The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-06

Tor n many instances lt was not deli
nItelv known until the middle Of Novem-
| Der who were actually elected as gov
ernorS. The editors review of the cleo
! ton and his discussion Of the results viii
attract wide attention. The editorial de-
partment entitled The Progress of the
! World is unusually extended this
month.
The Mothers Nursery Guide.
The December number of the
| Mothers Nursery Guide contains d valu-
/ able article on catarrhal affections. by
/ DR.. G. G.. Stout, which points out the
necessity Of attending to these troubles
at their earliest appearance in infancy.
| A talk on milk, by Or. Graham Lusk,
/ shows in what manner the natural food
! of children is superior to artificial, and
! DR. S. 4. Kline writes on certain laiia-
! cies concerning the use OF eyeglasses,
many parents enormously Withholding
! from their children the aid which We'll
/ selected glasses give to defective eyes.
/ The interesting "PerSOn;lI Experiences
/ in Home Training" are continued, hoii-
| dav books for children are discussed. and
there are a number Of "kirdergarten-at-
/ home Stories The mothers themselves
/ contribute entertaining letters to the
! Parliament" and DR.. L. NJ. Yale, the
medical editor, gives advice concerning
/ Sudden Weaving" Variety in Food, F"
! Contamination Of Well Water" and
many other nursery problems. The
present number begins the ninth volume
! OF this Indispensable mothers guide. 50
| a wear. Address Babyhood Publishing
| Comany, Beekman street, New York.
| The Cosmopolitan will mark its first
! edition of $50, 600 copies-rhat for Janu
| ary-by the offer of 1000 free scholar
ships. In return for introducing the
| Cosmopolitan into certain nelghhOrhoodS
! the Cosmopolitan offers to any young
man or woman free tuition, board, lodg-
! ing and laundry at Yale, Vassar, Har-
ward, or any of the leading colleges,
schools of art, music, medicine, OF sci
ence. They send out pamphlet on APP
plication telling how TO obtain one OF
! these free scholarships.
HarpGr's Magazine for December is
superb Christmas number, unexcelled IN
the quality of its contributions and in
the beauty of its illustrations. 1t opens
with an important descriptive article,
"a New Light on the Chinese" by
Henry Burden Mcdowell, fully iliustrat-
ell by Theodore Wores. Among its
It's many other striking features IS
play by Mary E. wilkins, entitled Giles
Corey, Yeomen," recalling the tragedies
attendant upon the strange wltchcraIt
delusion in Salem, Mass. 200 years ago.
It is admirably supplemented by four
fulI-page illustrations drawn by Howard
Pyle A series of five illustrations of
the ballad of Lord Bateman," drawn
by William Makepace Thackeray, and
here published for the first time, will
also attract much attention.
The Century for December falls into
the current of the Christmas feeling
with a number of features. First of all,
it has a beautiful and appropriate
special cover. In addition to this there
are five full page engravings of pictures
bv American artists on religious themes,
besides frontispece of a beautiful
Madonna and Child" by Dagnan-
Bouveret, one of the Choisest Of the
French artists, and a leader in the ten
dency TO revive the Christian sentiment
in art. The American artists thus con-
tributing are Simmons, Du Mond,
Thayer, Miss Macomber, and Blashiield,
the representative of the last being his
Salon picture of 1892, Ringing the
Christmas Bells" There are several
poems and stories rejecting the Christ
mas feeling, and more or less relating to
the holiday. These include My
Cousin Fanny" by Thomas Nelson Page;
Their Christmas Meeting" by Florence
Waters Snedeker; and discussions of
"The Effect of Scientific Study upon
Religious Beliefs" by Fl. S. Williams:
and OF The Problem OF Poverty by
Washington GLADDEN., and subjects re-
lating to child-life. such as Some Iene-
ment House Evils" by Lillian W. Belts;
The Prevention OF Blindness in Infants,
by Swan " Burnett, and series OF
poems about children entitled Some
More Boys" by James Whitcomb Riley,
with illustrations by kemble.
The Century announces that in the
January number will be humorous
sketch by Mark Twain, in his most di-
verting vein, entitled The el,O0J,O0V
Bark Note"
Beginning with the first of the new
wear with the Scrbner, Frances Hcdg-
son Burnett will contribute the first
serial to appear in magazine from her
pen for many years, entitled line one
Knew the Best Of All" II. c. Bunner
will furnish a series OF six sketches en-
titled Jersey Street and jersey Lane.
Illustrated. Robert Grant Will relate the
further experiences of Fred and Jose
phiue in a Sequel to the Reflections o.
Il Married Man" Illustrated. Harold
Frederic viii contribute political novel
OF great power entitled The Copper
head. Miss 5. B. Elliott, the author Of
Jerry" will write realistic
story of life among the Tennessee
nlountdineers. The Durket Sperret
Some unpublished letters Of Carlyle to
Edward Irving and others. dealing with
"a part Of CariyIs's life Tar different from
that brought out in the recent literature
Of Carlyle "reminiscences. R@coiiec;loUs
Of Lincoln and Sumner. bF the late
Marquis de Cu4moruu. B.th art cl-s
are fall of new matter. An artist -
Japan. b. Robert b.um, WHO Las Ju7i