Evening journal., 1905-08-03

LIBRARY GROWING
Il Is Being Added to at the
the Rate of 10000 Books
a Year
AMERICAN WILL ADVISE JAPAN
AN Mdliam woIH smith.l

not the largest collection IN the world,
but is very complete one The IL
brary Of France with 100000 volumes
ranks first and the Library of the
British Museum with two million
comes second. The books added to the
Congressional Library every year are
.n svery-Ncivilized tongue although the
majority are IN English and about one
nth of American authorship Aims
worth r. Spofford, who as assistant
and as librarian has been connected
with the library for the past forty
years. declares that one notable fact
brought out in the acquisitions Of the
past few. years is that Americans are
making an introspective study of
themselves. Many OF the books and
much Of this is true with the fiction,
deal with our own history. Every per-
iod has found an explorer and in eco
monies and the special lines of ma
tonal development there seems to be
AN attempt to get at the truth such
las was never made before.
In 1900 there were $3.50 permanent
publications copyrighted, while last
year there were 1888, more than
That the people OF this country are be-
coming more interested in the drama
is evidenced by the fact that the num-
ber OF dramatic compositions in
creased from SOL in 1900 to 1924 last
year. The small proportion of perma-
nent publications written by Ameri-
cans as compared with Englishmen is
attributed to the large number of
Il.
which public opinion is expressed and
public sentiment in great measure
nodded. Many more students use the
library in winter than in summer and
men and women come from all parts
of The country to avail themselves Of
its vast resources. In the reading room
history is read more than any other
subject; fiction science, genealogy and
bellies lettres following
One. Of the chief supports upon
which the Japanese government will
lean during the peace negotiations will
be an American citizen who for 25
years has been the legal adviser of the
Mikado's big men and it is a singular
coincidence that these negotiations will
be conducted within the confines of
that Americans native state. That
man is w. II. Denison, of New Hamp-
shire. japanese officials state that Mr..
Denison has been of the greatest pos
sibe value to their government. He
played prominent part in the prepa
ration OF the treaty that ended the war
between Japan and china.
He represented Japan at the confer
ences growing out of the Boxer upris-
ing and is credited with having drawn
up the secret agreement that made
japan and Great Britain allies and
threw the moral force of that powerful
nation against Russia in the present
war. And now. when the time has ar
rived to arrange terms for its conclu-
sion in which the United States will
have an interest that is vital TO her
commercial future in the Orient. il
falls to the lot of an American TO play
Ia leading role.
When half dozen torpedo boat de-
Istroyers recently cruised from the At
tantic to Manila their voyage was re-
garded as especially hazardous. 1t
was so successfully performed. how
ever that orders have been issued for
six torpedo boats in the reserve force
at Norfolk to journey TO the Philip
pines Via the Suez Canal. Because of
their small coal capacity the route viii
be very long and it is estimated the
cruise will occupy at least six months.
Ut is considered just as we'll TO have
pretty good naval force in the Philip
pines at this time
Baron Bussche of the German En-
bassy has delivered to the state De-
partment a silver watch and chain with
the request that they be handed 20
George c. Ellis, negro laborer az the
Washington Barracks, as a recognition
by the German Emperor of the action
of Ellis in saving the statue OF Fred
erick the Great from damage by the
explosion Of package Of dynamite
placed on the fence surrounding IL bN
a man named Rosseau with the idea of
destroying il. On the back Of the
watch appears the imperial monogram
The watch and chain are enclosed in a
handsome leather case.
Since the Washington monument
was opened to the public October Q,
1883. up to June 80. 1905. 2.57SsO9 vis-
itors has oscended to the top. ma
jority Of them preferring TO use the
elevator rather than climb the $50 feet
OF stairway. During the past fiscal
year the number of visitors was $780,.
sos. of which number S9235 used the
elevator. This number includes The
guides.
Anybody having a supply Of white
mice on hand can get rid Of them TO
the government at 25 cents each anc
the government win be glad to ge'
them at that price. This is no RAJ
story but serious proposition from
that scientific bureau known as tht
United States Public Health and Ma
lrine Hospital Service. These mice ar
wanted for purposes of incubation il
Testing serums FOR the treatment 81
diseases Thousands of these httie ru-
ldents have met their fate througi
these experiments and the contract Gu
/ joyed by a local animal dealer IN sun
lpiying these animals has grown se-
yond mis- power TO supply. The ch'ei
of the hyeiepic laboratory applied toi
authority 10 purchase the nccessar,
nuce IN the 5ren market and tha As
lsistant Secretary OF the Treasury an