The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-03-17
RECENT LITERATURE.

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MILITARY RECORDS OF SCHOHARIE CoUN-
TY IN " VETERANS OF FOUR WARS.
Compiled by George H. Warner. Charlottesville.
NC.
The fact nat descendants of Schoharie County
veterans are scattered throughout the country
gives this carefully prepared and accurate work
more than a local value. The records are brief
and to the point. Doubtless many whose fate,
particularly in the civil war, was unknown,
have been traced by Comrads Warner with
success, and the compilation must prove of
great value to future history.
Magazine Notes.
The Pansv. Published monthly for children.
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Der.
An authentic account of what treatment the
Catholic Church actually gave to Calico and
| his discoveries and writings will be given by
| DR.. Andrew d. White in one of his Warfare of
Science papers in The Popular Science Monthly
| for April. Attempts have been made to dis
prove or explain away much of this ecclesiasti-
| cal persecution, but DR.. Whites statements are
fortified by copious citations from authors of
unuuestioned orthodoxy. The last of the
| articles on musical instruments in the series on
the Development of American Industries is by
Daniel Spllane, and traces the evolution of the
manufacture of orchestral musical instruments
| in America. Rapid Transit is the subject of
the sixth of Carroll d. Wright's Lessons from
the Census. 1t contains much valuable infor-
| nation concerning operating expenses, relative
economy of motive powers growth of mileage,
etc.
In The Overland Monthly for March one of the
| member of the railroad surveying party that
lately penetrated the gorge Of the Colorado, as
Powell had done 20 years before, gives a vivid
account of the experiences of the party.
Four hundred and eight-four miles of canyon
and $50 rapids, not counting the smaller ones!"
| Some of these rapids are so turbulent and swift
that the voyagers cannot pretend to manage
their boats, but are simply dashed down. broad
side or stern foremost, as it may chance, trust
ing to their cork jackets to save their lives if
the boat Is swamped. The President of the
| projected railroad aud one or two Others OF the
| party were drowned. The expedition took
photographs, and the paper is fully illustrated.