The Iola register., 1891-10-02

available for that purpose Is limited,
so unless we can draw supply suffi-
cient for the needs of vegetation from
the clouds there is no hope for the re-
demption of that region. With even
moderate rainfall, it would become one
Of the most productive portions OF our
country. Recently the Department OF
Agriculture at Washington has been
conducting rain-iaaking experiments
in western Texas, under the manage
ment of General Robert G. Davenforth,
which have been remarkably success
ful and give pror ise of wonderful re-
suits. In the O. ober number of the
NORTH american Reviet0 General Da-
venfo-th gives the practical details of
his operations and the success attend
ing them. In the same number of the
Reuie,c, Prof. Simon Newcomb, L. L.
D., of Washington, gives the scientific
ground upon which the Agricultural
Department bases its expectations Of
success. The article is one of the most
interesting and valuable that has ever
been published on the subject.
Some idea of what the illustration
of magazine means, may be obtained
from the announcement that the pub
fishers of the Cosmopolitan paid Mad
eleine Lemaire for the illustrations of
"Three Women of the Comedie Fran
caisen ten times the amount paid for
the article. Madame Lemaire is one
of the most famous of French illustra-
tors, and her work in the Cosmopoli-
tan this month is accompanied by that
of Kate HI. Greatorex, A. F. Jacassy,
IF. G.. Atwood, Dan. G. Beard, w. HI.
Goater, F. G. S. Bryce, G. r. Grant
and others. The illustration of the
Cosn,opolitdn has always been one of
its special features, but this month it
exceeds in this respect all previous
numbers. Amelie Rives' striking
story According to st. John" is
brought to a dramatic close in this
number. No other piece of current
ficticn by an American antkor has at
tracted so wide attention as this tale
of Paris life, and the concluding pages
fully sustain the interest awakened
by the earlier chapters. The chief
feature of the number however Is an
article OH Cincinnati by the man who
Is most capable Of preparing some
thing interesting ON that city-Murat
Halls alstead-illustrated by sketches by
Jacassy, who visited Cincinnati for
that purpose.
Mr.. B. F. Hutchinson Of Chicago,
better known as "Old Hutch" Col.
Henry Waterson, and the Hon. Fred
douglass are among notable contribu-
tors to the October North american.
Scri6ner's Magazine for October Is
led by the fourth article in the series
on "Great Streets of the World.n Mr..
Story, the eminent American sculptor
and writer, who has spent most OF
/ his life in that city, writes "The Corso
of Rome" recalling its medieval
glories, and giving many personal
"reminiscences of his sojourn there,
with picturesque descriptions of the
street as 1t exists at the present day,
its palaces, monuments, churches and
public buildings, and vivid account
of the Carnival in its gayest days
the races of the Barberi, and the clos
night, when thousands of WAX tapers
are lighted and carried about the
street. The illustrations for this arti-
Gle are by Ettore Tito, a Roman artist,
who has caught the spirit of this most
historic street. There are also several
very entertaining out-of-door articles
Archibald Rogers's adventures in
Hunting American Big Came" and
with it DIR. J. n. Halls short paper
on the factions of Wounded Ami
mails" which sportsmen will find OF
very practical interesti Edward l..
) Wilson's biography of the Oyster" "
from the planting of the seed to the
market; and Major J. w. Powell's ac-
count of the origin and probable eff
fects of the new lake in the Colorado
Desert. The fiction In this issue In.
cludes long and amusing instalment
of "The Wrecker," by Robert Louis
Stevenson and Lloyd Osborne; de-
tective story, captain Black" by
Charles E. Carryl; and tale of the
classic days of Greece and Rome by
DR.. Ernst schottky, a German resi-
dent of New York, who originally
wrote this tale in her mother tongue.
A paper on "Carlyle's Politics." as re-
vealed in his essays-with poems and
the Poirt of fView-completes strong
number.
The October Century will conlain a
frontispiece of Rudyard Kipling and
Ian. article on his work by Edmund
Gosse. Mr.. Gosse says that Kipling
was born in Bombay in Christmas
week, 1865, and is therefore only in his
twentv-sixth year. This number OF
, the Century contains also an article on
'"The Press and Public Men," by the
the well-known Washington cores
pondent, Gen. H. V. Boynton.
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