Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-29


The Forum. May. New York; The
Forum Publishing company. Yearly
subscription. $500 year The May
number OF the Forum continues the
analysis of the present interesting and
peculiar political situation with two
articles on A Year OF Democratic Ad-
mlnistratlon: one by ex-Gov. Russell
| OF Massachusetts, from the Democratic
| point OF view: and the other. from the
l Republican point Of view, by Senator
! Cullom Of Illinois. These two articles
read In connection with the article IN
the April number by An Independent
/ make az thorough o review Of the
present situation and tendencies as
| could. perhaps. anywhere be- presented
I IN Child-Study. Mary h. Lulng says
{ everything that helps the young teacher
/ to become a practical daily student or
| child-nature Is for him the best posi-
| bic training In the science and art OF
education D. MEG. Means. In an
| article On Ruin by Excessive Taxation,
] estimates that the average cost of the
! pensions paid by the United states Is
! $40 10 Sl2 a year 90 every family in
! the country, and the total burden OF
| taxation Is probably $50 to $40. In
many cuses the pension charge alone Is
| months wages. Not a few Of the gov
ernmonts OF the earth are now lnsulv-
/ ent because OF excessive expenditures
upon public works. Price Collier writ
] Ing Of English Homes and American
makes the following distinction: on
entering an Englshmau's house the
| first thing one notices IS how well
| his house Is adapted 20 him. on en-
tcrng an Americans house the first
thing one notices Va how well he adapts
himself TO his house. In England the
establishment IS carried on with a
prime view 10 the comfort OF the man
in America the establishment Is carried
on with q prime view to the comfort
or the woman. Men are more selfish
than women, consequently the English
home Is as a rule more comfortable
than the American home. An English
man f. continually going home, an
American Is continually going to bust
ness. one is forever planning ana
scheming to get home. and to stay at
home, and TO enjoy the privileges OF
home; while the other IS more apt to
devote his energies to make his bust
ness place 10 go to and IN which
to spend himself These minor details
Of domestic HE put their Impress upon
larger matters Of business and poll
tics.
The Popular Science Monthly May;
p. Appleton s Co, Bond street, New
York Yearly subscription. $500
The NAV number of tho ponu,ar
Science opens with another Of Or. An
drew d. Whites new chapters, deal
Ing with theological and scientific the
cries OF an evolution in animated ma
ture. in which the persistent efforts
or thcOloulaug 10 1Ieorpdlt thig trreut
truth are set forth, The spring season
is reflected IN an illustrated article on
The Guests Of the Mayhower descrl5-
ing this charming plant and It's In
sect visitors, by Prof Clarence N
Weed. also In Up the Chimney, which
is delightful sketch of blrd-llfe by
the late Frank Bolles while there Is
"Reminiscences Of winter In Frost-forms
on Roam Mountain The latter article
Ia contributed by Mrs. Helen II. Edison.
who has winterCd ON this lone summit.
and shows by the aid of photographs
the strange deposits OF ice aud snow
that form thcre on an exposed objects.
The paper on The Ice Age and its
Work. by Alfred II. Wallace, Is con-
tlnued with an account OF the Erosion
Of Lake Basins Prof c. Hanford
on Cause and Effect in Education, a
matter which he maintains has been
,i,Je iVs'ge i,i,. , u,e ."9 ~,
value in two formerly wasted pro
ducts. Under the title Economic Uses
ot NO ,,.,,h me, l.sh h9ogr' Walst
fertilizer nre made from ~" N, I.,1
or "moss-bunkers," while Frederic G,
Mather se;s forth the manifold uses of
cotton SCI Oil anu uesSIlnes us prep
ei"tlnu i,eeu'lor sound hleets, by a,