The Dickinson press., 1897-09-04
LITERARY NOTES.

A"0A0 40 1VA0 VuNu u 6plC0 VI, 8Us
venture about. the September Centu.
ry. "What Stopped tho Ship" by
H. Phelps Whitmarsh. is a story set.
ting forth q mid.ocean mystery. A
tale of peril in Alaska, called IAN Ad-
venture With a Dog and q Glacier,''
Is by John Muir, whose timely paper
on "The Alaska Trip" was printed
in the August Century. "Prisoners
of Boro Boedor" is an illustrated ar.
ticle on the experiences of two la
dies in an out-of-the-way region in
Java, by Miss e. r. Scidmore, author
of "Down to Java in the August
number.
"People living in cities are prone
to believe that the increasing num-
Der of telephone, telegraph and troll
ley wires increase the danger from
electric storms" writes Edward W.
Box in the September Ladies' Home
Journal. "On the contrary. the maze
of wires is a protection, and lessons
the danger, since it is shown that
where the wires attract the electrici.
ty they hold 1t, and discharge it only
at the end of the wires in the central
station. The fact is that of the two
hundred lightning accidents every
year only an average Of forty occur
in the cities. The trees in the coun-
try are far greater danger; they &C.
count for the proportion of four cases
in the country to one in the city,
The September Chautauquan con-
tains some interesting facts concern
ing the "Origen Of the Republican
Party" by Charles NJ. Harvey; with
a portrait of Maj. Alvan E. Bovay,
the acknowledged founder of the par.
ty, and pictures Of the church and
schoolhouse in which the first and
second Republican meetings were
held.
Every true American citizen should
read DR.. John Clark Ridpath's splen.
did paper, "The Cry of the Poor.''
and his "Open Letter" to President
E. B. Andrews, which appear in the
September number of the Arena. In
them the Doctor has drawn a picture
that appeals to every man and wo.
man In our land who has God.given
rights and privileges which, owing to
the Intervention of plutocratic influ-
ences, they are not allowed to enjoy.
The American Monthly Review of
Reviews for Septem Der has good
deal to say about the Andrews Incl.
dent and Brown University-not so
much, as the editor remarks. on &C.
count Of the personal interests in.
volved In the case as because Of the
far-resching principles affecting
academic life and liberty which have
become matters at issue. A fair.
minded and judicious estimate of
President Andrews services to
Brown is given by q writer fully con.
versant with the facts, and the pro.
test Of the faculty is printed in full.
The editorial comments on the awk-
wardness and needlessness Of the
situation are piquant to the point.
Equal to Twenty Fire Engines.
In the September st. Nicholas, Mr..
Charles T. Hill writes of New York's
FLOATING Fire Engines" Speaking
of the fire-boat New Yorker, Mr..
Hill says:
At ires in buildings along the riv-
or front, or in streets near the river,
the New Yorker can lie at dock
near by and supply twenty effective
streams; and in fact, in capacity she
is equal to that number Of land en-.
gines. II the fire is some distance
from the waterfront. immense
lengths Of hose, six inches In dame
ter, can be attached to the outlets of
that size in. the sides of the deck
house, and by the aid of reducing
connections can be reduced in size,
as the lines are stretched in to the
fire, until they reach the regulation
sizes-2H to 3 inches at the nozzle
end. She can supply six Of these
powerful streams effectively at dis.
tance of one third Of q mile from
her location; and at big fires she be-
comes q valuable aid to the land