The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-13
CURRENT MAGAZINES.

She mOntnly gazeete W '
Hereditary Societies-for july pesiaes
containing much fresh Information
about the patriotic societies all over the
country, prints a great deal or unusuai-
lv entertaining reading matter. OF inter-
cat 10 all classes Of readers. The initial
article of the July issue Is the begin
ninr, of q series that Is to follow giving
a profusely illustrated account OF La
fayette's tour In the United States. In
1s2l-o5, which will be In the main con-
tributed by members Of the patriotic
societies. The frontispiece is a unique
fac simile reproduction in colors by a
new process, OF an aQuarelle portrait
Of Lafayette. The subjects Of the other
articles are a History Of the North
Carolina Society Of the Cincinnati, with
many PORTRAITS; the continuation OF
1.-THE Philadelphia Business Directory
Of 1908" which Is full Of interesting in
formation about the early Inhabitants;
an account Of the firing Of the Con-
federates' first gun at Gettysburg: the
biography of Miss Mary Vining, OF
Delaware, a Revolutionary belle; a gen.
ealogical account of the Griffin family
Of Virginia. with PORTRAITS; some data
as to slavery in Pennsylvania: a sketch
Of de Forest, the founder Of New York;
a poem by Mrs. John Quincy Adams;
Frances interest In America, by Rear
Admiral Roe, United States Navy: un-
yelling the Louisbourg Monument;
Shay's Rebellion, etc. The Register Is
indispensable to all close students Of
American history.
Chap-Book for July contains. among
other clever things, a fine story of Hd-
venture, 1.-THE Kings Treasure" by
Marriott Watson. and this poem by
Charles G. D. Roberts. which is unmis-
takably an imitation Of Kipling:
THE WRESTLER.
When God sends out his company to
travel through the stars,
There is every kind Of wonder in the
show:
There Is every kind Of animal behind its
prison bars;
With riders in a many-colored row.
The master Snowman. Time. has o
strange trick Of rhyme.
And the clowns most ribald Jest Is
tear,
But the best drawing card Is the Wrest-
Ter. huge and hard,
Who can ill the tent at any time Of
year.
His eye Is on the crowd. and he beckons
with his hand,
With authoritative finger, and they come.
The rules Of the game they do not UNDER
stand,
But they 60 as in a dream and are dumb.
They fain would say him nay, and then
look the other way,
TIL at last to the ropes they cling.
But he throws them one by one. till the
show for them Is DONE
In the blood-red dust Of the ring.
There's none to shun his challenge they
must meet him soon or late.
And he knows a cunning trick for all
heels,
The Kings naughty crown drops in jeers
from his pate
As the hold closes on him and he reels.
The burly and the proud, the braggarts
Of the crowd,
Every one Of them he topples down in
thunder.
His grip grows mild for the dotard and
the child.
But alike they must all go under.
Oh. many a mighty foeman would try a
fall with him.
Persepolis, and Babylon, and Rome,
Assyria, and Sardis, they see their fame
grow dim,
As he tumbles in the dust every DOME
At length will come an hour when the
stars shall feel his power,
And he shall have his will upon the sun.
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will be put out,
done.
There Is. in this same issue, another
bit OF verse, anonymous 1t seems, which
is timely in this season OF summer time
5ourneyings to and fro:
A GOOD BY.
For love of the rowing foot
And Joy of the rowing eye,
God send you store Of morrows fair
And good rest, by and by.
From Chap-Book we turn naturally
to the Philistine, that curious East
Aurora exhalation which owes vitality
chiefly to Mr.. Elbert Hubbard. One OF
the articles in Chap-Book, we forgot to
say, depicts the desolating dangers OF
falling. Into the Max Nordau habit; and
by q coincidence the Philistine's first
protest is aimed at this self-same mark.
We are prepared for the declaration
that Nordau's book Is worthless" AL
belt q mosaic Of clever observation
wrought into a most grotesque pic
ture." And we are further prepared
for the vigorous and wholesome en-
phasis OF "E. X. WIS" defense Of scrib-
bling modernity's diversification Of
fads and forms. as being simply the up
heaving bubbles which denote the
chrning OF the elements underneath.
Speaking Of poetry, the Philistine has
this clever quatrain from Rowland B.
Nahany:
THE LAUGHTER OF THE GODS.
The laughter Of the Gods is clear
And sweet to those who do not know
How underneath its limpid flow,
Lurk envy. hatred, hope and fear.
It also has some parodies, notes and
reflections calculated to curl the corn
srs OF ones mouth and bring moisture
to ones eyes.
II H
Munsey's for July we'll maintains the
features which have given It its repn-
tation-chief Of which are its pictures.
In the department headed "In the Pub
lie Eye" the place OF honor Is given to
John !. Blair, Of Blairstown, of whom
an excellent portrait and sketch are
presented, the latter, among other
things. telling OF the public's obliga-
lions to Mr.. Blair for the prominent
part he played In the early development
OF Scranton. There Is also repeated In
this connection. that familiar story