The Somerset reporter., 1894-10-11
PATTERNS DRUG STORE,
A Specially OF Prescriptions.
Literary Notes.

Julian Ralph has gone o Korea in the
interest of llnrprr's Weekly and llar-
per's Magazine. He will meet in loko-
hama c. ID. Weldon, the Well-kuown
American artist, now resident of
Japan, ard illustrated reports from the
seat of war VIII soon begin to appear in
the Weekly.
The most timely article in The Cen
tury for October is probably the inter
view with the Prime Minister of China
In the concluding pap"r of the series
"Across Asia on II BICYCLE" which has
the additional Interest of being fully H.
lustrated with halt-toues after very
unique photographs made by The hicy-
clers, Messrs. Allen and Sachll'ben. \
wood-engraving of I-IIuug- Chang, from
n photograph sent 10 the writers by the
Prime Minister, accompanies the article
With this interview ends one of the
most unique series of travel articles in
the history of the modern magazine. \
paper of wide interest to American read
ers is "The Real Edwin Booth con-
sisting of familiar letters of the TRACE
dian to his family and friends, with an
introduction by his daughter, Mrs. Ed
wilma Booth Grossman.
The frQntispiece of MeClure's Maya
zine for October shows Mr.. Charles A.
Dana, the al-peryading guiding spirit of
the New York "Sun," at work in his
editorial office. And the opening article
is a very comprehensive study of Mr..
Dana's career, from the time when he
began life as a grocer's clerk, catching
up bit of schooling as he went along,
down through his connection with Brook
Farm, his long service on the New York
"'rribune' under Greeley, his important
service during the war as Assistant Sec
rotary of War under Lincoln and Stan
ton, and his more than twenty years
editorship of "rhe sun" The article
is written by Mr. Dana's chief editorial
associate on "rhc SUM-" Edward p.
Mitchell. Views of his country home
on Long Island and interesting series of
portraits accompany it.
That popular New York clergyman,
the Rev. DR.. Rainsford, contributes a
most interesting article to the October
issue of the Ladies' Home Journal, in
which he defines the position OF 1.-The
Clergyman IN Society" Not less inter
esting is the eminently practical view
which Mrs. Burton Harrison, in her
contribution to the series Before He is
Twenty" takes of a Boys Evenings
and Amusements''-h the first should
be spent, and of what the second should
consist. Much solid wisdom may be
found in Burdettes iuimitable "rhrough
Two Ends of Telescope
Coming directly after the great
Bryant centennial at Cummington, it is
! Il 81 tI,at l,,,
should pay attention to the New Eng
land poet in its October number. 4
fine portrait of Bryant forms the frontis-
fiece of the number, and this is accom-
panied by Il thoughtful paper on
bryant, the Poet of Nature" by For
rest +. Emerson. Another anniversary
article which will be eagerly read, es-
pecally by New England people, is that
ON "Rehoboth and Attleboro" Reno
both, one of the most historic of Mnssa
chusetts town, the home of William
Blackstone after he deserted Boston, is
two hundred and lilty years old the
present October. Atllpboro. the daugt-
ter town, set of from old Rehoboth, is
two hundred years old
The October number of st. Nicholas is
filled with stories and verses for boys
and girls and for young men and wo-
men. Miss Seawcl's serial, "Decatur
and Somers," comes to an end. ",Iack
Ballister." Howard Pyle's sturdy hero,
runs away to escape whipping from
his master. Chilly; the Story of Il
Bear" by Tappan Aduey, tells of the
tricks of II captured bear. Naturalist
Iornaday writes of the habits of the sea
lions and seals found upon the coasts of