Anchovies

Sir Walter Scott nsed to teil a story of one of the nursery gardeners of his day: "An old fnend of mine having asked him to supply him with a dozen anchovies, he replied, 'He had plenty, but being a delicate plant they were still in the hothouse. ' " - Household Work. The library of congress ranks sixth among the libraries of the world in its present contents. France has the largest, England next; then comes Russia, and üermany follows with her libraries in Munich, Berlin and Strassburg, the last named holding almost equal rank with ours in Washington.