The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-02-08
LITERARY NOTES.


Gle on "The Evils of Early Marriages
from the pen OF DR.. Cyrus Edison, the
well known Health Commissioner of
New York.
Among the short articles that will
appear in the February number of the
North american Review will be "The
Senses OF the Lower Animals" by Jas.
Weir, Jr. "Coorado's Bright Out.
look" by John E. Leet; "The Bane of
Friendly Receiverships," by Henry
Wollman; "Paris Workingmen's
Cafes" by Alvin G. Sanborn; "The
Amateur Nurse-An Accomplished
Fact" by Kate Gannett Wells, and
Cuban Women" by Mary E. Springer
How TO CURE PovERrY.-It is
doubtful whether any man on either
side of the Atlantic knows more d.
rectly aAd personally concerning the
problem OF the poor than the Rev.
Samuel A. Barnett, the founder of
Toynbee Hall and Mr.. Barnett thus
closes an article in The Fotniqhtlu
Review, on "The Unemployed": "If
tomorrow every one who cared for the
poor would become the friend of one
poor person-forsaking all others
there would next week be no insoluble
problem OF the unemploy led, and Lon.
don would be within measurable dis
lance OF becoming city of happy
homes" am not 80 sanguine az Mr..
Barnett; think that there are other
social and industrial remedies to be
applied but this personal friendship
of the well'to-do for the poor is funda.
mental. Out of it all other remedies
would grow; without it all other rem.
edies will he in vain. A basket of coal
accompanied by grip OF the hand
wlltcarry more warmth than two bas
kets OF coal sent. by an impersonal
ticket.-Rev. DR.. Lyman, IN February
Forum.
How ARMOUR THAwED A "FREEZE.
oUT."-A few months ago there was a
movement to crush Armour in grain
corner. He had contracted 10 deliver
several million bushels Of grain at a
given date. Delivery of this sort, as is
well known, means delivery in the
elevators, not in the cars. Armour's
granaries were full. The combination
would notlet him have bushels room
in any other structure. And still he
had three million bushels to move
from the far West, and there we're but
thirty days left for the completion oil
the undertaking. When he discovered
the "freezing-out" designs of his com
petitors he gave himself no anxiety
whatever. He rang his office bell A
clerk responded.
"Send for -, the builder"
Mr.. --- duly made bis appear
apce,
There was q brief conversation
Twenty-eight days after that the new
esb and largest grain elevator in the
world was in Armour's possession. /
had been built for him in the interim
by a tremendous force OF men workins
in three eight-hour shifts each day.
The three million bushels were
stored on the twenty.ninth day. anG
there was space TO spare for a million
more.-From philip d. Armour" BY
Arthur Warren, in, No Clure's Kogasint
for February.
FEBRUARY "CosMoPoLITAN."- T b I
secret of the great success Of the Cos
Atepolitdm is not 30 hard &c find, if ont
looks carefully over the number fol
February A storyby Valdes, the ia
nous Spanish novelist, the first from
his pen 70 appear in any American
magazine, is begun in this number
Arthur Sherburne Hardy's story, "a
Rejected Manuscript" is charmingl,
illustrated by L. Marold, who we be
lieye makes his first appearance in tn
magazines on this side of the water
A profusely illustrated article on tn,
designing and building of a war shil
appeals to the interest taken by all il
The new navy, and thrilling descriE
ton OF q naval combat under the sig
nificant title: "The Meloban and th
Pentheroy" describes, after the mar
ner OF the Battle OF Dorking, a poss
bic sea fight, the outcome of which
watched by the entire naval worlC
"Gliding Flight" is an interestin
contribution to the problem of aeris
navigation by one who has studio
the flight of soaring birds in the Eai
for twenty years. Elaine Goodal
who married member OF the Siou
nation, has some interesting inform,
ton OF Indian wars and warrior
T. G. Crawford, the Washington co
respondent, gives the first half OF
startling story, under the title of "Tl
Disappearance Syndicate" The poetl
in this number by Sir Edwin Arnol
Graham r. Tomson and VIM. Youn
is unusually good. The department
am the World of Art and Letters" al