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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24
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A man noted for his "nearncssv wen,
into n meat shop and inquired tho price
OF certain soup bone. The proprjetor
OF the shop was a generous fellow. and
In answer TO the old mans question NJ
said. "Oh. I'll give you that" The cus.
toner put his hand TO his ear. He As
hard OF hearing and had missed the re-
ply. Cant you take something of
that7" he asked. The dealer took pity
on him. Yea" he said. "can n IA
cents" And the old man went houSs
with comfortable sense of having
driven a good trade.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24

ped assistants with only a crude idea
or the library's contents.
The several training schools have pro-
vided librarians skilled in their craft.
and IL the new institution is not well
ofhcered and kept strictly up TO the re-
quirepients of the century IL Will not
be from lack Of available timber.
One feature OF the new library win
commend itself to all patrons. and that
Is the provision that requires an open
door from In the morning to at night
every weekday and from o'clock In
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24

Three days literward tur' Saint p''Oo w." 49,
te came ashore at the the mau On ieS
same place with the man back awe ana
on It's back alive and well. Since that
well. time they have
never eaten or destroyed one of that
species. although they enjoy other spe-
cies. II one now happens TO be washed
ashore, there Is great commotion In the
town. First. the women sit down and
start singing and beating sticks; next a
small piece OF white cloth is placed on
the turtles back Food is then pre-
pared and placed on the cloth. general
ly plantains. rice and palm oil. Then.
amid lot more singing. dsncing and
antics OF the fetch people. Il h. carried
back into the sea and goes on its way
rejoicing.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24

are really needed. A million may be
spent in housing 100000 worth OF
books, whereas the converse ought to
be the rule. AT a glance comparisons
are made with the cost as a criterion.
when there are many other things
which should be considered in the esti-
mate OF iibrary's value TO the genera
tion that erected and equipped it.
1t has been stated that New York's
great library will stand second only in
cost to the National. or Congressional.
library in Washington. which called
for an expenditure of So. 100000 II VIII
hold about as many books as the Bos-
ton Public. model OF its class. which
cost s2,s0o.0 900. or that OF Chicago. built
at an expense OF 100000 There are
numerous Libraries In the country that
cost above 100000 each. and it is in
teresting to note that their number is
increasing.
One OF the unique and up 10 date fea-
lures OF the New York consolidated IL
brary will be brought out by it's absorp-
tion of the free circulating system. de-
cided upon at a meeting Of the trustees
the first week in January. The proper
~ held by the existing Free Circulating
library of the city amounts In vafue to
S75o. 900. and an agreement was reached
by which not only will the circulating
library be established. but also branch
libraries in connection with various
schools OF Manhattan. These branch
libraries will be primarily for the bene-
at of persons who attend the board OF
education lectures, and not for school
children. Thus every worthy class OF
society viii be reached as this gigantic
institution stretches out It's arms and
finally performs the service for which
IL was intended--as a nucleus for the
assembling OF the vastest library on
this continent.
Great libraries are OF necessity grad
ual growths. and In their foundation
and development may be considered in
dices of city's or a country's status
in civilization. In reviewing the events
of history nothing so surely fixes at
| tention and awakens interest as the
data pertaining TO these aggregations
of books or their equivalents. be they
on paper, on parchment or on the clay
tablets with cuneiform inscriptions
1 found at Nineveh. The Oldest known
library, founded at Thebes in the time
OF Rameses III. viii ever wear a crown
of perennial glory; the destruction o.
the Alexandrian library by Omar. tn,
Moslem, and OF the Aztec picture writ
ings by Cortes. the Spanish conquista
dor. will always be iamented.
While the collections OF books I'm tn,
old world far antedate those made IL
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24
n Ew YORK win no longer have
TO bear the reproach which has
y hitherto been its portion thnf'

YEW YORK Will no longer nave
IN TO bear the reproach which has
y y hitherto been its portion thar.
while Il is the worlds second
city in population and wealth, ~ nAs
Jagged behind I'm the matter OF libraries
for the preliminary work Is nearly done
toward the foundation OF one OF the
largest ns well as most beautiful struc-
lures In the world devoted entirely 20
books.
1t was nenrly six years ago, or In
March, 1896. that the trustees OF the AS
tor library finally decided to combine
with the Lenox and the Tilden trust
fund for the establishment of tho insti-
tuition destined To be one OF the most
beneficial OF its kind. The same year
May 20. 1S55-the governor OF New York
signed the bill for erecting building
for the New York Public library. AS
the law explicitly declared that said
library building was TO be erected in
Sryant park or in o. upon any portion
thereof" the library committee took
FOR granted that II was 10 occupy the
site OF the old reservoir and arranged
for the preliminary competition OF ar.
chitec-s on that basis.
The consolidation was effected for the
express purpose of confe-ring an ines
unable benefit upon the city OF New
York and not in accordance with any
scheme contemplated by the orig IN q
founders OF tha LenoS or Astor libra.
ry. The great desideratum had long
beep known and leenly appreciated. fcr
New York had no public libiary In rs
larger sense. both those named above
being in their essence reference aud
consulting and nor lending libraries.
Tho queatioE AZ 10 hpg 70 bring thcrn
together anG throw cpcn thel" precious
ttsasures T. The public was decided
after the announcement of the ,royi-
siniis oc the lnte s J. JiGcns VIII by
which he bequeathed a gross sun, o'
ABOUT $4,000 ,01o for the purpose Irfor
inmate litigation reduced this 20 $1,000 =
Ooa: bu' this was fnaliy mad, availa
bic. and then occurred the act OK coa-
solldation
All parties e 'lH cren- Scheme o.
Der, .ticence at iast being in accord thu
work ~ excavation ~ the reservoir si'a
on Fifth ayerno between Fortieth ard
Forty-secono streets began a. once arc.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24

wide. The front elevation win be Is
feet In height and the rear Sc, while
the grand vestibule or hallway Will be
80 feet long. 40 feet wide and two sto-
ries in height. The ceilings win be
vaulted with stone. and stone stair
cases will lead 10 the upper rooms
There Will be a stack capacity at the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24

In the country. The late James Lenox.
who founded the library bearing his
name with an endowment OF more than
2,o00. 900. was man OF rare attain
ments possessed of acute literary Judg-
rlcnt and was an eminent authority on
ancient literature. lie ransacked all
Europe for the books which afterward
adorned the shelves of the Lenox, and
It's collections I'm some branches are un-
matched by those OF any other library
I'm The world. The single collection OF
Bibles for example. 1900 in number, in
cliidcs some that are not 10 be found
elsewhere. except in the British museum.
among them being the quaint vinegar"
bible and the famous "Mazarin-" In
ali. the Lenox will contribute more than
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24

In the New Hebrides human life has
been made safer by the Introduction %
pies into the island. The cannibals are
said to prefer roast pork TO roast man.
and as the portine tribe increases
among the natives they may give up
their feasts on human flesh altogcthc..
excepting when something unusia
happens. such as entertaining hine Il
some other cannibal island or state oc-
casion OF rare ceremony.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24

more who had not previous;l 4nen
part were invited 20 offer design. "a IA
.; these was 60 receive a prize OF S4OO
and an allowance OF $500 for the eX-
pense OF preparing the drawings The
designs Were 20 be numbered and Thea
submitted 10 q Jury entirely ignofant
ot the authors thereof This beard
rendered a report Ia scd strictly upon
actual merit Number IL. which was
rnaniiu ously selected by the jury as the
design possessing in a high degree all
the requirements called for BY the
terms OF tie competition aud present
ing consistent. skilful and artistic
solution .. the practical and structural
conditions" was su5r.itted by Messrs
CarreTe and Hastings of New York.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24

books. pamphlets and papers In large
library that are worth next TO nothing
and might easily be dispensed with. but
which are retained on the chance that
they might be needed The number or
volumes In q library II by no means an
index OF its usefulness. for those insti-
tutions carrying specia, books and
strictly limited as TO their number have
been shown 10 be of greatest service.
Even in a free library. patronized by
all sorts OF people with thousand d.
verse tastes, the worthless and little
read books ought TO be continually
weeded out AS with the collections. so
also with the librarians. One man with
a clear knowledge OF what the shelves
contain Is worth a hundred half equip
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24

from the prac-
tice in medieval
times OF keep
ing watch the
previous night
and praying in
the church until
morning dawn
ed.
At A b b o {
Bromley six deer
skulls. with ant
1ers mounted d
on short poles,
are ca rr lie d
about by men,
who caper in
time to a lively
tune, m akin g
"t h q d G e r.
dance a bout,
while a man on
- L - rI =. - - .,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24

Is 20 feet lCng . feet wide and So feet
high. with a shelving space for about
l.250.000 books. 4 central delivery COM
muDicatcs directly with the upper or
reading room. and the service is ex-
pccteG 90 BIZ unpreCedented,y prompt
As IN the older libraries OF which II is
composed. there viii be special rooms
or alcovCs FOR the use OF students in
ang branch OF study or investigation,
including every large topic such as orr
entail literature. sociology, mathemat-
les. music. Biblical literature and eco
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24

ing OF the science OF society OF of that
science which NJ. Comte more compact
ly and succinctly designates sociology
a science which concerns itself with all
the various phenomena incident to man
H. society and resulting from the multi
form actions and peculiar and chang
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24

its kind. strictly up TO date and en-
bracing all the latest IDEAS OF library
construction. r,uNgw aA se.
In the first competition there were IS
architects enlhsted. from whose submit
ted plans. according TO previous un-
derstanding. six were selected for the
second and final competition, and six
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24
Americas Greatest Public Library.

shelves some 100000 volumes. and when
10 these are added what the Lenox con-
tains and the comparatively small col
lection left by Mr.. Tiiden the total ag-
gregate with which the. new library
will open viii amount to more than
400 900 volumes.
There are. or course. many thousand
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24
THE HORN DANCE.

Many strange and odd old customs yet
hold good in various parts of Great
Britain. The horn dance il. perhaps.
one OF the oldest and Oldest of these.
II takes place at Abbot Bromley. a viii
Iage on the edge OF Needwood forest.
Staffordshire, on the occasion of the
wakes" The day of the wakes Is
the festival OF the patron saint OF the
village church. and the name arises
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24

Monies. II is well known. OF course.
that the Astor was especially rich in
some classes Of books and the Lenox in
others The latter has probably more
precious works on archaeology. gene
alogy. history. particularly of music.
and those rare volumes so dear TO the
bibliophile than ANY other institution
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24

1850 volumes to the total which Will
lie assembled In the consolidated libra
~.
1870, and SO Is considerably younger
than its sister. the Astor, which was
endowed in lSlS. John Jacob Astor' 8
original donation was 100000, which
"a those DAYS was considered munifi-
cent. as Il was. w y. Astoi added 10 IL
$3.50 GOO. and j !. Astor second S250,0o0,
making a total OF 81 200 900. According
10 the last report, the Astor had on It's
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24

compared with the cost % running Al
engine drawn by horses This csicuiA
ton. however Is based on thr asspDrp
ton that three horses are required 40
pull each engine. az Is ihc cas-, ~ Naw
Orleans.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24

true. for a very considerable portion OF
the imperfect and vicious legislation OF
which the people Justly complain may
he traced TO lack of reliable data and
accurate knowledge upon the part OF
the average lawmaker. of a true con-
ception o. comprehensive understand
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24
WAS NAV on MONKEY rrnsr,

The outlook is not so favorable "a
man being the ascendant animal A
learned German professor claims "a
have made the discovery that man cx-
isted on earth before the monkeys APP
psared.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24

outset for at least 100000 volumes.
with possibilities for expansion in the
future as the library grows I'm size.
In the basement the circulating fea-
ture OF the library will be established.
with entrance at the center OF the
building from Forty second street. on
the first floor Will be the periodical
newspaper and children's room. and on
the second space will be reserved for
students in special rooms. access 10
which Will he by ticket. the public In
general being excluded The main
reading room viii be on the third and
upper floors. away from the noise and
hustle OF The street. with nothing to
distract the attention. IL viii be over
the largest library stack. which itself
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24

mean death to
the guilty one
or sic k n e s 5
among the fam
fly. The fetch
men, of whom
there are pien-
~. declare that
years ago n man
went to sea fish
ing. In the
night his canoe
was thrown up
on the beach
empty. Three
days afterward
n turtle came
ashore az the
. ..l.-a t.tsh
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24

o freer range. one island in the mid.
die OF Long island sound Sc devoted on.
tirely TO the turkey business. The
fowls are fed. hut otherW ise are lett 10
take care OF themselves
Careful inquiries made iu pvlyn,sisn
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24

billiard room, and a gymnasium -
planned for the basement
Rhode Island ana Connecticut turkey
raisers have concluded that their nocks
arc coddled too much % be healthful
and their plan nov is 70 give the fowls
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24

Islands In New Guinea and west AfrI-
60 indicEre that typhoid fever does not
Occur in those regions. bat seems "a be-
a bypcduCt OF civilization.
The ticfmHn emperor wcsrs two
bracelets on his lett wrist one con.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24
WHERE TURTLES ARE vExnRATEn

Al n place called Kotorn, on tho
French Ivory Coast. the natives believe
that to eat or destroy a turtle would
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24

tains useful little wetth and the 9TH
er Is I'm the form % gold cable
The Chief cne'nerr Of the New or
leans IRE departnient has hgurcd Out
thHt an electric rte engine can b. op-
ereted al saving of s55 pet month ss
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24

entities = member 20 all the privileges
OF The club. Refreshments are served
At cost and storage for bicycles is pro-
vidcd. There az, 4 smoking room and
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24

A g. Paul publishing house has
lsased club building for its $50 cm-
ploy-es. The dues are 10 cents
month. sra the payment OF the same
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24

The average Of illness IN. human ne
is nine days out OF the year.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24

was pushci 10 success.ui conclusion.
Meanwhile. unde- The supervision OF a
eelect can,nittec ol eminent specialists.
presided over W Ilr. J. +. Billings. as Il
board OF trustees. specifications were
prepared for thc STRUCTURE 20 be erect.
ed, ana all the architects OF the country
~erc invited % compete. according 20
the plan, as a basis for their designs
thc architects Were 20 adhere TO Ger
tain features. giving not only huid-
ing oxteriorly beautiful but arranged
fnteriorly SC that Il would be q model Of
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-24

who teereby drew one of the richest
architectural prizes OF the century.
Fronting an fifth avenue. with
length OF 900 feet. a depth Of $50 feet
ana a height OF thre" stories, the build
inr Will have sufficient space not only
H. front but all around Il, 10 display is
nagrihcent proportions and beautiful
lines, The general treatment OF the
Fifth avenue facade iS in the classic
lone ORDER. with columns and pilasters
the main entrance being under three
large arches each 35 feet high and 10
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-12-11

Foreign Manufacturers Perpetrate
Many swindies Through Imifat-
ing Our Productions.

Imitation is the sincerest fiattery,
says the copybook adage. 1t is seen
in the tricks attempted. the deceits
practiced and the swindles perpe-
trated by the rivals of the American
manufacturer and producer. Amer
ican oil, which, on account of its ex-
cellence, sells for few cents more
gallon than the Russian and Su-
matra oils, is put up in cans weighing
80 pounds each. The Chinese, taking
care not to disturb the seal, bore a
hole in the bottom of the can, let out
the oil and substitute the Russian or
Sumatra. Thousands of empty Stand
ard oil cans are shipped from Hankau
to Shanghai TO be filled with Russian
oil for the interior market, says III. L.
Armstrong, in Ainslee's.
The Chinese seem to be adopts at
cheating. They take American flour
sacks. fill them with cheap grades and
represent the stuff as genuine Cali
fornia flour. They put up cigarettes
from the rankest tobacco sweepings
in American packages. They sell the
Chinese hams, which revolt the aver
age stomach, for the fine favored Chi
cago ham. They soak labels off con-
densed milk cans, champagne, per-
fume and sauce bottles and boxes of
confectionery and stick them on an
inferior and sometimes worthless ar
ticle. The japanese have for several
years initiated superior brand of
American condensed milk and used
the American trade mark on il.
The Japanese are notorious coun-
terfeiters of foreign goods. "Many
standard articles" says Consul James
w. Ragsdale, at Tientsin, 'are made
in Japan and shipped here for half the
price of the genuine article. They are
equal to our products in name only.
A graphophone is made in Germany
and sold here for the genuine Edison.
1t is, indeed, a very poor imitation.
What, Germans in the bunco business,
too. Certainly, and they are so clever
that detection is not easy. One of
their tricks is to screw their own name
plates on American machines, and
they make no bones about using an
American trade mark if they can reg
lister il first. An American in Guate-
mala reports on German ingenuity as
follows:
"The Indians make a certain article
caleld the mountain coat. They spin
and weave the raw cotton and wool
in the crudest possible way, yet the
garment is woven so closely that il is
practically waterproof. The Germans
initiate this article so well that the
Indians themselves cannot tell the
difference, and, TO cap the climax, give
them 10 the Indians TO SELL"
England is also sinner. II am in
formed" said oCnsul General Stowe
at Cape Town, recently, that 4.000.-
600 pounds of timed meats were
shipped from the United States to
England and there rebranded sham
rock and shipped to this colony"
Nearly all the hams sold in Rio de
Janeiro as English are of American
origin.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-12-11

so. M'ALEsTER on THE TROLLEY.
The city council. of South Nc
Alester has granted franchise for
the construction of an electric
street railway, and all of the pleas.
ures of trolley dodging" is prom
ised within the next eighteen
months. A school will be opened
in the near future TO instruct the
citizens in the necessary footwork.
TO insure a graceful sidestepping Of
the ubiquitous fender. The society
for the "Perpetuation of itinerant
purps," and the Home mission
ary society for derelict Shanghais. |"
will alternate on Tuesdays in
"rail" talks and practical training
of their charges. "How not to be
a Frankfurter." aud "How to save
your pin feathers" are the initial
subjects, with instruction on the
escape route.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-12-11
The DAILY REVIEW.
A Column Of Today's News With Ad-
ded Comment.
OKLAHOMA SCHOOL LANDS

OKLAHOMA SCHOOL LANDS.
Judge Vandevanter, Of the In
dian department, in an opinion
handed down yesterday, held that
the school lands in Oklahoma could
not be filed on for mineral claims.
The decision affects 5000 quarter
sections and makes these lands
cure from the realty sharks.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-12-11

Tablets Buckeye Pile Ointment has
been thoroughly tested for many
years, and i a positive cure for this
most distressing and embarrassing ~
troubles Price, so cents in bottles.
Tubes. IS cents. Peoples Drug Store.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-12-11

OZARK AND CHEROKEE RAILROAD
A deed of trust has been filed at
Muskogee by H. w. Seaman, pres
ident of the Ozark IL Cherokee
railroad, to secure the payment OF
the first mortgage bonds of the
railway to the amount OF $1,000.
600. The deed of trust is dated
October l, 1901, and the Illinois
Trust company Of Chicago is nam
ed as trustee. The road is bonded
for 500, 900 per mile, exclusive Of
switches, and is to extend from
Fayetteville, Arkansas, westward
through Prairie Grove, Ark, and
the Cherokee nation, touching
Tahlequah and Fort Gibson, and
crossing the Arkansas river to
Muskogee. President Seaman
stated that work will begin at once
and inside of year the road will
be running from Fayetteville, Ark,
to Guthrie. Oklahoma.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-12-11
GOV. FERGUSON SAYS THINGS.

Wv At@&tN ~O~f - - =
Governor Thomas Benton Fer
guson, OF Oklahoma, says that his
direction of affairs territorial will
be as an open book. That the
gubernatorisl office will be a gen.
eral bureau Conformation, for any
one who can get past the door,
keeper. That the Ferguson tongue
will be in direct connection with
his think repository, and that
when anyone drops in his medita-
tions will drop out, together with
horoscope of the future. All OF
this on his first day, after which
he took up his quill to ask the
governor of Texas for the slippery
anatomy of Sol Temple, and to tell
the Presbyterian congregation at
Watonga that they had made no
mistake in naming their place of
worship ferguson chapel"