Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-01

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! E.M.E.
December 81, lss7.
OUR BOOK TABLE.
NORTH AMERICAN REWIEW-A. T. Rice
editor; publication Office No. East -Four
tenth street, New York.
A Republican,, for so he signs himself
!, unmasks the batteries OF his party for thu
; coming camps sign III an article stylet
1.-TWO Messages" one from Mr.. Cleve
land and the other reply from Mr.
J 8laine, by which the latter hopes to in
j'fuence voters and insure his election tC
the presidency. The writer attribute:
the success of the present incumbent a.
I due solely to the fact that the
, Republicans in Congress have
been able to defeat ell measures
inimical to home industry, and calls or
the party to hold their soiidity with grea,
fdelit and thereby elect their candidate
for the coming term. The writer's view:
on protective tariff are we'll sustained
by the facts he chooses to present, bat il
these are the advance sheets Of the primer
of political economy heiproposes to put
into the hands of his party with which TO
educate the masses, it will prove q mere
straw in what he chooses to term the
whirliDg maelstrom Of misconception and
ignorance, but which free traders would
make secure haven where the ship CT
state may lie safely at anchor.
The editor has secured the opinions OF
fifteen distinguished authors on the Anglo
American copyright question. These
comments have been elected by the pc
rusel of paper OF which Mr.. Pearsall
Smith is the suthor. Il was first pub
lshed in the "Nlneteenth Century" The
plan suggested to make such measure
effective is ably presented by this author,
and is therefore well worth the consider
on of all rain-mskers, whose pen
must be their open sesame TO fame. The
commentators argue pro ct con, but the
| ms 0rity favor the proposition IS pre-
septed by Mr.. Smith.
"Our Outlying Province'' gives the
reader some idea Of the country, climate
and people of Alaska. So recent has
been the acquisition Gf this land and so
meager the sources Of information, that
to the moi )ri.y Of people Ii is terra In
cognits.
| R.bert Ingersoll sends reply TO DR..
| Field They sre discussing the nature Of
| futurity to which death alone is the por-
tai and beyond which can only De found
the tru b. for there faith becomes sight.
1.-THE Disease Of Ioebriety" is looked
at from @ medical standpoint, but in many
cases Of crime it might be well TO LOOK
! through DR.. Mann's lenses.
| This January number is unusually full,
and the contributors Dames are gusr-
antee of the work submitted to q reading
| end thinking public.
OUR LITTLE MEN AND WOMES-Januafy,
| D. Lothrop Company, Bostor.
| This number is veritsbly a Christmas
gift to the youngster, and what parent 80
chary az to withhold this pleasure from
| the little ones who cluster around thu
| hesrth- stone, and bring 60 much OF
Christmas spirit into the family circle,
| Full to OVERLOOKING, nothing empty ex-
| cept poor little Lsura's money bt Y, and
the picture Of this will, move the heart Of
any child, for many Of them will Ieelize
| its fidelity, IS they too, have felt, $50
little money to buy so many presents"
Now is an excellent time to subscribe
for this periodical Ct children's liters-
| ture, ss it will serves sn admirable pur-
pose in whillrg away the tedious hunrs
OF those stormy winter days that confne
the restless spirits Of boys and girls in
doors. Those who can read will not
only be amused, but will also acquire
much useful knowledge, while the wee
one to whom the alphabet is yet mys-
terry, can read the pictures. the writing
of the worlds Infancy.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL, Publication Office 80.
franklin street, roston.
This is monthly published by the
Interstate Publishing Company in the in
terest of young people, especially those
who are in the public schools. 1t is
issued monthly during the school year,
(ten months,) and commends itself to the
attention of students and teacher, by its
we'll chosen articles and admirable illus
tratiOns.
THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL
sCIENCE-WH II. Hsys, NJ D.. editor, Phil
adelphia.
The fact that this publication has had
course of uninterrupted prosperity for
sixty-six years furnishes ample evidence
| of its worth to that class Of readers for
| whom it is specially designed. Publish
ed in the birthplace OF medical schools IL
his country it attracts to its pages the
rest medical talent Of this country, orig
| mai pSpaIS, reviews OI IeCent WOIks 1EcHi
me dical authors and ample notes on the
progress of this important science render
this msgt zine valuable addition TO the
I phyeicisn's library.
THE MUSICAL GERALD.
A monthly devoted TO the art universal,
published by the Musical Herald Com
pany, Franklin square, Boston.
An Alabama Legal Hanging.
MONTGOMERY, ALA, Dec. 3l.-A spec
isl from Somerville, Morgan county, re-
| norts the hanging there yesterday Of
George Edmunds. He murdered his wife
last year and had it given ont she was
bitten by q snake at the spring. Her
| body was disinterred and found to be
horribly mutilated His little daughter
had seen the murder committed. The
crime was aggravated by the fact that the
| wife was crazy, and he killed her to get
her out OF the way SO that he could marry
q girl who was his mistress. He narrow
| ~ escaped lynching, but was convicted
land hanged in due course of laW. He