New-York tribune., 1897-07-11

tees of peace The prizes for physics and chems1ry
medicine bv the Carolinska Institute at Stock
holm the prize for literature By the Royal Swedish
at Of Deaoe b. committee Composed of
five members, who shall be selected ny 'ne ea; no
Importance shall be attached 10 any difference OF
nationality in awarding the prizes which consr nsr
SON. whether Scandinavian or not
The money thus devoted to the advancement Of
science, literature and the fraernzing OF all ma
tions and establishing of a universal peace. will,
Mr.. Ferguson says, yield at per per cent Per snnu,m
will therefore be worth between $4,000 and $500
oYcrcd~and the prizes will be a stimulation surely,
sccntists and scholars in every part OF the world
II NAV be- Years before his exc .utors-Messrs Rag
mar Sohlman, OF Bofors. Sweden, and Rudolf Lille
qust, Of Stockholm. Sweden-wi be able 10 dis
tribute the prizes.
citizen from the Windy City. member OF
the Illinois Legislature. who was in town last week.
told the following story. which he located In that
indefinite place. "out West:
1t seems that big corporation In the west
lacked a few votes Of carrying through the Legis-
lature Of a certain State measure 1t had In hand.
and, as the time for final vote was near. those In
charge of the bill decided that the quickest ana
easiest way of acquiring the necessary votes was TO
buy them So along with other emissaries they
sent A quick -witted and shrewd 1rlsbman in their
employ TO another Irishman. a member OF the
Legislature, also noted for his quick wit and
shrewdness to buy his vote expeditiously and
cheaply as possible but on no account TO come back
without the vote. for which he was Instructed 10
pay not more than a couple Of hundred dollar.
After some preliminary silirmishing and much
preliminary drinking. the two lrishmen got down 10
An so that's ycz lowest price. is II. Mr. Null
doom? asked the agent OF the oprporaI,iIuh No .s,oo
replied the honorable member Of the legislature.
''ie said yez was wiln Ter make me pit .brea GI a
naushia IHn a was the lowest could git along wid
Mr. an and 5PrfS Se hnnaed "en
eope closely sealed bearg on & the Ssr Snttn fne
thet in yer pocket an doan't yez open it or show
II 70 a mothers son until ather the = q; bill IS
passed or 1t moight be uncomfortaoie ier the oo'h
., Mr. T' Muldoon smiled satisfied smile, slowed the
brown saS0pe bom to in MRS hs gGoo
her to put it away and not look at , IL or s4yW p,
Mrs Polly MuIdoon belonged to the Pandora type,
and M Mudoon had not reached ms sSat III g
the contents OF that envelope. - ,,,
On his return home that afternoon the Hon. Null
5GGn 5 nsa passed IN h'py Re- Wa shed by
three naughts." which ne had invested doZeH
'iifsS W VI Patrck. said Mrs Mudoon the moment
he entered the door Phat did yez wan! ter ," be SO
particular wild her envelope yez was atther gyin g
me- There was nothin In IL but tndoliar Dill
"Phat?" asked the Hon. Mr. Muldoon weakly
Sk'iI mk nliollar bill Phat should they be? Here it
is shure. A.. o,o, aud ,r o,oor
somrht omt his friend Mr.. OShea
"o shea asked he of that WORTHY, what sort sort
promssd of mar s sHrSS so f5f fGf HsA an
yez g an envelope VIA b ,ne rcG cGTreSf Wrs Mn
marks marEsd o}btT on tne ndn M mserabe tnoa b
hin NJ promised ySE h%n "9'nm ndsnan mt What II did
promise yez was that Id lind yez bit oi money, i
three paushts fer few rS any 9 s mSe HSsrs
id put the decimil pint. shure" .o, -.
,ba , 4 Company and he now holds one of the
most lucrative and responsible positions in the gift
of that corporation.
There Is much activity AT the new Congr' 'ssional
Library The heat seems to have no effect in di-
minIshing the crowds of sishtseers. who nave
streamcd through the building stree 1t was frs'
onered 70 the public and the work Of moving the
onpcato Volumes pamphlets. prints and all such
matter. which have been stored In the basement
- ,,, Conitol has for some time now been going
steadily on
In the beginning there were many ana various
methods suggested for moving the books Dut the
sinnlc one OF sending them in drays mas been
sr,Iv adopted and. since the tunnel when con-
meets the Library with the Capitol is too small 10
oI,ow the sending through 1t of any considerable
,,nhcr Of books at a time. it seems as practicaDe
s any II less picturesque and characttrstiG tman
vas removed from the old to the new bui!aaingi, ..
All Of the soldiers goodly number statIonrhn atnh a.
sa sne I' slc into the old building; the arms OF each
nriTato were filed with books which were & Saraisu =,
prd denosired on the shelves prepared ior tisi ~
anu m er building ana SO these broad-shouidere9
erect men marched back and forth, CARRYING snrn
,,ociome loads until the eight hundred thouSaiu ~
ri,nos ri9S,Ues wrre Disposed in their new home II Is
said 70 have been the most pracucil anu 80 80.
tory way of moving a great library '"'' '''
'G," friend of Mr. spoord said the t ether ri. dny
iease from the entire responsibility Of moving ana m
reorganzing the Ibray ners Mr sense is that he
vas wise in preferrng the position OF chirt as as
sisant TO that Of Librarian for ne Is o,d m Is in
49,, odditional work and responsibility woulu II
syitaby prove too severe tax OF MS h s,peng,m ns
In his present place ne Cr"s can ue oi and n The
,de,te who do special work in the Library -,
Now that the time approaches wmsm ',rae sne Ia Ih,
dmostion arises how this extra space shail % pe
used Many suggestions have been made as ,,Snui ~
S,snostion but the most popular one Is wi,hou, h
dn,,bt that which devotes 1t to me use oi me i
senate for cafe The present care are nrampsd and
,nnattractiyc Those hayng the matter III cnargse e
have long contemplated change ana non none oo.e ,ha
Dem pe now occupied by the Library which are as
pleasant as any IN the tapito', M ',y 'he "'''''"'
There has been such great demand TOT the
Geological Survey maps that the chief OF 'he
survey Professor Walcott. asked ana received
nermIssion from Congress to charge hoih'''a'
price for them. and now a tax OF hVe eeh's -
asLod for each map The detail OF the country IS
@arefuily marked on these maps. and an eie'a- ere
lions are given. which makes them inyaluaps 10
,,oyclists and 10 tourists generally no matter
,xhot style of locomotion they affect. Last year
ninety thousand OF It's maps were ds,routeS weps
,ha sirvev The year before eighty thousand were
given away. and although charge - now meue e G
,nr ,hem II 20 ks from present Indications as u az
many maps would be disposed OF under the new
cnndi,Ions as were given away last year.
THE CONTROLLER BUYS ~ fifih-i'H H.
Controller Ashbei p. Fitch has purchased from -
-. a., ,r,s,ae ,he vacant plot In