People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-01-14
LITERARY NOTES.

HARPER's MAGAZINE. -Harper's Magazine be-
gins the year With q strong and attractive
January number. varied Ia contents and
beautifully illustrated. The opening pa
per is the third In PoultDey Bigelow's ser
les, THE White Man In Africa" IL Is called
Portuguese Progress in South Africa" and
contains strong indi tment for official cor
ruption and misyovernment Of the blacks
This paper Is embellished with Illustrations
drawn by X. Cation Wotdyille. a striking
picture OF wsr-dance Of the Eulus stand
ing as the frontispiece TO the numper.
THE YoUrH's COMPANIONS New YEARS NUM-
BER-Every postofice In the land will be
brilliantly decorated the week OF January
1tb, by the red cover OF The Youths Com
panion New Years Number. and every sub
crioner to The Companion for 1897 will re-
ceive the first installment OF the ~ volume.
Each weekly issue during the coming year
Will be packed full OF the most intertainine
and instructive reading for q | the members
OF the family. The edition Of this New
Years number Is $4,000 copies. For beau.
tifully cOlored propectus for the volume
Tor 9l address The Youths Companion
800 Columbus Avenue, Boston. Mass.
NEW YEARS LADIES' HOME JoURYAL.-Not-
able, even among ST. many excellent fea-
lures are resented In ne New Years
Ladies Home Journal, are art cles on the
Prince OF Wales visit to America, Prince
Bismarck. South Pole explorations, Jerome
n, Jerome's new short story. and delight
full musical competition. What there Is at
the south pole is told by General A.w Gree
ley. U. $. A. Ex President Harrison dis
cusses 1.-THE Judicial Department OF the
Government" 1t Is evident from the New
Years Journal that this popular home mag
azine will be better In every department.;
more useful, helpful and interesting during
1897 than evdr before. BY The Curtis Pub
fishing Company. Philadelphia. One dollar
per year; ten cents a copy
REVIEW OF REVIEWS. The Progress Of the
World" in the Review Of Reviews for jan
uary, 1891 gives an admirable resume OF
the great world events OF 1895. Nowhere
else can so faithful and impartial chonice
OF these stirring times be found. This IL
Illustrated editorial summary in each months
Review is everywhere recognized as one of
the tIiumphs OF modern journalism. The
discussion Of the Cuban situation Is emily.
ened by the reproduction OF timely Spanish
and Spanish American cartoons. The Re-
view of Reviews has also taken pains to OBJ
tain the opinions OF ten representative
students OF public finance In the leading
American universities on the duty Of con-
grtss regarding the national revs nues, the
currency. Professors Hadley OF Yale. Taus.
sig OF Harvard, Jerks Of Cornell, Laughlin Of
Chicago, Sherwood of John Hopkins, Ross Of
Leland Stanford, FOlwell Of Minnesota, DAN
iels of Princeton and Presidents Adams OF
the University Of Wisconsin and Slocum OF
Colorado College, take part In the Reviews
symposium.
SCRIBNER's MAGAZINE, JANUARY, lS97.-The
January number OF Scribner's Magazine
marks the beginning Of its second decade
with an entirely new dress OF type. From
the very first issue Scribner's has been an
accepted leader in modern magazine lit
erature and art The plans for 1897, as al
ready announced, are the most extensive
and attractive ever prepared for this maya
zine While always choosing the best, inde-
pendent OF nationality, 1t Is TO be noted that
for the coming year, the leading features Of
Scribners will be American. Both Of the
serial stories are by American authors
Richard Harding Davis and W. ID. Howels
There will be notable series OF articles also
on The Conduct Of Great Businesses In
America, and on Undergraduate Life In
American Colleges The first article on
Great Businesses Is devoted to 'The De-
partment Store" The author, Samuel Hop
kins Adams, skillful journalist devoted
many months TO study Of the subject and
was given every facility to acquire accu
rate inform alton by the leading men in
these great stores-ln New York, Chicago
and Philadelphia. While Mr.. Adams was
accommodating facts, W, K Leigh was max
ing sketches from actual scenes, and the
finished product which both have welded in
to this article is the very truth and core OF
the business. The purpose of the article,
as Of the series, is to deal, not with stalls
tics and processes, but with the part that
mems brains play IN large business enter
prises-the organizing, the originating, and
the developing Similar articles will follow
on Hotels, ""Banking, Manufacturing"
etc. Every American business man will
find something in this series 10 interest him.
THE JANUARY AREYA.-The January Arena Is
one of the very best numbers ever issued by
that periodical, which now has the largest
circulation Of any review published in this
country. The contents are diversified, and
nearly every article possesses some special
interest. General Herman HauDt contri-
butes FINANCE and Currency, a very strong
presentation of the argument for bimetal-
ism. NJ. II. Gulesian, native Armenian, In
'England's Hand in Turkish Massacres,"
lays the responsibility for the Armenian
massacres on Great Britain, and quotes { Q
Duke of Argyle at length and telling effect,
as well as other Englshmen, to sustain his
position. He says: II believe that II the
Armenian, Bulgarian, Greek and Syrian
massacres we're brought before IN impart-
ial jury with all the evidence Of the last
seventy-fve years, England would be
charged with murder in the first degree,
while the other powers would 20 free" He
states his opinion as to how the surviving
Armenlans may be saved, and his paper Is
notable and very bold one. Our Own
Ships for our Foreign Trade" by Captain
William W. Bates. ex-United States Com
missioner Of Navigation, urges eloquently
the cause Of the American merchant mar
inc and presents some irresistible argu-
ments and startling facts and Figures. Prof.
Frank Psrsons's installment OF Telegraph
Monopoly" reaches the interesting climax
and gives the writer's views OF how matters
are to be remedied. Ernest Howsrd Crosby
writes on The Plea Of Labor from the
Standpoint OF Russian Peasant" using
the recently published lie Travail scion la
Bible" by Timothy Michailovitch Bondarefi
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