The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-11-08

msthods. Prof. william Keith Brooks,
Of Johns Hopkins. reviews In q very able
way DR. WaiIAos's recent w,rk entitled
The Wonderful Century. The curious
kissing bng" epidemic. which was with
MS so recently, Is next discussed BY no
less an authority than Prof. l.. o. How
ard, shief Of the Division of Entomology
Mt Washing ton The origin Of the whole
thing In u newspaper reporters b,ain ~
shown and finally number Of the bugs
which might have beeD Responsible for
the uitsa, IRE described and pictured.
The theory that the diseese, malaris, Is
spread By mosquito bites has been much
discussed Of late years. many ply sicisns
laughing ut the notion and others AgaiD
thinking u q very probable explanation
OF the origin OF the disease. Investiga-
lions during the last year, however, have
tended to confirm the theory, and we
have an article from Major Ronsid Ross.
the substance Of repoft 90 the british
govern ments, In which the author as
sumes tins theory ~ practically proved.
and discusses methods by which the an
thor assume mosquitoes responsible for
the disease Ut sssms there is only one va
riety, this spottsd-wfneed, whose bits
will produce tbs diseases may be avoided
OF destroyed. q. {,
In Scribner's for November MIR. Syl-
yestsr Baxter tails the story of the great
Novem Der storm OF 1905. one Of tae worst
dest ruotive storms ever known ON the
New England coast President Hadley
OF Yale writes on the The Formation and
Control of Trusts. The second and CON-
Guiding part of Mrs. John Drsw's Auto
Biographical Sketch contains Interesting
personal impressions and characteristic
ancedotes of u number of famous ACTORS
with whom she played in hsr long
nareer on the stage. tncludtng Edwin
Booth, Joseph Jefferson, w. J. Fiorsnoe,
J. II. Murdoch, W. q. Mscraay. E l..
Davenport, and others Among the IL
lnstrRtions are . number Of rare POT traits
and old play hills Than an artiels by
ply, by Benjamin kllm. Martin and
Charlotte III. Martin on The Paris Of
bonore de Balzac and the concluding in
stal4ment of Stevsrson's Lettsrs.
Albert Rohida Is the subject OF an APP
preciAtiva article by n. Octave Uganne
In the Novem bsr number OF The Maya
review Of Robids's work, the writer
says: Robida has just come to the front
as an architect; 1t Is he who has planned
the Old Paris, which win be one OF the
wonders Of the International Exhibition
Of 1900 Here will be RESERVATIONS Of the
most curious buildings Of the fourteenth
and fifteenth centuries-dungsons, t1w-
ers, barbiaans, postsrns, strests refntnis-
cent of Rabalais-aii the work OF this
strange artist, embodied, constructed,
vitaiizsd. Near the Point de fAima .
hroad stags may already be seen support
ed on plies, ard extending along the
shore over the Seine There, next spring,
will riss thu buildiags chosen for repro
due ton to give US an idea Of Old Paris,
and t5ere lords and citisens In costumes
If the past Will met the visitor rs he en-
tsrs by the Ports Saint Michel, and do
tue honors of the Pre-aux Clercs, the
Pont-au- Char &c. the old Louvre. the
Grand ChAtslet. and what NOT mare.
I What Marriage Means. is q subject ably
d cas,ed by prominent and we'll tnosn