The Republican journal., 1898-03-10
Literary News and Notes.

Outing for March opens with 1.-The Fox
Terrier finely illustrated article by
Ed. w. Sandys. The author ranks the
intelligent, nimble terrier as one of the
most desirable of canine companions.
Other notable features of an excellent
number are: Hunting the Fur Seal" by
". G. Emery; ''The Southern I acht Club
of New Orleans" by LOrillard d. Samp-
sell; "a Naturalist in Nicaragua" by J.
Crawford; "a Week with the SiLghalese, >
by f. Nj. Allaire, and THE Fitting Out OF
Yacht" by A. j. Kenealy.
Life in America is not life lis we be
lieve in making it, nor can We feel that we
are at the present time appreciably adj
vaAced in the direction of our ideal, - says
Joseph Lee, in an energetic article EMIT
led Expensive Living, the Blight on
A melica,' III the March number Of the
New England Magazine. He shows that
one reason why We fall short vi what we
should be is that we have utterly false and
undemocratic ideas as To the uses of
wealth and the duties OF rich men
ideas, he says, utterly Incompatible
with cur democratic institui ions, hope
)essly removed from the inspiration of
our national genius . We have had no
Siail per al dr. ilhthi Ol American nldll-
monism since Gladden's Tainted
Money"
The Living Age needs to be read to be
appreciated. Elevating, entertaining and
instructive, it embraces every department
OF literature, including some OF the best
fiction of the day and poetry, and con
tains something for every variety of taste.
Most of its articles are of great present
interest, as well as of permanent value,
yet they can be obtained in no other way
except by subscribing direct for the peri
odicals in which they originally appear,
and these are many and various, compris-
ing not only those of Great Britain but
many of France, Germany, Spain and
other continental sources The Living
Age is published weekly at 5000 a year
by the Living Age Co., Boston. Send Is
to new subscribers.
The American College for Girls at Con-
stantinople occupies unique place among
institutions of learning, for the reason
that it is the only college where the cor
poration in whose name the rights of the
institution are vested, as well as the en-
! tire governing board Of trustees, is COM
posed of women. 1t was incorporated as a
college by the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts in 1890, and its six resident pro-
fessors, including the president, Miss
Mary NJ. Patrick, are all American women,
graduates of Mt. Holyoke or other Eastern
colleges. That this college is doing much
good missionary work and exerting a
wide influence is well shown by Mrs.
Emma Paddock Telford, in her interest
ing account in the March number of the
New England Magazine. The illustrations
accompanying the article show the college
buildings at Scutari, the charming
grounds, and many glimpses of the
students at work. Warren F. Kellogg, 5
Park Square, Boston, Mass.
The March number of The Forum,
which, by the way, inaugurates the
I twenty fifth volume, contains an unusual
ly large proportion of articles on current
! topics. OF the fourteen papers more than
one half deal with subjects of national or
! international Importance, several of them
| being live questions of the hour. The
| leading article is entitled "Should the
United States Produce its Sugar." and its
author is the Hon. James Wilson, Secre-
! tary of Agriculture. A writer in the
November Forum questioned the desira-
| bilAy of establishing in the United States
the beet sugar industry Mr.. Wilson S
paper is strongly in favor of the proposal.
He points out, as practical agricultural
list, that, in addition to keeping at home
the $780, 900, 900 now paid for imported
sugars, the production of beets would be
found profitable for stock feeding. Mr..
Wilson grew beets by the acre from 1891
to 1896 at the Iowa Agricultural College,
and found the enterprise quite remunera.
tive for this purpose alone. He shows,
further, that whereas certain cropsr-to-
bacco for instance-are exhaustive OF
plant food (none of the by products being
returned to the soiD, with the sugar beef
no plant-food is lost to the soil, as the
root is taken to the factory and the pulp
returned to the farm. Mr. Wilson pre-
sents statistics showing that if our imports
of sugar from cane producing countries
were wholly discontinued, there woul6
still be left trade balance in favor O.
those countries of more that $50, 900, 900 {
year.
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