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do know how many books there are in the
museum as whole. nor does any one else
know, save approximately. In Paris, at the
National Library, they count every scrap.
every individual pamphlet and so on as a
volume, and If we were to do the same
here the total number of volumes is more
library in Paris A very complete catalogue
of American books was published by an
American, Mr.. Henry Stevens of Vermont,
in 1856. bringing the number down to 1910,
but since that time the number of Ameri-
can books has enormously increased.
would not attempt to say how great has
been the increase, but it has been very
great. In point of fact, there is not an
American book published that would be
considered worth keeping in one of your
own public libraries which you may not find
in our collection. All your government re-
ports too, of every kind we have"
Another gentleman connected with the
library department of the museum assured
me that the British Museum had larger
collection of American books, especially of
first editions. than any library in the United
States
Stevens catalogue is complete one as
far as it goes. and was published under
the auspices, with the sanction of, the
museum authorities. He notes in his pref
ace, written at the time of the issuance of
the book. that the number of American
books on Christmas day. 1876. was at least
10000. The number now must be at least
a hundred thousand volumes. This esti-
mate, when the governments reports are
taken into account. is doubtless far too low.
swnrms of Americans.
And not only are there many features of
American interest IN this great museum, but
there are many Americans to be found
there, too. No matter if you visit the mu-
scum in the late autumn, when the tide of
American travel is setting westward, you
will still be sure to find many American
faces in the bewidering maze of corridors.
Vii h.,-a hoo, iaor,
visiting the museum than in any former
year. Naturally, the greater number of them
are tourists. who pass through the museum
as sightseers, but there are not few
also, who come again and again to study
this and that feature of interest; while
Americans who write, or those from our
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-09
IN THE Gnu RICH ES

Mention has already been made in The
Star that Monslgnor Sbaretti of the apos-
tolic delegation in this city has been ap-
pointed bishop of the diocese of Havana, TO
succeed Bishop Santander. resigned. The
new bishop is regarded as remarkably well
equipped for the new duties which he will
assume shortly. and he bears the reputI-
ton Of being not only scholar and theolo-
gian, but an experienced dip'ornat. He is
in the fOr;y-fourth year of his age. having
been born in Mcntefranco. Italy in 1876.
His theological studies we're pursued IN
Rome, where ne WAS ordained to the priest
hood in 1878. at the age of twenty-five
years. During the period he remained in
college he not only studied theology but
law. and he was hOnored with the degrees
of DID. and LID. He came to the United
States in 1898 with Archbishop SatoiH,
The first delegate from the pope to this
country
The diocese of Havana contains. it is
stated. Ia parishes and a population of
more than 12HI.0UO Catholics The chief
educational Institutions are the Havana
University, two seminaries. two profess
slonal schools with meteorological observa-
tories and one agricultural school. When
first created the diocese included not only
ali OF Cuba, but Louisiana and Florida.
Probably the most interesting Catholic
church in the diocese is the Chapel of FL
Template. venerated the spot where
mass was celebrated for the first time in
America This took place Sunday, July g.
1924. when Columbus. who had just landed
had a rude altar erected and returned
thanks TO God for the blessings bestowed
upon himself and his crew
The city of Havana, where the new
bishop will reside. contains a historic ca
thedral. generally believed to have been the
last resting place in America of Christo-
pher Columbus. When San Domingo was
ceded to France the remains of the emf
nent diScoverer were removed to Havana,
where they were placed in an urn, which
was deposited in the wall of the sanctuary
and sealed up with a marble slab sur
mounted by bust wreathed with laurel
m Radcliffe NJ Naw YORK. av.nu. r,.,.A
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blended in such way in these masks as
ing effects. tF
During the comparatively short life of
the British Museum nlarvels have been
wrought | say Comparatively short life,
Tor the museum, library and all, was only
opened to the public in 1852 and it was
then but a comparatively small affair its
paslS befng purchase OF the museum of
Sir Hans Sloan. 1t has been during the
present century that the museum has made
Its progress, until now 1t leads the world
IN the extent, the magnitude and the i'm
portance of its collections. In point of
TACT, the present great building in which
the museum is housed was not completed
until lS4I. and the vast circular reading
room, one of the modern wonders of the
world, was not built until 1857; while the
in 1884.
asked Mr.. George H. Fortesaue, the
keeper or the public books of the museum,
now many American books there were in
the museum.
He looked at me with haif-amused ex-
preston on his face and said:
Books From America.
1t would be quite impossible for me to
tell You haven't the faintest idea. Nor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-09

From Puch

Some mud throwed in the campaign
Yes"
"Powful lot O. mud You see, 1 was run
MIN fer member leg slatur as a farmer, an
t other side 'ey went telling round at 1
oncet come back from a visit L New York
city with dollar in my pocket! But no.
body blieved 'em! Farmers all voted fer
me. Ely knowed l was one on EN-"
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The Way of the schemer.
From Life.

From Life.
De Faque-''If I could get some one to
invest thousand in that scheme of mine.
I could make some money"
Crawford-"How much could you maker
why, a thousand?''
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ADVERTISED LETTERS.

The following IS list ~ advertised letters re-
naming in the Washington o. c. post office Sat
uIdsy, December 8. 1899.
To obtain any of these letters the applicant
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From Puck.

Prosperity repeated the Kansas
farmer, with loud laugh. "Why. thew
amt skurcely one O. my neighbors but
W., WHAT'S got him a carpet to his cyclone cell
lar, an some on ems Brussels toor'
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A Gloom Center

From the Chicago Record.
r What melancholy man Mr.. Groots is!''
Yes; he's Hamlet with the play left
OUT
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Mahaleb stocks; and as for plums they
should always be worked on the native
American stocks for this cold region
The commonly used Nlyrobolan and
Mariana stocks should be especially
;eschewed.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-08-05


to the successful enterprises of the kind
that are now turning out millions of
pounds of sugar each year, and of a
quality that is equal to the best of the
cane sugar. All that these men ask for
realization of their prophecies is a
continuation of the protective policy
that is now in force on sugar, and they
are sure that before many years Amer
lea will manufacture the greater part
Of the sugar we use, if not consider
able amount for export.
When. comparing these two state
ments II equally brilliant students it
is well 70 take into consideration the
fact that this country is annually in
creasing its consumption of sugar far
in advance of its increase of popula
ton. Sugar statistics demonstrate that.
the consumption of sugar is increasing.
in the United States at the rate of IL
pen cent. per annum, or more than
doubling in every ten years, while5the
population is increasing now at only
about three per cent. per annum. Thus
it will be seen that the production of
cane sugar, if it is to have monopoly
of the sugar market, must mallerapii
strides in the quantity produced. This
is one of the facts that those who be-
lieVe in the future Of beet sugar pre-
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-08-05

Venlent spot Wnere
the sea breezes may be enjoyed is
Coney Island; at the better hotels there
man and his wife pay for board from
SIS per week upward. A little farther
out on Long Island board by the sea-
shore costs for two persons from $50
per week up. This is for a small room;
bigger ones and suites are in proper
ton. Long Branch and the Jersey
shore resorts are two hours from the
city and nearly as expensive.
Inland, and more than an hour and
a half from the city, prices drop with
a dull thud, but this is of no use to the
man who must be early at his desk.
There are any number of places where
woman and her children may live all
summer at reasonable expense, but
none of these places are near. None of
them is the slightest use to a man who
does not want to send his family away
from him.
The geographical shape Of the long,
narrow city has much to do with this
fault. You cannot leave New York in
more than three directions by rail.
This fact is worth money to the
keepers of summer hotels near by.
Everything is done for the rich man,
nothing for the man of moderate
means; his money is not wanted, ap-
parentiy. 1t costs certain sum per
week to be fed and lodged; it costs
meanwhile another and much big
ger sum to keep cool.
Yet if one has the money, it is true,
as is so often claimed, that New York
is itself almost summer resort. You
can do business SO easily and swiftly
in highly-crowded business section
where everybody you need to see is
within half mile of everybody else,
and then whisk away in half an hour
to the very shore of the sea and be as
cool and comfortable as possible. But
this is only for the man with money.
The poor man goes to the seashore, but
does not sleep there; he returns late
at night to his steaming tenement with
its almost unbelievable heat, its sitting
air, its stenches. New York is a good
place to earn money, but a bad place
to live.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-08-05

to await lady carrying a bunch OF
violets, and drive back with all haste.
On her arrival Rudolph met her on the
steps, drew her into the salon, which
opened into his private apartments,
and closed the door.
What passed between the pair can,
of course, never be known. By notes,
however, written by Marie Vetsera to
her mother and sister, it is plain that
he told her of the insurmountable bar
rier between them and of his promise
to his father to separate from her for
ever.
Marie had foreboding that she was
to be separated from Rudolph, which
seemed worse than death. At no time
had she had the hope, the confidence in
the appeal to Leo that Rudolph had
had. She carried strychnine about her
person, SO that if the awful fat were
pronounced she might end her desola-
ton, her misery at once. In the tenn
porary absence of the prince she swal-
lowed it. Rudolph, already crushed by
the trying interview, must have been
crazed quite at seeing the girl he had
loved SO passionately dying before his
eyes, dying, too, in his own private
his life ruined, with no hope in the fu-
ture, one should be slow to censure if
he put bullet through his own brain.
An autopsy on the body of Marie
showed she had been dead two hours
when the fatal shot was fired. A note
of Rudolph's ran thus:
Dear Friend: I must die. In honor /
can do nothing else. Good-by. The bless
ing Of God be with you RUDOLPH
Marie's to her sister:
.He has told me all i cannot tell you
what he did tell me. / can never be his
now / am alone fer a moment, while he
has gone to send away Bratf1sch. knew
prevent our being happy, SO brought the
poison with me, and am going to drink it.
When he returns It will be too late to save
me, and I will die in his arms, happy to be
with him till the last Forgive me, and
love me, pray for me, and take care of our
poor mother. She will feel this more than
you can think or know
In haste Count Hoyos went to Vienna.
The empress was the first to whom the
tale was told. Putting self aside, she
claimed the right to tell the emperor,
knowing he would bear the blow better
il it came from her lips. Together they
went to the salon of Stephanie. When
she saw the palIor and misery written
ON their faces she OWNED the worst.
With shrek she fell at the empress
feet, exclaiming: Rudolph is dead.
and 1t is who have killed him. =
The body of Marie was taken from
Mayerling by night with the greatest
secrecy and sent to her family in Nen-
Ice. where her death was announced.
Soon it was whispered that it was not
at Venice, but at Mayerling she died.
Then arose the story that she had died
blythe hand of Rudolph, which has been
current till this nameless woman has
written and dedicated THE Aartyrdom
of an Empress ITO my empress in
loving and devoted memory Of years
gone by LYDIA L. GORDON.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-08-05

suits may be attained in each different
locality where it is necessary to consid-
er the soil and temperature.
These tests hive demonstrated the
fact that it is possible to produce sugar
beets in practically every state in the
union, and that with little care in
their cultivation there need be but lit
tie difference in their quality. The
value of these experiments in the beet
sugar industry cannot be oyeresti-
mated, and it is through them that the
manufacture of beet sugar promises to
become one Of the leading industries
of the country.
That the manufacture of sugar from
beets has passed the experimental
stage in this country is proven by the
investment of Claus Spreckles, the
sugar king, of nearly three millions of
dollars in the industry in California
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-08-05
VOL. IX.-NO. Al.

Il A VHAT is the future of the beet

X A VHAT is the future of the beet
WV sugar industry in the United
w States? This question is one
that is receiving careful consideration
by many capitalists and farmers
throughout the country There are in
dustrial and agricultural scholars who
claim that the making of sugar from
beets will never be sufficiently success
fulinthis country to owarrant the invest
ment of large amounts of capital. They
see in the repeated agitation of the
question but an effort on the part of
machinery manufacturers to produce
a market for their wares. They claim
that with the opening of the Spanish
possessions, that the mother country
has so recently lost, to modern methods
in the cultivation and manufacture of
cane sugar the cost of production OF
this article will be so reduced, and at
the same time the quantity SO greatly
increased, that it will force the beet
sugar out of the market. qsa Is
On the other hand, there are equally
as capable men who claim that the beet
sugar is but in its infancy, and that it
will in time become one of the great
industries of the country. They point
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-08-05
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.


| Ordinarily they stay in town, as do SO
many others who love each other too
well to care to be parted all the week.
Everything is cheap in New York, and
yet everything costs money. A wom-
an buys cloth for gown as cheaply as
she can anywhere in the world: but she
is obliged to pay handsomely for its
lnaking; her associates are particular
about '.cut and tit." A young man even
in modest circumstances will have
three summer suits, as many winter
ones and odds and ends in year; and if
he is in business where his appearance
counts, as in the case of a lawyer, he
pays from $50 to $50 per suit. 1t would
| be false economy not to do SO. Ii | were
out of a job and looking for another
in New York; should pay high prices
for clothing as matter of business.
A friend of mine has son who is just
beginning in the law. He has been en-
ployed to do odds and ends in big law
office for $12 a week, and. having thus
obtained some experience, was think
ing of starting for himself. The father
went with his son to look at some of
fees, and hesitated between suite
costing $500 and one costing 5000. An
old lawyer acquaintance whose advice
he asked said to him: You're well to
do and want to give the lad good start.
| should advise you to take the more
expensive offices. OF course he won't
begin to make enough to pay his rent
the, first year, but when he does get
business it will be Of a higher class; he
can charge more, too, being in better
suite"
1t was the wisdom Of the serpent; you
pay more and in the end get more. I've
no doubt-in fact, l am sure-that the
advice was good. But it makes the out
look for the poor country boy who
thinks Of coming to the city and Tending
for himself look rather dubious. Many
of them do it and succeed, but it's get
ting a little harder every year.