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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-14
BROAD-ST., PHILA DELPHIA.
THE LONGEST AsPHALTED THoRoUGHFARE IN
THE WORLD
From The Philadelphia Press.

From The Philadelphia Press.
Philadelphia will soon possess the longest as
phalted street in the world
When the little band OF men finishes putting
down the asphalt above the subway bridge, the
man who pats his shovel on the last piece and
walks away with his bucket under his arm may
not feel that he has done anything especially
important He will probably be exceedingly
dumfounded if any tells him that he has put
the finishing touch to one of the greatest pieces
Of architectural street work in the world.
When that last piece of asphalt is welded to
the other piece, Broad-st. will have four unique
distinctions: 1t will be the longest asphalted
street in the world ii will be the only street in
the world that for eleven miles is of even width.
and this width will be the greatest ever obtained
by any one street in the world for a course of
eleven miles: it will be the straightest street for
it's length in the world. for from tip to tip, from
League Island to the county line. II does not
vary for an inch except around Penn Square.
Did you know all these facts before? | think
not
Broad-st. measures a fine white line eleven
miles from tip TO tip through the heart Of the
great city. Only seven miles of that is asphalt
ed. but that seven miles is longer than any other
asphalted street in the world
Old York Road which is a part of BrOad-st..
stretches along for about twenty miles with a
roadbed of fine macadam. II one wishes TO de-
fine macadam as pavement. then Broad-st. am
bles along for thirty-One miles as paved road.
There is no such figure as this In the public
works OF any other city in the world.
That a carriage can drive out road and make
only one turn in thirty-one miles and that road
be of equal width and fine under foot. is a re-
markable thing to say of any thoroughfare in
any city.
Broad-st. is 113 feet wide. and does not vary
through the great swing of distance 1t is CD
feet wide from curb to curb There is no street
in the world that shows off so superbly in a
parade. Thirtyfive men can walk abreast in a
parade and thirty-eight men can be crowded
in a close march, These are not figures to
be despised.
The little part that remains to be asphalted is
paved. 1t is space of 800 feet. from Vine to
Hamilton SITS. where the Reading subway is
built. The subway bridge is now complete. and
while Broad-st remains n paved street from
end to end. 500 feet is in granite blocks and not
asphalt. of which it must be to make the street
that thing of marvellous architectural beauty
which Philadepbians have determined
upon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-14
4 FALSE SUBSTITUTE FOR OPIUM.
"HUsA" ONLY COMPOUND WITH A DH.UTIoN
OT THE NARCOTIC DRUG

"HUsAo ONLY COMPOUND WITH A DHUTIoN
OF THE NARCOTIC DRUG.
Several weeks ago ii was announced by
Texas journal which made some pretence To
scientific knowledge that a new drug had been
discovered that afforded a cure for the opium
habit It was alleged that the plant from
which the drug was derived was named 'husa,
and that its essence the most dihusabie
stimulant known 1t was said to act as soda
tive but not as a narcotic. The story was told In
such a convincing way that some OF the north
ern medical papers reprinted it, 1t now APP
pears that Professor John Uri Lloyd, OF Gin
cinnati has been investigating the subject. He
sought from the manufacturer Of the CONNER
cial pi eparation. both specimens of the plant
and SAMPLES of the stuff the Texan was selling.
No amount of persuasion served to secure any
''husa" leaves But the compound which was
said TO be made from them was examined care
fully. and its ingredients we're all easily identi-
fed There was a good deal Of water little
glycerine some alcohol a considerable amount
of salicylic acid and from 1.3 to % per cent of
morphine. 1t thus appears that the "husa" is a
fraud and the man who has fOsted the story
about it on an unsuspecting public might also
be mistaken for one dark night
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-14
BANKRUPT RUSSIAN NOBILITY.

Odessa correspondence Of The London News.
II would appear as though the Banque de la
lNoblesse created by Alexander III for the relief
of the impoverished noble landowners. had been
unconsciously designed to complete the general
ruin of the class for whose economic redemption
its imperial author intended it. Since the lapse
of the first decade after the serf emancipation.
during which period the improvident nobility
foolishy squandered their compensation funds,
their position has steadily gone from bad to
worse The late Cars creation Of a Noble S
Land Bank for time tided over the difficulties
of the arstocratic land owners. most of whom at
once proceeded to mortgage their possessions to
the hlt. The advances made by the bank now
amount to 523 600 600 rubes. It's Golfers are de-
pleted and it is unable either to sell or to work
the estates over which it holds liens, except at a
ruinous loss. The only prospect before the Rus
sian Banque de la NOblesse would appear to be a
Wholesale foreclosure and subsequent liquida-
ton.
In his own way the Russian mujik is conspicu-
ously the most imprOvident husbandman in Eu-
rope but he is not nearly recklessly IMPROVE
dent as the general run of the nobility. on the
contrary the peasants former improvidence has
taught him a severe lesson, and the agrarian
land banks Of the peasant holders are fairly
hourishing while that of the mobiles is practically
insolvent. As a rule the Russian noble never
dreams Of industriously filling his land to ad-
vantage so long as he can obtain a bank ad-
vance. The effect of this is in the avidity
with which a crowd Of princely families and a
still larger number Of the lesser mobiles are
taking to various commercial and industrial en-
terpriSeS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-14

.ugar which largely accounts for its keeping
qualities. it being easily kept for several years.
since foreign packers began to pay more at
tention to cleanliness and neatness III putting up
,ha s,,i, for the American market it has be-
come far more popular than formerly. says
'The Pioneer Press Of st. Paul. with the re-
duction OF price which will naturally follow the
substitution of a home grown for an imported
rroduct there will doubtless come in time I'M
rrovements in the methods Of cultivation and IN
the quality Of the fruit similar to those which
have been witnessed in the case or the orange.
tn, rcxt generation of Americans will probably
cat better dates at a lower price than nave ever
before been known outside Of Persia and
Arabia"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-14
4 BUDDHIST TEMPLE IN PHILADELPHIA.
Corresnondence of The BaItimore sun.

Correspondence of The Baltimore Sun.
The only Buddhist temple in America, and the
best-equippei shrine Of its kind outside Of those
countries protesting Buddhism as their faith,
has been opened in the new museum building
at the University of Pennsylvania
No attempt has been made by Professor Som
mervlle to reproduce the exterior of a Buddhist
temple, but "a large room In the museum has
been fitted up with materials purchased dur
ing the last six years Of priests in charge Of
these temples in Eastern lands II has been in
stalled at the university that all may form an
idea of such place of worship. while through
its completeness Mongolans and Buddhists gen.
orally will recognize a shrine where they may
perform their accustomed acts of devotion.
As visitors pass through the Vestibule of the
temple proper there bursts upon them a scene Of
Oriental splendor, the glare Of searchlights
bringing out the gistening effect of the golden
deites richly embroidered panels and highly
colored hangings.
The most noticeable features after entering
the sammOn, outer gates, the three
guardians protecting the gods with threatening
mcn the rinzo. revolving bookcase containing
the canons and doctrines of the Buddhist faith
OF which one Is supposed to secure a knowledge
by merely walking around the it re-
wolves; the cstern where worshippers rinse their
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-14
DATE-GROWING IN THE SOUTHWEST.
From Bradstreets.

From BradStreetS
II present advices are correct another i'm
pOrtant industry, that Of date-grOwng. will
shortly be inaugurated in this country. Through
the efforts OF our Agricultural Department the
date tree Of Algiers has been successfully trans
planted and successfully aCcmated in Arizona
ard the beginnings of another profitable in
dustry have thus been made. II is predicted
that in a few years American orchards will sup
Fly the entire home demand for dates.
1t would seem that not only Arizona. but New
Mexico the 'staked- plain" region OF Texas and
considerable patches in California and the Ind
ian Territory afford the peculiar conditions Of
soil and climate necessary for the date. 1t does
rot appear to thrive in regions where the hu-
mildly is so great as i'm our Gulf States. sin
gle tree yields from 100 to 400 pounds of dates
per annum. The fruit contains So per cent OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-14
CROWDING INTO JAPANESE TOWNS.
From The London Mail.

From The london Mail.
There Is no land In the world. the United
States not even excepted. where such a rapid
concentralizaton Of population in the towns has
taken place in Japan.
Within the last decade Toxic has doubled its
population since 1SSS-vz.. to 100000; Yoko-
hama and Kobe rose respectively from 5000
and 10000 to 10000 and $4,000 Osaka from
100000 to $4,000 inhabitants. In 1886 there
were in Japan III towns with more than 1OO.-
600 inhabitants: now there are 220. Japan num-
bers now 45,00OOOO souls.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-14

mouths and wash their hands before entering
the presence of the Buddha: the prayer wheels.
by the turning Of which supplications are sup
posed to reach the deity; the god Benzuru. who
cures all pains by the sufferer rubbing the
corresponding part of the deity; the shrine, or
holy Of holes, and the stand or gong for Sc
curing the attention OF the gods.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-14
"ERM[NIE" ONCE MORE.
NOTHING NEWER THAN THAT THIS
WEEK.
EVERYTHING ELSE REMAINS AS IT wAs-THE
WANING OF THE THEATRICAL SEASON.

WANING OF THE THEATRICAL SEASON.
The warning has already been sounded IN
these columns that the theatrical season is draw
ing to its close. Readers are row Informed that
if their ARRANGEMENTS for the summer are made
they need not stay in town moment longer for
the sake of anything that Is to be done at
the theatres There will be nothing more or
import which they have not seen or had chance
to see.
The only important change of bill this week
will be at the Casino. where "Errninie" Will be
performed. This is an operetta which has al
ready made something of a success at this same
house. Indeed. everybody who knows anything
worth mentioning about the Casino knows THAI
| il never looks quite so much itself as when
''Erminie" is on the stage. The cast may vary
from time to time and ii would be Impossible
now to bring together the familiar old cast, be-
cause some of the members Of 1t are dead III FOR
TO better reason: but those whose memories
dwell upon the older days of the Casino are
usually content with "Erminie" If Francis Will
son figures in IT, He will do so this time, and so
will Miss Lillian Russell who belongs. in a GER
tain sort of way to the Casino. though she
| has not hitherto had much to do with "Er-
mimic"
| More recent operetta may be seen at the Fifth
Avenue Theatre where De Wolf Hopper and his
company will continue their engagement in THE
Charlatan." This work seems to have taken a
better hold on the public fancy than it did
when it was presented here early in the season.
Perhaps the present company, which is almost
| entirely new one makes the difference, but
a considerable difference there certainly is
! Miss Maude Adams and her assistants viii
perform Romeo and Juliet" at the Empire
| Theatre for another week. 1t seems hardly
necessary to say this, for all the seats for all
the performances are already sold, and were So
practically, before the present engagement be
! gan at all.
! Shenandoah" has renewed its old popularity
| and has made new friends at the Broadway
Theatre. 1t has had encouraging career
there thus far. and will easily fill out the re-
mainder of the season Of the house
Still no limit is set to the run OF THE Great
Ruby" at Days Theatre. 1t will close when the
weather Is too hot for it to go on longer anu
not till then 1t is still drawing large houses
larger, probably, than any other play now IN
town.
Because She Loved Him SO" will close the
season at the Madison Square Theatre as soon
as the public shows that it longer cares to see
1t. 1t has given no sign of any such feeling OK
safety as yet. The 150th performance VIII De
| given to- morrow night
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-23
FISCAL AGENT FOR CUBA
A Trust Company to Succeed
the Bank of Spain.
NATIVES TO BE EMPLOYED
Patriots Bitterly Opposed to the
Spanish Financial Institution-Ac-
copied by the Administration AK n
Last Resort-DctaiIs of the New
Transaction Not Yet Made Public.

The continuance of the Bank of Spain
as the fiscal agent for the United States
in Cuba will be of short duration. Presi-
dent Mckinley has practically adopted
plan which will enable this Government
TO collect the taxes in Cuba without re-
gard to that unpopular institution. For
several days he has been considering a
means of relieving the island of the coer-
Give methods of this concern, which the
people of Cuba are so loudly protesting
against.
The President made the Bank of Spain
the fiscal agent in Cuba only as a last re-
sort, and in consequence of the necessity
that the taxes due by the Cubans shoIld
be collected at once, in order that the
island should not be placed too heavily
in debt to the United States Government
in administering its affairs.
The President was well aware that the
appointment of this institution would meet
with protest from the inhabitants OF the
island as it was one of the tyrannical in
situations from which they had struggled
to free themselves. The designation of
| the bank as a fiscal agent was unwelcome
| to the President and his advisers, who
| would gladly have accepted any other
method available to accomplish the col
| lection of the taxes. 1t was at first
| thought advisable TO grant a franchise to
| an American firm which would establish a
branch Office in Cuba and act as the fiscal
| agent of this Government. To this end
| President Mckinley held a conference
! with the representatives of several Ameri-
can banking concerns but at that time
| none of them was found to be avaiiab e.
| Former Secretary John G. Carlisle. VITO
Is the attorney and one of the directo. S
of the North American Trust Company
which ROW acts as the fiscal agent of the
! United States in Santiago was yesterday
| in conference with the President for over
! an hour. During that time arrangements
were completed whereby the North Ameri-
| can Trust Company will be authorized to
| take the place of the Bank of Spain in
| collecting the taxes in Cuba. The exact
| time when the branch Office will be estab-
| lished has not been d, tcrmined upon nos
| will the details OF the transaction be made
public until the formal transfer has been
made.
| One of the conditions already agreed
upon is that the subordinate positions in
| the bank shall be filled by Cubans. in
order to allow them to become acquainted
with the manner OF collecting taNss and
/ transacting the business of the institution
and that eventually they may assume con-
! troll of the financial affairs when this
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-23
THE BROOKE EXHIBITION
Promise of a Rare Treat to
Washington's Art World.
FINE TONE PICTURE WORK
Popularity of Individual DispInyS-
Excellent Things in Small Frames
The RcmodcIed :. W. :. Gallery
Other Soic> of Interest to Paint
crs Versatility and It's Surprises.

Richard y. Brookes exhibition of work
in oil and pastel colors will open today
in the s. W. A. galleries. Il viii continue
throughout the week and admission viii
be free. No one interested in the higher
things accomplished in strictly local art
circles should miss this opportunity to sec
these excellent pictures. To the fraternity
this exhibition is only little less impor-
tant than the annual exhibition of the so
ciety. MIR. Brooke's reputation is secure
and his name stands for the most unswerv-
ing devotion to the very highest art ideals.
II is therefore. matter of great intereS;
10 the more serious of local painters what
impression this collection of pictures will
make upon the Washington public.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-23
LEXINeToN's SUNDAY CRUSADE


Lexington, Ky. Jan. 22.-LeXington $
Sunday Closing Association, which has
been the means of indicting over 100 sa-
loon keepers here for violating the Sab
bath, turned its attention to other business
houses today. and will. nj the next term
OF the Circuit Court, indict BARRIERS, clo
THEIRS. confectioners, grocers, and other
business men who keep open on Sunday
III violation of the State statutes. Mem
bers were busy today getting evidence
against all persons who kept their places
of business open.
Several Of the Bible College students
who belong to the association carry local
papers on Sunday, and the saloon men say
they Will have them indicted if possible.
Many of the saloons in the downtown dis
trcs were closed today, the proprietors
fearing more indictments
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-23
THE PRESIDENT AT WORSHIP.
Mankind Advised tea Appeal TO Christ
in the Trouble. of Life.


President Mckinley. accompanied by
Colonel and Mrs Hcrrick Of Cleveland,
who are visiting AT the White House, at
tended the morning service yesterday at
the Metropolitan NJ E Church The ser
mon was heard by large congregation and
The pulpit was occupied by the pastor the
Rev. DR.. Frank N. Bristol
Dr. Bristol took his text from John
ZyiX:4: is not this the Christi" These
we're The words OF the woman of Sameria
10 her husband after her meeting with the
Saviour at Jacobs we'll. said Dr. Bristol.
she was surprised that Christ. born a Jew,
should hold conversation with her. and
more especially that he should ask her for
wafer. considering that the people of Judea
During their short Interview Christ had
told the woman Of ali the things which
he had done and which had happened TO
her during her whole life. This so aston
ishsd her that She has'eued 20 her nus
hand and told him what had happened ami
concluded by asking if this man were not
the Christ
The lesson was used by Dr. Bristol 20
illustrate the fact that God knows more of
men than they actually know of themselves
and for this reason they should always APP
peal TO Christ who knows both them ana
God, as a mediator FOR mankind in all it;
troubles and trials. Dr Bristol made hi
appeal more impressive by the recital of d
story based on facts IN which a dying
mother effected reconciliation between {
father and son who had been tsJranged foi
Years.
Several new members were received into
the Metropolitan Church during the ser
vice esterday.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-23
THE WOMEN OF ICELAND.
Miss Ackermann Describes ihc Civ.
iIizatiOn OF the Far North.

Jessie 4. Ackermann, organizer OF the
Worlds Womans Christian Temperance
Union, delivered two very interesting lee
lures in Washington yesterday under the
auspices of that organization. In the after
noon Miss Ackermann spoke on Christian
Citizenship in the First Congregational
Church, and in the evening she addressed
a large audience in the Metropolitan NJ. L.
Church on The Women Of Iceland"
Miss Ackermann has a charming person.
ality and is an entertaining lecturer. Dur
ing the past eight years she has visited
forty-seven countries. She has gathered
fund OF information in regard to the civ
ilization and morality of the countries Of
the world, which delivered as it was with
sincerity and elegance of expression, made
a strong impression on her hearers.
The inhabitants OF Iceland impressed
Miss Ackermann in many ways as sGrpris-
ingly wonderful. Their standard OF social
morality, she says. is in advance of that
of any other nation which she has visited.
They are q refined and highly educated
people, many OF them speaking four or
five languages. They have had legisla-
ture for LOCO years and their government
is excellent.
The special phase of last evenings lee
ture, however. was the social side of their
life. The women of that country adopted
some centuries ago the same code of NOR
ais for the men as they themselves had,
and their standard was even higher than
the American. This moral law has been
rigidly enforced, and the result is that the
home life of Iceland is to use the speak
er's own expression, perfectly ideal"
Miss Ackermann had an excellent copor-
tunity to study the home life of that cOun-
try. as she rode horseback over S00 miles
stopping at a different home every night.
This journey occupied thirty-one days. and
the same domestic tranquility was appa-
rent wherever she stopped.
The long winter evenings are given over
to study. and although many Of the mate
rial comforts enjoyed in this country are
| lacking there. the home is cheerful and
comfortable While the head of the house
hold reads the women occupy themselves
in knitting. and the children are given les
sons to learn. In this way the months of
| twilight are spent.
The comparison drawn between these
| women of the icy north and the women
claiming the highest civilization of the
world was one to cause reflection.
Miss Ackermann will speak next in New
York city. from whence she will go to
Maine, New Hampshire Vermont. Massa-
chusetts. Rhode Island. and Connecticut
returning to PENNSYLVANIA, and speaking in
the eastern Chautauquas the coming sum
mer
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-23

seen by gaslight, is one Of the most origi-
nal and true things Mr.. Brooke has ever
done. Above wide moor, brown and
purpled by autumn frosts, hangs a band
of gray sky. above it n luminous field OF
yellow sky. On the gray band of sky Is
planted the red orange disk of the setting
sun-Steven Crane called it red wafer"
in his Red Badge of Courage" The sky
is identical, and perfectly familiar TO
everyone. There is curious optical illu-
sion in this sun effect. 1t looks as il the
canvas might be Illuminated from the
back.
The Figure Pictures.
Mr. Brooke, although a versatile artist,
painting both figures and landscapes at
will has a manner and style quite as near
ly his own as any man can have who IS
conservative and not a crank pursuing
the gentle art of making enemies" Mr.
Brooke's figures shown here exhibit some
of the vigor of his earlier methods. They
were done number of years ago. Notably
No. 80. The Grandmother" a French
peasant with a child at her knee. is very
strong and reveals the firm foundation
upon which Mr.. BrOoke's later art is built
The two subjects No. Go, Spinning Flax"
and The Reapers," are among the very
few pastels shown and have all the good
qualities of /. F. Millet whom the subjects
and method suggest. Everybody knows, or
should that these are quite as good as any
Millets of similar subject, although they
only whisper it. Regulations mean so
much, and Washington is proud OF Mr.
Brooke and his work. This important col
lective exhibition will undoubtedly add
new laurels and afford his friends much
enjoyment. JAMES HENRY MOSER.