The Portland daily press., 1894-11-06


IN It's editorial department. (rhe Progress
OF the World), has some suggestive
paragraphs bearing ON the present at
tempts at municipal housekeeping" ID
the great cities OF New York, chicago
and San francisco, and takes the occas-
ion to emphasize certain lessons to be
learned from European municipal ex-
perlence. In speaking of Glasgow's sys-
tenn OF street cars, owned and operateo
ny bne municipality, the editor poln1s
oub tnat this responsibility was not IN,
derbaken py the city until the munlclpal
government had been tested with many
large enterprises which it had shown its
fitness TO control and operate successful
~; IL Is now managing its street CAT
service, says the Review, as successfully
as tne Dest OF our American Clues HAL
age. their fire departments.
r line November Harper's prints an IN
teresting bit of colonial history by
Thomas A.Janvier, under the title Inc
Sea Robbers Of New York. The article
narrates some of the Incidents OF the So
called Red Sea Trade, which consisted
IN exchanging with the pirates OF the
indian Ocean cargoes of rum, food, gun
powder and other necessities of piracy,
for silks, spices, precious stones and
deep-toned, yellow red Arabian gold."
Julian Ralph appears for the second
time as writer of fiction in the Novem-
Der Harper's to which he contributes
The Lineman's Wedding short story of
New York tenement life. According to
PnulfnaV RiuQInrzy f1.a Encsank 1Q the
cowboy of Russia, and, like the cowboy,
is disappearing, and for the same
reasons. Mr.. Bigelow believes that in
the event OF a great European war the
Cars favorlte cavallyman would be I'M
able TO sustain his reputation as light
err. Washington must have been not
only hard city to reach but an unpleas-
ant place to live in during it's early years.
Henry Loomis Nelson, in an articl on
The Capital of the Young Republic de-
scribes it as the most uncomfortable
capital IN the world. Charles D. Lanier
contends that the wild turkey ought TO
have been selected AS International bird OF
the United States instead of the much
Uverrated and i'll nature1 eagle" Charles
Dudley Warmers serial The Golden
House reaches it's end in the Novem Der
Harper's with an instalment of twenty
five pages. In writing tile first novel OF
New York society Mr.. Warner has sue
ceeded not only in surprising his earlier
work, but in writing the strongest
American story of the year. Marguerite
Merlngton, the author of Captain Let
tarblair, which has been called the best
comedy written By an American, has q
short story, "a Sister of the Annuncia-
tioD." The hero is a tenor in grand
opera, and the heroine gives the name to
the story.
One of the leading features of st.
Nicholas for the coming year begins in
the Novem Der number A Boy of the
First Empire, by Elbridge s. Boroks. 1t
is romance of the days OF Napoleon,
in which the great Emperor himself fig
ures. The heroAs street boy who rem
ders service to Napoleon. and is made
one of his pages, and finally an aide.
He is with him at the most critical times
of his life, and eventually takes part at
Waterloo. Mr.. Brooks has made careful
study of French history of the time.
The story opens briskly and is profusely
illustrated by H. Ogden.
The November number of Scribner's
Magazine has for its leading article one
of especially timely interest on Election
Night in Newspaper Office, written by
"a =
Julian Ralph, one Of the New York
Suns most valued special correspondents
and a newspaper, man of wide expert
ence. He desert bes, with his we'll known
vividness and truth, the exact ng and
laborious work done by the S TAFT of q
metropolitan newspaper at such time,
and gives realistic impression of the
excitement and rush attending the an.
alysis and summarizing of the immense
volume of news received during election
night. The fan1Slfar Scenes 10 front one
Of the office bulleEI,Jhe cheering crowds
and the humoroAs Suspects of ali are
drawn with a perfect knowledge and
active sympathy. 1t is fully illustrated
with drawings by B. West Clinedinst.
Col. H 6. Prout's second article on Eng
fish Methodist deals with their organ
ization and management. Prot. N S. Shat
ler's article on The Horse, another of his
popular papers on ;Domesti Gated Ami
| mails, tells in an untechnical and thor
oughly Interesting way of the develop
ment OF this fine animal, whose many
admirable qualities have contributed 80
! much to mans Advancement in civilian
ton. Joel Chandler Harris's story of
How Walebone Cansed Wedding is full
of the spirit of the old South, and the
description of the famous Christmas fox
hunt is in this popular authors best
vein. 1t is illustrated by r. F. Zogbaum.
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