Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-29

submit new designs of devices Cor United
| States coins so letters the efforts of artists
| by limitations. and the sum offered the sue
uessful competitor $500 is so insignificant,
that the matter Is scarcely on i Glgnlfed
basis, and artists desiring that designation
| will feel but little interest in replacing the
| design now In use by such as might be ap.
| propriate and artistic.
| A stirring account by Mr.. Holder oil
| catching black sea bass off the southern
coast of California Will tempt almost any
lover of fishing to visit the island OF Santa
| Catalina, which is the principal rallying-
| point for such sport
| The frontispiece, "To Faunus,' is the
| last of the Illustrations that have contrib
! uted to making Henry Herbert's trausla-
tons of Horace's Odes so popular.
Few magazine articles are better written
| and show more care in compilation than
| Go those by A. c. Seaton. relating to ocean
| steamers. The paper this month is upon
| the speed OF these vessels and each page
| contains Illustrations that enable the veriest
| landlubber with a limited knowledge of me-
| chanics to understand in degree the
mechanism by which SO marvellous an in
crease in speed has been attained.
ST. NICHOLAS-July. The Century COM
pany, Union square, New York. Sub
ScrlptiOn price, - year
The midsummer number of St. Nicholas
opens with thrilling story of the escape of
family during the fierce struggle that cul-
minated in the independence of the United
States. IN ''Rescued By the Enemy" Miss
Avery tells the story of rescue afforded
them by the happy appearance and inter-
vention of body of British regulars, the
attack having been made by some rough
seamen. Frederick F'unston'S storm
Bound Above the Clouds" is startling
revelation of the wild beauty of the Great
Divide in Colorado, and the danger and dis
comfort involved in an ascent of the snow
capped peaks.
Following 1.-THE Fortunes of Toby Traf-
ford" continues to be pleasant work for
boy readers, as Mr. Trowbridge seems thor
Oughly in harmony with boy nature.
a sketch of the life of Douglass Jerrold,
by his grandson. is of interest, and will re-
pay the reading by the elders of any fam
lily in which st. Nicholas is welcome Wis
itor. This Englishman, born in the early
part OF this century, was man of talent
and infinite humor, was small of stature,
but with handsome head and strong
face, as may be seen by his portrait in this
article His contemporaries speak of him
as gentle and tender toward children and,
although extremely sarcastic, possessing
great kindness of nature. His advice to a
young man who longed to see himself in
print will bear repetition. BE advised,
young man, by me; don't take down the
shutters till there is something in the win
dow
The eighth paper of Through the Back
Ages" introduces the reader To the age of
man, and carries him from the Lake
Dwellers'' through the Iron Age
The early home of Empress Josephine on
the island of Martinique is not as well
known as the prominence of this distin-
he'd 1nr,x ont md
erts has done good work in her description
of St Pierre, where Josephine flasher De
La Pagerie was born.
1.-The Afro-American Press and its Ed
itors'' is written by l. Garland Penn and
dedicated to the 'unconquerable" edit0fs
OF his own color, who are endeavoring to ed
ucate their race through the columns of
papers devoted to it. The book conveys
much information relative to newspaper
work among colored people, and although
the author frankly admits there are wrecks
along the shore, the reader will agree with
him that, laboring under many disadvan-
tages, the outlook for Afro-American Jour-
nalism is not discouraging. In fact, when
it is remembered that little more than 4
quarter of century has elapsed since the
public schools in the section most populated
by tine negro were available to him. it is
matter of surprise that so many have shown
themselves well-equiHped for the work
The names of nearly hundred editors and
newspaper workers are mentioned in this
volume.
Their quality as writers has been recog-
nized by Anglo-Saxon journals, notably Pro-
fessor W. S. Scarborough, who has fire.
quently contributed to standard magazines,
the Forum and Harper's, etc.
While all citizens of the United States are
interested in the elevation of the colored
people, it is of vital importance to the race
itself that intelligence and morality become
the rule and it has long been admitted that
as conservator of morals and as an edu-
Gator the press has no equal, it therefore
naturally follows that when its work is
specially devoted to a certain class, the
wants of that class will be studied and as
far as possible supplied. The volume under
consideration shows that this to a consider
able extent has been done, and the narra-
ton of the work accomplished ought to be
of interest to colored people. The book is
handsomely bound in brown leather and
contains portraits of colored men and
women prominent in journalism, and in the
world of religion and politics. and is for
sale by Richard Nelson of Galveston.