The record-union., 1899-09-04

cause of his Jewish birth and falth.
The Alexander the Great" and Many
Sided Franklin biographies are con-
tfnued. and Crawford's Via Crucis''
and Stockton's 1.-The Vizier," and there
are other papers, poems and pictures
that landsmen may prefer to the much
material about the briny deep.
The leading article in "Appleton's
Popular Science Monthly for Septem-
Der (New York; contains a very i'm
portant discussion Of the problem pre-
sented to all civilized countries by the
prevalence of the plague in the East.
"Tuskegee Institute and It's Pres1-
dent is the title of an interesting ar
ticle by NJ 3. Thrasher. A number Of
illustrations add very much to the IN
terest of the article. The conclusion
of Appleton Morgan's study of recent
legislation against the drink evil seems
still more strongly to confirm that the
result of legislative interference up TO
date has rather increased than din'in-
ished drunkenness. An attractive lit
tie natural history sketch is written by
w. E. Cram, under the title of Hawk
Lures" Professor II. W. Conn of Nes-
leyan University contributes an i'm
portant article on the milk supply of
cities. The concluding article in Miss
ZirngiebePs account of the Teachers
School of Science in Boston contains
much interesting historical data and
some good Illustrations "The Influence
of the Weather Upon Crime" is the
title of curious article by Edwin G.
Dexter. Mrs. Jeanette Robinson Muir
ply, who has devoted her life to the
study of the Southern darkey, and who
grew up in the South is the author
of Survival of African Music in Amer
lea" The lack of the normal increase
in popula ton in France is the subject
of an interesting article by NJ Jacques
Bertillon. An instructive account of
the poisonous fishes which abound n
West Indian waters is from the pen of
James Macdonald Rogers, F. r. =. S.
Under the title "Co1ors or Northern
Flowers" John III. Lowell discusses the
prevailing colors in our northern wild
flowers Eduard Oscar Schmidt, the
great German naturalist, is the subject
of this months sketch. His portrait
forms the frontispiece of the number.
The September est. Nicholas" (Cen-
tury Company, New York; is not, like
the September Century" an avowedly
"salt water number yet many Of its
pages are redolent of the briny ocean
and its sandy shores. The frontispiece
illustrates the lines
Hey for a bucket. and hey for a spade,
Hey for the silver sea!
from "a Song Of the Sea- by Eric
Parker, with which the magazine
opens. "Pelicantown," described by the
naturalist Frank M. Chapman, is a lit
tie island on the Florida coast whittier
thousands of pelcans resort annually
to build their nests and lay their eggs.
Turner's famous picture of a battle
ship, "The Fighting Temeraire.' en-
graved by Cole. fills a page facing a
brief rehearsal of the life story Of the
artist who owes so much of his re-
nown to the appreciation of a single
critic. "Why the Sea Is Salt is to
Mary Bradley, seemingly, very simple
and she explains the mystery in
string of jingling verses. ''Arkichita:
A Tale of an Indian Detective" by
Lieutenant Bennett of the Sixth Infan-
try, tells how an army scout trailed a
runaway soldier where even blood
hounds might have been thrown off the
scent. Paul Morphy. the Chess Cham
pion,' is introduced to youthful read
ers by their friend Tudor jerks, who
rehearses the tale of the young Ameri-
cans extraordinary victories at the
board in France and England as well