Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-18

My Political Friends" Senator Justin
8. Morrill,; Our Need Of Merchant
Vessels" Hon. Eugene T. Chamberlain
1.-The Protective Features Of Section
49," DIR. Joseph Nimmo, Jr.; "The
Impending Deficiency of Bread-stuffs,"
C. Wood Davis; Statistics versus So
cialism." Hon. w. T. Harris; THE
Hereditary OF Acquired Character
istics," Prof Cesare Lombroso; Inter
national Bimetalism," Edward Tuck
and Hon. w. Morton Grinnell; uni
versities and the Higher Education Of
Women" Naval Warfare" Past and
Present" and Paul Verlaine."
The Outlook.
| Perhaps the most striking feature IL
the October Magazine Number Of The
| Outlook Is the very finely illustrated
article on "Chicago's new Public Ii
brary," written by Mr.. Forrest Crissey.
| The series of articles on THE Higher
Life in European Cities" is brought to
an end with one on Berlin" by Baron
| Hermann Won Soden. Quaint and
| beautiful pictures accompany paper
| by Mr.. Walter Hyams on WHISKY" the
| picturesque and ancient Hanseatic is
| land town. The Outlook has lately
been printing short series of articles
| which attempt to show what the CEN
| fury has done for health and comfort;
| the last of these articles in the current
magazine issue is on Progress in Rail-
| way Travelling" and consists Of
| special interview with Chauncey NJ.
Depew. The installment for the month
of Mr.. Justin McCarthy's STORY of
| GladstOne's Life" covers a most impor-
tant period in the statesman's career.
A short story Of stirring episodes in
revolutionary time is written by M.
Everett T. Tomlinson. The news de-
partments. reviews of books, etc. etc,
are, as always, full and suggestive.
L'Art de Ia Mode.
The Morse Broughton Co. announce
several changes in their popular
| fashion journals. LArt de la Mode
has been united with LIE Charme and
the October issue of the combined
books shows a great advance over any
| thing that this well-known house has
yet published. A new Autograph cover,
two pages of special patterns of the
| latest Paris designs, nearly one hum
dred illustrations of the newest ideas
in dress. eight beautiful colored plates.
and several pages of the latest fashion
news in English and German, make
this one of the most useful journals
published for dressmakers.
1hs Hypnotic Magazine.
"Fallacies of the Greed Called Chris
| tan Science is the title of the opening
article in the Hypnotic Magazine for Oc-
| tober Other leading articles are: DE
mon Possession, Does it Exist in China?"
| by William Lee Howard, NJ. d. Reports
| of the Illinois College of Psychology; the
Chicago School of Psychology. and the
Kingston School of Suggestive Thera-
pautics; "Telepathy. Clairvoyance. or
WHAT" by w. J. Colvile. The editor
discusses the theories of theosophy as set
| forth by Mrs. Besant, and the inquiry
department is especially given up to ex-
periences in mind-reading and clairvoy-
ance.
The North American Review.
| An important feature of The North
| American Review for October is the
| opening article from the pen of the Right
| Rev. Henry c. Potter d. D., bishop OF
| New York, entitled MAN and the Ma
| chine" Prescott F. Hall writes interest
ingly on Immigration and the Educa-
tional Test" and a timely contribution on
college Discipline" is furnished by Da-
vid Starr Jordan, president of Leland
| Stanford, Jr., University. Space is de-
| voted to a consideration by Benjamin
| Micou, former chief clerk of the navy de-
| rtp of sVTnrna1n RnafS in Naval
| Warfare" and John Charlton. NJ. F.,
forcibly discusses Canada and the Ding
| ley Bill" Charles II. Cramp, the we'll
known shipbuilder. treating of 1.-The
| Coming Sea-Power," describes the phe-
nomenal progress of Japan in the devel-
opment of her power on the sea. Under
| the caption of 1.-The Silver Question two
valuable papers are given dealing with
| this topic, viz; Its Present Status by
the Hon. r. P. Bland, and "India's Case
| for Silver" by A. S. GhOsh professor of
economics in Calcutta University. pa
per of marked significance on Some I'm
portant Results of the Jubilee" is con-
| tributed by Mr.. Andrew Carnegie. Other
subjects considered are: 1.-The Tenure of
| the Teachers Office by E. l.. Cowdrick;
| Health and Beauty" by Dr. Cyrus Ed
| son, and "Shall We Tax the Human
Leg?" by VIM. Everett Hicks.