The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-08
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A timely essay in the November For
um covering in Il direct way wide
group of important facts, il DIR +. X.
l.. Gould's 1.-The Temperance Problem;
Past and Future" in which he reviews
efforts to lessen the evils of the liquor
traffic by prohibition and by high-li-
ccnse, and argues that the Swedish
(Gothenburg) system is the only ration
al aud hopeful one. Mr.. Samuel W.
Dixie, trained student of industrial
statistics, calculates from the facts
gathered by the Massachusetts Bureau
of Labor Statistics "Ihe Wage Farmers
Loss During the Oppression which is
less than has generally been supposed.
Mr.. Dixie has underworld to explain the
relative loss Of the several industrial
classes, and to sci them in their proper
proportion.
John Kendrick Bangs quaint humor is
to enlivcn the pages of The Ladies'
Home journal with series of twelve
articles depicting the club talk of four
men about womeu's affairs. Mr.. Bangs
calls this club "fhr Paradise Club, -
"paradise." he says, "because no woman
nor serpent ever entered into it.
Under the title Of "rhe Fight on the
Ialu River" the Hon. Hilary a. Her
bert, Secretary of The Navy, contributes
to the November number of the North
American Review AN important aud
timely article in which he argues that
the issue of thi. fight demonstrates the
value of hattlrShip- rather than of cruis-
ers as fighting vessels. Ia the same
number are two notable articles dealing
with the "possihilities of an Anglo
American Reunion" written respective
ly by Capt. Alfred /. Nathan, L. >. n,
the distinguished naval historian, aud by
Captain Lord Charles Beresford of the
Royal Navy. and The Business Reviv
al" forms the subject of a valuable sym
postum, the contributors being the
Presidents of the Chamber of Commerce
at Boston, Cincinnati and New Orleans,
and the PW'silent of the Merchants Ex-
change of st. Louis. all of whom are of
course specially informed writer's on
this question.
The ever pressing problem, How can
reforms be effected in the government'of
American cities? is ably considered by
Mr.. II. G.. McrWin in the November At
lantic Monthly, in ii paper entitled
"rammany Points the Way wherein
he urges that the same agences-efli-
cient organization and leadership
which have assisted Tammanv to do
evil might be equally helpful in good
cause. Mr.. George Birkbeck Hill. the
editor OF the Life # johnson, reviews,
in very readable fashion, some of
"Boswell's rooi-Sheets." which are
now in the unrivaled collection of John
soniana. belonging to Mr.. Il. B. Alan,
of Buffalo. ''Rrgnld Pole" BY II. W.
Preston and Louise Dodge, is an exceed
ingly interesting study of one of the
most notable personages of the England
of Henry Viii Fiction is attractvely
presented in the first installment of a
striking two-part story, "Ihe Trumpet
err by Mary Hal'ock Foote, and "Rosa:
Story of Siclnn Customs" by DR..
Giuseppe Pitre, of Palermo.
The Century for Novembar sigpalizes
the opening of its wenty-fifth year by
the beginning of one of its most impor-
tant enterprises, the Life of Napoleon,
by William Nj. Sloane, Professor of His
tory at Princeton College. 1t is believ-
ed that the time has come to make "a
new and unpr' JUDGED review of the
facts OF Napoleon'S life In the light OF
the documents now accessible and the
memoirs of which the last twenty years
have been so prolific. The first chap.