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Show I BOOK NOTICES. "The Catholic School System in riio Pn- States is the title of a hook recently p j I hr-i b-Benziger b-Benziger Brothers. The author. Rev. J. A. Bu; C. S. C. Ph.D.. gives the origin, gr-wth, num'n?r of pupils educated and expenditures evr-ry rear in behalf of education. He dates the origin of tr parish school system back to the mrly vra-s r,-Maryland r,-Maryland colony, traces its development down n, thp time of thp Revolution, when its scnnd pp.r. of development began. The hook is neatly sf,.n up. contains valuable and interesting informant, and will serve as a good book of recfrenre. sale by the publishers. $1.25. "The Marks of the Bear Claws'' i.- the h;-: work of Henry S. Spalding. S. J. Thp story de- with missionary experience among thp Indian?. I: is a work that will be appreciated by the yourrj old. and serve to inculcate good moral h'sson?. F: J sale by the publishers, Benziger Bros. Price I (lenius is frequently accompanied by ercrn'nei-tics, ercrn'nei-tics, but the eccentric person is not always a zc:i:'u!. A fellow who blows his own horn continiiouj'.j finally gets to really like the sound of it. Mecp is one thing, at least, that cannot be iy quired by laying awake nights thinking about it. The United States Brewers' association to be on the same platform with the Attti-Sa'n league. All the brewers seem to lac ki? a htt;? f sincerity. The president's advocacy of forest presorvata , may be induced by the fear that his supply of b:? sticks will be exhausted. The spread of prohibition had not made it.: manifest as late at the end of lat year, in a ration ra-tion of the native drink bill, aceo rdir.c to fijniK I presented by the American Grocer. It calculate an expenditure for the year of $4n."on." on beer, $. 1,794.400 on distilled spirits, and $1 Kh.O on wines, or a total for alcoholic beveragp pf a'?''':t $l,4fi65S4,oOO, compared with fUoO.Vrf.-lM in 190fi. Sometimes the young man who swptp (hir.ni courtship he would die for her after the honeym wishes he had gone and done it. If a man is bound to fight for his rights. mustn't be disappointed if he soon finds he ba.-E' any left. The motto ought to be on the new emergen? currency, too. I By the way, have you taken that walk m-3 f hHls yet I Knockers ought to be reminded that for- knocks only once and then goes on about its ness. llaybe.the bond is worthless at the bank a fellow boasts that his word is as good a-; c': bond. Governor lagoon of Cuba recently rep,ir that not a single case of yellow fever existed in ' the island. Wonderful what positive results f positive knowledge. Business in the cotton manufacturing bu?i'ie ' up in New England is so poor that a reduotiPn s wages is contemplated in order to maintain 11 fixed dividend percentage on the stock and wat It is nearly always the case that a poor li? I has many uninteresting and uninstructive lDs f to say. . f |