Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-05-22
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.

Frank Leslies Popular
Monthly for June opens with very vivid
sketch of the statesman who at this moment
rivets public attention-William Ewart Glad
stone-grappling boldly with a problem
which for century has taxed the intellectual
powers of the leading men in power in
England-a government for Ireland which
shall insure the well-being of the people and
retain the island as contented part of the
British Empire. We see him here drawn in
pen and pencil, in public life and in his loved
home at Hawarden. A. S. Rawson, well
known as an authority on Oriental matters,
carries u.s. with his description and drawings,
into the tents of the Arabs to hear "a
Bedouin Tribal Poetess." In Frank Buck
land and His Friends we have a lifelike
portraiture of that most interesting and most
eccentric of naturalists, and more interest
ing sketch cannot easily be found. "a Sail
to the Azores takes us to once famous
islands that our tourists might well visit.
Miss Lily Higgin describes 1.-THE South
Kensington Museum" which has done so
much to create and foster true artistic taste
in England. cold Stage Coach Days" are
brought wildly before us in q sketch by De
Long. In these pleasant days, when the
shade of trees is SO grateful, we can appreciate
the talk with A. S. Fuller on Forests and
Forestry" and learn from his accurate and
thorough knowledge how, when, and what
to plant that the next generation may bless
us. "The Migration of Animals and Birds
finds student in Mr.. ]. Duns. All the
articles SAVIOR of the pleasant summer days;
and the stories, by Mrs. NJ. A. Dennison, Jane
Fay Aston, Charles Howard Shinn Annie
J. Duffell, and others, make this number
charming one to read at home, or travelling, or
stretched in breezy shade.
Demorests Magazine for June is filled with
an unusual array of interesting articles.
Jenny June contributes 1.-THE American
Drama and Its Typical Stars" w. Jennings
Demorest, "The Signs of the Times" and
Katherine Armstrong, cart Work in Metal"
Other good articles are Emanuel Geibel,"
Rose Hartwick Thorpe" and "China Paint
ing at Home" "That Other Person" is con-
tinued, and the shorter stories are ofinterest.
The departments, including that devoted to
the cause of Prohibition, are quite full. The
frontlsplece is steel engraving 1.-THE Love
Story"
In the May number of the Dorcas mag
azine where the needle-woman is always sure
OF finding timely and practical suggestions
for making useful articles and for decorating
the home number of directions for needle
work are given which will help great many
women to employ profitably their summer
vacations. Crocheting and knitting to
which the magazine is especially devoted,
are well represented by illustrations and
working directions for making pretty and
useful garments Beadwork, which promises
to become as popular as in the olden time
has an article devoled to it, and other special
papers describe Russian embroidery and the
revived Makart boquets. The books of the
month which are best calculated to interest
women are reviewed, and many practical
hints may be found in the carefully edited
column, Answers to Correspondents.