Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-05

prove most valuable to all who are
connected with cattle or cattle prod
ucts, as well as to the general public
the consumers--whose interests are
also fully considered He treats OF the
prevalence OF the disease In man ana
in the lower animals; It's identity in
both; its symptoms and appearances
post-mortem revelations; the germ OF
the disease: predisposing causes; the
nature. application and value OF the
tuberculin test; objections to the test,
the transmission of the disense; the
peril to human life in the use of dis
eased meats and dairy products, and
the measures OF relief and suppression
that are recommended by those ex-
perts who have most thorough knowl-
edge of the situation.
It Is not often that a young man of
wealth, who has devoted much OF his
life to society," should turn from the
primrose path OF daliiance TO the
thorny path of literature. and attempt
to make name for himself. This is
what Hobart c. ChatheldTaylor. of
Chicago has done. After spending 49,
600 in an attempt to establish maya
zine, America, he turned his attention
to fiction. His first novel. with Edged
Tools" was published In 1881; his latest
effort is IAN American Peeress,'
There are those who deplore the in
ventlon of half-tone engraving. giving
as a reason that the process has almost
driven the wood engraver from the
field However this may be, the new
process is a very valuable one, not so
much because It is cheap, but because
by it's use the engraver is able to pro-
duce an exact fac-simile of photograph,
1t would then be as idle to descry the
discovery of photography as II is TO
cry down the half tone. OF course,
there are half-toncs and half-tones,
lust as there are poor photographers
and wood engravers whose work Is
beastly. There are those who think
that the best wood engraving done by
even the artists employed by the Cen
fury is not so interesting and desirable
for illustrating purposes as the average
half-tone work done by process en-
graYers oil over the country. 1t Is
not so artistic, of course, since the
reproduction of photographs is purely
a mechanical one. An example OF the
extreme value OF the newtprocess, when
properly executed and printed on good
paper. is the Historical Publishing
Cornpanys portfolio Beautiful Paris"
II is a work of over 500 pages IN which
there are nearly 500 large, full page re-
productions Of photographs taken by
the official photographer OF the French
government. Now, without the half
tone process, II would have been next
to impossible to have produced this
admirable work. The wood cuts done
by the best living artists would not be
so acceptable, not half SO realistic, and
could only be done at great cost.
The magazine has become SO much
like the newspaper, so much of the
matter in them being Of more or less
semi-news character that such publ
cations as Stone & Kimball's excel
lent Chop Book" have come oppor-
timely and are very welcome. The
Chop Book has made decided hit.
unauestionably. 1t is almost entirely
literary-is handy to carry about and
pleasant. agreeable companion for
stray moments. Dr. Johnson liked
books that he could carry to the fire.
You can carry the Chop Book down
town with you and read II on the cars,
or as your convenience dictates. This
publication is a reminder of the time
when the interesting little chop books
made their regular. or rather Irregular,
appearance, filed. as they were. with
songs. ballads and other literary mis-
cellany OF an Interesting character.