Show Literary Kale The April nuinlwr of that de lervcdiy lopularmonthly magazine ScrAiicr is as full of informations eve r Frederick W WliitriiJge the well known Yew wel York lawyer con trlbutri a pungent article on The m Citizen i niirlitt a < < a householder I I 1 A curious phenomenon in virtue of which electric cars arc aided In acendlng heavr grades is alluded to by Joseph Wctlerin hl vxcellcnt artlcloon TieElectric arlclo on e Eecrc hallway This phenomenon which was prob aMy fIrst observed bjrXco Daft at his works in Greenville P 152 U that wben the current passes from the carwheel to tho track It caused an Increased friction or resistance to sliding between I them the result of which is that tupping Is to a large degree pre1 I vented and heavier grades can L I i attempted The explanation of this < phenomenon though completely ntablishni seems t lie in the direction I di-rection of a slight welding action whi h taken place between the wheel and j he rail caused by the I I heat generated by the current Miss Sarah siiemlin Orne lint Jtuett winter who In lets Florida been I furnlfhcsa story entitled TlieXcw York MethuseUh discribiug the istrorbi of an eccentric New Ktminl I philosopher to rear a chill i I Ing to theories that would prolong Its life for several centuries WA I Unit liar I notable l rrticlo on Co I operaUve Home Winulng wlUi Illustration gathered from New York t Ban Francisco A visit to Clurea Iumbs Grave In the Edmonton Ed-monton Churchyard pictnrequely described liy Itenjamln Kills Martin William F Apthorp the non musical critic makcfi a sharp attack on Wagnerian Extrrmlst and I A visit to tho Sheik Mohammed AlMlilInhnr IVitmvm b trail toll by Fntlerlck Jonea UliF Time II Icilratlonsgenerally are fully uji to the average Tlie m iazliie Ii published pub-lished IIJ C Scrllineri Son New York pricv 23 cents We leave to acknowledge at o the rrctipt of a copy of Jicffordi Maya rc for April a book which occupies occu-pies a conspicuous jilarc among time best American monthlies Following Follow-ing 1 the table of contents The Free Coinage of Silver Limo Example Ex-ample of Mexico yr It Scudder Jr Winded Wonls a sonnet HXI id U s elI Uelder Celebrated Men of time Day I Huxley in Private Julian Haw Uiorne Florence Camnbclls Fate a story lichen I Gardner Charity a rocmCHnton Scollard TceUullet Hole an episode Ernest De Lanccy Picr on h Balder and Ioeta poem George II Stockbridge A Revolt a fl1 le L Comtese de Kappclle ArUtos and the People a poem John Ransom Bridge Communism in China and Corns Col Charles ChaillivLong Books Worthy of nj Note iMula Chandler Moultou and IJev E Everett Hale DD Qiestlon a poem Rev Francis P Ward Wanted a Christian Confession Confes-sion of Faith Frederick T Jon The Poets Bong a poem Margaret Crosby Editorial department The Political Usss of T by Senator Edmund DuJIrylsrn A Lesson for Importers Passing otc Reviews Re-views The LIly Among Thorn by n n A u n Ut and Other Ply by Uenrik lEssen The Bondman by Hall Caine Into Morocco by Iierre Loll On the Wing Through Europe by F C Sessions Book notice His Bosom Friend a complete novel by Homer Greene Publbhed by Belfonl Co 1S22 East Eighteenth Street corner cor-ner Broadway New York Price LS9 psr annum p Tho April S Xaiiit JJagccine contains a complete novelette by the Marquis of Irf > roe papers on < European lecton lu tte Tao laln Am I 1 Xoelb and On BorrowIng Bb Editor D Menls Lit ltr cry W3ylde IlluStrated treats I of Bnlr and other writers and I the LIght Moods i l aggressive and humorous as ever There ne several good oems and other lea tunes Price 15 cents Published St Louis Mo |