The Worthington advance., 1882-08-31
LITERARY NOTICES.


ber is an unusally interesting number
to those who like to read of persons.
Thus there is sketch Of Mark Twain
by w. d. Howells. An extended sketch
of Thomas Bewick, the engraver. A
very interesting account of Rebecca
GratZ, an American jewish, said to he
the original of the beautiful Rebecca of
Scott'S IvanhOe. Then there is All illus.
trated paper on Ex- x-Pres:dent Woolsey,
of Yale E. W. Gosse contributes a
very interesting running estimate Of
the life and work Of the late Dante
Gabriel Rosetta. Ocean Steamships
and Ningpo and the Buddhist Temples
are two interesting illustrated papers.
E. V. Smalley furnishes a second pa
per on the New Northwest. Gen. Nc.
Clellan contributes quite q timely and
suggestive article on the war in
Egypt.
st. Nicholas for September is q
bright, sketchy number, filed with
short stories, clever verses and beauti-
full pictures. Girls will be interested
in 1.-The Doll that Couldn't Spell Her
Name, )" and boys will read with pleas
ure the story Of 1.-The Marlborough
Sands": and both boys and girls will
enjoy everything else i'll the magazine.
There is an amusing article on ele-
plants: entitled Our Largest Friends. ,
''Jiro-A Japanese Boy" is Il sketch Of
boy life III that curious country where
everyoLe's birthday comes on the same
day; and Maurice Thompson. the Gel
ebrated archer. contributes 1.-The Story
of the Arbalist," or ''Cross- bow. y
The Stories from the Northern Myths
end in this issue with an account of
tie Staying Of Balder, the God of the
Summer, and Mrs. Clements paper on
the Art and Artists'' of the Renais-
sance is especially bright and anecdo-
tai.
Improvement for Mind and Body
There is more strength restoring pow
er in Il bottle of Parker's Ginger To-
mic than in Il bus'.el of malt or 4 gall
Oh Of milk. AS an appetizer blood
purifier and kidney corrector, there is
nothing like 1t and invalids consequent
ly find it Il wonderful inviycralt for
mind and body.
PATENT REMEDIES
A Boston paper Says that in the sub
urts Of that city the fences along one
of the railroads are covered with in
scriptions advertising patent remedies.
The body-doctors and soul-doctors
have We'd with each other in advertis-
ing their patent remedies for healing
Codies and souls and the result is a
ludicrous mixture of material and
spiritual phrases. Thus i soul-doctor
asks: IT'S your soul saved?" and Il
b y-doctor puts after it, "use st.
J.cob's Oil" Next body doctor
writes ON the fence, ''Try Kidney
WORT" and i soul.tloctor follows it
with ''Come to Jesus" Then another
doctor puts down his remedy us better
and says, Use Youb;.. ;..wanna for your
hair.' The soul-doctor. nothing daunt-
ed says, God loves you,:'a and the rival
body-doctor paints, "Centanr liniment
cures rheumatism" Then the soul
doctor screams in large letters, and as
summing up all, ETERNITY" !" and the
body-doctor. nothing daunted, RECON-
mends "Botanic Bitters" rs il prepar-
alton for eternal life. Then the Y. NJ.
G. n. doctor moves along to another
board and writes, ''Now is the day of
salva:ion,'' and the nostrum man ad-
vises tl's peEiteMt soul to Use Gargling
OIL" "and Try Nahoe Wine.
Some pleasant conjurer who passes