The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-03-01
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SO1A'A LII "A ~ II
POEMS. By Col. George Merrill White. Pub
ilshed by Price. Lee & Adkins
ms beautiful little collection has been pub
,iSnea since the authors death. and dedicated
Dy ms wife Ito the Grand Army of the Pa
public" whom he dearly loved They con-
siss OF Patriotic Poems and Songs, Poems on
Llie Lighter Poems. Dialect Poems and Frag.
ments Many of them show marked genius.
and viii not fail to find appreciation among his
comrades VIM. Z. Whittlesey Quartermaster
OF Admiral Foote Post IL. GAR New Haven.
Conn.,, writes that the demands for Col. Whites
poems at the recent Connecticut g A. r State
department. Convention at Hartford were not
all supplied, and that all orders accompapied
oy 81, addressed to him or to Mrs. George N.
Whlte, New Haven, Conn. will be PROMPTLY
nieo: COL White was also the author of "Fhs
old Canteen. At the time Of his death he vas
Assistant Adjutant- General of the State of Con-
nectieut. he was a great favorite. and nanv
VI ms comrades will be glad of this opportunity
" oosainlng ms poems, and at the same time
assisting his widow and children.
Magazines and Notes.
Inc leading article in Frank Leslis's PoptsLar
Honthty for March is a picturesque account Of
the four leading European Parliam.ntsD-
those OF Great Britain, France Germany and
italy-oy that experienced observer and
graphic writer, Frederick s. Daniel. The iIlus-
trations accompanying this paper are a. timely
ana up to date as the text including views Of
maidstone in the House of Commons. the seena
In the French Chamber of Deputies on the GA.
caslon OF the explosion of Vaillant's bomb. thu
stormy session at Mantle Citorio at the time of
the recent Italian Cabinet crisis, and the pro-
JecIed new Palace of the Reichstag at Berlin.
The complete novel IN the March number of
Ltpp'ncots IS Desert Claim by Mary 4
otlcXney. IL IS charming tale of ranch life
IN northern Colorado. Gilbert Parker's serial,
The Irespssser, reaches its ninth chapter. The
Inmate of the Dungeon, by w. C. Morrow. IS \
story OF uncommon power. Joel Chandler
harris, In The Late Mr.. Watkins of GEORGIA.
His Relation to Oriental Folklore. comuaresa
curious legend of his own State with one of
India.
Rnskin. in his character and home life. will
be the subject of an intimate and sympathetic
study by Ii. III. Spielmann in MeClure's Ka0a-
ztne for March. Views of Brentwood. Ruskin's
home, and Of points of interest roundabout
and various portraits of Ruskin, will accom-.
pany the article Rudyard Kipling, Robert
Louis Stevenson, and Octave Thanet will an
contribute to the fiction, giving special dissinc-
ton to that feature Of the number
In bis paper on Poems of the South, pub
lished by the American Academy of Political
and Social Science, Mr.. George K Holmes of
the Census Bureau, shows that the Southern
farmer is held in a form of bondage by the
merchant. This bondage Is one of debt. con.
tracted to furnish himself with clothing sum-
plies, etc. Since the merchant thus controls
the farmer, he makes the farmer produce that
crop that can be most readily marketed This
crop is cotton, and it is produced therefore in
quantities prOportionate to the indebtedness
1t is understood that the History of the
United States Navy, upon which Mr.. Edgar
Stanton Maclay has been engaged for the last
nine years, is now nearing completion. IL Is
curious fact that no complete history of the
hoe haa r,r1hl I'D ~,
ers time. and Mr.. Maclay's elaborate work will
meet a demand which has grown stronger since
the public became interested in the building
up of our new Navy. Mr. Maclay's history
comes down to 1894.
The Origin of Right-bandedness is treated In
The Popular Science Monthly for March, by Prof
j. Mark Baldwin. who gives the results of
series of experiments upon his infant daughter
relating to the spontaneous use of the hands
Mr.. Appleton Morgan writes severe arragn-
ment of prohibition, under the title Abolish All
Prohibitive Liquor Laws
Prof Edward s. Holden of the Lick Observ-
atory, contributes al article on EARTHQUAKES
and How to Measure Them to March Century
The science of measuring earthquakes he says,
is one which had its birth IN the city of Toxic
only few years ago. As there is an average
of two shocks daily in Japan, it is no wonder
that the Swans of that land have turned their
attention to the study of this subject.
ScribRers Magazine for March opens with
the second article, by Joel Chandler Harris on
The Sea Island Hurricanes. this one dealing
especially with the great relief work which is
being conducted by Miss Clara Barton and the
Red Cross Society. Two articles of very prse-
teal interest to jewellers in American cities
are entitled The High Building and its Art by
Barr Ferree, who speaks with the authority Of
q skilled architect and The Cable Street Rail-
way, by Philip G. Hubert, jr.
Much has been said and written of the per-
secution of Jews by the Russian Government
and people, but little has been known in Amer
lea of the reasons for this crusade In an ar
ticle on The Russian and His jew in the
March HdrpeT's Magazine, Mr. Poultney Bige-
low discusses the case from the Russian stand
point. Five illustrations by Frederic Reming-
ton depict some of the types of Hebrews who
have aroused the enmity of the Slav.
We have received number of Rand, Nc
Malay & Co.'s indexed County and Township
Pocket Maps and Shippers Guide. They come
in neat, compact form. one for each State, show
ing in detail the whole railroad system. Pub
lished at Chicago and New York. Paper cover,
25 cents.
New Music.
STANDING on the Corner Didn't Mesn Ne
Harm" is the title of a catchy negro song by
George II. Primrose this season, and which 70
becoming very popular Published by J. q
Greene & Co., 10 Arcade, Cincinnati.
Fashion Notes.