Show I CURRENT PUBLICATIONS In the Indrppiidont of January 11th President Arthur T Iladlry writes nilher dlHeouragedy of Qui Standard of Pn llllcal Morality A Successful Colonial Government by Dr George PJ Groff 1 tells of the amazing progress nmda under American auspice In Porto Rico 1resi dent Jamep 1 1111 writes of Our Paclilc foasl Development One of tim finest articles w liavo HOPII on the South African war la ICverelt P WheelerH I Tho loris 1 IIIK of a Ciiiil People Them are many other good things also lit the number Tho Independent New York In tho Living Ago for January 13th J W Martin discusses The Trnnd In Amor lean CI ties with ho usual I unfavorable judprnont West African Problem Mt onitiiro us a Pursuit and ns a Profession Tho Great Poul of ISngland and Hood fiction and poetry I grace I be publication L Tho Living Age Company Boston The Chlenfjo TlmosIIorald of December 31st sixtyfour pages I ho same size its Clio Salt l ike Trlbuno correnpondlnR number and also time January lt > l number num-ber are sent as Il sample of Twentieth Century journalism which Is a little premature as wo shall have to wait almost al-most a year yet before wo cjin see a specimen of that The Issues are lino papers though having excellent reviews of Chicagos startling growth and Industrial Indus-trial development Tho showings mule In every department arc grand nothing like them Wero ever cen bcforo In tho world Tho Victor Telephone Journal for January Jan-uary has an exceedingly neat and tasteful appearance It Is I tho second number and Is the publication of tho ocmpuny whoso name It lakes The contents ore devoted to telephone matters and It hi l antagonistic an-tagonistic to the Bell service The various Illustrations arc well presented and the publication evidently represents an Im rnonsc business Tho Victor Telephone Journal Chicago Tho Baltimore Sun Amanac for 1900 Is especially full on Maryland statistics election returns and presentatIon of local societies and affairs But It has also much general matter of Interest and value for reference and Is a very creditable publication I The Baldwin Primer By May Kirk American Book company Chicago A neat and wellarranged llttlo primer for Limo beginner It hits a number of nicely colored pictures atiractlvo to tho eye and Illustrations In black abound Patents and How to Make Money Out of Them By W B Hutchinson of the New York bar D Van Nostrand Company Com-pany publishers New York A popularly wrllton work on patents generally pat entofilco practice trademarks copyrights copy-rights and patents commercially considered consid-ered It has Information how to obtain patents and points out what to do with them Sl IllS aluablo hints by way of gelling value out their use The appendix contains various forms of assignments and coulracts and In general covers the field specified In tho title In a satisfactory way A good Index completes a work valuable val-uable In Its line |