The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-10
Take Prescriptions to Patterns Drug Store He does the Business
Literary Notes.

Mousignor Satolli has written an arti
Gle for the December number of the
North American Review which has an
important bearing on the Catholic
School question in the United States.
'Our Experiments in Financial Legisla-
ton" is the title of an important and
timely article by the Comptroller of the
Currency, Hon. James II. Eckels, that
appears and there are two valuable arti-
ces on "rhe Meaning of the Elections. :
written by the two men best qualified to
deal with the suhject,-Senator Charles
}. Faulkner of West Virginia and Repre-
sentative Joseph w. Babcock of Wiscon-
sin. Chairman respectively of the Demo
cratic and Republican Congressional
Committee. Among the short articles
are: "Why Our Women Marry Abroad, :"
by Edward 5. Martin; "'Claims of Long
Descent" by the Hon. Walter Clark,
and "W omen and Amateur Acting" by
Fanny Aymar Mathews.
"The Progress of the World" the edi-
torial depart of the Review of Re
views for December. sums up the sgnifi-
cant results of the November elections,
discusses the probable action of Congress
on the baltimore plan of baDk.note
issues, comments on the progress of the
civil service reform movement, and
again emphasizes the extent of EDgland's
encroachments in Venezuela; the depart
ment also chronicles important move
ments in European politics. and the his.
tory of the war in China is brought
down to date.
The labor question, the discomfort in
the West, the power of the polygamists
in the new State of Utah. Christian mis-
sons to India, the status and future of
woman suffrage, the peace of Europe,
apropos of the death of the Czar-thrse
are some Of the opportune subjects taken
up in the December For,nm. Among
other articles of interest are: MAY a
Man Conduct his Business as he Please?'
an article On the most pressing aspects
of the labor question, growing out of the
Chicago strike investigation, by Col.
Carroll d. Wright; "Stock- Sharing as a
Cure for Labor Troubles" by MI. Louis
II. Enrich, of Colorado, "The Reading
Habits of the English People" by Price
Collier.
The Evolution of the Country Club is
discussed by Casper W. Whitney in the
December number of Harper's Magazine.
1--WE Americans do nothing by the
halves says Mr. Whitney. "Perhaps
we should enjoy life more if we did; and
the history OF the country club, as much
as anything else, bears witness to our
tendency to su perlative development
From having not only single country
club in the entire United States of
America twenty years ago, we have in
{ l.,I hnt ~; al ha
in the world"
The Christmas number of Harper's
Weekly will consist of thirty-two pages.
including an Illuminated cover, and will
contain large number of especially at
tracive short stories. John kendrick
Bangs will contribute IL ghost story
Howard Pyle novel in outline, entitled
Sailors and Landsmen; a new writer,
Reba Gregory Prelat, a powerful and
dramatic story, for which illustrations
will be made by c. Carleton. There will
be other stories and features appropriate
to the holiday season; and drawings BY
Frederic Remington Gilbert Gaul, f.
Louis Mora, Peter 5. Newell, Miss Lydia
Field Emmett, w. II. Hyde, and others.
! The December issue of Harper's Bazaar
will be distinguished, so far as fashion is
concerned, by elegant toilettes for even
ing and coming out receptions, dinner
and street costumes, and beautiful
wraps in variety. ''Our Paris Letter.
will not only touch on fashion but reflect
the gayety of Paris in tull notes as tC
! what is going on in the world of music
and the drama. During December will
be published two very striking stories,
The Tiff Way, by Maria Louise Pool
and Mr.. Ruthveu's Black List, by Octave
Thanet. An interesting paper on Hyp-
notism in Fiction will discuss a question
of present interest; it is by Alkaline w
Sterling. Coming out Receptions form
the theme of one of spectators" bril-
liant essays. The Christmas fl ivor will
peivadc the earlier numbers.