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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



book of the transcontinental railways put up for fifty cents. The 

 Argosy, Strand, Munsey's, and Cosmopolitan were the ruling maga- 



zines during my visit, and each of these could be had for seventy-five 

 cents a number. 



Regretfully must it be said that the female portion of the popula- 

 tion does not sustain the male either in character or diversitv. I tried 



