Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-04-23

According to the report of the Auditor
General of Michigan, of the IS or
ganized railroads in the State only six paid
dividends in the previous year, and eight had
balance applicable to dividends.
May Magazines.
The International Review for May is an
unusually interesting number The opening
article is upon 'Sir Alexander Cockburn,"
by 4. V. Dicey. al able review of the char
acter of this eminent English Judge; il is
followed by the second number of The Last
Trial of Russian Nihilists; - ''raxation of
Inter state Commerce is an important arti-
Gle by Brooks Adams showing what the
courts and legislation have done upon this
matter and pointing ont that il needs more
attention nv Congress than il has vet re-
ceivcd; "The Balance of the Geneva Award
by William c. Lowe. contends that this bal
ance should BE- distributed, not to the insur-
ancc companies that took war risks and
made money by the operation, but to the
vessel owners who lost by the English Con
tederate cruisers, and TO other parties inter
ested in the distribution. The other articles
are: George Eliots Life and Writings
by w. Fraser Rae: "The Alleged Census
Frauds in the South" by Henry Gannctt;
Constitutional Tendencies in France by
I. NJ. Ford; Recent Changes in japan" nv
II. Mitsukuri: Recent Histories of the
United States"
Scrjbner's Monthly for Nav opeps with n
portrait of Carlyle not very hattering to the
personal appearance of that distinguished
author. II also contains several articles up
on CARLYLE, whom upon the whole. il makes
the prominent feature of this number. The
best illustrated articles are: "The Wild
Sheep of the Sierra - ain and out
of London with Dickens" "Artcmus
Ward, his Home and Family" an article Pc
culiarly interesting to Maine people; Among
the Esauimaux with Schwalka.' The other
articles are. MADAME Dclphone,r contin-
ued story "The Mutincers of the Bounty"
with sketch of the Pitcairn Islanders from
ls59-s0; ''The Sanitary Condition ot New
York" impressions of Thomas Carlyle"
bv Ralph Waldo Emerson; 'The Literary
Work of Thomas CARLYLE" by George Saints
bury; "IIoni Soft Qui Nal Pense:" "Post-
office Savings Banks in Great Britain"
"Jenny Lind" with a portrait: "Peter the
Great as Ruler and Reformer." with illustra-
trations. There are several poems In the
number. the most ambitious one being cnii-
titled "Calpurnia by IIJalmar Hiorth Boye-
sufficient for the pages of stately reviews.
The May number Of the Eclectic maintains
the high character of the magazine for va
riety and interest of contents Among other
striking papers it contains a lecture by Mr..
Edward A. Freeman on ssTbe Study of His
tory:" Mr.. Swjpburn's noted essay on .eren.
nvson and Nusset.r Mr.. Froude's sketcb of
.tJohn Henry Newman" :" an art;cl. nv PRO.
fessor Stanley Jevops on ssThp Rationale of
Free Public Libraries. and another from
the Spectator on 'Carlyle's "reminiscences.
The remaining papers are also very reada-
BILE comprising the concluding part Of Mr..
Uayward's eritjauc on "Iord Compbcll's
Memoirs" "Anotber World Down Here -
"a Son of the Ncw Time" :" .tWind Fan
tastes. - .tOn some of Sbake.peare' Female
Cbaracters-No. III. Desdcmona. " by Helen
Faucit Martin. sMisfor,unes in Metanbor /"
bv Henry w. Lucy: Helen in tho Wood,
iOn the Moral Character of Man" being
Part VI of 1.-The Unity of Nature" bv the
Duke of ArpyII; four cbapters of Miss Fotb-
ergill's interesting novel, "Kith and kim"
some Natural History Notes," "Retro-
spect" IN poem; Literary Notices: Foreign
Literary Notes. Science and Art. and Nis
cellany.
Besides the usual variety of light and en-.
tertaining reading Lippincott's Magazine for
May has some articles full of information on
subjects Of general interest. There is q pa
per on the House Of Commons by w. n.
Rdeing. In an article on "Oyster- Culture
W. =. G. Sbanks. shows the necessity for the
speedy adoption in America Of methods for
preserving or renewing the oyster beds along
our coast sucb a.. are cxtensiyely practised