they were all of
that nationality.
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umes. being slightly less than 100 miles
Of shelving. But the building will be-
come crowded in generations to come, and
there will be no great difficulty by using
all the available space in storing nearly
1OOOO, 600 of books.
Wonder of Librarian.
Another device that Is a wonder to the
visiting librarian Is the automatic book
carrier. When a certain book is called fol-
an assistant librarian in the stack from
which 1t Is ordered places it on a receiv.
ing plate and in few seconds a carrier
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Premature Thanks.
From the Argonaut.

During the rebellion the 10th Maine ac-
quired reputation for foraging the coun-
try SO thoroughly that they were said to
have starved the confederacy out One
day they were sweeping along dining on
the fat Of the land. as usual Another
troop wae ahead. and between them and
the 18th rode Gen. Hancock AS the gen.
eral was passing one plantation the pro-
prietor came out and hailed his party.
General." said he. II want some sort of
safeguard. The troops that have Just gone
by stole my pigs. lifted my hen roosts aud
emptied my CELLAR
Il am very SORRY" said Hancock.
yes, continued the old man, they stole
everything but my hope Of immortality
Thank God. none Of them can steal that"
Don't be too sure Of that" retorted the
general; the 10Th Maine Is coming next
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WASHINGTON SEWERS
How They Are Constructed and What
They Cost.

How They Are Constructed and What
They Cost.
The sewers of Washington rank with the
finest In che world. All sewer. work .ex-
ceeding 1000 In cost is required by law
to be done by contract after advertisement.
The effect of this is practically. to cause
all large brick or concrete sewers and the
longer lines Of pipe sewers to be built by
contract, leaving only the shorter lines Of
pipe sewers to be constructed by hired la
Dor. The contractor is required to use ce-
ment. vitriHed brick, invert blocks and
pipe furnished by the District. Other ma
terial he provides himself. subject to the
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ditional shelving which may be placed in
the first and second floors of the north
east and south fronts is 100000 volumes
and the ultimate capacity of the building
for books without encroaching on the
pavilions, reading roons. museum halls
or other parts of the west front, where
is the grand MAI Dle staircase, or any part
Of the basement or cellar, Is 100000 vol
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ceilings being arranged with this height
of stack in view.
Metal Book Stacks.
The book stacks are of metal. can be made
to books of any size. can be removed in
part to make additional passageways. The
shelving now In the library building ag-
gregates A miles and will accommodate
2.Os5, 100 volumes. The capacity of the ad-
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A Straight Tip.

From the New YORK Tribune
The Heiress-"Yes when don't wish to
accept certeipl mems attentions. and they
ask where I live. I say In the suburbs"
MT. Selfsure-"Ha! hal An excellent
plan. (After q pause).-"But where do yor
live. Miss Brownlow?"
The Heiress-"1n the suburha.~
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To he Expected.
From Truth,

Askins-"Do you know. Miss Filters. the
dashing young bachelor sirlf'
0rimshaw-'No. but know her brother.
the coy old maid man."