Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-30

Grathe contributes graphic story of
wrecks and rescues of the Newfound-
land coast. Men, who are only boys
grown tall will enjoy Eugene Wood s
sketch. THE Swimming Hole" In the
Comedy of the Catechised,' A. NJ
Jones writes in an amusing Vein of the
answers given by Civil Service appli-
cants. The fiction this month cannot
fail to please, and includes, "A Little
Matter of Real Estate" Myra Kelly:
The Looking Glass" Alice Brow1; and
| installments of the several serials. IS.
S. Mcclure Co. New York;.
| Country Life in America.
There is probably no more active
| agent in promoting a love of the beauti-
full in nature than Country Life in
America which each month visits
steadily growing list of readers bring
| ing with it such Il breath of outdoor life
that one feels inclined to follow the ad :
! vice of Stanton, when he says,
| Lets take a day in the country,-all the
| green meadows we know
| The home of the wild honeysuckle-the
| banks where the violets grow;
The current number is brimful of arti-
cles dealing with many topics of pleas
ure and profit, among them being
briefly noted the following: "A Plant
Hunting Vacation" J. Horace McFar-
land: First Principles of Poultry
| Raising Harrison Weir; Discovering
a Country Home" Edith l.. and H. 3.
Fullerton; How to Grow Cherries" G..
| Harold Powell: Bookkeeping for Pleas
ure and Profit" w. Y. Hutchinson;
How to Build House Boat" " Mott
Pierce: How to Manage a CLANS
Bake" c. H. Crandall; and Personal
Experiences in Gardening" The latter
cannot fail to be of the utmost value
to all gardeners, giving as they do
practical results and figures. As
usual the illustrations rank with the
best to be found in the current maya
zines. doubleday, Page & Co., 81
Union Square, East, New York;.
Pearsons Magazine
for June presents varied and inter-
cSting table of contents, attractively
presented. A large number of illus
trationS also add to the readers pleas,
ure. The number opens with the fiji
tccnth installment of THE Story of the
States" in which William Macleod
Raine gives a readable history of Or
eSon. w. Frank Mcclure has a timely
article on The Beet Sugar Industry"
in which he relates the marvellous
growth of this great industry. One of
the most important and valuable con-
tributions is that of Frank Swales' on
How to Drive" Numerous illustra-
tons accompany the directions, which
are so plain that all may understand
and profit from them. Especially in
telcsting is w. n. Jennings article on
Photographing From Il Balloon"
Among the remaining papers and sto-
les which make up this entertaining
number are: The Seventeenth Di-
vision" Scott Cummings; "a Honey
moon Pilgrimage" Edward N. Mar
shall; Underground History" Jerome
VS.. Crime Harrie Davis; THE Uld
South Work and it's Founder" Lucia
Ames Mead: and Where Women's
Clubs are Not" Mabel S. C. Pelton.
pearson Pub. CO., 2-20 Astor Place,
New York;
lcslie's Monthly.
Eight short stories are noted in the
June number of Leslie's Popular
Monthly, together with host of other
good things. Broughton Brandenburg
opens the number with a stirring ar
ticle on The Deep Sea Sailor" Ed
win Oviatt contributes a typical COL
IeSe story in Atkinson, No. T." Ellis
Parker Butler has an amusing story on
The Gymkhana at Milkville," as
trated by number of Miss Cory's de-
lightfui child studies. w. j. Lamp-
Tough describes some of the pathetic
scenes On a Cholera Ship" Milton f. |
Alles mas readable article on Our
Farn5er Presidents" Other stories and |
sketches which will be read with pleas |
ure are: Links in a Chain" Anne |
Story Allen; The Adventurer in |
SPAIN S.. r. Crockett; Barney Nc
cracken, Capt. William Page Carter:
"A Dogged Chase" Frederick Wal
worth; THE Parasite" John j. Ward:
and "E. S. Wilard,9 Walter Prichard
Eaton. AS usual the department.
Marglnalia, presents much entertain
ing reading, and in the department !
Men, Women and Books" CAROLYN
Wells has delightful skit, "a Liter
lry Intelligence Office" Drank Les