El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-07

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are. Our Relation With Germany,
Social Reform and General Election,
The Shipping Subsidy Bill, The Pas
sion Play at Oberam mergau, Hawaii's
Real Story, Lessons of the S174, DOC, 900
Ash Heap, Kiaochou, A German Colo
NAL Experiment, Chinese Civilization,
the Ideal and the Actual, Is Crime
Increasing? The United States as
World Power, Does Government Ser
vice Pay? and American Outdoor
Literature CT these the Shipping
Subsidy Bill ia q plain unadorned
presentation of the side in favor Of
such legislation. It 10 written by
Eugene T. Chamberlain, United
States commissioner of navigation, who
speaks with authority and is convin
cling. The LESSONS of the S175, 100000
Ash Heap ia q discussion Of the fire
losses for 1900 in the United States and
Is interesting reading and food for
thought. Is Crime Increasing Ia
hopeful denial of Lombroso's charge
and charge often carslessly made,
that crime is increasing in our land,
guments and presenting figures in
refutation. The United States as q
World Power is the most in
teresting and valuable of
the Forum articles, particularly for
| these campaign days when the Ameri-
wage such bitter and strenuous war
against those who believe that the
United States should stop into her
place rs power among all the nations
of the world. Kiaochou ia an interest
ing account of what Germany is doing
about the Chinese port that she Sec
ured three years ago as part indemnity
for the massacre OF two German ,. mis-
sionaries. The account of Chinese
civilization, the Ideal and the Actual,
10 also particularly interesting In these
days of discussion of the far east. The
other articles Of the July number are
short, interesting and profitable read
ing.
body's is the pictures. The pictures of
the Bank of England, of Fijian curios,
of big accidents, the illustrations for
The Art of the Camera, and the Picture
paragraphs are all worry interesting.
The best story of the month 10 "Uncle
Johns Bear" in the Outing. 1t ia too
short but itisvery we'll told and the bear
is inimitable-he is immensely funny.
In this number also John Fox jr. tells q
story sketch story of q West Virginia
feud that sounds like some of the
shooting tales of our own southwest
plains. There is An illustrated ar ticls
on racing yachts that will be interest
ing In view of the fact that the talk of
Lipton's defeat has hardly died out
and he announces that he will try
again to lift" the cup. An article
on the American Derby will interest
and bicycling, automobiling and golf
ing are all given full com plensnt of
technical and sentimental articles. In
the Juugles of the Ghauts and the
Growth of the Grindelwald are two
bright accounts of travel and noun
tain elm bling and jungle hunting.
The account of Kansas City, the Gen.
trail City of the West. In the July Cos
to Westerners. 1t is illustrated and
treats the subject historically and des-
criptiveIy in q light sketchy way.
Alexander Hume Ford contributes to
this mag azine an article entitled, Is
Russia to Control Ali of Asia? which
has its special interest in the light of
current events and is made
of Russia and the pictures of
Russian ships, locomotives, soldiers,
peasant homes, mountains and rivers.
The art of illustrating in these days
adds immensely to the benefit and
pleasure OF magazine reading and the
interest of this article Is heightened by
the fine illustrations. The stories are
article on the Paris exposition has
some lovely pictures. The reprints of
the best of the month's cartoons ARE an
amusing feature of the magazine.
Cutcliffe Hyne is one of the good
story writer's Of the day and bis |
story, The Looting of the Specie
Room, In the July Pearsop's i:s good
one. The scene is one of the big ocean
steamships, but it is an adventure
story. The Comedy of the Kings |
Highway is another good story in
this number, being one of the stories
of the days of Nell Gwynne, the
heroine being Sarah Jennings,
LADY in Wanting, and the hero
young Churchill, one. of his majesty's
guard. A Machine That Almost
article. The machine is in the posses
sion Of the government. 1t is being
used by the census officials. Almost
human in its ingenuity, it is more than
human in Its accuracy. In making the
census of 1900 more than $500, 900, 600
facts will be collected. These facts
the machine will sort, add and tabulate
will get through the work in the course
Of few months. Pearson's is printing
some excellent good roads articles in
addition to It's usual entertaining as
'ortment of stories and general mat
ter.
Any one who has an interest in archi-
Gesture or an eye for the beauty of lines,
arches, pillars, doorways, towers and
windows. will 6nd great delight in the
article on st Stephens at Walbrook,
q the New England Magazine for July.