The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-08
MAGAZINE NOTES.

promise 10 enter INTO the approaching IA
| tion campaign. and intends to continue
| this throughout the summer. +. l.. God
kin reviews THE Political Situation
| finding little encouragement for hopeful
| thinking; William Soloman urges the po-
litical parties to join hands in an effort 10
retire the sreenbacks and treasury notes
and replace them with national bank
| notes; and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
and Professor John Bassett Moore dis
cuss the Cuban question, the one favor-
| ing prompt recognition. the other oppos-
| ing 1t. Senator Lodges presentation of
our duty to Cuba is the best and clearest
we have yet seen. He shows that in the
early part of the century John Quincy
Adams. as secretary of state. declared an
ncSa;ion to be Cuba's manifest destiny,
| in which view he was later reinforced by
Henry Clay and some of the leading states
men of the republics youth. After show
ing that every condition of belligerency
exists in Cuba, save cnly the possession
by the rebels of seaport towns which they
lack because they have no heavy ord
| nance. he notices that although the Init
Ell States has permitted more than year
to elapse since the present conflict began.
Spain, on the other hand, recognized the
southern Confederacy within sxty-siX
days after the iiring OF Fort sumter. Pro-
fessor Moore's chief objection to rccoSni-
ton by us is not that Cuba's quarrel IS
not just, but that We should, by interier-
ing. subject our motives 10 misconstruc-
tiOn and might be charged by Europe with
ltlflttfldl Rsctt. 1SeSiGes, ne argues lnlt
the Cubans ave turbulent lot any way
who could neither govern themselves 40:
permit peaceful government of them by the
United States. one other article in
its specia! not!ce-Dr. Carrolrs pa
per entitled rs the Power of
Christianity Waniag?-Now In it the
shows that while in the half-decade from
1890 to 1885 the percentage of increase in
population of the United States has been
nhplt 10 II th6 nprrpniapp of increase
the membership of the various Christian
denominations has been between 10 and ao
in other words the churches are growing
faster than the population. He also shows
that this growth is a steady feature ANA
that more money per capita Is now eA-
pended for religious purposes than eve:
before. New York: Forum Pub. Co., Ill
Fifth Ave.
The opening article In this months issue
of Gunton's magazine is n paper by the
editor in which he explains why economic
sentiment III England has begun to favor
return to the policy Of protection. HIS chiet
reason Is that when free trade was adopted
England had machinery so superior to
that in use in continental countries thai
she could undcrsell those countries In their
own markets. Iattcriy, however, CONT,
mental machinery has been improving 10
such an extent that wages are becoming
the only factor of difference in cost.
Therefore, unless continental wages rise
to the level of English wages Professor
Gunton argues that England will be un
able to compete with continental countl!e,
and will be compelled to resort to protec'
ton or lose her foreign and much OF her
domestic trade. He concludes that the
consequence of this inevitable reversion 10
protection by England will be the excli-
sion from British markets of much OF
Americas exported foodstuffs. and warns
American farmers to cultivate the home
market rather than to expect great future
success in the foreign field. Another ar
ticle of interest Is that in which the Gill
man plan for the establishment of
clearing house currency" Is dissected and
shown to involve proposition for one OF
the worst kinds of fiat money. Every one
of the ten papers In this magazine Is time
", meaty and instructive. Two editorial
features are also the best of their kind In
print-that one which summarizes ,-.e
'Leading Events of the Month and that
one which epitomizes the papers In the
various contemporary magazines which
treat of economics. No person who wishes
to keep well informed upon the live politi-
cal and economic questions OF the day can
afford to miss reading this periodical each
month. New York: Political Science Pub.
Co., Union Square.
OF the seven leading papers in the Meta
physical magazine for May that one which
most readily attracts our attention Is en-
titled Genius: Inspiration or Acquisi-
tion?' BY Ida Lewis Watson. 1t takes
the obviously correct position that while
talent may be cultivated and tact acquired
genius, on the other hand Is inborn-"a
secret hidden within the mystery or the
great Whence and Whittier of the immor-
tai spirit, which rests with Omniscience.'
Another very interesting communication
In this magazine Is contributed by Hamil-
ton Gay Howard, of the Detroit bar un-
der the title psychic Law Of Attraction
and Repulson." In it he narrates this ex-
perience: zone evening was in the midst
of small company assembled in the
drawing rooms of the old homestead. lr
the center of the front room was placed
a small, oblong, four-legged. wooden ta-
BILE; standing around It, with the tips of
their fingers resting upon its top, Were
half a dozen ladies and gentlemen, while
the piece of furniture itself kept rising and
falling, first one end and then the other
Before the table began to move one OF tho
ladies said that nothing could be done
with 1t while certain gentleman re-
mained in the room-William j. Speed,
who lost his life Mt Gettysburg during the
civil war. Captain Speed was then u STU
dent in my fathers law office a nervous,
piercing dark blue eyes and abundant black |
spare, dark-complexioned man, with |
curly hair He left the room, and the IA
BILE at once began to teeter. The apart
ment was fully lighted. In my boyish en-
thusiasm expressed a desire to be placed |
on top of the table, whereupon / was iitted |
and seated on 1t, my legs hanging over one
side and my hands grasping either end. As
the table was about to rise l would lean |
toward the elevated end and try to bear |
1t down by my weight; but, to my great de- |
light and the wonder of the guests, 1t con-
tinued to rock. At last an army officer |
who was present-thc late Captain Scam
mon-attached to the table good-sized |
wire, one end of which he had surrepti- !
itously passed out through the window AMI |
stuck in the ground. AS soon as the table
touched with this wire 1t ceased to move. /,
l,nr ha nnly of fyt r,V,h hsit
wreathcd the face of this gentleman as he |
declared that 1t was simply animal mag |
net!sm' that caused the movements. After |
this experiment l was removed from thu |
table. as was also the wire from the room. |
and those resting their tinger-tips upon the |
table We're soon following it slowly about |
the apartment. Resting one leg on the |
edge of sofa, ii balanced itself in air |
for short time, when Ii resumed its pro- |
sress around the room. 1t would occa-
sionally stop. however, when the ..uy IN
charge would remark: Mr.. Speed has |
opened the door or. He is looking In the |
ROOM and on his withdrawal the ia ble |
would again begin TO move. 1t finally |
only when it became impossible to mount !
the stairs with the people surrounding it !
New York: Metaphysical Pub. Co., 50S |
Fifth Ave.
Elbert Hubbard's Fnillstine for May was
edited by Walter Blackburn Harte; and !
when he looked upon what he had done,
he forthwith resigned. Who after reading |
the following gross libel on page .0S. can
blame Harte for vamoosirg? "a nice
young man in Scranton called on u nice .
young lady and spent the evening. When ,
he arrived there was not Il cloud In the I
sky, so he carried no umbrella and wore /
neither goloshes nor macintosh. At 10 !
o'clock when he arose to go. it was raining .
cats and dogs the cutters o'ertlowed and +
If it had been in Johnstown, it could prop /
erly have been called a Johnstown food. /
"'My, my, N.Y. said the nice young lady, /
If you go out In all this storm You will |
catch your death a cold.
I'm afraid might" was the trembling
answer.
We'll, I'll tell you what-stay alG :
night: you can have Toms room, since. ,
he's at college Yes. occupy Toms room
--GNcuSC me q minute and LII iust .iIr.