National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-06-24

1t may not BIO generally known TO landsmen, but
all sailors aware that with strong and steady
favoring wind, II is possible for sailing vessel 10
equal the speed of an Atlantic steamship Mr..
Benjamin, in his article on "Tho Evolution of the
American Yacht" in the forthcoming July Century,
compares the time made by some sailing ships
twenty and thirty yea ago with that of the fastest
steamers Of to-day. In one of the recent fastest
passages ever made by the Alaska, her greatest
run was 4lo miles In twenty -four hours. Be.
fore 1885, the ship James Banes, built by
Donald Mckay. ran 420 miles in twenty
four hours. The ship Red Jacket, built
week, The Flying Cloud, McKay's most cele.
braicd ship, once made 3i knois, or 1873 miles in
twenty four hours and twenty-five minutes, equal
10 l7l7 mile per hour. The difficulty sailing YES
a a. w S S W9SS
ship, but In the fact that the wind Is unsteady.
Mr.. Benjamin will accompany his magazine paper
with humber of plans and diagrams, showing
the shape OF various sailing vessels aud the gradual
changes that have taken place IN the construction
invented for the cod fisheries.
In the North american RerieiO for July the lead.
ing article is profound and sympathetic study of
Emerson as a Poet" by Edwin p, Whipplc. The
author has scarcely word to say about forms and
modes of expression, and oheernlly comedies that
Emerson had command only oftwo or three mo-
ters; but he brings all tho resources OF his ex-
lnordlnary critical aeumen To- prove that as a
seer MS one who has Intuition of The deeper truths
Of nature and tho. moral universe. in short, as
poet In tho highest sense OF tho word, Emerson
must take rank with the greatest genulses OF all
time. In Hydraulic Pressure in Wall Street." a
writer who wllhholds his name. but who mani.
testify is novice, exposes many of the tricks and
devices by means OF which fictitious values are
created and the unwary lured daily TO ruin. De-
sire Charnay contributes the eleventh article In
the series on "1he Ruins Of Contral America"
There are two papers on the civil service ques.
lion; one, The Things Which Remain" by Gail
Hamilton; tho other, "The Business Of ONCE
Seeking" by Richard Grant White. Finally,
Francis Marion Crawford, son of the eminent
American sculptor. writes of False Taste in AIT"
tuTe might be developed under the conditions Of
life existing in the United States.
Nath ,nieb Hawthorne Thomas A. Edison, and
Mark ~ Pomeroy were all, at some period OF
their boyhood, amateur editors; aud II is we'll
known. fact that number Of tho successful
Journalists ofthe country began their editorial eX-
perienee as boys with little two-ponny newspa-
pers of their own. Since the invention OF the
cheap hand-prcsses, the issue of these amateur
Journals has become one Of the most popular
recreations OF young people, Tho July
article, by Harlan H. Ballard on anna.
teur newspapers, giving a history Of tho rise
and development OF this new industry for young
fOlka and a sketch Of the "NatonM Amateur
Press Association" Frank r. Stockton and Noah
Brooks will be Hinong the story writer's of this
number, aud there Is said TO be an unusually
brilliant list OF artists.
Among the attractive books recently published
BY James r. osgood Co.. OF Boston, are the works
Of William Winter, including, besides his poems,
tho following volumes which he has edited, " The
1iie, Stories, and Poems Of John Brougham,
Sflt<-James oBriens Tales, Sketches, and