Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-09

a stirring tails Of adventure IN this
weeks issue OF the Youths Companion.
II u story Of personal experience In
the wllds u Africa by Sir Henry NJ
Stanley. and tells Of thrilling oncoun-
ter with the natives. during the famoun
travellers explorations. OF the Lake vic-
toria Nyanza
Kimberley and the Rsnd'' L. another
African story. but deals with the local
lty which ut present IL the scene OF the
struggle between England and tho
llocrr. THE Success OF Plan that
Failed" n the title Of clever story for
girls, and THE Twist N y Rope" mar
rates narrow ercnpc from death by
III. man who set the Stars and Stripes
nyirs on the 22nd story Of the Maso-
ME building In Chicago, on iaet Fourth
OF July. when the news OF the destruc-
tlon u Cerycra'a fleet first reached the
big city on Lake Michigan.
The ehlldren'- PAGE Is unusually In
, ,, and ,he Other de.
usual choice and bright bits
n feature Of the number II the frnntln-
piece, charming picture entitled oct
TING heady for Christmas"
In the Engineering Magazine for
December Albert Williams Jr.. has an
article upon the South African sltun-
ton. John Graham Brooks discussion
u THE Strength and Weakness OF the
Trust Idea" is a fnrcihlc analysis OF Its
functions as an aid to commercial or
ganizatlnn. Mfr. Slater LOWS contrib
utca n rcjolndcr TO the over jealous adj
vocatcH Of specialization. and makes an
argument for reasonable rrorgnnizaz-
tlon of engineering manufacture. Mr..
Roland continues his aprlcH ON machine
shop revolution. Dr. Borchers deals
with Electro chemical processes. Sir
bonjamlne Browne points out lnbor's
interest In cooperating IN the new or
der ~ itensificd manufacturing. Mr..
Little treats u mechanical transport
appliances. and Mr. Hague opens the
discussion Of the difficult problem VI
modern steam conference.-the traction
pnwcr.house cnglne--The Engineering
Magazine. New York.
Gunton's for December opens with
readable article on Congress and Mon
cttry Relief" by William g. coruwcli.
Chairman educational committee Of
the American Bankers association and
vlcc-prcsldcnt for New York State Of
the National Sound Money league.
Among the other contributors are Ju-
Illus Monitzcn. whose Danish and Sean
dlnavlan work ~ familiar to the public,
W. u. Edwards. n strong educational
writer. eN-Judgc Alden He'll on the wo-
man suffrage question. etc. The four
tccn-page review of the month II u new
feature. The uunton Co, Union Square.
New York.
Joel Chandler Harris contributes TO
the Christmas number ~ the Saturday
Evening Post an ncc0unt OF the daring
attempt to warn the Confederate cab
met Of the great movement whereby
Grant aud Sherman were to cooper
ate In crushing the confcdcracy. How
the attempt failed and why II failed are
the subjects Of n chapter Of the little
known history Of the secret service. Tho
Christmas number OF the Post viii be
on newspaper stands Dccombcr a.
Colllcr'n Weekly Tor December
presents some articles on the news of
the day, The leading article Is a pre-
rentntion by Ramon Reyes Lala. a ma
tive ~ Manila and author " 'rhc
Philippine Islands," Of the salient fca-
lures OF the autumn campaign IN Luz
zon. Both the American ana British
war news IL covered by photographs
and stories,
The North American Review for De-
ccmbor has an excellent map OF South
Africa. and an article by Hon. James
bryce on the Historical Causes Of the
War. The subject Il treated further.
by othor writer's. among THEM Francis
chnrmvr. cN-mrmbcr ~ the French
Chamber Of Deputies. who discusses
the question 81 European Interference.
There ARE three contributions devoted
to the Fifty-alNth Congress and sew
ernl wen written papers on slEont
topics.-Ncw York.