The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-03-28
It Closes for tho Annual Inventory
To-day aud VIII Roman
.CE0SEDFOR'THE NEXTSEYENDAYS
Iilst OF tho Volumes Added In tho
Last Month-A Few Interesting
Figures Glonnod From tho Annual
Statements OF Past Ycnrs-Tho LII.
hrary Gaining In Popularlty--Flc.
tlon Has q Grcat "liolu."

AllaH a. u. wilson aud hor assistants M
opportunity to tako the annual invon.
tory. Throughout tho day tho rooms
woro crowded with people who had
volumca out. md ns usual waited until
the last moment to return thcm. Tho
nlacracy OF como 10 explained by tho
fact that in cases whore books arc not
returned before the taking OF tho inven.
tory, tho persons card is taken from
him and no no longer 10 eligible to tho
advantages and privileges Of tho library.
The library will romain closed, go far rs
tho circulation OF books 10 concerned,
for week, but in three days tho read
Ing room will again DO open to the
public.
From tho records kept by the librari-
M, Miss A. b. Wilson, somo interesting
figures arc obtained. Perhaps tho most
important phase brought out Ia the fact
that in 1891 tho total circulation ex-
ceeded that OF any othor similar period
since 1883, when tho board OF educa-
ton opened the public library. Ninety
tours circulation footed up G7.l5S,
divided among tho months rs follows:
January. 1852 Tho bannor monthly !;
February. 7,9242; March, 7,lS7; April,
500; May, l.l65; Juno. 1854 (the
library was closed in portions OF May
and June. explaining tho decrease in
circula,ion); July, 1858; August, 4. l3S !;
September. 5.325; October, 6.7S3; No
vember, G,22S7; December. G,270. From
these figures it will DO seen
that the people use the library
during tho winter months to II
greater extent than in the summer,
when out-of.door amusements ontice
the reader from his books. The circu.
la.ion of years previous 10 1894, was as
follows: 1898. 1884; 1902. 57,22S;
1891, 54.207; 1890, $500; 1889. 59,S5l;
1855. 1895; 1857, 5S,397; 1856. 54,557; ;
1855, 57,S9S; 1854, 47,756; 1855. 1881.
Tho library has grown in popularity
righ. along and it is gratifying to see
that the increase in circulation in the
past four years has been steady,
amounting, since 1891, TO nearly ten
thousand volumes.
The circulation in the reading room is
not included in the above; it amounted
in 1894 TO 1860; in 1898, 1854; 1892,
nos; 1891. 1918, showing steady
increase. This year, however. the cir.
cula.ion in the rooms has fallen of
materially. and if the rate OF January
aud February is maintained will foot up
for the year about 10000. This decrease
is explained in two ways; some say the
number OF people who now have en-
ployment cuts down the reading room
patronage, and others claim that the
present reading room is not SO attract
i've or SO commodious and we'll lighted
as the one in the Hub building. where
tho library was formerly located.
Fiction. OF course, leads in the circu-
lation, nearly nine-tenths Of the circu-
lation in '94 being in that elastic be
exact, 1881 per cent. In the twelve
years life OF the Wheeling library the
percentage OF fiction read has varied
bnt little. The record follows: 1883.
.S644; 1854, .S+i6; 1885. .S23S; 1856.
.S4Sl; 1857, $500; 1855, 1892; 1889,
.S755; 1890, .S799; 1891. .S9s5; 1892,
1895; 1898. SOIL; 1894. 1881. The grad
ual increase is partly explained by the
heavy demand for Juveniles" Of which
there Ia 4 large number on tho shelves
OF the library.
In 1894, biography and history rank
ed next to fiction in popularity, each
having percentage OF .02lS; philology
found few students, the circulation
amounting to only eight volumes, or
.000l per cent
When the library opened in 'S3 about
5000 volumes were on the shelves.
Since then the city board OF education
has maintained i.s liberal policy, many
new volumes being added each month,
until to-day there are over $1,000 books
catalogued, and the city has an institu-
ton OF which she may we'll be proud
and which her citizens appreciate by
their patronage.
!. During the past month the following
books have been added:
FIcT,oS-.A."
Allen. J. L.-Kcntucky Cardlnsl-S3so
Barr. Mrs.-FIower OF Gala Water-536o.
BehrenS. B.-Fot Anothcrs Wrong-5S6l.
Game. H.-ASon OF IIrsar-53G2.
Clio I'd. Mrs. W. IA Flash Of summe.-5363
Douglas. A. Mn Wild Rosc Tlmc-53Gi.
Hubbard, Elbcrt-So Enemy l,ut Himself
53G5.
King, Cha,lcs-Uudcr Fire-S566
l.awleas, Hon. EmIy-Maclcho-53
Mccarthy. J. lL-Woman OF lmpulse-536S.
Munroe, Kirk Under orders-535a
Muriree NJ S.-PhantomS OF the Footbridse--
5311
PhIllpottr: Eden Folly md Fresh Alr-537l
sardou, Observation-Disclosures Sans. Genc-Js722
Terhune, M.s.-Royal Blood-533
scIEScE ASp AsTs-"B."
Alien, C. D.,-Amorican Book Plntcs-2to7.
Archer. Thonas-lIighway OF Letters-2to9.
III 81 a fRta Ntt.er
Iioyt and Ward-Cyclopedia Of poetlcal Quota.
La,hrop, G. T. and r. History of Courage
2ilI
Days OF New Enyland--2il3.
Maton, ueary--Re.eEenccs for Literary Work
Miller. A. Tour Home Pe,s-2tl5.
Morris. H. s.-ralcs From Ten Poets. vols
salntsbury, Gcorgc-coucc.ed Impressions
2.io.
sainubury. Georsc-short History OF French
LIternture-24a0
Tyler, 81. C.-Threc Men OF I,etters-2i?l.
Wallncc's Year Book, 1JyI-.is..
Wlttenmyer. Mrs. Arnlc-Undcr the Guns
ci23. ~.
TrisTohY-"p"
Pepnyp.ckcr. S. W.-'IIlstorical and Blogrnph.
Rsgozn, 2. A.-s,ory OF vcdic IndIa-lcs5.
Roosevelt, T.-Wlnnln: OF tho wcs.-l2s5
schart. J. F.-IIistory Of the Confederate States
Ekyy-l25I
Young. A.-IIlstory OF the Ee.horands-i2s8
Lowe. CharleA-Ale1ander III OF RuSsia-lIs...
Gro.SmAn. Il. B.-Elwin Booth--llS3.
Lee. Fitzhugh-Gen. Il. f. LcG-ll5L
THLoLoGY-"I."
BhIk6hcc. SubhRdrn-IIuddlxtC ,echiSm-2sS
Grif,iS William E-ReligiOns OF Japln-2SJ.
Parker, T.-views Of Rcl!gion-29O.
Ecnan, E.-lilstory OF tho People OF Israel
cGl. Volt
Marriage Licensrs Inst YsRr.
County Clerk Hook has mado his
yearly report to the state auditor, show
ing that there wcro 4i5 marriage
licenscs jssued last year. or the mon