The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-07-21
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In the North American Review for
August, The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
writes of progress in Religious
Thought" pointing out the many influ-
ences, social, educational and scientific,
which are by degrees transforming the
whole structure of dogmatic belief and
teaching. Il. V. Powderly, tho official
head OF tie Knights of Labor, the
strongest union OF w%orkingmen in the
United States, contributes a temperate
article on "The Organization of Labor"
The well-known British military cor
respondent, Archibald Forbes, writes
of "The United States Army" dwell
ing more particularly OH those features
of our army management which appear
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Ethics of Gambling" o. B. Eourthinp.
ham analyses the passion for play with
rare ingenuity. "The Remuneration
OF Public Servants" by Frank d. Y.
Carpenter, gives matter for serious con-
sideratiOn, both 10 tho civil service re-
formers and their opponents. Finally,
there is u paper cn "Artesian Wells
upon the Great Pla ns," by DR.. G. A.
White of the Smithsonian Institution.
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The August Wide Awake Is notable
for some beautiful drawings of girls
with flowers; the exquisite frontis-
piece, accompanying the exquisite po-
en- of GLOW the Laurel went to
church," by Emily A. Brsddock,
"Pasture Lilies-a sumptuous Sheaf,"
and "Canada Lilies on Stately STEMS"
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in which figures Simon Kenton, the
famous kentucky backwoodsman.
The Chautauqua Reading Course
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The first place in the Popular Science
Monthly for August is given to the
concluding part of the address Of Emil
du Bois-Reymond on "The Physiology
of Exercise" in which the action of ex.
ercise on the nervous GENRES, its rela-
ton to natural selection, and the
comparative merits of different system
of gymnastic and outdoor training are
considered. In "National Necessities
aaen aMSatiApa& aEEsagpGGa1h4lfAU}ngg AREa RrW,
plea for the giving attention in the
public schools to o broader physical
education. Mr.. William w. Jacques
Phi. d., contributes a paper on "Acous.
tic Architecture" NJ. Stanislas Meu
nier, a Frensh geologist, describes "a
Gigantic Fossil Bird" the remains o.
which have been found in France
which stood at least ten feet high
Professor Tyndall gives the measur o
the "Progress of the Germ Theory o
Disease" In "The Book-Men" tho late
T. Wharton Collens shows what knowl.
edge owe to the school-men or closet
students of the middle ages and sue
: ceeding centuries. DR.. Andrew Wilson
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Elephants" Professor Harvey w
" iley explains "Ths Chemistry Of Su
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is de crite1 in "Sudden Whitening O
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of Baron Nordenskjold, the distinguish
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, "The Comforts and Discomforts G
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plymouth and its Religious Memories
"Gypsles and their Friends" ani
8 "Aaron Burr" are admirable articles
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q Bier-How 1t Came Here, What /
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Ackroyd has q most interesting articl,
on "Phosphorescence," with twelv,
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rs, /" is continued, and there are othel
stories by w. Edgar McCsnn, Fam,
7 Belle Irving. Susan A. Weiss, etc
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