The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-11
CURRENT MAGAZINES.

The Review of Reviews leads off its
June number with a highly eulOgistic de-
scription of James j. Hui and his achieve
mentS as builder of the Northern Pacific,
written by Mary Hartman Severance.
Barring the extravaganza of the Ian
guage, and the almost idOlatrous adula-
ton of Mr.. Hill, who has never been
accused OF being saint, the article gives
a good picture OF the work achieved by
the man in the face of great difficultieT
As an advertisement of the Great North
ern railway ii leaves nothing TO be de-
sired by the management of that great
tranScOntinental line.
Other contributions are; Paris and
the Exposition, by Albert Shaw; The
Tenement Commission" by Jacob A
Riis; the Passion Play at Oberammergau,
and automobiles Tor the Average Man.
by Cleveland MOffett This latter title
has a touch OF humOr in IL, since the
prices Mr.. Moffett mentions for the auto
mobiles range from $3.50 to above 1900.
His notion of the means at the disposal
OF the average man would seem a lit
tie bit large to members of the class.
Richard Harding Davis. who had the
misfortune to follow Butler instead of
Roberts in the South African campaign,
gives in the June Scribner's a lengthy
and at times interesting sketch OF a
night at Peters hill, but the results of
the action seem altogether less important
than the authors estimate. OF much
more human value is the article by
Army" Mr.. Willard pays the Beers a
high tribute for their mobility in tactics
and bravery in action, and he derides the
common belief that the Beers are afraid
to attack, In support of his position he
cites the battle OF SpiOn KOp where the
republicans attacked an Immensely SUI
periOr force, tntrenched and supported by
artillery. and drove them from their pO-
SitiOn- Scrtbner's IS one of the best OF
the magazines, ana its illustrations this
month are on the usual high plane Of
artistic excellence.
Nikola Tesla is the star contributor to
the June Century, with a most suggestive
discussion of THE Problem of lncreaS-
ing Human Energy" The title conveys
only an inadequate idea of the ground
into the possibilities of direct conversion
OF coal into power, OF the future OF war,
as affected by invention, the possible sub
SUtutiOn of aluminium for iron and the
economic result of such a change, the
transmission of electric power without
wires, the use of vegetable food instead
OF meat, and hundred other subjects all
more or less directly Affecting the sum
of human energy in production or de-
strUctiOn. Some of the speculations Will
strike the layman as fantastic, but after
Tesla's achievements in his own field.
there are few who would care to call any
dictum of his absurd, however improbable
his conclusion.
Governor Roosevelt writes on Latitude
/
inference from his point of view is that
reIormerS who do not agree with MIN
have neither latitude nor Longitude.
/ Charles Dekay writes entertainingly OF
the work of Hubert VOS, d Dutch painter
of eminence, who has become an Ameri-
can citizen. Mr.. VCs has long had IN
mind the painting Of a series of portraits
| typical Of the races of the earth that
shall be at once works of art and contrt-
! buttons to the science OF ethnology. II
| Illustrations accompany the text showing
some of the portraits Mr. Vos has already
! painted in pursuance of his design. The
| June Century is all readable,
Ho Chow consul general for China in
/ the United States, furnishes the Forum
1 for June a timely article on the Attitude
/ Of the United States Toward the Chi
neSe." He points out the cruelties in the
4 administration of the exclusion act and
/ shows the commercial folly of barring in
| tending purchasers from American mar
( kets by the stupidity of minor officials en-
/ trusted with Interpretation Of the law.
| J. Z. Redmond, NJ p, leader of the
/ Irish nationalist party, calls attention 10
/ the effect of the South African war on the
] Irish Question in British politics. He
/ says it has reunited the Irish national
/ lists and given the island more hope OF
! self-gOvernment than it has had at any
/ time since Parnells death Charles
/ DENLY, one Of the first Philippine COM
/ mission, takes the negative of DO We
I Owe independence TO the FllipinOsT He
! dQQQCeS nILlG IndL Is new either IN IdCL
/ or theory and bases most of his con-
/ illusions on Otis discredited reports of the
] condition of affairs in the islands. Sir
! Charles Dixie gives the British point of
view on the Hay-PauncefOrte treaty as
affecting the proposed interoceanic canal
/ He seems TO think the question of treaties
/ is of less Importance than the entire free
dom of the canal from discriminating
! tools in favor of American shipping. Such
discrimination ne thinks would ultimately
: breed a dislike of the United States that
would affect its international relations
most unfavOrably.
/ McClure's most remarkable contribution
( in the June number is a story of the
! naval battle of the Yalu by Adache Kin
/ nOsuke, a japanese cadet aboard the Hi
/ vel, which ran through the line of Chi
nese battleships. The story of the en-
/ gageutent is told with great simplicity
/ and force, and through IL is woven a rO-
mantle incident-the heroism and death
! of a Japanese officer who had been devOt-
ed by his father TO the service of the en-
peTor. Experiments in Flying by Oca-
/ tave Chanute. an article on the Nome
gold fields by w. J. hampton, and a
+ sketch of Kruger by F. K. Garrett are
the leading special articles. There is the
I usual complement Of Illustrations, and
some short stories worth reading.