The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-08

three members each voter may, under the
law. east rs many votes for one csnd;-
or he may distribute the same, or equal
parts thereof. among the candidate as ne
shall see iit, and the candidates highest IN
votes shall be declared elected" Ta:s
number is also notable for two studies
Of English authors-one Of John Dry
den and one Of the latest and creates.
apostle of decadence. Mr.. Thomas Hardy.
Gunton's Magazine for February pre-
sents well-varied array OF contents
bearing on economic questions. a review
OF Horace Whites Money and Banking"
and paper on Compulsory Arbitration"
are notable features: PROFESSOR Suhton
cusses and does not try to befog the at
mOsphere.
Another friendly observation" by ISL
mon Olive-Branch. Jr.." this time on
ruary issue Of the Looker-Oon. The es-
says which appear In the Looker-On from
time to time under this Ntle are models
of gracious writing done In a spirit OF
on "Savage Music" by Louis c. ElsOn. In
which the universality of the musical In,
stinct Is effectively demonstrated. and
one by William II. Fleming on the Ora,
matte CONSTRUCTION OF Shakespeare's 'Ju,
Illus Caesar :" are other articles In the
same magazine worthy Of Widespread Pc
rusal.
the February Century, one has little dif.
fculty in picking three articles as the
most timely and interesting. They are
stanley's paper on The Story OF the De,
Ss!Spmen. l q Airsa Marion cEsw. E.
Leo XIiI and Hts household" and Alfred
ST. Vincent" Edward Mortimer Chap:
mans paper on 1.-The Palmerston Ideal
In Diplomacy" is also readable, notwith-
standing that its author seems to have
Arm and decided foreign policy. Lastly.
the editorial In the Topics Of the Time
department on '.The Craze for Publicity
ought to be read by every reader of and
worker for newspapers,
The principal thing In the February Me-
Clure's, OF course. Is the Lincoln life.
which is getting on famously. Next to
which. while 1t isn't Scotch at all. gets
there just the same. But the reader of
this number of McClure's who lays that
Perry Robinsons description OF The
Fastest Railroad Ever Rum Chat is to
say, from Chicago to Buffalo. 5i0 miles.
| at an average speed Of 6507 miles per
! anshour) or Murat Halstead's study of
General Garfield and the tragedy of his
| brief administration, will miss much. We
stherefore advise him not to do 1t.
Popular Science for February has good
many good things, for example: "A Four
legged Bird" ",rhe Boomerang and Its
Freaks" "PhotographfnE Inside the
| Body" Motors Past and Present" Fer
tilizing the Ground Nut" Mind Read, d:
Serpents," petroleum and Natural Gas -
| Metric System Simplified," Artificial
Monstrosities," "Refiecting Emotions"
"CryptograBhy," Can I Cats Con Converse sse
"Naiiless Horse Shoe" .How to Use
Cement" "Why People Become Deaf
and "Value of Bacteria to Vegetation" ="
1t is Indispensable to the young student
| Of science.
H ll. /
| Ev'ry Month for February comes envel-
oped In red, the color selected for Its
! 1895 career. For musical magazine II Is
| exceedingly attractive. containing Jas 1t
masesi seieeons of hs most
lightful character. The four pieces pub.
iished in this number are .'Hhe Ia Mine. |"
song and chorus, BY Charles J.. Van Baar;
BE True FRI To- eoSs, My HGssy ssn. sss sSSS
Echoes" gayotte. by Richard Goerdler.
and Shall We Forgive Her." song and
chorus, by Walter Keen. The illustrations
are both numerous. beautiful and appro-
!
porarily In the public eye. Rowland, Havl-
| land 4 Co.. East Twentieth street, New
York.
The notable features of the February
progress Of the World. are the accounts
the device Of DR.. A. Graham Bell, BY
which he transmits sounds and ordinary
conversation along = sunbeam. in the
| same way that we now use a telephone
l vyira a1an Ia liuhf IN ~ v,rn
duced BY Professor Roentgen. that pene.
trates solid substances. and can photo
graph the skeleton of living man. An
article s on the Physical Causes Of Mypno.
manner. that strange phenomenon.
The stage rights Of "Macaire," the play
by Stevenson and Henley. which came
out first in the Chap Book. have been
shortly to produce the play. "Macaire''
isa wonderfully picturesque character. and
the comparison between the English and
American productions Is likely to be In.
more talent for the picturesque than any
other American actor, and Beerbohm
Tree, who will probably do the play in
England, has much the same reputation
on that side OF the water.
AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS:
a second series OF Charles G. Leland's
Legends Of Florence" IL now in course
Of preparation.
The first volume in the new series Of
by Professor Lodge of Glasgow.
Elenora Duse Is to publish at Easter
her grandfather. Luigi Duse. one OF Col.
doni's best interpreters.
The estate of Eugene Field Is valued
at $4,000. all in personal property. Hs
1 m vAI h 10 n tnae fxN bill
wife some time before his death.
Mrs. g. j. Romanes memoir Of her hus.
band will be published in January or Feb.
ruary. 1t will consist chiefly Of letters
The London Literary World under.
stands that Lady Lovan," the novel Just
published under the pseudonym of Agnes
Farrell. was written by the late Francis
| Adams.
Professor Sayce's book on THE Egypt
Of the Hebrews and Herodotus," has Jus,
been published. The travels of Herodo
tus in Egypt are followed for the firsI
A forthcoming novel, which 10 likely tc
excite no little interest. is called "The
Leg Fuller. or Politics as She is Ap'
piled" 1t purports to be tale Of the
"The Woman who Wouldn't" a repl,
to Grant Aliens 1.-THE Woman Who Did
was written under the pseudonym OF
! Lucas CieeNe ny Mrs. hinkscote. tht
wife OF leading British army officer
and daughter Of a well-known English
diplomat.
Lord Braxfield, a real parsonage. sug
gested to r. l.. Stevenson the character
of Weir Of Hermiston, the hero of the
unfinished story which is to he published
serially during this winter. The scene Is
laid in Scotland. and the period Is the win
] ter and sprng Of 1S13-14.
"Stepniaks" real name. It is now stated
on good authority. was never divulged tc
the English public. and the current state
| hot 4 TNro 1ONf xxyft1S