Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-05-26
LITER ri.


Mr.. Joseph Hutchison has an article on
American shipping in the Overland which
ought to prove interesting to merchants in the
carrying trade. II shows the growth and decay
Of the shipping industry in the United States
II explains the causes, shows the results and
sugges, remedy Besides being instructive,
it is good reading Mr.. James Berry Bensel's
stupid story, King Cophetua's Wife, and Mrs
Evelyn NJ. Ludum's interesting ono, Annetta
are continued. There are several transla,ions
Of German verse Of which Miss Miliccnt Wash.
burn Shinn's Translation from Frcligra,h, Ach,
hb 80 lang dn hc6c0 kdnnif, is by long odds
the best. Mr.. Noah Brooks contributes a good
story, a Symposium and a Tragedy Miss
Susan Power has an instructive article on Pa
cihc Home. Making and there arc several other
articles which look to be worth the reading.
The May Century contains much good read
ing and also much good illustration The
frontispiece is a portrait Of Cardinal Manning,
OF whom Mr.. c. Kegan Paul, the London pub.
Usher, writes most entertaningly. Father Juni.
pero and his Work, sketch Of the foundation.
in California, is the first Of n series Of papers
on Spanish Californian history, antiquities and
social life, recently prepared for the Century
by Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson Father Iuni.
pero Sierra was one Of the grandest, sweetest
yet simplest Of missionaries His life was
poem, his work a dream. His faith, his
prayers, his utmost real were worse than wasted
in forlorn home and Californian Romanism
is SO careless Of his fame that the churches he
builded are crumbling to dust. Pomonas
Daughter is one Of Mr. Frank Stocktons
oleverest sketches, The lawn tennis people
will be especially interested in one of the pic.
lures in Mr.. Henry James paper on De Maur.
ier and London Society There are nineteen
articles besides the ones mentioned, and ex-
elusive Of the usual departments,
Harpers' opens with good descriptive arti-
Gle on San Francisco, with illustrations from
sketches by Messrs. j. d. Strong, r. d. Vel.
land, c. Graham, Paul Frenzeny and Jules
Tavernier The second article on the Treaty
OF Peace and Independence, by Mr.. George Tick.
nor Curtis, is quite as entertainingly instructive
as was the one referred to in an editorial last
week. full and valuable article on the
Brooklyn Bridge is contributed by Mr.. William
e. Conant Messrs., Mesdames and Misses
Herbert f. Clarke, Kate w. Hamilton, Ben.
janin J. Losing, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps,
Anna Bowman Blake, Walter Herries Pollock,
John Fiske, Titus Munson Coan, John Weir
other contributors to the May number The
departments are, as usual, full and interesting
and new serial is begun, by an unknown
author, and has the taking title of A Castle in
Spain.
In the Popular Science Monthly, Dr. Felix
l.. Oswold treats Of The Remedies of Nature.
II is the first OF series Of articles on the by
genie treatment Of the prevalent disorders of
the human organization, including consump-
ton, dyspepsia, the alcohol. habit, rheumatism
and climatic fevers "We are right.handed |
because We are lef,.headed is the remark.
able answer to DR.. w. c. Cahills brief article |
Why are we Right. handed The answer is |
based upon the fact that 1.-THE cerebum is |
divided into two hemspheres. The nerve. |
force and nerve hbers which produce muscular
action on the one side Of the body have their |
origin in the opposite hemisphere Of the brain.
The left hemisphere, from the earliest period.
Is larger and heavier than its counterpart, and
the convolutions OF gray matter--the reservoirs
oil nervous energy-are more numerous on this
side than on the right This superior develop
ment OF the left hemisphere as to weight, sire
and richness Of convolutions, may be attributed
to peculiar arrangement OF the blood vessels,
by means OF which greater blood supply is
distributed to the brain substance of this side.
As the left side Of the brain controls the right
side OF the body, the RICH, hand is more often
put to work than the left, and pies re,sa All
OF which may possibly account for the sinister
fact that dexirous misoficial is sometimes
able to steal more with his right than he can
carry away with his left
The Sugar Cane for April has the following
table OF contents The New American Sugar
Tariff French Sugar Manufactures and the
Methods Employed in the Manufacture Of
Sugar British Guiana Sugar Estates, The
soule Sugar Mill, Antigua, Grapes ,x,sns Cane
Sugar, Manure and its Application, The His.
tory OF the Birth OF the Sugar Industry in
Louisiana, Sugar Crop Estimates; two articles
ON the negro and various statistical tables
Messrs. J. Brander Matthews and Ernes,
inaersoll are the only well.known writers
represented in the May Lppineo,t's. An arti.
Gle cn Idaho and Montana is the only one Of
special value in the magazines, so far as a cur.
sory examination reveals value but the fol.
lowing unpretentious bit OF verse by Mr.. VII.
liam II. Hayne has the true ring. 1t is abou,
he common American field sparrow and is en-.
tiled a Fable ior Poets
Smallest Of all small minstrel, he
And Yet with no halfhearted glee
Tie t~itteis In the tall broom,srass,
Der which eapreious shadows pass,
Or sheltered BY the ripening grain,
Hear the cool cadence Of the rain
With the I'm, shaft Of morning light
And the irsil limb that forms his bed IN
~ sanIss u untsnanted
Cloud hlsssd from tbs beading blue.
~. 's sa,s ' he, snPpas o. The, the dew
Der his unruhied heart and hesd
aAoagh his baths erssss Is quickly stirred
~ po<es u thrush and moeking bird.
No envy hlls his healhful heart
Because of their uaelotious art.
10 die amid the distant hills.
Or Der ths leaf bound valleys s~eep.
Where the lou wind, >ongs fall aslesp
An NH un,ouehed BY envy's smart,
Tbs lewhe iyries y the bar
wnh undsIcusrenis u ths spring.
Md ehssrtu tk4ouxh bright days o. dim 10