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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



THE FORUM. 



.Among the more important papers in 

 the June Forum are: "The Crisis in the 

 Chinch of England." by Francis Allston 

 Channing, P. M.; "The Value of Porto 

 Rico," by Robert T. Hill; "England's De- 

 cadence 'n the West Indies " by Brooks 

 Adams, and -'Some Light on the Canadian 

 Enigma. by A. Maurice Low. Educa- 

 tionists w^o have been contending that 

 teachers phould have equal professional 

 status with physicians will find some co- 

 gent arguments against their claim, in an 

 article by Dr. J. M. Rice, on ''Why Teach- 

 ers have no Professional Standing." Two 

 serious obstacles stand in the way. says 

 Dr. Rice, of such recognition being accorc!- 

 ed to the teachers. One is, that the teach- 

 ing diploma is of itself of so little value: 

 the other, that the teachers themselves 

 cannot agree upon the most eleme itary 

 points in educational matters. Although 

 doctors proverbially disagree on many 

 points, yet there are a great many on 

 which they do agree and which constitute 

 a wide platform on which all members of 

 the profession stand. The papers will 

 doubtless evoke much discussion in edu- 

 cational circles. Under the captain, 



'Insurance of Property against War 

 Risks." Lieu; -Com. W. W. Kimball, of 

 the "Vixen," calls-attention to the apathy 

 of the Government in respect to torpedo- 

 ttoats. Commander Kimball adopts a 

 satirical vein throughout his whole paper, 

 which, however, makes his remarks none 

 the less forceful; and he points out that, 

 while we have been dallying with the 

 submarine boat idea. France has availed 

 herself of all the details hitherto made 

 public, and has applied them in the tor- 

 pedo-boats she is now constructing. Com- 

 mander Kimbnll contends that torpedo- 

 boato, especially submarines, constitute 

 the best form of insurance against war 

 risks. 



REVIEW OF REVIEWS. 



for June just arrived as we go to press and 

 among other interesting and instructive 

 reading we note the following: ''The 

 Trusts a Rush to Industrial Monopoly," 

 by Byron W. Holt, which is the most ac- 

 curate and up-to-date list of the great cor- 

 porate monopolies that has yet appeared. 

 "Oliver Cromwell," by W. T. Stead and 

 "The Mormons in Mexico," by Charles W. 

 Kindrick. 



THE A TO Z OF PESSIMISM. 



Little babe,. 

 Mother's prayer. 

 Little boy, 

 Lots of dare. 

 College youth, 

 Football hair. 

 Fearless man, 

 Country air. 

 Pretty maid, 

 Lovely snare. 

 Little buggy, 

 Aged mare. 

 Priestlr priest. 

 Youthful pair. 

 Little kids, 

 Wear and tear. 

 Troubled life, 

 End in sight. 

 Drear despair, 

 Graveyard scene 

 That's, all I swear. 

 J. A., in New York Sun. 



