The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-03-26

takes high rank is the printing of wood d-cut-s
subject which Mr.. Theodore L. De Vlnne, tho
printer OF Scribner's Monthly. is TO treat In tht
forthcoming (AprID number OF that magazine
This paper deals with early methods of wood
cut printing on the hand-press, and is to bs
followed by another on machine printing, the
success OF which dates only from 1850. Mr.. d.
Vinne is tie author OF History OF Print
ing" and, as his work on Scribner abundantlN
shows, is practical printer. In the secont
paper, special attention will be given to the
httle understood process Of " oyerlaying,' and
the relations OF printer to draughtsman sno
engraver will be suggestively discussed. These
papers will be OF especial interest 10 printers
and editors.
Nte-cuttlng, as il is called, is managed IN
China by glueing powdered glass upon the
strings and saving these across each other
until one of them is cut through. But this II
clumsy compared with the Mexican aud Cuban
methods. In these, either fine splinter from
glass bottle, or a piece OF watch -spnng
ground to a razor edge, is deitly attached to
the tail of the kite, which then must be flown
in such a way as to draw the cutters across the
adversary's string. Kite battles, with appll-
ances OF this kind, call ont much skill, and are
exciting without being dangerous. They may
yet become featurs OF boy-fe in this coun-
try, tor it is announced that an illustrated de-
scrptve article upon klte-cutting is to he given
in the forthcoming April number OF st. Nlch-
olas
Mr.. Sidney Lanler, musician as well as litter
ateur, will have a paper in Scrbner for April
which will be welcomed by many OF the musi-
cal public it is entitled The Orchestra OF To-
day, and is clear and untechnlcal account OF
the construction and differences OF the orches-
tral instruments. incidentally, Mr.. Lanier ad
vocates the training of women for orchestral
work.
short illustrated paper OF humor and adven-
ture, by Earnest Ingersoll, to appear in The
April Scrlbner and which, il Is said, Will ado
considerable to the natural history OF thii
always interesting quadruped.
The Rome of Leo XIII is not SO gay at Easter
time as was the Rome OF Pho Mono. Then
there were grand llluminations OF the facade
of st. Peters, and fireworks in the vast piazza
and people thronged from the surrounding
country 10 share With the Roman crowds the
joyful rites OF the season. Nowadays, the
pspal city might almost be taken for the capi-
tai OF some Puritan nation. An account OF the
old gay doings, with fullpage picture showing
the Examinations OF St. Peters, ie to be given
in the April st. Nicholas.
Nothing could lay better foundation for an
understanding OF the Russia OF to-day than
the acquaintance with it's antecedents which
one may obtain from Mr.. Eugene Schuyler
Peter the Great, now running as On illustrate
serial in Scrlbner. 1t is understood that the
causes and beginnings OF Nihilism in Russls
will be traced by Mr.. Schuyler during the course
of his narrative. The authors style has beer
pronounced admirably adapted to histonca
writing, and it is pleasant to note the response
of interest on tue part Of readers which the
publishers report.
The Detroit Free Press says: a" The method
OF ttdSulHS lOouibB W c"piSJiH6 hN"oP"PS''
and magazines to some extent IN place o.
books. has been adopted With good success II
several places, more particularly in the East
A teacher IN one OF the Detroit schools inter
ested her scholars in high degree by reading
to them the history OF Peter the Great, a.
gveniin the February and March numbers o.
Scribner's Magazine The superintendent oi
public schools i'll Portland, Me-, has recent,
subscribed for number of copies st. Nichoa'
for use as a reader in the schools OF Portland
Noah Brooks has just completed anothe
book for boys. 1t is baseball story, entitled
The Fairport Nine, and, like The Boy Emf
grants, was written as q serial for St. Nicholas
The Fairport Nine is to begin with welI-con
tested baseball match in the May issue Of tha
mag azine.