Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-09-23

il good" This iuie Dr. na5
followed in scientific Sophisms," in pre-
senting a thorough review of the prevailing
theories of Natural Science. He has SUB.
milted to searching criticism the views OF
Darwin, Huxley, Tyndall, and others on
the subjects of Evolution, Transmutation,
Spontaneous Generation, etc, and has aoly
! shown the ~fallacies involved in their deduc'
ions. Although dealing with difficult
/ ,cientic problems, the book is written In q
clear and simple style, attractive to every
intelligent mind. 1t is we'll calculated to
remove skepticsl doubts, and to conhrm
the old belief that "Hethat built all things
is God"
The multitude of readers who have en-:
ioyed xix Maryel's'' charming books VIII
be glad to know that Messrs. Scribner, Mr..
Mitchell's publishers. are to issue a new
revised edition of the authors writings, in
| attractive duodecimo volumes. THE Rev
| cries of a Bachelor" and Dream Life" are
among the most delightful Of u Ameri-
| can classics, few books have had so extend
| ed a sale or received 30 generous apprecia-
| zion, and the same charm which attaches
TO the hReyeries' is felt for all the authors
| books. The announcement Is particularly
| interesting in hat we are promised several
new volumes, consisting Of papers hitherto
| Unpublished, and of studies in English lit.
| erature and history. The first volumes OF
/ the reissue will be published early in Sep.
| TENDER.
Jansen, McClurg & Co., Chicago, have in
press a brilliant book of Brazilian travels,
| which is entirely unlike any now before
| the public. Its author, Mr.. Frank ID. Z.
| Carpenter, q graduate of Cornell univer.
| sity in 1873, held for several years the posi-
| ton of geographer OF the geological survey
! of Brazil, and under these peculiarly favor.
| able conditions he acquired the material
| which, returning to America, he has made
b. oasis of his book. Valuable as is the
| work for its information, il owes still more
O its literary treatment The authors
| .tudies of Brazilian life and manners, and
| nis method OF presenting them, are unique,
| md his book occupies a place quite its own
| 4nong works of travel. 1t has but little OF
l Try narration and sober details OF general
l Information and yet, with all It's ylVacity
md variety, it is doubtful il there is any
s.! ere to be found so good a picture of life
| and scenes in and about the great metro
nclis of the southern hemisphere-Rio de
| Jsneiro.
William Swinton, we'll known as the war
/ correspondent of the New York Times, and
more recently as a writer OF school text.
books. is about to begin the publication OF
4 weekly, to be called Swinton's Story.
Teller, and consisting exclusively OF Choic.
est complete tales, from four to six in each
issue. He has already enlisted the pens OF
many Of the star story-writers otthe nlted
States and England. We think Mr.. Swim
ton right in believing that there is a keenly
md wide.felt appetite for tirst.class short
stories, and, il he works up to his ideal, he
4hould achieve a fla:tering success. a
paragraph is going the rounds OF the press,
/ in which Rev. Edward Everett Hale, who,
t is understood, is to contribute to the first
number of the Story-Teller a most amusing
and delightful tale, called "Cromwells
Statute" says: al am glad you are going to
make such a weekly. ] have been for a
long time advising and prophesying the
formation of q magazine for stories only"
20, also, MARK Twain" is out In this char
lcteristic utterance: ~ am sure the Story.
Teller is based upon a sound idea, for the
reason that | who am a prolific source oil
.ound ideas,) have wondered, a many q
,ime, why somebody didn't start just that
kind of a periodical, AND so achieve swift
and certain prosperity"
The high character OF THE Popular
Science Monthly" is vigorously sustained
by its October issue. OF its fifteen articles
there is none which will not repay careful
reading, and from which something new
and valuable can not be learned. The pres
ent state OF thought in regard to the nature
of life is we'll reflected in the first article,
by Paul r. Shipman, on Matter Living
and Not Living" DR.. Bsyard then takes
a hand in the conflicts OF the medical
schools, to show that Homeopathy" is
Science" DR.. Abraham jacob has an
elaborate and most interesting article on
The Historical Development Of Modern
Nursing, Clothing and the Atmos
Cookery" by Professor Williams; aad The
Alcohol Habit" by DR.. Oswald, in his
series on "The Remedies Of Nature are
papers of great practical worth. Those OF
more purely scientific interest are ICY
clones and Tornadoes," How the Earth
was Peopled," The Colors OF Flowers
Negotiating Animals The Liver Fluke
IN sheep" THE Savings of Science" ETC.,
etc. There are a portrait and biographical
1. Itch of the celebrated hygienist Of
Munich, DR.. Max Won P~ettenkofer, and
.arge mass OF criticism and miscellaneou
Information in the editorial departments
Tre October Monthly" is a kind Of soien
ttrc 9~-3k that %"i pr permanently VI:
Of the other masazines.
Draw poker, from the scientific point G.
view, is the subject Of an entertaining arti
Gle by Richard A. Proctor, in The Modern
Age for October. In il he saws:
OF the four best classes of hands, there
are the following numbers:
" Hush sequences there may be 4
" tours g.
" full hands S,7i
4" Common Pushes $40
"cOmmon sequences 1920
"~tripletS di,9i.
l pairs R5r1b
d" psiTs l,0gS,2i,
" other hands l,302,5+
Total number OF possible hands = $685. 10
1t will be seen that those who deviseE
the rules for poker play set the different
hands in very proper order. 1t is fitting
for instance, that as there are only 10 posi-
BILE flush sequence hands, out OF a total
number Of 2,59S $50 hands, while there are
624 -four" hands, the flush sequences
should come first, and 80 with the rest
1t is noteworthy, however, that when sc.
quences were not counted, as was the rule
in former times, there was one hand abso.
lutely unique and u~nconquerable. The
holder of four aces then wagered on a Ger
tainty, for no one else could hold that
hand. At present there is no absolutely
sure winning hand. The holder OF ace,
king, queen, knave, ten, flush, may Though
it is Of course exceedingly unlikely be
met by the holder of the same cards, flush,
that at whist it has happened that the
deal divided the four suits among the
Jour players, to each a complete suit, we
see that four players at poker might each
receive a flush sequence headed by the ace.
Thus the use Of sequences has saved poker.
players from the possible risk Of having
either TO stand out or wager on a certainty,
which last would Of course be very painful
to the feelings OF a professional gambler.
swEETHEART's SYMPOSIUM.
Anxious parent writes US that he ID
afraid his daughter is planning to leave
his roof with a young man. Feed her
upon cantaioupes, il you would prevent
it.-Marathon Independent.
Ice-cream, being off high tempera.
ture, impairs the teeth and predisposes
them to decay. Young man, cut this
out and show it to your girls II YOU
want to save money-Chicago Tele-
gram.
Smoking NAV he q had habit ha aaid