The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-30

and he gradually grasps a true conception
of the world as 1t is
Magazines.
Among the tinelier articles in The Cen
fury for May is an essay by Andrew Car
negie entitled Popular Illusions About
Trusts" The writer contends that the
popular welfare Is increased by trusts !;
also, that such aggregations of productive
capital are usually short-lived. The only
people who have reason TO fear trusts, q"
he says, ARE those who trust them" An
editorial in the same number entitled
THE Real Danger of Trusts while agree
ing with Mr.. Carnegie as to the material
advantages of such combna tons, sets
| forth wherein they are a menace to the
| independence of the individual and the
| state. The sense of humor that gave
piquency to Richard Whiteings story of
social contrasts, No John Street" IS
conspicuous in his treatment of PARTISAN
| Pastimes' this month In the second and
| last of his profusely illustrated papers on
THE National Too al Washington j."
Ernest Seton Thompson, author of The
| Biography of a Grizzly" dwells particu-
! larry on the opportunities such a reser-
walton offers to wild animals to retain the
| habits of exercise ETC., on which their
| happiness and health depend. "A Word of
! Warning to Young Actresses" is address,
| ed especially to Would-be actresses or anna
tours who have been dazzled by the glare
of the footights and fancy the stage a
royal road to wealth and fame. The fore
| going and many other articles make the
| May number a very attractive one. The
Century Company, Union Square, New
York.
President Kruger of the Transvaal, is
the subject of a highly picturesque char
acter study in Frank Lese's Popular
Monthly for May entitled ''Oom Paul: a
Living Legend" The sketch includes a
prepossessing account of "Auntie Kru-
ger" the Presidents wife. and is Illus
trated with some unique portraits. Ethel
! West also gives some racy extracts From
the Diary of Tant' Annette, of Hoogte
| Kloof, Transvaal." Bret Harte's inimita-
| BILE story, How Reuben Allen Saw Life
in Frisco" heads the short fiction. Eyer
| ton Castles dashing bath Comedy" nears
its climax. Other contributions in the
current number Of this magazine are:
Women in Club Life by Jennie June
Croy; May Parties Hereabouts," by
Roselle MERCER; Bird Mimios. and 9th
| ers' by j. Oliver Nugent and verse by
Frank L. Stanton. e. Pauline Johnson,
Ruth Reid. Ralcy Hustled Bell Jennie
Belts Hartswick, Florence M. Metcalfe,
and Harold Bolce. Frank Leslie Publish
ing House, 141-143 Fifth avenue, New York.
Il -.
st. Nicholas for May is a particularly at
tractive number. 1t contains many things
well calculated to please the little 70 ks
Gabrielle f. Jackson has story entitled
Pretty Polly Perkins" that Is a strong
| feature of the number. 1.-The Enchanted
Adjutant-Bird," by Tudor jerks is certain
to be favorite with young folks A
charming little story is "a Little American
fr1
mum. Indeed there are many good things
in the number. The Century Company,
| Union Square, New York.
The special features of the May number
of the Review of Reviews are a sketch of
the Hon. Charles H. Allen, the first Gov
ernor of Porto Rico, by Henry Mcfarland;
sketches of Gems. Joubert, Cronje, Botha,
and other military leaders of the Beers;
an account of the methods used in fighting
the plague at Honolulu and throughout
the world study of proportional repre-
senation In Belgium. where elections are
| to be held in the coming menth under a
new law, by Prof. John r. Commons: an
intimate account of the home life OF the
late r. D. Blackmore, the author Of
Lorna Dooue," by r. w. Sawtell and
a forecast of the great conventions and
congresses to be held during the rem aim
ing months of 1900. Review of Reviews
Company, Is Astor Place. New York.
The leading article in Appletons Popular
Science Monthly fsr May gives a very
clear and interesting account of the Com
ing Total Eclipse of the Sun of MAY 49,
| 1t is fully illustrated with maps and iia-
| grams. Prof. +. II. Bigelow, the author Is
the professor of meteorology at the United
| States Weather Bureau at Washington
| Controller Bird S. Coler gives an account
OF the finances of New York city under the
title THE Most Expensive City In the
World" He shows very clearly that its
| money is recklessly wasted, and indicates
many departments in which economy
| might be practiced without at all lowering
their efficiency. Prof. e S. Morse, the
naturalist, tells the story of an insect
which blows bubbles as a business in life
| Pictures of several varieties Of his bubbles
| are given. The second of Prof. Shaler's
| articles on the negro question Is publish
ed in this number. and should be read by
| every one who wishes to obtain a clear TO-
ton of the real difficulties at the bottom of
! this very much discussed problem. Semi
tor George Chahoon contributes an attrac-
| tive natural-history sketch under the title
1.-The Birds of the Adirondacks." These
and other articles make an unusually at
tractive number. d. Appleton & Co., New
York.
In Scrbner's for May the leading arti-
Gle on Some Picturesque Sides of the Ex-
position is both written and illustrated
by the artist l.. c. Peixotto He has
spent number Of months in Paris recent
ly. and these drawings give an artists
impressions of the very picturesque group
OF buildings which will be soon crowded
with visitors from all portions of the
world. Mr. Peixotto's skill as a drafts
man, shown in the Cromwell and the Rev
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