Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-08-13
OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER.

A Medical Library on a New Plan
A Novel Electric Road.
81. LOUIS, August 8.-Librarians in other
cities would stare with envy could they see
the list of books which the public library
will carry INTO its new quarters in the Poly
technic building, when it Is finished. When
the new library was first proposed, Librarian
Fred NJ. Crunden had an idea by which he
thought he could get for the library the most
complete medical library in the country. He
offered all the medical societies of the city
the privileges of the library for their men,
beers on condition that they turned over to
him all their books to go into the cases as
the property of the library. Each of the
societies had an immense number of valua-
BILE books, which were poorly cared for, and
they jumped at this chance, as Mr.. Crunden
thought they would. Medical books are
very costly, as every young doctor who tries
to buy them knows, and the lot that Mr..
Cranden has thus obtained could not be
duplicated for hundred thousand dollars.
The proposed belt line around Forest Park
is meeting with favor. The board of putlic
Improvements has to decide whether or not
body want it. The only question is as to the
company that shall have the franchise. 1t is
suggested, to dispose of the obstacle, that
the right to build the line be sold by the city
at auction. 1t would bring several hundred
thousand dollars, no doubt. There are
plenty of electric roads to the park, but it is
SO big, and so much of it has purposely been
left as nature made it, that most of the peo-
pie who 60 out there never see one-third of
1t, and leave it, after q short walk through
the accessible parts of it with very wrong
idea of its proportions. At present, only
understand fully its beauty and extent, and |
belt road around it would admit everybody |
to this delightful knowledge.
The wheelmen of st. Louis have Just ori9i- |
mated two novel plans for making the bicycle |
conspicuous in this city as q vehicle that can |
over two thousand wheelmen here now, and |
when they enter into any scheme unitedly
they make it 60. To show that the wheel
can produce great spectacular effects, score
or more of the boys have got up rocket
corps which takes long night rides on the
smooth roads around the city, the wheelmen
discharging Roman candles and rockets as
they 60, q sort of fambeau battalion on
cycles. The line of wheels, as they whirl
down long hill at full speed on a moonlight
night, each one sending up to the heavens
stream of fire, is most dazzling sight. They
disband at the club house. A military or
ganizatlon the wheelmen have established is
designed to show that the wheel may be of
use in time of war. In the drill, the boys
carry heavy loads, and practise mounting and
with their burdens.
The courageous wife of Ed. holland, the
former treasurer of Missouri, who has just
gone to the penltentiary for embezzling
state funds, is keeping boarding house
here and making a very good living for her
,elf and her twin children. As soon as the
,tate election is over a movement will be
started here to get Gov. Francis to pardon
holland, on the ground that he and his fami-
= have already been punished heavily
enough for the crime.