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206 turned it was found he had gained a verdict in both cases.

In a Georgia case, the judge giving the opinion says that "Montgomery C. J. was providentially prevented from presiding in this case." This may have been a whack at Montgomery C. J. or at the lawyer who argued it before the weary judge. This isn't quite as bad, however, as the theological slip of a Nebraska judge in a Supreme Court case, in which he holds that " the law pre sumes against the carrier unless he shows that it was done by the king's enemies or by such an act of God -as could not happen by the interven tion of man." His opinion of the relative posi tions of God and man recalls the story of the Adams County justice who had occasion to punish a party for gross profanity used in open court. " For taking the name of Almighty God in vain," said this worthy successor of Mr. Justice Shallow, " I shall fine you ten dollars, and for offending the dignity of this court you will pay a fine of fifty dollars and costs or go to jail."

LITERARY NOTES. A paper that will attract a wide circle of readers is Frances K. Willard's strong plea for " Scientific Temperance Instruction in the Public Schools" in the Arena for March. The world-wide reputation of the famous temperance and woman's advocate in sures a great audience for everything she writes, and her opinions always command respect.

The two chief characteristics of science — the thoroughgoing quality of its research and the won derful progress that it gives to the arts — are both prominent in The Popilar Sc1ence Monthly for March. The opening article is a vivid illustrated description of "The Birth of a Sicilian Volcano," by Prof. A. S. Packard. In a fully illustrated article on " Copper, Steel, and Bank-note Engraving," the various divisions of the engraver's art, and some of the measures taken to prevent counterfeiting of bank bills, are clearly explained by C. W. Dickinson, Jr. Mr. Bela Hubbard undertakes to point out "The Les son of the Forest Fires," a terrible feature of which in 1894 was the loss of life involved. In an article on " Scientific Method in Board Schools," Prof. H. E. Armstrong, F. R. S., makes it plain that what

scientists are calling for in education is the teaching of the method, not the facts of science. " The Mother as a Power for Woman's Advancement " is a. wholesome and feeling view of the woman question, by Mrs. Burton Smith, an earnest Southern woman.-

The Atlant1c Monthly for March contains the opening chapters of a striking serial entitled " The Seats of the Mighty," by Gilbert Parker. It deals with the life and adventures of a young captain in a Virginia regiment, afterwards of Amherst's regiment at the time of the fall of Quebec. It will run through several numbers, and is one of this popular author's most powerful stories. Fiction is further represented by the first installment of a two-part story by Grace Howard Peirce, entitled " Gridou's Pity," and addi tional chapters from Mrs. Ward's serial, " A Singu lar Life." Two papers of importance'are " Immigra tion " and " Naturalization," by H. Sidney Everett, and the second of Mr. J. M. Ludlow's papers, " Some Words on the Ethics of Co-operative Production.

Elbr1dge T. Gerry sets forth the reasons why in his opinion capital punishment should be revived, in an article entitled " Must We Have The Cat-o-ninetails? " which appears in the March number of the North Amer1can Rev1ew. Among the short ar ticles published in this number are " How to Prevent Strikes and Lockouts," by Stockton Bates; "The Political Importance of Hawaii," by Lieut. J. A. Harman, U. S. A., "Past Extra Sessions," by Charles M. Harvey; " The Danger of the Federal Judiciary," by Henry Wollman, and " Banks for the People," by Lee J. Vance.

In variety and significance of theme, wealth of illus trations and eminence of contributors, McClure's Magaz1ne for March will be found a very notable number. Such names as W1n. E. Gladstone, A. Conan Doyle, and Stanley J. Weyman are sufficient to establish the reputation of any publication, and when to these are joined many other celebrities, one may be sure of finding a tempting feast provided for him. The number is by far the best yet issued.

One of the most important projects ever under taken by Scr1bner's Magaz1ne begins in the March number with the first installment of President E. Benjamin Andrews's dramatic narrative, "A History of the.Last Quarter-Century in the VJnited States." The first installment deals with the United States at