The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-27
THE CURRENT MAGAZINES.


THE CURRENT MAGAZINES.
Among the children beslcsed in Pekn is
Stella Macdonald. the beautiful baby daagh-
ter Of the British minister. A paft.at OF
this little girl is published In the edirent
issue OF the Little Chronicle. Chcago's week
" newspaper Tor toys and girls viii h also
contains the weekk record o. t1s c-mpa 81
10 rescue the fOfeignels IN the Gin s. chp.-
tai, together with n description III tue hart
ships tue Oro-ps suHer. Youth al studelt5 o.
c4Yil government can learn from this numpsr
how KING takes the oath Of cffios. ana STU
dtnts o. Ihysio.ogy arc told pboat gas -
tnirn. winch resulted IN Tho uratn OF Daro
huhsell highlands lore chi 4 jcntIoe. FFiacsl
Minhg at Cape Nome is the THE Of an
mtc'0 which telis how miners separate the
gOld from o ner substances, and S Illustrated
by Photographic Wow OF some City. Fns
principal TOPICS in the department OF com
merce treat OF hot weather and dollar VIII "a
huton-making on the Missies,ppi river. god
sr.pmetts TO Europe and low Tread Is made
In lnuia.
The American Boy for August Is full Of
matter fascinating to boys, con aiming as It
Goes a railroad story. a farm story. a ROLLER
coaster story. boy soldier" story, tho
sixth chapter OF "The Crulya OF the Yacht
Gizele.' a boat manned Nv four boys. who
took a six thousand mile trio IN a boat Of
their own construction; tae tnird olapter OF
"A Boy Fdsher an Illus account Of
the little son OF Elisun. the great lnYeutor:
chapter on The Boy Traveller who lad
Remarkable experiences In travelling tbrough
EUROPE on foot an account OF o-yedr-0id
grower OF cacti: a letter from the Partj eN-
tctiton written by Boy rapor,et: two paSe8
devoted to What Boys Are Doing" an ac-
count OF novel newspaper published ~
toys a page Of science for boys; an account
OF how a New Jersey boy earned money with
printing press.
Grams Magazine for August gives careful
attention to the history of The past month;
The Great Crisis in China Russian Elk
rnnson. The Anelo-B Wan" The Phll-
America and the "Asnantee War" beinE
among the titles Of this cal portion
Oh more peaceful matters neare" home, there
are articl,s on American Rallroaos Tho
Hog as Food supply. Our Foretgn
Trade Mr.. Bryan and His Conventions.
"Our Common Poisonous Plants" and som
QUAINT Musical Instruments, and IN add
r-)n to these is the continuation OF "Minette.
TaIe OF the Crusades"
49,
THIS exposition year will have a tendency
to make the young woman Of musical espira-
items more eager to 20 abroli 10 complete
her stuuIes. For this reason The ar loIe by
EdwGrd A. Steiner In the October Woman ;
liome Companon telling the gul musician
abroad what to expect frJm her foreign
studies is of very timely interest.
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A marvellous discovery in the realm Of
misunderstanding along Il beam o. light-.
is interestingly described In the September
Fearson's by c. Montgomery McGoferl
Therc Is also an exceptionally timely article
on the fire boats at ached to the fire part
Eenta OF our big clties. Robert Barr tells
OF the teud between the MaaFdIlanes ami
the MaHGregors in his thrilling sorry "Ths
Lot Ptper; the pacul aflt.es OF iceoergs are
detailed most entertalnngIy by Gertrude H.
Donaldson Athoi Maude describes the meth
cd employed by the japanese in stuntng
their miniature trees; the cod fisheries ar
luuN described by Rene Bache; the knach
OF phot0Sraphtng cats and dos is revealed
by u Tlnmias.T Edgar llel5 tells OF ia 3
cause thereof, w. l., Alden describes hor
fiple new disease, the wall paper habit,
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The horrors of the struggle between the al
lied forces and the Chinese ut lien Tsn are
graphically disclosed in the current Issue Of
Lcsle's Weekly. The story that accom-
panies the pictures is awful in the fGll sense
Of that word. Slaughter was pastime on
both sides, and the Russian CossacAs were as
cruel anparently as h Chne baroa ians
Osncr notable illustrations in Leslie's Weekly
ncudc the latest picture taken of l. Hung
\ Chang. who is now acAIg as a peacomaker
/ f.r the Time between China and he allied
]
attack by the well-kEown artist in the Phil
ippines, Sydaey Adamsln, the rainy season
/ IL On IA, the escape OF the refugees from
] the Boxers and their arrival at san Fran
/ eitco lively scenes nj the seashOre in the
midst of the hot wave, the prize page of ANA
eur photographs, and other Illustrations o.
interest,
! The leading article IN Frank Lesies Ponu-
lar Magazine for September is a personal
record OF almost unparalleled adventure.
written BY w, Walton. chief quarlcrmas or
/ Ct our navy, who shared with l. eutunant
/ gilmore captivity o. more than elgh.
moths among the Fllpiacs. Tle mucn
| talked of WI Ting Fang. Chinese minister a.
/ Wa6hirgton contributes an intelligent paper
! rpon his own people aud this is reinforced
by an article telling Just the facts about tho
BuHtrs which few people know, and every
| body wants to know, An instructive article
YES an 2eoourt OF he wonderful process 5
! Ct Uncl2 Sans mint. and highly exciting
one BY the chief OF Uncle Sans secre. SER
wee tells OF the greatest hail OF his ca
In Action, too. the number is strong, ald
It's variety is shown by the contrast between
an entertaining story of Francis Ggibbe' s
| The Princess Who Was Treated Badly
ana tho Mission OF Corporal Tlc IN Dson.' a
Story CT genuine human feeling.
The contents OF Everybody's Magazine for
September are the most interesting of any
issue OF that periodical yet published, A new
short story by S. X Crockett entitled "a
SEE nuuc SYMPOSIUM. is written in his Pc
euhalN delightful manner How a Grel;
cay Is CltauGd' is the subject OF very in
tereslilg article ana "Oystr Farming" ~
| the title OF an article in the Great American
Industry Sol es aud Is pag contain mgea
more OF greater general interest han would
- imaS4ued by the uniultate1 The 5 mpla
EXPLANATION" OF the month is OF The l. glt
OF the sun Among other illustrated stories
ana articles, OF which are many the art
ls's Models illustrated with photographs;
the conun' alton OF Stuart Robson au obiog-
| reply "A Lucky Hazard, BY Mary Moncure
Parker and Queen Vic0ria and Her Fam II
as Artists with illustrations from drawing
~ the queen and her daughter. the Empress
Frederick.
The September number OF McClures Maya
zinc contains nm lluaJrated article by sam
uCl HOPKINS Adams on "Tha Ira ming OF
Llous, Tigers aud Other Great Cats Thl
cravings. BY Charles r. Knight II the
American Museum of Na.ural Histoy, b.
cause OF the arises technical skill aDd sc.eh-
! I ne Knowledge. are doubtless the mos, start
Tag aad feke portraits Of lions that have
appeared in any MAGAZINE for acme tine
Tn. author relates several ea9ital aneeaCta
OF airhrtadth escapes OF trainers from death
One Hundred Years IN The NVhitn Uouee -