The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-08

George W. kshace, Chile's Silver King"
for example After having fsiled in his
hunt fora paying prospect III California,
he prospected in Chile for ten years in
vain. One day an old Spanish priest, a
friend of his, gave him map by which
he tracedNa silver mine that had been
lost for hundred years The mine
proved to be a bonanza, and today Chace
can draw on the Bank of England for
FIVE hundred thousand pounds.
Perhaps the most timely article in Nc
Cures Magazine for November is A
Woman's Diary of the Siege of Pel1in,
by Mrs. Z. X. Lowry. one Of the besieg-
ed missionaries in the legations last
summer The vivid narrative by an eye
witness of most of the events described
is sure to command attention at time
when the eyes of all the world are
turned to the far East. 1t is in true
sense history from original documents.
More than riinety-five million copies
to be exact, o5,a73523--of the Laries'
Home Journal have been issued since
the magazine was first printed, seven
teen years ago. December, I88s, was the
Journals birth month, and the first
edition aggregated, all told, twenty
thousand. The magazine was well re-
ceived at the very start, and from that
time on its growth has been phenomen-
ally rapid, the increase never halting,
until the circultaion has reached nine
hundred and twenty-three thousand
copies a month.
The readers Of St. Nicholas will be
glad tc find in the November number,
beginning new year, the opening pages
of an American serial by John Bennett,
author of that popular Shakesperian
story, Master Skylark," 1t is called
The Story of }Barnaby Lee" and is a
tale of the transition from Dutch to
English dominance in the city of New
York nearly two and a half centuries
ago.
Once caught on the waves of progress,
its attraction is as irresistible as the
force of grayitation. Mondern Culture
makes another new departure with the
November number in the introduction
of original verse. Nothing could be
daintier or timelier than Carmen
Cords" by Alice E. Hanscom," or In
dian Summer" by Edmund Vance
Cooke, two Cleveland poets, who are
achieving distinction in the difficult field
of verse.
The November number Of Review of
Reviews marks the elimination of the
Presidential campaign of 1000. Its va.
rious departments--"The Progress OF
the World" Record of Current
Events" Cartoons" and Leading Ar
ticles of the Month"-summarize the
things worth remembering in connection
with the political contests of the year
in the United States, Canada and Great
Britain, while contributed articles. de-
scribe in detail the campaign methods
employed in Chicago, New York and
London, and the rudimentary party Of
ganizations of Porso Rico.
Among the principal articles of the
Magazine number of The Outlook for
November are, "Up From Slavery" the
FIRST installment of an Autobiography BY
Booker T. Washington, with portrait
and MANY Illustrations American Ed
ucators in China" by George B. Smyth,
President of the Anglo-C Chinese College;
''The Emperor of Austria" by lrenaeus
Prime Stevenson, based partly on the re-
cent SEVENTEEN birthday celebration OF
the emperor NCdlIl tilS ANNtNAt
by Sofia Bompiani, an account of the
achievement of the Duke of Abruzzi in
reaching a point nearer to the North
Pole than man had before attained
The opening feature of the Saturday
Evening Post for October ~ is bril-
liant paper by United States Senator
Albert J. Beveridge on the Young Law
yer and His Beginnings. The following
is an extract from the article: Take the
classical course. Next to geometry and
logarithms and the Bible, the best dis
cip1ine preparatory to making you law
yer is the translation of Latin. It is the
most logical language the world has
ever seen, or is likely ever to see"
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