Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-29


west, The Strike in Piuon Gulch:"
Will N. Harden one OF the south,
Matt Digby's Meddling," and Lieut..
Charles Dudley Rhodes one of the
army. 1.-The Recall of Fathers"
Yet shorter stories are "McGheo-
ghan's Lapse" by the late Prof. Will
lis mberlin. and From Four to
Five" by e. X. F. Charles Morris
gives an account OF Tho Railroad
Invasion of ASIA" j. Kumpei Matu-
motto exnlains the mysteries of 1.-The
Tea Ceremony of Japan" and Alva
F. Sanborn describes The Great
Market Of Paris" 1.-The Whole Duty
of Woman. as Understood in the 14th
Century," is an interesting paper by
Emily b. Stone. with quotations,
which read somewhat loosely now,
from documents of that age. AS q
pendant to this, Prof. II. ii. Boyesen
has n lively and extremely modern
article on 1.-The New Womanhood. :"
The June number OF The Book
man is especially interesting this
month under it's department., The
Reader" All the. departments
of this literary journa! are up to
the usual high standard. but in
this number it excels in the varie-
ty and Importance OF its miscellane.
Gus contributed articles. Under the
"Reminiscences of the Poet Whit
tier" it has a second paper con-
tanning some letters of the poet hith-
erto unpublished. There is an illus
trated article on 1.-The Moral Aspect
of the Artistic Poster" and a paper
on ..Stevenson's Literary Work in
College" DR.. Robertson Nicoll un-
carths The First Published Writings
of MIR. Ruskin," and DIR. H. L. Peck
celebrates The Rise of George
Moore" Miss Beatrice Harraden,
universally known as the author OF
..Ships That Pass in the Night" has
placed her impressions Of California
life on record for the first time un-
der the title .'Ranch Life in Califor-
MIA" Mr.. Mabie continues his lit
erary studies on Books and Gull
turc," and in his London letter. DIR.
Robertson Nicoll writes of 1.-The
Young Poets of England" and MIR.
Sherard of Daudet's visit to London
in his Paris letter.
Most readers will be surprised to
learn, as anyone may from an excel
lent illustrated article in McClure's
magazine for: July, how the telegraph
has now crept into the remo,est
crannies of the earth. and is trans
hitting its hundreds of millions OF
messages a year at constantly les
sening cost in money and trouble to
the public. The same number con-
tains dramatic chapter from the
history of Tammany-the autocrat
reign of Tweed, with all it's barbaric
and illicit splendors, splendors
maintained by the theft of untold
millions of public money. An arti-
Gle by Sir Robert Ball. professor OF
astronomy in the university of Cam
bridge, England, shows that recent
scientific discoveries tend to support
the theory that other planets. as well
as the earth, maintain life. Hamliu
Garland describes the home and stu.
dio life of Edward Kemeys. and re-
lates. mainly in MIR. Kemeys' own
words, how, without instruction and
under the irresistible urgency OF
natural bent. he became sculptor
of frontier life and wild animals.
Portraits of kemeys and reproduc
tions of his chief sculptures illus
trate the paper. Cy Warman, the
poet engineer, describes ride or
the locomotive of London and Pari.
express. Cleveland Moffett supplies
from the Pinkerton archives, . his
tory of the stealing of an expires:
parce! containing Sal 900. and Of thu
discovery of thief and the recover,
of most of the money after years o.
search and pursuit.
Scribner's magazine for July con
tains several articles that arc par
ticularly adapted to the season
questions that interest people in
early summer. The leading articl
is Life at the Athletic Clubs" b,
Duncan Edwards, who was a famou
college athlete aud has retained :
keen interest in every form of ath
|, letic sport. His article has the al
vantage of being written by one wh'
has personal knowledge of TIL
clubs which he describes, in man,
, large cities. 1t is particularly full
OF descriptions Of outdoor life at thi
season of the year, at Travers Island
the Crescent. the Orange, and othe
: clubs that have country as well a
city houses. All lovers OF outdoo
sport will be glad that Mr.. Edward
favors the present attitude of tn
larger clubs in which competitiv,
sports are being softened into
general pursuit of exercise. open
air life. and good fellowship. Tn
illustrations in this article are fulle
than have been ever attempted il
single paper. numbering nearl
!, forty. and representing clubs iron
New York to San Francisco. Ano' he
very timely article is Robert Grant
discussion of The Summer Prob
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