The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-02-15

gas, water ana drainage pipes IN great
cities, and even In towns, is becoming
with each year one of greater import
ance. A prize was offered to the engt-
neers of the United States by the Cosmo-
politan magazine for the ablest article
suggesting n scientific, economical solu-
tion Of this problem. The paper of Henry
II. Bryant has been selected by the com
mittee as the one most ably meeting the
conditions 1t appears in the February
Cosmopolitan.
Sir q. s. Clarke, X. c. NJ c., F. r. S.,
contributes to the February number of
the North American Review an exceed
ingly brilliant article entitled Imperial
Responsibilities a National GAIN" where
In he discusses the new position the
United States will henceforth occupy
among the nations of the world. The
| responsibility for the government of the
Philippines will he asserts, be great,
hut IL II is approached with high aims,
single eve to the general good, and a
| reverence for Justice incalculable moral
gain will accrue to the country as its re-
| ward.
In the February issue OF the Forum
| there are two articles of especial impor-
tance at the present time. One Is by
Commander r. B. Bradford on "Coaling-
| stations for the Navy The other paper
Is by Hon. David J. Hill, assistant secre-
| tary of state, and is entitled The War
| and the Extension of Civilization" Mr..
| Hill claims that the terms imperialism"
and expansion" do not meet the case. A
| more fitting phrase he considers, TO des-
| ignate the aims and achievements of the
| nation is "the extension of civilization" (;
| for 1t expresses the motive and control
| ling principle of the war and of the trea-
| ty by which 1t is to be concluded.
Current History, 4th quarter, 1898, ap-
pears from new new type, completing the
Ipisr IA fDl, fttI
of unusual historical interest. The con-
| tents include a critical estimate of Leo
| XIII. as pontiff and statesman. The war
| article reviews the peace negotiations up
| to the end of the year, giving substance
| Of the treaty, the situation and outlook
in the islands, and the problems of 'im-
| perialiSm," with the various suggested
solutions and an indication of the trend
| of public opinion thereon The recent
| Anglo-French crisis, the political devel-
| opments in the Far East, and the general
! information situation in Europe are out
| lined, also the Dreyfus case, the proposed
| form of government for Hawaii the An
| glo-American commission, the currency
| question, and the issues of the recent
state and congressional campaign in the
| United States with tabulated results.
| Army and navy TOPICS the Trans-isth-
| mian Canal question, labor movements.
| political changes in various countries,
| DTOBIeSS Oh SCIENCE anu inNeHllpn, nOld-
| bic biograp phies, etc, are few of the
other features OF interest included within
| the worldwide scope of this invaluable
work of reference, without which no IL
| brary can be w to date. Published by
| the Current History Co., Boston, Mass.
$1.50 a year. Single numbers, 4O cents.
| G. w. Dillingham; company will issue
| at once Edward Marshalls 1.-THE Story
of the Rough Riders" illustrated with
| ms nv pr1D win nj M r1 NH !.
| taken on the field. The book is devoted
| entirely to the Rough Riders, the first to
| land in Cuba, who raised the first Ameri-
| can flag flown by the army on Spanish
| soil, and headed one of the most des-
perate charges in the history of war
| fare. The author of this book fought
and bled and nearly died with the rcgi-
ment he writes about. Major General
Leonard s. Wood. who was colonel OF
| the Rough Riders, said recently that Mr..
| Marshalrs conduct on the day of the bat
| tie of Las Guasimas was the most con-
| spicuous exhibition of courage that the
battle saw. Mr.. Marshall went to Cuba
as the war correspondent of the New
York Journal. He was hit by a Mauser
bullet while at the extreme front of the
| firing line. His spine was shattered
| Notwithstanding the agony and paralysis
| that resulted, Mr.. Marshall wrote and
dictated a long dispatch for his news
paper telling the story of the battle.
| The punctuation marks in the story were
the statements of the doctors that he
| had only a few moments to live. Major
Appel of the hospital ship Olivette, says
| that no man ever received such a wound
as MarshalPs before and lived. He also
! says that his grit alone kept him alive.
Marshall has for years been known as
| one Of the best newspaper writer's in the
country, and has held at one time or an
other the control of the greatest New
York Sunday newspapers. His work in
| Europe as the correspondent of the
| World and the Journal has made him
almost as we'll known there as in Ameri-
ca. His STORY of the Rough Riders,
is said to be the best work he has ever
done. 1t is full of anecdote and episode