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knowledge of or to utter those names.
It is ns if yon had asked them to speak
"Horaiius at the Bridge" or otherwise
put oil airs.
Again , in the rapid settlement of a
new country , it would be quite possible
for a stream to be christened in diverse
styles at different points in its course ;
and this would introduce a now element
of discord.
So , whether the first names were
smothered , lost sight of or disagreed
upon , it is little wonder that spots de
scribed in books of even forty years ngo
are sometimes hard to identify. The
publishers of the 1884 atlas came in con
tact with this difficulty ; they speak in
the preface to their work of "many per
plexing difficulties which have arisen
records imperfectly kept or entirely de
stroyed , leaving us dependent upon the
oldest residents for much necessary in
formation. "
The newspapers
of fcho country are
TUUST. . . , /
finding in these
days that the paper trust is a heavy in
cubus to carry. A little over a year ago
the companies which manufacture near
ly all the roll paper which is used in this
country organized so tight a trust that
they have been able to run up the price
more than 50 per cent , and this is suffi
cient to make a very serious difference
to all newspapers with a large circula
tion. In several cities the prices of the
'daily papers have already been raised.
In Denver the Rooky Mountain News ,
The Republican , The Times , and the
Post , have issued a notice of an increase
in price , while the Chicago dailies an
ticipated the rise in cost of material and
doubled their prices some time since.
An active agitation in favor of the re
moval of the tariff duties on wood pulp
and news printing paper has been com
menced and it has the support of a host
of newspapers throughout the country
without distinction of party.
Not such a great while ago news
printing paper sold for 2.47 cents per
pound , and now the regular price for
the same paper is 8.75 cents , showing an
advance of 1.28 cents per pound , or a
little over 50 per cent. This makes a
great difference with any newspaper
having a large circulation and a low
subscription price. The daily newspa
pers in new York cioy consume 845 tons
of paper every twenty-four hours , and
by the increase in price the trust will
every day take more than $10,000 out of
the publishers of these journals in excess
of former profits. The trust is said to
own thirty-five out of thirty-eight roll
paper mills , and , what is worse , it owns
all the available wood supplies to make
the pulp.
There is a duty of one-sixth of a cent
per pound on wood pulp chemically
prepared and one-tenth of a cent per
pound on pulp mechanically prepared
The duty on paper amounts to 85 per
cent ad valorem. These duties enable
the trust to shut out foreign material
and foreign manufacturers of paper , so
ihat it is easier for them to advance
prices than it would otherwise be. If
ihere is anything in the proposition ,
which has been strongly advocated , of
repealing duties upon products on
which the trusts have raised prices un
reasonably , this increase in paper price
affords a good chance to make an appli
cation of it. The Enquirer can see no
good reason why republican members of
congress should refuse to make wood
pulp and news printing paper free under
; he tariff. It would not only help to
break the back of the paper trust , but
would be a warning to all other tmsts
; o mend their ways. Oakland Enquirer.
HOOKS I1Y E. P. EVANS.
Animal Symbolism in Ecclesiastical Archi-
; ecture. Profusely illustrated. Win. Heine-
nnnn , London ; Henry Holt < fc Co. , Now Yorlc ,
1890.
1890.Evolutional
Evolutional Ethics and Animal Psychology.
D. Appleton & Co. , New York ; \Vm. Heine-
maim , London. 1808.
Boitrago zur Amerikanlschen Litteratur and
Kultur Geschichte. Cotta : Stuttgart. 1898.
The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Puii-
shment of Animals. With two illustrations.
Win. Heinemann , London.
BOOKS IIY ELIZABETH E. EVANS.
The Abuse of Maternity. Published by
Liippincott. Philadelphia , 1875.
Laura , an American Girl. Lippincott , Phila
delphia , 188J.
A History of Religions. Truth Seeker Co. ,
Now York , 1892.
The Story of Kaspar Hauser. Sonnenschein
& Co. , London , 1892.
The Story of Louis XVII of Franco. Son
nenschein & Co. , London , 1893.
Transplanted Manners , ( a novel ) . Sonnen-
schoin & Co. , London , 1895.
Confession , ( a novel ) . Sonnenschein & Co. ,
London , 1895.
FerdinandLassallo and Helene von Donniges ,
A Modern Tragedy. 1897.
( In Press , Truth Seeker Co. , Now York ) .
The Christ Myth.
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