El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-07

m onies of the year, after our Dewey
celebration of course, was the Ii ghtin g
Of the Bismarck torch fires ali over
Germany, April the first, in honor of
the anniversary of the birth of the
great German. The account of it iu
Pearson's Magazine is illustrated with
many reproductions of the designs for
the bon fire towers. After Bismarck q
death the German people resolved to
| com memOrate his fame in some uni
| versal and uncommon fashion. After
much discussion it was decided that
following the old North European GUS
tom of building funeral pyres over the
| hOnored dead, there should be lit each
year, great fires on every hill top and
high plain to keep living mem
| DRY of Bismarck throughout the land
The idea proved acceptable everywhere
and the plan for building fire towers
was suggested and competition
started to secure designs. The tow er
was to be simple, massive, without Or
namentation save for the arms OF the
Chancellor's family, aud one that
could be built by rich cities and tiny
| hamlets alike. There we're many good
designs unlimited. but the one decided
upon completely fills the requirements.
1t ia massive, well proportiOned
structure and a fitting reminder of the
man.
Another valuable article is al IL
| lustrated account of the building of
| New YOrk's underground railway.
This S35, 100000 contract which will
set 10, 600 men at WORK, each of whom
must be paid at least two dollars day;
this tunnelling right under the heavy
| traffic of New York's crowded streets
and among the crowded pipes and
mains of her water, gas and electric
| works; this absolute perfection of ar
| engagements beforehand so that every
basket of dirt, every nut and nail aud
| every inoaudescent light for the COM
pleted tunnel and station, has been ex
| actly planned for, is one of the won
ders of our day-the climax of our en-
gineering and financial Intelligence
and nerve.
The Eye of an Army, another of
the Pearson articles, tells how men and
horses are trained to scouting service
and there are one or two Sherlock
Holmes like tales of the scouts quick
witted reading of little. half hidden
signs. Not only does 1t tell of his
noting trails and hoof tracks, leaves
aud bent twigs, but of his deductions
as to what the human mind was doing
while these physical signs were being
printed by the wsy-and the scouts
horses are equally intelligent. Pic
lures of scouts of the English army in
lustrate the article. Published at 43
E. 10Th ST. New York.
Outing comes out with the April
num- Der under new management, and
promises wider career than hereto
fore. Many famous writer's concern
ing out-of-doors are promised con-
tributors of the future. The magazine
continues to be devoted to outdoor
sports and all of the special depart
ments, for angling, golf, tennis,
larged. Hunting Big Horn in the
Colorado Desert is we'll illustrated and
interesting to hunters everywhere as
we'll as to westerners. In The Wake OF
q Bird Lover, is an account of the birds
about Washington; A North Carolina
Postum Hunt is jolly; and Trailing the
Sea Bat, and An Easter Bicycle Jaunt
at 239 Fifth Avenue, New York.
Keith's Home Builder, a magazine
devoted to designs and descriptions of
houses big and little, is interesting to
all who plan to build or remodel
homes. There are many suggestions
in it's illustrations, and sketches of floor
plans are also given. One article on
the plaster houses OF southern Califor-
ulo 10 obsrdCtlVely lluStrdGSu 1uO-
lished by Walter ]. Keith, Minnea-
polls. Price 10 cents.
Everybody's Magazine for April
contains an account Of the Carnegie
Steel works, lone of The Defence of Our
Coasts, How the Queen Sees Playland
How Ship FINDS it's Way at Sea, for
tts best articles. Published at IA East
Ninth street, New York.
Outdoor Life for April has much of
particular interest to southwesterners.
Killing 1000 pound grizzly, q story
from Chama, New Mexico, by L. M.
Gilliland is lively besr story, illus
trated with q photograph of the i'm
mense skin; An Incident of Apache
Canon, is a story of the old Santa Fe
trail; Texans on the Gunnison is q rec
ord of Texas success in Colorado
trout river, and A Breach of Convention,
an account of the camp, the deer hunts.
trout fishing and grouse shooting of
parcel of women, is not only full of fun
but has several fine illustrations, one
of them of ten coyote puppies on hill
side of cactus and yucca. Bes ides these
articles of local interest are many at
tractive pictures and interesting hunt