The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-12

The Atlantic Monthly" for March
(Boston) has these papers: "A Whoie-
some Stimulus to Higher Politics !;
Some Cranks and Their Crotchets,
John Ffske; '"Our Contemporary Ances-
tors in the Southern Mountains" Will
lam Geodell Frost; Talks to Teachers
on Psychology" QI) William James;
"reminiscences of Julia Ward Howe"
GV.), Julia Ward Howe; "Comida: An
Experience in Famine" Frank Norris;
President Eliot as an Educational Re-
former" William Dewitt Hyde; ''The
Kindergarten Child-After the Kinder
garten,'' Marion Hamilton Carter; can
Evicted Spirit" Marguerite Mering-
ton; Chief" James B. Hodgkin; 'sThe
Autobiography Of Revolutionist" VI),
P. Kropotkin 1.-THE Vital Touch in Lit
erature,'' John Burroughs; Writers
That Are Quotable," Bradford Torrey;
"a Winter Holiday Bliss Carman;
1.-THE Largest Life" Archibald Lamp
man; "Benedictus," Julie M. Lippmann;
"Such is the Death the Soldier Dies
Robert Burns Wilson; The. Upbuilding
of the Theater." Norman Hapgood;
Experiences of War Censor Grant
lSquires.
: Commodore Melville, in the 1.-THE En-
cheering Magazine" for March (New
York; reviews most instructively the
naval engineering lessons drawn from
the Spanish-American war. He treats
fully the service efficiency of the differ
ent types Of war vessels. and the gen
era1 facts established as to the design
of warcbir MN ~, iparxr for pr1JiSip0-
economy and response to. emergency
demands for speed and power. An ex-
tremely entertaining portion of his pa
per is that devoted to the auxiliaries-
the distilling ships and the naval repair
ship, which was a new feature in naval
operations. Mr.. Hunter has an Illus
trated article on the Nicaragua Canal,
especially important In it's suggestions
at this juncture. Mr.. Croudace writes
well of Railway Location and Surveys
in India" accompanying the text with
many new and effective illustrations.
Many good engravings accompanying
also John Richards discussion of 1.-THE
Development of Wood Working Ma
chinery." Of further interest to the
engineering trade are Mr.. Orcutt's pa
per ON "Machineshop Management in
ris' discussion of "Machine-Tool De-
preciation.' Mr.. Webster treats. the
question Of steel specifications from the
viewpoint of the inspecting engineer.
Other good articles are upon the cleo
tricity at the Paris Exposition Gllus-
trated), German trade competition. and
the automatic gas meter. The review
and index Of the engineering press Is,
as usual, full and interesting
The March Ladies' Home Journal
(Philadelphia) has a noteworthy feat
I; Jre in the page showing 1tsPope Leo
XIII. as He Lives in the Vatican" The
pictures were made by the only pho
tographer who has been admitted to
the Vatican for number of years.
An article that will be widely read
figures out 1.-The American Girls
Chances of Marriage" and another,
Social Life in Americas French City"
The Most Wonderful Musical Festival
in America" recalls the great peace
jubilee held at Boston in 1872
Churches Decorated for Weddings, -
The Prettiest Country Homes in
America" Flowers and Flower Beds, -
and Fifteen Good Mantels and Fire
places are shown from the photographs
submitted in the contest for Journal
prizes. I'm Natures Garden" pictures
and describes our wild flowers. On
his editorial page Edward Box pays
tribute to his late associate editor. Isa-
bel A. Mallon, who also wrote for the
Journal under the pseudonym of
Ruth Ashmore." Considerable space
is given to Easter hats and frocks. etc.
Besides the concluding chapters of 1.-The
Girls of Camp Already and the expert
ences of 1.-THE Jamesons in the Coun-
try there is a short story, 1.-THE Touch
of q Child" and humorous sketch by
John Kendrfck Bangs Mrs. S. T.
Rorer continues her cooking lessons
and advice upon domestic economies.
"Harper's Magazine for March New
York;, richly illustrated has these spe-
cial features: English Character
1stics,' by Julian Ralph; The Spanish
American War" by Senator Henry Ca
bot Lodge-Part II, THE Coming of
War; The Massacre of Fort Dear
born at Chicago" by Simon Pokagon;
The Building of the Modern City
House." by Russell Sturgis illustrated
with plans and photographs of the
latest developments in city archi-
tecture); Major General Forrest at
Brice's Cross Roads, by John A.
Wyeth. M. D.; THE Rented House, y
a psychological story by Octave Thanet.
Inc issue contains also the third part
OF Their Silver Wedding Journey" by
William Dean Howells, illustrated by
w. T. Smedley, and the conclusion of
the historical romance, "The Span O.
Life by William McLennan and ]. N.
McIrwraith, illustrated by f. de Myr-
bach. The number presents an unusu-
ally rich variety of interesting short
stories. These are: without the
Courts by Sarah Barnwell Elliott:
The Way of the Cross" a story of
Siberia, by Stephen Bonsal; and ION
the Steps of the City Hail." by Brander
Matthews. THE Editors Drawer
opens with THE Curing of the Judge"
by L. Morgan Sill. and contains the
fifth installment Of HE. She, and
They" by Albert Lee, and the usual
variety Of light verse and humorous
anecdote. THE Drawer is illustrated
by A. B. Frost, P. Stanley. H. B. Eddy
and H M. Wilder.
'Harper's Weekly" presents a thor
ough discussion Of tobacco culture In
Porto Rico by William Dinwfddle, spe-
cial correspondent in the Antilles. II
is stated that tobacco equal to the best
Havana In quality can be grown very
easily in Porto Rico, and that much
of the tobacco imported from
Cuba has been grown in the
smaller island, imported to Cuba