the County of Lancaster and state of Pennsylvania, Yeoman, being of sound mind and understanding, but considering the uncertainty of this life, do make, publish & declare this my last Will & Testament in the man- ner and form following, hereby revok- ing and renouncing all former and other Wills by me

The Jnliana Library. The library in Lancaster, known as the "Juliana Library," was established in 1759, under the name of "The Lan- caster Library Company." It was the third subscription library established in Pennsylvania. In 1763 it was char- tered, and, out of compliment to Lady Juliana Penn

TWO BUCHANAN LETTERS. As a general proposition the state- ment that all letters have a certain in- terest, will, I think, be accepted. That, however, does not carry with it the further idea that all letters are alike interesting, a fact which every per- son ih this room can easily verify through

county, Ky., in 1813, "changed the whole course of Ameri- can history." Briefly stated, the nar- rative goes,in that year the late James Buchanan, afterwards President, lo- cated at Elizabethtown,Hardin county, Ky., to practice law, his choice being directed by the fact that his father owned a tract of

THE FAMOUS SPEECHOF HON. THADDEUS STEVENS OF PENNSYLVANIA IN OPPOSITION TO THE REPEAL OF THE COMMON SCHOOL LAW OF 1834, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF PENNSYLVANIA, APRIL 11, 1835 PUBLISHED BY THE THADDEUS STEVENS MEMORIAL ASS0CIAT10N OF PHILADELPHIA 1904 �" I will be satisfied if my epitaph

the United States James Buchanan, $50- �Among those g i ving lesser amounts and books are Amos Ellmaker, Esq-, Benjamin Champneys, Esq-, John Yeates, Esq-, Hon- A. L- Hayes, R. Moore, M- D-, Samuel Park, Esq-, Red- mond Conyngham, Esq-, George Bry- an, Esq-, Newton Lightner, Esq-, Geo- Ford, Esq-, E

JAMES ROSS, LATINIST. Two years ago, when the history of old Franklin College was written, we were greatly in want of information concerning the personal history of Prof. James Ross, who was a teacher in that institution one hundred years ago. We had of course, the brief no- tices contained in the