The Dickinson press., 1897-07-10
LITERARY NOTICES.

AAuO WOAuuOOO Va w 0Ik
Street." replies to by exposing the
misdeeds of the Wall Street money
power during and since the Civil War.
In 1871, at a celebration held in
New York in honor of Professor
Morse. the original instrument in.
vented by him was exhibited, con-
nected at that moment by wire with
every one of the 10000 instruments
then in use in the country. At 4 sig
nal message from the inventor was
sent vibrating throughout the Uni
ted States, and was read at the same
time in every city from New York to
New Orleans and San Francisco
(July st. Nicholas,)
The late Sir Samuel Baker said to
me, shortly before his death, "You
have seen the finest sight in Africa
the charge of the wounded African
lion." Putting personal considers.
tions aside, however, 1 prefer the
sight of the half.naked brown Zulu
warrior rushing by my side through
the forest, with his shield and spear
cleaning in the sun, in pursuit of
some wounded antelope, to that of a
wounded lion charging with low,
swift rush differing entirely from
his ordinary gallop.-(After Big Game
in Africa and India" by H. w. Sc
ton-Karr, in the June Century.
McClure's Magazine for July opens
with an interesting account Of the
actual daily life in little ''Repub.
lie" where the citizens and govern
ors are young boys and girls from the
poorest and most crowded districts
of the city of New York. Private
industry and public functions are
pursued precisely as by older people
in larger republics. and neglect or
abuse of either encounters the same
pains and penalties as in life at large.
The paper is fully illustrated from
special photographs.
The Midsummer number of the
Chautauquan appears in one of the
most attractive and appropriate GOV.
ers seen among the magazines this
season. Tho artistic adOrnment is a
picturesque scene OH Chautauqua
Lake. surrounded by graceful and
suggestive emblems of the G. L. S.
C.'s fair birthplace, all in shades of
cool delicate green and brown which
complete the effect of daintiness ard
finish.
The center of population is the
center of gravity of the inhabitants
of the country. If the United States
were considered as a plane. with all
its people as of equal weight, the CEN
ter of population would be the point
where the whole plane might he bal.
onced and remain steady through
equilibrium. 1t expresses the net
resultant of the movements of popu-
lation from decade to decade. This
point, according the census of 1890,
is located at 80 degrees, l1.o minutes
north latitude and IS deg, 32.9 min.
west longitude ,about 20 miles east Of
Columbus, Ind. 1t moves westward
about four miles a year, and is now
q of a degree south and more than
II degrees east of the center Of area
I-Wm. Geo. Jordan in July Ladies'
Home Journal.
The July number Of the Delineator
is called the Summer number. and
its resume of the latest styles of hot.
weather attire, with especial refer.
ence to the needs of sojourners al
seaside and inland resorts, is rem.
dered graphically complete by glow.
ing color plates and scores of accu.
rate wood.cuts. Mr.. Reginald DE-
Koven, q native of Chicago, discuss.
es the social life of that city with re.
freshing candor. Various aspects ot
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
are entertainingly considered by Mrs
Alec Tweedie, whose books of travel
have made her name familiar or
both sides of the Atlantic. The 3rd
of Jeanne brakes spirited studies ot
New York Types is devoted to Tht
Art Student. In her talks on Health
and Beauty Dr.. Grace Peckham- Muir.
ray this month deals with the Qiges
tion. Mrs. Alb. Longstreet begin.
a serial discussion Of Domestic Prob.
lens. In flctian the Adventures Of
Give Rayner. by Martin Orde," be
gins promisingly with "The Eye o.
Buddha," q short story. Of strang'
happenings in Thibet.