Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-09-12

Cf greatest public interest among the
contents Of the September CENTURY
are Gene raj Grants article on ssThe
Siege Of Vicksburg''; the forcible front
piece portrait, after q photograph taken
when general Grant was President with
which Is given a fac smile Of his first
signature on the army pay-accOunt as
s'denerai Retlred'') and q commune
cation from general Grant dated Mt.
McGregOr, june p, which is printed
with sAfemOranna on the Civil War;
and in which he WithdraVs what was
said by him in the Century Of last
February In regard TO the conduct of
general Lew Wallace and general
McCOOk at ShilO." An editorial in
''TOpics Of the Tieasn explains why
Grants article on Vieksburg IS printed
with out illustrations. and also that the
subject viii be resumed with pictures
at another time. A supplemental arti-
Gle Of great interest. in the same NUM-
Der, is ga WOmans Diary of the Seige
Of Vicksburg," which gives an inside
view OF the haLdships and anxieties suf-
fered by the besisged. The s'NemOran-
da on the Civil War" besides General
Grants communication, embrace 's4FhO
Projected the canal at Islakd No. lOP''
BY General Schuyler Hamilton; ssThe
Oh args Of Cooks Cavalry at Gaines
Mil, IN reply to General Fitz John
Porter by General Phillip St. George
Cooke, with ''RsCOllectiOns of q Par
ticipant in the Charge" BY Rev. w.
ii. Hitc hcOck; and 8 continuation of
the discussion in regard to 'sGeneral
BeauregRrd's Courier at Bull Rum" by
Major ca mpben Brown.
Wendell Phillips Garrison, in an illus
trated paper, describes the Prudence
Crandal Persec utiOn of 1888, and the
encouragement given by William Lloyd
Carr isOn 70 the brave schOOl-mistress
who wished to educate ''yOung ladies
Of color" The article is suggestively
entitled, Connecticut in the Middle
Ages.
Lieutenant Sehwatka's paper on
1.-THE Great RIVER of Alaska" which
has a special interest. is PrOfusely illus
trated. Il desC ribes the journey Of the
Government party Of exploration COM
manded by him over the coast noun
tains of Alaska INTO British Columbia,
and their raft journey from the head
waters of the great Yukon river down
to the ruins Of Fort Selkirk, The Sec
Ond paper IN the October number will
continue the journey to the mouth Of
the Yukon. Mr.. Howell continues his
Itali an papers with a second article, on
"Panforte Di Siena.'' Miss Maud Fem
describes the pastoral attractions Of
England in 8 paper entitled, ''AmOng
the Red Roofs of Sussex" which her
Father, Harry Fem has prOfusely illus
trated.
Edmund c. Stedman completes his
important series of papers on American
poets with an article on the younger
writer's entitled ''The Twilight of the
Poets. - George w. Gable takes up
the discussion excited by mis- paper on
The FFeedman's Case in Equity -
with fOrCible reiOinder on 'sThe ST.
lent South. Short essays of general
interest IN Topics of the Time" are,
'tHuddling in the Town an Living In
the Country ssSOme Cause of the
P resent depression, - and 1.-THE Sensi-
tivness OF Cities, -; and in 'fOpen Let
tiers - s'Family Religion" by WASH
ton what it should be-" by j. b.
Peterson; ''On the Printing of the
CENTURY" by Theodore i. De Winnie
''Recent Inventions, By Charles Bar
n ard. ga Plea for National Aid to
Education by @. NJ. Jenkins ''Wom-
en- and Finance" by Miss Emily F.
Wheeler; ''The Serial Story" by Miss
Charlotte Porter; "a New Solution of
the Indian Question >" by Eugene Y.
SmaleY, and q correction regarding
- The Indian Schools of New Mexico"
by r. W. D. Bryan.
The short story of the number is a
war story by Mrs. Burton Harrison, en-
titled, Grows Nest" containing two
full page illustrations. This numoer
contains the eighth part of Henry
James's serial "The BostOnians."
Poems are contributed by Owen
Tnnsly, Dora Read GOOdale, Amanda
Z, Jones, and in 'sBric-a-Brac'' by Mrs.
Helen Jackson Oh. H., Miss Jennie 8.
7. Dove, Frank Dempster Sherman,
Joe Vance Cheney and others.