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SPANISH WAR LESSONS
United States Irrevocably Committed,
According: to Captain Mnhan,
to an Ocr-Sea Policy.
The several articles In the volume col
lectively entitled "Lessons of the "War
"With Spain" were not originally Intended
by their eminent author. Captain A. T.
Mahan, to constitute a series. Written
for various occasions, at various times,
there Is in them no sequence of treat
ment or conception, yet -with one excep
tion they have all had a common origin
In tho -war -with Spain. It is enough to
eay of their Importance that Captain Mo
han has -written them. He prefaces the
volume with the general statement that,
while wholly convinced of the primacy of
tho navy in maritime warfare, and main
taining the subordination to It of the
elements of power which rest mainly up
on land position, he has always clearly
recognized not only the importance of
the latter, but the general necessity of
affording them the security of fortifica
tion, which enables a -weaker force to
hold its own against sudden attack, and
until relief can be given. "Fortifications."
lis says, "like natural accidents of ground,
serve to counterbalance superiority of
numbers, or rather disparity of means,
both in land and sea warfare, therefore,
and in both strategy and tactics, they are
valuable adjuncts to a defense, for they
constitute a passive reinforcement of
strength, which liberates an active equiv
alent, in troops or In ships, for offensive
operations." It wll lno doubt amuse the
reader to -find Captain Mahan trying to
"prove that there Is no science or arf
which lends Itself to exposition more read
ily than does the art of war. As a mat
ter of fact, there is nothing more difficult
to comprehension by the average reader
than the details of a battle, even when
explained by such a master as our author
There Is no doubt, however, that In all
Captain Mahan has -written, from the
great work on "The Influence of Sea
Power on History" down to the present
bundle of fugitive and discursive papers,
he has aimed so to present his theme as
to Invest It -with the rational Interest at-
' tachlng to a clear exposition of causes
and effects, as shown in s- series of events.
And the recent Spanish-American War,
-while possessing, as every war does,
characteristics of Its own, differentiating
( It from -others, nevertheless. In Its broad
analogies, falls Into line -with its prede
cessors, evidencing that unity of teach
ing -which pervades the art from Its be
ginning down to the present day.
We are now committed, according to
Captain Mahan, Inevitably and irrevocably
to an over-sea policy, to tho successful
maintenance of -which will be needed not
only lofty political conceptions of right
and of honor, but also the poww to sup
port, and, If need be, to enforce the course
of action -which such conceptions shall
from timo to time dsmand. "Such main
tenance;" he says, "will depend primar
ily on the Navy, but not upon It alone;
there will be needed, besides an adequate
and extremely mobile Army and an ef
ficient correlation of the one with tho
other, based upon an accurate conception
of their respective functions. ... In
short, the people of the United States will
need to understand not only whxt right
eousness dictates, but what power mil
itary and navy requires in order duly
to assert itself."
Captain Mahan makes a strong and
well-considered plea for proper coas. de
fenses, so that in the event of war cur
Navy may be free to seek out and enciga
the enemy, instead of being force! to re
main idle around this or that harbor, as
was the case In our late Spanish war.
He also condemns, as entirely wrong in
principle, the theory that the battle-snips
should be of great speed to tne hurt of
their fighting strength. He says: 'In the
battle-ships great speed Is distinctly sec
ondary to offensive power and 1 5 coal en
durance. Analogically, the hast defence
for one's own shores Is to harass and
threaten seriously those of the oppme'it;
but this best defense cannot be employed
to the utmost, if the inferior, n-isilve
defense of fortification has been negl&cied.
The fencer who wears also a breast
plate may bo looser In his guard. Sea
ports cannot strike beyond the range of
their guns; but if the great commercial
ports and naval stations can strike ef
fectively so far. the fleet can lauovn into
the deep rejoicing, knowing .'hat its home
Interests, behind the buckler of the fixed
defenses, are safe till It returns."
Captain Mahan comes out strongly In
support of Admiral Sampson, anil If
we can rely upon his judgment jn this
matter, we must place Sampson among
tho foremost naval commanders of the
country, a man of great resource and
ready ability.
Together with all other military men.
Captain Mahan has a confirmed and
doep distrust of the daily press, which
he refers to somewhat humorously as
"the system of organized gossip, which
we call Jhe press." He is of the opinion
thai if not suppressed to a more moderate
sense. It -will bring great damage to the
country In any serious war we may
engage In. The book Is a handsome and
stable one, with two good and Indispen
sable maps of Cuba and the Caribbean
Sea. (Little, Brown & Co., Boston).
AMERICAN ANTHOLOGY,
Ed tun ml Clarence Stedman's "Work to
Conic Oat This Sprlnjr.
At almost the same time with the news
of Edmund Clarence Stedman's practical
retirement from Wall Street comes the
announcement that his long-promised.
"American Anthology" is to make its first
appearance this spring. We say "first
appearance" because it Is only the large
na'oer edition which, Houghton, Mifflin &.
k$
-0T
MAftf.
Co. are preparing. In the form which
will make It more generally known it
"will not be published until the autumn.
This first edition will ha-ie for Its frontis
piece a photogravure group of portraits.
One may well -wonder how many of the
faces -which held the same place In Gris
wold's "Poets of America" 50 years ago
will reappear. The title-page will be dec
orated with, a vignette of. Emerson's
grave. If the volume, says the Book-Buy-
J er, succeeds in doing for American poetry
j what Mr. Stedman's "Victorian Anth
ology" has Cone for English, It will nave
been well worth waiting for.
THE PURITANS.
Seventeenth Oentwry Leaders la the
Work of Freedom.
Three or four years ago Ezra Hoyt
Bylngton published a volume on "The
Puritan In England and Xew England,"
In which he gave an account of the origin
and development of Puritanism in Eng
land and of the religious opinions, the
family and social life, and the personal
traits of the Pilgrims and Puritans, in
this country. He now brings out another
voiume, in wnicn ne studies' "The Puritan
as a Colonist and Reformer." The two
volumes are quite distinct, yet each sup
plements the other. Mr. Bylngton seta
out with the admission that the Puritans
were not In all respects consistent with
their own principles, nor as tolerant as
they should have been; yet they were tho
leaders In the 17ttt century In securing
freedom for the people, In the church, and
In the state, and we owe much of the
progressive spirti of our time to their
foresight, and to their strenuos endeavor.
Ho thinks It very doubtful whether the
Puritans could have secured the triumph
of their principles if they had. not planted
colonies on this side of the Atlantic, for
the conservative spirit In England was
very strong In their time, as it was In
France and Spain. There came a time
when the Church of England Itself
seemed to be going back from the princi
ples of Reformation, and Charles seems
to have Imagined that he could evn ex
tinguish the light that had been kindled
in New England. But the sea was too
broad, and the new Ideas of the right of
tho people tO make their own l.-iirn nnH tn
elect their own rulers, and to worship
according to their own consciences, had a
ia.ii ueiu m tne ssew world.
The distinction between th Pnrim: -n?
tho Puritans is carefully observed by Mr.
Bylngton. Of the first comers, the Eng
lish Pilgrims, he says they had the in
stinct of colonization, and were enter
prising aa well as Industrious. Their stay
in Holland had taught them how to order
a free state. They respected the rights of
conscience at a time when other English
Christians denied those rights. They re
garded the individual as the unit of the
state, and they made all citizens equal
before the law. They planted the school
by the side of the church In all their set
tlements., and kept alive, even In the hard
est years, the love of knorvleiferA "rsom
were great men among them men of
learning and of statesmanship, as well' as
piety. Some of these- men had stood, be
fore King?. It was well that they came
to the New World, because they were
able here to work out their principles
more freely and with a stronger hold upon
the future than they could have secured
in the New World."
The Pilgrim prepared the way for the
Puritan In New England, and from the
demand for larger liberty, which came
from the conjunction of Pilgrim and Purl
tan principles and methods came to the
growth of the town system, tho expansion
of the colonies, the development of tho
missionary spirit, and the continuous
movement for larger religious and polit
ical liberty, which finally sent Its reflex
wave back to the mother country, where
Ono reform hill has succeeded Jinnthor- un
til tho people have gained the rights for
which the Puritans struggled. In his clos
ing chapter. Mr. Bylngton discusses the
relations or anaKespeare and the Purl
tan. Stratfortf was one of the strong
holds of Puritanism, and tho eldest daugh
ter of Shakespeare was a Puritan. It Is
evident from the dramas that while
Shakespeare knew all about the Puri
tans, ho did not like them, but at the
same timo he did not revile them. "He
may have been restrained by regard for
his favorite daughter, and for his old
neighbors at Stratford." Mr. Bylngton
considers it plain from his writings that
Shakespeare's sympathies were not broad
enough to include the common people,
such as the larger number of Puritans
were. Country-bred as he was. his sym
pathies "seem to have been with the no
bility and not with the rising middle
classes, who wore contending for their
rights as men and as Englishmen. He
was tho poet of gay and merry England,
not of thoughtful and serious England.'
Shakespeare, "with his limited historic
culture, failed to recognize the tokens of
a new life for his native land." He quot
ed, we are told, "very often from Fox's
Book of Martyrs from which it is rea
sonable to infer that ho was acquainted
with the outward facts in Puritan his
tory, but it was not given to him to enter
into the meaning of the great political
and religious movements from which so
much of what Is best and most distinct
ive in our modern life has come," (Little.
Brown & Co., Boston.)
Sunday Afternoons.
With a view to suggesting some simple
methods of busying the brains and hands
of children on Sundays, Mrs. E. Frances
Soule has published an attractive hand
book, entitled "Sunday Afternoons for the
Children." It Is an enlargement of lec
tures which she has been giving for sev
eral years In various parts of New Eng
land, where they met a warm welcome
from man' mothers and earnest com
mendation from divers clergymen. Beg'n
nlng with, a prelude as to the importance
of the mother-work, the author soon
plunges practically Into her suggestions
for Interesting the little folks In various
lines of fascinating Bible work. At the
end of the book there Is a collection of
"Hymns and Poems for the Little Ones"
all full of "sweetness and Hr-ht nn nt
simple Christian teaching. (Fords, How-
ara b xiuioert, xsew xorir.)
Municipal Reform.
"A Municipal Programme" Is the out
come of a unique experience in reform
movements. In May, 1S87. at the Louis
ville meeting of the National Municipal
League. It was decided to formulate on the
part of the League a plan or programme
which should set forth succinctly the
essential principles that must underlie suc
cessful municipal government, and, should
If possible embody those principles In a
form which could be enacted Into a law
or laws, and thus put into practical opera
ation. The report of the committee Is now
printed In book form, and within Its cov
ers will be found the most comprehensive
and succinct statement of the cause of
municipal maladministration and of the I
remedies. A form of city charter Is giv
en, admirable for Its brevity (It is contain
ed In 37 clearly printed pages), and the
constitutional amendments necessary to
guarantee to cities adequate powers for
their government are set out. Accom-1
nylng these are brief explanatory papers of which wander over the boundless ocean
setting forth the reasons for the provis- from the Farallones to the' Ladrones,
ions found in the proposed constitutional while others migrate along Its shore, corn
amendment and charter. There 13 a valu- lng from Alaska on the North and from
able historical Introduction, showing, in Patagonia on the Scuth. The dlvers-fled
compact form, the development of the topography of the land and the varied
municipal problem in thl6 country since character of the climate and plant life- In
Colonial times. The book closes with a sure a home for a great variety of land
critical examination of the committee's
recommendations, prepared by a special
ist in municipal matters,, and is accom
panied by an analytical Index. In this
compact little volume of 246 pages, the
reader will find the result of more than
two years" co-operative effort of some of
the ablest and most experienced men,
whose lives have been devoted to the
study of municipal conditions. There can
be no question of Its value to cVery man
interested in the vital problem of placing
our city governments upon a sound basis.
(The Macmlllan Co., New York.)
Spanish War History.
"A History of the Spanish-American
War of 1SS8," by Richard H. TItherlngton,
Is a carefully compiled, comprehensive,
and rigidly Impartial historic account of
the causes leading to our war with Spain,
the war Itself, and circumstances incident
to the termination thereof. It is to 03
noted, that the author has awaited the
official reports on both sides, and he is
therefore able to present a well-founded
and authoritative history. Omitting no de
tail possessing real importance. It Is neces
sarily concise, and no space is wasted in
descriptive "fine writing" or extended crlt-
EDMUND CLARENCE STED31AX.
leal disquisitions. As an authoritative
work for reference It will b,e found of
exceptional merit, and Its value is mate
rially enhanced by many excellent sketch
maps and a very thorough Index.
The long story of Spanish misgovern
ment and Cuban revolt, down to the cli
max, of outrage and suffering under Wey-
ler's rule, is all compressed Into the first
50 pages; an exhaustive and accurate com-
parlson of the resources of Spain, and the
United States only takes up IS pages; and
eight pages suffice for the narration of
Admiral Dewey's marvelous victory in
Manila Bay. Yet nothing of moment la
neglected, or een treated in a manner
suggestive of insufficiency.
Events that have been subjects of seri
ous contention and citation of authorities
for the fixing of credit and responsibility
are dealt with more In extenso, as, for in
stancet the discovery and destruction of
"Cervera's fleet, the Inadequacy of our com
missary department, as shown at Santi
ago, the evil conditions of our hospital
transports, and our relations to "the Phil
ippine insurgents. (D. Appleton & Co.,
New York.)
The Wheat Problem.
"The Wheat Problem" Is an elaboration
of the presidential address delivered by
Sir William Crookea. before the British
Association for the Advancement of Sci
ence at Bristol, In 1$93. In this address
the author pointed out the serious peril
awaiting wheat-eaters who contentedly
pursue the present wasteful system cf cul
tivation. Under the present conditions of
wheat-culture, scarcity of wheat Is with
in an appreciable distance, as the wheat
growing lands all over the- world are be
coming exhausted, and it seams to the
author that at some future time and, in
his opinion, at no far distant time no
available wheat land will be lefL -This
alarming forecast was relieved by the sug
gestion that If the wheat fields are prop,
erly treated with, a chemical manure con
sisting of nitrate of soda, the average
yield will be materially Increased, and
"the date of dearth postponed to so dis
tant a period that we and our sons and
grandsons may legitimately live without
solicitude for the future," A difficulty
in connection with this matter Is the fact
that the nitrate fields are themselves In
danger of becoming exhausted, but the
author believes that with the aid of elec
tricity we can produco from the atmos
phere 12.0C0.C00 tons of nitrate of soda an
nually, sufficient to safeguard the wheat
fields. It was, of courso, to be expected
that the author's conclusions would be
questioned by other authorities, and in
this volume he has replied to his critics,
giving additional statistics in support of
his views. In addition to Sir William
Crookes' own contribution, the volume In
cludes a chapter by C. Wood Davis, of
Kansas, one of the largest wheatgrowers
of the West, and also a chapter entitled
"America, and the Wheat Problem," by
the Hon. John Hyde, Chief Statistician of
the Department of Agriculture, Washing
ton, (G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York.)
The Transvaal Outlook.
Albert Stickney must have been burn
ing with sympathy for the Boers when he
wrote "The Transvaal Outlook." In 103
pages of his monograph, he shows the
fighting qualities of the Boersj the charac
ter of the ground; the British lack of
transportation and supply: the maladmin
istration of the British War Office, and
other phases of the struggle. Just before
tho work was sent to press news came of
Lord Roberts' march on Cronje, and Mr.
Stickney hastily added a postscript of SO
pages'telllng how the British did the very
thing that he predicted they never would
be able to do. (Dodd, Mead Co., New 1
York.)
Birds of California.
Charles A. Heeler's book on the birds
of California, "Bird Notes Afield." has
been written, not for scientists, but for
those who wish to have an Introduction
to the birds In their native haunts. The
value of the work Is greatly enhanced by
an appendix containing a descriptive list
of California blrcs. The superb study col
lection of California birds In The Museum
of the California Academy of Sciences
has formed the- basts for working up the
descriptive Hot. "The long coast line of
California," says the author, "is-the home
of Innumerable species of Bea birds, coma
birds as welL A continent might separate
the birds of the rainy coast district o!
Humboldt County from the species Inhab
iting the arid region of the Colorado dis
trict, so different are they In form, plum,
age and habits." (E der & Shepard, San
Francisco.)
Child's History of Canada.
Historical study and reading are made
Interesting and Instructive to younsr read-
ers In J. N. Mcllwralth's "Child's History
of Canada." The llttlo volume covers the
history of Canada from the earliest, times
down to 1S93. but does not include the
sending of Canadian troops to the South
African war. The author takes a novel
view of the settlement of the Oregon ques
tion. "Great Britain, far off and indiffer
ent, gave way for tho sake of peace . . .
and thus was lost to Canada a large tract
of country which should now be hers."
At no time while the Oregon Question was
pending was Great Britain Indifferent. (D,
Appleton &. Co.. New York.)
BOOK SOTBS.
Xcvr Edition of Lnndon'n Constitu
tional Illiitory of United .States.
At a time like this, when the enlarge-
ment of governmental functions Is proceed
ing hand-ln-hand with changes In what
might be called territorial Ideas, a book
like Landon's "Constitutional History of
the United States" lias an accentuated
value. The book has recently been re
vised and enlarged, and wllF soon be ret
Issued from new plates by Houghtonr Mif
flin &. Co. The new edition contains notes
which may be said to give the volume a
contemporary Interest.
Eden Phlllpotts' new book, "The Human
Boy," Is made up of stories, of life in an
English school, and they reveal In a tol
erably Intimate way the hopes, aspirations,
thoughts and springs of action of the aver
age public school boy. There are 11 sto
ries, and they are good, ones, all about the
bojs who went to Dr. Dunston's school at
Merlvale. There were the "Artful Steg
gles," "Nubby Tompkins," Gideon the
Jew," "Corkey Minimus." "Frenchy," ond
"Freckles" and a- dozen of other delight
ful fellows, full of fun and anxious for a
good time along with tljelr (Studies. (Har
per & Bros., Now York.)
"Captain Landon," by Richard Henry
Savage, takes into Its scope an American
Army feud that was transferred to Rome.
There it was fought out with such pow-
ttitttatt8ttt3a0tot(ttsetoeio
REFLECTIONS OF THE
I've cot my own opinions on the questions of the day:
I can see ray country's auty, but I've nothln much to say.
For when a man'a in offlce, he
Must. Juat keep lookln' wise.
And it a fellow wants- to be
Elected he must rise
And hurry oft whenever people ask him what he thinks. '
For the way to catch the voter la by keepin still, be Jinks!- '
There's the trust and there la labor and tho civil sorvlce, too;
There's the never-ending" problem of obtainln revenue;
I might get up and howl nbout
These things with all my might.
And make some noise by polntln' out
The wrong ways from the right.
But what's the cood of telltn' all youi think when what you.eay
Mightn't tickle half the voters when it comes to 'lection day? "
There's a lot of things this country ought to go aheadand do
For tho sake of makln headway and the good of. people, Tco;
But I've an oroeo where- the pa7
Is mighty good to get.
And now and then I work a day
Or two to sort of let
The people keep bellevin' there Is, still some use for me,
And thft less I say about tt, why tn better, don't you see?
It's a shame and It's disgraceful that the.offlceaare run
Just as Joints- to cheat the public! Something surely should be done,
And when I'm out and when I know
I'll not get back, agen, 4
I'll talk up boldly and I'll show '
"Where things are faulty, then: '
But what'e the use cf shoutin' -while-the 'public pays the- bill
And a man can win by lajln kind of low and keepin still?
Let the fools have- their opinions as to what we ought to do
And go shoutin 'em wherever they can et 'cm listened to;
But that is not the safest way;
Don't have convictions till
Tou're safely past election day,
And then don't have 'em still!
He's the winner who can tell yo,u when jouaskhlm what-hoithlnks
All about It, without evei ssjia.' an thing, be-Jinks!
S,,E. Klser-la Chicago Tribune.
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erful accessories as were
personnel of the American
found in the J
Consular Ser- .
vice, the Diplomatic Corps, the American
cuiuiiy n general, couniesses, aucnesses, 1 young people oy Miss Isa Bowman the
Arabs, street boys, newspaper writers, sol- real "Alice In Wonderland." (E P Dut-
llcrs, kings, queens, adventurers and other " ton &. Co., New York.)
miscellaneous and mongrel characters. The I "From Pot Closet to Palais Royal " by
hero meets with strange hairbreadth es-j Mary V. Littell. (J. S. Ogilvle Co New
capes and comes out all right In the end, ; York.)
where true lovers are united. (Rand. Mc- "The New Gold Fields at Cape Nome,"
Nally & Co., Chicago.) j by Ivan Brostram. (Phillips & Smyth,
In adding "A Modern Peader and -San Francisco.)
Speaker" to the long list of books on , "Karerza," by Alice B. Stockham, and
"ElocuDon," "Expression" and kindred f "The Strike of a Sex," by George N. M1I1
subjects. George Riddle keeps In view, , er. (Alice B. Stockham & Co., Chicago.)
especially In the oratorical selections, the j "The Crisis In Agriculture." by Herberl
union of that which seems modern in the j Myrlck. A protest against lowering of
works of the old. well-tried authors, with j duties on products Imported from Cuba,
the literature of today. The selections are , Puerto Rico and the Philippines. (The
adapted to the modern method of speak- Orange Judd Co., New York.) .
lng, by. which the speaker seeks directly J "The Picture Book of Becky Sharp."
to move and persuade his hearers. In
man-to-man fashion and without man
ner formally assumed for effect. (Her
bert S. Stone &. Co., Chicago.)
"By the Marshes of Mlnas," by Charles
G. D. Roberta. I3 a volume of romance,
of love and adventure In that picturesque
period when Nova Scotia was passing
from the French to the English regime.
Each, tale Is Independent of the others,
but the scenes are similar, and In sev
eral of them the evil "Black Abbe," well
known from tho author's previous novels,
again appears with his savage at his
heels but to be thwarted always by
woman's wit or soldlors courage. (Sil
ver, Burdett & Co.. Boston.)
George S. Boutwell, of Boston, an Ir
reconcilable antl-expanslonlst, has pub
lished a book of essays and speeches on the
Venezuelan, Monroe doctrine and Philip
pine questions that are tho very essence
of "little Americanism." The title of the
book Is "Tho Crisis of the Republic." Mr.
Boutwell has supreme confidence In the
ability of the Filipinos In the work of
.self government. (Dana Estes & Co., Bos
ton.) Stephen Bonsai, lately war correspondent
to the New York Herald, hag, written a
book entitled "The Golden Horse Shoe."
It is the story of recent American expan
sion told with unconscious force and lu
cidity throughout the series of letters ex
changed by two young officers of the army
from their respective posts In the Philip
pine's and in Puerto Rico. (The Macmlllan
Co.. New York.)
In "The Monster." which gives the title
it his now collection of stories, Stephen
Crane turns his attention for the first
time to American country life, and repro
duces th life and atmosphere of a rural
American town. In addition to "Tho
Monster." the volume Includes 'The Bluo
Hotel" and "His New Mittens," the latter
being a study of child life. (Harper Bros.,
New York.)
Elder & Shepard. of San Francisco, have
compiled and published under the title of
"Some Children's Letters About 'Wild
Animals I Have Known,' " a number of
child discussions of the merits of Ernest
Scton-Thompson's well-known "book. Evi
dently the book has touched a sympa
thetic chord In the young ones for they
all like it.
"Tho story of Eclipses," by George F.
Chambers, Is intended as a sequel to the
author's two previous volumes. "Story of
the Solar System" and "Story of tha
Stars." It is a thorough treatment of the
subject of eclipses, and Is especially In
teresting in view of the eclipse of the sun
on May 2S. (D. Appleton & Co., New
York.)
"Woman, Church and the State." by
Matilda Joslyn Gage. Is a historical ac
count of the status of woman In all ages.
The author maintains that Church and
State, are equally guilty for all the" Injus
tices which woman has suffered. (Tho
Truth Seeker Society, New York.)
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MARCH MAGAZINES.
Ex-Secretary Olney's Xotable Paper
in tlie Atlantic.
Hon. Richard Olney, ex-Secretary of
State, opens the March Atlantic with a
notable and statesman-like paper on
"The Growth of Our Foreign Policy." He
reiterates hl3 former dictum expressed
In the Atlantic for May, 1SSS, that our
International Isolation Is at an end and
that we neither are. nor longer can be,
a "hermit power"; that we have at last
entered the great family of civilized na
tions "for better or for worse"; and that
we must take our true place therein, and
can no longer evade our International re-i
sponsiblllties and duties. What these re
sponsibilities and duties are, he does not
hesitate to specify with his usual frank
ness and courage.
Anna A. Rogers writes on "Social Life
in the United States Navy" In the
Woman's Home Companion fcr March.
E. W. Hornung's complete novel In
fhe March New X.lpplncott. called "Tht
Shadow of a Man," Is not only a first
rate story, but Its quick action and gen
eral breezlness of plot make It especially
adapted for the New Llppincott.
The frontispiece of the March Critic la
a full-length, double-page portrait of
Mark Twain, In color. There are also
special articles on Ruskln and Black
more. In the March McClure's, Walter Well
man tells another story of his recent
extraordinary experiences In the Arctic.
A strong feature of tho Engineering
Magazine for March Is Dr. Hatch's com
prehensive review of the world's copper
supplies a subject of wide Importance,
In view of the enormous and Increasing
demands of the electrical Industries. Dr.
Hatch's paper is accompanied by maps
and by many views of mines and works.
Ex-Senator David B. Hill declares, in
the North American Review, that "We
Are Too Much Governed." and discusses
the dangers of that undue legislative Indus
try which In 1S39 produced In the various
states of the Union no less than 14.1 5 J
new laws. A. Henry Savage Landor,
the well-known traveler, recounts the
"Chief Causes of Discontent in India,"
while Justin. McCarthy contributes a
pleasant paper on certain authors, such
as Klngsley, Trollope. Lever, Reade.
who once had a wide popularity, but are
now disappearing from notice.
Sydney Brook's page of "Trans-Atlantic
Topics," which is to be a regular
feature of Harper's Weekly from now oa,
la a delightfully Interesting resume ot
the political and social happenings of tha
week in England and on the Continent,
and bids fair to rival In popularity Mr.
E. S. Martin's page "This Busy World."
which has become one of the Weekly's
most attractive features.
The Ledger Monthly has, as a frontis
piece, a beautiful engraving of Wash
ington at Valley Forge.
Professor N. S. Shaler, dean of the sci
entific department at Harvard, contributes
the leading article In Appletons Popular
Science Monthly for March. It s tha
first of a series which will discuss In de
tail the various problems connected with
the race question in the South. Professor
Shaler, whose boyhood was passed among
the negroes, Is especially well qualified
for discussing the question, and his ar
ticle throws much new light on features
which are often lost sight of by North
erners. The American Monthly Review of Re
views for March discusses the war in
South Africa In its various phases, the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty, the Puerto RIcan
tariff, our situation In the Philippines,
the steamship subsidy bill, the Kentucky
disorders. Governor Roosevelt's admin
istration In New York, the approaching
Presidential campaign and many other
timely topics.
ORIGIN OF THE TERM EOBO
The Distinctions Prevallinc;
A in one
ICnlclits of the Rond.
Lowlston (Me.) Journal.
The "hobos" are at the head of the
"profession." They get the name from the
fact that Hoboken In Jersey Is the great
railroad terminus of the Atlantic Coast.
The pilgrims that start from New York to
ride the rods to the far West always go
over to Hoboken and jump a train there.
The hobo will never steal or break any law
If. ho can help it. He will not go armed
except In rare cases. Furthermore, he will
not walk. The true hobo will hang around
a week In a place until he can get a
chance to ride away on some train. He
prefers the truss rods under the heavier
bullt freight cars. He will also venture
under passenger cars or d'are the dangers
of the blind baggage or even tho locomo
tive pilot.
The "yag" Is a little lower than the
hobo. The yag will sometimes walk. He
hates to, but he will. A hobo who grows
unprofessional In his demeanor Is called a
yag by his brethren.
A tramp well, we all know what a
tramp Is, though we too often In Maine
confound the tramp with the hobo the
head of the profession. The tramp walks.
Ho may bo a poor man looking for work
and ho frequently Is of that class. He
trudges the country roads, begs food of
the farmers, and -Is generally a poor stick.
Tramps hang around In certain sections,
begging and pilfering, until they are
driven away by the police. The hobo the
globetrotter the man of varied experience
and wide knowledge as untrammeled as
the birds that wing from the swamps of
the southland to the Summer-land the
hobo- will not deign to notice a tramp.
And still lower than the tramp Is the
bum the poor, shiftless drunkard, who
hangs around tho saloons In the cities'
sleeps on gratings arid picks up his pre
carious sustenance wherever he can.
There are "fly bums" who beg nickels and
dimes on the street corners with trembling
hands clutching at their collars; there are
"mouchers" who will try to draw sympa
thy by blistering the skin. There are the
old clothes bums who beg garments and
sell them to the second-hand dealers and
for all of these the hobo feels professional
scorn. When he rides into a place and Is
hungry, he doesn't go to the poor-looking
places to get something to eat. His motto
Is, "If ye want anything, ye gotter go
where It Is. The shanties don't have
more'n enough grub for themselves.' So
he goes up on what he calls the "main
drag," and he calls at a good-looking
house and usually gets what he wants.
Ordinarily the hotels will feed the real
hobos. Otherwise the real hobo will go
away and spread evil reports of that
house all along the country. He always
does that carelessly. No one would be
lieve a hobo's venomous report, but he
throws out little sympathizing statements
that so and so Is having hard luck be
cause bugs have got Into his house, etc.
Of course, that doesn't affect trade &o
far as the hobo Is concerned, but the
reports very speedily get among the trav
eling class that pays.
The true hobo" doesn't want money. He
has no wish to leave his life of freedom.
In that life he gets all hlshlftless na
ture demands. He intends to- carry a
quarter of a dollar, so that If arrested
he may escape the charge of being a
vagrant. Outside of that quarter, money
Is of no account. The possession of too
mtich of the coin of the realm would at
tach suspicion to him, were he arrested.
And a hobo never can tell when he la
to be searched. Whenever there has been
any robbery along the Ifne of railroad,
all the hobos are rounded up, A. hobo,
therefore, who was carrying a roll would
get into trouble the first day. Moreover,
If tha fraternity knew of his wealth, ho
would be relieved of his money In short
order by the gang. The hobo with 23
cents In his pocket can go hia way re
Jofcing.
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