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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1875
Page
3
The Nursery issue shines with fresh Maylike charm and delightful tales. Children praise The Doll-Baby Show, and readers note a German translated tale The Little Culprit as a standout mix of fun and pathos. Illustrations accompany quality pictures throughout.
Ballou's Magazine for May is out and presented in fresh spring style with prose and poetry. Published by Thoman & Talbot of Boston the issue boasts thousands of readers nationwide and includes a chromo with each subscription.
The issue features a J. K. Gelch portrait, Express Charges, Winter Feeding, Pigeon Fancy, and a seasonable Poultry pedigrees article by George P. Burnham. It covers Black-breasted Red Games, various poultry notes, associations, extensive mentions of the fancy, and practical hints on pig care and swine diseases from Ward & Darrah, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Special correspondence from London and Berlin cover modern English comedy church conflict in Prussia notes on Tyndall Indo China and China reviews and the North American Review with April Books of the Week and Fine Arts items including an Academy of Design exhibition.
A condensed listing of short stories and poems in a May issue featuring Golden Hours for May Steam and the Steam Engine and The Fate of Charlie Hilison illustrated works including The Fountain from the German Benny's Temptation The Queen of May The Cuckoo Warbling of Blackbirds The Trailing Arbutus illustrated New York Tribune Seed Time About Egypt Sharpy Thorn or the Power of Kindness Jackalls illustrated The Grandfather's Picture The Boa Constrictor The Madcap Prince and his Fearless Judge Elizabeth Haywood A Spring Shower Child Life at Maple Shade Chapters IX X by Fanny E. Landon Help your Partner by Mrs O W Scott May Dew illustrated
The periodical reaches issues eleven and twelve of a forty part series. It is praised for novelty and merit, exceptional printing and handsome illustrations. Priced at 25 cents per number, sold by subscription from The Aldine Company, 58 Maiden Lane, New York.
Under Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground the Gardener's Monthly for April offers helpful hints for tree planting while the Editor condemns planting in formal clumps. It also highlights practical gardening tips by Geo. Corbett and J. H. on Pelargoniums Maranta Mahoyana and Mesembryanthemum Cordifolium Variegatum.
The Living Age announces two April numbers with Modern Astronomy from London Quarterly Review and Abode of Snow installments, plus The Debt of English to Italian Literature, The Metaphysics of Conversion, and Coleridge letter. Features include Alice Lorraine and Fated to be Free, with fifty-two numbers yearly. Subscriptions from Littell and Gay, Boston, at $8 annual or $10.50 with any American 4 monthlies.
The May St Nicholas is packed with humor for children. Rose Terry's Poll Tadpole poem captures the season’s metamorphosis, with a funny scene of Poll in his puddle before becoming a frog. Church provides a lively picture full of the artist’s humor and a sharp comic entrance.
The passage praises the monthly magazine for children. It highlights Poor Puck and Queen Mab in verse, a Very Little Folks tale with five pictures, back in the Pulpit humor, and girls stories by Susan Woolidge and others. It notes May day tale Queen Blossom with Fredericks illustration and practical articles on Heraldry and the Feast of Flags. The reviewer envies children the magazine’s monthly happiness.
The May issue features a descriptive illustrated open paper on a trip up the Parras and in Paraguay. It includes a poem by Edward Kearsley, a vivid study of Alexander Delmar on Overworked Women, Spring Joy verses by Miss Lazarus, and essays on Frederic Lemalétre and Northward to High Asia. Frank Vincent Jr contributes a piece. Behind their Fans and Three Feathers appear, with The Monthly Gossip and other papers.
The Galaxy for April offers installments of three serial stories four or five poems a short tale A Ring With Two Lions a prose adaptation of As You Like It by Charles Lamb and essays by Eli Reclus Dr T M Coan and Geo L Austin including a Michel Angelo sketch with rare archival pages My Farm at the Five Mile Stone chronicles New York’s quarter century growth and the science literature and gossip sections present broad reading fare.
The May Galaxy highlights Biography with three features including a portrait of Louis II of Bavaria by General Elie Reclus, a Rosa sketch as Last of the Old Masters, and a Kauffman piece. It also includes a Miss Clive story, a short poem by an unnamed contributor, poems by Bourdillon Pratt and Mrs. Dodge, linguistics by White, three serials, and standard society notes and Nebula items.
The May Scribner's Monthly features Gilbert Stuart's three fold portrait of Madame Patterson-Bonaparte of Baltimore, a history of the Baltimore Bonapartes, and a study of the New Paris Opera House. Col Waring’s Droogmakerij covers Haarlem drainage, a major civil engineering project, with accessible writing for general readers.
A dense survey of current periodicals highlights Scribner May contents with essays and fiction by Holland Cable Hawthorne and Verne, plus a feature on President Lee. Blackwood's and The Overland Monthly offer literary and travel pieces, poetry by Miller and Woolbrith, and remarks on art, science, and culture.
A Brigham Young wife quipped that hearing the Sultan of Turkey had 700 wives made her feel mortified she thought her husband had let an outlandish foreigner beat him in that line. Wifely pride for you.
A local reflection warns that charging small purchases drains funds, erodes discipline, and should be avoided when cash is needed. It recounts a Washington tale of Job Dowling to illustrate laziness and comic consequences in a candid, period voice.
A historical note on Prince Imperial and Prince Alfonso at Woolwich Academy. It praises their conduct and discipline while recounting occasional youthful duels. The piece analyzes character, hopes for their future success, and anchors it in honor and magnanimity.
A Paris station estimates wartime outlay on France at 6.6788 billion francs in main items such as indemnity interest and requisitions, with pensions, damages, and reorganization swelling the total to 13 billion francs. It notes the earning rate of three days’ work averages one franc and a quarter, implying a large labor burden. Ends with an ad urging bulbs from Vick for lilies and gladioli.
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