Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-24

LITERARY NOTES,
The frontisplece Of McClure's Maya
zine for october shows Mr. Charles a,
Dana. the all-pervadlng guiding npirit
OF the New York Sun" at work In
his editorial olnce. Md the opening
article Is a very comprehensive study Of
Mr.. Danas career. from the time when
he began NE as a groccr'H clerk. catch
ing up bit Of schooling as he went
along, down through his connection
with Brook Farm, his long service ON
the Now York Tribune under Greeley,
his important service during the
war as assistant secretary OF
war under Lincoln and stanton,
/ and his more than twenty years edit
| urship Of THE sun" The article la
written by MIR. Danus chief editorial
associate on 1.-THE sun" Edward r.
| Mitchell. Views OF his country home
I on Long Island and an interesting Sc
| RIGS Of portraits accompany 1t. one
never falls to find In McClure's Maga-
! zine short stories Of marked spirit
ana originality, by the most eminent
[ writer's This number provides stories
! from Bret Hnrte, Conan puylc, anu
Robert Barr; and there Is q thrllllnE
railroad story by 9 Warman; lne ptu
| engineer who described for McClures
tho famous ride on the engine OF II
| "Flycr." aud whose words just now are
/ In eyerybudy's mouth thr1rFh hts uu-
thorship % the lines 81 t'r Iopulnr
song, sweet Marie" great lot OF
Brownie pictures by Palmer Cox aud
otherH and some Joyous brownie
rhymes embraced In an article deacrip-
tive Of forthcoming Brownie play,
make another notable feature. The Hto-
1 ~ OF ''rhe Capture OF Niagara ana
its sublectou to the manufacture OF
| electricity for use hundreds OF miles
! away, with numerous pictures, Is also
an interesting article, But no less m
tarcatlng arc Mr. Dams Interview with
Or. Cnlmuttc. OF the FitHteur institute
Paris, regarding his recent triumph
art experiments In inoculNting against
snake poison. with It's startling plct'
ures Of poiauuuos snakes drawn from
life; and the account. by Dr. Edward $.
Holden, director OF tho Lick obaervn-
tory, OF "RecUut Advances In our
knowledge OF the Moons Surface
with the accompanying representations
OF recent important photographs OF the
moon, $. $. Mcclure, limited, No. ~
Lafayette Place, New York
The Popular Science Monthly for oe-
tober closes us forty-ffth volume with
an issue OF marked and varied excel.
opening article ON "Thc Foot Ball sit
!; unuon," by Professor u. l.. Richards
Of Yale, Professor Richards sets forth
tue many advantages of the game
I and maintains that the evils ascribec
TO it are unreal or can be removed
, by changes soon To be introduced
Professor James Sully contributes Ia,
= third OF his "StudlcA OF Childhood" tJ
3 this number. taking mp "rhe question
ing Age" and giving vivid picture
OF the curious gropinga OF child
mind for knowledge, An account %
"'rhe American Champagne District.
a with description OF the various pro
cessoa iu the making OF champagne
IN given In an Illustrated article by Le
j. Vince. The district Is not C0llf =
MIA. as many would suppose. but tn
lake region OF New York. In "Som
Lessons from Centonarians" tho mod
. or life OF two hundred persons OF thi
!, class Is given by Or, ]. NJ. French Al
/. anrhropometrio study % THE Hall
Blood Indian Is contributed by Fran
= BORs being accompanied by diagram
l. ] OF various measurements. In NWeH
!, African Folklore" by the late Col A
b. Ellis some Interesting tales OF tn
> too lowly estimated people OF the sluV
e coast are given. Frederick lie Roy Sar
. gent completes his evolutionary stud
. OF 'Rarherres" NJ. V. O'shcn depict
"l'he Professional Training OF Teach
Is 4ra'i according 10 modrru idenia i. i
. long prescnts N curious collection !
" aiy,incrai Customs or the World" ma
a srfrncs anfscts profoundly ev6n uterg
3 tnre is ably shown by Professor NJ. /
4 Hudson OF Stanford university. In
! paper on Poetry and Science" Ter
i nyson Is the poet who mas most Into
in iigently accepted the results OF MOI
., ern scientific Thought, Nj. lean a
Goureo gives an account az the "a
s. tronomy OF the Inoas" There ia