empires ought to be worth at least one page somewhere in the annals of the nation it has created and defended. But thus far that page has been begrudged. Let us write one. When Brought to Pennsylvania. "The art of making rifles was brought to this country in the year 1721, when a small colony of Swiss

A BUCHANAN MYTH, A very good illustration of "history as it is written," especially the bio- graphical branch of it, is found in a story sketch by the Louisville Herald, and being widely republished as au- thentic, telling how Ben Hardin's ill- fitting suit of tow linen worn at the Bar of Hardin

A CENTENNIAL EVENT One of the oldest families and widest connections in Eastern Lan- caster county are the Slaymakers Their ancestors bought of and settled on the famous "London lands," along the old Strasburg and Gap roads, and they have illustrated the tenacity of the Lancaster county land-owner

How the Pennsylvania Railroad Came Through Lancaster. The casual purchase of a basketful of old books at a recent public sale threw into my possession three small manuscript volumes of rare local in- terest. They relate to an incident in the history of Lancaster city and os the public works of the

, are taken up with her diary of a "Family Tour to the West in 1800," which has very con- siderable historical value, and anti- cipates that portion os her literary career which was lived in Western Pennsylvania and in the congenial atmosphere of a college town. Those of us to whom a journey from the

THE SCOTCH-IRISH, The following address was delivered at the anniversary dinner of the Scotch-Irish Society of Pennsylvania, at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, Phila- delphia, on February 21, 1905, by our distinguished and eloquent fellow citizen, Ex-Attorney General W. U. Hensel. It is a splendid

THADDEUS STEVENS AS A COUNTRY LAWYER' Mr. President, Ladies, and Gentlemen of the Pennsylvania State Bar Asso- ciation: I come neither to "bury Caesar" nor to praise him." I shall not ask you to follow this man's career in the field where he achieved his real eminence, much less permit you to exact

Tour Through the Northeastern Section of Lancaster County. Continuously since 1882, inclusive, W. U. Hensel has organized and participated in annual, and some years semi-annual, drives over Lancaster county, the party often comprising strangers, who in this novel way have a much more deliberate