The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-04-10
The Rev. DR.. Parkhurst and his cour.

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ageous and masterful fghtstoscompel the
officials of New York City to enforce
law against vice and crime, are the sub
ject of valuable article by EBAY Ed
wards, in Mcclure s. Magazine for April.
Mr.. Edwards shows how from a rather
secluded, ..study-loving preacherDr. Park
hurst suddenly developed into the most
aggressivesand resourceful social reform
er who has appeared since the days-ot the
anti-slavery agitation. A series OF por-
traits of DR.. Parkhurst and other pic
lures add to the interest OF the article.
Another valuable article is.by Archdea-
con Farrar on Christianity-True and
an account by r. II. .Sherard, OF visit
to lola in his Paris home, an account
consisting chiefly in conversation where.
in lola tells the story off, his long life OF
poverty, struggle and heroic industry.
Excellent views of theParis home, where
in, to compensate himself for his early
hardships, lola now lives in almost
barbaric luxury, accompany the article
Ellen Terry, as she has been intimately
studied on and off the stage by Ethel
Mackenzie McKenna, is the SUBJECT OF
another article, also excellently 1lustrat-
ed. Then there are seven portraits OF
Miss Terry in the Human Documents.
thesother subjects of portraiture In that
ever-interesting department being Fro
lessor Drummond and Andrew Carnegie.
An illustrated article on The Poisonous
Snakes of India" in this item the most
prolific country in the world; and = war
sketch cribing An Actual Experience
Under Fire, add further attraction to
the mum ber... The fiction comprises short
stories by Clark Russell and Robert
Bar, and third installment Of Steven
son and Osbourne's The Ebb Tide.
The Progress of the World of the April
Reviw of Reviews contains a. timely dis
cussion of the question why the English
game of politics is more exciting then
the American game. This question is
suggested by the resignation OF Mr..
Gladstone and the intense interest
aroused by that episode among Ameri-
cans, to the partial neglect of Washing
ton politics Other topics covered in the
Progressed the World are, the Seignior-
age bill flibustering in Congress, the
outlook for bimetalism, the Wilson bill
in the Senote, Louisiana and free sugar.
the Senate report on Hawaii, the tri-
umph OF the Brazilian republic, the
Bluefelds incident, the prosecution OF
election chimes, the present positions OF
the Democatic and Republican parties.
the fight against the House OF Lords,
the Russo-GeTman commercial treaty,
the services of the late DR.. Poole of Chi
cago, the death of Louis Kossuth, and
many matters of international interest.
Blue and Gray for April has widely
diversified table of contents, in which
military news and "reminiscences are al
most overshadowed by contributions of
general national interest and patriotic
import. Miss Octavia Dockery concludes
her series on The Sugar Plantations OF
Louisiana, this months instalment be-
ing devoted to the manufacture OF
sugar, and profusely illustrated with
plantation scenes and views of modern
machinery. An Ill Wind is a quaint
story of Western life, introducing A
graphic pen picture of flood on the
Ohio river, by Emma Rebekah Rice.
Education as it Was, by the late Judge
William Pope Dabney. recalls the old
style school house and the crude, harsh
methods of the domineering pedagogue
as compared with our resent luxurious
and effective systems: Major William
Howard Mills contributes an interesting
paper on Fredericksburg AMI the Army
of the Potomac, indicating the growth
of fraternal feelings between North and
South, and in a smila vein is paper
noting the spread of the United Ameri-
can Veterans. new military order COM
posed of veterans of both Blue and