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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-14

don in l7is and in i72e the Reg DR. M,'h hls
Gospel in Foreign Parts and by this society i
was presented to the Public Library Of New York
The whole collection OF books was placed In charge
OF the corporation OF the city. and seems TO have
suffered from want OF proper attention and man.
OF individuals formed for the purpose OF carry
ng on such an Institution more eifclen,y WHINE vn sne
SMITH Robert LyInssston Whitehead inY.r s aehs
jon ,e Peter Van Brush livingston Peter Ketela.
Walter Rutherford. and othersl. The books they
Library. and the whole placed under the care OF
trustees chosen by them
THE institution known at that time as The
CITY Library. a name by which il was popularity
designated up TO about 1870 The collection ap.
been largely and constantly increased by purchases
OF books from 1854 down to the breaking out OF me
iii IN i773 and the offcls style OF The New
York society Library formally adopted. The
OF the trustees many years. but nearly destroyed
the library In December' iS nce,,ng o. sns
held. and the society resumed It's operations. IN
passed confirming it's charter Until 1925 the l.
brary was deposited in the ely s y Ths early sny
the city Library formed the library OF Congress.
SUCCESSIVE REMOVALS.
The growing Importance OF the institution now
demanded more extensive accommodations Ac'
cordlngy additional subscribers were obtained
land was purchased In Nassau-s, opposite the
Middle Dutch Church. and building erected ex-
pressly for the use OF the library. To this build.
ing which WAS OF considerable size ana one or
the most conspicuous public edinces OF mat day,
the library was removed In llo. ana mere !. con,
tlnued until 1876 when the increasing commerce or
ihe city compelled the trustees TO seek another
situation and the property In Nassai-s'. was SOTO
for $1,000. and lot purchased al broadway ana
I.eonari-st for SiOco In 1870 The building In broad
way was completed at 4 cost OF about Ni.Vv ana
the library removed from chambers-st where IL
had been since the sac Of the Nassau-st. properly
In 1896 In 1873 the property In Broadway was 500
for $4,000. from which the net amount, after pay
Ing OF all mortgages and debts. was about soo.uW
In the same year the library was removed 20 me
Bible House. and the property In university race
was bought. which the present building was
erected in 1856 Thither the library was re-
moved In Nav. 1856"
At the Mechanics' and Tradcsmen's Library In
Sxtecnth-st.. near fthave, OF wnich jacob
Schwartz IL the librarian. 25i.3l books were drawn
in 1904, OF which 1856 were fiction and juvenile
literature while only 1921 were on historical SUD-
jects l.,
At the Ienox Library fiction. OF course. ~
scarce The library is strictly reference library
and contains valuable manuscripts and documents
which in general OF little avail except 10 inc
scholar.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-14
INSECTS WHICH ARE MANS FRIENDS
THE LADY BIRD DESTROYS BLIGHT. WHILE THE
DRAGON FLY Is DEATH TO MOS
QJTTOES AND FLIES.

QJl1OES AND fIsifS
The lady bird quantity marked that II Is hard
TO find two of them just alike. Is one OF the gar
deners best friends yet hundreds OF them killed
a helper they have In this pretty buxom little
insect few days ago the writer visited friend
who has a garden full Of all sorts Of flowers. and
back Of these there is the kitchen garden with rows
Of currants and raspberry bushes. The leaves OF
both these shrubs covered with blight or lice
that were as green as the leaves which they lived
and thrived. Hunting about the bushes were a
number Of lady birds. The woman In her Ignorance
was killing these right and left thinking they were
doing all the damage and when told they were her
best friends was incredulous. few minutes care
full watching however showed the small bug busy
eating the smaller green pest. Small yellow pyra-
mids showed where she had laid her eggs. which
in a day or two would hatch. The woman saw
and believed. and in future the lady bird has
sure refuge and a welcome in her patch OF flowers
and fruit
Another insect that is forever being killed owing
to the ignorance OF the general public Is the dragon
fly also known as the needlecase He Is one Of the
most useful insects OF this climate. In his larval
state he subsists almost entirely on those small
squrming threads which can be seen darling about
in any still water and which hatch out into the
sweet singing mosquito AS the dragon fly
leaves his watery nursing ground. and climbing
some friendly reed. throws away the old shell and
now Is the house ay Not long ago the writer saw
one Of these insects knocked down In veranda
where ne had been doing yeoman's service. and the
children and women seemed delighted. although
they shrank back from the poor wounded dragon
fly. They all thought he had an awful sting at the
end of his long body, a cruel injustice. When the
writer took the insect up there was genera wonder
ment. which increased when captured fly
was offered him and he ate II greedy. The boys
OF that household will never harm dragon fly
again.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-14

was made at all .he great popular libraries In this
city. and the statement generally confirmed.
People evidently not losing their taste Tor
fiction with the elevation OF literary taste and with
the wider development OF education. The librarian
OF one OF the large libraries further said: You
would be astonished TO find how general IL the
craving for fiction. II II is good fiction they want
II. and II Il is Indifferent bad fiction they seem
to want 1t Just much-so long as II Is fiction
1t takes the Iced all other classes OF books.
and Is devoured with equal avidty by the poor
and the rich and by the cultured and the uncult-
ured.
Men whom you would least suspect OF having a
craving for fiction. men who are regarded as hav-
Ing time for anything but the serious ahairs
OF life. are Just the ones who most eagerly In
quire for the latest works in this line IL seems
10 be a relief TO them TO turn their minds from the
serious affairs OF life to the lightcst fiction. In
fact you might almost make It a rule that In the
inverse ratio to the seriousness OF a mans occu-
pat In life his literary tastes runs to light litera-
ture. The novel having the lightest and most
nimsy plot. II olevery developed Is the one most
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-14
THE rsxsxsxrs roo Hor vos SLEEP.

ITS renarkabler' exclaimed q man on the reas
platform of an East Side car. what . difference
change In the temperature makes In the habits Of
people over here Take hot night. for instance
and the streets filled with peopie-nen women
and babes-untii daylight next morning. They seem
never to 60 to bed and. In fact rarely 80 into the
house at ALL They appear practically to live on the
sidewalks and In the streets.
Last night was sizxling .corcher and the East
Side was one mass Of struggling humanity after :
breath Of air. The weather tonight 10 about twenty
degrees cooler. and there 10 hardly Z person to q
seen on The streets nor SOUND = b heard"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-14
FICTION THE LUXURY OF ALL
1T is THE IDLE MANS PAsT1ME. THE BUSY
MANS RELAXATION

IN THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY SO PER CENT VI
THE BOOKS READ ARE NOvELs-A HUNDRED
COPIES OF 'TRILBY' BOuGHT-chrn-
GYMEN AND LIGHT LITERATURE
Some people read little fiction others 'eau
exclusively, but there very few. II any ""
don't read 1t at all This Is what wen n"o"
librarian said to a Tribune reporter recently !" "
swer to a question about the books that are reau
nowadays careful inquiry on the same line
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-14

sought after People who are inclined to decry
the evil effects OF what they are pleased to term
literary trash ere sometimes found here calling
for just such books.
MANY ministers OF the Gospel make II point 10
read all the popular novels just as soon as they
come out What their motive In doing so Is |
don't pretend TO say. The ostensible motive -
that they can keep up to the times and be In con-
slant touch with the lie and thought OF their
nocks but | am inclined to believe that there Is
something OF the Old Adam back Of all this. Min
listers are only after all and II anything. they
are more keeny apprecative OF n weil-tod tale
than the mass Of novel readers. The inner points
OF the story make their full effect In such minds
shrewdly suspect that the material for more thah
one sermon preached right here In New-fork was
garnered from some popular novel although these
very c.crgymen may at some period In their min
isterial careers deliver terrible phpplcs against
Just this class OF books.
PRACTICE VERSUS PREACHING,
IAN Illustration OF this occurred not long ago
which nonplussed for the time being. had
the pleasure OF listening to a clergyman preach a
sea thing sermon the degeneracy OF modern
literature, and especially on the evil effects OF
novel-readlng. The sermon was strong one ana
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-14

Is sequel. however and now the superstit,ous
man asserts that he has been fully vindica ted
On his thirteenth mile ne picked up a pin and
got puncture. If he had been riding No 340-
o51 he believes he would have had his wheel
smashed or a limb broken. Therefore he con-
graduates himself his shrewdness
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-14
OTHER POPULAR FAvORITES.


But while "Trllby" has had phenomenal run.
other novels have come in for their share or atten-
ton. and had they not been overshadowed by the
unusual popularity OF "Trlby' they would nave
been regarded having been unusually successful.
Among these may mentioned Mrs. Humpnry
Wards "Marcella" and Hall Gaines The Manx-
man." which have been the leading favorites after
"Trilby" ,, A.
At the Society Library, in University Place the
the general of readers follow much the sa me
lines OF reading the other libraries character
stic this library that ii is largely patronized py
English people or Anglo-Amercdns. The result Is
that English publications and books on Engnsn
subjects are more in demand than any o'her class
The total number OF visitors In 1884 was 23ZZl OF
whom l4so3 were women and S.3ys men, VI the
visitors 54 have called to make use OF the vaiu-
able works contained in the Green Above
THE SOCIETY LIBRARY
The career of this venerable institution Is an IN
teresting one 1t was briefly outlined to the re-
porter by its librarian Wentworth s. Butler. as fol-
lows:
The history OF the New-York Society Library
begins in the year 1900. At that time 'The PUBIC
Library OF New-York was founded during the Ad-
mInisration OF the Ear OF Bellomont. The library
thus organized appears to have gone on increasing
and TO have acquired considerable Importance.
Several folio volumes-now in the possession OF tne
Society Library-were presented by friends IN Lon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-14

many duplicates Of a book when the demand LOT
them is over. AS rule the superfuous duplicates
are sold. One hundred copies OF novel IN one
library perhaps breaks all records here, although
In England whole editions are bought AS rule
a dozen or two copies OF novel meet all demands
In this library, and in cases OF historical works.
like Maclay's History OF the Navy" six or seven
comics n sufficient
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-14

Mr.. Yates is likely to win the mileage medai
Of the New-York Athletic Club this year he
has already scored about 1000 miles. while Tor
1894 the top mark made by c. L. Jones. was
about $500 miles. Centuries are child's play to
hin, He did not start to ride in earnest until
ahout Nav + He said he would have good
dea, NJ leisure until late in the summer and
IN the mean time meant to ride 10000 miles. He
will do II handily. barring accidents. or course
several men have ridden over 10000 miles In a
year. but Mr. Yates can nevertheless be classed
as a star mileage maker.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-14

That cycling in this city Is still on the hooo
tide is shown by the large attendance "hich
continues at the best academies. Even on not
nights nearIv as many novices may De seen
circling the floor as there were In the early
spring This Is the more remarkable when one
considers that few people take more IMAM nan
a-dozen lessons indoors; NUMBER "aHe 'o'
Central Park or the Boulevard aitcr t"'ee VI
four 1t is not common FOR men or women ""o
have become proficient to ride under rooi'
The big academies thus turn out several riders
= day. OF course many persons learn OUT Vi
doors They may be seen daily and nightly on
the main cycling thoroughfares and on qu'e'
side streets which are paved with asphalt some
nave regular instructors from the acausS.S.
and others depend on relatives and rrlenuS III
tuition Vast numbers of New-Yorkers arc ~ ~ ;"
out OF town. many Of whom are douptIess 49,.
proving leisure hours by striving 10 ma1 h,nvcis
sntricacies of balancing ones self on oicy. ~
- Is easy to figure out a rapid growth IN inc 9
Guys army Of cyclers. However. IT WIN De 'o ,h
Sstore the metropolis becomes anytnins nn1 INA 20
Scschng place that Los Angeles. CAL .hss civ
e. wheeman who passed through tnat e, ay
- quoted as saying that six people out VI 'e"
tnere ride wheel.
A cycling paper recently told OF man WHO
fe'ected wheel but afterward. without any ap,
S-ssnt reason. refused to take 1t. He wah.eo
eoAer one. and was satisfied with machine
fe.s was an exact duplicate of the one ne nao
f<ed. The agent puzzled his mind to as
E~ what the objection was to the 6rst wheel
- TWO were alike in every particular except
lumber. This gave the clew. The NUMBER
~ - hrst wheel was 340.061 and the total OF
ir.r Individual figures was 10. That was the
ooa' 81 the customer admitted Tness
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-17

orator from Danville. l was at the wab,
sab, from a to lizard, sab, and l ask
We to refresh yore memory. gentlemen,
regardin the jenerel magnanimity
shown, sab, to jefferson Davis Mind
We, l did not agree with him, but fit
on the other side; yet, gentlemen, was
with Davis in the Mexican wah, sab,
and saw him fight with sword and bull
let after others had quit and laid down,
sab, fight on and on, sab, with dubbed
musket, then with rocks, sab, and fence
stakes and army crackers, sab, and
whatever he could git a-hold OF, game
70 the last, sahl
And what did they do with po' old
JEFF Davis at the clothes OF the wan,
sab:
Took him and tried him by drum
head cote martial, sab, and had him
burned at the stake just back OF the
slaughter house at Richmond, san
Eyes, sab. and there in the midst Of
that magnanimons army Of Republic
ans, breathin peace on earth and good
viii TO man, they dashed this venerable
hero Of many battle in Mexico and
many an Indian fight. dashed him 20
green saplin. sab, with hot TELEGRAPH wire,
and roasted him 20 death with white
birch wood on the soil Of old Nirglnny,
burned him 70 ashes in the presence OF
his family, and the great hero ana pa
triot, together with over =. 600, 600 Of
Confedrit money in his coattail pockets
went up in puff of smoke
But. Colonel Woodford. said Gen
eral Fry. chat is absolutely false on It's
face, and you know it yourself .iefier-
son Davis has outlived n'os- OF the
prominent men Of the war both north
and south ard is still alive on ms farm
down in Mississippi I can telegraph
him now and get reply before 1 iesye
town
Now. Jinerel Fry" said WoodfOrd
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-17
Two Souls, and So Forth.

Just in front of the man and his wife
at the theater sat n couple of fiedgelings
billing and cooling in a most loving man.
ner. They would have whispered little
conferences, and then the girl would
blush and giggle and gaze at the young
man, and he would look off toward the
stage in fit of emotional abstraction
that was positively delicious, as if he
had never said word to her IN his life.
Then he would turn suddenly and gaze
upon her with tenderness that would
melt in the mouth of stone statue
They had come 10 soc the play, no doubt,
but they had evidently forgotten what
they were there for, and they didn't
show any signs, as the time wore on,
that they would recollcct it. The man
had been dividing attention between
the performance on the stage and that
before him, and finally his wife bent
over and whispered to him as she nod
ded toward the couple:
1.-TWO souls with but a single
thought. -
''Boshp' he responded in tone OF
strong disapproval. They haven't got
half that many. Detroit Free Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-17
Speech OF sn African Prince

Prince Ademuyiyva, OF Jebu Reno. IN
West Africa, was lately entertained az
lunch by the lord mayor of London az
the Mansion house, then taken "a a
state coach 70 the Guildhnli, where hsy
sat through a session OF the common
council, and made speech 20 IL In Eng
lish. which the council directed
should be entered on ia record Here
Is the speech: The Right Honorable
Lord Mayor, ny Lord and Honorab Ole
Members ri the Corporation: feel I
shall not - doing justice tomyseE and
people IL ] were % leave this court
without returning you iiy hearty aad
sincere thanks for the honor paid ne
In allowing me here and 20 scat next
the lord mayor. / have been made
while seating here, "a beli~ve the moro
that knowledge Is power; that free lib
erty Of speech Is ths great boon Of tho
Engliz nation tina: the secrs. o. your
greatness is the Bible, and that WA
not uistssCen when advised nv cou.-
IA the king Of Jcbu Reno. al iadeu~n-
dent native state, West Afrsea. 20 &C.
cspt a British resident, and ula<. .ha
country under her ula Jesey's protection.
and that be will ee Left 20 his fr,as,~n-
csnee 70 MANAGE the internal as.asr. of
his kingdom. ] again return you INV
sincere taEnkH. and wi.h yoz CcAis
blessing. Jood-hy.T
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-17

READING SIGNS ON THE HIGH BUILDINGS.
which are used constantly now-and
have been for the past year-for re-
hearsals. presume that my live stock
out there has heard more speeches on
the tariff and currency than the presi-
dent of the senate or the speaker of the
house.
The vice president was speaking the
other day to me on board the Asheville
and Washington sleeper of the old time
political stump speaker, and among other
things told of Dick Oglesby's methods
of dealing with the currency question.
Gentlemen, he said, "we now come
to the currency question, of which the
Democrats talk to you so much.
Nov, they ought not to do that. They
don't understand and never did and
never will understand the currency
question. Why, gentlemen, the plain
goddlemighty's truth about the cur
rency question is that it's as much as
the Republicans can do to understand
it.
Speaking further on of joint debates,
Mr.. Stevenson told of one which &C.
CURED between General Fry and Colonel
Woodford, if am not mistaken, i'll a
little western town.
Woodford had been Union soldier
from Kentucky, but was hot Demo
crat, while General Fry, of course, was
a Republican. Woodford said to Fry:
''I'm no speaker in public, never hav-
in had any advantages, but after ye're
troo, eff there's time, I'll make few
disj'inted remarks jest SOS you all won t
have it intirely your own way"
So after General Fry had spoken in a
moderate way, among other things refer
ring to the magnanimity of the federal
government to the south after the war,
Colonel Woodford arose and said:
Gentlemen, ye've all heerd what
Jinerel Fry says, especially about the
Republicans masnanimity after the
wah. Now, gentlemen, Jinerel Fry
orient to do that, jest because he comes
from Danville, where they have a col
lege and churches and telegrafts. It's
no way for him to come down here where
we are plain people, with no advantages
and no schools and no the-a tiers, and tell
US about the magnanimity of the Re-
publicans after the war.
eve are all plain people here, and we
make no pretensions whatever, gentle
men, but if there's anything we do love
next to our wives and our country it's
the everlastin North American truth.
"And what did they do with poor old
Stonewal jackson at the clothes of the
wah? Mind We, l didn't agree with
Stonewall regardin the wah, but yet he
was brave man, and, though 1 fit on
the other side, my blood boils when 1
think of the way they treated him after
the Confederacy busted up. And what
did they do with Stonewall Jackson, as
brave a man as ever straddled wah
boss, gentlemen? Took him and tried
him by drum head cote martial and had
him shot. Took him out like deserter
and shot him in the breshr'
''But,' said General Fry, Colonel
Woodford, you don't want TO mislead
these people here. Everybody agrees on
the courage and beroism of General
Stonewall Jackson, north as well as
south. There's no controversy about
that and everybody knows who reads at
all that General Stonewall jackson was
shot in battle while leading charge,
and accidentally, by one of his own
men"
Now, Jinerel Fry" continued
VI 4
I'VE must not come down here and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-17

made by the dozen at any tinshop for
a few cents.
The stronges, possible fluid for pro-
ducing bubbles is made in this way:
Take the fourth of an ounce of white
CASTLE soap; cut it up into small pieces
and boil three or four minutes in
three-fourths Of a pint of water; when
the soap is melted and the water has
cooled add three-fourths of an ounce
OF glycerine. This makes enough of
the mixture for bubble party. 1t is
better made the day before it is used
and kept corked tightly; the bubbles
are then such visions OF glorious violet,
rose, green orange and blue as cannot
be seen in any other way on this planet.
These bubbles will last half a
minute or more, and one OF the pretti-
tesh sports in the world is TO toss them
into the air like balls. All that is
necessary for this feat Is rough
wooden nitten and little care. Don't
lift the hand TO meet the bubble in the
air, but, on the contrary, sink il
little as the bubble approaches. so that
81 will settle on il in the gentlest pos
sible way, then, gently again, toss it
up and 1t will rise time after time like
a balloon. A long table covered with
an old blanket is a fine thing for
showing off bubbles; they can be
formed from one end OF IL % the other,
and prize can be offered for the
blower who successfully forms the
greatest number Of bubbles through
the whole journey. With fan, too,
bubbles can be kept in tine air and
great variety Of games invented with
them. A fine chance for showing OF a
pretty figure this exercise gives.
Bubbles can be blown TO rest on the
damp edges of cups, and they last
longer in this position than in any
other II they are put under glass
case so as to be quite protected from
currents of air the color 10 them will
settle into regular rainbow bands, and
the effect is most curious as well as
bewilderingly beautiful.