Having perused well the chronicle of the week, the Vigilant Patriot views with alarm:

Indelicate insinuations concerning the personal ability and public integrity of the Secretary of War. (P. 2.)

The record of the retiring Vice Chancellor of Oxford. (P. 15.)

The predicament of an Iowa publisher whose Senator says his clients are broke. (P. 5.)

The new idea in education--ad-vertising. P. 15.) Decline in steel demand. (P. 23.)

New York. It is no better than when Dr. Straton left it. (P. 17.)

The noble German who proposes an American Loan. (P. 8.)

The complete shamelessness of the newspaper which New York owes to Chicago enterprise. (P. 20.)

The star-boarder at the Hotel AdIon. (P. 8.)

The cause of Massinghan's lament. (P. 20.)

A dubious inaugural in disjointed China. (P. 10.)

" An awkward though advanced chatauquean allegory " by the author of Liliom. (P. 14.)

A Frenchman's ill-considered boasting of well-concealed gold. (P. 8.)

" The latest artillery pieces and rifles " for a land of wars. (P. 10.)

An advertisement in Judge. (P. 20.)

Captain-General Primo Rivera, vying with Heaven. (P. 8.)