The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-07

NcClure's Magazine for February takes
its first grasp of the readers attention
with eight portraits of Lincoln (seNeral
of them very rare), some 70 other LIN
coin pictures and an account, abouhdlhs
in vivid personal details, of Lincoln 5
misfortunes as a country merchant OF
his entrance into the legislature and the
BEGINNING of his acquaintance with
Douglas; of his work as a village post
master and a deputy county surveyor OF
his study of Shakespeare and Burns ana
a copy Of Blackstone found by chahce IN
a barrel of refuse, and OF his romantic
courtship of Ann Rutlcdge, and his aiillc-
ton at her death shortly before the time
Amounted for their marriage. In the same
7 numberthe wcll-known editor of the Rall-
WAY Age. Mr.. Harry Perry Robinson, DC
| ecribes in detail the fastest railroad run
I ever madc"-the recent speed run De
| tween Chicago and Buffalo, when olo
miles were traverscd at an average speed
] of So OF miles an hour, and a speed as
! high as % 3 miles an hour was attained.
/ Mr.. Robinson was one of the official time
| keepers. Mr. Murat Halstead, long edi-
! tor of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
! and now editor of the Brooklyn standard
I Union. relates the history OF Garneld $
( nomination and administration, giving
| important conversations with Garneld
| and interesting personal "reminiscences
! Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, in chapter oil
| autobiography. gives an interesting PIC
ture of a New ENGLAND girls school al
The beginning Of the war; ana also re-
cords "reminiscences of Emerson. a CUES
i'm her fathers house. The art feature II
Mr.. VIII IL. Lows article on the grea'
English painters of the early part of th'
/ century with many splendid engraving
/ of their pictures. To any one interested II
| arr these discriminating articles are IN
valuable The Illustrations have beef
! chosen with rare taste; they are interest,"
ing as pictures. and as examples OF IN
artists who are critically and biograph
icallv presented in the text. The fiction !
csp.cialIy notable. including charming
romance by Anthony Hope, patheti
, and powerful story by Ian Maclaren an
, a characteristic tale from the unpublish
ed manuscript of Robert Louis steven
son, half fairy story ana hair fable'
.Tiproism. or War Upon Domestic IN
d,,sfr,." is the title which Edward ~
Lfnsou gives 10 "A striking article IN 1 u
: . t-priurcriug Magazine for February j
: !, be shows that the welfare Of our pes
: nj, drpcnu- directly or indirectly ufo
,. nr,f,iItural prosperity. and reasonin
-, trat point Of view he presents
80 clear idea Of what a war with Inns
f,rJ would cost in the way OF aEricuu
raj ana industrial disaster. the san
, ! number contains 2 valuable arugle ny
A NJ Amores, reviewing ne .A't 81
: I,,.tistr,- of South America ana indlca
mo m, lines along which our iutrIS'u-'
,,ffh tho Southern Republics must he 81
=, ,'.f.r,a. other leading articles are 60
= ,ff,irr in the Southern states 10y H.
. =, <ifz.. The Commercial ENploitau'
~ Fl,rtricity." by Burton +. Green
a Limits and Possibilities OF the Gas I.
. cine by George Richmond The Ia
= Toad Accident and Emerger SerN &c
Z" coating tkhllt "
n = SUNNY by Daniel W. Mead: a
rit.rfItral sculpture iu Tire INT
s..r,-~ by Russell SturEls. ths ~
= POI 81 Copeuhag,r." 10y ], \'a'i Il
e..frorn opposition 60 Inventions
IA a. poJGe. N,arly one hunoir" pas
~ each number 81 This maEa-.a" are
- .,r, valuable review ana