The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-08-03

lntoreetGu In tIeSlueOt henry nOItou . ~
ticle on Electricity In Lighting"-the
third In the series which was begun In the
June issue. Professor Morton takes the
reader with him into the great factories
where the dynamos ana glow-lamps are
actually made, and entertain!ngly exp aims
the processes. Many of the illustrations
are from photographs taken at the facto-
ries while the men and women were AZ
work. This issue contains four complete
short stories, by Brander Mthews, II. IL.
Boyesen, +. G. Martin and George Parsons
Lsthrop, the last named writing a tale OF
the future entitled, "The New Poverty"
which should interest the many readers OF
MIR. Bellamy's Looking Backward" Mr..
Lathrop's story was written before the pub
LEGATION OF that volume, and pictures the
days when poverty will be as much sought
after as wealth now Is.
The August Magazine Of american Has.
tori Is a model Of elegance, and as usual
the number is we'll filed with admirably
written and valuable papers. DR.. Ever
EFT s Earliest American People" touches
upon theme dear to every antiquarian
re ader, and 1t Is 90 presented as TO interest
alike the old and the young, the wise and
the unlesrned. "England's Struggle with
the American Colonies" by DIR. William
NJ. Taylor, is a scholarly article OF diff
ferent character. The eminent author
traces the events In England, the needless
Misunderstanding and the crude mistakes
which led TO the war of the Revolution,
and bestowed upon the colonies their indie
pendence, and he does 1t with such SKILL
intelligence and power, that fresh life Is
infused into the narrative, and one OF the
best condensed accounts Of this part OF
our history exsant Is the result. Hon. j.
o. Dykman concludes his series OF papers
of "The Last Twelve Days of Major An
Founding of Post Vincennss," MIR. Will
liam 5. Pelletreau, "The Philipse Patent
In the Highlands" Mrs. Lamb, "The Gen.
eraI Society of Mechanics and Trades
men" President Merrill E. Gates, Life
and its Activities" and there Is beautiful
l"Tribute to Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes"
from the Editor. The frontispiece Of the
numbe is an excellent portrait of AleXan-
der Hamilton.
A genuine midsummer number Is 1hS
Century for August, with its opening artl-
Gle on /" The Stream of Pleasure-the Riv-
er Thames" by the Pennells,-husband
and wife,-who have written about and
infinitely pictured that gay and thronged
resort of boats and boaters. Little and big,
there are twenty pictures in this article
alone. Mrs Foote'S afternoon at Ranch
, has also midsummer air. and all inland
, vacationists will find matter OF interest In
DR.. Wear Mitehell's profusely illustrated
article on The Poison of Serpents."-a
line of inquiry In which he has made i'm
) portant discoveries. Remington. artist and
writer, describes with pen and pencil his
outings with the Cheyennes; and a group
of welLknown wood engravers-described
with drawings and eugravings by each, a
, wood engrsver's camp on the Connecticut
river. OF other articles nothing is more
important than the chapters of the Lincoln
History, which describe The Chicago
Surrender" Conspiracies In the North y
and "Llncoln and the Churches" The
KEENAN, series describes State Criminals
at the Kara Mines" Geo. W. Cable gives
the true and extraordinary history of " The
Haunted House In Royal Street, Edward
s Bellamy, has short story called "A Pos
: tive Romance" and In this number is
begun three-part story by Joel Chandler
Harris, entitled THE Old Bascom Place.
; The frontisplce of this number of the
r Magazine Is portrait of Alfred Tenpyson
no august Dt. ~ V(ltOtUS DCStuo "Au
one of Mary Hallock Foote'S inimltab!e
drawings. 1t contains full and interest
s ing article by DR.. Jastrow, concerning the
r late Miss Laura Bridgman, with portrait
George Wharton Edwardss story, Little
Menan Light" will be found to furnish
pathos for the girl readers, heroism for the
boys, and some excellent bits of character
s study for their elders. Miss Howells, con.
. tributes bit of verse called "Sweet
Peas" DR.. Charles S. Robinson offers tC
mathematicians some curious speculations
' as to the present value of An Egyptian
I Girls Gold Necklace if its value is re-
garded as having increased at compound
interest for over 5000 years. "A Summer
Pirate" a breezy story of sharp yacht
! racing and another with more distinctly
marine flavor is "a Mutiny on Gold
Ship" Those who care for good diaIec,
: stories will greatly enjoy The Shag Back
: Panther" Joaquin Miller tells a novel
8 story of Western life, and Mary E. Wilk
1 ms has story entitled THE Little Persian
Princess"