The Dickinson press., 1894-04-28

In the May number of Frank Les.
lies Popular Monthly appears, under
the characteristic heading "On the
Spot" the first of Il series of personal
"reminiscences of an artist at the front,
in the Secession War of lS6l-'65.
These "reminiscences, written and il.
lustrated by Mr.. Joseph Becker, the
famous original especial for Leslie's,"
touch upon the contrasted humors
and tragedies of war from the point
of view of the soldier in the ranks;
and, being copiously illustrated with
fac.similes of documents, sketches
made on the field under fire, ETC.,
present aspects of the great struggle
in new and peculiarly vivid light.
New floor cushions are made in the
brioche shape, and the resemblance
to that old.time footstool is still fur.
ther increased by the covering, which
is in stripes of red, blue and yellow
running horizontally. These cush-
ions, which are the height of a chair
seat and about seventy.two inches in
circumference, are stuffed with ex-
ce|sior, and ABOUND of black leather
at the bottom serves to make them
duraa,le, The cover is a Turkish ia,
pestry, and they sell for $5.50.-IIar-
per's Bazaar.
McClure's for May: Symposium on
General Grant; Flammarion the AS.
tronomer; Wild Beasts and Their
Keepers; three stories.
An etiicacious remedy for obstinate
cases of insomnia is to lie fiat upon
the back and inhale and exhale deep,
long breaths; take thirty or forty
of them, then turn OH one side--pref.
erably the right-and sleep will come
before you know it, unless you have
the pernicious habit of taking your
work to bed will, you, From "Sani-
tarian' in May Delnorest's.
The May Arena closes the ninth
volume of this leader among the pro.
gressive and reformativc reviews of
the English.speaking world. The ta-
BILE of contents is very strong and in.
viting to those interested in live ques-
tions and advanced thought. The
Arena has made steady progress; its
circulation having increased during
the panic, and it has necessarily been
enlarged to one hundred and forty:
four pages. There is, also, in addi.
tion to this, the book reviews, which
cover over twenty pages, making in
all magazine of over one hundred
and sixty pages. The steady increase
in circulation of this $5 magazine dur.
ing period of unprecedented linan-
cial depression shows how deep rooted
and far reaching is the unrest and so.
cial discomfort; for this lreview has
steadfastly given audience to the
views of the social reformers of the
various schools of thought.
The Delineator for May is called
the college commencement number
and contains three articles, especially
interesting to students. A Girls Life
and Work at Vassar is the title Of
of the first of series on The Women's
Colleges of the United States. A Col
lege Commencement is most attract.
lively described hy graduate Of
Smith, and there l., Il fully illustrated
paper on Commencement and Gradua
tion Gowns.
June %, 1890, two young men
Messrs. Allen and Sachlcben, started
from New York. Three years later
lacking twenty days they reached
New York, having been around th'
world and having Travelled no les:
than 1904 miles on bicycles. Th'
story of their journey across Asia, il
lustrated by reproductions of pictures
which they took will begin in TIN
May Century.