Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-11
Hypnotism and the Tariff; Or the Heroine of the Haunted Pass. By the Author of
 ''The Anglomaniacs." Illustrated by Michael Angelo.
 Puhlished Inv

First Review: This work is charming little idyl, thoroughly artistic in form and replete with delicate fancies which lose none of their poetic value by being ex- pressed in the sprightly dialect of the Georgia stcrackers." The pathos of some of the situations is almost too painful, and the sympathizing reader turns with sense of relief to the refined humor of ''Dorindy's Courtin'" :" and 'The Party at Ole Man Schermerhorn's." The volume is daintily bound in ivory white and gold, and the en- cravings are exquisite, reproducing the scenery and costumes of 8 most pictur- esque region with fidelity and true artistic feelings. Charles Dudley Warner.
 Second Review: A collection of essays on scientific, literary and practical topics, most of them lengthy and all of them deadly dull. The chapter on Bacteria" sbounds in errors, proving inexcusable carelessness on the part of the author, while the essay on Famous Orators of the Deafmutes" is expressed in language SO involved and rhapsodical as to be almost incomprehensible to the general reader. The illustrations are badly drawn and worse engraved, so that one can only be thankful that there are no more of them, while the binding, fimsy as it is, will hold | together quite too long a collection of es- says as devoid of value as they are of in terest.-Ehzabeth Phelps-Ward.
 MISSIONARY BEES.
 A remarkable example of missionary spirit is that afforded by an Illinois lady, Mrs. S. J. Axtell. From an article on e-Keeping by Women," by Hester NJ. Poole, we learn that Mrs. Axtell, an invalid for the greater part of her life, began bee | keeping in a small way in order that she might have money to use for missionary purposes in which she was greatly inter ested.
 She herself was able to work only in a reclining position, but her husband be- | came her enthusiastic ally and they ap. piled themselves to this industry with SC much earnestness, joined to faith and an unselfsh desire to do good, that the re, suits were wonderful. The bees thrived and the health of the invalid improved the nectar distilled by the busy little al chemists was transformed into money and the money dispatched upon errands oi helpfulness to home and foreign fields oi missionary enterprise. The money giver in one year by these two benevolent peo
 pie amounted to over four thousand dol
 lars, their income being obtained from ,
 farm of eighty acres and two hundred ana
 twenty colonies of bees, the missionar,
 fund coming almost entirely from the lat
 ter source One would think that the bees
 those canny wee folk, had been enduet
 with the generous spirit of their owner
 and delighting in ''labor for a worth,
 end" had provided bountiful store o
 amber wealth to be dispensed by thes
 cheerful givers.
 THE WEAK POINT.
 An article in The Home Maker for Oc
 tobsr offers some good advice to student
 of stenography, especially to women stu
 dents. Haste, carelessness, want of tn necessary thorough training in grammar
 spelling, the use of capitals and punctus
 ton marks and the art of writing bushes letters, have brought disappointment an
 failure upon many an ambitious youn stenographer. Says the writer: "At CooI
 CT institute there is 8 standard of excel lence in these branches, and an examins } ton is required in them before enterin , the school of stenography, and this shoul , be done in all other colleges for the sam study to keep out those who by unftnez cannot succeed, and to spare them th , IA common school education is not suh n cient for the work. Every ,stenographe must be a typewriter, so there are tw 2 professions to acquire and practice in on' . Accuracy and speed are as essential on th . typewriter as in stenography, hence th
 necessity of good education for basil Your employer may not use correct gran | mar, but he will want his stel o ographer to be able to corre' # his mistakes. He may not understan
 the proper use of capitals, or be goo
 speller, but he pays his stenographer ft
 this, and she must not be found deficien She must be entirely capable of polishinl y if it is necessary, his dictation, often t < hurriedly given to be quite correct. I
 not suppose he will be willing to core e and polish your work, The type-writte e copy must be in a nearly perfect cond r. tion."
 !. A successful, constantly employed ste
 ographer has this to say to those WI 's contemplate taking up the bushes 70 .sF First, remember that stenography is { l. all- ll-the-year-around work. Though u hours required daily are not exacting, y with the exception of national holida D. there are no vacations; when you lea sr the work the place must be supplied, b