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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-08
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
INCREASED CIRCULATION BIRD
PICTURES EXHIBITED.

The statistics of circulation at the Dis
trict Public Library for the past month
present some interesting features. The
total number of books issued for home use
was 3S ,O61-an increase of nearly ten thou
sand over the same month of March in
1904 when the circulation was 2S,S09, al
though the library was open one day more
than in March, 1905. These figures for last
month make it the busiest in the history of
the library. There were 1926 people who
used the reading room, number never be-
fore reached in any one month.
OF the books issued last month GIL per
cent were fiction; the percentage in March,
a year ago, was S1.S While the proper
tionate decrease of fiction used has been
so marked, there has really been an actual
increase. as 90 32 volumes of adult fiction
were issued last month compared with
1905 for the same month in the previous
year. This result is in accordance with
the policy of the library-not to try to check
the amount of fiction read, but to increase
the use of books on other subjects The
decreasing percentage of fiction issued
shows that this effect is being attained.
April Birds.
This morning at II o'clock Mrs L. W.
Maynard gave a free lecture in the library
lecture hall on april Birds This was
the first of three such talks to be given
under the direction of the Audubon Society.
Young people are especially invited
An exhibition showing the migration of
birds is being held at the library that is at
tracing much attention. Early in March
Prof Wells w. Cook of the biological sur
vey of the Department of Agriculture, the
foremost specialist on bird migration in
this country furnished the library with the
average dates of the arrival of birds to
be seen in Washington each spring. He is
also furnishing from day to day the date
Of the actual arrival of the birds. AS fast
as the birds arrive colored pictures of them
are displayed on bulletin boards in the
main floor lobby.
The books on birds contained in selected
list prepared by the local Audubon Society
are now reserved for use in the reading
room. A list of books on gardening has also
been prepared at the library of the Depart
ment of Agriculture for the Public Library
especially in the interest of school gardens
and the work of the City Gardens Associa-
ton. Books on this list also are reserved
In the reading ROOM
The following are some of the books
which have been added to the library dur
ing the past week.
History, Politics and Travel.
A Short Constitutional History Of the
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tant. The publication follows her death by
nearly twenty years. There are evidences
In the diary itself that the author expected
that some day it would be printed, but she
gave no specific directions. At her death
in 1856 she left oral and written instruc-
tons that the writings. filing forty-eight
thin quarto volumes. should be given to
her friend, Miss Isabella Martin of Column
bia, 8. G. 1t remained in Miss Martins
custody until last summer her present CO.
editor. while guest. learned of its exist
enee and persuaded its owner to arrange
for its publication. IT has been somewhat
curtailed by the elimination of purely per-
sonal matters and uninteresting details, but
enough remains to make a large book. of
continuous interest and vivid descriptions
of the war period. Mrs. Chestnut wrote of
the great struggle as personal participant.
Her husband was in the thick of the fray
both as adviser of Jefferson Davis and as
fighter In the field. He took leading
part in the first stroke of the war, at Sum-
ter, and was a leading figure In South Car
DINA after peace had been declared, dying
IN 1885, From these pages the reader of
today, who has no personal acquaintance
with the real meaning of war; will be en-
abled to derive an intense conception of the
sufferings of the participants, the prvations
OF the southern people and the gradually
waning faith of the confederates In the sue
cess of their cause.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-08
A Remarkable Structure.

The new steel bridge over the st. Law
renee river at Quebec will be remarkable
structure. Its span of 1880 feet will cross
the entire river and will be the largest span
In the world, exceeding the Firth bridge In
Scotland, LILO feet, and the Brooklyn
bridge, 1.6S0 feet. The weight of the bridge
will be about $4,000 tons and It's total
road double track trolley. a highway and
two sidewalks The Phoenix Bridge Com
rany of Pennsylvania is building the SUI
perstructure and expects to complete the
work in about two years. The bridge IL
the subject of a report to the State De-
partment by United States Consul General
Holloway at Halifax.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-08
apS&15-2t

United States. F. n. Thorpe. -T393s.
Forty Years of Active Service; Being
Some History of the War Between the
Confederacy and the Union. c. 7. oFer-
rail-. FS3i-Of2I.
The Know-Nothing Party. H. ]. Des-
mond. JUS3K-D466.
Law of Nations. Sir Travers Twiss JX-
T927.
Congressional Committees: Study of the
Origin and Development of our National
and Local Legislative Methods L. c. Nc
Conachie. KS3N-M136.
A Narrative of Andersonville, Drawn from
the Evidence ELECTED on the Trial of Henry
Wirz. the Jaiier. Ambrose Spencer. FS342-
Sp362
Journals of the Continental Congress.
ZWF- Un30.
Narrative of Twenty-Five Months I'M
prisonment by the Confederates. Stephen
Schwartz. FS342-Sch92.
Perry's Saints: or, The Fighting Parson s
Regiment in the War of the Rebellion. j.
NJ. Nichols. FS34N-N512
Financier and the Finances of the Amer
lean Revolution. w. G.. Sumner. HT-Su66.
Some Recollections of Our Anti-slavery
Conflict. s. ]. May. FS339- M453.
Henry of Monmouth: Memoirs of Henry
the Fifth. ]. f. Tyler. F453T-T974.
Profit-sharing Between Capital and Labor
Sedley Taylor HFT-T2l5.
Pennsylvania Politics. NJ S. Quay. JCS54-
QUIZ.
The Rambler in Mexico C. J. Latrobe.
G95-L3J6.
Adventures Amidst the Equatorial For
ests and Rivers of South America III. w.
Villiers. GS0-St92.
A Journey Through the Yemen. w B.
Harris. G62-H243.
Among the Gods, Scenes of India Augusta
Klein. G69-K614
Notes on Panama. U. s. Military Infor-
nation Division. G9Sl-Un39.
Biography.
An Enquiry Into the Life and Legend of
Michael Scot. ]. w. Brown. E-ScoS2s.
Portraits eft Souvenirs. Camille Saint
Saens. E-9Sa269.
The Life of Margaret Godolphin John
Evelyn. E-G546e
Recollections of Society in France and
England. L. c. Davies E-9D2S3.
Life of Gen. Ben Harrison. Lew Wal
lace. EH244wa.
Great Englishmen of the Sixteenth Cen
fury. Sidney Lee. E-9L512.
Varied Types. G. K. Chesterton. E
9C42S.
Walt Whitman. l. III. Plat. E-W594p.
A Lady of the Last Century Mrs Eliza
beth Montagu). John Doran. E-MT632d
The Life of Edward Fitzgerald. Thomas
Wright. E-F573W.
The Children of Charles I of England
c. S. H. Clark. E-9C54S9.
Duke of Grafton; Autobiography. E-GI53.
Fifty Years of an Actors Life John
Coleman. E-C66S.
Apology for His Life. Colley Cibber e
C4T46.
Mrs. Maybrck's Own Story. Mrs F. E.
Maybrick. E-M452.
Art and Music
How to Draw. Leon Barritt. WM-B274
Pictures F. C. Atwood. W10-AtSS6.
The Brothers Dalziel; a Record of Fifty
Years Work in Conjunction with Many of
the Most Distinguished Artists of the Pc
Rod 1S40-1S90. George Dalziel. WIo-D17S.
Art and Artists in Connecticut. H w.
French. W1O-9FSSJ.
Art of Decoration. Mrs H R. HaWeis
WSH-H313.
The Lace Book. Mrs. N. H. Moore
WUL-M7S3.
Wagner's Music-dramas Analysed Gus
tav Kobbe VZVO-k192.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-08

La NEUVAINE DE COLETTE. Par
Jeanne Schultz. With Introduction and
notes by r. E. Bassett, assistant pro-
fessor of Romance Languages in Uni
versity of Kansas. New York: Will
lam R. Jenkins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-08
LIFE IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Army Surgeon Who Says It's Bad for
White Men

Certain changes occur in those individ-
Cals who are compelled to live In the
Philippines" says Surgeon Butcher of the
navy in a recent report, which are worthy
OF medical attention. Some show evidences
of this change early. while in others 1t does
not appear Until considerable time has
elapsed. 1t comes to all, however, In great
er or less degree. The first evidence of
this subtle change, as a rule Is the symp-
tom amnesia. No reliance can be placed
on the memory, and the notebook is used
to jot down almost everything. About the
same time an indifference so comm on
among the natives makes inroads on the
foreigner and a daily battle against the
'manana". tendency is necessary TO keep
it from interfering with his duties. This
indifference is not confined to man; the
dogs in the street move about in a half
dead state, and one is compelled to STOP
frequently when driving to prevent run
ming over these animals that have not con-
Germ enough for their welfare to move
when in danger.
1.-THE normal mind falls below par and
an apt expression is used to designate this
condition, viz 'Philippinitis,' which means
loss of memory, and a general indiffer-
epce to everything, with various neurotic
manifestations, that eventually develop or
accentuate existing idiosyncracies.
Among the enlisted force many are of
unstable nervous organization, and in the
lines of least resistance. Alcoholism, eX-
cessive use of tobacco and other excuses
are the usual signals of an impoverished
nervous system, which under ordinary cir
eumstances would require no stimulat ton,
but here the equilibrium is upset, with in
furious and pitiful results in many cases.
THE drinking of vino "a native drink
is common among the enlisted force, and
the train of unfortunate symptoms follow
ing this habit has no doubt been noted by
others with longer experience than mine.
While all of these ills cannot be trace
able to climate and environment, there is
a frequency in their occurrence and ha-
grant manner about the way in which they
are committed that is different from that
seen elsewhere. An anaemic brain Is in
capable of doing good work, and most of
the people who have spent long time
here have anaemia. of one form or an
other
1T was a wise step to cut the cruise In
these Islands down to two years, and l
thoroughly believe that observation will
prove that even two years is too long
for the average white man to maintain his
health in that climate"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-08

court, has written and lectured extensively
on the subject of the law in its many as
poets. having been at one time. lecturer on
constitutional law at the State University
of Iowa. He has prepared in this work
book intended to give to non-professional
students an intelligent conception of the
constitutional law of the United States.
both state and federal. He says:
The book is not, on the one hand, the
oretical exposition of the general principles
of government, nor, on the other, mere
description of the workings of the state
and federal governments and their various
departments. It is an exposition of the
principles of an established system; and 1t
is intended to afford to the reader an ex-
PLANTATION of the important events of the
history of our government and the means
of intelligently comprehending the problems
constantly arising, the solution of which
will make our constitutional history of the
future.
THE CELIBATEs' CLUB; Being the
United Stories of The Bachelors
Club and The Old Maids Club By I.
Zangwill author of THE Grey Wig"
&c. Illustrated. New York: The Mac
milan Company. Washington: Bren-
tano's.
Some American readers of Zangwill are
unaware that at one time he was reckoned
as one of the leading English writers Of
light foolery, an out-and-out humorist. In
1891 he published his Bachelors Club, a
satirizing the London of male single blessed
ness and introducing an amusing series of
characters. The next year he followed this
successful work with The Old Maids Club
which did much for the feminine cell
bates ard repeated the former success.
Now the two series are appropriately united
under new title, and the whole is a
welcome addition to the Zangwill prints.
THE PORT OF STORMS. BY Anna Nc
Clure Shot, author of THE Law of
Life" New York: D. Appleton & Co.
Miss Sholl has distinctly improved in her
story telling quality since writing THE Law
of Life" That novel, dealing with af-
fairs centering about university, while
suggestive in its force and especially in its
sincerity, lacked proportion. 1t was over
weighted in place. 1.-The Port of Storms
has no such defect 1t is a decided ad-
vance. 1t tells with directness the story of
two women's sacrifices. They both love
the same man, young physician just en-
terng practice in New York. He has
known Brooke Peyton since their childhood
and becomes engaged to her Immediately
upon returning from abroad, just as he
meets the other woman. Olivia WILDWOOD,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-08
HOMES FOR THE BIRDS
NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE
FOR FEATHERED TENANTS.
Bird Houses May Be Erected at Small
Cost - Old, Weatherbeaten
Cotes Are Preferred.

Written for The Evening Star.
L have been having several new houses
built, and several others put in order, and
now they are all to let 1 shall not put
them in the hands of an agent, for 1 prefer
to deal with my tenants direct, and, as ! do
not intend to charge any rent, 1 shall
avoid such unpleasantness as sometimes
arises from having to collect. Perhaps
ought to explain that these houses are only
a few inches high, and that the tenants 1
am expecting birds. Just before they
were finished, some people would have been
rude enough to say that they were nothing
but little old wooden boxes, with hole in
one side, and l certainly couldn't have de-
MED it; but then, lots of the places that
men live in are nothing more than this
except that they have chimneys on top.
Now, however, my houses are covered with
bark, and are set upon posts and in trees,
and already there have been several in
quiries from prospective tenants. A blue
bird sat looking at one of them for nearly
two minutes yesterday, and, before they
had been up half an hour. one was in
spected rather carefully by a chickadee,
who stood in the doorway for several sec
onds, as though trying to fathom, with his
beady eyes, the blackness within. 1 have
strong hopes that he will decide to take this
house, for 1t was made on purpose for him,
which he seems to like so well.
Birds Prefer Simple Houses.
1t is not difficult to become a landlord
for birds. Even if you have no houses built,
1t does not require an architect to build
one which will be quite satisfactory. When
birds come into your garden in search of a
home they do not. like Senator Copper of
Tonapah Ditch, demand that you shall
Build it new-fangled.
Scalloped and angled;
Fine, ike wedding cake garnished with pills"
On the other hand, they practise the SIM
pie life. and the simpler you make any
house you intend for their accommodation,
the better it will suit them. While they
will often occupy a brand new, brightly
painted house, they seem to prefer one
which is old and weather beaten.
In the February number of Bird Lore
there are three excellent artfeies on bird
houses and how to make them, and five
pages of nest box notes, besides over thirty
Instructive illustrations showing the styles
of houses which may be made for the ac-
commodation of wrens, bluebirds, chicka-
dees tree swallows, martins, fiickers,
graphs showing the houses actually occu-
pied by feathered tenants. Any one desir
ing to establish colony of birds in the
garden or about the house should look up
this bird house number of Bird Lore"
but, in the meantime here are a few sug-
gestions on the subject which may be of use
to bird lover landlords.
Build the Houses Early.
Have your bird houses ready as early as
possible: some birds are suspicious of new
features appearing in an otherwise familiar
landscape No one need be afraid to try
TO make q bird box; many a six-year-old
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-08

AN AMERICAN ABELARD AND HE
LOISE; Love Story. BY Mary Ives
Todd. New York: The Grafton Press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-08

INTRODUCTION TO ANALYTIC GEoME-
TRY. By Percy F. Smith, PhD, pro-
fessor of mathematics in the Sheffield
Scientific School, Yale University, and
Arthur Sullivan Gale, Ph.D., instructor
of mathematics in Yale College. Bos-
ton: CHM & Co.
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\
b. LOCKER, author of Peeps Into
China" &c. Illustrated. London and
New York: Cassell & Co
The war in the far east has brought
forth a quantity of printed matter de-
scriptfve of both the contestants. Some
old manuscripts have very evidently been
taken from dusty hiding places and mar
keted, without mucharegard for the trend
of modern opinion or the lapse of time
since the writing. Here Is a book that
bears evidence of having been thus writ
ten long time ago or else of being now
reprinted without regard for its bearing
upon the needs of the readers of today.
1t purports to give an intimate view of
Russian life from the viewpoint of the
young son of Russian nobleman, who
has been unjustly sent to Siberia for COM
plicity In the Nihilist propaganda and then
restored to his estates. 1t does not tell
much, IL anything. that is really new, and
Is valuable only in so far as 1t gives
glimpse of the workings of the young
Russian mind decade or two ago.
A DIARY GROIN DIXIE. AS Written
by Mary Boykin Chestnut, wife of
James Chestnut, United States Sena-
tor from South Carolina, 1S59-1S61,
and afterward an Aide to Jefferson
Confederate Army. Edited by Isa-
bella d. Martin and Myrta Lockett
Avary. Illustrated. New York: D.
Appleton & Co.
OF the recently published books of per-
sonal "reminiscences written directly or in
directly by southern women who took part
In the great sectional drama of the sixties
this editing of the diary of Mrs Chesnut
Is one of the most interesting and irapor-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17
LOCAL RAILROAD NOTES.

Fay Thompson, travelling passenger
agent of the Rock Island who has been
in Wichita for the past few days, will
probably return to Topeka today or to-
morrow.
A. B. Richie, travelling passenger
agent of the Pennsylvania railway, is
spending a few days here visiting his
railroad friends.
There are one hundred and fifty miles
of new track for the Rock Island now
under construction in Arkansas.
There is a meeting of the passenger
agents of the Rock island and Frisco
lines in Chicago and a number of Off
Gals from the west went through here
Saturday.
Robert Cunningham who is motive
power accountant for the Santa Fe,
west of Albuquerque, is in Topeka to
attend the association meeting of his
department.
J. N Risteen. mechanical superin-
tendent of the Santa Fe, has gone to
Chanute, Kan, on an inspection trip.
The Union Pacific double track be-
tween here and Kansas City is progress
sing nicely. Several gangs of men are
scattered along the line and the work
will probably be completed by early
fall. ~
The Rock Island is said to have set
aside $500, 900 for new stations in Indian
Territory and work on the one at Chick
asha will soon be commenced.
The Union Pacific day operator at
Solomon was robbed Friday night of
sixteen dollars. The thief rode the blind
baggage out of Solomon and is report
ed to have been put off at Manhattan.
However. the police are looking for him
in Topeka.
The Union Pacific officials report a
material increase in freight traffic over
this time last year. New wheat is be-
ginning to come through Topeka, the
most of which is shipped from southern
points. In a couple of weeks large ship
ments are expected from the west.
William Glenn, foreman of the tank
house of Santa Fe shops left for Port
land on a months vacation.
F. C. Fox. general superintendent of
the Santa Fe, who has just returned
from a trip in Missouri reports that
that division is all o. K. and that every
thing is in fine shape.
General Passenger Agent w. ]. Black
of the Santa Fe has returned from Du-
luth, Mimi, where he has been attend
ing a passenger association meeting for
the last week.
Mr. Myers, motive power accountant
for the Gulf lines, is in Topeka to at
tend an association, meeting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17
NEW YORK LIKES "sCoTrY."
The Millionaire Miner Puts In a Day
at Sightseeing

New York, July 17.-"Scotty." as
all New York knows him. devoted Sat
urday to making the occasion a pleas
ant one for Mrs. Walter Scott. He
toured New York in a big electric
hanson.
Wherever he went Mr.. Walter Scott
created as much of a sensation as cir
Gus parade. His old black Stetson hat
and the blue flannel shirt which has
become the means of identification
that causes a crowd to spot him, at
once trailed a crowd wherever he
went.
him cheerfully. He was "Scotty" to
all who met him, and it didn't matter
at all whether he spent money or
chaffed the crowd. The folks he met
liked Scotty's style.
Goidbug. the dog, was left in the
care of a liveryman for the day.
Mrs. Scott's arrival was the incident
of the day. She had missed the flyer
she was to have caught in Chicago.
and got into New York at $3.50 Satur-
day morning. Mrs. Scott is a charm
ing little woman, as breezy as west
tern town destroying cyclone. She is
not nearly so tall as her miner huS-
band, but is a plump little woman with
mass of dark brown hair. She was
dressed in a black silk dress, trimmed
with white lace, and was glad to get to
New York, where she could get a new
wardrobe.
hardly left me clothes enough to get
here with" she said. ''They took all
my clothes for souvenirs, and then
tried to take my jewelry. I was lucky
to get away with my life"
Mrs. Scott turned a big 22-karat dia-
mond ring SO that it sparkled brightly
in the morning light.
"They even wanted me to give them
that for a souvenir" she said. Its
not likely that I'm going to let that get
away from me, however. Scotty gave
gave it to me, and it's so heavy it
makes my arm tired, but he likes to
have me wear it,
After spending the day quietly they
returned to the hotel early in the even
ing, as Mrs. Scott was tired of seeing
New York for the day.
For a time Scotty loitered in the
Putnam house while Mrs. Scott was in
the dining room, and here he met
number of old friends, cowpunchers
and western folk connected with a
Coney Island Wild West esta blishment.
The talk drifted back to old days when
Scotty rode herd on one of the big
gest ranches in the west, and the wait
ers were kept busy chasing large meas
ures of liquid refreshments to Mr..
Scott and his friends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17
Eather Arenges Daughter.

Fort Scott, Kan, July tai Ken
nedy, the father of Miss Maude Ken
nedy, a young lady of Bronson, who
was ruined last winter while on a
visit to lola with a married man named
w. r. Brandenburg. Saturday night at
10 o'clock shot and killed the man
who was responsible for the girls
downfall. The shooting took place in
the street at Bronson by the side of
Love Brothers grocery store. The
men met on the sidewalk and without
speaking a word Kennedy drew his
revolver, a 3S-caliber, and fired two
shots, one of which took effect in the
upper part of the stomach. Branden-
burg died in twenty minutes