The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-07

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the study of the domestic service prob
lem. Its most important work has been
the organization OF what is known as
The Practical Workers Club, the MEM
bers of which are the domestics them
selves. An excellent idea of the pur.
poses of this club is given in the cur
rent number of "Harper's Bazar": "A
suit of three rooms in the building oc-
cupied by the Housekeepers' Alliance is
devoted to it's use for a beginning, this
intention being, however, to quickly en-
large it's quarters SO soon as develop
ments justify the step. An entire house
will be leased, and the club will include
boarding home as well as cook school,
laundry and restaurant. It will be
possible for club members out of en-
ployment often to pay their board by
service in one of the enterprises con-
Quoted by the club.
The North American Review" (N.Y).
has this table of contents for August:
''Woman,s International Parliament
The Countess of Aberdeen, Kassandro
Vivaria. "The Paramount Power oil
the Pacific John Barrett. "Constitu-
tional Conflict in Finland" member
of the Finnish Diet 1.-THE Case Against
Christian Science" w. A. burlington.
Antitrust Legislation" Joseph D.
Sayers. "Japan's Entry Into the Fam
lily of Nations, y T. r. Jernigan. 1.-The
Zionist Movement Professor Richard
Gottheil. Athletics for Politicians"
The Right Hon. Sir Charles w. Dixie,
Bt., M. P. t"The Censorship of the
Stage in England G. Bernard Shaw.
"A Century Of Salons" Elizabeth Rob-
ms Pennell aaGirps Novels in France"
Yetta Blaze de Bury 1.-The Pleasures
of Poverty" Max O'Rel.
'The Forum" IN. ", edited by J. M.
Rice, has this table of contents for
August: Tariff Tendencies in Great
Britain" Thomas Gibson Bowles.
Egypt Under Lord Cromer," Hon.
Thomas Shelton Harrison. Naval Off
GERS and Colonial Administration"
Vice Admiral Cyprian Bridge, K. c. B.
ultimate World Politics. Samuel E.
Moffett. "A Paradise Regained-Cuba,"
George Reno. Domestic Service: The
Responsibility of Employers" Mary
Roberts Smith. American Architecture
From a German Point of View" Leo
pold Gmelin. 1.-The Civil Service and
the Merit System Hon. Lyman J.
Gage. Liquid Air and Motive Power
Edwin H. Hall. "Antitoxins in the
Prevention and Treatment of Diseases"
DR.. Joseph J. Kinyoun. Recent Devel-
opments in China" Oscar P. Austin.
Have We Sufficient Gold in Circula-
tion?" Roland P. Faulkner. Recent
Canadian Fiction Lawrence J. Burpee.
The new Isham projeetile, of which
tests were recently made at the Sandy
Hook proving grounds, has apparently
been bothering the ordnance experts
ever since the Introduction of high
power explosives Heretofore it has
been considered impracticable to fire
shells charged with any quantity of
high explosives from high-power guns
on account of the liability to detonate
in the gun from the shock caused by
the explosion of the firing charge. Mr.
Isham has apparently eliminated this
difficulty by means of strong metal
diaphragms running perpendicular to
the axis of the shell. and dividing it
into number of chambers. Thus far
the plan has proved an entire success.
The following account of the tests ap-
pears in the current number of "Har-
pers Weekly: "a very remarkable
and successful test of a high-explosive
shell was made at the army
proving ground at Sandy Hook, New
Jersey, on Tuesday, July 18th, in which.
for the first time in the history of ord
nance, a great mass of explosive COM
tine-one of the most destructive COM
pounds that the science of chemistry
has produced-was successfully fired
from service coast defense rife under
regular service conditions. Ordnance
experts have seen small charges of this
explosive fired from high power guns
without explosion and with explosion,
but never has a shell carrying over
one hundred pounds of explosive gela-
tine been fired from a gun with a reg
ular propelling charge Of gunpowder."
Municipal Engineering INDIAN
apolis) for August, besides the many
and full departments, has these val
liable papers: Cost of Light From the
Electric Arc Alton D. Adams, s. E.:
Sewer Air: Mistaken Ideas Regarding
It." Leonard K. Kinnicutt, S. D.; Ma
cadam for Streets; "Vitried Clay Pipe
Instead of Iron for Gas Mains Irwin
Butterworth; Municipal Ownership of
Water Works" John B. Helm; Water
Meters as Waste Preventers," Stand
ard Forms of Municipal Reports.
Manufacture and Testing of Cast-Iron
Pipes" "The Front Foot Rule in Max
ing Assessments for improvements,
utilization of Garbage Crematory
Heat for Electric Lighting" Refuse
Disposal in Towns" "Sprinkling Oil on
Roads,
"Harper's Magazine" (New York; for
August is freely and brilliantly illus
trated. The leading features are:
allie Cannon's First and Last Duel"
Seumas MacManus ("Mac'o; The
Lady of the Garden Alice Duer; 1.-THE
Tree of Knowledge" Mary E. wilkins;
'Whilomville Stories" Stephen Crane;
Haiti the Unknown Henry Sand
ham; Their Silver Wedding Journey"
William Dean Howells; THE Sorrows
of Don Tomas Pidal. Reconcentrado"
Frederick Remington; 1.-The Body to
the Soul" Ellen M. H. Gates; "a Du-
luth Tragedy" Thomas A. Janvier;
when Mrs. Van Worcester Dines,''
Anna Wentworth Sears; Episodes of
the TAPPING Rebellion: the Shrapnel of
General Aling and the Battle of Muddy
Flats" l.. A. Beardslee; "The Pursuit
and Capture of Streight's Raiders; An
Incident from the Life of General N. B.
Forrest John A. Weyeth. NJ. D.; 1.-The
Princess Xenia," a romance, part 5, H.
surrection of 1896" written from a.
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