The Republican journal., 1896-04-23
Papers and Periodicals,

| Marshlands is the title of little mapa.
zine, in green paper cover, published at
Amherst, Nova Scotia. We have received
the March number, which is No. 4 of Vol. /
It seems to be semi-political, semi literary
publication; and has also something to say
of Nova Scotia as summer resort.
Mayo W. Hazeltine in the April number
of the North American Review discusses
the Possible Complications of the Cuban
Question" indulging in some very interest
ing speculations regarding the international
alliances which might be formed should
Spain declare war against the United States
We have lreceived a copy Of Paper and
Press, journal of the graphic arts, pub
lished weekly at 132 Nassau street, New
York. 1t is not devoted to newspaper gos-
sip or to ad-building, but treats of printing
in its various branches, from practical and
scientific standpoints-a field exclusively it's
own.
| The repulsive and uncanny special arti-
cles and their accompanying eerie illustra-
tlons, which figure as prominent and char
| acterlstlc features of some of New York Sun
| day papers, are calling forth protests in the
name of respectable journalism and in behalf
OF public morals, from the press In all sec
tlons OF the country The worst offender
| against decency in this line is, of course, the
| ghoulish, mendacious, taking World. [Lew-
| iston Sun.
| To the April Review of Reviews Albert
Shaw contributes sketch of ''Murat Hal
stead Journalist" which all newspaper
men will appreciate and enjoy. While no
longer sin harness. in the same full sense
as his brother editors Dana, Medill and
Watterson, Mr. Halstead is still active in
the preparation of copy and in the latest
forms of journalistic enterprise, as is shown
by his article on Cuba in this number of the
Review.
Our old friend Charles Hallock, a literary
man and sportsman of wide reputation,
and the founder, and editor for some years,
of Forest & Stream, is one of the editors of
Western Field & Stream, monthly illus
trated journal of recreative life in sun and
shade, published by John p Burkhard at
St. Paul, Mimi. The subscription price is
one dollar year. Mr.. Hallock's name is a
guarantee of full knowledge and literary
excellence, and under these auspices the
new journal is assured of success
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, April s. Alden j.
Blethen, founder and editor of the Penny
Press of this city, yesterday turned over to
the employees of that paper the entire plant
of the Penny Press Publishing Company. At
a meeting of the employees last night it was
decided to continue the publication of the
paper on a cooperative plan. The act on
the part of Blethen was entirely voluntary
on account of his intended departure for the
Southwest
Mr.. Blethen is a Waldo county man, and
after practicing law in Portland for time
engaged in journalism in Kansas City, where
he was very successful. He has since been
connected with several newspaper enter
prises in Minneapolis.
1t appears that the Maine Sportsman of
Bangor, well as Rangely Lakes, was ex-
cluded from the Sportsman's Exposition in
New York-a very yunsporJsmanlike proceed
ing, in opinion. The Pennington
Chronicle says:
After making arrangements, as they sup
| posed to dlstribu their papers in the build
| ing, the editors of them printed large and
! expensive editions, containing many adver-
| tisements which We're solicited for that
| special edition. The papers We're sent to
| New ork, but when the guides attempted
| to distribute the same in the exposition
/ they We're not only forbidden, but We're
| threatened with arrest if they persisted in so
doing, No fair minded person can blame
the editors OF those papers for mot feeling
/ just right at their discourteous treatment"
and Will approve of their avowed purpose to
| ''sift the thing to the bottom and expose the
| cOntemptlblY mean trick.
The Boston Journal numbers among its
contributors the most famous writers of two
continents DR. A. Conan Doyle, the cele-
brated author of sherlock Holiness" has
of prize fighters as they We're at one time,
and this striking work is being published in
| the columns of the Boston Journal. Capt.
Charles King, the distingui shed writer of
novels dealing with frontier life, has sur
passed all his previous efforts by his latest
| novel, can Army Wife" which also ap-
pears in the Journal. Every Sunday Capt.
John f. Morrill, the famous base ball player,
game, Edward w. Box recounts the fresh
est gossip of the world of writers, and Bah
that unique journalist whose letters inter-
est men and women all over the country
contributes one of her inimitable sketches.
The Sunday journal, by the way was the
first Sunday paper in New England to EN-
ploy half-tone illustrations in it's columns,
and its pictures are the finest given in any
paper.