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New-York tribune., 1902-04-27
THE TUSKEGEE LIBRARY.
STRUCTURE ERECTED BY GENEROSITY
OF Mr. CARNEGIE TO BE
DEDICATED.

A little more than year ago Mr.. Carnegie gave
10 the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute,
In Alabama $40 oee for a library building. This
building is to be dedicated on April g. on which
day the party Of men and women who have gone
South this year as the guests Of Robert c. Ogden
of New-York, attend the meeting of the South
ern Educational Society. at Athens. Ga, and TO
visit various schools, is to be at Tuskegee
In style Of architecture the Tuskegee Carnegie
library suggests the stately Colonial buildings or
the South. It is 50 by 10 feet on the Foundation
and two stories in height The entrance is sur
mounted by a broad portico. whose massive Ionic
columns rise to the fun height Of the building
The plans for the library were drawn and the work
of building superiatended by R r. Taylor, the
schools director of industries. Practically all the
work from basement to roof was done by the
students as a part of their Industrial education.
under oversight Of the schools teachers in the
various Industrial departments. Students dug out
the foundation made the bricks and laid them. did
the carpentry work and finishing. put the roof,
Installed the electric lighting fixtures and the steam
heating apparatus. and made the library and read
1ng room furniture.
volumes. which. with the reading rooms has hith-
erto been obliged TO occupy cramped and incon-
venient quarters IL old wooden house which
az time Principal Booker T. Washington's
residence One has had only to the students
crowd these rooms TO realize how much they need
ed larger acccmn nodations. and how much good
they VIII get out OF them The library will
afford ample for all. and for an increase in
the number and scope of the books which is sspe-
cisiy desirable. Even Of the books on hand now
many have been used and used until they are prac-
On the first floor the central part Of the library
will contain a ssackroom, ofices and two large.
light reading rooms for newspapers and magazines.
On the second floor there assembly room and
study rooms for the of persons using special
collections Of books. ssackroom and large
!nussun 59r the keeping OF apparatus and colec-
tions Used by the schools academic department.
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aIIeI streets which will afford even more accom-
nodation for the people who will eventually Iive
In that neghborhOod. The application for the tro-
ley includes the use of the new One-huudre(i-and.
forty bridge and the present population OF
that part OF The Bronx be better accomr1O-,
dated by the present trOlleys running down ana
over the One-hundre nd fOrtyffth st. bridge 20
the elevated and to the underground than IN the
use OF either the Washington che Central brldSe
10 is probable that the permission now BENG aSke9
for by the trolley company is intended 10 De USED
in the future. .,.-
when there is need Of crossing in the neighoor,
hood of Washington Bridge, there viii tneh -
need also of another bridge over the Earien "
Morris Heights. THIS bridge was proposed oN WI.
Haffen ago. and there IS prooaDly no 1ils
who knows more about the necessities or Ins
Bronx than he. The people of Hignerldse ana ana
along the east side of the Harlem River ao9Es 9
Macombs Dam Bridge are in great need OF an 5 aas
quate railroad connection with ManhaLIan lS,a,s5 ilt5
What they really do need is that the eleYales,,
roads shouId run over to Highbrdge. This wouli
bring them downtown for one fare II the troiey
is laid on the Central Bridge. they Will nave 20
nav eight cents get downtown. IL IS hupeu IN
the future that the trolley Will run GOWhtoN.i
and any who is willing TO take Ine tllIS W Il.
be able to come downtown for one fare but II u
the trolley IS extended around and over tnee hes
One -fOrty-ffth-St. bridge III VIII ~
AT the rapid transit station In LenoX-aVS ana .
there are tracks already in hundred
ffth-st leading the elevated station III. ElSHen
ave Either Of these connections would give 1loI.
accommodation than the OF the central Brldstt.
There will be n public hearing on Nay 5,'.s dt IN
CITY Hall the application Of the Interoorou7ii
Railway Company.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27
BLACKS AMERICAN COLLABORATOR.

Those were the days when there no in
ternational copyright law, and the publisher in
New-York or Boston free to avail him
self. without let hindrance, of the brainwork
of any English author. Black, who had suf-
fered greatly from the lack of any copyright
treaty between England and the United States,
ascertained that there was a possibility of Sc
curing copyright for Green Pastures and Picca-
dilly." provided a portion of the work was
written by citizen of the United States living
in his own country. Accordingly. he asked his
friend Mr.. John Russell Young, the distin-
guished journalist who afteTward became
United States Minister at Peking, to contribute
part of a chapter to his book. Mr.. Young will
ingly agreed to do this, and result, copy
right secured in the United States for
Green Pastures and Piccadly" / believe
that it was subsequently decided that this meth
cd of battling the pirates was not legal The
question, happily, has now no practical impor-
tance, for the United States has at last joined
other civilized nations in recognizing the right
Of an author to the work of his own brain.
Black triumphed, however. by this innocent
stratagem, of which he was very proud. Mr..
Youngs contribution to the story was so insig-
niicant in extent that think 1t well not to in
dRate it more precisely. The real interest of the
incident, so far our present purpose is con-
cerned. is the proof it furnishes that Blacks
poetic dreaming and his subordnation to his
vivid imagination did not interfere with the
acute and practical business faculty which he
undoubtedly possessed.-(Sir Wemyss Reid, in
Harpers Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27
CONFINEMENT IN ASYLUM NOT CRUELTY.
JUSTICE GREENBAUM CONTENDS THAT THIS WAS
NOT SUFFICIENT CAUSE ON WHICH TO BASE
A SUIT FOR SEPARATION

Justice Greenbaum Of the Supreme Court, at
Special Term, has dismissed the suit Of Mrs.
Eunice c. Kuster. brought against her husband
for a separation the ground Of cruelty, holding
that although a husband has caused his wife to
be committed to an asylum she cannot subse-
quently make that ground for an action FOR a
separation from him. whether for cruel ana in
human treatment because it is unsafe or I'M
proper for her to live with him, where 1T ap-
pears that she had been subject to the delusion
that he intended to poison her. 1T being shown
that he had received medical advice at or before
the time of her commitment that she was suffer-
ing from an incurabIe form of insanity, which
might become violent. and that he had had her
committed In honest desire TO benefit her and
because he really believed 1t necessary
Mr.. and Mrs. Kuster were married in December,
1895 Two years thereafter Mrs. Kuster became
possessed of deIusons that she being poisoned.
and that her husband the chief consprator
in the plan. Acting upon this deusion she did
many unusual and extraordinary things. accusing
various people of designs upon her. she suspected
walters, servants, tradespeope and apothecaries
and peculiar preca utions about her food
Medical advice obtained and Mr.. kuster was
assured that his wife was afflicted with form OF
and that she danger of committing acts OF
violence herself and others.
For several years the husband humored the odd
Hhims and faucieS of his 1.ife and did al that a
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man In such an unfortunate situation could DO.
Her condition became worse. and her delusions pc
came so serious that for her own safety and vel
fare she was PLACED by her husband In St Ber,
treatment, She escaped from there and Iejoined
her husband who had her then incarcerated at the
Long Island Home. in Amityville.
Shortly afterward she appeared improved. when
her husband had her paroled for thirty days. On
the twenty ninth day she disappeared. left her hus-
bands hotel and Immediately brought action
against him for separation upon the ground of
cruel treatment
Justice Greenbaum closes his opinion by saying:
1T is the duty OF the husband to protect his wife.
If in the performance of that duty he is con-
fronted with n situation which requires him to
sort to measures that affect her personal liberty
II would TO be of the utmost Importance to in
qulre rigidly into the motive and good faith of the
husband Under all the circumstances of this case
! constrained to believe that the plaintiff has
failed to emitting her separa ton
the ground OF her husbands cruelty because
1T would be unsafe to place herself under his care"
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27

have beautiful new library building through the
generosity of Mrs. Coils p. Huntington.
Mr. Huntington deeply interested in the
welfare of the institute and gave largely toward
its development and maintenance. It is considered
fitting that memorial of lasting good he did
the institution should be erected and the trustees
say no appropriate or practical memorial
could have been presented than the proposed
library.
Mr.. Huntington a trustee of the school, and
the interest he showed the work typical of
the interest he manifested in all Southern deyel-
oprnent He practically made Newport News, Va,
and its great shipyard, and he built the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railroad from Richmond to Old
Point Comfort. -,
The proposed library Will be known as the Coils
P HUNTINGTON Memorial Library, and IL will be a
credit to the institution. The intention Is TO give
library facilities only to the students but also
to such OF the people OF Hampton and vicinity as
wish to avail themselves Of them. The library
building will also be the centre Tor large number
of travelling libraries. -. .
The library structure is to be built according to
plans prepared by w F. Brooks. OF Hartford us
style will be colonial but there remain several DE,
tails Of construction to be worked out II VIII
have large shelving capacity and will be equipped
with all modern library conveniences.
The party Of and women Interested IN
Southern education work, which is now In the
South as the guests of Robert G Ogden selected
the site for this library April 23.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27
EXPRESS co. HELD LIABLE.
1T FAILED TO STOP AND RETURN GOODS
IN TRANSIT.

Abraham Rosenthal. merchant of this city
shipped Goldsmith Co. of Dallas. Tex
large quantity of silk goods by the Adams Express
Company The bill OF Iading received from the
express company provided that It should not be
liable for loss damages from any cause what
soever unless the same be proved to have occurred
from the fraud gross negligence of the COM
pany
The shipper, learning that Goldsmith & Co. had
failed demanded of the express company that it
stop the goods in transit. A telegram sent by
the company to its agent in Dallas directing that
the goods be held. but although he received IT
while the goods yet In the possession of the
company they were by oversight. delivered
to Goldsmith Co.. whereupon Rosenthal i'm
mediately began suit against the express company
The Court OF Appeals has affirmed the deter
mination of the courts below and finally deter
mined the cause in favor of the plaintiff holding
that the action is rightly founded on the tortious
tract OF carriage and that the exercise of the
right OF stoppage In transit by the plaintiff put
an end to the contract of carriage. and reVeSted
the possession of the property in the seller.
Judge Gray concludes his opinion by saying:
Upon the stoppage In transit, the defendant
held the goods the plaintiffs 3, and the law
ated a relation. to which the bill of lading
had reference. The goods were to be returned
to the plaintiff. We must assume that Ii was pos
sble for the defendant to do So and its failure
neglect wrongful, and created liability alto
gether different from that which intended TO
be governed by the bill of lading"
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27

patience concentration and wariness IN @ tIe
awful school of adversely through Which tie! NJ
have passed Since the last great uprising tlaI 5
of 1868 they have acquired the WISDOM oi-
caution that come even to an Ill starred Tace
from a defeat sealed by the slaughter OF 'iiou
sands They now know better the sources VI
their own strength and weakness, ana lheg
mean TO bide their time. They trust 10 lli.le "
right them. No more rash and i'll prepared rs ll9
ings for them nor any reliance on the l1npo'ehe t
sympathy Of the world. In that respect t1ls
Boer war has been another stern lesson Iot
them They are waiting for the possible great
events of the futurc-for serious entanSlenleill9
among the great powers; for a great reNoluIloiI
in Russia-henCe the large percentage OF Foles
among the Nihilists; for the dismernDefnlent VI
Austria Hungary after the death OF the presenS
monarch. for a great between Russia anu
France on the one side and Germany on tne
other: for general political upheaVal ana d
state Of deep exhaustion following; Tor any ol
all of these catastrophes. And what Is then 10
no done for a re re-establishment of Poland by the
Polish leaders in thought and action VIII uepen.i
on circumstances. This is about the glst OF tneir
req soninc on this matter. Meanwhile the foilsh
martial spirit is to be kept alive; the Ionelhs LoI
national independence is to be simulated py
every effective means and agitation IN every
form is to go on. The advance OF educatoii
among the Poles and particularly among those
in Prussia will make them, when the time Is
ripe all the more forrnldabIe 1oes-tNoH Noii
Schierbrand. in The Forum.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27

God of Battles l saw him do this on seVeiai
ccasions notably on the field of Port RepupIc,
mis- battle with Shields while sitting on ms hoI se
in a road down which splendidly serEeu 1Noi'H
ern battery was pouring shot and smell
General Iawton informed me that solnetiiiiSs
he would give him important order SO qulchIy
that 1t would almost take his breath away.
Notably at Cedar Mountain, Jackson rode up 70
him and said General Lawton. advance anu
drive the enemy from your front. Lawton re-
piled General there is very deep ravihe az ,,to, III
the enerny's 'front.' Jackson replied: L hhoW
IT. Advance" He did not waste words: JACK
sons practice was 70 speak of the Northern
troops as Mexicans. He very rarely called tnen
anvthine else Dr. Hunter Mcclure, his meolcai
director is my authority for this statement
Stonewau jackson died in a house that is sun
standing at Guinea Station, in Virginia. on tne
line of the Richmond, Fredericksburg ana fo-
tomac Railroad. ,,s
His left arm was amputated at the shoulder
being taken out Of the socket. When he closed
his eyes in death his little daughter then Two wv.
or three years old. lay on his breast with MS
right arm over her. 49,.
His diving words were: Pass the infantry
rapidly to the front" Tell A. P. Hill to pre-
mare for action" 1--WE will pass over the river
and rest under the shade of the trees on the op-
poste side" He was delirious. and like Napo-
Icons his mind it feebly fulfilled It's iast OF
fees was with his military past-Nlpplncotl
Magazine
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27
GOODBY, TELEPHONE GIRL!
AN AUTOMATIC EXCHANGING HUMAN MEDIUM
BETWEEN SUBSCRIBERS.

large item In the cost OF operating a telephone
system is the pay of the girls at the central sta
ton who connect one subscribers wire with
others. Many attempts have been made to dis
pense with this expenditure by rendering the ser
vice at the exchange automatic. At least one meth
pd of doing so has been developed far enough to
be in actual use at Fall River. Another. invented
by Ernest E. Faller. of Baltimore, Is being exhib-
tied at No IS Pine-st, in this city. where the mech
anisn necessary to hundred subscribers
has been set up.
On the wall beside each telephone is q box some
what like that for calling district messengers.
knob this is rotated until the number of the
person TO be called Is revealed through hole. and
then key lie turned. A few seconds later, when
the mechanism of the exchange has connected the
two wires. 1t automatically rings both subscribers
bells simultaneously The first subscriber then tries
to converse, and If the second one takes down his
phone inside OF sixty seconds there is no inter
ruption until they are through. But il the second
subscriber does not respond promptly. the first
ones wire is automatically disconnected,
cleared" at the end OF minute. He -hnM-
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27
NEW STATE HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE.
ONE MAY BE ESTABLISHED IN NORTHERN NEW
YoRK-NEEp FOR ANOTHER.

Albany April 26 (SpeciaD-ln the distribution cr
the fourteen State hospitals for the insane the
northern section of the State has been sone"na1
neglected. Patients from the Champlatn region
have to be sent long distances for treatment eltsr
to Ogdensburg. Utica or POushkeepsie. Owing 70
the overcrowded condition of the State hospl'H'
and the yearly increase in the number OF patlehts
IN fs more than likely that a new hospital VIII ne
planned and the district 10 be selected VIII ue-
doubtedly be that including Saratoga, Washington
Essex Clinton and Warren counties
Ii has frequently been the case that the eltl1e"S
OF localities desiring a State hospital nave sfvs %
the necessary land for the purpose and undouo'e".,
the legislature would be governed TO some eN'e yen =.
its selection of a site of this were made a Slie ~, -
the State The essential features OF such S'
are a considerable tract of land SIX hunareu 80
thousand acres suitable for agriculture cohtIsu
to railway or waterway. easy OF access fia Sithy
ery adapted for adequate water supply siao 1890 viii
sewage DISPOSAL The Commission N LuiiiSS, uiSS,,sSsrv
possibly this examine into the evslS' ani
Of any sites offered in the counties n.e4 f.izsaf-
bring the matter to the attention OF Tue ies'S
OF 1895.
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PRINCE HENRY's OBSERVATIONS.

The way the Prince and his keen eyed stan
made observations sometimes astonishing
They would hit off in a word the characteristics
Of crowds, revealing sense of the diferenees
among our cities. Chicago had eight picked
policemen to guard the Prince. Each OF these
men was six feet four five inches tall and
they were got up in evening dress and SILK hats
The Prince noticed them that evening with
silent appreciation but when they turned up the
next morning In the same costume he asked
Gould this happen anywhere except in chi
cago?"
Among the crowds. the women of Milwaukee
struck him as most beautiful They dld me,
too I never remember hearing that Milwaukee
was famous for lovely women, and maybe lhe
beauty we there that day was due 70 the
fresh breeze that happened to be blowing OH tne
lake. Anyhow, we drove along, was fuily
occupied with the faces my side of the car
riage yet Prince Henry kept calling my atten-
ton to those on his side. At last L warned MN
that each had enough 10 do TO watch his own
share and that If we both tried to see all there
were on both sides of the road. we should soon
he cross eyed. After that we left each other
alone and yet an amazing NUMBER or beau-
tiful faces.-(Rear Admiral Evans. In Mcclure 8
Magazine
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27
THE TRAMP'S PARLOR CAR.

casual observer might wonder why the rods,
t,olted through the timbers at either end. are
placed under freight cars They are not put
there for hoboes to ride but to stiffen the
door of the car Sometimes there are four
two close together on each slde-but more often
there are six. separated by equal distances. AT
the centre where the rods are ridden, there is
often room between them and the bottom or the
car for a man to sit almost upright, though
with his head bowed forward, but where there
are 81. rods the hobo usually lies across them
like a steak on a gridron. While the train is
moving slowly 1t is easy. as a rule TO drive MIN
off by throwing coal or rocks at him; II II is
going very fast there is danger of killing him,
and that is likely TO get the brakeman in trouble
from ten wears to life is customary. There is
one other way of removing hobo from the
rods under a freight. but the brakeman must oe
a man of steady nerve, quickness and physical
strength: also he must know exactly where the
hobo is before he comes off the top to get him
Dropping from the train car or two ahead OF
the one under which the man IS riding. the
bra kerlan has time to brace himself before that
car reaches him (the train should be moving
only slowly: then he seizes the hobo by the
coat collar or by his arms: the motion OF the
train does the rest and the hobo is dropped on
the ground. But il the train is going al, say, d
twenty mile rate -(LeslieS monthly.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27
sToNEwA1L JACKsoN's FATALIsM

Jackson was as absolute fatalist as Ma
poleon. with this difference-that Jackson was
man with religious creed while Napoleon was
not. Jackson Presbyterian, and an aoso-
lutte believer in the tenets OF that Church
As an evidence of his fatalsm once saw MN
standing in q mountain road when the Wheel
of a caisson came off and was rolling directly
on him. An officer of his staff called to MN 10
move but he stood still. The wheel struck
stone bounded over the side of the mountain:
ard S.onewall Jackson turned to the officer ana
said: "You see. there no danger. l knew
it."
1t was Stonewall Jackson's habit to pray on
the battlefield. His method was TO remove MS
cap raise his right hand, and then pray TO the
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27
DOOLEY ON THE ROMANTIC NOVEL

But lithrachoor Is tn gr-reat lfe-wurruk iv
the modhren woman. TIL conthrol Is passin'
into tn hands ~ tn fair sect. an tn day Will
come whin tn wurrud book will name no more
to an ablebodied man thin tn wurrud gusset.
Women write all tn romantic novels that ARE
amy good. That's because iv'ry man thinks
tn thrue hayros Is himself, an ivry woman
thinks he's James K. Hackett A woman is
sure a good, sthrOng man ought to be able 10
kill amy number iv bad. weak men, but a man
IS always wondherin' what tn other la-ad W ud
DO He might have tn punch left in him that
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27
THE PRESIDENT OF STANFORD.

The students of no other university in the
country exhibit greater admiration for their
president than is shown by the Stanford unoei-
graduates Dr. Jordan always one of them IN
the football field and everywhere, fraternai
without patronage, amiable without condesceh-
sion enjoys the designation of 'All star Jor.
dan He aims at no academic precision OF
sneech He is careless in dress. his clothes
hanging loosely his big, heavy body HIS
stoop in his shoulders. When not abroad ne is
one Of those early rising, late sitting stuoen.S
for whom the day is not half long enough Al
ter dinner speaking is his. especial aversion
"'There are so many new books. l heard MIN
say one day. that 1 wish had an ablepooieo
man to do my reading for me-
Some of his platform dicta have been treas
ured up by many Western EDUCATORS heie "'e
a few of them
"You can't fasten a five-thousand dollar eou-
cation upon fifty-cent boy.
THE football field is safer for young men tha'
the ballroom" -,
When Coils p Huntington declared that col
leee men were poor business men ana lnat tne
masses were overeducated Jordan replied.
an educated man is untitled to take practical
hold on life he is not worth educating. or the
education is a msfit-
The remedy for oppression is TO nave strung
men who cannot be oppressed"
THE problem of life is not to make life easier.
but to make men stronger.
.I dislike Theosophy, Christian Science, So
cialism Mysticism and free silver-anyt thing
of reforming the world. 1 don't like reasoning
from analogy and / draw the line between
stories for children and those based on scientiho
facts / am more tolerant of orthodoxy than Oh
the fantastic vaunts of heterodoxy. / don't IKE
to live in a city. but near one'-(Worlds WORK.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27
EONG EPARROWS.

n (. an easy matter to become acquainted
with song sparroWs. They live everywhere in
our country except In the most arid desert
lands and in the Southern row of States, and
are to be found all through the year except in
the very most Northern States. AS is usual
with so broadly diffused species. there are
several distinct geographical races. most of them
grading into each other as the characters OF
their hhbitats change. Mus. In the deserts OF