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EFFECTS OF THE READING DEAL.

The refiners by their exactions have forfeited | which it is built. How have his predictions all claims to the support of Protectionists, or turned out? To begin with, this very press is to the regard of the people.

now employed at Geneva in printing Bibles. When that infidel died the Bible was translated in less than fifty languages; now THE NEGRO'S BEST FRIENDS. it is translated into more than 300, among Augusta Chronicle, April 16.-During the which are of course the leading tongues of recent high water in Montgomery two ladies mankind, so that more than four-fifths of the were driving in a buggy on a submerged street, race can read the oracles of God in their vernear the river, when their vehicle was over- nacular speech. The British and Foreign Cleveland Leader, April 16.-Already the turned and they were thrown into deep water. Bible Society now issues annually more than ffects of the combine of the anthracite coal A negro, Ellis Harris, who was near at hand, 4,000,000 copies of portions of the Scriptures. ailroads is felt in Cleveland, where an advance saved one at the risk of his own life, and made The American Bible Society circulates one n the price of hard coal has been made. A a gallant but unsuccessful attempt to rescue the million and a half of the Divine Word annually, ise in price thus early in the season is unpreother. In recognition of his heroic conduct, and has distributed, since that infidel prediccedented, and it shows that consumers may the Montgomery Journal indorses the suggestion, no less than 50,000,000 copies of various expect a squeeze next fall when they get ready tion that Harris should be presented by the portions of the Scriptures. The Prussian Bible o lay in their winter's supply. An advance of people with a home, and urged the ladies of Society distributes 80,000 copies of the Old a dollar a ton then over last season's price need the city to go to work and raise a fund for that and New Testament every year. surprise no one, and it is doubtful if local purpose. We call attention to this incident for dealers will be able to get coal until late in the the benefit of our colored readers, and for the summer after prices have been boosted to fur- purpose of emphasizing the moral of the story. METHODISTS.-If it be conceded that negro OBJECTIONS TO NEGRO BISHOPS FOR WHite nish their customers during next winter. The Had this been the act of a white man no such Bishops would be better adapted than white announcement which comes from Buffalo to action would have been taken by the citizens the effect that but three or four thousand tons of the community. His heroic act would have Bishops to that kind of episcopal service more of hard coal will be shipped during this been praised by the papers, but there would which is, under present conditions, especially month by the Reading combine, indicates a de- have been no talk of such substantial reward, Methodist Episcopal Church, the question may needed among the colored people of the liberate attempt to create a reason for advanc- because, while freely acknowledging the daring ing the price by holding back the supply. The and manliness of the exploit, there would have still be asked. Why not let the negro Bishops officials of Pennsylvania ought to leave no been the feeling that he only did his duty, and who should be elected to meet the peculiar stone unturned in their efforts to smash the obeyed the natural promptings of his manhood. tration of the white Conferences? Why exneeds of the negroes share also in the adminisReading deal. They owe it to the coal con- Nobody hails the evidence of praiseworthy clude them from one branch of the service sumers of the West, who will be compelled to motives and the presence of real character pay tribute to the greed of these allied corpor- among negroes with more pleasure than the because of their peculiar fitness for another branch? At the present time, and under ations. Millions of dollars will be taken from white people of the South among whom they the pockets of the people of Cleveland and live. present circumstances, a negro Bishop would The prompt recognition of the negro other Western cities next winter, in spite of the Harris's admirable conduct is the best evi-hardly be acceptable as a president of our white Conferences. However wise and able, fact that the output of anthracite coal last year dence of this; and when a negro sacrifices or there would be a want of confidence in his abil

was 4,500,000 tons greater than in 1890-a fact which should tend to reduce rather than increase the price.

THE SUGAR TRUST'S EXTORTIONS.

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risks anything for his white neighbor he is re-
warded, not only as a recompense to him, but
as an encouragement to others to display like
devotion and good intentions. There are
negroes living in Augusta who are a credit to
their race, and they will bear cheerful testi-
mony to the fairness and justice with which
they are treated by the white people of this
community. To receive kindness and encour-
agement a negro has only to show that he de-
serves it, and among such negroes you will
hear no talk of intimidation, oppression, or
cruel treatment at the hands of the whites, nor
will you find any sympathy with the incendiary
speeches that are made at the North.

RELIGIOUS.

INFIDEL PREDICTIONS.

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ity to appreciate the social interests of our feelings, desires, and special adaptations of our white congregations and churches, and the white preachers. As we intimated last week, family life has too much to do with molding one's tastes, determining one's social relations, and building up social customs, to permit the feeling of homogeneity and community of interest where families are divided on race lines. It is folly to talk of the time being at hand when a negro Bishop will not find himself seriously embarrassed in attempting to fix the appointments of a white Conference.-Northern Christian Advocate (Meth. Epis., Syracuse), April 13.

CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS. Instances where the attempts of Christian Scientists to heal sick persons have failed are multiplying. No matter how good the intentions of these metaphysical healers may be, it is getting to be generally recognized that something must soon be done to prevent them from endangering human life. If a person dies under the treatment of a Christian Scientist, the excuse

St. Louis Globe-Democrat, April 15.-The New York Commercial Bulletin, which has made what seems to be a careful and accurate inquiry into the working of the Sugar Trust, puts the annual profits of that "combine at $25,593,000. This is on the basis of present prices for raw and refined sugar and on the minimum yearly output of 12,600,000 barrels. The net profit on each barrel is $2.03%, and on the yearly production it is $25,593,000. This gain amounts to about 73 per cent. on the value of the $35,000,000 property owned by the Trust. The Trust is capitalized for $37,500,000 of 7 per cent. preferred stock, the same amount of common stock, and Christian at Work (New York), April 14.$10,000,000 of 6 per-cent. bonds. After pay- A noted unbeliever recently entertained a reing the interest on this preferred stock and on porter of one of the daily papers with some these bonds this rate of profit would allow very positive predictions as to the future 59.65 per cent. on the common stock. At lessening influence of Christianity. The same the time these calculations were made by the infallible authority informed the public more Bulletin refined sugar was selling at 4 c. a than a decade ago that in ten years there pound and raw sugar cost the refiners 3%c. If would be more theaters built than churches. refined sugar were sold at 4c, leaving the raw The time is up, and how fares the prophecy? product at the price given here, the Trust's Well, the Methodist Episcopal denomination profits would still be $10,237,500 a year, which alone is building churches at the rate of four would yield 18.7 per cent. on the common a day; one in every six hours of daylight and stock after paying the required interest on dark; or one for every three hours of daylight! the preferred stock and on the bonds. This is Has anybody heard of theatres going up at a much larger gain than the average business this rate? Now add to the above the number enterprise affords. The Sugar Trust, as we of churches that other denominations, and see, extorts $15,355,500 annually from the their name is legion, are erecting, and it appeople of the country on the basis of present pears that the prophecy is about prices. That is, this is the difference in the surd as some of the other hyperboles of this rate of profit which the "combine" makes orator. A fascinating trick of rhetoric is one now, and which it would make if refined sugar thing, but good square honest truth is quite were reduced to a reasonable figure, or 4c a another. But this habit of making very loud pound. But neither appeals nor threats will and positive predictions of the speedy downfall bring about this reduction and stop this unjust of Christianity has always been a chief part of and oppressive exaction. The trust is pro- the tactics of the enemy. The greatest of Itected by the duty of c a pound, which is French infidels on one occasion held a Bible up levied on refined sugar. Two years ago the before an audience declaring that the sacred Republicans removed the duties on raw sugar volume had become a wornout and effete book, and reduced those on the refined product. The that it was soon to be relegated to the back RELIGIONS IN GERMANY.-The Statistische latter ought to have been abolished also. They shelves of all libraries, where it would be taken Correspondence publishes some interesting figwould have been removed had not the Repub- down only by the industrious antiquary to beures on the growth of religious life in Germany licans dreaded that foreign competition would examined as a curiosity of the past! And this since 1871. For every 1,000 members of rekill the refining industry. The feeling was same sage reasoner and omniscient prophet set ligious bodies at that date there were, in 1880, sincere, but it was altogether unwarranted. At up at Ferney a printing-press which was to 1,099 members of the Evangelical Church and all events the duty should be removed now. I help demolish the Church and the Bible upon 1,113 Catholics. Five years later the number

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is given that the patient's bondage to man-
made, material beliefs was too great to admit
of a cure, or else it is said that the influence of
unbelieving friends surrounding the sick-bed
had an evil effect.
such excuses are allowed to pass, there can
It is quite evident that, if
never be any common agreement as to when
the system has been properly applied. No one
is capable of the requisite belief, or is suffi-
can know beforehand whether healer or patient
ciently free from alleged false beliefs to allow
of a cure. No sensible person doubts that
mind has a great influence over matter, or that
this has been abundantly shown in medical
cians themselves; but that is very different
practice and is cheerfully admitted by physi-
from any system which, like Christian Science,
sets at naught the laws of bodily health, and
all that has been done by medical and hygienic
· Christian Guardian Toronto),

research.

April 13.

tive.

had increased to 1,190 and 1,164, respectively. with a view to ascertaining the prevailing | in all. If this consolidated line is found to In 1890, the Evangelical Church had 1,190 and opinion among the physicians of New York work well, as there is every reason to think it the Catholics 1,240 members. In the same City upon the question "Whether the moder-will, a decided impetus will be given to the period, for every 1,000 persons without re-ate use of light wines and beer is injurious to movement to replace steam with electricity, at ligion in 1871, the development had been 4,000, the health of grown persons." Letters were least upon many of the short lines of steam 10,955, and 14,355-that is to say, there were sent to "every physician whose name appears railways. But mechanical perfection will have in Germany, in 1890, more than fourteen times in the medical directory of the city of New to be carried still further in the construction of as many persons professing no religious faith York." Replies were received from 675 phy- electric railway appliances, so that the liability as in 1871. Among the various religious sicians out of a total of about 2,900; 435 of to accidents may be made as small as possible, bodies belonging to the Evangelical confession, the replies were in the negative, 88 were before any concerted use will be made of this the greatest increase has taken place in the "semi-negative," and 152 were in the affirma- motive power on the railroads of the land; bePresbyterian, Methodist, and Quaker commucause a "broken down" electric car is one of nities. These are from three to three and half the most helpless affairs that could well be times stronger than in 1871. The number of imagined.-Worcester Spy. adherents of the Greek Church has fallen very much, a fact which may be ascribed to the great diminution in the number of Russian residents in Germany. A considerable increase has been registered in the number of Buddhists. Brahmins, Mahometans. This is greatly due to the augmented number of Chinese, Japanese, and Turks, who come to Germany for scientific or technical studies.-London Public Opinion, April 8.

BIBLE DISTRIBUTION IN PORTUGAL.-During last year the Bible Society's circulation in Portugal has risen to over 19,000-the highest figure reached since the beginning of the agency in 1865. This has, no doubt, been partly owing to the issue by the committee of an edition of 8,000 gospels at 2d. (10 reis), which evidently meets a popular want, and accounts largely for the doubling of the colporteurs' sales in the item of Portions. But there is a deeper cause, and the attention of the people seems to be turning to spiritual questions more than before. Many are now acknowledging that our Protestant doctrines and welltaught schools are purer and better than others, and the testimony of a lady whose life has been spent in Lisbon is that she now marvels to see message boys, bakers' men, and others of similar employment reading the Scriptures and tracts, seeking after a more excellent way than they and their fathers have known." The tone of the year's report is very generally of this hopeful kind.-London Methodist Recorder, April 7.

THE LIQUOR ISSUE. RESOLUTION OF THE NEW ENGLAND

M. E. CONFERENCE.

New York Voice (Proh.), April 21.-The high-water mark of church resolutions was reached last week by the New England Conference of the M. E. Church. This is the way it

reads:

Whereas, According to testimony from many sources, the two chief political parties of the country are in practical complicity with the liquor traffic, and the allegation is sustained by the fact that they are largely dependent on the liquor vote, and that rumsellers occupy positions of influence in the counsels of these parties, and that they persistently refuse to countenance any movement to make the liquor traffic illegal; therefore,

RESOLVED, That as Christian ministers and citizens we repudiate these parties as false to political morality and unworthy of the votes of those who pray to God for the suppression of the liquor traffic. This is refreshing, though we doubt if all the Methodist Bishops and editors find it so. After a stormy debate the above was adopted by a vote of 72 to 65. So far as resolutions go there is but one thing better that could have been said, and that is something like this: membership those who engage in the traffic in alcoholic beverages, and as the moral guilt of the man who sells is no greater than that of the man who votes to protect the sale for a

And whereas, our Church refuses to admit to

price, Resolved, that no one who votes for a party committed by its actions or by its silence to the legalization of the traffic in alcoholic beverages should be admitted to fellowship in the Methodist Episcopal Church. It will come to that yet.

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SWINDLING ENDOWMENT ORDERS.
A LEAGUE AGAINST CANCER.-A " League
New York Spectator, April 14.-It is aston-against Cancer" has a peculiar sound, but it
ling assessment endowment orders were able fell disease, has started a society of medical
means that Professor Verneuil, seeing how
ishing the amount of " inflooence" the swind-
vain the efforts of science are to combat that
to bring to bear upon the Legislature at Albany.
They demanded recognition in the new insur-men, who intend to study the disease carefully
and conscientiously, and ascertain whether
ance code, but were opposed by Superintendent
Pierce, who thoroughly exposed the fraudulent
some means of curing or alleviating the malady
nature of these endowment orders, in which been asked to put himself at the head of this
cannot be discovered. Professor Duplay has
task he was ably assisted by Commissioner organization and has willingly accepted the
Merrill of Massachusetts. The history of
these orders is a record of fraud, swindling, has been given to the association.-Galignani
post, and heartily approves of the name which
and robbery of ignorant holders of certificates
Messenger (Paris).
of membership in them; some of those engaged
in the work of plunder 'in Massachusetts and
Pennsylvania have met with their just
deserts, and are now in State prisons.
It is self-evident that
scheme
that proposes to give $1,000 for $100 in
one year or two years is a fraud, and even a
member of the Legislature ought to be able to
comprehend that fact. If these endow-
ment swindlers are to be protected by law,
then all restrictions upon "green-goods men
and "bunco steerers" should be removed.
The bold bad burglar who defies the
law and takes desperate chances while
robbing you is a saint compared to the
men who rob poor men, women, and children of
their hard earnings through fraudulent frater-
nal orders, and by plausible misrepresenta-
tions. It is but recently that people in all
sections of the country held indignation meet-
ings to protest against the relicensing of the
Louisiana Lottery, yet the New York State
Legislature proposes to legalize the endowment
orders that are far more corrupt than any lot-
tery, and a greater menace to the morals of
the community. When legislators do things
of this kind knowingly, the question naturally
arises: What is the consideration given for
their votes? How many of them have been
presented with certificates of membership in
these concerns that let them in "on the ground
floor," where they can share with their execu-
tive officers the plunder derived from their
victims?

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THE POET MOORE AND HIS MOTHER. The Youth's Companion has recently paid a tribute to the poet worthy of being read, not only wherever his songs are known, but wherever mothers and children exist:

OLD MASTERS IN THE WEST.-Paintings by "" discovold masters are being so constantly ered" in the Wild West that one might naturally suspect that there is an old-masters mill out there, somewhere. Not long ago a genuine, hand-painted" Rembrandt brought to light in Oshkosh; Chicago boasts, not alone of the only autograph of Shakespeare in the country, but of an undoubted Raphael." And now Keokuk comes to the front with another painting by Raphael, recently unearthed in that city. This picture, which is only six by six inches in dimension, is "valued at $10,000," and is said to be a head of Christ, the " peculiarity" of which is that the hair and beard are of a light auburn hue; as if that were something uncommon in pictures of Christ. Oklahoma is yet to be heard from; but a due regard to the self-respect and patriotism of that hustling community will not be content with anything less than a painting by Appeles or a statue by Phidias.-Newark (N. j.) Advertiser.

A HINT TO BOOK AGENTS.-The discovery that Washington, Longfellow, Daniel Webster, Bismarck, Napoleon, and General Grant were book agents at early periods in their lives ought to be sufficient encouragement to nui. sances of this class to seek distinction in other fields. There is no evidence that either of these men would ever have attained eminence had they continued in that line of work.Cleveland Plain Dealer.

OBITUARY.

Even when his songs and poems had made him faAMELIA B. EDWARDS. mous, and his society was sought by England's highest and best, he used to write to her [his mother] twice a Philadelphia Times, April 17.--Amelia B. week. He told her of everything that interested him, Edwards, whose death, at the age of 61, is from the purchase of a pocket handkerchief to his reported from London, had devoted the latter introduction to the Prince of Wales and his visit to Niagara. He writes at the conclusion of one letter: part of her life to Egyptology, and had gained "You, dear mother, can see neither frivolity nor ego- considerable distinction in that fascinating field tism in these details, knowing that nothing is uninterest-of study. Her reputation was made earlier, ing to a mother that concerns her son." Let those sons who do not write to their moth-larger number of readers will remember her as however, as a writer of stories, and a much ers at all, and those who write at such rare the author of "Barbara's History" than as the intervals and in such a hurried way as to ex- promoter of the Egyptian Exploration Fund. hibit no real interest, from this poet of humor It is a little difficult for those who are not and pathos learn a duty which all right-feeling themselves experts to estimate the exact value persons would regard as a privilege.-New of special contributions to special lines of York Christian Advocate. research, but Miss Edwards's varied excursions in general literature, her novels, her books of travel, and her popular compendiums of history, have left a pleasant, if not a very enduring memory, strengthened by the personal interest she aroused during her visit to Philadelphia last season. She was a well-educated woman, who began writing early in life, and followed the profession with great industry and with deserved success.

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A LONG DISTANCE ELECTRIC ROAD.The people of this State will soon have a chance to see the trial of a long distance electric railroad. What have hitherto been independent electric roads have now been brought under one management, giving a line from Groveland to Haverhill, and from that point on to Lowell and Lawrence-40 miles or more

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Haydon (Benjamin Robert). Temple Bar, London, April, 18 pp. Second article. Knox (Alexander) and His Friends. Mrs. Andrew Crosse. Temple Bar, London, April, 22 pp.

Loughlin (The Rt. Rev. John), First Bishop of Brooklyn. J. C. Curtin. Donahoe's Mag., May, 9 pp. With Portrait.

Roberts (Lord) of Kandahar. Archibald Forbes. Eng. Illus. Mag., April, 36 pp. With Portrait.

Singers (Some) of the Day. Joseph Bennett. Eng. Illus. Mag., April, 9 pp. With Portraits.

Spurgeon (Charles Haddon), Recollections of. The Rev. James Grant. Dominion Illus. Monthly, Montreal, April, 7 pp. Illus. Recollections by an old student. Suilivan (Dr. W. K.)-Sketches in Irish Biography. G. P. Sigerson. Irish Monthly, Dublin, April, 6 pp.

EDUCATION, LITERATURE, AND ART.

Crawford (Marion), A Study. J. A. Newton-Robinson.

An

Biography and Biographies. Temple Bar, London, April, 5 pp.
Brome (Richard). A. C. Swinburne. Fort. Rev., London, April, 8 pp.
account of Brome's plays, etc.
Westminster Rev.,
London, April, 15 pp. A critical estimate of the distinguished novelist's work.
Death and Pity. Ouida. Fort. Rev., London, April, 18 pp. Review of Le Livre
de la Pitié et de La Mort, the latest of the books of Pierre Loti.
Education, The True Aim of. W. J. Greenstreet. Westminster Rev., London,
April, 9 pp.

Keats and Gifford, The Story of. Prof. David Masson. XIX Cent., London, April, 20 pp. The old story that the premature death of the poet was due to a criticism of his Endymion in the Quarterly Review.

Greek (Spoken), Ancient and Modern. Prof. Jannaris. Contemp. Rev., London, April, 11% PP.

Hamlet, The Character of. Prof. D. Dorchester. Meth. Rev., May-June, 15 pp. Hampton Court, Macmillan's, London, April, 11 pp. Review of Mr. Ernest Law's book, "The History of Hampton Court Palace."

Hogarth (William). W. Roberts. Bookworm, London, April, 4 PP. Illus. Brief notice of Mr. Austin Dobson's book.

Holy Wells: Their Legends and Superstitions. R. C. Hope, F.S.A., F.R.S.L. Antiquary, London, April, 4 pp.

Horace. Macmillan's. London, April, 11 pp.

"Indika" (Bishop Hurst's). The Rev. H. A. Buttz, D.D. Meth. Rev., MayJune, 13 pp. Review of the book.

Leipzig, The Book Trade of. Leopold Katscher. Bookworm, London, April, 4 pp.

Lytton's (Lord) Rank in Literature. Wilfrid Scawen Blunt. XIX. Cent., London, April, 11 pp.

"Mandragola" (Macchiavelli's). James Mew. Fort. Rev., London, April, 13 pp. Description of the comedy, performed at the Vatican more than three centuries ago. "Marah 99 9 pp. Novel (the), The Tyranny of. Edmund Gosse. 13 PP.

: Lord Lytton's Posthumous Poems. National Rev., London, April,
National Rev., London, April,
The Rev. J. M. Driver. Meth.

Plagiarism, The Ethics of; or, Royal Seizure.
Rev., May-June, 14 pp.
Plant-Lore, Some Bits of. Fanny D. Bergen. Jour. Amer. Folk-Lore, Jan.-
March, 4 pp. Refers especially to American plant-lore.

Plays and Players. National Rev,, London, April, 14, pp. "A Socratic Dia-
logue," by W. L. Courtney; "Mr. Tree's Hamlet," by H. D. Traill, and
"Should Shakespeare be Acted?" by Walter Herries Pollock.
University Extension, Class Work in. Josiah H. Penniman. University Exten-
sion, April, 5 pp.

Wisconsin, Extension Teaching in. April, 14 pp.

Zufi Folk-Tale of the Underworld. Jan.-March, 8 pp.

Frederick J. Turner. University Extension,

Frank H. Cushing. Jour. Amer. Folk-Lore, POLITICAL.

American Institutions Traced to the Dutch Republic. William Elliot Griffis. National Mag., April, 12 pp.

Anstralasia, the Credit of, The Attack on. R. M. Johnson, Statistician to the Government of Tasmania. XIX Cent., London, April, 17 pp. This is a reply to the attack" of Mr. Fortescue.

Empire (the), How to Federate. A Reply to Critics. Sir Charles Tupper, High Commissioner for Canada. XIX Cent., London, April, 12 pp.

England and Newfoundland: Sacrificing the First-Born. E. R. Spearman. Westminster Rev., London, April, 18 pp, The controversy over the Newfoundland fishing; England should stand by its first-born.

German Crisis (The) and the Emperor. Dr. Bamberger, Member of the German Reichstag. New Rev., London, April, 14 pp.

Gladstonian-Hartington Controversy (The). Frederick Greenwood. Fort. Rev., London, April, 10 pp.

Home Rule, Forms of. R. T. Reid, M.P. Contemp. Rev., London, April, 141⁄2 pp. The difficulties regarding temporary expedients.

Irish Crisis (the), Points About. James Halpin. Donahoe's Mag., May, 3 pp. Labor Platform (The): Old Style; A Reply. George Howell, M.P. New Rev., London, April, 12 pp.

Nonconformists in Political Life. The Rev. J. Guinness Rogers. Contemp. Rev., London, April, 13} pp.

Pension Scheme (Mr. Chamberlain's): A Friendly Society View of It. Thomas Scanlon. Westminster Rev., London, April, 7 pp.

Plough (The) and the Platform. T. E. Kebbel. National Rev., London. April, 15 pp. Discusses methods of influencing the agricultural classes to support the Conservative party.

Pope (the), The Temporal Power of. W. S. Lilly. New Rev., London, April,

14 PP.

"Progressive" Victory (The). C. A. Whitmore, M.P, National Rev., London, April, 6 pp. An article on the recent victory of the "Progressives" in the city of London, from the Conservative point of view.

Queen (The) in Politics. Frank H. Hill. National Rev., London, April, 10 pp. Small Holdings, History of. Blackwood's, Edinburgh, April, 12 pp. The "Small Holdings" question is one of the most prominent topics in British politics, and this article presents the historical facts with clearness. William. Contemp. Rev., London, April, 15 pp. A remarkable paper setting forth the peculiar characteristics of the German Emperor. RELIGIOUS.

Christianity in the East. The Rev. S. A. Barnett. Contemp. Rev., London, April, 8 pp. The special point made is that the East needs more Old Testament teaching, more of Moses and the Prophets.

Church and State, An Economist on. The Rev. W. Lloyd. Westminster Rev., London, April, 8 pp. Review of Religion. Par G. de Molinari, Congregationalism versus Our Episcopacy. The Rev. C. A. Crane. Meth. Rev., May-June, 5 pp. States the cause of the growing tendency of Methodism toward Congregationalism.

England (Catholic) in Modern Times. Part V. The Rev. John Morris. Month, London, April, 13 PP.

George (St.). The Rev. H. Thurston. Month, London, April, 27 pp. Presents investigations relative to the historical existence of the saint.

Hell. Bishop John P. Newman. Meth. Rev., May-June, 17 pp. Believes that "Hell is a state more than a place."

Jewish Question (The). James E. Mathieson. Miss. Rev. of the World, May. Kaisers (the), The Church of. A. M. McLeod, Dominion Illus, Monthly, Montreal, April, 10 pp. Illus. History of the Church in Germany. Mediævalism, The Idea of. Father Cuthbert. Merry England, London, April, 19 pp. Asserts that "Mediævalism is a truthful and integral form of Christianity.' Miss. Rev. of the

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Missionaries, The Training of. The Rev. Edward Storrow.
World, May, 4 pp.

Mission Station Eleven Thousand Feet Above the Sea. The Rev. Paul De
Schweinitz. Miss. Rev. of the World, May, 4 pp. The mission of the Moravian
Brethren at Leh, in Chinese Thibet.

White Friars (The). Francis Phillimore. Merry England, London, April, 16 pp. Illus. Descriptive of the Carmelites at Kensington.

"World (The) Is Too Much with Us." Cardinal Manning. Merry England, London, April, 13 pp. A letter to the clergy pointing out the worldliness that had crept into the Church.

SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY.

Alcoholic Paralysis from Multiple Neuritis in a ChildSeven Years of Age. W. M.
Lescynsky, M.D. Jour. Nervous and Mental Disease, April, 2 pp.
Antipyrine for the Relief of Headaches. G. M. Hammond, M.D. Jour. Nervous
and Mental Disease, April, 4 pp.

Month, London, April, 19 pp. Contemp. Rev., London, April.

Astronomy (Babylonian). Aloysius L. Cortie.
Auriga, The New Star in. Agnes M. Clerke.
81⁄2 pp.
Cerebellum (the), Tumor of, With Report of Cases. G. J. Preston, M.D. Jour.
Nervous and Mental Disease, April, 11 pp.

Colour-Blindness, Its Pathology, and Its Possible Practical Remedy. Almroth
E. Wright, M.D. XIX Cent., London, April, 13 pp.

Crete, Researches in: The Præsian Peninsula. Dr. F, Halbherr. Antiquary, London, April, 3 PP.

Diet (The Proper) for Business Men. Græme M. Hammond, M.D. Food, April, 2% PP.

Earth (The), How Long Can It Sustain Life? Sir Robert Ball. Fort. Rev., London, April, 13 pp. Discusses the duration of life on the globe viewed as a problem in physics.

Evolution, The Mechanics of. The Rev. John Gerard. Month, London, April, 10 pp. Argues that the claims of Evolution," as they refer to the purely material and mechanical in nature, are worthless.

Food and Work. J. M. Taylor, M.D. Food, April, 51⁄2 pp. Proper kinds of food for work.

Hysterical Fever. Joseph Collins, M.D. Jour. Nervous and Mental Disease, April, 6 pp.

Locomotor Ataxia in Negroes, The Frequency of. C. W. Burr, M.D. Jour. Nervous and Mental Disease, April, 4 pp.

Micro-Organisms (Virulent), The Attenuation of. Prof. F. G. Novy, M.D. Bacteriological World, March, 3 pp.

Nervous Affections_(Certain) in the United States, Influences Modifying the Occurrence of. Guy Hinsdale, M.D. Jour. Nervous and Mental Disease, April, 6 pp.

Phantasms, In Defense of. Frank Podmore. National Rev., London, April, 18 pp.

Tonics, The Abuse of. Editorial. Bacteriological World, March, 2 pp.

SOCIOLOGICAL.

Homeless at Night. Leonard Noble. Eng. Illus. Mag., April, 5 pp. Illus. The homeless ones of London.

Intemperance, How It Has Been Successfully Combated.-II. Duchess of Rutland. New Rev., London, April, 12 pp.

Japanese Customs. F. T. Piggott. Fort. Rev., London, April, 14 pp. Amusements, Our Special Legislation on: Honest Doubt as to Its Wisdom. The Rev. G. P. Mains, D.D. Meth. Rev., May-June, 15 pp. Objections against the section in the Discipline which presents an authoritative index expurgatorius of amusements.

Lady (The) and the Law. April, 7 pp.

Mathilda M. Blake. Westminster Rev., London, Marriage, Prospects of, for Women. Miss Clara E. Collet. XIX Cent., London, April, 16 pp.

Nurses (Canadian) in New York. S. M. Almon Hensley. Dominion Illus.
Monthly, Montreal, April, 9 pp. Illus. The training of nurses, their work, etc.
Pensions (Old-Age). J. Fletcher Moulton. Fort. Rev., London, April, 13 pp.
Believes that the present schemes will not effect their object.
Portuguese Element (The) in New England. Henry R. Lang. Jour. Amer.
Folk-Lore, Jan.-March, 10 pp. Characteristics of our Portuguese immigrants.
Siberia (The Real). F. Volkhovsky. Contemp. Rev., London, April, 13 PP.
Village Life. T. L. Papillon. Macmillan's, London, April, 5 pp. On methods
for arresting the decay of village life; the writer regards drink as the chief
instrument of this decay.

Woman's Place in Modern Life, Madame Adam. Fort. Rev., London, April, 8 pp.

UNCLASSIFIED.

Bank-Acts (The) of 1844-45 and the Bank-Rate. Bankers' Mag., London, April, 11 pp.

Canadian North-West (the), Impressions of. Michael Davitt. XIX Cent., London, April, 17 pp.

Catholics in Congress. Agnes Hampton. Donahoe's Mag., May, 2 pp.
Chief-Making Among the Passamaquoddy Indians. Mrs. W. W. Brown. Jour.
Amer. Folk-Lore. Jan.-March, 3 pp.

Coast-Protection. Prof. Tyndall. New Rev., London, April, 11 pp.

Cocoa. Joseph Hatton. Eng. Illus. Mag., April, 9 pp. Illus. Its cultivation, manufacture, etc.

Consumptives' Clime (The). L. E. Teters. Demorest's, May, 5 pp. Illus. Descriptive of Colorado.

Crippled Finances (The) of Some Foreign Countries. Bankers' Mag., London, April, 5 pp.

Curling in Canada. James Hedley. Dominion Illus. Monthly, Montreal, April, 10 pp. Illus. Descriptive.

Dining, Modern Refinements in. M. E. W. Sherwood. Food, April, 4 pp. Dining-Room (The Ideal). Florence Morse. Food, April, 4 pp. Illus. Descriptive.

Dinners and Dinner-Giving. Ward McAllister. Food, April, 8% pp. With Portrait.

Fin-Back Whale Crest (The), Legend of, of the Haidas, Queen Charlotte's Island, B. C. James Deans. Jour. Amer. Folk-Lore, Jan.-March, 5 pp. An interesting piece of Haida Folk-Lore.

Medicine Men (Indian) and Their Magic. E. P. Johnson. Dominion Illus. Monthly, Montreal, April, 3 pp. Illus. Descriptive.

Parliamentary Life to One of the Rank and File. Alfred Webb, M.P. Irish Monthly, Dublin, April, 4 PP.

Persia's Palaces. Marie Palletier. Demorest's, May. 8 pp. Illus. Descriptive. Rajputana, A Visit to. The Hon. Duncan McLaren. Miss. Rev. of the World, May, 5 PP.

Rats, Conjuring. William Well Newell. Jour. Amer. Folk-Lore, Jan.-March, 10 pp. Tells of the belief that rats can be exorcised-driven away by writing letters to them, etc.

Books of the Week.

AMERICAN.

Across the Plains, With Other Essays and Memories. Robert Louis Stevenson. Charles Scribner's Sons. Cloth, $1.25.

Bible (The), the Church, and the Reason. The Three Great Fountains of Divine Authority. Prof. Charles A. Briggs, D.D. Charles Scribner's Sons. Cloth, $1.75

Books Condemned to be Burned. J. Anson Farrer. A. C. Armstrong & Son. Cloth, $1.25.

Columbus (Christopher). Pres. C. K. Adams, of Cornell University. Dodd, Mead, & Co. Cloth, With Portrait, $1.00.

Constitution (the), The Law and Custom of. Part II. The Crown. Sir William R. Anson, Bart., D.C.L. Warden of All Souls College. Macmillan & Co. $3.50.

Epidemics, A History of, in Britain from A. D. 664 to the Extinction of the Plague. Charles Creighton, M.A., M.D., Formerly Demonstrator of Anatomy in the University of Cambridge. Macmillan & Co. $4.50.

Europe, the Vacation Tourist in, Satchel Guide for. Revised Edition for 1892. Houghton, Mifflin, & Co., Boston. $1.00.

German Emperor (The) and His Eastern Neighbors. Charles L. Webster & Co. Cloth, 75c.

Poultney Bigelow.

Greece, A History of. Evelyn Abbott, M.A., LL.D., Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. Part II. From the Beginning of the Ionian Revolt to the Thirty Years' Peace. 500-445 B.C. G. P. Putnam's Sons. Cloth, $2.25.

Africa South of the Zambesi, Geography of. With Notes on the Industries, Wealth, and Social Progress of the States and Peoples. By the Rev. William Parr Greswell, M. A., Oxon., F.R.C.I. Macmillan & Co. $2.00.

Hazlitt's Essays on the English Poets. Dodd, Mead, & Co. Buff Cloth. With Portrait. $1.25.

Maralı. Owen Meredith. Longmans, Green, & Co. Cloth, $1.50. Mother of the King's Children. A Story of Church Blessings Through the Christian Endeavor. J. F. Cowan. T. Y. Crowell & Co. Cloth, $1.50.

Music, Ethics of. Edith V. Eastman. Damrell & Upham, Boston. Cloth, 75c Nada the Lily. H. Rider Haggard. Longmans, Green, & Co. Cloth, $1.00. On the Plantation: A Story of a Georgia Boy's Adventures During the War. Joel Chandler Harris. D. Appleton & Co. Cloth, Illus., $1.50.

Paine (Thomas), The Life of. With a History of His Literary, Political, and Religious Career in America, France, and England. Moncure D. Conway. G. P. Putnam's Sons. 2 Vols., Illus., $5.00

Plutarch's Lives of the Gracchi. Edited, with Introduction, Notes, and Indices by G. E. Underhill, M. A. Macmillan & Co. $1.25.

Political Economy, Dictionary of. Containing Articles on the Main Subjects Usually Dealt with by Economic Writers, with Explanations of Legal and Business Ternis which May be Found in Their Works, and Short Notices of Deceased English, American, and Foreign Economists, and Their Chief Contributions to Economic Literature. Edited by R. H. Inglis Palgrave, F.R.S. Second Part. Beeke-Chamberlayne. Macmillan, & Co. $1.00.

Pomegranates. A House of. Oscar Wilde. With Designs and Decorations by C. Ricketts and C. H. Shannon. Dodd, Mead, & Co. $5.00

Pope Leo's Demands: He Challenges Americans, and Boldly Claims Temporal Power. Margaret L. Shepherd. Jordan Bros., Phila. Paper, 10c.

Rome (Ancient), The Remains of. By J. Henry Middleton, Slade Professor of Fine Art. Macmillan & Co. $7.00.

Sense and Sensibility. Jane Austen. Roberts Bros., Boston. 2 Vols. $1.25 per vol.

Shakespeare, Essays and Notes on. By John W. Hales, M.A., Professor of English Literature in King's College, London; Examiner in English at London University; Clark Lecturer at Trinity College. Macmillan & Co. $1.50.

Silver Situation (The) in the United States. F. W. Taussig. Amer. Economic Association, Baltimore. Paper, 75c.

Sumner (Charles). Anna L. Dawes. Dodd, Mead, & Co. Cloth, with Portrait, $1.00.

Targuinim (the), the Talmud Bibla and Yerushalmi, and the Madrashic Literature, A Dictionary of. Compiled by M. Jastrow. G. P. Putnam's Sons. Paper 12 parts. Each, $2.00.

Wednesday, April 13.

Current Events.

The Senate passes a Bill for promoting the safety of National Banks, four relating to the Army, and forty-seven others, all in three hours......The House considers the Naval Appropriation Bill......The New York Assembly passes the Farquhar Election Inspectors Bill, the Excise Bill, and the Congressional Redistricting Bill......United States troops are ordered out to quell the cowboy disturbances in Wyoming...... Ex-Speaker Reed addresses the Republican State Convention at Montpelier, Vt......In New York City, a defalcation of $32,000 is discovered in the United States National Bank...... The Rev. Dr. Parkhurst publishes a statement regarding his action......The first public meeting of the New City Club is held

The British Government largely increases its Chicago World's Fair grant .There is a rupture in the Italian Cabinet....... Another bomb is exploded in Valencia, Spain, seriously damaging property...... ..M. de Giers Russian Foreign Minister, is seriously ill.

Thursday, April 14.

The Senate passes the amendments to the Bill creating the Circuit Courts of Appeal......In the House, the reprinting in The Record, of Henry George's book, "Protection and Free Trade," as the undelivered speeches of five Democratic members is discussed; Mr. Burrows's (Rep., Mich.) motion to expunge the matter is voted down.... The payment of an indemnity of $25,000 by the United States to Italy and the immediate resumption of full diplomatic relations between the countries, is announced. The Michigan Republican Convention elects delegates to Minneapolis favorable to General Alger...... The Republicans of Florida, on account of Democratic election practices, decide to make no nominations in that State......The New York Assembly passes the Speedway Repeal Bill; also the Freedom of Worship Bill; the measure for personal registration of rural voters is defeated......In New York City, the Union League Club unanimously passes resolutions denouncing the Election Inspectors Bill...... Woolen manufacturers decide to act unitedly in making an exhibit of products at the World's Fair......Osmond is convicted of murder in the first degree.

In Cadiz, two petards are thrown into the ranks of a religious procession; many persons injured by the explosion...... The Italian Ministry resign, and the Marquis di Rudini is requested to form a new Cabinet......The investi ture of the Khedive takes place with great pomp at Cairo......It is announced that the state of siege in Rio Janeiro has been raised.

Friday, April 15.

In the House, the Senate amendments to the Bill to Protect National Banks were non-concurred in; many public building Bills are passed......In the New York Legislature, the Assembly passes the Woman's Suffrage Bill; the Senate orders the Rainey Bridge Bill to a third reading......The Sisseton Indian Reservation is opened to settlement......Minority stockholders ask for a Receiver for the East Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia Railroad......In New York City, all the Assembly Districts elect delegates to the Republican State and Congress District Conventions.

In Paris, Ravachol, the Anarchist, and five accomplices are indicted for causing the recent explosions...... Bulgaria requests the Porte to demand of Russia the extradition of the alleged assassins of Dr. Vielkovitch......It is announced that the Ameer of Afghanistan has gained possession of one of the two passes through the Lamir country to India......It is stated that twentyeight Brazilian Radicals have been exiled.

Saturday, April 16.

The House discusses the Naval Appropriation Bill......It is announced that a copyright aggreement with Germany has been signed by Secretary Blaine and Mr. von Holleben......Convicts at Chickamauga, Ga., rebel and overpower the guard, who, with the aid of citizens, lay siege to the prisoners .The revenue steamers Rush and Bear were ordered north to patrol Bering Sea.. .Many intending settlers gather at Oklahoma, awaiting the opening of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe lands......In New York City, the Chamber of Commerce gives a dinner at Delmonico's in honor of Whitelaw Reid, ex-Minister to France.

Baron Fava receives orders from the Italian Government to resume his post as Minister at Washington......A priest at Larida, Spain, is nearly beheaded at the altar by a sword in the hands of a supposed madman......A bomb is exploded in a church in Havana......In the Newfoundland Legislature, a motion against the bait privilege for Americans is defeated. Sunday, April 17.

Easter Sunday......An unsuccessful attempt is made to wreck the New York express on the Lackawanna road near Oswego......In New York City. the police make a show of enforcing the Excise law; ninety-one arrests.

Alexander Mackenzie, ex-Premier of the Dominion of Canada, dies......It is announced that the difficulties between the Khedive and Mouktar Pacha, the Turkish representative in Egypt, have been settled. Monday, April 18.

In the Senate, the Bering Sea modus vivendi is received from the President ......The House passes the Naval Appropriation Bill; it provides for one new cruiser......In the New York Legislature, the majority and minority reports in the Maynard investigation are submitted.... .Governor Flower vetoes the Bill providing for a State Printing Bureau......Nearly 2,000 persops attend the reception and banquet in honor of the Rev. Dr. E. E. Hale in Boston......A fatal explosion occurs at the works of the Forcite Powder Company at Lake Hopatcong, N.J......In New York City, Federal employés and members of several business interests organize to aid the Grant Monument Fund......Annual Paas festival of the St. Nicholas Society.

German authorities announce that they will not permit Socialist parades on May Day...... Great damage is done by snow and frost in Great Britain. Tuesday, April 19.

The Senate approves the modus vivendi......In the House, debate on the Noyes-Rockwell case begins......The New York Senate passes the Excise Bill and the New York City Election Inspectors Bill......The Assembly passes many Bills......A severe earthquake shock in California does considerable damage......In New York City, the anniversary of the Battle of Lexington is celebrated by two Revolutionary societies......All but one of the Police Captains are transferred...... Roswell Smith, president of the Century Company, dies.

A new Italian Cabinet is formed; it contains three new men......AR alleged plot of Anarchists to kill the child-King of Spain, is confessed...... French and Spanish authorities make extensive preparations to preserve order on May Day.

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