The record-union., 1897-02-07

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pansy and a copy of "Vick's Floral
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ord-Union" by stating the fact, will re-
ceive package of flower seeds free, on
addressing Vick's Sons at Rochester.
THE National Magazine lBoston)
for February is richly and very fully IL
Illustrated. Its principal features are.
THE Light OF the World" from a
painting by Holman Hunt, frontispiece;
The Last of Sir Edwin Landseer's
House. Charles Rosalys Jones, with Il
Illustrations from paintings by Land
seer; Christ and His Time" Dallas
Lore Sharp; ''At McNally's Bend"
Marion Hill: Augustus as a Travelling
Companion" S. ]. Underwood; Jack
Deans WHISTLE" Kate Whiting Patch;
THE Gold Mines of Alaska" with pho
tographs and maps, G. NJ Hill 'Mys-
terry, Abbie Farwen Brown; The EXe-
cution of a Chinese Pirate" Wilbur T.
Gracey: The Birthplace of a College
Song" with music, Ella Shearman
Partridge; Before the Taku Glacier, -
Elizabeth Porter Gould; Living Fash
ion Plates" Tobacco Culture in the
United States" THE Tale of Tune, -
George Barr McCutcheon.
THE Municipal Engineering Maya
zine" for February indianapolis, Ind1
has it's usual full and always interest
ing department. and in addition (and
every page ought to be read every
month by our city oficials) Methods
Of JD,x
Charles Carroll Brown; Ownership
and Capacity of Water Works in Amer
ican Cities" German Hit and Miss
Paving Robert Grimshaw; Forms Of
Clip and Briquet for Tensile Tests Of
Cement" No. III, l.. C. Sabin; The
Chemical Relations of Asphaltum." No.
VI, S. F. Peckham; The Modern
Street Rail and It's Relation to Pave
ments," j. w. Howard; Brick Paving
in Small Towns" A.W. Smith, City En-
gineer of Kokomo. Ind; Award OF
Prizes for Water Works Blanks and
Records" Proper Relations of COnsti-
tuents of Portland Cement" THE
Question Department" Proper Char
ges for Fire Protection and Other Pub
lie Uses of Water" Cost of Asphalt
Repairs in Buffalo, N - 'Foreton
Practice in Sewage DISPOSAL" "Ameri-
can Society of Civil Engineers on Meth
DDS of Cement Tests" Municipal Ju-
risdiction Over Streets in California: :"
"A Pennsylvania School Boards Liabi-
ity for Paving" wide Tire Ordinance
at Providence;" Cost of Asphalt Pave
ments," S. p. Lewis; The First Brick
Paved Country Road" c. H Snow:
Asphalt on CObblestones, w. S. Good
win & Co.; Public Works in Paris ana
London" The Inland Sewage Disposal
Problem" "A New Disinfeoting Plant"
Proposed Combination of Sewer Pipe
Manufacturers
Romance" a magazine portrayine
the romantic side of modern life CNew
York;, has these features, articles and
stories for February: Frontispiece,
''She Is Nine" The Conversion of a
Saint" NJ. De Linelle Cooper; 'The
Very Fast Countess" Mrs. Edward
kennard; by Order of the Rance"
Florence Maryatt; How Music Sooth-
ed the Topsys,' Mrs. Theodore Sutro.
Out of the Desert" Floyd Elroy Dun
ham; Conscience Doth Make Cow
ards" Esvaldo Henriquez; The Land
scape of Flesh" poem, Francis Saltus:
She Of the Poisoned Rouge by ellison
Willets; THE Ring and the Lead" w.
Russell; 'Isenberg's Regiment" Grant
Allen; Uncle Jim," Gilbert Parker:
THE Silent Sisters" l. Zangwill; The
Last Confession" Hall Caine: "The
Dolls Tragedy" Miss NJ E. Braddon;
The Lady and the Flagon," Anthony
Hope; Books and Romances;" "Ro-
nance on the Stage" Editorial chat,
Publishers say-So.**
The Overland Monthly" (San Fran
cfsco) for February has these attrac-
tions: Frontispiece, Mission San Luis
Rey''; frontispiece, The Duel Wit
messed by Mr.. Cusack"; frontispiece,
"A Siskiyou Mine; frontispiece.
Water Ribbons in the Geiranger-
ford; LAS Talked in the Sanctum."
by the editor; Kings River Canon"
Thomas Magee, with Illustrations;
"At San Juan Capistrano," J. Torrey
Connor; The Son of a Convict" Flora
Haines Loughead; '9The Municipal
Government of San Francisco" j. H.
Stallard, NJ. D.; Under the Headin' of
Thruth-Mr Cusack Wins a Lawsuit"
Batterman Lindsay; THE University
of Idaho" Willard X. Clement, illus
trated; Should the California Mis-
sions be Preserved?" John E. Bennett.
illustrated; The Ferry Passenger De-
pot Charles E. Naylor illustrated:
THE Prairie Schooner" Charles Mo-
reau Harger; The Story of an Inven-
tor" William Walsh, illustrated; THE
Society of California Pioneers" Will
lard B. Farwell, illustrated: "The
Homeward Voyage of the Mary Ann"
Herbert c. Howe; "Siskiyou and
Its Wealth." S. G.. Wilson, illustrated.
The Midland Monthly for Feb
ruary. Oes Moines, Ia is freely and
illustrated. Leading feat
ures are concerning the question, WHO
Informed Secretary Floyd of the John
Brown Attack on Harper's Ferry?"
The Sartoris Family and the Grand
children of General Grant, Grants
Life in the West" Tennessee Fedora
tion of Womens Clubs" with por-
traits), Jamaica the Land of Ro-
and Impressions of Berlin
The departments are full, the poems
choice and the shorter articles whole
some and entertaining.
lie Franchise" for January comes
late TO hand, but the excellence of it's
contents amply compensates for the
delay. The portrait of the famous
Jules Verne looks from the initial
page and shows in the clear-cut, in
features the wonderfully i'm
aginative and scholarly character of
the most fascinating of romancers. !
After briefly relating the principal
facts of his literary career, the ac-
companying sketch tells us that his