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2 BITS OF HUMOR FROM THE STATE CAPITOL X 0 WOXDER THOSE WHO HEARD this TALE COULD sot BELIEVE IT. Albany. April 13 (Special).— A group of Assembly men was Bitting around one of the black tables of th» Ten Kyck Hotel one night last week, when •'•me one happened to speak at bribery as a temp tation of legislative life. "I don't b<-l!eve members are bribed as they used to l>e." he said. "I've been here a whole winter now, and I haven't wen any of It. It may have bees prevalent In former years, such as you read of and are toM about, but I don't believe It exists now." "Neither do I." said another member of the prroup. "I have peen in the papers now and then of as many thousand dollars of 'swag' being brought to Albany, but I don't believe it." "That is, you haven't seen any of the 'swag"." rejoined a third, who was drinking claret lemonade. "Have you?" immediately asked the first two speakers. "No, I can't say that I have; but there was a practical Joke played on m Assemblyman from a district not more than two hundred miles from Kew-York City the other morning that makes me think such thincrs are possible and perhaps" 'Perhaps what?" asked No. 1 with great eager ness. "Perhaps such things do exist." "Impossible." interrupted No. 2. The man with the claret lemonade* slowly began ftlrring the crimson depths of his glass with a straw, and then swished out a piece of lemon peel on the table. "But what was the joke?" demanded No. 1, still saere earnestly. BLANK IS NOT HIS NAME. •¦Well." began the lemonade drinker, in a more .Subdued voice, "it eras this way: Some of the •boys' were sitting in the lobby the other morning, •when one sai*: ¦ 'Ive hf-ard tell that Afsembryman Blank' (I'll mil him Blank, because I don't want to give his name away) 'is willing to be let in on a close bal lot.' *' Tve heard the fame thing/myself.' said an other. •"We'll soon find nut. then," paid I. 'There's a till that will come up on the calendar In a few minutes which may have a close vote, and we'll j>ut our friend to the test." " "How eon] ! you?" again interrupted No. 1. with *till greater interest. The former speaker stirred up the precipitate of lemon seats and sugar in the bottom of his glass a.nd continued: "Well. I took a slip of paper and wrote down eeven names. Then opposite each name I wrote $10 In fat figures. Then I took the slip and quietly etrolled over in the direction of our friend Blank. By good chance there was a seat vacant just In front of his chair, so I sat down in the vacant seat |k Bud hell up the clip so my friend couldn't help L] seeing it. Soon I began to hear him squirm around V In his chair, rustle and tear newspapers, and finally almost choke himself in a paroxysm of coughing. That was what I wanted. My fish was nibbling. Why. it was as easy as catching flounders. AH I Jit.; to do was to poll In the line"— "You didn't mean to bribe bim?"excla!med both ?Coc. i and 2, exchanging horrified looks with each ¦ether. MADE A SHOW OF HIM. The third speaker took a deep quaff of his lemon ade, stirred up the lemon seeds again, and then. •without at all heeding the perturbation of his fel lows, continued: "When I heard that fellow squirming and cough- Ing I simply folded up the slip, put it In my pocket and .walked back Into the lobby where the 'boys' •were. A moment later, who should pass by but Blank! " There he pries.' they paid. 'He fooled you, <didn't her " 'Just wait," paid I. 'Just watch him and see.' "Another minute, and Blank came back, eating ten apple he had bought in Regan's corner. As he passed he paid 'How d'ye do? How d'ye do?* to all of us. and then began munching his apple. As 2 moved away from the group he swung around at my elbow and said: " 'What's up?' " 'What's spy said I. with all the surprise I could summon. " Tea," said he. 'something's doing, ain't there?' '• 'Well, yes.' said I. 'something's doing; but why do you want to know?" " "Didn't you let in those fellows out there?" said he, nervously. " 'You're a good guesser." I answered, 'but, Blank, that don't concern you any, does it?' "Blank hesitated a moment, and then said: " ' 'Fraid you don't know me.' " 'You don't mean. Blank,' said I, "that you want •to be let in on this proposition ' " 'Certainly, certainly.' was the answer. "How insny votes do you need?' " "Impossible!" chorused Nos. 1 and 2. "The rascal!" said No. 1. "The scoundrel:" said No. 2. The third epeakei tipped his glass to one side so •that a few drops of the lemonade spilled on the ¦¦fable. Then he began again: •' 'Well. Blank." said I. 'I've just got 76 votes— fBSt enough to pass my bill." "The fellow's face fell like night in the tropics. But as a new thought struck him he brightened up ¦and said: " 'But you ought to have a couple more votes, to it>e sure. You may lose some of "em Sometimes you can't depend on the Hessians'" HESSIANS NOT DEAD YET. 'The Hessians:" exclaimed No. 1. "what do you Bnean?" "The Hessians were mercenary troops hired by th.- British in the Revolution," calmly explained ihe man with the claret lemonade. "These Hes tsians are also mercenary troops hired for the oc • oasion. But. as I was saying, my friend Blank had expressed the opinion that I ought to have a •couple more votes. So I said: ! " 'Well, Blank, I can't pay more than J. . for any •cdditional votes.' •' "Five dollars!' said he. in disgust. 'Do you take me for a common laborer? What do you mean? Five dollars for a vote: From me? Why, the lowest I over knew was Iff Keep your dirty ¦money— l don't want It. Keep It!' : "Well, the bill which Blank thought I was in terested in came up a few minutes later. I cared no more about that bill than one of the statutes of Florida, When the debate ended and the bill was put to a vote I saw Blank looking at me with as angry a look as if he had been robbed of all his rr, r '> f before his own eyes. The clerk was calling off the D's, when I held up one hand, with the five fingers extended. Blank's face took on a still more disgusted look. Then I saw both his hands SO up and the ten fingers separate. I didn't look at him again till the clerk had reached the S's. By this time ail the other boys who understood the situation wero smiling at one another and beckon ing m*» to turn around. Just then the clerk called out. 'Seventy-eight ayes. 53 noes." I looked around suddenly, and saw Blank's hand come down. He 'had at last put up five fingers, but it was too late." There was a momentary silence. Then said No. 1: "It doesn't seem possible, and. what is more. I Can't understand why I haven't seen such things." "Nor i. either." said No. 2. But the man with the claret lemonade drained •his glass and said not a word. WHEN' MORGAN SMILED. IT IS SO SELDOM HE DOES THAT THE INCI DENT IS WORTH RECORDING. Albar.y. April 13 (Special).— Assemblyman Morgan, r ' Kings County, rarely ever smiles when he Is de bating a bill. Mr. Morgan, perhaps, has battled ?f> lons and ?o persistently with the forces of Ramapo that he has come to think legislative life ts too serious for smiles. But the little Assembly man from Kings forgot himself last week when •:•» town election bill of Assemblyman Stevens came up for discussion. In the heat of the conflict between tha Adirondack and the Brooklyn mem bers Mr. Morgan was seen brandishing a news • r-er. i "Oh. Mr. Speaker!" he at last exclaimed, stand ing on his tiptoe*, so r.« not to lose the Speaker's eye: "Oh. Mr. Speaker, I rise to a point of order. I do not think you can legislate against such abuses as they tell about any more than you can by legislation stop a farmer from blowing out th? g5.%." Immediately a hush fell on the chamber Mr Morgan meanwhile happened to he looking straight ot Assemblyman Swift, of Broome County. There •was a look of such ir.tentness In the face of the Brooklynlte that Mr. Swift seemed puzzled Then -turning to Assemblyman Krwln. of West Hebron' Washington County, the Broome County member l|aM in a stage whisper, but with all seiiousness "Bam. do you think Morgan means me?" And Morgan smiled. FRISBIE KNOWS HOW TO TRAVEL. Albany. April 13 (Special).— ln the discussion on a feertaln railroad bill In the Assembly last week As semblyman Weekes. of New- York, happened to cay: SRIS • "Now, suppose there was an excursion from Kew-Yf»rk to Buffalo, and I wanted to go. Under > the existing law what would I have to do?" "Get a pa 53," Interrupted Assemblyman Friable. ¦ 0t Schoharie. . -«•.-.-.•. The roar of laughter which followed showed that the Joke bad not failed for lack of annrectation. LYNX PUZZLES ASSEMBLYMEN BY HIS RATHER OBSCURE REPARTEE. Albany. April 13 (Special).— Wauhope Lynn, of the Hid Assembly District. New-York, often pussies the Assembly by his sudden shifts In repartee. In arguing against a certain tax law last Tuesday he said: "This bill will work hardship to a great many men who own property in different counties. Take my own case for example. I now own property ia four different counties— York. Suffolk, West chester and Greene counties." The speaker was here Interrupted by Assembly man "Tim" Sullivan, who, with a side wink at As semblyman MtKenwn, said: "May I ask the gentle man a question?" '•Certainly, certainly," answered the member from the Hid District. ¦¦• "Then I want to ask the gentleman if he will own property in any more counties after the legislature adjourns. $ "Yes. I will." replied Lynn, "if the word of Sulli van and McKcown amounts to anything." ITKBOWM DISLIKES SCALPER& HIS BALD HEAD CONVINCES ASSEMBLYMAN EVERETT OF THAT FACT. Albany, April 13 (Special).— When the Anti-Scalpers bill, providing for the purchase of all railroad tickets at authorized office?, came up for final pas sa<e In the Assembly last Thursday the rollcall showed an exceedingly close ballot. As the bill ni Introduced by Assemblyman Everett, of Put nam County. Mr. Everett was naturally somewhat worried about the number of vote? cast in the af firmative, and was carefully counting; them off on a tally list. Finally, the clerk reached the name of Mr. MeKeown. the leader of the Kings County Democrats. As there was r.o answer, Mr. Everett looked anxiously in the direction of the Brooklyn BMSsber's seat. Mr. MeKeown was sitting with his back to the Speaker, and the sunshine from the southern windows shone with a reflected brightness from his smooth tonsure. "How does Mr. MeKiown vote?" asked the Pper»k<r, when the Hrooklynlte still failed to an swer. Before Mr. ItcKeown could reply the Put nam County member exclaimed: "Aye, of course:" Then, in a whisper, he added: "Do you think MeKeown would vote against an anti-scalpers hill? If you don't believe me. Just look at that sunshine." STEVENS NEEDS A PHONOGRAPH. Albany. April 13 (Special).— Assemblyman Ste vens, of Franklin County, was so wrought up over a bill which he attacked in debate last Wednesday that he said: "Mr. Speaker. I am against this bill. It is a bad bill, and should be killed. I want both my vote and my voice recorded against it." "Too bad. Stevens." said a fellow member, as the speaker sat down, "but I guess you will have to furnish your own phonograph if you want your voice recorded." ORIGIN OE TAMMANY'S TIGER. ADOPTED FROM A PAINTING IN A COFFEE STORE TO WHICH TWEED TOOK A FANCY. William M. Tweed, according to W. C. Montanye, the coffee and spice dealer, at West Broadway and Barclay-st., got his inspiration for associating the royal Bengal tiger with Tammany Hall from a picture In his store. In referring to the matter yesterday Mr. .Montanye said: My father got the picture of a head of a royal Bengal tiger from a man who had obtained It from an artist in Paris. It represents the animal with its mouth open, ready to right. Tweed used to pass the store often, as the engine company to which he belonged used to be located near us In the old Seventh Ward. One day, early In the fifties, Tweed, who happened to be in the store, saw the picture, and at once became greatly interested In It. One day he asked my father If he could have an artist copy it. as he wanted to adopt it as an emblematic picture for the Americas Club of the Seventh Ward. He got the consent, and an artist reproduced it in oil, as I understand. The tiger idea became a sort of popular fad with Tammany Democrats, and when Tweed furnished the Ameri cus Club, at Greenwich, he carried the idea there. I understand the picture was woven as a centre piece into the iparlor carpet. Thereafter Tammany and the tiger seemed to be inseparably connected. Matthew P. Breen. who has written much about Tammany Hall history, in commenting on Mr. Montanye's narrative, said: Quite likely Mr. Montanye's version of the origin of the tiger's Intimate association with Tammany Is correct. Many persons, however, remember the first appearance of the Tammany tiger in connec tion with Tweed's fire engine company, "Big Six."" This was a famous organization of the old Seventh Ward, and "Bill" Tweed was its foreman. "Big THE TIGER'S HEAD. From a French painting, which is supposed to have suggested the tiger as Tammany's emblem. Six" had a greater capacity as a hand fire engino than any other machine in the city at the time, and hence Its namf. Tweed had a tiger's head painted on the engine, and that was the first that people generally began to notice it. AUATFIR ACTORS AT YALE. ELABORATE PLANS MADE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AN ELIZABETHAN PLAY. Unlike the average dramatic organization, the. Yale Dramatic Association, which was founded only last year, devotes itself entirely to the re vival of dramas of literary and artistic value. Last year's "Miracle. Play" of the fifteenth century is to be followed by an Elizabethan drama this year, and it is not unlikely that the Restoration period will be Illustrated next year. The plans for the production of Thomas Heywood's "Fair Maid of the West," which will be presented at New-Haven on April 23 and 24. Include the transformation of the stage, boxes and a portion of the auditorium of the Hyperion Theatre Into an Elizabethan thea tre. To this end scenery representing the stage of the old Swan Theatre, London. ISPfi. has been bor rowed from Harvard University. Several rows of the orchestra seats will be removed, and In their place a rush strewn pit will be constructed. Here over a hundred students will appear In the various types of the Elizabethan audience, while on the stage still others, in the characters of "fine gentle men." will occupy stools at either side. The play itself is In five acts, and tells of the ad ventures In England, the Azores, Fez and on the high seas of a Cornish gentleman. Master Spencer, and of his love for a Plymouth barmaid, Bess Bridges. The whole effect is melodramatic, and Is thoroughly typical of the adventurous spirit of the days of Raleigh and Drake. Frank Lea Short, for merly one of the faculty of the American Aeademv of the Dramatic Arts, is the stage director for the production, while Professor William Lyon Phelps is acting as literary adviser. THE USEFUL PEXXY PROVIDENT FUND. The annual report of the Penny Provident Fund of the City of New- York has Just been published It showed that for the year ended January 31 last deposits amounted to $94,110 99 and withdrawals to 193.. 35 .0. The report also shows the growth of the fund in the last twelve years as follows: No. No. of Net February 1 MM stations, depositors, depcwlti. r^«:rji ¦^¦•¦¦¦¦¦¦•¦¦¦•¦¦¦¦- •! yg sfss RES? i & •: I -If iisss F*br^r- V. Us ::::;:;: -^ |??g U?:i*i February I! 1801 300 £«§ M.U4 30 NEW-YOBK DAILY TRIBUNE. .SUNDAY. APRIL 14. 1901. The late Hunter McGuire, M. D., LL D., formerly President and Professor of Clinical Surgery, University College of Medicine, Richmond, I 'a., and Ex- President of the American Medical Association, says: '¦ RnrnilA I iTurx UIA-rm as :in alkal ' ne dit "" etic is invaluable. In Ufk Acid Gravel, and indeed in diseases generally dependent upon a Uric Acid Diathesis, DUFFAIAJ LITMIA TIATEK n a remedy of extraordinary potency. 1 have prescribed it in cases of Rheumatic Gout which has resisted the ordinary remedies with wonderfully good results. I have used it also in my own case, being a great sufferer from this malady, and have derived more benefit from it than from any other remedy." Dr. P. B. Barringer, Professor of Physiology and Smrgery, Unhtrsify of Virginia: "In rmre thin twenty years of practice I hive used Lithia un an nn?:-:r:c acid agent many times, and have tried it in a great variety of forms, both in the NATURAL WATERS and in TABLETS. A> the result of this experience I have no hesita tion in stating that for prompt results I have found nothing to compare with H||M-fcifl I |TU|A W&ITD '" P reventm £ vr ' c acid deposit* in the body. Mv experience with it as a solvent of old existing deposits (calculi) has been relatively limited. ¦HllrilUl lillflllt flUltlf an j j ne5 j Tate t0 com p are ,; t here with other forms to their disadvantage ; but for the first class of O nF |« trt I I T UIA UftTER STANDS ALONE." conditions above set forth I feel that DUrfAUJ Id 1 niH IBU tR Dr. Thomas H. Buckler, of paris f formerly of Baltimore), SUQOESTER of LITHIA as a solvent for LRic acid, says: Nothing l could say would ail to the well-known RmrpAl n ¦ fTUI . U/ATPD ' haV<> fref l uent 'v lIS0 ' :1 II wlth £™d results in URIC ACID DIATHESIS. RHEUMATISM, and QOfT, and with this reputation of the DUFFALO LITHIA TEAIER • object I have ordered it to Europe. Lithia is in no form so valuable as where it exists in the carb3nats, the form in which it Dwis-Min I ituih tv. TrD nature's mode of solution and division in water which has pissei through Lepido'.ite ani SpondaaUM Mineral formi is found in DUrrALU LITHIA WATtH, tions Dr. J. W- Mallett, Professor of Chemistry, University of Virginia, -^ - WATFP S > N 2- Extract from report of analysis of Calculi discharged by patients under the action of uUrfAIAJ LlTlllA lEruLR - P c "It seems on the whole probable that the action of the water is PRIMARILY and MAINLY EXERTED upon URIC ACID and the URATcS, but when these const:! > ents occur along with and as cementing matter to Phosphatic or Oxalic Calculus materials, the latter may b? so detached and broken down as to disintegrate the Calculus as a whole in these cases, also thus admitting ofUrethral discharge.'' James L Cabell, M. D., A. M., LL. D., formerly Professor Of Physiology and Smrgtry m th: MedtVa! Department of the University of Virginia, and President of the National Board ifc _ _ in Uric Acid Diathesis is a well-known therapeutic resource. It should be recognized by the profession as an article of Health, says: BUFFALO LITHIA WATER of Materia Medica. " BUFFALO LITHIA WATEK :s fnr saKl by GroceiS and DruggtSta generally. Testimonials which defy all imputations or questions sent to any address. PROPRIETOR BUFFALO LITHIA SPRINGS, VIRGINIA M ME - A N IT WILL PLAY YOUR. PIANO YOU CAN PLAY IT. MESSRS. WILOOX & WHTTB Dear Sir: — Before Falling I with to tell you how much I have t>njoynl playing on your "ANOGU7I It Is a mott wonderful Invention, and thank* to you. any on« will now l«-arn to play the piano perfectly in one hour. Win you kindly ship an "AKGEIA7B" to my house In Dresden tame as I had here at the Savoy? Yours truly. New York. Ist April. 1901. (Rlgned) MARCBLI^A SEMimiCH. THE ANQELUS IS ENDORSED BY THE GREATEST MUSICIANS, because it is the best piano player made. We ask you to satisfy yourself of this fact by comparing it with others. CALL AND HEAR IT. WILCOX & WHITE CO., 164 FIFTH AVENUE, Near 22d Street, N. Y. CONNECTICUT TOPICS. QUESTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM -EIGHT HOTR RII>L DEFKATF.D TO HIIORHWIZK NATIONAL OUABD RIO FUF.SnKT. Hartford. April IS -The constitutional reform Question is in great danger of being talked to death, and with the various plans presented, all supported by men who are thoroughly Interested In the topic, the committee will have some difficulty In deciding on just the measure to present to the General Assembly. Ex-Governor Rulkclf-y has this week presented to the committee a resolution leav ing the entire matter to a commission of sixteen, and this may be the compromise that will be adopted. The views of those who are urging re form on this line are m at variance that it seems Impossible to get at a resolution or bill that will be reasonably sure of going through both houses. An important action of the House on Thursday was the defeat of the Eight Hour bill, which had been urged by the labor organizations. The com mittee reported adversely on the bill, and the re port was sustained by 161 to 3R. Attorney-General PhelpS had been asked for an opinion on the con stitutionality of the proposed measure by the com mittee. His report did not set forth In exact terms the unconstitutional!!* 1 of the bill, but argued against ii, and pointed out that the Supreme Court would have to decide the matter before anything accurate could be determined. T'pon this state ment Chairman Manville of the committee, who had voted against the bill In committee, voted for It In the House, explaining that he desired to have the matter reach the Supreme Court, that the question of such legislation might be settled In accordance with that body's interpretation of the constitution. The Adjutant-General's offim surprised the mili tary men of the State on Wednesday by presenting before the committee a bill amending the Military act and reorganizing th* Connecticut National Guard. The bill differs widely from the bill which had been previously presented to the committee and makes some striking changes The most Im portant one is that which provides ihat the Ad jutant-General's term of office shall be during good behavior, and putting upon him the duties of Quar termaster-General. Paymaoter-General and Com missary-General In the time of peace This Is such a radical step that it will prohably meet with much opposition from officers of the Guard, who will be heard on the measure the coming week. Other sections of the bill provide for the reduction of rank In the brigade staff to conform with the T'nltert States Army, and empowering one of the regiments to be instructed as a heavy artillery regiment. The naval division 1* also to he divorced from the brigade and carried forward, with dliect communication with the Adjutant-Generals office, Buffalo lithi/\Water In Uric Acid or Gout Poisoning, Gout, Rheumatism, Stone and All Uric Acid Conditions. John V. Shoemaker, M. D., LL D., Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics in ths Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia., etc., in the New York \l:dt:a! Journal. June '21. lS'.'tO; "T RnrPA'"A 1 ITU I A WA*rr*D X doubly efficient in Rheumatism and Gout. It dissolves Uric Acid and Phos uOrfALAJ LITMIA WATER phatic sediments, as well as other products difficult of elimination, while at the same time it exerts a moderately stimulant effect upon the renal cells, and thereby facilitates the swift rermv.i! of insoluble materials from the body. Without such action insoluble substances will precipitate in the Kidneys and Bladder. The intense suffering produced by Stone, together with consecutive pyelitis and cystitis, are avoided by prompt elimination. "Unquestionably, although the speedy removal of Uric Acid and other products of faulty tissue change is of conspicuous benefit, yet to PREVENT their formation is a service !»*»•»»» | _-¦ I ITUIA WATFD w ' vn '* corrects those digestive failures still more important. This service is performed by the DUrFAIAILITfUA TIATLK %v h lcn are responsible for the production of deleterious materials." They are reached from all directions over the Danville Division ot the Southern Railway. SEMBHICHS TESTIMONIAL TO TMH GEL U S PIANO PLAYER. AND without the intervention of the regular channels of th© brigade. j Taxation of eemt-piiblic institutions has been aired before the legislative committees this week. The Hartford Retreat for the Insane was before I the Committee on Incorporations to show why Its j valuable real estate property not used for vhe ex '¦ press purpose of the retreat should not be mi i eluded in the tax list of the Washington Street i School District, and the hearing brought out the ' further fact that there was a considerable holding of personal property which was also exempt from taxation. The assessors placed the value on the exempted property at $113,000, and as the school district la In debt ami has a large rate of taxation such an addition to its list would be of great benefit. Incidentally, counsel for the school dis trict pointed out that there arc in the city twenty • one miles of exempted frontage of property he ' longing to churches, schools and Institutions of a | semi-public nature. The members of the legislature In the city the present week have had an opportunity of seeing one. of the great freshets of the Connecticut River the high water mark having been 28.6 feet, which means an Immense Quantity of water, spreading over miles of meadow land to the north, east and south of the city, and setting back Into the east ; aide of the city to such an extent that several of : the streets have been navigable for boats, and not ¦ few houses were accessible only from the upper windows. The rainfall of the last ten days has not . only lifted the river to a height only exceeded once In thirty years, but has filled up the reservoirs and left the water supply In fine condition for the coming summer. The flooded district of the city i has often been presented to the City Council with I the idea of an engineering solution of the problem j which Is a serious one, involving much loss to business and other interests on the BaM Side. A , plan has been presented for the reclaiming of the i entire region by filling, and another by diking the 1 river, but the cost has been too great to be con sidered. This week the extensive Riverside Park, I the most attractive pleasure ground in the city for the benefit of workingmen, has been completely under water, and the Park Commissioners would be very glad to have something done to redeem this tract, as the flood line prevents the sort of im provement that they would like to make. Interest in the coming appointments by Mayor Harbison to the commissions is marked Last year his appointments stirred up a great deal of politi cal feeling, and. while they were all confirmed by the Aldermen, there were some rejections of ap pointment by the persons interested. The appoint- I ments this year give the Mayor opportunity to con trol absolutely all the boards, as It will be possible for him by Monday night to have named fruir of the six members of each city commission, and In the, case of the Police Board to nnmo five of its members. Incidentally/, this will throw important chairmanships with good salaries into the Mayor's bands by way of patronage* The greatest interest Is In the fate of the presidency of the Water Com mission, which has now i's acting president E. H. Judd. lie is also a candidate for the permanent office, as Is Henry Souther, another member of the commission. SARAH nr.nxn \rdt. In speaking of Gold Seal Champagne Mme. Bern hardt says: "I find the Urbana Wine Co.'a Gold Seal Cham pagne excellent. In fact equal to many French Champagnes. It surprises me that such a fine wine can be produced In America •• .«TJJl s J2« encou li' IB '71 !l t tr, r the people who have Bpf t money <an(l waited y«ars to meet with success in producing as fine a Chafcpagne as the™ la in the world. 111 1 ... Springs are open for guests June 15, close October I. Xcio- jlcrscn 3WORTHFUL 0 OFFERS 0 That Will Lead All Bargain Chances This Week Rug Bargain. A fine selection of Royal WaVTOH Rigs, "-.^xm inches, would be offered In others as .» bargain at 2.7=. ; our price this week, 1.98. NOTE.— Our Spring Carpet Stock is fu!lv three times greater than that ot any other New Icrsev Store. HAHNE & CO. Newark, N. J. LENT ELEVEN MILLION Hooks. FINAL REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF THE NEW- YORK FREE CIRCULAT ING LIBRARY. The final report of the New- York Free Circulat ing Library has now been published. It covers the year 1900, and Is final, not because the work has ceased, but because the library was consolidated last February with the New-Ycrk Public Library, of which it now forms the circulating department. The report contains an interesting review of the history of the library from its incorporation in ISSO. Of the origin of the library the report Bays: The New-York Free Circulating Library owes Its beginning to a sewing class conducted In connec tion with the charitable work of Grace Church Early in 1879. while six little girls belonging to this class were wnltlns for their teacher, they whiled away the time by listening to a sensational story read from a cheap paper by one of their number. This story was overheard by the teacher on her arrival, and she was thus led to inquire regarding the children's reading and to make efforts to better It. The paper was gladly given up in exchange for a book, and each of the girls was offered one such book a week as a lean, on condition that she would never again buy a sensational story paper. This was the beginning of a system for* the free circulation of books, which grew rapidly in popularity and extent. Other women became interested; about rive hundred books w*re collected and a room In Thirteenth-fit., east of Fourth-aye was obtained for library uss. Although no particu lar effort was made to advertise the plan, except by telling the children to bring their friends, ami although at first the room was open only once a week for two hours at a time, the attendance was soon «-> great that the sidewalk was blocked during the library hours, and on one occasion only two volumes were left In the room. At the end of the XctD-Jcrscn MONDAY AND TUESDAY, ONLY 44 01 d Hickory" o!T R 100 ROCKER, liUO We have everything in the line of this reliable and durable out-of-door furniture. Shade Bargain. Cflp will buy from us this week our JUb 80c. Sin-Fast Holland Shade ""~— (guaranteed not to fadei. rf inches wide by >4 inches long, in white, dark green, melrose. ecru. nuize. bisque or olive color. Harts horn's best onejncl roller with all fixtures, rea&y to hang, on Cft_ order this week UUC free deliveries in Greater New York and at New Jersey Railroad Stations. first year about l.y> volumes (all gifts) were on the shelves, and about 7.C00 had been given out to the public. From this small beginning the progress was so steady that at the end of Its twenty-one years cf separate existence It has turned over to the New- York Public Library eleven working libraries, with books enough to satisfy a demand from the pub lic for 1,634.523 loans in 1900. The first president of its :...ir.i of trustees was a woman: the first two chief librarians were women; women have always been in the great majority among the as sistant librarians, unit women have taken an active part In promoting the library's interests. The early Idea that this system of circulating libraries Is only for th- use of the very poor has been super seded by the belief that it is an important adjunct of the city's educational system. Its v:ork will be carried on in future by the New- York Public '... brary, but although It ts now a part of a larger corporation tr must not he assumed that It ¦ --V.-i no more the help of Its friends who have so gen erously contributed to Its support in the past. On the contrary, it needs annual subscriptions as much as ever, and it hopes that not .-.:;. will all its former members .<.;! subscribers continue their annual gifts, but that others may be induced to contribute. All contributions should be sent t.-> Edward King. Union Trust Company. No. SO Broad way, treasurer or the New-York Public Library, an.l should be designated "For the circulating de partment." The following- table shows how great and how constantly Increasing Is the demand for good reading by the New- York public: - BOOKS LENT BY NEW- YORK FREE CIRCULATING LIBRARY. 1850 22.333 ISM 415.1^* ISM *•.._•¦« I ISO . 447.»? I*B2 Tl.vK> ISOS! ....'..'. ' Ml.<«* TSS3 M.233 1*!»4 B3i'MJ I >N » W.*».-. r"v».*sl 1^>.... ' 2l».!>.V»ilSy« . 732.3^ i^« tsu.+v* im>7. 973.5J : Is*" 221.5<» IMW 1 241.1 MS 1S«8 52.>.*)5 !K»a 7 *? »**» — ..-.-.:... 4£1.^63 1900 i&m,5S»; Ism> 402.701 — * Total. '..¦.". ¦.¦.¦.¦.¦.¦......";'...! . U.o«ftJ«