Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-06
OURLITERARY
COLUMN
THE YEARS.

THE YEARS.
Athwart the silence of our dreams.
Their memories fall like ntful CLEANS
From some dim. fickering star
And hangs afar
And then the presents glare and fret
Shut swiftly in between, but yet
Hid In its transient skies,
The tireless eyes
or endless years look. nor forget.
Alice Fallows. Ainslee's Magazine.
HOW TANES INCREASE.
(Southern Farm Magazine of Baltimore
for February
There is probably no greater drain
upon the people of this country, cspe-
cially upon the people on the farms.
than the salaries paid to office holders
under general. State and local govern
ments. The average ofilce-holders, IN
Guiding even the average judge. are en-
joying assured salaries far out of pro-
portion to their services rendered and
far greater than they could earn in
legitimate business. The result is in
creased taxes, which fall largely upon
the farmers and at the same time ulti-
mately ruin office-holdcrs.
THE ROMANCE OF THE FRANK
LIN SYNDICATE.
NIessrs. Street & Smith. New York,
publishers, are quite alert in the mat
ter of appropriating up-t date topics
as the subjects of their novels. a new
book just issued by them is entitled
1920 Per cent: or. The Great Franklin
Syndicate" by Barclay North. Mr..
Barclay North is one of the best-known
of American writers of detective
stories. and taking as a ground work
the famous Franklin Syndicate OF
Brooklyn. whose peculiar methods were
recently exposed pretty thoroughly in
the daiLv papers, Mr.. North has con-
ingenious plots which has ever been
written.
INDUSTRIAL OPENINGS IN SOUTH
AFRICA.
We are justified in believing that the
moment the Boer war closes and the
security and liberty of British rule are
established, an important trade will
again go on. This trade Will be espec-
tally important to those who are max
Ing engineering products. Mining ma
chlnery must be purchased Railroads
must be extended and, as consc-
quence, bridge material and machinery
for railroads and shops must be bought.
Naturally, considerably electrical ma
chinery will go into the country, for
the most primitive civilization now in
wolves electricity. Within a few months
an engineer has visited the United
States In the interest of the Chartered
Company to look into the art Of devel-
oping and transmitting power With the
aid of electricity. 1t seems to be be-
licvcd that some small water powers
may be developed in the country and
utilized by long-distance transmission.
Col. II. G.. Prout. In the Engineering
Magazine for February
OUTING for February is indeed full
of pleasant reading. Although its con-
tents may he devoted TO sports alone,
the variety of subjects written upon.
and he various lands which are the
scenes of the articles. make this issue
n bright and exceedingly attractive
magazine. ~ large part of the space is
given tn the South, and from Virginia
To Florida, The reader Is taken. then
transported to witness a Lion Hunt
in Somali Land and TO "rhc Banks OF
. the Iuyder Zee" Besides. good illus
trations are special feature In OUT
ING.
TEN-CENT MAGAZINES.
THE popular publication of to-day,
and the one that the public cry for con
stantly. is the tcn-ccnt magazine" SO
says Mr. c. Annis. circulation manager
for ''Evcrybody's," the new 1O-cent
monthly. In an interview With Il Vir-
glnian-Pilot representative.
Purchasers of this style of publica-
ton desire short, complete articles,
with plenty OF pictures. 1T is sur
nrisng to sec the many excellent peri
odicas that are now offered on the
counters OF The news dealer which re-
tail for 10 cents; and ii is also wonders
ful TO note the immense circulation at
tanned by tho older t0-ccnt magazines,
within Il short period, taxing the capac-
ity OF the printing plant To get out on
Time. as You are aware that all copv
must be IN the hands of the printer one
month III advance OF issue. in looking
over a tcn-cent magazine OF any rcpu-
tation. You will observe that two-thirJs
OF the book is composed of advertise
mcnts-and the common complaint of
the public is, that the magazine con,
tains too many ads. Very we'll. but
consider the cost Of producing n lO-ccnt
publications: paper press work, COM
position. plates and articles: then. on
the other hand. take into account tho
retailer's profit, the wholesalers profit
and incidental charges. You will read
,iy see that the publisher has n very
narrow margin of profit, IL any. unless
made up from advertisements; and NOT
withstanding the objection made rc /.
Earding the advertisements, I often 500
ladies' after shopping. buy several ten
cent magazines in place of one high :
priced monthly; they naturally ret
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