Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-09
Literary Notes,

Marion Crawford is evidently utilizing
his social opportunities during his pres
| ent American visit for study OF Amer
can woman. and in the next Issue of the
! Ladies' Home journal he will give the re-
suits of his observations and describe
The American Woman" as she appears
| to him after an absence Of ten years: in
! what respects She has changed, and
| whether she has improved in her dress,
| manners and tendencies
| The February number Of The Forum
ends volume fourteen ana closes the
| seventh year of this periodical, which the
| press and It's readers unanimously agree
has reached the foremost place ever held
| by an American publication. Every year
the number of its distinguished con,ribu.
.ors has Increased and every year it's
range has been broadcncd until it now
covers all the principal subjects of con-
| temparancOuS intcrcS, in America
| No less pertinent than these. other
features of the February Review Of Re
views are Prof Edward Bcmis' article on
the recent results of municipal gas maxi
! ing in the United States, and Mr.. Robert
j. flnley's article on electric street light
Ing III American cities. MIR. Bemis dis
cuSScs Will much detail the operations of
municipal gas plants by eighteen Ameri-
| can cities who have had the enterprise to
20 into the business of the production
and sale Of gas. He makes very favor
able showing for municipal ownership.
; Mr.. Finley in like manner makes Il strong
statistical case in favor Of direct owner
Ship.and operation of electric street light
ing plants 10y municipal governments.
One OF The new industries which prom
Uses 10 rcvulu>iouize considerable Dor.
ion OF The American continent is I'll,
making OF bcetlOUt sugar. Few persons
have any conception of what is meant hy
This class of beclculliyatlon In The Cos
mopuIliau for February bee, sugar is fol
The lrSt time in magazine literature thor
oughly illustrated. Every step in its cnl
tivatou, the seed, the plant ,hc planting
the cultivation. the harvesting ana tn,
machinery FOR Manufacture are given di,
rect from Instantaneous photographs. /
ought to be widely read by those interest
ed IN agriculture in every part of til,
country.
TimeincsS is the striking characteristic
of the principal contributions to til,
North American Review for February
The leading feature is an able article en-
titled '.How to Revise the Tariff by tn,
Hon. William M. Springer, chairman O
the committee on ways and means OF III,
house of representatives. Mr. Springer
position gives him the right to speak au
thOritivcly. Two articles which are sur
to attract wide attention in view of tn
recent scandals in Paris, which evcl
threaten the republic. are Admiral Am
mems "Recollcctions of the Panama Ca
nal Congress" of 1879. and Madam Adam
entertaining and instructive paper O.
: "Crimnal Law in France" Under tn
/, titleo Of Changes in the Church of En-
gland the Very Rev. Robert Gregor,
dean of St. Pauls, contributes some in
tercsting "reminiscences of the Oxfor
, movement and its leaders. ''Boons an
4 BaneS of Free Coinage are discussed o
one hand by the Hon. K. =. Bland. VIII
sets forth. with marked frankncSs. hi
views on the monetary conference re
? Gently held at Brussels, and on the othe
l. hand by John Harsen Rhoades. preside,
t OF the Greenwich Savings bank, who con
: siders the question of savings banks an
a their deposi,ors as affected by premium
:, on gold, while the "Depostors Point
View" is forcibIy presented by A Deposi,
or in q Savings Bank.
= The February number of Romano
u opens the third year Of this magazine